Remember when you were just a young kid and your parents told you you were going to the seaside or for an ice cream or whatever seemed like a treat, you got all giddy and just could not stand still for even a second.. Well that's me now when I know I'm heading off to a distillery, especially if that distillery just happens to be Auchentoshan. This story is about one of those visits.. The trip has been planned for months, money saved, and I have done this tour a thousand times in my head. We set off on the 5 hour journey, well ok it was a bit longer as we stopped at Bladnoch on the way, well I should say we diverted to Bladnoch as it probably added another couple of hours into the journey and I honestly did not know that ADRattray had a shop between Bladnoch and Auchentoshan. Who planned this trip..?
Ok so once we were in touching distance, the Erskine bridge to be precise, I'm now getting pretty excited, I already have a few bottles of my favourite tipple nestled in the back of the car but I know there is a lot more to come. The smell of the mash tun, the 3 stills and that place I now call heaven.. The warehouse, my favourite place on the site ( OK the bar is pretty close ) what's worse is we have to pass the distillery to get to it, it is like a major tease, up and over the bridge, foot hard down on the pedal, hands sweaty, wife holding on for her life, tyres squealing.. Ok maybe a little over the top but I'm sure you know what I mean.
We pull into the entrance and it is like coming home, I know the place so well, already into double figures, we drive down into the car park, and that's it I'm here.. Straight into the visitor centre, and as usual a very warm welcome from Wendy and her team, a few new faces but friendly.. Anyway we started the tour. Due to time I only did the standard tour but it is always a good tour, very good fun, not over serious and the guide catered to us rather than it being the typical strict type, as we walked and listened I just kind off drifted off into my own little world, the smells, the noise it is all so infectious, those of you who visit distillerys know exactly what I mean. The best part of the tour was approaching fast.. The warehouse, numbers punched in, door opens ( I bet you know who was at the front ) as we go in the lovely guide starts to tell us about the barrels but I'm just pinned to the glass window, licking it incase the vapours have tainted the glass ( OK I'm not really licking it.. Honest) then.. The gate is opened and we get to walk with the casks, and I can even touch them…. Excited is not the word, I really am like a little kid, I'm sure the other two people on our tour thought I was escaped from a home or on day release.
The guide was so good as I knew we should not have had quite as long as we did but I needed pictures, hundreds of pictures, as we walked over to the bar to get our free tipple the guide and I chatted about the distillery, I was so impressed with her knowledge, I know she was only there between university terms but she knew her stuff. In the bar we were treated to the threewood and the lovely 18 and 21yo..
Is this the end… O no, I now had to go bottle my own, not to be greedy but one bottle is never enough, casks on offer were a 1996 and a 1999, both bourbon and both coming home with me, I bottled one of each while my daughters bottled one of each for me a great memory of the visit. I do hope I won't be away for too long..
I must remember to forget something in order to re visit on way back from speyside… Thanks to everyone at Auchentoshan for the great visit and friendly atmosphere..
Bottles brought home from the distillery will remind me of this visit for many years to come.. The 2 bottles my daughters bottled will be handed down to them, in order to remind them ( as if they could ever forget, for different reasons to me ) ..
Aw, this was a very nice post. Would love to visit any distillery some day.
This distillery is on the top of my list to visit. Would be a wonderful place to visit. Your words just bring the experience to life!!
Thanks for the kind words, it was my pleasure..
Wow, great post and pics! Thanks for sharing your experience!


Michael Pakravan serves as SVP & National Director of Retail Leasing for Matthews™. Bringing more than 14 years of leasing expertise to Matthews™, Michael leads a team of twelve agents across three offices, representing both property owners and tenants. During his tenure, Michael has brokered over 500 lease transactions in more than 200 commercial properties. As an effective deal maker with a proven track record, Michael achieves success for his clients by applying his versatile expertise, calculated market information, and aggressive business strategy to retail leasing. In addition to this, Michael's impressive background has provided him with extensive knowledge and experience in areas such as mixed used development and property management. He has transacted deals with a multitude of national tenants including Chase, Petco, Starbucks, Vallarta Supermarkets, Blink Fitness, Big 5 Sporting Goods, and Dollar Tree. Currently, Michael exclusively represents tenants such as Jersey Mike's, Gyu Kaku, Silverlake Ramen, Nekter Juice Bar, Yoshinoya, Circus Trix, Dog Haus, Encore Nail Spa, Hoke Poke, and Domino's Pizza.
During the foundation of his career, Michael took his first step into the business by gaining a holistic insight of the complex and diverse world of real estate development. In 2004, he moved into retail leasing at Center Business Management (CBM). During his tenure, he represented landlords in over 100 shopping centers in Southern California. In 2013, Michael joined Kennedy Wilson as Vice President and expanded his business to include tenant representation, brokerage sales of commercial property and development land, and further expanded his expertise in landlord representation to include additional property types such as mixed use development and high street retail leasing.


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Laundry detergent pods are increasingly contributing to eye injuries among preschoolers, indicates a U.S. study that also gives injury prevention recommendations.
The pods are often brightly coloured pouches that resemble candy and contain enough laundry detergent for a single use.
Previous injuries associated with the use of the products include poisoning, choking and burns.
In Canada, more than 100 cases have been reported in pediatric emergency departments between 2012 and 2015, according to the Canadian Paediatric Society.
Now, U.S. researchers have analyzed reports of emergency department visits for eye injuries resulting in chemical burn or conjunctivitis (inflammation commonly known as pink eye).


José António Carlos de Seixas? Never heard of him – not until the good people of Divine Art sent us a copy of Japanese pianist Mariko Terashi's CD of music by this lesser-known 18th century Portuguese composer. Senhor Seixas did his county proud as its finest organist, harpsichordist and composer at the height of Portugal's Golden Age.
Seixas' music navigates the transition between the not yet fully formed style of the 1600's and that of 17th century, the ornate and quintessentially French Stile Galant that had its heyday in the music of Rameau and Couperin, both of whom are also amply represented in this CD.
Ms. Terashi's playing is elegant, sober, and poetic, mining for more sonority than could ever be obtained from a harpsichord, while at no time abusing the use of the pedals and overwhelming the compositions featured on this CD.
Seixas is represented by four sonatas – two complete, two with movements excerpted from them. From Rameau we hear five teaching pieces culled from his various Livres de Pièces de Clavecin which include some delightful novelties. Couperin occupies six tracks of this CD with music that provides either amusement or enchantment or both.
Altogether this is a lovely collection of French Baroque gems, beautifully annotated, nicely engineered, and flawlessly played by Mariko Terashi.


With the car market getting out of its Norouz Holiday hiatus, vehicle prices have once again started their rally. Irked by the latest price hikes, the Majlis has gone ballistic against the dented auto industry.
"What's more is that the firms simply brush off rules and regulations and ignore the demands of relevant authorities," he was quoted as saying by ICANA.
Car prices have seen steep rises since last summer.


