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Basically, it was a great last field trip day. We had to wake up at 5 and catch the bus at 5:45 a.m. to drive three hours to the Rio Pacuare. The whole river is a little more than 100 kilometers. We rafted 18 miles and we were only 25 miles from the ocean when we were done.
This is the website of the tour company that took us:
And this is what they said about our tour:
Pacuare is considered the most beautiful river in Costa Rica, and worldwide one of the best whitewater rafting rivers due to the scenic beauty, waterfalls, hiking trails and diversity of flora and fauna, among which participants will observe blue morpho butterflies, sloths, tucans, red frogs and great variety of birds. Thus, nature is present throughout the route.
Well, again, we didn’t see any wildlife. We saw a pretty purple butterfly (maybe that’s what they were talking about), and a few indigenous people and some of their houses, but that was about it. Our river guide told us a lot about the indigenous people, how they don’t have TV or electricity and they live in straw huts along the river. We rafted under a basket that was suspended in the rainforest with cords, and apparently the people use the basket to transport goods. When the Costa Ricans want to interact with the indigenous people, they pay in goods – like coffee or sugar – instead of cash, since the people would have no way to spend it. Amanda was really pumped to see an indigenous person – I just wanted to see a monkey. She got her wish, I didn’t. I guess that means I went three weeks in a monkey-filled country without even seeing one.
The waterfall description was accurate, though. They were absolutely gorgeous, these natural waterfalls spilling over the rocks and spraying water into the river. We rafted under a few of them and it was really cold but great. Even at 10 in the morning, when we got there, it was already probably 90 degrees and the sun was intense – so it felt good to get in the water.
Anyway, we took nearly the same bus route that we did on the way to Puerto Viejo, going through Alajuela first, then San Jose, and then winding through the mountains (nauseating but beautiful, again). We stopped a few hours later for breakfast, and Paulo, our guide, let us know that was our last stop for food and a bathroom before the river. That’s when we realized that we wouldn’t be able to wear our flip flops in the water – so over half the kids ran to the store attached to the restaurant to buy water shoes, but I just decided to wear my tennis shoes in the river. We tried to sleep for the rest of the way, but Paulo kept telling us all these stories about how he became a rafting guide and he kept us pretty entertained for awhile. He told us jokes the whole way home later that afternoon, and a few of them were pretty hilarious – he was definitely a great dramatic storyteller, so it made the bus ride feel a little shorter.
We finally got to the starting point of the tour after a 3-kilometer stretch where we descended 1000 kilometers – it was pretty insane. I feel like my ears are just constantly popping here. The river is in the middle of the rainforest, and there were about 50 rapids we were supposed to go over in 18 miles. Only a few of them were really intense, where we had to “get down” and take cover in the raft so it wouldn’t capsize.
Our raft was six girls: me, Janelle, Elise, Natalie, Kristen and Amanda. We were the last group claimed by a river guide. I really don’t think any of them wanted an all-girl group. Janelle and I took the front of the raft and did maybe 80 percent of the rowing. I ended up in the middle and back of the raft eventually, and it was a whole lot easier than leading the way. We had to learn how to row and get the safety talk before we could start. A lot of the time, I was too busy watching Janelle and making sure we were rowing at the same time to look around and see the scenery, but the rapids were really pretty – I haven’t really seen a rough river before, and the water cascaded over the rocks like something I’ve seen in maybe a spring water commercial. I already talked about the indigenous houses, but it was mainly water and rainforest, occasionally with a scattered hotel or bar in between. There were just so few signs of human life. We could hear the cicadas really loudly the whole time. I kept thinking they were monkeys, but I was sorely disappointed. Anyway, the six of us definitely held our own during the trip. We were usually fourth out of six, sometimes third, and we even went into first once when everyone else decided to dive in the water and we kept rowing. Not like we were racing or anything.
My favorite part of the whole trip was the canyon. We had been rafting for maybe 2 and a half hours, I’m not sure because obviously we had no concept of time, but I was getting kind of tired and definitely hot. We didn’t get overheated because especially being in the front, Janelle and I were getting splashed pretty much nonstop from either other boats or the rapids, but I was ready to take a break from rowing. The canyon was this semi-covered, cooler section of the river that had high rocks on either side, and we all took a break there for awhile. Our guide wanted us to play the “Viagra game,” which meant we all went on one side and he tried to push the raft up in the air as high as it could go (and keep it up there the longest, beating the other rafts) but we had very little interest in it and we all fell in the water maybe within 10 seconds, so we just floated in the water in our life vests. I went to a huge rock and did a cannonball off it. It was probably a 3-meter jump, it was pretty high and a little scary once I was up there, but the water was really deep and the life vest obviously meant I wasn’t under water for very long. I was doing flips off the front of the raft, too, which was surprisingly tons easier than the diving board. I’m guessing the bright yellow helmet and the life vest helped me be a little more confident than in the pool. We sat on top of the raft while it was flipped upside down…and then everyone else started getting back in their rafts and rowing away. Natalie and Kristen were floating a little downstream, just waiting for us to pick them up, but the four of us couldn’t flip the raft over and so the other rafts had already disappeared from view by the time we finally managed to get back in the raft and rescue the other two girls. Like I said, I’m pretty sure our guide couldn’t stand us. We were a little all over the place.
We did the Macarena a few times in the boat, standing up, which was pretty fun and definitely beat “Row Row Row Your Boat” in terms of coolness (which was what a few of the other boats were doing). Our river guide nicknamed us the Mamacitas about halfway through the trip and it became our “team name,” which was great because let’s face it, mamacita is an awesome word to say.

