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How To Find The Best Cat Food
This also applies to the cats who depend on us for ‘room and’ board. You’re what you eat. In reality, cat food, along with veterinary care, is one of the most significant feline care costs. It is also important to remember that an appropriate diet can eliminate veterinary costs or postpone some serious conditions.
The ultimate goal of this series is to encourage you to learn how to read pet food labels so that your decision is made easier when selecting the right foods for your cat.
Cats’ fundamental need for nutrition
Meat, fish or poultry source protein Protein
Taurine, an amino acid central
Any other vitamins, minerals, enzymes and acids certain
Cats do not need carbohydrates, but both canned and dry cat products are filled with maize, wheat and rice. Cat food producers add to the cosmetic needs of the market other ingredients, such as binders, flavorings or colourings. Although conservants are needed in order to keep our cats’ food fresh, canned food should in any case not stay out for a period of time.
Or kibble, canned food??
Many nutritionists believe that for several reasons, cats should receive a range of foods, dry and canned:
While dry and free food is easy, canned food does contain water and many cats do not regularly drink water.
Make sure the right amount of nutrients is provided to your pet. You can add too little (or too many) of certain minerals and vitamins to that “close-to-perfect” food.
Cats may get tired and simply stop eating at the same food day and day out. Would you like pizza for years, morning, noon and night? You will not only be bored by your diet, but also suffer from your wellbeing.
Cats develop allergies, like humans, over a period of time, so that it is good for some foods to prevent any allergies. While cats are rarely affected by food allergies, cat owners may want to err on the precautionary side, particularly if their cats have been shown to have shown allergies in the past.
Prevent “food addictions” built up because of the absence of choices. In its October 2001 issue, The Whole Cat Journal cites a cat that is addicted to a certain taste of a certain cat food brand, right up to a specific factory and lot number! It can be difficult to cope with this type of addiction if it is last lost, however, by eating a number of foods from the start can be easily prevented.
This does not mean Fred should get different foods each day, but a range of high-quality canned foods that will add flavor to his diet to prevent him from getting “Finicky Fred” and are supplemented by dry food for cats left alone all day long.
Two bowls of cat food, yellow bowl with dry biscuits, red bottle with moist meat, overview.
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Cheaper brands are false businesses
Many pet owners for the first time buy the cheapest food they find for their cats in an effort to keep expenses down. For a few reasons, this is a false economy. Studies have first shown that cats consume the nutrients that they need to obtain. Thus, they may consume the generously loaded carbohydrate brand twice as often to obtain the nutrients they are required in the ordinary food feeding. Second, the continued feeding of under-standard food over a period of years will contribute greatly or even lead to severe medically costly medical conditions.
The old max, “You get what you pay for,” is particularly true for certain reasons where cat food is concerned.
What’s the mark to look for
Compliance with the “Complete and Balanced” AAFCO criteria, as seen by the label text.
Named source of protein — look instead of ‘egg’ for ‘chicken, turkey, lamb or beef.’
The protein source should be the first ingredient in canned food in particular
Verify freshness with the expiry date
What should be avoided
Words such as “digest” or added sugar, such as “by-products, meat, bone food,” “animals digests.”
chemicals such as BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin and propyl gallate.
Maize meal as a pot
Excess “fillers” of carbohydrate (dry food can contain as much as 50 percent grain)
Cats are mandatory carnivores and cannot flourish in vegetarian diets, although most of the vegetables, whether by the producer or by the customer, can be added to cats’ diets.
If the following conditions are met, animal feed producers are unable to print “comprehensive and balanced” on their labels:
For the life stage recommended on the bottle, the food must pass the feeding tests
The food composition must reach or exceed AAFCO-defined nutrient standards.
At the level of commercial pet food, preservatives have never been statistically shown to be less than 100 times the level of pets (or people) that are present in such food. On the other hand, many cat feed producers use natural conservatives like vitamins C and E. The new strategy is to use natural preservatives.
AAFCO is an advisory body to propose rules for the manufacture and marking of animal foods, including animal feed. The American Association of Feed Control Officials. Its membership includes regulatory officers from several feed control boards in the States and Federal agencies (FDA), as well as from other organizations, including members of the Animal Protection Institute, as well as veterinary schools, in Canada and Costa Rica.
The AAFCO is headed by Mrs Liz Higgins and comprises a Pet Food Committee.
What Does AAFCO?
Specifies labeling terminology, such as ‘meat by-products.’
Specifies the quantity for product names, e.g. “chicken cat food,” “chicken cats dinner,” “chaped cat food.”
Sets “complete and balanced” conditions for use on labels for animal food
Recommends a limit or percentage of different ingredients in pet foods depending on the age and behavior of the cats
No regulatory powers exist for AAFCO (but its membership consists of regulatory officials from various states and municipalities)
AAFCO does not conduct experiments, but proposes a research procedure and partners with independent testing laboratories.
Is not determining the protein quality ‘human grade,’ as often stated on the labels of pet food
Do not explicitly propose guidelines on food labeling as ‘Hai Ball Formula,’ ‘Lite’ or ‘Dental Care,’ but there are suggestions for ingredient in some amounts of protein, fat, etc.

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Please read these stickies:
- advice for new guys
- protocol for injections
- finding a new TRT doc
- things that damage your hormones
You may be over training.
You must be carrying a lot of muscle mass.
You simply need to follow the protocol suggested here and get E2 levels managed. E2 can also be high from reduced liver clearance and over-training might be elevating liver AST/ALT. Over training might also increase rT3, creating low thyroid function that often is seen with or causing secondary hypogonadism.
You can check over-all thyroid function by checking your oral body temperature when you first wake up AND in mid-afternoon.
Iodine and selenium are important. Have you been using iodized salt for years? — else can be deficient. Thyroid controls fT3, fT3 regulates mitochondria which regulates body temperature and produces ATP the universal currency of energy in your cells.
I don’t expect that you will be able to connect the dots. I can do better if you post all lab work with ranges.