Jams preserve summer one pint at a time.
Berry season is nearly here in the Pacific Northwest. It will be a sweet reward after the dreary, water-logged winter and spring we have endured this year. My newly planted raspberry canes won't be ready to harvest this year, so I've scouted out local U-Pick berry farms to get our fill. And this year, I plan to put up some jam to get us through to next season.
I learned to can from my younger sister, Caroline. As an avid gardener and creative maker in many ways, canning quickly became one of her favorite activities when a friend taught her to can chutneys, jams, salsas, and more. (She and her now-husband Ethan both love to can together; they even made 200+ jams as their wedding favors two years ago.) She shared her new hobby with me one autumn afternoon with a couple half-pint jars of tomato jam, and I was totally hooked. Our canning adventures have even inspired our mom to take up canning again!
Though I'm only a few years into canning, I appreciate the process and enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of my labor during the rest of the year. I also like that canning connects me to my foremothers, though I highly doubt that they canned with a glass of wine in hand in the evenings, like I often do!
If you haven't tried your hand at canning yet, or if you're turned off by the sheer amount of produce needed for typical canning recipes, I recommend that you check out small-batch canning. There are several advantages to this approach: less volume of produce needed, less storage space required, and less time required in the kitchen.
Best of all, you really don't need any special supplies. Gather your biggest kitchen pot, a pair of tongs, a low and wide pan, and a few kitchen towels.
Here are two berry jam recipes that would be the perfect accompaniment to a batch of vafler, layered in bløtkake, or with a slice of hearty Norwegian brød med brunost. God appetit!
Note: For a detailed, step-by-step overview of boiling water bath canning, visit tinyurl.com/NAcanningsteps. For more information on small-batch canning techniques and stellar recipes, check out Marisa McClellan's blog Foodinjars.com. She is also the author of Preserving by the Pint and Food in Jars.
In a glass bowl, combine vanilla bean seeds and pod (or use vanilla extract) with 1 cup sugar. Stir in chopped strawberries, cover with a lid, and refrigerate for at least two hours, and up to three days.
When ready to make jam, prepare three half-pint jars in a boiling water bath. In a low, wide pan, remove the vanilla bean and combine strawberries, juices, and remaining cup of sugar. Bring to a boil and cook until mixture reaches 220°F. Be sure to stir very regularly with a rubber spatula to prevent hot spots. Add lemon juice and zest in the last 5 minutes of cooking. Remove pan from heat and pour jam into prepared jars, leaving a 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe the rims with a wet paper towel or cloth, put on the lids and rings, and process in your boiling water bath for 10 minutes. Remove jars from water and cool completely on a kitchen towel. Jars are sealed when you hear a cheerful ping or the lids are concave and cannot be pressed down. If the jars are not sealed, place in the fridge and use within the next month.
Yield: 3 half-pint jars, shelf-stable up to one year.
Note: If you're trying to avoid white sugar or appreciate jam with a little more nuance, try this honey-sweetened version. It's really delicious!
Prepare your water bath with five half-pint jars.
In a low, wide pan or skillet, combine the raspberries, honey, lemon zest, and lemon juice over medium heat. Place over high heat, and bring to a boil. Cook at an active boil for 20-30 mins, stirring every minute or so with a rubber spatula. This will ensure that the berry mixture isn't sticking to the pan.
When the fruit has thickened to your preference, fill your jars carefully and leave a 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe the rims with a wet paper towel or cloth, put on the lids and rings, and boil in the water bath for 10 minutes.
Remove processed jars carefully with tongs to a kitchen towel, and let cool completely. Jars are sealed when you hear a cheerful ping or the lids are concave and cannot be pressed down. If the jars are not sealed, place in the fridge and use within the next month.
Yield: 4-5 half-pint jars, shelf-stable up to one year.


We recently had an opportunity to engage colleagues from the Shangri-La Hotel in a thoughtful dialogue about customer experience. The newly opened Shangri-La Hotel is the latest addition to the luxury hotel segment in Toronto and hosted the recent 2nd Annual Customer Experience Strategies Summit. We thought it would be only fitting to get this five star brand's perspective on customer experience.
Fifth P (5P): I'd like to begin by asking about your definition of customer experience.
Shangri-La Hotel (SH): The customer experience for Shangri-La is best defined by our advertising campaign "It's in our nature." We characterize hospitality as "To treat a stranger as one of our own." It is about taking care of our guests, providing genuine care and hospitality. This kind of hospitality from the heart creates brand familiarity and loyalty. We want to welcome our guests back time and again.
5P: So, where does the Shangri-La customer (guest) experience begin and end?
SH: The Shangri-La customer guest experience begins the moment we first connect with the customer, whether that's a telephone conversation, an in-person interaction, or via the internet through our website, reservations or Facebook. We want to make a genuine, sincere connection at every opportunity. In terms of it ending, we hope that it does not. There might be a finish point to a particular stay or a service experience, but we hope that memories of our service lingers and the guest returns.
5P: What part of your organization is accountable for customer experience?
SH: All parts of the organization are accountable for the customer experience. We all play a role, whether it is directly or indirectly – direct guest contact, or behind-the scenes supporting our colleagues who engage customers directly. The guest experience is the sum of many moving parts that move together.


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While riding the Siberia chair lift at Squaw Valley, Mike lost consciousness and fell 40 feet to the snow. He sustained a burst fracture of T9, which caused a complete spinal cord injury. Shortly after being care-flighted to Renown, Mike underwent 6 hours of surgery – laminectomies of T8 and T9 and spinal fusion from T5 to T12.
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Near the town centre and the little tourist port of Favignana, the main island of the Egadi Islands, "Villaggio Cala la Luna" enjoys a strategic position on this island which is full of bays and inlets with wonderful dream-like beaches, a corner of paradise for lovers of the sea, just 11 miles from the Trapani coast.
The Villaggio provides a series of services thought of and done with entertainment and relaxation in mind: Restaurant, bar, wellness centre, swimming pool with sundeck, beach with parasols and sun loungers/deckchairs, large spaces for open-air sports, play area for smaller children with a large range of activities dedicated to them.
Furthermore, the resort and the magnificent coast offer a multitude of possibilities for boat excursions, sport fishing, diving centre, boat and diving equipment hire, sailing and windsurfing school, cultural tours, horse trekking and much more. The island offers the best of itself at sea; a boat trip to discover the most evocative bays, grottoes and sea bottoms is an unrepeatable experience, an unequalled spectacle of colours, lights and fascinating underwater life.
And when evening comes, the fun continues with the amphitheatre, shows in the square, festivals, dances, open-air concerts and evenings organized by entertainment groups. Every day there are different surprises awaiting you which will make your holiday at "Villaggio Cala la Luna" an extraordinary experience.
His Opinion: Nous avons trouvé que le club était tournait exclusivement pour les familles avec des enfants en bas age. Nous avons un adolescent. De plus il fallait acheté un bonnet de bain pour pouvoir profiter de la piscine.
His Opinion: Siamo stati molto bene soprattutto per la tranquillità. Da segnalare agli amici.Buono il ristorante.
His Opinion: The apartments were clean and nicely decorated. They were located not far from the main piazza. The staff were very friendly and helpful! Very much enjoyed our stay!


