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I've got shaky hands again, and I don't know why. I'm safely at home, the heating is on, the door is locked (and double locked) and my uniform is sealed in a plastic bin sack by the front door.
My hands weren't shaking earlier when I was at work, thank God. Although they should have been.
I can still smell the metallic tangy smell, my hands are washed clean but still feel sticky, and I've been searching for nail clippers since I've got home to get someone else's DNA out from under my nails. My shirt I won't wear again, I'm desperately short of them now but even if I bleach it I think it's ready for the great launderette in the sky. My strides are black so should hide the stains well - and I only have two pairs, getting hold of another takes weeks if not months.
I'm thinking about anything at the periphary of the incident - anything except what I actually dealt with. The LAS fast responder who turned up. Six hours earlier in the shift we had been at another scene, talking about his son, his car, he smiled: "you lads need some gloves?" We don't even bother making up an excuse now, their gloves are better than ours, we both know it.
At the more recent scene he wasn't smiling. No jokes about his son's college, no banter about swapping gloves for an asp. Instead I watched as he pushed a copper in the chest who got in his way, trying to keep someone alive whilst chaos happened round him.
I was working with him - I like to try and help out medical staff, it's less glamorous than some of the tasks on offer but it's still the number one role of police officers (saving life and limb). I saw that his gloves were working well, but the blood was spattered over his elbows. I knew then that it wasn't sweat I was feeling on my arms, but didn't want to look. The Gucci gloves only go so far.
Seeing the mess afterwards, gloves, tape, wires, assorted debris from the kit bags that were scattered all over.
The flash of blue strobe, a copper climbing in the Ambo for continuity, as I walk away I realise someone has put up police tape and a cordon is in place - why is it the tape is always upside down?
My hands didn't shake then, nor when I washed my arms off, or when I wrote my notes.
But now I'm on the prowl for diversion in the middle of the night, in my home, and they won't stop shaking. And there's no bloody booze in the house. Whatever happened to the promise of 24 hour drinking?
PS - I'll re read this post tomorrow at some point... if it's as badly written as I suspect it may be, I'll get rid of it and substitute it with some funny pictures
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- 20 October 2007 at 03:21
- Area Trace No Search said...
Gunner - I love it!
Wish I could have seen his face...
- 20 October 2007 at 03:40
The writing is okay: you have expressed yourself appropriately, don't change the post.
Lay off the grog, but if you must drink then stick to beer, and remember to exercise, otherwise you'll pile on weight.
- 20 October 2007 at 09:18
- Metcountymounty said...
Don't change it mate, no one sees you when you're sitting at home wanting to get totally shitfaced to forget what you've been dealing with, its good to show that we're not the heartless uncaring bastards that we get accused of every working day. It amazes me to think that people honestly believe you can't be affected when you have some elses guts and blood all over your arms and hair, we're all human after all. My wife knows that look and she has a nice routine now of blockbusters, chinese takeaway and a bottle or two.
Great post.
- 20 October 2007 at 10:18
- PCFrankyFact said...
Its good to let it out like that mate. Been there. Well done.
- 20 October 2007 at 14:10
- Emma said...
It's you and it is how you are feeling, don't change it keep showing your feelings it's better than bottling it up, I hope you feel better for sharing it..xx
- 20 October 2007 at 14:25
- RandomPinkness said...
Well, I'm not just jumping on t'bandwagon but leave it it's good, well more than good, you know what I mean. Although you're normally my go to guy for funny posts, seeing another side to you and the work you do is great too.
- 20 October 2007 at 16:29
Leave it on mate. As Met CM says you are human. I think we've all seen that recently. Get shitfaced if necessary. Take care
- 20 October 2007 at 16:38
don't change it "area", one of my former jobs was ambulace driver, back in the stone age, before there were trained e.m.t.s and all we could do was load them and go. the public needs to hear what its like for the folks who clean up the messes they make, and the emotional cost of cleaning up those messes.
- 20 October 2007 at 23:57
just an after thought "area", i think i'd like to have you on the job in my town, here in vermont. you'd have to carry a pistol but you'd seldom ever need it, and you'd get the respect a good cop deserves.
- 21 October 2007 at 00:38
- Mark said...
Leave it up and tie one on as necessary as long as you don't make it a habit.
Hang in there.
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- 21 October 2007 at 23:36
- Area Trace No Search said...
Thanks to everyone that replied - just so you know, I couldn't find a drink anywhere in my house, so went back to bed, the sensible option.
I will let the silliness continue in my next few posts.
Those that have blogs I will try and reply to personally, everyone else thanks for dropping in. Please come again, I've restocked the drinks cabinet.
Oh, and Gunner - I've said it before and I'll say it again, the more I learn about your past the more I think your antics in your various jobs are more than worth writing about.
- 21 October 2007 at 23:40
- Roses said...
Good to know you're stocked up again, nothing worse than a dry house in the middle of the night when you need a drink.
At least you know we're here too.
- 22 October 2007 at 19:49
- Girl*Next*Door said...
Definitely leave it. It's a different side to you & although I always smile when I read your posts sometimes you just need to get stuff off your chest xx
- 23 October 2007 at 02:50
- BelfastPeeler said...
I'll drink to that.
Oddly enough you've gazzumped me somewhat. When I post the next one I've got saved you'll see what I mean.
As soon as I read the title I got that sinking feeling...
- 23 October 2007 at 11:02
great post, like every one else says - This is the side of the job most people don't see.
hang in there mate
- 23 October 2007 at 13:33
- Noddy said...
Sometimes the longest nights are the ones when you get home late and the 'normal' folk are asleep and you have only pacing about to keep you company and sane.
- 24 October 2007 at 01:52
thanks for kind words "area" but i'm nothing special, you guys are the ones with stories to tell. i'm just an old duffer collecting his pension.
- 25 October 2007 at 07:00
- thoughts running through my head.... said...
must have been a bad one ATNS,in my line of things we usually get there after the damage is done,and picking up the bits doesnt bother me at all.What bothers me is the fact that it doesnt bother me if that makes sense?Is it normal to not care about picking up body parts?None of my friends could do it and they dont even realise what I have to do half the time,so I cant talk to them about it even if I needed to.
The worse I get is insomnia after a frantic night,but I guess thats just running through the nights events in your head,isnt it?
We always get told to pack up our uniform for destruction afterwards,but who can afford to lose uniform?I just wash it.
- 28 October 2007 at 17:10
- kingmagic said...
Nice post Area.
Good to know that we have the "Bobbies" on our side.
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Hello, I'm new to your blog, but I think this is a great post, and I hope you're all ok now. One of my closest friends, and regular characters on my blog is a traffic policeman, who talks to me about all this kind of stuff. It's not the same, but I think the least we can do as friends is listen to you offload.
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I'm glad you kept this. Its always after the shift when you get in, and your mind starts to play out the alternate endings to what's happened. We all go there sometimes. Don't worry.
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Plastic Storage Bins are a wonderful option when compared to cardboard. Most people tend to think that cardboard is less expensive, what they don't realize is that you will constantly have to be replacing these cardboard boxes. After a few months of heavy use, they start falling apart and now you've got to shell out more money for replacements. This is why we say that plastic bins are more economical. Just buy them once and don't worry about having to replace them.
Are you attempting to organize your parts warehouse? If so, don't waste time and money by using cardboard. Use plastic containers and get it right the first time! With our shelf bins, you are able to simply color code your warehouse. Fill one shelving rack with blue shelf bins and the other with yellow bins. By color coding your parts, you will not be wasting valuable time looking for what you need. Shelf bins can be used as stand alone bins or they can be used on a shelving unit. When these bins are empty, you can just place them inside of one another and save space. That's right, these bins are completely nestable.
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For a link to buy Making Friends With the Taliban or to join in the discussion about it, go here.
Making Friends With the Taliban is the story of one Christian missionary's work in Afghanistan.
Dan Terry built his work in this war-ravaged country through what I have been told by other missionaries to the Middle East is the only way to do it. He did it by building relationships.
This can be difficult for Westerners because our internal clock is set differently than that of people in other parts of the world. We are accustomed to running by the clock. We want meetings with focus and clear-cut agendas which we follow check, check, check down the list, then set a time for another meeting and adjourn.
This not only doesn't work in other parts of the world, it is highly offensive and rude. The successful missionaries I've known, the ones who actually accomplish things in other cultures, are either able to re-set their internal clocks to run on local time, or they are made that way to begin with.
I think usually it's the latter. From what I've seen, God calls special people for this work. They look the same as the rest of us, but they are not. To begin with, there's the question of fear. The missionaries I've known have been quiet, gentle people who wait on God rather than storming heaven. But they are also surprisingly nerveless in situations that would send me right over the top of the wall.
Getting lost doesn't faze them. Rocky boats on high seas don't ruffle them. Falling out of trees and getting bashed hundreds of miles from medical care is all in a day's work. I once had a missionary friend describe getting stabbed at a roadblock with the gentle comment, "we ran into some rascals."
They are also gifted with great hearts for the welfare and well being of other people that the rest of us might just want to run away from. Their ability to not even see the external trappings of people and look straight through to the person has never ceased to amaze me.
Dan Terry evidently had all these abilities in large quantities. He was one of those special people God calls for this special work of nurturing, raising up and equipping people who are trapped in centuries of living as the downtrodden and the forgotten.
A woman missionary friend of mine who had spent years in Egypt told me, "Everything in the Middle East is relational." Based on this book, it would appear to be the same in Afghanistan, only perhaps more so.
I've seen this same sort of thing with missionary friends of mine who were affiliated with other agencies and who worked in other parts of the world. Based on what I've seen with my friends, I think it may have been more than a misunderstanding between Dan Terry and his missions organization.
Professional jealousy of a type that might surprise the more idealistic was the primary motivator for troubles between my friends and their colleagues. They could, as Dan Terry could, work with and convert people who the rule-bound missionaries could not even really talk to.
In their field of Papua New Guinea they successfully converted hundreds of people to Christ while their co-workers stayed isolated with their books and their grudges. All this was intensified by the fact that they were the only Americans there, which evidently made them crude and rude in their colleagues' eyes.
God calls special people to do this work. There is a place for the academicians and bean counters in missions work. But a lot of times that place is not in the field. People being what they are, this can create hostility and jealousy.
Making Friends Among the Taliban is the story of the work of Dan Terry, a missionary who had "it." He had the ability to do the kind of relational work that any successful missionary must have. He was punished for this ability by this missions society and ultimately let go by them. That is their disgrace, not his.
This book does not have the clear narrative style of a page-turner, and it also doesn't have the heavily-footnoted scholarship of an academic study. But if you want to read an outline of the work of a man who knew how to do relational missionary work, I can't think of a better source.


