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A man was arrested after a shooting at a Fairfield gas station Sunday night left a 30-year-old man dead and another male victim with life-threatening injuries, police said.
Officers responded just before midnight to a report of a fight and shots fired on the 2300 block of North Texas Street, where they found two males with gunshot wounds.
The 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second victim was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, Fairfield police said.
A third person, identified as 22-year-old Souljah Corbin, later walked into an emergency room with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, authorities said. Hospital staff notified law enforcement, which identified Corbin as a person involved in the shooting.
Corbin was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, according to Fairfield police.
Investigators “are looking into the motive for the shooting, but this is not believed to be a random act,” officials said.
The shooting is Fairfield’s first homicide of 2019, said Sgt. Matt Bloesch, a Fairfield police spokesman.
Gwendolyn Wu is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: email@example.com Twitter: @gwendolynawu


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RALEIGH, NC – The NAACP North Carolina State Conference is troubled over the announcement made by GOP lawmakers, including Sen. Ralph Hise, regarding their intention to introduce stricter rules for election procedures in our state. The recent consultation with lawyer Cleta Mitchell, known for her involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, raises serious questions about the motivations behind these proposed changes.
NAACP North Carolina President Deborah Maxwell said: “The involvement of Cleta Mitchell, who played a prominent role in attempts to undermine the democratic process, is deeply troubling. It raises doubts about the true intentions of these proposed election measures and threatens the integrity of our elections. We must ensure that any changes to election procedures prioritize fairness, transparency, and equal access to the ballot box for all North Carolinians.”
NAACP North Carolina Political Action Chair Matt Hughes added, “The lack of transparency surrounding the contents of the proposed bill is alarming. The vague references to ‘technical glitches’ and ‘data sharing issues’ leave room for potential voter disenfranchisement. We demand that GOP lawmakers immediately release the full details of the bill and engage in an open and inclusive dialogue with community leaders and civil rights organizations. The voices of all stakeholders must be heard to ensure that our election procedures remain fair, equitable, and protect the rights of all voters.”
The NAACP North Carolina State Conference emphasizes the importance of preserving and expanding the right to vote, which is the foundation of our democracy. Any changes to election procedures must be rooted in principles of accessibility, inclusivity, and the protection of every citizen’s right to participate in the electoral process.
The NAACP North Carolina State Conference calls on GOP lawmakers to provide full transparency by releasing the complete details of the proposed bill. We urge them to engage in meaningful dialogue with community leaders, civil rights organizations, and all stakeholders to ensure that any changes to election procedures are fair, just, and do not disproportionately impact marginalized communities.
The NAACP North Carolina State Conference remains vigilant in protecting the voting rights of all North Carolinians. We will closely monitor the developments surrounding this proposed legislation and stand ready to take action to safeguard the integrity of our democratic process.

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In early December, the Teamwork Englewood office received an anonymous call from an affiliate of the Chicago Department of Public Health alerting them that the Englewood STI Specialty Clinic—one of four city-run clinics offering free testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections—would be shutting down.
On December 11, Nicole Johnson sent out an email to the neighborhood’s Health & Wellness Task Force, of which she is a member, outlining her concerns: that Englewood residents without health insurance would be left without reproductive healthcare; that walk-in treatment and testing for HIV and other STIs would cease to be available in the neighborhood; and that this marks a continuing trend of public disinvestment from Englewood.
“The city has this incessant reliance on private services to address public needs,” she wrote.
The city clinic, housed in the basement of 641 West 63rd Street in the same building as a University of Illinois-Chicago Mile Square Health Center and a Howard Brown Health Clinic, ceased operations on January 12.
According to a CDPH spokesperson, federal funding cuts prompted the clinic’s closure. These cuts, paradoxically, resulted from Chicago’s recent success in HIV prevention and treatment.
“This past year, the number of new HIV infections hit an all-time low for Chicago and we remain committed to completely eliminating HIV infections within the next ten years. […] Because of the progress we have made in achieving historic lows in new HIV infections, Chicago will receive less federal grant money in 2018,” the CDPH said in a statement.
It’s true that new HIV diagnoses are at a record low in Chicago—just last month, Rahm Emanuel’s office announced that diagnoses are down fifty-five percent from 2001, and that eighty percent of those newly diagnosed are linked to medical care within a month. As the city released this data, Emanuel also announced Chicago’s participation in the international Fast-Track Cities initiative, becoming the fifteenth city in the United States working to hit the United Nations’ HIV eradication targets by 2020.
However, these encouraging numbers are not distributed evenly throughout Chicago, which the city’s 2017 HIV/STI Surveillance Report notes. “There are health disparities when it comes to STI infections. Specifically, infections are concentrated in high hardship, low childhood opportunity community areas and among specific populations,” CDPH Commissioner Julie Morita wrote in the report’s introduction. “Black women accounted for nearly 27 percent of all chlamydia cases in 2016, and Black men nearly 22 percent of all gonorrhea cases in 2016, while they only account for 17 and 14 percent of Chicago’s adult population respectively.”
The mayor’s press release around the report acknowledges and addresses this disparity specifically regarding HIV: “While Chicago has seen declines across all ethnic groups over the past several years, African American men between 20-29 years of age continue to face disproportionately high rates of infection. As such, CDPH and its partners will continue to focus resources specifically toward closing this disparity.”
Englewood would be an ideal locale for the mayor to bring his commitment to young Black men into practice.
“We have high numbers of HIV incidence,” said Michelle Rashad, a chair of the Englewood Health & Wellness Task Force. She cites numbers from the Chicago Health Atlas: Englewood’s rate of HIV incidence (that is, the number of new cases identified in a year) is 50.7 per 100,000 in comparison to the Chicago average of 34.2 per 100,000.
“So we know HIV is an issue. The fact that funding is being cut from it is shocking. It’s shocking especially because there’s always a need, but someone makes the decision that that need isn’t a priority and cuts the funding. That’s just very disheartening,” said Rashad.
“This follows a larger trend of CDPH putting off direct provision of care into the hands of not-for-profit providers,” said MJ Johnson, a community health worker from Englewood and Community Engagement Specialist at the University of Chicago’s Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry & Innovation in Sexual & Reproductive Health (Ci3). “This is the continuation of that trend, even given the funding concerns and the oddity of the timing. It is part of a pattern that’s been established.”
Listen to former Weekly editor-in-chief Bea Malsky discuss this story on the January 23 episode of SSW Radio, the Weekly’s radio hour on WHPK:
HIV—human immunodeficiency virus—has always been a disease of the marginalized in this country, a slow-building illness stigmatized and rendered invisible by interlocking prejudices surrounding queerness, poverty, and Blackness. Left untreated, HIV develops into AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS prompts a failure of the human immune system, and, until recently, was a death sentence.
With recent advancements in antiretroviral therapy and preventative care, AIDS is now a condition many people live with. The Center for Disease Control estimates that there are roughly 1.2 million people in the United States living with HIV. However, testing is critical: it must be treated early in order to be managed, and the CDC estimates that one-eighth of those 1.2 million are not aware that they are infected.
To have HIV/AIDS is to become individually vulnerable to opportunistic infections, and to live in a community without adequate healthcare resources is to become collectively vulnerable. Two driving forces behind the dropping HIV rates in Chicago are both under threat by the current federal administration: the availability of a preventative pill called PrEP, which must be taken daily to maintain its effectiveness, and the Affordable Care Act.
Since being signed into law in 2010, the ACA has allowed an estimated 12,000 Illinois residents living with HIV to access regular and affordable care. Without insurance, typical medical costs for yearly treatment range from $20,000 to $30,000. “Life happens, and people say, do I pay the rent, or do I pick up my medications? People start making choices,” David Ernesto Munar, president and CEO of Howard Brown, told the Chicago Tribune late last year. The Chicago Health Atlas estimates that twenty-two percent of Englewood residents are uninsured.
There are two clinics remaining in the building on 63rd Street: Howard Brown and UIC Mile Square. The city says that these two will pick up the slack left by the closure of the city clinic, and Maya Green, site medical director of Howard Brown’s 63rd Street location, reports that they started providing walk-in services this month.
“Approximately twenty to twenty-five walk-in patients a day were estimated by the city and we expect that we will absorb those in collaboration with our other partners in the building,” she said. “We anticipate being able to serve Englewood’s sexual health needs through our walk-in clinic, as we have an excellent history in Chicago of providing these services at our other North Side locations.” Both remaining clinics provide treatment on a sliding payment scale for uninsured visitors.
With the threat of dwindling public resources, the Englewood Health & Wellness Task Force is working on next steps, including a Health Navigators program that would help residents locate and use existing resources in the neighborhood. They continue to advocate for ample, affordable, and accessible care.
“How are we actually improving people’s livelihoods so that they can be healthy and have consistent access to healthcare outside of a crisis?” Johnson asked. “I’m thinking about communities like Englewood or Austin or Roseland, which are sitting at intersections that are hyper-vulnerable to infectious diseases. More than just increasing funding for HIV care, we need social services in the area, and a commitment from public institutions. And that’s not happening.”
Update (1/26/2018): After the publication of this article, the CDPH provided the following information: The Howard Brown and UIC Mile Square clinics are planning to increase their capacity in order to see 200 patients a day, though neither clinic is receiving new funding from the CDPH for their increased walk-in services.
Bea Malsky works at Ci3, a public health research and policy lab with a focus on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

