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A new study to identify processes and technologies that can be used to lower costs and share best practice in maintaining ageing N. Sea oil and gas production platforms and infrastructure has been set up Oil and Gas UK.
The study is the first part of an asset integrity project which is targeting advances in process vessel inspection and managing corrosion under insulation which could unlock £1 billion of revenue in the North Sea through improved production efficiency and cost savings.
Lockheed Martin has been commissioned to carry out the research by the industry's Technology Leadership Board (TLB) as part of the maximising economic recovery (MER) agenda set out in the Wood Report.
The project is the result of partnership working between the Technology Leadership Board, Oil & Gas UK, Oil & Gas Authority, Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) and Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF). It is being led by Total E&P UK and Amec Foster Wheeler with support from OGIC and ITF.
The N. Sea industry is challenged by a combination of rising production costs, falling oil prices and ageing facilities that require increasingly expensive maintenance. The project seeks to ensure that inspection and maintenance is safer, quicker, easier and cheaper to carry out, which will translate into less production downtime offshore.
The Lockheed Martin study will map out all the existing technologies and companies for maintenance and inspection and identify relevant technologies and processes that are new or not used offshore. Results of the study will be published in February 2016.
Alec Harley, Energy Sector Director at Lockheed Martin, said: "Partnering with the oil and gas industry to take on such an ambitious goal of reducing costs to the industry by £1 billion is a challenge we are proud to tackle."
The prolonged slump in North Sea crude oil prices has led to a virtual standstill in the sector, with growth of just 0.1% in the last quarter, according to the latest report by Scotland's Chief Economist, Dr Gary Gillespie.


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5 Tips for Avoiding Food-Borne Illnesses While Traveling
Traveling frequently includes eating on the run, eating at heretofore unknown venues, eating part of a meal and saving the rest for later, and taking leftovers back to one's hotel room. In addition, fruit and local delicacies may look appealing but come with their own risks.
Especially in developing countries, travelers are at risk of consuming contaminated food or drinks.
It's important to be aware of food-safety precautions that can reduce the possibility of food poisoning and other serious illnesses.
Here are five tips for safer eating and drinking habits that should keep your stomach healthy when on the road.
1.) Beware of Water and Other Beverages
Most canned and bottled drinks should be safe but resist the temptation to pour your beverage over ice if the safety of the local water is questionable. In most developing countries, avoid tap water and make sure you don't swallow any when showering or brushing your teeth. Some hotels provide bottled water in bathrooms for dental hygiene while others have their own filtration systems.
Hot beverages are generally safe if steaming but beware of coffee and tea served at room temperature.
2.) Refrigerate Leftovers Immediately
While many people were brought up to let hot leftovers cool down before putting them into the refrigerator, it's much safer to refrigerate them immediately. Illness-causing bacteria can grow in food within two hours without refrigeration and within one hour in hot climates.
3.) Avoid Raw Food
In general, avoid raw food although raw fruit and vegetables should be safe if you can peel them and rinse them yourself using bottled or filtered water. In restaurants in cities where food-hygiene standards may not be as at home, avoid fruit and vegetable platters and salads as well as dishes such as salsa made from such items. Raw meat and seafood should also be avoided under similar circumstances.
4.) Be Cautious of Street Food
Even in major metropolitan areas of first-world countries, street food may not be subject to the same food-safety and hygiene standards as at restaurants or such regulations may simply not be enforced. If in doubt, avoid street food but also consult with knowledgeable locals such as your hotel's concierge on this matter.
5.) Wash Your Hands – Frequently
The germs hiding on your hands can easily contaminate the food you are about to consume. Wash your hands before eating for at least 20 seconds using soap and running water or use a hand sanitizer often.
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Haemorrhoids (Piles) are enlarged and engorged blood vessels in or around the anus. Internal haemorrhoids are located inside the anus. External haemorrhoids are located under the skin around the anus and seen and felt on the outside of the anus. Internal piles usually cause less symptoms and is characterized by bleeding from the anus while passing stools (also known as bleeding piles). Bleeding is usually not associated with external haemorrhoids. The symptoms of external piles include itchiness in the area around the anus, a pain or ache around the anus and lower rectum, mucus discharge etc.
The cause of piles may be linked to excess pressure in the anus and lower rectum. The main conditions which causes a greater risk for piles include constipation, chronic diarrhoea, pregnancy, varicose veins and cancers and growths of colon, rectum and anus. Haemorrhoids are not caused by sitting on cold hard surfaces, prolonged standing or sedentary work. Along with medications, a high fiber diet which includes fruits, vegetables and wholegrain cereals helps to reduce the symptoms.
Acorus gramineus
To bleeding gums (root powder); in the treatment of digestive problems - particularly gastralgia and diarrhoea, cough, bronchial asthma, neurasthenia, depression, epilepsy, body parasites, dermatosis and haemorrhoids(root)
Aesculus glabra
For asthma, with continual dyspnoea, non-paroxysmal, tightness in the chest and about the heart, bronchial irritation with constriction, sense of constriction, tightness or uneasiness in the rectum, accompanied or not with hemorrhoids, intestinal irritation with constriction and colicky pains near the umbilicus, rheumatism and piles
Aesculus hippocastanum
Reduces fluid retention by increasing the permeability of the capillaries and allowing the re-absorption of excess fluid back into the circulatory system, for the treatment of a wide range of venous diseases, including hardening of the arteries, varicose veins, phlebitis, leg ulcers, haemorrhoids and frostbite (plant); in the treatment of malaria and dysentery, externally in the treatment of lupus and skin ulcers (tea from bark); fevers and whooping cough (leaves); in the treatment of rheumatism, neuralgia and haemorrhoids (seeds)
Anacardium occidentale
For diarrhea, dysentery, colic, as an internal and external antiseptic against bacterial infections, for all kinds of stomach ulcers, for ear and eye infections and
to stop bleeding and heal wounds. For calluses, corns, and warts, cancerous ulcers, and even elephantiasis (fruit bark juice and the nut oil); dysentery, fever, inappetence, leucoderma, piles, tumors, and obstinate ulcers (fruit); for sore throat (leaf decoction)
Andropogon virginicus
In the treatment of backaches (root); for diarrhoea, as a wash for frostbite, sores, itching, piles and poison ivy rash (leaves)
Anthemis cotula
To induce menstruation and was traditionally used to treat supposedly hysterical conditions related to the uterus, as a poultice on piles or to draw splinters out of the body, and can also be applied to the bath water (herb); rheumatism, epilepsy, asthma, colds and fevers (infusion); onto insect stings (leaves)
Anthemis tinctoria
As a poultice on piles and can also be applied to the bath water and onto insect stings (leaves); in earaches and deafness (seed oil); stimulates menstrual flow (plant).
Aristolochia contorta
In the treatment of cancer, coughs, inflammation of the respiratory organs, haemorrhoids and hypertension (fruit); in the treatment of acute and serious infections such as TB, rabies, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and infantile pneumonia (root)
Azadirachta indica
To treat skin diseases, rheumatism, stomach worms, gastric ulcers, urinary discharges, tumours, piles, toothache, arthritis, leprosy and sprains; used in Ayurveda practice to relieve cough, asthma, piles, tumours and urinary discharges.
Bambusa arundinacea
It is used for stomach and respiratory disorders, menstrual disorders, intestinal worms, wounds, nausea, vomiting, piles, in cough, consumption, asthma and fever. In combination with other astringent medicines it is given in chronic dysentery and internal hemorrhages. The most efficacious application for dislodgement of worms in ulcers is a poultice made by pounding the young shoots of the bamboo. The decoction of the joints is supposed to have an action on the uterus, and is used by females after delivery to cause free flow of the lochial discharge. The same part of the plant pounded with water is applied to inflamed joints. The juice of the flower is dropped in the ear for earache, and in deafness. An ointment from the root is a folk remedy for cirrhosis and hard tumors, especially tumors of the abdomen, liver, spleen and stomach.
