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Nicholas "Cruz" Burris, 15, of Lansing, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, at home. He was born Nov. 15, 2007, in Shawnee Mission, Kan., the loving son of Andrew and Rhonda (Young) Burris.
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Cruz is survived by his parents; his siblings, Justice Burris and Jaci Burris; grandparents, Nyla Young and Stella (Stan) Fimowics; aunts, Linda (Keith) Thompson and Angela Rios; uncles, Jason (Anita) Young and Bryan Young; and cousins, Kraig (Lindsay) Thompson, Leah (Kyle) Perkuhn and their son, Kody, Landon Young, Kacia Young, Aven Young, Carson Young, Rachel Young, Theresa Escamilla, Delfino Escamilla, Vincent Moreno, Victoria Moreno.
He was preceded in death by two grandfathers, FL Young and Frank Burris; a brother, Julian Burris; and an aunt, Brenda Young.
Cruz had a passion for The Beatles. He loved playing his guitar, piano and writing music. He enjoyed family vacations and he especially loved hanging around his friends
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at Westside Family Church. A funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at the church. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Lansing Educational Foundation - funds will be delivered to the Lansing Educational Foundation "The Cruz Burris 1 pill can kill program"
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Wishing you peace to bring comfort, courage to face the days ahead and loving memories to forever hold in your hearts.
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Caitlin Gallagher
Posted Jan 23, 2023 at 10:43pm
Our family has been blessed to live next door to the Burris family. Their family welcomed us right away as neighbors. Cruz and Jaci showed up almost instantly to mow our lawn when we needed help. My kids loved their times being babysat by Cruz. He was a natural with kids and I know he enjoyed them. We miss you Cruz. Our hearts are broken. I know our kids will never forget you.
Tiffany Crain Posted Jan 24, 2023 at 12:29am
He was great our first summer here we met him as he was walking to the woods by our house and last year they built a snowman with our foster daughter. He will be missed.
Tiffany Crain
Andy Posted Jan 24, 2023 at 06:29am
Caitlin… thank you for being a wonderful neighbor… thank you for you thoughts and prayers..Cruz loved your children, and would anxiously discuss his babysitting experiences…he'd talk about the beautiful little personalities they have. We love you🇺🇸
Thank you, Caitlin… thank you for your thoughts and prayers and thank you for being great neighbors. Cruz loved babysitting your children… He anxiously came home and told stories of their little personalities and how awesome they were. We will all miss Cruz. We love you.
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Gary & Kim Elder
We were so very sorry to hear about Cruz. He was such a nice young man and we enjoyed visiting with him this past Fall. We will continue to keep you all in our thoughts and prayers. With Sympathy, Gary & Kim Elder
Gary and Kim, thank you for your sincere thoughts and prayers… We all miss him dearly. We love you.
Tiffany, thank you for the great memories. Cruz was a good boy and Cruz love to bring joy to everyone who met. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Andy
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Thinking and praying for all of you.
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Christie Brinkley Recalls the Time Donald Trump Tried to Woo Her Even Though He Was Married
"I've always found him smarmy, as in, 'Watch out, part the waves, the rich people are coming.'"
by Kyle Munzenrieder
Ron Galella, Ltd.
Add Christie Brinkley's name to the list of famous women who have claimed that President Donald Trump once tried to clumsily seduce them. Similar to other stars' stories, the incident occurred despite the fact that both Brinkley and Trump were already in relationships at the time.
The legendary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover star and longtime Cover Girl spokesmodel claims that the incident happened back in the '80s when, both Trump and Brinkley were heading to that most '80s of hotspots: Aspen, Colorado. Somehow, Trump had gotten word that Brinkley was on her way, so he phoned her up while she was staying at the Plaza Hotel and offered a ride to Colorado on his private jet. Brinkley, of course, was already in a high profile relationship with musician Billy Joel at the time.
"I reply, 'Thank you, but I have already arranged my flights.' 'So cancel them!' was his response and I say, 'No, thank you. I'm going with friends,'" she told Porter magazine.
Trump, of course, spent all of the '80s married to first wife Ivana Trump. "I knew he was married, and there he was asking me to go on this plane, he was kind of flirty about it. He was out chasing skirts," said Brinkley.
Despite the fact this is the President of the United States we're talking about here, none of this is particularly surprising. Salma Hayek and Brooke Shields have claimed that Trump also tried to woo them despite the fact that they already had boyfriends. More infamously, in that Access Hollywood tape, Trump himself admitted to the fact that he tried to "move on" Nancy O'Dell in Palm Beach despite the fact that she was married at the time.
Trump would eventually find success wooing at least one woman in Aspen—it's where his affair with Marla Maples started. That episode ended his marriage to Ivana; and, for a brief time in the '90s, Maples was the second Mrs. Trump.
It's probably obvious from her tone that Brinkley has no regrets. She's not particularly impressed by the President or his taste in interior design. "I'm done being discreet," she said. "I've had dinner with him. I've always found him smarmy, as in, 'Watch out, part the waves, the rich people are coming, everything is gold, solid 24-carat gold, the best, the greatest, nobody else has more gold on anything in their house than me. Did you bring a brush? Let's gold-leaf it!"
It really does remain a mystery why he didn't accept the Guggenheim's generous offer of a solid gold toilet. Everyone can see it's very Trump.
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The ACH550 is an adjustable frequency AC drive designed specifically for the HVAC market; this drive achieves the ultimate in flexible motor control performance.


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More colleges to accept students through NEAT
By Kim Bo-eun
More universities will be using National English Ability Test (NEAT) scores as a measurement of English skills in selecting students starting next year, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Thursday.
According to the ministry, 34 universities across the nation will use NEAT scores in the early admissions process, up from seven this year. Those schools will be accepting NEAT scores for a special admission method which selects students who have outstanding English skills.
Students will be able to submit NEAT scores along with those of other standardized English tests such as TOEFL, TOEIC or TEPS.
Among the schools, 25 are four-year universities and nine are two-year colleges. These schools are located in regions across the nation.
The government created NEAT in order to replace the English subject in the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). One of the main reasons behind the plan was to supplement the current test which is based on reading comprehension and a bit of listening, to include writing and speaking sections as well.
But as it will take several years until the replacement takes place, the education ministry is trying to first implement the test through the early admissions process, a ministry official said.
"Through having schools admit students based on their NEAT scores, we are undergoing a trial period through which we can fix shortcomings of the test until it is officially introduced," said Park Sang-hwa, senior supervisor at the ministry's English education policy division.
"We plan to continue increasing the number of schools that utilize NEAT scores in the early admission process until it officially takes its place in the CSAT," he said.
The ministry is offering information about NEAT and programs through which the students can study for the test, on the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation's NEAT portal website as well as the Educational Broadcasting Service's website for English educational broadcasts.
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I am so happy to announce that Winter Queen has officially released! It is now available to order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
If you missed the Facebook launch party last night, I wanted to let you all know it was super fun! Lots of people checked in and participated, but I think the big success of the evening was the Rafflecopter contest! We had two winners come out of that and I look forward to doing another one soon!
She will bring a storm like none they've ever seen … and change the world forever.
It's been five years since Roderick Kael murdered King Vihaan Sundragon, claiming the throne of Sunkai and all of Nfaros for himself. Five years since the Princesses Adlae, Mirae, and Brae were forced to give up everything they've ever known. Five years since the Creator of All allowed winter's snow to fall. But now the wind stirs with a familiar chill. Winter is coming down from the Ice Mountains, brought by the only one who can wield the storm. The Winter Queen herself.
In a faraway wood, one who survived watches and waits for her chance to reclaim what is hers by blood and birthright. Within the walls of the city, another bears the burden of survival and the consequences that came with it. Across the sea, from the distant mountains, two strangers come in search of one who can save them from the ice of winter.
Within the palace of Sunkai, evil stirs. Loyalties are tried; love tested. And amidst these strange events, the Winter Queen prepares her storm … and Nfaros is not ready for her rage.
I am super excited to share these characters with you! This story blossomed into something I never expected and the three Sundragon sisters are very dear to my heart now. When I wrote this book, I knew I wanted to create strong sibling bonds, as well as fierce female characters to inspire readers. I truly hope I accomplished that!
I hope you will enjoy this story and these characters as much as I enjoyed writing about them! Don't forget, Winter Queen is now available to order!
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And a sixth, I guess: I'm very proud of them! Here are brief descriptions, and a list of some of their other distinct and shared traits.
The author of Openly Straight returns with an epic road trip involving family history, gay history, the girlfriend our hero can't have, the grandfather he never knew, and the very prickly Porcupine of Truth.
Best friends, big fans, a mysterious webcomic, and a long-lost girl collide in this riveting mystery, perfect for fans of both Cory Doctorow and Sarah Dessen, and illustrated throughout with comic art.
You know the hair, the tower, and the witch. But in the land of Tyme, that's just the start of the story . . .
The friends: See title . . . if they can work it out.
Thank you for checking these books out!


