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Two years ago Danilo Plessow was one of the busiest DJs on the circuit. But after releasing a string of sought-after EPs and compiling a DJ-Kicks mix in 2011, the Stuttgart native known to most as Motor City Drum Ensemble suddenly disappeared from view, and his previously packed release schedule all but dried up.
MCDE is now back on tour, which is where the latest installment of Between the Beats finds him. We shadowed Plessow from the Boiler Room and Corsica Studios in London to a gig in Aix-en-Provence and an appearance at Lyon's Nuits Sonores festival, with a stopover at his new home in Utrecht in between. During the time we spent with him, he told us the full story behind what led up to his disappearance from public view, what happened during his enforced break and what's changed since.

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UNECE, WHO Highlight Benefits of Green, Healthy Transport
14 April 2014: Investing in green and healthy transport is economically profitable and results in positive environmental and health effects, according to 'Unlocking new opportunities: jobs in green and health transport,' a publication by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe.
If major European cities adopted the cycling model of Copenhagen, Denmark, where 26% of all city trips are taken by bicycle, 10,000 lives would be saved and more than 76,000 people would be employed in green and healthy transport annually. Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, highlighted the payoffs from investing in efficient, green transport systems, including "new jobs and healthier people from more physical activity, fewer road traffic injuries, less noise and better air quality." Conversely, the environmental and health impacts of transport can be as high as 4% of a country's gross domestic product (GDP).
UNECE and WHO released the publication at the Fourth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment, which they also organized. The meeting, which takes place from 14-16 April 2014, in Paris, France, is an opportunity for European ministries of transport, health and the environment to discuss how innovative transport policies can create employment opportunities and contribute to healthier, greener societies.
The meeting is expected to result in a Paris Declaration, which will create a vision of green, healthy mobility and transport for sustainable livelihoods for all, link health and sustainability to socioeconomic justice and integrate transport, health and environment objectives into urban and spatial planning. The Paris Declaration will build on four priority goals from the 2009 Amsterdam Declaration, inter alia: contributing to sustainable economic development and stimulating job creation through investing in environment and health-friendly transport; promoting a more efficient, sustainable transport system; reducing transport-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollutants and noise; and promoting policies and actions on healthy, safe transport.
UNECE and WHO also released 'From Amsterdam to Paris and beyond: Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP) 2009-2020,' a publication that showcases success stories from European countries participating in the Programme. For example, Austria reduced 570,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually from 2007 to 2012 through climate-friendly mobility projects. [UNECE Press Release] [Publication: Unlocking New Opportunities: Jobs in Green and Health Transport] [Publication: From Amsterdam to Paris and Beyond: THE PEP 2009-2020] [WHO Website on Meeting]


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An Aphrodite of Syracuse: Roman copy after Praxiteles.
Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" (1486)
Quarto Of R&J: Venus at Cyprus (1597)
Othello: Quarto Titlepage (1622)
A Map of Cyprus by Piri Reis (16th Century).
Santiago Matamoros: St. James the Moor-slayer.
A Moorish Ambassador to Queen Elizabeth I.
Titus Andronicus:Ira Aldridge (1807-67) as Aaron the Moor (IV.ii).
Ira Aldridge as Othello, circa 1848.
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Owners of electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf (100-mile
driving range) and the Tesla
Roadster (211-mile driving range) have the advantage of traveling on
America's roads without having to spend a penny on gasoline. And even though the
Chevrolet Volt uses a gasoline engine when its battery pack is exhausted, some
drivers have managed
to average 1,000 miles between gas stops.
The State of Washington, however, isn't too keen on EV
drivers skirting the state's gas tax, which helps to maintain the roads that EV
drivers travel on every day. According
to the Associated Press,
Washington has a $5 billion dollar deficit, and hitting the pockets of EV
owners is just one way to help close the gap.
Washington's gas excise tax is one of the highest in the
nation at 49.4 cents per gallon [PDF]
-- 31 cents of the total is from the state, while the federal tax is 18.4
cents. Assuming that the average driver travels about 12,000 miles per year, a
Nissan Leaf driver (EPA
rated 99 mpg) would only be skipping out on $38 of the state's portion
of gasoline excise tax. For a Chevrolet Volt driver (EPA
rated 93 mpg on battery power), the tax revenue lost by the state would
amount to $40.
Washington's proposed EV fee, however, would amount to $100
per year.
"Electric vehicles put just as much wear and tear on
our roads as gas vehicles," explained the bill's sponsor, Democratic state Sen.
Mary Margaret Haugen. "This simply ensures that they contribute their fair
share to the upkeep of our roads."
"So the question is how do you account for those trends
and begin to capture revenue that reflects the actual usage of the road?"
said Republican state senator Dan Swecker. "Our state doesn't change very
fast. But we thought the $100 fee was a place to start, so let's start
Not surprisingly, EV owners aren't exactly thrilled with
this proposed legislation. "The Legislature saw electric vehicles are
coming and thought, why not just put a fee on them," quipped Dean West, a
Nissan Leaf driver.
quote: the wear and tear on the road is the exact same in both cases
quote: there are cars within the same weight class that get very different mpg's.
quote: True- but if one is concerned with saving money on gas, why would one buy a less efficient vehicle in the same weight class?
quote: What I think should be done with electric vehicles, is instead of a yearly tax, when it goes in for safety inspection or whatever, pay a tax on the value of the odometer. This would be more 'fair' in all honesty.
quote: A camaro can't weigh much more than a prius, but in reality it pays about double tax


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MADD, Dallas Fire-Rescue to pay tribute to firefighter killed by drunk driver in 2007
Editor Steve Harris reports:
Dallas firefighters will remember one of their own Thursday.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving North Texas and Dallas Fire-Rescue will pay tribute to firefighter Julio Alvarado, who was off duty when he was killed by a drunk driver Nov. 17, 2007, in Oak Cliff.
The event begins at 10 a.m. at Fire Station No. 28, 8701 Greenville Ave., where the 32-year-old Alvarado worked.
The tribute kicks off MADD's Tie One on for Safety 2009 campaign, which urges motorists to tie a red MADD ribbon or place a decal on their vehicle to remind people to "drive safe, sober and buckled up." For more information, call 214-637-0372 or click here.
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Breakout Team of the Week: Northwestern girls basketball
The Northwestern girls basketball team got off to one of its best starts in recent history over the past few weeks. The Wildcats started the season with a hard-fought 45-37 win over Reynolds before traveling to Class AAA Titusville to edge the Rockets 49-46. Northwestern then hosted another Class AAA team in Corry and beat the Beavers 31-23. The Wildcats ran into some tough teams to drop to 3-2, but they look like an improved team this season. Northwestern has a big region game at Girard on Monday before competing in the Iroquois tournament next week. If the Wildcats continue to play well, they could be a tough out each night they take the floor.


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The Use of Expert Services by Privately Retained Criminal Defense Attorneys
Roberta Rosenthal Kwall
DePaul University - College of Law
Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-29, 1981
This Article explores how constraints operate to impair the use of expert services by privatey retained criminal defense attorneys. The discussion focuses on the use of expert services during the pretrial and sentencing stages of the judicial process. Accordingly, the discussion begins with a hypothetical situation involving a criminal act, and outlines the manner in which a criminal attorney would ideally utilize expert services in preparing a defense for the accused. The Article then examines both the perceived inadequate use of experts by privately retained criminal defense attorneys and the structual factors in our legal system reponsible for this condition, and concludes by suggesting several ways to help eliminate some of the existing impediments to more effective use of expert services.
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Jay Himelstein's cruise isn't due to set sail until spring, but he's already feeling queasy.
The Jackson, N.J., accountant is one of possibly thousands of people whose vacations are in jeopardy now that the travel agency they booked with has gone out of business.
Cruise Value Center, which operated from East Brunswick, N.J., but had a national sales presence via the Internet, shut down on Monday.


