LOUGHBOROUGH MP Nicky Morgan will call on the Government to take action to protect the security of mental health in-patients during a debate in the House of Commons.
LOUGHBOROUGH MP Nicky Morgan willcall on the Government to take action to protect the security of mental health in-patients during a debate in the House of Commons.
She says this follows revelations about the number of in-patients detained under the Mental Health Act who have absconded from secure mental health units in England over the past five years.
Shesays the issue arose after the tragic case of Mrs Morgan's constituent, Kirsty Brookes, who was able to abscond from the Bradgate Unit at Leicester Hospitals in June 2010 and subsequently took her own life.
Thestatistics were revealed following a Freedom of Information request sent by Mrs Morgan to all Mental Health Trusts in England, which revealed that there were more than 37,000 incidents of mental health in-patients absconding in the past five years.
Thedata supplied by the trusts showed that there were, on average, more than 700 incidents of patients escaping or being absent without leave from wards run by the 50 trusts that responded to the FOI request.
In Leicestershire, 386 had absconded.
On Monday, sheurged the Government to look again at the guidance issued to trusts surrounding the security of patients in mental health units and to consider why it is not being followed.


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Someone needs to come and collect their mum (NSFL).
Well that didn't exactly go to plan.
Someone needs to come and collect their mum.
The school curriculum in 2019.
At least someone loves you.
Think he might be onto something here.
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RATING: Enjoyable Issue, read for cool art direction.
Gregg Hurwitz is best at giving back stories for characters. It is one of his best qualities as a writer making the character seem more believable and allowing the audience to have an understanding of the character. Now, the story of Detective Comics #0 is not new but it is giving a definite foundation for Bruce becoming Batman. The Batman we all know is one who distant and keeps everyone away. Issue #0 gives you the story behind this distant and cold demeanor of Batman, where Bruce loses a bit of his humanity to become Batman in the end. This issue also shows you what Bruce has been doing during those lost years traveling the world, and learning different from teachers in the art of combat and fighting.
Tony Daniel did the artwork for this comic book so after this issue, I do not think we will be seeing Daniel. Of course, he is still part of DC Comics but he's going to be doing Justice League. I believe he is doing Justice League #13 right now as we speak. Daniel did a decent job with the artwork and he continues to give that subtle darkness for Batman. He had some very powerful art direction especially toward the end of the issue where the Bat symbol is displayed on the wall in dripping blood. I did enjoy some of his panels showing physical emotions between the characters. Thank you, Tony Daniel for doing this issue.
Next up will be John Layman who is going to be the next writer of Detective Comics. Layman promises to bring the detective back to Detective Comics. Jason Fabok who will be the main artist for Detective Comics will also be part of the promise to bring amazing artwork for Detective Comics. October is going to be very exciting!
There was an extra bonus for Detective Comics #0, it shows the back story of Alfred waiting for Bruce to come back to Gotham. While Alred is waiting for Bruce, there are some annoying people who want the Wayne Family fortune. This back story was written by James Tynion IV who has done work with Scott Snyder on "Night of Owls" story arc for Batman. Tynion gives wonderful story lines for people to sink their teeth in. He gives more to Alfred's character than it has ever been given before. Alfred has always been a firm supporter of Bruce by being his conscience. In this case, this back story digs into Alfred during the years Bruce was away training and traveling the world. It's great to show what trials both characters had to go through before Bruce became Batman. Tynion definitely made Alfred a more lovable character. The art was done by Henik Jonsson who gave a superb job with the art direction. Jonsson used every angle to convey such emotion from Alfred. This made Alfred appear as a very passionate character. The panels throughout this back story were just beautifully well done. I am looking forward to Tynion on Talon, which is coming in September with Issue #0. I hope to see more of Jonsson's work in the near future.
Check out some of the panels that I thought were cool.
Comment down below, DKN Facebook, or DKNewsCom about what you thought of Detective Comics. Are you excited to see what's next by John Layman and Jason Fabok? Will you be reading Talon?


A Day Trip To Redwings Horse Sanctuary - Me, him, the dog and a baby!
This Father's Day just gone we didn't really have any plans but my sister and her fiance wanted to go and do something so we decided on the Redwings Horse Sanctuary in Aylsham. None of us had ever been before but we'd had it on a list of things to do close by for a while now and none of us wanted to go too far. Redwings is only a 15-20 minute drive away for us so relatively easy to get to.
The first thing to mention is that entry to Redwings Horse Sanctuary is free and that it is open every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 10am to 4pm. Knowing that this was free I think I was expecting somewhere quite small with not that much to see. This wasn't what it was at all though.
As you arrive at Redwings you're greeted by staff who explain about the different horses and which are the most friendly, along with the options for donating. Of course, you don't have to donate anything at all if you don't want to but Redwings also asks for donations of carrots, apples and ginger biscuits to feed the horses which I thought was a lovely alternative.
At the entrance there is a large gift shop with toilets to the right and a small cafe to the left. The cafe sold various hot and cold drinks with some snacks and cakes but you won't be able to buy a meal here. Even before you get to the horses there is also a children's play area and a picnic area if you want to take any food with you.
I was really surprised at just how big Redwings is. There are about 30 different paddocks to walk around and as this is somewhere for horses be prepared to get a bit mucky and muddy if the weather is bad. I went in sandals on a pretty nice day and I wish I'd worn full shoes instead.
Erin actually got bored quite quickly and decided she would much rather go and play at the park with her dad so the other three of us wandered around and tried to make friends with some horses. Turns out that a lot of them were very friendly and we had so much fun seeing which would come to us and which wouldn't. Places like this really aren't just for children! I'd say we ended up having more fun than Erin.
As we came back round from seeing the horses we noticed the stables were open and one of the horses was having a bit of a wash and a groom. Erin was amazed and loved watching the horse having it's tail brushed. She's never seen anything like this before so she was quite happy to stand and watch for a while.
We spent a couple of hours at Redwings Horse Sanctuary and probably could have stayed longer. Erin was quite tired though as it was way passed her nap time by the time we left. I really liked that there was quite a lot to do there and plenty for children, even if they don't want to look at the horses.
Redwings Horse Sanctuary is a gem of a find and there are 5 centers in total around the UK, which you can find out more about here!


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Proposed Rule Would Permit China to Export Poultry Products to U.S.
Guangzhou officials reported in February that more than 30 percent of live poultry markets were infected with bird flu. SCMP Pictures
The Trump administration will publish a proposed rule Friday that would permit the People's Republic of China (PRC) to export its own poultry products to the U.S. It is doing so because U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) claims that the PRC's food safety inspection system is equivalent to ours. The decision comes on the heels of the PRC agreeing to resume importing U.S. beef after a 14-year ban.
We can't let trade trump food safety. While China will get U.S. beef that underwent strong food safety regulatory oversight, U.S. consumers will be subject to imports from a country whose own public health officials admit has weak food safety enforcement.
The PRC has experienced numerous avian influenza outbreaks that have led to the death of hundreds of thousands of birds. Some of the strains have been so virulent that they have killed humans that came into contact with infected poultry. At last count, there have been 268 reported human deaths since October 2016. In February, a multinational group of scientists published a study in which they found that antibiotic strains of pathogens run rampant in Chinese poultry.
Food safety scandals have continued to plague the PRC in recent years. In 2008, dairy products tainted with melamine killed six infants and caused 300,000 Chinese consumers to be hospitalized. Other food safety violations include food processing establishments recovering and reusing used cooking oil from street gutters; another food processor marinating duck meat in sheep urine in order to pass it off as lamb meat, another meat merchant marinating pork in chemicals to disguise it as beef; and companies manufacturing and exporting poultry-flavored pet treats tainted with toxins that sickened thousands of pets in the U.S.
What makes the proposed rule even more odious is that the PRC had decided to designate in advance two plants operated by Cargill as being able to export Chinese poultry products to the U.S., should the rule be finalized. Cargill is now reportedly trying to qualify to sell its U.S. beef to China—a win for Cargill, but a big loss for consumers.
