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How do you fight diabetes by kissing a pig? Midge Collette, the president of Amalgamated United Auto Workers Local 292 in Kokomo, Ind., knows. After the members of her union, who build auto parts at the Delphi Delco plant, raised over $7,000 for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) last February, she was awarded the honor of kissing Mr. Wiggles, a large pot-bellied beast used by the ADA for the purpose.
Aside from improving their wages and conditions as a collective bargaining unit, workers in the UAW find ways to improve their neighborhoods and strengthen their class through community service.
UAW locals all over the Midwest and upper South have raised money for Toys for Tots, veterans, homeless programs, food banks, clothing drives, and associations that fight diseases. When Peterbilt workers in Madison, Tenn., members of UAW Local 1832, were locked out by their employers, Local 737 members in nearby Nashville raised $6,000 and donated hundreds of items such as clothes and toys to make sure their brothers and sisters enjoyed Christmas. Local 737 also formed the Rescue Squad to help the local police hunt for missing persons.
These Ford glass plant workers also regularly donate money, time and household items to single mothers recovering from substance abuse. Up north, workers from Toledo, Ohio’s GM power train plant, Local 14, raised $9,000 recently to help homeless and battered women and to provide assistance to needy veterans.
Just across the border near Adrian, Mich., Local 2031 members at GM’s Delphi parts plant supported local veterans at Veterans Committee fundraisers last December. The events’ proceeds bought Christmas gifts and necessities for veterans hospitalized at the Battle Creek Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Retiree members of Local 685 in Indiana raised over $1,000 to help provide transportation service for veterans of World War II and the Korean War to local VA hospitals.
At a time when the Bush administration is cutting deeply into VA healthcare budgets, these special services provided some relief. Further north, workers at American Axle in Three Rivers, Mich., members of Local 2093, raffled off a wooden playhouse they built for $2,300. This money was donated to Habitat for Humanity.
If you aren’t a union member or watch “The Sopranos” too much, you might have the mistaken impression that union members are corrupt, selfish or uninterested in giving back to their communities. This is a phony image the corporations and the right love to push in order to hide their own corruption and greed.
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Thanks to Eurostar, Paris is now a city to which affluent Londoners can head for a night out. In a space of little more than 24 hours earlier this week, I squeezed in Shemekia Copeland’s stunning live blues show at New Morning jazz club, a blow-out meal at an historic brasserie and a spot of sightseeing, and am now safely back at my desk.
Yet I was aware from start to finish that the nation’s attention was not on its capital. The seven recent murders in and around Toulouse and the subsequent siege that has ended with the death of Mohammed Merah has focused everyone’s attention on continuing racial tensions on the other side of the Channel.
The debate over this sequence of events has polarised along predictable lines. Some far left publications instantly attributed the killings to fascists and seemingly dismissed the possibility that it could be the work of an Islamist.
Meanwhile, one of Britain’s most widely-read political blogs slated a well-known activist for her insistence that Merah’s acts were generated by grievances and injustices. All of these stances are entirely predictable.
No doubt we will get a clearer picture as to Merah’s motivation and mental health – and ascertain whether his claims of al Qa’eda instruction are more than bluster – as the investigation proceeds. Opinions ventured before the facts are established are often of little weight.
Nobody should seek to make excuses for what this man did, anymore than they would seek to disculpate Anders Breivik. Clearly, one does not avenge the murder of Palestinian children by the murder of Jewish children.
But while there is no causal relationship between Muslim alienation and what Merah did, even the tourists among us can see that it remains a palpable factor in present day French politics, and does urgently to be both debated and addressed.
The high rates of unemployment among young men of north African descent combined with repressive policing in the banlieus have sparked waves of riots in the past and have the potential to do so again.
What most shocks me as an outside observer is the extent to which French politicians who command substantial electoral support have no compunction in resorting to explicit appeals to racism.
Marine Le Pen either lied deliberately or took no care to check when she contended that all meat sold in Paris was halal. Yet Nicolas Sarkozy immediately took the issue up and called for halal and kosher meat to be marked clearly as such.
Only last week, the president insisted that there were “too many foreigners in France”, and pledged to cut immigration in half and limit the entitlement of legal immigrants to benefits.
Already the analysts and commentators are discussing these killings in terms of which politicians will benefit the most in the impending presidential elections. The verdict is that this tragedy will be a boost to Sarkozy’s prospects.
I would not wish to suggest that Sarkozy’s condemnation of Merah is insincere. But in what is shaping up to be a tight race, he is presumably not entirely displeased with all the repercussions.

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Expert links animal abuse to domestic violence
By Scott Peterson
Local News - Saturday, October 02, 2004 @ 07:00
THE KINGSTON WHIG-STANDARD
Kingston Police, animal care agencies and social service groups must do more to track and identify animal abuse that often is a predictor of violence against people, an American expert told a conference this week.
“This is not a boys-will-be-boys type of situation,” Virginia-Marie Beckett, of the U.S. Humane Society, told 80 people at the First Strike Conference in Kingston. “Sometimes threats to hurt family animals can be used to control people. Animals feel pain. We have to take this very seriously.”
The daylong conference was attended by police officers, animal shelter workers and staff from agencies that work with children. It was sponsored by the Kingston Humane Society in partnership with the Kingston Anti-
The field is one of growing research in which animal cruelty is linked to dysfunctional homes and the likelihood of more violence in future. Beckett said the goal of the workshop was to raise awareness.
“This is something that people have to know about,” she said. “Ideally, we would like to see a tracking system. There has to be tougher laws against animal abuse, and prosecutors have to take it more seriously."
In addition to Canada, campaigns and workshops have been initiated in the
United Kingdom, Japan and Australia, Beckett said.
Research has shown that in roughly nine of 10 families involved with youth and family services, at least one family member abuses animals.
It is a problem in Kingston, too, said Angela Cronk, co-ordinator at Kingston Interval House, a shelter for women and children.
“We have a lot of abuse to family pets and there is a correlation between that and other violence,” she said. “When someone ties a cat to a clothesline, or when a father is toughening up a child by abusing an animal, this is a serious problem. We see that it can go from father to child and then from child to animal.”
Cronk said organizations must reach children who abuse animals early to improve the odds of altering the behaviour.
“We have to identify and refocus,” she said, adding that abused animals in a home indicate a deeper problem.
“If you see a red flag like that, you have to get them into counselling as soon as possible.”
Former Kingston Police officer Michael Gobeil, who is now based at the Ontario Police College, where he works on issues related to domestic violence, said police are are being trained to associate animal abuse with other trouble in a home.
He said the conference allowed everyone to come together and share information.
“Since 1990, officers have a much better understanding of all the different elements in a domestic situation,” he said. “Conferences like this one raise awareness. You’d think in this computer age it would be easier to share information, but it’s not. That’s one of the things we have to work on, that we’re working on today.
“We’re talking about it now.”
Const. Lillian Brooker, of Kingston Police’s domestic violence unit, said it’s easier for officers to pinpoint abuse if they understand domestic violence and animal abuse.
“All officers are required to fill out a domestic violence supplementary report form,” she said. “It’s a two-page report that can be used at a bail hearing. One of the questions on it is if the accused has injured or killed an animal. Kingston Police have enhanced the form slightly to include if the accused threatens to harm an animal.”
Brooker said an officer can now choose from a variety of shelters and children’s agencies in Kingston.
“This is an amazing town for its support services,” she said. “We have an array of community services in Kingston. Many of the agencies come in and talk to the officers to make sure they know the range of options there are.”
Erin Merry, of the Children’s Aid Society, said children who abuse animals, for whatever reason, need to realize the consequences of their actions.
“We have to teach children to be humane to pets and humans,” she said. “Some children were never taught. Maybe teaming up with animal sanctuaries or humane societies to partner children with animals is a good idea.”
As a reminder of the reality of animal abuse, Kimberly Kent-Rodgman, founder of Sherlock’s Maple Haven animal sanctuary, brought a dog to the conference that had its eye gouged out by a screwdriver.
“I didn’t just want to rescue animals,” she said. “I wanted to do something else. Like this conference.”

