Move Like Honey: Beginning Belly Dance Every Wednesday July 3 - 24, 6:30-7:30pm Heart, Body & Soul Studio - 1004 W. Worley
This summer we will move like honey...slow, sensual and oooey-goooey. This 4-week beginner belly dance class is designed for all levels, each lesson adjusted for the dance level of the student. Each week will begin with a warm-up, then an exploration of a specific technique (circles, slides, undulations and figure 8's) in meditatively slow mode, and then finish with a sensually slow combination. Taught by Kandice Grossman. Cost: $50 Registration and advanced payment required. Go HERE for details.
70s Egyptian Belly Dance Workshop Every Thursday May 30 - June 27 6:30-8pm Kandi's In-home Studio
In this 5-week course, you will learn about the 70s Era of Belly Dance in Egypt. Each participant will be assigned a particular dancer from this era for a detailed project that will evolve into a solo choreography, with the option to perform in July. Cost: $100
Mini-Prep Suhaila Workshop Sept. 21, 4-6pm Heart, Body & Soul - 1001 W. Worley Taught by Kandice Grossman & Jennifer Parsons
Moon Belly is offering a mini-workshop to prepare your mind and body for the Suhaila "All Levels" workshop in October. This workshop will teach the basics of Suhaila and Jamila format including home position, rhythm and counting, walking and releve, introduction to cymbals, and a thorough breakdown of all the key torso and hip movements taught in Level 1 of each format. Even if you have been studying Suhaila format directly or studying it with Kandice Grossman, this workshop offers great conditioning of the core muscles needed to access your full power and strength in October. You will get a great workout and tune-up. Cost: $50 EACH Registration is required. Contact Kandice Grossman via email: firstname.lastname@example.org for details.
Suhaila Salimpour in Missouri- ALL Levels October 19-20, 2019
Suhaila is a master instructor, choreographer, and performer. She has extensive training in belly dance and classical dance as well as many aspects of the performing arts. This workshop is an ALL LEVELS workshop meaning everyone can attend - even beginners. It is an incredible introduction to high level belly dance technique and a solid foundation for moving forward in your practice. Students will learn 10 hours of instruction over the course of the weekend. Exact times and location TBA very soon! This workshop has very LIMITED space. Cost: $350 Early Bird special before 8/1/2019: $300 Registration is required. Contact Kandice Grossman via email: email@example.com for details.
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Ancestry in Progress: Belly Dance Basics This workshop provides an overview of basic belly dance technique with modern elements. As a level 3 certified dancer with the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance, my foundation is in Salimpour technique with an emphasis on posture, muscular isolations and traveling. Additionally modern dance concepts, layering and transitions, as well as a range of new school tribal fusion stylizations are emphasized. Curriculum can be adjusted to suit total beginners to professional advanced levels.
Old School Tribal: Jamila Technique As a level 3 certified Jamila Salimpour dancer (with the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance) and a performer in Suhaila's current re-enactment of Jamila's original Bal-Anat , I teach Jamila's earthy and powerful movements along with several Jamila-inspired dance combinations. Jamila was one of the originators of tribal belly dance in America and one of the first teachers to solidify a format of terminology in belly dance still used today.
Boot(ee) Camp This dance intensive camp includes Suhaila inspired technique, choreo & combos, yoga and calisthenics. This camp is suited for all levels of dancers from beginner to advanced. Not a dancer? This workshop is also a great way to start off a summer exercise routine and get in touch with your body.
Theatrical Belly Fusion In this interactive workshop, students engage in a variety of theatrical exercises to help get in touch with expressing emotions in dance. Using the Rasa Box technique, dancers explore movement linked with all the major emotions and layer them onto belly dance movement.
Yoga Belly Fusion This workshop offers yoga inspired belly dance movement, including dance combinations inspired by an inner awakening to the divine feminine. This stylization is graceful, with a focus on opening the heart, while executing modern lines and mixing tribal fusion with a yogic approach to dance. Kandice is 200-hour yoga teacher certified.


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BARNSTABLE, Mass. — The son of Massachusetts State Police Colonel Christopher Mason has been charged with improper storage of a firearm. A clerk magistrate found probable cause to issue a complaint against 22-year-old Reid Mason from West Barnstable during a hearing at Barnstable District Court on Tuesday. Clerk magistrate hearings are typically private but the court opened it due to public interest in the case.
Barnstable Police Lt. Joseph Green read from a police report that said 2 plain clothes officers found Reid Mason from West Barnstable asleep in his Jeep in a parking lot behind a Hyannis Bar shortly after midnight on February 28th. Green said Mason was slumped over and partially hanging out the driver’s side door.
“While speaking with Mr. Mason the officers were overwhelmed by a strong odor of alcoholic beverage…his eyes were red and glassy and he had a difficult time answering questions,” Lt. Green said.
Mason told officers he was sleeping and did not need medical attention.
Officers seized five guns from the passenger seat area of the Jeep and cases of ammunition were found in 2 backpacks in the vehicle. The weapons were not loaded and Mason had a valid license to carry at the time. According to police, a family member picked Mason up from the scene. Police did not identify the relative.
Attorney Peter A. Lloyd represented Mason in the hearing. He confirmed that no tests were conducted to confirm that Mason was intoxicated. He asked Lt. Green, “you agree with me that someone’s eyes can be red and glassy for something other than alcohol consumption, right?” Lt. Green responded, “correct”.
Barnstable Police have not revealed why the department waited more than 2 months to take Mason to court. The hearing wasn’t scheduled until after word of the encounter leaked to several media outlets. In a statement, Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe said his office was not made aware of the gun seizure until late April. Initially, Barnstable Police claimed to have no public record of the encounter. The delay fueled speculation that Mason was provided special treatment because he is the State Police Commander’s son.
Mason’s license to carry has been revoked and his lawyer said he’s suspended without pay from his job as an EMT on the lower Cape. Mason declined to comment after the hearing. He will receive a summon in the mail to answer the charge. If convicted, he could face more than a year in prison and fine of up to $7500.
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EPIC HEADLINER – NBA Superstar Shaquille O’Neal will headline the first every Viking Gala next month at Oman Arena. Dr. Versie Hamlett, Humboldt City Schools superintendent, made the announcement over the weekend.
First ever all sports fundraiser to be held September 23 at Oman
An epic NBA superstar is coming to West Tennessee to support the Humboldt Vikings! Shaquille O’Neal will headline the Viking Gala, the first ever event of this magnitude for all Humboldt athletic teams.
Dr. Versie Hamlett, Humboldt City Schools’ superintendent, announced the Viking Gala over the weekend. The gala will take place Saturday, September 23, 2017 at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tenn., and feature the 7’1” retired Laker. This fundraising event will provide funding to build an athletic program that can provide rich opportunities for students in all sports.
“Sports participation is an incredible opportunity for our youth,” said Dr. Hamlett. “Involvement in interscholastic sports has a positive impact on high school students with lessons learned in athletics, combined with the knowledge that they must do well in school to participate, improving students’ persistence and chances for success. In order to provide these high-quality experiences, Humboldt City Schools must provide up-to-date athletic facilities and programming as well as uniforms and supplies to operate a quality team sports program.”
The evening will be filled with anticipation as HCS supporters work together to raise funds for athletics. Sponsorship packages are available that include a reception with a meet-and-greet of the distinguished speaker, as well as dinner and entertainment.
For more information, contact 731-784-2652. Individual tickets may be purchased by visiting hcsvikings.org/vikingsgala.


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- Horace - A biography of the Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
- Horace: Bibliography - A bibliography of the works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus; includes a list of critical and biographical resources.
- Horace - A biography focusing on his poetic accomplishments.
- Latin Dramatic Criticism
- An overview of dramatic criticism as it developed during the
- The Maxims of Horace
- An overview of the Roman critic's rules for dramatic construction.
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Expo 2010 kids' programmeDesign Indaba Expo 2010 welcomes its youngest visitors to explore the exciting and zestful world of design through hands-on workshops.
Design Indaba Expo 2010 welcomes its youngest visitors to explore the exciting and zestful world of design.
Every year visitors to the Design Indaba Expo bring their young ones hoping to open their eyes to a growing creative industry. So Design Indaba has decided that 2010 is for the kids.
Taking place from the 26 to 28 February 2010, the Design Indaba Expo has scheduled a number of creative workshops and activities for parents and children to take part in. “We believe that young people should be building on a foundation of understanding about the creative industry – the signifi cance and relevance of design in the world as well as the joy of creating in everyday life”, says Caryn van Rooyen, Design Indaba Expo project manager.
But this is not just all play and no work. Kids and their parents will need to think out the box as they are challenged to make the most of their creativity.
Each activity will work to build confi dence in both children and parents as they are inspired to think of their own ideas to be unique and innovative in their creations. This is a chance for kids, students and parents to unleash creative potential, soak up information communicated in their own language and be stimulated by abundant activities at Design Indaba 2010.
Each day of the Design Indaba has something new and exciting for kids and their parents to explore together. All these workshops are to be pre-booked while spaces last. We encourage parents to accompany their children throughout the workshop experience.
To see the programme please click here.
The Design Indaba Expo 2010 is open to the public from Friday 26 February to Sunday 28 February 2010.
Opening and closing hours:
Friday 26 February 2010 from 10:00 – 20:00
Saturday 27 February 2010 from 10:00 – 20:00
Sunday 28 February 2010 from 10:00 – 18:00
Adults – R50
Students – R30
Pensioners – R30
Scholars in uniform – R20
Children under 12 – R20
Pre-booked tickets for the Design Indaba Kids Workshops includes the kids’ admission into the Expo.
Workshop ticket bookings will open on 1 February 2010 at www.computicket.com
For more information contact Caryn van Rooyen at email@example.com or Tel: +27 21 465 9966.

