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Toby Keith Wantagh NY Tickets
American country music star Toby Keith has announced the dates for his 2019 “That's Country Bro! Tour”. It is named after a new song by the singer that is expected to come out in May. It will be his follow-up to the track Don’t Let the Old Man In which he wrote and recorded for the movie The Mule starring Clint Eastwood. The much anticipated trek will kick off shortly after the release of the new song. It has summer and fall stops across the US and Canada. As of now, no opening acts have been announced for any of the upcoming shows. So it’s Toby all the way. If you are interested in catching the Wish I Didn’t Know Now singer live in concert, get your Toby Keith Wantagh NY tickets at the earliest.
Toby Keith’s self-titled debut album came out in 1993 and received Platinum certification. His following records Boomtown and Blue Lagoon were both major hits, thanks to popular songs such as Me Too and Who’s That Man. In the year 1997, Keith collaborated with Sting to record I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying. The song earned the duo a nomination at the Grammys.
The singer achieved further recognition with his 1999 album How Do You Like Me Now?! which went on to win two ACM Awards. His following record Unleashed hit the stores in 2002 and sold three million copies. It also featured the duet Beer for My Horses with the iconic Willie Nelson.
Toby Keith lost his father in a tragic traffic accident in 2001. The incident prompted him to write the very controversial song Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue. It became a huge hit among military personnel in particular. Keith was presented with the Entertainer of the Year honor at the ACM Awards in both 2002 and 2003.
The musician’s most recent studio album titled MPH Town was released in 2015. It debuted at the fourteenth spot on the US Billboard 200 and sold 19,000 copies in its opening week.
That's Country Bro! Tour
The hit maker has announced a new tour, the title of which comes from the name of his new single, expected to come out in May 2019. The outing kick starts towards the end of May and will include dates in various notable cities across the US and Canada. You can catch the music star live at the Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater when he visits your city in July as part of the trek. All you need to do is purchase Toby Keith Wantagh NY tickets in time.
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This highly talented and versatile go-getter is the Managing Director & Medical Director of Pearl Women’s Hospital & Yash IVF. In a career spanning almost 2 decades, Dr. Chaitanya Ganapule is one of the Best IVF Doctor in Pune. He has carved a niche for himself in the field of Gynec Endoscopy specializing in high-end Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic procedures. To respond effectively to the growing demand from his patients for reliable infertility services he enhanced his knowledge and skills with a formal training stint in infertility management at the University of Homerton, London. He now enjoys an excellent reputation as an IVF expert as well.
Times Icons of Health 2021 felicitated Dr Chaitanya Ganapule for his hard work and dedication and “Never Say No Attitude”. The award was presented by the Chief Guest Dr. Neelam Gorhe, Deputy Chairperson, Maharashtra Legislative Council on the 28th of January 2021.
His expertise in Laparoscopic and Hysteroscopic surgery has enabled him to diagnose many hidden fertility affecting issues in infertile women, which were missed during earlier treatment.
Later on he expanded his reach by starting two more IVF centers- Noble Yash IVF in Pune (in association with Noble Hospital, Hadapsar, NABH accredited) and Satara-Yash IVF in Satara.
Dr. Ganapule is a highly qualified and internationally trained consultant having completed his MD (ObsGyn) from the prestigious BJ Medical College at Sassoon General Hospital Pune and having added the below-mentioned specializations subsequently:
Fellowship in Assisted Reproductive Techniques) (ART – Homerton University Hospital, NHS London – UK)
Dip in Gynecological Endoscopy (University of Clermont – Ferrand, France)
Dip in Gynecological Pelviscopy (University of Kiel, Germany)
Dip in Minimally Invasive Surgery (BEAMS)
His paper on “Laparoscopic hysterectomy for large uterus – BEAMS experience” has been published in the American Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery.
Times Icons of Health 2021 felicitated Dr. Chaitanya Ganapule for his hard work and dedication and “Never Say No Attitude”. The award was presented by the Chief Guest Dr. Neelam Gorhe, Deputy Chairperson, Maharashtra Legislative Council on the 28th of January 2021.
Dr. Ganapule and the team at Yash IVF have over 5000 success stories as far as infertility management is concerned.
Dr. Ganapule was the clinical secretary of Pune Obstetrics and Gynaecological Society for 2021-22 and is currently the Treasurer, for the year 2022-23
As a committee member of reproductive endocrinology committee, FOGSI, since 2018, he has held the posts of
State coordinator for the term 2020-22,
National coordinator for the term 2022-23
He has authored chapters in Jeffcoat’s gynecology, various other books, FOGSI focus, and newsletters.
He is a Teacher for a postgraduate course in gynaec and obstetrics.
As a visiting Laparoscopic & Hysteroscopic surgeon, he is attached to various Tertiary care hospitals including Deenanath Mangeshkar & Sahyadri Hospital in Pune, Nasik, Kolhapur, Satara, Belgaum, Varanasi, and Delhi.

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Are you looking for dark fantasy story ideas and prompts or simply some dark writing prompts for your next writing project?
Read on for prompts like an elderly woman befriending the seven demons of grief following her husband’s death, to a painter imprisoning his victims inside of his paintings!
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Dark Fantasy Story Ideas & Writing Prompts
Let’s dive into some deep dark fantasy story ideas and writing prompts that will lay the setting for a captivating tapestry that keeps readers engrossed till the very end.
Stories related to the depth of human nature and the shadows of the mind are always fascinating. Here are some ideas:
- The Forbidden Genesis
Adam and Even live blissfully in the Garden of Eden until they discovered that their existence was a carefully orchestrated experiment by ancient beings known as the “Architects”, who plants seeds of strife and discord among them in order to observe how humanity would evolve in a world they shape.
- Fragments of Heaven
Adam and Eve awaken in a seemingly heavenly landscape with fragmented memories of their past. As they discovered haunting remnants of civilizations that are kept hidden from them, they realized that they’re not the first Adam and Eve.
- Fountain of Youth
Within the shadows of Hollywood’s glitz and glamour, a revered actress guards a sinister secret, casting a curse upon every unsuspecting co-star to siphon their youth and vitality, sacrificing their very essence to maintain her own eternal beauty.
- Nature vs Nurture
A musical prodigy claims that they could wield shadows and that the shadows help them in their artistic endeavor. The truth is that the shadows are the byproduct of substance abuse, with their mother being the one supplying them with the substance since they were a kid to “inspire” their creativity.
- The 27 Club
A clairvoyant gaslights and manipulates a budding artist who has an unnatural fear of the 27 Club, an urban legend that claims there’s a spike of artists and celebrities who die at the age of 27.
From my post Bone-Chilling Urban Legend Story Ideas (2023)
- Love Beyond the Grave
After losing her lover in a freak accident, a grieving woman isolates herself. However, when she starts seeing him around the house again with another woman, she gradually realizes that she was actually the one who died in the tragic event. Still in love with him, she slowly begins antagonizing the other woman to make her leave him.
(Originally appear in my post Paranormal Romance Story Ideas and Writing Prompts.)
Dark creatures are almost essential to any dark fantasy story! Here are some inspiration and ideas for story ideas with dark creatures at the center.
- The Seven Demons
An elderly woman whose husband just died is so lonely that she befriends not one, not two, but seven demons who regularly come to see her, who are actually the seven stages of grief.
- Midnight Tide
Bound by a malevolent curse, the merpeople who lives on a secluded, hidden lake can only come to life for a single night every century. Once they do, they cavort, feast and rampage through the lake, which may spell demise for the two couples who happen to camp nearby.
- Deceived by Appearance
It’s zombie apocalypse but once someone is infected by the zombie virus, their appearance do not deteriorate. So, in a glance, there’s almost no way to tell whether someone is a zombie or a healthy person… until it’s too late.
From my post Unique Zombie Story Ideas (2023)
- The Stray
An elderly man who lives alone has permanently loses his sight. When a portal opens in his living room straight into the gates of the Underworld, he mistakes Cerberus as a stray dog and begins befriending it.
- The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
In an alternate world, vampires are hunted because injecting their blood into a human’s system will grant the human immortality. Vampire blood becomes a high-ticket commodity as humans play God and toy with sentient creatures for their own gain.
Originally appeared in my post Vampire Romance Story Ideas (2023)
- The Promise
A malevolent genie who are recently being re-awakened in the 20th century, tries to collect on a century-old promise. The original promise maker has been long dead. So, the monster is coming for their nearest descendant.
