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5 Reasons why EGL and GIA Certified Diamonds Differ Dramatically in Price
These days you'd be hard pressed to find any diamond retailer who hasn't gone through the onerous process of explaining to their clients all the reasons why their EGL certified diamond would not sell for the same price as a GIA diamond with the same specs. The reasons are numerous and yet still very complicated. If you're one of those people who are still trying to make sense of it all, there are several things that you need to know about the two labs and the reasons why they operate differently. Here are five reasons why EGL and GIA certified diamonds differ in price.
1. Color
In 1931, GIA pioneered the grading systems used to describe a diamond's characteristics. These systems are used by just about every lab in the world. While their color scale may seem relatively objective, it is this area where you can usually find the most variation in grading from one lab to another. In general, EGL will describe a diamond as having 1-4 color grades higher than will GIA. This discrepancy in color grading has become so standard that one cannot expect to ask the same price for an EGL (G) color as they would for a GIA (G) color, even if all of the other attributes were identical.
2. Clarity
One of the major reasons why many diamond merchants seek an EGL report for their diamonds is because of EGL's additional clarity grade, SI3. Oftentimes, when a diamond comes back from GIA with an I1 grading, the merchant will send it to EGL so that they can get a grading of SI3 or higher, and thereby raise the price. The SI3 grade gives uninformed consumers the impression that the diamond has eye clean inclusions.
3. Pre-Certification
Getting a GIA report can be expensive, and in the past it took a very long time for completion. Being a for-profit organization, EGL recognized that they could carve their niche in the market by offering a cheaper alternative, in what is referred to as a pre-cert. A pre-cert is just a report that describes color and clarity. This basically means that you can pay only for the grading service, and if you're not satisfied with the results, you don't have to pay for the full report.
4. Location
5. Quality vs. Price
As you can see, the price of a diamond is dependent not only upon the details of its report, but also on the lab that has issued the report. That said, the results produced from RapNet's study demonstrate that there is still much room for improvement in the industry. They found that while GIA ranked number one in both quality and price, other labs didn't always have such a direct correlation. For example, EGL Israel ranked 4th in price, but 6th in quality, meaning that their leniency works financially to their advantage. It's also safe to say that they benefit greatly from their association with their American counterparts. In conclusion, if you are wondering whether or not to buy a diamond with an EGL report, it's important to know that due to the current climate of the diamond industry, there are many buyers who are not interested in taking the risk. For those of you who favor caution with such a large investment, GIA will always be your safest bet.


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Each year, millions of Americans use Charity Navigator to research charities before donating so they can give confidently knowing their gifts will be well spent. Today we're sharing the story of how Charity Navigator came to be and how it's grown into America's leading, independent charity evaluator.
Charity Navigator was founded by Pat and Marion Dugan in 2001. After taking their company public, Pat and Marion were looking for high-performing charities to invest in that were working to tackle some of our world's most persistent challenges. At that time, however, several large, well-known charities were tangled up in scandal and there were no resources available to help donors evaluate and compare organizations. So, they set out to fix the problem.
After surveying the charitable landscape and realizing there were no tools or resources available to donors to help them understand how charities operated and where their going donations were going, Pat and Marion founded Charity Navigator to be the "Consumer Reports for charitable giving." They envisioned a resource that would help donors understand how a charity was spending its money so they could give generously and confidently to the causes they care about.
Charity Navigator was started out of a small office in New Jersey with a few accounting minds and technology brains who created the first iteration of our rating methodology and built a website to publish it on. At first, we looked solely at an organization's financial health and requested Forms 990 and documentation from the charities directly. From there, we began receiving Form 990s directly from the IRS, which enabled us to rate even more charities.
After a few years, we launched CN 2.0 and created a new methodology for evaluating charities' accountability and transparency practices. The financial health methodology coupled with the accountability and transparency methodology is the foundation for our current two-dimensional ratings. Over time, we have made minor adjustments to each methodology to reflect and account for changes in charitable policy and industry best practices.
In November, through a partnership with Classy, GlobalGiving, and Guidestar, we added impact reports to our 2,500 charities' rating profiles. While this information is not currently factored into an organization's rating, it does offer donors more information about the work the charity is doing and how they are using their donors' gifts.
Learn more about our history and major milestones here.
So, how did Charity Navigator become America's trusted guide to giving?
Since our founding in 2001, Charity Navigator has earned a reputation for being a reliable and unbiased resource that empowers donors to give confidently to high-performing charities. We have consistently added more charity evaluations to our website each year, and continue to offer additional tools to help donors make more informed, giving decisions.
Following a disaster, we are sought after by the media to guide donors to organizations that will use their gifts to respond quickly and effectively. For example, following the series of devastating hurricanes in 2017, Charity Navigator was referenced by more than 1,000 media outlets.
And, we have grown our services to include the Giving Basket, which allows donors to process gifts to multiple organizations in one, easy checkout.
These are just a few of the many reasons Charity Navigator has become America's trusted guide to giving. Do you use Charity Navigator? If so, what brought you to our service? And, have you recommended us to a friend? Comment below!

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M.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1980.
Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, 1978.
Research Interests
Protection and Control of HIV-1 Infection by T Cell Immunity.
Our laboratory seeks to identify the components of immunity that are important in preventing and controlling HIV-1 infection. Our goal is to understand how T cell memory is induced both in natural infection and by immunization, and to identify the properties of T cells that confer containment or eradiation of HIV-1.
Our studies encompass a broad range of immunologic investigations in persons who experience unusual control of HIV-1 infection. These include individuals with newly diagnosed infection, those with long-term non-progressive disease who control infection for more than a decade without antiretroviral treatment, and individuals repeatedly exposed but not infected. These clinical cohorts have been assembled for longitudinal studies in both Seattle and in countries where the HIV epidemic is widespread (South Africa, Uganda). Most recent studies focus on African HIV discordant couples, providing a unique opportunity to address host characteristics that lead to altered susceptibility to infection and transmission. In addition, we have targeted studies to gain further understanding of how HIV-1 gains entry into the mucosa and the induction of HIV-specific mucosal immunity.
We also devote extensive efforts to HIV-1 vaccine development. First, we lead a large collaborative project to identify innate immune mechanisms that may enhance adaptive immunological memory to HIV. Further, our laboratory program oversees the evaluation of multiple candidate vaccines in a international vaccine network, which provides basic insights into how different vaccine modalities elicit optimal B- and T-cell immunity to HIV-1 that may be ultimately protective against infection and disease.
American College of Physicians
Association of American Physicians
National Institute of Health AIDS Vaccine Research Subcommittee
Honors and Awards
2008, M. Juliana McElrath, American College of Physicians, Fellowship
2000-2006, M. Juliana McElrath, Burroughs Wellcome, Clinical Scientist Award in Translational Research
1997, M. Juliana McElrath, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Merit Award
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Printed in the UK on 300gsm 100% recycled uncoated card.
Each card is 120mm square and comes with a square fleck kraft envelope.
This design is called 'Design 01 Pastel' and it is one of six designs that make up the 'Pie Collection'.
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2017. What a year! It seems to have been rather momentous for many, individually and globally, in all sorts of ways. And for me too, this has been a pivotal year…
I turned 40. I got divorced. I fell in love again (and came out in the process!). I began to explore the fact I'm adopted. Just a few small events to get my head around…no wonder I've spent the best part of 18 months with chronic insomnia and an average of 3-4 hours sleep a night ?
As one of my best friends from school days said after I'd told her about this year: "Each one of those things is a big complex emotional thing to deal with, I can't fathom how you start processing them in combination". Indeed!