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After its premiere on radio last week, M.I.A’s latest single, Only 1 U, has now managed to make its way online for the listening pleasure of all. Once again, the boat-rocking songstress has taken to anti-establishment rhetoric to set the scene for her latest tale of love, of course with plenty of references to partying.
Only 1 U would have to be one of the first times that the GFC and Occupy protests are used in a pick up line, but M.I.A manages to pull it off. It’s unsure yet whether or not the track will find its way onto her forthcoming fourth studio album Matangi. The record was meant to drop in 2012 but has failed to pass the standards of M.I.A’s record label as the singer explained, “It’s not easy, it’s not easy. I keep finishing it and handing it in, finishing it and handing it in.”
The tentative release date of Spring 2013 has since been attached to the record so we won’t have to hold out much longer. Together with Only 1 U, we’ve heard the previous track, Bring The Noize, yet another middle finger to the man. Should both of these tracks end up on Matangi, it’s going to be a fairly loaded little album.
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Commie Turned Lately
Among the many industrialists close to CPI(M) leaders, he was the one who’d appear at party rallies. Close to leaders like the late Jyoti Basu and Somnath Chatterjee and pally with Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury, Shishir Bajoria formally joined the party’s Rajasthan unit last year, long after the party’s political fortunes had nosedived in Bengal. But even a committed comrade like him has now felt compelled to join the BJP, which alone could change the state, he felt. “What else’ll I live to see,” exclaimed a shocked Somnath.
Just One Too Many
Four governors in less than two months, “Is our Raj Bhavan a dumping ground?” an irate state is asking. First governor Vakkom Purushothaman was shown the door and Kamala Beniwal flown in from Gujarat. Within weeks, she was sacked and Manipur governor V.K. Duggal was given additional charge. Then the Centre ordered the transfer of Maharashtra guv K. Sankaranarayanan to Mizoram, prompting him to quit. Whatever game the MHA is playing, Aizawl isn’t amused.
The Ivory ‘Trade’
Sitting over a stockpile of over 2,200 pairs of seized tusks, the state forest department now says it gave away over 200 pairs to defence establishments across the country. Now how many actually adorn the officers’ clubs is not known. Conservationists say there’s a high probability that many have ‘fallen in civilian hands’, a euphemism to say it’s hit the market. The Centre wanted the tusks destroyed in ’94 but eased restrictions later.
The President’s Angst
President Pranab Mukherjee, chancellor of central universities and visitor to several other institutions of national importance, never tires of reminding his audience that the last time an Indian received a Nobel while teaching and researching in an Indian varsity was 84 years ago when C.V. Raman, then illuminating in Calcutta, received one. Today, there are 720 universities, 37,000 degree colleges and 11,000 polytechnics/industrial training institutes in the country. But leave alone a Nobel, India still has to import paper and ink to print its currency. That aside, people seem inordinately interested in the first volume of his autobiography which is due for publication this year. The second and, hopefully, the tell-all volume, will have to wait till he demits office.
Greater Flamingoes, tall and pink, happen to be the state bird of Gujarat. But of late, colonies of the tall bird have deserted the ‘Flamingo City’ in the Rann of Kutch. Down south, birdwatchers are intrigued to find the flamingoes extending their stay on the Pulicat lake bordering Andhra Pradesh. While they normally used to leave by March-end to return in September, this year the birds seem to have extended their stay. Around 1,500 of them were sighted on the Tamil Nadu side of the lake as late as in August. Nobody seems to know the reason yet.
Across The World
Charity, Vanity, Publicity
From rice to rubble, the ice bucket challenge has spawned an amazing variety of ways to draw attention to issues through social media. If the ice bucket challenge drew focus to a little known but fatal disease, in Gaza people have taken to pouring rubble over their head, a ‘conflicting’ situation. In India, people are being persuaded to pick up a bucket of rice, deliver it to a needy person. With everything going viral on Twitter and FB, the cost-effective publicity’s made even the ad world sit up.
The Pasture Effect
The firmest indication that the BJP has entered a new era has come with veterans L.K. Advani and M.M. Joshi being kicked upstairs by the Modi-Shah combine. First they were ignored from the cabinet, then they were shown their place in the House, now they have been dropped from the parliamentary board, the party’s decision-making body. For the moment, Advani and Joshi are part of a ‘margdarshak mandal’ along with an invalid Vajpayee.

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All over the world, there is controversy over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) especially with regard to their use in producing food. The key areas of the controversy are whether GM food should be labelled, the role of government regulators, the effect of GM crops on health and the environment, the effect on pesticide resistance, the impact of GM crops for farmers, and the role of GM crops in feeding the world population. In Africa, the concerns are more and are quite different too. There are concerns about developed countries and big multinationals using GMOs to exploit the continent, foster Africa’s dependence on them for farm inputs and patent license. There are also concerns about Africa being used as a testing ground for new GMOs to the detriments of the continent and her people. There are a high-level scepticism and rejection of GMOs in Africa. There are several conspiracy theories and mistrust for western countries and multinationals about GMOs. This is due to the continent lack of scientific knowledge especially on the what and how of biotechnology and hundreds of years of exploitation of the continent by the West: from slavery to colonialism to unfair trade and the emergence of HIV in the continent.
The failure of African leaders to invest in science, technology, strong system and structure needed to develop the continent continues to make Africa vulnerable to exploitation. The continent heavily relies on developed countries for technologies that are mostly tied to terms and conditions that always put African countries at a disadvantage. When many Africans talk about why GMOs should be rejected on the continent they always make reference to Burkina Faso’s GM cotton deal with Monsanto of the United States which caused damage to the economy of Burkina Faso. This is being held on to as it reinforced their belief that GMOs are bad for Africa and that the west is not to be trusted. According to an investigation by Reuters, the GM cotton failure in Burkina Faso was actually mainly due to a bad deal entered by Burkina Faso with a disreputable company, and bad leadership on the part of the Burkinabes.
Burkina Faso, Africa’s top cotton grower, ahead of Mali, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria produce cotton of quality that is one of the highest in the world. Their cotton fetched top prices because its a long (high-quality) fibre cotton and the sector employs around a fifth of the country’s workforce, according to the World Bank.
In the 1990s, the country was faced with pest problem – first whiteflies, then bollworms which feed on flower buds, withering them and damaging fruits. Pesticides were ineffective in controlling the pests and farmers were spending around $60 million every year to protect their cotton, and even then losing 20 per cent to 65 per cent of their crops. Losses could even rise to 90 per cent in fields that had not been treated with pesticides. At this stage, the country’s government decided to use biotechnology to solve the problem. One would expect this will lead to huge investment in biotech research project and technology transfer program in the country but the government decided to go the usual way of purchasing solutions instead of producing them, the made a deal with Monsanto, the controversial American Biotech company in early 2003.
The Monsanto’s Bollgard II, a low quality (short fibre) GM cotton that was being grown in the United States was tested and confirmed to be effective against the pests., as It contains a bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, that wards off insect larvae. Monsanto was asked to breed the Bt gene into their native cotton so they could marry its pest resistance with their long fibres. To introduce a gene, breeders cross a plant already containing it with a second parent possessing the other desired traits in a process called backcrossing, then the first hybrid is bred with the second parent continuously increase the purity of the desired characteristic. But instead of six or seven backcrosses needed to get over 99 per cent purity, Monsanto in a hurry carried out just two backcrosses before introducing the new variety, for commercialisation. Tests conducted by Burkina Faso’s agricultural research institute, INERA in 2006 and 2008 found that the new Burkinabe Bt fibres were between 0.88 mm and 2.41 mm shorter than the country’s conventional cotton.
In 2008 before the commercial launch, Burkina Faso’s government tried to introduce new liability provisions to the deal to commit Monsanto to compensate the cotton company and its associates if there were problems but U.S. government intervened on behalf of Monsanto and the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso changed the administrative order to meet Monsanto’s terms. Monsanto later pledged to fix the quality problems ahead of the commercial launch but never did. In 2010-2011, GM cotton made up over half of the cotten production in Burkina Faso, but only 21 per cent of the crop reached the previous quality standard. This resulted in a problem as farmers couldn’t sell the low-quality cotton. Through in July 2015 Monsanto wrote to the Burkina growers saying the quality problems had been offset by other benefits, By 2016, the Inter-Professional Cotton Association of Burkina (AICB), the cotton sector’s umbrella organisation, claimed the cotton companies’ losses had reached around $85 million over the previous five seasons but Monsanto only paid about $3 million in compensation for the first two seasons. Burkina Faso’s cotton continued to suffer till 2015 and the cotton lost its premium pricing.
Apart from Burkina Faso, South Africa and Sudan are the only other African nations to have introduced GM cotton so far. These countries didn’t have trouble with GM cotton like Burkina Faso, Sudan opted to introduce foreign varieties that it knew would produce lower quality cotton, calculating that the increased output would offset the drop in value and the bet has paid off so far. It was obvious that the Burkinabes not only made a bad deal they lacked the proper tools and technical knowledge to introduce the Bt genes themselves as they could have avoided the mistake by carrying out themselves. The universities in the country and state agencies lacked the capacity to support such a project, especially that Monsanto never based technical staff in the country. Instead, Monsanto developed the new Bt varieties in the United States, paid around $350,000 annually to fund research institute INERA’s work on the GM cotton, and flew in its own scientists only when required.
Africa’s must embrace GMOs now or continue to lag behind the developed nations and rely on them for food. GMOs production technology is no longer as it has already taken root in developed countries more than 20 years ago. GM crops are consumed in China, the European Union and the US. Africa countries must start developing GMOs locally for their own national interest and stop relying on the west for an already packaged GMOs solution. They must commit more funding on biotechnology research for national development.