Originally appeared in my post The Best Monster Story Ideas (2023)
- The Demon Jury
A person dies and finds themselves on trial in hell, with a jury of demons deciding their fate. The person must argue their case and prove they don’t belong in hell, but the demon won’t let them go that easily before toying with them.
Originally appeared in my post The Most Disturbing Demon Story Ideas (2023)
Cursed artifacts have always held a captivating allure in the dark fantasy genre. Here are some inspiration:
- The Family Heirloom
A bullied teen discovers their family’s secret: a book of shamanism which grants its wielder a control over weather. Using the book, the bullied teen plots to exact revenge on their bullies.
- Mirror on the Wall
A lonely, young janitor in a traveling circus befriends the new, famous resident magician. When the janitor catches the magician trapping various victims inside of their magical mirror, they must do what their conscience tells them to do.
- Book of the Future
A writer becomes obsessed with a mysterious manuscript that seems to predict future events, leading them down a dangerous path of fate and self-discovery.
- The Painting
A troubled artist becomes obsessed with a gift from an anonymous fan, which is a mysterious painting that seems to come to life. Soon, the artist’s life becomes a jumble of blurred lines between reality and nightmare.
After stumbling onto an artifact on their latest hike and desecrate it, a group of college students are cursed with the inability to sleep. As fatigue and delirium slowly gnaw at their sanity, they begin turning against each other.
- Cursed Brush
A painter imprisons his victims inside of his paintings using a magical brush before taking over their lives. The newest victim finds a way to travel to other paintings and rallying the other victims to fight back.
- The Haunted House
A cursed witch, bound to a haunted house, must unravel the mysteries of her own past and confront the malevolent spirits that dwell within, all while protecting an unsuspecting family who moves in.
Originally posted in Spellbinding Witch Story Ideas (2023)
Here are some picture-based dark fantasy story prompts, because, a picture speaks a thousand words! Below are some image prompts as well as some prompt ideas to accompany each.
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1. Write about a raven that can change into a human form during full moon nights.
2. Or what if in one full moon night, all the domestic dogs in a particular city begin howling along with the pack of wolves that live in a forest on the outskirt of town. What is happening?
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1. Write about an unbeatable, immortal warrior that seeks out Death, because they’re tired of living and they want Death to kill them.
2. Or what about this: When his time is up, a man tries to make a deal with Death and agrees to bring him a soul every year in exchange for his own life.
About Dark Fantasy
Dark fantasy takes readers on a journey into the shadows of imagination, where moral ambiguity, psychological depth, and intricate world-building create a captivating exploration of the human psyche and the forces that shape our darkest desires and fears.
It intertwines elements of darkness, mystery, and magic, immersing readers in a realm where the line between light and shadow is blurred, and where heroes and villains alike grapple with the complexities of their own existence.
Terry Pratchett has something to say about this genre:
People don’t like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that’s Horror wearing a collar and a tie.
However, the fact is that there are some major differences between horror and dark fantasy. Horror may be set in both the real and fantasy worlds, with emphasis on blood, gore, thrills, and shivers.
On the other hand, deep dark fantasy employs the more supernatural aspects of the narrative as a vehicle for character development and world building, rather than merely as a horrific background designed to elicit screams. The journey through terrifying new realms is the focus in dark fantasy, followed by the horrors.
The Allure of Dark Fantasy
The allure of deep dark fantasy lies in escapism. This kind of story helps the readers confront their fears, or inject a dose of adrenaline rush into their system. The darker, the better.
Due to the nature of the theme, it’s always prudent to include a trigger warning in your book, so your reader knows what they’re walking into.
Elements of Dark Fantasy Story
Dark fantasy stories, which are sometimes mistaken with horror stories, focus more on the aesthetical components of the narrative, whereas horror stories focus on the visceral aspects. Here are some elements frequently found in dark fantasy stories:
– Supernatural creatures, so much so that the dark fantasy genre is oftentimes synonymous with the supernatural horror genre.
– Focusing more on the aesthetic than the visceral.
– Often deal with dark themes such as abuse, manipulation, and the likes.
– Stories told from the monster’s or the supernatural being’s point of view. Example including Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles.
– Features anti-hero or morally-ambiguous protagonists.
Other posts that you might find interesting:
- Surreal Writing Prompts
- 11 Edgy Futuristic Story Ideas
- Witch Story Ideas
- 9 Inspiring Hero Story Ideas

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OREM, Utah (ABC4 Sports) – Utah Valley’s 11-game winning streak, the third longest streak in the nation, has come to an end.
Riley Gringsby banked in a three-pointer with 30 seconds left, as Seattle handed the Wolverines their first loss since November, 85-80.
Aziz Bandaogo came up just short of a triple double with 23 points, 13 rebounds, and seven assists to lead Utah Valley, who suffered its first loss since falling at Boise State Nov. 26.
The Wolverines had won 11 straight before falling to the Redhawks on Saturday night. The Wolverines still hold the nation’s longest road win streak at six games. UVU falls to 14-5 overall and 5-1 in WAC play. Seattle is now the only unbeaten WAC team in conference play with a 14-4 overall record and a 5-0 league mark.
“We had our opportunities to win the game,” said Utah Valley head coach Mark Madsen. “We put them on the free throw line, and they made 19-of-21 and conversely, we were 11-of-20 so obviously we need to convert when we get to the free throw line. I thought we missed a few switching opportunities late in terms of shutting down some of their three-point attempts. This is a humbling game for us. We’ll learn from it, and we’ll rebound from it. We’ll be better because of it.”
The game featured 10 ties and 10 lead changes. Tied 76-76 with 1:22 to play, Seattle U’s Riley Grigsby scored to give the Redhawks a 78-76 lead with 59 seconds to play. Bandaogo then flushed a putback on a missed three that tied the game back up, 78-78, with 48 seconds remaining. Rigsby then knocked down a three with 30 seconds on the clock that gave SU an 81-78 lead, but Trey Woodbury answered right back with a driving layup to get UVU back within one point, 81-80. The Redhawks then went 4-for-4 at the line over the final 10 seconds to secure the 85-80 win.
Tim Fuller recorded a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Le’Tre Darthard and Woodbury each had 13 points, while Justin Harmon was also in double figures with 10 points.
Bandaogo scored his 21 points on a 9-of-10 clip from the field and a 5-of-6 mark from the free throw line. He also pulled down 11 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season. Bandaogo also had a pair of blocks.
Utah Valley shot 52.5 percent (32-61) from the field with a 38.5 percent (5-13) mark from long range. Seattle U connected on a 41.5 percent (27-65) mark from the floor and a 37.5 percent (12-32) clip from beyond the arc.
Utah Valley outrebounded Seattle U 38-35 and scored 48 points in the paint compared to SU’s 22. The Wolverines connected on five threes on the night, while the Redhawks made 12.
Cameron Tyson led Seattle U with 20 points with Grigsby adding 19.
Utah Valley will continue WAC play at home on Wednesday, Jan. 18 against Abilene Christian. Tip off is set for 6 p.m.

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50 Cent used Odell Beckham, Jr.’s latest picture to take a friendly shot at Trey Songz.
50 Cent took to Instagram where he posted a screenshot of the wide receiver’s new Calvin Klein ad.
He pointed out that he also called out Trey Songz for doing a similar shoot.
RELATED: Odell Beckham Jr. Stars in Latest Calvin Klein Underwear Ad
Last month, 50 Cent and Trey Songz had a playful back-and-forth after the singer posted a picture of himself in underwear to his Instagram story.
This led 50 Cent to put Songz in “time out” for the antic.
In the comment section, OBJ went hard at the trolls.
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Soft, white flurry pieces of frozen water that fall to the ground from the sky in cold weather.
Signed at age 5. She hesitated a moment before signing SNOW in front of the camera.
A drawing of the snow by Juli (age 4;11).
"It's snowing outside!"
Related signs: SNOWMAN.

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The Northeast region is going through a phase of development, and education will be the next sector which the region would seek to excel.
Recently, Union Minister of Human Resource and Development, Smriti Irani laid the foundation of the first Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) in Nagaland.
The institute was inaugurated in the presence of Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang at a function held at Chuchuyimlang vilklage in Mokokchung District.
