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SIS Student Organizes WSU Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
Wayne State University celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, and SIS student Jodi Coalter wants to make sure that the world has the correct facts about all aspects of the institution. It sounds like a tall order, but for Jodi, it's simply a matter of coordinating the right resources - the powerful platform of Wikipedia and the fact-finding and editing capabilities of SIS students, alumni, and faculty.
Jodi has planned a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon that will take place on March 22, 2018 from 2 PM to 7 PM at the David Adamany Undergraduate Library. Participants are also encouraged to join in the event via video conference. A team of volunteers and the members of the student chapter of ASIS&T are also helping to coordinate the event.
The inspiration for the Edit-A-Thon came to Jodi as she attended an OCLC class on the topic of Wikipedia in Libraries. As Jodi reviewed the Wayne State University Wikipedia entry and associated entries, she noticed a trend - many pages had errors or read like advertising. "Wayne State's page sounded like a massive advertisement," explained Jodi, an MLIS student who is also earning her Information Management certificate. "I thought this would be a great way to not only support the University but also support Wikipedia and do my part to make it better."
Interested in participating in the event in-person or virtually? Be sure to RSVP to ensure online access to the event and for all event information!

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"We have a good conscience, in all things." Heb 13:18 NKJV
Fire alarms have an internal switch triggered by a beam of light. As long as the light is received unbroken by the photosensitive receiver, the detector is quiet. But if smoke, moisture, or an insect obstructs the beam for even a split second, the alarm sounds. Paying attention to that alarm can make the difference between life or death. And your conscience works on the same principle. When sin obstructs the connection between you and God, your conscience signals that something's wrong. At that moment you should thank God for helping you to feel good about feeling bad. Only a fool would turn off the alarm or develop the ability to sleep through it. While certain things aren't "wrong" in themselves, they may be wrong for you because of the future God has in mind. That means there are things others can do that you can't. So instead of being stubborn, rejoice in the knowledge that God has great things in store for you. A French proverb says, "There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience." Listening to your conscience will keep you from going the wrong way. And if you decide to plow on regardless, your conscience will keep you from being at ease with your decision. Always ask yourself this question and you'll make the right decision: "How will doing this affect my confidence toward God?" The Bible says, "If our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we…do those things that are pleasing in His sight" (1Jn 3:21-22 NKJV).
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WALK ON WATER? Back in the early aughts, it was well-nigh possible. My, what a difference seven short years have made!
As the state's commercial fishermen and sport anglers look at another cancelled season for Chinook salmon, the California Fish and Game Commission has green-lighted a short recreational season in the Sacramento River. Scheduled to begin in mid-November, the season will allow anglers one Chinook salmon per day between the Red Bluff Diversion Dam and Knights Landing, just miles from their spawning grounds.
As might be expected, not all ocean fishermen are pleased with the decision, though Department of Fish and Game (DFG) biologists assure that no more than 2,000 late-fall run Chinooks, a healthy race of salmon, will be harvested during the six-week season, which will last from Nov. 16 to Dec. 31. The season, explains DFG biologist Scott Barrow, has been carefully slotted to preclude any capture of individuals from struggling salmon runs, namely the winter-run Chinook, an endangered species that spawn in the Sacramento between January and March, and the fall-run Chinook, which spawn from August through October.
The fall-run Sacramento Chinook was until recently the mainstay of the West Coast's ocean fishery but is now teetering at roughly 10 percent of its population level in 2002, when more than 800,000 fall-run fish returned to spawn. Last year, only 66,000 made the migration up the Sac, and officials estimate that just over 122,000 will return this fall. The late-fall-run Chinook, by contrast, has numbered between 10,000 and 20,000 fish for decades and is considered stable.
In late 2008, the state allowed a similar Sacramento River salmon season. From Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, anglers caught 1,732 Chinook, according to DFG biologists who carefully monitored the fishing. The catch included several dozen individuals that might have been fall-run fish, according to Barrow.
This year, the season will be delayed two weeks with the hope that all fall-run Chinook will have spawned and died before the opening day.
"Delaying the season should alleviate that incidental fall run catch," predicts Dan Wolford, who nonetheless opposes the in-river season. Wolford is the science director of the Coastside Fishing Club as well as a voting member of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, whose 13 representatives appeared at a Santa Rosa DFG meeting in late April. All, including Wolford, voiced opposition to the in-river season.
But according to Zeke Grader, director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association, which represents ocean commercial fishermen, such an in-river fall-run mortality rate is insubstantial. In fact, Grader supports the river season and believes that permitting anglers to catch and eat a small number of fish, even a handful of fall-run salmon, will help to promote and maintain public interest in a waning resource.
"It's important that some people have a chance to enjoy our salmon," Grader says. "This kind of involvement creates the sense of stewardship that ultimately makes people stand up and fight for these fish."
There will even be a short Chinook season allotted to ocean sport anglers along a 120-mile stretch of shoreline between southern Oregon and the coast of Del Norte County. Here, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 7, each fisherman will be allowed two salmon per day in a season intended to target only the relatively healthy Klamath River fish, which will be congregating in the area as they prepare for their spawning migration.
The DFG's Barrow says the 2009 Sacramento River season will benefit the state's economy, which will take an estimated blow of $280 million due to the cancelled ocean salmon season.
"We want to provide some fishing opportunity in what is otherwise a complete closure," Barrow says. "If we lose people's interest in fishing, we'll lose an important source of income in many communities both on the coast and inland."
Not that Central Valley fishing guides are reaping fortunes from the late fall season. Bill Divens, owner and guide at Salmon King Lodge of Red Bluff, reports that he initially lost 75 percent of his business when the salmon season closed. Frank Townley, a fishing guide in Corning, says he has lost almost 30 percent of his income. The 2008 fall season produced scant cash for each of the two guides.
Congress appropriated a disaster-relief bailout last year of $76.6 million for people impacted by the salmon season closure. From that sum, $46.7 million still remains and is being allotted to commercial fishermen, charter boat captains, in-river guides, salmon vendors and other fishing-related businesses. The fund will be paid out across several thousand paychecks, according to David Goldenberg, CEO of the California Salmon Council.
Among the recipients of the fund are approximately a thousand commercial salmon trollers who have little else to fish for now other than halibut, a few black cod and smattering of slime eels, for which a live fish market has developed in East Asia.
But to bring back the salmon, Grader says, fishermen must look beyond minimal in-river harvest and address bigger issues, like irresponsible water management.
"Some of these clowns in Sacramento don't have the guts to tell the Bureau of Reclamation that they're taking too damn much water [for farmland irrigation]. They're treating our rivers like plumbing systems rather than living ecosystems. Catching a few salmon won't hurt the fishery."
But taking all their water will.


