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Anders Carlson-Wee’s newly published and thoroughly engaging chapbook, DYNAMITE, gives heart to the art of concealment. A winner of the 2015 winner of the Frost Place Chapbook competition, the nineteen poems included in this vibrant collection reveal much by restraint. The poems are riveting and action-driven, showcasing a bold new voice of a spiritual insomniac who trespasses danger, willingly, and—at times—playfully.
The title poem “Dynamite” opens the book on hazardous fun between brothers who view nature as artillery. Pinecones are grenades, and pine sticks are rifles. But when his brother disappears and reappears with a bloody nose and a real hammer in his hand, the stakes are raised, and we don’t know what to expect next.
Indeed, each poem that follows “Dynamite” carries a degree of menace and suspense, delving into familial bonds (especially brother-brother and father-son) and beyond. We learn about the formative years of a poet who spent much of his youth wandering from home, exploring yards, hopping trains, dumpster diving, and hitchhiking. This wandering unleashes language and insight, as well as a degree of concealment, from hiding in train cars to dumpsters. Even the wounds of others the poet encounters are hiding places that help him access the language of compassion and comparison. He lets others speak, almost as a way of understanding his reason for being. But as much as Carlson-Wee advances the chapbook’s themes in each poem, he crafts distance as measure in style and subject matter, as if to withhold or prevent explosion. There is no end in this book; there is only journey.
On a stylistic level, Carlson-Wee is a deeply curious poet. He exploits muscled and sonically dexterous language, and shift points of view effortlessly. He wields sentence fragments like choke chains, such as in a wonderfully short-tempered poem, “Northern Corn,” which carries the rhythm of passing train cars. End-stopped, unruly and abrupt, each line reads like a measured burst, felt best in the portrait of a ninety-year old father sketched this way: “The size of his hands. / The size of one finger. / The flathead prairie of his calloused / thumbpad.” Such fragments fall down like sacks of flour from a train car and beyond; we find compound words that enhance the tonal compactness of the poems in which they appear. This is bulk realism. This is the mind of a bona fide survivor with a less-is-more approach: coal-dust, wind-eddies, blue-faded are expressions, that recall Gilbert or Larkin’s influence, while showing Carlson-Wee’s comfort with both depth and obscurity. He is terribly insightful of the protective mechanisms by which we (and he) abides.
Two standout poems showcase the art of concealment. In “Moorcroft” the speaker chances an overnight stay in the home of one who admits a past murder, and adds of his heinous act: “I wouldn’t change it.” A parallel is drawn between the yoke of one man’s violence and the continued but unspoken menace the book’s opening poem ignites. Why share this story? The man concludes, “Family is family,” before he brings the poet “clean sheets for my bed.” So the hardness of one tale juxtaposed with another lets the reader into what inspires this writer into danger, as much as the soft shell of a bed in which he’ll sleep so close to danger.
This is a poet willing to risk his life in order to get closer to what hurts inside himself and others. “Gathering Firewood on Tinpan” might be about gathering wood, but the imagined father and the tender tension felt in the image of his “folded hands,” is interrupted by an abrupt, declarative fragment that speaks deeper: “My brother and the ways I burden him.” Again, Carlson-Wee exposes the double bind that familial bonds necessitate, and how these attachments between men magnify once out in the world.
To that end, “Shoalwater” is an aria and one of the most complex, nimbly constructed, and important pieces in the chapbook. A hybrid form that interweaves his past with an external landscape, this poem articulates beautifully how the external shapes the internal:
Waves grind the shoreline and darken into pools.
Crabs shuffle sideways, lost in the washed-up eelgrass.
Seagulls spit littleneck clams to the rocks
and don’t even eat the shattered bodies.
Carlson-Wee’s use of nouns—waves, pools, crabs, eelgrass, seagulls, and littleneck clams—intensifies the interdependence between all moving parts. Yet, the assertive verbs (grind, darken, shuffle, spit) view menace in love’s rare movements that surround the speaker, and furthermore, the tension of the unspoken is palpably felt in such modifications as darken, crabs shuffle sideways. Love shuffles in the dark, is lost and guarded, and then flares as it does in a dream in which his brother appears and disappears from his gaze, as if a reverse Orpheus. Feeling is camouflaged in all things until some force comes along and breaks us open: “We leak every time / we are opened. Out beyond the waves, / love says the same of itself.”
What follows is a striking reverberation as the speaker walks down the beach and throws stones at water. As if out there love necessitates an act of aggression, like in the opening poem, “Dynamite,” to shape itself into words. When he spots a seagull drop a clam against a rock, he notices how it shatters as much as he names the bird’s unabashed disregard for its insides. The horrified innards sit exposed on a rock, but what holds our attention is less the breaking than the moment before the clam’s shield shatters, before the deed is done. Violence comes before the act, in other words, and for this reader, such unique insight intensifies the book’s thematic pursuits.
Love is a clamshell’s first touch against rock,
whatever tenderness can be found
in that contact before the crack. It’s been years
since I was last out on the water. The night sky tightens
like that familiar mouth.
“The thud of a body surrounded by hollow” reveals the sound love makes in the absence of feeling, and then a moment in which the speaker offers a rare admonition: “It’s been years / since I was last out on the water.” The night sky “tightens,” like his brother’s familiar mouth. So much is suggested in silence, in so little space.
Dynamite is thus a dynamic exploration of restraint, and evidence of how physical every feeling can be contained and distilled. The body appears everywhere in the book, but in “Shoalwater” it’s as indecisive as shoreline water, as breakable as the shell seems firm before it’s dropped. “This is the best we can do,” Carlson-Wee writes. So we commit heinous acts, but we survive by being resolutely vulnerable.
Standing at the edge affords Carlson-Wee his own education, or how he was trained to see by standing apart and listening: “Listening to a Rail in Mandan” ends the chapbook not at a shoreline but “at the edge of the brake” where the speaker listens for the sound of oncoming trains. Where others failed to see, this speaker ironically learned how to observe, as he continues to do: “No stars tonight. No fire. No brother by the junkers awaiting my call. / No father walking toward me.”
Closure comes as the speaker admits he learned to note what’s been lost and overlooked. Surely the brother and father are measurements of the speaker’s identity, but their absence in the last poem signals a vital shift, as if alone this speaker can no longer hide. The formative relationships of his youth are gone: he can only be a witness to himself.
Anders Carlson-Wee is a 2015 NEA Creative Writing Fellow, 2015 Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellow, and the author of Dynamite, winner of the 2015 Frost Place Chapbook Competition. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Narrative, New England Review, The Missouri Review, The Southern Review, AGNI, Best New Poets, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading series. Winner of Ninth Letter’s Poetry Award and New Delta Review’s Editors’ Choice Prize, he holds an MFA in poetry from Vanderbilt University. His poem, “Leaving Fargo,” will appear in the Spring 2016 issue of The Adroit Journal.


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Globalization and Sport: Playing the World
Miller, T.; Lawrence, G.A.; McKay, J.; Rowe, D.
Sport is the most universal feature of popular culture. It crosses language barriers and slices through national boundaries, attracting both spectators and participants, to a common lingua franca of passions, obsessions and desires. This book brings to light the connections between sport and culture. It argues that although sport is obviously a source of pleasure, it is also part of the government of everyday life. The creation of a sporting calendar, movements of rational recreation and the development of physical education in the public sector, are read as ways of disciplining and shaping urban-industrial populations. In addition, sport is examined as a principal front of globalization. The sports process draws together dispersed communities and generates economic wealth. The book demonstrates how commodification, bureaucratization and ideology are fundamental to the organization of sporting cultures.
Miller, T., Lawrence, G., McKay, J., & Rowe, D. (2001). Globalization and Sport: Playing the World. SAGE Publications
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Memorial for fallen Raynham soldier to be unveiled in Weymouth
WEYMOUTH — Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti, 30, was commanding a 16-member platoon on a mountainside in Afghanistan when approximately 60 Taliban fighters attacked his unit in June 2006.
“During the engagement, one of Monti’s men was seriously wounded,” said Marc Frattasio, a public affairs director for the ANA Patriot Squadron at Weymouth’s Union Point community. “He fell in an exposed area where the Army guys were taking cover.”
Frattasio said Monti’s heroism would be honored with the unveiling of a bronze plaque at Shea Memorial Grove in Union Point at noon on Sunday, Nov. 10.
"We have intended for years to put a memorial for Sgt. Monti, and we have finally done it," Frattasio said. “Anybody who wishes to come is welcome to join us. It does not cost anything.”
Frattasio said Monti, of Rayhnham, made three attempts to rescue the wounded soldier while under fire from Taliban fighters.
“During the first two attempts, he got within three feet of him and was repelled by heavy machine gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade," he said.
Frattasio said Monti’s platoon then fired a steady stream of bullets at the Taliban fighters, and he made a third attempt to rescue the wounded soldier.
“He (Monti) was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade which killed him," Frattasio said.
Monti’s last words to his soldiers as he lay dying were, “tell my family I love them.”
Monti graduated from Bridgewater-Raynham High School in 1996.
He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery by President Barack Obama in September 2009.
Frattasio said the ceremony on Nov. 10 will include tributes offered by local officials including Weymouth Mayor Robert Hedlund and an honor guard involving Naval Sea Cadets.
“State Sen. Patrick O’Connor said he would come,” he said. “There will likely be some members of the Monti family there. There will be an Army representative.”
Monti’s story received national attention when a country song, “I Drive Your Truck,” written by Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Jim Yeary and recorded by Lee Brice in December 2012 reached the airwaves.
Harrington said she heard an interview with Monti's father on NPR and he said he coped with his son's death by driving his pickup truck.
"He had left it in the same condition that it was in before his son was deployed to Afghanistan,” Frattasio said.
The Shea Memorial Grove where Monti will be honored has 32 small trees and commemorative markers that honor Medal of Honor recipients from Norfolk and Plymouth counties.
Frattasio said a 33rd tree was recently planted at the grove to honor Monti.
“The ANA Patriot Squadron helps maintain the park,” he said.
The Medal of Honor recipients honored at the memorial includes military personnel from every war that the U.S. has been involved in since the Civil War.


