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Governor Announces $20 Million in Grants to Sandy-Impacted Fishing Industry
By Long Island News & PR Published: May 20 2013
Recently-Approved Federal Dollars will Help Commercial and Recreation Fishing Industry Rebuild.
Albany, NY - May 20, 2013 - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today urged coastal fishing businesses harmed by Storm Sandy to apply for available funding through the State's recently approved Coastal Fishing Industry Grant Program. Under the program, eligible businesses will be able to apply for grants of up to $50,000 to cover uncompensated losses.
"The regions most devastated by Superstorm Sandy are also vital parts of our state's fishing industry, supporting thousands of local jobs and generating billions in economic activity," Governor Cuomo said. "With peak fishing season arriving, I am directing new federal funds to support this critical industry on Long Island and Staten Island as it works to reach full recovery."
Fishing businesses can apply now by going to http://nysandyhelp.ny.gov/sites/default/files/documents/coastal-fishing-... or calling 1-855-NYS-SANDY. Fishing businesses that suffered damage and/or economic hardship as a result of Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee are also eligible for funding through the program. The $20 million program, designed to help the fishing industry recover, was part of the State's Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Action Plan, which gained federal approval last month.
"New York's fishing industry is critical to our economy, supporting jobs," said Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Kenneth Adams. "These funds are dedicated to helping this vital industry recover the losses they sustained during Sandy, and rebuild stronger than before."
Storm Sandy caused significant damage to the fisheries along New York's coastline. It is estimated that damages to the coastal fisheries industry totaled $77 million ($58 million to the State's recreational fishing sector and $19 million to its commercial fishing sector) due to Sandy.
Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said, "In visiting the area affected by Sandy, I saw firsthand the damage the fishing industry sustained in the wake of Sandy. These funds, championed by Governor Cuomo, will help recreational and commercial fishing businesses recover and rebuild. The fisheries are a vital economic engine for the state's economy and DEC continues to do everything it can to support this industry."
"Our marine recreational fishing industry got knocked to its knees following Sandy, but we're coming back strong for the 2013 fishing season, and these grants can help ensure that we're stronger than ever in the seasons ahead. New York saltwater anglers and marine business owners are really appreciative of the strong leadership and support that Governor Cuomo and his staff have provided following Sandy, and especially with helping expedite this grant process," said Jim Hutchinson, Managing Director of Recreational Fishing Alliance, President of New York Sportfishing Federation.
"The NY recreational fishing industry was hit hard by Sandy, and we have a long road to recovery ahead. Some are rebuilding from the ground up, many are struggling to get through difficult financial times, but ALL are resilient and determined to rebuild NY's fishing communities. As the weather warms and the headlines fade, those not in the trenches may forget how much work is still to be done. It is so encouraging to know that Governor Cuomo and his staff have not forgotten us and are still working hard to get the financial assistance the recreational fishing industry so desperately needs. These grants are a first step towards that goal," said Melissa Dearborn, Vice President, Regal Marine Products.
In 2011, the State's commercial fishing industry generated $5 billion in sales, contributed $1.8 billion to gross state product, and supported 42,000 jobs across the broader economy. The State's marine recreational fishing industry generated $369 million in sales, contributed $212 million to gross state product, and supported 3,000 jobs across the broader state economy.
"Recreational and commercial saltwater fishing is one of the many great treasures of Long Island. It's part of our history, and for many, it's a way of life. One of my top priorities in office has been to work with Governor Cuomo, my legislative colleagues and our fishermen on Long Island to improve this industry. Following the recent elimination of the Saltwater Fishing License Fee, I applaud the Governor for building on several different steps forward by implementing the Coastal Industry Grant Program, which will help our fishing industry recover from the devastating effects of Superstorm Sandy," said Senator Lee Zeldin.
"The recreational fishing industry provides close to 10,000 jobs, so it's important that this critical aspect of the overall marine-based economy is back up and running this season. From the staff at the New York Department of Environmental Conservation on Long Island all the way up to Albany, there has been a great deal of effort put into getting our local marine-based economy moving again after the devastating impacts from "Sandy. This unprecedented support and recognition of the value of our recreational fishing industry is gratefully acknowledged and gives us optimism for the future," said John Mantione, Spokesman, New York Fishing Tackle Trade Association.
"NY Sea Grant remains concerned about the ongoing effects of Hurricane Sandy on our most severely impacted coastal residents and communities. Sea Grant staff has been working closely with the fishing industry, NYS DEC, and other government agencies to assist in the relief response effort. We are encouraging small coastal business owners to participate in Governor Cuomo's programs designed to assist in recovery and rebuilding, by asking them to visit the website or contact our office to determine how best to access these resources. NY Sea Grant is committed to working together to bring anglers back to the shore and help revitalize coastal communities," said James Ammerman, Director, New York Sea Grant.
Fishing businesses may be eligible for additional grants and funding support through the State's small business recovery program should uncompensated losses exceed $50,000, or for special mitigation grants to help them prevent similar damage from future storms.
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15 Jan 2018 Screen Zealots 2018 Film Reviews 5 comments
How unusual for a biopic like "I, Tonya" to treat its subject with such condescending ridicule. Some will say that a 'celebrity' like Tonya Harding doesn't deserve any respect, but something just feels nasty about this film. It's still a good movie, mostly due to the ace performance from Margot Robbie as Tonya and the absurd insanity of the true life story on which it is based, but it's far from Best Picture caliber and is not destined to be an instant classic. It's irreverent yet not campy, which often comes across as just plain mean.
Tonya Harding became a household name in the mid-nineties for all the wrong reasons. Harding was a foul-mouthed, fiery athlete who, while undeniably driven and talented, was shunned by the figure skating world because of her lack of social status and her background of poverty. Oh, and there was also that infamous 1994 incident where Harding was accused of plotting to break the knees of Olympic rival Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver). The movie breezes through Harding's childhood and early years, instead choosing to focus on her life after she married Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan) and the scandal that changed her life forever.
Throughout the film we're reminded that there are as many versions of the truth as there are participants, and the intro title card notes that this true story is based on "wildly contradictory" interviews. This may not be a 100% accurate historical retelling of what really happened that night and who knew what and when, but it's entertaining and salacious and plays into America's desire for the sordid trainwreck that is tabloid journalism.
The direction of the film veers into an off-putting mix of forced comedy (mostly at the expense of Harding's overweight bodyguard Shawn (Paul Walter Hauser) or Tonya's combative demeanor) and dark drama as she's physically abused and bloodied by both her husband Gillooly and her mother LaVona (Allison Janney).
We're subjected to watch as director Craig Gillespie repeatedly pokes fun at these stupid, poorly educated, trashy rednecks but then the characters suddenly turn on the audience and point fingers at all of us for "judging" them — before the movie goes back to more ridicule at the expense of these "wrong side of the tracks" folks. You can't have it both ways, and that's why overall this mean-spirited biopic didn't work for me as well as it should've.
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This sums up this movie nicely.
. I had no idea Tonya was so abused by her mother and husband.
I did research after leaving the theater and confirmed most of what the movie portrayed.
Yeah I agree. It felt unfair and insulting to its characters while still trying to be taken seriously
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I wanted to like this movie far more than I did. It just felt too mean-spirited all the way through.
Yeah agreed
Finally, a review of the film I can agree with.

