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Title: Hey Kids!
Artist: sailorhathor
Author: smalltrolven
Characters: Crowley, Sam, Dean, young child Amara, Demon Nanny
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Word Count: 3,700
Warnings: Scary clown!!!
Summary: Hey kids! It's time for "Crowley's Funtime Cavalcade"! With Crowley and Bonko the Clown! Sit right down and get ready for some FUN! An AU set somewhere around 11.03 "The Bad Seed"
Author's Notes: Not my characters, only my words. Written for the 2015 spn_reversebang for the very creative and scary art by sailorhathor. Thanks for the thorough and very useful beta, amypond45 you continue to inspire me to keep trying to find the right amount of semi-colons.
Read it over on AO3 here.
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Crowley's idea for what was appropriate television programming for children shouldn't have been surprising. But this dreck was what the King had commanded her charge to watch, as much as possible. Nanny knew that her days were likely numbered having to be this close to the powerful child (and to Crowley), but what choice did she have? Just as Nanny had before she'd become a demon, she attempted to take care of Amara with firm and loving guidance. Whether the child wanted it or not was not her concern.
Amara sulked in the corner of the couch, eyes flickering over the television screen as Crowley cavorted with terrifying clowns. It wasn't funny and she wasn't learning anything about the world like she needed to. What she needed was to grow and to get out there. The desire to consume was louder than the blood flowing through her veins. She was hungry too. All the time. And not for food, but for souls. The souls of the demons tasted terrible, but they were all she had access to, at least for now.
"Nanny, do I really have to watch this? I'd much rather read more of the Inferno."
"Yes, Amara dear, your Uncle Crowley has said you're to watch at least a few hours a day of his program. He worked hard on it for you. Pay attention to how he shows the clown the proper disemboweling techniques."
"It's disgusting. I'm not in training to become a demon. That's not where my future lies, whether my uncle believes that or not." When Amara said 'uncle' it had knives and sharp edges that cut.
Nanny could tell she didn't like having to call the King by that label; it implied they were family. But Crowley had made it clear that he was to be called uncle at every opportunity by all of his subjects. It was obvious that Amara didn't consider herself his subject, but that was likely going to be Crowley's issue, not hers, if she was even around to see it.
In case anyone was wondering, her money was definitely one hundred percent on Amara. There was no limit to her growing powers, that much was obvious, and the King was fooling himself to think he'd be able to have any control or even influence over the girl. Nanny chided herself, she's not a girl, she's not human or demon, she's some sort of elemental force, perhaps the opposite of God. Lucifer knows, she'd never encountered anything or anyone approaching this being's power. Nanny told herself for the millionth time that if she came out of this with her soul and alive to boot it would be miraculous.
Nanny shook her head to clear her musings away, to deal with the child who was waiting for an answer about the ridiculous television show. "Well, as you know, my dear, your uncle is concerned for your welfare. He only wants the best for you. And this show he's made for you to watch is part of that."
"I hate him. I hate clowns. And I hate you," Amara grumped, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring across the room at Nanny.
Nanny felt the girl's stare as an assault on her meat suit; it seemed to cut right through. The peals of laughter and zany music from Crowley's show broke through the silence and reminded her that she needed to keep Amara occupied at least until Crowley returned.
Amara's eyes glazed over as she watched Crowley's stupid show; the music was grating on her nerves and watching her fake uncle and the clown tear apart another screaming victim was not helping distract her from her hunger.
"Nanny, I'm hungry."
Nanny felt a chill run down her spine at the girl's words. She gulped in terror, trying to put on a calm face. "Again?"
"Yes, and I want someone besides a demon this time."
"That's entirely up to Crowley. I'll be sure to ask him when he returns. For now, we only have demons available for you. Stay here and keep watching, I'll let Earl know we need another." Nanny shut the double doors and locked them behind her, leaning against them briefly in relief. Being away from Amara, even here in the dank hallways, was like a vacation. It seemed like she was bathed in sunlight and fresh air just being out of that room, away from that child, whatever she was.
She could have yelled down the hall to Earl, but took advantage of the break to stay there until he walked past on his rounds. She informed him of the need for another poor demon to come be sucked soulless. Earl didn't say a thing, just rolled his black eyes and stalked off towards the dungeons. She didn't have much longer until she'd have to go back in with Amara. Nanny leaned her head against the door and closed her eyes, reminding herself of why she was doing this. Survival, and even more unlikely, possible promotion as Crowley had promised.
Nanny heard the laughter as soon as she closed her eyes. Amara was laughing, a cruel, dark sound that came through the thick wooden doors like a smothering oil slick. She shivered involuntarily and steeled herself to go back inside the room. It was important to see what was making the child laugh. Crowley would definitely want to know.
"Amara…" she began to ask, then stopped as she caught sight of what was on the television. Two extremely handsome men in plaid flannel shirts were strapped to stools as Crowley and the clown prowled around them. They looked familiar but she couldn't immediately place them. She saw why Amara was laughing then, the larger of the men was beyond terrified and had urinated on himself as the clown threatened him with a glinting, glitter-covered machete.
"Play it again, Nanny!" Amara asked with a chilling excitement in her voice.
Nanny rewound the image to the beginning of the scene where the men were first seen. Crowley was paying a lot of attention to the relatively smaller man, he seemed more intimate with him somehow and was allowing the clown free rein to capture the larger man's fearful attention.
"Watch this part, it's so funny," Amara squealed with delight, watching with rapt attention as the man's face struggled with remaining stoic and immovable as the urine dripped down onto the floor from his stool.
Nanny looked away, the torture and humiliation of these men was not amusing to her. And it disturbed her that her charge, even if she wasn't a demon, was so entertained by this.
Amara began to growl when she saw Crowley caressing the smaller man's face. "He's mine. He's not to be touched by anyone but me," Amara's voice rose towards the end into a near scream.
"There, there now, Amara. What are you talking about?" Nanny asked, desperate to find out what had turned the amusement into this near-tantrum.
"Dean Winchester. He is mine, all mine. And Crowley shouldn't ever ever touch him. I need Dean's soul next. I won't eat anything until I have him." Amara crossed her arms and screwed up her face into a disgusted look that some parents would probably call adorable. Nanny knew that it meant a world of trouble for her and anyone else that came near.
There was a knock at the door then, which was likely Earl bringing the requested meal-on-two-legs. She unlocked the door and opened to admit the struggling demon being marched in by Earl. "She says she won't eat now. Sorry, to put you out, Earl."
Earl rolled his eyes in answer and turned to leave, shoving the struggling demon before him.
"Stop. I changed my mind. Bring him here," Amara said, suddenly at Nanny's side, reaching towards the restrained demon. She brought her hands up to the demon's elbows and pulled him down closer to her face. Reaching up, she yanked the demon's face closer to hers and opened her mouth. The black-grey smoke swirled between them and she released him. Amara smacked her lips and stared up at Nanny. "I still want Dean."
"We'll tell Crowley when he comes back, that will be soon. Why don't you finish watching the episode? Don't you want to see what the clown does next?"
Amara spun on her heel and was flopped on the couch once again before Nanny noticed her moving away. The girl was always faster right after consuming a soul; it was if it gave her an immediate boost of power. Luckily for all of them it seemed to wear off fairly quickly. Although that meant she'd be hungry soon. Where was Crowley anyway?
"Earl, do you know the rest of Crowley's schedule for today?"
Earl shook his head towards the TV screen. "No one does these days. Whenever he's wrapped up with the Winchesters, all bets are off."
"Are those the famous Winchesters then?" Nanny asked.
"Yeah, the smaller one is Dean. He's the guy who was a demon last year, almost became Crowley's consort at one point. At least that was the rumor."
"Nanny, what's a consort?" Amara asked from her position on the couch.
"I'll explain it to you later, Amara."
Earl rolled his eyes and laughed. "Good luck with that one, Nanny." He closed the door with another laugh. "Better you than me."
Nanny leaned against the doors and silently agreed with Earl's joke. It wasn't going to be an easy thing to explain to the girl. Thankfully though, Amara was immersed in the TV program again. The scene had changed, now the clown had Sam tied to a medical exam table and was sprinkling glitter over his naked torso.
"That looks like it tickles," Nanny said.
"What's a tickles?" Amara asked.
Nanny felt momentarily sorry for the kid, that she didn't know what tickling was, would probably never have that sort of joyful, small experience. "It's part of what consorts do, they make your body feel good, even make you laugh sometimes."
"Dean's my consort. He will be when I'm big," Amara said, sounding completely sure of herself.
Nanny didn't want to think about how soon that would be. At the rate Amara was growing, it would be in the next week or so. She looked at the TV screen and wondered if that man, Dean Winchester, knew what was coming for him. He probably thought being stuck in that room with the clown tormenting his brother and Crowley circling him like a lust-crazed shark was as bad as it could get. Being Amara's consort was likely to be a short-lived gig. And Nanny didn't really care about Dean Winchester. But she hoped she'd at least get to see the handsome man with someone besides Crowley; those two just didn't look right together. She watched Dean scream at Crowley to let his brother go, or make the clown leave, that he swore he'd do anything.
