Remembering Tom Smothers
We are sad to learn that comedian, musician, and performer Tom Smothers has passed away at the age of 86. He was one-half of the comedy duo "The Smothers Brothers" and the television show The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour with his brother Dick. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2010 along with his younger brother, Dick Smothers.
Below are some selections from his 2000 interview:
On advice he and his brother Dick would give to aspiring television professionals:
On the social consiousness of the 1960s in the U.S. and in their act:
On censorship of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Show:
On the legacy of the Smothers Brothers:


DAVAO CITY – The city government of Davao will no longer require locally stranded individuals (LSIs), returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs), and other travelers to present letters of acceptance upon arrival in this city.
City Mayor Sara Duterte said that the city government has decided to dispense with the letter of acceptance in accordance with the May 22 advisory issued by Interior and Local Government Undersecretary for Operations Epimaco V. Densing III, which indicated that the certificate of acceptance by the receiving local government unit was no longer a requirement in the management of returning residents.
“The city government of Davao will accept all travelers, except tourists, to Davao City subject to the established protocols upon their arrival in the land quarantine control points, airports, and seaports,” she said in an advisory issued on Saturday.
She added that land travelers en route to other local government units, passing through Davao City, would be escorted from the entry to the exit point while airplane passengers, who are non-Davao residents, should coordinate with their respective local government units for the required documents and arrange their transportation or LGU pick-up vehicle.
The local government of Davao requires all inbound passengers, who have no negative transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results issued within 72 hours before departure from the airport of origin, to undergo COVID-19 testing at the Davao International Airport.
The city will shoulder the expense for the tests.
Passengers will be placed in isolation facilities within the airport where they will have to wait for the RT-PCR test results that will be released within 24 hours.
Duterte said the COVID-19 laboratory of DOT-Davao will be placed at the Los Amigos Health Center, and will be devoted for the use of arriving air passengers.
She said that the local government was complying with the requirements to accredit the health center as a Biosafety Level 2 laboratory.


Tell us a bit about Modernlove, where are you all from and how did you start the band?
We were all friends from school, we didn’t really set out to start a band we just became friends at a young age and bonded over music. When we first started jamming out together we were just doing it to make sounds together. We were just having fun playing covers of songs that we liked.
How did the name Modernlove come about?
Two of us are really big fans of the band bloc party and the show “how I met your mother”, when we were about 16 we were watching an episode of the show and there was a really nice scene in it that had the song “this modern love playing behind it”. We said to each other that we wanted the bands music and aesthetic to feel like that scene, so we named the band after it.
How would you describe your music in three words?
Dirty Stinkin Bass
Who are your main influences, and how do they come into play within the music you write?
We have a wide range of influences that span so many genres, I think our biggest influences would probably be Bloc Party, The Cure, Porter Robinson and Blink 182. There’s also other bands like the 1975 and Bombay Bicycle Club that we take some of our poppier influences from.
What is your favourite song to perform live?
It changes from show to show, I think at the moment it’s probably our song “until my heart stops beating” because it’s our opener.
What inspired you to write ‘Take Me Far Away’?
I think when you grow up in a small town like we did you’re always yearning to escape to somewhere bigger and better. Pairing that sentiment with dealing with some mental health struggles helped us write that song.
You recently released your EP ‘Oh My Mind’ what was the songwriting process like for this?
Some of the songs on that were brand new and some of them were written when we first started the band in 2016. So it was a nice mix of writing new songs together and fully realising some old ideas.
You’ve recently been added to the Neighbourhood Weekender 2023 lineup, how are you feeling about performing?
We feel great! It’s always been a festival we’ve really wanted to play, and we’re very well practiced having been on tour on and off for the past 5 months.
For those who haven’t seen you live before, what can they except from your set?
Lots of energy and lots of noise, we’re a lot louder than people might expect us to be.
Is there anyone you’re excited to see perform?
Definitely looking forward to seeing CMAT, it’s always nice to see other Irish artists at festivals in the UK. Bonnie Kemplay, Everything Everything and obviously Pulp will all be great to see. There’s so many great artists.
What’s next for Modernlove, anything exciting in the pipeline?
We’re going to be playing a lot of festivals in the UK this summer, then we’re going to be going on a world tour in the UK, Europe and America from September to November. We’re also going to be releasing lots more music throughout the year.
Modernlove. will be performing at NBHD Weekender at Victoria Park,Warrington on Sunday 28th May 2023
Last tickets are on sale now, don’t miss out – grab yours now!


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Attend an afternoon artist talk with exhibiting artist Essi Kuokkanen and gallerist Hanna Huiti.
Kuokkanen paintings speak to a sensitivity to a different way of being. The visible world and its norms are questioned in her works, in which the viewer comes across sweating or weeping flowers and a lemon suffering from its own reflection. The artist’s strong use of colour reinforces the experience of viewing them.
Galerie Anhava will present works by Essi Kuokkanen alongside Anne-Karin Furunes for CHART, bringing into dialogue two artists from different generations.
Fredrikinkatu 43, 00120 Helsinki
T: +358 9 669 989
Image: Essi Kuokkanen, Lonely Lute, 2020, oil on canvas, 122 x 143 cm.
Photo by Jussi Tiainen. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Anhava

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Sadie Robertson and Mark Ballas took on Ariana Grande’s song “Problem” for their Dancing With The Stars performances tonight. They pulled through with a beautiful performance and judge Len Goodman didn’t have one bad thing to say about their routine. On tonight’s semi-finals episode, each couple is performing twice to the same song, but one will be an unplugged version. For Sadie’s first performance, she received a 37 out of 40.
Check out their second performance below:


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Lepore went to her Instagram page this week to question going ghost on Scott’s official artwork.
— SOHH (@sohh) August 3, 2018
Artist David LaChapelle has since addressed the cover art drama.
Scott’s camp has also come forward to deny having anything to do with the final artwork edit.
Travis Scott had nothing to do with editing a famous transgender model off his latest album cover, because the artwork he received is exactly what he released … so say sources close to the rapper. We’re told the final version of Travis’ “Astroworld” album cover was exactly what he got from artist David LaChapelle … and it did not include the shot of trans model Amanda Lepore in the area to the left of Scott’s mouth. (TMZ)
Over the past few days, various hip-hop stars have co-signed the project’s cover.
— SOHH (@sohh) August 1, 2018
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 31, 2018

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I've done a lot of post of the cartoons for 50s and 60s men's magazines but this month I'll be concentrating on the illustrations for the articles (which like most girlie magazines, were padding for the photos). These are all from Ace. Don't know who did them.
Pills Like White Elephants - The air was humid and drops of rain hung on the window. A hum came from the fluorescent bulb in the drop-tile ceiling. The man sat on the table across fr...
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$2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 100/100
Today presents the last new tournament on the Lucky Hearts Poker Open schedule. Event 24 is a $2,200 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha game to play us out.
Entrants will start with 20,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 7 at 8:30 pm and the one-day trophy event will play out today.
We’ll keep on an eye on them as they get deeper into their night.
- Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
- Late registration available until start of Level 7
- This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
- Event 24 Structure Sheet


