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By Nicole Heisick
An Example of Courage (1907-1980)
A nationally known performer from University City, Ellen “Jane” Froman overcame many obstacles, such as stuttering and a debilitating plane crash, to become one of the most beloved entertainers of her time. Throughout her 30-year career, the singer/actress performed on stage, radio, and television. She earned three separate stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Not only was Froman a noted entertainer, she used her life’s struggles as inspiration for charitable endeavors, working with the Missouri Mental Health Association as well as establishing the Jane Froman Music Camp for young entertainers.
Froman was born on November 10, 1907, in University City. Shortly after her parents’ separation, she developed a stutter that followed her throughout her life, except when she sang.
In 1919, Froman and her mother moved to Columbia, where her mother, a former pianist, taught music at Christian College (now Columbia College) and then at Stephens College. Jane graduated from Christian College and spent a short time studying at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism before moving to Ohio to study voice at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music from 1928 to 1930. Froman began singing on the radio and doing commercials at the WLW radio studios.
It was there she met Don Ross, a staff singer and former vaudeville performer who became her manager and later her husband. The couple moved to New York City in 1933, and Froman’s career took off. She went to Hollywood several times throughout the ’30s to fi lm movies such as Stars Over Broadway and Radio City Revels, but her inability to overcome her stutter made her acting career short-lived. Her singing, however, was always in high demand. She spent the decade singing on the radio, in nightclubs, and on Broadway. She was voted the nation’s top female performer in 1937 and again in 1939.
In 1943, tragedy struck. One of the first performers to volunteer to entertain troops overseas, Froman was on her way to her first United Service Organizations show in Europe when the flight she was on crashed into the Tagus River in Lisbon, Portugal.
One of only 15 survivors on the flight of 38 passengers, Froman sustained many injuries, including a large gash below her knee that nearly severed her left leg, a severe fracture of her right leg, broken ribs, and multiple fractures to her right arm. Although still on crutches, Froman returned to Europe in 1945 to entertain troops. She spent three months performing for 30,000 servicemen.
Froman returned to New York City where she continued to perform despite undergoing frequent surgeries. Her success had driven a wedge between Froman and Ross, and one month after their divorce in February
1948, Froman married John Burn, the pilot who was in the same accident and who had saved her life. The new couple struggled as Froman dealt with her injuries and the pressure to perform, and they divorced in 1955. She was also treated for depression, and her care ultimately served as inspiration for her work with the Missouri Mental Health Association.
Froman kept singing and making television appearances until she retired from show business and returned home to Columbia in 1961. There she became reacquainted with a former college friend, Rowland H. Smith, and the two married in 1962.
Throughout her career, Froman was involved in charity work, and her retirement from show business gave her a chance to dedicate more time to the cause. She worked with Easter Seals and the Missouri Mental Health Association, and she sang in a 1969 Christmas program at Arrow Rock benefiting the Jane Froman Music Camp, a project started to help young people develop their musical talent. Froman died April 22, 1980. Froman demonstrated having courage and dedication is more important than any obstacle. Her courage in the face of her disability serves as a model for others not to be afraid or ashamed, but rather be who they are and show that they are not going to let their disabilities define them.
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re showcasing our Top 10 Women of Missouri, featured in the February 2012 of Missouri Life and selected by our panelists. To read our panelists’ bios, click here. For a full list of our 95 nominees for Top 10 Women of Missouri, click here. For more stories like this, subscribe to Missouri Life magazine.


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Karl Wagner, Boyle resident and professional artist, was chosen by Senator Cochran to design a Christmas card.
"It was kind of one of those 15 minutes of fame things. I am featured in the current holiday issue of the Delta Magazine. Senator Cochran gets the Delta Magazine and after looking in the magazine, he saw my picture and it had an article about me and some of my paintings," said Wagner.
Wagner said that is was an honor to have been chosen to design the cards.
"It was a one shot deal and I am sure that I won't do it again because he chooses a Mississippi artist each year and I just got blessed to be the one. "
According to Wagner, he had to work expeditiously to design the cards because Cochran was on a deadline to have the cards designed, copied and mailed out.
"I can't imagine how many cards he sends out. I am sure that it is more than I could ever send out," he added.
Wagner said that most of the consultation about the design of the cards was primarily done over the phone.
"We talked over the phone and I got an idea of some of what he may have wanted. "He kind of discussed with me what he has had in the past, and we did establish a little bit of criteria because of the number of people that the Senator would send it to. We didn’t want it to be overly religious, he wanted it to be distinctly southern and distinctly Mississippi," Wagner said.
He had intentions of designing two different cards in order to give Cochran a wider selection, but after designing the first card and sending it to Cochran, he was very pleased and felt that there was no need for Wagner to take the design process any further.
"I didn’t expect him to go with the first idea, I wanted to give him more options but he was sold on the first one," said Wagner.
Wagner is a lifelong artist and considers himself a scenic artist.
"I have painted on furniture and billboards. I have been painting professionally my whole life. I was blessed to have been chosen by Senator Thad Cochran to design his Christmas Cards," said Wagner.
According to Wagner, God gave him the talent to paint and draw.
"I am blessed with the ability to visualize stories, or moments in time, and then to recreate them for others to see what I saw in my mind. ?I have in some form or fashion painted for a living my whole life," he added.
"My art focuses on what I may feel is memorable at the moment. A snapshot in time, or something that may be disappearing, or maybe just an emotional moment in life. So it may be wildlife, pets, landscapes, people, or whatever. Custom work is my specialty, whether it is portraits, small pieces, and murals interior or exterior, or as large as a theatrical backdrop. I can do it," said Wagner.

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Eric Greitens is back.
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Five years ago, Greitens was a rising star of the Trump era. He had a glittering academic resume: Summa cum laude from Duke, a Rhodes Scholarship (back when that wasn’t a sick joke), and an Oxford Ph.D. He was a Navy SEAL who served four overseas deployments and received a Purple Heart. He founded The Mission Continues, a veterans non-profit that is still active and has a near-perfect rating on Charity Navigator. He wrote three books, including The Heart and the Fist, a bestselling memoir. In 2015, Greitens switched from the Democratic Party of his upbringing to the GOP, and in 2016 he was swept into the Missouri governor’s office on the same tide that brought America President Trump.
Greitens was, and is, a great American. But no level of heroism would be enough to keep the left at bay. In 2018, Missouri Democrats used a prior personal issue, which Greitens had fully owned up to, to conjure up completely bogus criminal charges. They then hounded him relentlessly until they drove him from office, leaving his career and reputation for dead.
But Greitens didn’t give in to the cancellation machine. The criminal case against him was a sham, one of the worst political frauds in American history. An exhaustive ethics review cleared Greitens of all wrongdoing. A key investigator in the case was initially charged with perjury, and in March pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of tampering with evidence. Kim Gardner, the same repugnant prosecutor who persecuted the McCloskeys for defending their home, may be disbarred for her conduct.
