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LAWRENCEVILLE - The Gwinnett County Public Library plans to make it easy Monday to learn about the Big Easy.As part of its mission to support the community's informational, educational and recreational interests with convenient, creative, customer-friendly access to materials and services, the library will host "New Orleans: Journey of a City" at 7 p.m. Monday at its Five Forks Branch. On hand for the occasion will be two authors who specialize in writing about the spirited American city and its colorful European and Creole cultures. The first author, Louise McKinney, is a native of Canada and author of the recent book 'New Orleans: A Cultural History.' The book received favorable reviews in Great Britain's The Guardian, New Orleans Magazine and The Times-Picayune, the city's largest newspaper. The second author, Ron Gauthier, is a native of New Orleans and was forced to evacuate following Hurricane Katrina. His novels, "Prey for Me: A New Orleans Mystery" and 'Hard Time on the Bayou' are both a result of Gauthier's love for New Orleans and his dedication to preserving the unique culture of his home city. According to the Michelle Long, public relations director for the library, the program will address the distinctive elements of Creole including the language, cuisine, architecture, history and the fiercely proud natives of New Orleans. Books from both authors will be available for purchase. The Five Forks branch is located at 2780 Five Forks-Trickum Road in Lawrenceville. For more information, call 770-978-5154.
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Going South: A Ride for First
With my mind always looking for the next motorcycle trip, my two week vacation in Ohio was in trouble. Thinking about going home made me want to see my family and friends but also led me think about the great riding I was missing back that way too. So thoughts of day tripping to weekend adventures evolved into a 5-day trip from Ohio down to Georgia, riding some old Cb750s with my friend Aaron from high school. I would be leaving the Tiger in Mass. this time and caging it to Ohio.
Before the trip even started, getting my CB up to ride worthy and reliable state was in question until the day we left. Up till the trip it has only seen short day trips and usually was a continual work in progress every time I road it. Plus it had sat all summer since I last went home back in April with the diagnosis of needing the carbs cleaned, brake pads replaced, new alternator/rotor, along with other electronic parts. I ordered the parts and left it up to my Dad to get it back in shape. No fault to him, two days before the trip none of the above have been done as the rotor was seized on the bike. My dad had spent the last 2 weeks trying to soak with penetrating oil and put tension on the rotor to pop it off with no luck. Just getting the bolt of the rotor was a day's job, it had been extremely over tightened. He also stripped the puller we had and nearly the spare we purchased too. Not believing his story when I arrived I promptly tried to get it off with a puller and some heat. Everything I read made it seem to be a pretty easy job. After an hour I gave up, we ended up having to cut the rotor so we could split it with a chisel to relieve the tension. Spending a day getting the rotor off the rest was smooth sailing with the exception of getting one carb to stop pissing gas everywhere.
Time for a test ride with Dad. We hardly ever get to ride together but its a lot of fun when we do. His bike a 1985(?) CB450 Nighthawk and was my backup if the CB750 was down. I was defiantly trying to avoid having to take it too. It a nice bike but to small for me and a little down on power and braking compared to was I'm used too.
Test ride complete the bike seems to be be good but the next day I start to make the 100 mile ride to my grandparent's where I'm staying. With a different carb is pissing a little gas now and then. Oh well better than the last one which pissed everywhere at stoplights, etc. This one only did it when the bike was off. Ignoring any other problems Aaron and I meet up the next morning and we start booking it down to WV.
For the record Aaron's bike is the blue 1981 CB750C. He bought it at the beginning of the summer with the orginal tires on it and about 3000 miles on the clock. He put some work into it and it's a fine bike. Mines white with the "AMERICA" sticker on the tank and topcase, a 1980 CB750F.
The nice little switchback road on the way up and down to the gorge bridge.
Day one weather looked like rain most of the day with only one 10 minute downpour. Other than that it just sprinkled here and there.
Good riding around New River Gorge.
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Night one we stop at Pipestem Resort State Park. We saw probably close to 100 deer in the park on are way to the campsite. Glad we weren't out riding too much in the even that day.
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"Obviously he is not ready at this point in time," Mr Kerry said in an interview with Al-Arabiya on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.
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Liang Yaohui became a multimillionaire before he was targeted in a crackdown on vice and was charged in a prostitution scandal.
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Located in 1st Arrondissement, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Galerie Vivenne, Palais Royal, and Paris Opera. Louvre Museum and Galeries Lafayette are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Q&A
The Californian invited candidates for the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District board to answer three questions about the city and have those answers published. Candidates' responses were limited to 200 words and their answers are otherwise unedited. Six candidates are seeking three seats in the Nov. 7 election.
Question: With growth expected to explode in the Lake Elsinore area in the next 20 years, how will EVMWD guarantee a reliable supply of clean water to its customers?
Kristine M. Anderson
Growth has already exploded in our communities and EVMWD continues to think ahead for the next 20 years. It is imperative when requests are made for water, EVMWD can meet the demand. When someone goes to take a shower, the water needs to be there for them to use. It is too late when the pipe is dry or the line can not hold any more water. Designs and plans need to be started years in advance.
Currently, the district has 4 different sources of supply available to serve its customers -- the Temescal Valley Pipeline, coming from the north, the Auld Valley Pipeline, from the south, the Railroad Canyon treatment plant and local wells. The Back Basin Groundwater Project is another future source that will be used in the years of drought. EVMWD will be injecting water into the ground for underground storage that can be extracted when needed.
Also, in the future working with Western Municipal Water district, there is a new pipeline that would be coming out of the San Bernardino area through a 6 foot wide pipeline to be used to serve EVMWD customers. In addition, EVMWD is planning on 2 more local wells.