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During the manufacturing process, particles of various sizes such as dust, hair, shavings, glass shards, plastics etc. can slip onto your 2D products and thus cause real incidents: in terms of process, health risk, financial risk, etc.
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Factor Va antibody LS-C193834 is a biotin-conjugated sheep polyclonal antibody to human Factor Va (F5).
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F5 / Factor Va antibody was raised against human factor V purified from plasma.
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|NFLX, source E*Trade Financial|
Let's take Netflix for example. Netflix was founded in 1997, as an online version of a traditional DVD rental and sales outlet.* In 1999 they lighted upon a brilliant scheme: offer DVDs through the mail by subscription for a flat monthly fee. By early 2000, they dropped the per item model entirely. Brilliant!
In 2002, the company went public. Already in 2000, CEO and founder Reed Hastings saw the future of Netflix as "owning a transition stage as rental converts to video-on-demand." Clearly, ahead of his time, the streaming model was in mind. To put that in perspective, YouTube was not founded until 2005.
Towards the end of the first decade of the 21st Century, Netflix was on a tear to increase its share of streaming as a percentage of its business. By 2011, the decision was made to make the shift. Sure, there were some missteps in designing and executing the shift, and in anticipating and responding to customer confusion and resistance to the shift.
But here's my take: the model is sound. The DVD through mail model was innovative in terms of distribution and convenience. The streaming model is liminal (in part because the infrastructure to handle the huge amounts of bandwidth required is still fragile as ISPs seek a profitable path forward) but clearly the future. A future that Netflix foresaw.
But the share price of Netflix stock is volatile beyond reason. In the middle of 2011, around the time of upheavals regarding separation of DVDs from streaming, the share peaked at around $300, dropping below $70 before the end of the year. Then back up, and now, today, shares fell off a cliff, off by 10-15% from yesterday!
|NFLX falls off a cliff 4/24/2012, source E*Trade Financial|
A business leader should remain focused on this: how do I develop and deliver products and services to the market that benefit my customers and make a profit for my company, employees, and owners? But the stock market distorts these values. It certainly gives this entrepreneur pause in considering whether going public is an exit strategy to aspire towards.
Full disclosure: I currently own no shares in Netflix (NFLX). At the end of 2011 I made two purchases of shares at $67.25 & $67.89 respectively. All these shares were sold in February 2012 at $129.75. I am a customer of Netflix, formerly subscribing to the DVD mailing subscription, then DVD and streaming, currently streaming only.
* Much of the history of Netflix is gleaned from http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Netflix-Inc-company-History.html & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix.

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A bench headed by Justices N V Ramana said that courts cannot decide as to what school should be opened where.
"However, we are directing that your representation be decided within three months by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)," the bench said.
At the outset, Upadhyay said he has challenged the Delhi High Court order and directions needs to be issued to the Central government to set up a KV in each tehsil of every state in the country as it would help the children of poor section.
The high court had on October 1, last year, said, that the issue of setting up KVs is a policy decision and left it to the government to take a call on the issue raised in a PIL.
The petition has also sought a direction to the MHRD to make a subject of ''aims, objects and basic structure of the Constitution'' mandatory for all students of classes I-VIII.
The plea, filed through advocate Ashwini Kumar Dubey, claimed that "unity in diversity is observed and celebrated" in the KVs as these schools have students from all parts of a state and "equal opportunities are provided to all students in spite of their religious, territorial differences".
"The low fee structure of Kendriya Vidyalayas will help the poor students in getting a quality education along with an exposure to the competitive world. The establishment of KVs will also encourage the nearby schools to provide a better education as they will face a competition," the petition contended.
It stated that presently there are 5,464 tehsils in India and a total of 1,209 KVs.
"To achieve real equality and elevate poor, weak, Dalits, tribals and deprived sections of the society, the state must provide uniform education having common syllabus and common curriculum to all students of I-VIII standards in spirit of Articles 14, 15, 16, 21A and Preamble of the Constitution," the plea said and contended that the same would be provided in the KVs. PTI MNL ABA MNL TIR TIR
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Lynn Malinsky lives her passion for health promotion through community-based initiatives, teaching, and consultation in the areas of community capacity building, research and evaluation, community activism and strategic planning. She believes promoting health is as much about changing social relations and enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health, as it is about enhancing health knowledge to reduce identified risk factors.
Lynn is recognized as UBC Professor Emeritus for her ten years of teaching and research with the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC Okanagan and Okanagan University College. Prior to her academic career, she was Regional Coordinator, Community Action Program for Children and Program Coordinator with Okanagan Families Society; Community Health Promotion Consultant with the Health Promotions Branch of Health Canada; Manager Health Promotion, Manager Addiction Services, Coordinator Addiction Prevention Services and Sexuality Education Coordinator with the Yukon Government; as well as Public Health Nurse with Health Canada and Victoria Public Health.
Lynn is a Director at The Bridge Youth & Family Service and has served as Board Member and Committee Member with organizations such as the BC Collaborative University Education Evaluation Network, UBCO Student Evaluation Advisory Committee, BC Council for Families, BC Family Literacy Advisory Committee, Options for Sexual Health, Peachland Wellness Centre, Ki-Low-Na Friendship Centre Communities that Care, Human Early Learning Partnership: Collaborative Sampling Committee, Yukon Medical Review Committee, Yukon Family Services Association, Canadian Community Action for Children’s Health Advisory Committee, Canadian Drug Strategy Commission, National FASD Working Committee, National Addictions Training Committee and Health Canada Healthy Communities Committee.
Lynn and her life partner Mark lived in Whitehorse, Yukon and Kelowna, BC where they raised two children before moving to their current home in Peachland, BC. She is an avid international traveler with humanitarian causes in mind and enjoys hiking, biking, skiing, and sailing with Mark and friends on their Ocean Flyer.

