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Tom Meadows
His love of melody comes from his classical studies of the violin, starting at the age of four, he then made his move in to the rhythmic world in his early teens. Early explorations of drumming took him in to the worlds of jazz and latin music, and he began his playing career in the clubs of London's burgeoning Acid Jazz scene. He started touring the UK and Europe with Double Vision, then signed to the Acid Jazz label, soon after.
A few years later, he met one of his biggest musical influences, Mark Roberts, who encouraged him to explore different musical genres and new approaches to playing. This led to time spent touring with Jamie Hince (The Kills) in the band Fiji, and soon after the Alt-Folk/Country artist Rosalie Deighton. There then followed two years with the rock/metal band Apes, Pigs & Spacemen, promoting their new record Free Pawn.
Tom moved in to the world of pop music after that, recording tracks for ex-Spice Girl Emma Bunton, and touring the UK and Europe with Lucie Silvas in support of her debut album Breathe In. In 2006, he played for Girls Aloud on their Chemistry tour, and appears on the resulting Greatest Hits Live at Wembley DVD.
He also performed with them at their UK festival debut (V 2006) and at the inaugural Vodafone Live Music Awards. Later that year, Tom joined Lucie Silvas in the studio to record her second album 'The Same Side', produced by Danton Supple (producer of Coldplay's X&Y). Alongside continued work with Lucie and Girls Aloud, he also began performing with Jamelia, promoting her album 'Walk With Me'.
In 2007, he joined Duffy's band, touring the world in support of her multi-million selling debut record Rockferry.
In 2010, he joined French electro-pop artist Christophe Willem's band to tour and promote his second album Cafeine.
At the end of 2010, he joined Kylie Minogue's band to promote her Aphrodite album, in advance of her 2011 Aphrodite Les Follies world tour.


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Alex Smith off the board, is Kirk Cousins a legit option for the Browns?
Posted byJack McCurry	 January 31, 2018 Leave a comment on Alex Smith off the board, is Kirk Cousins a legit option for the Browns?
We're six weeks away from the start of the new league year in the NFL and already one of the top quarterbacks on the market is off the board.
The NFL world was in shock Tuesday night when the Kansas City Chiefs agreed to trade Alex Smith to the Washington Redskins for a third round pick and cornerback Kendall Fuller. Washington also agreed with Smith on a four year, $94 million dollar contract with $71 million guaranteed.
The Browns had been linked to Smith since the team hired former Chiefs general manager John Dorsey in December. Adam Schefter reported that six teams were interested in Smith and I'm sure the Browns were one of those teams although I've heard in recent days the interest wasn't as strong as the media had reported.
Add in the contract extension as well as Smith's not so ringing endorsement on the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday, I don't think a Browns/Alex Smith marriage was ever truly in the works.
Now with Smith heading to Washington, all eyes now will be on Kirk Cousins as he will hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent on March 14.
The Browns currently have $109.6 million in cap space, the second most in the NFL and could essentially offer whatever Kirk Cousins would want in terms of a contract.
However, Cousins has stated recently that the money isn't what he's after.
Welp. Guess we're not getting Kirk Cousins either. pic.twitter.com/vqkeBXRQPI
— Ryan (@RyInOhio) January 30, 2018
Ian Rapoport of NFL Network mentioned after the Smith trade that the Denver Broncos are poised to make a run after Cousins with the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills as other potential options for the 30 year old quarterback.
I'm sure Cleveland will reach out to his agent and try to get a sit down meeting with Cousins to make a pitch to him but with how today's free agency works, Cousins will have a deal done before free agency officially opens.
Kirk Cousins has proven the last three seasons he's one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL but the team around him in Washington wasn't complete enough to get far in the regular season or the postseason.
If he ends up in Denver or Buffalo, it's my belief that those teams would enter Super Bowl contention.
I can understand why he wouldn't want to come to Cleveland because it's been a mess of an organization and Cousins knows what that's like as Washington has been a dysfunctional franchise for years.
So where does that leave Cleveland?
The best veteran option at the moment would be Minnesota Vikings quarterback Case Keenum. It'll be interesting to see how that situation unfolds after a successful season where the Vikings got to the NFC Championship with Keenum under center.
Minnesota also has Sam Bradford and Teddy Bridgewater who will be testing free agency.
Other options include Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor who will likely be cut due to a large roster bonus pending and of course Bengals quarterback AJ McCarron who was almost a Cleveland Brown at last year's deadline.
McCarron has a grievance hearing on February 15 that will determine if he's a restricted or unrestricted free agent.
The Browns also have the first and fourth overall picks in April's NFL Draft and I think will definitely pick a quarterback at the top of the draft whether that's USC's Sam Darnold or UCLA's Josh Rosen.
The Browns do need to add a viable veteran quarterback option this offseason though because they can't come into another season with an inexperienced depth chart that was one of the big reasons behind the 0-16 record last season.
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Back in my formative years, I thought I was good at playing odd meters. However, when I had to deal with it in a more professional context, later on, I realized my language and phrasing was limited.
I felt like I had to reinvent my playing and work on my phrases to play in every time signature possible. I started to do that and got better, but still, I felt I was stuck. I never felt the same freedom I had playing over a regular 4/4 tune.
My curiosity grew, and I kept researching and finding ways to improve my odd meter playing. I felt there had to be another way to master the skill of playing different time signatures with ease.
In my search, I asked my teachers and tried things by myself, and I found the best approach, at least for me, to deal with different time signatures and to play them with confidence.
In this lesson, I'll share my approach to odd meters with you, and it is very simple: Counting out loud.
I learned how to count out loud and play at same time. This is an exercise I still do fairly often. I developed the skill to count and play anything I want without losing a beat.
Mastering this skill was a life changer for me. It expanded my vocabulary on odd meters in general. Having a strong sense of internal time, and being able to know exactly where I am in the bar at every single moment gave me the freedom to start phrasing over the bar line with confidence.
I felt that I could play any idea that came to my mind without worrying about losing my place in the music.
To develop my counting skills, I started practicing everything I could already play and added the count on top. It was challenging at first, but once I got a hold of it, it became second nature.
The first step is to learn how to count over things you can already play.
After I was comfortable with that, I designed a few exercises to improve further my ability to count and play at the same time.
The most used subdivisions in western music.
Now take each rhythmic figure in exercise one and play them in different time signatures.
Then you can mix them up.
Working with 7/8 or 5/8 time signatures can get tricky. In this case, your 8th note subdivision pulse becomes your main one.
Another thing I did to make counting second nature was taking rhythmic readings and using them while counting different time signatures.
In this example, I'm taking this 8 bar rhythmic reading and counting 3/4 over it. Feel free to try different time signatures.
The main goal of these exercises is to develop your ability to play and count at the same time so that you can express yourself with confidence in any time signature. Having a strong sense of time and place in the music will allow you to play with freedom and without the fear of getting lost.
If you can train yourself to do this, you will be able to express yourself with confidence in any time signature. Having a strong sense of time and place in the music will allow you to play with freedom and without the fear of getting lost.
One thing I feel is important to clarify here is that the intent of these exercises is to give you a tool to deal with odd meters, so you can use your vocabulary and ideas over any time signature you wish.
Also, you have to work on rhythmic patterns on specific time signatures (see: Strategies to Improve Your 7/4 Playing and Strategies to Improve Your 5/4 Playing). You want to have ideas that underline the time signature properly. You want to be able to play on the bar line and over the bar line. A combination of both types of playing is going to create tension and release, which is something that is going to make your playing interesting and feel natural.
I don't want you to count over every single tune you play. If you can feel the time signature that is even better than counting. However, If you face a situation where you have to perform an odd meter tune you are not comfortable with, having this tool under your belt is going to make you more likely to perform at a much higher level than not having it.
Feel free to contact me through my social media (Instagram, Facebook) if you have any question or doubt!


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Property investor survey suggests they're mostly conservative
Thursday 7th February 2019
A survey of residential property investors shows most own a handful of properties, are relatively lowly geared and operate on a 'buy and hold' strategy.
The survey by Property Investor Magazine, which had more than 1,000 responses, also found only about 15 percent are negatively geared.
Just over 19 percent had loan-to-valuation ratios between 61 percent and 80 percent while more than 66 percent had LVRs below 60 percent. Almost 15 percent were debt free.
More than 61 percent said their strategy is simply to buy and hold but another almost 30 percent said they renovate to add value and then hold.
Almost 52 percent owned three properties or fewer and another 20 percent owned between four and six properties. Only 9.9 percent owned more than 10 properties.
The survey results are at odds with the Reserve Bank's view that lending to property investors is an inherently more risky proposition than lending to owner-occupiers – the only evidence the central bank has cited to back its view is from overseas.
Nevertheless, so convinced is the Reserve Bank of the proposition that property investors are inherently more risky that it has used that to justify imposing greater LVR restrictions on property investors than on owner-occupiers.
