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Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow is not seasonal but we have had a flurry of referrals of such cases recently from insurers requesting specialist physiotherapy review.
You don't need to play tennis to get tennis elbow, it can be caused by trauma or any repetitive activity and is the most common chronic musculoskeletal pain condition affecting the elbow. It is also known as lateral epicondylitis 'lateral' meaning on the outside and 'epicondylitis' meaning inflammation of the epicondyle or little bump of bone where the muscle attaches. However, research has shown that it is not an inflammatory condition, instead there is evidence of degeneration where the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle attaches to the bone. It's not quiet as simple as that though. Many other structures including joints, ligaments, and nerves, as well as the neck, may contribute to lateral elbow pain. In light of this complexity, the term 'lateral epicondylalgia' (suffix 'algia' means pain) is gaining increasing acceptance since it encompass all causes of pain in this area.
Tennis elbow most commonly affects the dominant arm, and although tennis players may experience this condition, most cases are either associated with work-related activities or have no obvious precipitating event. Up to 17% of workers in industries that involve highly repetitive hand tasks experience tennis elbow. Data from WorkCover WA indicates that upper limb injuries accounted for 37% of all work-related claims in 2014/15.
Typical signs and symptoms include pain and tenderness over the lateral epicondyle, aggravated by gripping and wrist extension. As there are a number of possible factors involved a thorough clinical assessment is essential if appropriate treatment and therefore optimal outcomes are to be achieved.
Ultrasound and MRI are useful in ruling out tennis elbow as a diagnosis, however, imaging is not particularly good at detecting the condition when it is present. In fact, structural changes on imaging are present in approximately 50% of healthy people who have no elbow pain at all.
Physiotherapists usually adopt a multimodal approach to managing patients with tennis elbow. Treatment may include strengthening and stretching exercises; manual therapy; bracing and taping; and there is reasonable evidence to show that these measures do help.
Cortisone injections have been shown to give faster relief of symptoms but a higher chance of recurrence and longer term damage when compared to physiotherapy treatment which addresses any underlying causes and results in much lower recurrence rates.
Other new approaches such as platelet rich plasma injections and extracorporeal shockwave therapy have been shown to be of some benefit but are no better than any other treatment.
Tennis elbow is often considered to be a self-limiting condition which resolves over 12 to 18 months. However, recent studies have shown that over 50% of patients have not recovered in 12 months and 20% reported ongoing pain after 3 to 5 years.
The need to measure and demonstrate the effectiveness of treatment over and above the natural course of the condition has been mentioned in previous blogs. The Patient Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation is a condition-specific questionnaire which is very helpful in capturing aspects of pain and function that are specific to tennis elbow. It is useful not only in evaluating the effectiveness of treatment but also to assist prognosis, since there is evidence to show that higher pain and disability scores relate to a delayed recovery.
Unfortunately, the injured workers in the cases that we recently reviewed had undergone protracted treatment of largely unproven benefit. All cases presented with complex clinical features including associated neck problems and nerve sensitisation in addition to local elbow signs and symptoms. For the physiotherapists concerned, it was an opportunity to gain useful feedback on how they might improve their clinical management of this sometimes difficult condition and for the injured worker our recommendations will hopefully put them on track to achieve an optimal outcome.
- Bisset LM, Vicenzino B (2015) Physiotherapy management of lateral epicondylalgia. Journal of Physiotherapy 61: 174–181
- Safe Work Australia (2015) Key work Health and Safety Statistics, Australia, viewed at http://www.safeworkaustralia. gov.au/sites/swa/about/publications/pages/key-whs-stats-2015
- Sims SEJ et al (2014) Non-surgical treatment of lateral epicondylitis: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials 9: 419-446
- Waugh EJ (2005) Lateral epicondylalgia or epicondylitis: what's in a name? Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy 35: 200-202
- WorkCover WA (2016) Annual Statistical Report, viewed at http://www.workcover.wa.gov.au/content/uploads/2014/09/Annual-Statistical-Report-201112-to-201415-published-July-2016.pdf

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Rosalee Farmer Olson, age 90, left this earthly life on Friday, April 13, 2018, at Sunset Nursing Home, Concordia. She was born in Solomon Rapids, KS to Earl D. & Lucretia L. (Barklow) Senters. Rosalee married Buddy L. Farmer on Oct. 6, 1946, in Belleville, KS and he preceded her in death on July 23, 1989. During their marriage, she graduated from Jamestown High School in 1964. She operated her own business and was a long time custom cake decorator in the area. After Buddy passed away, she later married Harvey Olson on April 18, 1992, and he preceded her on Feb. 18, 2016. She was a member of the 1st UMC, the United Methodist Women, Mostly Moms, E.H.U., Red Hat Society and played cards for the Chamber Marathon. She and Harvey volunteered at the Cloud County Museum and were members of the Heartland Auto Club & Salina Antique Car Club.
Survivors include her son, Mike Farmer (Mary), Salina; daughter, Jana Strecker (Joe), Concordia; step-daughters, Dorothy (Dot) Anderson (Lyle), Courtland, Kimberly Webster, Keller, TX & Nancy Ebanks, Houston, TX; step-son, Richard Olson (Linda), Kechi; 14 grandchildren & 7 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Buddy L. Farmer & Harvey Olson; brother, Harold Senters & sister, Betty Lou Olds.
Funeral services will be 10:00 am, Wed., April 18, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church, Concordia with Pastor Melanie Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Concordia. Visitation will be 12-8 pm with family greeting friends from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, Tues., April 17, 2018, all at Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home. The family suggests memorials to the church, Meadowlark Hospice or the Cloud County Museum in care of the funeral home. For online condolences, please visit www.chaputbuoy.com.
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SEO Book and Consumer Search Insights has uncovered some pretty astounding facts about the basic consumer's knowledge of the digital marketing world.
Surprisingly, less than 50% of people recently surveyed even know what Pay-Per-Click is. Subsequently, the list of familiarity trickles down from there.
AdWords: 32.7%
Link Building: 15.9%
Ad Retargeting: 14.9%
As marketers, these numbers really put things into perspective.
How much of the "world" are we reaching with our marketing service offerings?
Are we only able to penetrate and engage with those that already have a foundation of knowledge in the space?
Wouldn't this mean that Internet Marketing in general is only going to expand as a desired service offering in the future?
When will the growth rates stabilize?
To prove this survey's accuracy, consider asking these questions to those that surround you. Chances are that these numbers are pretty accurate. Perhaps enlightening these individuals on the above will help you reach a new audience that has yet to take advantage of web marketing.


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This is week 6 of our discussion on building a better business blog. So far, I've covered the dangers of forgetting who your blog is serving, of hiding its existence, of failing to make it relevant or useful, and now I'm going to explain to you the messages you send when you are inconsistent in your blog posting. Read more
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Why Are You Hiding Your Blog?
You write a blog but you bury the link to it in tiny print on the footer of your homepage, and you never mention it to your customers or prospects. Or you put it on the last page of your website, in tiny print, almost as if you are apologizing for its existence. Hiding your blog is like taking the work you've done to create it and throwing it in the garbage. Read more
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You've done the work to put together an email list. You write a great newsletter and you send it out to them. Most of them don't open it. Those that do, don't respond to it. The time and effort you put into collecting leads bears no fruit, and you don't know why. Here is what you are doing wrong:
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Eight Cessnock City students receive Mayoral Academic Scholarships
Eight students from the Cessnock local government area have each received a $2500 financial boost to help them fund their academic pursuits over the next 12 months.
