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Steven Defour (Mechelen, 15 april 1988) is een voormalig Belgisch voetballer die doorgaans als verdedigende middenvelder speelde. Op 11 mei 2021, exact 33 jaar na de Mechelse triomf tegen Ajax, kondigde hij zijn afscheid aan als voetballer en ging hij aan de slag als assistent-coach bij KV Mechelen. Na het ontslag van Danny Buijs werd Defour in oktober 2022 hoofdtrainer van KV Mechelen. Defour was van 2006 tot en met 2017 international in het Belgisch voetbalelftal, waarvoor hij 52 interlands speelde en twee keer scoorde.

Defour genoot zijn opleiding bij KV Mechelen, maar brak in 2005 door bij KRC Genk. In 2006 stapte hij over naar Standard Luik, waar hij uitgroeide tot een van de beste spelers in de Belgische competitie. Defour won met Standard twee landstitels op rij en mocht in januari 2008 ook de Gouden Schoen in ontvangst nemen. Van augustus 2011 tot begin augustus 2014 stond hij onder contract bij FC Porto, om vervolgens twee seizoenen te spelen voor RSC Anderlecht.

Clubcarrière

Jeugd
Defour leerde voetballen bij Zennester Hombeek, een bescheiden club in de buurt van Mechelen. Ondanks zijn kleine gestalte viel de jonge middenvelder op bij enkele scouts. Hij kon rekenen op de interesse van Lierse SK, RSC Anderlecht en KV Mechelen. In het seizoen 1996/97 stapte Defour over naar de jeugdopleiding van KV Mechelen, dat even later naar de tweede klasse degradeerde. Bij Malinwa werd de jonge Defour een ploeggenoot van onder meer Marvin Ogunjimi en David Hubert. Toen de club vijf jaar later omwille van financiële problemen naar de derde klasse werd verwezen, zocht Defour net als Ogunjimi andere oorden op. De twee belandden bij KRC Genk, waar ze opnieuw verenigd werden met Hubert. Defour werd bij Genk meteen ondergebracht bij de beloften.

KRC Genk

Debuut
Tijdens de winterstop van het seizoen 2004/05 werd Defour naar de A-kern van Genk overgeheveld. Het was toenmalig trainer René Vandereycken die hem zijn debuut op het hoogste niveau gunde. Defour mocht op 30 oktober 2004 tijdens de Limburgse derby tegen Sint-Truidense VV na 78 minuten invallen voor Paul Kpaka. Hij kwam dat seizoen aan in totaal vier invalbeurten.

Een jaar later groeide Defour onder trainer Hugo Broos uit tot een vaste waarde, mede dankzij de blessures van verscheidene titularissen. Vanaf oktober 2005 startte hij bijna elke wedstrijd in de basis. De dan zeventienjarige middenvelder werd de dirigent van een elftal dat bestond uit namen als Koen Daerden, Hans Cornelis, Sébastien Pocognoli en Kevin Vandenbergh. Op 5 november 2005 scoorde hij tegen KSV Roeselare zijn eerste competitiedoelpunt. Genk sloot het seizoen 2005/06 af als vijfde.

Wet van '78
Defour verlengde in november 2005 zijn contract tot 2009. Niet veel later beval scout Urbain Haesaert de jonge Belg aan bij Ajax. Hij stelde positieve rapporten over de middenvelder op en had een gesprek met diens vader Jacques Defour. Ook Chelsea FC en PSV informeerden in die periode bij vader Defour naar een mogelijke transfer.

In april 2006 werd Defour opnieuw gelinkt aan Ajax. De Amsterdammers wilden hem samen met ploeggenoot Pocognoli naar Nederland halen. Toenmalig technisch directeur Ariël Jacobs verklaarde dat Genk hem niet wilde laten gaan, maar wel bereid was met Ajax te onderhandelen. Ajax wilde ruim 5 miljoen euro op tafel leggen voor Defour.

Begin mei 2006 onderhandelde Defour zelf met Martin van Geel, technisch directeur van Ajax. Hij gaf duidelijk aan dat hij weg wilde en liet niets aan het toeval over. Op aanraden van zijn toekomstig schoonvader en gewezen voetballer Costa Mbisdikis zette Defour zijn makelaar Marc Vanlaere aan de deur en nam hij erkend FIFA-makelaar Paul Stefani in dienst. Met Ajax kwam hij tot een akkoord voor vijf seizoenen. Maar Genkvoorzitter Jos Vaessen weigerde met de nieuwe makelaar samen te werken. Enkele dagen later zaten Genk en Ajax rond de tafel. Beide clubs kwamen begin juni niet tot een akkoord.

Op 16 juni 2006 kondigde Defours advocaat aan dat hij zijn contract zou verbreken op basis van de wet van '78.
Ajax weigerde een speler over te nemen op basis van de wet van '78, maar clubs als Feyenoord, FC Köln en Real Mallorca waren wel geïnteresseerd in een transfer. Jos Vaessen nam hierdoor ontslag als voorzitter van Genk. Uiteindelijk kwam het nooit zover. Defour verbrak zijn contract niet en kwam tot een akkoord met Standard Luik. De Rouches betaalden slechts een derde van de transfersom die Ajax aanbood.

Standard Luik
In juli 2006 sloot Defour zich aan bij de spelersgroep van Standard Luik. De jonge middenvelder kreeg onder trainer Johan Boskamp meteen zijn kans bij de Rouches. Aan de zijde van kapitein Sérgio Conceição groeide Defour uit tot een vaste waarde op het middenveld. Een jaar later vertrok Conceição naar het buitenland en kreeg Defour de aanvoerdersband. Hij werd samen met Marouane Fellaini en Axel Witsel een van de sterren van het jonge Standard. De club veroverde in het seizoen 2007/08 zijn eerste landstitel in 25 jaar. Enkele maanden eerder had hij ook al de Gouden Schoen in ontvangst mogen nemen.

Defour viel bij Standard op door zijn doorzettingsvermogen, uitstekende passing en leiderscapaciteiten. Hij kreeg bijnamen als "de kleine generaal" en "de nieuwe Van Moer". Reeds tijdens zijn periode in Genk werd hij vergeleken met Standardlegende Wilfried Van Moer. Defour loodste de Rouches in 2009 naar een tweede titel op rij. Standard klopte rivaal Anderlecht toen na twee testwedstrijden.

Midden september 2009 kreeg de middenvelder een zware blessure aan de voet tijdens een competitiewedstrijd tegen KV Mechelen. Hierdoor was hij tot januari 2010 onbeschikbaar en miste hij de gehele Champions League-campagne van Standard. In de Europa League-wedstrijd tegen Panathinaikos FC raakte Defour opnieuw geblesseerd, ditmaal voor vier weken. In het seizoen 2010/11 zakte Standard in de competitie weg. De club, die overschaduwd werd door een mogelijke buitenlandse overname, plaatste zich op het nippertje voor play-off I. In de play-offs rukte Standard van de laatste naar de tweede plaats op. Op de laatste speeldag namen de Rouches het tegen Genk op voor de titel. Het werd 1-1, waardoor Defours ex-club kampioen werd. Standard won nadien wel de beker.

Na de competitie stapten trainer Dominique D'Onofrio en diens broer en sterke man Luciano D'Onofrio op. Roland Duchâtelet nam de club over en Defour drong aan op een transfer. Net als ploegmaat Axel Witsel belandde hij via Luciano D'Onofrio in Portugal.

FC Porto
Defour tekende in augustus 2011 net als ploeggenoot Eliaquim Mangala een contract bij FC Porto. De Portugese club betaalde zo'n 6 miljoen euro voor de overgang.

Op 26 augustus 2011 zat Defour tijdens de UEFA Super Cup tegen FC Barcelona op de bank. Zijn officieel debuut voor Porto maakte hij pas op 6 september. Hij mocht toen invallen in een competitiewedstrijd tegen União Leiria.

In de zomer van 2014 leek Defour op een zijspoor terechtgekomen te zijn bij FC Porto. Het feit dat hij geen deel uitmaakte van de kern in de vierde voorronde van de Champions League was een teken aan de wand. Na drie jaar met wisselend succes bij Porto gespeeld te hebben keek hij uit naar een andere club. Onder meer PSV en RSC Anderlecht waren geïnteresseerd.