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The Vanishing Box
The popular teaming of cool minded inspector General Edgar Stephens and his best friend, the old-school magician Max “Mephisto” Miller continues with this fourth volume, The Vanishing Box, set in 1953 during the Christmas season.
Max and his daughter (who is also his assistant) Ruby are currently headlining an exciting holiday show at the Brighton Hippodrome. But to Max’s embarrassment and thanks to the machinations of his agent, they’re stuck sharing the bill with a tableau of half-dressed ‘statues’ which magically come to life while telling stories of the classical variety – a clever way to skirt the Lord Chamberlain’s rule about onstage nudity in an age where live performance is poised to be eclipsed by the dawn of the age of television. This portion of the show is managed and run by lothario Vic Cutler, who’s constantly trying to talk Max into incorporating one of his girls into his magic act. But with a TV show of his own poised to hit the airwaves, Max’s dignity is a little wounded by the spectacle that might distract from his tricks and the friction-filled banter between himself and Ruby that keeps the audiences coming to watch their live act.
Meanwhile, Edgar Stephens is on the scene of a murder of a Brighton flower seller, whose carefully staged death tableau resembles a painting of Lady Jane Grey at her execution. The scene is carefully detailed, and the nearby window kept open a crack to slow the body’s decay. Lily Burtenshaw, was only nineteen and seemed to be sweet and quiet, a stark contrast to her brutal death by strangulation. Lily has friends in the Hippodrome show, which causes Edgar to turn to his father-in-law-to-be-and ex-fellow soldier, Max, for help cracking the case. When Edgar manages to connect Lily to Cutler and his sordid way of life, Max is promptly dragged into the investigation, and he and Edgar are soon back to their investigative beat.
As the case coils around Cutler and his starlets, Max is forced to choose between his ongoing relationship with his erstwhile landlady and one of the tableau actresses, Florence. – and then between the TV show and a movie offer presented by a Hollywood agent, putting pressure on his relationship with Ruby, who thinks her father only cares for the money their act generates and not her personally. Edgar, meanwhile, is positioned still between outrageous Ruby and fearless but much more proper fellow inspector Emma Holmes – who is still in love with Edgar in spite of his engagement to Ruby. The shy and somewhat judgmental Bob Willis assists on the case, and finds himself repulsed and intrigued by the starlets he’s assigned to guard. The entire team must pull together to solve the murders before nosy reporters, eager chronies and forbidden family dealings lead to more dead bodies.
The Vanishing Box is a beautifully constructed mystery with some wonderfully memorable characters. The mystery is incredibly well done, putting on a guessing game that will surprise the reader right to the last word.
Griffiths is excellent at bouncing differing personality types off of one another. Emma, Bob, Max and Edgar are completely dissimilar yet they work together beautifully, and the hardboiled nature of the crime contrasts interestingly with their tender, softer points.
The setting informs every single bit of the book beautifully; you can see the dust on the stage and picture the heavily painted, gaudy nude tableaux in between Max and Ruby’s acts; you can smell the greasepaint, and the damp of the snowy cold of the seaside town. The Hippodrome is a real place that’s actually among Britain’s most endangered historical landmarks at the moment, and Griffiths makes an impassioned plea for its revival in the notes afterward. Even four volumes into the series, its conception feels fresh; the dying days of music hall are rarely plumbed for such tension. The Vanishing Box in general does an excellent job of cross-sectioning the cutthroat theatre world and the surprisingly mundane universe of homicide investigation.
Max’s impassioned grumpiness makes for a truly beautiful contrast to the more thoughtful Edgar; if anything, my biggest complaint is that they don’t get to work together enough in the book. Long-term storylines, like Max’s emergence from the mothballs after his music hall glory days and the ongoing Ruby/Edgar/Emma triangle continue well here.
The novel’s biggest disappointment, at least for me, was the narrative’s choice to turn smart, strong, capable, Emma – who does a lot of the legwork – into a damsel in distress. That’s not to detract from the book’s many, many strong female characters – my favorite was Sam, a brilliant newspaperwoman who employs a gender-neutral name and baggy pants and jackets to allow her freedom to roam on the crime beat. I’d just rather it had been more forward thinking. It didn’t help that Ruby becomes something of an afterthought for most of the narrative, pouting in the background all too frequently.
But misdirection is the book’s biggest theme. The mystery itself is the main attraction, and in this the book succeeds with flying colors. The Vanishing Box is one of the most unique mysteries I’ve read this year, and readers should be spellbound and fascinated as the audience watching Max make Ruby disappear.
Buy it at: Amazon/Apple Books/Barnes & Noble/Kobo
Lisa Fernandes is a writer, reviewer and recapper who lives somewhere on the East Coast. Formerly employed by Firefox.org and Next Projection, she also currently contributes to Women Write About Comics. Read her blog at http://thatbouviergirl.blogspot.com/, follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/thatbouviergirl or contribute to her Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MissyvsEvilDead or her Ko-Fi at ko-fi.com/missmelbouvier

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Yellowstone is currently on five seasons and counting, as well as spawning several prequels and spin-offs. The Taylor Sheridan TV juggernaut is showing no sign of stopping anytime soon, but the main Yellowstone show will have to reach a conclusion eventually.
According to star Wes Bentley (Jamie Dutton), Taylor Sheridan knows how the show will end; “[Taylor Sheridan] has said to me, he knows how he wants to end it. That was a while ago. I’m sure he didn’t know how we were going to get there but he knows how.” However, Sheridan is keeping the ending tucked under his cowboy hat for now.
Star Luke Grimes (Kayce Dutton) was recently speaking to Jimmy Fallon and said that he doesn’t know the ending; “I think some of the Yellowstone cast know the end. Some have been told. Some haven’t… And I don’t think Taylor, who writes our show, wants me to know either. I don’t know. It might affect the way you do something or play something. And it’s kind of fun to experience it this way anyway. It’s sort of like life.”
Yellowstone has expanded more and more and now includes prequels 1883 and 1923 – the latter of which stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, no less. Coming up there will also be 1883: The Bass Reeves Story starring David Oyelowo, and 6666 – set on a Texas ranch in modern times. That’s a lot of numbers.
If you’re stuck into Yellowstone season 5, you may have some lingering questions, such as; Who is Rowdy? What made the cows sick? And what led to episode 6’s shocking death? Fortunately, we have all of your Yellowstone needs covered here at The Digital Fix.


For background on the NUS financial crisis and cuts to democracy, liberation and campaigns, see here.
The National Union of Students is about to be changed beyond recognition behind the backs of its membership. Elections for all officer positions are now suspended until after National Conference, completely overriding the constitution and democratic process.
NUS President Shakira Martin has given unelected student union CEOs and staff unchecked control over the NUS’s response to its £3 million financial deficit, a response which will curtail democracy and effectively end campaigning.
Finalised reforms will be presented to delegates at National Conference in April, but any conference vote against the reforms can constitutionally be overruled by the semi-elected Trustee Board. The NEC was scheduled only 15 minutes online to debate the financial situation and reforms on Wednesday 12 December (in-person meetings have been cancelled due to budget cuts). But CEOs were given two days to discuss the issue in a fancy Bristol hotel.
We cannot wait for their proposals, we have to respond now. NUS must open the books and give control over decision making to an extraordinary conference of delegates elected from their campuses.
A leaked official report from ‘NUS Strategic Conversation’, where SU CEOs, Presidents and NUS staff met on 27-28 November, gives a clearer idea of what the reforms will be. The report will form the basis of discussions held by the “Turnaround Board”, made up of NUS and student union staff plus a minority of selected NUS Officers. Ordinary students are completely cut out of the process.
It looks like the number of elected officers will be cut significantly, and their roles will be “reimagined” and “redesigned”. It looks like this will start with scrapping the liberation officers.
So far we know the proposals would remove power from conference and their alternative, lots of corporate buzzwords about “digital surveys”, are no substitute.
The report states that elections will happen online, and that NUS officers will serve a minimum term of two years. There is talk about creating a “pipelines of talent through SUs and student leaders on the ground”, injecting apolitical careerism into what should be a political role.
Previous years’ NUS accounts show that the financial problems are likely to have come from commercial mismanagement of the NUS Extra discount card, not overspending on campaigning, conferences or officer pay. There was a sharp rise in what appears in the 2017 accounts as “cost of sales”. We need to know what has happened with NUS Extra, and what is covered by that “cost of sales”. The leaked report itself states that the proposal to cut the number of elected officers is “not for financial reasons” but to “ensure the officer team could be more effective” at “running the organisation.” These reforms are driven by the current leadership’s vision for NUS as a slicker, think-tank style operation unobstructed by the student left.
The student left needs to respond by presenting a radically different vision for NUS, a National Union with real rank-and-file control which links up and spreads the student activism happening on campuses around the country, fights for students’ on a national scale alongside the labour movement, and builds campaigning student unions with full independence from management in every college, school and university.
The Student Left Network are calling for activists to:
- Pass the motion of no confidence in Shakira Martin in your SU.
- Hold a meeting on campus to discuss the cuts and how to fight them and build a radical, democratic and campaigning NUS would look like – invite someone from the Student Left Network to speak!
- Call for your SU officers to hold a meeting on campus to discuss the reforms and the SUs response.
- Run to be a delegate to NUS National Conference 2019. Talk to other delegates about the cuts.
- If you’re on NUS NEC – push for a vote of no confidence in the Trustee Board (This needs 2/3 majority to pass).
- Come and campaign at NUS National Conference for a vote of no confidence in the Trustee Board and for a vote against the democracy cuts.
- Support Student Left Network candidates – so far Justine Canady is running for NUS President to build a democratic, fighting NUS.
- Come to Student Left Network National Conference to plan the fightback with students from all over the country.


