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Lenexa, KS 66215
Membership: Kansas and American Bar Associations.
University: Colorado College, B.A., 1978, University of Kansas School of Law, M.B.A., J.D., 1983
Admitted: 1983, Kansas, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas and U.S. Federal Court; 1994, Missouri
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Edinburgh’s Christmas is back again this year bigger and brighter than ever and this year Oink are right in right in the middle of it with our newest shop on Hanover Street.
George Street will be alive again with another wonderful display of Christmas lights, the Christmas Markets are extending onto George Street, there is a giant Advent Calendar on Princes Street and The Ice Adventure arrives at the West end of George Street. Returning to the centre of the city are the regular favourites to Edinburgh’s Christmas including Princes Street Christmas markets and the breath-taking ice rink on St Andrew Square. For those thrill seekers, the Big Wheel and the Star Flyer rides are back at East Princes Street Gardens, and the Santa Train chugs back into Santa Land along with a host of riders for younger children to enjoy. And of course, Santa is back and ready to receive visitors in his magical festive Grotto, in a new home this year on George Street.
Here is just a few of the wonderfully themed Christmas events in the centre of Edinburgh this festive;
Christmas Market – George Street from 17th November – 24th December 2017
The traditional Christmas market spreads to George Street offering a unique, festive shopping experience for everyone with its wonderful display of crafters, artists, gifts and tasty delights.
Christmas Market – East Princes Street Gardens from 18th November – 6th January 2018
The traditional Edinburgh Christmas Market is again returning to East Princes St Gardens with whole host of Christmas ‘things’ for all to enjoy. Located right in the heart of Edinburgh all can enjoy a unique shopping experience with crafters, artists, gift shops and gastronomic surprises. Get into the Christmas spirit!
Open from 10am – 10pm.
Note – close at 8pm on 24 December, are closed 25 December, open 12pm 26 December and 1 January.
Santa Land, in East Princes Street Gardens, features a Christmas Tree Maze, the Santa Train, and family-friendly rides including the Race-a-Rama, Carousel, Helter Skelter, Ice Wall, Reindeer Ride, Crazy Cars and a Rollercoaster.
Edinburgh’s Giant Advent Calendar from 1st – 25th December 2017
2 Princes St, Edinburgh EH1 3YY
New this is Edinburgh’s giant Advent Calendar which will be projected onto General Register House, with 25 glimpses of Edinburgh Winters from years gone-by, one revealed each day throughout advent. Each day an archived image of Edinburgh dating back as far as 1700s will be animated and set to a soundscape reflective of that year. This wonderful new Festive display of Edinburgh’s Giant Advent Calendar will be projected on General Register House at varying times from 5.30pm to 10pm every day.
The Ice Adventure – A Journey Through Frozen Scotland from 17th November – 24th December 2017
New this year is this year the west end of George Street will transform into a winter wonderland of snow and ice for The Ice Adventure. This is an arctic installation of an immersive walk-through experience filled with spectacular ice and snow sculptures to take your breath away. Take a tour of Scotland with life-like ice sculptures of Vikings, fairies and Kelpies, Highland cows, eagles and Dolly the Sheep, Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots and Greyfriars Bobby, and of course the Loch Ness Monster! Supported by Shackleton Whisky, this attraction will also feature an ice bar.
With a setting of -10 C, be sure to wrap up!
Tickets from £7.00
Check out the full programme of events, times and dates at Edinburgh’s Christmas.


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WORTHINGTON — A young Worthington wrestling team gained confidence on the mat Thursday night. The Trojans (2-6 overall, 2-3 SWC), who feature one eighth-grader, five freshmen and two sophomores in their lineup, split a Southwest Conference triangular meet by defeating Marshall 45-27 and giving Class 1A top-ranked Jackson County Central a tough battle in a 46-27 loss.Word count: 888
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My book ‘Fly fishing the world on a shoestring’ has been constructed over several years from notes and recollections of the dozens of fly fishing trips I have undertaken around the world. I am a keen photographer and am never on the riverbank without a few cameras. Fly fishing in remote and exotic locations provides a perfect opportunity to capture stunning images. Nature unfolds on the riverbank, at dawn and dusk, when most people sleep, but at this precious time, the bears feed, the ospreys hunt and the otters play and the world wakes up. It’s a perfect place of solitude not just to cast a fly down an undisturbed salmon pool, but to absorb this wonderful spectacle. I have tried to capture some of this with my camera and to describe the experiences in my text.
Fishing anecdotes have been interwoven with geopolitical information, I hope producing an interesting read over the twenty eight separate chapters. The book has been professionally edited and constructed using 104gsm, premium colour paper, to display the 347 high quality photographs and text over 208 pages.
It is available with either flexi-or hardback covers. ISBN 978-1-8381589-1-0. The paperback edition is priced at £16.99 and the hardback at £24.99.
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My book will shortly be reviewed in Classic Angling magazine and later in the year in Total Flyfisher magazine
I had a wonderful Xmas Present from my wife Su.
A definite contender for the Hooker Prize !!
Well done! Amazing! A Credit to you! Unique!
After seeing the report of Duncan’s book being published in the Herald, I picked up a copy from Paragon yesterday afternoon. I’m an infrequent coarse fisherman these days and like Duncan was shown the ropes by my dad. Little did I know that you are one of Duncan’s partners in crime! Congratulations. The trips must have been fantastic. I am staggered by the lengths that he has gone to in pursuit of his passion. The quality of the photography is wonderful and it is beautifully written. I can’t send a note to Duncan as I don’t have his E-mail address but hope that I will bump into him at the tennis club when the lock-down ends. If you see him, let him know that he had a sale on Saturday!
Regards Mike Prentice.
Many thanks for your book, which I received yesterday. It looks excellent, really well produced and printed and a really comprehensive read for those of us interested in fishing overseas. I am really looking forward to getting stuck into it over Christmas; my appetite has been whetted for more travels in 2021. Congratulations on such a great project, have a great Christmas and I look forward to catching up in 2021!
Roddy Hall, Manager, Farlow’s Travel Ltd
I am very envious and jealous of all the places in the world you have managed to find to fly fish. I would never have thought this was possible. this book is an excellent reference book for any keen fly fisherman.
Marvelous. I am very envious and jealous of all the places in the world you have managed to find to fly fish. I would never have thought this was possible. this book is an excellent reference book for any keen fly fisherman.
Your book is absolutely riveting and very difficult to put down! Each chapter describing specific locations is action-packed and combined with most interesting, fascinating detail which leaves the reader thirst for more!! The wizardry with your camera producing astounding sharpness of the printed photographs, expertly illustrates each particular chapter subject. Many spectacular shots of stunning overseas scenery were also enjoyed by Sheila, a long suffering fisherman’s wife!!
It has replaced the Rise of Nations and inshore navigation as bedside reading – good stuff Duncan am enjoying greatly well done- really very interesting reading.
Clever you. I see you’ve got it on the shelves at Waterstones. That’s quite an achievement. It’s a very beautiful book. Well done.
Beth De Sousa
Many thanks for the book. My initial thoughts are that it’s a very good read and is rather unique in its format, in a good way. Please keep a hard back copy, with your signature.
My Birthday is coming up in November and l was wondering if l could get a copy of your fantastic book through you if possible signed? now your in the famous area of fly fishing books.
Duncan, Your book arrived: thanks. It’s wonderful and I can’t put it down! I’ll send you mine as soon as it is available.
The book arrived – Great!! I have started reading he first few chapters and really nicely put together. Congratulations!
It’s very impressive: the photos are superb, stories interesting. I especially love the photo of the green Arctic aurora!! It must have been very exciting after all your hard work writing & collating to actually hold a printed copy in your hand at last. It’s such an easy book to dip into and Mike’s really enjoying it as well.
Duncan has combined his passion for fly fishing and photography to produce an excellent book, full of adventures and spectacular scenery. Well worth a read, even for someone who has barely picked up a fishing rod!
Amazing book, great photos with some familiar faces. For someone who knows nothing about fly fishing , I have been inspired, educated and captivated by the experiences which have been related with such professionalism, which could only be made possible by truly living the moment and enjoying the sport. Some personal experiences well worth sharing, Thank you!
Iain Burns. Professional photographer and reporter.

