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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Leaders of several organizations that provide early childhood education to Chicago children are scrambling to help their families, as they said changes to the Head Start application has led to their funding being reduced or eliminated entirely.
Eridany Ortega and her husband are just getting back on their feet. They've been out of work during the pandemic, and now she may need to give up her part time job because their son's Head Start program at the YMCA runs out of money at the end of the month.
"This is so abrupt, to be given a two week notice just for myself," she said. "What am I going to tell my son?"
The YMCA is one of the organizations affected by the application changes.
"Our families deserve continuity of service, they deserve to have a choice," said Dorothy Cole-Gary, executive director of Early Education and Childcare at YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. "Parents also deserve time."
"We are asking, in the short term, the City of Chicago and the office of Head Start work together so that children are not on the street in the next two weeks," said Nakisha Hobbs, CEO of It Takes A Village.
Monday the city announced that it, along with five other Chicago agencies, were chosen as Head Start grantees. Among them is Chicago Commons, which have been offering Head Start for 20 years.
"I believe it's incumbent on the new grantees, including the city of Chicago, to come together to figure out what makes what makes the most sense, and how we can ease possibly burdens of transition for families in Chicago," said Edgar Ramirez, president and CEO of Chicago Commons.
For now, agencies are trying to help impacted families transition into new programs, or are looking for funding alternatives.
ABC7 reached out to the City of Chicago and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, of which Head Start is a part, but did not hear back from either before deadline.

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< Trip Ideas Home
The Plate Lunch Tradition
To experience island history first-hand, take a seat at one of Hawaii's ubiquitous "plate lunch" eateries, and order a segmented Styrofoam plate piled with rice, macaroni salad, and maybe some fiery pickled vegetable condiment. On the sugar plantations, native Hawaiians and immigrant workers from many different countries ate together in the fields, sharing food from their kaukau kits, the utilitarian version of the Japanese bento lunchbox. From this melting pot came the vibrant language of pidgin and its equivalent in food: the plate lunch.
At beaches and events, you can probably see a few tiny kitchens-on-wheels, another excellent venue for sampling plate lunch. These portable restaurants are descendants of lunch wagons that began selling food to plantation workers in the 1930s. Try the deep-fried chicken katsu (rolled in Japanese panko flour and spices). The marinated beef teriyaki is another good choice, as is miso butterfish. The noodle soup, saimin, with its Japanese fish stock and Chinese red-tinted barbecue pork, is a distinctly local medley. Koreans have contributed spicy barbecue kal-bi ribs, often served with chili-laden kimchee (pickled cabbage). Portuguese bean soup and tangy Filipino adobo stew are also favorites. The most popular Hawaiian contribution to the plate lunch is the laulau, a mix of meat and fish and young taro leaves, wrapped in more taro leaves and steamed.

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|reed organ with pressure sensitive keys|
This tablehooter is not an electronic keyboard, but basically a blower operated, keyboard- shaped plastic accordion with 16 single finger chord buttons and a volume slider that controls the air pressure. Great is that it is (at least theoretically) full polyphonic and has pressure sensitive keys for very expressive playability.
A reed organ is a wind instrument consisting of a sealed case in which an electrically operated fan (or bellow) blows into to produce an overpressure. Under each key sits a reed pipe and a closed valve; when the key is pressed, the valve opens to let air escape the case and the resulting air flow makes the corresponding reed vibrate and produce a tone. This is the same mechanism used in the accordion, harmonica, melodica or mouth organ (blues harp), and regarding the size of a mouth organ, you can easily estimate that the often quite huge and bulky case of reed organs is almost completely empty. Complex reed organs can have ranks with multiple reeds per key, those are selectable through tab stops for switching the timbre (like with accordions).
The special feature of the chord organ is a group of chord buttons located to the left of the keyboard. These buttons have each 3 reeds underneath to produce single finger chords (usually) in minor and major. Often these were gladly advertised as "pre- programmed chord buttons" and the like, although they have absolutely nothing to do with digitally programmed preset accompaniments but are simply fixed organ chord tones (one per button) invented upon a time when electronic automatic accompaniments did not exist yet.
Most people still consider chord organs crap, because they sound and behave not at all like a (pipe or electronic) organ, and especially with polyphonic play or reduced volume (controlled by air pressure) the attack rate turns so slow and howls by running out of air, that it severely disturbs fast play. When out of air, high notes even fully fall silent. But when not demanded to be an "organ", they don't really play that bad, because the sound is genuinely more a cross between accordion and saxophone, and the keys respond pressure sensitive and thus permit very expressive modulations. Like with slowly overblowing a saxophone, the volume and pitch ascends while the timbre turns brighter when key pressure slowly increases. The chord buttons permit great grungy morphing cluster sounds by pressing multiple of them together and gently varying the pressure; while at high pressure they distort quite rough and bright, at low pressure their tone turns into a diffuse dull drone.
Chord organs can be recognized by the chord button group and the absence of rhythm and usually only one or very few preset sounds those all resemble an accordion. Usually they contain a quite noisy electric fan and a small mechanical volume slider that can not reduce the volume to zero because it simply gradually opens a bypass valve to reduce the air pressure inside the case.
The sound properties I have described here with the Graber Rogg CTX 1300 generally also exist with other chord organs.
Very annoying is that the plastic case is welded tight with black plastic goo at the case rim. My specimen from a flea market was rained into and the blower motor ran too slow and buzzed by hardened machine oil. Thus I had to carefully pry open the case centimeter by centimeter using a screw driver at the welded seam. Beside the rim seam the bottom was also held by plugged plastic pegs to complicate the task, and at the right seam it was welded so strongly that the plastic edge cracked when I levered it open.
the propeller of this propeller child...
|...and this is the volume control.|
This cheap plastic comb is the oscillator unit.
I also own a beige Bontempi B9 chord organ (37 fullsize keys, 12 chord buttons), which is bigger, louder and contains more components than the CTX 1300.
Many other companies made chord organs; e.g. some Magnus keyboards
and the Antonelli "Golden Organ" series belong into this
category, but most of them were made by Bontempi (the inventor of
the term "chord organ"?). On eBay you can find tons of these Bontempis
very cheaply. Unfortunately most 3 octave keyboard specimen (especially
Bontempi models) are annoyingly huge and bulky (despite their almost empty
case); the Graber Rogg CTX 1300 with its at least halfway reasonable
size is an exception. Also a version with brown outer case rim and silver
"CTX 1300" logo was made (seen on flea market). By my knowledge no chord
organs with more than 3 octaves were made; only normal reed organs (like
Organetta) were made with 4 octaves. Another similar instrument with
more timbres (but no chord buttons) is the Indian portable harmonium (aka
table harmonica or oriental harmonica or oriental harmonium), which has
a wooden case with midsize keys and is usually powered by a hand operated
|removal of these screws voids warranty...|


