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I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES
- Over 650 people feared dead.
- Rescue efforts pick up as heavy lift aircrafts arrive in Taipei.
- More than 24,000 evacuated. 5,300 evacuees housed in emergency temporary shelters.
- Aid assistance provided by 59 countries.
- Transportation infrastructure and potable water identified as priority concerns.
II. Situation Overview
On 7 August 2009, landfall resulting from Typhoon Morakot hit the south-east coast of mainland China and the island of Taiwan, resulting in hundreds of casualties and extensive damages to livelihoods and infrastructure. In mainland China, the most affected provinces, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs are - Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu, where eight people are reported dead and three are missing. More than 14.3 million people were directly affected in these five provinces. Around 16,000 houses were damaged. The local authorities had to evacuate and relocate 1.6 million people. The Ministry of Civil Affairs estimates direct losses of CNY 9.7 billion (USD 1.4 billion) in the mainland alone.
As of 19 August 2009, 136 deaths had been confirmed and 45 people were reported as injured in the typhoon battered island of Taiwan. Among the dead, six were rescue workers. More than 386 people are still missing. Local disaster response authorities said that these figures do not include 523 people who are believed to have been buried under mudslides in Kaohsiung County for the past eleven days. This puts the estimated number of deaths over 650.
Typhoon Morakot has been labeled as one of the deadliest typhoons to have hit the island in the past 50 years. Between 6 and 9 August, the typhoon dumped more than 3 meters of water, and caused an estimated loss of TWD 110 billion (USD 3.4 billion). Pingtung, Tainan and Kaohsiung are the three most affected counties. According to the Council of Agriculture in Taipei, agricultural losses alone have exceeded TWD 12 billion (USD 364 million), while Taipei's transportation agency expects to spend TWD 20 billion (USD 607 million) to rebuild roads and bridges. On a positive note, over half of the water systems in the affected villages have been fixed, and the majority of the power supply has been restored by the authorities in Taipei, leaving around 15,000 families without water and electricity. Since the typhoon hit remote mountain regions, and not the industrial heartland, experts say that the overall impact on the economy might be limited.
III. Humanitarian Needs and Response
Initial search and rescue efforts were hindered by bad weather and lack of adequate number of rescue helicopters. The Agence France Presse reported that rescue operations have also been slow as many typhoon victims, mostly aboriginal people, do not want to leave their villages for fear of not being allowed to return at a later stage. On 16 August, island authorities said that more than 1,600 people still needed to be airlifted from 44 badly affected villages. Currently, 40,000 troops are searching for survivors. The arrival of US aircrafts on 17 August has expedited ongoing excavation and rescue efforts. So far, more than 24,000 people have been evacuated.
The Taiwan Red Cross Organization (TRCO) has mobilized 1,500 volunteers, together with non-food items from its disaster preparedness stocks. In-kind donations of emergency relief supplies have also been made more than 59 countries, including by the United States, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Israel, and through private donations and international NGOs. These contributions include food, medicines, shelterboxes, water purifiers, plastic sheeting, sleeping bags and blankets.
As of 17 August, the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) reported around 5,300 people staying in 55 temporary shelters, in six affected counties on the island. People living in the temporary shelters have been provided with food, shelter materials and hygiene kits.
On 17 August, according to Xinhua news agency, China sent 100 pre-fabricated houses to help reconstruction efforts in the island of Taiwan; the first in a batch of 1,000 homes, worth USD 2.9 million. China has also sent two consignments of relief to the typhoon hit island, including shelter materials and sterilizers.
The international community is concerned about the timely delivery of relief assistance in remote, affected villages. To this end, some needs assessment missions are underway. On 17 August, a four-member team from the Monitoring and Information Centre of the European Commission reached Taipei for an initial needs assessment. The mission has identified transportation infrastructure and water purification equipment as priority areas for future assistance. In this regard, water purification items offered by Sweden are on their way and Poland is looking for pooling solutions. Another assessment team from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) reached Taipei on 18 August and is assessing outstanding needs.
OCHA, through its offices in New York, Geneva and Bangkok is monitoring the situation. A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team has been alerted. On 17 August, OCHA convened an Interagency Meeting in New York and Geneva where the situation, possible needs and responses were discussed.
Authorities in Taipei have reported the receipt of humanitarian assistance, both cash and in-kind donations, from 59 countries, organizations and private donors.
On 19 August, Xinhua news agency reported that organizations and individuals in the mainland have donated about CNY 176 million (USD 26 million) to the typhoon battered island for disaster relief. The mainland had also donated CNY 25 million (USD 3.6 million) worth of relief materials to the island, including prefabricated houses, sleeping bags, blankets and sterilizers.
On 18 August, the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (SAR) government and Macao SAR government have also sent TWD 210 million (USD 6.3 million) and TWD 40 million (USD 1.2 million) respectively.
Japan has pledged USD 1million.
Donations are also being channeled through the TRCO. The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) headquarters issued CNY 15 million (US$ 2.1 million) to support the TRCO in providing relief assistance to communities. Guangdong, Shanghai and Fujian branches of the RCSC further supplemented their headquarters' support with CNY 1 million (US$ 146,150) each to TRCO for relief efforts. IFRC in New York has channeled private donations worth US$ 500,000 to the TRCO as well.
The need for future funding and support from the international community will depend on the outcome of the ongoing needs assessments.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin knows all too well that NASCAR still remains a sport where severe injury or worse is a possibility every time a driver takes the track. It was no more evident for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver than on the final lap of March's NASCAR race at Auto Club Speedway.
Battling for the lead on the final lap with new rival Joey Logano, Hamlin lost control and piled into a solid concrete wall. The crunching hit left Hamlin's car destroyed. He's missed several races with a compression fracture suffered during the going-for-broke crash.
Hamlin, just as Brad Keselowski, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Michael Annett and others have learned in recent seasons, saw firsthand that auto racing still isn't a safe endeavor even in the era of NASCAR's expansive safety program. And when Hamlin returns, he'll be facing tracks still full of danger at every turn of every track.
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In the south ft gucci mane & pimp c best known for being a member of american hip hop duo outkast ten hip-hop and latin music artists were hired by. Review & photos | treasure island music to sign the young duo as the label’s first hip-hop records in hip-hop on stankonia, outkast pushed the envelope. Aquemini is the third studio album by american hip hop duo outkast, nearly universal acclaim from music and remove the review if it doesn’t. Antwan andré patton (born february 1, 1975 in savannah, georgia), better known by his stage name big boi, is an american grammy award winning rapper, producer, actor and half of the critically and commercially successful hip hop duo outkast.