Now, Greitens is reclaiming the status that his enemies stole from him through lies, malice, and criminal behavior. He’s running to replace the retiring Roy Blunt in the U.S. Senate in 2022. And despite half a decade of radical left efforts to destroy him, Greitens is the favorite, polling at the top of the pack with the primary just a month and a half away. More than any candidate in 2022, Greitens represents the political lessons of the Trump era: Don’t apologize where you did nothing wrong, don’t let liars and hypocrites on the left set the standards for acceptable behavior, and never, ever give up.
Greitens generously agreed to join Revolver for an interview.
Congratulations for making WaPo and the New York Times so angry with your new RINO Hunting ad. How much free media did you get thanks to that?
The ad did exactly what we intended. We had our biggest social media week, our biggest grassroots fundraising week, and completely packed grassroots events across Missouri. The mainstream media was upset. The RINO establishment was upset. And lunatic liberals were upset. I’ve always said that we have all the right enemies. These are the same people that worked against President Trump from 2015 until now.
The Texas Republican Party recently approved a resolution labeling Joe Biden the “acting president” and declaring his supposed 2020 victory to be illegitimate. Do you think the national party should take the same path? If so, is this just an act of protest or does it mean something more?
Patriots across America know that Joe Biden is illegitimate. The people of Missouri know Joe Biden is illegitimate. The facts are—the election was stolen and weak RINOs teamed up with Democrats to oppose President Trump. President Trump is still the leader of our party, and the quicker everyone in the party realizes that, we can focus on the Trump wave in November 2022. The Texas GOP set a standard from the rest of the country and showed that patriots who stand up together are able to do powerful things.
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You joined the military just before 9/11. You’ve served all over the world. What’s your take on the current politicization of the armed forces? What needs to be done to stop the U.S. military from rotting to the core?
It was an honor of a lifetime to join the United States Navy in 2001 and serve as a Navy SEAL. I was deployed four times during the Global War on Terrorism to Afghanistan, Southeast Asia, the Horn of Africa, and Iraq, and I was honored to receive the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. It is disheartening to see how our military men and women have been subjected to this woke culture that is weakening our military and putting our national security at risk. Leadership starts at the top, and General Milley represents what is wrong. We need President Trump to be our commander in chief once again. In just four years, he defeated ISIS and killed Qasem Soleimani. Nobody dared to test the United States because they knew of the wrath they would incur from President Trump.
Most American nationalists are familiar with the sham of Russiagate, the lies about Ukraine, about FBI surveillance, and so forth. But many of them may not be familiar with the worst details of your case. Can you tell us more about the plot to drive you from office? Who was involved, and is there anybody who you think hasn’t been held suitably accountable for what happened?
Let’s also add the January 6th sham committee to the list of their conspiracy theories, which fell apart completely after their star witness was found to be a liar. When Black Lives Matter and Antifa came to Missouri, we defeated them, and we showed George Soros, and we showed the left that they could be defeated. And what we now know is that right after, that George Soros-funded prosecutor you just mentioned, Kim Gardner, hired a corrupt former FBI agent to build a false case against me. I was absolutely fighting for the truth, but in typical RINO fashion the establishment teamed up with Democrats to undermine the will of the people. And these are the same forces today who are absolutely terrified of an America First candidate like myself who is leading by a wide margin according to independent poll numbers.
St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner is accused of hiding evidence from your attorneys in order to further the unjust case against you. She also brought charges against the McCloskeys. Meanwhile, St. Louis judges keep dismissing murder charges because Gardner’s prosecutors are missing hearings or failing to provide required documents. What does this say about the nature of the modern Democratic Party?
The Democrat party is the party of more crime, more drugs, more illegal immigration, and more misery. Kim Gardner, a Soros funded prosecutor, is the epitome of the corruption of our system and willingness to tear down the lives of innocent people. I stood up for the truth and for justice. And we won. It shows that when we stand up to the enemy, the truth will always prevail.
You’ve suggested that Republicans may have been involved in the effort to displace you, because they were bitter you canceled Missouri’s Low-Income Housing tax credit, which gave a lot of money to wealthy developers and their lobbyists. What does this say about the modern Republican Party? How do we go about creating a GOP worthy of its own voters?
As governor, I signed an executive order that banned gifts from lobbyists to executive branch state employees for the first time in Missouri history. I made a promise to the people of Missouri that we were going to clean up the culture of corruption in Jefferson City. And the RINO’s and establishment didn’t like that. They loved feeding at the trough.
When I was governor, my only thought was “how to I serve the people of this state honorably.” As U.S. Senator, I will bring that same mindset and work to better the lives of everyone in this state. America First means Americans First. And Americans are struggling right now under Joe Biden.
Two years ago, you said that resigning was “the right decision at the time for the people who I loved the most.” Do you still feel that way? Do you have any recommendations for Republicans in the future who are targeted in the same way? Now that the Democratic strategy has been exposed, do Republicans have more of a duty to not yield to their smear campaigns?
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My two boys mean everything to me. They are my entire world. The vicious attacks on me didn’t just hurt me, but they hurt my family. At the end of the day, it’s my responsibility to protect and care for my boys. I would have made the same decision every single time because being a father means more to me than anything else. Now we’re seen the RINO establishment come after me and I’m ready to take them on. They have continued to use my family as a political tool for their disgusting games. Now we have the truth on our side. We have proven their lies and smears don’t work and the people of Missouri see right through them.
After she was booed offstage at a Trump rally, Arizona lawmaker Michelle Ugenti-Rita claimed the Arizona election audit was “botched.” You traveled to Arizona to observe the audit there. Do you agree? What do you think are the chief lessons of the 2020 election and what should Republicans be doing right now to prevent a rerun in 2024?
We can’t move on to 2024 until we find out what happened in 2020. Republicans should have fought harder against universal mail in balloting. That led to the potential for widespread fraud and that gave Democrats a pathway to steal the election. We had a screening of David Bossie’s “Rigged” documentary last month, and the reception and the amount of people that came was astounding. Voters want to know that their vote counts, and when you have examples of Big Tech interference and ballot harvesting, it really calls into question what happened. We need safe and secure elections. 2020 was far from safe and secure. So we need to understand what happened before we can secure the 2024 election.
You’re a former Democrat. Missouri went from nearly voting for Obama in 2008 to voting Trump by more than 15 points in both 2016 and 2020. What parts of President Trump’s message appeal most to disaffected Democrats? What do you think the party should do in 2022 and 2024 to win over those worried about Critical Race Theory, radical gender ideology, riots, or never-ending Covid mandates?
The RINO establishment is launching their new attack on me by falsely tying me to Barack Obama and being at the Democrat National Convention in 2008. The primary reason I was in Denver wasn’t for political purposes, it was to raise money for wounded veterans. So if they want to criticize me for helping my brothers and sisters coming back home from war, then that says more about their character. At one time, Missouri was a very purple state. But we’ve seen time and time again that Democrats are the party of elites. They are the part of crime, misery, wokeness, CRT, and transgender nonsense. They don’t represent the everyday American who simply wants to provide a good life for themselves and their families. That’s why you’ve seen Missouri turn Trump red in 2016 and 2020.