So here are my highlights and lowlights of the year…
The Highs
Falling in love with one of my best friends has been the absolute highlight of the year. Becky and I have enjoyed time together in Bath, Devon, a few Spa days, and we even started a blog together.
It's not been without its challenges – especially with 4 young children between us to consider and with us both processing our own stuff from the past – but we're committed to making it work, and there are many, many highs from the past year on the love front which spring to mind!
My divorce has been relatively amicable and smooth. Jonathan and I still co-parent really well together as a strong unit – the friction only starts when we're negotiating around having child-free time, especially to spend with our respective new girlfriends!
I've rediscovered my love of playing the guitar. I had lessons as a child and played sporadically for a while but haven't picked up a guitar in several years now. Treating myself to one earlier this year has probably been the best gift I've bought myself. I play it regularly when I'm on my own, with the kids (who each got one for Christmas) and with Becky (you can hear a duet we did here!).
My 40th birthday was fun-filled and fabulous. Becky organised a surprise night at a local outdoor cinema event and gathered friends of mine from near and far. In honour of the party, I got my hair dyed for the first time with a hidden rainbow, followed up with a flame. Daniel, my brother, also treated us indulgently with a night out and delicious 7-course meal in London.
My kids have – so far – adapted really well to the change in their circumstances. It helps that Jonathan only lives 5 minutes away, that we home ed, and that they're already used to a fair bit of change but having their parents no longer together has obviously been a huge event in their little lives.
They've got used to seeing each of us almost every day and they shuttle back and forth, seemingly very happily, between their 2 homes on a weekly schedule that's become their new routine, and that is split equally between Jonathan and I.
Before this, Mali had only ever spent 2 nights away from me (while I was in hospital having Samson) and Samson had spent zero nights away from me. Now they're with Jonathan 3-4 nights a week and have been on 2 holidays without me. It's been tough for them but they've adapted so well and – fingers crossed – are still well balanced, emotionally aware, loving, and happy kids.
As most of my friends and family will tell you, I am NOT a pet person. And yet I now find myself the proud owner of 2 gorgeous little furry creatures – rats! – which I got the kids as a last-minute and utterly unplanned present!!!
The Lows
As I mentioned, I've had pretty bad insomnia for almost 18 months now. I've tried everything and have decided to just let things be since I'm pretty sure my sleep will return when my emotional upheavals start to find some kind of peace in my mind in the future.
As someone who is not usually accident prone or ill very often, I've had rather more than my fair share of incidents this year! I broke my toe early on in the year which resulted in much piss-taking from Becky as I hobbled about with a hole cut out of most of my socks to keep the rest of my feet warm.
I was then hit on the head by a branch that fell randomly out of a tree while we were at the One World Festival in the summer, resulting in a fairly bad concussion and Jonathan having to travel down to where we were and drive the kids back in the car because I couldn't drive for more than half an hour at a time. We were a 5-hour drive away ?
I had a horrendous all-over body rash for a week for no specific reason, alongside spending much of the year with my legs covered in bites (from someone's cat fleas – ahem! – and other unidentifiable biting critters that I think were in my house – I spent a fortune to have my entire house heat-treated to get rid of anything!). And to top it off, I pranged my car pretty badly while fighting with the corner of a jaggedy brick wall one very dark night, and losing.
Exploring my adoption could equally come under the highs as well as the lows! It has been the most emotional journey I've experienced so far and has – I'm sure – been the cause of the insomnia and all the accidents and illnesses!
While many of the end results of the process have been and are absolute highs, the process itself has, at times, been the lowest of lows.
I've had difficult conversations, I've let myself feel the most deeply buried pain, I've exposed myself and my vulnerabilities to various people, and I've experienced what it's like to be triggered by even the smallest of things (sometimes knowingly so and even knowing why hasn't helped me stop it!). It's been and continues to be one of the hardest things I've chosen to do.
I have never felt or been as unfocused on my business as I've been this year. Things have been ticking over but nothing more than that. As I've lived more of life, the business has taken a backseat which it's coped with but I need to get my focus back on this sooner rather than later.
So 2017 has been an absolutely wild ride for me. It's brought me to here – a place and space where I'm the happiest, the saddest, and every emotion in between that I've ever been and I think there's a whole lot more to come still.
So here's to an even better 2018…and please let me get some sleep!


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AHA Scientific Council Travel Awards recognize promising and outstanding investigators in the early stages of their careers and provide travel assistance for trainees and early career investigators to participate in AHA scientific meetings.
By providing travel support to early career investigators who wish to attend the Annual EPI|LIFESTYLE Scientific Sessions, the EPI Early Career Travel Award honors outstanding new researchers, facilitates active participation in the annual meeting and highlights the benefits of ongoing membership in the AHA at the early career level. These travel awards will be presented to candidates wishing to attend the EPI|LIFESTYLE Scientific Sessions.
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants for the EPI Early Career Travel Award must be members of the EPI Council at the time of application. If you need to become an AHA/ASA Professional Member, you should do so no later than October 10 for your membership to be processed in time for the application submission deadline.
- Candidates must be individuals in clinical, research or educational training programs.
- Candidates must also be at the early career stage (graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, or junior faculty up to Assistant Professor)
- Submission of an abstract for the conference is preferred but not required.
- Each recipient of AHA council-sponsored awards, regardless of award category, is eligible to receive only one council-sponsored award each year per AHA scientific meeting. (For example, an Early Career Investigator Award finalist will not be eligible to receive a travel stipend for the same meeting.)
- Winners are not eligible to receive a grant for the same award in subsequent years.
How To Apply/Required Documents
Electronic submission of application through the Council Awards Application System is required. Hard copies of any part of the application will not be accepted.
Your application file should contain the following documents in PDF format:
- A letter of intent/purpose (not to exceed one page) describing:
- The candidate's interest in the field of cardiovascular epidemiology
- A description of relevant CVD epidemiology and prevention activities or research
- Future career plans
- A signed letter of endorsement from a department chair, advisor or other sponsor, certifying at a minimum that the applicant meets the eligibility criteria (not to exceed one page). Additional statements of support on the candidate's behalf are also encouraged in this letter.
- A current CV
Visit the Council Awards & Fellowships Application System to complete an application.
A username and password set up through online registration at Professional Heart Daily will be necessary to access the Application System. If you have not created an online profile yet, you may register as you enter the Application System by clicking "Sign Up" next to the Log In button on the sign-in page. AHA Professional Members who are creating an online profile for the first time should make sure to register using their AHA membership identification numbers.
AHA Professional Membership is required of all applicants for this award. If you are joining the AHA to apply, please wait on your AHA membership number to arrive from AHA Member Services via e-mail before creating an online profile and starting your application file. We suggest that new members join the AHA no later than October 15 for the membership number to be processed and delivered in time for the application deadline.
Awardees will be notified in January 2019. The council will award up to 5 recipients $1,000 each. Conference registration costs and meals at the conference are not covered under this grant. Grants will be issued after the conference upon submission of your financial forms to the AHA.
Awardees must be present at the Epidemiology and Prevention Council's Annual Dinner at the conference to receive the award.
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A last gasp header from Craig Morgan capped off a stunning comeback from Wigan Athletic, who once again came back from two goals down to bag all three points against high-flying Gillingham.
Goals from Dominic Samuel and Rory Donnelly either side of the half-time whistle put the visitors in control, but Gary Caldwell's men just don't know when they are beaten, and once again battled back from the impossible to seal the win.
Will Grigg and Max Power scored within four minutes of each other just after the hour mark, before club captain Craig Morgan popped up in the sixth minute of added time to cap off another sensational win for his team.