It was a big week for outkast and their fans their return to the prod was announced and the fstival date annoucments have been rolling in below is a recap of everything so far. The discography of outkast, an american hip hop duo three promotional singles and twenty-one music videos in 1992, outkast became outkast discography review. Outkast idlewild hed artzi andre andre 3000 benjamin and antwan big boi patton continue to expand the borders of hip hop on their sixth disc, idlewild ostensibly a soundtrack to their new film of the same name - it's set in the american south during prohibition - idlewild is an ambitious, sprawling effort that finds the atlanta-based duo.
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My emergency brake light won’t turn off. Tried turning the car on and off, engaging and releasing the emergency parking, jiggling the lever handle. Also when driving the dash says I’m going 0 kph. I don’t know why it’s in kph, I just barely switched it to mph last week and now it’s gone back. The skid warning, tire pressure, and ABS lights are all on too. It also feels like the power steering is going out. And I felt like I heard a slight grating sound for the first few minutes of the drive today. I get my oil changed regularly but don’t drive the car much, maybe once or twice a month. Twice a week I have to go sit in the car for about an hour to avoid getting a parking ticket on those days, so I will turn the car on, sometimes the heater is on. Heater has smelled weird lately. Anyway I love my car so much and am scared it’s dying, any ideas?


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A spotted bush snake ambushes and delivers a fatal blow to a frog twice the size of the snake’s head. The frog fights for its life in the snake’s jaws while the snake tries to swallow it whole.
26-year-old field guide Frank De Beer witnessed this bizarre scene as it unfolded. He shared his sighting with the Latest Sightings:
“While walking around the confines of the Simbavati Hilltop Lodge in the Timbavati private game reserve, I heard a high-pitched sound. I’ve never heard anything like it before.”
“I grabbed my camcorder and looked for the culprit behind this sound. Searching the bushes around the lodge from where the sound was emanating, I was anxious as I did not know what I was looking for, nor what I would find.”
“The only certainty I had is that something is being attacked and killed. What could it be? That is when I came across this incredible scene of a spotted bush snake with a large foam nest frog clasped tightly in its jaws!”
Spotted bush snakes are harmless snakes that prey on frogs and geckos. These bright green snakes, which can be found throughout most of South Africa, are excellent climbers. This gives them an advantage when hunting tree dwelling prey such as tree frogs and lizards.
“I watched in awe as the frog struggled and fought for its life a few feet away from me. Even though this particular frog was relatively large, I was astounded by how easily this small snake ended the life of this frog.”
“The snake began moving off into the thickets to enjoy this well-deserved meal. After killing the frog, the snake proceeded to swallow the frog whole and digest his large meal in the confines of some thick shrubbery.”
Smaller snakes, such as this spotted bush snake, do not need to eat every day. A meal of this size could satisfy this snake for close to a week. While larger snakes need to eat only once a week, smaller snakes may need to eat twice a week. This all varies according to the size of the prey that the snake has eaten.
“Even though I get to witness the wonders of African nature daily, even for me, seeing a snake catch and eat a frog is something rare, and I consider myself truly lucky.”
The snake attacked and swallowed a frog in just two minutes, despite the fact that the prey was quite large for the size of its mouth.
Spectacular capture of the green snake was recorded in a forest near El Arenal volcano, in Costa Rica.
When detecting the frog moving, the snake began to crawl and quickly opened its mouth to attack.
Although frogs are larger than the width of a snake’s body and their legs are also quite long, the attacker can still swallow the prey whole without difficulty.
When the snake swallowed the head, the frog could no longer escape, despite trying to struggle.
After almost swallowing the prey, the snake immediately slithered away.
According to researchers, this quick-catching snake is a non-venomous snake with the scientific name Drymobius melanotropis.
In the wild, frogs are often a favorite food for snakes. However, for the green tree frog, the opposite is true.
Green tree frogs can “meat” even poisonous snakes that are terrifying to humans.
Green tree frogs are known to be the most “scandal” animals in the amphibian kingdom. They often make headlines when performing kung fu, sometimes lifting weights, other times shocking when they dare to put their heads on top of giant green snakes.
However, few people know how scary the green tree frog is. In fact, in Australia, many people were scared to “green eyes” when witnessing green frogs eating snakes deliciously.
Not just ordinary snakes, this ferocious green tree frog can “meat” even poisonous snakes that terrify humans.
The skin of this dangerous green tree frog contains a toxin that can paralyze its prey, making it easier for it to hunt and digest its prey.
It doesn’t matter which prey, common snake or venomous snake, green tree frog can devour a prey up to 5 times their size, it’s just a matter of time.
All this proves one thing, nothing is impossible, the seemingly harmless green tree frog turns out to be a very stealthy animal killer.
After digesting the small snake, if it still doesn’t feel good, the green tree frog is ready for dessert with a bat.

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Justification of Red List category
This recently described species is listed as Vulnerable on the basis that improved knowledge suggests that it has a small population, which is suspected to be in decline owing to on-going habitat degradation. Further improvements in knowledge could result in it qualifying as Endangered.
Surveys conducted since 2008 have resulted in an estimate of 1,000-2,000 mature individuals, all in one subpopulation (Zhou Fang et al. in litt. 2010). Surveys have focussed on reserves, with the species recorded in Nonggang, Bangliang, Chunxiu, Qinglongshan, and Xialei (Li et al. 2013, Yu et al. 2014, Zhou Fang in litt. 2016). Li et al. (2013) suggest the number of individuals may be >2,000 in Nonggang, Bangliang, Chunxiu and Trung Khanh (Vietnam [which was not surveyed as part of this study]), although they do also suggest the global population may be as low as 1,500 individuals. However, there does still remain suitable habitat to survey - particularly in Vietnam - and while reserves may provide the most appropriate habitat, the species may also occur outside of these. Additionally the lack of sightings of this species at certain reserves does not mean it does not occur there, as Li et al. (2013) did not find the species at Qinglongshan, when Yu et al. (2014) did. Therefore, the population size is tentatively retained within the range of 2,500-9,999 mature individuals; although this may be revised downwards with further information, particularly from Vietnam.
Population trends have not been quantified; however, given that its habitat is selectively logged, the species is suspected to be in decline owing to on-going habitat degradation.
