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Historical & Cultural Seascape of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument: A Story Map
Lynker's Joey Bennington-Castro and Jess Tuifagu developed a StoryMap of thePacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM), working with Kupu Hawaii (www.kupuhawaii.org) interns to create an interactive journey into the collective heritage of this unique marine protected area, highlighting the connectivity that weaves the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument's early historical and cultural seascape.
The PRIMNM—encompassing Wake, Johnston and Palmyra Atolls; Kingman Reef; and Howland, Baker, and Jarvis Islands—is one of the largest marine protected areas in the world and is especially unique because of its remote and widespread distribution across the central Pacific Ocean. Understanding the historical and cultural value of the PRIMNM is a priority focus for monument managers developing the PRIMNM management plan and also helps engage the global audience with this expansive seascape.
As lifecycle vendor for NOAA Fisheries and Sanctuaries in the Pacific Islands Region, Lynker is proud to have the opportunity to support cross-NOAA initiatives such as this one, which helps foster a deeper understanding of how people interacted and connected with each atoll, reef, and island of the PRIMNM before the onset of World War II.


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by Terri Whiting
Dear Botoxgirl,
I am 55 years old and my lips are shrinking! Someone told me I can use Botox in my lips?
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35-year old Boyd Holbrook is established as one of the best supporting players in the business. From his part in Gone Girl to the hit television series Narcos, the performer has solidified himself in the industry.
On the cusp of starring in the Marvel extravaganza that is Logan, an epic that has all the hallmarks of a masterpiece for the action franchise, Holbrook managed to score himself a leading role in Shane Black's reboot of The Predator. As Benicio Del Toro turned down the position, the void was ably filled by the actor in his place.
3 Genres Meshed Into One
Speaking with We Got This Covered to promote the superhero installment, Holbrook gave more detail to the upcoming project that has a lot of people talking.
"I'm currently working on (The) Predator," explained the actor. "It's not a sequel; Shane Black has made something totally new, somehow keeping within the realm of Predator (while also being) absolutely new in terms of the story that we're talking about today, and rooted in something real. It's real fresh."
With his role on NBC's The New Celebrity Apprentice among other commitments, does Holbrook believe that a return for the original star will come to fruition? Don't count on it.
"I don't think you're going to see (Arnold) Schwarzenegger. It would kind of make it a gimmick. It's horror, science-fiction and a western."
Method To Donald's Madness
Playing the bionic-handed Donald Pierce as leader of the vicious and unrelenting Reavers seems to be a custom fit for Holbrook. As he told Cinemablend that the character is only doing what was required of him in tracking down X-23 so aggressively.
"It's an asset," Holbrook said. "It's a value. As much as I might admire and might have designed X-23 off of Logan, she is my property and I need that back because my job is at risk, finances is at risk, the health and well-being of a lot of people which is why I made this thing in the first place, so that's why I need it back."
With tongue firmly in cheek, the actor was quizzed as to how James Mangold and the production team managed to fit a bionic arm on him for shooting.
"I chopped my arm off," he remarked. "I just used a swiss army blade. It took a while and then I iced it and they just put on a glove armature and then after the filming I went back into surgery and they sewed back on."
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Public relations professionals of West Michigan gathered on April 24th for drinks, food, and to celebrate achievements in public relations of both groups and individuals. WMPRSA (West Michigan Public Relations Society of America) hosted the event at the Ballroom City Flats Hotel in Grand Rapids.
The School of Communications was well-represented. Members of Grand Valley State University's GrandPR staff and PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) attended the event as well as Dr. Tim Penning, an Associate Professor in the School of Communications.
Dr. Penning was the recipient of the first award of the night. He was named the PR Professional of the Year, a high honor given out at the PRoof Awards.
Before the awards for campaigns were handed out, two more individual awards were presented. There was a tie for the PR Student of the Year Award. Grand Valley State University students Audra Hartges and Morgan Yingst were both recipients of the award.
Hartges was President of PRSSA as well as Vice President of Operations for GrandPR, the student-run PR firm.
"I was very honored to be chosen as a winner of the Student of the Year award," Hartges said. "I think that WMPRSA giving out this award every year shows their commitment to helping the next generation of PR professionals."
Morgan Yingst, the other award recipient, was the CEO of GrandPR and held that position on the PRSSA E-Board as well.
"I am honored to be recognized by WMPRSA as PR Student of the Year," Yingst said. "My experiences
within the School of Communications, GrandPR, and PRSSA have made me more passionate about my future career and provided me countless opportunities to grow."
Other students who attended were inspired by the award winners' drive to succeed in public relations. Joan Giffels, a junior at Grand Valley majoring in PR, spoke of how the event impacted her.
"My experience was a lot of fun," Giffels said. "It was cool to see the different people from different companies and organizations all interacting in one setting. Everyone that attended was professional and polite and you could tell they knew their stuff. It's wild to think that some day it will be me, my classmates, and my fellow PRSSA members attending this event and representing where we work."
The other PRoof Awards recipients can be seen online: http://wmprsa.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/2014-proof-award-winners/


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Couple charged for injured child
PANAMA CITY BEACH — A young mother and her boyfriend were arrested for allegedly punishing her 4-year-old son to the point caregivers at his daycare notified authorities of the child's extensive bruising.
Kaitlin Marie Walsh and Robert McWhorter, both 24 of Panama City Beach, remained in the Bay County Jail as of Friday evening on bonds of $25,000 and $50,000, respectively. Walsh is charged with neglect of a child and McWhorter is charged with aggravated child abuse.
The two were arrested Thursday evening after an investigation by the Bay County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Children and Families found evidence that McWhorter had slapped the child in the face and buttocks, leaving "extensive bruising and scrapes," according to records. The boy's injuries were allegedly inflicted the day before at the couple's home.
The boy told investigators McWhorter caused the bruise on his ear. Walsh initially said the injuries were the result of a rash, but a doctor at the Children's Advocacy Center said they were the result of multiple blows.
Walsh later admitted that McWhorter caused the injuries as punishment for an unknown offense, but that she felt the punishment was appropriate and she saw no problem with the way the punishment was administered.
McWhorter and Walsh have some traffic infractions but no significant criminal history in Bay County. Their Facebook pages indicate they have been dating about a year.


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A third reading of a Sweepstakes Terminal Cafes Ordinance took place at the Vermilion City Council Meeting on Monday, February 3, 2020. Ordinance 2019-67 would have amended Section 878.04 (a) and (C) entitled "License Fees" of Chapter 878 entitled "Sweepstakes Terminal Cafes" of the Codified Ordinances Of Vermilion, Ohio. The amendments would have increased the fee of each computerized device license to $37.00 per device, per month, and increase the fee of a replacement license to $20.00 from $15.00.
Council Member Frank Loucka moved, Council Member Steve Holovacs seconded, to adopt the ordinance by emergency.
Council Member Barb Brady said she had a problem supporting the ordinance because they're picking on one business, and doesn't see that taxing them more makes sense. She stated she would not support it for this reason.
Steve Herron, Council President, said he fundamentally agreed in the sense that it's a legitimate business and they have a right to be in the city and conduct business. However, there are businesses that do require an additional amount of enforcement and he didn't think these increases were outside the realm of what other communities are requesting. He didn't think they were prohibitive, so he did support the increase in the license fee.
Council Members Loucka, Stark, and Herron voted yea. Holovacs, Brady, Skahen voted nay. The motion failed.


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Woodwind Quintet Performs at NMU
MARQUETTE, Mich.—The Page Five Woodwind Quintet, with guest artist Nancy Redfern, will present a program of chamber music for winds and piano at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 25, in Reynolds Recital Hall at Northern Michigan University. There is no admission charge.
Ensemble members are: Claudia Drosen, principal flutist with the Marquette Symphony Orchestra; Tamara Field, former principal oboist with the Michigan Chamber Orchestra; clarinetist Deborah Check Reeves, curator of education and woodwind instruments at the National Music Museum and former NMU faculty member; Gary Reeves, professor of horn at the University of South Dakota; and Will Peebles, professor of bassoon at Western Carolina University. Redfern is an NMU music professor who will join the group in presenting works by French, English, and Canadian composers.
The event is sponsored by the NMU music department. For more information, call 227-2563.


