My husband and I have a weekly tradition of going to a local coffee shop after church on Sundays. One of our new favorites is Queen City Grounds. Located on the edge of Uptown, QCG has everything we want and more in a coffee shop. From the bright, open space to the never-ending reggae music, bar countertops and cozy couches, this modern coffee spot fits the needs of anyone who wants to work, relax, play games or read a book found in the open library. Featuring a full breakfast and lunch menu, classic coffee options, and a few unique creations of their own, QCG has managed to provide an eclectic offering in a simple atmosphere. I have no doubt that our weekly tradition will continue to bring us here for a long time.
Pro tip: If you're like me, then you tend to prefer breakfast, or even brunch, over lunch options. Try the Rancheros Burrito. Made to order with options including bacon or tofu, avocado, pico de gallo, topped with crunchy corn chips and wrapped in a spinach or whole wheat wrap, this option can be altered to suit everyone's preferences. Just be sure to order before they switch over to the lunch menu!
Pro tip: You can't go wrong with any of the drink options. My go-to at every coffee shop is a chai latte, and they did not disappoint. Topped with plenty of cinnamon, this chai was very flavorful and not too sweet. More of a cold brew type of person? Well they have that on tap (as well as a few select beers). Really love their coffee? You can purchase bags to take home with you and try your hand at barista life from the comfort of your kitchen.
The first stop on our tour of Asheville is one of my favorites- a place that I keep going back to every time I visit. We all have our favorites and sometimes tradition trumps quality, but not in this case! This time around the tradition was born because of the quality; the quality of food, service, and atmosphere!
Sunny Point Cafe in West Asheville has it all. While I've only been there for some amazing brunches, they also feature equally amazing lunch and dinner menus, as well as a selection of wines, craft beers, and cocktails.
Rated #1 on TripAdvisor for the best brunch in Asheville, Sunny Point Cafe can also be found on hipster foodies' lists everywhere, ranking in the Top 10 for Best Asheville Brunch/Breakfast spots. Some examples of their award-winning dishes (yes, they have won awards for their amazing culinary talents), are the shrimp 'n' grits, which won the 2016 and 2017 Stoobie Award for Asheville's Best Shrimp 'n' Grits. I've also heard that their avocado toast is among the best in the city.
My personal favorites are the Huevos Rancheros- eggs topped with black bean cakes, feta, and cilantro crema (a gluten-free dish), and the Fried Chicken and Waffle sandwich- a pecan waffle topped with fried chicken, bacon, pimento cheese, and jalapeño jam. Their menu also features several options that can be made gluten-free or vegan.
INSIDER TIP: Because of the cafe's popularity, it is more than likely that you will arrive and have to add your name to a long list of those waiting- DO NOT LEAVE. I know how easy it is to be turned off by long wait-times, but believe me it is well worth it. In fact, the cafe understands your displeasure with having to wait, and makes it infinitely more enjoyable by providing a coffee station in the outdoor waiting area, where you can help yourself to unlimited refills of fresh coffee, and enjoy watching West Asheville life pass you by. On a nice day, you may even get to experience some live music, as local bands have been known to set up and play for hungry customers.
Aside from the incredible variety of dishes and flavors that are served up here, one of my favorite things about Sunny Point Cafe is that they are very socially conscious, featuring a different nonprofit partner every month! Every table in the restaurant has an envelope on it for customers, should they so choose, to donate money for the nonprofit that month. Along with the money from generous customers, Sunny Point also adds a donation to the collected funds, and delivers it to the chosen partner. In 2017, they raised and donated $16,856, and in 2018 they increased that number to $20,517. Read more about the organizations they've partnered with here.
INSIDER TIP: After your meal, head outside to the neighboring garden- here you can walk through the garden beds and see where the cafe plants and harvests the produce found in your meals! It's as fresh as you can get!
INSIDER TIP: Take a bit of the West Asheville flavor home with you! You can shop the selection of jams, dressings, and sauces that you may have experienced in your meal. If that's not enough, you can even purchase the Sunny Point Cookbook, featuring several recipes that have developed since the opening of the cafe, as well as other timeless comfort food dishes.
Have you been to Sunny Point Cafe? Let us know your favorite dishes in the comments! Got another favorite Asheville brunch spot! Let us know so we can check it out!


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NEWS: 65daysofstatic announce UK tour for May 2020!
December 7, 2019 Zach Redrup News 0
Sheffield's own 65daysofstatic have just announced a handful of dates of a headline UK tour this coming May, which will be in support of their recent full-length effort, 'replicr, 2019'.
You can find all of the band's forthcoming UK tour dates listed below.
MAY 14 – LONDON, Shepherds Bush Empire
MAY 15 – MANCHESTER, Academy 2
MAY 16 – EDINBURGH, Summer Hall
Tickets for all dates of the tour are on sale now, and can be purchased online from myticket.co.uk.
NEWS: Fever 333 share new single, 'Vandals'!
NEWS: Behemoth announce 'I Loved You At Your Darkest: Tour Edition'!
NEWS: 65daysofstatic confirm seventh album, 'replicr, 2019'!
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Sheffield experimental instrumental outfit 65daysofstatic have just unveiled the details surrounding their seventh LP, which will be their first studio album in six years. Read More
LIVE: ArcTanGent @ Fernhill Farm, Bristol (29/08/2013 – 31/08/2013)
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Date: August 29th, 2013 – August 31st, 2013 Venue: Fernhill Farm, Bristol Website: www.arctangent.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/atgfestival Twitter: www.twitter.com/atgfestival Rating: It's always a risk when a new festival starts. Will everything come together? How will the Read More
NEWS: 65daysofstatic to release 'Silent Running' score on vinyl!
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Following phenomenal demand of a physical release of their rare performance rescoring 1972 sci-fi film Silent Running at Glagow Film Fetival, 65daysofstatic have answered their fans' wishes. This Silent Running soundtrack has been pressed onto Read More
NEWS: 65daysofstatic celebrate 'The Fall Of Math' 10 year anniversary with special London Koko show!
February 19, 2014 Zach Redrup News 0
Sheffield instrumental masters 65daysofstatic have announced they'll be celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their debut full-length album 'The Fall Of Math' with a special two set performance at London's Koko. You can find all Read More
LIVE: 65daysofstatic @ The Globe, Cardiff (28/07/2014)
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Date: July 28th, 2014 Venue: The Globe, Cardiff Support: Nordic Giants Website: www.65daysofstatic.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/65propaganda Twitter: www.twitter.com/65dos Rating: It's hotter inside The Globe than your uncle's basement, so what better type of gig to attend Read More
Albums/EPs
ALBUM: 65daysofstatic – Wild Light
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Release Date: September 16th, 2013 Label: Superball Music Website: www.65daysofstatic.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/65propaganda Twitter: www.twitter.com/65dos Rating: Post-rock is a genre that is highly derided by many. Those who do criticise it however tend to glance superficially Read More

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This episode was brought to you by Walrus Audio. They just released the Defcon 4 Ryan Adams signature pedal. The Defcon 4 is an ultra-versatile tone shaping device. Check out Ryan's demo. This week's episode is also sponsored by Gunstreet Wiring Shop. Whether you're looking for something modern for your Strat or something classic for your Les Paul, Gunstreet has the team to provide you with expert advice on getting the right wiring kit for you. This episode was also sponsored by Sinasoid. The Slate is Sinasoid's signature cable. It's super beefy and slightly tacky for a feel love by industry pros and touring musicians.
In this episode Ryan talks about how he killed a Visual Sound 1Spot and features the Mosky D250 he just picked up. Steve talks about pulling out his Stratocaster for the first time in a long time and announces that he jumped on the 1981 Inventions DRV train.
2. Snark has new picks?
This week's song was sent by James Zap and is called "The Other Half".
Bonus content – Are Gibson Guitars TOO EXPENSIVE?


