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Her Picture-Perfect Family
A Sea View House Novel - Book 2
In the coastal town of Pilgrim Cove, strangers are welcomed, and everyone else takes a front row seat to watch a love story unfold.
Kindergarten teacher Joy MacKenzie trusts everyone and loves her life in Pilgrim Cove. Hidden beneath her outgoing veneer, however, Joy knows true happiness will never be hers. She is unable to have children of her own. Her dreams of marriage and a family are over.
Once a foster child, photojournalist Logan Nash is back in the states after embedding with U.S. troops. A loner by choice, he trusts no one, not even himself, as he tries to become a dad to his newly adopted war dog, Ajax.
Needing a place with privacy, Logan rents the big house on the beach. Except he wasn’t expecting an upstairs neighbor…
Logan is left with little choice but to deal with exuberant Joy who creates havoc in his carefully ordered world. Joy will do almost anything to unlock Logan’s secrets and reveal the caring person behind the solitary man.
The magic of Sea View House draws them together, but only by letting go of the past can they truly find a new beginning.
"The characters in Pilgrim's Cove are so well written that you can see them in your mind's eye. I can picture the town and all of its inhabitants. This book is a mix of romance, real problems that people face and the human spirit to overcome all obstacles."
Reviewed by reader mcgelo on Amazon.com
"The Sea View stories continue to delight - wonderful characters you care about set in a community by the sea. Just a delight!"
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When he heard the quick footsteps heading toward his office, Bartholomew Quinn rose from his comfortable leather chair, eager to meet his visitor. His knee ached with the effort. “Don’t have time for the arthritis,” he mumbled, limping across the room, “no matter how many years behind me. And blast this weather for causing it.” Opening the door, he glanced at the petite young woman on the threshold. He grinned with delight and forgot about his pain.
Rain dripped from the hood of her bright red jacket. A red umbrella— closed and dry—hung from her wrist next to a large, colorful tote bag. His gaze drifted lower. She wore sandals; her feet were soaked. “Ach, lassie, come in, come in. You’re wet through and through.”
“But I’m right on time,” she announced, cocking her head. “Aren’t I?”
Quinn’s laughter fed his soul while filling the room. “That you are, my girl. That you are.” The kindergarten teacher had become a favorite of everyone in Pilgrim Cove. Quite an accomplishment in only two years. From the beginning, Bart thought she seemed barely older than her young charges. He wasn’t alone in that, but she had the knack of the classroom, of making each child feel special, which, in his opinion, was the secret of her success.
“You’re not only on time, Joyful MacKenzie, but a sight for sore eyes, too. So, let’s get you dry.”
She hung her jacket over a hook on the coat stand and shook out her hair. Short, blonde, and feathery. “Will winter come early, I wonder? It’s almost Labor Day, and school’s starting within the week. We simply cannot build snow people before we pick apples in the orchard. Well…I suppose we can, but that’s topsy-turvy.”
Bart understood that by “we,” she meant her class. If there was an adventure to be had for the children, Joy was in the middle of it. The parents loved her for it and helped out.
“Always autumn before winter. That’s the way of it,” said Bart. “You’ll pick those apples soon.” He gestured to the visitor’s chair in front of his desk. “Make yourself comfortable.” He watched as she tucked one foot under her bottom and sat.
In his own chair now, he leaned forward. “So how can Quinn Real Estate and Property Management help you?”
She dug into her tote bag. “It’s the strangest thing,” she said, pulling out an envelope. “I’ve been evicted. Thrown out. Mrs. Williams needs my apartment for her newly married daughter.” She handed the letter to him.
He perused the correspondence. It didn’t take long. “The note’s dated a month ago. Why didn’t…? Ahh—now I remember. You’ve been away visiting your family on Cape Cod.”
For one fraction of a second, her blue eyes darkened; a shadow hovered. “That’s right. I was on vacation. In Provincetown. I forgot to forward the mail, and it…I don’t know…I guess it just piled up.”
Something was amiss. Sooner or later, Bart would find out what—he took pride in keeping up with all of Pilgrim Cove’s residents—but the wee gal needed help now. And he was the one who could solve her problem.
“Rent or buy?” he asked.
“Oh…I wish I could buy. I love this town so much, I’d live here forever. But even I know what’s possible and impossible.” She leaned over the desk. “Mr. Quinn, a teacher doesn’t earn a king’s ransom, but I love my work so much I sometimes wonder if I should pay the school board instead of them paying me for being with the children.”
“Joy Mackenzie!” he exclaimed, banging his fist on the desk. “Loving your profession is no small thing. We need more like you in our schools. Not that Pilgrim Cove has bad schools, no sirree. High school scores are soaring since Rachel Levine came back to town.”
Joy nodded. “We have a pretty strong staff on all levels.” She took his hand. “My folks would love me to move back to Provincetown. They’re getting more vocal about it, especially since this eviction came up. So can you work some magic and find me a home right away?”
He didn’t know much about her folks, some artsy people, he’d heard, but it seemed Joy would certainly rather stay put in Pilgrim Cove.
“So, it’s magic you want? Well, not to worry. The house I’m thinking of comes with its own built-in magic. But it’s only temporary, mind you, until we find you a new place to hang your hat.”
“With school starting next week, I just need some breathing room. A couple of months will be fine. So where will it be?”
“You’ll have a view of the ocean, the cry of the gulls, and a beachfront you can’t normally afford. Sea View House is the place for you. The upstairs apartment is available, and the price is right.”
He named a low figure, and her mouth fell open. “It’s part of the William Adams Foundation,” he explained. “He was a cousin of John Adams, our second president, you know. And it’s leased on a sliding scale. Perhaps you can save some money while you’re there…?” Hint. Hint. He wondered at the lack of financial literacy with some young people.
She beamed. “Great idea. Thank you very much. I know where it is, on Beach Street. Everyone in Pilgrim Cove knows about Sea View House.”
“But no one knows exactly how it operates, except for the ROMEOs. And we don’t talk.”
She put both feet down and leaned back in her chair. A smile broke out. “Ahh—Mr. Quinn, the ROMEOs. Retired Old Men Eating Out. However, you’re not retired or old. But you’re a man for sure. And with your daughters in the restaurant business, you probably do eat out a lot. For that, I don’t blame you. Not at all.”
Clever. Clever. His band of brothers couldn’t have been described more succinctly than Joyful MacKenzie had done. Right on the money, too.
“I count myself lucky to be your tenant,” said Joy.
“Good. Good. There’s just one more thing.”
Her brow furrowed for a second. “Whatever it is, I can handle it.”
“While you’re living in the Crow’s Nest upstairs, there will be another tenant downstairs in the Captain’s Quarters. Separate entrances, of course.”
Her quick smile returned. “That’s even better. I’ll enjoy the company. My mom says I’ve never met a person I didn’t like. So what’s her name?”
“Not her. Him. His name is Logan Nash. He’s already moved in.” Quinn’s thoughts spun like scenes in a kaleidoscope. He hadn’t planned this one in advance, but he’d take advantage of what fell into his lap. He had an oversupply of those gut feelings people talked about. And those feelings were bubbling up right now. Joy MacKenzie would be perfect for the troubled photographer.
He rubbed his hands together in anticipation. Autumn was about to begin in Pilgrim Cove. He knew the magic would begin again, too.
Logan Nash stood at the water’s edge, face lifted to the ominous gray sky. “Come on, come on! Open up and let ’er rip.”
The saturated clouds responded to his plea, and his laughter ping-ponged through the heavy drops. Alone on the beach, Logan spread his arms wide, shook his head, his shaggy mane now soaked through to his scalp. Cool and wet rain—he loved it. Such a relief from the hot, dry winds of Iraq and the heat of the Afghan summer. He’d been embedded with the U.S. military twice, and twice was enough.
