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Dean of the CSI School of Health Sciences Marcus Tye commented on the dedication of CSI Nursing alumni during these difficult times, “I offer my heartfelt gratitude and admiration for CSI’s many thousands of Nursing alumni who are on the front lines, providing compassionate and essential clinical care at great personal risk in these most difficult of times. For each of these selfless contributions we recognize from our brave nursing, health sciences, human services, social work, and other alumni, we know there are thousands more whose sacrifices we may never hear but whose efforts have saved lives.”
In light of the transition to online instruction for the remainder of the semester and the need to avoid meetings involving large numbers of people, we regretfully announce that the Undergraduate Conference on Research, Scholarship and Performance will not take place as an in-person event on Thursday, Apr. 30 as planned.
We know that this event is one of the highlights of the academic year, recognizing both our students’ achievements and the mentoring of CSI faculty across the College. We are looking at alternative ways to document and acknowledge this work, possibly through a virtual conference and/or an online publication of abstracts and posters.
We have extended the deadline for submission of abstracts to Wednesday, Mar. 25.
All are invited to attend CSI’s 19th Annual Conference on Thursday, Apr. 30 in the Center for the Arts (Building 1P) from 11:30am to 4:30pm, showcasing the talents and achievements of our undergraduate students through a display of research posters, oral presentations, musical performances, and exhibitions in our art galleries. This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize student/faculty collaborations and to engage with CSI’s undergraduate students.
A Joint Presentation of the School of Business and the School of Health Sciences: Mr. Michael Dowling, the President and CEO of Northwell Health (formerly the North Shore-LIJ Health System) spoke at the College of Staten Island on Thursday, November 12, 2015, to an audience of students, faculty, College administrators, representatives from Staten Island University Hospital, and other members of the healthcare industry along with a member and staff from the New York State Assembly.
The event was organized jointly by the College’s Schools of Business and Health Sciences, and was oriented towards an examination of the growing intersection between these two domains. A panel discussion followed Mr. Dowling’s presentation where representatives from the School of Business, the School of Health Sciences, the New York State Physical Therapy Association, and Staten Island’s District 63 added their own disciplinary contexts to the President’s remarks.
In her introduction of Dowling, Susan Holak, the Founding Dean of the School of Business, helped to contextualize the event for students and everyone in attendance: “Healthcare expenditures in the US are on track to hit $3.2 trillion this year – that’s an average of $10,000 per person. The industry is complex and sensitive to many forces.” Dr. Holak added, “[healthcare] is one of the fastest growing business sectors worldwide,” that “encompasses a wide range of specialist areas across a broad spectrum of operations, including some that fall into the general domain of business. It is that intersection that we are examining tonight, through a variety of lenses.”
An extremely engaging and interesting speaker, Michael Dowling addressed the impact of different types of legislation on the healthcare industry, as well as on the effect of ever-changing technologies on the way that patient care is delivered. Dowling noted that expectations relating to the quality and types of service are affected not only by patients and their families, but also by developments and shifting directions in research as well as in legislative agencies – in addition to changes in the mission of a hospital itself.
A panel of speakers representing several diverse perspectives took part in a discussion following Dowling’s remarks. Interim Dean of the School of Health Sciences, Dr. Maureen Becker, collaborated with Dean Holak to invite panelists to contribute unique, disciplinary frames of reference. Each was asked to open with a few words on their particular point of view before taking questions from the audience. Michael Cusick, New York State Assemblyman, Dr. Soon Ae Chun, Professor of Information Systems and Informatics at the College of Staten Island, Michael Mattia, President of the New York State Physical Therapy Association, and Dr. Marie Giordano, Assistant Professor of Nursing at CSI – all illustrated the finer points of their own experiences and approached the issues raised by Dowling from their distinct perspectives.
The event highlighted how students at the College of Staten Island, regardless of their field of study, are able to take advantage of the world-class opportunities that are made available by the institution.
The ability of a clinician to develop a rapport with a patient, the skill to perform an organized physical examination, and the competency to gather an accurate and concise history is the hallmark of a successful clinician. To respond to this call, the College of Staten Island’s School of Health Sciences‘ Department of Nursing has developed a Standardized Patient (SP) Program to assist CSI Nursing students in teaching and evaluating these important skills.
Developed by CSI Assistant Professor of Nursing Dr. June Como, the SP Program is currently being utilized by students enrolled in NRS 702: Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, a course that helps students develop advanced competencies in health assessment.
The Program enlists actors who are tasked to play the role of a patient undergoing a physical assessment for a fictional job. Nursing students are expected to complete a head-to-toe physical examination of the patient. Just prior to the simulation, which lasts 20 minutes and is video recorded for analysis, the students randomly choose two focused assessments out of several possibilities. The student proceeds to the examination room where a healthy adult SP in a hospital gown is awaiting examination.
According to Dr. Como, Standardized Patients are used all of the time for Nursing students; it’s just that the practice is rarely formalized. “We are always practicing our methods on family and friends,” she explained. “Now, at CSI, we have a formal way of assessing its effectiveness,” she said, emphasizing the value of using Standardized Patients as a tool to evaluate student ability.
Although the SP program at CSI is currently being used as a high-stakes assessment tool, the Nursing Department is hoping to make broader use of it for low-stakes assessment and training purposes. Dr. Como envisions the SP Program becoming as ubiquitous as classroom lectures being, “What will set CSI’s Nursing Department apart from similar programs.”
She added that, “Most importantly, it teaches the student how to interact with the patient,” explaining that this level of interactivity is usually learned on the fly, during a nurse’s early career. “This way, any mistakes made during the assessment can be fixed, and will not translate to a real-life scenario where a real patient’s health can be endangered.”
During a short vignette, which the Nursing Department held to showcase the effectiveness of SP assessment, Andrew Capizzo, currently working toward his MS in Adult Gerontology, performed the role of a Nursing student working with an SP, Joe Daly, a local actor.
Daly, who played a major role in bringing the SP Program to CSI, due to his friendship with Dr. Como and previous work as an SP for NYC universities, was briefed before the vignette and told that he would be playing the role of a transgender individual transitioning to a female who is receiving a physical for a new job.
Dr. Como explained that having Daly play the SP role as transgender was integral to the training: “It is our responsibility to provide healthcare to all people, including members of the LGBT community.”
Capizzo agreed and acknowledged that, “We treat and assess people from all walks of life and need to learn how to interact with whoever is sitting on that bed.”
Participants in the Program agree that it aids future nurses in being more understanding and sensitive of different individual needs from their healthcare provider. “It is up to us,” Dr. Como emphasized, “that we ensure the individual receives the highest level of care possible and the SP Program at CSI will benefit both nurses and patients in the long run.”
Ever since she was a young girl, Ledys Janett Perez ’13 knew that she had a passion for helping others. Now, after graduating from the College of Staten Island with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, Miss Perez is finally living her dream. This February, the young CSI alumna traveled to Ghana, Africa as a member of the Peace Corps.
“I always had an admiration for people who would go to other countries to selflessly volunteer and immerse themselves in a different culture,” recalls the 25 year old, who was raised in Puerto Rico.