Judy Guglielmana
I have lived in lake Elsinore for 34 years. I have seen its population double and it looks like it's going to double again in the next two decades. As a Parent and Grandmother future water sources are very important to me and my family. I will carry that same concern to EVMWD's Board of Directors. I want to make sure Lake Elsinore has multiple sources of water. I'm a strong believer in water conservation and water reuse. Every gallon saved means a gallon of water that can be used for drinking. Taste and quality of water is of major importance. No one likes the taste of chlorine in their drinking water. I think it is time for EVMWD top improve the taste of water for all customers. Along with taste and quality I'm worried about rising cost of water and sewer. I will look to cut wasteful spending. Every dollar that is saved is a dollar that can be used to reduce water and sewer rates. if elected, before I would ever vote for an increase in the rates and fees, I would make sure we are not spending money on some wild project.
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The EVMWD needs to recognize what the most important issue is that our community faces a lack of clean water and divert their energy into making clean, potable water the #1 priority. Before we can create a plan to accommodate the increasing need for clean water for this population explosion, we first have to make sure that we will have viable resources available to offer; we have to make sure we have clean water to start. I can't, in good conscience say, that we can guarantee a reliable supply of clean water 20 years down the line,unless the majority of the current EVMWD players are willing to refocus their energy from miscellaneous projects toward finding a timely, efficient, and economically feasible solution to this most important priority of developing a clean, potable water source.


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Greetings all,
We have been slowly curing our 42 inch Pompeii oven that my son and I built. On day 8 we are seeing some cracks on the outside of the dome. We have not yet put on our insulating layer of heat stop mortar which we will do this week followed by framing the dome in with durock and filling it with vermiculite.
Question is, how much to worry about cracks? I see them in a few spots either running around sections of the dome or up and down. I believe the dome would stand strong even without most of our mortar as we tapered each course of bricks for tighter fit.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Joe in Connecticut
Cracks, everybody has them.
Everybody has some cracks eventually Joe. Worry only if it leaks smoke or undermines stability, which is unlikely with tapered bricks. :)
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Lburou, thanks for the quick response. Just made our first pizza's and they came out pretty good. Needing to get better tools with longer handles quickly! Your oven looks great. Wishing mine was so tight.
In reading some other posts, I fear I may have made a significant error in not putting any insulation between my concrete slab and firebrick floor. I had spoken to several masons and concrete folks in the area about insulations but none never heard of it.
Knowing that I will lose heat out of the bottom does anyone have any suggestions? Might I just need to add extra wood and wait longer for it to reach the needed temperature?
Also, when I frame out my dome and fill it with insulation vermiculite, do you recommend loose vermiculate inside a fiberboard frame or do I mix it with portland cement? I was thinking about 4 inches to insulate around the dome.
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You're going to have real trouble getting and keeping pizza temperatures on that floor.
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Sorry if I missed it but if you didn't mortar the floor bricks in place and the dome doesn't sit on the floor bricks you could add rigid insulation under your floor bricks. Yes its work but it could be done. The rigid insulation comes in thicknesses from 1/4 to 2.5 inches and even a 1/2 inch will make a difference. Your trade offs will be how much of the sacred 60 some percent door to interior dome height ratio you are willing to lose. You'll save money on the firewood and gain flexibility in oven use if you can make the change. Don't underestimate the flexibility of these ovens with regards to minor changes.
PS The 2 inch insulation under my dome cost $200 this was for a 4 by 6 foot sheet.
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Hello jdefeo,
In your post #1 you mention "We have not yet put on our insulating layer of heat stop mortar........." Heat Stop is mortar, not insulation.
You will need a lot of vermiculite if you intend to fill the enclosure. Some of the places will eat up vermiculite without giving any insulation value. Corners and areas within the studs for example. I made an enclosure of aluminum window screen and fastened it to the slab around the dome then filled it with vermiculite. No need to fill useless voids with expensive insulation. One of my construction photos shows the screen and vermiculite.
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Thanks all for the feedback. I figured I would need to burn more wood to keep it hot. Our first pizza only took 2 minutes but I can see we need to work on getting the floor a bit hotter as the cheese began to brown a bit too quick in relation to the crust getting that browned/ a bit burnt texture. Looking forward to practicing!
I like the idea of limiting the area around the dome for vermiculite. Thanks for that suggestion.
Unfortunately (or not) we mortared the firebrick floor to the slab and the dome also sits on the floor so we won't be removing them anytime soon to insulate underneath.
I will be interested to see how insulating the dome helps as well as how much more wood we will need especially in winter.
This project was a combination of my desire for an oven and my son's 7th grade school project! A bit big for a school project to say the least but we had a lot of fun and surprisingly, we did better than we may have anticipated. We didn't use any forms (risky yes, and not out of skill but simplicity(one less thing to figure out), and Italian stubborness). Hope to post some pictures soon.
Question about doors when heating up the oven.
Does anyone put the door in part way or just leave it off completely when heating up your oven? I haven't ordered one yet but want to learn how to use it well.
Thanks again,
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Hi jdefeo,
There are several things you can do with doors. One, put the door tight up against the inner arch to keep heat from piling out. BUT, do not do this while there is live flame in the oven. If you were to take the door off soon afterwards then fresh air rushing in could easily create back draft and a dangerous situation. Doors are often placed against the inner arch after embers are swept out, as for bread baking.
Two, place the door at the front of the oven in such a way that the heat can still vent up the chimney. Lots of reasons you might want to do that.
Third, you can make a "draft door" and place it at the front of the oven with the chimney between. Cut a hole or series of holes at the bottom of the door to allow air in. This will allow a live fire to benefit from a draft adjustment of sorts while allowing heat to go up the chimney. Others will chime in to describe their draft doors or you can search on the forum about them. Otherwise, don't plug the oven entrance if you have a live fire.
