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Austin Lettner, 14, and his little brother, Logan, auctioned off their 230-pound hog, Millhouse, at the 2019 Medina County Fair in Ohio. They were expecting to get around $1,000 and instead of blowing their money on video games or candy, their plans were to donate it all to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Near the end of the auction, they were already elated when the price of their hog shot up to $3,000!
But the good news didn't end there, when word got out that they were going to give the proceeds to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, there was a sea of paddles in the air. People were donating an extra dollar per pound, 20 people donated an additional $230 each, and one person added an additional $500. These are not rich folks, these are hard working people like farmers and gravel pit workers who are putting their money back in to their community. In the end, the brothers raised $11,000 and the bidder who won the hog donated him to a local charity so the meat can be used to feed those in need.
“All the way through here there wasn’t a dry eye from the biggest, burliest men to the highest-paid guy in here,” their father added. “Everybody was just tearing up and crying, they were so proud of these boys and themselves. They should be extremely proud of themselves for coming and supporting these children. Not just mine, but all of them.”
“The people that we are donating the money to, they need the money more than we do,” Austin said. “No kid should have cancer.”
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- Volume 32 Issue 1
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Effect of Korean Red Ginseng Powder on the Lipid Concentrations and Tissue Lipid Peroxidation in the Rats Fed High Fat Diet
고지방급여 흰쥐의 혈청과 간의 지질 농도 및 조직 과산화지질 농도에 미치는 홍삼분말의 영향
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Effect of Korean red ginseng (KRG) on the level of serum and liver lipids and lipid peroxidation was investigated in the rats fed high fat diet. Content of serum total cholesterol was significantly decreased (P<0.05) in KRG I group and KRG II group. Content of HDL-cholesterol was significantly increased by 69.75% and 39.15% in KRG I and KRG II group compared to control group, respectively. Atherogenic index (hi) was also significantly decreased by 74.76% and 37.38% in KRG I and KRG II groups compared to control group, respectively. Serum triglyceride content was significantly decreased (p<0.05) in only KRG II group. Antioxidative activity of KRG on the lipid peroxidation of serum and tissues in rats was also studied in vivo by measuring the formation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS). Contents of TBARS in the serum of both KRG groups were significantly decreased (p<0.05) and that of nonheme iron in serum was significantly increased (p<0.05) in a dose-dependent manner, which suggested that lipid peroxidation contents are inversely correlated with serum nonheme iron content. Content of TBARS in liver was significantly decreased (p<0.05) in KRG I and KRG II groups, without any influence in other tissues. Content of TBIARS in liver microsomal fractions stimulated by Fe
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How Cars Work: The Body
by Kevin Schappell
The body shell is a fairly complex assortment of large steel sections. These sections have been stamped into specific shapes which make up the body of your car. These parts are designed to do many jobs at once; protect the occupants from the elements and in collisions, provide solid mounts for all other systems, and to slice through the air with minimal resistance. The body also has one other job which is usually important to the owner... it has to look good!
Although the zillions of parts that make up a car are all very important, it is also important that the car's body be able to make riding in a car bearable for you. Early cars were so uncomfortable to ride in, that the human body could stand it only for short periods of time. Auto bodies have come a long way since then. The body and the suspension system now give us a smooth ride, and cushion us from the jarring of the road. The idea is that the body of the car should go forward with as little up-and-down, and side-to-side movement as possible.
- Rust: The most common problem with an automobiles body is rust. Rust can work from the inside of your cars body and show up once it's too late. Fortunately most newer cars have very good rust proofing applied when built. Older cars can last along time also if you follow some simple tips given below.
- Accidents: It's bound to happen sometime, a fender bender or a major accident can really ruin your day. Make sure you have a reputable shop do the repair work and insist on original equipment parts. Cheap import parts can put you and your family at risk.
- Paint: The suns UV rays are your paints worst enemy. Park in the shade whenever possible and always keep a good coat of wax on your car. The wax should have UV protection just like the sunscreen you use at the beach.
- Wash the underside of your car during and after the winter season. This will wash off the salt used to melt the ice on the roads. Folks in the southern and most west coast areas don't have this to worry about.
- Make sure all drain holes around the trunk and hood are clear. These holes allow water to exit the ledges around the trunk and hood and prevent rust. Also check your weather stripping around all openings for rips and tears. Water will sneak in where you least expect it and eventually rust away your car.
- Waxing your car will keep your paint protected from the elements but what about the other side of the body? The inside is often neglected on older cars. Rust proofing is an option but if the rust has already started just covering it will not stop it. The existing rust must be removed or chemically converted before rust coating is applied.
What to discuss with your mechanic:
- Like looking for a mechanic, check your body shops accreditations. Also ask for their guarantee, good shops will do the job until you are satisfied. In my experience even the better shops have to redo a few jobs here and there. Do not hesitate to ask to have the job done to your liking.
- Inspect the repair job in different lighting situations. Some defects only appear when in direct sunlight or cloudy days. Most shops will give you a time period to inspect their work.
- When you get a quote, insist on using OEM parts, not cheap imported ones. This can put you and your family at risk.
- Make sure to ask around for recommendations, friend and family can lead you to a reputable body shop.
Kevin maintains http://www.autoeducation.com where he gives advice on car maintenance, buying, selling, insurance, and financing. A mechanical engineer and car guy, Kevin has decided to spend his online time helping others learn about automobiles.
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Atlas Plus Flipper with Carbon Fiber and Maple Burl (Ceramic IKBS). Bohler M390 stainless steel with a hand rubbed satin finish (61RC).Folding liner lock with ceramic IKBS. Trevor Burger is a second-generation knifemaker following in the steps of his father, Fred Burger. Trevor has an eye for detail. His knives have exceptionally smooth action and clean, no-nonsense designs. This custom Atlas Plus Flipper is a compact folder with a streamlined design that will make you appreciate smaller knives. The blade is formed from M390 stainless steel with a hand rubbed satin finish. M390 is a super-steel created by Bohler in Austria. It takes an incredibly sharp edge and holds on to it due to its high concentration of vanadium and chromium carbides. Its unique powder metallurgical process also promotes a uniform carbide distribution and clean steel properties, making M390 a popular steel used in surgical cutting instruments and in applications requiring a high finish.
It offers excellent corrosion resistance due to its high concentration of chromium. The blade is perfectly centered and has silky-smooth action. When combined with the IKBS ball bearing pivot, the action is exceptional!The Ikoma Korth Bearing System (IKBS) was originally designed to fit balisong knives and uses ball bearings to create exceptional action with no blade play. This special IKBS knife was created with ceramic ball bearings. Generally IKBS bearings are made either from tool steel or from stainless steel. Stainless steel can wear away, resulting in uneven action over time. Tool steel bearings can oxidize making the action rough. Ceramic bearings are the best of all worlds -- extremely hard and wear resistant, they are also inert and will not oxidize. It is easily opened with the flipper. The handle is formed from carbon fiber with precision fit maple burl inlays.
An integral carbon fiber pivot ring surrounds the custom pivot. The inlays are flawless with the transition between the two materials being nearly invisible. Blue anodized titanium liners surround the carbon fiber back spacer. The handle is completed with a 3D machined, blue anodized titanium pocket clip mounted for right-handed, tip-up carry.The item "Trevor Burger Custom Atlas Plus Flipper with Carbon Fiber and Maple Burl Cerami" is in sale since Monday, September 21, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Knives, Swords & Blades\Collectible Folding Knives\Modern Folding Knives\Custom & Handmade". The seller is "putz7881" and is located in Blue Ridge, Georgia.
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The poster is made for the Turbostaat show on February 14th 2019 at the Markthalle in Hamburg.
This is a 4 color print, including one transparent high gloss varnish. It is pulled by hand on off white paper in a studio in Hamburg. The paper is called “Extra Smooth" by
Olin paper and is 250gsm strong, FSC certified.
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The History of KRONK
The story of Detroit's own legendary boxing gym and the people who made it famous
Emanuel Steward was born in Bottom Creek, West Virginia. He was the first child of Manuel, a coal miner, and Catherine Steward. In the mountainous area where he was raised, Emanuel spent most of his free time engaging in rough and tough physical activities. His favorite pastimes included swimming, wrestling, playing cowboys, dodge ball, shooting marbles and fighting.
When he was eight years old, he received a pair of boxing gloves as a Christmas gift. At the time, no one would have ever imagined that these boxing gloves would begin a journey to fame, fortune and a historical legacy.
Emanuel became totally fascinated with this new game called boxing. He’d often sleep with his boxing gloves on his bed and would carry them everywhere he went. After beating up all of his friends, nobody wanted to play boxing with little Emanuel anymore. So he became creative and made makeshift punching bags by filling his pillowcases with newspapers and hanging them on tree limbs in his yard, where he’d punch at them until they burst. His parents would punish him for ruining their pillowcases; but little Emanuel’s desire for boxing continued to grow rapidly, much to his parents displeasure.
In hopes of quelling Emanuel’s thirst for boxing, it was decided that an illegal and unsanctioned boxing match would be held for him. Another mischievous boy from the neighboring town was recruited to fight Emanuel. The ‘opponent’ was a tough kid and was known as a bully around the town. It was expected that he would beat Emanuel and finally end his passion for boxing.....

