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Gregg Bissonette (Detroit, 9 giugno 1959) è un batterista statunitense, che vanta collaborazioni con artisti come Joe Satriani, Duran Duran, David Lee Roth, Toto, Andy Summers e Ringo Starr.
GREGG BISSONETTE DRUM SOLO
Gregg Bissonette has become known as one of the most versatile drummers in the business, his broad experience ranging from big band, blues, and rock, to Latin, fusion, and much more. Gregg's warm, easy-going down-to-earth manner is refreshing from one of the top drummers in the world.
Gregg's incredible sense of humor comes across clearly whether he's recording or teaching at a drum clinic. His perfect balance between professionalism, strong work ethic, and congeniality make him a wonderful colleague and session artist, and a much-respected name in the music industry.
The Detroit native comes from a family of talented musicians. Gregg's dad Bud was a drummer and his mother Phyllis played piano and vibes. Gregg started playing on his dad's drum kit from about the age of 5! His brother Matt is a bassist and producer, and their sister Kathy also lives and works in concert promotion in LA.
Gregg's dad was his first teacher, and at age 10, Gregg started taking private rudimental snare drum lessons with Bob Yarborough, a local teacher in Warren, Michigan. By age 11, Bob had started Gregg on reading drum set music. At the same time, Gregg also started taking private trumpet lessons from Jim Ruffner. Proficient in both instruments, Gregg would trade off between drums and trumpet with the Warren Michigan Wildwood Elementary School Band.
At 14, Gregg and his brother Matt started a band called Today's People, inspired by their junior high stage band/jazz band performances while at school under the direction of their teacher, expert drummer Jerry Hasspatcher. That same year, Gregg began taking drum set lessons from popular Detroit drummer Myron MacDonald.
At 15 years old, Gregg won a scholarship to attend the Interlochen School of Music summer band program in Michigan. By this time, both Gregg and Matt were performing professionally in and around Detroit with their dad's band The Buddy Blair Band, a name their dad chose because he thought Bissonette was just too hard to remember! (Bud's band when he was young was called Buddy Bissonette and His Bouncing Bulgarian Bean Band!)
Soon after, under the direction of Bill Baker, Gregg became the drummer of the Warren Mott High School Jazz band. With Bill's recommendation, Gregg got to play with many professional groups in the area, including The Brookside Jazz Band, The Austin/Moro Band, and a progressive big band called Concertjazz.
The following year, Gregg and Matt started Grand Circus Park, named after a park in downtown Detroit. This band featured their high school friends — Brian Biggs on guitar, Doug Burns on lead vocals, Sante Bologna on keyboards, Rick Kastruba on trumpet, Burt Snover on trombone, and Eric Kott on saxophone. Grand Circus Park started as a band that primarily played tunes by one of their favorite bands, Chicago (formerly Chicago Transit Authority). The band even had the same exact instrumentation! They originally named their group Chicago 2…but changed the name after realizing more creativity was needed.
After high school, Gregg left Detroit for North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas). He became the drummer for the famed NTSU One O'Clock Big Band. Under the direction of Leon Breeden, Gregg recorded two albums with the One O'Clock Band, Lab 80 and Lab 81. He joined one of his favorite R&B bands in Dallas called The Buster Brown Band. He also was a member of the Dallas-based band Network with his brother Matt on bass and vocals and Paul Ventimiglia on keyboards and vocals.
In 1982, following his graduation from NTSU, Gregg made the move to Los Angeles. In his new home of LA, he made friends with three of his favorite drummers: Myron Grombacher from the Pat Benatar band, the late Mark Craney from Gino Vannelli's band, and Doane Perry from Jethro Tull. They started a fun drummers club called The Woodland Hills Drum Club with friends Jay Rubin, Barry Schnider, Dean Zimmer, Tony Pia, and many others.
Gregg's trumpet hero was always Maynard Ferguson and his dream was to play drums for Maynard's band someday. This dream became a reality in 1982, when Gregg became the drummer for Maynard Ferguson's Big Band. An added bonus for him was that the band already included his brother Matt on bass! The band toured the world and recorded a live CD called Live in San Francisco.
After the Maynard gig, Gregg joined The Brandon Fields Band and recorded The Other Side of the Story. The members on that CD included Brandon Fields, saxes, Walt Fowler, trumpet and keys, David Garfield, keyboards, John Pattitucci, bass, and Gregg on drums. Later that year, Gregg went on tour with Tania Maria's Latin/jazz group with Luis Conte on percussion and John Pena on bass.
Gregg's next gig was also with his brother Matt, playing with one of their heroes, Gino Vannelli. After their audition, the band became Gregg and Matt on drums and bass, Gino Vannelli on vocals, Joe Vannelli and Karen Childs on keyboards, and Mike Miller on guitar.
Gregg's big break came in the summer of 1985, when David Lee Roth left Van Halen and started his own band. Gregg landed the gig playing drums, with Steve Vai on guitar, Billy Sheehan on bass, and Brett Tuggle on keys. The band recorded the albums Eat 'Em & Smile and Skyscraper, both of which went multi-platinum. Gregg's brother Matt joined the band for the Skyscraper tour and the next studio album, A Little Ain't Enough. The videos for "Yankee Rose," "Goin' Crazy," "Just like Paradise," "Stand Up," and "That's Life" got plenty of airtime on MTV.
In 1989, Gregg had the great experience and honor to perform with The Buddy Rich Big Band on the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship Concert video. This video also featured Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, and Louie Bellson.
In 1992, Gregg and Matt recorded with Joe Satriani on his CD The Extremist, produced by one of Gregg's favorite engineers/producers, Andy Johns, who also engineered lots of Led Zeppelin tunes. When Andy asked Gregg what he would like his drums to sound like, Gregg replied, "How about like ANY of the stuff you did with John Bonham?!" Andy quickly smiled and answered, "We can do that!" Gregg and Matt toured with Joe Satriani right after the release of "The Extremist," and also did a live CD of that tour called "Time Machine." Matt went on to record three other CDs with Joe Satriani and still tours with Joe when he can.
Gregg and Matt started their own band called The Mustard Seeds in 1993 with guitarists Doug Bossi and George Bernhardt. All four of the members wrote the songs together and sang lead vocals and harmonies. Gregg remembers this band as being a very creative and rewarding time musically. "There is something very special about being in your own band with your brother," he says.
In 1995, Gregg did a European tour with the band Toto after Simon Phillips (Toto's drummer since Jeff Porcaro's unexpected death) asked Gregg to fill in for him for four months due to an injury. The tour led to lots of playing time with Steve Lukather, and a couple years later he worked with Steve on the album Luke, which included a tour of Europe and Japan. Gregg also played on the 2003 Lukather Christmas album SantaMental, featuring Steve, Gregg, Jeff Babko on keyboards, and John Pierce on bass. Gregg played trumpet as well, along with Walt Fowler on trumpet and Jeff Babko on trombone.
Gregg celebrated another milestone in 1998 — the birth of his wonderful son Noah. Later that year, he also had the chance to work with one of his longtime heroes, Don Henley, on Don's album Inside Job. Don's producer was Stan Lynch, the drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and one of Gregg's best friends.
In 2000, Gregg had the honor of playing with Carlos Santana on the multi-Grammy winning CD Supernatural. This session came about because the producer originally called one of Gregg's favorite drummers, Vinnie Colaiuta, to do the session, but Vinnie was unavailable and recommended Gregg.
In 2001 Gregg celebrated the birth of his second child, his wonderful daughter Mary. In the same year, Gregg and Matt toured with Jeff Lynne and ELO on their Zoom Tour Live. Gregg and Matt had both been big fans of ELO and Jeff Lynne, who played with the Traveling Willberries, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, and more.
Gregg has recorded and released two solo albums, Gregg Bissonette on Shrapnel Records (which includes a cover of one of Gregg's favorite songs, "No Matter What" by Badfinger, with Gregg on vocals), and Submarine on Favored Nations Records. All songs were written and produced by Matt Bissonette, featured on bass, vocals, trombone and cello. Gregg sings leads on both CDs, besides playing drums, trumpet, and percussion.
Gregg Bissonette features guest guitarists Steve Vai, Ty Tabor, Andy Summers, Paul Gilbert, Doug Bossi, George Bernhardt, Steve Lukather, Scott Henderson, Michael Thompson, and Mike Miller. Submarine features Joe Satriani, Frank Gambale, Steve Stevens, Tim Pierce, Steve Vai, Gary Hoey, Doug Bossi, Ritchie Kotzen, and the great piano player David Garfield.
From Maynard Ferguson, to multi-platinum albums, to world tours and a Grammy, Gregg has seen his musical dreams come true one by one. And in 2003, another dream became a reality when he and Matt were asked to tour with Ringo Starr to promote Ringo's album Ringo Rama. Ringo has been Gregg's drumming hero since his dad took him to see the Beatles live in 1966!
In addition to playing drums while Ringo fronted the band on the songs "Yellow Submarine," "With A Little Help From My Friends," "Photograph," "It Don't Come Easy," and Ringo's tribute to George Harrison, "Never Without You," Gregg and Ringo also played double drums on Beatles hits like "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "Boys." Besides a great live concert in New York, they also played on the TV shows The Tonite Show with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brian, Good Morning America, Regis and Kelly, and Last Call with Carson Daly. Gregg also did a music video with Ringo for "Never Without You."
Some of you might know Gregg as his alter ego, Skippy Skuffleton! Gregg has played with England's loudest rock band, Spinal Tap, since he first toured with them in 2001. He also played with Tap at Live Earth 2007, and the Glastonbury Festival and Wembley Stadium in 2009. You can hear him on drums on the Back from the Dead album, released 2009.
Gregg got to tour again with Ringo, this time as an All Starr in Ringo's All Starr band, for their 2008 and 2010 tours. Band members of the 2008 All-Starr tour were Colin Hay (from Men At Work), Billy Squier, Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Edgar Winter, and Gary Wright. For the 2010 Tour, the band included Wally Palmar (The Romantics), Rick Derringer (The McCoys), Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, and Richard Page (Mister Mister). In July of the 2010 tour, Gregg was part of a birthday celebration when Paul McCartney surprised Ringo for Ringo's 70th birthday in Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Gregg got to play the Beatles song "Birthday" with both Ringo and Paul, and a star-studded musical cast!
Gregg's definitive instructional DVD, Musical Drumming in Different Styles, was released by Hudson Music in 2005. It was shot at the Allaire studio in upstate NY, where Norah Jones and David Bowie had just recorded albums. Musical Drumming features eight band tracks from Gregg's solo albums, in styles ranging from jazz, to funk, to latin, to swing.
With all his drumming accomplishments and accolades, to Gregg his children are his greatest attributes. A strong and committed family man, he loves spending time with his son and daughter. As a single dad, Gregg values his time with them and is an inspiration to other single dads trying to balance the challenges of a hectic musician's life with raising kids.
Today, Gregg continues to record with and for many other artists, films, and TV shows. Gregg's favorite advice to drummers? "Be a musical drummer!" he says. "Concentrate on keeping the tempo and the groove for the whole song, and play dynamically. Learn to play big band, Latin, funk, Afro-Cuban, hip-hop, R&B, play with brushes, in small groups, large groups, small or large venues, all ages and all kinds of styles and approaches. Remember, it's not about playing drum solos, it's about making a joyful noise…hopefully making a living out of it someday!"
Gregg exclusively uses Dixon Drums, Sabian Cymbals, DW Drum Pedals, Remo Drum Heads, Vic Firth Drum Sticks, Samson Audio, Audix Mics, the Gregg Bissonette Signature Stick Bag by Kaces, XL Specialty road cases, Beato Drum Bags, LT Lug Locks, and LP Percussion products.
Maynard Ferguson - Live in San Francisco
Duran Duran - PopTrash
Andy Summers - Synaesthesia
Andy Summers - Last Dance with Mr. X
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em & Smile
David Lee Roth - Skyscraper
David Lee Roth - A Little Ain't Enough
Matt Bissonette - Spot
Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Joe Satriani - Time Machine
Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani
Richie Kotzen - The Inner Galactic Fusion Experience
Robin Zander - Robin Zander
Brandon Fields - The Other Side of the Story
Gary Hoey - Bug Alley
Gary Hoey - Endless Summer II (soundtrack)
Frank Gambale - Thunder From Down Under
Steve Vai - Fire Garden
George Lynch - Will Play for Food
Steve Lukather - Luke
Pat Boone - In a Metal Mood
David Garfield - Tribute To Jeff Porcaro
Buddy Rich - Burning for Buddy, Part 2
Larry Carlton - The Gift
1998 - Gregg Bissonette - Gregg Bissonette
Gregg Bissonette - Submarine
Vasco Rossi - Gli spari sopra
George Lynch - Guitar Slinger (2007)
Docker's Guild - The Mystic Technocracy - Season 1: The Age of Ignorance (2012)
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I have to confess I have never seen this movie, although I suppose I should. I just can't bring myself to watch a film n which my beloved Margaret Lockwood plays second fiddle to Shirley Temple. 😦 Anyway, I love how you talk about the NWMP and the Native stereotypes in the movie.
You are very wise – poor Margaret doesn't get much of anything to do here, although she does dance briefly with Randolph Scott, which I hope was a minor consolation prize. Her costumes aren't even particularly great. Can't say I'd recommend Susannah to anyone, really, so you're not missing much if you continue to skip it 🙂 This one is strictly for Temple or Scott completists.
What an interesting and fascinating post. I enjoy most of Temple's movies, but this one was never a favorite. Nice tidbits about the Mounties. Didn't realize Hollywood got their motto wrong. As an American kid, I got all my Mountie "facts" from Dudley Do-Right! Thanks for the re-education.
Canadians have been a little bit duped by the American vision of the Mounties as well – it's an epidemic. I just found some more interesting information at this website if you're interested : http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/gendarmes-mounties/en/myths/heroes/. Seems like the studios were far more concerned with maintaining the mythos they had created, rather than achieving any kind of fair portrayal of Canadian history. Showbiz, you know.
This was a great read and a welcome analysis full of good details (Shir- and berbits lol). Really nice work and thanks for contributing to this blogathon!
Thank you Kristina 🙂 Loving the blogathon – thanks for all your hard work in putting this together! It warms my icy prairie heart.
Secondly, I really enjoyed your review, especially your critical look at the portrayal of NWMP and aboriginal culture. (Have you read Thomas King's "An Inconvenient Indian", by chance?) Thanks so much for sharing all this research and for putting this film in cultural context. It's been quite a few years since I've seen this film – I think I'll check it out again now that I've read your excellent post.
Thirdly, thanks so much for joining the O Canada blogathon!
Haha, thank you! I have not read that book, but I definitely will. Canadians as a whole are so poorly versed in aboriginal culture and history (myself included) – we just need to do better. I'm still learning. I think a lot of people are still at the point where the stereotypes and characterizations in Hollywood westerns would still slip right past their radar (or worse yet, they promote that vision of the West wholeheartedly). I see this a lot with people and their idolization of John Wayne as some kind of social/political ideal – the myth just never seems to die.
Thanks again for hosting this great blogathon! Pumped for all the great reads.
I'm sure I saw this movie when I was eight or nine and obsessed with Shirley Temple, but it's not one that I remember at all, even after reading your fascinating review. At any rate, I really enjoyed your analysis and the way you put it in context, and I completely understand being wary of revisiting Temple's films as an adult. Some have more issues than others, of course, but I'm just not sure how well any of them would hold up if I were to watch them now. Best to leave them in the past, perhaps.
Hi Erin – thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Yes, maybe I'll have to watch one of her better movies if any of them turn up on TCM soon, at least to satisfy my curiosity.