The recipients of Cessnock City Council's annual Mayoral Academic Scholarships were announced at Cessnock Performing Arts Centre on Tuesday night.
This year marks the 17th year of the scholarships, and each of the winners was beaming with pride.
The winners (pictured above, with Cessnock mayor Bob Pynsent) were:
- Wendy Kirby – TAFE Scholarship (sponsored by Solo Resource Recovery)
- Marnie Bullen – Local Government Scholarship (sponsored by Kurri Kurri Retired Mineworkers Association)
- Christie-Lee Orchard – John Knipe Memorial Hospitality and Tourism Scholarship (sponsored by Cessnock Leagues Club)
- Ashley Fry – Post-HSC Scholarship (sponsored by Hunter Resource Recovery)
- Brandon Bendeich – Mining Scholarship (sponsored by Cessnock Retired Mineworkers Association)
- Caitlin Hayter – Undergraduate Scholarship (sponsored by Hunter Resource Recovery)
- Jessica Bonnici – Mining/Technical Engineering Scholarship (sponsored by Austar Coal Mine)
- Samuel Weekes – Building and Associated Trades Scholarship, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Cessnock
Competition was tough this year as Cessnock City Council received many applications from local TAFE and university students who were hoping for extra support for their studies.
Cessnock mayor Bob Pynsent said it was a fantastic evening and he was proud to see this wonderful initiative grow each and every year.
"Since the inception of our Mayoral Academic Scholarships in 2002, we have helped 210 students and thanks to our sponsors we've given an incredible $525,000 to our promising young people," he said.
"We believe the scholarships not only help students financially to achieve their academic goals but provide them with important recognition they are on the right track."
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I did a book review in July of one of Nik's books "Your life without limits" and so I was so excited to hear that he was coming to Serbia and Croatia. I didn't have a chance to hear to any of his speeches live, but my colleague Sinisa went to Novi Sad last night and my colleagues David and Irena will hear him tonight in Zagreb. Our friends in Belgrade and Novi Sad were doing the organising for his trip and so it has been fun watching them on TV and in the news and all kudos to them for their great work. Ljilja and I did watch a lecture he gave at the Law Faculty on Friday which was live on TV and streamed on the internet when it was live - amazing stuff (some of it he actually does in Serbian, which he knows a little of from his parents and grandparents).
He is also bringing out a new book in October, so if you have a chance buy a copy! Here is a little bit more about it: "Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith in Action:"


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Lay your deadly "doing" down—Down at Jesus' feet;Stand in Him, in Him alone,Gloriously complete.
I first heard this quote years ago in a Tim Keller sermon (can't remember which one), and found the message to be liberating. So I was curious to know more of the lyrics and a bit more about the hymn. Turns out the hymn is titled "It is Finished," and was written by James Proctor in 1864.
The tune was popularized by Ira D. Sankey, the musical complement to evangelist D.L. Moody. If my sight-reading skills are still any good, the tune isn't much to speak of. But neither are many hymns of that era (IMO). At any rate, the lyrics more than make up for its musical shortcomings.
Nothing, either great or small—
Nothing, sinner, no;
Jesus died and paid it all,
Long, long ago.
"It is finished!" yes, indeed,
Finished, ev'ry jot;
Sinner, this is all you need,
Tell me, is it not?
When He, from His lofty throne,
Stooped to do and die,
Ev'rything was fully done;
Hearken to His cry!
Weary, working, burdened one,
Wherefore toil you so?
Cease your doing; all was done
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Till to Jesus' work you cling
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"Doing" is a deadly thing—
"Doing" ends in death.
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2018 Mission Cafe
In spite of the inclement weather, fifty people gathered for the Third Annual PBA Passion for Mission Café Experience on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the First African Baptist Church in Sharon Hill, PA, where the Rev. Dr. Richard Dent is pastor.
The theme this year was "Jesus and the Millennials". Participants were inspired and challenged by the presenter of the day, Dr. John Gray, pastor of the Goodwill Tabernacle Baptist Church and educator with vast experience in reaching millennials for Christ. Dr. Gray assisted the participants in understanding the millennial generation, and asked what the church's responsibility to the next generation is. Attendees were challenged to hold within their own churches an engagement session with millennials asking and discussing how millennials can be involved in the church and what will be the involvement level be.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 5th at the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Spring House, PA for the PBA annual meeting when the conversation will continue.


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by Antonio C. Antonio
October 30, 2014
I had a vehicular accident yesterday along Sucat Road in Parañaque City. Traffic was rather heavy in the Manila Memorial Park area at around 2:30 PM as people were busy preparing for the All Saints Day celebration on Saturday. In a bumper-to-bumper situation, nothing made more sense than patiently waiting to move forward when a black Kia Carnival suddenly bumped me from behind. The hit was strong enough to whiplash my head on the headrest; and I heard my nape pop. I felt pain in my nape area as I got a little disoriented. I struggled to sit up straight, rested my head on the headrest, closed my eyes and prayed that it's nothing serious.
I could not remember how much time lapsed but the next thing I remember was the incessant knocking on the driver side window of a man in a black t-shirt. Gathering my wits, I rolled down the window. He asked: "Okay lang po kayo sir?" (Are you okay sir?) I replied: "Medyo nahihilo lang pero ookay din ako." (I'm a bit dizzy but I'll be fine.) After I few more minutes I unbuckled and got out of the car to join the man who obviously was the driver. He seemed relieved to report that both cars had insignificant damage. Judging from the jar I took, I could not believe it but he was right… all that was there was a little scratch and a little dent that could go unnoticed.
The man apologized for the accident; I accepted the apology and returned to my car. I didn't feel well enough to drive so I decided to pull over to the nearby gasoline station to rest some more. While I was there, I again got a knock on the window… it was him again. The man said he decided to follow me since he suspected I might need help. I handed him a PhP 100 bill and asked him to get me a can of soda from the convenient store in the gas station. In no time he was back with a can of Coke. While I was opening the can, I noticed that a 9 or 10-year old boy alighted from the Kia Carnival, went straight to the man and, in a rather belligerent tone, said: "Hindi pa ba tayo aalis? Gutom na ako." (Aren't we leaving? I'm hungry.) Before the man could even answer, the boy turned around and went back to their car. The man, in a visibly sad tone, narrated that the kid was the reason why the accident happened. The boy was very upset because of the traffic and was blaming the driver for picking him up late from school. The man intimated that the boy is a spoiled brat and when he tried explaining the situation to the boy, the young rascal became more upset and started hitting his driver with a notebook. In the man's effort to parry the blows, his foot slipped from the clutch pedal causing their car to jump forward and bump into mine. I suggested that he acceded to the boy's wish and go… before he got into more trouble.
Feeling better after about fifteen minutes, I drove home slowly. A picture of that man with that boy ran vivid in my mind. I began to wonder what sort of condition could influence that boy not to appreciate the luxury of having a driver bring him to school and fetch him after. From this incident, I was also reminded of a picture of a broken footbridge in a remote area where school children have to dangerously cross twice a day just to attend school. (Please see image which was posted Dean Inocencio E. Buot, Jr. of UPOU sometime ago.) This is a study in contrast I simply needed to understand. But as I write this article, I still don't know the answers. All I know is, sometimes, people can't appreciate certain luxuries in life without experiencing the absence of these luxuries.