The result means Latics are now six points behind the Gills in second place, with a game in hand against Sheffield United on Tuesday night.
Gary Caldwell made two changes to the side which drew 1-1 away at Scunthorpe, with Reece James and Leon Barnett brought in for Chris McCann and Yanic Wildschut.
The importance of the game was clear from the offset, with both sides feeling their way into the contest early on in a cautious ten minutes.
Andy Kellett looked bright early on in his new-look position further forward, and worked hard to create space for forward Will Grigg to move into.
It was Gillingham who had the first clear-cut chance of the contest however on 14 minutes through Bradley Dack, who was very unlucky not to put his side in-front with his effort from a free-kick.
The forward teed up the set piece on the left hand side of the area, and went agonisingly close to finding the right hand corner, beating Jussi Jaaskelainen with his curled effort and clipping the inside of the right post.
Latics responded with a set-piece chance of their own two minutes later, when Max Power swung a ball in from the right. The original cross was cleared, but Latics showed good tenacity to work the ball out wide, and it almost paid dividends.
The ball was worked to Donervon Daniels, whose low cross was met by Jason Pearce, who couldn't quite poke the ball home from point blank range.
Gillingham continued to look teasing however, and took the lead on the 25 minute mark though Dominic Samuel, who broke down the right hand side and produced a cool finish to beat Jaaskelainen when in on goal.
Latics responded well to falling behind, and could have pulled level twice in two minutes – first through Jacobs, who tested Stuart Nelson from range, before a golden opportunity for Kellett.
The ball was swung in from a corner on the right hand side towards Kellett, who found himself with a free header at the back post, but agonisingly could only head wide.
The chances were flowing, and Latics went close again on 33 minutes through Jacobs, who stretched to meet Daniels' low cross from the right, but couldn't quite get enough on the ball to guide it home from two yards.
Caldwell's men continued to look bright up until the interval, but they were left frustrated going into the break, with the visitors holding on to their one goal advantage.
Latics have made a habit of firing out of the traps in the second half at the DW Stadium, but Gillingham showed why they are at the top of the division, with a brilliant opening spell that put Latics firmly on the back foot.
An effort from Bradley Dack was a warning sign six minutes into the second half, and the visitors built on that by going in-front two minutes later through Rory Donnelly, who headed home from close range to double his side's advantage.
It was a sign of the visitors' class, who took their chances well to put them firmly in control.
Gary Caldwell took immediate action, introducing Jordy Hiwula and Chris McCann in place of Reece James and Kellett.
The introduction of a second striker gave extra momentum to the attack, and they started to put pressure on the hosts.
The substitutions took just over eight minutes to pay dividends, with Hiwula involved in the move that saw Will Grigg pull one back on 64 minutes.
The substitute swung the ball in from the left towards Jacobs, who headed the ball into the path of Grigg, who made no mistake to put his side right back into the contest.
Latics were suddenly galvanised, and they wasted no time in pulling off a remarkable comeback, equalising in fortuitous circumstances just four minutes later through Max Power.
The midfielder received the ball 25 yards from goal, and lived up to his name by blasting it goal-wards. It looked to be a comfortable save for Nelson, but the goalkeeper was unable to gather the ball, and it deflected into the back of the net.
The entire stadium could sense an opportunity, and Latics suddenly had just over 20 minutes to seal an incredible turnaround.
Gillingham were still very much in the contest though, and threatened throughout the final 20 minutes themselves, with Dack keeping Jaaskelainen busy from range on 72 minutes.
Latics were on top however, and went agonisingly close to going infront 11 minutes from time through Daniels. The full-back weaved his way into space on the edge of the area, before curling the ball inches wide of the right hand post.
Daniels was looking sharp, and the defender showed his abilities on the break with a brilliant drive forward two minutes later. He wisely teed it up for Grigg, who just failed to pick out Hiwula with an excellent cross-field pass that would have seen the striker released.
It was looking like it would just be a dramatic draw for Latics as time crept on, but the feeling that one more chance would come still lingered as the fourth official announced a whopping six minutes of added time.
The chance we were all hoping for, quite incredibly, came in the sixth and final minute of added time and fell to Craig Morgan.
Latics won a corner on the right hand side which was taken by Power. His cross was met perfectly by Morgan, who rose highest to head home and blow the roof off the DW Stadium on a truly remarkable night for Caldwell's men.


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Google just announced a leadership change for the company's Android group, with potentially meaningful implications for Google's operating systems and apps: Andy Rubin, the longtime Android boss, is changing to a new role inside the company. Sundar Pichai, who already heads up Chrome and apps for the company, will be taking on leadership of Android, as well.
In a post announcing the changes, Google CEO Larry Page said Rubin has "decided it's time to hand over the reins and start a new chapter at Google." Rubin's new role isn't specified in the post.
The change comes as the lines are increasingly blurring between traditional computers, tablets and mobile devices. The internal leadership change sets the stage for Google to create tighter connections between Chrome and Android for developers and users. Chrome includes Google's web browser and its Chrome OS for notebook computers.
Rubin joined Google when the company acquired Android in 2005. Android has since become the most widely used smartphone operating system, with more than 750 million devices activated.
"Sundar has a talent for creating products that are technically excellent yet easy to use—and he loves a big bet," writes Page. "Take Chrome, for example. In 2008, people asked whether the world really needed another browser. Today Chrome has hundreds of millions of happy users and is growing fast thanks to its speed, simplicity and security. So while Andy's a really hard act to follow, I know Sundar will do a tremendous job doubling down on Android as we work to push the ecosystem forward."


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School systems provide an excellent opportunity for oral health intervention in the community. OHCE collaborates with schools, local health departments, and providers in safety-net oral health systems to monitor the oral health status of children and the outcomes of community-based intervention strategies, educate key stakeholders about the importance of oral health, and provide them with technical assistance to improve oral health services for children in the community.
Oral Health Surveillance
The OHCE conducts on-site surveys of 3rd grade children and/or pre-school children using the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors' (ASTDD) Basic Screening Survey method in accordance with the New York State Oral Health Surveillance System Protocol. The survey findings assist state and local communities with monitoring the oral health status and needs of the population as well as the outcomes of population-based interventions, and with the planning and development of strategies to achieve the NYS Prevention Agenda.
Fluoride Mouthrinse Program
New York State Department of Health offers school-based weekly fluoride mouthrinse program to children in the 1st to 8th grades who are attending schools at elevated oral health needs. OHCE provides administrative and technical assistance to participating schools and NYS Department of Health to ensure safe and effective implementation of the program.
Best Practice Approach: School-Based Fluoride Mouthrinse and Supplement Programs (Source: ASTDD)
School-Based Fluoride Mouthrinse Programs Policy Statement (Source: ASTDD)
NYS School-Based Fluoride Rinse Program Training Power Point
Cochrane Review on the Effectiveness of Supervised Regular Use of Fluoride Mouthrinse
Preventive Dentistry Programs
The NYS Department of Health provides grant funding to 25 oral health programs in local health units, health centers, hospitals and dental schools in the high-need communities statewide to provide primary preventive services. Their activities include:
- Partnerships to promote fluoridation, dental sealants and other disease prevention interventions
- School-based dental sealant programs
- School-linked dental programs
- Improving oral health of pregnant women and mothers
- Early childhood caries prevention
Best Practice Approaches on Improving Children's Oral Health through Coordinated School Health Programs (Source: ASTDD)
Best Practice Approaches on School-based dental sealant programs (Source: ASTDD)
Information on the current preventive dentistry grantees (Source: NYS DOH)
School-based or –linked program grantees are OHCE's partners in our statewide oral health surveillance activities. Together, we collaboratively build best practices in surveillance programs and implementation of school oral health services throughout New York State.
