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Ken Duken (INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, LACONIA)
Felicitas Woll (DRESDEN)
Sebastian Blomberg (The BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX)
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Oliver Korittke
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Odyssey of HeroesThey lost their ship. But love kept them from losing hope.
Before the guns of August 1914 usher in World War I, the German colony of Tsingtao on the Chinese mainland is enjoying its last days of peace and prosperity. Karl Overbeck, a young naval officer, has secretly proposed to Maria von Plettenberg, whose parents want her to wed the wealthy aristocrat von Mahnstein. Then the war begins, and Maria and Karl are separated: Maria and her family must flee Tsingtao, and Karl goes to sea on the warship Emden.
While part of the crew under Captain-Lieutenant von Mücke is carrying out a mission on Cocos Island, the Emden, anchored off the coast, is shelled and sinks, causing a considerable loss of lives. The resourceful, clever von Mücke, a gentleman and man of honor, requisitions an old, leaking schooner and swears that he and his men will make their way back to Berlin. Assisting him wholeheartedly is Karl Overbeck, who has another reason for making it home alive: Maria...
What follows are weeks of endless ordeals, ranging from lack of wind to contaminated drinking water and growing signs of mutiny. The crew is then picked up by a German merchant ship and ultimately makes it to Turkish-held Arabia, where they are greeted as heroes. Maria, meanwhile, has been taken prisoner in Ceylon with her family, but is treated well because of von Mahnstein, whom she agrees to marry after hearing about the destruction of the Emden...
The Emden men are allowed only a brief rest before von Mücke rallies them together for the most perilous part of their odyssey: a hike across the desert towards Suez. Awaiting them are bands of armed Bedouins under the control of Lawrence of Arabia. Almost in sight of the railway that can take them to freedom, the men are ambushed and suffer a devastating attack. Can they still be saved? Will they make it home? And will they find their loved ones still waiting for them on a continent in turmoil?


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In my ever vigilant search for cuteness, I hit pay dirt! Some things just make your day. Someone else getting a parking ticket for a change, finding a twenty dollar bill in your wife's jacket pocket, when the toilet paper end is folded to a point, I could go on.
This is a lady friend's new puppy, complete with saggy skin and ungainly legs, not that he will need them, as his favourite method of conveyance is her handbag.
French bulldog cross? Slipped my mind, as my oxytocin levels were skyrocketing. Hazard a guess in the comments. His name? BRUNO. Of course. Don't feed after midnight.

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There's a sizeable "smart home" wave building. The smart home and building technology market was $4.8 billion in 2012 and a report by Allied Market Research predicts it will grow to $35.3 billion by 2020.
Not surprisingly, many startups, retailers, and established tech companies hope to ride the wave. Surfing is hard to do. Not everyone will get the timing right. But some strategies will make it a lot less likely that companies will wipe out.
Open Up Your Platform
Everyone's racing to make their own smart home platform, but few of them are open. Now I don't mean open source, like the Android Open Source Project or Apache Hadoop-those projects are incredible for the technology industry, but open source isn't right or always possible for every company. Rather, I mean these smart home platforms need to be open by offering APIs and other developer toolkits to allow easy interoperability with other products within the ecosystem (or even allowing other brands to license their technology to create totally new products). Developers understandably want to maintain control over their products, but too tight of control can also limit a product's potential.
Opening up a product to let others play in the space can help the product's market share to grow and compound further in multiple appealing ways.
Microsoft is the classic example of a company that triumphed because they allowed others to build on their products--in their case the DOS and then Windows operating systems. Microsoft's platform enabled other companies to build solutions for consumers and enterprises. The openness worked to the advantage of Microsoft, its development community, and its users. Cultivating its developer community became one of the company's core competitive advantages.
Something similar will happen in the smart home market to help spur the creation of new products and extend the usefulness of old ones. In turn, that will give consumers more reasons to buy smart home products, growing the market.
Think Beyond Mobile Apps
Many smart home devices have a mobile app interface. It makes sense, given that most of us carry around Android and iOS devices. Mobile apps are a familiar gateway, in the consumer's mind, to smart home devices, which for many are still new and unfamiliar.
For the smart home to realize its full potential, however, I believe it needs to break free from the limitations of mobile app dependency. One reason is that the mobile app ecosystem is so completely ruled by two companies, Google and Apple. Both are in the hardware business. And I doubt we'll see Apple's smart home hardware (should the company enter the market) working with Google's, or vice versa.
Also, consumers should be able to interact with smart home devices through voice or an appliance's own tactile interface, not just through mobile apps. When this happens, it will open up the market to much more interesting devices and functionalities.
Amazon's upcoming Echo, a standalone, voice-activated smart assistant for the home, is a good example of where smart home appliances could be heading. The Echo stands by, waiting for you to ask it questions like "What's the weather forecast this weekend in Los Angeles?"or make commands, such as "Play music by Bruno Mars." (Echo is now being sold only to a limited group of invited Amazon customers.)
Develop Unconventional Partnerships
Incumbent home product makers must find ways to provide additional value. The smart home market is a great opportunity to work with other incumbents and/or startups to bring cool new services and products into consumers' homes.
For example, energy utilities are in an ideal position. They're already providing a service into your home--electricity and/or gas. What they need to do now is build smart appliances and sell them to the customers they already have.
With a slightly smarter use of data, much of which they already have, energy companies could better predict what your home may need next--a more efficient smart water heater or refrigerator, for instance. This information could help them sell additional products and services--most likely through partnerships--which in turn will open up a lot of new opportunities for both the utilities and their partners. It's not unreasonable to imagine, for example, that an energy company might one day partner with or even operate as a bank, financing improvements that will make a home smarter and more energy-efficient.
Be Prepared for the Inevitable Market Consolidation
It's still early for smart home products, and there's a lot of experimentation underway. For example, some retailers are coming out with their own smart home products--just as Radio Shack did in the early PC era with its own brand of computers. I predict that many of these over time won't last. Retailers are likely to realize they can't make much money building their own devices. Retailers are generally good at retailing, not at product development.
There's another reason why consolidation is inevitable. Over the years, we've seen technology waves come and go. In Silicon Valley and other tech-heavy areas, we're riding a pretty big wave right now, fueled by the Fed's easy money, low interest rates, and global venture capitalists spending big in hopes of ROI.
But at some point, this wave will crash. And when it does, a lot of smart home products will be washed ashore. The companies that remain in the water will have a long-term plan, solid financing, an understanding of their target markets, and a timeline for reaching those markets. These companies will be the ones providing useful, even beautiful, smart home appliances and accompanying services. Consumers will want these devices if the price is right because they look good and because they make their lives easier, safer, and more secure.
Adam Gettings is co-founder and CEO of Leeo, Inc., which makes products and services that open up communication between consumers and their homes.
Original article published at Techonomy.com.


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Whole life, I consider myself as a "lucky" person. I live, I breathe, I sleep, feeling bored, feeling happy, sad, mesmerized, you can named all the emotional things and I think we all have been through that, right? But, the rollercoaster has been inside our life since we open our eyes from the very first time. You know that, right?
When you were a kid, you must be a stubborn little bustard creature. And you really hate when someone's forbid you to do something that you like. Or maybe when you were in high school you fell in love with some girls/boys and end up regretting yourself the entire life for not taking any movement to get her/him. Or someone that you really love are end up left you behind without saying any goodbye, Or you ditched someone that really loves you and leave them without a word. Man…that was ugly, right?
My point is I'm not saying that my life is a misery or terrible than others. Or want to remind you about the bad things that you've been through, or be some kind of wise man that always throwing a bullshit word about "how to live your life better'. No… I am not that kind of person… chill out… this story isn't about that…
But I'm here to say that we are "lucky".
Lucky. Lucky. Lucky. Lucky. And Lucky
Even though the destiny wants us to be here. Don't you think we are still lucky to be here? You still can see this e-typography from the internet through my friend's little blogsite or maybe some of you right now are counting how many errors that I did in this story, right? Hehe…
Have you been considered yourself as a "lucky" person? have you tried dig a bit more about the reason why you are live? Or you have realized and just won't admit that you are live in this world with a "purpose".
Happiness… what is happiness? Is it good? Or is it bad?
Is it addictive? Is it kills you? Or make you feel alive?
The story was begun, you all have been triggered.. I dunno.. but the other side of you are triggered to do something. Either is bad or good. But mainly you were flashback a little bit and regret some of your decision that you made.
And the other point is… the hidden message that GOD sent you are laying all over the street right now, so you have to open your eyes widely and please don't reject the opportunity that He gave you… that's rude, you know?


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The Bravados (20th Century-Fox) is a western that attempts to draw a useful moral, but it is just too goldurn slow (98 minutes) on the draw. The hero (Gregory Peck) is a ranchman who hunts down and kills three men for the rape and murder of his wife, only to discover that the men did not commit the crime. To make matters worse, the killings have made him a hero to the whole district.
The paradox of public innocence and private guilt is strongly framed in the ending, and the point of the story
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PMM is proud to announce our new line of Compensators and barrels for the P320!