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Category Archives: Education
Scott M. Fishman, MD Profiteer 'Responsible for Opioid Addictions and Deaths'??
Fishman downplayed the dangers of addiction to opioids.
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) His "guide" aimed at State Medical Boards around the country became the holy grail to physicians in minimizing the dangers of addiction and death from prescribed opioids such as OxyContin.
"Someone's Child" — "My Addict" as written by a Forever Broken Mom
I've seen a couple of posts or comments on FB from people talking negatively about addicts or addiction. Some thinking that an addict is worthless or less than everyone else. Let me assure you, that addict is everything to someone.
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) All day — every day so many of these faces come over to me. We are losing a generation of beautiful, young people. Do you think it is time to stop idolizing the "wannabe rock star advocates" and work on prevention, education and treatment like your child's life depends on it? Can a focus be put on "harm elimination" rather than "harm reduction?"
Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family were exposed in 2007. Why was it ignored?
Where was the outrage?
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) Consider how many lives could have been saved if those responsible for the prescription opioid epidemic had been charged under RICO. Why should they have been charged and what exactly is RICO? Here is a simplified definition for those not familiar.
The Legacy of Scott Gottlieb, MD, Commissioner of FDA - Watchdog or "Lapdog"
Quite a legacy Dr. Gottlieb is leaving the country with as watchdog for the safety and lives of the American people. With his financial interest in the vaping or e-cigarette industry, he should be able to live a rather comfortable life — as a lapdog.
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) After a stint of less than two years as Commissioner of the FDA, Scott Gottlieb, MD has announced his resignation to "spend more time with his family."
Quran. 61:6—The Praised One—אגרון section 3
Global News Centre Special Report
According to section 3 in the work entitled אגרון Sayyidina Yahya or the Black Chief reclaims his position of rank amongst the prophets in the Quran.
He was, is, and always will be the spiritual head of the prophets. His name means life …what's bigger than life? Leonardo Da'Vinci's last and favorite painting was that of John the Baptist, and that's not because he was eating insects and honey in the woods my friends. -Ace Knight founder of I Love Black Art
Here he wears the clothes and displays the symbols of his class before a background of a vast universe of shining stars, artfully depicted by the artist Toni L. Taylor, giving John a spiritual importance denied him by many centuries of scholarly neglect. It is fitting that his countenance be that of Ace Knight, one of the leaders–if not the foremost leader–of the movement to restore John to his true importance in religious history.
-Shaykh Muhammad Nur Abdus Salam
Does FDA's Janet Woodcock, MD need to be fired as a threat to the lives of Americans?
If the FDA under Woodcock's direction is to be the "watchdog" of the American people in keeping them safe from dangerous drugs, maybe it's time for the pit bull to be terminated in the interest of saving innumerable lives.
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) Janet Woodcock, MD is the Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CDER determines what drugs are safe and effective to improve the quality of life for people in the United States and is promoted as overseeing testing in clinical trials. However, clinical trials are more often than not conducted in the labs of the maker of the drug — not in the labs of the FDA. The FDA relies on the pharmaceutical testing lab to advise of the outcome of their clinical trials.
The Root of the Opioid Epidemic has always been at the Top - the FDA. Now let's do something about it!
It's time for "ready, aim, fire" to sweep the FDA and HHS clean and save lives — not enable the pharmaceutical industry to earns billions of dollars while we continue to lose a future generation compliments of agencies failing to protect the American people.
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) In my 17 years of writing and speaking of the ever worsening prescription opioid epidemic, I have maintained that the root of the epidemic is at the top — the FDA. Purdue Pharma, maker of the highly addictive and dangerous opioid, OxyContin unleashed a holocaust of deaths and addictions by working with the FDA to win approval for long-term use of opioids — in particular OxyContin. I have worked with Attorneys General, attorneys, elected officials, physicians and entities who were as determined as me to expose the FDA and Purdue Pharma for their parts in encouraging opioids for long-term use.
Senator Lamar Alexander were you duped by the U.S. Pain Foundation?
Let me know Senator Alexander when you will be holding a hearing for family members to testify how their loved ones were prescribed dangerous opioids, became addicted and died because of criminal marketing by pharma.
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) On February 12, the National Director of Policy and Advocacy for the U.S. Pain Foundation testified at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The hearing "Managing Pain During the Opioid Crisis" was chaired by U.S. Senator Alexander. The National Director arrived on the Senate floor laying on a cot and at the point of testimony, transferred to sitting in a chair. In 2015, she had testified in front of the U.S. Senate laying on a yoga mat holding a microphone.
Kentucky your drug epidemic has a name and a face — Meet Jon!
Jon's sister wants answers — and is entitled to answers — as are the thousands of other families who have lost loved ones in drug torn counties like Butler, Kentucky.
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) By way of introduction, Kentucky this was Jon. He was a son, a father and a brother. He was loved by family and friends. On July 27, 2018 Jon died in a drug ravaged town in Butler County, Kentucky where the words "empowerment", "prevention", "education" and "treatment" are not used. Jon died of a drug overdose. The deaths have become a matter of daily routine and accepted — even by law enforcement. Why investigate the cause of death or who provided the drug(s) that ultimately kill residents of war torn towns in Kentucky? There will only be another "Jon" dying tomorrow and the next day and the day after.
Purdue Pharma and "The Sacklers" Crimes Against Humanity!
Was critical information withheld that potentially could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives to addiction and death as billions of dollars were put in the pockets of the perpetrators and their benefactors?
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) Attached are photos of the front page of The Orlando Sentinel who did an explosive series in October 2003 on Purdue Pharma and their deadly new drug, OxyContin. The series exposed the criminal marketing of OxyContin by Purdue Pharma in a 5 part series. You will not find this series on the Internet. Fortunately I have copies of the newspapers and will protect the name of the journalist who I consider a hero for the investigative work put into the series. The journalist was an award winning writer, who as a result of this series, caused Purdue Pharma to threaten The Orlando Sentinel and the journalist was unceremoniously terminated.
Did US Congressman Tom Marino (PA) resign amid a looming congressional investigation?
In 2007, Congressman Marino resigned from his position as a U.S. Attorney in Pennsylvania after a Department of Justice investigation was launched against him for giving a reference to a convicted felon to operate slot machines.
Marianne Skolek Perez, Investigative Reporter
(MYRTLE BEACH) Less than a month into his re-elected term in the House of Representatives, Congressman Tom Marino tendered his resignation today and will vacate his seat in six days. Although Marino did not cite a reason for leaving his prestigious elected position, he announced his plans to work in the private sector and use his vast legal and business experience to create jobs around the nation.