Dental Health Certificate
In 2007 New York State passed a law requiring schools to request a Dental Health Certificate upon a student's entrance into public school or upon entry into K, 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 10th grades. The purpose of the School Dental Health Certificate Program is to determine whether a child is in "fit condition of dental health to permit his/her attendance at schools" by providing a clinical assessment. However, the law does not mandate schools receive the certificate or a child to receive the needed dental care. School officials are working closely with dental professionals to assure unmet dental care needs among students are not overlooked. Although great strides have been made, there is still much to be done.
NYS School Dental Health Certificate (PDF)
Sample Letter to Parents (MS Word)
NYS Dental Health Certificates brochures (Source: NYS Dental Foundation)
Information for school officials (Source: NYS Education Department)
Information for dental providers (Source: NYS Office of the Professions)
NYS Education Law - Article 19, NEW SECTION 903 (Description of Dental Certificate law)


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- Night Flight partners up with Severin Films for more cult, horror, mondo & exploitation films
- Attention "cord cutters" and streaming fanatics: Night Flight Plus has been just been updated!
- Teens high on "the weed rooted in hell" go wild in the midnight movie classic "Reefer Madness"
- "J-Men Forever": Rock 'n' Roll battles Muzak in Proctor & Bergman's Night Flight cult classic
- Night Flight's Stuart S. Shapiro's inspiring book "Identifi Yourself: A Journey in Fuck You Creative Courage" is a humorous and poetic journey
- Night Flight partners with Blue Underground to present the best cult, horror & exploitation films
- "Arise! The SubGenius Movie": The return of Night Flight's "Love That "Bob"" episodes!
- Win a Free Bluetooth Speaker from Night Flight and Creative!
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In 1983, Night Flight talked to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Arch Angel of Rhythm & Blues"
In 1983, songwriter Doc Pomus came by our New York offices for a very rare, exclusive interview, where he talked candidly about being thirty years old before writing his first rock 'n' roll hit.
Watch the two-hour full episode — which we believe originally aired in late June of 1983, although the chyron says July 15, 1983 — streaming exclusively for our subscribers on Night Flight Plus!
In the early '80s, Pomus — who used crutches most of his life after contracting polio at the age of six — was living in a two-room apartment on the 11th floor of the Westhover Hotel at 253 West 72nd, a few blocks from Central Park on the Upper West Side, and not far from USA Network's New York offices.
His songwriting career had slowed down, and he was devoting much of his free time to helping out forgotten and overlooked R&B artists who had fallen on hard times, which may be one reason his friend and fellow legendary songwriter Mike Stoller called him the "arch angel of rhythm and blues."
Read more about Doc Pomus below.
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Jerome Solon Felder (b. June 27, 1925, in Brooklyn's Williamsburg section) was just sixteen when he'd first heard Big Joe Turner's booming vocals on "Piney Brown Blues."
From then on, he wanted to be a blues singer like his musical hero, making his singing debut as an 18-year old at George's Tavern in Greenwich Village.
He began calling himself "Doc Pomus" in the 1950s, saying that Doc "sounded like a hip midnight character," and "the name Pomus sounded foreign and mysterious."
Pomus — with a band featuring ace sax man King Curtis and guitarist Mickey Baker — performed in metro NYC clubs during a 10-year career that lasted from 1944 to 1955, recording singles for the Savoy, Atlantic, Coral and Chess labels.
Pomus would end up writing a few songs for his hero Big Joe Turner, and soon was focusing more on his songwriting than his singing career.
Early on, he believed his songs were meant for "…those people stumbling around in the night out there, uncertain or not always so certain of exactly where they fit in and where they were headed."
Pomus had success with "Young Blood," a song he'd given to Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who radically rewrote it for the Coasters (keeping Pomus's name on the credits because it had been his concept and title).
Pomus ended getting a royalty check for $1500.00, convincing him that a songwriting career was worth pursuing.
Mort Shuman and Doc Pomus
By 1957, Pomus was collaborating with songwriting partner Mort Shuman, who was eleven years younger than him.
Their sweet 50s-era rock 'n' roll melodies and multi-faceted lyrics would soon end up making them a pair of the genre's most successful songwriters, second only to Leiber and Stoller.
They eventually got themselves an office at 1650 Broadway in midtown Manhattan, where several Brill Building songwriters and record labels also had offices.
Pomus and Shuman would end up writing some of rock 'n' roll's biggest hits, including the Drifters' "This Magic Moment," Dion & the Belmonts' "A Teenager in Love," the Searchers' "Sweets for My Sweet," Ray Charles' "Lonely Avenue," and Ben E. King's "Save the Last Dance for Me," to name just a few of the Top Forty-charting songs which sold in excess of one hundred million worldwide.
In 1960, Pomus and Shuman began writing songs for Elvis Presley, who passed on the first song they gave him; "Turn Me Loose" was then altered for teen idol Fabian, who turned it into a hit (they also ended up writing songs for Bobby Darin, Bobby Rydell, Frankie Avalon and James Darren).
They wrote for Elvis over the next five years — twenty-five songs, many of them hits — including "Viva Las Vegas," "Little Sister," "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame," "Suspicion" and "Surrender."
Up to the early-to-mid 1960s, Pomus also teamed on different projects with Otis Blackwell, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, who called Pomus "the greatest songwriter who ever lived."
In 1965, Pomus had a bad fall down a flight of stairs in NYC, which resulted in him being wheelchair-bound for the remainder of his life.
It was while he was still recovering in the hospital that Mort Shuman confirmed that they wouldn't be writing any more songs together.
Bob Dylan and Doc Pomus
In the late '70s, Pomus helped John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd put together the band supporting them as the Blues Brothers. He also became Bette Midler's musical advisor, helping her get booked on "The Tonight Show" which then led to her being signed by Atlantic Records.
During the next ten years, artists like Willy DeVille, Irma Thomas, Marianne Faithful, Joe Cocker, Jose Feliciano, Charlie Rich, Ruth Brown, James Booker and Johnny Adams all recorded his songs.
Dr. John and Doc Pomus also wrote tracks for Dr. John's City Lights and Tango Palace albums, and B.B. King recorded a few of them for his There Must Be a Better World Somewhere, which won a 1981 Grammy Award for best ethnic or traditional recording.
"I get a lot of kicks out of working with Dr. John," Pomus told us during his interview, "because there's a certain kind of blues, the New Orleans rhythm and blues, that I think we do very well together, the kinds of songs about losers in the night. Dr. John and myself know a lot about that because they're mostly self-portraits, you know?"
Doc Pomus and Dr. John
In 1991, 65-year old Doc Pomus died from lung cancer, preceding Mort Shuman by a mere six months, less than a decade after he'd stopped by Night Flight's NYC offices for this rare interview.


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Strong performances by the team's top three boys propelled the Lovell Bulldogs to a solid second-place finish at the Class 2A West Regional cross-country meet at the Legion Country Club in Thermopolis Friday.
Lovell placed second behind regional champion Wyoming Indian and ahead of third-place Rocky Mountain. Wyoming Indian finished with 17 points, Lovell 31 and Rocky 45.
Junior AJ Dickson and sophomore Jacob Newman challenged regional champion Wilson Clifford of WIHS. Clifford won with a time of 18:01, and Dickson placed second at 18:16, Newman third at 18:18. Harley Rhodes of Thermopolis placed fourth with a time of 18:38.
