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Posted on 07/14/2014 8:21:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
While there are a variety of options for homeowners in foreclosure,many have chosen to cut their losses and abandon their property. The housing market has been improving across much of the nation. However, some cities still have a long recovery process ahead of them as the market deals with a glut of homes in foreclosure, which can often stay in the system for several years. Meanwhile, many of these remain vacant.
In Wichita, Kansas, nearly half of homes in foreclosure were abandoned as of the first quarter of 2014. In six of the nations most populous metro areas, at least a third of homes in foreclosure were vacant. Based on data provided by housing data website RealtyTrac for the nations 100 largest metro areas, these are the cities where residents are abandoning their homes.
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Median housing prices in all but one of the metro areas with the most vacant homes were among the lowest in the country. In addition, housing prices fell during the last 12 months in four of the 10 cities: Boise, St. Louis, Syracuse, and Wichita. Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac, explained that this drop in prices creates a problem for both banks and homeowners because neither wants to hold on to a depreciating asset. This increases the likelihood that homeowners will abandon their homes and banks may find that foreclosing on the home could be more expensive than writing it off.
The length of the entire foreclosure process is a major contributor to vacancy rates because homeowners are more likely to give up on their homes the longer they have to wait for a resolution. Blomquist explained that as foreclosure processes stretch on for years and years, homeowners begin to believe they will not be able to save the house and decide to move on with their lives.
In fact, several of these cities with the most abandoned homes are in states with very lengthy average foreclosure times. Palm Bay, for example, is located in Florida, where the average foreclosure process took 935 days to complete in the first quarter, the second-longest time among all states.
While lengthy and exhausting foreclosure processes encourage some homeowners to abandon their homes, in other cases, people intentionally move away early because they dont fully understanding the process. With changing housing laws in many states, homeowners may have more options than they realize to avoid foreclosure,” Blomquist said.
24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 10 metropolitan statistical areas with the highest vacancy rates among homes in foreclosure, based on data provided by RealtyTrac for the 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas. RealtyTrac also provided metro-level median home prices, population, and foreclosure rates, all of which are for the most recent available period. 24/7 Wall St. calculated 12 month average home prices and year-over-year percent change from May of each year. RealtyTrac also provided the average length of foreclosure processes in each state, as of the first quarter of 2014. We also reviewed income data from the Census Bureaus 2012 American Community Survey, and unemployment rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
These are the cities with the most abandoned homes.
10. Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 31%
> Total vacated homes: 237 (41st lowest)
> Average home price: $114,028 (24th lowest)
Of the nearly 250,000 housing units in the Boise City region, 765 properties were in foreclosure as of the second quarter, not particularly high when compared to other large metro areas. However, more than 30% of the homes in foreclosure were vacant, among the highest owner vacancy rates nationwide. Despite owners abandoning their homes in the last few years, local real estate agents have recently reported a recovering housing market and rising home sales. In fact, unlike the majority of cities with the highest vacancy rates, home prices in the Boise area rose slightly over the 12 months through May. The average length of a foreclosure process in the state was a relatively low 471 days at the start of this year. However, it has risen considerably since 2007, when it was just around 100 days on average. Longer proceedings may be encouraging residents to give up on their homes.
9. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Fla.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 32%
> Total vacated homes: 2,041 (8th highest)
> Average home price: $108,561 (19th lowest)
More than 2,000 homes in foreclosure in Palm Bay were vacant as of the second quarter of this year, more than the vast majority of other large metro areas. The area’s foreclosure rate has been particularly high in recent years. Close to one out of every 100 area homes was in foreclosure in each of the last five quarters. At the beginning of this year, one in every 112 homes was in foreclosure, more than every large metro area except for Miami-Fort Lauderdale. The long foreclosure process of 935 days on average in Florida — among the longest in the nation — has likely contributed to the area’s high vacancy rate. Florida’s lengthy process is likely the result of the court proceedings involved in each foreclosure. Vacancy rates tend to be higher in states with judicial foreclosure systems, which tend to lengthen the process.
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8. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 32%
> Total vacated homes: 1,670 (13th highest)
> Average home price: $156,992 (35th highest)
Nevada was hit particularly hard during the housing crisis, and posted nation-leading foreclosure and unemployment rates in recent years. In particular, the Las Vegas area’s unemployment rate of nearly 8% in May was more than in all but a handful of metro areas. And one in every 200 area homes was in foreclosure at the beginning of this year, also among the highest rates in the country. According to Blomquist, homeowners also tend to abandon their homes when alternatives and legal proceedings are unclear. This is certainly the case in Nevada, where property laws have undergone changes in recent years. Nearly one in four foreclosed homes in the Las Vegas metro area failed to sell at auction in January and was subsequently repossessed by the bank for resale, more than in all but three other metro areas. This may also suggest weak demand for distressed homes in the area.
7. Syracuse, N.Y.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 33%
> Total vacated homes: 94 (21st lowest)
> Average home price: $84,243 (8th lowest)
The Syracuse housing market is in exceptionally good shape. Of the nearly 290,000 housing units in the area, just 288 properties were in foreclosure as of the second quarter. This was nearly the lowest rate nationwide, as just one in every 1,766 homes was in foreclosure as of the beginning of this year. Among homes in foreclosure, however, about one third were vacant, a considerable increase from a year ago. Syracuse residents are likely subject to lengthy foreclosure proceedings due in part to New Yorks judicial process. A foreclosure in the state took an average of around 1,000 days start-to-finish in the last few years, nearly the highest foreclosure process time in the country and likely a major driver behind the high vacancy rate.
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6. Worcester, Mass.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 33%
> Total vacated homes: 394 (45th highest)
> Average home price: N/A
Compared to other large metro areas with high volumes of abandoned homes, residents in Worcester are relatively wealthy. A typical household earned $62,505 in 2012, versus a national median household income of $51,371. Despite these high incomes, central Massachusetts housing market has had a patchy recovery from the recession. A typical home sold at the beginning of this year for considerably less than it did a year ago. Persistently falling home prices likely encourage homeowners to abandon their homes. Also potentially indicating weaker demand large number of foreclosed properties failed to sell at auction. As a result, nearly one in 10 foreclosure sales were of lender-owned sale, among the higher rates compared with other large metro areas.