If you are considering insulation at all then there is a slight chance putting it against the bottom of the slab might help...a little. The slab is a huge heat sink but if it is hot under the slab then adding insulation could provide some benefit. Forum members may be divided about this but it is a thought for discussion.
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I was thinking about your situation since reading about your uninsulated floor and the burned cheese. In your position, I might consider cooking the pizza dough on a pizza pan for a minute, removing from the oven, then cooking it again briefly with the toppings on it. I've read of someone doing that (for different reasons) but it might work around the larger than normal temperature difference you have between the dome and floor.
One other trick I've read about is to let the oven set 30-45 minutes, (with an insulated door in place over the inner arch), after getting it up to heat to equalize temps within the oven. Have you tried that yet?
Early versions of the fornobravo plans had insulation on the bottom of the hearth slab and they worked well enough....You are not much worse off than they were. :)
Regards, :)
P.S. I would enjoy seeing some pictures of your oven.
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OptimumBank Improves Backups, Bolsters Client Security
After evacuating for two weeks in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma, Florida-based OptimumBank knew the importance of protecting its critical data. "Disaster recovery definitely became less of a hypothetical scenario," said Seth Goldstein, the bank's vice president of Information Systems. "It wasn't soon after that we began to look at co-location facilities in North Carolina."
The bank's backup and recovery processes were much like many other community banks of its size. Its handful of branches relied heavily on tapes, and the bank's non-IT employees were often tasked with monitoring backups, changing out tapes, and labeling each tape for couriers who shuttled them and other bank paperwork between locations. Restores from tape were slow and problematic.
Scaling a tape backup model as the company grew seemed to invite more issues. "We would have needed to invest in new tape formats and more complex equipment while maintaining backward compatibility, not to mention paying staff to ship and swap cartridges for me at the colocation facility," said Goldstein. It was time to apply OptimumBank's own core belief to the issue: find quality partners who can provide proven innovative technologies to address the needs of our stakeholders—this time regarding the ability to bounce back quickly from disaster.
Goldstein, and OptimumBank's CTO and Executive Vice President Tom Procelli, both subscribe to what Goldstein calls the "LOCKS (Lots Of Copies Keep'em Safe)" philosophy: "We like having lots of copies of the data to keep things safe," he said.
"We wanted to make sure all the data we needed would be in a safe place and recoverable," added Procelli. "You can always rebuild the infrastructure and put in new equipment, but the data is the part that will make or break the recovery. That's the most critical piece and the most important. So, we were striving to have it available not only in one location, but multiple locations." Affordability was also a factor. The key elements they hoped to achieve in a new backup and recovery solution included:
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- Faster, more flexible data restores to various locations
- Encrypted backups for increased security
- Centralized backup operations that eliminate the use of non-IT staff for tape management
- Disk-to-disk technology for primary backups; use of tape for archival storage
- Easily modified backup routines that accommodate changing priorities or increased backup requirements
Describing their prior backup process as a "very standard program," Goldstein said the bank found itself following a traditional tape-based backup routine that involved rotating tapes, using couriers to move tapes between branches, and relying on branch office personnel to manage the process.
While this worked up to a point, Goldstein readily admitted it wasn't ideal. "The servers in each branch location were being backed up with a local tape drive. This created work for the staff. We were also dependent on the staff remembering to switch tapes, report when things weren't right, ensure the tapes got to the courier and that they were labeled properly."
As the bank added more branches, it acquired more tape drives that weren't always fully compatible with tapes at other branches. That made it more difficult to recover the data from another location. Tapes stored at branches created a challenge if someone needed access outside of normal business hours. "Once they were locked up in the vault, the tapes would not be accessible until morning. If you needed it on a Saturday, you had to wait until Monday," said Goldstein.
The bank also used single tape drives attached to servers, which restricted the number of backups that could be performed. Custom backups meant performing separate jobs and, often, different sets of physical tape. Once again, branch office staff had to oversee the job. Because the tapes were reused frequently, Goldstein said he was also concerned they might not perform when you really needed them. "You tend to push these tapes in terms of their age a bit longer than you should. And, we never knew at what point our luck was going to run out."
To help them find a better solution, OptimumBank turned to its trusted technology partner, InfoSight, Inc. Based in Miami Lakes, Florida, InfoSight had built a reputation for assisting financial institutions with setting up, monitoring and troubleshooting their day-to-day network operations, business applications, and data.
According to InfoSight's Regional Sales Director Tom Grady, the choice of EVault was straightforward. "EVault had a pretty good financial focus and a good list of banks that were already using its services. It just seemed to us that EVault was the only thing that could fit all of OptimumBank's criteria at the time-like compliance issues, the ability to speed backups/restores as well as manage the backup process centrally through the EVault interface. All of those factors led us right down the path to recommend EVault," said Brady.
InfoSight performed careful due diligence before recommending EVault. "If we bring a solution to our customers, they know it's already been scrutinized by us to determine whether or not it's going to work-from both a compliance side and a technology side. We were comfortable putting the EVault solution on the table and seeing how it could help OptimumBank achieve what they wanted."
Especially important in the decision to go with EVault was the way it minimized the amount of data crossing the WAN. Its DeltaPro technology sends only the new and changed data blocks since the previous backup.
EVault's efficient use of WAN bandwidth hit a positive note with Procelli. "If there is a major problem-regardless of what it is-you need to have the data in multiple places and it has to be efficiently pushed to the location where you're going to store it without driving your communication costs sky-high," he said. "EVault helps us do that." Goldstein also liked that he could send backup data across the WAN via his Internet DSL connection during normal business hours if necessary, and the software is able to accommodate traffic variations on the line.
The EVault installation was painless. "It plugged right into our existing network. We didn't have to change it," said Goldstein. "It helped that the EVault representative had done a lot of these types of installs before, and had actually come from a community bank like ours, so he knew exactly what we were trying to do."