RSC Anderlecht
Op 13 augustus 2014 tekende Defour bij RSC Anderlecht. De club betaalde een bedrag tussen 6 en 6,5 miljoen euro voor de middenvelder. Hij ondertekende er een contract voor vijf seizoenen.

Defour maakte op 24 augustus 2014 zijn debuut voor Anderlecht tegen Waasland-Beveren. Na 80 minuten mocht hij het veld verlaten onder applaus van het publiek. Leander Dendoncker verving hem. Op 25 januari 2015 keerde Defour terug in het Stade Maurice Dufrasne van Standard Luik, voor de wedstrijd Standard-Anderlecht. Supporters van de Luikse club ontvouwden op de tribune een spandoek, met daarop een afbeelding van een onthoofde Defour. Defour pakte in de wedstrijd kort na rust een rode kaart en Anderlecht verloor met 2-0. Na de wedstrijd bestrafte de voetbalbond de Luikse club tot een wedstrijd zonder publiek en een boete van 5000 euro.

Hoewel Defour twee seizoenen basisspeler was bij Anderlecht, tot aanvoerder werd gekozen en gezien werd als sleutelpion, kreeg hij nimmer de waardering van het publiek. Hem werd zijn verleden bij Standard Luik nagedragen. Tijdens sommige wedstrijden werd hij uitgefloten. Na de openingswedstrijd van het seizoen 2016/17, een gewonnen uitwedstrijd tegen Excelsior Moeskroen, kreeg Defour van een Anderlechtfan een glas bier in het gezicht gegooid. Dit was voor hem de druppel om de club, die hem een nieuw vijfjarig contract had aangeboden, te verlaten. Na twee seizoenen diende hij een transferverzoek in. Er was interesse van Al-Jazira Club uit de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten, een club waarin Defour ook zeer geïnteresseerd was. Zij kwamen echter niet tot overeenstemming met Anderlecht.

Burnley FC
Op 12 augustus 2016, twee wedstrijden in het seizoen 2016/17, kwamen Anderlecht en Defour tot een akkoord met Burnley FC, dat gepromoveerd was naar de Premier League. Met de overgang zou 7 tot 9 miljoen euro gemoeid zijn. Op 27 augustus 2016 debuteerde de middenvelder in de Premier League op het veld van Chelsea. Op 10 september 2016 maakte hij zijn eerste competitietreffer tegen Hull City.

Antwerp FC
In september 2019 tekende Steven Defour als transfervrije speler bij Antwerp FC tot het einde van het seizoen. Na Vincent Kompany, Laurent Depoitre, Nacer Chadli, Anthony Limbombe en Simon Mignolet, mocht de Jupiler Pro League nog een (ex-)Rode Duivel verwelkomen. Het was niet zo verwonderlijk dat hij bij Antwerp tekende. Bij Standard, met wie hij kampioen speelde, werkte hij immers ook al nauw samen met onder meer sportieve baas Luciano D'Onofrio en coach László Bölöni. Ook Sinan Bolat en Dieumerci Mbokani maakten deel uit van die kampioenenploeg. Antwerp werd de 5e Belgische club uit de carrière van Defour.

Defour maakte zijn debuut op 15 september 2019 tegen zijn ex-club Anderlecht. Hij startte in de basis en werd in de 60e minuut vervangen door Alexis De Sart. Antwerp won met 1-2. De eerste 4 wedstrijden in rood-witte loondienst startte hij telkens in de basis. Tegen Standard viel Defour uit met hamstringblessure. Deze blessure hield hem bijna 3 maanden aan de kant. Op 27 december 2019 maakte hij zijn rentree tegen RSC Anderlecht. Vanaf dan zat Defour telkens in de wedstrijdkern.

Mede door blessures kwam de 52-voudige Rode Duivel dit seizoen maar tot tien basisplaatsen en twee invalbeurten in het shirt van Antwerp. Daarin was hij goed voor één assist. Na afloop van het seizoen werd zijn contract niet verlengd. Club en speler konden geen nieuw akkoord vinden omtrent een nieuw contract.

KV Mechelen
Na het aflopen van het contract zat Defour enige tijd zonder club. Ondanks interesse vanuit Turkije verkoos de speler een nieuw avontuur in België. Ondertussen kon de voetballer meetrainen met KV Mechelen.

Op 15 oktober 2020 werd bekend dat Steven Defour een prestatiegericht contract had ondertekend tot het einde van het seizoen bij KV Mechelen. De voetballer speelde in het verleden al zes jaar bij de jeugdteams van de club en gaf meermaals aan dat hij nog voor de "club van zijn hart" wilde voetballen. In 2004 verliet hij Mechelen voor KRC Genk. Hij kreeg het rugnummer 88.

Op 17 oktober zat Defour voor het eerst in de wedstrijdkern tegen KV Kortrijk, zonder in actie te komen. Op 31 oktober 2020 debuteerde Steven Defour voor KV Mechelen tegen Club Brugge. Hij startte in de basis, maar moest na rust met krampen het veld verlaten. Hij werd vervangen door Rob Schoofs. De middenvelder toonde zich meteen een toegevoegde waarde. De wedstrijd eindigde op een 2-2 gelijkspel.

Op 5 april 2021 kondigde Defour aan dat hij op het einde van het seizoen 2020/21 op 32-jarige leeftijd zou stoppen als profvoetballer. Echter kwam het einde van zijn carrière iets vroeger dan gepland toen hij wegens een blessure op 11 mei per direct stopte als voetballer en aan de slag ging als assistent bij KV Mechelen.

Trainerscarrière

KV Mechelen
Defour werd op 16 oktober 2022 voorgesteld als nieuwe coach van KV Mechelen nadat de Nederlander Danny Buijs na tegenvallende resultaten ontslagen werd. Het was zijn eerste taak als hoofdcoach. Defour was voorheen 1,5 jaar assistent bij deze club. Zijn eerste wedstrijd als hoofdcoach was meteen zijn eerste zege. Tegen zijn ex-club Standard werd gewonnen met 2-0.

Clubstatistieken

Bijgewerkt op 18 april 2021

Interlandcarrière
Defour speelde voor de nationale jeugdploegen van België alvorens in 2006 zijn debuut te maken bij de Rode Duivels. Bondscoach René Vandereycken, die hem destijds ook bij Genk liet debuteren, riep de 18-jarige middenvelder voor het eerst op in mei 2006. Op 24 mei 2006 speelde hij zijn eerste interland. Hij mocht toen tijdens de rust tegen Turkije invallen voor Thomas Buffel.

Defour werd onder bondscoach Vandereycken een vaste waarde bij de nationale ploeg, maar successen bleven uit. België wist zich in 2008 niet te plaatsen voor het EK in Oostenrijk en Zwitserland en miste in 2010 ook het WK in Zuid-Afrika. Vandereycken werd aan de deur gezet en assistent Frank Vercauteren nam het roer over. Maar toen de malaise bij de Rode Duivels te groot werd, stapte Vercauteren op en werd Dick Advocaat bondscoach. Defour miste in die periode heel wat interlands door een langdurige blessure. Toen Georges Leekens in mei 2010 als bondscoach terugkeerde, werd ook Timmy Simons teruggehaald als verdedigende middenvelder. Simons en Defour waren Leekens' eerste keuze voor die positie.

Defour speelde 52 keer voor de Rode Duivels. Hij maakte op 6 september 2008 zijn eerste goal voor de nationale ploeg, tegen Estland. België won dat duel met 3-2. Hij maakte op 7 september 2013 zijn tweede goal voor België, tegen Schotland. België won dat duel met 0-2. In 2014 mocht hij mee naar het WK in Brazilië. Hij speelde één wedstrijd, in de derde groepswedstrijd waarin België met 1-0 won van Zuid-Korea. Defour pakte in de eerste helft een rode kaart en kwam de rest van het toernooi, waarin België in de kwartfinale strandde tegen Argentinië, niet meer in actie.