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We see people walk away unscathed from serious accidents while others tragically lose their lives. We also see everything in-between, where survivors of catastrophic injuries are forever changed. Catastrophic injuries happen suddenly and unexpectedly, causing paralysis and disfigurement, and substantially impact a victim’s wellbeing. When someone else’s negligence causes a car crash, those injured can sue the responsible party to recover compensation for their losses. Compensation in catastrophic injury cases will be higher and requires a comprehensive look at the injured person’s future medical expenses and lost earning potential.
Catastrophic injuries can happen anywhere. They commonly result from car accidents, defective product usage, and slips and falls. In the aftermath, a victim and their loved ones will likely be overwhelmed by concerns about their recovery, and they may not know that taking legal action can ease the financial burdens they will face.
Types of Catastrophic Injuries
When someone loses an arm, leg, or any extremity unexpectedly, it’s called “traumatic amputation.” Amputation surgery may be necessary after a limb is crushed in an accident. Sometimes an arm or leg is severed during an accident with no hope of reattachment. Losing a limb seriously impacts health and increases the risk of heart problems and the possibility of suffering from deep vein thrombosis. With the help of physical therapy and prosthetics, many amputees can recover, but their lives are forever changed. Limb loss can leave someone permanently unable to return to work, which needs to be taken into consideration.
Burn injuries are common after car crashes. Someone involved in a car accident might walk away with first-degree burns caused by airbag deployment. However, a person involved in an accident where a car catches fire can suffer from second-, third-, or fourth-degree burns. Accidents that cause fourth-degree burns have a likelihood of being fatal. These burns affect the skin and penetrate tissue, muscle, and bone. Recovering from burn injuries can require multiple surgeries and extensive physical therapy; victims may need medical care for the rest of their lives.
When a car crash leads to brain or spinal cord injuries, paralysis can result. It is one of the most critical types of catastrophic injury. After a paralyzing injury, someone may have limited movement in a limb. In others, someone may be left unable to move any of their body parts. All types of paralysis are life-altering, regardless of severity, and treatment costs are high.
Brain injuries from accidents are common, with about 1.5 million people suffering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year. A fall from a short height is enough to cause a traumatic brain injury, as is a blow to the head in a car accident. Some brain injuries are treatable, while others have no cure. Severe brain injuries can leave someone unable to walk or talk, and some brain injury patients need around-the-clock care after an accident.
Catastrophic Injury Compensation
Someone who experiences a catastrophic injury because someone acted negligently will be entitled to damages. In most personal injury cases, plaintiffs can recover compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering, and lost wages. Because catastrophic injuries may never heal fully, victims need to plan accordingly to receive adequate compensation.
Catastrophic injury cases can involve a life care planner, usually a person with some medical training such as a nurse. The planner assesses an injured person’s present and future needs and creates a care plan detailing all of a patient’s expected treatment. This will include medical devices, therapy and rehab services, home and vehicle modifications, and future medical treatment. If someone needs lifetime care because of a permanent injury, a life care planner will consider that in their analysis.
In many catastrophic injury cases, a victim is left unable to return to work for months or years. In the most severe instances, they’re never able to work again; in other instances, their injuries prevent them from performing their prior jobs, forcing them to take a less skilled, lower wage position. While they may be eligible for government disability benefits, they are entitled to also ask for damages for the loss of future earnings. A vocational expert helps quantify these losses. They have the knowledge to provide insight on whether a plaintiff will be able to work again and, if so, how their new wages will compare to their pre-injury earning potential. The life care planner will incorporate the vocational expert’s findings in the life care plan, which a legal team can present in court.
If you or a loved one have suffered a catastrophic injury after an accident, you’ll need the help of an attorney skilled in these types of complex cases. Catastrophic injury care can cost millions of dollars over a lifetime, and accepting a quick settlement will leave you without the total payment you need to live a productive life. The attorneys at Curcio Law are experienced in helping people who have suffered catastrophic injuries and are here to help you get the compensation you deserve. Contact Curcio Law online, or you can call or text us at 703-836-3366 for a free consultation.
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- Phone: +1 402-445-2583
Blue Sushi Sake Grill is your sushi destination to enjoy old favorites or embark on a dining adventure. Blue Sushi Sake Grill unites creative ingredients with energetic vibes, premium cold sake with happy moments to give you a fresh and fun new way to experience sushi. Their menu offers a diverse range of traditional and creative maki, sashimi and nigiri. And they're kinda famous for vegan maki. The drink menu joins the sushi shindig with an impressive list of premium cold sake, signature cocktails and martinis, beer and hot teas. If you're not sure where to start, tour the menu during Happy Hour, where all the guest favorites — from sushi, grill and drink menus — are available at an amazing value. They offer Happy Hour every day of the week at Blue Sushi Sake Grill! Hours of operation: Monday-Wednesday: 11 am - 9 pm, Thursday: 11 am - 9:30 pm, Friday: 11 am - 11 pm, Saturday: 12 pm - 11 pm, Sunday: 12 pm - 9 pm.
3. Brother Sebastian's Steakhouse & Winery
- Address: No 1350 S 119th St, Omaha, NE 68144-1606
- Phone: +1 402-330-0300
First-time restaurateur Loren Koch was inspired by Spanish monasteries sprinkled throughout the state of California. The monks were renowned for their hospitality and kindness to visitors. Koch designed Brother Sebastian’s to re-create the warm ambiance of the rustic abbeys, while paying homage to the “Brothers” that dedicated their lives to their beliefs and the care of others. Brother Sebastian’s Steakhouse and Winery opened in 1977 and provided visitors a place to “get away” and enjoy great food in an upscale restaurant with an imaginative, comfortable atmosphere. Brother Sebastian’s burned to the ground in February of 1996. Rebuilding began immediately and it reopened just 8 months later. While most “theme” restaurants have come and gone, Brother Sebastian’s timeless design, delicious food and great service have allowed it to become one of the top ranked restaurants in Omaha!
4. El Potrero
- Address: No 247 N 8th St # 120, Lincoln, NE 68508-1394
- Phone: +1 402-477-4551
El Potrero is a must-visit if you're looking for a restaurant with a wide variety of delectable meals. El Potrero provides tourists with fresh experiences thanks to the innovation of its chefs. The lighting in the restaurant will give you the impression that this is a romantic and luxurious place to eat. Customers may enjoy ordering online through the restaurant’s website. This restaurant is located at No 247 N 8th St # 120, Lincoln, NE 68508-1394. El Potrero always provides the finest experience for clients, not only in terms of the flavor of the food but also in terms of the service attitude of the employees. That is also one of the reasons why tourists enjoy the restaurant.
5. Florio's Italian Restaurant & Grille
- Address: No 7300 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68512-9372
- Phone: +1 402-423-5576
Florio's Italian Restaurant & Grille Restaurant must be included in the list of the top ten restaurants in Stanton County. The restaurant is open from 4 pm to 9 pm. Not only does the Stanton County assist Florio's Italian Restaurant & Grille to deliver such beauty, but the way the foods are presented on the plate, as well as the eager and attentive personnel, contribute to the restaurant's attractiveness. The dishes here use fresh ingredients of high quality, keeping their natural taste and adding many health-boosting items. The sauce here is also made according to its own recipe, delicious and strong flavor. The atmosphere at the restaurant is welcoming and friendly, and it has art from local artists. Florio's Italian Restaurant & Grille is a restaurant located in Stanton County.
6. Mariscos Villarreal
- Address: No 811 W 2nd St, Grand Island, NE 68801-5817
- Phone: +1 308-675-0056
Mariscos Villarreal is a must-see whether you are a domestic or foreign tourist. The chefs here make dishes made with fresh ingredients that are supplied straight from various farmers in Stanton County. The goal of this restaurant is to introduce consumers to a variety of traditional flavors. They can be reached by phone at +1 308-675-0056. If you want to arrange a party, please contact them beforehand so that they can offer you specific information about the availability and what will be on the menu. This place prides itself on being sensitive to the tiniest details such as the layout, the time it takes to create the meals is not too lengthy, and the servers are diligently trained, attentively, because they are the face, that represent the Mariscos Villarreal. The atmosphere at the restaurant is welcoming and friendly, and it has art from local artists.
7. El Dorado
- Address: No 5134 S 24th St, Omaha, NE 68107-2711
- Phone: +1 402-734-4947
El Dorado has a 5-star rating on Google with 23 reviews. It has a friendly atmosphere, as you will feel comfortable even from the time you step into the restaurant. The sauce is more delicious than it is in other restaurants. It’s also made according to its own recipe. The El Dorado website has a full menu with prices, as well as information on how to contact the restaurant and find it. The restaurant also knows what ingredients to import, as quality ingredients will only produce the best tasting food. The staff at El Dorado is always welcoming to their customers. From experienced patrons to newcomers, the staff members create a quick and welcoming environment.
- Address: No 7555 Pacific St, Omaha, NE 68114-5434
- Phone: +1 402-399-8006
A family-oriented Mexican restaurant, Fernando's was established in 1993 and is known for its commitment to preparing authentic Sonoran-style Mexican recipes, cooked by those who know it best, Mario, Martin, Pasqual and Antonio, and served by the friendliest staff around. Even this far from the border there's no reason to settle for anything less than the best in Mexican fare. From our made-from-scratch sauces, seasoned meats, and signature recipes, to every blend of margarita you can imagine, you'll think you've taken a trip to the Sonoran capital of Jalisco, Mexico, where their recipes originated. No passport required. All of the food is prepared fresh daily, using as much local product as possible. Before dawn the kitchen staff is busy preparing, seasoning and chopping all the ingredients used in dishes. Unlike Tex-Mex fare, the emphasis in Sonoran cooking is not on being spicy hot but, they have found, is like a bouquet of rich and varied flavors. You want to spice it up? Just pour on famous hot sauce, made with a special mix of peppers, chiles and tomato sauce. No need to ask… it's on every table, ready to satisfy.
9. Tacos las Palmas
- Address: No 645 S Locust St Ste 4, Grand Island, NE 68801-6785
- Phone: +1 308-380-8058
If you're in Stanton County, you should swing by Tacos las Palmas. The sauce is more delicious than it is in other restaurants. It’s also made according to its own recipe. The Tacos las Palmas website has a full menu with prices, as well as information on how to contact the restaurant and find it. A delicious meal is accompanied by good service quality and the kind that will make you want to return again and again. Tacos las Palmas is a restaurant located in Stanton County. The ingredients here are always selected by professional chefs, making each dish not only delicious but also beautifully decorated. Customers may also order from the restaurant online, making it more convenient for them.
10. Stokes Grill & Bar - West
- Address: No 13615 California St, Omaha, NE 68154-5233
- Phone: +1 402-498-0804
The last stop on our best restaurant in Stanton County is Stokes Grill & Bar - West. The Stokes Grill & Bar - West website has a full menu with prices, as well as information on how to contact the restaurant and find it. With a handy Stanton County and a cheap meal price, this is the best pick for you. With a pleasant atmosphere yet the inherent elegance of a top restaurant in the city. The average rating for this restaurant is 4.9 stars based on 147 reviews. Stokes Grill & Bar - West strives to deliver outstanding flavors in every dish. With Stokes Grill & Bar - West's restaurant, you will eat gorgeous meals with delicious food and superb service.
Above are the 10 best restaurants in Stanton County, if you have the opportunity to visit Stanton County, do not forget to visit these restaurants to enjoy the food and share your feelings below.