After graduating from CSI in May 2013, Perez accepted a full-time position at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park, Brooklyn as an intensive care surgical nurse. She started her Peace Corps application process in January 2015 and was accepted in March of the same year to travel to Ghana. Her two-year appointment as a health extension volunteer in there begins in February 2016, and she couldn’t be more thrilled.
“My goal is to connect with the people there, immerse myself culturally, and build relationships with the people I’ll be serving,” commented Perez, adding that she attributes much of her inspiration to the programs and faculty at CSI.
Having studied abroad three times with the CSI Study Abroad Program, Perez confirms how these trips helped shape and prepare her for her exciting current endeavor. In 2013, she spent a month in Costa Rica with a now popular program at CSI, although she was part of this first group to go. There, she studied nursing and Spanish.
“This one of a kind experience gave me an introduction to what it would be like to serve other cultures around the world using the skill set I already had,” she said, stressing that she visited hospitals and clinics, and conducted home health visits there, similar to the work she will be doing in Africa. “This prepared me way in advance for this life-changing decision that I am making now,” Perez said before leaving for her trip.
She also studied Italian in Venice, Italy in 2009 and then Mandarin and Chinese business in China in 2011, both through CSI-sponsored study abroad programs.
Perhaps the biggest impression that CSI left on this young nurse, though, were the academics and student life that she found so inspiring.
“At CSI, many professors were so incredibly amazing and influential. I am honesty and truly in debt to them for life for opening my eyes to new experiences,” she said, commenting, in particular, on two professors: Dr. Marianne Jeffreys, Professor of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, and Dr. Phil S. Sigler, Associate Professor of Sociology.
Dr. Jeffreys was key in the young Nursing student’s academic career.
“She inspired me because she taught with so much passion. It fascinated me because she taught me a whole other side to nursing, which would bring me to where I am now,” said Perez. “I think she saw something in me and she guided me a lot from the time I took her class to this very day.”
The student also fondly remembers Dr. Sigler, her Marriage and the Family course instructor. Perez merely took the Sociology class because she needed to and had also heard positive feedback about the instructor. Her expectations for the class quickly changed, however, as Professor Sigler became another key player in her journey.
“People come out of nowhere and change your life completely,” she reflected, recalling her shock when she learned that her professor had walked across the United States and written a book about his experiences. “I said to myself, ‘that is crazy! Why would anybody do something like that?’ Then I got to talking to him and he said he learned about himself and what he was capable of more than in his whole life.”
In addition to study abroad and notable professors and mentors, Perez also stressed the importance of her student life affiliations. An active member and 2012 President of the Chi Alpha Christian Club, the student noted the importance of campus involvement.
“I really believe CSI is an amazing college, and if you take advantage of what is there, your options in life are limitless,” she said, adding that the Christian Club continues to support her efforts, even after graduation.
Her parting advice to CSI students is simple: “When you feel that calling in life, go for it. Don’t be afraid!”
“There are so many people to meet and encounter at CSI, and it was so rewarding to be involved while managing classes, responsibilities, and a personal life,” said Perez, stressing that she never lived on campus, as the Brooklyn resident graduated before the CSI dormitories were completed.
Perez will land in Ghana’s main city, Accra, and spend her first three months there in an intensive training program, engaging in such things as language and cultural training. After three months, her strengths and specialties will be assessed and she will be assigned to a particular village; then she will find out where she is living, a hut or a house.
After the two-year appointment, Perez looks forward to possibly writing a book about her experiences in Ghana and returning to school for a Master’s in Nursing.
A few days prior to leaving for Africa, Perez chuckled, “I now get the same questions I asked Sigler years ago. ‘Are you crazy?’ I respond that life is a lot about taking chances and following your heart and your gut. Why am I doing it? My response is that it would be crazy not to do it!”
“The Benefits of Respectful Interactions: Fluid Alliancing and Inter-Occupational Information Sharing in Primary Care,” a paper by Barbara DiCicco-Bloom ,RN, PhD, Associate Professor with the Department of Nursing of the School of Health Sciences, will appear in the July 2016 issue of Sociology of Health and Illness, and online in April. The co-author is Benjamin DiCicco-Bloom, visiting professor, Department of Sociology at Hamilton College, New York. A video is forthcoming.
Dr. Maria Knikou was recently awarded a $400,000 grant by the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation to develop strategies in treating people who suffer from serious spinal cord injuries, and bringing sensation and mobility back into their lives.
“People with spinal cord injuries have motor dysfunction that results in substantial social, personal, and economic costs,” said Dr. Knikou, a neurophysiologist and Professor of the Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) program with the School of Health Sciences, explaining the impetus for her research. “This uncontrolled muscle spasticity and motor dysfunction can result in disabilities that significantly reduce quality of life.”
This grant will enable Dr. Knikou and her researchers to develop a stimulation protocol in order to, Dr. Knikou explains, “induce functional recovery” in people who are attempting to recover from moderate to serious spinal injury.
Dr. Knikou’s research on spinal cord injuries focuses on utilizing non-invasive trans-spinal stimulation of the spinal cord with constant or direct electrical current to strengthen the connections between the brain and spinal cord, thereby improving movement.
The two-year grant was awarded for Dr. Knikou’s project, titled, “Trans-spinal Stimulation to Increase Neuroplasticity and Recovery after SCI,” which seeks to test a new intervention to treat motor dysfunction of people suffering from spinal cord injuries.
Her lab uses Trans-Spinal Constant or Direct-Current Stimulation to alter the signals between the nerves and muscles in people suffering from spasticity due to injuries. According to Dr. Knikou, this spasticity causes stiffness of the muscles affected by the nerve damage caused by spinal injuries. This stiffness can cause patients suffering from these injuries to have difficulty moving and going about their daily lives. Dr. Knikou’s project aims to not only treat subjects who are undergoing the clinical trials but also to research more effective strategies in order to provide long-term treatment.
The treatments are non-invasive and require the subjects to receive 40-minute non-invasive Trans-Spinal Stimulations daily for three weeks. One of the machines used is called Trans-Cranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), which both acts as treatment for the subjects during the clinical trials as well as helps the researchers study the action potential of the stimulation being provided.
Dr. Knikou elaborated on the methodology that her lab uses, saying “People with motor incomplete spinal cord injury will be randomized to receive trans-spinal stimulation with direct or constant current.” The researchers, many of whom are post-graduates working on their DPT degrees as well as CSI postdoctoral research fellows, also use an EEG machine to map the areas of the brain that are being stimulated in order to better understand which placement and intensity of the electrodes works best with each subject. “Results from the proposed project will provide for the first time evidence on a novel neuromodulation method that has the advantages of being noninvasive, cost-effective, and can be used in different clinical settings to improve motor function and decrease spasticity after spinal cord injury in humans,” Dr. Knikou concluded.
While the overall goal of these clinical trials is to provide relief to people currently suffering, it will also build novel and effective rehabilitation strategies.
Dr. Knikou remains passionate about training the next wave of physical therapy researchers, and she demonstrates this by tasking her lab’s doctoral and undergraduate students with assisting with the clinical trials in a very hands-on manner.
Speaking of her philosophy behind her delegation of her student’s responsibilities, Dr. Knikou says. “I want them to not only be consumers but also creators of research.”