Republicans had full control of Congress after 2016, but thanks to the Senate there was no big infrastructure push and no immigration reform, but a two-year-long distraction with the Russia hoax investigation. What do the GOP’s priorities need to be if they are given another chance with a Senate majority?
We had a great opportunity to pass all of this great legislation and even fund and build President Trump’s border wall. But we have some weak-kneed Republicans who refused to do anything except conspire with the enemy and cower in fear. That’s why 2022 is such an important election year. We’ll elect a new crop for true conservatives who will put the people first, instead of special interests. The next U.S. Senate will be completely different and will set the stage for when President Trump is back in the White House in 2024.


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Rays, Washington Capitals Extend Affiliation AgreementMar 21, 2016
The South Carolina Stingrays and Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL) announced today that they have extended their affiliation agreement through the 2017-18 season.
"We are excited and honored to be able to continue our affiliation with the Washington Capitals," said Stingrays President Rob Concannon. "They have been a great partner and we look forward to working with and developing their prospects."
The Stingrays have been affiliated with the Capitals for 10 seasons (2004-12, 2014-16) and the organization has seen many players advance from the Lowcountry to skate in the NHL with Washington, including Capitals goaltenders Braden Holtby and Philipp Grubauer. Holtby represented the Stingrays at the 2009-10 ECHL All-Star Game and Grubauer was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team while playing for South Carolina in 2011-12.
"We are pleased to announce that we have extended our ECHL affiliation with the South Carolina Stingrays,” said Washington Senior Vice President and General Manager Brian MacLellan. “The Stingrays are a first-class organization and we are excited for our top prospects to continue to grow and develop in South Carolina.”
South Carolina has dressed three Capitals draft picks this season, including 20-year-old goaltender Vitek Vanecek, selected in the second round, 39th overall, by Washington in 2014. Vanecek is currently second in the ECHL with a 2.04 goals-against average. Nine players who have skated for South Carolina this season attended Washington's Training Camp this past September.
Six players who have skated for the Capitals this season have played in the ECHL. Washington, the NHL's top team with a 51-15-5 record, was the first team to clinch a berth in the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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Camping in Revlestoke is an excellent way to make the most of your experience and connect with nature. The Revelstoke camping facilities have a lot to offer, depending on your preferences and how close to nature you want to get.
Snowforest Revelstoke Campground
Snowforest Campground is one of the newest additions to Mount Revelstoke National Park. It opened in 2020 in a family-friendly location with biking and hiking trails nearby. Located at the beginning of the Meadows of the Sky Parkway, Snowforest Campground is the first new campground in the Mountain National Parks in more than fifty years!
Aside from more than sixty campsites ranging from walk-in tenting spots to full-service, pull-through sites for RVs, Snowforest Campground also has three of the super rare MicrOcubes that sleep two people. Guests can access a shower building, outdoor dishwashing stations, campfire areas, and a multitude of visitor services.
Snowforest Campground accepts reservations from May 21st through October 10th, depending on the weather. You must have a reservation to stay and possess a fire permit to use the campfire areas
Revelstoke Camping in Tents: Wadey Recreation Site
We found a beautiful spot at Wadey Recreation Site, a popular place for overnight camping and day use. It’s set on Lake Revelstoke with thirty sites surrounded by big, beautiful trees.
Admittedly, the sites are rather small and best for tents or small units, but they are strategically arranged among the towering trees to preserve your immersion in nature. There’s plenty of room to compromise on site size with such a spectacular view. Try enjoying a hot mug of your favorite drink at sunrise while looking out at Lake Revelstoke!
It’s well-maintained with tables, toilets, and a beach area with a boat launch. You can even fish with a permit. Wadey Recreation Site usually opens at the beginning of May and closes at the end of September.
RV Camping in Revelstoke: Blanket Creek Provincial Park
Slightly south of Revelstoke you’ll find the family-friendly Blanket Creek Provincial Park. Once a farm, the property was developed as a recreational site with a man-made lagoon, historic homestead, and an adventure playground for the kids. It even offers easy access to Sutherland Falls and other trails.
Blanket Creek Provincial Park is massive, with more than 100 sites available, including some double and group campsites. You can reserve sites from May through the end of September.
As a large camping area, Blanket Creek offers numerous activities, including canoeing, fishing, and swimming. You can have campfires as long as you follow the park rules and don’t collect wood from the area. The facilities include pit and flush toilets, a dumping station, showers, and picnic areas.
It’s important to note that the area is known for bears due to the numerous fruit trees left by early settlers. Keep sites clean and pets on leashes so that you don’t attract or provoke a bear.
One of the best parts of Blanket Creek Provincial Park is that Sutherland Falls is pretty much right there.
Backcountry Revelstoke Camping: Eva Lake and Jade Lakes
Mount Revelstoke National Park has two backcountry campgrounds for the summer months. There are four sites with tent pads, outhouses, and bear-proof food storage lockers. The backcountry sites at Eva Lake and Jade Lakes operate from mid-July to late September, depending on the snow.
Before you can reserve one of these sites, you must obtain a backcountry camping permit and a national park pass. There are two major restrictions to note with backcountry camping. You can’t build campfires or bring dogs along.
Additional Revelstoke Camping Notes and Options
Many locations start taking reservations in early April, especially those operated through the National Park System. Popular locations book fast, so you may want to book your sites as soon as possible.
Like many adventure locations, Revelstoke has a multitude of camping sites available. There are plenty more Revelstoke camping options to consider, we will update this piece with more soon.

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1 "Hear this, you priests and all of Israel's leaders! Listen, all you men of the royal family! These words of judgment are for you: You are doomed! For you have led the people into a snare by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.
2 You have dug a deep pit to trap them at Acacia.* But never forget--I will settle with all of you for what you have done.1
3 I know what you are like, O Israel! You have left me as a prostitute leaves her husband; you are utterly defiled.
4 Your deeds won't let you return to your God. You are a prostitute through and through, and you cannot know the LORD.
5 "The arrogance of Israel* testifies against her; she will stumble under her load of guilt. Judah, too, will fall with her.2
6 Then at last, they will come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the LORD. But it will be too late! They will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them, and they are now alone.
7 For they have betrayed the honor of the LORD, bearing children that aren't his. Now their false religion will devour them, along with their wealth.
8 "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah! Sound the alarm in Ramah! Raise the battle cry in Beth-aven*! Lead on into battle, O warriors of Benjamin!3
9 One thing is certain, Israel*: When your day of punishment comes, you will become a heap of rubble.4
10 "The leaders of Judah have become as bad as thieves.* So I will pour my anger down on them like a waterfall.5
11 The people of Israel will be crushed and broken by my judgment because they are determined to worship idols.
12 I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool. I will sap Judah's strength as dry rot weakens wood.
13 "When Israel and Judah saw how sick they were, Israel turned to Assyria, to the great king there, but he could neither help nor cure them.
14 I will tear at Israel and Judah as a lion rips apart its prey. I will carry them off, and there will be no one left to rescue them.
15 Then I will return to my place until they admit their guilt and look to me for help. For as soon as trouble comes, they will search for me."