The PMM MICRO JTTC for the P320 uses a proprietary threaded barrel designed specifically for mounting our compensator. Our compensators mount much like what is found on all modern rifles utilizing a combination of thread locker and proper timing of the compensator in relation to the Pistol slide.
Additionally, the PMM MICRO JTTC of the P320 utilize a single port design at the 12 O'clock position which maximizes the effectiveness of the compensator in keeping the muzzle of the pistol down and allows the slide to "track" faster and more accurately for follow up shots.
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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - East Java Governor Soekarwo plans to finish the expansion of Surabaya's Juanda International Airport and its two addition runways by June 2019. Construction of the additiona,l supporting infrastructure, is slated to begin in the third quarter (Q3) of 2016.
"We hope that all physical construction could be finished by then, so the airport could be fully operational by mid-2019," said Soekarwo to Tempo, April 23, 2016.
Soekarwo explained that the construction of two runways by PT Angkasa Pura I - as Juanda Airport's operator - will require the reclamation of some 4 kilometre stretch of land along Java's northern coastline. The additional construction is expected to increase the capacity of the airport to serve up to 70 million passengers annually.
"We will ensure that the reclamation will meet all requirements as set out by existing regulations - so that it won't cause problems once the project begins," said Soekarwo.
Furthermore, Juanda Airport will be designed to be as an airport city and an Ultimate Terminal concept - where passengers and visitors alike could enjoy the facilities that will be provided once the Terminal is completed.
"We will build a shopping concourse and a recreational space - which will be located in the basement area of the airport," said Soekarwo, who also said that bidding for the project has been opened, but refused to comment on which companies have agreed to fund the project.
"I can't tell you who the investors are yet - neither can I say anything about the budget required," said Soekarwo.
6,000 hectares of land have been prepared for the expansion of Juanda Airport - where in 1,500 hectares will be used to construct two additional runways, and Juanda Airport's Terminal 3, while the remaining area will be used to construct the Airport City and the Ultimate Terminal Building.


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A Sweet & Laid-back Wedding Dance
Hailing from North Carolina, this couple already had a little bit of shag in their dance toolbox, so it was easy to build from there. The result had a sweet and laid-back feeling (just like them) and they made look easy.
Enjoying lessons together.
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As you prepare for this week's Thanksgiving holiday, perhaps the following trivia will be of interest around the dinner table:
- Domestic turkeys are slow-moving and unable to fly, but their wild relatives can run at up to 25 miles per hour and fly at speeds approaching 55 miles an hour.
- If Benjamin Franklin had his way, the turkey would be the national bird of the United States. Does this mean we would be eating bald eagle this Thursday? Probably not.
- Macy's didn't sponsor the first Thanksgiving parade. That honor goes to Gimbels, a department store in Philadelphia that sponsored a parade in 1920, four years before Macy's did.
- On Thanksgiving Day in 2007, two turkeys earned a trip to Disney World. They were pardoned by President George W. Bush and flown from the White House to Orlando, where they served as honorary grand marshals for the Disney World Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Here's another fact: Thanksgiving is the favorite holiday of only 2 percent of Americans. God disagrees. His Word is clear: "In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you" (1 Thess. 5:18).
In this week's Daily Articles, we will seek reasons and ways to give thanks to our Lord. Let's begin by noting that November is National Adoption Month. This emphasis is especially appropriate for Christians. Our sins orphaned us from our holy Father, but His Son died in our place and purchased our salvation. As a result, all Christians have received "the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!'" (Rom. 8:15).
Now we have the privilege of sharing with others the saving grace we have received. How does this calling relate to adoption?
Albert Reyes is president and CEO of Buckner International, an extremely effective ministry to vulnerable children, seniors and families. Dr. Reyes recently noted that more than 107,000 children are in foster care at any given time across the U.S. A bed shortage in Texas is forcing many children to sleep on the floor of Child Protective Services offices, where CPS workers supervise them overnight. Almost 28,000 Texas children are in foster care and need a permanent home.
What can we do to share the adopting grace of God with children in need? I invite you to take four steps today.
1. Read Cynthia Yanof's article on foster parenting. Cynthia serves as executive coordinator for our ministry. She and her husband became foster parents several months ago. She recently told their story on our Christian Parenting website. Her article describes perfectly the joys and challenges of becoming foster parents.
2. Visit the website of BraveLove, a wonderful ministry that encourages adoption. Here you will find inspiring stories that show the transforming difference adoption can make in the lives of children and parents.
3. Visit the Buckner International website, where you will find practical ways to become a foster or adoptive parent.
4. Pray. Ask the Lord if He wants you to become a foster parent or adopt a child. Please join me in praying for children in need of parents as well as parents who could help more children.
It is impossible to spell "thanksgiving" without "giving." Who deserves the gift of our compassion more than a child?
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TAIPEI • The deadly bus crash in Taiwan that killed an entire Chinese tour group was caused by a "suicidal" driver who intentionally set the vehicle on fire, investigators said yesterday.
The authorities had earlier said that the driver, Su Ming Cheng, had been drunk when his bus caught fire and rammed through an expressway in July, killing himself and 25 others on board.
Minutes before the incident, Su, who was driving the group to the airport, had poured petrol over the driver's seat and on the floor near the exit before sparking the fire with a lighter, investigators said.
"(Su), who was drink driving, committed suicide by pouring gasoline and setting a fire, killing other passengers," Taiwanese prosecutors said in a statement yesterday.
The probe uncovered dozens of phone records between Su and his family in the days before the crash, with relatives pleading with him not to commit suicide.
A text message from his sister read: "Don't you love the three children in your family?
"Don't let them be ashamed. If you do this, it will bring shame to us all."
The Taiwanese driver was also described by the authorities as a regular drinker with a violent history.
Su had been hit with separate lawsuits for scuffling with a tour guide and sexually assaulting an unnamed victim.
In both cases, investigators said he was intoxicated.
"Because of this, Su was depressed," said prosecutors.
In May, Su was briefly suspended by his employer for fighting with another tour guide.
Su's job driving the group from China's north-east city of Dalian in July was his first after the suspension, according to officials.
The incident prompted Chinese authorities to demand that the island take measures to improve safety for mainland visitors.


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Bruce Jackson Quotes
17 Bruce Jackson quotes:
"France hasn't been a member of NATO's military command for the last 37 years, so their agreement on military planning isn't even required."
"Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture."
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"Photograph books are very expensive to print, and I don't think a commercial publisher was willing to take it on. But for us, it was interesting because it combined photographs with the essay."
"If Ukraine holds out and manages to strike a compromise with Russia, then Russia's ambitions to restore its influence in this part of the former Soviet empire could be finished."
"All the sound the audience hears goes from the mixing console through a bunch of Lake processors."
"I want to see Miss Jackson go to jail for life. You took my childhood, a childhood I was supposed to have. I was so disappointed I will never get that back."
"Puppies are so much fun, but it's so much more rewarding to see a dog that's been in bad hands ... wagging his tail. It's just better to get a dog like that, I think,"
"Students end up giving themselves away for things that are bigger and better than they are."
"as a way for me to sort of gather up my late friends and have them together."
"You can't live as long as I have and not have lost a lot of friends,"
"They hate to go back,"
"The jobs may be there. The question is, at what cost do those jobs come? They're not free."
"That's the first job I ever had that I love, even though I don't get paid, ... I sure like those dogs."
"There's a very, very great misconception among people who read about DNA technology that it's a magic bullet and it's not. It's a very powerful tool and probably the most powerful in terms of human identification, but it's not the only tool."
"We thought we needed a publication base for works in progress that deserved some light at this point, or for works that didn't fit other publication categories."
"We just feel that it's wrong. All it's doing is increasing the number of people that want to do our country harm by making more enemies than allies. I'm just convinced that this administration is less concerned with diplomacy and more concerned about showing the world its strength."
"Bruce Jackson: The Peace Bridge Chronicles."


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Riley's science experiment at home
First I had to fill 4 cups with water. Then I put salt into one cup, sugar into one, a fizzy tablet into one and lastly one just with water. Next I sprinkled some water beads into each cup and left them in overnight. The next day the beads had absorbed the water and turned into water bombs. It was really fun!


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GEORGE NEWS - All Go George routes except the community routes 3 (Blanco) and 61 (Pacaltsdorp) are currently operational.
Please follow the Go George facebook page for updates.
Last night Go George announced the temporary suspension of all services due to drivers' concern over their safety after disruptive actions by the taxi industry during the course of the day.
Please note that all buses normally stopping and departing from the CBD will be moved to the Mispel stops in Market Street until further notice.