Welcome to the Saratoga Stryders Grand Prix series! This series encourages Saratoga Stryders members to engage in fun, friendly, and inclusive competition; become more involved in volunteer activities; and actively participate in enticing non-members to join the club. Oh, and you may also win some cool awards in the process!
You now have four weeks to log your race results on our web site!
Participation in 6 races and 2 volunteer points (1 point per event) will get you a Stryders Grand Prix gender-specific shirt. It's also possible to earn a shirt by earning 10 or more volunteer points, even if you don't race. Volunteering is critical to the success of the club. Examples include leading the trail runs April-October or coaching the Wednesday workouts, in addition to volunteering at specific races. Races and volunteer points must be logged within the four-week time period to qualify. Go to Grand Prix Log under the Grand Prix tab, enter your email address, and respond to the questions (race time and/or volunteer).
New races added this year: Polar Cap and Helderberg to Hudson Half.
To qualify, Stryder members must log their events on our web site. The term this web site uses is "register," but it's really just logging your time after the event during the four-week window.
Participants will be responsible for submitting individual results. All results must be received within 4 weeks of the race date in order to receive points.
Volunteer points are not added to the total points, but may be used as a tie breaker in case of a race point tie.
Prizes will be awarded at the Jingle Bell run in December.
Grand Prix participation shirts will be distributed at the Annual Meeting the following March.
GRAND PRIX 2019 RACE ROSTER: Click here.
The volunteer activities listed below are not all-inclusive – other ideas for volunteer activities are welcome! Please contact grandprix@saratogastryders.org for verification of activities eligible for volunteer points.