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Regular Article - Soft Matter
Adsorption time scales of cluster-forming systems
Belarusian State Technological University, 220006, Minsk, Belarus
Accepted: 16 March 2021
Published online: 12 April 2021
A microscopic model of adsorption in cluster forming systems with competing interaction is considered. The adsorption process is described by the master equation and modelled by a kinetic Monte Carlo method. The evolution of the particle concentration and interaction energy during the adsorption of particles on a plane triangular lattice is investigated. The simulation results show a diverse behavior of the system time evolution depending on the temperature and chemical potential and finally on the formation of clusters in the system. The characteristic relaxation times of adsorption vary in several orders of magnitude depending on the thermodynamic parameters of the final equilibrium state of the adsorbate. A very fast adsorption of particles is observed for highly ordered adsorbate equilibrium states.
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The Government of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG) would improve the working conditions of the personnel of the Ghana Police Service to maintain law and order in the country.
It would embark on housing scheme through public-private partnership to ensure decent accommodation for all police personnel.
The police personnel would be made to pay for the houses in installment until they own them, as part of their retirement package.
Mr John Amekah, the acting National Chairman of the Party, told the Ghana News Agency in Accra that, the Party would create a positive image for the Police Service.
To achieve that feat, he said, an LPG government would embark on in-service training across the country to re-orient the mindset of all police personnel.
It would also make conscious efforts to improve police-civilian relations towards fighting crime in society.

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Transportation: Railway station
From the train station you can reach the hotel by taxi or on foot. Taxis operating in the Rovaniemi area are at the station taxi station whenever a train arrives. If you want to make sure you have a ride or you have special requests, you can also order a taxi in advance at +358 16 106 410.
The train station is about a 25-minute walk to the original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna in Rovaniemi. Walk along Ratakatu 300 meters and continue straight along the Lapinkävijäntie road 400 m towards the center. Turn right, go for a footbridge over 150 meters and turn left to Poromiehentie. Walk 300 meters and turn right Koskikatu. Continue straight down the street down to 450 meters and you are there.