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Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali inaugurated the campaign by administering anti-polio drops to children and monitored the performance of static teams at General Bus Stand and other localities.
District Health Authority CEO Dr Bilal Ahmad, SDRTA Zameer Hussain and other officers of the health department were also present on the occasion.
The DC went inside buses and inspected finger-marking by the polio teams and confirmed from parents about vaccination of their children.
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MNB three-month FX swaps see bids after four weeks without demand
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) received and accepted €35m bids for three-month floating rate EUR/HUF swaps at its weekly tender on Monday.
Interest in the fx swaps returned after no bids in the previous four weeks. The last tender with demand and allocation, of €125m, was on September 5. Demand for the facility rose to fluctuate between €65m and €255m for most of August parallel with the steep strengthening of the Swiss franc, in which a large part of the Hungarian retail loan stock is denominated, against the forint. It vanished after the Swiss National Bank announced a 1.20 CHF/€target and early September.
The MNB offered the usual maximum of €400m three-month swaps at a maximum 231.31 swap points on Monday. It allocated all the swaps at the maximum swap points. With €5m expiring on Wednesday, the outstanding volume will rise to €845m on the October 12 settlement day, Econews calculated. The stock fell to €815m two weeks earlier after reaching €1.48bn on September 5, its highest level since early February.
After a jump around the end of last year, demand for the weekly tenders subsided in the spring, before rising steeply again, reflecting uncertainties surrounding Greece, by late June. There was little interest for most of July, but demand returned in August.
The MNB has been offering three-month floating-price EUR/HUF swaps since March 2009. It also has been operating one-day FX swaps daily since October 2008. The swap facilities, with two other ones already eliminated, were launched to ease Hungarian banks' access to FX financing.
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Connecticut U.S. attorney David Fein resigns
NEW HAVEN -- U.S. Attorney David Fein is resigning after three years as Connecticut's top federal prosecutor, touting a wide range of prosecutions including child sexual abuse, financial fraud and civil rights.
The 52-year-old Fein announced his resignation Tuesday, saying he intends to return to the private sector. It's effective May 13.
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Soprano Magali Simard-Galdès’ crystalline voice shines with the words of poet Arthur Rimbaud in Britten’s Les Illuminations. Canadian composer Brian Cherney’s Illuminations, is inspired by elements of Jewish mysticism and is an evocative work for strings exploring the transformation of the mind through meditation.
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In Ukraine, they called the period when sanctions are guaranteed to "hit" the Russian economy
Unlike political and the military economic Europe made bets in relation to the Russian Federation, it is time to wait for the result. It is in him that there are great doubts. The financial and economic system of the EU is in some kind of recession, so Brussels is in anticipation of a negative rather for itself than for Moscow. In Ukraine, they preferred to obsequiously try to make a forecast. According to local analysts, the greatest impact of Western sanctions imposed on the Russian economy can be expected no earlier than the end of 2023, provided there are no new restrictions. Each new round will bring closer the worst for the macroeconomic indicators of the Russian Federation. This is reported in a new study by the Kyiv School of Economics, whose article is published by Evropeiska Pravda.
Analysts note that the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy in the long term will increase, as it is predicted that energy exports will be limited even to countries friendly to Moscow. Currently, the study notes that the fall of the Russian economy in 2022 has undergone an adjustment from 10-30% to 6-9,5%. And the level of annual inflation decreased from the projected 20% to 12-15%. The School of Economics explains that the main reason for such changes was the high prices in the energy market. These positive developments were forced to recognize even Ukrainian researchers.
Nevertheless, neighbors continue to study the impact of sanctions on Russia. According to Ukrainians, sanctions pressure has already led to serious changes in the domestic economy. In order to somehow cheer up, Ukrainian experts selectively selected areas with problems. Thus, the reduction in the production of cars in Russia in June amounted to 62% compared to the same period last year. And industrial production fell 1,8% in June compared to the same period in 2021.
The researchers note that the main sanctions relating to the Russian energy sector have not yet entered into force. They are only expected (especially the oil and gas embargo). Consequently, on December 5, sanctions on the export of Russian offshore oil to the European Union will come into force, and on February 5, 2023, Russian oil products. At the same time, Russian gas sales to Europe are a third of last year's level and are likely to decline from now on, and in fact will stop no later than 2024, when Germany expects to be completely independent of Russian gas, Ukrainian scientists concluded.
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Racial Climate Town Hall and Next Steps
NC State Students, Faculty and Staff:
On behalf of myself and the administrators who attended yesterday’s Student Government Town Hall on Racial Climate, please accept our sincere thanks to all who attended this important community meeting. Particularly to the students who spoke, thank you for your heartfelt and passionate words. I admire your courage in sharing the hurtful incidents you have had to endure while at NC State.
Yesterday was a learning opportunity for many of us, myself included, to better understand the prevalence and personal impacts of bigotry in our community. Please know you were heard, and we agree – no one should have to encounter those types of painful experiences on our campus.
After yesterday’s event I was asked how I feel, personally, about the hurtful statements posted by some students earlier this week. I am personally offended and appalled that any NC State student would use those words. I think we all agree that racism and bigotry in any form have no acceptable place at NC State.
As next steps, I have asked Vice Provost of Institutional Equity and Diversity Linda McCabe Smith and Senior Director of Campus Community Centers Reggie Barnes to assemble NC State’s newly formed Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT) to review this week’s social media incident and make suggestions about how the university can improve our response to such situations.
I’ve also asked the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity to review national best practices to determine how NC State can improve its policies and procedures regarding diversity, equity and other related issues.
Finally, at yesterday’s town hall we heard loud and clear that racism and campus climate are not issues that should fall solely on students to fix; that is absolutely correct. However, we need student voices at the table. Next week I, along with Dr. Smith, Provost Warwick Arden and Vice Chancellor for the Division of Academic and Student Affairs Mike Mullen, will meet with student leaders to talk about immediate and long-term actions needed to improve diversity and inclusion experiences at NC State.
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Avesgaud (Latin Avesgaudus) (died c. 1036) was a French nobleman, a member of the powerful House of Bellême and was the Bishop of Le Mans from 997 until his death. His episcopate was overshadowed by his ongoing wars with Herbert I, Count of Maine.
Avesgaud de Bellême was a son of Yves de Bellême and Godeheu (Latin Godehildis). His maternal uncle was Seinfroy, Bishop of Le Mans, who he succeeded about 997. His bishopric was centered on St. Julian of Le Mans.
Both Seinfroy and Avesgaud belonged to the powerful and independent House of Bellême which controlled the borders of Perche, Séez and Alençon between the Île-de-France and Normandy. The Bellêmes were not considered loyal to either Normandy or the French king. Seinfroy, however, had been an adherent of Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou to whom he owed his appointment to the see of Le Mans. For possibly the same reason Avesgaud was aligned with Count Fulk as well.
The first years of his reign as bishop were quiet until Herbert became Count of Maine about 1017. From that time on the two were locked in a bitter and endless struggle. Avesgaud resisted all forms of comital control from Herbert Wake-dog and in addition to his own forces enlisted help from a knight named Herbrannus paying him with lands from the church estates. However Herbrannus failed to defend the Bishop against Count Herbert.
During his long wars with Count Hebert I of Maine, the count attacked and destroyed Avesgaud's castle at Duneau causing Avesgaud to flee to the protection of his brother William's castle at Bellême. Once he was safe the Bishop excommunicated Herbert and then continued his warring against him. Not long after the excommunication was lifted and peace was restored between them, Herbert started raiding the Bishop’s estates again. When Herbert learned the Bishop had built a castle at La Ferté-Bernard he attacked Avesgaud there causing the Bishop to flee again, but this time the castle was repaired. On the last occasion Avesgaud was forced to leave his see he traveled to the Holy Land on a pilgrimage. He is said to have died c. 1036 at Verdun on his return to Le Mans.
He was succeeded as bishop of Le Mans by his nephew Gervais de Bellême, son of his sister Hildeburge de Bellême. His brother, Yves de Bellême (d. 1030), was the Abbot of Fleury. Another nephew, Ives, son of his brother William was Seigneur de Bellême and Bishop of Sées SOURCE: Wikipedia
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The IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputer Mira, housed at the Argonne national laboratory Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ACLF), is delivering new insights into the physics behind nuclear fusion, helping researchers to develop a new understanding of the electron behavior in edge plasma – a critical step to creating an efficient fusion reaction.
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Researchers at UCLA have created the first detailed computer simulation model of an injured human leg–complete with spurting blood. The simulation is designed to make training for combat medics more realistic. “To create the simulator model, researchers combined detailed knowledge of anatomy with real-life CAT scans and MRIs to map out layers of a human leg–the bone, the soft tissue containing muscle and blood vessels and the skin surrounding everything. Then the design team applied physics and mathematical equations, fluid dynamics, and pre-determined rates of blood flow from specific veins and arteries to simulate blood loss for wounds of varying sizes and severity.”
Sugon is one of the top HPC vendors in China. With plans to expand operations in the West, the company is once again sponsoring the ISC 2016 conference. “Sugon, used to be called Dawning, rooted from the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICT), and was the first (and now largest) HPC local vendor in China. Since 1990, Sugon has been working on High Performance Computing, producing seven generations of HPC systems, such as Dawning I and Dawning 1000 to 6000. We have successfully supported more than 10,000 HPC projects.”
This visualization from CSCS in Switzerland shows the world’s smallest integrated switch. “Researchers working under Juerg Leuthold, Professor of Photonics and Communications at ETH Zurich, have created the world’s smallest integrated optical switch. Applying a small voltage causes an atom to relocate, turning the switch on or off. ETH Professor Mathieu Luisier, who participated in this study, simulated the system using Piz Daint Supercomputer. The component operates at the level of individual atoms. “
The NSF has awarded $300K to NCSA to examine effective practices in industrial HPC. Led by Principal Investigator Merle Giles, the project will identify, document, and analyze effective practices in establishing public-private partnerships between High Performance Computing (HPC) centers and industry. With the market analysis firm IDC, the project will conduct a worldwide in-depth survey of 70-80 example partnerships of HPC centers of various sizes, in the US and elsewhere, that have been involved in partnerships with the private-sector.
Today PASC16 announced a lineup of world-class keynote speakers for its third annual conference. The event will feature keynotes from academic and industry leaders with a special emphasis on high-performance computing, and simulation and data sciences. Building on the successful format of the last two years’ conferences, PASC16 will offer an even broader and deeper selection of technical sessions, paper tracks, information stands, and presentations from industry and academia.