Boehmeria nivea
Used to prevent miscarriages and promote the drainage of pus (plant); in the treatment of fluxes and wounds (leaves); in the treatment of threatened abortions, colic of pregnancy, haemorrhoids, leukorrhoea, impetigo etc (root)
Bupleurum chinense
To harmonize the body, balancing the different organs and energies within the body, strengthens the digestive tract, acts as a tonic for the liver and circulatory system, lowers fevers, in the treatment of malaria, blackwater fever, uterine and rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, sluggish liver, menstrual disorders, abdominal bloating etc (root)
Butea monosperma
For dysentery, diarrhea, phthisis and bleeding within the bladder and stomach (gum); as a laxative (seed); in hemorrhoids and boils (leaf); as an anthelmintic, specially useful in the treatment of roundworms and tapeworms (seed oil); diabetes, gallbladder stone, sore throat and leucorrhea.
Carica papaya
For warts, cancers, tumors, corns, and indurations of the skin (juice); to help tumors of the uterus (sinapisms prepared from the root); to cure piles and yaws (roots); reduce urine acidity in humans (papaya); for jaundice (flowers); used in psoriasis, ringworm, and prescribed for the removal of cancerous growths (latex); to treat skin diseases, indigestion, enlargement of liver and spleen, worms, diseases of heart, cough and fever (fruit, leaves, latex and seeds);
Ceanothus americanus
To treat fevers and problems of the mucous membranes such as catarrh and sore throats (root, root bark); for asthma, bronchitis and coughs (root); in the treatment of bronchial complaints including asthma and whooping cough, dysentery, sore throats, tonsillitis, haemorrhoids etc (plant); for cancer and venereal sores (bark)
Chelone glabra
For the liver, digestive system, debility, diseases of the liver, gallbladder problems, gallstones, to relieve nausea and vomiting, intestinal colic and to expel worms, as a soothing ointment to piles, inflamed tumours, irritable ulcers, inflamed breasts etc (herb).
Chenopodium ambrosioides
To expel parasitic worms from the body , for haemorrhoids, as a poultice to detoxify snake bites and other poisons and is thought to have wound-healing properties (herb); reduce flatulence (leaves).
Commiphora mukul
Arthritis, bronchitis, enlarged cervical glands, high cholesterol, cystitis, diabetes, endometriosis, gout, hemorrhoids, indigestion, leukorrhea, lumbago, nervous disorders, neurosis, rheumatic disorders, skin diseases, tumors, ulcers.
Commiphora wightii
Neurological disorders, hemorrhoids, obesity and in arthritis (gum resin).
Dalbergia sissoo
Eye diseases and gonorrhea (leaf); cholera, effective in bleeding piles, menorrhagia and in varicose veins (bark); in gonorrhoea (leaves decoction); in leprosy, boils and eruptions and to allay vomiting (wood).
Diospyros kaki
In the treatment of constipation and haemorrhoids, to treat diarrhoea, bronchial complaints, hypertension (fruit); to treat coughs and hiccups (peduncle)
Emblica officinalis
To treat fever, lack of appetite, piles, worms, anaemia, jaundice, intrinsic haemorrhage, hoarseness of voice, hiccough, cough, fainting, heart diseases, vomiting, burning sensation, abdominal pain, gastritis, dyspepsia, obesity, leprosy, rheumatism, erysipelas, chicken-pox, greying of hair, hair loss, diabetes, suppression of urine, leucorrhoea, burning sensation in female genitals, amenorrhea, eye diseases, for promoting intellect and to improve memory, as rejuvenative, and aphrodisiac (promotes spermatogenesis and in premature ejaculation) (fruit and seed). Local systems of medicine employ it for fever, indigestion, bronchitis, asthma, constipation, headache, liver complaint, diabetes, dysentery, ophthalmic disorders, nerve tonic, cholera, diarrhoea, nasal haemorrhage, cystitis, oedema and leucorrhoea.It has expectorant, antioxidant, anticancerous properties.
Garcinia indica
In skin diseases and dysentery (leaf); as an astringent (bark and fruit) and ointment (in conditions such as ulcers and dry skin) (seed oil). The fruit is used in the form of juice to treat gulma, deficient digestion, thirst and diseases of mouth. Used to treat piles, dysentery, tumours, pains and heart ailments.
Geum urbanum
For ulcerative colitis, mucous colitis, duodenal and peptic ulcers, diarrhoea and dysentery, liver disease, catarrh, tightens up soft gums, heals mouth ulcers, makes a good gargle for infections of the pharynx and larynx, reduces irritation of the stomach and gut, to remove spots, freckles and eruptions from the face, as a wash to haemorrhoids, vaginal discharges etc
Holoptelea integrifolia
In rheumatism (stem bark) and ringworm (seed and paste of stem bark); for treating oedema, diabetes, leprosy and other skin diseases, dyspepsia, intestinal disorders, piles and sprue (bark and leaves).
Homonoia riparia
For hemorrhoids, in piles, stone in the bladder, gonorrhoea, syphilis and chest pain (root decoction) and urinary problems (stone of fruit); as a poultice for skin diseases (pounded leaves)
Madhuca longifolia
In ulcers (root bark); as a tonic (flower and bark); in diabetes, in itching, bleeding gums, ulcers, rheumatism, diabetes and as an astringent (bark); in piles (flowers); for skin diseases (seed oil); as a poultice for eczema (leaves).
Mangifera indica
In rheumatism, diphtheria and diarrhea (bark and flower); diabetes, scalds and burns (leaf); for severe bleeding, catarrh, hemoptysis, external ulcers, toothache and for preventing plaques of the teeth; in cases of diarrhea, chronic dysentery, catarrh of the bladder and chronic urethritis resulting from gonorrhea (dried mango flowers); on cracks in the feet and on scabies, and is used to treat syphilis (resinous gum from the trunk); as vermifuges and as astringents in diarrhea, hemorrhages and bleeding hemorrhoids (kernel decoction and powder); for diarrhea, fever, chest complaints, diabetes, hypertension etc (leaf decoction); scurvy and sthomachache (fruit)
Myrtus communis
In the treatment of urinary infections, digestive problems, vaginal discharge, bronchial congestion, sinusitis, dry coughs, cerebral affections, especially epilepsy (plant); for rheumatism (oil); dysentery, diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, internal ulceration and rheumatism (fruit)
Polygonatum biflorum
For all types of sores and skin injuries, to treat excessive menstruation, lung problems and digestive upsets (root); for piles, rheumatism and skin irritation.
Polygonum aviculare
Maladies of the respiratory tract, such as asthma and bronchitis, useful in diarrhoea, bleeding piles, all haemorrhages, in strangury and as an expellant of stone. The decoction was also administered to kill worms. An alcohol-based preparation has been used with success to treat varicose veins of recent origin. Applied externally, it is an excellent remedy to stay bleeding of the nose and to treat sores.
Pongamia pinnata
As a tonic (seed) and in hemorrhoids (stem bark); chronic fevers, rheumatism, lumbago, herpes, scabies, leucoderma and other skin diseases, flatulence, dyspepsia, diarrhoea, cough, leprosy and gonorrhoea (plant); on the head to heal ulcers and cure dandruff (leaf paste); used for cleaning sores, as well as for cleaning teeth and strengthening gums (root juice).
Potentilla erecta
In the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery, sore throats etc (plant); as a wash for mouth ulcers, infected gums, piles and inflamed eyes (decoction); to treat chapping of the anus and cracked nipples (extract)
Pterocarpus santalinus
For skin diseases, boils and scorpion stings (heartwood); dysentery (fruit); as an astringent, for bleeding piles and to eyes in ophthalmia and to sour eyes (powder), used in cephalalgia, odontalgia, hemicrania, vomiting, diarrhea and dysentery.
Rosa damascena
In heart problems, as a tonic and gentle laxative (flower bud); in intestinal ulcers, rickets, haemorrhages and diarrhoea (roots); in treating wounds, ophthalmia, hepatopathy and haemorrhoids (leaves)
Saraca asoca
For urinary discharges (seeds); in indigestion, dysppepsia, dysentery, piles and sores, irregular menstruation and in internal hemorrhaging ("where ergot is indicated") (bark); for syphilis and hemorrhagic dysentery (dried flowers).
