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PRP is basically plasma with many more platelets than what is typically found in blood. The concentration of platelets and, thereby, the concentration of growth factors can be 5 to 10 times greater than usual. The most effective platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treatment is available at Equinox Integrative Wellness Center, in which a portion of the patient’s own blood having a platelet concentration above baseline, to boost healing of injured tendons, ligaments, muscles, and joints, can be applied to various musculoskeletal problems. Platelet rich plasma injections have improved function and reduced pain to various health issues; but not restricted to elbow, wrist, shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle tendonitis. The platelets are injected into the abnormal tissue, releasing growth factors that recruit and increase the proliferation of reparative cells; after being centrifuged.
Equinox Integrative Wellness Center Is Using PRP For The Conditions:
- A torn ligament.
- A bulging or herniated disc.
- Sacroiliac problems.
- Sciatica or sciatic nerve pain.
- PRP can be carefully injected into the injured area.
- Arthritis or osteoarthritis, especially those with degenerative knee cartilage.
- Injuries due to sports or exercising (such “tennis elbow,” plantar fasciitis in runners, or common injuries affecting the rotator cuff).
- Chronic pain in the neck, lower back, knees or shoulders.
- Instability, loss of balance, stiffness, and loss of flexibility or range of motion.
Functioning Of PRP Therapy:
Stage 1. Collect Blood- It’s the primary step in which 30-60ml blood is drawn from the patient’s arm for the further treatment.
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Robert Reed didn’t like being on The Brady Bunch. It wasn’t a secret that America’s dad for five seasons was miserable. He started fights with show creator Sherwood Schwartz often and other members of the show’s production staff.
It was a complicated situation, co-star Ann B. Davis said in The Brady Bunch Exposed documentary. Davis, who played maid Alice on The Brady Bunch, said Reed trained Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He was a Shakespearean-trained actor playing second seventh banana to six children.
“Bob was not a happy man on that set because, for one thing, he didn’t want to do the pilot,” Davis said. “It was a contractual thing he had to do the pilot. And I think he was disappointed that (The Brady Bunch) sold. I mean, he had quite a classical training background, and I don’t really think that working on a children’s show was his idea of where he wanted to go with his career. And so that you know there was that tension right from the start.”
Sherwood Schwartz explained in 1997 how Reed, whom he called a “pain in the neck,” ended up on the show. The Brady Bunch creator spoke with The Archive of American Television about the casting process.
Reed wasn’t looking to do a kids’ show. But he had signed a contract with Paramount, and the two pilots he was in that the studio believed would make it on air didn’t work out. So, they were left with paying him, show or not. That’s when Sherwood Schwartz came up with the idea for The Brady Bunch. And he needed someone to play the dad. Executives forced Reed to audition, and he had great chemistry with Florence Henderson.
Robert Reed Tried to Quit ‘The Brady Bunch’ Often
Robert Reed was also coming off of a serious drama called The Defenders. He felt people took him more seriously as an actor then.
During the first season of The Brady Bunch, Reed tried to quit multiple times.
“There were multiple times he came to my office and said ‘I gotta get out of this,’ and ‘how did you ever talk me into it,’ and ‘I can’t deal with this man (Schwartz)’ and a couple of times he threatened to hold press conferences and do things,” said Douglas Cramer, former VP of Production for Paramount. Reed never did follow through on those threats, however.
His television son Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady, said Reed just “wasn’t a happy camper on our show.”
And he took out his frustrations on the production staff. Fighting with Schwartz and the writers over the quality of the scripts. He ended up not even appearing in what would be the final episode because he felt the premise was too silly. So, Schwartz had him taken out of the episode, and was considering writing him out the next season by sending Mike Brady on an extended work trip.