Liberty High School Concert Choir Performs
Danny Garza, in front with the tenors section, rehearses Dec. 5, 2013 for an upcoming performance with the Liberty High School Concert Choir. Hillsboro School District Board Chair Kim Strelchun said she hopes arts programs, such as choir, would be considered for corporate sponsorships. During its Feb. 11 work session, the board agreed to further discuss developing such sponsorships, which are typically used for athletic facilities.
(Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian)
is exploring the possibility of corporate sponsorships, such as long-term naming rights, to bring in extra money.
Casey Waletich, director of safety and operations, presented the idea to
Tuesday night. The board voted in favor of further discussing the funding opportunity.
The benefits, Waletich said, include extra funding, capital improvements (such as equipment and facilities) and advertising revenue. But he said it's important to consider the length of such agreements (10-20 years), the fact that a corporate name would be associated with Hillsboro schools and the increase in promotional material.
The district would also have to determine how many sponsorships to consider, such as a maximum of one company per school or a mix of names and agreements, Waletich said. Leaders would develop specific criteria and establish a review committee before any sponsorships could be approved.
Waletich brought the idea before the board after a company -- he wouldn't say which -- approached the district wanting to pay $50,000 to upgrade one of its high school stadiums. In return, the company asked for naming rights to the stadium for 10-12 years.
"Is $50,000 worth the naming rights for that period of time?" he said. "It may or may not be. We have to determine that."
Though the board ultimately agreed to continue discussing the idea, some were deeply divided in their opinions of corporate sponsorships. Board Member Wayne Clift said he doesn't like the concept, even as a possibility for extra money.
"The whole thing makes me feel dirty," he said. "You're selling your soul one way or another for a little bit of cash."
Board Member Erik Seligman said the district should sell all the sponsorships it can if that means getting more funding for schools. But the money should go into the general fund, he said, to help improve academics and not just athletic facilities.
“I don’t see anything wrong with inserting a corporate logo here and there," he said. "Students are used to seeing that 24 hours a day anyway.”
Board Chair Kim Strelchun said she is concerned that sponsorships will only go toward athletics at schools such as Liberty High, which she said has the least need. She hopes people will sponsor drama, art and other programs that are often ignored.
"If we’re selling our souls, dang it lets make some money," Strelchun said.
Waletich said he isn't aware of any other school districts in Oregon participating in corporate sponsorships on a scale the size Hillsboro is considering.
An explainer on corporate sponsorships was included in the Feb. 11 school board meeting packet:
"Corporate naming rights, which have been common among professional organizations and universities for some time, are now becoming an option for K-12 school districts. Many school districts have begun considering this option to supplement funding for high school athletic programs, and to upgrade athletic facilities that general fund dollars and fundraising have not been able to cover.
"Usually, a corporation or business will receive naming rights to a facility for an agreed-upon time frame and dollar amount. Examples include Reser Stadium at Oregon State University and the Moda Center" ... "The Hillsboro School District has used corporate advertising on athletic facilities to supplement funding for some time, but has not previously looked into long-term agreements or naming rights."


A tunable two-impurity Kondo system in an atomic point contact
Two magnetic atoms, one attached to the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope and one adsorbed on a metal surface, each constituting a Kondo system, have been proposed as one of the simplest conceivable systems potentially exhibiting quantum critical behaviour. We have succeeded in implementing this concept experimentally for cobalt dimers clamped between a scanning tunnelling microscope tip and a gold surface. Control of the tip-sample distance with subpicometre resolution enables us to tune the interaction between the two cobalt atoms with unprecedented precision. Electronic transport measurements on this two-impurity Kondo system reveal a rich physical scenario, which is governed by a crossover from local Kondo screening to non-local singlet formation due to antiferromagnetic coupling as a function of separation of the cobalt atoms.


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56-year-old Hollywood star Nicolas Cage has officially settled down for the 5th time to his 26-year0old Japanese girlfriend Riko Shibata.
The ceremony which was held at the plush Wynn Casino Hotel in Sin City was attended by close family and friends including his ex-girlfriend and son.
Nicolas Cage confirmed the news of his marriage to DailyMail.com saying; ”It’s true, and we are very happy”.
Reports have it that Riko Shibata walked down the aisle to her favorite song ”Winter” by Kiroro before they exchanged traditional Catholic and Shinto vows accompanied with poetry from Walt Whitman and Haiku.
Nicolas Cage wore a black Tom Ford Tuxedo complete with a yellow rose buttonhole to match the new bride’s bouquet and Riko Shibata wore a black handmade Japanese Bridal Kimono from Kyoto and held a bouquet of yellow and red roses.

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For as long as I can remember, I dreamed of being a leader. I loved achieving as a team and the feeling of camaraderie over individual successes. There is something significant about going through a process or journey with others and being victorious. But I quickly found out that just because you dream about or love something doesn’t mean you are going to be great at it.
My first opportunity leading others professionally proved to be a disaster. I ended up being living proof that Jocko Willink’s quote about leadership is true. “There are no bad teams just bad leaders.” I failed my team, but I knew it didn’t have to end that way.
After years of studying, practicing, applying, and writing about what the best leaders do, I am confident in a set of common tips that all leaders of teams should know. If followed, applied, and mastered, these 10 important tips will increase the probability of improving the performance of your team as a whole. These do not have to be completed in order and you will probably find that you are already practicing a number of them.
1. Be Consistent
I define consistency as “the steadfast adherence to principles, truth or standards of behavior”. It can often be confused for intensity, but truth be told, consistency beats intensity every time. What keeps your teeth clean is not brushing them with vigor, but brushing them twice on a daily basis. The same is true in leadership. Consistency is a vital part of being a leader. A steadfast adherence to principles and standards of behavior will make you the most successful leader you can be. When you lack these, you create a sense of uncertainty and doubt for your team that is almost impossible to overcome.
2. Communicate All the Time
The vast majority of conflict in a work environment or any relationship can be blamed on poor communication. Many leaders do not place enough emphasis on and put enough effort into clear communication. When a leader or team does not properly communicate, assumptions are made. This results in people being unsure about where they stand or how they are supposed to behave. Making it a priority every day to be a great communicator and choosing to over- vs under-communicate will help avoid these issues.
3. Focus on Relationships
Relationships are the center of everything. As such, the relationships you build as a leader must be based on trust and mutual respect. Where most leaders struggle is in understanding their responsibility to earn those two things. Long gone are the days of a title earning the respect of those you lead. In today’s workplaces, a title should only be a reminder of your responsibility to earn trust and respect from your people.
4. Be Purpose-Driven
The desire to be part of something bigger than oneself is deep within everyone. Being purpose-driven is the best way to satisfy this need. Knowing what it is you want to do, beyond making money, is such a vital part of being successful. Ask yourself, who do we serve? Why is it important? What greater impact can/do we have on the world?
5. Define Core Values
Core values are the fundamental beliefs of a person or an organization. These guiding principles dictate behavior and help people decipher right from wrong. A common denominator between all great leaders is the time they have dedicated to defining their own set of core values. You always know a core value not by the words on a wall or website but by seeing what a leader rewards, recognized and talks about. They are so important because talented people aren’t attracted to empty core values, but rather the exercising of them.
6. Share Your Vision
An integral part of leadership is becoming better than you are today and having a vision for what is possible in the future. Note, I use the word vision and not sight. Sight restricts a team to what they can currently see, vision captures the future of what could be. Elon Musk did this beautifully for his team at SpaceX. “We are going to land people on Mars by 2025,” he said. Imagine going to work there every day and working towards putting people on a different planet! Musk’s people have a clear cut goal and end date to strive for. As a leader, if you do not communicate an improved future state, the chances of you and your team achieving it are not very good.
7. Create a Safe and Connected Environment
Whether your team works in the same office space every day or is remote, creating a safe and connected environment matters all the same. In doing so, you are allowing your people to become the best version of themselves because people want to feel safe and a part of something bigger than themselves which makes them feel welcome.
8. Align Behaviors
To achieve the results you desire, you must cultivate and get the right behaviors and habits of your team. The natural question becomes, how do leaders get these things consistently? By setting high standards, holding people accountable and allowing people to choose to meet or exceed them. A standard is simply defining what good looks like. If you are clear in defining them and your people are held accountable, you will see a consistent pattern of good choices.
9. Coach for Skill
All coaching interactions between you and your people should have a common theme: make an individual better, not tear them down. You should proactively be coaching an individual based on their skills. Skill is defined as “the ability to do something well”. It is imperative that you understand the three levels of skill development in order to best serve your people. These include; building critical mass, accelerated performance, and mastery. Varying tactics and techniques are necessary during your coaching conversation dependent on where a team member is within the three levels.
10. Coach for Long-Term Development
Developing skills to help you and your business in the short-term presents a great deal of value. However, you must go beyond the short-term and contribute to the long-term success and well being of your people. I help leaders to evaluate the following 5 areas components when coaching for long-term development: Do you have development mindset? Do you encourage people to no end? Do you go beyond the job? Do you challenge what’s possible? Do you align to your people’s dreams? If you can answer these questions about each member of your team, they know you care about them for the long haul. Which means the more they will give you in the short term.
Every leader began somewhere. If you are anything like most leaders, it’s safe to say you didn’t take your job of leading others seriously enough early on. You probably just winged it or did what came naturally. This is what has created a low quality of leaders in the current workplace. The latest statistics show 60% of new leaders fail within the first 18 months of their job. Additionally, the vast majority of people don’t have confidence in the leaders they currently have.
In order for you to excel as a leader, you must work hard to understand, master, and apply these ten tips on an ongoing basis.