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Initial resolution determining to issue general obligation bonds of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed Two Hundred Seventy-Five Million Dollars.
WHEREAS, it is necessary and in the public interest of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (the "Metropolitan Government") to issue general obligation bonds in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $275,000,000 (the "Bonds") for the purposes hereinafter provided; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9-21-205, Tennessee Code Annotated, prior to the issuance of any general obligation bonds, the governing body of the local government proposing to issue said bonds shall adopt a resolution determining to issue the same; and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of complying with the requirements of said statute, the Metropolitan County Council of the Metropolitan Government adopts this Resolution.
Section 1. Purpose. For the purposes of financing (a) all or a portion of the costs of the acquisition of land for and the planning, design, development, construction, renovation, modification, improvement, upgrade, expansion, repair, maintenance, rehabilitation, equipping and/or acquisition of the following public works projects (as defined in Section 9-21-105, Tennessee Code Annotated): (1) sidewalks, roads, bikeways and other paving projects; (2) traffic signalization and controls; (3) bridges; (4) the South Nashville Convenience Center; (5) maintenance and upgrades to libraries and related facilities; (6) greenways, parks, open space areas and other related facilities; (7) planning for the Madison and Southeast Community Centers; (8) the Nashville Zoo; (9) fire department equipment, training academy and any other public works projects for the fire department necessary for its master plan implementation; (10) roofing, maintenance and energy improvements to public buildings and facilities; (11) public works projects necessary for the implementation of the judicial campus master plan; (12) Farmers' Market upgrades; (13) police training academy; (14) information technology improvements related to public works projects of the Metropolitan Government; (15) equipment for, and information technology improvements related to public works projects of, The Hospital Authority of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County; (16) bus shelters, building renovations, infrastructure improvements and vehicles for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (including monies for a grant match) and (17) school buildings, facilities, vehicles and technology improvements; (b) acquisition of all property, real and personal, appurtenant to the foregoing; (c) legal, fiscal, administrative, architectural and engineering costs incident to all the foregoing, (d) all other costs authorized to be financed pursuant to Section 9-21-109, Tennessee Code Annotated, including without limitation, costs of issuance of the Bonds, and (e) the payment or reimbursement of the payment of principal of and interest on any bonds, notes or other debt obligations issued in anticipation of the Bonds, the Metropolitan County Council hereby determines to issue the Bonds in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $275,000,000.
Section 2. Authorization. The Bonds described herein shall be issued pursuant to the Charter of the Metropolitan Government and/or the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, as amended, codified as Title 9, Chapter 21, Tennessee Code Annotated, and no referendum or election shall be required for the issuance of the Bonds unless a petition for an election relating to their issuance is filed within the time and in the manner provided for in said statute.
Section 3. Interest. The maximum rate of interest of the Bonds shall not exceed seven and one-quarter percent (7.25%) or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.
Section 4. Source of Payment. Debt service on the Bonds shall be payable from and secured by ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the General Services District and Urban Services District, fully sufficient to pay all such debt service falling due prior to the time of collection of the next succeeding tax levy; provided, however, taxes so levied in the General Services District shall be levied in an amount sufficient to pay that portion of such debt service attributable to school projects and projects in the General Services District financed by the Bonds; and the taxes so levied in the Urban Services District shall be levied in an amount sufficient to pay that portion of such debt service attributable to projects in the Urban Services District financed by the Bonds; provided, further, however, that the Metropolitan Government shall be unconditionally and irrevocably obligated to levy and collect ad valorem taxes without limit as to rate or amount on all taxable property within the Metropolitan Government to the full extent necessary to pay all debt service on the Bonds, and the full faith and credit of Metropolitan Government shall be irrevocably pledged to the payment thereof.
Section 5. Publication of Resolution. The Metropolitan Clerk is hereby directed to cause this Resolution, upon its adoption, together with the statutory notice required by Section 9-21-206, Tennessee Code Annotated, to be published in full once in a newspaper published and having general circulation in the Metropolitan Government.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government requiring it.
Sponsored by: Ronnie Steine
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Timothy Dwight College Ginkgo
These bowls and pens were handcrafted from a massive Ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) that is at least 100 years old. The spectacular yellow foliage produced by this tree in the Fall has been a beloved fixture of the Timothy Dwight College quad for all of the College's history. This tree predates the College, which was built in 1935. Each Fall John Loge, the College Dean, gathers the entering freshman, and each Spring he regathers the graduating seniors around the tree. Fortunately, the tree still stands, but the strong winds of hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012 sheared away its top branches. A video of the event was captured by one of the TD students and is viewable below.
The tree was trimmed and the wood was collected by Jeff Brenzel, the College Master, who provided it to us for the creation of this limited set of bowls and pens.


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Our interest in university-city actions for sustainability materialized from the recognition that climate change can more effectively be addressed at a local, rather than national, scale.
A series of interviews were conducted with representatives from both universities and cities who are working to make these partnerships in sustainability a reality.
Interviews with individuals at local governments or universities were recorded and subsequently transcribed. The transcriptions were coded in NVIVO, allowing the quotes to serve as qualitative data points.


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Last week I went on holiday! Five days in sunny (or at least warm) southern Spain. My last couple of holidays were either spent sightseeing, or with friends who had their child with them, which meant I didn't get as much sitting around doing nothing done. But this year, other than one day to visit the Alhambra – which is beautiful and should be on anyone's list if they ever go near Grenada – we had nothing to do by drink, sunbathe, and read in the sun.
I have to admit I was overconfident and packed far more books than I managed to actually read, and also had to follow tradition and pick something up at the airport, but these are what I got through.
"A God In Ruins"
I can't remember who recommend Kate Atkinson to me. I know if was someone I met at the York Festival of Writing last year, but whoever it was I owe a dept. This is only the second of her books I've read, and she's gone straight onto the list of authors who make me wonder why I bother trying to ape their talent. Her writing is so elegant and the story so intricately woven around itself. If I can ever write anything with such a perfect mastery of plot and time, I will die a happy man.
"Locke and Key"
I don't why I had the urge to reread these, but the timing fitted perfectly for the trip. And I still love them. Joe Hill ready gets what 'Lovecraftian' is supposed to mean, and the art fits the setting perfectly. I've read more of Joe Hill's work since I first discovered these, and can safely say his graphic novels are better than his novels. I think it's because the medium of graphic novels prevents the bloated overwriting that Hill shares with his father.
"The Handmaid's Tale"
I've not seen the TV series, but since it came out this has been a book I've had a lot of people recommend and so when the book I was looking for the in the airport wasn't available, I decided I'd pick this one up instead. I'm so incredibly happy I did. I'm so far only a little over half way through, and the writing and structure is just exquisite. Margaret Atwood manages to perfectly tease out character, setting, and backstory in such a beautiful way. And I can see why it's resonating with so many people at the moment. It's scary how possible the bits I've read so far seem.
So, has everyone else got their holiday reading lists up and ready yet? What have you got lined up for the summer?


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Liverpool extended their lead over Manchester City in the Premier League title race, and a gap has appeared between the two in Shaka Hislop's top 10, too.
Dropping out: Inter and Flamengo.
Agree? Disagree? Let us know, and watch Shaka defend his picks on ESPN FC TV, which can be streamed daily on ESPN+.


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Visualize Your Dream Life!
This month is all about visualizing your dreams into reality! I feel extra motivated this month to focus on growing my blog and business. I created a vision board in my Business Journal specific to Trendovy. I'd like you to create your own vision board for any area in your life you'd like to improve and focus on.
Categories could include:
- Personal Growth/ Education
- Work/ Career
- Relationships
- Creative Self-Expression
- Money
- Lifestyle/ Possessions
- Leisure/ Travel
- House/ Home Decor.
- Health/ Fitness/ Beauty
Grab Some Magazines!
Grab a few magazines and start tearing out anything that catches your eye. Spend about 15 minutes looking through your magazines collecting images and words that resonate with you. Once you've got a good stack of images and words you like you can either make a dream board specific to one area such as Relationships or make a general lifestyle overhaul dream board of all the glorious things you'd like to have, do, or be in your life. There is just something so fun and relaxing about creating vision boards.
Here are a few quotes to get you dreaming about your ideal life! Use them as prompts and have fun journaling!