His body clenched. His lids shut tight. Forget about it. Not your problem anymore. His goal right now was to rest and recover. An R and R just like real soldiers needed. An easy prescription to write, but not so easy to implement. Although he’d produced good stories during the past two years, he wanted to forget everything else about that time. He needed to focus on the future.
He was relieved to be on his own now. Pilgrim Cove, a peninsula snuggled between the Atlantic Ocean and Pilgrim Bay, provided an environment completely different from the one he’d left behind in the Mideast. Renting a house at the beach seemed a good choice, especially since he’d sub-let his small condo in Boston.
And Sea View House had elbow room! Plenty of privacy, too. He’d be able to doodle and noodle and play around with a bunch of ideas for new projects. Looking ahead was the key.
Lightning flashed, and he started jogging toward the big gray house. His wet shirt clung to his skin; his khaki shorts would need days to dry. When thunder boomed, his heart lurched; his muscles tensed. He forced himself not to drop in place to the ground. Instead, he sprinted toward the house. After reaching the back porch, he collapsed onto a redwood chair. He trembled, from head to foot, inside and out.
“Idiot! No bombs. No landmines. Just Thor with his bowling balls.” Yeah. Yeah. That’s all. A story. Relax.
“Thor? Why, I love Greek mythology, too.”
He jumped and twirled. The voice came from another wooden chair not five feet away. From a child in a red raincoat, the hood framing a sweet face. He kept his distance.
“Are you lost? Does your mother know you’re here?” His raspy voice reminded him that he’d barely spoken all day. No phone calls. No people in his face. Just the way he liked it. He cleared his throat.
“M-my mother? Lost?” The girl grinned and then laughed as though he’d told a very good joke. “I’m sorry, Mr. Nash, but I seem to have the advantage.” She rose and walked closer, arm extended. “I’m your new upstairs neighbor, Joy MacKenzie.”
He stood but ignored her gesture. “Quinn didn’t say anything about renting out the Crow’s Nest.”
She looked at her empty hand, tilted her head back until her eyes met his. “Did I catch you at a bad time?”
Her meaning was obvious, but he wasn’t worried about etiquette, niceties, or putting on a show. He wanted his privacy. Which was why he’d jumped at renting Sea View House. No neighbors on either side after the season, which ended this weekend on Labor Day. And Bart Quinn had said the apartment upstairs was empty.
“Any time would be a bad time. You should find somewhere else to live.” He headed into the house. “I’ve got to make a call.”
He found Bart’s business card, actually a ROMEO business card, listing all the names, numbers, professional skills, and services of Bart’s buddies. The old man was at the top of the list, and he answered on the first ring.
“So you’ve met the wee lass, have ya? Good, good. She needs a place right now, with school starting in a week and her apartment gone.”
“I don’t need a neighbor.”
“Ach, my boy. You don’t know that at all, do you? But I can tell you this: in Pilgrim Cove, we take care of our own…”
He was screwed. The girl must be a native.
“…and now that includes you. So be nice to the wee gal, Logan Nash. At least until I find her a new home.”
In a small town like Pilgrim Cove, how many places could there be? “So, not too long then, Mr. Quinn?”
“As long as it takes. It’s got to be just right. She’s special. Just like you.” The old man rang off, and Logan stared at his quiet cell phone. Just like you? More than simply leasing Sea View House to him, Quinn viewed Logan as part of the entire community—whether he wanted to be or not.
The rain had lessened by the time Logan returned outside. The girl was gone, however, and he rolled his shoulders, feeling the tightness ease. A reprieve.
Until he heard a door slam and a female voice call, “Sorry.” He walked to the far end of the porch, leaned over the rail, and turned toward the noise. Halfway down the side of the building was another door, which he’d ignored in the three days he’d been there. Ignored until now. When he’d come here with Bart Quinn, the man had mentioned a second entrance leading to the vacant upstairs apartment. An unimportant fact to Logan at the time.
He sighed and gazed back toward the mighty Atlantic, now covered in a gray haze. The ocean had mesmerized and soothed him every day he’d been there. He’d listened to the waves hitting the shore one after the other in a rhythm that continued until the tide changed. The white noise had become an ever-present companion. The unique aroma of seaweed, salt, and ocean did the same. He’d inhaled until his lungs could hold no more. A delicious fragrance. All worth the inconvenience of a neighbor.
He wouldn’t leave the beach house. Certainly not on account of a “wee gal.” The Quinn guy was a character. A curmudgeon. Logan would assess the situation and handle it, his MO since he was a kid. Simply ignoring the girl might do the trick. Survival depended on sharp eyes, a sharp brain, great flexibility, and trusting no one.
The door slammed once more. The red raincoat appeared as the girl stepped outside.
“Sorry again for the noise. I’ll figure something else out by tomorrow…unless you want to be the door monitor…?” She grinned.
A nanosecond flew by.
“Oh, don’t look so grumpy,” she said. “I was only kidding. I’ll use a chair or carton—or something—when I bring my stuff.”
“You won’t have to,” he said, pointing to a spot on the siding. “If you insert the hook from the screen door into that eye, it will stay open for you. I imagine the inside door is not spring weighted. You won’t have a problem there.”
She stared at the simple arrangement and beamed up at him. “Isn’t that clever? I never noticed. Thanks.”
He turned to go.
“Oh, one more thing,” she said.
“You’re not painting the place or anything, are you? I’ve got a parakeet, and the fumes would”—she took a step closer to him—“be lethal.” She whispered the final words as though the bird could hear and understand. Was she not playing with a full deck?
“Your parakeet’s safe. No plans to paint.”
Her smile almost blinded him. Talk about lethal. “That’s so good to know, Logan. Thanks. I want Happy to be safe in his new home.”
“That’s his name. And it’s perfect. He’s a lovely bird; we talk all the time.”
That—he could believe. “You’re a good match. A magpie and a parakeet.”
She seemed to grow an inch taller. “I don’t insult easily, Logan Nash. Better a chirping magpie than a lone wolf howling at the night.”
Was that how she saw him? She was on to something but hadn’t gotten it quite right. Not a wolf but a German shepherd. Ajax was still part of the military’s K-9 Corps but ready to be retired. Tomorrow’s appointment at Hanscom Air Force Base had been set up almost a month ago. The shepherd would be coming home with him. Pets were welcome at Sea View House. He’d checked that out with Quinn before seeing the place.
Logan’s petite neighbor, however, had struck a chord. Lone wolf. “You know nothing about me, Ms. MacKenzie. Nor is there a need to know.”
Ajax was not her business. Inside Logan’s camera were dozens of pictures of Tommy Rutherford, the young Marine handler and his four-legged partner. Inseparable—except by death. And Logan had been there from the beginning, arriving at the overseas base the same day as Tommy and his dog.
He already had a dog bed in his SUV and at Sea View House. He had prepared a long checklist of medical topics to discuss with the military vet. He’d bought a leash and collar and a couple of “big dog” toys. Logan was ready to reunite with Ajax.
The magpie spoke up. “We’re sharing a house, Mr. Nash. It will be difficult to remain strangers.”
“We share a building, Ms. MacKenzie. That’s all it is. A big, gray, clapboard-sided building. With two separate doors for our two separate lives. Remaining apart won’t be difficult at all.”
He did an about-face and headed toward his kitchen, ignoring the laughter his last remark had provoked. The girl was clueless. A parakeet. A butterfly. Flitting here. Flying there. Depending on others to get her out of a jam. Bart had said something about school starting soon. Was she a teacher? Good Lord, the kids probably walked all over her.
He grabbed one of his Nikons and headed to the shoreline. What would a storm leave behind on the beach? With his camera in hand, he’d not only satisfy his curiosity but also find his equilibrium again. A little girl in a red raincoat was not going to throw him off balance.