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- These gold scissors! ♥
- The Museum of Failure is a collection of interesting innovation failures!
- Life Is A Video Game – Here Are The Cheat Codes. (via Mark Manson)
- Master Doodler – Jon Burgerman
- Canopy, a curated amazon shop!
- These Rainbow playing cards!
- This collection of kitschy plates are amazing! This Saint Dolly print is my favorite!
- The inaugural international bamboo biennale in China looks incredible!
- These geometric portraits made from reclaimed wood!
- This espresso machine tho!
10 things that made my week #51Art, blog, design
- This Tipping Cube concept in France offers an interesting perspective!
- Good read: “I Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Workout. It Nearly Broke Me.”
- Anxiety is Contagious!
- This Turntable project is beautiful.
- Your Brain On Coffee!
- Change is good.
- “Good citizens tell the truth” – This illustrated book about how the government helps us from 1969.
- Explore Your Life In History. (via The Atlantic)
- This old cement factory turned residence is pretty incredible!
- The NOPE button for Chrome! ♥
10 things that made my week #49Art, blog, design
- The Weird and Wonderful Gas Stations of Iraq!
- This early version of “Seven Wonders“, recently released by Fleetwood Mac! ♥
- This Toast Sweater.
- An Artist in Philly fixed a crack in the sidewalk with RAINBOW SPRINKLES.
- Juan Giraldo Captures The Beautiful Mundane In A Chicago Warehouse.
- This Minecraft user created a scale replica of Chicago in the game!
- Emmanuelle Moureaux created an immersive forest of 60,000 Rainbow Numbers.
- Installation Artist Chris Wood created this beautiful glass artwork that refracts a rainbow of colors.
- The new series Abstract on Netflix is a must watch if you’re into Design!
- READ! This Raccoon Riding on a Garbage Truck Is the Only Thing in DC That Makes Sense.
10 things that made my week #48Art, blog, design
- Take a look inside a famous masterpiece with Art Plunge!
- How To Begin Again by the thoughtful Adam J Kurtz!
- This list of 26 things you can control.
- The Met makes 375,000 images free and unrestricted!
- This single cup pour-over coffee maker, Tower!
- I like this Toilet Paper solution!
- This Infamous Amsterdam Prison Is Now A Creative Hub For Refugees!
- This Monumental Coral Installation by Marc Fornes
- This Instagram account.
- It’s Going To Be Okay.
10 things that made my week #47Art, blog, design
- ‘Tempel‘ is a workbench for a new generation of designers and craftsmen.
- This ‘Alphacrete‘ lamp beautifully blends concrete and neon!
- The Tigermoth camper by TAXA Outdoors!
- Monet of the Mountain, this artist owns an interesting niche market.
- These expansive illustrated cityscapes by Rod Hunt!
- This is the most beautiful Cheese Set.
- I have absolutely no need for this hard boiled egg holder, but it’s perfect!
- This directory of people willing to match your donation to the ACLU. ♥ Also, make 5 calls to your local representative, it’s very effective and only takes 5 minutes.
- The Power of Rituals.
- If Rainbow Brite had an office, it would look like this!
10 things that made my week #41Art, blog, design
- I really like this poster.
- I’m hoping this is a Christmas to Remember.
- Don’t worry, i’ve got Linda Ronstadt queued up!
- Sometimes you just need to Figure It Out.
- Yoga for Everyone.
- A Yale history professor’s powerful, 20-point guide to defending democracy under a Trump presidency.
- These photographic paintings by Fabian Oefner are beautiful!
- I feel obligated to share Mariah Carey’s new website and Christmas Party.
- This guerilla florist in Brussels.
- Women Who Draw.
10 things that made my week #40Art, blog, design
- These Food Horoscopes for December are a real treat!
- I really want this ‘Today‘ calendar by Matthew Hoffman.
- This Book: ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck‘.
- This quote by Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
- Nature is pretty amazing-Check out this beautiful website. (not on mobile)
- Artist Benedetto Bufalino turned this Cement Truck into a giant disco ball!
- Be careful. America’s most common Christmas related injuries.
- This Spanish Artist: Javier de Riba creates beautiful ’tiled’ floors with spray paint!
- ‘I Won’t Always Be Here‘ – by Ryan Hussey
- This Prince themed Christmas tree. *Check in with your loved ones*
10 things that made my week #39Art, blog, design
- Good design always wins. Beautify your boxed wine with The Well!
- The Westworld soundtrack was released (includes the piano covers)!
- The 2016 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog!
- Because why not have a coffee maker that looks like a Jet Engine?!
- This list of Websites that will make you incredibly smarter.
- The reMarkable tablet looks beautiful.
- This RokBlok record player is perfect for a small space.
- This 10-year-old built a prosthetic arm(Project Unicorn) that shoots glitter!
- This essay by Toni Morrison – In times of dread, Artists must never choose to remain silent.
Also, my dreams came true last Saturday and I saw Stevie Nicks. Go. Just go see her!
10 things that made my week #38Art, blog, design
- This Poopin’ Moose.
- These live animal cams were a pleasant distraction!
- I’m such a sucker for coffee gadgets, this Spinn coffeemaker looks great!
- This Naked Advent Calendar made me laugh, I don’t think its for sale any longer though.
- This Illustrator, @aarontheillustrator, check him out!
- Turn your face into a cookie with this custom made cookie cutter!
- This brief history of Polari.
- These Rainbow colored playing cards.
- This ‘ish’ Cake Topper might make an appearance soon…
- Stevie Nicks release an Deluxe version of her ‘Bella Donna‘ album, and it will continue to be on repeat for the next
10 things that made my week #37Art, blog, design
- These new emojis from old master paintings are too good!
- This album by The Knocks is just what I needed!
- This pillow throws some mean shade.
- I like this Enormous Hug print.
- Google developed a really cool app to digitize old photos.
- We can all help spread a little more kindness.
- These are my kind of Sandcastles.
- These painting/collage works by Elizabeth Amento are beautiful.
- This Japanese museum of rocks that look like faces!
- Its not a good week unless there is some rainbow art involved!