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Virtual Stockton Rotary Read-In Week Info
This year’s 31st Annual Rotary Read-In event was held virtually during the week of February 22-25, 2022.
Like last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, readers were unable to go into the schools to read to Kindergarten to 3rd Grade students so volunteer readers were asked to film and upload a video of themselves reading an age-appropriate book. Combined with last year’s video recording submissions, a grand total of 212 videos were uploaded and utilized this year, including 48 from members of the Stockton Police Department.
Barnes & Noble in Weberstown Mall offered a discount on Read-In books purchased in-store or on their website, and all bookfair proceeds were donated to the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library. Barnes & Noble served as the drop-off location for all donated books and a total of 210 books were divided up and delivered to 68 area schools to enhance their libraries.
The Rotary Read-In was spearheaded by an organizing committee with representatives from the three (3) largest school districts in the area (Stockton, Lincoln and Lodi) and all five (5) Stockton Rotary Clubs: Rotary Club of Stockton, Stockton Pacific Rotary, Stockton Sunrise Rotary, North Stockton Rotary, and Central Rotary Club of Stockton. There were also representatives from the San Joaquin County Office of Education (SJCOE), the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, and local event partner Barnes and Noble.
Check out some of the general public video recordings on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wNDdJcNbWIs&feature=youtu.be
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A previous research published in Nature was focused on the genetic background of the bipolar disorder.The findings revealed that the gene which encoded the cellular protein phospholipase Cγ1 enzyme has been linked to BD.Unfortunately, the researchers cannot determine the exact mechanism behind it that leads to its development.
But the researchers from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology may have found the answer, the biological mechanism of Cγ1 and bipolar disorder.The study involved the testing of phospholipase Cγ1 in mice models.The researchers engineered the mice to have PLCγ1 deficiency in the anterior part of their bran.They studied and analyzed the reaction and performance of the mice's synapses, the end part of neurons that handle electric signaling between two brain cells.
They noticed that mice with PLCγ1 deficiency have deterioration in the inhibitory transmission and synaptic plasticity, natural ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time.They also noticed that the mice with PLCγ1 deficiency have brain-derived neurotrophic factor deficiency.BDNF is a protein that controls many functions of synapses including the activity of PLCγ1 and its formation.Photo By Mark Harkin via Wikimedia Commons
The result is that both the deficiency in PLCγ1 enzyme and BDNF protein in mice showed symptoms similar to bipolar disorder.These symptoms include abnormally high feelings of pleasure or hyperhedonia, hyperactivity, reduced anxiety-like behavior, excessive hunger, and impaired learning and memory.
It seems that a neurochemical reaction occurs in the brain that leads to the development of BD.Synapses that do not have enough PLCγ1 cannot perform their inhibitory function properly in excitatory neurons because of the malfunction in BDNF.It causes unstable control over excitatory and inhibitory synapses that lead to bipolar disorder.
"In the brain, excitatory synapses and inhibitory synapses work together to remain balanced for proper neurotransmission.Our study demonstrated that the imbalance between these two is a major cause of various neuropsychiatric disorders and the dysfunction observed in the hippocampi of bipolar disorder patients," said Pann-Ghill Suh, a professor of life sciences at UNIST.
The researchers were unable to figure out how PLCγ1 affected interneuronal signaling and how it can cause the illness.But their findings of the major role of PLCγ1 in onset bipolar disorder may likely be used in developing new treatments for the mental illness and its symptoms.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a mental illness that causes the sudden shift in the person's energy, mood, and ability to think clearly, People with BD experience high and low moods or mania and depression shifts that are intense than the usual ups and downs of normal people.The main symptoms of BD are mania and depression from extreme mood swings.A person with BD may experience both mania and depression at the same time, either simultaneously or in rapid sequence.Severe episodes of mania and depression may include psychotic symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations.
1.Mania: A person with bipolar disorder must have experienced at least one episode of mania or hypomania once in their life.Hypomania is a lighter version of mania that does not cause any psychotic symptoms.When they have an episode of mania, they often behave aggressively, behave impulsively, decide recklessly, and dare to do risky actions.People with BD can also commit suicide actions under an episode of mania.
2.Depression: In a depressive state, a person with bipolar disorder may find falling or staying asleep very difficult.Some people with BP sleep much more than others.When depressed, they feel severely challenged by life's most simple actions, such as eating dinner which, for them, can be an overwhelming thing to do.Their minds are obsessed with the feeling of loss, guilt, helplessness, and personal failure.This kind of thinking can lead them to suicidal thoughts and actions.
Bipolar disorder has four types - bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, and unspecified.People diagnosed with bipolar I have more manic episodes than other bipolar people.People diagnosed with bipolar II have more depressive episodes than other bipolar people.People with cyclothymia BP have a chronically unstable mood state and experience hypomania and mild depression for at least two years.People diagnosed as unspecified means that the person does not meet the criteria for the other three bipolar disorders, but experience abnormal mood changes.
Treatment for the bipolar disorder includes psychotherapy or talk therapy with the patient, prescription of medications like mood stabilizers and antipsychotic drugs, complementary health methods like exercise and meditation, and self-help by learning and recognizing.the early symptoms.
- Bipolar disorder and bipolar personality disorder are two different mental health conditions that overlap each other.
- BD and BPD have common symptoms, such as extreme mood swings and impulsive behavior.
- People with undiagnosed BD but who manifest psychotic symptoms may be diagnosed with schizophrenia instead.
- Almost 800,000 suicide deaths occurred worldwide in 2015.

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The results of the full and correct application of the VS can not be analyzed steriotypically as these depend on specific multiple factors that are very different from each other:
- climatic characteristics of the area (particularly rainfall and temperature);
- the purpose (reforestation, pasture maintenance, agricultural production);
- the type of soil tilled;
- good training of local technical staff (tractor drivers, forestry, animators in relation to local people, etc..) and the environmental education of the local population;
- participation over various stages from the villagers involving the collection of seeds, sowing, care and maintenance of cultivated areas; the duration of the monitoring of work.
As an example we report the average results obtained over various projects:
- Agricultural production: increasing from 2 to 4 times the production obtained in the same area with the traditional method;
- Pasture production: increased from 5 to 30 times compared to the adjoining land which is not worked;
- Forestry: average attendance of 500 mature trees per hectare after 5 years from planting.
In a broader sense other results to be considered also include the positive changes that occur to the physical and chemical properties of soil such as: the amount of microorganisms and nitro bacteria, compactness, weight per volume, porosity, water content, moisture in the deep, and the high percentage of rain collecting.
The plant biodiversity has more than doubled.
The animal biodiversity is largely enriched and we can also see the return of animals that we thought had disappeared forever like jackals, hares, hedgehogs, squirrels, birds, reptiles, insects…

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The number ten spot goes to the game show known around the globe as Wheel of Fortune. The best moment of the series came in 2008, when Michelle Lowenstein was the first player to win the top prize of one million dollars.
The beginning went with all 4 ranting about themselves on video, if you where in the the fifth wheel dating, you watched it on a flat screen, or if you where at home watching, you did the same thanks to some special effects screen then took 4 out on a locale, 1 switch per segmentintroduce the 5th wheel to the show with accompanying graphics to introduce him or her, all the fifth wheel dating rant on the 5th wheel on that same screen the fifth wheel dating saw earlier ex prisoner dating site out to dinner with 3 on one table, 2 on the other, make love Chance regular sites or even just looking at various pictures of kim kardashian and kanye west have been through a number.
They are a testament of time, in the televised broadcasting world, where the first such shows appeared in the thirties.
The same holds true for game shows like Jeopardy and Catch 21.
For game show auditions, most game shows will have their own website, where contestants may visit at any time for information on all future and upcoming auditions.

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The discovery that water microdroplets can replace potentially toxic agents in the creation of gold nanoparticles and nanowires could help usher in a new era of “green chemistry.”
An experiment that, by design, was not supposed to turn up anything of note instead produced a “bewildering” surprise, according to the Stanford scientists who made the discovery: a new way of creating gold nanoparticles and nanowires using water droplets.