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I thought I'd take this moment to look back at one of the most iconic gags of the entire Longshot Comics series—the back cover.
When I first conceived of the joke, the priority was to get a scan of a public-domain Victorian drawing that would be a match for the contents of The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers. In the pre-web, early-scanner days, this wasn't a simple matter. Thankfully, I was already collecting antiquarian books, and a volume from 1896 led me to a page from the story "Mrs. Cliff's Yacht" illustrated by E. W. Kemble. He is, I'm sure, still rolling over in his grave twenty-five years after first being unwittingly recruited for my often crass and puerile project. Scanner time was provided by a friend who lingered in university and had access to the computer lab where such exotic equipment could be found. I remember what a marvel of technology it was to see the scan from the book combined with a scan of a magnifying glass I owned to create one image that would be a key selling point for my epic experimental minicomic.
The original minicomic was an 80-page photocopied booklet that instantly caused waves in the comics industry. I was unconvinced anyone would ever buy it, but it was soon selling faster than I could produce new copies (painstakingly by hand). That original back cover was instrumental in putting across the whole premise to an audience who had never seen anything like it before.
When it came time for a new full-sized, widely distributed edition for Slave Labour Graphics, everything had to be reformatted and redone. That included the back cover, which was now going to be printed large enough to actually read the mock-up text of the comic page. I wrote a short extension of one of the scenes that could be read and understood around the edges of the magnifying glass, which, in turn, was rescanned at a higher resolution to go with Kemble's drawing.
The subsequent German translation of The Long and Unlearned Life of Roland Gethers didn't attempt to recreate the original back cover for their editions, however the Italian version went above and beyond to mimic everything I had done with the book to date (and then added lots of footnotes to explain many of the historical references and cultural in-jokes throughout). Although they didn't have access to the Kemble sketch, they managed to find something very close.
It was back to the scanner for the latest edition (which also required a complete redo of all the artwork). With technology leaping forward, everything I needed on the software and hardware front was now standard issue in my home office. The newest reformat made the old magnified page obsolete, but it was a relatively simple matter to grab an actual page from the interior and make that part of the joke. The original magnifying glass was pressed into service to help me read all the tiny text I was transcribing, while the printed version was replaced by licenced art from a stock photography site.
The Failed Promise of Bradley Gethers and The Inauspicious Adventures of Filson Gethers now also feature the iconic gag, but with pages from their own volumes, and original Victorian illustrations from other artists and antiquarian books. Shout-out to V. Gribayédoff and F. H. Townsend who, though long dead, are probably similarly miffed about their work being subjected to such an indignity.
Join me on my brand new Patreon page for more Longshot Comics material as we approach the release date for the entire trilogy.


Doreatha Lawson McKenzie was born in Perry, Georgia on January 10, 1946 to the parents of the late Nona Lawson and the late Norah Lawson.
Early in life, she accepted Christ at the Oldfield Baptist Church and later moved her membership to the New Hope Baptist Church where she served faithfully on the Usher Board and Kitchen Committee.
Doreatha was employed for fifteen years at Rose Laundry Mat in Perry, until the business closed, and Perry High School. She loved her church family especially her Pastor and his wife. Most of all, she loved her husband of 53 years and her four girls. Those grand kids and great grands was her delight!
Doreatha memories will be cherished by a loving husband of 53 years William J. McKenzie, four daughters Kimberly (Willie) Wynn, Perry, GA; Angel (Anthony) Brown, Byron, GA; Consuelo (Gene) Mooreland, Warner Robins, GA; and Treva, McKenzie, Perry, GA; four brothers Jimmie Lawson, South Carolina; Willie (Anne) Lawson,Perry,GA; Albert Lawson, Perry, GA; Leon (Natalie) Lawson, Fort Valley, GA.,two devoted and loving sisters Ezarine (Oscar) Fenn, Lake City, Fla, and Oralene (Charlie) Billings, Warner Robins, GA; five brother-in-laws Sammie McKenzie, Montezuma, GA; Jessie (Annie Ruth) McKenzie; Fort Valley, GA; Tommie McKenzie, Montezuma, GA; Paul (Lorane) McKenzie, Perry, GA; Alvin (Regina) McKenzie, Fort Valley, GA; eleven sister-in-laws Lillian Bryant. New Jersey; Mildred Joseph, Warner Robins, GA; Lois Scott, Reynolds, GA; Dorothy (Hugh) Logan, Pearl (Afton) Bradford, Perry, Ga; Elnora (Lawrence) Rodger, Montezuma, GA; Mary Ann McKenzie, Perry, GA; Paula McKenzie, Macon, GA; Nancey (Milton) Walker, Bonaire, GA, Frances (Tom) Harris,Hinesville,GA; eight grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.


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Listen to suggestions. As you prepare your home, don't rely solely on your own judgement. It's hard to be objective when you're the owner. Your realtor will have helpful, professional tips on how to make your home more marketable. Take a whiff. Nothing will turn a buyer away faster than an odd smell. Try to eliminate smoking, food and pet odors. And don't leave any clues. If potential buyers see a dog or an ashtray, they'll be on the lookout for smells and stains.
Open shades and draperies before a viewing. Open all doors inside home. Turn on inside and outside lights.Let potential buyers "see" themselves in your home. Too many personal items can make viewers feel like they're intruding in someone else's home. Keep things clean and simple. Decorate in neutral colors.


May 03, 2019 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Jay Anderson returns from New Orleans to join forces with his mighty jazz trio, Stomata, and the one-and-only queen of Milwaukee R&B, B~Free, for a very special event that will showcase the amazing sounds of both bands in one amazing show! Stomata's core trio will be joined by a variety of special guests to debut their brand new album, Crawfish and High Life on The Harris Theater stage. B~Free has shared stages with a variety of major artists, even opening for Janelle Monáe at Summerfest 2018. Her self-produced sophomore album, Ode 2 A Luv Affair LP, was hailed as the #1 Milwaukee Album by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2016.
Date & Time May 03, 2019 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.


James and the Giant Chipper - Extreme Vegetation Clearance!
Dr Alan Feest is Scientific Advisor to Ecosulis and a world renowned expert in biodiversity valuation. Here's a summary of his achievements in 2015.
The End of Great Crested Newt Surveys?!
Natural England and Woking Borough Council have launched a pilot scheme to explore whether a new system can be implemented to save developers cost and money whilst providing more comprehensive mitigation and compensation for great crested newts.
Ecological Impact Assessment guidance has been updated with emerging changes in approaches to valuing nature as well as mitigation. The main changes that are found within the new guidance consist of the inclusion of ecosystem services and natural capital as important ecological features to be considered and the inclusion of Biodiversity off-setting as a 'last resort' compensation measure.
Flooding: 5 Things You didn't Know!
Habitat creation methods ranging from ditch restoration, using large woody debris and reintroduction of beaver can all help alleviate the effects of flooding - here are 5 key facts to demonstrate this.
Bats – A Pest or a Pest Controller?
A study on the economic and ecological importance of bats to farmers, found the loss of bat species in North America could lead to agricultural losses in the region of US $3.7bn each year. Bats are known to provide a 'pest control' service worth £649m per year globally on corn crops alone. In this enlightening blog, Annie Hatt argues that bats should be seen as pest controllers rather than pests.
Long-eared bats in EPS licences? Now that is a grey area!
This is a review of the current distribution of grey long eared bats in the UK.
Rewilding is gaining momentum in the UK and Geographical magazine is covering numerous stories, including two written by Cain Blythe (MD of Ecosulis Ltd) and Daniel Allen (Photojournalist).
Ecosulis are now offering a Pioneering Pre-Acquisition Rapid Risk Assessment to allow an initial site assessment to be made at the pre-acquisition stage. Ecology can have timing constraints and constraints to layouts, therefore it is important to engage with an ecologist at an early stage. Our rapid risk assessment can provide an initial assessment based on a desktop study, to aid with the pre-acquisition process before site access can be obtained.
Rewilding is never a straight forward process, however, when planned and implemented effectively it can provide great benefits to the local ecosystem and community. When rewilding or reintroducing predators, however, it seems the benefits to local communities can sometimes be less obvious.


Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., spec. nov., a new phototrophic Proteobacterium of the alpha group.
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A new phototrophic purple bacterium was isolated from a flat, laminated microbial mat in a salt marsh near Woods Hole, Mass., USA. The spiral-shaped bacterium was highly motile and had bipolar tufts of flagella and intracytoplasmic membranes of the vesicular type. The major photosynthetic pigments were identified as the carotenoid tetrahydrospirilloxanthin and bacteriochlorophyll b. The long wavelength in vivo absorption maximum of the bacteriochlorophyll was at 986 nm. The marine bacterium showed optimal growth in the presence of 2% NaCl. It utilized a number of organic substrates as carbon and energy sources and required vitamins and sulfide as a reduced sulfur source for growth. In the presence of sulfide, elemental sulfur globules were formed outside the cells. Elemental sulfur was not further oxidized to sulfate. The new isolate had a unique lipid and fatty acid composition, and according to the 16S rRNA gene sequence, it is most similar to Rhodospirillum rubrum. It is described as a new species and assigned to a new genus with the proposed name Rhodospira trueperi.


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Lights, Camera, Action in Pembrokeshire Again
Filming was underway all last week in Pembroke Castle for what is understood to be a film version of the hit BBC3 sitcom, Bad Education. It is being made by Tiger Aspect Productions under the working title of Rosebud.
Stars including comedian Jack Whitehall and Steve Speirs of Stella fame posed for photographs with fans as they entered and left the castle. During filming they stayed in Tenby and enjoyed several meals at the excellent Blue Ball restaurant there.
The majestic Norman, stone built castle on the banks of the river in Pembroke stands on the sight of the original medieval castle and was the birthplace of King Henry VII in 1457. It was then defended against Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War by Colonels, Poyer (Carol's ancestor), Laugharne and Powell; Colonel Poyer eventally being taken to Covent Garden and shot for his trouble.
Filming in Pembroke Castle is nothing new. In 1976 the Castle was used for the jousting scenes in the film "Jabberwocky" directed by Terry Gilliam and starring the Monty Python team.
In 1989, it was used as the set of King Miraz's castle in the BBC production of C S Lewis's Prince Caspian.
In 2011, scenes of Richard II, shown as part of the BBC's Shakespeare season The Hollow Crown, were shot at Pembroke and it also features in the opening scene of The Lion in Winter in which the future Richard I, played by Anthony Hopkins, jousts with another knight.
Filming of a major Hollywood blockbuster based on the bestseller, Me Before You, is due to begin in May in Pembroke High Street.
Pembrokeshire is also due to be the location for the filming of a Games of Thrones type programme later in the Summer and historically is well known as a film location with numerous other major movies filmed in the County. These include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Freshwater West being the location of the Shell House and Dobie's final resting place); Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe; The Lion in Winter, Third Star, Round Ireland with a Fridge, Snow White and the Huntsman, Moby Dick, Under Milk Wood (both the Richard Burton and Rhys Ifans versions) and the Edge of Love; to name but a few.
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News > Medscape Medical News > Neurology News
Greater Focus on Sex, Gender Differences in Alzheimer's Needed
Mounting evidence suggests sex and gender differentially affect the risk, clinical presentation, and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and these differences should be considered in the planning and analyses of AD studies and development of AD therapeutics, researchers advise in a new report.
The Society for Women's Health Research Interdisciplinary Network on Alzheimer's Disease, comprising an expert panel of scientists and clinicians, reviewed ongoing research and published literature related to sex and gender differences in AD.
"There is a lack of research looking at sex and gender differences in Alzheimer's disease," Michelle Mielke, PhD, network co-chair from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, told Medscape Medical News. "There are some studies coming out showing that there may be different risk factors for men and women, but there are a lot of things that we still need to do and don't know," said Mielke.
The report was published online June 12 in Alzheimer's & Dementia.
The panel identified several research priorities in sex and gender differences in AD clinical research:
The extent to which findings of sex and gender differences in AD are due to longevity, survival bias, and comorbidities;
Potential sex-specific risk factors for AD across the lifespan, including oophorectomy, menopause, pregnancy, androgen deprivation therapy, and testosterone loss;
The influence of estrogens and hormone therapy on brain function and AD risk in light of discrepancies in the clinical literature;
Potential sex differences in genetic risk factors for AD;
Sex differences in AD progression and the trajectory of change in cognitive function, neuroimaging, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood-based biomarkers of AD;
Gender differences in caregiving and how the burden of caregiving influences AD risk; and
Sex and gender differences in development of AD therapeutics, from preclinical to clinical studies, and in the design of clinical trials.
"The exclusion of sex and gender has impeded faster advancement in the detection, treatment, and care of AD across the clinical spectrum. Greater attention to these differences will improve outcomes for both sexes," the panel concludes.
More Than a Covariant
In prior studies, researchers have included sex has a covariant, "but they haven't actually looked to see if a risk factor is more important for women than men, or if there are different presentations, different rates of progression," Mielke told Medscape Medical News.
She noted that the National Institutes of Health now has a requirement where grants that are submitted are supposed to consider sex as a biological variable. "That means going beyond just adjusting for sex. We are trying to continue to promote that," Mielke said.
Heather Snyder, PhD, senior director of medical and scientific operations for the Alzheimer's Association, said, "This is a topic that we, at the Alzheimer's Association, have been heavily focused on. We know that more women than men are living with this disease and the question is, Why? Is it that they are at greater risk than men? I think that is still an outstanding question. What we do know is the underlying biology and the experience with the disease is different between women and men, and I think this paper adds to that body of literature that we continue to see grow."
"Having a better understanding of what those differences are and how they are contributing to the disease is important," Snyder told Medscape Medical News, "because ultimately when we have a therapy or when we have a diagnostic tool we need to understand how that is going to work in men and women."
Snyder noted that in 2015, the Alzheimer's Association launched the Sex and Gender in Alzheimer's funding initiative, which at that time invested over $2 million. "We continue to make investments in this area of research and to date we have over 12 projects around $3 million dollars, really looking to answer some of these questions."
This research was supported by a grant from Eli Lilly & Co. Mielke has served as a consultant to Lysosomal Therapeutics Inc and Eli Lilly Co and receives unrestricted research grants from Biogen, Lundbeck, and Roche. A complete list of author disclosures is included in the original article. Snyder has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Alz Dement. Published online June 12, 2018. Abstract
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Germany charges man with spying for Iran
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Germany say they have indicted an army employee with spying for an Iranian intelligence service.
The federal prosecutor's office said in a statement that the German-Afghan dual citizen is charged with "a particularly serious case" of treason and of breaching official secrecy laws in 18 cases.
The suspect, identified only as Abdul Hamid S. in line with German privacy rules, had worked as a translator and adviser to the German army for several years. He was arrested Jan. 15 and has been detained since.
German news site Spiegel Online previously reported that the suspect had access to highly classified materials, including on the German troops' mission in Afghanistan.


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Matt Moran ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Vibraphon, Perkussion) und Arrangeur des Modern Creative.