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Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
A Case Study of the Passage of Social Work Licensure in Michigan
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Policy-making is a complex process characterized by conflict and consensus building to achieve policy change (Lindblom, 1959; True, 1999; True, 2000). Historically, the social work profession is committed to the delivery of policy informed services to those in need (Colebatch, 2006; Figueira-McDonough, 1993; Gal & Weiss, 2000; Greene & Knee, 1996; Hoefer, 2005; Linhhorst, 2002; Pearlmutter, 2002; Schneider & Netting, 1999). Today, the profession is challenged to advance its mission of social justice in the context of devolution policy that contributes to an erosion of public funding for public and private social services (Gronbjerg & Salamon, 2002). For social workers engaged in policy-practice, understanding the dynamics of policy change can only enhance understanding and subsequent effectiveness when involved in policy advocacy. This case study examines Punctuated Equilibrium Theory and the Advocacy Coalition Framework from the political science literature for their interpretation of the passage of social work licensure in Michigan. The passage of MI PA 61 of 2004 demonstrates the ability of the profession to influence the passage of legislation through the formation of alliances and the mobilization of groups to elect a new governor supportive of social work licensure. The study may provide social workers a theoretical foundation for understanding how critical events over a decade or more may influence the passage of legislation. Also, the case study may demonstrate the significance of the participation of social work in electoral politics as a strategy to influence public policy.
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Atlanta, GA
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Hayes, Jane, "A Case Study of the Passage of Social Work Licensure in Michigan" (2011). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 406.


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PAA Student Displays Passion for Service in Senior Project
It is not every day that a school assignment can ignite a lifelong passion. While working on her senior project, Jesica Hernandez of Portland Adventist Academy (PAA) was touched by her teacher's stories and photos of orphans in Ethiopia. She decided to go above and beyond her original project requirements. In addition to her original presentation on various photographic styles, she created an ongoing outreach to raise money so these children could receive basic health care, shelter and educational opportunities.
Inspired by her teacher, Joan Oksenholt, Hernandez decided to make a multimedia presentation about the children. Using Oksenholt's photographs, she created a video to share with churches and schools to help raise money for the orphans. "We can help them," says Hernandez. "They need us and we all can do something."
In their junior year, PAA students present a proposal to a faculty committee for a senior project. The students prepare their projects and defend them using various types of media. A reflection of the student's high school experience, the project not only gives the student the awareness of the importance of their education but also prepares them for life. "It gives them real-world relevance, a connection that they need for the future," says Oksenholt.
Real-world relevance is not the only lesson Hernandez learned from her project. Hernandez would like to keep serving others, possibly as a missionary. "I want to be a radiologist. Working in the medical field would enable me to help others all over the world," she says.


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Don't you hate clothing items labeled "one size fits all?" That is misleading advertizing, and virtually impossible! If it is small enough to properly fit a tiny person, it is far too little to fit a large one. In order to fit a large individual the smaller people are wearing something as big as a tent! I speak from experience; because I have a very small foot. I often wear children's shoes, as they are more affordable; and in many instances there is a larger selection. In irritation I have slipped into one size fits all ladies socks, and they were way too big.
There is one article of clothing that honestly meets claims to fit all. "Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the whiles of the devil (Ephesians 6:11 NKJ)." If the armor fit too tightly or hung loosely, slipping off shoulders we would be distracted by the discomfort. We must firmly stand! "Therefore take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand (Ephesians 6:13 NKJ)." The Apostle Paul describes a "standing room only" place of battle! Our armor allotment offers plenty of leg and elbow room, giving us freedom of movement to oppose evil forces. It is always a snug, yet comfortable fit as molded to each of us individually. God's size fits all!
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HUD Intermediary
HUD Intermediaries play an important role in the provision of funding to organizations across the country. They receive pass-through funding from HUD and provide sub grants to housing counseling agencies. In turn, these sub grantees are able to offer a range of HUD counseling services, including reverse mortgage (HECM), rental, pre-purchase, default and delinquency counseling, services for the homeless and group education classes. Each Intermediary operates independently and is uniquely different in their protocols, processes, approach and benefits. The collective strength of an Intermediary's affiliate network makes for a more competitive application for housing counseling funding.
Today there are about 25 different HUD approved Intermediaries. New York Mortgage Coalition is proud to be one of them, serving as intermediary for 11 organizations in New York and Connecticut.
In addition to pass-through funding, Intermediaries provide critical support to their sub grantees through training, technical assistance, oversight and compliance monitoring, remote and on-site visits and ethics and quality of counseling monitoring. Added benefits come via increased leverage of resources that allow all participants to be a more effective force in their community.
Benefits of working with an intermediary:
- Intermediaries may develop private sector partnerships and capital that supplements government support. They may also help simplify and organize HUD compliance by lessening the administrative burden for individual sub grantees which allows counseling organizations the freedom to provide quality direct counseling services to consumers and to be more effective in their community. Benefits may include:
- Simplified Application Process and Reporting Process
- Dedicated Support Team
- Training and Technical Assistance
- Conferences and monthly calls with affiliates
- Updates on industry guidelines and new programs
- Best Practices
- Peer Learning Opportunities
- Remote and On-Site Oversight and Compliance Monitoring
- Assistance preparing for HUD Biennial Performance Reviews
- Attendance at selected events on the bequest of the affiliate
- Strong support for Congressional advocacy
- Letters of support for affiliates
- Marketing direction and funding for specific local advertisements
- Partnerships with private sector and financial institutions to provide capital and sustain growth outside of federal funds


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Catherine "Kate" Bush, CBE (born 30 July 1958)[1] is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer, who is known for her eclectic musical style and her idiosyncratic soprano vocal performances.
In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song.[2] She has since released ten albums, three of which topped the UK Albums Chart. She has had 25 UK Top 40 hit singles, including the Top 10 hits "Wuthering Heights", "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", "Babooshka", "Running Up That Hill" (as well as its 2012 remix), "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Peter Gabriel), and "King of the Mountain".
Being nominated 13 times overall for British Phonographic Industry accolades,[3] in 1987, she won a Brit Award for Best British Female Artist. In 2002, her song writing ability was recognised with an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. During the course of her career, she has also been nominated for three Grammy Awards. After her 1979 tour – the only concert tour of her career before 2014 – Bush released the 1980 album Never for Ever, which made her the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at Number 1.[4] She is also the first (and to date only) female artist to have Top 5 albums in the UK charts in five successive decades.[5] In August 2014 she became the first female performer to have eight albums in the Official UK Top 40 Albums Chart simultaneously; altogether she had 11 albums in the top 50, putting her at number three for simultaneous UK Top 40 albums (Elvis Presley with 12 albums in 1977, and The Beatles in 2009 with 11 albums).[6][7]
Bush was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to music.[8][9] She received the award from Queen Elizabeth II on 10 April 2013 at Windsor Castle.[10]
Bush was born in Bexleyheath, Kent (now within London),[11] to English medical doctor Robert Bush (1920-2008) and his Irish wife, Hannah Daly (1918-1992; from Waterford, Ireland).[12][13] She was raised as a Roman Catholic[14] in their farmhouse in East Wickham with her older brothers, John and Paddy.[15] Bush came from an artistic background: her mother was an accomplished traditional Irish dancer, her father was an accomplished pianist, Paddy worked as a musical instrument maker and John was a poet and photographer. Both brothers were involved in the local folk music scene.[16]
John was a karateka at Goldsmiths College karate club and Kate also trained there, becoming known as "Ee-ee" because of her squeaky kiai. One of the instructors, Dave Hazard, later noted in his autobiography that her dance moves seemed to owe something to karate.[17]
Her family's musical influence inspired Bush to teach herself the piano at the age of 11. She also played the organ in a barn behind her parents' house and studied the violin.[18] She soon began writing her own tunes and eventually added lyrics to them.[19]
Bush attended St Joseph's Convent Grammar School, a Catholic girls' school (later part of St Mary's and St Joseph's School, Sidcup), in Woolwich Road, Abbey Wood, South East London, in the mid-1970s. During this time her family produced a demo tape with over 50 of her compositions, which was turned down by record labels. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd received the demo from Ricky Hopper, a mutual friend of Gilmour and the Bush family. Impressed with what he heard, Gilmour helped the sixteen-year-old Bush get a more professional-sounding demo tape recorded that would be more saleable to the record companies.[20] Three tracks in total were recorded and paid for by Gilmour.[21] The tape was produced by Gilmour's friend Andrew Powell, who would go on to produce Bush's first two albums,[19] and sound engineer Geoff Emerick.[22] The tape was sent to EMI executive Terry Slater.[23] Slater was impressed by the tape and signed her.[24] The British record industry was reaching a point of stagnation.[23] Progressive rock was very popular and visually oriented rock performers were growing in popularity, thus record labels looking for the next big thing were considering experimental acts.[23]
Bush was put on retainer for two years by Bob Mercer, managing director of EMI group-repertoire division. According to Mercer he felt Bush's material was good enough to be released but felt that if the album failed it would be demoralising and if it was successful Bush was too young to handle it.[25] For the first two years of her contract, Bush spent more time on school work than making an album. She left school after doing her mock A-levels and having gained ten GCE O-Level qualifications.[26] In 2005, Bush stated in an interview with Mark Radcliffe on BBC Radio 2 that she believed EMI signed her before she was ready to make an album so that no other record company could offer her a contract. After the contract signing, EMI forwarded her a sizeable advance which she used to enroll in interpretive dance classes taught by Lindsay Kemp, a former teacher of David Bowie,[27] and mime training with Adam Darius.[28]
Bush also wrote and made demos of close to 200 songs, a few of which today can be found on bootleg recordings and are known as the Phoenix Recordings.[29] From March to August 1977, she fronted the KT Bush Band at public houses around London – specifically at the Rose of Lee public house (now Dirty South) in Lewisham. The other three band members were Del Palmer (bass), Brian Bath (guitar), and Vic King (drums). She began recording her first album in August 1977,[19] although two tracks had been recorded during the summer of 1975.