Ewan McGregor has warned "famine is looming" in South Sudan, putting tens of thousands of children at risk of starvation.
McGregor, who is UK ambassador for relief charity Unicef, said babies born into hope after the country achieved independence in 2011 were now facing desperate circumstances after months of bitter fighting.
Unicef has warned that parts of South Sudan could slip into famine as early as next month as it faces a triple emergency of famine, fighting and disease on the third anniversary of its independence.
Unicef has only raised a third of the £89 million the charity says it needs to help South Sudan's children.
In July 2011 babies were born into incredible hope in South Sudan, as the country declared independence and was celebrated as the world's newest nation.
Now, three years on, the outlook for these same children has taken a dramatic and desperate turn.
Famine is looming. Children are already dying every day of hunger and of diseases like cholera.
Unicef said more than half a million children have fled their homes since fighting began, with 250,000 under fives at risk of severe malnutrition.


Sadly Court has moved out today, 2 weeks of sleeping on the lounge, billie's bed, my bed, has finally worn thin and she's taken a lease. I feel so guilty there's not enough room at the inn :-(. I had to giggle tonight though when we went to Coles to do a shop, she couldn't believe the prices. Ummm, yeh, bit different when it's not Monopoly money ;-) She's been spoilt living on the boats as she has never had to pay for food etc so I think it came as a bit of a surprise. When she was putting her cash in the sucky thing at the self register I could see her wanting to pull it back out, hehe, I laughed and said "I so want to get a picture of this".
I too have become invisible!!! I was recently in a Bunnings northside store hoping for someone to ask to help me to no avail. I was testing this too, but I did watch for someone to appear, as I have experienced this so much in many places since I became 50+. A lovely young blonde 20 something girl walks into the aisle in Bunnings, and 'ZOOOOM! instant service!!! How rude of that man to then ignore you and not compliment the Mum for her singing. Men are the worst at admiring women of all ages. At 57 a man had the audacity to say that I was too old to date him – he was a 72-year-old man! Really!!!
Sadly this is the world of today!! Become 50 something and you are totally invisible. I so love your story about the older woman too. I too always make a point of telling a stranger – ladies only, when she looks wonderful. Someone who makes a point of her appearance and dressing nicely. How lovely to make someone smile!
Us ladies all need a compliment, and women should be supportive and honour women through all ages.
I've lucked on your wonderful style,self and Instagram etc after someone tagged me. Awesome product but I loved your words about being invisible. I love pepping someone up, it costs nothing, but makes someone feel good.


The Ivy Collection, the concept backed by Richard Caring, has confirmed plans to open its latest site inside the Victoria Leeds Scheme located in Leeds City Centre. The restaurant will be open seven days a week serving breakfast, lunch and dinner from a menu of modern British dishes.
The group currently operates 40 sites across the U.K and has signed a 20-year lease to open its first site in Dublin at No.1 Molesworth Street – a six storey office and commercial building currently under construction.
The Ivy Collection's Executive Property Director George Jones told the Irish Examiner: "The unit has been selected due to its location in a tourist, office and retail destination, its size over two levels and its setting in a prestigious office building".


Uglyworld #1984 - Channels Hoppering - (Project Cinko Time - Image 190-365), a photo by www.bazpics.com on Flickr.
You would thinks with arounds 70 channels to chooser from there would always be something goods to watch.
Unfortunatelies there is also a flippers full of channels in Englishers, with the rests in Chinesers, so I usually finds myself channels hoppering to finders something cool.


At the end of wartime, when this guitar was constructed, steel restrictions meant that Martin's already light guitars became super-light. Necks were reenforced with an ebony rod instead of a steel T-bar, and even the tuners were stripped down to be super-simple and light, forgoing even the steel collars around the string posts that were present in most other years.
This guitar is mid-sized, a 00, but punches far beyond its weight class in terms of loudness and tone. Scalloped X bracing and Adirondack top, as usual for the early '40s. Everything original other than maybe a bridge pin or two. The tuner buttons have shrunken and deformed over the years, but they are original, strong and functional so we left them alone. If the new owner wants new buttons, that is an easy fix, but we (some of us) are fans of originality around here.
1 11/16 x 2 ⅛"
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A really easy recipe for quiche using seasonal asparagus and filled with gruyere cheese.
Iberico chorizo swimming in a beautiful rioja sauce with onions and garlic. A delicious, rich starter.
Why stand stirring the risotto when you can be doing other things? With stilton and chorizo, this risotto is just delicious.


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Infectious disease doctor Stroni talks about the new signs in patients with Covid
Infectionist doctor Gent Stroni said today that the influx of hospitalizations for those infected with Covid has decreased. As the doctor said for "abc news", there are no more ambulances waiting in line.
"Today there are no more ambulances waiting in line, the load on hospitals has decreased, and hospitalizations have a kind of decrease," said Stroni.
The doctor also confessed that clinically he noticed some changes in patients infected with coronavirus.
"One request I can make to family doctors is that if you ask for tests over a long period of time, now more often. We see a change in laboratory parameters, which are different from day to day, which today has them in the norm and tomorrow out of the pronounced norm, as if they had days.
I am also looking at cases in terms of imagery, that if at first we were looking at a few foci, looking at the end of the lung or the damaged middle, now you can see them all. I do not think it's mutation. That of England has the highest infection. What I am looking at clinically is another thing. "We have to look at the dynamics, if it is like this today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, if there are new hearths," he said.
Italy on the verge of disobedience: Owners do not close the premises: Better fine than no longer postponed


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How you can own three racehorses in a syndicate with Cheltenham Racecourse supported by Adam Henson
The first one produced 13 winners over the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons
Melissa JonesSenior Digital Reporter
Diamond River
The Cheltenham and South West region of The Jockey Club has announced its second racehorse ownership syndicate following a hugely successful launch.
The first one covered both the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons, when all three of the horses - Final Choice (trained by Warren Greatrex), The Last But One (Paul Nicholls) and Timeforwest (Jonjo O'Neill) - were victorious, with 13 wins between them over the 24-month timeframe.
For a one-off fee of £2,950, membership for the next two years includes part ownership of three new horses as well as other exclusive experiences.
What the package includes
*A share in three horses, trained by three leading Jump trainers - Kim Bailey (based near Cheltenham), Nicky Henderson (north of Lambourn) and Neil Mulholland (near Bath) - for two Jump seasons (2018/19 & 2019/20)
*Full membership at the four racecourses in The Jockey Club South West region - Cheltenham (including The Festival™ presented by Magners), Exeter, Warwick and Wincanton
*An exclusive facility at The Festival presented by Magners
*A share in any of the prize money won by the syndicate's horses
*An opportunity to follow each of the horses owned by the syndicate
*Organised stable visits and trips
*News updates and newsletters
Ian Renton, Regional Director of the Cheltenham & South West region of The Jockey Club, said: "We have a large number of racing fans who attend our events each season and are therefore on our database.
"A couple of years ago we felt it was time that we introduced some of those racing fans to the experience of racehorse ownership, creating our first syndicate.
"It was a huge success with an amazing 13 winners and plenty of syndicate members enjoying visiting the winner's enclosure for the first time.
"I hope that we can keep up the strike rate with the next three horses."
Susan Williams, who was a member of the first syndicate, added: "If you enjoy jump racing then The Jockey Club Cheltenham and South West Syndicate is the one to join.
"Over the last two years, we have had some superb stable visits to all three of our trainers where we were looked after exceptionally well.
"We have been lucky enough to have a tour of the Weatherbys headquarters, the gallops at Lambourn and last but not least an exciting racing trip and stay at Punchestown. To top that all off, we were so fortunate to have three winning horses.
"For two years you have access to four racecourses at any time, with Cheltenham the Home of Jump Racing, being the centrepiece.
"You could not ask for better treatment or access to the very best racing, which is why I shall be re-joining for what I hope will be another fruitful two years."
The three horses for the new syndicate
Hes No Trouble (Kim Bailey)
5yo b g Scorpion - She's No Trouble (Zaffaran)
Hes No Trouble is a point-to-point winner who won on his only start at Dromahane in Ireland at the end of April. A five-year-old bay gelding by Scorpion, he is out of She's No Trouble, herself a full-sister to the 2000 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Looks Like Trouble.
Kim Bailey said: "He is working extremely well on the gallops and, having completed his first piece of fast work, he should be making his debut on a racecourse before Christmas."
Carolines Charm (Neil Mulholland)
4yo b g Masterofthehorse - Truckers Princess (Beneficial)
Carolines Charm has joined Neil Mulholland's yard from Ireland, where he looked the likely winner of a maiden point-to-point at Tralee on May 26 before falling at the last. He is a bay four-year-old by Masterofthehorse out of Truckers Princess, making him from the family of useful chaser Tanks For That.
Neil Mulholland said: "He is an athletic horse. The aim is to run him in a bumper before progressing over hurdles."
Diamond River (Nicky Henderson)
3yo ch g Imperial Monarch - River Clyde (Presenting)
Diamond River, trained by Nicky Henderson, is an unraced three-year-old by Imperial Monarch and out of River Clyde. This imposing chestnut gelding has returned to Seven Barrows following a short break and is being trained with bumpers in mind for the 2018/19 season. He comes from the first crop of an exciting young stallion in Imperial Monarch who is closely related to the imperious Jump sire Oscar.
Nicky Henderson said: "He is hacking away beautifully at home, maturing every day. While he is not likely to grace the racecourse until January, he could be very nice, looking at him physically."
Sports presenter Lee McKenzie, ITV Racing's Ed Chamberlin and Adam Henson will be ambassadors for new syndicate.
"For racing and country folk alike, this is a superb initiative," Mr Henson said.
"Aside from membership access to the very best jump racing in the country, the syndicate organises fantastic events which will be extremely enjoyable, and I look forward to being part of this wonderful opportunity."
For more information, contact Lucy Snell (lucy.snell@thejockeyclub.co.uk / 01242 537667).
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Forest Green Rovers FCForest Green Rovers 0 Mansfield Town 0 (match abandoned after four minutes)
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Q: Is it possible to return null for an optional capture group in a regular expression? I am using Ruby to break a version number from a system up into its constiuent parts. There are two formats that need to be considered:
  type version (date)
  type date