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It's Lara's 60th birthday, and this very evening, her son will be giving his debut piano concert. Lara mapped out his musical career. But Lara is not welcome at his debut performance. Even if Lara engages, everything gets out of control.
Jan Ole Gerster
In Ben Lawrence's beautifully acted debut feature, a war photographer Hugo Weaving and a refugee Andrew Luri discover a photograph that threatens to destroy them both. Daniel Fisher Weaving... See full summary »
The Australian Dream is a theatrical feature documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism through which to tell a deeper and more powerful story about race, identity and belonging.
In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his wife, who recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for ... See full summary »
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
The Keeper tells the extraordinary love story between a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility, and personal tragedy. While visiting a PoW ... See full summary »
The film is set in a house occupied by a collection of social misfits. The main storyline is that of a strange musician's relationship with a girl, their drug use and his band. These events... See full summary »
For the film's Australian release, the distributor chose to re-edit the film after the original version of the film received an MA15+ classification. These edits removed stronger course language from the film in order to obtain an M classification. See more »
I love Michael Hutchence as a musical artist and had read his biography "Lost boy of INXS" by his sister, Tina, which was an excellent read. Unfortunately for me, this documentary fell very short of expectations. We don't actually get to see or hear a lot of Michael, other than what's already out there on YouTube etc, and the editing was extremely choppy and disjointed. Sound quality was very bad too, with alternate scenes of closed captions and non-closed captions. I'm not old or deaf, but would have appreciated clarity on the muffled voice over.
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More debt, more problems
Editor’s Note: Views expressed in guest columns and letters to the editor reflect the views of the author, not the views of The State News.
I am really, really terrible at saving money.
I always have considered myself a giving person. I usually will take my friends out to dinner or get them lavish presents for their birthdays, even if the favor is not returned. I usually will contribute more to the tip pile than my friends when going out for dinner. And I always have had a good amount of money saved for recreational college use.
But now, that money is dwindling — quickly.
And, like clockwork, I get a call from my parents every month after my bank statement arrives at home. My mother, with concern in her voice, will tell me I’m developing bad habits that will put me far into debt when I graduate school.
And I’m starting to agree with her.
I worked all through high school so I would have a pretty impressive bank account by the time I reached college. While most of my high school friends were out enjoying the weekly local basketball or football game, I was spending hours hard at work at Buffalo Wild Wings in Lake Orion, Mich.
And it paid off, literally. Because I worked 20-hour weeks during high school, I was able to go without a paycheck for almost my entire freshman year. I could take myself out for lunch instead of using my meal plan. I was able to travel often, taking the Greyhound most weekends to visit friends across the state, and even sometimes across the country.
It was the freedom I was denied in high school. I finally had a social life in college. But now I’m paying the price for developing terrible spending habits and living beyond my means for months.
I avoid looking at my bank statement online because I literally can feel my blood pressure rise as my credit card debt continues to grow and my bank account continues to shrink.
My parents are not giving me any financial help, which I appreciate, because I know I should dig myself out of the financial mess I created without them.
They told me when I moved off campus this year I would have a difficult time handling my finances. Now they sit back and laugh, congratulating themselves for being right, as they often are.
My roommate is the complete opposite. He’s learned how to live within his means and is saving money for when he graduates college. Often, he’ll even cheat the system, asking for water cups at local restaurants and instead filling them with a soft drink.
He has proved to me that it’s possible to enjoy the college lifestyle without putting yourself in debt. And luckily, I’ve learned my lesson before I lost control.
Many times in college, students act without realizing the repercussions. Spending is no exception. I, as well as some of my friends and peers, will tell myself I can afford the extra burrito at Chipotle or a new outfit when, in fact, I cannot.
But we need to realize these actions could follow us for the rest of our lives through bad credit, denying us the chance to get loans when we need them most to buy a car or a new house.
That’s why I’m finally figuring out how to live within my means. Although I’m not the best cook, I’ll attempt to cook myself dinner every night instead of going out. Most of the time, the attempt is unsuccessful, as the food ends up burned or undercooked, so cereal has become my best option for dinner.
But the most substantial decision I have made to keep my bank account from getting any lower is committing to biking and walking around campus and East Lansing so that I don’t have to pay high gas prices or feed the meters. I drive a small car that gets good gas mileage, but before I started changing my spending habits, a quarter of my paycheck would go toward filling up my gas tank every two weeks, leaving me with little money to spend on groceries or other supplies for my house. Now, my car can last almost an entire month on one tank of gas.
Although my parents were correct in predicting that I would develop poor spending habits in college, it’s time that I prove them wrong and actually accumulate some money during my four years here instead of graduating in credit card debt.
College living definitely can be a money pit, eating up any savings we might have accumulated during high school.
But it’s not a pit that is impossible to get out of, and living within our means is something every college student can achieve.
Alex McClung is the opinion writer at The State News and an international relations sophomore. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.org.

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|Nhan đề:||Vulnerability and poverty dynamics in Vietnam|
|Tác giả:||Gaiha, Raghav|
Imai, Katsushi S.
|Tùng thư/Số báo cáo:||Applied Economics, 10/1/2011;Volume 43, Issue 25, Page 3603-3618,16p, 5 Charts, 4 Graphs|
|Tóm tắt:||Drawing upon the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS) data that cover the whole of Vietnam in 2002 and 2004, ex ante measures of vulnerability are constructed. These are then compared with static indicators of poverty (i.e. the headcount ratio in a particular year). Detailed analyses of the panel data show that (i) in general, vulnerability in 2002 translates into poverty in 2004; (ii) vulnerability of the poor tends to perpetuate their poverty; and (iii) sections of the non-poor slip into poverty. Durable reduction in poverty is conditional on (i) identification of the vulnerable, (iii) their sources of vulnerability, and (iii) design of social safety nets that would enable the vulnerable to reduce risks and cope better with rapid integration of markets with the larger global economy.|
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka writes about how approaching politics requires an abundant worldview if you want to achieve shared prosperity.
Peter Thiel, Trump's gay surrogate, doesn't speak for the interests of all LGBTQ people.
Throwing Hillary in prison is no longer enough for Republicans - now, they actually want to kill her.
Have we entered a more hateful and polarized era? Election Day 2016 is time for the anti-racist majority, horrified by recent events, to act.
Appeals for racial justice now compete against calls for "law and order." The right paints Black Lives Matter as un-American. But if there are any patriots in all this, it is BLM.
When the Democrats convene in Philadelphia, they will meet in the city where Henry Wallace and the Progressive Party charted a new path for America way back in 1948.
I had issues with Sanders, but now that his campaign is pretty much over, my biggest lament is that the term "socialism" will once again face extinction.
"Enough of the emails - let's talk about the real issues facing the American people." How much of this election so far has been about that?
The Democratic Party embodies different political currents, not simply a neoliberal one.
The stunning British vote to leave the European Union - is a clear and dramatic rebuke of the country's political and economic elites.

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Are you wishing to go to the beach but reluctant to go into the water for the fear of jellyfish, sharks and stepping on corals? Then, SeaGaia is for you.
SeaGaia Ocean Dome – Japan’s Indoor Man-Made Beach, is for those that would like to go to the beach, but don’t want to go into the water for the fear of jellyfish, sharks, coral or any of the hazards you would at the coast.
Located at Miyazaki, Kyushu Island, this is one of the largest indoor water parks in the world that it has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. The size is about 300 meters in length, 100 meters in width with the temperature of 30 degrees Celsius year-round.
Unlike the real ocean, the Dome features some specialty pools such as the heated indoor pool, the wave pool for surfers, the kiddie pools and the three water slides. There are also numerous hotels, restaurants, shops and other activities inside the SeaGaia area. If you forget to bring along your swimsuit, you can easily rent the swimsuit with latest fashion within the dome.
Accomodotion wise, you can choose to stay in The Ocean Dome Club Alliance Hotels, a group of Miyazaki City hotels that cooperates to provide quality accommodation for Ocean Dome guests.
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I have been making this tasty salad for quite some time, producing in very little time a few day’s worth of lunch & dinner (can you say meal-prep?), or a meal for a crowd. This recipe is not only simple to follow, but uses all kinds of fresh veg and pantry items you might already have on hand! The recipe for Cool Couscous Salad came from the one and only Sandra Lee. Her recipe is quite yummy, especially if you like mint, but I made a few changes over time and love the version I ended up with.
As mentioned, my recipe does differ from Sandra Lee’s. I use cilantro instead of mint, more artichoke hearts, all of a rotisserie chicken (not just the breast), and opt to not create the ‘dressing’ because I discovered, having made this so many times, that I like a drier consistency. I also don’t always follow the exact process outlined above, and usually use the same pot for combining all the ingredients as I do for cooking the couscous. Do as I say, not as I do. Or better yet, find the process that works best for you (bonus points if you eliminate some dishes along the way)!
There really isn’t a hard part about this recipe, but removing the meat from the chicken does get messy. That said, in my experience rotisserie chicken is juicy and flavorful, which only improves the salad overall so it’s worth the cleanup. I leave salt + pepper to the end because the artichokes, couscous and chicken are all already seasoned. Season with a light hand, because no one wants an over-salted or over-peppered (anything) couscous salad.
I also LOVE this salad cold! You can certainly time it to serve while the couscous is still warm, or reheat later, but there’s something extra refreshing about it served chilled. Maybe it’s the cucumber. Whatever the case may be, this recipe yields enough to feed several mouths or to cover you for a few days worth of lunch and dinner.
What are your favorite summer dishes?

