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DRISCOLL, JERRY DONALD RIP 02/20/2016 Name: Jerry Donald Driscoll Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force Unit: 469th Tactical Fighter Squadron Date of Birth: 21 February 1940 Home City of Record: Chicago IL Date of Loss: 24 April 1966 Country of Loss: North Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 212900N 1060700E (XJ156758) Status (in 1973: Released POW Category: Acft/Vehicle/Ground: F105D
Other Personnel In Incident: William E. Cooper (missing) in same flight
Source: Compiled by Homecoming II Project 15 October 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. Updated loss coordinate typo - P.O.W. NETWORK 2017.
SYNOPSIS: On April 24, 1966, a multi-plane strike force departed Korat Airbase, Thailand on a strike mission on a highway-railroad bridge north of Hanoi. The target was a vital link, bearing traffic coming down from China.
The Squadron Commander (and commander of the mission), LtCol. William E. Cooper was in one flight of four F105s. In another of the flights was 1Lt. Jerry D. Driscoll.
As the first flight approached the target, Cooper's F105D was hit by a surface-to-air missile (SAM). The plane subsequently broke in half, and the front section, with canopy intact, was observed as it fell into a flat spin. Witnessed did not see Cooper eject and and believed the he went down with the aircraft, but there was doubt enough that the Air Force determined him Missing in Action rather than killed.
Just afterwards, 1Lt. Jerry D. Driscoll (code-name Pecan 4) was inbound to the target, about ten miles north, going approximately 550 knots (about 600 miles per hour) when his aircraft was struck in the tail by anti-aircraft fire, causing it to catch fire. Flames were blowing out the back twice as long as the aircraft. Others in the flight radioed to Driscoll that he was on fire, and he immediately prepared to eject as the aircraft commenced a roll. Driscoll punched out at about 1000 feet, with the aircraft nearly inverted, and as a result, his parachute barely opened before he was on the ground. He had removed his parachute and was starting to take off his heavy flight suit when he was surrounded by about twenty North Vietnamese and captured.
Driscoll was moved immediately to the "Heartbreak Hotel" in Hanoi where his interrogation (and torture) began. Driscoll was a POW for the next seven years, and was released in Operation Homecoming on February 12, 1973.
Just before his release, one returning POW was told by his interrogators that LtCol. Cooper had died in the crash of the aircraft. At least one intelligence report, however, indicates that Cooper was captured alive. The U.S. believes the Vietnamese could account for Cooper and his name has been included on lists brought before the Vietnamese in recent years as one of scores of "discrepancy cases" it is felt can be resolved.
When the Peace Accords were signed ending American involvement in Vietnam, 591 American prisoners were released. Experts at the time expressed dismay that "some hundreds" expected to be released were not, yet only perfunctory efforts to secure the release of the others were made. In our haste to leave Indochina, we abandoned some of our best men.
Shockingly, many authorities now believe, based on over 10,000 reports relating to these missing Americans, that there are still hundreds alive in captivity. Whether Cooper could be among them is unknown, but what seems certain is that if even one is still alive, we have a moral obligation to bring him home.
William E. Cooper was awarded the Air Force Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with 7 oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel during the period he was maintained Missing in Action. He is married and has five children.
Jerry D. Driscoll graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1963, and was promoted to the rank of Captain during his captivity.
SOURCE: WE CAME HOME copyright 1977 Captain and Mrs. Frederic A Wyatt (USNR Ret), Barbara Powers Wyatt, Editor P.O.W. Publications, 10250 Moorpark St., Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Text is reproduced as found in the original publication (including date and spelling errors).
JERRY D. DRISCOLL Captain - United States Air Force Shot Down: April 24, 1966 Released: February 12, 1973
My military service started when I entered the United States Air Force Academy in June 1959, graduating on June 5, 1963. In October 1965 I volunteered to go to Southeast Asia. On April 24, 1966, on my 11 2th combat mission, my F-105 jet fighter bomber was shot down. When I was on the ground my helmet was ripped off and I had cuts all over. Twenty people surrounded me, some with guns and some with bamboo sticks. You know, a sharpened bamboo stock will kill you as fast as a gun. I had a sprained ankle and a twisted knee. I never once saw a doctor, but the body has great recuperative powers when given a chance.
On July 6, 1966 I was the head of the second group of the infamous "street march". It got out of hand. They were a raging mob, throwing sticks at us. I was punched and kicked; it got so bad it was even a matter of survival for our guards.
There are still circular scars on my wrists which will serve as a life-long reminder of the torture endured in the ancient French walled prison in the center of Hanoi. This was the one dubbed the Hanoi Hilton.
I had learned at the Air Force Academy never to make a harmful statement about your country, but I was also told "Don't let them do any permanent damage to you." When I kept telling my captors I would never sign their statements, they forced me to sit on a pile of bricks for 24 and 48 hour periods, hands handcuffed behind my back and then hoisted up to the shoulder blades. They would then twist the handcuff chains as tight as they could. Then they would make me lie on my stomach while they pounded the handcuffs tighter with their feet. If you brought your hands down at all, the handcuffs would cut deep into your wrists.
Once I sat like that for 90 hours, with no sleep. I passed out. I still would not sign, so they used ropes to bring the elbows together behind my back and cut off the circulation. I lasted six days like that, with the cuffs and ropes. That's when I thought I would go crazy-I signed an apology for dropping bombs over their land.
I kept in shape with push-ups and lifting weights made by rolling a bunch of our bed mats (made of elephant grass) together. We were given three cigarets a day, and later, six. That was the only warmth in the place. There was no heat even in the winter. It got very cold.
When one is placed in the situation we experienced in North Vietnam, there comes the great, painful realization that what we all take so much for granted is no longer available. In such a situation you can't help but appreciate what we have in this great country of ours. That appreciation became even greater when, after seven years of living under Communism, I returned to find a very grateful nation welcoming us as we stepped off the airplane.
There is but one word which best describes the United States of America-FREEDOM!
