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It was a dark and stormy night in 1991 when a magician took over the bridge of the Oceanos, an ageing passenger liner travelling up the Wild Coast.
The captain was nowhere to be found. The ship started taking in water in the auxiliary engine room just a few hours after it had set sail from East London. Panicking, the crew scrambled into the lifeboats, leaving passengers largely to fend for themselves. The ship’s entertainment staff bravely started to calm passengers and coordinated the abandon-ship operation and rescue effort.
The story of this dramatic rescue, which made headlines across the world, is told from the perspective of all the key role players and describes their extraordinary heroism.
In 2012 Angy Peter was bringing up her young children with her husband, Isaac Mbadu, in Bardale, Mfuleni, on the Cape Flats.
Angy and Isaac were activists, leading the charge for a commission of inquiry into policing in Khayelitsha. Angy was vocally against vigilante violence and a go-to-person when demanding better services from the police.
But when the commission started its hearings Angy found herself instead on trial for murdering – necklacing – a young neighbourhood troublemaker, Rowan du Preez. The State’s case would centre on the accusation Rowan du Preez allegedly made with his dying breath – that Angy and her husband Isaac set the tyre alight around his neck.
Simone Haysom takes us into the heart of a mystery: was Angy Peter framed by the police for a murder she did not commit? Or was she, as the State argued, ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’, who won a young man’s trust then turned against him, in the most brutal way?
Simone Haysom spent four years meticulously researching this case and the result is a court-room drama interwoven with expert opinion and research into crime and the state of policing in the townships of South Africa.
Brutally dragged 780 metres beneath a taxi – a young woman’s inspiring story of survival, courage, and the will to live.
13 September 2011. The story would shock thousands and be remembered by many for years to come. It would be plastered all over the papers and continue to attract interest well after the shock factor of what happened had passed. Reports and articles would be written, and “facts”, as given to reporters by some of those involved and willing to be interviewed, would be recounted and repeated in all forms of public media over the months and even years that followed. And although these versions would generate widespread outrage, none was entirely accurate.
"The stories were about me. I was there. I am Kim McCusker - the girl who was dragged by a taxi. This, as I experienced it, is the true version of events."
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NSRI, here is a collection of daring rescues filled with drama and danger. From burning ships to shark attacks, sinking trawlers to hallucinating fishermen, these are the stories of man’s constant battle with some of the most dangerous waters on earth. But there is one story in particular that gave rise to the creation of the NSRI...
On 12 April 1966, four fishing boats put out to sea from Stilbaai on South Africa’s southern coast. Soon they were all pulling in fish as fast as they could bait their hooks, and the boats were settling lower in the water. Shortly before sunset, skipper Gerhard Dreyer saw clouds building on the horizon. But the fishing was too good and they ignored the signs. Later that night a gale force wind slammed into them. ‘I told the men to throw everything overboard,’ Gerhard remembers. An hour before midnight, Gerhard headed for deeper water to try and ride out the swells. As dawn broke, they saw for the first time the true extent of the night’s damage: among the flotsam, one man in a lifebuoy. That man was the only crewman from the other three boats to survive the terrible storm. Seventeen men died that night.
Simonstown schoolteacher Patti Price was horrified when she read the news. She began a media campaign and appealed to the president of the Society of Master Mariners. As a direct result of her efforts, the South African Inshore Rescue Service was founded in August 1966 (renamed the National Sea Rescue Institute in 1967). Today, the NSRI has 35 rescue bases and over 1 000 volunteers.
Once an enemy of the apartheid police, Andrew Brown has worked as a police reservist for almost twenty years. In this book he takes the reader on patrol with him – into the ganglands of the Cape Flats, the townships of Masiphumelele and Nyanga, and the high-walled Southern Suburbs.
Good Cop, Bad Cop is a personal account of the perilous and often conflicting work of a SAPS officer. Brown describes being shot at, arresting suspects in a drug bust, chasing down leads in a homicide investigation and keeping the peace during the UCT student protests. Brown illustrates how difficult the job of the police is, and how easy it is to react with undue force. Yet he argues passionately that the role of the police is to be a service to communities and not a force to suppress social discontent.
Gripping and thought-provoking, this is a fascinating insight into the social fabric of current South Africa.
There are no villains here. Award-winning journalist Paul McNally finds corrupt cops, drug dealers, vigilante residents, addicts, torturers, murderers and cops partnered with drug dealers. But no villains.
Raymond is a shop owner on Ontdekkers Road, in Johannesburg, who takes a baseball bat to the dealers when they break his rules. He systematically records in his notebook the police officers who come – all day, every day – to collect their bribe money from the dealers, and is looking for someone to trust. Khaba is a middle-aged police officer who wants a quiet life but whose demons will not leave him in peace. He is trying to regain his trust in what he once regarded as an honourable profession. Wendy is a petite, ageing police reservist who can handle an R5 rifle with confidence, but not the sadness that accompanies her in her daily life – the loss of her police officer husband, brutally murdered by a drug lord, and the addiction that has her adult son in its grip. She is looking for respect and affirmation and for her own life to have meaning.
Through different paths, the lives of Raymond, Khaba and Wendy intersect on the street as their attention is focused on the current power couple – a drug dealer named Obi and Lerato, a police officer. Seemingly untouchable, Obi and Lerato terrorise Ontdekkers, and in the process upset the balance of this already lawless world.
In April 2013 a global breaking-news story surfaced on social media and in the world press, and rapidly gathered momentum. A South African man had fallen overboard in the night during a storm in remote Indonesian waters, without anyone else on board realising. Eight hours later a frantic search was underway. The incident caught the world’s attention as readers were instantly transported into the terror of the moment – imagine being left alone, 100 kilometres out to sea in the middle of a storm, watching your friends sail into the distance… Had he been dealt a fraction more bad luck, Brett would have died immediately.
According to the experts, he should have died within 10 to 14 hours. But he chose not to die. Instead for 28-and-a-half hours Brett Archibald endured – the ocean, the elements, the creatures of the deep, and his own inner demons. Alone: The Search For Brett Archibald is the incredible but true story of what it takes to defy needle-in-a-haystack odds and survive what should have been certain death. Outdoor savvy, astonishing imagination, mental toughness, a refusal to give up hope and a canny rescuer with an unbelievable background ultimately saw him through.
Most of all this is a story of the power of the human spirit that defies rational explanation.
Combining firsthand accounts from activists with the research of scholars and reflections from artists, Policing the Planet traces the global spread of the broken-windows policing strategy, first established in New York City under Police Commissioner William Bratton. It's a doctrine that has vastly broadened police power the world over - to deadly effect.
With contributions from #BlackLivesMatter cofounder Patrisse Cullors, Ferguson activist and Law Professor Justin Hansford, Director of New York-based Communities United for Police Reform Joo-Hyun Kang, poet Martin Espada, and journalist Anjali Kamat, as well as articles from leading scholars Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Robin D. G. Kelley, Naomi Murakawa, Vijay Prashad, and more, Policing the Planet describes ongoing struggles from New York to Baltimore to Los Angeles, London, San Juan, San Salvador, and beyond.
The Misery Merchants is a hard-hitting exposé of G4S, the company running one of South Africa’s private prisons in Mangaung. Hopkins presents up-close encounters with the gangs who run the prisons, and a unique insight into the minds of the men on the torture squad, who doused inmates with water before electrocuting them, and in some cases, strapped down ‘unruly’ prisoners and forced anti-psychotic medicines into their systems.
In the Free State of Ace Magashule, both the gangs and the prison bosses competed to run Mangaung Prison, one of South Africa’s few private prisons. Torture and forced medication were the order of the day. Hopkins, a seasoned journalist, has interviewed over 100 prisoners and many prison warders in order to understand what makes this prison so dysfunctional. Her insights and revelations will astonish you.
This book follows several characters who were held in or worked at the prison. L. is a prison gang general and an advocate for prisoners’ rights. He smuggled information on assaults, injections and corruption out of the prison for the author. Dan is a prison guard and a shop steward for the union. He led the workforce during two strikes and paid for it with his job and union membership. Setlai is a Department of Correctional Services official who blew the whistle on the abuse at Mangaung Prison in 2009. His reports were ignored and he was punished for speaking out. He was criminally charged and moved to another DCS post. Shakes is a member of the Emergency Security Team (EST) also known as the Ninjas. He engaged in torture and abuse but now feels ‘what we did was wrong’.
G4S is the largest security company in the world, and has its claws deep in SA’s government and private companies. Drive down any street and you’ll find a G4S van collecting or delivering money.
Van laaitie tot politieke kryger, bandiet tot generaal-majoor, ondergrondse operateur tot presidensiële lyfwag…
Van sy kleintyd in Elsiesrivier neem Jeremy Vearey se lewe talle onvoorspelbare wendings. Sy eiesoortige vertelling sluit die ouere manne van sy jeug in, die ooms by die damstafel, kerkjeugkampe en die Kommuniste-manifes, skoolhou en ondergrondse werk vir MK, en sy aanhouding op Robbeneiland. As Mandela se lyfwag help hy ’n opstand in die Karoo ontlont, voor hy deel word van die nuwe SAPD, waar hy saam met die gewese vyand terrorisme en Kaapse bendes takel.
En onder alles loop ’n donker stroom.
Pit your wits against the brilliant minds of Scotland Yard, from the bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers, Sinclair McKay. If you cracked the GCHQ Puzzle Book and tore through the Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book, you MUST show off your brainteaser abilities and prove that you have what it takes to be a detective at the Yard... How can a man be in two places at once? How might a murder be committed when no one is seen entering or exiting the house? Can an entire crime be solved with just a suitcase of empty beer bottles? It's time for you to tackle the conundrums that confounded the best detectives over the years. Since it opened its doors in 1829, Scotland Yard has used the science of detection to solve the most macabre of murders and catch the most audacious of thieves. The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book takes a look through the history of this famous institution and recreates some of the most complex puzzles its detectives have ever faced. Technology can now shine a light on some of the most difficult cases, but the analytical mind needed to crack the clues remains as essential as ever. Do you have what it takes to be a Scotland Yard detective?
A Sunday Times top-five bestseller 'This is a remarkable book . . . profound and deeply moving . . . It has as much to tell us about mental illness as it does about policing' Alastair Stewart John Sutherland joined the Met in 1992, having dreamed of being a police officer since his teens. Rising quickly through the ranks, he experienced all that is extraordinary about a life in blue: saving lives, finding the lost, comforting the broken and helping to take dangerous people off the streets. But for every case with a happy ending, there were others that ended in desperate sadness, and in 2013 John suffered a major breakdown. Blue is his memoir of crime and calamity, of adventure and achievement, of friendship and failure, of serious illness and slow recovery. With searing honesty, it offers an immensely moving and personal insight into what it is to be a police officer in Britain today.
Michael Fuller had an idyllic childhood growing up in care in Surrey, looked after by Margaret who gave him the love and comfort his biological mother never did. He loved to ride his bike and collect coins and stamps and grew up celebrating the freedom of 1960s Britain. But when he was nine, a local paper described him as the 'coloured boy' in his school production. It was the first time Michael felt judged based on the colour of his skin. Thirty-six years later, Michael became Britain's first ever black Chief Constable. That moment taught Michael he would always be searching for a place to belong. Hoping to tackle injustice and create change from within, he joined the police force, but experienced racism and inequality. From colleagues shouting racist insults into his office, to the Brixton Riots where 'Kill the black one first!' was yelled from the crowds. Determined, despite everything, not to turn and walk away, he rose through the ranks and made his way to the very top. A Search For Belonging is a story of resilience, persistence and optimism; of how one man set out, against the odds, to try and belong. Published originally as "Kill The Black One First".