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Hey all, recently got my Maslow M2 router set up. Doing some test cuts using generated code from Easel software, and getting a lot o weird results. Firstly, error code one was consistently stopping the machine, and required me to change the settings in Makerverse to ignore errors. Upon trying again, the router cuts very precisely, but seems to follow a very inefficient path; when cutting letters it starts in the corners, or bottom and top, cuts a small deep divot, then continues along the path. On every letter, the router will leave a small area of the pass unfinished. Lastly, the router will sometimes make random straight cuts through parts of the shapes, or through the borders. Image added of these errors. Anything helps, thanks!
Blake, Welcome to the community.
Try a different gcode generator to see if you have the same issues. Carbide Create (CC) works well for me (but I have a different set up). I don’t think makerverse supports pauses and resumes so you would have to delete those from the gcode if you use CC.
Was the sled snagging on anything? Did you lose comm at any point?
The excessive back and forth is caused by the gcode generator, most of which don’t have path optimization.
Sometimes, for what ever reason, the cut just goes wonky.
I’m using a different board/shield and Webcontrol. I have played a bit with makerverse but really don’t know much about it or of it’s problems.
Sorry I can’t be of more help.
Whats odd to me is that I bought this router from someone who had it working perfectly using the same CAM (Easel) I have been having some connectivity issues, so I may try running a new cable, and if that doesn’t work, flashing and reinstalling the firmware on the arduino. I haven’t seen the sled catching on anything, it just seems like the code will just tell the router to move on the wrong path (or on the right path without pulling the router bit out of the material first!)

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A popular bootcamp is returning to Oak Ridge High School this spring thanks to a recent partnership between Roane State Community College and theÂ Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing InnovationÂ (IACMI).
Roane State announced its workforce training partnership with IACMI last year, making the college just the third location in the State of Tennessee to offer specialized no-cost machine tool training opportunities through Americaâ€™s Cutting Edge (ACE), a press release said.
ACE is a joint Department of Defense and Department of Energy effort launched in 2020 to re-establish American leadership in the machine tool industry through transformative thinking, technology innovation, and workforce development, the press release said.
Roane State and Oak Ridge High School educators joined specialized instructors during fall break for a CNC Bootcamp at the high school. The session welcomed the youngest-ever ACE training participant, Oak Ridge student Harry Shanafield, who was 13 when the camp took place.[Read more…]


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Jozef van Wissem, minimalist composer and exemplary, exploratory (custom-built) lute player, invites us to surrender to his strange musical world on his new solo record Nobody Living Can Ever Make Me Turn Back, which will be released by Belgian label Consouling Sounds on November 10th (pre-order available here).
After the release of 2016’s When Shall This Bright Day Begin, Jozef van Wissem returns to Consouling Sounds for this follow-up album which is inspired by a vanitas painting by the Belgian artist Cindy Wright (also the cover of the album) about which Jozef remarks…”informed by renaissance visual art, and serves as a parallel to updated classical lute pieces. In 2008 I was commissioned by The National Gallery in London to write a soundtrack to the Ambassadors painting by Hans Holbein, famous for its anamorphic skull. This record is a follow up of sorts to that. The biblical song titles refer to the front cover as well.”
This inspiration is beautifully reflected in the music of the album: Jozef Van Wissem’s lute arrangements sound fragile, his sparse vocals delicate, as if the vanity, the temporality and senselessness of everything has been rendered audible. Each song title refers to the painting, making each track a memento mori on its own. This is counterbalanced by the intense, and deeply contemplative sounds of the album. Nobody Living Can Ever Make Me Turn Back might very well be the purest, most expansive Van Wissem album to date.
Having performed over 800 solo lute concerts in churches and at concert venues around the world, including prestigious rock festivals like Primavera Sound, Van Wissem will play the forthcoming live performances throughout the Autumn and Winter period:


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|Title:||Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Transcriptional Reprograming Due To Bacterial Contamination During Industrial Scale Bioethanol Production|
|Abstract:||Background: The bioethanol production system used in Brazil is based on the fermentation of sucrose from sugarcane feedstock by highly adapted strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Bacterial contaminants present in the distillery environment often produce yeast-bacteria cellular co-aggregation particles that resemble yeast-yeast cell adhesion (flocculation). The formation of such particles is undesirable because it slows the fermentation kinetics and reduces the overall bioethanol yield. Results: In this study, we investigated the molecular physiology of one of the main S. cerevisiae strains used in Brazilian bioethanol production, PE-2, under two contrasting conditions: typical fermentation, when most yeast cells are in suspension, and co-aggregated fermentation. The transcriptional profile of PE-2 was assessed by RNA-seq during industrial scale fed-batch fermentation. Comparative analysis between the two conditions revealed transcriptional profiles that were differentiated primarily by a deep gene repression in the co-aggregated samples. The data also indicated that Lactobacillus fermentum was likely the main bacterial species responsible for cellular co-aggregation and for the high levels of organic acids detected in the samples. Conclusions: Here, we report the high-resolution gene expression profiling of strain PE-2 during industrial-scale fermentations and the transcriptional reprograming observed under co-aggregation conditions. This dataset constitutes an important resource that can provide support for further development of this key yeast biocatalyst.|
|Editor:||BioMed Central Ltd.|
|Citation:||Microbial Cell Factories. Biomed Central Ltd., v. 14, n. 1, p. - , 2015.|
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Nestled amongst the beautiful stone buildings of Titchmarsh's conservation area, The Wheatsheaf has been revitalised by The Proper Pub Co as a traditional village pub with dining. Beamed ceilings, exposed stone walls and inglenook fireplaces in the bar and snug create cosy and characterful spaces, whilst the garden facing dining room opens out onto secluded gardens. Both the dining room and garden are available for private hire, and the pub and garden areas are all fully wheelchair accessible.
Titchmarsh is only 5 minutes from Thrapston, and 10 minutes from the historic market town of Oundle, and easily accessible for both the A14 and the A605. Barnwell Country Park is 5 miles away, and both Stanwick & Rushden lakes are a 10 minute drive.