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Former presidential candidate and governor of Ohio, John Kasich, is unhappy with both sides of the controversial and contentious hearings surrounding the confirmation of now Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Speaking on CNN’s news program “State of the Union,” Kasich said Republicans may have won this battle, but only at the expense of the long-term health of crucial US institutions.
“The whole process — look, it’s both sides,” said Ohio’s outgoing Republican governor. “A pox on both houses for the way this was conducted. And people in the country are appalled. That’s because it’s like, I got to win, and you got to lose.”
“Sometimes, you can have a short-term win, and the long term, you have to wonder about the soul of our country,” he added.
Kasich suggested a better to confirm a candidate for the Supreme Court would be for the White House and Democrats to pick a conservative justice whose political leanings would be acceptable to both sides “so that we don’t go through this.”
“And I would hope that the court will not become ideological,” he explained to CNN host Dana Bash. “That would begin to erode confidence in the court. In fact, confidence in the court has already been eroded.”
The Senate confirmed Kavanaugh on Saturday by 50-48 after an at-times raucous, and heated process angering many in government and in the public in general.


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The ayoyotes, ayoyotl, aztec jingles or huesos de fraile, are an idiophone percussion instrument of the Aztecs. It consists of a set of hard shells from the ayoyote or chachayote (chachayotl) tree of Thevetia genus, fixed to skin or cloth pieces in order to be tied to the ankles or wrists of the dancer or musician. Its sound is similar to that of the rain. This idiophone is used in concheros dance.
- Marchi, Regina M. (July 19, 2009). Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813545585. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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Club President Eileen Parsons welcomes all club members past and recent to get active this year and join us on the mats for the 2016-17 season! We take new athletes on a continual basis and we have coaches solely for new first time Judo athletes. Both competitive and Recreation Training. Dress: Be sure to wear a long sleeve shirt, track pants and no jewelry. The MUN Dojo also prepares its students for national and international competitions. Have fun learning a new skill and laughing is encouraged. MUN Judo accepts students on a continual basis all year long.
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“Suzanne” by the ACB’s, from The ACB’s:
Wait a minute, Mr. Postman. The ACB‘s don’t want to hear from you today.
“We’re at an age when you’ve got 80 save-the-date postcards on your refrigerator,” says 25-year-old bassist Bryan McGuire.
“We’ve had a couple friends who basically stopped living, and they’re just trying to succeed in their careers and do everything that their parents did,” adds guitarist and singer-songwriter Konnor Ervin, a landscaper by day. “It’s tempting to just fall in line, but a lot of pressure was released from me when I decided that I wasn’t going to let that dictate my life.”
Commitment to music has been a long time coming for Ervin and McGuire, old high school chums whose former band, Dr. Woo, recorded only three songs in its five-year existence. That Columbia, Missouri, group disbanded shortly after its members finished college and moved back to Kansas City.
“We’d headline the Blue Note and bring in, like, 400 people, but it was because it was a party,” Ervin says. “I wasn’t really achieving any of my goals as a songwriter. I didn’t feel like people even knew our songs.”
With their quarter-life crossroads upon them, McGuire and Ervin re-formed as the ACB’s with drummer Corey Egan and guitarist Matt Saladino. The group promptly headed to Underdog Studios in De Soto, Kansas, to track a 13-song record that sounds every bit the part of a veteran ensemble.
The self-titled debut arrived last December, introducing Kansas City audiences to the band’s textbook power-pop, which is informed by the big hooks of the Posies and the taut single-note riffs of the Cars.
“We listen to a lot of Michael McDonald and Michael Jackson, too, so that kind of creeps in there,” Ervin says with a perfectly straight face. “This album is really early-Beatles-influenced … ‘Twist and Shout’ is seen as this totally cheesy teenybopper song, but I think it’s a real powerful song. That’s kind of what I was going for.”
There’s definitely a cheese factor in hooky tracks such as “Suzanne,” but that’s precisely what makes the band’s songs so much fun. Same goes for the lyrics, which mostly revolve around girls and recreational drug use.
“Those are two things that were really impacting my life at the time,” Ervin says, clarifying that he has since cut back on the latter.
The ACB’s hit the Brick Saturday. Save the date.


Sylvester Roper was a great example of the classic American inventor – he had a wide range of interests, and impacted technological development in more than one industry. This shotgun is a design he patented in 1866, which uses a 4-round magazine of the 12ga or 16ga shells (in its earliest versions, it used percussion-fired reusable chambers like an early Gatling gun). It has an unusual mechanism which fires from an open bolt. This particular example is missing its magazine internals and has a broken bolt, but is the first actual Roper I have come across.
Roper went on to work with Christopher Spencer developing the pump-action shotgun, although he is best known for his work on motorcycles (which he was actually the first inventor of, according to some).


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#Elementary School Field Trips
Come to the Library! Library staff will present a fun storytime and tour of the library. Duval County Public Schools will have their buses organized centrally by their transportation office. DCPS students will be able to use their student library cards to check out books at the end of the visit.
We are currently booking field trips to the Main, Pablo Creek, Southeast, Charles Webb Wesconnett, and Highlands Libraries. If you would like to request a field trip to a library not listed, please email firstname.lastname@example.org.
Just click your library's Register button to schedule!
Just click on Schedule Field Trip and select a date! This link is to book a field trip TO the library.
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CLEVELAND - The Cleveland Browns were nowhere near the Super Bowl this year. But right now, a current Browns player has the edge on the reigning Super Bowl MVP.
Running back Peyton Hillis is leading Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the semi-final matchup to be on the cover of Madden 12. This is the first year that EA Sports has allowed fans to pick the cover star, and fans can vote on ESPN's website.
Voting started on Monday, and Hillis jumped out to a big early lead thanks to online efforts led by Browns fans. A Facebook page urging fans to vote for Hillis had over 3,200 "likes" on Friday. Fans can vote through the weekend.
ESPN will not say how much Hillis is leading by, and the winner will be announced Monday. If Hillis advances, he will face the winner of Michael Vick vs. Adrian Peterson.
The contest is set up in bracket similar to the NCAA tournament, with players from all 32 teams in the running.
So far, Hillis has also beat out Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice and Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan. As a 10 seed, Hillis was one of the underdogs from the start of the bracket, and he is the lowest seed remaining.


Google Meet will receive a new user interface with a number of new features for the web in May. It will allow users to set a custom wallpaper for video calls for its web and mobile application as well. In addition, users will be able to adjust and pin the tiles to fit the meeting. Google Meet will also allow users to resize, reposition, or hide their feed entirely. Google also said it is working to make Meet more efficient than network data by introducing a Data Saver mode.
Google announced updates for Google Meet via a blog post on Wednesday. In an effort to compete with Zoom, Google has introduced custom backgrounds for video calls. Users can select from a variety of images and videos, but it has not been confirmed whether users can upload and use their own content for this feature. For video backgrounds, users can choose between a class, a party and a forest. More wallpapers will be added soon.
Another feature has been introduced for Google Workspace paid subscribers, who will be able to access Autozoom. This feature allows users to be clearly focused, zoomed in and positioned exactly in the center. The tech giant said this feature will roll out in the coming months.
Google also adds another feature that will help users resize, reposition, or hide their video feed altogether. Users will also be able to adjust where content is shared and who should be most visible. For example, in a meeting the ideal would be to have the presentation and presenter in the foreground, and the new Meet functionality will help achieve this.
Additionally, Google is also improving its usage of network data by introducing a Data Saver mode for Meet. This feature will help limit data usage during calls and also help save data costs in countries like India, Brazil and Indonesia. Additionally, Google Meet for the web will now analyze a user’s background during video calls. It can detect when a user is in a dark environment and can automatically increase the brightness to improve the user’s visibility during the call.
OnePlus 9R is old wine in a new bottle or something else? We discussed it on Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast. Next (starting at 11pm), we talk about the new OnePlus Watch. Orbital is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find your podcasts.


