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- Address:
- 405 Emmons Avenue, P.O. Box 610, Rock Falls, IL 61071
- Phone:
- (800) 323-5434 / (815) 625-7830
- Fax:
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- Terri Lawrence, President, CEO
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- Carroll
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- Ogle
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- The Tri-County Opportunities Council is the Community Action Agency serving the nine Illinois counties of Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark and Whiteside. Its purpose is to investigate the frequent, location, character and causes of poverty and to coordinate efforts to prevent, alleviate and eliminate poverty through cooperation/collaboration with the entire community. More specifically, the Council's goals are: · To strengthen and enable low-income people to become self-sufficient through the attaining of necessary skills, knowledge, motivations and opportunities as well as improving the conditions in which they live. · To better organize a wide range of services and outcomes related to the needs of low-income people by the utilization of innovative approaches in attacking the causes of poverty including the support of self-help groups and cooperative efforts of low-income people. · To encourage the participation of low-income people in the planning, development and implementation of programs/projects and in the decision making processes of governmental entities affecting their lives. · To increase the capacity of the agency and its community to achieve results by planning and coordinating federal, state, local and private assistance related to the elimination of poverty through partnerships with public officials, private organizations, business, industry and individuals.
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- The Tri-County Opportunities Council also offers services to Marshall and Stark Counties. Hours of operation are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM on Mondays through Fridays. The TCOC offers many programs. The Community Services Block Grant Loan Program gives loans and helps with business plans to small businesses that are willing to hire low-income people or are low-income business owners. The Family and Community Development program helps families work toward their goals and become more self-sufficient by helping with money management, life skills, and individualized case management. The program also offers a Foster Grandparent program, a Head Start program, a Homemaker Program, Housing projects, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, Micro-Enterprise Development, Outreach, and scholarship programs.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Clinton team avoided ER to conceal details of her medical treatment
Secret Service protocol called for the Democratic presidential nominee to be rushed to a state-designated Level I Trauma Center in the wake of her Sunday-morning health crisis, sources said. In Manhattan, that would be Bellevue Hospital.
But a campaign operative decided to change course to avoid having Clinton seen by doctors, nurses and other medical workers who could leak details to reporters, according to a source.
In addition, Clinton's van was supposed to be escorted by an NYPD detail, but the Secret Service whisked her away from Ground Zero before cops could accompany her, another source said.
The former secretary of state had told police officials that she didn't want the escort at all, but the NYPD overruled that request, the source added.
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Considering that she probably got an EKG and at least a liter of fluids with IV medication, I'd say that Chelsea's apartment is well stocked.
- September 14, 2016 at 11:04 AM
Of course she didn't want to go to the ER. That's her whole problem. She's relying on the advice of an internist and her condition is not being diagnosed/controlled properly. She's probably not had the proper diagnostics, therapy, drugs, etc because her desire to keep things under wraps is preventing. This is why she is getting worse and worse and it's harder to disguise anymore.
- September 14, 2016 at 11:36 AM
Man, if this happened to Trump you'd all be saying "look how hard working he is. He values remembering the 9/11 victims over his own health. A true hardworking american, never takes a sick day"
- September 14, 2016 at 12:17 PM
Why do you need a liter of fluids for seizures as a result from a prior brain injury? Any information we are told from her camp has to be considered false
- September 14, 2016 at 12:21 PM
Yeah, right...
- September 14, 2016 at 12:50 PM
The Democratic Party will do anything to get her elected, lie, cheat, steal, flood the country with dangerous illegals, and release felons.
- September 14, 2016 at 1:21 PM
she should have been escorted to the Hudson river
- September 14, 2016 at 1:44 PM
No I would say " damn I guess it's true he does have a brain injury time to step down"... You do realize Clinton has admitted to having a Brian injurey, blood clots, concussion and amnesia right?
- September 14, 2016 at 2:18 PM
That is exactly what we would say 2:18. It's the clinton supporters who are disgusting and a disgrace to the decent human race. Anyone including you 12:17 who makes excuses for and tries to defect from the lies and coverups of the degenerate clinton is nothing but a piece of trash disguised as a human. There isn't a clinton supporter one or even a democrat who has a moral bone in their bodies. Democrats are bad people who follow the doctrine of satan himself.
- September 14, 2016 at 3:15 PM


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My Windows 10 is stuck in a bootloop (BSOD 0xc00021a) since I installed OpenVPN client. Safe mode also crashes and for some reason I discovered I have no restore points (duh!). So I'm starting to get somewhat desperate, because I exhausted all the possible solutions I could find after quite some googling using the console in the recovery mode :
- Tried WMIC to uninstall, but "wmic product get name" throwhs the error "invalid class"
- Tried browsing to the OpenVPN program folder searching for some other uninstall option (e.g. msi) with no success.
- Uninstalled a few drivers I thought plausible, from those offered to me by the DISM command: vonva-6.inf (Cisco Annyconnect VPN I guess), avmaura.inf (FritzBox remote USB interface) and qcm20q.inf (Quanta Computer, no clue where it comes from). No OpenVPN-related driver seemed to appear.
- Renamed the OpenVPN installation folder (yeah, I'm starting to get desperate, I urgently need my PC and a few recently modified files)
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I announced my semi-retirement from long form blogging a few months back and moved into the short form blog world of Twitter and other lifestreaming applications. I also said that I would write to the portal at wnymedia.net and that most of our other writers would be following suit.
Yeah, so that worked out pretty well. /sarcasm
Anyhow, I'll continue to write at this page, buffalopundit and the wnymedia.net frontpage just to keep you guessing as to where my content will show up.
Actually, we're working on Version 16.4.2 of the WNYM online gameplan and we're moving in some new and interesting directions. Wait, who are we kidding? We'll start moving in a new direction, get distracted with a shiny object and change our minds again. That's how we roll around these parts.
As you now know, Alan and I created a bit of a dustup last week when we dared question the anti-casino opponents about their motives, organization, and cash flow. Clearly, this means we hate Buffalo, we're Pro-Seneca, love to gamble, are being paid through nefarious pro-casino backchannels, and any other sort of insult that has been thrown our way.
As you might imagine, this dustup has inspired me to again put fingers to keyboard on a regular basis. This time around, it will be less about politics and more about local business, technology, and Old Buffalo's hold on the region. It should be fun.
In case you're wondering about the title of the post, I watched The Karate Kid last night and it's still in my "Top Five Terrible Movies That I Watch Regardless of Time, Place, Or Point In The Movie". Also on the list is Roadhouse, Tommy Boy, Bloodsport, Rocky III, and Rocky IV. Yes, I know that's six movies. So what?