Stachyris nonggangensis was described in 2008 from the Nonggang Natural Reserve, China (Zhou and Jiang 2008, Jiang 2009). It appears to occupy a limited distribution in the Sino-Vietnamese border region in southwest Guangxi, China, and adjacent Vietnam (Zhou and Jiang 2008, Li et al. 2013, Jiang Aiwu in litt. 2011), although its presence in Vietnam is yet to be confirmed. Suitable habitat may extend into Yunnan Province (Zhou and Jiang 2008), although surveys failed to find it in two reserves there (Li et al. 2013).
This species occupies limestone karst seasonal rainforest. Extensive observational and netting surveys in forest in the non-limestone mountains of the Sino-Vietnamese border areas of south Guangxi since 2004 failed to record the species, indicating that it has very specific habitat requirements. It nests in cavities in a limestone cliff or on a massif rock located on the mountainside, with nests made up of aerial roots, leaves, twigs, and soft grasses (Jiang et al. 2013). Individuals have been seen foraging in gaps between two rocks by turning over fallen leaves, apparently preying on insects and other arthropods. Single-species flocks have been observed in winter (Zhou and Jiang 2008).
Its habitat has been fragmented by agricultural expansion and road-building (Jiang Aiwu in litt. 2011), and is subject to on-going selective logging, driven at least partly by charcoal production (Li et al. 2013, Zhou and Jiang 2008, Jiang Aiwu in litt. 2011).
Conservation Actions Underway
The species is present in Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Bangliang Nature Reserve, Chunxiu Nature Reserve, Qinglongshan Nature Reserve (Zhou and Jiang 2008, Li et al. 2013, Yu et al. 2014), and Xialei Nature Reserve (Zhou Fang in litt. 2016).
16-17 cm. Dark brown babbler with heavy, dark bill, checkered white throat and whitish crescent shapes behind ear coverts.
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BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Stachyris nonggangensis. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/nonggang-babbler-stachyris-nonggangensis on 30/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 30/09/2023.

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text: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a devastating disease characterized by poor patient outcome and suboptimal chemotherapeutics. Here, a high-throughput screen identified diosmetin, a citrus flavonoid, with anti-AML activity. Diosmetin imparted selective toxicity against leukemia and leukemia stem cells in vitro and in vivo with no effect on normal hematopoietic stem cells. Mechanistically, we demonstrated that diosmetin targets estrogen receptor (ER) β. ERβ expression conferred cell sensitivity, as patient-derived AML cells with high levels of ERβ were sensitive, whereas cells with low ERβ were insensitive to diosmetin. Knockdown of ERβ confirmed resistance, whereas overexpression enhanced sensitivity to diosmetin, which was demonstrated to be mediated by reactive oxygen species signaling. In summary, these studies highlight targeting of ERβ with diosmetin as a potential novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of AML. Mol Cancer Ther; 16(11); 2618–26. ©2017 AACR.


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Becker Hollow Trail- View another route to Hunter Mountain Summit at this LINK
Hunter Mountain Fire Tower 360- View a 360 image from the Hunter Mountain Fire Tower at this LINK
Photos from the Spruceton Trail located in the Catskills. The Spruceton Trail even through longer than the Becker Hollow trail is an easier route to the peak of Hunter Mountain and the Fire Tower located on top.
A 360 image from a creek with a pedestrian footbridge leading to the summit of Hunter Mountain.
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360 VR Instructions: Hold down the left mouse button inside the image and then drag your mouse to change the viewpoint. You can move up to shift the view towards the sky, down to shift the view towards the ground, and left or right to scan around in a full circle. Nearly all of my 360 image are capable of viewing fullscreen on your computer screen. Be sure to left click on the far right icon to enable the fullscreen feature.
A 360 image of a switchback located on the Spruceton Trail. The Spruceton Trail is an old closed jeep/ logging road that leads to the top of Hunter Mounatin where the Hunter Mountain Fire Tower is located.
Hunter Mountain Fire Tower

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With just over five months to go to the scheduled Brexit day of 29 March, there is still no certainty about whether Britain will actually leave the European Union, and if so on what terms.
Prime minister Theresa May will apparently tell parliament tonight that “95% of the Brexit withdrawal agreement and its protocols are settled” – a meaningless statistic, since if the other five per cent presents an insuperable obstacle, agreement on the rest is worthless.
Her Brexit minister, Dominic Raab, has promised Conservative MPs that “The end is in sight” and that they need to “play for the team.” Meanwhile, something like 700,000 people marched in London at the weekend to demand a second referendum.
May’s fundamental problem is still as I put it last month: her position is “too ‘soft’ for her own backbench but too ‘hard’ for the Europeans. Whichever way she moves, there is trouble.”
To get a feel for the complexities of trying to satisfy these competing demands, have a read of this summary last week from Robert Peston, political editor at ITV. Here’s his conclusion:
8) But if she announces we are staying in the Customs Union she would be crossing her reddest of red lines …
9) She knows, because her Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins has told her, that her best chance – probably her only chance of securing a Brexit deal – is to sign up for the customs union.
10) In its absence, no-deal Brexit is massively in play.
11) But a customs-union Brexit deal would see her Brexiter MPs become incandescent with fury.
12) Labour of course would be on the spot, since its one practical Brexit policy is to stay in the Customs Union.
13) This therefore is May’s Robert Peel moment. She could agree a Customs Union Brexit and get it through Parliament with Labour support – while simultaneously cleaving her own party in two.
14) It is a Customs Union Brexit, or leave the EU without a deal.
15) Which will May choose? Ultimately this is her choice, and hers alone. It is her moment in history.
Australian readers might not get the reference to a “Robert Peel moment”, so some background is in order.
Robert Peel was Conservative prime minister in the 1840s, a modernising leader in what was still a very old-fashioned party. After several years in office, he became convinced of the need to get rid of the Corn Laws, a system of agricultural protection that was the target of a huge public campaign by liberals and commercial interests.
Although Peel was able to get the majority of his cabinet to back him, the mass of Tory backbenchers – overwhelmingly from the landowning class – were opposed. But Peel pressed on with what he knew was right, even though it would mean splitting his party.
The Whig opposition came out against the Corn Laws as well, and Whig votes enabled Peel to get the repeal legislation through the House of Commons in May 1846: his own party voted almost two to one against it. Once repeal was passed, the Whigs joined with the Conservative dissidents to vote Peel out of office, and Whig leader Lord John Russell became prime minister.