'That's what happened, I think, struggling to stay afloat as the ocean pummels me from all sides. I must have blacked out -- exhausted, dehydrated, even a little delirious -- and hit the water. And no one saw it happen.' 'When I heard Brett had fallen overboard, after twelve hours I said, "There's no way anyone can survive longer than that in the ocean - I certainly couldn't do it." This is an incredible, incredible story.' Oscar Chalupsky, Twelve times Molokai Paddleboard World Champion In April 2013, fifty-year-old Brett Archibald was on board a surf-charter boat, making a night-time crossing of the Mentawai Strait off Sumatra, Indonesia. In the middle of a storm, ill with severe food poisoning, Brett was being sick overboard when, for a moment, he blacked out. When he came to, he found himself alone in the raging sea, being spun as if in a washing machine. Sixty miles from shore, Brett saw the lights of his boat disappearing into the darkness. It was very quickly clear that no one had seen him fall, and that no one would hear his shouts for help. He was alone in the ocean. It would be eight hours before his friends realised he was missing. At that point a frantic search began, for a single man hopefully still alive somewhere in thousands of square miles of heaving waves. The Mentawai Strait is remote and the rough weather meant that no planes or helicopters could assist in the search. This is the remarkable story of Brett's ordeal, and his miraculous rescue after twenty-eight hours alone in the ocean; also of his family and friends back home and around the world and the Australian skipper whose sheer doggedness and instinct played such a key role in saving Brett.
TV presenter and all-round car nut Ant Anstead takes the reader on a journey that mirrors the development of the motor car itself from a stuttering 20mph annoyance that scared everyone's horses to 150mph pursuits with aerial support and sophisticated electronic tracking. The British Police Force's relationship with the car started by chasing after pioneer speeding motorists on bicycles. As speed restrictions eased in the early twentieth century and car ownership increased, the police embraced the car. Criminals were stealing cars to sell on or to use as getaway vehicles and the police needed to stay ahead, or at least only one step behind. The arms race for speed, which culminated in the police acquiring high-speed pursuit vehicles such as Subaru Impreza Turbos, had begun. Since then the car has become essential to everyday life. Deep down everyone loves a police car. Countless enthusiasts collect models in different liveries and legendary police cars become part of the nation's shared consciousness. Ant Anstead spent the first six years of his working life as a cop. He was part of the armed response team, one of the force's most elite units. In this fascinating new history of the British police car, Ant looks at the classic cars, from the Met's Wolseleys to the Senator, the motorway patrol car officers loved most, via unusual and unexpected police vehicles such as the Arial Atom. It's a must-read for car enthusiasts, social historians and anyone who loves a good car chase, Cops and Robbers is a rip-roaring celebration of the police car and the men and women who drive them.
In the Great Terror of 1937 38 more than a million Soviet citizens were arrested or killed for political crimes they didn't commit. What kind of people carried out this violent purge, and what motivated them? This book opens up the world of the Soviet perpetrator for the first time. Focusing on Kuntsevo, the Moscow suburb where Stalin had a dacha, Alexander Vatlin shows how Stalinism rewarded local officials for inventing enemies. Agents of Terror reveals stunning, detailed evidence from archives available for a limited time in the 1990s. Going beyond the central figures of the terror, Vatlin takes readers into the offices and interrogation rooms of secret police at the district level. Spurred at times by ambition, and at times by fear for their own lives, agents rushed to fulfill quotas for arresting ""enemies of the people"" even when it meant fabricating the evidence. Vatlin pulls back the curtain on a Kafkaesque system, forcing readers to reassess notions of historical agency and moral responsibility in Stalin-era crimes.
The advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994 demanded a fundamental reassessment and transformation of the nature and style of policing. The Constituion of the Republic of South Africa prescribes the establishment of national poice service, which is required to be representative, legitimate, impartial, transparent and accountable. In terms of the Constitution, the police service must uphold and protect the fundamental rights of all people, and execute its mission in consultation and co-operation with community and government, and in accordance with their needs. Smart policing was written within this context, and serves as a guideline for law-enforcement officials in South Africa on how to provide the services that they are expected to deliver. It inculdes chapters on: Policies guiding the police and policing; legal aspects of policing; the National Prosecuting Authority and the investigator's role in the prosecution process; police-community relations; crime prevention and partnership policing; effective communication skills for interviweing; conflict transformation as an operational imperative; police administration at a police station; crime intelligence in proactive policing; policing intimate violence; victim empowerrment; performance measurement for policing; partnerships between business and the SAPS.
When the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts erupted in violent protest in August 1965, the uprising drew strength from decades of pent-up frustration with employment discrimination, residential segregation, and poverty. But the more immediate grievance was anger at the racist and abusive practices of the Los Angeles Police Department. Yet in the decades after Watts, the LAPD resisted all but the most limited demands for reform made by activists and residents of color, instead intensifying its power. In Policing Los Angeles, Max Felker-Kantor narrates the dynamic history of policing, antipolice abuse movements, race, and politics in Los Angeles from the 1965 Watts uprising to the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion. Using the explosion of two large-scale uprisings in Los Angeles as bookends, Felker-Kantor highlights the racism at the heart of the city's expansive police power through a range of previously unused and rare archival sources. His book is a gripping and timely account of the transformation in police power, the convergence of interests in support of law and order policies, and African American and Mexican American resistance to police violence after the Watts uprising.
Throughout the author's life in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) his father was a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police and the author sets about recording various incidents in the life of a youngster growing up on the numerous towns and police stations at which his father served. The family moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1964. Finalizing his secondary schooling at Chaplin school, Gwelo, Rhodesia, in 1965, the author joined the British South Africa Police (BSAP) in March 1966 and elected to go into the district branch of the force. The author traces his career from a young patrol officer, through the various ranks and district police stations on which he served, to his retirement in August 1981 as a superintendent, in what was then Zimbabwe. He highlights the typical lifestyle associated with a district `copper', including anecdotes from the Bush War that was raging. Apart from the lighter side of the book- hitting an elephant at Makuti at 1 a.m. in a Mini Moke; realizing five minutes before presenting his men on parade to the officer commanding, at an annual inspection, that he had left his trousers at home; attending an internal disciplinary hearing as the accused for being drunk off duty where the presiding officer commented that the author's main defence witness appeared more drunk than the author and dismissed the case-there are some more serious chapters involving terrorist incidents, some of which are captured on an original station incident log which the author has included in the book.
No Nice Girl Swears is the original, trailblazing guide to the "new etiquette," brimming with timeless advice on style, romance, and grace, and finally back in print 90 years after its original release. Forewords by today's editor in chief of Town & Country and the editor in chief of Vogue from 1914-1952. Heralded as the go-to guide for soon-to-be debutantes and ladies who'd recently made their debut, No Nice Girl Swears ushered in a "new etiquette" on its release in 1933, much to the shock-and delight-of the high-society crowd of jazz-age America. Today it is equal parts time capsule (how to dress for dinner on your transatlantic voyage) and timeless missive (how to ditch a date who's had a few too many). Worldly-wise socialite Alice-Leone Moats advises on everything from style and dating to travel and party throwing, and weeds through the dos and don'ts of weddings, weekend trips, and the workplace. Her wisdom, though steeped in the charm of her time, endures: treat others-and yourself-with respect, always put your best foot forward, and don't throw a party without champagne. It's just good manners. This keepsake volume includes a new foreword from Stellene Volandes, the editor in chief of Town & Country, the original foreword from Edna Woolman Chase, Vogue's editor in chief from 1914-1952, and a contextualizing preface. It encourages consideration of what etiquette rules we'd like instilled today, and shows how Moats helped usher in a world where women could speak-and act-freely.
A glimpse into the extraordinary world of ambulance driving from the man behind the wheel.
‘Heart-stopping, eye-opening and jaw-dropping. Sometimes painful, sometimes sad, often very, very funny’ Craig Brown
An S&M party gone horribly wrong
A dead man locked in a car with a hungry bull terrier
A teenage girl with suspicious abdominal pains
And a man who’s fainted, frightened he was allergic to his cheese and onion sandwich
… It’s just another day at work for Kit Wharton
After a childhood picked in alcohol and punctuated by parental fighting, stints in journalism and house removals, Kit Wharton joined the NHS ambulance service. He hasn’t looked back. This is his report from the front line: 999 calls that hurtle him to the critical moment in other peoples’ lives.
When Rahmat Sulemani reported his girlfriend Banaz missing, it quickly became clear to DCI Caroline Goode that something was very wrong. In fact, Banaz had contacted her local police station multiple times before, even listing the names of the men she expected to murder her in a so-called 'honour' killing. Her parents didn't seem worried, but Banaz had already accused them of being part of the plot.
DCI Goode's team took on the investigation before they even had proof that a murder had taken place. What emerged was a shocking story of betrayal and a community-wide web of lies, which would take the team from suburban south London to the mountain ranges of Kurdistan, making covert recordings and piecing together cell phone data to finally bring the killers to justice.
'God, I love these women! Their breeziness, compassion, humour and resilience are a tonic' Libby Purves, Times Literary Supplement In February 1919, London's first women police officers took to the streets of the city. They battled entrenched gender stereotypes, institutional inequality, sexual harassment and assaults disturbingly familiar to those affecting today's #MeToo generation of modern women. Female officers, facing resentment from male colleagues, were expected to do little more than 'Make the tea, luv . . .' and were charged with the sole task of looking after women and children who fell into police hands. Yet, in the course of a century, policewomen have won the equality they demanded, overcome sexism and prejudice, rejected harassment and sexual assaults and smashed through the glass ceiling to lead, rather than follow, their male colleagues. One hundred years on from those first Women Police Constables, a woman, Cressida Dick, holds the most powerful position in British policing, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Voices from the Blue tells the story of the hundred years of service of female police officers within the Metropolitan Police through the voices of the women who fought their way towards equality and won the respect of both their colleagues and the public. The authors have interviewed hundreds of former and serving policewomen and with the co-operation of the Metropolitan Police and the Women's Police Association now have access to the files and stories of thousands of former officers who served over the past hundred years. Those police archives, together with material held by the National Archives and private libraries, provide a detailed and fascinating oral history of the challenges women police officers faced down the years.
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Category: senior depression
Depression is common in older adults as they are forced to deal with many difficult life changes that go along with aging. Although it's normal to feel "down" or "blue" when confronting illness, personal loss or death, it is not normal to feel sad or hopeless all the time.
Traditionally, men have been reluctant to acknowledge that they’re feeling depressed, and even more unwilling to seek medical help. However, say Todd Patkin and Dr. Howard J. Rankin, depression is not a sign of weakness—it’s a medical condition that men need to know about and watch for. It’s a matter of health!