"All four of the top four boys were together until mile two, and Harley dropped off by the top of the hill," Coach Caleb Sanders said. "Going down the hill Wilson separated a little bit. It was a very good performance. Those are four of the top runners in the state. I think it'll come down to those four.
"I was really happy for AJ and Jacob. They were right there in the thick of it for a regional title."
Junior Mysen McArthur barely missed the top 10, placing 11th with a time of 19:59.
"Mysen ran really good. He really attacked that course," Sanders said. "I actually had him for 19:45. The course is difficult. That was probably Mysen's best race.
"I wish someone would step up as the fourth runner. We could compete for the number two spot at state."
Junior Alex Sawaya became sick during the race and had to stop running, and junior Andrew Mayes finished 20th with a time of 21:33, sophomore Dillon Schneider 24th at 23:14, senior Derek Phelps 27th at 24:49, junior Dylan Ohman 28th at 25:56 and sophomore Konner Davis 29th at 26:56.
Lovell girls
The Lovell girls placed third behind champion Wyoming Indian (23) and host Thermop (32), finishing with 39 points. Rocky was fourth with 63.
Sophomore Jaclyn Caldwell thrived on the hilly course and placed third behind Wyoming Indian freshman Charlene Brown and Thermop's Jules Ward. Caldwell ran a time of 21:28.35, edging senior teammate Kim Shumway, who finished fourth in 22:07.93.
"Jackie is pretty good at hills," Sanders said. "That was to her advantage. She ran very well.
"I thought coming in that Jules was the best runner in the state. She had beaten Jackie by a minute and a half in Worland, but by only 21 seconds Friday. That was impressive. I hope she can sustain it on a flatter course."
Sanders said Shumway was also strong.
"Kim ran a decent race," he said. "Her time was representative of the type of course it was."
Sophomore Afton George defied the course and ran a personal record to place 16th with a time of 26:49.99. Sophomore Caitlyn Lundberg placed 21st at 27:46.24, Mylee McArthur 24th at 35:58.40.
Sanders named George as the runner of the week, noting, "She ran a personal best on a very difficult course. It's not the type of course you can get personal bests on unless you really get after it."
Freshman Jazmyn See started the race, but her injured knee started acting up on her and she had to withdraw, Sanders said.
Six Lovell runners – three boys and three girls – ran in the middle school regional before the high school races. Brent Snyder was the top finisher for the boys, Jessica Caldwell for the girls. Also running were James Caldwell, Ben Cornia, Lauren Mitchell and Patti Sanders.
"I was proud of the runners who came," Coach Sanders said. "It was optional."
State in Sheridan
The State Cross Country Meet is in Sheridan this Saturday at the VA Hospital grounds. The 2A boys run at 11:30 a.m. and the 2A girls at 1:20 p.m.
"The girls will have to adjust to being in the last race," Sanders said. "Mentally, that will be a challenge.
"The course is spectator friendly. It's not a bad course. We might see some records go down."
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The Purvanchal region of the country presents one such sorry story, where the people continue to wander in dark as there is a severe crunch of electricity in the area. In 18 Lok Sabha constituencies of the region, where polling held on 12-05-2014, more than 67 percent families still reside in dark.
The situation of Purvanchal is like 'darkness below lamp' as Sonbhadra, the electricity producing city of the region is located there itself. Polling is also going to be held on six Lok Sabha seats in Bihar situated close to Purvanchal region and the situation is quite grim there as well.
According to Census 2011, less than 25 percent of families in areas like Ghazipur, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Siddharthnagar and Balia have access to electricity, which implies that three-fourth families are still living in dark.
Similarly, in places like Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Sonbhadra and Deoria, only 30 percent families have electricity in their homes.
What's indeed worrying is that no positive development took place in the region from 2001 to 2011.
Contrary to that, the number of families availing electricity facility has further got reduced. Especially, the problem of electricity crunch has increased in the districts of Jaunpur, Ghazipur and Varanasi.
What's heartening is that in spite of power generating plants being located in Obra, Anpara and Rihand, the towns located around them are devoid of adequate electricity.
Varanasi is the only district in Purvanchal where 62 percent families have access to electricity but this is quite lower when put into comparison with the national average.
The situation is more deplorable on the six seats of Bihar where elections are underway in the last phase. Only 8 to 16.5 percent families have got access to electricity in places like West Champaran, East Champaran, Vaishani, Gopalganj, Siwan and Valmikinagar.
Even after independence, 85 to 92 percent families residing in this region are waiting for electricity to light up their houses.
The promises of Central as well as state government to provide electricity to the people of Purvanchal region turned out to be nothing but hollow.
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In Colombia 1.6 million children do not attend school regularly and are forced to work instead. Y&R Bogota worked with the Telefónica Foundation, a charity run by the global mobile network provider, to create a smartphone app which lets people report child labour. By uploading the child's location and a photo to the Foundation's website, members of the public help create a real-time data system exclusively accessible to social workers who examine every case and if necessary take action.
The app went viral just a few days after its launch and has helped to identify 1,276 children, 67 of whom are now off the streets, with their schooling sponsored by the Telefónica Foundation. The campaign won a Silver and a Bronze Cannes Lion.


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For the past 20 years, Julie Stein, executive director of the Burke Museum and a professor of Archaeology at the University of Washington, has led walking tours on the southern edge of San Juan Island in Washington's Strait of Juan de Fuca within the Salish Sea. The people who come on these tours are curious about one thing: stories of people and place. And on Julie's tour, those stories extend back thousands of years.
This year marked what may be Julie's last tour, but if you didn't get to go on one, you can still draw on your powers of observation and curiosity—as well as this DIY (do-it-yourself) tour guide—to enjoy a rich investigation into the past and present of San Juan Island.
Setting the (Historical) Scene
This guide focuses on an area known as American Camp on the southeast leg of San Juan Island.
The American Camp unit of San Juan National Historical Park makes up more than 1,200 acres in an area known as the Cattle Point Peninsula. San Juan Island National Historical Park is the only national park dedicated to the peaceful resolution of conflict—and that conflict is part of how American Camp got its name.
Boundary Limbo
Back in 1846, when the Treaty of Oregon was drawn, dividing the possessions of the British Empire and the United States along the 49th parallel, the water boundary between Vancouver Island and the U.S. mainland was left in limbo. The British thought the boundary should run through the Rosario Strait to the east (the red line on the map below), and the Americans thought it should run through the Haro Strait to the west (the blue line on the map; the green line was a proposed compromise). Unable to reach a solution, the two nations agreed to hold the islands in dispute until diplomats could resolve the question.
All was well and good, until the two countries began settling the island in the 1850s. The Hudson's Bay Company established Belle Vue Sheep Farm, an agricultural operation throughout the island in 1853, which was immediately challenged by U.S. territorial and county officials. Shortly thereafter, a scattering of U.S. citizens established their own residences on the island, including some limited farms.
The Pig War
In 1859, the tensions between settlers of the two different countries nearly boiled over when an American settler shot and killed a boar that the American claimed was rooting around in his potato patch. The American chased it out of his yard and shot it at the edge of the woods, killing open-range livestock that didn't belong to him. British officials threatened the American with arrest and imprisonment. The American then complained to U.S. officials, who dispatched elements of the U.S. Army to the island. The British responded by sending warships and a contingent of Royal Marines.
Fortunately the incident, which came to be known as the Pig War, did not result in violence. Cooler heads prevailed and the two governments decided to continue holding the island in dispute until a diplomatic decision could be made. The Americans established their camp on the south end of the island and the British established theirs on the northern part of the island.
Your DIY tour starts at San Juan Island National Historical Park Visitor Center.