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necessary choices by PM Modi to extend man energy for covid duty- vsk 98 | Large Information… NEET-PG exams postponed for 4 months; Corona, a last yr medical scholar, will deal with sufferers!
The scourge of corona is at present rising within the nation. At such a time, there’s a scarcity of manpower. That’s the reason Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken many necessary choices to extend this manpower.
NEET-PG has determined to postpone the examination for 4 months. The brand new date might be introduced one month earlier than the examination. These interns will stick with their superiors and deal with corona sufferers. These medical doctors might be used to supply medical recommendation over the cellphone in addition to to deal with coronary coronary heart illness with delicate signs.
A sequence of selections that can enhance the provision of medical personnel to strengthen the combat towards COVID-19. https://t.co/8lAlRPrc9h
– Narendra Modi (arenarendramodi) May 3, 2021
This may assist cut back the work stress on the medical doctors who’re at present serving. College students of their last yr of postgraduate training may also be capable to work as resident medical doctors. As well as, nurses with BSc or GNM training may also be assigned to work beneath seniors in the course of the Corona interval.
After finishing not less than 100 days of responsibility, these medical personnel who’ve labored in the course of the Corona interval might be eligible to affix the federal government service. They are going to be given precedence in authorities service.
These workers who labored in the course of the Corona interval might be vaccinated and also will be capable to make the most of the insurance coverage scheme for well being employees of the Authorities of India. All such medical personnel might be honored by the Authorities of India after finishing not less than 100 days of responsibility.
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The City Clerk is appointed by the City of Bluefield Board of Directors to be the custodian of all city records and legal documents. The clerk also records official actions of the Board of Directors and its appointed boards and commissions, codifies the city code, administers oaths of office, handles Freedom of Information Act requests, and serves as a notary public for the City of Bluefield. The City Code of Ordinances can be found here. In addition, the city clerk also acts as the chief election officer for municipal elections which involves acceptance of fees and registration of qualified applicants, securing voting places, printing of ballots, obtaining supplies, selection of poll workers, proper procedures for absentee voting, and certification of results.
The City of Bluefield operates under the guidelines of the City Charter and Code of Ordinances. Within the Code of Ordinances, the city has established a form of government led by a City Board of Directors. The City Board of Directors employ officers of the city, including: a city manager, a city clerk, a treasurer, a city solicitor (attorney), a community and economic development director, and judges of the police court. The Board of Directors appoints the city manager to serve as the administrative head of municipal government and they provide policy direction for the city manager, board officers, and employees of the City of Bluefield.
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Connecticut a Gentler Place to be Evicted
July 8, 2016
NORWALK — The foremost concern of someone facing an eviction is where they’ll live next. Second on that list: the fate of their belongings.
In the throes of an eviction, a struggling tenant may have few places to go and fewer options for removing and storing a lifetime’s worth of personal effects.
Connecticut, however, has one of the nation’s most protective laws regarding possessions abandoned after an eviction: it’s the only state that requires municipalities to store a tenant’s property when they’re forced out of their home.
Norwalk had 54 evictions in fiscal year 2013-2014, 57 evictions in fiscal year 2014-2015 and 63 evictions in fiscal year 2015-2016. And although the current year just started July 1, the city has already been responsible for moving and storing the possessions of at least one Norwalk family.
Many states give landlords the right to sell or discard possessions after a certain amount of time. But here — where landlords have no role in storage — advocates hail third-party warehousing as a rare protection for tenants.
“Protecting the goods of tenants after an eviction and giving them the opportunity to get them back has long been a requirement of municipalities,” said Raphael Podolsky, a staff attorney with the Legal Assistance Resource Center in Hartford.
“For low-income people who don’t have resources — who don’t have a car or place to move — the fact that the municipality holds the property is an important way for them to get it back,” he said, adding that there’s little incentive for landlords to try and reunite evicted tenants with their belongings.
A few states have laws similar to Connecticut’s. In Idaho, the county sheriff’s office is responsible for moving and storing belongings, which if unclaimed can be sold to reimburse the landlord. In North Carolina, an officer removes and stores property at the landlord’s expense. In Massachusetts, a constable removes possessions and brings them to a public storage warehouse, where they will be auctioned after six months.
A financial burden
Although advocates say it’s a valuable service, Connecticut municipalities have fought for years to free themselves from what they see as a costly and burdensome directive to provide evictions storage.
“The towns say this is an unfunded state mandate,” Podolsky said.
In a 2009 testimony to the General Assembly, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities stated, “There is no justifiable reason for towns and cities to be involved in a landlord-tenant issue. Since the state doesn’t have to foot the bill, it has been content to burden communities with the mandate. It’s the kind of mandate that leaves municipal officials flummoxed.”
Tom Closter, director of environmental services at the Norwalk Department of Health, oversees evictions storage and the city’s role in the process. He said the city becomes involved at the end of an eviction, once the case has already gone through housing court. The city works with people afterward to try and get them their things.
In Norwalk, if a tenant can’t take their things, they end up in a storage facility in Stamford, Fitts Moving and Storage located at 415 Fairfield Ave. If unclaimed after 15 days, state law requires cities to conduct an auction, with proceeds covering storage costs. Revenue above that can be claimed by the tenant within 30 days, though Closter said the revenue from an auction rarely covers even a significant portion of the storage fees.
“We’re only required by law to store their things for 15 days,” Closter said. “But we work with people. Our contract with Fitts is that we’ll store items for 30 days and we usually will store things for a few months. If someone calls and says they need more time we try to accomadate that. Obviously we can’t pay to store their stuff forever, but we do our best to help people.”
Closter said the city usually budgets about $50,000 per year to cover the costs of transportation, monthly storage, a storage removal fee, the dumping fee to the city for whatever isn’t sold at auction and auction fees. In the fiscal year 2015-2016 which just ended, the city spent $54,000 on evictions.
Some years the city spends less, sometimes it spends more. When the recession hit in 2008, evictions cost the city $61,000 in fiscal year 2008-2009, and almost $77,000 the next year.
Only 10 to 15 percent of eviction proceedings — usually the most dire cases — result in the removal of the tenant at the end of the process, Podolsky said.
A 2006 survey conducted by Podolsky’s organization showed that 20 percent of people across the state were able to reclaim their possessions from cities for a fee after an eviction. In Norwalk, the city charges $5 per day storage fee to reclaim belongings, which helps offset some of the cost to the city.
The remaining property is put up for auction, though some cities have argued the property is not worth the money to store or try to sell.
“There are kids’ bicycles. There are lamps, furniture,” Podolsky said. “It really does demonstrate that what is removed is not all junk.”
Podolsky notes that municipal sales are not designed to maximize profit. Any proceeds beyond the city’s cost of storage — in Norwalk it ranges from $100 to $500 depending on the amount stored and the length of time — can be claimed by the owner within 30 days. Podolsky said cities can do a better job of generating profit for tenants.
“You may get $100 or less on belongings worth $5,000,” he said.
An eviction can happen to people of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds, who live in apartments, affordable housing and homes in foreclosure.
“There could be any variety of reasons someone gets evicted,” Closter said. “It can happen to anyone.”
State Rep. Patricia Billie Miller, D-Stamford, said tenants here need protection because, in addition to not paying rent, residents can be evicted if for any reason a landlord decides not to renew a lease.
“One of the worst things in the world is to be evicted,” Miller said. “Sometimes tenants are evicted for matters that aren’t even in their control.”
Connecticut municipalities first became responsible for evictions storage in 1895, with the goal of protecting a tenant’s belongings and preventing confrontations between tenant and landlord.
If municipalities had their way, advocates say, they would have no part in landlord-tenant issues.
“They’ve always wanted to not have this responsibility at all,” Podolsky said. “We’ve fought hard to maintain the towns as a protective entity for the renters.”
Cities achieved their most significant victory to date in 1997 when they were removed entirely from the process of commercial evictions.
They won a smaller battle in 2010, when the General Assembly passed a change to the law no longer requiring cities to transport a person’s possessions from their home to storage. State marshals help to transport property — a cost that landlords can try to recoup later on from tenants.
In 2013, the legislature rejected a move that would have altogether eliminated the municipal role in evictions.
“I understand from the town’s point of view that every dollar is a dollar,” Podolsky said. “But we think this is an important function for municipalities. It’s really a very tiny piece of any municipality’s budget.”
In CCM’s 2009 testimony, municipalities reported paying $17,000 to $70,000 to store and transport items belonging to evicted residents.
The eviction process always begins with a notice to quit, a legal document notifying a tenant they may soon have to leave.
Ellen Bromley, Stamford’s social services coordinator, said even though the notice to quit gives tenants a time frame to move, tenants should know that they do not have to leave right away, and that by staying they trigger court proceedings that can buy them more time.
“The notice to quit can be a scary document, because it basically says to the tenant you no longer have a lease,” she said. “It basically announces the beginning of a lawsuit.”
“We often get calls from people who have gotten a notice to quit and they’re panicked,” Bromley said. In which case she tells them, “No tenant in the state of Connecticut has ever had to move before a judge says you’re evicted. It doesn’t matter if you have a written lease, an oral lease, or if you live with your brother-in-law and he says you have to move.”
Cowan said the city provides resources for tenants who find themselves facing eviction. Often the city will refer them to a shelter or another outside agency.
“I always wish I could catch people before they get to the court stage,” she said. “If you receive a notice, try to talk to the owner or manager. Try to get some more clarity to see if there’s a way to work it out. It doesn’t go away if you don’t show up for court. The process just continues without you.”
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For the tourists of this summer the association exposes pictures of Didier Pétigny highlighting the two places we want to restore: Notre-Dame du Rhône and the Italian-style hall.
Photos of the previous exhibition on the cathedral are also present.
You can finish your visit by discovering a small garden usually closed.
On February 27, 1119, 900 years ago this year, the new cathedral of Viviers was consecrated by Pope Calixte II. Also "Save Viviers" decided to commemorate this event by presenting an exhibition of our official photographer, Didier Petigny, on the theme of the cathedral with totally new photos.
We would be very happy on this occasion to receive your visit.
More than 40 A4 photos were presented between 9 and 16 September in the beautiful vaulted room, basement of the House of Sampzon facing the door of the Strike.
1090 visitors were able to enjoy this exhibition and then wander through the ruins of an old house, converted into an original garden.
Located between the ramparts of the canonical city and the tower of the cathedral, the house of Sampzon is partly built on the very old gate of Gache that borrows tourists who go to the cathedral.
Facing the door of La Gache is the entrance to a vaulted room which one can imagine was the private chapel or oratory of the resident canon, and later a sacristy where the officiating canons were adorning the ornaments corresponding to the party of the day, before going up in procession to the cathedral, which would explain the presence on a wall of eighteen figures which could correspond to supports of sacerdotal clothes.
It is this place, linked to the religious history of Viviers that we have chosen to present the exhibition of remarkable unpublished photos due to Didier Pétigny, non-professional photographer, certainly, but of great talent who joined the active team and volunteer "Sauver Viviers".
The photos are almost entirely devoted to these patrimonial treasures, which are the Italian-style salon of the episcopal palace, which became the town hall and the Dominican chapel, Notre-Dame du Rhône.
We recall that "Save Viviers" intends to participate in the restoration of these two monuments.
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The administration (DRAC) has agreed on the terms of reference for the overall study needed before considering restoration work.
We thought that the condition of the paintings to be restored was only due to capillary rise of humidity. However, it seems that other causes are behind the damage.
The Town Hall should soon launch a call for tenders to heritage architects for the realization of this study which we hope it can be done next fall.
What we wanted finally came true. The chapel will soon be restored to its original state with its "Chœur des Religieuses".
There are, for the moment two owners (owners) for this set, but the municipality, which has just acquired the "Choir of the Religious" should get closer to the bishopric to find the solution allowing n ' have more than one owner for the nave and the choir of the nuns of this chapel.
We will participate in the necessary steps to obtain the extension of the classification "historic monument" and the completion of the specifications for the study prior to the restoration work of this exceptional ensemble.

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The captain of the Red Warriors, Badhri Radzi, has made a promise to the Kelantan faithful that they will destroy Johor Darul Takzim to become the FA Cup champions on June 29 at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
As the reigning champions, Badhri (Piya) also insisted that they will seize the opportunity to play in the final and his teammates will make sure that Kelantan successfully defend thier title.
Speaking to Sinar Harian, Piya said: "The clash with JDT would be the match that all the football fans in Malaysia are waiting for and I believe that this final would be different from the previous ones."
"JDT is a strong team.
"They have stars like Safiq Rahim, Safee Sali, Norsharul Idlan and Azwan Roya and few other players.
"I think Norshahrul and Azwan will be the biggest threat to Kelantan and we need to focus on them more in the final.
"However, we will fight till the end to ensure the victory is ours," he added.
Piya also added that he wants to win the title for the Red Warriors' supporters.
Kelantan qualified for the final after beating their arch-rivals Terengganu in a nail-biting match while JDT scrapped through on the away goals rule versus Pahang.