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How and why did the Pharisees set themselves apart from Jewish culture? In this clip from Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts "The Gospels," you will learn about this important sect of the Jewish religion at the time of Jesus.
Bible History, Powerful, Reflective, Uplifting
In this extended clip, from Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts "The Gospels," we learn
about Caiaphas the high priest, his alarm over the raising of Lazarus, and the events
leading up to his confrontation with Jesus.
John 18:14, Luke 18:31-33
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The religious authorities wanted to put Peter and John to death. But a Pharisee named Gamaliel stood up in the Council of the Sanhedrin and defended their lives with a great speech.
Acts 4, Acts 5
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Peter and John are arrested in the temple complex for preaching the Gospel and are brought before the Jewish religious leaders and questioned by the high priest.
Acts 4, Acts 4:7-10, Acts 4:12
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|October 15, 2013 06:30 AM EDT||
Hamburg, 15 October 2013 - The German IT security specialist gateprotect and Computerlinks, Value Added Distributor for leading international technology providers, have agreed to extend their cooperation. As of now, Computerlinks will distribute gateprotect security solutions also in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
Up to now, Computerlinks and gateprotect have already been successfully cooperating in Italy, Austria, Greece, Malta and Cyprus. In these countries, the channel for gateprotect's easy-to-use Next Generation Firewalls has been selectively developed during the past year.
"The market in Eastern Europe is growing significantly. The demand for technologically elaborated, reliable security solutions is high. Together with a strong partner such as Computerlinks we will be able to successfully position our Next Generation Firewalls that have been honored with several awards in the local markets and explore further potential", says Andreas Rath, Vice President Sales International of gateprotect AG Germany.
Likewise, Thomas Huber, Director Austria & Eastern Europe of Computerlinks, is happy about the enhancement of the distribution partnership: "Our customers in Eastern Europe are seeking reliable, technologically sophisticated IT security solutions that offer favorably priced all-round protection combined with best performance. Given gateprotect's good reputation in the region and the positive experience from our cooperation up to now, we are looking at the future very optimistically".
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COMPUTERLINKS AG, headquartered in Munich/Germany, has European branch offices in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary. Computerlinks is represented worldwide in Asia, Australia, the USA and Canada as well as in the United Arab Emirates.
As a "Next Generation Distributor" COMPUTERLINKS is a Full-Service-Provider and identifies trends for the specialist trade, system houses and VARs. COMPUTERLINKS is a leading service-oriented distributor which offers Professional Services, Managed Services, Manufacturer Services, Marketing Services and much more. The product portfolio focuses on IT-Security solutions covering High-End IT products of the market's leading manufacturers.
gateprotect AG Germany has been a leading, globally acting provider of IT security solutions in the area of network security for more than ten years. These solutions comprise next generation firewalls with all commonly used UTM functionalities, managed security as well as VPN client systems. To minimize the risk of operator errors in highly complex security functions, gateprotect has developed the eGUI® interface concept. The patented eGUI® technology (ergonomic Graphic User Interface) and the Command Center based thereon for the configuration and administration of firewall systems for managed security service providers (MSSPs) increase the factual security in companies and allow for an efficient ongoing maintenance of the systems. Reputable companies and institutions in more than 80 countries worldwide are among the users of about 24.000 installed devices.
Since 2010, gateprotect has been listed in the renowned "Gartner Magic Quadrant" for UTM firewall appliances. The gateprotect solutions comply with highest international standards - thus, the firewall packet filtering core of the new development has been certified according to "Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL 4+)" by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in March 2013. For the easy operability and comprehensive security of the UTM firewall solutions, gateprotect was the first German company to be honored with the Frost & Sullivan Excellence Award.
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In the rush to compete in the digital age, a successful digital transformation is essential, but many organizations are setting themselves up for failure. There’s a common misconception that the process is just about technology, but it’s not. It’s about your business. It shouldn’t be treated as an isolated IT project; it should be driven by business needs with the committed involvement of a range of stakeholders.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that FalconStor Software® Inc., a 15-year innovator of software-defined storage solutions, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. FalconStor Software®, Inc. (NASDAQ: FALC) is a leading software-defined storage company offering a converged, hardware-agnostic, software-defined storage and data services platform. Its flagship solution FreeStor®, utilizes a horizonta...
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo 2016 in New York and Silicon Valley. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place Nov 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with 17th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty ...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Column Technologies will exhibit at SYS-CON's @DevOpsSummit at Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Established in 1998, Column Technologies is a global technology solutions provider with over 400 employees, headquartered in the United States with offices in Canada, India, and the United Kingdom. Column Technologies provides “Best of Breed” technology solutions that automate the key DevOps principal...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that SoftLayer, an IBM Company, has been named “Gold Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 18th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York, New York. SoftLayer, an IBM Company, provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. SoftLayer’s customers range from Web startups to global enterprises.
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This is a guest post by local musician & music teacher Peter Kenyon about his experiences teaching a music class at a Montessori preschool.
I feel that I can truthfully say that I am still in close contact with my inner child. This is a good and bad thing. I find myself being affected by life’s offerings and reacting in much the same way as the children around me. If a large truck drives by, I react with a “Woahhhhhh!!!” exclamation by accident, with my students or son voicing the same proclamation. If a scary event happens in a movie, I tend to jump and give an exaggerated scream of terror, something that the accompanying child(ren) would also do. The good aspects of my connection to my inner child tend to make me get through to and show companionship with children.
However, these moments of being easily impressed and scared don’t bode too well in adult contexts. Shouting excitedly and pointing at a shrimp cocktail platter while at an art gallery opening party isn’t necessarily the definition of decorum. I think life seems more fun when people look at you with a slight scowl. They obviously don’t work with or have children. And if they do, I feel sorry for those kids.
All that inner child connectedness being said, one day two years ago, while working at a Montessori preschool, I was sitting with children in a music class. Now, the music teacher subscribed to the traditional “Let’s Sing Nursery Rhymes and Songs About Colors with an Acoustic Guitar” mentality that you see the world over, and I was bored after ten minutes. It was Safe, tried but not necessarily true methods of music teaching.
On this particular day two years ago, sitting in the Safe music teaching session, I started formulating ideas for my own music class. Primarily I thought “How could I hold children’s attention for the entire span of a lesson? How could I get small children to talk about music outside of a music setting?” And “Is there a way that small children can compose their own music?” These questions were just the beginning of the music class I created to supplement the already established acoustic performer.
Over the one and a half years I taught this class, I taught Rock, Jazz, site reading, film scores, found instruments, Elvis, Surf Rock, Reggae, noise, the list goes on and on. The class had its ups and downs, lessons that worked and lessons that didn’t. But in the end, I did find a way to reach my three goals of Keeping Attention, Enthusiasm Outside of Class, and Original Composition.
I find that when parents are actively seeking advice on how to introduce music to their children, I suggest that they do some of the following things that I found out through my music class experience:
Immerse children in fully engaging activities or LOUD performance. This does not necessarily mean play loud music, per se, but that works, too. What I mean is immerse children in an experience that they simply cannot turn their attention away from.
- When I taught Elvis, I was a tour guide for Graceland, Elvis’ lavish home. I planted items within the classrooms of the school, such as a mic stand and microphone, a picture of a jumpsuit, a small television. The mic stand was Elvis’ recording studio, the TV was Elvis’ personal television, and the jumpsuit picture was taped up in a cubby to simulate Elvis’ closet. I then led the class as a group from one section of the classroom to another, showing each “room”, including showing the bathroom, saying that that was where Elvis met his demise . . . on the toilet. This was gold to the kids. They still remember the name Elvis and that he was the King of Rock n’ Roll.
- I wanted to show the kids Tom Waits, because I thought that they would be interested in his theatrics and vocal style. So I performed a five song set of his material, starting with “What’s He Building in There?”, a creepy spoken word piece. I turned off the lights for five seconds, then turned on a bare light bulb and placed it underneath my chin, while speaking in his same raspy drawl. After this song, I placed the bulb on a drum and picked up two maracas, and started singing “Baby Gonna Leave Me”. Each song upped the ante on dynamics, with me banging on an actual floor tom, snare, and cymbal, along with me screaming in Tom’s Cookie Monster voice for “Big in Japan”. The kids were at first scared, but interested. They were head banging by the end of the set. Nobody talked for the full thirty minutes. And these are three-year-olds we’re talking about.
- I wanted to teach the children about different small percussion instruments. It was Easter time, so they had to find instruments that I had placed in our indoor play area. I called out “Find the tambourines!” “Find the maracas!” They knew the names of nine different instruments and how to play them by the end of the lesson.
Don’t stick to one genre. The Safe music method likes to use Folk as the overall genre to teach music to small children. What’s funny is that even when I tried to teach Folk, donning a theatrical role as a hippie dressed in Indian garb and leading a parade around the playground singing John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance”, the children still lost interest after ten minutes. When the music was louder and electronic, the children stayed focused and attentive.
I do recommend starting off with Folk, however, when first introducing music to your children as toddlers. There are a plethora of children’s artists, but Raffi takes the cake as my personal favorite. Nobody holds a candle to him in terms of singing traditional nursery rhymes and original compositions. He has a personable, humble touch to his music. Even as an adult, I become emotionally invested in his songs. Plus, he doesn’t come off as a creepy children’s artist, of which there are also a plethora. Here’s a video sample of Raffi in concert:
- Around the age of two, start changing things up. Keep a steady collection of Raffi, The Beatles, Elvis, new age, techno, noise, everything. But keep the music up-tempo. Two- and three-year-olds really love to dance.
- If you want to bring attention to a certain artist, I’d show them The Beatles. Their melodies are so captivating to small children. Plus, after the initial folk upbringing in toddlerhood, they bridge the gap between children’s music and louder rock. Songs like “Yellow Submarine” and “Octopus’ Garden” mix well with the louder tracks like “Helter Skelter” and “Revolution”.
- Five-year-olds love heavy percussion and distortion. I’ve found they love Nine Inch Nails. Steer clear of any songs with dirty language, of course, but NIN have a plethora of instrumental material. I’ve found that I’ve gotten the most response from these two tracks: “The Day the World Went Away” and “The Mark Has Been Made”, mainly for their use of dynamics. Kids love the interplay between quiet and loud. The distortion and emotional effecting on the instruments hold children’s attention. They tend to ask “What’s that sound?” with each added instrument.
- All ages, including one-year-olds, love loud sing alongs, like Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and “Yellow Submarine”. Stuff that they can belt at the top of their lungs sticks with them, and you’ll see them singing those songs at all hours of the day.
- Play different genres each week in the car while out and about, on pick ups from school, waiting for Mom or Dad in the car while they make a bank transaction. One week, play rock n roll. The next week, play techno (if you’re into that sort of thing). The next, folk. And discuss the properties of the music. Ask with rock “Are the drums fast or slow? Loud or soft?” With folk “Is the guitar electric or acoustic?”
Introduce instruments. Show children pictures and videos of musicians performing. They’ll most likely mime performing instruments as they listen to music, causing an interest in actually wanting to play an instrument to spark. Start instrument playing at the toddler level, and let children of all ages know that common household items can be instruments, too. Bring out pots and pans, boxes, toilet paper rolls, rubber bands. Ask them to play along to loud music and see if they can keep a beat or melody.
Learn the lyrics. Having a child learn the lyrics to a song promotes enthusiasm. There was always a peak of enthusiasm whenever a Winter or Spring Concert was coming up, since they had to memorize lyrics, melodies, and rhythms.
Encourage them to make music. The most I’ve ever seen children enthusiastic about music is when they’ve written the music themselves. The final aspect of my class was to have four different classes pick a topic of their choosing (they came up with Nature, School, Family and Speed). Then, I asked them to draw pictures related to their topic (the class with Nature drew pictures of boats, trees, camping, the class with speed drew pictures of monsters taking down buildings, police cars chasing people on motorcycles). Each child showed the class their picture and said something about it. I wrote down what they said in a notebook. I then put each child’s sentence about their picture into an arrangement of sentences for each class in a way that made sense. These became the lyrics to their song. Each class then decided on an instrument and a tempo to accompany their song, including whether the beat would be straightforward, like a march, loud or soft. I then recorded each song and gave each class a CD with their song on it. The classes then learned their songs by heart and sang them to an audience of 200 people at their Spring Concert. Each child knew the line that they had contributed, and whenever they heard it or sang it, they blushed or looked extremely proud. You can listen to these songs and read the lyrics here.
Like I said, these are merely some suggestions for how to introduce music into your child’s life. Follow some of these, follow all, follow none. But this is what I took away from the wonderful experience of sharing my deepest passion with a group of 100 awesome kids.
Just please don’t stick to only acoustic based children’s folk music past the toddler age. I’m begging you, and your children are begging you. Jazz it up a little. Introduce a little noise to the musical palette.
Peter Kenyon is a local musician and music teacher in the Twin Cities. His current project is a band called Patch, which you can find at www.patchband.com. He also works as a nanny and is a father of an adopted one-year-old boy.
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Do you love climbing into a wonderfully comfy bed furnished with soft, smooth linen and a plump pillow at the end of a long day?
Selecting quality bedding will help you to enjoy a great night's sleep time after time. However, it is easier said than done when every bed linen brand promotes 'quality'. Fortunately, we have pulled together a quick guide on how to create a luxurious, hotel quality bed you will be sure to love.
Above all, Tielle recommends bed linen that's made of 100% high-grade long-staple cotton. Quality 100% cotton bedding will have a direct effect on how long your bedding will last. Yarn made from long staple cotton will produce light, soft and long-lasting sheets. It is not only breathable and soft, but it also has superior strength over polycotton or polyester alternatives so although it may be slightly pricier, given the right care, it will last longer and will be more cost effective in the long run.
Bed linen is often ranked by thread count. But what is thread count? Thread could is simply the number of horizontal and vertical threads in a square inch of cloth. In a 200 thread count cloth you might have 110 threads running vertically and 90 running horizontally, giving the fabric a crisp, cool feel. In a 400 thread count cloth, you might have 120 vertical threads and 280 horizontal threads, creating a softer, warmer sheet.
The myth is that a higher thread count means better quality, but as the fibres within the fabric become more densely packed it can make the bedding heavier and less breathable. Therefore, having a high thread count bed linen doesn't always mean the bedding is superior. If you are prone to hot flushes or night sweats then a lower thread count in a high quality cotton may be more suitable. Many hotels find 300 thread sheets are the perfect balance in terms of luxury and practicality.
On the whole, goose down duvets are generally considered more luxurious than duck feather duvets. This is because down tends to be softer than feathers, has fewer sharp stalks and has a better ability to retain heat. There are also excellent synthetic options available for those with allergies who still want that ultra-soft duvet.
Choosing which tog is right for you will depend on how warm you like to be at night. Many choose a 10.5 tog duvet all year round and layer up with additional blankets or throws during the winter months.
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Ho hum, it’s just Dwyane Wade and LeBron James executing yet another full-court, football-style long-bomb alley-oop (wow, that’s a lot of hyphenated terms).
Like they have for most of their careers, these guys make some of the most incredible athletic feats look routine. It truly is incredible that they can pull this off, though. Watch the play again. The Heat win the jump ball at their own foul line, and LeBron immediately begins sprinting down the court. The long-ball alley-oop was always the plan here.
Somehow, LeBron is able to run down almost the full length of the court in time to, you know, just casually leap into the air, catch the ball (which was perfectly thrown) and deposit it in the net. Ridiculous. But, for the Heat, it’s just another day at the office.
How do you defend something like that? Look at the poor sap on the Rockets who has to watch the ball sail over his head and into the arms of James.
Why don’t the Heat just do this play every time the get the ball deep in their end? Maybe they just don’t want to be show-offs. Or maybe they’re saving it for the playoffs, where they are heavy favorites to repeat as NBA champs.