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From ancient South Indian temples to the finest Mughal ruins, Indian architecture is as old as civilization itself. The earliest traces of recognizable building activity in India can be traced back to the settlements of the Indus Valley. India is home to a myriad of temples, Baroque, and modernistic structures that tell the stories of their era. UNESCO lists 830 World Heritage Sites, 26 of which are on Indian soil.
India has seen a variety of architectural styles emerge over the course of its history. Some examples include temple architecture, Mughal architecture, Dravidian architecture, Sikh architecture, and cave architecture. Many early Indian buildings were made of wood, which was often decayed, burned, or brick that has been removed for reuse. Over millennia, it has progressed from small rock-cut cave shrines to huge temples that have extended across the Indian subcontinent and beyond, forming a style that is now seen in contemporary Hindu temples across the world.
In the first century CE, buildings were constructed to house a holy symbol of a certain deity, which could then be adorned with sculptural figures of them to remember their mythological adventures and provide a place for worshippers to leave offerings and perform rituals. As a god’s home, the temple was considered a holy place where heaven and earth met, supplying them with a magnificent palace. Temple architecture has a long history in India. It has developed in all regions of the country. Despite the fact that the style’s roots are the same, there is a significant distinction and variation in architectural styles in temple architecture. This variation is primarily due to India’s geographical, climatic, racial, ethnic and historical diversity. There are three broad styles of Indian temple architecture: Nagara (northern style), Vesara (mixed style), and Dravida (southern style). Each of these types has its own distinct cultural influences and lineages. Hindu temple architecture represents a fusion of arts, dharmic ideas, convictions, traditions, and the Hindu way of life.
Mughal architecture is a distinct Indo-Islamic architectural style that evolved in Northern and central India from the 16th to the 18th century under the patronage of Mughal emperors. It’s a stunning symmetrical and decorative style of Persian, Turkish, and Indian architecture. Some of the most unforgettable Mughal architecture was created during Akbar the Great’s reign (1556-1605) and under the vision of Shah Jahan (1628-1658). Many palaces, mosques, gardens, and mausoleums were built by Akbar the Great. His architecture is notable for the use of sandstone on a grand scale, as well as vast enclosed courtyards and doomed shallow prayer halls. One of Akbar’s most stellar achievements was the construction of his father Humayun’s tomb in Delhi. Humayun’s Tomb, commissioned by Humayun’s wife in 1562 and designed by a Persian architect, was the first garden tomb on the Indian subcontinent and the first building to use red sandstone on such a large scale. It is the first building in India to use the Persian double dome with an outer layer supporting the white marble exterior, a previously unseen material. This decorated facade style was a significant contribution to Mughal architecture in the future.
Shah Jahan’s vision brought a delicate beauty and detail to Mughal architecture. The Taj Mahal is without a doubt Shah Jahan’s most famous achievement. The Taj Mahal, located in Agra, is a white marble mausoleum constructed between 1632 and 1648 in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The palace, which reflects the Islamic garden of paradise and was built by 20,000 men, is generally considered as the greatest accomplishment in Mughal architecture. The pristine architectural masterpiece represents the best of Mughal artistic heritage in India and is widely recognized as a symbol of life, attracting about 7-8 million visitors per year.
Dravidian architecture is a temple style that originated in South India in the ninth century. It was built by the Dravidian peoples and is mostly made up of pyramid-shaped temples called Kovils. Kovils rely on intricately carved stone to construct a step pattern that includes numerous sculptures of deities, warriors, kings and dancers. Many temples in Tamil Nadu are immersed in mythology and antiquity, dating back centuries to when numerous powerful dynasties dominated southern India and beyond. The Dravidian architectural style has its origins in the reign of the Pallava dynasty. The Pallava architecture’s crowning achievement is the rock-cut Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This group includes excavated pillared halls with no exterior roof other than the natural rock and monolithic shrines where the natural rock is completely cut away and carved. The monuments are a combination of faith, religion, history, and mythology, formed by rocks or boulders, combining nature and sculpture.
Sikh architecture is another popular architectural style in India. Sikh architecture is a world-renowned architectural style that is distinguished by qualities such as progressiveness, elegance, intricacy, austere simplicity, and flowing lines. It is increasingly expanding into new branches of new contemporary styles as a result of its modern progressive approach. While Sikh architecture was built within Sikhism 300 years ago, its beauty has led to its use in many non-religious buildings today. The gurdwara is a religious structure in Sikh architecture that houses the Guru of the Sikhs. Sikh temples are massive commemorative structures associated with the ten Sikh Gurus or with historical sites and events. Gurudwaras have entrances on all sides, indicating that they are accessible to all people without any distinction. This attribute represents the fundamental tenet of Sikh religion, which hails God as omnipresent.
The cave architecture in India is suspected to have begun during ancient times, when Buddhist and Jain monks used the structures for worship and residence. Early examples of architectural craftsmanship on such structures include rock-cut patterns carved on overhanging rocks. Caves excavated from massive rocks gradually evolved due to their longevity in contrast to other structural materials such as wood. Some of the most important caves in India include Ellora Caves, Ajanta Caves, Badami Caves, Karla Caves, and Elephanta Caves. The Ellora Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are among the world’s largest rock-cut caves. The site contains over 100 caves that house monasteries and temples. It exhibits Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism art and architecture from 600 CE to 1000 CE. The caves were carved out of volcanic basalt cliff rock in the Charanandri hills with Cave 16 of Ellora being the world’s largest monolithic rock excavation in the form of a chariot called the Kailasha temple. In the eighth century, King Krishna I commissioned the temple, dedicating it to Lord Shiva. The cave has been around for over a century and houses deities and mythologies from Shaktism and Vaishnavism.
For millennia, Indian architecture has gained notoriety. It has been categorized into various styles and forms, each with its own individuality and speciality. Indian architecture is deeply rooted in the country’s heritage, culture, and religion. It contains elements that have flourished over centuries and continue to be influential in the modern era. Indian architecture encompassess areas that have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, emphasizing the significance of their protection.