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- About 30% of children in industrialized countries suffer from allergies.
- Researchers in Sweden surveyed over 500 Swedish women’s eating habits and assessed their children for allergies at one year of age.
- Results showed infants of mothers who drank cow milk during lactation, had a reduced risk of developing food allergies
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, aimed to investigate the effect of maternal diet during lactation and pregnancy on the development of allergies in offspring. They recruited over 500 pregnant women, part of the NICE project (Nutritional impact on Immunological maturation during Childhood in relation to the Environment). The results showed a significant association between maternal consumption of cow milk during lactation and the prevalence of allergies in their offspring at one year of age.
The prevalence of allergic diseases has steadily increased in industrialized countries over the past few decades. Although allergic asthma usually appears later in life, food allergies and atopic eczema generally present within the first year of life. The exact reason for the development of allergies is still unclear. However, doctors hypothesize it occurs due to a combination of genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors.
Drinking Cow’s Milk During Lactation Shown to Reduce Allergy Risk
In the study, the researchers assessed the maternal diet using questionnaires. In the questionnaires, the mothers gave detailed accounts of their eating habits. These were completed at the 34th week of pregnancy, one month and four months after birth. A pediatrician then evaluated the children at one year of age for the presence of allergic diseases. Moreover, researchers assessed the maternal blood and breast milk for biomarkers such as fatty acids found in cow’s milk.
Results showed a lower prevalence of food allergies in children whose mothers reported drinking cow’s milk during lactation. Furthermore, the prevalence of atopic eczema was much greater in children whose mothers reported intake of berries and fruits during lactation.
Why is it so?
Researchers suggest a likely explanation for such results is the high levels of fat in cow’s milk. The increased amount of saturated fats leads to decreased intake of unsaturated fats which can suppress the immune system. Thus, ensuring the development of the immune system during early life and preventing allergy development.
The next step for the team is to examine the children till the age of four to further assess their risk of allergies.
Stråvik, M., et al. (2020) Maternal Intake of Cow’s Milk during Lactation Is Associated with Lower Prevalence of Food Allergy in Offspring. Nutrients. doi.org/10.3390/nu12123680.


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Government approves hike in MSP for Kharif crops
To fulfill its commitment of supplementing farmers’ income and address rising distress among farmers, the government on Wednesday announced an increase in MSP of 14 crops sown in the summer season. Among these crops were paddy and cotton that saw a hike of 13 per cent and 28 per cent respectively.
The decision, taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes less than a year before the next general election.
The previous highest increase in paddy MSP was Rs 170 a quintal in the 2012-13 the election year of the second United Progressive Alliance government led by Congress.
The National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP Government has raised the MSP paddy between Rs 50 and Rs 80 per quintal over the past four years.while the BJP had promised in 2014 to give farmers a price of 1.5 times of cost, an announcement to give effect to the promise was made in the government’s fifth and final annual Budget presented on February 1 this year.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh told that government approved the MSP of 14 kharif (summer-sown) crops for the 2018-19 season.
CACP which is the government’s price advisory body has calculated production cost of paddy at Rs 1,166 per quintal and the government has raised the MSP of paddy (common grade) by Rs 200 to Rs 1,750 per quintal for 2018-19 season, he said.The support price of Grade A variety of paddy has been raised by Rs 180 per quintal to Rs 1,770. The increase in paddy MSP is 50-51 per cent over its production cost.This sends a positive message to farmers and increases their trust and ends the distress of the farm the Singh said.Enhanced MSP will provide farmers with income support, boost production, encourage investment, reduce import charges and improve food security.

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The following entry contains details of Red Dead Redemption including a discussion about the game’s ending. Therefore please be warned that spoilers will be prevalent. Also, this is not a review of the game as Howling In The Dark really isn’t the place for it. It’s more an examination of the game’s story.
For all the gunfights, bar room brawls, robberies and good versus evil battles of cowboy western movies it’s strange to consider that they didn’t really get a good hearing in a videogame sense until Red Dead Redemption. Maybe we were all too busy playing as space marines to notice that The Wild West would be a fairly good setting for a game. In the early 90’s when full motion video was ‘a thing’ in gaming we had the light gun game ‘Mad Dog McCree’ and 2003 saw the release of Red Dead Revolver but both seemed concerned only with the shooting. There wasn’t really much beyond ‘walk into a town and shoot outlaws’. Then Rockstar, the publishers behind Grand Theft Auto, had a go. The result was a definitive game which is true to its setting.
To explain something straight away I never got along with Grand Theft Auto games. They are praised on high by many for the depiction of living cities but it seems almost too busy, as if the developers were too scared to leave you alone for more than three seconds in case you got bored and switched off. In most GTA games, there’s just too much noise and flashing lights. Red Dead Redemption took the same game engine and turned the volume down a little, often with massive expanses of desert wilderness rather than built up concrete jungles. There are often times in Red Dead when you only have a horse for company.
In the Grand Theft Auto games Rockstar often gave us main characters who were pretty undesirable. The structure of those games meant they often had to be as the story centred on the criminal underworld and running from police. Red Dead changes this slightly by giving you somebody who was a criminal but is trying to turn his life around and go straight. John Marston was formerly a member of an outlaw gang, responsible for robbery and murder. His efforts to rebuild his life upon leaving the gang are stopped in their tracks when the American government take his wife and son hostage. The only way Marston can see his family again is by helping them track down the remaining gang members and bring them to justice. John Marston does not want to work for the government, he also wants nothing to do with his previous fellow gang members but he’s dragged into this situation against his will.
Marston is likeable, a definite plus as far as having a main character in any medium goes. He has a world weary attitude and is miles behind the times even in 1911. The game portrays a time in which attitudes were shifting. Some form of civilisation is coming to the wild frontier and Marston is a relic of a rapidly vanishing era. He’s been staring down the sights of a gun rather than working out land deals or drilling for oil. At one point in the game Marston is a passenger in a ‘new automobile contraption’ and it completely baffles him why you wouldn’t just use a horse. Despite his past misdemeanours I warmed to Marston almost straight away, almost to the point when it became impossible to opt for the ‘bad’ way of doing things during my time in the game.
In the opening of the game Marston rides to Fort Mercer, a gang stronghold led by his old colleague Bill Williamson. Whilst he stands at the gates and tries to talk things over Bill shoots John and leaves him for dead. Marston is collected by Bonnie MacFarlane and is nursed back to health during a stay on her ranch. There’s a certain level of sexual chemistry between Bonnie and John in this section of the game as they both try to outdo each other by shooting rabbits in the fields. Bonnie is certainly no shrinking violet, her speed with a firearm proves that. Back in the Grand Theft Auto games it was quite possible to pick up any prostitute for casual sex, it’s therefore surprising that nothing ever happens between Bonnie and John. The relationship between the two is very subtle making it seems that bit more real.
The fictional part of America in which Red Dead Redemption is set encompasses the Mexican border to the South. Once Marston heals from his wounds he travels across the land meeting a variety of characters both trustworthy and devious. None more so than when crossing into Mexico for the first time when the game soundtracks this moment with the Jose Gonzales song ‘Far Away’. It’s the first time you’ve heard lyrics in any of the game’s audio and I know many players who thought this was something close to game breaking as far as atmosphere went. Personally I loved it…
Eventually Marston tracks down the member of his gang and brings them in but it’s obvious he still regards this as some kind of betrayal. The final act of this mission is finding the leader, Dutch van der Linde, high up in the snow capped hills. Instead of having himself turned in by the authorities Dutch instead leaps from the cliff edge and kills himself. Before doing so he passes some words onto Marston, telling him that the government will always try to find another monster to chase simply to earn their keep. They are words that will come back to haunt Marston.
With the removal of the gang Marston is reunited with his family on his ranch. The final few hours of the game’s story sees you doing basic farm tasks such as shooting the birds away from the grain store and herding cattle from one field to another. It’s a definite change of pace to the gunfights that have come before and the response from many players at the time was one of confusion. Why, they asked, does the game suddenly slow to almost a crawl as far as pace goes? Why are we expected to take on menial tasks as opposed to hunting down criminals? The answer is simple and it’s fantastic that a game can have the confidence to do this. This simple life is what John Marston has craved for the entire game. Some games want you to rescue a princess, others want to you save Earth from an invasion of alien forces. Red Dead’s main character is a man of much simpler means, his desire has boiled down to this and everything you’ve been doing throughout the game is what he wants to leave behind.
The Rangers find their new monster and in a effort to rid the gang once and for all the very people Marston helped to earn his freedom come for him. It’s a bigger betrayal than anything Marston has ever done and his final stand remains, for me, one of the best endings in gaming.
I felt genuinely sad at this moment during my play though. I’ve heard it mentioned before that games cannot possibly tell a story which gains an emotional response from us. The belief is that games will never make us cry or laugh, that they are somehow just a tick list of goals to cross off instead of any kind of credible story telling device. The ending of Red Dead proves otherwise. Having been with Marston throughout the entire game and saw him essentially battle his past it brings a lump to the throat to see that same past be the end of him.
It’s possible to reload the game from this point and play as Jack Marston three years on from the ending of John’s story. The final hours of gameplay are spent trying to find out where the head bureau agent Edgar Ross is and take bloody vengeance. Doing this it’s apparent where the ‘Redemption’ part of the game’s title comes from but it feels like a hollow revenge. In shooting Edgar Ross, Jack Marston has become everything his father wanted nothing more of.
It’s been about three years since I finished Red Dead but the story still holds many memories for me. The entire gaming industry has a habit of being concerned only with big guns and fast cars. Red Dead took its time, there were moments of near silence during the cutscenes as the characters appeared to be considering what they would say next. The story was given plenty of time to work it’s magic. Despite being ‘just a game’ Red Dead had plenty to say about America at that time, how people use the power they are given and how one man deals with a past he’d rather forget. As such, it’s a phenomenal piece of work.

