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About 375 million years ago, a pioneering fish crawled out of a prehistoric ocean and kick-started the evolution of salamanders, lizards, you, me and all other land vertebrates that have ever existed.
The circuits of neurons that govern walking, many have long thought, emerged sometime after that, as creatures transitioned from swimming to limb-based locomotion.
But a new report, published in the journal Cell on Thursday, overturns that notion, suggesting the template for walking originated in ancient fish millions of years before the first vertebrate ever ambled on dry land. The little skate, a fish closely related to sharks and rays, not only displays walking behavior on the seafloor, but uses neurons and genes that are nearly identical to the ones vertebrates use to walk on land, said Jeremy Dasen, an associate professor at the N.Y.U. School of Medicine's Neuroscience Institute and senior author of the paper.
You can trace the heritage of little skates and land vertebrates back to a common ancestor that lived about 420 million years ago. This primitive fish gave rise to the vast majority of vertebrate species, including all fish with paired fins. Typically, these pectoral and pelvic fins — which correspond to forelimbs and hindlimbs in land vertebrates — are small and largely used for balance and steering. To really propel themselves, most fish wriggle their powerful tails.
Little skates, which are commonly found along the East coast, don't really wriggle. Instead, they flap and flutter enormous pectoral fins to swim in a style that resembles flying. On the seafloor, they scamper with their pelvic muscles, alternating left and right fins in a sequence that looks strikingly like walking.
In land vertebrates, or tetrapods, walking is partly characterized by this left-right alternation as well as rhythms of extending and flexing. These patterns are governed by networks of neurons that work together to inhibit and activate complementary types of muscles. When excitatory neurons are firing to your left leg muscles, for example, inhibitory ones are firing to your right. Similarly, as some neurons tell your extension muscles to contract, others tell your flexion ones to relax.
Dr. Dasen and his colleagues observed that little skates use both left-right alternation and extension-flexion in their fin muscles. To better understand the pathways behind these movements, they studied particular proteins that act like switches to turn certain genes on or off.
Several gene switches found in tetrapods, which are important for the development and function of motor neurons that control tetrapods limbs, are active in those controlling the skates' fins too, the scientists found.
Furthermore, neurons that help govern left-right alternation and extension-flexion in walking tetrapods were also present in little skates.
The neurons and genetic programming shared between little skates and land vertebrates suggest that the two groups evolved their walking behaviors from an ancient system, said Tetsuya Nakamura, an assistant professor of genetics at Rutgers University who did not participate in the research. "Our ancestral fish already had the cell types that later led to walking," he said.
This research underscores how "the similarities in the vertebrate body plan far outweigh the differences," said Brooke Flammang, an assistant professor of biomechanics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Dr. Dasen agreed.
"It kind of goes against the idea that evolution is a way of taking something simple and making it more sophisticated," he said.
Instead, it seems the common ancestor of most vertebrates already had a sophisticated blueprint in place. Over hundreds of millions of years, evolution tweaked this mold to generate vastly different life-forms — from fish that swim and scuttle to land vertebrates that walk, hop, slither and fly.
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At the end of March I attended a TPMA meeting "Designing for the Internet of Things", where Dominira Saul, Chief Experience Architect at Akendi spoke about where the industry is going and some of the opportunities and challenges of building products for the Internet of Things. It was a great session and while I could probably write about 5 posts based on ideas that were put forward, for today I'm going to focus on something that came up for me during the final Q&A.
During his discussion, Dominira talked about the opportunities (and challenges) of creating things that use data from our connected devices to model the ever changing context we are in so that they can help us or change our behavior. As an example, when getting into our car at night a half hour later than normal, could a device suggest doing a hands free call to our spouse to tell them we will be late to dinner.
My mind started to think of where the industry is today in terms of the information collected and presented to us – specifically around fitness wearables. Like the early days of business analytics, are we still just presenting data to people rather than giving them meaningful metrics that will change behavior. Is "3000 steps walked today" actually just a vanity metric? Will it really make me change my behavior and lose weight? It is all still too bleeding-edge.
As a consumer I understand all of this. I've been struggling with the scales and there are a number of reasons beyond my control that are making that difficult. I'm eating very little and tracking my intake and nutrition on MyFitnessPal.com. I'm not exercising half as much as is normal for me because of injuries and deteriorating joints. I've been a WeightWatchers member in the past, but I really like the change I made to MyFitnessPal because it allows me to focus more on my nutritional goals around a daily target of grams of protein, fat and carbs. Though these are set as targets in terms of percentages of food eaten, I've done the math to translate the grams into percentages of my calorie goal for the day.
Maybe more information than what you need! But you can see I understand the whole thing. Maybe better than most.
Both MyFitnessPal and WeightWatchers , traditionally online food trackers, are now integrating with wearable devices that track activity – with Fitbit as an example. So you can more easily track your activity in the diet app and the food intake gets included in the dashboard of the wearable.
My biggest issue with the food trackers is that they tend to treat activity as calories earned. Since my goal is to lose weight and get back into better shape – doing exercise as a license to eat freely seems counterproductive. So today, I haven't been tracking my activity all that regularly inside the app. And as a result, with budget considerations as they are for me, I'm not rushing out to by an activity tracking wearable.
This does point out something that I usually say about business metrics. That you need to understand the business goal you have set to determine the metrics you want to track.
If one of my goals is to exercise more in order to help with my weight loss efforts, isn't a metric that shows the correlated trend of how much I exercise against my success on the scales a much better metric. And as I suggest above, isn't tracking that I walked 3000 steps on a particular day just a vanity metric? Wouldn't knowing that the week I lost a pound, I also had walked a minimum of 2500 steps each day be a stronger encouragement to get moving?
Now let's make a leap back to business. For me this real world tangible example of looking at the goals, tracking data, metrics and insights from exercise data brings a down to earth what business analytics are all about. And yet, even though business metrics area much more available and everyone now creates dashboard reports, we still make some of the same mistakes in looking too closely at vanity metrics and not enough at analytics that give us real insight into the impact of our activities on our business goals.
As an example, consider a business goal to attract more customers. Twitter followers are just as much a vanity metric as steps walked. A more meaningful metric might be the ratio of sign-ups to our mailing list against the number of website referrals from our posts on Twitter. And a survey result showing the percentage of new subscribers who said they found us on Twitter even better.
So look at what you are putting into your dashboards. Is the information really meaningful to you? Will it give you the right insights and encouragement to create positive trends?