To make matters worse, processed poultry from the PRC will not be subject to country of origin labeling requirements, leaving consumers completely in the dark about what they are buying and feeding to their families.
There will be a 60-day public comment period once the proposed rule is published in the Federal Register. Food & Water Watch urges consumers to tell USDA to cancel this dubious proposed rule when the comment period opens Friday.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Politics of identity and separatism
Rekha Chowdhary
Routledge India
October 5, 2015 by Routledge India
This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the complex conflict situation in Kashmir. Through an internal perspective, it charts the shift in the Kashmiri response towards the Centre and offers a detailed examination of the background in which separatist politics took roots in Kashmir, and the way it changed its nature in the militancy and post-militancy period. The volume shows how separatism and armed militancy, as manifest in the Valley in the late 1980s, (though augmented by external factors) have been internal responses to the changing nature of Kashmiri identity politics. It explores how the ideas central to Indian nationalist politics — especially democracy and secularism — echoed in Kashmir and were instrumental in dismantling the feudal structure and negotiating an autonomous space within the framework of asymmetrical federalism.
Seamlessly blending facts and incisive analyses, this book raises new questions about the nature of conflict and contestation in the region. It will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of Indian politics, especially on Jammu and Kashmir, and sociology, as well as government bodies, think tanks and the interested general reader.
Foreword by Manoranjan Mohanty. Introduction Part 1: Conflict in Kashmir: Background Factors 1. Identity Politics of Kashmir 2. Background to Armed Militancy and Separatism: Failure of Democratic Politics in Kashmir 3. Federal Logic, Nationalism and Kashmir Conflict 4. Political Economy of Kashmiri Identity Politics Part 2: Militancy and the Politics of Separatism 5. Separatist Space and Politics of Separatism before 1989 6. Militancy and Separatism 7. Democracy in the Context of Separatism Part III: Locating Conflict in Kashmir within the larger context of J&K 8. Beyond Kashmir: Social Diversity and Political Divergence in Jammu & Kashmir 9. Jammu as a Factor in Kashmir Conflict 10. Multiple Dimensions of Conflict Part 4: Conflict Resolution 11. Peace Process. Postscript
Rekha Chowdhary is former Professor of Political Science at the University of Jammu, India.


Shorter David Brooks: congressional Republicans are such implacable assholes that they'll flatly refuse to support big legislation that's good for the country as long as Barack Obama is president. But congressional Democrats are more reasonable, so if Mitt Romney wins, he'll be able to get some big stuff passed. Therefore you should vote for Romney.
Shorter shorter David Brooks: the only way to deal with terrorists is to give them what they want.
If you think I must be characterizing Brooks unfairly, I urge you to click on the link above. Then come back and tell me what I got wrong.


CONVERGE: 10 Years of Perseverance and Success… and Autonomous Meshing!
A lot of things happened in 2008. There was a financial crisis. China hosted the Olympics. Barack Obama won the US presidency. Sarah Palin could even see Russia from her house! But something else was brewing in the Midwestern college town of Madison, Wisconsin. In 2008, Keith Richards, Eric Pomraning, and I realized that we had written a CFD code that could change the simulation world. Not only that, but it was finally ready to be shared with the public. We had spent the last seven years developing this software and now had to figure out how to market it, sell it, support it, and document it, all while running a business. A business that had focused on consulting services since its inception in 1997. How were we going to pull this off? Especially at a time when our biggest client base, the US automotive industry, was facing its own crisis, including bankruptcies and government bailouts. I'll come back to that in a minute, but first, a bit more history on the CFD code that turns ten this year.
Many of you know that CONVERGE started out as MOSES (named by David Schmidt, one of the original founders of our company). But did you know that this stood for Modular Open Source Engine Simulation? That's right, open source. CONVERGE was originally written with the intent of replacing KIVA, the software that we (and many others) had used in our graduate studies. We accomplished a lot with KIVA, and it taught us a lot about reacting flow CFD. However, there was one big problem with it and, frankly, all CFD codes at the time: the mesh. The mesh quality was often low and the resolution coarse, both of which significantly degraded the accuracy of CFD simulations. Moreover, for anything but a simple, stationary geometry, mesh creation was incredibly painful. In fact, much of the consulting we did in the early years was based around KIVA mesh generation. Keith had written a tool called G-Smooth, which allowed us to make full, complicated engine meshes for KIVA faster than anyone else—in one week. Are you kidding? An entire week of engineering time to make a mesh was considered fast? We knew something needed to change.
In 2001 we sent the US government a proposal called The MOSES Project: A Modular, Open Source Engine Simulation Code for Parallel Computation of Complex Geometries. Their response was something along the lines of "this sounds like a great idea; please come back when industry is interested." In their defense, this was unsolicited, they weren't asking for MOSES, and "never make a mesh again" probably sounded pretty far-fetched to the reviewers. This was the first of many times when it would have been easy to throw in the towel.
Instead, we went to industry, specifically to a large engine manufacturer (Engine Maker X). It wasn't easy to convince them, but they too were frustrated with the time required for making meshes as well as the accuracy implications of using a poor quality mesh. A few key people at Engine Maker X believed in us enough to secure funding to help with early development. So in late 2001 we went to work—Keith and Eric developed the core solver while I kept up the consulting side of things to keep the lights on. A couple of years later, I joined them full-time on code development and started implementing the spray and combustion models. I'll never forget the month of April 2004. The first version of MOSES was due on May 1, and like any good researchers, we pulled an all-nighter—that lasted the whole month! This month-long all-nighter was required because we'd scrapped our original approach when we realized that an immersed boundary method wasn't going to work for our purposes. Yet another time when throwing in the towel would have been easy, but I'm so glad we didn't.
Fast forward to 2008 and a lot of changes were about to drop. Our company, Convergent Thinking, LLC changed its name to Convergent Science, Inc. We also changed the name of our software from MOSES to CONVERGE (fun fact: believe it or not, we discovered there was another CFD code called MOSES!). We were entering the automotive CFD market at one of the worst times in history for that industry. But we quickly learned that the financial crisis was motivating companies to make changes. Companies needed to tighten their belts and find the most efficient and accurate simulation tools possible—enter CONVERGE.
Sales of CONVERGE unofficially started where else but at the SAE World Congress in 2008. Daniel Lee, who was one of the original founders of our company, had left to pursue a career at Fluent (and later ANSYS) after graduating from UW-Madison in 1998. Ten years later, he had honed his CFD sales chops and was ready to come back to Convergent Science. Good timing, as Eric, Keith, and I had no experience selling software. So the four of us met at SAE, ready to take on the big players in the engine industry. No booth, no brochures, just Dan's little sales notebook and phrases like "imagine a car without gas" (trying to make an analogy with "imagine a CFD code where the user doesn't have to make a mesh"). These days gasless cars are a little easier to imagine, but our analogy sounded good at the time!
Selling any software is difficult, but selling CFD software can be next to impossible when you're dealing with companies that have an established workflow and years of experience with a legacy code. We heard a lot of "no" before hearing "yes." We were told many times early on that we were, hands down, the best CFD code, but there was concern that our company was too small. Eventually, though, we convinced automotive engineers, and later engineers from a host of other industries, that we were (and still are!) a company dedicated to continued innovation and superlative customer service.
We're also experts in our application fields. There really is something to all of the firsts that we've introduced to the community (autonomous meshing, direct detailed chemistry for combustion, grid-convergent Lagrangian spray modeling, cyclic variability with URANS, etc.), many of which were originally quite controversial. I like to tell students that if they're not working on something at least somewhat disruptive in their research, it's probably not that novel. Boy were we controversial with CONVERGE—many of the entrenched CFD best practices were based on software and hardware limitations rather than fundamental scientific concepts, and we challenged these practices with new ideas based on first principles. These innovations have no doubt succeeded in helping move the needle from postdiction to prediction over the last ten years, and these innovations have helped propel CONVERGE's continued growth.