Crowley snapped his fingers and the clown disappeared, Sam Winchester's tears continued and he didn't seem to notice his brother's arms around him. Dean held Sam close, rubbed his glittery back gently and growled at Crowley. "You bastard."
"What? The glitter or the clown? It was one of the memories I found most tantalizing when I was mucking about it Moose's head."
"Don't remind me," Dean growled, pulling Sam even closer to his body. Sam tucked his head into the space between Dean's shoulder and neck. They looked like a beautiful glittery sculpture.
"About that anything you promised, Dean?" Crowley asked, taunting Dean with the clown poking his head back into the room and whispering Saaaaammmm.
Amara laughed at Sam's terrified scream, until she saw Dean kissing the side of Sam's head, holding him close against his chest. "Dean is mine, only mine."
"So you've said, but that's his brother, Amara. They're said to be closer than most brothers are," Nanny observed, laughing a little to herself over the girl's insistence on her ownership of Dean Winchester. He looked a whole lot more interested in his beautiful, glitter-covered brother. "Let's just watch now, no more talking."
Crowley frowned at the brothers' whispering to each other. "Boys! I'll need a little something from you both before I'll let you go." Crowley waved a blood-drawing kit at each of them. "Two bags each should do it."
"That's too much at once, Crowley!" Dean protested.
"I can ask Mr. Bonko to rejoin us if you'd rather," Crowley sneered.
Dean glowered and held out his hand for the plastic kits. "Still an addict, huh, Crowley? Somehow, I'm not surprised." He helped Sam sit up and handed him one of the kits. "Sammy, I'm going to get yours going first, then I'll do mine, okay?"
Sam nodded and held out his right arm which was shaking violently now that Dean wasn't steadying him. Dean grasped his wrist and held it for a moment, and Sam looked up at him with a wounded far-away look.
"You're gonna be okay, little brother. I'm here." Dean looked at his brother's lips that were moving continuously as if he was speaking with no sound. "What are you saying, Sammy?" he asked as he started the blood started flowing out of Sam's arm into the plastic tubing.
"If it bleeds I can kill it," Sam said a little louder. "'s what you told me, that last time at Plucky's. It, uh, helped."
"I'm glad it helps, Sam, and…uh, I get it now. You know, why the clown thing is too much for you and all. I thought I did before, but now after this…well you're even braver than I thought you were, going into Plucky's for that case."
"Thanks, Dean. I know it's hard to understand. With our lives being the way they are, me being scared about something silly like this is stupid."
"No, stop, Sam. It's not stupid, that's the thing. I mean, you told me the reason it all started, 'cause of me leavin' you high and dry at Plucky's all those times, when you were just a little kid. And I shouldn't have done that."
"You were a kid yourself, Dean. Shouldn't have been your job in the first place. Don't worry about it now; I forgave you a long time ago."
"Okay, then the teasing. I apologize for all of that, okay? And I'll cut it out from now on, I promise."
"'Kay, that's fine. Let me help get yours started," Sam said, taking the needle from Dean's unsteady hand and pricking him expertly, taping the needle and unkinking the plastic tubing from its coil. He held Dean's wrist and smoothed his thumb over Dean's pulse point for several long moments. "It's pretty," Sam slurred out, head bobbing on his long neck like he was fighting sleep.
Dean saw his brother about to go under and stabilized his head with one hand at the base of Sam's head, hand tangled in his hair. "What is?"
Sam rolled his head back and forth like he was scratching his scalp on Dean's fingers, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Your blood, it's pretty."
"It's the same as yours, dude," Dean said, squeezing his hand to get his blood to pump out faster.
"I guess…" Sam trailed off, sounding sleepy and about ten years old. His eyes never left Dean's face though, looking entranced and somehow soft for such a muscled, giant of a man.
Crowley interrupted, "You're actually right, Moose. Your blood is quite different from Dean's. Think it's the taint of angel's grace left behind. I'm guessing Dean's blood is still all too close to demon for my taste. Well that's my guess; I haven't had any since we were doing our howling at the moon. Right, Dean?"
Sam didn't waver from looking at Dean's face. "Dean, I don't care what he says about that time. I don't care what you did. You came back to me. That's all I care about. All that matters."
Dean's face crumpled a little at Sam's words and his chin dug into his own chest like he was trying to hide his reaction.
"Hey…uh, Dean. Think I'm done yet?" Sam asked, nodding over to the nearly full blood bag on his lap.
Amara threw one of her slippers at the TV screen. "He's mine, he's mine!"
"Amara, please. No throwing things. What would Crowley say?"
"Don't care, just want Dean. Don't want to watch him on TV. Don't like seeing him touching his brother or Crowley. I can't stand it, Nanny."
"All right, that's enough for today then, we'll turn it off." Nanny pushed the right combination of buttons on the remote and the inane music stopped and the screen went to a slide show of various world wars. "That's better already, isn't it?"
Amara made a hmphing sound and flopped over on the couch, burying her face away from Nanny. Nanny decided to let sleeping monsters lie for the moment and pretended to care about tidying up the room. She knew she was no Mary Poppins, but things still had to look presentable.
"Why's my program not on?" Crowley asked, slamming the door open.
Amara popped up from her couch-burrito position and scowled in his direction.
"We were watching it for quite a while, sire, but Amara grew tired of it after a time."
"That's not true! I liked it, I just didn't like seeing you touch him like that," Amara shouted.
"Touching the Winchesters? But they were my captives, pet. I had to," Crowley stroked her hair tentatively.
Amara shook her head, furious, until she stopped, turning to sniff at Crowley's hand. "You smell like him. What did you do with his blood?"
"That's not your business, Amara. Don't ask such personal questions," Nanny interrupted.
"No, no, that's quite all right, Nanny. Leave us now, I want to explain this to Amara myself." Crowley sat down on the couch next to Amara and made a shooing motion in Nanny's direction.
Nanny bowed out of the room, silently and gratefully. Another day survived!
"Now, Amara, you know how we talked about uncle's work? Well, what you saw on the TV was part of it. There's nothing to be upset about, poppet."
"You took Dean's blood, and I want to know what you've done with it. It should be mine," Amara answered with a clear threat in her voice.
"How do you know about Dean?" Crowley asked, choosing his words carefully.
"He is mine, that is what I know. He released me. We have a bond."
"Does he know this?"
"Yes, of course. We've talked about it."
"Does his brother know?"
"I don't care."
"Well, you should. Because what affects Dean affects Sam, and vice versa. You have to deal with the Winchesters as if they're one person. Trust me on this, I have years of dealing with their co-dependence. It's one of the few things you can count on with them."
"What about the blood?" Amara asked.
"Well, it's medicine for me. But you can't tell anyone, all right? It has to be our secret."
"Medicine? Are you sick, uncle?"
"A little, but the medicine helps. So tell me darling, did you like the show?"
"I did, the clown was funny. I liked how scared he made Sam."
"And what did you learn from watching that?"
"To keep your captive secure so you can tickle them, and to make them draw their own blood. Oh and that glitter gets everywhere." She flicked a little glitter off of Crowley's shoulder.
"Good girl, you paid attention. I've got to go back to work now, dear. Would you like me to send Nanny back in."
"No, I want to be alone. To think about Dean and his blood. And how good his soul will taste."
Crowley left the room, locking the door behind him. He leaned up against it for a moment in the empty hallway. His thoughts turned to the bags of Winchester blood waiting for him in the refrigerator in his suite. It had been too long since he'd had the taste of either Sam or Dean on his tongue. Other humans had been piss-poor substitutes. There was something about that particular Winchester bouquet. All that lovely pain and sacrifice and destiny made it so spicy and satisfying.
But he'd have to deny himself the oblivion of taking any of it until Amara was sorted out. He didn't dare lose a few days to a blood-drug haze when she was growing and changing so quickly. Any advantage he had a chance at finding was going to be gained in the next few days, and he had to concentrate on that. He knew that his kingdom's fate would likely depend upon what sort of bond he could forge with Amara. If that was even possible, since she was fixated on Dean. Join the club, sister, was his snarky aside to himself.
There had to be some connection between the Mark of Cain and the Darkness, but he couldn't quite remember the details of the old stories. She either had the mark or she was the mark, or maybe both. He wondered, very briefly, if he should warn the Winchesters. But he thought they'd rather not hear from him for a while. Sam had been rather traumatized by Bonko the clown. That short amount of time in Sam's mind had given him insights into Sam Winchester he'd never known he wanted to have. He had always known there was a deep, hidden part of Sam that Dean likely knew nothing about. There was so much to Sam that was beautifully dark, but the strength he used to keep it hidden was impressive.
Maybe Amara would finally be the key to separating the Winchesters for good. Either one of the brothers willingly ruling by his side would be a sweet victory indeed.