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"Sam Wilson" & US Agent Clash as Spencer's "Captain America" Saga Escalates
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The artist behind Vertigo’s hot new series "Madame Xanadu," Amy Reeder Hadley goes in-depth about working with writer Matt Wagner, her love of manga, and provides an exclusive look at issue #6 with guest star Death.
Acclaimed comics creator Matt Wagner checks in with word on his latest hit Vertigo series, "Madame Xanadu," from an appearance by Neil Gaimain's Death to the return of Xanadu legend Mike Kaluta on the next story arc.
The creator of Mage and Grendel is bringing DC's modern mystic to Vertigo for a brand new series this June. We spoke with Matt Wagner about Madame Xanadu, forthcoming Grendel stories and a new secret project.


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From Aug. 31, 2011 – With pop culture in the middle of another big zombie revival no one should be too surprised by the crazy Bruce LaBruce picture “L.A. Zombie” (Strand Releasing) — due on DVD next month — which presents “intimate” moments among the undead that are probably beyond the wildest dreams of George Romero and Danny Boyle.
LaBruce is a Canadian independent filmmaker who has been exploring the links between standard narrative filmmaking, horror and porn for many years.
The director has always been heavily influenced by Andy Warhol who went from his rambling improvised “art” films such as “The Chelsea Girls” to more commercial fare that helped open the door to hard core porn in the 1970s — Warhol’s “Flesh” and “Trash” contained nudity and sexual situations that were considered quite shocking in the years just before the hard core “Deep Throat” opened in legitimate movie theaters across the country.
Bored with sex pictures, Warhol turned to horror with a 3D “Frankenstein” that was a considerable hit in 1974 and then a less successful “Dracula” a few years later.
LaBruce has followed a similar trajectory with early improvisatory films about bohemian life in Canada, populated by colorful artist and performer friends of his whose willingness to be uninhibited in front of a camera echoed such Warhol “superstars” as Viva and Holly Woodlawn.
The best of these early films is “Super 8-1/2” (1994) which stars LaBruce (below) as a neurotic, self-obsessed actor who is in and out of mental institutions. LaBruce included explicit sex scenes that were highly unusual for art house fare of that period (this was a decade before “Shortbus” and “The Brown Bunny”).
The filmmaker earned points for not asking his actors to do anything on camera that he wouldn’t do (and that was a lot).
In recent years, LaBruce’s interest in horror and porn has been evident in films like “The Raspberry Reich” and “Otto; or, Up With Dead People.” The performances have suffered in some of these movies because of the director’s switch from lively art-world pals to porn stars (Steven Soderbergh ran into the same problem two years ago when he starred XXX actress Sasha Grey in “The Girlfriend Experience”).
The films are more technically accomplished than the earlier ones but there isn’t as much humor and the performers from the porn world are painfully limited actors. The violence and the sex cancel each other out — the sex scenes are too gruesome for the porn audience and the gore elements are too sexually explicit for most horror film fans.
“L.A. Zombie” is in the same enervated spirit as “Otto.” The picture jumps off from a good joke — a zombie newcomer to the City of Angels fits right into the funky drug and sex underworld. And there could have been more humor to be found in the notion of zombie sex — slow, laborious and with seemingly no pleasure involved — being indistinguishable from the deadening sexual mechanics of modern pornography.
But the repetition of the zombie connections becomes as dull as the “plots” of porn pictures — no doubt, one of LaBruce’s points — so what the viewer is left with is a beautifully shot “art” film with a dead-end narrative structure. The result is a very long 62 minutes.


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The Film Book A Complete Guide To The World Of Cinema
"Lights, camera, action... Step into the world of cinema and learn everything there is to know about movies, directors, genres, and styles.
Profiling 100 of the world`s most influential directors and 100 key cinematic works, The Film Book will take you on a journey through the changing cinematic landscape. You`ll get a behind-the-scenes look at classics like Citizen Kane and the Godfather and take a front row seat at lavish blockbusters including Titanic.
Covering every national school of film-making from Hollywood to Bollywood The Film Book has something for everyone. ""Top 10"" and ""What to Watch"" boxes will inspire your next movie night. Test your knowledge with the essential trivia section - how much do you know about Oscar winners, biggest flops, banned films, and more?
From the birth of cinema right up until the present day, The Film Book is a cinematic masterpiece. Packaged in a metal tin just like a reel of film, The Film Book is full to bursting with interesting stats, facts and figures and is essential reading for any film buff.

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The city`s agreement with the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local No. 263, ended in late 2018. It was the first to be concluded in a round of negotiations with all unions, during which the city sought wage stoppages for the year 2017. Medicine Firefighters were the second lowest paid among departments in the province`s medium-sized municipalities in 2018, when the local contract expired. Medicine Hat – The City of Medicine Hat has ratified a new collective agreement with Local #46 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. As a general rule, negotiated comparisons that adopt a union membership vote are then processed by elected officials at the next City Council meeting. If both sides ratify the agreement, an overview of the pact will be provided. In the meantime four of the five collective agreements of the city with the total staff of 1,100 persons expired. The collective agreement would replace a contract expiring at the end of 2019 and would settle the terms of most of the city`s unionized workforce. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement through constructive and respectful efforts,” said Robert Nicolay, City of Medicine Hat CAD. “The three-year contract is fair and reasonable given Alberta`s general economic conditions and provides security for the city, the Union and workers in times of great uncertainty.
The previous agreement expired on December 31, 2019. The new contract is valid for three years, from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022. General wage increases include 0% from 1 January 2020; 0% effective January 1, 2021; and 2% effective January 1, 2022. The town hall`s collective agreement with the Medicine Hat Police Association expires at the end of 2020. The negotiations lasted more than two years before the pages embarked on a pay change of zero percent in 2017, but nearly 8 percent of cumulative increases over the past three years. Now we see you say that the average salary of an MHP officer is $50.44 per hour, google the average salary for a Winnipeg police officer from December 2019 from the start of salary to 9-15 years of service and you will find an average salary of $41.90 per hour! You don`t need a singleton to know where you prefer to be employed as a police officer! The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 254, represents approximately 160 workers in two power line and power plant worker units. Your contract expired at the end of 2019. The three-year contract with a wage freeze in 2017 – an important point in the city`s budget – then increased 2 percent over the next two years.
This is below the 2020 contract rate in Calgary and Lethbridge, but on Edmonton, although officers with all three of these municipal police forces were earning more in the meantime. Unionized municipal employees voted on a new contract proposal late Thursday, although details of the deal or the outcome of the vote are not likely to be known until Monday. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local No. 46, represents approximately 800 workers from the inside, outside and transit. Alberta Labour does not make salary comparisons for general municipal and procurement staff because of the large situation. For more information, please contact: Colleen Graham Director, Marketing and Communications Invest Medicine Hat/City of Medicine Hat 403.502.8071 He stated that discussions have been ongoing since the last contract expired at the end of 2019. The latest increase, which came into effect in July, indicates that the average salary for the Medicine Hat police officer is 50.44 $US per hour, according to data from the Alberta Department of Labor and Immigration.