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The upcoming new flagship tablet series is already an open secret in the industry, despite no official news yet as to when it’s launching. The Galaxy Tab S8 series is expected to be announced sometime in the next few weeks but now we’re seeing images of the “real” tablets. The leaked photos seem to come from their regulatory filings which the company needs to complete before they can officially launch. More often than not we get actual photos from these filings so these seem to be legit.
SAM Mobile shares that they were able to extract the images from these regulatory filings for the Galaxy Tab S8 series. We really can’t confirm though if these are the real deal since we also don’t have the official specifications of these tablets. But they seem to match what we know so far based on the previously leaked or rumored specifications of the three variants: the Galaxy Tab S8, Galaxy Tab S8+, and the new Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra which has been described as “bonkers”.
The Galaxy Tab S8 will come with an 11-inch display while the Galaxy Tab S8+ is slightly bigger with a 12-inch panel. The new variant for the tablet flagship line is the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra and it will reportedly come with a 14.6-inch AMOLED panel which will be bigger than the iPad Pro 2021 and it will be the only model with a notched display to house the selfie camera. Samsung will be using the new BRS technology so you get thinner bezels with these tablets.
The tablets will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the 2022 flagship processor from Qualcomm. All of them will also have support for 5G connection and the all important S Pen, which is one of the reasons why one gets a tablet. A lot of the leaked specs seem to be about the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra since it’s sort of the new kid on the block. It will have 16GB RAM and 512GB storage but the other two models will also get various RAM and storage options.
We still have no clue as to when the Galaxy Tab S8 will officially be announced. But this should be in the next few weeks as the 2022 smartphone flagship is expected to be announced late in February or early March. We don’t know if they’ll be announcing both lines during one Unpacked event or space it out in the next few months.