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…China Leads the Way… Ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plants are 45% more efficient than typical subcritical power plants. Ultra-supercritical plants are now referred to as High Efficiency Low Emissions (HELE) power plants. China has focused on HELE plants to confront its Continue reading China Leads the Way


text: On September 14, the SEC announced that it had reached a $30 million settlement with two defendants who allegedly profited from trading based on information hacked from newswire services. The settlement stems from an SEC complaint filed in August against 34 defendants for their alleged involvement in an international scheme that generated over $100 million in illegal profits over a five-year period. According to the SEC charges, defendants hacked into newswire services and transmitted stolen data to a network of international traders. The SEC claims that the parties to the settlement made $25 million in illicit profits by buying and selling contracts-for-differences (CFDs) based on hacked press release information they received from other defendants. In the proposed settlement offer, which requires court approval, the two defendants neither admit nor deny the SEC's allegations, but agree to be enjoined from violating U.S. and SEC securities antifraud provisions, and to return $30 million in alleged illegal profits. The Chief of the SEC Enforcement Division's Complex Financial Instruments Unit stated that the discovery and prosecution of the scheme "should serve as a shot across the bow of any trader who thinks that CFDs traded outside the United States can be used to mask their unlawful conduct," and demonstrates the SEC's "ability to police this opaque market." The SEC's case against the remaining 32 defendants remains pending.


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As far as my reading goes, I'm declaring May Robert Reed Short Story Month.
Since last year, when Reed published his 180th short story (!!) in December, I've been itching to set some time aside and devote it to catching up on this amazing writer's short fiction.
The two main bibliographic sources (here and here) are helpful, but I'm curious--what are some reader favorites?
What is your pick for best Robert Reed short story (or novella or novelette)? If your were compiling a "Best of" collection, what would you include?
Please share your choices in the comments section!!