"LVR lending restrictions are tighter for investor loans due to the higher risks associated with this type of loan," the central bank's website says.
The survey results were skewed to the top of the North Island, showing 41.5 percent of respondents own property in Auckland, 14.6 percent in the Waikato and nearly 14.2 percent in the Bay of Plenty.
Another 14.3 percent own properties in Canterbury and 13.5 percent in Wellington.
Of those who had sold an investment property, only 14.4 percent had done so within the past year. Another 8.85 percent had sold between one and two years ago and 44 percent had never sold.
Their reasons for selling varied, with wanting to invest elsewhere being the most frequent, cited by 14.5 percent. That was followed by the 9.2 percent looking to realise a capital gain while 8.8 percent sold because the property wasn't performing.
With all the changes to property investment rules brought in by both the previous National Party-led government and the current Labour-led government, one might have expected concern about legislative changes might have played a bigger part in the decision to sell but only 6.6 percent cited government policy as a reason.
Nevertheless, when asked what the three big issues for residential property investors this year will be, a whopping 91 percent cited government policy changes.
The next most cited issue - a distant second at 43 percent - was concern at low yields. Almost 36 percent worried about finding good tenants.
Asked to identify the biggest barriers to growing their portfolios in the next 12 months, almost 65 percent cited government policy changes. Almost 32 percent were concerned about lack of yield and just over 29 percent cited banks' credit policy.


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Vaccination During Pregnancy: Is It Safe?
It was 1977 when I found out I was going to become a Mom. I instinctively knew I needed to be careful while I was pregnant, especially during the first two trimesters when the major organ systems of the fetus develop at a rapid rate. In the 1960's there had been a lot of publicity about babies dying or being born without arms or legs because women had taken a drug (Thalidomide) for morning sickness in the first or second trimester of pregnancy1 and I wanted to make sure I did everything I could to protect my health and the health of my baby before and after he was born.
Whooping Cough Outbreaks & Vaccine Failures
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) & Pertussis Vaccine
Influenza Deaths: The Hype vs. The Evidence
Video Profile of a Flu Vaccine Injury
Swine Flu Vaccine: Will We Have A Choice?
Mothers to be in my generation were told to take extra vitamins and eat nutritious food but, most of all, to avoid anything that could harm the developing fetus like alcohol, cigarette smoke, medications, radiation, household cleaning products and other toxic exposures. Some of us were aware of the risks of heavy anesthesia during delivery and signed up for Lamaze classes to prepare for a drug-free birth, which many obstetricians discouraged, and we chose to breastfeed, even though a lot of pediatricians were pushing formula and bottles back then.
Today, pregnant women face a different set of difficult questions and choices about keeping themselves and their babies healthy. Among them are whether or not to get vaccinations during pregnancy that public health officials, obstetricians and pediatricians say will protect pregnant women and their newborns from getting sick with influenza and B. pertussis whooping cough.
Toxic Exposures & Assumption of Safety - Is It A Good Idea?
Although since the 1970's public health officials have recommended influenza vaccinations for pregnant women in the second or third trimester,2 relatively few obstetricians promoted the vaccine until the past decade when, in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) strengthened recommendations that all pregnant women, healthy or not, should get a flu shot in any trimester.3 Then, in 2011, a pertussis containing Tdap shot was recommended for all pregnant women, preferably after 20 weeks gestation.4 Both current vaccine recommendations5 6 7 are endorsed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)8 9 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other medical trade associations.10 11
With these recommendations, the time-honored rule of avoiding any potential toxic exposure that might interfere with the normal development of the fetus has been suspended and replaced with an assumption that vaccination during pregnancy is safe. But what is the scientific evidence documenting that this assumption is a well-informed one?
Glaring Lack of Safety Testing
You have to look no further than information in the vaccine manufacturer product inserts and posted online by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to quickly answer that question.
FACT: Drug companies did not test the safety and effectiveness of giving influenza or Tdap vaccine to pregnant women before the vaccines were licensed in the U.S.12 13 and there is almost no data on inflammatory or other biological responses to these vaccines that could affect pregnancy and birth outcomes.14
FACT: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lists influenza and Tdap vaccines as either Pregnancy Category B or C biologicals15 which means that adequate testing has not been done in humans to demonstrate safety for pregnant women and it is not known whether the vaccines can cause fetal harm or affect reproduction capacity. The manufacturers of influenza and Tdap vaccines state that human toxicity and fertility studies are inadequate and warn that the influenza and Tdap vaccines should "be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed."16 17 18
FACT: There are ingredients in influenza and pertussis containing Tdap vaccines that have not been fully evaluated for potential genotoxic19 or other adverse effects on the human fetus developing in the womb that may negatively affect health after birth, including aluminum adjuvants, mercury containing (Thimerosal) preservatives and many more bioactive and potentially toxic ingredients.20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
FACT: There are serious problems with outdated testing procedures for determining the potency and toxicity of pertussis vaccines and some scientists are calling for limits to be established for specific toxin content of pertussis-containing vaccines.30
FACT: There are no published biological mechanism studies that assess pre-vaccination health status and measure changes in brain and immune function and chromosomal integrity after vaccination of pregnant women or their babies developing in the womb.31
FACT: Since licensure of influenza and Tdap vaccines in the U.S., there have been no well designed prospective case controlled studies comparing the health outcomes of large groups of women who get influenza and pertussis containing Tdap vaccines during pregnancy either separately or simultaneously compared to those who do not get the vaccines, and no similar health outcome comparisons of their newborns at birth or in the first year of life have been conducted. Safety and effectiveness evaluations that have been conducted are either small,32 retrospective,33 34 compare vaccinated women to vaccinated women35 or have been performed by drug company or government health officials using unpublished data.36
FACT: The FDA has licensed Tdap vaccines to be given once as a single dose pertussis booster shot to individuals over 10 or 11 years old. The CDC's recommendation that doctors give every pregnant woman a Tdap vaccination during every pregnancy - regardless of whether a woman has already received one dose of Tdap - is an off-label use of the vaccine.37
FACT: Injuries and deaths from pertussis-containing vaccines are the most compensated claims in the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and influenza vaccine injuries and deaths are the second most compensated claim.38
FACT: A 2013 published study evaluating reports of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) following vaccination in the U. S. Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) and in a European vaccine reaction reporting system found that seasonal influenza vaccine was the most frequently suspected cause of brain inflammation after 18 years old, representing 32 percent of the total cases reported, and pertussis containing DTaP was among the vaccines most frequently associated with brain inflammation in children between birth and age five.39
FACT: When a pregnant woman is harmed by an influenza or Tdap vaccine, drug companies selling the vaccines in the U.S., doctors and other vaccine providers are shielded from vaccine injury lawsuits40 but it is unclear whether vaccine injuries sustained by an unborn child in the womb will qualify for federal vaccine injury compensation.41
Rush to Vaccinate: Policy Preceding Science
In addition to lack of credible scientific evidence to demonstrate safety,42 43 there is not enough credible epidemiological and biological mechanism evidence to demonstrate it is effective or necessary 44 45 46 47 for every pregnant woman to get an influenza and Tdap shot during every pregnancy. The rush to vaccinate pregnant women and reach into the womb to try to passively vaccinate the developing fetus48 49 is a clear case of policy preceding science.
An experimental genetically engineered nanoparticle vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and another one for Group B Streptococcus are in advanced clinical trials and reportedly likely will be exclusively recommended for pregnant women after they are licensed.50 With new vaccines on the horizon that will target pregnant women, it is critically important that more bad vaccine policy does not precede good vaccine science.
Pregnant women today need to take a long, hard look at the well advertised but theoretical benefits and unknown risks of getting vaccinated during pregnancy before making a vaccine decision. It is especially important when there are so many warning signs that America's highly vaccinated child and adult population in the 21st century is not very healthy.
Maternal and infant mortality statistics are a classic measure of a nation's public health status and, in this country, here are red flags that cannot be ignored any longer.
Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates High in America
How many young couples of child bearing age know that women getting pregnant and delivering babies in America today have more than twice the risk of dying during pregnancy, childbirth or after giving birth than they did three decades ago?51 52 Women having babies are dying of heart failure, high blood pressure and stroke, infection of the blood, diabetes and blood clots in greater numbers because the maternal death rate in America has been climbing since 1987.53 We now rank a dismal number 50 in maternal mortality in the world, which is worse than that of most European countries and some countries in Asia and the Middle East.54
Equally shocking is the fact that the U.S. now has the highest first day infant death rate of all industrialized countries55 and ranks number 31 among nations in infant mortality.56 Preterm birth rates have increased 36% since the early 1980's57 and 6 out of every 1,000 babies born alive in America die before their first birthday.58
Birth defects, chromosomal damage, premature birth, low birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome are the leading causes of death for about 23,000 newborn infants every year,59 with half of those deaths occurring on the first day of life. A baby born in America is twice as likely to die within the first 24 hours as babies born in the European Union.60
Why Is Health in the U.S. on Such A Steep Decline?