Since implementing EVault, OptimumBank has put EVault InfoStage to the test for its local data recovery issues. Each time, EVault passed. "We had a branch server go down last year in the middle of the night. I actually recovered the files from the DR site while in my pajamas from home. The files were ready to use with the new equipment first thing in the morning" said Goldstein. "It had been so long since I'd looked through the EVault manual that I needed a quick refresher. But, I was able to get someone from EVault on the phone right away. They held my hand all the way through it. It really helped with the speed of our recovery the next day."
Goldstein also likes the fact that backups are now centralized-with no more need to swap tapes or rely on others at the branches. "I can actually prioritize backups now for some of the more critical applications and take [disk-based] snapshots more frequently for those," he said. "I can also access EVault remotely and restore it to other locations. Sometimes I even use it to grab copies of things from the vault because it's almost easier than figuring out where else to get the data from."
Facing a more active than usual hurricane season again this year, Goldstein appreciates that he can quickly build a snapshot of the data if there's a potential threat on the horizon and take a copy with him. "I can actually back up to a portable USB drive and put it in my briefcase-knowing it's safe, secure, encrypted and with me." Disaster recovery testing has also been a lot less painful. "For me to run a test with a bunch of tapes, it can take a couple of hours. I have to make special arrangements to bring all the tapes in one place. With EVault, I can restore in just minutes. It's simply not a fair fight," he said.
Now that EVault is in place to help the bank recover from a worst-case scenario, he already has plans to develop a remote branch backup strategy using EVault InfoStage LocalRecovery to create local branch backup vaults. This will decrease the backup window and improve recovery times because data can travel at LAN speeds. He explains this approach as follows: "We'll maintain our offsite storage with one schedule that works for us and also set up local vaults where we can have an even more frequent retention and backup schedule between locations."
Beyond the flexibility, cost savings, and faster restores, the bank's IT staff is now certain about its data protection. "Peace of mind is really what it's about," said Goldstein. "That's why we partnered with InfoSight. That's why we have EVault. That makes us sleep well at night. We have a lot of confidence in both organizations. We just know in the event we need them, they'll be there."
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday launched an aggressive defense of his landmark healthcare law, attacking Republicans for seeking its repeal without offering a substitute for the millions of Americans who would be left uninsured.
With enrollment set to begin on October 1 for individuals who want to receive health insurance under the 2010 law, Obama used a White House press conference to counter a massive Republican campaign to discredit and destroy the new program, including a threat by some Congressional Republicans to insist on repeal as a condition of funding the government.
Focus shifts to Obama if Congress axes immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If immigration reform sputters in the deeply divided U.S. Congress, supporters are planning to push President Barack Obama to act on his own to help 11 million illegal residents, lawmakers and immigration advocates said.
Immigration law experts, some senators and House Democratic aides speculated that if Congress cannot agree on a wide-ranging immigration bill this year, Obama could use his executive authority to stop deporting parents of children living in the United States illegally.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Tea Party-inspired plan to kill President Barack Obama's healthcare law by forcing a government shutdown unless funds to implement the law are denied has not gained traction among senior Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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Senators usually reserve for private conversations words such as "silly", "dumb," "dishonest" and "feckless" when referring to ideas being floated by members of their own political party.
House Republicans mull citizenship for children of illegal immigrants
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators scrambled on Tuesday to cut a deal to confirm seven of President Barack Obama's executive-branch nominees and end a Democratic threat to strip Republicans of their power to block such nominations with procedural roadblocks known as filibusters.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned Republicans on Monday that if they do not permit seven of President Barack Obama's executive-branch nominees to be confirmed, he would move to strip Republicans of their power to stop such nominations with procedural hurdles known as filibusters.
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On this day in 1935 Amelia Earhart completed the first solo flight from Honolulu to Oakland, California. According to reports at the time, her takeoff was nearly a disaster. It had been raining all morning, but by late afternoon the weather cleared. As Earhart taxied down the runway one of the wheels got caught in a patch of mud, according to the biography Amelia: a life of the aviation legend by Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon. But then the wheel hit a bump, and Earhart pushed the throttle giving her the thrust she needed for takeoff.
The flight was smooth. The last half-hour, which Earhart said was always the hardest of any flight, 'If there are any clouds about to make shadows one is likely to see much imaginary land.' The last 30 minutes of this flight were so smooth, Earhart said she was listening to the broadcast of New York Metropolitan Opera in the cockpit.
Below is a speech she made shortly after landing in Oakland:
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Get information on associate's degree programs for EEG, or END, technicians. Learn about prerequisites, curriculum, career information and options for professional certification.
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An electroencephalograph (EEG) is a recording of the electrical activity of the brain and nervous system. An EEG technician is an individual with knowledge of the equipment that is used to measure and record that activity. The title EEG technician has largely been replaced today by the title electroneurodiagnostic (END) technologist.
END technologists typically hold an associate's degree in the field of electroneurodiagnostic technology. In these training programs, students complete one year of study that leads to either a diploma or Certificate of Completion, depending on the institution. A second year of study results in an associate's degree.
In addition to general education courses such as English composition, mathematics and science, these programs combine classroom courses in topics such as anatomy, human disease and neuroscience with hands-on clinical experience. Students are trained to perform electroencephalograms, which are tests for evoked potentials from the central nervous system; nerve conduction velocity tests, which check for nerve damage; and transcranial Doppler testing, which measures the velocity of bloodflow through the brain. Some END technologists choose to specialize in polysomnography, or the monitoring of brain activity in sleeping patients. They summarize the data and present it to sleep physicians, who diagnose and prescribe treatments.