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Korea Aerospace Industries is talking to external parties about participating in its KF-X fighter programme, with Indonesia's planned involvement yet to be confirmed.
"We're not sure yet who we'll be working with on the KF-X," says Enes Park, executive vice-president at KAI. "More countries could come in." The South Korean government will provide 60% of the required funds for the programme, he adds, with the remainder to be sourced from "external parties".
While he does not rule out Indonesia's participation in the programme, Park says KAI is now speaking with "several countries".
At the Farnborough air show in July, South Korea signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesia, with the latter to potentially contribute up to 20% of the KF-X development costs. Seoul was also in discussions with Turkey at that time.
The KF-X programme envisages the production of around 120 fighters for the South Korean air force. However, a potential price tag of around $8 billion has caused successive South Korean governments to balk at giving the project the go-ahead. The involvement of other countries could reduce costs for Seoul.


While going through some 7.62 Nato rounds recently, I found this. Can anyone comment on this? The neck crimp looks relatively well done and is uniform right the way round. There was a comment on another thread dealing with fakes that sometimes the ballistics seems wrong. This “bullet/experiment” has very little weight, so it would seem from a ballistics point of view that it would start tumbling as soon as it leaves the barrel and encounters any turbulence.


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SEK 9.8 million from the Swedish Brain Foundation to MBB
The Department of medical biochemistry and biophysics (MBB) receives research grants of SEK 9.8 million from the Swedish Brain Foundation. Five projects at the department receive grants from the non-profit foundation.
Karolinska Institutet is awarded 42% out of the SEK 106 million included in this year’s allotment. Out of 38 at KI, 5 are located at MBB:
- Ulrika Marklund is awarded SEK 1.6 million for the project ”Defining enteric neuronal circuits and their integration with the gut-brain axis”.
- Nils-Göran Larsson is awarded SEK 1.2 million for the project ”Functional studies of CHCHD2, a new gene that causes Parkinson's disease”. Co-applicant is Roberta Filograna.
- Ulf Eriksson is awarded SEK 1.6 million for the project ”Development of stroke and Alzheimer's Disease in diabetes”. Co-applicants are Ingrid Nilsson and Linda Fredriksson.
- Jens Hjerling-Leffler is awarded SEK 3 million for the project ”Dissection of polygenic risk for Schizophrenia: genetics to experiments”.
- Per Uhlén is awarded SEK 2.4 million for the project “3D Imaging of Cell Signaling in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury”.
The Swedish Brain Foundation (Hjärnfonden) raises money for research and information about the brain and its diseases, injuries and disabilities. The Swedish Brain Foundation awards scholarships and grants to researchers and research groups to enable or enhance important research. The Swedish Brain Foundation also works to increase knowledge among the general public through information, lectures and seminars. The Swedish Brain Foundation has no government grants and is therefore completely dependent on donations from individuals and enterprises. The Swedish Brain Foundation has a so-called 90-account, which means that the Swedish Fundraising Control (Svensk Insamlingskontroll) controls the activities.