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BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio -- City Council is prepared to vote tonight on an emergency ordinance that would allow .
Thecan't be overturned by a vote of the residents, but the issue has polarized the wooded suburb and spurred the creation of an online opposition group, Broadview-Deer.com and a proponent group, broadview-cullthemdeer.com.
At-large Councilwoman Jennifer Mahnic said she has received more than 340 e-mails and 30 phone calls from residents.
"By far, the vast majority are against the ordinance for a variety of reasons," she said this morning.
Councilman Joe Price said 56 percent of the comments he has received favor the ordinance, not counting multiple e-mails from the same person and e-mails from nonresidents.
Price said he'd be in favor of removing the emergency language of the ordinance to allow opponents to "collect at least 850 signatures from registered voters to put a referendum on the ballot this September, providing there is a primary ballot of any kind in Broadview Heights."
Ward 1 Councilman Tom Pavlica wouldn't reveal how much feedback he has gotten.
"My vote will reflect the feelings of the majority of the residents in my ward who I have heard from," he said in an e-mail to the Plain Dealer.
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Flow cytometry represents an irreplaceable tool that allows researchers to identify and purify cell populations to homogeneity. This aspect is of particular interest in stem cell biology, where cell population heterogeneity poses major challenges for downstream applications, which often require pure cell populations. At the International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting held in Barcelona, Nil Emre, Ph.D., stem cell scientist at BD Biosciences, presented a recent approach that she and collaborators developed to define a cell-surface signature for neurons derived from human embryonic stem cells and subsequently separate different cell populations on this basis.
"I predict that there will be defined cell signatures for numerous cell types, and there will be methods to enable their purification, and this will help develop better and more robust in vitro assays," said Christian Carson, Ph.D., senior author on the study. "I also think that using flow cytometry to define cell-surface signatures will provide great tools for quality control, enabling us to quantify purity of cell preparations."
While flow cytometry allows high-quality data to be obtained in a more time-efficient and cost-effective manner as compared to other techniques, for certain applications it represents one of the few available methodologies. One example is protein glycosylation, a well-known post-translational modification during malignant development. Overexpression, loss of expression, and the incomplete synthesis of glycosylated structures have long been described in various tumors, and some of these changes represent valuable progression markers with prognostic value.
Glycosylation can be examined with two main approaches—mass spectrometry and flow cytometry. Flow cytometry can be used for routine clinical laboratory applications since it is possible to have antibodies that recognize specific glycosylation epitopes and differentiate cells on this basis. "It's hard to beat flow cytometry for this approach if the cells are amenable to it and the antibodies are available," emphasized Dr. Carson.
Flow cytometry has undergone exciting changes in its approximately 40 years of existence. While initially used mostly to quantitate the DNA content of malignant tumor cells, this approach is increasingly becoming an indispensable tool in medical sciences, food microbiology, ecology, drug design, and population biology and, in all likelihood, the next few years will witness many novel and more sophisticated applications.
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1. You love to give your hedgehog treats, but now you notice it has a double chin and fatty armpits and is unable to curl into a ball. Do you …The answer is C. An overweight hedgehog should have its food intake reduced gradually, be weighed weekly and have its treats limited until it reaches its ideal weight.
2. Your hedgehog is a picky eater and prefers to eat only crickets and mealworms. Do you …The answer is B. Offer a picky hedgehog a wide variety of healthy foods in a balance diet.
3. Your hedgehog keeps dropping food from its mouth. Upon closer inspection you notice that its mouth has a bad odor, it is drooling, and its gums are red and swollen. Do you …The answer is D. A hedgehog exhibiting the signs mentioned should be taken to a veterinarian right away to be examined for possible dental and gum disease.
4. You notice a suspicious lump on your hedgehog's body. Do you …The answer is D. A suspicious lump on your hedgehog should be examined by a veterinarian.
5. Your hedgehog is losing a lot of its quills. It also has a lot of dandruff and frequently shakes its head and scratches its ears. The edges of its ears are crusty. It's likely that your hedgehog has mites. Do you …The answer is C. A hedgehog with mites should be examined by a veterinarian.
6. Your hedgehog is lethargic and has diarrhea. It is not eating or drinking and appears to be losing weight. Do you …The answer is D. Do all of the above.
7. Your housekeeper turned the heat off when she left your house. You come back from work and find that your home is very cold. Your hedgehog is lethargic and non-responsive to handling. Do you …The answer is D. Do all of the above.
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9. Your hedgehog is curious about your leather purse. After licking it, your hedgehog starts to froth at the mouth. It then spreads the frothy saliva over its quills with its long tongue. Do you …The answer is D. Do nothing if this happens because the hedgehog is engaging in a normal behavior called self-anointing.
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In an effort to avoid annoying everyone with emails every time something exciting happens with the doc, I'm going to put all future posts on the movie's Facebook page here:... Read more
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Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) held its 85th Annual Living Well Day on May 7 at the Ted Blum 4-H Center in Bridgewater. The event also celebrated the national Cooperative Extensions' 100th Anniversary with forty-nine people in attendance. The first Somerset County Homemakers' Day in 1929 was a celebration of National Home Demonstration Week.
Presentations focused history of Family and Community Health Sciences work, cooking for one or two people; food trends, including food trucks, tea and 3D food printing and herbs for healthy cooking. There were displays of handmade clothing; vintage hats, aprons and handkerchiefs; postcards and decorative plates of local towns. Some participants wore vintage clothing, hats and gloves.
FCHS in Somerset County has provided programs, information, training and support for families in food and nutrition, food preservation, and food safety for over 97 years. More information about FCHS programs and resources is found at somerset.njaes.rutgers.edu.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension is an equal opportunity program provider and employer. Contact the Extension office at 908-526-6295 for information regarding special needs or accommodations.