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Kermit the Frog's voice is about to change for the first time in decades
UPDATE (9:50 July 12, 2017): This story has been updated to include confirmation from a spokesperson for The Muppets Studio and a response from Steve Whitmire's blog.
After 27 years, Kermit the Frog is getting a new voice.
Steve Whitmire, the actor who's been bringing Kermit to life since 1990, is no longer performing the famous frog, a Muppets Studio spokesperson confirmed to Mashable.
Matt Vogel, a Muppet veteran, will instead take his place as the voice and action behind the iconic green frog.
Vogel joined Sesame Street in 1996, and has since played several roles, including Count von Count, Floyd Pepper, and interestingly enough, Kermit's doppelgänger, Constantine in Muppets Most Wanted. Vogel is also the Muppet Captain on Sesame Street.
In a blog post, Whitmire said he is devastated about no longer playing the role of Kermit. He wrote that he's experienced "every possible emotion since October 2016" when The Muppets Studio's executives said they were going to recast.
He also said he's offered remedies to the issues stated by executives, and wishes they'd had a face-to-face meeting on the issue.
"I just want you all to know that I am sorry if I have disappointed any of you at any point throughout our journey, and to let everyone know that I am devastated to have failed in my duty to my hero," Whitmire wrote.
On Twitter, fans were sad but hopeful about Kermit's future in Vogel's hands.
Sad day for muppet fans like me. Steve Whitmire gave Kermit so much life. Hoping Matt Vogel will do him and Jim justice. https://t.co/ekQLUbSoMg
— Brandon Parnes (@BrandonParnes) July 11, 2017
Matt Vogel is taking over my childhood puppetry. https://t.co/3psgA6lvxG
— Don East (@TheRealDonEast) July 10, 2017
As much as Id love to go up for the job with my "amazing" Kermit impression,Im sure hes in good hands with Matt Vogel .Best wishes to Steve
— Mark Read (@MarkReadMusic) July 10, 2017
Kermit was previously voiced by Muppets creator Jim Henson until Henson's death in 1990, after which Whitmire took the reigns of the famous frog.

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Vandals cause chaos as Arizona goes internet-free for 15 hours
Phoenix police spokesman Officer James Holmes told AP the cable
cutting vandals were probably looking for cooper wire after
probably using power tools to cut the cable. Copper wire fetches
high prices as scrap, though the vandals didn't find any.
"Your average house saw and wire cutters wouldn't do it," Holmes told the news outlet. He said the damage was estimated at $6,000. Holmes said any charges resulting would not be limited to just vandalism.
Aerial pictures of @CenturyLink crews fixing vandalized cables that caused internet outage across northern Arizona. pic.twitter.com/ZfeiBV1fXT— Bruce Haffner (@chopperguyhd) February 26, 2015
READ MORE:Elite US hackers shut down Syrian internet trying to snoop on traffic – Snowden
Service was finally fully restored early Thursday morning after
15 hours of interrupted service, according to the Associated
Press. The internet service provider CenturyLink said the problem
was first reported around noon on Wednesday, with customer
complaints coming in from towns in the northern part of the state
like Phoenix, Flagstaff, Prescott, Page, and Sedona. The company
blamed the outage on vandalism to its cable. Police are
"It's endangerment," Holmes said. "When you think about that, if someone has an emergency and the only means they have of contacting or getting assistance is through their cellphone, that's just not a good thing."
READ MORE:State Dept-funded program installs alternative networks abroad
The outage showed how modern society has become so reliant on technology to conduct many of its services and transactions. Questions are being raised about back-up systems.
Northern Arizona loses Internet, cellphone, landline capabilities for hours after fiber-optic cable intentionally cut http://t.co/ndPoebO9Zx
— ABC News (@ABC) February 26, 2015
The cables were bundled in a conduit sleeve and buried several feet under the soil about a quarter-mile from the nearest house. The company's technicians had to find the break by inspecting the line mile by mile before splicing it back together. The cables can easily be detected from above ground, as the trenching machines used to bury them leave a mark on the landscape.
READ MORE:FCC adopts net neutrality rules endorsed by open internet advocates
For now, there is no back-up service, which left the city of Flagstaff relying on the Arizona Department of Public Safety for help in dispatching police and firefighters. In Prescott Valley, authorities said 911 service was supplemented with hand-held radios and alternate phone numbers.
Vandalism in #Arizona shows the internet's vulnerability: http://t.co/rt67N53ukH#abc15pic.twitter.com/JHbxLuji7D
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) February 26, 2015
Centurylink says it is working to complete a backup line by the end of the year.
There was no disruption, however, to what the industry calls "plain old telephone service," as it is not dependent on internet.


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Having just weathered a six-week long hockey ring tour with David Bowie, Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails decided to kick back a bit with a nice quiet club tour, with Helmet on board to add to the mellow vibe.
"It's way more fun to play clubs than it is to play big hockey arenas, which we've been doing," Reznor said. "By the end of the [last] tour we ended up being this big bloated arena band and it just wasn't that much fun."
While NIN were happy about the club tour, openers Helmet seemed a little crabbed out by the whole thing.
"We've been out for so f---ing long and we played like, two shows," Helmet's Page Hamilton groused. "We sat in Pensacola, Florida, for five days. Trent blew his voice out in New Orleans. We weren't informed 'til the next day when we were sitting in Pensacola."
"We forgot to call them until it was too late," Reznor said.
There was also the issue of the stage set-up ...
"You can't see anything onstage anyway because [NIN] have so much smoke," Hamilton said. "You don't know what's going on onstage. Every once in a while a light comes on and you see a guy running across in like, buttless chaps."
Whitney Houston was getting the word out about her upcoming flick "Waiting to Exhale."
"I had decided actually that I wasn't gonna do any music at all for this," Houston explained. "I didn't wanna do any music because I just wanted to do the acting."
Imagine the dismay of the film's director, Forest Whitaker, upon finding out Whitney Houston would not be singing on the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack. The last time Houston sang on a soundtrack album — "The Bodyguard" — it sold 32 million copies worldwide.
"Of course Forest goes, 'I just don't understand, Whitney, I just don't,' " Houston said. "So I said, 'Alright, maybe just one [song],' and then it became three."
While longtime Whitney collaborator Babyface wrote and produced the bulk of the album, for a brief moment Houston feared he had lost his juice.
"He's got these 'shoop, shoops'! I'm going, 'He's run out, the man has ran out of songs. Oh my god.' Then I heard the lyric, 'Everyone falls in love sometimes/ Sometimes it's wrong, sometimes it's right/ For every win, somebody must fail/ But there comes a point where you exhale.' That's poetry. We all wanna exhale sometimes."
Snoop Dogg, a man who liked to inhale, saw his protégés the Dogg Pound hit #1 on the Billboard albums chart this week in 1995 with their debut album, Dogg Food. They were helped in this feat, no doubt, by the pronouncement by anti-rap crusader C. Delores Tucker — before she ever heard the record — that Dogg Food was the dirtiest gangsta rap album yet. According to the Poundsters themselves and their label chief, Suge Knight, however, these guys weren't just cashing in on the waning gangsta phenomenon — they were simply coming into their own.
"I got a lot of respect for the Dogg Pound," Knight said, "because Kurupt and Daz said, 'Look, we know we could come in with y'all and get our stuff done, but we wanna show you we're not just here taking free money. We wanna work. So we want to produce it. We wanna write our own stuff. We wanna rap our own stuff.' They did just that."
"It ain't nothing like having your own hit album out," Kurupt said. " 'Cause me and Daz, we've been a part of everybody else's situation, everybody else's musical project, and now it's our turn."
For more "This Week In ...", check out the This Week In Archive.


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Last week I shared devastating news regarding this longtime client and friend (click HERE for details). Mellissa was told she would lose her hair as a result of chemotherapy and wanted to do so on her terms. So she invited a handful of family and friends over for a Chrome Dome Party.
Her friend and stylist Lori-Anne was absolutely wonderful, helping Mellissa's son take an active role in the process.
Mellissa's husband helped too as their daughter took things in from a distance.
While watching these two, the significance of the day hit me like a ton of bricks.
Mellissa's lovely chrome dome will be her "helmet" in the fierce battle ahead.
And she wears it like a champion, don't you think?
You can follow Mellissa's journey in her own words, by clicking HERE.


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The Rise of Solar in the Healthcare Sector
Healthcare organisations need to sit up and take notice as leaders in the industry start to embrace solar on a large scale level. The past couple years saw a steady flow of pilot projects within the industry including 100kW systems for Sydney Adventist Hospital at Wahroonga, NSW and Ramsay Healthcare's Hollywood Private Hospital in Nedlands, WA.
More recently, Concord Hospital joined these innovative healthcare providers with a 100kW pilot project earlier this year. West Gippsland Health raised the bar further with the installation of a 289kW system on the roofs of West Gippsland Hospital, Warragul Community Health Centre and three other sites in Victoria.
