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The Search for Sasquatch (A Wild Thing Book) (Hardcover)
After learning that an old family member was both an anthropology professor and collector of Bigfoot evidence, author Krantz dives right into the woods with several sasquatch seekers on a straightforward and scientific mission: Is there something to the Bigfoot phenomenon? From modern research methods to revisiting ancient stories of the elusive species, The Search for Sasquatch is a fantastic guide for young readers curious about cryptids, exploring how part of the fascination and passion for them comes from chasing both the possibilities and the unknown.
Recommended by Andrew for kids ages 8 - 13— From Our Favorite Kids Books
November/December 2022 Kids Indie Next List
“Is Sasquatch real? Read this book to find out! Readers will delight in Sasquatch facts, and learn HOW to ask the right questions when searching for the truth. This will inspire a new wave of kids to ask questions about the world around them.”
— Revati Kilaparti, Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, CO
Inspired by her popular Wild Thing podcast, journalist Laura Krantz incorporates the scientific method and her journalistic skills to determine if Bigfoot is real
When journalist Laura Krantz discovered that her long-lost cousin, Grover Krantz, a distinguished anthropologist and professor at Washington State University, had devoted much of his career to the search for Bigfoot, she couldn’t quite believe it. A natural skeptic and a strong believer in facts, Krantz decided to conduct her own quest for the most famous and elusive mythical creature.
The Search for Sasquatch takes readers through the big guy’s fun, fascinating, and complex world, posing the question: Could Bigfoot be out there? Exploring the gray area between myth and science, Krantz takes readers on a strange, surreal, and surprising hunt for the fabled Sasquatch—showing us how to challenge our gut assumptions and open our minds to new possibilities, to think critically, and to use the scientific method along the way. The Search for Sasquatch asks readers to evaluate the evidence it presents and make up their own minds, all while considering why Bigfoot might be important—even if we don’t find him.
About the Author
Laura Krantz is a journalist in both radio and print. Her podcast, Wild Thing, received critical acclaim from Scientific American, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, and is now the basis for a series of nonfiction middle-grade books including The Search For Sasquatch (October 2022) and Is There Anybody Out There? (October 2023). Formerly, Krantz was an editor and producer with NPR in Washington, DC and KPCC in Los Angeles and her writing appeared in Popular Science, Smithsonian Magazine,High Country News, and Outside. She lives in Denver with her husband, two cats, and a couple of indoor-outdoor spiders. More at www.laurakrantz.com or find her on Twitter and Instagram, @krantzlm.
"A case study in the tension between scientific objectivity and human nature….opens with lucid discussions of taxonomy and human evolution….[Krantz] highlights the importance of keeping an open mind and recognizing that there are still unsolved mysteries in the world….. diligent research…a readable précis."
— Kirkus Reviews

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Saturday evening sees promotion hopefuls Seongnam FC and FC Anyang meet in Tancheon as both look to maintain their solid recent records. The Magpies have lost just once in their last nine league outings and are one of just four teams in the division to have surpassed 20 goals this season with a quarter of them attributed to recently signed striker Christy Manzinga. However, they were made to taste defeat midweek as they fell to first division opponents Pohang Steelers in the FA Cup and will be looking to bounce back this weekend.
Already out of the cup, FC Anyang have had a full week to rest after their victory over Jeonnam Dragons last Saturday. The Violets are flying high in second, two points off leaders Gimpo and have scored the most goals this campaign, perhaps understandably so given that they have also recorded the second highest number of shots in the division.
Saturday will be the tenth meeting of these two sides across all competitions, with Seongnam winning four to Anyang's two. However, one of those two wins was their previous meeting this season finishing 2-0. Will the home side be able to enact the revenge this weekend?
Team of the Round
With ten points from their last four outings, Seoul E-Land have the strongest form in the division heading into weekend, with further evidence of their credentials on show after an impressive 2-0 win against a Bucheon FC 1995 side that had won their four matches prior.
Park Choong-kyun's Leopards may have started the season slowly as they fought to come to grips with a new manager, new signings, new tactics, and a sizable injury list. However, as their unavailable players have become fewer, and the manager has been able to implement his style, the results are now beginning to show, which has seen them climb up from the depths of the division to 8th in the table. They've had to dig deep for results as well, coming back from setbacks to overcome Gyeongnam and Cheonan, as well as fend off league leaders Gimpo FC with just ten men to hold onto a goalless draw.
The weekend sees them take on an Ansan Greeners side in 11th place that has just recorded two wins all season and has conceded six in their last two outings with no reply. When these two sides met in April, Seoul E-Land ran out 4-1 winners despite being reduced to ten men early in the second half. Can the Leopards maintain their strong from on Sunday?
Player of the Round
Busan IPark's Kim Chan
Having only recently returned to the starting lineup at Busan, 23-year-old attacker Kim Chan made his comeback known to supporters in last weekend's Nakdong Derby, scoring both goals to see off the Royals' local rivals Gyeongnam FC. In his five league appearances for the campaign, Kim has scored three and assisted one, already surpassing his tally from last season, and has maintained his record of his side never losing when on the scoresheet.
Kim's opener at the weekend was a rocket, unleashed from 25 yards, that continued lifting all the way into the back of the net, leaving the 'keeper helpless. His second, meanwhile, saw him leap high to meet Park Se-jin's cross and head in what would prove to be the match winner. It was also the first time Kim has scored twice in a game.
With Busan set to face a Chungnam Asan side that, despite struggling, has only conceded 14 times, they will be hoping Kim Chan can continue his scoring touch into the weekend.
Elsewhere in K League 2 Round 15
Elsehwere in K League 2 sees Jeonnam Dragons kick off the weekend at home to Cheonan City with the Dragons looking to bounce back from defeat last weekend and also in the FA Cup midweek. Meanwhile Cheonan will be hoping to take advantage of tired legs as they continue in their pursuit of their first win of the season.
