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The realistic, well observed and detailed set prepared us for an equally forensic examination of the lives and attitudes of the three daughters. Teresa, the oldest (Moyra Brookes) quickly established the character of the dutiful daughter relied upon by the two others to take on the responsibilities of caring for the ageing and latterly, hospitalised mum. Her obsession with all things natural and organic is quickly established as is her irritation with and scorn for her siblings.
Moyra Brookes played with great consistency, the very set of her head declared her supremacy among the sisters. The head gradually lowered as she lost her composure completely when finally tempted by both a spliff and a quantity of whisky. Her acid turn of phrase reached its most bitter as she revealed her "clever' sister's teenage pregnancy. The performance was sustained and developed throughout. It was a well observed and entirely credible characterisation. Although the butt of some of the comic moments she conveyed the frustration of many a sister who finds herself "in charge" of the older parents. Her portrayal of the woman unused to much liquor becoming slowly more and more drunk was excellent and totally convincing. This is very difficult to achieve on stage but she was entirely convincing and funny and tragic at the same time. The crumbling of the family cornerstone, as she saw herself, was very poignant.
In the opening moments of the play we also met Mary. She is revealed as an overcommitted and exhausted doctor trying to sleep off the last shift. Played by Sarah Mullins, this character was perhaps the most sober, unsmiling of all. Her obsession with one patient's welfare impinged even upon her personal life, but there was a darker side to Mary as we learnt later. Her sharp reposts and unsmiling expression carried through most of the play, but the revelation of the real tragedy came much later. Its announcement by Teresa was cruel and unvarnished. Later, however, Teresa revealed the caring and more tender side of her nature as she told Mary of the hidden tragedy. An explanation perhaps, for her taking on the responsibility of her mother's wellbeing.
The third sister was the whirlwind of a character, Catherine, played by Helen Dixon. She was the peripheral figure of the family as far as she was concerned and slightly written off by the other two sisters. The role was played with huge energy and variety which was well sustained throughout. Her mercurial change of mood, her inventions of half truths were both the tragedy and the comedy of her life. Her plea to be understood and loved was a real crie de coeur, but laughed at by us probably because there is a bit of Catherine in us all
The three sisters vie with varying degrees of vehemence for the "starring role" in all the half remembered family sagas of childhood. The one thing they seem to agree on is that Mary was the favoured child, the one whose cleverness had to be protected and cosseted and who ultimately became a doctor.
The one thing that the daughters share is a disappointment in their relationships with men. Theresa has the most stable partnership with Frank. He is the one she depends on for everything. He is her second husband and she chose him via a dating agency. Frank (Murray Stephen) portrayed the tolerant and long suffering Frank with commitment and consistency. He physically dominated the stage which was fortuitous given the character he played. His head was hung a little low so we rarely got a full face which was a shame. He did however, play the comic moments with great success and prompted lots of laughter. Even when finally standing up for himself he inspired laughter that rocked the studio.
Mike (Mike Ayres) made a hugely comic entry through the window. A doctor having a long term affair with Mary, he came across as an affable and easy going even affectionate partner. He contributed well to the comedy, but ultimately he too made a considerable contribution to Mary's sense of hopelessness. Essentially the most privileged of the sisters, she suffers the greatest sense of disappointment with life at the hands of the easygoing Mike.
Off stage as it were, there is Xavier, commonly referred to as Pepe much to the annoyance of Catherine. Xavier is Catherine's Spanish "boyfriend" but he too finally fails the ultimate test and abandons Catherine, in a brief telephone conversion.
I have left consideration of the character of the ghost of mother Vi (Elaine Burns) until last, because in many ways she is the most important character in the play. She visits Mary because as she says 'I look at you and I see myself' and gives the mother's point of view. It was played with great clarity and sympathy and was the "glue" that held the story and indeed the production together. The playing was very engaging and totally convincing. The fact that we could "see the ghost" didn't in any way upset one's suspension of disbelief. Her interpretation gave stability and credence to the comedy.
The interplay and ensemble playing was of a very high standard indeed. there were no weak moments and the comedy flowed almost until the end. There was a momentary touch of farce as Mike's bright cerise bath towel towel slipped almost revealing all. It was well timed whether it was deliberate or not, we shall never know. However it added to the momentary revelations of flesh that were an integral part of the "family" at ease. There were many moments of high comedy. Too many to identify in detail, but Catherine seeking comfort from Frank as he lay exhausted on the bed and the sisters trying on their mother's old clothes will remain in the memory for some time. Both scenes were highly comic and served to enhance the poignancy off the situation.