Reviews from these hospitals have been overwhelmingly positive and all were very happy with the design and installation process as well as the quality of the final product. Of particular importance was the way Todae Solar accommodated the extra sensitivity that hospitals have towards service disruptions. Constant communication ensured the hospital was always up to date on progress and scheduled shutdowns, and allowed queries and issues to be resolved quickly. Todae Solar also minimises physical disruption. Logistics were organised so installers did not get in the way of hospital staff and just-in-time inventory management reduced the amount of space required for equipment storage.
A representative from Concord Hospital said in a testimonial they were "very pleased with the result, particularly the excellent workmanship… and the quality of the system installed". Professionalism, project management and communication skills were vital to "ensure that there was minimal disruption to the day to day operation of the Mental Health Unit" which operates 24 hours a day and is particularly sensitive to disruption from construction work.
St Vincent's Health, has taken the lead within the healthcare sector and has committed to what will likely be a game-changing solar rollout for the industry. A 2.7MW solar system will be installed across 16 sites in NSW, VIC and QLD. With the announcement of this landmark project, we expect other healthcare organisations to take notice and see the multi-faceted benefits of solar.
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by Luke Wayne
The Watchtower Literature on God and Suffering
The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (commonly known as "Jehovah's Witnesses") teaches that God does not have a purpose or will at work in individual events of suffering or tragedy. They teach that when bad things happen, it is always the result of Satan and/or of human sin. God has nothing to do with it, and therefore one cannot find comfort in God's will or purpose when painful things occur, for that would be to "blame" God. For example, they write:
"God is not responsible for bad things that happen to people; nor does he make them suffer," (Watchtower July, 2014 "Bad things happen to good people – Why?").
"Pastors, priests, and religious teachers often say that it is God's will that people suffer. Some may say that everything that happens to a person, including tragedies, has already been decided by God and that we can never understand why. Others may even say that people, including little children, die so that they can be with God in heaven. But that isn't true. Jehovah never causes bad things to happen," ("What Can the Bible Teach us?" pg 117, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 2015).
"Can you imagine a loving mother deliberately harming her child? A caring parent, on the contrary, would try to alleviate a child's suffering. Likewise, God does not cause innocent people to suffer. Even so, innocent people are suffering," (Watchtower Nov. 2012, "Question 3 – Why does God allow me to suffer").
"God neither causes bad things to happen nor incites others to do what is bad," (Watchtower July, 2014 "Bad things happen to good people – Why?").
"Do you know why people make the mistake of blaming God for all the suffering in the world? In many cases, they blame God because they think He is the real ruler of this world…The real ruler of this world is Satan, the Devil," ("What does the Bible Really Teach?", pg 108 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 2005).
The 2001 pamphlet, "Does God Really Care About Us?" walks through in detail the Jehovah's Witness belief that when Satan fell and tempted humanity into sin, God gave the world over to Satan and the governments of fallen men. God did this, so the pamphlet says, to allow fallen men and angels to freely cause all the suffering they desire so as to prove over the course of human history that they cannot run the world right without him. On this teaching, God has no purpose in any particular tragedy and does not bring any human suffering about, but rather has temporarily given up control of creation to Satan until the time of the final judgment so that God can prove once and for all that he has the right to rule his own creation. In the meantime, there is no purpose or meaning in any personal tragedy. They are the senseless acts of evil or the accidents of foolish blunder brought about by Satan's control and humanity's free will.
The Bible on God and Suffering
The Bible, however, paints a very different picture. Jehovah God declares:
"That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun, that there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these," (Isaiah 45:6-7).
God provides a powerful example of this in the book of Amos:
"'But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities And lack of bread in all your places, Yet you have not returned to Me,' declares the Lord. Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you while there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city And on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up. So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me,' declares the Lord. 'I smote you with scorching wind and mildew; And the caterpillar was devouring Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees; Yet you have not returned to Me,' declares the Lord. 'I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me,' declares the Lord. 'I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze; Yet you have not returned to Me,' declares the Lord," (Amos 4:6-11).
God takes credit for hunger, thirst, corrosion, disease, and in verse ten God even takes credit for the violent actions of their enemies. When their young men and horses died by the sword, Amos says it was, in fact, God doing that to them. It simply cannot be said that God does not cause bad things to happen to people. He does, and He is just and righteous when He does so!
Only in Cases of Punishment?
Nor can we say that God only brings about suffering when He is punishing evil. John chapter 9 tells us of a time when Jesus and His disciples came upon a blind man begging in the streets. His disciples wanted to understand why this beggar had been born blind. Was the man himself being punished, or were his parents being punished with a blind son? The answer Jesus gave is both surprising and instructive:
"It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him," (John 9:3).
We know from later in the story that this was a fully grown man. He had lived his whole life up to adulthood as a poor, lowly, blind beggar. Jesus does not say that Satan did this to him, or that it was a sad consequence of a fallen world, and He denies that it was a punishment for sin. Instead, He says that this man was born blind for a positive purpose. This man's suffering was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. Is that cruel of God? The man did not think so at all! He glorified God for the great miracle and longed to follow Jesus and be His disciple! Our Jehovah's Witness friends miss that there is great comfort when our sufferings are not meaningless and senseless but have purpose and meaning in a God who is truly in control.
Suffering and the Gospel
The greatest example of all, of course, is the suffering of Jesus Himself. God the Father sent His Son for the explicit purpose of dying for the sins of all who repent and believe on Him. Before any of those men chose their evil course to murder the only truly innocent man who has ever lived, God had already planned it in advance to bring about the greatest good in all of human history!
"For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur," (Acts 4:27-28).
The very gospel centers on the fact that Jesus Christ was sent to die for unworthy sinners, but this means that the event of Jesus unjust death was also the plan and will of God for the glory of His name and the good of His people. If God has no will, no purpose, no plan in suffering and even in the evil acts of men, then there is no gospel! But we can take heart! There is a gospel. Christ did die for the unjust by the plan and purpose of God, and God has a plan and purpose in the sufferings of His people, for which we can take great comfort in the midst of adversity if our lives rest in Him (Romans 8:28)


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In Magento 2, you can create new pages, blocks and widgets in Content Management System (CMS). With these 3 elements, you can combine them to make static pages for products and services information.
To find out what Magento 2 CMS is, watch this video or read the tutorial below:
Add New Page
The interface of Pages, Blocks and Widgets in Content are the same with the interface in Products or Customers. Click on Add New Page button.
In Page Information, name your own Page and set a Custom URL for this page. You can also choose the store views and set this page enabled or disabled.
In Content tab, add the heading and any widget for this page. You will create content for your page here.
In Design tab, choose layout for your page.
You can also make custom design for your page here:
Then, add some meta data for your page, like meta description or meta keywords.
Finally, you can Save Page as your new page is done.
Add New Block
Block is used for many purposes, such as featuring different product categories on homepage, or separating product features on product pages. Navigate to Content -> Blocks. There you can Add New Block.
Add all elements for your Block here, but remember the most important field is the Identifier because you need this to add your block into a page.
Finally, you can Save Block the same way you did with your Page.
Add New Widget
You need to click on Add New Widget button in order to make new widget.
Then select the type of the widget and the design theme. After that, hit the Continue button.
In Storefront Properties, input the Title and set the Store View for your widget. The Type and Theme are now locked. You can also update a layout for the widget as shown on the storefront.
Well done, you complete your store's Content using Magento 2 CMS.


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Key features
Less than 48 db (equivalent to the noise of a waiting room)
Enjoy a conversation or phone call during blending
Noise cancelling casing
Great stability with PaulstraTM feet
Optimal bacterial extraction
Only 60 seconds to homogenize a sample
Adjustable blending power : adapted to any kind of sample (Patented)
TotalAccess system: total opening of the door for full access of the chamber (Patented)
Side-by-side paddle stop
Exclusive Click & Clean® removable paddles (Patented)
Integrated security drip tray
Non-marking PaulstraTM feet
All stainless steel
Multifunctional screen: easy control
LightCode System: indicates the blending process stage (Patented)
LED lighting: lights up the inside of the blender
Side-by-side paddle stop: easy insertion of the bag
Q-Tight® closing: no more leaks upwards
Technical Specifications
Technical specifications of the model.
