text:
Our first concert on the Big Band Holiday tour was at the Marcus Center in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Milwaukee is Dan Nimmer's hometown. His parents were in attendance and he showed off for them by tearing through 'Santa Claus' with Carlos and Ali. The first gig of a tour is always tricky because we're trying to work out who is going to solo on what songs, how to order each song so the concert flows smoothly, how to balance talking with playing and generally seeing how the gig plays out. You don't know if the show is effective until it is over. Sometimes gigs earlier in the week consist of one 90-minute set instead of two halves. Tonight was a 90. They are always more difficult to program because you have to conceive of the impact of different tunes across a longer time. Though I was apprehensive, the gig was well received and Cecile was an absolute star.
After the concert we saw some old friends that love to recount the times we've played here. They always have some remembrance that I struggle to recall (sometimes with more success than others). Some of the cats hung with the touring company of The Lion King choreographed by our close friend and genius, Garth Fagan while Dan hung with his parents and others of us attended a reception held by the Black Arts Think Tank of Milwaukee. There isn't always so much activity after shows early in the week.
The Think Tank services The Ko-Thi Dance Company, African American Children's Theatre and the Hansberry-Sands Theatre Company with board leadership and administrative support. They came together to cultivate more community wide support for their dedicated organizations and Afro-American art in general. During the reception I spoke about the need for a revolution in cultural consciousness in this country. Culture through the Arts is never on the agenda in times of reform. The change that we are seeking has to, in some way, come out of our own identity. We Americans tend to look at ourselves demographically and don't even consider the cultural solutions to our polarity.
On Thursday in St. Louis, we opened the Harold and Dorothy Steward Center for Jazz. The Center houses a new Centene Jazz Education Center and a completely renovated and redesigned Ferring Jazz Bistro.
Though sheets of rain beat against the "in case of inclement conditions" gala tents, the business and arts communities showed up in full force to recognize the enormous civic contribution of the Steward family and Jazz St. Louis, the city's top presenting organization. The Bistro itself was comfortable, classy and filled with the rushing excitement of an opening night deadline that is being met. Both concerts were streamed and a festive time was enjoyed by all.
The next morning, Todd Stoll and I were on the road at 7:30 to pay a surprise visit to Dr. Inda Schaenen's 8th grade class at Normandy Middle School. Joining us was Dr. Schaenen's mom, Susan Rudin. (Jack and Susan founded and endowed Essentially Ellington and she is a member of our stellar JALC Education Committee).
After recovering from the shock of seeing her mom with us, Inda got down to business. She brought us into the familiar cacophony of kids from challenging social and familial situations struggling to negotiate the one experience that could help them redirect a generational dysfunction that stretched back to auction blocks, stock markets, and plantations, and that defined the present as poverty, broken homes and prison. Still, the kids were brimming with talent, personality and possibility. Just the energy on this educational cutting edge of our society was itself invigorating. It is. Dr. Schaenen was strong and committed to the kids' overall education and they responded with love and respect. Todd and I observed and were inspired by how she kept her kids moving forward, ever forward. When she invited us to introduce ourselves, Todd and I spoke our piece and the kids really could have cared less. But when Susan introduced herself their beloved teacher's mother, they erupted in applause and recognition asking, "Is that your REAL mother? Your BLOOD mother?" When they realized that she was in fact Momma, they were deeply touched and on better behavior.
After the class, we left for Normandy High School. Vincent, Marcus and Chris had been there working with the school jazz band since 8:30. We joined at 10 by the entire JLCO. Band director Bernard Long Jr. had his band set up right beside us. We all participated in one of the best master classes we've ever conducted. Each chair of their ensemble had a chance to receive direct and personal attention from our musician occupying the same chair. It was all warm, informal and familial. Mr. Long Jr. was hired last April and has been transforming the program.
Ali Jackson was only 19 years old when he met Bernard's father, Bernard Long Sr. According to Ali, "Mr. Long Sr. was dedicated to quality jazz education and to creating the best environment for educating. The right environment could be in his house over a meal or in a car ride to a venue. When I was in my early 20's, Mr. Long Sr. invited me to do a workshop with his students. His son Bernard would often tag along. I would give him (a few years younger than me) pointers on the drums and on music. The instruction though informal, was personal, genuine and most potent. It was meaningful to see Mr. Long Sr.'s work carried on through his son." Mr. Long's father is deceased. He would have been quite proud and just as excited about the meal Mrs. Long Sr. prepared for our lunch. That cobbler!
During the question and answer portion that ended the class, an 11 year old boy stepped forward and asked, "Do you all ever get nervous?" As several of us basically said, "Sometimes, yes." He said, "I guess so, because me, I was nervous even just coming up here to ask this question. I'm nervous now." He was so direct and honest, some of us started to get full. It really hit us because he implied, "But I'm still up here asking though!"
Some facts:
This weekend I received a Legend Award from the National Black Arts Foundation in Atlanta. I was given the opportunity to choose musicians to play for the awards ceremony and requested Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio and the great Detroit trumpeter and educator, Marcus Belgrave.
Not only did they represent our music with great clarity and depth of purpose, they also showed the diversity of artistic excellence still present in Jazz today.
Backstage Marcus and I hung and swapped stories about Ray Charles, Dizzy, Pops and New York. His beautiful wife Joan, also a great singer, spoke about the importance of sound and how she was initially attracted to Marcus by the warmth and distinctiveness of his tone. Anyone who knows Marcus knows that his sheer presence is an act of soul. In addition to the nuggets that come from his horn, no one in the world can verbally cosign an improvised solo as well as he can. He'll drop a "yeah" or a "blow your horn" on you at the perfect time.
I accompanied him on the dressing room piano as he taught me a tune he had written for Clifford Brown. It had a lot of complicated changes, but we kept at it until I had it all completely correct. We played it for a while and would laugh when I stumbled at the different harmonic twists and turns. I told him it reminded me of my dad and clarinetist Alvin Batiste. Marcus said Alvin played with him for a brief period in Ray Charles' band, but drove cats crazy because he practiced all day and night regardless of circumstance. They didn't know the half of it. Bat and my father would teach you long complicated tunes with not a piece of music in sight and would keep at it until you absolutely knew every note and chord change.
This method of learning also reminded me of a time I went to Ornette Coleman's apartment to practice with him. In the 1950s Ornette lived in New Orleans with drummer Herlin Riley's uncle, Melvin Lastie, a deeply soulful trumpet player. I remember getting to Ornette's house at about 11:00pm and we played our horns until about 2 in the morning without saying a word. Ornette was something, with a rare kind of home-spun seriousness and pure insightfulness that immediately made you feel at home. He told me not to worry too much about criticism, because my playing was very nuanced. He said I had a subtle command of the emotion in my sound, in much the same way people communicate by raising an eyebrow or scrunching their face. I can't lie; it felt good to hear him say something like that.
After we played, he told me that in the late 1950s my father and Alvin drove all the way from New Orleans to Los Angeles to visit him. They rolled up to his crib unannounced and, said "Hey man, we just came to see what you were dealing with."
We laughed about all kinds of stuff and when I finally left his house at 3:30 in the morning he said, "Don't compete with people, compete with yourself. Music is an idea not a race."
This is me and Marcus playing backstage.
Jazz is the one area of American social life that embraced freedom, equality and excellence through diversity and integration throughout the 20th century.
Thanks to the pioneering efforts of so many people (on the stage and in the audience or in the dance floor) culminating in the triumphs of Benny Goodman with the assistance of Teddy Wilson, Gene Krupa, and Lionel Hampton, the world of Jazz provided the first example of open social integration in our country. Goodman courageously defeated racist traditions by providing opportunities that led to acceptance and integration in American public life ELEVEN YEARS before baseball.
If my memory serves me, one of his tuxedos auctioned in 2005 for only $800 (give or take a few hundred) a few years ago. I was suprised by the lack of recognition of his importance to our culture.
That a simple observation on the unusually robust attendance of black people in a given audience could provoke so much controversy and diversity of passionate feelings lets me know that this issue and all of us are still very much alive. My father was always against all forms of segregation and hated any type of reducing people to a given tribe or physical characteristic. In no way did my comment imply any dissatisfaction with the audience we do have or attack black folks or anyone for not supporting this music. I am always grateful to play for WHOEVER WANTS TO LISTEN. We all are. Every night.
Since I began playing Jazz music publicly, I have been asked many of the same questions over and over by the boldest members of a given audience such as:
"Can you play something with a singer?"
"Can you play something we know, like on the radio?"
"Can you play something we can dance to like on the radio?"
"Can you play a really short fast one?"
"Can you play something really slow and soft?"
"Can you play something we can talk over?"
There has been a tendency, in our industry and culture, to view Jazz musicians as traveling circus performers who are required to have a new trick every time you see them. As high school students we were given to understand that you have to play something new like Charlie Parker to be any good. This all-consuming and incessant search for the exotic permeated every discussion on Jazz. It defined whether you were valued or dismissed. And many musicians fell prey to the pressure by trying to create or incorporate some new fad into their music every few years, while others sustained a dedication to steady development with a focus on quality and creativity.
I remember reading an interview Leonard Feather did with Monk that demonstrated this insatiable hunger for the next thing before the last thing had been tasted let alone digested. As the interview went on Mr. Feather arrived at and asked the inevitable question "What about something new?" And in classic Monk style he replied "Let somebody else create something new."
All through the 1980s, I was hell-bent on trying to create new things and demonstrate them on recordings: a new modern collective horn improvisation with my brother Branford on "Hesitation", new types of group interactions based on quick cues and open harmony on "Knozz Moe King", contemporary ways to play traditional harmonies while playing in superimposed meters on "April in Paris", playing all types of complex rhythms while keeping strict harmonic forms with Marcus Roberts and Jeff 'Tain' Watts on "Live at Blues Alley" and new ways of interpreting the sweep of the music from the New Orleans funeral to a 6/4 groove, with modulations before each solo, and a shifting improvised groove on each improvisation on "The Majesty of the Blues" with Herlin and Reginald Veal.
In the 1990s I focused on creating a new way of developing long-form composition for small group, utilizing short themes and a variety of emotions related to rhythmic setting on "Blue Interlude", a whole new concept of form and motivic development across three long movements on "Citi-Movement", a new concept of long-form related to the structure of a Mass with "In This House" and even a new way of interpreting the history, form and 10-piece orchestration on "Six Syncopated Movements". In 1997, we performed "Blood on the Fields" and in 1999 put out 13 single CDs and a 7-CD box set of music of live music from the Village Vanguard. Into the 2000s we released "All Rise" that showcased new ways to bring a symphonic orchestra and jazz band together. We presented it to enthusiastic audiences all over the world and sold about 57 CDs to family and friends.
I won't tell you about all the new music and arrangements that come out of the orchestra now from Ted and Victor's recent commissions, to Sherman's "Inferno" and Chris' "God's Trombones", to everything Vincent Gardner touches, and on and on throughout the orchestra.
Over the years and through all that music, Still….."Can you play something really, really loud and energetic, like with real electricity and a lot of anger?" "Can you play without all of those horns?"
"Can you play something new, I mean new, new, new?"
This past weekend the JLCO played a concert that showcased a small sampling of Ellington's most avant garde compositions. Just before Saturday night's concert, Chris Christian, a very intelligent and engaged 26-year old asked me, "What is the next new thing in Jazz?" Before answering, I reflected on the fact that very few people had ever heard any of this great Ellington music we were about to play, and that even though it was about 60 years old, it was still as fresh and modern as tomorrow. I replied, "The next new thing will be that people will listen to it."
- Wynton
Whenever we played at UC Berkeley, California, we would always stay at the Claremont Hotel. It is a magnificent 300 room hotel and spa set up on a hill with landscaped gardens and tennis courts. We didn't want to know about any tennis however; it was always the basketball courts at the University or somewhere in Oakland.
The Claremont is turn of the century elegant, so you always felt uncomfortable walking through the lobby all funky after playing ball for a few hours. But since it was Berkeley, you could just keep it moving and no one even looked your way.
One afternoon, it had to be in 1992, we were rushing through the lobby late for sound check after playing (and arguing over every foul for too long) and we ran right into some type of very well dressed and festive wedding party. Trying to unobtrusively snake through the crowd, I ended up in front of Dave Brubeck. With his signature smile he says, "It's Iola and my 50th anniversary, come in and meet everyone."
"Not looking like this."
"You look like yourself. How is your father?" (Musicians who play the same instrument always ask about each other).
"I'll tell him you asked." (My father always enjoyed hearing from the great musicians he loved, especially pianists).
The party was glowing with a deep rich feeling, the hum of an important familial event, and all kinds of musicians were swinging. Dave took me around to different friends and family and introduced me with his style of natural gracefulness and warmth. 40 minutes later, much richer in experience and really late for sound check, I thought, 50 years! When I congratulated Dave and Iola on that milestone she just smiled, but he said, "Passed in the blink of an eye, man. The blink of an eye."
- Wynton
On this tour, we have played 19 concerts of various sizes and shapes; 104 different compositions by over 33 different composers. Finally, we get to play the new SFJazz Center, five concerts (Ellington, Basie, Mingus, Monk, Traditional New Orleans Music and Recent Arrangements and Compositions by our members) in four days.
It is a rare and welcome treat to sit down for such a long time, and we thank Dan Pritzker for sponsoring this residency. SFJazz were welcoming and gracious hosts. Every night was sold out with a very attentive and appreciative Bay Area audience.
As Jason Olaine and I held our own programming meeting at the SFJazz Center, we couldn't help but be proud of Randall and the entire organization for what they have achieved. From the omnipresent Artistic Producer Lilly Schwarz (who threw a great party for us on Saturday) to Marketing Director Patricia Gessner, Development Director Barrett Shaver, Stage Manager Tony Wilson and Sound Engineer Masa Tutu, from Production Manager Greg Kuhn and Director of Production Cecilia Engelhart, to the backstage crew of Joshua Badura and Christian Vela Porque, they took complete and absolute care of us. Carlos Henriquez stayed on us to make a Saturday afternoon JALC/SFJazz softball game happen, and Jeff Umetsu made it all possible from the SFJazz side. It provided much needed camaraderie and warm fellowship. Even the great Bobby Hutcherson came out.
Friday afternoon, composer Jeremy Walker, his wife Marsha, Lilly and I were eating in the SFJazz cafe to the swinging sounds of Bobby Hutcherson, Lee Morgan and Stan Getz. The food was great and the environment soaked in swing. Because we all had struggled to celebrate this music and live in its spirit, the experience was transcendent.
Sunday afternoon most of our orchestra showed up an hour and a half early to further clarify our Mingus roadmaps (Ali had been there studying the scores for much longer). We went from room to room verifying cues with each other, trying to figure out how to do better job of playing Mingus' music. Sherman and I laughed when we saw how many of us were early and Carlos said, "Cats have pride."
The quantity, diversity and quality of the compositions and arrangements we played the last 4 days speak for themselves. Here's a listing:
Thursday Night: Ellington
1)The Mooche (1928)
2) Old Man Blues (1930)
3) Concerto for Cootie (1940)
4) Shout 'em Aunt Tillie (1930)
5) Bragging in Brass (1938)
6) Mood Indigo (1930)
7) Echoes of Harlem (1936)
8) Happy Go Lucky Local (1946)
9) Jam a Ditty (1946)
10) Ahmad (1966)
11) Lady of the Lavender Mist (1947)
12) Island Virgin (1965)
13 Paris Stairs (1961)
14) Portrait of Wellman Braud (1970)
15) Self Portrait of the Bean (1963)
16) Chinoiserie (1970)
17) Isfahan (1966) —Billy Strayhorn comp.
Friday Night: New Orleans Traditional
18) Lawd Lawd Lawd (1895)— Buddy Bolden
19) Smokehouse Blues (1926)— Charles Luke comp., Jelly Roll Morton arr.
20) Dead Man Blues (1926) — Jelly Roll
21) Snake Rag (1923)— Joe "King" Oliver
22) Petite Fleur (1952)— Sidney Bechet
23) Muskrat Ramble (1926)— Louis Armstrong/ Kid Ory
Saturday Afternoon: JLCO
24) Wingspan (1987)— Mulgrew Miller comp., arr. Chris Crenshaw (2014)
25) Insatiable Hunger from "Inferno" (2012)— Sherman Irby
26) LBJ (The American Promise) from the Presidential Suite (2014)— Ted Nash
27) Peace (1959)— Horace Silver comp., arr. David Berger (2007)
28) Down by the Bayou from "Crescent City" (2014)— Victor Goines
29) Buddy Bolden (1890s)— Buddy Bolden
Saturday Night: Basie
30) I Left My Baby (1938)
—Andy Gibson, Count Basie and Jimmy Rushing,
31) Tickle Toe (1940)— Lester Young
32) Blue and Sentimental (1938)— Count Basie
33) Jumping at the Woodside (1938)— Eddie Durham
34) I Left My Heart in San Francisco (1963)— arr. Billy Byers for Count Basie
35) Sleepwalkers Serenade (1958)— Jimmy Mundy
36) It's Awfully Nice to be With You (1958)— Neal Hefti
37) Blues in Hoss' Flat (1959)— Frank Foster
38) Sixteen Men Swinging—(1954) Ernie Wilkins
39) Wiggle Walk (1960)— Benny Carter
40) Goin' to Chicago (1939)— Count Basie and Jimmie Rushing
41) Moten Swing (1932)— Bennie and Buster Moten, arr. Ernie Wilkins (1959)
42) Texas Shuffle (1938)—Edgar Battle and Herschel Evans
43) The Blue Room (1932)—arr. Eddie Durham
44) Sent for You Yesterday (1938)— Eddie Durham/Jimmy Rushing
Sunday Afternoon: Mingus
45) Dizzy Moods
46) Isabel's Table Dance
47) Tijuana Gift Shop
48) Los Mariachis (The Street Musicians)
All compositions Charles Mingus (1957), arr. Ron Westray (2002)
49) Self Portrait in Three Colors (1959)— Mingus
50) Meditations on Integration (1964)— Mingus comp, arr. Ron Westray (2002)
51) Goodbye Porkpie Hat (1959)— Mingus comp., arr. Marsalis (2006)
52) Moanin' (1960)—Mingus comp., arr. Cy Johnson (1993)
53) Tom Cat Blues (1924)— Jelly Roll Morton
Sunday Night: Thelonious Monk
54) We See (1954)— arr. Sherman Irby (2008)
55) Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues Are (1957)— arr. Walter Blanding (2008)
56) Four in One (1951)— arr. Chuck Israels
57) Ugly Beauty (1968)—arr. Marsalis (2008)
58) Bye-ya (1953)—arr. Carlos Henriquez (2008)
59) Light Blue (1958)—arr. Vincent Gardner (2008)
60) Epistrophy (1942)—arr. Chris Crenshaw (2008)
61) Blue Monk (1954)
It is now 4:15 on Monday morning. We are well into our 30 something hour drive to Iowa. Having passed through mountains, deserts and casinos, we now go down into the heartland. Somewhere in Utah we stop to get gas. Damn! It's 16 degrees and falling. California is a sweet memory.
- Wynton
For about one and a half hours after the gig in San Diego on Saturday night, I stood on the sidewalk outside the backstage area with about sixty high school age students, their band directors and chaperones, signing autographs, taking pictures and fielding questions about everything from, "Should I whip my younger brother's behind for x, y and z?" to "How many hours did you practice when you were my age?"
As the group wound down and I got into the car to leave, there were three sixteen year-old kids (they looked about that age) that asked for a picture. There was one who was very deeply engaged and he asked, "What does it take to be a really good musician?" I thought for a little while before answering, giving him the impression that I would provide some unknown and highly valuable key and said "You have to WANT to be."
He searched my eyes for a second as if to say, "Man, are you messing with me?" Sensing his skepticism I said "No, lil' brother. If you really want to be that good, you will figure out whatever you have to, to be what you want to be." In the moment I tried to think of some analogy or story to help make the point more simply, but I couldn't find a good one.
Little did I know that the next day as we pulled into the hotel in Northridge we would be greeted in the lobby by DJ Riley.
DJ is an intellectual of the first order. He is a connoisseur of culture, has been a good friend of JALC from the very beginning and is a purveyor of deep-rooted soul. He suffers from Morquio Syndrome, and has been in a wheelchair with very little limb movement since childhood. You wouldn't know it by how much smack he talks, but I know it was a challenge for DJ to be here today. He lives in LA, and it takes a lot of planning for him to get around.
He is a broad and long-term thinker, who gives unerring and aggressively positive advice. Any opportunity to hang with him is to be cherished. So far, he has outlived his life expectancy by about 25 years.
I start out by saying to him, "Man, I wish you would have told me you were coming." And he asks "Why? So you could convince me not to come?"
We talk about everything from the hood to Putin to education reform. He is a true blues man: "Yes, stuff is messed up out here but: Everything gon' be alright this mornin'. Everything gon' be alright."
I'm reminded of a dance the LCJO played in the late 90's out here in California. It was well attended and well under way, but still the people were just standing around being too shy to get out on the floor. Suddenly, DJ breaks out there scooting around with his electric wheelchair, doing his thing. It was the damnedest sight. Truly poetic. He actually got people out on the floor from a wheelchair.
After the gig as we all laughed and teased him about his dancing style, we asked him, "Why did you do it?" He said, "Man, I came here to dance. That's what I wanted to do and that's what I did. Y'all was swingin'. Herlin man! He was playing those drums."
Yeah, DJ and I laughed thinking back on it. And I remembered that teenager from the night before who was looking for more out of my answer. I should have told him about DJ.
It's now 4:00 pm and time for DJ to leave and for us to go to sound check. He only speaks in a whisper, so he signals for me to get close enough to hear. "When y'all come around Los Angeles, just assume I'm coming."
That's what I should have told the youngster.
On Sunday, we travelled a few hours from Grass Valley to Santa Rosa. This was the 5th straight gig, not necessarily difficult on paper, but when connected to 4 or 5 hour drives that become 7 due to the unforeseen, and you drive through lunch, and your room is not ready until whenever someone says, and the soundcheck is at 5, and you have 5 tunes to review, and…whew! The execution can be much rougher than the dream.
Yes, we played the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. It's always great to play here because the audience is enthusiastic and informed. I remember us, maybe ten years ago, playing Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite here to people dancing on the balcony. And the hospitality and the meal are always first class. Once again, this venue did not disappoint.
We have been on tour for 11 days. In that time, we have played 8 concerts, 71 different compositions by 30 different composers from Traditional to Buddy Bolden, to Jelly Roll and King Oliver, to Basie and Lester Young to Ellington and Mary Lou Williams, to Ernie Wilkins and Neal Hefti, to Mingus and Coltrane, to Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Redd and Woody Shaw, to Rodgers and Hammerstein and Gordon Jenkins to Joe Raposo and Mulgrew Miller to Ted Nash and Victor Goines.
So, what do we have the day after our 5th gig? All Day Rehearsal. If ever there was a day to not rehearse, this was it. Monday. But cats had a surprise for me this day. Everyone was on time, ready to rehearse and be done. We prepared Mingus' "Dizzy Moods," "Ysabel's Table Dance," "Tijuana Gift Shop," "Los Mariachis," "Moanin," "Goodbye Porkpie Hat," and a couple of his involved extended compositions, "Meditations on Integration," and "Don't Be Afraid of the Clown." And if that wasn't enough, we then prepared 3 of Thad Jones' compositions including "Little Pixie," Coltrane's "Alabama" and Chris Crenshaw's arrangement of Monk's "Epistrophy."
Everyone was serious and urgent. In rehearsal, the different sections are all working on the music all the time. Sometimes it seems like pandemonium, but when the sections come together and focus, it's a thing of democratic beauty. All of that talent, intelligence and soul willfully lavished on the greatest jazz compositions with a singularity of purpose—-swinging.
Monday's rehearsal reminded me of something that happened on the March 2010 tour featuring Ted Nash's Portrait in Seven Shades. We were scheduled to play three consecutive nights in Dallas' magnificent Meyerson Hall. Because we were playing Ted's composition most nights, we had only rehearsed enough for two different nights of programming. Because soundcheck (where we go over music) preceded the first night's concert and there was no need for further checks, we hadn't prepared for that third concert. We had planned to just repeat the first night's program, but, the day of that final concert, cats started calling me saying, "We can't go out there like this. Let's go over some music and play a different show." THEY called the rehearsal.
We handled our business and were ready for the gig. I'll never forget that as long as I live. They are for real and that's what we are about. I am absolutely grateful for this glorious opportunity to play with them wherever and however we are in the world.
We are all trapped in the unresolved battles of our ancestors, limited by our inability to conceive beyond the boundaries of our culture and education. From primal,'survival of the fittest' instincts to the refined segregations developed by the most sophisticated amongst us, we have a deep tradition of degrading 'other' human beings in the frenzy to control resources, to amass wealth and to confer status through arbitrary social constructs.The repetition of these constructs across generations produces conventions and 'isms' that we confuse with reality. Of the many 'isms' that prevent us from realizing our true global identity, racism is one of the most irrational and deeply rooted.
The exploitation of serf, peon and slave labor has undergirded the economic success of civilizations since the beginning of commerce. In recent centuries, however, with Africans being exported throughout the New World as slaves, the historically unfair treatment of less fortunate people, regardless of color, gradually morphed into an international custom of social and cultural degradation of those with darker skin tones and more Negroid features.
In the Louisiana of my youth, this was a well-known refrain, "If you're white, you're alright. If you're brown, stick around. If you're black, get back." I knew this schoolyard saying to be much more than street corner foolishness, because we all lived it. But, I misperceived it to be a local problem, endemic to the American South. On a high school band trip to Mexico, however, I noticed great social and economic disparity by color. Upon moving to New York, I soon learned that a similar equation, though much more elegantly calibrated, was in place. A few years later, as a young man traveling around the world, I observed the same inequalities in Brazil, France, and England to name a few countries. Even in Japan, a good friend felt no shame in telling me that darker skin and Negroid features were not considered desirable or beautiful.
Being ignorant of world affairs at the time, I felt it was poetic irony to discover that even in South Africa, home of the mighty Zulu Nation, many Africans themselves were subject to and accepted the same irrational hatred for Negro physiology and culture. Painfully, I understood that the childish rhyme of my youth was an unacknowledged credo for much of the globe.
Though most conflict in our world is over the ownership of natural and man-made assets, the most heated and heartfelt battles are about identity. For the vanquished there is seldom pity, but there is often the solace of slogans: "This is God's Will," or "It's Nature's way, don't worry too much about it." The misunderstood laws of natural selection are quoted, "The strongest survive," and "The top of the food chain eats, but everything below is food." All types of atrocities are excused as examples of human nature. Curious, because human beings are just as naturally given to insight, to compassion and even to sacrifice for the benefit of strangers. We are often capable of rising above bad education and ignorant traditions. As individuals, we do so every day. As members of some identifiable subset, we need the guiding hand of quality leadership.
From the front lines of a most violent struggle over the identity of his nation, Mr. Rolihlahla 'Nelson' Mandela emerged as a powerful, charismatic force for change. Incarcerated through the sweetest years of his life, he paid a deep deep price for his authority and position of command in this bitterly contested war. Mr. Mandela would wield the divine and pragmatic healing power of reason and of deep empathy to halt the grinding gears of murder, injustice and revenge that defined the physical and psychological borders of his country.
For himself, his family, his nation and for all of us, he tore away the chain-mail shroud of imposed and accepted misconceptions about race, class, religion and gender to reveal something deeper than our genetic disposition to conquer, deeper than the egoistic satisfaction of dominating 'inferiors', even deeper than the nationalization of our violent and tribal past that is often sanitized and mistaken for heritage.
Through his actions, he revealed a transcending vision that embraced the potential in every other person and viewed interactions with every other group of people as the opportunity to achieve harmony through integration. He renounced competition and conquest as the modes through which we should conduct our affairs, and instead, embodied those essentials that make us most human: compassion, generosity, cooperation and love. Because he reached, we reached. But he was not alone, as we also are not alone.
From William Wilberforce to Frederick Douglass to Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela was the latest in an international roll call of soul stirring torchbearers who successfully used humanist principles to undermine the enculturation of abject peonage on the basis of pigmentation. Along with thousands of Afro-Americans who insisted on exporting the victorious legal and economic tactics of the American Civil Rights movement, and with Americans of all hues, and with people from all walks of life from all over the world, Dr. Mandela and South African freedom fighters were supported by a swelling chorus of international voices raised in affirmation. The deafening crescendo of this choir helped overthrow apartheid and, with Madiba's ascendance to his nation's Presidency, signaled a stunning political victory for universal humanism.
As President, his vision of unity through sacrifice mobilized South Africans to reach for the boundless potential in their collective creativity. He spoke fundamental wisdom in the language of action, and his insights made healing a possibility for a land seemingly broken beyond repair. The success of Madiba's journey provided an inspirational narrative for a world that seems too fragmented and complicated to ever come together.
Public voices that have the power to heal are often sacrificed too soon, while preachers of divisiveness and hatred live on. In the 1960's, the assassinations of America's most progressive young leadership left a void that has remained unfilled. These egregious acts left our nation with the nagging feeling that to be truthful in public, to powerfully attack positions endorsed by those in control of such things, is to welcome danger and destruction.
Perhaps we can find some measure of relief that this time, one of the world's most impactful healers was not silenced by violence, but was increasingly celebrated into his10th decade.
Nelson Mandela has passed on. As is customary, we will grieve for a measure, and then go on as we have always gone on. Some of us will stand, and some will sit after a long time of standing. Some will run, or be crushed where we stand. But, many more of us will fall back in stony silence as present and coming leaders are slandered or bribed into the shadows, or imprisoned or outright slaughtered. That's how it goes with public leaders.
However, for his family, his country and for all of us, Dr. Mandela staked his life on the transformative power of our indivisible human value. He traversed blood soaked minefields of inbred divisiveness, self-evident entitlement and righteous hate. On death ground, where even the greatest citizens are struck down, Madiba danced for 95 years. Let us salute his life by remembering his legacy, speaking his name at the appropriate times, and reflecting his example in our daily actions.