This looks like it should be an excellent show. I'll certainly be watching, though my housemate did comment that it was slightly unfortunate that I felt the need to watch a 'Beginners' show just days after I did my anatomy exam.
I'm not entirely sure on the ethical side of this exercise, but things that increase the general public's knowledge of health issues are generally positive, and provided the cadaver was donated with informed consent about the TV dissection, then I think it would be difficult to pick any particularly strong ethical arguments out of the situation. Though I admit that I'm not entirely familiar with the background of the programme, so I can't say that I'm entirely comfortable with the concept. But we'll see. The show itself should be great.
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Skin allergies are a very common form of allergies, and 20% of people have skin allergies. Symptoms of skin allergies are itching, and may also be accompanied by redness and swelling, blisters, or symptoms such as scarring and oozing of the lesion; these conditions vary in shape and size. Occasionally, chest tightness, numbness, swelling, etc. may occur; when these symptoms appear, it is skin allergies. Other skin allergy symptoms include itchy skin, sneezing, runny nose, tears, rashes, airway obstruction, or skin conditions such as urticaria. In extremely rare cases, an allergic reaction can even be life-threatening, such as a condition called anaphylactic shock.
With the extensive use of cosmetics, skin diseases caused by cosmetics have also increased significantly, and skin allergies are one of the most common ones. In order to prevent skin allergies, after the cosmetics are bought back, do not apply directly to the face. You must first do a skin allergy test on cosmetics to prevent adverse effects after extensive use and to ensure safe use. Any replacement of cosmetics (skin care products), as long as the first use of the brand should be allergy testing, allergy testing methods, generally can be a small amount of testing in the ear, can also be a simple test in the hand. In short, the small-scale test of the face is effective in predicting whether cosmetics are suitable, especially those with allergic skin, so as not to cause unnecessary consequences. Shumin allergy cosmetics, the materials used in general are purely natural, and now there is no cosmetic that can make any skin allergic to cosmetic allergies. Because cosmetic allergies are classified as oily skin allergies, and dry skin allergies, it is important to choose the product that suits you. Try not to change cosmetics frequently, use zero-burden products, plant water products, skin care, and damage will be the lowest, and always understand the nature of your skin, to protect yourself.
The cause of skin allergies is due to certain ingredients in cosmetics, which cause irritation to the skin cells, causing the skin cells to produce antibodies, which leads to allergies. Many of the cosmetics currently on the market are made from chemical raw materials. The harmful additives such as emulsifiers, perfumes, pigments, fungicides, and preservatives are very harmful to the skin.
Preservative: It produces 100% active oxygen and is one of the culprits of skin aging.
Generally, after using water emulsion, it is more comfortable. The skin absorbs nutrients more smoothly and does not have other symptoms. When using the purchased water lotion to make your skin appear itchy and red and swollen, it proves that your face has a problem and is slightly allergic. In addition, the symptoms of this allergy often appear on people with dry faces, so people with dry skin can almost be confirmed as allergic when such symptoms occur.
The skin is in a normal state of water and oil balance and the skin is in a normal state. However, if the healthy skin suddenly appears to have acne or red sputum, it proves that the skin at this time is different from the health problem. This is generally the case when the selection of water and milk is inappropriate, resulting in insufficient moisture in the skin and excessive absorption of fat, so the face suddenly appears such a problem.
Many times, the problem of fever on the face does not make many people care, so after a long time, other symptoms or fever frequency will become higher. After using the inappropriate water emulsion, it will irritate the skin of the face, and then the face may have a fever or a symptom of redness on the face. Therefore, it is not a problem with the body but an allergic skin. Therefore, for such detailed symptoms, it is necessary to pay special attention to the symptoms of facial allergy.
Nowadays, the main effect of cosmetics is more and the quality of the ingredients is uneven, so it is not a good choice for those who are not very familiar with the ingredients. The use of products containing alcohol or other ingredients on the skin can irritate the skin barrier, which in turn reduces the ability of the stratum corneum to retain water and absorb water, causing symptoms of dryness. Therefore, after using the water lotion many times, there is still a feeling of tightness. At this time, the skin has generally developed into a moderately mild allergic stage.
When the water is used improperly, it will irritate the sebum membrane of the skin and make the keratin become thinner to a certain extent. When the stimulating component is added, the overall resistance of the skin will decrease. Therefore, the overall skin will not be able to lock in moisture and important nutrients, so healthy skin will become much drier and peeling off. At the same time, the skin may be allergic to other symptoms at the same time. The skin peeling of the skin is only a manifestation of water shortage and may mislead some users.
Conclusion: I believe that everyone who has seen the "symptoms of cosmetic allergies" introduced today will have some insights, but for many people, there may be a symptom or several simultaneous occurrences. Therefore, it is necessary to pay close attention to the slight discomfort after using the cosmetics on the skin to prevent the skin allergies from developing into moderate or severe problems and not to repair them.