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Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats Friday in a New York criminal court on charges she tossed a bong out the window of her Manhattan apartment building. (May 24)
Potomac89: Liberals are such idiots. The gender of the candidate should never be an issue. The issue should always be which person will best serve the interests of the United States of America. One day that person may be a woman but that person should not be selected because they are a woman (or a man).

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The papers I used are from the Close to my Heart Sweetheart Paper Pack. The flowers were printed in various sizes then colored with Copic Markers, cut out and layered. The leaves are from a punch which I texturized with my piercing tool and added color with my copic markers.
The Hand Stitching is done in my own design with matching Embroidery Floss.
To all of you FSS Hoppers and My DT members, I am so sorry I couldn't be up and running in time for the hop. I have been without Power since Wednesday because of TWO tornadoes touching down within 3 miles of my house on two separate days. There was so much damage here in Schuylkill County that I'm really surprised that the power is back on in only three days. I am so grateful that my home and family had been spared and that no one was killed here in PA.
I am such an optimist and was certain we'd have the power back before post time. But, I'm also a procrastinator so my card wasn't made as of Wednesday when we lost power. When it still wasn't back by Friday evening, I literally cut out and made my card with a flashlight under my chin. So, you will not see the usual hand stitching that I always do. I was ready to post it in the middle of the night if my lights came back on, but no luck.
I'm going to keep this short and sweet since the lights are flickering again.
My card was made using one of the fabulous Pre-colored images from Fred She Said. This image comes as a Digi or pre-colored in many different colors. I was so grateful that I had this image already printed out and didn't have to color anything with a flashlight. That would have been a nightmare. Besides, Tracey does such a fabulous job of digitally coloring her images that she has me spoiled.
The Digi Images I chose to use are Butterflies and Sentiment from Inktegrity Stamps. I printed them out in several differnt sizes.
I love this paper from Close to my Heart called Miracle. So I began with that, incorporating the stipes into the challenge and then coloring the Butterflies with Copic Markers to match. I love these blues and greens together.
Are any of you old enough to remember many many many years ago when putting blue and green together was a No No!!! Huh, what did they know back then!
I added some blue bling to the butterflies and green bling to the left side corners. I finished it off with glitter gel on the butterflies for some added sparkle.
The Hand Stitching around the card was done with my own unique design with matching Embroidery Floss.
Actually this post should have been up on Tuesday, but I think I had a touch of food poisoning since last Saturday and my card just never got made until today. The Digi image was given to me from the sponsor, Stitchy Bear Stamps. It's called Mother and Child.
The card was to have the sentiment "Sweet Baby" stamped in the right corner, but I forgot it. To make matters worse, I went to add it and can't find my stamp. So, I'm going back to bed and pretend this week didn't happen.
I've got a really busy week coming up so I'm trying to get a head with my card making. I have so many of these Gorgeous Fred She Daid images and I just had to drop a few house keeping chores to make another card.
The images on this card are from the Wee Hummingbird & Petunias Colored Collection from Fred She Said. I Love purple but I'm amazed at the lack of purple dp's I have. I found one piece of dp for my background from Basic Grey but that was it. So, I used Gypsy and Sky Blue Cardstock from CTMH and then made my own dp using those colors and a little green. That's the piece on the left of the card. I stamped and heat embossed with silve EP, then sponged on the colors of ink that I need to match. The hummingbird was cut out, puffed and mounted with foam tape. I alsp printed out more petunias then the original image, cut some out, puffed them and also layered them with foam tape.
My card today was made using the newly released Pre-colored Tulip Bouquet in Blue. Tracey-Lynn's coloring is so superb that it take all the stress out of coloring the digi yourself. The butterfly in the bottom left corner is the Ornate Butterfly Digi.
The inspiration for this card started with this weeks sketch challenge at Midnight Madness. I usually go for the Fancy Sketch, but this week, with my Hand Stitching around the card, there was no extra room to do the fancy one.
The papers are from the Bliss Paper Pack from Close to my Heart.
Here are more challenge blogs my card was made for:
My card today is about as far from the style of the cards I make as I could possibly get. However, I really enjoyed using this Digi image from Bugaboo Digi Stamps. Did you ever see a stamp and know exactly who you were going to make that card for! It just makes me smile.
This is week two for me as Guest Design Team member for the month of May at Tuesday Throwdown. This weeks sponsor is Bugaboo Digital Stamps. And, they are having 50% off sale all this month. I think I may just have to pick up on a few more that make me smile.
My card was inspired by a sketch at Twisted Sketches. The twist was laughter. I think I covered them both very well.
The Papers, buttons, and Bling are all from Close to my Heart.
The Hand Stitching was done with matching Embroidery Floss.
Today I'm featuring a new release from Fred She Said, called Hummingbird and Columbine. This set comes pre-colored in many choices of colors or as a digi to color yourself. I chose the Blue Set and am madly in love with this card. These images are to die for and are all colored so beautifully.
The inspiration for the design of this card is from aMidnight Madness Sketech Challenge. The papers are from the CTMH Fanfare paper pack. I used an inked cuttlebug embossing folder for the blue dotted papers on either end on the framed image. There is lots of dimension to this card since each flower and hummingbird was cut out then puffed out with 3D foam tape.
The Hand Stitching was done with my own unique design with matching Embroidery Floss.
Today is my first week as Guest DT for Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog. This weeks challenge is Mother's Day.
The Spring Flowers Digi Image I used is from Robyn's Fettish, the sponsor of this weeks challenge.
I've been using so much Pink lately that I started with the papers first this time. These are nice neutral colors from the Close to my Heart Bliss Paper Pack. It has a soft peach color in the papers so I pulled my copic markers that would blend with the papers, yet pop off the card. The Happy Mother's Day iks from Say It In Style, clear stamps set from CTMH. I stamped it in black and embossed it with clear detail EP.
The colors of the CS are Dessert Sand and Taffy. I used matching Embroidery floss for the Hand Stitching around the card. I added some stickles to the flowers for some glitz and some half pearls on the left side for some visual interest. I wanted to put some white Fun Flock on my Pussy Willows, but couldn't find it. So as soon as it shows up, I will add it. I think that would add the finishing touch.
This week, Fred She Said is a sponsor over at the Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings Blog for this weeks challenge.. And some of us FSS DT got to play with some of the FANTASTIC ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon (RRR). The challenge is called Double Dutch, which is to use two different ribbons. I used some fabulous ruffled ribbon for around the oval of the Daffodil. Then I used some of the 5/8" beautiful Pink Satin ribbon and hand stitched a zig zag stitch down a strip of the ribbon and pulled the threads to ruffle it.