In 2018, ten years after we started selling CONVERGE, we have around 100 team members in our offices across the globe. Approximately 95% of engine makers in the US use CONVERGE, and around 85% of engine makers worldwide use CONVERGE. We're taking our predictive CFD approach to new markets, and we're once again changing the game with CONVERGE 3.0, which will be released later this year. CONVERGE has taken on a life of its own, with a large user community that includes engineers in industry, national labs, and universities. We have annual user conferences in both the US and in Europe (don't miss our US event in Madison in September, celebrating CONVERGE's ten-year anniversary!). Indeed, the quotation from Robert Fritz that I added to CONVERGE's main.c subroutine many years ago has, in fact, come true: "At first, I am giving energy to the creation, but later the creation seems to be giving energy to me." Happy tenth birthday, CONVERGE, may you continue to empower CFD users to never make a mesh again for years to come.


The Versace gilded barrette in from the women's Spring Summer 2018 Tribute fashion show features a slide on clip with four Medusa medallions. All Versace Jewelry products are lead and nickel free. All the materials are hypoallergenic.


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LaCie 8TB Rugged RAID Shuttle Hard Drive
Nobody was complaining about LaCie's already-innovative Rugged Hard Drive lineup, but (as with most things) we're often our own worst critics. To keep a leg up on the competition, the renowned memory and storage manufacturer has revealed a massive 8TB drive that dwarfs the company's other offerings — dubbed the RAID Shuttle.
LaCie's original line of hard drives held their own within the heavy-duty disc drive space, but being the dominant force for expeditionary data storage wasn't quite enough. The 8TB behemoth doesn't deviate from the Rugged lineup all that much, sporting the same architecture and durable rubber shell that's become an iconic symbol of the brand. Inside, however, it takes care of business (literally and figuratively) through the use of a 250 MB/s speed in RAID 0, while an IP54-rated construction keeps the technical bits safe from water and dust. The Shuttle is also impact-resistant up to four feet and features a USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB Type-C) entry, Thunderbolt 3 capabilities, and AES256-bit hardware encryption for additional privacy and protection. If you think the RAID Shuttle is the quintessential piece of high-tech gear for your everyday endeavors, it'll release in May with a price tag just shy of $530.
Purchase: $530
VOX Built Hi-Fi Headphones That Are Actually Guitar Amps In Disguise
Inspired by the brand's legendary AC30 amplifier.
The 10 Best Drones For Every Budget
A flurry of fliers good for budgets of all shapes and sizes.
Samsung's Premium Galaxy S21 Ultra Has 5G Connectivity & 512GB Of Storage
Alongside a quad-camera array with a massive 108MP sensor.


Beijing's system of internet censorship relies on tens of thousands of workers to remove comments critical of the Communist Party. So what does the average citizen really think of the one-party state? A couple of artificial-intelligence programs run by a Chinese internet company suggest resentment of the country's rulers is running high.
Tencent introduced two "chatbots" in March to provide information in a conversational manner similar to Apple's Siri. The programs were designed to learn how to make conversation by listening to Chinese netizens. Like children, the programs started to repeat what they heard, and that's when the problems began.
Chinese internet users post a variety of opinions, like their counterparts in the rest of the world. The difference is that explicitly antigovernment comments are glimpsed only briefly before they are removed. It seems Tencent forgot to erase the forbidden thoughts from the memory of its chatbots. They effectively became a record of prevailing opinions without the filter of censorship.
Appeared in the August 4, 2017, print edition.
One of the differences between actual real government and citizenship in a free society on the one hand and being subjects of a ruler on the other is that actual real governance is an organic self-correcting mechanism. Rule is a hammer that smashes the self-correcting mechanism of government.
The Left is not for "big government." The Left is not for government at all. The Left is for rule. Rule is not government. The Left destroys government. They piss on our heads and tell us it's raining.
Have the Russians hacked the Chicom chatbots?
I return from 8 months of intensive reeducation to this!!!?
Reeducation Seminar: Why Does Roger Ailes Hate America?


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NUHW members settle contracts for caregivers at Alameda County detention facilities and technicians at Marin General Hospital
Caregivers at Santa Rita Jail negotiated a four-year contract through April 30, 2023 with across-the-board 3.75 percent annual raises each year. The contract for about 150 nurses, medical assistants, occupational therapists, and other caregivers also provides for a new step on the wage scale for workers on their 30th anniversary, more paid-time-off for workers after […]
NUHW wins four organizing elections
In four separate elections, more than 120 healthcare workers voted to join NUHW. The elections expand our growing presence at Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California and Marin General Hospital, where our members have already won strong contracts for our members. At USC, our newest members include technicians at a sleep disorder center, […]
Marin General workers strike to preserve health care benefits and hospital's ability to keep top quality caregivers
For years, Marin General Hospital has offered good health benefits to attract top quality caregivers and compensate them for not offering top-of-the-line salaries. But as contract negotiations appeared to be winding down on a new contract for NUHW-represented imaging technologists last year, management suddenly issued a new demand: the caregivers would either have to pay […]
NUHW calls for migrant families to be immediately reunited
NUHW's Executive Board unanimously passed a resolution Thursday, June 28 condemning President Trump's "zero-tolerance" immigration policies and calling on his administration to immediately return migrant children to their parents. The resolution followed a statement signed by seven NUHW Executive vice presidents, who are also mental health clinicians, warning that the administration's "zero-tolerance" approach risked causing […]
Gavin Newsom discusses NUHW, unions, and single-payer health care at 2018 Governor Candidate Debate
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom discussed NUHW as a model union and the importance of labor unions, and voice his support of a single-payer healthcare system at NUHW's 2018 Governor Candidate Debate in Anaheim on October 22. Newsom on NUHW: Newsom on the importance of labor unions: Newsom on single-payer healthcare:


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Introducing Ai Nomura: The English-Speaking Hairdresser You (and Your Wallet) Need
by Lily Crossley-Baxter
Finding an English-speaking hairdresser in Tokyo who's not only familiar with Western hair but affordably priced too can be more challenging than saying Azabu Juban 20 times in a row—but that's where Ai Nomura comes in (plus she'll give you a special Tokyo Cheapo discount too! details at the end).
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With two years of training in London and a year in Australia, Ai has all the practice and fluency needed to make sure your new hairstyle doesn't get lost in translation. We went to meet Ai and have a chat about all the things that matter when it comes to hair—from the latest Japanese trends to Justin Bieber and learning the hard way in London ….
From Hokkaido to London
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Born in Hokkaido, Ai was inspired by her next-door neighbor: a hairdresser who would often do the family's cuts. Once, after being given a brand-new style, she remembers feeling "Like a whole new person, like it was magic," and decided then and there that this was her future career. An intense choice to be made at the age of six, but Ai stuck with her dream and succeeds in bringing that same magical feeling to her own customers every day.
After moving to Tokyo, Ai graduated from high school and proceeded to training college. In Japan, a full license is required for all practicing hairdressers—with written exams, practical tests and training for two years followed by work at a salon afterwards. Needless to say, the training is tough, and allows the heads of Japan to rest safely in the knowledge that whoever cuts their hair has passed the tough requirements of the national standard.
Photo by Chris Kirkland
Of her classmates, Ai was the adventurer—having been told by a friend's mother that hairdressing was a skill to travel the world with, she decided this was her chance. The only one to travel abroad, she left her fellow graduates in Tokyo and began to narrow down her list of destinations. Keen to learn English and tempted by the ease of the working holiday visa, the UK won hands down (sorry-not-sorry, America) and Ai left for new adventures.
Although there was plenty of work available in Japanese salons, she was keen to learn about Western hair, as her training so far had only ever taught skills for Japanese hair. She applied and applied, eventually being given a spot in a small salon—and thus the learning curve began. "Foils!! SO many Foils!" was Ai's exclamation when asked what she had learned the fastest, and it's true, we Brits do love our highlights.
Ai's hair skills soon gathered a loyal following. She was quickly comfortable with the nuances of Western hair, but found that with the wonderful diversity of London, there were many different textures and styles to learn.