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Large brown box
Unexpected arrival
From unlikely sender
Framed Rainbow Bridge poem
With image of our strong spirit boy
Out of character note
More than our lives influenced
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What are small stones?
A small stone is a short piece of writing (any style) that precisely captures a fully-engaged moment for you. The process of discovering small stones is as significant as the finished creation. Searching for small stones encourages you to keep your senses on the "alive and alert" status. Involve yourself with a new set of eyes, ears, nose, mouth, fingers, feelings and mind. In short … OPEN, OPEN, OPEN!
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Dont know what inspired me to do this one, but i had surfing on the brain for sure. Anyway another one done with sharpie, airbrush and colored paper. Thanx for looking.
Was thinking of making some of these into prints ? What do you think ? Email me and let me know.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Put down the spray gun and picked up some Sharpie's, airbrush and colored paper. Going back to my roots for some fun. Plan on doing a few more. The "Muertos" illustration is done with the same medium too.
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Issue 22 release held in Hoboken, NJ. Be there !!!!
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If you feel like...
brushing up on some of your Cholo L.A Gang slang, you can use this helphul pamphlet.
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New art for the Dia De Los Muertos show thats going down in Atlanta. Black and silver sharpie with some airbrushing thrown in the mix. Love doing stuff with new and different mediums, going to experiment some more with this for sure.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Let the beatings begin...
Racing helmet painted for someone, Peter max style. This was a lot more difficult to pull off than i taught especially the fades. Very time consuming for sure. Never even heard of Peter max until my customer emailed me some photos of his artwork. Not really my cup of tea artwork wise but it was refreshing to paint something else other than flake, panels, and lace.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Finally in !!!
New shirts printed by the guys over at American Icon screenprinting. Thanx Andy. For sale for $15 plus shipping. Paypal, check or MO are accepted. Email me if interested. Sizes L and XL only at the moment.
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
I still have more of these available in L and XL only. $12 plus shipping if interested email me :
email@example.com. I take paypal, check or MO.
firstname.lastname@example.com. I take paypal, check or MO.
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Killer paint !!
Saw someone post this on the Friday Art show on the H.A.M.B. He goes by the name of Kristoph and he is from Switzerland. This is some sweet paint. Great job.
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Shop sign
I did for Jay (Brundlefly) from the JJ. Dont do many shop sign but i do enjoy doing them. Now i have to figure out how i am going to ship this thing, haha.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Killer !!!
This is the bike that the tins are going on. Trent builds some killer looking scoots. I will post pics of bike with the tins on them when i get em. For now just imagine.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Coming Soon: New Shirts
I am getting a batch of new shirts made up from NY Andy and the crew over at American Icon screen printing. This artwork will be on the back of a white t-shirt and the name on the front. I will put them up for sale with pics once i get them. www.americaniconmerch.com
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Complete Ass !!
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New recent paint
Painted for Trent from Atomic Customs. Tank was given to me in a silver base with some hideous rainbow flake panel on rear fender and missle shaped panels on the side. Trent needed me to save this paint job and this is what i came up with. Painted for a US Marine. Thanx for looking.
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The Rapture by Ian Toomey
What can you say when words mean nothing?
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Latest Album Masters of Light
In August 1980, a young Cumbrian band called Bitches Sin made their first trip to a recording studio. Almost exactly 35 years later, Ian Toomey found himself in the live room once more, waiting for the cue to start playing, although this time he was working on the backing tracks for his second solo album 'Masters Of Light'.
Masters of Light by Ian Toomey is now released and available to buy online as a digital download or a traditional CD
Read the reviews:
Review by Chris Mee in Fireworks' rock magazine (Spring Edition 2017)
...Ian Toomey's energy shines through in the guitar playing on every track.
The production and sound are first class...
This Is Rock (Spain) Masters Of Light - January 2017 - read more
Review by well known rock author and NWOBHM afficiando John Tucker..." www.johntuckeronline.co.uk - read more
his solo work continues to illustrate even to those with the most limited perception that he's clearly a guitarist with something of value to say and this is the perfect vehicle with which to shout it out loud.
Read the latest 9.5 review by Toine van Poorten www.truemetalfan.org - read more
The new CD from IAN TOOMEY is a true beauty and I think it's by far his best release ever.
Chris Forbes from www.metalcorefanzine.com has this to say:
This is the guitar player of Bitches Sin and wow what a freakin rock/metal release this is. From the 1st note to the last you will have that fist up in the air I assure you. This is just plain ass kickin rock n roll the way it used to sound back in the 80's and now it is sounding that way in 2016. Bands these days have all that crappy groove or happy riffing in their music and this doesn't, and I know it wouldn't, and this sure does not disappoint. The production from Chris Tsangarides is right on the money and the vocals are perfect, like a tight pair of pants, and if you like classic rock n roll, and by that I mean real classic rock n roll this is a must have.
Buy Masters of Light online
Hairy Bikers Dave and Si liked the 'Ascension' album so much they played it on the 'Hairy Rock Show' on Planet Rock radio. Featured track was 'Very Soon Everyone's Leaving'...
All singles and albums by Ian Toomey are available to preview and buy online / download at CdBaby, iTunes, Amazon and MetalNation
Buy Ascension online
After three solo singles over the past few years Ian Toomey has taken the plunge and come up with his first solo album, 'ASCENSION'. Backed by what is the modern-day Bitches Sin line-up, featuring a guest appearance by his brother Pete as well.
Instead of writing and rehearsing the album material before arriving at the studio to record, this time Ian decided to write in the studio, something he'd done successfully before with his second single 'Never Alone' (which is included on 'Ascension').
'Ascension' is full of delicious riffs and licks, weaving his magic as well as adding guitars and keyboards is Toomey's long-term collaborator, friend and producer extraordinaire Chris Tsangarides.
Check out some of the reviews on my latest news page
What 'they' are saying about 'Ascension'
For aficionados of the NWOBHM movement, the mention of the name Ian Toomey won't have you scratching your head in wonder. But for those of you whose knowledge of that period only stretches as far as the kingpins such as Diamond Head, Iron Maiden and Tygers Of Pan Tang, let me tell you you are in for a sumptuous treat if this album falls in your lap.
it's a collection of no-frills hard rock songs of which the stomping bluesy 'Survivor' is the pick
Toomey's first solo single –is little short of spellbinding
Varied, energetic and well executed it has excellent production by Chris Tsangarides, who also handles the keyboard work, stunning guitar and a perfect singer who plays hard and with emotion.
...the wonderfully fun and energetic 'Superman' is an out and out NWOBHM track and is really enjoyable. Its killer chorus will get stuck in your head for days; it's a smile inducing number to rock out to.
And last but by no means least, the album's set closer and title track is a powerful tour de force, driven by Mills' husky, evocative vocals, a repetitive refrain that's impossible to shake from your head and an understated guitar solo that Ritchie Blackmore in his glory days would have been proud of. At six-and-a-half minutes the song truly dominates the album anyway, but it's one of those tracks that you wish would just go on for ever.
it's a pretty damn fine debut album...