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- Published: Thursday, September 17, 2015 02:29 PM
SPRINGFIELD – Working to bring state services and free health screenings to seniors in Springfield, State Senator Andy Manar (D–Bunker Hill) and Representative Sue Scherer (D-Decatur) will host a senior resource fair from 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Sept. 30, at Union Baptist Church.
"This is an opportunity to have service providers answer your questions, get information about programs and receive free health screenings. This brings public and private service providers together in one location," Manar said.
"When I meet with seniors, they often tell me about how many state programs they depend on for their well-being," said Scherer.
"I want to help make sure that they can get all the benefits of these programs with as few headaches and worry as possible. I encourage seniors to stop by this fair to get free health screenings and to speak directly with caregivers from area hospitals, public health agencies, and local programs."
This is the third year Manar has hosted senior fairs throughout the district. It is free and open to the public.
This year's fair features:
• Information on senior programming and benefits from AARP, the Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland and the Sangamon County Department of Public Health
• Renew, update or replace a driver's license or state ID at the Secretary of State's Mobile DMV
• Free health screenings, including blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes provided by area hospitals and senior health organizations
• The Illinois State Treasurer's I-Cash program to check for unclaimed property and assets
• Information from the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
10 a.m. to noon
Wednesday, Sept. 30
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For 38-year-old Yemeni Khairy Aly Mohamed El Ramady, receiving dialysis twice a week was the difference between life or death. He typically received treatment for permanent kidney failure in his hometown of Hodeida, at the only public facility in the entire city. But the ongoing conflict in Yemen left the center severely overstretched and short of hemodialysis solution. In June, he was told he would have to wait at least a week for treatment. But that would be too late.
El Ramady was then referred to Saudi German Hospital (SGH) in Sana'a, which is responding to requests for medical support from the United Nations and others. It was an arduous journey of over 200 kilometers, but the medical professionals at SGH treated him successfully. The hospital also arranged to cover his payments, since he had lost his job due to the war—and he is responsible for a family of 11 people.
El Ramady is one of over 1 million patients the SGH hospital in Yemen has treated since it opened in 2006. Its parent company, the SGH Group, owns 10 hospitals with about 2,500 beds in four countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It all started with a 300-bed general hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Since then, the SGH Group has established five hospitals in Saudi Arabia, three in the United Arab Emirates, one in Egypt, and one in Yemen. The network of facilities treated almost 1.8 million patients last year.
IFC played a catalytic role in SGH's regional expansion with two investments consisting of a blend of loans and equity totaling $75 million. It was the first investment for IFC that complied with Sharia Law. Since 2007, IFC has supported the construction and equipping of two multi-specialty hospitals, each with 300 beds, in Sana'a, Yemen, and Cairo, Egypt. The SGH network is currently expanding to Morocco and Pakistan.
Elevating Standards of Care
A commitment to raising the standard of care has compelled the SGH network's growth since the first hospital was founded in 1988 by two Saudi Arabian brothers, Sobhi Batterjee and Khalid Batterjee. Khalid Batterjee, a doctor, had studied in Germany and wanted to bring the quality care he saw in Europe back to people who would otherwise lack access or would have to travel abroad for treatment.
Today, the SGH Group provides primary, secondary, and tertiary services in over 50 treatment areas ranging from prenatal to end-of-life care. It owns and operates an ecosystem of medical centers, clinics, laboratories, radiology centers, pharmacies, as well as rehabilitation and physiotherapy centers. It also offers free-of-charge services to the community, including programs in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, rehabilitation for drug abuse, and maternal and child health.
Through a visiting doctor program, SGH brings physicians from across the globe to treat patients and enhance its own clinicians' continuing medical education. The program has enabled SGH to introduce to the region modern medical approaches in highly specialized areas, with less invasive techniques that have lower complication rates and faster recovery times. The SGH Group has also has established a medical college.
A culture of going "above and beyond the call of duty" is deeply ingrained within SGH staff, according to Sobhi Batterjee, who trained as an engineer. "We decided to enter the Yemeni market to serve the community," he says. "People refuse to go to underdeveloped countries because it costs more to bring talent and technology and to operate, but we are passionate about relieving suffering even if it is treating patients at cost."
Yet, SGH Group, the largest private sector health-care provider in MENA, is profitable. In 2017, it recorded revenues of nearly $600 million. Growth of the SGH network has offered the benefits of scale to countries in the region. That benefits medical practitioners and staff as well as patients: the network has 7,400 employees, of whom 3,000 are women—including one female hospital chief executive officer.
Prioritizing the Underserved
SGH has focused its efforts on a severely underserved region. The average bed per 1,000 people of the MENA region is 1.0, compared with 4.3 in high-income countries. Significant additional investment, with some estimates placing it at $1.2 trillion, will be required to alleviate this.
To address the gap on an even larger scale, in 2018 the SGH Group launched Humania Capital, a health-care investment company that will extend capital and expertise to third-party health-care providers in emerging markets in MENA and beyond.
The pace of expansion has not diverted attention from those most in need—like El Ramady, who was treated for his kidney failure. "Although SGH Sana'a is already in a critical situation with regards to diesel, medical, surgical supplies, and food, management decided to extend our support to the people of Hodeida at this dire time," says Abdullah Hussein Al-Dairi, chief executive officer of the hospital. "We are ready to support them with all we have."
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Rihanna: 9 Guys She Can Date Next Now That She's Single
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This may be a totally crazy suggestion, but I could see you dating one of your exes — Chris or Drake. Chris seems pretty cozied up with Karrueche Tran, but Drake is totally free. In fact, we that know that you have been talking to him lately!
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Hello and welcome to The Book Speaks, a podcast where I read from the works of indie and self-published authors of varying levels of success, financially and artistically. I'm Benjamin Douglas. Full disclosure: I myself am an aspiring indie author. You can learn more about me at my other home on the web, benjamindouglasbooks.wordpress.com.
There are a lot of great podcasts out there that discuss writing, publishing, and marketing as an indie author. One of the coolest things about all of these platform points is the web of interconnection building up among indie authors, across genres, oceans, and levels of experience. I wanted to create a podcast that would showcase the work of all these authors, by itself, read as genuinely, impartially, and engagingly as possible, so that the books can speak for themselves.
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An Ebola vaccine candidate enters the final phase of its trial Saturday (3/7) in Guinea. If successful, a vaccine could be ready for use in five or six months.
The VSV-EBOV vaccine was developed by Canada's Public Health Agency. World Health Organization vaccine expert Dr. Marie-Pierre Préziosi said Phase III will be conducted in the Basse Guinée region. It's had the highest number of Ebola cases in the country
"Phase III trial aims to test for safety and efficacy or effectiveness of a candidate vaccine. This is a final trial prior to licensure of a vaccine. The vaccination phase in itself is anticipated to last about 60 days. And then there will be a follow-up period of about 84 days. That is about three months. So altogether it should be around six months duration," she said.
The vaccine is based on a genetically engineered virus that's been given some proteins of the Ebola virus.
"This is a very common technique to make good vaccines," she said.
The strategy being used in the Phase III trial is known as "ring vaccination." It's a technique that was used to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. Researchers identify a newly diagnosed Ebola patient, who is called the "index case." Then they trace all of his or her contacts and vaccinate them, if they give their consent. The goal is to create a buffer zone that prevents the spread of the disease.
Dr. Préziosi said it's important to have an Ebola vaccine even though the number of new cases is on the decline.
"Although we see that cases are declining and the outbreak seems to be waning, unfortunately, as we speak there are still cases in various locations in Guinea. So, this really tells us that the epidemic is not over. We need to continue because this environment is quite unpredictable and the epidemic might flare-up again. And also if we are able to have an effective vaccine it would be really an invaluable tool to fight this outbreak and any other outbreak that would come in the future."
She said a vaccine could be used in several ways in the next Ebola outbreak. For example, it could be given only to frontline workers – those in direct contact with patients – or given to large portions of a country's population.
"We are all holding our breath because we are living a very important moment for this outbreak and for any future outbreak," she said.
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The Outpost: "The Only Way"
The CW, 8pm
Talon (Jessica Green) and Zed (guest star Reece Ritchie) unlock a power that Talon distrusts. The Mistress (guest star Robyn Malcolm) plots an unlikely path to victory as a deadly assassin is on the loose at the Outpost. Naya (guest star Amita Suman) faces her old master, with startling consequences.
NFL Football: Tampa Bay at Carolina
NFL Network, 8:20pm Live
NFC South foes clash at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C., as Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers face Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers on Thursday Night Football.
AXS TV, 8:30pm
New Series!
This star-studded classic rock series puts the spotlight on a different music icon each week as they sit down to discuss their favorite songs of all time and share their own personal mixtape playlists. The series kicks off with Foreigner founder, songwriter and guitarist Mick Jones sharing priceless anecdotes.
This Close
SundanceTV, 12am (late-night)
Season Premiere!
In Season 2, Kate (Shoshannah Stern) and Michael (Josh Feldman) are determined to reboot their friendship. But what's that they say about best-laid plans? Kate's past returns to haunt her in surprising ways as she finds her voice at work. Michael tries to walk the straight and narrow path, but everyone sees the truth except for him.
Friday, Sept. 13
Amazon Prime Video
New Series!
After Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar) suffers a near-fatal accident, she starts having visions of her late father, Jacob (Bob Odenkirk). He encourages her to tap into a mysterious and previously undiscovered ability to travel through space and time with the hopes of preventing his untimely death.
New Series!
This new drama is inspired by real-life events. When teenager Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever) files a police report claiming she's been sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home, the investigating detectives, as well as the people closest to her, come to doubt the truth of her story. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, detectives Grace Rasmussen and Karen Duvall (Toni Collette and Merritt Wever) meet while investigating an eerily similar pair of intruder rapes, and they partner to catch a potential serial rapist.
"Friday the 13th" Marathon
AMC, 10am
Witness the unstoppable horror of Jason Vorhees in this all-day marathon featuring Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and Friday the 13th (2009).
College Football
ESPN, beginning at 6pm Live
Friday night college football on ESPN has North Carolina at Wake Forest, followed by a matchup of Cougars as Washington State takes on Houston in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff at NRG Stadium in Houston.
EA Sports Madden NFL 20 Classic
The CW, 8pm
The largest tournament in Madden NFL Championship Series history takes place in Arlington, Texas, as players from around the world gather for three days of intense competition. With 500 competitors vying for the championship, the competition heats up as the players battle it out for the title belt and their share of the $190,000 prize pool.
Reef Break
ABC, 9pm
Season Finale!
Cat Chambers (Poppy Montgomery) is on the run and fearing for her life and freedom. Hearts are broken and futures are uncertain as Cat faces her toughest case yet — to clear her own name.
The CW, 9pm
New Series!
Each episode of this docuseries, presented in conjunction with Red Bull, shows an unfiltered and intimate portrait of an extreme sports athlete, told in his or her own words and experienced from his or her perspective, during the 72-hour period immediately before, during and after a landmark event in their career.
American Masters/VOCES: "Raul Julia: The World's a Stage"
PBS, 9pm
Discover the life and career of Raul Julia, the award-winning actor and humanitarian known for versatile roles from Shakespearean plays to The Addams Family. This is a joint presentation of VOCES and American Masters.
Murder in the Bayou
Showtime, 9pm
New Docuseries!
Showtime's first true-crime docuseries uncovers the secrets of a troubled town and investigates a series of unsolved murders of eight women whose bodies were discovered between 2005 and 2009 in drainage canals and on desolate back roads in and around the rural town of Jennings, La.
Killjoys: "Terraformance Anxiety"
Syfy, 10pm
The Lady's terraforming plans are becoming a reality as the Killjoy trio scramble to find a way of defeating her.
Room 104
HBO, 11pm
Season Premiere!
Season 3 of the anthology series from Jay and Mark Duplass returns with 12 episodes, each telling a unique story of the characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain motel. Season 3 includes tales of a man searching for a cure to his chronic skin condition, the caretaker of an exotic animal looking to make a sale and estranged siblings reuniting to make an investment.
Saturday, Sept. 14
College Football
ABC, CBS, ESPN, FOX, FS1 & NBC, beginning at 12pm Live
Top college football games on the Saturday schedule are Pittsburgh at Penn State (ABC), Ohio State at Indiana (FOX), New Mexico at Notre Dame (NBC), Alabama at South Carolina (CBS), Iowa at Iowa State (FS1), Arizona State at Michigan State (FOX), Florida at Kentucky (ESPN), Clemson at Syracuse (ABC), Oklahoma at UCLA (FOX) and Texas Tech at Arizona (ESPN).
The Cheerleader Escort
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
College freshman Cassie (Alexandra Beaton) is thrilled when she earns a spot on the cheerleading squad. When she meets Terry (Damon Runyan), the charismatic president of the alumni association, she finds herself falling for the older man. But all is not as it seems, and Cassie learns that members of the team moonlight as escorts for rich alumni, and that the man she's falling in love with is part of that group.
Sunday, Sept. 15
The CW, 8pm
This two-hour presentation is actually a 10-part series consisting of 10-minute episodes. In the contemporary samurai saga, Wendy Ohata (Emily Piggford) has just made three startling realizations: She has a twin brother; she's a kami-jin — a descendant of an ancient Japanese people who can turn paper into deadly weapons; and there's a kami-jin warrior hunting her down for reasons she doesn't understand.
The Masked Singer: Super Sneak Peek
FOX, 8pm
Before TV's biggest guessing game returns next week, host Nick Cannon and panelists Ken Jeong, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Scherzinger and Robin Thicke reflect on the success of the show's first season, and Season 1 winner T-Pain returns to the stage for a special appearance. Plus, viewers will be formally introduced to the Season 2 characters and get the first clues about the costumed celebs' identities.
Beach Hunters: "Connecticut Coastline; Oak Harbor"
HGTV, 8pm
Season Premiere!
A Connecticut couple is ready to make their dream of owning a beach house a reality. Then, a family of three from Washington is looking for a property on Whidbey Island.
Undercover Cheerleader
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
Transfer student Autumn (Kayla Wallace) goes undercover as a cheerleader to do an exposé on the cruel culture of the squad for her school paper. But when someone begins viciously attacking cheerleaders, she starts to fear for her own life.
Country Music
PBS, 8pm
New Series!
Ken Burns' latest documentary film is an eight-part, 16-hour look at the history of country music. The series features never-before-seen footage and photographs, plus interviews with more than 80 country artists. Tonight's series premiere, "The Rub (Beginnings-1933)," shows how what was first called "hillbilly music" started to reach new audiences through phonographs and radio, and follows the genre's first big stars, the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers.
Loch Ness Monster: New Evidence
Travel Channel, 8pm
In this two-hour special, Dr. Neil Gemmell of the University of Otago in New Zealand travels to the Scottish highlands to explore the legendary Loch Ness in search of the creature that has been reported to dwell in its depths for centuries. On his high-tech monster hunt, Gemmell uses cutting-edge techniques, interviews eyewitnesses and more.
NFL Football: Philadelphia at Atlanta
NBC, 8:15pm Live
Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles are at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium to face Matt Ryan and the Falcons on Sunday Night Football.
Married to Medicine: "Stirring the Teapot"
Bravo, 9pm
Contessa's pursuit of higher education continues to drive a wedge between her and Scott. Toya tries to put on a brave face and be there for her family after a devastating loss. As the Twitter war between Simone and Heavenly comes to a fever pitch, Jackie throws an "Emergen-Tea" party to set everything right.
Mystery 101: Words Can Kill
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, 9pm
Original Film!
When a guest at the college book festival is killed, Amy (Jill Wagner) and Travis (Kristoffer Polaha) clash after he arrests an unlikely person for the murder. Amy must fight to prove he has the wrong person behind bars.
Caribbean Life: "Maine to Puerto Rico; Falling in Love With St. Croix"
HGTV, 9pm
Season Premiere!
A man from Maine convinces his wife to make Vieques, Puerto Rico, their forever home. Then, a Michigan woman is ready to embrace island life in St. Croix.
Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin
Comedy Central, 10pm
Will & Grace's Sean Hayes is the Roast Master for Comedy Central's annual celebrity-skewering special, this year setting its sights on Alec Baldwin. Among those taking their shots at Baldwin are Robert De Niro, Blake Griffin, Caitlyn Jenner, Joel McHale, Debra Messing, Chris Redd and Jeff Ross.
Hawaii Hunters: "Investing in the Future and Hawaii Homecoming"
HGTV, 10pm
Season Premiere!
Young, busy professionals seek a vacation home that can double as an investment property in Maui. Then, a couple whose son is getting older wants to move closer to her family in Oahu.
Monday, Sept. 16
The Mel Robbins Show
New Series!
Motivational speaker, author and self-help guru Mel Robbins brings her straight-shooting, action-focused brand of inspiration into homes to help people get on track to achieving the lives they want and deserve.
Dancing With the Stars
ABC, 8pm Live
Season Premiere!
With a lineup of celebrities including a supermodel, a former White House press secretary, a Bachelorette, pro athletes from the NFL and NBA, a Supreme, and a TV icon, to name a few, the 28th season of the enduring reality show premieres tonight.
NFL Football: Cleveland at N.Y. Jets
ESPN, 8pm Live
Quarterback Baker Mayfield leads the Cleveland Browns into MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., to face Sam Darnold and the N.Y. Jets on Monday Night Football.
So You Think You Can Dance
FOX, 8pm Live
Season Finale!
In this live, two-hour season finale, the final four dancers perform before one is named this season's winner and earns the title of "America's Favorite Dancer."
American Ninja Warrior: "Las Vegas National Finals Night 4"
NBC, 8pm
For the first time in four years, a winner will be crowned on the finale of American Ninja Warrior. A select group of competitors move forward in the competition to face Stage 3, which features seven daunting obstacles, three that are new to the course this year: Battering Ram, Curved Iron Maiden and Dynamic Pole Grasp. The elite few who conquer Stage 3 move on to Stage 4, a final climb up Mt. Midoriyama, which they must complete in 30 seconds or less.
Country Music: "Hard Times (1933-1945)"
PBS, 8pm
Nashville becomes the heart of the country music industry as the genre grows in popularity during the Great Depression and World War II, when America falls in love with singing cowboys, Texas Swing and the Grand Ole Opry's Roy Acuff.
Live Rescue
A&E, 9pm Live
Season Premiere!
Hosted by veteran journalist Ashleigh Banfield, the second season continues to follow firefighters, paramedics and EMTs from across the country as they bravely put their lives on the line responding to emergency rescue calls.
Below Deck Mediterranean: "Sweet White Glove o' Mine"
Bravo, 9pm
The charter guests request a White Party for their final dinner, and Ben goes to great lengths in creating a menu for the theme. João's ego gets him in hot water with Capt. Sandy, while Jack enlists the crew to help him ask Aesha to be his girlfriend. And Hannah's leadership skills are questioned after Sandy calls out the interior crew for a subpar performance in service.
A Very Brady Renovation: "Here's the Second Story"
HGTV, 9pm
The teams wind back the clock to Day 1 and take on four more iconic rooms. Hidden Potential's Jasmine Roth teams up with Barry Williams (Greg) to create Mike Brady's den out of three spaces in the original house. Then the stars of HGTV's Good Bones work with Susan Olsen (Cindy) and Mike Lookinland (Bobby) on the kids' bedrooms and the Jack and Jill bathroom.
A Little Late With Lilly Singh
NBC, 1:35am (late-night)
New Series!
The first late-night talk show to be hosted by a woman on a broadcast network since Joan Rivers' FOX series over 30 years ago features actress, producer and writer Lilly Singh at the helm. Singh will conduct in-studio interviews on the half-hour series, as well as create and star in pre-taped comedy sketches and signature segments.
Tuesday, Sept. 17
CFB 150: The American Game
ESPN, 7pm
New Series!
Two new ESPN docuseries debut this month as part of the network's College Football 150 initiative, celebrating the sesquicentennial of the popular sport. One of them is this 11-episode docuseries that explores not only the history of college football, but also how it became such a cultural phenomenon.
Pandora: "Hurricane"
The CW, 8pm
Ralen (Ben Radcliffe) is on trial for his life after being accused of having sabotaged the Tereshkova. But even Jax (Priscilla Quintana) has her doubts about Ralen's veracity when his wife arrives from Zatar to defend him.
America's Got Talent: "Live Finals"
NBC, 8pm Live
The final acts perform for the judges and viewers at home.
Country Music: "The Hillbilly Shakespeare (1945-1953)"
PBS, 8pm
The bluegrass sound spreads in post-war America, while honky-tonk star Hank Williams creates songs of surprising emotional depth that are derived from his troubled and tragically short life.
Digital Addiction
A&E, 9pm
This groundbreaking new special uncovers the frightening world of digital addiction and the dramatic impact it has on those who battle it. Following Matthew, a video game-addicted teen, and Gina, a social media-addicted mother, this special highlights the often-ignored crippling compulsions and dangerous behaviors that present themselves through these various digital dependencies.
Bring the Funny: "The Finale Results"
NBC, 10pm
Season Finale!
The first ever winner of Bring the Funny is crowned. Also, former contestants and surprise guests celebrate the season in brand-new comedy performances and skits.
Flipping Exes: "Our Flippin' Anniversary!"
Bravo, 10pm
Season Finale!
Nina and Michael rehab a flip that Michael bought at auction. When Michael literally busts down the front door, the graffiti-covered interior is a shocker. Michael and the team take a rare break from work and throw Nina a surprise party for Flipping Exes' three-year business anniversary.
Wednesday, Sept. 18
FOX, 8pm
Season Finale!
The top three home cooks are ready to tackle the biggest culinary challenge of their lives: a three-course meal for judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Aarón Sánchez that will determine this season's winner. At stake is the opportunity to learn hands-on in each judge's restaurant and a $250,000 prize.
America's Got Talent: "Live Results Finale"
NBC, 8pm Live
Season Finale!
The Season 14 winner is determined.
Country Music: "I Can't Stop Loving You (1953-1963)"
PBS, 8pm
In Memphis, Sun Studios artists Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley usher in the era of rockabilly. Elsewhere, Ray Charles crosses America's racial divide by recording a country album, while Patsy Cline shows off Music City's smooth new Nashville Sound.
The Real Housewives of Dallas: "Donde Esta Margarita"
Bravo, 9pm
D'Andra blows off a big business meeting with Travis because of a "hair emergency." LeeAnne gets creative in order to afford her uber-expensive couture wedding gown. The women all travel to Careyes, Mexico, for some fun in the sun at Kary's resort-like villa, but things quickly take a turn when tensions rise between Kary and LeeAnne.
American Horror Story
FX, 10pm
Season Premiere!
The ninth season of Ryan Murphy's horror anthology series, called American Horror Story: 1984, is set at Camp Redwood and pays homage to classic slasher films. The cast includes Emma Roberts, Gus Kenworthy, Angelica Ross, Matthew Morrison, Cody Fern, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd and John Carroll Lynch.
A Little Late With Lilly Singh: The Primetime Special
NBC, 10pm
Two days after the premiere of Lilly Singh's new late-night show, this hourlong special airing much earlier will introduce viewers who are not night owls to Singh as she takes part in sketches, interviews and games, and interacts with the audience.
Thursday, Sept. 19
CFB 150: The Greatest
ESPN, 7pm
New Series!
This 11-episode series airing as part of ESPN's College Football 150 initiative features a wide range of Top 11 lists related to the sport, from ranking the all-time best uniforms to the top rivalry games and more.
The Outpost: "Nothing Short of Heroic"
The CW, 8pm
Garret (Jake Stormoen) runs into Talon (Jessica Green), now a Prime Order captive as Gwynn's (Imogen Waterhouse) lost relation has a claim to the throne. Meanwhile, Janzo (Anand Desai-Barochia) becomes desperate to find a plagueling cure. Lastly, a devastating Prime Order weapon is revealed.
Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
NBC, 8pm
This hourlong special is hosted by Emmy-winner Derek Hough and filmed at the historic Highclere Castle in England. It features interviews with the cast of the new Downton Abbey theatrical film debuting in theaters on Sept. 20, who talk about what made the original series so unique and appealing, as well as how it easily segues into the feature film.
NFL Football: Tennessee at Jacksonville
NFL Network, 8:20pm Live
Marcus Mariota leads the Tennessee Titans into Jacksonville's TIAA Bank Field to face the Jaguars in this Week 3 Thursday Night Football game.
Mixtape: "REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin & Dave Amato"
AXS TV, 8:30pm
REO Speedwagon frontman Kevin Cronin reflects on how the Beatles' groundbreaking performance on The Ed Sullivan Show drove him to a career in rock. He also performs REO Speedwagon's hit "Keep Pushin'" with bandmate Dave Amato.
The Last Days of Phil Hartman
ABC, 9pm
This ABC News special takes a look at the final days before the tragic death of Phil Hartman and how his loss is still felt today.
The Parent Trip
BYUtv, 9pm
New Series!
Each episode of this series follows a thrill-seeking celebrity as he or she takes a parent or child on a bucket list adventure. Celebs including Jennie Garth, Jaleel White, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Monica Potter and James Maslow take part in adventures ranging from zip lining across the Niagara Gorge to shark fishing in the Atlantic.
Two Sentence Horror Stories: "Trilogy"
The CW, 9pm
Season Finale!
The finale pulls three stories into one — "Ma," about a young woman's new romance, her Chinese mother and the lengths she will take to keep her "perfect" daughter home; "Guilt Trip," a hitchhiker horror tome following a good Samaritan who is forced to rethink her decision; and "Singularity," centered on a biohacker tapping into more than just the internet.
The Paley Center Salutes "The Good Place"
NBC, 9pm
A week before the acclaimed comedy The Good Place begins its final season, this hourlong special looks back at the series through highlights and behind-the-scenes footage as well as interviews with cast members and executive producers.
Friday, Sept. 20
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Original Film!
Zach Galifianakis stars in this adaptation of his cult web series created for Funny or Die. Scott Aukerman, co-creator of the series, cowrote the film with Galifianakis and also directed.
Season Premiere!
Matt Groening's (The Simpsons) animated satire of fantasy stories returns for Season 2. Abbi Jacobson, Eric Andre and Nat Faxon return with voice roles.
"Rambo" Double Feature
AMC, 8pm
The only thing more awesome than 1980s-era Sylvester Stallone is oiled-up '80s Stallone in a headband. Catch First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II.
Live PD
A&E, 9pm Live
Season Premiere!
Hosted by Dan Abrams with analysis from Tom Morris Jr. and Sgt. Sean "Sticks" Larkin, this series showcases the policing of America, following diverse police departments from across the country in real time as they patrol their communities. Using dashcams along with fixed rig and handheld cameras, the show captures the work of a varied mix of urban and rural police forces on a typical Friday and Saturday night.
College Football
ESPN2 & FS1, beginning at 9pm Live
A pair of college football games are on tonight's schedule as Air Force is at Boise State on ESPN2 and Utah is at USC on FS1.
Great Performances: "Now Hear This"
PBS, 9pm
New Miniseries!
Each episode of this four-part fine-arts documentary miniseries is dedicated to a famed classical composition and proves how each piece remains relevant to today's culture. Series host Scott Yoo journeys across Europe to discover how composers Bach, Vivaldi, Scarlatti and Handel created their timeless masterworks.
VOCES: "The Pushouts"
PBS, 10pm
Meet Victor Rios, a high school dropout and former gang member turned award-winning professor, author and expert on the school-to-prison pipeline, who works with young people who have been "pushed out" of school for reasons beyond their control.
Killjoys: "Last Dance"
Syfy, 10pm
Series Finale!
Dutch (Hannah John-Kamen) uses Khlyen (Rob Stewart) to bait The Lady and finds herself in the middle of a final, epic showdown.
Saturday, Sept. 21
College Football: Michigan at Wisconsin
FOX, 12pm Live
Big Ten rivals do battle at Madison's Camp Randall Stadium as the Michigan Wolverines visit the Wisconsin Badgers on FOX.
Escaping the NXIVM Cult: A Mother's Fight to Save Her Daughter
Lifetime, 8pm
Original Film!
This ripped-from-the-headlines film tells of a mother's fight to save her child from a dangerous cult. After actress Catherine Oxenberg (Andrea Roth) and her daughter India (Jasper Polish) attend a leadership meeting led by the extremely enigmatic Keith Raniere (Peter Facinelli), India is drawn into the cult of NXIVM. She soon joins a secret sorority, led by actress Allison Mack (Sara Fletcher), where female members are branded, ordered to maintain a restricted diet and told to recruit other women as sex slaves.
Beyond the Headlines: Escaping the NXIVM Cult With Gretchen Carlson
Lifetime, 10pm
Gretchen Carlson investigates the shocking and twisted world of NXIVM, a purported self-help group that targeted and trapped young women. The group's former leader, Keith Raniere, was found guilty of racketeering, sex trafficking and other crimes. A cult deprogrammer shares insight about how the cult rose to power, and actress Catherine Oxenberg shares her story of trying to get her daughter out of the cult.