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During the years 1963 to 1968 Anthony Burgess was living in Chiswick, West London. He moved there with his first wife Lynne the year after A Clockwork Orange was published, and stayed there for five years, writing 6 novels, 3 books of criticism and several translations. A few months after Lynne’s death in March 1968, Burgess left West London and England for good.
This period was a time of great creativity for Burgess. He wrote several novels, including his biographical novel about Shakespeare Nothing Like the Sun, thriller Tremor of Intent and the comic sequel Enderby Outside. He was also composing piano music at this time, and in 1968 he wrote the script, lyrics and music for an unmade Hollywood musical about Shakespeare, under the working title ‘The Bawdy Bard’.
1964 was the quatercentenary of Shakespeare’s birth in 1564, and Burgess’s major contribution was the publication of his novel Nothing Like the Sun. He’d rushed to finish it the previous autumn it so it could be published in April 1964 to coincide with the Shakespeare anniversary; and he wanted to be in London to promote the novel.
Nothing Like the Sun is a fictional biography of Shakespeare. So its plot derives from the known historical facts about Shakespeare’s life and work: his Stratford social and family context; his parentage, marriage and children; his success as a poet and playwright; his connection with the Earl of Southampton; his participation in the business side of the London theatres; his death in Stratford in 1616. In his autobiography Burgess wrote:
I had been reading pretty widely, ever since my student days, in books about Shakespeare, in Elizabethan documents, in scholarly background history. I had taken a lot of notes feverishly, making a chronological table which related the known facts of Shakespearean biography to the wider events of the time.
But you can’t make a novel with this set of facts. So Burgess used invention, speculation, imagination, fantasy and a biographical interpretation of Shakespeare’s own works to fill out a fictional life for him, partly by providing answers to all the questions thrown up by the facts. Why are there two names in the records of Shakespeare’s marriage? Why did a 17th century anecdote claim that Shakespeare had been ‘a schoolmaster in the country’? How did Shakespeare find his way from Stratford to London, and enter the theatre as a professional writer? Burgess weaves stories to account for the problems in the documentary record, in much the same way as Shakespeare’s biographers do. Because the facts don’t make sense unless you embroider them.
The main source for the story of Shakespeare’s life in Nothing Like the Sun is however Shakespeare’s own writing, his plays and poems, especially the Sonnets, which do seem to tell a story about the poet’s love affairs, first with a man, the ‘fair friend’, then with a woman, the ‘dark lady’. In the novel Shakespeare has a full-blown affair with the Earl of Southampton, and is infected with syphilis by the ‘Dark Lady’, who is a black woman from Malaya, named Fatimah. Shakespeare encounters her first in a Bristol brothel, and then later as a London lady. On a visit home to Stratford Shakespeare finds that his wife is having an affair with his brother. In this scenario much of Shakespeare’s work becomes autobiographical: the ‘fair friend;’ and ‘dark lady’ of the Sonnets are identified; all the emotions in the Sonnets, lust and love, heterosexual and homosexual, sexual disgust, jealousy, are explained; and even the story of sexual betrayal in Hamlet becomes Shakespeare’s own story (as it is in James Joyce’s Ulysses). Of course there’s no real evidence for any of this; but it makes good fiction.
Burgess is doing two things here. He’s writing a historical novel about Shakespeare’s life, though its one that’s full of invention, speculation, imagination as well as historical fact. In other words, it’s a historical novel. He’s also writing a Shakespeare biography, but from the inside out: searching out the inner truth of experience that can attempt to explain the documentary facts.
In 1970 Burgess published an illustrated biography, Shakespeare, that simply inverted the novel, working from the outside in, foregrounding documentary and historical records and pushing interpretation into the same fictional territory as that explored in the novel. In one sense Burgess’s literary biography and his novel mirror one another, since in Shakespeare the life illustrates the plays and poems, while in Nothing Like the Sun the plays and poems illuminate the life. Burgess distinguished between the two texts by calling the novel ‘deliberate invention’ by contrast with the ‘painfully amassed factuality’ of the biography. In my view, not so you’d notice. But then ‘deliberate invention’ has always been the business of Shakespeare biography, though its practitioners tend to deny it, and claim the authority of historical record. By starting with factual fiction and moving on to fictionalised fact, Burgess really blew the lid off the whole Shakespeare biography enterprise.
In between the novel and the biography there lies another work, this time one that was never published or performed. In early 1968, Burgess flew to Hollywood to discuss what he hoped would be a film script for his first major motion picture. Nothing Like the Sun had been noticed in Hollywood, and this project was to be an offshoot of that, a life of Shakespeare that would also be a film musical. From its inception, the project had two titles, Will!, the title Burgess preferred, and The Bawdy Bard, the title preferred by Hollywood.
1960’s Hollywood was riding a wave of very successful British musicals, like My Fair Lady and Camelot, and historical blockbusters like A Lion in Winter and A Man for All Seasons. Warner Brothers Seven Arts was eager to create a similar success with Burgess’s Shakespeare. In You’ve Had Your Time, Burgess describes how he warmed to former actor, now producer William Conrad, who, he noted, was ‘a true actor, in that he knew Shakespeare’ (143), and they became friends. Burgess was however amused but put off by Conrad’s improvisation of a song for the movie that began To be or not to be in love with you,/ To spend my life hand in glove with you (143). This pretty much sums up his experience of this project.
The film was to be a major studio project involving millions of dollars. A successful film would make Burgess’s name as a marketable Hollywood script writer, a valuable credential since he was also working on a script for a film production of Enderby, and hoped to see other books become film projects. (YHYT 185) He wrote about twenty songs (both music and lyrics) that were recorded with full orchestration by Warner Brothers, but he was nevertheless concerned that the story was damaged by the songs, that Shakespeare’s genius was diminished by the imposition of the standard lyrics of the 1960’s musical, no matter how good the lyrics and music might be. Later he described the whole enterprise as ‘ghastly.
The film was to be directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who had directed All about Eve, a film Burgess ‘considered a masterpiece’ (YHYT 186). Mankiewicz had directed the acclaimed Julius Caesar with Marlon Brando as well as a film version of Guys and Dolls. Mankiewicz needed a big successful movie after the flop of Cleopatra. He’d had already made some casting decisions – Maggie Smith as Anne, her husband Robert Stephens as Will, James Mason as Philip Henslowe, Peter Ustinov as Ben Jonson, Jessica Tandy as Queen Elizabeth. No decision was made about the Dark Lady, although Burgess somewhat facetiously suggested Diana Ross (YHYT 157).
There is only one manuscript of Burgess’s screenplay of Will or the Bawdy Bard, Burgess’s papers at the Harry Ransom Research Center at the University of Texas. The manuscript includes all the lyrics that were later cut when Mankiewicz decided, somewhat to Burgess’s relief, that the film was not to be a musical (YHYT 185). Burgess’s doubts about the screenplay and the project in general were reinforced by a growing sense he had that the film would never be made. ‘Desperately trying to finish the script, I yet knew that it was not going to reach the screen’ (YHYT 190). His premonition proved correct: Warner Brothers was being sold and even though studio executives supported the project, all existing enterprises were scrapped when the new regime started’, as Burgess explained in an interview. In 1969, Burgess contracted to write the ‘brief biography of Shakespeare which should be sumptuously illustrated’ so that he would not waste the research he had done for the film (YHYT 109). This is his ‘coffee table’ book, called simply Shakespeare, published in 1970.
Would Will! have been as successful as Shakespeare in Love if it had been made? Who knows. In any case the screenplay eventually found a home in Burgess’s final Enderby novel, Enderby’s Dark Lady, or No End to Enderby. This is a hilarious satire in which Mr Enderby, who has published a short story about Shakespeare, the Gunpowder Plot and the King James Bible – the story appears at the beginning of the novel – is travelling to Indiana to produce a stage musical on the life of Shakespeare. Burgess recycles the whole process of his involvement in the unmade film. The lyrics and the plot of the musical that Enderby creates in Indiana are all straight from Will!, and the story of the stage production satirises Burgess’s own experience in Hollywood and with Americans. But there’s also a love story for Enderby as he falls for April Elgar, a black singer rather like Diana Ross, who is to play the Dark Lady in this stage production.
You get a sense from all this of what an innovative writer Burgess was. Between 1963 and 1968 he revolutionised Shakespeare biography, bringing together fact and fiction as no-one else had ever done. He made a significant contribution to the historical novel, opening the way for that double perspective, simultaneously ancient and modern, that characterises the form today. And he wrote a musical version of Shakespeare’s life, unluckily never produced, that was a precursor of the hugely successful and influential Shakespeare in Love.
I’ve found Burgess’s work on Shakespeare immensely inspiring and influential. In my Nine Lives of William Shakespeare I was able to bring together fact and fiction in a similarly original way. Nine Lives of William Shakespeare accepts that Shakespeare’s lives are multiple and discontinuous, and yet are facets of a single life. It speculates freely about Shakespeare’s life, but admits that the exercise is one of speculation. Half of the book deals in historical facts, showing how much and how little we know about Shakespeare; and showing how these facts have been interpreted and embroidered by biographers. The other half is fiction. Each chapter gives the facts and their interpretation, then adds a fictional component. Some are historical stories; some reflect on Shakespeare’s ‘afterlife’: his reputation, his mythology. Other fictions quit the territory of biography proper, in those cases where the historical record actually contains very little evidence. I’ve followed Burgess in resorting to fiction to write about the legends of ‘Shakespeare in love’ with the Earl of Southampton and the ‘Dark Lady of the Sonnets’, since there is virtually no evidence at all. Hence it seems legitimate for a fictional commentary to take the form of invention. Which is why people might be surprised to find in the book characters like Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, Ernest Hemingway and so on. Roger Lewis, another biographer of Burgess, reviewing the book in the Daily Mail, called Nine Lives ‘the best and most enjoyably imaginative book based on Shakespeare since Anthony Burgess’s Nothing Like the Sun’.
And my novel Black and Deep Desires: William Shakespeare Vampire Hunter begins with what is virtually a plagiarism of Anthony Burgess’s work. I mentioned the short story on Shakespeare and the Gunpowder Plot that appears at the beginning of Enderby’s Dark Lady: it’s supposed to be the work that gets him noticed in America, just as Nothing Like the Sun got Burgess noticed in Hollywood. In Burgess’s fantasy it’s actually Ben Jonson who pretends to be part of the Plot, but he’s really acting as a government informer. I’ve taken the germ of the story and played it quite differently, with Shakespeare himself becoming one of the key conspirators in the Plot, indeed its architect. Some of my scenes, such as Shakespeare meeting with Robert Cecil, are stolen from Burgess. Roger Lewis wrote of this book: ‘It’s as if Hilary Mantel, Anthony Burgess and Bram Stoker got together at a diabolical writers’ conference and after a few too many bottles in the witching hours came up with the rollicking manuscript’.
Making Shakespeare a vampire hunter isn’t perhaps the sort of thing that Anthony Burgess himself would have thought of attempting. But who knows? Enderby’s Dark Lady concludes with another, loosely related, short story called ‘The Muse’. The mode of this tale is science fiction. It’s the 23rd century, and people can travel round in time and space, navigating by the use of musical instruments. But Time is ‘plastic’ and ‘curved’ and ‘warped’, there are innumerable parallel universes, and you can’t be sure where you’re going to end up. A literary historian called Paley is trying to get to Shakespeare’s time, taking a copy of the First Folio with him. He finds Shakespeare writing, laboriously and painfully, plays we’ve never heard of. Paley is then arrested as a madman, and Shakespeare left with the book, which he starts to copy out:
The Merchant of Venice. A Comedy
Then on he went, not blotting a line.
all Shakespeare’s good plays have been smuggled from the future in the same
way. So here Burgess uses sci-fi fantasy to explore the intricate and complex
ways in which we reach out to history and to the writing of the past. How do we
engage with the past without taking our own baggage with us? Do we not, when
reading literature of the past, make up a lot of what we supposedly find?
 Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun: a story of Shakespeare’s Love Life (London: Heinemann, 1964).
 ‘Genesis and Headache’, in Afterwords: Novelists on their Novels, edited by Thomas M. McCormack (NY: Harper, 1968), 28-47.
 Anthony Burgess, Shakespeare (London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. New edition London: Folio Society, 2015).
 See Kay Smith, ‘Burgess and Will!: Anthony Burgess’s Cinematic Presentation of Shakespearean Biography’, Anthony Burgess Newsletter 4 (August 2001), 32-53.
 Anthony Burgess, Enderby’s Dark Lady: or, No End to Enderby (London: Hutchinson, 1984).
 Graham Holderness, Nine Lives of William Shakespeare (Bloomsbury/Arden Shakespeare, 2011).
 Graham Holderness, Black and Deep Desires: William Shakespeare Vampire Hunter (London: Top Hat Books, 2015).