5. St. Louis, Mo.-Ill.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 34%
> Total vacated homes: 847 (27th highest)
> Average home price: $96,083 (14th lowest)
The number of vacant homes in the St. Louis area dropped by nearly 50% between the second quarters of 2013 and this year. Despite this, still more than a third of the areas 2,500 properties in foreclosure were vacant as of the second quarter. Residents of the St. Louis area are subject to either Missouris non-judicial foreclosure process or Illinois judicial one. The average lengths of proceedings in both states, however, are exceptionally high and have been on the rise in the last year. A complete foreclosure process took roughly one year on average in Missouri and more than 800 days in Illinois, both among the longer proceedings compared to other large metro areas. Long foreclosure procedures in both states likely contributed to the area’s 34% vacancy rate.
4. Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 36%
> Total vacated homes: 305 (47th lowest)
> Average home price: $150,717 (42nd highest)
While housing prices in the country rose over the last two years, housing prices in the Kansas City metro area declined 9%. Additionally, the foreclosure rate in the first quarter of 2014 declined by more than 50% from the same period in 2012. Despite the drop in owner vacated homes and the falling foreclosure rate, home prices in the Kansas City metro area fell 9% since 2012, one of the higher declines in the country. Declining home prices may explain why more than one in 10 foreclosed homes in January 2014 failed to sell at auction and were repossessed by the bank, one of the higher rates on this list. This may be a sign that the housing market has not fully recovered.
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3. Birmingham-Hoover, Ala.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 37%
> Total vacated homes: 428 (43rd highest)
> Average home price: $149,682 (44th highest)
The Birmingham-Hoover region was the only metro area on this list where the unemployment rate rose between the first quarters of 2013 and 2014. High unemployment may, in part, contribute to owner vacancies rising 19% between the first and second quarters of 2014 as owners who lost their jobs may have been afraid of going into foreclosure, as Blomquist suggested. In the first quarter of 2014, it took just 193 days to complete foreclosure proceedings. And while area home prices rose in recent years, they still remain among the lowest in the country.
2. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 37%
> Total vacated homes: 804 (30th highest)
> Average home price: $251,888 (12th highest)
Low, declining home prices can lead to higher vacancy rates, as owners are more likely to give up on a property depreciating in value. Prices in the Portland region, however, are exceptionally high. Over the 12 months prior to this past May, a home in the area sold for more than $251,000 on average, among the most compared to other large metro areas. And prices are rising — the median home price in May was up 22% from the same period a year before, one of the larger increases among metro areas reviewed. While the regions vacancy rate is second only to Wichita, there are signs of improvement for the Portland area. The average length of foreclosure proceedings in Oregon fell 20% over the year prior to the first quarter, which may make homeowners less likely to abandon a property.
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1. Wichita, Kan.
> Pct. foreclosures vacated: 49%
> Total vacated homes: 146 (30th lowest)
> Average home price: $131,292 (39th highest)
There were only 301 properties in foreclosure in Wichita as of the second quarter of this year. Nearly half of those, however, had been abandoned by their owners, the highest vacancy rate among the nations largest metro areas. Like many metro areas where residents are abandoning their homes, Wichita is located in a state with a judicial foreclosure system, which tends to lengthen the proceedings. The average foreclosure process in the first quarter took 524 days in Kansas, up 34% from the same period a year before and among the higher wait times among major U.S. metro areas. Another factor contributing to the regions high vacancy rate is likely low and depreciating home prices — as the value of a home decreases, the financial pressure of an unpaid mortgage will go up. Home prices in Wichita were 3% lower in May 2014 than they were in May of last year.
Well... crap. This bodes well for me as I’m trying to sell mine.
This was a very surprising list to read.
I would have guessed cities like:
6) New Orleans
9) St. Louis
Would have lead the list.
these cities you list all have big numbers of abandoned properties, and for various “sociological” reasons, shall we say, are not desirable places to live.
I know some cities have done “urban homesteading”, in which you can buy a property for a nominal fee, such as $1, but you have to agree to rehab the property and actually live in it to get that bargain. I don’t know how successful these programs have been.
It’s all regional. Depends greatly upon where you are. Here, the market has only been so-so since the nineties. Not much bubble to burst, but there was a marked slowdown up until last year. Now, houses are selling better locally than they were before 2008. Manufacturing region, on-shoring plus cheap natural gas are making a huge difference.
Don’t get too discouraged.
I’m trying to BUY some of these REOs, and the banks aren’t putting them on the market because they don’t want to depress prices further.
They do have big inventories of houses, but they’re sitting on them,
so - your house will sell without competition from a flood of foreclosed properties.
Sure, honey, I know the street is filled with prostitutes and drug dealers and gang bangers that hate us for no reason,
but it was such a BARGAIN!
Boise, for instance, is high on this list, but still has rising home prices. This suggests that the people being foreclosed have the decency to move out rather than squat and drag out the proceedings as long as possible.
The Detroit way is to trash the place and make it unattractive even to foreclose upon. Then strip it of all cooper wiring and other stuff that can be turned into cash to but your next crack fix until your government check comes.
The headline was "Cities With The Most Abandoned Homes." The list was ranked by percentage of foreclosed homes that were vacated.
Therefore, Syracuse - 94 vacated homes - ranked #7, ahead of Las Vegas, with 1670 vacated homes.
Thanks for clearing that up. I guess I should have read the fine print.
The list simply didn’t make any sense to me.
Take Boise-—I always assumed that was a thriving, growing and prosperous city. And I’m sure it still is.
For what its worth, Birmingham is nearly identical to Detroit in recent trajectory.
Hard to believe this is happening in the country I grew up in.
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As far as I know the code does not support that yet.
I have a PR that has some small initial work on that, but it is "work-in-progress"
If you can help with that, it would be great.
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Yes it is possible as you can see here.
But it doesn’t work and I don’t understand it. As you can see it is supposed to be very easy. There is something missing there, because I’ve done exactly as there. Any clue?
Just yesterday I run into the same problem:
The parameters I set:
RNGFND_TYPE: 14 (TrOneI2C)
PRX_TYPE: RangeFinder (4)
AVOID_ENABLE: StopAtFence, UseProximitySensor (Qgc says the flag for those is 3 instead of 7)
I was seeing exactly the same behaviour as @Javier_Beringola however when I test today it seems to be different. Now when I change orientation the distance message seems to oscillate between maximum value and the reading (only for orientations different than down):
In the above screen the flat line are the readings with orientation set to down, the first spike to RNGFND_MAX_CM occurs when I switch the orientation to anything else. Also the oscillations are always between the reading and RNGFND_MAX_CM:
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Since Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20th, 2017, things in Washington, DC have been eventful, to say the least. Of course, depending on who you ask, opinions on recent developments and predictions about what is to come for Americans vary extremely from positive to negative. No matter which side of the political spectrum you fall on, it's safe to say that many changes are about to happen and the employee benefits industry will not be immune to them.