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Individuals interested in a career as END technologists are required to hold a high school diploma or GED in addition to a certificate in CPR. High school courses should emphasize areas such as biology, human anatomy, health and mathematics. Since the duties of an END technologist entail direct contact with patients, as well as collaborating with physicians, written and oral communication skills are very important. Although a certificate or diploma can qualify an individual for employment and entrance into a hospital's END training program, an associate's degree is generally preferred.
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Both 1-year certificate programs and 2-year degree programs in END include technical courses. However, additional field-specific courses and general education courses are required for an associate degree. Class work and clinicals are a part of both types of programs. Classes include:
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), job opportunities for medical and clinical laboratory technologists, a category which includes END technologists, are projected to increase 11% over the 10-year period of 2010-2020, which is about as fast as the national average for all occupations. Although private practices and companies provide some employment in the field, the largest demand for END technologists exists in hospitals.
The BLS states that the national average salary for health technologists and technicians was $44,400, as of May 2012.
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After working 2-3 years as an END technologist, individuals are eligible to sit for an appropriate credentialing examination, which is required by most employers. Examinations are administered by the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists, the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Technologists and the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists. Once they have received one of these certifications, individuals may then sit for the certification examination to become a registered neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring technologist.
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Jehu was king of Israel, the son of Jehoshaphat , and grandson of Nimshi. William F. Albright has dated his reign to 842 BC-815 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 841 BC-814 BC. The principal source for the events of his reign comes from 2 Kings 9-10.
The reign of Jehu's predecessor, Jehoram, was marked by the Battle of Ramoth-Gilead against the army of the Arameans, where Jehoram was wounded and afterwards returned to Jezreel to recover, and where Ahaziah, the king of Judah and his nephew, had also gone to attend on Jehoram (2 Kings 8:28f). The author of Kings describes, while the commanders of the army were assembled away from the eyes of the king, that the prophet Elisha sent one of his students to this meeting, where this student led Jehu away from his peers and anointed him king in an inner chamber, then immediately departed (2 Kings 9:5,6). 2 Kings is silent about the exact identity of this student. Jehu's companions, inquiring after the object of this mysterious visit, were told, and immediately, with enthusiasm, blew their trumpets and proclaimed him king (2 Kings 9:11-14).
With a chosen band, Jehu set forth with all speed to Jezreel, where he slew Jehoram with his own hand, shooting him through the heart with an arrow (9:24). The king of Judah, when trying to escape, was fatally wounded by one of Jehu's soldiers at Beth-gan. The author of Kings describes how Jehu entered the city without any resistance, and saw Jezebel, the mother of king Jehoram, presenting herself from a window in the palace, who received him with insolence; Jehu commanded the eunuchs of the royal palace to cast her down into the street; the fall was fatal, and her mangled body was devoured by the dogs (9:35-7).
However, Nadav Na'aman of Tel Aviv University has interpreted the evidence of archaeological excavations at the site of the city of Jezreel to show it had been taken by a successful siege, perhaps by the Aramean army of Hazael. Further, the author of the Dan Stele (found in 1993 and 1994 during archaeological excavations of the site of Laish) claimed to have slain both Ahaziah, and Jehoram; the most likely author of this monument is Hazael of the Arameans. Although the inscription is a contemporary witness of this period, kings of this period were inclined to boast and make exaggerated claims; it is not clear whether Jehu killed the two kings (as the Bible reports) or Hazael (as the Dan Stele reports). This suggests that this memorable scene was created (perhaps as a tradition) long after the principals of the coup had died.
Now master of Jezreel, Jehu wrote to the chief men in the capital Samaria, and commanded them to send to him by the morning the heads of all the royal princes of the kingdom. Accordingly, seventy heads were brought to him, which he had piled up in two heaps at his gate. Shortly afterwards, Jehu encountered the "brethren of Ahaziah" at "the shearing-house" (10:12-14), and slaughtered another forty-two people connected with the Omrides (10:14).
Jehu's revolt was rooted in more than his quest for power and the favor of the God of Israel. This account frequently invokes the slogan of "avenging the blood of Naboth" (9:21,25,26), whose vineyard Jehoram's father Ahab had taken by force (1 Kings 21:4); this fact suggests that perhaps the burden of making the northern kingdom a regional power had grown too heavy for its citizens, and Jehoram's defeat at Ramoth-Gilead gave them an opportunity to throw this burden off.
Following Jehu's slaughter of the Omrides, he met Jehonadab the Rechabite, whom he took into his chariot, and they entered the capital together. This adds support to the inference that, at least at the beginning of his reign, Jehu was supported by the pro-God of Israel faction. Once in control of Samaria, he summoned all of the worshippers of Baal to the capital, slew them (2 Kings 10:19-25), and destroyed the temple of that deity (10:27).
Beyond his bloody coup d'etat, and his tolerance for the golden calves at Dan and Bethel (which drew the disdain of the author of Kings), little is known of the events of Jehu's reign. He was hard pressed by the predations of Hazael, king of the Arameans, who is said to have defeated his army "throughout all of the territories of Israel" beyond the Jordan river, in the lands of Gilead, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh (10:32f). This would explain why Jehu is offering tribute to Shalmaneser III on his Black Obelisk (where his name appears as mIa-ú-a mar mHu-um-ri-i or "Jehu son of Omri"); Jehu was encouraging the enemy of the Arameans into being his friend.


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US Navy searches for 2 sailors after chopper crash
WASHINGTON – A US Navy helicopter crashed into the Red Sea on Sunday and a search was underway for two of the five crew members, the military said.
The MH-60S Knighthawk was flying with the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence, part of a carrier group dispatched to the region to increase pressure on Syria.
The US Fifth Fleet said the helicopter was not downed by enemy fire, but ditched into the sea.