There is a new way to get around Steinbach!
Tappcar has officially launched in the community making it easier for residents to get around!
Today, we couldn’t be happier to announce expansion plans for the fast-growing community of #Steinbach! You can read the release here: https://t.co/ECNY9VMHHz #YWG #TappCar #TakeaTappCar pic.twitter.com/Uh9jEXzS0w
— TappCar (@tapp_car) May 28, 2018
The city is a great place for business, plus it offers a great service for those who live there. OH AND, Tappcarr also creates jobs! The ride-sharing service will soon be looking to employ local residents as drivers.
Feature Image: Tappcar Steinback/ Source: Twitter- @tapp_car
- Sarah & Tyler


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Hagler in custody, 10 months after warrant
Neal Scott Hagler, the Berryville man who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in connection with a fatal 2018 accident, was taken into custody Monday — more than 10 months after a judge ordered his arrest for allegedly violating his probation.
Hagler, 22, was booked into the Carroll County Detention Center at 9:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, which listed the arresting agency as the Arkansas Department of Probation and Parole.
No further details regarding the arrest were available.
Hagler’s bond is set at $75,000 and he is scheduled to appear at 9 a.m. Monday, June 7, in Carroll County Circuit Court in Berryville.
Hagler, 22, was sentenced in April 2019 to one year in the county jail and 15 years’ supervised probation after pleading guilty to the felony negligent homicide and four misdemeanor counts.
Hagler’s girlfriend, 20-year-old Destiny Mock, died in a Springfield, Mo., hospital on June 24, 2018 — two days after the accident that occurred on Carroll County Road 428.
According to a preliminary fatal crash summary from the Arkansas State Police, Hagler was driving a 2011 Chevrolet westbound on Carroll County Road 428 at 9:50 p.m. when he failed to stop at the intersection of County Road 404 and struck a tree.
A Carroll County Sheriff’s Office affidavit says Hagler initially told deputies at the scene that the truck’s brakes failed. Hagler was arrested after a deputy noticed the odor of intoxicants and he failed a field sobriety test, according to the affidavit.
The CCSO affidavit says Mock spoke with first responders at the scene but was trapped inside the truck. Berryville Fire Department personnel cut the vehicle open to free Mock, according to the affidavit, and she gave her name and date of birth to a deputy before being transported to a hospital.
At his sentencing hearing on April 26, 2019, before Special Judge Gary Arnold, Hagler apologized to Mock’s family and admitted that he was under the influence of alcohol when the accident occurred.
“I was speeding,” Hagler said. “I had a wreck and caused the death of Destiny Mock. I had marijuana in the vehicle and I had no driver’s license.”
Hagler, who was credited for 181 days served in the Carroll County Detention Center before his sentencing, was released from jail on Oct. 27, 2019. He was arrested less than three months later, on Jan. 14, 2020, and accused of violating the terms of his probation.
In a petition to revoke Hagler’s probation, filed Jan. 16, 2020, probation officer Eric Richter writes that Hagler violated several conditions of his probation.
According to Richter’s petition, Hagler failed to report as scheduled on Jan. 9. 2020. Richter writes that he and another probation officer conducted a home visit five days later, and Hagler was not present at his approved residence.
The officers then visited Hagler’s father’s home, the petition says, and found Hagler there with two other people. Hagler told the officers no one else was present, the petition says.
Alcohol was present at the residence, the petition says. Hagler failed to provide a sample for a drug test on Dec. 18, 2019, and admitted on Jan. 14, 2020, to using marijuana and methamphetamine, the petition says.
Hagler also said he was no longer working for a local company and had no other employment, according to the petition.
Hagler was released from jail on a $10,000 bond on Jan. 26, 2020, court records show. A hearing on the revocation petition, originally scheduled for Feb. 10, was reset three times, most recently for July 24, 2020.
A second petition to revoke Hagler’s probation was filed June 19, 2020. In that petition, Richter writes that Hagler had failed to report or call to check in with the probation office.
“Offender is actively evading supervision,” Richter writes.
In an order filed June 19, 2020, Arnold instructed the circuit clerk to issue a warrant for Hagler’s arrest.
Hagler failed to appear at the July 24, 2020, revocation hearing, prompting Arnold to order that a second warrant be issued.
- Warrants seek Hagler's arrest (08/04/20)
- Hagler petition provides details (01/24/20)
- Hagler arrested on alleged violation of his probation (01/21/20)
- Hagler sentenced to year in jail, probation (04/30/19)