The campus will be developed on a sprawling 232 acres of land donated by the villagers.
The other such proposed centres are Institute of Social Work, Institute of Agriculture Development, Institute for Teachers’ Training, Institute for Vocational Studies and Training, Cultural Resource Centre for Naga Art and Crafts, besides a Gandhi Museum and Study Centre comprising Gandhian and Nagaland/North Eastern affairs.
Speaking on the occasion, Irani said that the setting up of new institute is aimed at providing a better future for the youth.
“This is an opportunity of a perfect example that how a community comes together to profess the educational needs and also the skill needs of children & strengthen them so that they can have a better future,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Nagaland Chief Minister lauded the locals for donating land for the institute.
“I also congratulate the village council and the citizens of Chuchuyimlang village who have exhibited exemplary by donating 232 acres of land without any cost or condition. I am sure you will nurture this new academy like you have nurtured the Gandhi Ashram in past six decades. By doing so you will be serving not only your interest but also the interest of the future generation,” he said.
The Centre has announced a number of similar projects for the Northeast including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Assam, an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Nagaland and a Centre for Film Production, Animation and Gaming in Arunachal Pradesh.
Also, new IIMs will come up in all north-eastern states other than Meghalaya.


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Dominique Ansel announced the opening of a new bakery at Caesars Palace in Summer 2022.
The creator of the cronut
Chef Dominique Ansel‘s bringing some of his iconic pastries to the Strip for the very first time, and creating a brand new collection of pastries just for Las Vegas too. James Beard Award-winning Pastry Chef Dominique Ansel has shaken up the pastry world with innovation and creativity at the heart of his work. Chef Dominique has been responsible for creating some of the most celebrated pastries in the world, including: the Cronut®, Cookie Shot, Frozen S’more, Blossoming Hot Chocolate, and many more. Summer 2022 will bring the launch of Dominique Ansel Las Vegas, his new bakery in Las Vegas at the heart of Caesars Palace, serving signature pastries and exclusive-to-Las Vegas creations, baked fresh-daily in a brand-new, state-of -the-art kitchen.
Three stores in the world
This upcoming Las Vegas facility will bring the number of stores to three with the historic New York (SoHo) location and its Dominique Ansel Workshop opening on July 16, 2021 near the Flatiron. The French chef is also based in Hong Kong with three different addresses called Dang Wen Li by Dominique Ansel where menus inspired by local ingredients and traditions are offered. In 2020, following the numerous confinements introduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the pastry chef was forced to close its establishments in Los Angeles and London.

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How to eliminate tarnish from silver without having losing any of the silver
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"Tarnish occurs simply because surface molecules of the silver react with sulphur from the air, or certain foodstuffs such as eggs, to form a compound called silver sulphide. So when you polish it off, you are actually removing some of the silver. For silver plated items, this indicates that with repeated polishing over a lot of years there is a danger of wearing completely by means of the plating and exposing the base metal. The only answer then is to have the item re-plated.
So a greater notion is to eliminate the tarnish by converting the silver sulphide back into silver. This is very effortless to do and does not demand any sophisticated gear. You will just need a bowl huge enough to allow the silver item to be entirely submerged, some hot water, some aluminium foil and some baking soda.
Line the bottom of the bowl with aluminium foil and put in the silver item, generating certain it is in make contact with with the foil. Boil enough water to immerse the item and pour it more than. Sprinkle the baking soda into the water, using about 1 tablespoon for each pint of water. It will froth and foam and could spill over the top of the bowl, so ideal do this in the sink. Straightaway, you ought to see the tarnish start to disappear. For lightly tarnished items, it must all be gone in a few minutes. For heavily tarnished items, you may possibly need to have to re-heat the water when it has started to cool and repeat the treatment.
So how does it perform?
Properly, it is an electrochemical reaction. In the hot water and baking soda solution a tiny electric present is generated between the touching aluminium and silver. The electric present causes a chemical reaction between the aluminium and the sulphur simply because aluminium has a higher affinity with sulphur than silver has. The sulphur in the tarnish is attracted into the answer and towards the aluminium, leaving the silver behind, exactly where it belongs. The reaction happens quicker when the resolution is hot. The compound formed when aluminium and sulphur react is called aluminium sulphide and thats what you will discover floating in the bottom of the bowl or stuck to the foil when you are completed. And your silver will be bright and shiny. study formwork"

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'I'm not sober': New father David Arquette says he hasn't slowed down, nearly four months after birth of baby Charlie
He has shares in two Hollywood nightclubs so it's little wonder that David Arquette, who has been in and out of rehab, has found it tricky to stay away from temptations.
'I'm not sober,' the 42-year-old told Rumor.Fix at the Imagine Gala at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening.
But having three-month-old baby Charlie with fiancée Christina McLarty has apparently slowed him down a little.
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High spirits! David Arquette appeared to be having a fun time on water as he left the Rihanna and Eminem gig in Pasadena on Thursday. The previous day the star, who has shares in two clubs, admitted he's still on the booze
The actor, who is a partner in Bootsy Bellows and Hooray Henry's, said he hadn't been to the clubs as much recently because 'a baby takes so much attention, so much time and so much clarity.'
And the besotted star added: 'He's growing every day, he's 18lbs. Just a smile from him is the most valuable currency in the world.'
Talking about dealing with addiction, David added: 'It’s hard, it’s hard. If you want to be sober and [work] in the nightlife, good luck. Go to a lot of [AA] meetings.'
The Scream star, who is producing TV show Celebrity Name Game with his ex-wife, Courteney Cox, went into rehab in January 2011 shortly after they separated.
He admitted on the Howard Stern Show last year that he'd started drinking again.
'I'd been sober for two years and four months and feeling that I wasn't being that true to myself, like what I enjoy and this and that,' David said.
'I'm a drinker, so I drink a lot,' he said, when Stern questioned how much alcohol he consumed and he added, 'Yeah, I'll smoke a little weed.'
Having a laugh: The 42-year-old hugged fiancée Christina McLarty, 33, after the gig. The couple have a baby boy, four-month-old Charlie, who David said had kept him away from his clubs
He and 33-year-old Christina have been dating since 2011 and got engaged two months after baby Charlie was born.
On Thursday the couple enjoyed an evening out at the Rihanna and Eminem concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
David grabbed the attention by pulling a lot of silly poses for phographers as they made their way back to their car.
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A Louisiana man who said he’s “not sorry” for killing his girlfriend’s molester was convicted of second-degree murder.
Jace Crehan, 23, was found guilty Thursday in the July 2015 death of convicted child molester Robert Noce Jr., the Advocate reported.
Noce, 47, was stabbed and strangled in his Zachary home less than two weeks after being sentenced to five years’ probation for pleading no contest to sexually molesting Crehan’s girlfriend, Brittany Monk.
The alleged incidents occurred when Noce, who used to date Monk’s mother, was raising her from ages 4 to 12.
Monk, 20, pleaded guilty to manslaughter earlier this year for helping break into Noce’s trailer and attacking him while she was seven months pregnant with Crehan’s child.
Days after the murder, Crehan was arrested and confessed to killing Noce because he said the criminal justice system “failed” his girlfriend, according to the Advocate.
“I feel a lot better,” Crehan reportedly told police. “It’s not regret. Is it remorse? I’m not sorry for what I did.”
The couple is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 18. Crehan faces life in prison while Monk could be sentenced to up to 40 years.
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Advantages of Dog Grooming
A groomed dog tends to look beautiful and have good health. If you have a dog with longer and thicker hair, you should not stay without taking it for grooming. If you want to own a dog that would require a lot of grooming, ensure that you have the time and finances for its regular grooming. If you do not take your dog for grooming, there is no way we can say that you are caring or responsible. All you have to do is look for a good dog groomer. You can rely on recommendations to get the best dog groomer. You should not make your final decision without considering certification. The points below explain the importance of dog grooming.
You should ensure that your dog is groomed regularly so that it can look good all the time. There is a psychological impact between to the people that your dog comes into contact with, brought about by the way the dog appears. You should ensure that your dog is kempt at all time in order for people to feel attracted to it. Therefore, grooming your dog would ensure that it socializes with the people that it attracts.
It allows for a health check. There might be lumps or bumps hidden by your dog’s coat and you will be able to know that during the grooming process. If the dog has pain due to mats you will see that. If you realize that your dog has bad breath or bleeding gums, you should know that it has some health issues. You will not fail to notice anything wrong with your dog when you take it for grooming. Any health issue with the dog requires you to take it to a vet in order to get the proper treatment.