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The Australian National University poll of 3000 people found confidence in the PM had also fallen substantially and there was “quite strong disapproval” of the Government’s handling of the bushfires.
“In particular, we found there was disapproval with Prime Minister Scott Morrison,” lead researcher Professor Nicolas Biddle said.
Prof Biddle said confidence with Mr Morrison’s leadership had fallen to 3.92 out of 10 from 5.25 when the same question was asked in June 2019.
“This is a net negative review of the Prime Minister and substantial decline in his popularity,” he said.
Prof Biddle said when it came to confidence in the Government, the ANU poll had also recorded “one of the largest declines in confidence I have seen in such a short period of time”.
There was a 10.9 percentage point drop in those who felt confident or very confident in the Government, with only 27 per cent surveyed agreeing.
The proportion of people who said they would vote for the Coalition if an election was held now declined from more than 40 per cent in October 2019 to 35 per cent in January 2020.
There was also a substantial drop in support for new coal mines, with the greatest decline in support found among those who voted for the Coalition at last year’s federal election – from 72 per cent support in June 2019, to 57 per cent in January 2020.
It comes after a Newspoll in January found that Mr Morrison’s approval rating had plunged and Labor was ahead of the Coalition for the first time since the federal election.
Asked about the survey results and whether his handling of the bushfire crisis was behind the poor results, Mr Morrison said the Government had been delivering.
“Our government responded with the single largest compulsory call out of Defence Force reserves to put boots on the ground in response to the bushfire crisis,” he said.
“Within several days of a state of disaster being declared here in Victoria, we’d announced the National Bushfire Recovery Agency. We’d put $2 billion down. Money was flowing to councils within days.
“Over $150 million has already gone out in disaster recovery payments all across the country. “Our government can tell you where our money’s going, and we can do that on a daily basis.”
Mr Morrison said one of the first announcements made was $76 million for mental health support because the Government understood the deep traumatic scarring that had occurred.
“The recovery is where the Commonwealth Government has had an important responsibility with the states and territories. We’ve been working closely with them,” he said.
Mr Morrison said the Government was getting cheques to people who needed disaster recovery support and fences back up through BlazeAid.
“We even put the roof back on the Mogo Zoo,” he said. “These are the things that the Australian Government has been doing to respond to this. And it’s action that matters and it’s action we’ve been delivering.”
RISE IN CONCERNS ABOUT ENVIRONMENT
Since Australia’s devastating bushfire season, the environment has rocketed up to either number one or two on the list of worries for about half of Australian voters.
“Around half of respondents said the environment was the most important or second most important issue – compared to almost 42 per cent in October 2019,” Prof Biddle said.
“There was a large increase in the amount of people who said global warming or the greenhouse effect would have an effect on them – 72 per cent in January 2020 compared to 56 per cent in 2008.”
Bushfires scorched more than 10 million hectares in Australia’s east and south, killing at least 33 people and an estimated one billion animals while destroying more than 2500 homes.
The crisis cloaked major cities including Sydney in smoke for weeks on end and cut off towns, while tired firefighters fought the blazes day-in-day-out over what has been described as Australia’s “black summer”.
Rain finally helped to bring all the fires in NSW under control in mid-February after months of destruction.
Prof Biddle said the majority of non-capital city residents shared the same view as the majority of respondents living in capital cities in relation to the three main environmental questions asked.
“More than half of those who live in non-capital cities think that global warming or the greenhouse effect is very serious, almost two-thirds think global warming will be a threat to them and only two-fifths think that there should be new coal mines,” he said.
Exposure to the bushfires was associated with an increase in whether a person thought the environment was a major issue, Prof Biddle said.
“Many Australians changed their views though, regardless of exposure, with females and young Australians the most likely to be more concerned about the environment than previously,” he said.
“We already see a shift in views regarding coal mines and the environment, but the big question will be whether these shifts are temporary or permanent.”
NEARLY EVERY AUSSIE TOUCHED BY FIRES
The ANU poll found that more than three-quarters of all Australian adults – more than 15 million people – had been impacted by the bushfires. This includes three million, or more than 14 per cent, who were directly exposed to the blazes.
Prof Biddle said he was surprised at how far-reaching the impacts had been.
“Nearly every Australian has been touched by these fires and many of us will be living with the effects for years and years to come,” he said.
Impacts included having a friend or family member who experienced property damage or whose property was threatened, having travel or holiday plans affected, being exposed to smoke or feeling anxious or worried.
Prof Biddle said life satisfaction also declined after the blazes.
About 60 per cent were either satisfied or very satisfied with the way the country was going in January 2020, a drop from 65 per cent in October.
“On a range of 0 to 10, life satisfaction in January 2020 was 6.90. This is a decline since the October 2019 score of 7.05,” Prof Biddle said.
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If you live in Maryland or have ties to the Army there's a good chance you've heard of Fort Detrick (United States Army Medical Command Center). The location is a hop, skip, and jump from this home...
|Medical/Medicine/Pharmacy Balance Scale|
|The box was filled with all sorts of items...|
|Items found inside the box...|
It didn't dawn on me to who it might belong to until I looked into some names from the "folder" that was found in the kitchen cabinet. You can read that post here.
|Inside of folder that was found inside a kitchen cabinet....|
One name inside the folder may be the clue to the "who" the medical/medicine/pharmacy scale belonged to...
|Marian Douglas Detrick....|
Fort Detrick, the United States Army Medical Command Center in our area was named after Frederick Louis Detrick. This was a great find!
I see on record that Frederick L. Detrick passed in April, 1931. If this is correct and Marian D. Detrick purchased this home in 1933, then she purchased the home after her husband's passing.
I have some homework to do, but will keep you updated!

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Fraudsters con 81-year-old Kentish Town woman out of £1,300
- Credit: Archant
A pair of fraudsters pretending to work for the police have tricked an 81-year-old woman into giving them £1,300.
At 7pm on March 5 the woman, who asked not be named, was telephoned at her Kentish Town home by a man pretending to be a detective from Wood Green police station.
The man, who introduced himself as DCI Alex Watts, told the victim a courier was on his way to collect her bank cards after two people had been arrested for cloning them.
The swindler then got hold of the woman’s PIN number after asking her to enter it into her phone.
Soon afterwards a second man arrived at her address and left after the woman handed the cards over in a sealed envelope.
But the bogus officer stayed on the line asking her to read out the serial numbers of cash she also kept in the house.
He convinced her the money was fake, telling her each serial number lacked a digit, and promised to swap the counterfeit for genuine notes.
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The woman became suspicious after handing the money over to the same courier.
She alerted her neighbours after a call to Wood Green police station led to the discovery there was no DCI Alex Watts.
The courier who attended on both occasions is described as a male of Asian appearance, aged between 20 and 30, wearing dark clothing including a scarf over the lower part of his face.
As part of an appeal launched today detectives released images of two men who used the woman’s card to withdraw money from a cashpoint in Queens Crescent, Kentish Town.
Detective Constable Becky Smith said: “Officers will never phone and ask you to disclose information such as bank card details and PIN numbers or arrange couriers to come and pick up items.
“If you are called by someone masquerading as a police officer, take their details, hang up and call the police on 101 to check their credibility.”
Anyone who recognises the men or with information that could assist the investigation is asked to contact Islington CID on 020 8345 0275. Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
For advice on fraud protection visit the Met’s fraud web page.


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Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
This past winter, five MLS teams hired coaches.
For the second time this year, one of them was fired.
For the second time this year, it was one with previous MLS experience.
Curt Onalfo and Preki have a trend in common. Their teams have progressively gotten worse. This leads me to this question; is MLS player talent passing MLS coaching and front office talent?
In 2007, Onalfo led KC to a fifth place finish in the East with 40 points; in 2008, a fourth place finish (42); in 2009, a sixth place finish (33). In 2010, he was fired when DC was in 8th place on pace for a mere 20 points.
Similarly, in 2007, Preki, using a team largely put together by Bob Bradley, led Chivas to finish first with in the west with 53 points. In 2008, they finished second (43). In 2009, they finished fourth (45). In 2010, Toronto was on pace for 35 points.
If the trend stopped there, it wouldn’t be much of a trend, but looking at current list of MLS coaches, a couple of other names stick out; Frank Yallop and Steve Nicol.
Yallop won two MLS Cups with San Jose in their first incarnation, but in two seasons with the Galaxy and now three with the new Earthquakes has yet to secure better than fifth place in the West.
Nicol’s success in New England is well documented, but trend of the Revolution since the advent of the Designated Player Rule doesn’t look that much different than that of Preki.
Looking back at video from MLS matches four years ago, the difference in playing level compared to today’s matches is clear. The competitive balance in MLS ensures a certain level of equality. So, teams or managers that have been on down trends while the league as a whole has been on an uptrend likely have institutional questions. But, it is not a question of designated players, as RSL and Columbus have both proven effective without them, while teams like DC and Toronto have struggled with them. It is not a question of being on the frugal side, as a resurgent Dallas is now showing. It is primarily a question of effectively culling talent from a growing foreign and domestic talent pool and implementing game plans to be competitive.
Some MLS organizations have navigated these new waters well, while some have severe leaks, or have capsized completely. To me, the initial hirings of Onalfo and Preki were inconsistent with where the league is going. As much as anything, their firings are a sign that the league is growing faster than the management and coaching.


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Ja Ja Ja has launched a brand new season of shows in London, and to get things started, we invited the brilliant Virgin Suicide, Mavrick and Tellef Raabe to come and perform!
It was a night full of great vibes and even greater music as the three bands took to the stage of Ja Ja Ja’s London home of The Lexington, starting off our new series of shows in the best way possible
Photographer Rachel Lipsitz was on hand to capture everything that went down (including the moment when Tellef Raabe’s sister Sigrid joined him on stage for a duet), so check out our gallery below to see what happened!
Ja Ja Ja will return to London in October, so sign up as a Ja Ja Ja member (for free!) to access an exclusive ticket pre-sale, as well as to find out about special competitions just for our lovely Ja Ja Ja members!
Tellef Raabe [NOR]
Virgin Suicide [DEN]