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Who’s Joshua Chellew? The fact that you don’t know his name is the whole point.
Four south Cobb teenagers are in custody in connection with the beating death of a 36-year-old Joshua Chellew. They repeatedly punched and kicked him.
While attempting to escape, Chellew was pushed to the ground and knocked unconscious...“leaving him helpless,” and eventually hit by a car.
A senseless murder.
Why hasn’t it received wider attention?
This might be why. Joshua Chellew:
According to the warrant, Chellew flashed blue colors and claimed allegiance to the “Crips” street gang. Three of the suspects were dressed in red, the colors affiliated with the “Crips” longtime rival, the “Bloods.” The exchange was captured on the station’s surveillance cameras.
Originally posted by OneManArmy
well they didnt murder him for one, they beat him up and he walked into traffic.
thats manslaughter at worst.
the current DOJ standards?
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
reply to post by kimish
What's the question? I don't know what he's referring to.
The Department of Justice became aware of the incident on Election Day and started an inquiry. Under the Bush administration, a criminal investigation into the incident was started, but later dropped. Instead, in January 2009, less than two weeks before the Bush administration left office, the civil rights division of the Department of Justice filed a civil suit under the voting rights act against four defendants, namely, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Jerry Jackson, NBPP chairman Malik Zulu Shabazz, and the NBPP itself. The lawsuit accused them of using uniforms, racial insults and a weapon to intimidate voters and those who were there to assist them. The case remained open when the Obama administration took office a few weeks later.
In April 2009 Bartie Bull, a former civil rights lawyer who was serving as a poll watcher at the polling station where the incident occurred, submitted an affidavit at Justice's request supporting the lawsuit, stating that he considered it to have been the most severe instance of voter intimidation he had ever encountered.
When none of the defendants who were charged appeared in court to answer the charges, the career attorneys pursuing the lawsuit assumed that they would win it by default. However the career attorneys' move to pursue a default judgment against the defendants was overruled by two of their line superiors, Loretta King who was acting Assistant Attorney General and Steve Rosenbaum, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
Hans A. von Spakovsky, stated that internal e-mails from the Department of Justice released under a Freedom of Information Act request show that political appointees were "intimately involved" in the decision to drop the case, including former deputy attorney general David Ogden, Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli and attorney general Eric Holder, and that Perez may have committed perjury by denying this in his testimony before the Civil Rights Commission.
In October 2010, a draft report from the Civil Rights Commission was posted on the political website TPM Muckraker, stating that political officials had been extensively involved in the decision to dismiss the case, and that the Department of Justice had attempted to conceal their involvement.
Civil Rights Commission chairman Gerald A. Reynolds confirmed that the draft was authentic, but said that it was not the most current version of the draft, and declined to immediately release the newest version or describe what revisions had been made to it.
The Justice Department has denied the allegations in the report. In July 2012, Judge Reggie Walton dismissed the Justice Department's denial, finding that political appointees did interfere with prosecution of the New Black Panther Party.
Originally posted by CaticusMaximus
I dont think this was race related.
But then again neither was the thug wannabe trayvons death, but it was turned into a race issue deliberately by the media.
Pointing out the hypocrisy here though does make clear the medias agenda. From start to finish with the zimmerman case it was all about creating a circus and a spectacle, either to distract from other issues, inflame race relations between easily manipulated parties (to distract from other issues), or to push an agenda of division where it might not have existed before (to distract from other issues).
The warrant also indicates that the four men are accused of street gang violence because they belong to the “Re-Up” gang, according to the Cobb Anti-Gang E Unit, and have been arrested in the past in connection with gang-related crimes.
A 19-year-old female witness, who asked not to be identified, said she was sitting in the car waiting on Chellew to get something from inside the gas station when everything unfolded.
“He was coming outside of the store talking to himself like he always does and one of them asked him what he was talking about,” she said.
She isn’t sure what, if anything, Chellew said to the suspects, but for some reason they jumped him and started punching and kicking him.
“I don’t know them and have never seen them before,” she said. “They were hanging out by the gas station, getting gas.”
She didn’t see any weapons used in the beating, but said the entire incident occurred in just under two minutes. Read more: The Marietta Daily Journal - Mableton teens linked to gang are accused in beating death

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I made some nice additions to my Sampler Album this week. It was a pretty random group of cards, but that's what I love about my Sampler Album. I can be extremely random and all over the place with it and it works for me. It works for me I say.
My 1968 page is full, but it's pretty weak. I upgraded it with these two additions:
Yeah, I know we all enjoy making fun of Tim McCarver. He wrote a book called "Baseball for Brain Surgeons." The title is a little obnoxious, but nevertheless, I bought it many years ago. And I liked it.
I also added this Mike Cuellar because he fits in the Sampler Album wheelhouse of being a notable player, but still not expensive to add. Cuellar, who had the awesome nickname "Crazy Horse" was a 4x all star, 2x World Series Champion and shared a Cy Young award in 1969. None of those things happened to him in 1968, which would have been nice, but oh well.
I'll tell you honestly, I bought this Gates Brown card simply because I read that he once was unexpectedly called upon to pinch hit in a game right after he had prepared himself a couple of hot dogs from the clubhouse. He hid the hot dogs in his jersey so his manager wouldn't see. Then he wound up hitting a double and sliding into second base, smashing the hot dogs all over his body. That is awesome, and more than enough reason to have a Gates Brown card in my album. It looks like in this picture he is still regretting losing those hot dogs.
Fianlly, I added this 1954 Walt Dropo.
The little anectode on the back of the card is great enough, but I got this because of his overall story.
Dropo was a 3 star standout in college at UConn (baseball, basketball and football). He was drafted by NFL and the NBA (or the BAA as it was called in 1947) but chose to sign with the Red Sox as a free agent.
It looked like a great move. During his rookie year, Dropo was among the lead leaders in every major offensive category and won the Rookie of the Year award and came in 6th in the MVP vote. That sort of season would have sent collectors in a tizzy these days.
Unfortunately, the next season he broke his wrist and was never the same, although he did wind up with respectable career. I'm sure there is a moral to this story, but I'm to dumb and lazy to articulate it to you.