Just my little thoughts…
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Introduces undergraduates to public health issues, such as health disparities, emerging infectious diseases, chronic diseases, access to health care and modes of health care delivery, the geography of health, and the effects of behaviors, health care, nutrition, society, genetics, and the environment on health and disease.
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A Wrinkle In Time is shaping up to be one of Disney's most unique upcoming projects, from its stunning visuals to its diverse cast. The latest trailer gives us an even better look at what may be Disney's most exciting non-Marvel or Star Wars release of 2018. Watch it now!
Based on the novel of the same name by Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle In Time follows Meg Murray (Storm Reid), as she sets out on a quest to find her missing scientist father (Chris Pine), accompanied by her younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) and schoolmate Calvin (Levi Miller). Aided by the celestial beings Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling), Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), and Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), the three children must deal with fifth-dimensional beings and wormholes, until they finally discover a seemingly Utopian planet controlled by an unseen force.
Aside from being the rare Disney release that isn't a sequel, Marvel film, Star Wars film, live-action remake of a classic, or Pixar movie, A Wrinkle in Time is also unique in that it is only the third live-action movie with a budget above $100 million to be helmed by a woman, the other two films being Kathryn Bigelow's K-19: The Widowmaker and Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman. Director Ava DuVernay, who was nominated for both a Golden Globe and Academy Award for Selma, is also the first woman of color to direct a film with a budget this size.
A Wrinkle In Time hits the big screen on March 9, 2018.
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Tongan dancers celebrate the handover of the FINPAC project on Mo'unga'one Island with a traditional performance. Photo Credit: Catherine Harris/IFRC
A new noticeboard showing the tsunami evacuation plan for Tonga's remote Mo'unga'one Island. Photo Credit: Catherine Harris/IFRC
A three-year project to reduce Pacific nations' vulnerability to the effects of climate change has just wrapped up after being successfully implemented in eight Pacific countries.
The FINPAC project was funded by the Government of Finland and coordinated through the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
Starting in March 2014, the project helped small island communities to better understand local weather and climate information, and to build resilience towards changing weather patterns. It was implemented in one community in each of eight countries - the Cook Islands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
In Tonga, remote Mo'unga'one island was chosen for the project. The island community of 104 people was badly affected by Tropical Cyclone Ian in January, 2014. The project helped villagers set up a disaster committee, provided first aid and emergency response training, installed VHS radios, a risk map signboard and a siren and also created an evacuation route.
One of Mo'unga'one's disaster committee members said relaying disaster messages was now easier because the community and disaster committee now had the same understanding of preparedness and a better understanding of roles and responsibilities.
"We are so encouraged by the FINPAC project which enables us to fulfil our duty to the community and the people of Mo'unga'one," he said.
In Tuvalu the project helped the people of Teone community increase their knowledge of hazards and climate risks in their community and what they can do in order to minimise their vulnerability.
"The project has also strengthened the working relationship that Tuvalu Red Cross has with the Tuvalu Disaster Relief Unit (NDMO) and Tuvalu Met Services," said Tuvalu Red Cross Society's Climate Change & Disaster Management Officer Tusi Finikaso.
In the Cook Islands, tsunami signs were installed, and the evacuation plan was tested with two simulation exercises. Two cyclone evacuation centres were also upgraded and a community disaster committee is now in place.
The FINPAC project also partnered National Meteorological Services (NMS) with the Red Cross National Societies and facilitated National Disaster Management Offices (NDMOs) to work with communities and villages to develop early warning systems.
Noel Sanau of the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service said the most significant change was Met Service visibility in the community which helped increase the community's understanding of weather information.
IFRC's disaster risk reduction manager Lesu Waqaniburotu said the project was a great success and it was gratifying to see the real differences it made to many people's lives.
"This project will save lives in the future. All eight communities installed early warning systems, it's a practical step they took which was a cheap effective way to make sure everyone is warned when a disaster is imminent," he said.
La Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge constitue, avec ses 190 Sociétés nationales membres, le plus vaste réseau humanitaire du monde. En tant que membres du Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge, nous sommes guidés dans notre travail par sept Principes fondamentaux: humanité, impartialité, neutralité, indépendance, volontariat, unité et universalité.


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The Outlaw
August 6, 2008
"Hate to see you commit suicide," Weekly Umbrage Publisher James W. Peabody declared, firing up another coffin nail. The cancer ravaging his lungs had turned his complexion ashen, but hadn't yet cured him of the habit. He was referring to my ongoing news reports about the criminal exploits of the Fireball Catlett Gang. "Those boys don't mess around," he added, his head wreathed by smoke. "Dynamite is their weapon of choice."
But what choice did I have? The Umbrage was practically down for the count. I had been brought on board by the Palmetto Newspaper chain to try to turn things around. But the signs were not favorable. For one thing, Lilesville was unusual for its size in that it was a two newspaper town.
When a local lawyer won a big court case, he wanted the story in the Lilesville Record, because, as its masthead declared, "Twice Every Week Everybody Reads The Record." If, on the other hand, he had a legal notice that he'd just as soon nobody saw, but was required by law to publish, he cheerfully walked the extra three blocks and buried it in the Weekly Umbrage.
It got back to us that our biggest advertisers were delinquent in paying their accounts because they were betting we'd fold and save them the trouble. So we gradually increased our press run over in Monroe to 5,000 copies—just in case anybody asked. Then, on the strength of "booming" circulation, we sent out rate increase notices with the following appeal: Man is dust. Dust settles. Be a man.
Some were and did. Even so, the minute the postman delivered the insurance bill, James Peabody dashed across the street to the agency with a check. And each week, after the two of us had pitched 3,500 surplus copies of the Umbrage into the basement under the cover of darkness, James bowed his head in silent prayer.
"What are you praying for?" I asked him.
"Spontaneous combustion."
* * *
Russell D. "Crusty Rusty" Harrington, owner of the local seed and feed, was foremost among those who declined our invitation to pay up. To hear James tell it, Harrington was notoriously tightfisted, a condition that had only worsened with age. "Crusty Rusty owes everybody in town."
"Well, he doesn't know me from Adam," I pointed out. "Maybe I can ambush him."
There was nothing to lose by trying. I walked into the store, bold as brass, asked for the owner, and introduced myself. He lived up to his name. A big bald rascal with a neck like a bull and biceps to match, Crusty Rusty was wearing a red Polo shirt, blue jeans, and work boots. You could look at him and tell he was the sort of fellow who had exactly two emotions: happy and mad.
"I'm mighty glad to see you," he said, beaming. "Been meaning to pay my advertising bill. Let's step into the office."
Once there, he fumbled around a cluttered desk until he found a coffee-stained ledger checkbook. "Let's see now," he said. He picked up a pen, wrote a check, tore it out, and handed it to me. "Is that the correct figure?" It was for $2,500—the full amount owed.
"A pleasure doing business with you," I said, shaking his hand. As I walked out the door, it was obvious to me that Crusty Rusty Harrington was one of the most badly misunderstood individuals in the community.