As part of her preparation for entering the studio, Bush toured pubs with the KT Bush Band. However, for her début album The Kick Inside (1978) she was persuaded to use established session musicians, some of whom she would retain even after she had brought her bandmates back on board.[30] Her brother Paddy played the harmonica and mandolin, unlike on later albums where he would play more exotic instruments such as the balalaika and didgeridoo. Stuart Elliott played some of the drums and would become her main drummer on subsequent albums.[31]
Bush released The Kick Inside when she was 19 years old, but some of the songs had been written when she was as young as 13. EMI originally wanted the more rock-oriented track "James and the Cold Gun" to be her début single, but Bush insisted that it should be "Wuthering Heights". Even at this early stage of her career, she had gained a reputation for her determination to have a say in decisions affecting her work.[19] "Wuthering Heights" topped the UK and Australian charts and became an international hit.[32] Bush became the first woman to reach number one in the UK charts with a self-penned song. Despite her considerable subsequent chart success it is still her only No. 1 single (as at 2014).[33] A second single, "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", reached number six in the UK charts.[34] It also made it onto the American Billboard Hot 100 where it reached number 85 in early 1979. Bob Mercer felt that Bush's relative lack of success in the United States compared to the rest of the world was due to her music being a poor fit for American radio formats and that there were no outlets for the visual presentation central to Bush's appeal.[25] "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" went on to win her an Ivor Novello Award in 1979 for Outstanding British Lyric.[35]
EMI capitalised on Bush's appearance by promoting the album with a poster of her in a tight pink top that emphasised her breasts. In an interview with NME magazine in 1982, Bush criticised the marketing technique, stating: "People weren't even generally aware that I wrote my own songs or played the piano. The media just promoted me as a female body. It's like I've had to prove that I'm an artist in a female body."[19] In late 1978, EMI persuaded Bush to quickly record a follow-up album, Lionheart, to take advantage of the success of The Kick Inside. Bush has often expressed dissatisfaction with Lionheart, feeling that she had needed more time to get it right. The album was produced by Andrew Powell, assisted by Bush. While it had spawned several hit singles, most notably "Wow", it did not garner the same reception as her first album, reaching number six in the UK album charts.[36]
Bush was displeased with being rushed into making the second album. She set up her own publishing company, Kate Bush Music, and her own management company, Novercia, to maintain complete control over her work. Members of her family, along with Bush herself, composed the company's board of directors.[19] Following the album's release, she was required by EMI to undertake heavy promotional work and an exhausting tour, the only one of her career.[37] The tour, named The Tour of Life, began in April 1979 and lasted six weeks. This live show was co-devised and performed on stage with magician Simon Drake.[38] Typical of her determination to have control, she was involved in every aspect of the production, choreography, set design and staff recruitment for the show.[19] The shows were noted for her dancing, complex lighting and her 17 costume changes per show. Because of her intention to dance as she sang, her sound engineers used a wire coat hanger and a radio microphone to fashion the first headset microphone to be used by a rock performer since the Swedish group the Spotnicks used a very primitive version in the early 1960s.[1][39]
Released in September 1980, Never for Ever saw Bush's second foray into production, co-producing with Jon Kelly. Her first time as a producer was on her Live on Stage EP, released after her tour the previous year. The first two albums had resulted in a definitive sound evident in every track, with orchestral arrangements supporting the live band sound. The range of styles on Never for Ever is much more diverse, veering from the straightforward rocker "Violin" to the wistful waltz of hit single "Army Dreamers".
"Artists shouldn't be made famous. They have this huge aura of almost god-like quality about them, just because their craft makes a lot of money. And at the same time it is a forced importance...It is man-made so the press can feed off it."
Never for Ever was the first Kate Bush album to feature synthesisers and drum machines, in particular the Fairlight CMI, to which she was introduced when providing backing vocals on Peter Gabriel's eponymous third album in early 1980.[19] It was her first record to reach the top position in the UK album charts, also making her the first female British artist to achieve that status,[26] and the first female artist ever to enter the album chart at the top.[4] The top-selling single from the album was "Babooshka", which reached number five in the UK singles chart.[41] In November 1980, she released the standalone Christmas single "December Will Be Magic Again", which reached number 29 in the UK charts.
September 1982 saw the release of The Dreaming, the first album Bush produced by herself.[42] With her new-found freedom, she experimented with production techniques, creating an album that features a diverse blend of musical styles and is known for its near-exhaustive use of the Fairlight CMI. The Dreaming received a mixed critical reception in the UK, and many were baffled by the dense soundscapes Bush had created to become "less accessible".[43] In a 1993 interview with Q (magazine), Bush stated: "That was my 'She's gone mad' album."[19] However, the album became her first to enter the US Billboard 200 chart, albeit only reaching number 157.[19] The album entered the UK album chart at number three, but is to date her lowest-selling album, garnering only a silver disc.
"Sat in Your Lap" was the first single from the album to be released. It pre-dated the album by over a year and peaked at number 11 in the UK.[44] The album's title track, featuring the talents of Rolf Harris and Percy Edwards, stalled at number 48, while the third single, "There Goes a Tenner", failed to chart, despite promotion from EMI and Bush. The track "Suspended in Gaffa" was released as a single in Europe, but not in the UK.
Continuing in her storytelling tradition, Bush looked far outside her own personal experience for sources of inspiration. She drew on old crime films for "There Goes a Tenner", a documentary about the war in Vietnam for "Pull Out the Pin", and the plight of Indigenous Australians for "The Dreaming". "Houdini" is about the magician's death, and "Get Out of My House" was inspired by Stephen King's novel The Shining.[45]
Hounds of Love was released in 1985. Because of the high cost of hiring studio space for her previous album, she built a private studio near her home, where she could work at her own pace.[46] Hounds of Love ultimately topped the charts in the UK, knocking Madonna's Like a Virgin from the number one position.[47]
The album takes advantage of the vinyl and cassette formats with two very different sides. The first side, Hounds of Love, contains five "accessible" pop songs, including the four singles "Running Up that Hill", "Cloudbusting", "Hounds of Love", and "The Big Sky". "Running Up that Hill" reached number 3 in the UK charts and re-introduced Bush to American listeners, climbing to number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1985. The second side of the album, The Ninth Wave, takes its name from Tennyson's poem, "Idylls of the King", about the legendary King Arthur's reign, and is seven interconnecting songs joined in one continuous piece of music.[48]
The album earned Bush nominations for Best Female Solo Artist, Best Album, Best Single, and Best Producer at the 1986 BRIT Awards. In the same year, Bush and Peter Gabriel had a UK top ten hit with the duet "Don't Give Up" (Dolly Parton, Gabriel's original choice to sing the female vocal, turned his offer down),[49] and EMI released her "greatest hits" album, The Whole Story. Bush provided a new lead vocal and refreshed backing track on "Wuthering Heights," and recorded a new single, "Experiment IV," for inclusion on the compilation. Comedian/actors Dawn French and Hugh Laurie were in the video clip for Experiment IV. At the 1987 BRIT Awards, Bush won the award for Best Female Solo Artist.
The increasingly personal tone of her writing continued on 1989's The Sensual World. One of the quirkiest tracks on the album, touched by Bush's black humour, is "Heads We're Dancing", about a woman who dances all night with a charming stranger only to discover in the morning that he is Adolf Hitler. The title track drew its inspiration from James Joyce's novel Ulysses.[50]
The Sensual World went on to become her biggest-selling album in the US, receiving an RIAA Gold certification four years after its release for 500,000 copies sold. In the United Kingdom album charts, it reached the number two position.[51]
"I don't think of myself as a musician. As a writer, I suppose. I only ever play the piano to accompany myself singing. I could never sit and read a piece of music. At best, I'm an accompanist. I suppose the worst thing is frustration at your own ability. Not being able to do what you want to do."
In 1990, the boxed-set This Woman's Work was released and included all of her albums with their original cover art, as well as two discs of all single B sides recorded from 1978 to 1990. In 1991, Bush released a cover of Elton John's "Rocket Man", which reached number 12 in the UK singles chart,[54] and went as high as number two in Australia, and in 2007, was voted the greatest cover ever by readers of The Observer newspaper.[55] She recorded "Candle in the Wind", as the single's b-side.[56]
Bush's seventh studio album, The Red Shoes, was released in November 1993. The album features more high-profile cameo appearances than her previous efforts, including contributions from composer and conductor Michael Kamen, comedy actor Lenny Henry, Prince, Eric Clapton, Gary Brooker of Procol Harum, Trevor Whittaker, and Jeff Beck. Both The Sensual World and The Red Shoes featured contributions from Trio Bulgarka, the Bulgarian female vocal trio, who sang on six tracks, including "You're The One" and "Rocket's Tail". The album gave Bush her highest chart position in the US, reaching number 28, although the only song from the album to make the US singles chart was "Rubberband Girl", which peaked at number 88 in January 1994. In the UK, the album reached number two, and the singles "Rubberband Girl", "The Red Shoes", "Moments of Pleasure", and "And So Is Love" all reached the top 30.[44][57] In 1994, Bush released an accompanying short film, The Line, the Cross & the Curve. Written, directed by, and starring Bush, along with English actress Miranda Richardson,[58] the film was based around the concept of The Red Shoes and featured six of the songs from the album.