Scroll down for the comparison with other models of the range.
|BagMixer® 400 S
|Adjustable blending power
|Side-by-side paddle stop
|Click and Clean® System: removable paddles
|304 L Stainless steel body
|Integrated security stainless steel drip tray
|180 Watts brushless motor
|Multifunction digital screen
|4 adjustable speeds
|TotalAccess System: door opens flat
|LightCode: color status LED
|White polycarbonate blending chamber
|White LED light in blending chamber
|Sound level with 250 mL water + 22 g cheese
|Door weight
|Blending time
|Blending speed
|Dimensions (w x d x h)
|3 year guarantee (after registration)
|Lifetime guarantee on shock absorbers
Delivered with: power cord, user's manual, free sterile packs of filter bags.
|BagMixer® 400 S
|BagMixer® 400 SW
|Adjustable blending power
|Side-by-side paddle stop
|Click and Clean® System: removable paddles
|304 L Stainless steel body
|Integrated security stainless steel drip tray
|180 Watts brushless motor
|Multifunction digital screen
|4 adjustable speeds
|TotalAccess System: door opens flat
|LightCode: color status LED
|White polycarbonate blending chamber
|White LED light in blending chamber
|Double layer window door
|LiquidSensor: detects leaking bags
|Sound level with 250 mL water + 22 g cheese
|Door weight
|Blending time
|Blending speed
|Dimensions (w x d x h)
|3 year guarantee (after registration)
|Life-time guarantee on window
|Lifetime guarantee on shock absorbers
- Products made for INTERSCIENCE by Interlab, an ISO 9001 certified company.
Associated products
|BagFilter® 400
|BagPage® 400
|BagLight® 400
|RollBag® 1300
|Side-filter bag
|Full-surface filter bag
|Plain bag
|Sampling/blender bag
|Nominal vol: 400 ml
|Nominal vol: 400 ml
|Nominal vol: 400 ml
|Nominal vol: 1300 ml
|Useful vol: 50-300 ml
|Useful vol: 50-300 ml
|Useful vol: 50-300 ml
|Useful vol: 50-300 ml
|Ref. 111 425
|Ref. 122 025
|Ref. 132 025
|Ref. 145 040
- BagMixer® Packs
Combine your BagMixer® lab blender with a pack of your choice for better efficiency and great value!
Starter Pack
Choose 1 BagMixer® lab blender
Sterile bags: 500 BagFilter® + 1000 BagLight®
Accessories: 50 BagClip® + 1 BagOpen®, 1 BagRack®
Classic Pack
Choose 1 BagMixer® lab blender
Sterile bags: 500 BagFilter® + 1000 BagLight® + 500 BagPage®
Accessories: 50 BagClip® + 1 BagOpen®, 1 BagRack® + 1 PetriPile® + 1 BagPipet®, 1000 BagTips® Regular + 6 Clinet® 101
Premium Pack
Choose 1 BagMixer® lab blender
1 BabyGravimat® gravimetric dilutor
Sterile bags: 1000 BagFilter® + 2000 BagLight® + 1000 BagPage®
Accessories: 50 BagClip® + 1 BagOpen®, 2 BagRack® + 2 PetriPile® + 1 BagPipet®, 1000 BagTips® Regular + 6 Clinet® 101
Complementary products
|BagRack® 400
|Pipet and sterile tips
|Storage rack
|Closing clips
|Ref. 251 091
|Ref. 221 040
|Ref. 231 040
|Thermal sealing unit
|Ref. 261 000
What is new about the BagMixer S & BagMixer SW?
The new BagMixer S & BagMixer SW offer perfect homogenization of the sample before its microbiological analysis with great work comfort for it performs super silent blending. Along with great new patented features, built with manufacturer experience, it is today the new reference of lab blenders:
super silent blending, TotalAccess System, LED lighting and LiquidSensor are our latest innovations.
What is the TotalAccess System?
The cleaning of the blending chamber was time consuming. With the TotalAccess System, cleaning is today easy with the opening of the door to a complete flat position. Remove the Click & Clean® paddles and the drip tray: the lighted polycarbonate chamber is easy to wipe thanks to round corners.
Is it really silent?
Classic paddle blenders are very loud and induce fatigue. The 70 BagMixer® S & SW will really change the work comfort of your lab: they are so silent that you can make a phone call next to it while blending. They are the most silent on the market, less than 48 dB in comparison with 54 dB with it's closest competitor.
What is the LightCode System?
Our new BagMixer® is so quiet that you won't even notice when the blending is over! We added some Led lights that illuminates the lab bench so that you know when the blending process is finished, even at a distance.
The light indicates the status:
Green for ready / Orange for blending process / Red if the LiquidSensor has detected a leak.
What is the LiquidSensor?
If blender bags leak, it can be difficult to clean the blending chamber. We have added a sensor to detect any liquid and alert you right away, allowing you to save your sample and enjoy a quicker cleaning up!
Is BagMixer environmental friendly?
Yes! With the EnergySaver, the new brushless motor technology allows the BagMixer® to consume 50% less energy than the brushed motor competitors. There are no wearing parts, so it can last much longer. The new AutoSleep function puts the BagMixer® in sleep mode after 30 mn of inactivity.
Why do we have to homogenize a sample before anaylsis?
In order to be analysed, a sample must be homogenized then plated in order to count the bacterial colonies that are present in it. Blending with sterile bags and a paddle blender is the most efficient and practical solution because it allows to blend a sample in a rapid and safe way, without contamination by the environment. The blending is therefore essential to the microbiological analysis
Why prefer an interscience's BagMixer® lab blender?
BagMixer® paddle blender, designed and manufactured by Interscience, has become a reference for laboratory blenders throughout the world for numerous reasons:
Bacterial extraction is optimal, more efficient than any other lab blender available on the market.
It is very robust and the parts are lifetime guaranteed.
There is no risk of cross-contamination.
Cleaning is ultra-simple thanks to the 270° opening of the door on all models.
Interscience is the market Expert and offers robust and innovative models: On the latest addition to the range, BagMixer® 400 CC®, you can remove the paddles, autoclave them and clean the mixing chamber at 100%: it is the Click and Clean® system, a patented innovation of Interscience.
What are the advantages of Click & Clean®?
The Click & Clean® paddles allow you to remove them in 1 click and then autoclave them and fully clean the blending chamber. Is is one of INTERSCIENCE exclusive patents making the BagMixer® the must-have homogenizers on the market.
What are BagMixer®'s application areas?
The BagMixer® 400 blender is widely used in food microbiology, pharmaceutical, medical and environmental analysis. Worldwide best-seller, it can be used for any kind of application and is the ideal tool for analysis laboratories.
What is the useful volume of BagMixer® 400?
The useful volume goes from 50 to 400 ml.
Can I adjust the homogenzing time?
Yes. Blending time is adjustable on all models of the range. 30 to 90 seconds are usually sufficient according to the sample hardness.
Is BagMixer® 400 suitable for all samples?
Yes. The BagMixer® 400 lab blender is designed for diluted sample between 50 and 400 ml. On the VW and CC models, the blending chamber's volume is adjustable by adjusting the gap between the door and the paddles according to your sample size and consistency to have an optimal blending power.
Which bags can I use?
For an optimal analysis, prefer a bag from interscience's BagFilter® range because of their integrated filter which allows quick and safe filtration of your sample. The INTERSCIENCE homogezniers are however compatible with all the bags available on the market.
Is cleaning easy?
Cleaning is ultra-simple thanks to the 270° opening of the door on all models. The new BagMixer® 400 CC® is equipped with the patented Click and Clean® system, that allows to remove the paddles so you can autoclave them, have full access to the blending chamber and have a perfect disinfection!
Does BagMixer® require a lot of maintenance?
No, it's a device that requires only little maintenance. It is stainless steel, very robust. The shock absorbers and the window-door are lifetime guaranteed.
Can I see a demonstration?
Yes, sure. Call us at +33(0)1 34 62 62 61 or send us an email at info at interscience.fr. You can also watch the video demonstration on this website.
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Property Location
A stay at Scandic Syv Søstre places you in the heart of Sandnessjoen, convenient to Alstahaug Church and Sandnessjoen Marina. This hotel is within the region of Petter Dass Museum.
Make yourself at home in one of the 165 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Scandic Syv Søstre. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include luggage storage, laundry facilities, and an elevator (lift). Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms.


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Almost every trip we make into the Appalachians from our home in Texas travels the length of Lookout and Sand Mountains. After the rolling hills of Birmingham, Lookout Mountain is the next major landmark that lets us know we are really heading into the mountains. The corridor through Alabama, Georgia and into Tennessee always settles the mind with the appearance of our first mountain vistas…
I found this video of historical photos on YouTube today. Listening to Elvis sing Dixie as the images cycle through was fun…I hope you enjoy.
historical photos from lookout mountain – alabama, georgia & tennessee
Video Rating: 5 / 5
For More information:
- Lookout Mountain – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Lookout Mountain Alabama – Lookout Mountain Parkway – Lookout Mtn. AL
- Featured Attractions – Lookout Mountain.


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Founder of AAV Quality Products, LLC, Alicia Valentino, is excited to announce the launch of her new website venture, AAVQualityProductsLLC.com; the website offers a wide selection of household products including home decorations, bedding, generators, outdoor and indoor storage, and furniture. For more information, visit the website's blog at HomeIndoorAndOutdoorBlog.com.