It's no secret that financial literacy is not a strong skill for many Americans. In a recent study, it was noted that nearly two-thirds of adults couldn't pass a basic financial literacy test. That fact is not too surprising when you consider that currently, only 4 states require students to take a personal finance class in order to graduate. With rising student loan debt, increases in the cost of living, and medical costs continuing their upward trajectory, how can we get a handle on our financial lives?
We want to help companies and employees take these complex retirement plans and make them simpleAlex Assaley Employee Benefit Adviser
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ten people have now died in a coronavirus outbreak at a Tennessee nursing home where more than 100 people tested positive, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.
Sumner Regional Medical Center spokesman Kyle Brogdon on Tuesday afternoon confirmed the 10th death from the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing.
State health officials have said more than 70 residents and more than 30 staffers tested positive at the facility, which was temporarily evacuated but has since allowed some residents to return.
The state contracted out a deep cleaning and disinfecting of the facility on March 29 and state Health Department nurses surveyed it starting April 1 to ensure it was safe for residents to reenter, Tennessee Department of Health spokeswoman Shelley Walker has said.
Residents who tested negative or tested positive and recovered have since been allowed to reenter the facility, while residents who tested positive and are recovering remain at hospitals, Walker said.
“We had multiple folks in their facility late (Sunday) night and we continue to find no deficient practices and find their response to be perfectly adequate,” state Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said during a Monday afternoon virtual news conference.
On Tuesday, malpractice attorney Clint Kelly said he has sent a required notice to the facility of his intent to sue in 60 days. Kelly said he represents 20 people, including family members of residents and staff.
“People on the record have told me that at least one employee showed up sick and wanted to go home and was told - I’m paraphrasing here - ‘If you go home, don’t bother coming back,’” Kelly said.
A spokeswoman for the nursing home vehemently denied that.
“Every single employee was screened twice per shift” beginning March 5, Ashley Romano said. Anyone who was sick was not allowed to work. Romano pointed to state Health Department’s inspections, which have found no deficiencies at the facility.
Tennessee’s confirmed cases have grown to more than 4,100, with at least 72 confirmed deaths.
Along with county breakdown information, Health Department Commissioner Lisa Piercey announced Tuesday that the state will soon release more detailed information on race and ethnicity regarding COVID-19 cases starting as early as Wednesday.
“Race and ethnicity data is important to make sure that we are maintaining access across all ethnicities and to eliminate or mitigate any disparities that we might identify,” Piercey told reporters.
Also Tuesday, Cookeville Regional Medical Center announced that it would furlough nearly 400 of its 2,400 employees because of a reduction in patient volume caused by the virus pandemic. The medical center is in Putnam County, where a tornado killed 19 and destroyed hundreds of buildings last month.
Additionally, “several hundred employees” will see a temporary reduction in hours, according to a news release. Furloughed employees will continue to receive health care benefits and the medical center will pay “100% of premiums for medical insurance.”
Last month, Gov. Bill Lee issued an executive order banning elective surgeries in health care facilities across Tennessee as part of the state’s effort to reduce the spread of the virus. As a result, however, several health care facilities have announced temporary layoffs and staff reductions.
“We must preserve our financial resources now in order to direct more of them to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic,” Cookeville Regional Medical Center CEO Paul Korth said. “We have seen a significant reduction in revenues while we are not doing elective surgeries and procedures, and we must be good financial stewards for the hospital’s long-term success.”
Meanwhile, in Henry County a man was arrested Friday after he was “purposely coughing on people in Walmart and yelling that he had coronavirus,” according to a Facebook post from District Attorney Matthew Stowe.
“The man has been charged with violation of the terrorism hoax act, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct,” according to the post.
For the vast majority of people who have the coronavirus, symptoms clear up in several weeks without requiring hospitalization, but the consequences can be life-threatening for older people and those with existing health problems.
Associated Press writer Travis Loller in Nashville, Tennessee, contributed to this report.
Follow AP news coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at https://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak.
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I’m on the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award committee, and I’m really excited to read the books under consideration this year. I’m only reading for the younger category, but I’m really excited about the older readers books too! It’s going to be another exciting year and I’m looking forward to the discussion. Okay, I said “exciting” three times already. But really, that’s because I am 🙂
Anyway, thinking about awards in general – I’m reminded of Marc Aronson’s article “Slippery Slopes and Proliferating Prizes” from a few years back. Aronson was skeptical about the proliferation of so many different kinds of awards – awards based on quality of writing, quality of illustration, based on authorship (Black, Asian American, Latino/Hispanic, etc), based on peace and tolerance, based on translation, etc. Have we created too many medals for children’s books? When does it stop? Who decides?
I honestly believe in our children’s books awards. The Newbery Medal and Caldecott Medal for obvious reasons, but I also want to point out that the Jane Addams Award is incredibly important too. Jane Addams was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1931) and she founded the Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago. She dedicated her life to fight for equality and social justice, especially for women and children. If children’s stories truly shape our world, as we say they do, then the types of stories we tell will impact our children and help them understand the world in which we live. Thus it is imperative, especially during this time of corruption, international chaos and social injustice, that we recognize those children’s books that “effectively promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all races as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence.” So while some may question the importance and existence of so many different awards based on other criteria, I hope the Jane Addams Award‘s importance will never be questioned.
Aronson, M. (2001 May/June). Slippery Slopes and Proliferating Prizes. The Horn Book Magazine, 77(3), 271-27

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For the standard course, you’ll need 195 rounds if you never miss. You’ll miss, so take an extra 50 rounds or more. 500 rounds will be plenty.
You don’t need a “duty” belt, just something that will keep your gun in the same place all the time. If your cheapo holster has a retaining strap, secure it out of the way.
For a hi-cap like your Glock, 3 or 4 mags should be OK. You really don’t want to run out of loaded mags and try to reload one while the clock’s running.
You don’t need mag pouches unless you’re shooting in an IDPA class. Most ranges give you a place to lay your mags. Just be real sure you keep your gun pointed DOWNRANGE while you’re reloading.
Remember that every shooter watching you has been where you are. Shoot safe, not fast.