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All of our pop culture dreams just came true!
It’s a mashup of iconic fashion and fast food as designer Gert-Johan Coetzee teams up with McDonald’s South Africa for the 50th birthday of the world’s most iconic burger, the Big Mac.
The collaboration, and a sneak peek of Coetzee’s glamorous Big Mac-inspired fashion collection, were revealed at a festive event in Sandton, hosted by It Girl Nomzamo Mbatha.
Coetzee’s latest collection, which will be shown next week at South African Fashion Week, includes a range of edgy streetwear inspired by the Big Mac. Alongside the high-glamour red-carpet showstoppers the designer is best known for, he will also send glam casualwear down the ramp. All the proceeds of the exclusive range will go to the Ronald McDonald House Charities, which provide a safe home, comfort and care to families of children receiving specialised hospital treatment.
“After 50 years of unwavering popularity, the Big Mac is a pop culture icon, and we had to celebrate this milestone with something extraordinary. ” McDonald’s SA’s Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Daniel Padiachy
“This collaboration will directly benefit families who need support during a child’s illness. The synergy and shared values that made this possible is a foundation that we’re excited to build on,” he said.
URBAN CULTURE INSPO!
- Tinsel jackets
- Trendy tracksuits
- Faux fur
- Blinged-up T-shirts
It’s comfortable and wearable, but still edgy and glam, and there is something for everyone!” Gert-Johan Coetzee
Models wearing T-shirts and tracksuits in black, gold and red, with stylized, sequined McDonald’s iconography, showed guests a sneak preview of what to expect when the full range is revealed next week. McDonald’s will be broadcasting the SAFW showcase live to all their social media followers.
READ NEXT: Blue Ivy Carter has her own stylist!
Coetzee explained that his main Spring Summer 18 Collection has a colour palette that includes variations of ultraviolet, which is the Pantone colour of the year, and juxtaposes hi-tech holographic fabrics, feathers and sequins with depictions of the Chinese lucky cat. “There is an element of luck in all success, and I want to acknowledge that with gratitude.
*The GJC SA Fashion Week showcase takes place on 12 April, and the GJC Big Mac range will be available for sale soon on Coetzee’s online store, www.shopgert.com.


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Diabetes prevention is a priority nationwide, and a mandate in Medicare. Medicare Advantage (“Part C”) plans must offer the same services as Medicare Parts A and B, and often offer more services. A major challenge is funding the mandatory and additional services. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) is a required service in Medicare that offers an opportunity for cost reduction in Medicare Advantage plans. If implemented well, the DPP can lead to cost savings and the ability to offer more services to beneficiaries.
On the surface, the parts seem to be in place for the DPP to be effective in Medicare. The science backs the effectiveness of the DPP. The DPRP has established the infrastructure for DPP administration. The MDPP Expanded Model requires Medicare to cover the DPP. Why, then, do only 1 to 11% of eligible patients participate in a DPP, and how can Medicare Advantage plans to implement low-cost diabetes prevention?

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What Is a Stress Belly Fat ?
When it comes to belly fat, most people incorrectly assume that it is the result of eating too many calories. Where adipose tissue, also known as body fat, is stored on the body indicates whether it is due to diet or if there is an underlying issue.
Stress belly refers to the additional abdominal fat that develops as a result of prolonged or chronic stress. It is not a medical term, but rather a popular description of how stress and stress hormones affect the abdominal area. If you would like to learn more about how to get rid of stress belly using Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), read on.
Stress Belly Fat According to TCM
According to TCM
According to TCM, fat specifically in the abdominal area, is believed to be caused by a variety of factors, including poor diet, lack of physical activity, and chronic stress.
“In Chinese medicine, the liver system is responsible for processing stress, and when it becomes overwhelmed, it tends to overact on the spleen system,” says Vander Baan.
When the spleen is not performing properly due to weakness or deficiency, it will be unable to properly route fluids and nutrients to the parts of the body where they are needed, leading to a buildup of undigested matter. These turn into dampness and accumulation of phlegm.
All of which can contribute to weight gain, fat will then be stored in the middle part of the body (abdominal area). If this phlegm and dampness are left untreated, it turns into heat, or heat dampness and toxin over time. All these will cause conditions like constipation and stress belly.
Stress is associated with the liver. Liver Qi is affected by stress which may result in disharmony.
The Liver fails to regulate Qi (energy) flow, causing Qi stagnation, when the Qi obstructions in organ meridians will slow down the process of metabolism. And you will get less likely to flush out excess dampness and toxins.
How to Get Rid of Stress Belly Fat Using TCM
Practitioners of TCM can provide a number of options for those who would like to learn how to get rid of stress belly fat. Some examples include:
- Acupuncture: Proven safe and effective with little to no adverse side effects, acupuncture is a great treatment for reducing physiological stress. Acupuncture improves Qi and blood circulation and can improve Qi, blood, yin, and yang deficiencies. It can also help to relieve stress by bringing balance to both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.
In addition to restoring balance, a study demonstrated that acupuncture has been shown to reduce cortisol content.
- Cupping: Cupping is a type of treatment that uses cups placed directly on the skin to create negative pressure using suction. This gentle suction can aid in ridding the body of toxins, improving blood circulation, and restoring hormonal balance. Cupping, when paired with acupuncture, can result in a reduction in both BMI and waist circumference.
Herbal Remedies for Stressed Hormonal Belly
Stress belly fat related to overall weight gain, not just a separate issue. It’s important to seek solution on the root cause. There are many drug-free herbal options could help. Check out the natural remedies for stress belly fat caused by:
- Dampness accumulation: Supplementing with astragalus root will reduce dampness thanks to its diuretic properties. Adding black atractylodes rhizome will help to tonify qi and strengthen the spleen. The poria mushroom will help to reduce inflammation with the added benefit of having antioxidant properties.
- For heat dampness: Job’s tears seed, also known as coix seed, helps to decrease dampness due to its protein and polysaccharide content which helps to regulate water. Water plantain rhizome has a diuretic effect that helps to clear heat dampness. Adding folium nelumbinis will help to resolve dampness by invigorating the spleen.
- For qi and blood stagnation: Also known by the scientific name Cyperus rotundus, nutgrass rhizome will help to calm the liver while regulating qi to relieve liver qi stagnation. Concoctions that include tangerine peel have been shown in studies to remove liver stagnation and reduce blood stasis. Supplementing with hawthorn berries may help to limit the maturation of fat cells.
Lifestyle Changes for Stress Belly Fat
It’s important to note that reducing abdominal fat through a combination of healthy diet, regular physical activity, and maintaining a healthy weight.
will also help the body to manage its response to stress. Regular exercise will help reduce the levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Consider creating a routine of light exercises such as walking, yoga, or bicycling to help refocus the mind away from stress.
Though many may think fat accumulation is just about calories, the answer to how to get rid of stress belly is less about calorie count and more about bringing balance to hormones while reducing dampness and any possible deficiencies to restore Qi and proper blood flow.
Treatment with acupuncture or cupping will help to relieve stress while improving circulation. Herbal remedies can help to eliminate dampness while resolving deficiencies. Exercise and a healthy diet that is low in sugar will also aid in getting rid of stress belly fat.
If you have been experiencing a stressed hormonal belly and are looking for a non-invasive, drug-free treatment, speak to a TCM practitioner about how the above solutions can help.
Stress is a major contributing factor to stress belly fat, but it can also be caused by other factors such as hormonal issues, poor diet, lack of exercise, and other complications.
People with stress belly may experience symptoms such as hunger all the time, indigestion, fatigue, and difficulty losing weight etc.
It’s important to remember that having a stress belly is not a medical diagnosis, it’s a term used to describe the way stress and stress hormones impact your midsection. If you are concerned about your health, consult a healthcare professional for proper diagnosis and treatment.
Hormonal belly and stress belly are both related to the accumulation of fat in the abdominal area, but they have different causes. Both Hormonal belly and stress belly can be reduced through a combination of stress management techniques, healthy diet, and regular exercise. It’s important to consult with a Tcm healthcare professional if you suspect hormonal imbalances, as they can help with appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
Astragalus (Huang Qi)
Astragalus herb supplements (Huang Qi) has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine. This powerful herb can be added to your daily routine to strengthen the immune system, increase stamina, strength, and vitality. Astragalus herb tablets are one of the primary immune tonifiers and natural antioxidants that protects the cells from external influences by increasing the antibody production to enhance the immunity system.
Atractylodes (Bai Zhu)
Atractylodes or Bai Zhu is a key herb in Chinese Medicine. This atractylodes supplement helps remove the accumulation of food, Phlegm and Qi ( energy ) and boosts the health of Spleen, eliminates fluid retention and offers long term digestive as well as weight goal management benefits. Atractylodes tablets can be added to your daily routine to control sugar cravings and appetite, it is also one of best to promote digestion.
For more information about how Chinese Medicine can help you with stress belly fat, book your free consultation with our Chinese Medicine experts today
* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. We can’t guarantee the treatment result, as the symptoms of conditions are unpredictable and vary greatly from person to person. The treatment length and recovery time also varies for individual. Please visit our clinics website: GinSen where a specialists will discuss your care and provide a consultation, and the treatment will be designed to meet your individual needs.