But when James Peabody clapped eyes on the check, he didn't bother to congratulate me. Instead, he grabbed the telephone and dialed like a demon.
"Janice Thomas, please," he said into it. She was his cousin at the bank. "Janice. Crusty Rusty just cut me a check for $2,500. I know he'll call to stop payment on it. He has already?" James rolled his eyes at me. "Listen, he's been owing me this money for a year. If I run over there now, will you send it on through? Bless you, darlin'."
And that's how Crusty Rusty inadvertently paid his Umbrage advertising bill.
* * *
It taught me that minor victories can be sweet, even when faced with the creeping inevitability of ruination.
Then there came that bleak sunless morning when we realized we'd be unable to meet the weekly payroll. We sat in James's office staring at each other, pondering our next move. The publisher seemed to be shrinking before my eyes day by day. He had lost a lot of weight. His pinstripe suit was on the verge of swallowing him whole. And there he sat, puffing away on a cigarette.
"Don't suppose anybody in your family owns a gold mine," I ventured glumly. Funny how a chance remark like that can spark a bright idea.
"No," James said, slowly rising from his chair. "But we're sitting on top of a silver mine."
His eyes wide with wonder, he had the look of a man who had finally glimpsed the Promised Land after wandering aimlessly in the desert for years. His meaning suddenly dawned on me. "The negatives in the basement," I said, rising up from my chair.
In recent months, for some mysterious reason, the price of silver had gone through the roof and beyond, to the point that an ordinary silver dime was fetching $10 and a silver dollar was worth $25.
Meanwhile, down in the basement, we had nearly 10 years' worth of newspaper page negatives that heretofore had been considered useless. But as luck would have it, this was the only time in history when the value of the silver on those negatives would more than offset the cost of recovering it. We sold every last one of them. It gave us 10 weeks' operating capital.
Two months later, silver took a nosedive when it was revealed that Texans Nelson Bunker Hunt and his brother William had driven up the price by trying to corner the global market. They had been quietly buying up as much silver as they could for years. The feds swarmed all over them. Overnight, a silver dime was reduced to face value. But not before we had cashed in.
"All I can say is God bless the Hunt brothers," I remarked.
"Should we send them a ham?" That was James. Ever thoughtful.
* * *
These stopgap measures brought only temporary relief. What we really needed was a healthy boost in circulation. In a world full of Faustian bargains, Alvin Christian "Fireball" Catlett, age 24, was the best deal I could get. His news value was enhanced by the fact that our competitor, the Lilesville Record, had never given his exploits the coverage they deserved.
Fireball's criminal enterprise was a marvel of corporate diversity. His gang dealt in stolen property, primarily burgled from houses around Lake Norman. They ran numbers, dabbled in extortion, and trafficked in illicit substances. And whenever they had cash flow problems, they donned colorful skiing attire and robbed the bank in Jasper.
For three consecutive quarters, Catlett, Inc. had such severe cash flow problems that robbing the bank in Jasper became a habit. Then one day, as they were leveraging capital, so to speak, a sharp-thinking teller slipped an exploding dye-packet in with the loot. It went off in the trunk of their Mercedes, staining every bill with telltale traces of felonious scarlet. But for reasons unknown even to him, Avalon County Sheriff Augustus P. "Gus" Pendergrass failed to issue a public alert for two full business days.
In the meantime, when Betsy D. Trueblood, a veteran cashier at the A&P, was handed a $100 bill in payment for a case of beer, she remarked aloud that Dr. Franklin had a bad case of the measles—before slapping it in the register and making change. Soon the tainted bank notes were circulating freely in five counties.
A week later, as reported in the Weekly Umbrage, deputies Peter S. Miller, Jr. and Peter T. Davis, aka Pete and Repeat, were cruising toward lunch at the OK Truck Stop on N.C. Highway 109 when they spotted a black Mercedes and gave chase. They had not gone many miles at a high rate of speed when the suspect sedan suddenly veered onto the shoulder and slid to a stop. The doors flew open. The occupants bolted into the pinewoods. Deputies Pete and Repeat, weighing in at about 300 pounds each, had neglected to bring their jogging shoes with them. The alleged miscreants got away.
But at least they had captured the Mercedes. Its red dye spattered trunk was found to contain two black garbage bags full of reefer, a set of Ping golf clubs (minus the nine iron), and seven sticks of dynamite, plus four ski masks, diverse weaponry, and light fishing tackle. Convinced the car was stolen, the authorities Telexed the serial number to the manufacturer—who denied its existence. It was weird but they got over it. Under the new drug laws, the Mercedes was now county property, since it had been used in the commission of a felony.
Three weeks later, at high noon on a Friday, the luxury automobile rolled up on the Avalon County Courthouse lawn, all lights flashing, in front of a crowd gathered on the courthouse steps. The horn blared once, and Thomas Wilder Harris, county attorney and perennial state senatorial candidate, leapt out of the Mercedes with a cry of: "Gentlemen, what am I bid!"
The bidding at first was fast and furious. But one by one they fell by the wayside until only two remained. When a bid of $17,500 was met with silence, the gavel fell. The winner came forward. She was a stunning, statuesque redhead, with her hair pulled back. She was wearing a two-piece navy women's business suit and a big flouncy white tie and carrying a smart black briefcase. Nobody knew who she was.
"Maybe she's a car dealer from Charlotte," Lilesville Mayor Harold V. Goforth speculated. "She favors my fourth wife a little."
"Every woman reminds you of another," a local wag observed.
The crowd followed her inside and watched her place the briefcase on the desk of Avalon County Clerk of Court Chester A. Burnside. She opened it and proceeded to count out $17,500 in cash in front of the ancient clerk.
Fearful that he was seeing spots before his eyes, Burnside held one of the bills aloft in a trembling liver-spotted hand and squinted at it. Benjamin Franklin did indeed have a shocking case of the measles. Each and every bill was stained with red dye. The clerk shook his snow white head and made out a receipt.
"The gods do love a jest," T. Wilder Harris noted. "Looks like Fireball has bought back the company car!"
* * *
No matter how many times I visited James Peabody in the hospital, I never got used to seeing him under an oxygen tent. He kept bouncing back, but it was only a matter of time before lung cancer got the better of him.
"Anything I can bring you?" I asked.
He smiled behind the cloudy plastic. "Cigarettes," he croaked.
He was clearly dying. What difference did it make now? There wasn't a cigarette machine in the hospital, so I had to walk down the street and around the corner to the drugstore.
When I got back, James had nodded off. I placed a pack of Marlboros and a book of matches on the bedside table and took my eye off him just long enough to pull up a chair. Next thing I knew, I turned around and he had a cigarette in his mouth up under the oxygen tent and was fumbling with a match to light it.
"James!" I yelled.
He gave me a sheepish look. "I forgot," he said. "Help me get this damn thing off. Wouldn't want to blow you up before Fireball does."
* * *
My series on the Fireball Catlett Gang had become so popular that I only had to throw 1,000 surplus copies of the Umbrage in the basement each week. It seemed we just might turn the corner. Even James had rallied and was looking better than I'd ever seen him.
It was true that the Catlett Gang was bad to blow things up. But nobody ever got hurt. They liked to dynamite sheds and out-buildings, mostly. Or they might blow a good size crater in somebody's yard, to help focus his mind on what was important in life. The public at large was inclined to write it off to youthful exuberance.