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Ghosts in the Gallery Investigation
Posted on December 25, 2019 by jonimayhan
We never know what to expect when we walk into a location that has never been investigated before. Will it be active or will it be quiet? Sometimes it's like rolling the dice. We are always surprised, but we never expected to be as shocked as we were during the Ghosts in the Gallery investigation. Something would happen during the night that would leave us shaken.
The Mason-Nordgauer Fine Arts Gallery in New Harmony, Indiana, is a treat for the eyes. When you first walk through the door, you will notice the colorful art lining the walls, but soon your eyes are drawn to the architectural details of the nineteenth-century building. If you are a paranormal enthusiast, you might also wonder if it's haunted.
It wouldn't be surprising that ghosts might linger there. The building began its existence as the Centennial Saloon. Old sepia-tinted photos depict men with bowler hats and long dark jackets lounging at the entrance while horse and buggies approach in the distance.
(Above) The earliest photo I could find of the building. As you can see, of the buildings that now grace Main Street, it was the first one build on this block. Photo courtesy of Workingmen's Institute
The building has endured many incarnations since its grandiose beginnings, many of them lost to time. We know the building, or at least half of it, was the location of Heckmann's Drug Store. When I wrote Haunted New Harmony, I often fell down a rabbit hole during my research. It was difficult not to become enamoured with the characters from New Harmony's past. Afterall, they were people just like us, living a life of their own creation in a town we still covet.
From Haunted New Harmony:
Louis Heckmann purchased the building in the early 1900's and opened a successful drug store that operated for many years. The more I researched his life, the more obsessed I became.
(Above) Louis Heckman in front of his drug store. Photo courtesy of Workingmen's Institute
I learned that he was born in 1870 and died in 1958 at the ripe old age of 88. In the years between, he married a woman named Ella and had several children, one of whom worked with him at the pharmacy. He was fond of travel and took several trips on airplanes to visit his grown children in Pennsylvania. Like me, he too was intrigued by the history of the people who lived there before him.
While renovating a Harmonist house, he discovered footprints in the dirt beneath the floorboards that belonged to the Harmonists who built it. Not only were there footprints of people, there were also footprints of cats and dogs, showing that the Harmonists kept indoor pets.
Louis's store was once the site of a robbery, with the thieves making off with $300 worth of jewelry, watches, fountain pens and money.
We know Louis sold the business in the 1940's to man named Clyde Ramsey. As I dug into the research, I learned that Clyde committed suicide in the building in 1946. The night before his death, he attended a Masonic Temple meeting in Evansville. When he returned to town, he discovered his soda fountain was broken. Instead of going to bed and worrying about it in the morning, he stayed up all night working on it, not stopping until 5pm the following day when he put a revolver to his head and ended his own life. We have to assume that Clyde had other troubles in his life besides a broken soda fountain, but that information is largely lost to time as well.
We also know that a funeral home existed in the store next-door to the gallery, with the embalming process occurring in the basement. Considering the sheer amount of lives that passed through those front doors, the possibilities for a haunting were endless.
Chelsie, the Gallery Director, told me they often find items moved or disturbed. Sometimes when she comes in, paintings that have been hung and puddied securely to the wall will be hanging eschew. Other times, common items they use in the office will disappear from where she put them and reappear in another location. This phenomena is called apporting. We had a personal experience with this ourselves as we checked out the building prior to the investigation.
As the owner of Haunted New Harmony and the coordinator of all the investigations, I need good people to help me. Because we often divide into two or three groups, I need trained, competent investigators to cover the areas where I can't be. Two friends who often work my events are Crystal Folz and Traci Hoehn. Both are talented mediums, with Crystal being a full-fledged psychic medium. This allows her to connect with the ghosts of the building and to also tap into the energy that hangs in a space.
I decided to bring both Crystal and Traci to the gallery to see what they felt. I visited the building a few weeks earlier and picked up on an angry man in the back corner of the basement and a playful female who hung around upstairs in the gallery. I was curious to see if they would pick up on the same two ghosts I encountered. As soon as we came in to the gallery area, Crystal sat her bag down on a stool. She collects pins from interesting paranormal locations and pins them to her bag. Traci immediately noticed that one of Crystal's pins was still missing. One had fallen off several weeks ago, something Crystal told us about over coffee one morning.
"Still haven't found your pin?" Traci asked.
"Nope. It's still missing. At this point, it's probably gone for good," she said. It was a shame too because it was her favorite and wasn't easy to replace.
We headed down to the basement to walk the area. While we were down there, neither Crystal or Traci felt the presence of the male I felt there the first time I visited. They both picked up on female ghosts. Was it possible the angry male drifted away or was he hiding from them? We weren't sure, but we would find out more during the night of our investigation.
After about fifteen minutes, we came back upstairs. Chelsie greeted us as we came into the gallery.
"Does this belong to any of you?" she asked, holding out a pin.
The three of us gasped. It was the pin Crystal lost several weeks ago. Did the gallery ghost, who Chelsie has nicknamed "Karen" retrieve the pin for Crystal? Just the mere thought made our heads spin. Crystal doesn't live in New Harmony and almost never comes down Main Street. Chelsie found the pin on a piece of art that sat on the counter, something she had just moved there shortly before our arrival. She knew for a fact the pin wasn't there before we arrived.
From that experience alone, we knew we'd have an interesting investigation, but we had no idea how fully mind-blowing it would turn out to be.
Eleven guests had signed up for the event and arrived just before 7pm. I gave a brief presentation about the building and what we might encounter. Besides picking up female energy in the basement and in the gallery, Crystal also felt as though performers once spent time there. She saw them getting ready for a production. I don't know if there were vaudeville acts at the saloon or not, but the information seemed to fit.
Chelsie shared a story with all of us about something strange that recently happened at the gallery. Several weeks prior, she found a dead bird in the basement. There are no holes in the walls or ways a bird could have gotten down there. They found it to be we strange, but weren't sure what to make of it.
We broke into two groups. One group headed down to the basement with Crystal and Traci, while the other group stayed upstairs in the gallery with me.
My group worked primarily with the Spirit Box. This is a modified radio that scans rapidly through the radio stations, allowing the ghosts to speak through the white noise. We've had amazing results with it at other investigations and would see that happen again at the gallery.
Gallery Investigation
First Group
Rick Schlegelmilch lives in New Harmony and often helps me with my investigations. When I told him that I didn't need help this time, he quickly purchased a ticket, not wanting to miss out on the investigation.
Anyone who has investigated with Rick knows he's going to ask several of the same questions he always asks. He wants to know if the ghosts see him walking past with his little dog Clutch and he also wants to know if they remember Town Marshall Scotty, who is Rick's brother-in-law. For the first time ever, Rick got a response. A male voice came through and said "I do."
Mary Ann Michna, who is a local artist, asked if there was something we could do to help them and the same male voice said, "I'll take it."
The speaker for my Spirit Box kept shorting out. If I nudged it, it would start playing normally again. As I leaned down for the fourth time in a matter of minutes, I commented that I wasn't sure why this was happening. We all thought we heard a response of "That's nothing," but on audio review, it sounded more like "Apache," which makes no sense. As we were commenting on it, the same male said, "That's nothing" for real this time, repeating what we said.
Mary Ann asked them if they had a favorite person at the gallery. She didn't get a response, so I jumped in and told her she should ask if they had a favorite artist, knowing her art hangs on the wall there. She laughed and I added, "Hopefully they don't say something rude," knowing how ghosts can be sometimes and a male voice agreed with me, "I'm rude," he said.
Some of my equipment is high tech, but I often use common household items too. For this investigation, I brought a small motion- activated cat ball that lights up when its moved. I put it on the floor in a quiet area that was far away from our investigation. If something nudged it, it would light up. We weren't sitting for long before it suddenly lit up. It would continue lighting up for most of the night, letting us know we weren't alone.
As soon as we got started, we began hearing the same male voice come across the Spirit Box. We would occasionally hear a woman's voice as well, but the male answered most of the questions. He sounded friendly and somewhat intrigued by what we were doing.
Rick asked the male if he ever visits his neighbor in the basement and he told us, "He's evil."
I began asking questions about the pharmacy that once occupied the space next door. I knew two of the pharmacist's names and asked if they remembered them. I didn't get any clear responses, so I began asking if the pharmacy occupied both buildings instead of just the one. In looking at the old photos, it appears to be one business. I didn't receive an answer so I asked if they were there when the building was a saloon. At that point, the male called me a "Freak."
I was sending people back to the storage room, two at a time, to experiment with a pendulum. I realized the first group had been back there for nearly twenty minutes and I wanted others to have a chance to try it, so I went back to get them. While I was gone, Rick asked if they ever visited the doll shop across the street. After he asked his question, a female voice came through clearly and asked, "Who did you like?" It was so clear, it sounded like one of the people in the room speaking.
As Ben and Cheryl came back into the room and two others got up to take their place, the same female voice asked, "What is your last name?" and then all hell broke loose. A large painting was wrenched off the wall high above us and crashed down, hitting Rick in the process. Ben saw it happening and yelled, "Watch out!" Rick moved just in time to avoid serious injury. His arm was scraped but he was otherwise unharmed. The art was undamaged, however, the wire on the back looked like it had been severed.
Here is the audio we recorded when the painting fell:
Dan Mason, the co-owner of the gallery watched it happen on his security system at home. He said he saw something swirling around on an empty chair and attempted to take pictures of it. Then, seconds later, the painting fell.
I've been on over 300 investigations and, trust me when I say this, things like this don't often happen. It was astounding to me. The energy it took for them to sever through a heavy cord and knock it to the ground was monumental. Most ghosts aren't capable of this.
We had no idea what caused it. All the voices coming through the Spirit Box were friendly and informational. No one had asked a question that could have been anger inducing. What caused the sudden fit of rage? Was it simply because we were there? We'd find out later that it might be connected to the investigation that was going on in the basement below us.
It took us a while to settle down after that incident. We switched groups at that time.
I started off by apologizing to the ghosts of the gallery for anything we might have said or done that angered them. I then asked if they knew who knocked it down. The same male voice we'd been hearing all night said, "From knowing." That didn't make any sense to us, so I asked if they knew why it was knocked down. He told us, "The printer was in there." Neither response was crisp enough to include it here.