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(aka "The Man on the Roof" )
directed by Bo Widerberg
Sweden 1976
At about 2 o'clock on a March morning in
Stockholm, a hospitalized police inspector named Stig Nyman is slashed to
death in his room with a bayonet.
So begins "Man on the Roof," a bloody but keen-eyed, unsparing and absorbing, multilayered Swedish film that opened yesterday at the Plaza.
Written and directed by Bo Widerberg, who is probably best remembered here for "Elvira Madigan," "Man on the Roof" is based on "The Abominable Man," one of the novels in the highly praised Detective Martin Beck series by the late Per Wahloo and his wife, Maj Sjowall. What elevated these novels beyond the traditions of the genre was a master plan by the authors to use them as the basis for an exploration of society, and director Widerberg remains faithful to that intent.
On one level, "Man on the Roof" stands as a simple mystery. Who killed Nyman and why? But to discover the answer, it is first necessary to know who Nyman was. A policeman, of course. But what is a policeman? One man's brute, it seems, is another's estimable protector of society's decent people. And finally, when the killer is revealed and begins one of those familiar killing sprees on a roof that drew spectacle-thirsty crowds and ringmasters in the form of importunate television newsmen and squads of specially trained and equipped police and their helicopters, the film becomes a study in the rationality of response.
As mysteries go, "Man on the Roof" is not a difficult puzzle. Straightforward, routine police procedures, carried out in a matter-of-fact way by sometimes weary men, yield the answer.
What invests this film with seriousness and a claim on our attention are the characters themselves. They inhabit a real world, and Widerberg sketches them, their environment and their relationships swiftly and deftly. That is true even of some of the few who appear for a matter of seconds, disappear never to be seen again and probably could be dispensed with in the name of brevity.
The chief roles are played remarkably: Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt as Beck, with an economy and grandeur reminiscent of Gabin as Maigret: Einer Ronn as his little chief assistant, with a vertical furrow between his brows that speaks volumes; Sven Wollter and Thomas Hellberg as the two younger detectives who mix like oil and water.
But behind it all looms Widerberg. "Man on the Roof" may suffer from a slow section in the middle, but over its length, the director displays several varieties of excellence—from the conjuration of horror by a single eye seen peering through a dark curtain; to the affectionate depiction of a city as background; to the succinct revelation of character; to the concoction of excitement, terror and suspense in the climactic stage. Not the least of his excellences is his willingness, at a time when it seems that technique is everything and coherence nil, to treat his audience to ideas as well.
Excerpt from New York Times review from March 24, 1977 located HERE
Theatrical Release: 1 October 1976
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and it sounds excellent.
There are two versions of the DVD, one 1-disc and one 2-disc. This is the 2-disc version that got an extra disc featuring the Extras marked with * (The documentary and the radio and tv-clips). The extras are only subtitled in Swedish and Finnish so if you don't know any of those languages you better go for the 1-disc (the second discshop link). But if you know Swedish/Finnish you definitely should by the 2-disc, since the documentary is brilliant and together with the other extras it's easy worth the extra bucks.
The backside of the DVD mentions no English subtitles but as you can see below it has both menus and subtitles in English available.
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Is your brain fog so thick and your mind such a blur that you've considered breaking out the Windex? Are you falling-off-the-chart smart? Or are you just falling apart? Try this fun test to see where your brain cells stand these days.
Menopausal Math. (Choose best answer.)
1. Your family requests fudge brownies for dessert. Two nights prior, you bake four batches containing two dozen each. Next morning you eat six from each batch so all plates look even. By lunch you've polished off one entire platter, because your family prefers pumpkin pie anyway, right? How late must you stay up tonight to re-bake and replace all eaten brownies, taking into consideration your husband wants a little somethin' somethin' around 11 p.m.?
A) Brownies or Sex? Where's the dilemma?
B) Uh... "Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee!"
C) Mmmm, pumpkin pie.
2. You're isolated in a soundproof, locked room with two oscillating fans, four bars of Godiva dark chocolate, one testosterone dispenser, a vibrator, eight bestseller books, and a broken cell phone that neither your husband or two small children can reach you on. How do you get free?
A) Melt the chocolate using hot flashes -- and use it to write an S.O.S. message on page from book -- slide under door.
B) Use the two fans to grind chocolate into cocoa powder, snorting it until you get high enough to forget where you are.
C) No husband or kids? What are you thinking? You already ARE free!!
3. You turned 50-years-old exactly three months ago and typically Aunt Flo shows up every 28 to 32 days. However, you haven't seen hide nor hair (Hair? Is she a redhead?) of her since you broke up with that math professor who teaches calculus at the university 4.8 miles away. Oh no! Statistically speaking, how likely is it that you are about to become the oldest mother in preschool history, desperately folding her child's finger painting into a makeshift fan during a hot flash in the middle of a parent/teacher conference?
A) 0%. Relax, you are not pregnant. It's just menopause, silly. Plan an expensive trip to Hawaii, buy and wear pretty new lacy panties or book a Brazilian waxing appointment. Any of those things is guaranteed to bring on your period. Or simply call Mr. Calculus and schedule some makeup sex.
B) 50%. Your chance of becoming a new mother again is directly proportional to how close you are to having an adult daughter who is also about to give birth herself (thus bestowing you with grandmother status!). Wouldn't it be fun to share a double stroller together?
C) 99.9%. Stock up on those diapers. Congratulations! This is guaranteed payback for lying about your age, having a tummy tuck, and saying, "Fro Yo" and "My bad" all the time. You fooled your uterus into thinking it's 25 again!
Use the following numerals to fill in the blanks with the corresponding meanings below.
210, 48, 1310, 0, 17, 4.5, 6, 20, 130
___The top number on your blood pressure when the Dr. isn't young and totally hot looking.
___Average number of times a week you lose your keys, glasses and cellphone.
___Number of hours earlier you need to start getting ready than you did when you were 25, just to look halfway presentable.
___Number of times you dye your gray hair in a year.
___Number of times you skip dying your hair because, "Gray is the new brunette!"
___The number of calories they claim you can eat and not gain weight--those diabolic, metabolic liars!
___Number of pills you need to swallow each morning just to feel semi-normal.
___Number of hours you actually sleep per night. Note: Divide this by the number of night sweats, then multiply it by number of fluttery, erratic heartbeats to the 9th power and subtract 20 minutes every time you have an obsessive/compulsive thought about breast cancer. Add the square root of Pi every third time you hear a scary noise and think an intruder is in the house. This calculates your MMPH (Menopausal Moments Per Hour).
___Your HDL (Your good cholesterol) Yes, good! Don't ask me how, but they managed to get some of it to move to the right side of the tracks and perform nice deeds in your arteries. And somehow it's all related to 77% Cacao! So cheer up!
SCORING: 0-1,500 points? Congratulations and welcome to FU (Foggybrain University). The rest of your Midlife Sorority Sisters have been waiting (impatiently) for you! Note: If you detected a subtle chocolate (without nuts) theme throughout this assessment, you are truly Menopausal Mensa Material and hereby granted an immediate scholarship from Betty Crocker! Stay tuned for another fun test soon!
Now that you've worked up an appetite, click here for a special menopausal menu on the author's blog!
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With director Mel Gibson's fantastic new film Hacksaw Ridge now playing in theaters around the country, last week I sat down with Vince Vaughn and Luke Bracey for an exclusive video interview. If you're not familiar with Hacksaw Ridge, the film tells the true story of Desmond Doss, a conscientious collaborator and Army medic who refused to bear arms during World War II, but ended up saving 75 men during the bloodiest battle of the war without firing a single bullet. Written by Robert Schenkkan, Andrew Knight, and Braveheart scribe Randall Wallace, it's an incredibly well made film that doesn't shy away from showing what really happens in war while also paying tribute to a man that did something next to impossible. While many of us love superhero movies, Hacksaw Ridge is about a real hero. It's absolutely worth seeing in theaters. The film stars Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss and the rest of the great cast includes Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer, Luke Bracey, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn.
During the interview Vaughn and Bracey talked about balancing fact and fiction in the film, how they had to tone down the truth because audiences wouldn't believe what Desmond Doss actually did in wartime, crafting the realistic and brutal action scenes, and more.
Watch what they had to say in the player above. If you missed my extended video interview with Mel Gibson you can watch it here.