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Recipes to Try
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Shira’s Orzo Recipe
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Orzo Salad With Tomatoes, Peppers, and Onions
Summer Berry Pizza Recipe
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Avocado dessert pizza - 2011 Kick Off with Hass Avocados Recipe Contest – Finalist Recipe Courtesy of Mary M. from South Carolina
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“This is a really delicious one-dish casserole that the whole family will enjoy! The fresh green beans from your garden are ‘the stars’ of this satisfying recipe.”
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Fresh Strawberry Cream Pie
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Fresh Strawberry Cream Pie #Dessert #health Dessert #healthy Dessert| http://healthdessertchristina.blogspot.com
Fresh Strawberry Cream Pie. Scroll down to not quite half of the page to see the beginning of the recipe. Finally!! I a strawberry pie recipe that does not use jello! I/m thrilled with this recipe!
Love this fruits, best for cakes and pastries ingredients!
Freshly Picked Strawberry Cream Pie Recipe
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Watermelon mint salad by Paula Deen
Watermelon Salad with Mint Leaves Recipe : Paula Deen: Watermelon, Feta and Mint Salad... SO good. Omitted oil for caloric purposes. Added: Stevia, bit of of raspberry extract... Balsamic AND red wine vinegar. Added fresh basil and just a bit of garlic salt. Eventually added chopped up cucumber also. Didn't add onion. (although it might be good). Honey and grapes would also probably be good (maybe without cucumber0.
TRIED at the Montessori party - yum! Watermelon Salad with Mint Leaves Recipe : Paula Deen : Food Network
Watermelon Salad with Mint Leaves Recipe : Paula Deen (used red onion, added a splash of lemon juice and balsamic vinegar as well)
Paula Deen watermelon feta salad
Baked Apple "Pie" 4 Granny Smith apples 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 c sugar 1 tbs brown sugar Premade pie crust Cut off the tops of apples. Remove the insides, discard seeds. Chop the insides and mix in cinnamon and sugars. Scoop mixture into apples. Slice pie crust in 1/2" strips and cover the apple tops. Bake apples, covered, in a pan lined with water for 20 mins @ 375. Remove foil, bake for additional 20 mins.
Apple Pie- baked in the apple
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mini apple pies in baked apples.
Apple Pie Baked in the Apples. Recipe remake: omit sugar-add 2 tbs honey, add 1 teasp cinn & 1/2 teasp each of clove & nutmeg, 1/4 c chopped walnuts, cap with walnut pie crust (2 C walnuts, 1 teasp b soda, 1/2 teasp salt all in food processor until ground to meal, add 2 Tbs olive oil while pulsing until well blended.) bake 15 min at 350
Apple Pie Baked in the Apples #baked #apple #pie #dessert #fall #autumn #harvest #halloween #thanksgiving #christmas #holiday #party #dinner #recipe #food #easy #hollowed #apples
Apple Pie Baked Apples - cute idea! Use agave nectar and make an almond flour pie crust for a healthier recipe.
Pizza Puffs... great game day app idea
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Pizza muffins - appetizers #pizzamuffins
Finger food pizza muffins!!! 3/4 cup flour 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning pinch of salt (my addition, optional) pinch of red pepper flakes (my addition, optional) 3/4 cup whole milk 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 cup cubed pepperoni 1/2 cup store-bought pizza sauce. Mix everything together, let stand 10 mins. Drop into mini muffin tins (,24) and bake 375 for 20- 25 mins.
Mini Pizza Muffins - these look good and easy - just need to get me a mini muffin tin ;o)
Pepperoni Pizza Puffs - So easy to make, mix everything and bake it in a mini muffin tin. Easy peasy and ooh so yummy!!
Pizza Bites ~ The recipe doesn't make as much as it claims (unless these are REALLY mini muffins!) but they're very tasty. I'm taking these to a church meal as they're perfect finger food. For a vegetarian variation I used chopped chives, sun-dried tomatoes and olives instead of pepperoni.
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Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake >> looks delicious!
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Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake - Another pinner said: "Strawberry Cake - Can I just say amazing. Moist, fresh, and delicious. I did cook it 10 additional minutes. Perfectly done, I also used sour cream in place of the Greek yogurt since I didn't have any. Tasted even better than the first time I made it. I believe this may be my favorite dessert."
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RECIPE: Fresh strawberry yogurt bundt cake - Another pinner said: "Strawberry Cake - this is now my third pin for this cake. Can I just say amazing. Moist, fresh, and delicious. I did cook it 10 additional minutes. Perfectly done, I also used sour cream in place of the Greek yogurt since I didn't have any. Tasted even better than the first time I made it. I believe this may be my favorite dessert."
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raspberry lemon bars
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GF Lemon Raspberry Bars
January Photo Challenge Day 19: Sweet My gluten-free raspberry lemon bars recipe! Ingredients:Crust 1 ½ cups blanched almond flour½ tsp sea salt2 tbsp. grapeseed oil1 tbsp. xylitol1 tbsp. vanilla extract (sugar-free, most of the ones that state “clear” vanilla extract are - just read the label)Topping ¼ cup grageseed oil¼ cup xylitol3 large eggs½ cup freshly squeezed lemon juiceFresh raspberriesPreheat oven to 350 and grease and 8 inch square baking dish or pan with grapeseed oil then “dust” with almond flour. I find that dusting with almond flour is a little difficult so I just sprinkle some on. For the crust, combine the dry ingredients together in a medium-large bowl. Mix well then add the wet ingredients. Press the dough into the baking dish. Bake for 15-17 minutes, until lightly golden. I use the edges at the key…once they are golden, then I remove it.While the crust is baking, place all of the topping ingredients except for the fresh raspberries in a blender, blend until smooth..on high. When the crust is ready, remove from the oven and pour the topping evenly over the hot crust. Then sprinkle the raspberries in the topping. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Let cool in the baking dish for 30 minutes then refrigerate for 2 hours to set. Cut and enjoy guilt-free!
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Healthy food. Baked parmesan tomatoes.
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Baked Parmesan Tomatoes Recipe - yummy side dish for summer
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Baked Parmesan Tomatoes. Yummy! Easy and great for an appetizer while you are waiting for the main entree to finish cooking.
This cheesy, baked Parmesan tomatoes recipe is great for fresh tomatoes. This baked tomato recipe is an easy appetizer or healthy side dish. These baked tomatoes take just 15 minutes. Simply top cut tomatoes with Parmesan, oregano, salt, pepper, olive oil and bake.
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
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Slow Cooked Chicken tacos
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos...Love slow cooker recipes...
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos- Bring the fiesta to your family with this delicious chicken taco recipe inspired by The Three Caballeros. As a bonus, it calls for chicken thighs that can withstand hours of slow cooking without losing their texture.
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Easy Crock Pot Chicken Tacos Recipe
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos - made ✔ DELICIOUS! Almost better than the other ones. Erik thinks we should just top with cheese instead of putting it in the crockpot.
Penne. Chicken. Broccoli. Smoked Mozzarella.
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Baked penne chicken pasta. Best.pasta.ever. Whenever I make this I get RAVE reviews. SOOO yummy. Make it TODAY. Trust me.
Baked Penne with Chicken, Broccoli and Smoked Mozzarella - a little bit of heaven in this pasta dish!!!
Baked Chicken Penne. Another pinner said: B Whenever I make this I get RAVE reviews. SOOO yummy. Make it TODAY. Trust #recipes cooking #cooking guide| http://cookingguide644.blogspot.com
Baked Penne with Chicken, Broccoli and Smoked Mozzarella. Another pinner said: Best.pasta.ever. Whenever I make this I get RAVE reviews. SOOO yummy. Make it TODAY. Trust me.
Slow cooker cilantro lime chicken: One 24-ounce jar medium or mild salsa, Juice from one lime, 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped, One 1.25-oz. package taco seasoning, 2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped. Add 4-6 boneless chicken breast halves (completely defrosted) to the slow cooker and coat with the salsa mixture. Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours. Serve with a dollop of sour cream.
Cilantro Lime Chicken - Crockpot 24-ounce jar medium salsa Juice from one lime ¼ cup fresh cilantro, chopped 1.25-oz. package taco seasoning 2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped (optional) 6 boneless chicken breast halves, defrosted crock pot!!
SkinnyTaste Slow Cooker Cilantro Lime Chicken It's in the crock pot now. We'll see how it turns out. In a slow cooker, mix together: One 24-ounce jar medium or mild salsa Juice from one lime 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped One 1.25-oz. package taco seasoning 2 jalapeno peppers, finely chopped (optional) Add 4-6 thawed chicken breasts, cover with salsa mixture, and cook for 6 hours on low. Top with sour cream/crushed tortilla chips to garnish.
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Jello Pretzel Salad w/ strawberries on top
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strawberry pretzel salad - I make this often and I'm NOT a jello salad kind of girl. It's delicious and everytime I make it for a crowd, someone asks for the recipe.
A girlfriend at work made this every year...so so yummy! Strawberry Pretzel Dessert Jello Pretzel Salad by Lisa Poulsen 2 1/2 c. pretzels (crushed fine) 3 Tbsp. brown sugar 3/4 c. butter 1 (6 oz) pkg instant strawberry jello 1 10 oz. pkg. frozen strawberries or small container (16 oz) sliced fresh strawberries (I prefer fresh) 1 ( 8 oz ) pkg cream cheese 1 c. sugar 8 oz. cool whip Combine pretzels, brown sugar, and melted butter and press into a greased 9 X 13 pan. You can use more butter if the crust isn't sticking together and make the pretzels more crushed than I did. Bake @ 350 for 10 minutes. Make jello according to directions and add the strawberries. Refrigerate until partially set. *If it is not set enough it will leak through your cream cheese layer and make your pretzels soggy. Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Blend in cool whip. Spread over cooled crust make sure you pread completely to the edges to create a seal so your jello doesn't leak through. Pour jello over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate.
chocolate chip strawberry pizza