Photo: Travis, "American Camp,"CC-BY-NC-2.0 via Flickr
Of course, the island couldn't be held in dispute indefinitely. The question of which nation had the right to claim the island was submitted to Kaiser Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and German Emperor, for binding arbitration (a process in which an unbiased third party reviews evidence and makes a decision about a dispute, with both parties agreeing to abide by the decision made). A three-man commission met for a year in Switzerland, hearing arguments from both the British and the Americans.
The commission ultimately ruled that the Haro Strait was the channel cited in the Treaty of Oregon in 1846, placing San Juan Island on the American side of the international boundary. The British accepted the decision and peacefully left the island in November 1872.
You can learn more about this historic period online and in person at the San Juan Island National Historical Park Visitor Center, which is where your do-it-yourself tour begins and a great place to pick up a map of the area.
Get Exploring
American Camp provides obvious evidence of San Juan Island's past since in the 1800s, but upon closer inspection, this part of the island also has a lot to show you about what was going on before that time. If you were on Julie's tour, she wouldn't just tell you what you were seeing. She'd ask you to look and answer questions—and this guide is no different.
1) Start out from the Visitor Center
To begin your DIY exploration, head down the South Beach trail away from the visitor center and toward the water.
Questions to ask yourself or your travel companions:
- What do you notice about the landscape around you?
- Is this the kind of landscape you think of when you think of the Salish Sea, which encompasses the waterways between Vancouver Island, BC, and the northwest corner of Washington, including the Puget Sound?
- Why would this landscape be attractive to people? How might people have used it thousands of years ago?
Insights. The area you are looking at is considered a prairie. Prairies used to cover an estimated 200,000 acres of Washington, but over the last 150+ years that area has been reduced by 90 percent. Thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, Native peoples valued the prairies for edible and medicinal plants and took care to sustain these ecosystems by regularly setting the prairies on fire. This helped improve the soil and kept trees and other non-prairie plants from encroaching on the area. But with the arrival of American homesteaders, prairie ecosystems began to suffer. Land was cleared for development, agriculture practices changed, burning was suppressed, and non-native vegetation was introduced. All of this has led to significant change to the unique prairie ecosystem.
Fortunately, efforts are now under way to help restore prairie ecosystems like the one you see before you. These efforts include seeding native plant species and controlling invasive plants, as well as some prescribed fires. During your tour, keep an eye out for signs of prairie stewardship.
Go further. Want to know more or get involved in prairie restoration on San Juan sland? Check out the Prairies and Grasslands page of the San Juan Island National Historical Park website or the Prairie Stewardship guide (PDF).
2) Continue until you reach Alaska Packer's Rock
After you've taken in the view of the open prairie, continue on down the trail until you come to the place where the Salmon Banks frontage road ends. There, you'll find a large rock known as Alaska Packer's Rock. (The rock is named after the Alaska Fish Packing Company, which used to have an operation in this area.)
Questions to ask yourself or your travel companions:
- What do you notice about this rock?
- How do you think this rock got here?
Insights. For millions of years, the Pacific plate has been sliding beneath the North American plate. Some of the denser pieces of continent that were riding on top of the Pacific plate have been scraped off and welded to the edges of the North American plate, growing the continent to the west. Packer's Rock is one example of bedrock that originated this way, accreting onto the edge of the North American plate.
Much more recently—within the past 1 million years—San Juan Island and much of the Salish Sea region underwent a period of glaciation. A glacier as much as 1 mile thick covered the area where you now stand. Bedrock is the only thing that kept this glacier from completely carving out the San Juan Islands, especially the southeastern leg of San Juan Island.
Hung up on the bedrock, the glacier did, however, drop layers upon layers of gravel as it melted and re-advanced and melted and re-advanced. This gravel doesn't hold water particularly well and creates an unstable substrate for holding trees against heavy winds. Unstable substrate, coupled with the rain shadow created by the Olympic Mountains, created a perfect environment for prairie plants, including camas, and discouraged forests from developing.
Go further. To learn more about Puget Sound during periods of glacier takeover, visit the Department of Ecology's Puget Sound Shorelines page.
3) Look at the surrounding land
Now that you've spent some time examining and thinking about Packer's Rock, climb up on it to take a look back toward the prairie.
Questions to ask yourself or your travel companions:
- What might the landscape have looked like 10,000 years ago?
- Notice the three clusters of bushes. Why do you think these clusters are there? What might have caused them?
Insights. You might wonder if the three clusters of bushes are plants that have encroached on the prairie in the years since native peoples were regularly burning the fields, but in fact, these bushes are evidence of something going on below the surface of the landscape.
Water that hits the land here seeps through the gravel left behind by the glaciers. As noted above, this gravel doesn't hold the moisture very well, which means the water keeps moving downward until it hits a layer of clay many feet below the surface. Unable to readily penetrate the clay layer, water travels along the top of that clay and emerges at the cliffs, where it helps nurture the bushes that need more water than the surrounding prairie.
There is no river in this area, so the fresh water generated by these springs made this area additionally attractive to native peoples. During the last part of this tour, we'll think more about how else this area of the island met the subsistence needs of native peoples.
4) Walk down to the shore
From Packer's Rock, continue the short distance down to the water. The mountains you're facing are the Olympics and the water before you is the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which also runs between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula of Washington.
Questions to ask yourself or your travel companions:
- What do you notice about this area?
- Do you see any activity out on the water?
- What's the wind like? How might this have been a help or hindrance to Native peoples?
Thinking about all of the areas you've seen so far…
- What might life have been like here thousands of years ago?
- Do you think people stayed year-round? Why or why not?
- What additional questions has this tour triggered for you? Where could you look for answers?
Insights. Although hidden from the surface, the water before you is a veritable fish highway. You may see fishing boats and, if you're particularly lucky, a pod of orcas. The fishing crews and orcas both know that the water along this coastline is filled with fish and that a reef right near the shoreline encourages fish to swim closer to the surface, making fishing easier. Many of the fish going by are about to turn north toward the Fraser River off the mainland of British Columbia, a spawning site of many salmon.
This southeast leg of San Juan Island was attractive to the native peoples for the abundant fishing, but also because of the wind that is common here. This wind helped with fish processing: along these shores, drying racks were set up so that fish could be dried and stored for the winter months. The people who first came here to gather food from the prairies and fish off the coast likely came for certain seasons when the camas and fish were available. The wind, so helpful in drying fish, might have made for an inhospitable winter home.
How do we know about people who were here thousands of years ago?
What we know of people who lived here thousands of years ago comes to us through archaeology, the study of how people lived in the past. To uncover these stories, archaeologists examine any evidence of human presence, including traces of human activity (such as fish bones or rocks used for cooking), signs of humans altering the landscape (such as the prairie fires discussed earlier), and materials humans created (such as tools).
Archaeological evidence has been gathered from sites at American Camp and also at English Camp on the northwestern side of the island. This evidence tells us that the southeastern leg of the island supported people hunting and gathering for thousands of years.
The importance of context. An artifact itself can provide certain insights for archaeologists about how people lived—such as the technology they used or what their diets were like—but such stand-alone information is very limited. Researchers rely on an artifact's context, in other words, the exact location and position it was found in, the surrounding soil, and the artifact's relationship with other materials. All of the additional information gleaned from context helps archaeologist construct a more complete record of the past, for instance, learning more about religion, rituals, and political and social structures and situating those things in time.
Archaeological evidence is vital to the ongoing understanding of the peoples and cultures that came before us, which is why, if you find an artifact, you shouldn't just pick it up and take it with you. Doing so destroys irreplaceable evidence by taking the artifact out of context.