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The Magic Flute is Mozart’s "magic opera" – a work based on folk tales, with plenty of stunts, spectacular stage effects and vernacular language. But on too many recordings, the magic seems to be missing. Belgian conductor René Jacobs has set out to overcome this with a new period-instrument recording that’s lively, original and potentially divisive. It's this week's Full Rotation.
True to Jacobs’s past Mozart operas, this one is brisk, controlled, precisely sung and played. Yet it's also iconoclastic: included is virtually every word of the extensive dialogue that occurs between the musical numbers, much of which is usually cut on recordings. An array of sound effects -- crashing noises, dripping water and even atmospheric background music -- underpins some of the speech. It comes closer to a radio play or melodrama in which every sound and aria is heightened for maximum effect (watch this making-of video to get a sample of it).
To his credit, Jacobs gets results that make some of the older, more traditional recordings sound bloated and lazy. Lively tempos, crisp articulations and carefully scaled dynamics give this Flute a chamber perspective of much refinement.
The overall level of singing is also high. The standouts are soprano Anna-Kristiina Kaappola, who delivers the "Queen of the Night" aria with a thrilling laser-beam accuracy; Daniel Schmutzhard, who makes for an amiable and earthy Papageno; and Marcos Fink, who is an unpretentiously firm and clear as Sarastro.
And yet, some listeners may prefer Mozart on modern instruments without all the quirks, effects and exaggerated tempos (Jacobs sees it as a kind of heightened realism).
This week, we want to know, is there an "authentic" way to perform this -- or any -- work?
Here's a test: listen to this recording of the Overture to Zauberflöte as performed by René Jacobs and then a 1980 performance played on the modern instruments of the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan. Tell us in the comments box below which version you prefer and why. We'll be reading some of your comments on air.
René Jacobs conducts the Overture to Die Zauberflöte:
Herbert von Karajan conducts the Overture to Die Zauberflöte:
Mozart's The Magic Flute
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The U.S. government is committing billions of dollars to support renewable energy such as wind- and solar-power plants. Some say it should use more of that financial clout to encourage less energy consumption in the first place.
Advocates of conservation, including businesses that help homeowners and companies save energy, think there should be more subsidies and tax incentives for basics like insulation and window shading, and for newer, more costly products like light-emitting-diode lamps and building-automation systems. LEDs cost more but use less energy than incandescent bulbs. The new automation systems help buildings waste less energy on cooling, heating and lighting.
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Projects that improve efficiency pay for themselves quickly, the advocates say, and help people and businesses save money. Renewables, meanwhile, cost more money to achieve the same reductions in carbon-dioxide emissions.
By the Ton
A study by New York-based management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. earlier this year compared the cost of eliminating one ton of CO2 emissions using different means: Wind power cost about $38 per ton of CO2 saved; solar cost about $30. But replacing incandescent lights in a home with light-emitting diodes saved about $159 per ton of CO2, and using energy-efficient appliances saved about $108 per ton.
Some say it makes more sense to retrofit buildings for energy efficiency before adding renewable technologies like solar and geothermal power, because buildings account for about half of the CO2 emissions in the U.S. Efficiency improvements, these sources add, are often an easy, cheap fix in the struggle to reduce CO2 emissions.
“No matter how you cut this, it is always better to reduce, then produce,” says Matt Golden, founder of Sustainable Spaces Inc., a San Francisco-based home-retrofit company and president of Efficiency First, a home-retrofit trade group based in Washington, D.C., with about 300 members. But, Mr. Golden adds, “it turns out the incentives are absolutely backwards. The things that save the most energy and create the most jobs get the least incentives.”
The recently passed stimulus package provided about $40 billion of funding in the form of grants, tax credits and research money for renewable technologies. But it had only about $20 billion for energy-efficiency measures, such as better insulation and highly efficient windows in homes, and automation systems in commercial spaces. These figures are based on government and industry-group calculations.
In the tax-credit portion of the bill, renewable technologies get a credit of 30%, with no cap on the amount, while the credit for energy-efficiency technologies is capped at $1,500, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. A hypothetical $40,000 solar-panel installation on a home would be eligible for a $12,000 tax credit. But a $20,000 energy-efficiency job on a home would be eligible for only a $1,500 credit.
Even the solar industry recommends starting with energy-efficiency steps. “It’s silly to invest in solar energy if the extra power is blowing out the window,” says Monique Hanis, a spokeswoman for the Solar Energy Industries Association in Washington, D.C. “We believe they work together.”
So why do lawmakers provide more incentives for renewable energy? Natalie Mims, an energy consultant at the Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, Colo., says it’s because renewables tend to cost more and take longer to pay for themselves than most efficiency measures. “Renewable energy has historically received higher subsidies than energy efficiency, particularly in research and development,” Ms. Mims says.
But new efficiency technologies, while cost-effective, have yet to be embraced by a wider public; some are unfamiliar and may have a high initial cost, like LEDs, while others are older technologies that aren’t as interesting compared to solar panels, such as insulation. Subsidies, Ms. Mims says, could help these technologies spread.
Some energy-efficiency advocates say renewables get more government subsidies because wind farms and solar power are more glamorous and easier to understand than, say, building-automation systems and LEDs, and because the renewable industries are larger and more organized.
Clark Wilson, chief executive of Green Builders Inc., an Austin, Texas, home builder and retrofit company, adds, “The solar-panel industry has a great lobby and a unified story, while the efficiency industry spans several heretofore competing trades and [has] no one champion of the group.”
One efficiency advocate in Congress is Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont. Mr. Welch supports renewables but says efficiency is his primary focus because it’s more cost-effective and creates more jobs. He introduced a bill in March that would create $10 billion of incentives over four years for homeowners and businesses that adopt efficiency measures. His bill has since been rolled into the energy bill now working its way through Congress.
“When you look at the stimulus tax rebates, the amount that goes to insulation is the least, but it’s the most effective,” Rep. Welch says. “Your first dollar spent you’d want to spend on what would give you the most return. I have been astonished about how neglected efficiency is when it’s the low-hanging fruit.”
Incentives in Rep. Welch’s bill are performance-based, offering homeowners rebates of $1,000 to $3,000 for achieving a 10% to 20% increase in efficiency, with $150 more for every additional percentage point of energy savings achieved. Businesses could qualify for 15 cents per square foot for the first 20% to 30% increase in efficiency, and as much as $2.50 per square foot for energy reductions of more than 50%.
The bill has 30 co-sponsors and is supported by environmental groups like the New York-based National Resources Defense Council.
“We should have the policy of efficiency first,” says Mr. Welch.
--Ms. Krieger is a reporter for Dow Jones Clean Technology Insight in New York. She can be reached at email@example.com.
Corrections & Amplifications:
In this article, the Natural Resources Defense Council was incorrectly identified as the National Resources Defense Council.