Three of the crew members were "accounted for and stable," said the US Fifth Fleet, which oversees naval operations in a wide area along the Gulf, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean.
In a statement, it said six ships, several helicopters and airplanes were involved in the search and rescue effort for the two missing crew members.
"The crash was not due to any sort of hostile activity," US Naval Forces Central Command, which shares a commander and headquarters with the Fifth Fleet, said in a statement.
"The incident is under investigation."
The ships involved in the search and rescue effort are the USS William P. Lawrence, USS Nimitz, USS Princeton, USS Shoup, USS Stockdale and USNS Rainier.
The Nimitz and its escorts recently finished a deployment in the Gulf and were diverted to the Red Sea as US vessels deploy off Syria to support possible strikes against Bashar al-Assad's chemical-armed regime.
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Poll suggests Brown needs to retool his message
Sacramento The good news for Gov. Jerry Brown is that Californians overwhelmingly agree with his proposal for a special election on his plan to extend temporary taxes to help erase the state's budget shortfall.
The bad news for Brown is that those same voters are not nearly as enthusiastic about the plan itself. Many apparently want a chance to vote on it so they can vote it down.
Those are among the findings from a new, independent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.
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State Budget Watch is a project to give readers a deeper understanding of the scope, impact and reasons behind California's fiscal problems, and to explore the stakes involved in potential solutions. The project includes Sacramento reporters Michael Gardner of The San Diego Union-Tribune and Brian Joseph of the Orange County Register and editor Daniel Weintraub of California Health Report, a website that focuses on health and public policy issues in the state.
The survey also unearthed new evidence suggesting that the safest route for Brown, politically, might be to repackage his plan into one that simply shifts services, and taxes, from the state to local governments, which are much more popular with the voters.
The poll, taken just after Brown released his revised budget in May and released this week, found that 76 percent of likely voters think voters should be asked to make some of the decisions about taxing and spending in the new budget. Just 21 percent of likely voters say the governor and the Legislature should reserve this power to themselves.
A large majority of voters — 62 percent — also say they favor the broad outlines of Brown's revised proposal, which would extend or re-impose higher taxes on income, cars, and sales to raise about $11 billion a year.
But that support craters when voters are asked about the specific taxes in his plan.
Only 46 percent of likely voters say they support those tax measures. Fifty-eight percent of Republicans and 53 percent of independents oppose the plan, while 49 percent of Democrats support it.
And even among those who say they favor a special election, the tax plan loses: 47 percent to 45 percent.
"Californians have favorable views of the governor's revised budget plan and his special election idea," Mark Baldassare, PPIC president and CEO, said in a statement released with the poll results. "Yet the fact that fewer than half support his tax and fee package raises questions about the outcome if the voters have their say."
So far Brown has not been able to win the handful of Republican votes necessary to set a special election. The state faces a potential deficit of nearly $10 billion over the next 13 months out of an $88.8 billion general fund if the taxes are not extended, according to Brown's latest budget.
Brown's best hope, the poll suggests, might be to reinforce an idea that has been a big part of his plan from the beginning: a shift of services, and the money to pay for them, from the state to local governments.
Under Brown's proposal, about $6 billion in criminal justice, health and welfare programs would be transferred from the state to local government. The same amount of money — with revenue from the extended taxes — would also go to the counties. And even after those taxes expired in five years, the state would still be on the hook to keep transferring the money to the locals.


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Isles Need to Catch Lightning in a Bottle in Tampa
Isles Battle the Bolts
The Blackhawks don't often have wild barn-burner games, but Thursday night's game was a doozy of an 6-5 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Florida.Chicago has trailed other teams for just a handful of minutes this season. For once, the other team leapt out to a 2-0 lead early. Matthew Carle put the Lightning on the board with a power play goal 6:28 in the first.Adding insult to injury, the Bolts took the dreaded "too many men" bench penalty - and not only did they outplay the Blackhawks on the PK, but scored against them as well, with Nate Thompson making it 2-0.Bryan Bickell camped on Ben Bishop's doorstop, and scooped up...
The Islanders have begun the season slowly on offense, so for some reason their coach Jack Capuano believes that breaking up the teams top scoring pair is the best way to ignite the team. This logic makes no sense.
Multiple news outlets have reported that tickets for tonight's game have already sold out, and with good reason. It appears that the fans on Long Island have finally realized that this Isles team is worth watching.
Kimmo Timonen's 1000th game and 38th birthday wishes were rained upon by the Tampa Bay Lightning in a 4-2 loss at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. The loss was the Flyers' fifth in their last seven games and fourth in a row in Tampa Bay.
Ilya Bryzgalov put forth a second consecutive strong start, keeping the game close throughout two periods of play. The Flyers only have one victory to their credit when deadlocked after two periods of play.
The Flyers are still in desperation mode. Coming off a couple days off, they look to take a pair of points in Tampa Bay, something they failed to do the last three times they visited the Lightning.
Say goodbye to some of the longest-standing rivalries in the game, and say hello to some of the most manufactured rivalries in the game. The NHL, NHLPA and NHL Board of Governors approved the new realignment to be put into service starting next year, lasting a minimum of three seasons.
The new plan is contingent on some ridiculous rotation because of lopsided divisions of eight teams in the east, and seven teams in the west. Thanks to the strange geographical landscape that the NHL has employed, teams have had to be at the mercy of some wide open swaths of the United States and Canada that are uninhabited by NHL clubs.
The poor Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning. Now the...
Once in a generation we are gifted with players who define the beauty and strengths of our game. Their supreme dedication to sport pays off in a collaborated showing of true heart and skill. Last night in Pittsburgh, we witnessed arguably the three best players in the NHL take the ice and show us why this game is truly amazing.