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Poison Is Not Just Child's Play
Child poisonings make up a large percentage of the 191,494 poison-related calls in the state, but another group of Floridians are paying the ultimate price for their poison mistakes: adults.
“People are quick to recognize the dangers to children, but adults are less likely to realize the risk they face themselves,” said Dr. Richard Wiseman, Director of the Florida Poison Information Center, Miami.
Florida adults between 25 and 65 years old are most likely to die from accidental poisonings, and more adults are dying from poison-related deaths now than ever. Since 1997, Florida adult deaths related to poisoning have increased 16% each year, which totals to a 328% increase for the entire ten-year period (1997-2007). An increase in use of prescription pain killers, sedatives, psycho-therapeutic drugs, and other narcotics may have contributed to this increase in accidental overdoses.
“Poison prevention is a serious issue for all Floridians,” said Dr. Joseph Chiaro, Deputy Secretary for Children's Medical Services. “Adults should take their own medication responsibly and as parents, commit to making homes poison-proof for their children as well.”
DOH's Children's Medical Services administers the Florida Poison Information Center Network (FPICN), which takes calls from the poison hotline (1-800-222-1222) twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The calls are routed to one of three nationally accredited poison centers in Tampa, Jacksonville or Miami, where trained staff assess and manage poisoning emergencies. Many poisonings can be handled at home with the expert advice of a poison information specialist.
The Florida Poison Information Center Network offers the following tips to help prevent accidental poisonings in adults:
* Keep household products and medicines in their original containers.
* Read warnings and follow directions on the label of your prescription or over-the-counter medicines. If you have questions, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
* Always measure medicine dose with the proper dispensing tool – don't guess.
* Don't give or take medicines in the dark. Turn on a light to make sure you are taking the proper medicine in the proper amount.
* Some medicines can be dangerous when mixed with alcohol, foods or other medicine. Contact your doctor or pharmacist to make sure your drugs are safe.
* Prescription medicine should not be shared.

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Masculinity and Irish Popular Culture: Tiger’s Tales. Edited by Conn Holohan and Tony Tracy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, v + 253 pp.
Conn Holohan and Tony Tracy’s collection of essays on masculinity in contemporary Irish popular culture is a readable and engaging book that makes a substantive contribution to the growing field of Irish masculinity studies. The 250+ page volume brings together interdisciplinary essays on music, sports, television, literature, advertising, and cinema, which, when read as a whole, create a rich conversation about Irish masculinity, one that is much needed in Irish studies.
This is not to say that this conversation has not been started; in fact, in their introduction, Holohan and Tracy name the key texts on masculinity that have appeared since 2010. Irish masculinity as a topic of critical inquiry might be new, but it is growing. Holohan and Tracy, interested specifically in the cultural reconsideration of masculinity in the context of Celtic Tiger Ireland (and Northern Ireland), rightly note that gender and sexuality, including masculinity, have been “a central focus of scrutiny and consideration” in the cultural “soul-searching” in Ireland following the collapse of the Tiger economy in 2008 (2). They continue in the introduction to discuss the 2011 presidential election as a kind of symbolic referendum on Irish masculinity, with the five male candidates each representing a different version of Irish masculine identity. The Tiger economy, they argue, has changed the “dominant critical paradigm through which Irish masculinity has historically been constructed,” meaning, of course, “the legacy of colonial relations” (4).
Their chosen essays support this point well, some more explicitly than others. Several essays examine cultural expressions of masculinity tied to the Northern Irish peace process, and these essays certainly explicitly challenge masculinity as constructed through the lens of colonial relations. But each essay offers, in some way, a means of exploring Irish masculinity that breaks us out of the mold of a colonial legacy and what that legacy means for gender. Some of the newer versions of Irish masculinity explored in the chapters include sports figures, trans identities, the male rock/pop star, “new laddism,” new incarnations of the IRA man figure, various versions of subversive or non-hegemonic masculinities, and newly realistic father figures that contrast with the symbolic patriarch of pre-Tiger Irish culture. This list suggests the breadth of this collection; although some of the essays treat similar themes and might overlap somewhat in discussions of particular cultural artifacts (some films are analyzed more than once here), each essay adds its own nuance to the conversation.
Although (as often happens with essay collections) this book is likely to be mined by scholars for its individual pieces, the book reads very nicely as an organic whole. Divided into five parts (excluding the introduction), with each part containing either three or four essays, the collection moves from “Queering Irish Masculinity,” to “Musical Masculinities,” “Masculinity in Drama and Literature,” “Onscreen Masculinity,” and finally to a single concluding essay by Diane Negra that constitutes Part V: “After the Tiger: Gender and Economic Crisis.” The order of the parts contributes to the overall arc of the conversation presented here. By starting off with essays on the queering of Irish masculinity, the editors foreground a debate about whether queer masculine representations in sport, performance, and cinema do truly challenge heteronormative Irish culture. The discussion in Part II of musical masculinities continues this debate, showing how three different styles/figures (boy bands, Oasis, and Joe Dolan) variously reflect, challenge, and exploit conventional images of Irish masculinity. Part II is particularly strong in the way each essay builds on each other, and these essays would be useful for anyone doing scholarly work on Irish pop and rock music; their arguments, while never straying too far off the specific topic of masculinity, provide a good breadth of context for their specific analyses.
As with any collection, there are uneven spots. While there has been a great deal of fiction published throughout the Celtic Tiger period, the two essays about literature focus on, respectively, Patrick McCabe’s Winterwood and Sean O’Reilly’s Watermark. A collection cannot be expected to be comprehensive, but these works and these authors seem somewhat surprising given the number and talent of the scholars currently working on contemporary Irish literature. Additionally, while the music and film chapters work to contextualize their discussions and thus provide a more comprehensive view of the role of masculinity in the particular field, the overall picture of contemporary Irish fiction and its treatment of masculinity is missing, for the most part. The introduction acknowledges how Fiona McCann’s discussion of Watermark, “forgo[es] a cultural studies approach” in favor of close readings. The cultural studies approach, however, works very well in the other essays, and McCann’s essay could have been strengthened by it. Another somewhat weak spot comes in the opening section of Part IV: Emilie Pine’s “Body of Evidence: Performing Hunger” is a provoking discussion of Steve McQueen’s 2008 film about Bobby Sands that would be stronger with a more thorough theorizing of masculinity and republicanism (this theory does come in other essays in Part IV); as with McCann’s piece, good analyses could be greatly improved with better contextualization.
Perhaps the most salient and significant question engaged by all of these essays is to what extent the cosmopolitanism of Celtic Tiger culture has been able to shift or disrupt previously dominant conceptions of gender and sexuality in general and masculinity in particular. Diane Negra’s concluding essay explores how recession culture appears to revert back to traditional notions of masculinity and femininity: “In Ireland’s rapid conversion from capitalist utopia to dystopia, a gendered logic of ascription/explanation for developments whose speed and scale nearly everyone finds overwhelming and disorienting, promises...stabilization through the restitution of essentialized gender dichotomies” (235). Negra’s conclusions might seem fairly bleak in light of the analyses done in the earlier chapters; here we are, back to essentialized gender dichotomies. However, she correctly asserts that all of these analyses of gender in a range of popular culture artifacts comprise important contributions to “an Irish studies critical practice which has too often occluded such considerations” (236).