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Qualcomm and Intel both released their earnings reports last night after closing bell, and it was quite a different story. Intel shares tumbled as investors expressed their disappointment and piled into Qualcomm, which had much more satisfying results to report. Wall Street analysts were quick to adjust their price targets for both chip makers following last night’s report.
Shares of Intel slipped by as much as 4.38% to $34.11, while Qualcomm shares surged by about 8% to as high as $60.28 during regular trading hours on Thursday.
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Qualcomm added to Goldman’s Conviction List
Qualcomm reported adjusted earnings of $1.16 per share on $5.6 billion in revenue, compared to the consensus estimates of 97 cents per share and $5.58 billion. The chip maker’s outlook was also solid, with consensus falling toward the low end of the provided ranges.
Goldman Sachs analyst Simona Jankowski and team had already rated Qualcomm as a Buy before last night’s earnings report, but that report led them to add the chip maker to their Conviction Buy list. They also raised their price target from $64 to $70 per share, representing a higher multiple of 13 times calendar year 2017 P/E. Their previous multiple was 12 times.
They believe the quarter will trigger a new upward estimate revision cycle following two years of cuts. Qualcomm’s earnings fell 12% in fiscal 2018 and are expected to fall 8% in fiscal 2016, which ends in September, as the company lost share in the chipset market and also dealt with regulatory issues in China.
Many major investors turned bearish on Qualcomm, such as JANA Partners, which unloaded most of its position fairly recently. The Goldman team believes the chip maker has taken back the leadership position at the high end and mid-range of the chip market on the back of several strong new product cycles.
Analysts from other firms also excitedly raised their price targets for Qualcomm. Pacific Crest moves from $59 to $67 per share on the chip maker, while Credit Suisse analysts upped their target from $67 to $70 per share. RBC Capital Markets analysts raised their target from $55 to $59 per share, while Stifel Nicolaus analysts moved from $59 to $67 per share on Qualcomm.
Intel earns price target increases too
Although investors unloaded Intel shares following last night’s earnings report, analysts from at least two firms have raised their price targets for the chip maker. The chip maker beat analyst estimates for the bottom line, but missed Wall Street’s expectations for revenues. It posted adjusted earnings of 59 cents per share on $13.5 billion in sales, compared to the consensus estimates of 53 cents per share and $13.54 billion in revenue.
Intel’s Internet of Things Group also posted lower-than-than expected revenue at $572 million, compared to the expected $663.8 million. The Data Center Group also came up short at $4.03 billion, against expectations of $4.16 billion. MKM Partners Executive Director Ian Ing said the Client Computing Group helped Intel beat estimates for the bottom line. He bumped up his price target for the chip maker from $39 to $40 per share.
He liked management’s decision to hold back commentary on PC contributions and gross margins as he sees the potential for upside on their conservative commentary. Intel expects PCs to fall in the high-single digits, although the second quarter was better than that with a decline in the mid-single digits. He also said the chip maker is getting back its “mojo” and believes that last night’s earnings report created a buying opportunity.
Pacific Crest analysts also raised their target for Intel, moving from $37 to $38 per share following last night’s report. Many firms have become more constructive on Intel since the reports that it had stolen some chip orders for Apple’s iPhone 7 away from Qualcomm.