The initial plan had been to take the songs out on the road, but no new tour transpired. Thus, Bush deliberately aimed for a live-band feel, with less of the studio trickery that had typified her last three albums and which would have been too difficult to re-create on stage.[59] The result alienated some of her fan base, who had enjoyed the intricacy of her earlier compositions,[60] but others found a new complexity in the lyrics and the emotions they expressed.[61]
This period had been a troubled time for Bush. She had suffered a series of bereavements, including the loss of guitarist Alan Murphy, who had started working with her on The Tour of Life in 1979, and her mother Hannah, to whom she was exceptionally close.[26] Many of the people she lost are honoured in the ballad "Moments of Pleasure." However, Bush's mother was still alive when "Moments of Pleasure" was written and recorded. Bush describes playing the song to her mother, who thought the line where she is quoted by Bush as saying, "Every old sock meets an old shoe," was hilarious and "couldn't stop laughing."[62]
After the release of The Red Shoes, Kate Bush dropped out of the public eye for many years, although her name occasionally cropped up in the media with rumours of a new album release. Bush had originally intended to take one year off but despite working on material twelve years passed before her next album release. The press often viewed her as an eccentric recluse, sometimes drawing a comparison with Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens's Great Expectations.[63] In 1998, Bush had given birth to Albert, known as "Bertie", fathered by her guitarist and now husband Danny McIntosh.[26][64] In 2001, Bush was awarded a Q Awards as Classic Songwriter.[65] In 2002, she was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, and performed Comfortably Numb at David Gilmour's concert at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
Kate Bush's eighth studio album, Aerial, was released on double CD and vinyl in November 2005.[26] The first single from the album was "King of the Mountain", which was played for the first time on BBC Radio 2 on 21 September 2005.[66]
As on Hounds of Love (1985), the album is divided into two sections, each with its own theme and mood. The first disc, subtitled A Sea of Honey, features a set of unrelated themed songs, including "King of the Mountain"; "Bertie", a Renaissance-style ode to her son; and "Joanni", based on the story of Joan of Arc. In the song "\pi", Bush sings 117 digits of the number Pi,[67] but misses 22 digits from the 80th to the 101st place of the value of pi. The second disc, subtitled A Sky of Honey, features one continuous piece of music describing the experience of being outdoors after waking at dawn, moving through afternoon, dusk, to night, then back to the following dawn of single summer's day. All the pieces in this suite refer or allude to sky and sea in their lyrical content. Bush mixed her voice with cooing woodpigeons to repeat the phrases "A sea of honey, a sky of honey," and "You're full of beauty" throughout the piece, and uses recordings of actual birdsong throughout. A Sky of Honey features Rolf Harris playing the didgeridoo on one track, and providing vocals on "The Painter's Link". Other artists making guest appearances on the album include Peter Erskine, Eberhard Weber, Lol Creme, and Gary Brooker. Two tracks feature string arrangements by Michael Kamen, performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra. A CD release of the single "King of the Mountain" included a cover of "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye.[68]
"King of the Mountain" entered the UK Downloads Chart at number six on 17 October 2005,[69] and by 30 October it had become Bush's third-highest-charting single ever in the UK, peaking at number four on the full chart. Aerial entered the UK albums chart at number 3,[70] and the US chart at number 48.[71] Bush herself carried out relatively little publicity for the album, only conducting a handful of magazine and radio interviews. Aerial earned Bush two nominations at the 2006 BRIT Awards, for Best British Female Solo Artist and Best British Album.[72]
In late 2007, Bush composed and recorded a new song, "Lyra", for the soundtrack to the fantasy film The Golden Compass.[73]
On 16 May 2011, Bush released the album Director's Cut. The album, which Bush has described as an entirely new project rather than a collection of mere remixes, contains 11 tracks of substantially reworked material from her earlier albums The Sensual World and The Red Shoes, all of which have been recorded using analogue, rather than digital, equipment to create "a warmer sound". All the tracks have new lead vocals, new drums, and radically reworked instrumentation. Some of them have been transposed to a lower key to accommodate her lowering voice. Three of the songs, including "This Woman's Work", have been completely re-recorded, with lyrics often changed in places.[74] The album has been met with a wide range of reviews with most reviewers a bit confused about the concept of the album itself, while responding with varying degrees of enthusiasm about its revamped tracks. Of particular note is the warmer, more intimate tone of the songs and the richer, more mature sound of her voice.[75][76] This is the first album on her new label, Fish People, a division of EMI Records, with whom she's had a relationship since she started recording. In addition to the album Director's Cut in both its single CD form and in a box-set with The Sensual World and the analogue re-mastered The Red Shoes, Fish People will be releasing re-mastered editions of The Hounds of Love and The Dreaming.[77] The album debuted at number 2 on the United Kingdom chart.[78]
The song "The Sensual World" has been renamed "Flower of the Mountain" and contains a passage of Molly Bloom's famous soliloquy from James Joyce's novel Ulysses. Bush said, "Originally when I wrote the song "The Sensual World", I had used text from the end of Ulysses. When I asked for permission to use the text I was refused, which was disappointing. I then wrote my own lyrics for the song, although I felt that the original idea had been more interesting. Well, I'm not James Joyce am I? When I came to work on this project I thought I would ask for permission again and this time they said yes."[79]
The first single released from the album was "Deeper Understanding" and contains a new chorus featuring computerised vocals from Bush's son, Albert. A video for the song, directed by Bush, has been released through her channel on YouTube. It features Robbie Coltrane as a man consumed by his relationship with his computer (voiced by Bush's son). Frances Barber plays the man's wife, and Noel Fielding also appears.
Bush's next studio album, 50 Words for Snow, was released on 21 November 2011. The album contains seven new songs "set against a backdrop of falling snow," with a total running time of 65 minutes.[80][81] A radio edit of the first single, "Wild Man," was played on BBC Radio 2's The Ken Bruce Show on 10 October.[82] and was released as a digital download on 11 October.[83] The album is distributed in the United States by Anti-Records.
On 14 November 2011, NPR played 50 Words for Snow in its entirety for the first time.[84] Australia's ABC Radio National declared 50 Words for Snow album of the week of 12 November 2011.[85]
The album's songs are built around Bush's quietly jazzy piano and Steve Gadd's drums, and utilise both sung and spoken word vocals in what Classic Rock's Stephen Dalton calls "a ... supple and experimental affair, with a contemporary chamber pop sound grounded in crisp piano, minimal percussion and light-touch electronics ... billowing jazz-rock soundscapes, interwoven with fragmentary narratives delivered in a range of voices from shrill to Laurie Anderson-style cooing."[86] Bassist Danny Thompson appears on the album, which also features performances by Elton John and actor Stephen Fry.
On the first track, "Snowflake," in a song written specifically to use his still high choir-boy voice,[87] Bush's son Albert (Bertie) sings the role of a falling snowflake in a song expressing the hope of a noisy world soon being hushed by snowfall. "Snowflake" drifts into "Lake Tahoe", where choral singer Stefan Roberts and Bush sing about a rarely seen ghost: a woman who appears in a Victorian gown to call to her dog, Snowflake. Bush explained to fellow musician Jamie Cullum in an interview on Dutch Radio[88] that she wished to explore using high male voices in contrast to her own, deeper, voice. "Misty" is about a snowman lover who melts away after a night of passion, while "Wild Man" tells the story of a group of climbers in the Himalayas who, upon finding evidence of a nearby Yeti, erase all traces of it to protect it from discovery. Elton John and Bush as eternally divided lovers trade vocals on "Snowed in at Wheeler Street", while Stephen Fry recites the "50 Words for Snow". The quiet "Among Angels" finishes the album.[89]
50 Words for Snow received general acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 88, based on 26 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[90] She was nominated for a Brit Award in the "Best Female Artist" category,[91] and the album won the 2012 Best Album at the South Bank Arts Awards,[92] and was also nominated for Best Album at the Ivor Novello Awards.[93]
Bush turned down an invitation by the organisers of the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony to perform at the event. Instead a recording of a new remix of her 1985 hit "Running Up that Hill" was played at the end of the ceremony.[94] The remix which was released on 12 August 2012 was based on the 1985 12" single remix, has new lead vocals and was transposed down a semitone to fit Bush's current lower vocal range. The remix entered the UK Singles Chart at number 6 the following week.
Bush released an exclusive limited-edition 10" picture disc of the 2012 remix of Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) as part of Record Store Day 2013 on 20 April 2013.