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LAUTECH CUT OFF MARK FOR ALL COURSES {JAMB & POST UTME}
This year jamb was a successful one at least 1/3 of total candidates who sat for jamb score over 200. In view of this, the different institution has a benchmark for all prospective candidate for students seeking admission into the university and for all courses, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology is not excerpted from this procedure, hence we shall be looking at LAUTECH cut off mark for all courses for JAMB and post UTME scores for the different departments.
The admissions into the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology for 2020 academic sessions are highly competitive due to an unimaginable number of prospective students that wish to study and have chosen Lautech as their institution of choice during registration for the concluded JAMB examination. Generally, there isn't a set of benchmarked LAUTECH jamb cut off mark for different courses in the institution, but the prospective candidates that have a higher mark in his/her Jamb score will have a chance of getting admission in the institution. The minimum JAMB score for all courses and departments is peg at 200.
LAUTECH Cut Off Mark – 200
Nevertheless, various department and course have as statutory aggregate LAUTECH cut off Mark either in their result combinations and points or sitting for an aptitude test, list of different cut off scores for different departments and course in Ladoke university of Technology are:
Cut Off Point {JAMB And Post UTME}
Statistics. 30%
Earth Sciences 41%
Science and Laboratory Technology. 30%
Pure and Applied Chemistry. 30%
Pure and Applied Physics. 35%
Accounting. 30%
Transport Management 30%
Pure and Applied Mathematics. 35%
Marketing. 30%
Civil Engineering. 55%
Food Science and Engineering. 45%
Computer Science and Technology. 55%
Electrical and Electronics Engineering. 54%
Mechanical Engineering. 55%
Chemical Engineering. 50%
Nursing. 64%
Architecture. 55%
Physiology. 45%
Agricultural Engineering. 40%
Medical laboratory sciences. 60%
Urban and Regional planning. 33%
Medicine. 69%
Biochemistry. 50%
Fine and Applied Arts. 30%
Anatomy. 45%
Crop Production and soil science. 30%
Agric Econs. 35%
Crop and Environmental protection. 30%
Agric Extension and Rural Development. 30%
Animal Nutrition and Biotechnology. 35%
It is recommended that any prospective candidates that are eyeing to be admitted into Lautech should strive to have Jamb score that is far above 180 because there is no way an institution will admit a candidate that has 180 in his/her Jamb score when there are thousands of candidates that scored 250.
GENERAL JAMB SYSTEM OF ADMISSION AND CUT OFF MARK
The Central Admission Processing System(CAPS) that was introduced by JAMB as a platform for its prospective candidates for the purpose of processing an admission among the tertiary institutions, so as to enable a level plane ground for all candidates based on their performances and removed nepotism and some corrupt practices in admission process by different institution.
Central Admission Processing System is being set as a yardstick and statutory mark for all admission processes, some highly competitive tertiary institutions like OAU, UI, UNN, UNIZIK, UNILAG and other federal universities has made 200 as their general Jamb 2020 cut off marks.
Lautech Cut Off Mark For All Courses
LAUTECH AS AN INSTITUTION:
LAUTECH, that is the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology is located in Ogbomoso, Oyo State as a tertiary institution. The institution has more than 3,000 workers which include contract staff and enroll 25,000 students.
Historically, the then military Governor of Oyo State which is now separated into two states namely Oyo and Osun states, Adetunji Olurin in the year 1987 got a request a State-owned university by the Governing Council of The Polytechnic in Ibadan. The creation of the University was recommended by a committee set up by then military Governor of Oyo State in the year 1988. Nigeria's Federal ministry government in the year 1990, 13th March welcomed the request of the state which made the Oyo State University of Technology on April 23, 1990, to be signed by colonel Oresanya after the edition was established.
Professor Olusegun Ladimeji Oke was the pioneer vice-chancellor of the University. In January 1991, the University's first Chancellor was late Bashorun M. K. O Abiola. A total of four hundred and thirty-six students that were offered admission in four faculties namely, environmental sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Pure, and Applied Sciences and the Engineering and management sciences were the pioneer academic session in the year 1990, 19th October. In the year 1990, a college of Health Sciences was formed. LAUTECH was named the best state-owned university in Nigeria during the 2003/2004 academic session. Today, the University, as well as the College of Health, gives admission to closely 20,000 candidates. Oyo State which is where the University has as its main campus serves as the university's administration site. It also serves as a place five faculties and a school of postgraduates. The five faculties are medicine, pure and applied science, environmental sciences, agricultural sciences and then engineering and technology.
The place for the College of Health Sciences is located in Osogbo which serves as the University second campus. Medical laboratory sciences, medicine and surgery, and nursing departments use the Osogbo campus as their campus.
WHY LAUTECH?
Questions and eyes have been raised to question and also to know the very reason why there is always a high level of applicants seeking admission in this noble institution despite unending and painstaking strikes that combat the school almost on yearly bases resulting in a poor academic calendar.
Actually, as a state university of technology, LAUTECH is well equipped with ultra-modern facilities that made learning easier and practical, school fee is affordable with a privilege to pay installments for students who cannot afford to pay once.
Also, a lot of privileges and opportunities are open for graduates of this university and a lot we cannot list here.
Conclusion On LAUTECH Cut Off Mark For All Courses JAMB & Post UTME
It can be generalized that the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology is among the best University in Nigeria, and because of that, they are trying to maintain that their status quo which then implies that any prospective candidates that desired to be one of the students in that citadel of learning need to buckle up in his or her studies since the institution is highly competitive. Also to state further, admission has been based on merit and strict academic values, all department, and course jamb cut off have been listed above, work well on your JAMB, post UTME and you will earn yourself an admission in this citadel of learning.
UNICAL Cut Off Mark For All Courses
LASU Cut Off Mark for All Courses (JAMB & Post UTME)
UNN CUT OFF MARK FOR MEDICINE AND SURGERY
JAMB Cut off Mark for Nursing
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Lautech is a very good school for medicine and surgery


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Coffee for $500 a kilogram? You've gotta be shitting me.
Those were my first thoughts when I heard about kopi luwak after arriving in Bali. After all, what type of coffee could possibly cost more than a high-end car payment? What type of rigorous, gold-standard production processes are in place to impart subtle, complex, artful, and incomparable flavors to the humble coffee bean? And how far did this coffee have to travel — and under what arduous conditions — to earn its outrageous price tag?
Kopi luwak is made from poop. More specifically, it's made from partially digested defecations of the Asian palm civet. As far as production lines go, this one is a relatively simple process that begins with the civet, or luwak as it's known to the local population, ingesting the ripest coffee beans it can find, taking a nap, and then — ahem — ejecting them. It's hard to believe that something so simple, so primitive, could produce a coffee so sought after and treasured.
A sampling of the kopi luwak beans in various stages of preparation. Photo by Martin Stokes/Coffee or Die.
I spent the day at a luwak coffee farm in Bali and discovered the origins of this bizarre coffee, how it's produced, and its place in the massive coffee industry as a whole. As we walked through a plantation serried between towering cocoa trees, stepped rice terraces, and robusta coffee plants, my guide, Wayan Balik, educated me on the luwak and the coffee it produces.
As with Vietnam, which has become the coffee powerhouse of Southeast Asia, coffee as a crop was introduced to Indonesia by the colonial powers of the time — the Dutch. They discovered that the tropical climate of the island nation made for exceptional growing conditions that allowed the coffee plant to flourish.
However, soil fertility didn't mean that the Dutch were exceptionally generous, and, although local labor was used to rear and produce crops throughout the country, native farmers and plantation workers were forbidden from harvesting coffee beans for their own use. This frustrated the workers. However, they soon discovered that the cat-like civet would consume the coffee fruit and leave the coffee seeds undigested in their droppings. By gathering these droppings, cleaning, roasting, and grinding them, they were able to make their own coffee beverages without incurring the wrath of the Dutch farmers.
Kopi luwak beans being roasted at a farm in Bali. Photo by Martin Stokes/Coffee or Die.
The Dutch, upon visiting the villages and seeing the Balinese enjoying coffee that seemed to be of equal, if not better, quality, quickly unraveled the conspiracy. It wasn't long until the coffee became a favorite among plantation owners who favored its strong aroma and bitter taste. Its scarcity made it an expensive brew, even among coffee traders at the time.
But why would beans consumed and then defecated yield a superior flavor to coffee that has been subjected to various roasts or conventional production processes? According to Balik, the answer is two-fold.
After roasting, the beans are ground for 20 minutes with a mortar and pestle. Photo by Martin Stokes/Coffee or Die.
Since the discerning luwak consumes the pulpy flesh of the coffee fruit, it chooses those that are prime for eating. Once consumed, the remaining beans spend up to a day and a half in the luwak's digestive tract, where fermentation occurs and the flavor profile of the beans is altered by the digestive enzymes. Later, the beans are ejected in clumps, still retaining their shape and remaining partially undigested because of the endocarp, the hard outer layer of the bean, which protects the core during the digestion process.
"After we find the poop, we gather it and clean it," Balik said, showing me a series of broad pans containing beans in various stages. The outer layer of the bean, partially digested by the luwak, is removed, as are any damaged or generally unsuitable coffee beans, before they are roasted in a wok-like pan over an open fire.
The beans are then pounded into dust for 20 minutes using a massive mortar and pestle. At this stage of the process, if desired, other flavors such as hibiscus or ginger can be added to diversify the flavor profile.
A civet eats coffee berries in a cage to produce kopi luwak coffee. Adobe Stock photo/Coffee or Die.
While kopi luwak is undoubtedly a unique type of coffee, its lengthy production process and supposed superior qualities are subject to skepticism among professionals within the coffee industry. Many say that the coffee isn't worthy of its lofty price tag and that kopi luwak continues to be sold at a premium because of the story behind it rather than any superiority of the bean.
There's an ethical concern, too. Because of the high price that coffee fetches both locally and abroad, expedient farming methods have been employed for high-yield production of the luwak coffee. While traditional kopi luwak — that is, coffee harvested from the droppings of wild luwaks — exists (Sihjarta is one such producer), many luwak battery farms have been established throughout Southeast Asia to capitalize on the coffee's profitability. In such farms, luwaks are kept in cages and fed coffee fruits harvested by farmers in order to increase excretion of the revered bean. While this is not only an inhumane way of treating the small mammal, it also impedes the careful selection process the luwak would otherwise employ when searching for food, undermining one of the core tenets that supposedly makes kopi luwak so delicious.
After trying a cup myself, I remain dubious. The roast was dark, the coffee strong — but there are equally delicious, exponentially cheaper roasts that satisfy my palate just the same. And I can still pay my rent.


