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CASHOTA Refs: G-536, G-542, G-546, G-2969 & G-5009.
World Rivers Award Ref: GR-001.
Worked All Britain: SD95.
I am in the activation zone for all References listed above.
Further details are below.
Gargrave from the Pennine Way National trail, looking NE, with SOTA summit G/NP-029 (Sharphaw) in the background.
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I will be active using the callsign MX0YHA (Youth Hostels Amateur Radio Group) until the 21st of December 2014.
CASHOTA Christmas QSO Party: 20th December 2014 - 4th January 2015. I will be active during this period with 5 CASHOTA References. A new CASHOTA Ref # G-539 Gargrave Roman Villa, will be activated from the 1st of January.
I can activate at anytime, CASHOTA ref # G-536 Paget Hall in Gargrave. A QSO with me counts as I live within the activation zone of the site.
I can activate at anytime, CASHOTA ref # G-546 Mesolithic flint scatters (site of) in Gargrave. A QSO with me counts as I live within the activation zone of the site.
Mesolithic Gargrave (Page 30)
I can activate at anytime, CASHOTA ref # G-5009. A QSO with me counts, as I live within the activation zone of the site.
Eshton Hall, home of Sir Matthew Amcotts Wilson, 3rd Baronet, 1853-1914.
The building is of architectural interest (click on image for details)
OUT OF OBLIVION: A landscape through time
I can activate at anytime, CASHOTA ref # G-2969 Gargrave ROC Bunker. A QSO with me counts, as I live within the activation zone of the site.
I can activate at anytime, CASHOTA ref # G-542 Stirton with Thorlby Toll-House. A QSO with me counts, as I live within the activation zone of the site.
The building is of architectural interest (click on image for details)
World Rivers Award. A QSO with me counts for GR-001, River Aire. The river is at the end of my garden. (photo's below).
I was active from the 27th of September to the 5th of October in support of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance as part of the International Air Ambulance Week 2014. I am registered as station # A010 for those of you who may wish to claim an Award.
I was active on the 13th of September 2014 representing St Andrew's Church in Gargrave as part of Churches & Chapels On The Air (CHOTA).
I was active from the 11th-20th of August, at various times on HF & 2m, with the callsign MX0YHA which is the Club Callsign of the Youth Hostels Amateur Radio Group
I was active between the 28th July - 3rd August in support of National Parks Week 2014
I was active over the weekend of the 5th-6th July 2014 in support of the Tour de France Grand Depart 2014 that took place in the Yorkshire Dales.
I was activating the Gargrave ROC Bunker ref # G-2969 between the 1st to the 10th of June 2014 for the ROC 700 commemorating the work of the ROC Seaborne who were aboard the ships during the D-Day landings of WWII.
I was active using the callsign MV0XLT from the 5th of July 2013 until the end of July 2013 as part of the Centenary celebration for the RSGB.
I was on air to celebrate the Cassini Titan 93 Flyby mission on the 26th of July 2013.
Titan (T-93) Flyby
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
I was active on the 19th of July 2013 to celebrate the Cassini Solstice Mission.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
N0D Official Doomsday Radio Station
I was active using Doomsday station # 911 from 20th December until the 22nd December 2012.
I was active with the callsign MO0XLT from the 21st of July-9th of September 2012 to celebrate a Summer of Sport.
I was active with Mike-M3GNS, using the callsign GB2ING at Ingleton in the Yorkshire Dales, as part of 'Operation Homeguard' on the 7th/8th of July 2012. Ingleton Home Guard
I was active with the callsign MQ0XLT from the 5th of May-10th of June 2012 to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
I was active with the callsign MR0XLT from the 29th of April-9th of May 2011 to celebrate the Royal wedding.
I live in small village in the Yorkshire Dales which is located in Northern England. Within the village there is the site of a Roman Villa
Many of you may know the village as the Leeds & Liverpool canal passes through as does the Pennine Way National Footpath trail and the Pennine Cycleway.
My QTH is an interesting one as I live in the centre of a concave bowl created by the local topography of glacial drumlins.
In his antenna-book, Les Moxon-G6XN, describes interesting experiences: "very good results can be expected, particularly if the reflecting area is bowl-shaped so that it acts like a concave mirror to focus the signal in the desired direction".
Polar-Plot showing the rings of hills surrounding my QTH. North is at the top of the image. The circle is 10Km. The hills are close to my QTH!
The following website containing geological information maybe of interest.
As you can imagine some db gain is achieved from the shape of the landscape and my results on VHF are a surprise as is my HF.
All stations are worked using a minimal set-up (see below).
I have listed the clubs/groups that I am a member of as this maybe of interest.
Many thanks for looking me up and I look forward to working you on the air.
