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Wooden coffee stirrers can be assembled into a nice star, with nothing but their own friction to hold it together. Amaze your friends and beautify your world!
What you will need
If you're enjoying a cup of coffee in a nice coffee shop, then you already have the two things you will need:
The stirrers I'm talking about here are the wooden ones, reminiscent of popsicle sticks, and just as sturdy, but longer and thinner. Peet's has them, but maybe Starbuck's does too. Some places have stingy fragile slats of wood, which can work, but are unsatisfying. Actual popsicle sticks are too short and stiff. The plastic micro-straws are completely unworkable because they are too slippery.
Once you have your five stirrers in hand, you can make a star. It requires a little dexterity to get the sticks to go where you want, and the friction that holds the star together will also work against you as you put the stirrers in place, but it's worth it. Working flat on a tabletop may help.
As you work, pay close attention to the over and under of the stirrers crossing each other. The star will only hold together if these are right. The basket weave of these crossings is the key to the whole thing.
Here are the steps:
When you are done, the star should be quite secure, with each stirrer positioned firmly against the other four. You should be able to hold the whole star in the air by holding just the end of one stirrer.
If the stirrers are all in the proper positions, but the star doesn't hold together, make sure the overs and unders are correct. Each stirrer should go over, under, over, under (or vice-versa). The alternating of over and under flexes the stirrer, which applies the pressure on its neighbors, which holds the star together.
The shape of the star will probably be at least a little out of whack. Try to nudge the stirrers into good symmetric alignment. As you adjust, watch out for the ends of the stirrer slipping off each other (the points of the stars opening). The star can survive with one of its points opened, but two open points will be the end of your star.
What next?
Now that you've made your star, you can try making fancier ones:
The first two are just like the star described above, but with six and seven stirrers instead of five. These are not that difficult to create, and can even be made by opening up a five-stirrer star to add the other sticks.
The third also has seven stirrers, but uses a different weaving pattern (under, over, over, under, under, over) because the original pattern would require the stirrer to flex too sharply too many times. This one is tough to build, and even tougher to get to look nice, because seven sticks tends to look like a mish-mash instead of a nice symmetric star unless everything is just right.
Other ideas:
The figures here were created with a PostScript program (stirstar.ps), exported to a high-resolution PNG file, then cropped and re-sampled with the Gimp.
Fred Kiesche 8:30 PM on 19 Dec 2003
Far out! Almost as much fun as the business cards! I put a link into my blog.
Ron Blitzer 3:17 PM on 26 Feb 2004
Joseph Wu 4:23 PM on 23 Apr 2004
We used to make these out of toothpicks. My father remembers them from his childhood, over 55 years ago...
Kathy 4:30 PM on 4 May 2004
For Ron, contact you local Girl Scout or Boy Scout Council. They will have a craft use for the wooden coffee stir sticks.
marina p 11:38 PM on 5 May 2004
Wow. I never realized people had so much time on their hands...
Marcos 5:44 PM on 6 Aug 2004
Beautiful! I will do some, if I can find the correct stirrers in my city.
Zeev Rotshtein 10:47 AM on 11 Sep 2004
WOW!!! magnificent. Can you post instructions for some more business card shapes?
Robin 11:52 PM on 20 Oct 2004
The link I added is our Freecycle site where people list things that they give away, or others take the offers. I have seen quite a few asking for craft items. If you are not in our area, there are 35 or so other organizations that would love to see or even exchange craft patterns or supplies! You can also go to: www.freecycle.com to see if your city is listed. It's a wonderful service! Thank you for your great ideas (I have a HUGE box of popsicle sticks, maybe I can use them to make something similiar!) Take care, Robin from Toledo, OH
Jim H. maynard 3:06 PM on 19 Nov 2004
Dear Ron Blitzer,
Jack Pattison 12:43 PM on 7 Dec 2004
this is cool, i love the way you guys save the planet by finding new and exciting ways of using product that has reached then end of its prodect life-cycle and would otherwise be tossed in the bin. This is sustainability at its finest. Word up coffee stiring ragamuffins!
Maria 1:24 PM on 7 Jul 2005
This was great time invested at work. Thanks if you know of any other sights that have more free origami please let me know where I can search. Thanks
Dana 1:09 PM on 18 Jan 2006
These are cute!
John Parrott 2:06 PM on 18 Feb 2006
Oh my goodness... I'm reading this and feel like I'm reading my own story. When I was yonger my uncle made a little square weave of popsickle sticks for me. 2 years ago I had an idea to make a 5 point star, and wondered if it would work... on paper it worked but popsickle sticks were too short and fat. i found some cofee stirs at starbucks and tried the fivepoint star and whala, it worked. I later made a 6 7 9 10 and 13 point star in diferent ways. I even ordered a case of 10,000 stirs so I can get more creative. I even would leave the stars at starbucks for the employees... I guess I'm not alone in this world. By the way, I have never heard at all of making coffee stirs stars before.
gonaners16 1:25 AM on 18 Jun 2006
coolio! *runs to coffee shop* *grabs box of several thousand straws, and runs past shouting owner...*
Vincent 7:42 PM on 25 Jul 2006
i made those when i was little, but just a 5 corners star.
Ambrose B. 2:54 AM on 6 Feb 2007
Somewhere in California, there is a guy who makes an odd shaped thing out of 5 coffee stirrers, it's called the hand of God; 5 sticks, 3 forming a arrow head pointing down, and two more weaving across the top. It looks like a hand, anyone know what this is supposed to mean?
Marie Munoz 2:21 PM on 17 Apr 2007
Ron Blitzer we can use some wood the coffee type stir stick (500 OR SO) PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU STILL HAVE THEM
Louis Theran 11:48 AM on 25 Nov 2008
There is a reason that the last stick is hard to put in. Your popsicle stars are closely related to (polar duals of) so-called plane tensegrity structures. What's giving the star its rigidity is a "self-stress space" induced by the weaving pattern. Basically, in that specific position, the up and down forces cancel each other out, making the star flat and rigid.
sarah 5:44 PM on 11 Jul 2009
im only twelve but every weekend i play a card game called magic. when you open a boster you get a token this week a guy collected them and said im going to make a menger box i asked what it was then he made one for my brother and i. 6am the next morning i made two and put them together
Trent 4:54 PM on 28 Jul 2009
Ron Blitzer, I can use some wood the coffee type stir stick (a few thousand or so) if they are thin (1/16" orless). PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU STILL HAVE THEM. I would be happy to pay cost and shipping.