U.S. public health officials say there are "no clear" answers for why our maternal mortality rate is skyrocketing.61 They don't know why so many of our babies are dying on the first day and within the first year of life, in stark contrast to many other nations where maternal and infant mortality rates are declining.
Public health officials also can't figure out why so many infants and children in America are plagued with brain and immune system problems. The unprecedented, unexplained chronic disease and disability epidemic 62 has gotten worse in the past three decades – with 1 child in 6 now learning disabled; 63 1 in 9 suffering with asthma;64 1 in 50 developing autism;65 1 in 400 becoming diabetic66 and millions more suffering with severe food allergies,67 inflammatory bowel disease 68 and other chronic illness.69 70
The health of American adults has also deteriorated during the past three decades compared to other wealthy nations where health is improving71 and our life expectancy is worse than many other countries as well.72 The CDC says that today chronic diseases are the most common and costly causes of death and disability with about half of all adults living with at least one chronic illness.73
U.S. Number One Market for Drugs & Vaccines
What is not on the list of potential causes for this failing public health report card is lack of access to drugs and vaccines. With a population of 316 million people out of 7 billion people on the earth, the U.S. spends nearly $3 trillion dollars per year on health care74 - more than any other nation in the world75 76 - and we consume 40 percent of all drugs sold globally.77 78 79 In addition, America is the leading purchaser of vaccines in the world's $32 billion dollar vaccine market.80 81 82
Since 1981, 95 percent of all children entering kindergarten have received multiple doses of seven vaccines including pertussis and measles vaccines.83 In 1991, the CDC recommended all infants get a hepatitis B shot at 12 hours old84 and, by 2012, more than 70 percent of all newborns had received a hepatitis B shot at birth while between 80 and 90 percent of three year olds had gotten multiple doses of eleven vaccines.85
In a crusade to eliminate an expanding list of microbes, U.S. health officials currently direct pediatricians to give children 49 doses of 14 vaccines by age six starting on the day of birth with more than two dozen doses administered by an infant's first birthday.86 More than two dozen additional vaccinations are recommended or mandated for teenagers and adults, including annual flu shots throughout life.87
Has Mandated Use of More Vaccines Compromised America's Health?
Every state in the U.S. has laws requiring dozens of vaccinations for daycare and school attendance88 in contrast to neighboring Mexico and Canada, which recommend but do not mandate vaccines (a provision in Canada's Constitution prohibits compulsory vaccination).89
Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland and Norway recommend but do not legally require vaccines and 15 countries in the European Union, including United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland and Austria similarly recommend but do not mandate vaccines.90 All of these countries have lower infant mortality rates than the U.S. and do not recommend that infants under one year old get as many vaccines as American infants do.91 In fact, no other country legally requires92 the numbers of vaccinations that the U.S. does for children to attend daycare and school or for adults to keep their jobs.93
It is no wonder that more Americans are asking questions about why our children need so many vaccines and why adults need to get a flu shot every year – even during pregnancy – when our population is already the most vaccinated in the world but far less healthy than other countries that do not mandate or recommend so many vaccines.
Ask for the Science
If you are pregnant and have other children, be aware that the American Academy of Pediatrics is urging pediatricians to vaccinate parents bringing their children in for sick or well baby visits, especially pregnant women.94 If an obstetrician or pediatrician pressures you to get vaccinated while you are pregnant, ask the doctor to show you the science. If you conclude the vaccine's benefits do not outweigh the risks for you and your baby but are threatened or sanctioned in any way for making an informed choice, you should find another doctor who will treat you with respect and honor your health care choices.
Go to NVIC.org to learn more and sign up for NVIC's free online Advocacy Portal so you can work to protect the freedom to make voluntary vaccine decisions in your state.
It's your health, your family, your choice.
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Measles Reports in America: What Does It Mean?
On Sept. 12, 2013, public health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) called a press conference to announce that vaccination rates among pre-school children are "high and stable" and "less than 1% are unvaccinated." 1 More than 90 percent of American toddlers have gotten a measles containing MMR shot by age three, along with many doses of 10 other government recommended vaccines.
159 Measles Cases Reported This Year in U.S.
But health officials warned there have been 159 cases of measles reported so far this year, the second highest number of measles cases reported in one year since 2000. They put the blame on 92 unvaccinated Americans diagnosed with measles who had "philosophical objections" to vaccination, such as orthodox Jews in New York City and Christians attending a church in Texas, which they described as "clusters of people with like-minded beliefs leading them to forego vaccines." 2 3 4
There have been no measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year; however one government official said that 160,000 people around the world die from measles every year and the infection is "literally a plane ride away." She warned that "the measles virus can hang out in the air and if you are in the same waiting room as someone with measles you will get measles if you never had it." 5
Americans Born Before 1957 Have Natural Immunity
In the interest of full disclosure, I should acknowledge that when I was a child I did get measles and so did my sister and brother and all my friends. It started off with a fever, runny nose, sore throat and white spots inside our mouths and then an itchy red rash on our faces that spread all over and I remember wearing sunglasses in the house because the light hurt my eyes. My parents and grandparents and their sisters and brothers also had measles when they were children. When I was growing up in the 1950's, measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox were infections we all experienced but our parents didn't worry about those childhood diseases like they worried about polio.
Americans born before 1957 have naturally acquired immunity to measles and we passed antibodies on to our babies when they were born to protect them from measles during the first year of life. Because naturally acquired measles antibodies are different from vaccine antibodies, young vaccinated Moms today cannot give longer lasting naturally acquired measles antibodies to their newborns. 6
Things have definitely changed in the past 60 years.
American Children Highly Vaccinated
In August and September, the CDC published annual reports that once again confirmed American children are among the most highly vaccinated in the world. 7 8 9 In 2012, 95% of children entering kindergarten had gotten two MMR shots and so had more than 90% of high school students. About 1.8% of kindergarten children had a medical or personal belief exemption to vaccination on file with schools.
Bottom line: 95% of the approximately 75 million children under age 18 10 have gotten two doses of MMR vaccine and there is also a high measles vaccination rate among young adults in their 20's and mid-30's because, since 1981, 95% of all children entering kindergarten have received at least one dose of MMR vaccine and three or more doses of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and polio containing vaccines. 11
Now let's take a look at what measles incidence and death rates looked like before and after the first measles vaccine was licensed in 1963.
Infections & Vaccine Reactions: Misdiagnosis & Underreporting
It is important to remember that, like B. pertussis whooping cough and other infectious diseases, measles has natural cyclical increases and decreases every few years in populations.12 13 Plus, not all pertussis 14 15 or measles infections 16 17 are diagnosed correctly by doctors and reported to government health officials and the same is true for diagnosis and reporting of vaccine reactions, injuries and deaths. 18 19 20
Before Vaccine: Millions of Measles Cases Not Reported
Before measles vaccine was licensed in 1963, the CDC admits there was massive underreporting of measles cases and that "because virtually all children acquired measles, the number of measles cases probably approached 3.5 million per year (.i.e., an entire birth cohort). " 21 Other doctors say it was more like 5 million cases of measles occurring every year. 22 In 1960, three years before the first measles vaccine was put on the market in the U.S., there were about 442,000 reported measles cases and 380 related deaths 23 24 among 3.5 to 5 million Americans.
After Vaccine: Decreases & Increases in Measles Case Reports
After 17 years of giving children measles vaccine, in 1980 there were only 13,500 reported measles cases and 11 related deaths. 25 But in 1990, about 28,000 measles cases and 64 deaths were reported in a population in which 95% of children entering kindergarten had gotten one MMR shot that public health officials had promised parents would give their children life long immunity to measles. 26
So the CDC added a second MMR shot to the child vaccine schedule and, by 2005, there were only 66 cases of measles reported. 27 However, in 2008 and 2011, there were a total of 362 reported measles cases, even as there were no deaths. 28
This brings us to the question of why there is so much publicity today about 159 measles cases identified in the U.S. this year in a population of 316 million.
Global Measles Eradication Endgame: 2015 - 2020
Well, what a lot of Americans do not know but need to know is that the World Health Organization is partnering with government health officials, multi-national pharmaceutical corporations and medical trade groups in a global measles eradication campaign patterned after the smallpox and polio eradication campaigns of the 20th century. The goal is to eradicate measles (and rubella) from the earth by 2015 or at the latest by 2020. 29 30
Two Doses of MMR for Two Billion Children
In order to accomplish that goal in the next two to seven years, the plan is to make sure that at least 95% or more of the world's two billion children 31 get two doses of MMR vaccine.