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A facebook friend, coincidentally also an actual friend, shared the following video to their page thing the other day, and so I watched it, being the sucker for a good conspiracy theory that I am. Now I’m submerged in the 9/11 ‘research quagmire’, again… Should probably check if this clip has been debunked, but if you watch this while thinking “everything we know is wrong, and everything is fake”, well, don’t say I didn’t mention the rabbit-hole, and don’t blame me when you’re up well after 3a.m., skilfully dodging the reptilian shape-shifting world domination conspiracy sites in search of more … Continue reading Help, I’m In The Rabbit-Hole
What a horribly inappropriate title for a blog post. On a day such as it is… Please bear with me. It’s true – I love guns. I also fear them immensely. I’ve had the opportunity to ‘play’ with some guns at various junctures – L1A1, M-9, M-16, M-60, Steyr AUG (F88), blah, blah, blah. They are all marvellous devices. Machining and engineering marvels. Devastatingly efficient at what they were built to do. An adrenaline buzz to hold and strip and clean and re-assemble. And an unrivalled adrenaline super-rush to shoot. But they shouldn’t really even have to exist, for the … Continue reading I Love Guns
or Double-Speak, And Why We Will Love Paying More Tax And/Or Otherwise Subsidising The Wealth-Rorters Politics, and rorting an economy – It’s a game of semantics, and the bastards are so brazen and cock-sure now, that they barely try to hide it. Double-speak is more rife than ever, and is being used like a hammer to overtly pound propaganda and disinformation into the heads of the dumbed-down, confused, sedated, and easily-distracted masses. Insulting enough; but so much worse due to the pathetic quality of the language used, and worse again because the brainless media and consumers thereof simply gobble it all up, … Continue reading This Week In Double-Speak (#1)
Almost every time I see or hear a politician in an interview, I can be heard screaming “Answer the damn question!” Same goes for business leaders, bureaucrats, CEO’s, media ‘personalities’, company spokespersons, and all the other time-wasters and obfuscators who refuse to participate in any variety of ‘plain talking’. Seems everyone is too scared to just simply speak the truth. Covering the backside has taken priority over facts and real information. And I blame most, if not all, of the world’s ills on this apparent inability to just. answer. a. question. I could rattle off pages of the ills I speak … Continue reading Answer The Damn Question!
At about 9:47.pm. AEST, it was announced that abbott the wrecker was ousted from the position of Prime Minister by an internal coup led by Malcolm Turnbull and the current (obviously treasonous) Deputy PM. That is all. I’ll just toddle off and pour me a long one and stoke the fire… Good night. Wick Burner Continue reading It’s Gone
Recent days have seen a widespread outpouring of concern for refugees fleeing the broken country that was once Syria. I suppose this is positive, in some way, that now there is a focus on the plight of nearly 12 million displaced individuals. There is now broader awareness of the fact that over 220,000 people have died in the conflict, and that almost one and a half million people have been injured [See: http://syriasurvey.aa.com.tr/%5D. And, of course, we are now preparing to aim more bombers in the general direction of the Daesh ‘death cult’ that has infiltrated Syria from Iraq. There’s … Continue reading Better Late? (My Little Syria Rant)


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Former Secret Service Special Agent Evy Poumpouras has written an illuminating self-help book about how to live fearlessly. Poumpouras has been battle tested; she has “walked the walk” as a U.S. Secret Service agent for 12 years. She believes that fear (“and it’s crazy cousin, panic”) can cause the most confident person to freeze up. She says to become “bulletproof” is to face fear directly.
The author explains “Becoming Bulletproof” means growing into the most courageous, most powerful version of oneself, not through body strength alone, but through employing one’s powers of observation. Poumpouras’ lessons are based on psychological research and years of experience. I found her lessons helpful for people of all ages, especially those who could use a boost of self-confidence and those concerned about personal and global safety.
Poumpouras was a member of the protective service detail teams for Presidents George H. Bush, William Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. During her tenure in the Secret Service she also served search and arrest warrants, investigated violent and financial crimes, conducted undercover operations, and effected countless polygraph tests. Her courageous activity to rescue people from the World Trade Center collapse on September 11 earned her the United States Secret Service Medal of Valor Award.
Poumpouras lays out a 3-part plan for meeting fear head-on and ensuring personal safety by learning to “Protect Yourself,” “Read People” and “Influence Situations.” Each topic makes up a section of the book.
“Protection” is derived from acquiring mental resilience during fast-moving and stressful situations. It requires being aware of surroundings, trusting one’s intuition and developing specific steps to ensure personal safety.
“Reading people” involves learning tools to detect lies while keeping one’s emotions in check. Poumpouras was trained by the Department of Defense to be an interrogator for the select polygraph unit of the Secret Service. Her insights about body language and especially eye movements are fascinating, helpful and the apex of the narrative.
“Influence” comes from earning the respect of others, building rapport and persuading others to feel comfortable enough with you that they share vital information.
Evy Poumpouras is a good storyteller. She has provided an easy, well-sequenced book: Each chapter builds on the material in the previous chapter.

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I don’t think I’m really the target audience for Christopher Priest’s novels. Every time I read one I find it reviewed in a bunch of prestigious outlets praising its “spare prose” and “austere” style. Adam Roberts calls Priest’s 2016 novel The Gradual “amazing, haunting, eloquently baffling and clever”. Which…it was fine? I quite like the concept of the Dream Archipelago? but I certainly wouldn’t call it mind-blowing. I just don’t see it.
The protagonist of The Gradual is Alessandro Sussken, a musician and composer living in a grey and authoritarian state called Glaund. Glaund and the occupants of the other major landmass in this secondary world, Faiandland, are locked in perpetual war, although all the actual fighting happens on a faraway southern continent. Growing up, Sussken can see from his window a group of islands that are never spoken of. They are part of the Dream Archipelago, of whose existence it is forbidden to speak in Glaund.
A few years later, things have thawed a little, and Sussken’s invited on a tour of the Archipelago with a Glaundian orchestra. When he returns after what has been to him a matter of weeks, though, he finds that many years have passed in Glaund. His wife has given up on him and his parents have died. Eventually, he returns to the Archipelago, fleeing Glaund’s oppressive government, and learns a bit more about the strange way time works there, and how travellers can take advantage of it.
I think my inability to connect with the book probably has something to do with demographics. Put bluntly, this is a novel by an old white guy about an old white guy, and gods know we’ve got plenty of them. Actually there are two things here: first, it is manifestly not the case that all books are equally comprehensible to all ages; I think The Gradual, being in part a novel about ageing and the slow vagaries of time, probably best appeals to people who are at least the other side of 30 to me. Second, “old white man who is also an Artist” is probably the least interesting character sketch I can think of. It’s been done. Instead of solitary geniuses chasing their muses, I’d like to read about artists and creators embedded in their communities and drawing strength from them; I’m not particularly interested in bourgeois individualism. In the end, I’m far more interested in the world we glimpse behind Sussken: the Dream Archipelago, in all its elusive glory; its eccentricities of geography and travel and time. I’d happily read Priest’s The Islanders again, which puts the archipelago front and centre in a mock gazetteer. But The Gradual is not really My Thing.