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Reviewed: 2007-05-29
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While pregnancy sites are in high-demand for niche-specific fetishists, it's very rare when I come across a site featuring pregnant chicks that are over a certain age, but MILFs Pregnant promises the beauty of mature women ready to give birth and yet still bursting with cravings for hardcore sex.
The members' area is really plain, and the choice of colours in the design doesn't really make me think of the glowing faces of expectant mothers. However, MILF enthusiasts will love the fact that with this membership come eight bonus sites and three of these are GrannyFuns, GrannyTitsMovies and PlumpestGrannies. Obviously, these sites feature way-over-the-hill and inching close to the golden age, but MILFs Pregnant is the only one of the bunch featuring slightly younger age. It makes sense, since most grandmas have already gone through menopause and have long surpassed their child-bearing years.
Currently, the site boasts 30 episodes. This isn't very many films, but considering the narrow nice, I'm simply happy that the producers continue to be able to find preggo MILFs and keep a weekly update schedule. Of course, one look at the thumbnails and I realise that I'm really going to have to suspend my disbelief to think that these chicks are second-time mothers or even over the age of thirty, which I'd consider a prime age for a MILF.
Pictures do come with each episode, and while there are around 130 of them in each set, they end up being 638x480 video captures. The size might be reasonable, but the resolution is grainy at best and too blurry to see at worst. I'm not even sure we should count these among the content, but alas, they do give us something to do while waiting on downloads. However, there's a lot of back-clicking, unless you enlarge a photo in a new window or tab.
There's only one movie format. However, you do get an option to download a complete 1028Kbps 640x480 .wmv or a series of six-minute clips. The movies are good-quality and certainly their corresponding screen caps don't do justice to the actual films. You'd think this hoes are going for a record when it comes to fucking, because some of them sure do like to get pounded. Of course, it could be that they're merely exercising and stretching their holes for the big birthing event. In any case, they all appear to love every inch of cock and I imagine the bigger the better for some of these horny babes.
Some of the scenes are shot outdoors and I really loved when they oiled up their full, child-carrying bellies. The oil glistens and glows emphasizing the beauty of these ladies. There are also more plain indoor scenes. I loved some of the movies, but wasn't fond of others and this is due to my personal preferences for good-looking mothers-to-be.
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I have an art gallery in the north of England, www.hornseys.com and represent Jonny Hannah up here. We are currently putting together a project based on the book cover art of James Bond. There are twenty titles in all, (including the short stories) with each title being done by a different artist. The exhibition is scheduled for Easter 2010 and will open in London and then go to four other galleries. It is being featured in the Spring issue of Illustration Magazine, who are also going to publish a small book about the project. Jonny refers to you as 'the legendary Peter Bailey' and I have seen your work before and would be delighted if you would consider taking part. We already have some fine artists and illustrators involved, but would like a good mix of established artists alongside these emerging artists. If you would like more information, please e-mail me on firstname.lastname@example.com
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A survey by industry body BVCA and PricewaterhouseCoopers found that the combined ten-year rate of return for private equity and venture capital was 13 per cent, compared to three per cent for pension fund assets and only 1.2 per cent for the FTSE.
Investors committed to private equity during past economic downturns and subsequent recovery periods have achieved superior returns in the past, according to the research.
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Woman, 98, aims to nix atomic spy case conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — A 98-year-old New Jersey woman is expected to return to a New York court to challenge her 1950 conviction in the run-up to the atomic spying trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Miriam Moskowitz asked a judge earlier this year to reconsider her conviction in light of new evidence that emerged in the last decade. The Washington Township, New Jersey, woman was sentenced to two years in prison after her conspiracy conviction.
The government says she conspired with two men to lie to a grand jury investigating allegations of atomic espionage.
Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein is set to hear arguments Thursday. He has urged a speedy resolution of the case.
The government has opposed Moskowitz's request, saying her conviction was supported by the evidence.