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Use Landscape Stone and Rocks to Add Charm to Your Lawn and Garden
Pavers for a Charming Patio, Path or Sidewalk
Pavers can create endless possibilities for your outdoor space. Create a scenic walkway in a beautiful backyard garden, or make a smooth, bare feet friendly patio. With so many choices in style, shape, size, texture, and hue, pavers allows you to to both enhance and compliment the natural beauty of any surrounding while being friendly to the environment. From outdoor entertaining areas, sidewalks and driveways to poolside decks, you can count on incomparable strength and flexibility with pavers. They do exceptionally well in freeze-thaw conditions, making them Michigan weather-proof.
Retaining Walls and Raised Beds
Sometimes the terrain on our properties is so uneven or hilly that a retaining wall becomes necessary to break up the levels of ground and help with rainwater distribution. It can be very appealing to the eye to feature a retaining wall made of natural stone or brick. Something that might seem big and out of place can become a work of art. Hilly terrain can also make it difficult to create evenly sloped garden beds. By building a retaining wall up to the garden bed, it can help present a flat surface to work with.
Edging to Create a Crisp LookWhether you're trying to add some color or control a stubborn lawn, edging is the answer. Create a clean, crisp look around your garden beds and trees. Edging can also help with the ease of mowing around your gardens by creating a surface flush with the ground that can be mowed over.
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If you have one or more reckless driving charges in Mooresville, seeking legal assistance is the best course of action.
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Reckless driving is broadly defined in North Carolina law as a driver who was not paying attention and/or did not maintain a safe driving environment for themselves or others on the roadway. This broad definition offers room for drivers to be charged with different types of reckless driving offenses, although the consequences for such a charge may vary depending upon the number of violations and the severity with which concern or damage was caused.
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U.S. unemployment jumps
September 7, 2001: 11:03 a.m. ET
Rate hits 4.9%, highest in four years, as payrolls sink 113,000
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to its highest point in four years in August, the government said Friday, as employers cut far more jobs than private economists had expected, pointing to more weakness in the world's largest economy.
The unemployment rate rose to 4.9 percent in August from 4.5 percent in July, while employers cut 113,000 jobs outside the farm sector, compared with a revised gain of 13,000 jobs in July, the Labor Department
. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com expected an unemployment rate of 4.6 percent and job cuts of only 45,000.
CNNfn's Amanda Lang takes a closer look at some of the numbers buried inside the latest unemployment report.
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The unemployment rate was the highest since a 4.9 percent reading in September 1997.
"For those people hoping for a light at the end of the tunnel, this report reveals the tunnel is still under construction," said Anthony Chan, chief economist with Banc One Investment Advisors.
Separately, the Commerce Department
wholesale inventories fell 0.7 percent to $299.6 billion in July, the steepest drop since a 0.9 percent decline in September 1996, compared with a revised 0.4 percent drop in June. Economists surveyed by Briefing.com expected a decline of 0.2 percent.
On Wall Street,
dropped sharply while Treasury bond prices rose, sending bond market yields lower, as investors bet on another cut in short-term interest rates by the Federal Reserve.
Click here for more on the Fed and rates
The Fed has
cut its target
for short-term rates seven times this year in a bid to keep consumers spending and prevent the slowdown from becoming a recession. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and other economists worry that consumers, whose spending has helped keep the economy afloat, though barely, will cut back on purchases if they fear for their jobs. Consumer spending fuels two-thirds of the economy.
"What this report means is the economy is still losing jobs, and we'll probably have another Federal Reserve (interest) rate cut, and maybe more than one," said Astrid Adolfson, economist with MCM Moneywatch.
Still, the unemployment number is a lagging indicator, and many economists expected it to continue to rise even as the economy began to recover.
"This will doubtless shock the markets, and makes an October rate cut more likely, but it does not change the outlook for a near-term recovery," said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist with High Frequency Economics Ltd. "Falling employment, rising unemployment lag activity. These numbers reflect the second quarter economic stall."
The economy was particularly sluggish in the second quarter,
at just a 0.2 percent rate, its weakest in eight years.
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The unemployment rate must also catch up with the staggering number of job-cut
made so far this year -- 1.1 million through August, according to research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
"The increase in the unemployment rate, while very large, is really a catch-up, as the rate had been stable for four months," said Bruce Steinberg, chief economist at Merrill Lynch. "This brings the unemployment rate to where we believe it should be at this point."
The beleaguered manufacturing sector lost 141,000 jobs in August, the biggest monthly drop of the year, bringing total cuts in the sector to 1 million since July 2000. The job cuts take some of the wind out of an unexpectedly positive
earlier this week on manufacturing activity from the National Association of Purchasing Management.
"That's a huge drop in manufacturing... that throws that NAPM number in a less favorable light," said James Jackson, director of fixed income at Brinson Partners.
Still, some analysts noted that the government revised its reading for July to a rise of 13,000 jobs, from a previous estimated drop of 42,000. And the sharp drop in wholesale inventories could eventually help pave the way for a pickup in production if companies start to restock shelves.
Click here for CNNfn.com's economic calendar
Also encouraging was the fact that wholesalers' sales rose 0.6 percent in July after falling in June. The inventories report seemed to confirm the belief of many analysts that businesses may be near the end of an inventory correction and are finally getting the supply of goods more in line with actual sales.
"Wholesalers had been struggling with bulging inventories through the winter and spring," said Steven Wood, economist with FinancialOxygen. "However, plunging sales had largely thwarted their efforts. July's improvement is a welcome respite in this struggle."
The closely watched stock-to-sales ratio, which measures how long it would take to deplete current inventories, dropped to 1.32 months in July from June's 1.33 months.
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Comparing unemployment rates and recessions
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- Sep. 5, 2001
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- Sep. 4, 2001
GDP grows at 0.2 percent in 2Q
- Aug. 29, 2001
Fed cuts interest rates a quarter point; seventh cut in 2001
- Aug. 21, 2001
Unemployment rate unchanged in July
- Aug. 3, 2001
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Welcome to the first in our article series The Womanly Art of Alfa, by Eliza Fayle. Eliza owns an Alfa; it is red. If you want details, you will need to speak to her resident mechanic and Alfisti, Marc. You can also find her at Drib(bles) & Drab(bles).
I have to come to realize over the years there is an escalating cost to Alfa conversations. In full disclosure, the very first costly conversation was initiated by me. It went like this:
Me: "Hey Hubby, I saw this really cool car on my walk at lunch time. It was red. On the back was the word 'iniezione'."
Hubby sending me an image: "Did it look like this? It's an Alfa Romeo."
Me: "Yes. I would like one someday."
I got one as a gift for my 50th birthday.
So, yes, that costly conversation was on me. The two other Alfas, and the Fiat Coupe were not. Nor am I responsible for my brother now owning an Alfa.
The conversation generally plays out like this:
Hubby: "So, some guy messaged me about an Alfa he has."
In the early days, I was naive and thought this was just an innocent conversation between two car dudes. Now I recognize this for what it is, the start of a potential purchase. I proactively go check our funds.
Hubby: "Ya, so I am just going to look at the car to check it out."
Ostensibly to help the guy sell his car to someone else.
Hubby: "Oh man, if I had the funds, I would buy that car myself."
Me, fully prepared: "You have 'x' amount of dollars."
Hubby: "Ya, that's not enough. I'm just saying, if I had the funds."
A couple of days pass ….
Hubby: "So, I have been chatting with that guy and he just made me an offer I really can't refuse."
Me: "Does it fall within our budget?"
Hubby: "Well, I think I can get him there. I am just going to store it for him for now. And, of course, I will sell one of the other Alfas if I actually buy it."
Car count: 2 red Spiders, 1 blue Giulia, 1 blue Fiat Coupe …. and 1 recently acquired yellow Spider … just to store, of course.
Bank balance? Holding steady … for now.
~ Eliza, Alfisti Spouse


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Crystals have been used for eons to bring healing and balance to our lives. Working through their individual vibration either by bringing calmness or energy, choosing the right crystal is important so is the color.
BLACK - Self-control, logic, Protection.
BLUE - Relaxing, Soothing, Helps in Communicating, Rational Thought. Throat Chakra colour.
BROWN -Connect with the Earth, Stability and Order.
GOLD - Good Health, Success, Courage, Confidence and Willpower.
GREEN -Nature, Life, Fertility, Harmony, Healing, Prosperity, Balance, Confidence. Heart Chakra colour
INDIGO -Spiritual Realization, used as a Cosmic Guide, Inspiration. Third Eye Chakra colour.
ORANGE -Endurance, Creativity, Warmth, Ability to adjust to Change. Sacral Chakra colour.
PINK - Unconditional Love, Self-worth, Acceptance, Caring, Tenderness.
PURPLE -Intuition, Spiritual Growth, Healing, Relieves Tension. Crown Chakra colour.
RED -Confidence, Courage, Vitality, Passion. Will protect you from Fear and Anxiety. Root Chakra colour.
YELLOW -Intelligence, Wisdom, Happiness, Creative, Clarity, Confidence, Uplifting. Solar Plexus Chakra colour
WHITE -Wholeness, Completion, Purity, Clear Mind.
The information given is not intended to be taken as a replacement for medical advice.
Any person with a condition requiring medical attention should consult a qualified physician.
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Joe Btfsplk
People of a certain age will remember Joe Btfsplk as the character in the Lil' Abner cartoon who walked around with a constant rain cloud over his head. I thought of him the other morning when I was out early riding my bike and I passed a spot about two hundred feet long where it had rained. Nowhere else was wet, just that short stretch of road. We were led to believe that Joe's Btfsplk's cloud was one of despair, gloom and depression –but we've had such a long stretch of unseasonably hot weather with temperatures in the hundreds that I wonder if maybe this rained-on area is where people with especially good karma live and that this might actually be a reward.