With a dose of MMR vaccine costing the CDC $20 to purchase from Merck while private pediatricians pay $56 a dose, 32 the cost of waging a global measles eradication campaign is astronomical. 33
Europe: Few Countries Mandate MMR
In Europe where many countries mandate polio vaccine and not MMR or other vaccines, 34 there have been tens of thousands of measles cases reported over the past decade.35 36 European health officials say that individuals with religious beliefs, as well as many "middle class people" using holistic health care alternatives for staying well, are resisting MMR vaccine promotion campaigns. 37 Public health doctors see the trend by educated consumers in many developed countries to move away from using lots of prescription drugs and vaccines 38 39 40 as a threat to infectious disease eradication programs.
Public Health Doctors: How Far Will They Go?
The question is: How far will public health doctors go to reach their goal of eradicating measles, rubella and many other infections with the mandated use of vaccines? 41 4243 44
We have seen a militarization of the public health system in the past century 45 to justify global vaccination campaigns to eradicate smallpox and polio.46 47 48 49 After Sept. 11, 2001, Congress and state legislatures granted greatly expanded police powers to government health officials to detain, quarantine and force vaccine use without the voluntary, informed consent of citizens whenever government officials declare a "public health emergency." 50 51 52
A War on Values & Beliefs
The public conversation about vaccination, health and autonomy has become ugly and divisive in the 21st century because the War on Disease has been turned into a War on Values and Beliefs. 53 54 55 56 57 58
And it is making many people afraid and distrustful of doctors and government health officials using threats and sanctions to enforce one-size-fits-all vaccine policies and laws that force them to get not just two doses of MMR vaccine but dozens of doses of other vaccines. 59 60 61 62 63 64
Will The Oppression Escalate?
Is the current government-endorsed criticism of the values and spiritual beliefs of unvaccinated Americans, who have been diagnosed with measles, just the first step toward even more oppression? Will it escalate into what we witnessed in 2007, when parents failing to show proof their children had gotten a chickenpox shot or hepatitis B shot, were threatened with stiff fines and jail time before being summoned by government officials to a Maryland courthouse patrolled by armed police with dogs to make sure their children got vaccinated? 65
I don't think any of us know how far doctors working for government or drug companies and medical trade groups will go to pit citizens against each other in an effort to shun and punish anyone defending the human right to exercise freedom of thought, belief, conscience and informed consent to medical-risk taking, 66 which includes taking risks with liability free pharmaceutical products like vaccines. 67
Philosopher and human rights advocate Elie Wiesel has said "When you take an idea or a concept and turn it into an abstraction, that opens the way to take human beings and turn them, also, into abstractions. When human beings become abstractions, what is left?" 68
Biological, Genetic & Environmental Differences Among Us
When public health officials embrace the concept of eradicating an infection from the world and achieving that goal means making sure that a certain number of children have gotten a certain number of vaccinations, it is very easy to turn children into abstractions and forget that human beings are not all the same and do not all react the same way to vaccines or infections.69 70 71 72There are biological, genetic and environmental differences among us and that is why some of us get an MMR shot or experience measles and do not suffer complications while others of us do suffer complications and are brain injured or die.73 74 75 76 77 78 79
When doctors cannot predict ahead of time who will be harmed by a vaccine 80 81 or an infectious disease and they cannot guarantee that those who have been vaccinated are incapable of being infected or transmitting infection, 82 83 84 85 the precautionary and informed consent principles should not be eradicated from vaccine policies and laws just because public health officials have decided to embark on yet another infection eradication campaign.
The National Vaccine Information Center supports your civil and human right to exercise freedom of thought, conscience and informed consent to vaccination and make independent health care choices without being tracked down, bullied and punished by anyone. Become informed about measles and MMR vaccine and talk with one or more trusted health care professionals before making an educated health care decision.
Go to NVIC.org to learn more and sign up for the online NVIC Advocacy Portal
to defend vaccine choices and exemptions in your state.
It's your health. Your family. Your choice.
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Witch Hunting Jenny McCarthy for Vaccine Talking
Now that it looks like ABC-TV executives are backing Barbara Walters' hire of celebrity Jenny McCarthy to join the popular daytime talk show The View,1 the blood spilled on the ground of the Fourth Estate during 10 hot days in July is beginning to dry. It was fascinating to watch the well-orchestrated response by online mainstream media, which took on the frenzy of an old fashioned witch hunt to burn a heretic at the stake.
Reviewing 29 articles published in major print and broadcast media outlets between July 9 and July 18, 20132 with 19 of them written by males, it became obvious that some of them are really upset about "blonde" girls expressing politically incorrect opinions about vaccine side effects, a topic that has become the biggest taboo talk in America. Several media outlets used her gender to take the first punch with headlines such as "Putting Jenny McCarthy on the View: Good Sex Over Bad Science"3 and " View' Host Jenny McCarthy's Vaccine-Autism Claims: Beauty vs. Science."4
"The Pretty Idiot" or A Threat to the Survival of Mankind?
Some tried to bash McCarthy's brain by focusing on her body. Cat calls like "buxom physique: - "blonde bombshell" - "sex symbol" – "object of teenage boys fantasies" – " bleached blonde hair" - "pulchritudinous" – " the pretty idiot" - "Playboy Playmate of the Year"– and so on were effortlessly tossed into the story.5 6 7 8 9
Once the boys club firmly established that she is really only good for one thing, they moved on to alleging that if she is allowed to open her mouth and talk on 'The View,' she will in fact and without question threaten the very survival of the human race. One of them took bizarre name-calling to new heights by hurling the epithet "homicidal maniac" at her.10
I am not sure how presumably well-educated men expected people to swallow the vacuous argument that the woman is both a dumb blonde and a threat to mankind but for some inexplicable reason that is exactly what they tried to do. And, further embarrassing themselves, they desperately tried to persuade all the rest of us to be as emotionally invested in her hire on 'The View' as they are and immediately write to the bosses at ABC to express our shock and horror.11 12
A Call to Muzzle Vaccine Talking Moms
It could have been amusing summer entertainment watching guys fall all over themselves to up one another with hysterical hyperbole, but it quickly became obvious that it was about much more than slapping around a celebrity Mom because she has talked publicly about her son's vaccine reaction and how she helped him get better.13
Way more.
And, although males outnumbered females in suggesting that mothers should not be allowed to talk about vaccines in public unless the script is pre-approved by a politically correct M.D. or Ph.D., a few of the female writers going after McCarthy and ABC were just as adamant about the urgent need to muzzle vaccine talking Moms challenging the status quo.14 15 16
Four of the 29 headlines featured the word "dangerous."17 18 19 One apocalyptic headline screamed "Dear ABC: Putting Jenny McCarthy on 'The View' Will Kill Children"20 while an article written by a female pediatrician used the same threatening approach: "ABC's Hiring of Jenny McCarthy: A Decision That Could Cost Lives."21
The collective howl of indignation escalated when Barbara Walters and ABC did not flinch. Using poison pens and heavyweight media platforms, the writers ridiculed the intelligence, values and beliefs of mothers like McCarthy taking matters into their own hands when a healthy child suddenly develops brain and immune system dysfunction after vaccination, a condition doctors can't explain and often label "autism" but dismiss as "just a coincidence" or bad parental "genes" without looking any further.22 23 24
Century of Medical Literature: Yes, Vaccines CAN Do THAT
Never mind that there is more than a century of medical literature documenting the fact that vaccines can cause:
brain inflammation;
chronic nervous system dysfunction;
seizures;
arthritis;
vaccine strain viral infection;
shock and "unusual shock-like state;"
protracted inconsolable crying and
The indisputable fact that vaccines can do that has been acknowledged by the Institute of Medicine in a series of peer-reviewed reports published between 1991 and 2013.25 26 27 28 The last one pointed out that there is not enough scientific evidence to determine if the current recommended schedule of 49 doses of 14 vaccines between day of birth and age six29 is or is not associated with the development of a whole host of health problems in children - everything from autoimmunity, allergy, asthma, epilepsy, ADHD and learning disabilities to – yes – autism.30 31 32
The indisputable fact that vaccines can hurt people and that doctors still don't know which individuals are more biologically susceptible to suffering vaccine damage33 was codified into law by Congress in the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.34 That law has awarded more than $2.7 billion dollars to Americans harmed by vaccines in exchange for shielding drug companies and doctors from vaccine injury lawsuits in civil court.35 36
With vaccine failures among highly vaccinated children playing a big role in outbreaks of B. pertussis whooping cough,37 38 the hype about Jenny McCarthy joining 'The View' could be just a red herring. But it is going to take a lot of red herrings to distract millions of parents from talking about why 1 child in 6 in America is learning disabled,39 1 in 9 suffers with asthma,40 1 in 50 develops autism41 or why there has never been a large, well-designed study comparing the health outcomes of highly vaccinated children and those remaining unvaccinated or using fewer vaccines.42
Media: Non-Medical Degrees, PR, Politics, Marketing & Other Expertise
Most of the writers who wrote stories about a vaccine talking celebrity Mom joining 'The View," including those calling for censorship and the gutting of journalistic standards that ensure fair balance - when it comes to writing stories about vaccination43 - are journalists by profession. 28 of the 29 articles were written by individuals without medical degrees, although one is a pharmacologist, one is an astronomer and one has a PhD in biological sciences. The majority have degrees in Journalism, English, History or Political Science with some also listing expertise in public relations and communications, marketing and fund raising, political media campaign management, TV and entertainment.44
Even though these writers do not have medical degrees, the U.S. Constitution guarantees them the liberty to express their views about Jenny McCarthy, Barbara Walters, ABC and vaccines, just as the media outlets publishing their opinions are protected by the First Amendment. That legal right to engage in critical thinking and to hold personal beliefs and to exercise free speech, belongs to every American - not just to those articulating talking points made or approved by citizens with M.D. or Ph.D. written after their names.