We start off with the first player on the box score for the Lightning, and not coincidentally, the NHL's leading goal scorer Steven Stamkos. Stamkos again was just flat out brilliant around the net. His evolution as a goal scorer and game changer continues to amaze me.
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The first seven games for the Tampa Bay Lightning were a scoring fest. The Bolts netted 37 goals and went 6-1. Over the last four games, three on the road, the Bolts have scored just six goals and lost all four contests.
Tampa Bay is now 6-5 and leads the Carolina Hurricanes and Winnipeg Jets by one point in the Southeastern Division.
The best thing that happened on the Bolts first extended road trip of the season was the cancellation of their game versus the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. (Steven Stamkos photograph/Susan Ferlita)
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The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered over 28 points in early trade today on emergence of buying by funds and retail investors amid a firming trend in global markets.
The 30-share index rose by 28.31 points, or 0.12%, to 22,513.24 with sectoral indices, led by consumer durables, oil and gas, metal and healthcare, gaining up to 0.94%. The index had lost 230.40 points in the previous two sessions.
The National Stock Exchange index Nifty also gained 4.00 points, or 0.06%, to trade at 6,737.10. Brokers said fresh spell of buying by funds and retail investors at select counters amid a better trend in other Asian markets after US markets posted gains yesterday following some upbeat corporate results, influenced the trading sentiments here. Among other Asian markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.40% in early trade today, while Japan's Nikkei was up by 2.23%.
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Advocates for the Miami Marine Stadium have received what they say will be a decisive moment in the effort to renovate and expand the stadium.
The Miami City Commission has approved a unanimous recommendation from a citizens steering committee, asking that the city designate the needed area surrounding the stadium for a future park's use. Lands are to be under the control of Friends of the Miami Marine Stadium, a group whose sole purpose is to renovate the dilapidated stadium, which has been closed since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
The crucial area is needed "to generate sufficient revenue for the viable operation of the Miami Marine Stadium," according to the resolution brought forth to the commission on Thursday afternoon.
Essentially, this designation gives the Friends of the Miami Marine Stadium two years to fundraise the $30 million needed to complete the renovations. In 2010, the City Commission approved the master plan for renovations that was submitted by Friends.
The group is seeking private funds for the project, and has not requested any public money. While the group tries to raise the required money, the National Trust for Historic Preservation will act as an escrow agent.
The land that the stadium sits on is to remain city property.
Friends was formed in 2008, after plans for demolishing the stadium were made public. For years, the only attention the site seemed to receive was from the city's graffiti culture.
In 2009, the National Trust For Historic Preservation named the structure as one of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, followed by a naming it as a National Treasure in 2012.
Before the vote, a testimonial video from self proclaimed preservationist and singer Gloria Estefan was played for the Commission. State Rep. Jose Diaz took the podium immediately after, and told the Commission that if his mother saw the video she would "shut up and agree with Gloria."
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Sea otters living along the central California coast risk higher exposure to disease-causing parasites as a consequence of the food they eat and where they feed.
Thousands of abandoned nets and crab pots remain in Puget Sound in Washington state after five years of efforts to remove them, officials said.
Sea otters are known as a keystone species, filling such an important niche in ocean communities that without them, entire ecosystems can collapse. Scientists are finding, however, that sea otters can have even farther-reaching effects that extend to terrestrial communities and alter the behavior of another top predator: the bald eagle.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California State Legislature unanimously approved a resolution officially proclaiming the last week in September as Sea Otter Awareness Week throughout California.
By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Jul. 1--A new federal report confirms that California's sea otter population is growing, albeit at a slower rate in recent years.
Researchers have discovered what may be a clue to the mystery of why marine mammals around the world are succumbing to a parasite that is typically only associated with cats.
Hunted to near extinction, sea otters are making a steady comeback along the Pacific coast. Their reintroduction, however, is expected to reduce the numbers of several key species of commercially valuable shellfish dramatically, such as sea urchins and geoducks.
Ecologists have long observed that when food becomes scarce, animal populations exploit a wider range of food sources.
A parasite carried in cat droppings may be killing otters off the California coast, researchers said on Saturday.
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Suzuki gets 4,000th hit in Yankees win
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NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki was overwhelmed by the outpouring of appreciation he received from the Yankees after he got his 4,000th hit between the major leagues and Japan in the first inning.
The celebration after Alfonso Soriano's tiebreaking homer in the eighth was pretty nice, too as New York went on to beat the Blue Jays 4-2 for Toronto's 12th straight loss at Yankee Stadium.
"It's unbelievable, 4,000 hits," Soriano said of Suzuki's milestone. "To get 4,000 hits, you have to be a great hitter."
The 39-year-old Suzuki hit a line drive off Dickey (9-12) that bounced just beyond diving third baseman Brett Lawrie for the milestone hit. Pete Rose with 4,256 hits and Ty Cobb with 4,191 are the only two players that have reached the number solely in the major leagues.
Suzuki broke a tie with Lou Gehrig when he got his 2,722nd major league hit in his 13th season. The speedy outfielder amassed 1,278 hits in nine seasons with the Orix team of Japan's Pacific League.
Suzuki's teammates streamed out of the dugout and surrounded him at first base, Curtis Granderson giving him the first hug. A grinning Suzuki then faced the cheering fans and bowed, tipping his helmet. He bowed several more times, the last one toward the Blue Jays dugout.
"When my teammates came out to first base it was very special, and to see the fans," Suzuki said. "I wasn't expecting so much joy and happiness from them and that's what made it very special tonight."
When he went to his position in right field for the second inning, Suzuki tipped his cap to fans who greeted him with a standing ovation.
"You never want to be the guy that gives up the milestone," Dickey said. "That being said, what an incredible achievement. The manner that he's done it is equally impressive. Just the longevity, the endurance, the durability. Having played with him in Seattle, it was a real treat to play with him and it couldn't have happened to a more professional hitter."
