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By Jeff Mays
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
HARLEM — Most people associate the Apollo Theater with its long-running Amateur Night, where future stars like Jimi Hendrix and Ella Fitzgerald once graced the stage, or for being home to performers such as James Brown and Gladys Knight.
But Friday night, the theater will dip its toe into Harlem's lounge scene, with the launch of the Apollo Music Café. An intimate sound stage on the Apollo's upper levels, the café will feature avant-garde artists such as Ghanaian hip-hop artists and "underground R&B queens," a representative for the theater said.
"These artists are not the big names but they are not amateurs. They are the next generation of artists, spoken word artists, artists who use technology in their performances and international artists," said Apollo Theater Executive Producer Mikki Shepard, who created the cafe. "This is about the Apollo having multiple platforms and venues to support artists at various stages of their career."
It's also about keeping pace with the changes going on in Harlem. Once know for its jazz clubs and nightlife, many say the area is experiencing a second renaissance. Red Rooster, Marcus Samuelsson's new Harlem restaurant, is opening a lounge on the lower level. Harlem's new Aloft Hotel features two bars and several new lounges can be found along the Frederick Douglass Boulevard corridor.
Instead of having younger artists and audiences go to Brooklyn for its lounge scene, Shepard said she'd like to attract those people to the Apollo.
"A lot of it has to do with catering to a younger crowd looking for a different kind of environment and experience. It's a different type of Apollo experience," said Shepard.
The formerly raw space now has black curtains and can hold up to 150 people. A newly-installed catwalk will allow the space for artists to use equipment in their performances.
"It's just a more intimate space that gives itself to people mingling," said Apollo head of stage Joseph Gray, who transformed the space with his crew.
Outside curators will be invited to put together shows at the café in an effort to help a new generation emerge in that area, said Shepard.
Kicking off the café tonight will be Atlanta underground R&B artist Joi who will also perform Saturday. On Monday, Ghananian hip hop artist Blitz the Ambassador will take the stage. Monthly events are scheduled at the cafe through June.
"The Apollo has always serviced its community and the community is more diverse now than 20 years ago," said Shepard.


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This healthy date, carrot and lentil salad recipe is flavored with a spiced preserved-lemon dressing. While most salads taste best when freshly assembled, lentil salads appreciate time for the flavors to marry so try to make it at least a few hours ahead if you can. Bring the salad to room temperature before serving and adjust salt if needed.
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Today we are sharing samples with Basket Additions 3. My design today also uses Holiday Basket, newly released in clear photopolymer. I used the matching Silhouette cut files for both Basket Additions 3 and Holiday Basket to make this cut window. I will show more about how to position the cutout on the card base in the following sample and stamp the image inside, but first I want to show you how you can fuse together the tops and bottoms from these sets into one cut!
Open both files in Silhouette Studio. Under Edit, hit Copy after selecting each image you want by clicking with your mouse (school topper and basket). Open a New file, and Paste both images in. Move them on the screen with your mouse so they are touching each other.
Now click on the eraser tool that's on the left hand side of the screen.
Now position your mouse over the line in the middle you want to get rid of, and this big gray dot will appear.
Holding down the left click button on your mouse, begin dragging across and watch the line magically disappear!
Once you've removed the entire line and have one outline for the whole thing, go just above the image top left, hold down the left click button on your mouse and drag to right right lower corner to create a box around it. Go to the toolbar at top, click Object, and then in the drop down menu, select Group. Now these images are attached and you can drag it wherever you want on the screen. (You can also do this before you erase if you want.)
Save this file if you want (ex: "schoolbasket") so that now any time you'd like to stamp these images together, whether as the cut out to stamp on or the window for the images to show through, they'll be cut as one piece! Just be sure not to change the originals, make copies first! :)
If you don't have the Silhouette Cameo, simply stamp the images on white cardstock, color and cut out, then mount on top of the red base popped up. I added some school supply touches like a rubber band and a binder clip, just dug them out of our junk drawer, love the ease, affordability and style of office embellishments! Cardstock is the new Pure Luxury Cherry Red.I also wanted to show a fun hinged card I made using the Create a Cauldron print and cut file with the Halloween image from Basket Additions 3. (If you don't have the Silhouette Cameo, simply use the digital image version and cut with scissors.)
Boo! Surprise! Cauldron and mat are Pure Luxury Smoky Slate and goo is Pure Luxury Key Lime. Patterned paper is from the Gina K Hello Sunshine pack.The top layer is attached with a brad and hidden by the bubbles. Now that I've finished this hinged card, I'm inspired to show you another hinged design using Holiday Basket, check back for that soon! :)
Next up, we have Theresa Momber's Country Roads, one of my favorite sets she's ever done! She really captured the pastoral feel of the country with the images and I love the fonts, particularly the graceful calligraphy. On today's sample, I used the covered bridge image and the matching Silhouette cut file to create a window to frame it. Using not just the cut outs themselves but the negative space as well, strategically placed on your mats and card bases, is so striking (and uses ALL your paper, no waste!)
Let me show you how! After opening the cut file, click on the bridge image and select "Copy" under Edit on the toolbar. Open a New file, then hit Paste. This will add the bridge to the new file. Considering this top fold card will be 4 1/2" X 11", position the images within 4 1/2" from the left side of the square on the mat, and the bottom half of the card, which will be the front, spanning from about 6 1/2" to 9". The grid helps you position is where you want.
Now place your cardstock (4 1/4" x 11") portrait style on your mat aligned with top left corner, hit "Send to Silhouette" and "Cut". Pull your cardstock off. Save the cut bridge for another project. Save this new file you made if you want to use it again, as "Bridge Card", or something like that.
After the Silhouette cuts it out, score at 5 1/2" as usual for an A2 card and fold. Now cut the white layer to go inside, 4" x 10 3/4" and score at 5 1/4". Adhere to inside (just the back, front is free to move)
Hold the layers down and stamp the bridge (inked in Memento Espresso Truffle) inside the cut out.
Fold back front and color with Copics. (I used most of the same colors as Theresa used in this post. I also added little darker blue stripe under the bridge to cast a shadow on the water.)
Last, add the greeting in Memento Tuxedo Black and add some trees around the window with Versamark. Create pierced rows for detail with Scor-Bug tool. Cardbase is the new Pure Luxury Honey Mustard.
- Gina K
- Melanie Muenchinger - Illustrator Basket Additions 3 (thanks for visiting!)
- Theresa Momber - Illustrator Country Roads
- AJ Otto
- Beth Silaika
- Cathy Tidwell
- Deb Felts
- Giovana Smith
- Jimmi Mayo
- Lee Murphy
- Lori McAree
- Sharon Harnist
- Tami Mayberry
- Tina Gilliland
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"American Assassin" is coming to home video and we've got an exclusive clip. Cast members, screenwriter Stephen Schiff and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura all weigh in on why author Vince Flynn's CIA operative is such a badass.
Flynn's wife Lysa also weighs in and says that her late husband would've loved the way the movie portrays the author's creation.
"American Assassin" will be available on Digital HD November 21 and 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on December 5.