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ORV License
- The DNR issues licenses for all ORVs on an annual basis. The annual fee for an ORV license is $26.25.
- In addition, an ORV trail permit is required to operate on state-designated ORV trails, routes, or areas. The cost of the ORV trail permit is an additional $10.00.
- Licenses and permits are valid from April 1 through March 31 of the following year, regardless of the date of purchase.
- Vehicles that are licensed under the Motor Vehicle Code as "street vehicles" require an ORV license only when they are being used as an ORV. A street-licensed ORV does not need an ORV license to use forest roads, but it will need an ORV license and an ORV trail permit if it is used on designated trails or in areas designated for cross-country use.
- An ORV license is not required for street-licensed vehicles when used where a conventional two-wheel-drive vehicle can operate, including on the frozen surface of public waters or on designated ORV routes. If you must use four-wheel drive to operate on a designated ORV route, the vehicle is being used as an ORV and must have an ORV license and an ORV trail permit.
- Private land owners, owners' family members, and their invited guests are not required to display a DNR license on an ORV that is operated exclusively on the owners' private property.
- An ORV operating exclusively during agricultural operations is not required to display a DNR license.
- ORVs used in areas open to public operation must display a DNR license, regardless of whether the ORV is owned by a resident or nonresident of Michigan.


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Sri Lanka: SEP campaigns against evictions in Colombo
our correspondents
31 July 2015
An open-air election meeting held by the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) at Wanathamulla, in Colombo's working-class heart, attracted workers and youth last Sunday.
SEP and International Students and Youth for Social Equality (IYSSE) teams campaigned for the meeting door-to-door in Wanathamulla and surrounding suburbs, which are home to a large young population from different ethnic backgrounds.
The SEP is fielding 43 candidates in Colombo, Jaffna and Nuwara-Eliya districts in the August 17 general election in Sri Lanka.
Historically suffering from poverty, unemployment and an acute lack of public services, residents of the Wanathamulla area became the target of vicious government "slum eviction" operations in recent times.
The government of former President Mahinda Rajapakse announced the eviction of 135,000 families from the city, in order to release land for foreign and local investors. The SEP and IYSSE have been active in Wanathamulla and other parts of Colombo, defending the rights of families facing eviction since 2010. The SEP and its predecessor, the Revolutionary Communist League (RCL), have conducted political work in the area for many decades.
President Maithripala Sirisena and the current United National Party (UNP)-led government are promising to improve the conditions of workers and the poor. Likewise, Rajapakse, who is standing for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the other main capitalist party, is offering various pledges. As has happened many times in the past, both parties will break their promises as soon as the election is over.
Scores of workers, students and youth spoke to SEP and IYSSE teams, voicing their contempt for the two establishment parties. Many showed their interest in the SEP's socialist program by buying publications and donating generously, despite their glaring economic hardships.
Referring to the major parties, Wimalasena, a janitor, said the same crooks banded themselves into different groups from time to time and ruled the country. Police brutality was increasingly used against poorer layers in Colombo, he said. "If an innocent youth roams around in the city with a backpack for couple of hours, that person will most likely be questioned and arrested for no reason." This was widespread in the Wanathamulla area, he said, because the police wanted to keep people intimidated.
Such is the reality of President Sirisena's promises of democracy and better living conditions.
A middle-aged woman commented: "Our basic issue is housing. None of the major political parties has an answer for it. I am fed up with those parties' politics." Now you can experience the real nature of 'good governance.' That is only another false promise."
A young high school student commented: "I can understand that it is only working people that can offer a solution to our problems. All the official parties—the UNP, SLFP and JVP [Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna]—are alike. Whoever is sent to parliament under this situation will be the same. I hope to continue the discussion with you."
Talking about the conditions of people evicted under the slum clearance program, a three-wheeler driver said: "I was born in Wanathamulla. Even my mother was born here, and I am 57 now. But our houses were taken and we will soon be forced to pay 8,000 rupees ($US60) as rent for a house not larger than a chicken pen. Is that reasonable? These new houses are unfit for living. We don't mind paying a reasonable amount for maintenance, but at least a 600-square feet [55-square metres] house should be given."
The government recently constructed multi-storey apartment blocks for some evicted families. One such building has only one working lift for 400-600 residents. There are clearly visible cracks in the buildings' outer walls, raising questions about their structural integrity. Public services are barely functional.
SEP campaigners came across overflowing manholes in the new buildings, while residents complained that they are charged excessively for water—nearly three times the rate they paid earlier.
Several SEP speakers addressed Sunday's meeting.
Chairing the event, K.B. Mavikumbura explained that in January's presidential election, Sirisena, with the help of the UNP and other forces, carried out a pro-US regime-change operation. Washington was opposed to the Rajapakse government's close ties with China.
In the parliamentary election, the UNP was seeking to stabilise this government, the speaker said. Rajapakse, on the other hand, was trying to regain power, in order to resume his policies. Whoever took power would wage ruthless attacks on the working people.
Prageeth Aravinda, a IYSSE member and SEP Colombo district candidate, explained: "As part of the assault on social rights, former President Rajapakse's regime attacked free education and sought to privatise higher education under the pressure of the International Monetary Fund's austerity demands. The Wickremesinghe-Sirisena government is continuing the same policies."
Vilani Peiris, the leader of the SEP's Colombo district election slate, emphasised the long and consistent struggle waged by the SEP, and the RCL before it, for the right of workers to decent housing and other public services. She recalled that the Rajapakse regime cleared 72 acres in the area for commercial purposes, evicting hundreds of families from their houses into temporary sheds.
Peiris reminded the meeting of the betrayals of the UNP, when in opposition, and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). They had promoted false hopes of gaining better housing by putting pressure on the Rajapakse government, only to ultimately advise people to accept grossly unsuitable housing units.
"It was the SEP alone that advanced a socialist solution for the housing crisis," Peiris said. "Billions of rupees will have to be spent to build safe, decent public housing schemes. That is incompatible with the profit system. It can be done only by implementing socialist polices under a workers' and peasants' government. This is part of the internationalist program for which the SEP fights."
The speaker warned that Rajapakse was resorting to communalist propaganda. Other parties, too, would use communalism to divide the working class and implement the austerity measures demanded by international finance capital. Peiris reviewed the lessons of the SEP's intransigent opposition to the protracted anti-Tamil communalist war waged by successive UNP and SLFP governments.
Concluding her remarks, Peiris invited workers and youth to rally behind the socialist program put forward by SEP and actively support its campaign. "Any vote casted for SEP's scissors symbol in the general election will be a conscious vote approving this internationalist program," she said.


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I recently stopped wearing a wristwatch. I always carry my cellphone which displays the current time. Why bother with a watch?
I get the Seattle Times delivered at home even though I can get the same information online. I like reading the paper but I know that its days are numbered. The other Seattle daily, the Seattle P-I stopped publishing last year when it became an online-only newspaper.
We still have a land line even though we all have cellphones. We like having a single phone number for our family but we could probably get rid of it.
What other obsolete things do we cling to?