Jerry Driscoll retired from the United States Air Force as a Colonel. He and his wife Sharon reside in Minnesota.
The Fonda chain letter from 2000.... and the reality.
I am so sorry to tell you my husband, buddy, and friend Jerry Driscoll died yesterday, day before his birthday. He had a form of ALS called PLS. He is finally at peace... love to all of you for your kindness towards Jerry....Sharon
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, March 1, at the Holy Name of Jesus, 155 County Road 24, Wayzata, MN 55391 at 11AM. Burial will be at the cemetery next to the church immediately following the Mass. County Road 24 is the same as Rockford Road and the church is about 3.5 miles west of 494 on Rockford Road and about 3.5 of mile west of County Road 101.
Jerry Driscoll, RIP
Driscoll, Colonel Jerry D. Colonel Jerry D. Driscoll (USAF, Retired), passed away at home 20 February 2016, at the age of 75, after a 6-year battle with Primary Lateral Sclerosis, a slower acting form of ALS. In the words of the late Adlai E. Stevenson, "Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime," words Jerry embodied as he dedicated much of his life to his country. Jerry was born in Chicago, Illinois, 21 February 1940. A 1958 graduate of De La Salle High School, he studied for 1 year at St. Mary's College in Winona, Minnesota, before receiving his appointment to the Air Force Academy, June 1959. He graduated in 1963 with a B.S. degree and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. Colonel Driscoll completed pilot training at Craig AFB, Alabama, receiving his pilot wings in October 1964, followed by an assignment to F-105 "Thunderchief" Combat Crew Training. After F-105 training, June 1965, he was assigned to the 560th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS), McConnell AFB, Kansas, until November when reassigned to the 469th TFS, Korat AB, Thailand.
While on his 112th mission, he was shot down over North Vietnam 24 April 1966 and immediately captured. Many of his 2,487 days of captivity were spent at Hoa Lo prison, a.k.a. the Hanoi Hilton. Driscoll was held in captivity nearly 7 years before his release 12 February 1973, with the first group of U.S. POWs to come home. Colonel Driscoll received training in the F-4 "Phantom" at George AFB, California, and in 1974 was assigned as Instructor Pilot in the F-4 at Homestead AFB, Florida. From July 1977 to June 1978, he attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and earned a Master's degree in Business Management from Central Michigan University. From July 1978 to June 1981, Jerry was assigned to the Air Force Inspection and Safety Center at Norton AFB, California, as F-105/A-10 Project Officer, and then as Chief, Fighter/Trainer Branch, Flight Safety Division. Jerry also earned an MBA from the University of Utah in 1981. From July 1981 to October 1982, he was assigned to Columbus AFB, Mississippi, as Instructor Pilot in the T-38 aircraft, and Asst. Operations Officer of the 50th Flying Training Squadron (Survival), at Fairchild AFB, Washington, from November 1982 to May 1984. He was Commander, and Professor of Aerospace Studies, AFROTC Detachment 85, University of California-Berkeley, July 1987 to June 1987.
Colonel Driscoll retired from the Air Force on 1 July 1987, after 24 years of service. Jerry flew for American Airlines from August 1987 to February 2000, retiring as a 727 Captain. He went on to pilot the Citation X for NetJets Aviation until he retired his wings in 2009. Colonel Driscoll's decorations include: Silver Star, two Legions of Merit, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Bronze Stars with Valor, two Purple Hearts, two Meritorious Service Medals, ten Air Medals, and three Air Force Commendation Medals.
Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, Anne Shira and Jeremiah Driscoll. He is survived by his wife, Sharon of Wayzata, Minnesota; son, Donald of Stockton, California; stepchildren, Kim Gehrman White (Mike), of Portland, Oregon and Jason Gehrman (Megan) of Long Lake, Minnesota; granddaughters, Trisha Driscoll, Alexandra and Madeleine White, and Ava Gehrman; grandsons, Sean Driscoll and Justin Gehrman. He will be greatly missed by his furry companion George the Bassett.
Visitation will be Monday, February 29, 5-7 p.m., followed by the rosary at 7 p.m., at David Lee Funeral Home, 1220 East Wayzata Blvd. in Wayzata. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday, March 1, 11 a.m. with visitation starting at 10 a.m. at The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, 155 County Road 24, in Medina. Interment at Holy Name Cemetery. David Lee Funeral Home Wayzata 952-473-5577 (http://www.davidleefuneralhome.com). RRVFPA
Driscoll, whose many commendations included a Silver Star, three Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Bronze Stars with Valor, returned home in ...
Hi CC,
Jerry's send off ceremony was exceptionally great! A Catholic Mass of Christian Burial followed by Air Force personnel providing
military honors at the graveside. The fly over consisted of four T-6s (SNJs) followed by four F-16s performing the missing man maneuver.
It was cold and crispy but CAVU for the flyover. ...
Best to all, Arv
Sled Build Project Honors US Air Force Col. Jerry Driscoll
February 6, 2017
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Wolf in Christian Clothes
I don't like it when people use Christianity to promote themselves. I have to tell you what happened to me this week.
I bumped into a contractor-business friend when I was at Home Depot last week. This guy has been seeking our company's employment. But something always disturbed me about our conversations. The best way I can describe him would be "slick" even though we talked about topics near and dear to my heart like Jesus, prayer, missions and scripture. So that day, Mr. Slick again asked me if I had any need for his construction business. Actually, I did. I described the particulars of a recent sale and the price I was willing to pay for construction. He agreed, I scheduled him for the job and we departed company. A few days went by and I received his faxed proposal bid and that's when I felt like the wind got knocked out of me. It was almost twice the amount of our verbal agreement at Home Depot!
Why was I so angry? Besides being taken advantage of, I was disappointed. How I had hoped to work with a Christian contractor, blessing a brother in the Lord with more business. Instead I was being ripped off by greed leaving very little for my sale's profit margin.
Jesus' words in Matthew 7:20 ring in my head: "Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit so you can identify people by their actions." I can't think of a better business partner than Jesus. I'm bragging on Him today. He rescued me from the Wolf.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
First malicious apps to exploit critical Android bug found in the wild   •Technology
Dan Goodin writing for Ars Technica: Google has already issued updates to prevent attackers from using the exploits to tamper with legitimate apps found in the official Play Marketplace. The company has also released updates to handset manufacturers and carriers. … Continue reading →