Ken Griffey Jr., a former teammate with the Seattle Mariners, congratulated Suzuki with a message shown on the video board at Yankee Stadium.
Suzuki's postgame news conference with the Japanese media lasted a whopping 47 minutes.
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Bond Wolfe buys Worcester flagship office building from the receiver.
The building was formerly the offices of Kays, the catalogue company, and it occupies a prominent position on The Tything in the centre of the city.
Joint administrative receiver Nigel Price, of Moore Stephens, said: "We had many offers for this particular building and we are delighted to have secured a sale to a Midland investor of strength and substance such as Bond Wolfe."
Bond Wolfe has paid pounds 1.2 million for the 6,224 sq ft building of which some 3,200 sq ft is let to Clydesdale Bank on a ten-year lease.
Two of Mr Grinnall's companies crashed with debts totalling more than pounds 13 million, pounds 11 million of which was owed to banks and the rest to sub-contractors and other businesses.
The purchase of K2 out of the administrative receivership of Neil Grinnall Properties is Bond Wolfe's first move into Worcester and one that managing director Rory Daly said was long overdue.
"We have had our eye on the Worcester market for some time and were merely waiting for the right opportunity.
"I have to say that the quality of build and finish at K2 is exceptional and we are very pleased to have been able to acquire such an excellent investment," he said.
But when Neil Grinnall Properties folded, Moore Stephens inherited a building that was far from finished and was still in shell form. Mr Price, who was joint administrative receiver with Mark Bowen and David Rolph, said: "In order to make K2 a viable proposition, we decided to continue with the build-out and we are very pleased to have been able to secure a sale of what is undoubtedly now a quality office building."
Mr Daly said the Worcester office of property agents Humberts had been appointed as joint agents along with their own Bond Wolfe agency team to let the remainder of the space which totals 3,000 sq ft.
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From the outset it appears that Union home minister Rajnath Singh, who took charge on Thursday along with minister for state Kiren Rijiju, is expected to give bureaucrats functional freedom to get target oriented results in their respective areas while maintaining an overall grip on policy issues and through timely interventions when needed.
Immediately after taking charge, Singh and Rijiju went through a marathon presentation by each of the 20 divisions lasting nearly four hours.
The change in scenario on day one — from Sushil Kumar Shinde's lacklustre tenure that saw a decline in the home ministry's importance seemed to have rejuvenated the heads of 20 odd divisions of the home ministry. "After the first interaction with the new HM and the MoS, there seems to be a sense of purpose that was missing earlier. The minister was keen to know the issues in detail and did not shirk from asking questions whenever needed," said a senior home ministry official.
Of various issues the ministry looks keen to bring focus on three issues – tackling illegal migration of Bangladeshis, have re-look at UPA's flagship scheme of Aadhaar card through unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) and improve and ensure security of people of North-Eastern states living in metros like Delhi and Bangalore.
Sources said the minister was keen to know the status of illegal Bangladeshis living in the country, their numbers, modus-operandi of illegal migration and ways to tackle the issue.
In the marathon meeting Rajnath Singh specifically asked the bureaucrats to give deliverable, actionable plans of their respective divisions; identify gaps, problems areas and possible solutions and then tell him what kind of intervention is required from his office to make things move forward.
"In particular, he was keen to know out of the box and innovative solutions to vexed issues that are troubling the internal security – be it terrorism, Maoism or insurgency," sources said.
The new HM also seems to have realised that coordination and better interface – whether it's inter-ministerial or between Centre and States is a big problem area that needs to be worked upon for smooth functioning of the government.
During UPA-II tenure, the Italian marines issue had become a big headache and embarrassment for the government because of lack of coordination between home, external affairs and law ministries. Apparently, Singh does not want his ministry to get sucked into any such quagmire.
Heads of the key divisions looking after internal security, left wing extremism (LWE), North-East, Jammu and Kashmir and centre-state have been asked by Singh to give their individual detailed presentations from next week.
The minister also touched upon border issues with Bangladesh and Sir Creek with Pakistan and asked his official to think of solutions that don't compromise with the national interest but at the same time appear attractive to the neighbouring countries.


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3. Place 2 cups potato mixture, including bacon, in container of a blender; process until smooth. Return pureed potato mixture to chowder in pan; stir well. Stir in clams. Place flour in a small bowl; gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk until blended. Add flour mixture to chowder; cook over medium heat 10 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly. Spoon into bowls; sprinkle with freshly ground pepper, and garnish with parsley, if desired.


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The Electric ft. Add 2, Yarah Bravo, Qwazaar & Wes Restless - Didn't Cha Know
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After two acclaimed features, readers may think they've learned all there is to know about The Electric but, in reality, there's more to the globetrotting trio than meets the eye. No, DJ Vadim, Pugs Atomz and Sabira Jade aren't robots in disguise (as far as I'm aware); beneath their glossy pop exterior, though, they share a powerful affection for the exotically smooth grooves of Erykah Badu. Making its world premiere here in the Booth, the crew's latest leak finds them putting a hip-hop spin on the neo-soul songstress' 01 single Don't Cha Know. Over Vadim's tweaked, reggae-infused take on the original beat (complete with keys by Ste Keys), Pugz enlists a few talented cohorts for a laid-back rhyme session; joining him on the guest tip are fellow Chicagoans Add-2, Qwazaar and Wes Restless, along with UK femcee Yarah Bravo. Sabira Jade ties it all together in characteristically soulful fashion, performing a strong rendition of Badu's chorus. This inspired cover/reworking is just one of many fresh selections set for inclusion on The Electric's Booth-sponsored Hey You Guys! mixtape, set to hit our mixtape page Feb. 10.
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