Sesamum indicum
Used in piles and a decoction of them is used as emmenagogue, on ulcers, in dysentery, infantile cholera and diarrhoea, in urinary complaints in combination with other medicines, acute cystitis, strangury, early rheumatism, used internally in catarrhal affections of kidney and urinary bladder and externally, are applied on ophthalmic and skin problems (fresh leaves); helps to prevent gall and kidney stones (seeds).
Shorea robusta
The resin obtained from the plant is considered as astringent and detergent and is used in dysentery and for fumigating the rooms of sicks. Its resin with honey or sugar is given in dysentery and bleeding piles. This is also given in gonorrhoea and for weak digestion. Its bark decoction is used as drops in ear problems. Besides, its fruits are also used in diarrhoea.
Sphaeranthus indicus
Useful in liver and gastric disorders (plant juice); in chest-pains, cough, and piles (root decoction); for skin diseases and as a nerve tonic (powdered leaves); Anthelmintic (seed and root); to treat diabetes (flower).
Terminalia arjuna
As a tonic (fruit); treating people with high levels of blood triglycerides and cholesterol, to treat heart diseases, consumption, spermaturia, skin diseases, fracture, intrinsic haemorrhage, wounds, piles, diarrhoea and as a liver tonic (bark).
Terminalia bellerica
In dropsy, piles and diarrhea; in cases of myopia, corneal opacity, pterigium, immature cataract, chronic and acute infective conditions; as a tonic to brain and stomach.
Terminalia chebula
Stomach problems, tooth decay, hemorrhoids, external wounds, ulcers, scalds, inflammation of the mouth mucosa, increases the secretion of gastric juices (fruit); in asthma, sore throat, vomiting, sore eyes, heart diseases, hiccups, indigestion, constipation etc.
Thespesia populnea
Scabies (fruit, root and leaf); migraine and insect bites (fruit); dysentery (bark powder); for the treatment of skin diseases such as eczema, scabies, psoriasis, ringworm and guinea worm (bark, leaves, flowers and fruits); for treatment of dysentery, piles and diabetes (plant); as an external wash in the treatment of skin diseases (bark decoction); to relieve inflamed and swollen joints (leaf as poultice).
Woodfordia floribunda
For diarrhea, dysentery, fever, headache, hemorrhoids, herpes, internal hemorrhage, leukorrhea, liver disorders, menorrhagia, ulcers, wounds.
Wrightia tinctoria
In hemorrhoids and skin disorders (such as psoriasis) (bark); dysentery (seed); dermatitis. It is effective in psoriasis and nonspecific dermatitis. The leaves are used in various skin disorders including herpes. It has antidandruff activity and is used in the treatment of various scalp and skin disorders.
Xylia xylocarpa
For vomiting, swellings, gonorrhoea, diarrhoea and ulcers (bark powder); in rheumatism, leprosy, piles, and ulcers (seed oil)
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Sunshine Coast Cycling Club
The club has started a handicap system to assist Cycling Queensland in standardising handicaps and ensure fair club racing. The system is an attempt to encourage riders to improve the grade they race in and make the races more interesting. The grading spreadsheet will improve as we gain more race results and some new riders are still to be included.
The Club Handicappers are Peter Hogg and Rob Thompson. The role of the Handicappers is to assist in providing safe and competitive racing. We aim to do this in a fair, respectful and transparent way. We have 10 guidelines that the handicappers consider when grading riders and we are pleased to make these guidelines known to all.
The 10 Guidelines
Handicapping should enable strong, competitive, and fair racing, and should challenge and stretch riders.
Respect for the club and its races must be shown by all competitors.
Riders may be tapped on the shoulder and promoted if they win three or if they place five times in a typical sized race over a reasonable period of time – i.e. a few months. Common sense and guideline 10 directly applies here.
Riders having been promoted to a higher grade must compete in at least 3 races of their new grade before any discussion can be undertaken with the handicap team.
Riders may request to be promoted without meeting principle 3, if it is agreed that they have an adequate skill level and ability to suffer.
Riders may go down a grade if they are regularly getting dropped early in their current grade. However demoted riders need to be mindful and respectful to other riders and quality of racing in the grade they are coming down to. If that rider subsequently wins soon after in the lower grade, they will be promotedimmediately. If any rider is racing without an intention to win, they should move carefully and cautiously to the back of the field before the start of the final lap.
Consideration may be given to a rider depending on course profile or if they have had an extended period off the bike. However please note Guideline 9 remains relevant.
Riders from other clubs will be treated in the same way as SCCC riders. They will be put in what is understood to be their appropriate grade. SCCC operates on a trust basis with other club riders, and their results and grading will be recorded on the Grade List.
The Handicapper has to assume you are fully fit to race. It is not the handicapper's role to aid riders back to fitness.
The Handicapper has full discretion and will have the final say.
The Process
The Handicappers will review the results each week and make any changes to the grades by Tuesday evening.
The new Rider Grade list will be published on the SCCC Racing website and provided to the entry taker.
The Rider Grade list records wins and places, and also identifies trends in form, such as "close to moving up", or "new to grade".
Any concerns a rider might have may be raised to the Handicappers.


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How Often Should I Wash My Towels?
At dinner with my girlfriends this weekend one of the topics that came up was how often we wash our towels. This is one of the biting questions that successful 30 year old women talk about. This topic came up because a couple of my friends really hate germs and only use towels once before … [Read more…]


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SANTA CRUZ – The Santa Cruz City Council elected to move forward with the Mixed-Use Downtown Library Project and award Phase 1 of the contract to Griffin Structures Inc. in a 4-2 vote, Tuesday.
Councilwomen Katherine Beiers and Sandy Brown dissented. Councilwoman Cynthia Mathews recused herself from the vote due to a conflict of interest.
The council expressed interest in Griffin Structures' 40 years of experience in similar projects. It has worked on projects such as libraries, affordable housing and parking. It has also done projects locally. Griffin Structures was contracted to work on the Half Moon Bay and Watsonville libraries.
"We were incredibly excited about Griffin Structures," said Amanda Rotella, a principal management analyst for the City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office. "They had an incredibly strong proposal and have a ton of experience working on complex projects."
Phase 1 will consist entirely of the design and permitting process in the amount of $240,000. The first phase will begin in November and is expected to be finished by mid-2022, Rotella said.
"That would give us as a city a lot more flexibility around the timing and what we're committing to financially in terms of a contract," Rotella said. "Rather than committing to the whole big package, having this smaller contract for the $240,000."
The Mixed-Use Downtown Library Project is a multifaceted project that aims to provide downtown Santa Cruz with a new, state-of-the-art library as well as affordable housing to combat the city's housing crisis. The project includes an attached parking garage to the new library to mitigate the expected loss in parking from building new housing units.
The entire project is estimated to cost from $77 million to $83 million between all three facets. The new $27 million library will be funded by Measure S. The remaining $50 million to $56 million is split between affordable housing and parking projects.
Affordable housing is projected to cost $30 million, with a 20% contribution from the city of roughly $6 million, according to City of Santa Cruz Director of Economic Development Bonnie Lipscomb. Other funding will come from federal and state grants, loans, tax credits and investors. The project will create a minimum of 50 affordable housing units.
The remaining estimated costs of $20 million to $26 million are allocated toward the parking garage, said Brian Borguno, the city's parking program manager. The project will be supported by the Parking District Fund. The parking garage is expected to create 400 parking spaces in downtown Santa Cruz.
The City Council received a polarized response from the public over the proposed project.
Supporters of the library project cited the need for public parking downtown during times where tourists flood the streets. Several commenters also mentioned the success of the Watsonville library that has an attached parking structure.
"That right there in our county shows you that buildings can be utilized to the maximum and leverage the funding that we have through Measure S," said Yolanda Henry of the Downtown Library Advisory Committee. "Our city depends on tourism. Our tourists who come, they're going to drive here, and they will need somewhere to park so they can shop in dine in our area."
Conversely, opposers of the project claimed pushing it forward would be fiscally irresponsible during the pandemic. Additionally, they claimed a yes vote would sew the seeds of mistrust in the public as they believed a vote for Measure S was to renovate the current library, not build a new one.