text:
Bring back boomerang employees to your veterinary practice
One method of combating the high costs of staff turnover is to bring back boomerang employees—those top-performing people who used to work for you, departed on good terms and who may possibly be interested in returning to your practice. In what is perhaps the most frequently discussed example, some women choose to "off-ramp," as it's called, for several years at some point in their career, and then they are eager to return. Many older people will also choose to return to work after previously retiring.
Other candidates who might choose to return to work include those who initially left due to personal issues that have since been resolved or those who left to pursue other job opportunities that didn't pan out as they had expected.
Among the many benefits of boomerang employees, here are a few big ones:Huge savings. They eliminate the considerable time and costs involved with recruiting, hiring and training new team members.
Short learning curve. They know the practice, its computer systems and culture, and they're more likely to get up to speed faster than traditional new hires.
Greater loyalty. After former employees learn that the grass is not really greener elsewhere, they are not very likely to leave the same practice twice.
Strengthened retention efforts. Team members who are thinking about leaving may have second thoughts when learning the reasons former co-workers have returned.
It speaks well of you. It's a good sign to current team members and clients when former employees want to return to your practice.
Action steps
To encourage boomerangs, you need to plant the seed during the resignation. Take the advice of Dr. John Izzo, co-author of Values Shift: The New Work Ethic and What It Means for Business (FairWinds Press, 2001): "When a valued employee says he or she is leaving, there are two things an employer should do. First, ask if there is anything you could change that might cause the person to reconsider. Second, tell him or her in no uncertain terms, 'If you ever want to come back for any reason, I will try to find a job for you, so call me.' Pride can keep people from calling unless you make it clear that the call is welcomed."
Veterinary Economics Editorial Advisory Board member Bob Levoy is the author of seven best-selling books, including 101 Secrets of a High Performance Veterinary Practice and 222 Secrets of Hiring, Managing and Retaining Great Employees in Healthcare Practices.
Hot topics on dvm360
Pol on defense as Michigan veterinary board discusses negligence charges
Controversial reality TV veterinarian calls his approach 'common sense.'
Photo gallery: The top 10 veterinary schools in America, according to U.S. News
U.S. News & World Report ranks programs for the first time since 2011.
Front Desk Disasters, Episode 3: Dude looks like a lady
Everyone's favorite receptionist is at it again. Would you handle this situation differently?
Video: Flea hideouts in the house
Parasitology expert Michael Dryden, DVM, MS, PhD, reveals prime hideouts for fleas—and gives tips to clear them out of clients' homes for good.
Veterinarians: Your clients are going to Google with these cat questions
You might be surprised by what your clients are researching. Plus, get an educational client handout.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
There is no doubt that this series is a Subculture. Hugely successful, millions if not billions of fan art and parodies, and a few memes that popped up from the mass.
Any objections to makeing this article?
25,845 total conversations in 3,531 threads
Last posted
Oct 20, 2011 at 05:09PM EDT.
Oct 13, 2011 at 11:50PM EDT
18 posts from 10 users
There is no doubt that this series is a Subculture. Hugely successful, millions if not billions of fan art and parodies, and a few memes that popped up from the mass.
Any objections to makeing this article?
Well, the submemes that would be part of this would probably include
Character Predictions
You're Too Slow!
Brawl Taunts
Falcon Punch
Don't forget:
In the words of Captain Falcon, YES!
Definitely a subculture.
Needs work.
Did some major cleaning and added all the sub-memes. Looks way better now.
Thanks! Definitely looks much better!
If we are including Fan Games I will add a section about the Super Smash Flash seires also. And if I remember correctly Awkward Zombie webseires made it's start through Melee parodies, so I will add a bit about that.
The gaming community has made lots of Meta jokes about the game as well (and no, this is not a pun at all).
I would help but it seems you are already finished you should include the a challenger appears meme too lazy to add link.
I am thinking about adding a "Reception" section under the Spread section, as we can easily find several gaming reviews and sales data.
Also, should we add a section about all the characters that appear in the games? We could set up a bunch of icons like the character select screen and if you click on one you get sent to the characters respective Wiki page.
Have a reception section would be a good idea. However, having a page for each character might be overkill as some aren't really meme-related or for those that are their meme pages describe them thoroughly enough for meme content.
What Suiseiseki said. Plus we're not supposed to link to external sites unless we put in under "External References".
Why no mention of Fox Only, Final Destination? >:I
Do we even have a Entry for that?
Natsuru Springfield wrote:
Do we even have a Entry for that?
Ok, added it. Are we missing anything?
WHOA WHOA WHOA!! What the fuck is this doing in the Deadpool!?! People used say this stuff all the time!
Already a memeber?
Don't have an account?