So what should you do if you find an artifact?
If you're at San Juan Island National Historical Park, leave the artifact where it lies and contact a park ranger or volunteer at the visitor center.
- If you're elsewhere, first of all, don't dig. If you realize you have found something, stop digging. It's best to take a photograph of the object (include something for scale, like a penny) and make a note about where you found it (taking a GPS coordinate is ideal). Then contact the state agency in charge of archaeology (in Washington, the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation). If you find an artifact on private property, let the landowner know. Under no circumstances should you take or dig for materials in public, federal of tribal lands—doing so is against the law.
If you have questions or need help figuring out what to do or who to contact, get in touch with the Burke Museum's Archaeology Department.
Go further. To learn more about the early inhabitants of San Juan Island, visit the National Park Service page about the First Ones or stop by the visitor center at American Camp. For an even more in-depth background and information about archaeological practices, pick up a copy of Julie's book Exploring Coast Salish Prehistory: The Archaeology of San Juan Island.
Photo: Lora Shinn.


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Day 1 of the NA3HL Showcase in the books
The second of two NA3HL Showcases began on Sunday at the Troy Sports Center in Troy, Michigan. Six of the eight games played were decided by two goals or less, displaying the great parity the NA3HL has this season.
First, the NA3HL would first like to extend it thoughts and prayers for Twin City Steel defenseman Tom Monteiro. In the game against Battle Creek on Sunday, Monteiro was cut by a skate in the neck. Paramedics and EMT's that were the scene were swift and immediate in their reaction to aid and assist Monteiro. After he was stabilized, he was rushed to a local hospital for emergency surgery. As of Monday morning, the NA3HL was pleased to report that he was stable, awake and recovering. The NA3HL wishes Monteiro a speedy and safe recovery.
Click here for the NA3HL schedule and scoreboard
All games can be seen live on FASTHockey
Here is a summary of games on Day 1:
Twin City 4 vs. Battle Creek 6 – Joey Lioy had two goals and an assist and Kyle Ware had three assists as Battle Creek kept their playoff hopes alive with a 6-4 win. The injury to Monteiro had a noticeable effect on the Steel players. Matt Hughes made 37 saves in the win.
Granite City 5 vs. Flint 2 – Granite City scored three goals in the 2nd period on their way to a 5-2 win over the Jr. Generals. Roy Grandov, Drew Otto, Aidan Verbeke, Eric Miller and Mattheu Raiola scored for the Lumberjacks, while Zach Hill and Austin Fletcher scored for Flint.
St. Louis 4 vs. Three Rivers 0 – The 1st place Jr. Blues flexed their muscles with a 4-0 shutout win over the Vengeance. St. Louis had a 44-15 shots advantage in the game. Christian Argyros had two goals and Brycon Johnson and Andrew Kovacich scored for the Jr. Blues. Clint Steinmeyer posted his third shutout of the season
Toledo 6 vs. Peoria 5 (OT) – Tyler Zalecki had two goals, including the OT winner and an assist to lead the Cherokee over the Mustangs in overtime. Zach Armstong, Connor Crowe, Brody Duncan and Nicholas Brazeal scored for Toledo. Chance Homerin, Connor Millard, Austin Zikas, Nikolas Sakellaropoulos and Brennan Anderson scored for Peoria.
Breezy Point 2 vs. Metro 3 – Three, 2nd period goals paced the Jets to a 3-2 win over Breezy Point on Sunday. The North Stars led 2-0 in the game at one point on goals from Bo Borowski and Billy Foy. Metro responded with three straight goals from Matt Stirling, Mike Gambino and Doug Andrews.
Michigan 3 vs. Quad City 1 – Spencer Craig made 31 saves as the Mountain Cats edged the Flames, 3-1. Quad City took a 1-0 lead on a 1st period goal from Jason Hoehn. Bryan Davis, Guy Soulliere and Ethan Baker scored in the final two periods to lead Michigan to the win.
Cleveland 4 vs. North Iowa 5 – In one of the games of the day in a battle of 1st place teams, the Bulls scored five straight goals in the 2nd and 3rd periods to edge the Jr. Lumberjacks, 5-4. Tim Santopoalo had two goals and Taylor Brown, Tony Paulson and Jake Johnson also scored for the Bulls. Cleveland had two goals from Dominic Valencia and others from Scott Cuthrell and Dallas Szustak.
Queen City 3 @ Minnesota 4 – It took seven shooters per team, but Andre Pison finally scored for Minnesota as they edged Queen City in a shootout, 4-3. Devin Fracassi scored twice and Paul McAvoy had the other goal for the Steam, while the Flying Aces got goals from Patrick Kegley, John May and Mason Wyman.


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State Farm Poll Finds Teens Think Texting While Driving is not a Big Deal
The result of a recent survey is startling – teens do not see texting while driving as a big deal.
State Farm Insurance surveyed 697 teens nationwide. It finds that many teen drivers, inexperienced behind the wheel, do not think texting while driving is as dangerous as drinking and driving. The survey finds just over half of teen drivers, ages 14 through 17, strongly agree they could be killed if driving under the influence. Only 36 percent believe that can happen if they text while driving.
We've reported these statistics previously:
- Car crashes are the leading cause of death for teen drivers both in Florida and across the country. In 2007, 306 teenagers died in Florida distracted driving car crashes.
- Teens face the greatest risk of being in an auto accident during their first year of driving. About 20 percent – one in five teens will be in a car crash.
- Teens are not experienced behind the wheel. Their brains are still in the developmental stage.
Studies show that distractions of any kind, from arguing to texting, changing the radio, eating, and reaching for something in the back seat, increases distracted driving and increases auto accidents.
According to the Florida Times Union, Lt. Bill Leeper of the FHP says he goes out and talks to schools about the dangers of texting and driving. He says when he talks about texting, "They're looking at each other and grinning like, 'I do that.'" He says drinking and driving is not as common as texting while driving.
However, overall crashes involving teens have been on the decline for three years.
While teens don't think texting while driving is as big a deal as drinking and driving, our state legislators don't either. This year our lawmakers again failed to vote to create any laws against texting or cell phone use by teens or any other drivers while driving.
Florida car crash attorneys are available to answer any questions that auto accident injury victims may have regarding distracted driving.


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ROCK HILL, S.C. - Classes begin Sept. 16 at Winthrop University for those interested in pursuing a certificate in professional human resource management.
The 33-hour course is sanctioned by the Society for Human Resource Management as preparation for the Professional in Human Resource exam and the Senior Professional in Human Resource exam.
Those interested in taking the course include professionals who seek a broad overview of human resource management and individuals preparing for human resources certification exams. The passage rate for those taking the Winthrop course, offered through the Institute of Management, in 2007 was higher than the national rate.
Classes will be held on campus every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. through Nov. 25 in the Thurmond Building, which houses the College of Business Administration. The course covers the six functional areas of human resource management: strategic management, work force planning and employment, human resource development, total rewards, employee and labor relations, and risk management. Instructors are human resource professionals and faculty members who teach human resource management.
The course costs $845, which includes textbooks, tuition, interactive CD-ROM and comprehensive exam review. For more information, contact Katie Dykhuis, director of external relations for the College of Business Administration, at 803/323-2377 or 1-800/387-1923.
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Last weekend Danielle and I went to Radio Shack to make a purchase. While there I thought about the major change in Radio Shack. I remember Radio Shack being filled with electronic do-dads. Switches, buttons, transistors, soldering tools, etc. It was the place you went to when you wanted to get stuff to build electronics. They also sold a few things like telephones, and remote control cars (they always had the coolest R/C cars at Christmas time). Well that kind of Radio Shack is a thing of the past. Now they are full of consumer electronics, which brings me to my point.