The costuming and set were, as always with Nomad productions, absolutely perfect. Sound and lighting, suitably discreet, gave a delicate touch of icing on the cake. There is nothing "Am Dram" about this team.
Polly 6 July 2017
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Revd. Adam Norris ordained as Priest for Local Ministry in the Sligo Cathedral Group
September 22, 2022 /in News & Events /by kea-admin
On Sunday 11th September 2022, Revd. Adam Norris who was ordained as a Priest for local ministry by Bishop Ferran Glenfield at a service held in St. John's Cathedral, Sligo. He will be serving in the Sligo Cathedral Group of Churches.
Revd. Adam says that his call to Ordained Ministry originated as a young boy in a Kenyan boarding school that had a very strong Christian ethos. There, a foundation for his faith was laid and has been built upon in fits and starts over the years as he grew up – at times rebelling and then being called back to God. It is over the past 20 or so years that ad opened doors and given him the opportunities to become first a Parish, then Diocesan Reader serving in his own Parish group in Sligo and in the wider Diocese. Speaking of his ordination Revd. Adam says 'I know in my heart that God has been leading me on that path to Ordained Ministry, a ministry of worship. Jesus said, "Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them." (Mt 18:20) I know that was not said in the context of worship, but it is in my heart that even if there are only two or three who have gathered for worship, I am ready to enable and to lead that worship because Jesus himself will be among us.
Congratulations to Revd. Adam on his ordination. We pray for him and his family as he continues his ministry.
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TMS is a cutting-edge treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
An estimated 1 in 40 adults in the United States1 live with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). People who experience this mental health condition are overwhelmed by intrusive feelings or thoughts that cause emotional distress or anxiety, compelling them to engage in repeated behaviors or rituals. These compulsive actions temporarily relieve the anxiety until the unwanted thoughts return.
More than 80% of individuals with OCD experience either moderate or severe impairment in important areas of life (such as family, work, school, sleep, and relationships) as a result of their illness.2 Accordingly, people seeking relief from OCD symptoms need rapid, reliable treatment options to restore their quality of life and reduce the significant burden of this mental health condition. The most common treatment for OCD is medication (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs) in combination with psychotherapy, but research suggests that only 7 in 10 people with OCD will benefit from this therapy,3 and very few who do benefit will experience full remission from their symptoms.4
Given the limited success of traditional treatment options, neuroscientists have worked to develop cutting-edge therapeutics for people suffering with OCD. One of the most promising new technologies is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a non-invasive treatment delivers painless magnetic pulses into certain areas of the brain that have been implicated in mental illnesses. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved TMS as a safe, effective treatment for major depressive disorder among patients whose symptoms do not improve with traditional antidepressant medications.5 The tremendous success of TMS prompted scientists to adapt the treatment specifically for patients with OCD, which received FDA approval in 2018. The Magventure TMS device received FDA clearance for OCD soon after in August 2020.6
TMS works by stimulating the brain to release an optimal balance of natural chemicals (called neurotransmitters) that are important for regulating emotional, psychological, and behavioral health. Because OCD is thought to be caused by certain imbalanced or malfunctioning neurotransmitters, TMS reduces OCD symptoms by modifying neural activity that will return these chemicals to a healthy equilibrium. During a treatment session with TMS, a health care provider positions a small wire coil directly above the patient's head. The coil generates a magnetic field that induces electrical activity in the brain, stimulating brain cells to release neurotransmitters implicated in OCD. The treatment is painless, and patients remain awake for the whole session.