text:
Pricing Strategy - Quick Drops
What is the message you get when you see a how listed that drops several times quickly.
Starting Price $199,900
4 days later $189,900
1 day later $184,900
To me it looks desperate.
To me it looks like they did not price their house correctly the first time.
To me it looks like there is probably not alot of wiggle room(negotiation)on the price they want now, because in their eyes, they have already come down from their(unrealistic) price already.
However, it also says that they are motivated. Unlike the seller that stays at the same stagnant price for years, because they really do not need to sell.
BarbCollins, this sounds like a recent short-sale in our row! Sellers got slammed on Quest/polybutylene plumbing during a potential VA inspection. Three letter-to-commit Buyers walked in as many days. Ouch!!!
Is it just price dropping or is there something else in the listing like "as is for Seller's convenience" or other verbiage? Curiosity is my middle name ;-)
I actually know the sellers and the house, and I already thought it was priced to high (did not want to sway the responses here). It is listed as a short sale and a fixer upper.
I just don't understand that pricing strategy of price it high and bump it down every week or two (or in this case every day or two). I watch the MLS in the area and see this frequently. As a buyer I would just wait a few months until they are done playing around with the price.
I will be surprised if it goes for more that $140-$150
Those price reductions are so quick, it's just strange. I can't imagine this being the case, but I wonder if the agent (or their assistant) doesn't know how to list things correctly. I mean, it has the look of someone correcting a typo, not someone with a plan.
Locally, I've seen at least one local house have odd price jumps and it seemed to be an estate sale. In that case, I assume it was heirs wrangling over the price.
It's an experience realtor. She currently has over 30 Active listings with about 1/3 Under Contract.
I once noticed a realtor who would change the price on a property every day by $100.00. Down then back up, down then back up. I figured he was doing that so everyone would get an alert about the price change. I am thinking that may be in her plans too. Here's is another of her listings (this one is not sold yet either)
Date Price % Change Days at Price
8/1/2012 $195,000 8
8/9/2012 $185,000 -5.1% 4
8/13/2012 $175,000 -5.4% 7
8/21/2012 $165,000 -5.7% 4
8/25/2012 $160,000 -3.0% 1
8/27/2012 $159,900 -0.1% 0
Ok, but here is a question.... Doesn't the seller have to sign off on these price changes? I would be irritated if my realtor came back to me the next day with another change form.
There's a method in the madness: every time a price change is made, the local MLS updates the info on a daily changes list. Hence, the property is always in the forefront and hopefully noticed by all the realtors. Also, the rapid price drops imply a false sense of urgency on the seller's part, when, in fact, it is only a marketing ploy to generate interest. Quite premeditated and cagy.
After these price changes:
Date Price % Change Days at Price
8/21/2012 $199,900 4
8/25/2012 $189,900 -5.0% 1
8/27/2012 $184,900 -2.6% 4
9/1/2012 $179,900 -2.7% 3
9/4/2012 $174,900 -2.8% 2
9/6/2012 $169,900 -2.9% 2
9/9/2012 $164,900 -2.9% 2
They got a contract last night. I asked her if they got the got their asking price, and she shook her head and said "oh no".
Personally I don't like these games. I tell our realtors to price the house at what they think it will sell for. I don't want to spend weeks, or months stressing about price.