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Lian Li Announces Alpha Series Mid-Tower Chassis: Tempered Glass Panels Plus RGBby Joe Shields on November 7, 2017 3:00 PM EST
Lian-Li has announced the release of a new series of cases, the Alpha series. The Alpha line of cases brings users steel internal frame and tempered glass surfaces allowing for a better look at what is going on inside the Mid-Tower chassis. The Alpha 330 has a total of three glass panels while the Alpha 550 RGB comes with all four sides made of tempered glass. New to Lian-Li cases are integrating RGB LEDs. The 550 RGB uses BORA 120mm RGB LED fans along with a hand-held RF remote for control over the fans and included RGB accent lighting. Both chassis offer flexible configurations for both air cooling and water cooled systems with a wide range of radiator support; up to 420mm x 140mm on the front and an additional up to 360mm radiator on top.
The Alpha series cases use SECC steel structure and tempered glass panels instead of their typical brushed aluminum. The glass gives the cases a high-end, clean appearance. The tempered glass panels have black edges framing out the front of the case where the fans are, as well as the side of the case where all the hardware will be shown off. The right panel has two levels of transparency which helps clean the look up by hiding wires on the darked out bottom and the innards more visible up top.
Dust filters are found on both the top (magnetic) and bottom (slide out) of the case helping keep the internals clean. The fans in the front are mounted to a fan/radiator rack for easier installation, maintenance, and removal. Cable management is uniquely handled by a hinged panel on the back covering a channel for cable routing. Front Panel connectivity consists of a power button, two USB 3.0 ports, audio jacks, as well as the latest USB Type-C port, all hidden behind a flip-down panel at top front part of the case on the 550 RGB while the 330's controls are exposed. Both the 330 and 550 have support for a vertically oriented graphics cards, up to 400mm in length, to better display the hardware through the glass panels.
Internally, both Alpha Series cases have seven drive bays; two 3.5-inch and five 2.5-inch mounting areas; drive cages and mounts on the back of the motherboard panel. The detachable front panel will hold 3x120mm fans, the top 3x120/140mm and one 120mm fan on the rear. The 330 includes a single 120mm fan on the rear while the 550 RGB includes the three BORA120 RGB fans on the front, a (non-RGB) 120mm on the rear, and the RF remote control. The 550 also integrates an RGB strip below the front panel, also controlled by the remote. Motherboard support ranges from Mini-ITX up to E-ATX and CPU heatsink support is up to 170mm tall. The Power supply is hidden under a cover on the bottom with the chassis supporting up to 250mm long units.
|Lian-Li Alpha 330 and Alpha 550 Mid-Tower Chassis
|(W)230mm x(H)517mm x(D)540mm
|(W)230mm x (H)546mm x (D)450mm
|Black / White
|External Drive Bays
|7 (2 x 3.5" + 5 x 2.5")
|Front: 3x 120mm (Optnl)
Top: 3x 140/120mm (Optnl)
Rear: 1x 120mm
|Front: 3x 120mm (Digital LED fans with controller)
Top: 3x 140/120mm (Optional)
Rear: 1x 120mm
USB 3.1 (Type-C)
|VGA Card Support
|(L)400mm x (D)170mm
|CPU Cooling Support
|Top: 240mm x 120mm
The Lian-Li Aplha 330 for $109 while the Alpha 550 RGB is priced at $179. Availability was not mentioned but we should see these available soon.
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- Lian-Li PC-Q37 Announced: Two-Stage Mini-ITX Chassis with Tempered Glass


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The Shammies playing the recent Boomtown Film and Music Festival at the Gig on Crockett Street. Beth Rankin/cat5
1 a.m. Saturday (Friday night) at The Back Room
Style: Punk, reggae, surf
Sounds like: Sublime, Long Beach Dub All Stars
Punk and reggae never seemed like the most obvious pairing to me, but the Shammies bring the two together seamlessly.
I was on my way into The Gig during the Boomtown festival and as soon as the door opened, I knew the Shammies were on stage. Their style is instantly recognizable and no other local band is able to pull it off quite like they do.


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In the United States today, obesity has become an enormous problem.The American Obesity Association states that currently 64.5% of adult Americans and 45.6% of American children are categorized as overweight or obese, which means they have too much body fat (AOA).
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Researchers found that health care professionals who refer patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to pulmonary rehabilitation have a negative bias toward smoking and a positive bias toward exercising, which could affect how they present rehabilitation options.
Researchers identified implicit bias within health care professionals (HCPs) who refer individuals living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), a behavior change intervention involving tailored exercise training and disease education,according to a study published in the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
More specifically, researchers found that HCPs demonstrated negative bias toward smoking and positive bias toward exercising. These results were determined using the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Administered between June 2021 and April 2022, the researchers explained that the test measured participants’ response times when categorizing words related to smoking or exercise to matching and unmatching concepts or evaluations of concepts.
Eligible criteria for participants were that they practiced health care in the United Kingdom, referred individuals with COPD to PR, and provided informed consent to participate. Of 124 HCPs screened, 104 (83.9%) consented to the test, demographic data were available for 88 of them (84.6%), and IAT data were available for 69 participants (66.35%). Also, 68.2% of participants were female, and 28.4% were aged 45 to 54 years.
According to the researchers, the IAT measures implicit associations between concepts and evaluations of those concepts. Ultimately, it calculates the difference in association between 2 target concepts. In this case, the researchers explained that they chose smoking and exercising because HCPs have previously identified these as positive and negative influencers of individuals with COPD engaging in PR.
The researchers added that their IAT contained 5 test blocks. Blocks 1, 2, and 4 were used as training blocks to allow participants to practice categorizing; blocks 1 and 4 presented participants with a concept categorization task, while block 2 presented them with an evaluation of a concept categorization task. On the other hand, blocks 3 and 5 were experimental blocks that had participants complete congruent and incongruent categorizations.
For instance, in the congruent categorization block, participants were asked to categorize a word such as “craving” to either the concept of exercise with the evaluation of pleasant or the concept of smoking with the evaluation of unpleasant. A task in the incongruent categorization block would ask participants to categorize a word such as “run” to either smoking and pleasant or exercise and unpleasant.
Researchers found that the primary outcome of the IAT was the standardized mean difference in response times between the matching and unmatching categorizations (D4-score). The D4-scoresrangedfrom 0.99 to 2.64, indicating implicit favoring of matchingcategorization (mean [SD] of the D-score, 1.69 [0.38]; 95% CI, 1.60-1.78; P < .05); this was significantly different from zero, with a large effect size (r = 0.61).
These results showed that HCPs demonstrate implicit bias as they associate exercise with pleasant attributes and smoking with unpleasant attributes. This suggests a negative bias toward smoking and a positive bias toward exercising.
Depending on a patient’s habits, the authors explained that this may affect how HCPs discuss PR with individuals living with COPD.
“Knowing that HCPs have implicit bias towards the characteristics smoking and exercising, it is likely that when they are presented with patients expressing these health behaviors, they change their behavior accordingly,” the authors wrote. “This means that when implementing shared decision-making into PR conversations with individuals with COPD, they may not have the same standardized, informed, and value-based discussions with all individuals.”
The researchers explored possible solutions after finding proof of implicit bias within their study results.
“There may be value in giving HCPs instructions to implement intentional strategies to override or suppress bias, exposure to an exemplar who contradicts the stereotype, tasks which minimize the barriers between themselves and an outgroup, tasks to increase counter-stereotype associations, and tasks to induce emotion,” the authors wrote.
Although their findings are the first to indicate that HCPs have an implicit bias towards specific characteristics within patients with COPD, the researchers said that limitations exist within their study. One limitation is that the IAT does not definitively diagnose implicit bias, instead indicating its potential presence. Their results are also not generalizable because the sample only contained predominately female HCPs from the United Kingdom.
Despite these limitations, the researchers wrote that the results demonstrated the presence of implicit bias among HCPs and encouraged them to discover ways to overcome it.
“Due to the correlation between beliefs and behavior, this provides a rationale for the inclusion of components targeting HCP communication in our shared decision-making intervention to enable HCPs to fully and impartially support individuals’ decision-making for PR,” the authors concluded.
Barradell AC, Robertson N, Houchen-Wolloff L, Singh SJ. Exploring the presence of implicit bias amongst healthcare professionals who refer individuals living with COPD to pulmonary rehabilitation with a specific focus upon smoking and exercise. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2023;18:1287-1299. doi:10.2147/COPD.S389379