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I'm very conflicted about this. First of all, this anime (Japanese animation), like all animes I have seen, is not for children. Let me repeat that: it's definitely not for children (or kodomo as the perverted Japanese say). It's probably not even suitable for adults. It is one of the vilest programs to ever be broadcast anywhere at any time, so it might be dangerous just to bring attention to it.
Let me start again. The first time I wrote about anime, it was about a sick little show called Higurashi no Naku something something something. Whatever. A better name would be Higurashi no Watchi. It inspired the piece that parents everywhere have praised, Anime Encourages Murder. Due to an anime caused axe murder, an episode of the violent snuff show Higurashi no Watchi was delayed. But it was not the only murder inspiring anime that was postponed. So was the final episode of another title deceptively called "School Days." Slice of life school drama? No. It's a slice of flesh pervert fest topped off with buckets of blood. No joke.
Because the reaction to the original investigative report was so positive, I went undercover once again into the seamy world of illegal fansubs to learn more about this other anime. And at first I was fascinated, then disgusted and then shocked beyond belief. Finally I vomited, overwhelmed and disgusted by the craven debauchery and sheer violence. Then I prayed for guidance and cleansing of my soul. School Days is just about the sickest thing ever dreamed up. But I'm conflicted.
School Days does educate the viewer about what horrors pre-marital sex can and is likely cause, but at what price? It just might steal your soul, so I beg you not to watch it. I already did, for you, dear readers. And I'm not sure it was worth it, even for the sake of objective journalism. I may have nightmares for months. I may even need therapy for the rest of my life.
School Days starts out innocently enough. A young boy in high school finds himself attracted to a girl (Katsura) in his school. He secretly snaps a photo of the young lady with his cellphone camera because the misguided and G-dless people of Japan apparently believe that if you take a secret peepshow photo of someone and nobody discovers your crime for three weeks you can have your way with that person. Isn't that crazy?
The young man named Makoto would probably have gone no further with his sick fantasy but for the fact that a saucy young trollop, Saionji-san (or some other silly name) who sits next to him in class notices the picture and vows to help him take advantage of the innocent young waif. A young girl vows to help deflower one of her own. Disgusting.
She gives him some advice about how to get the young lady to put out for him, but ultimately finds herself unable hold back her own young simmering lust. She wants him too. And not just to hold his hand. Pretending to be a friend helping out, she exacts her reward for helping the young man and his target get together. She plants him a kiss right on the mouth, just like those dirty French people, with loud and lascivious squishy sounds and lots of saliva. Nothing is left to the imagination.
And it goes downhill from there. Is this an innocent love triangle that leads to marriage? No. It's a story of the tempting of a confused young man and his descent into the pits of hell. If you wish to actually watch this pornographic and sickening violent garbage without being spoiled as to the gruesome ending read no further. Not to ruin the ending for you or nothing but yeccch. It's really bad.
The confused and insecure young man is apparently a staple of Japanese anime these days. He's awkward and shy around girls. So is Makoto, but as the anime progresses, we find that his harlot friend is able to turn this young man (by raping him) into a disgusting little sociopath who is only interested in sowing his seed into all of the girls in his school. And he does. And the viewer is forced to watch it all as innocent girl after innocent girl is soiled by Makoto's perverted and unquenchable thirst for thrills. Even prayer does not make it stop. And to make matters worse, he has no feelings whatsoever for any of these girls that he uses and discards like used toilet paper. What an awful message to send to children! (NOTE: As shown below, the voyeuristic camera angles reward its jaded viewers with an endless parade of "panty shots." These are very popular in hedonistic Japan.)
His best whore friend, well the girl who pretends to be his best friend, becomes his love buddy, pretending to help him learn more about girls and how to have sex with them herself gets all lusty about Makoto and lets herself get impregnated by him. She then ignores the fact that he's doing all the other girls in school too. Fortunately she refuses to go to an abortuary to murder the baby growing in her womb, but that is of little solace considering the debauchery that permeates this program.
Although Sekai helps Makoto and the original object of his desire get together, she wants him for herself. Too bad for her, the object of Makoto's desire, Katsura, turns out to be as crazy as Shrillary Clinton. She starts out all coy and shy and then, for no reason at all gets all slutty and nasty. It really is disheartening to watch.
When Makoto, disgusted by the slut his former friend turned out to be decides he prefers the girl who's not knocked up after all, the former friend rewards this choice by stabbing him to death in graphic detail with gurgling and rolling of eyes. It's bloodlust animated in full for the thrills of its depraved audience. A catchy tune plays in the background, assuring viewers that murder is okay, cool even. The crazy object of Makoto's desire then discovers and collects the remains and calls out the whore to the roof of the school and very calmly hacks her to death.
In the end the original girlfriend, Katsura, then slices the whore girl, Sekai, open to find out that she was not pregnant after all and she takes Makoto's head on a soothing boat trip where she hugs the severed head and proclaims her love for it.
No lesson, no pathos, nothing but sex and violence after starting out looking like a typical school romance. It makes me ill.
Anime. It must be banned. It is sick and it is wrong.
Why am I conflicted about this cartoon? I am conflicted because at least this show demonstrates the folly of treating young ladies as sex objects before marriage. Once married, a man can treat a young woman however he likes. It is not only his right, but his obligation. School Days also shows what kind of women have sex before marriage. They're pathological nuts, craving illicit sex and wanton violence. But I think this show objectifies the crazy and stupid young women too much and attempts to make them attractive and desirable. Although they are crazy, they are shown as objects of desire. Desire that should rightfully be confined within the holy bonds of matrimony. Any extra curricular activity should be viewed as sick and wrong.
Don't watch this trash. And don't let your children. It will warp their minds and turn them into hentai seeking perverts. If your local school life is anything like that depicted in School Days, the case can be made for same-sex schools, or better yet, homeschooling. But fortunately America is nowhere near as twisted as Japan. That's a well-known fact.
Parents wishing to research this for themselves before this snuff cartoon is ultimately banned can find the series on the underground fansub site called Anime Suki. You might want to schedule a therapy session in advance.
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In August 2015, we reported that the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") issued a Proposed Rule that seeks to increase the salary level required before an employee can be considered exempt from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). The DOL received over 250,000 comments on the impact of the Proposed Rule from various stakeholders. Last week, the DOL indicated that the Final Rule will be issued in July 2016.
Under current regulations, an exempt employee must be paid at least a minimum salary of $455 per week / $23,660 per year. In contrast to the lower salary-level, the Proposed Rule seeks to raise the minimum salary level for an exempt employee from $455 per week / $23,660 per year to $970 per week / $50,440 per year. The Proposed Rule also provides a mechanism to automatically update this minimum salary level on an annual basis using either a fixed percentile of wages or the Consumer Price Index. Assuming the Proposed Rule is adopted as written, unless an employee earns $970 per week / $50,440 per year, employers must classify the employee as a non-exempt employee and pay him or her overtime pay for all hours worked in excess of forty in a given workweek.
With time to plan before the Final Rule is released in July 2016, all employers should (1) identify all positions classified as exempt on the organizational chart and be prepared to begin paying these employees overtime pay or adjust their salaries to meet the new salary level, (2) review all timekeeping procedures to ensure that formerly exempt employees now record their time on a daily basis, (3) review all off-the-clock time and travel time requirements for newly non-exempt employees, and (4) consider how to communicate these changes to employees who feel that they are "professionals" who have "earned" the designation "exempt employee" because of their education, training, or experience.