Learning to cook squash will give you the tools that you need to prepare one of nature's most available and versatile vegetables. Packed with antioxidants, Vitamin A, cartoons and dietary fiber, squash can be cooked in a variety of ways and will fill you up without costing you a lot of calories.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (205 C).
Wash the outside of the squash and pat it dry with paper towel.
Decide whether or not to peel your squash.
You can cut up and roast thin-skinned summer squash without peeling it.
If you want to roast winter squash in bite-sized pieces, then you should peel it with a sharp knife.
If you want to roast larger pieces of winter squash, simply slice the squash in half. Then, use a spoon to remove the seeds. Prick the skin with a fork to prepare it for roasting.
Spread small pieces of squash in a thin layer over the bottom of a roasting pan and sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Drizzle them with some olive oil.
If you're roasting a large winter squash, sprinkle the cut side with salt and pepper and drizzle it with a bit of olive oil. Place both halves of the squash, skin side down, on a metal roasting pan sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake the squash. Thin-skinned squash cut into small pieces will roast in about 20 to 30 minutes. Thicker-skinner squash cut in large pieces will take 30 to 45 minutes to roast.
Test the squash for doneness. The flesh should be tender and easy to pierce with a fork.
Taste the squash for seasonings. Add salt and pepper if needed.
Serve your roasted squash. Scoop small pieces onto a plate alongside your main dish. Large pieces can be served individually, or you can scoop out the filling and mash or puree it.
Rinse the squash under cool running water and pat it dry. Cut off both ends.
Slice the squash into rings or into small chunks. Peeling summer squash is not necessary.
Season the squash with salt and pepper.
Heat some olive oil in a skillet over medium-high until it starts to shimmer. You can also cook a flavorful meat, like pancetta or bacon, in your skillet to render its fat. Then, you remove the meat and sauté the squash in the rendered fat.
Turn the heat down to medium. Sauté the squash until the exterior begins to brown and caramelize.
Remove the squash from the skillet to serve it. Taste it for seasoning and add salt and pepper as needed.
Serve the sauteed squash in a bowl or serve it on a plate paired with a main dish.
Rinse summer squash and pat it dry. Slice both ends off of the squash and slice the remainder into thin rings.
Sprinkle the squash with a generous amount of salt and pepper.
Crack an egg and pour the yolk and white into a bowl. Lightly beat the egg with a fork, and sprinkle the beaten egg with salt and pepper.
Pour cornmeal or flour into a separate bowl.
Place both bowls next to the stovetop so that you can batter your squash and then quickly drop it into the hot oil.
Pour 2 cups of canola oil into a heavy-bottomed skilled. Heat the oil to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (175 C), checking the temperature with a candy thermometer.
Dip the squash into the egg using either some tongs or your fingers. Then, dip the squash into the flour or cornmeal.
Place the battered squash pieces into a mesh basket. Lower the contents of the basket into the heated oil.
Cook the squash pieces until they brown and float to the top of the oil. Remove them with the mesh basket, and place them on plates lined with paper towels to drain the oil.
Serve the deep-fried squash. The pieces are flavorful enough to serve on their own, but you can also provide a small container of ranch dressing for dipping.
Scrub squash with a vegetable brush under cool water and pat them dry with a paper towel.
Cut the squash in half or lengthwise. Pierce the skin with a fork so that the steam can escape.
Season the squash generously with salt and pepper. Place the pieces cut side down in a microwave-safe bowl and add 1/4 cup (60 mL) of water.
Cover the bowl with a damp paper towel. Cook the squash on high for 5 to 20 minutes until the squash is tender when you pierce it with a fork.
Prepare the squash for grilling by rinsing it. If you're using wooden skewers, then soak the skewers in water for 30 minutes.
Cut your squash into 1" (2.5 cm) cubes and season them with salt and pepper. Place the squash onto the skewers and brush the cubes with oil or melted butter.
Spray your grill rack with cooking spray. Place the squash directly on the rack and cook the pieces over medium-heat for 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Remove the squash when the exterior begins to blacken and the flesh is tender.
Preheat the grill to 350ºF/180ºC.
Cut the squash in halves.
Drizzle olive oil over each half prior to adding to the grill.
Add salt and pepper to taste. You can also use other seasonings, as preferred.
Lay on a tray. Place under or on the grill (depending on whether you're using a top-down or bottom-up grill).
Grill for 6 minutes per side.
Remove from the grill. Serve immediately.
Can I cook squash in water?
Yes, of course! You can boil it in water, for example.
Can I bake squash with cinnamon and sugar?
Since squash is mildly sweet on its own, this might taste lovely. Try it.
Can I roast a whole squash in the oven?
Yes. Bake it in the oven in some some sort of pan. Cook it until it feels soft when you stick a fork or knife in it.
Can I cook squash in a slow cooker?
How do I blanch fresh squash for freezing?
I have round green squash. How do I cook it?
Can you cook squash in a rotisserie?
Is it safe to eat squash that is still a little green on the inside?
Buy peeled and cubed winter squash at your grocery store for convenience. Just remember to consume it within a couple of days because it will soften and deteriorate quickly.
If you want to use butternut squash in soup, then roast it halved in the oven instead of peeling and boiling it. When the squash cools, you can simply scoop the flesh out of the peel and then puree it in a blender or food processor.
Squash is versatile enough to pair well with either sweet or savory seasonings. For sweet butternut or acorn squash, try brown sugar and cinnamon. For a savory twist, sprinkle roasted butternut squash with curry powder.
When you choose a squash at the market, look for a vegetable that is firm and heavy for its size. Winter squash should have a thick skin and a woody rind.
Avoid choosing squash that have moldy or sunken spots. Also avoid squash with punctures in the skin.
If you want to make roasted squash, preheat the oven to 400 °F, then wash the squash and pat it dry with a paper towel. If you're cooking thin-skinned summer squash, you can cook it without peeling it. For winter squash, you can either peel it or slice the squash in half, prick the skin with a fork, and remove the seeds with a spoon. Spread the squash in a single layer on a cooking sheet and season with salt, pepper, and olive oil, then bake the squash for 20-30 minutes or until you can easily pierce it with a fork. For more tips, including how to cook squash in the microwave or even how to grill squash, read on!
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Whipps Chooses People Over Party
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State Representative Susannah Whipps officially changes voter registration from Republican to Unenrolled (Independent)
2nd Franklin District Rep. Susannah Whipps of Athol has officially changed her voter registration from republican to unenrolled (independent). "I represent a district where nearly 2/3 of the voters are unaffiliated with any major political party" explained Whipps. Public records show that 65% of voters in the 2nd Franklin District are unenrolled, 22% are registered as members of the Democratic Party, and 12% are registered as members of the Republican Party.
"Serving as state representative while not affiliating with either major political party will allow me to more effectively utilize the relationships I have developed with the members and leadership on both sides of the aisle, and will allow me to better serve all of the people of my district, without the obligation of towing any particular party line," Whipps continued. "I want my party affiliation to reflect my position as an independent voice for the people of my district."
The second-term representative, whose district includes Athol, Belchertown - precinct A, Erving, Gill, New Salem, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Templeton, Warwick and Wendell, currently serves on the Joint Committee on Higher Education, the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use & Recovery, and has been a republican member of the House Ethics Committee. "Leadership has the authority to change my committee assignments," said Whipps, "however, I have requested to remain on the Higher Education Committee and the Mental Health, Substance Use & Recovery Committee, which is particularly relevant to me as it is a topic I feel very passionately about and is also very important and helpful to the people of my district."
"I often say that the federal government could look at Massachusetts as a model, in regards to the way our legislature and state government operates," said Whipps. "That contrasts sharply with politics at the national level, where the current political atmosphere has become unpalatable for me and many other folks I know. The once healthy, lively debate of issues has turned to almost constant partisan attacks." Whipps continued, "This is a decision that I have spent a great deal of time making. I look forward to having the freedom to support colleagues and candidates regardless of their party affiliation, and I look forward to continuing to work hard for the great people of this district and the Commonwealth."
Whipps spent some time reaching out to her neighboring colleagues as well as legislative and party leadership last week to make this transition as smooth and undisruptive as possible. "I just want to do my job and that being said, I don't intend to make any further comments on this change," she said. "The purpose of this change is to avoid partisan bickering and politics as usual, and accordingly I will not engage in any commentary that suggests blame, reaction to any particular person or incident, or anything other than professional growth and a desire to best align with and serve the people of my district."
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Benjamin Terrier, MD, PhD: Rituximab for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Conferences | American College of Rheumatology Convergence (ACR)
Benjamin Terrier, MD, PhD, discusses his study and ACR presentation, "Rituximab versus Conventional Therapeutic Strategy for Remission Induction in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Double-blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial."
Rheumatology Network interviewed Benjamin Terrier, MD, PhD, to discuss his study and ACR presentation, "Rituximab versus Conventional Therapeutic Strategy for Remission Induction in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Double-blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial." Terrier is a Professor of Internal Medicine at Cochin Hospital in France.
Rheumatology Network: Can you give me a bit of background on eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) and what inspired your team to study the efficacy of rituximab for treating this condition?
Benjamin Terrier, MD, PhD: EGPA is a systemic disease belonging to the family of anca associated vasculitis. So, it's inflammation of the vessel walls that are associated with antibodies against the neutrophils type of white blood cells that we named anca. And so far, there was almost no studies evaluating the treatments in EGPA, because it's a rare disease. The management was based on all the studies that evaluated the efficacy of the conventional immunosuppressive agents, mainly glucocorticoids and immunosuppressive agents like cyclophosphamide and azathioprine. In the recent French and US recommendation to manage this disease, the question of rituximab efficacy was raised mainly because in the 2 other diseases belonging to the same family, rituximab was demonstrated to be a major treatment. But the pathophysiology of EGPA is a little bit different. That's why we had to evaluate in a prospective, randomized, double-blind study the efficacy of rituximab. Some really small retrospective studies suggested that it could be an effective therapy.
RN: What was the study design that your team developed?
BT: We did a parallel group phase 3 study, which was the comparison of a rituximab-based regimen. So, a combination of glucocorticoids plus rituximab, compared to the conventional strategy, which is based on the severity of the disease. We have a tool, a 5 factor score, which is an a list of 5 items and if there if there isn't at least 1 of these items, the disease is considered to be severe. If there are no items, it's a non-severe disease. The conventional strategy is, in case of non-severe disease, you treat with glucocorticoids alone, and in case of severe disease, you treat with a combination of glucocorticoids plus cyclophosphamide.
RN: And what were the results of your study?
BT: The main results is, first, it was a superiority research. So we made the hypothesis that rituximab could be more effective than the conventional strategy. The first result is that it's a negative study showing that rituximab is not superior to the conventional strategy. The rate of complete remission, which was evaluated at 6 months, day 180, showed very similar results. So, it means that for the primary outcome, and for all the secondary outcome, the results were extremely similar between the 2 groups. We can consider that It's negative study. But we could also consider that maybe in some conditions, rituximab could be an alternative to cyclophosphamide, which you probably know could be really detrimental in young female, for instance, because of the toxicity on fertility. But as an epidemiological point of view, we can say that it's a similar result because it was not a non-inferiority study. We also made some subgroup analyses to identify if these results were different according to the subgroups of patients, such as the patients with anca, the patients with severe disease, and the patients with non-severe disease. The results were the same in all of the subgroups.
RN: Were you surprised by the results?
BT: Not really, because the hypothesis to get a superiority of rituximab compared to the conventional strategy was a very difficult goal to achieve. And we know that the results with the conventional strategy are quite good. So, getting superiority for rituximab was possible, but not the most probabl. But I think it was very important to make the study because so far, for instance, the very recent recommendations were recommending both cyclophosphamide or rituximab, but without getting any data. And I think now, we are able to make some recommendation based on quality data, which is always important to try to find a better management for these patients.
RN: Is there anything else that you would like our audience to know?
BT: No, I think it's important now to evaluate new strategies, especially therapy treatments targeting the interleukin 5. And I think that this study showed that we can make some academic studies in EGPA. It was the first double-blind academic study conducted so far in the world. And I think it showed that we can make some studies in this rare disease, and I hope that we and colleagues will also conduct other studies on these diseases.
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If you thought the first day of the 2018 ONE Musicfest was special, Day 2 was even better.
ONE Musicfest is the Southeast's largest annual urban progressive music festival, featuring a diverse range of music, including classic and next generation hip-hop, soulful R&B, alternative, and rock. After starting in 2010, ONE Musicfest is now recognized as one of the most highly-anticipated celebrations of the arts in the Southeast, with this year's festival expecting an attendance of 20,000 music lovers from throughout the country.
On September 10, 2018 Day 2 of the 9th Annual ONE Musicfest at Central Park in Atlanta ended with an epic finale concert featuring 2 Chainz, T.I., Big Boi, Monica, August Greene, George Clinton & Parliament, Kelis, Rapsody, DJ KP the Great, ATL Crunk Set artists DJ Nabs, Youngbloodz, Ying Yang Twins, Trillville, Eastside Boyz, and Kilo Ali and many more.
2 Chainz took the crowd through his catalog from his days as Tity Boi all the the way to his upcoming album 'Rap or Go to the League'. Known as the King of the South for his dope wordplay and many hustles, T.I. bought the Trap to Central Park while showing the world that you can be a family man while handling your business as a entertainer.
If you missing Day 2 of or if you just want to recap a great day of fun, checkout the pics from Sunday's events. (photo credit:Samantha Yancey (@yanceyphoto), Wildy Civil (@nikonpapi) for ONE Musicfest).