But there were indications all along that things could get out of hand. And late one night Fireball & Co. chanced upon Travis J. Flowers hitchhiking by himself on a lonely country road. He was a former member of the gang who had recently turned state's witness. Needless to say, they welcomed him into the car.
"If it's all the same to you, I'd just as soon walk," Flowers said upon realizing the dicey nature of the situation.
They'd have none of that. They were so happy to see him that they drove straightaway to the Taylorsville Bridge over the Stony River to celebrate their reunion by dangling their former comrade by his heels over the rocks below until he saw the error of his ways. Flowers managed to escape his captors as a pickup truck was crossing the one-lane bridge. He jumped in the back of it and got away. My front page article on the incident included a dramatic photo of the bridge from water level, emphasizing its height.
Understandably, the authorities took a dim view of this development. Fireball Catlett was declared an outlaw, which according to state statute meant he could be shot on sight by anybody. A couple of days later he surrendered on his mother's front porch in Lilesville to WSOC-TV reporter Carson Farber in time for the 6 o'clock news and was whisked away by the gendarmes. Bail was set at an immobilizing $500,000.
"Fireball should've surrendered to me!" I complained to T. Wilder Harris. "I made him famous, not some blow-dried TV character from Charlotte."
"There's a lotta ham in cousin Fireball," Wilder said. "You can't expect the boy to go against his principles."
The ingratitude of it was galling. Our next edition carried a scathing editorial calling for the maximum sentence in the event of conviction. I had almost finished stashing the surplus Umbrages in the basement when part-time sports editor Elridge Jackson came roaring up to the loading dock in his truck to deliver the news.
"Fireball made bail. They gave him this week's Umbrage as a coming out present. Says he plans to pay you a visit."
That night I slept in a Motel 6 on Highway 74 near Rockingham and spent 30 minutes next morning inspecting the chassis of my Pontiac LeMans for wires and explosives. But after a few days of this routine, when nothing blew up in my face, I got tired of looking over my shoulder and went home.
* * *
A month went by, which saw a lull in criminal activity. But there were many pressing issues in the community that required endless meetings. A contentious public hearing was held about a proposed Military Operations Area that would allow low-level jet training flights over the county. Local poultry farmers were in an uproar over it. And there was a school board row over the transfer of a popular high school principal.
Innumerable other items of public interest were vying for my attention. And adding to the general chaos, our crossroads columnists discovered the concept of collective bargaining and banded together to demand a $5 raise for their weekly reports on the social scenes in their respective townships. I was sorely tempted to issue them stock in the company instead.
In the midst of the whirlwind, I forgot all about my own personal safety.
Late one night, I was working alone at the newspaper office when I heard a knock on the front glass. Without thinking, I got up and opened the door, and in they piled—all nine of them. I recognized the lead hooligan from his television appearances. Fireball Catlett looked fit to be tied.
"You been writin' this stuff about me?" he demanded, brandishing a rolled-up newspaper.
"Yeah," I confessed, mentally composing my own obituary.
"Give it to him, Weasel!" Fireball commanded.
One of the gang stepped forward, reaching into a paper sack for something I wasn't sure I wanted. His hand emerged. It held a can of beer. I took it.
"Got any extra copies?" Fireball flashed a made-for-television grin. "My Mom wants to send some to the folks."
"We all want some!" another yelled.
I popped the top and drank to life, liberty, and the pursuit of journalism.
"Boys, you've come to the right place," I told them. "I've been savin' some copies for you down in the basement. You can help yourself. On one condition."
Fireball gave me a wary look.
"Next time you surrender to anybody, make it me."
"Will you take pictures?" was all he wanted to know.
A shorter version of "The Outlaw" was originally published in the Sunday Reader section of the Raleigh News and Observer. © 2008 Charles Blackburn, Jr.


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This was a tricky one, and I ran into a few problems trying to move DCX over from GoogleCode to Github.
- Usernames on Google Code are emails. When you bring them over, your commit messages are littered with potentially private email addresses that your committers don't want to share with the world (well, it's mainly spambots that they don't want to share with).
- Windows. If you're trying to do this on Windows, forget it. Save yourself the hassle and grab Linuxmint, Ubuntu or whichever flavour you prefer and run it in Virtualbox. It won't cost you anything and takes less than an hour to download and install.
The time spent setting up Linux will be well worth it compared to trying to finish ANY of this on Windows.
Seriously, don't fight Windows. It wasn't made to work there.
Setting up
Find your terminal and make yourself a folder to work with. This is where all your magic will happen.
mkdir code
cd code
We'll need to install a few things. Enter your password when prompted.
sudo apt-get install subversion
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install git-svn
sudo apt-get install tig
I don't think I need to explain why subversion and git are necessary.
git-svn is the "in-between" software which imports SVN data into a format git can understand. It also sorts arranges the SVN branches into git branches.
The tool tig is VERY useful for checking your changes as they stand after pulling the repository into your computer (and before pushing it onto Github).
Generating a list of usernames
Check out a copy of your GoogleCode repository in a folder called "googlecode" (replacing DCX with whatever your project name is)
svn checkout https://dcx.googlecode.com/svn/ googlecode
cd googlecode
This one is straight from John Albin's bag of tricks and it's a real winner!
svn log -q | awk -F '|' '/^r/ {sub("^ ", "", $2); sub(" $", "", $2); print $2" = "$2" <"$2">"}' | sort -u > ../authors.txt
cd ..
It fetches all the usernames from commit messages, sorts, removes duplicates and saves them to a file called "authors.txt".
Open up this file (using vim or a text editor of any sort) and you should see something like this:
firstname.lastname@example.com = email@example.com <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Keep the left column as is, but feel free to change the right column.
email@example.com = Twig Nguyen <email@example.com>
The name and email on the right will be used in the git history. Once all the changes are finished, save and close.
Pulling the repository onto your computer
Because Google doesn't allow shell access to the SVN repository, you can't simply dump and copy the files out.
What we have to do is use git-svn and pull them out using SVN and save it in git.
git svn clone https://dcx.googlecode.com/svn/ -A authors.txt --stdlayout gitsvn
Depending on how big your repository is, this may take a while.
Once it's done, take a look at how it's set up so far by typing:
cd gitsvn
git status
# On branch master
nothing to commit, working directory clean
The "trunk" is now called "master" branch in git. This was your stable channel. Type "tig" to see what's going on, and if the usernames were migrated correctly. Select the commit (arrow keys) and open the commit details with the Enter button.
If you're happy with how it is, time to push it into github! Make sure that your account has been set up properly by typing:
ssh -T email@example.com
If you run into errors, please follow the information on these two pages to help troubleshoot your woes.
Once it's up and running, you can link github to your local git repository.
git remote add origin firstname.lastname@example.com:youraccount/yourproject.git
git fetch origin
git merge origin/master
git push origin master
To summise what just happened. We added a "remote" location pointing to your github project and called it "origin" as this is your new home. You fetch the current details about it and then merge in the origin's master branch into your master branch, melding the gitsvn repository with the github repository.
As soon as that's done, we push all our existing files from gitsvn into the empty repository at origin (github). This again should take some time.
For most people, this should be enough.
SVN branches aren't done yet!
If you use SVN branches, then they're not in github yet!