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I saw my Rheumatologist the other day, it went......ok. He was pleased that I did the things he wanted me to do:
- Get a therapist
- Get some Cymbalta
- Lose some weight
- Begin exercising
- Do less
- Prioritize
But, they did work! My pain is truly low. I have pain every day. It's mild, though. And the accomodations I have made in my life have worked well.I have other issues, but the main thing-EXCRUCIATING PAIN, somewhat diminished. Woohoo!
He was pleased, and did his exam. He congratulated me on the efforts I put forth, and booked me for 6 months out, after approving the work for blood draws. And, I have to go to the sleep clinic. ICK.
The biggest problem this week is that I am exhausted. So so so tired. But not sleepy. I know I am not sleeping well, I know I don't get into that deep sleep that gives you a restful feeling. But, it's worse now. I feel drained. Truly depleted, and that is not like
Grrr. And, if I have apnea, I would get one of those wonderful machines that hook to my head. So I can sleep better. I know, people do it all the time, but I HATE CHANGE. So it made me grumpy. And, he wouldn't do the blood work my acupuncturist wanted, so I gotta pay for that out of pocket. (Again, I DO know how lucky I am-I have coverage, and co-pays, instead of bill collectors and mounting debt.)
So even though each day sometimes brings something new to the table, I feel fairly fortunate. I have taken some amount of control over this whole thing, and I am doing well. We (my family) are in a good place, with lots of potential, and I get all this great time with my kids and husband. I am so very fortunate, and I recognize in this economy, that I am truly blessed to have what I have, and have things work out the way they have.
I have made SO MANY CHANGES in the past 5 months, I can't even begin to describe them all, and I think most of them have contributed to my feeling better. Some are easy, and each person needs to decide what they can and can't, will and won't do. Personally, I feel that a more holistic approach is critical for me. Before you do ANYTHING, talk to your team of doctors and decide what is right for you.But, my changes have, for the most part, worked for me. I feel better than I have in YEARS. YEARS!!! I dealt with another pain issue for 12 years (sciatica, and unrelated to current issues, so I know of which I speak.) But, except for the changes that I struggle with, I truly DO feel better. Just better in a different way.
I wish I could recommend what I have done to everyone-but I have a very unique situation. As the owner of a company, and a company full of wonderful people, I have the freedom (usually) to work very little. I was there 6 hours this week. It all went fine, and I am working on not worrying about what might happen if I am not there. Because the answer to that question is: the same shit that would happen if you were there.
So, I downsized my work. Because I could, but also, I just don't seem to have it in me. I still have the passion for what I do, just not the energy or inclination.
I gave up lots of food, mainly foods that seem to be pain triggers.
I exercise, to the best of my abilities. I feel better, and do have more energy when I exercise.
I slowed WAY down. I say no to just about everyone, and truly listen to my body over anyone else. And, it turns out my body has quite a loud voice, and that voice says, "Knock it the EFF OFF" to just about everything I contemplate taking on.
I have begun meditation. The connection between my mind and body is getting stronger, and I am more self-aware. I know, go sniff a daisy, save a baby seal. But, this has helped immensely as well.
Blogging-I have really embraced blogging, and have tried to help others. I know I am new to all this, but others are newer, and it helps me to help. I just have to listen to my body more, and do what I can at the moment, not all I can at the sacrifice of everything else.
The most important thing is relaxing. I have an amazing bed, but even my Sleep Number 7000 series Cal-King could not get me to do what my fibro has-lay around in bed, doing not much of anything. I know, many fibros CAN'T get out of bed. Or, maybe they are like me, and the don't wanna becomes the can't. Maybe my can't will get stronger. Then, I will have to deal with it. But for now, I think I am on to something. It is concerning a bit that I don't even WANT to get out of bed some days, but that is for the neurologist to puzzle out, not me.
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Bell Atlantic offers tracking service
By JULIE E. GREENE
Staff Writer
Bell Atlantic customers in Maryland and West Virginia might be able to track who calls them within their state by February using directory assistance, a spokeswoman said.
Customers could call armed only with a phone number and receive the information listed in the Bell Atlantic phone book for that person or business, said spokeswoman Sandra Arnette.
That information can include the name and address for the phone number, if it's listed in the phone book, Arnette said.


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The English pines, as blown by Russian winds,
It's said, once swam th'Atlantic Sea to plunge
Into the Caribbean seas and plunder;
For Hornigold who captured Concord mighty
Turned over peaceful Concord to his mate,
And Edward took the ship and made it strong,
With forty mighty cannons cased beneath,
And lighted fuses always burning bright
About his face, with shaggy barb'rous beard,
They called him Blackbeard, ever feared by all,
And whom he knocked aside and left astray,
Some noble Stede would carry then ashore
His flotsam jetsam rag-tag fragment prey
Would cower 'fore the great Queen Anne's Revenge.
Yet ne'er he laid a hand upon them, any,
But trusting to his raging, fearsome face,
He ne'er began the fighting, went to Charleston:
He ransomed ev'ry rag-bone safe and sound.
He ran the pines aground in Carolina
On Beaufort sandbar, waves resounding 'round.
He joined the seas again and broke the waters
Breaking the breakers, brushing off the rush
Of flowing sea, the salt encrusting ash
And pine and oak, and strength knew bindings none
Nor fetters: slaves within. And slave without
To only Blackbeard's will. Then Maynard came
Out from the fog: far off, through flaxen strands
His keen eyes sought the pirate king, the fisher
King who had reapt the oceans. Fight ensued
In clatt'ring battle, grim and grisly, blood
And grime. And death dealt blows of might. And shorn,
Shorn from the roots, by cutlass sliced and sheared,
Blackbeard like wool dark fell, descended fast
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Ukraine's Ambassador to Austria Oleksandr Scherba wrote on Twitter, Censor.NET reports.
According to him, Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz was campaigning to vote for the ratification of this agreement at the parliamentary session before the voting.
"Austria! We've got ratification!" he wrote later.
"The majority fractions voted for. The Freedom Party and Team Stronach against. Now, it's awaiting the signature of the Federal president," he concluded.
The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union was signed in March 2014. The Association Agreement must be ratified by all signatories - Ukraine and 28 EU member countries, as well as the governing bodies of the EU in order to come into force. The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament ratified the agreement on Sept. 26, 2014.


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Washington: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has gone from modelling sexy underwear to designing her own lingerie line.
The 25-year-old actress, who has starred in advertisements for both Victoria's Secret and Agent Provocateur, used her expertise to create her own range for UK retail giant Marks and Spencer.
The Rosie For Autograph collection will include silk lingerie sets, camisoles, French knickers and kimono-style robes.
"M and S is an iconic British brand, adored by many, so I'm very excited to be launching my debut lingerie line with them," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
"I thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with the design team to create my dream collection, and I'm looking forward to a fun and creative time ahead," she added.
The 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' star's range will hit store shelves in September.


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Long Overdue Trip
Feb 2, 2010
|For a variety of reasons, I did no travelling last year, except for a trip to UK in March for dad's 90th birthday. After ten years of annual "Round the World" trips, plus other shorter trips in between, that's serious withdrawal. I leave tomorrow for England, from where I go to Morocco, a little later in the month, for a two-week tour.
I'm excited about the trip but at the same time I'm very apprehensive about the new airline restrictions. The one carry-on bag rule makes it very difficult to carry camera equipment and my laptop plus I need cold weather clothes for England, all different kinds of weather clothes for Morocco plus a sleeping bag for the one night desert camp. I guess I'll work it out some way.
I am actually leaving cool, stormy weather in Freeport just now, but I know it's nothing like what will be waiting for me in UK
Just to add an extra complication to the planning I need to do so that everything ticks over properly while I'm away, I recently acquired a new puppy. I found Siyah in the bush, close to death, in the area where I walk Tansu and Chiller each day, and started to take food to her. When she found her way, about a week later, to the house, I took her to the Humane Society and told them that I couldn't take another dog and asked them to find her a good home. Five minutes after arriving home, the director phoned to say that she practically had a mutiny on her hands when the staff realised that a sickly, mangy puppy was about to be taken in and treated when 24 healthy older puppies were about to be put down because they had too many dogs at that time and no hope of finding homes for them.
The bottom line was, if I didn't agree to take her she would be put down that same day. What could I do? They treated her for me for two weeks and I brought her home about ten days ago. It is so heart-warming to see her running and playing like happy healthy puppies do and I stop to remember what she was like just one short month ago. As you can see, in the picture, she has hair (which she didn't have before} and she has filled out a lot. She was just skin and bone before.
So now I have my journal set up, I might make another entry while I'm travelling, but it will be kept to a minimum until Feb 14th when I leave for Morocco. As excited as I am about the long overdue visit with my family in England, I realise that it doesn't make gripping reading for you guys out there. However, I'm sure you will indulge me and let me show you a few current pics of my beautiful grandsons.