Matt Moran erwarb 1995 den Master in Jazz-Komposition am New England Conservatory, wo er bei Joe Maneri studierte. Nach seinem Umzug nach New York arbeitete er u. a. in den Bands von Paul Flaherty, Ellery Eskelin, Mat Maneri, Theo Bleckmann, Daniel Levin, William Parker, Reuben Radding, Sufjan Stevens und Nate Wooley sowie als Musiker und Arrangeur im Claudia Quintet mit John Hollenbeck und in der Band Sideshow, außerdem als Perkussionist mit Balkan-Folkbands wie der Kavala Brass Band, Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band und Slavic Soul Party!. 1995 erschien sein Debütalbum Blurred and Somewhat Indistinct

Moran ist nicht mit dem gleichnamigen Hardcore-Musiker ("Satronica") sowie mit dem australischen Fernsehkoch (* 1969) zu verwechseln.

Diskographische Hinweise
John Hollenbeck / The Claudia Quintet (2001)
Ellery Eskelin: Vanishing Point (HatOLOGY, 2001)
Reuben Radding: Intersections (2006)
 Daniel Levin: Blurry (Hatology, 2007)
The Claudia Quintet: For (Cuneiform, 2007)
 The Claudia Quintet + Gary Versace: Royal Toast (Cuneiform, 2010)
Daniel Levin: Bacalhau (Clean Feed, 2010)
Nate Wooley Quintet: (Put Your) Hands Together (Clean Feed, 2011)
 Matt Moran Trio: Return Trip (Diskonife, 2020), mit Gary Versace, Tom Rainey

Weblinks
Webpräsenz

Perkussionist
Jazz-Vibraphonist
Arrangeur
Musiker (Vereinigte Staaten)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren im 20. Jahrhundert
Mann

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Goalkeeper who first played for the Dons in August 1978. Currently at Pittodrie in a coaching capacity after hanging up the gloves. Made his 500th appearance for the club against Dundee Utd at Tannadice in 1998. In the first of his two spells at Pittodrie, Leighton was part of the all-conquering Dons side of the 80's and is also Scotland's most capped goalkeeper, second only in the all time caps haul to Kenny Dalglish. Retired from the international team in October 1998, Leighton's first class career ended on a low note when after only two minutes of the 2000 Cup Final against Rangers, Leighton was severely injured in a clash with rangers Rod Wallace, so a memorable career was finished. Awarded testimonial against Middlesborough in July 2000.


Ankara has been struggling to prop up the embattled Turkish Lira, which fell more than 5 percent against the dollar to hit a new record level of 4.9290 on May 23, edging closer to the psychological level of 5 to the dollar.
"Our institutions, which are responsible for maintaining monetary policy should act … All institutions must do what it needs to do. There are tools that can be utilized. They must be used without delay," he said in a live interview on NTV on May 23.
"We need to show that we cannot allow any speculative loss in the lira's value," Zeybekci noted, adding that it was not possible to attach the lira's plunge to the realities and the dynamics of the Turkish economy.
Government spokesman Bekir Bozdağ said a game was being played with the lira, but it would not affect next month's presidential and parliamentary elections.
Economy officials told Reuters the government's economic management team met at the start of this week to discuss potential measures, including possible steps by the central bank.
Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek and Central Bank Governor Murat Çetinkaya attended the meeting.
No announcement, however, has come from the Central Bank or others.
The lira was at 4.8702 at on May 23 noon from its close of 4.6746 on May 22. Earlier, it touched a record low of 4.9290.
The decline, exacerbated by stop-loss selling by Japanese retail investors overnight, brings the lira's losses to more than 20 percent so far this year and puts it on track for its worst monthly performance since the 2008 financial crisis.
The lira's weakness was also exacerbated by dollar gains against a basket of currencies, with investors awaiting minutes of the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting for hints on the pace of monetary tightening.
The sell-off has also increased expectations that the Central Bank may be forced to call an extraordinary meeting to raise interest rates before its next scheduled policy-setting meeting on June 7, as it has done in previous years.
Suffering from a gaping current account deficit and double-digit inflation, the lira has been in the cross hairs of the emerging market sell-off.
The lira's fall against the dollar accelerated on May 22 following a statement from the credit rating agency Fitch.
"Comments from the Turkish President [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan] raise the possibility that discretionary policymaking and policy predictability will come under pressure after June's elections," Fitch stated, referring to Erdoğan's remarks in London last week.
Speaking to investors, Erdoğan repeated his unorthodox view that interest rates should be cut, despite high inflation, while vowing to take more responsibility for monetary policy if he wins the June 24 snap presidential election.
"Greater erosion of monetary policy independence would put further pressure on Turkey's sovereign credit profile, particularly if it contributed to serious external financing stresses and a deterioration in the macroeconomic environment, or undermined wider economic policymaking credibility and the country's business environment," Fitch's statement added.


Monroe County, created in 1854 from La Crosse County, is named after James Monroe, the 5th President of the United States. Located in southwest Wisconsin, the county seat is Sparta.
793 ft at Sparta. 1,410 ft at Wadels Hill. 1,360 ft at Castle Rock.
Northeast corner: Central Plain. Central and southwest: Western Upland.
Northwest corner and small area in north-central: white and red pine. North-central: mostly jack pine and pririe grasses next to white, black, and red oak. Northeast corner: conifer swamp. East-central: oak savanna. Southeast: white, black, and red oak. South-central: sugar maple, basswood, and elm. Southwest: small area of sedge meadow.