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Friday, 12 July 2013
Hi my name's Ellie and I am a non-fiction failure
Goodness me, I'm tangent girl today. Back to the point: non-fiction. So, after having my life altering experience I realised that I wanted to read more non-fiction and so I made the decision to do that (are you bored of me yet?). I read a few things, mostly historical, bookish memoirs and arty things. And I bought a few more. I now have a non-fiction pile on my shelf waiting patiently for me to get to it. It's been there a while. After all my pro-active decision making and book buying in preparation for the devouring of non-fiction, I kind of stopped. Hit that metaphorical runner's wall (but a reader's wall) with a giant bang, crash and, potentially, a wallop.
This is where me being a non-fiction failure comes in. I have the books, I want to read the books but I just can't bring myself to choose one over a fiction book. I've even been reading poetry over non-fiction which is practically unheard of for me. I have read a few this year (A Room of One's Own being the one I enjoyed the most) but that pile is still there and in need of conquering. And conquer it I shall! (Bear in mind that it is this sort of fighting talk that got me in this mess in the first place).
The following are books that I have on my pile that I would definitely like to read this year. In fact, I wouldn't merely like to get to them, I WILL be reading them. I am going to try for a non-fiction read every month. That means I will have read 6 (7 including the one I am still finishing off) by the end of the year.
First up, I intend to finish Fifty Shades of Feminism. I have talked about this on here quite a few times now and it is absolutely amazing. I sped through the first 15 or so essays then stopped because I thought I was reading it too fast and not giving myself time to consider each essay and form an opinion on the argument. So then I thought to myself that I'd read one a day but eventually, it slipped to the bottom of the pile and then I had a reading slump and then everything just went a bit rubbish on the old reading front. But now I'm back, I will aim to finish this slice of feminist heaven. Then I'll spred the feminist lovin' with you lot and do a monster review. Who's exited?
My Preliminary Non-Fiction List for the Next Six Months:
1. The Woman Reader by Belinda Jack
2. Shapely Ankle Preferred: A History of the Lonely Hearts Column by Francesca Beauman
3. Between the Sheets: The Literary Liaisons of Nine 20th Century Women Writers by Lesley McDowell
4. Elsie and Mari Go To War by Diane Atkinson
5. What Are You Looking At? 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye by Will Gompertz
6. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Any ideas of where to go first after Fifty Shades of Fem?
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OH MY GOD I TOTALLY DO THIS. I buy loads of non-fiction, because when I read one it makes me feel like I've accomplished something deeply intelligent, and also once you start exploring non-fiction in bookshops and the library everything sounds so INTERESTING and you just want to READ THEM ALL and KNOW ALL THE THINGS. Only... then I don't read them. If I get some from the library I do sometimes, especially in winter when I have more time to really get stuck in. And I try to have a non-fiction book on the go alongside a fiction one, but I usually skip over the 'good stuff' in favour of whatever sounds easiest!ReplyDelete
I applaud your resolve to get back to the non-fiction. I should make an effort too. I shall be INSPIRED! :)Replies
They are all terribly well marketed because they do all sound so darn exciting. And so tempting with all the knowledge. I try to do that too, have one alongside a fiction read but I inevitably finish the fiction read first and pick another one and then the non-fiction just languishes under a pile on my bedside table. Poor, unloved books. I am determined to show them so love! We should make a joint effort :)Delete
Nonfiction is the BEST. It's my favorite :) But, I can't read a bunch of them in a row because my little ol' brain starts to hurt. So, I think it's awesome that you've set a goal of reading one per month.ReplyDelete
I haven't read any of the books you have in your stack. Now I'm super curious about ALL of them and can't wait to hear what you think. If I were you I'd start with Between the Sheets because it sounds ultra-interesting!Replies
I find even one can get a bit much! My poor, small sized brain. Hopefully one per month will give me enough of the wisdom without forever overloading my noggin.Delete
I think I may start there, it does sound like it will be full of juicy nuggets of gossip from way back when!
I don't read as much non-fiction as I would like to either, in my pre-blogging days I read about 50% non-fiction.ReplyDelete
I haven't read 50 Shades of Feminism, but I loved Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy & Misogyny by Jack Holland.Replies
It's so easy to get carried away with fiction and leave non-fiction behind I think.Delete
I've had Female Chauvinist Pigs on my radar for a while now and I just bought Public Women by Joan Smith which sounds interesting. I'll have to try and squeeze that into this challenge somewhere!
Am so with you on this! I love non-fiction and tend to stick with true crime (studying criminology properly has something to do with it) however I read one and then I have to get back to fiction because otherwise it's just too much.ReplyDelete
Also find myself having to give myself a pep talk to pick one up again! Always pleased I do though :)
You just have to force yourself to get through the first few pages and if its a good book you wont be able to put it down from there. I read tons of autobiographies. They offer so much more for me than fiction works. I most recently read Back From The Abyss by Kieran Doherty. A wonderful autobiography of the daily struggle through alcohol addiction and a real wild rollercoaster of a life that has you turning every page with anticipation of what madness happens next. Really great read. http://capandbellspress.com/2013/05/back-from-the-abyss/ReplyDelete


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What if you bury your dead father naturally in a shroud, shallow enough so the soil can use his nutrients in a lovely forest setting. He's in a renewable plot and decades later when the cemetery opens the grave to put someone new in, there's nothing left but nice clean bones--and a plastic ziplock bag.
Turns out your father was autopsied and his organs placed in that bag so they could be sewn up with the body.
Unlikely? This circumstance came up at the National Home Funeral Alliance conference in September in a panel discussion with various experts including a medical examiner and mortuary board member on how to interface with the organizations and authorities that handle death. A suggestion was made that in this situation morticians use compostable or plant-based plastic instead of a standard ziplock bag. My hand shot up and I voiced my protest.
When I create an entry for a green burial cemetery in The Natural Burial Cemetery Guide, I indicate that any burial container must be made of biodegradable material. According to Merriam-Webster, a biodegradable material must be "capable of being broken down especially into innocuous products by the action of living things (such as microorganisms)."
For something to biodegrade it needs to be food for things like bacteria and bugs. Living organisms that die (like humans) are food for other living organisms, and so are biodegradable. But manufactured substances are not automatically biodegradable. Plastic is a classic case in point. Though plastic is made from petroleum, a carbon-based substance which was formed from the bodies of dead organisms millions of years ago, it is not attractive as food and so will not biodegrade. If left in the air or in the sea it will eventually mechanically degrade into smaller and smaller pieces, but these won't become organic bits that are useful to other life.
But what about plant-based plastic?
You may have picked up a drinks cup or bought a ketchup bottle or water bottle made of plant-based plastic. This simply means that the carbon compounds used in manufacturing come from plant material such as corn instead of petroleum. Environmentally this may be a better choice than pulling more oil out of the ground to make new plastics, and theoretically when it does break down it's not toxic. But it doesn't guarantee the biodegradability of the plastic, which is determined by the resin used and how readily the chemical bonds break down. Because plastics are often used as packaging, anything biodegradable must by definition not decompose under ordinary circumstances. Anything used to carry food or other consumer items, such as plastic bags and boxes, is particularly difficult as it would be mayhem if carrier bags degraded in sunlight or over time and spilled groceries unpredictably.
Even biodegradable plant-based plastic is not particularly attractive to the decomposers, so it's also come to be known as compostable plastic. According to UrthPact, a company that makes Earth-friendly products from bioplastics or recycled plastic materials including compostable plastics, to be certified compostable a material must:
- Break down completely into organic matter
- Break down 90% in 84 days
- Be consumed by microorganisms in the compost at the same rate as natural materials such as leaves and food scraps
Vegetable-derived plastics like UrthPact's must be composted in a commercial compost system where higher temperatures and greater concentrations of bacteria are used. They will not break down easily even in a backyard compost pile. Compost piles also need just the right amount of air and water to work, and size matters--the larger the pile the more likely it is to work. Commercial composters recreate the conditions under which these plastics are designed to biodegrade.
But humans are not buried in compost piles, they are buried in soil. The same agents that act to decompose a human body underground also act on anything buried with the body. Initial decomposition in an unembalmed body is carried on by microorganisms in the body itself, which are then joined by organisms in the soil. A bag sewn into a body would have to be attractive to either or both types of organisms.
It seems cruel to deny natural burial to someone because they've been autopsied. So what's the solution if we want to be true to the principles of green burial but still reasonable? It makes sense to use a bag made of material that's already okay to bury--paper, or cotton, wool. Perhaps to be waterproof or even water resistant such a bag could be coated with something like beeswax, which though not easily biodegradable is at least "natural." The product would have to be readily available to coroners and morticians, but I think if you make it easy for someone they generally will do it.
The Green Burial Council states "All GBC approved caskets, urns and shrouds must be constructed from plant-derived, recycled plant-derived, natural, animal, or unfired earthen materials, including shell, liner, and adornments."
I asked for clarification, and the GBC agreed with the statement that "While the Green Burial Council is taking into consideration the use of new plastics, it will always stay true to its environmental aims and do so only after much consideration and research."
You really don't want to bury something that's going to last longer than your remains.
To paraphrase the bible, naked we came into this world and naked we shall return.