Now for the mind bending bit and training your brain a little about Subversion branches and git branches.
SVN branches.... yeah, it can get messy.
To switch to another branch such as "dcxutf":
git checkout dcxutf
tig (optional)
git push origin dcxutf
Switching the branch means that git will delete any files specific to "master" and revive any files from "dcxutf", along with any changes to files mutual to both branches. It's quick and easy.
Use tig again to check if revision history and changes were migrated properly. Then finally pushing the branch upstream into origin (github).
Repeat this process for any branches you wish to keep.
Cleaning up
Make sure that everything has been pushed into github. Browse your project page a little and you can see things appear instantly.
Once you're done, feel free to remove anything from the "code" folder you made in the very first step.


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Why Not Eat Insects?
Why not, indeed. If you were to read Mr. Holt's excellent treatise, with its mellifluous Victorian prose, you would be convinced, too.
"What a godsend to house keepers to discover a new entrée to vary the monotony of the present round! Why should invention, which makes such gigantic strides in other directions, stand still in cookery? Here then, mistresses, who thirst to place new and dainty dishes before your guests, what better could you have than 'Curried Machafers' -- or, if you want a more mysterious title, 'Larvæ Melolonthæ à la Grugru?'"
When I was an undergraduate student, I spent a lot of time with entomology students at the University of Maryland. Their idea of a good time was passing around live hissing cockroaches from Madagascar at the dinner table. Entomology students are a peculiar lot. I did learn this: if a guy tells you his dissertation is about carrion beetles, you do NOT want to look in his refrigerator. Or eat at his house.
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Gör FLsh – Last Blood
With the lines between synthwave and metal ever blurring – Gör FLsh is out now with a sick sludgy new single, "Last Blood."
This track seeps evil at the seams! A perfect heavy and foreboding mixture of doom metal and darksynth, fans of GosT or Dance With The Dead will likely love this quality installment. To top it off Occams Laser and Volkor X have both released remixes of "Last Blood," as well – each of which are fantastic in their own right!
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I'm certainly glad to see Asians represented in the media, but at first, I was apprehensive. First, Eddie Huang's memoir was certainly atypical of the Asian American experience. This is not a 'tiger mom',piano-playing childhood, it was alot of violence, drugs, partying, gangs, rap-music, cursing, etc. Yes, there was certainly relatable moments-feeling ostracized at school and the bullying...but in general, the book and Eddie's life wasn't something I could relate to. So I worried about the TV show, Of course, being on TV, it had to be cleaned up, and also because it portrayed the younger years, it would avoid some of the more 'rough' parts, including the rough parts about his dad (the TV dad is soft compared to the dad portrayed in the book).
That being said, after the first 2 episodes, I can say, I think it can do well, and it even made me laugh out loud. I haven't watched sitcoms in quite a while, and when I do, I find them overly-contrived, forced, and unnatural. I was a bit disappointed after the first episode, and it made me cringe at times because it seemed too over-the-top, but once I embraced the 'over-the-top' antics, I thought it was laugh-out-loud funny!
The title of the second episode "Home, School, Home-school", admittedly, made me a little nervous. Not only was I now worried about Asian Americans being misrepresented, but also homeschooling! But I really do know so many Asian moms who made their 'A' students do extra tutoring programs outside of school and workbooks at home, that it was spot on! It's not really 'homeschool', as I do still think that a huge majority of Asians would never consider REMOVING their kids from school (at least not first generation Asians),
As the series continues, I hope this can really be a show that will launch Asians into the 'norm' of our culture. There's been so many blog posts and articles about this, there are so many expectations, and so many misgivings. I don't know how it is going to be received by non-Asians. Will they be offended ("Are you all sisters??", celebrating Cs on the report card)? Will they now form a NEW stereotype of Asians? Only time will tell, but I hope it will open the dialogue for more understanding of Asian culture.


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Is Low Stomach Acid the Cause of Your Acne?
I've struggled with acne all throughout college and it has been the source of much of my self-confidence problems. When my peers' skin was finally clearing up, mine was out of control and it made me so uncomfortable in my own skin. I've been to dermatologists and tried every topical treatment there is. Some have helped for a bit, my acne would always return. I've been on a mission to clear my skin for several years and I think I've finally figured out how to heal mine from the inside out!
There can be many different causes and it's hard to pinpoint the exact problem on our acne because each person's body is different, but research suggests that the health of our gut may play a more significant role than previously thought.
A 2011 study linked stomach acidity and stress to a variety of skin conditions, including acne. Upon doing more research on the study, I discovered I had some of the tell tale signs of a gut that's not in balance – poor digestion, bad breath and bloating. I had wondered where these things came from since I ate healthy, exercised and drank plenty of water. It seemed like low stomach acidity could be the answer!
When your stomach acid is low or off balance it can encourage bacteria to over produce and cause acne on the skin. Stomach acid, or gastric acid, helps protect our stomachs by maintaining a proper pH balance and breaking down food properly. Too little (or too much) can change how your stomach processes food and nutrients. Although our bodies need bacteria for proper digestion, too much of it can shut down stomach acid production and throw your body, including your skin, off balance.
SEE MORE: 7 Foods for Better Skin
Luckily there are a few easy ways to help re-balance your stomach acid and stop the cycle of acne. My first test was with apple cider vinegar, a cult classic. I noticed that when I drank 1-2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar mixed with about a cup of water, my digestion improved, bloating stopped and within a few days new acne stopped appearing. I paired this with taking a probiotic in the evening to make sure that everything stayed balanced.
I can't tell you how happy I was to wake up one morning and see my existing acne healing and no new breakouts! It was not an overnight transformation, but my skin is slowly balancing out as I take care of my body in a more holistic way.
Some people can't stomach the taste of apple cider vinegar, but luckily there are other options. Experts suggest:
-Lowering your intake of grains as these can sometime aid bacteria production in the gut.
-Take a Hydrochloric acid with pepsin pill to help rebalance your system.
-Make sure that you stay away from foods that you know cause a reaction in your system, like sugar or any allergies.
The fact that my acne could be caused by something internal imbalance seems so logical now, but I used to simply treat the surface without addressing the root cause. Take the opportunity to talk to your doctor about your gut health, and see if you have any imbalances that may be throwing off your skins health!


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Monday's Briefing: Bay Area Residents Want More Housing; CHP Helped Neo-Nazis Against Anti-Fascists
Plus, ex-Black Panther Elaine Brown, who won big judgment against Oakland, has previous dustups that the jury never heard.
Stories you shouldn't miss for Feb. 12, 2018:
1. Bay Area residents want lots more housing to be built in the region but not if it makes their commutes worse, reports Marisa Kendall of the Bay Area News Group$, citing a new poll commissioned by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. A supermajority of residents - 64 percent - said they favor "building significant quantities of new housing" in the region. But only 30 percent said they would support it if it "brought more people onto local roads and transit systems, making their commutes worse."
2. California Highway Patrol officers worked secretly with Neo-Nazis in efforts to target members of anti-fascist groups last year in Sacramento, reports Sam Levin of the Guardian, citing newly disclosed court documents. CHP officers also worked with Neo-Nazis to try to identify "anti-racists." The evidence was revealed in the assault case involving Berkeley radical leftist teacher Yvette Felarca.