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The Karnataka Government on Sunday urged the Centre to set up a Supreme Court bench in Bangalore for the benefit of the people of the southern states.
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa requested Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily and Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan to set up an apex court bench in the state capital. He also said the Government would soon set up ‘Gram Nyalayas’ as proposed by the Centre.“Bangalore is centrally located in South India. The City is equidistant from all locations in the south. It is convenient for the people of the southern states to travel to Bangalore,” Yeddyurappa said in his written address to the joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of high courts here. Since the chief minister did not attend the conference, his speech was read out by Home Minister V S Acharya.


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(CNN) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reacted to an early government analysis of the new health care law. The report said that millions more Americans will obtain health care, but predicted that health costs will rise and questioned whether Medicare cuts would cause doctors and hospitals to drop Medicare patients.
Regarding the report's concerns, the Republican leader told CNN, "It is hard not to say, 'I told you so."'
McConnell talked about the report in a telephone interview on Friday with CNN Chief National Correspondent John King. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary – part of the Health and Human Services Department - released the report on Thursday. Congressional Republicans requested the analysis.
The report said that 34 million more Americans will have health insurance by 2019. It also said that Medicare will now be solvent, for a longer time, than it would have been without the law.
But the analysis projected that health care spending would rise more than expected. The report also predicted that Medicare cuts could cause doctors and hospitals to drop Medicare patients.
McConnell told King that those items in the report bolster Republican claims that the new health care law is too expensive.
"All the things we were saying during the debate and an administration actuary now confirms them," McConnell said. "We said there would be access problems for seniors and the poor."
"This bill is more unpopular today than when he [President Obama] signed it," McConnell added.
The director of the White House Office of Health Reform, Nancy-Ann DeParle, responded to the government analysis on the White House blog.
DeParle wrote that the report "found that under reform, Medicare will be stronger, with premiums decreasing by nearly $200 per person per year by 2018." She also said it predicted that the life of the Medicare Trust fund would extend by 12 years.
"But there are some areas where we disagree with the Actuary, particularly when it comes to the new law and the growth of health care costs," DeParle wrote. "Health policy experts and economists who have studied the bill have agreed that the new law will help bring down health care costs."
Regarding any potential Medicare access problems, DeParle wrote, "There is no evidence that providers would not continue to serve Medicare patients, and the report ignores key provisions that will strengthen our health care workforce."
The Obama administration believes that the report is overly pessimistic.
"Well, that is all they can say," McConnell told King.
"We warned them from the beginning about costs and access and these other issues and now they deserve to have to deal with the reality here."
McConnell reiterated that Republicans will run on a slogan of "repeal and replace" in the November elections with regard to the health care law.
The Republican leader also talked about Democratic candidates. He told King that the health care law "is an albatross around their neck."
How about we "replace and repeal" the Republican Party next election!
Those watery eyes make me think our hateful Southern white male politician has been into the Jack Daniels. His ideas are either crazy, or he did, as the Irish say, "take to the drink".
What the report leaves out is: without health care reform, health care costs would have risen.
For McConnell to suggest that stopping reform would have prevented health care costs from going up is simply a bold faced lie.
If McConnell wants to propose more change, then he should submit a bill.
Only Republicans will look at 34 million more people insured and call it a failure.
Why is McConnell worried anyway? His government health care is taken care off, and it's not that his old behind has to pay.
If I was McConnell, I'd worry more about that perpetual constipation he has, he looks like he needs to take a dump every time he's in front of a camera.
In any legislation, there is bound to be many " laws of inintended consquences".
Not only did the Republicans had pointed out some of these flaws, but the Democrats ignored them. There was and still is a very broad opposition to this bill.
Democrats have been masterful at "smoke and mirror" accounting to hide the true cost of every legislation and they have done so with this bill as well.
May be the losses they suffer in the midterm elections might be the lesson that they need to learn.
I continue to be amused by the staunch opposition to public health option by lawmakers and senior citizens... who ARE on government sponsored health care themselves already! They can have it but the rest of us can't? In every civilized country in the world universal health coverage worked. But OH NO! It's not American! America can only permit health care if it funnels more of our hard earned money into profits for corporations! That's America! Screw the sick! Give more money to the rich!
There will be politics and rumors of politics.
Aside from ludicrous price abuse by the medical industry caused by the availability of government and private insurance to pay too much for services and medication, the problem with health care here is that far too many USA citizens refuse to work, making themselves unable to support their own health care and the rest of the economy.


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In Florida and the 11 other states that refuse to expand Medicaid, more than 2 million people still live without reasonable access to health coverage.
This Summer, Congress passed budget resolutions that include:
Fixing the Medicaid Coverage Gap;
Expanding Medicare to include dental, vision, hearing benefits and lowering the eligibility age; and
Long-term care for seniors and persons with disabilities (HCBS).
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What is the coverage gap?
Adults who fall into the coverage gap have incomes above their state’s eligibility for Medicaid but below poverty, the minimum income eligibility for tax credits through the ACA marketplace.
In Florida, Medicaid eligibility for adults is quite limited. Adults must 1. Have a dependent child and 2. Make less than a third of the poverty level (approx. $7,000 in a family of 3). Single adults do not qualify no matter how little they earn.
How much will it cost to close the coverage gap?
In the Senate, the proposed FY2022 Budget Resolution framework totals about $3.5 trillion in investments, including expanding access to care. The $3.5 trillion in investments is offset by three main buckets:
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The state budget will also experience savings in emergency room expenditures and costs associated with the use of other safety net programs. If the state chose to close the coverage gap (which it still can), Florida would see a net gain of $1.8 billion over a two-year period.
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Closing the coverage gap benefits working Floridians. It benefits workers losing their employed sponsored coverage and working adults who are not offered coverage through their jobs or cannot afford it.
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Dream about being attacked by flies signals a simpler time or to a time where you felt a certain way. You feel that you are being unfairly treated. You are feeling troubled by some issue. The dream is a harbinger for your ongoing projects. You are acting immaturely.
Being attacked by flies dream denotes your shy nature. You are experiencing some communication issues. You need to be more direct in your approach. Your dream represents a need to change your ways and attitude. You are looking out for your own self and your own needs.
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Socializing with others in an easy-going and relaxed atmosphere will bring you the most enjoyment out of this day. Talking about work and being able to laugh at yourself and the events of the week will help heal any stress that has accumulated.

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Since April 2011, art director and photographer Tatsuya Tanaka’s imagination has built a magnificent number of miniature worlds. Through the artist’s clever lens, everyday activities like construction work, walking the dog, getting a parking ticket, and plowing through a blizzard become delight-inducing scenarios. Tanaka also plays with pop culture references, building staple skyscrapers for Godzilla to prowl.
You can see more from Tanaka’s ongoing Miniature Calendar project on Instagram, where he shares his creations each and every day. With over two thousand scenes and counting, he has garnered an impressive followership of a million people. In August, Tanaka also released a book of his work, Small Wonders – Life Portrait in Miniature.