Defour speelde op 14 november 2017 zijn laatste interland, een oefenwedstrijd tegen Japan. Hij maakte in mei 2018 bekend dat hij zich niet meer beschikbaar stelde als international.

Interlands

Bijgewerkt op 14 november 2017

Palmares

Privéleven
Defour trouwde op 4 juni 2011 met Irene Mbisdikis. Zijn schoonvader en gewezen voetballer Costa Mbisdikis was in 2006 betrokken bij zijn transfer van Genk naar Standard. Met zijn vader Jacques Defour en zijn stiefmoeder Lydia verbrak hij in 2011 alle contact. In 2012 plaatste hij ze in zijn eigen biografie ook in een slecht daglicht. In januari 2013 gingen Defour en zijn echtgenote uit elkaar. In de zomer van 2014 legde hij het terug bij met zijn vader.

Zie ook
 Lijst van spelers van KRC Genk
 Lijst van spelers van KV Mechelen
 Lijst van spelers van RSC Anderlecht
 Lijst van spelers van Standard Luik
 Lijst van Belgische doelpuntenmakers in de UEFA Champions League

Externe link

 Website Steven Defour

Belgisch voetballer


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Wabi-Sabi | Further Thoughts
Koren, Leonard [Leonard Koren (born 1948) is an American artist, aesthetics expert and writer]
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Hokusai's Project | The Articulation of Pictorial Space
Bell, David [Katsushika Hokusai (c. October 31, 1760 - May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series 'Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji' (Fugaku Sanjuroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally iconic print, 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'].
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Ghostface Killah :: The Big Doe Rehab
If Ghost has anything going for him after all these years it's that he's still one of the best storytellers in rap, in or outside of the Wu.
"The way I fell cracked the face of my watch
My mans chantin me on like 'Run son, don't go up in the spot!'
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Next thing you know I'm this bitch crib, chillin
Told her my story and like this I had her legs on the ceiling
Cooking me fries, fishsticks, and a side of them biscuits
While she doin this, the bitch still slidin on lipstick
Now I got the fat stomach on, she crackin a dutch
and playing with her pussy on the couch, I'm ready to fuck
Like commandments, lay you out, where you put the condom box
You finished off the last one, OH SHIT I HEAR THE COPS"
Ant Live mixed a smooth combination of wailing singers, fat bass and smooth strings for "Yolanda's House" above and like an old school Wu-Tang house Method Man and Rakewon the Chef slide on to tell their portions of the narrative. In fact "The Big Doe Rehab" is loaded up with guest appearances. Kid Capri provides the hype on the LV & Sean C. produced "We Celebrate." The Rhythm Roots Allstars salsify things for all of 37 seconds on "!" and it's a shame they weren't on longer. It's hard to be mad about it when the next track "Killa Lipstick" rocks the old school "Ridin High" sample that will no doubt give you flashbacks to songs by O.C. among others. Chrisette Michelle stirs thing up on the singing tip for "Slow Down," but it's not meant to evoke a mental image of Brand Nubian – they literally SLOW DOWN the beat when she sings the chorus. Perhaps the most surprising cameo is Beanie Sigel on "Toney Sigel aka Barrell Brothers" – he flows so long over The Hitmen track that they eventually just have to cut off the beat and the rhyme.
Rest assured though if you thought Ghost was breaking away from the Wu that "The Big Doe Rehab" is still Wu-affiliated to the death. "Yapp City" rocks a Scram Jones track and Trife Da God helps Ghost flip on the slow and deadly melody. "Rec Room Therapy" blows things up with U-God and Raekwon, and the Baby Grand beat is reminiscent of a classic Wu banger track for all the right reasons. The track that will absolutely make 36 Chambers heads flip though is "Paisley Darts," an overloaded all-star affair with Raekwon, Sun God, Trife Da God, Method Man & Cappadonna all rhyming in the cipher. Some will probably note that "The Big Doe Rehab" doesn't feature any production from RZA, but at this point in Ghost's career his sound is a success with or without the "traditional" Wu-Tang production crew. On the flipside some will argue that Ghost played it safe with the tracks here, considering Redman already blessed "Superman Lover" over 15 years ago and put the definitive stamp on "leaping over tall buildings in a single bound." That's not to say "Supa GFK" isn't a fun song, but oddly it seems that Ghost just decided to rap over the whole song without even looping any part of it, which means there are times his vocals conflict with the track's.
"The Big Doe Rehab" is an album that falls right in the middle of the pack as compared to Ghostface's extensive catalogue. While it doesn't surpass "Supreme Clientele" or "The Pretty Toney Album" it can't be considered the letdown that "More Fish" was either. The OTHER thing Ghostface has going for him at this point in his career, besides being one of the best storytellers in rap, is his general consistency from one album to the next. Even the weaker of Ghost albums tend to be relatively strong compared to some of his peers, both in and outside of the Wu, and "The Big Doe Rehab" is no exception.
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Today is Yom Hazikaron, the day of remembrance for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror. The day was marked by a two minute nationwide siren and moments of silence at 11am, in memory of the 23,741 soldiers who have fallen in defense of Israel since 1860 and 3,150 terror victims (4 of whom were just killed by the rocket attacks from Gaza).
Those who died in the service of the country include IDF soldiers, members of the Shin Bet security service, the Mossad, the Israel Police, the Prisons Service and those who died while serving in the pre-state underground militias and the Jewish Brigade in the British Army.
The Jewish Agency held a memorial service which also included the 12 Jews who were murdered in the Pittsburgh and Poway synagogue shootings.
The Defense Ministry said that it expected more than 1.5 million people to visit the country's 52 military cemeteries and hundreds of military burial plots stretching from Kiryat Shmona in the north to Eilat in the south. This year, ceremonies were also held at some 50 memorials throughout the country.
During Yom Hazikaron, cafes and places of entertainment are closed and radio and television programming features sad songs. The names of all fallen are read over the course of the day on special television and radio programs. At sunset the day transitions into Yom Haatzmaut, Israel Independence Day, with a ceremony at the national military cemetery on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, where the national flag is returned to full staff.
May Israel be blessed with peace and unity in the merit of those who gave their lives to ensure its survival.
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Goat's milk. It's what dreams are made of. It's everything I dreamed of when we started raising goats almost two years ago. Well, that and lots and lots of cuddles. And goat kids. Really, goats are just the best. But the reason why we started raising goats is for goat milk and goat's milk products. About a month ago we finished drinking our last gallon of store bought milk and started milking our first freshener does, Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. More on the joys of milking goats later. But ever since then, our fridge has been full of delicious goat's milk. Once we started getting milk in larger quantities, our eyes widened with all the possibilities of what we can do with goat's milk. Homemade greek yogurt, homemade ice cream, soap, butter, and cheese! In fact, I started a pinterest board dedicated to goat's milk products and recipes. Honestly, I've been practically standing on my milk stand, preaching the benefits of goat's milk to anyone who will listen. But let's get right down to it. Today we're talking about reason #459 why farming is awesome. And that's cheese. Delicious, creamy, farmmade raw goat cheese (also known as chevre).
A few years ago, I begged and begged Dave to let me get goats. Because 1) They're adorable and 2) goat's milk!! But not only that, but goat cheese, goat's milk soap, ice cream, the works! Eventually he did let me get two yearlings (Judy and Liza) and then a few months later he surprised me with two 1-week old bottle babies. Jump forward to last December when Judy and Liza were ready to be bred. They got knocked up big time by our stud buck, Ridge Runner. And now… they're a few weeks away from their first kidding. Every time I look at their growing udders I start salivating at just the thought of the wonderful goat's milk we'll be getting soon. And of course, beautiful, bouncing baby goats! But the closer that we get to their kidding due date, the more and more nervous I'm getting. What do I need? Are they going to have trouble? How are they going to behave on this milk stand when they don't even like me touching their belly?! Are the babies going to be ok? Did I feed our does correctly during their pregnancy? How do I actually milk a goat? Am I going to screw all of this up? I'm not going to lie to you guys, I'm really nervous.
It's all been leading up to this moment, my friends. We got the goats, we built the barn, then we got some more goats. And now it's time to (finally) breed the goats for the first time. I sat down with Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli and gave them "the talk." But I wish someone would have given me the talk. Wait! No! Not THE "the talk." The talk about scheduling goat breeding, what to expect when breeding goats for the first time and then the consequential cloud of goat math that has been following me around for the past few days.