At the same time, Chungbuk Cheongju will be hoping to extend their recent unbeaten streak to four as the face a Gyeongnam FC side currently out of sorts.
The final match of this round takes place on Monday to take advantage of the public holiday, with Bucheon FC 1995 looking to bounce back from defeat at home to a Gimcheon Sangmu side that has drawn their last three outings.
League leaders Gimpo FC, meanwhile, do not play this weekend and will look on at how the matches of their title rivals play out.
K League 2 Table
K League 2 Round 15 Fixtures
Saturday, May 27th
: Jeonnam Dragons (10th) Vs. Cheonan City (13th) - 16:00
: Chungbuk Cheongju (11th) Vs. Gyeongnam FC (6th) - 16:00
: Seongnam FC (7th) Vs. FC Anyang (2nd) - 18:30
Sunday, May 28th
: Busan IPark (4th) Vs. Chungnam Asan (9th) - 16:00
: Ansan Greeners (11th) Vs. Seoul E-Land (6th) - 18:30
Monday, May 29th
: Bucheon FC 1995 (5th) Vs. Gimpo FC (1st)

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Health spending in the United States is greater than the gross domestic product of most nations, and the costs for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke care alone total $193.1 billion. CVD accounts for approximately one out of every three deaths in the U.S. and contributes to the shorter life expectancy of Americans. Thirty-five percent of CVD related deaths occur before the age of 75 years, and 19 percent before the age of 65.1
Allina Health, one of the foremost health systems in the Midwest, is a large integrated healthcare delivery network that includes three large cardiac centers. Due to the prevalence and mortality rate of CVD, leaders at Allina Health recognized that they needed to focus on cardiovascular health in order to truly impact the population health and patient outcomes of the communities they serve.
By leveraging real-time data from its enterprise data warehouse (EDW), Allina Health effectively identified and addressed clinical practice variation and operational issues affecting CVD care and costs. In doing so, the health system realized more than $75 million in performance enhancement savings and revenue increase over a four year period by focusing on supply chain, lab test and blood utilization, clinical practice changes and clinical documentation improvement.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for approximately one of out every three deaths in the U.S., with 35 percent of those deaths occurring before the age of 75 years, which is younger than the current U.S. average life expectancy of 78.8 years. In addition, 19 percent of CVD-related deaths in the U.S. occur before age 65, providing a clear picture that CVD contributes to the shorter life expectancy of Americans. Cardiovascular disease treatment also comes with a hefty price tag. Nationally, health spending in the U.S. is greater than the gross domestic product of most nations, and the annual costs for CVD and stroke treatment alone total $193.1 billion.2 Despite this high level of spending, people who live in the U.S. have a life expectancy that is almost 2.5 years shorter than in other developed countries.3
Allina Health, one of the foremost health systems in the Midwest, is a large integrated healthcare delivery network that includes three large cardiac centers. Leaders at this value-driven health system recognized that due to the prevalence and mortality rate of CVD, they needed to focus on efficient, effective CVD care in order to truly impact the population health and patient outcomes of the communities Allina Health serves. Leaders knew that in order to create meaningful change, they would need to take steps to optimize care across the entire cardiovascular (CV) continuum (see Figure 1).
Faced with the national data on the impact of CVD, Allina Health performed comprehensive research both internally and externally to define the problems and identify potential interventions. As part of that process, Allina Health leaders leveraged the robust Health Catalyst Analytics Platform built using the Late-Binding™ Data Warehouse architecture for key strategic information that enabled them to prioritize and make decisions. In analyzing internal information for clinical practice variation using analytics tools, they discovered clinical improvement opportunities related to: heart failure (HF); acute myocardial infarction (AMI); lab test utilization; community health trends; length of stay (LOS) and use of intensive care unit (ICU) beds; percutaneous cardiac intervention (PCI) and bleeding complications; blood utilization; and atrial fibrillation (A-fib) treatment.
Meanwhile, national trends in the external literature showed that costs related to electrophysiology and cardiac catheterization procedures represent a major expense driver to health system CV programs and directly link to the overall financial health of organizations associated with those programs.4 In addition, supplies are second only to labor as a source of expense, and the price of many materials has risen steeply in recent years. Furthermore, growth in non-labor costs is outpacing revenues at many hospitals, making it an imperative to better control them. Hospitals can obtain supply cost reductions of at least 10 percent to 20 percent by impacting and standardizing clinical preferences, according to studies.5
After completing this detailed analysis, Allina Health’s focus shifted from determining if and where there was a need to optimize their CV care delivery, to determining which issues to address first, and what to do about them.
Within Allina Health, ideas for improvement can come from anywhere—they can be inspired by personal experience, practices in other hospital systems, national literature, or patient feedback. The health system’s culture supports a high level of innovation and idea generation, but executing focused, systemwide efforts can be challenging.
In addition to Allina Health’s size, the health system’s complexity adds to the challenges of executing systemwide improvements. Within the 12-hospital system, all of the hospitals care for HF patients, while three hospitals perform cardiac surgery and have cardiac centers: Minneapolis Heart Institute (MHI) at Abbott Northwestern; Metropolitan Heart and Vascular Institute in Coon Rapids, Minnesota; and United Heart & Vascular Clinic with Nasseff Heart Center on the United Hospital Campus in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Each of the cardiology centers has different practices and treatment venues. This geographic and organizational diversity can make it challenging to gain systemwide agreement on recommendations for practice change. Other resources are systemwide. For example, all laboratory services are provided by one lab. Therefore, process changes affect all 12 hospitals and associated outpatient facilities. For supplies, there is a shared information technology (IT) system with one price file shared across the system, but several different supply contracts existed across the Allina Health system at the start of this initiative.