Public Talking About Vaccine Safety Since 1982
Parents, doctors, legislators and journalists started talking publicly about vaccine safety issues in America in 1982,45 16 years before a paper about MMR vaccine and autism was published in The Lancet. Mothers were talking about what happens to their children's health after vaccination long before the Library of Medicine was posted online and the world wide web became the biggest talk show on the planet.
Vaccine talk will continue in the kitchens and on the smart phones and tablets of critical thinking women, who are using the brains and mother's instincts they were born with to make informed health care choices for their children. Vaccine talk will continue because, today, many more mothers either have a child or know a child who was healthy, got vaccinated and was never healthy again.
Evangelistic doctors should stop trying so hard to shut down vaccine talking and just do the credible science that will answer the question on everybody's mind: what exactly is causing the 1 child in 50 $126 billion dollar a year46 public health disaster doctors call autism but still can't agree on how to define it or how often it happens. One thing doctors say they know for sure is that vaccines don't have anything to do with autism because the earth is not flat, there is nothing more to be learned about vaccine side effects and autism cannot be cured, so parents should just forget about it.
That empty rhetoric is not flying these days with thinking Moms and Dads digging deeper and learning that good health is about more than using lots of vaccines to prevent infections.
Become educated about diseases and vaccines. It's your health. Your family. Your choice.
1 ABC. Jenny McCarthy Joins 'The View' As Co-Host Announcement. July 15, 2013.
2 NVIC. Selected Mainstream Media Coverage of ABC TV's Hiring of Jenny McCarthy for "The View" from July 9, 2013 to July 18, 2013. NVIC.org July 24, 2013.
3 Felix Gillette. Putting Jenny McCarthy on 'The View' – Good Sex Over Bad Science. Businessweek July 18, 2013. Felix Gillette BIO.
4 Tim Molloy. 'View' Host Jenny McCarthy's Vaccine-Autism Claims: Beauty Versus Science. Reuters July 16, 2013. Tim Molloy BIO.
5 Seth Mnookin. A Jenny McCarthy Reader Pt. 1: The Birth of a Star and an Embrace of 'Crystal Children.' PLOS.org July 15, 2013. Seth Mnookin BIO.
6 Michael Specter. Jenny McCarthy's Dangerous Views. New Yorker July 16, 2013. Michael Specter BIO.
7 Alex Parene. Dear ABC: Putting Jenny McCarthy on 'The View' Will Kill Children. Salon.com July 16, 2013. Alex Pareene BIO.
8 James Poniewozik. Viruses Don't Care About Your View: Why ABC Shouldn't Have Hired Jenny McCarthy. Time Magazine July 15, 2013. James Poniewozik BIO.
9 David Kroll. Jenny McCarthy Is A Dangerous Example of Medical Celebrity. Forbes July 16, 2013. David Kroll BIO.
10 Meredith Blake. Jenny McCarthy's Hiring As 'View' Co-Host Is Matter of Contention. Los Angeles Times July 16, 2013. Meredith Blake BIO.
11 Phil Plait. The View of Jenny McCarthy. Slate July 9, 2013. Phil Plait BIO.
12 See Reference #7.
13 Jenny McCarthy. Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism. Dutton: The Penguin Group 2007.
14 Mary Elizabeth Williams. Don't Put Jenny McCarthy on 'The View.' Salon.com July 11, 2013. Mary Elizabeth Williams BIO.
15 Alexandra Petri. Jenny McCarthy on 'The View' – Not the Medically Correct View, Just the View. Washington Post July 15, 2013. Alexandra Petri BIO.
16 Margaret Sullivan. Just the Facts, No False Balance Wanted Here. New York Times July 17, 2013. Margaret Sullivan BIO.
17 Paul Thornton. Jenny McCarthy – Dangerous At Any Volume. Los Angeles Times July 16, 2013. Paul Thornton BIO.
18 Brendan Nyhan. When 'He Said,' 'She Said' is Dangerous. Columbia Journalism Review July 16, 2013. Brendan Nyhan BIO.
19 See References #6 and #9.
21 Claire McCarthy, M.D. ABC's Hiring of Jenny McCarthy: A Decision That Could Cost Lives. Boston Globe July 16, 2013. Claire McCarthy BIO.
22 David M. Perry. Destabilizing the Jenny McCarthy Public Health Industrial Complex. Atlantic Monthly July 11, 2013. And David M. Perry. Jenny McCarthy and Fear-Based Parenting. CNN July 17, 2013. David Perry BIO.
23 Harold Maass. Jenny McCarthy, The View and Anti-Vaccination Quackery. The Week July 16, 2013. Harold Maass BIO.
24 See References #5, #6, #8, #9, and #14.
25 Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Committee. Adverse Effects of Pertussis and Rubella Vaccines. Washington, DC. The National Academies Press. 1991.
26 Institute of Medicine Vaccine Safety Committee. Adverse Events Association with Childhood Vaccines: Evidence Bearing on Causality. Neurologic Disorders. Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press 1994.
27 Institute of Medicine. DPT Vaccine and Chronic Nervous System Dysfunction: A New Analysis. Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press 1994.
28 Institute of Medicine Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines. Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press 2012.
29 Centers for Disease Control. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommended Immunization Schedule for Persons Aged 0 Through 18 Years – United States, 2013. MMWR 2013; 62(01): 2-8.
30 Businesswire. National Vaccine Information Center Supports Three of Five Recommendations of New IOM Report on US Childhood Immunization Schedule Safety and Calls for Transparency. NVIC Jan. 16, 2003 Press Release.
31 Institute of Medicine Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence and Future Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press 2013.
32 Ibid. Review of Scientific Findings. Chapter 5: Pages 69 - 88.
33 Ibid. Evaluating Biological Mechanisms of Adverse Events. Chapter 3: Page 82.
34 NVIC.org. National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986.
35 Health Resources Services Administration. National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Statistics Report. June 26, 2013.
36 Businesswire. National Vaccine Information Center Cites 'Betrayal' of Consumers by U.S. Supreme Court Giving Total Liability Shield to Big Pharma. NVIC Press Release Feb. 23, 2011
37 Kane J. Whooping cough Outbreak: Top 10 Things You Should Know - #6 Vaccine Refusals and Disease Importations Are Not to Blame for Outbreaks. PBS NewsHour Aug. 21, 2012.
38 Liz Szabo. US Whooping cough may be becoming resistant to vaccines. USA Today Feb. 18, 2013.
39 Boyle CA, Boulet S et al. Trends in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in US Children 1997 – 2008. Pediatrics. Published online May 23, 2011.
40 CDC. Asthma in the U.S.: Growing Every Year.
41 Blumberg SJ, Bramlette MD, Kogan MD et al. Changes in Prevalence of Parent-reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in School-aged U.S. Children: 2007 to 2011-2013. National Health Statistics Reports 2013; 65: 1-11.
42 Fisher BL. The Safety of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule: A Public Perspective Institute of Medicine Committee on the Assessment of Studies of Health Outcomes Related to the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule Feb. 9, 2012.
43 See References #7, #16, #18.
45 Coulter HL, Fisher BL. DPT: A Shot in the Dark. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985 (Warner 1986, Avery 1991, Penguin - current).
46 Jonathan Berr. How Autism Can Cost Families Millions. MSN Money Mar. 25, 2013.


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Now that the finalists for Major League Baseball's awards have been announced, oddsmakers have released the latest betting lines for who will take home the hardware.
The closest race is for American League Rookie of the Year, which has Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani at -250 (bet $250 to win $100).
Ohtani led all AL rookies with 3.8 FanGraphs wins above replacement (2.8 as an outfielder; 1.0 as a pitcher). Among rookies in the AL with at least 300 plate appearances, the Japanese sensation led the way with a .361 on-base percentage and .564 slugging percentage.