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I have been to Perth, Australia, Mt. Helena which is in the hills about 30 kms outside Perth, and Melbourne and in the hills around Melbourne and these paintings absolutely capture the ruggedness of early Austrailain architecture and the beauty of the landscape.
Untitled : could have been painted in the tree-covered parts of my friends' farm in Mt. Helena. The gum trees and the acacias, when in full bloom, give off a heady fragrance at night that can be smelled meters away. In the mid-day still air nary a leaf moves nor a cockatoo flies.
Nocturne, Templestowe (1896) : on my friends' farm there was a dam with trees very much like these down in the lower pasture and we used to sit in the evenings and watch as the kangaroos came down for a drink in the gathering dusk. One old fellow had made a bed in front of the bedroom where I stayed and I greeted him every morning, one old codger to another.
Untitled, Street Scene Dieppe watercolor & A Street in Dieppe Pencil and watercolour on paper : we spent a day wandering around Fremantle on the coast and the older buildings used 150+ years ago as old prison cells were very rough hewn, such as the buildings in these paintings, even the colors of the materials are the same even though Dieppe is in France. Uncanny.
St IVes, 1893 : the only time I saw the Indian Ocean was a couple of weeks after a Great White Shark attack where a man was killed. The water looked cold and grey and very unpleasant, nothing like this idyllic painting, which I gather is not a scene from Australia and which, therefore, looks a tad out of place, although further north towards the equator there must be places that look like this.
Harlequin and Dancer, Dieppe by their daughter Gwendoline Davies : reminds me of a Grecian plate of old.
Very interesting selection. Once again, I thank you, sir.

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So, ‘it’s genetic’ or ‘it may be genetic’ are terms that get tossed around a lot about many different conditions. This post is the first of three-part series about gene-related abnormalities.
The three big categories I’m going to write about are abnormal numbers of chromosomes, identifiable genetic abnormalities, and inherited genetic tendencies. For all three types, I know people with at least one of these issues and can share a bit of what they’ve been through and how and why they are affected.
Chromosomes and reproduction
So chromosomes are a larger container of genetic information. You most commonly hear about things being ‘in the genes’, but genes are naturally gathered into chromosomes.
Most people have 23 pairs of chromosomes, each of which is full of genetic information, but occasionally people are conceived with more or less, which causes certain changes in their development.
Every once in a while, that division doesn’t happen quite right and one or the other is missing a chromosome or has an extra one.
In most cases, an extra or missing chromosome causes a miscarriage and the fetus isn’t brought to term. With medical improvements, there are also some chromosomal issues that lead to live births, but with the infant only living for days to weeks. Also, some chromosomal abnormalities are associated with the shape or size of certain chromosomes, rather than the addition or subtraction of entire chromosomes.
This post is focused on the two types of chromosomal additions and subtractions that produce a viable fetus that can become an adult human.
Trisomy-21 or Downs Syndrome
The 21st chromosome is the smallest of all the chromosomes. It appears to be one of the few cases where an extra copy of an entire chromosome doesn’t simply cause an early loss of pregnancy.
In many cases, Downs Syndrome is not an inherited trait, but instead the result of a spontaneous copying issue. More commonly this occurs in the egg, but it has been known to occur in sperm as well.
Downs Syndrome affects facial features, growth and development, muscle strength, and often slows cognition. There’s also a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease at an early age. Many people with Downs Syndrome may also develop additional medical complications, like esophageal reflux, celiac disease, or hypothyroidism.
From anecdotes by others, though, I’ve also heard that people with Downs Syndrome tend to be relatively happy people and can thoroughly enjoy their lives.
Sex cell abnormalities
The other chromosomal abnormality that tends to make it to term are sex cell abnormalities.
These the chromosomes that generally determine the physical sex of a child. Biological men usually have an X and a Y chromosome, while biological women usually have two X chromosomes.
However, it is possible to be born with only an X chromosome(Turner Syndrome), or with additional X or Y chromosomes.
Having an extra X chromosome, XXY, is referred to as Kleinfelter syndrome. Having more than three sex chromosomes is also possible and doesn’t appear to be particularly more dangerous than having only one or more than two.
My experience with Kleinfelter Syndrome
I dated a man with Kleinfelter syndrome for years. I helped him get diagnosed and to get treatment, and a large part of why I left him was actually due to his refusal to properly treat his symptoms.
He was a sweet guy, was very good at connecting with people, always seemed to know the right thing to say.
But every once in awhile, he would get angry, and I mean out of control is-he-going-to-hit-me type angry(I referred to these as anger spasms). I wouldn’t know what would set him off, and he wouldn’t really be able to explain it either.
We were together for years, but he just couldn’t seem to get his life together. He drove a cab part-time, and also cobbled together some additional money by going through wealthy towns on bulk pickup nights and finding things to sell to antique stores and flea markets. It was an interesting but unreliable way to live.
He shared that he’d never been good at school, and I suspected he had some learning disabilities that had never been diagnosed.
He also didn’t have any facial hair and never had to shave.
I did some research and talked to him about Kleinfelter syndrome, and he said some doctor had mentioned it when he was younger, but his parents had refused to have him tested.
So I convinced him to do it, and it confirmed that he was indeed XXY. The only treatment for Kleinfelter syndrome is using testosterone to take his testosterone level up from where it was to something approaching the average testosterone level for his age.
I suspect that his family didn’t want the testing done because one of the other effects of being XXY is that most men with it are effectively sterile.
The ideal treatment for people who are XXY
In many cases, an individual with Kleinfelter syndrome may also have learning delays, coordination delays and low muscle tone, which will slow his motor skills(like walking, sitting or standing) and may impair his learning in school.
Many XXY boys also have difficulty expressing themselves and have some issues with reading. This cluster of symptoms can be noticed early in a boy’s life, and each symptom can be managed with therapy.
If a boy is identified as XXY, he can be given extra testosterone as he hits puberty and kept on it for the rest of his life to make up for the low production.
There is also an option for collecting and freezing his sperm(production of viable sperm is most likely when he’s younger) in case he wants children in the future.
Identified at that age, an XXY man can live a pretty normal life, with just a few learning disabilities and some increased risk for some health conditions, such as metabolic syndrome(type II diabetes or hypertension, among other symptoms), osteoporosis, or autoimmune disorders.
XXY diagnosed in adults
However, an adult who is XXY has a much harder time. After I convinced him to take testosterone, I started to experience why.
Being XXY and untreated leaves a man with extremely low testosterone which impacts his ability to push himself and his energy level.