If you want to have a clean home, you should consider taking your dog for regular grooming. The more you take your dog for grooming, the less dander and hair will shed inside your home. Family members who are prone to allergies will not have to experience it often. In addition, keeping the dog clean would make it happy. Dogs enjoy it when they roll in the dirt; therefore, it is your duty to schedule regular grooming to keep the dog nice.
Your dog would enjoy the massage it gets during the grooming process. The fact that you do not know your dog’s muscle group means that you should take it to a dog groomer. Your dog will be in a position to experience the relaxation effect of the massage offered by the groomer. The massage will eliminate stress and stimulate the dog’s circulatory system.

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I went to high school in Quartz Hill, California, a small town in the Mojave desert, about an hour north of Los Angeles. I actually lived in Lancaster the next town over. But, as Lancaster grew the school system couldn’t handle all the students so some of us who lived on the west side of town were shipped over to Quartz Hill. I hated growing up in the desert, a place I considered desolate, forlorn and altogether lacking in everything I was interested in. My friends and I would escape to Los Angeles at every opportunity. Whether it was to hang out at the Troubador listening to music or to catch one of the new movies that you could only see in LA, we would pile into someone’s car and head south almost every weekend (sometimes even on weekday nights if we could get away with it). I grew up loving movies and would see as many as I possibly could. One of my high school teachers had a film class (very unusual at the time) and we would watch, study and analyze 16mm prints of movies like On The Waterfront, Lust For Life, North By Northwest and countless others. I began to follow film directors the same way I followed musicians. Sam Peckinpah and Stanley Kubrick were my favorite directors. I remember going to see A Clockwork Orange for the first time in 1971. I was positively enthralled with the film. I’d never seen anything like it. One of the most impressive things about about the movie was the performance of Malcolm McDowell as Alex, the anti-hero of the film. It was a truly memorable roll and it launched McDowell on a career that is still going strong today.
After A Clockwork Orange McDowell’s next project was the Lindsay Anderson film O Lucky Man. How it is that the soundtrack to this movie came to be a small favorite of mine I really can’t remember. To this day I’ve never seen the movie and have no idea what it is about. For the most part I don’t listen to soundtracks. I have a few here and there, but there’s usually a very distinct reason why I might have (and listen to) a particular soundtrack. For some reason I can’t explain I’ve always loved My Fair Lady. It’s the only “Broadway” show or film soundtrack I’ve ever owned or listened to. But O Lucky Man is not a typical soundtrack. When you get right down to it it’s basically a singer-songwriter album that just happens to contain of collection of songs that were used in a movie. It holds together completely on it’s own and completely apart from the film. I really don’t remember how I first came to hear it, but over the years it’s acquired a noteworthy (if small) place in my collection.
I’ll also admit that I don’t know a lot about Alan Price (who composed and performs all the songs), besides the fact that he was one of the founding members of The Animals (that’s him playing organ on “House Of The Rising Sun”) and appears briefly in the Dylan movie Don’t Look Back. I don’t have any other albums by him. The only Animals album I have is an import collection titled A’s B’s & EP’s, a collection of their singles covering the time period from 1964 to 1966. They were just a bit before my time and I’ve never gone back to dig deeper into their catalog. I know Price made some other solo albums that did much better in England than in the States. But though I’ve enjoyed this soundtrack album for many years I’ve never been drawn to seek out any of his other releases. I really have no idea what else he’s done in the last 30+ years or if he’s still making music today.
The album consists of ten songs, two of which are short instrumentals (“Pastoral” and “Arrival”). The other eight songs range from the title track (of which there are two versions, one to open and another to close the album), a short, driving rocker about the difficulty in finding truth, knowledge and enlightenment to “Justice” one of the more “theatrical” sounding pieces. Price’s songwriting throughout is something of a cross between early Randy Newman and Village Green Preservation Society Ray Davies. “Poor People” and especially “My Home Town” would sound right at home on one of Newman’s first few albums (it’s not surprising since Price did have a hit in England with Newman’s “Simon Smith And His Dancing Bear,” one of the earliest successful covers of a Newman song). “Look Over Your Shoulder” is a spirited, good-time, number about the fleeting nature of success and happiness while “Sell Sell” is a gritty, bluesy ode to the reality of making it a working class world. Throughout the album Price deals with themes related to employment, getting ahead and searching for answers in a mostly confrontational world.
This album was almost completely ignored in the US when it was released in 1973, though it did score a nomination for Best Original Score at the Golden Globes. How it managed to get released on CD in 1996 through the Warner Archives series is a mystery to me considering how many other truly great albums in their catalog remain unissued. It’s since gone back out of print, but was just reissued again in July 2008 by Collector’s Choice. Clocking in at just over 25 minutes it’s a remarkably short album, even by soundtrack standards. It’s a shame that the CD reissues weren’t able to come up with some additional tracks (outtakes, alternate takes, instrumental passages from the film) to fill it out a bit. It’s certainly not one of my very favorite albums. It probably wouldn’t be included in my Top 200 (though it would probably make my Top 500). Nevertheless, it’s an endearing collection of tunes and one that always seems to leave me with a smile when it’s finished.

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Kelly Surtees joins Tony Howard to talk about some of the complex planetary patterns correlating with the COVID-19 crisis. Kelly looks at the timing of shifts at various points in the months between February and May 2020 and what that might mean in terms of how we respond and what types of problems we’ll encounter along the way.
Timing and the Response to COVID-19 with Astrology Transcript
Tony Howard: Well, hello friends, and welcome to this episode of The Astrology University podcast, and today I’m really excited to have Kelly Surtees with us, one of our instructors at Astrology University. Hey Kelly.
Kelly Surtees: Hey Tony, so good to see you.
TH: And we don’t have you on the podcast very often, ’cause you are the podcast queen.
KS: I’m a little bit of a chatter-box, yes.
TH: You have the Water Trio Podcast. Do you wanna just tell people a little bit about the water trio, in case they wanna check it out?
KS: Yeah, absolutely, the water trio astrology podcast is a, every second week podcast that I do with two dear friends and colleagues, and one of us is a Cancer, one of us is Scorpio, one of us is a Pisces, which is where we got the word, “Trio” name from. We’ve all been friends for, oh my gosh, a long time, more than 15 years, but we’re also all practicing astrologers. So we get together and do a two-week overview of astrology, every couple of weeks.
TH: Beautiful. And then, people might also know you in Podcast Land from The Astrology Podcast, where you do a monthly overview with Chris Brennan and Austin Copic. You wanna tell people a little bit about what the intention is for that monthly podcast?
KS: Yeah, yeah, that’s a detailed monthly overview, where we spend about an hour, sort of dissecting all the different astrological events for the month ahead. And then we do have some conversation following the monthly forecast about topical events. So, that podcast has been running for… Oh my goodness, almost four years now.
So it’s a longer form podcast. Most of our episodes are between the 90 minute and two-hour mark and we’ve got such a dedicated following of people who are so patient and willing to go into things to the level of depth we do. So yeah, Chris, Austin and I have a great chat each month about all the happenings astro-wise. So that is the astrology podcast and you’ll find… Both of the podcast are on YouTube and wherever you listen to, your favorite podcast.
TH: Awesome, thanks Kelly. And we’re here today to talk about COVID-19. I’ve been wanting to do more podcast this last couple of weeks, because we do webinars at Astrology University but I didn’t really feel comfortable doing a paid webinar on this topic, so I’ve been having lots of our instructors and other astrologers that I know, come on the show and just… And just have conversations about what’s going on.
Each of the astrologers at Astrology University has different skills and different perspectives, but you wrote this blog post that’s getting a lot of traction and a lot of great feedback called Mars, Saturn and COVID-19, and you’re of course bringing your own approach and insights to this topic. But one of the things you say that, there in the first line of the blog post you say, “I’m not a mundane astrologer, and I don’t specialize in global astrology trends, but I do have some ideas about how the current planetary trends will describe the feelings and changes we’re all dealing with.”
Just for folks who are not astrology experts, what do you mean when you say, “I’m not a mundane Astrologer.” Maybe you can explain what that means to them?