3. Ex-Black Panther Elaine Brown, who won $4.3 million in judgments against the city of Oakland and Councilmember Desley Brooks after Brooks assaulted her at a restaurant, had at least two previous dustups that a judge would not allow the jury to hear, the San Francisco Chronicle$ reports. In 2013, Brown claimed she was knocked down by a valet at the Waterfront Hotel in Jack London Square, but witnesses said she was the aggressor. In addition, while drunk, Brown drove her car off the road in 2014, and police said she was combative after being arrested. The judge in the Brooks case, however, said revealing Brown's past would have been prejudicial.
4. State lawmakers are hoping to revive redevelopment in order to finance the construction of affordable housing once Gov. Jerry Brown is out of office, reports Liam Dillon of the LA Times$. Brown killed redevelopment in 2011, greatly reducing the amount of funds for affordable housing in the state. But the three leading candidates to replace Brown - Gavin Newsom, Antonio Villaraigosa, and John Chiang - support reviving it.
5. And California wildlife officials are considering a crackdown on nutria - a large rodent that reproduces rapidly, destroys habitat, and could ruin the state's vital levees, reports Kurtis Alexander of the San Francisco Chronicle$. Officials thought the non-native species had been eradicated from the state in the 1970s, but it has recently proliferated.
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The country became a federation of 4 provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec) and a self-governing dominion of Great Britain on July 1st 1867. Since 1983, this day has been appointed to be officially known as Canada Day.
What do Canadians do in Independence Day?
From coast to coast, governments hold a large variety of celebretations like concerts, parades, festivals, picnics, fireworks and even carnivals. A deep patriotism can be 'breathed' during these events, with big national flags displayed absolutely everywhere –even on faces!- specially in Otawa.
Newfoundland and Labrador has its own way to celebrate July 1 as Memorial Day is also held on this same date, with flags flown at half-mast until the afternoon, when the province starts celebrating Canada Day in a similar way as people do in the rest of Canadian provinces.
Interesting facts on Independence Day of Canada
As a statutory holiday, July 1st is observed by all Canadian provincial governments. Consequently, as on any normal festive day throughout the year all post offices, shops, banks and businesses of all kinds are closed, together with schools or universities since Canada Independence Day coincides with the summer period.
As for public transport, most services operate to a reduced schedule although extra services will be offered in case of large scale celebrations. In addition, streets may be found closed when certain parades, festivals or concerts are held.
It is quite curious to note how a decade ago the United Kingdom decided its capital city would celebrate Canada Day at Trafalgar Square in London so that lively celebrations are expected to take place every year around the first of July.
July the 1st, a day of national significance and joy celebrated with national pride by Canadian citizens and by anyone willing to join the party.
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Representatives of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Kukurantumi in the Eastern region have donated boxes of chalk to the Presby primary school at Kukurantumi.
The donation comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding comments made by the Second Lady Matilda Amissah-Arthur while delivering a speech in the town Tuesday.
The Headmistress of Kukurantumi Presby Primary School, Mrs. Juliet Oppong, while thanking the Second Lady for the presentation of five set of computers to the school, appealed to her to communicate to government to provide some basic materials such as log books for teachers and chalk which were in short supply in the school.
Mrs Amissah-Arthur in response said: "The Head teacher has shocked me…she said you lack chalk and log books…I am very shocked that you are today asking me about chalk…how much is a box of chalk…I won't give you chalk today, I won't give you chalk tomorrow.
"Design a database of old students of the school and together with the PTA and teachers, provide your own chalk. The government has 'spoilt' Ghanaians by providing for even basic needs and that has led to parents becoming reluctant to acquire school uniforms for their wards and are instead relying on the free school uniforms by government… I will even feel shy to go to Accra and call on the government to come and provide chalk…it would be very difficult for me to do so."
The NPP executives who are infuriated by the remarks of the second lady stormed the school and made their chalk donation Friday morning.
Ansah also reports that parents of the pupils in the school are angry at the headmistress for "embarrassing" them before Mrs. Amissah-Arthur.
Chalk controversy: NPP donates to Kukurantumi Presby school
Representatives of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Kukurantumi in the Eastern region have donated boxes of chalk to the Presby primary school at Kukurantumi.


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St. Augustine Art Association Wildlife Art Exhibition Reception 2018 – On Saturday, July 21st, the St. Augustine Art Association held the reception for their Nature & Wildlife Art Exhibition. I had one painting, my Golden Eagle in the Kodar Mountains on display and was able to meet with several successful artists who gave me great advice and shared valuable information. Also, I would like to thank association president Diane Bradley, Elyse Brady, Jenn Flynt and the entire St. Augustine Art Association staff for putting this show on every year. For me, there is nothing like this art show in the New York – New Jersey – Philadelphia area and I'll gladly make the trip to St. Augustine from New Jersey every year that this show is held. I was fortunate enough to have my work selected as the cover art for this year's brochure. Unfortunately, there will be no Nature & Wildlife exhibit in 2019. Next summer, STAAA will be holding an art show featuring the artwork of former patron Jean Wagner Troemel but the Nature & Wildlife Art Exhibit will return in 2020. Here are are some photos of this year's show and America's Oldest City, St. Augustine, Florida:
To read about how the Golden Eagle gouache painting was created from pencil sketch to finished signature, please refer to this series of posts.


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The Droid Razr Maxx become an integral part of the ride.
Every morning using the AccuWeather app I would look at the the days wind conditions and directions. I used that information to set the days goals and in some cases the actual route. For example in Harrisburg Illinois I awoke to find a very strong south wind. My initial intent was to follow the ACA route west to Chester Illinois and then cut north to St. Louis. Instead I went to Carbondale and struck north towards Belleville via IL 13. That ended up being my high mileage day of 86 miles and also the easiest day on great roads.
Also used the AccuWeather app once on the Katy trail to watch a storm cell move through and know when the heavy rain was over. A group waiting with me at the store took off during a brief lull while I stayed put knowing more was coming. They had some very wet riding while I stayed dry.
The Map app was used to find motels, restaurants, Walmarts, and such resources in towns. That proved to be a very useful tool. Especially in conjunction with the Local app. But there were some downsides to that too. Often the information was dated. It would show motels that were closed years ago. Or it didn't show newer motels. So you couldn't really totally rely on the data it presented.
Each day the next day's area map was downloaded for offline use. This was mainly used to give some context as to where I was in relation to the end point for the day.
Also I used the Map app and the terrain layer to see what the route was going to be and set in my mind the number of climbs coming up. Out of Sebree Kentucky it is easy to see the alternate route of KY 56 and IL 13 to Carbondale is not only shorter, it is also much flatter then the ACA route.
I had a number of other apps that proved to be less useful.
Cue Sheet uses Ride With GPS routes to download the Cue Sheets and using the device's GPS give voice navigation. I used it once from Newport News to Yorktown and it worked great. But I really didn't need it. The one thing with the app is you must validate the RWGPS cue sheet before blindly using it. There is an art to drawing RWGPS routes so you don't end up with false turns and subsequent U turns.
All Stays Camp and Tent this app seemed to be quite comprehensive but yet I found it incomplete in many cases. Once I routed to a campground only to find it a "club campground" requiring membership and central reservations. That left me hanging pretty high and dry that day.