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Keep them in some order that makes sense to you so that reassembly will be easier. In addition, the pinch roller is stuck in place. If you have additional documentation please consider donating a copy to our free archive. Please check with your customs office. Sometimes you need to use a heat source to loosen up the grease before it will come off. I will only be able to ship this item to the address listed on your Paypal, unless special arrangement are made.
The pinch roller assembly has been removed. Sometimes they can be freed up with some light oil at the pivot points after the flywheels are removed. Everything back together and about ready for some bench testing. Reviewed Mar 06th, 2016 by I have had on of these for some time now and it is a hell of a deck! It's a good idea to go ahead and do a complete cleaning of all the old lubricants and re-lubricating while you have it apart to change the belt. It's time for some music! There is also a smaller and easier to remove bottom faceplate that needs to be removed. This Teac open reel recorder had an issue with an intermittent left channel. If you have any concerns or questions, please email me immediately, I will get back to you as soon as I possibly can.
. The first check on the test bench for any vintage reel to reel repair or restoration is to make some basic wow and flutter tests. Payment must be made within 3 days unless other arrangements are made. With the faceplate removed you can now more easily remove the decades old grease that has seen better days and reapply new grease. This arm many times is frozen and you find that you can not remove it by pulling on it. Remember there are two pinch roller assemblies.
The pinch roller assembly will pull off the shaft. The picture below shows a close up of the capstan pulley with what is left of the belt. Take pictures and make notes in case you get into trouble. Once again always have the service manual available before you disassemble the X-1000. I always take any dirty units outside for cleaning. The new drive belt has been installed in this Teac X-1000 reel to reel tape deck.
The problem is that once you have gotten your nifty new product, the teac a 6600 reel tape recorder service manual gets a brief glance, maybe a once over, but it often tends to get discarded or lost with the original packaging. With the capstan flywheel removed you are getting closer to being able to get that old pinch roller grease cleaned up. I've removed the top cover on this Teac X-1000 open reel tape deck and I see that the capstan belt has turned to goo on the flywheels. The pinch rollers were stuck. Register a Free 1 month Trial Account. This is a common problem with vintage teac reel to reels.
Years of grime to clean out. This Teac X-1000 reel to reel repair and restoration is complete. Turning the pot and breaking the corrosion fixed it. If the outside is dirty you can bet that the inside is dirty also. I've got some photos of my tear-down if you would like me to email them to you.
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Remove the capstan flywheel for starters and the pinch roller mechanism. I will always leave positive feedback after a successful auction. You will need to remove the capstan flywheel to get to the pinch roller assembly. Now after removing the flywheels it's time to clean what's left of the drive belt from them also. Then the switches and pots can be accessed for cleaning. Teac no longer produces test tapes.


AA RESCUE are warning parents to prep their cars ahead of the expected avalanche of traffic on Monday, as schools reopen across South Dublin County.
Motorists are advised to check the condition of their car this weekend – AA Rescue warning that Monday could be a particularly busy day for breakdowns, particularly with heavy frost expected on Sunday night.
Parents are advised to start their car for a few minutes over the weekend, particularly if it has been idle for a significant period of time over the Christmas period, to ensure their battery is still functioning.
Other basic car checks, include checking all lights are working.
"Many parents, especially if their children are younger, will have opted or needed to take additional time off from work over the Christmas holidays, meaning that some may not have used their car at all in the past fortnight," said Conor Faughnan, AA Director of Consumer Affairs.
Faughnan recommends starting idle cars for "a few minutes" on Saturday morning, and if it doesn't start, motorists have time to fix it or visit a garage that day.
"For those who have already returned to work, it's also advisable to start leaving a little earlier from next Monday as the end of the school holidays will mean increased traffic," he said.