KS: Yeah, absolutely, so mundane astrology is the type astrology that specializes on the astrology of global events. So, mundane astrologers tend to look at the astrology of countries or royal dynasties, royal families and also the sort of global economic trends if you like, would be something that mundane astrologers would look at.
So, what I was trying to do there was just acknowledge, “I totally get that, that’s not my area of specialization.” What I spend most of my time doing is, working with individuals. So I have a lot of experience and understanding how astrological cycles show up in day-to-day life and daily experience.
So, I wanted to try and comment about what’s going on astrologically at the moment, and how that might feel or go day-to-day for each of us over this next little while with this such intense developments that are happening.
TH: Yeah, definitely intense. And as we were chatting just before, there’s a convergence of many things happening astrologically, and we’ve been talking about this stuff for about a year. We did a whole summit on it a year ago, just to get a look at this year, but you go through some specific insights in your blog post, can you maybe just walk through people’s, what some of your major points are here?
KS: Yeah, absolutely. What I wanted to do was, take a look at this time frame now. So sort of February, March, April, May, 2020. And I was just looking at one specific cycle, which I know there’s so many different cycles that do need to be taken into consideration, but there was one that really caught my eye and this is something called a co-presence of Mars and Saturn. And co-presence is like a fancy word that just, a phrase, it just means, “Mars and Saturn in the same sign together.”
And Mars and Saturn are in the same sign together, every two years, for about six weeks at a time. But one thing that’s a little unusual about this first part of 2020 is that, Mars and Saturn actually have two of their co-presences back-to-back. So instead of a six-week period of Mars and Saturn together, every two years. We’re getting this weird 12-week Mars and Saturn period. And that I think highlights this timeframe from mid-February to mid-May, where there is more restriction, more worry, more fear, more limitation in general. And that sort of 12 week period has this kind of building in and then fading out, and that the middle part of that period is the exact conjunction between Mars and Saturn.
TH: And Kelly for our listeners, I’m gonna try to pretend like I don’t know any astrology or anything. But, when you say more restriction and more fear, are you saying that because that’s part of Mars and Saturn being co-present in any sign, or do you think that’s highlighted by being in Saturn ruled signs?
KS: I think it’s definitely highlighted by Saturn being in its own sign. So, in traditional astrology Saturn rules both Capricorn and Aquarius. So Saturn is much more Saturn-like in those signs. I think anytime Mars is with Saturn, there is a level of increased restriction or fear or worry. We’re getting a really extreme fear-based version of that with Mars and Saturn together in Capricorn.
Capricorn is probably Saturn’s most cautious worry, fearful type sign. Capricorn is very worried about preservation and protection, and its way of preserving and protect is to hunker down, to be frugal, to delay current pleasures, to put them off for the future ’cause we just don’t know what might go wrong. And I think we are seeing a lot of that with those two planets together.
TH: Definitely in some positive responses in that regard in terms of people taking personal responsibility to keep others safe and so, even though it’s not at our choosing in some ways it’s not… We’re not doing this ’cause we’re excited to…
KS: But that’s very much Saturn too, isn’t it? That idea of responsibility, and, what you do affects other people. And, I think with Mars being in a sign ruled by Saturn, and also where Saturn happens to be, there really is this sense of the Saturnian mindset of a certain tone is the dominating one. And, if you think about Saturn it’s like a father figure or an older person just reminding you that your actions have consequences, and it’s not always about you.
Managing personal frustration as represented by Mars because Saturn-Mars can be a little bit of thwarted will, you don’t get to do what you want, I don’t get to do what I want, but we’re doing something to help to preserve and protect not just ourselves, but the weaker members of society essentially.
TH: Right. Exactly. And not everybody is doing that. It turns out our Governor here in Oregon got really upset this weekend because our beaches were crowded and people were going out and not respecting social distancing. A lot of people are here in Oregon. We have a hard time speeding in Oregon, so we tend to follow the rules here as a culture, but there are always outliers and there are definitely a group of folks who when you impose those kind of rules will rebel against them, right? And certain cultures more than others; we were just talking about Australia for instance.
KS: Yeah and it’s very weird for me right now because I’m currently in Belgium in Europe and, we’ve been under quite intense lockdown protocols for about 12 days already. We’re almost coming up to our two week mark. And for the most part, people got told what to do, and they just started doing it. But yeah, in Australia, they’re a little bit behind the spread of the disease in other parts of the world, and the government both nationally and at the state level is trying to say, “Social distance etcetera.”
TH: And there was a photo up on my beach last weekend that was just packed with people. And, it’s funny how leaders sometimes can manifest the planetary energies like… I’m not saying that the Prime Minister in Australia is necessarily doing a good job, but he did seem to really express the Saturnian energy of like, “We asked you to be personally responsible and you weren’t, so now we’ve closed the beaches kind of thing.”
TH: Daddy is angry.
KS: And it’s very much like that big daddy energy. It’s very much like a parent scolding a child, which when you think archetypally Saturn is the planet associated with that father energy where it’s put a strict parenting, but often out of that desire to protect.
TH: Alright. So, you were talking about some dates in the article that at first confused some people. So, maybe, do you wanna just tell us about what that date is? And then you adjusted the blog post a few days later to clarify what you meant, so maybe you can walk us through that.
KS: Yeah. Yeah. So I identified the Mars-Saturn conjunction as the low point or the bottom point in this longer 12-week cycle. And, my reasoning for that is that’s the most intense full Mars, that is the most intense time for him, is that encounter with Saturn where he feels the restriction and the rules and the regulation really delaying him or slowing him down. Mars is the part of us that wants to do things; that’s proactive, that wants to act on instinct.
And Saturn is of the psychological peace that says, “Have you done a plan? Have you thought about this? Do you know what your consequences are?” So any time Mars and Saturn come together, there’s this juggle between doing things now versus having to wait for a better moment.
I had a couple of people clarify or question, does that mean that by early April things will be great again? And I was like, “Oh no. Maybe I wasn’t clear in the blog post” that it’s a fade-in, fade-out. In the same way that things didn’t just get intense the day before of the Mars-Saturn conjunction, they won’t get instantly better the day after.
And in fact, I did try to identify that the Mars-Saturn conjunction on March 31st, it really has a plus or minus of seven days before and after, where we’re essentially in the thickest part of that Mars-Saturn conjunction. And, being in the thickest part is like being in the darkest part, being in a place of a lot of restriction or limitation, a lot of worry, a lot of fear for the future if you like, and really being held in place, of having to stay put or stay isolated. So, I think that clarifies.
TH: You were explaining that in the context of the 12-week cycle as well. Can you break that down for folks?
KS: Yeah. So the 12-week cycle starts mid-February, and runs until mid-May. So soon as Mars moved Capricorn where Saturn was, we started to see some of the tightening and some of that increase. Oh this virus is going around the world. It’s not just connected to China or certain parts in Asia. And… So, from that point in mid-February, we’ve seen spread and development.
And then we’re going to get to this late March period when Mars and Saturn change signs. But they do kinda hold hands a little bit as they change signs or they stay together and they continue moving through the same sign together until May 13 and that’s when Mars leaves Aquarius and moves into Pisces. And at that point, for the first time in 12 weeks, Mars won’t be ruled by Saturn or in a sign where he’s existing in the same space with Saturn. So that was sort of the 12-week period.
TH: And again folks that was May 13th, when Mars moves into Pisces in case you did miss that. And that peak date that Kelly was describing again was March 31st. And then I was gonna ask you Kelly, do you foresee a shift in energy? Saturn’s already just changed signs and moved into Aquarius. As Mars moves into Aquarius too, what kind of energetic shift do you see? You still have Mars in a Saturn-ruled sign, but it is a different sign at least.
KS: It is a different sign, yeah. And Mars is very different in Aquarius. We have these technical gradings of the planets, and Mars and Capricorn gets an exaltation sort of term, which is really empowering for Mars. But Mars loses that when he comes into Aquarius. I wonder if that reduces some of the resistant to the rules elements that we’re dealing with in various countries. But I also know that Mars coming into Aquarius…
So I have a positive outcome that I’m hoping for and I also have one that could be a little problematic that I’m being mindful about. And so, the positive outcome Mars coming into Aquarius with Saturn is more effort goes into genuine overhaul of systems and structures, so that there is more of a focus on the fact that everybody should have… That there are some basic human rights about access to healthcare or a level of financial stability that might mean someone doesn’t have to worry about their house or feeding their children in a situation like this. And I hope that we start to see the seeds of that.