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"Told him mom's 86," Cher tweeted of the meeting. "He said 'Georgia, tell me what u eat' & smiled!"
Holt's reaction to the President's admiration? "Mom was all 'OMG!'" Cher said.
Can't blame her--it's not every day a girl gets compliments from the Commander in Chief!
Cher also noted on Twitter that President Obama was "warm, funny," and "so sweet."
Cher's mom wasn't the only family member who got to come along for the special occasion. Cher also tweeted a photo with her son Chaz, who was suited up for the meeting in dress slacks, tie, and a big smile.

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Shia LeBeouf's character assists a man with Down syndrome with his pro wrestling aspirations in The Peanut Butter Falcon.
Get Out director Jordan Peele successfully avoids the sophomore slump with the enthralling horror masterpiece Us.
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The new documentary Stuffed takes the ick factor out of taxidermy by exploring the unusual art form.
Will Forte and Maeve Higgins star in the horror/comedy Extra Ordinary, a loving send-up of the paranormal horror genre.
Us has a scary as hell, brilliant first act but the rest of the film doesn't hold up to scrutiny.
Directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer hauntingly reinterpret Stephen King's Pet Sematary for the big screen.
First time director Michael Chaves tackles a real-life horror tale from Mexican folklore in the latest chapter of the Conjuring universe.
Director Riley Stearns takes a dark look at masculinity through the lens of karate in The Art of Self-Defense.
Idris Elba's directorial debut has a great soundtrack, but Yardie struggles as a crime drama.
An outlaw gang overtakes a frontier town in the bleak Never Grow Old starring John Cusak, Emile Hirsch, Deborah Francois and Danny Webb
Roxanne Benjamin crafts a terrifying, isolated horror flick with Body At Brighton Rock, her solo feature directorial debut.
Jacob Tremblay becomes our unexpected new favorite R-rated comedy star in Good Boys.
Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson deliver an excellent one-two punch in The Highwaymen as the men who took down Bonnie and Clyde.
Harmony Korine returns with his follow-up to Spring Breaks with The Beach Bum, a hilarious and dark stoner comedy for the modern age.
Marvel Studios treats Carol Danvers like a mediocre superhero movie from the beginning of the decade in Captain Marvel.
Dane DeHaan and Ethan Hawke underwhelm in director Vincent D'Onofrio's Billy the Kid western called The Kid.
Brie Larson is superb in a thrilling, hilarious adventure that threads together the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain Marvel.
Michael Winterbottom explores Pakistan and India in his latest globetrotting adventure The Wedding Guest, starring Dev Patel
A novice immigration lawyer fights to prevent an Afghan girl's deportation in the powerful Saint Judy.
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When photographer Benjamin Gilbert visited Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorium in Finland, he was captivated by the architect and designer’s attention to detail. He captures the seemingly small features that help to make the entire building one healing element for the tuberculosis patients it was designed for.
About the photographer
Ben is a senior photographer for Wellcome. He is happiest when telling stories with his photographs, whether that be the health implications of rural-to-urban migration in India, or the dedication of the workers who power the NHS.
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Visit our Library and check out a book all about Aalto’s work on the Paimio Sanatorium.
View a gallery taking you on the trail of London’s ghost hospitals, whose remnants hold clues to medical treatments of the past.
Visit the Living with Buildings exhibition and see items such as the huge curtain Giles Round created inspired by Paimio and the power of nature to heal.

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The plethora of news websites promises plenty for the people. However, while articles may be in abundance, their treatment across the websites is questionable.
By R Parvathy
The trend of breaking the news first has moved over from television to the internet. With a plethora of news websites offering plenty to readers, one expects diversity in viewpoint while digesting it. However, it seems that the herd culture continues to dominate the online medium as well. One would expect the cyberspace to provide the freedom to express one’s opinion at will which, sadly, the offline world denies, ( and is bound to in a bid to reflect objectivity) yet news websites function otherwise. That the media sometimes behaves as an agent of the state is not news to the public. But the Fourth Estate appears as a standard bearer for the powerful people of the country. When the media came down heavily on a freelance journalist, Ved Prakash Vaidik for interviewing wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan these gaping loopholes in the institution were exposed yet again.
Congress, now in the opposition after facing a crushing defeat from BJP, jumped at the opportunity and started questioning the motive of the “interview’”. News websites followed suit.
Instead of providing alternative viewpoints or fresh perspectives, they diligently followed the blame-game which the two national political parties were playing. Pictures of Vaidik and Saeed, and Vaidik and Ramdev started circulating on all websites. The Times of India published articles which pointed out that the meeting was sanctioned by the ruling government. The video and screenshots of Times Now’s Big Story which questioned Vaidik’s visit to Pakistan started making its way into cyberspace as well. Websites were quick to lap up the information and declare Vaidik’s actions as “suspicious”, “anti-national” and “unpunishable”.
However, the utility of the cyberspace was truly demonstrated when news of 46 nurses from Kerala who were stranded in trouble-land Iraq reached the home country. Websites wasted no time in covering the minute by minute coverage of their whereabouts and the much publicized release of the women. India Today published a special report which traced the whole event from the beginning till the time the nurses returned back to India. News also focused on their available mobile connectivity and efforts to contact the Indian Embassy. The Times of India did a story on how India had secret talks with Saddam Hussain’s Baa’th Party concerning their release.
There were numerous stories on first-hand accounts of the nurses directly from the disputed land. However, once they were back, be it The Asian Age, Hindustan Times or livemint.com, all celebrated their homecoming.
Websites started trending once again when Madras High Court’s Judge, Justice D Hariparanthaman was denied entry into the famous Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) club for sporting a dhoti. Stories ran amok as the state’s CM stepped up to address the issue.
India.com and Hindustan Times splashed J Jayalalithaa’s utterance, “insult to Tamil culture” as their news headline. Business Standard, The Statesman, Indian Express and news.oneindia.in went beyond the Chennai incident and interrogated the practice of Indian club’s dress codes and their viability in today’s time. However, it was India’s emphatic win over England after 28 years at Lord’s that saw the maximum surge in cyberspace activity. It looked as if nothing else dominated the news world. NDTV Sports broke the story, following which other websites took up from there.
Ishant Sharma’s spell-bound bowling made him the poster boy overnight, followed by hefty contributions from fellow team-mates Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Murli Vijay and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Social media websites like Facebook and Twitter were heavily trending on the Test win. In fact, the response on Twitter was so overwhelming that IBNlive.in.com published a story exclusively on the tweets following the match. VVS Laxman, Sanjay Manjrekar, Harsha Bhogle and others congratulated the home team on its win.
The cyberspace today is evolving beyond individual needs to cater to the society as well. While the offline mode of news presentation may have its limitations in terms of production and deadlines, the webspace does not hold any such space-time barrier.
Yet there seems to be a deficiency in terms of content presentation. It seems news websites do not make creative use of the medium and, plainly rely on replicating information from the offline to the online mode and vice-versa. In the end, there is an abundance of information but scarcity in diverse representation.