CLARKSVILLE — Change is on its way to the Brown's Station Way corridor, and Clarksville officials are looking for community input on how to shape the area.
How the final product will look exactly is still up in the air. On Monday, the town held an open house at the Clarksville branch of the Jeffersonville Township Public Library to field questions and hear suggestions from members of the community.
"We're just looking for public feedback and input on what the future of this corridor could look like," redevelopment director Dylan Fisher said. "We know we have a couple elements that we have to address sometime in the next five to 10 years, maybe even sooner."
The process began this past May, when the town made contact with engineers at Clark Dietz to conduct preliminary studies and collect data on traffic flow and speed along the roadway, which carries a significant amount of traffic between Clark and Floyd counties.
At the end of June, the project team held its kickoff meeting, with Monday's event marking the first step in gathering public input. By the end of October, the team is expected to finalize recommendations for the project. A final draft is scheduled to be produced in January.
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One of the main points of emphasis for the project, Fisher said, is the overpass where Lewis and Clark Parkway meets Brown's Station Way.
"It's aging, and we have to make determinations on what we're going to do — whether we're going to replace it or do something different at that intersection," he said.
New Albany residents Amanda and Sean Durkin recently opened Malice Manor on Providence Way, which also shares an intersection with Brown's Station Way near the overpass. The new haunted attraction is in its first year of operation, and the Durkins showed up Monday to see what the town had in mind for the corridor.
The reason they picked the location is because of the convenience provided by Brown's Station Way.
"It's easy access from Sherman Minton, from the Second Street Bridge or from Interstate 65," Amanda Durkin said. "It's a prime location. As of right now, we've not had any problems with anybody finding the building or having access to it. That's why were curious about what they were proposing so we could see how it would affect us."
Among the options presented Monday were a reconstruction of the existing system, the installation of a roundabout, or a traditional four-way stop. Statistics showing how roundabouts can reduce collisions was displayed on a poster and printed handouts.
Rita Thompson has lived just on the other side of that overpass since 1978. In recent years, she agreed that its quality has gone downhill, with potholes being seemingly omnipresent.
Though she said she isn't a fan of the roundabout on Indiana 62 in Jeffersonville, Thompson believes it may be a good fit for Brown's Station Way.
"I don't like the roundabout on 62, but it might not be so bad right there," Thompson said. "It might be a little hard to get used to."
On the opposite end of the spectrum was lifelong resident Gail Rayburn. The roadway, she said, is in need of repairs, but a roundabout is not the answer.
"I do not want to see a roundabout," Rayburn said. "I think they cause more trouble than they help. Sometimes they can be hard to drive and hard to figure out. I definitely do not want a roundabout. I would prefer maybe keeping it as is, maybe tweaking it a little bit, but not a roundabout."
A four-way stop wouldn't be a good fit either, according to Rayburn.
"It would cause more congestion in that area," she said. "It's a well-traveled area. We want something that will flow, not impede traffic."
ENHANCING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
In 2017, a pedestrian walkway that spanned Brown's Station Way to connect North and South Clarksville was struck by a recycling truck. The walkway hasn't been replaced since the collision, causing difficulties for pedestrians looking to cross the roadway safely.
With new developments coming to that section of Clarksville in the form of a new waterfront park and a revitalized downtown area centered around the old Colgate factory, that will soon change, Fisher said.
"Right now, there's millions of dollars both publicly and privately being invested into the Old Clarksville and South Clarksville redevelopment areas," Fisher said. "That portion of town is quite frankly cut off. It's cut in half. There's not great bike and pedestrian connectivity to those areas."
The new growth expected to come to the area provides an opportunity for the town to re-install the walkway, both for safety reasons and convenience.
"We see this as an opportunity to perhaps make connectivity across Brown's Station Way more meaningful and more intentional for our residents," Fisher said. "That way if somebody decides that they want to walk or bike to the park instead of taking the car, crossing Brown's Station Way is no longer unsafe."
Where the walkway will be located, however, is not yet decided. Fisher said the town is currently examining where they can place it to maximize its effectiveness in connecting the community. Its presence, he added, will also help reduce traffic, thus adding to the safety of the roadway.
"We know that with the pending growth and redevelopment activities in those areas that more people will be trying to access the southern portions and Old Clarksville portions of our community," he said. "Being able to provide alternative modes of transportation between bike and pedestrian to get them safely across Brown's Station Way is a viable means to help decrease vehicular traffic and congestion in those areas."