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In the three billion year history of the legendary Green Lantern Corps, one name outshines all others. Known as the greatest of the Green Lanterns, he is Hal Jordan of Earth, Space Sector 2814. His many years as the emerald gladiator brought him recognition throughout the cosmos.
Born the middle of three brothers, Harold "Hal" Jordan idolized his father, test pilot Martin H. Jordan, and wanted to follow in the elder Jordan's footsteps. One fateful day, that dream all but came to an end. A critical loss of pressure in a jet Martin was test piloting caused the aircraft to crash. Hal saw his father die in front of his eyes.
Three years after his father's death, Hal started dating a girl named Jennifer. She helped convince Hal to continue with his love of flying. They dated for a year before Hal broke up with her, wanting to see other people.
At some point in his teenage years, Jordan met Jay Garrick, the Golden Age Flash. For some unknown reason, Garrick does not recall the incident, and the details of this meeting have yet to be revealed.
Garrick was not the only super human Jordan would come into contact with before receiving the power ring. Returning to Coast City after a visit to Metropolis University, Jordan met Clark Kent of Smallville. Their plane hit heavy turbulance which spun the aircraft out of control. Jordan helped calm frightened passengers while Clark Kent secretly stabilized the 707 jet liner.
A few nights later, Jordan's life was jeopardized by his lack of fear. He inadvertantly came across a smuggling ring while scuba diving and charged in without concern for his safety. Jordan was taken aboard their World War II submarine but was later rescued by the authorities when the submarine was run aground by mysterious forces. From this event, Jordan would come to learn to combine his fearlessness with good judgement.
Jordan and Kent would remain acquaintences. Years later, Metroplois reporter Clark Kent interviewed the young test pilot for the Daily Planet.
After high school, Jordan enrolled in a West Coast college and earned a degree in aviation engineering. Following that, Jordan enlisted in the Air Force and served under Captain Richard Davis. The commanding officer became mentor and lifelong friend to the young pilot.
Hal met fellow U.S.A.F. pilot Larry Trainor while in the service. Trainor would later leave the Air Force to become a test pilot as would Hal. As fate would have it, this would not be the only coincidence in these mens' lives, as Trainor went on to become the Doom Patrol's own Negative Man.
Another Air Force friend of Hal's, pilot Bill Davis, was killed in Korea. Over the years, Hal kept in touch with Bill's elderly parents, Sally and Steve Davis. There does not appear to be any relation between Richard Davis and Bill's family.
Jordan rose quickly in the ranks and became a test pilot for experimental aircrafts. During a test run of an experimental stealth bomber a fellow test pilot, Vince Hardy, took control of the aircraft at gun point. Hardy offered him a share of the money the Soviets would give for the bomber but Jordan refused. Jordan and Hardy fought, which sent the bomber in an uncontrollable dive. Hardy parachuted to safety but Jordan tried unsuccessfully to pul the plane out of its dive. He too jumped to saftey before the plane crashed into the side of a mountain.
Jordan wandered the Alaskan wilderness for two days before search parties found him. Without Hardy in custody, the miltary chose to make an example of Jordan. He was discharged from the Air Force.
With his degree in aviation engineering, Jordan easily rejoined civilian life. He designed a flightless trainer for the Ferris Aircraft Corporation and for some time was Ferris' number one test pilot. Though his aviation career showed great promise, Jordan was passed over by the astronaut program. Metropolis reporter Clark Kent interviewed the young test pilot for the Daily Planet.
Jordan soon started to date Carol Ferris, the daughter of owner Carl Ferris. The elder Ferris was not an easy man to work for and Jordan eventually fell into disfavor with his employer. Carol and Hal broke up, and Carol started to date Biff, another Ferris emplyee. Hal was later fired for an unknown reason, but his mother talked Ferris into rehiring her son. Carl Ferris took Hal back at a third less pay and the test pilot was grounded.
After work, Hal, his brother Jack and Jack's girlfriend Dee, and fellow test pilot Andy went out for drinks. Despondent over recent events, the alcohol Hal drank impaired his judgement. He lost control while driving home, narrowly avoiding a roadside billboard but rolling the jeep into oncoming traffic. Hal woke up in the hospital, and Andy had been critically injured in the accident.
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Yocto Project aims to standardize embedded Linux builds
While announcing its merger with the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) today, the Linux Foundation launched an open source build system project called the Yocto Project. Based on the Poky Linux build system, the CELF- and Intel-driven Yocto Project aims to provide open source tools to help companies make custom, Linux-based embedded systems for ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and x86 architectures.
Today, the Linux Foundation (LF) and its smaller embedded Linux counterpart, CELF, announced they are merging, with CELF becoming a technical workgroup at the LF. As part of the merger, the LF launched a new embedded Linux "Yocto Project."
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Vayishlach 5770
by David Helfand
December 5, 2009 / 18 Kislev 5770
Reuven, Shimon, Levi, Yehudah, Yisachar, Zevulun, Dan, Naftalii, Gad, Asher, Yosef, and Benyamin. These are the twelve sons of Jacob, the twelve tribes of the people of Israel. But where are the women in this group? We all know that Jacob had 12 sons. But did you know that he also had a daughter?
In this week's Parasha Vayishlach, Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, goes out to visit the daughters of the land. Shechem the Hivite takes her and sleeps with her by force. He asks his father Hamor to arrange his marriage to Dinah. Meanwhile, Jacob waits until his sons come in from the field to tell them about what just happened to Dinah. Jacobs's sons tell Hamor that it would be improper for their sister to marry anybody who is not circumcised. Hamor agrees that all the men of his community will be circumcised, the two communities will trade with one another, and they will marry into each other's families. On the third day, as the Hivite men were recovering from their circumcision, Simeon and Levi took their swords and slew all the Hivites. Jacob criticizes his son's actions, fearing an attack on him and his people. But the brothers respond harshly to their father by saying, "shall our sister be treated like a whore?"
The story of Dinah is violent and tragic. Who is the villain of this story? At first glance it appears to be Shechem, the son of Hamor, who took Dinah and forced her to sleep with him. He is considered to be a rapist who deserved a harsh punishment. Yet Dinah's brothers exacted a punishment far beyond what we would consider fit for the crime when they killed the entire male Hivite population. But the story could also be read differently. It could be that Dinah went willingly to Shechem's tent and was not really forced to sleep with him against her will. In that case, would Shechem really be the villain?
Just prior to the story of Dinah, Jacob brings all of his wives and his sons to greet his brother Esav. But once again Dinah is nowhere to be found. Rashi asks "But where was Dinah? Benjamin was not yet born, but Dinah should have been accounted for. Jacob put her into a chest and locked her in, so that Esau should not set eyes on her. Therefore, Jacob was punished for withholding her from his brother, because had Esav married Dinah perhaps she would cause him to improve his ways." Jacob made a bad judgment call when it came to visiting his brother Esav. He decided what he thought would be in the best interest of his daughter Dinah. But God did not see it that way. Dinah was a good person and meant well. She just did not know the difference between right and wrong because she was never taught.
Jacob was not an ongoing presence in his daughter Dinah's life. Could it be that the story of Dinah is a story about parenting, particularly the parenting of a daughter? Could it be that Jacob is the villain here? That Dinah went willingly to Shechem because she had not been taught by her father the difference between right and wrong? Parenting is of particular importance in the raising of children. If a child has the constant presence of a parent in her life, as an adult she will yearn for that same love and affection in a partnered relationship, and strive to provide the same commitment to others. Jacob needed to teach Dinah the fundamentals of life, but he didn't because he wasn't there for her. This all goes to show us the importance of a dugmah … a role model … in the life of a child. It is important for children to learn how to make choices in their lives … to know the difference between right and wrong, and to challenge their role models when they see their role models falter.
So how do we make sense out of all of this? How does all of this fit together? And what does it mean to us?
The story of Dinah tells us that each of us is responsible for his or her own actions. No matter how often someone tells you to do something or not to do something, in the end the decision lies in your own hands. At the same time it is important to remember that what we do, or don't do, is influenced by our role models.
Think about the presence and influence you have in the lives of your family and friends – is it positive, negative, or non-existent? In every place you go, whether at school or USY, at home or just walking on the street, you can be a positive influence for others. Even without knowing it, you have the power to change someone's life for the good. So always do your best and what you think is best, not only for you but for the benefit of others. Never give up on the opportunity to be a good dugmah. This is the lesson that Dinah's story teaches us in her relationship, or lack of one, with her father. Dinah's encounter with Shechem teaches Jacob about the importance of being a dugmah. And from that we learn that we also have an obligation to be a role model to others. May this Shabbat be the beginning our quest to become the future dugmaot of Am Yisrael, the people of Israel.
Shabbat Shalom.