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Woody Allen is back on screen—and better than ever—in his critically acclaimed box-office smash Midnight In Paris, making the Morgan-Wixson Theatre’s decision to program one of Allen’s earliest hits as part of their 2011-12 season a stroke of prescient genius. That Morgan-Wixson’s staging of Play It Again Sam, Allen’s late-1960s comedy about a Humphrey Bogart-obsessed nebbish, turns out to be quite a gem of a production is icing on the cake.
Standing in for Woody on the Morgan-Wixson stage is David Lengel in the role of film writer Allan Felix (the part Allen originated on Broadway in 1969 and reprised onscreen three years later), a 20something nerd whom we first discover seated on his living room sofa mouthing the words to Humphrey Bogart’s The Maltese Falcon, a poster of Bogie’s Casablanca adorning the wall behind him.
“How does he do it?” Allan wonders aloud before revealing the reason for his distress. “Two years of marriage down the drain. I couldn’t believe it when she told me,” upon which Allan’s ex-wife Nancy (J.C. Wendel) pops up in his fantasy to declare in no uncertain terms, “I don’t want any alimony. You can have anything. I just want out.” Ouch!
Allan then continues, in a series of stream-of-consciousness one-liners that might have come out of just about any Woody Allen character’s mouth over the past four decades, “How can there be a sexual problem? We weren’t even having relations. Well, once in a while. But she used to watch television during it … and change channels with the remote control switch. What’s the matter with me? Why can’t I be cool? What’s the secret?”
At this point, who should show up suddenly in film writer Allan’s imagination (and before our very eyes) but Humphrey Bogart himself in Rick Blaine trench coat and fedora. “There’s no secret, kid,” Bogie reveals. “Dames are simple. I never met one who didn’t understand a slap in the mouth or a slug from a forty-five.”
Women’s rights advocates can rest assured that Allan Felix won’t be doing any slapping or slugging over the next ninety minutes. What he does set out to do is find a Nancy replacement with the help of best friends Dick and Linda Christie (Doug Oliphant and Athena Jade Bergen) and occasional fantasy appearances by guess who.
Along the way, love-starved Allan goes out on a series of dates (blind and otherwise) with a succession of women who don’t live up to Linda’s “long blond hair and short skirts and big chest and boots.” There’s Sharon (Veronica Raulin), a serious bespectacled sort who’s nothing at all like the “Dream Sharon” (Elaine O’B. Capogeannis) he’s imagined; Gina (Nicole Christman), who rejects Allan’s attempts at a kiss with a succinct “Don’t!”; Vanessa (Salina Soto), who had her first man at twelve, after which “it was an endless stream. Some were gay, but what does it matter?”; a sexy blonde Go-Go Girl (Maria Dalbotten); and an Intellectual Girl (Chelsey Holland), whose musings on life would plummet even an eternal optimist to the pits of despair.
Meanwhile, with workaholic Dick at this phone number or that one or another (these were pre-cell phone days, remember?), Linda finds herself with considerable free time on her hands, time she passes attempting to cheer up Allan. And if you can’t figure out what the consequences of that are, well, you simply haven’t seen enough romcoms.
Director Paul Guay is a lifelong Woody Allen fan, and it shows in his confident direction. As for his leading man, the director could not have found a more perfect Allan in all of Los Angeles than Lengel, whose madcap performance in last year’s The Big Woogie won him an Outstanding Featured Performance Scenie Award.
Lengel is simply brilliant as the Bogie-&-Nancy obsessed Allan, a role which has him onstage virtually throughout Play It Again Sam’s brisk three acts, and while any actor standing in for Allen is sure to bring to mind Woody’s trademark style, Lengel makes Allan absolutely his own. Simply put, Lengel’s star turn is worth the price of multiple admissions.
Oliphant does terrific work as the work-obsessed Dick, recent New York-to-L.A. transplant Bergen brings girl-next-door sparkle and charm to Linda, and leggy Wendel is a hilarious, mini-skirted hoot as Nancy. Christman, Dalbotton, Holland, and Soto impress in their brief cameos, and Raulin and Capogeannis both shine in larger roles. Jack Winnick comes close to nailing Bogart’s signature delivery, but the role ought to have gone to an actor a couple decades closer to Bogart’s age (41) when he filmed Casablanca.
Set designer/technical director Thomas A. Brown’s New York apartment is one of Morgan-Wixson’s best, with Robert Davis’s lighting design an imaginative standout as well. Garrett Rockey’s excellent sound design is inventive too. (Note the movie projector whir that accompanies Bogie’s every appearance.) Frankie K. Foster has designed a bevy of character-revealing 1970s outfits. David Feinman’s original music and set dresser Tracy Saltzman’s props also deserve kudos.
Mary Beth Sciarabba is producer, Cho Yeon Kim assistant costumer, George Nikitas stage manager, Risa Garza assistant stage manager, and Thomas A. Brown technical director.
Woody Allen’s name and David Lengel’s performance guarantee the Morgan-Wixson one of their biggest non-musical hits ever. With only three more weekends left in the show’s all-too-brief run, reserve your tickets asap. Trust me. Only hotcakes will be selling faster.
Morgan-Wixson Theatre, 2627 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica.
January 22, 2012
Photos: Joel Castro

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Today I made a card for a dear friend who suffered a major injury last week. I'm hoping my card will cheer her up a bit.
I grabbed the Mama Elephant Honey Bunny and True Friend stamp sets from a recent release. I just love all of Mama Elephant's products! Here's the card I made casing one that DT member Elena created for the release.
Those cute little bunnies are so sweet. I hope they bring a smile to my wonderful friend's face when she sees them. I adore that sentiment from the True Friend set. There are also several other great sentiments in the set.
That's all for today. I sure hope I can get back into my regular crafting routine. I've really missed it.
Thanks for visiting and happy crafting!

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Available in Australia starting today, Samsung's Galaxy A90 5G joins the South Korean electronics giant's premium Galaxy S10 5G and Note 10 Plus 5G handsets in bringing next-generation download speeds to Aussie users – and at a far more affordable price point, at that.
Part of Samsung's mid-range A-series of smartphones, the Galaxy A90 5G nevertheless manages to boast the same Snapdragon 855 processor that powers US versions of the company's top tier S10 and Note 10 ranges.
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The Galaxy A90 5G also comes equipped with a 6.7-inch Full HD+ (1,080 x 2,400) Super AMOLED 'Infinity U' display with in-screen fingerprint scanner, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage (with microSD expansion up to 512GB) and a large 4,500mAh battery.
In terms of its photographic capability, the Galaxy A90 5G sports a triple camera setup on its rear, with a 48MP main sensor that's complemented by an 8MP ultra-wide lens and a 5MP depth sensor. On the front of the device, you'll also find a 32MP camera for selfies.
Additionally, the Galaxy A90 5G is Samsung's first A-series smartphone to offer DeX functionality, allowing users to connect their handset to a monitor or television via HDMI for a full desktop-like experience.
Pricing and availability
Priced at AU$1,049 from Samsung and selected retailers, the Samsung Galaxy A90 5G is also available on a variety of telco plans from Telstra and Optus – something you may want to consider if you don't already have access to Australia's 5G networks.
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Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-Sayville) held a press conference on Monday, September 12 in front of Brinkman’s Hardware store on Main Street, Holbrook. The Congressman, amongst other public official and community members was happy to report they secured 3 million dollars towards putting in sewers in the area.
Holbrook Chamber of Commerce’s President Rick Ammirati and Vice President Kevin Guilfoyle were on-hand to celebrate; they have been working towards this end since 2004. It is estimated that the project will be closer to 10 million in total to complete, but this funding will serve to get the project started.
A lack of sewers has long been the obstacle for small business areas to grow and stay economically viable. Both Ammirati and Guilfoyle agree these sewers will breathe new life into Main Street and provide the opportunity for it to re-emerge to the honorable status it once enjoyed. It will also provide desperately-needed benefits to the environment and water resources.
Ashlee Rich Stephenson of the United States Chamber of Commerce was also in attendance. She was there to present an award to Congressman Garbarino for his successes in solving real issues for the small business owners. This award is fairly new in concept and Congressman Garbarino is one of the first to be recognized. The beautiful handmade, carved wood plaque was provided by a small veteran-owned business known as FLAGS OF VALOR.
Small business is the backbone of America – support for small business, especially now after the pandemic, is crucial for all communities.


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|Title||Clearance of intracellular tau protein from neuronal cells via VAMP8-induced secretion.|
|Publication Type||Journal Article|
|Year of Publication||2020|
|Authors||Pilliod, Julie, Alexandre Desjardins, Camille Pernègre, Hélène Jamann, Catherine Larochelle, Edward A. Fon, and Nicole Leclerc|
|Journal||J Biol Chem|
|Date Published||2020 Oct 22|
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), tau - a microtubule-associated protein - becomes hyperphosphorylated, aggregates and accumulates in the somato-dendritic compartment of neurons. In parallel to its intracellular accumulation in AD, tau is also released in the extracellular space, as revealed by its increased presence in cerebrospinal fluid. Consistent with this, recent studies, including ours, have reported that neurons secrete tau, and several therapeutic strategies aim to prevent the intracellular tau accumulation. Previously, we reported that late endosomes were implicated in tau secretion. Here, we explore the possibility of preventing intracellular tau accumulation by increasing tau secretion. Using neuronal models, we investigated whether the overexpression of the vesicle-associated membrane protein 8 (VAMP8), an R-SNARE found on late endosomes, could increase tau secretion. The overexpression of VAMP8 significantly increased tau secretion, decreasing its intracellular levels in the neuroblastoma (N2a) cell line. Increased tau secretion by VAMP8 was also observed in murine hippocampal slices. The intracellular reduction of tau by VAMP8 overexpression correlated to a decrease of acetylated tubulin induced by tau overexpression in N2a cells. VAMP8 staining was preferentially found on late endosomes in N2a cells. Using TIRF microscopy, the fusion of VAMP8-positive vesicles with the plasma membrane was correlated to the depletion of tau in the cytoplasm. Finally, overexpression of VAMP8 reduced the intracellular accumulation of tau mutants linked to frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism (FTDP) and alpha-synuclein by increasing their secretion. Collectively, the present data indicate that VAMP8 could be used to increase tau and alpha-synuclein clearance to prevent their intracellular accumulation.
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The Myers Forum for Interactive Television Development was held on July 25
and 26 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York. More than a thousand Media
Industry attendees and leaders attended a two-day, action-packed forum of
panels and demos about how PTV (Personal TV) is racing ahead. Myers
Reports predicts this burgeoning industry to surge to $32.1 Billion by
2006. The Forum is created by Jack Myers CEO and Chief Economist of Myers
Reports, which publishes syndicated, proprietary and custom research
reports for investment decisions related to the Media Industry.
One of the Highlights of the Forum was the award to Dr. Frank Stanton
(former president of CBS ≠ TV and one of the pioneers and great media
leaders of the 20th Century) as "Media Executive of the Millennium."
Companies that had a presence at this forum were Microsoft/WebTV,
Microsoft TV, Replay TV, Yamaha Disklavier Pianos, ICTV, Discovery.com.
Worldnow, Gamut Interactive, Worldgate, Random/Order, Canal+US, Wink and
Some Myers Forecasts:
- ITV will drive significant expansion of e-commerce revenues, especially
in relation to TV programming and advertisers.
- The Internet and TV will become increasingly integrated, with more than
two-thirds of all adults saying they would like to receive the Internet
over TV and TV over the Internet.
- Myers Reports launched three new corporate outreach programs at this
Focusing on Multi-Cultural, Women Executives and Student initiatives.