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Trump and everyone he’s associated with should be very seriously worried about the conundrum they’ve found themselves in. The president had already been implicated in numerous crimes when the Mueller Report came out, but now that the Ukraine scandal is unfolding, Trump is in full panic mode.
Desperate to shift the focus from the whistleblower complaint, Trump was willing to leave our Kurdish allies for slaughter in Syria, knowing that he would have to commit genocide to get people talking about anything else.
So that’s exactly what he did.
One of Trump’s more complicit associates is likely going down soon after the president, and today, Rudy Giuliani got even more bad news.
A man that has close ties to Giuliani has made a deal with the House Intelligence Committee to testify in the Trump impeachment hearings.
Weeks ago, the committee asked Semyon Kislin in a letter to testify in regards what he knows about Giuliani allegedly seeking out dirt on Joe Biden via Ukraine leadership.
Jeff Dannenberg is Kislin’s lawyer. He gave the following statement to CNN:
“Following an understanding reached with counsel for the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Kislin will not be appearing for an interview or deposition today.”
“Mr. Kislin is not refusing to cooperate with the Committee’s requests. I continue to communicate with the Committee’s counsel to satisfy the Committee that Mr. Kislin has no knowledge of any matters relevant to the pending impeachment inquiry.”
Giuliani has to be feeling the heat after this news broke. One by one, the people associated in the wrongdoings of these powerful men are jumping ship before they go down with it.


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Free LPG Cylinder: In the era of rising inflation, the government has decided to give big relief to the people. Now the government will give three cylinders to the people for free. These three cylinders will be given in a year. People will get huge economic benefits from this.
New Delhi: Free LPG Cylinder: In the era of rising inflation, the government has decided to give big relief to the people. Now the government will give three cylinders to the people for free. These three cylinders will be given in a year. People will get huge economic benefits from this.
Antyodaya card holders will get benefit
In fact, the Uttarakhand cabinet on Thursday decided to give three cylinders of LPG free of cost to the Antyodaya card holders in a year. This decision was taken in the meeting of the state cabinet held in Dehradun under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
After the meeting, Chief Secretary SS Sandhu said that 1,84,142 Antyodaya card holders of the state would be benefited by this decision.
He did what he said :
CM Dhami said that like before, the cabinet has also decided to give a bonus of Rs 20 per quintal to the farmers on the purchase of wheat. After the meeting, the Chief Minister wrote on Twitter, ‘What did you say! Fulfilling the promise made in the vision letter placed before the public before the elections, three gas cylinders will be given free of cost to all the Antyodaya card holders of the state every year.
BJP welcomed the decision of the Dhami cabinet
The BJP welcomed the decision of the Dhami cabinet to provide free LPG cylinders to the Antyodaya card holders, calling it historic and in line with the concept of welfare government.
BJP’s state media in-charge Manveer Singh Chouhan expressed the hope that within one and a half months of the formation of the government, this decision taken with a view to benefit the people of the weaker sections will prove to be less difficult in their lives.
Chouhan said that the BJP government is committed to fulfilling every promise made in the election manifesto.
Congress alleges violation of the code of conduct,
However, Congress has said that it will complain to the Election Commission in this regard, calling it a violation of the model code of conduct applicable for the Champawat by-election to be held on 31 May. Chief Minister Dhami is trying his luck in the by-election.


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Goodreads Update April 2022 #1
I just checked. The list of books added to my TBR is not terrifying, but it's enough to warrant making this post.
Very Bad People by Kit Frick - Calliope (what a name for a main character, eh?) saved her sisters in a watery car wreck in which her mother died. Now, she is enrolled at the elite boarding school her mom went to. She joins the secret society at the school to try to find out what happened to her mom to have her drive into that lake 6 years ago. Buzz words: dark academia, boarding school, secret society for social justice. Oh yes.
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow - This starts in 1995 when Joan and her mother and siblings escape her abusive family, back to her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. The story is told over the course of the 20th century and includes lots of the author's own black family history. I spent a week in Memphis in 1995 and really enjoyed it. That's my link to this book. That's it. But I heard it's amazing.
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James - I have a Simone St. James book on my bookshelves for when I'm feeling brave enough to tackle a thriller. This one is about a young journalist who gets a chance to interview the woman everyone is convinced murdered several men 40 years ago. But when she goes to the woman's mansion for the interviews, weird things happen. Haunted house? I could be into that.
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher - This dark fairytale includes the following characters: 1.) Marra, whose family is trapped by a 2.) cruel Prince. 3.) a gravewitch 4.) a fairy godmother who would rather not be 5.) a knight has been and 6.) a chicken possessed by a demon. Need I say more? I think not.
Suviving Savannah by Patti Callahan - I had never heard of the Pulaski steamship disaster, but apparently it's a real thing. This ship sunk off the coast of North Carolina in 1838 when the boiler exploded. The wreck was just discovered last June. A whole bunch of people on board were some of the elite society folks of Savannah, Georgia. This fictionalized version follows a professor who is cataloging artifacts taken from the wreckage. Then it follows two women who were on the ship when it sank. Could be good. Could be a train wreck.
King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair - Wow. So the whole trope with the _______ of _______ and ________ for a title is taken to new depths here. And that author's name HAS to be a penname, right? This is fantasy romance and I cannot believe that people are saying they like this. But wait. It's a vampire romance. Now it all makes sense.
Abundance by Jakob Guanzon - This novel is told from the perspective of a homeless father and son. It's about how they got to this point and how they hope to get out of their situation. This kind of thing is like catnip to me, but I have to be in a much better place mentally to read it. But I'll put it on my list.
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler - This book has showed up on several book podcasts I listen to. It's about the family of John Wilkes Booth and their history in a cabin in the woods outside Baltimore. One of the podcasters had been on a kick about Lincoln and was disappointed the assassination didn't get more page count, but that fact prompted me to put it on my list.
And there we have it. All the new books on my TBR. Does anything strike your fancy here?

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The blogger introduced a blind cat to the public, and you cannot resist the gaze of his huge eyes. The animal conceals in them the secrets of cold space, but cannot see anything with them. And the audience has already made a connection between the cat and the characters from “Naruto”.
Tiktok user with nickname picoblindcat April 3 shared with subscribers of the video, where she showed her blind cat. The owner calls her pet Moon Eyes, and they look as if you can see the whole universe in them.
The unusual look of the cat is a consequence of his illness, because the animal does not see anything. However, the eyes of a pet attract the attention of viewers not only with their unusual color, but also with their size.
Most commentators fell in love with the cat as soon as they saw his face.
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But there are also those who got nervous at the sight of him.
The video with the cat went viral, and the blogger decided to record another video, where she took the pet for a walk. The record shows that due to blindness, the animal moves slowly, at first carefully feeling the ground with its paws.
And commentators have already come up with who the mustache looks like.
Someone even remembered “Naruto”. In the anime, there is a whole family whose genetic trait is eyes without pupils and irises. True, unlike the fluffy, the characters are quite sighted.
The tiktoker cat takes the audience by the soul with its extraordinary beauty, but these animals are full of other talents. So, the mistress of the tailed beast has to take only an ice shower, because the mustachioed pranker does not allow her to approach the hot water.
And the mustachioed pranksters know how to lie worse than people. The blogger revealed the pet’s deception, trying to drag him into the shower, and with such talents it is time for the kitty to act in films.