Lawmakers examine nexus of housing, mental health in effort to end cycles of homelessness, incarceration
Nevadans struggling with serious mental health and substance abuse issues often get trapped in a loop, cycling between the streets, homeless shelters, jails and the emergency room without any sort of long-term stability to start them on the path to wellness.
Lawmakers, state officials and community organizations are looking at what improvements need to be made statewide to get people out of that loop and connect them with the behavioral health care they need, an ongoing conversation in Nevada but one that has come under sharp focus within several newly created regional behavioral health policy boards. But they’re also looking at the nexus of mental health and housing, an issue that is all the more pressing in the wake of a legislative audit earlier this year that found deplorable conditions in the very homes meant to provide people struggling with mental health issues a semblance of stability.
The issues of supportive services and housing go hand in hand, mental health advocates said at a Tuesday meeting of the Legislature’s Committee to Study Issues Regarding Affordable Housing, created during the 2017 session. Provide the treatment to the patients without the stability of housing, and they’ll end up back on the streets, where they’re more likely to fall off their treatment plan, stop taking their medications and end up in crisis. Provide the housing without treatment, and they’re not really on that path to wellness.
“We really wanted to emphasize what supportive housing means. It’s not just putting someone in a house. It’s keeping people in their homes and in their communities,” said Joelle Gutman, regional behavioral health coordinator for the state’s frontier counties. “Without that fundamental piece of housing, we can never fully resolve this issue.”
Homelessness plagues the state, and it doesn’t seem to be getting much better. Southern Nevada identified 6,490 people living on the streets in 2017, up 4.5 percent over the previous year. Of that number, 47 percent reported experiencing mental health issues, 36 percent reported current drug or alcohol abuse issues and 13 percent reported both.
It’s a problem in northern and rural Nevada, too. Kelly Marschall, Northern Nevada continuum of care coordinator, said she was “alarmed” by the numbers in her region from this year’s count in January. The count identified 207 people living on the streets, up significantly from the prior four years and the highest in the last two decades with the exception of the height of the Great Recession in 2010.
Asked why they were homeless, people in 2010 largely reported that they had lost their jobs, been unable to make their mortgage payments and had been foreclosed on, forcing them out onto the streets. In 2018, they said it was simply because they couldn’t find a place to live in what is growing to be an increasingly unaffordable housing market.
In the rurals, there were 145 people living on the street in 2017, nearly double the number of people counted in 2016 but far fewer than those counted the three years before that.
But getting folks off of the streets and into housing is difficult if the beds don’t exist.
Though it has the highest number of homeless, Southern Nevada also has by far the most capacity to care for them. There are 1,606 emergency shelter beds, 514 transitional housing beds, 25 “safe haven” beds for those struggling with mental illness or substance abuse issues, 355 rapid rehousing beds, 1,182 permanent supportive housing beds and 1,552 beds specifically dedicated for veterans, for a total of 5,234 beds.
Compare that to Northern Nevada, which has 451 emergency shelter beds, 140 overflow emergency shelter beds for the winter months, 550 transitional housing beds, 30 rapid rehousing beds and 511 permanent supportive housing beds, in total 1,682 beds.
“What we have is really a fraction of what Southern Nevada has,” Marschall said.
Nevada’s rural and frontier counties have even fewer resources: 135 emergency shelter beds, 30 transitional housing beds, 35 rapid rehousing beds and 159 permanent supportive housing beds, for 359 total beds. The goal of behavioral health coordinators in the rural and frontier counties is to bolster resources regionally so that people can stay in their communities and don’t have to relocate to Las Vegas or Reno for help.
Gutman said that in the frontier counties she represents there are very few county-level health and human services or social services departments. Typically, it’s one person housed within the county recorder or human resources offices who is responsible for handing out motel stipends, bus passes and providing some utility bill assistance.
“There’s a desire to do better,” Gutman said.
And that’s not just in the rurals, but across the state. For instance, Washoe County has piloted a community case manager program to provide outreach to the homeless community and get them connected with services.
Washoe regional behavioral health coordinator Sheila Leslie described the program as “tremendously successful.” However, there are only three case managers right now with a caseload of between 10 and 20 people each. Leslie said they estimate they need 67 more.
“What’s different about community case managers is their focus on outreach,” Leslie said. “They regularly walk the river. They work with our mobile outreach safety team.”
Other needs for the county include 50 transitional housing units for young adults between the ages of 18 and 24, supported housing for 373 individuals and affordable housing for 1,200 seniors.
Clark County identified several broad areas of need, including incentives for landlords to help people secure housing, more affordable housing units and rental assistance with case management to lower returns to homelessness and raise housing retention rates.
The rural and frontier county behavioral health coordinators asked for one full-time community based housing coordinator to develop infrastructure, engage with individual communities and focus entirely on supportive housing issues in the rurals and another full-time coordinator to focus on maximizing Medicaid revenue and working with rural counties to figure out how to bill for Medicaid services. More generally, they noted the need for enhanced Medicaid reimbursement rates to providers in rural areas and to focus on community-based supportive services, like creating mobile outreach teams and providing crisis intervention training to law enforcement.
“We’ve built, it feels like, castles out of sticks. We’ve really done a lot out of very little,” said Jessica Flood, regional behavioral health coordinator for several rural counties. “But there’s a lot of competition for limited resources.”
The Department of Health and Human Services is also looking at expanding a certain section of the state’s Medicaid program to leverage federal dollars to provide more home and community-based services, such as housing transition services, tenancy sustaining services and non-medical necessary transportation. But the state needs buy-in from local governments first, since counties would be responsible for footing part of the bill of the costs for service.
Julie Kotchevar, interim administrator of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health, said local participation in the funding has been a barrier toward moving forward with the expansion in the past, but that the state has now re-engaged those conversations.
“It is difficult too when we’re talking about preventative services because you’re funding preventative while still funding crisis care,” Kotchevar said. “It’s difficult to plan for.”
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H-4 Visa Spouses Can Continue to Work With Relief Under Biden Administration
The Biden administration announced that it will not strike the H-4 EAD (Employment Authorization Document) rule, which allows spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in the United States if they meet certain conditions. This is a great relief for almost 100,000 H-4 spouses. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stated on February 10 that the proposed legislation (a ban on the H-4 EAD rule) had been withdrawn “consistent with administration priorities.”
“This is a huge sigh of relief for tens of thousands of H-1B workers and their family members,” said Sarah Pierce, an immigration policy analyst at the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute. “These families have lived for four years with constant threat of having their ability to make a living revoked.”
History of the H-4 EAD Rule
In 2015, the Obama administration passed a rule that gave H-4 visa holders the right to work in any field if their spouses, H-1B visa holders, had an approved immigrant worker petition (i.e., be on track for green card processing). In 2017, the Trump administration proposed the ban on the H-4 EAD rule but delayed finalizing the ban. The Information Technology Industry Council, which represents big tech companies, as well as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and Outsourcers continued to support work permits for H-4 visa holders.
The fate of the H-4 EAD rule was never finally decided during the Trump administration. Now, the Biden administration has revoked the legislation to ban the rule.
Why the H-4 EAD Rule Is Important to H-4 Visa Holders
The H-4 visa is the dependent spouse category for H-1B visas. Many H-1B visa holders are from India and China. Even though H-1B visa holders have an approved immigrant visa petition and are on track for a green card, they face prolonged delays caused by the per-country limit in approving green card applications. Some immigration analysts predict the wait for a green card to be somewhere from a decade to more than 100 years.
Due to the prolonged delays, H-4 visa holders from India and China must wait without work authorization for many years. When the Obama administration passed the H-4 EAD rule, H-4 visa holders could, for the first time, work in any field in the United States. Therefore, without this rule, many H-4 visa holders would be forced to await green card approval without the ability to work legally in the U.S.
H-4 EAD Litigation
Uncertainty continues for H-4 EAD visa holders as federal litigation remains pending. Save Jobs USA, a group of American tech workers from California, filed a lawsuit alleging that H-1B and H-4 visa holders unfairly compete against U.S. workers and thereby should not be allowed to work. The uncertainty of the Trump administration’s plans to revoke the H-4 EAD rule led to prolonged delays in litigation.
Due to the change in administration and relating policies, Judge Chutkan from the United States District of Columbia, on February 2, 2021, ordered a joint status report from both parties. She awaits the report on the issues, whether the current dispute has been mooted or will be mooted, whether the parties wish to stay this action for any reason, or whether the parties agree to continue the litigation as anticipated. It will be interesting to see the course this litigation takes in the months to come.