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Presented by Jennifer Reid and Mike Sanders, this event focuses on two working-class poets, John Stafford and Joseph Chapman, who were active radicals and poets in Ashton-under-Lyne in the first half of the Nineteenth Century.
Unusually for working-class poets of this period, both published a volume of poetry and these books form part of the collection at the Tameside Local Studies and Archive Centre. John Stafford (the ‘Charlestown poet’) was a veteran radical who attended Peterloo. Despite being illiterate, he composed a number of songs in support of various radical movements from Luddism through to Chartism. Joseph Chapman, worked as a calico weaver and, as a young man, was an active Chartist during the tumultuous year of 1848.
This event, which features both word and song, will consider what the poems and songs tell us about the ways in which working-class people understood the enormous changes which were happening in Ashton as a result of industrialisation. It also looks at the ways in which songs and poems were used by local radicals to create, celebrate, and commemorate Ashton’s proud radical heritage.
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TV Actor Anil Kapoor on his upcoming film
This weekend on the show Dil Se , meet veteran actor Anil Kapoor, as he talks to host Parag Chhapekar about his much-awaited action crime drama film Shootout At Wadala , which also stars John Abraham, Manoj Bajpayee, Tusshar and Sonu Sood. On the show, the actor, who plays the cop in the film, reveals he did a lot of research for his role. Anil Kapoor also talks about his daughter and his love for diverse and challenging roles.
The interview airs on IBN7 at 5.30 p.m. on April 27 with a repeat on April 28 at 10.30 p.m.


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Jin Shin Jyutsu is a gentle, hands-on healing modality that restores health to the energy pathways that carry life energy in our bodies and support our well-being.
A Japanese modality dating back thousands of years, Jin Shin Jyutsu means ‘the Art (Jyutsu) of the Creator (Jin) through the Person of Compassion (Shin)’.
The art of Jin Shin is often described as 'acupuncture with Reiki hands'. The light placing of the practitioner’s hands, on certain areas of a person’s clothed body, allow blocked pathways to open. The body and mind can then return to its natural state of being in a relaxed flow with universal energy.
Our energy pathways are like rivers that bring life to all our cells, to our fascia, blood, muscle and bone. These pathways also regulate our mental and our emotional ways of being. They can be seen as the blueprint that our bodies, minds, and our lives are built on.
When certain energetic pathways become stagnant or constricted, then stress, pain and illness can be expressed. Where our life-energy is able to flow along their pathways, our mental and physical tensions naturally release, the breath becomes deep, full and free, and there is an awakening into an awareness of deep peace, on all levels.
A session is individualized for a person’s health needs at the time of the session. We listen to the energy pulses in the wrists, then apply a series of hand positions that unblock particular pathways to restore the flow of energy in an area. A session typically lasts 50 – 60 minutes.
Jin Shin Jyutsu can help with health projects such as reducing pain, shock and fatigue, increase immune function, improve digestion and detoxing and ease anxiety, depression or a general sense of disconnect. Most of all, it creates a deep relaxation that supports the body’s innate ability to help, to know and to heal itself. The gentleness of Jin Shin Jyutsu is both deeply supportive and powerfully healing.
To book a Jin Shin Jyutsu session, please contact Michelle at firstname.lastname@example.org or at 416.453.3862

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The Fallen Star tells the story of a bright little star’s journey to self-realization, not to mention self-confidence. It follows the adventures of a little star who focuses so much on what others think about him that he begins to lose his light and even falls from the sky!
In light of this, he convinces himself that he doesn’t belong in the sky. But as he aimlessly wanders around on Earth, he soon discovers that he certainly does not belong there either. Worried that he doesn’t quite fit in anywhere, he is soon set straight by a group of children, who show him the situation in a new light. One special child helps him realize that, for those who are true to themselves and doing what they love, what others think does not matter.


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Ma Londo, owner and proprietor of Marlondo Leather, is kind of an enigma. He burst onto the leather working scene a couple years back with some very cool and interesting takes on (what has become) the standard leather briefcase styles, and he also designed some smaller pieces like Dopp kits, belts, and wallets.
And then . . . Poof!
He was gone. His website was taken down, there were communication difficulties, and all that was left were some very loyal fans and some really great leather pieces.
But now, he is back–with a streamlined operation, an Amazon storefront, and some new designs like this nifty little phone sleeve/card case.
Construction, Aesthetic, and Use
It is a pretty simple design–just a single piece of leather that is lined in pigskin, folded in half, sewn together, and then reinforced with rivets. There is a second piece of leather attached to one side that will fit two or possibly three cards.
The sleeve is not specifically created for an iPhone, but its occupant definitely needs to be approximately iPhone sized. I tried to squeeze my HTC One X+, which is slightly wider and taller than my iPhone, to no avail.
The sleeve is great for a night out, or for traveling very light. It will only hold your essentials–phone, ID, and a single credit or debit card–so it might not be suitable to be your everyday carry, unless you are very organized. Challenge accepted?
To order something from Ma, check out his website here, choose one of his current designs, or talk to him about creating something specific to you.