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Brooklyn is a hub of culinary, cultural, and ethnic diversity. Add to this the borough's reputation as a "hip" destination to live and visit, and it should come as no surprise that Brooklyn hosts a festival almost every day of the summer. Here are a few highly anticipated festivals to look forward to in Brooklyn for the 2016 summer.
Celebrate Brooklyn!
Kicking off on June 8th and running through the month of August, Celebrate Brooklyn! Is an ongoing series of concerts of all genres. Held at the aesthetically and acoustically magical Prospect Park bandshell, the shows span a diverse range of music and feature artists from all over the world.
Northside Festival
Hundreds of bands, speakers, and independent films perform and air at dozens of Brooklyn venues during Northside Festival, taking place from June 6th thru June 12th this year. Depending on to what extent you'd like to participate, you can purchase a festival badge or single-event tickets.
Coney Island Flicks on the Beach
Have you ever watched a film on an enormous outdoor screen? What about on an enormous outdoor screen on the beach? Screening cult classics and award-winning films spanning decades, this weekly event may make you stop mourning the irrelevance of the drive-in movie theater. Films will dominate the 40-foot-screen on Mondays during July and August.
Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
A particular brand of hip hop has deep roots in Brooklyn, and these influences will take center stage at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival from July 13th thru July 16th. Nas, Fabolous, and Talib Kweli are all slated to play in events, which will be held at Brooklyn Bridge Park, St. Ann's Warehouse, and The Women's Center at Medgar Evers College.
Brooklyn Pride Parade and Festival
On Saturday, June 11th, Brooklyn Pride celebrates its 20th anniversary. The event kicks off with a 5k run, which is followed by a festival, stage entertainment, and twilight parade. This year's festivities will be centered around MetroTech Center, a five-minute walk from Nu Hotel Brooklyn.
Shakespeare at Sunset
The Brooklyn waterfront makes a great setting for some Shakespeare theatre, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy does an excellent job of teaming with talented production crews to host a distinctly Brooklyn variant of Shakespeare in the Park. This year's show is A Winter's Tale, and you can catch it between August 9th and 14th at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
If you've got a trip planned Brooklyn this summer, you're in for a treat. The festivals you've just read about, plus dozens more, can be reached by foot, cab, or train from the Nu Hotel Brooklyn.