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Concert Review: Kali Masi, Sam Russo, Tane Graves [Tightwire] @ Hatfield's | Cleveland, OH | 22-OCT-2022
23 October, 2022 Brian Mc Leave a comment
A strange series of events led to a very chill, quaint punk show last night at Hatfield's in Westpark.
Flashback to a couple of days ago when my pal Nick reached out to me asking if I was still going to see Kali Masi and Sam Russo still. I responded that I would not miss it for the world, and he was quick to tell me the show was sold out and they were not able to get tickets.
I jumped online to see what I could find out, because no offence to the bands, but this was not a show I was anticipating to even come close to selling out. Do not get me wrong, the three acts on the bill are some of my favs, but I was expecting to just snag a ticket at the door.
Sure enough, Hatfield's had posts saying the show was sold out and that they were actually moving it from upstairs to the main floor. I was floored to see this and highly excited too, but still was wondering what was going on so I reached out to not only Kali Masi, but also Toby at Red Scare to see if the show really was sold out.
Kali Masi pretty much asked me what the hell I was talking about and laughed. Toby said he would get back to me, and he did as promised soon thereafter. Both confirmed with me the show was not sold out and to head up to the venue as planned. Hatfield's even responded to my pal's wife saying they had opened up some tickets so they were able to grab a few.
Apparently, bots bought all of the tickets being sold by Hatfield's online. This is a common trend these days where tickets are bought up by bots and then resold for more money. One might think this is a good thing overall, but the inconvenience and slight stress this put on Hatfield's and even the acts was a true bummer.
Hatfield's staff scrambled thinking they were going to have a full house and rearranged their business to accommodate. A vacation was cut short, staff was bulked up, and a lot of time and effort was put into preparing for the show. Sadly, a lot of this was not necessary at all.
In the end though, I think it was a nice shift from expected calamity to an intimate evening of amazing music. The fans that showed up were truly stoked to be there and Hatfield's accommodated the hell out of everyone in the house.
Ken Hatfield, the owner of the venue/eatery, kept joking all night about the bots in the house. He even took a moment to show me the list of names on his phone who bought tickets and just laughed at how crazy the whole experience was. He credited the whole bot experience likely with the Kali Masi rockumentary that has been getting a lot of attention on YouTube lately.
The result was almost 200 tickets bought by bots, and a handful of fans showing up to take in the show. I have to give it to the staff at Hatfield's, they took it in stride and handled it well.
So yeah, that was a little odd, right? The show was far from sold out and I am hoping to hell all those tickets that were purchased by the bots are not disputed down the way because this whole ordeal caused a ton of work that was not exactly necessary.
Anyways, felt I should share that given how unique the situation was.
Bots or not, the show was great. It was certainly not a late one, but enjoyable by everyone who attended.
Tane Graves of the amazing band Tightwire took the stage and also was the first person to play on the venue's new PA system. Blasting through a handful of songs and even a proper Blink 182 cover, he performed like there was a full house in front of him and showed gratitude to this tourmates and also the venue.
The funny thing about Sam Russo is that he was supposed to play Hatfield's well over a year ago with Brenden Kelly, but Covid had other ideas and forced him to sit that tour out. I thought it was only proper that he was able to play the stage in time and honestly, I have been looking forward to that moment for a long time.
I've been a huge fan of Russo since he started playing music almost 10 years back. His folk/punk, storytelling is what captured my attention and I was not the only one. I saw a few other fans singing along through Russo's set and taking it in.
Hearing "Sometimes" and "Runaways" pretty much made my night. If you have no idea what I am talking about, you need to probably change that. This guy is pretty damn talented. He also learned that what he called fence-talking is called shit-talking here in the states.
Russo was easily the most humble musician I have had the pleasure of meeting. We chatted briefly after the show and the dude was just as real as they come. He was so excited to be on tour with a couple of his favorite bands and was excited to head down and play Fest. I really had hoped more people showed up to take in this amazing Englishman, but there is always next time.
Kali Masi took the stage and Sam Porter was quick to make mention he was not feeling hot and the set was going to be less than what was planned. He credited his illness to possible gas station food that he grabbed on their commute from Chicago to Cleveland. Poor guy looked like he was hurting and I was impressed he even decided to play a few songs.
In a sense, a six song set was a bummer, but also looking at things differently, if by taking it easy for one night so Porter could rest and feel better meant a cut set, that honestly is acceptable. I know these guys will be back again soon.
I was happy to hear them play "Sputter", "Powerline Days", and "Some Friends", and they sounded killer, so zero complaints here. I was just happen to have even had the change to check them out finally.
After the show I decided to snag merch from everyone to just help kick off the tour and give them a bit more room in their van too. Everyone was friendly as hell and not an ounce of disappointment was seen. I think having that relaxed evening did everyone some good.
I will say I had an old man moment and could not remember if I have [LAUGHS] already on vinyl. I even made mention to John Garrison, the drummer that I for the life of me could not remember if I had it. He was quick to reminder me I can always hit up their Bandcamp, Well, I checked this morning, and sure as hell I do not have it. So looks like I will need to be securing a copy of that soon.
It certainly was a night that will not be forgotten anytime soon. I am just glad the show went on and everyone enjoyed themselves. That is what it is all about, right?
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Concert Review: Lagwagon, Grumpster, Heart & Lung – Mahall's | Lakewood, OH | 21-SEP-2022
22 September, 2022 Brian Mc Leave a comment
Lagwagon has been a punk rock staple when it comes to music for me since my teenage years. When they announced they were touring to celebrate "30-ish" years as being a band tour with a stop in Cleveland, it was a no-brainer for me to make sure I was there.
I was shocked yet stoked they were playing Mahall's and not another Cleveland venue. I knew it was going to be more of an intimate performance within a small club. I couldn't have been more right, the night was everything I could have wanted as a fan.
Lagwagon is a California punk band that started in the late 80s. I'd assume you have probably heard of them if you are reading this, so really there is nothing much more to say other than they rule. They have toured the world over and over and have a fanbase like none other.
For a Wednesday night, the club filled up pretty quick just after 8 and people wasted no time drinking all the hipster beers made available at the bar. I was impressed to see so many folk slamming Black Labels there. Back in my day we drank that shit because it was like $3 a 6-pack.
I should as well add that people of all ages were at this show. Young and old combined to see a band that had a major impact on their lives and I for once did not feel like grandpa punk.
Cleveland sweethearts Heart & Lung opened the show and warmed up the crowd with their catchy ass pop punk fun and never-ending humor. By the time their set was done, a few strings were broken, maybe 1 or 2 egos were diminished within the band, but the club was packed with people who really enjoyed their set.
Grumpster, as bassist/vocalist Donnie Walsh explained: "spelled G-R-U-M-P-S-T-E-R", were just awesome. I recently got into this up and coming Cali punk act and will say they gave it their all. The place was packed as they busted through song after song and everyone seemingly was eating it up. I can see why Lagwagon asked them to play some shows with them.
Lagwagon finally took the stage and the place was just packed and everyone lost their shit the second they started playing. I seriously felt like I went back in time for a moment there and was living my teenage years all over again. What a feeling.
I may have geeked out slightly seeing Joe Raposo (he's played in Mad Caddies) playing bass as well as marveled at Chris Flippin just shredding away mere feet in front of me. Joey Cape, however, was mostly the focal point as he went through a decent set of songs spanning over the band's career.
Standing close to the pit, I sang along as almost everyone else did there and for a brief moment, I let my guard down and immediately someone fell/slammed into me almost knocking me off my feet. This was the one time I am glad that mirror pillar to the left of the stage existed as I quickly grabbed onto it and saved myself from falling onto the ground. I cannot say others were ask lucky as the fans were letting loose and recapturing their younger years. All in good fun.
The setlist included so many great songs including "Violin", "Sleep", and even "Mr. Coffee." I tried hard to keep a record of them all, but honestly I just was sucked into the night and wasn't taking too many mental notes. Sometimes a fan just needs to be a fan.
The "encore" was humorous as 1/2 of the band left the stage while others kind of just hung out explaining to the crowd what was happening. Cape stole Flippin's guitar while who left for a moment and started playing "Alien 8" solo only for the big man to come back and almost lift him off the stage by the guitar strap as Cape tried to continue to play.