I think Radio Shack is indicative of the change in the American Economy. What would you do if your electronics broke? Well you would go to Radio Shack...and buy a new one. We have lost the tinkering skills that my Grandfather had. He was an electrical engineer by education but he was able to muddle his way through a lot of tasks. He had a knowledge of how to do things, a savoir-faire. I fear that we have lost something.
Christmas at the Cabin
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Tania Little, CFRE
For over 26 years, Tania has been involved in the philanthropic sector. Tania is the Director of Development and Partnerships with Food Banks Canada leading their annual $40-million-dollar national food and funds campaign. She has been a professional fundraiser and consultant for 19 years in progressively senior fundraising and marketing roles with local, national and international organizations on campaigns ranging from $3 – $260 million.
With a commitment and focus on active community engagement Tania has served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Board – International; Executive Committee of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy – Canada Board; as the Chair of Planned Parenthood Toronto, as Co-Chair of the 3-year Ontario based Diversity to Inclusion Philanthropy initiative and as Co-Chair for Mentorship for the Inclusive Giving Fellowship program.
Tania has deep interest in global learning in philanthropy, she also has chaired and launched the AFP Knowledge Centre, the development of the AFP Fundamentals in Fundraising Course as well as Canada's largest fundraising conference: Congress.
Tania is certified fundraising executive and certified CSR practitioner; a mother to 5 and a bubbie to 2.


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Hitting Rock Bottom
Typically, by the time an adult with ADHD has come to me for help, it's because he has hit rock bottom. His work performance is suffering and his job is in jeopardy. His ADHD symptoms have gotten him into too much hot water, whether it's from being chronically late for work, not finishing projects in time, or impulsively chewing out his boss or co-worker.
Perhaps a woman has fallen into a deep depression because she can't keep up with her young children and her home and balancing it all while working part or full time. She can't get dinner on the table every night. She loses her child's school permission slip- yet again. The house is a mess. She's simply too drained to do much of anything and she feels like a total failure.
Or maybe it's the single man or woman whose self-esteem is so low because yet another potential relationship has failed. The hard work in sustaining a healthy relationship is just too much.
And there are more struggles:** Instead of having friends over**, many adults with ADHD avoid social contacts because their house is just too cluttered. They become isolated, embarrassed and lonely.
Figuring out what to wear to a formal event- and often casual gatherings- is beyond comprehension, so invitations are politely declined. The hole is digging deeper...
A lack of self-esteem forces many to not even attempt to move up in their job for fear they'll be found out that they are, in their own mind, "inept."
Most of the time, these folks work just as hard at hiding their so called failures, thus waiting way too long to get the help they so desperately need. By then, they have indeed, hit rock bottom.
Many adults have internalized lots of negative thoughts and feelings about themselves that simply aren't really true. They think their procrastination is due to laziness. That their impulsivity is a sign of immaturity. That their inattention is due to a low IQ.
All of these internalized feelings typically develop not only into low self-esteem, but also into depression, anxiety and even a tendency to self-medicate through alcohol, marijuana and other substances that either mask or tame their feelings.
Before long, such adults with ADHD not only feel like failures and become depressed; they have lost hope. It's as if the wind has been knocked out of them for the final count and it's all they can do to just tread water long enough to stay afloat.
In no way should friends and family dismiss these feelings as a sign of weakness, as character flaws, nor should the pain be minimized as a temporary situation that will get better "if they'd only toughen up and pull up their boot straps."
This is why I get so angry when I read that ADHD is a made up disorder or something that children outgrow. ADHD is real and if left untreated, can cause incredible pain- not only to the person with ADHD, but to his spouse, family and friends. People with ADHD struggle every day with distractibility, inattention, and more. That's not to say that we should just throw in the book and give up, though.
Thankfully, ADHD is highly treatable. In fact, it's one of the most treatable of all mental health conditions.
The question becomes- how does one get help? How can one avoid slipping into the hole of despair? Sadly, what I hear over and over again is that it can be very hard to find the appropriate help. Few clinicians to this day understand how to effectively treat ADHD in adults. Many people don't live in or near a large city where one has a better chance of finding an ADHD savvy clinician.
In my next Share Post, I will offer suggestions and solutions for the adult whose ADHD has pushed him almost to the edge of despair. Help is available. You just need to know where to find it and also learn how to utilize the resources that are already within you.
In the meantime, never give up hope You have many gifts and talents and an inner strength that has gotten you through many obstacles in your past. The future is now wide open, if you're willing to take on the challenge.


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Solicitor General
The Solicitor General represents the people of Habersham County and the State of Georgia as the State Court's prosecuting attorney. The State Court, and therefore the Solicitor General, handles all misdemeanor criminal and traffic offenses committed within Habersham County.
Misdemeanor crimes consist of any crime punishable by a maximum of one year in jail or less. Misdemeanors include crimes against persons. For example: domestic violence, battery, simple battery, simple assault, and stalking. Misdemeanors may also include property crimes. For example: criminal trespass, criminal damage to property (less than $500), theft by taking (less than $1500) and theft by shoplifting (less than $500).
Traffic violations bound over from Recorder's or Municipal Courts for jury trials may also be prosecuted in State Court, including, but not limited to, driving under the influence, reckless driving, fleeing and attempting to elude, hit and run, and any other moving, tag, or license violations.
County ordinance violations consist of any ordinance enacted by the Board of Commissioners made punishable by less than 6 months in jail. The Solicitor's Office prosecuted nearly 100,000 citations in 2013. This includes most traffic violations. For example: driving under the influence, speeding and other moving traffic violations, license, and tag violations. Other County ordinances include zoning, building, property maintenance, solid waste, health, and fire code violations.
Goals of the Solicitor General's Office are to deliver justice swiftly with a fair and impartial attitude, to hold defendants accountable for their actions, to advocate protection of victims and offer assistance and support through the Court process, and to improve community relations between the State Court and the public.


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Richard Paul Evans teaches us how to love again.
Perhaps figuring that not quite enough has been written about the bellissimo Italian countryside and the ability of two damaged individuals to find love in spite of all obstacles, author Evans (The Locket, 1998, etc.) presents the story of Ross and Eliana. Once called Ellen back in her small Utah town, Eliana is now the wife of Maurizio, the Italian who swept her off her feet before becoming a philandering pig, and the mother of sweet, asthmatic Alessio. Ross Story (yes, that's right) is an American with a Dark Secret who comes to the Chianti countryside after wandering Italy In Search of Himself. Once an ad exec back in Minneapolis, Ross now conducts tours of the Uffizi museum and lives next door to Eliana. She's trapped in her marriage—Maurizio won't divorce her and says that even if she leaves, the sexist Italian court system won't let her take Alessio with her—and Ross seems to have a lot on his mind too (though exactly what<\I> isn't revealed until dramatically necessary). A chaste flirtation between Ross and Eliana (helped along by the fact that Maurizio's stereotypical self is always out of town sleeping with other women) blossoms into a chaste romance, Maurizio's Passionate Mediterranean Soul burns with jealousy, every woman in the land swoons over the strong but sensitive Ross and the spirit of God is ever present over all the gentle goings-on. There are also enough Italian tips to stock a good pocket-sized phrasebook and some bottled art-history lessons that don't overly tax the brain (Ross is a tour guide, after all).
One wonders why Evans bothered sending his American lovers-to-be all the way to Italy when they could have just fallen in love in the States, but no matter. Either way, this shameless wallow is just begging to be mocked.