With all of these variables in mind, it quickly became evident that while some of the identified clinical and operational opportunities for CV Services improvement would impact all facilities, others would only impact some. Recognizing these challenges, Allina Health leaders determined that successful improvement efforts for CV Services would need to be organized and driven on a case-by-case basis because of this inherent complexity.
Whatever solution they designed would need to take into consideration which facilities were impacted and the workflows and stakeholders affected. Leaders faced these challenges head-on, with the goal of delivering on IHI’s Triple Aim to improve population health, reduce per capita costs, and improve the patient experience.
Allina Health has committed to the development of the MHI Center for Healthcare Delivery Innovation (HDI). This center for innovation positions Allina as a national leader in driving necessary change in the healthcare delivery system and supports Allina Health’s culture of continuous improvement by leveraging information and analytics to support informed decision making. When potential opportunities are identified Allina Health leaders conduct in-depth research, analysis, and planning, coupled with identifying the affected stakeholders and potential barriers to implementing change. Based on this data, the opportunities with the greatest benefit and likelihood of success were then delegated to an appropriate team of stakeholders. With these initial projects, each took on a life of its own and leaders made them successful by taking advantage of opportunities for collaboration as they arose. Allina Health’s experience had also shown that improvement efforts that have strong physician champions are the most successful. To that end, Allina Health fueled these efforts with an exceptional level of dedicated physician leadership and engaged stakeholders that believed in what they were doing to benefit patients.
The CV performance enhancement efforts from 2012 to 2015, regardless of which stakeholders were working on them, fell into four main focus areas:
Supply Chain: Leaders identified CV supply purchasing as an improvement area that would affect all of the hospitals in the Allina Health system and that would have a high financial impact. The IT system was set up to support only one price file, a compelling reason to centralize this process. This project was led by the supply chain team, with support by a physician champion and affected stakeholders. While Allina Health had undertaken extensive supply chain work previously, traditionally the supply contracts for CV Services were bid out separately. Allina Health’s leadership believed that if they leveraged total CV supply spend across the health system with a primary vendor, they would incur cost savings. To test the theory, the supply chain team solicited bids from the four largest CV supply vendors, which, they discovered, did result in better pricing.
The supply chain team now works with all three of Allina Health’s cardiac centers together to negotiate volume pricing. This approach qualifies them for volume discounts, which is particularly advantageous for high-cost items. Executing the new contracting model required a great deal of collaboration from the three cardiac centers’ different practices and specialists. After many meetings with physician leaders, the stakeholders came to agreement and modified their purchasing practices to take advantage of combined contracting and better prices.
Overutilization and LOS: Another systemwide project focused on reducing the overutilization of laboratory tests. The entire Allina Health system is serviced by one laboratory, with one electronic health record (EHR) system and a physician order entry system. This set-up made it logical to approach this improvement at a system level. Laboratory leadership oversaw this project, and as it developed, physician champions and engaged stakeholders were recruited.
Physician champions set out to identify CV laboratory tests that Allina Health clinicians were ordering routinely at rates higher than national benchmarks. They honed in on CK-MB (creatine kinase-myocardial band) and troponin T and troponin I, which are different blood tests that indicate when there has been damage to cardiac muscle, making them useful in diagnosing cardiac conditions such as acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Troponin T and troponin I start to rise at 4 to 6 hours following a cardiac event and remain high for up to two weeks. CK-MB starts to rise at 4 to 6 hours and falls to normal within 48 to 72 hours.6 When troponin tests came on the market and started to be used extensively, it made the need for CK-MB testing obsolete, with the exception of one fairly rare clinical indication (CK-MB has prognostic value post stenting, since the amount of CKMB reflects how much cardiac tissue damage occurred.) Ultimately, laboratory leaders and physician champions determined that given the emergence of troponin testing, routine ordering of CK-MB tests was no longer necessary and constituted an overutilization. In fact, their analysis found that at least 90 percent of the CK-MB testing that had been routinely performed was unnecessary. The laboratory also examined potential overuse of troponin tests. The fact that troponin levels stay consistently high for up to two weeks after a cardiac event make ongoing testing of troponin levels after the first 24 hours clinically insignificant. Therefore, any troponin tests administered after the first three, taken 8 hours apart, are considered overutilization based on the clinical evidence. The laboratory provided cardiology with clinical data and recommendations from external organizations; cardiology conducted an expert review and supported the laboratory’s recommendations that testing troponin after 24 hours constituted an overutilization.
Through discussions with CV Services and the emergency department (ED), the laboratory discovered that the ED was willing to follow cardiology recommendations related to utilization of these tests. A physician champion was assigned and a project was launched. Interventions included an education program and an ordering intervention that requests a reason/indication for testing at the time of order entry. The ordering intervention explains the reasoning behind the recommendation. After the implementation of these interventions, overutilization decreased substantially, including a 96 percent reduction in CK-MB testing and a 62 percent decrease in troponin testing after three tests have been performed in 24 hours.
Allina Health also tackled overutilization of blood and blood products. Using more blood than a patient needs for a surgical procedure exposes a patient to unnecessary risk and is not associated with better outcomes. In the spirit of reducing overutilization and improving patient outcomes, Allina developed a transfusion dashboard to assist them in monitoring alignment across their system with the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Blood Conservation guidelines. Using the most recent evidence based guidelines, provider education, and alerts in the EHR, Allina successfully reduced the number of units of blood, fresh frozen plasma, and platelets that were used during these surgical procedures.