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Harbor board proposes higher moorage fees
Posted by Angela Denning | Feb 4, 2015
Petersburg's Port and Harbor Advisory board is recommending fee increases for boats docking in the harbors. The board voted on the proposed increases at a meeting last week.
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The increases still must be approved by the borough assembly before going into effect but board members agreed with Harbor Master, Glorianne Wollen: the department needs to raise revenue to meet increasing costs at the renovated harbors.
The docking fees fall into four main categories: annual permits, semi-annual permit, a transient rate, and permits for using the new drive down dock.
Wollen told the board that higher fees are necessary.
"We are literally. . .our income now matches our expenditures," Wollen says. "So, I either have to go to you to raise your rates or I have to go to others."
All advisory board members pay year-round moorage at the harbors.
Their annual fees—for year-long permits–will not change. The proposed hikes target boat owners who take their vessels in and out of the harbors. Wollen says they want to encourage year round permits which would bring in more revenue.
"Because I maintain that we've built a harbor not for part-time use," Wollen says.
Wollen proposed raising the transient rate increase to 65 cents per foot per day or $6.50 a foot per month. It's now at 50 cents per foot per day. Transient boat owners pay to use the harbor a month at a time. The proposed 65 cent rate increase falls about in the middle of what other harbors in Southeast charge. The board supported the proposed increase unanimously without much discussion.
What did stir up some opinions was the proposed creation of a semi-annual moorage rate for boaters who don't have annual permits but keep their boats in longer than most transient permits holders; boat owners who use the harbor between one and six months at a time.
Wollen says it could encourage longer stays for vessel owners who pay by the month.
"Perhaps a way to increase usage would be or perhaps a way to fill those stalls up, perhaps a way to get those people to pay a little bit more of the share of the burden of these beautiful facilities that are all pretty much brand new now is to raise that amount," Wollen says.
The proposed fee for a semi-annual moorage is $5 per foot per month. That's more per month than the annual rate but cheaper than the transient rate. Owners of smaller vessels would see more of a hike. For example, for a 42 foot boat, the cost would jump $77 per month while the fee for a 60 foot boat would raise $50 a month. However, board members thought it was still fair because the smaller vessels haven't seen fees raised in years. The last rate changes happened in 2013 and concentrated on square footage hitting the larger vessels harder.
Board member, Bob Dolan, spoke in favor of a semi-annual permit.
"I like it that it's six months and not a shorter period of time," Dolan says. "We got a way to handle transients and all this other business you know, and we do have a lot of guys who are semi-permanent who are gone for less than, the whole troll fleet practically is gone for less than six months and if they want to give up their stall and come back and do it again…it doesn't…and they're only gone for three months it doesn't kick in for those guys."
Board Chairman, Mike Bangs, says they can always revisit the fees at a later date.
"Well, this is something that we could address too, if we went ahead and adopted this through the assembly, that if it just wasn't working by the end of the summer, we could adjust it or readdress it," Bangs says.
Wollen agreed, "if it backfires."
"Yeah, but I think it's fair," Dolan added.
The advisory board unanimously supported recommending a semi-annual rate increase to the borough assembly. They'll need three readings of an ordinance before the new fees take effect. The next borough assembly meeting is scheduled for March.
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Monologues highlight importance of mental health among students and alumni
by Annabel Kelly April 21, 2019 April 20, 2021
About 50 people gathered Friday night in the Forum Hall of Palmer Commons for the 2019 Mental Health Monologues, sponsored by the University of Michigan's chapter of Active Minds. This is the fourth year Active Minds, an organization dedicated to raising awareness about mental health among college students, has put on the show. Students and alumni prepared monologues about their personal struggles with mental health.
Nursing junior Laura Halprin was an organizer of the event. She said the purpose of the event was to humanize to the broad issue of mental health by allowing people to share their stories.
"It's supposed to put real faces behind real stories," Halprin said. "As students I think it's really empowering to put faces to what we maybe just hear in the media."
Halprin hoped the event would educate people on what mental health looks like and help get rid of the stigma often associated with it.
"It makes things more personalized and normalized for the experiences that many people have," Halprin said. "For people who don't necessarily identify as having a mental illness, it really helps open their eyes to what others around them may be experiencing and how they could potentially play a role in helping that."
LSA junior Jessica Kolbe also organized the event, and was one of the speakers. She wrote an eight-minute monologue and performed it for the audience, and said she wanted her story to help normalize her illness.
"I'm just hoping to educate people, because with my disorder, I have bipolar disorder, it's very stigmatized and people fear it a lot," Kolbe said. "So if I can like help normalize it, it would just be really great. And it's also just empowering to like be there, standing in front of other people and be like, 'Yeah, I do have this, and I'm a perfectly functioning human being.'"
In her monologue, Kolbe recounted the details of her journey with mental illness that led her to where she is today. She reflected on how far she has come.
"There are no cures for my struggles so I will have to fight my disorders for the rest of my life," Kolbe said. "But I know I will be okay. Life gets worse, but it also gets better. I have the tools to persevere and I will use them."
Kolbe finished her monologue by discussing her hope for the future.
"Although there is no happily ever after in this story, there are happy times in store for me, and I will continue to live so I can experience them," Kolbe said.
Engineering freshman Ben Firstenberg attended the event to support his friend, LSA freshman Jordy Garcia, who was one of the speakers. Firstenberg hopes the event will showcase the seriousness of mental illness, as well as how it can affect a person's overall health.
"I also think it's important because mental health is an important issue today," Firstenberg said. "And I think a lot of people should be aware of how their mental health can affect their physical health and their overall well-being."
Garcia's monologue built on the show's themes of acceptance and normalization.
"Now I'm at a point in my life where I can be completely honest about my mental health," Garcia said. "I hope that one day I could be cured I guess, of all these mental health problems, but realistically these are things that I'm going to have to fight through for the rest of my life."
He ended his monologue with a moment of reflection on his journey.
"The thing is, all of my mental health struggles don't define who I am," Garcia said. "They're just a part of who I am. They make me perfectly imperfect, and I wouldn't have it any other way."
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How & Why Mankind finds itself in such a Precarious Situation!
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An in depth explanation as to how & why Mankind finds itself in such a precarious situation!