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How Hotels Are Leading the Hurricane Recovery Effort on Anguilla and Dominica
Simon Watson
It's been almost a year since Maria and Irma tore through the Caribbean. Our writer pays a visit to two of the hardest-hit islands and finds that hospitality—along with determination and resilience—is leading the way to recovery.
By Kevin Conley on July 16, 2018
The trade winds arrive in the Caribbean from the east, over the Atlantic Ocean from North Africa and the Mediterranean. From December to May, the ocean breezes are a godsend and an economic boon, one of the principal attractions of the islands, drawing sunseekers and cruise ships and sailors—or as the islanders call them, yachties—to their beaches and bright blue waters. But starting in June, the gentle mood can shift suddenly, turning violent in a matter of hours.
The 40-some islands of the Lesser Antilles—the archipelago that stretches from the British Virgin Islands in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south—are the first landfall for Atlantic hurricanes, which strike them with full force. Irma, the hurricane that did so much damage to the Florida Keys on September 10 as a Category 4, was still a Category 5 when it struck Anguilla four days earlier, substantially damaging 90 percent of the government buildings and crippling the island's only hospital. The complete loss of electricity and the destruction of both the control tower at the airport and the island's sole ferry terminal seriously compromised communication and delivery of emergency supplies. Potable water was hard to come by. And unlike residents of the Keys, Anguillians could not evacuate to the mainland and/or hope for FEMA to provide timely aid. There's a sea between them and any source of relief.
On September 18, Dominica, 200 miles south of Anguilla, absorbed the full force of the season's second Category 5 storm. Measurements of the wind speed on the ground reached as high as 160 miles per hour. Two days later, when Maria reached Puerto Rico as a Category 4, instruments there recorded wind speeds of 120.
From an islander's perspective, there's no mystery about why hurricanes have names. "Maria played songs no one ever heard before," said Oris Campbell, the head of the local taxi drivers' association, who drove me along the treacherous roads of Dominica. It's not just that the name is shorthand for a specific hurricane in a particular year; the names also function as a tragic sort of island genealogy. In Dominica, they speak of Maria and Erika (2015) and David (1979); on Anguilla, Irma and Luis (1995). Especially in the Lesser Antilles, where the islands are so close together, the precision strike of a hurricane, which flattens one island and spares its closest neighbors, leaves islanders with a feeling of having been personally targeted. Anguilla is small and comparatively flat—one factor that makes it so ideal for beachgoers in the high season, when they're practically guaranteed a steady ocean breeze. But that also meant that when Irma hit, there were no mountains holding back the storm.
Dominica is a larger and more rugged island of active volcanoes, hot springs, waterfalls, rain forests, and cliffside roads crisscrossing the deep interior valleys and sparsely settled coasts. It attracts adventurers—hikers, divers, and thrill seekers who want to rappel down its canyons. Maria's winds and heavy rain broke through narrow passages in the dramatic terrain with explosive force, dislodging boulders and trees and throwing them down the sheer mountainsides. Rivers of mud and timber ravaged the capital city, Roseau, and stretches of roads vanished in an instant.
The differences in landscape also shaped the recovery. Because of the easy terrain and compact size of their island, Anguillians were able to work relatively quickly to restore electricity. Service was reestablished before Christmas. Anguilla depends on tourism for almost 60 percent of its GDP; restoring power to that industry was crucial. The government and the large hotels worked together to bring in supplies and to waive duties (a key source of revenue on the income tax– free island). By April 1, roughly half of the premier hotels were back in business. On the more diversified Dominica, tourism only accounts for 38 percent of the GDP. Agriculture—especially bananas, one of the country's biggest exports—was nearly wiped out in places, but thanks to the fertility of the central valleys—and the consistent rainfall—production has begun to bounce back. The financial sector— Dominica offers a selection of offshore banking services—was back at full speed almost immediately.
When I traveled to Anguilla and Dominica this spring, both islands still bore clear signs of damage. Immediately after Irma and Maria, people emerged from their shelters to a landscape they barely recognized. Many survivors I spoke with used the same word to describe the scenes they saw: apocalypse. But both places are beginning to recover their distinctive allure. In the current circumstances, traveling to either place should not be viewed as an indulgence but as an active gesture of support, a way of tailoring a getaway to achieve maximum impact.
Colin Piper, CEO of the Discover Dominica Authority, the island's tourism board, shares statistics in a soft-spoken manner. "We need to communicate our message of recovery cautiously," he told me, insisting that the message needs to be, as he put it, "truth-worthy." Forty-three percent of the island's 962 hotel rooms are now back, he told me: 412 open, with 200 more on the way, and 400 still severely damaged. Few of those reopened rooms are in the luxury sector, though, apart from those at Pagua Bay House (rooms from $240) on the island's Atlantic Coast. Other top-tier properties, like Secret Bay, seem to have decided to launch extensive renovations or, like Jungle Bay, to rebuild completely in a new, safer location.
Kevin Conley (L); Getty Images/iStockphoto (R)
Other varieties of tourism are starting to return. Cruise tourism, which is not dependent on the stock of available hotel rooms, had reached almost 20 percent of pre-hurricane levels at the time of my visit. Seven of 12 diving operations—Dominica boasts some of the most stunning coral reefs in the Caribbean—were back in business, despite the loss of several key jetties. Adventure travelers can now hike 32 of the 114 miles of Waitukubuli National Trail, the longest hiking trail in the Caribbean, which runs from Scott's Head in the south to Cabrits National Park in the north. "One thing people can do, almost in perpetuity," Piper said, "is to walk the trail with a steward and pick up debris." In fact, there are different voluntourism programs currently available to help restore and rehabilitate the trail.
Members of the Portsmouth Indian River Tour Guide Association have cleared more than a mile of the narrow river where they ply their trade. I took a trip with one of those guides, David Thomas, who rowed quietly, directing my attention to points of interest. He gestured to a wooden shed near the mouth of the river—Calypso's shack from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, part of which was shot on the island. He spotted a green-backed heron, a scrambling land crab, and a swamp bloodwood tree whose red sap the indigenous Kalinago used to paint their faces. He kept pointing out the exuberant growth in the rain forest around us, a phenomenon that fortified many islanders in the aftermath of the storm. "We are stronger than Maria," he said.
Gregor Nassief, a tech executive and the chairman of the majestic cliffside eco-lodge Secret Bay and the Fort Young Hotel (rooms from $280) in the heart of the capital, experienced a profound sense of gratitude after the hurricane. "We all thought we were going to die," he said. He had good reason to think so—a boulder had rolled into his home and over his left leg during a sudden mudslide, destroying ligaments and leaving him at risk of serious infection. His neighbors carried him on a stretcher to the nearby Papillote Wilderness Retreat (767-448-2287), where he was treated. The proprietor, Brooklyn transplant Anne Jno Baptiste, had been running an eco-lodge there for 50 years. Nassief had expected her to be devastated by the storm—after all, her lush garden was now nearly bare. Instead, she opened the door and looked at him and smiled. "Well," she said, "there go all our plans!" The next day, after she had cleaned and wrapped all of his wounds, the two of them sat outside on her deck, looking at the changed landscape. "I thought she would be broken," he said, "but she looked at me and said, 'Isn't it incredibly beautiful?' That was her perspective: It was all there but the beauty was different."
When I arrived in Anguilla, six months after Irma, Natasha Richardson, from the Zemi Beach House & Spa (rooms from $730), met me at the airport and gave me a tour—or maybe an inventory. En route to the recently reopened lodgings—carved out of the landscape between a national park and a pristine beach—she pointed out the abundance of vegetation. "After the hurricane it was amazing to see the growth," she said, surprised that abundance could come so quickly after such loss. She'd run into her high school biology teacher, who'd mentioned the same thing, citing the effects of essential nutrients like sulfur and atmospheric nitrogen mixed in with the heavy rain. "I know I was weeding my garden twice as much," Richardson said.
Anguilla is not known for its fertility. Colonial-era attempts at establishing plantations proved so unsuccessful that English planters soon said to their slaves, in essence, "Goodbye and good luck—you're free." Islanders survived their isolation by harvesting salt from an inland lake, cutting down trees to make charcoal, and building speedy sailboats that allowed them to engage in inter-island trade, some of which was legal. Development was slow: The first commercial lodging on the island, Lloyd's Guest House, opened to tourists in 1959, seven years before the advent of an electrical grid there. Now tourism is its primary industry, accounting for more than half of its economy. (By contrast, in Hawaii and Florida, the two U.S. states with the strongest tourist business, it only accounts for about a quarter of GDP.)
So, in the devastating aftermath of the hurricane, there was understandable wariness about how the hotels that Anguillians all depended on would react. "The people of Anguilla have abandonment issues" stemming from their history, said Steve Watson, the resident representative for Starwood Capital Group, which owns the Four Seasons Resorts & Residences Anguilla (rooms from $850; fourseasons.com), a 181-room resort on the western end of the island. But within days of the hurricane, Barry Sternlicht, the CEO of Starwood Capital, had called for deliveries of water, food, chargers, radios, and other essentials for survival. At Sternlicht's urging, the owners of the island's premier resorts—Four Seasons, Malliouhana, Zemi Beach House, Belmond Cap Juluca— pooled their resources (with more donations coming from longtime guests looking for effective ways to help), and together they launched Anguilla Stronger, an emergency-relief fund aimed at sustaining the country until the economy can recover.
Anguilla Stronger also employed about 25 staff members from the Four Seasons until the property could reopen. Lisa Brooks, a line cook there, was dishing up employee meals at one of the organization's relief centers while efforts to rebuild her home continued. She described the feelings that overwhelmed her in the aftermath of the storm. "My roof gone, walls beginning to cave in," she said. "I began to ask God, Why me? How come so many people's houses stay standing? It took such a toll." The fact that Anguilla Stronger and the Four Seasons had stood by her gave her hope, she said. "You have someone by you that's going to help you to the end. It's like saying, 'Hold on—don't give up.' "
Many visitors to the Caribbean go for the climate, then fall in love with this quality in the people. The hurricanes served as a reminder of the deep reserves of grit and resilience that lie beneath the sunny exterior. As Caressa Phillip, a waitperson at the Four Seasons, said on my final night in Anguilla, "You know, the sand is still white, and the sea is still blue. They didn't take that away."
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Christian Louboutin revealed a super cool line of kicks, Run Loubi Run, which, looks like, will take over the performance sneaker market this year, redefining the concept of luxury sneakers. The first three models of this stylish sneaker collection are the Red Runner, the Spike Sock, and the 1 2 3 Run, which are ideal for those ladies who don't fear standing out from the crowd. Blending creativity with technology and adding a contemporary, urban vibe, each of Louboutin's amazing sneakers epitomises the brand's signature spirit, keeping the street style look intact. These shoes will surely help you spin a twist to your eveningwear!