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Talk about unlikely collaborations, right?!
Chance The Rapper and Lil B recently revealed that they have made a “Based Freestyle Album” together.
Chance took to Instagram this past Saturday (July 18) to post the above picture and reveal the news.
Lil B also posted the same image to his Instagram page, revealing that the project was recorded in Chance’s hometown of Chicago.
This album will act as Chance’s second major collaborative project this year after he released Surf with Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment back in late May.
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University of Melbourne, Australia, scientists who developed the technique have now licensed the intellectual property to Continence Control Systems International P/L (CCS), an Australian company created to commercialize the technology that will address a worldwide potential market of more than A$1 billion per year.
Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine from the bladder. The research team from three University departments (Anatomy, Zoology, and Surgery) has found a way...
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Jeremy L Belanger’s practice focuses on business arrangements, employment contracts, regulatory compliance, audits, and professional licensing. In April 2018, he successfully argued before the Michigan Court of Appeals to reverse and dismiss an administrative complaint against a licensed provider and recently obtained a dismissal of a complaint against another. He has worked on Federal qui tam cases involved the Anti-kickback, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b, and the Stark Law, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn.
Jeremy worked for the University of Michigan Health System’s Office of the General Counsel. While there, Jeremy worked on a wide range of Healthcare related issues. Primarily, he worked on regulatory and compliance issues, including issues with the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as numerous Medicare and Medicaid issues. While there, he worked on several strategic transactional affiliations, where he performed due diligence review and reviewed merger agreements and other contractual agreements. He also conducted research on antitrust issues, medical malpractice, the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, and cryopreservation case law.
Jeremy also worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Michigan. While there, he worked on a variety of cases, including the Federal Tort Claims Act and False Claims Act. He also worked with the Healthcare Fraud Unit, assisting the unit in bringing both criminal and civil claims. Prior to becomeing an attorney, Jeremy worked as a private investigator for insurance and disability claims. His work involved reviewing records related to insurance claims, interviewing claimants, and obtaining, reviewing, and summarizing medical records. His work investigating and updating disability claims to assist adjusters in determining if a claimant still meets the requirements for disability requirements.
Jeremy is a graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, graduating Magna Cum Laude. During his academic career Jeremy earned two Jurisprudence Achievement Awards and was on the Dean’s List every semester while in law school. He served as the Managing Editor of Publication for the Journal of Business & Securities Law, as Vice-President with the Student Bar Association, as well as the student liaison with the Academic Standards Committee and the Admissions Committee. Jeremy attended Eastern Michigan University, were he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Law and Government and a minor in Biology. He was on the Dean’s List consistently and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Jeremy served in the Army from 2003 to 2006 as an infantryman and deployed to Iraq in 2004 to 2005. In his time he served as a Styrker driver, an automatic rifleman, and a team leader.
In his spare time, he enjoys reading, going to the movies, and travel with his wife.
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In a significant stride towards revolutionizing the treatment of viral infections, Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc., a name synonymous with innovation in the biopharmaceutical realm, has announced its plans to embark on a Phase 2 program.
This program is centered around its proprietary, first-in-class allogeneic NK cell therapy, showcasing a pivotal moment in the pursuit of advanced therapeutic options for patients worldwide.
Natural Killer (NK) cells, a critical component of the human immune system, play a vital role in the body’s defense against tumors and virally infected cells.
Coeptis Therapeutics’ cutting-edge approach involves harnessing these stem cells to develop a treatment that is not only innovative but also has the potential to offer a significant advantage over existing therapies for viral infections.
The therapy, known for its distinctive allogeneic nature, is derived from stem cells that are not patient-specific but can be universally applied across a broad patient demographic. This universality not only simplifies the logistical and manufacturing aspects of the therapy but also makes it a potentially more accessible option for a wide range of patients suffering from viral infections.
Coeptis Therapeutics’ commitment to advancing this stem cell therapy into Phase 2 is a testament to the promising results observed in earlier stages of research. The therapy has demonstrated a robust safety profile and efficacy indicators, paving the way for further exploration in a larger cohort of patients.
This next phase of clinical trials will be instrumental in validating the therapy’s effectiveness and safety on a broader scale, bringing it one step closer to regulatory approval and commercial availability.
The implications of this stem cell therapy extend beyond the immediate benefits of a new treatment option for viral infections. It represents a broader shift in the medical community towards more personalized and precise treatment modalities.
By leveraging the innate power of NK cells, Coeptis Therapeutics is at the forefront of exploring how stem cell technologies can be applied to combat a variety of diseases, potentially transforming the landscape of medical treatment.
As Coeptis Therapeutics moves forward with its Phase 2 program, the healthcare community and patients alike watch with anticipation. The success of this stem cell therapy could herald a new era in the treatment of viral infections, offering hope to those who have long awaited more effective and innovative treatment options.
In conclusion, Coeptis Therapeutics’ pioneering work with allogeneic NK cell therapy underscores the incredible potential of stem cell research and its application in treating complex diseases. As we stand on the cusp of a new frontier in medical science, the continued exploration and development of stem cell therapies remain a beacon of hope for a healthier future for all.


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Iran court orders 'stingy' husband to buy 124 000 roses
Tehran, Iran - 03 March 2008
An Iranian court has ordered a man to buy his wife 124 000 roses after she filed a complaint against
her "stingy" husband to claim her dowry, a press report said on Monday.
"After 10 years of marriage Hengameh had decided to claim her dowry of 124 000 red roses to
punish her very stingy husband," the Etemad newspaper said.
"Shortly after marriage, I realised that Shahin was very cheap. He even refused to pay for my
coffee if we went to a cafe or restaurant," said the woman, identified only by her first name,
But Shahin told the court he could only afford five roses a day and complained that it was "her
billionaire friends who had put such ideas in her head".
The court has seized his apartment worth 600-million rials ($64 000) until he has bought her the
entire 124 000 roses. A long stemmed red rose costs 20 000 rials (about $2 in Tehran.
Under Iranian law, a woman can claim her dowry, or mahr, which is a gift pledged by the man at the
time of marriage, at any time during married life or when getting a divorce.
It is common in Iran to offer gold coins or property as mahr, and the number of gold coins (worth
about $260) could vary from 14 to even hundreds or thousands.
An Iranian man can end up in jail over dowry debts and there has been a judicial debate whether it
should be adjusted according to the man's financial status. -- AFP


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Rumour and hype dominated the run-up to this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. For once, writes RACHEAL DANE, some of it turned out to be true.
Gaming enthusiasts were treated to a heavy dose of overwhelming news, trailers and demos by all the major names in the video gaming industry at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Centre. For once, it turned out that some of the hype and rumours going around before the show were actually true, much to the glee of fans who had been keeping their fingers crossed and optimism in check.
Although the latest edition of E3 turned out to be game-heavy, unlike the previous year, which featured Sony’s and Microsoft’s long-awaited next-generation hardware, it did not send the fans home disappointed.
Sony and Microsoft
It was pretty obvious that Sony and Microsoft would show up at Los Angeles Convention Center with their guns fully loaded in a bid to outperform their rivals. Wasting no time to get down to business, both giants pitched exciting news and trailer after another at the fans.
Microsoft mainly remained focused on the upcoming titles for Xbox One, bringing up names like The Master Chief Collection, Halo 5: Guardians, and Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Sony, on the other hand, showed up with much more than games in its arsenal. It announced and showing off plenty titles, including the title and trailer of the newest and quite possibly final Uncharted game, and LittleBigPlanet 3. It also announced a white PlayStation 4, which will be bundled with the game Destiny, and more news on the hardware front, with the revelation of PlayStation TV for the North American and European regions.
Sony had appeared quite confident prior to this year’s E3 and, with its strong showing during the course of the event, the reason became pretty evident. Microsoft’s E3 showing was not too shabby either, but it clearly has some catching up to do.
Nintendo not down for the count
Absent on the press conference day at E3, Nintendo eventually took the stage on day two to make a short and simple presentation. Was it effective? Definitely!
Despite being written off by many industry players and the media, the company made its intention to bounce back strongly quite evident. Bringing news, trailers and demos of a handful of its upcoming releases, including Mario Maker, Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and Super Smash Bros Wii U, Nintendo gave its loyal fans plenty to get excited about.
The best moment, however, was the announcement of The Legend of Zelda, slated for a release in 2015. A trailer of the game left no doubt that it is going to be a visual treat, while the open-world, non-linear gameplay promised the freedom that the Final Fantasy franchise has failed to deliver for so long.
Another major announcement by the company was that of Star Fox, which is confirmed to be in the works, though it is expected to make its showing at next year’s E3. Nintendo also announced Amiibo, the concept which is clearly inspired by Disney’s Skylanders. After a successful E3 showing, it seems highly likely that Nintendo will soon make its way uphill.
Steam Machine steps out of the shadows
We’ve heard plenty about Steam Machines but, thanks to Alienware, this year’s E3 featured an actual prototype of the highly-anticipated gaming console. Named Alienware Alpha, it was still not a final build, though it ran games and thus gave a pretty good idea of what the Steam Box would be capable. For gamers who want to enjoy the huge collection of PC games, including DotA and League of Legends, but without the fuss of an actual computer, this may be the simple and compact hardware solution they’ve been seeking.
Third-party developers put up strong Show
Third-party developers were expected to play a strong role in this year’s E3, and they didn’t disappoint either. Ubisoft arrived with the latest news on Assassin’s Creed: Unity, and Rainbow Six: Siege, along with a Far Cry 4 gameplay demo. EA, on the other hand, made announcements regarding Battlefield: Hardline, gave a glimpse of Star Wars: Battlefront gameplay, and confirmed that Mass Effect 4 is in the making.
Some of the other titles that made an appearance at this year’s expo included Mortal Kombat X, Batman: Arkham Knight, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Shadow of Mordor, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The latest edition of E3 had something for everyone, irrespective of their gaming and console preferences. Most importantly, it gave gamers a pretty solid reason to invest in the next-generation console if they hadn’t done so already, considering the number of blockbuster titles in the pipeline.
* Racheal Dane is a content marketer at www.stealthmate.com and a technology writer. Follow her on Twitter on @RachealDane