CoPilot Live this app is quite nice and has offline maps and bicycle routing. I used when I wanted to see a route from where I was to some point as the Map app was harder to control avoiding highways. However it was not as useful as it could have been if it would let you set your start point somewhere else then where you are.
Text Messaging is not just a smartphone feature and actually predates them. However I found this to be a really great communication feature and in many cases much preferred to a phone call because it is convenient to use for both parties.
Adventure Cycling and the Smartphone
The ACA maps are great resources if you are following their route. It would be nice to have a smartphone app that would give you up to date resource information that you could use to call and locate the resources from the phone.


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Spring time is festival time in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv
From nighttime food tours and a rave party in the capital, to urban design and philosophy debates in the White City, anything goes in the month of May
Spring is in the air and so is a flurry of festivals and events that should be marked on the calendar for the last two weeks of May.
The fun starts with a food and literature festival at The Banquet at Jerusalem's Mishkenot Sha'ananim from May 16-19. Here, you can take a nighttime culinary tour in the steps of Israeli Nobel Prize laureate S.Y. Agnon, feast on Greek treats while discussing love with local fiction writers, hear chef Eyal Shani and musician Asaf Roth debate the poetics of food and recipes, or listen to author Meir Shalev and chef Haim Cohen discuss food motifs in Shalev's books. There are also events for kids, musical performances and other activities.
For more information, visit the Mishkenot Sha'ananim website.
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From May 18-20, there's Open House Tel Aviv, or Batim Mibifnim, an urban festival of architecture and design — now in it's 11th year — showcasing the city's chic urban style. This year is a celebration of the communities that live and work in Tel Aviv's refurbished urban structures.
As part of the event, locals and out-of-towners alike can visit: The Platform near the old central bus station, a center for up and coming entrepreneurs whose ventures address urban challenges; the City Tree urban ecology center at Bialik Square; Kuchinate, a hub for artists and designers, many of whom are women and refugees for Africa; Community Roofs, an endeavor to reclaim roofs for the needs of urban life; and Vanishing Synagogues, which will tour some of the city's underused spiritual spaces that could be reconfigured for modern, contemporary Jewish cultural use.
You can find the schedule of Open House Tel Aviv online.
Back in Jerusalem, check out Catamona Rave. The one-night party takes place on May 25 at 9 p.m. at Beit Alliance, and includes the premiere of Nania, a new piece by c.a.t.a.m.o.n Dance Group choreographer Elad Shechter, followed by the performance of "Tech It Away," another recent Shechter piece. A techno dance party will follow the performances for dancers and audience members alike.
Tickets are NIS 50 ahead of the show, and NIS 60 on the night of the event.
On May 25, starting at 8 p.m. and going into the wee hours, join philosophers from France, Germany, Poland and Israel at a Night of Philosophy to discuss, debate and screen films pondering human existence, values and language. The free event is sponsored by the French Embassy and will be held at several locations throughout Tel Aviv, including Beit Alma and the Nachum Gutman Museum.
More information available online at the French Institute.
Just ahead of the holiday of Shavuot, farmers, vintners and cheesemakers from the Modiin region will bring their crops, goods and crafts to the Tel Aviv port on May 18 and 19 at Hangar 2. And for more of a taste of what the Modiin area has to offer there is the annual Shavuot Festival in White, to be held from May 25 to June 3 in the wineries and dairy farms of the region.


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By JASON ELMQUIST
No more hitting on each other. No more scrimmaging the same team, over and over.
It's finally time for the Garden City High School football squad to play somebody other than themselves as the Buffaloes open against Ulysses at Memorial Stadium on Friday at 7 p.m.
"I know they better be ready to play because our coaches went and scouted Ulysses and they're a lot better," GCHS coach Mike Smith said. "It'll be a heck of a game come Friday night, I think. We're definitely looking forward to playing at home."
Smith said he's seen the intensity level rise from the first two weeks of practice with this being game week.
"I think that helps when we don't just run our offense against our defense," Smith said. "At least this week, we're preparing for the Ulysses defense and the Ulysses offense. And that helps them mentally, too."
Garden City will be looking for a repeat of last year's opener against the Tigers, in which the Buffaloes won 32-10. However, the momentum over the rest of the season swung the way of the Tigers, who finished 5-5 including sweeping district play to reach the playoffs. Meanwhile, the Buffs faltered to a 4-4 finish and lost their last two games of the season.
"We didn't end the season too good, so they had momentum and we didn't," Smith said. "But I think our guys are hungry to get that taste out of their mouth, too. We're just going to try to hopefully be more consistent. We played good, at times, last year."
Making it difficult for the Tigers is having to travel to Garden City this year where the Buffs went 3-1 in home games a year ago. But its the two road losses to end the season, including a 22-16 loss at Dodge City to lose claim of the hatchet, that has the Buffs approaching this year a little more hungry.
"Our offseason and summer workouts, we had a better participation than we did the last two years," Smith said. "The last two years were not as good as they were before. This is my eighth year here, and the first five years were really good, but the last two years we struggled with that a little bit in the offseason.
"Every year is a new year and a good start usually helps. We'd like to have a good start and hopefully we're improving on things in practice and learning a new system."
Besides a new offensive scheme, the offense will also be without C.J. Covington, their leading rusher from last year. Smith and his staff has tapped Zach Lamb as the starting running back heading into the season. However, Angel Flores and Steven Fowler will also see plenty of time in the backfield.
"Zach will start," Smith said. "We decided that this week. He's played the most consistent of the three. They all have their strengths. Like Angel's a good receiver and Steven's kind of in between, but Zach's been doing a good job of running downhill, so they're going to all see action."
Veteran Ulysses coach Jason Kenny is also looking forward to playing in Garden City Friday night. He and his staff were in town a week ago previewing the Buffs in their annual Brown and White scrimmage.
"They've got a new (offensive) system which will be difficult to defend," Kenny said. "We just want to use this game as a building block for our season. Win or lose, we see this as a positive experience for the kids. Beautiful stadium, artificial turf, Jumbotron scoreboard, it all makes for a great experience and we're looking forward to it."
Read more about Garden City football, Ulysses football and other southwest Kansas prep sports at SWKPrepZone.com.
GCHS Starters
LT Jorge Villanueva 5-11 185
LG Ryan Petersen 5-11 180
C Jace Larsen 5-11 220
RG Mark Petersen 5-10 175
RT Jacob Seyferth 6-0 260
TE Cole Billinger 5-10 190
QB Cody Bernbeck 6-1 170
RB Zach Lamb 5-4 135
WR Raul Silva 5-11 175
WR Jake Curran 6-2 150
WR Breven Graham 6-0 180
B Ian Stone 6-0 155
T Dominic Luna 6-0 225
N Juaquin Luna 6-0 225
T Mitch Bean 6-0 200
B Seth Alexander 6-1 195
MLB Aydan Kinney 5-11 205
WLB Keith Curran 6-3 205
LCB Rodolfo Espino 5-10 160
R Asa Gottsponer 5-5 140
FS Andy Larkin 6-0 180
RCB Braxston Medina 5-10 165
Punter Tanner Parr 6-4 180
Kicker Larry Gomez 5-6 140
Snap Ryan Petersen 5-11 180
KOR Jacob Vasquez 5-9 160
KOR Angel Flores 5-6 150
PR Andy Larkin 6-0 180