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Brave Alan Stewart was battered unconscious and hurled into a ravine after racing to save his wife from muggers. The retired couple, both 68, were targeted by a crime gang on holiday in Benidorm as Alan recovered from a quadruple heart bypass.
Wife Catherine could only watch in horror as the trio, including two women, ripped jewellery from his motionless blood-soaked body. Catherine said: “They were animals. He had blood pouring from his head yet they carried on robbing him. I feared he was dead.” The drama unfolded as they strolled back from a night out to celebrate their 50th anniversary.
Former shop worker Catherine said: “The shortcut was lit and I noticed a guy lying against a bike with two women. Seconds later the guy cycled up and pounced on me and tried to grab my bag. Alan started shouting, ‘You b*****ds,’ and ran over as he got the bag off me and shoved me down a 15ft ravine.” Retired plumber Alan, who has no memory of the ordeal, reckons he was knocked out with a brick or a punch before being shoved down the same gully.
The gang nicked a bracelet from his 25th wedding anniversary, a treasured gold chain and 230 euros before fleeing as the mum of two screamed for help. Her cries alerted passers-by who raced to help just as he was coming round. Paramedics rushed him to hospital for head and chest scans. Alan is now on the mend, but no arrests have been.


A Mongolian bow is a recurved composite bow traditionally used by the nomadic horse-riding peoples of the Central Asian steppes. It is one of the most powerful and accurate bows in history and has been used for centuries by the Mongol Empire and other nomadic tribes to hunt large game such as deer, wild boar, and wolves. In addition to hunting, it was also used in war and is considered an important part of Mongolian culture and tradition. This unique weapon has been referred to as a “treasure” by some cultures due to its great accuracy and power. The Mongolian bow has many features that make it stand out from other types of bows, making it truly special. Read on to learn more about this fascinating bow.
The Basics: Shape & Construction
At first glance, the Mongolian bow appears quite distinct from other types of bows due to its curved shape and construction. It is made up of a wooden core which can be either maple or elm and is then covered with layers of sinew and glue for reinforcement. This gives the bow its unique recurve shape, allowing it to store more energy than straight bows. The string of the bow is traditionally made of horsehair, although modern versions are often made with synthetic materials such as nylon or Kevlar.
Power & Accuracy
The power and accuracy of the Mongolian bow make it one of the most impressive traditional weapons in history. The combination of its unique design and construction means that it is capable of shooting arrows with extreme accuracy and at great distances. It has been said that archers using the Mongolian bow were able to shoot accurately up to 300 meters (984 feet). This impressive range, combined with its ability to store a huge amount of energy makes it one of the most accurate bows in history. Although some argue that the Manchu Bow may be the stronger bow, learn more our other blog.
Uses & Cultural Significance
Throughout history, the Mongolian bow has primarily been used for hunting large game animals such as deer and boar. In addition, they were also used in warfare by the nomadic horse-riding tribes of Central Asia. Today, the bow is still widely used by some Mongolians for both recreational and competitive purposes. It is also used in traditional ceremonies and festivals, making it an important part of Mongolian culture.
The Mongolian bow has been used for centuries, with examples of the weapon dating back to the 4th century BCE. It was particularly favored by the nomadic horse-riding tribes of Central Asia and was an important part of their hunting and warfare tactics. Over time, it became popular among other cultures as well and is now a beloved traditional weapon all over the world.
The Mongolian bow is a powerful and accurate weapon that has been used by nomadic horse-riding tribes for centuries. Its unique design and construction allow it to store more energy than other types of bows and shoot arrows with great accuracy up to long distances. Today, the bow is still widely used for hunting, recreation, competition, and traditional ceremonies throughout Central Asia. No matter what it’s purpose may be, the Mongolian bow will always remain an important part of these cultures’ heritage. If you are curious about traditional Mongolian bows then make sure to visit our shop!


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Also known as Rogaine, this over-the-counter (OTC) medication can be used for men or women with alopecia areata or androgenic alopecia. This drug comes in foam or liquid form and is spread on the scalp each day. It may cause more hair loss at first, and new growth may be shorter and thinner than before. You may also need to use it six months or more to prevent further loss and promote regrowth.
While trauma can come on suddenly and unexpectedly, you may be able to help manage ongoing stress in your life with exercise, like yoga, or mindfulness techniques, like meditation. Some researchers are even exploring these alternative healing modalities in relation to reversing hair loss. The idea is that yoga and meditation may help regulate blood sugar and enhance circulation, promoting regrowth.
Some 30 million women in the United States have hereditary hair loss (compared with 50 million men), according to the American Academy of Dermatology, though that figure does not include the millions more who struggle with thinning hair because of pregnancy, menopause, stress and other health conditions. Barely 5 percent of women are said to be good candidates for hair transplant surgery because women lose hair everywhere, meaning that, unlike with men, there is rarely a luxuriant spot on the back of the head from which to harvest hairs unobtrusively.
Taking hair supplements can be helpful for anyone who is experiencing hair loss or hair thinning. Dendy Engelman, MD, a board-certified dermatologic surgeon at Medical Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery in New York City, previously recommended Nutrafol, a research-backed hair supplement, to Prevention. "This uses highly concentrated botanicals to address every stage of the growth cycle," she says. Nutrafol's hair supplements include vitamin E and ashwagandha (an adaptogen that helps balance cortisol levels in the body), among others.
My question would be, I am on the right track or is it overkill? I’ve read that using too much stuff (solutions or shampoo) maybe detrimental to keeping your hair. I know 6 month might be a little time but I still don’t see noticeable results and I’m afraid I might be doing something wrong or worsening the situation, even though I don’t have worse hair loss than before.
At the same time you supplement your diet with nutrients for hair growth and treat your scalp to stop hair loss, it’s a good idea to switch to a better shampoo and conditioner. For example, shampoos without sulfates are rapidly gaining in popularity. People now realize that sulfates strip essential oils from their scalp and leave their hair fragile and dry.
A bathroom covered with loose strands or an ever-scrawnier ponytail can be startling but doesn't necessarily mean anything's wrong. By age 50, half of women will complain of hair loss. "As we age, overall hair density changes and individual strands become finer," says dermatologist Doris J. Day, MD. But just because thinning is natural doesn't mean you have to accept it. Here are 13 solutions to help you keep the hair out of your brush and on your head.
Alright, review time. Oh boy did this not work for me! I don't want to give this one star just based on it not working for me, I would rather give my story instead. I have always had thin hair. (Thanks Mom and dad!) Two years ago I started taking progesterone (hormones) and my hair started thinning. I stopped after 3 months and My hair continued to thin and never grew back. (Thanks Doc!) Last month I decided to try rogaine after it was recommended by a friend. (Thanks buddy!) That was probably the worst mistake of my life. In two weeks time 50% of my thin hair had fallen out. (I mean every time I would shampoo or brush, handfuls would fall out.) I followed the instructions to a T and prepared myself for the "shed". I had to stop after two weeks when I held a mirror up and could see bald spots in the back. (This isn't good.) After quitting the shedding has continued. (This could stop at any time.) It has now been a three weeks after quitting, and my hair has finally stopped falling out besides the normal hair loss. (Yay!) You can see my scalp through my hair at the top of my head. (Nooo.) The hair that is left up there is hiding bald spots. There isn't a style I can fix my hair into without seeing a bald spot. (Super sad face.) I was slightly depressed going into this about my hair, now I spend all day stressing about other people having to look at it. (I feel like Quasimodo!) So, besides the hair loss my scalp is super itchy, and I now have dandruff. Two things I never really had before. (The story gets even better!) Went to my family doctor. After he had the opportuniy to examine my hair, he said I looked like a chemo patient. (Again, thanks Doc!) I have started taking a vitamin regime of biotin, iron, and a hair-skin-nails pill. I haven't notice any new growth yet. I imagine it will be a while though. To sum up this experience as depressing is an understatement. I have cried many times but that won't bring any hair back unfortunately. (I haven't gone and looked at wigs yet.) To bring this story to an end I would like to say that it didn't work for me personally. If it works for you congratulations!
The most common kind of hair loss is pattern baldness. It happens when hair follicles shrink and stop working. The first sign is the appearance of strands that are thinner and more fragile. Then the scalp becomes more visible as fewer hairs grow to replace those that shed. That’s because the anagen phase becomes too short for the hair to grow out of the scalp. Plus, the hairs that remain aren’t securely anchored. And this condition happens to both men and women.