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Lincoln Continental 1999, Rear New Air to Coil Conversion Kit by Suncore®. Quantity: Sold as a Kit. With Rear Coil Springs. Without Shock Absorbers. Without Strut Asseblies. This kit will keep the car at factory height while providing a smooth car ride. You will be saving Time and Money by purchasing this complete kit. Suncores conversion kit will eliminate the air suspension problem forever. How to disable the air suspension light is provided in the instructions.
- Easy to install
- Installation instructions included
- Saves you money compared to OEM/Dealer prices
- Assembled in the USA
- Limited 1 year warranty
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Inspiration. Dreams. Passion. Talent. Art… Memories. We do believe in that kind of thing, here on Reykjavik Boulevard.
Our friend and important contributor from South-East Asia, AGUS MAKKIE, realized something special for all the Iceland Airwaves fans.
An inspiring 20 minutes “Do It Yourself” documentary film of Iceland Airwaves ‘12 music festival, the bands, the festivalgoers and the city, directed by Agus himself in collaboration with his team, Icelandic and European musicians and Reykjavik Boulevard. All the scenes, interview, live music were filmed on the most peaceful place on earth, Reykjavik in November ’12.
What is Iceland Airwaves Music Festival? We tried to describe all the feelings we got in our massive review.
Iceland Airwaves has a great track record of bringing the best Icelandic and international bands on the cusp of greatness and public awareness, for a long five days weekend.
It’s 4 a.m. You’ve been to five cool clubs, seen ten great bands, made fifteen new friends and fallen in love twenty times. You’re tired. You’re wired. You’re ready to find a bed. You’re ready to find the after-party. You can’t believe you’re here. You’re already making plans to come back next year. And guess what? It’s still Day One.
Reykjavík is a small town, there are only 320,000 people in the whole Iceland.
The downtown area where the festival is held only less than a few blocks long in either direction.
Everyone all over America, Canada, Europe and even Asia will cross paths all week long enjoying the Icelandic food, rushing from venue to venue to catch many amazing show, sitting and chatting with artists or even just exploring Iceland’s beautiful country side like I do. Iceland had much for us to discover. Here are some artists from the 2012 lineup that are included in our video documentary, reviewed by Agus Makkie straight from his travel diary:
Reykjavik, 31 October ’12. It’s Cold morning… below zero degrees! I have to add more jackets and I am excited to start the day, yeah! This is the first day of Iceland Airwaves ’12. I walk around town to get to big venue and variety off venue places to see these bands gig. It was unforgettable experience I have until 4 November!
Apparat Organ Quartet
I met Ulfur Eldjarn member of Apparat Organ Quartet on 6 November at Marina Hotel. We chat and I was very excited and forgot to take photo with him. Apparat Organ Quartet is four electrifying keyboardists and one rhythmic drummer form the energetic five-piece Reykjavík-based band, Apparat Organ Quartet. Band member Jóhann Jóhannsson formed the group in September of 1999. Apparat Organ Quartet first began exploring with experimental improvisations that they performed as a series of concerts, laying down the foundations for their future sound through minimalist works creating every noise and glitch composed within their songs. They are visionaries within their own genre, using everything from short-circuited Casio keyboards, malfunctioning hammonds, and custom homemade organs to produce what they call “Machine Rock and Roll.”
It was a dramatic moment at KEX Hostel. I am incredibly excited to see is Ólafur Arnalds and interview him personally after I e-mail him without reply and suddenly I bumped to him and tell him where I came from and those emails, he was very kind to have a spare time to chat with me. A little secret at that time is I could feel my eyes starting to tear… on his final song… I guess everyone have the same feeling like me. My eyes still wet when I met him first time. Ólafur combines classical music with electronic beats to create music that stands out to music lovers around the world. He is a multi-instrumentalist that preforms live on the piano accompanied by strings, which creates a beautiful melodic harmony that can send goose bumps down your spine and bring a tear to your eye. Ólafur Arnalds’ compositions are absolutely moving.
I did not have chance to interview them, so I find out more about them. Yes! FM Belfast is one of my favorite, When you are with them on the venue, you feel like to move and dance… that’s the hardest way when you hold a camera to document the scenes… FM Belfast utilizes catchy synth hooks and driving, bombastic drums to create an upbeat and exciting musical experience. Very different from ethereal style of iconic Icelandic acts like Sigur Rós, this music will make you stamp your feet and throw your hands in the air. FM Belfast formed in 2005 by Lóa and Árni Rúnar Hlöòversson in Reykjavík, Iceland. FM Belfast has released two albums: How to Make Friends in 2008 and Don’t Want to Sleep in 2011. The dreamy sound effects color generally fast-paced tracks with combination of male and female vocals keeps the music fresh and evocative.
It’s been a pleasure to see this funkiest band Retro Stefson on the stage! They are Crazy as always! Slappy bass, obese synths, and a singer with more charisma than a politician all made Retro Stefson a balls-to-the-walls experience that could scarcely be rivaled. Calling for the audience to throw their shirts on stage, “You have to be sexy at Iceland Airwaves!” They blasted through funkadelic numbers in quick succession, always moving, frontman Unnstein Stefánsson dancing with such intensity that he seemed to be cast from pure energy. They widening the gap between the audience and the stage in order to make room for one of the band members to jump down and start breakdancing. Naturally, everyone went berserk. With final calls of “Harpa, you gotta be sexy tonight!”
The band that I have no chance to interview, they are also my favorite. I hope I can meet them for interview personally this year. I saw their gig in an off venue place… The band ripped through a half hour set to an appreciative crowd who called for more after every track. The tiny bar was jam packed; people were standing on couches, tables, anything they could find to get a better view of the Icelandic electro four-piece, who filled the few spaces between people with hard-hitting sound. “I feel like we’re all in a big elevator,” singer Agnes Andradóttir joked as Sykur got set to play at Sirkús Port. Andradóttir’s fantastic, growling voice carried cleanly over the group’s dirty beats and punching synths.
Before going to see Sigur Ros, I went to Laudromat to meet Doddi, one of Samaris member. I like electronic music. I’m constantly on the lookout for electronic music that’s both progressive and organic, especially if it amalgamates unconventional sampling and tasty beats. Samaris, an electronic trio composed of three young students who include a clarinet player (Áslaug Rún Magnúsdóttir), a vocalist (Jófríður Ákadóttir), and a computer programmer Doddi (Þórður Kári Steinþórsson). They create songs that call to mind experimental electronic, post-dubstep, and downtempo.
A day when I forgot the day I was rushed to Harpa Kaldalon to I finally find this band I can really sink my mind into. There’s something about the seamless display of sonic contrast that Reykjavík’s Agent Fresco rocks. You’re being blissfully lulled by vocalist Arnór Dan Arnarson’s floating vocals, swaying by instrumental melodies. The serenity is morphed into a fleeting wall of crunching guitars and stuttering drum rhythms.
So, are you coming to 2013 edition?
We are going to be there, first row, soon you will find here updates, curiosities, interviews and much more!


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NSF Intl., a public health and safety organization, and Trucost Plc, a global provider of environmental data and analysis, announced the availability of a new report entitled, Carbon Emissions – Measuring the Risks, which examines the greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions of S&P 500 companies in a variety of sectors, including industrial goods and services, chemicals, food and beverage, healthcare, personal and household goods, automobiles and parts, and retail.
The report will be especially helpful for companies in the United States that will soon have to pay for GHG emissions under the planned cap-and-trade program, an approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives to companies achieving reductions in pollutant emissions.
“Carbon-intensive companies will be most exposed to carbon costs under the cap-and-trade program to be introduced in 2012 under the draft American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009,” says Koen Bontinck, vice president at NSF Sustainability Services. “The goal of this report is to not only provide companies with an affordable analysis of their current operations and exposure to carbon costs, but also to help them implement sustainable business practices and verify their GHG emissions data in preparation for the new regulations.”
The report is based on findings from Trucost’s study, Carbon Risks and Opportunities in the S&P 500, which assessed GHG emissions, carbon intensity, and exposure to carbon costs of S&P companies internationally, using publicly disclosed information.
Key components of the Carbon Emissions – Measuring the Risks report include discussions on carbon benchmarking and how carbon intensity can be used to assess a company’s carbon emissions relative to its sector peers; financial risk and how calculating carbon costs relative to earnings can help identify potential profit risk; other environmental impacts; and strategic implications and how companies with more energy efficient operations and supply chains will be well-positioned during the shift to a low-carbon economy to attract investors and increase market share.
“Climate change represents serious challenges to the environment, as well as risks and opportunities to U.S. corporations. The first step in mitigating those risks is to calculate carbon emissions and their potential costs from operations and supply chains,” says Malcolm Fox, vice president, corporate services at Trucost, an NSF Intl. partner. “Industry by industry, this report presents those impacts and identifies critical strategies to prepare for upcoming legislation and turns risks into a competitive advantage. For example, the average industrial service firm needs to prepare for the fact that over 70 percent of their carbon emissions are embedded in their supply chain, representing a significant financial risk.”
Key findings among the industrial goods and services sector include: The average major U.S. industrial goods/services company emits 1.2 million metric tons of GHG annually; over 70 percent of emissions originate from supply chains, representing serious financial exposure as costs are passed on to manufacturers; the cost of carbon may reach as high as 18 percent of earnings for some firms, as measured by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA); and companies that compete with more carbon-efficient peers could lose market share.
To view the free report, visit www.nsf.org/info/sandpcarbonemissionsreport. To find out more about NSF Intl. and Trucosts’s sustainability services, visit www.nsfsustainability.org.

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Cassy, Arcachon 2000
We thought of taking "Ida" to the Arcachon Basin, so off we went:- On arriving we had a bit of difficulty finding a camp site open during April, but eventually found the Roumingue at Langton.
We set up the camp site and found a small port at Cassy where we could launch the boat. The morning after we are amongst the plastic waiting for the tide. When there was enough water we rowed out into the basin, we could just see over the mud banks, but eventually there was plenty and the day was sunny bright and very calm so there wasn't much for the crew to do.
When we were back in the port we wandered around and saw a "Pinassote" moored in the port and a large local boat on the quay which was being cleaned. A little further away was an interesting three masted gig which we had to photograph.
That was about the limit of our stay around Cassy and Langton as a good downpour soaked everything and the tides ended up all wrong. > Fouras