DeeJay 10:44 PM on 24 Sep 2016
The five pointed star could be used for a sobriety test. The 7 stick/7 point star kicked my butt for hours---lesson learned: Not a project to try when simply sleepless. Months later, with sufficient sleep, the 7 is doable, but I had to cheat: I used a 'pencil grip' thingee to stabilize the points of the star as I worked. Tape can work, but I like the soft little pencil grip (gel like, vs. foam) because I can see through it and it holds just enough. I'd like to glue the stars sufficiently to prevent 'SPROING!' and make 'em usable for Christmas beyond one season; won't be using glitter or gold paint unless it's necessary to camouflage glue or goofs. D'ya think glue on the 'points alone (vs the middle) would be adequate?? I'm pondering putting a box of Stars in my carry-on bag for a flight, Christmas season. Token gifts to Family, as the flight alone is a budget buster. Thoughts??
DeeJay 10:47 PM on 24 Sep 2016
PS: having the points somewhat supported by the little pencil grips makes it somewhat easier to fiddle with the center to attempt to make a hexagon that is Even. Being 59, I need all the physical advantage I can come up with! ;-)
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Crouzon syndrome is a dominantly inherited disorder characterized by craniosynostosis and facial dysostosis, caused by mutations in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene; it belongs to a class of disorders that mostly arise as de novo mutations and exhibit a near-exclusive paternal origin of mutation and elevated paternal age ("paternal age effect"). However, even if this is the major mode of origin of mutations in paternal age-effect disorders, germline mosaicism may also occur. Here we describe the first molecularly documented evidence of germline and somatic mosaicism for FGFR2 mutation, identified in the mother of a child with Crouzon syndrome caused by a heterozygous c.1007A>G (p.Asp336Gly) substitution. Levels of maternal somatic mosaicism for this mutation, estimated by pyrosequencing, ranged from 3.3% in hair roots to 14.1% in blood. Our observation underlines the importance of parental molecular testing for accurate genetic counseling of the risk of recurrence for Crouzon, and other paternal age-effect syndromes. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Crouzon syndrome (OMIM #123500) comprises craniosynostosis, exorbitism, hypertelorism, midface hypoplasia, hooked nose, thin vermilion of the upper lip and mandibular prognathism, leading to dental malocclusion. Although the limbs are traditionally described as normal, subtle alterations, for example in metacarpophalangeal proportions of the hands, are a consistent finding [Murdoch-Kinch and Ward, 1997]. Crouzon syndrome is caused by over 40 different heterozygous missense mutations in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene [reviewed in Passos-Bueno et al., 2008]. Although Crouzon syndrome is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, many cases are sporadic and present as de novo mutations arising from unaffected parents. Such de novo mutations were found to arise exclusively on the father's allele (n=11) and to exhibit a paternal age effect (increased average age of the father compared to the population mean) [Glaser et al., 2000]. Similar observations have been made for other disorders involving dominant mutations in FGFR2 or FGFR3-including Apert [Moloney et al., 1996], Pfeiffer [Glaser et al., 2000], and Muenke [Rannan-Eliya et al., 2004] syndromes and achondroplasia [Wilkin et al., 1998].
There is now good evidence that this class of so-called "paternal age-effect" mutations originate as rare spontaneous events within spermatogonial cells of adult males. Because they confer a selective advantage to the mutant stem or progenitor cells, these mutations are progressively enriched over time by a process of clonal expansion, resulting in elevated levels of mutation in sperm [Goriely et al., 2009]. Although it is well documented that the relative risk increases with advancing paternal age, there is nevertheless a very low absolute probability of recurrence within a family, usually estimated to be well under 1% [Mettler and Fraser, 2000].
Apparently at variance with this usual mechanism of mutation in paternal age-effect syndromes, several instances of germline mosaicism in Crouzon syndrome have been suggested [Rollnick, 1988; Kreiborg and Cohen, 1990; Navarrete et al., 1991]. However, all these reports predated the identification of FGFR2 mutations in Crouzon syndrome [Reardon et al., 1994] and none has been molecularly confirmed. Here, we present the first molecularly proven case of germline and somatic mosaicism for FGFR2 mutation and discuss the implication of this finding in the context of recurrence risk estimation for paternal age-effect disorders as a whole.
The study was approved by the Oxfordshire Research Ethics Committee B (C02.143) and written informed consent was obtained from the parents. Genomic DNA was extracted from saliva using the OrageneDNA OG-250 kit (DNA Genotek, Kanata, Ontario, Canada) following the manufacturer's instructions, and from peripheral blood and/or hair roots by proteinase K digestion and phenol/chloroform extraction. Nomenclature for FGFR2 (IIIc spliceform) follows the cDNA reference sequence (Genbank NM_000141.4, where the numbering of the cDNA nucleotide starts with +1 at the A of the ATG initiation codon). PCR and sequencing of FGFR2 exons containing hotspots of mutations for craniosynostosis syndromes (exons 8 [IIIa] and 10 [IIIc]; nomenclature according to Kan et al. 2002) was initially performed in a clinical diagnostic laboratory; mutations in exon IIIa were excluded. For further sequence analysis, amplification of exon 10 (IIIc) was performed in a 30µl PCR reaction using Expand High FidelityPLUS PCR system reagents (Roche Applied Biosystems, Mannheim, Germany) in the following conditions: 1× HifiPLUS buffer, 2.5mM MgCl2, 0.75 U HifiPLUS DNA polymerase, 200µM dNTPs and 0.1µM each primer (5′-CCTCCACAATCATTCCTGTGTC-3′ and 5′-ATAGCAGTCAACCAAGAAAAGGG-3′). The following cycling conditions were used: initial 94°C for 2min, followed by 30 cycles of 94°C for 10sec, 62°C for 30sec, 72°C for 30sec, followed by a final extension at 72°C for 10min. After checking for amplification on a 2% agarose gel, the fragments were gel-purified using a gel extraction microelute column (EZNA, Omega Bio-Tek, Norcross, GA). The amplicons were then subjected to sequencing in both orientations using the PCR primers and fluorescently labeled dideoxy-terminator reactions and run on an ABI 3700 automated DNA sequencer (Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad, CA).
Restriction digest with HgaI (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, CA) was performed on 15µl of the pyrosequencing PCR product (see below) in a 30µl reaction containing 1× Buffer 1 and 5U of HgaI for 4hr at 37°C. The resulting digest was run on a 4% TBE agarose gel.
Microsatellite analysis (D10S1483) was performed after amplification with the primers 5′-FAM-CAATGCTATCCCGGCTATG-3′ and 5′-TCAAGACTGCAAGCGTGT-3′ in Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA) PCR reagents (1× PCR buffer, 2.5mM MgCl2, 1U TAQ DNA polymerase, 200µM dNTPs, 0.1µM each primer and 20–50ng genomic DNA) with the cycling conditions: initial 94°C for 2min, followed by 35 cycles of 94°C for 15sec, 56°C for 30sec, and 72°C for 30sec. The DNA fragment analysis was performed on ABI 3730 DNA Analyzer and scored using the GeneMapper software (Applied Biosystems).