His testosterone level isn’t reliable, so he’ll have these periods of higher testosterone which sometimes expresses as anger or irritability, and other times his testosterone is so low that he has a hard time doing anything.
Effectively, XXY men are stuck in something like puberty their entire post-puberty lives.
My Ex’s response to Testosterone treatment
After my boyfriend at the time started the testosterone treatment, those anger spasms increased, both in frequency and length of time.
He also would not use the testosterone consistently, like he needed to, instead he used it as a drug, and took it when he wanted some extra energy.
He’d forget to take it some days, and so never developed a regular testosterone level, which was the point of taking it.
I did some further research and was dismayed to discover that it can take years of regular usage before an XXY man would reach a stable point with his testosterone level.
After several terrifying episodes of his anger getting out of control, including one day where I was physically holding the door to my apartment closed while he banged on it, demanding to be let in, I realized that I couldn’t keep doing that to myself.
I recognized that he had become an abusive partner and that it was neither healthy nor safe for me to stay in the relationship, so I moved out and ended it. I still wish him the best, but I couldn’t stay with him.
Sometimes, I feel a little guilty that I opened this can of worms, but I recognize that it wasn’t the diagnosis that was the problem, but his unwillingness or inability to use the testosterone reliably.
Chromosomal abnormalities just happen
Chromosomal abnormalities are one form of genetic condition, but are mostly caused by chance and are not predictable or really preventable.
It is possible to get samples of fetal DNA during pregnancy to see if you will have a child with any of these conditions, but there is no corrective/preventative treatment.
This isn’t commonly done, and leaves the parents with determining whether to bring the child to term or abort, which many people with disabilities rightly view as a form of eugenics.
In most cases, people with sex cell abnormalities are sterile and unable to have children.
Down Syndrome does not cause infertility, so it is possible for adults with Down Syndrome to have children.
While this does increase the chance of a child being born with Down Syndrome, it is not a guarantee, even if both parents have the condition(there is a 50% chance of a child having Down Syndrome if both parents do.)
Understanding Chromosomal abnormalities
Chromosomal abnormalities usually occur during meiosis, when sex cells are created. For unknown reasons, the division becomes uneven, with one cell having 24(or more) chromosomes and the other having 22(or less) chromosomes, or one or more chromosomes ends up in an unusual shape or pattern.
While there are many chromosomal abnormalities possible, many of them result in an early miscarriage(spontaneous abortion) because the egg isn’t viable.
When it comes to chromosomes being missing or added, the only abnormalities that will lead to a viable life(living beyond about 4 years of age) tends to be either an additional 21st chromosomes(the smallest), which is generally referred to as Down Syndrome or an additional or missing sex chromosome, the most common of which are Turner Syndrome(X,0) or Kleinfelter syndrome(XXY).
All of these conditions can be associated with learning disabilities, as well as additional health issues. While Down Syndrome does not cause infertility, the sex chromosome issues generally do.
Having been involved with a person with Kleinfelter Syndrome, I feel comfortable talking about my experience with its effects. I will note that this individual was not diagnosed until his late 30s(which is unfortunately all too common) and had some major additional challenges in his life.
My understanding is that there is much more hope for children diagnosed with Turner and Kleinfelter Syndrome, as treatments beginning before or at puberty are likely to be much more effective.
Down Syndrome is rarely missed, but work must be done by the family of children with this condition to understand the severity and effects from it, to give their child the best chance at a healthy life.
The key point is that these conditions generally occur spontaneously, and there is no fault involved on either the parent or child’s part. All of these conditions are a genetic roll of the dice, and cannot be predicted, though they can be diagnosed prior to birth or at any time during the individual’s life.

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Kupwara: A Junior Engineer of Public Health Engineering Department (PHE) was placed under suspension on sunday with immediate effect and inquiry has been launched as well. The area is battling with water borne disease.
Officials identified the JE as Azhar Ahmad posted in jagerpora area.
Water borne disease that broke out in jagerpora area since Friday afternoon was initially found to be waterborne disease.
“It is found that the disease is waterborne and has spread due to the water supplied to the area by PHE department, concerned JE of PHE, Azhar Ahmad and an inquiry had also been ordered into the matter.” said ADC Kupwara.
The health officials said that our several teams are continuously visiting the area form the last three days and are keenly monitoring the situation, which is under control.
“On the first day over five hundred patient were treated, on second day only one hundred patients were treated, the numbers are decreasing each passing day,” doctor Nazir Ahmad treating upon the patients said.
The disease is in control now as there is decrease in the patients coming to these mobile care campus,” Dr. Nazir added.
Meanwhile DDC Kupwara also visited and order repairment of PHE scheme in the area and availability of all the facilities from health department.
Jagerpora is the native village of MLA kupwara Bashir Ahmad dar, who himself is monitoring the situation.


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For lack of whale shark, in Sogod Bay (Leyte), I fell back on the little people of the reef... And there's plenty to do and observe!
I haven't written much since Leyte, where I started my trip to the Philippines (February 2008), due to the lack of an internet connection worthy of the name. But here I am now in Siquijor, where I write from Larena, the port and main city of the island. There is a relatively "high speed" internet center there that will allow me to send more pictures. Here are some pictures brought back from the reefs of Sogod Bay.
The reign of the "little one"
So I was on the island of Leyte, in Lungsodaan near the town of Padre Burgos, to dive into the bay of Sogod. On the spot, I opted for the nice little Sogod Bay Scuba Resort (SBSR)This is the first of a series of diving courses, created by two divers, an Englishman and an Australian, living in the Philippines: Ron Sparkes and Phil McGuire.
Update.Ron passed away in 2014, at the age of 66 or 67, as I found out years later when I visited the page "Our team" of the SBSR.
My hope, in Sogod Bay, was to meet whale sharks...supposed to frequent the bay at this time of year. I guess I was there a little too early, because they weren't there yet...
Fortunately, there were plenty of other creatures in abundance to console me.
On the "small" side, I also had a great time with nudibranchsThese small sea slugs are surprisingly colourful (they have their naked gills on their backs, hence their name).
Here, nudibranchs are numerous, and their variety is spectacular... I photographed them endlessly!
The sites of Leyte are splendid, the coral is remarkably preserved. At the moment, the visibility is not very good, which obliges us to concentrate on the "small" more than the "big". According to Ron, you have to come in the summer, in July for example, to hope to have a 20-30 meter visibility. But at that time, there are no whale sharks to pass...