Increasingly I'm being asked whether I can make head or tail of what's going on in the Middle East. Not only is the region seemingly mired in an unbridled mess but many other countries in but a short space of time have gone from relative calm to utter chaos, some under the fake guise of establishing democracy; others simply pounded by drones! How can it be? We have Isis rebels, backed by the West, doing all they can to undermine President Assad, yet in a recent election it was clear Assad had the overwhelming support of his people! Here, the West funds & supports terrorists! Yet when these same Isis rebels cross the Syrian border into Iraq where there are infinitely easier pickings, they're suddenly regarded as an enemy that has to be bombed! It doesn't get more daft than bombing the very people we're giving sophisticated weaponry to!
The West is learning well from the Israelis. Of course lying with conviction as they do takes years of practice! But sadly there are 'sheep' - no, not the farmyard type! We're talking a human variety that somehow functions without ever having to use their brain! They believe everything they're told! So the Israelis, Obama & Cameron say whatever suits their agenda! It matters not one jot whether any evidence exists to back up their claims because they lie about that too simply by saying sources in Syria have confirmed...........IT'S ALL A LOAD OF COBBLERS! For instance, Assad's landslide victory was a farce! Apparently one could not hold an election while a civil war raged! Coming from Obama who twice ripped off RON PAUL & Cameron whose Tory Party only received 36% of the vote & the turnout a paltry 65% this was more than a bit rich! The truth is Assad got 88% of the vote & the turnout was 75%! In the meantime Poroshenko election 'victory' WAS HAILED A GOOD ONE! Forget the minor detail that a war was raging in Ukraine & the turnout was below 50%! Now I could rest my case here! Surely if the leaders of the US & UK willfully display such horrific double standards, then it's fair to say these two men are anything but worthy leaders! Small wonder the world is in a mess! But no! There's more to this than meets the eye!
Perhaps we are looking at this in completely the wrong light! You see it is my ardent belief the very turmoil we are witnessing is in fact BY DESIGN & that the principle goal of those who are now firmly pulling foreign policy strings in Washington DC, WAS TO CREATE TURMOIL! Mission accomplished one could say! Of course the very nature of turmoil is something one in normal circumstances has no desire to create because one has little control over what happens & so what may transpire! Most of us though remain in little doubt that these policies which have led to chaos where there seems no end in sight, are as a result of US foreign policy. However, I feel the reason most people fail to grasp what's going on is because they cannot bring themselves to accept that US foreign policy is now firmly in the hands of dual national Zionists who do not care about America's interests. They're working for the best interests of Israel! Only when one accepts this does the haze begin to clear.
I understand why such a notion is so hard to accept. Not forgetting this is the last thing the Zionist controlled media would ever publicize but as much as people remain cognizant of the ungodly level of influence dual national Zionists possess on Capitol Hill through their all-powerful lobbies such as AIPAC, the ADL & the CFR, few Americans realize the full extent of this infiltration! Of course the main reason why so many Americans have no inkling they've literally been taken over from within is because the Zionists control the entire Corporate media too! If the media neglects to inform the public, then it's down to connecting the dots! Well America, like the UK unfortunately has a healthy supply of both types of sheep! Certainly, even connecting dots in a straight line seems all too much for what does it take to question why America gives it's unconditional support, as well as untold billions in US tax payer money which each year is written off? No other country has ever been afforded such benevolence but when one considers the shameful manner in which Israel goes about its business, it should be the last country on the planet benefiting as it does!
9/11 no doubt was the event that changed the course of history! However, I believe the pivotal turning point occurred in 1990 when George Bush Senior made the decision not to invade Iraq & thus oust Saddam Hussein from power after his invading Iraqi forces had been systematically turfed out of Kuwait. As well as being an oil man, Bush senior was at one time head of the CIA, ironically the organization largely responsible for installing Saddam as Iraq's leader. This was for the chief purpose of ensuring America's rapacious appetite for energy could me met as cheaply & with as minimum of fuss as possible. Up & until then, regardless of whether America unconditionally supported Israel or not, first & foremost, US interests ultimately had to be served!
Bush senior's decision not to invade Iraq was hardly greeted with universal approval. Saddam, after all, was an evil brute. His people lived in fear. Anyone stepping out of line was dealt with in no uncertain terms. Yet it was this despotic rule that served America's interests admirably. Regime change would have opened up a massive can of worms what with the three rival groups - the Sunnis & Shias & the Kurds in the north, making up the bulk of the population! Saddam effectively kept a lid on everything & this very stability was precisely what US & UK oil companies desired. However, one country in particular, Israel, felt an opportunity had been missed! They would have loved to see the international community rid Iraq of Saddam for it would inadvertently rid Israel of one of their greatest enemies! Therefore, I believe around this time the Zionists made the decision to acquire a more hands on approach on US foreign policy. In order to do this, they needed to have far more say over who actually made it into the White House!
In 1992, a virtual unknown, Bill Clinton defeated Bush senior in the Presidential elections. Bush senior had done little wrong! Kuwait was liberated with the minimum of fuss; Saddam had been kept in check; the international community had every reason to feel reassured! But back then little thought was given to how the media could play such an important role in US Presidential elections. Not that dirty tricks were anything new but without anyone ever realizing, the media could be giving Clinton preferential treatment literally by doing nothing! But whenever Bush tripped up, the media made him look decidedly un-presidential! Moreover Independent candidate Ross Perot would often lock horns with Bush while Clinton somehow managed to seemingly float through the election campaign unscathed as if the Presidency was his destiny! If only people had known Clinton was anything but a man worthy of such high office - involved in drug running, real estate fraud, even murder while he was Governor of Arkansas but the media kept all this under wraps! A few years earlier Gary Hart was crucified for far less! I believe Clinton was the first true Zionist puppet.
Clinton tenure as President seemed the very essence of tranquility compared to GW Bush & Obama! Certainly when he left office America's economy was in great shape. Clinton's tenure was not about waging war though; first big business had to become financially all powerful! Only then could they think about establishing a New World Order. Clinton eased long-standing rules for media ownership, effectively opening the way for more and more of the nation's newspapers & broadcast stations to be concentrated in fewer & fewer hands. This was absolutely crucial. The entire mass-media was reduced to 6 massive conglomerates! No one, including those in the media mentioned how this was not only contrary to the public's interests but this was in direct breach of conflicts of interest! MSNBC could be owned entirely by General Electric, a company whose major business was manufacturing of armaments! How in the blazes could any news reader working for MSNBC argue the case for peace? Before some 50 companies battled for ratings, Now only 6 companies would decide what the news would be! It goes without saying how much easier manipulating the news had become, especially when you know no other channel is going to throw a huge spanner in the works by contradicting what was being said!