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WASHINGTON — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Boston University Center for Finance, Law & Policy will host a symposium in Boston March 31 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the OCC and the national banking system.
"With the financial crisis still fresh in our memory, the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln's National Bank Act is an opportune time to bring together some of the industry's most thoughtful leaders to reflect on the industry's past and to consider its future," said Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry.
Comptroller Curry will deliver the keynote address, and other speakers will discuss the current state of domestic and international banking in the context of recent and historical events. Featured will be public and private sector leaders who are shaping the course of the financial services industry including:
• Sheila Bair, former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC);
• Sharon Bowles, Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament;
• Christopher Dodd, former U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs;
• Camden Fine, President of the Independent Community Bankers of America;
• Barney Frank, former U.S. Congressman and Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee;
• Thomas Hoenig, Vice Chairman of the FDIC;
• Professor Cornelius Hurley, Director of the Boston University Center for Finance, Law, & Policy;
• Raymond Natter, Partner in Washington Law Firm Barnett, Sivon & Natter, P.C. and former Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;
• Timothy Pawlenty, former Minnesota Governor and President of The Financial Services Roundtable;
• John Reed, former Chairman of Citicorp; and
• Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
"Boston University and its Center for Finance, Law & Policy are honored to join the Comptroller of the Currency in marking this significant milestone in our nation's history," said Mr. Hurley.
Specific topics will include a discussion of the state of the dual banking system, preemption in the wake of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, a view on banking from Europe, a discussion of the Volcker Rule by Mr. Volcker, a discussion on banking reform with Senator Dodd and Congressman Frank, the future of universal banking, a dialogue on Too Big to Fail, the future of banking in light of globalization and emerging alternatives to traditional banks.
The symposium will be held at the Hynes Convention Center, Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Breakfast and registration will begin at 7 a.m. and the symposium will run through 5 p.m. Details about the symposium and how to register are available online at http://www.bu.edu/bucflp/initiatives/building-on-150-years-the-future-of-national-banking/.
OCC Alumni Association members only may take advantage of a limited number of seats available at the heavily discounted academic rate of $400. Under 'Your Registration' on the Registration page, click on the "$400 academic rate" under the same name that appears on the Alumni Association's rolls.
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Armour Locksmith Announces Reasons Why 24/7 Locksmith Services Are Crucial
Ballwin, MO – Armour Locksmith, a company of locksmith in Ballwin, MO, recently shared some of the reasons that locksmith companies should operate 24/7. The team said that they shared this information so as to encourage an industrious locksmith industry to work for the better of their valued client.
Armour Locksmith said that 24/7 locksmith servicesare crucial in that emergencies can happen at any time. The team noted that clients can come calling late at night or early in the morning, and it would be unfortunate if an automated answering machine will be at the other end of the call. The team noted that customers can be in desperate situations, and such instances mostly happen after regular working hours.
Armour Locksmith added that 24 hour locksmith services should be coupled with faster response times. The team said that working on an emergency basis will only work well if the team is able to respond fast. The group encouraged locksmiths to be always on their toes, being mobile with all their tools of trade.
About Armour Locksmith
Armour Locksmith is a locksmith company based in Ballwin, MO. The team specializes in all the significant locksmith needs, namely automotive, residential, and commercial locksmith services. The team takes pride in working around the clock. Moreover, they look to give all the citizens of St. Louis, Ballwin, Kirkwood, St. Charles, and surrounding neighborhoods affordable locksmith services. Stellar customer care services and giving back to the community is the order of the day for the organization.
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Now that baby boomers are older and pursuing more career-oriented jobs, managers of the hospitality industry are experiencing the effects of the pre- sent labor crisis; they now know that those vacant hourly jobs are going to be tough to fill with quality personnel. The companies able to attract quality personnel by offering employees what they need and want will be the successful ones in the next decade. The authors explain how the labor crisis is currently affecting the hospitality industry and make suggestions about how firms may survive the "labor crash" of the 1990s with the application of marketing technology to human resource management.
Recommended Citation
Rainero, C Joseph and Chon, Kye-Sung
"Marketing Approaches to Human Resources Management In the Hospitality Industry,"
Hospitality Review: Vol. 8
, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreview/vol8/iss1/4


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I'm Experimenting With A Custom URL Shortener On Twitter
I set up my own URL shortener earlier today – sheam.us.
(See what I did there?)
I've also made this my default on bit.ly, via bitly.Pro (which is a free service), and this means all the links I share on Twitter will now be under the sheam.us umbrella. Okay, this is a little egotistical, but it's cute and when I saw it was still available, it was impossible to turn down. It's all in the name of science, after all.
(Note that is just for links I share myself on Twitter. At the moment any retweets done on Twittercism via the Tweetmeme button will still use the standard bit.ly URLs.)
This is possibly temporary. I'm a huge believer in the power of the pure bit.ly link (see why here), but I'm curious as to what the impact might be, either adverse or positive, of using your own URL shortener on Twitter. Is it a service that really only works for the big boys, or can anybody play?
What do I mean? Even though my new shortener is still 100 per cent powered by bit.ly, readers will be unaware of this and might view the sheam.us link with suspicion. This might mean less clicks, at least until enough people get used to it and hear my side of the story (through articles like this one).
Hopefully the obvious connection between my username and shortener will ease people's fears. Lots of popular accounts on Twitter use a custom URL shortener through bitly.Pro, including the NY Times (nyti.ms), TechCrunch (tcrn.ch) and The Huffington Post (huff.to). Dave Winer also shortens a lot of his links through his r2.ly service, which I think works through Adjix. I'm small potatoes compared to these guys, but I don't see custom URLs doing them any harm.
Using sheam.us, I've had a ton of retweets today so it doesn't look like an issue at the moment. But the long term picture might be different, and I reserve the right to go crawling back to bit.ly if it all goes pear-shaped.


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The half brother of North Korea's Kim Jong Un - who was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia in February 2017, when two women smeared his face with the nerve agent VX - was an informant for the Central Intelligence Agency and met with agency operatives on several occasions, Wall Street Journal reports, citing a person who knew about the matter.
Kim Jong Nam was once considered to be the heir to late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il but he fell out of favor with his father in 2001 after he was caught trying to enter Japan on a false passport, and was arrested at Tokyo airport, apparently en route to Disneyland. Kim Jong Nam had been critical of Kim Jong Un, reportedly saying in 2012 that he "won't last long" because of his youth and inexperience. The two brothers have different mothers, Bloomberg reports.
While details of Kim's relationship with the CIA are not clear, several former U.S. officials told WSJ that he had no known power base in Pyongyang and would unlikely be able to give details of North Korea's inner workings. The same unnamed U.S. officials also told the Journal that Kim was also in contact with security services of China.
WSJ notes that the CIA has long taken an intensive interest in North Korea, although its totalitarian culture, and the lack of a U.S. embassy there, makes it one of the agency's hardest targets. As Joel Wit, a former State Department official and senior fellow at the Stimson Center think tank, noted:
"My experience has been that the CIA has repeatedly thought that it had well-placed sources in North Korea, human sources, that really knew what was going on... Those sources have more often than not proved to not know what's going on."
The two women involved in Kim Jong Nam's murder have since been released from Malaysian prison.


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Stuffed Radish Paratha
Ingredients Needed:
For the Outer Layer
Wheat flour – 2 cups
Salt to taste
Water for kneading
Oil for cooking
For the Stuffing
Radish – 1 cup
Salt to taste
Red chili powder -1 tsp
Garam Masala – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder a pinch
Coriander leaves handful
How to make stuffed radish paratha
Wash and peel the outer skin of the radish.
Grate the radish and store the water to knead the dough.
To make the outer layer.
Knead the wheat flour with salt and water from squeezed radish and more water if required, to make a soft dough. Rest it aside for 15 mins.
To make the stuffing
Heat a non stick pan with oil. Saute the squeezed radish well and then add the spice powders. Saute till dry. Add finely chopped coriander leaves.
Divide into equal portions.
Now pinch out balls from dough, press in the center, stuff with filling, seal well and cook in a hot tawa.
Serve with pickle and curds.
Parathas always make a great lunch dish. Konda loves carrying stuffed parathas for her lunch.
Sending this to Jayanthi, who is hosting my Kid's Delight, themed on Lunch Box Recipes.
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Holy basil, India's most powerful adaptogen herb, has been used for centuries to relieve mental fog and enhance memory. Licorice root, a Chinese adaptogen herb, is great for relieving symptoms of mental and physical fatigue.
Flavor Profile: Rich and robust black tea with notes of citrus and vanilla.
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A very dear friend of mine (you know who you are) inspired me to make this surprisingly refreshing pasta, with a pistachio pesto sauce!
The recipe is adapted from Nate Hamilton's original Pistachio Pesto recipe.
Ingredients : (serves 6)
500g spaghetti
1.5 cups shell roasted, unsalted pistachios
1.5 cups fresh mint leaves
5-6 Cherry Tomatoes
1/4 cup parmesan cheese
1-2 tsp Pimento chilli powder ( alternatively, crushed red chilli flakes will do)
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
Pulse all the ingredients ( except the spaghetti ofcourse! Haha!) in a processor, until a course puree is formed.
Toss with hot spaghetti. Garnish with mint.
This is my new favourite pasta dish!