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In our story we hope to gain a deeper appreciation of the Eastern Bluebirds through a scientific understanding of their lives. To closely observe these colourful birds, I set camp 20 feet away from the nest box and I wait patiently for the parents to get accustomed to my car, myself and my photographic gear. When the bluebird female continued to do her bird thing and flew back to the nest with food, I knew that today's assignment had just started.
We summarize our observations in (1) What's on the menu, (2) Housekeeping chores & diaper duty, and (3) Male Gender Behavioural Patterns.
Eastern Bluebird Female With Insect
What's On The Menu – The Eastern Bluebird diet
I have arrived at breakfast time. It's early in the morning and it seems the bluebirds are feverishly gathering insects and take turns at feeding the chicks.
Both the female and male Eastern Bluebirds have the same hunting strategy to catch insects. The bluebirds first locate the insect with their excellent eyesight from a perch, then dive to the ground for the capture, and finally return to the same location. End of the hunting cycle. Oh, from time to time the bluebirds smash the insects two or three times on the perch as the victims are probably still alive.
During breeding, Eastern Bluebirds feeding grounds are on a 50 to 75 meters radius all around the nest. This proximity provided me with plenty of photographic opportunities during each of my visits to the nests.
Eastern Bluebird Male In Flight With Mealworm
As the feeding frenzy continues for the next 4 hours, performed by both the male and female, I note that the Eastern Bluebird female is by far the most productive. Between me triggering the shutter and responding to changes in light conditions, I count a total of 24 feedings, with the female bluebird taking on the assignment 18 times. A clear win over the male.
Eastern Bluebird Female In Flight With Mealworm
And just when I was starting to feel sorry for the female and start blaming the male for providing another living proof of male gender laziness, the Eastern Bluebird female left her perch, and, for 2 to 3 seconds she hovered above the male, just to perch back on the same branch. To note it was one of the more exceptional times when the male was returning with food.
Was the female grateful? Was the hovering of the Eastern Bluebird female a display of affection?
Eastern Bluebird Female Hovering Above The Male
I'll leave it to your judgment. I was just relieved to see that there was light at the end of the tunnel.
Each inbound flight with food to the nest is noisily greeted by the bluebird chicks. Studies have shown that the Eastern Bluebird clutch may have 2 to 7 nestlings. Since each chick gets fed twice per hour, if I do the math, I am photographing a Eastern Bluebird family with 3 baby birds.
So, what exactly is on the Eastern Bluebird menu? During the summer months, bluebirds' diet will consist mostly of insects such as grasshoppers, crickets and caterpillars. During the winter months, the Eastern Bluebird will feed on plant fruits such as dogwood and holly berries.
Eastern Bluebird Female With Grasshoper
Housekeeping Chores & Diaper Duty – Cleaning the nest to keep the parasites out
One of the most interesting aspects of the Eastern Bluebird parenting behaviour I have witnessed was the removal of the poop sac by the female from the nest box. Baby birds usually do not poop inside of the nest; instead they use a fecal sac which works like a diaper. The parent is then responsible to do the diaper duty, in this case the female; she literally takes out the trash by carrying the sac far away from the nest.
Eastern Bluebird Female With Poop Sac
I couldn't see where the sac was disposed as the female Eastern Bluebird disappeared in the nearby foliage. But as a protective tactic she will carry the sac far enough to avoid drawing the raptors attention towards the nest.
One last note: I wonder if the sac in the photograph is one individual sac or multiple sacs combined together. If you have more information on this, please drop me a note.
|Feedback from our readers!
Although we have received from our readers more than one confirmation on the Bluebird female carrying a single fecal sac, we have decided to publish Megan's response as being the most detailed and instructive. Thank you Megan and thanks everybody for all your feedback.
The Eastern Bluebird is one of the most read stories on MikePhoto.com and since I have a particular interest in Bluebirds and a full year has passed from my visits to the nests, I thought it is time to go back and record fresh material about their nest cleaning parenting behaviour. The update is now online at the Housekeeping Duty – An Eastern Bluebird Fecal Sac Update.
The update adds 2 photographs of feeding behaviour and a very short, slow motion movie, showing the Eastern Bluebird female carrying away the fecal sac. Don't miss it!
Male Gender Behavioural Patterns – The Eastern Bluebird selfishness
My attention is always drawn to behavioral displays in animal species that specifically resemble human actions. Good similarities, for example, are when you witness parent affection towards its offspring. Most often we will witness behaviours such as feeding and protection. Bad similarities are when you witness "abusive" relationships such as the one illustrated below.
This is the perfect example of the male's piggish appetite. Although surrounded by a buzzing mass of insects, on this day, I have recorded 32 frames with the bluebird male begging and trying to get access to the food captured by the female bluebird, sometimes in an assertive manner. And, the entire commotion is taking place in front of the hungry chicks' nest.
Eastern Bluebirds Arguing Over Food
With a frustrated flutter of the wings and the now-classic male avarice, the silent dialogue continues:
Eastern Bluebird Male: Gimme! I want it!
Eastern Bluebird Female: Go get your own food you lazy bird. This food is for the chicks. Our chicks! Oh, you brute, just fly away and gather yourself some food for once…
The Eastern Bluebird Male
Assignment Notes:
- The Eastern Bluebird assignment unfolded over a 3-week period and recorded a total of 454 colourful frames
- During this period 2 Eastern Bluebirds pairs were photographed at human-constructed nest boxes
- Both male and female in one of the pairs were banded
- Light conditions were excellent at all times with most photographs taken between 8:00 and 11:00 AM
- Multiple focal lengths were used, minimum 420mm, maximum 1000mm
Returning on the fourth week, I find both nests empty. I hope the pairs were successful as Eastern Bluebird populations throughout Canada are diminishing.
Due to loss of habitat, increased use of pesticides and nest competition from non-native species, the Eastern Bluebird has suffered a drastic population decline in the past century. Helping the Eastern Bluebird making a comeback are the carefully constructed nest boxes on fence posts along rural roads.
|Mike's Eastern Bluebird photographs featured on the cover and inside of the Neighbors magazine by Russell Publications
|Kay MacNeil of Frankfort, Illinois is known in her hometown as "The Bluebird Lady." This is because of her initiative to install bluebird houses throughout the community and bring the native "Gems of Blue" back to Northern Illinois. Russell Publications captured images of Kay inspecting bluebird houses, but we didn't have professional photos of the bluebirds to share. We found Mike Lascut's beautiful images of these feathered friends on his Web site (www.mikephoto.com) and contacted him to see if we could borrow an image or two for our feature story. If you asked readers in our area if they have seen a bluebird, most would say, "I haven't seen a bluebird for years." The Eastern Bluebird was once common throughout much of our state. In the past 50 years, the bluebird population has declined almost 90 percent. Mike's photos allowed us to show our readers how beautiful these birds are.
|Russell Publications has a circulation of about 16,000 readers in 9 south Chicago suburban towns. Those town papers are: Grant Park Gazette, Peotone Vedette, Beecher Herald, New Lenox Community Reporter, Monee Monitor, Crete Record, Manhattan American, Frankfort Neue Presse and Manteno News.
Tracy Ahrens, Neighbors section editor, Russell Publications, Peotone, Illinois
There's an update to this story: Housekeeping Duty – An Eastern Bluebird Fecal Sac Update