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Seventeen year-old Jackie Crawford is a freak; at least that's what she's always thought about herself. She's too strong, too fast and her senses are way too acute. Not knowing her real parents and passed around from family to family, she's never fit into the mundane world she's grown up in, making it impossible for her to put down real roots or form permanent friendships.
So waking up in the forest in the middle of the night covered in blood and having no memory of how she got there, pisses her off and makes her even more confused. Who is this guy who's kidnapped her and tells her that she's more than human and needs to be trained? And who's the hot guy in the room next door who she's supposed to train with? And why has Garrett, a compellingly seductive vampire, been her silent guardian for the last few years, saving her life when she was brutally attacked by thugs?
As the days pass and Jackie is confronted with the strange truth of who and what she is, she begins to put the pieces of her splintered life back together, to feel whole for the very first time. Becoming acquainted with a world spinning with a mysterious energy and populated by shapeshifters, vampires, werewolves, and even the powerful fae, Jackie learns to pull strength from the magic, her new friendships and even love.


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Shive is a legend to Star Citizen fans that follow the competitive racing scene of Arena Commander. He's currently #1 on the leaderboards for Old Vanderval and Rikkord Memoiral Highway, #2 on Defford Link and has remained undefeated on Old Vanderval for over 20 races.At one point the pilot dominated all 3 tracks. In addition to his own personal accolades he's helped mentor new and existing Star Citizens in Test Squadron and has helped the organization secure the #1 spot across all 3 racetracks.
Some might be surprised to learn that GOD_Shive, as he goes by these days (not his idea), hasn't ever really seen himself as a racer. Shive explains, "Sure as I kid I was all over games like Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, F-zero X, Star Wars Episode 1 Racer, Need For Speed Underground, but some of those are nearly 2 decades old now and I haven't played many since."
"Star Citizen gave that flashback to n64 Star Fox for me, as silly as it may sound – because that's all I had to compare it with. So I originally I wanted it to be the Star Fox of dogfighting. I don't think I had any other deeper thoughts, maybe I hoped the game would have been a little bit more "gamey" than it is now."
While Shive might not identify as a racer, he's always identified himself as a competitive gamer. "Star Citizen was sort of a personal quest to try a new type of game and to see if I could climb to the top in that. I don't think I ever touched a single-player game other than maybe Starcraft II's campaign. I've only been interested in competitive games. I was in a 200 man "gladiator only"-guild in WoW. Gladiator means you had to be in at least top 0.5%"
Ironically the competitive nature of that guild is what eventually led Shive to Test Squadron early in the organization's history.
"The guild's members were competing against each other for top spots and there was a lot of salt getting thrown around. There were so much drama. So, wanting to escape that bad experience when I searched for a different organization. I thought it would be funny to join an organization that was the polar opposite. I had a little 3 man organization before I joined Test, who back then was 290 or so members strong."
Shive was initially surprised with the amount of time he was spending in Arena Commander as well as shocked by his performance.
"I honestly had no idea that I would spend as much time playing as I did, and also never thought I'd sit as solidly among the top spots as I have. I think the average player was supposed to be 38 years old, it's people who really like sims, so it never struck me as a super competitive community. I suspect in the future when this game becomes even bigger on content, and there's an influx of new fresh blood that things will probably change."
And in that future you might find Shive putting his pilot skills to use elsewhere in the persistent universe of Star Citizen. "I tell people that I want to try everything. I'm actually excited to try something like smuggling, especially while the mechanic is new – I imagine it'll be quite the rush. I don't see myself grinding through mining or trade though, but I want to try it."
Fans shouldn't worry however that this legend is retiring from the sport that made him famous anytime soon.
"Right now I just want to explore the world they make, then later pick up racing again if it looks doable. As far as racing in the PU? Hmm, I really… don't know… It's something I'm excited for, or perhaps I'm rather anxious. I think I've died on a racetrack thousands of times that it's hard to imagine how it will be even possible without flying at grandma-speed – no offense to any grandmas out there reading!"
Shive looks back fondly on the friendly rivalries he's had in Star Citizen since first taking a top leaderboard position back on patch V1.0.1 Trials B."Eiyron was way ahead of me on the leaderboard, and taught me quite a bit back then, and I flew with him a lot. We traded ideas, tested line/routes together and turning techniques…ways to manipulate the g-force-mechanic and what not. Flew neck and neck with him through-out that patch. It brings up a lot of good memories Loved it."
Once he got first place on Old Vanderval he immediately looked for the next challenge, Rikkord Memorial and then Defford Link.
"Patches after that has always been with a little bit less heart, because you're trying to get a rank you've already been at before. That makes it a little bit scary whenever new blood comes in, because I know they'll be trying hard, and if I let up, I'll be overtaken. The rivals have had many names through the patches. Sleepy, Vance, Z_7, Sheauthyme. I think my all time biggest rival must have been Z_7. "
One of those rivalries helped to lay the foundation of what is now Team Rocket, the official racing team of Test Squadron.
"At first it was a thing I wanted to start with Eiyron. TTR, Team Test Racing. Myre joined in and we were 3. We had a logo and stuff, but it was just our own little thing. Then it became a mission to fill the leaderboards with test logos, and we actually had a patch with like 13 Test players in top 25. So it grew naturally like that. So when the divisions came online on the forums Seung made the group, transferred leadership of it to me, and here we are."
"It was made with multiple purposes in mind. Firstly it would be nice to have a place where racers could discuss. A well of racing knowledge if you will. I'd like Team Rocket to serve as a sub-community where you can find and get the help you need to grow yourself as a racer to whatever extent you want."
Shive himself has used the community to help improve his own performance and to adapt to the recent flight model changes.
"Naturally this change is very large and has impacted me a lot. I've had to relearn to fly, and in fact, I'm still doing just that. The difficulty has increased once more, no doubt about that. Blackouts are massive problem right now, and even though we can already take unrealistically high amounts of Gs, it's still really really rough"
Somehow Shive is able to balance being the best pilot in Arena Commander with working up the ranks of Star Marine and enjoying a handful of other games.
"I've played around with some Star Marine – love that thing. Made it to rank 12 I think? Maybe I briefly touched rank 11 one time. I'm no fps expert so am very proud of that!"
"As for other games I'm playing; it's a bit of everything. Overwatch, magic the gathering, Redout, Civilization VI, League of Legends and lately a game in beta called Paragon. Waiting for Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlords to come out, am really hyped for that. So yea, I'm all over the place genre-wise."
"I'm really hoping Nintendo's Switch console would bring out a new F-zero game as we haven't seen one for many years now! (big fan of that series). Pretty sure I'd play that incessantly if that came to reality. A new Super Mario, Zelda and an F-zero game, pooh-wow what greater joy could there be beyond that, other than Star Citizen?"
So who does a legend like Shive look up to? Interestingly enough Shive's hero isn't someone known from the Star Citizen community. GOD_Shive looks up to a little known Norwegian speedrunner on YouTube known as CGN.
"What I really like about him is that, even though you see him live on a stream in front of one-hundred thousand people, doing a marathon speedrun (where most people use some fairly safe strategies) he still goes 'balls to the wall' and goes with some risky plays."
Shive is a Test Squadron Staff Member, Test Squadron Discord Moderator, Test Gaming YouTuber and Leader of Team Rocket – Test Squadron's official racing team.
Shive was kind enough to compile a list of tips for Star Citizen players looking to get into racing :
- If you want to get into racing then, earn enough rec to rent an m50, or just buy it outright.
- Once you get in, lock your weapon so they're set to fixed, so that you have no dead-zone (if you're using mouse and keyboard like me)
- Take g-safe off…you'll faint constantly, but if you don't, then you wont be able to turn – you'll just drift out to the side all the time. Setup your keys so you can boost and afterburn at the same time, and fly with it on at all times.
- Learn the track. Old Vanderval only has 10 checkpoints including the start/finish line even a goldfish can handle that. You need to know where to go next as you pass through a ring without having to rely on the UI to tell you where the next ring is.
- I'd say that you should try to fly the tracks at 50% speed, and slow down to no less than minimum 30% throttle on the toughest of turns. Using pitch rather than yaw and get used to rolling your ship. Once you get comfortable, you can try stepping the speed up a bit on the longer stretches.
- If you want to be GOOD, you go full speed from one ring to the next, and then you slowly work your way down to a speed you can handle and take it from there. Once you're comfortable, work it upwards from there.
*With Shive's permission some content was edited for spelling or grammar. A full transcript of this interview is available on INN!