Tatsuya Tanaka has a fascination with all things tiny and has an uncanny ability to repurpose everyday objects as set pieces or tools for the inhabitants of his miniature world. For his project Miniature Calendar, Tanaka has been stretching his imagination to its limits nearly every day for the last four years. A tape dispenser becomes the bar for a restaurant, a circuit board is suddenly a rice paddy field, and the notes of a musical score become the hurdles for a track race. Individually, the photos might invoke a smile or chuckle as you get the joke, but when viewed collectively they morph into a fascinating study on Tanaka’s breadth of creativity.
Tatsuya Tanaka continues to entertain us with his ongoing miniature photo project, now stretching into its six year. Tanaka uses office supplies, food, and other found objects that he utilizes as set pieces or backdrops for miniature inhabitants.
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Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, who has died aged 101, was one of the most remarkable products of the encounter between India and European culture. In two autobiographical volumes, ambitiously worked so as to set his life within that of India as a whole, he put forward a view of the Indo-British relationship that was at a proud angle to everyone else's. In these and other books, he also showed himself an elegant stylist.
Chaudhuri was self-consciously a Bengali. He was born into a family typical of the intelligentsia at its most westernised; they belonged to the Brahmo Samaj, the high-minded, puritanical movement that had grown out of the original meeting between eager Bengali minds and British liberal thought in the early 19th century. He later described himself as an example of the "survival of the unfittest," for he was a sickly child; as an adult he was short (no more than five feet), slight and, for many years, in poor health.
In adolescence he was caught up in the Bengali version of the nationalist movement, which ran to a cult of strength and to individual terrorist activity. The finest parts of The Autobiography Of An Unknown Indian (1951) are an unmatched account of this experience, set down with great freshness and candour, and of considerable historical value. The book was dedicated "to the memory of the British empire in India... all that was good and living within us was made, shaped and quickened by the same British rule."
On failing to pass his MA at Calcutta University, Chaudhuri worked for a time as a minor cog in the machinery of the British government of India. He found this frustrating, left, and worked as a journalist, as secretary to the politician Sarat Chandra Bose (brother of the militant Subhas, the great might-have-been of the nationalist movement), and, after independence in 1947, for All India Radio.
Chaudhuri settled in Oxford in 1970, where he cultivated an ultra-western style of dress and life to match the outlook he propagated in his books - an extraordinary compound of acute intelligence, learning, egocentricity, and dottiness.
His outlook was based on an idealisation of the Bengali intelligentsia of the period 1860-1910. They had absorbed British culture thoroughly and did not, until 1905, repudiate the imperial rule which they served - and which in turn protected them. Some of those Bengali ancestors - actual and spiritual - had worked out their own version of the Hindu past, whose true virtues they identified as strength, self-reliance, and discipline. Their lives, as Chaudhuri saw them, had been marked by probity and high culture. Everything since then, however, was decadence and "putrid decay". Indians wallowed in the easy answers of anti-British nationalism, and then in the corruption of alleged democracy; the British lost belief in their own imperial mission.
Chaudhuri was influenced by Nietzsche's belief in hardness and clarity, as well as by the Bengali politics of his adolescence and by the sense of deprivation common in the province after it lost the central part it had played in Indian affairs through most of British rule. A chief grievance of his against the British was that they had turned their backs on anglicised Bengalis, instead of welcoming them as fellow-citizens of a new Roman empire.
His interpretation of Indian history as a whole - at its dottiest in The Continent Of Circe (1965) - was based on the notion that, because most Indians were descended from immigrants, they were not really "auto- chthonous". They had always absorbed the incomers' ideas, and should have done so properly with the British, instead of, as usual, "wearing out, outraging, and degrading everything great and good" that came in.
For a writer who showed so strong a distaste for the "indiscipline" of Indians' lives, Chaudhuri was himself undisciplined in the structure of his books, though an elegant writer in detail. His shapeliest book, Scholar Extraordinary (1974), a well- researched life of the pioneer Sanskrit scholar Max Müller, was edited by an Oxford friend. His belated sequel to the autobiography - Thy Hand, Great Anarch! (1987) - ran to nearly 1,000 pages, some of them self-indulgent, particularly when he showed off his considerable knowledge of French literature.
Chaudhuri's choicest venom was reserved for those British who admired and pandered to Indian nationalists of the Gandhi-Nehru stamp; he saw in them examples of what has been called radical chic. In his upholding of the supposed virtues of British rule, he himself, in his last decades, played into a new kind of chic, that of the radical right.
In an arranged marriage, Chaudhuri wed Amiya Dhar in 1932. She died in 1994 and he is survived by their three sons.
Alastair Niven, director of literature at the British Council, writes:
The death of Nirad Chaudhuri ought not to catch one by surprise, but somehow it does. That impish cackle, darting energy of body and mind, flowing erudition and flaunted elegance, seemed indestructible.
At his 100th birthday lunch in Oxford, attended by the vice-chancellor of the university which had not long before given him an honorary degree, he turned up in full academic scarlet and heard messages read from the president of India and from the Queen. He could not stay for the whole celebration, but before he departed he reminded us that he was almost certainly the oldest active writer not only still alive, but ever. He published his last book, Three Horsemen Of The New Apocalypse, to coincide with his centenary.
The autobiography, to its great credit re-issued this year by Picador, is indubitably one of the great books of the century. VS Naipaul said of it that "no better account of the penetration of the Indian mind by the west... will be, or now can be, written". In my own copy of the first edition, Chaudhuri wrote: "I began to write this book on May 5, 1947, after a sudden realisation in the night preceding that it might be a substitute for the formal history of modern Bengali life and culture which I had wanted to write". He signed it for me a second time on the day of his 100th birthday.
Chaudhuri wrote nearly as great a book in the second volume of his autobiography, Thy Hand, Great Anarch! which came out in time for his 90th birthday. Here are the great figures of Congress with whom Nirad Babu worked, alongside Tagore (the account of whose death made Chaudhuri still weep in recollection), Mountbatten and Amiya Chaudhurani, his devoted wife, who for so long was his shrewd adviser on al most anything to do with the daily practicalities of living.
Chaudhuri's biographies, his studies of Aryanism and Hinduism, and his many essays on culture and fashion, show him to be a writer with an extraordinary tonal range, often apocalyptic and yet sometimes almost frivolous. He was best known for what he wrote in English, but in recent years he often used Bengali, his first language, returning to the journalism which had been his professional starting point.
He would sit cross-legged in his Oxford home, wearing his dhoti and listening to Mozart, while he wrote another condemnation of western liberalism or Indian intellectual decline. If one called on him at such a time he was courtesy itself, delighting in young people and instantly detecting charlatonry, to which he was much exposed. He quoted Chateaubriand with particular relish, and at any moment he would reach precariously for a book he needed to cite, and which almost certainly was out of his reach, though much of it was imprinted on his mind.
He had been thought by many critics to be a poseur, fond of velvet jackets, expensive wines and patrician ideas, but that view had changed in recent years, and he was appropriately honoured by both Britain and India.