Holder of the 'fair QSLer'award from UX5UO. www.ux5uoqsl.com
Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) Member.
Society for the Preservation of Amateur Radio (SPAR) Member.
Worked All Britain (WAB) Member. Book #: 16733,18424,19940. WAB Square SD95.
British Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (BARLS) Member #: 511.
Brave Radio Friends (BRF) Honorary Member #: 046.
Rag Chewers' Club (RCC) Member #: 485.
Polish Club Flora Fauna (SP-CFF) Member #: 033.
Activity Group of Belarus Member #: 297.
QRP-ARCI 1000 Miles Per Watt Club Member #: 3253.
Thracian Rose Club Member #: 052-England.
Black Sea Contest Club Member #: 523.
GEO-DX-Group #: 011.
NorCal QRP Club Member.
KDR Member #: 1116.
Dolphins Radio Club #: 068.
Belgian Railway Stations Award Member #: 180.
European Collins Collector Association Member # 0066.
Youth Hostels Amateur Radio Group Member.
RAIBC - The Charity Working for Radio Amateurs with Disabilities Member.
Transceiver: Icom IC-706 MKII. 100 watts HF/6M. 20W on 2M. Icom SM-20 desk mic. MFJ 945-E tuner.
VHF Antenna: Comet GP-15N tri-band collinear for 6M/2M/70Cms @ 6M agl, with a view looking South-East.
HF Antenna: G5IJ end-fed wire, 20M long @ 5M agl.
My antenna is sloping from the feedpoint at 5M agl to 2M agl at the far end, it then goes down towards the ground, finishing at just 0.45M agl.
Common-Mode Choke & G5IJ Matching Transfomer in a box.
Wire antenna to building by the river.
The G5IJ wire now heading towards the ground.
The terminus of the G5IJ antenna at just 0.45M agl.
The antenna is suspended above an 82.5 square metre earth mat which is made from wire mesh, along with 6 x 1.2M earth rods. The water table is often only a few centimetres below the earth mat, as I live by a river.
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My son is traveling to travelling to Thailand this month. I would like more information on insurance that is suitable for travel to this area. thank you.
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Remember our post on 5 Ways to Shoot Autumn Leaves? If you went out there and took some fall pictures, you might want to join the ongoing photo contest over at Photography Bay.
Photography Bay and Seagate invite you to bring your best fall photo for a chance to win 1 of 3 Seagate FreeAgent Go drives – a 500GB, 320GB and 250GB model for first, second and third place, respectively.
If you don't have a backup drive yet, dude, you need one. If you do, well, one more shouldn't hurt. To learn more about file management and safety of your digital images, we've written two articles on it: Back Up Your Files Regularly, and Back Up Your Work on the Road. There's also an excellent series over at Epic Edits Weblog on backing up – Photo Backup: An Intro to Data Security.
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1. Take your best "Fall" themed photograph.
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3. Tag your photo "seagate" and "fall".
4. Add your photo to the Photography Bay Group Pool.
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6. You may only enter once for this contest. Any more than one entry will result in disqualification. You may submit as many photos to the Photography Bay Group Pool as you wish; however, you should only tag your entry photo as "seagate" and "fall". You may tag other photos as "fall" – just don't add the "seagate" tag and the photo will not count as an entry.
Deadline for Entries
You have until November 24, 2008 at 11:59p.m. Eastern Time to submit your photo for the contest.
For more information on the contest, read the official announcement.
We'll count as one of the judges, along with Rich Legg of LeggNet's Digital Capture, Brian Auer of Epic Edits Weblog, and Darren Rowse of Digital Photography School. Hope to see you there!
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TV Guide recently conducted an interview with the star of Grey's Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo. The actress behind Meredith Grey discussed her gypsy soul, her red-carpet style and how she really feels about Meredith and McDreamy.
TV Guide: You've been in movies with Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio and Luke Wilson. Why did you switch to TV?
Ellen Pompeo: When there's a very strong female character, it's hard to walk away. In all the great, interesting films, the parts for me were really small, and the only lead parts I could get were in big, giant bad movies â€" except Old School, which turned out to be really funny. This role lets me balance the art and the commerce.
TV Guide: Are there any perks to your job?
Pompeo: Several members of my family have been admitted to the hospital since the show started, and when they feel like the treatment isn't good enough, they say, "Do you know who my niece is?" And suddenly they're in the VIP area, having pedicures in bed.
TV Guide: How much like Meredith Grey are you?
Pompeo: She wasn't much of a student, and that certainly was me. The fact that I'm convincing is a huge triumph for me because I'm not that [kind of] book person. I adore books but on my time and not in a classroom. I was very restless. I'm a gypsy at heart. As soon as I turned 18, I started traveling.