It did make me think though. Was the printer the man who hid in the basement? When I first visited the gallery basement, I found him to be angry and reclusive, someone who most definitely didn't want people in his space. Did he lash out at us for invading the basement by knocking a painting off the wall upstairs? Was I actually the intended target for the painting to fall on? I was sitting next to Rick and the painting landed several feet away from me.
There was a printing press in town at one point, but it was located in Community House #2, a building we've investigated extensively. The two printers who primarily operated the press and printed the local newspaper will talk to us frequently when we investigate and are always congenial and chatty. This definitely wasn't one of them.
I passed to the next person and she asked if he was friends with the lady in the basement. He said, "Tell me now."
Someone asked if he was there when it was a pharmacy. He asked, "Was this one?" Apparently he didn't know.
Someone asked if they like Chelsie and a different male voice said, "We like her now."
John asked if there were more than one of them with us and the same voice from earlier said, "Nice and tall."
"What happened on Monitor Corner," I asked, wanting to pin down the time period they were in New Harmony. There were two fires on that corner, one causing a tremendous explosion, but the woman didn't know or didn't want to tell us. "Cannot say," she told me. I went on to explain to the group about what had happened there and the same male voice chimed in. "You forgot the groceries." This is interesting because Owen Market used to be right across the street, caddy-corner, from Monitor Corner. It's now the location of Capers Emporium.
I was still trying to determine a timeline for the ghosts. I asked "What did the Harmonists use to insulate their buildings?" The correct answer is Dutch Biscuit, a technique of rolling mud and straw around a board. The woman told me, "They painted."
We asked a few questions but couldn't make out the responses. Then, out of the blue, a male asked what sounds like "Did you bring woman?"
John asked about "the gifts" (something they discussed in the basement session) and someone else asked why they hid them. "It's hard for them," the man said.
I asked if they've ever seen Heaven. As I explained in the session, if they're there, answering us, they probably haven't seen Heaven because they're stuck in our dimension. The man answered us, "I wonder."
I asked if they ever pull pranks on Chelsie. The response was "I try."
Lynn asked if they like Dan again and the male said, Go D!" like he was rooting for him.
We went around the room and asked the pie question. I do this during most investigations to lighten the mood. I ask everyone to name their favorite pie. Sometimes the ghosts will pipe in and tell us theirs, but there wasn't an answer this time.
Angie asked, "Where are you in this room," and got perhaps the most chilling response of the evening. "Behind you," the woman said. We all took a moment to look behind her, but didn't see anything.
Lynn asked if they ever go to the basement and the male answered, "Not much."
They call their lady ghost "Karen" so I asked if her name was indeed Karen and the male came through again. "I didn't break it," he said. Was he talking about the painting?
Someone asked, "How many in the basement?" and a male responded with, "They're lost."
The session ended at that point.
Pendulum Room
We set up a small storage room as a dowsing area. Groups of two went back and asked questions with the pendulum. Ben & Cheryl went first:
They were talking to a female
She's 70 years-old
She's married
She has children – sons
Her name is Karen
She likes to sing
They got her to knock on the wall
She's originally from New Harmony
She had a dog
She rode on a wagon for transportation
She was around automobiles, but didn't know what a train was
She was once a slave
She is tired
I walked back to switch the group out, but the painting fell in the other room before the next group could come in. After a few minutes, the Keith and his wife went back.
She isn't going to hurt them
She's mad that they're there messing up her evening
She likes beer
She is the one who threw the painting
It will be safe for them to go into the basement
She likes Keith
It's easier for them to talk to Keith
They didn't bring any spirits with them to the investigation
The groups switched floors and the next two people came back to try the pendulum.
They were talking to a woman
She's not friends with Erica (a name they learned in the basement session)
She's glad they're there talking to her
She died when she was young
She worked there
She worked there when it was saloon
She wasn't treated poorly when she worked there. She enjoyed it
It wasn't fun time to work there
The other ladies were not her friends
She wasn't the boss
She wasn't a bar maid
She wasn't there when it was a pharmacy
Erica isn't sad or angry
The next two people came back and tried it.
She's not tired of them
She lived in New Harmony for a long time
Her family is from New Harmony
She went to church there
She liked New Harmony
She was there when it was a saloon
She wasn't happy there
She worked – had a job
She worked as a prostitute at times at the saloon
It was difficult
They weren't nice to her.
She doesn't hate men
It wasn't difficult work
She knows it's no longer a saloon
She misses it being a saloon
Her name was Suzy
She likes being in the building
She's not tired
She didn't have any children
She wasn't married
She knows who Joni is
She likes Joni
She came from somewhere nearby
It was interesting how each group picked up slightly different information. One group pinpointed the woman's age as 70 years-old, while the other group felt they were talking to a younger woman. It's possible they were talking to two different ghosts, but it's also possible that they were getting misinformation from one of them or they were experiencing difficulties with the pendulum. It's not a scientific device and we know that, but we've had a lot of luck uncovering verifiable information by using it.
It was interesting that they were finding some similarities though. None of the groups passed on information to the next group as they switched places. My guess is they were talking to "Karen," the ghost who often moves items in the gallery.
Traci Hoehn and Crystal Folz led the investigation in the basement. For a portion of their allotted time, they conducted the Estes Method. In this experiment, Traci wore noise-cancelling headphones that were attached directly to a Spirit Box. She also wore a blindfold. People in the room asked questions, but Traci couldn't hear them. Instead, she simply said what she heard come through the box. The importance of this experiment is the elimination of leading information. Sometimes we hear what we want to hear. When we ask a question and hear something that sounds like an appropriate answer, we often jump on it. With the Estes Method, we can't do this.
Crystal assists Traci in this experiment, insuring the group is asking appropriate questions and isn't firing them off in rapid-fire sequence. Ghosts need a bit of time to respond, so we always ask that they pause 15-20 seconds before asking the next question. Crystal also watches Traci to make sure she's okay. While in the Estes Method, Traci often goes into almost a psychic trance. In past cases, she's actually found herself seeing visions of what she's also hearing. If she begins to look agitated or seems overwhelmed, Crystal will gently pull her out of the session.
No one had a chance to ask Traci a question before she was off and running.
T: Love it
Q: Did you grow up in New Harmony?
Q: Is your family here?
Q: What date did you last see on a newspaper?
Q: Can you see us?
T: Like you
T: some more then
Q: Are you glad to have us here? What do you like about us?
Q: Do you like that this building is being used as an art gallery?
Q: Did you work or live in this building?
Q: Were you here when they had the battered women's display? (Several weeks prior to the investigation, the gallery had an exhibit in the basement that delved into Victorian era prostitution. Quite eerily, the story Traci would uncover with the Estes Method mirrored the story the exhibit told. We spent a lot of time discussing this. Chelsie actually wrote the story in the booklet they handed out, telling the story of two prostitutes. She wrote it at the gallery, making us wonder if she had supernatural assistance.)
Q: Do you like the people who come here every day?
(creaking from upstairs)
T: What's that? No!
Q: If you don't like the people who work here, what about them don't you like?
Q: Did you like Christmas time?
Q: Did you work here or did your family own the business?
Q: Can you tell me some of the things this building was used for before?
T: Do it!
Q: Do what?
Q: Was it a bar? Did you perform here?
Q: What do you want us to do?
Q: Do you have good memories here?
T: Tonight
Q: Good memories when people are here?
Q: What about tonight?
T: When
Q: Are you disturbed by us being here?
T: In general
Q: What makes you uncomfortable? Do you not like having us in your space?
Q: Can you tell me something personal about yourself?
T: Learn
(Joni came downstairs to take pictures)
T: Under
T: You
Q: Did you go to school here?
Q: Was the bridge built during your time?
Q: What was it you want us to learn?
T: One. Uh huh. Same thing. Don't. Sad.
Q: What are you sad about?
T: I'm…
Q: Do you know about the bird that was found in the basement?
Q: Do you know how the bird got into the basement?
Q: Does this building make you feel sad?
T: Every
Q: Are we upsetting you?
(Crystal noted that the energy in the room was building. It felt as though they were growing agitated.)
Q: Do you need help with something?
Q: Are you okay?
T: Susie. Was here.
Q: Who was Susie?
T: Don't. Hey.
Q: Hi. Is Susie here right now? Do you like Susie?
Q: Are you Susie? Or was Susie your friend?
Q: Is there a message we can pass on?
T: Hard
Q: What was hard?
T: Erica. (Traci noted that the voice was a woman who was sobbing)
Q: Are you Erica?
Q: Are Erica and Susie related?
Q: How long have Erica and Susie known each other?
T: Forest
Q: Is there a forest you're thinking about?
Q: Did you like to hike in the forest or did you like to stay in the town?
Q: Did Susie get lost in the forest?
T: Hide!
Q: Susie was hiding in the forest?
Q: Is Erica afraid she lost Susie?
T: It's not our problem (man's voice)
Q: Susie hiding from the man?
T: In there
Q: Is Susie hiding in here from the man? Was the man mean?
T: Stay (Traci noted that something kept touching her left side.) Got you.
Q: Did someone take Susie from Erica?
T: Are you free tonight? (man's voice)
Q: How old are Erica and Susie? Are they friends? Are they family?
Q: Are you scared of the man?
T: Waiting for you
Q: Are you waiting to go out tonight?
T: A man needs gifts. Hiding.
Q: It seems as though something happened in the woods. Can you tell us?
T: Someone.
Q: Did you hide gifts in the woods?
Q: Did this happen when this place was Mr. Heckman's pharmacy?
T: Rotten
Q: Was Mr. Heckman rotten or was it someone who visited here?
Q: Did you like him?
T: There's a bunch talking at once
Q: Are there too many voices around?
T: Get them
Q: Get who?
T: So? Great.
(painting fell upstairs at that point)
Q: Did you have anything to do with what happened upstairs just now?
(sound of the cat ball rolling across the floor)
T: Don't. Famous last words.
Q: Are these multiple people's stories or one person's story tonight?
Q: Did you make the painting fall?
(Joni came downstairs at that point to tell them what happened)
T: My memory. It's wrong. Inbred.
Q: Inbred? What does that mean? What memories are wrong?
T: Here with me
Q: Who's here with you?
T: A man
Q: Does he make you fearful?
Q: We're going to be stopping soon. Is there anything else you want to say?
T: That's it
Crystal then pulled Traci out of the session. Traci then explained everything she heard and saw. She got really hot and her chest got very tight during the session. She said that women were in the woods hiding from men, trying to get away. She felt they were being used as prostitutes and they were the gifts the men were seeking. It so closely resembled the story Chelsie wrote, it gave us chills. In her story, Chelsie discussed the lives of two women who were forced into prostitution and were abused. Was the energy from this discussion what caused the painting to fall upstairs? We weren't sure.
They decided to do a dowsing rod session while Traci recovered from the Estes Method.
Q; Are you still hiding from someone? A: Yes
Q: Does it scare you? A: Yes
Q; Is it a male? A: Yes
Q: Do you feel safe with us? A: no answer
Q: Did you have anything to do with the picture falling upstairs? A: Yes
Q: Is your name Erica? A: Yes
Q: Did a man hurt you in the woods? No answer
Q; Did you work at the saloon? No answer
Q: Was Susie your friend? No answer.
Q: Did you make the picture fall on a man to hurt him? A: Yes
(Joni came down to get them, but they asked for a few more minutes)
Q: Where are you standing in the room? Rods pointed towards Traci
Q: Were you rubbing Traci's arm earlier? A: Yes