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Schakowsky Remarks on National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of victims of domestic violence and in recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. For far too long, domestic violence victims have been ignored, afraid to speak up, and scared of being stigmatized. Battered immigrant women have been particularly vulnerable to domestic violence due to their temporary immigration status or lack of status. These women often suffer in silence because they fear threats of deportation, fear being separated from their children, and are afraid to come out of the shadows.
We have made significant progress in both reducing incidents of domestic violence and in offering support to victims. Eighteen years ago, Vice President Biden led the bipartisan effort to enact the Violence Against Women Act. As we all know, VAWA has strengthened communities and provided critical, life-saving support to victims of domestic violence, including battered immigrant women.
Obamacare expands access to critical domestic violence services. Under Obamacare, health insurers must provide women with access to domestic violence screening and counseling services without any cost-sharing and they cannot charge higher premiums to victims of domestic violence. This eliminates cost as a barrier to accessing these important services.
Nonprofit organizations are also doing inspiring work to aid victims of domestic violence. One such organization is Second Chance Employment Services. I want to recognize the extraordinary work done by this organization, and its founder Dr. Ludy Green. SCES offers survivors of domestic violence counseling and individualized job training services. SCES provides these women with both emotional support and the resources needed for financial security.
Despite all of these efforts, we still have a long way to go. Every day, three women in the United States die as a result of domestic violence. We must do everything we can to combat these unconscionable acts and support victims of this horrible crime. As the President noted in his Proclamation in honor of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month of 2012, "Let us renew our efforts to support victims of domestic violence in their time of greatest need, and to realize an America where no one lives in fear because they feel unsafe in their own home....
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we all must recommit to continuing to fight for all survivors of domestic violence. We must all work together to reauthorize VAWA before the end of this Congress and ensure that we expand rather than erode protections for all victims of domestic violence. I urge my Republican colleagues to pass the bipartisan Senate bill, which passed the Senate on April 26 by a more than 2 - 1 vote, so that we can expand rather than roll back protections for victims of domestic violence.


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By Tonya Andris
Inside The Pew
In this election season, Americans are taking to the polls to perform the most treasured act granted in a democracy.
But, the election process is just one way for citizens to interact with government. And, according to Cynthia Northrop White, the best way for citizens to increase their knowledge of government is to get involved at the local level.
“I truly believe if citizens are knowledgeable about how local government works and how different levels of government interact they will be more successful in finding solutions to issues important to them,” White said.
White, a former Denton County (Texas) Commissioner, recently celebrated the release of her first book, Make a Difference: Navigating the Maze of Local Government (Austin Brothers Publishing, $24.95).
Touted as a “local government for dummies” type book that takes a holistic approach by connecting the dots between the different levels of government and how they each inform the other, White points to her ultimate desire of motivating and equipping citizens to engage in their local communities.
“We don’t learn about local government in school. I’ve talked to many citizens during my time in office over the years and have found that the more information they get on how local government works the more they want to get involved because they begin to see they can make a difference,” White said.
The book covers the nuts and bolts of local government structure and includes practical information on knowing who and how to contact, how the federal government informs local government and perspective on what make a community successful.
White, who holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of North Texas, stresses the importance of collaborative partnerships.
“I believe synergistic communities of cohesive local government, community-minded businesses, strong and supported non-profit community and informed and engaged citizens spell success.”
Denton County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell and former Commissioner White’s served on the Lewisville (Texas) City Council for three years in the early 1990s and Denton County Commissioners Court from 2001 to 2008.
“I was impressed by Commissioner White’s commitment to not only serving the citizens but to her passion for educating them as well,” said Commissioner Mitchell, specifically recalling White’s initiative in creating and initiating a Student Government Day for high school seniors, hosting town halls on specific topics of interest to her constituents, creation of a monthly transportation task force meeting designed specifically for residents of her precinct and the creation of the “380 Coalition.”
The book also includes a collection of columns on county issues White wrote while in office and distributed to community newspapers and through her own email distribution list.
“The release of Make a Difference: Navigating the Maze of Local Government allows me to continue my mission to provide a convenient and compact resource for citizens on how to understand, connect, and make a difference in their communities.”
Top: Cynthia Northrop White, right, makes a presentation during a Women in Transportation meeting.
Right: Book cover: “Making A Difference: Navigating the Maze of Local Government”
Copyright © 2016 Inside The Pew. All rights reserved.


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Throughout most of human history, kids received little or no formal instruction. There can also be a neat little characteristic that unlocks games as soon as children have carried out a certain amount of studying. A safe place for teenagers to explore and play lots of of fun instructional games with their favourite PBS KIDS characters. A canoe outing will make a tenting memories the children will speak about for a very long time. Both Vtech and LeapFrog offer games and studying apps for this age range (and past – do not forget, the InnoTab 2 and LeapPad 2 are designed for as much as 9 year-olds).
The Windows version can solely make games that may work on Windows, the Mac version can only make games that work on Macs, and the Studio model could make games that work on each. Books and video games are available for varying ages and abilities, so there’s always one thing on your child. I do not focus enough on instructional clip art, as a result of I hold having to fulfill people who’re making Squidoo lenses, which have a commercial component. I always like money video games, they’re an exquisite for teenagers to grasp the concept of cash.
I found that even ‘large children’ like enjoying video games and will probably be enthusiastic, even when it’s solely as a result of the sport is a break from the routine. I believe that should you allow your children to play video video games they should be age appropriate and, time ought to be limited. Players can explore Ponyville, visit familiar sites just like the Sweet Shop, Star Song’s bus, and Pinkie Pie’s Balloon House, and play with Pinkie Pie and her mates in eight mini games as they prepare for and have a good time a very special pony’s birthday.
InFAMOUS 2 is the second chapter in the extraordinarily in style inFAMOUS franchise; the game features stunning graphics, new superpowers, on-line gameplay, and user generated content material. While many academic toy web sites deal with educational areas, creating gross motor abilities is vital. Middle grades Students seem to be pleased with absolutely anything that is lively.

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In an e-mail sent Christmas Eve to his Information Technology Division (ITD) staff, Peter Quinn, ITD director, wrote: "I have become a lightning rod with regard to any IT initiative. Even the smallest initiatives are being mitigated or stopped by some of the most unlikely and often uninformed parties."
ODF office software, which has its strongest corporate sponsors in IBM and Sun Microsystems, was pushed through against the protests of Microsoft, which complained that its format approach was being unfairly excluded by the state. Quinn had powerful support for his stance in the person of Eric Kriss, who was the state's secretary of Administration and Finance. But Kriss resigned a few months ago and was replaced by Tom Trimarco, who has already indicated he is favorably disposed to Microsoft's approach.
Andy Updegrove, an attorney representing the OASIS standards organization favoring ODF, reported in his blog Tuesday that Kriss and Quinn had met Dec. 21 to discuss Quinn's future. "The personal attacks, and especially the unfounded (and quickly disproven) charges publicized by the Boston Globe, played a major part of (Quinn's) decision," Updegrove wrote.
The Globe had asked the administration of Governor Mitt Romney to investigate Quinn. The investigation raised questions about the propriety of expenses and trips Quinn made to computer trade shows. Quinn was exonerated when Kriss stepped forward and said he had approved Quinn's trips, but the investigation and the news coverage took a toll on Quinn, according to Updegrove.
At the same time, Governor Romney, who is expected to be a Republican candidate for the Presidency, was being criticized by Democratic politicians over the proprietary of his own out-of-state trips.
As things stand now, Massachusetts is scheduled to adopt the ODF standard in 2007. However, powerful politicians, including the governor's administration and Democratic Secretary of State William Galvin and other Democratic legislators are receptive to Microsoft's approach.
But Microsoft is unlikely to be able to make a definitive submission until its latest office software formats proposal wends its way through the European ECMA standards body, which could compete with the ODF approach by OASIS. The Microsoft submission, made earlier this month, has more than 1900 pages so a quick resolution isn't expected.
Some observers have suggested that the two standards--OASIS ODF--and the coming ECMA Microsoft Office Open XML-- be converged at some point in the future.
Although the debate concerns much arcane detail, there are billions of dollars at stake every year of office software.