Back to Tokyo, via Australia
Our hobo CEO Chris Kirkland getting his annual haircut. | Photo by Lily Crossley-Baxter
After two years living the London high-life, it was time for Ai to move on, but she wasn't ready to return home just yet. Keen to learn more, she moved to Australia for a year and began working in a barber's. A new learning curve ahead, it was quite different from the foils of London. "Short back and sides—everyone, that was what we did all day everyday—sometimes up to 20 people a day!" Perfecting her men's styling, Ai explained, was a great opportunity, as she learned how to achieve a great look whatever the texture.
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There were some far-out requests though: "Many Japanese people would come in requesting a David Beckham or Justin Bieber style, which is just impossible; we had to explain products were the only way." The number of customers arriving clutching photos of Japanese celebrities as inspiration was low, but manga styles were a favorite of the Australian-Japanese community, and equally unrealistic. "It's not a real hairstyle!! Ai sighed. "It is impossible."
Australia's residents brought their own character-building experiences, which would definitely not be seen in Japan. Ai details a bargaining discussion with a crying mid-foiled customer who was extremely high and desperate to go to 7-11 as one that she is sure would never happen here. One of the major differences, Ai explained, between the job in Japan and in Western countries, was the close relationship customers and stylists have. Abroad, she would be greeted with a hug, get to know all about the families and adventures of her customers, but not so much in Japan.
Armed with new skills and a new-found appreciation for the more sober, if more distanced customers, Ai is back and has been surprised by the new trends here in Tokyo. "Greige—a mix of grey and beige—is so popular now, we have people requesting it all the time, all different ages—that definitely wasn't as popular in Australia as it is here." Nicer than it sounds, the greige popularity highlights the changing attitudes to colored hair in Japan. "More people have dyed their hair now definitely, but there is still a stigma when it comes to big companies and getting jobs." Times may be changing, but very slowly.
Forging ahead as an English-speaking hairdresser in Tokyo
Since the textures are so different, Ai explained, she soon grew to prefer Western hair and the varieties it offered, with the thinner hair being easier to manage and style. "Japanese hair is thick and more difficult to manage; it needs a lot of thinning out to get texture." The sudden appearance of the thinning scissors being every Westerner's panic-point when in a Japanese salon, this understanding will come as a relief. Foils, layers and styling is all a walk in the park these days, and although Ai has been back in Japan for almost two years, she is enjoying having foreign customers at her new Omotesando salon.
Having cut the hair of customers ranging from 0 to 100 years old, with everything from up-dos for weddings to bleaching and of course highlighting, Ai can tackle any hair challenge, and comes with the TokyoCheapo stamp of approval. We have bargained long and hard to get our fellow cheapos a discount on their first appointment, so if you're in need of a trim or a full-blown re-style—look no further for an English-speaking hairdresser in Tokyo!
The New Salon
Returning to the salon where she started her career, Ai is now located in Omote-sando, at the brand new Tokyo branch of Baroque. Since all staff speak English and are great with Western hair (having trained abroad) if Ai is booked up you'll be safe in the hands of the team.
Mayumi, Ai and Kazuya in the new salon | Photo by Lily Crossley-Baxter
As well as cuts and coloring, the salon owner has developed a perm for Western hair, so if you're looking for some long-lasting waves or a straighter style, this is a great option.
Prices and booking
So, all of this is great to know, but what you actually need are the prices, right? They are already really reasonable (have you looked at other hair salons in Tokyo?), and then, there's also the reader discount …
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Cut (including shampoo and blowdry): ¥6,480
Wash and blow-dry: ¥3,240
Full color: from ¥6,480 to ¥10,800
Full Highlight: from ¥8,640 to ¥10,800
Perm (including cut, shampoo and blowdry): ¥12,960
If you book a session with Ai Nomura using our special cheapo form, you get a discount—so go on, get stylish.
Written by: Lily Crossley-Baxter
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The men of Knights of Columbus Santa Maria Council 1733 are no strangers to kindness.
The council, based in Canton, helped make St. Casimir Catholic School's new playground a reality by donating funds for the project.
The new playground was dedicated Oct. 7 following a school Mass.
With members of Council 1733 in attendance at the dedication, students sang songs of appreciation and anticipation of using the new playground.
The 98-year-old council has a long relationship with the Canton school, awarding annual $500 scholarships to its middle-school students. The scholarships follow the students as long as they are enrolled at St. Casimir and maintain their grades.
Heffner responded that St. Casimir had a busy preschool program and that a new playground would be a major help. Heffner researched the cost and went back to Tyszkiewicz with specifics. Council 1733 approved the funds and began the process of making it happen.
In addition to the council, an anonymous donor contributed to the playground effort.
The council's relationship with St. Casimir is close in others ways, as it gave Conventual Franciscan Father Dennis Grumsey, pastor, a chalice with the Knights of Columbus seal and the council's name on it.
The council has also made contributions to Mother Seton Academy, a middle school in Baltimore, and Archbishop Borders School in Highlandtown.
Tyszkiewicz said the council is made up of men from around the Baltimore area who have formed strong bonds. For more information on Council 1733, call 410-342-1733.
It's been a rewarding few weeks for St. Casimir School, meanwhile, as Baltimore City councilman James Kraft honored students Sept. 26 at a city council meeting for their efforts to help clean the Chesapeake Bay.
Students drafted legislation to make proper disposal of water more accessible, designate officers to patrol littering, create a community clean-up organization, utilize volunteers to clean the water on a scheduled basis, build blockades to prevent trash in open waters and improve the city's drainage system.


If you live or own a home in Michigan and are facing foreclosure, please see below for the step by step process.
When you develop a definite plan of action with well-timed, well-informed steps, you can stop the foreclosure process and save your home. We have outlined the foreclosure process for the state of Michigan.
Michigan uses two forms of foreclosure: Foreclosure by court action and foreclosure by advertisement.
A mortgage may be foreclosed by filing a lawsuit in the Michigan circuit court. The court may order the property sold six months after the initial filing of the lawsuit. The property will be sold by the circuit court commissioner or any other person who is appointed by the court to conduct the sale. After the sale, the borrower has six months to redeem.
by advertisement, unless the mortgage is held by the Michigan state housing development authority. Nonpayment of any installment of a mortgage constitutes a separate act which justifies foreclosure.
The notice of a foreclosure sale must be published once a week for four weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the land is situated. Within 15 days after the first publication, a true copy of the foreclosure notice must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises described in the foreclosure notice. The lender or the lender's agents have a right to enter the mortgaged premises to post or deliver foreclosure notices.
The sale must be a public sale, conducted between the hours of 9 o'clock "in the forenoon" and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The sale must be at the courthouse or place where the circuit court for the county tries lawsuits. The sale is to be conducted by the person appointed for the purpose in the mortgage, or by the sheriff, under sheriff or deputy sheriff. The sale must be made by auction to the highest bidder. The sale may be adjourned from time to time by posting a notice of such adjournment at the time and place where the sale would otherwise have been made. Any adjournment for more than a week must also be published in the same newspaper as the original notice, within 10 days from the date the sale was adjourned, and again once per week for each week the sale is adjourned.
The officer or person conducting the sale will execute, acknowledge and deliver a deed to the premises to the high bidder at the foreclosure sale. The deed must specify the last date by which the borrower can redeem the property. The deed must be recorded within 20 days after the sale. The register who records the deed shall endorse the time the deed was received. If the property is ever redeemed, the register will destroy the deed and record the word redeemed on the face of the special book for foreclosure deeds. The deed and the foreclosure do not wipe out liens or claims that existed prior to the date of the original mortgage.
The borrower may redeem by paying the lender the sum for which the property was sold at foreclosure, plus interest at the same rate as the mortgage. If the foreclosure buyer recorded an affidavit stating how much in taxes and insurance the foreclosure buyer paid, following the foreclosure sale, then the borrower must repay that amount as part of the redemption process.