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Image from Skanska USA - Planned LaGuardia Airport
Construction is an industry bound to see sustained solid growth in the both the near and distant future. Of course, as a New Yorker working on a $3 Billion public works construction program, you might say my view is skewed. However, sitting inside the industry, and being cognizant of upcoming trends, allow me to elucidate.
A vision of the New New York Bridge,
courtesy of Tectonic Engineering
We are somewhat lucky in New York, and not least of which, the City of New York, where mega projects happen concurrently in a variety of locations. The major LaGuardia Airport renovation recently began spinning up to the tune of $4 Billion. Large swaths of that money is dedicated to be spent on subcontractors and firms capable of taking on smaller pieces of the larger project. At the same time as the LaGuardia project announced its commencement, Governor Cuomo additionally announced $3 Billion dollars for the refurbishment and renovation of New York Penn Station as a world class transportation hub through a public private partnership.
Lastly, another $1 Billion has been announced for added transportation construction of a third rail line on the LIRR. All of this, of course, is aside from the significant housing construction set to start up as developers activated projects before expiration of the 421-a tax credit, and separate from the New Tappan Zee Bridge (also known as The New New York Bridge) already underway with a total project budget of $3.98 Billion.
But that is just New York. The rest of the country is similarly seeing either the need for, or the current stimulation of the construction industry. The World Economic Forum issued a report in May of this year saying: “ The construction industry serves almost all other industries, as all economic value creation occurs within or by means of buildings or other “constructed assets”. As an industry, moreover, it accounts for 6% of global GDP. It is also the largest global consumer of raw materials,...” That total is significant, making “constructed assets” all the more important.
By way of example of projects soon to come through the construction pipeline: The United States New England region - Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts - began leveraging their collective bargaining power as a triumvirate of entities for the purchase of clean energy megaprojects. The largest offshore wind farm recently concluded its construction just off the shore of
Rhode Island and is producing 30 MW of electricity. Not megalithic on any scale, but Rhode Island is not in need of, for example, the 120 MW necessary for running New York State. Other projects are sure to follow as multistate reforms to our power grids and energy distribution occur. Beyond energy industry refurbishment, nationwide transportation infrastructure currently ranks exceedingly low. An October, 2015 Fortune article cites the Economic Policy Institute finding that roads, bridges, rail, and air transport systems are in direct danger of critical collapse without upgrades and improvements. One plan to utilize $275 Billion in infrastructure banks for seed money to spur infrastructure spending is an idea that promises to grow and sustain the heavy construction industry around the country for years to come. Driving on those upgraded and refurbished roads will be the vehicles of the future, and highly skilled, futuretech constructors will be necessary for either out-of-the-ground development, or wholesale repurposing of existing locations for their production.
The Deepwater Wind project off
Rhode Island's shore in the Long


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A Great Day in Harlem / The Spitball Story: Bonus Material
This companion disc to the Academy Award-nominated documentary includes over two hours of new video profiles of the 57 musicians involved in the photograph.
Rent DVDs for only $4.99 a month.
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NRNot rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
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Color; interactive menus; scene access.
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Remember William Hung, the candidate on “American Idol” that was made famous by his rendition of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs”? Of course you do – he’s been made on Saturday Night Live and other shows for weeks now.
Well, thanks to fuse music network and KOCH Records, William is getting a second chance at stardom. He’ll be releasing an album entitled “The True Idol” that will include the aforementioned “She Bangs,” as well as Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” The press release also notes that Fuse will “exclusively” show the music video for “She Bangs.”


Randy Meisner was born Randall Herman Meisner.
Randy Meisner was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and founding member of the Eagles.
Randy Meisner was simply one of many founding associates of the nation rock band Poco. The band was shaped in 1968, and Meisner carried out a key place because the bassist and simply one of many information vocalists. During his time with Poco, the band attained degree of recognition and performed a sizeable function in shaping the nation rock model. Meisner’s highly effective vocals and bass abilities had been vital elements of the band’s audio.
Randy Meisner’s most notable and influential interval got here when he joined “The Eagles” in 1971. He changed the genuine bassist, Bernie Leadon. Meisner’s tenure with The Eagles was marked by his distinctive bass actively taking part in and vocal contributions. He sang information vocals on fairly just a few songs, like “Take It to the Prohibit,” which turned one specific of the band’s most important hits. His melodic voice and steady bass traces have been a vital a part of The Eagles’ early sound.
Throughout his time with The Eagles, the band realized monumental accomplishment with albums like “On the Border,” “One in every of These Nights,” and “Lodge California.” These albums featured among the band’s most popular songs and solidified their space in rock heritage.
Even so, Randy Meisner left The Eagles in 1977, following the launch of their actually worthwhile album “Lodge California.” He cited specific components and a drive to expend way more time together with his household as the reasons for his departure.
Simply after leaving The Eagles, Randy Meisner pursued a solo occupation however didn’t accomplish the very same degree of accomplishment as he did with the band. Over time, he confronted personal challenges, and his musical output grew to develop into constrained. He largely retreated from the general public eye and selected to emphasis on his private lifetime.
Randy Meisner died on July 26, 2023. He died of troubles from power obstructive pulmonary illness.
Randy Meisner was born on March 8, 1946. He was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States.
Randy was born to Herman Meisner and Emilie Meisner. His mom and father had been terrific farmers.
Randy Meisner skilled an individual sibling. He’s the one son of his mother and father. Randy skilled an older sister, Carol, who died in 2005.
Randy Meisner was married twice. He married Jennifer Barton from 1963 to 1981. From 1996 to 2016, he was married to Lana Meisner.
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Out of his two marriages, Randy Meisner skilled three little ones. He’s survived by Dana Scott Meisner , Heather Leigh Meisner, Eric Shane Meisner.


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The Holy Savior Cathedral (Sint-Salvatorskathedraal) was not originally built to be a cathedral - it obtained that status only in the 19th century. When Sint-Salvator was founded in the 10th century, it was just a common parish church.
History of Bruges Cathedral
At that time, the Sint-Donatius Church, which is located at the very heart of Bruges opposite of the town hall, was the most important religious building of the city. At the end of the 18th century, the French inhabitants of Bruges threw out the bishop and destroyed the Sint-Donatius Church, his residence.
In 1834, shortly after Belgium's independence in 1830, a new bishop was installed in Bruges and the Sint-Salvator church obtained the status of cathedral. However, the building didn't really look like a cathedral. It was a lot smaller and less imposing than the nearby Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk and had to be adapted to its new role. For instance, a higher and more impressive tower was needed.
The oldest surviving part, dating from the end of the 12th century, formed the base of the mighty tower. In 1839 a fire destroyed the roof of the cathedral. William Chantrell, an English architect, famous for his neo-Gothic restorations of English churches, was asked to restore to Sint-Salvator its former glory. At the same time he was authorized to make a project for a higher tower, in order to make it taller than that of the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk.
Instead of adding a Neo-Gothic tower extension, Chantrell chose a very personal Romanesque design. After completion there was a lot of criticism and the royal commission for monuments, without authorization by Chantrell, had placed a small peak on top of the tower because the original design was deemed too flat.
What to See at Bruges Cathedral
The Sint-Salvator Cathedral currently houses many works of art that were originally stored in its destroyed predecessor, the Sint-Donatius Cathedral. The wall-carpets that can be seen when entering the church were manufactured in Brussels by Jasper van der Borcht in 1731. These were commissioned by bishop Hendrik van Susteren for Sint-Donatius. In the choir the original 16th century podium can still be admired.
Quick Facts on Bruges Cathedral
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- Sint-Salvatorskathedraal (Holy Savior Cathedral) - Frommer's
- The Saint Salvator Cathedral - Travel Info on Belgium
- Kathedraal St.-Salvator - AAA
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I'm sure it can be done but I'd like confirmation. Would it be possible to automate the functions of an Analog Modular Syntesizer (AMS) using CV to MIDI and MIDI to CV converters and using a MIDI sequncer to drive it all? For example, say I wanted to automate a filter sweep. I would plug a cable into the Voltage Control input of the filter and connect it to a MIDI>CV converter, sequnce the sweep on the computer, then play it back using the MIDI>CV converter into the Control Voltage input on the filter. Will this work? That way I can have a VERY large Memory Moog using a Synthesizers.com Modular, various CV>MIDI and MIDI>CV converters, and a computer or a standalone sequencer. Sounds like fun.