THE MacBETH REPORT:
D Shaun Heshka (Everett, 2003-06) has signed a contract with an unnamed Kontinental Hockey League team, according to a press release by Ässät Pori (Finland, SM-Liiga). He had eight goals and 23 assists in 60 games for Ässät, the SM-Liiga champions this season, and had the best plus/minus during the SM-Liiga playoffs at +9 in 16 games. . . . Ässät GM Mika Toivola: “Heshka was a really big piece of our championship team. He is a great player and a great person. We wish Shaun good luck in his future challenges and I hope that one day he will return to Ässät.” Helsinki newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reported Monday evening that Heska had signed a two-year contract with Ak Bars Kazan (KHL, Russia). . . .
G Jeff Glass (Kootenay, 2002-05) signed a one-year contract with Spartak Moscow (Russia, KHL). He had a 2.02 GAA and a .933 save percentage in 38 games with Sibir Novosibirsk (Russia, KHL) this season. . . .
D Petr Kubos (Prince George, 1997-99) signed a one-year plus option contract with Kometa Brno (Czech Republic, Extraliga). He had eight goals and 12 assists in 51 games with Slavia Prague (Czech Republic, Extraliga) this season.
Dwight Jaynes of Comcast Sportsnet, who is a long-time observer of the Portland sports scene, has weighed in on WHL commissioner Ron Robison’s meeting with the media there on Friday evening. Jaynes’ piece is right here, along with video of the news conference, if you are so inclined.
In the OHL, F Mark Scheifele had five points, two of them goals, as the host Barrie Colts dumped the London Knights, 6-3. . . . The Colts lead the OHL final, 2-1, with Game 4 in Barrie on Wednesday night. . . . Scheifele, the Winnipeg Jets’ first pick, seventh overall, in the NHL’s 2011 draft, leads the OHL scoring race, with 34 points in 18 games. . . . Barrie F Anthony Camara wasn’t suspended for the charging major he was given after a hit on London F Max Domi in Game 2.
Sources hit Twitter early Monday with the news that F Chris Wilkie, who turns 17 on July 10, is leaving the U.S. National Team Development Program. Wilkie, from Omaha, was a fourth-round selection by the Victoria Royals in the WHL’s 2011 bantam draft. . . . There was speculation that Wilkie, who has made a committment to the U of North Dakota, isn’t considering a move to Victoria. However, a source familiar with the situation told me that Wilkie is exploring all of his options. . . . Perhaps his immediate future rides on where he is selected in today’s USHL draft. . . . Wilkie is the son of former WHL D David Wilkie (Seattle, Kamloops, Regina, 1990-94). David was selected by the Montreal Canadiens with the 20th pick of the NHL’s 1992 draft.
With the Memorial Cup scheduled to open in their arena on May 17, the Saskatoon Blades — remember them? — continue to practice and practice and practice. On Monday, they had some familiar faces on the ice with them as they attempted to pick up the pace a bit. Daniel Nugent-Bowman of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix has that story right here.
THE COACHING GAME:
Dwayne Kirkup is the new head coach of the MJHL’s Neepawa Natives. Kirkup guided the MJHL’s Swan Valley Stampeders to a 33-23-4 record this season, the last year of his contract. He was the MJHL’s 2009-10 coach of the year with the Stampeders. . . . With the Natives, Kirkup takes over from Ken Brooks, who went 13-40-7 this season.
In winning Game 2 of the WHL final, the Portland Winterhawks “showcased their ‘A’ game, and a discombobulating, speed-based blur it is, when it gets rolling,” writes John MacKinnon of the Edmonton Journal.
He continues: “The 3-0 score on Saturday night — the Edmonton Oil Kings won Game 1 by a score of 4-1 — doesn’t really capture the fashion in which the Winterhawks unleashed a transition game in which they switch from defence to high-octane offence in an eyeblink.”
MacKinnon’s column is right here.
The WHL’s playoff situation:
Portland vs. Edmonton
(Series tied, 1-1)
(All times local)
Game 1: Friday — Edmonton 4 at Portland 1 (10,097)
Game 2: Saturday — Edmonton 0 at Portland 3 (10,947)
Game 3: Today, at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Game 4: Wednesday, May 8, at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Game 5: Friday, at Portland (Rose Garden), 7 p.m.
x-Game 6: Sunday, at Edmonton, 4 p.m.
x-Game 7: Monday, May 13, at Portland (Rose Garden), 7 p.m.
x – if necessary.
All games are being televised by Shaw in Canada. They also will be televised in Portland, with Games 3, 4, 5 and 6 on Comcast SportsNet, and Game 7 on Root Sports.
Comcast and Roots will pick up the Shaw telecast that feature play-by-play man Dan Russell, along with Bill Wilms, Peter Loubardias and Andy Neal.
No Game Scheduled.
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In the first of a new series of bi-monthly interviews with scheme managers, ANDREW SHEEN speaks to West Midlands Pension Fund director of pensions BRIAN BAILEY about how the credit crunch has accelerated changes in the £6.5bn fund's investment strategy and his views on cost-sharing in the LGPS
Despite the stream of negative news about the economy over the past few months, director of pensions Brian Bailey remains upbeat about the prospects for the £6.5bn West Midlands Pension Fund. Indeed,...
The Brunel Pension Partnership has become the fourth local authority pool to receive the green light from the regulator.
Defined benefit (DB) schemes are to be offered a new consolidator as the former chief of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) launches 'The Pension SuperFund'.
Martin Freeman has been hired as head of technology product and development at Smart Pension, to support the 'growing' technology product side of the business.
Tim Sharp says the government has missed some big opportunities to help workers in the DB white paper.


Description of the Raiden State Machines¶
The current Raiden prototype chose to use hierarchical state machines to represent the internal state of the node. The state of the whole node is a tree that can be serialized on and recovered from the disk. Moreover, whenever the state changes, the change is triggered by a state change object, which can also be serialized on the disk. A snapshot of the state and the subsequent state change objects are enough to compute the current state of the node. That’s how a node recovers from crashes.
Kinds of State Machines¶
The state of the whole node is represented as a
ChainState object. The
ChainState object contains many other different kinds of objects. This section describes them in a bottom-to-top manner.
This section is still in construction. It contains only the simplest of the state machines.
HashTimeLockState represents a hash time lock.
State Changes on a HashTimeLockState¶
No state changes operate on a
HashTimeLockState is just added to and removed from NettingChannelEndState.
Other State Machines to be Added¶


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San Antonio Spurs assistant Ettore Messina interviewed for the head coaching position with Olimpia Milano of the Italian league, according to Emiliano Carchia of Sportando.
Messina, 59, was reportedly a strong candidate for the Cleveland Cavaliers’ vacancy after the season, but the Cavs went with former Michigan coach John Beilein instead.
As for Messina specifically, he has served as an assistant under Spurs coach Gregg Popovich since 2014. Before that, he coached Russian power CSKA Moscow.
The native of Italy has also coached Real Madrid (Spain), Benetton Treviso (Italy), Virtus Bologna (also Italy) and served as a consultant with the Los Angeles Lakers (2011-12).
According to Carchia, Messina is likely to make a decision this week on whether he will stay with the Spurs or take the Milano job.


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To date, deep concerns have been placed upon the current world-wide degradation of oceans and seas, in particular coastal areas, from threats generated by both human activities and natural causes. Without attempts and appropriate means and measures to reverse the trend, the vital roles, particularly ecosystem goods and services provided by oceans and seas will be abrupt or irreversibly lost and lead to unpleasant consequences in respect of socio-economic deliverables and human livelihoods. Universal call upon concert actions regarding ocean-related sustainable development have been requested to be applied and implemented at all levels form local and national to regional and global scales. In this context, Thailand recognizes the importance of such concert actions and emphasizes its commitment to take further necessary steps to strengthen implementation of the action plan on area-based management and conservation measures.
Thailand has adopted the concept of ecosystem-based approach for sustainable use and management of marine and coastal resources. A number of measures and operational programs have been implemented in order to eliminate threats, reduce anthropogenic impacts as well as strengthen ecological resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems. The programs or activities being defined in the 5-year plan (2016-2020) are as follows:
Declaration of more conserved and reserved marine and coastal areas.
Promotion of management effectiveness for the existing protected areas, which also includes strengthening strict law enforcement, monitoring and surveillance of illegal practices.
Restoration of degraded marine and coastal habitats.
Establishment and improvement of fishing measures to be in line with responsible fishery.
Promotion of environmental- and ecological-friendly maritime activities.
Application of marine spatial planning as an integral part of marine and coastal zone management.
Stakeholder participation and partnerships are considered as a key to success and to be assigned for involvement, as appropriate, in the course of action for each implementing program.
At present, the proportion of Thailands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) managed using ecosystem-based approaches has reached 15.7 % (50,700 sq.km.). Concerning marine protected areas (MPAs), Thailand has adopted the target of 10% of coastal and marine areas to be protected. At present, the total coastal and marine protected area is about 18,000 sq.km., accounting for 5.6% of Thai waters, encompassing 22 national marine parks, 6 coastal non-hunting areas, 160 sites of reserved mangrove forests, 56 marine fishery sanctuaries, and 6 environmental protection areas. In order to attain 4.4% (14,300 sq.km.) more of MPAs, a number of potential areas/sites have been targeted for legal proclamation in the coming years. The proposed areas include 4 national marine parks (ca. 450 sq.km.), 3 environmental protection areas (570 sq.km.), and many marine and coastal protection areas, i.e. 25 island-groups (6,600 sq.km.) and one large offshore shelf-break font zone (6,700 sq.km.).
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Type of commitment
- Community or Locally Managed Marine Areas
- Integrated Coastal Management
- Marine Spatial Planning
- Ecosystem-based Adaptation
- Other (please specify): Habitat restoration
By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
Type of commitment
- No take marine protected area
- Multiple use marine protected area
- Locally or community managed marine areas
- MPA management and/or enforcement
Restoring 17,000 hectares of marine and coastal habitats
Proclaiming 7,000 sq.km. of protected areas in 5 years
Developing and/or issuing management intervention and measures for sustainable use of marine and coastal resources