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When it comes to dirt late model racing, no driver has been better in recent seasons than Brandon Sheppard and Jonathan Davenport.
Sheppard and Davenport have combined to win more than 50 Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series features during the last two years.
The two racers have dominated their respective tours, with Sheppard winning two of the last three World of Outlaws titles while Davenport has won the last two Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series crowns.
In short, the road to winning a World of Outlaws or Lucas Oil Late Model feature goes through Sheppard or Davenport.
Sheppard, a 26-year-old native of Illinois, drives the Rocket Chassis house car owned and prepared by Mark Richards. He took over the car full time for the 2017 season after previously driving the No. 1 entry for a short time in 2012. Since then, Sheppard has won 49 WoO features and two championships, including this year’s title.
This season has been one for the record books as Sheppard racked up 18 WoO LMS victories en route to the championship. He also won four Lucas Oil Late Model Series races and three events that paid $100,000 or more to win.
“I knew we were capable of it, obviously. My team, in my eyes, is the best team in the business,” said Sheppard. “For us to go as above and beyond as we have this year is definitely mind blowing even to me.”
Sheppard and the Rocket team started the season slowly, but once they found their groove they were nearly unstoppable.
“At the very beginning part in Florida in February we didn’t necessarily struggle, but we didn’t have the win we were looking for at East Bay and then Golden Isles (in Georgia),” Sheppard said. “We weren’t off necessarily, but we weren’t as good as we needed to be. We went into Volusia on Monday and we got into a little crash and then we rained out Tuesday.
“Me, Mark and the guys kind of gathered our thoughts and got things together,” Sheppard noted. “Mark got together what he thought was going to be the best package for the rest of the weekend and we just found a really, really good balance for our race car that basically ended up changing our whole season.”
From there, Sheppard rattled off six straight victories, including four in a row during the DIRTcar Nationals at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park. It was the start of a monumental season that resulted in 26 victories across multiple sanctioning bodies.
After his first win of the season Feb. 13 at Volusia, Sheppard didn’t finish worse than second again until a sixth-place finish during a co-sanctioned MARS Super Late Model and Sunoco American Late Model Series event at Illinois’ Farmer City Raceway on May 10.
“When we did that and we made those changes, it redirected the way our cars get around race tracks,” Sheppard said. “We went from chasing the brown and needing the cushion a lot of the times to be able to make something happen. Now we can run in the middle of the race track on the slick. That’s anywhere we go, whenever we need to.
“That’s been the ultimate goal, to have a race car we can take to any race track in the country and be competitive.”
Davenport, meanwhile, has been no slouch. Driving for Double L Motorsports and team owner Lance Landers, Davenport has owned the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series the last two years.
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Nu Lee Joung
Nu Lee Joung, born in South Korea in 1990, began playing violin at the age of 14. After completing her Bachelor’s degree at the Konkuk University in Korea, she moved to Germany and earned her Master’s at the Universität Augsburg with Prof. Linus Roth. She is currently in the middle of her Konzertexam studies with Prof. Anne Shih in Mainz.
Nu Lee has won prizes at several renowned competitions in Korea and was a participant in Mozarteum Salzburg’s International Summer Academy. She has been a scholarship recipient of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Foundation since 2016.
Her orchestral experience includes an internship in the first violin section of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and a temporary contract with the Augsburger Philharmonic.
She was a member of the PHO from April 2017 – February 2018.
In February 2018, Nu Lee won a permanent position with the Munich Radio Orchestra.


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This is a simple set I knitted in January. The scarf is done using the brioche stitch, and the hat is a simple 1x1 rib beanie with two stripes of the scarf yarn thrown in.
Worsted weight yarn
- 1 200 yd skein rust
- 1 200 yd skein black
Size 8, 16-inch circular needle
Size 8 double-point needles
Time: hat 2 hrs, scarf 5 hrs
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Here is another very simple Easter craft that is suitable for the creativity of novice craftsmen or a quiet family evening with children.
Such an Easter souvenir will be a wonderful gift for relatives, friends or acquaintances for Easter, and for the craft you will not need to spend a lot on consumables.
several sheets of felt of different colors, multi-colored threads, needles, remnants of lace (or other material for decoration), some stuffing material (cotton wool, holofiber, etc. are suitable), a narrow ribbon or lace.
1. From paper, make a pattern according to the proposed template.
2. For one craft, you need to cut two felt blanks.
3. Sew on the future front side of both halves of the egg pieces of lace (as shown in the photo above) or beads, beads, sequins, beautiful buttons, other trimmings to your liking and desire.
4. Sew the felt pieces together carefully, leaving the sharp end of the egg unstitched.
5. Place the stuffing inside the egg through the unsewn section, tie the ends of the lace or ribbon and, sewing the craft, attach the ribbon so that the egg can be hung. The place where the lace is sewn can also be decorated with a bow, bead or button.
The craft is ready. Make some of these mementos in different colors.
if you do not have beads and beads at home in order for the craft to look elegant, it is enough to decorate both sides of the egg with the simplest embroidery, as, for example, in the photo below.


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Named for one of France's most famous song birds, our Piaf Gold Drinks Table brings a mellow sweetness to a space. A true conversation starter, the cast aluminum creation has been treated to a luminous gold finish that will make it gleam from where it is perched. Even if a room has serious design aesthetics, the whimsy this happy-hour helper exudes will be a welcome addition. We also offer the Piaf in a polished nickel finish.
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Ground control to Major Tom -- how does the new beer taste?
Major Tom, a double saison collaboration from Monk's Cafe in Philadelphia and Brasserie de la Senne in Belgium, was released stateside on April 10. The 7.2 ABV brew has a super dry finish and notes of smoke.
But is it any good?
We asked customers at Monk's, including the KYW crew behind the Beers and Booze Broz podcast, what they thought of Major Tom. You can hear their verdicts in the video at the top of this post.
Major Tom is only available at Monk's Cafe (264 S. 16th St., Center City Philadelphia) from April through June. Starting in July it will be distributed across the country in 11.2 ounce bottles.
Major Tom also celebrates Monk's Cafe 20 years in business. The Philadelphia bar, which is known for its collection of rare beers, first opened in 1997.
You can learn more about Monk's Cafe at monkscafe.com.
Want more stories about Philly? Click here for all our coverage of the City of Brotherly Love. You may also enjoy these videos of Unique Eats in Philadelphia.


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LICKALIX aims to disrupt the UK frozen treats market with its handmade, natural and healthy ice lollies…
London based LICKALIX has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube (http://www.crowdcube.com/investment/lickalix-16721) to help it raise £225,000 towards the national expansion of its gourmet ice lolly business. Set up in May 2014 by Karis and Dominic Gesua, LICKALIX spotted a gap in the market for natural and healthy ice lollies and successfully launched a range of products over the summer. In the first week of its crowdfunding campaign, the company attracted more than 50 investors and achieved 15% of its target.
“The ice cream, frozen yogurt and frozen treats market in the UK is worth more than £1.1 billion but there are limited healthy options available,” explains Dominic. “With consumers increasingly looking for food products that are lower in sugar and fat and free from additives but that still taste delicious, ice lollies need to move with the times. We’ve already seen how frozen yogurt has taken off as a healthier alternative to ice cream…why not ice lollies too?”
By teaming up with Crowdcube, the world’s leading investment crowdfunding platform, LICKALIX is planning to attract investors so that it can open its own production facility, expand its team and launch four wholesale flavours for nationwide distribution in 2015. The company is offering investors the opportunity to get involved with an ethical, forward-looking start-up that has already established its brand and tested its products in the competitive London market.
LICKALIX handmade ice lollies come in innovative flavours such as Mango & Raspberry Swirl and Caribbean Twist. They contain fewer than 62 calories each, less sugar and fat than most popular ice cream, ice lolly and frozen yogurt brands, and are suitable for vegetarians, vegans and people with intolerance to lactose, dairy or gluten.
In line with the company’s social, ethical and environmental principles, LICKALIX sources fresh fruit from local producers and wholesale markets, such as New Spitalfields, and endeavours to use organic and fair trade ingredients wherever possible. It employs on a social enterprise basis and minimises food waste by providing leftover produce to feed the pigs at Stepney City Farm. LICKALIX was selected by Jamie Oliver’s Drinks Tube and Food Tube channels to present a series of ice lolly recipes on YouTube in 2014, which achieved more than 100,000 views.
“We had a really busy summer, getting to know our customers, developing new flavours and building our brand and distribution network across London,” says Karis. “Having sold thousands of lollies, the feedback we got from customers, retailers and key influencers was fantastic. We’re really excited to be working with Crowdcube and look forward to growing our share of this high-value market in 2015.”

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A versatile grecian styled maxi dresses that also makes a great formal eveing gown. A stunning maxi dress with sleeves that is perfect for special occasion, party, wedding guest dresses or mother of the bride or mother of the groom. This beautiful full length maxi dress design makes for the perfect all-rounder, it can be worn as a cocktail dress, evening dress, formal dress, or even as a maternity dress or pregnancy maxi for those expectant mothers. These long maxi dresses are available in many sizes, it really does make a wonderful plus size maxi dress.
Total item length: Approximately 55-57.5 inches / 140-146 centimeters
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Says the guy who wrote a blog as to why John Cena should be the face of the WWE, citing his mic skills being better than wrestling ability
My argument through this whole thing isn't that Ambrose is over rated based on smarks. But I do have to question you guys as to just how much you have seen of Jon Moxley or are you basing such claims off of the whole crumpet of time in which he has been Dean Ambrose. I'm just saying, if you want to know why so many are talking of the guys potential, do some research instead of just saying people are over rating a guy based upon work that you haven't seen before. How do you know if the movie Argo is overrated if you made that conclusion based on the trailer you saw versus the amount of positive reviews you read about the film? Instead of making claims with a limited sample size to use, go look watch what people are basing their reviews off of.