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The good? We are no longer spewing forty+ pounds of mercury vapor every day into the local atmosphere. We are no longer dumping 20 to 40 tons of polluted solid waste into our bay, ravines and gravel pits every day.
The bad? Georgia Pacific is never going to clean up the toxic legacy their profits externalized, leaving them all over our home to wreck the neural networks of our children (9MB .mov). Public officials gave G.P. a "get-out-of-jail-free" card, saddling the public with the costs. Now clean-up is too expensive, so a cover-up, or capping, has become our cost-effective alternative. Everybody agrees, or at least all the government agencies that colluded to allow it to happen in the first place.
The ugly? The public has already incurred the health risk of G.P. operating for three decades after environmental officials with any pretense of professional credibility had to know that the mercury-cell chlor-alkali facility was a threat to food and water supplies, human health and the environment. Remember Minimata? That was 1957. By the early sixties, when this plant was being permitted, everyone knew it would be a mess, and did it anyway.
Uglier? Public waterfront land, built at public expense to support water-dependent commerce and industry, will be lost forever as it is sold off for private residences - private residences that have been administratively assumed from the beginning to eventually constitute about 60% of the "New Whatcom" "mixed-use" master plan. Administratively assumed? That means that nobody's opinion has really meant one whit otherwise. That's public process! That steals hundreds of millions from the public.
Ugliest? Stealing further untold hundreds of millions from the public - also without the slightest discussion. Huh? That's right! The New Whatcom fiasco is likely the biggest rip-off of Whatcom County ever. You'd think it would make the news. hah!
The biggest rip-off has also been assumed from the beginning. It is the conversion of G.P.'s treatment lagoon into a marina. Marinas are not the most environmentally benign facilities. Boats are actually real stinkers, sloughing copper, tin and zinc into the water and leaking oily wastes, detergents, waxes and other products. Don't get me wrong. I like boats and I like marinas. So what's the problem?
The problem is that we will need to replace that treatment capacity. Our growing community will require more treatment capacity in several different categories. We can expect to need additional sanitary treatment. That's just a matter of so many more dwelling units, and nobody seems willing to regulate growth.
Then there are the mandates. We already expect to be required to provide treatment for our urban run-off. Governor Gregoire just announced ambitious plans to restore the Puget Sound near-shore habitat. It's a billions of dollars, never-ending initiative that will never get off square one without treating polluted stormwater. Besides, do we want to restore our bay just to re-pollute it? No. We will want to protect our public expenditures for shoreline and bay restoration by preventing future pollution. That requires treatment.
Finally, G.P. is gone, but does that mean we will never want jobs again? Probably not. The public already owns a large industrial water supply to the central waterfront. Without treatment capacity, it cannot be used. If the lagoon is converted to a marina, we will need to provide additional treatment capacity before we can deliver water to any new industrial process on the waterfront. How valuable is water supply and treatment capacity for recruiting business? Whether semi-conductor production or anything else, it will never happen once these resources are gone. Well, they are almost gone.
It is possible that we could keep the treatment capacity AND have three times the marina (150kb .pdf), while completing the Bay Trail from Boulevard to the foot of Cornwall. The basic premise was already approved by our state legislature at this very site. But that has never since been discussed, either. That's public process!
Buyers (taxpayers) beware. Your government is ripping you off, making their short-term revenues look really good while knowing - but not telling - that it will cost you hundreds and hundreds of millions later. That's ugly!
The good? We are no longer spewing forty+ pounds of mercury vapor every day into the local atmosphere. We are no longer dumping 20 to 40 tons of polluted solid waste into our bay, ravines and gravel pits every day.


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This page gathers various data sets on which I had the opportunity to work on and that were generated during research projects. When possible, we followed the arff format to structure the data. Data sets are grouped according to the main task they intend to solve.
This data set comes from the DESCRIPT project that aimed at training people at calligraphy. The task is to be able, given the features extracted from an exercice, to predict the errors committed by the trainee.


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Bert van Meurs is Executive Vice President and Chief Business Leader of Image Guided Therapy, and a member of the Royal Philips Executive Committee. Bert has more than 30 years of experience in various leadership positions in research & development, clinical science and marketing & sales in Europe and Asia.
Philips' EUR 2+ billion Image Guided Therapy business offers integrated solutions comprising interventional imaging systems, smart catheters, planning and navigation software and service with the aim of improving minimally invasive treatments. Driven by the benefits for patients and care providers, including reduced patient trauma and shorter recovery times, this important market represents a key growth opportunity for Philips.


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This week I'm off to the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree and a meeting of the California Genealogical Society. I hope to see you there! Please stop by my booth at the Jamboree to say hello.
All this California travel makes me think about western American style clothing worn in family photos—in particular Stetson hats, jeans and frontier bonnets. Do you have a photo of someone dressed for the West? I'd love to see it. You can email me.
I love the story of the Stetson hat. It's an example of American ingenuity. John B. Stetson, son of a Philadelphia hat manufacturer, took a trip West to recover from consumption. He showed his companions how to make felted fabric and created a hat from that material.
In 1865, Stetson founded his hat company. He called his hat the "Boss of the Plains." It wasn't a new design: Similar style hats were worn by Army units, and wide-brimmed hats were also popular on plantations because they offered shade.
It was Stetson's marketing efforts that made his hat a success. He wore his hat everywhere and each hat bore a gold leaf Stetson on the inside to mark it as authentic.
Wearers could use them to retrieve water for washing or drinking, earning them the nickname, "10 gallon hat."
You'll find more information on Stetsons and other types of western hats in my book Fashionable Folks: Bonnets and Hats 1840-1900.
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THE MO-SHUNS - 'The Way She Walks'/'What Can I Say' (20th Century-Fox Records 45-6645) August 1966
Back in August 2008 (42 years after it's release) I reviewed this amazing single.......I wrote:
Both sides of this disc sound like they were recorded by an underground English band circa mid '66. However, The Mo-Shuns were not from England but Long Island, New York.
'What Can I Say' is a primitive rant with a Bo Diddley beat, then all of a sudden a talented lead guitarist unleashes a perfect freakbeat style solo that lifts the song well above average. It's one of the few times I've heard this type of guitar sound on an American record.
It was compiled some years ago on Garage Punk Volume 4.
'The Way She Walks' is virtually the same song displaying a similar beat, caveman vocals and another blinding freakbeat guitar sound.
*****The powers of the internet never cease to amaze me and I was contacted by John Sherwin who was the lead guitarist in The Mo-Shuns. John kindly answered some questions I sent to him via email. I think it's an important thing to document accurate information about long forgotten 60s teenbeat groups. I'm sure many people who frequent my website think, like I do, that both sides of this disc are killer...and any information that paints a fuller picture is indeed worthy and dare I say....essential.*****
How/when did the group get together? Were you school friends.
We were school friends and lived in the same neighborhood in North Babylon, Long Island NY. We started playing school dances and church dances etc. Played on the Murray the K Radio Show, "Swinging Soiree" and you went from one school or church to another all night long.. No money, but the band got named on the radio.. That was very cool.. Nobody knew who we were, but they loved the band.. I guess they loved all of them..
Who were the group members and what instruments did they play?
The Mo-Shuns were: myself John Sherwin, I was the lead guitarist, and studied for a short time, classical music, but had to get to Rock... Drummer, John Ofrias, Rhythm Guitar, Carl Schifano, Lead Singer and Bass, George Abruscato.( George passed away 15 years ago)
How did the name Mo-Shuns come about? Were you called anything before this name?
The name Mo-Shuns came from us, but we also had eventually, Managers Glen Moore, Sandy Yellin, 20th Century Fox Recording, who liked the name The MO-Shuns.. instead of (The Motions.)
How long were the group together?
We were together for about 5 or 6 years.
Where was the single recorded? Studio used...
Our single, was recorded at Decca Studios in Manhattan, on the 20th Century Fox label.
|cutting from Record World October 1966
Where did you play gigs, names of venues etc. Did you play any gigs with other groups?
We started playing bars on Long Island. Islip Bowl, a bowling alley was actually a very big venue at the time.. very popular for dancing. We played there about 4 nights a week for a while, all cover songs, except for our only record "The Way She Walks" and "What Can I Say"....The latter song became more popular on radio for a short time, because I wrote the simplistic music at that time and I was moving towards more of a "metal" type sound.. The guys did not like it that much, but I did and so did a lot of others. We signed with Broadcast Music Inc and joined the musicians union. That got us playing in bigger venues in Manhattan, Like Trude Hellers and Arthurs in Greenwich Village.
We backed up Monte Rock the Third at Trude Hellers., only one session but it was a riot.. the guy was a little eccentric!
We did play at the Metropol once, and backed up the Shangri-Las, and also The Cyrkle played there that day ("Red Rubber Ball") I think our drummer sat in on one of their songs for some reason..
We also played at the Barge, Southampton NY, where the Young Rascals played. We were the cover band, but only for a couple of weeks.
The big bands back then were, The Rascals, Vanilla Fudge, The Hassles, Mitch Ryder, The Vagrants. ( later to be Leslie West, Mountain)
We were playing sometimes 4-5 nights a week and, out on Long Island and back to Manhattan, and it was getting tough.. So the group did break up so that the guys could get "regular jobs".
I kept playing with a lot of other musicians for a couple of years. Played at the Action House as a cover band for a while.. Vanilla Fudge were there as the highlight band.. Wow were they great.. Carmen Appice, Tim Bogert!! We listened to them and
felt like we really needed to practice a lot! ha ha!!!
Changed the name to Motion for a while, played a lot of small venues on Long Island also, back to Islip Bowl and some bars in the area, but could not keep together for many reasons, I stopped playing and got a real job as well.
Any other memories that you have not already covered?
Memories?? bands like The Vagrants, ( Leslie west ) one night he got feed back from the microphone, so he smashed his guitar into the amp, and they walked off the stage, came back later that night. Crazy! We were playing at a club
down the road, forgot the name of the club, and wanted to go see them.I think the one thing was that we had fun... we were close friends.. I still email the drummer John Ofrias,. He lives in Riverhead NY and I live in The Villages , Florida. So miles apart.
Like I said, I am now retired. Still have a Marshall 1/2 stack in a small bedroom in my house and play along with stuff like Yngwie Malmsteen, Van Halen, Eagles, The Beatles music.. So I got to be a much better guitarist later in life.
But just for fun and I need to play my guitar all the time.. Have a great family,son is 28, he played guitar in a band here in Florida, went to Nashville for a couple of years and played there, now back in Florida, works at Walt Disney World..
Hope this is not too much.. but about all I can remember. I am sure there is more.. but we were just a little cover band, along with thousands of others.. But we had FUN!!!This is me, in the middle.. Yngwie and his manager, Norfolk Virginia, Guitar Center.. Then we also, (my son and I), met him at the concert in Norfolk and got our guitars signed.. Pretty cool...!!!