And what also makes me a little bit positive is that the Mars Saturn combination which will run from March 30 until May 13 is a precursor to a Jupiter Saturn combination which starts later in the year, about December 18 I think. And some of the problems and the weaknesses systemically and collectively that are highlighted now, basically late March all through April and first half of May, we are going to see solutions for that, or supports, as Jupiter steps in with Saturn later in the year. So that gives me hope, even if not in the immediate short-term.
The thing that I worry a little bit about, is that Mars in an air sign can disturb the mind, and that can increase symptoms that might be associated with mental health concerns, like worry, stress or anxiety. And so, one of the concerns that I want to not make people afraid of, but just highlight as something we all need to attend to, is that the longer we do spend in these social isolation situations, which are totally necessary for global health reasons, there are going to be some negative mental health consequences that we all need to try to work with as best we can.
Humans are social creatures, they do well when they interact with other humans. Even introverts, like you and me Tony, who spend most of our time at home working alone, we do still benefit from that dinner out with friends or catching up for someone with a walk in the park. And even though it might normally only be a few hours a week, it does make a big difference.
And so, finding ways to have those moments of connection even if you have to do it over a video call or Facetime. We did that. Just this past weekend, we spent an hour chatting to my parents and then we did this weird three-way phone call with our friends back in Canada, and we had three couples on the WhatsApp video call and it was fantastic just to have that kind of camaraderie. And even if you all like bitching and moaning about whatever you’re frustrated about, you’ve got that sense of not being alone. So there’s a few different things I think, with Mars coming into Aquarius that we’ll need to be mindful of.
TH: Right. Okay, so I’d like to hear you talk a little bit more about Mars moving into Pisces. But before we go there, there’s a little bit more to flesh out about this current moment. And one of the things that not as many people are talking about, in part because there are more dramatic things happening astrologically. But during this whole moment that we’re in right now in, what is today, March 23rd? Mercury is in Pisces.
We just came out of a, a very confusing Mercury and Pisces retrograde cycle that… Some interesting things to say about that including the shift in the Bernie Sanders campaign that was pretty dramatic. But Mercury is back in Pisces now, and we still have Mercury in Pisces through April 11th.
Mercury has to do with information and communication. And you might have noticed that even at the government level and at the news level, the news is changing daily and the information, the story is changing daily. And there’s a lot of confusion around information, there’s a lot of confusion around Mercury. It has to do with connecting this person to that person and distributing or dispersing information.
And at that level things are just breaking down and not operating quite as smoothly as they could be. And in addition to that, the internet is always full of misinformation and confusing information. But it’s kind of confusing to get the right statistics, the right numbers in and we can’t even get the right numbers ’cause we don’t have mass testing yet. So really, in this Mercury and Pisces soup that’s coloring our whole experience, do you wanna say more about that?
KS: Sure, there’s so much to say because I think you’re right, this is a completely under discussed or it’s like it’s sort of being neglected, but not because people don’t know it’s important, but just because there are larger, more dramatic things going on.
So the Mercury retrograde period, Mercury was retrograde moving backwards from about mid-February to early March but there’s always this shadow period, that’s before the retrograde starts and after, and if we look at that Mercury shadow period and Mercury’s not up, he’s off his game the whole time he’s in the shadow period, that basically started about the 2nd of February and it continues till about the 30th-31st of March.
So, I secretly suspect and now it won’t be so secret ’cause we’re talking about it publicly, but I don’t think there’s been clear information coming out that entire time and I agree completely. Mercury has some technical challenges in the sign of Pisces, very good for poetry and creativity and music, but not great for science and data and clear factual information.
We’re seeing this, I think in almost every country, well, I shouldn’t say every country, the three countries that I watch a lot, Canada, Australia and the US, the government, someone in a leadership position gets up and says something and the next day it’s like a 180 turn or, “No, that’s not happening, something different is happening.” So there is very unclear and confusing messaging coming out. While Mercury will leave its shadow at the end of March, Mercury unfortunately meets Neptune around the 3rd of April, which is not gone to bring clear information. In fact it’s gonna make it a very confusing 24-hour period potentially in the new cycle then.
It’ll be a April 3rd and probably April 4th if you’re in Australia, so that 3rd, 4th period, Mercury on Neptune. I mean honestly, take a tech break over that 24-hour period, just get off the internet, watch a movie, read a book, have a bath.
If you are in a position where you’re allowed to go outside, do that, but there will not be information coming out then and we do need to really wait until Mercury dries out when it enters the fire sign of Aries on April 11, and that is going to be when we start to get clear, succinct, direct facts.
On the same day that Mercury moves into Aries, it will make a sextile to Saturn in Aquarius and that is going to be very concrete and very clarifying. So unfortunately, we’re all in this Pisces soupy puddle together, and we’re trusting our instincts, parts of the US and parts of Australia, people are just being told, “If you wanna take your children out of school, do that, but we’re not making a decision about closing the schools, even though we’ve already told you have to social distance.”
So there is not a lot of logic or rational clarity, if you like, coming from leaders and I do think unfortunately, Mercury and Pisces has to bear some of the responsibility for that.
TH: Yeah, one of my hopes with Saturn moving into Aquarius, and I just saw a headline that kind of backed this up a little bit in the New York Times but, and then as Mars joins in Aquarius, is that we start listening to the scientists a little bit more?
And that not only are we listening to them more, but they start to have more data, and it makes me think, I wonder if we’ve got testing problems really bad in the United States, we just don’t have enough testing kits and we don’t access to them, the ones that and the ones we have access to since they’re limited in supply or just going to worst case scenario kind of situations, but there are testing problems in other countries as well, and sometimes it has to do with access to the test, and sometimes it has to do with different approaches from the government about who should be tested and how many and all that, and in the conditions where we have socialized medicine, those decisions are made in a slightly different way.
So lots and lots of different approaches and responses, but it makes me wonder if we’ll get more access to some good data so that scientists can give us some good advice and then maybe Mercury being in Aries will help some of that move forward more quickly as well right after, and that’s after April 11th.
KS: Absolutely. Yeah, I mean I even saw a post come out of the Australian sort of milieu recently where they were sort of taking aim at the phrase social distancing, because it’s a new term, people don’t really know what it means. And there was one of those memes that said social distancing, it’s unclear, what does it actually mean, who’s meant to do it?
And there was something about, they changed the phrase and of course I’m having a Mercury-Pisces moment ’cause I can’t remember the exact wording, but they… It was more specific. Like keep your distance of two meters, don’t leave your house unless to get groceries or only go to the grocery store once a week. It was much more succinct and clear and I think that type of change is what we’ll see.
I think you’ve made a really good point Tony too, about the lack of messaging is partly because of the lack of data, which is sort of par for the course in the early stages of a pandemic. It takes a while to get data, the testing is a huge thing and so I really think Mercury coming into Aries is going to help that.
TH: If nothing else, it’ll help things speed along at a faster, faster pace.
KS: Yeah, it’s very clear. Mercury in Aries is directed to the point is much more succinct. Mercury in Pisces could be a bit waffly, a bit long winded which can also lose people.
TH: Yeah, it definitely has the potential to be less confusing. What you see is what you get with Aries.
I like that. And then just to wrap things up, maybe you can just elaborate a little bit more about Mars shifting into Pisces. So we’ll have this period with Saturn and Mars and Aquarius while Mercury is in Aries. So it looks like, after April 11th, we start to get a bit of movement and a different kind of energetic in this whole, in this whole situation, but then, Mars moves into Pisces, May 13th. So at that point, Mars isn’t co-present with Saturn anymore, but it’s in Pisces, so then we’re back in Pisces land again. What do you think about that?
KS: Yeah. So I think a few things. Different planets handle the energy of a sign differently and Mars is not as adversely affected in Pisces as Mercury is and we don’t rely on Mars for information and communication, which is so critical right now.
Mars being in Pisces will be ruled by Jupiter which in the best case scenario, there is a freedom of movement or a more optimistic mindset that comes through. The concern I have is that while Mars in Pisces does not deal with the extreme restriction fear or worry that Mars in the Saturn ruled signs does Mars does have to deal with Neptune when it’s in Pisces. And so, there is some loose boundaries with Neptune and I’m just not sure whether this is gonna bring us the best case or whether there will be some confusion.