Captain Marvel (or Mar-Vell) was a comic series and character created in the 60s by Stan Lee and Gene Colan. Captain Marvel was what earthlings deemed to be an alien, one of the Kree to be exact. Captain Marvel was actually sent to Earth by the Kree as a military officer in order to spy on Earth. Mar-vell is caught in between two worlds and eventually aids on the side of Earth and her people. The Kree claimed Mar-Vell to be a traitor and so he went on the fight for and protect Earth.
This comic has recently been made into a movie and is set to come out next month. On top of this new movie, Captain Marvel was actually rebooted/ revamped not too long ago. In both the new comic and movie, the character of Captain Marvel was turned into a female, and I do believe the origin stories are similar (excluding the movie) I think a lot seems to be fairly different.
This redone series may serve as a clinamen to that of the original. It seems to be fairly consistent with the first series, however, at least in the case with the movie, it is unclear how the origin story fits in and what Captain Marvel will fit into this new scene in the current Marvel Universe. She is still seen as (from what has been given to viewers) a Kree but how she arrived on Earth is unclear, and where she has been for the last 50 years is unclear as well. This Captain Marvel is named Carol Danvers and is based on the most recent version of the Captain Marvels (there has been many remakes and many different characters).
The swerve of this is given profundity because Carol is in need of discovering her own past, neither her nor the reader knows how she came to be about. By making this as such, for someone who has read past comics about this character may be frustrated but also intrigued with all the possibility that could be made from a new origin story. The story is improved upon because mystery is added to the equation with a ton of uncertainty of what is behind every door.
As creators of comics have changed over time so has the depiction of characters that Marvel makes. Whether that be for social reform, as a form of social justice or just for capitalistic measures as a means to produce more profit, Captain Marvel is an amazing character. The influence of such a powerful women changes the game for how people view superheroes in general, especially the upcoming generations. Such influence spreads far and wide, as does her humility and courage. Marvel's biggest female superhero is about to hit the big stage and no one is ready for what is to come.


Members of 1% for the planet and very active in the community - e.g. donating surplus paper and envelopes to Syracuse Public School art programs.
Boxcar recycles solvents and film. They also use Native Energy and recently became 100% wind-powered. Boxcar has provided a full list of their initiatives here.


You might be Dehydrated or you could have a Yeast infection.
Current recommendations for water are 8, eight ounce glasses per day which would equal 64 ounces. This amount should be sufficient for most healthy persons who are not in a hot, humid environment or sweating from physical work or exercise and should drink more water more often. Drink water, not soft drinks which are loaded with sugar.
Hot countries in the world happen to have the worst water supplies. Many women walk over 10 miles a day (15 kilometers) just to get water. If you find this website helpful please consider donating some money to one of our charities, Water Aid by going to our discussion forum.
It is easier to pay attention to the color of your urine each time you urinate. (Urine that has accumulated in your bladder during sleep will be more concentrated and yellow. Otherwise, if your kidneys didn't concentrate urine during sleep, you would have to wake up to urinate.) After the urinating the first time after waking up, your urine should be light coloured and odorless for the remainder of the day. This assumes that you have normal functioning kidneys and no bladder disease or infection.
Some foods will affect urine smell and colour. For example Asparagus produces a strange smell to your urine, due to methylthioacrylate and methylthiopropionate from the asparagus. Turmeric turns the urine bright yellow.
Thrush is an infection caused by the fungus Candida albicans, the same little beast responsible for yeast infections. The disease is common among babies, who may be exposed to the microorganism as they pass through the birth canal. Thrush is also common in people who take antibiotic or steroid medication, and in people with compromised immune systems. In all of these cases, the healthy balance of bacteria in the mouth can be disrupted, making it easier for Candida albicans to grow and spread. Smoking is a risk factor, too, since it also upsets the balance of bacteria in the mouth.
When people take antibiotics, the good bacteria are often killed along with the disease-causing ones. This leaves yeast, such as Candida which is not affected by antibiotics, to grow unrestrained, proliferating and overrunning the intestinal tract. The consequence is a yeast overgrowth or infection. Such infections can last for years causing a wide variety of symptoms ranging from headaches to digestive problems.


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Q: Textbox in reactjs unable to input text The percise error I'm getting (when I start to type in textbox) in my log is:
Uncaught TypeError: _this.props.setTextFilter is not a function
at ExpListFilters._this.onTextChanged (ExpListFilters.js:17)

Here is my function:
onTextChanged = (e) => {
        this.props.setTextFilter(e.target.value);
    };

Rendered inside component:
<div className="in-group__item search-box">
<input placeholder="Search for your expenses"
className="text-input"
type="text"
value={this.props.filters.text}
onChange={this.onTextChanged}/>
</div>

Also using redux to map state to props by passing down filters from actions.
import { setTextFilter } from '../actions/filters'

Redux:
const mapStateToProps = (state) => ({
        filters: state.filters
});

A: I wasn't using mapDispatchToProps while exporting the component (using connect), see below.
Previous
export default connect(mapStateToProps)(ExpListFilters);

Updated
export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(ExpListFilters);

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Elsa Marion Redmond is an American archaeologist at the American Museum of Natural History. She specialises in Latin American archaeology. She is an elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Early life and education
Redmond was born Caracas and grew up in Venezuela. She attended the Madeira School. Her father, W. Parker Redmond, had studied at Rice University. She studied at Vassar College, before transferring to Rice University for her undergraduate studies, and eventually earned a bachelor's degree in 1973. During her undergraduate studies Redmond completed a summer placement mapping Monte Albán with Richard Blanton. She was a graduate student at Yale University, where she earned a master's degree and PhD in 1981. During her postgraduate studies, Redmond began researching the formation and evolution of societies in the Oaxaca Valley and Venezuela. Her doctorate considered the hypothesis proposed in inscriptions at Monte Albán, which indicate that the Zapotec people conquered the CuicatlCa.

Research and career
Redmond was appointed to the University of Connecticut in 1981. She has investigated the role of warfare in the emergence of centralised, hierarchical societies, as well as the role of conquest warfare in the formation of the Zapotec civilization. She began to work on the Oaxaca Valley with Charles S. Spencer. During her fieldwork, Redmond has encountered Africanized bees, venomous snakes and quicksand. The early history of people who lived in Mexico is difficult to reconstruct as they did not use written documentation. The majority of our history relies on accounts given by Spanish explorers. It was unclear when the Zapotec people had become a political entity with bureaucracy, rather than existing in a series of independent chiefdoms. It was well documented that the Zapotec waged wars with the neighbours. Spencer and Redmond were the first to excavate many of the buildings in the Oaxaca Valley.

In 1991 she joined the American Museum of Natural History. At the American Museum of Natural History Redmond is Curator of the Division of Anthropology. She has investigated the town of San Martín Tilcajete, mapping the land, excavating mounds and public buildings. On El Palenque, an overgrown hillside site, Redmond discovered a complex of stone foundations with indications of houses. She led a team of graduate students in excavating the site. In 2017 Redmond uncovered a palatial compound in El Palenque's plaza in Oaxaca Valley. Redmond used radiocarbon dating to identify the age of the palace complex. The palace, which is similar to others in the Mesoamerican states, is between 2,100 and 2,300 years old. Redmond argued that it may be evidence of one of the earliest American governments.