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Cooking With Turf back in Carson City for Celtic Series
Cooking with Turf returns to Carson City for the Celtic Series for the second year in a row. They kicked off the series last year and were invited back.
“We had a good time last year,” Steve Kenworthy said. “We thought the turnout was good. People seemed to like us; we hope they’re coming back this year.”
The band from Modesto, Calif., comes as a trio since their fourth member is still enlisted in the Army. Richard Ferry and Ken Van de Kieft join Kenworthy. The band hopes local fiddler Tina Carlson (of Ciana) will sit in for a few songs. He said Cooking with Turf is excited to catch up with Tina and her bandmates and they would like to have a session together after the show.
As a returning act, Kenworthy said the program will be entirely different. They won’t repeat any of the songs they performed last year, giving the audience something new to look forward to.
The songlist has a variety of jigs and reels and some barn dances. All three members sing together in harmony, which Kenworthy said is unique to the group and not common in other Celtic groups.
“So we’ll have three voices on choruses,” he said. “It’s unusual to have a group that does it all — not to brag or nothing.”
The band brings a variety of instruments with them. Kenworthy plays the fiddle, and Ferry plays flutes and whistles. They each will play guitar on various songs. Van de Kieft will bring quite the luggage and will be switching out instruments frequently, as he will bring his mountain dulcimer (AKA Appalachian dulcimer), the hammered dulcimer; three sizes of mandolin; his banjo and guitar.

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Airlines 'under the cosh until 2003'
VETERAN airline boss Sir Michael Bishop has warned aviation investors not to expect any relief from the pain in the industry until the summer of next year. Announcing a sharp fall into the red at his privately-owned BMI British Midland, Bishop said: 'Trading in 2002 continues to be extremely challenging and we do not anticipate a recovery until next year.
'Despite the early signs of shoots of growth and some recovery in volume, yields continue to be under pressure and we do not anticipate that this trend will change significantly for the remainder of the year.' He continued: 'I am being pragmatic, not downbeat, but I do not expect to see any real bounce until the summer season of 2003.'
While revenues in 2001 rose 2.4% to £756m, the number of passengers carried by BMI fell by 400,000 to 6.7m, back below the 7m mark broken through by the traditional full-service carrier for the first time in 2000. That compares unfavourably with record passenger levels at European short-haul competitors Ryanair, easyJet and Go.
The carrier, with a fleet of 57 aircraft, calculates that the 11 September terrorist attacks on the US cost the airline £35m in lost revenues - mainly through the significant drop in passengers transferring to BMI from transatlantic flights into Heathrow or from fellow airlines in the Lufthansa-led Star Alliance.
As a result BMI posted operating losses of £12m for the year. It struggled to a £12.4m profit at the pre-tax level only after the gain from the £72m sale of its ground handling business to train and bus group Go Ahead.
Exceptional losses in the year include the cost of laying off 600 staff - nearly one in eight of the workforce - in the weeks after 11 September and the cost of last summer's launch of its transatlantic service out of Manchester to Washington and Chicago.
There have been question marks over the controversially timed launch into a difficult market, but Bishop said he is sticking with the plan. 'Over the last two months we flew nearly 75% full on these services,' he said. 'We said we would go into profit on the services in three years. The last 12 months just means that we have lost a year.'
He said passenger growth this year would come from the bmibaby budget airline launched last month out of East Midlands Airport, which expects to carry 500,000 passengers by the end of the year and 1.5m in 2003.
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Oxford Latest to Sign up to Surviving Winter Campaign
Oxford Community Foundations is the latest to lend its support to the Surviving Winter Campaign aimed at encouraging those better off who receive winter fuel payment to donate the money to those in Fuel Poverty. Last year alone the campaign in Oxford managed to raise £35,000.
Whilst campaigns such as Surviving Winter are fantastic the NRFC is frustrated that those, mainly elderly, fuel poor must rely on the charity of other pensioners and not the Government for help with their energy bills. Hugh Goulbourne, Chair of the NRFC commented that ‘…At a time when excess winter fuel deaths are on the rise, the Government needs to do more to supplement the great efforts of Community Foundations and other Fuel Poverty organisations in eradicating Fuel Poverty, not only this year but every year’.

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Presenting Denver is hard at work planning a few engaging events for you this year. Get ready to mingle, Denver! View our upcoming and past events below. Join our mailing list to receive updates about upcoming Presenting Denver events and other news. Want to get more engaged? Learn more about volunteering for our Events Committee.
If you would like information about becoming a future Presenting Denver Arts Partner, contact us to learn more.
Presenting Denver Dance Festival | June 23 – 24, 2018
Public Stage | No Walls
Take part in an afternoon of free dance performances on the Boettcher Center Lawn on June 23, 2018. View works by Colorado artists David Taylor’s Zikr Dance Ensemble, Mary Lynn Lewark, Maureen Breeze Dance Theater, Nile H. Russell, Nu-World Contemporary Danse Theatre, Parasol Arts, and Thomas Dance Project on our outdoor Public Stage in the No Walls concert. Bring the kids, pack a picnic, and make an afternoon of it!
Saturday, June 23, 2018 | 4:30pm
Facility: The Boettcher Center Lawn on the University of Denver campus.
*Open lawn seating. Space is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Alcohol consumption and smoking of any kind is strictly prohibited. Artists and program subject to change. This concert will take place in a sunny outdoor area. We encourage you to plan ahead for hot weather and to wear sunscreen.LEARN MORE
Main Stage | New & Now
The 2018 Presenting Denver Dance Festival, co-presented by Presenting Denver and The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, will be a compilation of world premieres by Colorado artists Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement, Edgar L. Page, Gregory Gonzales, Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Helanius J. Wilkins, Kristen Demaree, Moraporvida Contemporary Dance, and The Schiff Dance Collective. These main stage artists will perform in the New & Now concert in the Byron Theatre on June 23-24, 2018. There will be additional dance activities over the weekend and throughout the year. Tickets for the Presenting Denver Dance Festival New & Now concert are now on sale via the Newman Center Presents website. Purchase tickets at www.newmantix.com/pd.
Saturday, June 23, 2018 | 7pm
Sunday, June, 24, 2018 | 2pm
Facility: The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Byron Theatre located at 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80210.
Cost: $35 general admission
*Pricing is subject to change without notice. Additional ticketing fees may apply. Artists and program subject to change.PURCHASE TICKETS
THE NOBLE ENERGY VIP RECEPTION | JUNE 23, 2018
By invitation only
The Noble Energy VIP Reception as part of the Presenting Denver Dance Festival will be held on June 23, 2018 at 5:30pm. Invited guests are asked to RSVP by June 1, 2018. Appetizers and refreshments will be provided.
Saturday, June 23, 2018 | 5:30-7:00pm
Facility: The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Byron Theatre Lobby and Patio located at 2344 East Iliff Avenue, Denver, CO 80210.
Attire: Dressy Casual
RSVP to email@example.com by June 1, 2018.
*This event is by invitation only and unregistered guests will not be permitted. Please note that an invitation to The Noble Energy VIP Reception does not include entry to the main stage New & Now performance. Tickets to the performance will be required.
TERMS & CONDITIONS: PRESENTING DENVER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INJURIES SUSTAINED IN THE EVENT. THE PARTICIPANTS ARE AWARE OF THE RISK INVOLVED IN ANY PHYSICAL SPORT OR ACTIVITY DURING OR RESULTING FROM THIS EVENT. BY ATTENDING, REGISTERING, OR PURCHASING A TICKET FOR THE EVENT, THE PARTICIPANT UNDERSTANDS THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE EVENT AND AGREES TO THE USE OF ANY PHOTOGRAPHIC OR VIDEOGRAPHIC IMAGES FOR PRESENTING DENVER’S OR THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER’S PUBLICITY PURPOSES.
Master Class and Preview Performance Series
February 17, March 17, April 21, and May 19, 2018 | As part of the 2018 Presenting Denver Dance Festival, master classes were taught by Kristen Demaree, Helanius J. Wilkins, Hannah Kahn of Hannah Kahn Dance Company, Gregory Gonzales, Kelly Archer of Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement, and Molly Finlay of Moraporvida Contemporary Dance. Class levels and genres varied. A sneak peek of the world premieres created by the main stage dance festival artists were shown each month in an informal studio presentation. The performances were followed by discussion led by Joan Brown. The event was catered by Perspective Gourmet.
February 17 | Edgar L. Page and Kristen Demaree
March 17 | Hannah Kahn Dance Company and Helanius J. Wilkins
April 21 | Chadash Contemporary Dance Movement and Gregory Gonzales
May 19 | Moraporvida Contemporary Dance and The Schiff Dance Collective
Master Class Venue Sponsors: Colorado Conservatory of Dance, Mercury Academy of Dance, The D.A.M. Studios – Dance Art Media
Preview Performance Reception Sponsor: Perspective Gourmet
L.A. Dance Project Master Class
March 10, 2018 | Presenting Denver and The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts hosted two free advanced modern dance master class taught by L.A. Dance Project company members. This event took place at the Newman Center.
Wine & Works-in-Progress Feedback Session
December 2, 2017 | Wine & Works-in-Progress Feedback Session was a free, fun evening of dance by student and professional choreographers Bella Diva Dance, Deepali – Dancer. Actor. Choreographer., Isabel Koontz, Kimberly Savage-Dawkins, Mercury Dance Company, and Sarrah Scott. Attendees sipped wine, viewed, and gave feedback on creative dance creations by these Colorado artists. The discussion was led by facilitator Angie Simmons, Artistic Director of Evolving Doors Dance. The event took place at The Robert and Judi Newman Center for Theatre Education, Conservatory Theater in downtown Denver.
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Martha Graham Dance Company Master Class
October 7, 2017 | On October 7, 2017 Presenting Denver in co-sponsorship with The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts hosted a free community master class with Denise Vale, Senior Artistic Associate of the Martha Graham Dance Company, and one of the last principal dancers to work directly with Martha Graham. Ms. Vale engaged an enthusiastic group of multi-generational dancers to move with Graham’s exuberant energy. The event took place in the Byron Studio at the Newman Center.
Inside Look at a Creative Process: Bridgman|Packer Dance
November 17, 2016 | In partnership with Newman Center Presents, Presenting Denver hosted a free Artist Talk, entitled Inside Look at a Creative Process: Bridgman|Packer Dance on Thursday, November 17, 2016 in the Williams Recital Hall at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts. Attendees enjoyed fantastic insight to the company.
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Presenting Denver Head to Toe: A Photo & Film Shoot
September 12, 2016 | Presenting Denver Head to Toe: A Photo & Film Shoot was a fun and free event for dancers or dance organizations of all ages and backgrounds to show off their dance moves and act as photo and film models for Presenting Denver’s marketing and branding purposes. This event was held at EXDO Event Center.