text: Israel on Wednesday accepted a UN proposal for a five-hour unilateral humanitarian pause in the fighting to allow for relief aid into Gaza, less than two days after it accepted a more comprehensive cease-fire proposal that was answered by continuous rocket attacks from Gaza. Hamas followed suit and also agreed to the humanitarian pause in the fighting around midnight on Wednesday. Early Thursday morning the Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted two rockets over Kiryat Gat and Kiryat Malachi. Three rockets fell in open area in Kiryat Malachi, and the Eshkol and Ashkelon Coast regional councils on Thursday morning.UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry turned to Maj.-Gen. Yoav "Poly" Mordechai – Israel's coordinator of government activities in the territories – with the request. A UN spokesman said if Israel agreed, Serry would call on "groups in Gaza to respect the pause."IDF sources said the lull in the fighting would go into effect on Thursday at 10 a.m.The development came as Israel continued to delay a much discussed ground incursion into the Gaza Strip so it could gauge the direction intensive efforts in Cairo and elsewhere were taking to resuscitate the cease-fire plan Hamas rejected on Tuesday.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held talks in Cairo on Wednesday, as did Quartet envoy Tony Blair, in an effort to come up with a package that would be acceptable to both sides.Abbas met with Hamas official Musa Abu Marzouk, and Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and even Tunisia and France were reportedly involved in efforts to quell the violence. Even as these efforts were under way, Israel sent a message that a ground operation was very much on the table, approving the mobilization of another 8,000 reservists to join the 48,000 who have already been called up since the start of Operation Protective Edge.Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – in conversations on Tuesday with the mayors of Ashkelon, Ashdod and Rishon Lezion – said Israel would "use as much force as necessary to restore the quiet."In addition, during a public statement before a meeting with visiting Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, Netanyahu said that at this point Hamas had closed the door on diplomacy, and Israel was intent on returning fire with more intensive fire."We've been trying to find a solution to this problem," he said, stressing that Israel accepted on Tuesday the Egyptian-brokered plan that was endorsed by UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and the Arab League."Israel accepted the cease-fire, Hamas rejected it," the prime minister said. "We held our fire for six hours, and during that time Hamas continued to barrage our cities with rockets. Hamas thus shut the door to a diplomatic solution and it therefore bears the sole responsibility for the continuation of the violence. It's responsible for the civilian deaths, the innocent deaths of Palestinians that it uses as human shields, and it's responsible for the deaths of Israeli civilians and the terror rocketing of Israeli civilians."As Hamas was reportedly setting its conditions for a cease-fire – the release of the Hamas terrorists freed in the Gilad Schalit deal and rearrested last month, as well as the opening of Gaza's border crossings – Netanyahu made clear what he expected."I think that the most important thing vis-à-vis Gaza is to ensure that Gaza is demilitarized from rockets and from the attack tunnels that Hamas is building into Israel," he said. "This is an important part of the long-term solution, but in the immediate moment, Israel has to take the actions to defend its citizens as any normal country would against terrorists who are committing double war crimes of targeting civilians and hiding behind civilians." Netanyahu also raised the demilitarization of Gaza during a meeting with visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende. "The international community needs to support the demilitarizing of Gaza from its rockets and tunnels," the prime minister said.Diplomatic officials, meanwhile, dismissed reports that Hamas rejected the Egyptian cease-fire because it was kept out of the loop by the Egyptians and presented with a fait accompli.The official said that there were various theories as to why Hamas rejected the offer, including that it is a "fanatical organization" that simply wants to continue the conflict; that it cannot end the violence without first inflicting a heavy blow on Israel; or that it reflects a dysfunctionality inside the organization.Haaretz reported that Netanyahu spoke with Egyptian President Fatah al-Sisi on Saturday, before Tuesday's aborted ceasefire.This would be the second conversation the two men had since Netanyahu called the Egyptian leader last month to congratulate him on his election victory.Yaakov Lappin and Yasser Okbi contributed to this report.


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Mark Wahlberg and his teddy bear co-star, "Ted," will be presenters on the Oscar® show, telecast producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today.
"We are happy to make it possible for Mark and Ted to make their debut appearance on the Oscar stage," said Zadan and Meron. "And we won't deny that Ted used his pull with our host to get himself the booking."
Wahlberg and Ted starred in the hit summer comedy "Ted," which is now the highest-grossing R-rated original comedy of all time.
"I'm excited to present an Oscar with Mark Wahlberg," said Ted. "I'm spending the next month learning to pronounce 'Quvenzhané.'"
Wahlberg has twice been nominated for Academy Awards®, in 2006 for his supporting role in "The Departed" and in 2010 as a producer of the Best Picture nominee, "The Fighter."
Wahlberg and Ted join a stellar list of previously announced Oscar performers, including Adele, Norah Jones and Barbra Streisand. Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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May 18th, full-day around Western Lesvos
Petra and her friend wanted to get some good photos of several target species during her week on Lesvos and used my help for one day. We had a very pleasant day out spotting and photographing the usual breeders around Sigri (Cinereous and Cretzschmar's Buntings, Sub-alpine Warbler, Rock Nuthatch, Rufous Bush Robin, Eastern Orphean Warbler etc) and discovering so many more migrants (shrikes, Rose-coloured Starlings etc).
Article for the Molivos Tourism Organisation's annual magazine
The Molivos Tourism Organisation publishes a free-press magazine each summer. About activities, products and sites of Lesvos Island. THis year's magazine (no 6) had an extensive article about tthe wetlands of lesvos, script and photos by Lesvos Birdwatching.
Read the magazine here (p.23-24)
End of March, birding around Lesvos
End of March is a good period to visit Lesvos for birdwatching. Read this trip report from Spyros Skareas and Greece Bird Tours.


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Zang Recognized for Exceptional Innovation
Santa Clara, Calif. - August 17, 2016 – Zang, the industry's first all-in-one cloud communications platform and applications-as-a-service, announced today that it has been named a 2016 Communications Solutions Products of the Year Award by TMC, a global, integrated media company.
Smart apps built on Zang allow people to define how they want to work and connect. Zang enables easy "click-to-connect" communications with high quality video, chat, voice, SMS and document sharing from mobile, web or desktop environments. Unlike other solutions today that offer rudimentary APIs, Zang's highly interoperable platform provides complete workflow automation and sophisticated application development capabilities.
"Zang enables anyone to conceptualize, build and deploy a communications app without needing technical expertise. For instance, a hummus store owner thought of an SMS business messaging app for customer feedback, a PR manager thought of different way to message moms and dads for Mother's and Father's Day, and at our inaugural Zang Meetup this month, we had two dozen non-technical participants creating a communications workflow within two hours. The possibilities are truly limited only to the imaginations of end-users."
--Mohammad Nezarati, GM, Zang, Inc.
"Congratulations to Zang for being honored with a Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. Zang is truly an innovative product and is amongst the best solutions brought to market in the past twelve months that facilitates business-transforming voice, data and video communications. I look forward to continued excellence from Zang in 2017 and beyond."
—Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC
About Zang, Inc.
As the industry's first all-in-one cloud communications platform and applications-as-a-service, Zang makes it easy to add communications as a natural part of any app or browser experience. Zang helps developers to easily and quickly build in high quality communications instantly into their apps, allowing companies to dramatically enhance their communications experience internally and externally. With Zang, you can take advantage of the best of the web through the apps services and APIs available today at www.zang.io
About TMC
TMC is a global, integrated media company that supports clients' goals by building communities in print, online, and face to face. TMC publishes multiple magazines including Cloud Computing, IoT Evolution, Customer, and Internet Telephony. TMCnet is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries, and is read by as many as one million unique visitors monthly. TMC produces a variety of trade events, including ITEXPO, the world's leading business technology event, as well as industry events: Asterisk World; AstriCon; ChannelVision (CVx) Expo; DevCon5 - HTML5 & Mobile App Developer Conference; IoT Evolution Conference & Expo; IoT Evolution Developers Conference; MSP Expo; Real Time Web Communications and more.
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For the most part, dental work is routine, unless something happens and you are in pain. Most people forget about routine check-ups unless they are tormented by excruciating toothaches.
Then try to go to your dentist, but they have made an appointment and have to push you or deny you completely. When your teeth are healthy, you can eat easily. Hence, your overall health is dependent on dental health. You can also get the best service of dental implants in Reston via https://restonmoderndentistry.com/dental-implants-rest.
Cleaning your teeth every year by your dentist is the best way to take good care of your teeth. This procedure is usually free, especially if you are insured, as it is considered a precautionary measure. While your dentist is brushing your teeth, they can also check for any problems that may be occurring in your mouth.
As long as you brush and brush your teeth at least twice a day and visit the dentist to clean your teeth, you can maintain good oral health. Oral health practices are important to make sure your teeth are good and healthy.
There are many other factors that also help maintain healthy teeth and health, namely diet, drinking water, and the habit of cleaning teeth regularly.
You should always take dental cleaning methods seriously and not put them off because you won't be in pain. Proper oral care can be the best preventative medicine. If you delay brushing your teeth, it will do more harm than good. The enamel can slowly break off with every bite. Once the enamel is removed, you can never put it back.