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Friday 20 March 2020 (the day I began writing this) was the date I was to be sitting in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, watching Liam Scarlett’s production of Swan Lake. Instead, with the world closing down as a result of COVID-19, I am sitting at home in Canberra having just watched a DVD of a 2018 performance of that production. Luckily I bought the DVD last time I was in London. I hadn’t had the chance to watch it until now. Here, then, are my thoughts.
Liam Scarlett’s production of Swan Lake is heart-stopping. I don’t think I can honestly say that of any other Swan Lakes I have watched over many decades of dance going. The main dancers—Marianela Nuñez as Odette/Odile, Vadim Muntagirov as Siegfried and Bennet Gartside as von Rothbart—not only dance with technical brilliance but project the underlying emotions of love, longing, loss, power and deception. Emotion pours out of every movement, every glance, every gesture. Powerfully.
Scarlett has made some choreographic changes, although they are not major. The production notes acknowledge Petipa, Ivanov, and Ashton as well as Scarlett. But some small non-choreographic changes that Scarlett has introduced make the storyline so much clearer. Many parts of the narrative we know just because we have read something, somewhere. But Scarlett explains things. He has an intellect and he transfers that intellect into the production, and hence to us. We are involved to a greater extent.
In Act I it is Prince Siegfried’s birthday and there is celebratory dancing. His mother the Queen (Elizabeth McGorian), acting a little sternly, suggests it is time for him to marry. But Siegfried decides to go out into the forest to shoot the swans he sees flying overhead. We know it all. We’ve seen it before. But are we ever really shown with clarity that it is Siegfried’s birthday? Or are we simply told that in the synopsis? In the Scarlett production, Siegfried’s friend Benno (Alexander Campbell) gives Siegfried a present, a golden goblet. And so begins the celebratory dancing, everyone with a goblet in hand for several moments. The Queen, when she arrives, also has a present for her son. It is a cross-bow, a family heirloom, and we know that Siegfried will use it in the next act.
It was also a change to see the introduction of an invitation, a paper prop clearly marked ‘Invitation’, to an event that would be held in the palace at which Siegfried would choose a marriage partner. It was shown to Siegfried by the Queen and his reaction paved the way for his anxiety, and ultimately to his going into the forest with his cross-bow.
But who was that mysterious rather supercilious man dressed in black who acted as some kind of adviser to the Queen? He seemed to be getting in the way a little and forbidding various things. Did he have the right? Well there was bit of dramatic irony introduced at this point. When, as Act I comes to a close, Siegfried goes against the wishes of the man in black and refuses to go inside, setting off instead with his cross-bow, the man in black drags himself upstage where he collapses as if shot. Is he von Rothbart in disguise? Has he been defeated in an attempt to keep Siegfried out of the forest where he might meet Odette? Or is this more a juxtaposition of innocence versus deviousness, good versus evil, with the Queen in the middle? Does it perhaps foretell von Rothbart’s end? It is simply exciting to ponder.
As the work transitions to Act II, the lakeside scenes (designs by John Macfarlane) are full of foreboding. A rocky outcrop and a bright moon dominate, although the lighting is quite dark. But then it is night time.
Throughout Act II there is the usual structure, perhaps with a little more mime than is apparent in many other productions. But what is transcendent is that Muntagirov shows us how he feels, anxious at times but full of longing for Odette. Nuñez shows her own anxiety, and perhaps fear. Should she engage with this man who appears to love her? Her technique, that beautiful line and her ability to unfold each movement slowly, is also a highlight.
We also meet von Rothbart as von Rothbart rather than the man in black of Act I. Macfarlane has given him a long feathery coat, reflecting the owl-like character of many productions, and has added a touch of red to part of his body costume: he is ‘red beard’ after all. Gartside gives a powerful performance with dominance as a major characteristic.
The work is set in Victorian times, clearly shown by the costume worn by the Queen in each of the acts in which she appears. But when Act III opens we see a kind of Baroque splendour. The sweeping staircase, extravagant floor lamps and the throne on which the Queen sits to watch proceedings all are reminiscent of European Baroque buildings.
Again Act III proceeds as one might expect, although the national dances have a real freshness to them and are beautifully (and I suspect expensively) costumed.
But once again Muntagirov stands out for the way in which he carries the story forward. From the longing and anxiety of Act II he is now thrilled at having found his lost love, or so he believes.
The coda from the Act III pas de deux is simply stunning. Marianela Nuñez’s fouettés, starting with a triple and sprinkled throughout with doubles and another triple, are remarkable, as are Muntagirov’s double tours finishing in arabesque. And there he is smiling all the while. Watch below.
In Act IV the lakeside scenic elements are clearer although the moon has disappeared somewhat. I guess dawn is approaching? The final pas de deux is heart-wrenching and I won’t introduce a spoiler and give away the deeply moving ending. Buy the DVD. It is worth every dollar and terrific watching, especially when everything live is currently cancelled.
As far as the DVD goes, it is interesting, too, to see Scarlett taking a curtain call with the company in this 2018 presentation. Everyone onstage looks and acts as though they have huge admiration for his work and for him. There is also an ‘extra’ on the DVD showing Scarlett and Macfarlane discussing their vision for the production. It is heart-breaking that Scarlett’s career, so remarkable to date, may be cut short by events currently being examined.
Here is a link to posts on this website about the works from Scarlett that Jennifer Shennan and I have seen and written about.
And as a final comment, of course I wish I had been able to see the work live. But …
Michelle Potter, 21 March 2020
Featured image: Artists of the Royal Ballet in Liam Sarlett’s Swan Lake. © ROH, 2018. Photo: Bill Cooper


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Gifts from their Ancestors
As a result of Lynn being raised by her grandparents and great-grandparents in the Orchard Lands of Winfield, BC, these stories are part of her heritage, part of her history. . . . . .
There were no children's books when Lynn was growing up, therefore a plethora of tales were told to her orally. These oral stories have been pieced together from memories that Lynn began having in 2009.
Through a process of dreamwork and subsequent journaling, Lynn was able to recall and outline these stories which led her to this path of writing and publishing these beautiful books.
Shauna and Lynn formed a business partnership in order to manifest the dream of sharing these precious tales with others, while deepening their mother-daughter relationship. Service to others, keeps these women working with purpose and dedication, in hopes of bringing joy and happiness to others.
Both Shauna and Lynn dedicate these books to the memory and legacy of their ancestors, giving thanks for these delightful gems that can now be shared with others.


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Portland Police Are Purging Their Gang Database Because There Aren't Enough White GangsWILL RACKE
The Daily Caller
Sep. 10, 2017
Transgender Woman Sues Spa After Muslim Employee Refuses to Perform Waxing
Kendrick Lamar Calls White Woman On Stage, Publicly Shames Her For Singing The Lyrics to His Song
Ann Coulter: 'They Hate This Country And Want to Replace Us'
Pompeo Presents Iran With Massive List Of Demands They Won't Follow, Puts U.S. On War Footing
White House Trolls Media: 'What You Need To Know About The Violent Animals Of MS-13'
Portland police will no longer maintain a database of suspected gang members, due to concerns that the vast majority of people with the gang label are racial minorities.
Starting Oct. 15, the Portland Police Bureau will end the 20-year practice of issuing gang member designations, which police say can lead to “unintended consequences” and a lifelong stigma even for those who have given up the gang lifestyle. Officials intend to notify the approximately 300 people on the gang list that the bureau will purge all records related to the designations, The Oregonian reported.
“There are still criminal gang members. That doesn’t go away because we don’t have a gang designation,” said Capt. Mike Krantz, according to The Oregonian. “We’re not pretending gang violence doesn’t exist. We’re just taking this one thing away.”
City officials and community activists had long urged the bureau to stop attaching the gang designation to criminal suspects, claiming the practice disproportionately impacted people of color. A review of police data by The Oregonian last year found that 81 percent of the “criminal gang affiliates” in Portland’s database were racial or ethnic minorities.

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The European Food Safety Authority has issued a positive safety opinion on LibertyLink soybeans, moving the weed control technology from Bayer CropScience a step closer to commercialization.
The company anticipates receiving full import approval for LibertyLink soybeans, which are resistant to the herbicide glufosinate ammonium, in the EU, China and other key importing countries prior to planned commercial introduction.
LibertyLink soybeans are fully approved for food, feed and cultivation in the United States and Canada; for importation into Australia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Taiwan and South Africa; and for food use in Russia.
Bayer CropScience is currently collaborating with soybean breeding companies to develop well-adapted and high-yielding LibertyLink soybean varieties. “Growers can expect LibertyLink varieties to be highly competitive in both yield and agronomic performance,” said Andy Hurst, Bayer CropScience product manager. “In addition, Liberty herbicide offers soybean growers the added benefit of being highly effective on glyphosate-resistant weeds as well as glyphosate-tolerant volunteers.”
“U.S. soybean farmers welcome the development of new biotech-enhanced soybean varieties and appreciate this positive action taken by the EFSA,” said American Soybean Association president John Hoffman, a producer from Waterloo, Iowa. “The availability of a seed variety that tolerates a different herbicide will promote market competition and provide an additional in-crop weed control option that can be an effective management tool to minimize the selection for herbicide-resistant weeds and enhance the sustainability of U.S. soybean production.”