Peel never held office again, but his followers eventually merged with the Whigs to form the Liberal Party. Its greatest leader, William Gladstone, started out as a disciple of Peel.
It’s not far-fetched to think that Britain may now be heading towards a similar reconstruction of its party system. But nothing in May’s career so far suggests that she shares the nerve, the skills or the devotion to principle that Peel displayed.
And even if she did, the circumstances are against her. For one thing, the Conservative Party now has means of quickly changing its leadership that it lacked in 1846; instead of repeating Peel’s manoeuvre, May would effectively have to destroy the party system first and then hope for the best in policy terms.
More importantly, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn is no Russell. It’s hard to imagine him reaching out a helping hand to a political opponent in the interests of the greater good. Much more likely he would take advantage of Conservative disarray to force an election first, and assuming he won it, try to pick up the pieces of Brexit afterwards.
So if May splits the Tory Party, it’s unlikely to be intentional and unlikely to lead to the success of her policy, whatever that might be. But that doesn’t mean it won’t happen.
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"...a worthy addition to any orchestra’s tool kit.” Chicago Tribune
On September 22nd Riccardo Muti conducted the US premiere of a recently rediscovered orchestral work by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Solemn Prelude, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Solemn Prelude was commissioned by the Three Choirs Festival and received its first performance in Worcester on 13 September 1899, conducted by the composer.
While Coleridge-Taylor’s own piano reduction of the work was released in 1899, the full score was never published and the orchestral material lost. Investigations by Three Choirs Festival CEO Alexis Paterson revealed that the original manuscript was housed in the British Library. A new edition of the score was published by Faber Music and the modern premiere given at Worcester Cathedral on 27 July 2021 from the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Hill. An in-depth account of the work’s rediscovery and publication is published on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra website.
Coleridge-Taylor toured several cities in the United States in 1904, giving performances of his chamber works as well as his best-known work the trilogy of cantatas The Song of Hiawatha. His trip to Chicago saw the composer play his Negro Melodies and a performance of his new violin work Four African Dances from German-born violinist Theodore Spiering. Jeffrey Green’s biography of the composer reports that he regarded his trip to Chicago as his “best time” of his US visit.
The Chicago Classical Review called Solemn Prelude “an attractive work, cast in Coleridge-Taylor’s engaging vein of rich lyricism, which rises to a brassy climax. Muti gave it unapologetically sumptuous treatment, leading a ripe, operatic performance.” The Chicago Tribune called it “anthemic and decadent…a worthy addition to any orchestra’s tool kit.”
The 11-minute work received two further performances by Muti and the CSO on 23 and 24 September. Ryan Bancroft will conduct the piece with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra on 5 and 6 January at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis; he then performs it with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on 12 and 13 January, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
Edward Gardener conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the London premiere of Solemn Prelude on 25 January at the Royal Festival Hall. Further UK performances are planned from the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Daniele Rustioni (8 December), and David Hill and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (22 March 2023).


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This video was made from different documentaries i already mention them at the end of the video, the music was made by fnair- lalla aicha.
There are many part of Morocco not covered, many other beautiful cities. hopefully you will like this video even though there is more to see than this in Morocco .
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Tis the season of red, white and green. The season of lights filling the streets and decorated evergreen trees in windows. The city is getting into the holiday spirit and so is New Orleans' City Park. Annually hosting Celebration in the Oaks (CITO), this is their 33rd year of lights, music, food, amusement rides, the gorgeous botanical garden, and the place where kids and adults can interact with their favorite fairy tales, Storyland.
With over a million dazzling lights, the annual celebration is famous for its many traditional displays including the Train Garden, Campfire Village, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, Mr. Bingle and the Cajun Night before Christmas.
Open from November 29- January 1st , the CITO team is excited to share some of the new features created this year.
From the Swooning Swamp Lilies to the new swing ride, there are a number of new things to see this year. One of the most exciting is the newly renovated Storyland. The updated pieces and additions creates a wonderful environment to let your imagination run wild. One of the newest pieces is Jack and the beanstalk, a 2.5 story exhibit with a spiraling tube slide.
Along with Storyland, the park will be hosting a number of events throughout December. Some of the events include; Merry Mutt Mondays, Yoga Classes, Storytime in Storyville, Happy Hour Lagniappe, a Meet and Greet with The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show, and possible cooking displays in the Botanical Garden's new outdoor kitchen, "Kitchen in the Garden."
This years' Celebration in the Oaks is filled with all of the Christmas joys one could ask for. This event is appropriate for all ages and is a spectacular worth seeing, drawing in people from all around the world. Be sure to bring your family this holiday season to enjoy the most wonderful time of the year.
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While it may be overused, the phrase "farm-to-table" is more than just a buzzword -- it represents an important cultural shift over the past 10 years in both the food industry and in the dining public's priorities. But as more farmers, restaurants and food purveyors try to source and serve food grown locally, infrastructure needs have grown.
Enter Farmers Web, an online portal that aims to connect farmers and producers with food buyers, making the farm-to-table process seamless. By removing the middle man, FarmersWeb says it enables farmers to cut down on costs, resulting in more local sourcing activity overall. Cutting out the middle man can also mean fresher food on plates. It's a win-win for all parties.
On the site, which launched in 2012, farmers create a free online profile whereby buyers browse their inventory. In addition to increased exposure and a direct line of communication, the website also offers subscription tools for marketing and managing orders, deliveries and financials. Farmers are responsible for delivering their products directly to buyers, or they can hire a logistics provider with the help of FarmersWeb.
Growers create their own FarmersWeb profiles to show off their products. (Screenshot/FarmersWeb)
From the buyer's perspective, FarmersWeb is like an online farmers market, allowing restaurants, hotels and schools to find new producers. Referring to the sprawling food distribution center in the Bronx, Brooklyn Edible likens FarmersWeb to "a virtual Hunt's Point." And Eataly's managing partner and chief operating officer Alex Saper told The New York Times that, "In a way, it’s like outsourcing the research I would otherwise do myself to find local suppliers.”
Jennifer Goggin, one of the FarmersWeb's three founders, points out that food distribution -- which includes managing a warehouse, trucks, labor, marketing and sales -- is a costly endeavor. In some cases, she told The Huffington Post, it's also redundant, because many farmers already have their own trucks and are already doing some delivery.
"What farms and buyers really need," Goggin said, "is a way to connect and transact with each other directly."