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Dairy-free | Soy-free | Gluten-free | Nut-free | Clean eating | Paleo | Vegetarian | Vegan
This is one of my favorite, easiest ways to make sweet potatoes. (I'll post the other one soon; we eat LOTS of sweet potatoes around here.) I got the original recipe from a paleo blog while we were living in London and had very few kitchen tools to cook with, but then I guess the blog disappeared because I can't access it anymore! So since I still make this all the time, I'm posting my version here so that hopefully it never gets lost again.
The beauty of it is there's no wrong way. You can make them salty, spicy, sweet–or a combination of all 3. I even throw one Russett potato in there for the 2/5 of my family who don't like sweet potatoes (gasp!). The trick to getting them crispier without burning them is using a very small amount of oil. They're still not going to be as crisp as the ones you buy in the freezer section that are coated with stuff to enhance the texture, but they're so delicious.
Sweet Potato Oven Wedges
- 2-3 large sweet potatoes, scrubbed well and well dried off
- up to 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- spices of choice: I use about 1/2 tsp. salt, a sprinkle of pepper, and a touch of paprika. Try cinnamon and a little maple syrup; or salt, thyme, and cayenne; or any of your favorites! Please comment below with what you enjoy; I love trying new variations!
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Slice your sweet potatoes lengthwise into 1/2-inch wedges and place in a large bowl.
- Drizzle a very small amount of olive oil and toss with your hands until wedges are just coated. Sprinkle on about 1/2 tsp. salt (or your maple syrup–remember, small amounts), tossing as you go.
- Spread them in a single layer onto an ungreased nonstick baking sheet. Don't use parchment paper or foil; it makes them harder to flip. Sprinkle remaining seasonings over the top.
- Bake at 400 for 15 minutes, then remove and flip all the wedges. Return to oven and bake another 11-15 minutes.
- Enjoy!