The technique, detailed April 19 in the journal Nature Communications, is the latest discovery in the new field of on-droplet chemistry and could lead to more environmentally friendly ways to produce nanoparticles of gold and other metals, said study leader Richard Zare, a chemist in the School of Humanities and Sciences and a co-founder of Stanford Bio-X.
“Being able to do reactions in water means you don’t have to worry about contamination. It’s green chemistry,” said Zare, who is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at Stanford.
Gold is known as a noble metal because it is relatively unreactive. Unlike base metals such as nickel and copper, gold is resistant to corrosion and oxidation, which is one reason it is such a popular metal for jewelry.
Around the mid-1980s, however, scientists discovered that gold’s chemical aloofness only manifests at large, or macroscopic, scales. At the nanometer scale, gold particles are very chemically reactive and make excellent catalysts. Today, gold nanostructures have found a role in a wide variety of applications, including bio-imaging, drug delivery, toxic gas detection and biosensors.
Until now, however, the only reliable way to make gold nanoparticles was to combine the gold precursor chloroauric acid with a reducing agent such as sodium borohydride.
The reaction transfers electrons from the reducing agent to the chloroauric acid, liberating gold atoms in the process. Depending on how the gold atoms then clump together, they can form nano-size beads, wires, rods, prisms and more.
A spritz of gold
Recently, Zare and his colleagues wondered whether this gold-producing reaction would proceed any differently with tiny, micron-size droplets of chloroauric acid and sodium borohydide. How large is a microdroplet? “It is like squeezing a perfume bottle and out spritzes a mist of microdroplets,” Zare said.
From previous experiments, the scientists knew that some chemical reactions proceed much faster in microdroplets than in larger solution volumes.
Indeed, the team observed that gold nanoparticle grew over 100,000 times faster in microdroplets. However, the most striking observation came while running a control experiment in which they replaced the reducing agent – which ordinarily releases the gold particles – with microdroplets of water.
“Much to our bewilderment, we found that gold nanostructures could be made without any added reducing agents,” said study first author Jae Kyoo Lee, a research associate.
Viewed under an electron microscope, the gold nanoparticles and nanowires appear fused together like berry clusters on a branch.
The surprise finding means that pure water microdroplets can serve as microreactors for the production of gold nanostructures. “This is yet more evidence that reactions in water droplets can be fundamentally different from those in bulk water,” said study coauthor Devleena Samanta, a former graduate student in Zare’s lab and co-author on the paper.
If the process can be scaled up, it could eliminate the need for potentially toxic reducing agents that have harmful health side effects or that can pollute waterways, Zare said.
It’s still unclear why water microdroplets are able to replace a reducing agent in this reaction. One possibility is that transforming the water into microdroplets greatly increases its surface area, creating the opportunity for a strong electric field to form at the air-water interface, which may promote the formation of gold nanoparticles and nanowires.
“The surface area atop a one-liter beaker of water is less than one square meter. But if you turn the water in that beaker into microdroplets, you will get about 3,000 square meters of surface area – about the size of half a football field,” Zare said.
The team is exploring ways to utilize the nanostructures for various catalytic and biomedical applications and to refine their technique to create gold films.
“We observed a network of nanowires that may allow the formation of a thin layer of nanowires,” Samanta said.
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It’s official – Sony Mobile Communications has launched its brand new flagship Android smartphone, the Xperia Z, at the Sony Convention 2013!
With a 5″ Full HD 1080p Reality Display, Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor, 13 megapixel fast-capture camera and 4G LTE, Xperia Z has all the specifications expect from a premium smartphone. On top of this, it brings the best of Sony’s unique technology, content, design, and connectivity to deliver rich user experiences.
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A design variant of the Xperia Z, Xperia ZL will also be released for the Malaysian market. the Xperia ZL delivers immersive entertainment experiences with a razor sharp 5″ full HD reality display in a truly compact design. Both models will launch on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and will be upgraded to 4.2 shortly after launch for the latest Android user experience.
The key features for the Xperia Z is as follows:
- 5″ 1090 x 1920 full HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
- 13MP Fast Capture camera with Exmor RS for mobile, HDR video, Superior Auto, and Noise Reduction to effortlessly capture razor sharp pictures and videos in any conditions
- Dust and water resistant (IP55 & IP57) with a durable glass display
- 1.5 GHz asynchronous quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor with 2GB RAM
- Battery STAMINA mode improves standby time by at least four times
- Comes in three colours – black, white, and purple
Both Xperia Z and Xperia ZL will be available starting 15th March 2013 (Friday), priced at RM2,199 for the Xperia Z and RM1,899 for the Xperia ZL.
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Several lanes of lanes of southbound I-5 near I-90 were blocked Monday morning after a dump truck overturned onto the roadway, spilling gravel and diesel fuel.
Diesel fuel leaked from the overturned truck onto freeway and caught on fire. Firefighters arrived at the scene and quickly put out the fire.
Seattle firefighters say the driver of the truck suffered minor injuries.
Several lanes were shut down for a couple of hours and traffic was backed up several miles. By 9:45 a.m. the southbound I-5 collector distributor lanes had reopened to relieve some of the congestion. The main freeway lanes remain closed; it's unknown when the lanes would reopened.
The express lanes remain southbound to help with traffic flow until further notice.
WSDOT advised drivers to avoid southbound I-5 through downtown Seattle and to take alternate routes, such as SR 99, I-405 and Airport Way.
No official word yet what caused the truck to overturn.
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Only two per cent of Canadians believe climate change is not occurring, a new important survey released today by IPAC-CO2 Research Inc. concluded.
The survey comes on the heels of Alberta Premier Alison Redford's recent push for a National Energy Strategy, which would address the future of Canada's oil and gas industries, and its approach to carbon management.
"Our survey indicates that Canadians from coast to coast overwhelmingly believe climate change is real and is occurring, at least in part due to human activity" explained Dr. Carmen Dybwad, CEO of the environmental non-government organization said. "These findings have been consistent from 2011 and 2012. Canadians care about issues like extreme weather, drought and climate change."
Opinions about the cause of climate change and how to combat it are, however, sharply divided among the provinces. …


I grip the two ends of the curling iron and spray the coil of hair. It sizzles like stovetop bacon and glistens like a shellacked floor. I loosen my grip and move on to the next patch of hair, comb it into a straight line, hold it up between my pointer and middle finger and then clasp it with the curling iron.
“I’m going to have you looking like Daisy Buchanan,” I say to my client, as I douse the burner-clenched strand with spray.
I’m trying to exude confidence, but I have no idea what I’m doing.
I tease the pasture of hard curls on her head with a comb. Instead of giving her the short, wavy haircut sported by nearly all women who qualify for AARP, I create a dirty-blonde bird's nest. “It’s a mess,” she says, looking in the bathroom mirror. I attempt damage control by combing and teasing her hair some more, but I only make the bird’s nest slightly less disheveled.
“Oh well,” she says. “It’s okay, you’re a man.”
She’s right. I am a man. I’m a man who styles hair, bathes, showers and shaves people. I make sure medication is taken and oxygen tubes are in place. I never thought I’d be this man, not when I graduated with a useless communications degree at 22, not when I moved across the country at 24 and certainly not when I moved again at 25.
Here I am, though, hair curler and oxygen tank in hand, serving as companion and caretaker to a handful of senior citizens.
Goodbye, San Francisco. Hello, Obscure College Town.
I spent the last year working at a magazine in San Francisco. Due to an editorial staff exodus, I was promoted from intern to assistant editor to de-facto web editor. I wanted to move, though.
I needed a change of scenery, a place where I could lay low while I ironed out the wrinkles of my life, set a new career trajectory and start the long overdue transition from Millennial man-child to adequate adult.
A friend who I had known since high school had recently moved to Indiana to pursue a master’s degree at the state school. He offered me the spare room in his apartment. It was a fresh start with cheap rent. I accepted.
My boss was fine with me relocating. She and I agreed that I would work remotely. I booked a flight and landed at the Indianapolis International Airport on November 3, 2013, my 25th birthday.
The first month of my Midwest tenure was a simple existence — every weekday, I telecommuted from coffee shops, exercised and went home to enjoy a cigarette and cocktail. Then, the day before Thanksgiving, my boss informed me that the bankrupt status of the co-owner froze the publication’s assets and I could not be paid.