Councilwoman Renee Golder responded to the claims about Measure S by reading the ballot language.
"Under fiscal impacts statements of Measure S, the second paragraph it says, '…this shall include without limitation new construction, building renovations and service model upgrades such as separate areas for teens and children, flexible spaces and or meeting rooms and study rooms, flooring, painting, etcetera,'' Golder said. "On the public libraries' website, they have the ballot language there. It was on page three."
The next step for the project will be to work with Griffin Structures to hire a design team. The city will also work with the farmers market to finalize a design at the new location. The city plans to move the farmers market down the street to the parking lot on Cathcart and Front streets. Lastly, the City Council will explore future options for the current library.


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(PresidentialWire.com)- Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the government's top COVID-19 advisor, is facing a storm of controversy over emails revealed as part of a Freedom of Information Act request that show him recommending Obama-era government officials do not wear masks. The emails show Fauci's hypocrisy on the mask issue, but a deep dive into the thousands of pages of emails released as part of the request show that Fauci may have ignored warnings from a physicist about trusting the data from China.
One email from Dr. Fauci to Dr. Erik Nilsen, who is not just a PhD physicist but also the CEO of Bio-Signal, a neuroscience research firm, simply said "Too long for me to read."
Fauci's rude message wasn't even signed off with a "kind regards" or "apologies," but simply told Nilsen that he didn't have time to read the message.
Had he taken a moment to read it, however, he might have learned something about the trustworthiness of the Chinese Communist Party and the data they gave to the United States.
Nilsen said that he was "confident" that China stopped counting dead bodies infected with COVID-19 in January 2020, adding that China was adding fabricated data every day to "save face" and to show the world that they had flattened the curve…when they hadn't.
He explained that it was easy to prove that China was doing this because "improbable coincidences occurred in much of the data."
Nilsen said that his suspicions about China's dodgy data were confirmed by at least two sources in China, explaining that the data was even luring the world into a false sense of security with regards to death rate and age vs death.
This sounds like something the chief government advisor on COVID-19 would probably want to know about…
In another part of the email, Nilsen explained how one of his sources said that the sheer number of body bags visible in the streets in China suggest that the death rates in the country were significantly higher than claimed.
Dr. Fauci didn't have time to read this important email…but he did have time to write an entire book on a crisis he didn't handle very well?


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WEST MICHIGAN -- Drug overdose deaths from opioids, including prescription pills and heroin, are the leading cause of injury death nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Opioids are killing more than three out of five people who overdose.
The face of addiction is changing: people of all ages walking a different path into substance use disorder, fueling the disease of addiction. This deadly epidemic can start from anyone's home, doctor's office or community. Lifelong grief and loud calls for real treatment options continue to connect families worldwide to West Michigan.
Nancy King sat in an empty room that was just filled with families affected by addiction, and people facing it head-on, in Kalamazoo. Three years ago she founded the Southwest Michigan chapter of Families Against Narcotics in honor of her daughter Marissa to ensure others do not go through what she and her family did.
"She had great aspirations," King said of her daughter Marissa. "She was an incredible writer and she wanted to become a journalist."
About 80 miles away, Sherri Boster also sat in a recently emptied room at the Ionia County Health Department. About one year after losing her son Denny Bristow to a heroin overdose, Sherri resigned from work and founded the SMART Recovery chapter, as well as support and grieving groups, in Ionia County.
"He was a wonderful person," said Boster. "He had a huge heart, good brother, good son."
Two mothers, miles apart, living with heartbreak unlike any other, yet pain too many families know.
Marissa King was 21. Denny Bristow was 26. Two young faces of the millions lost to prescription pills and heroin, connected through their loved ones' grief and knowledge of the power of the disease called addiction.
"The first thing that crossed my mind when I found out she was using heroin was, 'I'm a bad mom. My daughter's a heroin addict,'" said King. "And I had to get rid of that stigma because it was just a coping mechanism. Addiction, it's a disease, and it's not a choice."
"Losing a child is nothing that you can ever, ever get over," said Boster. "You can learn how to get through it but the truth is, you'll get it through it for the rest of your life."
Jeremiah Lindemann created this map in Colorado to honor his brother, J.T. Lindemann.
Lindemann says it's a tool to talk about opioids and how quickly they can become deadly. It's also exposing the dire need for accessible treatment.
The road to addiction
"It really started when she was a child," said King.
King says by high school her daughter Marissa was diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder. Often well-meaning, she recalled checking Marissa's purse daily when she started to self-medicate, buying pills at school.
"She was kind of getting that attitude that you know, take this drug and feel better because of depression," she said.
Research, often based on under-reported data, shows more than one in four adults living with serious mental health issues also has a substance use problem, according to the U.S. DHHS. For Marissa, prescribed antidepressants began a path to heroin.
"One out of five visits to the doctor's office, you're going to walk away with a pain medication," said King.
But in 2009, the stigma of addiction was a main reason King says she could not find help for her daughter.
"I started calling therapists and I'm getting, 'Yes we treat substance use disorder, no we don't take heroin addicts,'" said King, "because at that time their perception of who somebody who used heroin was."
Less than three years later, King got the call she feared in January 2012:
"Even after all these years she knew how to manipulate me," said King. "And she goes, 'I just need $60 for books.' Instead of my brain kicking in and going great let me get online and buy those for you, I transferred the money. And she was dead in an hour."
"Those are one of those memories that never go away. They are visceral."
For Denny, the path was as permanent though different.
"As young kids do, in high school partying, having fun, apparently he started taking prescription drugs," said Boster. "I had no clue that they even did that. I did not know for a couple of years actually until he was in full-blown addiction to opiates."
"Oxycontin. Completely and totally hate that pill."
Boster says her son's addiction started in high school, experimenting with prescription pills.
"It was like who are you?" she recalled. "You are a stranger to me, what is going on? I was clueless, I had no idea."
After failing treatments, no local rehab facilities, and going in and out of jail for theft, Denny died from a heroin overdose at 26-years-old at home.
"He passed away and was found by family members on the floor of his bedroom," said Boster.
Fighting the opioid epidemic with treatment
Sharing their stories communities apart, both King and Boster became certified recovery coaches after losing their children to an overdose. King created the Southwest Michigan chapter of Families Against Narcotics, Inc. Boster founded the SMART Recovery chapter in Ionia County, as well as grief and support groups that she and her younger son run.
"It's my savior," said King. "It's what gets me through my daughter's death: being able to know that people don't have to suffer like I did with lack of knowledge, lack of compassion, understanding, connections."
"And to be able to look at somebody who suffers from addiction and be able to go, there's no shame in your addiction," she said.
King also distributes overdose prevention kits containing two doses of nasal Naloxone, and teaches people how to administer it.
"I do not ever want another parent to have to feel the pain of burying their child," said Boster. "We need more resources, we have nothing in Ionia County for a detox, we have nothing for rehabs."
These mothers know there is still a black holes of viable, local and affordable treatment. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says in 2015 21.7 million people, ages 12 and older, needed substance use treatment at a specialized facility. Yet more than 89 percent who needed help were not treated.
"We have to realize that this is a serious disease, and it's got to be treated as such," said Boster.
Boster and King know the exhaustion, they know this heartbreak. They also know the power of compassion with the right treatment saves lives.
"We have to be able to change that mindset of compassion from the doctors, the community, family members, extended family, so that we can be able to see recovery as a possibility," said King.
"Call me," said Boster. "If anything I'll give you a hug, and tell you when you're ready, I'll be here. And I will, and so many other people. Just don't give up hope, don't give up hope."
If you, or your loved one, need help please reach out. Here are some local resources and people to start:
SMART Recovery: Also see the Ionia chapter's Facebook page, or call (616) 523-6141, or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Families Against Narcotics: Also call (586) 438-8500, or email email@example.com


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In the beginning of the 2000s reggae music was already considered well past its prime, but what about 2020, what are the most common impressions about this genre? With music industry evolving year by year, there has been many misinterpretations of concepts like 'pop music', 'hip hop', 'trap', 'reggaeton', 'reggae'. As the new tendency of the singers and producers is to bring remakes of songs that were popular in the 90s, and adjust them with 2020s tendencies, the 'back-spine' of music genre in general is kind of lost.