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Jenna told Liz that she had lied to Jack about her age. Liz burst out laughing when Jenna told her Jack thought she was 29.
Jack gave Liz a lecture on living large. He said that she had to start acting like a winner because he only surrounded himself with winners. To start her off, he gave her a number to a very expensive restaurant in New York. Liz decided to bring Dennis there as a date.
Liz was embarrassed when Jack saw her and Dennis on their date. Dennis kept making immature comments, further embarrassing Liz. The next day, Liz did her best to avoid Jack, but it didn't work. She defended her relationship to Jack, but he really didn't care.
Liz walked into Jenna's dressing room and was frightened with what she saw. Jenna tried to look younger by trying Botox, a chemical peel, and collagen. She thought it made her look ten years younger. Liz just thought she looked scary.
Tracy was tired of magazines calling him normal, so he did something far from it...he got a face tattoo! Between Jenna looking like a porn star burn victim and now Tracy's face tattoo; Liz had no idea what she was going to do with her show.
Josh had admitted his crush on Elizabeth Taylor and was surprised when he heard she had a present for him. Josh was shocked to see Elizabeth Taylor visit on the set. She was mad about his impersonation of her and beat him up for it! She beat him so badly, that Josh couldn't work on the show.
Liz was tired of telling Jack that she didn't need him for a mentor. Liz was tired of people making judgment on the decisions she made with her life. She later admitted to Jack that he was the most stable man she knew. She knew that to begin improvements with her life, she had to dump Dennis.
Liz discovered that Tracy really didn't get a face tattoo and that he had really had it drawn on his face with a pen. She couldn't believe the extremes he had gone through, just to prove he was not a normal celebrity.
Liz's train wreck of a show was saved when there was a huge black out and it had to be cancelled. She went home to break up with Dennis. She found him emotional over the hockey game he was watching and she ended up inviting him to live with her.


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Jaya slams Karuna for defence of Kanimozhi
"Karunanidhi has characteristically put forth a convoluted defence of his daughter..," she said in a statement responding to the DMK chief`s strong defence of Kanimozhi, chargesheeted in the 2G case.
Describing as "balderdash" Karunanidhi`s contention that he was defending Kanimozhi for the sake of the party`s image and that she was a party worker, Jayalalithaa wondered if he expected his party workers to believe this.
At Wednesday`s high-level meeting of DMK convened in the wake of Kanimozhi being chargesheeted, where the party decided to fight the issue legally, an emotional Karunanidhi had said he was defending her to save the party`s image.
According to the CBI charge sheet, Kanimozhi had allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy with prime accused former Union Telecom Minister A Raja and received illegal gratification through Kalaignar TV to which the money related to 2G scam was routed.
Jayalalithaa also said that Karunanidhi had denied the scam itself and sought to blame the developments relating to it as part of "an upper-caste conspiracy against his brand of Dravidian politics."
Karunanidhi "when cornered, (would) throw muck all round and send everyone scurrying for cover, while he seeks an escape route…," she alleged.
She said the 2G cases were filed by the CBI, not under a rival political dispensation seeking political vengeance, but on the instructions of Central government in which Karunanidhi?s DMK was an "endemic part."
Posing a set of questions on the contentious transfer of Rs 214 crore from DB Realty to Kalaignar TV, she asked why a reality firm from Mumbai should invest in a just-launched Chennai-based TV channel. She also sought to know why the TV channel "suddenly" decided to convert the amount into an "unsecured loan" as soon as CBI filed a case and began interrogating Raja.
It would be better if Karunanidhi, instead of "pushing the blame on to all and sundry, does some serious introspection," she said.
"As for the CBI, I insist that it has fallen short by naming only Kanimozhi in the charge sheet. The entire Karunanidhi family is involved. All have benefited. And all should be chargesheeted if the interests of justice are to be met," she demanded.