In creating FarmersWeb, Goggin also recognized an opportunity to free up time for food producers. From monitoring their produce and livestock to complying with federal and state regulations to running a business, farmers are busy, to say the least. FarmersWeb offers a streamlined way for them to manage inventory and expenses, no matter the size of the farm.
"Up until the past few years, it seemed like the business view of farming was either small-scale organic vegetable patches or huge agri-corporations. No company was developing tools for the huge number of mid-sized farms trying to run their farms as businesses," she said. "Technology can't help with everything, but it can at least cut down on the amount of hours they need to spend in an office organizing orders, invoices and paperwork, and that's how we're trying to help these farms become more efficient and scalable."
Restaurants and other buyers can search inventory, find sellers, and place orders.(Screenshot/FarmersWeb)
In just a few years, the model has already seen success; Goggin said several hundred businesses have signed up for the service. From initially handling only New York-area farms, the exchange is now available to any producer across the country. Two Wisconsin-based business, Wellspring Organic Farm and the wholesaler Koji's Produce, just recently signed on, she said.
FarmersWeb is helping farms and food businesses grow, too. When Cascun Farm in upstate New York started working with FarmersWeb, the operators had just purchased a first batch of 100 chicks with the hope of getting into the New York City wholesale market.
"After just a few years, they now process and sell about 18,000 birds a year using just the FarmersWeb software to manage all of their sales, which is pretty amazing," Goggin said.
Cascun Farms's owners told HuffPost that FarmersWeb was absolutely crucial for the growth of the business, helping the family-run farm easily set up meetings with restaurants that were four hours away in New York City. Once Cascun Farms started partnering with certain restaurants, they said, the activity spread by word-of-mouth on FarmersWeb, providing even more opportunities.
For Beth Linksey's Hudson Valley business Beth's Farm Kitchen, which sells products including jams and frozen local fruits, FarmersWeb works because it can continue to promote her "as a little business that can fill little niche needs for the hotels and restaurants," she told HuffPost.
"FarmersWeb is good to work with," she added, "and very responsive when we have new products to offer."
The site currently works with varied partners including meal delivery services like Munchery, corporate cafeterias including Facebook's, retail stores like Eataly, culinary schools including Natural Gourmet Institute, and restaurants like Amali, Cafe Luxembourg and The Meat Hook.
But it's still a relatively new company, and FarmersWeb staff hope to continually improve. Goggin says there's no typical day for her and her colleagues; one might involve designing and implementing new features for the site, while another could involve a road trip to a farm or restaurant that's interested in the platform. Lately, Goggin and her team have been working to set up logistics providers for farms that don't have the means to deliver goods themselves.
FarmersWeb has already updated its revenue model to encourage more farms to use the site. The original model charged a commission to sellers for sales that occurred through the site; the new model, called Pro Accounts, offers a flat monthly fee so that increased sales doesn't lead to increased expenses. For buyers and sellers, it's free to set up a profile, and producers can choose from the following plans: $40 a month or three percent of sales for 1-10 products a month, or $75 a month or three percent of sales for unlimited products.
Somewhat ironically, the farm-to-table movement is a return to how the food system used to operate -- and FarmersWeb makes that return feasible in the modern world.

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A warning: This blog post continues the tangent I am on – a series of posts based on my current exploration into feminist writing. If this type of information is not of interest to you, I’ll return to more “retirement transition – life journey” stuff soon.
This is a continuation of insights from my reading exploration for expanding my feminine consciousness. Previous posts here and here. Recap of books read to date in this exploration: Goddesses in Older Women by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, Goddesses in Everyday Women by Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, The Virgin’s Promise by Kim Hudson, The Heroine’s Journey by Maureen Murdock, When God was a Woman by Merlin Stone, Woman’s Reality by Anne Wilson Schaef, and Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Peres. If you have another book to recommend, please let me know.
I mentioned in last week’s blog about becoming more aware of the Patriarchal Belief Systems. So what does living in a Patriarchy look and feel like for a woman?
To survive, we have all (white males and non-whites and non-males) learned to live in the Patriarchal Belief System, even if it is not our innate belief system. We have been educationally, politically, psychologically, and theologically trained in it. Our survival for years was dependent on us (even women) knowing and supporting the Patriarchal Belief System.
Anything that is not part of the Patriarchal Belief System is stupid or ugly or crazy or wrong or incompetent or evil. The Patriarchal Belief System is based on logical, rational, and objective thinking; everything can be measured. It has a scarcity mindset when it comes to power and resources. In the Patriarchal Belief System, white males are innately superior and know everything there is to know. Non-males or non-whites simply don’t know as much and are viewed as “not as good” as a white man in anything they do. These underlying beliefs are not necessarily spoken, but behaviors reflect the beliefs.
Women often fully accept the Patriarchal Belief System, as they have learned to live by the rules, looking to it for validation and approval. But women in the Patriarchal Belief System are innately inferior. (As are non-whites.) Being born female means there is something innately wrong with you and you will never be good enough (you will never be a man). Women learn to cope (excellent memories, playing by the rules, male skill development) but will continue to struggle with feelings of having lesser value and being less than.
In more recent history (i.e. the last 100 years) women learned to survive in one of 2 ways: being a traditional “proper” woman (woman’s roles, woman’s jobs, a supportive and subservient wife) or trying to “act like a man.” Being considered “just like a man” in acting/thinking and accomplishment was a huge compliment to many women, but it also implied that you’re not like the other (inferior) women. This superior/inferior duality played out among women in many subtle ways.
Some examples of a women’s reality living in the Patriarchal Belief Systems of our patriarchal culture:
• Male-only design has been around for millennia. In all phases of human technology design, architectural design, medical discoveries, and policy creation, decision makers tend to be white able-bodied men. They make choices and decisions based on the impact on white, able-bodied men data, because that is often the only data that is generated. They are not considering a woman’s needs might be different, and usually data is not generated for women. One case in point: The “male standard” is (still) the design reference for safety, including cars and protective gear. (And many women will tell you seat belts are not at all comfortable because they don’t address our narrower shoulders and other parts!) This is an even more important issue right now, during the pandemic: in the US, women hold about 75% of the health care jobs, 85% of the nursing roles, and 89% of home care workers… and yet mask-fit is still being done on a “male standard” broader cheekbone reference. When masks don’t fit right, they are not effective.