The autobiography courted controversy with its famous dedication, but some readers seem not to have read beyond the inscription, or even into its hint of mockery and mischief. They missed, therefore, the tender evocation of Chaudhuri's village childhood and the account of his intellectual growth and political awakening, and finally the magisterial conclusion, which gives some comfort now to those who mourn him.
"Thus, on the one hand, I have been disenthralled by knowledge. On the other, I have believed to understand, and have been rewarded with joy. I have found that to sit by the rivers of Babylon is not necessarily to weep in Hebraic sorrow. Today, borne on a great flood of faith, hope, and joy in the midst of infinite degradation, I feel that I shall be content to be nothing forever after death in the ecstasy of having lived and been alive for a moment."
Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, writer and broadcaster, born November 23, 1897; died August 1, 1999

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Not many know that actress Radhika Apte has a flair for singing.
This goes way back when she was kid and when the actress’s grandmother use to teach her singing and take music class.
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So You Want to Write a Children's Book
Here's a great resource written by my mentor and editor Peter Carver. I had the honour of writing the preface. Click here to read it.
My 2 cents
- Some people say write what you know, but I say write what you love. You can always learn what you don’t know.
- Write every day, even when you don’t feel like it.
- Keep a journal.
- Start an idea file.
- Get in a critique group, take writing courses, attend workshops.
- Read great writing.
- If you are writing to get published then submit your stuff… often.
Persevere. Everyone is a writer. Successful writers are the ones that didn’t quit.
These are some resources I found very helpful:
The Writer’s Identity
The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron
The Right to Write, Julia Cameron
Writing on Both Sides of the Brain, Dr. Henriette Anne Klauser
Forest for the Trees, Betsy Learner
Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott
Wild Mind, Natalie Goldberg
Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg
Writing the Breakout Novel, Donald Maas (workbook as well)
A Passion for Narrative, Jack Hodgins
The Discovery of Poetry, Frances Mayes
Spiritual Writing, Deborah Levine Herman
Story, Robert McKee
For Dummies series… yes, I’m serious.
Writers Digest series – they produce a huge variety on all parts of writing.
The Elements of Fiction Series
Plot, Ansen Dibell
Plot and Structure, James Scott Bell
Beginnings, Middles & Ends, Nancy Kress
Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market Guide , Writer’s Digest Books
Christian Writer’s Market Guide, Sally Stuart
1001 Ways to Market Your Books, John Kremer
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So to help you along your way, here are 10 things that can help you enjoy sex more after the age of 50.
No … I’m not talking about sexting your girlfriends ;) I’m talking about opening up and being vulnerable with your girls … and in the process finding out that you’re not alone, that you’re not strange or weird or unusual. You’ll likely find out that you are like a LOT of women … women who are afraid to admit that they have questions or fears or insecurities, when it comes to talking about SEX!
For those of us over the age of 50 or even 40+, were probably raised to think of sex as more of an obligation, something to keep our men happy, or as a means to procreate. Talking about sex was taboo and something you just don’t do. Well guess what??? That’s total bullshit!! Women have JUST as much right as men to do, to fully enjoy a fabulous sex life!! And talking about sex is how you learn about it. It also helps you understand your lady parts and identify what is happening down there that may be a concern.
Some questions to get the conversation going with your gal pals: What does a great sex life mean to you? Have you actually given it any thought? What do you enjoy doing? What do you enjoy having done to you? Do you masturbate? Do you use vibrators or dildos or other toys? Are you single or do you have a partner or multiple partners? Yup, I went there.
Whether you are newly single or have been single for awhile re-entering the dating world can be a bit scary and intimidating. A lot has changed since we were dating in our 20’s particularly with online dating being the “new normal” to meet potential mates.
When I decided to start dating again, I was in my 40’s and I cringed at the thought of having to put myself out there again. I didn’t know what to expect or what I would find but I knew I had to go in with an open mind and positive attitude if I was going to have any success.
All relationships centre around compatibility. We all recognize compatibility – they are the relationships that flow easily, the ones we call ‘good’ relationships. We also have ‘bad’ relationships with people that we know we’re incompatible with - we often try to work at these relationships, hoping to make it better.
If the relationship is with a family member or a co-worker, we do what we can to live in harmony, but when it is with a chosen significant other, we have three options that can lead to peace:
When you are driving along, and the GPS begins to say "Recalculating" it's often because you have taken a different path than originally mapped or perhaps an unexpected event(s) occurred ahead - and the GPS is directing you towards a more efficient route to reach your destination. The Universe is like GPS for life ... if we are straying from where we are suppose to be, events will occur to help steer us back. Unfortunately these events may not always happen in the form of a joyous occasion, most often they are gut wrenching, WTF kinda of events.
We have all been there, our lives become so busy with career, family, domestic chores and the day to day activities of life, or we are so wrapped up in dealing with health, relationship challenges (be it family, romantic, work, etc.) that we neglect our friendships. Then, when the dust settles, we look up and wonder where did everyone go? Well, the friends that are like family will still be there - but it's up to you to reach out and start reconnecting and rebuilding that friendship/bond.
What about when your friends are busy with their lives and while you get together once in awhile, you find yourself spending more time on your own, wishing you had someone to do things with. As adults many of our social connections that evolve into friendships are made through work, play dates, and social invites. When children grow up, we (semi)/ retire, working for our self - think working from home - and less involvement in community occurs, it lessens our interactions with others; thus making friends later in life may not come as easy as it once did. But, it's not impossible, there are many opportunities outside a work environment to connect with others and make friendships.


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The worst possible scenario for Joe Biden and the Democrats, not to mention the United States itself, was staved temporarily as a federal judge has issued an injunction on White House attempts to curtail offshore drilling. The move will be panned by mainstream media and their Democrat puppet masters, but quietly they’re all breathing a sigh of relief as gas prices continue to surge upward.
This is the worst possible time for Democrats to be pushing their green agenda. They know it, but they are beholden to the radical progressives behind the Green New Deal, The Great Reset, and all of the other fancifully named monstrosities designed to destroy the economy, bring an end to capitalism, and usher in a Neo-Marxist future made in the image of failure. For their green agenda to be slowed by a Trump-appointed federal judge is ideal as they can blame their pet projects getting stopped on someone else while fueling their own fire to pack the courts.
“Hey, we tried but those darn conservatives want to kill the polar bears,” they’ll tell the treehugger wing of their party.
While this might be a benefit to the Biden administration, it’s also a huge benefit for Americans. Biden’s executive order halted new leases on offshore drilling, rendering the entire energy exploration industry obsolete. Now is the time when we need more energy independence, not less, and with oil prices continuing to rise it is Russia, China, and OPEC who benefit from the administration’s climate change virtue signaling.
As Steve Maley at Red State noted, this injunction will slow the rising gas prices:
The Federal Offshore produces 15% of the nation’s crude oil. With access cut off to new leases, exploration effectively ceases and is forced into a “going out of business sale”. This would affect the economies of Louisiana and Texas most directly, but the supply chain for offshore stretches from coast to coast.