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Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1972
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Self-Regulation in the Modification of Disruptive Classroom Behavior.
Bolstad, Orin D.; Johnson, Stephen M.
This study compared self-regulation and external regulation procedures in the treatment of children's disruptive classroom behavior. Following the collection of baseline data, three of the four most disruptive children in each of 10 first and second grade classrooms were reinforced by the experimenter for achieving low rates of disruptive behavior. The fourth child served as a control subject throughout the experiment. Two of the three experimental subjects were then taught to self-observe their own disruptive behavior. In the final reinforcement period, these subjects were given control over dispensing reinforcers to themselves, based on their self-collected behavioral data while subjects in the other experimental group continued with the externally managed reinforcement. In extinction, reinforcement was discontinued for all subjects, but one of the self-regulation subjects in each classroom continued to overtly self-observe. Results indicated that both reinforcement programs produced a considerable reduction in disruptive behavior. The self-regulation procedures were slightly more effective in reducing disruptiveness than was the external regulation procedure and this advantage persisted into extinction. These results suggest that self-regulation procedures provide a practical, inexpensive, and powerful alternative in dealing with disruptive behavior in children. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Child Psychology, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Discipline Problems, Experimental Groups, Individual Development, Personality Development, Primary Education, Problem Children, Self Concept, Self Control, Social Development, Young Children
Orin S. Bolstad, Psychology Clinic, 1679 Agate, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
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- Available in 2 lengths and sizes.
All of our gold jewellery is made from a stainless steel base with 18ct Gold plating on it. It contains no nickel, copper or lead making it safe for sensitive skin. All our silver jewellery is made from stainless steel.
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Tyler's Top 15 Albums of 2017
2017 was not a great year for heavy metal music.
Yeah, yeah, I know your favorite bedroom black metal artist with 13 Facebook followers released an underappreciated masterpiece and I'm a mainstream corporate shill for not covering it. You got me there.
Of course, there were still a handful of fantastic records that deserve praise and there was more than enough killer material to fill out this list, but really, not much genuinely blew me away this year. Still, I can't complain too much, because it'd be hard for any 365 days to follow the excellence that was music in 2016, (looking at you, fans of Chthe'ilist, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Danny Brown, Wormrot and Anaal Nathrakh). I'm already looking to 2018 and can't wait to listen to (and hopefully cover!) releases from bands such as Pig Destroyer and The Ocean. High hopes.
As for 2017 in general you…Almost certainly don't care what I have to say about the last 12 months. All I'll say is that it's been a pleasure working with the Metal Injection team and I've enjoyed the opportunity to review, rep and ultimately champion the music that makes life worth living. Hope you've enjoyed reading my stuff. More to come.
Anyway, here's a list of music that you should listen to:
15. Septicflesh – Codex Omega
Codex Omega’s low points are still the kind of quality that the average metal band could only dream of attaining.
Let’s focus on the high points: Septicflesh’s latest is crushing, epic and all the other positive adjectives you’d demand from the Greek quartet. “Enemy of Truth” and the especially pummeling “Faceless Queen” are the easy standouts, but nearly all of Codex Omega’s tracks feature impressively bombastic symphonies that perfectly compliment the furious metal. Symphonic death metal isn’t exactly a well-populated subgenre, but Codex Omega is nonetheless further proof that Septicflesh is the unarguable master of the style.
14. Howls of Ebb / Khthoniik Cerviiks – With Gangrene Edges / Voiidwarp
It’s always a shame when promising young talent disbands, but Howls of Ebb certainly know how to go out with a bang.
This is blackened death metal done right, full of wicked off-kilter strangeness and dense, evil atmosphere. The Howls of Ebb portion boasts some of the year’s best bass work and offer far more longevity than 15 minutes of music ever should.
Though Khthoniik Cerviiks’s name recognition is comparably nil, their 26 minutes of material is no less impressive. “Spiiral Spiire Stiigmata” is a maliciously constructed exercise in blackened depravity that wholly warrants its 12-plus minute runtime. Uncompromising, evil stuff that absolutely flies by, despite the lengthy duration.
It’s all grisly, bittersweet material, but while one band certainly ended things on a helluva high note, another emerges from the mist to prove that the subgenre still has plenty of life left in it.
13. Power Trip – Nightmare Logic
I generally dislike thrash metal and I can count the number of crossover records I really enjoy on both hands. So when I say that Power Trip's thrashy, crossovery sophomore record is easily one of the year's must-listens, I'd like to think that counts for something.
Nightmare Logic is a no-frills, expertly paced record where each song sounds like more of a highlight than the last. If you’re into this kind of metal, it’s hard to imagine not falling in love here. If you’re not, Nightmare Logic is easily good enough to make you a convert.
12. Ulver – The Assassination of Julius Caesar
The Assassination of Julius Caesar is the best Ulver record in two decades.
That’s no small praise, given the band’s expansive catalog and consistently high quality, but pretty much every aspect of Ulver’s latest record supports that claim. Of particular note is Kristoffer Rygg’s beautiful vocal performance. While he’s always been a phenomenal singer, his vocals are usually a supplement to Ulver’s atmospheric soundscapes. Here, Rygg is front and center in the mix, and his soaring vocals are among the finest work of his storied career.
“Rolling Stone” is especially praiseworthy and easily one of the year’s best songs. “Southern Gothic” isn’t far behind. Neither is opener “Nemoralia” or dark closer “Coming Home.” Get the trend here? This record is a highlight in a discography in no shortage of highlights and there’s never been a better time to dive in.
11. Archspire – Relentless Mutation
THIS RECORD IS SO FUCKING CRAZY TECHNICAL I LOOK LIKE THE ALBUM ARTWORK AFTER LISTENING ALSO I WANT TO TYPE THIS ENTIRE DESCRIPTION IN CAPS LOCK BUT I'LL TRY TO RESTRAIN MYSELF.
Relentless Mutation is unapologetic tech death, crammed with borderline psychotic riffing, single-mindedly manic-paced vocal bleatings and random jazzy interludes, and I can understand how this might turn some metalheads off. But if this is your thing, this is off the walls wild stuff that manages to keep you fully engaged throughout, despite the unerring madness. It's a crazy ride, but there's more than enough substance here to keep listeners coming back for many subsequent plays.
If you’re still waiting for a new Necrophagist record, this is probably as reasonably close as we’re gonna get. So, there’s also that.
10. Benighted – Necrobreed
“Necrobreed kicks you in the teeth with savage brutality from start to finish, is one of the best death metal records in recent memory and a flagrant middle finger to every negative stereotype associated with the genre.”
That was the lede for my review of Benighted’s eighth record, and Necrobreed still holds up months later. There’s no doubt that this kind of blunt aggression will turn off some listeners, but the record boasts plenty of subtle nuances and little standouts to keep things shockingly fresh, even after several dozen listens.
9. Akercocke – Renaissance in Extremis
Wow, now this is how you do a reunion. Of all the veteran metal acts that have emerged from the abyss to release new material in the last few years, Akercocke's magnificent return to the industry is easily among the best.
The Satanic and sexual lyrics might be gone, but Akercocke’s wicked mix of prog and death metal is still intact, and things have never sounded better. “Unbound by Sin” and “Insentience” are basically progressive death metal perfected, and though they’re the obvious standouts, Renaissance in Extremis has no shortage of memorable moments. The album near-perfectly meshes grueling heaviness and disarmingly beautiful moments of calm, and the result was absolutely worth the decade-long wait.
8. Morbid Angel – Kingdoms Disdained
Honestly, all I wanted from Kingdoms Disdained was to be able to crack a lot of Illud Divinum Insanus jokes, but Morbid Angel deserves better than that.
This is a phenomenal comeback and startling return to form for one of the genre’s heavyweights. Everything just clicks here, from Trey Azagthoth’s thundering guitar performance to the exceptional drumming and Steve Tucker’s wicked growls. There’s no low points, but plenty of hits. Opener “Piles of Little Arms” kicks things off in superb fashion, while “The Pillars Crumbling” and “For No Master” are easily among the best death metal songs of the year. The past is the past. Don’t miss out.
7. St. Vincent – MASSEDUCATION
13 songs, and each one is a major win. I’ve been spinning this record nonstop since it released and I just can’t get enough.
There’s considerable variety and all of it clicks nigh-perfectly, whether it’s the huge vocals on “Los Ageless” and the title track or the sinister lyrics and beat of “Pills.” Every track has standout moments that warrant mention — the quiet “Happy Birthday, Johnny” is a particularly emotional piece and easily one of the year’s best songs — and Annie Clark’s penchant for experimentation keeps things fresh throughout and for many subsequent plays.
6. Laster – Ons vrije fatum
Other than the vocals, which were and still are shockingly incredible, I didn't initially have too many specific things to say about Ons vrije fatum. It was just faultless, trippy and damn good black metal.
But beyond that, I've been consistently coming back to this record nearly every week since it first released way back in February. Ons vrije fatum spirals into seemingly endless directions in its 55-minute runtime, but the weirdness never comes across as pretentious or unfocused. This is an adventurous, wonderfully unique black metal record unlike anything else released this year.
5. Blanck Mass – World Eater
Gorgeous psychedelic ambience. Blistering aggression. Electronic dance music interspersed with feral screaming and harsh noise that puts the vast majority of black metal artists to shame.
World Eater says a lot, despite its only vocals being entirely unintelligible screeching and comparably relaxed samplings that probably only make sense on your preferred psychedelic substance. I’ve been hooked on World Eater since it came out in March and my initial fascination hasn’t faded in the slightest. This is a truly special record and while Benjamin Power (the mastermind behind this solo project) is hardly unknown due to his work in Fuck Buttons, it’d be nothing short of a travesty for his latest work under the Blanck Mass moniker to not receive similar attention. Metal, electronica, anything else, whatever: This is an absolute must-listen.
4. Spectral Voice – Eroded Corridors of Unbeing
Enter: Hell. This is one of the best death-doom records in the genre’s history.
Alright, so I was one of seemingly five people on the planet that didn’t understand the Blood Incantation hype. That unpopular opinion still stands, but good lord, Spectral Voice’s (which shares many of the same members as Blood Incantation) debut is just incredible. This is as evil, remorseless and alien as the album title suggests, and nearly every passage of every song goes in unexpected directions that demands the listener’s undivided attention.
This kind of music traditionally relies on lengthy buildups that eventually climax in some grand conclusion. Aside from the first minute or so, there’s no buildup. It’s just nonstop metal goodness that constantly keeps you on edge and frozen in anticipation for whatever twisted riff of inhuman roaring comes next. This is the soundtrack to being eaten alive, crushed in a black hole and erased for all eternity. Although I can’t recommend those experiences, I couldn’t possibly advocate harder for Eroded Corridors of Unbeing.
3. Artificial Brain – Infrared Horizon
While I argued that it was a fairly lukewarm year for metal music, there were still more than a few death metal records worth listening to. Artificial Brain’s monumental sophomore record is easily the best the subgenre had to offer in 2017 and, if there’s any justice, will catapult the band to the forefront of the metal scene.
The songs are superbly technical and diverse, but tightly-written and concise enough to make them absolutely fly by. Of course, this is what you should expect from well-regarded tech death and any record so high on an end of year list.
What took me by surprise were the vocals, which are primarily deep, guttural gurglings common to brutal or slam death metal bands. I typically abhor this vocal style, but Artificial Brain makes it work inexplicably well. The vocals are so fantastic and synergize with the rest of the music so well that they almost function as a fourth instrument. The music might come from the gutter, but Artificial Brain’s future looks incredibly bright and it’ll be exciting to watch the band continue to develop in the years to come.
2. Full of Hell – Trumpeting Ecstasy
If I had to pin my hopes for the future of metal music on one group, it just might be Full of Hell.
This is one of the greatest grindcore records I have ever heard. It’s a genuine maelstrom of violence and pain that beats the listener half dead, but has enough diversity and sheer musical quality to keep you coming back for endlessly repeated listens. Nearly every song has some sort of hook or other instantly memorable misanthropic highlight, and it all meshes together into a near-perfect 24 minutes of nonstop rage.
The instrumentation is a manic force of nature, the vocals range from animalistic screeching to guttural roars. This is what you’d expect from a record so high on an end of year list. But the final two tracks, “Trumpeting Ecstasy” and “At the Cauldron’s Bottom,” are so unbelievably incredible, they’re among the best metal tracks I’ve ever heard. And they constitute nearly half the record’s runtime. You do the math.
This is a glorious triumph for grindcore and metal music in general and a shining example of new blood that has the potential to become one of the industry’s future leaders.
1. Converge – The Dusk in Us
Look, this is a "Best Of" list on a mainstream metal website, so I get it if you're tired of seeing Converge mentioned yet again. The Massachusetts quartet is a metal institution and all of their releases are universally acclaimed. But I promise you that The Dusk in Us is truly deserving of the hyperbolic praise it has received. This might well be Converge's crowning achievement, and yes, I'm aware of Jane Doe's existence.
For all of it's incredible moments — and there are many — Converge never dwells too long on any of them. "Broken by Light's" latter half is dominated by an insane thrash riff before concluding with a positively explosive breakdown. Then, it's on to the next thing. The vocals on "Arkhipov Calm" and "Cannibals" are downright inhuman in their rage. The title track is as staggeringly epic as Converge's other lengthy masterpieces. "Reptillian" is a punishing, frothingly evil closer like no other. The highlights hit fast and hard and never let up.
Many words have already been written by many critics about the merits of The Dusk in Us, so I'll just end by saying the praise is completely justified. The Dusk in Us is quite possibly Converge's magnum opus, and it's certainly my top record of 2017.
Clouds – Destin
Lorde – Melodrama
Dawn Ray'd – The Unlawful Assembly
NieR: Automata – Original Soundtrack