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HomeHS Football2014 WCAC football playoffs preview
2014 WCAC football playoffs preview
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The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference football season is over and the playoffs are quickly approaching. Four teams will take the big stage on Sunday, but only two teams will be playing for the championship.
The first game of the playoffs is a renewal of a classic football rivalry as DeMatha (7-3) takes on Gonzaga (8-2). The last time these two teams meet, DeMatha won the game 28-20.
Going into halftime, the Stags were down 20-7. DeMatha used a strong second half to walk away with the win. Junior running back Lorenzo Harrison (Maryland) led the way with 155 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
Gonzaga look to get revenge on DeMatha, and the Purple Eagles have a chance. The Eagles have a lot of weapons on offense that could play a huge factor in the game. Senior running back Reggie Corbin (Illinois), and sophomore running back Tyree Randolph are two players on the Eagles offense to look out for. Corbin ran for 927 yards and 14 touchdowns, while Randolph tallied 776 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns. Other players to keep an eye on are senior quarterback Nick Johns (Virginia) and senior wide receiver Jabari Greenwood (Kentucky).
It was another great season for the Stags. Despite losing most of its players from last year's team due to graduation, Stags still made their mark as one of the top teams in the conference and area.
Offensively, DeMatha is led by sophomore running back Anthony McFarland, who ran for 1058 yards and 11 touchdowns. Harrison only played in six out of the ten games this season, but in those six games he ran for a total of 576 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Defensively, DeMatha was led by junior linebacker Shane Simmons (Penn State), senior defensive tackle Julius Combes and senior safety Tyler Green (Ohio State).
Expect the Stags to attack Gonzaga's defense with their run game. If McFarland and Harrison get going, there is no way in stopping them. They are two athletes with great speed that can run for big yards. Look for the Stags to throw the football as well. Their passing game is just as good as their run game.
Game time: 12:00pm
Location: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Prediction: DeMatha over Gonzaga 26-21
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The second game of the WCAC playoffs is between the Good Counsel Falcons and the Bishop McNamara Mustangs. Good Counsel blew out McNamara 45-21 in the last matchup. Falcons junior quarterback Andres Castillo threw for 157 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore running back Mohamed Ibrahim ran for 178 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Good Counsel ended the regular season as the best team in the WCAC with a record of 9-1 and 6-0 conference record. After losing in the playoffs last year to DeMatha, the Falcons look to win today and get back into the championship.
Bishop McNamara is going to be the underdogs in this year's playoffs. This season the Mustangs were 4-6 and 3-3 in the conference. With wins against St. John's and Bishop O'Connell late in the season, McNamara was able to squeeze its way into playoffs.
Quarterback Ramar William has been the entire McNamara offense. He threw for a total of 2,323 yards and 21 touchdowns. He led the team in rushing yards with 496 yards.
Good Counsel are huge favorites to win this game, but when it comes to Bishop McNamara expect the unexpected. The Mustangs are a team that will surprise their opponents and find a way to win.
Game time: 4:00pm
Prediction: Good Counsel over Bishop McNamara 27-17
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Men, women and children (age 7 and older) that are low income, uninsured or underinsured.
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Donations help cover costs for lab work, x-rays, medications and supplies for patients.


If you are using LevelDB in a 1.x version of Riak, are upgrading to 2.0, and wish to keep using your old app.config file for configuration, make sure to follow the steps for setting the total_leveldb_mem_percent parameter in the 2.0 upgrade guide.
eLevelDB is an Erlang application that encapsulates LevelDB, an open-source, on-disk key/value store created by Google Fellows Jeffrey Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat.
LevelDB is a relatively new entrant into the growing list of key/value database libraries, but it has some very interesting qualities that we believe make it an ideal candidate for use in Riak. LevelDB's storage architecture is more like BigTable's memtable/sstable model than it is like Bitcask. This design and implementation provide the possibility of a storage engine without Bitcask's RAM limitation.
Note: Riak uses a fork of LevelDB. The code can be found on Github.
There is now only one performance-related setting that Riak users need to define—leveldb.total_mem_percent—as LevelDB now dynamically sizes the file cache and block sizes based upon active vnodes assigned to the node.
The LevelDB backend in Riak 2.0 utilizes a new, faster threading model for background compaction work on .sst table files. The new model has increased throughput by at least 10% in all test scenarios.
Delete operations now receive priority handling in compaction selection, which means more aggressive reclaiming of disk space than in previous versions of Riak's LevelDB backend.
Nodes storing massive key datasets (e.g. in the billions of keys) now receive increased throughput due to automatic management of LevelDB's block size parameter. This parameter is slowly raised to increase the number of files that can open simultaneously, improving random read performance.
License — The LevelDB and eLevelDB licenses are the New BSD License and the Apache 2.0 License, respectively. We'd like to thank Google and the authors of LevelDB at Google for choosing a completely FLOSS license so that everyone can benefit from this innovative storage engine.
Enabling compression means more CPU usage but less disk space. Compression is especially good for text data, including raw text, Base64, JSON, etc.
LevelDB may have to do a few disk seeks to satisfy a read; one disk seek per level and, if 10% of the database fits in memory, one seek for the last level (since all of the earlier levels should end up cached in the OS buffer cache for most filesystems) whereas if 1% fits in memory, LevelDB will need two seeks.
eLevelDb's default behavior can be modified by adding/changing parameters in the eleveldb section of the riak.conf. The section below details the parameters you'll use to modify eLevelDB.
The leveldb.maximum_memory.percent setting is only available in the newer configuration system.
Below are general configuration recommendations for Linux distributions. Individual users may need to tailor these settings for their application.
For production environments, please see System Performance Tuning for the recommended /etc/sysctl.conf settings.
Beginning with the 2.6 kernel, Linux gives you a choice of four I/O elevator models. We recommend using the NOOP elevator. You can do this by changing the scheduler on the Linux boot line: elevator=noop.
The ext4 filesystem defaults include two options that increase integrity but slow performance. Because Riak's integrity is based on multiple nodes holding the same data, these two options can be changed to boost LevelDB's performance. We recommend setting: barrier=0 and data=writeback.
If CPU throttling is enabled, disabling it can boost LevelDB performance in some cases.
If you are using https protocol, the 2.6 kernel is widely known for stalling programs waiting for SSL entropy bits. If you are using https, we recommend installing the HAVEGE package for pseudorandom number generation.
We recommend setting clocksource=hpet on your Linux kernel's boot line. The TSC clocksource has been identified to cause issues on machines with multiple physical processors and/or CPU throttling.
We recommend setting vm.swappiness=0 in /etc/sysctl.conf. The vm.swappiness default is 60, which is aimed toward laptop users with application windows. This was a key change for MySQL servers and is often referenced in database performance literature.
LevelDB is a Google-sponsored open source project that has been incorporated into an Erlang application and integrated into Riak for storage of key/value information on disk. The implementation of LevelDB is similar in spirit to the representation of a single Bigtable tablet (section 5.3).
Files in the young level may contain overlapping keys. However files in other levels have distinct non-overlapping key ranges. Consider level number L where L >= 1. When the combined size of files in level-L exceeds (10^L) MB (i.e. 10MB for level-1, 100MB for level-2, …), one file in level-L, and all of the overlapping files in level-(L+1) are merged to form a set of new files for level-(L+1). These merges have the effect of gradually migrating new updates from the young level to the largest level using only bulk reads and writes (i.e., minimizing expensive disk seeks).
When the size of level L exceeds its limit, LevelDB will compact it in a background thread. The compaction picks a file from level L and all overlapping files from the next level L+1. Note that if a level-L file overlaps only part of a level-(L+1) file, the entire file at level-(L+1) is used as an input to the compaction and will be discarded after the compaction. Compactions from level-0 to level-1 are treated specially because level-0 is special (files in it may overlap each other). A level-0 compaction may pick more than one level-0 file in case some of these files overlap each other.
A compaction merges the contents of the picked files to produce a sequence of level-(L+1) files. LevelDB will switch to producing a new level-(L+1) file after the current output file has reached the target file size (2MB). LevelDB will also switch to a new output file when the key range of the current output file has grown enough to overlap more then ten level-(L+2) files. This last rule ensures that a later compaction of a level-(L+1) file will not pick up too much data from level-(L+2).
Compactions for a particular level rotate through the key space. In more detail, for each level L, LevelDB remembers the ending key of the last compaction at level L. The next compaction for level L will pick the first file that starts after this key (wrapping around to the beginning of the key space if there is no such file).
Level-0 compactions will read up to four 1MB files from level-0, and at worst all the level-1 files (10MB) (i.e., LevelDB will read 14MB and write 14MB in that case).
Other than the special level-0 compactions, LevelDB will pick one 2MB file from level L. In the worst case, this will overlap with approximately 12 files from level L+1 (10 because level-(L+1) is ten times the size of level-L, and another two at the boundaries since the file ranges at level-L will usually not be aligned with the file ranges at level-L+1). The compaction will therefore read 26MB, write 26MB. Assuming a disk IO rate of 100MB/s, the worst compaction cost will be approximately 0.5 second.
If we throttle the background writing to a reasonably slow rate, for instance 10% of the full 100MB/s speed, a compaction may take up to 5 seconds. If the user is writing at 10MB/s, LevelDB might build up lots of level-0 files (~50 to hold the 5*10MB). This may significantly increase the cost of reads due to the overhead of merging more files together on every read.
Levels are compacted into ordered data files over time. Compaction first computes a score for each level as the ratio of bytes in that level to desired bytes. For level 0, it computes files / desired files instead. The level with the highest score is compacted.
When compacting L0 the only special case to consider is that after picking the primary L0 file to compact, it will check other L0 files to determine the degree to which they overlap. This is an attempt to avoid some I/O, we can expect L0 compactions to usually if not always be "all L0 files".
See the PickCompaction routine in 1 for all the details.
LevelDB is a persistent ordered map; Bitcask is a persistent hash table (no ordered iteration). Bitcask stores keys in memory, so for databases with large number of keys it may exhaust available physical memory and then swap into virtual memory causing a severe slow down in performance. Bitcask guarantees at most one disk seek per look-up. LevelDB may have to do a small number of disk seeks. For instance, a read needs one disk seek per level. If 10% of the database fits in memory, LevelDB will need to do one seek (for the last level since all of the earlier levels should end up cached in the OS buffer cache). If 1% fits in memory, LevelDB will need two seeks.
LevelDB never writes in place: it always appends to a log file, or merges existing files together to produce new ones. So an OS crash will cause a partially written log record (or a few partially written log records). LevelDB recovery code uses checksums to detect this and will skip the incomplete records.
Google's original LevelDB implemented stored all .sst table files in a single database directory. In Riak 1.3, the original LevelDB code was modified to store .sst files in subdirectories representing each "level" of the file, e.g. sst_0 or sst_1, in the name of speeding up database repair operations.
An additional advantage of this approach is that it enables Riak operators to mount alternative storage devices at each level of a LevelDB database. This can be an effective strategy because LevelDB is write intensive in lower levels, with the write intensity declining as the level number increases. This is due to LevelDB's storage strategy, which places more frequently updated data in lower levels.
Because write intensity differs by level, performance can be improved by mounting faster, more expensive storage arrays in lower levels and slower, less expensive arrays at higher levels. Tiered storage enables you to configure the level at which LevelDB switches from a faster array to a slower array.
High-volume, sustained write operations can occasionally fill the higher-speed storage arrays before LevelDB has had the opportunity to move data to the low-speed arrays. LevelDB's write throttle will slow incoming write operations to allow compactions to catch up, as would be the case when using a single storage array.
leveldb.tiered The level number at which data should switch to the slower array. The default is 0, which disables the feature.
If you are using the older, app.config-based system, the example below will show you the equivalents of the settings listed in the table above.
With this configuration, level directories sst_0 through sst_3 will be stored in /mnt/fast_raid, while directories sst_4 and sst_6 will be stored in /mnt/slow_raid.
LevelDB will perform optimally when as much data as possible is stored in the faster array. The amount of data that can be stored in the faster array depends on the size of your array and the total number of LevelDB databases (i.e. the total number of Riak vnodes) in your cluster. The following table shows approximate sizes (in megabytes) for each of the following sizes: the amount of raw data stored in the level, the cumulative size of all levels up to the specified level, and the cumulative size including active anti-entropy data.
Determine the value of (ring size) / (N - 1), where ring size is the value of the ring_size configuration parameter and N is the number of nodes in the cluster. For a ring_size of 128 and a cluster with 10 nodes, the value would be 14.
Select either the Cumulative Size or Cumulative with AAE column from the table above. Select the third column if you are not using active anti-entropy or the fourth column if you are (i.e. if the anti_entropy configuration parameter is set to active).
Multiply the value from the first step by the cumulative column in each row in the table. The first result that exceeds your fast storage array capacity will provide the level number that should be used for your leveldb.tiered setting.
If you want to use tiered storage in a new Riak installation, you don't need to take any steps beyond setting configuration. The rest is automated.
But if you'd like to use tiered storage in an existing installation that is not currently using it, you will need to manually move your installation's .sst files from one configuration to another.