TV Guide: Where did you go?
Pompeo: I went to Europe, and then I spent three years cocktail-waitressing in Miami in the early '90s when it was fabulous. When I first got there, it looked like a scene out of Scarface: old people sitting on the porches, and all these dilapidated hotels. And then I moved to New York City in the mid-'90s.
TV Guide: And instantly found fame and fortune?
Pompeo: Actually, I bartended. My first professional job was a L'Oreal commercial. They dyed my hair fire-engine red. It was supposed to go away after six washes but, you know, bright copper hair doesn't wash out that quickly!
TV Guide: What was your first break on TV?
Pompeo: I did Law & Order twice â€" played a psychotic killer [both times]. The first time, I hired my boyfriend to kill my parents. And in the second one, my boyfriend and I drugged girls to have sex with them and kill them. They rerun them on TNT all the time.
TV Guide: You're becoming an awards-show vet. What have you learned about red-carpet fashion?
Pompeo: This is my first time around and I've been having a blast dressing up, but I think the Valentino outfit I wore at the Golden Globes was too fashion-forward for some people. With the 1920s-style wave in my hair, it was a little more New York than L.A.
TV Guide: If you had a very special Valentine's episode, what surprises would it have?
Pompeo: A lesbian scene! [Laughs] Speaking of surprises: Did you know that one of the interns is leaving the intern program?
TV Guide: Can you say who?
Pompeo: No, but whoever it is knows already. I just know that it's not me.
TV Guide: I'm in shock. Is all this loves-me, loves-me-not with Derek driving you crazy?
Pompeo: Personally, I don't approve of Meredith wanting to be more than friends with Derek. I don't condone her kissing a married man, because I don't think that's cool.
TV Guide: What does Meredith need?
Pompeo: What she needs is to figure out why everything happened to her. I always thought she met Dr. Shepherd in the bar and got drunk and slept with him on the first night because she used to be a partier. And this was going to be her last hurrah before she really had to get serious. So why did she put her whole career on the line so soon into her internship, and it really wasn't worth it? Now she's starting to figure out it was worth it because he is fantastic.
TV Guide: As is T.R. Knight. Isn't it about time that Meredith notices how badly George is crushing on her? [In the Feb. 19 episode, he appeared to have finally made his move.]
Pompeo: I think Meredith is completely oblivious. She's consumed with her mother and Dr. McDreamy. [Laughs] There are certain things that are just going to go unnoticed.
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Kirbi R. Andrews.... I don't think GA would have lasted for 6 seasons now if the fans had disliked Ellen's work and not made her such a big star. Ellen's work has been overlooked for awards, and that is the opinion of several critics I like Ellen and enjoy GA due to her being Meredith, she is my favourite character
Kirbi Andrews -- After reading your post, a question comes in mind : are you jealous of her ??? come on .. don't get mad but really u seem a little psycho to me .. sorry ... I Love You Ellen !!!
@Kirbi R. Andrews -- this is a joke, right? I certainly hope so because if not, you sound very ignorant. You have offended me and many other people on this site.
It's one thing to have an opinion but you speak as if you know Ellen personally and I'm sure you do not.
Grey's Anatomy would not be the same without Ellen as Meredith Grey. She plays the part exactly the way the character is written and nobody could play her better. Maybe you should go back and rewatch starting from Season 1 so you can get a better understanding of why Meredith Grey is as she is.
And where do you get the idea that she doesn't love Derek? Wow, maybe you should just watch a different show.