And as a final note…
All of this did get me thinking about how to encourage myself to move more again, even with my bad knees. As a bit of research for this post, I signed up to Fitbit to take a look at what they do offer today that you can track on their dashboard. As well I linked it to MyFitnessPal. Something you can do even before you buy a Fitbit device.
So, maybe I have metaphorically taken a step closer to getting a wearable.


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Becoming a school chef can harbour an important responsibility between you and the school children who will indulge in your cooking. It must be not only healthy, but also satisfying for the fussiest eater. Without a fridge for your kitchen, this would never be possible! This list will show everything that is needed in a cafeteria fridge to obtain a perfect school meal and happy students.
Is it accessible to the students?
It is important to give a school child the choice over their own meal. With 13.2% of pupils claiming free school meals in 2016 according to the UK Government's website, food cannot just be wrote upon a menu and left to the students' imaginations. Thus, when choosing a school kitchen freezer, it may be best to purchase a freezer display cabinet as well as something to house groceries and meat products. With a glass exterior that keeps the food cool and fresh, it is perfect to give students that sneak preview of a meal. It will allow them the opportunity to pick their own food and, therefore, give them a sense of independence.
The chill of your unit
For a refrigerator in a school kitchen, rather than a dining room, be sure to research into the brand and power of your chosen appliance. Whilst a brand may be quite well known, different reviews of it can present a realistic picture of its flaws and strengths. Your fridge's temperature is your food's armour against any germs or harmful bacteria detailed by the Australian Government Department of Health. Therefore, it is crucial that your equipment is well maintained without breaking down. Nowadays, there are a wide range of fridges with powerful thermometers in human sight for keeping a close eye on whether your appliance is working thoroughly. To avoid any contamination or maintenance repairs, make sure there is a temperature reader attached to your purchase!
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Be sure to analyse how big your kitchen is before making a purchase. Whilst most schools require a large walk in fridge or medium fridge to store groceries away, anything too big or too small may became a hazard for the staff. Make sure that your fridge can be tucked into a space wide enough to avoid tripping hazards and for groceries to be safely stored away. Fridges can come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Compare their cost, height and width and energy expenditures before buying.
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A well organised fridge is a happy fridge, according to The Huffington Post! Buying a fridge with too little room can cause the waste of potential food products, but buying a fridge that is too large may cause products to be mixed and disorganised in their shelving. As mentioned in the previous point, size matters a great deal when picking a fridge for a school kitchen. For mixing products can cause cross contamination and become a threat to the pupils. Make sure your shelves inside your fridge are the correct size for any food you will need. This will aid your staff in finding them and quicken up their meal production.


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Mr. Carr received his B.S. from St. Lawrence University in 1999 and his J.D. from Albany Law School in 2006. As Director, Mr. Carr will continue to practice in the field of civil litigation, primarily related to the defense of claims involving transportation, product liability, professional malpractice, premises liability, and personal injury liability.
In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Carr holds an M.B.A. from Loyola University and is a licensed commercial pilot with the Federal Aviation Administration. He is a 2011 graduate of Leadership Tech Valley, the Vice-President of the Defense Research Institute of Northeastern New York, and is a Board Member of the Troy-Albany Youth Hockey Association.
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I'm proud to be proposing this emergency motion to Liberal Democrat Spring conference, seconded by Julian Huppert, and supported by many more!
Text of emergency motion:
Emergency motion on Freedom, creativity & the internet
Conference welcomes the stand of Liberal Democrat MEPs against web-blocking; specifically that, on 4 March 2010, Liberal Democrat MEPs helped the European Parliament to demand access to the negotiation texts of the secret, international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations, which were condemned on 22 February 2010 by the European Data Protection Supervisor for endangering internet users' fundamental rights.
Conference however notes with concern amendment 120a to the Digital Economy Bill which allows web-blocking for alleged copyright infringement and which was passed on 3 March 2010 with the support of Liberal Democrat and Conservative peers;
Conference reaffirms the Liberal Democrat constitution commitment: "We champion the freedom, dignity and well-being of individuals, we acknowledge and respect their right to freedom of conscience and their right to develop their talents to the full. We aim to disperse power, to foster diversity and to nurture creativity."
Conference believes that this amendment to the Digital Economy Bill
a) would alter UK copyright law in a way which would permit courts to order the blocking of websites following legal action by rights-holders
b) would be open to widespread anti-competitive and civil liberties abuses, as the experience with similar web-blocking provisions in the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act illustrates
c) could lead to the closure of internet hotspots and open wifi operated by small businesses, local councils, universities, libraries and others
d) could have a chilling effect on the internet, freedom of expression, competition and innovation as Internet Service Providers take down and/or block websites to avoid facing the costs of legal action
e) may be illegal under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and other EU law
Conference condemns
a) web-blocking and disconnecting internet connections
b) the threat to the freedom, dignity and well-being of individuals and businesses from the monitoring of their internet activity, the potential blocking of their websites and the potential termination of their internet connections.
c) the Digital Economy Bill for focusing on illegal filesharing rather than on nurturing creativity and innovative business models.
Conference supports
a) the principle of net neutrality, through which the freedom of connection with any application to any party is guaranteed, except to address security threats or due to unexpected network congestion.
b) the rights of creators and performers to be rewarded for their work in a way that is fair, proportionate and appropriate to the medium.
Conference therefore opposes excessive regulatory attempts to monitor, control and limit internet access or internet publication, whether at local, national, European or global level.
Conference calls for:
1. All publicly-funded publications to be freely accessible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike licence.
2. Copyright legislation to allow fair use and to release from copyright protection works which are no longer available legally or whose authors cannot be identified.
3. A level playing field between the traditional, copyright-based business model and alternative business models which may rely on personal copying and legal filesharing.
If you are a LibDem Conference representative, we now need you to stir up support for the motion, firstly to get it prioritised for debate, and then to actually attend and support it in the debate.
We'll be putting a new posting about this all on LD Voice too.


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About Tomoko Sauvage
Tomoko Sauvage, Japanese musician/sound artist based in Paris, has been working on waterbowls, porcelain bowls of different sizes, filled with water and amplified with hydrophones (under-water microphones). She plays with different forms of water – drops, waves and bubbles resonating in the bowls as well as audio feedback creating waving drones and natural overtones. Her work is about the delicate balance between controlled and uncontrolled with random percussion of droplets, acoustic characteristics of the space and the fragile tonality created with the fluid materials constantly evaporating and moving. Sauvage has been giving performances, exhibitions and workshops in Europe, US, Canada and Japan, often in solo but also in collaboration with musicians and choreographers.