Today with us we have a strong suitor of genre division, the 23 year old Albanian hip hop & reggae singer and songwriter Marly (Almir Leka), who believes that singers and producers should conserve up to some extent the core and the origins of the genre of the songs they produce. He revealed for us that it is unpleasant to see how some songs that maybe 30 ago were anthems, that everyone looked up and hold dear, being transformed and deformed. He believes that the new versions are still beautiful, but with the tecnology advancing, and with recording and mastering being perfectioned, these new versions according to Marly, make the old version seem dull and old in the ears of the young listeners. Many times he has raised awareness in his official instagram profile (@marly.artist) about these kind of topics, and it seems that many fans following him agree with his reasoning.
For all of you who didn't know, Marly is the author of various hits such as: Sant & Marly – Ne Yo, Sant & Marly – D.M.P.L, Sant & Marly – Hola, Sant & Marly – Dalim, Devis Xherahu ft Marly – Me Pelqen Ajo, Devis Xherahu ft Marly – Per Ty Mbarova.
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god loves everyone*
There are of course many millions of Christians in India and China. God is able to make Himself known to anyone, but usually does so through the agency of Christians. The 'inner voice', on its own, could come from anywhere (or be generated by our own subconscious); it has to have a context in order to be recognised for what it is. (comment by Deborah)
Christians have a bit of explaining to do when it comes to justifying how the benevolent creator of our universe seems to enjoy a certain brand of partial favouritism when it comes to which ethnic groups or nations of his creation he wishes to shine his benevolent light on.
- The god God only bothered making himself known to a tiny tribe of Middle Eastern people for most of the history of mankind (even according to creationist calculations). The Jews received all his love, rage and jealous protection while the rest of humanity basked neglected in sinful ignorance.
- When the god God made his new covenant with mankind by killing himself in the form of his son (we'll skip over how logical this action would be), Christians believe he had finally decided to spread his love to the whole world, by word of mouth. So, if you don't happen to meet another Christian in your lifetime, or have a Bible fall in your lap, as has happened to countless billions of people over the last two millennia, you still have no chance of knowing the creator of all.
- Christians have attempted to remedy this situation by sending their representatives around the world to sell their religion to the unknowing, bringing many gifts such as education (indoctrination), healthcare (invoking gratitude) and food (full tummies are keen to listen). We won't mention the other 'gifts' of disease, torture and slaughter (submission by terror).
- Thus shoring up their numbers, they can count, for instance, millions of Latin Americans among their numbers as devout Catholics who don't know whether to pray to Jesus or Gauchito Gil, celebrate All Saints day or El Dia del Muerte, or whether to go to confession or sacrifice a chicken. No Christian practices 'pure' Christianity (what would that be??) but rest assured the majority of the faithful have blended bizarre local superstitions with what they hear about the Christian god God in an attempt to receive the release from fear that any old religion can provide.
- When all the figures are in, today if you live in the USA you have a 76% chance of being a Christian, and if you live in China or India you have a 2% chance of being a Christian. The god God has extended his generous benevolence to the whole of mankind, but to the Christian mind it seems he still must have a strong preference for certain ethnic groups and nations.
God loves everyone*
*but mainly if you're born in the right country


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29 May — Battling the coronavirus 'infodemic'
For researchers who track how information spreads, the COVID-19 pandemic is an experimental subject like no other. Misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories have spread widely online, and researchers are scrambling to track and analyse these falsehoods in the hope of understanding where such information comes from, how it grows and — they hope — how to elevate facts over fiction.
One team has tracked how malicious information about a pneumonia-like disease began circulating on the forum 4chan in December — and then quickly reached mainstream sites such as Facebook (see 'Highways of hate').
Meanwhile, social-media platforms often rely on fact-checkers at independent media organizations to flag up misleading content. In January, 88 media organizations worldwide joined together to record fact-checks of COVID-19 claims in a database (see 'A fact-checking frenzy'). Social-media sites have done a decent job of removing misleading content, given the volume, say researchers. In one analysis, about 25% of claims flagged as false remained in place without a warning on YouTube and Facebook. Read more about the battle against coronavirus misinformation here.
21 May — Coronavirus stopped flu in its tracks
Lockdowns and social-distancing measures aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus seem to have shortened the influenza season in the northern hemisphere by about six weeks. Seasonal flu cases in the northern hemisphere usually peak in February and tail off by the end of May. This year, unusually, lab-confirmed cases of influenza dropped precipitously in early April, a few weeks after the coronavirus pandemic was declared on 11 March. The data comes from tests of more than 150,000 samples from national influenza laboratories in 71 countries that report data to FluNet, a global surveillance system.
20 May — How global lockdowns have slashed carbon emissions
Lockdowns have spurred tantalizing drops in carbon emissions around the world as cities, industries and transport have ground to a halt. Detailed estimates suggest that the international response to the coronavirus pandemic has so far slashed global carbon emissions by more than 8%. But energy consumption is already rebounding many places, as government-imposed restrictions are eased. Still, even as these measures are relaxed over the course of the year, one team projects that cumulative global emissions for 2020 could drop by 4–7%, which would represent the largest drop since the Second World War. Read more about how carbon emissions have changed amid the pandemic here.
20 May — How female researchers are losing ground during the pandemic
Science's gender publishing gap is well documented — but several analyses now show how lockdowns have exacerbated disparities in research productivity between men and women as home and work life clash. Data show that female academics are posting fewer preprints to repositories than before lockdowns started, and they are initiating a smaller proportion of research projects, as measured by new entries on registered-report databases. Sociologists say that women are likely to be shouldering more of the increased burden of childcare and domestic work under lockdowns.
15 May — The protein structures that could help scientists disarm the coronavirus
From the moment the new coronavirus's genome sequence was released in January, a network of structural biologists around the world redirected their labs towards a single goal — solving the protein structures of the deadly virus. With the structural information in hand, scientists can recreate the proteins in the lab, visualize them and then, hopefully, identify drug compounds to block them or develop vaccines to rally the immune system against them. Read more about the quest to solve and visualize the coronavirus's protein structures here.
15 May — Online meetings find favour with scientists
More than 80% of respondents to a Nature reader poll said that they would be in favour of some scientific conferences remaining virtual even after the coronavirus pandemic ends. Many meetings have been pushed online since March as a result of the global COVID-19 outbreak — including large, flagship conferences that usually attract thousands of attendees.
More than 40% of the roughly 500 survey respondents said that they had attended an online meeting.
Readers lauded some aspects of virtual meetings — in particular improved accessibility, low costs and avoiding the hassle of travel. "I know colleagues around the world with limited budgets who've also suddenly been able to attend many more meetings," says Tom Brown, who studies energy-system modelling at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Some respondents found presentations to be clearer, liked that they could rewatch recorded talks, and felt that it is easier to speak up as an audience member using digital tools than it is in a meeting hall.
Downsides included clunky technology, connection issues and most notably, the lack of serendipitous encounters, human interaction and socializing.
But many respondents thought virtual conferences would improve in time and that the digital experience could help to make in-person meetings better, for instance through improving technologies that allow attendees to exchange data, knowledge and opinions during presentations.
Some advocated a hybrid model — a face-to-face meeting with increased virtual elements. "Some of the best parts of a conference, such as informal meetings, local flavour, and more time to talk to speakers after sessions were completely lost. A hybrid system might recover some of these benefits," says Paul DeStefano, a physicist at Portland State University in Oregon.
11 May — Rapid peer review and blocking bad science
Preprint servers — where researchers post manuscripts before peer review — have been flooded with studies since the coronavirus pandemic began, in a bid to rapidly share information that could lead to vaccines and treatments and shape policies. But these repositories have had to beef up their screening processes to weed out poorly conducted studies that could be harmful, or fuel conspiracy theories.
At the same time, journals are scrambling to rapidly review and publish studies. One analysis of titles found that the average time to publication had dropped from 117 to 60 days. Read more about science publishing during the pandemic here.