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The first known library in downtown Charlottesville was created in 1823 by a group of citizens that included Thomas Jefferson. The "Albemarle Library Society" boasted an initial collection of 238 titles. This village library was located at "Number Nothing" in Court Square (a site now occupied by 224 Court Square). A public subscription library, the society was incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly and lasted at least until 1834. It was not until 1919 and the generosity of Paul Goodloe McIntire that a truly public library was formed. McIntire donated not only the land and the construction costs, but the furniture and the first 5,000 books for the new library as well. The cornerstone was laid in November, 1919, and the new "Charlottesville Public Library" opened its doors to the public on May 30, 1921.
Additional branches in Scottsville, Crozet, and on Gordon Avenue in Charlottesville took some of the pressure off of the small McIntire Branch in the early 1960s, and, in 1972, with the addition of branches in Louisa and Nelson counties, the library system became the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Greene County joined the system in 1974.
In October 1977, the Market Street Post Office building was purchased by Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Under Director Christopher Devan, a 17-month renovation project took place. Total cost of the project reached $2.25 million. After moving the McIntire collection of 90,000 volumes into the building on Market Street, the new Central Library opened on February 2, 1981 to patrons eager for a larger facility. Along with administration and technical services, the third floor of the new building offered the community three meeting rooms, one of them dedicated to Mr. McIntire.
In May 1987, the Albemarle County Historical Society's Library and the Central Virginia Genealogical Association consolidated their resources with those of the Central Library and moved the newly formed Charlottesville-Albemarle Historical Collection to the mezzanine of the Central Library where it remained until 1994. That year, after extensive restoration and renovation, the Historical Collection moved out of the Central Library and into the former McIntire Library.
In the late 80s, the Library Board and Director Bill Swinson had committed the library system to obtaining the benefits of emerging modern technology. By February 1989, under Director Donna Selle, the card catalogs at all branches were replaced with on-line computer catalogs for the public and JMRL fully implemented its automated circulation system.
In order to continue to integrate technology into the library system, the Central Library was again renovated in 1995. The opening of a public computer lab for internet access and the development and implementation of a community information network, Monticello Avenue, were initiated. The public lab currently houses many internet stations and access is also available in the Central Reference Department where extensive electronic resources complement the print and microform collections.
Current Director David Plunkett oversees the entire JMRL system from his office on the third floor of the Central Library.


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Undefeated puncher Daigo Higa is no longer the WBC flyweight champion after failing to make weight for his imminent clash in Yokohama, Japan.
The 15-0 star looks set for a move up to super-flyweight after scaling 114 pounds for his battle with Cristofer Rosales.
Nicaraguan Rosales, who hit the 111.5 pound mark, can still claim the belt if successful against Higa, although the title will be vacant should the pre-fight favourite Higa take the spoils.
Higa v Rosales forms part of a double-header of action with middleweight title holder Ryota Murata defending his belt against Emanuele Blandamura.
Both made the 160 pound limit successfully in a contest which the winner would move closer to fight with WBA 'super' champion Gennady Golovkin.


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Good food is out there — sometimes it takes a little more digging to find a catering company perfect for your next event.
In part one, we looked at tips to help you better find a catering company that suits your needs — from word of mouth and being able to handle your event to finding a company that is invested and offers a robust contract.
At Not Just Q, we are the best BBQ catering company for your next event! If you're still weeding through catering companies to find the one, join us in the second part of this series, and finally secure the food that will be featured. Here's what makes Not Just Q the best BBQ catering around:
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You don't want to end up with sub-par food at your Dallas-area event — you just don't! Food, barbecue especially, is a large part of our Texas culture, so choosing the right catering company is imperative. Want to know what makes Not Just Q so great at catering? We help you plan a great event, including guiding you through these steps:
Ask about the menu.
Oftentimes, catering companies have a standard menu but they'll generally offer some wiggle room. A caterer should be flexible and provide different choices in the food they make and deliver customizable choices to clients. If you are holding a large event where there will be a variety of dietary preferences, ask about their vegan/vegetarian, gluten-free, or children menu options. At Not Just Q, we help you choose the variety and quantity of meats, sides, and every other detail to create the right menu for your event.
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Tasting the menu is the best part of securing a catering company, so make sure the company you're interested let's you do so! After all, how will you know how amazing the food is without tasting it? Some people are apprehensive about asking for samples because they think it's a hassle, but it's important for both parties to know exactly what they're getting into before the contract is signed. We know our BBQ is darn good, so come down to Not Just Q and try our options for yourself!
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Before signing a contract with any catering company, even when their food is hands down the best in the city, consider what type of event you're hosting. If you're hosting a black-tie fundraiser with all the movers and shakers of Dallas, you may want to steer clear of an informal meal and more towards a plated China dinner. Similarly, if your wedding is in a barn, hiring a company with white-glove services and silver trays may not quite fit the environment.
The best thing to remember is to know your audience and the venue and choose what's right for you — but don't let the level of formality stop you from ordering food everyone will love.
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Developing a Progressive Agenda for Reform of International Investment Law: Canadian perspectives
On June 13, 2018, IISD hosted an interactive expert meeting in Ottawa, Canada, to assess and articulate Canadian perspectives—including government, civil society and academia—on a progressive agenda on investment.
Participating experts discussed global developments in international investment negotiations and disputes, as well as challenges and opportunities facing the Government of Canada in developing a progressive agenda on investment.
The meeting provided an opportunity for government officials and other stakeholders to engage on investment law and policy issues, particularly in the context of the Government of Canada's upcoming consultation and potential revision of the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) model.
Throughout the meeting, several ideas were posited by different participants as proposed solutions to the various problems identified in investment treaties and investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms. This report presents some of the main points that emerged from the contributions of the various stakeholders.