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The 2019 Pikes Peak Regional Airshow will be flying into the Colorado Springs Airport, Sept. 21-22, 2019, to show spectators the evolution of aviation through the years.
Some of the aircraft that will be on display during the show are the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Beechcraft Model 18, Aero L-39 Albatros and the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, to name a few. Visitors will be able to walk around and get an up-close look at the various aircraft.
Aircraft crews will be available to answer any questions about the aircraft or about what life is like as a pilot or crewmember.
The air show kicks off with the U.S. Air Force Parachute Team Wings of Blue jumping out of a World War II B-17 bomber and performing acrobatic maneuvers as a group while free-falling.
This year’s main attraction is the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team, which will perform precision aerial maneuvers to demonstrate the capabilities of the F-22. The team will also join with the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation to display modern day aircraft flying in formation with World War II-, Korean- and Vietnam-era aircraft.
The F3A Corsair and the F7F Tigercat aerobatic shows will showcase the skills of the pilots and the abilities of the aircraft. They will perform feats of aerial acrobatics to wow the crowd.
For those who want to get their heads out of the clouds and feet on the ground, there are several other events for the Family to enjoy. The Kid Zone is setup to provide kids of all ages an interactive learning experience. It offers a widerange of activities focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Families will have the opportunity to get up close to military vehicles and equipment from the area’s military installations and interact with military personnel.
Parking will be available across two parking lots with attendants to guide visitors as they arrive. Early arrival is recommended as there will be just a few hours between the gates opening and the start of the air shows. This will also provide time to check out the Kid Zone, static vehicle and aircraft displays, as well as finding the right spot to watch the air show.
This year, when purchasing a general admission ticket for Sept. 21, 2019, — and if the show is called off due to weather — the ticket will be good for admission Sept. 22, 2019.
Compiled by Norm Shifflett.
Adults 13 and older: online, $22; at gate $25
Children ages 4-12 online or at the gate $15
Active-duty and retired military online $17; at the gate $25
Sept. 21-22, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Colorado Springs Airport
7770 Milton E. Proby Pkwy.
Colorado Springs, CO 80916


Ole Bull - Stages Of Life
Format: BLURAY + CD
Folleso, Annar; Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Plagge, Wolfgang; Kim, Eun Sun
The Norwegian violinist Ole Bull (1810-1880) is often called "the Nordic Paganini". Wherever he played, he held audiences spellbound with his incredible technique and personal charisma. In his native Norway he is revered first and foremost for his pioneering and dynamic role in the movement for a national identity in the fields of music and the dramatic arts. Bull recognized Henrik Ibsen's and Bjornstjerne Bjornson's potential as dramatists and gave them indispensable opportunities to advance their careers at his Norwegian theatre in Bergen. He held Norwegian folk music in as high esteem as he did European classical music, and he incorporated national melodies in his compositions to portray Norwegian nature and life, for example in Norges Fjelde and Vilspel i Lio. This recording, a sequel to the album that violinist Annar Folleso and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra released in 2010, features compositions that have only been played by Ole Bull himself, and which therefore have not been heard since his death in 1880. Largo posato e Rondò capriccioso (1841) and Fantasy on "Lilly Dale" (1872) are not just examples of Bull's international style – they also bear witness to his stamina as performer and virtuoso. The surviving musical manuscripts are incomplete, but Wolfgang Plagge, with his intimate knowledge of Bull's composition technique, and in collaboration with Annar Folleso, has been able to reconstruct the music.