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Damai: Rallies will bring suffering
NST, 16 December, 2007
PETALING JAYA: The operative word is Damai (peace). Yesterday, representatives of Damai Malaysia, a coalition of 395 non-governmental organisations, said Malaysia would suffer from conflict brought about by street demonstrations.
Bukit Bintang Hotels and Traders Association adviser Senator Datuk Dr Lee Chong Meng said hotels and other businesses had suffered between 15 to 20 per cent in losses due to recent street demonstrations.
He urged people with grouses to air them within the ambit of the law.
"They can submit their petition quietly. After all, I think our leaders are very reasonable people and will listen to them," he said after handing over Damai Malaysia's memorandum to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday.
Malaysian Association of Youth Councils representative Nihal Nissanka said the instigators of the demonstrations wanted to play on the people's emotions for support.
"I admit there are divisions within the Indian community here in Malaysia and that some people are not happy with the current leaders, but there are other ways to show dissatisfaction instead of holding rallies."
Hindu Youth Organisation Cheras branch vice-president S. Ariivazhagan said the Hindu Rights Action Force did not represent Malaysian Indians.
"I find it offensive that they used the term 'Hindu' for carrying out illegal activities. To the outside world, it may seem as though our religion is being persecuted here. This is not true."


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Eddie Rabbitt – Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight
The song went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart, becoming Rabbitt's tenth number one country single. "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" also crossed over to the Top 40 peaking at number fifteen.
LeAnn Rimes – I Need You
Tanya Tucker – Here's Some Love
Grand Ole Oprymiguelbilly - September 22, 2022
Kenny Rogers & Dottie West – All I Ever Need Is You
The Jimmy Dean Showmiguelbilly - February 12, 2021
Buck Owens – My Heart Skips a Beat
Charley Pride – You Win Again
Eddie Rabbit – Every Which Way But Loose
Crystal Gayle – Nobody Wants To Be Alone
TruCountrymiguelbilly - April 11, 2022
Heather Myles – Act Naturally
Mickey Gilley – I Overlooked An Orchid
Porter Wagoner Showmiguelbilly - September 3, 2022
The Porter Wagoner Show Guest Archie Campbell 1962
Don Williams – We Should Be Together
The Porter Wagoner Show Guest Stringbean 1962
Porter Wagoner Showmiguelbilly - October 27, 2022
The Porter Wagoner Show Guest Marty Robbins 1980
Lefty Frizzell – She's Gone Gone Gone
Porter Wagoner – Misery Loves Company
Hank Locklin – Please Help Me, I'm Falling
Cover LP Eddie Rabbitt Elektra 1981
Eddie Rabbitt – Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight, is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. The song was written by Rabbitt, Even Stevens and David Malloy.
Was released in November 1981 as the second single from the album Step by Step. The song went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart, becoming Rabbitt's tenth number one country single. "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" also crossed over to the Top 40 peaking at number fifteen.
B-Side Single Eddie Rabbitt Elektra 1981
From the album Step by Step
B-side "Nobody Loves Me Like My Baby"
Recorded March 1981
Genre Country popadult contemporary
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) David Malloy Eddie Rabbitt Even Stevens
Producer(s) David Malloy
Eddie Rabbitt – Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight lyrics
There's a full moon out tonight
And love is movin' in the shadows
I got no place to run
And it's following me everywhere that I go
There's something in the air
I can feel it everywhere
All the conditions are right
Someone could lose a heart tonight
Someone could lose a heart
With all this kissin' and huggin'
And heavy breathin'
Fallin' under the spell of the
Love you're weavin'
It's gonna get crazy baby if you don't stop
Lookin' in your eyes tonight
Don't you know you got me hypnotized
Didn't mean to fall in love
But who could leave this paradise
I can feel it when we touch
Oh, it's too much
Single Eddie Rabbitt Elektra 1981
Eddie Rabbitt
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos – I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
Crystal Gayle – 'Till I Gain Control Again
Johnny Cash – Man In Black
Razzy Bailey – Loving Up a Storm
Garth Brooks – Unanswered Prayers
Randy Travis – Forever Together
Pop Goes The Countrymiguelbilly - September 26, 2022
Don Williams – (Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight
Pop Goes The Country Guest Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins And Diana Trask
Moe Bandy And Joe Stampley – Holding The Bag
Pop Goes The Countrymiguelbilly - June 10, 2022
Don Williams – 'Til the Rivers All Run Dry
Ronnie Milsap – Let's Take The Long Way Around The World
Pop Goes The Countrymiguelbilly - February 3, 2021
Lynn Anderson – Rose Garden
Merle Haggard – The Roots Of My Raising
Ernest Tubb – Walking the Floor Over You
Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn – Feelins
Kenny Rogers – Lucille
Joe Stampley – Whiskey Chasin'
Hank Williams Jr – Pride's Not Hard To Swallow
Conway Twitty – I Love You More Today