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Vanishing Middle: Political Polarization in the US and Europe
Spotlight Texas
A Record 4.8 Million Texans Voted Early in this years midterm elections.
It's hard to say who that favors, but turnout was heaviest in Collin County where nearly 50% of registered voters have already cast their ballots.
Collin county is heavily Republican.
Politico asks Did Beto Blow It?
> Over the past six months, I spoke with a host of Texas Republicans about the U.S. Senate race. Many of them dislike Cruz. Some of them privately hope he loses. And all of them are baffled by the disconnect between the superior branding of O'Rourke's candidacy and what they see as the tactical malpractice of his campaign.
> In their view, Cruz is uniquely vulnerable, having alienated Texans of all ideological stripes with his first-term antics—and especially those affluent, college-educated suburbanites repelled by Trump.
> "Despite all of Cruz's problems—and there are plenty—here's a guy who's running around talking about Medicare for all, and impeaching Trump, and abolishing ICE. And it's killing him," Karl Rove, the former senior adviser to George W. Bush, told me in Austin this summer. "Even for people who dislike Cruz, impeaching Trump strikes many of them as terrible for the country. I've got friends and family members who may not vote for Cruz. They don't like Cruz. But Beto isn't contesting them. I mean, it's just weird."
> Instead of pivoting to the center, as spring gave way to summer, the Democratic nominee hardened his positions. Where he had once hedged on his endorsement of "Medicare for all," O'Rourke began forcefully championing a single-payer system. Where he once avoided impeachment talk, O'Rourke reiterated, on the day he and Hurd received an award for civility in politics, that Trump should be removed from office. Where he once carefully straddled the border-security debate, O'Rourke said he was open to abolishing ICE if its duties could be assumed elsewhere.
> James Aldrete, a Texas Democratic strategist who ran the Spanish-language media strategy for both Obama campaigns and for Hillary Clinton in 2016, conceded "He never made a political adjustment to reach out to the middle."
Beto Platform
- Medicare for all.
- Medicaid expansion.
- Invest in job training and apprenticeship programs.
- Impeach Trump —a position rejected by Nancy Pelosi, and nearly every other prominent Democrat in America, as futile and counterproductive.
- Open to abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
It's easy to not like Cruz, but it's a lot easier to like Cruz when the opponent is extreme-left.
Cruz vs O'Rourke
I suspect this one will be close but Cruz will win.
O'Rourke may be the only person Cruz can beat just as Hillary was the only person Trump could beat.
Like Hillary, O'Rourke ran a poor campaign. Despite raising huge amounts of money, Cruz outspent O'Rourke on ads in the past few weeks.
Yet, I would not be hugely surprised if O'Rourke won. It's not impossible.
Abandoning the Middle
Neither Cruz nor O'Rourke reached out to the middle.
Apparently no one wants it.
Fiscal responsibility? No one wants that either. Deficits are out of sight and expanding rapidly.
For eight years Republicans were against Obama's budgets. Trump's projected budgets are worse.
A genuine middle-class tax cut would have gone over big. Instead, the middle class got peanuts.
Military waste is enormous. Entitlements are out of control. Interest on the national debt is soaring.
So how does Medicare for all, more Medicaid, more military spending and absurd makeshift job training programs, fit in?
Easy to Be Angry
It's easy to be angry.
Expect things to get worse when the next recession hits and public union pension plans go bust.
You ain't seen nothing yet.
Midterm Senate Races
Fearless Political Predictions
- Democrats easily win the House.
- Close but no cigar for Democrats winning the Senate. I give the Democrats 6 or 7 of those tossups.
I suspect the Democrats lose Missouri and win all the rest. Even if they win all 7 they have to flip another seat. The best chance is Texas.
So look for a 50-50 Senate tie or the status quo at 51-49.
2019 US Legislation
If the Democrats win the House, very little legislation will pass in the next two years, except of course more wasteful spending by both sides when the next recession hits.
Spotlight Europe
Meanwhile, the splintering is even more pronounced in Europe.
- The end of Merkel is at hand: Merkel's Legacy: Refugee crisis, the Splintering of Germany, Brexit
- Italy is openly feuding with the EU over its budget: In Unprecedented Move, EU Rebukes Italy's Budget: Italy Politely Says Screw You
- Eurozone Growth: Eurozone Growth Slows to 4-Year Low, Italy Stagnates, Global Recession Risk Up
- Anti-EU Marine Le Pen is ahead of French president Macron in European Parliament polls.
- There is still no agreed upon Brexit solution, but I have one: No Brexit Deal, No Problem.
- Derivatives mess at French Banks: Casino Report on 3 French Banks: BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Societe Generale
This is not a good economic or political setup to say the least, both globally and in the US.
Trumps tariffs make matters much worse.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock


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Roo Harrigan is a software engineer at Slack who found her coding calling after years of working around tech. We got together to get the scoop on her technical journey and how she stayed sane throughout it–you're not going to want to miss her wellness hacks.
Roo, what's your favorite part of what you do?
I love that I get a few hours each day to focus intensely on a puzzle. And I love that the puzzle varies constantly. Our work is highly collaborative at Slack; I am in touch with team members from a variety of disciplines daily. But in between our time in groups, after meetings or design reviews or discussion in-channel, I get to switch into a mode of focus where I am actually making something, and it feels good to make things. It feels the way I felt when I learned to play the piano, or paint, or played Ocarina of Time when I was a kid. It feels human.
In my old life, I was always 5 minutes late to everything, underslept and overcaffeinated, cramming together agendas and follow-up notes on airplanes or in rental cars, and though I'm proud of the work I did, I never carved out the time to cultivate the mental clarity required for great work.
At Slack, and in my role, I actually (sometimes!) have the time, resources, and support to do great, thoughtful work. For me, there is a decently thin line between fulfilled and burnt out, and now I get to be, most days, firmly on the right side of that line.
We'd love to hear a bit about your story. How'd you get started?
My first job out of college was at a healthcare technology company in Wisconsin called Epic that makes a huge suite of hospital software. While at Epic, I became interested in mental and behavioral healthcare. Many of the psychiatrists and other mental health practitioners I met with through my work were frustrated with the product we were encouraging them to use. I started building relationships with these people to brainstorm how we could make the product better to accommodate them.
What do you think helped you succeed there?
I had a LOT of ideas. I compiled lists of suggestions and sketches, and spent time talking to pretty much anyone who would meet with me about why we should build a specific product for this group of users. And eventually, they let me do it. I was given a small team of people to work on developing a product with associated clinical content for inpatient behavioral healthcare workflows! For the first time, I wasn't spending 12 hours a day talking with customers; I was interacting with an interdisciplinary group of internal people that included software developers.
Working with developers–is that when the coding bug hit?
Yes. As I got to know the software developers I worked with, I became intensely jealous of them. They were actually making the thing I had been clawing for us to make, and what was better, they had time to do it. Their schedules weren't clouded with giant blocks of meetings or check-in's, they weren't answering hundreds of emails a day. They were thinking about hard problems. I wanted desperately to be among them. I investigated making the switch internally at Epic, but they don't accept applicants without a specific set of undergraduate credentials, so I quit, applied to a software development boot camp, and moved to California. I finished Hackbright in December 2015 and started work at Slack two months later.
We're all about information here. Can you think of a time you learned something that made you feel more powerful?
Learning to write code is the most powerful skill I have, and I encourage anyone who is even remotely interested to dip a toe in and see if they like it. You've got a computer in your pocket or your purse, and you should know how it works. Software development certainly can't solve everything, but it's showing up in every vertical market on the planet, so no matter what you are passionate about, code might help you elevate that passion into a side-hustle or a career.
How do you stay sane? What are some of your favorite habits for wellness?
Some of my Autumn mantras are: Do less. Go analogue. Get outside. Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive. (That last one is lyrics, from the Mountain Goats). Here are a some habits I'm working on now that have helped me find moments of peace in 2017:
- Don't look at your phone in the morning until you're out the door. I got this one from resident boss-lady at Slack Julie Grace. After my alarm goes off, I go through my morning routine and get out the door before I pull out my phone. This prevents me from falling into a Slackhole or setting off a Twitter cortisol spike, which can lead to me wasting 20 minutes standing in the hallway staring at this tiny computer in my hand.
- Say nice things to yourself aloud. This is hard, because the voice in my own head can be terribly mean. I practice in my mirror at home sometimes. If I can't think of anything to say I call up a close friend and we practice with each other. The stories we tell ourselves are the stories that come true.
- Put your money where your anxiety is. There is an endless river of terrible things happening on the news these days. And for me, like so many others, it can be anxiety-inducing to try to stay informed while wrestling with the aching despair of feeling like there is nothing you can do. But if I can find a charity or activist group that is helping with, say, a hurricane or fire relief effort, maybe I can send them $10. I know that's not much, it's a micro-donation (I'm not in a financial position to be a bigger philanthropist yet) but it helps. It matters. And making a habit out of giving like this feels good; you get the relief of taking some action, and the organization gets, well, maybe $8.50 after processing fees. That's not nothing.
- Give up weekday TV. I'm not saying no TV ever, but for me it's been very liberating to leave TV behind. At night I read, I write, and I listen to podcasts that lift me up, like Call Your Girlfriend. I stopped texting so much and actually call my girl friends; we talk about our lives and ideas and the things we wish could be. I cook myself lavish dinners once in awhile. I go to events that interest me around the city. I'm in a book club. Sometimes I just walk around my neighborhood. It seems obvious, but when I stopped watching TV I started feeling a much greater sense of presence and purpose. I stopped imagining myself somewhere else and started being here.
- Sleep trumps all. If I don't sleep enough, my workouts suffer, I crave food I usually find revolting, I'm a worse friend, a worse employee, a worse citizen. I've tried a million different health and wellness fads, but this year I'm focusing on falling in love with sleep again and ladies and gentlemen, it is working.
What is the best piece of advice you've ever gotten?
Find a backchannel. This was the first piece of advice Duretti Hirpa gave me at Slack. For every company you ever work at, every large group you're ever in, find your way to a backchannel of like-minded individuals and individuals you want to be more like. And get comfortable with them, build trust and share secrets and make plans to build each other up.
As one of my mentors at work recently wrote "If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together." In my line of work, that means assembling a group of lady, femme, and nonbinary engineers who know what it's like to come up in this industry and are interested in and incentivized to help one another shine.
How do you think about fertility information?
I want as much information about my body as I can possibly get. Knowing where we stand fertility-wise can help women (and potentially their partners) start thinking and talking about their family goals with some real data at their fingertips, instead of just the "wait and see" approach we've been taught is the only option. As a single 28-year-old woman, I'm starting to think about what I want the next decade of my life to look like, and I'm pretty sure that vision includes having children. If I can find out whether, in order to extend the amount of time to execute on that vision, I need to explore an option like freezing eggs, then heck yes sign me up for that test. Especially if it's affordable and comes right to my door. Wink wink.
What does being a Modern woman mean to you?
Have you seen Mad Max, the most recent one? For most of the movie, the women and Max are trying to escape to the Green Place of the Many Mothers for a better life. But they get there and it's dead. They realize out there's no such thing as a safe space on this earth and they have to drive all the way back through the desert to the warlord's city-state they came from and take it over. To me, the life of Furiosa (Charlize Theron's character) is an allegory of the modern woman. She has no interest in denying her gender, no desire to be "one of the boys." She's focused on raising up the people around her, on doing more than surviving, on claiming what's hers.
She does not have time for petty bullshit because she is busy building a coven of likeminded individuals or a social movement or an empire (or all three).
She never worried about "having it all". She's going after only the things she truly wants. That's the dream, anyway.