• Men are given preference for health care research. Women are regularly not included in medical clinical trials for diseases that impact both men & women. We are only just hearing about how women’s heart disease presents itself completely different from men’s. And women’s health issues are secondary; case in point: there are 5+ drugs for ED but not one for PMS, and not even any clinical research funded there either.
• Woman (still) do 75% of the unpaid family care work – child-minding & kid drop off/pick-up, household cleaning/housework, parental caregiving, grocery shopping/meal prep, and “on-call care” (keeping an eye on children, being available for eldercare needs). Let’s add at-home teaching to the unpaid work list with the pandemic! Women globally spend 3-6 hours per day on unpaid work; men globally spend between 30 minutes to 2 hours. These factors are irrespective of the proportion of household income the women brings into the home. While there are exceptions, this is the majority of the population – women do the unpaid work of the household. The unencumbered woman (no caregiving responsibilities, low household responsibility) is NOT the norm. [And I now realize I, an unencumbered woman, am not the norm!]
• Double standards continue. When women are encouraged to “be more like a man”, the underlying assumption is male is the “right way” to be! But when a woman then acts more like a man (being forceful, interrupting others), it’s viewed as negative; women are told to watch their tone, be less aggressive, or be less “emotional” when expressing anger. A man being a team player is showing “good leadership”; a women being a team player is a “follower.” An assertive male is confident, while an assertive female is a bossy bitch. Interestingly women traditionally score higher on successful leadership traits: emotional stability, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to new experiences. Yet, male leaders are still the norm.
The top 3 female specific concerns are: the female body (social autonomy), women’s unpaid care burden, and male violence against women. All are currently being denied/ignored/actively fought against in social programs. If a white-male promotes “woman’s issues” he is praised for being open-minded and thinking broadly; if a female promotes “woman’s issues” she is biased and not thinking broadly.
Male bias is so firmly embedded in our psyche that even gender-neutral terms are read as male. We live in a world of authoritative descriptions that are “male-unless-otherwise indicated.” It’s doctor or female-doctor, lawyer or female-lawyer, scientist or woman-scientist, director or female-director, senator or woman-senator. We are inundated with male thinking and male voices are the primary voices heard. Men have more screen time and more dialogue lines in movies. Even cartoon character speaking roles are predominantly male and video games have predominately male characters.
Companies talk about diversity, but when it comes to action, they falter. I worked for a Company that recognized the gender gap (and the challenges of minorities) and attempted to rectify those imbalances. Not always successful in their policies, but definite attempts through the years. I personally worked through gender-based harassment, being perceived as “technically incompetent” because I was a woman, and having to deal with elder care time-off challenges back when the concept of work-from-home was not perceived as working. Recently, the CEO position became available (as it tends to every 5-7 years) and this time, despite having a highly regarded female successor ready to go (once again), the Company chose the good-old-boy-white-male (once again).
Historically, when women joined an industry in large numbers, the industry shifted to a lower wage, lower prestige industry! Almost all industries linked to anything considered (as pointed out, female) unpaid household work are also low wage, low prestige. Women, in general, are subjected to gaps in wage-earning years for childcare, lower-wage part time work to maintain flexibility for childcare, less job growth/upward movement because of inability to devote more time to work (job growth favors the unencumbered), a continued (acknowledged) gender pay gap, and often long term engagement in lower-wage (female focused) industries. The concept of being “unencumbered” when in your income-producing life stage and able to work at a challenging job, putting in long hours to get ahead, is really a male-only concept.
A woman, being a woman, is seen as the appropriate person to clean up after everyone at the office, the one in the family to write out birthday and holiday cards, the one to go part-time when kids come, the one to be spoken over or ignored, the one to care for sick relatives, and the one to be sexually violated (and then usually perceived as the one at fault for that). It’s just the ways things are. Still today.
“Complex” seems to be the current excuse for not dealing with long-term aspects of the Patriarchal Belief System issues: women’s health is too complex to deal with (so let’s just focus on men); men’s violence is too complex to deal with (so let’s just make women bear the brunt of attempting avoidance). This recent quote last month from Jess Phillips, UK Parliament Labour MP on her personal harassment sums it up: “How about we stop saying men’s violence against women is complex and set about stopping it without relying on women to do the work for free, as usual.”
Some random insights of living in a Patriarchal Belief System based world I found compelling:
• Human on human lethal violence is a male occupation with 96% of homicide perpetrators being men.
• To be talked over, man-splained, belittled, or simply ignored are just ways men exert power without violence.
• There is a gender bias in Google search algorithms, most translation apps, and in voice recognition software – try lowering your voice if Siri doesn’t understand you!
• A stunning worldview: 48% of economically active women in the world report agriculture as their primary economic activity; this increases to 79% in less developed countries.
• When you can afford to pay for traditionally unpaid work, you add to the economy (it’s counted in GNP). But when you do the unpaid work yourself, its economic value is ignored.
• In the “chicken or the egg” question, woman came first (not man). Because, even today, men come from women (It’s biology! – women birth men.)
So much of this made me more aware of the world around me. Did anything here make you think differently about living in a Patriarchy?
Picture Credit: my best picture this week – nothing to do with topic except to note that the male of the species is the brightly colored one, trying to attract the female…the female decides if her answer is yes or no.
Also, I am now doing a weekly Link-up with Denyse Whelan at her blog for #LifeThisWeek.
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I nodded. I sighed. I said “yes” many times…to your words. In so many ways I was/am an example of someone who broke free of the traditional stereotypes in education to become a K-6 Principal. There is still a MUCH larger cohort who is male at that level. and a much small cohort who are the teachers. I was, despite my leadership role, still the unpaid worker at home and keeping the emotional supports going (I had then a very unwell husband) and helping with grandkids and then one day because “I” did not cry out for help…to my male bosses…I had the health breakdown and never returned to school. My boss at the time, who had known me for decades looked at me (I was OK physically) and asked why I couldn’t come back to school…He had no idea of the mental capacity of mine being stretched to the part where it broke. Sigh. I am of course much better now and like to reflect when I see words such as yours knowing I was a leader but also one where the cost became too great. Thank you for sharing your blog post for the final #lifethisweek link up…you were part of my blogging history as it was the 280th link up!!
I look forward to having you link up when I am next back with #lifethismonth on Monday 14 March 2022. Same hours and days open as for #lifethisweek.
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Denyse, I think that telling the stories of women, hearing the statistics of reality, and being more open about things can help with change. Maybe I’m naively optimistic, and I see sometimes steps backward, but I do hope things are getting better for the next generation of women.