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Could the man who once wrote a song called "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" actually write a first-rate memoir? Sting, a.k.a. Gordon Sumner, has done it with this engrossing look at a life colored by a fierce determination to escape the industrial gloom of his working-class upbringing in northern England.
Best known as lead singer for the Police, Sting was no child prodigy. The title comes from an incident in which his grandmother hears him banging away on a piano and asks, "Can't you play something nicer than that...that broken music?" Most of the memoir predates the band, focusing instead on Sting's childhood, his parent's sad, dysfunctional marriage (Dad was a dairy worker, Mum a hairdresser), endless gigging in rough-and-tumble clubs, stolen girlfriends and, every once in a while, a phenomenal show. He also explains how he got his nickname (via a yellow and black striped sweater), recalls his first-jam session with brash American drummer Stewart Copeland, cops to stealing chords from Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" for his own "So Lonely" and says he hated Copeland's idea to name their trio the Police.
With writing that is both witty and refreshingly self-deprecating, this book has pleasures that extend well beyond interest in the man's music alone.
By Edgardo Vega Yunqué
In an exceptional epic shaped by the jagged rhythms of jazz, Vidamía Farrell, an Irish-Puerto Rican teenager, struggles to get her estranged father, Billy, to resume his career as a pianist, which ended when he was wounded in Vietnam. Jumping effortlessly back and forth in time, the author weaves in the stories of the Farrells' family, linking them to events ranging from the forced resettlement of the Cherokees to the first Gulf War, and to artistic figures from trumpeter Miles Davis to Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. Vega Yunqué's love for jazz and America's cultural diversity resonates, though he handles a violent episode with an oddly benevolent tone, and he tends to keep preaching after the reader has been converted. Despite those off notes, you'll be humming Bill Bailey long after the music stops.
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Linda Shelby: I think I feel optimistic that people are feeling like they're getting their arms around it. Compared to where they were -- 84% is still a large number -- but feeling better than they felt in April of this year.
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Linda: Sixty percent of parents are pulling from their personal savings accounts to pay for a child's education. About 38% are looking to see scholarships and grants, and then another third are counting on their kids getting student loans. But interestingly, having the child get a student loan, about 47% are planning to help pay it back.
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The Washoe County Sheriff's Office has completed their share of the February 2013 "Joining Forces" impaired driving awareness and enforcement event. The Sheriff's Office joined the Reno Police Department, Sparks Police Department and the Nevada Highway Patrol during this event, which ran from February 1 through February 19, 2013.
Sheriff's Office patrol staff assigned to this impaired driving awareness and enforcement event initiated 307 traffic stops and three drivers arrested for violation of the Nevada DUI laws. Additionally, of the 307 traffic stops, there were three fugitives from justice persons arrested and one felony arrest made.
The Sheriff's Office issued 196 speeding citations, 14 cell phone/other distracted driving citations, and 24 citations for drivers' license related violations. Other notable violations included 24 motor vehicle registration citations, 22 vehicle equipment citations, eight seat belt citations, 42 citations for failure to show proof of insurance, one citation for driver failing to yield the right of way, seven driving through red light citations. Other various citations and written warnings totaled 59.
Although a driver may be stopped for one violation, during a patrolman's investigation, several other violations may be observed. It's possible that one driver may be issued a citation for numerous violations.
The "Joining Forces" impaired driving awareness and enforcement campaign is made possible by grant funding received from the Nevada Department of Public Safety/Office of Traffic Safety. "Joining Forces" is a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement program that promotes statewide enforcement in the areas of: DUI, seat belt, distracted driving, and speed and pedestrian safety. The purpose of this event is to educate the driving public in regards to DUI laws, to enforce the community's no tolerance stance towards impaired driving and to remind people that it's never safe to drive impaired.
The Sheriff's Office uses a nationally recognized data- driven approach to reducing crime and increasing public safety in our community. Sheriff's Office data has shown a high incidence of traffic violations, traffic accidents, traffic problems and DUI arrests in our region. The Sheriff's Office continues to be a data-driven agency in order to proactively provide the best possible services to the citizens of our community.
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Abandoned dog was living in a knothole
Ever have one of those days when it seems like humanity isn't treating you with the proper respect — the kind that makes you just want to crawl into a hole and hide?
Apparently that was the case with Boo, a Chihuahua mix who was spotted a couple of weeks ago in a rural area in Sonoma County, California, living inside a hole in a large tree.
A call to Sonoma County Animal Control led Shirley Zindler and other officers to the spot.
It was an area, they say, where people commonly abandon dogs.
It took a few hours, but the small dog was finally coaxed out of the knothole.
The officers named her Boo — after the To Kill A Mockingbird character, Boo Radley, who left gifts for children in an oak tree's knothole.
Boo Dogley, as she is now known, was dirty and underweight when she was found. Officers estimated she was about one year old and had been living in the tree at least a week.
Possibly, she picked the hiding place because she was about to deliver a litter of pups. Unfortunately, none survived.
Zindler says Boo is skittish around people and was likely mistreated.
"She thinks the world's out to get her," Zindler, who is also the author of The Secret Life of Dog Catchers, told The Huffington Post.
Zindler is caring for Boo now, while seeking a "very, very patient person" to give her a forever home.
Boo's recovery is being documented on Zindler's Facebook page,The Secret Life of Dog Catchers.
"She'll stay with me until the right home is found," said Zindler, noting it's not the first time she has taken an unwanted dog home. She has four others.
"I take them home and fix them up so they can find a forever home."
(Photos by Shirley Zindler)
Posted by John Woestendiek May 5th, 2015 under Muttsblog.
Tags: abandoned, adopt, adoptions, animal control, animals, author, boo, boo dogley, boo radley, california, dogs, hiding, hole, home, knothole, officer, pets, pregnant, rescued, shirley zindler, sonoma county, the secret lives of dog catchers, to kill a mockingbird, tree
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Hector, the former Vick dog, passes away
Hector, a pit bull rescued from Michael Vick's dog fighting ring, has died of cancer at his Minnesota home.
One of 51 dogs rescued from Bad Newz Kennels in 2007, Hector was rehabilitated at Bad Rap and, about a year later, adopted by new owners, Roo and Clara Yori in Rochester.
During the six years he spent with them he became a therapy dog, visiting local nursing homes and hospitals.
About a month ago, Hector was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.
In recent weeks, his owners twice scheduled appointments to have Hector put down, but both times they backed out.
This week, as his suffering intensified, they went through with it, according to Hector's Facebook page.
The Yori's placed this post on that page Tuesday, written from Hector's point of view:
"Hello everyone. Unfortunately my time has come, and if you're reading this, that means that I have already passed. My last day was as good as one could ask for. The sun was shining, the frogs were out for me to chase at the pond, and I had Roo and Clara to carry me off the trail when my legs just couldn't go any further. I called shotgun to assume my co-pilot position on the way to the vet, where I passed away surrounded by people who love me.
I think my past life caught up with me and caused my time to come a little early. However, I can proudly say that I gave it everything I had all the way until the end. To my Vick Dog family, and all the other dogs rescued from similar cruelty situations, keep carrying the torch! There are a lot of dogs out there that still need help, so keep proving they deserve their chance through our success…
"Please remember that dogs don't really have a choice on where they end up, and some really good dogs end up in a bad spot through no fault of their own. Before you pass judgement, give them a chance to show who they are regardless of appearance or past life. You never know how it will turn out…"
(Photos: Hector on his final hike, from his Facebook page)
Posted by John Woestendiek October 29th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: adopted, animals, bad newz kennels, bad rap, cancer, clara yori, dead, death, died, dies, dog, dog fighting, dogfighting, dogs, former vick dogs, hector, michael vick, pets, pit bull, pit bulls, pitbull, pitbulls, rehabilitated, rescued, roo yori, seized, vick dogs, yori
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Lazarus: The dog who couldn't be put down
Three weeks after he was surrendered by his owners, an unwanted four-year-old mixed breed dog received what was supposed to be a lethal injection.
An animal control worker at the Ozark City Animal Shelter in Alabama watched as a contract veterinarian inserted the needle. The dog became still and quiet, and was presumed dead when everyone went home for the night.
When the time came, the next morning, to remove his body from the pen he was left in, the dog was up and about, had moved to an outdoor pen and, while a little wobbly, had helped himself to some water.
"He was back up and breathing and going right about business like it's nothing," said Ozark police Capt. Bobby Blankenship, who supervises the city shelter.
The police captain's daughter, who works as a volunteer at the shelter, explained it this way: "His body overcame and he had a will to live," said Cortney Blankenship, "and somehow, someway he made it through."
The dog arrived at the shelter on Aug. 19 after being dropped off by his owner, who Blankenship said was moving and could no longer care for him. The animal was cut and bloody after being struck by a car and a pad on its left rear foot was missing.
Blankenship tried to find an adoptive home or rescue group that wanted him, but when no one stepped forward, the lethal injection was carried out on Sept. 10.
Shelter staff don't know what kept the dog from dying, and they declined to release the name of the veterinarian who performed the injection, according to an Associated Press report.
Possibly an improper dosage was used, or the needle missed the vein.
In any event, the dog — since named Lazarus — recovered, and found a home after Cortney Blankenship posted the story of his survival on Facebook.
Lazarus was picked up from the shelter by Two by Two Animal Rescue, and later delivered to Jane Holston who lives in a suburb of Birmingham suburb.
He has heartworms, and one leg is in a cast from the car accident, but Lazarus is over the effects of his lethal injection.
"He's not skittish, he's not afraid of anything, anybody, any sounds. I mean, it's just amazing what all he has been through," Holston said.
(Photo: Lazarus, with his new owner, Jane Holston, in Helena, Ala.; by Jay Reeves / Associated Press)
Posted by John Woestendiek October 7th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: adopted, alabama, animal shelter, animals, dog, dogs, euthanasia, lazarus, lethal injection, ozark city, pets, rescued, shelters, survived, survivor
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A piglet and a pit bull
For some reason, Pigalina was rejected by her mother, but she's found a substitute in a member of another species — Levi, a four-year-old pit bull.
The piglet, three-weeks-old when this video was made, lives at PIGS Animal Sanctuary in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Levi, a rescued dog, was living there when she arrived — and obviously is used to being crawled upon by piglets.
The sanctuary, founded in 1992, specializes in the care of potbellied pigs and farm pigs, and it shelters other farm animals and pets as well. About 400 animals — pigs, dogs, cats, horses and goats among them — are living there.
You can learn more about out what's going on at PIGS Animal Sanctuary by visiting its Facebook page.
Posted by John Woestendiek August 4th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
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How a dog named Scout avoided becoming dinner and became the life of the party
Talk about your culture shock.
One week, this chow mix appeared destined to become somebody's dinner. The next — after being rescued from a dog meat market in Yulin, China — he was mingling with celebrities and members of congress at a Humane Society of the United States's (HSUS) gala in Washington, D.C.
Just two nights after arriving in the U.S., the dog, since named Scout, was the life of the party at a fundraiser that brought in more than $100,000 in pledges for Humane Society International (HSI) to open an office in Vietnam that will work to end the custom of eating dogs, according to HSUS Chief Program and Policy Officer Mike Markarian
The event was part of last week's Taking Action for Animals conference.
Scout was one of 200 dogs recently rescued by Chinese animal protection activists from a dog meat market in Yulin.
Peter Li, Humane Society International's China specialist, was in Yulin with other activists protesting a dog meat festival.
He came across Scout and another pup, sharing a small cage on the back of a motorcycle, and purchased them from a vendor, according to a Humane Society blog. Li kept one of the dogs and shipped the other to the U.S.
Days later, rather than being dinner, Scout attended one, where he was showered with attention, according to Animal Issues Reporter.
While the 12-week-old dog has landed in the lap of luxury, Scout will likely be earning his keep, becoming a poster boy in the campaign to end the consumption of dogs by some humans in some Asian countries
"I would really like to make sure he's an ambassador to the community" said Leslie Barcus, HSI board member and executive director of VegFund, who adopted Scout. "We could use his help for educational purposes about the plight of street dogs and of dogs used as food — for human consumption –across Asia and other parts of the world. He'll be in the community a lot, and he'll be a friend of everybody."
(Photos: HSUS)
Posted by John Woestendiek July 4th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: animals, asian, china, chow, consumption, culture, dog, dog meat, dogs, eating, food, fundraiser, hsus, humane society international, humane society of the united states, meat, meat market, party, pets, protest, rescued, scout, tradition, vietnam, washington, yulin
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Rescue, anyone? Wimbledon champ Andy Murray stops to save a Labradoodle
If there's anything to karma, Andy Murray should be winning Wimbledon again this year.
The reigning champion was on his way to practice this week when he got out of his car, blocked traffic, caught a runaway dog and returned it to its owner.
You can see him explain what happened in this BBC interview
Murray was driving from his home in Surrey to the All England Club when he saw the dog running near the side of the road. He got out of his car, stopped traffic and managed to grab the dog by the collar, according to Telegraph.
After loading the dog in his car, he drove it to a nearby park and called the phone number on the dog's tags.
The dog's owner met Murray and reclaimed her dog.
As it turned out, the dog was a friend of Murray's two border terriers.
Murray's first match of Wimbledon 2014 will be Monday against Belgian David Goffin.
Posted by John Woestendiek June 25th, 2014 under Muttsblog.
Tags: andy murray, animals, champ, dog, dogs, labradoodle, pets, rescue, rescued, road, saved, tennis, traffic, wimbledon
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From Sochi to DC: More strays arrive
Ten more Sochi strays — saved from the streets by rescue groups in Russia — arrived in the U.S. last week.
The dogs were among those rounded up by rescue organizations before and during the Winter Olympics in an effort to save them from being poisoned and killed by authorities who considered them a menace, or at least an embarassment.
"These 10 are representative of some of the dogs that have been removed from the streets and are now up for adoption in Sochi," said Kelly O'Meara, director of companion animals and engagement for Humane Society International. "They're the sweetest, most interactive, very friendly dogs, very adoptable, that just happen to be unfortunate enough to be living on the street."
The dogs landed at Dulles Airport Thursday. They were taken to the Washington Animal Rescue League, which will be responsible for finding them new homes.
More are expected to be arriving in coming days.
HSI worked with PovoDog Animal Shelter in Sochi and two other organizations to arrange vaccination, documentation and travel for the dogs, who spent two days in transit.
"We are excited to make the connection for homeless Sochi dogs with loving homes in the United States, with our focus on helping street dogs in Russia and around the world," O'Meara said. "Our goal is to protect street dogs from cruel and unnecessary killing programs — like the one employed by Sochi officials to 'clean up' in advance of the Olympics — by working with governments to create humane and effective dog population management programs."
HSI had urged the International Olympic Committee and Sochi authorities last year not to conduct a pre-Olympic "cull" of street dogs, and got some assurances that would be the case.
When it was exposed before the Olympics started that the program was underway, HSI petitioned President Vladimir Putin to put an end to it. The organization has offered its assistance in creating a humane program to control the population of street dogs.
HSI assisted American skier Gus Kenworthy, an Olympic silver medalist, in bringing home four strays.
It is also pushing the International Olympic Committee to mandate humane animal control standards when identifying a host country for future Olympics.
Each of the arriving dogs will get a medical evaluation, and they could be available for adoption within weeks, said Bob Ramin, CEO of the Washington Animal Rescue League.
"These animals are seeing a lot of new things and experiencing a lot of new things, so they're kind of stressed out," Ramin said. "We want to make sure they know they're in a safe place so we've got our staff working with them one on one."
Posted by John Woestendiek March 31st, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
Tags: adopt, adopt sochi dogs, adoption, animals, dogs, Gus Kenworthy, hsi, humane society international, olympics, pets, rescue, rescued, russia, Sochi, sochi strays, strays, street, washington animal rescue league, winter
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I bet that Painted Mountain corn makes some cool-looking tortillas and cornbread! Let us know how it tastes! My sweetie and I were looking at planting some of it, last year (or was it the year before?), but we never did.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2012 at 12:36 AM
Another reason the supersweet corns are so prevalent now is that old fashioned sweet corn like golden bantam are only in the prime eating stage for a week or so - they also do not keep well on grocery shelves. However, older varieties of sweet corn taste vastly superior to the newer hybrids. They actually taste like corn!ReplyDelete
Hi, I just found your blog. My family and I started growing Painted Mountain in 2010 for seed, when we realized how valuable Dave Christensen's work is for small farmers in the Northern Rockies. Especially now that more and more people and discovering a gluten intolerance and becoming more educated on the horrors of GMO. We've been developing our strain of Painted Mountain and have achieved much longer ears, typically 11-15 inches long, bigger kernels, and very few anomalous or strange-looking ears. We're getting as high as 400:1 return on lbs of seed planted. We've kept our strain GMO-free and after careful testing, we can confirm that our 2013 crop is Fukushima-free as well.ReplyDelete
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What happens when school children are given the tools they need to extend their learning beyond the four walls of the classroom and the limited hours of the school day?
We're finding out…
Learning Un-Limited is a project that gives young learners the tools to freely and responsibly use technology to connect with their learning materials and learning communities anywhere, anytime.
During the 2011-2012 school year, a class of 5th graders received Samsung Galaxy Tablets with mobile broadband data to use for learning as well as for their own purposes. These young students not only became savvy Internet and technology users, but shifted their learning from passively waiting for information from their teacher to actively seeking out answers as independent learners.
In this project we explored the differences in student performance using tablets for writing versus using the more traditional netbooks. We investigated the appropriateness of Android devices as an alternative to the popular iOS devices. We also observed intriguing shifts in the day-to-day practice of teaching and learning that occurred as personal mobile devices, providing 24/7 access to learning content and learning communities, removed obstacles to the kind of learning environment many educators strive for.
Download our report: Learning is Personal, Stories of Android Tablet Use in the 5th Grade
Looking for MORE mobile learning?
We recommend the CoSN Conference in San Diego March 11-13. This conference attracts thoughtful leaders from school districts across the nation along with industry partners to explore educational technology in a leading-edge context. This year, Learning is Personal project manager, Marie Bjerede will be conducting a pre-conference workshop that highlight's CoSN's new resource for administrators and leaders interested in mobile learning. We hope so see you there!!