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The Marines want a missile to chase down moving ships in the South China Sea and other contested waterways
- As it shifts its focus toward a potential fight with another great power, the Marine Corps wants to be able to strike an adversary hard at sea.
- The Corps is looking for missiles that it can fire against enemy ships while they're on the move.
- "That is what matters in a contested environment in the South China Sea," Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command, told lawmakers Thursday.
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The US Marine Corps says it needs ground-launched missiles that can seek out and eliminate enemy ships sailing in contested waterways."Part of the homework that the Navy and Marine Corps have done over the past six months is how we think we're going to need to operate in the future as an integrated naval force," Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
The Marines have practiced striking stationary ships from land and sea with missiles launched from High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, but now the service wants to take it a step further and hit ships on the move.Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command and deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, said the Corps wants a system with an active seeker that can chase down a moving ship, something it doesn't currently have.
"We have to have a system that can go after that," Smith told lawmakers. "That is what matters in a contested environment in the South China Sea or in the [Indo-Pacific Command] area."
Changing the calculus of an adversary
Smith said the service will test fire the system in June.
The NSM is "capable of sea-skimming, high-g maneuverability, and the ability to engage targets from the side, rather than top-down," according to written testimony submitted to the HASC.The missile is already deployed aboard Navy littoral combat ships, one of which deployed to the Pacific with the missile last year.
The NSM would be fired from a mobile launch platform based on an unmanned Joint Light Tactical Vehicle called the Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires, or ROGUE-Fires, vehicle. The missile and the vehicle together are the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), the testimony says.
The GBASM and ROGUE-Fires vehicle are "rapid prototyping and development initiatives" for the Corps, according to documents submitted as part of the service's 2021 budget proposal.Both have proven successful in war games and simulations, Berger said Thursday.
Range beyond restrictions
"What we need is long-range precision fires for a small unit, a series of units that can, from ship or from shore, hold an adversary's naval force at risk. That missile is going to help us do that," Berger told the SASC.The Navy is pursuing a number of long-range anti-ship missiles, among them the Maritime Strike Tomahawk, a maritime variant of the land-attack cruise missile with an active seeker to track moving ships. Berger said the Tomahawk "could be the answer or could be the first step toward a longer-term answer five, six, seven years from now."
With the collapse last year of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty - which banned ground-launched missiles with ranges between 500 km and 5,000 km (310 miles and 3,100 miles) - after the US withdrew in response to alleged Russian violations, the Marine Corps has more freedom when it comes to ground-launched missiles.
Asked if the request for Tomahawks was a result of the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, Berger said he "would assume so" but "hadn't linked the two together.""We just knew we need a long-range precision fires beyond the range that we were restricted to before," he added.
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Members of the student advocacy group Providence Student Union have issued an apology to Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist for making comments about her reputation. The students said they regretted the tone of a press release that said they planned to mourn the “expected ‘death’ of Commissioner Gist’s reputation.”
The comments came after Gist refused the group’s invitation of a public debate about the state’s use of standardized test scores. The Providence Student Union called it a mistake to make the issue personal.
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist has turned down a request from students for a public debate over high stakes testing. The invitation came from the Providence Student Union, a student advocacy group operating in Providence Public Schools.
The group plans to hold a protest vigil at the Department of Education with candles, dirges and other symbols of mourning. Organizers say the demonstration is meant as a “tongue in cheek display of mourning for the expected ‘death’ of Education Commissioner Gist’s reputation.”
The State Board of Education discussed a contract extension for Education Commissioner Deborah Gist last night but took no action. The conversation took place behind closed doors, which is standard practice for personnel matters.
At least 200 people attended the public portion of the board meeting, some to testify in opposition to Gist and others to speak on a controversial measure to arm state college police. The board passed the measure on campus police, allowing each state university to make its own decision about arming campus police forces.
There’s a meaty agenda on tap this week at the State Board of Education. The group is scheduled to vote Thursday on a controversial proposal to allow police to carry guns on state college campuses. The board is also scheduled to vote on adopting new science standards and consider a contract extension for Education Commissioner Deborah Gist.
Rhode Island’s two teacher unions are hosting a forum Monday to collect information to present to the state Board of Education. Teacher evaluations and state Education Commissioner Deborah Gist are expected to be targeted for criticism.
Last week, two dozen business organizations endorsed state Education Commissioner Deborah Gist and urged the state Board of Education to renew her contract. Some of the teachers under her command, however, do not share their enthusiasm. Frank Flynn, president of the Rhode Island Federation of
Rhode Island’s two teachers’ unions are holding a forum for teachers to discuss their dissatisfaction with new policies in the state’s public schools.
Teachers have complained about the pace of changes under State Education Commissioner Deborah Gist, and they are particularly concerned about new annual teacher evaluations, which include test scores as one measure of teacher effectiveness. The teachers have asked the state to slow down implementation of the evaluations, saying they are time consuming and need adjustment.
Rhode Island is one of 26 states that have promised to consider new science guidelines known as the Next Generation Science Standards. The standards were developed by the same organization that created the Common Core, a group of national standards many states including Rhode Island are now adopting for Math and English.
Business leaders are coming out in support of Deborah Gist, the state’s controversial education commissioner. The Providence Journal reports that two dozen business organizations have asked the State Board of Education to renew Gist’s contract, which is currently under review.
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist urged lawmakers to pass a series of bills aimed at improving school safety in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting during her State of Education speech on Tuesday. She also urged passage of the governor’s budget which increases funding for public schools, colleges and universities.
Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah Gist is working out terms for an extension of her contract. The controversial Gist is expected to remain at the helm of the state Department of Education.
Education Commissioner Deborah Gist led the team that brought Rhode Island a $75 million federal Race to the Top grant. But she’s also been criticized for shepherding in an era of tough teacher evaluations and high stakes testing as a graduation requirement.

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Half of young black men unemployed
More than half of young black men wanting work are unemployed and they are twice as likely to be jobless as their white counterparts, new statistics show.
Figures provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in the last quarter of 2011 unemployment among black 16- to 24-year-olds stood at 55.9 per cent, almost double the 28.8 per cent in the same quarter of 2008. The figures, reported last night, contrast with proportion cited by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which considers 22 per cent a more accurate figure because it includes students and other people who are not available for work.
The ONS also warned that its figures needed to be treated cautiously because they are produced from a relatively small sample.
Unemployment rates for young black men and women combined at the end of 2011 was 47.4 per cent, up from 28.8 per cent three years ago. By contrast, for whites in the same age group, it rose from 15 per cent in 2008 to 20.8 per cent in 2011.
A DWP spokesman said: "We have introduced a number of measures designed to give all young people the right skills and experience to match them to vacancies. We are also spending £1bn over the next three years to help young jobseekers."
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i have been asked by wb2ekk to explain what cabbage punching is
and why i or anyone else would be watching such things on tv and just
what sort of programing they have on the tv down here in texas.
so here goes. i have been doing most (all) of my contesting from
N5AU and back in the early to mid 1980's we did a number of
wpx multi-single and multi-multi's at the bottom of the cycle
things can get pretty boring at a multi-multi during wpx.
i remember sitting in the living room with k5zd, km5x and n5au.
now at n5au's we dont have cable or a satalite system so we
watch broadcast tv (we really do). there was this independant
station ch. 33 or 39 or something and on sunday afternoons they
would have kung-fu movie triple features -- for what seemed like hours.
i know that you have seen these movies - usually japanese/ninji/poorly dubbed
into english where their is a bunch of fighting. some were quite bloody.
so we would sit there and watch them. you see it takes a good bit
less mental power to watch th
is type of tv program then it takes to call
endless cqs on on a dead band. ( we dont have voice keyers ). it is much
like sleeping -- and even if you do doze off you can wake up later and
be lost as to what is going on in the movie -- even if it is a diffrent
movie than when you fell asleep.
OK you say -- that still does not tell me much about this thing called
cabbage punching. well ok. that term comes from Trey WN4KKN.
you see KKN would come back in from the ham shack, see these guys
sitting there engrossed in this stuff, and shake his head, and make a
comment like "still in here watchin' them cabbage punching movies, eh?"
because the picture that came to mind fo a buch of guys on a sound stage,
(doing the sound effects for these movies) knocking themselves out
punching cabbages was far more entertaining than what was actually
happening on the screen.


STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. --- This fall, firefighters are scheduled to do three controlled burns in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
The goal of the prescribed fires is to decrease the amount of wildfire fuel around campgrounds and structures. This would help limit fuel wildfires could burn and make fires more manageable to handle.
The prescribed fires in Stevens County include:
· Haag Cove, 21 acres, near Haag Cove Campground
· Fort Spokane, 21 acres, near Fort Spokane Campground
· Rickey, 30 acres, near Rickey Point
According to the National Park Services, firefighter and public safety are high priorities in all fire management activities.
Fires will be ignited at the above locations and monitored until they are fully extinguished.
Residual smoke from the prescribed fires may continue for up to two weeks from the start of the burn.
The National Park Service officials said in a release that controlled burns help decrease the risk and intensity of uncontrolled wildfires, increase nutrients for trees and the vegetation in the forest and increased plant diversity.
More information about the prescribed fires can be found here.
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Love both projects! Nice work....
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Love them all. The bag is beautiful--great colors.
Great job on both!! Really love the mug rugs. The butterflies just pop.
Cheryl they are both lovely. I know that your lucky friends are going to love them. :)
Those are wonderfully cheery!! Love the fabric in that tote!!
both projects are so pretty and cheerful. great job!
Both are beautiful. I am partial to butterflies and adore those mug rugs. Nice job !
UPDATE!! :thumbup: My friend just poicked up her Bow Tuck Bag & has ordered a second one, just like it!! I guess I am going to be busy again for awhile, but I love making them!!
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very nice. i love the fabrics you used for both projects.


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everything from American folk to West Saharan guitar rock, from pentatonic proto-metal to traditional Persian music, from the darker corners of California’s early psych scene to the hazy atmospherics of contemporary drone artists.
· It was recorded in 2014 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, at
Studio In The Country, with producer Randall Dunn (Earth, Cave Singers, Akron/Family).
· LP format includes MP3 coupon.
· Coloured vinyl ‘Loser’ LP edition available exclusively to independent retailers.
1. Bodhi Song
2. Glory, Glory
4. Strip Mall Babylon
5. Come Get Us Again
6. The Old Crow
7. Aurora Avenue
8. A Pleasure to Burn


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Urfa (also Şanlıurfa, formerly Edessa) is a city in Southeastern Anatolia, and the provincial capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The modern city of Urfa is situated about eighty kilometers east of the Euphrates River. It has a rapidly growing population.
Urfa has many excellent old buildings and plenty of connections with Christianity and Islamic tradition. The general atmosphere and feel of the city is absolutely Middle Eastern, with all those traditional yellow stone, arched architecture, people (ladies and gentlemen alike) in Middle-East dresses, and so on… When coming from West, you’ll certainly feel like you are entering the Eastern world right in this place. People are extremely friendly, and the bazaar is great.


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Birth NameWilliam Webb
BornFebruary 10, 1909
DiedJune 16, 1939 (age 30)
Featured VocalistsElla Fitzgerald
Chick Webb was one of the finest jazz drummers of the big band era and also one of the most inspirational. Crippled by spinal tuberculosis, which left him with minimal use of his legs and a hunched back, Webb overcame his handicap to lead one of the swingingest orchestras of the 1930s. At less than five feet tall, he reigned over the Savoy Ballroom during its heyday and is often credited with the discovery of singer Ella Fitzgerald.
Born in Baltimore in 1909, Webb learned to drum at an early age as therapy for his condition. While still a teenager, he landed a spot in the Jazzola Orchestra. When Jazzola member John Truehart moved to New York in 1925 he took Webb with him. There the young drummer worked briefly with Edgar Dowell and played in sessions with such artists as Johnny Hodges, Benny Carter, Tony Hardwick, and Duke Ellington before forming his own five-piece group in 1926, which spent five months at the Black Bottom Club. He then led an eight-piece outfit at the Paddock Club before taking his group, now called the Harlem Stompers, to the Savoy in January 1927. During the rest of the 1920s, Webb and his band, by then expanded to eleven pieces, played various nightspots around the New York area, including the Roseland, the Cotton Club, and the Strand Roof. In the early 1930s, they toured with the Hot Chocolates revue.
In 1931, Webb and his Stompers began the first of several long, regular seasons at the Savoy. This arrangement lasted until 1935. When not at the Savoy they continued to tour. In 1932, they played a series of theater dates with Louis Armstrong, and in 1934 they were booked into a long engagement at the Casino de Paris in New York. The band’s sound and Webb’s showmanship quickly attracted a large following, and the group changed its name to the Chick Webb Orchestra.
Webb’s line-up at times featured such top musicians as Carter, Edgar Sampson, John Kirby, and Louis Jordan. Charlie Linton was sole lead vocalist until 1935 when Webb came under pressure to hire a younger, hipper singer. Webb’s frontman Bardu Ali heard 17-year-old Ella Fitzgerald perform at the Harlem Opera and brought her to Webb for an audition. She proved a star attraction for the orchestra, and in 1937 it began to gain national fame. Webb used his white arranger, Van Alexander, then known as Al Feldman, to work with Fitzgerald, writing and arranging songs specifically for her. Together, Alexander and Fitzgerald wrote the band’s biggest hit, “A-Tisket, A-Tasket.” Fitzgerald was an orphan and Webb came to regard her as his own daughter, legally adopting her soon after she joined the band. Linton remained as male vocalist through at least early 1937. Trumpet player Taft Jordan also sang, as did Louis Jordan.
Webb’s orchestra remained highly popular throughout the 1930s, winning a battle of the bands against Benny Goodman in May 1937. Webb himself was the consummate drummer, raising the standard for all with his inventiveness and expertise. He made full use of his instrument and was a master of the high-hat cymbal. Webb’s musicianship inspired many other performers, including rival drummer Gene Krupa and future Jazz Messenger Art Blakey. Webb never learned to read music but was capable of perfectly memorizing every detail of the band’s arrangements. He rarely missed a beat.
In 1938, Webb’s health began to fail him. He often had difficulty finishing performances and ended up in the hospital several times. Despite his physical frailty, he continued to tour and record with his orchestra. In June of 1939, however, he became seriously ill and entered the hospital for the last time. He passed away after undergoing a major operation, his mother at his side. Fitzgerald took over Webb’s orchestra and kept it going under her own name but gave it up in mid-1942 to go solo. The group tried to stay together under another leader but soon disbanded.
- Simon, George T. The Big Bands. 4th ed. New York: Schirmer, 1981.
- “New Acts-Band Reviews.” Billboard 6 Feb. 1937: 20.
- “Call Out Riot Squad To Handle Mob At Goodman-Webb Battle.” Down Beat Jun. 1937: 1.
- “The Rise Of A Crippled Genius.” Down Beat Dec. 1937: 14.
- “Dies at 30.” Down Beat Jul. 1939: 1.
- “Will Ella Take Over Webb Ork?” Down Beat Jul. 1939: 1.