Awards and honours
Her awards and honours include;

2007 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
 2014 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Books

Personal life
Redmond is married to Charles S. Spencer.

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Venezuelan emigrants to the United States
American archaeologists
American women archaeologists
People associated with the American Museum of Natural History
Mesoamerican archaeologists
Rice University alumni
Yale University alumni
People from Caracas
University of Connecticut faculty
Madeira School alumni
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
American women academics
21st-century American women


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[Antique Brass Child's Bracelet with Designs of House, Farmyard Animals; the Name "Nancy" engraved lightly on Buckle Clasp].
Late Victorian-era to Edwardian-era child's die stamped or rolled brass bracelet. The stamping depicts a panoramic scene of barnyard animals, including chickens, a cat pouncing.....	Read More about Antique Brass Child's Bracelet with Designs of House, Farmyard Animals; the Name "Nancy"...
[1939–1940 New York World's Fair Flag].
An early prototype? Large flag —almost four feet by six feet in dimensions— from the 1939–1940 New York Wold's Fair, displaying the fair's iconic modernist.....	Read More about 1939–1940 New York World's Fair Flag
The Bradys and the Broker's Double; or, Trapping a Wall Street Trickster.
Dime novel for boys set amidst the hustling world of Wall Street investors, confidence "tricksters," and New York City detectives. Does the stock broker have.....	Read More about The Bradys and the Broker's Double; or, Trapping a Wall Street Trickster
Against the Tide. [Inscribed by Olivia P. Stokes, Civil Rights Activist and African-American Baptist Minister]
Dr. Olivia Pearl Stokes (1916–2002), was an ordained Baptist minister, author, religious educator, and civil rights activist. She was the first African American woman to.....	Read More about Against the Tide. [Inscribed by Olivia P. Stokes, Civil Rights Activist and African-American...
When the Birds to the South, Written and Respectfully Dedicated to Miss Martha D. Berrien of Georgia, by J.H. Mifflin, the Music Composed by A. Iversen Esqr. of Columbus Geo. [caption title of sheet music; inscribed by the lyricist]
Unrecorded sheet music composed by Alfred Iversen, Esq., (1798–1873) attorney and Georgia politician, and later ardent secessionist; dedicated to Miss Martha D. Berrien of Georgia.....	Read More about When the Birds to the South, Written and Respectfully Dedicated to Miss Martha D. Berrien of...
[19th Century American Prison Art, possibly of African-American Slaves or Sharecroppers, by an Acrobat and Contortionist Incarcerated for Murder].
Italian-American Achille Onofri, was an acrobat and contortionist who had met trapeze artist Millie Cook in Havana, married her, and then moved to Philadelphia with.....	Read More about 19th Century American Prison Art, possibly of African-American Slaves or Sharecroppers, by an...
10 Rules for Investors [cover title].
1929 pre-Crash stock market investing tips from noted financial adviser A. Vere Shaw (1887–1970). Shaw was "...a founding member of the Investment Counsel Association of.....	Read More about 10 Rules for Investors [cover title
[Ironclad Ships:] Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1863.
This illustrated report contains much on ironclad ships, first used in battle the year before, and on the ironclad monitor U.S.S. Roanoke, the first ship.....	Read More about Ironclad Ships:] Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1863
United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…
Legal instrument of protest signed by Alexander H. Arthur, Notary Public for the Office of the Planters' Bank of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg.....	Read More about United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…
[Two Autograph Letters Signed taken as Civil War Trophies after the Evacuations of Yorktown and Gloucester Point, Virginia in May 1862].
Two Virginia letters taken as Civil War trophies by A.H. Mershon after the evacuations of Yorktown and Gloucester Point, just opposite on the York River.....	Read More about Two Autograph Letters Signed taken as Civil War Trophies after the Evacuations of Yorktown and...
[C. 1877–1881 Scroll Saw Group: Trade Catalog, Chromolithographic Trade Cards, and Oversized Pattern Sheets etc.]
Diverse group of mid-Victorian scroll saw-related material including trade literature, marketing materials, and oversized pattern sheets for creating fretwork designs in the Queen Anne Revival.....	Read More about C. 1877–1881 Scroll Saw Group: Trade Catalog, Chromolithographic Trade Cards, and Oversized...
The New Voice in Race Adjustments. Addresses and Reports presented at The Negro Christian Student Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 14-18, 1914.
Proceedings of a conference on race held by The Negro Christian Student Conference with representatives from over 85 HBCUs from 17 states and the District.....	Read More about The New Voice in Race Adjustments. Addresses and Reports presented at The Negro Christian Student...
A.W. Cushman & Company, Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paints and Oils, Ellsworth Maine.
A clever bit of advertising. A.W. Cushman creates an appealing and eye-catching illustrated envelope to earn more business. The envelope's design program is reminiscent of.....	Read More about A.W. Cushman & Company, Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paints and Oils, Ellsworth Maine
[1833 Yonkers, New York Grocer's Bond; Partly Printed Document].
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York grocer's bond issued to Aaron Vark and William Norman. The bond pertains mostly to the sale of "...strong and spiritous.....	Read More about 1833 Yonkers, New York Grocer's Bond; Partly Printed Document
Colonists in Bondage. White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776.
"Colonists In Bondage tells the paradoxical story of those white men and women who endured servitude as a road to freedom. Voluntarily or involuntarily, they.....	Read More about Colonists in Bondage. White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776
The Negro as Capitalist. A Study of Banking and Business Among American Negroes.
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Rowby, a friendly alien puppet shares his favorite stories from planet Earth. Folktales include a Celtic version of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, a fast-paced hip-hop version of THE THREE LITTLE PIGS, and THE DRUM, a tale of kindness and generosity from India. Ages 3 and older.
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Aristotle thought there were virtues specific to social roles, including gender roles. Whereas a virtuous man ought to be strong and courageous, a virtuous woman was thought to be peaceful and caring. This sparks a debate in the video about how feminist ethicists tend to think about caregiving as a virtue or value in ethics. What is the verdict? Do feminist theorists embrace caregiving as a value, or do they reject it?
"Aristotle thought there were virtues specific to social roles, including gender roles. Whereas a virtuous man ought to be strong and courageous, a virtuous woman was thought to be peaceful and caring. This sparks a debate in the video about how feminist ethicists tend to think about caregiving as a virtue or value in ethics. What is the verdict? Do feminist theorists embrace caregiving as a value, or do they reject it?" eNotes Editorial, 8 Oct. 2021, https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/aristotle-thought-there-were-virtues-specific-to-2908265. Accessed 29 Jan. 2023.
Adah Rubens
Some feminist theorists and ethicists have rejected some aspects of care ethics and the concept of caregiving as a value because it portrays women in an arguably stereotypical way—kind, caring, gentle, emotional, and sensitive instead of strong, courageous, reasonable, and assertive, which are characteristics mainly attributed to men.
They argue that this misconception of caregiving as a value is somewhat sexist, as it encourages some to think that women are the "natural" caregivers or that they're "naturally" more caring and nurturing due to their gender. This is, of course, incorrect; however, such archaic societal beliefs and stereotypical points of view on caregiving do have some unintended consequences, such as the demand for women in some cultures and communities to accept the roles of caregivers, regardless of their personal views, opinions, skills, and knowledge. This might also be one of the reasons why so many teaching and nursing jobs are dominated by women.
Other feminist theorists have embraced caregiving as a value, but they argue that caregiving shouldn't be "feminized"—it shouldn't be associated only with women, but with humans in general, as everybody is capable of being caring and compassionate and everyone has the capacity and ability to provide care and protection, regardless of their gender. Society mustn't downplay the values and roles that are considered "feminine": in fact, society shouldn't consider any roles and values "feminine" or "masculine."
https://ethicsofcare.org/carol-gilligan/
https://iep.utm.edu/care-eth/#H4
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-ethics/
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I wonder why am I afraid to be sent out into the harvest. Am I afraid I will be judged harshly by others? Am I afraid I will make fool of myself? Am I afraid that I will not be effective?
These fears reveal that I am overly concerned about my reputation, and this concern is more burdensome than any purse, bag, or sandals. I want people to think well of me, and I'm afraid that somehow, people will decide that I'm not educated, holy, or talented enough to work in the fields of the Lord. Better to let other, more talented people do the important stuff.
Despite these fears, the Lord still calls me. May I receive the grace to respond wholeheartedly.
Take Lord, and receive all my concerns, worries, and hesitancy.
You have called me into your harvest.