I was income-less (in Indiana of all places), but I didn’t panic. This was a blessing in disguise, I thought. I could get a low-wage job to keep paying the bills and I would have time to work on personal projects and map out my future.
One month later, I was still unemployed and anxiety was creeping in. My friends were getting married, getting degrees in higher education, buying cars and raising children. I couldn’t get hired at a grocery store.
My bank account was dwindling and the polar vortex winter from hell was making me stir-crazy. I came to the Midwest to bring structure and direction to my life, but I was regressing. Instead of being productive, I wore a bathrobe all day and smoked e-cigarettes. They only thing that separated the mornings from the evenings was whether I was drinking black coffee or red wine in bed. I needed a job.
One night while perusing Craigslist, I found a help-wanted advertisement for an elderly caretaker position at an assisted living home -- no experience required. The next day I called the number in the listing and was immediately invited to interview.
Three weeks and one criminal background check later, I was hired.
For the last few months I’ve been a spotter, who, with outstretched arms, follows senior citizens around making sure they don’t fall.
When my clients are safely seated, I ensure their basic needs (food, health and hygiene) are met, and when all that is taken care of, I am their compatible companion.
I could write ad nauseam about the virtues of compassion, patience, empathy, etc. this job has instilled in me, but that would be cliché as hell, and I’ll save those sappy sentiments for a future grad school application.
Spending my days with the elderly has given me significant insight on my future, though, as well as a more holistic perspective on the post-collegiate limbo I call my life.
Most of what I do anyone can do. Showering, Depends changing and dinner delivering is unskilled labor. Yet, I’d like to think I’m damn good at my job. Instead of being merely present in my client’s lives, I choose to be an active participant. I look through old family photos. I knit. I discuss the works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and James Joyce.
I sit in a cigarette-smoke-filled living room and debate whatever Fox News is propagating. I talk and joke and laugh and listen. My clients like me because of this; I know because they tell me they like me (one woman even told me she loved me -- platonically, she added), or they tell their kids they like me, or even better, they tell my boss they like me.
I’ve discovered that I’m capable of adapting to situations and taking on roles that many 25-year-old dudes would be unable or unwilling to take on, and my future line of work may have nothing to do with social media or click-bait Internet articles, but swimming in the thick of humanity.
Compared to hearing a 94-year-old man talk about the time he got a drink with John Steinbeck, or getting a hug from the sweetest old lady who has the most adorable Brooklyn accent, search engine optimization and cubicle confinement seem like pure lethargy.
To Live Is To Struggle
I've gotten a good look at what lies on the other side of early adulthood. My clients have raised children, struggled through economic depressions, fought in wars and endured the looming threat of Soviet-era nuclear annihilation. Many of them had remarkable careers as scientists, professors, editors, typesetters musicians and authors.
But the modern world they helped initiate is accelerating as they slow down. Their days of classroom lecturing and article publishing are over, and their loved ones have either passed away or will live on without them. They, too, face dilemmas of life, love, loneliness, money and especially health, but on a grand and existential level that Millenials won’t have to confront for decades.
Nothing is permanent, no matter how much prestige is associated with it. As long as we’re alive, there will always be the struggle of “What’s next?” or “Why me?”
It’s hard to be young, but it’s harder to be old, and I’m sure it’s hard to be anywhere in between. These people have taught me that it’s not if you struggle, it’s how you struggle, and part of that process is letting go of everything you’ve struggled for.
We call it the great recession and we call it a quarter-life crisis. I call it the Millenial existential directionless crisis, but for the sake of accuracy, maybe what we should be calling it, is life.
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It's difficult to make me feel sympathy for convicted sex offenders, but Broward County Florida is doing its best.
Following the lead of other cities and counties, Broward County Click here for restaurant inspection reports commissioners last week enacted tougher restrictions for unincorporated areas. Sex offenders won't be able to live within 2,500 feet of schools, parks, playgrounds or school bus stops.
It's difficult to find a location in Broward County that isn't within 2,500 feet (almost half a mile) of some school, park, playground, or bus stop. So difficult that newly released offenders are now forced to live "beneath a roadway overpass, overlooking a canal, surrounded by broken glass and forced to sleep with a stick to beat back rats."
It seems Broward is attempting to duplicate the feat of Miami-Dade County, which has so restrictively "zoned" its population of offenders that all are forced to live beneath the Julia Tuttle Causeway Bridge: current population fifty-two men and one woman.
Of course the unstated purpose of these laws is to force newly released sex offenders to move to other parts of the state, where they will become Someone Else's Problem. Since the Supreme Court has held in cases like Smith v. Doe that even the most draconian living restrictions on sex offenders can be classified as non-punitive, public safety measures, we have the odd situation where a de facto sentence of exile (the only alternative being to live underneath a bridge) is held to be entirely legal, even though a de jure sentence of exile, if imposed by a court, would be reversed as unconstitutional.

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People are often interested in learning how to draw houses. In this tutorial, we will use a cream house with a red roof despite the fact that there are plenty of fun ways to color a house. Feel free to use any other color that you like!
Refer to the blue lines in the house drawing a guide to follow along. You can see where you are in the drawing. You would draw brown lines over the steps you have already completed, and blue lines over the steps you will draw at the time.
Materials to Draw a House
- Pencil. The Ticonderoga brand makes the best lines, is easy to erase, and makes the darkest lines when necessary. Teachers will greatly benefit from purchasing pre-sharpened knives.
- Black Sharpie Marker. In addition to having a good point for tracing, these permanent marker pens never bleed when wet. Make sure your table is ventilated and cover it with extra paper.
- Crayola Crayons. Consistently good quality. Prang’s 24 pack has some of my favorite golden orange and yellow colors, which seem to be warmer and richer than the ones in the 24 pack.
- Prang Crayons. They sometimes look like oil pastels because they are softer than other crayons. Unless you buy the larger boxes, Crayola does not have many brown shades.
- Eraser. It is much easier to erase leftover pencil lines after tracing with large erasers that you can hold in your hand rather than pencil tip erasers.
How To Draw a House Easily Method :1
Step 1: Sketch the Outline of Your Home
Your house’s main outline should be drawn. Adjust its height and width as necessary.
Step 2: Sketch a rooftop
Make a drawing of your home’s roof. Roofs must have the same angle as tops of houses.
Step 3: Draw a doorknob and a door
Your house should have a door in the middle.
Step 4: Create two windows
A door should be surrounded by two symmetrical windows.
Step 5: Sketch a couple of window panes
Perpendicular lines should be drawn on each window.
Step 6: Sketch a round window
The front entrance door should be adorned with a circular window.
Step 7: Using the round window as a template, draw a window pane
Window panes should be added.
Step 8: Sketch a chimney
Your house’s chimney should be drawn. It can be placed on either side.
Step 9: You’re done!
Now that you have drawn your house, you are finished! It was easy, wasn’t it?
Step 10: Paint Your House
How To Draw a House Method: 2
First, let’s take a look at what elements we shouldn’t forget when drawing houses! The foundation of a house should be solid, and have a roof, windows, and a door. In addition to the steps, there can also be a porch and a cornice. For added romance, a chimney can also be added!
There are mainly rectangles in this house. This basic shape is used to draw the walls, windows, doors, and steps! In this drawing, you can see how beauty was created from a small perspective.
Use rectangles and triangles to draw a more simplified house in the example below.
We will draw the front of the house with a rectangle and the roof with a triangle. Sketch the chimney next. Add texture to the roof and give it more depth. Draw a door, window, and porch now. Adding colors will make your work more appealing.
It is not difficult to draw a simple house (2). It can be more challenging to draw one in perspective (4)! And remember that not everybody lives in a castle! You can also build a house with pieces of wood put together randomly (5)! Let your imagination run wild! Any house will do (3)!
Would you like to try more lessons? Awesome! On the following pages, you will find more cute, fun, and easy to draw houses and buildings. I hope you enjoy them.