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We run a variety of events over the year, bringing together students and industry professionals throughout the country to discuss, learn, and network. Subscribe to Ecliptic, our email newsletter, at the bottom of the page to stay up-to-date with our events.
We also maintain a list of all upcoming events in the space community in this Google Calendar. If there are any events we don't know about then please let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you are a branch representative and are interested in hosting one of our events, please take a look at our events bidding page.
UKSEDS National Student Space Conference
The NSSC, usually held in the spring, brings together students, academics, and professionals from across the country to share knowledge of space, discuss the challenges facing the sector, and to create new links between groups. It features talks by leading space science and industry figures, and opportunities to take part in discussions and networking events.
The conference is organised by UKSEDS, and hosted by a different UKSEDS branch each year.
UKSEDS Workshops
Our workshops emphasise hands-on activities and training sessions that will set you up with the skills to run your own space projects. Learn how to launch a rocket, put together a cubesat, make a high altitude balloon, design a robot, and much more!
All links to workshops currently open for booking can be found above.
Summer Astronomy Camp
Our summer astronomy camp lets you see the beauty of the night sky free from urban light pollution. You bring your own tent, telescope, and food, and we provide activities, barbecues, and astronomy advice.
UKSEDS ran its first summer astronomy camping trip in summer 2013, where members watched the Perseids beside the equally stunning ruins of Stonehenge.