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Is the tournament for you?
PvP and the establishment of the World of Warcraft as a valid e-sport is currently a very big topic. Blizzard recently opened the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament Realm as very real proof of how serious they are about earning WoW a spot in the e-sport scene. It's a very bold concept, taking a MMOG and turning it into something very much like a First Person Shooter (FPS) for PvP combat. Will it work though, what good points does it have and what are the bad, are people willing to pay another $20 just to play in the tournaments each 6 weeks? All this and more are looked at in this editorial: Is the Arena Tournament Worth your Money?
When you log on to create a character, it's very cool to think that you can try any class in full gear at max level immediately. I can't count how many times I have been frustrated by a certain class and felt they were over powered in PvP, wishing I had that class instead of mine. Well now you can. With that in mind I logged on and created a Druid healer to annoy and terrorize my opponents.
Read all about it in the Editorial: Is the Arena PvP Tournament Worth your Money? and then voice your comments in the forums.
To read the latest guides, news, and features you can visit our World of Warcraft Game Page.


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My recipe today, Vegan Kung Pao Chickpea Stir-Fry is my submission for this month's theme for The Recipe Redux:
"June Theme: Celebrate a ReDuxer! – For ReDux's birthday month, let's celebrate each other! Pick a fellow ReDuxer, go to their blog and either make one of their recipes or create one of your own inspired by theirs. In your post, give your readers a little intro to this blogger, what you like about this blogger/their blog and either link to their recipe you made or share your brand new "inspired" creation."
I really enjoy participating with my fellow healthy food bloggers in The Recipe Redux each month because there is so much talent and inspiration in the group.
The recipe I chose to make was inspired by one of my favorite bloggers in the group, Jeanette, from "Jeanette's Healthy Living".
One of the reasons I love her blog so much is because not only does she post healthy recipes, but her background is very similar to mine.
Jeanette left a corporate job to stay home with her four boys and started creating recipes to accommodate everyone in her home with different dietary requirements.
I, too, left a corporate job of 16 years as an Operations Manager of a mortgage division to stay home with my two boys after they were born and started my website to share the healthy foods I was making after walking away from the Standard American Diet after many, many years.
I'm sure if I were to have a chat with Jeanette, she would agree with me that although we don't work outside the home anymore, staying home with our boys is the hardest job we've ever had!
I chose to "vegan-ize" her beautiful Kung Pao Chicken recipe and substituted it with a vegan protein…chickpeas. I also substituted a few of the ingredients based on what I had on hand.
This is a really easy meal to pull together in less than 30 minutes, and it's vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free.
Thanks Jeanette for sharing this delicious recipe!
5 Fast Facts About Chickpeas:*
- excellent source of fiber
- good source of protein
- can help lower cholesterol
- provides better regulation of blood sugar
- can help decrease cardiovascular risks
5 Fast Facts About Red Bell Peppers:*
- high in anti-oxidants
- 1 cup contains 195.8% DV of vitamin C
- excellent source of carotenoids
- contains potential anti-cancer benefits
- helps reduce inflammation
5 Fast Facts About Garlic:*
- regulates blood sugar levels
- lowers high blood pressure
- contains anti-bacterial and analgesic properties
- anti-viral
- helps to lower cholesterol levels
5 Fast Facts About Shallots:*
- 1 cup contains 24% dv of iron
- good source of fiber
- 1 cup contains 11% potassium
- contains more antioxidants than onions
- contains 10% dv of folate
5 Fast Facts About Avocado Oil:*
- healthier cooking with smoke point of 500 degrees
- may help reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome
- helps maintain healthy blood sugar levels
- provides protection from cardiovascular disease
- good source of vitamin E
5 Fast Facts About Habanero Peppers:*
- provides anti-inflammatory benefits
- helps decrease cancer risk
- contains capsaicin to help prevent obesity
- helps to lower cholesterol and blood pressure
- excellent anti-oxidant
Tip #1: I made several ingredient substitutions in this recipe. Please visit Jeanette's website (link provided at the bottom of the recipe) to see the ingredients used in the original recipe to see if you would prefer to use those instead.
For example, the original recipe called for 1/4 cup of peanuts. All I had on hand was organic, raw wild jungle peanuts which have a very different taste than regular roasted peanuts. When I originally added them to my adapted recipe, I didn't like the taste because the flavor was too strong, but regular roasted peanuts would have been really good. So just look over both recipes and use what you like best.
Vegan Kung Pao Chickpea Stir-Fry (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)
|The Healthy Family and Home
For the sauce
- 4 teaspoons organic liquid coconut aminos
- 2 teaspoons organic coconut sugar
- 3 - 4 teaspoons non-GMO cornstarch
- 1/4 cup purified / filtered water
- 1 - 2 habanero peppers
- 1 teaspoon 100% pure avocado oil
- 1 teaspoon organic white wine vinegar
- 1 - 2 pinch Himalayan pink salt
For the stir-fry
- 1 can organic chickpeas (drained and rinsed)
- 2 teaspoons 100% pure avocado oil
- 1 organic red bell pepper (diced)
- 3 cloves organic garlic (freshly crushed)
- 2 tablespoons organic green onions (diced)
- 3 tablespoons organic shallots (diced)
- 1/2 teaspoon organic red pepper flakes
- 1 - 2 pinch Himalayan pink salt
|Prepare the sauce
|Step 1
|Add all ingredients to a Vitamix and blend until everything is well combined.
Take extra care when handling the habanero pepper(s). Use gloves and/or do not touch your eyes after handling them; wash hands thoroughly when finished.
Adjust seasonings to your preference (ex. add an extra habanero pepper, extra coconut sugar, extra Himalayan salt, etc.)
Set aside.
|Prepare the stir-fry
|Step 2
|Prepare the veggies: cut and dice the red bell pepper, dice the green onions and shallots, crush the garlic.
Add the avocado oil, garlic, shallots, red pepper flakes, Himalayan pink salt to a skillet and lightly saute.
Add the chickpeas (drained and rinsed) and lightly saute for approximately 3 - 5 minutes. Adjust seasonings if preferred.
Add the red bell pepper and lightly saute just long enough until they begin to get soft.
Remove from heat and add the sauce; stirring it in so it is evenly distributed.
Garnish with additional chopped green onions. Best when served warm/hot.
This recipe will make approximately (2) larger or (4) smaller servings.
Recipe inspired by and slightly adapted from: https://jeanetteshealthyliving.com/kung-pao-chicken-with-peanuts/
The photographs for "Vegan Kung Pao Chickpea Stir-Fry" by Karielyn Tillman of "The Healthy Family and Home" are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License and cannot be used without my written permission.