5 May — Paltry historical funding for coronavirus-related research
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, funding for research related to coronaviruses constituted just 0.5% of global spending on infectious-disease studies by public and philanthropic organizations. From 2000 to the start of this year, these organizations spent about US$550 million on coronavirus work, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Southampton, UK. By comparison, Ebola-related research received $1.2 billion (1.1% of global spending).
Spending has risen to $985 million since the current outbreak began (see 'Coronavirus cash'). About $275 million of COVID-19 research funding is focused on vaccine development, $40 million on therapeutics and $18 million on diagnostic tests. The researchers note that the spending has generally been reactive — explaining spikes in 2004 and 2015, after outbreaks of the coronaviruses that cause severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome, respectively.
5 May — How the coronavirus breaks into human cells
Researchers are scrambling to uncover as much as possible about the biology of the latest coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2 — and a profile of the killer is emerging. Scientists are learning that the virus has evolved an array of adaptations that make it much more lethal than the other coronaviruses humanity has met so far. Unlike its close relatives, SARS-CoV-2 can readily attack human cells at multiple points, with the lungs and the throat being the main targets (see 'Deadly invader'). Read more about the complex biology of this killer virus here.
5 May — Which country had the strictest coronavirus response?
Nations have responded in vastly different ways to the coronavirus pandemic, and researchers are now sifting through data to work out which strategies — from wearing face masks to enforcing lockdowns — worked best. Scientists with the Oxford Coronavirus Government Response Tracker project have developed a 'stringency index' that scores a nation's strategy on the basis of how strict it is, and allows approaches to be compared directly (see 'Pandemic protections'). Read more about efforts to track the most effective strategies against COVID-19 here.


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- Liverpool has been quite active in the transfer market for the past 2 days.
- Diogo Jota has now agreed on personal terms with Liverpool.
- Both clubs to finalize the negotiation for the Portuguese winger's switch to Anfield.
Diogo Jota to Liverpool: it's happening
After a quiet start to the summer transfer window, Liverpool is finally looking to come alive and surprise everyone. After sealing the signature of Thiago from Bayern, Liverpool quickly turned their intention to Wolves' star player Diogo Jota. News emerged on Friday that Liverpool had registered their interest in Jota as an alternative to Watford's Ismaila Sarr.
The Portuguese international is considered as a cheap and experienced alternative to the young Sarr. According to the Athletic, Reds sporting director, Micheal Edwards has delivered another sensational deal for Liverpool. They claim Liverpool will pay £41m, rather than the £35m first reported for Jota. However, it has been told that the Premier League champions will pay just £4m of that fee upfront.
Wolves has also agreed to take the installments for the player. However, Wolves decided to allow just £4m upfront – less than 10% of his market value – that was key to the incredible deal for Liverpool.
Liverpool funded the deal by selling Ki-Jan Hoever for a fee of around £13.5million.
* #LFC sign Diogo Jota for £45m on a five-year contract. Initial fee of £41m rising to £45m.
* Ki-Jana Hoever going in the opposite direction in a £13.5m deal. £9m guaranteed/£4.5m in add-ons. #LFC have negotiated 15% sell-on clausehttps://t.co/NxxUnp4V81
— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) September 18, 2020
Jota's stats at Wolves
Jota scored 16 goals and provided six assists in 48 games for Wolves last season and had been marked as Liverpool's top attacking target this transfer window. The Portuguese international has always been Jurgen Klopp's first choice after considering Sarr, not as the best winger for his football idea.
Jota will become Liverpool's third signing this transfer window, following the arrival of Thiago and Tsmikas. The 23-year-old will provide serious competition to Liverpool's famous front three of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, and Mo Salah.


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The New Student's Reference Work/Narragansett Bay
Nar′ragan′sett Bay, in Rhode Island, is about 28 miles in length, reaching north from the Atlantic into the state and being from 3 to 12 miles wide. It divides Rhode Island into two unequal parts, of which the western part is much the larger. It contains several islands, of which Aquidneck and Prudence are the largest. The Pawtuxet and Pawtucket empty into it.


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The exact cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is unknown, but IBD is the result of a defective immune system. A properly functioning immune system attacks foreign organisms, such as viruses and bacteria, to protect the body.
In IBD, the immune system responds incorrectly to environmental triggers, which causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. There also appears to be a genetic component—someone with a family history of IBD is more likely to develop this inappropriate immune response.
IBD should not be confused with irritable bowel syndrome or IBS. Although people with IBS may experience some similar symptoms to IBD, IBD and IBS are very different. Irritable bowel syndrome is not caused by inflammation and the tissues of the bowel are not damaged the way they are in IBD.


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The third and final day of fashion week centered around one designer. His name has grown to become one of the most well known and respected in the country. He was one of the first designers to step up and help create the industry we look up to today. His hard work and loyalty to his vision has been a guiding light on a very successful road. The third day of fashion week marked another milestone in this designers career – his first solo show. Held at Ronak Lakhani's house, the show was attended by distinguished dignitaries, journalists, fashion enthusiasts, designers and close friends.
Deepak's aim for his solo show is to show the transformative journey that a young woman embarks on. From being a carefree single girl to becoming a bride to be. Madhaniyan created focus on the bride's relationship with her father and it featured a juxtaposition of Deepak's vintage pieces along with his contemporary ones. The show began with Sadaf Kanwal and Sarwat Gilani who adorned regal pieces that swooned the audience. A total of about 50 pieces were shown, from shimmering gold to royal silver. From carefully embellished lehenga's to fun peplum tops. The suits contained peacock and exotic bird motifs that definitely helped make a statement. It was just the right mix of both women and men's fashion that graced the runway that evening. By the end, the audience was left spellbound by the exquisite craftsmanship and effort that everyone had put in to making that evening magical. Hats off to you, Deepak!
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A nine-story patient tower at the Methodist University Hospital (MUH) in Memphis, Tennessee, is now complete. The 41,806-m2 (450,000-sf) tower was constructed on top of the already existing emergency department of the hospital.
The Shorb Tower is part of the hospital's campus expansion project that also includes a 700-space parking plaza.
"The new Shorb Tower represents our commitment to provide the best care to patients in the community and our dedication to the future of medicine," said Richard Kelley, vice-president, corporate facilities management for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. "This is one of the largest transformational projects in the history of the Memphis Medical District and will allow us to continue to attract top medical talent to join our outstanding team."
The hospital will consolidate its transplant services into a two-floor outpatient comprehensive transplant institute in the new tower. The new tower will also include cardiology, blood and marrow transplant, and oncology services. The expansion allows for a 36 percent increase in intensive care unit (ICU) capacity and a 20 percent increase in the hospital's operating room capacity. The next phase of the project includes 8733 m2 (94,000 sf) of renovations to existing patient and operating rooms.
Construction services company Turner Construction used state-of-the-art laser scanning technology to scan each of the 70 patient bathrooms to ensure the floors are properly sloped so water does not pool.
To modernize the look of the campus, most of which is made of red brick, the building has a dynamic glass system on the exterior of the tower giving a new identity to the hospital's main entrance.
Memphis firms Self+Tucker Architects and Archimania worked with Dallas-based HKS for the project. Bernhard TME provided mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) services and Memphis-based Allen & Hoshall served as the project's structural and civil engineer.


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Morrow County Candidate Forum will be held Tuesday, Feb. 11 from 6-8 p.m. at Cardington American Legion, Jenkins-Vaughan Post 97.
The Morrow County Candidates Forum, sponsored this year by Forward Morrow, a group of business and civic leaders dedicated to the positive growth and development of Morrow County, is scheduled and the public is invited to attend.
The forum will be moderated by former Morrow County Treasurer Dan Green.
This is a nonpartisan event. All county candidates appearing on the March primary ballot and spokespersons for county ballot issues have been invited. Organizers hope you residents will learn more about the candidates who have put their name forward for public office.
Unopposed candidates will have roughly 5 minutes to speak. Contested races will be a moderated panel of roughly 20 minutes. Attendees will be invited to submit questions on notecards to the moderator during the forum.
Schedules permitting, they anticipate candidates will be available after the formal conclusion of the event for additional discussion and questions.