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The order, which was announced yesterday, June 6, brings to 20 the number of 787s the airline has on order, the most of any
The first of Continental’s 787s will be delivered in 2009. The Next-Generation 737s contained in the new order are scheduled to begin delivery in 2008.
“The game-changing 787, in combination with the popular 777, will provide Continental with long-range, fuel-efficient capability and the fleet flexibility to react to an ever-changing market,” said Mike Bair, Boeing vice president and general manager of the 787 program.
Along with Continental’s order, Boeing now has 403 orders and commitments from 29 carriers worldwide for the Dreamliner. Continental was the first major


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Trying to track down a great place to eat in Sacramento isn’t difficult not because there are so few wonderful places to try, but because there are so many!
Though it may not have quite as many top-tier places to dine at as say, San Francisco, the restaurant culture here is as developed as any you’ll find in California (or anywhere else in the US), giving you the chance to really open up your palate and just go wild.
Hopefully we’re going to be able to shine a little bit of light on some of the better places to sit down for a meal, as well as a couple of little joints you’ll pop into for a bite and some fancier places for those special occasions.
What say we dive right in?
Casual dining spots to hit in Sacramento
Maggiano’s Little Italy
Routinely voted one of the best places to eat in all of Sacramento, you’re going to be able to get the most bang for your buck when you visit this Italian-American hotspot. The food here is fantastic, rustic, and authentic, and portions are, well, gigantic. It’s a must-visit spot if you’re into Italian food – and who isn’t?
No, it’s not the same Paesano’s as the one George was buying calzones from in Seinfeld, but it’s not bad, either. This is the kind of place you’ll want to go just about any weeknight – or on the weekend (though expect things to be a little busy). The pizza is solid, the calzones (yes, they have them) are top notch, and the pasta choices are just right.
This little pizza spot is so much more, especially if you’re after something a bit more authentic. This is very much NOT the same kind of food your mom used to make, but instead something fresh from Italy. The food here is pretty cheap, but the portions will fill you up – with more than enough left over to bring home.
Fine dining options in Sacramento
As far as restaurants in Sacramento go, you aren’t going to be finding any of them are better than this one. Effortlessly ranked the very best place to eat in all of Sacramento year after year, the food here is some of the best in California – all at a price point that won’t make you blush. There appears to be no parking, but that’s because a valet will take your car and retrieve it for you at the end of the night so that you don’t have to worry about doing anything but getting in to meet your reservation. Don’t be surprised if you bump into some of California’s rich and famous while dining here, including members of the Sacramento Kings.
If Biba is the best restaurant in all of Sacramento, The Waterboy would have to be considered the second best. Trendy food – easily the trendiest food in all of Sacramento – the menu was exciting, fun, and fresh. The prices aren’t bad, either!
Another big Italian favorite in Sacramento, this restaurant is the very place for special occasions. The service is top notch, restaurant is beautiful, and the food is good enough to write home about!
Can’t miss eating experiences when you’re in the area
Amazing food at an even more amazing price point, this is a modern kind of restaurant with food choices reaching across all different kinds of cuisine. You won’t have any trouble finding something to eat for everyone at your table when you visit this restaurant.
La Trattoria Bohemia
A little bit eclectic, a little bit wild, and a little bit mysterious, the meals that you’re going to have at this restaurant our meals that you aren’t ever going to forget, discusses Stockton DUI Attorneys. The chefs are always coming up with new mixes and matches, new dishes, and new flavor combinations that are going to completely transform the way that you think about eating out.
Strings Urban Kitchen
Considered one of the best-kept dining secrets in all of Sacramento, this restaurant has yet to hit the “radar” but a lot of people outside of Sacramento, which means that you’ll still have the opportunity to get one of the best meals in the city at prices that will have your jaw hitting the ground.
Hole in the wall establishments that are off the beaten path, but DEFINITELY worth the visit
Jamie’s Broadway Grille
Featured on The Food Network, this is a “off the wall” restaurant that every major city has and a restaurant that every major city tries to keep a secret from everyone else.
Mother Lode Bar & Deli
If you’re looking for amazing sandwiches, top-notch drinks, and some of the best bar food in the city, this is where you’re going to want to eat!
All of the above you cannot go wrong with in California’s capitol gem!