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When I was around 6 or 7 I took a painting class at the local library. It was taught by an enthusiastic young man who took a special interest in my "work". I think I was pretty good at watercolors and able to get the way things looked, sort of, with not too much messiness. This has to be unusual for a child that age. He insisted I have a "one girl show" at the library to celebrate my "genius" as the local newspaper put it.
In that show there was a landscape with only the head of a horse in the middle. My enthusiastic teacher, who was probably just a young art student, said this was part of my talent. Meaning that I was free to put just the head of the horse in the picture because I knew that was all that was necessary to indicate "horseness". I thought that I had only included the head because I had no idea how to draw the rest of the body. I didn't tell him that. I liked his idea better.
I think this small incident pretty much defines for me everything there is to know about what other people think an artist is about and how that influences what artists say to other people about what they do.
But, suppose he was right. It certainly is true that children, if they have not been overly praised or scolded about their art are freer to do what they want to than they will be as they learn more about what "art" is. It is also true that the head of a horse does indicate "horsiness" and I felt free to put it in the painting without the body, even though I would have included the body if I knew how to draw it.
When an artist in full control of the power of expression chooses to leave something key out of their work to create a certain feeling, that is art. When someone simply doesn't know how to draw and so only includes what they can do comfortably...not so sure. A lot of outsider art has this feel to it and often it is very moving. If this concept is to hold water then art education is a big mistake and everything that is taught except how to wield a brush or sharpen a pencil leads to the burying of "talent".
What do you think?


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SURFING and Surf Ride have teamed up once again to bring Camp Shred, the world's largest surf demo, back to San Elijo Campground in Cardiff By the Sea, Calif., March 7-8, 2015. The annual event, now in its third year, brings the best surf brands and thousands of their loyal consumers for a fun weekend […]Read More
Baseball America unveiled its 25th Anniversary Top 100 Prospects list on Thursday night, Feb. 19, with coverage that began on MLB Network and continued online at BaseballAmerica.com. In addition to all the usual features breaking down the Top 100 Prospect list and the players, the celebration of the 25th Anniversary included an oral history of […]Read More
TEN announced its private marketplace support, enabling advertisers and their agencies to directly access advertising inventory across TEN's portfolio of more than 60 leading automotive and action sport websites that serve more than 55 million website visitors monthly. Powered by Google's Ad Exchange and Rubicon Project's Advertising Automation Cloud Platform, TEN's programmatic direct offering officially launched […]Read More


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Occupy Ottawa joined the international resistance on October 15 2011 with a 300 person strong gathering in Confederation Park.
80-100 activists remained in the park, pitching tents and spreading the word.
The occupation is growing, with a meeting planned for Wednesday October 19 on site.
All are welcome - and anyone who can is encouraged to bring donations of food, hot drinks, toilet paper, blankets, socks, warm clothes, communication devices and solidarity greetings to those who are staying in the park at Elgin and Laurier.


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Rates per Month
Morning Care
|7:30 am – 8:45 am
Regular School Day
|8:45 am – Noon
|8:45 am – 3:15 pm (Kindergarten Year)
|8:45 am – 3:15 pm (Elementary)
Toddler/Primary Care Component
|Noon – 3:15 pm
|Noon – 4:30 pm
|Noon – 6:00 pm
Kindergarten/Elementary Care Component
|3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
|3:15 pm – 6:00 pm
Tuition Rates listed are monthly based on the 5 day school week (Monday – Friday). Tuition is paid September through May with school in session from the end of August through the beginning of June.
Our programs run on a Full Montessori 3-year Cycle basis:
The Montessori Toddler Program is for children around 18 months old (and who are steady on their feet) through the age of 3 years. Children will be admitted to the program up to 29 months of age. After that it is advisable to wait until they are old enough for entry into the Primary classroom.
The Montessori Primary Classroom is a three-year program designed for children ages around 3 to 6. Children can enter when they are at least 2 years and 9 months old and are using the bathroom independently. Because children are considered "Kindergarten" age if they turn 5 before September 1st, those who begin prior to age 3 may require a fourth year in the Primary classroom. Completing Kindergarten year is required when considering enrolling in the Primary community.
The Montessori Elementary Classroom is designed for children with previous Montessori experience. When considering an elementary student new to the school, the child will visit and the Elementary Teacher will assess academic skills and readiness for the independence and responsibility of working in a Montessori Elementary Classroom.
Lower Elementary: 1-3 grade; Upper Elementary: 4-6 grade.
Enrollment is for a minimum of One Full Montessori cycle (3-4 years).
Key Admission Dates
|Start Accepting Applications for New Families
|Montessori 101 – Required class for new parents
|October 17th
|Getting Ready for Montessori – Required class for new parents
|December 13th
|January Open House
|January 25th
|Application Deadline for Siblings/Faculty
|February 1st
|New Student Admission Starts
|March 23rd
|Montessori 101 – Required Class for New Parents
|April 30th
|Montessori 101 – Required Class for New Parents
|August 13th
|Getting Ready for Montessori – Required Class for New Parents
|July 22nd
|Getting Ready for Montessori – Required Class for New Parents
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To finish off the winter, here are three stunning pieces from our members!
Pegasus is Susan's very FIRST attempt at foundation piecing!
Can you see how tiny some of the pieces are?
What will she be producing when she's a had a bit of experience?
Georgie's beautiful Cranes are also foundation pieced, with many tiny pieces.
Great perspective, and sense of flight..
Jo's Paris Street is based on a photo taken by her son when he was on a student exchange a couple of years ago. It is finished just in time for his 21st birthday.
Can't you just see them all in our exhibition in April 2012?