24. Isuzu VehiCross
Behind this strange name was an even stranger vehicle Isuzu only sold in a three-door specification with a 3.5-liter V6 engine and automatic transmission. Isuzu designed the VehiCross to be a modern, even futuristic off-roader, giving it the best all-terrain technology and components.
But, in 1997 when they presented the VehiCross, the market just didn’t react well. The vehicle was strange-looking, and in fact, some said it was ugly. The VehiCross came in crossover form, but in fact, it was a capable, quality off-roader. That is why the U.S. sales were sluggish, so in 2001 they stopped producing the VehiCross.


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National Institute on Drug Abuse
Behavioral Therapies Development Program - Effective Drug Abuse Treatment Approaches
Individualized Drug Counseling for Methadone Maintenance Opiate Addicts
The goal of individual drug counseling (McLellan et al., 1993) is to change the patients' behaviors with regard to drug use, employment status, illegal activity, and family/social relations. Failure by the patient to reduce illicit drug or alcohol use may result in suggestions (but not demands) from the counselor for increases in the methadone dosage (when opiate use is seen), and/or a requirement for additional counseling visits (when continued cocaine, alcohol, or other drug use is observed). During the first month of treatment, patients are required to attend counseling once per week. In the second through sixth months of treatment, if the patient shows signs of positive social change and abstinence, the patient can meet on a less intensive basis (biweekly). When abstinence is not observed, the patient is asked to attend sessions twice per week until the problem behavior is reduced.
Thomas McLellan and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania examined whether the addition of drug counseling, medical care, and psychosocial services improves the efficacy of methadone hydrochloride therapy in the rehabilitation of opiate-dependent patients. Intravenous opiate addicts enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment at the Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center were randomly assigned to one of three groups for a 6-month clinical trial: (1) methadone (a minimum of 60mg/d) with no other services; (2) methadone plus individual drug counseling; or (3) methadone plus individual drug counseling and on site medical/psychiatric, employment, and family services.
While methadone treatment alone was associated with reductions in opiate use, 69% of these subjects had to be "protectively transferred" from the trial because of unremitting use of opiates and cocaine or medical/psychiatric emergencies. This was significantly different from the 41% of the methadone plus individual counseling and 19% of the methadone, individual counseling and services patients who met the criteria. End of treatment data showed minimal improvements in the methadone only participants who completed the trial. The addition of counseling produced significantly more and larger improvements and enhanced services further improved outcome over counseling alone. Methadone alone may only be effective for a minority of eligible patients.
McLellan, A.T., Woody, G.E., Luborsky, L. & O'Brien, C.P. (1988). Is the counselor an 'active ingredient' in substance abuse treatment? Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 176, 423-430.
McLellan, A.T., Arndt, I., Metzger, D.S. Woody, G.E. & O'Brien, C.P. (1993). The effects of psychosocial services in substance abuse treatment. Journal of the American Medical Association, 269 (15), 1953-1959.
Woody, G.E., Luborsky, L., McLellan, A.T., O'Brien, C.P., Beck, A.T., Blaine, J., Herman, I. & Hole, A. (1983). Psychotherapy for opiate addicts: Does it help? Archives of General Psychiatry, 40, 639-645.
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A decline in aspirin use, exposure to household sprays and cleaners and lack of vitamin D may all help explain surging asthma rates in the past few decades.
For years the hygiene hypothesis has been used to explain stark differences in asthma rates around the world. In Western countries, asthma rates are about 50 times higher than in rural Africa, for instance. The hygiene hypothesis suggests that Westerners have less exposure to bacteria, viruses and parasites, altering the immune response and increasing risk for allergic diseases.
But Dr. Harold S. Nelson, professor of medicine at the asthma and allergy specialty hospital National Jewish Health in Denver, says the hygiene hypothesis doesn’t fully explain rising asthma rates in the United States and industrialized countries. The incidence of asthma has doubled in the United States since the 1980s.
In a recent talk at National Jewish Health’s annual Pulmonary and Allergy Update conference, Dr. Nelson noted that lower levels of vitamin D, exposure to spray cleaning compounds, and a wider use of acetaminophen in place of aspirin have contributed to the asthma epidemic.
The concern with household cleaners is that the spray mist can be inhaled and irritate the lungs, increasing risk for asthma. The biggest culprits appear to be glass cleaners and air fresheners. A major European study of cleaning product use in 10 countries found that people who used the cleaners four days a week faced double the risk of adult asthma. Weekly use increased risk by 50 percent. Australian researchers have also found a link with household cleaning sprays and asthma in children.
In a November 2007 article in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston reviewed the evidence showing a link between low vitamin D levels in mothers and childhood asthma. The authors wrote:
We hypothesize that as populations grow more prosperous, more time is spent indoors, and there is less exposure to sunlight, leading to decreased cutaneous vitamin D production. Coupled with inadequate intake from foods and supplements, this then leads to vitamin D deficiency, particularly in pregnant women, resulting in more asthma and allergy in their offspring.
Declining aspirin use may also help explain rising asthma rates. Young children should not be given aspirin because it increases risk for Reye’s syndrome. But a common alternative, acetaminophen, the ingredient in Tylenol, may increase a child’s risk for asthma when used in very young children or in high doses. The drug lowers levels of the antioxidant glutathione, which can help protect against lung damage caused by oxidants. In a study of more than 200,000 6- and 7-year-olds, use of acetaminophen in the first year of life was associated with a 46 percent increase in prevalence of asthma symptoms. Children using higher doses of acetaminophen had three times the risk of asthma.
Dr. Nelson notes that the research isn’t conclusive, but that people can take simple measures to lower their exposure to these new risk factors. Use liquid cleaners or pump sprays that don’t generate a fine mist. Eliminate use of spray air fresheners. Pregnant women and mothers should talk to their obstetricians and pediatricians about whether they should consider vitamin D supplements. And parents should discuss pain relievers with the pediatrician. Every pain reliever carries risks, and alternatives to Tylenol like ibuprofen can increase risk for gastrointestinal complaints. However, doctors may recommend switching between pain relievers or limiting exposure to acetaminophen in certain cases.
“There is a lot of supporting evidence for all three of these new risk factors,” Dr. Nelson said.


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Download my new mix, a collaboration with my partner in crime DJ Kontrol. We mix together and what comes out is a little smaCk and ticKle for ya! Click on the link, download and enjoy… smaCk & ticKle Vol. 1 mixed by DJs Camille & Kontrol (2010)
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DJ Camille has dazzled partygoers around the world with her eclectic style of contemporary urban mixes fused with hip-hop, trap, mash-ups, dance, and 80’s. She owns nearly 10,000 pieces of vinyl legitimizing her as a purist in the ”iPod” generation. Now playing Serato, Camille can combine her legitimate DJ roots with the convenience technology has brought to the game.


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Acting Chief: VA Won't Tolerate Intimidation, Retaliation
SAN ANTONIO | Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson warned VA administrators on Friday that intimidation or retaliation against anyone who calls attention to problems within the veterans' health system will not be tolerated.
Federal investigators are examining allegations that VA supervisors retaliated against 37 employees who filed "whistle-blower" complaints. It included some who complained about improper scheduling practices at the heart of a growing scandal within the VA system.
At a news conference Friday after a visit to a San Antonio VA facility, Gibson said the department will follow laws that forbid whistle-blower retaliation.
He said employees of any organization need to feel they can speak out and Gibson warned against anything that would create a climate that would stifle that source. "I think that is wrong. It is absolutely unacceptable." Gibson said.
"There have been questions raised about intimidation or even retaliation. There is a law that forbids that, and we'll follow the law," Gibson said.
He also expressed confidence that investigators will be able to ferret out the truth, regardless of any attempts to squelch potential whistle-blowers.
"We have a pretty savvy IG (Inspector General). They are going to gather information from the bottom up," he said. "These guys didn't just fall off the turnip truck. These are professionals at their trade," he added.
The scandal has centered on long patient waits for care and falsified records covering up delays at VA hospitals and clinics nationwide.