The following pyrosequencing primers were designed to amplify a 132bp FGFR2 exon IIIc fragment: 5′-TAACACCACGGACAAAGAGATTGAGGTTCTC-3′ and 5′-Biotin-GGCAGAACTGTCAACCATGCAGAGTGAA-3′ using High Fidelity PCR system reagents (Roche Applied Biosystems) in a 60µl PCR reaction containing 1× Hifi buffer, 1.5mM MgCl2, 0.5U Hifi DNA polymerase, 200µM dNTPs, 0.1µM each primer and 20–50ng genomic DNA with the cycling conditions: initial 94°C for 2min, followed by 35 cycles of 94°C for 10sec, 62°C for 30sec, 68°C for 30sec, followed by a final extension at 68°C for 10min. This PCR reaction was performed three times independently and after checking for amplification on a 2% agarose gel, 10µl of each PCR product was pyrosequenced twice on a PyroMark Q96 MD (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) using the sequencing primer 5′-CGGAATGTAACTTTTG-3′ and following a protocol previously described [Twigg et al., 2006]. After dispensation of the enzyme (E) and substrate (S), the nucleotides were dispensed in the order A-C-G-C-G-T-C-A-G-C-G-T-C-T. This order generates four peaks specific for the normal c.1007A allele (dispensations C10, G11, C13, and T14) and four mutant-specific peaks (C4, G5, C7, and T12), which were averaged to estimate the relative levels of c.1007G mutant allele. Analysis of the peak heights follows the same principles described in Twigg et al. 2006.
The proposita II-1, the first of two children born to healthy, nonconsanguineous north-European parents (Fig. (Fig.1A),1A), presented at the age of 12 years with recurrent otitis media, conductive hearing loss and visual disturbance. Grommets (tympanostomy tubes) had been inserted at age 5 years and spectacles prescribed at 12 years. Exorbitism was noted at the time of the ophthalmological examination and she was referred for a clinical genetics opinion at which time it was noticed that she had midface hypoplasia, ocular proptosis, hypertelorism, frontal bossing, short upper lip, mild prognathism (Fig. (Fig.2A),2A), a high narrow palate, dental crowding, mild 2/3 cutaneous syndactyly of her hands (Fig. (Fig.2B)2B) and bilateral syndactyly of the second and third toes (Fig. (Fig.2C).2C). No intellectual or developmental impairment was apparent and there was no significant family history. 3D-computed tomography of the skull showed pan-synostosis and absence of sutures as well as reduced space with copper beating suggestive of raised intra-cranial pressure (ICP). However, direct measurement of ICP was normal, and she is being managed conservatively pending a detailed neuropsychological assessment. The clinical features fall within the overlap zone between Pfeiffer and Crouzon syndromes, which are also known to overlap at the molecular level [Rutland et al., 1995; Kan et al., 2002]; Crouzon syndrome was favored as the final diagnosis because of the late presentation and the mild craniofacial phenotype.
Analysis of mutation hotspots in FGFR2 (exons IIIa and IIIc) performed on blood genomic DNA showed a heterozygous c.1007A>G mutation, encoding a p.Asp336Gly substitution within the third immunoglobulin-like domain of FGFR2 (Fig. (Fig.1B).1B). This mutation has been reported once previously, also in a patient diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome [Stenirri et al., 2007].
Subsequently, genetic testing of peripheral blood from the patient's parents was requested. The father's FGFR2 sequence was normal (Fig. (Fig.1C),1C), but the sample from the mother (I-2), 28.5 years at the time of the girl's birth, was found to be mosaic for the same c.1007A>G mutation (Fig. (Fig.1D).1D). She appeared to be clinically normal (Fig. (Fig.2D–F),2D–F), and her skin (including examination under a Wood's lamp) was normal. Further maternal samples, including hair roots and saliva were obtained and tested. Direct sequencing showed that the mutation could be detected at variable levels in all tissues (Fig. (Fig.1E,F).1E,F). This result was further verified using a diagnostic restriction digest (Fig. (Fig.1G).1G). The FGFR2 mutation was not present in a mouth-brushing sample from the patient's clinically normal younger brother (II-2) (data not shown); based on the segregation of a polymorphic (CA)n microsatellite (D10S1483) located 6.7kb 5′ of the FGFR2 mutation site, he inherited the opposite maternal chromosome to his affected sister (Fig. (Fig.11A).
Pyrosequencing was used to estimate the levels of mosaicism more precisely in the three different maternal tissues. The assay was designed to compare four peaks generated specifically to the normal allele with four mutant-specific peaks (Fig. (Fig.3A).3A). The assay was validated by measuring the levels of mutant allele in the heterozygous proposita DNA, where the FGFR2 c.1007A>G mutation was estimated to be at a level of 48.9% (±0.4%) (Fig. (Fig.3B),3B), and in the normal control paternal DNA, where it was found to be at a background level of 1.2% (±0.4%) (Fig. (Fig.3C).3C). After adjustment of the raw measurements by linear interpolation, we confirmed the mosaicism in the maternal samples and estimated the proportion of the c.1007G allele to be 14.1% (±0.6%) in blood (Fig. (Fig.3D),3D), 13.3% (±0.4%) in saliva (Fig. (Fig.3E)3E) and 3.3% (±1.1%) in hair roots (Fig. (Fig.33F).
We report on the first molecularly proven case of a somatic and germline mosaicism for a dominant mutation in the FGFR2 gene. The heterozygous c.1007A>G (p.Asp336Gly) substitution appears to cause a fairly mild phenotype, as the proposita was diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome only at the age of 12 years and has not yet required surgery. A similar presentation of postnatal craniosynostosis and increased ICP in Crouzon syndrome was described previously [Connolly et al., 2004; Hoefkens et al., 2004] and although ICP measurements were normal in the proposita, she will continue regular follow-up to monitor for any symptomatic changes suggestive of increased ICP.
Crouzon syndrome belongs to a group of genetic disorders that have been termed "paternal age-effect" disorders to reflect the fact that the dominantly acting causative mutations, when they arise de novo, exhibit a near-exclusive paternal origin and an increased paternal age [Crow, 2000; reviewed in Goriely et al., 2009]. As well as mutations in FGFR2 and FGFR3, mutations in RET (causing multiple endocrine neoplasia types 2A and 2B), PTPN11 (causing Noonan syndrome) and HRAS (causing Costello syndrome) also belong to this group [reviewed in Goriely et al., 2009]. Recently, it was proposed that the causative mutations responsible for the paternal age-effect disorders originate by a shared mechanism taking place during spermatogenesis. These mutations arise as rare events in the testes of most or all men, during the repeated mitotic replications of the spermatogonial stem or progenitor cells required for the production of mature sperm. Because they encode dominant gain-of-function proteins, the paternal age-effect mutations confer a selective advantage to the spermatogonial cells in which they originate, leading to clonal expansion of the mutant stem cells over the course of time [Goriely et al., 2003, 2005, 2009]. Although the resulting enrichment of sperm carrying a paternal age-effect mutation could formally be considered "germline mosaicism," direct measurements of mutation levels in sperm have shown that these do not exceed 1 in 1,000 [Goriely et al., 2003, 2005, 2009; Choi et al., 2008; Yoon et al., 2009]. For this reason, a healthy couple with a single child with one of the paternal age-effect disorders will generally be counseled as having a low recurrence risk (below 1%). However, it is important to distinguish this from the classical process of germline mosaicism, which can occur in both males and females, originates in the early embryo rather than in the adult and as a result, carries a risk of recurrence in offspring that is several orders of magnitude higher (up to 1 in 2).