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Second ServiceThe River Cafe is open at 10:15 prior to our11:00 AM gathering time. Our coffee bar is available to serve you with freshly brewed coffee and your choice of an assorment of pastries.
August 2, 2020, 11:00 am
Our second service begins at 11:00 AM every Sunday. Our nursery is available at 10:30 AM and we have classes for pre-school and elementary aged students.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Yet taking that first step of faith can involve uncertainty. What if it's the wrong path? What if I slip? What—or who—will I find at the end? At The River Community we're exploring the path laid out through God's word—come join us this Sunday! You'll find great music, Biblical teaching and fellow travelers to walk with you on your journey!
If you feel that the course you are on or the course your children are on may need a different direction, please enter The River. Please feel free to dress comfortably.
Phone: (805) 648-7955
Fax: (805) 648-7744
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Location: The River Community Church
Address: 889 E. Santa Clara St, Ventura, CA 93001
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Childcare Details:
The Baby Brook is the name of our nursery and is available at our 11 AM service only. This space is dedicated to our infants through two year olds. We have special people that love on your children. The Brook is the name of our pre-school class and is available at at our 11 AM service only. This space is dedicated for children of three years to five years old. The Stream is the name of our children's ministry where we spend time with elementary school aged children from 1st grade through 5th grade at our 11 AM service. This gathering time is dedicated to teach your child about the Word of God through fun lessons, song, crafts and many other exciting ideas to help your child grow in the Word. The Current is our middle & high school student ministry. Our youth play an important role at our gathering as they serve in different areas; from greeting our guests to serving in our coffee bar. Our youth are engaged in service with the adults - what a great way to build relationships and close the generation gap.


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Pre-Fall 2018John Galliano
Bill Gaytten's John Galliano collections for men's Fall and women's Pre-Fall took a trek—or more like a taste—of Asia as their joined inspirations. "It's really about surface decoration," said the designer in Paris this morning. "Focusing on the finishes, the handiwork, and details, such as cheongsam ties or intricate jacquards."
Between the men's and the women's, there was a lot of overlap, and much of it was wonderful. A carpet-like topcoat for the guys mirrored a robe-esque version for the girls (hers had tasseling near the hemline). Gaytten aimed, specifically, to invoke the Old Hollywood glamour of Anna May Wong (a very Galliano reference if ever one existed), Tibetan garment-making craftsmanship, and Japanese kimonos. One terrific copper dress had a kimono-like grace to its drape, but with a twisted fabric bunching at the stomach. "It's called the loop of love," Gaytten said, adding that it is an established Galliano motif. "I am actually not sure where that name came from!"
For the gents, a patterned formal coat stood out—it boasted geometric cyan and tangerine embroidery from the shoulder to the waistline. Likewise a jacquard denim jacket with finely threaded topstitching outlining the shapes of kites. Cobweb knit sweaters—also spun between the genders—were noteworthy, too.


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Triad Audio L3 Headphone Amplifier in Review
Triad Audio's L3 is one of the biggest battery-powered carry-around headphone amps that TMA has gone over. The other, MST's FiQuest, is a champion of customisation and performance. While not nearly as customisable as the FiQuest, the L3 commutes from HiFi component to road warrior with less hassle. It is also one of the handsomest large amps this audio fool has seen.
Good question
Manufacturer: Triad Audio
Product: L3
Price: 800$
Build Quality
I get the giddy lust for blood every time I hold something made of metal. Perhaps it's this living in Japan where everything is made of plastic and stuffed behind endless shrouds of … plastic and more plastic. Perhaps its that a heavy chunk of aluminium or steel awakens the viking in me. I'm not sure. Whatever it is, the L3's got me seeing red.
Its walls are are 5,5mm thick – so thick in fact, that the in/out ports must be sunk 3mm into its face. Ditto the DC port. The power and gain switches are the same part and securely grounded into the green board. They protrude from the case by 6,5mm, which isn't a problem unless you tend to slam the back end of your amp on tables, tile floors, the sidewark. Don't. You'll snap off the switch or jack it into the amp – and break your tiles.
'Round back, a single set of RCA jacks supplies the most logical input for a HiFi. They are the only somewhat flimsy part of the L3. It's the wiggling they do when cables are plugged and unplugged. It's like gripping the back of an Edirol FA-66 (the cheery unit I use to RMAA and SQ benchmark all the amps – for reference of course). It's the feeling of a cram-all-in 250$ device. Perhaps I'm just mental wishing for an 800$ amp that feels its price in all its parts.
But apart from that, damn, it's blood lust.
A 2mm H2,0 Allen keys will get you in. Triad fix the ends of the L3 with two Allen bolts per side. It reminds of like runaway skateboarding after having half-fastened your trucks to the board. Diagonally fasten two of four and you're good to go. I still fasten my amps cross wise first. Except that Triad's bolt threads are high quality, hardly prone to stripping. The other plus is that if you want to get in (to change the batteries, or just gape at the green real estate), you have only half the amount of screwing to do.
Bolts all counted for, I'd have to say that the L3 inspires a bit more confidence in me than does the FiQuest. The thicker walls should hold off more RF interference, and the bolt threads are better aligned. No stripping. Expect the L3 to survive many turns of your audio system.
Ergonomics and Polish
The best part of the L3 is the main board. It's as well-labelled as the Vorzüge amps are. The batteries are rechargeable 9V batteries. If anything goes wrong, a quick fix shouldn't be hard to pull off. Moving to the outside, we have a precise laser inscribed logo, controls, and, (egads) a serial number. The latter part must be a blessing to distributors and customers who want to know of which batch their L3 is part.
If you love to listen to music late at night, the L3 is your friend. Its blue LED can be seen in any light, but it isn't too bright at night. You can't use it as a torch to find the bathroom at midnight, or that dog shyte you swear you smell, but don't have care to flip the electricity to find. Triad Audio's implementation is near-perfect. Well done.
The volume and bass pots move smoothly and come off and on with a few twists of a 1,5mm H1,5 Allen key. They are, however, too close to each other for comfortable fiddling. Adjusting the bass without affecting the volume can be difficult. The biggest difficulty is in/out real estate. There is hardly any room at all. Two thick jacks will clog the in/out port and will frustrate that poor bass knob. To no end. The L3 is a LARGE amp, but has one of the most cramped front panels I've used. And, just like the FiQuest, the only headphone output is a 3,5mm stereo jack. There has to be a way to cramp some of the green board together to fit a 6,5mm jack. If you're going to have to fuss with down-stepping headphone adapters anyway, RCA connection sort of loses its ribald lure.
At least the batteries have logos on them. That sort of makes up for the cramped face plate and the lack of a 6,3mm headphone jack.
It doesn't make up for the up-side-down gain switch, which switches to high in the 'down' position, and low in the 'up' position, exactly opposite to the OFF/ON switch. It's opposite's week! The L3 is also the only amp in recent memory that crams in the headphone out right next to a pot of some sort, in this case, the bass pot. Even if you use the RCA input rather than the 3,5mm input, the front panel will feel cramped.
But remember, laser-engraved logo is precise, and you get Triad Audio labels on your batteries – you can't forget that.
What the L3 loses in polish, it makes up in features – to an extent. While there are no sockets to switch out buffers and op-amps, the L3 does sport a powerful bass contour and a decent gain system. Oh yes, and an honest-to-god RCA input circuit. The latter is my favourite but I think fans of the ER4 and Audio Technica CK10 on the earphone end, and the T70, K701, and HD800 on the headphone end, will enjoy playing with the bass – that is, if they can reach it after plugging a headphone into the headphone output.
As a reviewer, I'm tickled by the bass ackwards design of the in/out ports, the on/off vs the gain, and the lack of a 6,3mm headphone jack, but sound-wise, the L3 strikes a deep chord in me. It deserves all the praise that has been heaped upon it since its inception.
But performance isn't only the art of expensive amps like the L3. We'll come back to this in the conclusion.
The L3 begs to be mated to the Senn HD700 or 800 – with an adapter of course – and my favourite, the Beyer DT880 600Ω. Even when run on battery power, there is plenty of overhead for extreme volume levels. Battery power, of course, is cleaner than mains power. The only area that battery power alone may not be enough is when driving a headphone like the DT880 at max volume, max gain, and with the bass circuit fully open. Sizzle distortion is evident then, but plug into the mains and suddenly, there is enough current to keep the DT880 from popping. Of course, in order to get the L3 to perform poorly, you have to push it to levels that would induce immediate and permanent hearing impairment.
Otherwise, even at full volume, the signal is strong, spacious, and inviting.
At normal listening levels, the L3's performance is gripping. If you tend to connect amps to any portable source except an iBasso DX100 or a Cypher Labs CLAS, the performance your system achieves will be source limited, not amp limited. The L3 pushes nearly reference levels of performance in almost every metric. Its one weakness is slightly above-average noise from the headphone output when listening to sensitive earphones. Noise levels are higher than the FiQuest and similar to the ALO Continental V2. If you use sensitive earphones, you may be annoyed by the noise. Headphones are never a problem at any gain/volume level.
RCA VS 3,5 Stereo Input
The L3 isn't among the number of headphone amps with disparately performing inputs. Both RCA and stereo inputs perform identically. Volume levels are the same, as is stereo performance, distortion, and the lot. This is especially helpful for HiFi use because some amps are optimised for one input method over another.
Bass boost
The variable bass boost is incredibly detailed. At full tilt, it will push ~10,5dB of extra punch between its ON and OFF settings. Vorzüge's bass circuit boosts the signal by about 15dB, which some may consider too much. 10,5dB only sounds ninny by comparison. In reality, it is macho, just not effusively so. Its range of effect is from 5 or so Hz, with a boost of around 10dB up to about 200Hz, where its effect is down to about 2dB. At 100Hz, the effect rings in around 3,5dB. In other words, the effect is most noticeable in bass and mid bass. If your music doesn't hit 100Hz very often, the 3,5dB of extra amplification won't really hit your music. But if your music packs lots of low notes, the effect is swarmy. I like it quite a bit.
Power Thump
I suggest turning the amp ON/OFF without earphones attached. Power thump is sharp and loud. Even with the 120Ω Grado GR8 plugged in, it is painful. Headphones of almost any variety exhibit a small thump, but nothing painful.
Out and About
The L3 isn't a small amp. Not by any means. If you mean to carry it in your trousers, you will have to upgrade to your daddy's pre-diet jeans. It measures 156mm long with all its knobs included, 132mm if you measure its chassis edge to edge. This amp is made for the desktop, the purse, or the camera bag, not your trousers. It never gets too warm, so even if you can cram it into your Uniqlo jeans, there's no worry of frying your bearded twins. But, they complain about the loss of trouser real estate. Battery seems to last well enough to get through a day of work at a Western company, or about half a day at a Japanese company. If you work in Asia, just bring a recharger.
If you want something that will fit in your skinny's and still perform on par with the L3 with all your earphones, check out Tralucent's T1.
Sound In A Nutshell
There is nothing to complain about and much to laud. The L3 doesn't quite reach the limits of 16 bit performance, but it comes close to achieving best-in-class performance. There's no one area it gives up to the FiQuest, for example. Well, maybe signal noise. As long as you keep the bass boost off, there is nothing really to say other than: the L3 is pretty much wire-with-gain. It is absolutely clean, refreshing, wide, detailed; it renders very closely to the original signal.
If you are after performance and/or power, give the L3 a try. It is a very good performance-minded amp. If you are after hearing your amp's defects, look elsewhere. Effortless rendering of what is in the recording is what the L3 does, nothing more.
RMAA and Square Wave Test Disclaimer
Tests performed in this section reflect the L3's performance when connected to a specific set of output/input devices. They should not directly be compared to any other result. The input device is an Edirol FA-66. The output devices are: Earsonics SM2, Beyerdynamic DT880 600Ω, and Audio Technica ES7, which are connected in parallel to the output signal. All Tralucent T1 hardware tests will be posted in TMA's forums. Source components are: Cypher Labs CLAS, an iPod nano 6G, and where noted, an iBasso DX100.
This reviewer hasn't heard or seen it all. The L3 has been on my radar for a long time. Gavin of Tralucent loaned it to me a looong time ago and expected a review back in 2012. It's taken me a long time for many reasons. The L3 is a wonderful amp. It performs up to any snuff you choose, it is handsome, and generally, it is well-made. The niggles I have: cramped front, poor part labelling, mixy-do switches and swapped 3,5mm input/output orientation, are only severe because the L3 is a premium product. Price determines many things, but never in a premium product should price reveal design flaws. If you are an earphone user, the T1 is a far better choice. If you want the power for a HiFi system so you can blast your ears and headphones to oblivion, well, get a desktop system. A Pan Am will set you back less, get you similar or better high volume fidelity (though not performance), plus a DAC. The left over will get your a T1 for portability. As much as I admire the L3's performance, it isn't anything that a cheaper amp with the right (insane) current/voltage output can't do. Triad, you are on the right trail. 800$ is a great site; polish the L3 so that it works like a premium product should and you'll get my blessing.
Excellent performance
RCA and 3,5mm inputs
Well made
Graceful bass boost
No 6,3mm headphone jack?
In/Out orientation
Squished front face
Unlabelled interface controls
Up/Down swticheroo gain
Hot damn! Headphones really are a rockin' way to enjoy music, right? Feel free to explore TMA's headphone oubliette
- Tralucent T1 portable headphone amp in review
- iBasso DX100 Reference DAP in Review – Android to the rescue!
- FitEar ToGo! 111 – This is Trance
- Heir Audio 3.Ai and 4.Ai in Review
- MST FiQuest headphone amplifier and Cio MB DAC in Review
- Sony PHA-1 iDevice DAC and headphone amp in Review
- ALO the Pan Am Headphone amplifier/DAC in Review
- Centrance DACmini PX Audiophile Desktop System in Review
- ALO Continental V2 headphone amplifier in review
- MyST 1866 Wireless DAC and headphone  amp
- FitEar To Go! 334 earphones in review
- GoVibe Porta Tube+ in review
- Ortofon eQ5 earphones in review