Another aspect of overutilization that Allina Health leaders have addressed is unnecessary prolongation of an inpatient stay. By focusing on LOS reduction for CV patients, Allina Health has achieved more than $780,000 in cost savings. The health system achieved these results over several years, starting in 2012, with a focus on optimal care for patients with AMI and HF. Optimization of the patient LOS continued throughout 2013. In 2014, Allina Health reduced HF patient hospital days by 400. Leaders focused in 2015 on reducing LOS for patients with STEMI. In addition to addressing overall LOS reduction, the need to improve with STEMI, trans aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and carotid endarterectomy (CEA). These efforts not only freed up ICU beds, they also improved the continuity of care for patients, decreased overall LOS, and improved outcomes.
Clinical Practice Changes: By uncovering unnecessary clinical practice variation using analytics from its EDW, CV Services identified opportunities for practice changes with the potential for both cost savings and improved clinical outcomes. For example, care for HF patients varied greatly across the system. Leaders designed a HF management program to overcome persistent challenges with care coordination, particularly lack of a clear ownership of the HF care management process. The program focuses on five major functional areas: nursing, care coordination, protocols and guidelines, measurement and reporting, and education. Increasing advanced HF referrals has resulted in consistent, clinically appropriate, and timely care for these patients. Combining this program with an increased level of HF care coordination has reduced readmission rates and helped patients care for themselves, take their medications appropriately, and obtain follow-up care when needed.
Leaders uncovered another opportunity for patients requiring PCI, commonly known as angioplasty, which is performed at Allina Health’s three cardiac centers. Patients who undergo PCI are at risk of bleeding complications following the interventional procedure. The improvement effort kicked off as a pilot at the largest center, MHI, with the intent of eventually spreading the practices to the other centers. In retrospective analysis, as well as experience in the pilot, leaders discovered that increasing the use of closure devices for PCI patients, along with implementation of other bleeding avoidance strategies, resulted in improved clinical outcomes and decreased complications. Similarly, leaders recognized the advantages of reducing clinical variation in the care of post-op A-fib (POAF) patients, and a solution was piloted at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. The CV surgeons, in collaboration with nursing, developed and implemented a nurse-driven (POAF) protocol resulting in improved patient outcomes and a reduction in cost.
Another clinical practice change focused on educating and motivating patients to change behaviors contributing to CVD. Recognizing that many of the factors contributing to CVD are related to lifestyle (lack of exercise, poor diet, smoking, and obesity) and influenced by community and surroundings, Allina and the New Ulm Medical Center joined forces with MHI to create Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project, to improve heart health through lifestyle changes at a community level. This successful program has received national recognition and serves as an aspirational model for improving population health.
Clinical Documentation Improvement: Accuracy and completeness of clinical documentation greatly impacts an organization’s ability to bill appropriately. As with many hospital systems, Allina Health recognized that millions of dollars were impacted when clinical documentation was missing that was necessary to support coding and billing at the appropriate level. In order to rectify this situation, leaders developed online training modules that physicians were required to complete. Allina Health hired RN coding documentation specialists to work one on one with the physicians to help them improve their documentation. The coding documentation specialists also performed chart reviews for specific diagnoses and identified missing documentation while patients were still in the hospital. By doing this, they were able to ensure that physicians addressed documentation deficiencies prior to patient discharge, and that documentation accurately reflected the diagnosis and the care that patient received. Allina Health’s analytics capabilities via the EDW are an important component of the clinical documentation improvement project. By analyzing comparable hospital systems in the state, leaders can identify potential coding issues, which enables timely interventions to improve the accuracy of documentation and coding for specific patient populations.
CV services attributes its wide and varied success to a unique combination of three factors:
Through their experience the past few years, leaders have learned that clinical and operational improvements yield clinically and financially beneficial results if efforts are focused on delivering on specific goals such as: improving the health of the population through adherence to clinical guidelines across the CV continuum; transforming care delivery through the reduction of clinical variation; transforming care by piloting new and creative processes and payment models; and exploring new ways to efficiently care for patients.
Allina’s efforts to improve CV Services resulted in annual savings/revenue of between $2 and $12 million, with an accumulated $75 million in savings/revenue over four years* (see Figure 2). Related successes have included:
*Note: The accumulation calculation assumes that the incremental savings for each year is repeated at the same level in each subsequent year.
“The ability to have real-time, accurate data from our enterprise data warehouse has enabled us to share physician-specific performance to help them recognize the opportunity for reducing variation.”– Craig Strauss, MD, MPH Cardiologist
Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott
Northwestern Hospital Allina Health
Buoyed by their success to date in improving cardiovascular disease treatment, Allina Health’s CV leaders are dedicated to the relentless pursuit of high-quality outcomes, optimized publicly reported measures, reduced costs, increased revenue, improved patient experience, increased affordability, growth, and improved health of the community.
To leverage the potential of its largest cardiac center, Allina Health has committed to the further development of the MHI Center for Healthcare Delivery Innovation (HDI). The center will continue to expand its efforts to reduce variation through standardized CV care protocols, advanced risk-stratification tools, real-time decision support at the point of care, and innovative strategies for care delivery. The center will leverage the existing infrastructure of Allina Health’s EDW and cardiology participation in national registries to achieve the Triple Aim goals of improving population health, reducing per capita costs, and improving the patient experience across all of Allina Health.
1, 2. Mozzaffarian, D., Benjamin, E.J., Go, A.S., Arnett, D. K., Blaha, M. J.… Turner, M.B. on behalf of the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. (2016). Heart disease and stroke statistics—2016 update: A report from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 133:e38-e360. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000350
3. Squires, D., & Anderson, C. (2015). U.S. healthcare from a global perspective: Spending, use of services, prices, and health in 13 countries. The Commonwealth Fund.
4. Keast, R. K., Maxwell, S. G., Barkman, S., Chetcuti, S., Oral, H., & Eagle, K. A. (2010). Cardiovascular supply cost negotiations: partnering for the future. Health Care Management (Frederick), 29(1):68-74.
5. Lichtenberger, S., Neal, E., & Ungerman D. (2010). How sourcing excellence can lower hospital costs. Health International, 10.