text:
Advanced Search
The Sun
Contact Us
Allan "Gene" Eugene Reyhons
March 26, 2015
Allan "Gene" Eugene Reyhons, 84, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Hallmark Care Center, Mount Vernon, after a battle with cancer. Funeral mass is set for 10 a.m. Monday, March 30, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Mount Vernon, by Rev. Jack R. Flaherty. Visitation: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services of Mount Vernon (formerly Morgan's).
Dr. Robert A. Sautter
March 24, 2015
Dr. Robert A. Sautter, 91, of Mount Vernon, died at home Saturday, March 21, 2015. Funeral service was set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 26, at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. Visitation was set for 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services (formerly Morgan's) of Mount Vernon.
Dorothy M. Ward
March 20, 2015
Dorothy M. Ward, 90, of Mount Vernon, died Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Funeral service is 1 p.m. Monday, March 23, at First Presbyterian Church, Mount Vernon.
Margaret Leigh
March 20, 2015
Margaret Leigh, 86, of Lisbon, died at home on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Funeral service is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services (formerly Morgan's) of Mount Vernon, by Celebrant Mary Morgan.
Harold Anthony Suchomel
March 17, 2015
Harold Anthony Suchomel, 88, died Monday, March 16, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 20, 2015, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Mount Vernon.
Arlo Ray Whitman
March 17, 2015
Arlo Ray Whitman, 81, Lisbon, died March 12, 2015, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House, Hiawatha.
Miriam 'Mimi' O'Leary
March 17, 2015
Miriam "Mimi" O'Leary, 57, of Mount Vernon, died at home surrounded by her family on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, following a long illness.
Linda (May) Molleur
March 12, 2015
A memorial service for Linda Molleur will be held on at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 320 E College St.
Ann K. Downey
March 11, 2015
Ann K. Downey, 71, of Lisbon, died on Monday, March 9, 2015, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids.
Gerald Ray Edleman
March 11, 2015
Gerald Ray Edleman, 92, Anamosa, passed away in his home on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Services were Saturday, Feb. 28, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories
Melvin L. Conley
March 11, 2015
Melvin L. Conley, 92, of Mount Vernon, died on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at the VA Medical Center, Iowa City.
Richard 'Joe' Morton
March 11, 2015
Richard "Joe" Morton, 87, passed away on Feb. 28, 2015, in Iowa Falls, where he had been living the past two years.
James H. Neal
March 7, 2015
James (Jim) H. Neal, 81, of Des Moines, passed away Feb. 22, 2015.
Kathryn Wolrab Rummells
March 7, 2015
Kathryn Wolrab Rummells, 96, formally of Olin and Mount Vernon, passed away Feb. 18, 2015
Alfred V. Steiner
February 27, 2015
Front Page
Business Directory
About the
Contact Us
©2015 Mt. Vernon-Lisbon Sun
Web Development by Brian McMillin, LLC