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Breast Cancer Health Center
Man's Guide to Breast Cancer
How can a man stay positive for a loved one if he is scared?
Get away from Cancerland. Whether golfing or having beer with a friend, you need a reprieve. You can't be on all the time. You also need to be honest about what you are feeling. Be open and talk to a friend or family member. Guys tend to hold it in and say 'I'm OK or I am doing fine,' but they are torn up inside and have nowhere to go. When I needed help, I turned to my guy friends so I could download what I was going through. This is why we are launching an online forum in conjunction with the book so guys can anonymously discuss how they feel when a loved one has breast cancer.
Your mom lost her battle with breast cancer. How are your wife, sister and mom's best friend, Caryl?
They are doing great. My wife is now coming up on her ninth anniversary. My sister has been cancer-free since 2002, and Caryl is coming up on 30 years.
Is there still a lot of anxiety around follow-up testing?
There is always worry, but worry becomes less and less as each anniversary passes. It sure feels better when tests are negative and you get a confirmation that all is well.
What did you learn from each of these "Four Extraordinary Women" as they coped with cancer?
My mother taught me about strength. When she was diagnosed, the doctors gave her three to six months to live. Her youngest child was 5 or 6 at the time. She said 'I am not gonna die. I am going to get my last kid through high school.' She willpowered it, and got him through junior year.
My wife taught me about selflessness. When she was first diagnosed, she apologized to me because I would have to go through it all over again. She was always concerned about how I was doing and how our kids were doing, and was a great wife and mother even though she was going through a difficult time. She also taught me the value of doing your research. She dug deep and got a lot of second opinions.
My sister taught me about spirituality. Her spiritual strength and ability to deal with obstacles was inspiring.
Caryl taught me how to be a better caregiver. She was there so much for my mom that it gave me groundwork for when my wife and sister were diagnosed. My mother and Caryl went over the top and moved into each other's houses when each of them was diagnosed with breast cancer.


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Jenna Laine Previews Bucs-Patriots on Tuck & O'Neill
This afternoon I joined?Tuck & O'Neill on Sports Talk 1080 to preview tonight's Bucs-Patriots preseason matchup.
We talked key position battles and who the front-runners are at this point to land starting jobs. We talked about injuries, who will and won't play tonight, and what we can expect to see in terms of playing time.
We also talked about this team's struggles with pass rush and why Da'Quan Bowers has struggled to become an every-down defensive end.
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First National Bank - Bangor, WI - Phone: (608) 784-6799
Real Estate Loans fall under the category of secured loans where they are protected by an asset. In real estate loans, real estate properties are kept as a security against the loan amount that is being taken by the borrower. Real estate loans in Bangor are not only applicable against residential properties, but are also used against commercial real estate properties. Many business organizations in Bangor apply for business loans and keep the commercial properties as collateral.
Home loan is a type of real estate loan where the lender keeps the home as a security against the loan they lend to the borrower for financing other activities.�
NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli Addresses Clean Energy Leadership Task Force
Audits Confirm Savings from Energy Efficiency Improvements at Long Island School Districts (Long Island, NY) On Friday, February 19th, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli spoke before the Clean Energy Leadership Task Force which is a project directed by the Sustainability Institute at Molloy College located at Republic Airport in Farmingdale NY. Mr. DiNapoli discussed the results of audits..