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With five album releases, years of extensive touring and some of the most brazen, callous and unyielding death metal to date, Auckland based trio ULCERATE have become one of the forerunners of the angular death metal class.
I made contact with drummer Jamie Saint Merat to discuss the early days of death metal in New Zealand, the impulsions that drive his twisted and atypically disjointed artistry, and what’s on the horizon for Ulcerate.
Originally formed as BLOODWREATH in 2000, the band changed their name to ULCERATE in 2002 and went on to release two demos; 2003’s self-titled release and then ‘The Coming of Genocide’ in 2004, before embarking on their first full-length album ‘Of Fracture and Failure’ in 2007.
What was the reason behind the name change early on and how was the process of finding your feet as a band and putting these early releases together?
- As far as I can remember, the name change was dictated by a style change. Prior to our first demo the material, being teenagers, was kind of all over the place thematically and style-wise, and when it came to recording the demo we thought that taking the name of one of the new tracks ‘Ulceration’ and shortening it made sense. The first two demos weren’t even really initially considered as releases, just internal recordings to literally demo the material. But they both came out ok, and in hindsight were vital to us getting exposure outside of our tiny island. You have to remember that this was still the age of CD-Rs and trading, long before platforms like YouTube, Bandcamp, Facebook etc. even existed.
The extreme scene at that time was small and close-knit, with a lot of the bands comprised of shared members.
Auckland’s best bands at that time were made up of probably only 10-15 people. I think we all have fond memories of that time - there was a lot of experimentation and a disregard for musical orthodoxy that I haven’t seen in years here, unfortunately. The internet homogeny hadn’t yet begun, and the feeling of geographic isolation was a very real thing.
It wasn’t until 2009’s ‘Everything is Fire’ that the atonal, angular and all-round unfriendly sound that Ulcerate would come to be epitomised by took shape, although one could argue that there were inklings of these ingredients present on ‘Of Fracture and Failure’.
When you guys sat down and started putting ‘Everything is Fire’ together, was there a conscious decision to take the sound in this direction, or was this simply an expression of where you were as a creative hub at the time?
- Yeah, a very conscious decision. It was the first album that became the blueprint for how we work still to this day in terms of rationalising a focused direction from the outset. Both the demo material and first album were written over a much more disparate time period, and the first album especially, we all agree, is an unfocused mess… but a necessary exploration and transition out of our more derivate demo material.
My first exposure to Ulcerate was around this time. I can recall being at Melbourne’s famed Arthouse in 2010 with a bandmate who had insisted I attend the gig. Firstly, because the venue was soon to close its doors, and secondly, to see “this insane fucking band from New Zealand”. I remember being audibly smashed in the face for the better part of 45 minutes and left satisfied and enthralled with a copy of the album in hand.
Do you have any memories, fond or otherwise from this time at all? I’m going to assume that, like most other bands, you guys have seen your fair share of chaos whilst on the road…
- The only feelings I really remember from those first international forays were somewhat uncomfortable conditions in us trying to deliver what we believed we could deliver. Touring is an expensive endeavour, and when we first started going out and doing our own shows there were a lot of compromises that had to be made from a financial standpoint that impacted how we travelled, options for consistency of gear from night-to-night, and a somewhat naive approach in who we had booking shows and curating lineups.
But the experience of travelling and performing night-to-night is highly addictive - the three of us became hooked and it is yet to release its stronghold on us. Being able to play on the other side of the world and attract an audience is still a humbling experience, particularly going into this with the mindset that we’re making music for ourselves first and foremost.
The band’s next album, 2011’s ‘The Destroyers of All’, saw an influx of attention, serious touring and praise from almost every corner of the extreme metal collective. This release was accompanied by a noticeable jump in production and a polishing of composition in general. It is as though the band had not only discovered itself, but had matured with that knowledge.
I should mention that, aside from being one of the most impressive percussionists within extreme metal’s ranks, Jamie is also responsible for engineering, mixing and mastering Ulcerate’s albums as well as putting together all of the band’s artwork and visual counterparts.
How is it that you came to take the reins of all of these roles within the band? How long have you been into the recording side of things and where do the images you create for Ulcerate come from?
- Pure necessity to be honest. As I mentioned earlier - growing up pre-modern internet, the options were extremely limited for us in NZ. At the time, there were literally no studios here that had produced any true metal that was export-worthy, and no visual artists at the time that were creating anything that felt like it meshed with our vision. So combine a specific vision with a lack of external resources and a student budget, and the options soon narrow.
My interest in recording came about at high school - again, pre-Pro Tools explosion, so we were tracking demos on four-track tape recorders and mini systems with mic capabilities. From there, I graduated to crude digital (‘The Coming of Genocide’ with a single mic for the entire drum kit, for example), and eventually, we invested in a pro set of mics, an entry-level audio interface and mic preamps by the time we came to track the first album. And from there, it’s just been iterations of that process plus gear upgrades and accumulation.
The same goes for the visual aspect. My career outside of the band is in design so it’s a natural extension. I never really even questioned that there would be another way of going about that. In terms of the imagery, it’s a visual exploration of the sonic and lyrical manifestation. The visual and aural aspects are symbiotic, and co-exist to serve each other.
In 2013 Ulcerate released a different kind of monster; ‘Vermis’. Although this album carries the hallmark Ulcerate atmosphere and, to a certain degree, riff work, there is a far deeper and darker feel to it- an overall sense of dread and disdain. Album opener ‘Odium’ provides an apprehensive and sinister tone not found in previous works, and this feeling is present throughout the entire release.
The accompanying artwork only adds to the album’s precarious nature, exhibiting, from what I can make out at least, something along the lines of bile, maggots and concrete.
Was there a particular event or situation that contributed to this album sounding the way it does, or was this just the natural progression of Ulcerate?
- That came about fairly naturally after reflections, and hindsight, on what we thought were weaknesses with ‘The Destroyers of All’. That album was intentionally polished by our standards, and even though a lot of the material is strong, the execution is not filthy enough for us. So we pushed that side of things a lot further and really hammered home the uncomfortableness. A lot of our favourite records from the past are incredibly unpolished and I don’t think any of us want to fall into the trap of ‘safe’ sounding extreme metal. I find that completely antithetical, and unfortunately, it is how most of the records released in the wider metal genre sound these days. We’ve always hated the ‘technical’ category that we somehow get lumped in with, so anything we can do to raise a middle finger to that ethos, we’ll gladly oblige.
Ulcerate’s most recent offering is ‘Shrines of Paralysis’ which was released in October of 2016. This album, not unlike ‘The Destroyers of All’ comes across as another expression of growth and self-realisation. It retains a healthy dose of the tenseness and uneasy atmosphere of ‘Vermis’ whilst bringing back elements of previous efforts, repute with staunch, aggressive riffs to debilitating technicality when the right moment presents itself. All in all, ‘Shrines of Paralysis’ could be seen as the accumulative product of the past decade of musical adventure, and it appears that the band has spent an inordinate amount of time on the road since its release.
How do you see ‘Shrines…’ in relation to the band’s discography, and how has touring in support of it been treating you guys?
- Yeah I guess that sounds valid. It’s also us making a sideways move away from impenetrable dissonance 80-90% of the time and exploring power in hooks, which will segue way nicely into the new material, where almost all of the dissonance has been removed. What we found when writing ‘Shrines…’, and what we’re finding even more-so now, is that there is a very strong melodic identity we’ve had since ‘…Fire’ that makes our strongest work memorable, so we need to capitalise on this for us to move forward in an honest way. We’ve also been feeling fatigued from the sheer amount of bands that are now pedalling a dissonant sound, so we need to distance ourselves a little from that and find the characteristics of our sound that are uniquely ours.
Touring has been better than ever at this point. Larger crowds, better festivals, and more territory than ever previously covered. Excited to see what the future holds.
It’s been two and a half years since ‘Shrines...’, have you got anything in the works that you can talk about? What can we expect from Ulcerate moving forward?
- We’re nearing completion on the writing and pre-production of album six, as mentioned earlier. We’ve been taking our time to ensure that the material is incredibly strong and that each individual track has its own fully-formed identity. We’re looking to track within the last quarter of this year, with a 2020 release via a new partnership with DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS.
Other than that, we head to Turkey, Europe and the UK shortly for two festivals and a small run of headline dates for territories we haven't been able to hit prior - highly anticipated from our side.
This interview is featured in the print edition of Inner Missive #2, alongside discussions with THY DARKENED SHADE, WOLCENSMEN, THE ANTICHRIST IMPERIUM, ART AS CATHARSIS, ALTARS, GRIFT, ALTARAGE, ADRIAN BAXTER, PRIMITIVE MAN, COSMIC PUTREFACTION, EMYN MUIL, GIGAN, BYRDI, SLUDGE and ÖXXÖ XÖÖX.