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Finishing up the German units which I had squeezed onto the paint desk for the Utah beach game, I've managed to finish my two platoons of German Tripod Mounted MG42's.
Completion of these two units bring my total number of German HMG teams up to 12...
To quote Wikipedia: "The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a 7.92×57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun designed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II. It was intended to replace the earlier MG 34, which was more expensive and took much longer to produce, but both weapons were produced until the end of World War II."
These models are a combination of two sets of Battlefront models. Some were from an older 'early war' set, while the others are from a later set. I replaced some of the figures on the right hand teams, as the third figures for them were pretty poor.
The left hand platoons, I have tried to go with a mix or regular uniform and splinter camo kit.
There is a reason for so many teams - honest! With the size of tables we play on and the nature of the games, we tend to use a lot of MG42 teams with Pak and infantry support (although we have had a farm complex defended by a full platoon). As such, four teams just aren't enough. Martin has painted quite a few, but I had also started these for my own collection.
With these guys off the table, I'm on to the Sherman Crabs - hopefully an update on these won't be too long!

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The Robert Burns Scottish Festival is a weekend of music, dance and poetry celebrating Camperdown's link to Scotland's national Bard.
Experience the Scottish heritage of the area and learn about the man that was and the statue that is the great, Robbie Burns.
Artists include Eric Bogle, Fiona Ross and Shane O'Mara, John McAuslan, Luke Plumb and Kate Burke, Peter Daffy, Maree Daffy, Andy Rigbe and Nick Martin, The Likely Celts, Elonera, Geoff McArthur, Claire Patti, Corner House Band, Tuniversal Music Group, Warrnambool Pipes and Drums, Lakes and Creaters Band, Don Grieve and Angela Preiss.
Make a professional concert whistle with Andy Rigby, Fiddle and Concertina with Kate Burke, Mandolin with Luke Plumb, Chanter with Donald Blair, Drums with Peter Moir and Guitar with Geoff McArthur.
Like to sing? Join in the Junoir Choir, 18s and under, Senior Choir workshops with Claire Patti.
Enjoy the Burns Supper, Lecture Series, At the Statue with Don and Angela. Theatre Royal and Court House Concerts, Festival Finale Concert, Family Scottish Country Dancing, Children's Activities, Whisky Tasting at Courthouse, Heritage Centre Display, Market Stalls in the Avenue, Poetry, Art competitions and more.
Want to talk to the Festival committee? Contact Chris.


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When a patient is suffering from serious tooth damage, they will need to have a fairly well-developed awareness of their treatment options. This is particularly true when they are faced with the need to have a missing tooth replaced.
Are Dental Implants The Same As Crowns?
It is a common assumption for dental patients to assume that implants are the same as crowns. However, these are very different treatments. A crown is a protective cap that is placed on top of a tooth to protect and reinforce it. In contrast, an implant is an artificial replacement tooth that is permanently placed in the mouth. While a dental crown will be able to prevent a damaged tooth from needing to be extracted, a dental implant will be needed when the tooth has already been removed.
Why Is It Important To Quickly Undergo A Dental Implant Procedure?
When a patient has lost one or multiple teeth, they will need to have the replacement implant placed as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the mouth can undergo changes that may complicate the process of placing an implant in the future. A major one of these complications will be the loss of bone and gum tissue mass as this will make it more difficult for the implant to be effectively placed in the mouth. In some instances, these problems can be severe enough to completely prevent the placement of an implant. Lastly, this delay can allow the teeth to dramatically shift position, which can lead to severe cosmetic problems.
What Limitations Are In Place While You Have Your Temporary Placement?
The experience of having a dental implant placed will take at least several weeks, but some patients can find that the entire process may last months. This is largely a result of the individual healing rate of each patient. During this time, you will be given a temporary prosthetic that will be able to mask the cosmetic and functional effects of the missing tooth. However, there will be some limitations that will need to be followed as these prosthetic will not be as strong or secure as a permanent implant. In most instances, you may need to avoid consuming particularly hard or sticky foods as these could damage the temporary implant. Your dentist will be able to provide you with a list of the prohibited types of food. If you encounter a situation where consuming some of these foods are unavoidable, you may want to bite and chew in such a way as to avoid the temporary tooth.


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U.S. Advocating Middle East Democracy
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Some critics argue that America>s policy of advocating democracy may be ineffective and even counterproductive. George W. Bush>s attempts to use democracy as an instrument against terrorism were risky and dangerous; imposing democracy from scratch was unwise, and didn>t work.
The Bush administration was heavily involved in writing Iraq>s oil law which will allow Western oil companies to pump oil out of Iraq up to 30 years without paying tax on their profits. Whether motivated by oil or not, U.S. foreign policy appeared to much of the world to have been motivated by oil.
President Bush has been criticized for neglecting democracy and human rights and focusing exclusively on the fight against terrorism. The US has been criticized for alleged prisoner abuse at Guantánamo Bay, Iraq, and for secret CIA prisons in eastern Europe. In response, the US government claimed these incidents of abuse were isolated and did not reflect U.S. policy.
Some Americans believe that their country’s responsibility is limited to protecting its own citizens and that Washington should deal with other governments on that basis alone. After World War Two, the United States came to consider the Middle East as the most strategically important area in the world and one of the greatest material prizes in world history. At this time, the region was undergoing great social, economic and political change and was in turmoil as a result. Politically, the Middle East experienced an upsurge in the popularity of nationalistic politics and an increase in the number of nationalistic political groups across the region.
The Europeans could not hold these lands indefinitely in the face of Arab nationalism. By the end of 1946, Palestine was the last remaining mandate, but it posed a major problem. This nationalistic political trend clashed with American interests in the Middle East. U.S. involvement with the Middle East before World War I was minimal. Moreover, in comparison to European powers such as Britain and France, which had managed to colonize almost all of the Middle East region after defeating the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the United States was popular and respected throughout the Middle East. Americans were seen as good people, untainted by the selfishness and duplicity associated with the Europeans. Moreover, American had brought modern medicine and set up educational institutions all over the Middle East and provided the Middle East with highly skilled petroleum engineers.