6. Schrieber, D. (2015). Cardiac Markers. Medscape.
Health Catalyst is a mission-driven data warehousing, analytics, and outcomes improvement company that helps healthcare organizations of all sizes perform the clinical, financial, and operational reporting and analysis needed for population health and accountable care. Our proven enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and analytics platform helps improve quality, add efficiency and lower costs in support of more than 50 million patients for organizations ranging from the largest US health system to forward-thinking physician practices.

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- Marc Jacobs MARC JACOBS Silk Cady Dress
Marc Jacobs MARC JACOBS Silk Cady Dress
Reminiscent of playful illustrations on a damp chalkboard, the decorative print of this silk-cady dress is soft and muted. The impeccably tailored piece is made with softly draped panel and sparkling front buttons.
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Momma Joyce fights with Kandi and Kenya complains about the girls being late.
American Hustle and 12 Years A Slave are going head-to-head at the 2014 Golden Globe Awards after landing seven nominations each.
The Sundance lineup shows just how much attention indie films are getting nowadays from big-name actors.
African singer Babu Seya has lost his latest appeal against a rape conviction.
3 Critically-Acclaimed French Movies At Your Fingertips
A recording of a Beach Boys performance thought to have been lost forever has been recovered at the home of a British music fan.
How Posh, Sporty, Baby, Scary and Ginger fared when they went it alone.
These filmmakers make the personal public with these memoirs turned movies.
A countdown of the ever-revolving girlband's five incarnations
Soul icon Chaka Khan has reached out to troubled actress Lindsay Lohan to commend the young star on her recent rehab stint.
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Had my engine out last weekend, was gonna replace a head gasket but everything looked fine so I just ended up replacing the stator cover gaskets and all that stuff. I also got new gaskets for the exhaust. I finally got my k&n air filters yesterday, and I thought forsure the engine wouldnt run because the carbs have not been jetted yet. but... with a lil tuning she sprang to life. I can tell at WOT she needs a lerger jet, but considering work is 2 miles away and a conservative speed limit of 35, i think it will be ok. Plans to jet the carb are still in the near future. One question... when i left off the throttle I am still getting some popping, not as bad as before... but still kinda annoying (even tho i half way like it). I built some coasters monday at work and got those installed and I dont think I have any exhaust leaks, do you think it is because I am running lean via my non-jetted carbs?


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Madstad Quick-Release Adjustable Windshield System PLUS Fixed Flyscreen for Yamaha MT-09 (2021 & up)
Our complete drop-in system is includes everything needed to mount and position the shield. Your bike will not require any modification.
- Black stainless mounting plates
Madstad adjustable windshield brackets
- Solid aluminum 7/8" diameter crossbar
- Acrylic windshield
- Acrylic flyscreen (Dark Gray)
- All required mounting hardware
All Madstad windshields are made from 3/16" (4.5 mm) thick cast acrylic.
Colors & sizing
All our windshields come in three color options (clear, medium gray and dark gray), as well as multiple sizes. Here are our best guidelines for measuring to find your optimal windshield size:
1) Review provided photo to determine the measuring point on the bike.
2) Measure up from the measuring point, maintaining the angle of the forks (two wheeled vehicles, 55-60 degrees for other models).
3) Select the windshield size that will be aligned to mouth level.
All of our adjustable brackets have at least 2" of up down range to fine tune the fit and about 15 degrees of angle adjustment used to dial in clean air.
Transform your ride
Turn your MT-09 into a comfort touring machine! Madstad's patented mounting system allows riders to adjust the height and angle of their motorcycle windshield resulting in much smoother airflow and a more comfortable ride. This dual-mode quick-release system goes from the touring shield to fly screen in just seconds, and the solid aluminum crossbar lets you mount your smart phone or GPS front and center near your line of sight, not down on your handlebars!
Riding is believing
With the fully adjustable windshield you have a much smoother pocket of protection so you can relax and enjoy long rides in quieter comfort. If you want more air simply tilt the shield back, or uncouple the shield system in seconds to go back to naked bike mode for hot days or around-town riding. We've added a fly screen that stays on the bike and helps smooth airflow.
Returns & exchanges
See our return/exchange policy details under FAQs, and buy with confidence.

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Not a Plack the Richer launches in Lochgilphead
Author Marian Pallister is launching her new book in Lochgilphead.
A meet and greet on Saturday July 14 will feature the latest of Marian’s 10 books, Not a Plack the Richer, following from the success of The Crinan Canal and Cruachan: The Hollow Mountain.
Not a Plack the Richer focuses on the way that specific industries and the people who have shaped them have changed both lives and landscapes.
Marian tells the story of Argyll’s mining past through letters, official records, maps and other documentary material, set beside the personal experience of those involved at all levels of the industry and the communities it shaped.
Marian was raised in Glasgow but has hopped all across the globe, living in Perthshire, France, Italy and Lanarkshire, and, for the past 20 years, Argyll, contributing with tutoring in English and communications at Argyll College.
Journalism took her around the world, covering the effects of conflict and natural disasters on communities, which is evident in her book covering the effect of an often dangerous industry on a community.
Marian said: ‘The many different mining ventures throughout the West Highlands in the past were often much more about lining the pockets of speculators than enriching the lives of the local communities. Themes of social justice are most important to me, especially when I can show the parallels between past and present lives.’
Not a Plack the Richer will be launched at the Argyll Book Centre at 2pm on Saturday July 14. Join the launch to meet the author and get some refreshments.
Author Marian Pallister launches another study of Argyll’s past.