Submitted to: Plant Physiology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/18/1998
Publication Date: N/A
Interpretive Summary: Iron (Fe) is an essential nutrient for both plants and humans, and Fe deficiency is a worldwide problem for both. Acquiring sufficient iron from many soils is difficult for plants; hence, not enough Fe is available in plant foods to satisfy an adult human's nutritional requirements when eaten in normal amounts. Thus, we are working to expand our understanding of the mechanisms plants use to acquire Fe from the soil in order to ultimately improve the content of bioavailable Fe in plant-based foods. Also, cadmium (Cd) is a common environmental contaminant introduced into soils by anthropogenic activities. Cd contamination poses a serious threat to human health, and uptake into plants is the primary avenue through which Cd can enter the food chain. There have been some suggestions in the literature that the uptake of Cd and other heavy metals into plants is somehow influenced by plant Fe nutrition. In this paper, we studied the relationship between plant heavy metal uptake and Fe nutrition, using pea seedlings as a model system. It was found that making seedlings Fe deficient stimulated the expression of a high affinity Cd2+ uptake into pea roots. The mechanism underlying this response was studied, and it was found that Fe deficiency turned on a gene that encodes a putative Fe transporter in root cells. It appears that this transporter also can facilitate the uptake of the toxic metal, Cd. These findings have a range of implications, including bettering our understanding of how plants acquire Fe, gaining insight into how heavy metals enter the food chain, and improving use of plants as a technology to remove toxic metals from the soil as a means of remediating certain types of environmental pollution.
Technical Abstract: Plant accumulation of iron and other metals can be enhanced under Fe deficiency. We investigated the influence of Fe status on heavy-metal and divalent-cation uptake in roots of pea (Pisum sativum L. cv Sparkle) seedlings using Cd2+ uptake as a model system. Radiotracer techniques were used to quantify unidirectional 109Cd influx into roots of Fe-deficient and Fe-sufficient pea seedlings. The concentration-dependent kinetics for 109Cd influx were graphically complex and non-saturating but could be resolved into a linear component and a saturable component exhibiting Michaelis-Menten kinetics. We demonstrated that the linear component was apoplastically bound Cd2+ remaining in the root cell wall after desorption, whereas the saturable component was transporter-mediated Cd2+ influx across the root-cell plasma membrane. The Cd2+ transport system in roots of both Fe-deficient and Fe-sufficient seedlings exhibited similar Km values, 1.5 and 0.6 uM, respectively, for saturable Cd2+ influx, while the Vmax for Cd2+ uptake in Fe-deficient seedlings was nearly 7-fold higher than that in +Fe-grown seedlings. Investigations into the mechanistic basis for this response demonstrated that Fe deficiency-induced stimulation of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase did not play a role in the enhanced Cd2+ uptake. Expression studies with the Fe2+ transporter cloned from Arabidopsis (IRT1) indicated that Fe deficiency induced the expression of this transporter, which might facilitate the transport of heavy metal divalent cations such as Cd2+ and Zn2+, in addition to Fe2+.


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Winter and spring winter. Two great seasons here in Boden. It’s nice to just enjoy the snow and the northern lights, but sometimes you want to do something fun too, right? Here are five tips for both action filled and calm things to do in Boden in winter – whether you’re visiting, a newcomer or a long-time resident.
Of course, there is much, much more to do than this, but here are five great tips for things to do. Fun activities to suit everyone on both the sunniest and coldest days of winter in Boden. You are welcome.
Watch your back! Or no, you usually don’t have to pay much attention because there’s plenty of room. The terrain in Boden is quite hilly, but in addition to the forts of Boden’s famous fortress, the mountains also have a whole bunch of ski slopes.
The largest is Storklinten in Svartlå (30 minutes from the city center), which is even popular with national alpine teams for pre-season training. The stars usually go fast on the big steep slopes, but now there’s actually a whole bunch of slopes to suit all tastes. Manchester, forest trails, park, off-piste, easy, difficult, intermediate and generally cozy. Four lifts, a lift belt, fireplaces, restaurant, cabins, apartments, camping, after ski and more are available. A full-scale ski resort in close proximity. Free bonus: trendy goggle tan.
Even closer are the smaller slopes Pagla and Gruvberget which are great for new and/or small skiers and other people who just like to grill sausages (including vegetarian) and drink hot chocolate.
“But not everyone is a slalom skier!” Well, okay, but it can still be really nice to have a bit of wind and snow on your face. Have you heard of a tailgate, sled, bob (i.e. snow racer or toboggan), snow saucer, mattress, snow rocket, kick, snow kick or tractor tire? All listed are rides that do not require boots or skills. But it’s a lot of fun, for adults, children and young adults. Sledding hills exist, or can be invented, almost everywhere (including the facilities mentioned above), even on Kvarnängen in the city center.
The North Pole sounds chilly but it’s wrong, wrong wrong. At Boden’s indoor waterpark Nordpoolen, the weather is always perfect for swimming, with 30°c in the water and really hot in the sauna. Walking and swimming can generally be a bit of fun, but with four wild water slides, three whirlpools, two outdoor pools, a stream sauna, climbing wall and a bunch of saunas, we take it a few steps further. It will be an adventure, pure and simple.
If you want to really go the extra mile, head for Harads and the floating (well, frozen) Arctic Bath. Here you can take a dip in the river, preferably after a hot sauna with an invigorating spa ritual, and feel the spirit of life return to your tired winter self.
Tip: It’s very cold to swim in an ice pool, but try it anyway. Try to focus and find calm breathing. Afterwards, you will be contradictorily warm and have a memory for life (i.e. a perfect social media post, if you remembered to ask your friend to film it).
Rolls, chocolate balls, croissants, vegan rocky road brownie or a more substantial lunchtime focaccia. And then chailatte, espresso, kombucha, boba tea or just a smooth cup of black coffee. Throw in a good friend and you have your afternoon made. Boden has a long tradition of cafés and we don’t mind maintaining it. There is always room for a coffee break.
But. Everything is better outdoors, including coffee, of course. On a reindeer skin on the ice, a mountain top with a view or just in the forest anywhere. Real coffee with cinnamon buns fried over an open fire, that’s good stuff! Tip: A sandwich iron is actually a more important possession than a frying pan, and it also works well for buns.
Of course, if you’re new to Boden or just visiting and have never tried “pimpla” (ice fishing) before, it can be a bit difficult to get started. You must: 1. have an ice drill to drill holes in the ice, 2. have an ice fishing rod with lure and maggots, 3. know where to drill and 4. possibly go to the best ice fishing spot by snowmobile. This requires either a friend or relative who can fix everything for you. Or! Hiring someone to take care of everything, such as Sörbyn Fishing, Arctic Adventure or Hide & See.
The benefits of ice fishing are that you’re doing something potentially exciting (you might get a bite) while doing nothing on the ice in the sun on a beautiful spring winter day. In other words, it can be a relaxing activity if you have trouble sitting still but don’t want to be the one digging the snow pit, building the fire or making lunch. Bonus: nice mousetrap in the face.
100% immersion is best achieved with perfect cinema popcorn, comfortable velvet armchairs, crisp sound all around, a large screen and the right tilt for good visibility. Folkets hus, in the very center of Boden, does not disappoint (or maybe it does, but that’s the fault of the film, not the auditorium). Sometimes we say Sagabiografen, sometimes Sagateatern – because this is both a theater and a cinema. It features everything from daytime cinema and blockbusters to theater, stand-up comedy, live opera from the world’s concert halls, dance, performance, revues and Björknäsgymnasium’s annual musicals. It has also hosted the occasional world premiere for films shot in the area.
In Boden, we are close to cultural experiences that touch, tell stories and evoke emotions and ideas. We can also recommend a visit to Havremagasinet länskonsthall (one of Sweden’s largest rooms for contemporary art, 3600 square meters in a fantastic historical building) or the Försvarsmuseum – prefect for mice and other history nerds.

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One week to go until Cheltenham! The biggest horse racing festival on the UK calendar is almost here!
The Cheltenham festival is 4 days of racing with lots of offers and plenty of money to be made. Some people refer to it as "Cheltmas", as it really is a Christmas for Matched Bettors right in the middle of March!
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Residents of Gush Etzion, located in the Judea region will celebrate Yom Haatzmaut - Israel Independence day on Thursday on the hilltop of Netzer. The area is a barren stretch of land located next to the village of Efrat. Childrens events and performances will take place. Tours of new farming and archeological sites will take place. Nobel Prize winner Professor Israel Aumann, and Member of Knesset Dr. Arieh Eldad are scheduled to speech.
Organizers say the purpose of the event is not only to celebrate Independence Day but also to prevent non-Jews from usurping the area. Residents say they hope Netzer will become a new neighborhood for Efrat's rapidly growing population of young families.

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Yesterday (June 29th), rumors spread that the award winning magazine was sold to an unidentified party. Some speculated that it had been purchased by the owner of Black Book Publishing.
Meanwhile, industry insiders are believe that former Editor-In-Chief Danyel Smith may take over the Editor-In-Chief position and that a significant amount of staffers may be terminated. A Vibe spokesperson denied that the mag had been sold, but confirmed that it had been up for sale for some time.
In related news, Marc Ecko is reportedly looking into buying The Source Magazine. The self-proclaimed "hip-hop bible" has been on the auction block for months. Several auctions were slated to take place a few months, but were postponed.