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Finally Lord Of The Rings got the awards it deserved. In fact, it nearly got all of them.
This year’s oscars were swept away by Lord Of The Rings, winning all 11 Oscars that it was nominated for. Now, that’s beautiful.
The movie really deserves every single oscar it got, and every single one it didn’t get too.
It’s the movie of the century.
Finding Nemo won for best animated feature film, and of course I agree.
Sean Penn who usually is a bad boy standing against the Oscars, went along this year and won the Best Actor Oscar.
Charlize Theron won Best Actress Oscar for her role in Monster.
Sofia Coppola won best screenplay for Lost In Translation. A movie i’m dying to see.
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By: Rachel Ombok
Chxrry22, rising R&B star and Toronto native, just released her debut EP The Other Side, which touches on some of the most personal battles she deals with in her life such as heartbreak, dwelling on past relationships, and relationship conflict. The seven tracks on the album include “Alone,” “Wasteland,” “Do it Again,” “Call Me,” “The Falls,” “Us” and, “The Other Side”. At a recent press conference Chxrry22 talks about her recent rising star into the music world, what it’s like to be a signed artist, and how she stands out to other R&B acts.
Chxrry22, also known as Lydia, was born in Toronto to a traditionally Christian Ethiopian family. Growing up she recalls there was always music playing in the home, and always opportunities for her to sing and show-off her talents. Her mom would often encourage herto sing at friend’s and family’s birthdays and other events, which helped her get comfortable with performing at an early age.
When she decided to take her music interests more seriously, she started posting videos of herself singing on social media, which went viral in 2017, and led to her landing a record deal with The Weeknd’s label XO Records. Soon after she moved to Atlanta at the age of 20 and has been on her music journey since, which has led up to the release of her EP. She gives us an insight on how she views herself on modern R&B and what her goals are in standing out.
Where do you think you fit in modern R&B? How do you make sure you standout to new acts?
Chxrry22: “I think R&B has changed a lot over the years, and even though it’s changed from much of its old essence, it’s not really what it used to be like. Folk mixed with alternative music … some people like rap in their songs… the cadences can be so different too… but for me I don’t know if I necessarily “fit in” anywhere but I don’t think anyone really fits in, everyone has their own sound, I don’t think R&B has one sound anymore”
“I’ve never thought about how I stand out, I’ve just always felt being from Canada I’m always the most different person in the room, whether I want to be or not [laughs]… but I definitely always try to push the envelope and talk about things that not everybody talks about, I try to write differently… I try to be conscious of sounding different and writing different”
At the end of the conference we got to watch her music video for her single “Call Me”, which Chxrry22 gives us a unique behind the scenes look at how the video came to be.
Chxrry22: “‘Call Me’ was on the fly, it was originally supposed to be a photoshoot. We were just like why don’t we just record a video too? We did it all in two nights, and then we put it all together, flew out to LA and shot some of it there, and that was it. Very spontaneous.”
Listen to The Other Side Here
Watch “Call Me” Here
Watch “The Falls” Here

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Pain in heart
Poignant pain In the wall of my heart 💓
In the deepest part of my being.
It is due to unusual dream that lasted not,
It is due to fullness that life failed to achieve.
Pain poignant to walk on the path leading to nowhere,
Life is a walking with no aim to reach,
An aimless march to a path without track.
Life is a beautiful dream for those who can dream.
All the glory and the vainglory, nothing but beating on water to make an epic.
The song of earth and the intimacy of being to it is a loose fancy,
The heart beat is nothing but illusion to delude it's worshipper.
Nature's pristine purity and it's vain show to heal the malady,
The lust that lured the bovine mind,
and the epical charms of bygone dreamers
Now futile to my wounded being.
The poetry of earth is now to me a requiem,
Death, the ultimate yoga and cessation of endless turmoil.
Love's warm embrace, null and void,
Is empty to fill the space.
Heart is a cup and no rhyme is there to fill and or make it overfull.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.I would like to translate this poem


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CRAWFORD, Texas - Responding to Americans' anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance industry.
"This is a challenging time for families across our nation," Bush said yesterday in his weekly radio address. "I know many families are worried about rising prices at the pump and declining home values."
Bush recently lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling. He said it is Congress' turn to act. "The only thing now standing between the American people and the vast oil resources of the Outer Continental Shelf is action from the United States Congress," he said.
With soaring gas prices, public opinion on energy issues is shifting in favor of a more permissive stance on drilling, though resistance remains to the idea of opening the Atlantic and Pacific coasts or the eastern Gulf off Florida's beaches to oil and gas companies.
There is unrelenting GOP pressure to open up the Outer Continental Shelf to exploration, and Bush kept the pressure on during his radio broadcast.
"The need for congressional action is urgent," he said. "The sooner Congress lifts the ban, the sooner we can get these resources from the ocean floor to the gas pump."
Democrats say they have a different plan to combat record-high gas prices, but that Bush and the Republicans in Congress are blocking it.
They also want the president to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a stockpile set aside for emergencies, and work with Democrats to crack down on Wall Street traders who are driving up oil prices by buying huge quantities of oil just to resell at a higher price.
"I don't know what President Bush thinks, but four-and-a-half dollar-a-gallon gas is an emergency for America's families," Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington state, said yesterday in the Democratic radio address. "When was the last time the president filled his own tank?"