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In December of 2012 the media was awash with speculations about the approaching solstice and the meaning of the Mayan prophecies. Countless people planned to celebrate the arrival of a new age. Meanwhile, millions of fundamentalists were actively hoping for the apocalypse and expecting to be "raptured" into Heaven.
Now that two months have passed and we have experienced neither heaven nor hell, perhaps it's time to reconsider these expectations and why so many continue to obsessed with them.
What does it mean to be at the end of an age? What does it mean to end? To honestly approach the question, we must step away from literal thinking (New Age or fundamentalist) and accept that in biological, ecological, mythological or indigenous initiatory terms, to end is nothing other than to die. Only when death and decay are complete can they be understood as the necessary precursors to fermentation and new growth.
Indeed we are living in the last phases of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic mythic universe. For over a thousand years, these stories nourished the individual and connected him/her in meaningful ways to their community. Over a second thousand years, they gradually lost their hold on the psyche. Our demythologized modern world continually searches for that sense of meaning but only finds literal substitutes in isms: nationalism, patriotism, fundamentalism, alcoholism – and apocalypticism.
And the factory jobs that sustained the strongest ism, consumerism, are gone, never to return. Even if they still existed, the age of unbounded industrial growth, fueled by the myth of infinite resources, is also concluding. So is the "American Century." Where has any empire in history gone but down once it reached its peak?
Great fear lies just below our superficial cheerfulness. I don't simply mean the fear of the "Other" that elites have manipulated for centuries. Many live as if there will be no future. Many others are obsessed with end times or with horrifying secular endings such as global warming. We can hardly minimize the actual dangers we confront.
Yet to examine the fear, or, if we were honest, the anticipation that many obviously display is to approach the psychic energies that actually drive us. The word "apocalypse" comes from a Greek root that can mean "to uncover, disclose, to lift the veil from what had been concealed." Carl Jung regarded apocalypse as an archetype because visions of the end are not limited to Christians; indeed, they occur in many cultures where revelation and destruction lead – possibly – to renewal.
In myths and rituals that predate the Christian end-times by millennia, tribal people celebrated the winter solstice by extinguishing and rekindling fires, welcoming the temporary return of the dead, acknowledging the community's sins, feasting to excess and retelling creation stories. They re-enacted primordial chaos in order to revive a world in decline. Storytellers told of deteriorating values, darkness, floods and conflagrations. Most indigenous cultures, however, saw these events within a cyclic historical imagination.
Later, our European ancestors regarded the end of the year as a dangerous period when the calendar literally ran out of days, the landscape was blanketed by night and cold, and nobody could be truly certain that the heavens would usher in a new year. One attempt to make sense of this period was the Christian calendar, which bracketed the strange, final days of the year with two holidays – the birth of Christ (December 25th) and Epiphany (January 6).
Our indigenous souls know something else: "End times" is also a metaphor for the archetypal cry for initiation. It is our own transformation – the death of who we have been – that we both fear and long for. The soul understands that there is no initiation into a new state of being unless we fully accept the necessary death of what came before.
However, this is a difficult concept to understand when we lack authentic ritual and real community. We live in one of those rare historical moments when dominant values are in a wild state of transition that actually mirrors the initiatory liminality experienced – or desired – by adolescents everywhere. And yet, our demythologized world has severely compromised our ability to think metaphorically. When we can no longer imagine inner renewal, we see literal images elsewhere. We project our internal state onto the world and look for the signs of world changes "out there."
Michael Meade's recent book Why the World Doesn't End suggests that "…the archetype of apocalypse describes a psychological condition or state of mind that becomes more activated during times of tragedy and loss and when radical change is predominant…Often apocalyptic prophecies reveal most about those having the revelatory experience…A psychological rather than a religious interpretation would suggest that the (prophetic) voice comes from the unconscious…."
This is not to deny this huge and painful transition. What do we do when we face the facts of great endings, which we experience emotionally as fear of death and ideologically as apocalypse?
The proper response is to fully engage in the universal experience of extended mourning; indeed this is the central focus of the last chapter of my book.
But once again recall the meaning of apocalypse: to lift the veil. At the end of an age we have the opportunity to see truths that have been veiled behind outdated myths. In mourning and letting go of what is dying, we can discover new (or much older) truths. Remembering the Celtic proverb – "Death is the middle of a long life" – we can see more clearly for a while and gain the strength and courage to support what is struggling to be born.
We need to acknowledge the mythic sources of our dilemma. After all, isn't the literal loss of species an expression of the more fundamental, symbolic collapse of the creative imagination? And hasn't that breakdown invited the paranoid and predatory imaginations to fill the gap?
Long-term sustainability requires changes in consciousness as fundamental as those that occurred in the long transition from the indigenous world to the modern. This is both bad news and good. Such changes took millennia in the First World to be completed, but only a few generations in the Third World. Perhaps these more recent transitions can be altered or channeled toward a sustainable future. Perhaps there is much positive potential, as the ecstatic solstice dancers at the Great Pyramid of Chitzen-Itsa proclaimed.
But simply focusing on the light is another form of literalization equal to religious fundamentalism. An awareness of death is precisely what I see missing in New Age thinking. To speak of rebirth without considering the breakdown and destruction of what must precede it is to wallow in innocence. As Jung said, "…the experience of the Self is always a defeat for the ego."
The rule of uninitiated men underlies all of modernity's ills. But this story is slowly changing, and in offering our gifts to the world, we can facilitate its renewal. The elders say that there is still time to make all decisions with the wellbeing of the next seven generations in mind. This kind of thinking must be our guide, instead of either falling into depression or blissing out.
We are called to attend the funeral of patriarchy, to mourn the dying King who is nothing other than who we thought we were. Only then can we celebrate his rebirth in equal consort with his Queen.
There is yet another meaning to "endings." Seen from the detached perspective of the mystic, from the inspired eye of the poet and even from the cyclic movements of our lungs, each moment expresses both birth and death, each of which is an essential aspect of life… breathe out the end of time, breathe in rebirth. Start again, continue.
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|You are here :: Wingshooters magazine : The threat of malicious poisoning
Malicious poisonin of wildlife have taken on epidemic proportions in Southern Africa
Between 176 000 and 470 000 gamebirds are deliberately poisoned
>> Deliberate poisoning: the biggest threat to gamebirds This article focuses on the deliberate poisoning of gamebirds and not incidental mortality through misuse of pesticides. Poisoning is a known threat to gamebirds, especially wintering flocks of Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in South Africa, and occurred on 14% of farms surveyed in the late 1990s by the National Gamebird Federation survey (Wolff, Bothma & Viljoen 2002).
The most recent incident, in which the deadly poison endosulfan poisoned a gundog before his master's eyes; and tons of black market aldicarb is confiscated by police.


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Well, it's been about a year since BP dumped millions of barrels of oil into the gulf coast, so let's take a look at how things have changed (or stayed the same) for us and BP. Well for BP at least, things are looking just peachy. Their earnings for the first quarter of 2011 are actually up to $7.1 billion over $6.1 billion in first quarter 2010. So that means BP's stockholders made $7.1 billion in 3 months. In that same amount of time, how much did BP set aside for the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people whose lives they ruined? Well, BP paid out $2.8 billion for "spill-related expenses," which don't even all go to the fishermen, real estate agents, and countless others affected by BP's spill.
But even if every single dollar of that $2.8 billion went directly to gulf coast residents who need it, BP's investors would still be making almost 3 times as much money! In fact, in the entire time since BP destroyed our coast, the GCCF has paid out just over $4 billion. I don't know about you, but I still see people every day who don't have the money they deserve, so why should BP's stockholders be getting almost twice as much money in three months as their victims have received in AN ENTIRE YEAR!?
BP Forgets About Gulf Coast as it Rakes in the Cash
BP does not want to live up to its responsibility to the gulf coast and its residents, and every day it looks like BP comes closer to sneaking away with a big fat pile of cash while everyone forgets what they did. But the people of the gulf coast have not forgotten, and we can still make BP pay for the damage it caused.
For a while I recommended that you submit a claim to the GCCF and see if what you get is fair, but now I'm convinced that almost nobody is actually getting the money they deserve through the GCCF. If you want to see how much you'll get, or if you want to receive interim payments from BP, go ahead and submit a claim to the GCCF, but honestly I don't think you should expect much.
If BP and the GCCF actually pay interim payments, that could help you make ends meet until you get what you actually deserve, but I urge you to think about how much BP is offering you in your final claim before you sign your rights away. We are all hurting, but if we take the low-ball final payment from BP now to make a mortgage payment, what will we do in three months when that money's gone? BP stockholders profit while we suffer, but we aren't going away. If you fill out the free case review box on the side of the page, someone will look over your claim and help you decide how much BP actually owes you.


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BEIJING — China's monetary policy is expected to be more prudent and neutral, to rein in asset bubbles and guard against financial risks, economists have said.
The central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), raised the interest rate on Feb 3 for seven-day repurchase agreements, a key tool used to adjust monetary policy, and for longer 14 and 28-day repo rates.
In January, the PBOC also raised rates on its medium-term loan facility for the first time since it debuted the facility in 2014.
China has kept prudent monetary policy since 2011. However, in practice the policy has been slightly loosening for a period of time due to downward pressure on economic growth, according to Zhang Xiaohui, assistant governor of the PBOC.
Top policy makers said at the annual Central Economic Work Conference in December that China would maintain a "prudent and neutral" monetary policy in 2017.
In an article published on Feb 3 in China Finance, a PBOC-run financial magazine, Zhang described the monetary policy for 2017 as "more neutral" and "more prudent."
"China should keep its monetary policy prudent and stable, appropriately expand aggregate demand to avoid an overly-rapid economic slowdown and at the same time refrain from excessive money supply to prevent bubbles," she said.
"The relatively easy monetary policy environment created by cuts to benchmark interest rates and reserve requirement ratios since late 2014 has changed," said Lian Ping, chief economist at the Bank of Communications.
"Monetary policy is currently shifting toward prudence while tilting to slight tightening, a trend that has become more and more clear since the second half of 2016," Lian added.
China International Capital Corporation (CICC), a Beijing-based investment bank, said that authorities were turning their focus to "curbing asset bubbles and guarding against economic and financial risks."
At the Central Economic Work Conference in December, the Chinese leadership pledged to make a priority of preventing financial risks, saying that curbing asset bubbles would assume more importance in 2017.
The caution is justified by the property market, which saw housing prices jump sharply in 2016, and changes to inflation.
China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, in December increased 2.1 percent year on year. But producer prices rose 5.5 percent, the highest in more than five years, fanning inflation expectations.
However, analysts said policymakers would take a gradual approach, given internal and external uncertainties in China's economy, which needs to further consolidate.
China's economy grew 6.7 percent year on year in 2016, higher than most other major economies, but the slowest annual expansion in 26 years.
"The PBOC's moves will effectively guide market interest rates up, but we do not expect benchmark deposit and lending rates to be adjusted in the near term, considering both internal and external uncertainties on China's economy," CICC said.
"The direction of the PBOC's policy is very clear, but it will resort to an orderly and progressive approach," Zeng Gang, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Xinhua in an interview.
"The authorities will take into account the impact of its policies on the financial market and the real economy, and the monetary policy will remain prudent on the whole," said Zeng, who expects the policy to be further adjusted if the Chinese economy experiences major changes.
The central bank would be "very cautious" and "look carefully before taking each step" in changing monetary policy, said Lian, of Bank of Communications, adding that the PBOC would look at reactions in the domestic financial market and the real economy.
"No big moves are expected as the central bank will also take into consideration the US Federal Reserve's possible rate decisions and the renminbi's exchange rate fluctuations," Lian said.