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This kiddie comedy adventure utilizing performance-capture filmmaking from Walt Disney Pictures and Imagemovers Digital was shot in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D. Featuring Seth Green and Joan Cusack as Milo and his Mom, it is directed by Simon Wells from his screenplay with Wendy Wells and produced by Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, and Steven Boyd. The pic is based on the book by author and illustrator Berkeley Breathed, the Pulitzer-Prize winner for his comic strip “Bloom County”. Produced by the team behind Disney’s A Christmas Carol and The Polar Express, the U.S. release date is March 11, 2011:
Kiddie Trailer: 'Mars Needs Moms'
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
East Atlanta shop was burglarized in December.
Tuesday, January 15
by Elizabeth McKinstry EAST ATLANTA — What is a Cash Mob? It’s when a group of folks get together, pick a small locally-owned, independently-operated business, meet there at a certain day and time, and spend a suggested amount of $15. Studies have shown that significantly more money spent at a locally-owned business remains in the local economy, and it’s a great way to meet others who have similar interests. The first Atlanta Cash Mob of this year will be held on Saturday, Jan. 19 at 11 a.m. at the Hodgepodge Coffeehouse and Gallery at 720 Moreland Ave. SE. There are so many worthy small businesses here in Atlanta, but Hodgepodge was burglarized in early December, and gathering here to help them make up their losses is a fitting way to …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
East Atlanta coffeehouse has new hours, too.
EAST ATLANTA — Hodgepodge Coffeehouse and Gallery are set to celebrate their one year anniversary this month. Our plans for the new year begin by expanding our food menu to include a brunch on the weekends that will have you salivating at a mere glance of the menu. The wildly talented Chris McClain has created offerings that allow options for carnivores, vegetarians, vegans, gluten free and Paleo diets. Starting out as a dishwasher at a retirement home at 15 years old, Chris has cooked a variety of styles from fry-food fish stacks to made from scratch fine dining. Graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla., Chris couldn’t be a more perfect fit for the Hodgepodge team. The weekend Brunch menu…
Monday, December 3, 2012
Cash and safe stolen from East Atlanta coffee shop in overnight break-in.
Atlanta police say someone broke into the Hodgepodge Coffeehouse and Gallery in the early morning hours of Dec. 3. and stole an undetermined amount of cash, as well as a small safe. The burglar apparently tripped an alarm when he or she broke out a window around 12 a.m. The alarm company then called police, Atlanta police spokesman Sgt. Gregory Lyon told East Atlanta Patch.


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Our second year in New Orleans as a team. REVERIE opened Bayou St. Blonde, a show presented by The Left Brian Group. Garrett Markenson, with the help of Roxie, Joi, and Katie presented 5 models. The art direction was centered around "BANGS" provocateur. Gamine Vanguard inspiration to liberate and diversify. Javier did the Make Up focusing on eyes, while complimenting the bangs. Overall a modern minimal finished look. The show was sold out with over 200 hairdressers from around the country. REVERIE MAPS ZERO launched. A magazine created by Garrett and produced by FISK. MAPS is an amalgamation of style, culture, and travel. A reimagination of the way we think about hair and styling. It’s a collaborative en- deavor as well. An endeavor that seeks to open doors, make you think or just be. We also launched limited edition "COIFF YOU" crew sweatshirt that sold out. The trip was a success, filled with good food and beignets!!
Today we celebrated Caitlin and her hair painting skills. She led a class teaching us step by step her methods and techniques. Education is essential in a hairdressers growth and success. We are constantly talking class all over but nothing is more special than to watch a Coiffure Team Member shine.
NOW AVAILABLE IN SALON ONLY. VALENCIAGA AND COIFF YOU
On January 27th Joi completed her assistantship with Garrett Markenson. She presented her creative presentation
Celebrating 9 years of great Coiff's! We launch our first apparel collection fall 2018. "COIFF YOU," "VALENCIAGA," and "MID-TOWN COIFF." A clean minimalistic aesthetic and local inspiration taking from our salon culture. These shirts and sweatshirts are incredibly soft and are made of a trip-blend. Fitted with our own custom tag logo and handcrafted in Los Angles.
HAIR AND PHOTOGRAPHY GARRETT MARKENSON
MAKE UP JAVIER MENA
ASSISTANT JOI WEBB
We got the team together for a good scare. The Los Angles Haunted Hayride is a seasonal experience. The ride take you through the old Zoo at Griffith Park. As you can image on team had its good share of screams. Today also happened to be our manager and make-up artist Javier's Birthday. After we went to Bar Stella in Silverlake for cocktails and hair talk.
These are a few of our favorite things...
Coffee Undergrounds Coffeehouse
Workout Pilates Plus
Breakfast Kathy's Cafe and Deli
Visit Vasquez Rocks
Hike Towsely Canyon
Experience The Organic Sweat Shack
Lunch The Daily Harvest Cafe
Newsstand Cigar and News
Visit Heritage Junction
Drink Saugus Cafe
Visit Western Walk of Stars
Dinner Newhall Refinery
Local Brewery Wolf Creek
HAIR AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY GARRETT MARKENSON
MAKE UP JAVIER MENA
ASSISTANTS KATIE AND JOI
May 21st, 2017 - Tour de Coiffure team got their ride on at the 5th Annual Tour de Pier at the iconicManhattan Beach Strand. At this event we rode stationary bikes to help raise money for Pancreatic cancer research. A wonderful time was had by all involved!!
We are humbled and proud to share that together we raised $1.25 million this past Sunday, bringing our five year total to more than $4 million. A most heartfelt thank you to everyone who cycled, cheered, volunteered and donated to the 5th Annual Skechers Tour de Pier in support of the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, the Uncle Kory Foundation and the Cancer Support Community Redondo Beach. We are filled with gratitude for all those who shared their talents, time, treasure and passion to make Tour de Pier 2017 the best one yet!
New Orleans, Louisiana— February 2, 2017, The Left Brain Group, the premier boutique talent agency, representing hairdressers, impassioned artists and image- makers within hair and beauty, hosted their first ever 2-day lifestyle event on January 29th and 30th, entitled Bayou St. Blonde.
This one of a kind immersive experience showcased 12 elite artists as they explored
7 local spaces, bringing their canvas to life, with New Orleans serving as its backdrop; drawing on the convergence of fashion and culture, alongside curated pieces with local artists. “I set out to create an intimate event where the audience can observe the artists in motion, hear their brand stories and experience the city of New Orleans, up close and personal...aka a Hair-Cation,” said Aryn Detres, President, The Left Brain Group.
The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum played host to Garrett Markenson, founder of REVERIE, Haircare Reimagined. NOPM highlighted the blurred dichotomy between our past of bloodletting, surgical instruments, potions, elixirs and hand-blown apothecary bottles filled with crude drugs, medicine herbs, and “gris-gris” potions used by Voodoo practitioners and the modernity and care of product design today. Inspired by the mystery and mood of the space, the courtyard was designed to resemble a seance circle, lined with candles hand painted by local artist David Moore (aka Zombieboy), while models wore custom headpieces designed by Chloe Rose of GypsyJunk.
Markenson presented three stunning looks including a haircut on model Wednesday Tomorrow Bird which was a continuation of a collaborative color story with Whittemore House co-owner, Larry Raspanti showcasing their new revolutionary lightening powder, HAIR PAINTTM. The end result was very effective, modern short bob with a microbang; full of dimension, movement and interest.
The photo story shot by Carlos Detres was inspired by E.J. Bullocq, the myth of Storyville and the mystique of New Orleans.
Hair: Garrett Markenson
Hair Color: Larry Raspanti (Whittemore House) Styling: Erik John
Make-Up: Javier Mena
Wardrobe: Ali McNally
Models: (blonde) Caroline @FiftyTwo45 (redhead) Olivia @FiftyTwo45
Wednesday Tomorrow Bird
Photography by Monty
Time flys when you have great hair. We have been in business since November of 2008. Now located one year at our new mid-town space. We are so grateful for every client and stylist that has been a part of our journey. We created a limited edition candle to celebrate our anniversary. COIFFURE by Boy Smells Modern candle makers is available in our salon and online at gmreverie.com This signature scent will be burning in our salon as we prepare your hair for the season and new year. Happy holidays from all of us!