All the usual tropical wildlife is here in abundance. At Max Climates, the house-reef (the "house reef", i.e. the part of the reef just in front of the dive centre) is a real beauty. The site of Napantao, on the other side of the bay, just opposite, with two drop offs full of life, is my favourite, I think (sometimes the current is a bit treacherous, we are advised to be very careful, but the day I was there, nothing at all).
Leyte, land side
I only stayed in Leyte for four days, and now I'm thinking that maybe I should have stayed a little longer. To do a few more dives and discover more of the surroundings.
I did not find the time to push until Padre Burgos in a tricycle. I did not see anything at all Malitbog, city located about fifteen kilometers from where I was, where there is, if I believe my Lonely Planetone of the oldest churches in the area, built from dead coral.
At the end of the beach that the Sogod Bay Scuba Resort share with the Peter's Dive Center (the first diving center to have opened in this place, I think, at least the best known), there is a handful of shanties, half wood, half metal, and a few houses along the road, which make up the village of Lungsodaan.
The kids come home from school, schoolbag on the back, uniform with long checked skirt for the girls, some of them already playing ball in the dust of the road. Baskets and basketball courts are everywhere, obviously more popular than football here. The American influence? Many children (especially girls, not intimidated at all!) have approached me with the same eternal phrase, which they all had to learn in class: " Hello! What's your name? "
I apply myself to articulate well. Nothing works. "Corinne" always becomes "Cowine" or "Coquine". It works best when I claim to call myself "Corrina", as in the song ...
In short, a charming welcome everywhere, in this small town not much frequented by tourists.

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Many engineers tend to avoid or delegate the nitty gritty of a ground source heat pump system, from soil moisture effects to building system (im) balance. It's time for designers to get in the loop. Learn more about Grounded In Reality in the December issue. Other topics in the December issue include health care HVAC, Boilders, check out the Back2Basics, and more.


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After meeting with representatives of Real Madrid winger Eden Hazard this week, Arsenal is considering a sensational summer swoop for him.
The Gunners want to bring the former Chelsea star back to the Premier League and get him out of his nightmare spell at Real Madrid.
The North Londoner’s good relationship with Real in recent years
Real Madrid intends to loan Hazard out next season before selling him in 2023, one year before his contract expires.
Following an initial inquiry in March, Arsenal returned to talks this week to discuss a possible loan switch with a buy option.
It’s a risk for both Arsenal and Real Madrid. The former Chelsea star could easily struggle for another year and see his value plummet to almost nothing. But, given that he’s not playing right now, it’s a risk that’s probably worth taking for all parties.
The decision of Hazard for Arsenal move
According to the report, Hazard does not want to leave the Spanish capital this summer.
The 31-year-old forward intends to extend his Real Madrid contract for the next two seasons.
He still believes there is still hope of turning his £130 million moves into a success.
Mikel Arteta is well-positioned to welcome Hazard to his ever-improving squad and Champions League football at the Emirates Stadium.
Hazard was linked with a move to Newcastle during the winter transfer window and is still interested in the playmaker.
The Belgian has made 65 appearances for Los Blancos scoring six goals.
He has made just seven LaLiga starts this season and has been benched in their last three games.
He isn’t the only high-profile Premier League player to relocate to Spain and struggle.
Premier League clubs may have the same hope that Hazard can regain his Chelsea form if he returns to England.


Evolution of a Rotary Distributor Pump to Satisfy Off-Highway Emissions Regulations 952101
The development of emission regulation proposals for off-highway engines presented a significant challenge to the design of the fuel injection systems.
The DP200 range of pumps was evolved from the DPA to meet this need. It incorporates a number of enhancements that will enable emissions compliance.
The paper will describe the operation of the new pump systems and show the results of their use on engines. Future evolution of the pump to meet the next round of emissions control and the use of electronics in off-highway markets will be discussed.


Listen: The Ben 10 anthem breaking the net
You may have seen the memes circulating online, but it seems the Ben 10 anthem ("I'm in love with a gogo") is a real thing!
Only days after someone decided that O.T Genasis's hit Coco sounded an awful lot like Gogo, Dj Cleo got Lection, Duncan and iFani togther to make a remix of the track that is uniquely South African!
The result is a track that confesses its love (or in this case, romance) for our elderly.
Listen to the original
Now listen to the remix!


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Birmingham will receive government funding of £72 million for a vital transport link between the city centre and the M6.
The Tame Valley Viaduct has been used by 80,000 vehicles every day, including 900 buses and around 8,000 HGVs and is now in need of crucial maintenance. The work is set to start in 2022 and will take almost 5 years to finish.
Transport Minister Baroness Vere said: “This viaduct is the lifeblood of Birmingham, carrying tens of thousands of vehicles in and out of the city centre every single day and connecting it to the surrounding motorways and the rest of the country.
We recognise its importance and that’s why we’re investing such a significant amount of money – £72 million – to safeguard the future of the structure and keep local supply chains and public transport services running smoothly.
This is further good news for the region following our Integrated Rail Plan, which will see quicker and easier journeys between Nottingham and Birmingham. We’ll continue to level up transport across the country, support local economies and build back better.”
The government’s multimillion-pound investment will ensure the link remains open for years to come and continue access to the Birmingham City Centre Enterprise Zone, HS2 Curzon Street Railway Station and the Food Hub.
Councillor Waseem Zaffar, Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment at Birmingham City Council, said: “This is a significant investment into a key piece of our city’s highways infrastructure.
If we are to ensure people can move around the city as easily as possible and help business flourish, it is vital we carry out projects like this.
This work will ensure the viaduct plays a key part in our transport network for many years to come and help prevent the need for even more significant works in future.”
The total costs of the scheme come to £93.46 million with the remaining funding coming from Birmingham City Council and the Local Growth Fund.
Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands and chair of the West Midlands Combined Authority, said: “The Tame Valley Viaduct is a vital part of our regional road network, but one that urgently needs some work. The 80,000 vehicles a day it carries is far more than what it was designed for when it opened in the early 1970s and so I am delighted that, thanks to the government putting this cash on the table, we can now press on and get this essential maintenance work done.
We are making a huge effort to encourage people to use public transport across the West Midlands, but people who rely on the car cannot be ignored and roads such as the Aston Expressway remain a critical part of our region’s infrastructure.”
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Sport Systems Canada is using the funding to support a $1.83 million expansion project.
One million-square-foot facility is expected to create 600 new jobs.