Ending the night with "May 16", the band concluded a night I know personally I needed. It wasn't cut short, people were living it up, and best of all there were so many smiles in the crowd. If you were not having a good time at this show, there was clearly something wrong with you.
Cape said it best "we wouldn't be doing this if it weren't for you" as he closed out the night in a most humble way. It was true, the band's success was based off the fans and on a Wednesday night in Cleveland, it was apparent that many of the fans came out to celebrate over three decades of the band doing their thing. What a wild night.
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[Guest Post] Interview: Kody/Bruzzy (SACK, Teenage Bottlerocket, The Lillingtons)
23 August, 2022 Brian Mc Leave a comment
Today marks the 14th year that Brokenheadphones has been in existence. It is kind of a cool milestone, so to celebrate I am letting someone else post some content.
Recently I reviewed the bad ass SACK album and Matt from The Witzard reached out saying he recently interviewed Kody and was hoping I could share their conversation on my site. Well of course I said yes.
It was a good read so I hope y'all enjoy it! I can confirm now that I share something with Kody now – getting Covid during the tour. haha.
Take it away Matt:
Straight outta the slums of Northwest Denver, Colorado, SACK is a mysterious band of Party Punks complete with songs about bongs, bikers, and brothels. Like any disreputable gang, they've had a series of rotating members over the years, but on Ripper!, it's Bruzzy (Teenage Bottlerocket, The Lillingtons, The Hybrids,) a couple shredders from Peru (Father Fil & Joe Camel,) a gym teacher, and the neighborhood electrician (which comes in handy, believe it or not!)
They recorded 12 songs at Descendents/Black Flag drummer Bill Stevenson's The Blasting Room and now these headbangers plan on touring (read: crashing house parties) across the land. SACK's Ripper! Is now available on Red Scare Industries and is recommended Ffr fans of Turbonegro, FEAR & Lee Ving, The Dwarves, Iggy & The Stooges, and Motörhead.
We got a chance to send some questions over to and conduct a completely wild interview with SACK's resident dipshit Bruzzy (aka Kody Templeman). Check it out below, if you dare!
Witzard – Who are the various members of SACK and what is each member's role within the band?
Bruzzy – Dipshit, Joe Camel – Weed, Father Fil – Ears, Chuck Steak – Punctuality, Coach – Motivational Speaker, It – Compassion, Davey Crocket – Smokes, [and] Crash – Hype Man
Aside from SACK, what other note-worthy bands are each of you part of currently or previously played with?
Bricheros, Sleights, Teenage Bottlerockets.
Who or what would you readily cite as of some of your major sources of inspiration and influence while creating your aptly-titled sophomore album, Ripper!?
Alcohol, weed, Dayglo Abortions.
How did you come up with the band name, SACK, and album name, Ripper!, and what do each signify and/or mean?
We used our imagination. Neither stand for shit
What did your writing, recording, production, creation, etc. processes behind Ripper! typically entail?
Bruzzy wrote a good chunk. Fil wrote the music on a few. Bruzzy wrote the lyrics. And the rest of SACK helped tweak the songs. In the studio Coach gave pep talks and pushed the performances further.
How did you guys end up linking up with Tobias "Toby" Jeg, Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms) and Red Scare Industries to ultimately release Ripper!?
They were the only suckers dumb enough to put it out.
Why do you "Hate" The Beach Boys, one of America's most beloved bands, so much?
We love The Beach Boys! Honest!
How did the headlining SACK tour you guys just recently wrapped up end up going?
We broke down, Bruzzy fucked up his ankle, two of us got Covid. Support band (Flamingo Nosebleed) broke down, singer lost his voice, one dude got Covid, shredded a brand new pair of front tires… I'd call it a win!
When not Ripping! it up as part of SACK, what do each of you guys do for day jobs?
None of your fucking business! Oh, Fil has a recording studio called Green Door in Denver. It's the best. Your band should record there.
How would you say SACK's overall sound, style, musical mindset, and approach has changed and evolved since your 2005 debut, Get Wrecked?
Who gives a shit?
Matt Horowitz is a D.I.Y. writer and life-long music lover. He runs his own site, The Witzard and has written for NO ECHO, IDIOTEQ, The Find Mag, post-trash, GrownUpRap, and The Punk Site.
Matt enjoys attending Punk/Hardcore & Hip-Hop shows with his friends and beautiful wife, Caroline. His favorite pastimes include writing, discovering new bands, re-discovering his favorite Punk, Hardcore, Emo, and, yes, Pop-punk bands from high, school, drinking iced coffee, craft beer, and fine wines, and hanging out with his energy-filled 2-year-old son, Peter.
Give Matt a Follow on Twitter (@SharpCheddar856) and Instagram (sharpcheddar856) and check out his website, TheWitzard.com.
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Album Review: SACK – Ripper
Party thrash punkers SACK rip so hard that I got Covid when I saw them live.
No seriously, they played Cleveland at the end of June at a local BBQ joint/bar/venue and I went with a few pals. Two days later, I tested positive for that stupid bastard virus and was knocked off my ass for a week. Totally worth it though, it was one of the better shows I went to this year.
Disclaimer: Not everyone who sees this band is guaranteed to contract a virus.
SACK hails from the Denver area and honestly have had changes in their lineup since they started making music in the early 2000s, but have always entertained the hell out of me.
Currently, Kody of The Lillingtons and Teenage Bottlerocket fronts the band along with a couple of dudes from Peru, some gym teacher, and apparently a local electrician.
Ripper is a 12 song banger of sorts that was recorded at The Blasting Room and released earlier this year on Red Scare Records. This album is for the drunks, the punks, some more drunks, and anyone looking to just rock the hell out. From start to finish, Ripper absolutely slays, slaps, shreds…shit like that.
"I Hate The Beach Boys" has zero love for that surfer boy band your mom and grandma probably batted lashes at in their younger years. The distaste for the band is evident with Kody just screaming out reasons why he hates them.
"The Return of Mr. Bong" is definitely to be adored by all the stoner heavy metal lovers. Clearly a tale of a party encounter with a superior water pipe taking on everyone.
True story real quick: I was driving somewhere with my windows down blasting "I Tried Suicide" recently and stopped at a light and looked over just in time to see that the song offended another driver enough to make a face of disapproval while rolling up their window. This song is about ending it all with no buffer.
"I Used to Give a Shit" has been my theme song lately. All about not caring and just living life sometimes is the best logic to carry in this day and age. Take it from SACK, caring is stupid.
"Night Shift" for whatever reason reminded me of something that should have been playing in Repo Man when Otto and Bud were driving around L.A.
I loved "The Thesis", even if it was just a complete train wreck that clocked in at 0:43. I guess I just appreciated the raw, insanity of the track. I could see it as paying homage to a few 80s punk acts.
"Turf War" was upbeat, but clearly tied gangs maintaining their hood. I kind of wish SACK did a music video for this one. It could be like Warriors meet Grand Theft Auto or some bullshit like that.
Ripper was just that when describing the sound held within the album. I literally listened to this for weeks on end over and over. It is fun, raw, and just aimed at having a good time. Sure, if you like Teenage Bottlerocket you will likely be into these dudes especially since "Headbanger" was originally a SACK track. Kody really gives it his all with this band vocally and there is no doubt about that.
Also if you like Guttermouth, FEAR, or even Zeke, chances are you will eat up SACK. Yes, I wrote that on purpose.
No LP yet for Ripper (hint hint), but the album is out all all $treaming $iteS or you can snag a CD from Red Scare if you still rock that compact disc life.
If SACK happens to play a show by you, go. Seeing Kody try and pound a 12-pack during their set was impressive as hell. Just make sure you let the man hit the bathroom after because chances are, he is going to need to relieve himself after that feat.
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The Baxter Research Robot is currently being used in leading Universities throughout the United Kingdom & Europe, with numerous other institutions already in advanced talks to include the Baxter Research Robot within their study programmes for the 2014/15 academic year.
Active8 Robots, Rethink Robotics' UK and European partner, reports that uptake within this region is increasing with Universities now creating new bespoke courses around the Baxter Research Robot for students.
Professor Vic Grout and his team at Glyndŵr University hope that by incorporating the innovative Baxter Research Robot, it will allow them to focus on specific application development goals, including human-robot interaction studies, collaborative robotics, planning, manipulation, control, and perception as part of their Masters' qualification.
A Baxter Research Robot recently cut the ribbon at the new £4.3 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems at Leeds University. The EPSRC have included Baxter within their new research facility, further endorsing Baxter as a robot for the future, now!
Researchers are increasingly keen to get their hands on Baxter as there is now a reliable, implementable platform from which to transfer computer generated modelling to provide proven solutions to an ever increasing variety of problems. One such project now being undertaken in the USA is in the field of Ebola research. Researchers at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute are trying to use robotic automation to help aid workers with routine handling procedures to reduce contamination and risk to health.
For more information on how Universities and research institutions are using Baxter, please view our Baxter Robot Academic Research case studies.