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Above: Georgetown police offer and former Iced Earth frontman Matt Barlow performs with his new band, Ashes of Ares, at the Progpower USA XIV festival in Atlanta, Ga. earlier this month. (Performance photos: Jim Wilkinson/Wilkinson Image & Design)
Georgetown Police Cpl. Matthew Barlow is just like any other police officer in Delaware, except for when he isn’t.
Like the time when he made a traffic stop and a passenger recognized him and told him he was a fan.
Or when he would check his voicemail at the station and sift through messages left by headbangers who have tracked him down.
“They would say things like, ‘Duuude, what’s up?’ and stuff like that, which was kind of entertaining,” Georgetown Police Chief William Topping remembers.
Before joining Georgetown Police Department 10 years ago this month, Barlow was the lead singer of heavy metal band Iced Earth, a Florida-based group with a cult-like following, having opened for acts like Megadeth and played festivals alongside Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden.
Barlow was on the band’s tour bus on Sept. 11, 2001, about to kick off its biggest tour yet, an opening slot for Judas Priest, when it quickly became apparent there would be no tour immediately following the terrorist attacks on America.
Soon, he was off the bus and returning to the town where he grew up – Georgetown – to become a police officer at the age of 33.
With both of his parents in the U.S. Navy, Barlow was born at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., and three months later his family moved to Georgetown to be near his grandparents, who lived in Bowers Beach.
After graduating from Sussex Central High School, he went to Delaware Technical Community College for a short time before leaving to find work. All the while, he worked on his music and was drawn to the metal scene, eventually deciding to move to Florida to try working as a musician.
Soon, he was jamming with other like-minded musicians in the Tampa area and one of the rockers, Rodney Beasley, was hired on as the drummer for Iced Earth, a power metal band with two albums to its name and a growing fan base, particularly in Europe. Beasley then recommended Barlow to replace the band’s lead singer and he joined the group in 1993.
Barlow’s first album fronting Iced Earth was 1995’s “Burnt Offerings” – one of 11 studio albums, EPs and live records Barlow did with the group during two stints with them. His first run ended in 2003, when he joined Georgetown police, and the other started in 2007 and ran through 2011.
His first shows with the band were in front of European crowds that topped out at 10,000 people.
“I wasn’t afraid of being on stage, but it is kind of daunting,” says Barlow, 43, a mild-mannered redhead when not growling his metal lyrics. Back then, he had waist-length hair. Now, he has a crew cut that fits better with his current profession.
With Barlow as the band’s lead singer, Iced Earth grew in popularity over the years, eventually leading to the band’s biggest break yet: the planned, month-long 2001 U.S. tour of arenas and theaters with Judas Priest and Anthrax, starting at Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheater.
The band was driving out west on the tour bus when the Sept. 11 attacks happened. Barlow and the rest of the band watched every moment of television coverage thanks to satellite TV.
“I broke down, man. When I saw that second plane hit, I was bawling,” he says. “It was a big event that hit a switch that made me think, ‘Hey man, if you’re going to do something with your life, now is the time to do it.’”
After the tour was officially canceled a few days later, Barlow began to look at the bigger picture. He was 31, married to his wife, Heather, and thinking about starting a family. He began taking online criminal justice courses with an eye on a new career after almost joining the military. (He and Heather now have two sons.)
But he was soon faced with a decision: The band was about to sign an exclusive contract with German record label SPV a year later, meaning Barlow would have to give the band a lot more of his time. He reluctantly signed it – his wife was not happy about that – and he recorded the band’s next album. However, band leader Jon Schaffer did not like the way it came out and replaced Barlow with Tim Owens, who had just left a seven-year run as lead singer for Judas Priest. His decision whether or not to leave the band was made for him.
“Jon saw an opportunity and went for it. Let bygones be bygones and all that other good stuff,” Barlow says. “But about six months after I got fired from there, I got hired by Georgetown and I was in the [Delaware State Police Training Academy].”
Topping, the head of the Georgetown police, was already familiar with Barlow’s family when the singer found himself in an interview with the chief, trying to land his first job as a police officer. Barlow’s mother, Sue, is on town council and his brother, Mike, was already a Georgetown police officer. But Topping still quizzed Barlow about why he was making such a drastic change in his life from a touring metal singer to small-town cop.
“I talked to him extensively about why he is doing this and what his real motivation was,” Topping says. “I’m not a metal fan, so I didn’t follow his music career very closely, but I’ve learned since there are many people who do.”
Barlow was eying the health benefits and other perks that come with a full-time job as a police officer after years as a musician where that security is almost impossible to come by unless you’re a massive success. And as a newly married man looking to start a family, he knew a change would be in his best interest.
“Honorably, he was looking out for his family,” says Topping, who has had no problem with Barlow using his vacation time to tour Europe, like he will do with his new band Ashes of Ares later this month, performing nine shows in 10 days in England, France, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland with the power metal trio.
“Being a musician is a great gift, so anytime he needs to share his gift with people, I try not to be in the way,” Topping says. “I still have a police department to run, but if he needs to go somewhere and has the time, it’s no sweat off my back.”
In fact, Barlow has given back to law enforcement in the state using his musical skills, whether it be performing the National Anthem or during his stint performing with the First State Force Band – police and corrections officers who perform shows for schoolchildren.
These days, his musical focus is with Ashes of Ares, for which he writes all the lyrics.
The band’s self-titled album was released Tuesday, and Barlow and a few other band members will host a CD release party today starting at 5 p.m. at 16 Mile Brewery in Georgetown, sponsored by the town’s own rock station, 93.5 WZBH-FM, which will broadcast from the brewery.
While the band will not perform, T-shirts and CDs will be available for sale, and food will be served from the restaurants of local chef Matt Haley. All proceeds from CD sales will go to the Chad Spicer Memorial Foundation in memory of Chad Spicer, a Georgetown police officer who was shot to death while on duty in 2009. (A beef and beer fundraiser for the foundation will also be held Saturday night at the Georgetown Fire Department.)
The third track on the Ashes of Ares album is called “On Warrior’s Wings.” It’s a tribute to Spicer that weaves Barlow’s musical and police lives together in mourning.
“I think about Chad every single day. You never forget something like that. Whenever someone dies that way, it just always seem to haunt you a little bit,” Barlow says, fighting back tears in his small studio and rehearsal space in a garage behind his Georgetown home. “Sometimes, it just gets me.”
Even though Topping is more of a Top 40 and country fan, he is closely aligned with Barlow when it comes to the healing power of music. “Music helps us all get through a lot of different things and I think a lot of people don’t realize how important music really is to us – every human,” he says.
“On Warrior’s Wings” finds Barlow channeling his raw pain as he sings about Spicer, whose loss shook the small town, its tight-knit police department and its songwriting officer, who has immortalized the fallen officer in song:
“The devil came and took his life/But his soul remained waitin’ on St. Michael’s hand, so he could lead the way/The arc angel said, ‘Come with me, my brother’/And with God’s touch, he granted him wings of a warrior.”