As exemplified in this report, even if most new cases of paternal age-effect syndromes arise as de novo mutations in the paternal germline, they can also occur by a classical mechanism of parental mosaicism. Whilst this is an unusual situation, it is not unique to FGFR2 and similar cases have been documented for FGFR3 mutations in achondroplasia [Henderson et al., 2000; Natacci et al., 2008] and in thanatophoric dysplasia [Hyland et al., 2003], and for HRAS mutations in Costello syndrome [Gripp et al., 2006; Sol-Church et al., 2009]. Generally these cases came to attention after it was noticed either that (1) more than one pregnancy was affected in a sibship or (2) one of the parents showed partial manifestation of the disorder. In the present report, despite the fact that neither of these criteria was present, the sequence analysis of the DNA of the patient's parents showed that the mother, who is phenotypically normal, is mosaic for the FGFR2 c.1007A>G mutation carried by her affected daughter. As this is a heterozygous mutation, we estimated that 25–30% of her blood and saliva cells and less than 10% of her hair root cells carry the mutation. Since her daughter has inherited the FGFR2 c.1007A>G substitution as a germline mutation, it must be present in the mother's germ cells as well. Therefore, the mother presents with somatic and germline mosaicism. As we established that her unaffected son inherited the opposite maternal allele to his sister's, it remains possible that a large proportion of the mother's germ cells carry the pathogenic c.1007A>G mutation, leading to an offspring recurrence risk up to 50%. Although FGFR2 somatic mosaicism—causing acneiform naevus in the epidermis—has been documented previously [Munro and Wilkie, 1998; Melnik et al., 2008], to our knowledge, the present report is the first case of molecularly proven germline and somatic mosaicism for a FGFR2 mutation.
In conclusion, this report underlines the importance of checking for parental mosaicism even in apparently de novo paternal age effect syndromes. With current DNA sequencing technology, detection of somatic mosaicism at levels as low as 10% should be routinely possible and counseling of recurrence risk for paternal age-effect syndromes for a family with a single affected child improved.
This work was funded by a Wellcome Trust Programme grant (to A.O.M.W.).
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1980 - "Honeysuckle Rose" makes its world premiere in Austin.
1980 - "Honeysuckle Rose" makes its world premiere in Austin.
Details for Toby Keith's Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert have been revealed. The Moore native has put together an event, with the help of Garth Brooks, a fellow Okie, as well as Willie Nelson, Trisha Yearwood and Ronnie Dunn. All of the aforementioned acts are set to perform. The concert is slated for Saturday, July 6 at the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman.
1997 - Touchstone Pictures debuts the movie "Con Air," with Trisha Yearwood singing "How Do I Live."
1993 - Conway Twitty dies from a stomach aneurysm in a Springfield, Missouri, hospital.
2009 - Dwight Yoakam performs on "The Tonight Show"
Toby Keith only recently got back into the United States after his latest USO tour, and was actually in Moore, Oklahoma right before the deadly tornado struck on Monday (May 20), but left for Nashville to record new music just hours before it touched down. When he heard about the wreckage and devastation the storm caused, he returned to his hometown the next day, ready to help and assess the damage.
1962 - George Jones hits #1 on the Billboard country chart
2011 - Toby Keith is forced to take cover in a bunker...
1991 - Garth Brooks wins a record six times in the 26th annual Academy Of Country Music awards on NBC.
2007 - Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" video swipes three trophies at the CMT Music Awards,
Toby Keith's bass player of 25 years has been killed in a two-car collision in Oklahoma. Carl "Chuck" Goff Jr. was Keith's bassist, band leader, friend and the co-writer on two of his best known songs. He died on Wednesday (Feb. 27) at the age of 54.
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Location is awesome being only 10 min. to the National Park and Cades Cove & only 25 min. to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge! Townsend allows you to miss most of the traffic, being close to the fun of these vacation locations with all the peace and quiet of the Mountains. Our home is 5 minutes from an awesome cave attraction, riding stables and our community pool. Championship golf course only 5 minutes away too. Townsend has great tubing on the Little River and a wonderful bike trail that accesses the whole town, it is only 1 mile from our home. Come to our mountains! Owners have lots of experience in the area and will help you plan the perfect vacation.
Townsend Area: Townsend is the Peaceful Side of the Smokies, Close to the Tourist Towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, but away from the Traffic and Noise. Local Restaurants and shops provide all you need and the National Park is just 10 minutes away!
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Extras: Our owners have many years experience planning vacations in this area, two have done this for a living. We would be happy to help you plan your trip. Extensive brochures available for you to review in the home. Table games, DVDs and VCRs for your indoor enjoyment, but you will not want to be inside when you can be enjoying our mountains! Come home and relax in the hot tub or jetted tub. Enjoy!
Our Home is owned by 4 of us, Karen and I have been in the adventure and youth business for many years before she started in property management. This is our first attempt at combining our love of the outdoors and travel with vacation property management. We all love the Smoky Mountains and East Tennessee and are excited to share our knowledge with our guests. When you rent our home you can (if you desire) take advantage of our knowledge and passion for this area. Welcome to our home!
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We love Blount County and Townsend! Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg can be fun to visit for the day, but then we are always ready to head home to Townsend. With less traffic and tourists, you are actually 'in' the mountains, not just looking at them! There are so many interesting shops and vendors from the usual tourist shops to woodworkers and dulcimer makers! Cades Cove and the National Park are only 10 minutes from our door. Avoid the crowds and enjoy some of the best hiking in the park from the Townsend Entrance!
Ah, much needed rest and relaxation found here. Wish we could stay longer. The cabin and all of it's amenities made for a carefree, worryfree time to spend with family and catch our breath while taking in the beauty of the Smokies. Weather each day was perfect. Looking forward to returning again soon, but for a longer stay. Thanks for all that you did to make this such a pleasant expreience.
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Golf: Laurel Valley Country Club is in a gate community and is the best course in the area. It is located just 5 minutes from our home. Plenty of room to store your clubs in the large bedroom closets. Enjoy a round in the morning since you are only 5 minutes away then join your family for a full day of fun!
Ski: Ober Gatlinburg only 25 miles away.
I have been to Townsend area many times but have never enjoyed my stay as much as when I rented this cabin! You were very helpful in planning our time in the area and your home had everything we could have wanted and more! The children enjoyed the movies and games and we used the hiking books to plan our time in the park. The soap and shampoo in the bathrooms were a nice treat! We loved having a bathroom in each bedroom! We will be back again!