Ellen Pompeo, is not the type to be on Grey's Anatomy.She always looks depressed and her mind is wundering off, into space.On the show, she says that she loves Derek, but really, she does'nt.She says the wrong thing on the show and that's not right for her to say.She talks ,like she's on Mars.She's not really, the right person, to be on the show.I've heard that she's a Lesbian and I do know , it's true.That's a no no on the show or even off the show.She's not a very good actress at all. She tries to hard to be good and she's not. I just don't think she should be on this show,at all. She's not pretty at all. She has this look, that no one would want to be with her.She really a very off set person and has no feeling at all on the show.She always has this, off look, on her face. I'm telling everyone on this site, that she really should'nt be on this show, not really at all. She needs to try something else with her life and not to be on a scene , like Grey's Anatomy. It just is'nt her style at all, to be an actress. She's not a natural at this at all,on Grey's Anatomy, I am.I'm just saying, that she should'nt be on the show at all. It's not my opinion, it's how I feel about her and the show.Derek, on the show deserves to have someone that does care for her and really to love him. I always wanted a part on the show, to be his girl friend.I know that I would do just great, for that part. It's not because I want to meet the guy, I know that I would do perfect, on the show, the way it should be. Ellen looks alot older than she really does. I have this feeling that she's got to be at least fifty two or fifty three years old. Sorry to say this, but I know, the kind of person , she really is. Kirbi R. Andrews
Harrisburg, Ark
Ellen really is'nt a very good actress.She tries to hard to be good and in my opinion, she really needs to get off the air, of Grey's Anatomy.I've noticed that alof of veiwers, really don't like her,at all. I found out that she is a Lesbian and that should be a no no, on the air.She says the wrong thing on Grey's Anatomy. It really offends me. She says that she loves Derek on the show, but I can see it in her eyes, she does'nt.She's a very depressed person and really, she's does'nt have any feeling at all, on the show. She really should consider, to get off the show and to stay off. I've even noticed, she has lied alot on the show and,off stage. She looks alot older than she really looks.I just do'nt think she she be acting, because, she's not a natural, like I am, acting.I have this feeling , I should be on that show, not replacing her, but to be on the show , caring about other people. I'm totally against her. Sorry to say this, but what I'm saying, she should quit acting on the show. She's not really meant to be on the show, in the first place. She should try, something else, e
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hey i am doing a school assignment on ellen pompeo and i was just wondering if anyone knew the name of the person who interview ellen as i need this information for my bibliography
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omg, that's so funny. But I agree with Ellen, though. why did meredith put her career on the line so early on? i mean sure, after we find out that mcdreamy is fabulous, then she can't resist, but why after just a one-night stand?


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You've read the labels on sausage, right?
There's often MSG, sugar (or worse sweeteners), lots of refined salt and sometimes other weird fillers that I can't pronounce.
Even in "good" sausage from pastured pork, you often find sweeteners at least and chemicals too often. Sometimes the farmers who grow animals well aren't the ones making it into sausage, and there's often nothing they can do about the ingredients.
If you want to avoid all those additives and save a little money, you can make any ground meat (pork, beef, turkey, chicken) into homemade sausage that's amazing in recipes like Sausage, Bean and Greens Soup, Sausage Zucchini Bake, and Sausage Spinach Pasta Toss.
Homemade sausage seasoning also allows you to have non-pork sausage easily (kosher, right?) and make certain you know the source of your meat so you can avoid CAFO meat and potentially having strange parts like ears in your sausage.
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A cousin of mine absolutely cannot eat organ meats for health reasons and hadn't had sausage in years. It was fun to share this with her in my sausage zucchini bake. I am lucky enough to have a farmer nearby with milk-fed pork, oh, my. Yum.
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- 1 tsp. fennel seed
- 1 tsp. Real Salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- dash cayenne (use up to ¼ tsp.)
Simply brown one pound of ground meat and add this mixture, stirring it around for a minute or two until your kitchen smells amazing. Ta da! Ground sausage.
It's really that easy to go #unprocessed.
I'm guessing you could also incorporate the spices into raw meat and make patties for breakfast sausage, but this is so much easier that I've never even tried it. I usually pull a quarter to a half pound of the cooked sausage out before continuing on with soup or pasta and freeze it for scrambled eggs or pasta sauce.
Spicy Italian Homemade Sausage
Whole fennel seeds
Because the flavor is more intense, I prefer using some ground fennel as well. (I just happened to be out for the first time in years when I took these pictures. Classic Katie-ism.)
The perfect recipe for my spicy-loving family is:
- 1-2 tsp. ground fennel
- ½ tsp. whole fennel seed
- 1 tsp. Real Salt
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- ¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
- optional: ½-1 tsp. dried sage
The cayenne is definitely "to taste" and 1/4 teaspoon makes it very hot, but SO good in soup and pasta. The sage adds a bit of that classic "Italian" flavor, and you could also use Italian seasoning. (Sage is the main flavor in Thanksgiving stuffing, if you're not familiar with it. It's very comforting in sausage.)
This is an easy recipe to try a small amount of something (the fennel, sage), then stir around a bit, taste, evaluate, and add more if necessary.
I've never added too much fennel. Maybe it's impossible to add too much fennel! (You can buy fennel from Mountain Rose Herbs if you don't have a local source for bulk spices.)
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Have you made "homemade" sausage before? What recipe would this go well in at your house?
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (June 10) – Children who suffer frequent headaches may be using far more over-the-counter pain relief medicine than parents realize and risking their health, according to a study released Thursday.
Researchers who studied 680 children between the ages of six and 18, found more than 20 percent were overusing pain relief medicines, according to the report released at the American Headache Society annual meeting in Vancouver.
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One in five children in the study overused medications, which is defined as taking more than three doses of pain relievers per-week for more than six weeks, according to the study by the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
The researchers found about one in seven of the children and adolescents did not tell their parents about the heavy medication use, often because they did not realize they should be consulted.