Bush has a soprano vocal range.[95] Her music is eclectic, varying styles even within an album, and her songs span the genres of rock, pop, alternative and art rock.[1] Even in her earliest works where the piano was a primary instrument, she wove together many diverse influences, combining classical music, rock, and a wide range of ethnic and folk sources, and this has continued throughout her career.
In an interview with Melody Maker magazine in 1977, she revealed that male artists had more influence on her work than females, stating: "Every female you see at a piano is either Lynsey de Paul, or Carole King. And most male music—not all of it but the good stuff—really lays it on you. It really puts you against the wall and that's what I like to do. I'd like my music to intrude. Not many females succeed with that."[19]
The experimental nature of her music has led it to be described as a later, more technological, and more accessible manifestation of the British progressive rock movement.[23][96] Southern England was the home to the most influential and successful acts of the progressive rock movement and,[96] like other artists in this genre, Bush rejects the classic American style of making pop music, which was adopted by most UK pop artists. Bush's vocals contain elements of British, Anglo-Irish and most prominently (southern) English accents and, in its utilisation of musical instruments from many periods and cultures, her music has differed from American pop norms.[96] Elements of Bush's lyrics tend to be more unusual and less clichéd than American-style pop lyrics, often employing historical or literary references and avoiding autobiographical lyrics. She considers herself a storyteller who embodies the character singing the song and strenuously rejects efforts by others to insist that her songs are autobiographical.[96][97][98]
Reviewers have used the term "surreal" to describe her music.[99] Many of her songs have a melodramatic emotional and musical surrealism that defies easy categorisation.[100] It has been observed that even the more joyous pieces are often tinged with traces of melancholy, and even the most sorrowful pieces have elements of vitality struggling against all that would oppress them.[101]
Her lyrics have referenced a wide array of subject matter, often relatively obscure, as in G. I. Gurdjieff in the song "Them Heavy People", while "Deeper Understanding", from The Sensual World, portrays a person who stays indoors, obsessively talking to a computer and shunning human contact. "Cloudbusting" was inspired by Peter Reich's autobiography, "Book of Dreams", about his relationship with his father, Wilhelm Reich. In a retrospective review of "Cloudbusting", AllMusic journalist Amy Hanson praised the song for "the rich earth of imagery that Bush has tilled throughout her entire career, emerging both tender and brutal." Commending the song for having "a thoughtful lyric and a compulsive cello-driven melody", Hanson wrote: "Even more startling, but hardly surprising, is the ease with which Bush was able to capture the moment when a child first realizes that adults are fallible and the parental cocoon is tenuous at best."[102]
Comedy is also a big influence on her and is a significant component of her work. She has cited Woody Allen,[103] Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and The Young Ones[104] as particular favourites. Horror movies are another interest of Bush's and have influenced the gothic nature of several of her songs, such as "Hounds of Love", inspired by the 1957 horror movie Night of the Demon.[105] Her songs have occasionally combined comedy and horror to form dark humour, such as murder by poisoning in "Coffee Homeground", an alcoholic mother in "Ran Tan Waltz" and the upbeat "The Wedding List", a song inspired by François Truffaut's 1967 film of Cornell Woolrich's The Bride Wore Black about the death of a groom and the bride's subsequent revenge against the killer.[106]
In 1983, New Musical Express noted that Bush was not afraid to tackle what was described as sensitive and taboo subjects.[107] "The Kick Inside" is based on a traditional English folk song (The Ballad of Lucy Wan) about an incestuous pregnancy and a resulting suicide.[108] "Kashka from Baghdad" is a song about a homosexual male couple;[109] Out magazine listed two of her albums in their Top 100 Greatest Gayest albums list.[110] "The Infant Kiss" is a song about a haunted, unstable woman's almost paedophilic infatuation with a young boy in her care (inspired by Jack Clayton's film The Innocents (1961), which had been based on Henry James's famous novella The Turn of the Screw);[111][112] and "Breathing" explores the results of nuclear fallout from the perspective of an unborn child in the womb.[113]
The length of time between album releases has led to rumours in the media concerning her health or appearance.[104] In the past, stories of weight gain or mental instability have been disproved by Bush's periodic reappearance.[114] In 2011 Bush told BBC Radio 4 that the amount of time between album releases is extremely stressful noting: "It's very frustrating the albums take as long as they do ... I wish there weren't such big gaps between them." In the same interview Bush denied she was a perfectionist in the studio, saying: "I think it's important that things are flawed ... That's what makes a piece of art interesting sometimes – the bit that's wrong or the mistake you've made that's led onto an idea you wouldn't have had otherwise," and reiterated her prioritisation of her family life.[97]
Bush's only tour took place 2 April – 13 May 1979; 35 years later she embarked on a series of 22 concerts at the Hammersmith Apollo, beginning 26 August 2014. Apart from these two concert series, she has only given occasional live performances. Several reasons have been suggested as to why she abandoned touring, among them her reputed need to be in total control of the final product, which is incompatible with live stage performance, a rumour of a crippling fear of flying,[115] and the suggestion that the death of 21-year-old Bill Duffield severely affected her.[116] Duffield, her lighting engineer, was killed in an accident during her concert of 2 April 1979 at Poole Arts Centre. Bush held a benefit concert on 12 May 1979, with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at London's Hammersmith Odeon for his family. Duffield would be honoured in two later songs: "Blow Away" on Never for Ever and "Moments of Pleasure" on The Red Shoes. Bush explained in a BBC Radio 2 interview with Mark Radcliffe that she actually enjoyed the tour but was consumed with producing her subsequent records. A BBC film crew followed the preparation for the tour which was shown on the BBC Nationwide program as a 30-minute special.
During the same period as her tour, she made numerous television appearances around the world, including Top of the Pops in the United Kingdom, Bios Bahnhof in Germany, and Saturday Night Live in the United States (with Paul Shaffer on piano).[117] On 28 December 1979, BBC TV aired the Kate Bush Christmas Special. It was recorded in October 1979 at the BBC Studios in Birmingham, England; choreography by Anthony Van Laast.[118] As well as playing songs from her first two albums, she played "December Will Be Magic Again", "Violin", "The Wedding List", "Ran Tan Waltz" and "Egypt" from her forthcoming album, Never for Ever. Peter Gabriel made a guest appearance to play "Here Comes the Flood", and a duet of Roy Harper's "Another Day" with Bush.[119]
After the Tour of Life, Bush desired to make two more albums before touring again. At that point, she got involved with production techniques and sound experimentation that took up a lot of time and prevented her from touring. She came close to touring again following the release of The Dreaming and The Red Shoes, but live shows never materialised.[120]
In 1982, Bush participated in the first benefit concert in aid of The Prince's Trust alongside artists such as Madness, Midge Ure, Phil Collins, Mick Karn and Pete Townshend. On 25 April 1986 Bush performed live for British charity event Comic Relief, singing "Do Bears... ?", a humorous duet with Rowan Atkinson, and a rendition of "Breathing". In March 1987, Bush sang "Running Up that Hill" at The Secret Policeman's Third Ball accompanied by David Gilmour. On 28 June 1987, she made a guest appearance to duet with Peter Gabriel on "Don't Give Up" at Earl's Court, London as part of his "So" tour.
On 17 January 2002, Bush appeared with her long-time champion, David Gilmour, singing the part of the doctor in "Comfortably Numb" at the Royal Festival Hall in London.
In 2011, Bush told the magazine Classic Rock: "I do hope that some time I get a chance to do some shows. Maybe not a tour, but something."[120]
In March 2014, Bush announced a 22-night residency called Before the Dawn in London from 26 August – 1 October 2014 at the Hammersmith Apollo. The tickets sold out in 15 minutes.[121] The BBC reviewed the concert positively.[122]
In 1978 Bush made her debut on Dutch television in "De Efteling Special", which was broadcast on 11 May 1978. The amusement park De Efteling served as a backdrop for six songs from The Kick Inside: "Moving", "Wuthering Heights", "Them Heavy People", "Strange Phenomena", "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" and "The Kick Inside". Why the Efteling Special? Early 1978 the amusement parks Haunted Castle was completed and the opening was scheduled on 10 May that year. Bush, who just had a big hit in the Netherlands with "Wuthering Heights", made her debut on Dutch television in this special. Her popularity was used to draw the attention to the Haunted Castle (and the popularity of De Efteling drew attention to Kate).[123]
In 1979 Bush's one live show, The Tour of Life, was recorded for the BBC and for release on VHS as Kate Bush Live at Hammersmith Odeon.[124]
Bush has appeared in innovative music videos designed to accompany her singles releases. Among the best known are those for "Running Up that Hill", "Babooshka", "Breathing", "Wuthering Heights", and "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", and "Cloudbusting", featuring actor Donald Sutherland, who made time during the filming of another project to take part in the video.[125] EMI has released collections of her videos, including The Single File, Hair of the Hound, The Whole Story, a career video overview released in conjunction with the 1986 compilation album of the same title,[124] and The Sensual World.