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Meanwhile, I've got popcorn
August 21, 2012
Remember this? I found it at the grocery store. I didn't know they still made it.
Jiffy Pop
It got me thinking. When I was a kid we used to go camping just about every other weekend. MD, PA, WV, VA, mainly. Anyway, we used to stop on the way to a campground in PA at a little general store. There, we used to get these little fruit pies. I remember them being the tastiest little things I've ever had in my entire life. I know from experience that sometimes the reality doesn't match up to the memory, but I sure wish I could find those pies. My parents tell me they think the company went out of business. Maybe I should investigate myself. Meanwhile, I've got popcorn.
I Did Have Sunscreen On
April 10, 2012
Last Saturday I rode to Great Falls Park,VA. I had previously only been to the MD side of the falls. It was beautiful and peaceful. I only wish I could have captured the true size and power of this beautiful river and falls.
Transformers in a field in Maryland?
April 4, 2012
Last Sunday I met with some friends from High School, and we rode for miles. On the side of one of the country roads on which we were traveling I saw this:
I wasn't leading so I didn't stop, but I did take about 4 picks as we rode by doing about 50. When I got home I blew one up and saw this web address. Turns out what I saw was part of last years Transformers themed corn maze. According to the site they have the largest corn maze in Maryland. "This past years maze was 9.1 miles of trails covering 42 acres."
I plan to go back and stop to take some better pictures.
Another Sunset Gone
March 8, 2012
I finished up work yesterday at about 1pm and I was going to go out and find something interesting to photograph. Finding the right words when writing is easier if I can also tap into the "1000 words" a photo brings to the mix. And of course, I love photography. I sat down for a second in my "comfy" chair and the next thing I new it was dark. I bolted awake, realized it wasn't morning, and thought "damn, another sunset gone".
So…I thought I'd try some night photography. Not my best work, but kind of interesting. This place always reminds me of the Disney Castle at Disney World. I bet it's also full of interesting characters.
Qwack A moley (Old Dog, New Treat)
February 20, 2012
I had lunch with some friends at a really tasty Mexican restaurant, Rosa Mexicano. Great food, service, and experience. My friends were raving about the fresh guacamole and asked if I wanted some. I said no because…well… I've always said no. Guacamole has never "looked" right to me. I know some of you are thinking "Are you kidding/crazy/weird/serious/king of the carnivores?" I am serious, and I am a carnivore, but here's the thing, 9 times out of 10 I'm right. If it doesn't look right to me, it usually doesn't taste right to me. Deviled eggs? Look nasty to me. Taste nasty to me. Egg salad? Uggg…(I love eggs any way except these two)
I'm not a kid, so when I say I don't care for something, the implication is I've tried it and didn't find it to my liking. But the reality this time was I had never tried guacamole before. I was thinking about this as the guacamole maker rolled a cart out to our table and began an elegant process of making fresh guacamole. I watched cilantro, chives/onions, jalapenos, oil, and salt go into a pestle. Followed by an avocado and then another round of cilantro, chives/onions, jalapenos, and salt. Last into the mix were the chopped tomatoes.
Truthfully? It just looked like a mess. But I love cilantro, and onions, and tomatoes, and jalapeno don't bother me. So, the only unknown was the avocado. Sigh. I quickly picked up a chip, scooped up some of the truly disgusting green goop, popped it in my mouth and…
Wow! That's not bad…I scooped again. I had to make sure it wasn't a fluke…Yum! My friends suggested we order another…I'm in!
Going Home
August 5, 2011
The worst part about going away is going home. Don't get me wrong, I love being home. It's just the thought of leaving the Bay, beach, mountains, or wherever my weekend takes me is depressing. I never want the good times to end. Can you relate?
Fondue Boo
March 7, 2011
I was a guest, so I felt I needed to keep my opinion to myself. That is, until my host posted, on Facebook, his thoughts about our recent visit to the Melting Pot. Usually we patronize the Gaithersburg Melting pot. This time we went to the Columbia restaurant and the service was terrible. At a place like the Melting Pot, service is more than half the experience. I mean it's fondue people. You cook your own food. Our waiter messed up on some very basic stuff. He spent a lot of time telling us how special he thought he was, then he barely came by the table. He did bring us our courses, but he was absent the rest of the time. I want someone to at least check on my drink. I was constantly looking for the waiter because my drink was empty. He dropped off desert and didn't come back until it was time to pick up the check that his manager had given us. The couple of times he did bring the pots or the food to the table, he spent a long time telling us about himself. I don't mean to be mean, but I don't care. I don't go to a restaurant to meet new people. Make sure you are present so if the birthday boy needs another Root beer, or someone needs another fork, or if any number of things that can happen at a table of seven happen, you can attend to it. It's waiting 101. He was terrible. The table behind us was seated as we started desert. Their waiter visited them more during our desert than ours did during our entire meal. Very disappointing experience from a usually above par establishment.
The food was excellent, but what the hell, I cooked it.
Brookside Gardens
March 3, 2011
Even though the Sun was out, it still seemed like a grey day. I don't mean depressing, just grey. Everywhere I looked it was grey. I needed some color. About a mile from my house is a park called Brookside Gardens. In the summer they have acres of plants and flowers. All year their greenhouse is open to the public. Today I walked there and took my camera.
February 27, 2011
I decided to ride the newly opened section of the Inter County Connector (ICC) today while it's still free. Kind of anti climactic. It's a road, even if it's the nicest road in Montgomery Co, it's still just a road. I rode from Georgia AV near Olney, to Shady Grove RD. It took about 7 min at 60mph. During my 7 min ride I saw 3 people pulled over, 2 on the way out, and 1 on the way home.
On the way home i decided to take it past Georgia AV to where it ends at RT 28 Norbeck RD. After I got off on Norbeck RD to take some pictures, I got back on the ICC to take it back to my Georgia Av exit. Guess what? Once I got back on at 28, I couldn't get off at Georgia AV. I had to take it all the way back to Shady Grove RD, get off, turn around and get back on. Fail. I'm sure it's temporarily closed…right?
Funk Ark
February 26, 2011
Funk Ark is a local "World Funk" band whom I've had the pleasure to see a few times around town. Last night they played a show at the Strathmore Mansion, in North Bethesda. (or south Rockville depending on where you're from) This show, like their other show's I've been to, was awesome. They're a great group of musicians having fun and sounding great doing it. If you get a chance to go see them, jump on it!
I'm not a reviewer. So don't read this as a review. It's more like a description and suggestion.


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Regardless of what face wash or moisturizer you are using, or how much your highlighter shimmers in the sunlight, there is one undeniable factor to having healthy skin, and its your overall mood!
Turns out there's a strong connection between mind and skin, and research is starting to showus just how true this is. The connection between your thoughts, body, and skin health is legit, and there's even a clinical name for this field of study —"psychodermatology."
When you are going through personal and emotional turmoil your skin wreaks havoc, and this is due to one main culprit: stress. Stress can affect our body's homeostasis and immune function, while elevating levels of a harmful hormone known as cortisol. This hormone impacts us physically by contributing to weight gain and acne. Under chronic stress, you release hormones that encourage inflammation and decrease blood flow to the skin. The nerves in the skin become irritated, and may increase inflammation or stimulate allergic reactions. Skin recruits the immune system to fight, which can cause inflammation or trigger a flare up for people who suffer from rosacea and psoriasis. Furthermore, production of moisturizing and plumping lipids declines, leaving your skin dry and dull.
Through my own experience I have noticed times where my skin is just looking blah even though my nutrition was on point and my skin care regimen was top knotch. Why is this? General lack of self-care. Eating poorly, staying trapped in fearful thoughts, and puttingtoo much pressure on myself at work leads for one blotchy-faced Rachel. As humans we all experience ups and downs, and it's important to recognize the lower times and make an effort to lift ourselves up. I do this by being more mindful, meditating, exercising, spending time with my dog, being in nature, or reading self empowerment books.
Self worth, satisfaction, and overall life fulfillment resonates through your appearance! When you are glowing inside, the whole world will recognize it through your smile, and your skin!


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Bruce Webb has left a new comment on your post "Robert's List of Reasonable and Reasonably Honest ...":
Oh boy. Of the few on that list with whom I have had one on one interactions I would have to say they were agreeable in much the same way opposing counsel in a civil or even criminal trial are agreeable. And in most ways willing to fight pretty fair.
As long as you understand that many of them have their own agenda, as of course do I.
The problem with the whole concept of 'honest conservatism' is inherent in its origins. The philosophy and associated economics was formed in a time and place deeply hostile to the whole concept of democratic majoritarianism, which was associated (often rightly) with ideas about communitarianism and utilitarianism.
In the middle half of the twentieth century we saw the advance of the concept of one-man, one vote to the point that it seemed impossible to openly oppose. Which led 'honest Conservatives' to have to resort to tying themselves into rhetorical knot trying to advance a theory that had its roots in a non-majoritarian mileau.
In retrospect Supply Side came to be regarded as a failure not because it didn't work, because I would argue it worked splendidly from a traditional Conservative perspective, it maintained and intensified political and economic control in the hands of those that matter, primarily the controllers of capital and the managers of traditional societal structures. The massive concentration of wealth that came during and after the Reagan Revolution would not have shocked Pitt the Elder, or the Duke of Wellington while he was Prime Minister, or dare I say William McKinley, the acquisition and conservation of economic and political wealth was kind of the point.
Modern Conservatism seems to have found its own solution to existing in a political system fundamentally based on democratic majoritarianism, they simply brought into coalition people from traditions far removed from 19th century conservatism: populism, nativism, evangelical religions and tried to build majorities from the back end. But leaving their economists in a bind, because twist as they might there is nothing egalitarian in conservative economics, at best they can make gestures at a wholly theoretical "equality of opportunity", that never has existed, and to which when attempts are made to put it into place (affirmative action, contract set-asides), they react violently.
Which would lead me to add one name to your list. Though I consider him a total loon, there is no doubt that Bryan Caplan stumbled on the only possible solution to this Conservative conundrum: simply rule that people who don't agree with conservative economic theory are irrational and take away their vote. Simple, elegant, but really hard to sell to a democratic majority.


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Host-based authentication mimics the old rhosts authentication that was used with Unix tools such as
rsh and
rcp to control access to systems based on the address of the remote host. The difference with the old way and the current host-based authentication is that in Secure Shell v2 strong cryptography is used to perform the host identity check.
The old way of identifying the host with its name or IP address is very insecure. It was based on the assumption that DNS names and IP addresses could not easily be tampered with. DNS services were typically hosted on servers controlled by system administrators, on ports where ordinary users could not start services. This assumption, however, is no longer valid, since personal computers have become much more common, and many more people now have the opportunity to set up DNS services or programs that capture and alter network traffic. Since DNS lookups and the portion of an IP packet that contains the IP address are not encrypted, they are vulnerable to interception and alteration.
Host-based authentication in the SecSh v2 protocol does not need to rely solely on the DNS information. In fact, in environments where NAT (Network Address Translation) is used, it is usually necessary to disable the DNS matching in server configuration. Instead, the client host is authenticated with a public key pair, which is typically the host key pair or the host certificate pair of the SSH Tectia Server on the client side.
Host-based authentication is actually similar to public-key authentication. On the server side, the public key is required to identify the client host, or in case certificates are used, the identification is based on the contents of the host certificate as in server authentication with certificates. On the client side, the difference compared to user public-key authentication is that the user does not have direct access to the private key. Instead, a small
setuid program is used to sign the challenge. This program is able to access the root-owned private key of the client host. The program also checks that the user is signing the challenge with correct information; the server uses this information, which contains the client-side username and hostname, when it decides whether the user is authorized to log in to the requested account. Host-based authentication with certificates also makes it possible to have scalable user authorization in the SSH Tectia Server configuration. It is possible, for example, to allow login to particular user account(s) only from particular client host(s).
The major drawback with host-based authentication is that it effectively puts the server host to the same trust level as the client host. This is usually not a problem if both the client and server machines are in a controlled environment and administered by trusted people. While both user public-key authentication and host-based authentication rely on the integrity of the private key on the client side, host-based authentication relies also heavily on the integrity of the user account management and the initial user authentication to the client-side system. In host-based authentication, a client-side user that has the same name as the server-side user is considered equivalent. Therefore, for example, denying root login with host-based authentication is usually prudent. Otherwise if the client host is breached, the attacker has immediate root privileges in all participating hosts (requiring strong authentication for root is usually wise in any case, however).