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Motel 6 Big Bear in Big Bear Lake, is an affordable, pleasant hotel in the Big Bear Lake region of California. Hiking, skiing, bike trails and more, are what have made this area a destination for both young families and seniors alike. Set up in the hills, Motel 6 Big Bear offers 120 air conditioned, clean rooms with 10% off for seniors. A common area is available, complete with coffee and tea. Complimentary Wi-Fi access is included with each reservation. Laundry facilities are on site and rooms are cleaned daily. A person is always available at the hotel desk for 24 service. Winter adventurers find Motel 6 Big Bear is a perfect way to visit the vast Lake area and all nature has to offer. Guests who love to ski are 2.7 miles from Snow Summit and 3.1 miles from the Big Bear ski area. Snow Summit and Big Bear have peaks at 8200 feet, and 8500 feet respectively. These slopes offer the finest skiing of Southern California. Motel 6 Big Bear provides easy access to both. In warmer weather, Motel 6 Big Bear is located less than 5 miles from golf courses as well. Motel 6 Big Bear is only a 2.8 miles from the Big Bear Discovery Center where visitors may learn about the many wonders and history of this scenic area of California. Hiking and biking maps, trail guides and more are all available to guests when they visit this Discovery Center. Motel 6 Big Bear is set among the tall pines near the Lake, but still close to amenities. Restaurants, gas, and grocery stores are also nearby if needed.
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NORTH RIVER, P.E.I. — For the protection of Maritime Electrics crews, the Trans-Canada Freeway, between the North River Bridge and the North River roundabout, might be closed on October 6.
Drivers can anticipate to see site visitors restrictions and rolling closures between 9 a.m. and a pair of p.m.
There could also be some restrictions to at least one lane of site visitors and there might be a complete closure of all 4 lanes two to 3 instances all through the day for as much as two minutes at a time.
The closures are required to permit Maritime Electrical crews to work on transmission strains within the space.
Motorists are additionally reminded to decelerate and obey extra site visitors management measures to permit crews to work safely.
Whereas crews work to clear roadways and restore infrastructure, pedestrians, cyclists and motorists are reminded to maintain a protected distance from any working crews, downed energy strains and areas the place giant particles could pose a security threat.

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A music video I made in 6th form. I created this project from scratch with the help of my friends who appear in the video.
The track is a record by DJ Original Sin off Playaz Recordings - I have copyright permission to use this track by Pascal from Playaz and the man Original Sin himself.
Track: Therapy (Remix) - Original Sin
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Last night I found and finished off the last two HB servitors. I did the third/last scout sentinal for the "Tigers". And two spotters for the Cadian sniper section. I also found that one of the peices that I've been leaving out of the armoured sentinals is actually a frame for the armoured superstructure. Ho hum.
I also found a modelling shop in Sevenoaks. More glue and fresh scalpel blades - hurrah !


The city of Quezon City was established into full cityhood in 1939 and is one of 16 cities in Metro Manila. It’s a highly urbanized city with a total area of 64.17 square miles. Today, it is divided into 142 barangays and 6 districts. It is a highly sought-after location to buy a property, being home to large corporations, posh hotels, and executive residential villages and subdivisions. Quezon City is well-loved by everyone even by visitors from other nearby cities like Pasig, Taguig, Mandaluyong, and Makati, and of course, the tourists.
In Quezon City, one can find popular tourist spots like:
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Quezon City offers something for everyone. Tomas Morato is a popular after-work hangout spot in the city, while Art in Island is a must-visit for families and kids to enjoy. Apart from its exciting lifestyle, the city is known for its thriving business district. Surrounding it are many residential towers with condo for sale in Quezon City.
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Monday-Saturday 5:30pm-12am, closed Sundays.
- 63 m from Shibuya Station Fukutoshin Line (C16)Ginza Line (G1)Hanzomon Line (Z1)Yamanote Line (JY20)Keio Inokashira Line (IN1)Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line (DT1)Tōkyū Tōyoko Line (TY1)
- 0.7 km from Shinsen Station Keio Inokashira Line (IN2)
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Starbucks – Shibuya Crossing
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About 74% of schizophrenia patients discontinue use within 18 months of therapy due to either poor tolerability of incomplete efficacy. This underscores the need for novel and more effective therapeutic targets for schizophrenia treatment. Recent clinical studies suggested that the metabotropic glutamate 2/3 receptor (mGlu2/3) agonist LY2140023 had antipsychotic properties, providing a new alternative for the treatment of schizophrenia. Unfortunately, follow-up studies with LY2140023 showed either inconclusive results, or clinical outcomes that were not different from placebo. Our published data demonstrated that chronic treatment with atypical antipsychotics, such as with clozapine or risperidone, but not with typical antipsychotics, such as haloperidol, induces repressive histone modifications at the mGlu2 (Grm2) promoter in mouse and human frontal cortex. Remarkably, the translational significance of our preclinical findings has been validated by a recent post-hoc analysis: patients previously treated with typical antipsychotics responded to LY2140023, whereas the effects of LY2140023 in patients previously exposed to atypical antipsychotics did not differ from placebo. Our published and preliminary data also suggest that these repressive epigenetic modifications occurred through a signaling mechanism that requires a serotonin 5-HT2A receptor (5HT2A)-dependent enhancement of NF-?B transcriptional function via I?B?, which is followed by NF-?B-dependent up-regulation and increased binding of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) to the mGlu2 promoter. We have focused our investigation on the potential role of HDAC2 as the basic molecular mechanism underlying down-regulation of mGlu2 expression after chronic antipsychotic drug treatment. Our results are expected to provide a route to the identification of new and more effective epigenetic drugs to improve the currently limited response to treatment with glutamate antipsychotics.
Schizophrenia is a chronic, debilitating psychotic mental disorder that affects about 1% of the population worldwide. We have discovered that administration of histone deacetylase inhibitors prevents repressive epigenetic changes induced by chronic treatment with atypical antipsychotic drugs, augmenting therapeutic- related effects in rodent models. A better understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms through which histone deacetylase inhibitors potentiate the biochemical and behavioral responses to antipsychotic drugs will help in discovering more effective treatments to improve the clinical efficacy of the currently available antipsychotic medications.
|Mato, Susana; Pilar-Cuéllar, Fuencisla; Valdizán, Elsa M et al. (2018) Selective up-regulation of cannabinoid CB1 receptor coupling to Go-proteins in suicide victims with mood disorders. Biochem Pharmacol 157:258-265|
|de la Fuente Revenga, Mario; Ibi, Daisuke; Saunders, Justin M et al. (2018) HDAC2-dependent Antipsychotic-like Effects of Chronic Treatment with the HDAC Inhibitor SAHA in Mice. Neuroscience 388:102-117|
|Ma, Sai; de la Fuente Revenga, Mario; Sun, Zhixiong et al. (2018) Cell-type-specific brain methylomes profiled via ultralow-input microfluidics. Nat Biomed Eng 2:183-194|
|Fomsgaard, Luna; Moreno, Jose L; de la Fuente Revenga, Mario et al. (2018) Differences in 5-HT2A and mGlu2 Receptor Expression Levels and Repressive Epigenetic Modifications at the 5-HT2A Promoter Region in the Roman Low- (RLA-I) and High- (RHA-I) Avoidance Rat Strains. Mol Neurobiol 55:1998-2012|
|Mitchell, A C; Javidfar, B; Pothula, V et al. (2018) MEF2C transcription factor is associated with the genetic and epigenetic risk architecture of schizophrenia and improves cognition in mice. Mol Psychiatry 23:123-132|
|Hideshima, Kelsey S; Hojati, Ashkhan; Saunders, Justin M et al. (2018) Role of mGlu2 in the 5-HT2A receptor-dependent antipsychotic activity of clozapine in mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl) :|
|López-Giménez, Juan F; González-Maeso, Javier (2018) Hallucinogens and Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptor-Mediated Signaling Pathways. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 36:45-73|
|Lopez-Gimenez, Juan F; de la Fuente Revenga, Mario; Ruso-Julve, Fulgencio et al. (2017) Validation of schizophrenia gene expression profile in a preclinical model of maternal infection during pregnancy. Schizophr Res 189:217-218|
|Fribourg, Miguel; Logothetis, Diomedes E; González-Maeso, Javier et al. (2017) Elucidation of molecular kinetic schemes from macroscopic traces using system identification. PLoS Comput Biol 13:e1005376|
|Ibi, Daisuke; de la Fuente Revenga, Mario; Kezunovic, Nebojsa et al. (2017) Antipsychotic-induced Hdac2 transcription via NF-?B leads to synaptic and cognitive side effects. Nat Neurosci 20:1247-1259|
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The RLP lens opening is more narrow than the FLP lens and there are constraints on fitting the sensor into the lens (from a width perspective). Additionally, the overall coverage of this sensor will be diminished due to the sensor being regressed a few inches into the housing. Finally, there is not enough room inside the fixture between the RLP lens and the back of the housing to fit the sensor.
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§ 16. Richard Younger-Ross
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the threat to strategic road and rail routes from global warming.
§ Mr. McNulty
The Department is aware that climate change will have a profound impact on both the Department's work and that of the delivery agencies. To this end, assessments have been made by the Department, the Rail Safety and Standards Board and the Highways Agency. The Department's report can be found on our website and copies of this and of the other reports can be found in both libraries of the House.