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« Em seu país, os brancos já derrubaram quase todas as árvores. Eles mantêm apenas alguns pedaços de floresta, que eles cercaram com cercas… eles agora pretendem fazer o mesmo em nossas terras. Não quero que meu povo viva em um remanescente de floresta, ou que nos tornemos remanescentes de seres humanos. »
Davi Kopenawa, xamã e porta-voz Yanomami
O que os Yanomami e outros indígenas pensam do ouro e outros recursos da floresta tão cobiçados há mais de 500 anos?
About Barbara Crane Navarro - Rainforest Art Project
I'm a French artist living near Paris.
From 1968 to 1973 I studied at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, then at the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California, for my BFA.
My work for many decades has been informed and inspired by time spent with indigenous communities. Various study trips devoted to the exploration of techniques and natural pigments took me originally to the Dogon of Mali, West Africa, and subsequently to Yanomami communities in Venezuela and Brazil.
Over many years, during the winters, I studied the techniques of traditional Bogolan painting. Hand woven fabric is dyed with boiled bark from the Wolo tree or crushed leaves from other trees, then painted with mud from the Niger river which oxidizes in contact with the dye.
Through the Dogon and the Yanomami, my interest in the multiplicity of techniques and supports for aesthetic expression influenced my artistic practice. The voyages to the Amazon Rainforest have informed several series of paintings created while living among the Yanomami. The support used is roughly woven canvas prepared with acrylic medium then textured with a mixture of sand from the river bank and lava. This supple canvas is then rolled and transported on expeditions into the forest. They are then painted using a mixture of acrylic colors and Achiote and Genipap, the vegetal pigments used by the Yanomami for their ritual body paintings and on practical and shamanic implements.
My concern for the ongoing devastation of the Amazon Rainforest has inspired my films and installation projects. Since 2005, I've created a perfomance and film project - Fire Sculpture - to bring urgent attention to Rainforest issues. To protest against the continuing destruction, I've publicly set fire to my totemic sculptures. These burning sculptures symbolize the degradation of nature and the annihilation of indigenous cultures that depend on the forest for their survival.
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This is not just another fork in the road. Driving east on East Washington Ave. and approaching Shaw Lake Rd. you are greeted by this high and dry 16+ acres with it's majestic oak trees. From the property you have a choice of home site with lake view of not one but two lakes. The southeast portion of the property also have a portion of lakefront which the seller states the city will allow a home to be built. Seller also has approval from the city to subdivide the property if you are looking for investment. Contact me for details. There was a mobile home on the property which has been removed. The septic is still in place. This was once a fernery and the 8" well is still operable with the turbine still in place as well as the irrigation system. The property offers so many opportunities. Don't miss this opportunity. It's a great deal..
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Listing Status: Active
School District: Pierson Elem
School District2: T. Dewitt Taylor Middle-High
School District3: T. Dewitt Taylor Middle-High
Tax Year: 2018
Subdivision: Assessors S 01/2 Sw 01/4 Sec 26 & N 01/2 Nw 01/4 S
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This parcel has lake view from two different lakes. A portion of the parcel fronts Shaw Lake.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) –– General Electric (GE) could raise over $3 billion from the spin-off of its North American retail finance unit, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed today.
The unit, Synchrony Financial, was formerly known as GE Capital and handled credit cards for stores including Gap (GPS) and Walmart (WMT). In March, GE filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to spin off GE Capital in an IPO. At its height, GE Capital accounted for just under half of GE’s revenues. Now, CEO Jeff Immelt hopes to slim down GE such that GE Capital accounts for 25% of profits by 2016.
In its latest SEC filing, GE, based in Fairfield, Connecticut, said it would sell 15% of Synchrony, or 125 million shares of common stock, at $23-$26 per share. If sold at the midpoint of $24.50, GE would raise $2.9 billion after expenses, which values Synchrony at $20.3 billion.
In addition to slimming down its divesting its financial units, GE is also trying to sell its appliance business.
The Wall Street Journal reported that GE’s board will discuss the sale next week. The appliance business, based in Louisville, is a major seller of appliances, but earned only 2% of GE’s total operating profit and 6% of GE’s total revenue last year. Its low margins and high labor costs contrast sharply with GE’s highly lucrative core industrial businesses, which produce jet engines, power generators, oil field machinery, and other such products.

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She is an American actress who currently plays Barbara "Bobbi" Morse on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and is best known for her role as Tyra Collette in the television series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011).
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by Jackie Mishler, Hawaii Physicians for Compassionate Care
We need your help in opposing Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) at the upcoming session of the Legislature. The Senate Health Committee heard a PAS bill at the 2011 session and voted not to send the bill any further. That should have ended consideration of the issue for 2012 also, but indications are that advocates of PAS may engage in unusual maneuvering to have PAS heard again in the 2012 session.
There is little advance notice of a PAS hearing, so we urge you to prepare your testimony now. The Public Access Room at the Capitol, available at http://hawaii.gov/lrb/par is set up and staffed to be your resource for preparing and submitting testimony.
There will be a panel presentation on the current status of PAS in Hawaii at the Capitol auditorium on December 8th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. There is no charge. The event is hosted by Senator Mike Gabbard, moderated by Allen Cardines of Hawaii Family Forum, and sponsored by HPACC (Hawaii Partnership for Appropriate and Compassionate Care). Details are available at http://www.hpacc.org/.
If you are seeking additional information, we provide below a summary of recent events involving PAS in Hawaii and points that can be used in preparing testimony.
- Death with Dignity (DWD), the pro-PAS group, brought over their Mainland attorney to keynote presentations on the issue. Their attorney announced that euthanasia and assisted suicide are already legal in Hawaii, this based on her interpretation of a 1909 law about medical practice definitions concerning Hansen’s disease treatment.
- DWD then issued nationwide press releases stating PAS was legal in Hawaii. This conforms to a strategy DWD has tried in other states, where they have attempted to jump over any actual consideration of the issue and just pronounce PAS legal through their attorney’s declaration.
- The Star-Advertiser carried a front page story about a retired physician who wants to assist someone to die so he can prove that PAS is legal in Hawaii. He stated that he doesn’t care if he is prosecuted for doing this and has asked for people to come forward who would like the lethal dosage of medication. DWD is handling email for him.
- A local resident who would have wanted his wife to die using Physician Assisted Suicide has written a Death-with-Dignity book promoting legalization.
- In the last decade there have been at least four bills to legalize PAS introduced at the Hawaii Legislature and on which hearings have been held. None have passed.
NO legislature in the United States has passed an Assisted Suicide bill into law and many have specifically outlawed PAS. Oregon and Washington legalized PAS through heavily funded voter initiatives. In Montana DWD is attempting to have PAS declared legal through the court system, but there has been no resolution to date. DWD has made Hawaii one of their priority states, apparently because they consider our legislature one of their easier targets.
There are websites that have more details of the legislative history of PAS in Hawaii: PatientsRightsCouncil.org and ChoiceIllusion.org are two of them.
Points to consider:
In spite of an almost complete lack of administrative transparency in Oregon, where PAS is legal, reports of a variety of problems have leaked out. There have been some highly publicized instances where patients were denied treatment coverage by the Oregon Health Plan and were offered suicide drugs instead.
There will be unintended consequences and new victims if we legalize PAS. This was recognized by the New York Governor’s Task Force on PAS, still one of the most thorough public policy reviews of the issue. Their report, When Death is Sought: Assisted Suicide from a Medical Perspective, is available on line.
Major studies show that changing public policy in this area could not adequately address the potential abuse problems.
Polls used by proponents that claim that 73% -75% favor PAS are unreliable and methodologically suspect. In fact, people have become increasingly concerned about the potential for abuse since the push for legalization began.
Doctor-assisted suicide emerges as the most controversial cultural issue in Gallup’s 2011 Values and Beliefs poll, with Americans divided 48% (morally wrong) vs. 45% (morally acceptable). The number of people favoring doctor-assisted suicide has fallen from a high of 53% in 2004 to a low of 45% in 2011. Individuals who are 55 and over are the least likely to favor doctor-assisted suicide.
The close division of opinion over PAS makes it is even more important for those who understand and appreciate the dangers of legalization to become involved.