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Back on the market as buyer financing fell through! Their loss - your gain! Located on the Parkway and craving an extensive remodel, this home exudes great energy and is sprinkled with character. The potential is unlimited for investors and those looking for the perfect area and wanting to make this home their own! Paint and carpet alone would go a long way! As it sits now, there's a main floor master with a large walk-in closet, a popped attic complete with a fireplace, wet bar, and access to a rooftop observatory over the garage. Cozy up in the basement next to the fireplace and binge your favorite shows. A great layout to work from home, too! Outside you'll find a stone patio with a pergola, water feature, and a lovely low maintenance garden. A short walk to 6th Avenue Parkway where you can walk, run, and take Fido for a stroll. The neighborhood is amazing and an ideal distance to Cherry Creek, Lowry, and Downtown. A new owner will appreciate the unique style and charm of this home.
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I've been to my Monday night SAA group this evening. I haven't been for about 4 months, as it's a large group and my anxiety was just too overwhelming when I started taking the Fluoxetine again.
I managed to get up and complete my basic routine again this morning.
- Get up
- Shower
- Dress
- Eat
- Meditate
I then went for a little walk into town, grabbed a coffee and then decided that I would go and see a movie.
I'd been on social media after breakfast and my anger just came out sideways. I let rip with both barrels and realised that if I didn't take a step back, someone was going to get hurt and that was probably going to be me.
Doing some step work seemed to close to being around the computer and the temptation to unleash more wrath onto others, as my keyboard terrorist tendencies come out and take over. A film seemed like the perfect distraction and it worked.
When I came out of the cinema I felt much calmer and the need to act was far less. I was content to sit with my previous actions and simply see how things now panned out. In essence I guess I just decided enough was enough and it was now time for me to hand it over.
The meeting this evening seemed like perfect timing to get myself back into a more structured routine and it was just what I needed.
On my way there I could feel the magic beginning to work. I realised that I had nothing to fear. That this was going to be a safe place to be open and vulnerable. I remembered that we are all the same and that it's our similarities, not our differences that create connections.
I realised that I was fearful of sharing my bottom lines in front of strangers, as I obviously still judge myself on them. With that realisation my shame evaporated.
As I walked into the meeting I saw new faces and familiar faces, but I knew all of them. These were my people. These were messed up, hurt, angry, lonely people. These were sex addicts. I felt like I had come home.
As I sat down and the meeting began I felt the stress and anger disappear. The fake me, the ego or the alter ego that I carry round with me to protect me from the world, it vanished.
It was a step reading this evening and being December it was Step 12. As we did the reading I could almost feel myself having a spiritual awakening. It was subtle but something shifted.
I felt a sense of calm, peace and serenity come over me and as the meeting went on, my energy grew.
As the fear and the anger dropped off, what replaced them was love. I felt safe. I felt understood. I felt accepted.
These things were not directly because of the meeting, but they had triggered a change in perception within me that meant I felt safe, I understood me. I accepted me.
As these new feelings came into my consciousness, I began to feel the connections with everyone in the room begin to grow. It was a truly wonderful feeling and something that I had not felt in many, many months.
There were some newbies in the room and I put myself in their shoes. If i'm feeling apprehensive now, just try to remember how I felt the first time I walked into the room.
A sense of duty and purpose came over me. I need to be honest and I need to share with humility but confidence. This is my life. This is my story and if my experience, strength and hope can help others, then my share also helps me.
I shared my bottom lines, knowing that I had nothing to be ashamed of. Even though there was one female in the room, which was a little strange, but it just made me realise how brave she is, to sit in a room of 25 male sex addicts. Wow! That's courage right there.
So today feels like I've embrace some outer circle behaviours. I seen how my emotions, particularly my anger, can overwhelm me and almost take control of my actions.
I've had the presence of mind to take a step back and walk away from potential harmful scenarios. I've put myself out of my comfort zone and made the effort seek human contact and best of all, I picked up my 3 month chip this evening.
Today worked. It wasn't smooth sailing, but I navigated the course and looked after myself.
I'm feeling very grateful for recovery right now and will learn from today in applying Step 12 to everyday life.


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Ok…it's been a while since I've updated my blog with any new content. A long while. Things have been so busy that I haven't had a lot of extra time, and client delivery is always a higher priority than my own website maintenance. That's a good thing, right? Things aren't slowing down any time soon, but I'm going to try to carve-out some time to post more weddings. I had a client meeting last night where the clients pointed out how there wasn't much new in the year since they booked me, so that was a good kick in the behind for me to get to work.
Up first…Ashley & Ben's Evermore Wedding! This was last summer, on one of those RAINY RAINY RAINY days. It absolutely poured all day. Did that stop them from having an absolutely insanely great day? NOPE. It was awesome from start to finish…and the finish? Well…you'll see. Let's just say I had to open Photoshop to modify it because this is a family friendly blog!


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Join us on December 9th, 2018 as we crusade out of Black Point Park and Marina for the first-ever Gravel Gladiator, presented by Salsa Cycles. Battle the elements and fight off the obstacles on this open category, 45 mile levee ride straight down to Homestead. From beginner to expert level riders are welcome! All riders will receive a wristband for food and beer plus a goodie bag that includes a special edition, Salsa Cycles water bottle and a raffle ticket for a 2018 Salsa Journeyman. The GLADIATOR CHASE will be the first wave of riders competing to be the TOP Gravel Gladiator. The second wave is the GLADIATOR RIDE, which is for riders just looking for a fun ride and great time!
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A Close Inspection At The 2007 Subaru Legacy
Subaru still has yet to send out the 2007 model of the Subaru Legacy out to dealerships and auto showrooms. And those who are followers of the Subaru vehicles, especially the Subaru Legacy, find the wait to be quite a long one. According to those who were able to take a first hand view and inspection of the 2007 Subaru Legacy, the most recognizable changes were included the new headlights as well as new taillights. There also has been a change with the grille for it now has a much larger opening making it more prominent. These changes may be quite subtle and restrained but the overall effect is a vehicle that has more poise and a more positive aura. Subaru now states for a fact that the restyling and updating has been mainly done so as to bring out the hidden dynamics that the vehicle possessed. Of course present Subaru Legacy owners could do the sprucing up themselves with Saturn aftermarket parts but the company sure would like to offer a vehicle that needs no more upgrades and would be liked immediately by the auto market. As per the source of power, the engine still would either be a 2.5 liter engine or a 3.0 liter engine. However, the new Subaru Legacy would now be holding a new exhaust that would provide a much lower amount of noise and would give the vehicle a more looming stance overall. Those who would like to purchase the new vehicle also could also opt to further add in more features like the Subaru Intelligent Drive or is also known as the SI-Drive. This system is actually a controller found at the cockpit of the vehicle and it is adjustable. What it does is it can controller the electronic throttle as well as the engine control unit of the ECU. And with this, any driver could be sure to have a breezy driving experience.
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Marion, AL—The President of Marion Military Institute (MMI), Col. David J. Mollahan, has announced that MMI's wrestling program will end its storied run at the end of the current academic year when fabled wrestling coaches Jim and Dave Hazewinkel, both two-time Olympic wrestlers in 1968 and 1972, retire. A club sport and member of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association, MMI wrestling will be replaced by two new sports and four additional teams: men's and women's golf and cross country.
"Reconstituting the wrestling program was not feasible," said Mollahan. "We have the wrestling coaches retiring. Finding coaches with the credentials, background, and experience of the Hazewinkels was going to be unlikely. Whether wrestling remained a club sport or became a varsity sport would require the team to travel great distances—Oklahoma, Kansas, and Indiana. Logistically, that made no sense to us."
According to Mollahan, the sports of cross country and golf were deemed the most compatible athletic programs for MMI because of their "supportability and relevance to our school and military programs."
In essence, then, MMI is trading one sport with no athletic scholarships for four National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I sports with athletic scholarships. Men's and women's golf will grant eight athletic scholarships apiece, while men's and women's cross country will each award ten athletic scholarships. An athletic scholarship covers the costs for tuition, fees, and books for the academic year.
The timetable for the implementation of golf and cross country is twofold: 1) hire two coaches by the Fall semester of 2016 and provide them a year to do their recruiting, and 2) field the teams by the Fall semester of 2017.
The men's and women's golf and cross country teams will compete in the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC). Currently, Marion Military Institute competes in the ACCC in five sports: men's and women's tennis, men's basketball, baseball, and softball.
For more information about Marion Military Institute's academic and athletic programs, please visit the following websites: www.marionmilitary.edu and www.mmitigers.com.


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Seeing a rise in popcorn popularity due to a shift in consumer focus on healthier and more premium snacks, The Pop Co. decided to offer the market an alternative to the snacking category. Leveraging on variant trends and inspiring flavours, The Pop Co. is focused on healthier, tastier and better-for-you snacks.