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It’s half term this week (yay!) so our weekly meal plan is going to incorporate the kids helping in the kitchen as much as possible. I often get the kids involved in making our meals as I find they are more likely to eat them. Not only that but it’s also teaching them a valuable skill for when they grow up.
Our weekly meal plan – 10th February 2018
Monday – Stir fry, using leftover pork (for the rest of the family), any veg we have in the fridge/freezer and noodles from the pantry. I’ll have this meat free.
Tuesday – Pancakes, it’s pancake day so we will be having pancakes. We might just have lots of sweet pancakes or I might make a savoury topping with things I can find already in the kitchen.
Wednesday – Curry, using up the leftover roast pork. I have a portion of my veggie curry in the freezer which I’ll defrost and heat up.
Thursday – Pasta with tomato and veggie sauce. A nice simple meal.
Friday – Freezer food, eating up what we already have in the fridge and freezer. This gives us an opportunity to eat up any leftovers from the week and make some extra freezer space.
Saturday – Calzone, Katy has inspired this one! I’ve never made it before so I will be using her recipe.
Sunday – Sausage and mash, this is a meal we all love. I have Linda McCartney sausages while the rest of the family have regular sausages.
Leftover veggie curry 🍛 made in the slow cooker Chop up any leftover veg you have (I used onions, courgette, pepper, sweet potato🍠 and a few mushrooms) and throw them in your slow cooker. Add a tin of chopped tomatoes 🍅 Throw in a couple of teaspoons of garam masala Mix together and turn the slow cooker on high 6 hours or low 4 hours. Cook rice to packet instructions then plate up with some posh coriander 🌿 to make it look fancy 😜 #fancyfood #frugalfood #frugalfoodie #frugalvegan #curryandrice #coriander #veganuary2018 #veganfood #foodshare #foodporn #foodphotography #foodblogger #foodie #buzzfeedfood #frugalliving #foodlover #foodstyle #foodstagram #foodpassion #foodinsta #foodinspo #frugalmeals #mealprepideas #mealplanning #mealshare #cheapmeals #cheapfood #mealplan #mealplans #quickhealthymeals


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Great stuff. I found the enemies aim was too brutal heheh
A great retro shooter A great retro inspired shooter that keeps you coming back for more
Bacteria from Sinistersoft This app is absolutely fantastic. Not only do you get a true retro game that gets the blood pumping and the finger buzzing, you also find it hard to put down. Great trip down memory lane on how games used to be. EXCELLENT!!!!
A good old blast Asteroids with a purpose, plays well, looks great.
Bacteria Arcade Edition Highly addictive! A Real Retro Bast!
Hopefully fixed an issue with AndroidTV (Nexus Player).
Love playing retro 80s arcade games? Then you’ll love this free arcade classic!

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I have been on a zucchini kick for the last few weeks and for valid reasons. A zucchini is super low in calories and saturated fat but doesn’t come without nutrients. They are very high in fiber, protein, and vitamins A, B, and C. I cook with them often and LOVE that they are available year round.
They are pretty mild in flavor when baking them into breads and muffins which I like because I can add them in for nutrients without my family really noticing. This week I am going to share just a few of the recipes I have been making lately with zucchini.
What is your favorite zucchini recipe??


If you are looking to buy a new LED TV set, you must have now become accustomed to the word ‘screen resolution’. Previously, the only type of TV avail
If you are looking to buy a new LED TV set, you must have now become accustomed to the word ‘screen resolution’. Previously, the only type of TV available in the market was SD TV. In the past decade, HD TVs have become widely popular among Indian consumers. However, in the past few years, we have seen the rise in popularity of 4K TV sets. Now, chances are high that 8K TVs will also be introduced in the market soon. So, what is the difference between them? You will know about their differences in this article and which one of them is the ideal one to buy.
What is resolution?
While watching any picture or any video on a TV, if you notice minutely, you will find tiny dots of color. These tiny dots are called pixels and the images that you see on your TV are constituted of millions of pixels. Greater number of pixels ensures better quality of image. Therefore, resolution can be said as the total number of pixels that collectively constitute the images on the TV screen.
The resolution has become one of the most significant features to attract buyers while selling an LED TV, but it is not the only factor to get the best viewing experience. To enjoy the best quality picture, you must buy a TV set with superior high dynamic range (HDR) performance, greater contrast ratio, better brightness, and wider color gamut.
Different types of screen resolution
Standard Definition (SD)
Do you remember those old-style CRT televisions? Those were the standard definition TV models. They had a resolution of 480p or 480i, that is the number of pixels is 640 x 480. Since the number of pixels is so less, the images are also not so refined or clear. You can see the individual pixels separately if you look at the TV screen from a closer distance. The images are pixelated.
High Definition (HD)
High-definition LED TVs include resolutions of 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. In 720p, the number of pixels is 1280 x 720. This is also known as “HD Ready”. The picture quality is not as good as in 1080i or 1080p. 720p is a lower-quality HD. In 1080i and 1080p, the number of pixels is 1920 x 1080. Since the number of pixels is more, the image quality is also superior. Most of the HD TVs come with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1. Though 1080i and 1080p offer the same resolution, 1080p is more common in modern TV sets.
4K or Ultra HD
In today’s market, 4K or Ultra HD TV sets have become the most appealing feature. It is currently the best type of screen resolution available in the market. In 4K, the total number of pixels is 3840 x 2160. However, 4K gets its name from the horizontal resolution of 4,096 pixels. This is the resolution that we see in the movie theatres. The number of pixels in a picture produced by a projector in a theatre is 4096 x 2160. Therefore, while buying TVs, you will hear the term Ultra HD 4K, because it is different from that seen in the cinema halls. The number of pixels in an Ultra HD 4K LED TV set is nearly four times greater than that of a full HD LED TV.
There is a hearsay that 8K TVs will soon come to the market. However, we have to wait a few more years till 8K TVs become a reality. In 8K TV, the number of pixels is 7,680 x 4,320. It is double the number of pixels present in a 4K quality picture.
Which one to buy?
The first important factor while selecting the screen resolution is your budget. It is obvious that LED TVs with higher screen resolution will cost more. SD TVs are generally not available in the market any more so you have to go for either an HD TV or an Ultra HD 4K TV. The average cost of a 43-inch 4K LG Smart TV is between INR 30,000 and INR 40,000. The average cost of a 32-inch HD LG Smart TV is around INR 20,000.
The second factor is the quality of the content you are watching. Though HD content has become common and available, if you are watching SD content on your HD TV, then you cannot enjoy the picture quality of an HD set. Similarly, to enjoy the best picture quality in a 4K TV set, you have to watch 4K content on it. Depending on the quality of the content you are mostly watching, you must choose the screen resolution.
Lastly, the sitting distance from your TV set plays an important role in choosing the screen resolution. Greater screen resolution allows you to sit closer to your LED TV. In the case of an SD TV, you must sit at a distance three times the height of your TV screen. In the case of an HD TV, you can sit at a distance two times the height of the screen. A 4K television allows you to sit at a distance of 1.5 times the height of the screen.
Now that you have understood the difference between the different screen resolutions, you can check them out at the Bajaj Finserv EMI Network Store. In this online electronics shopping store, you can get access to more than 1.2 million products including LED TVs from different top brands. If you are looking for an LG Smart TV, you can buy one online from the EMI Store at an affordable price range.