A Brexit agreement that creates new tariffs and increases vehicle costs is no small problem for consumers.
Lee Jae-yong found guilty of offering bribes to South Korea’s former president.
Small business advocates have warned CPP reform will drive up costs in what they have described as a “payroll tax.”
Includes a $837,750 contribution from the Ontario government.
Federal funding supports the purchase of new equipment to increase productivity and production capacity.
Contracts are part of a planned overhaul of the US nuclear arsenal.
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This is becoming a big question coming towards gamers. PUBG is the most popular game in the world and is being played by almost everybody.
PUBG’s impact on people has been hotly debated in other countries as well in the recent past. Player unknown battleground is banned in many countries as well.
These things started when Player unknown battleground was banned in China but Player unknown battleground mobile was not banned in China it was the PC version which was banned in China.
Now PUBG is back again in the headlines for a controversial new reason: some governments are outright banning the game.
Now, PUBG is banned in Nepal.
According to the Katmandu post and Reuters, Nepal has directed every Internet service provider and mobile operators to ban the game in Nepal.
In an Interview of Nepal’s Metropolitan Crime Division said “We received a number of complaints from parents, and school associations regarding the effect of the game on children. We also held discussions with psychiatrists before requesting the Kathmandu District Court for permission to ban the game. We have decided to ban the game before anything unfortunate occurs in Nepal,” Dhiraj Pratap Singh, chief of the Metropolitan Crime Division.
Last month, Gujarat, a western state in India, banned the game over concerns that it’s too addicting and violent. However, the ban was later lifted.
Police in Gujarat arrested ten college students after they were caught playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on mobile.
PUBG is still legal in the rest of India, but Gujarat singled out the game after parents and educators complained that the game was too violent and distracted students from studying.
Nepal is also preparing to arrest if anyone is found playing the game after the ban.
In India also it was highly debated whether the game should be banned, especially after the cases of suicides linked to the game.
A Mumbai boy had reportedly committed suicide after his family members denied to buy him a smartphone to play PUBG.
A 16-year-old boy committed suicide after he was scolded by his mother for playing PUBG and not studying for his exams.
We should not make playing games as our comfort zone. If we engage our mind in something for a long time every day, it becomes our new reality. Even if it’s not quite productive, healthy or positive, the consequences are bad.
You will be missing out life
It will change how you see things
You’re not learning anything
Bad for your mental health
You can’t enjoy life anymore
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text: Change is a constant, always definite. One thing that hasn’t changed are the lengths and sacrifices an artist goes through once they discover their skills and talents. Dela Rodriguez “DELA” in the Chicago underground music industry has been dedicating her life to making music and creating unanimous sounds that keeps crowds dancing and groovin’. She has just started her music endeavors; recently signing on to Delusional Records of Los Angeles, CA and releasing an EP on iTunes and Spotify “ChiTown-Groovve”. DELA has just made ripples in the water with her music career, stay tuned for when those ripples turn into a massive wave of the best electronica/ techno music that this music industry has ever heard.


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The critics are highly enthusiastic about the young, successful guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre. "One of the most exciting concert guitarists of his generation," is how Guitar Salon International judges him, while Classical Guitar calls him "a fantastically versatile and sensitive performer." Feuillâtre celebrated his international breakthrough in 2018 as winner of the prestigious international competition of the "Guitar Foundation of America".
With his debut on Deutsche Grammophon, he aims to share his love of Baroque music. The guitarist has recorded works by J.S Bach and his French contemporaries Forqueray, Rameau, Royer and Duphly. Once mostly written for harpsichord solo, they have been translated here into the colorful sound world of the guitar. The album's title, Visages baroques (Faces of the Baroque), "refers to the very different qualities that each work acquires through its arrangement, but it also refers to the many facets of the guitar that are revealed here through the choice of music," Feuillâtre says. Two great works by Bach are featured: Concerto in D Major BWV 972, itself a transcription for harpsichord of a violin concerto by Vivaldi, and Partita No. 1 BWV 825, along with six French pieces. This music is framed by two other short pieces by Bach, the Prelude in C major and the Gavotte en rondeau from his Partita for solo violin in E major. Not to be underestimated, the entire repertoire is expanded by the transcriptions for guitar, some previously unpublished.


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It is a great honour that the family and friends of Don Drury have asked for memorial donations to be given to The Cat Clinic's Street Cat Program. As a feline specialist and owner of the clinic, I take great pride in all we do to help the homeless, feral and needy cats in this great city. By helping various rescue groups, running our own adoption program for medically compromised homeless cats, supporting the human/feline bond by helping cat owners who are on disability and piloting the HBSPCA's Trap/Neuter/Return/Adoption program, we are trying to make a difference, one cat at a time. Donations in memory of Mr. Drury will allow us to expand our programs by covering the cost of additional laboratory fees, supplies and specialized surgeries. I know that Don, a cat lover, also believed in helping the underdog. In many ways, homeless cats living in our community are the underdogs of the pet world; abandoned, unidentified, not spayed or neutered and without value. Any funds donated in Don Drury's memory will be directly applied to help these cats. We do not have a charitable donation status, so unfortunately we cannot issue a charitable tax receipt.
A donation can be made to any TD Canada Trust and deposited to Transit Number 2512 Account number 5269581. Alternatively, you can call The Cat Clinic at 905-387-4151 and we can accept a donation with Visa or Mastercard over the phone or drop in to 391 Concession St where we can accept debit or a cash donation. All funds raised will go directly towards the needy cats in Hamilton.
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The Fire is Out- But Tom Fanning Continues to Lead Wildfire Relief Efforts in Northwest OklahomaWed, 22 Mar 2017 06:14:25 CDT
Tom Fanning has been at ground zero in northwest Oklahoma for the wildfires that have burned over 300,000 acres in Oklahoma, a similar amount in the Texas Panhandle and more than that in southwest Kansas. The owner/operator of Buffalo Feeders has an enormous amount of time since March 6th in organizing relief efforts for his fellow cattle producers- and that effort continues.
At the Wildfire Relief Meeting held Monday at the Harper County Fairgrounds, Fanning talked with Radio Oklahoma Ag Network Farm Director Ron Hays about where the relief efforts
currently stand- and what is next.
Fanning says that "We've had lots of hay come in- I think we are over the emergency of getting the cattle tomorrow, the next day and next week. Now we're looking forward to getting the fences rebuilt and restoring the financial wellbeing of our ranchers." Fanning says that while the immediate need of feeding cattle has been met, he and others are working with livestock and feed companies to figure out a low cost program to drylot beef cow herds until green grass comes on mid spring. He adds that the need for hay is not over and donations of hay continue to be very much appreciated.