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So I am trying to use the ProXR LabVIEW driver v3.2 to connect to a ZADR165DPDTProXR_ETHERNET that a co-worker has recently purchased.
The Initialize.vi is looking for a VISA resource and the input cluster is for configuring a Serial Port. I am assuming that since I am wanting to connect via an Ethernet connection the Serial Port configuration is related to some Port Forwarding. I can see the device in NCD Base Station, but when I try to find/create the VISA resource in NI Max the board isn’t discovered.
I would like to re-use the LabVIEW driver set and not have to re-invent the wheel.

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In actual terms, Nigeria’s GDP decreased by 2.51 percent (year over year) in the second quarter of 2023. This growth rate is less than that of the second quarter of 2022, which was 3.54 percent.
The difficult economic conditions being encountered, according to the Gross Domestic Product data released by the NBS on Friday, may be the cause of the growth decrease.
The Services sector, which saw growth of 4.42% and contributed 58.42% to the total GDP, was primarily responsible for the GDP’s performance in the second quarter of 2023. In comparison to the rise of 1.20 percent seen in the second quarter of 2022, the agriculture sector rose by 1.50%.
In comparison to the -2.30 percent registered in the second quarter of 2022, the industrial sector saw a growth rate of -1.94 percent. Agriculture and the industrial sectors made up a smaller portion of the total GDP in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the second quarter of 2022.
Total nominal GDP for the quarter under review was N52.1 trillion.
This result is better than the second quarter of 2022, when the total GDP was N45 trillion, representing a nominal annual growth rate of 15.77%.
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OUT expands program
New effort to include middle school youth
A GLBTQ youth support organization next week will launch a new pilot program for middle school students that it claims will be the first of its kind in the state.
OUT MetroWest, which has offered support programs for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer high school students the past four years, intends to offer the same kind of service for middle schoolers. The Wellesley organization’s pilot program will launch in Framingham next Wednesday.
Like the high school program, the middle school initiative will provide a safe place for middle school students to be open about their gender identity and/or sexual orientation. The monthly meet-ups, which are led by professional adult facilitators, also give GLBTQ youth a chance to meet others like them who are going through the same kinds of experiences.
Jack Lewis, OUT MetroWest’s executive director, said while the intent of the program is much the same as it is at the high school level, the organization has tailored the pilot to the unique needs of middle school-age kids.
“One of the main differences is middle schoolers and high schoolers are developmentally in very different places,” he said, adding the middle school program will provide age appropriate support services.
The middle school version will also depend on supportive adults to assist participating students, who unlike their high school counterparts cannot drive themselves or hitch rides with friends to meetings.
Parents, students, teachers and therapists had been requesting such a program for some time, Lewis added, but OUT MetroWest first had to come up with the resources to start a pilot.
“We’ll know in a week” how many kids will actually attend the meet-ups, he added. “We’re confident there’s a need.”
“Youth are coming out at younger and younger ages, and thus it has become even more important to find ways to support them as they begin to understand and accept their sexual orientation and/or gender identity,” said Kathy Kaufmann, chairwoman of OUT MetroWest’s board.
Several local middle schools have started gay-straight alliances in the past couple years for that purpose.
“Middle school is a time when kids are changing in so many ways,” said Mary O’Brien-Harte, a social worker at Walsh Middle School, which recently started a GSA. “It is crucial that schools provide a safe, accepting environment for all students, making sure that everyone believes that they are valued for who they are.”
When students first come to OUT MetroWest’s new program, they will be asked to answer a series of questions, which will later be compared to their answers to another set of questions six months later, Lewis said. The organization’s hope is to find those responses show participants are getting something out of the experience, he said.
By this summer, Lewis added, program coordinators will reevaluate the pilot to see how it’s going.
“This will be the first of its kind in the Commonwealth,” he said. “We’ll take it one step at a time.”
The first meeting will take place next Wednesday at First Parish in Framingham at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the program and OUT MetroWest’s other services, visit www.outmetrowest.org.
Scott O’Connell can be reached at 508-626-4449 or email@example.com.

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Don’t you think that such arrangements would be something for you? After getting to know this collection, you will have a lot of ideas to make use of. After all, there are many colours and other details here, all of which make this compilation a great place to choose from.
In this silky set of artificial peony arrangement- you will find six wonderful, even pink floral treasures that pretend to draw its source from the water. Faux flower centerpiece is a good gift for yourself to beautify your coffee table.
A subtle, but captivating decoration in the form of a low vase made of transparent glass, which is filled with a bunch of fake peonies in a white color. It can be a pretty accent of your coffee table or home office.
Living flowers are difficult to maintain, so many of us choose to decorate the house, the table - artificial flowers such as this fake peony arrangement. This artificial silk hydrangea flowers, are very realistic and present shades of pink.
Artificial flowers in pink and green colors that are located in glass vase. This fake peony arrangement is able to increase aesthetic value of any indoors and it doesn't require watering. Flowers are beautiful and resistant to damage.
This is a small, but very interesting and decorative element. It is a glass vase with a gold finish. This product is an interesting decorative element that will improve the aesthetic values of flowers.
Magenta Peony Arrangement in Water
If you're a fan of natural and amazing decorations, this stylish and unique peony arrangement in water might perfectly fulfill your expectations! Check it out and enjoy an incredible design in your house.
Fake flower arrangements can be just as good as the real thing. Just look at this light arrangement here – it's really hard to tell whether it's artificial or not. Delicate glass combined with silk peonies create a gorgeous combination.
Faux Pink Peony Arrangement, Small
This small faux peony arrangement will give your guest the impression that it is very real! The flower may not be natural but the construction makes them look very unforgettable. They are made of polyester.

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The Politics of Careers in the U.S. Civil Service
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Limbocker, Scott and Richardson, Mark, "The Politics of Careers in the U.S. Civil Service" (2019). West Point Presentations and Posters. 21.

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International Compost Awareness Week
"Events to encourage and celebrate composting. All types of composting – from backyard to large-scale are promoted. Events include tours of compost facilities, school gardening programs, compost workshops, lectures by a well-known gardening expert, compost give-away days, to name just a few. Click here to learn more about planning an event or to share information on your upcoming event." Tools and ideas to help you celebrate International Compost Awareness Week are on the website.
Each year, a theme is chosen. The theme for 2023 is: For Healthier Soil, Healthier Food…Compost!
The theme is used for the Poster Contest, which encourages artists, age 14 and older, from throughout the world to create a design sharing the importance of composting and compost use. There is also a video contest for children in 4th – 8th grade (ages 10 - 13).
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is the largest and most comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry. It is celebrated nationwide and in other countries each year during the first full week of May.
The goal of ICAW is to work together to raise public awareness on why we all should be composting our organics recycling and using compost. The program includes poster and video contests in the fall and activities and events held during the week in May. Throughout the week of ICAW, community, school, government and business events are held to encourage and celebrate composting - all types of composting – from backyard to large-scale.