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On October 14, 2014, as a press conference for the Shell-Sponsored Rembrandt exhibition unfolded, a group of masked protesters took over the National Gallery with songs and banners. “Museum man was keen to please, he sold his soul upon his needs,” they deplored. “Our profits are growing, the earth is dead.”
Their signs spelled out inflammatory slogans: “Sell my soul to the oil devil/art for people not profit.” The uprising, also a reaction to union workers’ issues, was rapidly repressed by security guards despite the nation’s legal right to peaceful protest.
Years later, and following the Tate’s decision to end ties with BP in 2016, these organizers’ campaign and that of other activist groups around the world has finally driven change. Culture Unstained, a research, engagement, and campaigning organization which aims to end fossil fuel’s sponsorship of cultural institutions, has uncovered documentation proving Shell’s decision to withdraw from the National Gallery in January of 2018. The organization probed the matter with a Freedom of Information request, where the decision unfolded in a series of emails. The museum, and company, had not publicized the news in the months prior to Culture Unstained’s investigation.
In response to the examination and FOI request, the National Gallery issued a 22-page “due diligence” report conducted by Dow Jones, which documented the fossil fuel corporation’s negative press on matters such as the environment, human rights, corruption, and fraud. The company is in the midst of a major trial linked to a corruption and workers’ abuse case in Nigeria.
Shell has partnered with The National Gallery since 2006, as a sponsor and as a corporate member, most recently contributing about £20,000 to £30,000 (~$26,000–39,000) per year to the museum in exchange for privileged access and brand visibility. (Government Grant-in-Aid remains the Gallery’s principal source of funds; for the year ended 31 March 2018, the amount of Grant-in-Aid allocated was over £24m). Shell also sponsors a variety of other cultural institutions, including the new Electricity: the Spark of Life exhibition at the Science and Industry Museum, kickstarting the Manchester Science Festival (another partnership that has been widely criticized).
In response to increasing public pressure, and the decision by three major Dutch museums to cancel their relationships with Shell, the company has refocused their branding from the arts to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programs and a campaign targeted towards millenials: “Make the Future Live.”
“Shell is recognizing that sponsoring the arts is no longer a boost to its reputation and retreating back to a space in science where it can get more impact and shape the narrative around climate change, because its product is becoming more unpopular by the day,” explains Chris Garrard, co-director of Culture Unstained.
Disturbingly, despite recent controversies and protests around cultural institutions’ ties with oil and arms companies, the National Gallery and governmental institutions have withdrawn from these debates.
“Ethics are constantly evolving in the arts and culture, and that line is starting to shift, particularly in terms of climate change and the report published by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” continues Garrard.
The activist pointed out the key tension in this ethical quandary: the enlightening mission of cultural institutions in democratic societies on one hand, and the increasing budget cuts to the arts and pressure from the bottom line, on the other. He worried that museums are more concerned with their board members’ interests and their brands’ reputation than with the public’s well-being, compromising their decision making.
“Museums and galleries have clear values about sharing art,” explained Garrard, “but those things are at odds with the companies they are associated with. Often these museums will have sustainability policies or ethics policies, but when it comes to funding, these values clash. Holding museums and galleries accountable is very difficult, and based on possible damage to the reputation of the museum. But it should be the other way; values should come first. Boards of trustees making those decisions are linked to donors and companies, and they aren’t representative of the public — they are often white middle-aged men. If we want to address this inconsistency, we need to look at their governance.”
The National Gallery declined to comment, instead sharing their financial statements and ethical statement, which points out that decisions regarding ethics in fundraising and potential harm to the reputation of the institution is to be determined by top management.
As for the absence of governmental control of fundraising for public institutions, it might be revealing of even deeper ethical concerns, says Garrard.
“The British government has been encouraging private sponsorships after the arts budget got cut,” he explained. “My speculation is that further investigations into sponsors would undermine this move. Shell and similar companies avoid paying tax and receive subsidies from the government and favorable tax conditions. If we made sure they paid their fair share of tax, we that money could go to arts organizations.”
In yet another horror movie that’s actually about trauma, writer-director Alex Garland makes his points bluntly, having one actor play many facets of misogyny.
Time is itself a recycling process for Cole, whose freewheeling spirit transcends linearity in his excavations of art and music history.
Installations by Jessica Campbell, Yasmine K. Kasem, Suchitra Mattai, Haleigh Nickerson, and Nyugen E. Smith are now on view at JMKAC in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
Drawing from a wide range of personal influences, McQueen deconstructed myths and facts and refashioned them into his desired story.
Intervención/Intersección, the latest venture from MASA Galería, is a humming subversion of what public art can look like.
The first global survey dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium of visual art features works by 35 contemporary artists, including Nick Cave, Kent Monkman, Louise Bourgeois, and Mary Sibande.
The phishers posted an “official minting link” to a fraudulent raffle from the famous NFT artist’s account.
Through jubilant performances and speeches, the city’s first-ever Blasian March connected the large but disparate communities.
Who says tragedy has to be tragic? Co-presented with National Black Theatre, this fresh, Pulitzer-winning take on a classic centers Black joy and liberation.
“I am an artist and a human being struggling to get out of this unjust prison, but every day my love of free and honest art grows firmer,” the persecuted artist said in a statement from a maximum-security prison in Cuba.
Lewis’s tattered canvases and pasted over drawings mirror a world in need of constant upkeep and repair.
Seeing the Toronto Biennial of Art through my daughter’s eyes helped me push past some of its challenges by experiencing it on a primordial level.


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In celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, the NOAA Office of Response and Restoration’s Marine Debris Program and Assessment and Restoration Division are highlighting collaboration with native communities, nations, and peoples.
Many native communities in the Western United States are tied to the ocean, depending on its resources for economic well-being and cultural identity. The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) is proud to have worked with native communities on the West Coast to protect these resources by preventing and removing marine debris.
In Washington, many native communities have worked to remove derelict fishing gear from highly productive fishing habitat. In partnership with Natural Resources Consultants, Inc., the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians led a project to survey for and remove derelict crab pots from Port Susan Bay in the Puget Sound. Beginning in 2003, Tribe divers identified and removed over 500 pots from the Bay.
In 2011-2013, the Quinault Indian Nation removed lost netsQuileute Indian Tribes are partnering with the Nature Conservancy to survey for and remove derelict crab pots in their tribal fishing grounds on Washington’s Olympic Coast. So far, over 1,000 pots have been removed. As this effort moves forward, the Quileute Department of Natural Resources and the Quinault Department of Fisheries are also working with the tribal fishing community to develop a reporting and recovery system, which will offer an avenue for tribal communities to prevent future impacts from derelict fishing gear.
Unfortunately, derelict fishing gear is not the only marine debris impacting coastal Washington and native communities. Abandoned and derelict vessels can obstruct navigational channels and impact sensitive habitats. In order to prevent these impacts and protect tribal waters, the Makah Indian Tribe is working to remove three abandoned and derelict vessels from the Neah Bay Marina. By removing these vessels, the Makah are preventing additional environmental impacts in waters that the Makah rely on for subsistence, as well as cultural and spiritual connection.
Debris found in native communities’ land and tribal waters can come from outside sources beyond the community’s control. This is especially the case for the Wiyot Tribe, which led a major marine debris removal effort on Indian Island in Humboldt Bay, Northern California. In February 1860, up to 200 of the Wiyot were massacred by settlers that rowed in from Eureka, California. Following the massacre, this sacred ground was used as a boat repair facility, contaminating the land and surrounding waters with industrial waste for 100 years. After purchasing back 1.5 acres of the island in 2000 and with support from the MDP, the Wiyot removed over ten tons of debris, including steel rails, creosote-treated pilings, cables, and 30 concrete and plastic foam floats.
Due to their knowledge, experience, and connection to the ocean, the MDP seeks the voices of native communities in marine debris action planning. The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon participated in the creation of the Oregon Marine Debris Action Plan, and the MDP hopes to see significant tribal participation in the creation of a similar action plan for Washington.
Keep your eye on our blog and the Office of Response and Restoration blog throughout the week for more on our critical partnerships with native communities.