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After my wife and I were finally able to watch the fourth season of BBC’s Sherlock a week ago it turned out we couldn’t get enough of the series and decided to go through the lot again in a good old fashioned binge session over the subsequent few […]
On paper, the plot for Doctor Strange is another familiar tale in the Marvel universe: egotistical surgeon (played by Sherlock Star Benedict Cumberbatch) crashes his car and damaging his hands. No longer able to operate, he seeks a cure where he discovers a new power and must save […]
A new trailer for Marvel’s Doctor Strange dropped today at Comic-Con that gives you a pretty good idea of the eye candy that’s going to be in in the world of the Sorceror Supreme. Doctor Strange stars Benedict Cumberbatch and arrives this year on November 4.
During the week, the first trailer for Marvel’s Doctor Strange arrived. The trailer gives the impression that we’re going to be seeing an origin story which dipping back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe might imply it takes place around the time of Captain America: The Winter Soldier as there […]


With only 24 hours until Mothers Day, I was able to print these planters on Boxzy.
The modular design allows for different plants to be grown with different intentions. The single allows for succulents and cacti, whereas the triple allows for herbs such as mint, parsley, dill, or rosemary.
This along with all my other design projects are designed in Autodesk Fusion 360. It is a free cloud based modeling software that enables you to develop ideas and into physical products. Click the link below to download a free trial of the software. I don’t think you’ll regret it.
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Vintage Brass Scallop Shell trinket dish
Loving that touch of brass in your home?
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The picturesque Indrayanti Beach in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta. (Gunungkidul Tourism Agency/File)
Hundreds of tourists reportedly tried to enter several beaches in Gunungkidul regency, Yogyakarta, during the Idul Fitri holiday.
Kompas.com reported that most of them were local tourists and travelers from other cities who came via alternative routes.
Gunungkidul area II community protection organization (Satlinmas) search and rescue secretary Surisdiyanto said these tourists had wanted to visit Indrayanti Beach, Krakal Beach and Sepanjang Beach, but the community had asked them to return home.
“We talked to them politely, [explaining] that they had to leave the beach,” said Suris, “Some begged [us to let them in, as they wanted] to enjoy the beach for a while. But, we still asked them to go home.”
Suris said that before the COVID-19 outbreak, the beaches were usually packed with visitors one day after Idul Fitri.
Gunungkidul tourism agency secretary Harry Sukmono confirmed that the tourist attractions in the area had yet to be reopened, admitting that some tourists had tried to enter the sites, especially beaches, during the holiday.
“We will tighten the security at the entrances during the holiday,” he said.
The agency has also placed staff at several posts and is working with the Gunungkidul precinct police. Those coming to visit the attractions are asked to go home as they have yet to reopen.
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The UL Student Life (ULSL) General Meeting was held last week in Kemmy Business School.
The main proposal put forward was a constitutional amendment “ to change the names of the interest groups and their Chairpersons to ones that are more relevant to the role itself and to students.”
The proposal could not be passed as the minimum quota of one hundred students required to pass the proposal was not met.
The meeting was also an opportunity for students to hear from Union Officers on their main goals for the college year to improve students experience at UL.
The sabbatical officers discussed their main goals for the year at the UGM.
President Ciara Jo Hanlon’s main goals included the introduction of a student Charter and to have UL Student Life directly involved in the critical incident plan currently being devised by the University in order to become a “primary source of representation for students” in the case of an incident.
The Student President also gave details on the life skills module they plan to pilot with a first year faculty next September, which will teach students key life skills on general wellbeing, nutrition, budgeting and finance, to help them transition from 2nd to 3rd level education.
Student Welfare Officer Lorcan O’Donnell’s main goals for the year are to develop and implement more anti- sexual assault initiatives, campaign weeks, drug awareness and harm reduction education and improved HIV support.
Mr O’Donnell said great progress had been made on these goals including 29 consent workshops to over 500 first year students and the launch of the It Stops Now campaign with the Women’s Council of Ireland.
Other achievements include the launching of the ULSL End Direct Provision Campaign and the Online Drinks Meter which is currently being developed with the CSIS department.
Student Academic Officer Mathew Murphy’s main goals for the year are to reform the repeat exam system and establish an entrepreneurship office for students.
Mr Murphy said that he is looking to implement a system where students may carry over one 6 credit module per semester from 1st year to 2nd year for when students QCA is below 2.00, as he believes the current linked-in system is not beneficial for students.
Equal Opportunities Officer Niamh Tubridy also spoke at the meeting.
Her main goals included promoting inclusion and diversity for LGBTQIA+ students, international students and for students with disabilities.
UL Experience Chairperson Liam Gleeson main point concerned students’ rights as tenants.
Finally the UGM initiated open discussion on the topic of student safety and access around campus which allowed all students to give their input.
A major point put forward by students was the idea to map out the blackspots for wheelchair accessibility around campus.
The union hopes to see more students attend next semesters Union General Meeting and are already working on ways to get more engagement next time around.
The Union General Meeting is an opportunity for students to find out what’s happening in UL Student Life and give them the chance to raise any burning issues and questions to the sabbatical officers.


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The judge overseeing Allegheny County’s property reassessment on Monday rejected a request to compel the county to accept homeowner-provided certified appraisals as definitive evidence of their property value.
The owners of eight homes sued the county and its Board of Property Assessment and Appeals last month, claiming that hearing officers improperly ignored credible evidence from homeowners who appealed their property reassessments. The lawsuit alleged that certified appraisals presented as evidence by homeowners did not receive proper consideration and that homeowners were given no explanation why that happened.
The plaintiffs’ attorney argued to Senior Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. that if a homeowner presents a certified appraisal, the hearing officer should be required to accept that value as the assessed value unless a taxing body presents its own certified appraisal.
Wettick disagreed and in an eight-page ruling wrote that case law “does not support the plaintiffs’ claim that in a single-expert hearing, the hearing officer cannot assess the property at any fair market value other than the appraiser’s recommended fair market value.”