I have got a regualr expression for this which can handle the fact that the version is not always present. It is ^([^\s]+)\s([^\s]+)?\s?\(?(.*?)\)?$\.
However although this works the optional capture group is not present when the version is not in the string, which makes sense. For example (output from Ruby):
['type', 'version', 'date']
['type', 'date', '']

Is there any way to make the RegEx return a null for the optional capture group when it is not there? The output would then be:
['type', 'version', 'date']
['type', '', 'date']

A: If you are looking for functionality where:
type version (date)
type date

results in:
['type', 'version', 'date']
['type',          , 'date']

you probably want to use an non-capturing group like (?:version)
as well as (version)| as in  (?:(version)|), this will allow you to either capture something or capture 'nothing/null/nil'
Try out this regular expression:
^([^\s]+)\s(?:([^\s]*)\s|)\(?(.*)\)?$

I recommend using http://regex101.com to understand what the different symbols mean.

A: Regex free zone.
strs = [
  'type version (date)',
  'type date'
]

results = strs.map do |str|
  type, *version, date = str.split
  [type, version[0].to_s, date.tr('()', '')]
end

p results

--output:--
[["type", "version", "date"], ["type", "", "date"]]

If you would rather have nil than a blank string, then remove the to_s. Having nil in there would allow you to write something like:
if arr[1]
   #do one thing
else
   #do another thing

Because a blank string is considered true in ruby, the if-branch would always execute if the array has a blank string at index 1.  The only things considered false in ruby are nil and false.

A: You can use this regex to match both formats:
/^(\S+)\s+(?:(\S+)\s+\((\S+)\)|(\S+))$/

I used \S instead of [^\s]. They have the same meaning (any non-space character) but \S is shorter and easier to read.
The expression piece by piece
/             # regex delimiter
^             # match the start of the string
(\S+)         # capturing group that matches one or more non-space characters (type)
\s+           # one or more space characters
(?:           # start of a non-capturing group
              #   +--- alternative #1: format "type version (date)"
   (\S+)      #   | capturing group for version
   \s+        #   |
   \(         #   | match a literal '('
   (\S+)      #   | capturing group for date
   \)         #   | match a literal ')'
              #   +-------------------
|             # OR - either match alternative #1 or alternative #2
              #   +--- alternative #2: format "type date"
   (\S+)      #   | capturing group for date
              #   +-------------------
)             # end of the non-capturing group
$             # match the end of the string
/             # regex delimiter

Matching strings against this regex produce:
irb (main)> "Type Version (Date)".match(/^(\S+)\s+(?:(\S+)\s+\((\S+)\)|(\S+))$/)
=> #<MatchData "Type Version (Date)" 1:"Type" 2:"Version" 3:"Date" 4:nil>

irb(main)> "Type Date".match(/^(\S+)\s+(?:(\S+)\s+\((\S+)\)|(\S+))$/)
=> #<MatchData "Type Date" 1:"Type" 2:nil 3:nil 4:"Date">

There are 4 items in the resulting MatchData object because there are 4 capturing groups in the regex. The groups present in the alternatives are added up, those from the non-matching alternative are set to nil.
The next step is to name the capturing groups. This way we can identify them easier and also identify (and collapse) the alternatives.
Now the regex is:
/^(?<type>\S+)\s+(?:(?<version>\S+)\s+\((?<date>\S+)\)|(?<date>\S+))$/

and produces:
irb(main)> "Type Version (Date)".match(/^(?<type>\S+)\s+(?:(?<version>\S+)\s+\((?<date>\S+)\)|(?<date>\S+))$/)
=> #<MatchData "Type Version (Date)" type:"Type" version:"Version" date:"Date" date:nil>

irb(main)> "Type Date".match(/^(?<type>\S+)\s+(?:(?<version>\S+)\s+\((?<date>\S+)\)|(?<date>\S+))$/)
=> #<MatchData "Type Date" type:"Type" version:nil date:nil date:"Date">

The last step is to use the method MatchData#named_captures to get the matched pieces in a Hash that contains the correct values for date, according to the matched alternative.
The final result
irb(main)> "Type Version (Date)".match(/^(?<type>\S+)\s+(?:(?<version>\S+)\s+\((?<date>\S+)\)|(?<date>\S+))$/).named_captures
=> {"type"=>"Type", "version"=>"Version", "date"=>"Date"}

irb(main)> "Type Date".match(/^(?<type>\S+)\s+(?:(?<version>\S+)\s+\((?<date>\S+)\)|(?<date>\S+))$/).named_captures
=> {"type"=>"Type", "version"=>nil, "date"=>"Date"}

Extra
If you need to get an empty string and not nil for version on format #2 you can add an empty capturing group named version on the second alternative, before the date group:
/^(?<type>\S+)\s+(?:(?<version>\S+)\s+\((?<date>\S+)\)|(?<version>)(?<date>\S+))$/