The PX-1 is a long-term smoke alarm, with a non-removable Lithium Battery, that has a life span of 12 years. This means that you no longer have to worry about annoying and expensive battery replacements. Therefore we actively contribute to the preservation of the environment.
Under normal conditions of use and maintenance, we grant a warranty of 12-years on the battery and the electronics. The PX-1 has a sensor- controlled safety mechanism, where an alarm is only triggered when there are significant signs of a fire. Our products achieve the highest false alarm protection.
- CE EN 14604, ROHS, German TUV
- Made in Germany
- max. 12 years of battery life (lithium)
- Bi-sensor processor technology (smoke + heat)
- Certified magnetic carrier system with special adhesive gel pad
- Maximum false alarm protection
- Kitchen suitable
- Insect Shield
- Alarm signal > 85 dB
- max. 60 m² detection range
- Large and simple to use Test/Stop button (78 cm²)
- No battery change neccessary
- Processor technology / intelligent software analysis of sensor readings
- Cyclical genuine self-test function
- Help signal (e.g. low battery status or contamination)
Our wide variety of colours ranges from gold and silver to our wooden edition as well as the Swarosvki Elements® smoke alarms.


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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether his Department has informed local education authorities of the free school meals available to children from low-income households as a result of the child tax credit.
Information was issued to all local education authorities on 15 January 2003, which outlined the changes to free school meal eligibility that would apply from April 2003. Further information, which dealt specifically with the new free school meal (tax credit) eligibility category, was issued to all local education authorities on 28 February 2003. From 6 April 2003, children whose parents receive the following 'support' payments are eligible to receive free school meals: income support; income based jobseeker's allowance; support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; and child tax credit, provided that they do not also receive working tax credit and have an annual income (as assessed by the Inland Revenue) that does not exceed £13,230.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to monitor and assess the quality of (a) selection of trainees, (b) in-school training and (c) overall outcome of the Graduate Teachers programme.
All entrants to initial teacher training in England must satisfy the requirements that my right hon. Friend has laid down in "Qualifying to Teach: Professional Standards for Qualified Teacher Status and Requirements for Initial Teacher Training". The selection of individual candidates is, however, the responsibility of training providers themselves. The Teacher Training Agency's functions include the enhancement of quality of both conventional and employment-based training routes. In this context, measures taken by the Agency to promote high-quality employment-based training include the creation, from September 2002, of 80 Designated Recommending Bodies responsible for the allocation of most places on the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) and the supervision of in-school training. The Agency also oversees the monitoring and peer review of candidates' training plans and an annual survey of employment-based trainees whose main focus is the level of their satisfaction with the training received.Intense competition for places on the GTP has ensured a high standard of entrant to the programme. This is reflected in the fact that, since the programme was created in 1998, over 90 per cent. of GTP trainees have consistently succeeded in gaining Qualified Teacher Status.

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I have started reading the third book in the A New Kind of Christian Trilogy by Brian McLaren. This series follows the journey of Pastor Dan Poole in his quest to wrestle through the issues and questions that he once had pat answers for, but as he wades into the mire of post-modernity, he realizes that the answers that he once was so sure of, are no longer satisfying. This thing that is happening can be summed up in a quote from the third book, The Last Word and the Word After That:
“I think two opposite things are happening at once. Some people are opening up, moving beyond old ways of thinking, asking new questions. They are restless, and they have hope that there are new and better answers out there. At the same time, a lot of people are tightening up, entrenching, backing into old corners where they feel safe.”
In this last book, Dan is basically being tried for heresy by his board and in the process, he is asked to answer the following questions:
- Describe in detail your doctrine of hell.
- Briefly explain the gospel as you understand it.
- What is you doctrine of scripture?
- Where do you stand in relation to the “openness of God”.
- What school or stream of theology to you now feel most comfortable with?
- What is you view on the scope salvation?
I have decided to take on these questions and blog my answers in the coming days and weeks.

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August 8, 2023 | By Cindy Berry, RN, BSN. Reprinted with permission from IG Living
Introduction from the IAES Blog Team:
It is with great pleasure that IAES presents to you an article reprinted with permission by IG Living Magazine.
The IG (or Immune Globulin) community not only produces an online magazine but also a podcast and offers other resources for all those taking IG, interested in having IG as a part of their medication regime and for all those interested in IG in general. For further resources from IG Living feel free to peruse at their content at: https://www.igliving.com/magazine/subscribe.aspx
For many AE Warriors, IVIG is a staple in our treatment toolbox.
IVIG infusions are something most with AE have had at one time or another as a treatment option.
Many with AE, our caregivers and loved ones have been curious about the possible side effects of IVIG. What should we expect, how concerned should we be, when to seek medical intervention? IG Living has done a wonderful job in answering many of our IVIG side effects questions. We hope you gain as much information as we have, and we thank IG Living for let us republish this wonderful article.
Understanding the most common, mild side effects of immune globulin (IG) therapy is important when setting proper expectations during treatment. It is also important to recognize when unexpected side effects occur, and what to do about them.
It’s necessary to take measures to minimize side effects when receiving IG therapy . These measures include staying well-hydrated, taking pre-medications as ordered and listening to your body. But, even when diligently taking these measures, unexpected side effects sometimes occur. With the exception of anaphylaxis, most of these side effects generally occur after an infusion, and they are usually considered either moderate or severe. In every instance, they need to be evaluated by a physician, and in some cases, medical intervention is necessary.
Moderate side effects are those that usually affect your daily activities such as going to work, sleeping well, eating and even showering. The most common reported moderate side effect is a headache lasting more than 24 hours with a pain rate of 6 to 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. This means taking medications such as Tylenol or Advil does not help alleviate symptoms. Sometimes, this headache can progress into a more serious headache called aseptic meningitis.
Aseptic meningitis occurs when the IG drug has caused irritation of the meninges in the brain, resulting in symptoms that present like meningitis. This unexpected side effect can occur during an infusion or after an infusion. Patients experience an excruciating headache, as well as neck pain and stiffness, and generally, patients will have severe sensitivity to light. Vomiting is also very common. If these symptoms present, the patient should go to the emergency room for evaluation. Usually, IV hydration, IV steroids, IV antiemetics and IV pain medication are given to help alleviate symptoms. With proper medical intervention, patients usually feel better within 24 to 48 hours.
Renal dysfunction is another unexpected side effect that can be caused by IG therapy. This side effect is more common in patients who are over the age of 65, and who have pre-existing conditions such as hypertension and diabetes. Patients should pay particular attention to any changes in urination, including color changes (dark or amber colored urine can signify a change in kidney function) and a decrease in urine output. If either or both symptoms are experienced, a physician should be notified, and the patient should be evaluated immediately. Since renal dysfunction is a potential serious adverse event, it is important to have periodic renal testing, which is easily accomplished with blood work ordered by a physician.
Thrombolytic events, or clot formation, have been reported in very few cases. Although this is a very uncommon side effect, it is important to be aware of the signs and symptoms. Patients at greatest risk include those with a history of thrombotic events, history of diabetes, advanced age, multiple cardiovascular risk factors, impaired cardiac output and long periods of immobilization. If a clot is formed, this usually occurs after an infusion. Symptoms of a possible thrombolytic event include severe chest pain and difficulty breathing, which could be an indication of a pulmonary embolism or possible myocardial infarction. If severe chest pain is experienced at any time, immediate attention is needed, and 911 should be called.
The final, most serious side effect that is unlikely to occur is anaphylaxis. It is the least-likely serious side effect that can occur. Anaphylaxis usually occurs within the first 15 to 30 minutes of an infusion. It is characterized by a sudden onset of any of the following symptoms: difficulty breathing (chest tightness, bronchospasms, wheezing), changes in the gastrointestinal system (severe cramps, vomiting, diarrhea), cardiovascular changes (low pulse rate, high pule rate, hypotension/shock, chest pain) or skin changes (hives, angioedema, rash). If anaphylaxis is suspected, 911 should be called immediately. If it occurs during your infusion, your nurse will administer emergency medications to help control the symptoms. Medical attention is required and necessary, and 911 should be called despite the administration of emergency medications.
Although the list of unexpected side effects may seem scary, it is important to remember that while most patients will experience mild side effects, they do not typically experience serious ones. In any event, it is always important to understand them and to have your physician’s number ready. Always inform your healthcare team of any changes in response to IG therapy.
Immune Globulin Therapy Side Effects When receiving IG therapy – either by IV administration or subcutaneous administration, it is important to understand the difference between side effects that are expected and side effects that are not expected. Since side effects may have an onset after drug administration, it is important for the patient and/or caregiver to identify when to seek medical attention.
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MOBILE, Alabama — The Joe Jefferson Players Pocket Readers Theatre will present “The Jungle Book” by Tracy Power, based on the 1894 collection of stories by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling, on Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Joe Jefferson Playhouse, 11 S. Carlen St. A donation of $5 at the door is suggested for the show.
“The Jungle Book” is the first production of this sixth season for Pocket Readers Theatre. It is directed by Tom Gray, and though it is not a children’s theater show, it is meant to entertain the entire family, as the actors assume the characters of the animals they are playing.
David Smith will play Mowgli, Kipling’s fictional feral child, a human baby adopted by wolves after losing his parents in the Indian jungle during a tiger attack.
Becoming Baloo the Bear will be Don Bloom, most recently seen in the JJP production of “1776.” Quite a different role is Baloo, who teaches Mowgli the “Law of the Jungle.”
Ted Pitsios will perform as Bagheera, the black panther who befriends Mowgli, and also will take on the role of Father Wolf. E.A. Keeble is Raksha, the she wolf who raises the boy as her own. She also plays Kaa, the python who befriends Mowgli. Shere Khan, the tiger, will be played by John Campbell.
Other performers include Amanda Murdick as Tabaqua; Nedra Bloom as Akela, leader of the wolf pack, and Rann, the free-wheeling kite; John Paul Jones as the Monkey King; and Dorrie Lee Smith and Cindy Freeman as the Monkeys.
For more information on Pocket Readers Theatre or this show, contact Rick Miller at firstname.lastname@example.org, visit www.joejeffersonplayers.com or call 251-471-1534.
This story was written by Jo Anne McKnight, Press-Register Correspondent.