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Metal and Punk. Friends or foes? - Metal Storm
- Acherontas - European, Latin American Tour Dates Announced . The petty fighting between metal and punk generally comes from 15 year olds who Metalheads and Punks are basically "cousins", not necessarily in terms of .. Then I get a big gap of stuff after Harmony Corruption which I haven't. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late s and Since the mids popular styles have further expanded the definition of the genre. These include groove metal .. In the s, a range of sources, from punk and goth music to horror films, influenced metal fashion. Many metal. The rivalry between LA's punk and metal fans during the s was a “There's no slick little soundbite like, 'On such and such a date the punks and the . music scene and helped further blur the distinction between punk and metal was Oi!.
Tense-sounding chromatic or tritone relationships are used in a number of metal chord progressions. A pedal point is a sustained tone, typically in the bass range, during which at least one foreign i. Also that metal's "most influential musicians have been guitar players who have also studied classical music. Their appropriation and adaptation of classical models sparked the development of a new kind of guitar virtuosity [and] changes in the harmonic and melodic language of heavy metal.
Classical and metal are probably the two genres that have the most in common when it comes to feel, texture, creativity. As musicologists Nicolas Cook and Nicola Dibben note, "Analyses of popular music also sometimes reveal the influence of 'art traditions'. An example is Walser's linkage of heavy metal music with the ideologies and even some of the performance practices of nineteenth-century Romanticism.
However, it would be clearly wrong to claim that traditions such as blues, rock, heavy metal, rap or dance music derive primarily from "art music'. Heavy metal lyrics According to scholars David Hatch and Stephen Millward, Black Sabbath, and the numerous heavy metal bands that they inspired, have concentrated lyrically "on dark and depressing subject matter to an extent hitherto unprecedented in any form of pop music". They take as an example Sabbath's second album Paranoidwhich "included songs dealing with personal trauma—' Paranoid ' and ' Fairies Wear Boots ' which described the unsavoury side effects of drug-taking —as well as those confronting wider issues, such as the self-explanatory ' War Pigs ' and ' Hand of Doom '.
The thematic content of heavy metal has long been a target of criticism.
According to Jon Pareles"Heavy metal's main subject matter is simple and virtually universal. With grunts, moans and subliterary lyrics, it celebrates Congress to regulate the popular music industry due to what the group asserted were objectionable lyrics, particularly those in heavy metal songs.
Senate and in court. At the hearing, the PMRC alleged that the song was about sadomasochism and rape ; Snider stated that the song was about his bandmate's throat surgery.
Osbourne was not found to be responsible for the teen's death. While the case attracted a great deal of media attention, it was ultimately dismissed.
In countries such as Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, and Malaysia, there have been incidents of heavy metal musicians and fans being arrested and incarcerated.
What Kind of Metalhead Are You?
Heavy metal fashion Kiss performing inwearing makeup. For many artists and bands, visual imagery plays a large role in heavy metal. In addition to its sound and lyrics, a heavy metal band's image is expressed in album cover art, logos, stage sets, clothing, design of instruments, and music videos. Long hair gave members of the metal community "the power they needed to rebel against nothing in general". Deena Weinstein writes, "T-shirts are generally emblazoned with the logos or other visual representations of favorite metal bands.
Performers typically wore long, dyed, hairspray-teased hair hence the nickname, "hair metal" ; makeup such as lipstick and eyeliner; gaudy clothing, including leopard-skin-printed shirts or vests and tight denim, leather, or spandex pants; and accessories such as headbands and jewelry.
Many metal musicians when performing live engage in headbangingwhich involves rhythmically beating time with the head, often emphasized by long hair. The il cornutoor devil horns, hand gesture was popularized by vocalist Ronnie James Dio while with Black Sabbath and Dio.The battle of rock: EMO vs GOTH vs PUNK vs GRUNGE vs METAL
It has been argued that this is due to the music's largely male audience and "extreme heterosexualist ideology". Two primary body movements used are headbanging and an arm thrust that is both a sign of appreciation and a rhythmic gesture. Stage divers climb onto the stage with the band and then jump "back into the audience". It has been argued that heavy metal has outlasted many other rock genres largely due to the emergence of an intense, exclusionary, strongly masculine subculture.
Nobody wants to be the weird kid; you just somehow end up being the weird kid. It's kind of like that, but with metal you have all the weird kids in one place". The phrase has been used for centuries in chemistry and metallurgy, where the periodic table organizes elements of both light and heavy metals e.
Death Metal Underground: The difference between metal and punk, rock: it's not literal
Every time it comes into sight, the next step forward causes it to disappear. Navigating the journey using signposts like hardcore, thrash, speedmetal and grunge is treacherous.
All the punk rockers hated Van Halen of course. I guess everybody was perceived as the enemy, including heavy metals.
Heavy metal music - Wikipedia
I think when all the punk bands had their stronghold going on, metal was considered to be a lower class music and really old fashioned and out of date and ridiculous. I am not aware of any sanctioned hatred between the groups. I never really saw metal guys at the punk shows. I am sure they would potentially run into trouble at a punk show and vice versa but I was never aware of having to run from metal guys. David White, an LA screenwriter and one-time Fear roadie, recalls an incident at a punk show at the Stardust Ballroom.
All of a sudden several people began surrounding him from behind and pointing to him and the next thing I remember is him being literally torn apart. He was really, really badly beaten and taken out by paramedics ten minutes later. I have a lot of friends who literally had to run for their lives some times. The punk scene found a very specific group to demonize. They were much more aggressive and violent in nature and were perfectly willing to give the metal crowd a run for their money when it came to street brawls.

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Why Nick and Vanessa Lachey Don't Rehearse at Home for 'Dancing With the Stars'…
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2013 Beach Bods -- Who's the Hottest of Them All?
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Detector Electronics Corp. (Det-Tronics) announces the addition of an ethernet/Modbus TCP/IP interface board option on the Eagle Quantum Premier® (EQP) fire and gas safety controller, allowing the controller to communicate with other devices on the ethernet local area network.
Det-Tronics, the global leader in fire and gas safety systems, is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies.
The EQP controller is a flexible, distributed intelligence safety system that provides flame and gas detection, alarm signaling, fault notification and extinguishing agent release control.
It integrates component communications on a reliable, fault-tolerant, digital network. Unlike many other fire and gas controllers, the EQP controller is rated for installation in hazardous Class 1/Division 2 and Class 1/Zone 2 locations.
The ethernet interface board option expands the communication capability of the EQP controller, which has long supported ControlNet™, RS-232 Modbus RTU and RS-485 Modbus RTU protocols.
"Being able to communicate using the popular Ethernet Modbus TCP/IP protocol will allow customers to easily integrate a variety of devices into a single EQP-system solution," said Anup Shetty, systems product manager, Det-Tronics.


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As you might have heard many times by now, time means money. However, saving time while harming your health only makes you have less time to live. Take a look at the next habits that you should give up right now for a healthy and long life. In this article, we’ll show you the top common habits that do no good for your health and wellbeing.
Top Common Habits That Do No Good To Your Health And Wellbeing
Do not show up to work sick
This self-destructive habit puts every coworker of your at risk as well. You can spread the infection, some people can have it worse than you, and you will be left with doing their work as well. While sick, you are not able to concentrate so the quality of your work decreases, and if you do not treat your sickness by giving your body a pause, it will take you more time to recover.
You should not eat while working
If you get distracted by a show or by a load of work while eating it will make your body want more calories and this way, not only you will gain more weight, but you are eating more than you body actually needs as distracted eaters tend to desire more food.
Bad posture – bad neck
If your neck hurts because of all the time you spend in front of a screen, you suffer from what professionals call “text neck.” The muscles of your neck are under so much distress when you do that because they need to support your about 12-pound head, so that is why your neck is sore.
Stop sitting on your wallet
If you keep your wallet in your back pocket and do not take it out when you are sitting, you will begin suffering from Piriformis syndrome, or “fat wallet syndrome.” Your sciatic nerve gets compressed, and your hip and back muscles start to spasm.