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I like the look Girl!!!!
Actually, they're "weird" looking because she's jogging and this pic was snapped mid "boob bounce" during her stride...I think most women's boobs do that when they run!
well 'elle.0', if this wasnt aimed at me babes, then explain this to me: why did they write it on MY comment instead of making a comment of their own? exactly, because it was aimed at ME. so boo, awkies for ya.
I think the poster was directing the "get over yourself" at the trainwreck that is Stodden and not you. Take a breath.
my comment was for @CourtneyRocks about not all white girls not being able to pull off cornrows. not you @magic
you being a racist mufucka?
did i say she looked likeBoDerek you idiot? no i didn't so why don't YOU get over yourself.
Actually, Courtney looks Stunning in cornrows. Not alot of white chicks can pull off that look, but Courtney looks Gorgeous, & resembles Christina Aguilera in her Dirrty music video!
Because she isnt wearing a push up bra like she usually does.
Because they're fake lol.
nothing like bo derek...get over yourself.
she has a mad figure! .. if only her face wasnt so caked with makeup and that armband didnt have to be surgically removed from her arm because its been glued to her arm her whole life.
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As someone who walks the line between finance and health informatics, I read with many of you last week the news of a data breach affecting Valley View Hospital, a facility here in Colorado. First, we have the Target credit card debacle, and now, one more in what seems a litany of attacks against healthcare providers. Sadly, it does not look like the threat will go away any time soon.
Further, the expansion of health IT under the American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) has created another attractive target for the criminal element. If we haven't realized it already, the data-rich environment we live in is equally attractive in many ways to the cash-rich environment of health care. The difference is simply the nature of the theft. Events like the one in Colorado should be a reminder to us to look at IT processes and perhaps take a moment of introspection to see that we are doing everything we can to avoid becoming the next "data breach" headline—and the next client of one of those credit monitoring companies we have to retain when a breach is detected.
Because so many of us in finance work (and supervise) the IT function in our organizations, the onus may likely fall to us to show what we are doing to protect our valuable data assets. The task is further complicated for us right now as we prepare for the ICD-10 conversion looming later this year. IT processes can both save and sink our data security efforts.
Here are some things to consider as we look at our defensive posture against data intrusions.
Have you had your defenses tested against attack? Believe it or not, there are hackers out there who are on our side. The "certified ethical hacker" makes a living out of trying to break into our systems and then telling us where our weaknesses are. I have seen investments in these sorts of services pay big dividends in closing data breach vulnerabilities before they are exploited. This sort of penetration testing is also recommended under HIPAA.
Does IT shut the door behind users? So many data vulnerabilities arise from within our own organizations from our own users. Has IT implemented basic protocols such as mandatory password changes (usually every 60-90 days)? What about mandatory inactivity time-outs where a terminal is "locked" after a period of time if the user isn't doing something? Do we have mechanisms in place to ensure that any time an employee leaves the organization, his or her user access to our systems is immediately terminated. That last point is an easy one to forget, because it requires communication between human resources and IT. But the consequences of such a lack of communication can be dire. I have seen situations where employees who have been gone from an organization for nearly a year still have active user access to systems. Scary, isn't it?
Are we working with IT system vendors to ensure that they are providing timely and adequate security updates as new vulnerabilities are identified? We can only do so much to protect ourselves. The systems we use have to be updated as well. Vendors don't have sole responsibility for system security; we have to be sure that the IT hardware and networks we have are secure. That's where those ethical hackers can come in handy. But the systems we use must be up to the challenge.
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Gene Epstein recently penned an article entitled "Tomorrow's Jobs" that appeared in the January 5th edition of the financial weekly Barrons. The main thrust of Epstein's piece is that the demand for "knowledge workers" will increase in the years to come while the demand for manufacturing, agricultural and clerical jobs as well as for butchers and barbers will decline.
It's easy to follow Epstein's argument that healthcare workers, computer programmers, and financial planners will be in great demand due to the aging of the population. As Epstein points out, "within 10 years, the number of folks 55 and older will begin a growth trajectory that outstrips that of the younger segment nearly fourfold. The number of U.S. residents 55 and older will rise from 63 million today to 83.7 million by 2014, and 101.4 million by 2024"
Secretaries and clerks will find fewer and fewer opportunities in the future, according to Epstein, as more and more managers that require clerical staff retire. Young professionals already use information technology and do not rely on secretarial staff. Also, government's use of clerks and secretaries will likely decline in the future as it follows the trend set by the private sector. We can only hope. "From 1992 to 2002," writes Epstein, "a disproportionate share of the increase in the clerical workforce occurred in the government sector; and over the same span, the decline in the number of secretaries occurred mostly in the private sector."