This cabin has everything we could possibly want to enjoy a relaxing vacation when we want and close enough to the tourist activities when we want. My sister, brother in law, husband and I are looking forward to returning to Knotty Pine for the 4th time.
We had a group of 3 couples. Cabin was extremely well kept and kitchen felt like home. During our day outings we would have visits from a bear(s) because it tried to get in our trash can every time. On the last evening of our trip we had a little camp fire and a momma and 3 cubs came out of the brush, stopped and stared for a moment and then went on their way. Very amazing end to a much needed amazingly relaxing trip!
We had a couple of issues, but Karen was very responsive and prompt in helping us!
We will be keeping this place on our revisit list! Thank you for sharing your home with us!
Very enjoyable place to spend a week. Great amenities and care taken to insure a comfortable stay. Will highly recommend.
I have rented this property multiple times now and have always had a great experience. The property is always clean, up to date and fully stocked with whatever you might need. The Owners are always accommodating and Karen is absolutely the best! Try it - you will not be disappointed!
We just returned from staying in the cabin and had a great time. Our kids are 12, 10, and 2. Cabin was beautifully decorated and we enjoyed the hot tub. Loved the location, it was an easy drive to the bigger tourist towns but we didn't have to fight crowds when we didn't want too. Townsend has some great restaurants and a very nice coffee shop, plus a grocery store, and few chain stores, all the basics are there. Caves Cove is a great activity and kept the kids interest for the three hour drive.
We didn't know the pool wasn't open until we arrived, but we ended up checking out the river where the locals swim and the kids had a blast. Very cold water, but you get used to it fast. It was great wading for our toddler and had deeper spots for the older kids. You'll want swim shoes, rocks are slippery.
If you have toddlers, the loft is a bit of a safety hazard but we just blocked the ends where the railing was low and had no problems. She enjoyed playing on the wrap around deck also.
Best part of our trip was watching a mother black bear and her twins walk across the back deck. It was amazing to be 3' away but safe on the other side of the patio door! Good reminder that you are in bear country, so don't throw any food out!
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I just got back from the Twin Cities, MN, where I had some great Thai food - including khao soi. I'm wondering where in Boston I can try this dish....
I have read that Khao Sarn in Brookline has it. Any specific reports about this?
I don't see it on S&I's menu, but perhaps they can make it anyway? Although I suppose it takes a while to prepare, since it involves stewed chicken....do they ever have it as a special?
The dish is of Burmese origins, (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khao_soi) so it definitely has something in common with the Chicken/Coconut Noodle Soup served at YoMa, which I still haven't tried....
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Edward writes: In the lottery of the type of day we are likely to have today we came out with first prize. It was warm and sunny accompanied by a fairly stiff southerly breeze encouraging most people to don their shorts. At least the hard work would be done in the morning with the prospect of the wind on our backs for the return journey in the afternoon. Fourteen set out from Hauxton, seen off by Greta, and without planning, two separate groups formed and this set the tone for the day which at times became a bit fragmented. We left Hauxton for Little Shelford and Whittlesford. From here we crossed into Sawston by way of the cycle path and then onto Babraham, also by way of the cycle path. It was then through the farm and over the cycle/footbridge and into Gt Abington. The first and largest group went through Gt Abington and over the A1307 to go via Hildersham and the back road of Linton, thus bringing us out on to another crossing of the A1307 for the run up to Barlow where we turned right for the climb up to Ashdon and our coffee stop.
Coffee was to be taken on the green but we discovered that the little shop dispensed beverages from a machine so most people took advantage and bought coffee in the shop. Some had gone on to the museum and sat outside there, whilst others milled around in the village. By now the second group had joined up with the first group bringing us together for the first time.
After coffee it was decided to formally have two groups and two separate routes for Kedington. The first group would take the planned route which was expected to be about twenty miles, whilst Mick C volunteered to lead the second group on a shorter route via Haverhill to Kedington. After coffee we left Asdon via Steventon End and then via Camps End which brought us to Helions Bumpstead followed by Steeple Bumstead. What followed was a delightfully rural trip via Stambourne and Ridgewell and then on to Ashen, Boyton End, Stoke by Clare and finally Kedington. The wild flowers on show included white and pink campion, mallow and an abundance of poppies making for a very pleasant ride.
We took lunch at the Barnardiston Arms. Having phoned ahead to warn them of an invasion of cyclists, they seemed well prepared. The first group led by Mick C had already arrived and were soon being served with their lunch. For lunch we all sat out in the garden taking advantage of the warm sunshine.
During lunch Peter W, who had joined us Ashdon, very kindly invited us to tea at his house in West Wratting. Thus we left Kedington and made for Great Wratting and Withersfield and after about eight miles we arrived at Peter's house.
As we have come to expect, Lesley had prepared a lovely display of cakes to go with the cups of tea. Our thanks to them both for their warm hospitality.
West Wratting
After tea, once again the group separated as some left early whilst the remainder stayed to enjoy sitting out in the garden. The final route home was through Balsham and then the long downhill to Hildersham, over the A1307 and into Gt Abington, over the cycle bridge and into Sawston. It was just a short hop from there to Hauxton by way for Gt Shelford. This was a total of 57 miles, and the following breeze for the afternoon didn't disappoint. Edward Elmer
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Doncaster's young first team fringe players are available on loan - but Paul Dickov insists that does not mean their Rovers careers are over.
Striker Alex Peterson joined Evo-Stik Division One outfit Scarborough Athletic until January earlier this month.
And he won't be the only departure before the emergency loan window closes next Thursday, if Dickov gets his way.
Rovers are likely to listen to loan offers for development squad players Lewis Ferguson, Harry Middleton, Billy Whitehouse and Mitchell Lund.
However, the teenagers will only be allowed to join clubs willing to give them first-team football.
"We want the younger lads - those who aren't necessarily pushing for the first team - to go out and get some games purely for their progression," said Dickov.
"There's nothing like training for a week and playing in a proper game at the end of it.
"We're trying to get two or three more out.
"What that would do is have a knock-on effect. We'd be able to move a few youth team lads up to the development squad and maybe get some of our schoolboys into our youth team, so when they eventually step up it's not a culture shock for them.
"First and foremost clubs have got to want to take them," he added.
"It's got to be a situation where they're going to play. It's pointless otherwise. We're doing this to give the lads game time, we're not doing it to try and get rid of them."
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This week we travel back to the United States to shine the spotlight on Don Ortega, the face of Euphoric Nation, a trance DJ based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Any man who lists Bryan Kearney as an influence on his Facebook artist page has my confidence. I love me some Bryan Kearney but that is another post for another day. Right now we are talking about a DJ that is committed to experiencing trance in its various forms and making sure the world knows about this special genre of music.