New York Yankees infielders Miguel Andujar (.297/.328/.527) and Gleyber Torres (.271/.340/.480) are Ohtani's competitors for the award. Andujar tied for the AL rookie lead with 27 homers and tied for third in MLB with 47 doubles.
Cy Young favorites Blake Snell of the Tampa Bay Rays (-240) and Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets (-500) were the only qualified starters with sub-2.00 ERA totals. Both pitchers would make history if they walk away with the awards.
DeGrom finished 2018 with 10 wins, despite posting a 1.70 ERA. Felix Hernandez currently holds the record for fewest wins in a full season by a starting pitcher to win the Cy Young (13 in 2010).
The fewest innings pitched in a 162-game season by a starting pitcher to win the Cy Young award was Clayton Kershaw with 198.1 in 2014. Snell only threw 180.2 innings for the Rays in 31 starts, though he made them count with an AL-best 1.89 ERA.
Betts led MLB with 10.4 FanGraphs wins above replacement, .346 batting average and .640 slugging percentage. His .438 on-base percentage ranked second to fellow AL MVP finalist Mike Trout.
Yelich led the NL with a .326 batting average and .598 slugging percentage. The 26-year-old caught fire down the stretch, hitting .367/.449/.770 after the All-Star break and .370/.508/.804 in September to help Milwaukee surpass the Chicago Cubs, who also have an NL MVP finalist in Javier Baez, for the franchise's first NL Central title since 2011.


The picture above shows piles of cross ties ready to be placed between the beams. The beamwork will be left open to reveal engine details, but it will look as though the beams have been cut off to gain this view.
After the line shafts and the lights are in place, the floor will be sub floored and planked with yellow pine boards.
I intend to bring power up to this second floor. I haven't fignured it out yet, but a line shaft belt will come up to floor flanged line shaft bearings. Such bearings do not exist, so I will have to design them to operate 6in. - 10 in. pulleys above the floor.
John, I think you can use the ceiling mounted line bearings just turn 'em over!
I'm really enjoying this build!
Pleased to hear that Pete. I appreciate your interest.
You are right. I could just turn the line shaft hangers over and screw them to the floor. However, there were proper floor mounted pillow blocks for this purpose. They could also be raised on cast base plates. You can see both on page 355 of Chas A Strelinger & Co. 1895 catalog.
Pete, in the machine shop diorama, I designed wall mounted hangers similar to Fig 1263 on that same page. Line shaft hangers that are just mounted on their sides or right side up just don't look very nice and are not historically correct at all. I wrote PM Research and suggested casting wall mounted hangers similar to the ones I made in the photo below.
I understand why they did not jump at the idea. Just rotating the hangers they sell to suit the job is good enough. There probably wouldn't be enough sales to warrent casting them.
Why would they have put the 2nd floor line-shaft on the floor? That would just use up their valuable floor space. What about a belt drive from the 1st floor line-shaft - on the 1st floor ceiling, through a slot in the ceiling/floor to a 2nd floor line-shaft - on the 2nd floor ceiling?
Good question. But hopefully, this photo is in public domain. It will explain where I am going.
Notice that there are no belts in front of the girls sitting on the high stools. There is a line shaft running down next to the baseboard in front of their feet. The belts are coming up from there to their machines mounted on the extended table.
Don, I wanted to avoild having my diorama start looking like a doll house, so I did't want to go up another 9 feet to put another row of line shafts that would come down to the heavy cast iron textile machinery from above.
This way, we wil give the impression that power is coming upstairs through the floor via belting. We will see the pulleys running in the floor mounted pillow blocks.
Edit: Don, I forgot to mention that provsion will also be made for a full sized 6 in. belt to come through the floor and travel all the way up to the ceiling of the second floor. Its pulley wlll be on the drive shaft as well, but will be under an open hole in the floor. It just won't be belt. At this point, there is no second floor all the way up.
It looks like the girls have some kind of a foot control for their machines, which would make sense with the floor-mounted lineshaft.
It also looks like their are some electric lamps at the "workstations." I think your assumption that electricity is being used in your mill works with this.
Well Bill, Alice in Wonderland sipped a potion that reduced her significantly in size to enter the fanciful world of Lewis Carroll. Some of that and you would be right at home working at the bench.
The first set of line shaft hangers are up.
Looking at the picture I can kind of see what you're getting at. It looks to me like the line-shaft at the ceiling, just to the left of the column, is the main drive shaft for that floor. It in turn powers at least 3 other line-shafts in the picture including the one that is belted down to the line-shaft I believe you're referring to under the sewing machines.
Bottom line - it's YOUR mill, power it the way you want. Screw 'em if they can't take a joke.
Yes, from what I've read, electricity went through many phases (no pun intended) as its use expanded.
This is a textile mill electrical board when single stranded wire and knob and tube were in fashion both in residential and commercial use.
I've broken with historical accuracy again here. I am using double stranded wire in conduit tubing. Junction boxes are made to turn corners. But the conduit tidies up the wire strands nicely on the vertical surface over the fire door. Otherwise, I plan to just glue sections of the wire under the beams.
"We are prepared to furnish, at short notice, large Shafts of any diameter up to 12 inches and of any length to 30 ft. Prices quoted upon application."
Shaft couplings were of many styles; the flanged couplings like the ones you show or halved clamped couplings with eight bolts. All this info can be found on page 357 of their catalog.
But Strelinger preferred the Collin's Patent Couplings. "Collins' has given our customers and ourselves as well better satisfaction than any other."
The sleeve which was in halves were bored slightly smaller than the diameter of the shaft. Cone rings were driven well home with a copper or babbitt metal hammer or block of hardwood and locked by the ring nuts on either end - "the sleeve is so compressed upon the shaft as to prevent the slightest movements in the connection.
There you go Derek. More information than you probably wanted to know. The next page in the catalog begins showing clutch couplings, safety set collars and rod straighteners!
If you are into historical information of this sort, I highly recomment this book available at PMR.
I've been looking forward to working with the lighting. This work has to be done while the beams are still exposed.
I ordered seven lights for the engine room and the shop and one light mounted on a curved conduit.
But the seven lights came with no mountings. These photos show the design of a threaded mount for each one. They are made out of 3/8" aluminum rod.
The first two pictures show the light over the firewall arch and the junction box on the other side.
The lights are mounted up against the ceiling of the engine room.. Boring a little hole through the threaded mounting stud made it quite easy (photo 3).
There are four; one over each door, one over the firewall arch and one over the workbench.
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The skies above Dunsfold were filled yesterday (Tuesday 18th August) as The Blades, MiG 15, and Aerobility's Yak 52 signalled the start of the 10 day countdown to Wings & Wheels.
The Blades touched down to show off their new livery and take three brave journalists for the ride of their lives. The MiG 15, back in the UK for the first time since the 90s, demonstrated why it will be starring at the airshow – just one of a number of new displays this year. The Yak 52 dropped by to talk about its integral role to the Glider display and hinted at a heart stopping new trick visitors won't want to miss. They also sent four lucky passengers loopy with some daring aerobatics.
It wasn't just the sky that was filled; the Wheels Zone showcased 19 of its top cars that will be at the Show over the August Bank Holiday. Brooklands Museum brought down some classic examples from the Museum including the 1907 Berliet Curtis, 1926 Frazer Nash "Boulogne Vitesse", 1928 Bentley 4.5 Litre, 1957 Jaguar D Type (replica), 1962 Sunbeam Alpine Sport and more modern examples from the 1995 DAM 4100 (a re-bodied Metro 6R4 rally car)to the 2012 AC 378 GT Zagato (a unique AC GT/supercar).
Auto Vivendi demonstrated some of the world's best supercars including the Lamborghini Huracan, Pagani Zonda, Ford GT, Noble M600, Lamborghini Gallardo and Ferrari 458 Speciale.
Not to be outdone, the Stunt Zone was smokin' as drift teams Scrape 'n' Skid and Team 1340 showcased their winning formula and drivers from Mission Motorsport showed that nothing holds them back in their stunt MX5 cars.
The eagle eyed won't have missed the purple Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II that is travelling the country this year promoting Together for Short Lives, a leading UK charity for all children with life-threatening and life-limiting conditions and all those who support, love and care for them. The car was donated to the charity by Simon Cowell in June and will be one of 300 cars at Wings & Wheels for visitors to view.
The day was rounded off with the roar of the VC10 which fired up and taxied down the runway.
Organisers were joined by Help for Heroes and its Band of Brothers as well as Brooklands Museum Trust and Age UK Waverley, all charities that the Show is supporting through a variety of initiatives.