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By Nicole Klett
I was attending a recent library advisory board meeting when the discussion turned to the topic of removing books from the collection. This is not a new topic. In fact, at least once a year, a library patron or staff member comes across a work that is deemed inappropriate and brings it to the board’s attention. When this happens, the merits of keeping the book versus retiring it from the collection must be debated.
I have been a board member for six years now. I have learned more about libraries through this position than I had in the decades of being a card-carrying member. The look behind the curtain of all that goes on to make one of my favorite places in the world run has been eye-opening. The biggest takeaway for me is that every decision regarding the library, whether to keep fines, add more seating, or to retire a book, is done with thought and sensitivity.
When the board votes in the majority to retire a book, it is not without some unease. We are a library, after all. We are advocates for books and for voices, especially the ones that tend to be drowned out simply by not being in the majority. In fact, every September our library hosts a contest for our community to create an illustration of a book title that was banned in the past from a school or library system. Seven winners are picked and during Banned Books Week, one is revealed each day. The art is made into a set of collector’s cards and all seven can be collected for each year.
This brings us to the distinction of categories of books that are retired versus those that are banned. These actions can look very similar to our young students. They may wonder if there is any difference at all since removal is the same outcome for books that are retired or banned. It is imperative that we talk with our kids and teens about the different reasons they may see books disappear from shelves in schools, libraries or bookstores.
Ever since the existence of books, there have been those that have wanted to control them. Books are messengers. They can educate and liberate, as well as entertain and invite readers into worlds they never knew existed. Books give people hope.
Books have been banned through the ages for numerous reasons that all seem to stem from suppression. This suppression can be directed at an idea or the author expressing it. Books that have included magic are thought by some to fly in the face of religion. Books with LGBTQ+ content are threatening in their depictions of non-LGBTQ+ norms to others.
The term “challenged” is often seen along with the term “banned.” The intention is to restrict certain works so that the message is inaccessible to readers. Challenges usually have in common that materials are deemed not appropriate for certain ages specifically with profanity or sexual content being portrayed among other “objectionable” material. Challenges do not automatically lead to the banning of the material.
Sometimes, books contain information that is not factual or is outdated and could even transmit harmful information. Older science textbooks need to be replaced with newer ones with up-to-date data and research. Countries may have renamed themselves or no longer exist. Books on health from decades ago may propose diet regimens that are known to be dangerous now. These are easy decisions to make.
Other times, depictions of people or behaviors may be considered stereotypes in the light of the Twenty-first Century. One of our patrons brought a children’s book to the board that had a very strong bullying component. Bullying was not the main arc of the story when it was written but can’t be ignored with our greater awareness of the issue in current times.
How do you go about having the conversation on books removed due to censorship versus inaccurate or harmful information? Let’s look at a few key questions.
What is the intent?
A good place to start is with the motivation behind removing the material. Is the work being brought forth due to the possibility that it might corrupt young minds with foul language? Or is the intent of removing the material to silence a point-of-view or story that may be threatening to an institution or way of thinking?
What is the context of the work?
Reflecting on a work in the context of a bigger picture helps to not get lost in the weeds. Will removing this specific work leave a void in the world with no other work being able to fill it? Or is it a part of a greater repertoire that will continue to reach readers in other, more suitable versions?
Who is the complainant?
Another important aspect to consider is who is bringing forth the complaint to remove the books. Is there a concerned parent that found graphic violence in a children’s book? Or is there a publishing group that recognizes the harm of continuing to promote outdated tropes? Or is there a group with a political agenda to censor?
What is the objection?
What is the specific issue that requires this book to be taken out of circulation? We will not go into the nuts and bolts of the first amendment here, but know that it pertains to the government not being able to violate free speech and does not pertain to individuals or businesses. Needless to say, the objectionable material must be egregious enough to offend a large number of those that would have access to it in order to justify its removal.
Will there be a debate?
One of the most important aspects of the removal of material is whether there is a conscious removal and not a disappearance. In other words, is there a process? While an individual may tuck away a book that they deem inappropriate and no one is the wiser, there should be oversight into when a material is removed from a wider audience.
Is there a protocol and who does it involve? Our library does not decide on book removal without input from the community. A staff member brings the complaint to the advisory board, which is composed of a group of community volunteers. That advisory board ultimately gives a recommendation for the staff to consider. This is done transparently. Anyone can attend the meeting or read over the minutes.
Students are curious. They look for answers and expect the adults to have them. Sometimes the discussion of why books get targeted for removal can be difficult even for adults. The point is to have the discussion.
Talk about why the work is questioned in the context of its place beside other works and what the world looks like without it there. Are we all worse or better off for its removal? And who gets to decide?
Nicole Klett is a freelance writer specializing in all things book-related. She is also a member of her town library’s advisory panel and a leader for reading groups in her public school system. When she is not writing, Nicole is busy managing her TBR pile, catching up on movie adaptations and sometimes, tending to her own tween and teens. You can check her out at https://nicoleklettwriting.


How to Create Amazing Dance Tracks with eJay Dance 6 Reloaded
If you are looking for a software that lets you create your own dance music with ease, you might want to check out eJay Dance 6 Reloaded. This software is a revamped version of the classic eJay Dance series that has been popular among music enthusiasts since 1997. In this article, we will review some of the features and benefits of eJay Dance 6 Reloaded, and show you how to use it to make awesome dance tracks.
What is eJay Dance 6 Reloaded
eJay Dance 6 Reloaded is a music creation software that allows you to mix and match over 10,000 royalty-free samples and loops to create your own dance tracks. You can also import your own sounds and samples, or use the built-in synthesizer and drum machine to create original sounds. You can arrange your tracks in a simple drag-and-drop interface, and apply various effects and filters to enhance your sound. You can also export your tracks as MP3, WAV, or OGG files, or burn them to CD or DVD.
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Some of the benefits of using eJay Dance 6 Reloaded are:
It is easy to use. You don't need any musical knowledge or experience to create your own dance tracks. You just need to select the samples and loops that suit your style and mood, and drag them to the timeline. You can also adjust the tempo, pitch, volume, and pan of each sound.
It is versatile. You can create any kind of dance music you want, from techno to trance, from house to hip hop. You can also mix different genres and styles to create your own unique sound. You can choose from over 10,000 samples and loops in various categories, such as bass, drums, vocals, synths, guitars, keyboards, effects, and more.
It is fun. You can experiment with different sounds and effects, and discover new combinations and possibilities. You can also remix your tracks with the built-in DJ mode, or share them with other users online.
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Download and install the software from the official website[^1^]. You can also buy a physical copy from online stores or retailers.
Launch the software and select a project template or start a new project. You can choose from different genres and styles of dance music, such as techno, house, trance, hip hop, etc.
Select the samples and loops that you want to use from the library on the left side of the screen. You can preview them by clicking on them. You can also search for specific sounds by using the keyword box on the top.
Drag and drop the samples and loops to the timeline on the right side of the screen. You can arrange them in different tracks and layers. You can also resize, move, copy, paste, delete, or mute them as you wish.
Edit your sounds by using the tools on the bottom of the screen. You can adjust the tempo, pitch, volume, pan, EQ, reverb, delay, distortion, chorus, flanger, phaser, compressor, limiter, gate, filter, and more.
Add some original sounds by using the synthesizer or drum machine on the top of the screen. You can choose from different presets or create your own sounds by tweaking the parameters.
Save your project by clicking on the disk icon on the top left corner of the screen. You can also export your track as MP3, WAV, or OGG file by clicking on the export icon on the top right corner of the screen. You can also burn your track to CD or DVD by clicking on the burn icon on the top right corner of the screen.
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