In addition to playing around Minneapolis (Ortega recently opened for Cosmic Gate), Euphoric Nation hosts a weekly radio show called Trance Paradise that brings the listener the best in trance and progressive. The radio show has surpassed 300 episodes and is broadcast on Afterhours.fm every Thursday. You can listen to a recent episode of Trance Paradise below.
Euphoric Nation gives back to the community in more ways than just mixing trance. Earlier this month he held a competition that asked DJs to submit their mixes for consideration to play an opening set prior to Ucast at Rev Ultra Lounge in Minneapolis this upcoming Saturday on April 1. The winner, Matt McNeil who is also known as Diagenetic, will be joining local dj Chris Blackbeard on this night.
Don first started Euphoric Nation with his brothers Carlos and Casiano Ortega. The three brothers began making a weekly radio show in 2010 that they named Trance Paradise. In 2011 Romel Brown was added as a fourth member, only to have Carlos Ortega leave the group to pursue his education. In 2012 Romel Brown would leave the group. Eventually, Don Ortega would become the only member of Euphoric Nation but has continued on in his musical endeavors.
Euphoric Nation is a pillar in his local trance community and is living proof that following your dreams can take you far and wide. You Betta Trance salutes you, brother. Love from Texas. One day we shall have to make a trip up to Minneapolis to check out your scene.
Find out more about Euphoric Nation at his official website. Follow Euphoric Nation on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Soundcloud, Spotify, and Youtube. You can stream his productions on Spotify and purchase them on Itunes.


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With all the talk about rising premiums, a new report from the ADP Research Institute this morning might surprise you.
The average monthly premium cost for large employers rose just 1.7 percent this year, according to the ADP Research Institute. The average cost has risen 15 percent over the past five years, but this year's increase was the smallest in that time.
ADP said it's not totally clear what's behind the slow increase this year. The group's researchers said it could be a combination of employers moving to more high-deductible plans, consumer-driven health plans and having employees take on more of the costs.
"The biggest finding for me is, it's how steady the larger companies are dealing with their health premiums," said ADP vice president David Marini. "The report this year was pretty steady and no major fluctuations."
But it also means that you're probably paying more. This chart shows that the employer contribution has been gradually declining for all age groups in the past five years:
ADP drew the data from 200 anonymous client organizations representing large employers (1,000 or more employees) across different industries. Most of the companies' health plans are self-funded.
There's another interesting dynamic taking place with employer plans. The percentage of workers under 30 taking employer-sponsored insurance dropped 7.6 percent in the past five years, which ADP said could partially be explained by the Affordable Care Act provision letting young adults stay on their parents' plans until age 26. About 3 million young adults have taken advantage of that provision so far, according to the Obama administration.
Meanwhile, the same age group saw the highest increase in eligibility for employer-sponsored plans over five years (3.4 percent) and just the smallest decrease in employer contributions toward their premiums (.1 percent). Large employers are focused on getting a younger, healthier population into their risk pool, and they still see attractive benefit packages as a great tool for attracting and retaining young talent, Marini said. Still, just more than half of the under-30 crowd takes employer-sponsored insurance.
At the same time, the average age of the workforce electing employer-sponsored insurance is getting older. People between 50 years old and 59 years old had the highest participation rate (73 percent) in employer plans, while employees 60 and older had the greatest participation increase in the past five years (1.8 percent). People in the 50-59 age range also saw the largest decrease in employer contribution to their premium (1.7 percent).


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When I think of work, I always think of this poem by Marge Piercy, and its intimations of submerging ourselves in the tasks, of getting down in the mud, of grounding. This is not typically the vision we are given of a spiritual path, all sweetness and light. However, it is consistent with the Eastern view of the lotus flower, grounded in the muck, but emerging sweetly and purely above the surface of the water. Continue reading
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Brené Brown: wishing you love and light – Ordinary Courage
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The moon was new at 3:42 am here, adding to the darkness of these days that shorten with the approach to the Solstice, just over a week away. A yoga friend posts bravely to Facebook, imagining the possibility of her … Continue reading
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Wanderlust Festival announces that John Friend is off summer lineups : YOGANONYMOUS
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Seven Arrested in York and One in Selby in First Week of Christmas Drink Drive Crackdown
4:35pm 6th December 2013
Seven people have been arrested in York and one in Selby in the first week of North Yorkshire Police's Christmas drink-drive crackdown.
Across North Yorkshire, twenty people have been arrested on suspicion of drink or drug driving since the beginning of North Yorkshire Police's Christmas Safety Campaign.
Officers have been patrolling the roads of North Yorkshire and the City of York, looking out for potential offenders in an effort to keep people safe during the festive season.
Eight of the 20 people arrested, including two in York, have been charged and will appear before the courts before the New Year.
Traffic Sergeant Andy Morton, of North Yorkshire Police's Road Policing Group, said: "The Christmas Safety Campaign has been running for one week now and as part of the initiative we have been targeting people who think they can get away with drinking and taking drugs before driving.
"Put simply, anyone who gets behind the wheel while under the influence of drink or drugs is putting lives at risk and we will not tolerate it.
"Thrroughout December we will be out in force on the roads of North Yorkshire and the City of York and if you take the risk you are likely to be caught.
"The simple alternative to drink driving is to plan your journey home in advance of a night out. Book a taxi, arrange for someone to pick you up, take public transport or appoint a designated driver – all are far better options than a night in a cell, a driving ban, or causing serious injuries to yourself or someone else."
As part of the campaign, officers are also reminding people to be mindful of their personal safety and the security of their homes and vehicles.
For more information visit the North Yorkshire Police website www.northyorkshire.police.uk/Christmas
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In today's world, if you succeed in maintaining normal healthy body weight then its a big achievement. In this polluted and fast food laden world, it is hard to control food cravings and also difficult to avoid the impact of pollutants.
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Even fruits and vegetables are not spared as pesticides and other chemicals are used to enhance the colour and taste of these natural foods. Do you know that these pesticides can also lead to weight gain apart from causing other health complications?
To maintain normal weight, we all know that the basic things to do are to eat less, eat healthy, exercise more, and so on. However, you must know certain important things about weight loss.
After gaining knowledge, your focus for weight loss will be in the right direction. You can yield good results from your weight loss efforts after reading out the important things discussed in this article.
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Having some knowledge can make a big difference in how you act and react when it comes to your weight. Here are some important things about your weight that you may not know.
Eating Refined Carbs (Maida)
Nowadays, all the bakery items, cookies and snacks are made of maida. Refined flour causes a spike in blood sugar levels. This results in the secretion of insulin. Excess insulin in the blood also promotes the build up of fat cells leading to weight gain. If you are eating enough of maida, this may be the cause of your weight gain.
Your Spouse's Weight Matters
You will rarely see a couple, where one partner is obese when the other is is slim. Research has shown that when a partner gains or loses weight, the same effect can be seen on the other partner. This is because you may easily get motivated to lose or gain weight according to your partner.
You Are Born To Be Fat!