The guests in the second group were still shaken up by the experience they had in the gallery. During the entire session, Ben kept hearing sounds in the back corner of the room.
T: Hello (female voice that was kind of creepy)
Q: Hi!
T: Ben (male voice)
Q: I'm right here (Ben said)
T: Possibly
Q: Possibly what? (Ben asked) Is this Karen?
Q: Are you alone here?
T: Over there. Sure!
Q: sure, what?
Q: Did you talk to us earlier or are you someone new?
(could hear walking upstairs from the other group)
Q: Do you hear the people walking upstairs?
Q: Are you female?
T: I did it
Q: What did you do?
Q: Do you regret it? Would you do it again?
Q: I'm looking over there. What should I see?
Q: Did you knock the picture off?
T: Read
Q: Read what?
T: My name's Doreen (different female voice)
Q: Pleased to meet you Doreen
T: Say it
Q: Doreen. Say what?
Q: Doreen's a pretty name. What's your last name?
T: Like that
T: The father
Q: What about the father?
Q: Doreen's father?
Q: Were you here when they had the visiting art display down here in the basement? Did you relate to it?
Q: Did you like everybody coming in here?
Q: Is your father here, Doreen?
Q: Does someone keep all the other spirits here separated? The one who dominates the rest of you? (Crystal asked)
Q: Do you have a sister or brother?
(Ben was seeing something block out the light in the corner)
T: Most people
Q: What do most people do?
Q: is there a domineering man? (Crystal asked)
(Crystal noted that it felt like someone was holding them back from answering)
T: Teamwork
Q: How many of them are you?
Q: Can you tell us how many of you are down here with us?
Q: Someone left and now someone new is here with us. Who is that (Crystal asked)
T: Who are these people?
Q: We are visitors here, talking to you.
Q: Cheryl introduced herself. Can you tell us your name, please? Are you a leader?
(Joni came down to take pictures)
Q: Can anyone do anything to help you?
T: Weird
Q: What's so weird?
Q: Is it weird that people want to help?
T: Christmas
Q: Are you ready for Christmas?
Q: Do you celebrate Christmas?
Q: To whoever came down, is there anything you want to tell us? (Crystal asked)
Q: What year is it right now?
T: Get out!
Q: I don't want to get out. (Ben said this, almost in a hurt voice)
Q: Are you asking for us to get out or are you talking to the other spirits who are here? (Crystal asked)
(Rick noted that Traci had someone standing right behind her)
T: Seven
Q: Did you feel something, Rick? He explained that he was hearing someone clairaudiently.
T: I just saw a black shadow cross in front of me.
(Everyone felt the room grow substantially colder)
Q: Are there more with you?
T: Oooooh! (sounded kind of provocative)
Q: Ooooh, what?
Q: Did you come here with anyone or were you here? (Crystal asked)
Traci then took off the headphones. She'd had enough. She said she felt constrictive breathing and felt it was connected to a woman wearing a corset. She said it was different this time than it was the last time. A lot of people kept popping in, but she didn't feel she was connecting with the same two women from the first session.
They started a dowsing rod session at that point.
Q: Is there just one person down here right now? A: Yes
Q: Are you a young child? A: No
Q: Are you a teenager? A: Yes
Q: Are you female? A: Yes
Q: Did you used to work in this building? A: Yes
Q: Did you enjoy your job? A: Yes (slow Yes)
Q: Did you work anywhere else in New Harmony besides here? A: Yes
Q: Do you ever want to leave New Harmony and go somewhere else? A: Yes
Q: Do you enjoy us being here? A: Yes
Q: Do you like dogs? A: Yes
Q: Are there any dogs in this building? (they thought they heard a bark) A: No answer
Q: Do you wish you had a dog? A: Yes
Q: Were you here when the bird showed up in the basement? A: No
Q: Did you hear the painting fall off the wall? A: Yes
Q: Did that surprise you as much as it surprised me? (Rick asked) A: Yes
Q: That means you had nothing to do with it, right? A: Yes
Q: Do you know who did it? A: No answer
Q: Are you afraid to say? A: Yes
Q: Will you tell me if I guess right? A: No answer
Q: Is it the man who stays down here in the basement? A: No answer
Q: Is it a child? A: No answer (They started hearing more sounds in the back corner)
Q: Is the woman we talked to in the first session the one who knocked the picture off onto Rick? (Crystal asked) A: No answer
Q: Did you come here with someone this evening? A: No answer
Q: Is the lady from our first session still here? (Traci asked) A: Yes
Q: Can you point to where you are right now? Rods pointed towards the same area where Rick felt someone, which happened to be directly behind Traci.
Q: Is there a man down here? A: Yes
Q: Does he stay in the back corner? A: No
Q: Is he back there right now? A: Yes
Q: Does he keep walking in front of the light? A: Yes?
Q: Do you like him? A: Yes ( The group was surprised by this)
Q: Is his name Mr. Heckmann? A: No
Q: Is his name Clyde Ramsey? A: No
Q: Were you an actress here? A: No
Q: Do you remember when they had productions here? A: No
Q: Did girls perform at the saloon? A: No answer
Q: Did girls dance at the saloon? A: No answer
Q: Did girls sing at the saloon? A: No answer
Q: Are you feeling confused right now? A: Yes
Q: Was this a pool hall at one time? A: no answer
(They heard another noise)
Q: Are you back in the basement right now? A: Yes
(Cheryl mentioned that she saw a flash of light)
Q: Did you ever use a carriage outside of this building? A: No answer
Q: Are you having a hard time breathing? A: Yes
Q: Are you listening to the people upstairs too? A: Yes
The session ended and we wrapped up for the night, walking away shaking our heads at the events that had transpired.
It was an intense investigation, one we wouldn't soon forget. It's easy to connect the dots and say that we were honing in on two women who worked at the saloon. We know from history that barmaids and servants were often forced into prostitution in saloons like this, but we have no documentation that this happened at the Centennial Saloon.
And who was the man who hid in the corner? Was he also connected to the saloon or did he come in during another time period? And why was he hiding? Was he Clyde Ramsey, the pharmacist who committed suicide in the building? These were all questions we didn't get answers to. This is part of the mystery involved with communicating with the dead. Sometimes they only give us enough information to intrigue us. We often need to revisit the location several times to pull more of the information.
Despite the falling painting, the owners of the gallery would like to have us back for another investigation in the near future. We hope to uncover more of the story about Susie and Erica and possibly help free them from the torment they are reliving.
(Above) Joni, Crystal and Traci
I'd like to thank Dan Mason and John Nordgauer for opening up their lovely gallery for us to investigate. I'd also like to thank Chelsie for letting us in the building to check it out and for hanging out with us for the duration of the night. And of course, I am indebted to my team, Crystal Folz and Traci Hoehn for making this an incredible event.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
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First off, you can't really go wrong with any face brush if you've just been using your hands to wash your face. The bristles give you a deeper, more thorough clean than you could ever achieve without them. Face brushes can be six times more effective than just using your hands! If you're trying to convince yourself that you're just fine with your fingers, think again. A product that is specifically designed to get rid of all that dirt, oil, and nasty stuff out of your pores is always going to be better than your hands, thorough as they may be. After all, your hands don't scrub away or absorb all that gross stuff; all they really do is spread it around. Maybe some of it comes off when you rinse off, but most of it will still be there, just in a new place. And your hands might be clean as could be, but chances are you're just adding more grime and dirt each time. So stop kidding yourself and start asking the important questions: which face brush? And how much should I spend? The Olay Pro X and the Clarisonic Mia are great representations of the two types of face brushes available today; the Olay Pro X is moderately priced for the average user while the Clarisonic Mia is more expensive and professional-grade.
Clarisonic was actually the first company to introduce the face brush to the market, but Olay was hot on their trail. Where Clarisonic was innovative, Olay was consumer-friendly, offering their face brush at a lower price and marketing it in pharmacies and drugstores where users can easily find it. The Olay Pro X face brush, the first of its kind from Olay, using a circular motion that rotates the brush, clearing your face of grime and dirt. It doesn't just move the dirt around, either, but completely removes it. Its ergonomic design makes it easy for anyone to use at any time, and it's easy to use even on difficult-to-reach areas. Its compact size also makes it easy to hold and use. It has soft, gentle bristles that won't irritate even very sensitive skin and feels good against your face. The Olay Pro X has a slow speed setting and a fast speed setting, with each speed having about a 30 second cycle. It comes with one type of brush head, and there's no option to use a different sort of head. It takes two batteries and can be used in the shower or under running water.
Clarisonic was the pioneer of the face brush, so they had a lot of control over the price they could set and the promises they could make. Clarisonic offers a number of different types of face brushes, all with unique speed settings and even designed for specific parts of your body. Typically, a Clarisonic face brush will come with a corresponding skincare product either in full or trial size. The brush on Clarisonic face brushes will need to be replaced every three months; the brushes also offer four different styles ranging from sensitive to normal to deep pore to acne. The Clarisonic Mia is the lowest-priced model available in the Clarisonic line. It uses sonic vibrations created by the oscillating motor to give you an extremely deep clean of your pores. The sonic vibrations stimulate your pores and allow the dirt and grime in them to be released. If you use the Clarisonic Mia over time, you will find that your skin gradually becomes cleaner naturally because its deep pore cleansing allows your pores to close and look tighter and smaller. This model is definitely travel sized, but it's not very compact. It can certainly reach all of your crevices and tricky areas on your face, but it is bulky. The Clarisonic Mia comes standard with the sensitive brush, but you can alternate to any of the others than you want. The sensitive brush is very good for sensitive, irritable skin. This model comes with one pre-set speed and has one-minute cycles. It is rechargeable by plugging it into the wall, and can be used in the shower or under running water.
In my opinion, after using both the Olay Pro X and the Clarisonic Mia, I believe the Clarisonic Mia far outperforms the Olay Pro X, and is worth every dollar. For one thing, the Clarisonic Mia gives you a full range of options that you can tailor to suit your specific needs, whereas the Olay Pro X has more of a one-size-fits-all approach. Besides that, though, my main preference is based on performance. The Clarisonic Mia left my face feeling fresher, cleaner, and less clogged than the Olay Pro X. I generally have good skin anyway, so for me to say I really noticed the difference means a lot about the product. The Pro X wasn't a bad facial cleaner by any means, and it did a great job at leaving a clean feeling, but I still experienced acne sometimes and it didn't get rid of my blackheads for good like the Mia did. I still experienced some breakouts with the Mia but they cleared up very quickly. Furthermore, I didn't have to change the brushes on the Mia nearly as often as I did with the Clarisonic. You have to replace the head on the Pro X once every two months or so, but you can use the Clarisonic for the same amount of time and see no degradation on the brush head.
Still, if you are budget conscious, you're going to be a lot better off buying the Pro X than you will just using your hands to wash your face. The Clarisonic is more like a long-term investment that will last you for a while whereas the Pro X is a more short-term solution and will require you to pay a little bit once in a while.
The Clarisonic really does deliver a punch, and when you consider that you will have to buy new brush heads for the Pro X every two months, the Clarisonic may seem like a better deal. You'll save money in the long run because you will not have to pay for new brushes all the time, and the quality that you get with the Clarisonic can't be beat. But, as I said, the Pro X is way better than nothing, and if you can only afford to spend a certain amount, it's a good product that will help your skin be clearer and cleaner.