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IU HEALTH GOSHEN Hospital AMONG "100 BEST PLACES TO WORK"
| Goshen, IND. —Once again, Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital ranks among the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare" in the country, according to Modern Healthcare, the nation's leading healthcare weekly publication. The hospital was ranked 13th in the "large employer" category, and 69th overall. IU Health Goshen also earned this distinction in 2010.
IU Health Goshen Hospital has a history of high colleague satisfaction, in large part due to its culture of colleague engagement and a "no layoffs" policy over the past 18 years. IU Health Goshen has been named four times as one of Indiana's Best Places to Work by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, was named to the list of "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare" by Becker's Hospital Review, and earned the Apex Workplace of Distinction award from Morehead Associates, which recognizes the industry's top employers.
"Of course, we already knew that this is a great place to work," says Anne Fetter, director of human resources at IU Health Goshen Hospital. "However, it is gratifying to have a national publication recognize what can be achieved when you have the passion, dedication, and commitment represented by a great team of colleagues."
Modern Healthcare collects information from both employer and employees. All health care companies, including providers, suppliers, and payers with at least 25 employees are eligible. Employers complete a survey detailing company policies, benefits, and demographics. Colleagues are asked an in-depth set of questions that result in an analysis in 8 core areas: leadership and planning; culture and communications; role satisfaction; working environment; relationship with supervisor; training and development; pay and benefits; and overall job satisfaction.
Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital is a not-for-profit provider of health care and is recognized nationally for its excellence in patient care and Colleague satisfaction. Committed to the local community, IU Health Goshen Hospital has provided approximately $165 million in charity care for Goshen's neediest residents over the past decade, and has contributed more than $1.5 million in grants to nonprofit organizations in Goshen through the Community Benefit Fund.
IU Health Goshen includes Goshen Hospital, Goshen Center for Cancer Care, Goshen Home Medical, IU Health Goshen Physicians, Team:Bariatrics, The Retreat Women's Health Center, Goshen Heart and Vascular Center, Goshen Acid Reflux Center, Goshen Wound Center, and Indiana Lakes Managed Care Organization.
Read more: The Best Places to Work in Healthcare | Modern Healthcare
Among the best practices in place to create a positive work environment for its 1400 Colleagues, Goshen Health System has implemented a The Uncommon Leader program. Through the TUL program, Colleagues have the power to improve the processes they do each day. All Colleagues are empowered to submit ideas, including cost savings ideas that improve efficiency and patient care on a daily basis. In 2009 alone, Colleagues submitted $7.5 million in cost savings ideas. In over a decade, those savings are in the area of $30 million – aiding GHS in achieving 17 consecutive years without any layoffs.
In 2010, IU Health Goshen Hospital earned a spot on Modern Healthcare Magazine's 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was previously named number one in the nation in Overall Job Satisfaction among all industries, according to HR Solutions International, Inc. Further, IU Health Goshen Hospital been named among the Best Places to Work in Indiana by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce four times.


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WAILUKU - Registration for the Wailuku Hongwanji Gakuen (Japanese language school) will be held June 9 at the temple from 2 to 4 p.m.
The school will follow the public school calendar year, beginning Aug. 1.
Classes are 35 minutes and start at 1:45 p.m. Wednesdays and 2:30 p.m. all other weekdays.
Programs are offered for children from kindergarten to 8th grade. The school will teach writing, reading, speaking and Japanese folk songs. Students also will have an opportunity to use a computer to type hiragana and katakana, a kind of Japanese alphabet, and kanji or Chinese characters.
Students will have an opportunity to experience Japanese culture, such as mochi and sushi making, origami and calligraphy, as well.
The registration fee is $25 and tuition is $55 per month. Textbooks and other learning materials may be purchased at registration.
Bus service is available for students from Kahului, Wailuku, Waihee, Lihikai and Pomaikai elementary schools.
Parents also may register their children before June 9 at the temple, 1828 Vineyard St.
For more information, call the Rev. Shinkai Murakami, who is principal of the school, at 244-0406 or email email@example.com.


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THIS LAST LONELY PLACE now on iTunes/Amazon
Just wanted to let everyone know that "This Last Lonely Place" is now available on iTunes and Amazon and will soon roll out to other streaming platforms, VOD and DVD.... Read more
Screening TLLP at the Little Theater in Rochester!
Many of our Kickstarter supporters are my friends and family in Rochester, New York!
I am very pleased to let you all know that I will be screening the film... Read more
The time has come! Watch THIS LAST LONELY PLACE!
Big news! Watch the film!
Well, my Kickstarter friends - the day has finally come! I thank you all so much for your support, and of course for your patience.... Read more
Rave Review for "This Last Lonely Place."
Hey everybody,
We wanted to make sure you all saw the rave review we got for our premiere of the film. It's on Twitchfilm.com, a very respected site. Check it... Read more
Premiere this coming Saturday!
Just wanted to remind everyone that we premiere this coming Saturday at the Newport Beach Film Festival! It's at 5pm at the Lido Theater. We hope you can join us.... Read more
THIS LAST LONELY PLACE Premiere!
We are thrilled to announce that "This Last Lonely Place" will premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 26th at 5pm. They've given us a prime Saturday time... Read more
New Trailer! Exciting News!
Hey everybody,
It is with great pride that we offer up our new trailer, along with some other incredible news. We TRULY could have have done this without you and... Read more
Poster! Please don't share it just yet!
Hey everybody - Steve Anderson here - please don't share the poster online or CLICK THE FACEBOOK LIKE BUTTON on the top of the poster update page just yet!
We... Read more
We Have Our First Poster!
Hi All,
We are sending you this sneak peek of our poster before we release it later this week. We wanted to share it with all of you - our... Read more
This Last Lonely Tuesday - Key Largo Here We Come!
Hi All - just a quick update here!
A few of us are packing our bags and headed out to Key Largo, Florida for the Humphrey Bogart Film Festival! We... Read more
This Last Lonely Tuesday - Exclusive First Look Screen Grabs
Note from writer/director Steve Anderson:
Big week here at Casa Noiras today I'm cutting the last scenes of the film for the first complete rough cut. After I've finished,... Read more
This Last Lonely Tuesday - writer/director Steve Anderson
Hi All,
We're going to start a This Last Lonely Tuesday series exclusively for YOU- our Kickstarter supporters! They'll include a first look at behind the scenes photos, actual... Read more
TLLP Cast News & Star Rhys Coiro joins the cast of CBS's pilot Hostages!
Hi all, so much good stuff going on with our cast we wanted to update you!
Michelle Krusiec just opened at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in the critically acclaimed... Read more
Editing, Editing, Editing!
So we are officially in post production and very busy editing, doing a few pick-up shots, then some more editing and a lot of other cool stuff. We just wanted... Read more
LOS ANGELES, CA - The Humphrey Bogart Estate and writer/director Steve Andersonare pleased to announce that the thriller This Last Lonely Place, which filmed November-December 2012... Read more
Quick update - like us on Facebook!
A quick update shot of actress Carly Pope as "Faye Gardner" cleaning up a little mess after dinner. We're well underway shooting and the footage looks amazing. Please make sure... Read more
Production Pics from our First 5 Days!
Attached are some production pictures – one from each of our first 5 Days!
Filming it going terrific! We have a very talented cast and crew and could not... Read more
We've started filming!
The day is upon us - very proud to announce that yesterday was the first day of filming on "This Last Lonely Place." We've been blessed with a beautiful, talented... Read more
Hello October 1st!
Greetings TeamTLLP! Its October!
That means we are only 3 weeks away from our production start date and shooting This Last Lonely Place! We're heavy in pre-production right now... Read more
Monday morning update!
Hey Team TLLP!
Just wanted to swing by and extend our heartfelt thanks one more time. It felt good to lay off Facebook and Twitter this last weekend after 30+... Read more
We did it everybody!
I will back tomorrow with some more effusive thanks, but please know that I, and everyone here at Team TLLP, thanks you from the bottom of our dark noir... Read more
Very nice story & interview with Stephan Bogart
Humphrey Bogart's son comes to the aid of fledgling filmmakers
It's the stuff Humphrey Bogart's dreams were made of.
Check us out in Indie Wire!
Humphrey Bogart Posthumously Supports Low-Budget Thriller 'This Last Lonely Place'
Humphrey Bogart as indie-film booster? It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Writer-director Steve Anderson ("The... Read more
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Chris Manley nominated for an EMMY today!
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Overview: For Grace Summers, life after the super solar flare and deadly viral outbreak can be summed up in one word. Alone. Having lost everyone she loved, Grace travels on foot to her family?s remote hunting cabin, where her father stockpiled food and supplies for this type of situation. Along the way, she meets Noah Hill and Ethan Erikson, a couple traveling the same direction. Grace struggles with her attraction to the pair until they make it clear they are just as interested in her. With Noah and Ethan, Grace is no longer alone but can she bring herself to trust them in this new world where everyone is trying to survive no matter the cost? Genre: Erotic Romance
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Q: We spot-planted some grass seed and covered them with straw. However, the squirrels are really digging up these areas. What do you recommend?
A: Try plastic netting that's normally used to keep birds off of fruiting plants and leaves out of water gardens. Garden centers sell it in packs.
Peg down sections of it over your seeded areas, and the barrier should stop the digging immediately. The quarter-inch openings are big enough that grass easily grows through. Once the grass is up and filling in, just pull up the netting when you're ready to mow.