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Update on HB 1483
Unfortunately, House Bill 1483 has been stalled in the House of Representatives. Leadership has not yet referred the bill to the House State Government Committee, which would permit the bill to be introduced for a committee vote and, hopefully, proceed to the floor of the House for passage. This same circumstance had prevented passage of HB 2083 (the predecessor of HB 1483) during the previous 2015-16 legislative session that ended in December 2016.
While HB 1483 sets stalled in the House, PGC's failed deer, wildlife, and habitat policies continue with great biological and social impacts to wildlife resources and sport hunting, and unprecedented economic impacts continue, especially to family businesses and rural communities throughout the state. Until HB 1483 is passed, PGC's mismanagement of forest and wildlife resources will continue to impact the Commonwealth's economy at the rate of $1.16 billion per year, with lost government tax revenues of $92.5 million per year. Many consider those who support PGC and oppose the bill to be complicit with these outrageous impacts to the Commonwealth, our natural resources, and citizens.
Considering the intense budget negotiations that legislators recently endured in trying to save pennies, it is mind boggling that the legislature does not embrace this bill that will generate about a hundred million dollars per year in government tax revenues and over a billion dollars for the state's economy, especially for rural communities. If for no other reason, those who wish to gain the votes of a million hunters and their families as well as the votes of millions of other citizens who recreate in Pennsylvania's great outdoors and who enjoy abundant wildlife and healthy forests (as would be provided by passage of HB 1483), should support this most important piece of legislation. It would seem unwise to be perceived as facilitating over a billion dollars of economic impacts to the state's economy.
This 2017-18 legislative session is now entering its second and final year. While it has remained static in the House during 2017, let's hope that a demonstrated concern for forest and wildlife resources, sportsmen and outdoor loving citizens, and the economic well-being of thousands of family businesses and rural communities will prevail, and that HB 1483 will soon be referred to the State Government Committee.
HB 1483 WILL BENEFIT 153 SPECIES
of PENNSYLVANIA WILDLIFE
HB 1483 will directly benefit the populations of 153 species of Pennsylvania wildlife: 41 mammals, 86 birds, 18 reptiles, and 8 amphibians. Read full article
ATTENTION PA HUNTERS VERY IMPORTANT
Please contact your legislator either by phone or email and request that he or she immediately co-sponsors Representative Dave Maloney's "Wildlife Habitat" bill. It will soon be introduced as House Bill 1483.Recently Rep. Maloney sent the bill's memorandum to all House members. HB 1483 is designed to address "deer management and wildlife habitat, rural economies, and Game Commission accountability". Rep. Maloney distributed the memo under the title "Wildlife Habitat". It is important that sportsmen ask their legislators to co-sponsor this vital piece of legislation
For the past 16 years, the Game Commission has continued to reduce the statewide deer herd to nearly un-huntable numbers in some regions in an attempt to improve forest seedling regeneration and to promote native wildflowers. Independent studies as well as state and federal investigations have indicated that virtually no scientific benefits have resulted from PGC's action, while the impacts to sportsmen, family businesses, rural communities, and the Commonwealth's economy have been outrageous and unacceptable.
The decline in tourism and recreation has now impacted rural economies and the State by over $7 billion in the past dozen years. Collapsing the state deer herd has been called the greatest conservation mistake in the over 100 year history of the Game Commission. HB 1483 will rebuild Pennsylvania's deer herd, improve the populations of grouse and other wildlife, return over 200,000 sportsman who have quit hunting because of the lack of deer, re-invigorate rural economies by over $500 million per year, and generate $40 million of annual tax revenues for local and state governments. Under PGC's current plan, it would take the Game Commission 100 to 200 years to achieve the same degree of habitat improvements as Rep. Maloney's bill will accomplish in 10 to 15 years
IMPORTANT PLEASE TAKE ACTION
find your Representative or Senator.
PGC lack of funding lies
By Ron Benjamin
The PGC lies about "Lack of Funding" Read more
PGC deserve a license Increase?
Blaine M. Toy
Not only "NO",
but "HELL NO". Under title 34 The Pennsylvania Game
Commission's mission is "To manage all wild birds, mammals
and their habitats for current and future generations".
to read more
PGC is crying for
a license increase yet for years they openly stated in "PA
Game News" they were receiving gas royalty money. I believe
that revenue plus what they receive from coal and timber should
have been going into the game fund. Where is all that billions
of dollars? My opinion is the PGC should be audited by an
independent agency and not one government controlled to end
up giving a potentially if not obviously biased determination.
Why if Marcellus
revenue has declined, did we not invest or save more for the
rainy day situation. Did we need to spend millions on more
game land with hunting license sales stagnant, and severely
declined over the last 15 year? Was there justifiable need
for PGC search dog and trainers, AR platform rifles for every
WCO and the like? Highly questionable expenditures seem to
exist. The Trump card with no pun intended is the question
“is our game situation better than it was 20 years ago? I
believe most public land hunters would tell you not just NO
but Hell No!.
Those PA State Game
lands were purchased by us hunters from our license fees and
the excise tax on our sporting goods by the Pittman–Robertson
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act. They were not purchased
by tax dollars or the bird watchers, hikers, horseback riders,
ATV riders, bike riders, etc...
For years Pennsylvania
was a top rated hunting state, now we are the laughing stock
of the nation thanks to the PGC deer reduction plan. They
need to start listening to us hunters; it's our money that
Why the Game Commission and DCNR Nearly Collapsed
Pennsylvania’s Deer Herd, and the Impacts to Sport Hunting,
Wildlife Populations, and the Commonwealth’s Economy
The Need to Pass HB for Deer Management, Wildlife Habitat,
and Game Commission Accountability.
In 1998, DCNR entered into an agreement with the Forest Stewardship Council – a German-based environmental organization . Read more
"WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THIS GENERATION TO DIE"
By Ralph Saggiomo
This or something to that effect is what Dr. Alt of the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) stated some years ago, when his program was adopted by the PGC and went into effect to reduce the Whitetail Deer herd, much to the dismay of many of the sportsmen/women of PA.
Well go to HADES Dr. Alt! Some of us are still here to testify how you and the powers to be at that time tried, and in some cases destroyed, the traditional aspect of hunting here in PA.
I have been hunting and trapping in this great state since 1946. Myself and many others of my generation are still here to testify that the PGC was founded in 1895 under title 54 to propagate for the Hunters and Trappers of PA. Hopefully the sitting Commissioners have not lost sight of that Oath they have taken!!!
Hopefully they will not give in to those that come to the table disguised as pro-hunting advocates, but have anti-hunting or other political agendas that will negatively impact our Hunting Fraternity. Many of us believe these hidden agendas have caused the demise of license buying Sportsmen/women.
Hunters and Trappers created the PGC over 120 years ago, and many that followed had the foresight to protect the vision of the founding fathers of this Commission. The PGC mission was to propagate game for the sportsmen/women of PA. Only a clear focus of this mandate should be accepted by those that elect the future leadership of the PGC. We may not be here much longer, but we know from whence we have come and where we are now.
"Save the Babe, Throw out the wash water".
Attention gun owners, could this deer reduction program just be another assault on our 2nd amendment rights?
Eliminate hunting then why own guns?
Forest Regeneration Myth
By John Eveland
years PGC had used three goals toward justifying their unprecedented
deer reduction program and near collapse of the herd in some
northern and eastern tier regions -- Read
EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
PGC's Deer Team is Conducting a Masterful Campaign of Deception
April 20, 2015
Sportsmen and many
legislators have become accustomed to the deceptive antics
of the Pennsylvania Game Commission – Read
Management (?) Deception
agency that once was trusted by sportsmen and lawmakers alike
to honorably perform its legislated mission with the utmost
of integrity has now stooped to an agenda-driven arm of the
forest industry and fringe environmentalists.
Again Defiant to Sportsmen Pleas for More Deer
biologist, ecologist and forester John Eveland has done a
masterful job breaking down and analyzing what the Board of
Commissioners did – or should I say didn't do at the recent
Game Commission Meeting with regard to deer management. In
spite of the worst winter in recent memory, ever-increasing
predation, and deer having no apparent impact on forest regeneration
the Board once again ignored the pleas of sportsmen to increase
deer numbers. Oh, the Board claimed to have provided some
relief to the deer herd by reducing doe permits by 33,000,
but as John’s analysis indicates it amounted to a lot of smoke
and mirrors with much ado about nothing.
Last year the Board
was granted a reprieve to do something about this never-ending
deer issue and again they came up small. Now it’s time for
the Legislature to step up to the plate….. Read
Assessment of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's
By John Eveland
Forester, Wildlife Biologist, and Ecologist
In 2000-01, John
Eveland was asked by the senate majority leader to assess
PGC's deer-reduction program, and again was requested by the
Office of the Governor and the majority leader of the House
Game and Fisheries Committee in 2007. Read/print
each article individually or read/print
the complete series.
State Representative David Maloney requested that I prepare
a summary of my investigation of the Game Commission's deer
management program. Therefore, at his request I prepared an
abbreviated version of the 25-article Deer Management Series.
Forester, Wildlife Biologist, and Ecologist
John Eveland is
by education and profession a forester, wildlife biologist,
and ecologist. Of the three big game mammals in Pennsylvania
(white-tailed deer, black bear, and elk), he conducted the
original statewide research, wrote the original state management
plans, and was directly involved in the successful recovery
of two of these species -- black bears and elk.
John Eveland can
be reached at (412)601-0077, or at email@example.com.
Perfect Storm: Grim Scenario
Decimates State's Deer Herd"
By Blaine M. Toy
John Eveland's commentary
entitled, "A Perfect Storm: Grim Scenario Decimates State's
Deer Herd" Read
Actions of the
Pennsylvania Game Commission
by Blaine M. Toy
The PGC continuously
snubs their noses at Pennsylvania's sportsmen, and the politicians
do nothing about it. In fact the PGC has even thumbed their
noses at the politicians just to prove how powerful they are.
If the Game Commission calls me a stakeholder one more time
I'm going to be sick.
Commission’s response to a hunters comment on our website:
The old proverb
you can’t beat city hall is proved more and more by the Pennsylvania
Game Commission. They seem to have many liberal Judges in
their pockets. The most recent action involves Sunday hunting.
Their power should be criminal as it seems the PGC will never
be beaten in a major challenge. Read
indicates coyote predation
deer in East manageable
USP president Randy
Santucci was invited and presented research on the coyote
problem four years ago to the PGC board of commissioners.
Dr. Rosenberry refuted the research and they did not take
any action. Dr. Rosenberry is acknowledged as a contributor
in the current coyote predation article attached. Another
time USP was right and the PGC wrong.
here to read the article.
the Hunting Field for Coyotes
Dr. Dennis Wydra
use of semi-automatic rifles for hunting in Pennsylvania has
been illegal for decades... Read
Rifles in the Hunting Woods
accurate, they're customizable and they're fun to shoot. Why
you're about to see more AR-style rifles in the woods.
By Blaine Toy
Recently USP President
Randy Santucci was interviewed about an idea he had by John
Hayes of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette regarding the overpopulation
of urban deer. Read more
I sent the following email to my state senator and state representative.
The response that I got from one of them was a little disconcerting.
THEIR BANG FOR THE BUCK
As documented in
the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources'
(DCNR's) Deer Management Plan, concurrent seasons, antler
restrictions, and hunters, themselves, have been used to reduce
the deer population and maintain the herd at exceedingly low
numbers. Read more
Costs and Benefits of FSC Certification of DCNR Forests
Impact of the DCNR/PGC
Marcellus Mess on Elmerton Avenue
For quite a few
years now, it is no secret that The Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania
has had a rocky relationship with the Pennsylvania Game Commission,
primarily over deer management. Read
now on Facebook.
image below to view
There has been so
much new lately regarding the attempts of the anti-gun politicians
and media USP web site has had to generate separate pages
for your reading.
have the perfect poster that should be on a billboard on every
leading into Washington DC, Chicago, New York and Hollywood!!!!!
administration shows disrespect for our
and embassy personnel
Management: hunters or environmentalist?
by Don Mallicoat and published by The Asheville Tribune, Asheville,
NC. Read more
Sportsmen of Pennsylvania
Supports responsible Drilling.
visit our new gas page.
Beck interview of Ted Nugent!
By Randy Santucci President USP
This video is about
12 minutes long, but extremely worth watching, please watch
the complete video.
Ted Nugent an unknowing
victim of an obscure unprecedented game law in Alaska, explains
the circumstances for Glen Beck in this interview. Once again
the media and it’s partial truths, attempts to discredit one
of the premiere 2nd amendment supporters and promoters of
hunting that exists today. Watch
the interview on this link.
information for our visitors with
regarding the deer situation in their
find your Representative
USP is here for the sportsmen.
purpose of the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania is to bring
attention to important issues relating to hunting, fishing,
trapping and shooting. We publish and distribute
a quarterly news letter (Woods & Waters) for our members.
Does That Mean Forever?
Wayne Haas, USP Vice President
The big sign below
is self-explanatory, simple, and to the point. No Doe Hunting!
But, does that mean
forever, absolutely not. There is nobody that wants to harvest
antlerless deer more than USP. But, at the present time in
history because of the needless reduction of the deer herd
since 2001, we believe there needs to be an increase in the
number of deer. We would like to see the day when hunters
harvest over 200,000 buck and 200,000 doe and if regulations
were changed to only one deer per hunter everywhere except
special regulation areas, with 750,000 total hunters, over
half of all hunters would take home a deer to enjoy at the
table. License sales would be sure to increase and back to
the good old days we would go.
Therefore, for a
private landowner to have the ability to control their land
to make this happen (if wanted), USP has printed and has available
the No Doe Hunting signs below. Most PGC Game Lands and DCNR
State Forests need these signs too!
that regular deer hunting season is over, we hope everyone
had a safe hunting season. However, from feedback and complaint’s
we have been getting at USP; the season was another failure
with hunters seeing very few deer. Thanks to the PGC's failed
deer management plan with very few deer remaining, we can
no longer call it hunting, just time enjoying the outdoors.
second archery and primitive flintlock hunting season open;
we ask all hunters to be extremely careful and insure and
identify your target. At this time hunters will be wearing
camouflage while hunting, and not wearing the
florescent orange, and can very
easily blend into the background .
are asking the hunter’s to not shoot a doe and help the deer
doe hunting signs are available from USP. To cover our printing
cost the signs; we sell them at $.60 each plus shipping.
To purchase signs contact Treasurer Pete Kingsley at 717-471-5820,
340 Hilltop Road, Strasburg, PA 17579.
sportsmen are well aware there are locations with-in Pennsylvania
that are over populated with deer, but the majority of the
state has had the herd decimated. This sport of hunting must
be preserved for our future generations of children and
grandchildren, change to PGC's self destruction of siding
with the anti-hunters. We sportsmen must band together and
attempt to end the fraud of the PGC.
supports returning to the traditional two week buck season
followed by a two day doe season. We believe the PGC should
go back to doe allocations by county instead of Wildlife Management
Units. If a county has a deer shortage; close that county
and give the herd a chance to build back up. Where there are
an abundance of deer extend the doe season if necessary.
- To promote and
maintain high standards in conservation of our natural resources.
- To cooperate with
State and Federal agencies and all sportsmen organizations
to protect and achieve the needs of both wildlife and sportsmen.
- To defend our heritage
right to hunt, fish, trap, and to protect our constitutional
right to keep and bear arms.
- To promote programs to educate the public
about hunting, fishing, trapping and shooting for all future
the largest independent statewide sportsmen organization in
Pennsylvania, we can accomplish a lot with just a small amount
of money. All of the USP officers are highly motivated, interested,
knowledgeable sportsmen and all are non salaried, and even
our professional full time representative in Harrisburg is
a non salaried officer. In spite of all this we cannot perform
miracles, and we cannot exist without you as a member.
PGC/DCNR Bullshit Lies!!
picture was taken in either Southern Elk County or Northern
Arden Road showing a deer fenced area area. Looking
at the area I seen no difference
or outside the fence. What
a waste of our taxpayer money by PGC and DCNR.