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Psychic Children
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A child's world is filled with extraordinary things - vivid imagination, imaginary friends, simple, Zen-like naivete, and a peculiar sense of right and wrong, good and evil. Sylvia Browne recognises these as signs that all children have extraordinary psychic gifts and abilities - including ourselves as children. PSYCHIC CHILDREN is written from Sylvia Browne's personal experience. After her own psychic abilities were revealed at the age of three, her mother tolerated but never encouraged her startling talent. Browne's own son would exhibit amazing abilities of his own as a toddler, which she fully embraced and supported. Over a lifetime, Sylvia Browne has learned that psychic gifts are present at an incredibly tender age. They are, in her view, special blessings from God. Some children learn to develop them while others are pressed to ignore them. In PSYCHIC CHILDREN she illuminates the phenomenon, issuing a call to society for more understanding and acceptance of these remarkable children.
Sylvia Browne is an American psychic and expert in past life healing, who has amazed and helped millions through her readings. She has appeared on The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live, CNN, Good Morning America and Entertainment Tonight.


text: Tour Kicks Off in New York City on January 16SAN FRANCISCO -- January 8, 2009 -- MOGO Media, the premier conference and training provider for creative professionals working with Adobe software, today announced Shortcut to Brilliant: The Adobe Creative Suite 4 tour, a new series of one-day seminars.Presented in conjunction with Adobe, this three city tour launches on January 16 in New York City and includes stops in Chicago on January 21 and Los Angeles on February 19.Each one-day seminar provides the tools and techniques creative professionals need to maximize their workflow with Adobe Creative Suite 4. With presentations hosted by Adobe's best presenters and renowned industry experts, attendees will receive in-depth product information, tips and tricks, and productivity enhancing techniques.Registration is available for $49 per person online at www.mogoseminars.com or by calling 866-518-7200 and space is limited."Now more than ever, creative professionals should focus on remaining relevant in the industry by honing their expertise and expanding their repertoire," said Barry Anderson, founder of MOGO Media. "These seminars on Adobe Creative Suite 4 are affordable, convenient and provide attendees with tools they can use immediately to improve their design and Web projects."Upcoming MOGO EventsMOGO Media also announces 10 new dates for its popular one-day web publishing workshop, Getting Started with Dreamweaver and CSS. This seminar series starts in Los Angeles on January 27 and travels across the country with upcoming stops in San Diego, New York and Philadelphia. For registration information and a complete event schedule, please visit www.mogoevents.com.About MOGO MediaMOGO Media is an independent presenter of high-quality seminars and conferences for the global design community. Partnering with the world's leading authors and experts, MOGO Media offers focused and useful content for print, web, and cross-media design professionals around the world, at events such as The InDesign Conference, The Creative Suite Conference, The Vector Conference, The Pixel Conference, The Web Design and Developers Conference (WDDC), and The Conference for Adobe Acrobat. Visit www.mogo-media.com for more information.


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The Telangana Martyrs Memorial of Rangareddy District
Forty one years after finishing the Telangana Martyrs Memorial in memory of those who lost their lives in the separate Telangana agitation of 1969, Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao has created the Amara Veerula Thyagala Spoorthitho Bangaru Telangana Sadhidham installation at Saroornagar Indoor Stadium, near LB Nagar Chowrastha. LB Nagar Chowrastha was among the foremost locations for the Telangana Udhyamam and saw bloodshed and grief.
The new creation of Prof. Yadagiri Rao reflects the change in the mood of people. Time has smoothened the Gun Park Memorial's straight and proud lines and replaced them with soft contours and music. While the Gun Park Memorial is a reminder of battles fought and lives lost, Bangaru Telangana Sadhidham is a song of the future and of hope.
The terracotta colored sculpture works in counterpoint to the boulders on which it sits. The soothing blue black boulders inspired the artist to the conclusion which has driven the Amara Veerulu of Telangana: everything can be solved with determination and will power. The boulders are at once strong and sensitive. The ache for the new state which with its will has consumed young lives and broken boulders has now become a dream of a golden state.
The female figure sitting atop the boulders symbolizes birth and the creative energies of the universe. On the first birthday of the new state, the lady sings songs of Amarula Thyagulu and beckons us to strive and toil for Bangaru Telangana. The music is so powerful that it transforms everything it touches and the Tambura itself curves to the sound of the music at its sublime peak. The music breaks the boulders and life in the form of a tree sprouts from the barren earth to benignly provide shade to the singer.
The imposing height of the sculpture symbolizes the high aspirations of the people. While the aspirations and the dreams might seem impossible to achieve, the architects of the state work tirelessly towards the goal of Bangaru Telangana with the same determination that gave birth to the state.
Bangaru Telangana Sadhidham is a 6 feet 9 inches sculpture which sits atop boulders spread over an area of 44 feet to 37 feet in the forecourt of the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium and is the official Telangana Martyrs' Memorial of Rangareddy District.


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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Job Introduction
The Engineering Design Team provides engineering design support across NNL and in the wider nuclear industry. We cover all aspects of engineering design such as optioneering studies, concept design, detail design, manufacturing, testing and installation. Our expertise includes the supply of active research, development rigs and analytical equipment, and the modification of existing nuclear process plant.
The role of the Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is to provide engineering support to:-
- The design, build, testing, development, commissioning and on-site installation of active rigs and analytical equipment to support scientific research and development work in the nuclear industry.
- Production, checking and approval of drawings.
- The modifications of existing active and non-active nuclear facilities (e.g. for upgrades, changes in feeds or process requirements).
- The troubleshooting of existing nuclear equipment and plant as required.
- To perform paper based concept designs, strategic optioneering and ad-hoc research to client specifications, collating results, analysing data and the generation of technical reports.
Role Responsibility
- The innovative development of engineered solutions from concept through to installation on active and non-active plants for NNL or Customer facilities.
- Liaising with safety assessors, facilities personnel, project stakeholders and other scientific/engineering disciplines as required providing fit for purpose engineered solutions.
- Undertaking calculations to support / underpin the design and authoring technical reports and design memos.
- Undertake the checking of engineering work performed by others.
- Provide technical advice and guidance on issues appropriate to their working area.
- Comply with all legislative, regulatory and company policy standards and procedures e.g. safety, quality, risk, security etc. applicable to the role.
- Liaise with project managers to ensure that work is delivered to meet time, cost, quality and safety requirements.
- Demonstrable experience in dealing with supply chain, from scoping requirements and authoring procurement specification through to initiation and progression of the procurement process overseeing contract delivery and inspection as necessary.
- Keep abreast of developments in their own field and applying them to designated work packages.
- Provision of technical support for technician and craft personnel.