However, Clinton's major contribution was inexplicably repealing the Glass/Steagel Act, an act that for decades served the public well! It had ensured bankers could not commit the very fraud they had in mind! Cut a long story short, almost 10 years after Glass/Steagel was repealed, the banking pyramid scheme which allowed bankers all over the Western world to award themselves bonuses of upwards of $10 million a year for the best part of 10 years, suddenly came crashing down in 2008! The media then saw to it that instead of pointing the finger at Bill Clinton & the Zionist bankers who'd bribed him to repeal Glass/Steagel, we were told everything except what really mattered - this was a financial calamity waiting to happen that no one could foresee & blah, blah, blah! Worse still, instead of the media going bananas over politicians stating there was no option but to bail out the banks, they stood quietly by while the treasury's of most Western countries were plundered to the tune of 100's of billions! Not only was all our money stolen but our children's too!
This was the beauty of the mega banking fraud that was in place - more often than not a shortfall is discovered relatively quickly! Here, not only did no one suspect anything was wrong; for the world it seemed the banking sector was power-housing the economy through all the new business it was generating! Clinton would be long gone by the time the shit hit the fan! The plan for the power-brokers was to continue in the same vein; install another leader who'd be the perfect puppet. Clinton's Vice President Al Gore did not fit the bill. The problem was the media could only do so much to make GW Bush look good! He was anything but the smooth operator Clinton was! A lot more would be required if GW Bush was to get into the White House. Back in 2000 I sensed something was amiss when Gore mysteriously chose not to utilize Clinton in his bid for the Presidency. Chances are we'll never know the truth but how could this be? I simply cannot believe Clinton refused to help his former VP & I certainly do not think Gore could be that daft! I believe the only scenario that fits is CLINTON WAS TOLD NOT TO HELP GORE!
The conspirators had an enormous advantage - good enough knowing mainstream media is firmly on your side but it's a whole new ball-game when now it's become a tool to use as you see fit! Crucially, news could be ignored........... completely! If the public wasn't told, then it wasn't news! With but a handful of folk controlling the 6 major media corporations, they were safe in the knowledge no one would challenge what they were saying! Therefore news could literally be made up! From the outset the public was led to believe this election was touch & go! Fake polls reinforced this view while independent polls reflecting the truth, never made the airwaves or print! Those pulling the strings knew where they had to cheat! One or two states where straw polls had Gore narrowly ahead, went to Bush. This kept it a close race. Naturally the media made nothing of this or GW's buffoonery which was continuously played down or ignored while every so often the media took a dig at Gore by fabricating irrelevant drivel & making a big deal out of it! It all came down to the Florida Primary.
This time though, it was obvious there had been major electoral fraud! Among other irregularities, some 54,000 voters in Florida were deemed 'ineligible to vote' because someone in the Governor's office said these people were felons! The truth was the vast majority weren't felons but Blacks who predominantly sided with Democrats & would have voted for Gore had they received their ballot papers! Now when one considers GW's brother Jeb was the Governor of Florida? MY WORD!.......... The media couldn't play this down, surely? Blatant cheating in US Presidential elections? This was an act of criminality that bordered on Treason!
What followed was mystifying to say the least! Several Floridians who were denied the opportunity to vote had their day in Congress. However, as each one raised the key issue of demanding their right to vote, the man directly behind them chairing the hearing cut them short by citing the same legal jargon every time, thus forcing them to give way, much to the amazement of the speaker. The whole point of these people travelling all the way to Washington was to explain why the Florida election had to be declared null & void. They wanted to vote for Al Gore! What is incredible is the man chairing the hearing was none other than AL GORE HIMSELF! THESE PEOPLE WERE HIS SUPPORTERS & HE WAS DELIBERATELY SHITTING ON THEM! It was obvious Gore had been got at! In all likelihood he was promised x amount, something with 8 zeros, not to raise hell & to concede graciously! This he duly did. It was left to the Supreme Court but they inexplicably decided against ordering a recount! With but 9 Supreme imbeciles making up the court, only 5 to bribe - a few million bucks - no problem! Bush was declared the winner of the Florida Primary by a measly margin of a few hundred votes! A complete buffoon had somehow become President of the USA!
Small wonder in the 14 years since, America's standing in the world has positively nose-dived! That's the good news! The bad news is the unbridled mess we now find ourselves in! How could this happen in America? Such election shenanigans are akin to banana republics! What's so interesting is how people like Jeb Bush were perfectly happy letting anyone with a modicum of intelligence know he was THAT crooked! The 2000 election showed what could be done with a fully compliant media! What's more it proved that if the media neglected to highlight such skulduggery & then conveniently drop it altogether as a news item, IT WAS ENOUGH! There was no chance criminal proceedings would take place! The ramifications are incalculable for this effectively gave gangsters a licence to do what the hell they liked!
But WHY? Why did the dual national Zionists risk so much rigging the Presidential election for GW Bush? Millions surely were now alerted to the fact they controlled the Corporate media. So what if Gore won! Their power & influence on Capitol Hill would see to it that Gore would play ball! There had to be a definitive reason for the Zionists - why did GW Bush HAVE to be in the White House? The answer lies in a report written In September 2000 by a faction called Project for a New American Century, the PNAC group, entitled 'Rebuilding America's Defenses!' This Zionist Neo-Con Republican think tank was headed by heavyweights as Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, Douglas Feith & Jeb Bush among others. It stated "the process for transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic & catalyzing event - like a new Pearl Harbor."
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Styron to issue stock, to become Trinseo
Published 6:32 am EDT, Tuesday, June 28, 2011
A little more than a year after being sold to a private equity firm by The Dow Chemical Co., Styron plans to offer common stock for the first time under the name Trinseo S.A.
Dow sold the plastics, latex and rubber company to Bain Capital LLC in June 2010 for $1.63 billion. Pennsylvania-based Styron operates its North America Operations Center in Midland and also has a plant in the city.
Talks of an initial public offering emerged in March and the company announced in April that it would change its name to Trinseo at an unspecified date this year. The name change will coincide with the company's initial public offering of stock, plans for which have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
It is expected to raise up to $400 million according to reports, though the company said the number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.
Styron said today that it will likely use the net proceeds from the proposed public offering for debt repayment and other general corporate purposes.
The company -- which has $5 billion in sales, 2,100 employees and 67 production units around the world -- plans to list its shares under the symbol "TSE."
Styron's ties to Dow continue, with many of its plant sites within Dow facilities around the world. Dow has a 7.5 percent stake in Styron as has long-term contracts with the company.
In Midland, Styron employs almost 200 people. It said this month that it plans to invest $1.13 million to expand its latex production plant inside Dow's Michigan Operations site.