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Center for the Study of Writing
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Introduction to Undergraduate Programs
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Letter from the Chair
For those of you actively engaged in department activities, I want to say how much I've enjoyed getting to know you and working with you since July 1. For those I have not yet met, including our emeriti and alumni, I look forward to crossing paths (remotely, at least) in the coming weeks and months. Although I was trained as a musicologist, most of my career has been devoted to studying the intersections of history, literature, and the arts. My interests, coupled with your warm welcome, have made me feel very much at home in "virtual Guilford." I have appreciated the excellence of your research and creativity; your devotion to teaching, pedagogy, and writing; and your lively spirit. I have especially appreciated the generosity of the staff, former chair Chris Flint, associate chair Jim Sheeler, and the executive committee in making my transition to interim chair a smooth one. It has been a pleasure to inherit such a well-managed department.
My first months as chair, and ours as a department, were partially devoted to the campus reentry, building mitigation, and preparations for dual-mode course delivery. Breaking from custom, chairs met regularly with the dean throughout the summer to coordinate with the college and provost's office regarding Covid-related policies, protocols, and practices. We continue to adjust to the exigencies of the coronavirus. At present we are preparing for a special, optional January session, for which we expect to offer several English courses. By allowing the majority of students and faculty to follow a delayed spring schedule from February 1 through May 19, this plan will allow a safer, more spacious campus experience.
In a challenging and uneasy time, my first objective has been and remains to join with you in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the faculty, student body, and our English community. Please let me and each other know if you are having trouble and how we can help, and please do whatever you can to take care of yourselves. The second has been to listen, to get to know your curriculum, activities, plans, and aspirations, and to advocate for you in any way that I can. Despite the difficulties of thinking beyond the pandemic, the faculty is engaged in a conversation regarding the future of the department. All of you are invited to contribute to that conversation.
The first topic to arise has been the urgency of bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion more deeply into the department's activities and aims. During the summer Prof. Flint appointed a Subcommittee on Black Lives Matter and Antiracism, chaired by Marilyn Mobley and John Higgins, who drafted and posted a statement on antiracism on the department website. Together with Maggie Vinter, the subcommittee has created a special colloquium series consisting of faculty-led book discussions on antiracism, along with other programming dedicated to racial issues. In addition, throughout the year the Writing Program and SAGES will focus attention on equity, inclusion, and diversity through attention to classroom and programmatic practices that enact these values. Last Friday, Writers House co-sponsored the colloquium "Black Writing in Cleveland" with readers Michelle Smith and Mary Weems. Please check our calendar for other upcoming events. I invite you to join us, and in the meantime send my best wishes for your health, safety, and wellbeing.
Georgia Cowart
Interim Chair
Mary Assad and Gusztav Demeter received COVID-19 Emergency Funds for Laboratory, Simulation, and Field Work Experiences from the Provost. These funds will support the creation of recorded TED Talk-style presentations, crafted by former CWRU international students, to incorporate into the curriculum of ESL First Seminar courses. The presentations address various aspects of the international student experience, ranging from dietary acculturation to mental health.
This story has it all: mystery, theft, a trial, devastating losses (of the bibliographic kind), and our own William Claspy as a key witness to the aftermath.
Michael Clune has a new piece in the Los Angeles Review of Books: "Socialist Freedom and Capitalist Freedom."
Mary Grimm's brief memoir piece is reprinted in Creative Nonfiction's Sunday Shorts (it was published first in Riverteeth).
Caitlin Kelly's essay on teaching Hamilton: An American Musical has been published by Age of Revolutions.
Dave Lucas discusses the work of his predecessor, Amit Majmudar, Ohio's first poet laureate.
Michelle Lyons-McFarland's work appears in Chapter XI, The Eighteenth Century, in The Year's Work in English Studies 2020 from Oxford University Press.
William Marling has published a second collection of photography. ESTONIA, Upside Down (Editiones Croulebarbe).
Marilyn Mobley co-authored an article in the September issue of Insight into Diversity on the topic of faculty responses to racial justice in the academy.
Judy Oster is featured in The Jerusalem Post.
Steve Pinkerton offered a remote course on Ulysses, by James Joyce, in July through Siegal Lifelong Learning.
Brad Ricca's new book, Olive the Lionheart, was named one of the ten best books of August by the Christian Science Monitor.
Thrity Umrigar presented "An Evening with Picture Books" in August for Midwest Independent Booksellers introducing her new picture book Sugar in Milk.
Athena Vrettos gave a keynote address on "The Temporality of Emotional Traces in Victorian Fiction and Psychology" at an international conference on "Conceptualizing Trace" hosted by the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany in September.
Faculty of the Past: Frederik N. Smith
By Jane Bowman Smith & Dennis Dooley
Fred Smith, who died this past March at the age of 80, was a beloved figure around Clark Hall in his decade (1967–1976) as a member of the English Department faculty. After the Kent State shootings in 1970, with a police cavalry unit converging on University Circle, he was one of several faculty that President Morse reached out to requesting that students be asked to disperse in an effort to head off a potentially violent confrontation—which soon saw mounted officers swinging riot batons as they charged the crowd.
The growing distrust of leaders and feelings of helplessness in those years may have accounted in part for his deep fondness for the writings of Jonathan Swift and Samuel Beckett, which would provide the subjects of his three books: Language and Reality in Swift's Tale of a Tub (Ohio State University Press, 1979); The Genres of Gulliver's Travels (Associated University Presses, 1990); and Beckett's 18th Century (Palgrave, 2002). Fred was close to finishing a fourth book, about the effects of modern art on Beckett's work, particularly the "degenerate" art Hitler condemned, before the onset of the dementia that eventually ended the richly engaged life in academe that had begun with an MA and PhD at the University of Virginia.
Frederik N. Smith was born in Baltimore in 1940 to the former Henrik Schmidt and Louise Contee (nee Rose), who, as the shadow of Naziism loomed, had refused to marry poor Henrik (of Danish extraction) until he changed his name to Henry Smith. Fred's father, worked for the Atomic Energy Commission; his mother was a former ballerina. It was perhaps as the product of such a household that Fred found himself moonlighting in the early 1970s as Cleveland Magazine's first theater critic and put together a provocative evening-long pastiche of Shakespeare titled In a Fine Frenzy, which had premiered at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival in 1977.
As one of the founding editors of bits, a nationally regarded journal devoted to the short poem, Fred tried his hand at that genre (see below) and invited his graduate students to sit in on the meetings at colleague Bob Wallace's house where submissions—many from eminent poets—were discussed and evaluated. Fred preferred to eat lunch in the Student Union, where a large group of students invariably flocked to his table for a lively discussion of literature and the war. He was also a talented artist and continued to do watercolors, but primarily cartoons and caricatures, throughout his life.
In 1976 Fred was offered the chairmanship of the University of Akron's English Department, where he continued to teach 18th Century British Lit and Absurdist Theater, notably Beckett's work, before heading east with his wife, the former Jane Bowman, in 1984 to take on the same position (and full professorship) at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where Fred became Director of Graduate Studies. (He would take early retirement in 2000, moving to Fort Mill so Jane, herself a CWRU PhD, could be closer to her job at Winthrop College.)
At UNCC Fred created two classes that proved quite popular: one on Stylistics that he'd taught at CWRU, in which students chose one work by an author, then studied it intensely all semester in terms of its style (figurative language, sentence structure, etc.). The other was "18th Century Literature and Culture," which had students reading a selection of British work and studying the music, art, politics, etc. of the time, then researching other subjects such as architecture, gardens or fashion.
Learning of Fred's passing, the man who stocks shelves at a local market told his widow with misty eyes: "I always looked forward to seeing him, because he had a smile that just lit me up inside, like I was very important. Not many folks do that. What I think I miss the most are the conversations Fred and I had: He was so amazingly intelligent and was interested in everything. But there was also that joyous quality and that love for other people, the sincere interest in them."
All in all, not a bad legacy.
Jane Bowman Smith earned all three of her degrees (BA, 1971; MA, 1973; PhD, 1982) at Case. She taught advanced writing for 32 years at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where she directed the Writing Center and created a course that prepared middle and high school English teachers-to-be to teach writing effectively.
Dennis Dooley's course on the societal dimensions of American English was one of two courses at Case, where he taught from 1969 to 1971, to be highlighted in The Underground Guide to the College of Your Choice (Signet, 1971). As Cleveland Public Radio's first Producer for Culture and Ideas, he won 20 national and regional awards.
"What happens when we switch the perspective through which we perceive history? When we let go of a set historical narrative and begin to dig up the forgotten letters and diaries and photographs and artifacts? . . . Women's stories emerge: stories where women challenge the stereotypes we've set for them. Stories where women persevere, are independent, and hold power.
When you walk into Charmian's former home, the House of Happy Walls in Glen Ellen, California . . . you immediately encounter Charmian's strong presence."
–from Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer by Iris Jamahl Dunkle
"I almost did not get to Estonia the first time. It was 1993. I was taken off a bus from St. Petersburg in the middle of the night and marched under klieg lights to the Russian military checkpoint.
'Papers!' barked comrade Svetlana.
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"During the past week Olive had planned, packed, unpacked, and repacked multiple times per day. At the same time, she had to give her sister constant assurances that she would be safe in the hands of her escorts in Africa, Mr. and Mrs. Talbot. She had met them only a few weeks ago, but they had already proved their helpfulness. Percy Amaury Talbot was a seasoned African explorer who had traveled with Boyd. He knew how to arrange their passage, procure provisions, and secure their all–important credentials. Given the status of colonial Africa, carved up like a cake by the great European powers, these papers would be necessary to them across the various territories and borders . . . . Their plans were to land near the mouth of the Niger, take boats up, and then switch to the march all the way to Fort Lamy, where Boyd had last been seen."
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Jason Carney ('15) taught a class in early October at the Muse Writers Center: "Destroying the Ordinary: Writing Supernatural Horror."
Alum ('10) Iris Jamahl Dunkle's new book Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer is officially released.
Annette Federico ('89) has an essay in the June 26 issue of the Times Literary Supplement, on slow reading Dickens. She's a professor at James Madison in Virginia and wrote her dissertation under Bill Siebenschuh.
Marie Lathers ('15) is featured in the Rolla Daily News.
The most recent issue of Research in African Literatures (Vol. 50, No. 4) contains an essay by Leonard A. Podis ('75): "Literary Lions: Chinua Achebe and Ongoing Dialogues in Modern African Literature."
Kristin Bryant Rajan ('00) has 3 poems in Washburn University's Literary Journal Inscape.
Jess Slentz ('17 ) is now Managing Director of Grants and Federal Affairs at McAllister & Quinn, a consulting firm in Washington, D.C.
Nardine Taleb ('17) has been named the new prose editor at Gordon Square Review.
We are saddened by the death of Roger B. Salomon, beloved former chair of our department, on Sunday, October 4. An obituary will follow in the December newsletter. (Donations)
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Anyword Recognized as Leader in AI Copywriting Assistance in G2 Fall 2022 Report