- Provide coaching to develop the skills and abilities of others for the benefit of the company.
- Requirement to travel is expected, between NNL locations and customer locations.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential Skills/Qualifications:
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related subject and a relevant level of experience.
- Competency in AutoCAD / AutoCAD LT with the ability and flexibility to undertake own CAD work if necessary.
- Experience of pressure systems
- Knowledge of the legislative, regulatory, quality and environmental requirements relating to engineering development projects.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, such that difficult concepts can be conveyed clearly and concisely to customers, regulators and key stakeholders.
- Evidence of problem solving and seeking solutions.
Desirable Skills/Qualifications:
- Chartered Engineer
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering or closely related subject and a relevant level of experience.
- Experience of Hazop or hazard reviews.
- Good knowledge of nuclear industry and plant operations.
- Strong and supportive team player.
- Self-motivated, high energy contributor.
- Questioning attitude.
- Good organisational and planning skills.
About the Company
We play a key role in the UK and global nuclear industry. That means reducing the cost of clean-up and decommissioning, maintaining critical skills and attracting talented new people to the industry. We're the only UK organisation with the skills, facilities and expertise to provide technical support to all aspects of the nuclear industry. What's more, we pride ourselves on offering quality, value and service to every one of our customers.
National Nuclear Laboratory


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THE Cub Report, 11.03.2013, Version- Bash'n w/ Kitty Pryde & Riff Raff
Hello rc fans, it's another week in our funtabulous hobby, and welcome to THE Cub Report.
First a bit of BSRC news…
We've got another big week ahead, but then they all seem to be "big" now days (thanks to all you guys). We'll be posting a review of the 18th scale ECX Ruckus this week, along with the daily news and perhaps a few surprises along the way.
You've probably seen we have a new weekly column on scaling/crawling. The whole scaling/crawling genre has blown up the last couple of years. It has been around forever, only now with companies like Axial, RC4WD, Vaterra, GMade, etc, has helped crawling/scaling to go from a minute amount of hardcore guys hand crafting trucks, to a very accessible, and laid back way to get your off-road rc fix. Heck, I'm one of the many people that have pretty much dismissed the scaling genre, I expected it to have died off by now, but it has gotten so big that it can not be overlooked. Will it be a fad, or is it here long term? At what point will the other "big name" manufactures jump in? Who knows for sure, but now you'll be able to get a weekly does of scaling right here on BigSquidRC.
Geez, I still miss Jeff Hoy's "Around the Web" column. I wonder just what it would take to get him to bust that thing out again. Hummmm… my guess is it would take a 1D X or some L series glass, neither of which I have to give. Oh well, maybe a few bottles of Dom would do the trick…
JConcepts has been doing well the last couple of years. They've been putting out lots of new products, and putting in the time/money/effort by traveling around and really supporting the hobby, props to them for that. However, their new Dominator body for the RC10 Classic looks like there should be a little Pope inside waiving out to the crowds. Ooofahhh, they missed the mark on that one, and managed to create quite the debate around the office on the vintage class.
The RC10 Classic started shipping a couple of weeks ago. My LHS ordered in two of'em, they sold one in a couple of days, but have been sitting on the other. Yes, that's just one hobby shop in one area of the country, a ridiculously small sample size for sure, but in my area a "hot" new release has a list of people waiting for the first ones to hit the shop. Anywhos, maybe in your area vintage will blow up bigger than mine.
Because of the RC10 Classic hitting hobby shops, a local track has been pushing a vintage class. The "vintage" class is open to the RC10 Classic and to other really old school buggies. So….. I have noticed that even though the class is just a couple of weeks old, it has already turned into a technology race. A war to see who can mount up modern tires, modern brushless, modern everything, to then go faster than the "idiots" who might actually show up with real vintage gear.
Now we have people on staff that have argued that going high tech with the vintage buggies is the way to go, it can make them faster and easier to drive. I am not of that mindset, to me, a big part of vintage is going slow. Yup I said it, sometimes it is fun to go slow, and in my mind, it's a neat part of history for noobs to experience what it was like to drive these machines back in the day. I'm talking full on rock hard tires, "speedos" that consist of a servo and a resistor, and good old fashioned non-rebuildable brushed motors. Now that is truly vintage to me. And… when driving such a buggy on track, it not only reminds me of how good modern buggies are, but reminds me once again that the amount of fun we have in rc does not depend on MPH, fun in rc can be had at any speed.
That's it for this week ya freaks, support your local hobby shops and bash spots when ya can.
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Vladimir Vitkovsky has always been a man of the people. From his humble Russian beginnings, he has never wavered from, nor lost touch with his roots, his family and his country. All of which have inspired and impacted his work for the past quarter of a century.
Born in 1950 Leningrad, Vitkovsky has a visual style and artistic sensibility all his own. His personal, yet assessable paintings, drawings and sketches deeply rooted in tradition and technique, display a view of the world that is at once universal and completely all his own-A world of enchantment, but one that is meant to be shared!
That is why, finally, Vitkovsky has made a conscious choice to make his work more accessible, by bringing his work directly to the masses, while ironically maintaining an almost elitist status among chosen galleries throughout the U.S.
Vitkovsky studied at the highly respected St. Petersburg Pedagogical School of Art and Graphics, the Mukhina School of Art & Design and attended painting classes at the Repin Academy of Painting, Sculpture & Graphics. In 1989 he emigrated from the Soviet Union, and his art began to receive serious international recognition.
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The evolution of Android games for PC has changed the world of gaming on the bigger screens. You might have played many android games on your smartphones or tablets but the high definition games are hard to play. Similar one is Frontline Commando 2 which will take you back to the time of World War 2. Win the world while experiencing high-end graphics, sharp controls, powerful guns, etc. Before the release of 2nd edition, you might have already experienced the Frontline Commando on the smaller screens. But this time the 2nd edition is even bigger and action packed one.
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Frontline Commando 2 features a historic background which reminds you the World War 2. With five single player campaigns and more than 100 missions to play with, it will surely take you to the virtual reality. The sharp controls and amazing audio tracks will get you the real shooting experience as well!
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When you play this game on your android devices, you might have played the X factor on the smaller screens, and this is where you can get a chance to experience the high-resolution game on PC. The weapons including canons, anti-craft guns and tanks give you action-packed gaming option. With all these weapons you need to smash all the enemies, along with collecting maximum points to survive for a longer time and get more weapons in your basket. As the war field is stretched with mines, you need to get away from all those mines and kill the maximum enemies to clear the campaigns.