Poparide helps drivers share the costs of driving by connecting them with passengers travelling the same way. To comply with local carpooling laws, drivers' must ensure that their Poparide earnings do not exceed the shareable (operating) costs of their vehicle. The shareable costs of a vehicle include gas, insurance and maintenance.
The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) provides an excellent cost calculator that we recommend drivers use to estimate their specific annual shareable costs. To help them stay within legal limits and to ensure fair pricing for passengers, Poparide caps the price per seat to 15 cents per kilometre.
The CAA estimates the annual cost of driving a car in Canada is around $9,500 a year. They have also found that 60% of Canadians underestimate the annual costs of owning and operating a vehicle by as much as $4000!
The basis of our price cap per kilometre cap is a calculation using several averaged values for the cost of gas, insurance and maintenance. Depreciation, credit repayments, licensing and registration costs do not qualify as shareable costs under most carpooling legislation and so are not included in the calculation.
Drivers can and often do offer a lower price than the recommended amount to attract more passengers.
When you post a trip on Poparide, we will calculate a recommended price per seat for the route you are posting on, based on the data we have from other drivers posting on that route.
If there is not enough data available for the route you're posting on, we will calculate a recommended price based on the distance and the average price per km on Poparide.
Please note that we give you full control of your trip's pricing and that you can adjust prices on your trip at any time.
Please note that as of December 12, 2018, we have updated our pricing strategy to let drivers edit the pricing for their trip even after they have booked passengers. We've also added the ability for drivers to edit the prices of segments of their trip, when they add stops to the trip.
on return trips (say to a ski hill) are the prices listed on the app round trip or each way?
Hi Kelsey, all prices on Poparide are one-way, and passengers will have to place two bookings if they want a return with you.
It appears that since you've made it so that drivers can modify the price of trip segments separately, the prices for each segment no longer recalculate when you change the price of the whole trip.
For example, if I am driving somewhere that the recommended seat price is 40$ with a segment costing 35$ and I increase the total trip seat price to 60$, the seat price of that segment remains 35$ so in order to change from your recommended trip price I'd have to change each segment price individually which is very frustrating. Is there something I'm doing wrong? or is this a glitch you guys need to fix?
Hey Adam, that's correct, we do not suggest prices for segments based on the overall trip price; instead, we suggest prices based on the average price for each segment from the data we have, which prices trips at a market price for which people have historically booked.
We've decided to take this approach as it's fair for passengers, and ensures drivers get bookings and do not overprice their trips. If you do wish to change the price upwards, we do allow you to change the prices for each segment of your trip.
What is the difference between Poparide and the classifieds?


A child's foster care journey begins with loss, loss of what they know, who they love, and all that is familiar. Grief follows right behind and exhibits itself in various ways. As a foster parent, you and those close to you are also well-acquainted with loss and grief as the very nature of your role is to love and let go. This is true of today's guest, Natalie Brenner, who shares the hope she clings to when life is dark.
Natalie is a mom via adoption, birth, and foster care. She is a photographer living in Portland, Oregon and the author of #1 new release, This Undeserved Life. Natalie is a fierce believer in the impossible and hopes to create safe spaces for every fractured soul.
1. Lamenting is an important part of the healing process.
Loss impacts us all differently and as painful as the grieving process is, it is important to be honest about our hurt. Stuffing our emotions will stifle the grieving process. It is healthy to recognize our own feelings and share them with a safe and trusted person. It is also good to note that Jesus, in his perfect and resurrected body, still had his scars. Though we will never be the same after great loss, there is hope in Jesus.
2. Grief impacts our children in different ways.
Psalm 30:5 says, "Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning" and yet as Natalie shared, sometimes the night lasts longer than we expect or feel we can survive, but Jesus promises the grace to endure. We have access to the river of Life, and in fact, we have the closest access to the river when we are in the valley, just like a river that rages in the dark valley of a looming mountain. Never give up. Call out to Jesus. Know that you matter to Him and He will walk beside you every step of the way.


Russia says it will raise its oil quality to the international 'Brent' standard for the world's largest pipeline project, the E.S.P.O. Experts say that could bring Russian producers millions of dollars more in profit.
Russia's Energy Ministry wants to ban producers of lower quality crude from the East Siberian Pacific Ocean pipeline. Construction to the Chinese border's due to finish this week, and for Russia's quality producers that will make a big difference, according to Pavel Sorokin, Analyst at Unicredit Securities.
With ESPO capacity to China at 600,000 barrels a day, that's an extra $600 million a year for Russian oil firms. Dmitry Lukashov, Executive director at UBS says Asia's energy deficit could mean it's even more.
"Any oil traded on the Asian market usually is traded at a premium to European markets."
Russian energy officials say improving quality can compensate falling production for the world's number two oil producer.


In order to teach her children about independence, Vlora who works from home, has to take a job that requires her to leave the house.
Hi, my name is Erblin Nushi, and I am the writer & director of the short film VLORA. This story takes place in 2002, post war Kosovo. It's a film about motherhood and the sacrifices they make to raise their families. Vlora is presented with a great work opportunity that requires her to leave the house, but because culturally men used to be the workers in the family, she realizes that in order to be a role model to her children and especially her daughters, she must break away from the traditional ways of life that she grew up with. I was super lucky to film in Kosovo with an incredible crew and have a very talented cast whose performances were amazing. To complete this project so that I'm able to share this story with the world, the film still needs post production work that sadly costs money. I really hope that this story resonates with you and with your help I can put this film out in festivals and together we can inspire women around the world.
Please share and help spread the word. Thank you so much and I cannot wait for you to see it!
In order for us to make the festival deadlines so that VLORA can be seen around the world, we need this funding ASAP!
To say thank you for your generosity, we are offering a few special perks, which includes watching online the award winning film BINI!
A young boy, thrust into the horrors of war, clings to a piece of candy as he and his family are forced to become refugees.
This 22 minute documentary that showcases Kosovo and its dark history, gives the exclusive look behind the making of BINI.
Any other donations will be greatly appreciated and your name will be included in the credits of VLORA.