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Heart on a String by Susan Soares
Publisher: Astrea Press
Genre: Contemporary, YA
Length: Full (186 pgs)
Age Recommendation: 12+
Rated: 4.5 stars
Review by Poppy
Marissa tells lies.
To herself, about the fact that her brother abandoned her.
To her grandmother, when she says “everything’s fine.”
To the world when she pretends her mother is at home or working late. When she doesn’t tell them her mother is dead.
She doesn’t even question the wisdom of living in a world built on lies anymore—until she meets Brandon. Unlike Marissa, Brandon faces his grief head-on. As their relationship sweetens, Marissa realizes the value of letting someone in and not letting her grief destroy her. But when her past filled with denial catches up with her, Marissa is forced to tell Brandon her darkest secrets, or risk losing him.
The only thing harder than lying about her life? Facing it.
Aptly named, Heart on a String is one of the most touching books I’ve read in some time. From the start, when Marissa literally finds a heart on a string–a heart shaped balloon stuck in a tree–and “saves” it, I was hooked.
I lost a parent to cancer many years ago. True, I was an adult (a very young one, but still an adult), but it was no less heartrending. Marissa not only loses her mother, though, but also her brother who abandons her. And though her grandmother does her best, nothing can fill that gap in her life.
The strength of this novel was the author’s ability to create real, unique characters that I cared about from the moment I met them. From Marissa, to her grandmother, to her friend, Zoe and, of course Brandon, each person was well crafted, real and exceptional. Even the secondary characters were solidly three-dimensional. They behaved as I would expect them to, though sometimes I wanted to slap Marissa silly for her behavior and I didn’t always like her. Even then, though, it was well within the realm of possibility. I have a teenaged daughter, and know how incredibly emotional and dramatic they can be.
Brandon was a dream come true. A truly good guy who’s learning to deal with his grief–the loss of a brother–in a much healthier manner than Marissa does the loss of her mom. I don’t want to share spoilers, but I really loved what he did at the very end. I nearly cried happy tears.
Deciding on an age recommendation wasn’t easy, but if your younger teens can handle deeply emotional stories involving the loss of a parent, then there really isn’t any else in this story to worry about.
All-in-all an impressive book. Not without a few things that annoyed (mainly some of Marissa’s behavior), but any irritation was well overshadowed by the emotions the author elicited from me. I cried, I laughed, I empathized and I hoped … the book impacted me and touched my heart. I recommend it.


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ANO10A gene on chromosome 3p22.1 that encodes anoctamin 10, a multipass protein thought to act as a calcium-activated chloride channel, which is highly expressed in the brain, especially in the frontal and occipital cortices of adults.
ANO10 mutations cause spinocerebellar ataxia type 10.
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Nferraz needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
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CloudNews is a news aggregator which collects information from several sources (the "cloud") and puts them together in a a single place, where it can be voted according to the relevancy.
We want to promote independent news sources, and fight against the big media -- 6 conglomerates that controls the flow of information in Brazil.
This is a news aggregator.
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Each post has the following design elements:
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This video shows some of a post grad student’s PhD research on multi user multimodal tabletop interaction. It allows multi user gesture and speech interaction. Hat Tip: eneve
Demonstrations of Google Earth and Warcraft III on a digital table display.
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About My Paintings
My paintings are large, bold narratives. I use vibrant colors, geometric shapes and a touch of humor to reflect my joyous spirit, celebrate my creativity and inhale the glorious fullness of life.
I seek to spark an emotional reaction in the viewer that changes and deepens each time he or she looks at my painting. I love to hear people say things like, “You really know how I feel.” Your work pulls me in and speaks to me.” and “Every time I look at one of your paintings, I see something new.”
The inspiration for each painting comes from a place deep inside and gets channeled through my brush onto my canvas. The strokes come together and create a lyrical story. Sometimes the story is from my own history, but often it is simply one drawn from our collective consciousness. It is as if I start the process by accessing and then painting our universal memories, experiences and lessons. You, the viewer, then take up the story and it becomes your own.
About My Process:
I paint on heavy medium tooth canvas that has been primed with three coats of gesso. The canvas is gallery wrapped. I draw with a watercolor pencil. I paint with Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint. I seal the finished painting with two coats of diluted semi-gloss Golden Gel. When finished the painting is then sealed with two coats of Golden MSA varnish mixed with pure mineral spirits for the best UV protection.
I like to paint the old fashioned way. Brushes, paint and dirty hands. My apron can now stand up on its own!
An idea may geminate for minutes, weeks or months. Once I commit to it I do a QUICK sketch. One or two minutes.
I then draw the figure and the face very quickly as a guide. Nothing ever is cut in stone until the painting tells me it is complete. I paint the piece quickly not worrying about paint coverage or perfect lines. I paint starting with the face and body than I add to the design. The design grows from the body without any preconceived ideas on my part. I paint the entire painting at least four times. I become a perfectionist as the work progresses.
If the piece is entirely geometric I do the same thing. I have a starting point somewhere in the middle and the painting grows from there.
Some paintings are busy and some quiet. Each painting tells me when it is done. I work in a zone other than conscious thought. The brush seems to have a life of its own as the design grows. I use a ruler to draw the straight lines but do not use it or tape as a guide to paint. There are no tape or painting guides used in my process other than pencil marks and my eye.
I listen to the fish tank bubbling, the cats doing whatever it is that cats do, and the TV droning away as background noise.
If I work steadily the complete painting is done and sealed in two months.


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This week, Ruth has:
- Praised hard-working NHS staff after hospitals in NHS Ayrshire & Arran outperformed both the 4-hour A&E waiting time target and the national average. Across Scotland, more than 95% of patients in core accident and emergency departments were seen, admitted or discharged within four hours, according to most recent figures. Hospitals in NHS Ayrshire & Arran performed above the national figure, with 97.2% of patients being seen within the 4 hour target. The figures mean that Scottish hospitals have been the best performing emergency departments in the UK for more than two years.
- Attended Ayrshire College’s ‘Girls with Grit’ event – an initiative to support women and girls studying or working in the STEM sector
- On World Refugee Day on 20th June, pledged her support to stand with refugees and against the far right
- In Social Security Committee, took part in debates on amendements to the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2. Ruth’s amendments, to require Ministers to consider the affordability as well as the availability of housing and childcare when preparing delivery plans, were unanimously passed by the Committee
- Caught up with local councillor, Marie Burns, to hear about the key issues at North Ayrshire Council
- During General Questions, asked the Scottish Government what action it can take to ensure that creditors operating in Scotland are fully briefed on their legal obligations when dealing with clients on a debt arrangement scheme. StepChange Debt Charity has raised some concerns with Ruth that there is a widespread misunderstanding of the scheme in the credit industry, and Ruth pressed the Government to set out what further steps it could take to ensure that creditors that operate in Scotland are reminded of their legal responsibilities and obligations regarding the debt arrangement scheme. Specifically, Ruth asked whether the Minister could consider making it a requirement for creditors that operate in Scotland to have their staff trained in the debt arrangement scheme. The Minister indicated that he was open to meeting with StepChange to discuss the concerns.
- Held MSP advice surgeries at Bourtreehill Library and Woodwynd Hall
- In Education Committee, considered the Committee’s draft report on teacher workforce planning; took evidence from the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, Shirley-Anne Somerville, on subordinate legislation, the Registration of Independent Schools (Prescribed Person) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 and considered other subordinate legisatlion, including, Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (SSI 2017/170). The Committee also took evidence on school infrastructure from a range of people and organisations, including Peter Watton, Head of Property and Facilities Management, City of Edinburgh Council.


A comprehensive outlook on all the concepts of Robotics for beginners
- Includes key concepts of robot modeling, control, and programming.
- Numerous examples and exercises on various aspects of robotics.
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‘Robotics Simplified’ is a learner’s handbook that provides a thorough foundation around robotics, including all the basic concepts. The book takes you through a lot of essential topics about robotics, including robotic sensing, actuation, programming, motion control, and kinematic analysis of robotic manipulators.
To begin with, the book prepares you with the basic foundational knowledge that assists you in understanding the basic concepts of robotics. It helps you to understand key elements of robotic systems, including various actuators, sensors, and different vision systems. It explains the actual physics that robotic systems work upon such as trajectory planning and motion control of manipulators. It covers the kinematics and dynamics of multi-body systems while you learn to develop a robotic model. Various programming techniques and control systems have practically been demonstrated that guide you to reverse engineer, reprogram and troubleshoot some existing simple robots. You will also get a practical demonstration of how your robots can become smart and intelligent using various image processing techniques illustrated in detail.
By the end of this book, you will gain a solid foundation of robotics and get well-versed with the modern techniques that are used for robotic modeling, controlling, and programming.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Understand and develop robotic vision and sensing systems.
- Integrate various robotic actuators and end-effectors.
- Design and configure manipulators with robotic kinematics.
- Prepare the trajectory and path planning of robots.
- Learn robot programming using C, Python, and VAL.
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
This book has been meticulously crafted for engineers, students, entrepreneurs, and robotics enthusiasts. This book provides a complete explanation of all major robotics principles, allowing readers of all levels to learn from scratch.