Fanning also says that there are a lot of people outside of the region that want to come and help repair and rebuild fences on the acres burned out. He says that he is taking calls daily from college groups wanting to come during their spring break and help- and church groups wanting to come to northwest Oklahoma and help as well. "We have Christian groups from as far as Florida and California wanting to come and help. We're trying to set up camp sites with local churches that have church camps so they can house those folks."
Fanning says the challenge is to match up groups with ranchers who have a need and the materials to make repairs or build fence to take full adavantage of the volunteer influx.
He adds that if people want to help with fencing materials- they can go on the Oklahoma Cattlemen's website by clicking here and make contact with folks who can help take those materials that will help get them out to ranches that need them- the website also has a link to donate cash to the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Foundation which is accepting those donations and working to turn those monies around quickly to ranchers who are working to recover from wildfires that burned so quickly starting the evening of March 6th.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network and is a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the LISTEN BAR below for today's show and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
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CSX Q573 heads south down the LIRC as it passes Scottsburg.
A light snow has fallen during the night as LIRC's JS1
nears its destination of Jeffersonville.
After working the Shelbyville mixing center NS T79 races back to Louisville with B23-7 up front.
Built as Conrail's class C40-8W 6050 now works for CSX as their 7300 leads Q226 north into Indiana on a cold but bright New Years Day.
The 4501 leads a TVRM excursion south down the Chattooga & Chickamauga as it rolls past Lafayette.
CSX Y220 runs light past the long abandoned PRR/B&O Watson tower. The tower was built in 1941 by the PRR to serve the Charlestown ammunition depot.
The first snow of the season falls on southern Indiana as
LIRC's 2001 leads a northbound local job by Underwood.
A westbound NS train with a Southern painted GP50 and two GP30's take the siding at Tucker to meet an eastbound.
A couple of B&O classics set outside of the Western Scenic Railroad Museum.
A Southern B30-7A wearing white flags leads a westbound rack train into Louisville.
Kentucky Railway Museum volunteers prepare the 152 for a ferry move over the CSX to run excursions that weekend over the Bardstown Branch.
Built in November 1971 for the N&W today NS 4148 is only one of three GP38AC's that survive today on the roster. Here the 4148 leads a one car work train east towards Shelbyville Ky.
The Interstate heritage unit leads 23G east.
Having just left Osborn yard a southbound local is lead by a pair of B40-8's by Brooks.
With the last rays of autumn light CSX Y129 waits for a new crew as it sits on the Nabb branch to head back to Osborn yard.

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We had a thoroughly enjoyable trip with terrific people and a wonderful tour guide. We could not have asked for any more.
The busy city of Sandakan has a strong Cantonese influence which is evident in the lively harbourside market, the many Chinese temples and the local cuisine. Well, we visited the temples and tasted the local cuisine. We also dodged the holes in the local footpaths, stepped around the rats and tried not to notice the rubbish.
Set in lush tropical rainforest, the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre was established to prepare domesticated or orphaned orangutans to return to the wild. What a very special place to visit! We also visited the Proboscis monkeys - what characters they are!
One of the larger islands in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine National Park, Manukan Island is beautiful place to explore, snorkel with tropical fish or simply kick back and relax. And that's exactly what we did. The reef and fish were very special. It is such a pity that the place is so littered with rubbish. The Malay just don't seem to get the whole 'put the rubbish in the bin' concept.
Sabah's historic capital. The end of our trip. Rather sad! We had time to wander around and explore a little before heading to the airport. After following our tour guide's instructions for ten days and not having to think about anything other than not leaving our belongings on the bus, we were not quite in the right head space. We discovered that we were a day too early!! We managed to get tickets on a flight that evening- and payed to travel business class - that was a first!


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IAIA 2020 BFA Exhibition “Resistance Through Existence”—Reception
Fri, March 6, 2020, 5:00 pm–7:00 pm| Free
Please join us for the opening reception of the IAIA 2020 BFA Exhibition, Resistance Through Existence—an exhibition that showcases the power of resistance that Indigenous people hold simply by existing in a western expanding world that was once driven to cause the extinction of the American Indian.
Resistance Through Existence is co-curated by MoCNA chief curator Manuela Well-Off-Man and Institute of American Indian Arts Museum Studies Student Faithlyn Seawright (Chickasaw) and features 12 graduating IAIA seniors. The exhibition tackles a wide variety of topics ranging from the revitalization of tribal regalia and mask making to healing from traumatic events that happened as a result of European colonization. Inspired by their ancestors and culture, many of the artists comment on what it means to be Indigenous and part of a living culture.
- Misty Blakesley (Annishinabae)
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Ace in Queer Space -- The History of Asexuality in the LGBTQ+ Community (An Open Door Discussion)
Date and Time
Monday, February 20, 2023 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
The Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center (1161 Kirkhof Center: Allendale Campus)
Join us for an INT 100/201 approved conversation about the history of Asexuality. This discussion will be led by a LGBT Resource Center student worker, who will facilitate an open dialogue. Zoom option available: please email Joey at [email protected] for access.
This event has been tagged as 100, 201, ace, asexuality, dialogue, int, and lgbtiqa.
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Restaurant Brands New Zealand has inked a master franchise agreement with Yum! Brands for the continued operation of the Pizza Hut brand in New Zealand.
The 10-year agreement will see Restaurant Brands responsible for day-to-day administration of the Pizza Hut brand in New Zealand, supporting existing independent franchisee-owned stores and developing new outlets. The local firm will continue to run marketing and operations for the brand in New Zealand and will step into the position of franchisor to existing independent franchisees, and provide development support to new franchisees.
The new deal, which Restaurant Brands had previously flagged, will see it receive a portion of the franchise fees payable by independent franchisees to Yum!
Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum! Brands owns the Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell brands and is the world's largest fast-food restaurant company. In New Zealand, Restaurant Brands is the country's largest fast-food operator with the KFC, Pizza Hut, Starbucks Coffee and Carl's Jr brands. In recent years it has been selling its regional and lower volume Pizza Hut stores to independent franchisees and at the end of the company's first quarter it owned 33 Pizza Hut stores in New Zealand, with 65 operated by independent franchisees, bringing the total network to 98 stores.
The company's shares last traded at $7.97, and have increased in value by a third over the past year.
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