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Meet the team
Becky Gander, Recruitment Manager
As one would expect of a Recruitment Manager, Becky has loads of previous experience, mainly within the world of generic temporary recruitment. Originally worked in the care industry and so has come to look after all of us with great tenderness and sensitivity.
Hates - being disorganised, the rain, my next door neighbour (can I put that?), queue jumpers, rudeness
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Emily Snaith, Senior Recruitment Consultant
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2008 State of the Blogosphere
Technorati's David Sifry has announced the 2008 State of the Blogosphere. Along with data from the service's massive database of bloggers, Technorati also conducted a survey of some of their registered subscribers, asking questions about how respondents blog and more. Nearly 1300 individuals from 60 countries replied to the survey. Here are some of the most interesting highlights from the report.
- Technorati is currently tracking 133 million blogs
- 7.4 Million blogs have posted in the last 120 days - just 5.5% of all blogs tracked by Technorati.
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The United States Department of Agriculture has taken a bold and unprecedented action to protect animal abusers. The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has removed all public records of animals kept in facilities such as laboratories and zoos, along with records of violations of the Animal Welfare Act. These records, formerly public information, are now only available through costly and time-consuming Freedom of Information Act requests.
Much of this formerly public information concerns taxpayer-funded labs; it's the right of all of our citizens to know what is being done with their money. Even more importantly, these reports have brought to light some of the most egregious offenses occurring against animals in the United States. A 2012 article in the Boston Globe reported on welfare concerns and violations at a Harvard University laboratory, known as the New England Primate Research Center. At this lab, a primate was sent through a cage washing machine while still inside the cage, and was killed.
Without public access to APHIS's records, animal exploiters will truly be free to do anything they wish. Animal testing labs, puppy mills, roadside zoos, and other institutions such as SeaWorld and Ringling which are built on the exploitation and harm of animals will operate in secrecy and with impunity. Demand that public access to these records be restored!
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The White House comment line is shut down. This website will connect you to one of Trump's businesses to register your complaints.
USDA-APHIS-- Carol Clarke's office-- (301) 851-3751
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The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie. ★★★★
This YA book contains genetically engineered sea monsters, morally grey situations, and a same sex love interest. In other words, it is awesome.
Cassandra Leung's entire family is involved in the industry that creates and trains gigantic sea monsters, Reckoners, to escort ships and provide protection from pirates. Cas is a trainer who has just been given her first solo mission when everything goes terribly wrong. Her Reckoner is killed, and Cas herself is captured by pirates led by pirate queen Santa Elena. And Santa Elena has a plan. Somehow, she's gotten a hold of a Reckoner pup, and she's going to use it and Cas to change the balance of power on the high seas.
The Abyss Surrounds Us is set sometime in the future, when rising sea levels have drowned cities and coastal lands, leading to huge numbers of stateless people who live on ships and floating cities. Almost their only means of survival is piracy. But does that justify the theft and murder? And are the corporations who have sea monsters created to protect their ships justified in utterly annihilating the pirate ships? It's a complex issue and the book doesn't present any easy answers.
The writing wasn't gorgeous or anything, but it wasn't overly simplistic either, a problem I've had with some other YA new releases. There were no plot holes that I noticed, character motivations made sense… Basically, everything worked like it should, and there were no problems that jolted me out of my enjoyment of the story.
If you can't tell from what I've said about the book so far, it's very diverse. Cas is Chinese and a lesbian, with a love interest who's another teenage girl. The supporting cast is similarly diverse, which makes utter sense given that the book's set primarily in the Pacific Ocean.
I also liked how the romantic relationship played out. I actually cared about it, which is pretty unusual for me. Cas's and Swift's relationship wasn't insta love and grew naturally through the book. I was a bit worried about the possible power dynamics of Cas being a prisoner on the ship and Swift being one of Elena's lackies, but it was actually handled fairly well.
My biggest quibble would be that The Abyss Surrounds Us was so short. What with that and the fast pace, I blew through it in under a day. Luckily, there is a planned sequel so I'll get more of Cas and the sea monsters eventually.
The Abyss Surrounds Us is one of the best new YA novels that I've read. I can't wait until it comes out in February 2016 so I can start shoving it on all my friends.
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ArtPoint, in partnership with 111 Minna Gallery, invited members and friends to take a closer look at All the Go Inbetweens, a solo show by Alec Huxley. Huxley, a member of the Lower Haight Street Mural Collective, gave a guided tour of his exhibition in the gallery. His work is on permanent display at the corner of Haight and Buchanan.