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Jude Bellingham has been linked to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, and the supporters of the Merseyside club will have been thrilled with the midfielder’s performance for England against Italy at San Siro on Friday night in the UEFA Nations League
Bellingham has become a crucial player for England, and the rumored Liverpool target was fantastic for the Three Lions last night in Italy.
Although the 19-year-old was on the losing team, he was undoubtedly one of the best players on the field and excelled in midfield.
Bellingham made an effort to push England forward, dominated the middle of the field, and came dangerously close to scoring for Gareth Southgate’s team.
Bellingham was described as “Cool, calm, and collected in midfield” by Sky Sports, who gave her performance an 8 out of 10.
Even though his teammates’ contributions to the end product were insufficient, he and Foden did their utmost to move England forward from midfield.
England should have equalized with a late header, but it lifted onto the top of the goal. overall decent presentation
On Twitter last week, Sunday World journalist Kevin Palmer said that Liverpool have already made “first attempts” to sign Bellingham next summer. Bellingham, a former youth player for Birmingham City, is also aware that the Merseyside club is interested in signing him.
Although we do not believe Dortmund will let the young player leave in the middle of the current campaign, Bellingham may perhaps join Liverpool in the summer if they pay Dortmund what they are asking for him.


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A Final Farewell
A tannoy announcement, a dreaded last bell.
Then to be cruelly denied our final farewell.
My darling has now gone, no tearful last kiss.
A train approaches, I hear steam engines hiss.
A chance meeting, a future that could never be,
Of this guilt and shame, I will never be free.
Then an express train thunders along the track.
I compose myself, before holding myself back.
Clouds of dirt black smoke, swirl in their plumes.
Bouncing off tunnel walls are whistling tunes.
My life makes no sense, what’s wrong or right.
As that express train disappears from my sight.
I feel so empty while on this platform I stand.
On my shoulder I still feel the touch of your hand.
The regret, the excitement, both rolled into one.
But now I suffer in silence because you are gone.


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Herb Marinade: In a blender, combine first-listed cilantro, oregano, brown sugar, first-listed lime juice and olive oil. Blend on high speed to make a thick and smooth purée. Keep refrigerated until ready to use. Place chicken breasts in a bowl. Pour marinade over chicken breasts coating evenly. Keep refrigerated for 8 hours to marinade. Discard any remaining marinade.
Cajun Roasted Sweet Potatoes: Cut 1 pound of sweet potatoes into ½-inch x 2-inch strips. In a mixing bowl, toss sweet potatoes with olive oil. Arrange potatoes in a single layer on a baking sheet. Evenly sprinkle 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning over sweet potatoes. Roast in a 400°F oven for 25 minutes or until tender.
Salsa: In a bowl, combine diced tomato, diced red onion, minced jalapeño, second-listed cilantro, second-listed lime juice and salt for salsa. Mix well. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.
Grill marinated chicken over medium heat 4 to 5 minutes per side or until cooked through, turning occasionally. Place grilled chicken breast on a plate. Garnish with 2 tablespoons fresh Salsa. Serve with Cajun Roasted Sweet Potatoes.

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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s revision of medical fees on 7 February has resulted in gambling addiction treatment being covered by public health insurance. These measures have been implemented to get a handle on problem gaming with an eye on the opening of IR facilities.
According to a survey conducted by the government in 2017, it was estimated that 3.2 million people in Japan have had issues with problem gaming, such as pachinko or public gambling, in the past. The majority of these cases are believed to be pachinko addiction. The number of outpatients was 2,019 in 2014 but had jumped to 3,499 people by 2017.
Problem gaming is classified as a type of mental illness and generally refers to a condition in which gambling interferes with daily activities or social life, and treatment is required.
Symptoms can include trying to win back losses, seeking bigger thrills, gambling to relieve frustration or depression, feeling relaxed when gambling, always thinking about gambling, being unable to control oneself, lying about gambling, being unable to maintain important relationships, and getting into debt due to gambling.
According to DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, American Psychiatric Association), if four or more of those criteria are satisfied, the patient should be diagnosed with a “gambling disorder”.