You're perfect just as you are … and you could use a little improvement.
It's the 31st day of December, and fluffy snowflakes are beginning to fall outside my apartment window. 2013 is coming to a close, and like so many others, I'm preparing for a night of introspection and champagne.
You're perfect just as you are …and you could use a little improvement. My teacher shared this zen quote in yoga this morning, and I'll be taking it with me to the party tonight as my own private mantra, to be remembered in between lively conversations and lighting wish papers on fire.
On this day when most of us are thinking about resolutions and goal-setting, let us remember to be gentle with ourselves amid self-improvement.
Don't get me wrong, there's plenty that I want to work on in 2014. My need for approval and to be "liked" by others has dominated my existence for as long as I can remember. It most definitely played a role in my eating disorder, and I suspect it's also at the root of what others have criticized as my lack of authenticity. I suppose when you're living to please everyone but yourself, even the most sincere expression can seen disingenuous.
Now it would be easy for me to say, "THIS is what I'm finally getting rid of in 2014: that damn need to please!" It would be a much greater challenge to softly acknowledge that character trait, observe that it's not serving me, and then try to love it anyway.
Yet that's just what I'm going to do. Because if I condemn this quality that must have served me at some point in my early life, then I'm sending my subconscious the message that there's something wrong with me. And there isn't. However, if I can find real love and compassion for the part of me that needs external approval, then it stops the cycle of self-punishment and frees me up to create a more beneficial pattern.
So when you finalize your New Year's resolutions this evening, I challenge you to acknowledge that you are already perfect just as you are. Cultivate love for those parts of yourself that you perceive to be imperfections. Thank them for helping you navigate the world thus far. And then, sure – set a goal or two. Because all of us perfect souls could use a little improvement.


Pitman arm needs to be replaced or not?
What are all the parts to steering linkage?
Idler arm pitman arm lenth?
Can't find a replacement pitman arm.
S 10 manual steering box install help.
What size Pitman Arm Puller?
sooo...what happens if you don't rebuild your front end?
nut/bolt size for inner tie rods and steering arm.
reinstall idler arm, pitman arm, tie rod to center link?
Ebay Front End Kit??? anyone?
idler and pitman arm bolt.


The Bend City Council is inviting the public to comment on proposed next steps for implementing the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) plan. Public input will be taken during the Council's regular business meeting at 7 p.m. on April 4, 2018. Written comments can also be submitted to Council@bendoregon.gov by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 13.
The decision to provide the opportunity for public comment arose from a March 21 work session presentation and discussion about the UGB plan's implementation. Feasibility studies assessed areas within Bend's UGB that are most ready for development based on land-use characteristics, property tax and system development charge revenues, infrastructure capacity and costs, and input from taxing districts and City departments. The full analysis is here.
The City Council requested an opportunity for public comment on the proposed UGB implementation prior to giving direction on how to proceed. Councilors are expected to provide direction on UGB implementation during their April 18 regular business meeting.
In November 2016, the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development approved the UGB plan for the City of Bend. The plan is a blend of infill and expansion. The expansion added 2,380 acres of land for housing and employment to the City's UGB. Changes will arise gradually inside the current boundary and in the expansion areas.
We have some concerns. We share a boundary with the Southwest Neighborhood Association that includes the Central Oregon Irrigation District. My husband and I and many of our neighbors walk our dogs daily on the COID property to the Deschutes River Trail. This piece of property is a wonderful asset and Bend is a wonderful place to live. However, we have been overwhelmed with recent developments including a 185 unit, a 4-story apartment building on Bradbury next to the Pavilion, 120-unit 3-story apartment building at the end of Reed Lane. In addition, the planning department is looking to future developments of 30 homes along Silver Lake, 20 across from Blakely Park and approximately 20 more with the development of the corner lot of Reed Lane and Silver Lake. Not counting the Pavilion, this equates to approximately 700 new people with about 500 new cars in this small triangle, along with the recent opening of the Memory Care facility.
There have been rumors about a secret sale of the COID property to a national developer for a potentially large housing development. Since we are (barely) outside of the boundary we are not receiving land use notices about the development. Nothing has been discussed at our monthly Neighborhood Association Round Table (NART) meetings, which has changed its focus since we have been working on becoming a city codified Neighborhood Leadership Alliance (NLA). We know that we can't stop development since it is entirely legal when the developer builds according to the zoning code. Neighborhood Associations are created and encouraged to participate in the required public processes to help ensure that the development is in compliance with the livability and character of Bend. After all, Bend is an "attitude" as Developer Bill Smith likes to say.
Our greatest concerns are that we are having huge growing pains and are concerned about outsiders who are only interested in making a profit. The state, city, and county have not been keeping up with Bend's transportation infrastructure needs. Bend is designed for two-lane roads and the development is far exceeding our transportation infrastructure. Everybody talks about Bend not wanting to become a Portland or Seattle, but the land use laws are the same in Bend as they are in Portland and Seattle. We think different cities should have land use laws that are unique to the region and that cities should have limits to growth as to how large a city can be according to its natural resources to be sustainable. In my livability research, I have learned that many Canadian Provinces have limits as to how large cities can grow.
Our Association met with Bend's Growth Management Director Nick Arnus and Communications Manager Joshua Romero at our March Public Board Meeting. At that meeting, our association collectively decided that in order to make a difference that we have to go all the way to Salem and LUBA to make a difference. We would like to hear your thoughts.
Please join us Thursday, March 15, from 6 to 7:30 PM at 61478 Duncan Lane, Bend, OR 97702.
Mix and mingle with your neighbors and get the latest updates on Bend's Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) and the 20 year Transportation System Plan (TSP) from Nick Arnis. Mr. Arnis directs and manages the long-range land use and transportation planning for the City of Bend. The department he manages is responsible for creating the long-range land use and urbanization plan for one of the fastest growing cities in the US. Mr. Arnis will talk about the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) including provisions for meeting the transportation needs of residents over a 20-year planning horizon while addressing transportation issues and making changes that can contribute to improvements in the region's quality of life and economic vitality. In addition to the Bend MPO MTP update, The City of Bend will also be updating their Transportation System Plan (TSP). The City and the MPO have largely concurrent boundaries and share many transportation planning challenges. State law emphasizes that the City and the MPO coordinate on their transportation plans, and planning work for both agencies will be simplified if they are using the same public outreach process, models, databases, and project lists, as well as project cost estimates and funding programs. Therefore, the City of Bend and the Bend MPO will complete a joint process to update both the TSP and MTP. Community input will apply to both.
Mr. Arnis's presentation, questions and answers will be followed by A 30-minute board meeting. If you're inclined to serve, the Public Safety Chair has reopened. Click here to see the agenda.
The Bend City Council authorized about $5 million for street preservation work in Bend this summer.
This included a $4.7 million agreement with Knife River Corporation that will improve 47 lane miles with grind-and-inlay and overlay treatments. This will include work on some high-use streets including Third Street between Wilson Avenue and Badger Road, Mount Washington between Shevlin Park Road and Chandler Avenue and some areas of downtown that weren't treated last summer. Much of this work will occur at night to minimize disruptions to the public.
The Council also approved a $334,334 contract with Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. for slurry seal treatments on about 34 lane miles around the City.
A road's conditions help the City determine maintenance plans. Arterial and collector streets are highest priority. Street preservation treatments can include chip seal, slurry seal, grind-and-inlay or overlay treatments, depending on the severity of the road degradation. The worst roads need full reconstruction. Reconstruction is exponentially more expensive than maintenance, not an efficient use of maintenance funds and more likely to be paid for as part of a larger Capital Improvement Program.


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Emma Watson plays Belle, a book-loving young woman who dreams of something more than the role she is expected to fill in her small French village. But when her father trespasses in a cursed castle, she must strike a deal with the Beast (Dan Stevens): leave her father in his dungeon, or stay in her father's place. But as she gets to know the inhabitants of the castle, Belle also teaches the Beast what it means to truly love someone -- which may be enough to break the curse. This stunning live action version of Disney's classic film is sure to be a favorite.


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from .utilities import (Bunch, match_args_return, read_data, strip_mask,
                        loadmatbunch)