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Albuquerque is a city of diversity, with geographic and historic circumstances that brought Native American, Hispanic and Anglo cultures together to create a unique multicultural community. The land awes and inspires with the Sandia and Manzano Mountains to the east, the Rio Grande river valley cutting through the city and the West Mesa escarpment with its ghosts of volcanic activity. In spite of the size of the city and all of the amenities that go along with big city life, Albuquerque manages to retain a small town charm.
Native American groups have inhabited the territory of New Mexico for thousands of years, many centuries before Europeans reached the Americas. Reminders of their ancient presence are throughout our state: cliff dwellings and pit houses, kivas (underground ceremonial chambers), abandoned cities along ancient trade routes, and symbols etched in rock. New Mexico is home to 22 tribes, which include the Navajo Nation, Jicarilla Apache, Mescalero Apache, and 19 pueblos.
The Navajo Nation is the largest American Indian tribe in North America and their reservation is located in northwest New Mexico, northern Arizona and southeast Utah. The Jicarilla Apache live in northern New Mexico and the Mescalero Apache reside in southern New Mexico. A majority of the 19 pueblos are located in northern New Mexico. Each tribe is unique and they have their own traditional languages, customs, values, prayers, songs, ceremonies, traditional attire, and way of life. The centrally located Albuquerque area is the perfect starting point from which to explore our Native American heritage.
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Zao is an American Metalcore band formed in 1993. They began their career playing hardcore punk, but the original lineup almost completely disbanded after their second album. The sole remaining member was drummer Jesse Smith, who kept the name and recruited a new roster. With the new members came new musical influences. Other bands before them had fused elements of hardcore and metal, but Zao's music (particularly the albums Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest and Liberate Te Ex Infernis) proved to be tremendously influential on modern Metalcore. While they never quite reached the same level of commercial success as many of the bands they influenced, they are often considered one of the Trope Codifiers of the Metalcore genre.
Zao now has no original members remaining, after the departure of Jesse Smith in 2004. Longtime members Dan Weyandt (vocals), Scott Mellinger (guitar), and Russ Cogdell (guitar) are often seen as the "core" of the band's modern incarnation.
Current Members
- Dan Weyandt (vocals, 1997-)
- Russ Cogdell (guitar, 1997-2000, 2002-2008, 2010-)
- Scott Mellinger (guitar, clean vocals, 1999-)
- Marty Lunn (bass, 2005-)
- Jeff Gretz (drums, 2005-)
Notable Past Members
- Jesse Smith (drums, 1993-2004)
- Eric Reeder (vocals, 1993-1995)
- Roy Goudy (guitar, 1993-1997)
- Mic Cox (bass, 1993-1997)
- Shawn Jonas (vocals, 1995-1997)
- Brett Detar (guitar, 1997-1999)
- Rob Horner (bass, 1999-2004)
- Josh Ashworth (live vocals, 2003-2004)
- All Else Failed (1995)
- The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation (1997)
- Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest (1998)
- Liberate Te Ex Infernis (1999)
- (Self Titled) (2001)
- Parade of Chaos (2002)
- All Else Failed (re-recording, 2003)
- The Funeral of God (2004)
- The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here (2006)
- Awake? (2009)
- The Well-Intentioned Virus (2016)
- The Crimson Corridor (2021)
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- Artistic License: The title Liberate Te Ex Infernis is supposed to mean "Free yourself from Hell", but the Latin is grammatically incorrect. It should be either "Libera Te Ex Infernis" or "Liberate Vos Ex Infernis".
- Black and Nerdy: Russ.
- Break-Up Song:
- "5 Year Winter"
- The final track from their latest album, "I Leave You In Peace", has vocalist/lyricist Dan Weyandt examining the various factors that drew him to, and eventually away from, Christianity.
- Christian Metal: They began their career as an explicitly Christian band. Defining their sound as "Christ-centered hardcore", the majority of their lyrics focused on God and spirituality. After the departure of most of the original roster and the addition of mainstays Dan Weyandt, Russ Cogdell and Scott Mellinger, Zao began moving in a different direction, both musically and lyrically. While many of their lyrics were still noticeably Christian, it was in a darker, more introspective way, and they also focused on other topics such as personal struggles, broken relationships, and social commentary. As of 2015, only one member of the band (Lunn) continues to identify as Christian. Despite all of this, it's unlikely that they will ever totally shake their association with the Christian music scene.
- Concept Album: The Funeral of God tells a story in which God, weary with the path humanity has chosen for itself, decides to leave the the world. Society quickly degenerates into war and destruction, and mankind eventually decides to change their ways, waiting for God to return.
- Cover Version: They've covered "Black Coffee" by Black Flag
- Darker and Edgier:
"If the melodic end of the genre has been taken by Killswitch Engage then the extreme end of the Kingdom belongs to Zao. No question."
- Liberate Te Ex Infernis featured more minimalistic production, more brutal and creepy riffs, and Dan's Carcass -influenced shrieks, which can at times be genuinely unsettling. The band has later said that the album's sound was heavily inspired by Neurosis.
- As a whole, they are often considered to be this compared to many of the metalcore bands that came after them. As Metal Hammer UK put it:
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Jesse Smith is actually the person on the cover of Liberate
- Eagle Land: Songs like "Kingdom of Thieves" and "American Sheets on the Deathbed" definitely portray America as a Type 2.
- Gaia's Vengeance: "The Host Has Bared Its Teeth".
- Lead Bassist: Dan was briefly this in the early 2000's, handling both vocals and bass at their live shows before they hired a new bassist.
- Meaningful Name: Their name is derived from the Greek word for "alive" or "to have life".
- New Sound Album: Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest is the most prominent example, marking their shift from hardcore to metalcore. Most of their albums since then have featured tweaks and changes to their sound, though not fully crossing over into different genres. (Self Titled), for instance, includes electronic and industrial elements, while The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here has Grindcore and Black Metal influences.
- Non-Indicative Name: No, The Funeral of God is not actually about God dying. Rather, it's about God finally giving up on humanity and leaving them to their own devices.
- Protest Song: "Free the Three" protests the imprisonment of the West Memphis Three, three men who were convicted (many believe falsely) of murder in 1993. After their release from prison in 2011, the song was retired from Zao's live set.
- Revolving Door Band: They've had a lot of lineup changes. However, from 2005 onward, the roster has remained pretty consistent.
- Self-Titled Album: Somewhat of a subversion. (Self Titled) isn't actually called "Zao", the title of the album is literally "Self Titled".
- Soprano and Gravel: Starting with The Funeral of God, Scott Mellinger has begun to compliment Dan's harsh vocals with clean vocals, mostly on the choruses.
- Surprisingly Gentle Song: "Violet", the final track from Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest, is a sombre piano ballad.
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DETROIT, MI -- Kid Rock's new First Kiss album won't be released until Feb. 24, but details are starting to slowly leak about its sound and creative direction.
Nobody knows the behind-the-scenes work it took for Rock to get it together quite like Gordy Quist, of the Austin, Texas-based group The Band of Heathens.
Quist and his band's five members spent a week with Kid Rock at his Clarkston, Mich. home working on at least half of First Kiss' 11 tracks and also kicked it with him on two Chillin' the Most Kid Rock fan cruises.
Band of Heathens also has touring experience as it was part of the bill at two Kid Rock shows at Clarkston's DTE Energy Music Theatre in 20013. The band experienced the wild Kid Rock Best Night Ever Tour with ZZ Top that had $20 tickets, $20 t-shirts and $4 beers.
"He seems to be connected to some pretty interesting people and has done some amazing things," said Quist of Rock, whose real name Robert James Ritchie. "And he's earned it; he's worked hard for a long time."
MLive.com caught up with Quist to get some insight about working with Kid Rock on First Kiss and more about The Band of Heathens, a group that has performed in Ann Arbor and hopes to make a stop in Detroit this spring.
Kid Rock released Tuesday a video for his title song "First Kiss" that appears to show him reminisce about a long lost love.
How did you get connected with Kid Rock and start working with him?