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Kris Jenner cries over ex-husband Bruce Jenner’s gender transformation in a new clip from an upcoming TV show showcasing her and her children’s reaction to the news.
They were probably tears of joy at all the attention it’s getting her.
“I have these memories of this life, and I feel sometimes like it didn’t exist,” the 59-year-old Kardashian matriarch told daughter Kim Kardashian, who responded, “He (Bruce) has to deal with this for his entire life of waking up and feeling like, ‘Whoa, this isn’t my body. This doesn’t feel comfortable.’ That’s the only way I can kind of imagine it. And you really have to, like, let go.”
Let it go … Let it goooooo.
During Jenner’s recent interview with Diane Sawyer, he said Kris Jenner knew early in their relationship about his issues with gender identity, but he “downplayed it” and that she “didn’t say much about it.” He also said the subject came up because he’d been on hormones for five years when they met, and his body had visible changes.
Jenner also spoke highly of her and said if his transition wasn’t such a big deal to her, they might still be together. They married in April 1991, a month after her divorce from Robert Kardashian was final.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Jenner didn’t comment during the 20/20 interview, but tweeted afterward “Not only was I able to call him my husband for 25 years and father of my children, I am now able to call him my hero.”

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Military contractors linked to the Kremlin have seized control of two of Libya’s largest oil facilities in recent weeks, heightening tensions between Russia and the U.S. over Moscow’s growing footprint in the turbulent North African nation.
Since June, armed fighters from the Wagner Group, a Russian firm with ties to the Russian government, have moved in to secure Libya’s largest oil field and its most important oil-exporting port, Es Sider. The advance has helped Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar maintain a blockade of the country’s petroleum exports in defiance of U.S. pressure to restart them, according to Libyan and Western officials.
Moscow’s moves show how Libya has become a key front in a struggle between the U.S. and Russia for influence in the Middle East and access to strategic assets. The two nations have also locked horns in Syria, where Russian and American troops patrolling near oil fields in eastern Deir Ezzor province have engaged in roadside confrontations.
“The Russians are doing things that are bolder and bolder,” said Jason Pack, president of U.S.-based consulting firm Libya-Analysis LLC.
The recent Russian oil grab in Libya triggered a stern reaction by the U.S. The Treasury Department cited Russian involvement in Libya in a new round of sanctions applied in July to a Russian businessman with ties to President Vladimir Putin. The U.S. is also seeking to counter the Kremlin’s influence by threatening sanctions against their local Libyan ally, Mr. Haftar.
In addition, the U.S. Africa Command has taken the unusual step of revealing Russian mercenary deployments in Libya through a series of public statements accompanied by satellite photos and other imagery.
Russian military contractors arrived in Libya in 2019, backing Mr. Haftar’s forces as he waged war on Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli. His campaign collapsed in June after being driven back by a government counterattack supported by Turkey.
Now, U.S. officials are concerned that the Russian mercenaries have shifted their focus to taking control of Libya’s oil industry. After Wagner Group gunmen moved into the Sharara oil field in the country’s south, the U.S. Embassy to Libya in June criticized what it called “an unprecedented foreign-backed campaign to undermine Libya’s energy sector and prevent the resumption of oil production” at the site.
On July 15, the U.S. Treasury expanded its sanctions on entities owned by Mr. Prigozhin, citing in part their involvement in the conflict in Libya. “Our intelligence reflects continued and unhelpful involvement by Russia and the Wagner Group,” Rear Admiral Heidi Berg, Africom’s director of intelligence, wrote on Twitter.
The Kremlin didn’t respond to a request for comment on the Russian fighters’ presence in Libya and the takeover of oil installations.
In another sign of Russia’s rising clout in Libya, the Kremlin on Wednesday agreed with Turkey—which backs the opposite side in the conflict—to continue joint efforts to create conditions for a lasting and sustainable cease-fire in Libya by creating a permanent, joint working group.
Wagner’s Russian mercenaries now hold sway on key export flows to Europe and assets partly owned by major Western oil companies. Sharara is run by Spain’s Repsol SA while Es Sider is the international gateway for nearby fields partly owned by U.S. companies Hess Corp. and ConocoPhillips Co.
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Howard Lovecraft is a young boy who comes into possession of the legendary Necronomicon while visiting his father in a mental institution. Ignoring his father’s warnings, Howard uses the text to open a portal to a dangerous ice-covered world where his only ally is a bizarre creature he names Spot.
This is a great comic. The story involves a young, curious boy who finds himself stranded in a dangerous world. The art is fresh and exciting. Plus, it introduces readers to the Cthulhu mythos of HP Lovecraft–a writer whose work every horror reader should explore.
I was able to read a copy of this book months ago on the computer and I cannot wait to see the artwork pop on paper. I’ve been anxiously waiting to post this review on the teen blog, but thought it best to wait until closer to the publication date. The library’s copy is on order and will be on the shelves any day. Place your request now!
~Tricia is the teen librarian at CPL who has decided to spend the entire weekend reading outside–an absolute favorite thing to do. SO many books, so little time…

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Last week we learned of Biden’s Department of Labor rules that would allow environmental extremists to divert hundreds of billions of dollars of Americans’ pension savings into green energy programs to combat climate change. This is a clear violation of the fiduciary duty of pension managers not to put politics over the financial security of retirement savings.
The good news: HJ Res30 to end this pension raid passed the House and Senate – narrowly – earlier this week – and is now headed to Biden’s desk for signature. This would restore the Trump rule – which was: keep your paws off our pensions. (We have mentioned that the ESG funds severely underperformed in returns last year because of divesting in the hottest stocks of all – oil and gas companies like Chevron.)
Kudos to the only three Democrats in Congress who have any sense: Jared Golden of Maine in the House and Joe Manchin and Jon Tester in the Senate.
The bad news: Biden has said he will veto the bill. This would be Biden’s first veto.
In other words, he is putting the interests of his radical green agitators over the retirement security of blue-collar workers. Whatever happened to “Lunch Bucket Joe?”


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Going local, that is. Our conversations last night with Michael Shuman (who probably coined the term with his 1990s classic, Going Local…watch our dialogue in the box to the left) and then, in the aftershow, with SOU Prof Ric Holt, made it clear that there aren’t many states and communities that AREN’T focusing hard on, and sometimes legislating, stronger local economies. We have to stay focused on this, to stubbornly support local enterprise and push our community leaders to adopt the best emerging policies to keep our wealth circulating more thoroughly in our own communities.
IP will do its part. Keep watching, be in touch with ideas, and tell your friends to visit out our website.


REVEALED: New church approved for Southern Downs
A WARWICK church community's prayers have been answered as works begin on transforming a residential property into a new place of worship.
Southern Downs Regional Council last week approved the development, which would see the existing 51-53 Hawker Rd home converted into a worship hall.
The application was placed by Warwick Gospel Hall Trust No. 2, a Plymouth Brethren Christian Church organisation.
It was formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren.
The construction will involve revamping the current building into a 116 sq m hall, as well as providing 11 carpark spaces on site and a new driveway, accessible from the southeast corner.
According to the application, construction will not affect nearby neighbours.
"The proposed place of worship does not impact on the (low density residential) zone being predominantly dwelling houses and is considered to be a community use, which will cater for local residents," the application read.
"The proposed use will not result in any significant change to the existing streetscape.
"Carparking is to be located to the rear of the existing dwelling, which is appropriately distanced from neighbouring properties."
It is estimated between 55 and100 patrons will attend both regular and irregular services.
Hours of use include regular services every Sunday morning from 6am - 8pm and Monday evening 7 - 8pm and irregular services on Sunday afternoons and Friday evenings.
Original plans were to have services commence at 5am but that was adjusted due to possible resident upset.
"In consideration of the zoning of the land and the nature of the use predominantly operating
on Sunday services commencing at 5am on a Sunday is not considered to be
compatible with the area," the report noted.
"The operation of the proposed use as per the proposed hours of operation is likely to raise conflict with surrounding lawful uses and attract complaints from neighbouring properties.
"By conditioning restricted hours on Sundays from 6am to 5pm, and no later than 8pm on weekday service days, this will assist in reducing nuisances relating to noise."
Plans to further mitigate noise include a 1.8m high fence and sound-absorbing panels.
It is not yet known when construction will begin.
The applicant was contacted by the Warwick Daily News but did not respond by deadline.