Yes this is true; your mom can also decide the fate of your body size. If your mom has eaten lots of fatty foods when you were in the womb, then you may also be an over weight adult. Research has shown that if a pregnant lady eats more of fatty foods, it could upset the appetite control and metabolic system in the baby's brain.
Antioxidants Will Lead To Weight Loss
Free radicals inside your body can also cause weight gain. It is very important to get rid of those free radicals from your body. They generally get accumulated inside the body due to the foods you eat and the environmental pollutants you expose yourself to. Antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables help remove those free radicals from your body and you can then lose weight happily.
Metabolism Can Change
The simple thing is that if your metabolic rate is healthy, you will never gain weight and vise versa. Now, a question arises: does the rate of metabolism change? It is true that your lifestyle and under active thyroid (hypothyroid) can remarkably decrease your rate of metabolism. This will result in weight gain and other complications.
Stress Fattens You
Being under stress not only invites diseases but also leads to weight gain. Stress and anxiety results in the secretion of a stress hormone known as cortisol. This hormone leads to weight gain due to the buildup of fat and increasing hunger.
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Back in 2005, when Oakland residents were signing half-million-dollar-mortgage agreements to buy homes that were valued at a fifth of that price five years before, Barrack told Fortune magazine that he was getting out of the real estate game. "There's too much money chasing too few good deals, with too much debt and too few brains," said Barrack. "The amateurs are going to get trampled."
The stampede began in 2008, and Oakland was trampled badly. However, according to academic researchers who have studied the financial crisis, it wasn't because local "amateurs" were chasing deals with hot money, or, as conservative pundits have claimed, because low-income buyers were irresponsible and bought homes they couldn't afford. The financial crisis was a macroeconomic problem, fueled by central bank policies, banking industry deregulation, and the avaricious decisions of the financial sector's highly paid CEOs, especially those leading the mortgage lending industry.
Deregulation of the mortgage industry allowed banks to sign borrowers up for explosive loans with usurious rates and to bury homeowners in debt. The banks often used misleading advertising to lure borrowers in. For example, Cheri King's original mortgage loan included an "adjustable rate rider" that allowed the bank to set her initial interest rate at 9.99 percent, according to the Deed of Trust on file with the Alameda County Recorder's Office. Her interest rate thereafter was reset every six months, but according to the deed, it could never fall below 9.99 percent, and could rise as high as 15.99 percent.
Alex Schafran, a lecturer in urban geography at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom who has studied the foreclosure crisis in the Bay Area, said the impact of home losses and investor buying has been hardest on African-American and Latino households. "The crisis, people losing their homes during the crash, was racialized based on who got subprime loans, and who bought these houses in markets where prices were inflating fast," explained Schafran.
All of the banks that owned Cheri King's home loans over the years, including Long Beach Mortgage Company (a subsidiary of Washington Mutual), World Savings Bank, Wachovia, and the eventual owner of the mortgage, Wells Fargo, have settled multiple cases with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and states' attorneys general for conducting predatory and discriminatory business practices that led to millions of foreclosures nationwide.
The loan King used to buy her house came from Long Beach Mortgage Company. Long Beach Mortgage was investigated by the DOJ in the mid-1990s because, according to a government lawsuit, "the [b]ank engaged in lending practices that constituted unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender and age," and "treated African American, Hispanic, female or older borrowers differently from younger, white male borrowers by charging them higher prices for mortgage loans." (King is African American.) Long Beach Mortgage Company employees were paid commissions based on the number of loans they executed, creating a perverse incentive to push low-income borrowers into subprime mortgages whether or not they could afford them.
In 2004 and 2005, Oakland-based World Savings Bank loaned King money against her home. World Savings Bank was one of the most prolific and controversial lenders during the real estate boom of the last decade. Paul Bishop, an employee of the bank, called the company an "Enron," because World Savings was purposefully extending subprime and adjustable rate loans that trapped borrowers in interest-only payments that actually grew the debt they owed. Wachovia Bank ended up buying World Savings in 2006 just before the crash, obtaining King's mortgage in the process, and when the crash came, it was World Savings' multibillion-dollar portfolio of toxic loans that destroyed Wachovia. Wachovia was subsequently sold to Wells Fargo, once again along with King's home loan.
In 2010, then-California Attorney General Jerry Brown reached an agreement with Wells Fargo pertaining to the World Savings Banks' destructive lending practices. Wells Fargo promised to provide loan modifications for $2 billion in World Savings Bank loans made during the 2000s, but it's not clear how many people's homes were saved.
Wells Fargo, Wachovia, and Washington Mutual also were at the center of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement stemming from the same abusive practices that King says Wells Fargo used to take her home away — obstructing loan modification, lying about paperwork and deadlines, and pursuing other bad-faith strategies in order to rapidly foreclose on struggling homeowners. The national mortgage settlement was supposed to stem the foreclosures and save people's homes through loan modifications like the one King was seeking. Instead, the settlement has come up short, and few homeowners have received meaningful assistance.
Meanwhile, opportunistic corporations and investors have stepped forward to profit from the fallout.
The mission of Thomas Barrack's company, Colony American Homes, is to buy up as many single-family homes as possible while the prices are still low, and to convert them into rental units in order to harvest income for wealthy investors.
"The price is right," said Sarah Edelman, a policy analyst at the Center for American Progress who has closely tracked the rise of institutional investors in the residential housing market. "These companies are able to buy homes at serious discounts right now. It's a business opportunity that hasn't presented itself ever before because there's so many cheap homes, but there's tight credit for individual homebuyers, and more renters after the foreclosure crisis."
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As federal investigators continue piecing together the events leading up to the nation's deadliest mass shooting, one name continues to surface as a possible accessory to the heinous crime.
While the FBI has identified 29-year-old Omar Mateen, killed by the police at the scene, as the man who opened fire in an Orlando gay night club early Sunday morning, agents believe his wife might be the key to learning more about his motives.
According to developing reports Tuesday, Noor Salman has cooperated with authorities thus far in their investigation into her husband's actions. Some of what she has revealed, however, has led agents to believe she might have had advanced notice of Mateen's murderous plans.
Noor Zahi Salman, #Orlando perpetrator's wife under investigation for collaborating on the attack, is a Californian of Palestinian descent.
— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) June 14, 2016
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Such knowledge, if confirmed, could result in scores of accessory charges against her. Reports indicate the chances are high that she will be arrested in connection with the shooting that left 49 dead and dozens more injured.
Fox News cited multiple sources who confirmed Salman revealed during an interview with investigators that Mateen told her he intended to commit an act of violence. Furthermore, the gunman might have called his wife from Pulse — the nightclub he targeted — during the rampage.
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Salman, with whom Mateen reportedly had a 3-year-old son, also reportedly revealed that she joined her husband when he purchased firearms shortly before the shooting.