Each quarter, G2 highlights top-rated solutions in the SaaS industry, ranking them according to authentic customer reviews. This is Anyword's second consecutive quarter being recognized as a leader in the space.
NEW YORK - October 25, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
Anyword, the data-driven Artificial Intelligence (AI) copywriting platform, announced it was recognized in G2's quarterly Fall 2022 Reports as a leader in AI copywriting assistance. G2 is the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace. G2 bases recognition on the responses of real users from related questions featured in the G2 review form. This is the second consecutive quarter that Anyword has been recognized as a leader in AI copywriting assistance by G2.
Authentic ratings from business professionals determine how each company ranks in each report. Potential buyers know they can trust insights in G2 reports when researching and selecting software because of the vetted, verified and authentic reviews. Anyword received nearly 400 five-star reviews, with respondents highlighting the company's positive impact in the AI copywriting space.
"We're pleased to receive recognition for our ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional AI copywriting services to our customers," said Eli Bar-Lev, Chief Marketing Officer of Anyword. "We look forward to continuing to harness the power of immense data sets and predictive analytics to help marketers create copy that resonates with their target audiences."
After launching its new Customer Personas feature this summer, Anyword users can now automatically generate copy designed to resonate with specific customer bases and target challenges or "pain points." This helps eliminate the guesswork in copywriting by applying machine learning and natural language processing to vast media and marketing databases.
Anyword offers a variety of helpful online tools, including its free Social Media Post Generator, where users can generate engaging content with just a few clicks using AI-powered technology. This feature works with social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. It also drives more conversions and sales using data and robust predictive analytics, with users seeing an average increase of 30% in conversion rates.
To learn more about creating high-performing copy for any channel, visit www.anyword.com.
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Anyword, formerly known as Keywee, uses AI and natural language processing to develop effective, performance-driven marketing language so that marketers communicate to consumers using text that yields the highest-level results and meets conversion goals. Anyword's AI-generated text is coupled with an intuitive scoring system that ranks text, predicting results so that marketers can measure performance prior to launching a campaign and avoid costly and time-consuming A/B tests.
With predictive performance, marketers know, in advance, how well text will perform with each audience base. Based in New York, Anyword was founded in 2013, and in its most recent Series B funding round, secured $21 million led by Innovation Endeavors. To learn more about Anyword, visit anyword.com.
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Thu Jul 11, 2019 - Trump downplayed his love of coal. It's because he needs Florida
President Donald Trump loves to tout his support of \'beautiful, clean coal.\' Or at least he used to. He didn't mention it once during his Monday speech on the administration's environmental record. In the televised speech from the White House East Room, Trump finally acknowledged climate change, although not directly. The president talked about emissions --- but never mentioned the words \'climate change.\' The address reportedly came after some of his close advisers worried the president's record on the environment would hurt his shot at re-election. Not only have GOP voters become increasingly invested in solutions to climate change, but global warming and climate action have impacted states that Trump hopes to carry in 2020. He made clear, too, that he'll focus his efforts on one in particular. \'In some ways you could be arguing that Trump's re-election campaign is really a Florida-first strategy,\' said Ford O'Connell, a Republican campaign strategist who worked on the McCain
Thu Jul 11, 2019 - New Orleans braces for a one-two weather punch
The 2019 hurricane season has barely begun, and a troubling storm is already brewing. Heavy rains paralyzed New Orleans on Wednesday, with as much as ten inches falling in just a few hours, and the National Weather Service declared a \'flash flood emergency.\' This is just the beginning of what could be a truly awful week of weather. On Wednesday morning, the National Hurricane Center issued a storm surge watch and a tropical storm watch for coastal Louisiana, forecasting the ongoing thunderstorms to eventually develop into a hurricane which would be named Barry and make landfall sometime on Saturday. The National Weather Service (NWS) office in New Orleans has begun circulating hurricane preparedness tips, and the NWS' Twitter account said---in a since-deleted tweet---that the approaching storm \'gets us thinking about what we can be doing TODAY to get ready for the big one.\' The storm's timing is unique: In 168 years of hurricane records, a July hurricane in Louisiana has only hap
Thu Jul 11, 2019 - How GE missed the opportunity to be a clean energy giant
In late June 2019, General Electric announced it would close a California gas plant 20 years ahead of schedule. The Inland Empire Energy Center in California, the company said, was \'uneconomical to support further\' in part because of outdated technology. But California's aggressive clean energy goals and commitment to using renewable energy was also a key determinant in GE's decision to take the plant offline. What's more, the closure is not just a hiccup in GE's energy plans, but is just one small piece of the American giant's substantial stumble on clean energy in recent years. The company has lost hundreds of billions of dollars of investor money in just two years as its stock has plummeted. And a new report claims the downturn is in large part because the company failed to pay attention to the rise of clean energy. \'You don't necessarily think of GE as an energy company,\' says Kathy Hipple, a financial analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (I
Thu Jul 11, 2019 - Alaska chokes on wildfires as heat waves dry out the Arctic
Under the choking black smoke from the bog and forest fires in Siberia and Alaska, it can feel like the Earth itself is burning. The normally moist, black organic peat soil and lush forests have been drying, and when they catch fire, they burn relentlessly. Global warming has been thawing tundra and drying vast stretches of the far-northern boreal forests, and it also has spurred more thunderstorms with lightning, which triggered many of the fires burning in Alaska this year, said Brian Brettschneider, a climate scientist with the International Arctic Research Center who closely tracks Alaskan and Arctic extreme weather. So far this year, wildfires have scorched more than 1.2 million acres in Alaska, making it one of the state's three biggest fire years on record to this date, with high fire danger expected to persist in the weeks ahead. Several studies, as well as ongoing satellite monitoring, show that fires are spreading farther north into the Arctic, burning more intensely
Wed Jul 10, 2019 - Device could bring both solar power and clean water to millions
A device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by researchers, an invention they say could solve two problems in one stroke. The researchers say the device is not only a source of green energy but also offers an alternative to current technologies for purifying water. These, they add, often consume large amounts of electricity and require infrastructure beyond the reach of many communities that lack basic access to safe drinking water -- a situation thought to affect more than 780 million people worldwide. \'These people spend a collective 200m hours a day fetching water from distant sources,\' said Prof Peng Wang, a co-author of the research from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. With solar farms often located in arid regions, the device could provide clean water where it is needed most. What is more, the team say it could be used in a backyard or on an industrial scale. \'Having a s
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Plastic waste gets a lot of attention when photos of dead whales with stomachs full of plastic bags hit the news. Pieces of plastic also litter cities, and tiny plastic particles are even floating in the air. Largely overlooked is how making plastic in the first place affects the environment, especially global warming. Plastic actually has a big carbon footprint, but so do many of the alternatives to plastic. And that's what makes replacing plastic a problem without a clear solution. Plastic is just a form of fossil fuel. Your plastic water bottle, your grocery bag, your foam tray full of cucumbers ... they're all made from oil or natural gas. It takes lots of energy to make that happen. \'The real story of plastics' impact on the environment begins at the wellheads where it comes out of the ground,\' says Carroll Muffett, head of the Center for International Environmental Law. \'And it never, ever stops.\' The center, also known as CIEL, has gathered global data on how much cl
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Dieters know the expression, \'Watch what you eat.\' But apparently, on a global scale, it applies to everyone. Turns out what we eat actually can be measured in emissions as well as pounds. An engineer at the University of Michigan's Center for Sustainable Systems is one of several researchers who published a paper in \'Environmental Research Letters\' that looks at how much variability there is in the greenhouse gas emissions of American diets. In fact, 46% of the total emissions from food came from the diets of just one-fifth of the population. According to the study, mostly that's because those people eat a lot more meat than the others, especially methane-spewing beef. Animal protein jacks up emissions for the top consumers, while the ecologically minded folks at the bottom consume more plant proteins. Suddenly, the \'Eat More Kale\' push here in Vermont has some new legs. \'I don't think any of us really had a strong sense of how distributed the greenhouse gas emission
Wed Jul 10, 2019 - Microbes in the Tundras could blow the roof off global warming with their emissions
While many parts of the world are experiencing global warming in different ways, there is an overall rise in the Earth's temperature. Both the planet's ice-capped poles are melting, causing a sea-level rise. The increasing warmth in these regions is causing palpable changes in the animals and plants that live in these areas. In a new study, researchers studying the Alaskan tundras said that global warming could cause microbes living in the soil of this region to release more greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane. Considering that half the carbon in the world (twice as much as the carbon levels in the atmosphere) is stored under the planet's frozen soil, the consequences of having all this carbon released into the atmosphere would be disastrous. Microbes react quickly to slight changes like warming over the span of a few years. \'We saw that microbial communities respond quite rapidly -- within four or five years -- to even modest levels of warming,\' Kostas T Konstant
Tue Jul 9, 2019 - Health groups sue over Trump rollback of Obama-era emissions rule
Two major health organizations on Monday sued the Trump administration over its rollback of an Obama-era rule on power plant emissions. The American Lung Association and the American Public Health Association are challenging President Trump's newly unveiled American Clean Energy (ACE) rule, the administration's replacement for the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. Critics have widely panned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Trump for introducing a rule opponents say will do little to reduce pollution from power plants. \'In repealing the Clean Power Plan and adopting the ACE rule, EPA abdicates its legal duties and obligations to protect public health under the Clean Air Act, which is why we are challenging these actions,\' the two groups said in a statement Monday. \'EPA has legal authority and obligation under the Clean Air Act to protect and preserve public health and welfare, including by regulating carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants
Tue Jul 9, 2019 - Trump is desperately trying to spin his abysmal environmental record
President Trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, slashed Obama-era emissions regulations, stocked his administration with former fossil fuel lobbyists, and categorically dismissed the notion that climate change is an existential threat. But none of that prevented the president from declaring in a White House address Monday that he had \'set the new global standard for environmental protections.\' Trump, eschewing talk of addressing the climate crisis, focused on how he wants \'the cleanest air\' and \'crystal clean water,\' as well as his decision to remove the U.S. from the \'unfair, ineffective, and very expensive\' Paris accord. Though the Trump administration has long claimed that the United States has the cleanest air and water in the world, this is far from true. According to the 2018 Environmental Performance Index, the U.S. ranked 10th of 180 countries in air quality, and 29th in water and sanitation. The thrust of Trump's message was that the best