Visitors to Wings & Wheels can also enjoy the world famous Red Arrows, RAF Eurofighter Typhoon, RAF Eurofighter Typhoon & Spitfire (Synchro Pair), Vulcan, Chinook, MIG 15, B25 Mitchell, The Blades and a host of other modern and historic aircraft during the five hour flying displays. For four and two wheeled fans, supercars and classic and vintage icons put on an awe inspiring display of power and speed on the Top Gear track in a two hour auto spectacular from Brooklands Museum, and over in our Wheels Zone you can expect an array of interactive and static displays to wander around.
Tickets start from £22 for adults, £50 for a family (2 adults and 3 children aged 5 – 15yrs), £7 for children aged between 5 and 15yrs and under 5s are free. For more information visit www.wingsandwheels.net or to book standard tickets call 08712 305 572.
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Peaceful, low key voting in Anantnag (Lead) (10 a.m.)
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Srinagar, April 23 (IANS) Voting picked up gradually on Tuesday in rural and hilly areas of the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir while it remained very low in urban centres.
A total of 4.2 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Anantnag till 10 a.m.
Queues of voters were seen in Shangus, Kokernag, Dooru and Pahalgam where voters came out in good numbers to exercise their democratic right.
But the voters were very few in towns like Anantnag and Bijbehara where people came out in only ones and twos.
Security forces used tear smoke to disperse stone-pelters who tried to dissuade voters from reaching some polling stations.
"Except for a few stray incidents of stone pelting by miscreants, the election process has remained peaceful during the first three hours in the constituency," an official said.
"The real challenge in this militancy affected constituency is to ensure that the poll process passes off peacefully."
The security forces were present in large numbers to ensure a violence free election.
Polling began at 7 a.m. and will end at 4 p.m.
Security forces have been deployed along roads and hillside areas overlooking the polling stations to prevent militants from disrupting the poll process.
Mobile Internet facility and train services have been suspended for the day.
Very few people were seen at the 714 polling stations set up for 523,566 voters in six polling segments of Bijbehara, Pahalgam, Shangus, Anantnag, Kokernag and Dooru.
Authorities have set up 26 polling stations outside the Kashmir Valley for Kashmiri Pandit migrant voters.
Of these, 21 are in Jammu, four in Delhi and one in Udhampur district.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti of PDP, state Congress President Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Justice (Retired) Hasnain Masoodi of the National Conference, Sofi Yusuf of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Chowdhury Zafar Ali of the People's Conference are in the fray in Anantnag.
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News Legend Mike Wallace Passes Away at 93
April 9, 2012 by Daniel
Legendary news reporter Mike Wallace has passed away at the age of 93. One of his biggest accomplishments was working for CBS doing the show "60 Minutes."
CBS News reports:
CBS News legend Mike Wallace, the "60 Minutes" pit-bull reporter whose probing, brazen style made his name synonymous with the tough interview – a style he practically invented for television more than half a century ago – died last night. He was 93 and passed peacefully surrounded by family members at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan, Conn., where he spent the past few years. He also had a home in Manhattan.
"It is with tremendous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace. His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence. His loss will be felt by all of us at CBS," said Leslie Moonves, president and CEO, CBS Corporation. Continue reading . . .
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Keri's significant dance career began at the age of just 2 years old when she danced with Miss Lindy Brooks in Somersworth, NH. She has studied dance and has performed throughout the seacoast area for over 30 years. Keri attended the Robertson School of Classical Ballet where she studied ballet intensively. She has performed in several Ballets including "Fire Bird", "Nutcracker Suite" and "Giselle" and has had the opportunity to perform with many great artists including Boston Ballet's Paul Thrusell and Nadia Thompson. Keri attended UNH where she continued her dance studies and was a dancer in the Dance Company. In addition to her ballet background, she has also studied tap and jazz at intensive levels. She has performed in and choreographed multiple award-winning dance numbers and has consulted and choreographed routines for high school cheerleaders leading them to winning performances. Keri attends renowned dance conventions and remains active in today's dance society. Her volunteer work has included tutoring, children-driven programs and area schools. She is extremely passionate about dance as well as promoting a safe, loving and healthy environment for each individual that walks through her studio doors. She strives to bring out the best in every student so that they may fulfill personal achievements both inside and outside the classroom. Keri lives in Barrington with her husband and 2 daughters. In 2013 & 2014, she was honored to take her dancers to perform at both the Orange and Russell Bowls as well as Universal Studios-Orlando!! She is beyond excited about the many more opportunities to come as the owner & director of Dance 'N Motion 2!
Courtney started dancing at 3 years old and has extensive experience in various styles of dance. Her passions include lyrical, hip hop, and jazz. As a child she began demonstrating her love to perform which included dancing in performances by the Garrison Players. Over the years, Courtney has performed in multiple award-winning numbers in dance competitions all over New England. She has attended numerous dance conventions to further her education in dance. At the age of 15, Courtney's career as a choreographer took off. She has choreographed award winning performances, dance routines for Farmington & Milton high school cheerleaders, dance programs for local elementary physical education classes and more! She even had the opportunity to teach dance in Italy while stationed there with her husband-whom is in the military. At the present time, Courtney is a full-time surgical technologist and lives in Farmington with her husband and 3 children. Her DNM2 family was amazed at her strength as she raised her children and worked full-time while her husband was actively deployed in Afghanistan. We are thrilled that he (Anthony) has since returned home safely!
Bri has been dancing since she was 3 years old. Over the years, she has enjoyed taking various classes including jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical and contemporary. She became a teacher's assistant at the age of 13 and by the age of 17, she began instructing her own classes. Bri has been part of the dance team as well as many production numbers. She has performed in award-winning dances in competitions including her 2013 self-choreographed contemporary solo-which earned a high gold! Bri is a 2013 graduate of Farmington High School and attended UNH for her freshman year of college. She is now currently taking classes at Granite State College. She plans to pursue a degree in teaching while instructing classes and furthering her dance education. Bri's co-instructors and students admire her beautiful stage presence and artistic vision that comes alive when she steps on to the floor. She was thrilled to participate in DNM2's journey to the Orange Bowl. Not only was she able to work with well-known choreographers and take Master classes, she was one of the dancers that performed on the field during the half-time show with Dierks Bentley (aired on ESPN)!!
Amanda (Childs) Brennan has been part of the DNM family since day one. She has been dancing for close to 25 years and has a passion for all forms-especially creative motion, jazz, tap, hip hop & country line dancing! After a few years as a teacher's assistant, she started instructing her own classes by the age of 17. Her choreography at that time also included dances for school shows and conferences. Amanda's top priority is for her students to ALWAYS have FUN! She loves sharing her passion for dance and love for music, of all kinds, with her students and co-instructors. She has participated in many dance conventions and attends dance workshops. She has performed competitively in numerous award-winning numbers over the years. The opportunity to travel as an instructor/chaperone to the 2014 Orange Bowl is one she will be forever grateful for. Amanda was not only there to support the DNM2 dancers but she was able to meet, dance with, and learn from (in advisory/mentor sessions & Master classes) well-known, award-winning choreographers. The Orange Bowl experience was a dream come true for her as a dancer, artist, and instructor. Amanda is also a strong supporter of continuing education in all aspects of life. In addition to being part of our dance family, Amanda is a full-time Registered Nurse and lives in Gonic with her husband, 2 children and 2 dogs. At the present time, she is actively furthering her education in Nursing. She is proud to be an active part of the studio and excited for what the future has to bring!
Becca started dancing at 4 years of age. She has studied tap and jazz for many years and has also explored ballet and modern. Becca start competing at various dance competitions at a young age. She not only competed as a dancer of Dance 'N Motion's Dance Team, but with other numerous numbers including solo performances as well. In 2004, Becca was honored to dance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC as part of the Mike Miller Dance Team alongside many other DNM dancers who were formally invited! It was an amazing experience that she will never forget! While attending Plymouth State University, she minored in dance for 2 semesters until an injury prevented her from continuing. Becca is passionate about education and is currently a 1st & 2nd grade teacher in Somersworth, NH. She is very happy to be dancing as an adult and is thrilled to also teach dancers in the DNM2 classrooms.
Nina (Boucher) Katkin started her dance career in 1996, with the opening of Dance 'N Motion. She has taken classes in tap, jazz, and hip hop. She became a teacher assistant as a teen, and at the age of 17, started teaching classes at Dance 'N Motion. She enjoys teaching all ages and levels of dance classes such as Creative Motion, tap, jazz, lyrical jazz, lyrical hip hop, and hip hop, as well as Special Production Routines. Nina enjoys sharing her passion and excitement for dance with her students. She strives to be creative and original in her routines, staying on top of the current trends in dance. Nina resides in Barrington with her husband & young daughter. She is excited to be a part of Dance 'N Motion 2 and looks forward to many more years with the studio!