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As defined in ICD-10, mental retardation is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of the mind, which is especially characterized by impairment of skills manifested during the developmental period, skills which contribute to a person's overall level of intelligence (cognitive, language, motor, and social abilities). Degrees of mental retardation are conventionally estimated by standardized intelligence tests. These can be supplemented by scales assessing social adaptation in a given environment. Intellectual abilities and social adaptation may change over time, and, however poor, may improve as a result of training and rehabilitation.
There are four degrees of mental retardation:
– Mild mental retardation: approximate IQ range of 50 to 69 (in adults, mental age from 9 to under 12 years). Likely to result in some learning difficulties in school. Many adults will be able to work and maintain good social relationships and contribute to society.
– Moderate mental retardation: approximate IQ range of 35 to 49 (in adults, mental age from 6 to under 9 years). Most can learn to develop some degree of independence in self-care and acquire adequate communication and academic skills. Adults will need varying degrees of support to live and work in the community.
– Severe mental retardation: approximate IQ range of 20 to 34 (in adults, mental age from 3 to under 6 years). Likely to result in continuous need of support.
– Profound mental retardation: IQ under 20 (in adults, mental age below 3 years). Results in severe limitation in self-care, communication and mobility.


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"I have come to realize that my theories explain the degeneration of a great civilization; they do not prevent it. I set out to be a reformer, but only became the historian of decline." Ludwig von Mises
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Enviro Time Warp
The top graphic is of the Belmont oil field circa 1921 (click on image to enlarge). The wooden derricks date the photo as having been taken prior to 1925 when the addition of "runarounds" and crown "A" frames were included on wells drilled by the rotary method as opposed to the cable tool methods of the 19th and early 20th century. The field was approximately 4 miles west of the Los Angeles civic center. The enviros would have us believe that modern oil production results in scenes like this. The Belmont area has recovered sufficiently to be the battleground of two of the most violent latino street gangs in Los Angeles county.
The lower photo shows a recently completed energy well head in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The fencing is to prevent the local ruminants from damaging the sensative instrumentation and according to the enviro religion would inflict irreparable harm to the caribou (reindeer) population of the north slope of Alaska which has doubled since the development of the Prudhoe oil field in the 1970's.
The photo of the Belmont field evokes a certain nostalgia on the part of your humble scribbler as it much resembles the oil fields 20 miles to the south in Signal Hill and Long Beach which he grew up and worked in during a bygone era P.E. (pre environazi)
cross posted at: Eternity Road
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- Rose said...
I never knew that.
I've been wondering if there is a way to meld the artificial reefs projects and offshore oil platforms - something to make them more palatable to the populace, at least from an appearance perspective.
But as far as the land drilling goes, this is pretty impressive. WHY don't we hear about this stuff?
- ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ said...
Off the city of Long Beach a partnership of several oil companies has constructed islands. The islands are landscaped and have structures to conceal the oilfield equipment. The islands provide shelter for weekend boaters to anchor behind. Unless one knew that they produce oil they would not appear objectionable. Then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Another interesting bit of data is available here
ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ was an oil man before he was a cop or sailor.


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IDOL Phillip Phillips to Release Debut Album 11/19
According to an Amazon online listing, AMERICAN IDOL winner Phillip Phillips is set to release his debut studio album on Monday, November 19th. The record will be titled 'The World From The Side of The Moon,' and is currently available in pre-orders.
Phillips earned his first gold record for his single "Home," which sold more than 523,477 units, surpassing the 500,000 number required for a gold record. The single was co-written and produced by Drew Pearson. It was recently featured on NBC during the broadcast of the U.S. Woman's Gymnastics Olympic competition.<
The singer beat out runner up Jessica Sanchez on the 11th season of AMERICAN IDOL.
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Leadership and ambassadorial role.Chairs District Committee meetings and District business meetings.
Elected at the ADM each year.
General organisational and communication role for District Meetings and other District activities and business.Secretary to District Committee meetings & District business meetings.
Manages the District Fund and provides details for independent examination.
Ex-officio member of Ely DA General Committee.
Provides District information, including membership records, for the website and Annual Report.Elected at the ADM each year.
Collection of annual Ely DA subs across the District for return to the Ely DA Treasurer, with membership information returned to the District Secretary. Coordinates recruitment to the Ely DA for the District.Elected at the ADM each year
Run the ringing at District meetings or when the District hosts an Association event.
Both elected at the ADM each year.
One of four Ely DA reps (1 per District) attending the annual Central Council meeting.
Ex-officio member of the Ely DA General Committee.Normally nominated at the ADM every third year, for election at the Ely DA AGM to take office in the following year. The current representative was elected at the AGM in 2016. New nomination required at the ADM in 2019.
Organises and co-ordinates training and education events for the District.Elected at the ADM each year.
Holds and manages the bookstall stockBrings, displays and sells books at appropriate District meetings and other events
Co-opted by the District Committee
Maintains the District website, with links to other websites for the Association, using information provided by the District Secretary and others.
One of four District-elected Trustees (1 per District) for the Ely DA Bell Restoration Fund.Ex-officio member of EDA Committee.The Fund provides financial assistance for the provision, maintenance and improvement of bells and installations in the Diocese of Ely with a view to the recording and preservation of bell ringing activities.Normally nominated at the ADM every third year, for election at the Ely DA AGM. The current trustee was elected at the AGM in 2016. New nomination required at the ADM in 2019.
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Discussion in 'Original Pictures Forum' started by Jamesgateslandscaping, Sep 4, 2006.
Here are some work pics
looks good!
Rented excavator, Hope to purchase the same model in the spring
Before pictures of a job...I'll post the rest later on.
Very nice work. I want to start in the stone industry some day.
Finish pics...
More finish pics...
So many...The wall was to be used as a sitting area but the grade would have been to much to mow so we left one course of block exposed in the back...only the deer will see it . It was a very beautiful job by the time we were done. The rocks you see throughout are fuax rocks, 6 of them at $300/piece to cover pipes, electrical outlets and other eye sores.
Finish pics of the patio/steps first featured. Quite the drainage system went into this patio, 2 drains in the patio itself running into the woods. We have 6 in. of crush stone underneath with 6 in. of gravel also.
Pics of our last job of August, the pics are not complete, I have to get the finished ones.


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Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? Trailer (2011)
21 December 2011 Fantasy, Animated 45 mins
Draculaura's Sweet 1600th birthday is an extra special occasion to party at Monster High! But her high expectations lead to deadly results when she's faced with the choice between practical boyfriend Clawd, and new vampire heartthrob, Valentine, a romantic blast from her past. Her ghoulfriends find it odd that Valentine created a holiday in her honor, but oddly named it after himself (how romantic?) and have to stop him before he steals her heart… literally. Draculaura must decide which boy is right for her before the party! Will she find out about Valentine's sinister plan? Will her best ghoulfriends be able to help her in time? And most importantly… will Draculaura pass her driving test?
Watch the official Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? 2011 trailer in HD below or find more Monster High: Why Do Ghouls Fall in Love? videos on Vidimovie.