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CRS On Making the Constitution Annotated Available in XML
by Daniel Schuman Sep 21, 2009 12:32 pm
Last week, the Sunlight Foundation urged the Government Printing Office to publish the legal treatise Constitution Annotated (a.k.a. CONAN) online in XML. CONAN explains the U.S. Constitution section by section, describing in its usual (and legally required) non-partisan fashion how the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution's provisions. CONAN contains analysis of nearly 8,000 Supreme Court cases.
We contacted the Librarian of Congress, who has statutory responsibility for preparing CONAN, for his opinion on making the treatise available online in XML. (Although it is prepared in XML, GPO publishes CONAN online in plain text and PDF format, sans meta-data. As a result, the structured data is unavailable to those who may want to republish, remix, or otherwise engage with the treatise.)
The Congressional Research Service*, which is part of the Library of Congress and whose staff actually write CONAN, made themselves available to answer our questions, summarized below:
(1) Would CRS agree to making the Constitution Annotated available online in XML every two years, when the document is printed?
(2) Would CRS agree making the Constitution Annotated available online in XML as that document is updated and released on Congress's intranet? (This would be more frequent than the every-other-year publication schedule.)
Here is CRS's response:
The Congressional Research Service and the Government Printing Office plan to discuss publication of the Constitution Annotated and possible future enhancements.
It is not entirely clear what this means. What we hope is that this statement indicates movement towards an arrangement whereby CRS frequently provides the XML file to GPO on a regular basis, and GPO makes that file — untouched — available for download on its website. Stay tuned.
Thanks to BoingBoing for the coverage.
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Let me first start out by saying, I am no artist. On Thursday night we went to the Shine a Light on Usher Syndrome Campaign Launch Party, hosted by Kidz b Kidz. I've never cried so much at a "party" before. We listened to two girls speak, the first was 18 years old and she has the exact same type of Usher Syndrome as Rebecca has. She started off her speech by saying that she began losing her night vision at 7 years old, 7 YEARS OLD!!!! Reagan is 7 years old, and that went by in the blink of an eye. The next girl who got up to speak was 17 years old, and she has type 2. She spoke about her life and she said that one day she went outside at night and looked up at the sky and she noticed that she could no longer see the stars. She said that one day, she hopes to see the stars again. This is where my work of art comes in. There was paper and markers in front of us. Nancy Corderman from Kidz b Kidz stood up and said that she wanted us all to draw what we were feeling at that moment. So this is what I drew….
Again, I am no artist, not even close. It looks like a 5 year old drew this. But this is what I was feeling. I want Rebecca to always see the stars. It kills me to know that one day, she may not be able to. We met some great families at this event, and we saw pictures all around the room of other people with Usher Syndrome. Our picture was taken by a New York Times photographer, which will be used for this campaign. The hope is that this campaign will eventually be on billboards and on the sides of buses. Usher Syndrome is an orphan disease, which means there are less than 200,000 people in the U.S. with it. In fact, there are only about 40,000, and therefore, pharmaceutical companies have no interest because it is not worth their while, and there is not enough funds to support more research. Of the estimated 400,000 cases of Usher Syndrome in the world, only 1% are registered with the research community. This is where the difficulty lies. Researches need to be connected with patients in order to perform clinical trials. If you know someone with Usher Syndrome who is not registered, they should register here- Usher Registry. We need to raise awareness and funds for this syndrome. We are only beginning on this journey, but we are going to do whatever it takes. Rebecca is going to see the stars.