The first we ever heard of any connection with Bob was when our Facebook and Twitter worlds started exploding because he went on 'Howard Stern' and said that we were one of his favorite new bands. We had never talked to him, met him or anything! We had no idea he was even aware of our band. And so, I think we connected — somehow. Maybe our manager told his manager about us or something that kind of set things. About a month later (after the 'Howard Stern Show' appearance) he invited us to go on his (Chillin' the Most) cruise; he has a rock festival on a boat.
We became friends that year on the boat and he was really cool to us and encouraging. He seemed to generally be a big fan of the band. It was really awesome, and then he invited us again the next year (2014) and we got to hang out a little bit more. Then right after that second cruise was when we started collaborating together. He then invited us to Detroit for a week to crash at his house and do some recording. We rode around in a golf cart for a week and had a good time!
What do you learn about Kid Rock on a Kid Rock cruise?
We definitely got to see what the sunrise looks like many nights out on the middle of the ocean. It was late nights and a lot of good times. He's obsessed with music in a really good way; he's a true music fan. Pretty much all of the time we were hanging out with him he was playing DJ and spinning really cool, obscure records and old records. It was was just all about music; we're obsessed with music in a very similar way. It's fun hanging out him. Another thing I learned on the cruise is that his fans are absolutely nuts about him. I've never seen anything like it. I've never been around any kind of celebrity like that before where people are really going crazy just to be in his presence. It's pretty amazing.
What do you think Bob likes about your band?
I think … I'm not exactly sure. I've never asked him that. But I think he likes our songwriting and all the harmonies. We tend to use a lot of two, three, four-part harmonies in our songs. And our vocals are kind of centerpieced to our songs — I think. I think he really dug that. I think he likes the songs. He's really all about song. And I've gotten a chance to do some songwriting with him and he puts a lot of importance of a good song. That's awesome. That's the magic of an album, I think. It's the songwriting.
Do you have an idea how Bob approached this First Kiss album compared to some of his previous ones?
I didn't really know him before this record. I really wasn't around him before he recorded the previous record, so I don't have anything to compare to. But he definitely had a fire lit to make this record great. He just kept writing songs. We went up there for a week (as a band) and tracked a bunch of tunes, and then we headed to Europe for a tour for about a month. But then when we got back, he wrote a bunch more songs. I could tell he was just hunting for those gems of songs. It's hard to write songs; it's hard to write a great song. And you can't always control the outcome, so I think you just keep writing and mining that until you find something great. And I know he was on the hunt to keep finding those (songs), and I think he did. When we went up there we hadn't heard any of the material; we just sort of showed up. Then he just started playing these new tunes, and I thought they were great. It was pretty exciting.
How much work did you and your band do with Bob for the First Kiss album while at his house?
I think we tracked 10 songs that week we were up there. But I know he wrote a bunch more, and we weren't able to come back up there (due to our busy schedule). I think that we're on at least half the record, but I'm not actually positive. I don't have a copy of the record. I haven't dug in to hear all of it. Some of the guys in my band have. Bob was in Austin (Texas) for the F-1 race 212; he was performing — and we went out and had dinner with him. It ended up being a very late night hang. I wasn't feeling well and I missed out on the playing of the record. And I don't think the band got through the whole album that night. They might have gotten interrupted. I haven't heard the whole finished product, but I'm excited to hear it.
What kind of things do you and your band have in common with Bob?
I think of Bob's great talents is combining genres and putting them together in a way that's original and great. I think that's one thing that my band … we're not necessarily into huge genre-bending music in the way he is, but we're all into different styles of music in our band. That's one of the cool things about Bob's live shows. It's kind of like a revue of American music; it's everything from hip hop to country music to soul music to rock n' roll. To me, that's exciting. It's cool to feel like you don't have to fit into a box or a specific genre. That's one thing with our band (we're trying to emphasize). Maybe you'd say we have struggled with that.
Our sound kind of reaches into a few different areas and sometimes it doesn't fit into the neatly packaged boxes you can fit into a certain group. Maybe that's something Bob likes about our band. It's certainly something we enjoyed about getting to play music with him. It was something where we didn't have to think 'Hey this has to fit for mainstream country radio or this has to fit the rock radio format!' It was more like 'Hey, anything goes!' And we now see what happens.
What do you hope happens for the band now that you have this experience with Kid Rock?
We're just going to see what happens. If nothing happens for us, it was already a great time. It was a real blast getting to record with Bob. It was a lot of fun. Obviously it would be awesome if a bunch of his fans are curious to hear what our music sounds like. That would be great. We'd love to meet those people musically. I don't know if we'll go on the road with Bob or not, but we've done some shows with him in the past. We'll be involved as we can be and hopefully make some new fans. We're pretty much on the road all the time. We try to go out and try to meet people and connect with them musically.


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This weeks flew past with many many meetings. All good though and we are making progress. I now have to be careful what I write here, as my boss has discovered the blog and seems to have added it to his RSS feed 🙂 Just teasing 😉 I like my boss!
Luckily this week was less eventful than last week. However, we made preparations of handling Colin easier, without my wife lifting him. Quite a few adjustments, including a very cute duvet and duvet cover of the hungry caterpillar. Colin has had his ups and downs this week, and I managed to spend about an hour in the morning with him. His teeth still seem to bother him, but overall he is jolly good.
Another few things I wanted to mention. I tried out another Tai Chi class which I believe goes beyond what I am willing and ready to invest in regards to time and practise. But never say never. I will have to give up my Tai Chi class in Beckenham due to time restraints from my work. It is just not feasible to make it home by 7:30 pm, particularly on a Thursday. Currently, I think I go back to the practical class, e.g. pushing hands, on Tuesdays across the road from my work.
Then I was impressed with some customer service this week. One was with Blackberry Help via Twitter. After I installed the latest software update which had some problems, they talked me through todos on twitter to restore the old settings. Very helpful. The other one was BT Business. Our broadband seemed to drop every now and then in the office, so they first investigated via Twitter, called and seemed to have sorted the problem.
I remember a few years ago when I was at university, e.g. almost 10 years ago, and the first blogs came up. I mentioned to a few people that "companies should have a customer service real time response on their website" – here we go. Twitter makes it possible and if I had thought through my idea, I could sit on a full bank account now. What will the future hold….????
To be honest these are the key developments at the moment. I am recovering from a (mild) man-flu, and have a very busy week ahead. The weekend therefore was quite relaxing. We want to do some improvements on the house, and my wife finally agreed to a TV in the bedroom. More out of necessity as she needs to rest more. Ach well, should be a problem for me having a telly in the bedroom 😉
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When Will We Start Rewarding Honesty Again?
I made a comment a few weeks ago that the only thing that will bring the housing market back is honesty. It was a simple statement; unplanned and unrehearsed. It sort of just fell out of my mouth. I didn't think much of it even after I said it. I was shocked at how it resonated amongst those who heard it.
It flew through twitter tweets. Friends on facebook continued to share it and re-share it. I was amazed. I decided to look deeper into why such a simple statement could actually impact so many. It was then that I realized that honesty was exactly what was missing in the real estate market for several years.
For years, many buyers weren't honest about their income and some loan officers didn't care. The loans were bundled by Wall Street and sold to investors who were told anything but the truth about their value. For years, some real estate professionals prodded appraisers to move that appraisal up 'just a bit' and most sellers thanked them for it. The housing bubble was created on a bed of dishonesty. I'm not saying that any group was malicious in their intent. Everyone probably believed that it would all work out in the end. But, it didn't.
Instead, we were faced with the largest housing collapse since the Great Depression. A market built on so many half-truths couldn't continue to grow. Its foundation was rotten. Governmental regulation has forced most parties to rethink the way the housing industry can survive. A person given a mortgage must now prove they have the capability to repay it. An appraiser is held to a higher standard as they determine values. Has the pendulum swung too far? Perhaps. But, something needed to be done.
That brings us to today. Let's make sure that we demand honesty from real estate professionals in everything we ask them to do. Buyers must insist that the loan officer determines the amount of mortgage they can actually afford. Sellers must make sure they are given an honest estimate of their home's value in today's market when listing. Remember to reward the person who has the courage to tell you what you need to know not the one who is telling you what you want to hear.
Honesty is the only thing that will bring back the housing market. I now realize the power of that statement.
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