I know that Mars in Pisces… I mean the fact that it’s a little hard to describe is very appropriate for a planet in Pisces, but it does have more of a freedom or a flowy kind of room to move tone than Mars in the Saturn ruled signs does.
A part of me wonders about spending getting a little bit upturn then, you know right now people are sequestered in their homes. There’s different varying access around delivery options and international mail is being impaired and interrupted in places. I wonder if we do get a little bit more of that global infrastructure back or whether people are spending a bit more money at that point which leads me to think they have places to spend it or there is a little bit of a loosening of the tight hold that’s going on now.
TH: Well, thanks for that, Kelly and thanks for taking time out of your schedule to chat with us today. And if you like what Kelly did Kelly does a really wonderful as an addition to the podcast she has a wonderful monthly subscription where she goes into great detail all herself. So it’s the Kelly show basically every month and she puts together five videos for folks, she does a month overview video and then she does a video for each week where she talks about all of the cycles coming up for that week.
So if you liked Kelly’s approach today head over to her website at kellysastrology.com. It’s Kelly-S-astrology.com and look for this information about her monthly subscription and you can email her help team if you have any questions about that, they’d be happy to help you out. But I highly recommend it. I refer friends to it all the time and they love it. So it’s one of my favorite monthly look at the month ahead kind of astrology subscriptions out there. So Kelly’s really great at what she does as you just heard. So thanks for joining us, today.
KS: Thank you so much, Tony.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – UFC 283 hasn’t even happened yet, but simply getting to fight week was a bit of a logistical struggle for Gilbert Burns.
While some might thinks Burns (20-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) would be a tad disappointed to fight UFC 283 opponent Neil Magny (27-9 MMA, 20-8 UFC), rather than partake in a potential title eliminator sort of bout, that’s not the case. Burns initially wanted the highest-ranked fighters available, but when none agreed to fight him, his participation on the card Saturday in Rio de Janeiro looked unlikely. That is, until Magny volunteered.
“I was frustrated because after the Khamzat fight,” Burns told reporters including MMA Junkie at a pre-fight news conference Wednesday. “I went to the office. I had a great meeting with Dana and Hunter. They said they were going to give me a big fight. We kind of got on the same page. The name was Masvidal. The fight was offered to November then December. Time was passing, then I saw they scheduled a card in Brazil. I said, ‘I’m back in Brazil.’ I said, ‘You guys want me there?’ They said, ‘Yes.’
“So we got a fight here. I was just waiting for the opponent. They tried Masvidal. I don’t know what happened. Then, they tried Belal Muhammad, too, but they didn’t accept. I was so happy because I was watching that event and Neil Magny called me out. I just called Ali and texted Dana and said, ‘Hey, if everyone says no, I’ll fighting this guy. I don’t care.’ It got to a point where, ‘Just give me someone.’ I’m happy that it’s Neil Magny and he stepped up. I like that.”
While the potential Masvidal showdown was a topic of conversation in news headlines and on social media, Muhammad, and circumstances around him, seemed to bug Burns more.
Muhammad (22-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) is 8-0 with one no contest in his most recent nine fights, including victories over Sean Brady and Stephen Thompson among others. Burns acknowledged Muhammad’s recent success, but can’t wrap his head around why Muhammad surpassed him in the official UFC rankings.
“How the heck Belal Muhammed beat Sean Brady, I have nothing to do with that, and he passes me in the rankings?” Burns said. “I got it. OK, he’s got a couple wins. But he never beat me. Why did he take my place? And he declined the fight when they offered we fight each other here in Rio, ‘Oh no.’ Why no? Because he got my place but I think if he was still No. 5, he’d say, ‘Yes.’ That’s one thing that I don’t like. It’s out of my control, but it’s a little frustrating to me. How the f*ck did this guy pass me in the ranks? He never beat me and he doesn’t want to fight me. Why?”
For now, Burns won’t concern himself with matchmaking. He has a task in front of him. That’s Magny, a gritty and fearless veteran who has fought a host of the top UFC welterweights over the past decade.
“It’s been hard to keep my focus on it because everybody asks, ‘What’s next?’ I said, ‘There’s no next.’ I can say, ‘Next is Colby (Covington). Next is this guy.’ But if I lose to Neil Magny, then I’m four steps behind. I’m focused on this guy,” Burns said. “This guy is long, 6’3″, good range, experienced for a lot of guys. I’m kind of expecting he’ll try to throw a lot of knees, try to stay on the outside. If I rush to come in, I think I’m going to kind of clinch a little bit. He’s very smart. I’m not overlooking this guy. I’m not passing Neil Magny, for sure. I think he’s very tough. I give him all the credit. I’m thankful he stepped up and he’s here in Brazil. I’m ready for a war if I have to go to it.”
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URI says it’s the only school in the nation to design and build a center specifically for the LGBTQ community. State officials were on hand to celebrate the groundbreaking, including Governor Lincoln Chafee, and state senator Frank Ferri, who championed Rhode Island’s push for legal same-sex marriages. Annie Russell is the center’s director.
“The building is located in the main gateway of our campus. And I think that sends a message that URI is about inclusion; that there is a space and a voice for LGBTQ students on this campus," said Russell.
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Tiger Woods’ visit to Melbourne for next month’s Australian Masters tournament will be a boon not just for Australian golf fans who’ve had to wait a decade to see the world’s No.1 player again. Equally happy — in fact, deliriously so — will be the tournament’s owner, and Woods’ management company, International Management Group.
For IMG last week sold the last of its 80,000 tickets to the tournament — 20,000 for each of the four days at Kingston Heath Golf Club starting on November 12. On top of that, the US-based sports marketing company has sold all eight of its Platinum corporate boxes around the 18th green, as well as 12 Gold boxes and even the four Sky boxes.
Each day, the Champions Club lunch — seating 560 people — has also been sold out.
All up, IMG’s hospitality division stands to gross many millions of dollars from its on-course corporate entertainment during the week.
Then there is the Masters Gala Dinner at Crown’s Palladium ballroom (at $6000 per table), the new sponsors drawn to the event this year such as 3AW and Gatorade and a new, two-year TV broadcast rights deal with Channel Nine.
So while the rest of the country slowly pulls itself out of recession, a full-scale Tiger Woods-led recovery will be raging down in a little suburban pocket of south-east Melbourne.
But, and here’s the thing, the IMG “take” from the Woods extravaganza — huge as it is — will be increased further still by the Victorian Government, through its Major Events Company.
Woods does not come cheap. His Masters’ appearance fee is reportedly US$3 million (A$3.42 million) and the VMEC has stumped up a considerable sum to help pay some of that bill, although no-one will say exactly how much.
The State Government figures the Masters — which will be telecast by the US Golf Channel and other networks around the world — will be good for Melbourne’s “branding”, so they have signed on for three years. With 35% of the tickets bought from interstate or overseas, Tourism Minister Tim Holding claims the tournament will create benefits to the local economy of $19 million. But this means IMG wins on every count — from all the money it reaps from ticket sales, corporate hospitality, TV rights and merchandising, and also from the State Government’s generous backing.
So you and I, as taxpayers, are helping to pay for this exercise and, consequently, adding to the bottom line of IMG, the Cleveland-based sports behemoth.
The director of IMG’s Australian golf division, David Rollo, pointed out yesterday that running golf tournaments has hardly been a lucrative pastime in Australia in recent years. He said IMG carried all the financial risk in operating events such as the Masters.
Rollo said while some might carp at the cost of securing Woods, most Victorians would understand what a major coup it was getting the world’s best, and most recognisable, sportsman to their state.
It has to be said IMG has done a good job in keeping ticket prices affordable: $10 for Tuesday’s practice, $30 for Wednesday’s pro-am, $44 for the first three days of competition and then $49 for Sunday’s final round. But I guess that’s the upside of having a Major Events subsidy.
(They have not fallen into the trap of the Kiwi consortium which brought Woods out to play the New Zealand Open in 2002. Then, ridiculously exorbitant ticket prices, combined with a week of miserable weather, turned the much-trumpeted American’s appearance into a complete fizzer, and a financial disaster.)
As for the golf, Woods has not won here in three visits — the 1996 Australian Open at The Australian GC in Sydney, the 1997 Australian Masters at Huntingdale and the 1998 Presidents Cup, when he was part of the vanquished United States team at Royal Melbourne. He also came up short in that New Zealand Open when he finished six shots behind winner, Craig Parry.