Manchester City are looking to get their Premier League defence back on track with a win against Swansea City this afternoon. Manuel Pellegrini's side are currently eight points off league leaders Chelsea, so they cannot afford to drop any more points.
Swansea will be a challenge, however. Garry Monk's men are coming off the back of a 2-1 victory over Arsenal, and could go third in the Premier League table if they get all three points against the Sky Blues. The table doesn't lie, and with Swansea in fifth place ahead of their Manchester City clash, the Welsh outfit will be difficult.
But the Citizens know they need to deliver on home soil. They have won their last two at the Etihad stadium, and are being backed by Bet 365 with odds of 2/5 to get all three points to keep up the pressure on Chelsea.
Swansea shouldn't be disregarded today. They have picked up seven points from their last three games, and boast having beaten Manchester United, as well as Arsenal.


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STARNES, Henry I. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project
STARNES, Henry I.
Source: Crawfordsville Journal-Review 1 March 1960 p 1
Henry I. Starnes 88, of Hillsboro, died at 10:45 a.m. Monday in the Rudisill Nursing Home at Crawfordsville. He was in the newspaper business for a number of years and when a young man published weeklies in Hillsboro, Waynetown and Wingate. He was also employed in the circulation department of the Indianapolis News and the Crawfordsville Review. Mr. Starnes served two terms as Fountain County Treasurer and was postmaster in Hillsboro for several years. He was a member of the Hillsboro Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge and Fern Chapter O.E.S. Born Feb 13 1872, near Hillsboro, the son of Charles and Mary Edwards Starnes. He was married Aug 25 1892 to Flora Temple of Wingate. Mr. and Mrs. lived all of their married life in this community except 8 years when they lived in Covington. Mrs. Starnes died last Dec 20 (1959). Surviving are two sons, Harry of Crawfordsville; Fred of Waynetown; a daughter Mrs. Ethel Dwiggins of Leesburg Ind.; a brother Lewis Starnes and a sister, Mrs. Effie Gray both of Hillsboro; eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Crumley Funeral Home here with Rev. Sheldon Garriott in charge. Interment will be in Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. The Hillsboro Masonic Lodge will conduct graveside rites. Friends may pay their respects at the funeral home. (pic)
Source: Indianapolis Star Wed 2 March 1960 p 21
Crawfordsville – Funeral services for Henry Starnes, 88 years old, retired newspaper publisher will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Crumley Funeral Home at Hillsboro. Burial will be in the Waynetown Masonic Cemetery. A native of Fountain County, Mr. Starnes died Monday in a Crawfordsville Nursing home. Mr. Starnes published weekly newspapers in Waynetown and Wingate in Montgomery County and Hillsboro in Fountain County. He also was former Hillsboro Postmaster and former Fountain County treasurer. He formerly worked in the circulation department of the Indianapolis News and the Crawfordsville Journal and Review. Mr. Starnes was a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star in Hillsboro. Survivors include two sons, Harry Starnes of Crawfordsville and Fred Starnes of Waynetown; a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Dwiggins of Leesburg; a brother, Lewis Starnes of Hillsboro; 8 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
File Created: 10 July 2011 - kbz (via the great Waynetown Masonic Cemetery obituary site)