Epstein's case against butchers is that their work is being done at food-processing plants. That is no doubt true. "Barbers," according to Epstein, "live in the increasingly remote hope that men will desert their hairdressers for cheaper trims." Well, maybe back in New York, or out on that other coast, those metrosexual males can't imagine tearing themselves away from their stylists. But there is a big old country in between, where guys still get their haircut in shops with red-white-and-blue-stripped barber poles proudly displayed out front.
The world was left with one less barber on December 21st. B.G. French ("Frenchie") cut his last head of hair the day before he died on the sixth fairway at Abilene (Kansas) Country Club. Frenchie was 75 years old, be he never retired, cutting hair five days a week (sometimes more) for nearly 50 years.
Frenchie's Barber Shop had one chair and one barber, but an appointment was never required. The price of a haircut was seven dollars when he died. Frenchie would sometimes go nearly a decade without raising his prices, despite the onward march of inflation. In fact, during a period in the 1980's, Frenchie was the only barber in town, and he complained that he had too much business. His economics-trained son pointed out to him that if he would raise the price of a haircut, some of his customers would come in less often and he wouldn't have to work so hard. "Where else are they gonna go?" his son asked. But, the price of a haircut remained the same for many more years.
Barbers are of course licensed in the state of Kansas, and inspectors from the state capital would come by periodically to inspect Frenchie's shop. During one visit, an inspector complained that there was hair on the shop's floor, which prompted Frenchie to reply; "Of course there is hair on the floor, you dumb-ass, this is a barber shop!" It is not surprising that Frenchie's irreverence for the government seems to have rubbed off (and multiplied) on certain of his offspring.
At funerals in a small town like Abilene, everyone knows everyone. However, there was a young man that no one in the French family knew, who attended not just Frenchie's funeral but also the viewing, burial service, and lunch held afterward. A little investigating revealed that Frenchie had cut this man's hair every six months or so, pro bono, as well as provide a few bucks for meals on occasion.
One of Abilene's favorite son's, Reagan and Bush press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, would always stop in at Frenchie's for a trim when in town. Fitzwater had grown up getting flattop haircuts from Frenchie, but in later years just a trim was required around his baldhead. Fitzwater also sent autographed pictures of himself posed with Reagan or Bush 41 that were prominently displayed in Frenchie's shop, along with autographed hats for Frenchie's burgeoning baseball hat collection.
Barbershops everywhere are often the meeting place for downtown businessmen who gather to gossip and talk about current events. Frenchie's was no different. For many years the tiny back room at the barbershop was the place Abilene's movers and shakers gathered to play liar's poker every morning. There were plenty of days that the proprietor made more money in the back room than he did cutting hair.
Gabriel Harvey wrote in 1597: "The barber's chair is the very Royal Exchange of news." Indeed, Frenchie heard his share of news and rumor from his customers over the years. In a book entitled AbileneInSight, Lori Brack quoted Frenchie: "You hear how many divorces are going on, who's got medical problems. They want to tell somebody and they got me where I got to listen. Sometimes I don't remember when they get out the door."
Gene Epstein mentions in his article the psychic income that can be earned by knowledge workers in the future. Sure, the work of healthcare workers, financial planners, computer jocks and teachers can be very satisfying. But, imagine serving customers for decades, most of whom you know on a first name basis, and in turn those customers' kids, then grand kids and in some cases great-grand kids. Frenchie was an Abilene institution, like no computer programmer or personal banker could be.
Young men of good sense and good humor; ignore Epstein, sharpen your clippers and light those barber poles. The lives that you impact will be many.
Frenchie will be remembered fondly by hundreds of people and especially his son.
Doug French [send him mail] is executive vice president of a Nevada bank and a policy fellow of the Nevada Policy Research Institute.


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Gm. My question is my car has been sitting for 1yr. got diagnostic said misfire, 02 sensor bad need front end work, that was a year ago. Was told 2 days ago need motor now because knockin sound. Got transmission n engine flush, oil changed yesterday 3/1/11. Has 77,062 miles on it. What do I do.
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have you been driving it for the last yhear?? if you have, driving with the missfire may have caused the internal engine damage. flushing the motor now may have been to late after the damage had been done.
what exactly did they say was wrong with the motor??
you can shop around for a low mileage used motor or get a price on a rebuilt motor if you are looking at long term on this car.
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Gm, they really didn't say what was wrong with motor. Just said need new one and he found one with I believe he said 33,000 miles on it and would cost me 2400.00, with everyting done, like winterization stuff. No have not driven since 1/10/10. Had mva issues. Plus went to gas her up this morning ckeck light on and oil light flickers Oh, he did say I had low oil pressure light, that's why I think he said I needed new motor.