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Aug 03, 2012
Outreach and Promotions
In observance of National Minority Health Month in April, the Washington Association of Community & Migrant Health Centers, through the Washington Community Health Workers/Promotores Network (WCHWN), coordinated and co-sponsored a “7th Annual Spring Intensive Training for Health Promoters and Community Health Workers.”
The 2 1/2 day event – which included various workshops, presentations, and activities – provided training on core competencies and skills promotoras need to effectively do their job, including organization, documentation, evaluation, and coordination skills. There was also training to address emergency preparedness, labor rights and health insurance options in Washington State, and diabetes prevention. During these trainings, attendees learned basic but core information about how to communicate what they learned to the communities, and where to get additional information and assistance.
This year, Betsy J. Rodríguez conducted a live webinar presenting NDEP’s new Do it for them! But for you too. (¡Hazlo por ellos! Pero por ti también) fotonovela and strategies that NDEP has created to reach and educate the Latino community. The fotonovela was created to educate Hispanic/Latina women who are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes themselves and whose family members are at high risk.
Additionally, Francisco Arias-Reyes, a Health Services Consultant at the Washington State Department of Health Heart, Stroke, and Diabetes Program, conducted an interactive workshop using NDEP’s The Road to Health Toolkit, which addresses prevention of type 2 diabetes.
Evaluation & Lessons Learned
The event attracted a diverse group of 68 community leaders from seven community health centers, one hospital, three government agencies, and 10 non-profit organizations. Participants included health workers, health promoters, coordinators, agricultural workers, outreach workers, and health educators.
Following the webinar featuring NDEP’s Do it for them! But for you too. fotonovela, attendees read the story and shared their comments about the resource and how they plan to use it in the future. Many people commented that the resource is easy to understand, teaches people how to care for their community, family, friends, and provides ideas for how to teach. Attendees also responded positively to The Road to Health Toolkit workshop. Many people expressed that the toolkit was very useful and that they would share with friends, family and the community.
Some lessons learned from this event include:
- Ensure that participants can apply what they have learned. A balance between theory and practice can be very effective.
- Educational technology training webinars can be very effective; however, it is better in person.
- To ensure success, these workshops must be planned and designed very carefully. It was worth the effort planning The Road to Health workshop and the webinar-premier of the new NDEP fotonovela.
- A successful implementation begins and ends with a successful partnership!
For more information, contact Lilia Gomez at LGomez@wacmhc.org.
Jul 06, 2012
To help support and guide partners in their promotional efforts, the NDEP has transformed its “Promotions At-A-Glance” PDF document into a “What is NDEP Promoting This Quarter?” webpage located in the Resources section of the NDEP website.
This new page serves as a place for partners to quickly and easily see what NDEP is promoting each quarter and find NDEP offerings to support those quarterly promotional activities.
This quarter, NDEP will be promoting the theme “Engaging youth to prevent and manage their diabetes” to reach young adults with and at risk for diabetes (and their families) with important information about managing their diabetes or lowering their risk.
Explore the new page and begin finding resources that you can use to support the third quarter theme.
Jun 29, 2012
Maureen Sullivan-Tevault, R.N., C.E.N., C.D.E., is a long-time partner of the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) and regularly participates in the Program’s promotional activities. In addition to her health-related credentials, Maureen is also a stand up comic. She marries her interest and expertise in the two fields in the online radio show she co-hosts with her husband, Mike Tevault, R.N., called, The Health and Humor Hour. The program uses light-hearted humor to raise awareness of important health issues and to share critical health information. Maureen recently promoted the NDEP on the program and actively engaged NDEP via social media as well.
Outreach and Promotions
In March, Maureen focused her program on Diabetes Alert Day. During the hour-long show, Maureen engaged her audience with key NDEP messages to raise awareness and educate viewers about diabetes, diabetes risk factors, steps people can take to delay or prevent type 2 diabetes, and local and national diabetes resources. In supporting NDEP, Maureen promoted the Diabetes Risk Test, NDEP website, and NDEP Facebook page. NDEP’s public service announcements (PSAs) were also displayed on the radio set for online viewers to see. In addition to promoting NDEP resources, Maureen broadcasted an audio clip featuring an interview with NDEP Chair, Dr. John Buse, speaking about Diabetes Alert Day and the importance of knowing your risk for type 2 diabetes.
Maureen used social media to promote the NDEP and the diabetes-focused program on her Twitter page. To date, there have been more than 600 views to Maureen’s show focusing on Diabetes Alert Day. To learn more about using online and social media tools to promote your work with the NDEP, check out the Program’s social media web page.
For more information about Maureen’s activities, email her at Maureen@MaureenSullivanRN.com.
Jun 14, 2012
You asked for it, and we delivered! NDEP's Road to Health Evaluation Guide is now available in English and Spanish for people who use the Road to Health Toolkit. The guide includes simple tools to assess the following:
- Is the target audience being reached?
- What is the quality of the activities?
- How do you improve the program's activities?
- How do you monitor the participants' behavior changes?
Extra, Extra! New Bonus! Join the NDEP Road to Health Implementers Community! This learning community is for people who use the Road to Health Toolkit as a resource to manage diabetes prevention activities. Find and share lessons learned, tools, and resources to support the implementation of the toolkit.
For more information about the Road to Health Evaluation Guide or to join the Road to Health Implementers community, contact Betsy Rodríguez, CDC/NDEP Deputy Director at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Jun 01, 2012
Founded in October 2001, the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) is dedicated to changing the way we age by uniting professionals in the retirement, assisted living, fitness, rehabilitation and wellness fields to dispel society's myths about aging. The ICAA works with NDEP to provide professionals who work with older adults resources for promoting diabetes prevention and management. The ICAA regularly shares NDEP messages and resources through a variety of print and online channels with its network of individual professionals and 9,200 organizations focused on active aging.
Outreach and Promotions
To help its members raise awareness and educate older adults about diabetes prevention and management, the ICAA created a National Diabetes Education Program Information Center page on its website. The page highlights NDEP’s offerings for older adults, such as the Power to Control Diabetes is in Your Hands, It’s Not Too Late To Prevent Diabetes, and The Road to Health Toolkit.
Additionally, the ICAA regularly includes information about NDEP in weekly newsletters and promotes NDEP public service announcements in its member publication, The Journal on Active Aging. Reaching more than 9,000 readers, the journal provides relevant research and ideas for wellness programs – a great channel for raising awareness of diabetes prevention and management.
For example, the journal featured an article written by NDEP subject matter experts focused on prevention of type 2 diabetes. The goal of the article was to educate active aging professionals about type 2 diabetes and the results of the Diabetes Prevention Program study, which showed that modest lifestyle changes such as weight loss, healthy eating, and physical activity could help prevent or delay the onset of diabetes in older adults. The article promoted NDEP tools and publications including the At-Risk Weight Charts, the Small Steps. Big Rewards. Your GAME PLAN to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes booklet, and the NDEP website.