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By Ray DeLorenzi , November 05, 2007 08:16 AM
Washington Post: Poll Finds Americans Pessimistic, Want Change
At this stage, three issues dominate the electoral landscape, with the war in Iraq at the top of the list. Nearly half of all adults, 45 percent, cited Iraq as the most or second-most important issue in their choice for president. About three in 10 cited the economy and jobs (29 percent) or health care (27 percent). All other issues are in the single digits.
BusinessWeek: Managing Financial Ties to Your Kids
"The boomers' tendencies lean toward doing whatever it takes to take care of our kids. We do a lot for our kids," says Steve Slon, editor of the American Association of Retired Persons' bi-monthly AARP The Magazine. "When we see the cost of housing and education, we just get out our checkbook."
USA Today: The pitch: Retire early. The catch: Brokers want your cash
It's a nightmarish lesson in investing that regulators say will become increasingly common as 79 million baby boomers inch toward retirement. Across America, a growing number of financial advisers are targeting the portfolios of the swelling number of want-to-be early retirees through their employers.
U.S. News & World Report: 15 Things You Can Do to Keep Mom and Dad at Home
Few people gleefully anticipate the task of caring for an aging parent-but plenty seem to deny that it's coming. Sooner or later, avoidance can thrust adult children into the caregiver role with a shotgun start.


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The likes of Max Irons ("The Host"), Sam Claflin ("Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides") and Douglas Booth ("Jupiter Ascending") are all reportedly in negotiations to star in the film adaptation of the 2010 Royal Court Theatre production "Posh".
"Twilight" star Robert Pattinson is also said to be in talks, albeit at an earlier stage. "An Education" director Lone Scherfig has already signed on to helm the project.
The original play is set around a fictional version of the Bullingdon Club (essentially a fraternity at the esteemed Oxford University), and involves privileged idiots getting together, drinking themselves into oblivion and trashing restaurants.
Wade's play focuses on the members of the Riot Club, whose meeting in a country pub ends in tragedy. The original production launched several careers including Kit Harington ("Game Of Thrones") and David Dawson ("Luther"). Filming is aiming to get underway in May.
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Marcos Alonso 2017/18 Kits is really fit for you to support your team on game season. As a die-hard fan of Chelsea. It's a pity if you don't have any objects to stand your position. Besides, Marcos Alonso Chelsea Jersey also can be as entry certificate if you want to join a club.
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ID2015 aims to foster dialogue and collaboration. By encouraging investment in design as a key component of competitiveness and innovation, the overall objective of the initiative is to sustain and grow employment opportunities and sales and export potential for the Irish design sector into the future.
Through two funding calls, ID2015 will be supporting a range of design activities and initiatives across Ireland. The first round is now open with closing dates on October 30th and November 4th 2014. The second round will open on March 30th 2015.
Design disciplines include: Architecture and built environment; contemporary and traditional craft, costume and set design; design engineering; fashion; film, animation and motion design; food design; furniture and lighting design; gaming and ICT design; graphic and communication design; interior and exhibition design; organisational and service design; product and industrial design; textile design; web interface and interaction design.
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text: This is a known problem, but we don't have a good fix to it in IronPython. Here's how to set just the X value of a Point in an array today: apt[0] = Point(0, apt[0].Y) OR p = apt[0] p.X = 42 apt[0] = p I suspect that you're not very excited by either of these options. The problem is that Point is a value type/struct and thus needs to be boxed to be passed out to IronPython as an object. When it is boxed a new copy of the data in the Point is created and changes to this new copy won't change the original back in the array. This same problem also shows up when value types are stored in fields and you want to change them. Point is probably far and away the most common instance of this. I can't come up with any elegant ways to make this experience better. There are some inelegant ideas floating around in my head, but I keep hoping for an inspiration here... In case you're wondering why it's hard, Python has a strong invariant that: a[index].name == tmp = a[index] tmp.name My most elegant solution would be to break this invariant in IronPython when setting value types. This would add some additional complexity to the compiler, but not a huge amount. However, any time that I think about changing an invariant of the Python language I get rather nervous about the ramifications... Thanks - Jim ________________________________________ From: users-ironpython.com-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-ironpython.com-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Kirk Olynyk Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 9:56 AM To: users-ironpython.com at lists.ironpython.com Subject: [IronPython] Array Access Problem I can't seem to change the members of an array. Is this a known problem? import sys sys.LoadAssemblyByName("System") sys.LoadAssemblyByName("System.Drawing") from System import* from System.Drawing import * apt = Array.CreateInstance(Point, 1) apt[0] = Point(1,2) print apt[0] apt[0].X = 0 # change the x-coordinate print apt[0] # check to see if it set


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Alzheimer's disease is a form of dementia. It is the most common form of dementia. Dementia is a term used to describe memory loss and loss of other intellectual capabilities, like reasoning and thinking, that are severe enough to cause problems in daily life. Alzheimer's disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer, who discovered the disease in 1906.
Alzheimer's largest risk factor is aging. However, it is not a normal part of aging. While the majority of people who have Alzheimer's are over the age of 65, it can happen in someone younger. Early-onset Alzheimer's is when the disease becomes noticeable in someone in their 40s or 50s. About 5 percent of people with this disease are in this age group.
This is a disease that progressively gets worse over time. In late stages, someone with Alzheimer's may not be able to communicate or reason with those around them. They will also eventually need full-time care for everyday life. According to the Alzheimer's Association, it is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. The average life span of someone with the disease is eight years after diagnosis, but they can live up to 20 years depending on other health conditions. There is no cure at this time. However, there are treatments that can slow the progression and improve the quality of life for those with the disease.
Memory problems are usually the first symptoms of Alzheimer's. Remembering things that have been recently learned is especially difficult. Some other symptoms are:
- confusion about places or times (may be mild at first)
- unable to find words with speaking
- misplacing objects you use regularly
- changes to personality
- new irritability
- making bad decisions
- difficulty organizing thoughts
- repeating things over and over
- forgetting things and not remembering them later
- difficulty with numerical calculations
- difficulty responding to everyday problems
- mood swings
- paranoia and distrust of others (including immediate family or close friends)
This disease does not affect everyone in the same way, so individuals may experience symptoms at different times. If you or a loved one has any of these symptoms and they are causing problems with everyday life, you should talk to your doctor.
The exact cause of Alzheimer's is not clear, but there are a number of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can contribute. However, what is known is that Alzheimer's damages the brain and its brain cells. This leads to the brain shrinking. The brain of someone with Alzheimer's usually has two types of abnormalities: plaques and tangles.
Plaques are clumps of protein that get in the way of communication between brain cells. This causes damage and possibly even the death of these brain cells. These protein clumps are called amyloid plaques.
The system that carries nutrients through the brain is a protein called Tau. In the brain of someone with Alzheimer's, threads of this protein (better known as neurofibrillary tangles) collect in the brain cells. These tangles prevent nutrients from being carried through the brain.
The apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) has a part in late-onset Alzheimer's. However, having this gene does not determine that you will definitely get Alzheimer's. Most early-onset cases are caused by changes in certain genes. These changes are inherited. However, many cases of both forms of Alzheimer's occur with no known causes.
Most people with Down Syndrome will eventually develop Alzheimer's. It is believed to be because of their extra copy of chromosome 21.
There are a number of things that are considered risk factors for Alzheimer's. The most common of these is aging, as it tends to occur in people over the age of 60. Some other common risk factors are:
- family history (genetics)
- individuals with Down syndrome
- being female (this could be due to the fact that they usually live longer than men)
- mild cognitive impairment, which causes an increased risk but not a certainty of developing the disease
- severe head trauma
There are also a number of heart health issues that scientists believe may be risk factors in the development of Alzheimer's. Some of these include:
- heart disease
- high blood cholesterol
- stroke
- high blood pressure
- diabetes
- smoking
- poor diet
- obesity
The research continues into how reducing these risk factors may reduce the risk of developing the disease.
There is not currently a way to definitely diagnose Alzheimer's. However, through tests and information provided to the doctor, they can make a judgement as to whether or not Alzheimer's is causing symptoms. Some questions and tests the doctor may use in diagnosis are:
- question the patient and family members about changes in behavior, difficulty with daily tasks, medical history, and changes in personality
- test for memory, counting, problem solving, and/or language
- blood and urine tests to rule other conditions out
- brain scans to rule out other possible conditions, which may include CT scan, MRI, or positron emission tomography (PET scan)
- neuropsychological testing
Some or all of these tests may be repeated later to measure how memory and brain functions change over time.
Other conditions that may cause similar symptoms are stroke, tumor, sleep problems, side effects from medications, and others.
Research is ongoing in the field of Alzheimer's and dementia, and new methods of diagnosing the disease may be on the horizon.
Alzheimer's disease is complex and there isn't one form of treatment that will treat it. Doctors treat the symptoms of the disease as well as work to slow its progression.
There are two types of medications that are used to treat mental function. They are cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine (Namenda).
Cholinesterase inhibitors help with cell to cell communication in the brain. These drugs can also help with agitation and depression, which occur with the disease. Some of the common forms of this class of drugs are:
- donepezil (Aricept)
- galantamine (Razadyne)
- rivastigmine (Exelon)
Memantine (Namenda) also helps with cell to cell communication in the brain. It slows the progression of Alzheimer's symptoms. It is used in moderate to severe forms of the disease. It may also be used in combination with a cholinesterase inhibitor.
Lifestyle Changes
There are a number of things you can adopt in your lifestyle or the lifestyle of someone you love that will help manage some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's. Making the home and surroundings safe and supportive is one of the main changes that can be made. A few of the things that you can do to achieve this are:
- Always keep keys, wallet, etc., in the same place.
- Remove unnecessary mirrors (images in mirrors can confuse or scare those with Alzheimer's).
- Make sure shoes have good traction to avoid slipping and falling.
- Keep photos and other meaningful things in view.
- Keep a mobile phone in your pocket with GPS to help if you ever get lost.
- Keep medication simple and in a daily container to avoid confusion.
- Keep a routine as much as possible.
As with most health conditions, exercise is an important part of the routine. Even if balance keeps you or a loved one from walking regularly, stationary bike or chair exercises are an option. Nutrition is also important to watch. Healthy shakes and smoothies are good alternatives for meals or snacks, as those with Alzheimer's may forget if they have eaten. Someone with Alzheimer's should also be sure to drink lots of liquids to avoid constipation and dehydration.
Alternative Therapies
There are a number of alternative treatments that promote brain health and improved brain function. However, there are no studies that show these to be effective for slowing the progression of Alzheimer's at this time. Some of those that are currently being studied are:
- omega-3 fatty acids in fish
- curcumin
- ginkgo
- vitamin E
It is important to remember that even natural or alternative therapies can interact with medications. Be sure to talk to the doctor before you or a loved one try any alternative methods.
Caring for someone with Alzheimer's can be a challenge physically, emotionally, and financially. It often involves a major shift in a relationships, when a child begins caring for a mother or a spouse begins caring for their spouse. It can be very challenging to care for someone who can be irritable, paranoid, or not even believe they need care at times. Many caregivers deal with guilt, frustration, and grief over the loss of the relationship. It can also cause social isolation. It is important that you find support. This can be through other family members, friends, or support groups.
Learning all you can about the disease can be very helpful. With research ongoing, it is important to stay up-to-date on new discoveries. There are also classes that can teach you how to cope with the difficult behaviors you will encounter as you care for your loved one.
Caregiver burnout is common in people who care for someone with Alzheimer's. It can occur when supporting the person with Alzheimer's overshadows addressing your own needs, either physically, emotionally, or both. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Many people don't know enough about what caregiving takes to know how to offer to help. It is up to you to reach out and ask for it. Reach out to friends or family that may be able to give you a break from time to time. Even just 30 minutes to take some time for yourself can help.
Be sure to check in your community for respite care or adult day care facilities that can give you some much needed time off from caregiving. Many of these facilities will also help your loved one to continue social interaction and aid in slowing the progression of the disease.
To help you cope with caregiving responsibilities and to manage your stress, it is important that you remember to take care of yourself. Some ways to do this are:
- Maintain a regular exercise routine.
- Join a support group.
- Take care of your emotional and spiritual needs.
- Take care of your physical health.
- Ask for help.
Research has not yet found a way to prevent Alzheimer's disease. However, there are some things that research suggests may help. You can do the following to help slow the progression or possibly prevent the disease:
- Keep your mind active with word games, puzzles, and memory games.
- Continue learning new things. This is another way to keep your mind active.
- Stay physically active.
- Be socially active.
- Stop smoking.
- Get adequate sleep.
- Treat high blood pressure.
There is not current proof that any of these will prevent you from getting the disease. However, they all promote good brain health and have many other benefits beyond helping to fight against Alzheimer's disease.
It is important to talk to a doctor if you notice some of the signs of Alzheimer's in yourself or someone you care about. There are treatments that can help slow the progression of the disease. The earlier you can start on these, the better your quality of life can be.
Researchers are working right now to better understand Alzheimer's and its effect on the brain. Once they better understand the disease, it will be easier to research treatments. In the meantime, Alzheimer's research is one of the leading forms of research being performed today. New information is being learned daily and new treatments are being studied. If you or a loved one is diagnosed with this disease, the best thing you can do is talk to your doctor and start treatment as early as possible.