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Nestled in the heartbreak and poverty of South Camden, New Jersey, sits the Scared Heart Church. It serves as a beacon of light, welcoming all persons from near and far to come inside its doors and experience the power of hope. For 35 years, a humble yet well known priest strives each day to provide peace and hope to those in need. He is innovative, compassionate, and committed to spreading God’s love to the otherwise forgotten, abandoned and hopeless.
Father Michael Doyle felt committed to peace from a young age. He has always been a positive influence to others through thought, word, and most importantly, action. Fr. Doyle aims to spread the message of hope throughout Camden, NJ, encouraging everyone to have faith that tomorrow will be a better day and despite the most horrid conditions, people can still create their own destiny.
Fr. Doyle is a champion of peace. He has dedicated his life to Camden’s deteriorating neighborhoods. He founded “The Heart of Camden,” which is a program that transforms abandoned houses into suitable dwelling places and sells them to residents. As of January 2011, the parish had rehabilitated 200 neighborhood homes. Additionally, the Sacred Heart Church functions as a soup kitchen each weekend, feeding hundreds of families in need.
While visiting Camden with my good friend, John Connors, I was privileged to be introduced to Fr. Doyle. I was moved by his compassion for others and inspired by his steadfast determination to transform the area house by house, family by family, and person by person. In our brief conversation, Fr. Doyle instilled a sense of hope within my heart just by describing the people his parish served and the mission he carries out with such humility.
From the schools to the parish and out in the violent and broken neighborhoods, Fr. Doyle is a living beacon for hope and peace. For these many reasons, Father Michael Doyle is truly a silent hero.