22 years ago - A boy, Takeshi Todo, who attempted to take over the world with the devil of the computer world together. He reformed himself after the battle and now needs the power of the hyper agent. Again, the evil is going to appear in the real world. A materialized monster is now approaching. Enter the battle code. The access code is..."GRIDMAN"


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Photograph of a Digambara Jain image of the Tirthankara Parshavanatha from Annigeri, taken by Thomas Biggs in 1855. Annigeri used to be an important centre under the Chalukya rulers in the 11th - 12th centuries. This view shows a sculpture from that period representing the Tirthankara Parshvanatha with attendants chauri-bearers or carrying fly-whisks.


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Redesigning Mental Illness
Ordinary people help each other cope with tough issues like depression, addiction, trauma, anxiety disorder, PTSD, and schizophrenia every single day in every culture on earth.
Solving campus mental health
Mental health is all the rage on campus today. I came across this article about mental health activism at the University of Virginia and the cover article from Newsweek about college mental health from mid February.
These articles, and many others, show the disconnect between the population that college systems were designed to serve, and the populations they actually serve today.
When colleges were ivory tower, elitist institutions, in isolated spaces, they operated under a set of cultural assumptions. People would arrive prepared to attend college. There would be a scarcity of college slots. Admission would be competitive. Only the finest minds could have access.
For many years, students did arrive expecting a mental pressure cooker experience. People who could not succeed were systematically removed from the population. There were four exit options: Succeed, flunk out, flake out, drop out.
Today's college environment differs from the college environment of the past. Instead of serving a select population in an isolated, controlled setting, today's colleges and universities serve a population that mirrors the population as a whole. There is more economic diversity. There is more diversity with respect to academic preparedness, more diversity of social preparedness, more diversity of health concerns, more diversity of economic preparedness. And more diversity with respect to mental health.
Colleges are learning that the whole population brings all of its trends with it.
Today's college population includes more women, and therefore colleges are encountering increased rates of depression.
Today's college population includes more people who have experienced poverty, and so on campus there are many more people with histories of exposure to so-called "adverse childhood events" – the assortment of tough situations that cause cognitive difficulties and trouble with building social connections.
Today's college population includes many recent combat veterans, and therefore more risk of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Today's college population still retains its basic age range, young adulthood, the sweet spot for the onset of schizophrenia.
Colleges are also learning that their menu of trouble solutions is inadequate for today's populations. The clinical system is designed to be expensive, so systems designed to "identify and refer" troubled students are doomed to bottlenecks and resource deficiencies. Tried-and-true academic "kick out, shun and isolate" failure-delivery systems that worked safely for elite populations create tragedies when colleges apply these "consequences" to members of less-resilient populations.
What colleges need for mental health is what our whole society needs for mental health: a complete system, one that permeates the population, redesigned to support the whole population.
This means a system that stacks up remedies, starting in families and in informal groups, and then proceeding to organized social, nonclinical experiences, and from there to clinical systems.
We must simplify the conversation. Information overload adds to fear, and mental illness is scary enough. People need enough information to understand what is happening and put together a plan.
Everyone must be encouraged and authorized to do what they can. It's hard to have hope if you're helpless. Every person with symptoms, and every potential ally, needs a way to pitch in. This builds confidence, promotes safety, and makes hope real.
It pays to focus on strengths, not symptoms. Sickness and stigma steal our attention, blinding us to strengths that people retain and to strategies people can use to build capacity.
We must allow recovery to mean something. These days, most people with mental illness regain the capacity to participate in the larger community, and lead a meaningful life. Recovery is social and developmental as well as medical. We deny ourselves a sense of making progress if we over focus on symptom relief. We deny people progress when we do not help them regain their place in society.
We must practice nonstigma. Nonstigma is true inclusion, a belief of the heart that everyone belongs together in the world. Everyone can work on becoming welcoming, tolerant, accommodating. Nonstigma is more than technique. Nonstigma is a virtue.
And so, for colleges, the suicide rate will drop once nearly everyone knows something about suicide prevention. More people will complete college once colleges reform their service delivery and failure systems.
If we want to live in a positive, safe world, we have to embrace the need to create it, and include everyone as we bring the vision forward.
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Icy Weather at Ohio's Health Exchange
The Affordable Care Act ground game is playing out just as healthcare opponents have planned.
Yesterday evening I visited a healthcare.gov sign-up and outreach event. The weather was terrible, so there was not much of a crowd. The event was designed for people who did not use the Internet. The people who attended yesterday were a mix of somewhat older adults and recent immigrants.
Ohio's anti-Obamacare legislation and administrative practices clearly affected what was happening. The state adopted legislative and regulatory tactics that have virtually wiped out the capacity of health advocates to do marketing, sales, and customer service work to assist with enrollments.
For one thing, only licensed insurance agents can assist with navigating the healthcare.gov website. Volunteers and outreach workers cannot help customers, beyond setting up email accounts (a precondition to beginning the process). Several nonprofits that had signed up to do customer service work (navigator work) bowed out because of the risk of prosecutions and civil penalties for saying too much about the process or the plans.
Ohio's Department of Insurance has to approve sales materials, and has 90 days to say yes or no to whatever groups want to print. Consequently, the written materials available at yesterday's event said very little. If anything needed clarification, program workers could not just type and print what they needed.
There are over 60 health plans in our area. Because nothing was available on paper, there wasn't even a "binder full of health plans" that people could page through to see benefit choices, drugs in the formularies, and price ranges. This makes it impossible to browse through benefit packages and do head-to-head comparisons –or have a serious chat about choices -- in advance of logging on to the system.
I was told that Ohio's bad attitude towards the Affordable Care Act is expected to result in very low enrollment rates. This is a shame, especially for vulnerable populations.
People with mental health concerns have complicated coverage needs. They need information from peers and from other families who have faced similar issues in order to make good healthcare enrollment choices. This is exactly what Ohio's restrictions forbid.
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One of the most well-known forms of bankruptcy, chapter 7 comes with many unique qualities. Although bankruptcy can be a stressful time in your business and personal life, it is not at all as bad as it may sound. With the right bankruptcy attorney by your side, you can actually find a wellspring of financial benefits. Here are just a few things to look forward to when you partner with a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy attorney.
With a successful Chapter 7 Bankruptcy case, you can finally be rid of most types of troublesome debt. Although there are some that are not pardonable (i.e. student loans and specific taxes) it still stands that there you have a new realm of freedom. You also won't have to worry about repaying the court either.
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THE FORT SARANGANI
June 16, 2011 By Olan Emboscado 8 Comments
It is but amazing to discover one military camp somewhere in the Province of Sarangani that has developed into a new tourism spot initiated by no less than its Battalion Commander and duly supported by the Provincial Government. This newest addition to Sarangani's treasures is called the Fort Sarangani. The Fort Sarangani is the home of the 73rd Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines located in Barangay Kamanga in the Municipality of Maasim. Maasim is one the six municipalities of Sarangani Province that share the 230-kilometer coastline of Sarangani Bay and belongs to the west coast part of the Province. From General Santos City, the gateway to the Province, Maasim is reachable in just an hour. The 73rd Infantry Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines is said to be the "Army of Peace" and "Soldiers of Love" in the Province. Proofs of these are seen on the transformation of Fort Sarangani from a typical military camp into a haven of nature and pure relaxation. Unlike the usual military camps, Fort Santiago exudes an ambiance of serenity and harmony in the whole environs. Nestled on a hill, Fort Sarangani is a perfect place to enjoy the stunning view of the vast and tranquil bay of Sarangani. Being there, seeing and enjoying the calmness of bay from where I stood, I forgot that I was at a Military Camp. I felt I was in a highland resort overlooking such a spectacular scene. The view was just so gorgeous. It was actually my first ever visit to a military camp but never did I feel that I was in a military barracks that day. Thanks to the initiative of Col. Rodolfo Espuelas Jr, the Battalion Commander who initiated the development and beautification of Fort Sarangani. Initially, the said improvement of the Camp was for the benefit and enjoyment of the 73rd Infantry Battalion where soldiers can loosen up, unwind and relax from their tiring jobs and noble duties. When later discovered by other groups, Fort Santiago slowly gained a reputation as one of the perfect places to visit in Maasim. The Camp was then transformed into a stunning place where soldiers, tourists and locals can come and enjoy the place. There, I personally liked the Flirtation Park, one part of the Camp where a full view of the town of Maasim can be perfectly seen along with the Sarangani Bay. This is one of the special parts of the Camp often frequented by lonely soldiers wanting to be alone and reflect. Also worth mentioning is the Serenity Lounge made mostly of indigenous materials with bamboo as floorings. Like Flirtation Park, it also offers a breathtaking view of the Sarangani Bay. Visiting Fort Sarangani is absolutely free. Friendly soldiers there are willing to give their visitors a tour. The eye-catching view of Sarangani Bay from the Camp is definitely captivating. For that reason, Fort Sarangani is the perfect place to enjoy the beauty of Sarangani Bay while in the town of Maasim. I definitely had fun at the Fort Sarangani. It is a new experience. A new story. Something unique from all other places I visit. Kudos to these men in uniforms for their efforts to showcase that not all soldiers are trained for a combat but Soldiers can also be instruments of loveliness and enjoyment for fun seekers like me. Visit Maasim. Visit Fort Sarangani. This Blogger with 73rd IB Commander Col. Rodolfo Espuelas Jr.
Special thanks to the men and women of the 73rd Infantry Batallion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines headed by Col. Rodolfo Espuelas Jr. Also to the Provincial Government of Sarangani Province headed by Governor Migs Dominguez and was represented by BM Eleonor Saguiguit. And to the Mindano Tourism Council represented by Mr. Jon Perez. HOW TO GET THERE:
General Santos City is the gateway to the Province of Sarangani. It is reachable both by plane and boat. Public utility vehicles like buses, jeepneys and air-conditioned vans travel regularly to the different towns of Sarangani. The Town of MAASIM is reachable in one hour from General Santos City.
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Awesome view from the hill! Sarap magmuni-muni dito 🙂
Did that Clair when I was there. 🙂 thanks for dropping by.
Albertology says
haha…nice one lan….
Cge ko katawa sa fliratation area. I wonder how will they flirt with nature while thinking of their families.. Dami pumapasok sa isip ko. Maybe, this is the area where they apply the call of nature while thinking of their love ones (wife or chik). hahahhah lol
We actually have the same thoughts. Hahahahaha. 🙂 twas a good idea though. Hahahaha. 🙂 it will just serve the purpose. Hahahaha.
Rude Dolfo says
Camp Manuel Yan in Mawab (a camp named after Rico Yan's grandpa) HQ of the 10th Infantry Divison will also be developed into a tourism destination.
Wow. Is it also open for locals/tourists?
jimpanda701 says
Wow! nice na pla ang sarangani specially my place of malbang,maasim,sarangi province.nkaka homesick na d2 sa saudi hahaha…pwede ba mka visit jan admin.
Of course naman. Like I said, Fort Sarangani is now open for local and tourist who would like to come and see the place.


The KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (KAHER) was established by KLE Society (KLE Society or the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society is the founding father of the KLE University. Established in 1916). on 13th April 2006 under section 3A of the UGC Act, 1956 vide Government of India Notification No F.9-19/2000-U.3 (A) under the Chancellorship of Dr. Prabhakar Kore.
Ever since its inception the KAHER has not looked back & has achieved accolades from all sections of the society. Within a short time the University today stands boldly with its Triple 'A' status viz NAAC 'A' Grade with CGPA of 3.16 on 4, Grade A from University Grants Commission and Category 'A' from the Ministry of Human Resources Development Government of India. KAHER has also been ranked 4th among the cleanest Higher Educational Institutions in the country by Government of India (MHRD). National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF-2018), MHRD, GoI has ranked KAHER with 57th in 'University Category', 22nd in 'Pharmacy', 25th in 'Medical', 84th in 'Overall Category' At present, the KAHER has eight constituent units under its ambit and has Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Ayurveda, Physiotherapy and Nursing Science institutions offering under-graduate, post-graduate, post-doctoral / Ph.D. programs in the disciplines of Health Sciences, including inter-disciplinary research.
The teaching hospitals of the University are one of its crowning glories. The Dr. Prabhakar Kore Charitable Hospital & the Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Research Centre together have a whopping 2400 beds & are thus amongst the hospitals with maximum admission capacity in India . The Charitable Hospital has become a major support system to provide the best Medical & Surgical care absolutely free to the poor & needy patients in this part of Northern Karnataka. Today KAHER stands proud with the strength of meritorious students, dedicated and renowned faculty and an excellent teaching and learning process. The never ending quest for excellence has become the essence of the KAHER.
The KLE Society or the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society is the founding father of the KLE University. Established in 1916, the education society transformed Northern Karnataka into a fertile land of educational bounty. The KLE Society was established in the year 1916 and has been serving thousands of people in the field of education for nearly 10 decades. Presently, KLE Society manages a staggering 250 institutions including schools, colleges, technical institutions, research centers, health care & sciences and Business schools. The society runs the institutes in almost all the districts of Karnataka, parts of Maharashtra and even New Delhi. KLE Society ran 38 institutions in the year 1984 and over the years, 262 institutions have been set up during the period from 1984 to 2014 at different localities offering various courses. On 13th Nov 2016, KLE Society, Belagavi celebrates it's 100 years of service to people in the region and beyond. As part of the commemorations of this momentous occasion, the schools, colleges and other institutions of KLE participated in 'SHATAM', a series of cultural and sporting events that incorporate a myriad of human skills and expression.
Unmindful of the constraints, KLE ensures that every individual with a desire to learn, irrespective of which strata he/she belongs to in the society has access to infrastructure of international standards. Our well equipped hostels with modern facilities enable every student to enrich himself physically and mentally as well. To ensure that every student is keeping up with the latest developments in technology and the world, all the campuses house internet and IT facilities.
Our qualified teachers who are committed and dedicated to their professions strive to make learning a fascinating journey and experience for all. The collaborations with universities in the US, UK and Malaysia have added a whole new dimension to the K.L.E Society making it on par with reputed educational institutions worldwide. The legacy of selfless-service and sacrifice left behind by the founding fathers is pursued sincerely by the Management to this day. Under the unparalleled leadership of Dr. Prabhakar Kore, the KLE Institution has reached enviable heights. His spectacular chairmanship beyond 30 years, with the active support of his team of elected members, embodies the collective efforts of everyone in KLE, including 13,000 members of the trust, 1,10,262 students, and 16,000 strong faculty, in making KLE an international Education-destination.
Indian Journal of Health Sciences and Biomedical Research KLEU, a publication of KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (KAHER) (Print ISSN - 2542-6214, E-ISSN - 2542-6222) is a peer-reviewed online journal with 3 Issues print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal's full text is available online at http://www.ijournalhs.org. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository. The journal does not charge for submission, processing or publication of manuscripts and even for color reproduction of photographs. The Journal encourages academicians and clinicians from various disciplines of health sciences to contribute, review and to promote scientific work and practice evidence base medicine.
The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of Research articles in Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Nursing and Ayurveda. Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.