If a property is over four units or three acres and has not been abandoned, then the time period for redemption is one year from the date of the foreclosure sale. If the property has been abandoned, and if the balance is over two-thirds of the original loan, then the redemption period is one month. If the balance is two-thirds or less of the original loan, use one year. If the property is four units or less and does not exceed three acres in size, then two different redemption time periods apply.
If the mortgage was originated after 1965, and if the amount that remains unpaid on the loan is more than two-thirds of the original debt, then the borrower still has six months to redeem. If the unpaid balance on a mortgage is less than two-thirds of the original debt, then the borrower has only three months to redeem if the property has been abandoned.
The lender has made a personal inspection of the premises and the inspection does not reveal anyone who is presently occupying or about to occupy the premises.
The lender has posted a notice at the time the personal inspection was made, and mailed it by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the borrower's last known address. The notice must state that the lender considers the premises to be abandoned, and that the redemption period in such event will be only 30 days. If the borrower does not respond to these notices within 15 days by mailing to the lender (first class mail) a letter staling the premises are not abandoned, then the premises are considered to be abandoned. Obviously, a borrower who wants to preserve his or her rights should get busy and write the lender to show the premises are not abandoned or else the borrower will lose most of the benefits of the right of redemption.
A lender is restricted to foreclosing against the property as the sole remedy, unless the lender has a separate document that obligates the borrower to pay a sum certain, such as a promissory note, or the borrower has otherwise agreed to pay a sum in a specific amount stated in the mortgage document. In order to recover a deficiency amount, which would be the balance due on the mortgage minus the sum collected at the foreclosure sale (or credited if the lender bids by canceling out some of the borrower's obligation), the lender must file a lawsuit. The borrower can defend by showing the foreclosure sale price was less than the true value of the property at the time and place of the sale. If the sale was for substantially less than the true value, the deficiency sum the lender can recover may be either defeated or reduced by crediting the property's fair value against the unpaid loan balance at the time of the foreclosure. However, these defenses do not apply if the lender forecloses by court action rather than by foreclosure by advertisement.


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Motivation And Intelligence In Flowers For Algernon
Motivation and Intelligence in Flowers for Algernon Imagine working to become intelligent, then having an operation to become intelligent, and then losing it all in the blink of an eye; motivation and intelligence, what matters more? Motivation matters more due to the fact that it can get one farther in life because it pushes to do amazing things. Intelligence is not always the answer but it can be effective when used with motivation or as a result of motivation. Charlie's motivation shows he is working to become intelligent, finish his research, and stay intelligent. Without intelligence where would the world be? Motivation, something everyone can have and create. In the story "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes Charlie works very hard to become smart. Daniel Keyes says "Then Dr Nemur nodded he said all right maybe your right. We will use Charlie. When he said that I got so excited I jumped up and shook his hand for being so good to me. I told him thank you doc you wont be sorry for giving me a second chance. And I mean it like I told him. After the opershun Im gonna try to be smart. Im gonna try awful hard." (page 287). This quote shows Charlie putting in a great deal of effort to become smart and didn't get much or even any credit for it. "Miss Kinnian teaches me to spell better. She says look at a word and close your eyes and say it over and over until you remember. I have lots of truble with through that you say threw and enough and tough that you don't say enew
Flowers For Algernon Motivation Vs Intelligence
Motivation or Intelligence? No doubt, some people are smarter than others. However, this is not enough. There are those who always try hard at everything and strive to be successful. In the end, they normally get what they worked for. Both intelligence and motivation are important qualities to have. Nonetheless, one quality is definitely more valuable. That position goes to motivation. If an individual is motivated to learn, their intelligence will increase, which can reap many benefits. This is
Charlie In Daniel Keyes 'Flowers For Algernon'
well? Well, Charlie experienced the outcomes of a surgery, supposedly to increase human intelligence. Charlie was going to be brilliant but there was going to be a dreadful outcome. First, Charlie was despondent after losing his intelligence he gained from the surgery. Charlie was miserable and was preparing to move to a different state, where they didn't know he was a genius in his past. "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes,on lines 913-914, "Everybody feels sorry at the factory and I don't
Essay on Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a classic science fiction set in southeastern New York, New York City. The fictitious prose traces a man's inner psychological journey within from a world of retardation to a world of great intelligence. Narrated through a series of empirical "Progress Reports", Flowers for Algernon follows the intellectual and emotional rise and fall of Charlie Gordon, a young man born with an unusually low Intelligence Quotient (IQ), as he becomes the first human pilot-study
The Use Of Plastic Surgery In Daniel Keyes's 'Flowers For Algernon'
end, people do many things to fit in. For example, some get plastic surgery, act stupider, and drive away the people closest to them. They do these things to fit in and become more popular. In the first half of "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, the main character has his intelligence increased by surgical means. In the beginning of the story, Charlie is recommended to the doctors by Ms.Kinnian who teaches a night school for adults. Dr.Strauss and Dr.Nemur gave Charlie many tests like an inkblot
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Charlie Gordon's Flowers For Algernon
after a while he started to lose progress and fall back to where he started, so Charlie became a recluse for the rest of his minimal days. In the short story "Flowers for Algernon", Daniel Keyes, the author, portrays the theme, Because of compassion, positive and/or negative consequences can occur. In the short story "Flowers for Algernon", Charlie Gordon portrays
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Comparing Flowers For Algernon And Awakenings
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October 17 – The Great Quake of '89
October 17, 2019 Paul Stroessner	3 Comments
Here is my annual post about the earthquake that I experienced in the Bay Area on this day in 1989. Many of you may remember this as the World Series earthquake, as it happened just before a World Series Game between the Oakland A's and San Francisco Giants. A lot of you may have seen this post already, but I know there are a lot of new people too, so I'll repost this.
October 17, 1989 at 5:04 pm was a time that I will never forget. With no exaggeration, I thought that was going to be the last day of my life. That was the day of the Great Quake of '89, or as it is formally known as – the Loma Prieta earthquake. Or if I mention it these days, I say that is the earthquake that happened during the World Series, and then it rings a bell to people who lived outside of California's Bay Area.
Today is the 29th anniversary of the earthquake. It was on a Tuesday that year. At the time, I was working at the Oakland Naval Hospital as a cook. My hours were 4:30am-6:30pm. I was looking forward to watching game 3 of the World Series after work. It was a huge deal in that area as both teams were local – the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's.
Then at 5:04, as I was walking through the kitchen getting ready to clean up, it sounded like there was a train quietly rumbling towards us. The sound was getting louder and louder, and then I could feel the building start to shake. Then the hospital started shaking more and more violently. It was starting to shake so much, that I had to hold myself up against a big metal table. There was a row of ovens (empty) behind me, and their doors were falling open. Then it felt like the whole ground was going to crumble apart under my feet, and the whole hospital was going to collapse on top of us. It was dinner time, so there were quite a few people in the cafeteria, and several people screamed. After what felt like an eternity, the shaking slowed to a stop. The earthquake lasted around 15 seconds, but I could swear that it was really 15 minutes. When everything became still, there were actually some people who actually cheered. I don't know if they were cheering because we were all still in one piece, or if they were just sick and cheered as if it was an amusement park ride. Not too long after, there was an aftershock that was even worse than some earthquakes. A lot of people freaked out and screamed again. But that only lasted for a split second. I remember that there were still aftershocks occurring a few weeks after the earthquake
We put on whatever radios we could find, and we found out that a part of the Bay Bridge collapsed, and that the Cypress Freeway had collapsed. Then we got news that we may be getting a lot of patients brought to our hospital. All the corpsmen and doctors and nurses had to be called in. While we were waiting for them to come in, some of us cooks got a quick training on how to carry a stretcher so we could bring patients in from an ambulance. We waited outside and listened to the news come in about all of the damage. Only one ambulance came in while I was waiting, and I didn't have to carry the person in. Things could have been much worse. The highways that had collapsed normally would have been bumper to bumper with cars and trucks. But since it was near game time for the World Series, there were a lot of people who were either at the game at Candlestick Park, or they had left work early, or they were staying late to have parties at work. 63 people died, and 3,757 were injured.