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DragonAngels? What is a Dragon Angel you may ask your self. Well, A DragonAngel is loyal to there guild. Respectful to other players in the game, Honest,Brave. If this sounds like you then you are DragonAngels Material.
Come one, come all!!! We need everyone we can get!!!
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Eh,,,,why not. I just started today, actually....I'll join ya.
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Yunus Emre
يونس امره
Statue of Yunus Emre in Hacıbektaş, Turkey
Sivrihisar, Sultanate of Rum, now Turkey
Yunusemre, Beylik of Osman, now Turkey
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Yunus Emre (Turkish pronunciation: [juˈnus emˈɾe]) (1238–1320) was a Turkish poet and Sufi mystic who greatly influenced Turkish culture[1] His name, Yunus, is the equivalent to the English name Jonah. He wrote in the Old Anatolian Turkish language, an early stage of modern Turkish. The UNESCO General Conference unanimously passed a resolution declaring 1991, the 750th anniversary of the poet's birth, "The International Yunus Emre Year".[2]
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Yunus Emre has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature from his own day until the present, because Yunus Emre is, after Ahmet Yesevi and Sultan Walad, one of the first known poets to have composed works in the spoken Turkish of his own age and region rather than in Persian or Arabic. His diction remains very close to the popular speech of the people in Central and Western Anatolia. This is also the language of a number of anonymous folk-poets, folk-songs, fairy tales, riddles (tekerlemeler), and proverbs. Yunus Emre was a Sunni Muslim.[3]
Like the Oghuz Book of Dede Korkut, an older and anonymous Central Asian epic, the Turkish folklore that inspired Yunus Emre in his occasional use of tekerlemeler as a poetic device had been handed down orally to him and his contemporaries. This strictly oral tradition continued for a long while.[4] Following the Mongolian invasion of Anatolia facilitated by the Sultanate of Rûm's defeat at the 1243 Battle of Köse Dağ, Islamic mystic literature thrived in Anatolia, and Yunus Emre became one of its most distinguished poets. Poems of Sultan Yunus Emre — despite being fairly simple on the surface — evidence his skill in describing quite abstruse mystical concepts in a clear way. He remains a popular figure in a number of countries, stretching from Azerbaijan to the Balkans, with seven different and widely dispersed localities disputing the privilege of having his tomb within their boundaries.
His poems, written in the tradition of Anatolian folk poetry, mainly concern divine love as well as human destiny:
Yunus'dur benim adım
Yunus is my name,
Araya araya bulsam izini
İzinin tozuna sürsem yüzümü
Hak nasip eylese, görsem yüzünü
Ya Muhammed canım arzular seni
Bir mübarek sefer olsa da gitsem
Kâbe yollarında kumlara batsam
Mâh cemalin bir kez düşte seyretsem
Ya Muhammed canım pek sever seni
Ali ile Hasan-Hüseyin anda
Sevgisi gönülde, muhabbet canda
Yarın mahşer günü hak divanında
Ya Muhammed canım pek sever seni
"Yunus" senin medhin eder dillerde
Dillerde, dillerde, hem gönüllerde
Arayı arayı gurbet illerde
Ya Muhammed canım arzular seni
(Poem about Muhammad, Ali, Hassan and Hussein.)
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Land and the CityLibrosEnero 2016Edited by George W. McCarthy, Gregory K. Ingram, and Samuel A. Moody
This book from the Lincoln Institute's 2014 Land Policy Conference examines issues of land use policies and their impact on sustainable urbanization. By 1960, one-third of the world's...
Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing CountriesLibrosAbril 2013Edited by Roy W. Bahl, Johannes F. Linn, and Deborah L. Wetzel
This work uses case studies of urban financing mechanisms in China, India, and Brazil to help decision makers in developing countries address the challenges of rapid metropolitan growth. The report...
China's Local Public Finance in TransitionLibrosNoviembre 2010Edited by Joyce Yanyun Man and Yu-Hung Hong
China's economy has developed rapidly since the economic reforms in 1978, but public finance reforms have proceeded more slowly. This book looks at three major policy options addressing the...
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on the Property TaxLibrosEnero 2010Edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Joan Youngman
This book reviews the role of the property tax, addresses the reasons behind its poor performance in practice, and critiques the conventional wisdom in academic literature on the subject. It also...
Analyzing Land ReadjustmentEconomics, Law and Collective ActionLibrosAbril 2007Edited by Yu-Hung Hong and Barrie Needham
Great effort has been devoted to the precise delineation and assignment of the legal and physical boundaries of private property. Yet, issues of unifying or assembling private property rights for...
An International Survey of Taxes on Land and BuildingsLibrosEnero 1994Joan M. Youngman and Jane H. Malme
This study summarizes and compares property taxation and administration in 14 nations, including several countries that have undergone recent reforms. It summarizes and compares the elements of the...
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The Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy is seeking 2 two-year post-doctoral fellow positions in Beijing, China.
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The economic growth and development of urban areas are closely linked to their revenue sufficiency and fiscal prospects. This research seminar offers a forum for new academic work on the interaction of these two fields.


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October went too fast, my favorite holiday is gone for another year. "Boo"hoo. Well, at least I have some fabulous Robin's Nest papers and embellishments to continue scrapping my pictures of this year's celebrations!
Robin's Nest Supplies:
Halloween Glitter ghosts card stock
Haunted House Card Stock
Red glitter on Red Card Stock
Glitter Wind Flames Card Stock
Red Glitter Letters
Other Supplies:
Witch Stamp (Viva LasVegas! Stamps)
Black ink, orange Sharpie marker
I cut out the flame from the Glitter Wind Flames Card Stock to accent behind witch and wizard photos on the right and a row of Ghosts from Halloween Glitter ghosts card stock along the bottom.
Photos are mounted on Red glitter on Red Card Stock. There are strips of Red glitter on Red Card Stock accenting between the photos of carved pumpkins on the left border. If you have trouble crafting with glittered card stock because of adhesive issues, try The Best Glue Ever! by ScraPerfect. It is a liquid, very strong glue. Drying time is a bit longer w/ the glittered papers but it works FABULOUS!
Any white areas on the Red Glitter Letters was colored with orange sharpie marker.
This layout is definitely more spooky than my "spooky" layout for our Robin's Nest Halloween/Harvest Blog hop yesterday!
Become a follower of the Robin's Nest blog: Chattering Robins for more project ideas!
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Farewell to October by Becky Conley
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Retired USMC, Mom of 2, Nana to two, living life creatively in Southern Maine. Need an original creation? That's my specialty!
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Awesome layout! I love the depth of the colors!
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Sweet page!