text:
Plumbing, Heating, Solar
2760 Rasmussen Rd. Ste D103
Park City, UT 84098
Hot Rod & Yox - Plumbing - Heating - Solar, has been located in Park City since 1978. Radiant Heat, snow melting, boilers, high efficiency boilers and water heaters, solar, furnace repair, plumbing, water heaters, water conditioning, water softening, toilets, faucets, leaks. Recommended by your friends and neighbors. Call us now and let us take care of your plumbing or Heating need.
Category: Plumbing Equipment and Supplies|HVAC Contractors|Residential Plumbers|Water Heaters|Boilers and Furnaces|Plumbers|Residential Plumbing
Serving: Park City UT, Heber City UT (Metro)
Specialty: Heating Contractors, Radiant Heating, Humidification
Type: Residential HVAC Contractors
Service: HVAC Repair, HVAC Remodeling, HVAC Installation, HVAC Service
Fuel: Gas Heating Contractors, Solar HVAC Contractors
Specialty: Gas Pipe, Faucet Plumbers, Shower Repair, Water Lines
Service: Plumbing Repair, Plumbing Installation, Plumbing Maintenance, Pipe Repair, Toilet Repair, Sink Repair, Leak Repair
Type: Commercial Plumbing
Product: Faucets, Plumbing Fittings, Plumbing Pipes, Showers, Sinks, Toilets, Bathtubs, Plumbing Valves, Plumbing Fixtures
Specialty: Hydronic Boilers
Service: Boiler Installation, Furnace Cleaning, Furnace Repair, Furnace Maintenance
Fuel: Gas Boilers
Product: Boilers
Product: Tank Water Heaters, Tankless Water Heaters, Heat Pump Water Heaters, Point of Use Water Heaters, Water Heater Parts, Hybrid Water Heaters
Fuel: Gas Water Heaters, Solar Water Heaters
Service: Water Heater Installation, Water Heater Maintenance, Water Heater Repair
Convenience: Open Early, Emergency Service, Onsite Service, Online, By Phone
Payment Options: Cash, Personal Checks, Visa, Mastercard
Assurances: Licensed, Insured, Locally Owned
Products: Boiler Systems, Boilers, Disposals, Faucets, Furnaces, Garbage Disposals, Heating Systems, Hydronics, Radiant Systems, Toilets, Water Lines
Services: Floor Heating, Servicing
Details: Kinds: Solar, Service Options: Estimates, Source: Solar
DexKnows Mobile profile for Hot Rod & Yox in Park City, UT
Photos (2)


text:
Job Posting 2532 N 4th St #506 Flagstaff, AZ 86004 928-774-4503 Fax: 928-774-5809 Website: www.northlandfamily.org Date : May 12, 2011 Position : PT or Relief Behavioral Health Worker Department : Women's Shelter Salary : $11.00 per hour (additional .50 per hour for hours worked between 10pm and 6am) Funds : SUBJECT TO FUNDS AVAILABILITY POSITION SUMMARY This position is responsible for providing daily monitoring and care of residents in NFHC's Women's Shelter, in compliance with Behavioral Health Licensure and NFHC Policies and Procedures. ESSENTIAL DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES Provide information and education to clients Provide care to clients as indicated in client's service plan Assist clients to follow program rules and requirements Intervene in crisis situations related to client care and safety Provide or assist with educational programs or group activities for shelter clients Assist clients in their interaction with other agencies Make appropriate referrals to other agencies according to client needs Maintain accurate records and documents Provide house management as assigned (cleaning, organizing, sorting donations, etc.) Conduct daily and nightly room checks of all client spaces Provide back-up for Executive Assistant by responding to visitors and residents Complete frequent, planned safety checks of shelter and HALO House public areas Attend and participate in all mandatory trainings Attend and participate in all required staff meetings Attend and participate in clinical supervision with Program Manager Attend and participate in monthly supervision with Program Manager Ability and willingness to provide First Aid or CPR to clients or staff members if necessary Other duties as may be assigned in each shelter program KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES - A Behavioral Health Worker must possess the skills and knowledge necessary to: Protect client rights; Provide treatment that promotes client dignity, independence, individuality, strengths, privacy and choice; Recognize obvious symptoms of a mental disorder, personality disorder, or substance abuse; Provide the behavioral health services that NFHC is authorized to provide; Meet the unique needs of the client populations served by NFHC: adults and children who are victims of domestic violence Protect and maintain the confidentiality of client records and information Job Posting – BHW II Page 1 of 2 05/29/07 Recognize and respect cultural differences; Recognize, prevent and respond to a situation in which a client: o May be a danger to self or a danger to others o Behaves in an aggressive or destructive manner o May be experiencing a crisis situation, or o May be experiencing a medical emergency Read and implement a client's treatment plan; Assist client in accessing community services and resources; Record and document client information; Demonstrate ethical behavior, such as by respecting staff member and client boundaries and recognizing the inappropriateness of receiving gratuities from a client; Identify types of medications commonly prescribed for mental disorders, personality disorders, and substance abuse and the common side effects and adverse reactions of the medications; Recognize and respond to a fire, disaster, hazard, and medical emergency; Provide activities and behavioral health services as identified in this Job Description, as well as NFHC's policies and procedures; and Ability to understand, follow and implement verbal and written instructions MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Must be at least 21 years of age Associate's Degree in a field related to Behavioral Health At least TWO years Full-Time Behavioral Health work experience Any equivalent combination of experience, training or education approved by human resources PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a field related to Behavioral Health At least ONE year Full-Time Behavioral Health work experience Any equivalent combination of experience, training or education approved by human resources REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS Valid Arizona Driver's License Proof of Auto Insurance Successful annual TB Test First Aid Adult, Child and Infant CPR Physical Exam Fingerprint Clearance Card Any other certification or acknowledgment as may be required by the agency or BHL WORKING CONDITIONS / PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Position requires periods of desk time, as well as periods of mobility Position requires the ability to keep pace with clients (Children ages birth to 18, and/or adults) Position may require lifting/carrying up to 50 lbs Position may require kneeling, reaching, and stooping Position requires fluent and effective communication skills with diverse age groups and population Job Posting – BHW II Page 2 of 2 05/29/07
Pages to are hidden for
"Job Posting"Please download to view full document