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Today, I started auditing a short course on Isaiah and Jeremiah offered by Heritage Christian University and taught by Dr. Bill Bagents. I’ll be here through Friday. If the first day is a sign, the week will be faith-building and encouraging. I’m grateful to Dr. Bagents and HCU for making it possible for me to be here.
• I’m taking the course as a spiritual refresher. Those who serve the Lord need such moments to recharge. In the midst of his saints, from the depths of his words, the Lord strengthens his servants.
• There are those, of course, who are little more than spiritual consumers, little Dead Seas who take but never give. They learn, but never come to a knowledge of the truth (2 Timothy 3:7). These never exercise their knowledge to teach others.
• May I speak in the spirit of the prophets for a moment? Such consumers God will judge, like Israel, for not taking advantage of the divine blessings given for his service and glory. Such language is not popular today, but it wasn’t popular in Isaiah’s time either.
• The worship of God that does not result in a willingness to serve, even when the listeners turn away, is a vain worship. See Isaiah 6. Soon after cleansing comes the call.
• Isaiah puts off the vision of his call until the sixth chapter, preferring to open his book with a hard-hitting charge against Judah for abandoning the Lord and rejecting the Holy One of Israel. How did they do this? By not showing his righteousness in their own lives, by a lack of holiness.
• Though Isaiah hastens to rail against a depraved people, he soon gives a glimpse of hope. Through their decision to cleanse themselves of sin (1:16-18), they may again be blessed with prosperity. God is not the God of destruction, but of restoration and redemption (chapter 2).
• Judah has no true leaders (Isaiah 3:1-15). “They rebel against [God’s] royal authority” (3.8 NET). So God himself will give them a son to rule (9:6-7). The Lord will correct his people’s wrongs through judgment and by grace. He will winnow, save a remnant, purge the people to become what he intended, a light to the nations.
• Unlike Isaiah, we will not receive a special vision of God’s glory and majesty. But through his inspired words, together with the other prophets and apostles of Christ, we can glimpse in his Son the divine image. That image will make us share in the divine nature (2 Peter 1:3-4) and will compel us through immeasurable love to answer the call: “Here I am, send me!”
• As a part of that sending, the Lord will constantly refresh us, through the writings of men like Isaiah and in moments of fellowship and study like the course I’m privileged to attend this week. Let us drink deeply, and offer the water of life.
“Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!” (Isaiah 12:6).

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The prognosis or predicted outcome of heart failure depends on several factors. Clinical prediction rules are based on factors such as blood pressure, laboratory test results, patient's general health, time of detection and use of medication.
A prognosis may also be given based on cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) testing. This test measures the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide breathed out during exercise and the peak oxygen consumption (VO2 max) is assessed. A VO2 max of less than 12-14 cc/kg/min indicates that a person may have a poor heart failure outcome.
One clinical predictor rule is the EFFECT rule, which classifies patients according to their risk of death or long term morbidity/suffering.
Other rules for predicting prognosis include:
The ADHERE Tree rule which states that if a person has a blood urea nitrogen < 43 mg/dl and a systolic blood pressure of at least 115 mm Hg; their risk of death or complications during hospitalization is less than 10%.
The BWH rule suggests that people with the following clinical features have a less than 10% risk of death or complications during hospitalization:
Taking adequate care in terms of lifestyle management by, for example, controlling diabetes and weight, stopping any smoking and alcohol abuse and eating a healthy, balanced diet as well as engaging in regular exercise can help individuals cope with long-term heart disease and heart failure.
Taking heart failure medications regularly, controlling fluid and salt intake, and receiving timely flu and other vaccinations also helps to prevent complications.
In very advanced and severe cases, a patient may become completely bed-ridden and experience severe symptoms even when resting. At this stage, managing pain and breathlessness becomes the prioirity, unless there is scope for a heart transplant.


[ August 4, 2016; ] Thursday August 4th – Election Day Blount County!!
Early Voting period is now over. If you did not participate in Early voting, Please make every effort to go to your precinct voting location on Thursday Aug. 4th.
Candidate choices are CLEAR
Jackie Hill for Blount County Clerk and Homer White for 5th District County Commission.
If you need information […]
[ July 15, 2016; 8:00 am to 7:00 pm. 8:00 am to 7:00 pm. ] Fellow Democrats,
I found the August 4 Election ballot at the Blount County Election Commission Web Site
Caution this PDF file is confusing. Although the heading of this document says “Official Ballot …” the document contains both the Republican and Democratic primary contests. When you go to vote you will be asked to choose one or the […]
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[ July 14, 2016; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Blount County Democratic Party Meeting reminder
When: Thursday, 14 July 2016
06:30 PM to 08:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US Canada)
Where: Martin Luther King Center 209 E. Franklin St. Alcoa, TN 37701
A meeting of the BCDP Executive members, and all democrats are welcome to attend.
Phone 865-379-8683 for information.
[ July 12, 2016; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The League of Women Voters of Blount County invites you to attend the …….
County Clerk Candidates Meet and Greet
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Blount County Public Library
508 N. Cusick St., Maryville, 37804
This is an opportunity to meet and get to know the Blount County Clerk candidates better. It’s a chance to learn about their […]
[ July 9, 2016; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Saturday July 9th at 2pm. Location: 369 Sanderson St. Alcoa.
Across from Midland Plaza and Regions Bank and around the next building beside The Soup Kitchen. Information on Candidates and Election Information as well as signs will be available. Light Refreshments.
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The White House revealed plans Tuesday to make the United States more friendly to drones used for deliveries, farming, and other tasks suited to the flying robots.
It was part of the executive branch’s first-ever “Workshop on Drones and the Future of Aviation” that outlined far-reaching plans: they range from New York’s plan to invest $5 million in the drone industry to a commitment to using drones in search-and-rescue operations. They’ll also support efforts to regulate drone racing, test long-range deliveries, and address other challenges unmanned aerial vehicles will come across as they become cheaper and more common.
“Since President Obama took office in 2009, developments in aviation, sensing, and software technology have powered a revolution in unmanned flight,” reads a White House press release about the efforts. “In the next decade, the burgeoning commercial drone industry is projected to generate more than $82 billion for the U.S. economy and, by 2025, could support as many as 100,000 new jobs.” These changes are supposed to help the drone industry reach those high expectations.
Here are some of the highlights from the White House’s plans:
Seeing how the public feels about delivery drones
The Inspector General for the U.S. Post Office plans to “publish new findings and analysis on the public’s rapidly-evolving opinion of drone delivery as a potential future logistics technology.” That’s good news for companies like Amazon, which took its drone delivery tests to the United Kingdom after it was shut down by the federal government in the U.S.
The White House also plans to let Google’s Project Wing test delivery drones in controlled environments to “help regulators answer critical safety and human factors questions for UAV cargo delivery operations” in what appears to be a clear response to FAA rules that crushed hopes of drone deliveries happening in the near future earlier this summer. The work will “focus on encouraging good citizenship in operation and collaboration between and across industry and government” as it pertains to the growing UAV industry.
Using drones to respond to disasters
The United States Department of the Interior plans to use drones to share wildfire location information with the public by July 2017; to create payloads for drones that would typically be used in manned flights by December 2017; and to develop a training program for the use drones in search-and-rescue operations by October 2018. All of these changes are intended to save both lives and taxpayer dollars.
Collecting more information about the planet
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to use drones to gather precise gravity measurements that can “create a new vertical elevation reference system that will improve flood plain mapping and help mitigate risks for coastal communities from tsunamis, hurricanes, and storm surges.” It will also gather more information from the oceans, including “critical weather, air quality and ocean monitoring” as well as “management of marine resources.”
Defending privacy with new guidelines
In July, the Senate passed a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that stripped crucial privacy protections from its provisions. This was bad news because current guidelines about the space where drones and privacy intersect aren’t clear enough to be useful.
That’s why the White House urged the Future of Privacy Forum, Intel, and Precision Hawk to publish a report called Drones and Privacy by Design: Embedding Privacy Enhancing Technology in Unmanned Aircraft. That report is meant to allow “drones to reduce privacy risks while tackling important, often life-saving missions” like the various initiatives that were mentioned above.
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text: For the second time in a week, President Rodrigo Duterte rebuked China for its “nasty” warnings against Philippine planes flying near Beijing’s artificial islands in the South China Sea, including those claimed by Manila. The President was referring to the Chinese Navy’s menacing radio messages to Philippine military pilots. “You know very well that we will not attack anybody there and we are a claimant of the group of islands,” he said in a speech on Friday night in Davao City. “I told you we are not prepared to go to war with you, so why do you have to say those nasty words? There’s no need for that. We are your friend,” he added. Read more: Duterte hits China again over ‘nasty’ radio warnings Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook To show you who runs the show, Duterte.