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Basic Barre: Our introduction to barre class. We highly recommend new students to take this class before going to the open level class so that you become familiar with the method, the terminology, and the positioning. A better understanding of this method provides a more effective workout while preventing injuries. This is also a great class to take for our experienced clients who want to brush up on their form or those who seek a slower paced class.
Mat Barre: This is our unique barre class that is based on the principles of mat Pilates. The class combines all the benefits of barre and Pilates, providing an invigorating total body workout while focusing and strengthening the core muscles. This is an open level class.
Power Barre: Barre Definition's version of boot camp. This class offers high intensity body sculpting exercises with more weights and resistance bands for the ultimate muscle challenge. Be prepared to feel the burn in every part of your body! Due to the pace and intensity of this class, it is not suitable for our pregnant clients.Cardio & Barre: All the benefits of a barre workout with intense cardio bursts! For those who want the benefits or cardio, this class will get your heartrate up, while intensifying fat burn and building lean muscle mass. Due to the pace and intensity of this class, it is not recommended for our pregnant clients.
Ballet Balance: Created by Angela Vennes, Ballet Balance is a fusion of traditional ballet movements and targeted muscle toning progressions. Using resistance bands, you challenge your body with controlled movements, while the ballet exercises create the long, lean muscles dancers are well-known for. It will help you develop muscle awareness and improve your posture. This is not a traditional ballet class so all levels are welcome and you do not need any dance experience to enjoy the benefits of ballet!
Stretch & Release: This class offers our clients an opportunity to increase flexibility, as well as releasing tight, overworked muscles. In addition to using the barre and the stretch band to stretch and increase your range of motion, we use foam rollers to release muscles and break down soft tissue adhesions and scar tissue. By using your own body weight, the foam roller provides a self-massage, breaks up trigger points, and soothes tight fascia while increasing blood flow and circulation to the soft tissues. Stretch and Release will highly benefit those of you who suffer from tight IT bands or piriformis muscles. It's a great addition to your barre workout.
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Pilates Reformer: A group class that utilizes the classic Pilates Reformer to challenge your core with movement coordination. The Reformer utilizes both the upper and lower body to condition and strengthen your muscles. All clients must take an Intro to Reformer class or a private session prior to this class. Open to all levels.
Cardio Reformer: Our Pilates reformer class with the benefits of cardio. Using a jumpboard that is attached at the foot-end of the reformer, we add cardio exercises to increase your heart rate and burn fat. Clients must have taken 5 Reformer classes before signing up for this class.
Intro to Reformer: An introduction to the Pilates reformer. All clients are required to take this class if they are new to this equipment. This class takes you through the flow of a regular Reformer class while showing you how the apparatus works and what terminology you need to be familiar with.
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In our pancreatically-challenged community, we've known Captain Glucose and Meter Boy fondly for some time now as the "Diabetes Duo" raising awareness and educating by bringing smiles when it comes to diabetes.
They're all about a little "diabetes emPOWerment," so to speak!
But now, after roughly a decade of advocacy that's taken this duo from being just two guys in costumes to the main voices behind an animated cast of D-themed heroes and villains, the two real-life advocates who play Captain Glucose and Meter Boy are being forced to rebrand themselves.
Forced — because a particular entertainment powerhouse that owns the rights to a certain pair of caped crusaders has pressed fellow PWDs Brad Slaight and Bill Kirchenbauer to revise their characters in order to avoid a legal battle.
(Pssst - Just so you know, we're talking secret identities here: Bill/aka Captain Glucose is a type 2 PWD who many may recognize from his various TV and film roles through the years, among them being Growing Pains and Just The Ten Of Us where he played Coach Lubbock! Meanwhile, Brad/aka Meter Boy is a fellow type 1 diagnosed in his 20s about a quarter-century ago, and professionally, he's also starred in many film and TV roles that include the Young and Restless, and he's an accomplished playwright. So now you know who they "really" are… Shhhh!)
With 10 years or so under their diabetes hero belts, the script and character descriptions for Captain Glucose and Meter Boy are changing. First, they're going to be part of a larger cast of animated D-characters, and secondly, they will henceforth be known as the "Diabetes Hero Squad" (no more "Duo"). The mission remains: Be your own personal diabetes hero and empower others to do the same.
Brad's been diplomatic, and careful to not mention the name of the actual business pressing for these changes; he emphasizes that the big-named entity "has been very gracious during the whole process." To us and probably most people, it's pretty clear we're talking about Warner Brothers here: the studio that owns all things related to Batman and Robin.
We first got wind of all this about a week ago, when the Diabetes Duo name changed online. Then, the animated images of Meter Boy and Captain Glucose vanished and the original website disappeared. A Facebook message popped up, letting the community know that changes were underway. And that's when we got really curious, and got on the phone to chat with Brad.