text:
Established by Aaron Richmond in 1938, the Series has evolved into New England's major presenting organization with over 100 performance and outreach activities annually.
For most of the Twentieth Century, there have been artists and works of art that have confronted us with cruelty, either in their subject matter, attitude or methodology. Artists like Francis Bacon (shown here); Antonin Artaud; Santiago Sierra; Otto Muel; Chris Burden; Sylvia Plath; Kara Walker and Jenny Holzer. Some of these works are violent and repugnant, but time and again artists and writers have asked us to look at or read these works. Works that seem to cross a line of our basic sense of humanity and decency. But will contemplation of these cruel works also make us cruel? What are we to make of these works? Do we need them? What about artwork that appears to exploit their subject or audience? These very difficult and complex questions are the subject for tonight's interview with writer, teacher and critic MAGGIE NELSON who will be discussing her new book THE ART OF CRUELTY: A RECKONING. Nota bene: some of the works discussed in tonight's show are violent or graphic
Of Interest
Get your tickets NOW!
We are celebrating our 45th ANNIVERSARY on the air by hosting a special event on April 2nd at Mechanics Hall.
12 Amazing Musicians
on ONE stage
this ONE NIGHT ONLY!
CLICK HERE for more info.
Become a Member Now
Can't remember the last time you gave? Time to become a SUSTAINER!!
Your ongoing monthly donation will ensure that your membership never expires.
CLICK HERE to join now.


text:
The Parent's Guide to Play
From the critics
Community Activity
CommentAdd a Comment
I checked this out for myself - to get ideas of games to play with my kiddos. But my son is the one who really loves it! He's 2, and he wants to read this book and look at pictures of other babies playing every night. Win!
AgeAdd Age Suitability
There are no ages for this title yet.
SummaryAdd a Summary
There are no summaries for this title yet.
NoticesAdd a Notice
There are no notices for this title yet.
QuotesAdd a Quote
There are no quotes for this title yet.


text:
By clicking Continue, I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Statement
Already have an account?
Chef Dean Marco's selection of broiled crab cakes, steaks, and seafood served at one of two country club locations
$40 $23
Seafood for Dinner at DiNardo's Famous Seafood (Up to 40% Off). Two Options Available.
DiNardo's Famous Seafood
DiNardo's Famous Seafood
Baltimore-style hot and dirty hard-shell crabs cooked with secret spices, platters of jumbo lump crab cakes, and shrimp-stuffed crab
View Deal
Upscale American Cuisine at Twenty9 in Malvern (Up to 38% Off). Two Options Available.
Twenty9 Restaurant & Bar
Twenty 9 Restaurant
Bacon enfolds filet mignon in upstairs dining room & gourmet toppings shower half-pound burgers in sports lounge below
Steak and Seafood for Two or Four at The Hunt Room (Up to 48% Off)
The Hunt Room
East Whiteland
Gourmet steaks and fresh seafood such as crab cakes, striped sea bass, and lobster bisque
Cajun Cuisine for Lunch or Dinner at Nora Lees French Quarter Bistro (Up to 60% Off)
Nora Lees French Quarter Bistro
Menu includes andouille meatloaf, crawfish nachos, alligator sausage jambalaya, Cajun popcorn, fried oysters, and pistachio-crusted chicken
Loading ...


text:
Technology Partners provide ready-to-use applications that extend Google Analytics in new and exciting ways. This includes solutions that help analysts, marketers, IT teams, and executives get the most out of Google Analytics.
Program benefits
Some of the benefits of joining the technology partner program include:
- quota increases;
- a public app listing in the Google Analytics Partner Gallery;
- access to promotional opportunities such as case studies, blog/social posts, video promotions;
- exclusive invitations to Google Analytics events.
Program eligibility
If you have developed an application or solution that integrates with the Google Analytics platform you can apply to join the Google Analytics Technology Partner Program.
You are eligible for the program if you use Google Analytics SDKs and APIs to build any of the following types of applications:
- Standalone — A standalone application that relies on Google Analytics (e.g. a mobile application that provides access to Google Analytics data).
- Integration as a feature — Provides additional capabilities for your users. (e.g. a reporting dashboard within a content management platform).
- Internal development — An application built for internal company use, not intended for external distribution (e.g. Internal reporting for the marketing team).
Getting started
If you think your application is eligible, the next steps are:
- Review the Become a Partner section to learn how to register your company and apply to become a technology partner.
- Once you've been approved learn about:


text:
Intel Capital Invests in CrowdStar, iStreamPlanet, Music Mastermind, and PerspecSysMay 23, 2011
Intel Corporation's global investment organization announces US$24.5 million in U.S. computing investments.more »
Free Software Projects Programmable Blinky Lights, DIY Desktop Fab and 3D Printing, Arduino BoardsMay 23, 2011
Free/Open Source isn't just about software, it's also about hardware. Open hardware projects are proliferating, and just like open source software, you can get started inexpensively. Here are three projects that are fun, useful, and suitable for beginners to embedded programming, robotics, and building electronic devices.more »
Ubuntu App Developer Week: April 11-15Apr 05, 2011
New and experienced developers are invited to participate in Ubuntu App Developer Week, April 11-15, at #ubuntu-classroom on IRC.more »
Bash scripting Getting started with Bash scriptingFeb 28, 2011
A few scripting tricks will help you save time by automating common tasks.more »
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and Updated SDK Tools ReleasedDec 06, 2010
Xavier Ducrohet, Android SDK Tech Lead, announces today's release of Android 2.3 and updated SDK tools.more »
MeeGo 1.1 ReleasedOct 29, 2010
MeeGo 1.1 rolls out; 1.2 expected in April 2011more »
Research In Motion Renames BlackBerry Widgets, Open Sources the ProjectSep 28, 2010
Widgets is now WebWorks as RIM makes steps toward application platform for Torch and Playbook.more »
MeeGo Gets Ported to Additional SmartphonesSep 27, 2010
Nexus One, HTC Desire, and Dell Streak all get the open source OS.more »
Issue 174/2015
Buy this issue as a PDF
Microsoft Frees Code for .NET Build Engine
MSBuild is now just another GitHub project as Redmond continues its path to the light.
Researchers Demonstrate Hack by Heat
Malware could pass data and commands between disconnected computers without leaving a trace on the network.
Kernel Developers Adopt Code of Conflict
New rules emphasize collegiality in coding.
Ubuntu Switches to systemd
Upstart lands in the dust bin as a new era begins for Linux.
Old Vulnerabilities Are Kept Alive Through Bad Configuration
HP's annual Cyber Risk report offers a bleak look at the state of IT.
Linus Torvalds Announces Linux 4.0
But what do the big numbers really mean?
Microsoft Frees CoreCLR
.NET Core execution engine is the basis for cross-platform .NET implementations.
New Trojan Attacks Linux Servers
The Xnote trojan hides itself on the target system and will launch a variety of attacks on command.
Cisco Releases Annual Security Report
Spammers go low-volume, and 90% of IE browsers are unpatched.
Zero Day Exploits Target Flash
Adobe scrambles to release patches for vulnerable Flash Player.