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In accordance with Kansas statutes, the City of Manhattan annually adopts a balanced budget, meaning total resources in each fund are equal to total expenditures. This process begins on Jan. 1 as each department submits its capital improvement requests. Only high priority and highly justified requests for capital spending are approved as part of the annual fiscal budget. The City Commission approves the city budget in August, after five work sessions on the budget are held open to the public and televised locally.
- Learn about the sales tax breakdown in the City of Manhattan, as well as special sales tax districts.
- Calculate your residential property taxes for 2017
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Cast Aluminum
Material Research / Polich Tallix
The cast aluminum panels for the Hudson St. Residence were developed with the fine art foundry Polich Tallix. The research began with experiments in which various wire meshes, textiles, and fabrics were added within the sand casting molds to alter the texture and color of the aluminum. The final cast is the result of an organic burlap that burns away, leaving the trace of a fine fabric texture on the surface of the aluminum.
More dramatic is the pronounced change in color due to the combustion of the burlap. Entering the mold at extremely high temperatures, the molten aluminum burns the burlap quickly, leaving brighter tones of white, silver, and gold. As the remainder of the mold eventually fills, the aluminum cools resulting in darker greys and blacks. These color shifts were enhanced by the discovery that the directions the aluminum flowed within the mold were extremely consistent.
Through the natural process of casting over burlap, the color alterations due to temperature, and the natural flow direction, a repeatable pattern was established. Adjacent molds were mirrored to allow the pattern to extend from panel to panel. At the foundry, over 650 panels were book-matched by hand, reinforcing the spatial unraveling of the piece.


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Wheelaway Netball Goal Posts designed to conform to England Netball regulations; available with 10mm solid steel or Regulation 16mm tubular steel rings, both with safety collar and net. The 50mm diameter steel upright is adjustable to provide ring heights of 2.5m, 2.75m or 3.05m and comes with a non-obstructing triangular solid steel bar base, complete with double nylon wheels and rubber pads for indoor floor protection. Finished with a powder coated green ring and base and a zinc plated post, or powder coated with a pink ring and base, and a white post.
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Premium Cookware Sets
Best Cookware Sets December 27, 2015 admin
If you are serious about cooking, you need to have a high-quality set of cookware in your kitchen. Cookware sets can be made from a variety of different materials, but some materials are simply better than others. Stainless steel is one of the most popular choices because it is highly durable, easy to clean, and it has an attractive modern appearance to it. Copper is another premium option that offers excellent conductivity and heat distribution – you should be careful to purchase a set that is lined with stainless steel, however, to avoid leaching copper compounds into your food. Enamel and porcelain enamel-coated cookware may heat up slowly, but it too offers excellent heat distribution and it can withstand very high temperatures. If you are looking for a top-quality cookware set to use in your kitchen, consider some of the top-rated options reviewed below.
Top-Rated Premium Cookware Sets
Not all cookware sets are created equal – some are superior to others in terms of their materials, their conductivity, and their versatility. Below you will find reviews of some of the top-rated premium cookware sets on the market.
All-Clad D5 Brushed Stainless Steel 10-Piece Set
If you are looking for a highly durable and versatile cookware set, consider this All-Clad D5 Brushed Stainless Steel 10-Piece Set. This 10-piece set is made from 18/10 stainless steel and aluminum in a five-layer bonded construction to maximize thermal conductivity. This set comes with two skillets, two saucepans, a deep saute pan, and a stock pot – all but the skillets come with stainless-steel lids and each piece has a riveted stainless-steel handle. This 10-piece cookware set is incredibly durable and it is dishwasher-safe which makes it easy to clean. You can purchase this All-Clad D5 Brushed Stainless Steel 10-Piece Set for $899.
Sur La Table Hard Anodized Nonstick 15-Piece Set
The Sur La Table Hard Anodized Nonstick 15-Piece Set offers the ideal combination of quality and convenience. This 10-piece cookware set is constructed from hard-anodized aluminum with a cream-colored nonstick interior that releases food quickly for easy cleanup. This premium cookware set comes with an 8 ½ and 10-inch skillet, a 1 ½ and 3 quart saucepan, a 2 ¾ quart sauté pan, and a 6-quart stockpot. Each piece in this set features a riveted stainless steel handle and all but the skillets come with tempered glass lids which seal in moisture and nutrients during cooking. This 15-piece set is available for $399 and it comes with a limited lifetime warranty.
Le Creuset Signature 10-Piece Set
This premium cookware set consists of 10 pieces of cast iron with a long-lasting enamel coating. The Le Creuset Signature 10-Piece Set is ideal for the modern kitchen because it is incredibly durable and it offers excellent heat distribution. Included in this set is a 9-inch skillet, a 5 ½ quart French oven, a 3 ½ quart braiser, a 3 ½ quart oval French oven, a square grill pan, and a 1 ¾ quart saucepan. All but the skillet and the grill pan come with their own lid. This set of cookware can be used with all types of cooktops including electric, gas, halogen, and induction – each piece is oven-safe as well. This Le Creuset Signature 10-Piece Set is available for $999.
Mauviel M'heritage 150c Copper 7-Piece Set
Not only does copper cookware look great, but it offers excellent heat transfer and retention. This 7-piece set of copper cookware is the perfect example of a premium cookware set, available for $899. The Mauviel M'heritage 150c Copper 7-Piece Set comes with a 1.9-quart saucepan, a 3.6-quart saucepan, a 3.2-quart saute pan, and a 10.2-inch frying pan – all but the frying pan come with a copper lid. This cookware set is constructed with a copper exterior and an 18/10 stainless-steel interior for safety. Not only are these pieces designed for quality and reliable performance, but they offer a handmade-heirloom quality for which Mauviel cookware is known. If you are in the market for a top-quality premium cookware set and money is not an option, this is a great set to consider.
If you want to get your kitchen started off right with a premium-quality cookware set, consider one of the options rated above. No matter which of these options you choose, you cannot go wrong.