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2020 Toddler Christmas Toys
John Lewis & Partners has just unveiled its top 10 must-have toys for Christmas 2020 — and the key themes for this year are climate change, sustainability and interactive learning. ‘This year is . Steve Ronchetto, vice president of toys at Walmart, said in a news release that the list “reflects the shift we’ve seen in toy trends and behaviors this year. “Toys play a critical role in families’ . Click here to read the full article. Babies are adorable, but godparents, aunts, uncles and even parents love it when the children in their life can start to interact with toys. This, after all, .
Hottest Toys for Christmas 2020: Top Christmas Toys 2020 2021
- 63 Best Toys for 2020 – New Most Popular Toys For Toddlers to Big .
- 45 Best Toys of 2020 Top New Toys for Boys and Girls.
- Gifts For 2 Year Old Boys 2020 – List of Best Toys | Toddler .
For kids, that might mean getting their Christmas wish list ready for Santa. On Thursday, Walmart unveiled its annual ‘Top-Rated by Kids Toy List.’ The Paw Patrol Dino Patroller, the Jetson Plasma . Walmart is letting kids to shop for their favorite toys virtually this holiday season, while also allowing them to virtually unbox, test and play with this season’s hottest toys without leaving home, .
30 Best Toddler Gifts 2020 Top Ideas for Toddler Girls and Boys
BJ’s Wholesale Club today took an early leap to Christmas with the release of its “Official Awesomest List of Toys” for 2020. The list includes brands such as Paw Patrol, Blue’s Clues, Kindi Kids, It’s that time of year again when families — especially kids — are starting to think about what will go on their Christmas lists. On Thursday, Walmart released its annual list of the year’s hottest .
Hottest Toys for Christmas 2019: Top Christmas Toys 2019 2020
- 10 Gifts For Kids With Autism 2020 – Best Autism Toys, Games .
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Instead, Walmart sent the toys to several dozen kids for testing at home. The work has now been completed and the company has compiled its list of the top-rated toys for this year’s Christmas season. . 2020 Toddler Christmas Toys Navidad en el Barrio is looking for a few angels to help them move forward with their annual gift-giving program. .


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Electronic Arts, in conjunction with Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe today announced the beginning of the 2010 FIFA Interactive World Cup worldwide tournament.
Last year’s tournament drew over 500,000 participants, but this being an actual World Cup year, we expect that figure to balloon.
The grand prize, awarded to the winner of the final held in Barcelona in May, is $20,000 and the priceless opportunity to hang out with professional footballers at the FIFA World Cup Players Gala at the actual World Cup in South Africa this summer.
“More than half a million players vied for a spot in the Grand Final of last year’s FIFA Interactive World Cup. This makes it the FIFA tournament with the most competitors,” said Chuck Blazer, a member of the FIFA Executive Committee and the patron of the FIFA Interactive World Cup. “The FIWC is becoming more and more popular among all age groups and the great thing is that everybody can participate. Players can face each other whenever they want and wherever they are – this is truly unique.”
But how do you get there?‚ It’s easy. Sorta. Over the next 7 months, over the PlayStation Network (not Xbox Live) and in-person at 10 live events scattered across the globe, players will face off against eachother, and vie for one of the 31 finals spots.
And for the first time ever, according to the press release “online qualification will be split into two separate seasons, with the first season running from 2 October through to 18 December 2009, and the second season running from 4 January through to 31 March 2010”
If you’re interested in this tournament of gargantuan nature head over to the tournament’s official page for more.


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Jerry Fitch and John J. Raspanti are respected writers who have been on the boxing beat for decades. Their book, “A Few More Rounds: A Collection of Boxing Tales,” which was published in October 2020 by KO Publications, pays homage to the sport they love and have chronicled so eloquently for all their adult lives.
The book is delightful, whimsical, and extremely personal.
Fitch describes meeting middleweight champ Tony Zale in Washington, D.C. in 1974. He and the Man of Steel’s feisty second wife, Philomena, who the champ referred to as “Mighty Mouth,” developed a friendship that lasted right up until her death in 1992. Zale, who by then had cognitive issues, passed away five years later.
Fitch recalls Philomena, who was living in the Chicago area with her husband, telling him about receiving a call from a Texas newspaper. The reporter was inquiring about the death of an alcoholic drifter who had been impersonating Zale for 25 years to get free drinks.
Zale was known to never imbibe alcohol, which prompted Philomena to wisecrack, “If my husband is down there, who’s sleeping with me here?”
Raspanti in A Few More Rounds speaks lovingly of his father, who fought in the Chicago Golden Gloves, imparting his love of boxing on his son. While still a youngster, his father managed to get into the Windy City’s Comiskey Park just in time to see Joe Louis stop James J. Braddock to win the heavyweight title in June 1937.
Fitch describes the thrill of meeting Anton Christoforidis, who brought immense pride to the Greek populace in Cleveland after winning a light-heavyweight title from Melio Bettina in 1941.
Their encounter resulted in Raspanti and his family being embraced by the Greek community in some interesting ways.
Fitch in A Few More Rounds wrote scores of articles about the great Jimmy Bivins but admits to being fascinated by “bits and pieces I still discover about him.”
Over the years he met numerous opponents of Bivins, including Joe Louis, Jersey Joe Walcott, Lloyd Marshall, Ezzard Charles, Joey Maxim, and Archie Moore, all of whom provided additional insight on his favorite subject.
Raspanti traveled to California’s Bay Area, where he hung out with welterweight contender Karim Mayfield and got to know Andre Ward and his trainer Virgil Hunter, as Ward prepared for his fight against Mikkel Kessler of Denmark in Oakland in November 2009.
Fitch wrote about the “mixed emotions” associated with meeting boxing greats, only to find or hear of many of them suffering from brain damage. He ultimately developed a decade-long friendship with Jimmy McLarnin, who defeated 12 of the 13 world champions he faced and died at age 97 in 2004.
Whether recounting cherished memories of fighters appearing at the fabled Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, crazy nights and fights at the relatively new StubHub Center in Carson, California, landmarks and live boxing in Carson City, Nevada, keeping in touch with champions and contenders for decades, remembering forgotten 1950s middleweight contenders such as Rory Calhoun, Ernie Durando, Eugene Hairston, and Holly Mims, or describing five must-see boxing movies, the writing in A Few More Rounds by both authors is whimsical, breezy, and very readable.
Despite sometime searing depictions of racism, hate, retribution, and loyalty, each of the book’s 20 chapters leaves the reader feeling enthralled and satisfied.
Noted boxing historian Mike Silver, whose most recent book, “The Night the Referee Hit Back: Memorable Moments from the World of Boxing,” described “A Few More Rounds” as “a delightful and entertaining love letter to the sport of boxing.”
In the book’s foreword, Nigel Collins, the former editor-in-chief of The Ring magazine and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee, said the authors’ “love of the sport shines through on every page.”
With writers like Fitch and Raspanti behind the keyboard, boxing is in exceptionally good hands.
“A Few More Rounds” is available on Amazon.com.

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Duplin deputies find $1 million of meth in saddles
By Nelson Bland
Published in News on May 27, 2010 1:46 PM
Arturo Jose Almendarez-Carcamo
Surrounded by horse saddles and an estimated $1 million worth of methamphetamine in plastic bags, Duplin County Sheriff Blake Wallace, second from left, talks to the press Wednesday about the seizure of the drugs, which he said is the largest haul of meth in eastern North Carolina and possibly the state. The drug was concealed in 14 saddles. Also shown, from left: Beulaville Police Chief Joey Carter and state probation and parole officers Louis Adams and Linda Grady.
BEULAVILLE -- One of the largest, if not the largest, seizures of methamphetamine in the state has been made in Duplin County, Duplin County Sheriff Blake Wallace announced at a news conference Wednesday.
Wallace said 17 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $1 million was seized in the arrest of Arturo Jose Almendarez-Carcamo, 22, of 1517 Blind Bridge Road, Magnolia.
The suspect is an illegal immigrant, Wallace said.
The methamphetamine was found stashed in 14 horse saddles, three that were in the suspect's vehicle and 11 located elsewhere.
Wallace said since other suspects might be charged in the case and because the investigation is still under way, he could not elaborate as to where the 11 saddles were found.
Almendarez-Carcamo was charged with three counts of trafficking in methamphetamine, maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for a controlled substance, manufacture of a controlled substance, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance, assault on a government official and fleeing to elude arrest. Wallace said Almendarez-Carcamo tried to flee from officers and assaulted one officer during the arrest. He was jailed under a $1.5 million bond in the Duplin County Jail.
Almendarez-Carcamo was taken into custody when deputies stopped his vehicle just outside of Rose Hill on a rural road. Wallace said the Sheriff's Office had received information that Almendarez-Carcamo was transporting large amounts of methamphetamine into the county.
Wallace said the suspect does not own any horses and there were none at his residence. He said the saddles were apparently used because the suspect probably thought law officers would not check a saddle for drugs.
The sheriff said the Beulaville Police Department and Chief Joey Carter and officers of the SBI, state Probation and Parole Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Duplin County Drug Task Force and the Duplin Interstate Criminal Enforcement worked on the case.
Wallace said the investigation revealed that Almendarez-Carcamo "came into our county for the sole purpose of establishing a criminal project."
A detainer was placed on the suspect by the ICE officials and "he will be deported at some point" after the case goes through court, Wallace said.
More arrests in the case are possible, Wallace said. He added that he would ask the FBI to possibly assist with the case because the point of origin of the illegal drugs is probably out of state.
"We do believe there are others involved, but no one else has been charged at this point," Wallace said. "But it is an ongoing investigation, and we expect more arrests in the future."
Concerning the saddles, Wallace said drug dealers are "becoming more ingenious with ways to try to hide drugs." He said he has seen drugs hidden in wheel rims, secret compartments of vehicles and in other unusual locations.
"But this is the first I've seen any in saddles. How many people would walk up to a saddle and think there are drugs in it? If you think about it, it is pretty ingenious."

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