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Europe’s leading Road Feeder Services provider has opened a second office in the U.A.E. with the addition of Sharjah to its network. This latest expansion in the region comes just eight months after Wallenborn opened in Dubai.
Launching in Sharjah is in response to fast growing demand for Wallenborn’s air cargo trucking services from airlines, forwarders and integrators across the U.A.E.
Frantz Wallenborn has been adjudged the winner for 2019 in the European CEO Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards in the category of Air Cargo & Transportation Industry for Western Europe.
dnata has strengthened its position in the cargo logistics industry in the Middle East by joining forces with Wallenborn Transports, Europe’s largest air-cargo road feeder services (RFS) operator.
Wallenborn's trucks and trailers in Dubai have the lowest emission standard currently in place in the U.A.E.


An extravaganza of carol singing comes to Cynon Valley next week in a bid to raise vital funds for cancer research.
A concert, entitled Sing a Carol for Christmas, will be held at 7pm on Thursday, December 14 at St Mair's Day Centre, Aberdare.
It will feature the choir of Aberdare Girls Comprehensive School and is being organised by the Cynon Valley committee of Cancer Research UK.
The event is free and organisers say it is planned as a festival of singing, with plenty of audience participation. Organisers hope the concert will gain maximum community support.
A collection will be made on the night, with all proceeds going to Cancer Research UK Cymru.
For details call Jeff Taylor on 07966 787898.
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CRANE MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
Our preventative maintenance inspections include: inspect, clean, and adjust brakes; inspect all electrical components; lubricate and adjust limit devices; inspect and lubricate rope, rope guides, load chains, sheaves, hooks and blocks.
INSTALLATION & MODERNIZATION
Facilities Engineering offers complete upgrades designed to reduce repair costs and guarantee the long-term viability of your equipment. We can add radio controls or upgrade your festoon and pendant systems. We also provide spare parts such as runway extensions or rail replacements.
Engineering services available from Facilities Engineering are usually provided as part of a design/build material handling system that involves overhead material handling. Although we have provided specifications and design parameters for overhead bridge cranes for a few projects, our best work is delivered to the customer in the form of a complete working system.


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To encourage prompt payment of withheld income and other employment taxes, Congress passed legislation allowing certain business owners and control persons to be held personally liable for these taxes.
Taxes that are withheld from employees or third parties are referred to as trust fund taxes. The transfer of these taxes from the business to responsible corporate individuals is known as the trust fund recovery penalty. Within the federal tax system, individuals can be held personally responsible for withholding taxes, social security taxes and certain excise taxes. The law authorizing these transfers is found in §6672 of the Internal Revenue Code.
For state taxes, individuals can also be held responsible for unpaid sales tax.
According to the Internal Revenue Code, the trust fund transfer penalty may be assessed against any person who is responsible for collecting or paying withheld taxes and who willfully fails to collect or pay. Thus there is a three part test to determine whether someone may be personally liable for unpaid taxes.
First, the trust fund transfer penalty laws applies only to trust fund taxes. Unpaid corporate income tax is not a trust fund. It is not money that has been collected from a third party. Income withheld and not paid to an employee is a trust fund tax just as the sales tax collected from a new car buyer.
Next, the individual must be responsible for collecting or paying these taxes. The IRS has successfully transfered taxes to owners, officers, directors and even bookkeepers. The key is who actually has the authority or duty to collect or pay. Titles alone are not enough to hold a person responsible (although frequently that is the only information known to the IRS).
For the third prong, willfullness, the law looks to see if the responsible person was aware or should have been aware of the unpaid taxes and either intentionally or recklessly failed to pay them. No evil intent or bad motive is required.
Many business owners and managers think they are shielded by state laws that protect business owners from personal liability of corporate debts. These laws, however, do not apply to unpaid trust fund taxes.
Even a business bankruptcy can’t protect responsible corporate officials.
The IRS is not limited to collecting from or assessing one person. They can assess as many people as they wish as long as each individual meets the tests above.
If the IRS does assess the trust fund recovery penalty to multiple parties, they can collect from just one, some or all of the responsible individuals. The IRS tends to go after the person with the most assets and simply lets that person seek contribution after the fact from others. This is called joint and several liability.
What does this mean to you? If you own or run a business and have some say in what bills are paid, you could be held responsible for unpaid withholding taxes, social security and Medicare assessments. If the business owes state sales taxes, you could be held responsible for those as well.
Remember that neither the IRS nor state tax authorities are required to chase everyone or collect an equal amount from each responsible person. If you have the big bank account, expect the IRS to try and collect the entire penalty from you.
What happens if you are assessed these penalties and do not pay? The IRS can take collection action against you just as if you did not pay your personal taxes. Liens, levies and wage garnishment are all possibilities. Even criminal prosecution.
Think you can file bankruptcy to get rid of these trust fund taxes? Think again. Unlike personal income taxes, Congress and the IRS have made it difficult to avoid payment of trust fund taxes.
There is hope in all this. The IRS frequently does not have an accurate understanding of job functions and responsibilities in most businesses. They frequently know who signs returns. But return or check signing authority or titles alone are not enough. The key is responsibility and control. The vice president of finance, for example, might have no authority to pay taxes. The bookkeeper may sign checks and returns but simply upon orders from someone higher in the business.
Just because the IRS says you personally owe the taxes for the business does not make its so. Trust Fund Recovery Penalty assessments are often overturned. The key is good documentation and a painting a clear picture of who is responsible.
Unpaid trust fund penalty cases usually arise when the business is struggling to pay bills. The owners may divert the payroll taxes to pay non-IRS creditors instead. The individuals who made the decision to divert the money can be held personally liable for the unpaid payroll tax debts.
There is more hope. The Internal Revenue Manual says that the trust fund penalty “will normally not be assessed when the likelihood of successful collection is minimal.” Sometimes you can convince the IRS that the penalty is not readily collectible or is more easily collected from a different party.
The IRS generally has three years to assess the trust fund recovery penalty. Assessments are usually investigated by the IRS Collection Division. Frequently the IRS will demand to examine other tax records, organization charts, bank records, signature cards, articles of incorporation, shareholder agreements, bylaws, canceled checks, corporate minutes, and corporate resolutions to establish the responsibility and willfulness elements needed for assessment.
Revenue Officers will also attempt to interview individuals who may have knowledge of the entity’s decision making processes and financial condition. Revenue Officers will then attempt to conduct a Form 4180 interviews with those individuals who may have had a role in diverting the money. These interviews are designed to elicit admissions to support that a Section 6672 assessment is warranted. If the investigation has reached this far, competent legal counsel is strongly suggested.
If the Revenue Officer’s recommendation for assessing a trust fund recovery penalty is approved, a 60-day letter is issued to those taxpayers that were deemed responsible for failing to pay the money. The 60-day letter notifies them of the proposed assessment. After receiving a 60-day letter, a taxpayer may dispute the penalty prior to it being assessment (pre-assessment appeal) or after it has been assessed (post-assessment appeal). A key difference between the two options is that interest will not accrue if the appeal is made before the penalty is assessed. If a taxpayer does not provide a response within the required 60 days, the IRS will assess the trust fund recovery penalty and the IRS will begin to pursue collection efforts against that taxpayer.

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text: The law to allow medical marijuana in New Jersey was signed by Jon Corzine. There has been delay after delay administering it and critics of the Christie administration think that is no coincidence. The latest move was to ask the Justice Department if it would give assurance that medical marijuana growers will avoid prosecution. The Associated Press obtained a letter from U.S. Deputy Attorney General James Cole which says prosecuting patients is not an efficient use of official resources. It seems to say as long as the marijuana operation is kept small and only for medical use it would be all right. Sixteen states have passed laws allowing medical marijuana and in New Jersey six alternative treatment centers have been approved. Christie says he wants to make sure New Jersey’s medical marijuana law is not abused as it has been in other states. His critics say he is pandering to the right wing of the Republican Party and the Jersey-based pharmaceutical industry. I say we ought to find a way to help people who are in legitimate need because of pain or nausea.


KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today reiterated that the government has no plan to raise the rate of the Goods and Services Tax. The Prime Minister said the current rate of six per cent would be maintained. He in the latest post on his blog said as the Prime Minister and Finance Minister, he reiterate that there is no plan at all to raise the GST rate now and that the current rate will be maintained.
Najib, who is helping with the Barisan Nasional election campaign in Sarawak, said he had heard rumours on the GST rate and advised the people not to be taken in by the lies of the opposition parties. He said he advise the people of Sarawak not to be trapped by the slander and lies of the opposition which has no more political capital.
Najib said the BN government was always sincere in wanting to raise the living standards in Sarawak, and added that this was clearly evident through the government commitment to implement development projects such as the toll-free Pan Borneo Highway.