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Many single women are under the impression that they will meet the man of their dreams, in the actual place that they dream.
I've met people who've found the one in the mall, grocery store, even the club. Contrary to public interest and the disproportionate weight that disease may out-way finding love in the club, I must add "the club" as a place that I have heard three women out of their own christian mouth say that they found the one.
I wonder what the odds are for a shelter. The rational part of our minds tell us that any person in a shelter isn't fit for a relationship. They need to get their issues in order.
Well ladies and gentlemen, I am seeing this first hand. Husbands and wives in the shelter (in separate man and woman dorm's) meeting in the multipurpose room, and content with their situation. Is this a good representation, of course not.
Addiction to drugs and alcohol, sleeping in tents, feeding raccoons and living outdoors while not on a camping trip, is not by any stretch of the imagination sexy, or romantic!
I have seen a woman who is street homeless call the police to the shelter to get a stay-away order on her boyfriend who, she punched in the face. Now that must be love, right?
I'm a lover. I love-love and I know that God can bring two people together in spite of their lack of finances. I just believe the impossible is possible.
I believe that two people can be mature emotionally, and spiritually, and find themselves in an unlikely place, and be breath taken by each other.
When you look back with people who have been married a long time, they often talk about how they had nothing when they first got married. They built together.
I'm often reminded of my pastors talking about how they started out. They have this old video where he is eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich saying that he is the happiest man in the world! Now they can eat whatever they want I'm sure.
Every relationship starts somewhere and its a powerful testimony of God's ability to be everywhere at the same time, and the agility of hope.
I believe love can be found anywhere, do you?
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The script got flipped at Conrad High School by having students teach their teachers about healthy relationships, dating abuse and domestic violence.
Loveisrespect, a project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, has created toolkits designed to help schools educate Texas students about healthy relationships and recognizing the signs of abuse. At the workshops, students discussed their recommendations and experiences to help educators learn how to best utilize the toolkits and resources at loveisrespect.org to support their students.
"We know that domestic violence and dating abuse is preventable, and the earlier we get younger people talking about healthy relationships, the sooner we can make strides toward ending domestic violence and dating abuse," said Camika Crawford, chief communications officer at the National Domestic Violence Hotline and loveisrespect.
Veena Armstrong with Dallas ISD's Volunteer and Partnership Services said the workshop was beneficial for students and teachers alike.
"The workshop empowered Conrad students to talk candidly with their teachers about healthy versus unhealthy relationships, and I know the impact of what was learned will go far beyond the classroom," Armstrong said. "Teen dating violence is a tough subject to discuss with anyone, much less your teacher, but I know the lines of communication are open at Conrad High School."
The workshop at Conrad High School was the first-of-its-kind event from the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Crawford said the organization looked to the Conrad workshop to see how they should hold similar conversations across the country.


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Poll aggregation tries to keep up with political forecasts
When election season rolls around, Americans want the news before it happens. The journalistic innovation of poll aggregation tries to meet that demand with political forecasts, and it's become a booming business. But there's a problem.
The credit for this business, and perhaps the blame, belongs to FiveThirtyEight, which earned its reputation by using others' polls to forecast the outcomes of the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. Presidential and Senate candidates send out fundraising messages using FiveThirtyEight probabilities as carrots or sticks. Journalists use the latest FiveThirtyEight forecast to show the state of the race. In the final days of the 2012 race, up to 20 percent of the New York Times' web traffic was attributable to FiveThirtyEight (which had been acquired by the Times at that point and has since been spun off to ESPN).
FiveThirtyEight's reputation has taken a hit in this election cycle. Like most pundits and analysts, the site played down Donald Trump's chances in the Republican primary contest. In the general election, FiveThirtyEight's forecast has been more volatile than its competitors', and has given Trump a better chance of winning the election than most other poll aggregators have.
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It's worth thinking about the forecasting site as a business. As it has grown, FiveThirtyEight has more incentive to protect its reputation by hedging. Any large investment firm that had its reputation tied up in an infrequent binary event would be insane not to hedge. As FireThirtyEight grew, the payoff for being right increased, and the cost of being wrong increased as well.
To its credit, FiveThirtyEight has been transparent and straightforward about its model. The higher volatility is because it gives more weight to new polls than its competitors do. Because there are more undecided voters than in past elections, their accounting for that uncertainty means that the model both gives better odds for a Trump win than most models do, but also gives more of a chance for Hillary Clinton winning in a landslide. In options parlance, this is like being "long the tails, short the belly" — betting on either a Trump win or a Clinton landslide rather than a modest Clinton win.
So what if FiveThirtyEight is an outlier from other poll aggregators? The problem is that investors appear to be using it to assess the electoral outcome probabilities. Nate Silver, the site's founder, has defended the model by saying that betting markets are in line with the FiveThirtyEight forecast. Yet on Friday, a Nate Silver tweet coincided with a rally in equity markets and a drop in implied volatility in options markets. The causality may go the other way: Markets may be responding directly to changes in the FiveThirtyEight forecast.
This election may end up being a strange confluence of events: The race itself is unprecedented, with two candidates who could not be less alike. The financial markets are worried about a repeat of the reaction to Brexit. And through it all, one forecasting firm dominates the public's perception of what is likely to happen on Tuesday.
The stock market's recent nine-day losing streak, it's first in 36 years, could be seen as markets' response to FiveThirtyEight's relatively high odds for a Trump victory. Those odds themselves could be seen as FiveThirtyEight's hedge so that it can point to some degree of prescience regardless of who wins — a lesson that pollsters learned the hard way when British voters unexpectedly chose to leave the European Union.
We should think carefully about what it means if news organizations are going to be at the center of the election forecasting business. What are their incentives, and what havoc do they wreak? Players like FiveThirtyEight act as a sort of hybrid between a news organization seeking an audience and a big bank research organization seeking to move markets.
Conor Sen is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is a portfolio manager for New River Investments in Atlanta and has been a contributor to the Atlantic and Business Insider. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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I'm breaking out the bullet points again:
- The NetBSD on a Stick idea looks interesting, in part because it's a complete tiny system and in part because I like the name. (Via)
- The most recent @Play column draws a line between roguelike games and Dungeons and Dragons. Fun reading, if you're the right kind of geek, or even just the right age. I think I might have to play me some Angband again.
- Oh, while talking about roguelikes: this Strafe Left cartoon. I like "sleeping zombie".
- Also, this Procedural Content Generation wiki from an Angband variant creator. (via)
- Wow, that's a nice gift for Perl development! (via)