Brittani started dancing at the age of 7. She has studied numerous styles of dance including tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, and Irish (both soft shoe & hard heel). In 2007, Brittani traveled with fellow Dance 'N Motion dancers to perform in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC as part of the Mike Miller Dance Team. Like fellow instructor, Becca, this was an amazing experience and dancing at that level will be something she will never forget. She has competed at various dance competitions over the years, winning numerous awards. Brittani is very passionate about health & fitness. When she isn't dancing, she enjoys weight lifting/body building. She lives in Middleton and works full-time at Liberty Mutual. Brittani is also currently continuing her education at Granite State College. She is very excited to be teaching Creative Motion classes at DNM2.
Patrice started her dance career at just 2 1/2 years old! She enjoys all forms including jazz, lyrical, tap and is especially passionate about theatre dance. While in high school, Patrice was a member of chorus, drama club, and colorguard -- selected as captain of colorguard senior year. Since graduating from Spaulding in 2013, she continues as a choreographer for the SHS Colorguard. She is currently attending NHTI where she was on the Dance Team for 2 years. Patrice has a niche for performing. She captivates her audience and expresses her personality & creativity with each step. In the spring of 2015, she earned a High Gold for her self-choreographed solo performance. Patrice was previously a teacher assistant for creative motion classes along with assisting Keri with the Dance Team & Junior Dance Team. Patrice is thrilled to be teaching theatre dance classes at DNM2. She can't picture her life without dancing/performing and wants to share that passion with all of her students. Outside her studio life, Patrice is a Group Leader at the Rochester Child Care Center.
Lea has been taking jazz and tap classes since 2007 with Dance 'N Motion. She enjoys putting on the sparkly costumes and dancing in our shows. In October 2011, Lea became a licensed Zumba® instructor and then went on and earned her ZumbaToning® license in August 2012. She is very excited to be DNM2's current Zumba® instructor! When she's not dancing, she is an English teacher at Rochester Middle School. Lea enjoys reading, cooking and having fun with her son, Tony (who is also a dancer!).
Katie has been dancing since she was 3 years old. Her studies have included jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, and hip hop. She has had the opportunity to learn from various talents. Katie has competed at many different levels in various locations - including Nationals in NYC, winning High Gold for all numbers. She has attended dance conventions and conferences with fellow dancers & instructors. She is excited to continue her dance career both personally and as an instructor. Katie is a full-time Ambulatory Pharmacy Technician at Wentworth Douglass Hospital. She lives in Rochester with her husband & 2 young children.
Alisha started dancing with Dance 'N Motion over 16 years ago! She has taken classes in jazz, hip hop and tap. She loves dancing and when she went to college at Keene State she explored their modern dance classes. After taking a Zumba® class she found another outlet through which to share her passion for dance. She then became a certified Zumba® Instructor and taught Zumba® classes with both DNM2 and the Farmington Recreation Department for several years. Alisha also became the director/instructor of the ZumbaGold® program for senior citizens in Farmington. In addition to teaching hip hop at DNM2, Alisha is now teaching "Street Funk" which is a trendy form of hip-hop & jazz combined that will allow students to bring out their inner "swag". By day, she continues as the Assistant Director of the Farmington Recreation Department, and is now a successful Beach Body® coach. Alisha lives in Middleton with her husband and 2 young children.


I recently got the opportunity to do a brewery tour of Whistler Brewing Company, and it was fantastic! The drive up from Vancouver was quite a breath taking drive. I forgot what it is like to go up the Sea to Sky Highway.
Whistler is just a small town but it is full of life year round, known for its skiing in the winter and its summer mountain activities, it seems there can be lots to do if you are an active person.
The brewery itself is separated into two different sections, the brewery and the tasting room.
The tasting room seems like it has recently been redone and it looks amazing, although it does look a little small and cramped, you do still have a warm and cozy feeling when you go in. The staff at Whistler Brewing are amazing, friendly and upbeat. You can tell they love their jobs there.
I was greeted by the bar staff when I went and sat down, they gave me a menu of the beers and each one had quite the description and story behind them. While waiting I was enjoying the seasonal they had on tap.
From the tasting room, the staff took myself and about 6 other people on the brewery tour. They explained the different malts and grains they use, how they get what they want out of the taste of the beers, as well as feeding us sample after sample. We got to see the front of the brewery on the tour as they were working around the back and we couldn't go back there for safety reasons.
Like the other brewery tours I went on during this time, Whistler Brewing did something a little different. They actually let us drink out of one of the vats! I got to try the Whiskey Jack Ale before it was even bottled! I have to say having it fresh like that I was almost tempted to buy my own vat just to have fresh beer like that!
At the end of the brewery tour I had to have something quick to eat before I drove the 90 minutes back to Vancouver. I tried their Vegetarian Chilli Potato Skins. The Chilli was infused with the Whiskey Jack Ale and it tasted fantastic! I love my chilli and this taste was unforgettable! I really enjoyed it and was kind of sad that I had to make my way back down to Vancouver.
I want to thank everyone at Whistler Brewing for giving me a tour of their brewery, who knew that they had to buy back their brewery after Big Rock bought them out and then abandoned it. I have to say getting it back up and running is one of the best things they ever could have done! For $15.95 per person to tour it is well worth the price!


Crystal started with VCA as a receptionist and has since worked her way through each department in the hospital. She enjoys her job because of her love for good customer service, the Animal Advocates program, taking radiographs, learning, and--most of all--her love for helping pets. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
"I love being here for the Patients you get to see grow, relationships you build with clients, cases you get to learn from, and enjoying every minute, meanwhile feeling good that you make a difference."


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Sheryl Crow: Threads – Review
September 7, 2019 by Nile Amos
Sheryl Crow gives us a 17-track whistle-stop tour of her musical life on Threads, reportedly to be her 'final' album.
Featuring a roll call of the great and the good from her much-publicised musical and personal life, and serving as a reminder of more than a noteworthy career, Crow bows out on safe musical ground.
It's to Crow's immense credit that she's been able to call on a constellation of 23 star musicians and songwriters on Threads. Fans may be drawn in by the interest of hearing their favourite artists perform the open-top bus parade for Crow that Threads inevitably feels like at times. And whilst there isn't much to dislike about when it goes well (lush country harmonies, raucous blues), it sometimes falls off the dusty Americana tracks when it goes badly (dodgy ventures into disco, rap).
As this is supposedly the last hurrah for Sheryl Crow, we'll forgive her the trespasses. Story of Everything takes the listener back to All I Wanna Do, height-of-pop Crow, turning her hand to funk-pop, smattered with incoherent mumbles from Chuck D, and clunks along with about as much vibe as a supermarket shopping trolley. George Harrison's beautiful Beware of Darkness is given some unnecessary and rather drippy treatment by Sting and is saved only by dust-on-the-needle guitar licks from Eric Clapton.
People are of course talking about Redemption Day– A reworking of Crow's own 90s reflection on the USA's ambivalence to the conflict in Bosnia, which was eventually covered by Johnny Cash and included on the sixth and last of his posthumous America series. Crow and her producers have taken the bold step of mingling Cash's vocals with Crow's on this version for Threads. Unfortunately, sometimes calling the greats from beyond the grave can be haunting in less favourable ways. Whilst JR's voice is spectral and reassuringly familiar, the effect and political nuance is lost, and Cash is just one of a myriad of guests at the farewell party.
Neil Young takes a turn as a troubadour with Crow and Promise of the Real's Lukas Nelson on Cross Creek Road, but ends up nowhere special. It's obviously never a chore to listen to Keith Richards, but his duet with Crow on The Worst has him disappointingly shackled and tamed.
The party picks up though, and the appearance of Bob Dylan's hocus pocus cry of madness, Everything is Broken, is perhaps all the better for the fact that the man himself isn't a guest – instead, Jason Isbell (formerly of the Drive By Truckers) accompanies Crow with swashbuckling ease. It's a stomping cover. Willie Nelson then adds a friendly hand on the shoulder in the wonderfully weary Lonely Alone, which also gives us a reminder of Crow's ability in songcraft. Nelson's voice is a time capsule, distilled and creaking as if soaked in an oak barrel.
Thankfully, Crow also invited the right people on Live Wire. Bonnie Rait, Crow and Mavis Staples inject a much-needed cocktail of soul and blues, with Staples' voice, in particular, a sheer delight, as the trio celebrate getting to grips with the archetypal 'big bad man' in the room.
Sheryl Crow and her career is a good story – almost too good, as a life often played out in the press showed – starting with radio jingles, playing in bands around being a music teacher, to eventually providing backing vocals for Michael Jackson the 80s. There's lots to enjoy in Threads, although one is left feeling that it brings her back to safety, and a life skirting pop stardom, 90s celebrity culture and anti-war protests, is banished to history. Surrounded by stardom, Crow may finally feel like she's done enough to convince us that, despite the endless interest that followed her personal life in her heyday, she's earned the respect of a great many people along the way.
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