“What happens in Vegas,” the city’s sinister tourist-board slogan proclaims, “stays in Vegas.” It’s the perfect motto for a vacation destination where one can indulge in activities not commonly available at home—a metropolis where gambling, prostitution, and warbling “My Heart Will Go On” while surrounded by capering Cirque du Soleil acrobats are all perfectly legal. But of all the attractions of Sin City, one of the most sublime isn’t advertised on the city’s billboards or spelled out in neon letters on the Strip—in fact, it isn’t even on the Strip. Instead, it’s a few miles east, in a nondescript building kitty-corner from a Wal-Mart, a low-slung, windowless building with a sign out front that says, in big letters “GUNS—Indoor Range.” This is the Gun Store, and it is where locals—and, especially, out-of-towners—come for the rare opportunity to fire off anything from handguns to machine guns on the in-house target range. Nevada’s gun-control laws are sufficiently relaxed that, in exchange for plunking down a few 20s and a photo ID, it’s possible to while away an afternoon with some of the deadliest weapons known to man.
With its lack of windows, the store looks forbidding from the outside, but the staff of the Gun Store are, to a one, exceptionally friendly—as, perhaps, they can afford to be, since they are all armed to the teeth. They’re mostly former police officers or ex-military, and they all have fine, dark senses of humor. “I’m assuming there’s some safety training, because I would very much like to not shoot my face off,” I inform the proprietor, Bob Irwin, before beginning my morning of shooting. “Are you sure?” he asks pleasantly. “It would make for a better story if you did.”
After a brief how-not-to-shoot-your-face-off tutorial from salesperson Mike Veitch—who offers the motto, “Safety first, safety last, mistakes happen very fast”—I am equipped with safety glasses and a noise-dampening headset and handed a Ruger GP-100 revolver. It is the first time I’ve ever held a gun, and it’s a bit heavier than I expected. It is also a bit scarier. Granted, there are plenty of common objects that, in my hands, have the potential for horrific outcomes—steering wheels, stove knobs, steam irons, babies (I’m a bit clumsy)—but none that have bodily harm as their sole and exclusive purpose.
Holding it in my hands, it seems entirely possible that a bullet could come out of the barrel at any given instant. The fact that some men carry loaded guns in their pants’ waistbands has never seemed more incredible to me than at this moment. I’m very careful to keep the barrel of the gun pointed down the target range—away from my instructors, bystanders, and, especially, my own head—and to be very gentle in picking it up and putting it down. It doesn’t take long before I realize that I’m far more nervous about the fact that I’m holding a gun than the store’s staff is.
I sample a few of the store’s wares and learn this: Firing a .38 caliber bullet makes precisely the satisfying pop you’d hope a gun would make. And also this: Firing a .357 makes a bang that seems like a sonic boom, and the gun’s recoil is not unlike being shoved by a bouncer. And, finally, this: Firing an MP-5 machine gun is a terrific adrenaline rush. “A lot of people—especially the ladies—let out this tremendous whoop the first time they fire off one of these,” Veitch informs me. “The first time my wife fired one of those, I had to buy her one,” adds one of his co-workers.
I also discover that, if and when I am attacked by paper targets, I stand a pretty decent chance of fending them off. Although a session in the store’s video-shooting gallery—where you can fire live ammunition into a pressure-sensitive target wall, onto which video images of police shootouts are projected—dispels any false confidence the target range might have inspired. If I should ever become an officer of the peace, I stand a decent chance of winding up either dead or hauled before a disciplinary review board. “I shot a few civilians. And I kept running out of ammunition before I ran out of bad guys,” I tell the store’s staffers when they ask how I fared. “Always save a bullet for yourself,” one of them counsels wisely. It’s the kind of advice one never finds embroidered on throw pillows.
Its name notwithstanding, a decent proportion of the Gun Store’s clientele aren’t there to buy guns. They are, like me, just out-of-town pencil-necked geeks looking for kicks. The store, Irwin says, does $3 million in business a year, and half of that comes from the target range. On weekends, the lines for the range can go out the door.
The store’s business spikes when certain conventions are in town—sportsmen’s conventions, as you’d expect, but also computer confabs. “They like to come in here and shoot their competitors’ laptops,” Irwin says. “We have to sweep up all the little computer bits off the range.” And there are the occasional parties of women celebrating a recent divorce who will put up a photo of the ex-husband and shoot it to smithereens. But perhaps the oddest client Irwin can recall was the gentleman who came in and shot up a photograph of himself—a sign of either deep self-loathing or perhaps a blood feud between a pair of identical twins. In either case, Irwin says, “We would not have sold him a gun.”
After a brief perusal of the store’s other merchandise—Tazers, hunting knives, videos with titles like Shoot to Live! and Rock & Roll #3: Sexy Girls, Sexy Guns—I head back to my hotel on the Strip, driving past ads for Vegas’ better-known attractions: loose slots, daring acrobats, and death-defying magicians.
In its way, the Gun Store fits in perfectly with these other attractions, whose appeal rests upon a never entirely concealed undercurrent of danger: Maybe you’ll lose your house on this hand of blackjack, maybe an acrobat will fall from the trapeze, maybe tonight’s the night the trained tiger will forget its training. We go to Vegas for the danger that’s lacking in our daily lives. But that’s only half the appeal of Vegas. The other half is that, at the end of the trip, you can leave the danger behind. And while I know there are 3 million NRA members who might beg to differ, one of the greatest pleasures of visiting the Gun Store came in returning my weapons to the staff at the end of my visit and going back to a life in which I never need to remember to save a bullet for myself.


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With bad timing for sweat drops and other such anime-esque expressions, and a cast full of rich white girls who think saying "like totally" every 5 seconds makes them cool, Totally spies is probably the Crappiest wanna be anime ever made.
However the main female cast are hot enough to make you watch for a few minutes.
"God, change the channel, that shitty show is on again.. Wait! Clover's on!"


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A few weeks ago, I heard about The Hospital by Barbara O’Hare in a foster care and inspirational memoir group on Facebook. I decided to check it out and it sounded great. Having been in a psychiatric hospital myself and having endured some controversial treatment there, somehow I was drawn to this book. Maybe it’s because I want to be reassured that it could’ve been worse. I don’t know.
“Nobody knew what was going on behind those doors. We were human toys. Just a piece of meat for someone to play with.”
Barbara O’Hare was just 12 when she was admitted to the psychiatric hospital, Aston Hall, in 1971. From a troubled home, she’d hoped she would find sanctuary there. But within hours, Barbara was tied down, drugged with sodium amytal – a truth-telling drug – and then abused by its head physician, Dr Kenneth Milner.
The terrifying drug experimentation and relentless abuse that lasted throughout her stay damaged her for life. But somehow, Barbara clung on to her inner strength and eventually found herself leading a campaign to demand answers for potentially hundreds of victims.
A shocking account of how vulnerable children were preyed upon by the doctor entrusted with their care, and why it must never happen again.
The story begins with Barbara’s early childhood memories of being abused by her Dad and step-Mom because of being a “dirty tinker”. The abuse unfortunately only continues oce Barbara is cared for by Edna, a woman renting her father’s house while he’s working off-shore. Barbara from there ends in a children’s home, where she tries to run away, so she’s placed in The Cedars, a locked children’s facility.
There, Dr. Milner meets her and tricks her into going into Aston Hall. Once there, she’s tied down, drugged and abused regularly throughout her eight-months-long stay. Barbara discovers that the other girls on her ward share two things with her: most come from The Cedars and all don’t know their biological mothers. What struck me as interesting was the dynamic between the girls while not in “treatment”. They were pretty typical girls, forming cliques and friendships and bullying one another.
When Barbara is on leave with her father and yet another of his girlfriends, she confides in them and they decide to get her out. They get Barbara into an approved boarding school, which is a lot better than the hospital but still very strict. Barbara yearns to meet her biological mother and tries to escape the school to find her. Her father than moves her to a girls’ hostel, where she is free to go as she pleases. She eventually goes on a search for her mother, which ends in disappointment.
I must say that it’s not too clear throughout the book how the hospital affects Barbara long-term. She does explain in a chapter about her ongoing PTSD symptoms and risk-taking behavior (possible dysregulation from complex PTSD).
Most people in the Facebook group said that they didn’t like the ending of the book. I had no problem with it though. I mean, I didn’t feel Barbara’s appreciation of her father was all that warranted given his early abuse of her, but then again he did get her to escape Aston Hall.
Overall, I really loved the book. It was a pretty fast-paced read and I finished it within a few days.
Rating: five out of five stars.
Title: The Hospital: How I Survived the Secret Child Experiments at Aston Hall
Author: Barbara O’Hare
Publisher: Blink Publishing
Publication Date: Feburary 9, 2017