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Not fully one day old, and small enough, still, to be cupped in one hand, the hatchling sparrow already knew the rhythm of hunger, which rises and falls without cease. Every twenty minutes, and sometimes before, it wriggled and gaped its beak. More accurately, its beak would begin to gape, and the wriggle, driven by something more naked than instinct, more invisible than impulse, would follow. It was a movement that spoke of growth, and immediacy of need. This was accompanied by a near-imperceptible peep peep peep, which persisted until the biological impulse that engendered it, hunger, was appeased. Then the beak closed, the head drooped to rest, and the body, for twenty silent minutes, stilled.
In these moments, the hatchling seemed dead. But it would always revive. Even after it nearly choked on the food at the end of my tweezers — dog food, moistened, with applesauce and egg — inhaling it partway into the lungs and coughing an hour into the night, it revived. By morning, it was peeping as usual, gaping and wriggling and peeping until it was fed. This is how my father found him, naked and wriggling in the middle of the driveway, peeping at nothing and no one until he was brought inside and given me to peep at, though he wouldn’t have known the difference. To his blind less-than-instinct, one moment there was no food, no warmth, and the next, there were these in abundance.
I realized I’ve started to write “him” instead of “it.” This is natural, isn’t it? to give personhood to the things we want to love us.
The age of a hatchling sparrow can be determined at a glance by its skin and its eyes. During the first few days of its life, a hatchling will be mostly a naked pink, with its eyes sealed over by dark gray lids. It will resemble, bodily, a miniature plucked chicken. Everything that you know to define Bird (wings, claws, tail) is only just starting to shape itself. Quickly, though, pin feathers begin to sprout along the front curve of the wings, along the spine, and like the bristles of a broom from the nub where the tail will soon be. Though the eyelids are still sealed, the hatchling begins to resemble something independent. It is, of course, still a full week and a half from being bodily autonomous, but the pin feathers make it look less raw, less vulnerable. By the fifth or sixth day, its legs have gained some strength, and now the claws are perceptible — little needle tips. Gray skin has scaled over parts of the wings, back, and rump, giving it the appearance of being partially armored. This, alongside the claws and swiftly lengthening pin feathers, makes the hatchling resemble a tiny dinosaur. Its eyes are open now. You wonder if it is aware of you as you drift in and out of the room, heeding its calls for nourishment.
It was understood that I would be attempting to raise the sparrow alone, being the only one in the family impulsive enough to take on the burden without a second thought (this burden being not only the care of the hatchling, but also the loss of my personal time, and the possibility of emotional fallout if the hatchling didn’t survive). A week into my caretaking duties, my family took a two-day road trip from Minnesota to Virginia, to visit the university I’d attend as a graduate student in the fall. The sparrow traveled with us in a toilet-paper lined shoebox that I heated with hand-warmers and cradled in my lap during the drive. With the shoebox lid on, and the sparrow’s peeping not yet strong enough to raise suspicion, we smuggled him into and out of hotels. At night, I draped a towel over the shoebox to keep in the warmth, leaving a corner uncovered for air and sometimes rising in the night to make sure he was breathing. I remember bursting into tears multiple times under the strain of giving the sparrow near-constant attention. He had grown fussier to feed, often refusing food off the tweezers, and I had no syringe to replace it. Once or twice, when I rose in the morning and crossed the dim hotel room to meet his demands for food, he flinched away from me and huddled in the far corner of the shoebox, head low, trembling.
By its tenth or eleventh day, the sparrow, now nearly a fledgling, has grown so many down feathers it hardly resembles the creature it was on day one. The little hollow quills that have been growing along the wings have unsheathed their soft brown barbs: wing coverts, the beginnings of real feathers. There is real strength in its legs. It uses its claws to grip your forefinger, on which it perches so you can lift it up from the shoebox to switch out the dirtied paper towels. There is a discernible difference in the vitality of its chirping — no longer helpless, now insistent. It chirps now not only to beg for food, but to locate its caretaker. Where are you? it peeps from the corner of the room. Here, I’m here, you respond, and it quiets. In only a few more days, it will start to fly, and be known as a fledgling.
I know now that he flinched from me in the unfamiliar light of the hotel because I wore a shirt colored bright red like a warning, the same one that, in my six weeks of caring for him, would send him into a frenzy every time he saw it, so that he’d fling himself against the wire cage, rattling the bars so they seemed about to break. If I’d had the reflectivity of mind then that I do now, I would have stopped wearing the shirt around him in order to test his loyalty. I would have known that I wanted what I could not have. I would have seen, then, that he was a creature of something more naked than instinct, of something that made him twitch and dart more quickly than I could blink, that would call to him the minute I brought him outside to set him free.
On the day he learned to fly, though, he favored my shoulder as a perch above all else. He flew first in short bursts, launching himself from carpet to knee, knee to stomach, stomach to crook of the arm, and then to the shoulder. His legs scrabbled surfaces, whatever they could find, in support of his flight. When he reached my shoulder, he would rest. Feathers lightly fluffed, he sat and chirped into my ear, watching the house pass by as I walked from room to room to room. By the end of the first day, he flew to my finger when beckoned.
The parents of fledged sparrows continue to feed their brood for several weeks post-fledging. This is the tactic: feed them regularly, so they don’t starve, but teach them to scout for insects, to scour the grass for seeds. There are the seeds of dandelions, which parachute in the wind. Thistle similarly blows its crown wide open, begetting a feast. Then, of course, there is human refuse to consider: crumbs of grain fallen on the back deck after a meal, a sliver of picnic cantaloupe dropped in the grass, or maybe apple. Sparrows have been known to use human behaviors to their advantage, and have been caught on camera dipping through the automatic sliding doors of restaurants in pursuit of a chip or a French fry. Even sparrows seek the finer things in life.
Living with him was an agony. He defecated on most surfaces, including my shoulder. He ate messily. He loathed (rightly so) being put back in his cage, where he needed to be when I wasn’t in the room (note the messy eating and the defecating). After several weeks, it became almost impossible to put him back in the cage without much struggle and evasion on his end, and much frustration on mine. I knew that he had already imprinted on me, that his creaturely mind considered the two of us an animal one and the same. I knew that I wanted to keep him — my mind shunned the term “pet,” preferring, perhaps, “friend” or “companion.” Still, I wished once that he would simply evaporate. Maybe he wished it too. Once or twice, when released from his cage, he flew directly into a wall or window and buckled to the floor.
House sparrows are one of three North American birds not protected by wildlife law. Meaning that, should you find a hatchling bluebird or a fledged red-tailed hawk, you must be under no illusions that you may keep it. These are precious birds, counted and catalogued by birders and scientists alike, who sit in board rooms and write innumerable articles eagerly discussing methods of conservation (rightly so). However, should you find a hatchling house sparrow, pigeon, or starling fallen from its nest, you are under no obligation to deliver it to the nearest wildlife center. In fact, you are discouraged from doing so. Keep the pest, if you like, by all means. The wildlife center you bring it to will most likely dispose of it quietly.
After I’d first brought the hatchling into the house, a basic internet search revealed to me my error: I had done a needless thing. The parents of fallen hatchling sparrows will continue to care for them on the ground, provided they can find them, and they haven’t gone cold. I hurried to put the hatchling back where we found him, under a plant in the front yard to shade him from the sun, in a shoebox to keep the ants away. I waited. Took a shower, ate dinner. A few hours later, in the cool, early evening air, I went back outside. His body had grown cold, and the skin was red and wrinkling from dehydration. He made no sound. Was he too weak to do so? No parent sparrow would find him, hidden under a plant, if he was silent. Gently, I moved the shoebox, and he wriggled to life with a violence that startled me. All of his being writhing toward provision unknown to him.
House sparrows are notoriously aggressive. Not only are they known for cheating other species out of nesting sites and attacking the nests of birds much larger than themselves, but they are also vicious amongst their own kind. Male and female sparrows alike are quick to leap and jab at one another over the smallest perceived infraction. The squabbling of sparrows is so common an occurrence that those people who live alongside flocks tend to no longer hear their chirps and angry chattering: all of it drifts into background noise. The human who undertakes the care of an orphaned sparrow must also accustom herself to such offenses as the nipping of an earlobe or pecking of the lip, and understand that these attacks are merely displays of dominance, which is muddled, for the sparrow, with playfulness. There is no reprimanding or reasoning with a sparrow. It abides by its own code of conduct, and should it come to see you as another sparrow, it will treat you as such. This phone, it will insist, is mine. This laptop is mine. This fork. This book. This shelf. Mine, mine, mine.
I understand now that I tried to love a wild thing. Mostly, I think I succeeded. But is a wild thing meant to love in return?
I released him with little fanfare. It was unplanned — I had been preparing to make the trip once more from Minnesota to Virginia with him in tow, this time in a travel-size bird cage instead of a shoebox, so that he could live with me in the large, renovated barn I would be renting alone while I completed my graduate degree. I liked to picture him perched atop a bookshelf while I read, my desk while I wrote, keeping the long vigil of two years’ solitude with me. But he had become increasingly resistant to handling. He shied away when I entered the room, and distrusted me when I tried to put him back in the cage. I increased the time he spent outside the cage from two hours to three (owing to my family’s clean furniture, and the dog, he had to be kept alone in my study), but this only seemed to make him more agitated when it was time to go back in. His wildness grew from him like a shadow. He feared to be near me. I hated what seemed like his hatred of me, though of course he could feel no such complex thing as hatred. It thwarted me all the same. So I released him, during an afternoon when the sun washed the bare planks of the back deck with warmth, and sparrows were chirping, it seemed, fraternally, from rooftops and high in the trees.
Anne-Sophie Olsen hails from St. Paul, Minnesota. Currently, she attends the MFA program at Hollins University.

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He leaves Penn State as a member of four NCAA Championship teams and four Big Ten Championships teams. Taylor went 34-0 this season to end the year as the nation’s lone unbeaten Division I wrestler and closed out his career with a 134-3 record. His 97.8 career win percentage included an all-time Penn State best 53 pins (ties a school record).


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Regular meeting of the Johnson City Lions Club held November 1st, 2012 at the Johnson City Country Club, Johnson City, TN 37604
(14 members present, 3 guests present)
The meeting was called to order at 12:28 PM. VDG Lion Ed Gibbons asked the blessing and Lion Mark Fox led the pledge.
Lion Ken Gooch won the drawing, and donated the entire $2.25 to the tail twister fund.
Lion Tamer Lion CB Willis introduced Lion Anne VanDreumel’s guests, Lion Kay, Molly Hardy, and Patty Byther. Lion Anne informed the club that her husband, PDG John, is still in the hospital, and that prayers are appreciated.
Lion Tamer CB also announced that pecans are now at the Princeton Road Warehouse, so come and get them! 35 cases were ordered this year, 2 cases less than last year. The estimated profit of the fundraiser is $3,000. Give Lion CB a call when you are ready to pick up your pecans at 282-3325.
PDG Dennis Powell informed the club that he found a few documents concerning the Lions Park. In his research, he discovered that the club turned the park over to Johnson City in the early 1970s.
Tail Twister Ken Gough reminded everyone about the eyeglass sorting trip to Roanoke on Saturday, November 10th. To date, some 4,000 glasses have been collected. That is a new club record! Any more glasses for this trip need to be dropped off to Lion Ken at 710 W. Walnut Street by Tuesday. All lions are welcome to attend, and Lion Ken promises that we will not run out of gas on the way.
Lion Turtle King George Winton announced that 449 turtles were sold, one short of our goal. Expenses need to be turned in to VDG Ed Gibbons. The bills for the sponsorship have been sent out, with a projected net profit of $20,000.
VDG Ed let us know that he will be traveling to Nashville this Saturday, 3 November, for the Multi-District Meeting. Saturday evening PDG Lion Dennis Powell will be inducted into the Tennessee Lions Hall of fame. Lion Ed plans to leave a 6 AM Saturday morning. If anyone is interested in joining him they should call Lion Ed.
VDG Ed shared that 11 pairs of glasses have been purchased this meeting, at a cost of $880.
Lion Ken Gough encouraged all Lions to attend the glasses sorting trip to Roanoke on Saturday, November 10th. Any glasses that need to be sorted need to be dropped off to Lion Ken at 710 W. Walnut ASAP. Over 4000 pairs of used eye glasses have been collected to be sorted and sent all over the world – a record!
There was a discussion about the possibility of moving the next turtle derby to Milligan College. The idea will be further discussed at the next board meeting.
The meeting was officially adjourned at 12:58 PM.
There will be a board meeting next Thursday, November 8, STSP.
The next regular meeting will be on November 15th.
Submitted by Lion Brandon T. Johnson.