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Does Hillary Know It's Over?
Hillary began her (somewhat premature) Indiana "victory" speech on an up note, throwing an old Obama quote about how Indiana would be a PA/NC/IN tiebreaker back in his face. But since then she's sounded a little dispirited to me. When she delivered a line about the primary race is "so close," her heart really didn't seem in it to me--it reminded me of her weak delivery of that "change you can Xerox" debate line she seemed embarassed to utter. And talking about the future contests in West Virginia and Kentucy, she sounded very rote as she read from a script. It sounded more like she was talking about a trip to the dentist's office.
I may be imagining all this, it's easy to project based on what you suspect is happening. But Ben Smith notices something similar.


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Brexit doom
Countless political commentators have compared Brexit to a game of chicken. This is the mathematical game in which two players have to choose whether to swerve or drive straight. Each player's favourite outcome is to drive straight while the other player swerves. But if nobody swerves, the result is a disastrous crash. Most versions of this analogy have Theresa May of the UK in one car while Juncker of the EU drives the other, each doing their best macho posturing, hoping the other will blink first.
It's well known that being visibly nervous is disastrous in this game, as it will encourage the other player to hold firm. In fact, one popular solution is to throw your steering wheel out of the window, to let your opponent know that you no longer have the option of swerving. Putting on a visible display of insanity or unreasonable determination can have the same effect. This is why it's thought that psychopaths might often get what they want and rise to the highest echelons of society. On the other hand, this hawkish strategy only succeeds against players who are themselves sufficiently flexible and reactive that they will swerve in response. If neither car has a competent driver at the wheel, then caboom.
This analogy is often touted with an emphasis on the uneven sizes of the vehicles involved, or on the lack of responsiveness or rationality on the EU's side, but neither of these warnings seem effective in counteracting the WWII era bluster of the Tory Brexiters who urge May to hold steady to her course.
I think we've been sold a faulty metaphor. We are in a car, but there are several people, all British, fighting over the steering wheel. May has a steely arm, and she is determined to drive us along her chosen middle gangway. Others keep jerking the wheel left towards a different gangway labelled hard brexit. Others still are yanking the wheel right towards a third gangway marked no brexit at all. The teams seem evenly split so everyone is having a hard time working out which road it will be.
But nobody noticed the shadowy figure seated in the rear passenger seat with a gleam in his eye. For he knows that the three gangways are narrow escapes from a sheer cliff, and it is into the crocodile-filled waters of no deal that he wants us to go.
The situation is rigged! No deal isn't a fourth gangway, it's the default. The no-dealer doesn't need to grab the wheel, he only needs the fighting to carry on. The closer the deadline looms, the more inevitable those crocodiles become, and the people fighting at the wheel haven't even noticed.


This autobiographical debut feature from writer and director Clara Simón is a collected set of memories, picked from her own experience of losing her parents - due to complications from HIV - when she was a child in Barcelona. It's a starkly intimate view of the events; she has placed us, both in terms of narrative input and camera angles, at the level of six-year-old Frida (Laia Artigas). Alongside cinematographer Santiago Racaj, they have created a child's world where adults wonder in and out of shot and the thread of events must be put together from Frida's point of view.
It's a strange and almost isolated place to spend an hour and a half. And, considering her recent trauma, it's not particularly pleasant, either. However, what is evident is how Simón has successfully managed to recreate a very real childhood experience. This success is achieved mainly by the startlingly naturalistic scenes involving the children. It's as if the camera is simply not there. We could be sat observing a real family, unnoticed.
And so we follow Frida as she gets to grips with her new life under the care of her uncle Esteve (David Verdaguer) and aunt Marga (Bruna Cusí). It's not long until she begins to overhear the comments from others in the village concerning the nature of her mother's death: 'Was it pneumonia her mother died from? I thought it was something else.' One of the unique strengths of Summer 1993 is that in moments like these, and because we are spending so much time at Frida's level, you find yourself wanting to interrupt the conversation and tell the characters not to be so naive to think the children won't hear, and if they do that they won't understand. It's a reminder of just how observant and perceptive children are.
There's a wonderfully astute scene where Frida and her younger cousin, Anna (Paula Robles) play together outside. Frida is dressed as a mother, smoking a fake cigarette and ordering food and Anna is pottering around trying to please her. Simón not only uses this to give us a glimpse into how Frida, as a child, is coming to terms with the death of her mother but also as a way of giving the audience clues about their relationship and her illness. The subtle interplay between the two young girls continues throughout -sometimes becoming mean-spirited and causing tension between the other family members.