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About Blaise Group NY, LLC
The Blaise Group NY, LLC specializes exclusively in surety and fidelity performance bonds. Our single focus allows us to more fully understand the needs of our customers, and to serve them better. Our Certified MBE status is an added bonus for clients that perform government contracts.
Our experienced staff will help you find and secure the appropriate bond to meet your needs. We will guide you through the application process, and help you secure your bond in the shortest possible time.


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Our moments in September | Gold Coast Family Lifestyle Photographer
Being a mum is one of my greatest joys in life, even though it is demanding and challenges me daily. I mean who has kids that don't wind you up regularly, really? Watching the bond between my sons grow is something I cherish so dearly and capturing some of those moments are very important to me. They may not always get on but they will have pictures that will show them that there were times that they did!! I rarely ask my children to look at me when I'm photographing them. I want to capture them doing what interests them and their unique expressions, whatever their emotions are. Lately I have been getting 'cheeeeese' which they have learnt at daycare, and I cringe but laugh because it is still so cute!
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Norleena Horton is a Gold Coast lifestyle photographer
specialising in newborn and family photography in your home or on location.
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During the holiday season it's only fitting to be grateful for your blessings. Therefore, we'd like to take this time to say how happy and proud we are to serve our top-notch clients. Not only that, but we thank our consultants for their expertise and dedication across the nation as well. Wishing a safe and warm holiday to all!
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Is your home or business in need of professional pest control services? Problems with rats, mice or insects like ant's and wasps! Have you tried DIY Pest Control products!
At HOLGATES Pest Control we are trained to take on all types of pests and infestations. If you have a vermin or insect issue that needs eradicating then our Pest Control Services in Accrington is the company for you!
You may have Pest problems like Mice, Rat and other rodent issues but we also have Pest Control Solutions for insects like carpet moths, beetles, flies, wasps, ants, slugs, silverfish, woodworm, fleas, cockroaches and bedbugs!
Bird Control is another Pest Control Service we offer! Our Pest Controllers can provide a bird spikes and netting service to help with your Seagull or Pigeon problem. If you shop or bussines needs bird proofing give us a call!
We are the Leading Pest Control Company in Accrington so why not call 01254 236619
Trusted Pest Control Company
Holgates Pest Control serve thousands of customers accross Lancashire including many commercial customers like factories, retail parks, ofices, take away's, public houses, construction companies, schools & goverment buildings, cuntry estates and farm buildings.
We are trained to the highest standards and are fully certified pest controllers. All staff will arrive at your property dressed smartly and will treat you politely with a welcoming smile!
We aim to provide pest control services in Accrington, Rishton, Oswaltwistle and Great Harwood at an affordable price while stiil taking great care in the service we love to offer!
* Rat, Mouse and Rodent Certified Exterminators
* RSPH Certifed & Fully Qualified Operators
* Fully Trained in Mole & Farmlife Pest Control
* Certified in Fly, Flea Cockroach & Insect Control
* Trained for Access & Safe Working Practices
Common Misconceptions!
Pest control experts only spray chemicals! ..... In reality pest control is a pretty complicated affair. Operators will use many various methods to solve your rat, mouse or insect problem.
Pests only live in a unhygienic property! ..... Not true but it helps to keep your home and especially your yard or garden free from clutter. Many rats will also travel from a unhygienic property located on the same street as you.
Rats & Mice are dirty! .... You may be surprised that they are in fact very clean in most cases and keep there bed area and toilet area seperate. Rats can carry some very nasty diseases though but that is usually more about the environment they are living.
Mice will go outside after poisoning! .... They normally go back to their nest after taking rodenticides. The bait they take will make them thirsty but they usually get water from food anyway so it's a myth that they will go out looking for water.
DIY pest control will work! ..... In our experince it does not work or if it does, only for a short time. Rodents especially will become immune to DIY products.


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Taking a look at some recent releases from @DCComics
Sugar Plum #LINKFROGGING
The Immortal #LINKFROGGING
Taking a look at the new Batman Essential Edition out now from @DCComics featuring the newest edition to Batman's rogues gallery, The Court of Owls.
#LINKFROGGING...goes #ALLIN
@brucecookhere is back with a look at his week in pop culture featuring @DCComics, @HBO and @alyankovic
Taking a look at the recent Dark Night: Metal event collections from @DCComics
Stephe plans a material cleanse of his hoarder aura. This could be fun #funko #lego #hoarder #hornswoggle
A delinquent look at some recent releases from @dccomics
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Eve True Stories
In 2013, CCP ran a competition to celebrate some of the greatest stories from New Eden. The adventures submitted were called 'True Stories' due to the emergent and unscripted nature of Eve gameplay.
Perhaps predictably, the event eventually turned into something of a downvote-frenzy and included mandatory tactical voting from large alliances, each hoping to enshrine their own takes on history. Nonetheless, the competition served to create an interesting inventory of snippets from Eve's legacy. Rooks and Kings was the only group to have three separate stories placed in the top ten. The links below go directly to CCP's True Stories site.
"Player Owned Surprise" was a story later told in the False Tower video. Although a more traditional and militaristic Eve story than The Ferryman, it had more than its fair share of supporters.
The story of the 'Ferryman' was a little different to our other offerings. It involved no special tactics, no turning points in key battles and not even much in the way of combat at all. Moreover, it was an event that passed almost unnoticed at the time. And yet it garnered a considerable following in the Eve Media, for example this reddit thread or this Eve-O thread. It sheds some light on the sentimental side of RnK, away from the combat and strategic aspects. Perhaps this is also what makes it a valuable story: it reminds us of the importance of different alliance cultures in Eve, lest the game simply devolve into an arbitrary battle of Standings.
A high velocity exit.
Additionally, a pictorial entry entitled The Circle of Life was also submitted.


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Liferay CE Sync Connector
- Liferay CE Portal 7.1 GA1+
- Liferay CE Portal 7.0 GA2+
- Liferay CE Portal 7.0 GA4+
- Liferay CE Portal 7.0 GA6+
- Liferay Portal 6.2 CE GA1+
The Sync Connector app lets users connect to their portals from the Liferay Sync desktop and mobile clients. It also lets administrators control how these clients interact with their portal. Once installed, the Sync Connector app provides the portal services required by the clients. No additional portal configuration is required. However, portal administrators can use the Sync Admin portlet installed with this app to control what sites are available for Sync. They can also use this portlet to disable Sync across the portal.
After installing, the Sync Admin portlet is available in the Control Panel's Configuration section.
Please visit http://www.liferay.com/products/liferay-sync/features for more information on downloading the Liferay Sync desktop and mobile clients. Liferay Sync is compatible with Windows, Mac OS, iOS, and Android. The Sync Connector app requires version 3.0+ of the Sync desktop or mobile client and the IP Geocoder app.
- LPS-69359 Integrate OAuth 1 module with Service Access Policies
- LPS-69661 Stop using ***Util in modules, use service reference directly instead
- LPS-69926 As a developer, I would like an easy way to embed JARs inside OSGi modules without the need to list them ex...
- LPS-73935 Standardize the way we initiate arrays
- LPS-74544 SourceFormatter improvements
- LPS-75049 Drop support for "provided" configuration in gradle-plugins-defaults and move to "compileOnly"
- LPS-77425 Create a task to increase all major versions of modules and portal artifacts
- LPS-77578 Remove exported package from portal-instance-lifecycle
- LPS-77699 Update Translations
- LPS-79653 Portlet 3.0: Upgrade to the Portlet 3.0.0 API
- LPS-80332 Add suite bnd bundle instruction
- LPS-82828 Simplify deprecation javadoc by using release code name instead of version
- SYNC-1715 A user who changes the password on portal cannot log in to portal again due to account lock while connectin...
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We made it! Welcome to the new year, 2017! As is the tradition, for our first episode of the year we're going to look back at the year that was with our superlative categories, favorite beers, and favorite games of 2016. Nope, that's it - no more fluff in the intro paragraph. We're really excited to do this one! Let's get to the festivities!!!!
Upcoming: SuperHot Card Game [BGG] [Website]
2016 Superlatives:
Best Artwork:
Scythe (Stonemaier Games)
Paradox (Split Second Games)
Islebound (Red Raven Games)
The Blood of an Englishman (Renegade Game Studios)
Best Non-mini Components:
Santorini (Roxley Games)
Junk Art (Pretzel Games)
Biggest Disappointment:
Danielle: SeaFall (IronWall Games/Plaid Hat Games)
Jake: Knit Wit (Z-Man Games)
Game I Wish I'd Played from 2016:
Danielle: Roll Player (Thunderworks Games)
Jake: Millennium Blades (Level 99 Games)
Game I Wish I'd Played More from 2016:
Danielle: Star Trek Ascendancy (Gale Force Nine)
Jake: Star Trek Frontiers (WizKids)
Best Older Game I Played for the First Time in 2016:
Danielle: Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)
Jake: Lost Cities (Kosmos)
Best Party Game:
Insider (Oink Games)
Brick Party (Renegade Games)
Fuji Flush (Stronghold Games)
Best Card Game:
51st State: Master Set (Portal Games)
Fabled Fruit (Stronghold Games)
Most Innovative Game:
Vast: The Crystal Caverns (Leder Games)
World of Yo-Ho (IELLO)
Captain Sonar (Matagot)
Best Dexterity Game:
Ice Cool (Brain Games)
Junk Art (Pretzel Games)
Brick Party (Renegade Games)
Favorite Beers of 2016 Six-Packs:
- Burial Beer Co. "Gang of Blades" Double IPA. Asheville, NC. 8.3% ABV, 80 IBU.
- Marz Community Brewing "Jungle Boogie" Pale Wheat Ale. Chicago, IL. 5.4% ABV, 44 IBU.
- Hubbard's Cave "Vanilla Imperial Stout" Imperial Stout. Chicago, IL. 9.7% ABV, 78 IBU.
- Legion Brewing "Juicy Jay" IPA. Charlotte, NC. 6.3% ABV, 68 IBU.
- Destihl Brewery "Synchopathic" Dry-hopped Sour. Bloomington, IL. 6.0% ABV, 8 IBU.
- Holy Mountain Brewing "Witchfinder" Brett Saison. Seattle, WA. 6.1% ABV.
- Omnipolla/Tired Hands Brewing "Shilkmake/Milkshake IPA" IPA. Stockholm, Sweden/Ardmore, PA. 7.0% ABV.
- Wooden Robot Brewery "A Sour Darkly" Sour Brown. Charlotte, NC. 6.4% ABV.
- Hardywood Park Craft Brewery "Kentucky Christmas Morning" Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Milk Stout. Richmond, VA. 10.6% ABV, 55 IBU.
- Noble Cider "Spice Merchant" Spiced Cider. Asheville, NC. 6.0% ABV.
- Free Range Brewing "Don't Dill-E-Dally" Gruit. Charlotte, NC. 5.8% ABV.
- Wild Heaven Craft Beers "Funkenrauch" Smoked Wild Ale. Decatur, GA. 7.0% ABV, 7 IBU.
Favorite Games of 2016 Six-Packs:
Jake's Picks:
Roxley Games
Designer: Dr. Gordon Hamilton
Star Trek Ascendancy
Gale Force Nine
Designer: Aaron Dill, Sean Sweigart, John Kovaleski
Junk Art
Pretzel Games
Designer: Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim
Danielle's Picks:
A Feast for Odin
Z-Man Games
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Oink Games
Designer: Jun Sasaki
The Networks
Formal Ferret Games
Designer: Gil Hova
We Both Picked:
Split Second Games
Designer: Brian Suhre
Terraforming Mars
Stronghold Games/Fryxgames
Designer: Jacob Fryxelius
Stonemaier Games
Designer: Jamey Stegmaier
Section Timestamps:
01:00 Show Housekeeping
02:28 Advance warning: SuperHot Card Game
05:10 2016 in review for Draft Mechanic
09:33 The 2016 Superlative Categories
10:09 Top News Stories
15:40 Best Artwork
18:51 Best Components
23:34 Biggest Disappointment
27:15 2016 Game I Wish I'd Played
29:12 Game I Wish I'd Played More in 2016
31:04 Best "New to Me in 2016" Older Game
33:36 Best Party Game
39:25 Best Card Game
41:58 Most Innovative
46:28 Best Dexterity Game
48:36 2016 Six-pack: Our Favorite Beer of 2016
68:00 2016 Six-pack: Our Favorite Games of 2016
101:35 Outro