Drawing straight lines may be the biggest challenge for you as a beginner artist. Although you could use a ruler to make things easier, it’s recommended that you simply do your best without it if you want to make progress.

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Steve Hofstetter: «Comedy Without Apology» live in Oslo!
For one night only, exclusive in Oslo!
Your favourite gastropub is gracing its live stage with the presence of one of the hottest stand up comedians at this time:
Hofstetter, who has a whopping 50 million views on YouTube, might be best known for his blistering take down of a heckler that got 3 million views in just 3 days and trended number one on Facebook above Game of Thrones and every presidential candidate. He is also the host of Finding Babe Ruth on FS1 and Major League Podcast, one of the top 100 sports podcasts in the world. Hofstetter was the host and executive producer of season one of Laughs (FOX) and he has been on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and E! True Hollywood Story, Comics Unleashed, Comedy All-Stars, Quite Frankly, White Boyz in the Hood, Countdown, and more. This winter he’ll be in his second movie, and he starred in a national commercial for JDate. One of his albums reached number 1 on iTunes’ comedy charts and he’s parlayed his success into ownership of four comedy clubs. He is a former columnist for Sports Illustrated and the NHL, and has also written for Maxim and the New York Times, among others.
Doors open at 18:00
Show starts at 19:00
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Cookin' Soul Vol 1 (New York Times) Mix Tape!
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Predictors of Success in a Graduate Nurse Practitioner Program
Keywords:Academic success, nursing students, school admission criteria, nurse practitioner
Background: Prior research studies on the predictors of success in nurse practitioner programs have not focused on students in rural areas.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine factors that influence student success in a rural nurse practitioner program in the Southeastern United States.
Methods: Admission data from family nurse practitioner students at a rural university were obtained from a secured drive and transcribed into an Excel spreadsheet. Bivariate analysis using independent t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables was conducted to determine group differences between successful and unsuccessful students by demographic and education factors.
Results: A total of 84 students were enrolled in the family nurse practitioner program, including 70 (83.3%) females and 14 (16.7%) males. Student demographics included 15 (17.9%) African American, 67 (79.8%) Caucasian, one (1.2%) American Indian or Alaska Native, and one (1.2%) Asian, with 67 (80%) residing in the local rural Pee Dee Region. Of the 84 students, 49 (58.3%) successfully completed the program and 35 (41.6%) were unsuccessful and either withdrew or were dismissed. African American students had decreased rates of program enrollment and completion compared to Caucasian students, with only 3 (20%) of the 15 enrolled students successfully completing the program.
Conclusions: Identification and examination of sociodemographic and education factors influencing student success in southeastern rural nurse practitioner programs may improve overall program completion rates, facilitate program success for minority students, and increase the diversity of the nurse practitioner workforce.
Keywords: academic success, nursing students, school admission criteria, nurse practitioner
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The .219 Zipper cartridge was created by Winchester Repeating Arms in 1937 to be used in their lever-action Model 64 rifle. It is a 30-30 Winchester cartridge necked down to a .22 caliber bullet. Marlin Firearms also offered their Marlin Model 336 rifle (Marlin 336 Zipper) chambered for the cartridge.
While the .219 Zipper was supposed to compete against other varmint cartridges of the time, most lever-action rifles use tubular magazines, which prohibit the use of pointed bullets. This led to problems with accuracy. Winchester stopped producing .219 Zipper ammunition in 1962, Remington Arms stopped production of the cartridge soon afterwards. The .219 Zipper is the parent case of the .219 Donaldson Wasp, and P.O. Ackley created the .219 Zipper Improved in 1937. Leslie Lindahl’s Chucker and Super-chucker and “wildcat” case modifications by Hervey Lovell, Lysle Kilbourne, and W. F. Vickery offered similarly superior ballistics in stronger single-shot and bolt actions.
Though the flat- or round-nosed slug causes rapid loss of velocity, the .219 Zipper is suitable for small game or varmints, including wolf or coyote, and even deer if loaded with a heavier 55 grain bullet. It works well in guns designed to fire rimmed ammunition, such as rebarreled Lee–Enfields, but not in Mauser-type actions.


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Vermont's rental housing crisis: the tenants' view
Finding affordable, well-maintained rental housing is nearly impossible in some parts of Vermont. And some tenants who have managed to find rental houses or apartments are experiencing rent hikes or even eviction notices, as landlords look to recoup losses sustained during the eviction moratorium enacted during the COVID pandemic.
Over the course of two shows, Vermont Edition will explore the rental housing crisis. This hour, we'll focus on tenants and the challenges they say they're facing.
Our guests are:
- Madeline C. Roberts, tenant advocate, VT Tenants/Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity
- Kelli Robinson, director, Housing Program Administration, Vermont State Housing Authority
Broadcast live at noon on Thursday, July 28, 2022; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.


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corner of rue de l'epron and rue saint-andre des arts
Feeling inspired by "Canciones para Despues de una Guerra (songs for after a war)," a film by Basilio Martin Patino (a beautiful compilation of footage from 1940s Spain). More came from this which I'll share tomorrow. :)
The view out my bedroom window in Paris (unfinished)
on rue de seine, the street of my hotel
view from bedroom window, looking left
So here are some of my sketchbook pages from Europe!
Most of my drawing was done in Paris since that was my first real alone time. I actually ended up writing much, much more than drawing. I'm happy about that, though I wish I had found more time to draw the Paris rooftops. So beautiful..


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US bans foreign executives over deals with Cuba
Thursday 11 July 1996
The measure, against the Sherritt International Corporation, takes effect in 45 days. It follows the despatch this week of letters to "a handful" of senior executives and shareholders, informing them that they were "trafficking in confiscated US property in Cuba", in violation of the Helms-Burton or "Liberdad" bill signed by President Bill Clinton earlier this year.
The announcement marks the first sanctions against a foreign company for owning property taken from Americans after the 1959 Cuban revolution.
The announcement comes only six days before the 16 July deadline for Mr Clinton to decide whether to waive the most bitterly contested provision of the bill, the so-called Title III that allows American citizens or companies to sue foreigners using property taken from them by the Castro regime. The measure has been condemned by Canada and the European Union as illegal and blatant interference in the sovereignty of third countries. But its promoters are adamant.
To waive Title III, Jesse Helms, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and one of the law's sponsors said, would be "appeasement at the worst possible time". He accused European critics of the measure of "painful hypocrisy"."After all, the United States has rescued every one of these countries from tyranny at one time or another," he said. "And this is the thanks we get."
Previously Mr Clinton has expressed deep unhappiness with Title III. But the key factor could be Florida's role as fourth richest source of electoral college votes for the presidency, and a place where the Cuban- American community, an impassioned supporter of Helms-Burton, is politically highly active. In the past the state has been solidly Republican. But recent Florida polls show Mr Clinton running neck-and-neck with, or even a fraction ahead of Bob Dole, his likely opponent in November.
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A preferential student loan is intended for people who started their studies before the age of 25. These studies cannot be consecutive after passing the exam. This applies to both bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral studies.
Students can also apply for a student loan, among others such facilities as the National Defense University, Military University of Technology Jarosław Dąbrowski or the Naval Academy of Bohaterów Westerplatte.
A student loan does not require a stable income from the student
Has a low interest rate (about 2%, part of it is financed by the state budget), and most importantly, it can be repaid two years after graduation.
Money is paid in installments for 10 months (from October to July), so the student does not receive funding during the holidays. The loan amount is PLN 600 per month, but it may be PLN 200 lower at the borrower’s request. By March 31 and October 31 a document confirming passing the semester should be presented to the bank.
The income limit is PLN 2,500 per family member
Priority in obtaining student loan is given to people who come from poorer families. The income limit is PLN 2,500 per family member. When applying for a loan, a promissory note or surety of third parties must be presented to the bank.
Another form of security can be a blockage of funds on a bank account. To get a student loan, you must submit an application by November 15 at the bank that gives you that option.
Student loan money can be used for any purpose
Some branches do not even require a bank account and allow you to transfer to an account in another bank.
Student loan money can be used for any purpose. Banks do not require indication of intentions regarding loan installments. However, it is recommended that students invest in assets instead of saving.