Parlin, NJ -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/11/2015 --Alicia Valentino is proud to announce the creation and launch of her new website venture, http://www.AAVQualityProductsLLC.com. The website offers a wide range of products including household cleaners, home decorations, bedding, wall decorations, kitchen items, yard tools, and home appliances. Valentino chose to start her website because she wanted to make it easy for people to find the products that they needed for their homes. Since she loves to entertain her family and friends at home, she knows how important products that can help people take good care of their homes and entertain in their homes are.
There are many excellent home and garden products offered within the merchandise of AAVQualityProductsLLC.com. The website features products including shoe rack organizers, Bona hardwood cleaner, Himalayan salt lamps, storage bins, Dirt Devil vacuums, closet organizers, Aroma rice cookers, and much more. In the future, she is thinking about offering parts for electronics that can help people to repair the items in their homes that are easily fixable and too expensive to replace on a budget.
Providing customers with a wide range of products is very important to Valentino regarding AAVQualityProductsLLC.com. She has a wide selection of products in each category to make it so that there are many options for customers to choose from. She offers products that can be used inside and outside of the home so that customers can make their entire living space a lot nicer.
In addition to the main website, Valentino is also launching a blog located at http://www.HomeIndoorAndOutdoorBlog.com. The blog will cover topics that relate to products that can be used in the home and the garden. Valentino will be writing about the products offered on her site, how these products can be used to make a home more beautiful or comfortable, what the benefits of different products are, and what makes certain products stand out from others. The goal of the blog is to provide a platform where she can communicate with her customers.
About AAVQualityProductsLLC.com
AAVQualityProductsLLC.com, a division of AAV Quality Products, LLC, is owned by Web entrepreneur Alicia Valentino.
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PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has directed that four of the forest reserves on Bugala Island in Kalangala be used to cultivate palm trees.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has directed that four of the forest reserves on Bugala Island in Kalangala be used to cultivate palm trees.
This follows a recent meeting during which BIDCO, a palm oil company, complained to Museveni that the pieces of land that they had been offered on the mainland had sandy soil and were unsuitable for growing palm trees due to poor rainfall.
Museveni consequently ordered the Prime Minister, Apolo Nsibambi, to implement the directive, according to a letter dated August 5.
Nsibambi, agriculture state minister Kibirige Sebunya and the BIDCO investors resolved that: "Central forest reserves on the island of Kalangala, namely Mugoye, Banya, Nkoma and Towa, be availed for palm oil plantations.''
Last month, it was decided that the National Environment Manage-ment Authority (NEMA) and the National Forestry Authority (NFA) undertake an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA).
However, the NFA has opposed the change of land use of the protected areas, saying earlier studies had shown that the reserves were ecologically sensitive areas.
"Forest reserves were considered prior to the establishment of the palm project, but were ruled out as unsuitable due to their environmental and biodiversity values,'' said Olav Bjella, the NFA chief.
BIDCO fronted a proposal about three years ago to degazette five of the forest reserves on Bugala, but the conservation partners put pressure on the Government to maintain the reserves, which have an overwhelming potential to support eco-tourism.
BIDCO has so far received 6,519 hectares of land on Bugala and has cleared 4,500 hectares in the past year.
They were promised 10,000 hectares by the Government.
BIDCO gets Bugala Island forest land


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Kechen Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor
Office: Traylor 407
Lab: Theoretical Neuroscience Laboratory
B.S., Biophysics and Physiology, Beijing University
M.S., Neurobiology, Beijing University
Ph.D., Cognitive science, University of California, San Diego
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Computational Neurobiology, Salk Institute
Research Interests
The research in our laboratory is focused on theoretical/computational neuroscience. We use mathematical analysis and computer simulations to study the nervous system at multiple levels, from realistic biophysical models to simplified neuronal networks. Several of our current research projects involve close collaborations with experimental neuroscience laboratories.


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A post-inspection citation can quickly become an ongoing source of unwanted fines and action items for any type of construction project. Whether a safety inspection is initiated because of a planned schedule, accident or complaint, the compliance responsibility rests squarely on the construction management. Penalties can range from $12,934 for each serious violation, $12,934 ... [Continue Reading]
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Avoiding Hazards of Confined Spaces
Many workplaces contain areas that are considered "confined spaces" because while they are not necessarily designed for people, they are large enough for workers to enter and perform certain jobs. A confined space also has limited or restricted means for entry or exit and is not designed for continuous occupancy. Confined spaces include manholes, tunnels, equipment housings, ... [Continue Reading]
New Rule for Crane Operator Certification
The ongoing revisions to OSHA's crane operator certification requirements had new developments in recent weeks, with the agency proposing a new rule that reinstates the employer duty to ensure crane operators are qualified to safety operate equipment. Under the proposed rule, a change to the categories of certifications for crane operators would ensure more operators are ... [Continue Reading]


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The HPV Vaccinations and You
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted viral infection. In fact, it's the most common sexually transmitted disease. It's been in the news as there have been movements to require teenage girls to have the HPV vaccinations. It also gets confused with HIV and HSV (herpes), but it's different. We provide HPV vaccinations at Columbus… Read More »
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Millions and millions of people use online dating. And while some pick it up quickly, for others it's not the easiest thing to do — especially when it comes to creating the perfect dating profile.
When writing doesn't come naturally, being asked to write a profile that sounds genuine and will attract matches can seem like a daunting task.
But that's what Profile Polish is for — they'll take care of the writing while daters take care of the actual dating.
With a hand for writing, an eye for marketing, and a heart for online dating, Founder Lisa Hoehn helps singles create profiles that reflect their true selves — which, in turn, will get them the responses they want and improve their online dating experience overall.
Lisa does this through her comprehensive profile makeovers, expert photo selections, and collaborative message consultations — all of which she was kind enough to give us the inside scoop on.
From the content to the photos, Lisa adapts her profile makeovers for every client and their individual needs. All she needs from them is the name of the dating site they're using as well as access to their personal photos and current profile.
Lisa will handle the rest with valuable services like:
On a case-by-case basis, Lisa will also help clients craft messages that have been proven to get more responses.
But out of all of these helpful features, what Lisa is most proud of is the quality time she spends with her clients, listening to their personal stories, their likes and dislikes, and their specific dating preferences.
"I spend a lot of time doing in-depth interviews and getting to know specific details that help me create a profile that feels authentic to my client. If I've gotten to know someone, then I'm able to echo their style," she said.
Lisa is also great at balancing out her personable nature with some tough-love advice, which she said gets her clients the results they want.
"I take a no-nonsense, no-bullshit attitude. I tell people the truth about their profiles, and I tell them the truth about their prospects and what sites they should be on," she said. "Sometimes that's not always easy, but I think people appreciate my candor."
One of the traits we admire most about Lisa is that she makes the effort to work with singles of varying ages (20 to 72+), locations (from the U.S. to Singapore), and sexual orientations (heterosexual and LGBTQ).
Another unique aspect of her clientele is that 70% are men vs 30% women. Lisa said this is because single women are more likely to ask their friends for help, while men tend to be self-conscious about their dating struggles.
"I was getting maybe five to six visitors to my profile a week before Lisa gave me tips and made my profile more cohesive. Now I'm up to around 30 and getting a lot more responses to my messages." — Ed, New York City
And in working with so many different types of people who have so many different types of dating specifications, Lisa has learned which techniques are the best to use for each demographic.
"For example, when writing profiles for older adults who are looking for something more serious, you have to be more straightforward. You want to be upfront about what you're looking for, and I think with 20-somethings you can be a little more mysterious," she said.
The successful writing techniques Lisa — author of "You Probably Shouldn't Write That: Tips and Tricks for Creating an Online Dating Profile That Doesn't Suck" — uses today at Profile Polish come from her experience as a journalist.
While writing for Prevention magazine and an outdoor adventure website, she learned how to pick out the important details of a story that would make it stand out from a sea of articles. Just like someone would pick out the important details about themselves if they wanted to separate their dating profile from the masses.
During this time, she was also single, and her younger sister was tired of hearing her complain about it. So she did what any good sister would do — she got them a couple of drinks and made Lisa create a profile on OkCupid.
Even as a professional writer, Lisa was nervous about what they'd written, but she decided to go with the flow. After several frustrating dates (including one with a professional clown who brought his nose to the date), she'd had enough.
"I was determined to quit online dating, and that's why I went back and looked at my profile. I thought, 'My profile sucks. No wonder my dates are terrible,'" she said. "Then I redid my profile. I looked at a ton of profiles and learned what I liked and what I didn't like, what worked and what didn't."
Soon Lisa's new and improved profile led her to a fantastic date with a great guy. She took the strategies she had learned and used them to help her single friends with their profiles. That's when the light bulb went off.
"I redid their profiles, and things started happening in their love lives. Suddenly I realized I have a knack for this," she said.
She launched Profile Polish in 2013, and the number of clients has been spiraling up from there.
People shouldn't have to be amazing writers in order to find love or even a great date, and Profile Polish is taking pressure off the non-wordsmiths out there thanks to its helpful services.