I left work around 12:30 am and got home around 1:00 am. This was at a time when people did not really have cell phones, and my family was on the East Coast. So, it was 4:00 am on the East when I got home, and I was debating whether I should call my family at that hour. I decided that I better, and it was a good decision. My mother answered the phone on the first ring!
This was a day that I will never forget as long as I live.
Here is the beginning of the televised portion of the World Series:
Here is a news clip of the Cypress Freeway collapse:
And here is the Bay Bridge:
People were trapped in the rubble of the Cypress Freeway, and there were rescue efforts for days. On October 21, 4 days after the quake, a survivor was found. His name was Buck Helms. "Lucky Buck", as the media dubbed him, was freed from the wreckage, having spent 90 hours trapped in his crushed car under the rubble. Unfortunately, he died 29 days later from respiratory failure at the age of 57.
It took years for the area to rebuild. And to this day, there is still some rebuilding going on in the area from this disaster.
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Quote of the Day: Baby Jessica
October 16, 2019 Paul Stroessner	Leave a comment
Here she comes! There's clapping.
Jessica McClure is up. She's alive. What a fighter!
32 years ago today (October 16, 1987), we were all glued to our TV sets watching Baby Jessica being rescued from a well. The 18 month old Jessica McClure fell into a well in her aunt's backyard in Midland, Texas on October 14, 1987. The well was 8 inches wide and 22 feet deep. Rescuers worked for 56 hours to free her.
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Return to 1989: February
March 28, 2019 Paul Stroessner	Leave a comment
Check out this podcast episode as Todd, Del, and Paul Return to February 1989! We talk about the news events, movie and music releases of that month 30 years ago.
Feb 3 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
Feb 10 Celtic KC Jones & Cavalier Lenny Wilkens elected to NBA Hall of Fame
Feb 15 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends
Feb 21 Paul leaves for Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, IL
Feb 22 31st Grammy Awards: Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman
Linda Goldstein (producer) & Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
George Michael (producer & artist) for Faith
Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
Feb 24 Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife
Feb 25 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
Feb 26 Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career
Feb 28 Memo by Bryant Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
Her Alibi
Who's Harry Crumb?
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
The Fly II
The Mighty Quinn
The `Burbs
The Great Radio Controversy by Tesla
Don't Tell a Soul by The Replacements
Beyond the Blue Neon by George Strait
Dylan & the Dead by Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead
As Nasty As They Wanna Be by 2 Live Crew
Mystery Girl by Roy Orbison
Spike by Elvis Costello
The Raw and the Cooked by Fine Young Cannibals
Storm the Studio by Meat Beat Manifesto
Jed by Goo Goo Dolls
Oranges & Lemons by XTC
Indigo Girls by Indigo Girls
If you'd like to contact Todd, and/or order the book, he can be reached in the following places:
– tgmonahan.com – can get a signed copy
Amazon: Dreamin' in '89: A Novel
Twitter: @tgmonahan
Instagram: @tgmonahan
Facebook: Author TG Monagan
Citrine Publishing – http://www.citrinepublishing.com/
Also, you can check out Del's radio show, 80s at 8 in Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8am Eastern on http://www.wedmfm.com/
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Return to 1989: Episode 1 – January
February 12, 2019 Paul Stroessner	Leave a comment
Welcome to a new podcast series called, Return to 1989. Inspired by T.G Monahan's Dreamin' in '89
, we decided to take a look back and see what happened 30 years ago. Todd "T.G." Monahan Return to 1989 to go over news events, movie releases, and album releases. This month, we Return to January. If you have anything you would like us to discuss, or if you had any personal stories or milestones from this year, please let us know. You can either comment below, or email us at Returntothe80s@gmail.com.
– Jan 8 "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 3,486 performances and "Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 761 performances
– Jan 9 "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS
The Pat Sajak Show is an American late-night television talk show which aired on CBS from January 9, 1989 to April 13, 1990.
– Jan 10 LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL's all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff points; 4 assists in 5-4 home win over Edmonton brings his total to 2,011, 1 more than Gordie Howe.
– Jan 13 "Ryan's Hope" ends 13½ year run on ABC-TV
– Jan 20 George H. W. Bush inaugurated as 41st US President, Dan Quayle becomes 44th Vice President
– Jan 22 Super Bowl XXIII, Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, FL: San Francisco 49ers beat Cincinnati Bengals, 20-16; MVP: Jerry Rice, SF, WR
– Jan 28 46th Golden Globes: "Rain Man", Dustin Hoffman, & Jodie Foster win
Gleaming the Cube
DeepStar Six
The January Man
No Retreat, No Surrender 2
Three Fugitives
January 9 A Show of Hands – Rush
January 10 New York – Lou Reed
January 23 Oh Yes I Can – David Crosby
Lōc-ed After Dark – Tone Lōc
January 24 Electric Youth – Debbie Gibson
Skid Row – Skid Row
January 25 After the War – Gary Moore
January 30 Fabulous Disaster – Exodus
Technique – New Order
January 31 Life Is…Too Short – Too Short
Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich – Warrant
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Quote of the Day: Space Shuttle Challenger
January 28, 2019 Paul Stroessner	Leave a comment
"The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God. " – President Ronald Reagan
The Space Shuttle Disaster occurred on this day, 33 years ago (January 28, 1986)
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Quote of the Day: Larry Walters
November 7, 2018 Paul Stroessner	Leave a comment
"It was something I had to do. I had this dream for twenty years, and if I hadn't done it, I think I would have ended up in the funny farm." – Larry Walters, the man that flew 15,000 feet above LA in a lawn chair carried by weather balloons in 1982, to the press after he landed
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Episode 8: Year in Review – 1980
January 6, 2017 Paul Stroessner	Leave a comment
This podcast episode should be more upbeat than the last episode. But, it doesn't start that way. We recorded this podcast the same night we recorded the Alan Thicke/George Michael/Carrie Fisher tribute. Immediately after we finished recording the tribute, we got the news that Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher's mother, had just died. But, I think we recovered nicely. Since 2016 was such a crappy year for most of us, Robert and I decided to go back to happier times, and take a look back at the year 1980. We count down the top 10 songs from that year. And in between, we take a look at the top movies, television shows, toys, and news items.
So, if you want to escape for a little while, sit back, relax, and Return to 1980.
– R.I.P. Debbie Reynolds
Play This, Not That
John Waite
Instead of This ("Missing You")
Play That ("Change")
Remember That Song
Last Song: "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour –
Neon lights, a Nobel Prize / When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies / You don't have to follow me / Only you can set me free
Great job Kurt Torster!!!
'80s Trivia
Question: What colors were on the original Rubik's cube?
Main Topic – 1980
10. "The Rose" by Bette Midler
9. "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" by Billy Joel
10. The Blues Brothers
9. The Blue Lagoon
8. Smokey and the Bandit II
7. Coal Miner's Daughter
6. Private Benjamin
5. Any Which Way You Can
4. Airplane! Paramount
3. Stir Crazy
2. 9 to 5
1. The Empire Strikes Back
8. "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc.
7. "Coming Up" by Paul McCartney
Top 10 Television Shows
10 Little House on the Prairie
8. Three's Company
6. The Jeffersons
5. The Love Boat
4. M*A*S*H
3. 60 Minutes
2. The Dukes of Hazzard
Long Distance Dedication from Realweegiemidge at https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/
6. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
5. "Do That To Me One More Time" by Captain and Tennille
Popular Toys in 1980
2XL – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnAhaZ5vlg8
Big Trak – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6V-tuOf3dE
Tuneyville Choo Choo – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvKbokD99Do
Candi Color 'n' Curl – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYDSuxRSlwA
The Empire Strikes Back collection – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Z9b_UN9ds
Long Distance Dedication II from Rob 'The Snyderman' Snyder
4. "Rock With You" by Michael Jackson
3. "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John
Books released
William Golding, Rites of Passage
John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
Pittsburgh d. La Rams (31-19)
Philadelphia Phillies d. Kansas City (4-2)
LA Lakers d. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)
NY Islanders d. Philadelphia (4-2)
Women: Evonne Cawley d. C. Evert Lloyd (6-1 7-6)
Men: Bjorn Borg d. J. McEnroe (1-6 7-5 6-3 6-7 8-6)
Events of 1980
Miracle on Ice – (February 22) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYscemhnf88
Mount St. Helens (May 18)
Release of Pac-Man arcade game
CNN becomes the first 24hrs News Station
U.S. Boycotts Moscow Summer Olympics
Ronald Reagan elected president (11/4)
Who Shot JR?