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Paraplyorganisasjonen for verdens RP-foreninger, Retina International, markerer hvert år den 27. september som Verdens netthinnedag. Årets erklæring gir en generell oversikt over hvor langt forskning og utvikling av behandlingsformer for RP er kommet, og understreker sterkt betydningen av gode pasientregistre for at de kliniske forsøk som er en forutsetning for endelige behandlinger skal kunne gjennomføres.
Les pressemeldingen nedenfor.
PRESS RELEASE WORLD RETINA DAY September 27th, 2014
Passing out of the scientific darkness and into the light of clinical trials
This was the title of an inspiring talk given at the recent Retina International World congress in Paris by distinguished vision scientist and charismatic orator Professor Gerald Chader.
World Retina day will take place on Saturday September 27th 2014. This year’s event marks a time of unprecedented optimism in the global effort to find treatments and cures for Inherited Retinal Diseases such as Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), Macular Degeneration, Usher Syndrome and allied retinal blinding conditions
WHY IS IT CRITICAL TO FIND TREATMENTS?
Vision impairment resulting from inherited retinal disorders is associated with a severely diminished quality of life. Affected people are less able to perform routine activities of daily living, are less mobile, are more isolated, suffer higher rates of depression, and consequently have a substantially reduced overall quality of life. Impaired vision is a significant risk factor for falls and fractures and the ability to travel independently, often linked with issues of quality of life, becomes challenging and daunting in the presence of vision loss. People with sight loss confront formidable challenges in using computers and harnessing the internet to access information, to communicate, and to pursue their academic and career aspirations.
HOW ARE WE EMERGING FROM THE DARKNESS?
As Professor Chader explained in Paris in June, the first treatments are now emerging in the exciting fields of gene therapy, stem cell therapy, artificial vision and cell replacement therapy.
Reflecting on the last 20 years of progress in understanding retinal disease and the excitement at witnessing the increasing quantity of quality research being published every year, Retina International president Christina Fasser made comparisons with the last time the international patient community gathered in Paris. “Only six genes for inherited retinal diseases had been identified whereas now there are over 250, clinical trials commenced in 2006 and currently there are fifteen clinical trials being undertaken for different forms of retinal disease”.
Without question, medical, surgical, and technological progress in understanding and treating many inherited retinal disorders will deliver treatments and increase personal autonomy for many affected people worldwide in the next few decades.
One treatment strategy that is showing increasing promise is artificial vision. With more than 20 groups worldwide developing various kinds of retinal implants, there are now 2 products that have achieved approval by the regulatory authorities for commercial use. While the vision which electronic implants provide is considerably different from normal vision, almost all
patients have regained light perception (if it was lost) and localization of bright objects. More than half of the patients typically have visual perceptions that are useful in daily life, being able to localize objects such as cups and plates, to see shapes (e.g. trees or persons), street marks (white lines, street lamps, shopping windows, moving cars). A few patients can also recognise letters and combine them into words but reading fluently or recognition of individual faces is not possible. Nevertheless it can be recommended that fully blind RP patients look at these technical possibilities to regain some vision to assess whether the step from fully blind to very low vision meets their individual needs, as both approaches have turned out to have a good safety profile. In the absence of any other possibility of restitution from blindness to very low vision, available to blind patients at present, the status of the development of electronic retinal implants is very exciting and future development is expected that will bring further improvements in term of visual acuity, contrast vision and visual field. This progressive improvement is similar to the development of Cochlear implants where technical developments went from pure noise perception to speech recognition ability within a few years.
RETINA INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR PATIENT REGISTRIES
On World Retina Day, Retina International, an umbrella group of patient-led organisations concerned with inherited retinal degenerations from all over the world will call on governments to establish patient registries. Without these registries potential treatments and cures can not be further developed. Clinical trials face major financial and legislative difficulties and it must be the task of each country’s government to become involved in the process from proper genetic diagnosis and genotyping through to establishment of registries. If this issue is not addressed now millions of people around the world and future generations may never have access to treatments such as artificial vision.
It has taken the international retinal research community more then thirty years to reach this exciting point. With so many clinical trials ongoing and more approaching this vital stage in their development, patients now have a real hope of a brighter future.
As inherited retinal degenerations mainly affect the working population, treatments options will allow those affected to re-enter the work force and fully contribute where they may otherwise have had to depend on social services.
Millions of adults and children are waiting for treatment for retinal inherited diseases and with treatment options becoming a reality the time for action is now.
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