As Lisa says, dating profiles are like resumes — they get a foot in the door. And Lisa is more than happy to help singles do that by working with them to bring out their best qualities — in writing.
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The bearded wood-partridge is a distinctive, long-tailed partridge with a bluish-grey head and neck, and a brownish crown and crest. The plumage on the upperparts is reddish-brown and streaked with grey, whilst the underparts are cinnamon with mottled grey and brown on the thighs and flanks, and the underside of the tail is dark with a white tip (4). The most conspicuous features of the bearded wood-partridge are the bright red eye-ring, bill, and legs (3). The call of the bearded wood-partridge consists of a loud series of whistles, three or four syllables long, ko-orr-ee-ee, with emphasis on the last notes. The female bearded wood-partridge can be distinguished from the male by its softer call, which also has more notes (4).
There is very little published information on the ecology of the bearded wood-partridge (2), which is known to be a wary and secretive bird (5). However, observations of this bird in captivity have indicated that egg-laying takes place from February to April. The clutch size of the bearded wood-partridge ranges from four to eight eggs, with an average of six, and the incubation period is typically 28 to 32 days (4).
The bearded wood-partridgeis confined to the Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre de Oaxaca mountain ranges in the east of Mexico, where the total population was estimated in 2009 to comprise fewer than 5,400 individuals (4). The largest populations are in Veracruz and Querétaro and are thought to hold less than 3,000 individuals (4).
The bearded wood-partridge inhabits humid montane and pine-oak forest at elevations between 900 and 3,100 metres (4), often close to small rivers and streams (3). It has also been recorded in secondary forest and disturbed habitats associated with agriculture, such as areas where coffee is grown under the forest canopy (4).
Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1).
The main threat to the bearded wood-partridge is from habitat destruction and fragmentation, the result of logging, clearance for agriculture, road-building, tourist developments, intensive urbanisation, sheep-ranching and grazing (3). Agricultural intensification is a prominent threat; widespread conversion of habitat to monoculture crops is greatly impacting wildlife in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Conversion from shade coffee (coffee that is grown under the forest canopy) to sun coffee (which requires the forest to be cleared) is also a serious threat in some areas (4). Not only does this destroy the partridge's habitat, but farmers are also believed to use agricultural pesticides to poison bearded wood-partridges to prevent them feeding on coffee beans (5). Hunting is also said to be a threat to the bearded wood-partridge; in Veracruz this species is reportedly hunted with dogs (4).
The bearded wood-partridge occurs within the protected areas of Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve and Pico Orizaba National Park, and possibly also in Cofre de Perote and Cañon del Río Blanco National Parks (4). It has been recommended that a conservation awareness programme should be implemented in villages located near to populations of the bearded wood-partridge (4).
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The Orokin Catalyst is an item used to supercharge all Weapons, including Arch-guns, Arch-melee, or Sentinel Weapons. It will double their mod capacity.
They can either be bought for 20 under Equipment > Components, or assembled in the Foundry after finding its blueprint. These blueprints can be obtained in one of six ways:
- As a rare reward for completing a Sortie.
- From Gift Of The Lotus alerts.
- From Invasion battle pay (rarely).
- From some Tactical Alert rewards.
- As a potential Daily Tribute.
- One from completion of the Stolen Dreams quest.
After being built the blueprint will disappear, and more will need to be obtained before building another Orokin Catalyst.
|Manufacturing Requirements
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|Market Price: 20
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A fully built Orokin Catalyst can also be bought with 75 Creds from Nightwave's Offerings.
Installing an Orokin CatalystEdit
To install an Orokin Catalyst on a weapon, go to your Arsenal, and select Upgrade to open the Mod screen.
From there, click the Actions button located in the bottom right, just below your mod list. Select the Upgrade panel.
How it worksEdit
An applied Orokin Catalyst will double the mod capacity of a weapon. This increases the total power that can be consumed by mods, but not the number of mod slots. A rank 1 weapon with a Catalyst installed will have a capacity of 2, which will increase to 60 at rank 30. Unlike Forma, Catalysts can only be applied to a weapon once.
It does not matter when the catalyst is installed; the capacity of a weapon with a Catalyst installed will always be double its rank.
- Orokin Catalysts are often referred to by players as 'blue potatoes' (as opposed to Orokin Reactors, called 'golden potatoes'), or in some cases, simply 'potatoes'. This originated from a short animation called "War friends" on YouTube; this was later tweeted by the Warframe Twitter and referenced by the Devs.[1]
- The Potato T-shirt available in the official Warframe merchandise store is a reference to this.
- P.O.T.A.T.O. means "Potent Orokin Technical Augmentation and Tactical Offensive" device, as stated by Darvo during A Man of Few Words.
- Weapons bought with platinum from the Market come pre-installed with a Catalyst and their own weapon slot.
- Once applied to a weapon, it cannot be taken off to use on another weapon.
- Orokin Catalysts/Reactors are not removed after applying a Forma.
Patch HistoryEdit
- Foundry Crafting Time Change:
- Build time to 23 hours so that 1 can be built consistently every day.
- Orokin Catalyst Blueprint added as a permanent Sortie reward.
- Removed Orokin Catalyst from Sortie rewards.
- Removed Orokin Catalyst and Forma from Cephalon Capture reward manifest.
- Fixed an issue with Orokin Catalysts not being purchasable directly through the Upgrade screen.
- Catalysts are now listed in the Arsenal / Inventory screen.
- More Blueprint rewards added to Alerts including Orokin Catalysts used to Super-Charge Warframes and weapons.
Last updated: Update 21.2
See AlsoEdit
| Arcane Enhancement • Exilus Adapter • Exilus Weapon Adapter
(Regular, Greater, Eidolon, Lua) Focus Lens
(Aura, Stance, Umbra) Forma • Gravimag • Orokin Catalyst • Orokin Reactor
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|Animo Nav Beacon • Clan Key • Judgement Points • Mutalist Alad V Assassinate Key
|(Prime) Titan Extractor • (Prime) Distilling Extractor
|Affinity Booster • Credit Booster • Mod Drop Chance Booster • Resource Booster • Resource Drop Chance Booster
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How to create an online shop? Top 4 paid platforms for ecommerce
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Have you decided to open an online shop but you don't know where to start?
To choose a platform for an online shop is always a challenge for most businessmen. For this retailers could use free or paid CMS. However, there is a big difference between them. Free platforms have limited number of pages, no access to FTP and few plugins. First of all, it is necessary to pay special attention to the design of an online shop's website because this is the face of the company. In addition, the adaptive design gives the opportunity for buyers to purchase from their mobile devices and tablets. The success of an online shop depends upon its technical realization that includes functionality and settings. One more important issue is usability of website catalog. The functions of adding goods to the catalog and its management should be simple and convenient. It this article you will find the most popular platforms for online-shops that should be considered in 2017.
Shopify is a platform used for more than 300 000 online shops all over the world. It provides such functions as social commerce and mobile shopping, so it meets all the current requirements. This platform has more than 100 store themes to choose from, more than 1500 apps that may help retailers to extend the store's functionality. Moreover, this platform allows selling directly from your Facebook profile. This CMS has 24/7 support and community forum. However, Shopify has several drawbacks. First, if sellers do not use Shopify Payment system, Shopify adds additional transaction fee. Second, Shopify has its own coding language. So, if retailers want to customize this system, they should pay the additional cost. Shopify is still a great solution for freshmen in e-commerce sphere. It is suitable for different budgets because there are different packages, which range from $29 to $299/month. Yet if you are looking for CMS with unique features and functionalities, you should look somewhere else.
BigCommerce was launched in 2009 and by now it hosts more than 55 000 online stores. BigCommerce is the significant software provider for e-commerce field. This platform is suitable for both small and big online stores. With many plugins, this CMS is a great solution for those, who don't want to mess with the code. BigCommerce includes such functions as coupons, shipping, newsletters, tax, analytics and others. Unlike Shopify, BigCommerce does not charge additional transaction fees. All free and paid themes are adaptive to mobile devices. It could be integrated with Google shopping, eBay and Facebook.
In addition to setup wizard, this CMS has educational videos and extensive guides with visual representations. The only drawback is a lack of free themes. While competitors have over 20 free designs, BigCommerce provides only 7. However, this platform has a wide range of paid themes that could be customized for providing an entirely unique look and feel. This is a perfect option for people, who want to open full-fledged online shop and do not want to deal with plugins integration and edit HTML/CSS. Apart from few themes, BigCommerce provides tough competition for Shopify with almost the same pricing per month, but without additional expenses.
Magento has about one-fourth of e-commerce software market that makes it the strong leader in this field. Many popular brands use this CMS because of its flexibility and security. This is the best solution for enterprise-level online stores. Magento has an open source code, so users could customize it for any needs. Moreover, it has more than 9000 extensions and plugins to scale business. This CMS is also enabling social commerce, so users can sell on social media platforms. If users need help, they can use the extensive library for store management and online community of store owners and plugin developers.