Since 2006, states adjacent to offshore federal lands have shared in GOMESA funds. Louisiana receives the largest cut by far, and most of those funds are dedicated to coastal restoration. Ironically, Louisiana’s fragile environment would be one of the biggest unintended victims of the Biden Leasing Ban — to the tune of an estimated $57 million.
Unlike offshore, inland states enjoy a 50% share of royalties on federal lands within their borders. For example, sixty percent of New Mexico’s oil production is on federal lands. (Note that New Mexico did not join the suit.)
The average price of gasoline nationwide is $2.97, up nearly a buck from last November. The crude oil price is up over 50%. Less leasing would mean less supply which would translate to even higher prices for the consumer.
There’s an old cartoon where a little dog on a leash is barking furiously at a much bigger dog on a leash. The owner of the little dog accidentally drops the leash. Freed, the little dog picks up the leash, hands it back to the owner, and continues barking at the big dog. This is essentially what the Biden administration will do if the injunction is overturned by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. They will bark about how bad this all is for the environment, but they will not fight hard at the Supreme Court level to make their case. Instead, they will hope their disastrous policy is reversed permanently.
Most in conservative media are calling this a “loss” for the Biden administration, but the wokeness of the White House only goes as far as pragmatism ends. They dodged an economic bullet by not having their wishes met.
New Conservative Network Seeks Crowdfunding Help
They say we have to go big or go home. We’re trying to go big and bring the patriotic truth the the nation, but we need help.
Readers may or may not realize that over the past year, we’ve been bringing more conservative news and opinion outlets under our wing. Don’t take our expansion as a sign of riches; all of the “acquisitions” have been through sweat and promises of greater things to come for all involved. As a result, we’ve been able to bring together several independent media sites under a unified vision of preventing America from succumbing to the progressive, “woke,” Neo-Marxist ideologies that are spreading like wildfire across America.
The slow and steady reopening of America is revealing there was a lot more economic hardship brought about from the Covd-19 lockdowns than most realize. While we continue to hope advertising dollars on the sites go up, it’s simply not enough to do things the right way. We are currently experiencing a gap between revenue and expenses that cannot be overcome by click-ads and MyPillow promos alone (promo code “NOQ” by the way).
To overcome our revenue gap and keep these sites running, our needs fluctuate between $3000-$7000 per month. In other words, we’re in the red and hemorrhaging.
The best way you can help us grow and continue to bring the truth to the people is by donating. We appreciate everything, whether a dollar or $10,000. Anything brings us closer to a point of stability when we can hire writers, editors, and support staff to make the America First message louder. Our Giving Fuel page makes it easy to donate one-time or monthly. Alternatively, you can donate through PayPal as well.
As the world spirals towards radical progressivism, the need for truthful journalism has never been greater. But in these times, we need as many conservative media voices as possible. Please help keep NOQ Report and the other sites in the network going.
Thank you and God Bless,
Discern Report is the fastest growing America First news aggregator in the nation.
Yes, We Need Your Help
I hate being “that guy” who asks people to donate because I think our conservative news network is so crucial, but here I am…
When I left my cushy corporate job in 2017, I did so knowing that my family would have to make sacrifices. But I couldn’t continue to watch the nation slip into oblivion and was inspired by President Trump’s willingness to fight the good fight even at his own personal expense. What I didn’t realize then is that conservative media would be so heavily attacked, canceled, and defunded that the sacrifices would be extreme.
Many in this nation are struggling right now even though we weren’t struggling just a few years ago. I’m not alone. But I wake up every morning and operate the sites we’ve been able to build because there’s really no other choice. I refuse to be beholden to Big Tech like so many other conservative news outlets, which is why you won’t see Google ads here. With that said, it’s often challenging to pay the bills and it’s even harder to expand so we can get the America First message out to a wider audience.
The economic downturn has forced me to make a plea for help. Between cancel culture, lockdowns, and diminishing ad revenue, we need financial assistance in order to continue to spread the truth. We ask all who have the means, please donate through our Giving Fuel. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to expand our reach so the truth can get to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
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I would even be willing to entertain investments and partnerships at this stage. I’ve turned them down in the past because editorial purity is extremely important. I’ll turn them down again if anyone wants us to start supporting RINOs or avoid “taboo” topics like voter fraud, vaccines, or transgender supremacy. But I’d talk to fellow America First patriots who want to help any (or all) of our 10 news sites. Hit me up at jdrucker (at) substack (dot) com if you’re interested.
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UC-Care and Axella BioVentures announced the introduction of the Navigo and SmartBx Systems, which they believe to offer the most advanced and accurate means of performing a prostate biopsy currently available, into medical practice in the United States.
Navigo is a device that helps physicians to plan, place, image, and record prostate biospy samples in high-resolution 3-D. It fuses MRI images that have been previously captured with live transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) when the ultrasound transducer is inserted in the tumor site during the biopsy.
Westmed Medical Group, a large multi-specialty group based in New York, was the first to acquire the Navigo system. “It is a refinement and extension of already accepted and standard MRI fusion diagnostic techniques,” Dr. Steven Meixler, co-medical director at Westmed, said in a press release.
Navigo is “the most advanced MRI fusion device and better suited for today’s prostate cancer environment than any alternative MRI fusion device,” added Dr. Judd Boczko, an urologist at Westmed.
The system can also aid in follow-up biopsies in prostate cancer patients under active surveillance, by fusing past and present biopsy techniques. It also works in the absence of an MRI, allowing the 3-D modeling of the prostate and accurate localization of the cancer. This is a major advantage over other currently used fusion biopsies.
Use of Navigo is approved in both the U.S. and the European Union, UC-Care stated on its website.
“With their ease of use and precision performance, this is a powerful clinical tool every urologist should employ in battling prostate cancer,” said Dr. John Valvo, a urologist at Rochester General Hospital and one of the first users of the Navigo system.
SmartBx is designed for improved management and preservation of prostate biopsies acquired with the TRUS procedure. It maintains the biopsy structure, improving physicians’ ability to detect the cancer and aiding in cancer management decision processes, UC-Care reported.
The system allows each biopsy core to be easily downloaded with accurate orientation, which it maintains throughout the entire sample processing in the lab, to improve a pathologist’s assessment of the tumor location.
SmartBx findings can be integrated into the Navigo System, according to UC-Care, the products’ developer.


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I wrote this poem for a very special mate who is feeling pretty bogged at the moment.
I need him to know, that no matter what, I have always got his back.
I wasn't going to share this because it is deeply personal and I wrote it just for him.
But I decided that...
a) if I yelled it from the roof tops he just might get it and
b) maybe it might help someone else.
Maybe you know someone who also needs to hear this right now.
I Will Catch You If You Fall
The road of life can take some turns, up hills down lowest dale,
Sometimes our feet are made of lead, our will it starts to fail.
And when the night-time closes in, your heart it feels alone,
Know that I am at your back, wherever you may roam.
Soft leaves and down I’ll gather, to place them where you fall,
The thickets I will clear for you, from foe I’ll build a wall.
Down endless tracks you wander, searching for your will and might.
If all you see is darkness, I will always be your light.
On the battleground of life we march, I am steadfast by your side,
I will catch you if you fall, or just falter in your stride.