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Music Department
Possible career opportunities
Music prepares students for careers as performers, teachers, composers, historians, arts administrators, and more. Career options include: conductor, arranger, film scorer/composer, music business/manager, music editor, music supervisor/director, songwriter, transcriber, editor (print music publishing), choir director, midi engineering, recording engineer, studio director or manager, sound designer, music therapist, instrumental soloist, sound technician, and tour coordinator. Many careers require more than two years of study.
Associate degree and certificate program information
Degrees and certificates offered by the Music Department
Associate in arts degree
Associate in arts for transfer
Certificate of achievement
Other resources
Gainful employment reports
In compliance with the October 2010 Gainful Employment regulations published by the U.S. Department of Education, the Contra Costa Community College District is providing the following information for the District's Career Technical Education programs that offer Certificates of Achievement: program costs, normal time for completion, average loan debt incurred by students enrolled in the program, completion rates, and potential careers fields for program graduates.
For more information about upcoming concerts and ticket sales, visit the DVC music website.
Return to Applied and Fine Arts Division page
The Music Department is dedicated to providing quality music instruction for students preparing to transfer as music majors to four-year institutions, students interested in pursuing a career in commercial music and the recording arts, and students from the community interested in lifelong learning opportunities. Our curriculum is designed to provide a balanced education in the many facets of the musical experience, and to develop each student's musical and intellectual potential to the highest level of his or her capability.
The Music Department offers instruction in the areas of instrumental music, vocal and choral music, piano, guitar, jazz, theory and musicianship, history and literature, world music, and music industry studies. Performance organizations include choirs, bands, an orchestra, piano ensembles, jazz ensembles, jazz combos, a vocal jazz ensemble, and rock bands. www.kdvc.org is the student run Internet radio station.
The associate of arts degree in music is a comprehensive program of solo and ensemble performance, music theory, musicianship, piano proficiency, and literature in which students complete typical lower-division requirements for transfer to many four-year institutions as music majors at the junior level.
The department offers a vocational education certificate program in music industry studies (MIS). The MIS recording arts certificate prepares students for a career in the music and recording industries. The music industry, along with a growing number of manufacturing and information delivery industries, needs audio experts and musicians with technical skills and production experience. Students learn about the creation and production of recordings of music, and learn how to complete recording projects that are typical of those found in contemporary professional recording and production environments.
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Medical marijuana supporters gather signatures to create new state agency to regulate medical marijuana (News10.net)
Feb 16 2012
SACRAMENTO, CA - Medical marijuana supporters hold weekly vigils in front of federal buildings throughout California to protest the Obama Administration's recent raids on dispensaries.
Supporters hope the President hears about them during his fundraising trip to the Golden State.
"One of the most frustrating things is that there is no rhyme or reason or any kind of formula that they're going by and who they're going after," Americans for Safe Access Courtney Sheats said.
While California voters legalized marijuana for medical use in 1996, it remains a federal crime to sell or possess it.
The Obama Administration stepped up enforcement last fall to rein in the explosive spread of medical marijuana outlets, even though as a presidential candidate, Obama said no such raids would take place.
A new citizen initiative, which just got approved for signature gathering, hopes to change that.
It creates a new state agency that regulates medical marijuana and allows taxation of up to 2.5 percent, superseding most local tax rates in effect. The initiative also bars state or local assistance in any federal enforcement against medical marijuana.
Supporters need to gather enough signatures by mid-July to qualify for the November ballot.
"Our lack of uniformity, the looseness of our medical marijuana system has invited federal participation," Californians to Regulate Medical Marijuana Roger Salazar said. "Tightening those things up would hopefully get the feds out of our hair in California."
Bishop Ron Allen is furious; he wants the raids on pot clubs to continue. The International Faith Based Coalition doesn't think more oversight will curb recreational use.
"We just believe people want to get high and make it an excuse of smoke marijuana," Allen said. "If there is some medicine in so-called medical marijuana, let the FDA tell us that, not those who smoke pot."
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Iconic Lexington hotel sold for $9 million at courthouse sale
The future of a landmark Lexington hotel remains uncertain after it was sold for $9 million at a master commissioner's sale Monday.
Crowne Plaza Lexington — The Campbell House, at 1375 South Broadway, was in default on its $21 million mortgage. The property was purchased by the mortgage holder, JPMC 2006-CIBC14 South Broadway REO, LLC.
Circuit Judge Pamela Goodwine had awarded a judgment against the hotel's owners, Thoroughbred Campbell House LLC, on April 28 and ordered the property sold. She also appointed Chris Bryan, vice president of Hospitality Receiver LLC, to take over management of the hotel. Bryan hired Prism Hotels & Resorts, a hotel receivership and management company based in Dallas, to run the property on a day-to-day basis.
Attorney James Williamson said his client will weigh its options during the next few weeks before deciding what to do with the property, which had been valued at $9.25 million by the Fayette County property valuation administrator for the purpose of determining property taxes.
Master Commissioner James Frazier III had set a minimum bid of $8.1 million before the sale started at the Fayette Circuit Court building. The deal becomes final July 7.
In the meantime, the hotel will remain open, said Scott Mattmiller, attorney for majority owner Joe Montgomery.
"We anticipated that the lender was going to purchase the property," he said. "My client has been in discussion with the lender, and continues to be in discussion with them, in an effort to repurchase the property."
Williamson said his client had hoped a third party would buy the property and pay off the debt.
He acknowledged the $12 million gap between the hotel's mortgage and Monday's sale price, saying such gaps are common "because of the devaluing of property over the last five or six years."
"These loans now seem exceedingly high when you do a current appraisal," he said. "Unfortunately, that is part of the risk of owning and borrowing and loaning money on real estate ... the value does fluctuate over time."
After Monday's sale, Frazier said he was "not that surprised" at the outcome of the auction.
"Banks bought everything back today," he said, referring to more than a dozen other properties that were sold at the auction.
The Campbell House was built in 1951 by Ralph Campbell. It has been enlarged over the years and now has about 290 rooms and 26 suites in its main building, a swimming pool and a dining room.
After a $10 million renovation in 2004, the name of the hotel was changed to include Crowne Plaza Lexington.