John Lennon killed by Mark David Chapman (12/8)
2. "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd
1. "Call Me" by Blondie
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This Week – 1990/1991 Theme/Gulf War Deployment
August 9, 2015 Paul Stroessner	2 Comments
We are going to do something a little different this week. It was this week in 1990 that I was shipped out to the Gulf War. On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. From that moment, there were rumors that we would be going to war. At the time, I was stationed at Oakland Naval Hospital. But, as with a lot of the people stationed there, I was also affiliated with the USNS Mercy. The Mercy is a hospital ship that had only been fully activated during a crises or a humanitarian mission. There were only a handful of full time Navy personnel on the ship, as well as several merchant marines. So, from the time Iraq invaded Kuwait, we were all on pins and needles wondering if we would go to war and be shipped out.
On August 9, I went into work as I normally did. However, anybody who had the day off, also had to come in. We had a meeting, and were told that we were going to war. Not everybody was going to be transferred to the Mercy though. So, they went through the list, and of course, I was selected. I was not in a relationship, and most of my family was across the country. So, I had no problem going. There were other people not selected, but wanted to go. So, they would ask around and see if anybody would switch. There were some takers. But, I wasn't going to switch with anybody. We were also told that we could tell family members that we were leaving, but we weren't allowed to say where we were going. We would be moving on to the ship on August 12, and we were leaving on August 14.
When I got back to my apartment that night, I called my parents to tell them the news. My mother answered the phone, and she already knew where I was going. It was all over the news that our ship was being activated. And, to top off this news, my mother, who was home by herself, had just received another phone call a few minutes before I called. My grandmother (my father's mother) died after a long battle with Alzheimers. My grandparents had lived in Colorado, so I had only seen them a few times in my life. But, we did talk on the phone every Sunday. My world had turned upside down. But,
what else is there to do, but carry on?
When I got to my ship, we worked around 20 hours a day for the two days, loading our ship with supplies. My job was to work in the food storeroom, so I got all the food loaded up.
Since I feel like I'm rambling on, I'm not going to go over everything I did during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. But, we all know what the final outcome was. Our ship headed backin the middle of March 1991. We pulled back into our home port in the middle of April.
So, I wrote all that just to say that this week, all of the Remember That Song and Movie Quote articles will be music and films from 1990 to 1991. The dark days of grunge had not arrived yet, so we still had a late '80s feel about it.
I hope you enjoy this week's selections.
Return to the '80s Turns 5 Years Old
January 13, 2015 Paul Stroessner	12 Comments
I began this decade by creating a blog about the greatest decade ever. Time flies! In those humble beginnings, this site had an average of 4 views a day in the first month. The following month, there was an average of a whopping 2 views a day. But, slowly I have been able to reach more and more people. Today, there are 131 people subscribed to this page. There are over 1,500 Twitter followers, and just last week, the Return to the '80s Facebook page passed 1,500 Likes!
In the beginning of THE decade – 1980 – I developed a love for writing. I always had an active imagination, but did not have an outlet for it. When I was 9 or 10 years old, I found that writing could be very fun if it didn't have anything to do with any kind of schoolwork. I had a spiral notebook, which I was probably supposed to use for school. Instead of doing homework, I wrote my first story…a 23 page masterpiece called "The Killer". It was a story about an evil man named Robby who fell off a roller coaster, which then ran over his fingers, cutting them off. Then he landed on a set of knives just right, so they replaced his fingers. He then went on a killing rampage. Remember, I said this was in 1980. This was 4 years before A Nightmare On Elm Street came out. Coincidentally, I lost that notebook about 2 years after I began writing. Hmmmm. Was it stolen, or did my mother (who had a penchant for throwing things out) see it lying around and toss it? If I was 9 or 10 today, and wrote that story, I would probably be on some kind of government watch list, and placed in mandatory psychotherapy. Come to think of it, maybe my mother threw my notebook out in order to get rid of any possible evidence that could eventually be used against me in a court of law. Anyway, I would go on to write many more (not so gruesome) stories, often using my friends and me as the characters in each story.
Unfortunately, by the time I reached junior high, I stopped writing stories, and I don't know why. I suppose I lost that spark of creativity. But, I must have retained my skills, because when I returned to college after spending time in the Navy, I was constantly getting awesome grades on any paper I had to write.
So far, there are two things I have learned:
1. Never let go of your creativity and imagination.
2. Whoever wrote A Nightmare On Elm Street is very likely a garbage picker (or dumpster diver – whichever term you prefer). Hmmm, maybe there is a Robby vs. Freddy fan fiction story in my future.
It's Bloggin' Time
Many years after graduating from college, the urge to write began to awaken in me again. I had been totally clueless as to how much I was suppressing my creativity. It turns out that working as a computer programmer, tied to a desk all day every day, is against my nature. Who knew? I suppose the fact that I always hated math and science (although I do love Science Fiction) should have raised a red flag. Now, that I had the urge to write again, it was pretty easy to find an outlet. I had heard of these things called blogs. But, all I knew about them was that they were used to share tips and recipes.
Then in 2009, I saw this movie called Julie and Julia. It starred the legendary Meryl Streep as Julia Child in her early years, and Amy Adams as Julie Powell, a New York woman who aspired to cook all 524 recipes in Child's cookbook in 365 days. She tracked her progress in a blog that became very popular. I found out that Julie wasn't just posting recipes in her blog. She wrote about her experience and challenges each day. So this planted a seed in my brain. I could write about anything. And in this day and age, people from all over the world could see what I write! Now, I just had to figure out what I wanted to write about.
Return to the '80s is Born to Be My Baby
While trying to decide what I wanted to write about, I thought of the old adage, "Write what you know." My passion has always been with the '80s. Even in the '90s, people would come up to me and talk about '80s music. But, I did not want to tie myself to only music. I loved television and movies in the '80s as well. So, there we have it! I would write about anything '80s! Now, I just needed a vehicle to blog with. After a lot of research, it came down to Blogspot and WordPress. WordPress seemed to get a lot better reviews, so I joined the WordPress family.
(WordPress) Family Ties
Once I got my blog established, I started looking for other blogs that were out there. I found several blogs that interested me, so I subscribed to them. And sometimes those bloggers would subscribe to mine! These other bloggers were talented, inspiring, and very supportive. My audience was slowly building. After several months, I finally created a Facebook page. This was followed by setting up a Twitter account. The audience was building up a little more. Then craziness ensued on December 17, 2010.
If you are not familiar with writing blogs, there is something us bloggers can be obsessed with – especially in the early days. It is called Statistics. We check out our statistics often. Sometimes daily. Sometimes twice a day. Sometimes every 5 minutes. Well on that fateful day of December 17, 2010, I noticed that my site was being viewed very often. I got more hits in an hour than I would normally get in a week. I got more hits in one day than I would get in a full month! And this went on for a whole weekend. I found out that my page was "Freshly Pressed." WordPress had put my article, "And Now a Word From Our Sponsor" – '80s Christmas Commercials, on the front page of wordpress.com for the weekend. Unfortunately, that article somehow got deleted. I don't know how or when that happened, but I suppose it doesn't matter. My readership skyrocketed that weekend, and I found a lot more blogs to subscribe to. I am so grateful for my WordPress family of bloggers!