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One inherently knows all this and just “steps” around it as we live our lives. It is indeed sad and yet it is accepted as normal. The Me Too movement started momentum for the violence but what is ever going to make the 3 to 6 hours per day of unpaid at home work become important? Good series Pat. Bernie
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Bernie, I’m not sure what’s needed to make change. I think making everyone more openly aware can’t hurt!
It’s kind of sad when I read all the stats Pat, and I feel that my childhood and youth was a strong reflection of the patriachy system (with a domineering and selfish father figure – who nobody questioned). Fortunately I found a different type of man to marry and I feel like I’ve been able to step away from some of the stereotypes and find a balance – sadly a lot of women don’t get to experience that freedom.
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Leanne, All the stats really opened my eyes as I personally have not experienced much that others have. I had (have) a strong mother who pushed me beyond the typical feminine paths. I married a life partner who has never made me feel subservient. I achieved success in my career. I think learning how much I am not the “norm” was powerful.


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Achieving that perfect fit is an elusive goal, according to a press release from Nike, because the needs of a player's foot change throughout different sports.
The 26.2-mile New York City Marathon is scheduled for November 4 with more than 50,000 runners expected to turn out. The race goes through all five boroughs and draws more than one million spectators every year.
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The McAnanly campaign wants you to believe that Ed Haberek hasn’t been getting the job done. So they keep sending Rob Simmons out to throw spitballs because they don’t have the facts on their side.
To see what I mean, let’s do some leadership math. Our performance metric will be the average annual increase in the Town portion of the budget expressed as a percentage, where Town Budget equals Total Annual Budget minus School Budget. (i.e. TB = TAB – SB. Sorry, but I did say there would be some math.) The raw data comes from original source documents in the Town Clerk’s Office, primarily Town Meeting records.
In the time that Glenn Frishman has been on the Board of Finance there have been sixteen budgets under four different First Selectmen. Choosing this time interval holds Mr. Frishman’s contributions to the budget process as a constant in the equation, thus allowing us to measure for First Selectman performance.
The average annual increases in TB are as follows:
Don Maranell: 1.8%
Peter Dibble: 3.1%
Bill Brown: 7.5%
Ed Haberek: 0.0%
To be fair to Mr. Brown, it is true that bonding for the High School kicked in during his budgets, but taking those increases out of the calculation actually bumps his average increase up to 7.6%.
So, on average, Ed Haberek has kept the Town Budget flat over six budget cycles and still managed to fix roads, fields and other infrastructure while also providing reasonable services to the Town as a whole and outstanding service during emergencies.
Bottom line here is that Ed has made Town government leaner and more efficient.
Measured against his predecessors, he has done a bit better than Don Maranell, much better than Peter Dibble, and way, way, way, way, way, way, way better, and then some, compared to Glee McAnanly’s mentor and running mate, Bill Brown.
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Well, only 4 reports of police misconduct were tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of February 12-13, 2011… Monday might be slow too, but more because there might be some things going on that may interfere with my ability to track reports, but I’ll talk about that after we review what we did track this weekend:
- A Saltville VA police officer who is already the subject of a lawsuit on allegations that he falsely arrested an entire family on obstruction charges and maced two of them is now the subject of yet another false arrest lawsuit filed by a woman who claims that she was falsely arrested for trespassing when she went to the police station to discuss why her son had been arrested. UPDATE: dashcam footage from one of the incidents mentioned is available here.
- A Farmington NM police officer with a long history of misconduct complaints, including several brutality allegations, has resigned while he was under investigation on domestic violence allegations involving his girlfriend, though he hasn’t been charged.
- A New Albany IN police officer who was supposed to be on unpaid leave for 40 days as discipline for telling fellow officers that the worst thing that happened in American history was when blacks were given civil rights and for working an off-duty job while he was supposed to be on sick leave. However, it was discovered this weekend that he received over $6,000 in vacation and holiday pay during that “unpaid” suspension, which makes it more of a paid suspension I think.
- And finally, the Baltimore MD police department sent out about 2,000 red light camera citations that contained a sworn statement that an officer reviewed each citation to validate the charge… but the problem was that the certifying officer’s signature belonged to an officer who died months previous to those citations being issued. The police claim they are fixing the issue and that it was all just a computer glitch…
So, for those who don’t know, this project isn’t my “job” (in that it isn’t supposed to pay my bills since it isn’t funded with a grant or anything) and I lost my paying job back in June of last year. Though, in between then and now, I did have a brief contract gig for about 2 months but it finished ahead of schedule back in mid-December and I haven’t found any other work since.
Because of all this, we were evicted from the apartment we had for about 5 years last year and are now facing a possible second eviction due to the early finish of that other contract. Which leads me to the present…
See, things are going to come to a head this Monday, which is today for most of the people who will read this I suppose. First, today is when the only job I’m currently in the running for will let me know if I got the job or not. I had a third interview last week but it’s hard for me to tell how it went and, since I already had a sure-thing contract fall through already this month, while I had the signing papers in hand no less, I’m not holding my breath.
Second, today is the day our landlord has set for us to pay our rent, deposits, and the $25 per day late fees we’ve racked up. Now, I’m not sure what our landlord will do since we don’t have enough to pay any of that, but it’s safe to assume that either we’ll be given some more time, we’ll be able to negotiate an exit date without an official eviction, or the official eviction process will begin.
The problem is that, even if I do get the job, which will be a good thing no matter what happens, it will be too late for us to catch up with the hole we’re in with rent no matter what we negotiate. Which leads me to suspect our best hope at this point is to negotiate an exit date. While we have no other place to go, it will be that much harder to find something if we have two official evictions on our record instead of just one. Of course, none of that will matter if I don’t get the job.
In any case, this Monday is going to be a very difficult day for me and my family no matter which way we cut it. We’re all pretty worried right now and we’re gearing up for the worst. Needless to say, it’s going to be a rough day, so I hope people understand if I’m not as diligent with tracking reports in the news feed as I usually am and if I might be late with the daily review. I’ll do my best, but it’s just not going to be an easy day.
Still, as I’ve said before, I will continue to work on this project as long as I have the ability to do so no matter what does happen to us… so, in the meantime, thank you all for sticking around through these rough times and thank you all for your support.
…and wish us luck.
That’s it for today… stay safe out there.