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Ways You Can Incorporate Your Business as a Landlord
How you choose to structure your business as the landlord depends in part upon your willingness to share its future and yours with others. Forming a corporation is a fairly complex legal endeavor that involves the following steps:
Choose and register a name for your corporation that complies with state requirements.
Write and file your articles of incorporation.
Write bylaws to govern corporate operations.
Issue stock certificates to your corporation@'s owners and investors.
Obtain any business licenses and permits required by your state and local governing bodies.
You can take any of the following three approaches to form your corporation:
Do it yourself. If you're the sole owner of the business and don't intend to add owners, seek outside capital, or do business in multiple locations, you may be able to incorporate without expert assistance.
Use a third-party service.
Hire a reputable, local attorney.
Outsourcing to a business-formation service
Numerous firms offer services to help you form a business entity. Three of the best known are Legal Zoom, Rocket Attorney, and The Company Corporation. Others include Mynewcompany.com, Directincorporation.com.
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Keep in mind that these firms are ordinary retailers who tend to advertise low prices "Starting at …" for only a few of the services you need. Comparison shop. Find out what's included and what's not. Get a price quote from a reputable local attorney, as well, for comparison purposes. Make sure you get a price quote that covers everything you need to form your corporation.
Hiring an attorney and accountant
We recommend that you hire a reputable, local attorney to guide you through the process of incorporating your business and an accountant to manage the corporation's payroll, taxes, and financial reporting for several reasons, including the following:
Your attorney can help evaluate your specific needs for the area where you're setting up shop and recommend the best business structure to meet those needs.
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Running your operation as a corporation
As complicated as forming a corporation is, running it requires even more attention to detail. You must fulfill the obligations of corporate governance, which include:
Paying yourself and other owners and investors salaries or distributions
Holding at least one director and shareholder meeting annually
Typing up and filing minutes from those meetings
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Integration and community cohesion were on the agenda at a football tournament.
The Aspiring Communities (AC) charity organised the event at the Soccer Factory on Royle Barn Road, Rochdale which featured teams from around the north.
Smallbridge-based WSA Rochdale made it to the final, but lost out 3-1 to Bradford Prestige Car Wash team.
Hanif Hussain, AC's event co-ordinator, said: "The competitive atmosphere on the day was amazing, with teams travelling from across the north to take part in the charity tournament and it was even more exciting that a local team made it into the finals. We had great support from local businesses, with our sponsors including KCB, Sahara Grill, Harry's Chicken Bar, Arif Grocers, Rochdale Motor Store, Advance Technologies and Oakleaf Estates.
"It shows what talent we have locally and how committed people are in participating and supporting charity events, despite these difficult times.
"AC is here to help promote community cohesion and integration by organising local and national projects."
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Usually, when I go to a press conference- two things happen. For one, I have seen the movie and taken notes so I know what questions, if any, I have for the cast or directors. Two- the cast and directors actually give answers about the movie. Neither were the case for the press conference this past weekend for Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War and it made for a hilarious, fun, albeit unusual, press … [Read more...]
Marvel Shows AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Footage At #D23Expo – And Everyone Loses Their Minds
Disney's D23 Expo knows how to treat its fans – specifically those who are giant fans of Marvel Studios. They've got it down to a science, knowing exactly what's gonna whip the crowds into thunderous applause and full-blown hysterics. And this year, they totally delivered. Not only did Kevin Feige show off the new Marvel Studios' official 10th anniversary logo, he spotlit one film in their … [Read more...]
"Doctor Strange" Film Review: A Fantastical Trip
I'm going to preface this by telling you all that I knew nothing about Doctor Strange. Zip. Zero. NADA. So my expectations were just to sit down, relax, and have a little fun. That's exactly what I got. I found Doctor Strange to be an exciting, adventurous ride into a new realm that we have only skimmed in movies like "Inception" and "The Matrix" but, with the classic Marvel story and … [Read more...]
7 Things We Learned From The Cast of Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange is Marvel's newest comic to film to make it's mark in the MCU. The comic made it's debut in 1963 and told the adventures of an egocentric, highly intelligent neurosurgeon who, after a devastating accident, searches for an otherwordly way to heal himself. In the process, he expands his mind, and learns of realms beyond this earth, and he must learn to harness mystical powers in order … [Read more...]
REVIEW: BLACK MASS-ively Underwhelming
The name James "Whitey" Bulger conjures fear and dread for many of the residents of South Boston in the 70's and 80's. His bullying reign of tyranny is now infamous as played through the media's lens. Even Martin Scorsese sought to capture the former fugitive cinematically in THE DEPARTED – Jack Nicholson's Frank Costello being Bulger-inspired. In director Scott Cooper's BLACK MASS, the … [Read more...]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Review
Yesterday I went to a screening for the final installment of The Hobbit trilogy and Middle Earth saga and boy ... what a way to go out with a bang. Sadly, this is the last time we will see Peter Jackson direct a Middle Earth movie. The movie starts off with Lake Town preparing to defend itself against Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch), who at the end of the second film swore to destroy everything in … [Read more...]
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HARTFORD -- Hartford Police said Trevon Quinitchett, 24, is in custody facing serious charges after he assaulted an officer while evading arrest.
Police said that on Tuesday, Trevon was involved in a domestic violence incident in the north end of Hartford. Trevon allegedly entered his ex-girlfiend's apartment, struck and assaulted her, stole items, then fled the apartment.
Trevon sped off in his car, and drove at a high rate of speed northbound on Barbour Street, then continued through the intersection of Barbour and Kensington Streets without stopping at the red light.
Trevon then struck another car that was traveling eastbound on Kensington Street, which forced that car into several others, resulting in a four-car accident.
Trevon then left his car, removed his license plate, and tried to flee the scene on foot down Kensington Street. Hartford Traffic Division officer Noelia Resto, who was driving westbound on Kensington, drove up to the accident, and was quickly notified of Trevon.
Resto found Trevon and tried to arrest him. Trevon then allegedly violently assaulted Resto, punching her in the face and head. Rest was knocked to the ground, and she struck her head and shoulder.
After knocking Resto down, Trevon took off, but Resto was able to get back onto her feet and chase Trevon down the street while telling police of her location and giving a suspect description.
Another traffic officer, Michael Taylor, joined the foot pursuit and saw Trevon holding a screwdriver in his hand. Taylor was able to tackle and disarm him as Trevon continued to violently resist arrest. With the help of Sergeant Louis Raimundi, Trevon was eventually arrested.
Police said Resto suffered injuries to her head, neck, shoulder, and face. She was taken to St. Francis Hospital for treatment and was later released.