One Thing Leads to Another
From that point on, Return to the '80s has been slowly and steadily building a bigger audience. And then this past year has been very exciting for this blog. It all started last April when I was nominated for the Liebster Award by RobbinsRealm. It was through this fun award that I met several more bloggers.
Then in June, I was contacted by a site called Found Item Clothing. We became guest bloggers on each others' site. They wrote an article for us called Worst Applications of 3D in 80s Movies, and I wrote one on their site, Summer Movie Music: Your '80s Summer Soundtrack.
Next, on the heels of that, I was actually contacted by Highlights Magazine after writing an article about them. That was kind of surreal for me, being unexpectedly contacted by a magazine that I grew up reading. This led to a follow-up article, I Was a Highlights Kid.
Next, I took part in a 1984 Blog-a-Thon sponsored by Forgotten Films. I wrote an article reviewing Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. It was through that this blog-a-thon that I made many more blogger friends.
The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Things are going to continue to get better for Return to the '80s. If you checked out the site yesterday, you saw that I have started a new series called Return to the '80s Movies, where I will review and write about '80s movies that I either have never seen, or have not seen since the '80s.
Also, I am obsessed with listening to podcasts. I will share my thoughts on all of my favorites. And I am going to be working with at least one podcast on another new Return to the '80s series, which I will try to get posted over the next week.
I have also just recently finished reading a few '80s related books. I will share my thoughts on those with you, and maybe try to interview the authors.
In addition to those new types of articles, we will continue to post everybody's favorite: "Remember That Song." The quote of the day is also fun for me, so that will also continue. And, I will also continue with the Top 40 Countdown. That one seems to be a favorite as well.
Finally, I also would like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time to visit my site. Every "Like", "Share", "Favorite", and especially "Comments" mean the world to me. Speaking of which, a very special thank you goes out to my superstar commenters/friends, Jim whowas also my first guest blogger with ONE-HIT WONDERS? NOT LEVEL 42!, Ren, Robert, and Kickin' It Old School.
In closing, and if you scanned and skipped all the way down to the end of this long article (welcome back), I know these days can be tough and depressing for many of us. Some icons and role models have fallen from grace and have been despicable and disgusting (Bill Cosby), we have lost some of our favorite people way too soon recently (Whitney, Harold Ramis, Robin Williams), and a lot of pop culture these days has forgotten how to have fun.
So, it can be nice to look back fondly to the '80s. It seemed a lot simpler, and not so dark. I know it is fun for me to look back and write about it, and I hope I am making it fun for all of you.
We have just begun a new year. Even though, we have moved another year away from the '80s, you can always come back here and Return to the '80s.
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Remembering Michael Jackson *Repost*
June 25, 2014 Paul Stroessner	2 Comments
This was originally written one year after Michael Jackson died. This was only 6 months into my blogging career. So, many of you may not have seen this yet. Now, let's remember "The King of Pop" and '80s icon, Michael Jackson 5 years after his death.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy. 9/11. The death of Michael Jackson. These are all events that people remember exactly where they were when they heard the news. On this 5 years ago, I got the news that Farrah Fawcett had died. Not too long after that, I got an email alert that Michael Jackson had been hospitalized. Then from work, I went to get my hair cut. While waiting, somebody came in asked if we had heard that Michael Jackson died. Then we were inundated with the news on TV and radio. There were people gathering all over the world to mourn the loss of the pop star. Jackson had 9 of the top 10 (if not the entire top 10) selling albums on iTunes.
It wasn't too long before his death that Michael Jackson was shunned by most of the entertainment industry. After all, he was looking less and less like a human being, and more like an alien:
In 1993, a 13-year-old boy accused Michael Jackson of sexual molestation. On January 25, 1994, Michael Jackson settled the civil lawsuit paying an undisclosed amount to his accuser. It was believed to be millions of dollars. People didn't know if Jackson was a child molester, or if somebody was just looking for a big payday.
Then in Germany in 2002, in front of hundreds of fans and photographers, Jackson introduced his son Blanket (Prince Michael II) by dangling the baby out of the 3rd story balcony of the Adlon Hotel.
British journalist Martin Bashir interviewed Michael Jackson over a span of eight months, from May 2002 to January 2003, filiming the documentary Living with Michael Jackson. The documentary aired in 2003, and stirred up major controversy. Jackson revealed to Bashir that not only does he invite disadvantaged children to his Neverland ranch, he lets them stay in his bed while he sleeps on the floor. Bashir questioned Jackson why he invites children into his room. Jackson defended himself stating that such activity is natural when the children are of close friends or family, and that "many children," including the Culkin family children (including Macaulay and Kieran) have slept in the same bed as him. Jackson strongly denied that there was any sexual motivation for this.
Not surprisingly, in 2005, Michael Jackson went to trial for child molestation. On June 13th Jackson was found not guilty of all charges against him.
After the trial Michael Jackson left the country, and lived in Bahrain.
In March 2009, Jackson held a press conference at London's O2 arena and announced a series of comeback concerts titled "This Is It."
Sadly, Jackson died just before the first concert. But in October 2009, the documentary Michael Jackson's This Is It was released. It showed rehearsals for all of the songs he was to perform, and it showed a little bit of his process in preparing the routines. It became the highest grossing documentary or concert movie of all time, with the earnings of more than $260 million worldwide.
I saw the documentary in the theater, and sadly, this would have been a great concert.
But Michael Jackson's lifestyle got the best of him. Nobody tried to set him straight, or if they did, he did not listen.
While Michael Jackson is known for his controversies and his music, he was also an incredible philanthropist. The Millennium-Issue of the "Guinness Book Of Records" names Michael as the "Pop Star who supports the most charity organizations".
Michael Jackson wrote "We Are The World" with Lionel Richie in 1985 and performed it as part of an all-star single to raise money for Africa in 1985.
In 1984, Jackson equiped a 19-bed-unit at Mount Senai New York Medical Center. This center is part of the T.J. Martell-Foundation for leukemia and cancer research.
He donated the proceeds from the sales of The Man In The Mirror to Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, a camp for children who suffer from cancer.
Jackson donated tickets to shows in is 1989 Bad Tour to underprivileged children. The proceeds from one of his shows in Los Angeles were donated to Childhelp USA, the biggest charity-organization against child-abuse. Childhelp of Southern California then established the "Michael Jackson International Institute for Research On Child Abuse".
In 1992, he established the Heal The World Foundation, whose work has included airlifting 6 tons of supplies to Sarajevo, instituting drug and alcohol abuse education and donating millions of dollars to less fortunate children.
My Top 5 Michael Jackson Songs/Videos
I will end this on what Michael Jackson is and should be known for – his music and groundbreaking videos. Here are my top 5 videos:
5. Black or White
I love the guitar riff in this song. This was also kind of ironic because at the time people were questioning whether Michael knoew if he was Black or White. The end of the video was groundbreaking at the time with the shape-shifting between the people singing:
4. Smooth Criminal
This is a very cool song, and the choreography is great. The end of the video features the Anti-gravity lean.
3. You Are Not Alone
This is my favorite Michael Jackson ballad. It is a nice simple song, and he puts a lot of feeling into it.
2. Beat It
At the time that this came out, I was more into rock than pop. I listened to Van Halen, AC/DC, and Ozzy. But when this song came out, it made Michael Jackson seem cool to me. After all, it can't be do bad with Eddie Van Halen performing the guitar solo.
But, of course the song got overplayed. Then I preferred Weird Al Yankovic's parody, "Eat It". However, I'm digging this song again.
This is often regarded as the best music video of all time. And who could argue? This was a big event for MTV. It was released on December 2, 1983, and it was a "must see" event. It did not disappoint. It was directed by John Landis (The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places), and co-starred Ola Ray.
The choreography with all of the zombies was great. Oh, by the way, the song is pretty good too. How can you go wrong when Vincent Price narrates?
So what are your thoughts? Should Michael Jackson be getting praised and honored as much as he is? Do you have a list of favorite Michael Jackson songs or videos? Any memories you'd like to share? Has anybody seen him in concert?
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