text:
A blog on the latest applications, articles, & research on chromatography solutions in sample preparation, Ion Chromatography (IC),High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Ion Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (IC-MS), Gas Chromatography (GC), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS and GC-MS/MS), and software (Chromeleon CDS, LIMS, and ProteinCenter).
Current Articles
RSS Feed
Most of my early research career focused on the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins and in those days there was only one worthy PTM in my eyes and that was phosphorylation while glycosylation hardly registered. That was because phosphorylation governed important cellular processes (in my view at least) such as cell signalling; however, my love of phosphorylation slowly waned as I grew to understand the only reliable method to measure phosphorylation was with the potentially harmful radioactive Phosphorus-32 (32P)! (Link to Wikipedia page.) That's when I started to get more interested in glycosylation and the huge diversity of modifications this could entail, after all phosphorylation was only adding phosphate on to a serine, threonine or tyrosine. Glycosylation offered more possibilities and intrigue and the opportunity to use other analytical techniques that didn't involve 32P.
Read More
As an immunologist and analytical scientist, I have always been fascinated with the immune system and how pathogens and the immune system have evolved hand-in-hand as the former seeks new ways to avoid and disguise itself from the latter and the immune system develops alternative mechanisms to seek out and destroy invading pathogens. It's a miniature arms race occurring inside each and every one of us, but only really becoming noticeable to us when we feel the effects of the raging battle through illness. I do believe that the immune system represents a model and spell-binding system in which to view evolution occurring, although my young children would probably disagree and much prefer an alternative bedtime story to one of my favorite books for children, titled, Your Amazing Immune System! (details of how to get a free copy of this book if you wish to go with the immunological children's bedtime story.)
Did you know that the leaders in production of biofuels are the United States, France, Sweden, and Germany? And, the goal in the U.S. is to replace 75% of its imported oil by 2025 by alternative power sources including biofuels? (Source & Link Wikipedia).
The ongoing challenge for food regulatory bodies is not just identifying food contamination problems but also making sure that product formulation and product quality meets regulatory standards and food manufacturers report any ingredients that might impact immune-and allergy-sensitive individuals. By the way, did you know that India has banned the import of milk and milk products from China until June 2015 due to concerns of contamination of melamine? And. you can read about our solutions on the analysis of melamine in pet food and milk (link to post) on this blog.
Here, I am pleased to present two ion chromatography research studies on two common human pathogens, namely Streptococcus pneumoniae (pictured here) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that have become increasingly dangerous to humans as a result of their resistance to antibiotics. Indeed, the World Health Organization's (WHO) first global report on antibiotic resistance (link to report) has revealed a worldwide threat to public health and as per their findings this is a serious threat and potentially may affect anyone, in any region of the world. Without an urgent action plan, the world may be en route to a post-antibiotic era, where antibiotics may become ineffective and common infections and minor injuries may have the ability to kill again.
In this very short blog post, I wanted to provide a link to a great resource, Advanstar Science's Chromatography and Sample Preparation Terminology Guide (link to page where you can click Register, fill out a brief form and then download the guide).
After last month's post featuring chromatography applications for the analysis of sugars and artificial sweeteners in beverages (link to post), I am pleased to present two more application notebooks for the analysis of beverages, one for the analysis of carbonated beverages and the other for the analysis of additives in beverages.
It has been a few months since I featured any chromatography methods in botany research studies, and here, I am pleased to present several peer-reviewed articles feature the use of our ion chromatography systems and columns.
Have you been following the increasing efforts by various governments to regulate the amount of sugar in beverages or impose sugar taxes on sugary drinks in an effort to reduce sugar in food and beverage products? In one story, UK's chief medical officer told a committee of MPs that a sugar tax may have to be introduced to curb obesity rates (link to story) and in another story, the state of Illinois, in the USA, is considering a new tax on sugary beverages (link to story). By the way, a new study concluded that fruit juice has only a bit less fructose than sugary sodas (link to study).
In our 90-plus page Beverages Applications Notebook: Milk (downloadable PDF), we present applications for monitoring the compositional quality and safety of milk and milk products such as baby formula, lactose-free milk products, and milk for tracking contamination, adulteration, product consistency, and to ensure regulatory compliance.
© 2015 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
UN-SPIDER organised a a Capacity Building Programme in Bangladesh from 12 to 16 May 2013 on topic "Space Technology for Flood
Free tagging:
On 15 May, 2013, UNITAR/UNOSAT, on behalf of UNOCHA, activated the International Charter Space and Major Disasters to obtain satellite-derived image-products for the impact of tropical cyclone Mahasen.
The north eastern and northern districts including Sylhet, Moulavibazar, Sunamganj, Habiganj, Netrokona, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat of Bangladesh have been inundated due to heavy downpour and of on-rush flood water from upstream (Assam and Meghalaya in India) for last couple of weeks.
Source: glidenumber
Disaster Type:
Heavy rains caused floods and landslides in southeast Bangladesh, killing at least 58 people.
The nor'wester that played havoc in eastern India on the night of 14 April 2010 also hit border districts of Dinajpur, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram in Bangladesh. Some adjacent districts including Gaibandha, Sirjaganj and Bogra were also affected.
Source: GlideNumber
Areas affected by Cyclone Aila have been hit by flooding and swollen rivers due to high tides. Over 45,000 are marooned, 28 villages inundated.
Image shows anomalies in rainfall between July 14 and July 20, 2009. Most of India and Bangladesh are brown, showing that less rain fell than average during the week. One of India's primary crop areas is in the north, where less rain has fallen. According to BBC News, Bangladesh had received 40 percent less monsoon rain than normal by July 20, triggering fears of food shortages. (Source NASA)
Torrential rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing six people and stranding half a million in their homes.
Sources : Glide number
Ressources from OCHA/REliefweb, click here
Bangladesh evacuated 400,000 people to emergency shelters on the southwestern coast as a cyclone hit the country, as well as neighbouring India, on 25 May.
Cyclone Bijli cyclone battered the Bangladesh coast with heavy rain and winds of up to 100 kph (62 mph) on Friday, forcing the storm-prone country to evacuate thousands of people.
Source : Glide number
© 2015 UNOOSA - All Rights Reserved


text:
TIG is a Rwandan program allowing people found guilty of participating in the genocide to serve all or part of their sentences doing community service. TIG, "Travail d'Intérêt Général," is a French acronym that means "works of general service." The program is normally referred to as community service, but it is not the same kind of community service we see in the United States.
The program allows eligible prisoners to complete their sentences through participation in activities such as clearing ground, road building, construction of houses for genocide survivors, clay mining, and brick and tile manufacturing. Participants are referred to as tigistes and they engage in hard physical labor: breaking and hauling rocks, digging with picks and shovels, and manually moving earth by hand, sack, or wheel barrel. Many of the workers do not wear shoes.
The Rwandan government hails TIG as the best way to blend justice and reconciliation, helping to ease confessed killers back into Rwandan society. Reintegration, skill training, re-education and sensitization are part of the TIG design.
A million people were killed in the genocide; millions more were implicated, both directly and indirectly, as participants in the killings. Supporters of the program reason that all who participated cannot possibly be imprisoned, and TIG administers appropriate justice while serving to reconcile the Rwandan population. However, the program is not without its controversy. Some victims' groups believe that consequences for the guilty are too lenient for the crimes they committed.
A day spent touring the TIG work sites was not about testimonials from the prisoners, evaluating philosophical approaches, punitive effectiveness, or rehabilitative results. It was centered around operational functions and the people carrying them out.
I toured three primary sites in eight hours, as well as a camp compound where large orange tents provide living quarters for the tigistes. By the end of the day I had seen every aspect of housing construction for genocide survivors. The tigistes mined raw materials – from dirt for bricks, to clay for molding roofing tiles, to earthen materials used to make the hard concrete pads that serve as foundations for the houses, and the smooth adobe that covers and seals the brick walls. Each process began with digging earth.
Homes are built from the ground up, starting with excavation – not of a basement, but a thirty meter rectangularpit – the toilet.
Bricks that make the core walls of houses also begin with excavation. Red dirt, the hallmark of African soil, is dug from a hillside, sifted, sorted and carried off.
A hundred meters uphill from the quarry are two hydraulic compressors designed for molding bricks. Each machine, the size of a refrigerator, is run by a small kerosene generator. Other than the car we drove in on, they are the only machinery on site
Forty minutes by car, nestled at the head of an open valley with terraced hills rising from three sides, is a tile and brick factory. Clay mined from a river bed is used for construction of rounded roof tiles and other types of brick and building materials.
Again, the first step begins with excavation. Clay is carried and piled inside open buildings where it's processed for tile and brick molding. Processing consists of stomping and beating the clay with Neanderthal sized wooden clubs.
When ready, it's taken to other areas for tile and brick fashioning.
Later that afternoon we ate lunch with administrators at a camp where large orange tents had been erected for shelter and sleeping quarters while these tigistes finish their time in the program.
All photography copyright 2009 Adam Bacher. Absolutely no use without prior authorization.
Dear Adam.
The photos are very strong! I would like to ask you if I can use one of them to show at my school. I was in Rwanda this January and we visited TIG but were not allowed to take pictures. I am a community college teacher and want to show my students in a Peace and Conflict course.
I would be grateful for your permission. The one I want is
I would like to thank you for the efforts you've put in writing this site. I am hoping the same high-grade website post from you in the upcoming also. In fact your creative writing skills has encouraged me to get my own web site now. Actually the blogging is spreading its wings rapidly. Your write up is a good example of it.
I am Rwandan and happened to have lost many of my people during the genocide. My mother died in a refugee camp in 1994 in Eastern Congo. I wasn't able to be with her. I don't know even where she is buried or if she was even buried at all. My surviving relatives are either in prison or denied fundamental rights such as exercising their freedom of speech or association or property.
TIG that this article praises happened to be a modernised version of what my Hutu parents experienced during the Tutsi monarchy before Rwanda's independence. Today Tutsi are ruling over the country. An updated system for Hutu enslavement was necessary to avoid formal suspicions against an apartheid like official policy.
The narrative of the genocide is today being reviewed. There have been many cover ups. But the one thing I would highlight here is who was to benefit from the tragedy. Unless those who praise above pictures cannot go beyond the official narrative about Hutus as described as only animals who look like human, it would be unconceivable not to review what hapened in 1994 under a different perspective.
If the objective was to enslave again Hutus as before, haven't the ruling Tutsis today achieved it by using the genocide. If this was their objective, didn't they make it happen, pushing Hutus, using them sometime to massacre Tutsi, while themselves killing indistinctively Hutus and Tutsi they didn't want?
Please stop looking at these poor Hutus as if they were exotic gorillas. I don't deny that there may be some who effectively committed genocide. But what I oppose is using a crime of the few for victimising a whole community for policial strategy. And that's what Paul Kagame, the Rwandan dictator, has managed to achieve and make the external world think and believe that he is performing a great job.
Well done, for the wonderful pictures. Please continue doing what you are doing.
This is fantastic
This is a really touching and wonderfull story that you have covered, really enjoyed going through the article.
A junior passionate photographer like me has got a lot to learn from you. You really inspired me.
Looking forward to hear from you
This is a beautiful and interesting blog entry – how informed Rwanda appears to be regarding rehabilitation of political prisoners – as opposed to our ham-handed half-hearted attempts, over-crowded prisons, starving prisoners, and torture.