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John Doe will perform, minus X, at Adams Avenue Unplugged: ‘People love to see their singers screw up!’
The punk-rock trailblazer and rootsy solo artist credits folk-music pioneer Sam Hinton, the late director of San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography Aquarium
X will — and will not — mark the spot when John Doe headlines the 2022 edition of Adams Avenue Unplugged on April 30. And, no, that’s not a Zen Buddhist koan along the lines of: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”
The veteran singer-songwriter will be performing without X, the pioneering Los Angeles punk-rock group he cofounded in 1977. He’ll also be without the two-man rhythm section that will accompany him on his pending tour to promote his arresting new solo album, “Fables in a Foreign Land.”
But he will probably include at least a song or two from X’s repertoire here, albeit it in a stripped-down, one-man-band acoustic format — and with a key caveat or two.
“It will be just me and my lonesome guitar,” Doe said, speaking from his home in Austin.
“And that will be good because then I can take a lot of requests and mangle songs I haven’t played (solo) before! It’s a good challenge because people love to see their singers screw up!”
The veteran singer-songwriter chuckled as he recalled some of the high-octane X classics that fans have shouted out for him to perform at his previous solo shows.
“The most frequent requests I get are to play ‘Los Angeles,’ ‘Hungry Wolf’ and ‘Johnny Hit and Run Pauline,” Doe said, chuckling again.
“My response is: ‘Do you really think that would be rewarding to hear played on an acoustic guitar? I think not!”
What fans can expect to hear at his Adams Avenue Unplugged are a few more suitable X songs, material from his previous solo albums, a favorite by the likes of Merle Haggard, Joni Mitchell or Johnny Cash, and a sampling of selections from Doe’s new solo album.
Due for release May 20 on Fat Possum Records, “Fables in a Foreign Land” is a low-key, largely stripped-down outing. It features some choice cameos by X singer (and Doe’s former wife) Exene Cervenka, the band Garbage and Louis Perez of Los Lobos, who co-wrote the song “El Romance-O” with Doe.
Thirteen songs strong, the album finds Doe reflecting back on the ‘90s — the 1890s, that is — to create a rustic musical landscape. Its lyrics, while steeped in a time when traveling alone by horse across prairies was still common, were born during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Such heartfelt songs as “Never Coming Back,” Traveling So Hard” and “After the Fall” explore the challenges of human existence. Doe also examines matters of faith during a rough-and-tumble time that, in some ways, is not all that different from today.
Asked if he considers himself to be spiritual, the 69-year-old troubadour replied: “I’m more spiritual than I was five or 10 years ago, and maybe that’s just because of my age. You start to think there’s some reason for things happening, whether that’s true or not.
“I think that has impacted my music now because a lot of the situations and stories on this album are about survival and existential moments in people’s lives. The thought of whether they are going to be on earth, or not, comes into play. And the song that most directly addresses that is ‘See The Almighty,’ because it finds our narrator wondering if he’s been abandoned, and asking: ‘Why me?’ ”
Doe laughed when informed his Adams Avenue Unplugged performance will take place in the Normal Heights United Methodist Church, where the stage is literally the pulpit.
“Thanks for the warning — I will take that into consideration in putting together my set list,” he said. “I have played in a couple of churches before. One was in Portland and was wonderful, one in Los Angeles and one in San Francisco. The acoustics are generally great in churches.”
Older and wiser
Might Doe’s Normal Heights United Methodist Church solo gig be an ideal setting to shoot a “See The Almighty” music video?
“If you know a good videographer who’s willing to come in and film for the hell of it, let me know,” he said.
Doe chatted with the Union-Tribune recently for 45 minutes. Here are excerpts from that interview. They have been edited for length and clarity.
Q: Your new album, “Fables in a Foreign Land,” is a period piece. What drew you to the 1890s, specifically? And did you do any research, or did you just have an innate feel for what that era might have been like?
A: Well, it wasn’t a concept I wanted to fulfill. It just naturally happened. And, yeah, I have been enamored by that era. Because the pre-industrial era wasn’t a simpler time, but the pace was slower and that appeals to me. And, certainly, that was underscored by the last two years with the pandemic.
Once I started working on the album, it became a matter of discipline. I had the opportunity to keep things in that (bygone) world and, hopefully, let other people experience things through the eyes of this narrator. I did not do an academic study. I did listen to some old music, The Mississippi Sheiks and things like that, just for sounds, rather than dissecting things. This is my version of what folk music is and folk was the first music I ever felt an affinity for as a kid.
Q: Who, specifically?
A: Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston and a guy from San Diego, actually.
Q: Sam Hinton?
A: Yes. His records were the first place I heard “The Barnyard Song” and one that I still do now, “The Big Rock Candy Mountain.”
Q: Sam had an amazing double-life. He was a pioneering folk musician and the director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Aquarium here.
A: What an incredible guitar player, what an incredible singer and what an incredible musicologist he was. I take my hat off to him for really studying and delving into that rich musical mother lode. He was something else. I was 7 or 8 when my aunt sent me one of his albums, and he inspired me a lot.
Q: Sam died in 2009 at the age of 92. When listening to your new album, the phrase “older, but wiser” comes to mind. Two of the songs are slow waltzes and the album in general has a very relaxed pace a younger musician would be unlikely to achieve.
A: I certainly have more gratitude and empathy now, and I think that comes with age. I wish those were things people would have learned in the last couple of years, but it appears they’ve just gotten angrier and more divided. I wish I knew what It would take to (remedy) that. Does the 24-hour news cycle have to be stopped? I don’t know.
Q: What would the 21-year-old John Doe think of your new album?
A: Of course, I want to say: “Yeah, I would have appreciated this then,” but I’m not sure I would have. But I think, at 21, when I was getting into poetry, I would at least have appreciated the economy of the language in my lyrics on this album. And also the way I convey the discomfort and hardships that people were experiencing back in the 1890s, and maybe some of the humor, because there’s a little humor in places on the album.
Q: The line “vengeful insatiable” in your new song “After the Fall” is a great turn of phrase.
A: It was based on the idea that here were people (in the 1890s) coming into a country that was so limitless, and all they could do is use it up. I think we still have some of that same mentality now. “Insatiable” seemed to be the capper, because nothing is never enough. But the album has some hope to it. In the last song, the narrator ends up at the Pacific Ocean and sees that it is an easier, kinder place to live. Scratch that; an easier, gentler place to live.
Adams Avenue Unplugged
With: John Doe, Sara Petite, Joey Harris, Grandpa Drew, Tormenta Rey, Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi, Israel Maldonado, Louis Valenzuela Trio, Nathan Raney, Rookie Card and more than 40 other artists.
When: Noon to 10 p.m. April 30
Where: Twenty restaurants, bars and cafes along Adams Avenue, from the Kensington Cafe in Kensington to Twiggs Bakery in University Heights, with a majority of the venues in Normal Heights.
Tickets: Free for all performances except John Doe ($25), who performs at 7 p.m. at Normal Heights United Methodist Church, 4650 Mansfield St., Normal Heights. Tickets for Saturday’s 21-and-up VIP Beer & Food package are $19.
Phone: (619) 282-7329
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David B. Nash, M.D., M.B.A.
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health
David B. Nash was named the Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) in 2008. This caps a 25-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of health policy. JCPH provides innovative educational programming designed to develop healthcare leaders for the future. Its offerings include master’s programs in public health, healthcare quality and safety, health policy, applied health economics, and population health. JCPH also offers a doctoral program in population health sciences.
Dr. Nash is a board certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement. Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of “Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare,” his national activities cover a wide scope. Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leaders in Tampa, Florida and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He is on the NQF task force on improving population health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee from The Joint Commission. He is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, and he has chaired the Technical Advisory Group of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council for 18 years. Dr. Nash is also on the board of several prestigious organizations, including Main Line Health, Humana, Inc., Vestagen Technical Textiles, InfoMC, and Arsenal Capital Partners.
Dr. Nash’s work is well known through publications, public appearances, his “Nash on the Road” blog, and an online column on MedPage Today. He has authored over 100 articles, edited 23 books, and is editor-in-chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health & Drug Benefits.
Dr. Nash received his B.A. in economics from Vassar College, his M.D. from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and his M.B.A. in health administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Luck favors the prepared. Build it and they will come. Pithy statements like these are recited on the belief that it takes movement to start action. Shortly before the “It Gets Better” campaign took off on Facebook and YouTube in response to the increase in teen suicide and bullying of GLBT youth, The Trevor Project – one of the main beneficiaries of “It Gets Better” – worked with Sensis on a complete redesign of their Website. Sensis approached Trevor as a pro-bono client and worked with them on increasing their focus from one of traditional development to digital outreach. Sensis and Trevor engaged hundreds of GLBT youth in an online research panel which helped the organization recognize the increasing popularity of digital and social media. The new look and feel of the Website and increased focus on social media in turn created a push for an institutional rebranding that breathed new life into this critical organization. With almost miraculous timing, the site launch and new digital focus coincided with the launch of the “It Gets Better” campaign. Hundreds of individual testimonials have been seen and shared by hundreds of thousands online. Google, NBC Universal and President Obama have all contributed videos with messages of hope and encouragement. In turn, this movement has helped galvanize the Trevor Project’s suicide prevention efforts and transform them as an organization. This panel will discuss how timing, perseverance and forward thinking with digital media helped give prominence to a pervasive problem in the gay, lesbian and transgender community.
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Obamacare Opponents Still Await The Apocalypse
A while back, progressive activists and politicians pushed for legislation to provide health insurance for a cohort of Americans who could not easily pay for their doctors’ visits and medications. Predictably, that effort was met with fierce resistance from conservatives, who didn’t seem concerned about those less-fortunate citizens who couldn’t afford medical care.
Conservatives denounced the plan as “socialized medicine” or a “communist takeover” of the American health care system. One notable conservative was especially alarmist, declaring that if the proposal passed Congress, “… you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children’s children, what it once was like in America when men were free.”
No, that hysterical tirade didn’t come in response to the Affordable Care Act. Those words were spoken in 1961 by Ronald Reagan, who was crisscrossing the country to campaign against the adoption of Medicare. Yes, Medicare, which Congress passed in 1965 and is widely considered a resounding success.
Fast-forward a few decades. The same alarms were sounded more recently, as progressive activists and politicians pushed for legislation to provide inexpensive health insurance for those who couldn’t afford it. Actually, the denunciations of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, usually called “Obamacare,” may have been even more hysterical.
As the law neared passage, I watched angry crowds gather near the White House — many holding vicious, racially charged signs lambasting the president — to chant about “socialism” and “communism.” Strangely, the most vehement criticisms came from Americans 65 and older, the very cohort that benefits from Medicare.
President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in March 2010, so it has been the law of the land for five years. Given that, it’s possible to make a reasoned assessment of its strengths and weaknesses.
First off, let’s note that there has been no “socialist takeover” of American medicine. Obamacare uses private health insurance providers; the law merely sets requirements for health insurance plans and issues subsidies to patients who cannot afford to purchase policies.
As you might expect, the number of Americans with health insurance — and, therefore, with access to preventive medical care — has increased in the last five years. Before the law went into effect, there were 48 million uninsured Americans. Now, with 16 million people having signed up for Obamacare, that number has been cut by a third.
Furthermore, health insurance companies are no longer allowed to deny coverage to patients who are already sick or to set a “lifetime cap” on the amount of money a company will pay for medical care. Adult children, who might be in college or working at low-paying jobs without benefits, can stay on their parents’ policies until they are 26.
The Affordable Care Act may also have decreased the rate at which health care costs were escalating. Five years ago, medical care costs were skyrocketing, well beyond the rate of general inflation. Now, those costs are still going up — but at the lowest rate in 50 years. While economists aren’t certain that Obamacare’s cost-containment measures are responsible, many of them give the law credit.
To be sure, the Affordable Care Act has been no panacea. There are still 32 million Americans without health insurance. And, despite the president’s early pledge that people already insured could retain their policies, a tiny but vocal group lost their insurance because Obamacare deemed those policies inadequate. Many in that group ended up paying more for insurance, hardly a happy outcome.
But the worst failings of the Affordable Care Act are beyond its supporters’ control. Because of persistent, irrational Republican opposition, more than 20 states have refused to expand Medicaid — even though the feds would pay the lion’s share of costs. That means that millions of working-class Americans are not getting the health care they need. Furthermore, Obamacare’s unrelenting antagonists have mounted yet another challenge to the law before the U.S. Supreme Court.
It’s hard to fathom. The Affordable Care Act has failed to produce the apocalypse (remember “death panels”?) its fiercest critics predicted; instead, it has given millions of people access to decent health care. Its opponents are as wrong about Obamacare as Ronald Reagan was about Medicare.
Cynthia Tucker won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2007. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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Every so often, you’ll hear about Social Security benefits running out. But is there truth to the fears, or is it all hype?
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