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This week, Moe Koltun hosts Matt Cott and Matt Schwimmer to answer your Twitter questions, talk some way-too-early fantasy baseball prognostications and more. Additionally, Moe hosted a fantasy baseball interview with the extremely smart Mike Gianella (@MikeGianella). Please Rate & Review the Podcast if you can!
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37:30-46:00 ‘Most Likely’ Fantasy Baseball Predictions
46:00-51:00 The Fifty: Part One.
51:00-End Twenty One Questions, Moe’s Movie Rec & Moe’s ‘Don’t Watch,’ and Goodbyes.

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text: Igor Strawinskys works stand out by virtue of their great diversity of style. There was hardly a technique or stylistic development of his time that he didn't deal with, and which did not find expression in his vast body of works, comprising virtually every musical genre. After early compositional study with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Strawinsky continued his education largely on his own. Whereas his early works, such as the wildly expressive ballets "The Firebird", "Petrushka" or "Le sacre du printemps" ("The Rite of Spring") were still created under the influence of both impressionism and Russian musical nationalism, Strawinsky developed the style of neo-classicism beginning in 1920. Harking back to old musical forms and techniques, which he then alienated and adjusted to his own clear, rhythmically pronounced style, he tended toward both timelessness as well as a positive adaptation of tradition. He once said of his music that it was "incapable of expressing anything". He regarded his composing activity as an artistic game with the widest variety of style elements. In his later works, Strawinsky also turned to the twelve-tone technique and serial composition. Besides Schönberg, Strawinsky ranks as the most influential composer of the 20th century.


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This year a vendor at a California fair is catching attention for selling deep-fried watermelon on a stick.
Over time some weird items have been sold at state and county fairs across the U.S. Some of the foods that have been previously deep-fried are candy bars, bubble gum, oreo cookies, beer and even deep-fried butter on a stick
. Just to name a few.
This year fairgoers can try something a little different as the Cardinali stand at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, California. The concession has introduced deep-fried watermelon on a stick. It was created last summer and is now a staple at the concession stand.
"Oh my god," Shannon Saxon told San Jose Mercury News
, as she shared the deep-fried watermelon with two friends. "This is so wrong. This is so right. It's tart. It's sweet. It's undescribable."
The company's website
explains a bit of the inspiration behind the fried watermelon.
"It was actually something I thought of when I was asked to be at a watermelon festival. They wanted me to do something special,” manager Anthony said, though he likes to tell fairgoers it was invented by an Italian chemist. “Everyone loves it!”
Several other tidbits about the item are noted on Cardinali's "What people are saying"
Reportedly, the trick to the fried watermelon is to keep the rind on and use seedless watermelon; flash-fry for 20 seconds. The vendor tops the fried watermelon with powdered sugar and drizzles with strawberry sauce.
On the fair's coupon page
, Cardinali Family Concessions refers to themselves as "Home of the deep-fried “watermelon” and “pineapple blossom".
Fairgoers intrigued by the deep-fried watermelon on a stick can buy it for $6.
reported fairgoers can indulge through July 8 when the fair concludes.


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LA Galaxy Golf Tournament Raises More Than $215,000 for LA Galaxy Champion Project
Proceeds benefit community-driven program that partners the club with 10 local elementary schools in Carson, Calif. to provide health, wellness and leadership programming for students
AEG’s LA Galaxy recently raised more than $215,000 to benefit the club’s LA Galaxy Champion Project, which benefits elementary school students, during its annual LA Galaxy Golf Tournament presented by San Manuel Casino on June 10.
The event was held at Rolling Hills Country Club in Los Angeles and welcomed more than 140 golfers, in addition to LA Galaxy celebrities including current players, alumni and coaching staff and was hosted by the LA Galaxy Foundation with official Galaxy partners Herbalife Nutrition, Dignity Heath and Alcatel.
The LA Galaxy Champion Project, which launched Spring 2019, focuses exclusively on local Carson elementary schools within a five-mile radius of Dignity Health Sports Park. Students at these 10 elementary schools receive various programming and support from the LA Galaxy throughout the year, including dedicated on-site events and specialized soccer items at each school. As part of the LA Galaxy Champion Program, nearly 5,000 Carson youth will have the opportunity and resources to play soccer throughout the entire school year.
Additionally, The LA Galaxy and Dignity Health Sports Park will host a Summer Break and Back to School Friday Night Lights soccer clinic which will invite local Carson youth for a 90-minute soccer clinic held on outside fields at Dignity Health Sports Park.
The LA Galaxy Champion Project follows the LA Galaxy Foundation’s partnership with the Garden School Foundation and Playworks, which has seen the LA Galaxy support various local elementary schools in the previous years, including a beautification and mural initiative at Leapwood Avenue Elementary in addition to other regular programming.
For more information on The Champion Project, please visit: https://www.lagalaxy.com/foundation/champion