text:
Aliases: Dirt McGirt
Past Groups: Wu-Tang Clan
Sort By:
Shimmy Shimmy Ya (1995)was sampled in
- Fuckin' Problems by A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar (2012)
- Bass by A$AP Rocky (2011)
- Dance Again by Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull (2012)
Keep the Receipt (2003)by Kanye West feat. Ol' Dirty Bastardwas sampled in
- I'm Old School by Senica Da Misfit and Jimmy Flight (2012)
- Forma De Esforço by Sr. Alfaiate (2010)
MTV News 1515 Interview (1999)was sampled in
- Take 1 by Main Attrakionz feat. A$AP Rocky (2011)
Show and Prove (1994)by Big Daddy Kane, Big Scoob and Sauce Money feat. Shyheim, Jay Z and Ol' Dirty Bastardwas sampled in
- Danger by Blahzay Blahzay (1996)
- Danger by Funky DL feat. Dukus Alemay (2007)
Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) (1998)by Pras feat. Mýa and Ol' Dirty Bastardwas sampled in
- Islands in the Stream (2004) by Bee Gees (2004)
- Like This by Girl Talk (2008)
- Polka Power! by "Weird Al" Yankovic (1999)
Brooklyn Zoo (1995)was sampled in
- Brooklyn's Finest by Jay Z feat. The Notorious B.I.G. (1996)
- Girlfriend by Alicia Keys (2001)
- Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane) by Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Ghostface Killah (1995)
was sampled in
- Ruckus in B Minor by Wu-Tang Clan (2014)
Snakes (1995)by Ol' Dirty Bastard and Killah Priest feat. RZA, Masta Killa and Buddha Monkwas sampled in
- Fool's Gold by Zion I (2000)
Pop Shots (2005)was sampled in
- Strange Enough by N.A.S.A. feat. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Fatlip (2009)
- Who I Be by Diamond District (2009)
Fantasy (Bad Boy Remix) (1995)by Mariah Carey feat. Ol' Dirty Bastardwas sampled in
- Obsessed (Remix) by Mariah Carey feat. Gucci Mane (2009)
DâM-CresT said 2 months ago:
Ege Can Aktaş said 4 months ago:
My n****


text:
Oriental Weavers Lagos 1442P Indoor/Outdoor Area RugItem # HN-OWS952
- Easy-care polypropylene material
- Perfect for indoor or outdoor spaces
- Contemporary pattern in rich colors
- Choice of sizes
Similar Area Rugs
KitchenAid KSM150PSGC 5 Qt. Artisan Series Stand Mixer - Gloss Cinnamon
Celestron AstroMaster 114 EQ Reflector Telescope
Bowflex SelectTech 1090 Adjustable Dumbbells- 10-90 lbs.
$279.99 - $829.98
Pearl Mantels Shenandoah Traditional Fireplace Mantel Shelf
$169.98 - $412.99
Precision Cape Cod Chicken Coop
Hayneedle Celestron AstroMaster 114 EQ Reflector Telescope
for reviewing this product when you join My Hayneedle Rewards
Write a review
200 points for each review = $2
300 points for reviews including an image or video = $3 Learn More
Customer Q & A
Enter your question, and one of our Customer Care experts will respond via email and also post the answer here.
Your Valid Email
Your Question


text:
Filter By:
- Shun Classic Hollow-Ground Nakiri Knife
- Monogram
- Video
- Special Offer
- Exclusive
This western style knife is part of the Reserve collection from Shun and is as beautiful to behold as it is a pleasure to use. A core tool in professional kitchens, a chefs knife is indispensable for everyday cutting ...
More than 25 years ago, Global forever changed the rules of cutlery design by introducing the first ever one piece stainless steel kitchen knife. To celebrate that achievement, Global has created their anniversary edition utility knife. Made to the ...
Known in Japan as a gyuto, this light, nimble knife is ideal for slicing meat and fish, and it performs beautifully on vegetables too. The blade is narrower than a traditional chef's knife but still offers plenty of knuckle ...
Produced by Japans leading blade manufacturer, Shun knives reflect the craftsmanship of a centuries old tradition of Japanese knife making. This stunning 34 piece set a Williams Sonoma exclusive is the ultimate Shun knife collection, spanning a complete range ...


text:
Sorry, no featured properties currently.
Published: September 19, 2008
Special to The Vindicator/Nick Mays
RIVALS: Meredith Gleichert (14) of Canfield and Tatum Marucci of Poland battle for the ball during a recent game.
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Forgotten your password?
Your e-mail:


text:
Employee of the Month
Employee of the Month winners are nominated by professional staff at the University Student Union for their exemplary service and voted on by a committee composed of Student Building Leads on a monthly basis.
Michelle (March)
As a part of our Operations team Michelle exemplifies the core values of the USU every day. Her hard work and dedication never goes unnoticed and she is always taking the initiative to get things done! Michelle is very goal-oriented and detail-focused which reflects through her hard work ethic. She always has a positive outlook on things and comes to work with a smile on her face. What stands out most about her is that she strives for perfection, she puts in so much effort while on shift and it is much appreciated. All of Michelle's hard work lead to her new position as our Operations and Logistics Assistant where she will be working hand in hand with our Logistics Coordinator to help with the needs of the USU. All of this and so much more is why Michelle is our employee of the month and we wish her luck with her new position where she will be just as amazing. Keep up all the great work Michelle!
Dmitri (February)
In his work as the Program Coordinator for USUAB, Dmitri always goes above and beyond to make sure our events, meetings, and trainings run smoothly. Not only is he a diligent worker, but he is also a supportive teammate to all of his coworkers at the USU and Clarke Field House. When help is needed for large and small tasks, Dmitri is always one of the first to volunteer. What really stands out most about Dmitri, however, is his positive attitude. Whether he is at events or in the office, he always has a smile on his face and an upbeat demeanor that makes working with him so enjoyable. Thanks for everything you do, Dmitri!
Scott (December)
As part of the Marketing department, Scott consistently completes stellar work but more importantly does it in a timely and professional manner. He is always eager to take on new projects and frequently takes initiative to update digital signage and website content without being asked. The zeal with which he completes his work is apparent to those he interacts with and in the quality of the work he creates. Thank you for your hard work, Scott!
Monique (November)
The USU is often a busy, fast-paced environment for USU Student Assistants, but working with Monique means that it will also be friendly and fun. Monique exemplifies leadership potential by providing the USU with a dependable and proactive mentality while she works. She always takes the initiative. Monique's diligent persona means that while she is working, she strives to perform any given task with excellence. Her dedication to perfecting the USU's presentation is apparent and her professionalism rarely goes unnoticed. For her productive, goal-oriented and detail-focused performance, Monique is our October employee of the month.
Anthony (October)
The Operations Student Assistants at the USU have many tasks, from cleaning the entire building to setting up large events for our patron's to enjoy. Though the job is demanding, Anthony completes his tasks with ease, and exceptionally meets standards in a short period of time. Anthony is action-oriented, ambitious, and displays leadership and initiative. For all this and much more, Anthony is our October employee of the month.
Antonette (September)
Antonette's dedication and hard work never goes unnoticed! She spreads positivity and exemplifies the core values of the USU. She is an outstanding student assistant of our Operations and AV/IT departments. She always comes into work with a smile on her face and always offers friendly support to those around her. She's very energetic and always willing to learn more. It is such a pleasure working with her. Keep up the amazing work Netta. You're doing a great job!


text:
Surgery Center,
Imaging Center and
GPO Executives
"HCP is a fantastic event that we look forward to. The conference is modeled in such a way that decision makers from 'both sides of the fence' are intermingling the entire time. HCP has struck a near-perfect balance between education, networking and entertainment that maximizes your time and investment."
Brian Borst, President
Pharmacy Computer Services, Inc.
"It would take weeks if not months of aggressive sales pitches to meet as many provider executives as I do during these three-day conferences. These events are some of the best I attend and the ROI is always rewarding."
Cindy Chadwick, BS
ChekMeds, Inc.
© 2015 Health Connect Partners, Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Use