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November Group was a synth-pop group from Boston which was previously known as Wunderkind. The band was confronted by two women, the husky voiced guitarist Ann Prim and keyboardist Kearney Kirby. The name of the band was taken from a group of German expressionist artists from early 20th century.
Even though dance oriented as many groups of that time, the November Group found their own formula of a new dance which was influenced by early dark dance groups like New Order and A Certain Ratio. It was powerful rhythm section which provided a great militant sound which was for both dancing and marching and it was probably coming from a factory hall. The central figures of the band were the lead singer Ann Prim and Kearny Kirby on synthesizers. Ann Prim's vocal were modern and slick while her image showed 30's and 40's imagery.
Between 1982 and 1985 they released three albums on three different record labels: their s/t debut album in 1982 on Modern Method Records, 'Persistent Memories' in 1983 which also featured the song "Put Your Back To It" for which the video was made and "Work That Dream" which was released in 1985 on A&M Records. Their songs also appeared on several compilations and there is also an unofficial release of 'Working That Dream' which features songs from all three LPs.


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This week I've been transcribing interviews and sifting through photos from my time in Italy. I wrote this post right after I got back but had other things I wanted to share in those first few weeks of being home. Now seems like a good time to return to some of the things I experienced this summer and share them with you here on the blog.
I woke up at 4:45am (Italian time) on Monday June 17th and began my journey home. The day started with a cab ride to the train station. My friend accompanied me and made sure I got on the right train. I rode for an hour amidst commuters. As we neared Florence, I looked up at a man who had been sitting across from me throughout the ride. Excuse me, do you speak English? I asked. He did (his NFL shirt gave him away as American). He told me that ours was actually the next stop and then we chatted about writing, life in Texas and Virginia, and our travels. We shook hands as I got off the train and I began making my way to the airport shuttle. I couldn't find it, though. I had a picture of it in my mind, I had been dropped off there just 10 days earlier, but I couldn't find the shuttle. In my searching, I came across a monorail type vehicle that said airport (at least that's what I assumed the Italian meant).…I climbed on and smiled at a college aged woman and asked her if this was in fact going to the airport. She smiled, said yes in Italian, and then ran with me all over the vehicle and its platform helping me buy a ticket. I thanked her profusely as she stepped off at her stop, the university. I arrived at the Florence airport about 4 hours early. (I didn't see any reason to wander around Florence worrying about missing my flight—I had toured for a few hours when I arrived on the front end of the trip.) As I walked up to the check-in desk to get a printed boarding pass the agent looked at me and said I was very early. Then, he asked if I wanted to switch to a flight leaving in an hour. I said sure and thanks and was in Munich hours early with a nice connection time that allowed for a lunch of schnitzel and a short nap at my gate. 8 hours later, I landed in Washington, D.C. and Nick drove me home to Charlottesville. We rolled into our driveway at 10:45pm (4:45am Tuesday morning, Italian time) and I showered and crashed.
I received a ton of grace and hospitality as I made pilgrimage through Italy earlier this summer. This story of my journey home and all of the people that offered kindness and time out of their days, though, is one example of something I experienced deeply throughout my time on the Via Francigena.
My days walking in Italy were full of conversation, beauty, and connection, but they were also some of the most physically challenging I've experienced. I got bad blisters early on and had to fight through a lot of pain to finish each day I walked. I ended up taking a bus on two of the days to give my feet a break, which was humbling because I wanted to be able to do it all. I learned so much about listening to my body, allowing other people to care for me, and I got a taste of what it means to pray and receive strength when it seemed like I wouldn't be able to take another step. I am grateful for my new friends who slowed their pace so that I could walk with them. I found myself overwhelmingly thankful for sleep and food and people sharing their stories and asking to hear mine, which helped keep my mind off the pain.
All of this has made me think about what it means to journey through life with other people; about how much we need each other and how so often I try to do it on my own and avoid being vulnerable. What I was reminded of while in Italy is how much richer and bearable and possible our journey through life is when we walk through it alongside one another.
My relatively short time on the Via Francigena formed me in profound ways, some of which I am just beginning to discover. I found God to be intimately present and faithful with each step I took. I found the people beside me on the journey to be generous and open and welcoming.
As I am home now I am thinking about the ways that I can choose a posture of pilgrimage each day and keep my eyes fixed on God whose presence is unwavering no matter where I am or what I face. I am thinking about how I can foster deep community and receive as well as offer hospitality. I am praying that the things I practiced and experienced and received while walking slowly through Tuscany will calcify and leave me forever changed.


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Warning – Poem by Jenny Joseph
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
That was my inspiration for my trade-mark jacket and red hat. You will see it at the top of this post and on my new Facebook Page. BUT… She has nicked it! My darling red bonnet with sparkles! She has taken it for her "Scottish author" costume!
I could wish that little madam had never gone to Drama College because some of it is ingrained in her. She can't do anything without "getting into character". So having decided that she is now a proper writer again, with a nearly-functioning study, she needs a costume.
The serape I can stand, it's hers. She bought it in Stirling on a visit with her cousins and it's one of her clan tartans. I don't bother with that sort of nonsense. BUT that hat is mine!
Look at me – at over 300 years old my hair is a bit long and rather grey which is how I like it. Yes, alright, I can alter my appearance any way I want but Goth Witch suits me. I would love to go to Whitby and scare the pretend ones by coming up out of the ground with genuine grave-rot hahahh.
I think I might have to sneak into her bedroom and long-term borrow her top-hat. Yes, silver hair and topper, that would suit me!


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i know i have an unhealthy obsession with wood - trees, branches, woodgrain... but i can't help it! i like what i like people! so this edition of what i want wednesday is more woodsy things- mostly from etsy!
|Levi Modern Vase by jalexstudios on etsy - love the contrasting wood but that it's still modern at the same time.
|Birch Tree Embroidery Hoop by erinf115 on etsy - would be so cute in my living room
|Woodgrain Chalkboard Cards from UrbanBirdandCo on etsy - and they come with chalk so you can write your own message! how fun!
|Felt Woodgrain Handbag by Faux Bois - pricey but oh so pretty!
|I know it's not nice to tease you with things that are no longer available, but this resin tree stump table used to be at West Elm.
I just have to share a story- about a year ago we needed to have a tree cut down because it was really close to our house and it was basically dead, but I had all these grand ideas - I'll make a stump table! I'll make little candle holders! I'll make clocks out of slices of wood! So I had my husband get the tree-cutters to leave all the wood there (this was a pretty giant tree too, btw) and I even had him cut pieces into 1.5" slices so I could make my clocks.... it turns out that when a tree is dead and has holes in it and the bark is all nasty... there's just no way to make usable pieces. Well, I'm sure maybe there is, but I couldn't figure it out. And now, I've got a million tree stumps all sitting out behind my house, isn't that nice? And just in case you're in need of some "tree slices", I happen to have found some at Dick Blick for my clock project... which I never completed. I do that a lot. oops.