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we have talked about the publication process in the past, as the
American Academy of Neurologists meeting is occurring this week it is easy to see how
journalists can find subjects to post many months or years before the
publication appears in the scientific literature. You can easily see what’s on offer (link), so
I don’t have to go to New Orleans.
studies may never materialise because they are not good enough. This is because
the content is not fully peer-reviewed for meetings; the only thing that gets
looked is the abstract (click to search them). Once a manuscript is
submitted it is possible to get at the nitty-gritty of the article. To really know whether it is worthwhile, you can
pop along to the meeting and get an early look and ask the authors questions
about the study.
are loads of papers on the current and up and coming pharmaceuticals, many of which you have heard about at ECTRIMS or will hear about in the near future, especially
if Prof G does a round up.
to materialise well we can post a few here and we will see.
a Th2 response it may be possible to prevent a Th1 response from being
generated so with this thought, some fell that if you were infected with
a parasitic worm that it would drive Th2 responses and as a result stop
autoimunity and MS. So convinced was one guy that he went and jumped in
some foreign cesspool to get infected, his MS did better. Is this co-incidence or related. There are a number of WORM trials on going some are
There are other studies using whipworm infections. These are the worms that can be found in pork.
plan is to infect you with eggs these will develop into adult worms. This will drive a Th2 response such as shown by eosinophilia and your MS will go away?
Are worms good for you… well no they are parasite. Infections however will be
subclinical and if signs of disease occurred or after the experiment is over the
worms can easily be destroyed with drugs, hope the environment is protect two (adult worms can produce 20,000eggs a day). These worms are not the same worms associated with problems of eating undercooked pork caused by Trichinella worms. Remember we used to infect ourselves with worms (tapeworms) to loose weight.
remember in the yesteryear when checking the level of autoimmune MS-like disease
in the animals, that the pooh sometimes had loads of worms (pinworms) on
them………………so is that really doing to affect their disease
that much? Then experimental animals often had a few viruses and pinworm
were common in most animal houses, they are now squeeky clean).
Anyway the trial information of using parasites to treat MS is beginning to surface and one study was presented at the American Academy of Neurology meeting
[S30.005] Voldsgaard A et al. Trichuris Suis Ova Therapy for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis – A Safety Study
An observational study has suggested that relapsing-remitting multiple
sclerosis (MS) patients with helminth (parasitic worm) infestation associated with
eosinophilia (type of white blood cell that kills worms) have lower disease activity and disease progression than
uninfected matched MS patients. Treatment with TSO, eggs from the
porcine whipworm, seems safe and effective in the treatment of
inflammatory bowel disease, and previous studies in nine MS patients
showed that the administration of TSO was well tolerated.
The design was an open-label, MRI assessor-blinded study. After a
run-in period for 8 weeks, all patients were treated orally with 2500
live Trichuris suis ova every second week for 12 weeks. MRI was
performed with 3-week intervals. Neurological examinations and blood
sampling were performed at screening, baseline, at week 6 and week 12.
Ten patients, two men and eight women, aged 24-55 years with relapsing
MS were included. Median (range) disease duration 9 (4-34) years, EDSS
2.5 (1-5.0), and relapses within last two years 3 (2-5). Four patients
received no other therapy, while six patients were treated with
interferon (IFN)-beta sc.
RESULTS: Treatment with TSO was well
tolerated and with overall good compliance. There were no safety
concerns. Two patients suffered a relapse in the run-in period, and one
patient suffered a single and another patient two relapses during
treatment with TSO. New MRI activity was observed in 3 patients in the
run-in period (three 3-weekly scans) and in 8 patients during treatment
with TSO (four 3-weekly scans). Immunological studies showed no changes,
apart from eosinophilia, in the treatment period. CONCLUSIONS:
Treatment with TSO seems to be safe and well-tolerated when administered
to patients with relapsing MS. We did not observe any signals
suggesting a beneficial effect of TSO. Further investigations are needed
to assess the effect on the disease.
This trial is probably too small to tell us much, except that humans can tolerate infections of the pig whipworm, so it will need to be done again.

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The latest U.S. Flag stamp celebrated with Feb. 9 Fort Lauderdale ceremony
By Dan Culbert
About 50 stamp enthusiasts attended the Feb. 9 first-day ceremony for the new nondenominated (50¢) United States Flag forever definitive stamp. The 11 a.m. ceremony took place at War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Visitors arriving at the site were greeted by a display of Old Glory waving in the tropical breeze outside the venue.
Inside, attendees were greeted by vendors and representatives of the American Stamp Dealers Association’s Winter Postage Stamp Show, as well as members of the Hollywood (Fla.) Stamp Club.
The stamp show was taking place Feb. 9-11 at the auditorium.
Also on hand were many U.S. Postal Service employees celebrating the initiation of this new postal workhorse.
The Postal Service offered all attendees a patriotic souvenir folder with a pocket that contained the speaker list. The folder was enclosed in a beautiful envelope franked with a booklet version of the new stamp and tied with a black ink first-day cancel.
Each visitor also received a lapel pin reproducing the new stamp design.
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The ceremony was led by ASDA executive director Dana Guyer. She invited the Davie (Fla.) police honor guard to troop the colors, and introduced Taylor McPhee-Johnson of the Postal Service to sing the national anthem.
Guyer next introduced Timothy R. Costello, USPS district manager for South Florida. Costello told the audience that the first full-color commemorative featuring the U.S. flag as a single design was the 1957 Old Glory stamp (Scott 1094).
He added that the colors of the flag signify hardiness and valor (red), purity and innocence (white), and vigilance, perseverance and justice (blue). His father and grandfather were veterans of World War I and World War II, and Costello said he’s always felt that the flag is more than a symbol of the United States: It represents all of the citizens of the country.
Next up was the unveiling ceremony. An 8-foot by 8-foot reproduction of the stamp design was revealed by the ceremony participants and greeted by enthusiastic applause from the audience.
Richard A. Asper, the chair and founder of Honor Flight South Florida, spoke next. His organization sends local veterans to Washington, D.C., for visits to war memorials in the nation’s capital.
The group’s Flags of our Heroes program provides the families of veterans with plaques in honor of those who were unable to make the trip.
Asper shared a personal story about the impact of the U.S. flag while he was visiting the nation of Chad in central Africa.
Despite the language barrier, a local child noticed the U.S. flag patch on Asper’s Army shirt, touched it, and said “America.”
Asper thanked the Postal Service for issuing the new Flag stamp, noting it will travel with messages sent all over the world — possibly even to a small village in Chad.
The final speaker was Parker A. Bailey Jr., president of the nearby Hollywood Stamp Club. A lifelong stamp collector and a retired police officer, Bailey has attended many first-day ceremonies, but his favorite was for the 1968 6¢ Law and Order stamp (Scott 1343) issued on his birthday.
Bailey said that one of the most moving experiences in his life was when there were no flags available to purchase after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, as the stores had all been emptied of flags by people looking for an example of our national symbol.
The flag represents the people of the United States, not the government, Bailey observed. He added that when he travels abroad, his favorite experience is seeing Old Glory flying on his return to the United States.
At the conclusion of the formal program, attendees gathered at the autograph tables to obtain signatures of the ceremony participants on programs and other souvenirs.
The new U.S. Flag definitive is being sold in double-sided panes of 20 (which the Postal Service refers to as a booklet), and in coils of 100.
The two Postal Service contract printers, Ashton Potter and Banknote Corporation of America, each printed a pane of 20 and a coil.
The Ashton Potter printings of the pane and the coil were available at the ceremony.
By my count there have been more than 60 face-different regular-issue U.S. Flag stamps issued, not counting commemoratives and special stamps.
Collectors who enjoy these patriotic issues can create some combination first-day covers by including different Flag stamps from the past, and can use the new U.S. Flag forever stamp on daily mail as well.
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Music: Bob Geldof reckons it's boomtime for the Rats
"It's time to re-Rat, to go back to Boomtown for a visit," Bob Geldof said as he announced the Irish post-punk outfit that really don't like Mondays were to reform for shows including a Sunday-night spot at the Isle of Wight Festival.