In 1993, she directed and starred in the short film, The Line, the Cross & the Curve, a musical co-starring Miranda Richardson, featuring music from Bush's album The Red Shoes, which was inspired by the classic movie of the same name. It was released on VHS in the UK in 1994 and also received a small number of cinema screenings around the world. In recent interviews, Bush has said that she considers it a failure, and stated in 2001: "I'm very pleased with four minutes of it, but I'm very disappointed with the rest."[126] In a 2005 interview, she described the film as "A load of bollocks."[127]
In 1994, Bush provided the music used in a series of psychedelic-themed television adverts for the soft drink Fruitopia that appeared in the United States. The same company aired the adverts in the United Kingdom, but the British version featured singer Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins instead of Bush.[128]
In late 2006, a DVD documentary titled Kate Bush Under Review was released by Sexy Intellectual, which included archival interviews with Bush, along with interviews with a selection of music historians and journalists (including Phil Sutcliffe, Nigel Williamson, and Morris Pert). The DVD also includes clips from several of Bush's music videos.[129]
On 2 December 2008, the DVD collection of the fourth season of Saturday Night Live, including her performances, was released.[130] A three DVD set of The Secret Policeman's Balls benefit concerts that includes Bush's performance was released on 27 January 2009.[131]
Bush has released four short videos for the album 50 Words for Snow. One is an advertisement for the album. Two stop-motion "Animation Segments" were posted on the Kate Bush Official website and YouTube, one to accompany a 2-minute 25 second section of "Misty", called "Mistraldespair", the other to accompany a 2-minute 33 second section of "Wild Man". "Mistraldespair" was directed by Bush and animated by Gary Pureton,[132] while the "Wild Man" segment was created by Finn and Patrick at Brandt Animation.[133] On 24 January 2012, a third piece called "Eider Falls at Lake Tahoe", was premiered on her website and on YouTube. Running at 5:01, the piece is a sepia tone shadow puppet animation. Directed by Bush and photographed by award-winning British cinematographer Roger Pratt, the shadow puppets were designed by Robert Allsopp.[134] Bush stated that "Eider Falls at Lake Tahoe" is intended to be a "self contained piece" separate from the song "Lake Tahoe".[135]
In 1990, Bush starred in the black comedy film Les Dogs, produced by The Comic Strip for BBC television. Aired on 8 March 1990, Bush plays the bride Angela at a wedding set in a post-apocalyptic version of Britain. While Bush's is a silent presence in a wedding dress throughout most of the film, she does have several lines of dialogue with Peter Richardson in two dream sequences. In another Comic Strip Presents film, GLC, she produced the theme song "Ken", which includes a vocal performance by Bush. The song was written about Ken Livingstone, the leader of the Greater London Council, who would later be elected as mayor of London and at the time was working with musicians to help the Labour Party garner the youth vote.[136]
She also produced all the incidental music, which is synthesiser based. Bush wrote and performed the song "The Magician", in a fairground-like arrangement, for Menahem Golan's 1979 film The Magician of Lublin.[137] In 1985, Bush contributed a darkly melancholic version of the Ary Barroso song "Brazil" to the soundtrack of the Terry Gilliam film Brazil. The track was scored and arranged by Michael Kamen. In 1986, she wrote and recorded "Be Kind to My Mistakes" for the Nicolas Roeg film Castaway. An edited version of this track was used as the B-side to her 1989 single "This Woman's Work". In 1988, the song "This Woman's Work" was featured in the John Hughes film She's Having a Baby, and a slightly remixed version appeared on Bush's album The Sensual World.[138] The song has since appeared on numerous television shows, and in 2005 reached number eight on the UK download chart after featuring in a British television advertisement for the charity NSPCC.[139]
In 1999, Bush wrote and recorded a song for the Disney film Dinosaur, but the track was ultimately not included on the soundtrack. According to the winter 1999 issue of HomeGround, a Bush fanzine, it was scrapped when Disney asked her to rewrite the song and she refused. Also in 1999, Bush's song "The Sensual World" was featured prominently in Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's film "Felicia's Journey".[140] "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" is on the soundtrack for the 2007 British romantic comedy film Starter for 10.[141]
In 2007, Bush was asked to write a song for The Golden Compass soundtrack which made reference to the lead character, Lyra Belacqua. The song, "Lyra", was used in the closing credits of the film, reached number 187 in the UK Singles Chart[142] and was nominated for the International Press Academy's Satellite Award for original song in a motion picture.[143][144] According to Del Palmer, Bush was asked to compose the song on very short notice and the whole project was completed in 10 days.[145] The song was produced and recorded by Bush in her own studio, and features the Magdalen College, Oxford choir.
Bush provided vocals on two of Peter Gabriel's albums, including the hits "Games Without Frontiers" and "Don't Give Up", as well as "No Self-Control". Gabriel appeared on Bush's 1979 television special, where they sang a duet of Roy Harper's "Another Day". She has sung on two Roy Harper tracks, "You", on his 1979 album, "The Unknown Soldier", and "Once", the title track of his 1990 album. She has also sung on the title song of the 1986 Big Country album The Seer, the Midge Ure song "Sister and Brother" from his 1988 album Answers to Nothing, Go West's 1987 single "The King Is Dead" and two songs with Prince – "Why Should I Love You?", from her 1993 album The Red Shoes, and in 1996, the song "My Computer" from Prince's album Emancipation. In 1987, she sang a verse on the charity single "Let It Be" by Ferry Aid. She sang a line on the charity single "Spirit of the Forest" by Spirit of the Forest in 1989.
1990 saw Kate producing, for the only time in her career, one song for another artist, The Man I Love" for the tribute album The Glory of Gershwin. In 1996, Bush contributed a version of "Mná na hÉireann" (Irish for "Women of Ireland") for the Anglo-Irish folk-rock compilation project Common Ground: The Voices of Modern Irish Music. Bush had to sing the song in Irish, which she learned to do phonetically.[146]
Artists who have contributed to Bush's own albums include Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Nigel Kennedy, Gary Brooker, and Prince. Bush provided backing vocals for a song that was recorded during the 1990s titled Wouldn't Change a Thing by Lionel Azulay, the drummer with the original band that was later to become the KT Bush Band. The song, which was engineered and produced by Del Palmer, was released on Azulay's album Out of the Ashes.[147]
Bush declined a request by Erasure to produce one of their albums because "she didn't feel that that was her area".[148]
Many artists cite her as an influence on their own careers, including Tori Amos,[149] k.d. lang,[150] Björk,[151] Paula Cole,[152] and Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp.[153] Tupac Shakur cited Bush one of his two biggest influences in his music.[154] Nerina Pallot was inspired to become a songwriter after seeing Bush play "This Woman's Work" on Wogan.[155] Natasha Khan aka Bat for Lashes said she inspired her,[156] as did Kate Nash.[157] Coldplay took inspiration from "Running Up That Hill" to compose their hit single "Speed of Sound".[158] Andy Bell states Bush as an influence on Erasure.[159]
In addition to those artists who state that Bush has been a direct influence on their own careers, other artists have been quoted expressing admiration for her work including Annie Lennox,[160] Little Boots,[161] Dido,[162] St. Vincent,[163] Lily Allen,[164] Antony Hegarty of Antony and the Johnsons,[165] Big Boi of OutKast[166] and Steven Wilson.[167] Marina Diamandis discovered Bush's music when people compared her music to Bush's.[168] Courtney Love of Hole mentioned Bush among other artists as one of her favourites as a teenager.[169] Tricky wrote an article about The Kick Inside, saying: "Her music has always sounded like dreamland to me". [...] "I don't believe in God, but if I did, her music would be my bible".[170] Suede front-man Brett Anderson stated about Hounds Of Love: "I love the way it's a record of two halves, and the second half is a concept record about fear of drowning. It's an amazing record to listen to really late at night, unsettling and really jarring".[171] John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, declared her work to be "beauty beyond belief".[164] Rotten once wrote a song for her, titled "Bird in Hand" (about exploitation of parrots) that Bush rejected.[172] Bush was one of the singers that Prince thanked in the liner notes of 1991's Diamonds and Pearls.[173] In December 1989, Robert Smith of The Cure chose "The Sensual World" as his favourite single of the year, The Sensual World as his favourite album of the year and included "all of Kate Bush" plus other artists in his list, "the best things about the eighties".[174]
Kele Okereke of Bloc Party said about "Hounds of Love": "The first time I heard it I was sitting in a reclining sofa. As the beat started I was transported somewhere else. Her voice, the imagery, the huge drum sound: it seemed to capture everything for me. As a songwriter you're constantly chasing that feeling".[175] Rufus Wainwright named Bush as one of his top ten gay icons.[176] Outside music, Bush has been an inspiration to several fashion designers, including Hussein Chalayan.[177]
Bush is married to guitarist Dan McIntosh, and the couple have a son, Albert, known as Bertie.[178] Bertie featured prominently in the 2014 concert, "Before the Dawn". She is a former resident of Eltham, southeast London.[179] She previously had a long-term relationship with Del Palmer.[180][181][182]
In the 1990s Bush moved to a canalside residence in Sulhamstead, Berkshire and subsequently moved to Devon in 2004.[183]
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FTO gene
FTO alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase
The information on this page was automatically extracted from online scientific databases.