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Last week, a new client told me that she still found it disconcerting that I was letting her eat pretty much the same things as she was eating before she met me.
She wanted me to tell her: "Stop eating everything you used to eat, and start eating this instead".
A couple of years ago, I wrote a blog post about a client who had asked me why I wasn't making her eat only lettuce.
Ignore the Brainwashing
The point is, that after years and years of brainwashing, most people believe that the key to weight loss is a drastic overhaul of their current diet.
But think about it this way:
The diet approach is a list of rules or foods that you have to follow. It's usually based on what somebody else did to lose weight. And it doesn't take into account your life.
If I told you to stop eating what you normally eat and gave you a totally different menu, how long would you stick to it?
You might be able to keep going for a few weeks, but eventually old habits, and memories of foods that you love, would undermine your new regime and you'd be back to the old menu.
In other words, drastic overhauls are futile. They are doomed to fail.
Follow Your Own Rules
Ask any of my clients and they will tell you that what they're eating after they lost weight is remarkably similar to what they were eating beforehand.
In essence they are sticking to their own rules, not someone else's.
This is a stark difference between a behavioural approach to weight loss and the average diet.
Ask yourself which approach is most likely to succeed, in the long-term?
This may be totally against everything you've ever thought about losing weight. But it's the best way to ensure long-term success.
Diets are Someone Else's Rules, Follow Your Own Rules Instead.
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COLUMBIA -- When South Carolina's football team showed up to Williams-Brice Stadium on Nov. 8, the Monday after a three-touchdown home loss to Arkansas, the Gamecocks knew a lot of things had to change.
The first thing coach Steve Spurrier did was shuffle the Monday practice schedule. Instead of a normal workout, which typically runs from about 7-9 p.m., Spurrier had the players gather in the late afternoon hours for an extended film session.
The Gamecocks then had about a half-hour of conditioning -- and then they called it a day.
Some questioned the move at the time, wondering if pulling back was the correct call after Arkansas handled the team in every imaginable way.
South Carolina responded, though, with a thorough 36-14 clobbering of
Florida in The Swamp, a win that delivered USC's first SEC East title.
"We played pretty well down there," Spurrier said, "so we've sort of left it like that."
The Gamecocks then crushed Troy by 45 points. And then, this past weekend, they dismantled Clemson by 22 in Death Valley.
So it's no surprise, of course, that SEC championship week started Monday at Williams-Brice the same way the past three weeks have.
"It's basically having Sunday and Monday off," Gamecocks safety Akeem Auguste said. "We're resting up our legs. We're getting the job done and staying light on our feet, making sure we're ready for Saturdays."
The film portion is a big part of the "new Monday" at USC. The staff takes about 90 minutes going over the previous game, correcting mistakes and applauding successes, and then there's a short session about the next opponent.
Actually, the Gamecocks spent 20 more minutes watching Auburn than they have the upcoming opponent the past three weeks. That's only natural when you're preparing for a Heisman frontrunner, a 12-0 team and a conference championship game.
"We were watching a little bit of that zone read," Auguste said, referring to Auburn's offense. "We've got to understand the whole concept of this thing. We've got to know who has to do their job right and who needs to do their job right."
By November, obviously, a lot of teams are getting worn down. Having the abbreviated time on the field for Mondays has helped USC's players stay refreshed as the Gamecocks now prepare for their 13th game in 14 weeks.
"It's a long year," South Carolina defensive assistant Shane Beamer said. "This is our 13th game, I guess, plus a month of practice in August. Guys get worn down, so it's been a good pick-me-up for our guys."
Also helping the fatigue factor is the fact that starters such as running back Marcus Lattimore haven't had to play the entirety of a game in a month.
Most starters, including Lattimore, didn't play the entire second half of the Troy game. Several were out by the fourth quarters at Florida and Clemson.
"In the Clemson game, I never expected it to be like that," Auguste said. "I thought we'd have to play a lot more than what we did, but we shut them down, a lot of three-and-outs."
The revised Monday schedule isn't just of benefit to the players. Beamer said it gives South Carolina's coaching staff more time on Mondays -- both before and after the film and conditioning sessions -- to devise the game plan for that given week.
Garcia note
Although there was no real practice, quarterback Stephen Garcia had his left arm and shoulder in a harness, to immobilize the joint. Garcia landed awkwardly on the shoulder during the Clemson game, but continued to play through the pain.
Garcia also hit his right thumb on a helmet early in the game.
Spurrier said Garcia will be restricted early this week, but he fully expects Garcia to play Saturday.


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Glasses are such a huge part of my life - I've been wearing mine since I was 7 and although I've tried contact lenses, I just feel naked without glasses on my face. The current trend of 'fashion' glasses for people who don't need vision correction sort of cracks me up... it's like the rest of the world has finally discovered what I've known for years... Men DO make passes at girls who wear glasses!
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Career Statistics
2015: Appeared in seven contests … Turned in a two-goal performance against Davidson (3/31) … Notched three ground balls for the season.
2014: Played in two contests as a rookie, seeing the field against Elon (2/7) and Davidson (3/13).
Prior to Duke: Four-year letterwinner for Allison Thomas at Springside … US Lacrosse All-America honorable mention selection as a senior … Also garnered first team all-league honors her final season after notching 69 goals, 18 assists, 30 draw controls and 43 ground balls … Concluded her prep career with 144 goals, 72 assists, 110 draw controls and 143 ground balls … First team all-league selection as a junior … Two-time member of team PASLA for the national tournament … Participated in the Champion All-American Showcase during the summer of 2013, leading her squad to the showcase title … Also competed on Springside's cross country and track and field teams, helping to set school records in the 4x400 meter and the sprint medley relays … Named to the academic honor roll.
Personal: Born Katharine Ashton Morrissey on March 24, 1995 in Philadelphia, Pa. … Daughter of Jim Morrissey and Patricia Owens … Has six siblings - Annie Morrissey, Henry Morrissey, Maggie Morrissey, Alex Kahoe, R.G. Kahoe and Scott Kahoe … Stepsister, Alex, is currently the head women's lacrosse coach at St. Joseph's and was formerly an assistant coach at Duke (2007-11).