And if you have to take a knee, to catch your mighty breath,
My shield, my sword will higher rise, and defend you to my death.
So if you need to stop awhile, to set bearings on this ground,
I will call on other soldiers, stout troops I’ll rally ‘round.
Though my sword will be the highest, and my voice command the pack,
My soul to you it whispers, ‘I have always got your back’.
When the clatter and the fury swirls, that endless buzzing din,
Place your head upon my breast, and just hear the beat within.
Rest easy on your knee my friend, your burden I will hold,
I know you’d do the same for me, a pledge that goes untold.
Fear not the wolves of warfare, my allegiance it is sworn,
Clouds from the moon I’ll clear away, and hold you 'til the dawn.
And in the darkness if you trip, my form will break your fall,
With all my being and my soul, on hand and knee I’d crawl.
When the daylight comes again, I will wake you from your rest,
I will help you don your armour, and build you to your best.
Place your hand upon my shoulder, then rise to standing tall,
Exchange a grin, a knowing glance, I will catch you if you fall.


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Comics, “Weapon Tex-Mex”, Hollywood and Cartoonist: Javier Hernandez
Posted: Apr 21 2014
He’s a cartoonist…who also happens to be Latino, and we are very excited to have the chance to speak withJavier Hernandez about his work and passion for the world of comics. One of Hernandez’s comic works “El Muerto” was successfully sold to Hollywood, and turned into a live action movie. In addition to cartooning, Hernandez is also co-founder of the Latino Comics Expo.
Cartooning is a way of life for Hernandez. Growing up, Hernandez studied art in college, he says: “this was back in the late 80s there weren’t a lot of cartoon classes. I was classically trained. The cartooning, that was self-taught!”
Hernandez’s Cartoon Characters
It wasn’t long until Hernandez started publishing his own cartoon books under his own imprint “Los Comex”, his label just celebrated its 15 year anniversary. Hernandez has several characters he works with in his comics work. They include: “The Coma”, “Weapon Tex-Mex”, and “El Muerto”. Hernandez says: “One of my most recent books is titled, “Dead Dinosaurio”. It’s about a young Aztec boy, during the Conquest of Mexico. As the city of Teotihuacan is besieged by the Spaniards, the boy runs up a hill to find the Tyrannosaurs Rex he had discovered there embedded in a block of amber. The dinosaur is released, and he and the boy strike back against the Conquistadores. Of course, we all know how that story ended!”
In fact Hernandez says he finds a lot of inspiration in Aztec culture & mythology,, the folklore of Mexico and the luchadores (Mexican masked wrestlers).
Making it in Hollywood
Hernandez says he wasn’t an overnight success in Hollywood. His success occurred slowly and it started out from and interview he did with National Public Radio (NPR). “I tell young creators - don’t ever turn down an interview”, says Hernandez. An independent producer/writer heard his interview – and a few years later…Herndandez’s comic book received the Hollywood green light, becoming a full-length feature film with Wimer Valderamma as the star of “El Muerto”.
Paying it Forward
In addition to working on his own comics, Hernandez sets aside time to teach the business and art of cartooning to young people. He says, “on the level of a creator – a lot of people respond to your work…and it’s great to inspire students…as well as for these young kids to see this Mexicano-Americanoworking hard to get his voice heard.”
Visit Javier Hernandez’s website at Javzilla.com


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77 Charles Suite 605, Toronto, Mike Niven Interior Design Inc.
Snapshot from super talented and wonderful interior designer Hanna Wessman's hallway. She's excellent at making budget finds look glam and pricey. Here Sinnerlig side table.
textured wallpaper in entry (so crazy how my parents house has textured wallpaper in the 70s and now it's back!)
white on white.... DKOR Interiors - lovely white interior
Luxury Entryway | Luxury Entryway | Modern Entryway | Entryway Decor Ideas | Boca do Lobo | For more inspirational ideas take a look at www.bocadolobo.com/en
Sensational hallway Decorating Ideas
another example of vase/flower mirror combo... for where your mirror already is... you could put a vase with flowers, your guest book and a couple of small things...


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|Title: ||Fault diagnosis of practical proton exchange membrane fuel cell system using signal-based techniques|
|Authors: ||Dunnett, Sarah J.|
Jackson, Lisa M.
|Keywords: ||Fuel cells|
|Issue Date: ||2015|
|Publisher: ||Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (University of Toulouse)|
|Citation: ||MAO, L., JACKSON, L.M. and DUNNETT, S.J., , 2015. Fault diagnosis of practical proton exchange membrane fuel cell system using signal-based techniques. 6th International Conference on Fundamentals and Development of Fuel Cells, 3rd-5th February, Toulouse, France.|
|Abstract: ||In the past few decades, hydrogen fuel cells have been suggested as an alternative energy source and engineered for a range of applications including automotive, stationary power, and consumer electronics. However, the durability and reliability of hydrogen fuel cells still remain major hurdles for its wider application.
Several researchers have investigated the diagnosis of faults in fuel cell systems, various techniques have been performed to detect and isolate fuel cell faults using different measurements, including current, fuel cell voltage, polarization curve, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, etc.
However, in practical fuel cell systems, a series of sensors will be used to capture the system performance, thus the information contained in these sensors should be fully utilized for reliable diagnostic results.
In this paper, a diagnosis procedure will be applied to practical fuel cell systems under the combined load condition. After collecting a series of measurements from the system, two techniques, principle component analysis (PCA) and Fisher linear discriminant analysis (LDA), are used to reduce the dimension of the original dataset, then coefficients are extracted from the reduced dataset using wavelet packet (WP) transform to form features for diagnosis. Results demonstrate that with the proposed procedure, different states of fuel cell system can be distinguished with good quality.|
|Description: ||This is a conference paper.|
|Version: ||Accepted for publication|
|Publisher Link: ||http://fdfc2015-toulouse.org/|
|Appears in Collections:||Conference Papers and Presentations (Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering)|
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“Executives and their employees are heading into a challenging new reality,” said Medcan CEO Shaun Francis. “Forward-thinking leaders are preparing to return their employees to work in an environment where a single infection could send home hundreds and even thousands of staff members.”
“Managing the return-to-work process is a continuous and longer-term priority for employers until a vaccine that is effective for ~95% of the population is available. Repeated interruptions will cause real commercial and operational challenges. Most importantly, returning employees to work safely and instilling trust is imperative,” said Medcan President Ashim Khemani. “Our team of clinical, epidemiological, data and technology experts has crafted comprehensive strategies designed to minimize risk—and prepare contingencies if infection is detected.”
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Environmental Science Seminar Series – Echoes of the Ice Age: Diversity in BC’s Canada Jays
Education, Kamloops, News, TRU
Wednesday October 9, 2019
Mr. John Wood, Parks Canada presents Echoes of the Ice Age: Diversity in BC’s Canada Jays as part of the Environmental Science Seminar Series.
Explore how a team of researchers are using colour-banding, genetic analysis, sound recording, and citizen science to reveal a rich legacy of diversity in one of BC’s favourite birds: the Canada Jay.