Now Magento is available in two versions of different price and with different functions. Magento Community is a free version for small businesses. Magento Enterprise for companies with enterprise level costs $20,000 per year. Paid version has more useful functions as customers segmentation, 24/7 support, a support module and more. Magento is a perfect CMS for big companies with a large volume of products. Magento is not recommended for beginners because of its complex setup and management.
YoKart has extensive functions and it was aimed to help startups to build their own economic ecosystem. This platform is an analog of such well-known marketplaces as Etsy and eBay. YoKart is a ready-to-launch multi-vendor marketplace solution. The source code is open, so users can customize it for their needs. Experienced PHP developers would not have any problems to understand the framework and to modify it. This CMS has video tutorials, FAQs, and one year of free support for store management. YoKart has integrated analytic tools, supports several payment gateways and discount coupon management features.
Its only disadvantage is the absence of social commerce capabilities. This CMS is a great choice for multi-vendor stores. Startup package of YoKart is a hosted solution with the one-year license. It costs $250 and allows startups to verify their business model. Advanced self-hosted version costs $999 per year and it is aimed at companies with a sound business model. In addition, you can easily switch from one version to another.
When opening an online shop, remember about social networks and mobile apps, that can be used for attraction of new customers. After consideration of all current trends, it is possible to choose perfect CMS, which will help you to achieve business goals.
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June 6 (Reuters) - Canadian stocks looked set to open higher on Friday after U.S. and Canadian jobs data, with June futures on the S&P TSX index <0#SXF:> up 0.23 percent at 0845 ET.
The Canadian economy created a net 25,800 jobs in May - all of them part-time - but shed about 30,000 full-time positions for the second month in a row.
The labor productivity of Canadian businesses unexpectedly dropped by 0.1 percent in the first quarter of 2014, the first decline for 18 months, other data showed.
U.S. employers, meanwhile, maintained a solid pace of hiring during the month, returning employment to its pre-recession level.
The TSX index was little changed on Thursday as a drop in energy and bank shares offset a jump in the gold-mining sector. Gold prices rose after the European Central Bank cut rates to record lows
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were up 0.30 percent at 0845 ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures were up 0.21 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures were up 0.23 percent.
(Morning News Call newsletter link.reuters.com/nex49s; The Day Ahead newsletter link.reuters.com/mex49s)
Canada is set to buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets, sources familiar with the process said, marking a major renewal of Canada's fighter fleet and helping contain costs of the expensive defense program.
Timmins Gold Corp said it had set up a special committee of independent directors to help respond to a proxy fight launched by a major shareholder to take control of the gold miner's board.
Canada is enjoying an unexpected boom in production of ultra-light crude known as condensate, defying long-held predictions of dwindling supply.
Gold futures : $1,255.6; +0.21 pct
U.S. crude : $102.83; +0.34 pct
Brent crude : $108.97; +0.17 pct
LME 3-month copper : $6,674.00; -1.56 pct
Air Canada : National Bank Financial raises rating to outperform from sector perform
Cameco Corp : Canaccord Genuity raises rating to hold from sell
Saputo : CIBC, National Bank Financial raise price target on the stock
Westjet Airlines : National Bank Financial ups to outperform from sector perform
0830 Non-farm payrolls for May: Actual +217,000, prior +288,000
0830 Private payrolls for May: Actual +216,000, prior +273,000
0830 Manufacturing payrolls for May: Actual +10,000, prior +12,000
0830 Government payrolls for May: Actual +1,000, prior +15,000
0830 Unemployment rate for May: Actual +6.3 pct, prior +6.3 pct
0830 Average earnings mm for May: Actual +0.2 pct, prior +0.0 pct
0830 Average workweek hours for May: Actual +34.5 hrs, prior +34.5 hrs
1030 ECRI weekly index: Prior +135.4
1030 ECRI weekly annualized: Prior +5.3 pct
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Phalebas, Parbat, May 16 (RSS): A 20-year-old youth accused of raping a differently-abled 79 years of woman in the district has been remanded in custody for further interrogation.
A bench of District Judge Dhruba Prasad Sapkota on Tuesday remanded Shankar Pariyar of Modi Rural Municipality in the district to custody as per 118 (2) of Muluki Ain.
Pariyar was charged of raping the 79-year-old woman on April 19 when she was alone in her house at Deurali village in Modi Rural Municipality-3.
Later the police had lodged the case in the District Court after the victim informed her relatives about the incident.
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Humboldt County, and its economic and administrative center, the city of Eureka, has a large population of unhoused families and individuals. As a result complaints have arisen from the Eureka business community that the homeless, who have no real place to go, are creating an untidy environment.
The city has appointed one half-time position to address this situation. That position is in the Eureka Police Department and is filled by a person with no apparent background or expertise in homeless issues.
Eureka, like the county, offers no housing options for the people on the streets. It appears that the more or less unspoken strategy of these local governments is to make life in this community so difficult for the homeless that they will simply "self-deport."
Other local governments throughout the nation initially adopted that same strategy but many are now recognizing that that is untenable and are working with their own resources and volunteers to provide housing.
Humboldt refuses to seek much of the financial assistance offered by the federal government and generally does not try to work with volunteer organizations.
Indeed Eureka and Humboldt have so alienated the volunteer entities that they have not been able to comply with the federally mandated "Point in Time" count to ascertain the true number of homeless within their boundaries.
Reliable estimates are that there are presently thousands of homeless within the county.
Over the years the Eureka Police sought to encourage/coerce these people to congregate in the Palco Marsh, a remnant of the city's once viable lumber industry. A little over a year ago the city evicted the approximately 400 people living in the marsh.
Prior to the eviction, the city, through its police chief, promised that all the residents of the marsh would not be made to leave until there was another place for them to legally live. The city did not keep this promise and as a result, the individuals living in the marsh became not only homeless but placeless.
Earlier this year the police floated the idea of cutting off all volunteer services to this community by severely limiting parking in the neighborhood where homeless folks congregate.
The city also asked volunteer providers to refuse to supply food and emergency shelter to anyone who had not been given police supplied vouchers.
Previously the city has outlawed people sleeping in cars and begging for food and has fenced off the sidewalks on which the displaced congregated. The city's transportation committee did not agree with the parking proposal and the volunteer providers did not agree to cease providing services.
The city has now issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) asking for interested entities to propose means to create and operate a "day center" that would only provide a place for homeless persons to go during the day rather than being on the streets during the day. At night, they would have to leave to sleep in the bushes, doorways, and under business eaves throughout the city.
The city has made no offer to fund its proposal, has made no attempt to provide a place for the "day center" and has steadfastly refused to address the question of where the homeless might actually live.
Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives (AHHA) has been attempting to address the issue of homeless in Humboldt for the last few years.
AHHA is aware of the concerns of the business community, and others, who have experienced damage and are inconvenienced by the presence of the homeless community.
Homelessness is a significant problem throughout the nation and especially in areas where housing costs have risen beyond the means of many families and individuals whose income is not significantly above the average family income in the region.
AHHA recognizes that homelessness is a problem for the community as a whole and that Humboldt and Eureka are unwilling to devote any significant resources to the problem.
But AHHA also understands that the problem is not going to go away and that refusal to address it has led to great suffering and the waste of police and medical resources and to economic and social disquiet among the business community and the population as a whole.
We also recognize that creation of an unfunded "day center," will have no positive impact on the situation. Indeed it will almost certainly lead to costly litigation, both civil and criminal, and further community disruption.
AHHA therefore requests that Eureka, in cooperation with Humboldt, withdraw its request for a proposal for a "day center" and instead ask that they, in cooperation with various concerned volunteer, business and other government entities, come forth with a proposal that will allow a meaningful solution to the problem.
As communities around the country grapple with homelessness numerous models are developing which could be adapted to and adopted by Humboldt. AHHA suggests that initially Humboldt and Eureka provide resources to assist the homeless community and concerned citizens to establish refuges for residents who happen to be houseless.
Initially these refuges might begin as camps with centralized feeding, sanitary and socializing facilities. These camps, which would not need to be in immediate proximity to residential neighborhoods but would need to provide access to social services, could start out composed of temporary shelters. They would be as self-governing and self-policing as possible. The initial focus of the refuges would be implementation of a strategy of "safe, warm and dry" first and then would begin to try to develop enduring solutions.
One of the models is a transitioning of shelter housing into very low cost "tiny house" communities. These communities would presage enabling those folks who can live independently to do so. Many of the homeless will almost certainly require ongoing social services to deal with their physical and psychological situations.
Ultimately these steps will lead to happier, more wholesome, cheaper and far more humane situations than the current strategy of trying to drive the homeless community away.
AHHA asks Humboldt and Eureka to issue a new RFP calling for the creation of refuge communities in appropriate locations in the county.
We stand ready to assist and take responsibility for and, in conjunction with others acting in good faith, to offer leadership in this effort.
Edie Jessup, a Manila resident, submitted this guest column on behalf of the Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives Board of Directors.