“It’s what we expected,” said county solicitor Andrew Szefi. “My only hope is that people with credible appraisals are (appealing) to the Board of Viewers instead of relying on this flawed class-action suit.”
The judge did not throw out the lawsuit but declined to immediately require the county to retroactively accept all certified appraisals as the proper assessed values.
Plaintiffs’ attorney David Huntley said he disagreed with the ruling in declining to grant an injunction and said the case “absolutely” will continue.
“We’re disappointed, but we still believe our case has merit,” Huntley said. “This was really just a request for a preliminary injunction.”
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Now Legend is bigger and better than ever, with almost 2 ½ hours of music. The first disc, "Legend Remastered" features the 14 tracks from the original album, plus two the additional cuts that appeared on the UK cassette. But the real jewels are found on disc two, "The Legend Remixes," which contains 13 remixes, most of which have never appeared anywhere other than the original 12" singles. One of the best, and of particular interest for collectors, is the previously unreleased remix of "Lively Up Yourself."
The new deluxe edition of Legend includes the original artwork, photos and liner notes, plus a whole lot more. Whether you're a long time Marley fan, or just someone looking for some good reggae, this compilation is an essential part of any collection. The legend lives on.
Disc One: "Legend Remastered" - Is This Love * No Woman No Cry (live) * Could You Be Loved * Three Little Birds * Buffalo Soldier * Get Up Stand Up * Stir It Up * Easy Skanking * One Love/People Get Ready * I Shot The Sheriff * Waiting In Vain * Redemption Song * Satisfy My Soul * Exodus * Jamming * Punky Reggae Party
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Blackbird International Corporation (OTCBB: BBRD), a global leader in renewable sea wave energy technology, is pleased to announce a major milestone for the company. Its fully owned subsidiary, WERPO, together with Beijing Capital Group (BCG) which represents WERPO in China, are in discussions with one of the most important electric companies in China for the purpose of building a very large infrastructure for ocean powered generators to produce clean and efficient electricity. WERPO concludes that this agreement has great potential in promoting WERPO's sea wave energy systems across China as well as a model for the entire region.
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As Bloomberg pointed out in a recent article, "World Energy Consumption to Increase 56% by 2040, led by Asia." China has already surpassed the U.S. for energy use since 2010.
In promoting renewable solutions, China must turn to sea wave technology to supplement the energy lost from shutting down conventional and nuclear-based power plants.
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During CES 2016 MSI showed off the Vortex G65, a very compact gaming machine that carried a volume of just 6.5 liters, about three times smaller than a normal desktop computer. The cost of this small size? Well it’s not performance. Inside sits a current Skylake K-class CPU and an SLI graphics setup that consists of two GeForce GTX graphics cards from NVIDIA. From the storage side of things, we’ve got an SSD RAID configuration and an additional magnetic drive for added data. Let’s take a closer look at how it all comes together.
Those looking for computing power paired with a small and visually appealing chassis normally find themselves looking at something like the Mac Pro from apple. While people continue to refer to the black cylinder housing as a trash can, inside sits a fast six core Xeon CPU and two FirePro graphics cards. While we’ve seen more and more compact designs come to the PC market, the Steam Machines which sit at the front tend to still lack the power of their much bigger brothers. The 6.5 liter MSI offering here today wants to show that small can be powerful!
The MSI Vortex G65 is offered in two different versions with both making use of the Intel Core i7-6700K and an SLI graphics card setup. While the cheaper model is paired with two GeForce GTX 960 (actually GeForce GTX 970M), the higher model carries two full GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards. Memory options include both 16 GB and 32 GB of DDR4 RAM while a Super Raid 4 storage solution is offered via two 128 GB SSDs partnered with PCIe connectivity and the NVME protocol in Raid 0. Added storage is then made possible with a 1 TB 2.5” hard drive for games and other applications.
On the terminal side of things, the Vortex system has plenty to offer. Onboard we see not only 802.11 AC and Bluetooth 4.1, also offered is dual Gigabit LAN, numerous video outputs and plenty of USB 3.0 ports. Also offered is a pair of Type C USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports which support Thunderbolt 3. High quality audio is made possible via the Nahimic Audio Enhancer. Power is supplied via a 450 W 80 Plus Gold power supply. All this sits inside a 192 x 203 x 278 mm chick housing that weighs about 4 Kg.
However, neither are exactly a bargain. With the cheaper version coming in at $2,199, the more expensive option comes in at $3,999.
The top model in hand
Today we’ll be looking at the more expensive of the two models. Included inside as mentioned earlier is an Intel Core i7-6700K, two GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards with 8GB GDDR5 memory, 32 GB DDR4 RAM alongside a 256 GB SSD RAID setup and an additional 1 TB hard drive.
|Manufacturer and name||MSI Vortex G65-6QFSLIi7K32SR421|
|dimensions:||192 x 203 x 278 mm (W x D x H)|
|CPU:||Intel Core i7-6700K, 4x up to 4.2 GHz|
|Graphic card:||2x GeForce GTX 980, 8GB GDDR5 - SLI|
|Storage:||2x 128 GB M.2 SSD NVMe, RAID 0
1x 1TB SATA III HDD, 2.5"
|Random access memory:||32 GB - 4x 8192 MB DDR4-2133|
|PSU:||450 W 80Plus Gold (integrated)|
|connectors:||2x USB 3.1 Gen.2 type C
4x USB 3.0 Type-A
2x HDMI 2.0
2x miniDisplayPort 1.2
2x Gigabit LAN (RJ45)
2x 3.5 mm jack
1x S / PDIF
|Others:||Lighting, Windows 10, Bluetooth 4.1, Wi-AC|
Let’s move forward and take a closer look at exactly what we’re dealing with here today.


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No one was sure what was going to happen.
The government is in disarray.
Nancy Pelosi drew a red line in the sand on the military with this dare to Trump.