Witnesses told officers that Trevon allegedly punched Resto numerous times in the head before taking off. Trevon's car wasn't registered or insured, and his license was suspended and there was crack cocaine in his possession.
Trevon was charged with numerous motor vehicle violations, as well as home invasion, robbery, larceny, disorderly conduct, evading, assault on a police officer, interfering with a police officer, possession of narcotics.
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Extremely busy (with something); deeply or overly involved (in something); possessing, filled up with, or overwhelmed by an excessive amount (of something). There's no way I can take a vacation right now, I'm up to my ears in work at the moment! I only meant to be peripherally involved in David's business venture, but before I knew it I was in up to my ears! Dana was worried she wouldn't find any work as an accountant working for herself, but she's up to her ears in clients!
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Why not join us on one of our exciting day excursions.
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Enjoy a visit to one of Britain's spectacular Stately Homes or Castle's. They include Floors Castle, Bowes Museum & Arley Hall.
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Enjoy a day at one of the many special events that take place in the UK. Choices include the Appleby Horse Fair, Whitby Gothic Festival, Haworth 1940's, Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival and many more.
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If you love the thrill of a theme park or are animal mad then this section is for you. Destinations include Lightwater Valley, Flamingoland, Edinburgh or Blackpool Zoo's.
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Law and the Great Plains: Essays on the Legal History of the Heartland
Law and the Great Plains: Essays on the Legal History of the Heartland
This volume would not have been possible had it not been for the many participants in the first ever conference on law and the Great Plains held at the University of Nebraska and sponsored by the Center for Great Plains Studies in March 1991. They took a risk. They were willing to consider topics within a regional interdisciplinary context that had not previously been contemplated.
Sessions ranged from "Rights and the Great Plains: An International Dimension," "Meyer v. Nebraska," "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka," and "Economic and Environmental Regulation on the Great Plains," to "Image and Word of the Law: Architecture and Literature on the Great Plains," "Divorce, Great Plains Style," "Water Law and the Great Plains," "Law Enforcement on the Great Plains," "Extralegal Activity and the Great Plains," and "Native Americans and the Law."
In addition to the authors of the following essays, other noteworthy participants included Richard T. Harrison (University of Alberta), Thomas Baker (Texas Tech University), Lucius Barker (Stanford University), Jesse H. Choper (University of California, Berkeley), Arthur McEvoy (University of Wisconsin-Madison), H. Hamner Hill (Southeast Missouri State University), William G. Ross (Samford University), Nina Totenberg (National Public Radio), Andrew Eisenberg (Brown University), Emilia Gonzalez Clements (University of Kentucky), Yasuhide Kawashima (University of Texas at El . . .


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The Liberal girls tennis team has to serve up success. That's the area of the game where fifth year head coach Bret Irby has the most concern is the team's serving. Plus they lose Susan Nguyen to graduation and the tennis program at Seward. She placed 10th at state as a junior and was the WAC player of the year last year. Katie Plunk also graduated from the varsity team.
This year Susan's sister senior Kathy Nguyen takes over the number one singles slot and junior Shelby Hay will be competing at number two singles. The number one singles team is junior Lauren Harp and junior Jackie Nguyen. The number two team is senior Melissa Alvarado and junior Maddie Reese.
There are 20 girls out for tennis this season.
Liberal hosts their invitational today at 3 p.m. at Bluebonnet and Tobias parks and SCCC/ATS. The tournament begins at 3 p.m. with #1 singles and doubles at the Rowley Tennis Courts at Bluebonnet. Ashland, Scott City, Meade, and Garden City will compete in Thursday's tournament.
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Here's the honest to goodness truth about why the thought of Mitt Romney as president scares the unholy living hell out of me. He has said repeatedly that he plans on phasing out Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, SSI, and disability. Here's what my life looks like:
Steve and I both get paid to take care of Jeremi. Our combined net income is just under $1400 a month. Jeremi gets Social Security and SSI, which totals up to just under $700 a month. All of this money comes from Medicaid, Social Security, SSI, and J's meds are paid for by Medicare and Medicaid [he takes 11 different meds each day, plus he has a baclofen pump that costs about $1000 every four months to refill]
J buys his own food and drinks [Ensure, applesauce, cranberry juice and hot tea], which averages about $250.00 a month. He buys his over the counter meds that Medicaid doesn't cover [$25 a month]He pays for our water bill, and our Satellite TV [about $200 a month], and some of the cleaning supplies [$20].
He also covers the cost of gloves and the various medical supplies that Medicaid doesn't cover[about $50 a month]. He also buys clothes and shoes once or twice a year, and gas for his wheelchair van [$50-$100 a month].
That leaves him $50-$100 'spending money' each month. The only expenses that Jeremi helps us with are the water bill, satellite, and cleaning supplies.
Of the $1400 a month net pay that Steve and I get from taking care of J, about $1000 of it goes toward added expenses that are necessary to keep him with us. This includes a higher mortgage payment, higher electricity, gas, and taxes. It includes the cost of meds that I have to take in order to be able to function [antidepressants, meds to help me sleep, and pain meds] and various other expenses.
Because of the cuts that have already been made to Medicaid, the back on the new wheelchair J got a few months ago has broken twice because the company that makes it cuts corners in order to save money, which means the product we get is less durable than J needs it to be. New electric wheelchairs cost somewhere between $15,000 and $25,000 each. I have no idea how much repairs cost when it has to be sent back.
Jeremi uses a communication device called an ECO, which enables him to speak to us as well as control his TV. It also comes with Windows and functions as a laptop [albeit a pathetic one]. The cost of a new one is around $7000-$8000. His ECO has broken down and had to be sent back at least four times in the past two and a half years. We've had to order two new chargers because the cords are horrible about shorting out. Each charger costs $75.00, and repair bills are several hundred each.
Medicaid pays for all of that stuff. If we had to pay it, he'd be stuck in a manual wheelchair with no ECO because after expenses, Steve and I clear about $400 extra per month above and beyond what we need just to make ends meet.
If Steve and I were to lose our income for taking care of J and we were going to try to make it work anyway, the two of us would have to work 65-70 hours per week extra [above and beyond what Steve works at the Patrol each week] at our current pay rate [$10 an hour and $8.25 an hour] in order to maintain the same income.
We would also have to figure out how to continue taking care of Jeremi [who is only gone for work 35 hours a week. The rest of the time, he's here and someone has to stay with him], AND raise our three kids at the same time.
Since we've moved back to Sedalia, we've had to modify our home. We purchased the materials to build two ramps and to modify the bathroom into a roll in shower and did the work ourselves. Even so, the cost of both was about $4000 out of pocket because the process of getting home modifications paid for through Medicaid is a nightmare.