Missouri, Kansas teams seek to limit payday loan providers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rebecca Devereux-Wells has received numerous high points in her life.
“I happened to be a nurse, top of my field, believe it or not. I became rather happy with myself for 25 years, ” she stated.
But with this arrived the lows.
“I got injured in a vehicle accident after which a differnt one from the job, ” she said. “I experienced to take impairment. You are going from making two every that is grand months as to the disability will pay, it is not much. ”
It absolutely was a low that very nearly drove her beyond her breaking point.
“we took out of the loan, the name loan, and got caught, ” Devereux-Wells stated.
It had been a blur signing the documents during the title loan company, she stated, leveraging her vehicle for $1,200 to have by.
She paid $230 month-to-month, however it soon got therefore out of hand she scarcely covered the interest.
“You will get frustrated, ” Devereux-Wells said. “You get down. And you begin to figure, here really is not an easy method from the jawhorse. You are simply likely to be spending forever until they bring your automobile. ”
She was kept by her vehicle, however the burden had been becoming in bad credit arkansas extra.
Your debt trapThousands of individuals have already been sucked into what is called the “debt trap, ” spending interest that is outrageous on payday or name loans.
A huge selection of payday financing organizations dot the metro with numerous making their way into low-income elements of city.
Neither Missouri nor Kansas have actually caps on interest levels. Because the interest climbs, oftentimes to 500 per cent or higher, individuals lose their automobiles, destroy their credit and file for bankruptcy.
Presently, at the least 16 states restrict interest levels to 36 per cent or less. But those who work in Texas could pay a pastime price since high as 660 per cent.
In accordance with the customer Financial Protection Bureau, a lot more than 80 per cent of pay day loans are “rolled over” or renewed. This leads to borrowers spending more fees than they initially borrowed.
Individuals can also get loans that are payday, but experts have actually noticed they do not have the same requirements as brick-and-mortar storefronts do. One loan that is online based offshore had mortgage loan of 1,000 %.
Help is away thereFor those who’ve removed a quick payday loan, assistance exists.
“I never really had anyone say, ‘Oh, which was the best thing that is ever happened certainly to me, ‘ stated Garland Land, a vital figure in the neighborhood trying to stop predatory financing. “They constantly say, ‘That had been the worst choice i have ever built in my entire life. ’”
Land works together Holy Rosary Credit Union together with Community Services League in Independence for a program that is special.
“throughout the last 4 or 5 years, we now have provided away over $900,000 of loans to families that are low-income had been caught for the reason that financial obligation trap before, ” Land stated.
Devereux-Wells is just one of the 400 individuals they will have assisted.
“I would recommend it to anybody, ” she stated.
Holy Rosary Credit Union pays off the payday loan, then provides the individual a brand new loan with an intention price of 14 %.
“When we speak to them about this then we simply begin to see the weight come down their arms, ” Land stated. “And, frequently, they simply would you like to hug me, and I also desire to hug them. ”
This system possesses low standard price of 7 %. Land said which is a success, considering a lot of people into the scheduled system have actually fico scores lower than 500.
Holy Rosary has sufficient funding to really make the loans, while donors and churches supply the extra dollars to protect the defaults.
These kind of solutions are showing up more and more within the metro.
Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas began their system, the Kansas Loan Pool venture, four years back. They began noticing that after individuals approached them for crisis support, often times these people were in a bind since they had applied for a payday or name loan.
Amelia Reyes, senior manager of asset development for Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, stated a lot of the household help facilities have wait lists because of its loan system.
“There’s pretty popular, ” Reyes stated.
Catholic Charities does exactly like Holy Rosary, however with mortgage of 6.75 per cent.
Catholic Charities can not fund any thing more than $1,500. A person must to possess income that is traceable accept speak to a situation supervisor.
“they don’t have good credit, or many of them have no credit, so that they were not capable get authorized for a conventional loan, ” Reyes stated. The system helps them build credit too. “So this is certainly a way”
Catholic Charities works together a number of banking businesses which can be ready to undertake a high-risk loan.
Reyes stated the mortgage period persists 12 months, an average of, with regards to the man or woman’s finances. Catholic Charities provides economic education and coaching that is one-on-one.
In the last four years, they have noticed 63 per cent of individuals are underneath the poverty line, and around 100 associated with the 250 individuals enrolled are on Social protection or impairment. Overall, 112 men and women have completed this program.
Nevertheless, Catholic Charities often needs to reject individuals for the system because their spending plans reveal they mightn’t manage to spend Catholic Charities right straight back. They are doing nevertheless offer financial guidance in hopes those individuals will someday be eligible for a this program.
“we do not desire to put up people for failure either, to where they are going to default in the loan, ” Reyes stated.
Energy of this peoplePrograms such as the people which have were only available in Kansas City make an effort to set individuals up to achieve your goals, where they stated payday loan providers fail.
Land holds a class every Wednesday during the Community Services League that teaches individuals simple tips to go on an income that is small. Over and over, a minumum of one individual within the course states they usually have taken out a quick payday loan.
“that which we have actually recognized could be the best way we can fight this industry would be to take action locally, ” Land stated.
3 years ago, Land along with other activists worked using the Independence City Council to alter the ordinance on predatory financing businesses.
It permits only 1 company per 15,000 residents. There have been 32 during the time, yet again number is dwindling.
“as time passes, we now have limited them simply by them moving away from company, ” Land stated, “and they can’t return into company because by ordinance, we are able to just have eight when you look at the town. ”
Blue Springs and Liberty then followed Independence’s lead and passed comparable ordinances.
In November, Liberty voters chose to limit loan that is payday to at least one per 15,000 residents, so about two businesses total. At this time, there remain seven.
Now, payday financing organizations will need to pay $5,000 rather than $50 to restore their permit on a yearly basis.
“We looked over both Independence and St. Louis therefore we took a few of their language and made the toughest measures from both initiatives into ours, ” said Abby Zavos with all the Northland Justice Coalition. “So it’s one of the more measures that are restrictive Missouri. “
Northland Justice Coalition, along side 2nd Baptist Church, took the lead on pressing to obtain the ordinance in the ballot. 2nd Baptist Church additionally runs a comparable system that can help people spend their loans off.
Blue Springs residents voted to alter its ordinance to restrict these businesses to 1 per 12,000 residents, where before it absolutely was one per 4,500 residents. There presently are nine payday storefronts.
“which is their M.O. That is whole is victim on susceptible individuals to mislead them, ” Zavos said. “And then that cash would go to the corporation. It generally does not get spent back in the community. “
The city improving to start out these programs is all for folks like Devereux-Wells, that is now paying down her loan without any dilemmas.
“My credit score is increasing compliment of them, ” Devereux-Wells stated. “Yeah, it is simply been great. “
She intends to spend down her loan by next cold weather and move ahead along with her life.
“When you’re feeling therefore downtrodden, there isn’t any way out, ” she stated. “It changes you as an individual. You begin to see the globe in a various method and no body must have to reside like this. ”


From: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Last Known Status: Regrouped
Latest Viking News
Below is our complete Viking news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Reunited California metal act Viking posted a preview clip, which featuring one minute clips for all tracks on the upcoming new studio release "No Child Left Behind," the band's third album. This represents the first new material from the band in 26 years and will be issued independently on March 4, 2015.
Original members Matt Jordan (drums) and Ron Eriksen (guitar/vocals) are joined by Dark Angel bassist Mike Gonzalez, who was with the band when they reunited in 2011.
The track list for the album is:
1. 9:02 on Flight 182
2. By the Brundlefly
3. Blood Eagle
4. Debt to Me
5. An Ideal Opportunity
6. Eaten by a Bear
7. Wretched Old Mildred
8. A Thousand Reasons I Hate You
9. Helen Behind the Door
10. Burning from Within More...
The Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse 2013 will take place in Chicago this coming May 3rd and 4th. The full lineup has now been revealed and is available below. The organizers of the festival also commented:
"Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse is the premier true metal festival in North America - keeping underground metal alive in the states. They've quickly gained an infamous reputation across the world by featuring many legendary bands all at one event.
"Some Ragnarokkr veterans include the reunion of Brocas Helm, the German power metal masters Wizard for their only USA show, Helstar for the first time in the Midwest in over 2 decades, Voltax for their first USA appearance, Obsession featuring Michael Vescera, and the epic Virgin Steele. 2013 will be the best year yet! For more details, visit this location."
Rock Club Stage
Oz (Sweden, first USA show)
Tyrant’s Reign (back after 7 yrs)
Ashbury (first metal show)
Split Heaven (Mexico, first USA show)
Los Angeles based thrashers Viking, who re-united last year, posted up some pre-release rough mix tracks from the forthcoming album "No Child Left Behind." No release date or label was announced as of yet, but the band features original members Ron Eriksen (vocals/guitar), Matt Jordan (drums) as well as ex-Dark Angel bassist Mike Gonzalez.
Viking was best known for its two and only Metal Blade Records releases "Do or Die" (1988) and "Man of Straw" (1989).
Check out new track "An Ideal Opportunity" here:
Check out new track "9:02 on Flight 182" here: More...
Lost and Found Records USA has announced official licensed CD reissue of the extremely rare speed/thrash metal classic, VIKING's "Man of Straw." Originally released in 1989 on Metal Blade Records, this fully licensed CD release will be fully remastered, and contain rare and never-before-heard bonus tracks.
Founded in the spring of 1986 in Los Angeles, VIKING released two full length albums on the Metal Blade label, with "Man of Straw" being the second and final release after disbanding in 1990. "Man of Straw" has been hailed as one of the most rare and hard to find speed/thrash metal albums by collectors. Release date is set for late June/early July 2006.