Evolving D-Heroes
Brad explains that the whole D-superhero effort started out with the two friends just talking about how they could use their acting and comedic talents for something important to both of them: diabetes awareness and education.
"We're good at entertaining, so we thought we should use what we're good at to fill the void for something that's entertaining and informative at the same time," Brad says.
The pair of PWDs began to dressed up in costumes and film some homemade parodies and spoofs all in the name of diabetes advocacy. They even created a video PSA with actor and friend Alan Thicke, who has a son with type 1, and whom Bill knew from his work on Growing Pains. So, Alan starred as "Commissioner of Diabetes" while Bill and Brad appeared as Captain Glucose and Meter Boy respectively.
Eventually, Brad says they realized that there were a little old to be wearing costumes with tights and decided to take their work to the next level — going animated. Over the years, they've produced a whole line of cartoons and animated videos, even one starring our D-blogging friend George "the Ninjabetic" Simmons and another in 2012 featuring a Blue Fridays Bear named Bolus who encourages people to wear blue for diabetes awareness. They've shared their story and appeared on DSMA Live and TuDiabetes in video interviews, and we have long admired their work — including the cartoons and funnies that mirror our own Sunday Funnies here at the 'Mine.
But as Brad says now, "it was only a matter of time before someone took notice of the similarities with the iconic Dynamic Duo."
It happened early this year, when Brad and Bill explored trademarking the "Diabetes Duo" as a way to possibly expand their non-profit diabetes education and empowerment efforts down the road. A certain movie studio took notice, and raised intellectual property concerns about how Captain Glucose and Meter Boy looked too much like the other well-known "duo" in the superhero universe.
"We've had to make major changes to these characters and things that we've put incredible time and money into over the years, and it has been a kind of a shock," Brad told me by phone. "But I'm in the business and understand the importance intellectual property. We're not fighting this, and we appreciate that they're giving us the latitude to make changes and keep doing what we do."
Don't Say 'Super'
Obviously, these characters are a take-off on Batman and Robin — but they're all about raising awareness and education in fun, entertaining way about a chronic health condition. For Brad and Bill, it's not about making money or a name for themselves; it's about advocacy and helping people.
So it's all the more surprising that dropping the word "duo" is not the only demand here. Apparently the terms "superheroes" and "superpowers" are trademarked, too. Yup, seriously.
Weird how words that seem so generally descriptive and common nowadays, but may have been unique back in the day when they were first used, get thrown into the mix on all of this. Like the term Super Bowl — advertisers and media can't say it anymore, so they've reverted instead to saying "the big game." How lame!
That's just the way it is, I suppose, in a world in which the name of everything seems to be for sale.
Yet while the former Diabetes Duo moniker won't be used going forward and has been removed from some YouTube videos, and the former iterations of the Captain and Sidekick are basically discontinued, it's nearly impossible to wipe it out completely from this 21st world of online sharing. So, Brad says the effort has been focused on creating a new web presence with a new site, either www.thediabetesheroes.com or www.diabetesherosquad.com.
Other changes are underway, too.
What's Ahead?
They are giving the two main characters a makeover. Meter Boy's already revised, so as to not be confused with the "Boy Wonder" — his outfit went from red to green as the main change. An artist is also in the process of revising Captain Glucose, and Brad hopes that will be completed by year's end.
Of course, the characters won't be a "duo" any longer but will be a "squad" — with an expanding cast of other characters that they had already started adding before this IP infringement issue arose. They've greeted D-Girl to the cast, and now have a D-Dog hero named "Oggie" that among other things can detect high and low blood sugars. They're also planning a new character called the Amazing Endo, which won't actually be like a real doctor but will have amazing powers more like the James Bond character with cool gadgets and devices that no one's heard of — including a ray that shrinks diabetes blood sugars! Zappo!!
On the villainous side, they'll be adding to the original characters of Blood Sugar Maniac, the CarboHydra, and the dreaded A1C Monster known as hAte1c… Plus move coming down the road, we're told. Look out!!
Of course, all the characters feed into the mantra to Educate, Enlighten, and Entertain PWDs. Totally awesome!
Despite the recent hurdles that prompted these changes, Brad remains optimistic and says he sees a lot of possibility for the future — one of which is to make a full-length DVD aimed at raising awareness and educating the public about diabetes.
And maybe someday big Entertainment Industry companies will be more willing and able to embrace these health heroes to help reach a much larger audience with awareness and education.
"Going back to the core, this isn't necessarily about superheroes, but about people with diabetes learning to be their own personal heroes," Brad says. "We want them to be able to learn, and not falter in the face of something that's often very scary and tough, and feel like they're empowered enough to live well with diabetes."