No, those lush a cappella harmonies aren't from the new Beach Boys album -- it's just the first 40 seconds of Everclear's "So Much for the Afterglow." After two albums that wrapped pop tunes inside abrasive punk assaults, this Portland trio tips the scales decisively toward the pop side on its third release: more elaborate arrangements, denser vocal treatments, more textured instrumentation. Art Alexakis' blunt-spoken tales of dysfunctional relationships sound like grunge leftovers, but his best turns of phrase -- "My daddy gave me a name, then he walked away" in "Father of Mine" -- are the stuff of radio anthems.


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By MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News
(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 92.4 million people worldwide and killed over 1.98 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Here's how the news is developing Thursday. All times Eastern:
Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI receive 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Pope Francis and his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
"I can confirm that as part of the Vatican City State vaccination program to date, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine has been administered to Pope Francis and the Pope Emeritus," Bruni said in a statement Thursday.
Francis, who turned 84 last month and had part of a lung removed when he was younger, reportedly received the shot Wednesday while Benedict, 93, reportedly got it Thursday.
Vatican City, an independent enclave surrounded by Rome that serves as the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church, launched the immunization campaign on Wednesday, administering doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.
The tiny city-state has a population of only around 800 people but employs more than 4,000. It's unclear how many doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been procured so far.
Vatican City citizens, along with employees and pensioners, will have the opportunity to receive the vaccine as well as family members who are entitled to use of the city-state's health care system. Priority is being given to health care workers, public safety personnel, the elderly and individuals who are most frequently in contact with the public, according to Bruni.
The vaccination campaign is voluntary and people under the age of 18 are being excluded for the time being, Bruni said.
Since the start of the pandemic, Vatican City has reported at least 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to a real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
US reports over 229,000 new cases
There were 229,610 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the United States on Wednesday, according to a real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
It's the ninth straight day that the country has reported more than 200,000 new cases. Wednesday's tally is less than the country's all-time high of 302,506 newly confirmed infections on Jan. 2, Johns Hopkins data shows.
An additional 3,959 new deaths from COVID-19 registered nationwide on Wednesday, down from a peak of 4,327 fatalities logged the previous day, according to Johns Hopkins data.
COVID-19 data may be skewed due to possible lags in reporting over the holidays followed by a potentially very large backlog.
A total of 23,079,163 people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, and at least 384,794 have died, according to Johns Hopkins data. The cases include people from all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and other U.S. territories as well as repatriated citizens.
Much of the country was under lockdown by the end of March as the first wave of pandemic hit. By May 20, all U.S. states had begun lifting stay-at-home orders and other restrictions put in place to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The day-to-day increase in the country's cases then hovered around 20,000 for a couple of weeks before shooting back up over the summer.
The numbers lingered around 40,000 to 50,000 from mid-August through early October before surging again to record levels, crossing 100,000 for the first time on Nov. 4, then reaching 200,000 on Nov. 27 before topping 300,000 on Jan. 2.
Another member of Congress tests positive
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., said Thursday morning that he's tested positive for COVID-19, one day after attending the impeachment vote on the House floor.
Espaillat said he's quarantining at home.
He tweeted, "I received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine last week and understand the affects take time. I have continued to be tested regularly, wear my mask and follow the recommended guidelines."
Eight lawmakers have tested positive since the Jan. 6 siege.
965,000 workers filed jobless claims last week
A total of 965,000 workers filed jobless claims last week, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday, an increase of 181,000 from the prior week.
The Labor Department also said that more than 18 million people were still receiving some form of unemployment benefits through all government programs for the week ending Dec. 26. For the comparable week in 2019, that figure was just above two million.
The weekly unemployment tally has fallen since peaking at 6.9 million in March but still remains elevated by historical standards.
The pre-pandemic record for weekly unemployment filings was 695,000 in 1982.
That record has been broken every week since late March.
As of last month, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 6.7%. It was 3.5% last February.
WHO experts arrive in Wuhan
An international team of scientists researching the origins of COVID-19 arrived on Thursday in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus was first discovered, the World Health Organization said.
"The experts will begin their work immediately during the 2 weeks quarantine protocol for international travelers," the WHO tweeted.
US could see up to 477,000 deaths by Feb. 6
This week's national released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that 16,200 to 29,600 more Americans will likely die in the week ending Feb. 2.
The national ensemble estimates a total of 440,000 to 477,000 COVID-19 deaths will be reported by that date.
Biden's first 100 days live updates: Biden slams Trump vaccine plan as 'dismal failure'


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Khatanga () is a rural locality (a selo) in Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Khatanga River on the Taymyr Peninsula. It is one of the northernmost inhabited localities in Russia. Its elevation is  above sea level. As of the 2002 Census, its population was 3,450.

The name Khatanga means "large water" in the local Evenki language. The locality is known to have existed since the 17th century. It is served by the Khatanga Airport.

Khatanga is relatively close to the Popigai impact structure, an asteroid impact structure and geological formation located in northern Siberia. The crater has been noted since September 2012 as a potential source of a significant new global supply of industrial diamonds.

Economy

Tourism
Khatanga is sometimes visited by Western sightseers touring the surrounding natural wilderness in Siberia. It has a hotel, a natural history museum, and weather reporting stations.

In 2019, mayor Yevgeny Vershinin announced plans to develop the locality to act as a hub for travelers on their way to the North Pole, hoping to compete with Longyearbyen, a Norwegian town on the island of Svalbard, for Arctic tourists. The locality has been used as a pit stop for northern expeditions in the past, with helicopters coming from Krasnoyarsk occasionally stopping there on their way to the North Pole.

The Khatanga airport is one of the largest and most operable in the Russian Arctic, with the main runway receiving renovations in 2009. However, the rest of the airport, especially the terminal, is in extremely poor condition.

Port
The locality is home to the ZAO Sea Commercial Port of Khatanga which accepts various Arctic cargo shipments. While the port only operates from June until September, it has five mooring berths capable of admitting vessels with draughts up to . Two of the berths service the port fleet, two receive general cargo, and one is reserved for oil products. Goods such as refrigerated cargo, timber, and bulk shipments of coal, sand, gravel, and oil are processed at the port.

Climate
Khatanga has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with short, mild summers and bitterly cold winters. Precipitation is quite low, but is somewhat heavier in summer, when it falls mostly as rain, than in the rest of the year, when it falls mostly as snow.

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Rural localities in Krasnoyarsk Krai
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District
Yeniseysk Governorate
Populated places of Arctic Russia
North Siberian Lowland

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PDM Plumbing, Heating, Cooling / Miscellaneous / After half an hour in water, why do fingers and toes become wrinkly?
After half an hour in water, why do fingers and toes become wrinkly?
To understand what's going on, you need to know a little anatomy according to Dr. Karl Kruszelnickl in Great Moments in Science.
"First, the skin of your fingers and toes has one of the highest densities of sweat glands anywhere on your skin.
Second, the skin of your fingers and toes are indeed work areas. The outer layers of the skin sit on the inner layers like sheets of corrugated iron, so that when you grab something, the different layers don't slip over each other. In fact, not only are they corrugated, the upper and lower layers are also tethered to each other, at intervals of about a millimetre.
And third, there are special organs in your fingers and toes called 'glomus bodies', which are involved in both sensing temperature, and then regulating temperature. A typical glomus body is about 0.25 — 0.5 millimetres across, communicates mostly via sympathetic nerves, and has arteries running directly into veins. If glomus bodies let the warm blood run directly from the artery into the vein, the warm blood heads back to the heart and the fingertip cools down. But if they don't let the warm blood take a short-cut, and instead, force it to perfuse through the fingertip, then the fingertip warms up.
So here are the five steps of Dr Wilder-Smith's theory. It's still a theory in the sense that not all, but most, of the steps have been proven or observed.
First, thanks to the huge numbers of sweat glands, water easily permeates into the skin of the fingers and toes.
Second, this water locally dilutes the normally tightly-regulated levels of salts in the skin.
Third, these diluted levels decrease the stability of the cell membranes in the local tissues, and leads to increased firing rates of the dense networks of sympathetic nerve fibres. These sympathetic nerves help control the diameter of the blood vessels in the fingers and toes, and when they fire off, they close down these blood vessels – both the regular blood vessels and those in the glomus bodies.
Fourth, now that the blood vessels in the fingers and toes are partially closed down, the volume of the fingers and toes shrinks.