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Kate Middleton Appears to Channel Princess Margaret in New Portrait
To mark Kate's 40th birthday, Kensington Palace released three new photos of the Duchess.
By Caroline Hallemann
As an amateur photographer with a love for the art form, Kate Middleton is often the one behind the camera, taking photos of her children, Princess Charlotte and Princes George and Louis, to be shared with the public. But to mark Kate's milestone 40th birthday, Kensington Palace released a trio of new portraits of the Duchess of Cambridge, by the Italian photographer Paolo Roversi.
The images, which were taken late last year in Kew Gardens, are quite glamorous, and feature Kate wearing beautiful Alexander McQueen dresses and jewels inherited from her mother-in-law Princess Diana and borrowed from her grandmother-in-law Queen Elizabeth. But one of the images in particular is reminiscent of another member of the royal family: Princess Margaret.
The black and white portrait of Kate's profile, in which she wear wearing an off-the-shoulder gown with bow accents, looks quite similar a portrait of the Queen's late sister Margaret, which was taken by Cecil Beaton in honor of the Princess's 19th birthday in 1949.
Paolo Roversi/Handout/Kensington PalaceGetty Images
In that image, Princess Margaret also wears an ethereal, cream-colored off-the-shoulder gown, though Margaret opted for a five-strand pearl choker, while Kate chose to forgo a necklace, instead making a statement with her earrings, which were once worn by Princess Diana.
Princess Margaret's 19th birthday portrait
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The portraits of Kate will eventually be added to the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, but ahead of the Gallery's re-opening in 2023, the images will be part of Coming Home, which is described by Kensington Palace as "a nationwide initiative which sees portraits of well-known individuals being sent to locations which they are closely associated with."
In 2022, Kate's portraits will displayed in Berkshire, St Andrews, and Anglesey, three locations described as having "a special meaning to Her Royal Highness." Further details regarding when and where the images will be displayed will be announced "in due course."
See the other two images of Kate, below:
From: Town & Country US
Caroline Hallemann Digital Director As the digital director for Town & Country, Caroline Hallemann covers culture, entertainment, and a range of other subjects


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Every time you hire someone new you are putting forward a lot of time and resources to bring that person on board. That is an investment that you hope offers the maximum return in the form of a top performing employee who wows the client and who brings revenue in for many years to come. How can you determine the return on investment (ROI) that you are going to get out of a staffing candidate?
Return on investment is a term used in different ways, depending on the situation involved. At its core, however, ROI is the benefit you get after investing something into a resource. For example, if you are calculating the return you get on a stock investment, the equation is fairly simple. You purchased the stock at $10. A year later, you sold it for $15. Your return was 50%.
Calculating the return on investment when it comes to staffing employees is not so straightforward or easy.
The resource you are investing in is the employee. What you are investing in that person is more than just money, however. You are putting time and resources into ensuring that person is ready to do the job for which you hired him or her. You are also investing your agency's reputation and brand into that person.
In addition to the complications of calculating your investment into the employee, there are complexities involved with determining the return you are getting from that person as well. The easiest part is the revenue you receive for that person's work. The client pays their invoice and you put the money in the bank. But, you are also getting intangible returns in the employee's influence on your brand and reputation.
How Can You Calculate (and Maximize) the ROI on a Staffing Candidate?
Choose a method you can use to demonstrate return. Using the cost or speed of hiring as your primary measure does not do that. It only tells you how cheap or fast you hired a person, not whether that person is going to do quality work and optimal performance.
A cost-benefit analysis is generally a good approach for demonstrating return. You have a client with a job opening. None of your current employees can fill the position, either because they lack the skills or they are already in client placements. You have the choice of either turning down the opportunity to fill that job opening or hiring a new person to fill the opening.
Will the return you get from hiring a new person outweigh the return you would get from turning the client away?
Keep track of all costs associated with hiring a new person. These costs should include advertising for the position, recruiting candidates, doing interviews, going through the hiring process, and onboarding/training the new person. By counting all the costs, you can find places where you can keep costs down and where you need to be spending money.
Next, ensure that your hiring process is efficient and effective. Just getting a warm body into a position is not enough in the staffing world. You need to know that anyone you bring on board is going to be the right person for the open job.
Know what the roles and responsibilities of the open position are, before hiring anyone. This helps you focus your recruitment efforts into finding the right person for the job.
Carefully screen each job candidate to ensure they are a good fit for the client and your staffing agency.
Use interviews to further flesh out the job candidate's potential contributions. This is the time to verify the person's qualifications and to get a better idea of their personality and soft skills.
You also need an efficient on-boarding and training process. This minimizes the time preparing this new person to be an effective contributor for the client and your agency.
Set solid goals with definitive time intervals for the new employee's performance. This helps you measure how well this person is doing and whether you need to do further training or if you have definite problems you need to address. You should give the new person an appropriate amount of time to get acclimatized to the job.
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And finally don't settle for the wrong person. When you have a client with an open position, you may feel pressure to get someone into that job quickly. However, putting the wrong person in that job will end up only alienating the client and damaging your agency's reputation.


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Anybody else watching this game?
Cavs been on a mission. Got humiliated last tournament by losing focus, no loss of focus this tournament. I hope it's a blowout tonight, Virginia 70 - Texas Tech 40. Will probably be close though. They say it will be a defensive battle.
I hope it's a blow out as well. Steelers give my heart enough trouble. This one needs to be easy...so it won't be.
So much for easy blow out. Congrats on a Cavs National Championship!


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Study: Telehealth use jumped sharply during the first months of pandemic shutdown
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Jan 11 2021
Use of telehealth jumped sharply during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, with the approach being used more often for behavioral health services than for medical care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Between mid-March and early May 2020, telehealth was used by more than 40% of patients with a chronic physical health condition and by more than 50% of those with a behavioral health condition, according to findings published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Overall, almost half of the people who were undergoing treatment when the pandemic shutdown began reported using some form of telemedicine.
Researchers found that the use of telehealth for behavioral health conditions was lower among women and among people over the age of 60. Use of telehealth also was lower among Non-Hispanic Whites relative to Non-Hispanic Blacks, and was lower among those with less than a high school education relative to those with a college degree.
While the increased use of telehealth was widespread, some groups of Americans reported using the services less often than others. If telehealth use is going to remain high, we need to ensure equity of access, particularly for behavioral health care where education, age and gender were all associated with levels of use."
Dr. Shira H. Fischer, Study's Lead Author and Physician Researcher at RAND
In a finding with important implications for the future of telehealth, researchers also found that during the pandemic a large majority of telehealth users connected with their own doctor rather than a new or unfamiliar doctor.
Prior to the pandemic, patients frequently were reluctant to use telehealth because it often meant seeing a provider other than their own physician. According to researchers, sustaining the ability to see one's own doctor through telehealth may be critical to making telehealth a permanent part of routine health care.
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Many reports have documented a spike in the use of telehealth services after the shutdown prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. The increase was made possible by emergency regulatory changes that were adopted to promote use of telehealth.
RAND researchers examined the increase in telehealth by surveying 2,052 adults who are a part of the RAND American Life Panel, a nationally representative internet panel. The questions about use of telehealth were part of a larger survey about life during the pandemic that was fielded between May 1 and May 6.
When the pandemic began, nearly 40% of the Americans surveyed were being treated for a chronic physical health condition, while 15% were being treated for a behavioral health condition. Since the pandemic started, 16% had considered seeking care for a new or recurrent condition.
The study found that among patients who were receiving care when the pandemic began, 11% had used telehealth that included video conferencing from the middle of March to early May, a period of less than two months. In contrast, a survey conducted with the same panel in 2019 found that fewer than 4% had ever used video conferencing with a doctor.
Among people who used telehealth services, researchers found that the use of video telehealth was less common for physical health care (14% of patients) than for behavioral health care (30% of patients).
Lack of insurance was associated with lower telehealth use for new conditions, while use of telehealth was more common in the Northeast than other parts of the nation.
"There is a wide expectation that telehealth will continue after the pandemic ends. Lessons from the use of telehealth during this period should inform policy for the post-COVID-19 era," Fischer said.
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Place avocado in a medium bowl; mash with a fork until smooth with some chunks remaining. Stir in pimientos, lime juice, a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper. Set aside.
Sprinkle chicken with the remaining ½ teaspoon salt, the remaining ½ teaspoon pepper and garlic powder. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and reduce heat to medium. Cook, turning once, until just cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes per side. Top with cheese; cover and continue cooking until the cheese has melted, about 2 minutes more. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter and top with the guacamole. Garnish with cilantro.
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