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Back in May, Guido brought you a crystal clear example of vested interests blocking reform. The fight put up by the Isles of Scilly council against their local school becoming an academy was a perfect microcosm of the problems faced up and down the country.
We wrote: “The headteacher of the only school on the Isles of Scilly was hastily suspended yesterday, without explanation, after it emerged that he was venturing to the mainland and travelling all the way to London to discuss potential Academy status for his school.”
It only took three and a half months of stonewalling, illegal FOI blocking and digging, but finally the proof we knew was there has found the light of day. Many laughed when we ran our original posting but the Telegraph and the BBC finally caught up, picking up on the “culture of fear“ on the islands.
We were first and bang on the money, as today’s leak to a Cornish local paper proves. The locally loathed Council Chief Executive Philip Hygate has been caught red-handed illegally circumventing the school governors and attempting to suspend the Headteacher himself. Just as we reported. His position as the islands’ well-remunerated überfuhrer is looking pretty shaky this afternoon. Meanwhile, Guido understands the islanders’ wish for an elected Mayor is not out of the question…


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Learn How To Make This Twisted Single Crochet Stitch
The Twisted Single Crochet stitch has the same look as the Reverse Single Crochet/Crab Stitch.
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This crocheting project, a beginner crocheter will have a great time in improving their crocheting skill.
Tamara Kelly created the tutorial for this simple twisted single stitch that you can use for many crochet project.
She even shared a tip; if it’s looking a little odd at first, make a few more twisted sc, and then give your fabric a quick gentle tug – that seems to pull the stitches right into place!
We have the FREE video tutorials below, for this lovely and easy to follow twisted stitch video from her website Moogly.
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Snowshoe event has raised $469,000 since 2003 By Bob Berwyn
FRISCO — The white snows of the Frisco Nordic Center blossomed in a sea of pink Saturday as thousands of people joined in what’s billed as America’s largest snowshoe event — the Tubbs Romp to Stomp out breast cancer.
The organization was founded in 1994, the year after the first Komen Denver Race for the Cure, to carry out the promise of our National organization — to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.
The goal for this year’s Romp to Stomp was $125,000. Since 2003, the event has raised a total of $468,968. See the photos after the break and check back, we’ll be updating the gallery the next few days with new photos.


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DESCRIPTIONI’m a Global Citizen Wafa Elany Binti Mohd Zamri SMKA Al Irshad, Penang, Malaysia
- 1. IM A GLOBAL CITIZEN
2. Dictionary Definition :
- a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
Biological Definition :
- An ecosystemis a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms in an area functioning together with all of the non-living physical factors of the environment. An ecosystem is a completely independent unit of interdependent organisms which share the same habitat. Ecosystems usually form a number of food web which show the interdependence of the organisms within the ecosystem
3. Food chains, also called, food networks and or Social Networks, describe the eating relationships between species within an ecosystem or a particular living place
Paddy Plant HenSnakeEagle
Food web isfood chains within ecological community:the interlocking food chains within an ecological community
4. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF WE INTERRUPTTHE ECO- SYSTEM???
5. STORY OF FOX AND DEER
Oncetherewere two hills,Hill A and Hill B . Both hills were occupied withfoxesanddeers
6. The foxes and deers livednaturallywith the food chain where deers had plants as their food and the foxeshad deers for their lunch or dinner.
One day came a rich but greedy businessman who bought the two hills. He perceived thatby letting the deersand foxes live together, he did not get a lot profit out of it because the foxeswill eat the deers. Therefore, the deers would become lesser and lesser everyday.
7. Then, he thought he had a greatidea , he wanted to separate the deers and the foxes . He moved all the deers to Hill A while all foxes were kept in Hill B. By doing so,he thought the deers would not be killed and he can sell them and get more profit
8. Few months later, he came back to the hills. He was so shock of
what he saw.
10. He was confused + upset + angry .
Finally , he discovered that the deerwere dead because their population increase drastically sincethere was no fox to eat them and they had lack of food problem . Having lived in an area where the deer population increased dramatically, the plants that deer browse upon were decimated rapidly. As a result, deer began to starve causing them to eat less nutritious plants. Disease became a problem resulting in a large winter kill of the deers. The foxes dead because they killed each other since there was no food toeat.
So, he learnt a lesson thatWE CANNOT INTERRUPT WITH THE ECOSYSTEMLET it FLOW NATURALLY.
11. Factors That Endangered
12. WE SHOULD KEEP THE ECOSYSTEM HEALTHY
Litter is ugly public places (another form of litter) is a serious health risk, particularly for young children.
Cigarette butts are another unpleasant form of litter. They may seem small, but with several trial it can harm people and wildlife. Picking up litter can be costly for cities and highway departments.
So how do we keep litter off our public places and keep the environment clean? The answer is, of course, firstly educate the public to take their litter home, and when they do not, it is necessary to ensure that efficient street cleaning is provided.
13. Street cleaning is controlled by the Department of Public Works in all towns and cities and is usually removed by appointed contractors or the Council's own direct labour force. When it works well you will usually find that the local businesses take an active interest in assisting in streamlining the process with also making further regular consultation with the community
Street cleaning is an important element of city housekeeping and is provided more and more by highly mechanized equipment such as through the use of street sweepers and flushers. Most streets are scheduled for cleaning at least five times per year, and paved alleys are cleaned once.
Street cleaning must always be strictly enforced, and react to events when litter will build up more quickly, but without clean water in the rivers and streams throughout the city the municipal authorities could hardly be said to be keeping the environment clean.
14. ILLEGAL LOGGING
Illegal loggingis the harvest, transportation, purchase or sale of timber in violation oflaws . The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission or from a protected area; the cutting of protected species .The way to prevent the illegal loggingis enforcement the laws.
15. Air Pollution :
Air pollution is the introduction of chemicals , particular matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the natural environment, into the atmosphere.
The atmosphere is a complex, dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth's ecosystem.
16. So, please
CANNOT LITERRING ,
NO AIR POLLUTIONAND NO ILLEGAL LOGGING to KEEP OUR ECOSYSTEM HEALTHY
17. I must help to stop pollution.
I must do my part by telling Malaysian and the rest of the world to care for the environment.
I have pledged to protect our animals and forest.
SO? WHAT IS MY DUTY AS PART OF THE GLOBAL CITIZEN?
18. I have sworn to stop water wastage at home, in my school and tell my friends to do the same.
I have spread the words of wisdom on saving this planet as we do not have any other planet to live if it is destroyed.
19. I love this planet and this is my only home.
I plead to you is to conserve the environment, respect mother nature and do our part to save the world fromdestruction. Thank you.
20. Power Point Presentation done by:
WAFA ELANYBINTI MOHD ZAMRI
AGE: 13 YEARS OLD
CLASS: 1 AZ
SCHOOL : SMKA AL IRSHAD, PENANG, MALAYSIA
TEACHERS NAME : NORLILAWATI MOHD NOOR

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