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We may have skipped November but welcome to December/January’s Book Club! This time I have rounded up a list of 12 books that I thought could make up our 2022 reading list. One book a month can be a stretch when you’re very busy but this year I’m going to really push myself! I have not read any of these on the list so if anyone has, please do comment and let us know if you liked it! I’ve included comedy, romance, horror, thriller and of course a bit of Greek Mythology. Here we go:
An era-defining novel about the relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and her teacher. Vanessa is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017, the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student. Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn’t abuse. It was love. She’s sure of that. Forced to rethink her past, to revisit everything that happened, Vanessa has to redefine the great love story of her life – her great sexual awakening – as rape. Now she must deal with the possibility that she might be a victim, and just one of many.
Nuanced, uncomfortable, bold and powerful, My Dark Vanessa goes straight to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age.
Ravaged and sore from giving birth to her first child, Megan is mostly raising her newborn alone while her husband travels for work. Physically exhausted and mentally drained, she’s also wracked with guilt over her unfinished dissertation–a thesis on mid-century children’s literature.
Enter a new upstairs neighbor: the ghost of quixotic children’s book writer Margaret Wise Brown–author of the beloved classic Goodnight Moon–whose existence no one else will acknowledge. It seems Margaret has unfinished business with her former lover, the once-famous socialite and actress Michael Strange, and is determined to draw Megan into the fray. As Michael joins the haunting, Megan finds herself caught in the wake of a supernatural power struggle–and until she can find a way to quiet these spirits, she and her newborn daughter are in terrible danger.
Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary’s fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries.
Meanwhile in present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, running from her own demons. When she stumbles upon a clue to the unsolved apothecary murders that haunted London two hundred years ago, her life collides with the apothecary’s in a stunning twist of fate—and not everyone will survive.
Fern Castle works in her local library. She has dinner with her twin sister Rose three nights a week. And she avoids crowds, bright lights and loud noises as much as possible. Fern has a carefully structured life and disrupting her routine can be . . . dangerous.
When Rose discovers that she cannot fall pregnant, Fern sees her chance to pay her sister back for everything Rose has done for her. Fern can have a baby for Rose. She just needs to find a father. Simple.
Fern’s mission will shake the foundations of the life she has carefully built for herself and stir up dark secrets that she long thought were buried.
Laura has spent most of her life being judged. She’s seen as hot-tempered, troubled, a loner. Some even call her dangerous. Miriam knows that just because Laura is witnessed leaving the scene of a horrific murder with blood on her clothes, that doesn’t mean she’s a killer.
Bitter experience has taught her how easy it is to get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Carla is reeling from the brutal murder of her nephew. She trusts no one: good people are capable of terrible deeds.
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In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note.
They’ve been dead for several days.
Who has been looking after the baby? And where did they go?
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A house with the darkest of secrets.
For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it’s supposed to be a fresh start. New job, new home. But, as Jack knows, the past isn’t easily forgotten. And in a close-knit community where the residents seem as proud as they are haunted by Chapel Croft’s history, Jack must tread carefully. Ancient superstitions as well as a mistrust of outsiders will be hard to overcome. Yet right away Jack has more frightening concerns.
Why is Flo plagued by visions of burning girls? Who’s sending them sinister, threatening messages? And why did no one mention that the last vicar killed himself? Chapel Croft’s secrets lie deep and dark as the tomb.
Jack wouldn’t touch them if not for Flo – anything to protect Flo.
Now, thirty years later, Jo is returning to her family home with her daughter in tow – just as human remains are pulled out of the house’s lake.
Then there’s a knock on the door. And a woman claiming to be her nanny stands outside.
Is she who she says she is? Can she be trusted? And what really happened on that fateful night all those years ago?
A decade ago, Caitlin Moran thought she had it all figured out. Her instant bestseller How to Be a Woman was a game-changing take on feminism, the patriarchy, and the general ‘hoo-ha’ of becoming a woman. Back then, she firmly believed ‘the difficult bit’ was over, and her forties were going to be a doddle.
If only she had known: when middle age arrives, a whole new bunch of tough questions need answering. Why isn’t there such a thing as a ‘Mum Bod’? How did sex get boring? What are men really thinking? Where did all that stuff in the kitchen drawers come from? Can feminists have Botox? Why has wine turned against you? Has feminism gone too far? And, as always, WHO’S LOOKING AFTER THE CHILDREN?
Within days of wishing she could change her life, Fran Cooper is acting assistant to a celebrity, on a yacht in the Mediterranean, and en route to a tiny Italian island and the glittering Crystal Ball, along with the world’s rich and famous.
When she – quite literally – bumps into a handsome American called Evan, a man able to keep his cool in the face of chaos, the magic really begins.
Evan makes her a promise: no last names, no life stories, just one unforgettable night. Yet Evan belongs at the Crystal Ball and Fran is a gatecrasher. They may be soulmates, but their homes are an ocean apart, and their lives a world apart. They’ll never meet again – unless, on a night like this, everything can change forever…
One big lie…
Is Claire’s secret sister the answer to her prayers?
Or will she cost her everything?
As Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur – Minos’s greatest shame and Ariadne’s brother – demands blood every year.
When Theseus, Prince of Athens, arrives in Crete as a sacrifice to the beast, Ariadne falls in love with him. But helping Theseus kill the monster means betraying her family and country, and Ariadne knows only too well that in a world ruled by mercurial gods – drawing their attention can cost you everything.
In a world where women are nothing more than the pawns of powerful men, will Ariadne’s decision to betray Crete for Theseus ensure her happy ending? Or will she find herself sacrificed for her lover’s ambition?
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