Let it say nothing for the Boomtown Rats' standing that they're squeezed on the bill between retro-soul peacock Paloma Faith and hot-dog vendor Newton Faulkner on a bill headlined by Bon Jovi.
And it's probably fair to suggest they could be facing 50,000 blank faces until "I Don't Like Mondays", but that's no big deal if you've saved the world twice (and have "Rat Trap" up your sleeve for the encore). It's the first time Geldof has played with the band since 1986 so it's probably about time to, er, re-Rat. But presumably this is no Filthy Lucre Tour as Geldof – with his TV fortune – doesn't need festival promoters to (sorry) show him the money. All together now, "what reason do you need to be show-ow-ow-ow-own"?
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April showers bring May flowers, and April Jewish books bring… May Jewish books? I’m still working on it, but what I do know is there is a true bounty of new Jewish books being released this spring. We’re excited to be back with our most anticipated Jewish books of the month, from three very different memoirs — is this the only book list where Seth Rogen will sit next to Jewish resistance fighter Selma van de Perre? — to a history of a Sephardi Jewish art collector in Paris to a queer, Jewish bisexual YA romance.
Without further ado, for May 2021, here are eight books across all genres we’re excited about, plus some other notable releases you might want to check out. Bonus: This list is all shoppable on Bookshop, a platform supporting local bookstores.
1. Monkey Boy by Francisco Goldman (May 11)
Francisco Goldman, the celebrated American writer, is back with an autobiographical novel of a man very similar to himself. “Monkey Boy” is the tale of Francisco Goldberg, a man with a Jewish father and a Guatemalan Catholic mother. Francisco is returning home to Boston to visit his mother in a nursing home, and the book is set over the four-day journey — which brings up reflections on his past, on love, and on his complicated identity. “Monkey Boy” is a moving look at what it means to be Jewish and Catholic, with parents who are immigrants from vastly different parts of the world, a son of an abusive father, and a Guatemalan kid in a white Boston suburb. Throughout, there’s also stories of Goldman’s — er, Goldberg’s — work as a journalist in Central America and Mexico, and of writing about cruelty and violence.
Here’s one passage that has stuck with me: “All my life, I’ve been answering some version of the inevitable question: But aren’t you Jewish? (Weren’t you just introduced to me as Frank Goldberg? Then what do you mean that you were baptized in that church?) I’m half-Jewish, I’ve always answered. Usually adding: My mother is Catholic. (I’m half-Jewish and half-Catholic, I’m sure I used to say as a boy.) Those questions always felt threatening to me; to some degree they still do…” Goldman writes. “When I was a kid, I never would have dared to say out loud: I want to be just one thing, like a normal person is, though I thought it all the time.”
Read if you’re into: stories of complicated identity, love, family. The Jewish angle: I mean, the whole thing — Goldman is Jewish, as is his protagonist, Goldberg. Get it here.
2. Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler (May 11)
Dahlia Adler, a Jewish author, is here with the Jewish bisexual YA love story of our dreams. “Cool for the Summer” is the story of Larissa (AKA Lara), who is starting her senior year of high school. The guy of her dreams, Chase, is finally into her. But then Jasmine, her summer fling who just moved into town, shows up (think “Grease,” but gay and way less problematic?). Jasmine and Lara spent all summer together, thinking they would never see each other again. Each of the girls feels so real and authentic to their cultural backgrounds: Jasmine is a Syrian Jew, and Lara is the Jewish daughter of a Russian mom. The tagline is: “If Larissa’s finally got the guy, why can’t she stop thinking about the girl?” Hell yes. It’s fun, sexy, sweet, and the perfect spring read. And yes, it’s named after that Demi Lovato song (which also gets a really romantic plotline in the book).
Read if you’re into: queer YA! Jewish YA! Queer Jewish YA!! The Jewish angle: Lara and Jasmine are both Jewish! Get it here.
3. Negative Space by Lilly Dancyger (May 1)
Lilly Dancyger’s memoir, “Negative Space,” is, at its heart, the story of her relationship with her father. “I think of the book itself as very Jewish in the way that the whole thing is in pursuit of answering unanswerable questions. The whole book is a process of striving to understand, while also acknowledging the limits of what it’s possible to know, and embracing grey areas. Which feels really Jewish to me, in the way that I understand what that means,” Dancyger told Alma. Dancyger’s father, Joe Schactman, was a sculptor who struggled with a heroin addiction and died when she was just 12 years old. It’s a powerful look at being “a fatherless woman after years as a fatherless girl,” and how grief and addiction reverberate over time. She includes images of her father’s work throughout the memoir, and I love how the visual gives you a clear understanding of the work she’s writing about. Dancyger, a Jewish writer and editor, previously edited “Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger,” and her debut memoir does not disappoint.
Read if you’re into: memoirs, stories of families impacted by addiction, Jewish stories, art. The Jewish angle: Lilly is Jewish, as was her father, Joe. Get it here.
4. Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman (May 18)
Jewish novelist, playwright historian, activist (and so many more titles) Sarah Schulman spent over two decades working on “Let the Record Show,” a history of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) based on 188 interviews with surviving members. ACT UP was founded in part by gay Jewish activist Larry Kramer, who passed away last year at the age of 84. Her work began when she started the ACT UP Oral History Project in 2001, spending the next two decades interviewing surviving ACT UP members, and resulted, in part, in the 2012 ACT UP documentary “United in Anger.” “Let the Record Show” ends in 1993, when, Schulman explains, a particular era of the organization ended. It’s a hefty tome — clocking in at just under 700 pages — but it’s full of photos, archival documents and powerful testimonies.
“In so many ways. Sarah Schulman has written more than an authoritative history of ACT UP NY here — it is a masterpiece of historical research and intellectual analysis that creates many windows into both a vanished world and the one that emerged from it, the one we live in now. I can’t think of a book like this — it is an almost entirely new model, uniquely possible as the result of Schulman’s life’s work,” writes novelist Alexander Chee.
Read if you’re into: history, AIDS activism, oral history. The Jewish angle: Schulman is Jewish! Get it here.
5. Yearbook by Seth Rogen (May 11)
The only blurb about Seth Rogen’s memoir that really matters is from his mom, Sandy: “At first I was worried that Seth was writing a book, because I was like, ‘Oh no! What’s he gonna say?’ I was actually scared to even read it. But I’m very happy I did. It’s not really a memoir, like I thought it might be. I guess it’s more of a bunch of funny true stories? Does that make sense? He talks about doing stand-up when he was a kid (I drove him to all his shows!), his grandparents, high school, moving to LA, meeting some famous people, things like that. If I’m being honest, I really wish there wasn’t so much drug talk. Why does he need all that! It’s like, ‘We get it!’ And some of the stories? I mean, they’re entertaining, but I was just shocked they happened and he never told me! Overall, I think it’s more sweet and funny than anything, so I like it, and I’m glad he wrote it, but I’d be even more glad if he called me more.”
As Seth himself says, “I talk about my grandparents, doing stand-up comedy as a teenager, bar mitzvahs, and Jewish summer camp, and tell way more stories about doing drugs than my mother would like.”
6. My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor by Selma van de Perre (May 11)
Selma van de Perre is 98 years old. As a Jewish teen in the Netherlands, she watched her entire family get sent to Auschwitz — and so she dyed her hair blond and joined the Dutch resistance organization TD Group, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit. For two years, she passed as a non-Jew and worked with the Resistance, until she was deported to Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp. Meet Selma in this video:
And then go read her memoir. Seriously.
7. Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland (May 18)
Two Jewish families, the Goldmans and the Weingolds, have owned the Golden Hotel in the Catskills for decades. But it’s falling into disrepair, especially after the death of the Goldman patriarch, Benny, and there’s an offer in on the hotel to the tune of millions of dollars. So, the families have to reunite and decide if they’re going to sell or not. As they all return to the hotel (except Brian Weingold, who has been running the place), old secrets emerge. The two very dysfunctional families clash, there’s unexpected romance, and it’s all simply a delight. What I loved about “Last Summer at the Golden Hotel” was how the perspectives switched between characters to give you a real sense of what is happening. And I cannot resist a book that opens with a family tree and a map. It’s the perfect Jewish spring/summer read.