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Historically, real-time electroencephalograph (EEG) waveforms captured in clinical and research settings have been viewed using a monitor. Using sound to represent the underlying data is an intriguing idea with seemingly endless possibilities for the creation of music. The possibilities are not restricted to just the musical realm. Potential clinical applications include early warning systems for the onset of seizures in epilepsy patients, monitoring systems for surgeons in operation rooms, and positive feedback systems for comatose patients to name a few.
Problem Statement
In order to produce music from the brain, the EEG signal had to be captured, amplified, and filtered, before finally being processed into a stream of music. The issue was in building a low-cost unit to accomplish this task.
The input to the circuit consists of an active, reference, and ground electrodes. To obtain a detectable EEG signal, an amplifier was needed to boost the level of the signal. In addition, filters were needed to remove unwanted frequencies and prevent aliasing from occurring during signal processing. For this specific application, the EEG data frequencies of interest ranged from 2 Hz up to 60 Hz. A low pass, high pass, and notch filter were cascaded together to provide the necessary filtering. Two instrumentation amplifiers were used to achieve the necessary gain of 100 dB. After calculating the component values for the filters and the amplifiers, the circuit was simulated using AC analysis to verify its frequency response. Once the circuit was deemed correct, a prototype was constructed on a breadboard for testing. A function generator was used to sweep the frequencies of interest to confirm the simulation results. The output of this circuit was fed into an Arduino Due to be sampled. After performing several mappings, a real-time MIDI stream was generated to compose music.
A portable low cost device was successfully constructed, capable of amplifying an EEG signal and generating music. All of the design issues encountered along the development process were resolved with minor modifications. The low frequency signal drift issue was resolved by using passive RC high pass filters. This solution also resolved the insufficient gain issue in the first amplification stage. The final design produced unique and interesting music.
This initial prototype confirmed the feasibility of generating music from EEG waveforms using simple mapping techniques. The use of more advanced mapping techniques in conjunction with spectral analysis using Fast Fourier Transform could lead to the addition of multiple instruments and more precise musical response to EEG waveforms.


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January 2017 ARTtalk Local Newsletter – Featuring "Painting with Pastel"
Each month on ARTtalk.com you'll find informative information that deals with a variety of subjects such as artist/art history, current events and art world news, competitions and opportunities, and museum/gallery exhibitions.
Meditation and Movement at the Carnegie Museum, Sunday, January 29, 2017
Join Museum of Art for upcoming wellness programs designed to give your brain and your body a much-needed boost.
"Kitagawa Utamaro and the Lure of Japan" Wadsworth Atheneum Opening January 7, 2017
Utamaro and the Lure of Japan is a celebration of Japanese art at the Wadsworth Atheneum, and a rare opportunity to enjoy the museum's exceptional collection of paintings, prints, ceramics, and more.
A Little Art History: "Genre Painting"
Genre painting is the art of painting subjects (usually people) in the activities of everyday life. These paintings were most often done in a realistic style and by artists who are well recognized for their work.
"An Epic Series by Jacob Lawrence" Opens Sat., Jan. 21st Seattle Art Museum
For the first time in two decades, all 60 paintings of Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series will travel to the West Coast.
Artist Acrylic Color For Painting: Versatile and Popular
Acrylic paints offer so many positive attributes: fast drying time, water cleanup, huge color selections right from the tube, multiple surface preparations, brushes and other tools to work with, wild creativity, plus a modern history that includes space-age polymer elements. What more could you ask?
Carmen Herrera " Lines of Sight" Extended Through January 9, 2017
Focusing on the years 1948 to 1978, during which she developed and refined her hard-edge geometrical style, Lines of Sight is the first museum exhibition of her work in New York City in nearly two decades.
Winter Weekend at Storm King Art Center
January 28 & 29, 2017 – Explore Storm King in the brilliant winter landscape. Guests will be able to tour the grounds from 11am-3pm.


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Taking another step in Railway's commitment for providing better commuter service, the Railway Minister of State Shri Rajen Gohain flagged off a Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) train (No. 75730/75729) between Silghat Town & Guwahati this morning at a ceremonial function attended by the Minister for Water Resources etc, Govt of Assam, Shri Keshab Mahanta and senior railway officials including the General Manager Shri Chahatey Ram.
Later, furthering Railway's commitment for providing better amenities for passengers, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Railways, Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated a filtered drinking water facility for passengers at Silghat Town Station.
Flagging off the DEMU train, Shri Rajen Gohain said, the new service will greatly benefit the sub-urban commuters within a 200km radius by providing a faster, efficient daily link with the capital city of Guwahati. He said, Railways is planning for more rail connectivity from Central Assam to the rest of the country. Shri Gohain said that Silghat Town station was established in 1920 and is one of the oldest stations of N. F. Railway. As the station is going to complete 100 years in few years time, N. F. Railway has drawn up plans for upgradation of the station including construction of high-level platforms and construction of Pit Line and Sick Lines. These works will be taken up in the current year, he said.
The Minister of State for Railways, Shri Manoj Sinha in his speech emphasised the developmental efforts of the Railway Ministry towards the northeast and said that the investments in railway infrastructural works in the region had increased considerably during the last two years. He said, every year the railways also spend a considerable amount on providing better passenger amenities.
It may be mentioned that N. F. Railway has approximately Rs. 22 core on new drinking water facilities in the last two years. Filtered drinking water through vending machines will be made available at 10 more stations during this year.
Following the flagging off of the Silghat Town - Guwahati DEMU service, two other DEMU services are also being introduced. They are – (i) 75723 / 75724 Guwahati – New Bongaigaon DEMUvia Goalpara Town in place of 55806/55806 Guwahati – New Bongaigaon Passenger & (ii) 75727/75728 Guwahati – Haibargaon DEMU in place of 55815/55816 Guwahati – Haibargaon Passenger train. The new DEMU trains have more seating capacity and the timings of the new DEMU trains are also chalked out in a way to make them convenient for people intending to come to Guwahati in the morning for various work and return by evening.