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– WWE released their February 2013 Key Performance Indicators. The company reported 719,000 total buys for the current quarter. Royal Rumble did 498,000 buys in January, that would put February’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view at 221,000 buys.
The number is up from last year’s event, which did 178,000 buys. This year’s show was headlined by The Rock defending the WWE Championship against CM Punk.
– WWE has launched a WrestleMania channel on Yahoo.com. You can check it out here.
EXCLUSIVE: Will Triple H Make History or Become It?


Read this in a local newspaper…
Japan asks for natural gas, Trudeau offers lectures on decarbonizing!
Several months ago, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Prime Minister Trudeau here in Ottawa. With the war between Ukraine and Russia cutting off a reliable energy supply, Germany was desperate to find a new one. Germany had mistakenly switched from clean, reliable nuclear energy to costly and inefficient wind turbines and solar systems, causing a massive energy shortage. Chancellor Scholz wanted Canada to supply LNG, but was bluntly turned down by Trudeau. Germany immediately proceeded to sign a long-term natural gas agreement with Qatar.
Now Trudeau has also rejected a request from Japan’s PM, Fumio Kishida, for Canada to supply it with LNG. Trudeau’s war on fossil fuels to push his green dream knows no bounds.
Estimates show Trudeau has spent more than $100 billion chasing his new green deal while declaring a war on fossil fuels and raising carbon taxes. At the same time, Canada has lost hundreds of billions in foreign investments in the resource industry.
Trudeau’s ideologically driven and economy-killing obsession with eliminating carbon at all costs is killing needed business and investments from friendly nations elsewhere. Canada should be supporting our key allies and helping our own flagging economy.


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The brass scabbard mounts and guard are evidence that this sword was well-worn during its service. Note the worn edges. The scabbard is of very high grade being German Silver plate over brass.
Note the motto reverse etched on gold-washed background. Etching is crisp and precise. Note spider web etching patten (left of picture) usually found on high grade sword.

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Mitrofan the IIIrd,
bishop of Husi between 1683-1686, printed the Bible from Bucharest
Melchisedec Stefanescu, member of the Romanian Academy, historic and
scholar, was the principal of the Theological Seminary in Husi between
1856-18??, and between 1861-1864, Episcopalian vicar. He is author of
the best work about the old history of the town ("The Chronicles of Husi
an the Bishopric with the same name" 1869).
Iosif Gheoghian, bishop of Husi (1865-1879), had a decisive contribution
for gaining the independence of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Iacov Antonovici, great writer and historic, learned in the seminary of
Husi, bishop of Husi in his last years of life (m. 1931), edited here
important works. He is buried in the Bishopric Cathedral.
Nicodim Munteanu was bishop of Husi (1912-1923), and the Patriarch of
Romania since 1939.
Nifon Criveanul, bishop between 1933 and 1939, wrote, in the memory of
Melchisedec, The Chronicles of Husi, which appears today under the hand
of P.S. Ioachim of Husi.
We mention that the Bishopric was abolished in 1949 and reactivated in
1996, the first bishop was P.S. Ioachim which, in a short time, realized
Regarding religious culture, it appears in the XIXth century, as a
consequence of the growing of education. The postgymnasium schools that
contributed to the making of the cultural atmosphere were: The
Theological Seminary since 1852 and the Cuza-Voda High-School,
reactivated as a gymnasium in 1889 then with the name of the Classical
Gymnasium Anastasie Panu since 1894 and Cuza-Voda High-School since
The personalities that have their name connected to Husi are many. The
dictionary of the personalities of Husi, signed by Lina Codreanu si Th.
Codreanu in the History of Husi from 1995 registers over 300
personalities, most of them have national and European importance. These
personalities, born in Husi or just students here, lived here or created
in this city. They are connected in many domains.
Here are a few personalities born in Husi: Victor I. Anastasiu (medic
psycho-physiologist of international notoriety), Ion Antonica (sculptor),
Adam Baltatu (painter), Gheorghe Baltatu (viticulture), Alexandru Beldiman
(writer), Radu Cernatescu (chemistry, academician), Constantin Codrescu,
Alexandru Giugaru, Octavian Cotescu (actors), Neculai Costachescu (chemistry,
academician), Mihai Cozmei (musician), Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Stefan Dumitrescu
(painter), Nicolae Hortolomei (urologist, academician), Ion Gugiuman (geographer),
Anton Holban (writer), Costache Olareanu
(writer), Paul Popescu Neveanu (psychologist), Mihai Ralea (lived
here many years, in the city of his parents), Costache Stamate
(writer), Vasile Vasilache (composer and actor, George Vintila (conductor),
Viorel Husi (painter), Nicolae Malaxa (industry). And the list could go
on. Here is a list of important people that lived or studied in Husi: Vasile Aciobanitei, sculptor Octavian Angheluta,
Baican, folklorist Corneliu Bārsan, law specialist Emil Craciun,
medic, academician Gheorghe Focsa, principal of The Village Museun from Bucharest
Constantin V. Gheorghiu, chemistry specialist Gh. Ghibanescu, historic Mihai Iancu,
geographer Gavril Muzicescu Cezar Ivanescu, poet Constantin Macarovici, chemistry
academician Alexandru Obreja, geographer Gh. Saulescu, writer Mihai Selaru,
neuropsychiatrist Constantin Toma, academician biologist Vasile Vasilachi, teologist,
writer Anastasie Ratu, naturalist, medic and academician. Next we have a
list of a few important people that lived and created in Husi: Ion Alexandru Anghelus, poet Constantin Asiminei, poet N.A. Caranfil,
folklorist Petre Constantinescu-Iasi, historic academician Grigore Cretu,
folklorist Nicolae Dunareanu, writer Chesarie Paunescu, writer Petre
V. Jitariu, biologist, academician Mihai R. Vernbach, medic, academician
Ioan Neamtu, agronomic engineer and viticulturor Ion Minulescu, writer Theodor
D. Sperantia, writer and folklorist
From 1973 appears the first press. The first publication was the Voice of
Husi in 1873. Along the time there were about 90 publications
registered, most of then on a short period. Important for the culture
and the politics of the city proved to be : Voice of Husi (new series
since 1990), Good Thoughts (1914-1916), The Anuary of the Theological
Seminary, The Chronicles of Husi, Zorile (publicized by the students of
the Dimitrie Cantemir Agro-Industrial High-School), Prometeu
(1962-1929), Credinta, Prutul which appears in 2001. There was too an
important typographic activity. The first book printer in Husi was
"Songs on the Valley of Prut", work of N.A. Caranfil (at the
of The Associates, very appreciated by A.D. Xenopol and B.P. Hasdeu.
After it, the bishop printed several books. In 1875, Iosif Gheorghian,
printed the Exposure of the Doctrine of the Orthodox Church, a
translation. After him, other books were printed by: Silvestru Bolonescu, Nicodim Munteanu, Iacov Antonovici, Grigorie
Leu, Anton I. Popescu, Constantin Holban, Mihai Leondari, Gh. Ghibanescu,
Gh. Ghiga, C. Chirita.
The Culture was stimulated by circle of priests, scholars and teachers,
through vocal formations (favorized by the existence of the seminary at
the beginning, and then by the school of singers). in 1900, Gavril
Muzicescu organizes vocal concerts and in Husi, on the 16th of January
1916, George Enescu gives a concert for the wounded. After 1920, a
powerful musical movement took place in the Popular Athenaeum D.
Cantemir, the leaders were Ion David, Petru Ghenghea, Constantin A.
Radulescu, Costache Palade. In 1927, april, a Beethoven Festival was
organized by this Athenaeum, and it was repeated in 1930. The Choir of
The Bishopric Cathedral was famous thanks to its long activity since the
end of the XIXth century until 1949. Another Choir existed at the
Cultural Home Lumina, the home became a state institution in 1938,
before the House of Culture after World War Two
The Choir of the House Of Culture
(which today has the name of the actor Alexandru Giugaru) was supported
along the years by personalities like: C. Arvinte, George
Vintila, Sabin Pantza, Mihai Cozmei, Vasile Spatarelul and conducted by
talented teachers like: Ioan Timus, Liese-Lotte Vārna, Maria Moraru, Ion Mereuta.
Inside the House of Culture Al. Giugaru activated the Theatre of
Amateurs, a cinematic studio, dance formations, a literary group (ruled
for many years by Ion Alexandru Anghelus). The important cultural
activities were organized in the
Cultural Autumn of Husi
and at the Mihai Ralea Municipal Library. The city has religious places
declared national monuments - The Bishopric Cathedral made by Stefan The
Great and Saint, in 1495. The Bichopric Palace helds a museum and a
library with rare books. Also, there are a few museums in Husi that are
worth mentioned: The History and Archeology Museum, The Viticol Museum
inside the D. Cantemir High-School.