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Inheritancee of Tolerance or Resistance to Manganese Toxicity in Soybeans
- J. C. Brown and
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Soybeans (Glycine max L. Merr.) differ in their tolerance to Mn. The objective of this study was to determine the nature or mode of inheritance of Mn tolerance in soybeans. Test plants were Forrest (Mn-intolerant, Fe-inefficient), T203 (Mn-tolerant, Fe-inefficient) and their F2 progeny Forrest ∗ T203 (F∗T) and T203 ∗ Forrest (T∗F); and Bragg (Mn-intolerant, Fe-efficient), Lee (Mn-tolerant, mod. Fe efficient) and their F2 progeny, Bragg ∗ Lee (B∗L), and Lee ∗ Bragg (L∗B). The plants were grown in Mn-toxic soil and in nutrient solutions containing 0.35 and 0.65 mg Mn/liter. Only T203 did not develop some Mn-toxicity symptoms under conditions of relatively high Mn. The order of symptom severity was Forrest ≥ Bragg > Lee > T203. Manganese toxicity symptoms also varied among the F2 progeny of reciprocal crosses. The leaves of both parents and progenies contained about 500 mg Mn/g dry matter. Some factor(s) other than Mn concentration in the plants appeared to cause the Mn-toxicity symptoms. The Fe concentration in plant tops was related somewhat to Mn-toxicity symptoms in that the Fe concentrations were usually greater in Mn-intolerant than in Mn-tolerant genotypes. Control of tolerance to excess Mn appeared to be multgenic rather than controlled by a single gene locus. Reciprocal differences in progeny suggested that cytoplasmic inheritance influenced Mn tolerance. Crop failure can be avoided by selecting a Mn-tolerant soybean to be grown in a soil relatively high in available Mn.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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After a long hiatus when I reached that city that was the center of my juvenile ventures, I was struck by the difference in the population that thronged the streets. In my blooms, this was a hotbed of educational exchange between two nations and the principal routes were the refuges of students, especially overseas scholars, and in the cold December, some were seen tasting the coal prepared food articles and maize and talking of various things. Now the chilly weather is still there and it was also December and I took an early stroll to survey my beloved spots, and there were vacationists, and sightseeing bands and the local people of various social impressions and the mezzanines are greeting and people of all ages are seen frequenting them. The most memorable bookstall of that epoch is still in continuance but in an abutting plaza having the very old signature. This was my excursion to a family of relatives and I chanced to be in the city for many days in the downtown lanes and the bus stations at a particular time, after eleven o’clock in the day, after my everyday routines. The ways are however identical, the same intersections, crossroads, though some of the sanitation of earlier seasons has waned and maybe the stores and the owner might have changed. There are a few supplementary bridges and a couple of huge resorts in the chief area. But generally, the place was the same as was in my youth. This particular city is striking in my memories because once I sojourned here for six months in preparation for a national test. And later I frequented it because of the aesthetic shows including dances and theatre. The auditorium is still there, with the same name of an outstanding lyricist.
While waiting at the bus terminal, I was struck by a blind man who almost labored with his staff to relocate. and out of curiosity or possibly a little solicitude, asked him if he needed some aid and he appealed me to get him to a specific section of the bus depot. As the stands were so packed and at each second a new bus would come from either region and as even for a character with two eyes, it was threatening to move without vigilance, I helped him to that particular spot. After a few chat, we withdrew. Again on an ensuing day, I halted by noon to that sector and was intrigued by another visually challenged gentleman who was also coping to attain his way in the crowd and it was known this time that these friends were visiting a free academy run by a charity organization to learn Braille and other instructional materials in that language. In the following days, I met several such gentlefolk, and in the parleys that occurred, came to learn that some are sightless from the very parturition and were mostly young people in the twenties or beginning thirties and sometimes they moved in groups and sometimes alone. I aspired to help additionally by money when with a youthful brother on a different day to see him off. But I discerned that my purse was thin that day and felt pretty grieved that I could not support him enough. There were many souls, especially young pupils of the nearby universities, who were aiding them to find their omnibuses, as this was the principal bus terminus, and had access to all parts of the country. Ultimately, anticipating for my own limousine, I mused over how providential I am to have two eyes which in many moments, I have misused and also felt very beholden towards existence. Besides, I imagined, if my office could be more propitious in helping them in a better way in case I got a million dollars. Quickly the revelation surfaces that I will be performing the same tasks then also, only in a sounder way as far as money is concerned. Perhaps I could help them see this world by some major surgeries. Or get my work disseminated in Braille. But this element is very hazy, and while speaking to a friend later, he warned me that there is another class of blindness, an inner amblyopia, which is crucial and engenders vices, and the outgrowths of it are severe.
Braille is derived from the Latin alphabet, albeit indirectly. In Braille’s original system, the dot patterns were assigned to letters according to their position within the alphabetic order of the French alphabet, with accented letters and w sorted at the end.
The first ten letters of the alphabet, a–j, use the upper four dot positions: ⠁⠃⠉⠙⠑⠋⠛⠓⠊⠚ (black dots in the table below). These stand for the ten digits 1–9 and 0 in a system parallel to Hebrew gematria and Greek isopsephy. (Though the dots are assigned in no obvious order, the cells with the fewest dots are assigned to the first three letters (and lowest digits), abc = 123 (⠁⠃⠉), and to the three vowels in this part of the alphabet, aei (⠁⠑⠊), whereas the even digits, 4, 6, 8, 0 (⠙⠋⠓⠚), are corners/right angles.)
The next ten letters, k–t, are identical to a–j, respectively, apart from the addition of a dot at position 3 (red dots in the table): ⠅⠇]⠍⠝⠕⠏⠟⠗⠎⠞:
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Georgia Power offers tips and outage resources for customers ahead of potential severe weather, heavy rain expected over the weekend
ATLANTA, June 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — With the potential for severe weather and heavy rain expected over the weekend, Georgia Power encourages customers to monitor local weather conditions and keep safety first as inclement weather moves across the state. The company is ready to respond to any service interruptions as quickly and safely as possible.
Severe weather can happen anytime across Georgia:
- Before a Storm: Know your risks of flooding and tropical storm or hurricane strength winds. Check your emergency kit, unplug major appliances and charge cell phones in case you lose power.
- During a Storm: Have several ways to receive emergency notifications and weather updates. Take safe shelter inside a sturdy building away from windows and doors. Avoid contact with conductors of electricity – appliances, metal objects and water.
- After a Storm: Never touch any downed or low-hanging wire, including telephone or TV wires that touch a power line. Never pull tree limbs off power lines or enter areas with debris or downed trees as downed power lines may be buried in wreckage. Additionally, do not walk or drive through standing water or step onto saturated ground where downed lines may be present.
Additional Tools You Can Use:
- Outage & Storm Center – Available at www.GeorgiaPower.com/Storm, customers can visit this site to sign up for Outage Alerts, report and check the status of outages, and access useful safety tips and information. Customers can report and check the status of an outage 24 hours a day by contacting Georgia Power at 888-891-0938.
- Outage Map – Housed within the Outage & Storm Center, Georgia Power’s interactive Outage Map provides near real-time information, allowing users to see where outages are occurring across the state and track estimated restoration times.
- Georgia Power Mobile App – Download the Georgia Power mobile app for Apple and Android devices to access storm and outage information on the go.
- Outage Alerts – Subscribe to the free Georgia Power Outage Alert service to receive personalized notifications and updates via text message.
Infrastructure Investment – Reliability and Resiliency
The company continually invests in infrastructure to increase the day-to-day reliability of its systems and shorten outage and repair time. The company’s use of Smart Grid technology and increased automation in recent years mean an increased ability to more quickly isolate outages that do occur to smaller numbers of customers and reroute power remotely for improved reliability.
In addition, Georgia Power’s operational plans, systems, infrastructure and generating plants are all designed to enhance the resiliency of the network to best withstand major occurrences, such as severe weather events, including tornadoes, hurricanes and extreme heat or cold. Resiliency investments include upgrading transmission and distribution infrastructure across the power grid, including making power lines more durable.