TRYON, N.C. (AP) — A TV news anchor and a photojournalist were killed Monday when a tree fell on their vehicle in North Carolina as they reported on flooding and severe weather associated with Subtropical Storm Alberto, the television station said.
WYFF-TV Anchor Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer both worked in the Greenville, South Carolina, market for more than a decade, anchor Carol Goldsmith said on air, breaking the news.
''Mike and Aaron were beloved members of our team — our family,'' Goldsmith said.
McCormick and Smeltzer had just interviewed Tryon Fire Chief Geoffrey Tennant. They told Tennant to be careful with Alberto's remnant expected to bring more heavy rains and mudslides this week. He told them to be careful too.
''Ten minutes later we get the call and it was them,'' Tennant said at a news conference, his voice cracking.
Neither Stephens nor Tennant directly blamed the up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) of rain that fell Monday from the fringes of Alberto for the deaths. The fire chief said the roots of the 3-foot (91-centimeter) diameter tree were loosened in ground saturated by a week's worth of rain.
''Despite being the competition, I had interactions with (McCormick) both in and out of work, and we would talk about work issues, talk about life — everything, because we were in such a similar position at our respective stations,'' Dellinger said, calling him ''a good guy'' with a warm heart.


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New Noise: Why you need to start listening to Rianne Downey
Joe Taysom
@josephtaysom
Thu 15th Apr 2021 20.00 BST
Managing to break through as an artist during the pandemic is less than ideal, and the traditional gatekeeping measures in place have vanished. While almost every artist has uploaded an acoustic cover onto social media at some point over the last twelve months, few have caught flames in the same way as Rianne Downey.
Before the pandemic struck, Downey built up a local reputation in Glasgow. She learned her trade busking on its famous streets and now looks set to be another star from a city with a truly impeccable musical heritage. Her rise looked improbable when lockdown hit; Downey had to use her intuition and built up a cult following of adoring fans on social media, who sought solace in her putting her take on tracks in her record collection.
At the time of writing, she currently has over 14,000 followers on Twitter alone, and her covers caught the attention of Run On Records & Modern Sky, who she is releasing her debut EP through on August 15th. Sharing versions of other people's songs is one thing, but taking the plunge to share original material that is personal to you is an entirely different beast, and Downey has been thrilled with the reaction to her debut single, 'Fuel To The Flame'.
"It was better than I could have ever imagined," she told Far Out about the reaction. "So many people downloading & listening to a song I've written myself is very surreal. I have had so much love and support surrounding the track as well as being played on BBC Radio 6. I'm still buzzing!"
The track takes heavy influence from the golden age of pop, with Downey explaining how that era of music is one that she finds utterly captivating and equally inspiring. "The 50s/60s were so crucial for music, especially singer/songwriters," she passionately notes. "That was when people really began to experiment and properly express themselves. Music back then was sung from the heart and with beautiful but catchy melodies. It was so complex in its simplicity."
Working with the right producer is critical. Downey has teamed up with The Coral's James Skelly, who is not only the frontman of one of the most proficient alternative acts of the last twenty years but an acclaimed producer with the likes of The Lathums and Blossoms.
"James Skelly is someone I grew up listening to," Downey reveals. "His music played a crucial part in growing up for a lot of people my age and older. To work with someone like him has been a blessing. He is so good at what he does, and the passion for music is pouring out of him, and that brings out the best in everyone around him too."
The 21-year-old singer-songwriter has managed to secure herself a record deal off the power of social media as well as her music, and by putting so much out there, she is living proof of the rewards that are on offer by using it as a tool to find music lovers.
"Through posting online, I have introduced myself and my music to an insane amount of people as well as built relationships with the people who like my music too," Downey admits. "Although it has its downfalls, social media is a great thing, and I would encourage every musician to use it as a platform to put themselves out there.
"It's hard to pinpoint when I realised that something special had been created. I am always so grateful for every bit of support I receive, but the music industry is so temperamental; I always thought it was just my luck and that all the following I had could disappear at any point," she adds.
Downey's story shows there's nothing to lose by using social media to your advantage as a musician, but there's everything to gain. Her two singles so far show she's much more than a covers singer and is a true artist in her own right. Considering how far she's already grown in the last twelve months and the loyal army of fans she's built up, who knows just how bright the future will be following the release of her debut EP this summer.