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This article is a summary (Research Brief 294) of a recent project funded by the NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP). I contacted Dr. Monte, and our email correspondence is located below.
New Method Proposed to Screen Chemicals Quickly for Cancer Risk
Boston University (BU) researchers, in collaboration with researchers at the National Toxicology Program (NTP) and the Broad Institute, have developed and evaluated a new approach to assess whether exposure to a chemical increases a person’s long-term cancer risk. The fast, cost-effective method uses gene expression profiling, which measures the activity of a thousand or more genes to capture what is happening in a cell. Based on gene expression profiling data, the researchers were able to infer specific biological changes at the cellular level and predict potential carcinogenicity of chemicals, or the ability of chemicals to cause cancer.
Of the tens of thousands of chemicals in commercial use, less than two percent have been thoroughly tested for their potential carcinogenicity, in part because the current chemical screening process is costly and time-consuming. Led by Stefano Monti, Ph.D., of the BU Superfund Research Program, the team set out to develop a short-term cell-based screening process to predict long-term cancer risk. According to the authors, their method provides a promising solution that could be used to prioritize chemicals for further cancer testing.
Simplified graphic illustrating how many different compounds can be tested in cells to collect gene expression profiles in a short amount of time.
Developing Computer Models to Find Gene Expression Patterns
The researchers exposed human liver cell lines to hundreds of individual chemicals — known to be carcinogens and noncarcinogens — and measured changes in gene expression within the cells using the Luminex L1000 platform. L1000 measures the expression of nearly 1,000 landmark genes, those determined to best predict the expression levels of the remaining genes in the transcriptome, or all RNA molecules in that cell.
Then, they fed the resulting data to a computer model that used machine-learning techniques to find patterns within the gene expression profiles that would (or might) distinguish carcinogenic from non-carcinogenic chemicals.
These patterns then formed the basis of the model that researchers used to predict the long-term carcinogenicity of a variety of different chemicals. The model was evaluated by testing its accuracy on chemicals already known to induce or not induce cancer, using data available from DrugMatrix, Connectivity Map (CMAP), and Toxicology in the 21st Century (Tox21).
Across the entire dataset, the model did not perform well. However, when they narrowed it down to chemicals with high biological activity levels, focusing on the 63 chemicals with the highest levels of bioactivity, they found that their model accurately predicted carcinogenicity, as well as genotoxicity, or damage to the cell’s genetic material.
They found that many of the expression profiles in their study involved genes implicated in DNA damage and repair processes, as well as immune-related pathways, metabolism pathways, and cell communication. Comparing these gene expression profile differences between carcinogens and noncarcinogens may inform further research on how different compounds can lead cells to become cancerous.
The research team made their data, including 6,000 gene expression profiles of more than 300 liver carcinogens and noncarcinogens, available to other researchers. They also created a portal for the public to search and visualize the results.
Alternative Methods for Safety Testing
The gold standard of carcinogenicity testing, the two-year rodent bioassay, is time-consuming and can require up to $4 million and more than 800 animals for every compound evaluated. The new approach represents a step forward for Tox21, a federal program focused on developing new ways to rapidly test whether chemicals may affect humans and the environment.
Although more work needs to be done to optimize and validate this approach before it can be applied in regulatory and clinical settings, it has the potential to provide a fast and cost-effective means to screen chemicals for further testing, according to the authors. Additionally, this approach could be extended to evaluate other negative effects of exposure, such as endocrine and metabolic disruption.
For more information, contact:
Stefano Monti, Ph.D.
75 E. Newton St.


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The medical professional app Babylon offers treatment to 150,000 active users, while PlusGuidance, an online counselling service, has 10,000 users. Talkspace, another online therapy platform, reports it has actually 500,000 signed up users worldwide, with most in the US.
Online training recommends therapists on whatever from utilizing emojis to avoiding misinterpretations. They likewise require to secure clients’ individual data– a concern that has triggered controversy in the United States, where huge online treatment platforms have actually come under the spotlight.
Buckley stated clients ought to examine services’ personal privacy policies prior to registering. “Not all online counselling sites utilize professionally trained therapists or adhere to an ethics policy, so ask your GP for a recommendation in the first instance. Just like all sort of services and assistance, what works for someone may not work for another person,” he stated.
Marc Bush, primary policy advisor at Young Minds, said that while online counselling services are valuable, “they shouldn’t change face-to-face treatment with a trained expert. If a young person is having a hard time, we would motivate them to speak with their GP in the very first instance, or to contact a recognized service like The Mix, Childline or the Samaritans.”.
For Rackham, who has actually generalised stress and anxiety condition, online counselling wasn’t the right fit. “I felt it was near difficult for the therapist to really get a sense of the issues I was handling, as all they needed to go from was my typed-out words. I believe I understood after that online session how essential social interaction was.
” I’m a huge fan of using innovation in all locations of my life as an option to everyday problems. I have apps for everything, however when it comes to psychological health, you need to select how innovation contributes in your recovery extremely thoroughly.”. Talkspace Reputable?
Instead, the app prides itself on having certified therapists and psychological health professionals readily available to assist individuals by means of text, telephone call or video chat. That’s what many YouTubers who have accepted sponsorships from the company often state in their own videos, where they speak on the stresses in their personal lives and sensations verging on anxiety or depression. Bobby Burns, Elle Mills, Philip DeFranco, Heath Hussar, Boogie2988, Shane Dawson and ChandlerNWilson are all creators who have Talkspace Reputable? sponsors now.
A lot of these creators have actually spoken about mental health issues in the past, however as burnout becomes a bigger subject within the neighborhood– and mainstream world– sponsorships including BetterHelp have increased, regardless of the app not being precisely what the creators are promoting. Talkspace Reputable?


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Nicole is a fantastic Dog Sitter. She is great with all types of animals, From watching my dogs, my cats and even feeding my snake and chameleon. Nicole is very flexible and very responsible and I do not trust anyone but her to watch my critters
Energetic and fun!
I'm a self proclaimed "crazy dog mom" of 4 big dogs and a cat, I therefore understand the importance of making that all pets get the care they deserve! I've been taking care of dogs for over 20 years, including those with special needs. Every family situation is different and I am respectful of individual's privacy when coming to their home.
Trusting a pet sitter with your family members and home is a big decision ...