So there’s plenty of motivation for him to break his Australasian duck this time around.
And, on the strength of the extraordinary financial windfall that has materialised in his wake, even more motivation for IMG to get Woods back to Australia sometime very, very soon.


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MP Lee sympathizes with Chambers of Commerce and calls for Government to Address Foreign Exchange Shortage
In an effort to effectively represent one of the most critical concerns of our national public I sought leave to move the adjournment of the sitting of the House of Representatives on Friday 19th February 2016 for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely: “The crippling effects of the restricted access to foreign exchange by businesses and individuals.”
The matter is a definite one for concern as it pertains to the current situation faced by businesses and individuals who are constrained by the minimal and nominal amounts of foreign exchange made available to them for purchase from commercial banks in Trinidad and Tobago. The various Chambers of Commerce such as those representing San Fernando, San Juan, Couva/ Point Lisas and Chaguanas have all confirmed that businesses within their respective regions have been facing this unfortunate dilemma.
It is of public importance to have this issue rectified as soon as possible, as failure to do so will result in businesses and individuals being unable to honour their contractual and financial obligations to foreign suppliers.
Further perpetuation of this situation presents disastrous repercussions such as; the collapse of businesses, the loss of jobs, the destabilization the economy, a loss of confidence in Trinidad and Tobago by foreign investors and suppliers as well as an unprecedented plethora of social problems.
It is important to note that one of the major concerns raised by the Heads of the respective Chambers was the allegations of inequitable distribution of Foreign Exchange by the Central Bank. Therefore it is pertinent to the sustainability and protection of our National Economy that both Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance implement mechanisms which are geared to not only reducing the shortage of Foreign Exchange but ensuring equity as it relates to its distribution.
This issue remains one of critical predominance to the economic and social framework of our nation and I will continue to champion this cause until Government is able to provide not only a timeline but a sustainable plan to alleviate this situation.
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Breast cancer is the second most diagnosed type of cancer in the world, although it is more prevalent in women and can affect both women and men. This type of cancer is the fifth leading cause of death. Even though there are multiple treatment protocols, there is a need to develop more effective alternatives. The current study explores the effects on breast cancer cell lines, MCF-7 (metastatic cell line) and MDA-MB-231 (non-metastatic), of pharmaceuticals like β-blockers already prescribed to treat other diseases. Thus, cell lines were exposed, up to 72h, to non-selective β-blockers, propranolol (10-250 μM) and carvedilol (0.1-100 μM), to antimetabolites, methotrexate (0.01-20 μM) and 5-fluorouracil (0.1-50 μM) and cell viability was assessed. The obtained results demonstrated higher sensitivity of MCF-7 to the tested drugs. Based on the estimated medium lethal concentration, carvedilol was the most toxic drug followed by propranolol and cytostatic drugs. Data support the potential application of beta-blockers in the treatment of breast cancer.
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In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim,
who married a very beautiful and God-fearing woman, Susanna,
the daughter of Hilkiah;
her pious parents had trained their daughter
according to the law of Moses.
Joakim was very rich;
he had a garden near his house,
and the Jews had recourse to him often
because he was the most respected of them all.
That year, two elders of the people were appointed judges,
of whom the Lord said, “Wickedness has come out of Babylon:
from the elders who were to govern the people as judges.”
These men, to whom all brought their cases,
frequented the house of Joakim.
When the people left at noon,
Susanna used to enter her husband’s garden for a walk.
When the old men saw her enter every day for her walk,
they began to lust for her.
They suppressed their consciences;
they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven,
and did not keep in mind just judgments.
One day, while they were waiting for the right moment,
she entered the garden as usual, with two maids only.
She decided to bathe, for the weather was warm.
Nobody else was there except the two elders,
who had hidden themselves and were watching her.
“Bring me oil and soap,” she said to the maids,
“and shut the garden doors while I bathe.”
As soon as the maids had left,
the two old men got up and hurried to her.
“Look,” they said, “the garden doors are shut, and no one can see us;
give in to our desire, and lie with us.
If you refuse, we will testify against you
that you dismissed your maids because a young man was here with you.”
“I am completely trapped,” Susanna groaned.
“If I yield, it will be my death;
if I refuse, I cannot escape your power.
Yet it is better for me to fall into your power without guilt
than to sin before the Lord.”
Then Susanna shrieked, and the old men also shouted at her,
as one of them ran to open the garden doors.
When the people in the house heard the cries from the garden,
they rushed in by the side gate to see what had happened to her.
At the accusations by the old men,
the servants felt very much ashamed,
for never had any such thing been said about Susanna.
When the people came to her husband Joakim the next day,
the two wicked elders also came,
fully determined to put Susanna to death.
Before all the people they ordered:
“Send for Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah,
the wife of Joakim.”
When she was sent for,
she came with her parents, children and all her relatives.
All her relatives and the onlookers were weeping.
In the midst of the people the two elders rose up
and laid their hands on her head.
Through tears she looked up to heaven,
for she trusted in the Lord wholeheartedly.
The elders made this accusation:
“As we were walking in the garden alone,
this woman entered with two girls
and shut the doors of the garden, dismissing the girls.
A young man, who was hidden there, came and lay with her.
When we, in a corner of the garden, saw this crime,
we ran toward them.
We saw them lying together,
but the man we could not hold, because he was stronger than we;
he opened the doors and ran off.
Then we seized her and asked who the young man was,
but she refused to tell us.
We testify to this.”
The assembly believed them,
since they were elders and judges of the people,
and they condemned her to death.
But Susanna cried aloud:
“O eternal God, you know what is hidden
and are aware of all things before they come to be:
you know that they have testified falsely against me.
Here I am about to die,
though I have done none of the things
with which these wicked men have charged me.”
The Lord heard her prayer.
As she was being led to execution,
God stirred up the holy spirit of a young boy named Daniel,
and he cried aloud:
“I will have no part in the death of this woman.”
All the people turned and asked him, “What is this you are saying?”
He stood in their midst and continued,
“Are you such fools, O children of Israel!
To condemn a woman of Israel without examination
and without clear evidence?
Return to court, for they have testified falsely against her.”
Then all the people returned in haste.
To Daniel the elders said,
“Come, sit with us and inform us,
since God has given you the prestige of old age.”
But he replied,
“Separate these two far from each other that I may examine them.”
After they were separated one from the other,
he called one of them and said:
“How you have grown evil with age!
Now have your past sins come to term:
passing unjust sentences, condemning the innocent,
and freeing the guilty, although the Lord says,
‘The innocent and the just you shall not put to death.’
Now, then, if you were a witness,
tell me under what tree you saw them together.”
“Under a mastic tree,” he answered.
Daniel replied, “Your fine lie has cost you your head,
for the angel of God shall receive the sentence from him
and split you in two.”
Putting him to one side, he ordered the other one to be brought.
Daniel said to him,
“Offspring of Canaan, not of Judah, beauty has seduced you,
lust has subverted your conscience.
This is how you acted with the daughters of Israel,
and in their fear they yielded to you;
but a daughter of Judah did not tolerate your wickedness.
Now, then, tell me under what tree you surprised them together.”
“Under an oak,” he said.
Daniel replied, “Your fine lie has cost you also your head,
for the angel of God waits with a sword to cut you in two
so as to make an end of you both.”
The whole assembly cried aloud,
blessing God who saves those who hope in him.
They rose up against the two elders,
for by their own words Daniel had convicted them of perjury.
According to the law of Moses,
they inflicted on them
the penalty they had plotted to impose on their neighbor:
they put them to death.
Thus was innocent blood spared that day.


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think you get a phone fairly early on that you can contact Casey to upgrade with...been awhile since I played it
Nice! Must be further in the game than me then.
Lol no I had Brazilian credit left on my account and bought the characters to help with gtasc. Feel dirty though
Ahh I see lol! I've bought a couple of power ups, but not characters, only need one more for the character achievement
This is my first ONLINE achievement, I didn't have internet for the longest time. I think my first online achievement was in Luxor 2 or Pac-Man Championship Edition?
From the Arcade Compliation disc. I remember I use to play on a tiny TV with a built in VCR. Orange Box is still one of my favourite 360 games ever.
Wow, I still don't have this.
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