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Ensco plc, an Orion Featured Employer and former Top 100 Military-Friendly Employer, was recently featured in an Occupation Profile in G.I. Jobs magazine, where author Dan Fazio experienced what life is like for veterans who work on their offshore rigs. In the article, Fazio not only gives detailed descriptions of two key positions on the rigs, but he also speaks with veterans onboard. The subtitle to Fazio's article describes his view of a veteran's career with Ensco in a nutshell: "Military veterans working on offshore rigs find high-paying jobs, great benefits and six months of R&R every year".
Fazio boards the ENSCO 8506, their newest ultra-deepwater semisubmersible oil rig, and finds that veterans are just the men and women for the particular lifestyle that is offshore drilling. He speaks with veterans onboard, Steven Matzen and Allen Vineyard. Matzen, an Army veteran and Electrical Technician with Ensco, explains, "It's almost like you're deployed for these mini-rotations. They have great benefits, just like the military does. The pay is very good. And with the economy the way it's going, I think the oil field is only going to get better. (Veterans) that are looking for a job, I think there are numerous opportunities to excel."
Hired in August 2012 as a Roustabout, Matzen was promoted to Electrical Technician in January 2013. He gives a description of what life was like as a Roustabout, including a mention of Seafood night (every Saturday where they make gumbo) and tells Fazio, "If you have ambition, you'll be able to make it in the oil field."
Vineyard, an Air Force veteran and Electrician, also gives a detailed description of his job. He describes Ensco's emphasis on safety when he explains, "Before we start any kind of job we sit down and we assess the risks and hazards. And you put into place plans to avoid any kind of risk or hazard so no one gets hurt." In fact, Ensco has established a safety performance record that consistently exceeds industry averages.
Both Matzen and Vineyard were promoted within six months of beginning their career with Ensco, which Fazio points out is a testament to how well veterans can do in this industry. "I think that this industry is a great opportunity to advance whatever field you're involved in. There's a big opportunity to learn more, since Ensco provides me with training and an opportunity to move up – to advance. It's been a good move for me," he tells Fazio. With a corporate culture geared toward hiring trained military technicians to support the operations and maintenance of their drilling units, Ensco understands that there is no better place to recruit from than the United States military.
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- OverDisk – Graphically display your hard drive partitions
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Concerned by foreclosures but keen to take advantage of sliding home prices, a growing number of prospective buyers in the United States are signing up for a different kind of class: home-buyer education.
"These people have seen what's happened around them, to their neighbors, their friends or their family," said Tim Bolding, executive director of United Housing, a nonprofit lender that offers such classes.
"They want to buy but don't want to end up like the people they see around them, so they're coming to us." Memphis, where United Housing is based, had the 13th highest rate of foreclosures among U.S. cities in 2007, with 22,654 filings, or 2.1 percent of homes in foreclosure, according to RealtyTrac.
And, in the first quarter of this year, the median sales price for an existing family home in the Memphis area was down 18.5 percent from a year earlier, at $110,800 compared with $135,900, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).
Attendance at United Housing's home buyer classes -- mainly for low income borrowers -- has jumped some 30 percent this year as a result, Bolding said.
"Most of the questions we get from prospective buyers are focused on how to avoid adjustable rate mortgages and other problem products they've heard about in the media," Bolding said. "Everyone wants to avoid a bad loan."
This is a far cry from the property boom, when fast-and-loose lending principles meant low-income borrowers could get loans instantly with little or no documentation -- and had little need for nonprofit lenders like United Housing.
"During the boom, our home loan business trailed off to nearly nothing," said Bob Boyle, head of Justine Petersen, a nonprofit lender based in St Louis.
Its home ownership program consists of building up a prospective home buyer's credit rating and financial acumen over six to 18 months before giving them a mortgage.
"When borrowers could get a loan instantly regardless of income or credit rating, why would they wait?" said Boyle.
Now the housing crisis has pushed home prices down -- median prices in the St Louis area were down nearly 10 percent in the first quarter, according to NAR data -- but credit standards have tightened, hopeful first-time buyers have returned to nonprofit lenders like Justine Petersen.
"There has never been a better time to be a first-time buyer," said Sheri Flanigan-Vazquez, Justine Petersen's chief operating officer. "If you can get access to credit, that is."
But while demand for home buyer education is spiking in some areas around the country, nonprofit groups say their resources are stretched so thin by providing foreclosure prevention counseling they have few resources left to help prospective homeowners.
"We're swamped right now," Bolding said.
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Prices of existing U.S. single-family homes have slumped over the past year in what many see as the worst U.S. housing market in a century.
According to the Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price index data for March, prices of previously owned single-family homes were down 14.4 percent year-on-year.
But that dip in prices has been accompanied by rising interest among renters in buying a first home.
"We're seeing an increase in consumer awareness of what home ownership involves," said Milton Sharp, a senior home ownership specialist at NeighborWorks an umbrella organization of 230 nonprofits nationwide, "and a desire from people to find out what their options are."
For people like Richard Rodgers, a steel cutter who lives in a southern Memphis suburb just a stone's throw from the Mississippi state line, low home prices represent an opportunity to buy a first home.
Rodgers, 39, has found a three-bedroom home for $74,000 he hopes to buy.
"It's time to buy a place for my wife and to make my kids happy," said the father of two in the living room of his rented home. "And it looks like a great time to do it."
But Rodgers' Realtor, Kizzy Neder of Lawrence Johnson Realtors, persuaded him to sign up for United Housing's home buyer classes before signing a contract.
"I tell my first-time buyers you have to know what you're getting into before it's too late," she said.
Rodgers said the class helped him appreciate buying a home in an entirely new light.
"The class taught me that this is a long-term investment, the biggest I'll ever make," he said, holding a framed certificate from the course. "And it's not just the house, I've to think about property taxes, bills and so much more."
Rodgers said he will probably still buy his dream home, but only after checking if he can afford all his bills.
Chris Krehmeyer, executive director of St Louis-based nonprofit lender Beyond Housing said that the spike in demand for home buyer education was welcome but long overdue.
"People need to be frightened when it comes to buying a home," he said. "It's not an investment to be taken lightly."
In some places, education may not be enough.
Kevin Stein, associate director of the California Reinvestment Coalition -- which represents 250 nonprofit groups and public agencies -- said there has been little interest in California in home buyer classes because of the scale of the housing crisis there.


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Miami Heat's Chris Bosh Gets Fast and Furious on Rosewood (VIDEO)
In tonight's episode of Rosewood, "Have-Nots & Hematomas," Rosewood (Morris Chestnut) backs a troubled genius accused of murder while a series of strange deaths distract him from the warm sands of South Beach. He finds himself going head-to-head with a new adversary, while also juggling a possible new romance and increasingly serious health issues. Meanwhile, his counterpart Detective Villa (Jaina Lee Ortz) discovers her lack of people skills becomes a problem during the course of a new case.
Before the episode airs, watch an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip that features Miami Heat player Chris Bosh (as himself) stepping off the court and into the fast lane, when he races against the clock to give Detective Villa a ride somewhere in time.
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Feast of the Seven Fishes Recipes for an Italian-Style Christmas Eve
Feast of the Seven Fishes is the Italian-American name for a multicourse seafood feast on Christmas Eve. This menu features a hearty seafood stew, garlic shrimp, salmon crudo and a bitter greens salad with blood oranges. End your meal with a round or two of amaro and tiramisù with a twist. Recipes by Domenica Marchetti.


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