BACKGROUND: Spiritual care is defined as recognizing and responding to the needs of the human spirit when the individual is facing trauma, illness, or sadness. Providing spiritual care is one of the core aspects of holistic care, as it is significantly associated with patients' quality of life. The provision of optimal spiritual care requires good understanding by the nurses. Therefore, it is important to assess this understanding by using a proven, well-validated instrument. The Spiritual Care-Giving Scale (SCGS) is designed to measure nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care in Singapore. However, it is unknown whether this scale is valid and reliable for use with nurses in the context of Chinese culture. The purpose of this study is to determine this version's validity and reliability for use with nurses in China. METHODS: In this quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, after translating the English version of the SCGS into Chinese and making adjustments for culture and values, we assessed the performance of this instrument by administering the C-SCGS to a convenience sample of 400 nurses. The participants also completed the Chinese version of the Spiritual Care Competency Scale (C-SCCS) to assess the concurrent validity of the C-SCGS. The internal consistency and homogeneity of the C-SCGS were also tested, and a factorial analysis was performed. RESULTS: Completed questionnaires were obtained from 355 participants (response rate: 88.75%). Four factors were confirmed by an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using Promax with the Kaiser normalization rotation method after the 35-item SCGS was reduced to 34 items, and these factors explained 53.116% of the total variance. The adjusted item-total correlation ranged from 0.527 to 0.760. The Cronbach's alpha of the factors ranged from 0.836 to 0.941, and the Guttman split-half coefficient was between 0.759 and 0.902. The concurrent validity of the C-SCGS and C-SCCS (r = 0.534, p < 0.01) showed a significant correlation. Nurses' education showed a significant association with the scores of the C-SCGS. CONCLUSION: The C-SCGS was found to be a psychometrically sound measurement to evaluate Chinese-speaking nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care.


Hey everyone! Today, we're joined by Vivienne Lorret, author of How to Forget a Duke, for a special Q&A and an excerpt!
Learn about Vivienne's writing process, what she'd tell her younger self, and more. You can also find out more about her book, read a short excerpt, and enter a giveaway at the end!
So many things, but most of all—be fearless.
Of course, it's difficult to start off this way when your internal editor is breathing down your neck. So, before you begin to write, take your internal editor by the hand and explain that you have to do this without her. Then write what you want to say, what's in your heart. Pour it all out onto the page and don't hold back. Keep going until every single word contains your DNA.
Then, and only then, should you unlock the cellar door, untie and ungag your internal editor (it's okay; she'll eventually understand that this is part of the process).
Oh, and don't cringe when you think of edits. Be fearless now, too. Sometimes this is the best part. The first draft was a wonderful day spent with your characters—a picnic, a rain shower, a fond hug farewell. But the edits… they are the reunion—the long embrace at the airport, talking over dinner until the restaurant closes, hoots of laughter and sloppy, soggy tears. You'll understand the story and the characters better after editing than when you'd spent the first few weeks outlining every detail of their childhood.
By being a fearless writer, you're honoring the blessing you've been given.
For me, research can get kind of tricky. I always start off with the best of intentions, but end up getting lost for days, weeks even, on a wonderful little treasure hunt. Googling "how to tie a mailcoach knot" might seem simple enough, just a quick sifting through historical sites, find the nugget, dust off my hands and done. Right?
Nope. Because, while panning, I'll tend to find hidden gems, too. I tell myself that I've found my treasure and it's time to move on… but it's usually too late. I already have the fever.
One nugget just isn't enough. So, I'll call my friend in the research department at the library and share my findings, knowing that she's just as addicted to looking for buried treasure (and she always unearths the coolest, hard-to-find books from university libraries). From there, I start filling notebooks and covering the entire surface of my desk (drawer fronts, too) in Post-its. And when the fever finally breaks, I'll have developed a backstory (complete with attire and regional dialect) for a character who may or may not end up in the book.
So, how long do I spend researching before I begin writing? Well, usually far too long.
As long as it takes. Sometimes I'll only need a few productive hours to meet my daily goal. This usually happens after I've stayed up late the previous night, filling my bedside notebook with ideas. Having a snippet of dialogue, or setting the stage for the scene, helps to start the process. Caffeine helps with this, too.
Yet, there are days when no amount of tea can help, when every word is wrong, the scene is crap, the dialogue is flat, and I'll have an itchy trigger finger over the backspace key. Those days take much longer to meet my goal, if at all. When this happens, I'll force myself to take a break. A few errands or loads of laundry later, and I'm usually able to begin again.
Then again, sometimes these breaks awaken my inner procrastinator. I keep trying to smother her, but she always springs back to life like an inflatable tube person, flailing her arms toward distractions, grinning and making promises of how it will be different this time. Willingly, I believe her… until the calendar brings me back to reality.
Nothing inspires me to write for twelve to fourteen hours a day like a fast-approaching deadline.
My goal is to write a chapter a day. So, for a book that is thirty chapters long, I should be able to write it in a month, right?
Well, sometimes my math brain doesn't see eye-to-eye with my writing brain. There's a process to these things.
Day one usually starts like this: I sit at my desk holding a mug of steaming chai and open a WORD document. I sigh contentedly, taking a moment to admire the blank page, grinning from ear to ear. I absolutely love this part. There's nothing on the screen except for a gleaming white rectangle, and yet it seems like everything is there—hopes, dreams, loss, and a potential happily ever after—just waiting to be discovered. Even the cursor seems to know this as it pulses with anticipation.
Then I prepare the foundation of this new world by formatting the pages. Center the title in the header? Check. Add page numbers to the bottom right? Check. Type Chapter One. Check!
Eagerness zips through every nerve and cell as my fingertips hover over the keys as I contemplate the best first sentence ever created.
And then I get up to refill my tea.
This is part of the process, too—tea drinking and procrastination—and it usually takes those thirty chapter-a-days to six weeks or more.
The goodbye scene killed me.
I'm not an author who pictures the happily ever after when I begin. Instead, I write with the black moment in mind (sort of like a villainess—but one with the best of intentions and a fabulous cloak, of course—thrumming her fingers together and waiting for everything to fall apart).
So, when I first wrote Jacinda saying goodbye to Fellows, to Sybil and to Crispin, I really didn't know how the book was going to end. It felt like an actual goodbye. Forever.
I was a wreck. And after I wrote it, I moped around the house, completely lost, heartbroken, and in need of some serious classic movie therapy. Thanks to TCM and triple chocolate brownies, I recovered enough to finish the book.
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