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Why it's the Michigan auto insurance industry that is likely behind the latest price increase from the MCCA
On March 27, 2013, the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association, or MCCA, announced a price increase. Again. This time it announced it was increasing its annual, per-vehicle assessment from $175 to $186.
This is a 6% rate increase. Last year's MCCA rate increase was a 21% increase, putting the assessment at $175.
But there are 4 dirty little secrets about the MCCA's most recent increase in its per-vehicle annual assessment that no one is talking about:
- Michigan auto insurance companies, who run the MCCA and are currently engaged in an all-out pr campaign to change Michigan's No Fault law, imposed the assessment increase.
- The auto insurers who run the MCCA collect hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars, in auto premiums every year.
- Michigan's auto insurers will raise their auto insurance rates based on the MCCA assessment increase, which THEY approved.
- Auto insurance rates could be lowered instantly if Michigan auto insurance companies refused to pass along the MCCA assessment costs to consumers. This is not wishful thinking. Michigan's auto insurance companies are already some of the most profitable in the entire nation, when compared to other states.
The funds raised by the assessment are used by the MCCA to provide mandatory 100% reimbursement to Michigan auto insurers for No Fault benefits that are paid out to catastrophically injured auto accident victims after the costs of those benefits have exceeded $530,000.
Michigan auto insurance companies, who run the MCCA, imposed the assessment increase
Don't be fooled. It's not the faceless, impersonal entity known as the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association that has imposed yet another assessment increase, which will certainly result in another round of jacked-up auto insurance prices.
It's a group of Michigan's insurance companies who together have decided to raise rates and impose the assessment increase. These are the same insurers, who, through their trade organizations and through sympathetic Republican lawmakers, are pushing the senseless spin that No Fault reform and elimination of the MCCA are necessary to the lower the auto insurance prices that THEY chose to charge.
As the MCCA's March 27, 2013, press release makes clear, the "MCCA Actuarial Committee recommends to the MCCA Board of Directors the annual assessment" that should be charged and the Board of Directors ultimately decides what the annual assessment will be.
And, who's on the MCCA's Board of Directors and its Actuarial Committee?
You guessed it. Michigan auto insurance companies.
Auto insurers who run the MCCA collect hundreds of millions of Dollars (if not billions) in auto premiums every year
I've written before about how the MCCA is broken, and how we've created this quasi-government entity that essentially operates without oversight or accountability to the public, and that we've allowed the inmates to run the asylum.
The auto insurers who run the MCCA collect billions or, at least, hundreds of millions of dollars in auto insurance premiums every year, according to data maintained and published by the Department of Insurance and Financial Services, which is headed by Insurance Commissioner R. Kevin Clinton, a non-voting member of the MCCA's Board of Directors and a former high-ranking insurance industry executive. Clinton was president and CEO of an insurance company before being appointed director of the newly created Department of Insurance and Financial Services by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on March 18, 2013. Before the name change, Mr. Clinton was insurance commissioner since 2011.
One other point: Consider the "Written Premiums" data the for the five Board of Director member-insurers as well as other prominent insurers serving on the MCCA's Standing Committees, which includes the Actuarial Committee:
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.: $1.1 billion in written auto insurance premiums in 2011
Auto Club Insurance Association: $78 million in written auto insurance premiums in 2011
Auto-Owners Insurance Company: $157 million in written auto insurance premiums in 2011
Citizens Ins. Co. of America: $141 million in written auto insurance premiums in 2011
Farmers Insurance: $109 million in written auto insurance premiums in 2011
Progressive Michigan Insurance Company: $298 million in written auto insurance premiums in 2011
Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company: $174 million in written auto insurance premiums in 2011
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company: $133 million in written auto insurance premiums in 2011
What we don't know about the auto insurers who run the MCCA
As can be seen above, we know about the billions or, at least, hundreds of millions of dollars Michigan auto insurers are bringing in annually in auto insurance premiums.
But, strangely, we don't know anything about how much of the premium dollars collected are paid out by each insurer on auto claims.
Strangely – despite the constant complaining by insurance trade organizations such as the Insurance Institute of Michigan and the Michigan Insurance Coalition and lawmakers such as Rep. Pete Lund and Sen. Virgil Smith about the costs that auto claims – the public is provided zero information about insurers' payouts on auto claims. This is also much to the complete exasperation of fiscal conservatives such as L. Brooks Patterson, who have demanded and been denied access to this information as well.
We've allowed this to somehow exist when there is supposedly "out of control" costs associated with auto claims is the purported justification for dismantling or otherwise "reforming" Michigan's No Fault insurance system.
But it's doubly odd given that the annual payout amounts could be easily collected and shared by the Insurance Commissioner, just as he does every year for other lines of insurance coverage in his Annual Reports.
For instance, in his 2011 Annual Report to Gov. Snyder, the Insurance Commissioner reported (as he and his predecessors have done every year for more than a decade) both the year's "Direct Written Premiums" and the year's "Direct Losses Paid" for the "Top 20" writers of insurance in the following lines: all categories; accident and health; annuity; life; property and casualty; and title insurance.
Clearly, it would be next to no trouble to include premium and losses information for auto insurance companies.
Yet, the benefit to the public, Michigan's auto insurance consumers and lawmakers would be beyond measure. Michigan's auto no fault insurance system has served the people of Michigan incredibly well for 40 years, but we are on the verge of making major changes to the laws based only on the say so of the insurance companies who simultaneously are refusing to release the data and information that would allow lawmakers to make educated decisions on how to proceed.
Michigan auto insurance companies will raise rates based on the MCCA assessment increase they approved
Although the MCCA assessments are technically charged to Michigan auto insurance companies, it is the Michigan auto-insurance-buying public who gets stuck with the tab.
Significantly, the assessments charged to the No Fault insurers "are generally passed on to auto insurance policyholders" and "are reflected in the auto premiums all Michigan policyholders pay," according to the MCCA's website.
The Insurance Commissioner, in a September 10, 2012, document, entitled "Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA)," concurred:
"Your auto insurer is responsible for, and pays, the MCCA assessment. However, the cost is often passed on to policyholders. Some insurance companies include the MCCA assessment in the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) portion of your insurance premium. Other companies sometimes list this as a "statutory assessment" or "MCCA assessment" on the declarations page of your policy."
Auto insurance rates could be lowered instantly if auto insurers refused to pass assessment costs to consumers
Simple as that, auto insurers could lower auto insurance rates overnight.
And, if Michigan auto insurers were really serious about lowering auto insurance rates, then they could also drop their prices on liability and collision coverage where the profit margins are particularly significant.
For more information, click here to read a comprehensive analysis of Michigan No Fault reform and the latest developments.
Related information:
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What's the truth about the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association's claimed billion-dollar deficit?


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For many, the holiday season is a joyous time, but for some folks it can be a rough season to get through.
If you Google "holiday depression" or better still "beating holiday depression," you'll find lots of top 10 lists. Below is my own top 5 list.
1. Be grateful. Research at Harvard, and at major universities in Florida, Texas and California, has proven the mental, emotional and even physical benefits of taking some time each day to be grateful. Keep a gratitude journal. Write a thank-you note. Thank someone mentally. It's a great way to protect your natural joy.
A hymn I've come to love suggests a lovely metaphor about gratitude as a protective power: "A grateful heart a fortress is, a staunch and rugged tower, where God's omnipotence revealed girds man with mighty power."
Spiritual healer and author, Mary Baker Eddy, writing about gratitude in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, suggested gratitude as an activity: "Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of thanks. Action expresses more gratitude than speech."
2. Serve. Choose one of the many service opportunities most communities offer. Volunteer at your church. Ring a Salvation Army bell. Volunteer at a hospital. Be a story reader at your local library or elementary school. Serving others gives you a sense of joy. In fact, research from the University of California Berkeley suggests that serving others improves physical health and longevity as it decreases stress.
3. Be still. If you search online, you'll find that one of the chief causes of holiday depression is a lack of stillness. Silent nights are hard to find. You can be purposeful about finding stillness. Find a quiet spot and make time (even just 5-10 minutes) each day to just be quiet. Americans are a prayerful people; 55 percent pray daily. Taking time to pray for peace and harmony in your home, neighborhood and world has a powerful individual and collective effect.
4. Simplify. As shopping, food preparation and travel intensify, things can get tangled up. You can take control. Simplify your menus. A calm host/hostess is a better gift than an elaborate meal. Some families simplify gift giving by assigning each family member another for whom to buy one gift—under $20. Simple.
5. Reach out. Although it may have different causes, holiday depression has a common cure: unselfishness. Look out instead of in. This can seem devilishly hard to do. But thinking of what other people need instead of what we lack is a joy creator, while thinking mostly of our own needs promotes depression. Again, you can be purposeful here. Make a list of people you've been out of touch with and send them a holiday greeting. Think of those in your community who are needier than you. Our church discovered that one in six children from a local elementary school were from homeless families. We contacted the school and agreed to have our Sunday School students provide homeless children with backpacks containing school supplies at the beginning of the year and snack packs during the rest of the year. It's pretty hard to feel sad when you're packing snack bags for homeless children.
Challenging rather than accepting holiday depression is a healthy choice. Find your own ways to keep the season joyful. Share them with friends. Look outward and upward. This is natural, and it's effective.
Bob Clark is a Christian Science practitioner. Read his blog at simplyhealthyflorida.com.