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Pampers Swaddlers Size N ($14). One of the biggest surprises about having kids was how well-engineered some of this stuff is. The size N diapers from Pampers are a marvel, one of the best-engineered "gadgets" I've ever run across…they rival the unibody MacBook Pro in this regard. The Swaddlers are thin, comfortable, fit snugly around the legs, oh-so-soft, and can hold what seems like 18 gallons of liquid.
I'm telling you — the evolution of underwear. I'm telling you.
Uh, how does he know that they're "comfortable"??
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'Cheating boyfriend story' leads to 21.9 lbs of meth, Parachute arrest
Also, 'one beer,' empty bottle of vodka, fourth DUI
mabennett@postindependent.com
Shortly after 7:45 a.m. on Feb. 26 a Colorado State Patrol trooper initiated a traffic stop near Parachute on a red sedan for following too closely, according to an affidavit with Garfield District Court in support of warrantless arrest.
According to the affidavit, as the 31-year-old female driver searched for her license, registration, and insurance, the trooper observed a bottle of laundry detergent "odor defense."
"It appeared a small amount was spilled or scattered in the back seat. My training and experience shows that this can be used as a masking agent for the odor of drugs," the trooper stated in the affidavit.
After questioning the female, she purportedly told the trooper she was traveling from California to Nebraska, "where her boyfriend was currently living, because she believed he was cheating on her."
According to the affidavit, the trooper asked if any copious amounts of money, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine were in the vehicle.
"[The female] became nervous, her body froze, [and] she said, 'methamphetamine?'" according to the affidavit.
Because of the female driver's answers and body language, in addition to observations the trooper made of the spilled laundry detergent, a deputy and K9 with the Garfield County Sheriff's Department were called.
The deputy later informed the trooper that the K9 alerted to more than one part of the vehicle and a probable cause search subsequently followed.
According to the arrest affidavit, as a result of the search, 21.9 pounds of methamphetamine were seized from recovered Ziploc bags.
The female driver later told a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) special agent that she was transporting the methamphetamine to Minneapolis, Minnesota and that it was her fifth trip doing so, according to the affidavit.
"[The female driver] stated she receives between five and ten thousand dollars for each trip she makes transporting drugs. [The female driver] states she receives a phone call from a person in Mexico on when to pick up the drugs," the affidavit stated.
The woman was transported to the Garfield County Jail and booked on the following charges: Unlawful distribution/possession with intent more than 225g Scheduled I or II Controlled substance; following too closely
'One beer'
At approximately 6:50 p.m. on Feb. 25, an officer with the Carbondale Police Department approached a driver at a convenience store for driving erratically, according to an affidavit filed with the court.
According to the affidavit, "the reporting party stated that the white car was swerving and hit a center island as it pulled into [the convenient store]."
Additionally, the white Mercedes sedan "was parked in between two pumps and was not close enough to either pump to pump gas or let other cars through," the affidavit stated.
When the officer approached the 59-year-old male, according to the affidavit, he appeared "extremely intoxicated," and told the officer he did not have a license because, "it was too expensive."
Although the officer could see an open bottle of vodka in the male's coat pocket, the male stated that he had "one beer." Additionally, the officer asked the man to hand over the vodka bottle, which he did. It also was empty, according to the affidavit.
"Because of [the male's] level of intoxication and inability to focus on simple instructions," the officer no longer attempted to perform sobriety tests.
After being placed under arrest, officers found a passport and ID. Dispatch subsequently found the male subject had three previous DUIs in addition to a protection order prohibiting him from possessing or consuming alcohol.
The subject was transported to the Garfield County Jail and booked on the following charges: drove vehicle while under the influence of alcohol; drove vehicle while revoked HTO; violation of a restraining order.
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Some local law enforcement don't like the red flag gun law, but they're still learning how to enforce it if they have to.
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Crime Briefs: Stolen Gucci, Modelo and meth in parking garage, and a hotel room with drugs
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SANDY HOOK Newtown,Ct School Shooting 14 dec 2012
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Re: SANDY HOOK Newtown,Ct School Shooting 14 dec 2012
by repentantandy on Tue Dec 16, 2014 5:44 am
Since virtually all public records in Connecticut regarding this December 2012 agit-prop theatrical performance (most likely staged at a closed-up school that had been used only for furniture storage in recent years) have now been sealed, either by court order, executive order or hastily passed statute -- it's going to be a VERY INTERESTING pre-trial "discovery phase" (when proposed evidentiary material must be shared between opposing sides) IF this supposed lawsuit EVER really goes forward.
From the New York Daily News:
The grieving Newtown families have fired back at Bushmaster.
The parents of five of the kids killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School — along with the loved ones of four staffers who died trying to save them and a teacher who survived the slaughter — are suing the maker of the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle that was used in the massacre two years ago.
"The AR-15 was specifically engineered for the U.S. military to meet the needs of changing warfare," attorney Josh Koskoff of Bridgeport, Conn. said Monday.
"The weapon was not designed for home defense or hunting. This weapon was designed to efficiently kill other human beings in combat."
Detective Barbara J. Mattson of the Connecticut State Police holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model of gun used by Adam Lanza in the Sandy Hook shooting, during a hearing of a legislative subcommittee reviewing gun laws in Hartford last year.
Bushmaster knows that, but "in order to continue profiting from the sale of AR-15s, defendants chose to disregard the unreasonable risks the rifle posed," Koskoff wrote in the 40-page complaint filed in Bridgeport Superior Court.
In addition to Bushmaster, the families are suing firearms distributor Camfour and Riverview Gun Sales, the now-closed gun shop in East Windsor, Conn. where the mother of mass-murderer Adam Lanza bought the Bushmaster.
"These companies assume no responsibility for marketing and selling a product to the general population who are not trained to use it nor even understand the power of it," Bill Sherlach, whose school psychologist wife Mary was among the 26 victims, said in a statement.
Sherlach added that he supports the Second Amendment.
"But I also believe that the gun industry should be brought to bear the same business risk that every other business assumes when it comes to producing, marketing and selling a product," he said.
There was no immediate response from Bushmaster. But the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act shields most gun makers and dealers from civil action "resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse" of a firearm or ammunition. There are, however, some exceptions.
Lanza used a .223-caliber Bushmaster Model XM15 rifle — bought by his mother Nancy — to kill 20 first-graders and six staffers at the Sandy Hook school, according to the Connecticut State Police.
The disturbed 20-year-old used a Glock-20 pistol to finish himself off as cops were closing in, they said.
Lanza was also armed with a SIG Sauer 9-mm. semiautomatic pistol, although there is no evidence he fired that weapon. He used a .22-caliber rifle to kill his mother.
It was the second-deadliest mass school shooting in U.S. history. Despite that, the National Rifle Association and their Republican allies in Congress were able to thwart the federal government's attempts to tighten gun control. And since Newtown, there have been 94 more school shootings.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nationa ... -1.2045616
Under USA court procedures, plaintiffs must provide legally verifiable proof of harm before any court will even consider awarding damages for a claim of negligence. In a wrongful death case this principle necessitates the disclosing of such subject-to-challenge "authentic" documents as crime-scene photos, autopsy reports, medical records, forensic-lab data, birth certificates, death certificates, school records, business records, financial records, eyewitness and survivor depositions etc.
So far it's hard to believe that all the above-named defendants were in on the scam/drill from the beginning, but in the intervening two years, of course, various and "highly persuasive" back-room deals could have been worked out. And if the defendants' lawyers all agree eventually to "settle out of court" and no trial ensues, or if the judge dithers and dithers (to generate maximum publicity) and then simply dismisses the case, the prime theatricality of the whole affair will only become more obvious than it already is.
repentantandy
by Brutal Metal on Sun Dec 28, 2014 5:25 am
Gene Rosen and Robbie Parker are actors,Ryan was a pawn and Adam a creation, it's pretty much that simple..
Brutal Metal
by Starbucked on Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:00 am
Noah Pozner memorialized in Pakistan massacre -
https://www.google.com/search?num=100&n ... B740%3B449
http://www.ktar.com/emedia/apimage/ap_4 ... 009899.jpg
You'll see Noah in the 2nd column from the right.
Credit to 'Professor DOOM1' on YouTube for this find
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d5ZNCgJA9w
Starbucked
by icarusinbound on Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:07 am
Note that in both the large and composite versions of this picture, above and behind the boy's left shoulder (top right as viewed) is the depiction of a pull-up portable display stand.
It carries the words 'Cultivating Character', punningly printed above a metaphorical tree. A highly-appropriate piece of information placement: you might almost wonder if a whistle is being blown by a hall monitor.
These tall fabric display stands are a flimsy cross between tensioned roller-blinds and a sash. With an awkward centre of gravity, to avoid falling over they have to sit back a few degrees off from vertical. This curious example is unrealistically-parallel to the school brickwork, which is then photomorphically slanting at near to the angle the display stand would be expected to be sitting at - if this were real world. Lux, is this fisheye distortion, or pixelfiction?
And in this otherworldly juxtaposition, again looking at this strange little North American display stand...is that the support pole resting on the wall behind it? Curious. And I do hope the strangely parallel red boxes behind it aren't a fire hose....
Seek a sign and you may see
That all's not what is meant to be
Further credit to ProfessorDoom with his attempts to rationalise the possibility of psyop perp imagery mismanagement http://zeeklytv.com/video/12224/Sandy-Hook-Noah-Pozer-died-in-Pakistan-It-must-be-true-MSM-says-so
New Year indeed it is, all across the world. Whether it shall be truly happy, we shall have to wait and see. And watch.
icarusinbound
by Critical Mass on Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:03 am
Starbucked wrote: Noah Pozner memorialized in Pakistan massacre
100% undeniable gold... awesome find.
Something like this is so simple that no-one can fail to understand it.
What the hell could the fallback position possibly be?
"Err we decided to commemorate the other victims of other shootings, on different continents, on our memorial... I know it doesn't make much sense... but err we're in mourning & our behavior is not what one would expect"
Something like that?
by brianv on Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:28 pm
It strongly suggests the possibility of a 'central pool' from where all their bullshit flows.
Oh yes, and Happy New Year all!
brianv
by bostonterrierowner on Thu Jan 01, 2015 5:33 pm
brianv wrote: It strongly suggests the possibility of a 'central pool' from where all their bullshit flows.
Maybe time is ripe for " WHO WRITES THIS SHIT" thread
bostonterrierowner
by Brutal Metal on Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:31 am
Pozner is reaching Big Time Celebrity Status, the Joan of Arc of the new millenium
by anonjedi2 on Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:48 am
They even gave him a new name. Ready for it?
Husaifa Huxaifa
Let's just say Hoaxafia and call it a day, shall we?
anonjedi2
by Farcevalue on Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:24 pm
In a "Funny, how did that get there?" moment, BBC casually mentions this in an article posted on December 17th.:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30498745
The article describes how certain recycled photos are "circulating" in relation to events, and points to social media as the culprit.
Use social media to create the back stories and blame social media when caught out. It's a win win.
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Farcevalue
by simonshack on Sun Jan 04, 2015 6:20 pm
"Noah Pozner's Family Remembers and Mourns"
http://forward.com/articles/168277/noah ... rns/?p=all
Véronique Pozner is the lady who was interviewed by Anderson Cooper - remember ?
This video is posted on her (alleged) husband Lenny's Yotube channel :
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyYWTbkurIQ
I left a respectful comment there ... "Lenny, so sad to hear that your son was shot once again, in Pakistan this time..."
Let's see if Lenny respectfully responds to my comment.
Here's an excellent, illustrated summary of the whole "Noah Pozner" debacle:
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2015/01/03 ... -shooting/
simonshack
by Brutal Metal on Sun Jan 04, 2015 7:07 pm
I replied with condolences as well Simon, Every member of CluesForum go to Pozner's You Tube page and do the same!!
by anonjedi2 on Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:42 am
Some interesting research on this vicsim's family, with connections to Freemasons and RFID chips, the mainstream media, and all kinds of shadiness.
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwi3KmF0luc
by Brutal Metal on Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:14 am
hmmm?? Looks like Lenny deleted our best wishes comments? Didn't defend himself and call us crazy tin foilers
by Farcevalue on Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:22 pm
Brutal Metal wrote: hmmm?? Looks like Lenny deleted our best wishes comments? Didn't defend himself and call us crazy tin foilers
Interesting, I just checked and the comments are still there, although the replies are hidden.
Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak were less than inspirational (or downright shilly) on the latest No Agenda podcast, number 684, still available for free until they upload the next one on Friday. At 2:10:48 they briefly discuss and dismiss the photo as a Photoshop, without any regard to how it got Photo-shopped, nor any mention of the other photos and or footage that featured the twice expired Pozner. There was mention of alternative outlets that have called attention to the "mistake". Curry and Dvorak are of the opinion that it is an attempt by someone (with access to BBC?) to discredit conspiracists. Basically, move along, nothing to see here.
It could be some sort of litmus test, as opposed to a "mistake", to gauge the level of awareness of the hoax-busting crowd. I have the impression the testers seeded the story themselves. Curiouser and curiouser.
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