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The Godwits Fly
by Robin Hyde
PREFACE BY ANN THWAITE
Iris Wilkinson, who wrote under the name Robin Hyde, is nowadays bracketed with Katherine Mansfield as one of New Zealand's most important writers, yet we at Persephone Books had never heard of her, only coming across her work two years ago when we were in New Zealand. Our guidebook of choice was Duncan Fallowell's Going as Far as I Can and in it he calls The Godwits Fly (1938), now PB No. 117, 'one of the finest evocations of family life ever penned. Even when horrible things happen, the iridescence of the writing drenches the scenes with beauty. The text is rich food and mustn't be rushed. Robin Hyde often ventures into the surreal. Her morality is unconventional. It is not a family saga, she doesn't tell you a story – she tells you everything.'
A semi-autobiographical novel spanning the years 1910–28, The Godwits Fly is in some senses a bildungsroman: the story of Eliza Hannay growing up in a suburb of Wellington. Robin Hyde added a short Foreword which begins (in a tone that makes the reader think it is midsentence, thus instantly drawing them in): 'But many people do not know what a godwit is. And it is true, too, that the godwits, flying north, never go near England. They fly to Siberia. Most of us here are human godwits; our north is mostly England. Our youth, our best, our intelligent, brave and beautiful, must make the long migration, under a compulsion they hardly understand; or else be dissatisfied all their lives long' (the godwit is the same metaphor for New Zealanders as Moscow is for the three sisters in Chekhov).
Robin Hyde had an English father and Australian mother and in another life, would have been English and an important English writer. Yet The Godwits Fly has been out of print in the UK since it was first published here in 1938, and indeed was out of print in New Zealand until 1970; only after that did Robin Hyde start to be rediscovered. One reason for this was the circumstance of her life and death. She left home at 17 to be woman's editor on a newspaper, beginning her vast output of journalism (vast given she died when she was only 33). Her lover Harry Sweetman (Timothy Cardew in the book) went to England but died there; Robin Hyde had an illegitimate baby who died at birth – she took his name when she began publishing – and a second baby who was fostered; a knee injury in 1924 resulted in a botched operation and a lifetime of pain. All these traumas led to a suicide attempt and she went to live – and write – in a cottage in the grounds of Auckland mental hospital. Her first book came out in 1929: nine more would follow over the next ten years. She travelled in China and in 1938 arrived in England. Here she spent periods in hospital and stayed with friends but eventually, in August 1939, in the attic of 1 Pembridge Square, Notting Hill Gate (the ground floor is now the public library) another suicide attempt was successful. It was a week before the outbreak of war and few had time to honour her; during the post-war period she was forgotten.
The biographer Ann Thwaite (who was also born and brought up in New Zealand) says in her Persephone Preface: 'In this 21st century, Robin Hyde's writing has been restored, by a number of mainly feminist critics, to an important place in the brief history of New Zealand literature... as a poet of "compelling lyrical, political and philosophical knowledge".' And The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography comments: 'The volume, range and originality of Robin Hyde's writing has only recently been recognised. She offered a piercing personal vision of an inner life, yet also conveyed a strong sense of place and an understanding of the historical forces that shaped her world. As one who had suffered personal loss, illness and poverty she identified with the dispossessed, and in a hostile world longed for community and reintegration. As a portrait of a young girl's life, as an introduction to a great but neglected writer, as an evocation of life in New Zealand during the 1920s, The Godwits Fly is unique.'
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To ensure those in need don't stay hungry, two CNN heroes have stepped up their efforts in recent months.
Cathryn Couch and her non-profit organization, Ceres community project, prepare and deliver healthy meals for low-income residents facing cancer and other serious illnesses in Northern California. Since 2007, they have distributed more than 665,000 meals.
As the pandemic broke out, it became clear that people with basic medical conditions were at higher risk.
"The Covid epidemic has significantly increased the demand for our services," said Couch, a 2016 CNN hero. "It's really important that this population stays at home and stay safe."
To meet demand, Couch says her organization has more than doubled the number of people it supports. For recipients facing food insecurity, the group has more than doubled the number of weekly meals it provides.
"The clients we use are very medically sensitive, vulnerable. Many of them live alone. Many of them have lost carers due to the pandemic," she said. "That population has the potential for the most complications and mortality if they get the disease."
The nonprofit now also provides meals to people with Covid-19. And the group coordinates with local counties and health centers to serve Medicaid patients who need additional nutritional support.
The meals the group prepares are specifically tailored to the nutritional needs of the client's illness, Couch said.
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In downtown Dallas, in 2018, CNN Hero Chad Houser is conducting Café Momentum, A non-profit restaurant provides employment, educational support and career counseling to young people coming out of juvenile detention.
Due to the pandemic, Houser temporarily closed the restaurant and, with the help of its program participants, turned the space into an emergency food distribution center.
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"We really redirected the mission by listening to the community," Houser said. "We have received many calls from people asking for help in the special feeding of insecure students who are addicted to school meals for their basic nutritional needs."
In the United States more 30 million children rely on free or subsidized school lunchesWhen schools across the country closed in the middle of Covid-19, many were in danger of remaining hungry.
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Do you do a good bit of your work from home? If so, you have probably been thinking about having a home office. Sometimes, just setting up at the kitchen table just doesn't cut it. You have too many distractions. You need a place where you can get work done. What kind of home office you do want to design?
We know that there are so many options for home offices, but you want something that matches you and your personality. After all, you will be spending a lot of time in there, so make it comfortable for yourself. We have gathered 45 home office design ideas that you can look through. Take some styles that work and run with them.
This home office is meant to create a working space as well as an area that you can comfortably entertain guests.
Make your home office match your personality. This one is bright and has great colorful decor.
This home office has great abstract artwork and simple furniture. Functional and stylish, you can get work done here.
When you need a break from the hard work, you can go lay down on the bench and take in the natural light.
With the hardwood floor as a great base in this home office, the color choices make this space fun and inviting.
Make a home office with more than one work space if you have a busy family. This space is stylish with green color choices and has great functionality.
With the light hardwood blended with the dark hardwood shelves and drawers, this home office is very stylish.
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While the office itself it traditional, the decor makes this into a personalized space.
If you are going to be taking meetings in your home office, be sure to create a space that your guests will be comfortable in.
The furniture choices here blend so well with the calm blues and grays. This space takes in the natural light and shines.
If you're creative, make a home office that matches your personality. This space is full of great decor that brightens up the office.
You can design your home office around a theme. This one uses a great ocean theme that really works well throughout the room.
You can fit your home office anywhere you need to. Make sure to include things that match your personality, just like this one does.
Using cork walls doesn't have to be something that looks bad. These blend right in with the design of the room.
The bold and stylish hardwood of this home office creates a handsome environment that is the perfect work space.
The blue colors and patterns used throughout this home officer really bring the room to life. There is plenty of room for more than one person to get work done.
This home office is much more than just a space to work. It can function as a library as well as a place to relax and read.
You don't have to have a traditional space. This home office has unique furniture and decor that makes it a fun space.
This whole space is functional and looks great. The hardwood floors are matched by the counter top and there are plenty of shelves for storage.
The open floor plan in this home office leaves plenty of space to move around. This office has plenty of space for multiple people to work at the same time.
You can set up your home office to have multiple work spaces so everyone can get their work done for the day.
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This home office has great style, starting with the large arched window. The light furniture brings great character to the room and looks great in the natural light.
This home office makes use of great contemporary furniture and hardwood throughout. You have plenty of shelf space for decor and books.
The hardwood floor and colorful decor used in this home office give it a modern country charm that will be great to work in.
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The abstract art decor stands out against the white backdrop. This home office is well lit and comfortable to work in.
The great designs used here bring this space a contemporary feeling. This home office is modern and elegant.
This comfortable home office has a great hardwood floor that blends well with the counter and shelving.
This desk is a great piece of modern furniture that goes well with this office. The shelving is creative and the whole space is well lit thanks to all of the windows.
This simple hardwood desk is a perfect match for the hardwood floor. With great decor that blends well with the style of the room, this home office is ready for use.
With great windows letting in plenty of natural light, this home office has a television so you won't miss any important news during the day.
This room uses bold hardwood styles that give it a great elegance. When you are finished working, you can relax on the comfortable bench.
For those times when you've been working really hard and you just need a bit ro relax, lay down here for a quick nap.
This room has everything you could need. Space for your computer, a table to work at, and plenty of shelves for storage.
These square cabinet storage spaces look great and give you plenty of room for books and decor.
Surrounded with a view of the outside, you can relax in this elegant space that uses a great desk style and lighting.
This home office uses hardwood and lighter colors to create a calming environment. Set up your space for more than one person to work.
Using a weathered hardwood style works really well with lighter colors. When you have plenty of natural light shining in, you can show off your great decor.
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Darker hardwoods can bring your home office a bold character. Use simple decor to create a sophisticated space.
When you have great windows like this, put them to use. Placing a writing desk in this space is a great decision and makes use of all of your space.
The shelving choices used here really make this space modern. This office is separated to create two work spaces.
These sliding doors take on a weathered hardwood style and welcome you into an elegant home office.
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Make the space you want to work in everyday. This home office take a tropical theme and runs with it. With great wallpaper and furniture to match, you will love being here everyday.
With calm but stylish color choices, this home office uses great decor, such as this re-purposed tree stump.
Your home office is where you will spend a good bit of time, so make sure it has things that matter in our life. This one has books, a television, and plenty of space to get work done.
The dark hardwood of these shelves works really well for the character of this office. This simple yet stylish desk stands out against the backdrop.