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Tenofovir alafenamide is used to treat chronic hepatitis B infection, a viral infection of the liver. It works by stopping or slowing the growth of the virus. Chronic hepatitis infection can lead to serious liver damage (cirrhosis) and liver cancer.It is not known if tenofovir alafenamide can cure hepatitis B or can prevent you from passing the virus to others. Practice "safer sex" (such as the use of latex condoms) to lower the risk of passing the virus to others.
How to use Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate Tablet
Before starting treatment with this medication, your doctor should test you for HIV infection. If you have HIV infection along with hepatitis B infection, tenofovir alafenamide should not be used alone since this may make it harder to treat your HIV infection. Combination drug treatment should always be used to treat HIV infection.
Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from your pharmacist before you start taking tenofovir alafenamide, and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
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A day in the life: - Audi SUV pickup from your Whistler accommodation's door. - Transported to a slopeside lounge, where freshly crafted hot beverages and pastries await. Here, we will discuss our objectives for the day. - Throw on our gear, and step out onto the slope! - Head up the brand new Gondola on Blackcomb Mountain and begin the adventure! - We will tour around the mountain, based on the type of riding that you are comfortable with and the riding experience you want. We will also assess the conditions of the mountain, and get to know the area. - We will ride together for a minimum of 4 hours. We will decide together when to stop for lunch, or just ride hard! - Our main goal is to get you familiar with the mountain, learn a few tips on riding, and find quality in-bounds terrain based on the current conditions. Ideally, we ride together when you first arrive to Whistler so that you can MAXIMIZE your fun for the rest of your trip!
Kelvin & Heidi
I am fortunate to call this amazing landscape of Whistler my home. My local knowledge will help you maximize your time on the mountain. Creating long-lasting memories for Whistler visitors on the mountain is the goal! Snowboarding has been a passion of mine for over 15 years. Whistler Blackcomb Resort boasts the most skiable terrain in North America! This is awesome but it means that there is a lot to explore. Why not get to know where the locals ride, find the good snow, and avoid the lineups? I (Kelvin) can help with that. Note: that this is Kelvin hosting :)
Hot beverage and pastries to start the day. We will confirm your preferences before we meet up!
Black Audi SUV Q3 Seats up to 4 passengers and gear
Whistler Blackcomb is the most incredible place to ride when the conditions are on point. This means endless amounts of 'unknown stashes' that you would likely not find during a ski holiday! Avoid the hassles of the large crowds at the base of Whistler, and enjoy a true ski in, ski out experience at the base of Blackcomb, and the brand new 10 person gondola. We will assess the conditions on the day that will help dictate where we ride.
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最多6人參加，年齡須滿14歲。 Guests should have previous riding experience on a mountain resort and be aware of the risks involved while riding. Alpine responsibility code is always in effect. Guests assume all risks. Physical ability is an asset. We may hike…
I am not claiming to be a certified snowboard instructor but I make myself available to provide riding tips. This tour is intended for beginner or intermediate-expert riders who can already ride and who want to maximize their riding experience and knowledge of the two mountains during their vacation
Snowboard/Ski in Whistler like a local

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The BBC is reporting today (click here) that free VPN provider Hola has been rocked by botnet accusations, so what does this mean and why should you think twice before using a free service like Hola?
Free VPN providers like Hola might be tempting however they’re not worth compromising your online security or privacy for. Trusted VPNs such as Liberty Shield offer a much safer option to unblock geoblocked content from abroad.
“While analysing Hola, Vectra Threat Labs researchers found that in addition to behaving like a botnet, Hola contains a variety of capabilities that almost appear to be designed to enable a targeted, human-driven cyber attack on the network in which an Hola user’s machine resides.”
This video from LogicLounge sums things up in simple terms…
Isn’t Hola safe and secure?
In a word “No”, at least as far as their FREE service goes!
- The biggest issue with Hola is that it is essentially selling their users’ bandwidth to anyone willing to buy. This means all Hola users are turned into botnets.
- Hola does not guarantee traffic encryption. Therefore users are being left totally exposed online.
- It has also been proven that Hola has been testing injected ads into users’ browsers.
- Hola essentially only works on Chrome and Firefox. If you want to unblock your favorite streaming channels on iPhone, iPad, Android, Smart TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, PS4, Xbox, or any other streaming device, Hola is not an option.
- Hola is being advertised as a free product. That’s far away from the truth. Free VPN providers are littered with problems. Slow browsing speeds, limited bandwidth, and using browsing history for advertising purposes.
“First, the Hola software can download and install any additional software without the user’s knowledge. This is because in addition to being signed with a valid code-signing certificate, once Hola has been installed, the software installs its own code-signing certificate on the user’s system.”