In a new move, Democrats are claiming to force a government shutdown if the statues of white Southern politicians are not removed immediately.
The power to force this shutdown comes from the control House Democrats have over appropriation bills that fund the government.
If these bills do not get passed, the government technically runs out of money on September 30.
This political move is dangerously double-edged.
Rick Moran states:
“The move is a political ploy to force Republicans into an uncomfortable political position while displaying their racial bona fides to the mob.”
Thus, the Democrats are using their chokehold on this situation to force the Republicans into a tight spot.
Do they cave to Republicans and the demands of the people?
Or do they admit this whole thing is going too far?
Additionally, the Democrats are using this situation as leverage with the rioters to gain more people to their side.
Nancy Pelosi firmly believes the statues should be removed and is consistently pushing for their removal.
She, like her fellow Democrats, wants to convince the people they are on their side.
But will the removal of these statues truly accomplish anything?
The issue with the statues is that their removal will not directly impact the lives the rioters are trying to make better.
The statues are merely cosmetic.
Any true solution needs to treat the root of the cause, not just the stuff on the surface.
On the other hand, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says they have no power over the statues and the people who donated them should decide what to do with them.
“Every state is allowed two statues. They can trade them out at any time. A number of states are trading them out now, but I think that’s the appropriate way to deal with the statue issue. The states make the decision.”
This answer is a fair way to deal with the situation, but almost sounds suspiciously like a cop-out on his part.
By leaving the decision up to the individual states, he takes no part – and therefore none of the blame – in any resulting catastrophes.
Many states have already chosen to remove the statues of Confederate military officers.
The states that have not will face the wrath of Pelosi and the Democrats.
In addition, the House itself will hold a vote next month to remove a particular statue, a statue honoring Roger B. Taney.
Taney’s legacy should never have been honored as he gave the majority opinion in the Dred Scott case.
This case determined that black people were not citizens and that slavery could be allowed to continue.
It goes without saying that this man’s legacy is not honorable.
But can the same be said for the other statues they are tearing down?
The Civil War is part of American history.
Many Americans argue that if this history is erased the public won’t understand why the war was fought and why it was necessary for the Union to prevail.
One can only hope history will be preserved, not destroyed.


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Chile has universities that are recognized the world over. The country’s higher education has improved by leaps and bounds in both quality and scope over the last few decades, opening up opportunities for professional and personal development. Between 2002 and 2008 enrollment in Chile’s 59 universities increased 59%. And while the vast majority of the new students are young people, there are ever more opportunities for the elderly – and not just Chileans – to continue their education.
One of these initiatives is U3E, the Universidad Mayor’s university study center for senior citizens that was founded in 2007. It is the first institution of its kind in Chile that is integrally designed to provide services to the elderly with an educational methodology that has been especially designed to allow its students to constantly renew themselves with new knowledge and experiences.
U3E includes schools on health, languages, entrepreneurship, education and culture, digital technology and tourism, both in the form of in-person classes as well as over the Internet. Thus, they give classes in English, computing, and the Internet; workshops on post-retirement entrepreneurship, Italian, integrated health workshops, memory reactivation and mental training workshops, yoga, art history, and autobiography workshops, among others.
In addition, the U3E recently launched its senior diploma course on Chilean Culture and Heritage: International Travelogue Program, which is aimed at foreign students in particular. It is an online course with an initial theoretical stage that teaches Chilean culture and history, followed by a 15-day trip around the country with everything included so they can personally experience what they have learned.
This educational-touristic program includes issues like Chilean political and social history; art history; ethnic handicraft and cultures; architectural and urban heritage; narrators and poets; and ethnographic cuisine. The trip, which can be to the southern or northern parts of the country, will provide a close and enriching chance to experience what has been learned through interaction with other people, exchanging customs, and entertainment.
As in Europe and Japan, though to a much lesser degree, Chile’s adult population represents an increasingly larger proportion of society. While people over the age of 60 totaled 11.4% nine years ago, the National Statistics Insitute (INE) has projected that the proportion will double in 2050, totaling 21.6% of the country. In addition, by that time average life expectancy will be 82 years and if the current retirement age is maintained, the people who will be grandparents around the middle of the century will have 17 years of free time. Thus the importance of ongoing education programs for the elderly.
Another Chilean institution that offers special courses for this sector of the population is the Universidad Católica de Chile (UC), through its Senior Citizen Programaimed at people over the age of 50. It offers courses that range from workshops aimed at the use of computer programs, Internet navigation techniques, and a digital photography workshop. In addition, it recently also included new subjects like social networks, with classes on Twitter and Facebook.
With 21 years of experience, every year the UC program receives over 1,200 students who in addition to increasing their knowledge take advantage of the occasion to meet with people of their age and to enjoy the facilities of the Centro de Extensión UC in downtown Santiago, with bookstores, a café, cinema, and exhibits. For the first quarter of 2010 the program will offer 11 courses and 3 workshops in diverse subjects, with an emphasis on promoting culture, creativity, and innovation.

domain: sociology


We present measurements of the scalar-field light scattering of individual dimer, trimer, and tetrahedron shapes among colloidal clusters. By measuring the electric field with quantitative phase imaging at the sample plane and then numerically propagating to the far-field scattering plane, the two-dimensional light-scattering patterns from individual colloidal clusters are effectively and precisely retrieved. The measured scattering patterns are consistent with simulated patterns calculated from the generalized multiparticle Mie solution.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
Original Manuscript: February 2, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 26, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: May 1, 2012
Published: June 22, 2012
Vol. 7, Iss. 9 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
HyeonSeung Yu, HyunJoo Park, Youngchan Kim, Mahn Won Kim, and YongKeun Park, "Fourier-transform light scattering of individual colloidal clusters," Opt. Lett. 37, 2577-2579 (2012)


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