The lift we had to get [was purchased by the Center and Medicaid] was $4000 as well. His new shower chair [which ended up being a complete piece of crap that fell apart within two months], was about $2000. It doesn't work well at all, but J is stuck with it now because it's considered a 'once in a lifetime' purchase.
Because it is a personal hygiene product, there are no returns, and no refunds. We've had to replace two seat cushions in the year he's had it, the wheels are next to impossible to turn, and once the seat is wet, he slides into the commode hole in the seat, which is uncomfortable and leads to skin breakdown. There's no way we could have anticipated any of those things just by sitting him in it once, with clothes on, for five minutes as our 'test drive'.
Once the shower chair is out of warranty, we will have to continue to replace the faulty seat cushions at our own expense.
Children with disabilities are born every day. People have accidents and get spinal cord or brain injuries every single day. If these programs are done away with, as Mitt Romney and the GOP keep saying they want to do, only the wealthy will be able to take care of family members with disabilities.
If Medicaid and Medicare go, it will be impossible to get help from in-home care workers and even nursing homes will no longer be an option. If Social Security disappears, those of us who are living paycheck to paycheck and barely making ends meet now will have nothing to supplement whatever meager retirement we managed to scrape up with our just over minimum wage jobs.
What will happen to the elderly, infirm, and disabled who are not lucky enough to have wealthy family or friends who are willing to foot the bill for their care? My generation is the one that will experience this firsthand. The people who are making the decisions right now won't lose their benefits, but I will.
And there's no way to know what will happen with Jeremi's funding in the next few years. Medicaid and Medicare are often the first things on the chopping block, while tax breaks for giant corporations are considered sacrosanct. Funding for the military is sacred. But taking care of the poor, disabled, elderly, and ill? Let's cut 'em, 'cause they're all worthless freeloaders anyway.
I take that kind of thing very personally, because I am working my ever loving ass off trying to do the right thing. I've made sacrifices that I never wanted to have to make, because there was no other way to make sure that Jeremi was taken care of, and that my parents didn't kill themselves taking on that responsibility again. Our only other option was a nursing home, and that was pretty much a death sentence for J. He was 39 when we moved back.
Without these services, there would be absolutely no possible way for us to afford Jeremi's care. I couldn't pay for his medications, let alone anything else.
So when I hear people talking about voting for Mitt Romney for no other reason than he's not Barack Obama, I want to scream. When I see someone saying that Paul Ryan's so-called budget plan is a good idea, I want to punch the wall.
I want to ask you, "How could you do this to me?" Because I am directly affected by the cutting of Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, SSI, and Disability. Jeremi is directly affected.
If the GOP actually cuts these programs, I am one of those 'freeloaders' who will 'get what I deserve.'
THAT'S why I get so passionate about politics. THAT'S why I'm so frustrated with conservatives. THAT'S why I fight so hard to point out facts and make myself heard. Because this is MY life that's being judged as unworthy of any help from the government. You shrink 'entitlement' programs, and MY life becomes unlivable. You take away the safety net, and MY family suffers.
I'm absolutely terrified of the election in November, because I know that regardless of my vote, there's a very good chance that Romney is going to beat President Obama.
I am watching as our country moves inexorably into Social Darwinism, and I know that I won't be one of the 'fittest' who survives. I know that Jeremi will be one of the first to be sacrificed, and I am helpless to do anything about it. I'm screaming for mercy, but no one hears me.
At best, I'm tolerated [but not to be taken seriously]. At worst, I'm ridiculed, judged as evil or stupid or both, de-friended, and ostracized.
Even as I sit here and debate whether to post this or not, I know that if I do, a few more people will silently disappear from my friends list because I'm too annoying or too political or too controversial.
I know that mostly there will be deafening silence.
I know that most people will scroll right past this when they see I've written another book.
I know I'm failing to make a difference, yet I can't seem to stop trying. Maybe I AM insane.


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It's 1972, and Fred Dobbs is preparing for
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Directed By: Adam Simcox
Genre: Sports / Drama
122 Minutes
At it's core Kid Gloves is a heartwarming story with more than a few similarities to the Rocky films. If you don't know what the "Rocky" films are than I would recommend looking them up, and preparing for a great bunch of movies! As you may have guessed, we have a boxing film here and that's something that's not seen much in the Indie world. There also happens to be a story here. It's a good one. I can honestly say that if you can get past the first 15 minutes than you're in for a real treat. First 15 minutes you ask? Well yes. Kid Gloves is not a perfect film. The majority of faults however are on the technical side and mainly at the films beginning. It get's better. A lot better. As I wrote above, if you can make it through the first bit you're in for a well done and heartfelt film. If you're not left feeling some kind of emotion by the end... you're a Zombie.
Let's dig into the technical flaws and start with the audio. Overall it's not that bad except at the very start of the film. Poorly mixed with changing sounds, changing tones and some funky audio transitions really pull you straight out of the film. One cut has a constant blowing wind and the very next cut, mid sentence the wind is suddenly gone. The first 15 minutes or so is full of issues like this and it's really hard to get into the movie. Then as suddenly as it started it seems to get better. As the film progresses the audio issues become less prominent and finally reach an acceptable level. You'll never mistake Kid Gloves for a studio film based on the audio... but in the end it turns out to be Okay. The Camera work is a mixed bag also as it swings from some really well composed shots, right over to the reality show specials we all know from various TV programs. I'm not sure if this was on purpose or not, but the end result actually adds to the film, giving it a true and gritty feel.
Where this film really earns it's stars is in the writing and acting. Kid Gloves is a well written story that is made all the better by a great cast. You get pulled in and feel for these characters, making the film so much more engaging. I think I can honestly say that without such skilled talent this film may have fallen flat. But that's not what happened now is it?
With all the issues I've pointed out you may be asking how I still managed to score it so high? The answer is simple. There is a great movie here. You just need to get past the first few minutes. It's all here. Story, pacing and great acting. Everything one could want when watching a film! The reality is that Kid Gloves would have scored a perfect rating if the the small issues I've wrote about were solved. Easily. Is it worth the purchase or rental? For sure! Let me put it like this. You'll buy or rent the film. You'll start to watch. You'll question your purchase. You'll keep watching. You'll maybe get emotional and then you'll recommend it to your friends. Trust me here. There is some magic in Kid Gloves.
So stop thinking so much and check out this film! Give it half a chance and you'll give yourself a few hours of solid Independent Magic. Links are on the left so go ahead and use them.
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