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Yes, drinking Bulletproof Coffee will break a fast as you will be consuming calories from either the butter, ghee or MCT oil. While it may not affect ketosis, it does provide calories, which can interrupt fasting benefits. Black coffee, on the other hand, is generally accepted as not breaking a fast due to its low calorie content.
Intermittent fasting has become a popular way to manage weight and improve overall health, but it can be challenging to stick to a fasting routine.
Many people experiment with different methods to make the fasting process easier, including drinking beverages like bulletproof coffee.
But, does bulletproof coffee break a fast? We go look deeper around the discussions still happening.
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Understanding Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting has become increasingly popular in recent years as a diet strategy that involves alternating periods of eating and fasting.
The concept of fasting is not new, as it has been practiced for centuries in many cultures and religions. However, the scientific community has recently taken an interest in the health benefits of intermittent fasting.
The most common approach to intermittent fasting is the 16:8 method, which involves fasting for 16 hours and eating during an 8-hour window. During the fasting period, you can consume water, black coffee, or tea without any added sugar or creamer. This method is easy to follow and fits well into most people’s lifestyles.
What is the Science Behind Fasting?
The benefits of fasting go beyond just weight loss. Fasting has been linked to numerous health benefits, including improved insulin sensitivity, reduced inflammation, and increased longevity.
When you fast, your body goes into a state of nutritional ketosis, which means that it starts burning stored fat for energy instead of glucose. This can lead to significant weight loss over time.
Fasting also triggers autophagy, a cellular process that involves the breakdown of old and damaged cells. This process might help reduce the risk of chronic diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. Additionally, fasting has been shown to reduce oxidative stress, which is a major contributor to aging and disease.
After three months of a 16:8 fasting diet, physical & mental health increased, while body pain and fatigue decreased 💪 https://t.co/Il3YFMZ5QQ— David Sinclair (@davidasinclair) October 16, 2022
What Are the Different Types of Fasting?
In addition to the 16:8 approach (also known autophagy fasting), there are several other types of intermittent fasting that you can try.
The 5:2 approach involves eating normally for 5 days and restricting calories to 500-600 on 2 non-consecutive days.
Alternate day fasting involves fasting every other day, while the 24-hour fast involves fasting for a full day once or twice a week.
It’s important to note that fasting is not for everyone, and you should talk to your doctor before starting any new diet or exercise regimen. Some people may experience negative side effects like headaches, dizziness, or fatigue during the fasting period.
What Are the Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
The benefits of intermittent fasting are numerous and have been backed up by scientific research.
In addition to weight loss, fasting can also lead to better insulin sensitivity, which can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Fasting has also been linked to improved cognitive function and memory, as well as reduced chronic inflammation.
Intermittent fasting is not a magic solution for weight loss or overall health, but it can be an effective tool when combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise. It’s important to listen to your body and make sure that you are getting enough nutrients and hydration during the eating window.
What is Bulletproof Coffee?
Bulletproof coffee is a hot coffee beverage that has gained popularity in the keto diet and biohacking communities due to its unique combination of mold free coffee, grass-fed butter/ghee, and MCT oil.
It was created by Dave Asprey, the founder of Bulletproof, a company that promotes a high-fat, low-carb diet. Dave claims that bulletproof coffee can help you lose weight, improve cognitive function, and increase energy levels.
What Are the Origin of Bulletproof Coffee
The origins of bulletproof coffee can be traced back to Dave Asprey’s trip to Tibet. During his trek, he discovered the benefits of adding butter and MCT oil to coffee. He found that the mixture provided sustained energy, mental clarity, and reduced hunger cravings.
After returning home, Dave began experimenting with different coffee blends and types of butter and oil. He eventually developed the recipe for bulletproof coffee that is now widely used and enjoyed by many.
Ingredients and Nutritional Content
A typical bulletproof coffee recipe includes:
- 1-2 cups of coffee
- 1-2 tablespoons of grass-fed butter
- 1-2 tablespoons of MCT oil
The use of grass-fed butter is important in bulletproof coffee as it contains butyrate, a fatty acid that can improve gut health and reduce inflammation. MCT oil is a type of fat that is absorbed quickly by the body and can provide a quick source of energy.
It is important to note that bulletproof coffee is a high-fat beverage and should be consumed in moderation. A single serving can contain up to 400 calories and 40 grams of fat.
Potential Health Benefits
While bulletproof coffee has not been extensively studied, some of the potential health benefits include:
- Increased energy levels: The combination of caffeine, butter, and MCT oil can provide sustained energy and mental clarity throughout the day.
- Appetite suppression: The high-fat content of bulletproof coffee can reduce hunger cravings and help you stick to your fasting routine.
- Improved digestion: The butyrate in grass-fed butter can improve gut health and reduce digestive issues such as bloating and constipation.
- Assist weight loss: The high-fat, low-carb nature of bulletproof coffee can help you lose weight by promoting a state of ketosis, where the body burns fat for fuel instead of carbohydrates.
- Improved brain function: The combination of caffeine and MCT oil can improve cognitive function and focus, making it a popular choice for those looking to boost productivity.
It is important to note that while bulletproof coffee may have potential health benefits, it should not be used as a replacement for a balanced and nutritious diet. It is always best to consult with a healthcare professional before making any significant changes to your diet or lifestyle.
How Does Bulletproof Coffee Affects Fasting
The incorporation of bulletproof coffee into an intermittent fasting routine is a highly debated topic amongst health experts and enthusiasts.
Some believe that the calories and fat content in bulletproof coffee can disrupt the fasting process and negate its benefits, while others argue that bulletproof coffee can help individuals prolong their fasts and reduce hunger pangs.
Does bulletproof coffee break a fast?— Carnivore Diet | 5 Minute Body (@5MinuteBody) April 3, 2023
Dr. Ken Berry says it doesn't break your fast in any meaningful way.
I have my fatty latte every morning and still maintain my 25lbs fat loss, and I can fast easily for 20 hours.
What do you think?#carnivorediet #Fasting
The Role of Calories in Bulletproof Coffee and Fasting
From a calorie-restriction standpoint, bulletproof coffee does break a fast as it contains calories from fat. When the body consumes calories, it breaks the fasted state and begins to use the energy provided from the food instead of mobilizing stored fat energy. This means that the body will not be able to reap the full benefits of fasting, such as improved insulin sensitivity and increased fat burning.
However, it is important to note that the number of calories in bulletproof coffee is relatively low compared to a full meal. So, if you are consuming bulletproof coffee during your fasting period, you may still be able to achieve some of the benefits of fasting.
The Impact of Fats in Bulletproof Coffee and Fasting
The fat content in bulletproof coffee can keep you feeling full and prevent you from breaking your fast too early. This can be beneficial for those who struggle with hunger cravings during their fasting period.
Additionally, the fats in bulletproof coffee are primarily medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which are quickly metabolized by the liver and converted into ketones. You can measure your ketone levels to see if you are not in ketosis after a Bulletproof Coffee.
Ketones are a type of molecule that the body can use for energy instead of glucose. When the body is in a state of ketosis, it can burn fat for fuel, which can lead to weight loss and other health benefits.
The Impact of Bulletproof Coffee on Autophagy
Autophagy is a cellular process that is triggered by fasting, and some argue that the consumption of bulletproof coffee can disrupt autophagy.
Autophagy is the body’s way of cleaning out damaged cells and recycling cellular components. It is thought to have anti-aging and anti-inflammatory effects.
However, there is not enough research on the topic to draw definitive conclusions. Some studies have shown that consuming small amounts of fat during a fast may not significantly impact autophagy, while others suggest that even a small amount of calories can disrupt the process.
It is important to remember that the benefits of fasting are not solely dependent on autophagy. Fasting has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity, reduce inflammation, and promote weight loss, even if autophagy is not triggered.
In conclusion, the incorporation of bulletproof coffee into an intermittent fasting routine is a personal choice that should be based on individual goals and preferences. While bulletproof coffee may break a fast from a calorie-restriction standpoint, it can also provide benefits such as increased satiety and the production of ketones. The impact of bulletproof coffee on autophagy is still unclear, but fasting can provide numerous benefits even without triggering this cellular process.
Expert Opinions on Bulletproof Coffee and Fasting
Experts in the field have varying opinions on the use of bulletproof coffee during intermittent fasting.
Proponents of Bulletproof Coffee During Fasting
Some experts believe that the consumption of bulletproof coffee can provide numerous benefits during a fast, including improved satiety, mental clarity, and reduced hunger cravings. Additionally, bulletproof coffee may help individuals prolong their fasting periods, allowing them to reap more health benefits.
Detractors of Bulletproof Coffee During Fasting
Other experts argue that the consumption of bulletproof coffee can negate the benefits of fasting as it breaks the fasted state and provides energy from sources other than stored fat. Additionally, consuming bulletproof coffee may interfere with autophagy, a cellular process that is triggered by fasting and involved in numerous health benefits.
So, does bulletproof coffee break a fast? While technically it does because you consume calories it is still a highly debated topic amongst health experts and enthusiasts. You will find some people use of bulletproof coffee during their intermittent fasting protocols.
While it can provide benefits such as improved satiety and energy levels, the calorie and fat content in bulletproof coffee can break the fasted state and prevent individuals from mobilizing stored fat energy.
Ultimately, it is up to individuals to experiment with different methods and determine what works best for their body and fasting routine.
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