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Feeding a hungry toddler can be one of the biggest challenges parents and caregivers face every day, especially when trying to provide healthy meals quickly.
Young children need a diet to provide key nutrients such as iron, calcium, vitamin C, fiber, potassium and more to grow and be healthy.
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Regan Bailey, a registered dietitian and nutritional epidemiologist, understands the issue and works on simple changes in diets, complete with the proper amount of nutrients to keep us healthy. Some of the greatest unknowns about the human diet involves the toddler age range.
"Right now, it's hard to track what toddlers are eating every day as one-third of their calories come from snacking," said Bailey, an associate professor in Purdue University's Department of Nutrition Science who has collaborated on or led several studies on the American diet.
"I often characterize the American dietary landscape as too much or too little, and that starts as early as when children start consuming solid food."
Through the Feeding Infants and Toddler Study 2016, Bailey and others researched nutrition issues in infants, toddlers and children who did and did not participate in the Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC). They discovered that overall, infants less than 12 months generally had "nutritionally adequate" diets, but about 20 percent of infants 6 to 12 months of age had a low intakes of iron. Iron helps prevent anemia, which is low oxygen levels in the blood which impacts cognitive development.When infants transitioned to table foods at around 12 months of age, nutritional gaps started to form that tended to last. Toddlers had too much sodium, sugar and saturated fats and too little potassium, fiber and vitamin D in their diets.
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"Each vitamin and mineral is different and has a certain function in the body," Bailey said. "Dietary supplements can add nutrients without adding calories, which helps as we battle obesity."
Calcium and vitamin D help with bone development. Too much added sugars and saturated fat can lead to obesity and other health issues.
One way to address nutrient deficiency in children is by encouraging children to eat a variety of foods.
"An easy way to make meaningful changes to thediet would be to encourage fruits and vegetables as snacks," Bailey said.
The study did have one surprise as the same nutrientional concern existed between children and adults. "If parents aren't eating optimally, then it will impact the children. If parents are modeling good behavior, it will help their children," Bailey said.
Bailey encourages parents not to give up on providing healthy food, as it can take up to eight to 10 attempts with a certain food item before children eat it.
Researchers and policymakers have been working throughout the years understand the challenges in feeding children healthy diets. Strategies are needed to incorporate access to fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grainss and lower fat dairy. About one-thids of U.S. children are taking some type of dietary supplements – such as a multivitamins – to help address deficiencies.
Another aspect of addressing deficiencies is through the 2014 Farm Bill, which required the addition of data and information on infant/toddler nutrition in the 2020-25 dietary guidelines. This is the first time that infant/toddler nutrition information is required since the guidelines were issued more than 35 years ago.
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In his role as creative director for the Gucci Group, designing collections for both Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, Thomas Carlyle "Tom" Ford was central to early twenty-first-century fashion. Under Ford's direction, creativity and innovation shared equal value with marketing and promotion in the positioning of the brands.
Biography of Tom Ford
Born in 1962 and raised in San Marcos, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ford first began his career as a model for television advertisements before studying interior design at Parsons School of Design in New York City. In his final year of school, he changed his focus to fashion design. As a freelance designer on Seventh Avenue, he first worked for Cathy Hardwick and then in 1988 in the jeans department of Perry Ellis, under the short-lived direction of Marc Jacobs.
Career at Gucci
In 1990, the company's worst year financially, Ford was appointed womenswear designer at Gucci. Because of loss of strategic and creative direction and in-house family feuding, the company was losing 340 billion lire annually. In 1992 Ford was appointed design director, and in 1994, creative director; by the first six months of 1995, the company's revenues had increased by 87 percent. This financial turnaround was largely achieved by a consolidation of the company's product range, editing out weak licenses for vulgarly branded goods and redesigning core items, typified by the reappearance of the classic Gucci loafer in rainbow hues (1991) and the success of the Gucci platform snaffle clog (1992).
The international recognition of Gucci as a producer of prêt-à-porter collections was crystallized by the autumn/winter season of 1995-1996. From the prevailing aesthetic of pared-down minimalism and understated luxury, Ford presented a sleek, retro-inspired collection evoking a somewhat louche sexuality. The look was defined by velvet hipster trousers with a kick at the heel and a narrowly cut silk shirt, accessorized with a large, unstructured shoulder bag and matching platform court shoes in patent leather with a metallic shine normally associated with car chassis.
The collection was pivotal, as it established a trend for the consumption of seasonal fashion defined not so much by a total look as by how the look could be attained through buying the "must-have" accessory. As Ford later suggested, "You have to get the product right, it's the most important aspect." Much of this success was achieved through the advertising campaigns the company produced with fashion photographer Mario Testino, where the glamorous proposition of the dressed models was matched on the opposite side of the spread by an isolated close-up of the accessory. The close relation between the image of Gucci and its advertising campaigns eventually produced a lapse in confidence, when for the spring/summer collections in 2003 the company ran an image of a model who had her pubic hair shaved into the Gucci "G." The image was widely criticized for being too blatantly sexual and in dubious taste. Meanwhile, the Gucci Group had acquired the Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) brand after the legendary designer retired from the couture. From an uncelebrated opening collection (largely due to the French press berating an American ready-to-wear designer for having the audacity to step into the most hallowed of shoes), the brand developed consistently and confidently, particularly from Ford's gaining access to the YSL archive.
Through his close relation to Domenico de Sole, CEO of the Gucci Group, Tom Ford was central to the increasing dominance of the company in the designer fashion and luxury goods market, as Gucci acquired stakes in Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Bottega Veneta, and Sergio Rossi. The unexpected 2003 announcement of Ford's departure from the Gucci group, effective in April 2004, shook the fashion world, and speculation immediately began about his successor as well as about his own future plans.
Since leaving Gucci, Ford started his own self-named label for menswear, beauty and accessory products. He also directed an Oscar-nominated film, A Single Man.
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Damping-off
Pythium aphanidermatum
Pythium is considered a 'weak pathogen', meaning that it can usually only affect plants that are in a sub-optimal condition or suffer from stress, caused for example by too much water, too high or low temperatures or sudden fluctuations in temperature.
Pythium aphanidermatum mostly occurs at higher temperatures in the soil or irrigation water. Pythium aphanidermatum mostly occurs in young plants and damage is more extensive in young crops.
Life cycle and appearance of Damping-off
Pythium belongs to the Oomycetes, a separate group of microorganisms and is therefore not a real fungus. It survives as oospores, resting spores which are resistant to unfavourable conditions, especially dehydration. Germination of the oospores is stimulated by exudates from roots of a susceptible host nearby. The oospores germinate and form so-called sporangia from which subsequently zoospores are produced. Zoospores are spores with flagellae, which enable the spores to move through water. The zoospores are chemically drawn to the growing roots of young plants and move towards them through the soil water. They infect the roots through small wounds, where the side roots are formed or through other similarly damaged spots.
On the infected plant, new sporangia with zoospores are formed, that allow the disease to spread to neighbouring plants.
The zoospores disperse via water. Therefore, this disease spreads most rapidly in wet conditions with a high water content ( > 70%) of the soil or substrate.
Oospores are dispersed when soil particles are moved around by humans or machinery. Pythium can survive very well in the soil or substrate in the absence of plants. Many species are entirely saprophytic, so these do not harm plants.
Pythium affects roots, in particular those of seedlings. Infected plants lag in growth. Seedlings start falling over, also called 'damping-off', hence the name damping-off disease. In slightly older plants, the leaves lose their turgor or the leaf tips turn yellow, for example in flower bulbs. At first, the plants recover during the night, but later the plants wilt irreversibly. In potted plants the flower buds fall off. The side roots rot and very little of the root system survives. On the border between air and soil or substrate the plant turns brown. A typical symptom of a Pythium infection is the easy stripping of the skin from the root cortex with a finger nail.
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Arrowroot powder comes from the root of a plant indigenous to the West Indies. A powerful thickening agent, arrowroot is clear and flavorless when cooked. It thickens at a lower temperature than mixtures made with flour or cornstarch, making it ideal for delicate sauces. Use arrowroot in place of flour or cornstarch in stir-fries, stews, or gravy.
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David Duart was selected for the USAF Aviation Cadet Pilot Training Program on April 23, 1954, and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and awarded his pilot wings on August 1, 1955. He was selected for F-100 Training at Luke and Nellis AFB and assigned as a combat-ready F-100 pilot with the 307th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Turner AFB, GA. He was next assigned overseas in the F-100 with 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron/18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena AB, Japan from 1961-64. Back in the states, he was as an F-100 Instructor Pilot at Nellis AFB with the 4524th Combat Crew Training Squadron.
Capt Duart then served as an F-105 pilot with the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, from January 1967 until he was forced to eject over North Vietnam and was taken as a Prisoner of War on February 18, 1967.
After spending 2,207 days in captivity, Col Duart was released during Operation Homecoming on March 4, 1973. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, and then served as an A-7 Corsair II pilot and as Chief of the Weapons and Tactics Division with the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, from August 1973 to July 1975. Col Duart attended U.S. Army War College from July 1975 to June 1976, followed by service as Assistant Deputy Commander for Maintenance with the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, from June 1976 until his retirement from the Air Force on May 1, 1980. Dave Duart died on September 10, 2003, and was buried at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
"My F-105 was hit by a Surface to Air Missile over North Vietnam on the 18th of February, 1967. I was captured immediately upon reaching the ground by the local militia. For the next six years, I lived in various camps in and around Hanoi, including the Hanoi Hilton and The Zoo.
I believe that the concern of the American people led by the various POW/MIA organizations and the United States government was directly responsible for the improvement of the treatment of the POW's in North Vietnam beginning in late 1969. I am eternally grateful for this tremendous effort in our behalf. Although I will never be able to adequately express my thankfulness to each of you, I will quote a poem by Helen Steiner Rice that I wish I had written for you.
To reach out a hand in this hour of need.
I plan to stay in the Air Force and in this capacity, do what I can to repay my country and those who showed such great concern for my plight as a Prisoner of War.


Compared to last week, trade activity and demand good...Heath Dewey the weekly Colorado Hay report from the Greeley USDA Livestock Poultry and Grain Market News Office.
Alfalfa Large Squares: Supreme 220.00; Good 160.00-165.00.
Grass Large Squares: Premium 200.00, Delivered.
Wheat Hay Large Squares: Good 125.00.
Straw Large Squares: Good 70.00.
Alfalfa Large Squares: Premium 225.00.
Small Squares: Premium 250.00 (8.00 per bale).
Rye Large Squares: Good 150.00.
Alfalfa/Grass Small Squares: Premium 335.00 (10.00 per bale), Retail/Stable; Fair 235.00 (7.00 per bale).
Grass Small Squares: Premium 300.00-335.00 (9.00-10.00 per bale), Retail/Stable; Good 265.00 (8.00 per bale), Retail/Stable.
Alfalfa/Brome Mix Rounds: Premium 175.00.
82.50 percent of the state is listed in drought compared to 33.16 percent a year ago. More details at www.ams.usda.gov.


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