From NCBI Gene:
This gene is a nuclear protein of the AlkB related non-haem iron and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenase superfamily but the exact physiological function of this gene is not known. Other non-heme iron enzymes function to reverse alkylated DNA and RNA damage by oxidative demethylation. Studies in mice and humans indicate a role in nervous and cardiovascular systems and a strong association with body mass index, obesity risk, and type 2 diabetes. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2011]
From UniProt:
RNA demethylase that mediates oxidative demethylation of different RNA species, such as mRNAs, tRNAs and snRNAs, and acts as a regulator of fat mass, adipogenesis and energy homeostasis (PubMed:22002720, PubMed:26458103, PubMed:28002401, PubMed:30197295, PubMed:26457839, PubMed:25452335). Specifically demethylates N(6)-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA, the most prevalent internal modification of messenger RNA (mRNA) in higher eukaryotes (PubMed:22002720, PubMed:26458103, PubMed:30197295, PubMed:26457839, PubMed:25452335). M6A demethylation by FTO affects mRNA expression and stability (PubMed:30197295). Also able to demethylate m6A in U6 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) (PubMed:30197295). Mediates demethylation of N(6),2'-O-dimethyladenosine cap (m6A(m)), by demethylating the N(6)-methyladenosine at the second transcribed position of mRNAs and U6 snRNA (PubMed:28002401, PubMed:30197295). Demethylation of m6A(m) in the 5'-cap by FTO affects mRNA stability by promoting susceptibility to decapping (PubMed:28002401). Also acts as a tRNA demethylase by removing N(1)-methyladenine from various tRNAs (PubMed:30197295). Has no activity towards 1-methylguanine (PubMed:20376003). Has no detectable activity towards double-stranded DNA (PubMed:20376003). Also able to repair alkylated DNA and RNA by oxidative demethylation: demethylates single-stranded RNA containing 3-methyluracil, single-stranded DNA containing 3-methylthymine and has low demethylase activity towards single-stranded DNA containing 1-methyladenine or 3-methylcytosine (PubMed:18775698, PubMed:20376003). Ability to repair alkylated DNA and RNA is however unsure in vivo (PubMed:18775698, PubMed:20376003). Involved in the regulation of fat mass, adipogenesis and body weight, thereby contributing to the regulation of body size and body fat accumulation (PubMed:18775698, PubMed:20376003). Involved in the regulation of thermogenesis and the control of adipocyte differentiation into brown or white fat cells (PubMed:26287746). Regulates activity of the dopaminergic midbrain circuitry via its ability to demethylate m6A in mRNAs (By similarity). Plays an oncogenic role in a number of acute myeloid leukemias by enhancing leukemic oncogene-mediated cell transformation: acts by mediating m6A demethylation of target transcripts such as MYC, CEBPA, ASB2 and RARA, leading to promote their expression (PubMed:28017614, PubMed:29249359).
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From NCBI Gene:
- Body mass index quantitative trait locus 14
- Growth retardation, developmental delay, coarse facies, and early death
From UniProt:
Obesity (OBESITY): A condition characterized by an increase of body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical requirements, as the result of excessive accumulation of body fat. [MIM:601665]
Growth retardation, developmental delay, and facial dysmorphism (GDFD): A severe polymalformation syndrome characterized by postnatal growth retardation, microcephaly, severe psychomotor delay, functional brain deficits and characteristic facial dysmorphism. In some patients, structural brain malformations, cardiac defects, genital anomalies, and cleft palate are observed. Early death occurs by the age of 3 years. [MIM:612938]
Cytogenetic Location: 16q12.2, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 16 at position 12.2
Molecular Location: base pairs 53,703,963 to 54,121,941 on chromosome 16 (Homo sapiens Updated Annotation Release 109.20200522, GRCh38.p13) (NCBI)


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Tribune Obituaries
September 6, 2004
Tillie Whetham, 92, of Greeley died Saturday, Sept. 4, in the Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado unit at North Colorado Medical Center.
She was born March 10, 1912, in Dixon, S.D. to John and Frances (Kohlars) Preslicka.
On Aug. 8, 1932, she married John R. Whetham in Dixon. He died in December 1997.
She and her husband came to Colorado in 1943 and had been residents since. She enjoyed growing flowers in her garden and doing puzzles. She was a member of the Broadway Park Church of God.
Survivors include a daughter, Clarice J. Stiles of Greeley; a son, John "Jay" Whetham of Greeley; a sister, Betty Berens of Dixon; three grandchildren, Jennifer Lynn Whetham, Ryan Scott Whetham and Brad Stiles; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by five brothers and four sisters.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Contributions may be made to the Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado Inc. care of the Adamson Memorial Chapels West Chapel, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634.
Condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.adamsonchapels.com.
Richard A. Clark Sr., 81, of Greeley died Friday, Sept. 3, in the Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado unit at North Colorado Medical Center.
He was born Oct. 18, 1922, in Kaufman, Texas, to Eddie and Gussie Mae (Henry) Clark.
In 1942, he married Mildred Sims, and they had three children. Mrs. Clark died in 1979.
He was raised in Kaufman and educated in the public schools there before moving to Dallas in his teens. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas.
He worked in the Dallas area as a painter and later moved to Salt Lake City, where he and his son, Richard Jr., started Clark's Painting Service, painting the interiors and exteriors of houses.
Mr. Clark Sr. moved to Greeley in 1996.
He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Nov. 17, 2002, and was ordained as a priest on Feb. 2, 2003. He always had a kind smile and a warm and loving heart. He will be greatly missed by family and friends.
Survivors are a daughter, Marjorie Clark Black of Greeley; two sons, Richard Allen Clark Jr., and wife Angela of Salt Lake City and Edward Clark of Rasharon, Texas; an aunt and godmother, Murdy Searuggs of Commerce City; a special friend, Laurania Melons of Greeley; 10 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other friends and relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Mildred.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 501 49th Ave., in Greeley.
Interment will be in the Evans Cemetery.
Friends may visit from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
Contributions may be made to the church, Fourth Ward, in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th St., Greeley, CO 80631.
An obituary and on-line guest book are at http://www.allnutt.com.
John Edward Yates, 75, of Eaton died Thursday, Sept. 2, at the Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado inpatient unit, Greeley.
He was born July 6, 1929, in Pueblo to Miles Clinton and Opal Louise (Cates) Yates.
Mr. Yates grew up in Pueblo, attended Central High School and in 1947, graduated from high school in Roy, N.M., where he worked on his aunt and uncle's ranch. He returned to Pueblo and, on March 19, 1950, married Vera Wertz at her parents' home in Pueblo.
Mr. Yates worked for the Dana Corp. in Pueblo for 44 years. After he retired, he and his wife moved to Eaton to be with their children.
He served in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., from 1953-55. He was proud of his military service, but his life revolved around his family.
Survivors are his wife, Vera Yates of Eaton; two sons, John Yates Jr. and William Yates and wife Traci, all of Eaton; a brother, Clinton Yates and wife Charleen of Pueblo; three grandchildren, Brandy and Travis Yates, both of Eaton, and Don Rich and wife Amy of Ault; three great-grandchildren, Jazmine and Joe Gaona, both of Eaton, and Kora Rich of Ault; his mother-in law, Fern B. Wertz; two sisters-in-law, Loretta Moroney and husband Ray and Diane Allen and husband Dean, and two brothers-in-law, Bob Wertz and wife Judy and Ken Wertz and wife Cheri, all of Pueblo; and numerous nieces and nephews. His parents; father-in-law, Cecil L. Wertz, and brother-in-law Dick L. Wertz are deceased.
Private memorial services will be conducted. Cremation.
Memorial gifts may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 702 13th St., Greeley, CO 80631. An obituary and guest book are at http://www.allnutt.com.


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The HMinfo Research Library contains an in-depth collection of materials on home modifications and related subjects.
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Data from the 1984 Longitudinal Study of Aging, supplemented by data from 2 follow-up surveys conducted in 1986 & 1988, are used to examine patterns of change in functional capacity among a sample of 138 Latinos, 555 non-Latino blacks, & 4,402 non-Latino whites age 70+. Results reveal that among all 3 groups, improvements in functional capacity often follow declines, but they also show that blacks are more likely than non-Latino whites to suffer protracted declines in functional capacity, ultimately resulting in more serious incapacity. A conceptual model is developed to identify those factors that account for racial & ethnic group differences in health & functional capacity as well as the greater propensity of black & Latino elderly to rely on informal sources of support rather than on formal long-term care.
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Throwing dangerous objects is what many sports are all about and someone usually has to go retrieve them. However this year, London will be using little remote controlled Mini Coopers instead of humans for this task.
Hey, what about the poor guy who lost his job to these little cars? He's the unsung hero with no medals and no glory and now a little car has his job.
Oh well. Each car is a quarter-scale replica of a real Mini Cooper. They can carry 18 pounds and are capable of carrying a hammer, a discus, a shot, or two javelins, which loaded through the sunroof. Each day, the cars will cover almost four miles each, shuttling equipment back and forth, trading places every 35 minutes for a quick recharge.
Maybe one day they will even compete with other in their tasks and that will become a sport in itself.
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