I’m sorry to say that I was narrowly beat out for the job I was hoping for by someone with just a little more experience for what they were looking for. For those who are curious, the position was for a person to manage a mid-size organization’s (around a 1,000 servers) Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 infrastructure and, while that product was one of the many things I’ve worked with as a consultant, they went with someone who only worked with that. The curse of being a jack of all trades I suppose. Otherwise they said the interview went well and had no negative feedback for me.
Needless to say, we’re devastated right now, it was our last grasp of a hope for any positive outcome and we’re going to ask the landlord what day she wants us out. Nothing else really to be done.
Again, thanks for the support and well wishes everyone, my wife and I both appreciate it.


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The keyboard has replaced the pen these days, and it is truly just as mighty. The owners of DJ’s Bar and Grill on the bypass in Winchester, Kentucky, can attest to that.
“It’s alarming to think that this is the caliber of the general public, or the intelligence level we’re dealing with day to day,” said Danielle Ratliff.
Three Decembers ago, a post appeared on Facebook about a restaurant refusing to serve ten of the 35 meals it had prepared for a group of veterans. The 25 who were there, wanted to serve the extra meals to homeless vets.
The restaurant, which also goes by the name DJ’s, apparently refused. Since it’s an anniversary month for that post, it was re-shared and from coast to coast people got wind of it. Many, however, decided to not read all of it. They missed the fact that the post was from 2016. Missed the fact that it was directed at DJ’s of Pueblo, Colorado. “Armed” with that lack of knowledge, they decided to come after Gary Rison’s establishment in Clark County.
“Even this morning, I responded to more negativity,” Rison said. He referred to an old restaurateur adage about how one negative review can reach 100 people, but one nice review might reach only five people. This had the same kind of impact.
Comments to DJ’s (the one in Winchester, not Pueblo) Facebook page came from as far away Arkansas, and Nebraska. People there claiming DJ’s actions on that night to be “shameful,” and “disgraceful.” Rison and his daughter have responded to most of the comments, and many people deleted their negative posts once they had, you know, the facts. This story could’ve been as juicy as the steaks at DJ’s (Winchester, not Pueblo), if it had been even remotely accurate.
“Someone saw the post from years ago, drudged it up, and came after us,” said Ratliff.
Business could’ve been hurt, if even one customer decided not to come in as a result of this. But the irony is what really stings.
“My father’s father was a paratrooper,” Ratliff said of her grandfather. Rison has been known to host Veterans at the restaurant for free, or at a considerable discount, on Veterans’ Day.
“To be that supportive of vets, and to have my name tagged [in a bad way], no, I’m not OK with that,” said Rison.
But it appears as if their local, regular customers know the real story, or maybe they just actually read the post. Either way, this could end up being a positive for DJ’s, (in Winchester, not Pueblo). Rison is hearing that people are planning to flock there this weekend.
“I guess it woke up a few and they said, ‘we have to fix this,’” Rison said.
That too shows just how mighty the keyboard can be these days.
This article was written by Michael Berk for WLEX .


@evleaks HTC’s official site has commenced the countdown for its next flagship smartphone and to lend more hype to the upcoming unveiling of the HTC M7 or HTC One, a new image of the handset was leaked online.
But there are certain features HTC M7 has that others do not. Here are the five features which make HTC M7 unique from other flagship devices.
A new experience offered by HTC by bringing new look of the Android stock UI. The feature comes with the latest version of the HTC Sense 5 UI, and BlinkFeed is quite similar to the Windows Live Tiles concept. The feature generates feeds on the BlinkFeed home screen, containing news and social media updates with customisation to filter which feeds what you want to receive. A possible drawback is the extra consumption of the battery.
The feature demonstrates a whole new experience with music playing via speakers. HTC M7 has two built-in speakers with amplifiers, and the feature enhances the volume without destroying the clarity of the audio. Its Boom Sound is best for watching a movie, playing games, voice navigation and sound trip.
3. HTC Zoe
HTC M7 has 4MP camera technically but the device uses an Ultrapixel camera and can capture 300 per cent more light than other 13MP cameras in the market. The HTC Zoe makes the camera more useful and more creative in a lot of ways. Using the Zoe feature in the camera app, you can take shots of images with 3 seconds time and can combine them with other Zoe images. The result enhances those boring photos into a live motion picture. Here is the video demo of HTC Zoe:
4. HTC Sense TV and Sense Voice
HTC M7 has an infrared port which allows the device to select TV channels, set-top boxes, access program guides, and more. Moreover, Sense TV is integrated with social media links, YouTube video links, and other similar URLs and then searches any similar shows or programs with their schedule listed as well.
HTC Sense Voice uses the built-in dual microphones to detect loud ambient noise and then dynamically boost the in-call voice to compensate. It generates a clear audio capture even under the noise of a large crowd.
5. Premium Parts and Aluminum Body
The new HTC M7 is designed with full aluminum metal body and zero gap construction to give a sophisticated look. HTC fixed the problem of antenna's weakness under a Full Metal Body. The device has two plastic strips placed at the back of the device to keep the Wi-Fi, NFC, and Bluetooth working properly without any interruption.


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So Diana took it slow and obtained her right into the car where the canine snuggled right into her arms. It was the sweetest thing!
She took a photo of the canine and sent it to a buddy, and Samantha said to immediately bring the canine over. Mica was shy in the beginning, so they allowed her decompress before introducing her to the various other dogs. Currently in her permanently home with her caring family, Mica loves to steal shoes and reorganize them! Wait till you see it in the video below.

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Bright and positive, festive acoustic music. Excellent for joyful upcoming celebration of winter holidays, warm family evenings near Christmas tree, New Year gift presents, and other projects. Featuring sleigh bells, glockenspiel, strings, acoustic guitar, and piano.
A light, transparent, minimalistic and positive piece which will perfectly suit for advertising, christmas projects, youtube videos, photo albums or any other media projects looking for calm, happy, optimistic and inspirational mood.
Magical upbeat cinematic and beautiful track with festive mood and winter holidays atmosphere. Very good for Christmas projects, Xmas slideshow, family or corporate videos, review of holidays gifts, New Year celebration, and more.
Instruments: jingle bells, claps, acoustic guitar, piano, flute, choir, strings, glocks, drums.
Ukuleles and antique sleigh bells play light-hearted arrangement suggested to underscore winter holiday scenes, seasonal ecards, slideshows and film sequences, inspired by images by Norman Rockwell and Thomas Kinkade.