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VMware PEX 2010 – Day Three
I know I haven't written the day three of my PEX yet. You know there was a celebration party at that night and we had a really good time there. Now I'm back and have more time to write about day three.
CTO Steve Herrod's Keynote
This is the most important part of day three, followed by the celebration party:-). If you are interested in knowing what is happening in VMware R&D and what new products are coming from VMware, you don't want to miss a single minute of Steve's keynote. That is why I got there early and sat in the front.


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Board Selects New Chair, Vice Chair
The Board of Supervisors conducted its first meeting of 2016 and as part of their organizational activities they elected Liz Palmer, representative from the Samuel Miller District, to a one year term as Chair. Diantha McKeel representative from the Jack Jouett District, was elected as Vice Chair.
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Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club
Tuncurry Bowling Club is located in Tuncurry on the Mid North Coast - about 3 hours drive north of Sydney.
Members and visitors can dine in the Sail Away Brasserie which specialises in local seafood and succulent steaks or enjoy a light meal or sweet treat in Club Cafe. There is a 300+ seat auditorium for functions and shows with the most modern facilities in the region.
The club has three bowling greens which are used extensively by its bowling members and visiting social groups with reputedly the best greens anywhere.
The club has also become known as THE place for entertainment with great acoustic soloists and duos every Friday night, Club 21 nightclub every Saturday night and other feature acts during the year.
Come in and have a look for yourself. Tuncurry Bowling Club - it's more than just Bowls!
Located in Parkes Street parallel to and just off the main street in Tuncurry (Manning Street). From the north turn left at the roundabout at Wallis St and you can't miss the club. From Forster, take a right at the first lights (hotel on the corner) and first left into Parkes Street.


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Monday, July 04, 2005
Independence Day
I took this picture last year outside IKEA in Elizabeth, NJ. I had just moved back from Paris and was feeling, overall, excited and manic about making a great life again in New York. It was one of those instances where you have to believe something fervently in order for it to transpire. But this was a moment that caught me off guard and had me wishing I was on that plane.
A lot changes in a year. My friend just married a French guy, and I helped entertain a small squadron of French cousins and friends. It was great to speak French again; to slip back into a mental skin that's shrivelled over the year.
On a separate note, I've been busy rearranging the furniture in my apartment, clearing out whatever stands in the way of furniture legs. I've never been much of a minimalist--I like a fair amount of book and paper clutter--so the idea of having nothing *resting* on the floor, apart from furniture, is intriguing.
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According to a recent estate agency survey, revised changes to the UK Stamp Duty Land Tax, as outlined by the Government in December, has already had a positive impact on the housing market.
In December 2014, the Government announced it had cut Stamp Duty Land Tax for the majority of homebuyers, with the aim of making payments fairer. The Government estimates the tax reductions will help 98% of those who are liable to pay for the duty.
In a national survey conducted amongst its members, Relocation Agent Network found that 66% of respondents said that the tax cuts have had a positive impact on the market. When asked to explain the 'positive impact', the majority of survey respondents (68%) indicated that the number of buyers entering the market had increased by up to 10%. Interestingly, aside from the Stamp Duty changes, respondents said that 'consumer confidence' was another positive trend impacting the market (63%).
The national network of independent estate agents also asked its members whether the revised Stamp Duty changes has led to price increases for properties that were traditionally around the £250,000 threshold. Indeed, 75% said that they had. When asked to specify on the price increase, a resounding 91% reported up to a 10% rise.
David Baker from Abbott and Frost , the member of Relocation Agent Network in Burnham-On-Sea said, "As Relocation Agent Network reports a rise in the number of buyers entering the UK housing market, this survey brings good news for sellers. If you have a property to sell, contact us today. We're Relocation Agent Network's appointed Local Expert for Burnham-On-Sea which means we have access to out of town buyers moving into the area."
About Relocation Agent Network. Relocation Agent Network is a national network of specially selected estate agents. All members are handpicked after thorough checks identify them as the best estate agent to represent Relocation Agent Network in their area. The Network provides coverage throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Relocation Agent Network is a division of Cartus, the premier provider of global relocation services, with nearly 165,000 customers moved worldwide every year. In the UK, Cartus uses Network members to buy and sell homes for these relocating families. As well as relocating families moving with Cartus, Relocation Agent Network helps house movers in other parts of the country by referring buyers and sellers from one area to another.
Contact: For further information, please contact David Baker of Abbott and Frost, 01278 782266.
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