Read if you’re into: Did you love those Catskill episodes of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel“? Are you obsessed with “Dirty Dancing“? If yes, this novel is absolutely for you. The Jewish angle: Jewish families, the Catskills, Jewish history in New York. Get it here.
8. Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal (May 11)
Edmund de Waal, “an artist who writes,” is a British ceramicist who wrote a memoir in 2010, The Hare with Amber Eyes, about the story behind a collection of 264 Japanese netsuke (small, intricately carved figures) — which ended up to be a story of his family, the Ephrussi family, a Jewish banking dynasty, and their demise in the Holocaust. His newest, “Letters to Camondo,” is similar in themes — the legacy of a prominent Jewish family, their relationship with art, and the decimation caused by the Holocaust all weave throughout — and just as magnificent. Through 58 letters, de Waal writes to Count Moïse de Camondo, a Sephardic Jewish collector and philanthropist who lived in Paris after his family moved from the Ottoman Empire. After his death, he donated his home to Paris as a museum (Musée Nissim de Camondo), where de Waal spent a year.
“In the silence of lockdown last year, I began writing a series of letters to Moïse de Camondo. I knew his house in the Rue de Monceau in Paris, had spent time in those golden rooms and in the archives high up in the attics. I needed to talk to him about memory and what it means to make a memorial for someone you love, about families and collecting things and keeping them together,” de Waal explained. Within — a memorial to a Jewish intellectual family lost to history, a moving story touching on themes of of assimilation and antisemitism and Jewish identity.
Read if you’re into: Jewish history, Jewish identity, Jewish philanthropists. The Jewish angle: The real-life Camondo family. Get it here.
Other Jewish Books of Note
While I have not personally read these books yet, they are on my radar as ones Jewish readers may be interested in checking out.
- “The Quiet Boy” by Ben Winters, a mystery featuring a Jewish father, Jay, and his son, Rueben, who are dealing with the fallout of a personal injury case Jay took on a decade ago. (May 11)
- Jewish NFL player and Olympian Nate Ebner writes with Paul Daugherty in “Finish Strong: A Father’s Code and a Son’s Path,” about his journey from Ohio State to the NFL to the 2016 Olympics for rugby, and the impact of his late father. (May 11)
- Jewish sci-fi writer Sarah Pinsker returns with “We are Satellites,” about a world in which a futuristic dystopian technology forever alters one family. (May 11)
- “Love Like Water, Love Like Fire” by Mikhail Iossel is a collection of stories about the Soviet Jewish experience. (May 4)
- Jewish author Jennifer Weiner is back again with “That Summer,” a story of mistaken identity and secrets set in Philadelphia. (May 11)
- Film critic Michael Koresky’s memoir “Films of Endearment: A Mother, A Son and the 80s Films That Defined Us“ is structured through a rewatch of 10 films with his mother. (May 4)
- “To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah” by Dvora Hacohen is a biography of Henrietta Szold, with the title taking inspiration from tikkun olam, the Jewish value of “repairing the world.” (May 11)
- Jewish writer and lawyer Eric Berkowitz dives into free speech and censorship in history in “Dangerous Ideas: A Brief History of Censorship in the West, From the Ancients to Fake News.” (May 4)
- In “Letter to a Young Female Physician,” Jewish physician Suzanne Koven reflects on her career in medicine as a woman, writing movingly on motherhood, imposter syndrome, workplace harassment and more. (May 4)
Holocaust/World War II books of note
Yes, this is getting its own section.
- Allan Gerson’s “Lies That Matter: A federal prosecutor and child of Holocaust survivors, tasked with stripping US citizenship from aged Nazi collaborators, finds himself caught in the middle,” a long subtitle for a powerful story of hunting down Nazis in the U.S. (May 4)
- “The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany” by Gwen Strauss is a story of female Jewish resistance during World War II, based on stories from the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky. (May 4)
- In “X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of World War II,” Leah Garrett tells a story of a group of Jewish refugees who fought the Nazis. (May 25)
- “Remote Sympathy” by New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey is coming out in the U.S., telling a story set at Buchenwald — focused on the camp administrator’s wife, Frau Hahn, who is forced into an alliance with prisoner Dr. Lenard Weber. (May 4)
- “The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor” by Eddie Jaku, a moving memoir from a Holocaust survivor based on his Ted Talk that will make you cry. (May 4)
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If you are a fan of country music, you are most definitely a fan of Zac Brown Band. If you are catching a show but are blanking on a caption, you have come to the right place. They have had so many hits from “Chicken Fried” to “Toes” to “Homegrown” that work in your favor for a cute, funny, or country-filled captions on Instagram. We have compiled a list of lyrics to help you find the perfection caption for your Instagram posts.
1. “You make loving you easy, you make loving you all I wanna do” – Loving You Easy
2. “Pour me another one, make it a strong one, we’re gonna have some fun tonight” – Castaway
3. “I thank God for my life and for the stars and stripes. May freedom forever fly, let it ring. Salute the ones who died, the ones that give their lives, so we don’t have to sacrifice all the things we love.” – Chicken Fried
4. “Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand. Life is good today” – Toes
5. I got everything I need and nothing that I don’t.” – Homegrown
6. “Life’s too easy to be so damn complicated. – Keep Me in Mind
7. “And if it weren’t for tequila and pretty señoritas I’d have no reason to stay” – Toes
8. “You’re such a beautiful drug I can’t get enough” – Beautiful Drug
9. “It’s better to live in the moment than stuck in the past” – Castaway
10.“And I think I might have found me my own kind of paradise” – Knee Deep
11. “The kings of fools a heavy crown, he didn’t know he almost drowned.” – Someone I Used To Know
12.”We take the weight of the world and lift it right up off of you.” – Me and the Boys in the Band
13. “Getting lost in the twists and the turns, finding these questions inside me still burn.” – Tomorrow Never Come
14.”Go on and dance. Dance like there’s no one around.” – I’ll Be Your Man
15.”My roots always keep me grounded.” – Roots
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Bend 1/2-in. to 2-in. of conduit on upgraded Greenlee 555 triple nickel benders
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November 20, 2013 – Greenlee has redesigned bending shoes for the 555 triple nickel line of electric conduit benders to allow users to bend 1/2-in. to 2-in. of the same conduit type on the same shoe, which it says will reduce changeovers and save time and money on the jobsite.
With the new shoes, conduit size is now selected by rotating the shoe—no longer requiring a changeover for different sizes. This reduced handling of heavy shoes also lessens the risk of ergonomic injuries when swapping shoes on the jobsite, says Greenlee. The new shoes are compatible with all current-line 555 benders (555C, 555CX, and 555DX) and are available for Rigid/IMC, EMT, and PVC-Coated conduit.


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Are your wisdom teeth bothering you or someone close to you? If so, our team can help. Sadly, wisdom teeth removal is something that almost everyone goes through, but can you recognize the symptoms of a problematic wisdom tooth? Similarly, do you know why some wisdom teeth need to be removed?
Fortunately, there are a few things that could indicate whether or not a wisdom tooth might need to be removed. Pain or discomfort in the back of your mouth may be the most common symptom. This pain can originate beneath your molars. Unfortunately, this pain can be caused by your wisdom teeth actually growing beneath your molars or erupting from your gums, and if this problem isn’t addressed, it could ultimately alter the position of your other teeth.
Clearly, if your wisdom teeth grow beneath your molars, you should have them removed. Similarly, your wisdom teeth will need to be removed if they grow in sideways or only erupt partially. Still, please remember that not everyone needs to have their wisdom teeth removed.
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Ide, Arthur Frederick. (1998) The father's son :George W. Bush, Jr. Las Colinas, Tex. : SEPORE,MLA Citation
Ide, Arthur Frederick. The Father's Son: George W. Bush, Jr.. Las Colinas, Tex. : SEPORE, 1998. Print.
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|Published:||Las Colinas, Tex. : SEPORE, 1998.|
|Topics:||Governors - Texas - Biography. | Children of presidents - United States - Biography. | Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-|
|Regions:||Texas - Politics and government - 1951-|