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This research seminar aims to rethink conventional notions of modern Japan and the modern world by examining Japan through the prism of modern world history. How have Anglo-American scholars shaped orthodox understandings of world history? How have those understandings skewed our perception of the non-Western world, including of modern Japan? How might we recalibrate our vision of the non-Western world, particularly of modern Japan, to better understand the rise of an Asia/Pacific World? In the eighteenth century, Edo (present-day Tokyo) had a population of 1.3 million, surpassing every European city in scale and grandeur, and Japan printed more novels than in England. In 2015, Japan led the world in average life expectancy and number of working robots. We will highlight the many ways that developments in Japan have mirrored, anticipated, even surpassed developments in the modern world from 1600 to the present.
Instructors:DICKINSON, FREDERICK
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Registration Notes:MAJORS ONLY
- Major Concentrations: World
- Major/Minor requirements fulfilled: East/South Asia, Research, Seminar


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"IVEI - ""I Value Every Idea"" is a society working towards the upliftment of artisans in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. We work towards a long term aim of providing employment and sustainable living solutions to the people here. Our designers work with rural artisans to create well designed, high quality, utility products for home and office, ideal for both gifting and personal use. ""Lilliputian"" - This range of products includes handcrafted wooden miniatures of real life objects crafted to perfection by our experienced carpenters. This adds an element of fun to the utility based products in our collection.A belan designed fridge magnet with a writing board. Place this on your refrigerator, and make a note of anything you want! Perfect for daily routines and crisp messages for your loved ones. The belan miniature will add to the charm of your kitchen. The hooks at the end provide an innovative space to keep the marker, so you do not have to go looking for it every time you want to make a note. The product comes with a board marker.Dimensions (in) : 7*6*1"
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<Oklahoma City, Oklahoma> <August 27, 2012> - Louis Smith, President announced today that AmeriClaim has entered into a Branch Owner Lease agreement with Adjustment Services, Inc. ("ASI") to manage its operations in the State of Georgia. The Georgia Branch will be managed by Larry Guzy and Bob Gunter the owners of ASI. Mr. Guzy and Mr. Gunter bring collectively 79 years of claims experience to AmeriClaim. ASI has been in business since 1985 and serves its clients in the Georgia market.
"We are excited to provide claims adjusting services to the Georgia market. We continue to have significant plans to expand the footprint of AmeriClaim in the United States," Smith said. "Further, this new Branch represents a significant addition to the AmeriClaim family," Smith added
The Georgia Branch will be a full service Branch and will be able to handle all types of claims including property, liability, trucking, heavy equipment appraisal and other lines of insurance.
AmeriClaim and related businesses provide property and casualty claims adjusting services to the insurance industry. AmeriClaim operates in over 100 locations in 31 states thru 16 Branch Owners servicing over 100 insurance company clients.


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Why See Spamilton?
Hamilton, but Not as you know it
From Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of Forbidden Broadway, comes this loving spoof of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton. Spamilton centers its story on an amalgamation of Alexander Hamilton and Manuel Miranda - 'Lin-Manuel as Hamilton' - who's on a mission to save Broadway from mediocrity! Throw Stephen Sondheim as Ben Franklin into the mix, as well as references to a whole load of other Broadway hits, and you've got a perfect night out for any musical theater fan, whether you've seen the original or not!
Spamilton debuted at New York's Triad Theatre in 2016, and has since opened productions in Chicago, Los Angeles, and London. This national tour's cast includes Chuckie Benson, Ani Djirdjirian, and Marissa Hecker
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Opening night: 28 May 2019
Suitable for ages 10+
Run time
80 minutes without intermission
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Chuckie Benson
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Marissa Hecker
Brandon Kinley
Adrian Lopez
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Written & Created by Gerard Alessandrini
Choreography by Gerry McIntyre
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I headed to LA about two weeks ago for a best friends beach wedding and of course to get some beach time in. Unfortunately, I didn't take a whole lot of pictures. The first few days were filled with wedding activities, and then tending to hangover activities. I usually fill up my travel schedule going to large cities where I can walk around, so I wasn't completely sold on an LA vacation before I went. The thought of driving everywhere and dealing with parking always stopped me from going. Boy was I stupid. I fell in LOVE. LOVE. I loved the scenery, the food, the people, the weather, everything.
The first few days we stayed right on Venice Beach. The wedding was in Santa Monica so it was close enough for the wedding activities. Venice beach totally spoke to my hippie heart. We spent a lot of time just walking on the beach and people watching. There is some really good people watching here.
The most important part of any vacation for me is always the food. We ate Korean burritos at Roy Choi's Taquira. We had a sloppy egg sandwich at Eggslut. We had so. many. donuts. at DK's Donuts & Bakery. And then we had breakfast pizza at Jon & Vinny's. Let's all give a round of applause for the food in LA. It was all top notch.
I also took some time to do some vintage clothing shopping. Since I can't pack furniture in a suitcase I decided the next best thing was vintage clothing! We found probably my favorite place on earth, Hidden Treasures. That place is seriously my happy place. If I close my eyes I can sometimes pretend i'm still there, digging through so much good stuff.
We spent the last night living the high roller lifestyle and The Avalon in Beverly Hills. Everyone deserves champagne at check in and a dip in this pool once in their life right? We only stayed one night because we are normal people not insane millionaires.
Our last night we went to the UCB and saw some improv. I'm actually a huge comedy nerd so it was basically a dream come true. If I lived there, I would be there every week.
All in all it was a good trip. And by good, I mean I wanted to leave my life behind and move to LA as soon as I got home. I still miss it and I hope I can find a reason to get back really soon!


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Funeral services were Monday, May 25 for Vernon W. Farber, 72, of Winsted, Minn.
He died Friday, May 22, 1998 at his home in rural Winsted, Minn.
Vernon was born Oct. 8, 1925 at Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minn., the son of Albert and Martha (Pawelk) Farber.
He was baptized in 1925 at St. Mark Lutheran Church, New Germany by the Rev. Theodore Rolf and confirmed April 2, 1939 at St. Mark Lutheran Church, New Germany by Rolf.
On June 5, 1948, Vernon married Lorraine Ann Barlau at Zion Lutheran Church in Mayer by the Rev. Elmer Schwandt.
Vernon served in the Army in World War II. Vern was a faithful and loving husband, father and grandfather. He loved his children and grandchildren and instilled in them his Christian values.
He was an active member at St. John's Lutheran Church in Winsted. His livelihood for many years was farming and he had a great love for the land. He enjoyed working in his shop and was a wonderful all-around fixit man.
Vernon's 52 years of music brought him much joy as an accordionist, from a seven-piece orchestra to a three-piece combo and later as a single entertainer.
He played at supper clubs, social gatherings and shared his German heritage at the Bayrischer Hoff and the Gasthof-Zur Gemütlichkeit.
Vernon was preceded in death by parents Albert and Martha Farber; father-in-law and mother-in-law Edward and Ida Barlau; brother-in-law Roger Barlau.
He is survived by his wife Lorraine, children and spouses, Gary and Kim Farber of Orlando, Fla.; Steven and Elizabeth Farber of Sturgeon Lake, Lee and Linda Farber of Watertown, Mark and Kathy Farber of Bellvue, Colo.; Rita and Steve Mueller of Watertown, John and Patty Farber of Watertown, Lynn and Greg White of Maple Plain, David and Roxane Farber of Watertown; grandchildren, Shawn, Leah (John), Alexandra Lorraine, Nicollet, Danielle (John), Justin, Christy (Daniel), Naomi, Benjamin, Charity, Noel, Mary Grace, Seth, Joseph, Rachel Lorraine, Daniel, Ryan, Michael, Zachary, Lucas, Blake, Matthew, Summer, Audra, Caleb and MacKenzie; sister and brother-in-law, Grace and Juergen Bettcher of New Germany; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law Arlys and Curtis Honebrink of Mayer, Anne Barlau and husband Gene Allen of St. Paul; aunts, Erna Pawelk of New Germany, Helen Farber of Hopkins; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Watertown with the Revs. Edwin Narrr and Jeff Harter officiating. Interment was at Watertown Public Cemetery, Watertown.
Casket bearers were grandsons Justin Farber, Ryan Mueller, Michael Mueller, Blake Farber, Benjamin Farber and Shawn Farber.
Arrangements by Johnson Funeral Home, Waconia.