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Deli Seven20, located at 720 East Pete Rose Way, is set to close this summer, Polly Campbell reports: Last day for business at Deli Seven20 is July 12. Oh why do things have to change? Owner Michelle Lightfoot said on Facebook, and in an e-mail, that it was time to focus on family and try [...]
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A new gelato store and creperie has opened on Mount Lookout Square, Polly Campbell reports: There’s a new gelato store and creperie on Mount Lookout Square called Buona Terra. Manager/part owner Gina Schroth said they’ll be serving house-made gelato and crepes also featuring house-made fillings. There will be 24 flavors in the case at one [...]
Flying through CVG this holiday weekend? There’s a new place to sample some wine while you’re there, The Enquirer reports: A new boutique wine shop has opened at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. Vino Volo, which is derived from “wine flight” in Italian, has a lounge, restaurant, tasting bar and wine shop in one location. Founded [...]
Kaze in Over-the-Rhine is now serving lunch on the weekends, Polly Campbell reports: Kaze is now open for lunch on weekends. They’re serving a new lunch menu in the covered outdoor beer garden. It has a few items from their regular menu, along with new, light dishes such as the elly-belly, which is egg and [...]
A new Cajun restaurant is coming soon to the East End, Polly Campbell reports: SwampWater Grill and Smokehouse will soon be serving authentic Cajun-style food in the Riverside Centre Antique Mall in the East End. Owner Chris Ornella said he’s hoping to open in the first week of June. Ornella, who recently bought the antique [...]
The new 21c Cocktail Terrace opens tonight, Polly Campbell reports: The Rooftop Cocktail Terrace on the roof of 21c Museum Hotel will be open to the public tonight. It’s on the 11th floor of the hotel, across the street from the Aronoff Center for the Arts. A perfect spot for looking down on the city and across [...]
In case you missed it, a Bob Evans restaurant is in the works in Springfield Township, Monica Boylson of the Community Press reported: FINNEYTOWN — Demolition crews have leveled the former Angelo’s Family Restaurant and Bar at 8270 Winton Road in to make way for a Bob Evans restaurant. Springfield Township Assistant Administrator Chris Gilbert said [...]
This week, Bakersfield OTR, the taco restaurant in Over-the-Rhine, added daily lunch service beginning at 11 a.m. 1213 Vine St. 513-579-0446; www.bakersfieldotr.com
Taste of Belgium at Findlay Market has expanded its menu, Polly Campbell reports: Taste of Belgium at Findlay Market is expanding its menu to include “Belgianized” pizzas and sandwiches. The sandwiches are Belgianized by making them on Belgian waffles, which makes an awesome sandwich, I can tell you from personal experience. They are selling a [...]
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In case you missed it, Melissa Stewart of the Community Recorder reported that Karlo’s Bistro Italia in Florence has closed: FLORENCE — Karlo’s Bistro Italia in Florence has closed. Owner Bob Conway has plans to keep the name for a catering business and will launch a new restaurant concept – a meatball shop – in [...]
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So, here’s something a little different. The Bible Society’s 'Eternity' Newspaper, has done a little story about the Blue Bus Coffee project. Their June edition will feature the story about what we would like to do to the bus and why we want to convert this old thing into something beautiful that will impact the lives of people.
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Para Ordnance P12-45 .45 ACP Pistol
Model Name: P12-45
Manufacturer: Para-Ordnance Mfg. Inc.
Model Number: P12-45
GunReports.com – -(AmmoLand.com)- Small semiautos that match the physical dimensions of pistols we tested recently—such as Para-Ordnance’s $740 P12-45—are usually referred to as compacts or sub-compact. But when pistols of this size class are miniaturized 1911s, the tag of “Officer’s models” is hung on to them, even though they may not exactly fit the mold of the original Colt’s Officer’s model.
Manufacturers are taking a fresh look at the Officer’s model for a number of reasons. For one, the 1911 pistol has legions of fans inside both competitive shooting and law-enforcement circles. Also, many military and ex-military personnel recognize the .45 ACP’s superiority over the 9mm Parabellum, a cartridge choice often perceived as NATO’s intrusion into American affairs. Once the United States government set a capacity limit for civilian handguns, the trend has been toward larger-caliber rounds, even when this means lower total capacity. Traditionally the Officer’s model offered a six-round magazine, like the 945’s. However, the Para Ordnance P12 integrates a double-stack or staggered-round magazine that in civilian trim will hold the full ten-round legal limit.
The P12 has been around a while and is essentially bug free. It fits the hand surprisingly well and points easily. Function was 100 percent despite warnings from some gunsmiths who seem weary of semiautos fitted with short slides. The P12 action also includes a Series 80–style firing pin block. This mechanism is not a favorite with 1911 purists, and some gunsmiths have a difficult time refining the action with this feature in place. But the P12 did not suffer any malfunctions because of it.
Our only complaints were the trigger. It was smooth but heavy, and this, coupled with a front sight blade that was too tall (approximately 0.153 inch) made for hits that printed low. We felt that having to hold the muzzle up when firing offhand was also having a negative effect on trigger feel, but each of these complaints should be easily remedied.
A coupon for one legally obtainable 12-round magazine from the factory is included along with one 10-round magazine. The supplied magazine comes with a base pad that offers a small forward lip that does add control without getting in the way of concealment. The aforementioned sights are a three-dot design, highly visible with the rear unit in the configuration of the (Richard) Heinie Slant-Pro. This means the face of the unit is slanted forward to offer better concealment. To ward off glare, the surface that faces the shooter is lined, and its profile is rounded for snag-free handling.
Another feature that only a short time ago was a custom part is the Ed Brown Memory Groove grip safety. This raises the area so that contact and compression is sure to deactivate the grip safety and enable the gun to fire.
Unlike the Smith & Wesson 945, the P12 was the only gun in the test that did not require special attention to placement of the web of the hand to make the gun go bang. The plastic grip panels are extremely thin and give the receiver a solid look and feel, but from there on no attempt was made to make the P12 look fancy. For example, Para Ordnance could easily charge more for
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|On the backstrap, the Ed Brown Memory Groove grip safety ensures that contact and compression deactivates the grip safety and enables the gun to fire.
the P12 if only it had a skeletonized trigger and enlarged the hole in the hammer tang, even if such modifications did nothing to enhance performance. Slide serrations are rearward only, which in our opinion is just as well given its small size. Using any other method other than the pinch technique to rack the slide or check the chamber would likely place the hand over the ejection port or in front of the muzzle. Checkering on the front strap might be a worthwhile addition.
At the bench our P12 turned out to be an old-fashioned 1911, meaning it favored the venerable 230-grain roundnose ammunition. While it did turn in a very good 2.1-inch average firing the 185-grain FMJ round, the combination of the P12 and Winchester’s 230-grain FMJ brought us groups ranging from 0.8 inch to only 1.1 inches for an average of 0.9 inch at 15 yards. This was very reassuring. Results when firing the 185-grain SilverTip rounds were low on everyone’s scorecard, but the P12 handled them as well as the Smith Wesson pistol with average group sizes right at 3.3 inches. The P12 produced more velocity than its competitors, as much as 862 fps when firing the 185-grain Winchester Silvertips. This results in the production of 305 foot-pounds of muzzle energy. Comparing our Officers models to the full-sized pistols we evaluated in our May issue, subtracting about 1 inch of barrel length did little to handicap velocity or power. Firing this same round, velocity ranged from 867-897 fps in the big guns, compared to a range of 836-862 fps in our Officer’s pistols. It would seem that after 3 inches of barrel length, each additional inch of barrel length produces roughly 30 fps.
Lockup on the P12 was solid, with only a hint of play achieved with the use of a conical barrel matched to a bushing. The guide rod is a full-length two-piece affair. Would trigger work have improved our results? Possibly. But we would have to say that the biggest gain after action work would be seen from the standing position rather than from a sandbag rest. The standard trigger was more of a detriment to offhand shooting, where we found it more difficult hold the gun steady while controlling the trigger. Besides a weighty 8-pound pull, the standard trigger has a little up-and-down slop that just adds one more item to deal with.
One item that should not be overlooked is how much a pistol weighs when loaded. Naturally, a standard alloy Officer’s model with only 6+1 rounds aboard will be lighter than a pistol that accepts ten in the magazine. With ten rounds of 230-grain FMJ, the P12 weighs 36 ounces. Contrast these numbers to an all-steel model we have in house. A Springfield V-10 with an extra-capacity single-column seven-round magazine from Wilson Combat ( 955-4586) stoked with the 230 FMJs weighs more than 40 ounces. The P12 may be hard to beat.
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