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Scheduled Mining Ops Have a New Location
Thanks to Sarah/Merthe's hard work grinding missions and training skills we should be able to expect excellent refine rates and have found a new system which is much more convenient to take advantage of that.
Most of the HiSec ops will happen here because it will allow us to avoid the multi-system jumps as well as long freighter trips.
The upcoming op will be taking place in the new system (Goram) so check the Mining Channel for details.
On a related note thanks to Nlor also for all the refining work.


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Incidence and Mortality
Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, is the fifth most common type of new cancer diagnosis in American men and the sixth most common type in American women. The incidence and mortality rates for invasive melanoma are highest in whites, who have a much higher risk of developing melanoma than African Americans. Among people under age 50, women are about 30 percent more likely than men to develop the disease. By contrast, among people aged 50 and older, men are nearly twice as likely than women to develop melanoma and by age 65 men are nearly three times more likely to develop melanoma. The annual incidence of melanoma among whites has increased by more than 70 percent over the past two decades. Increases have been most rapid among whites aged 65 and older.
Risk factors for melanoma include having fair skin that burns easily, high lifetime exposure to natural or artificial sunlight, a history of blistering sunburns, a dysplastic nevus or many common moles, and a family history of melanoma. Avoiding sun exposure and using sunscreen may reduce the risk of melanoma. Visual skin examinations are sometimes used to screen for skin cancer. Standard treatments for melanoma include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and biological therapy.
Approximately $2.4 billion is spent in the United States each year on melanoma treatment.
Examples of NCI Activities Relevant to Melanoma
- Health professionals can use the Melanoma Risk Assessment Tool to identify individuals at increased risk of melanoma in order to plan appropriate screening interventions.
- Several early-phase clinical trials of molecularly targeted, personalized cancer regimens are being conducted through NCI's Accelerating Clinical Trials of Novel Oncologic PathWays (ACTNOW) program, including a phase II trial for melanoma patients with specific tumor gene mutations.
- The Study of Clinical, Laboratory, and Epidemiologic Characterization of Individuals and Families at High Risk of Melanoma explores how genetic and environmental factors contribute to melanoma development.
- The Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network conducts multicenter clinical trials of promising new agents that boost patients' own immune systems to fight melanoma and other cancers.
- The Genes, Environment and Melanoma (GEM) Consortium and Melanoma Genetics (GenoMEL) Consortium explore how sun exposure and genetic factors contribute to the development and progression of melanoma.
- One melanoma-specific Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) is developing new therapies for melanoma that target metastasis and inflammation and is creating risk models for progression.
Selected Advances in Melanoma Research
- Results of a phase I and II clinical study showed that treatment with a combination of dabrafenib and trametinib delayed disease progression in patients with metastatic BRAF-mutant melanoma longer than treatment with dabrafenib alone. Published September 2012. [PubMed Abstract]
- Scientists have used high-throughput screening methods to identify drug combinations that effectively inhibit the growth of melanoma cells that have BRAF or RAS gene mutations, including BRAF mutations that cause resistance to vemurafenib. Published December 2012. [PubMed Abstract]
- Vermurafenib-resistant melanoma cells become drug dependent in xenograft models of drug resistance, revealing the potential for dosing strategies that may forestall the onset of lethal, drug-resistant disease. Published January 2013. [PubMed Abstract]
- Scientists have developed a promising PET imaging probe for use in early detection of melanoma. Published January 2013. [PubMed Abstract]
- See this PubMed list of selected free full-text journal articles on NCI-supported research relevant to melanoma. You can also search PubMed for additional scientific articles or to complete a search tutorial.
Trends in NCI Funding for Melanoma Research
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) investment in melanoma research increased from $110.8 million in fiscal year (FY) 2008 to $121.2 million in FY 2012. In addition to this funding, NCI supported $25.2 million in melanoma research in FY 2009 and FY 2010 using funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
From Cancer Snapshots: Disease Focused and Other Snapshots, National Cancer Institute


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Right at the moment, the two companies are focused mainly on sales and marketing initiatives, and BCD's template-based PHP development tool. But users of both organizations' offerings can look forward to greater integrations in the products somewhere down the line.
This deal can be said to build on BCD's PHP initiative involving its WebSmart development environment. Coming out five years ago, WebSmart PHP is now as popular as BCD's traditional WebSmart ILE development tool, judging from the number of licenses sold. WebSmart PHP makes programming easier by allowing the customer to build PHP code by using application templates and wizards. This speedy approach lets users create a working PHP application in minutes, even with extremely limited knowledge of PHP.
But what about BCD customers who want to use WebSmart PHP on their IBM i server? PHP code needs a runtime, and BCD didn't offer one; instead, the company would refer its customers to Zend's IBM i PHP runtimes. Zend created Zend Server for IBM I more than two years ago. Even today, it's the most feature-rich PHP runtime offered by Zend; it includes features unavailable in Zend's other PHP runtime for IBM i, the free Zend Server Community Edition for IBM i, or Zend Server CE i.
The new agreement makes this cross-selling relationship a bit more official. Specifically, BCD will emphasize the bug tracking and code tracing features available only in the paid, feature-rich Zend Server for IBM I. This runtime, incidentally, starts at $7,250 a year – a fee that many businesses running IBM I should be able to afford. The runtime may be well worth the money, for capabilities that let programmers fix problems up to 80 percent faster than if they had to hunt them down without the assistance.
The code tracing capability in Zend Server for IBM i automates the process of identifying bugs and application performance issues. The features, which can tell the programmer the exact line of code that has the problem, allows programmers to fix problems up to 80 percent faster than if they had to hunt for the source of the problem in a log file, says Siddhartha Agarwal, Zend's vice president of worldwide field operations, and the head of Zend's sales team.
"We improve the productivity of that [WebSmart PHP] development environment so that developers can debug easier and debug faster," said Siddhartha Agarwal, Zend's VP of operations and the head of the company's sales team. "It's like a black box recorder on a plane, where when the plane crashes, and everything that happened up to the point of the crash is recorded. So they're not looking at log files per se to try and figure out what happened. They're just looking at these code traces."
Future plans include Zend APIs that will hook WebSmart PHP into Zend Server for IBM I. These would let customers take advantage of the code-tracing capability while using their favorite IDE.
More information about this expanded partnership can be found here.