A typical TMS treatment course for OCD involves five sessions per week for four to six weeks, each session lasting approximately 20 to 40 minutes. Prior to initiating the treatment, provider and patient participate in a one-time 90-minute introductory session, during which the patient describes their personal experience with OCD. The provider uses this information to develop individualized provocation materials for each patient, which are designed to trigger the patient's unique obsessions and robustly activate OCD-related areas of the brain. In each treatment session, the patient undergoes brief provocation exposure before receiving 18 minutes of TMS. This two-step process ensures that the magnetic stimulation targets the specific neural pathways involved in OCD7 and may reduce the likelihood of treatment-related side effects.8
A growing body of clinical research has demonstrated the efficacy of TMS as a treatment for OCD. In 2019, a research team conducted a study of 99 people with OCD, half of whom received a real TMS treatment with a Brainsway H7 device, and half of whom received a sham TMS treatment (which accounts for the placebo effect by mimicking TMS treatment without actually applying electromagnetic stimulation). Before initiating the study, every participant completed the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (YBOCS), a well-validated assessment tool for OCD, to determine their baseline measurement. Then they received the provocation-stimulation TMS protocol daily for six weeks, followed by another YBOCS assessment to determine the change in score after treatment. The researchers found that participants who received actual TMS treatment showed significantly higher improvement in YBOCS scores than the sham TMS participants. More than 1 in 3 participants in the real TMS group showed more than 30% YBOCS score improvement, compared to only 1 in 10 participants who received the sham treatment. An additional 54.8% of patients who received TMS showed at least 20% improvement in YBOCS score, compared to only 26.7% of sham-treated patients.9
Because TMS for OCD only recently received FDA approval, few researchers have been able to investigate the long-term efficacy of this treatment. However, prior studies of long-term improvement in depression after TMS have found that most people maintain remission for at least three months after treatment, and those who do experience relapse can re-gain improvement with subsequent monthly TMS treatments.10 These long-term TMS results in depression patients are promising for people with OCD, 60% of whom relapse after discontinuing treatment with traditional medications.10 Furthermore, studies find that TMS does not cause the common, often debilitating side effects associated with SSRIs, which can include insomnia, nausea, weight changes, dry mouth, sexual dysfunction, and other unpleasant conditions. In fact, the large majority of patients who receive TMS have no side effects at all, and those who do typically only experience a brief, mild headache.8
A comprehensive array of insurance providers cover TMS for major depressive disorder, and widespread coverage for OCD is expected to follow for patients whose illness has not improved with traditional medications and talk therapy.12 TMS Program already offers TMS for our patients living with OCD. This cutting-edge, evidence-based treatment remains a promising option to fully and permanently alleviate OCD symptoms, offering renewed hope for a healthier, more fulfilling quality of life.
1 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Anxiety and Depression Association of America. (2020). Retrieved from: https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd
2 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). National Institute of Mental Health. (2020). Retrieved from: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd.shtml
3 How is OCD Treated? International OCD Foundation (2020). Retrieved from: https://iocdf.org/about-ocd/ocd-treatment/
4 Kellner M. (2010). Drug treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 12(2):187-197.
5 Horvath JC, Mathews J, Demitrack MA, & Pascual-Leone A. (2010). The NeuroStar TMS Device: Conducting the FDA-approved protocol for treatment of depression. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 45.
6 Food and Drug Administration. (2018). FDA permits marketing of transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-permits-marketing-transcranial-magnetic-stimulation-treatment-obsessive-compulsive-disorder
7 Cocchi L, Zalesky A, Nott Z, et al. (2018). Transcranial magnetic stimulation in obsessive compulsive disorder: A focus on network mechanisms and state dependence. Neuroimage Clinical, 19:661-674.
8 Rossi S, Antal A, Bestmann S, et al. (2020). Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical, and regulatory issues: Expert guidelines. Clinical Neuropsychology.
9 Carmi L, Tendler A, Bystritsky A, et al. (2019). Efficacy and safety of deep transcranial magnetic stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A prospective multicenter randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. American Journal of Psychiatry.
10 Philip NS, Dunner DL, Dowd SM, et al. (2016). Can medication free, treatment-resistant, depressed patients who initially respond to TMS be maintained off medications? A prospective, 12-month multisite randomized pilot study. Brain Stimulation, 9(2)/251-257.
11 Eisen J.L., Sibrava N.J., Boisseau C.L., Mancebo M.C., Stout R.L., Pinto A., Rasmussen S.A. Five-year course of obsessive-compulsive disorder: Predictors of remission and relapse. J. Clin. Psychiatry. 2013;74:233–239.
12 Is Deep TMS Covered by Insurers? Brainsway TMS. (2020). Retrieved from https://www.brainsway.com/professionals-faqs/is-deep-tms-covered-by-insurers
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Q: Magento product custom options to be positioned below the price I would like my Magento product custom options to be positioned below the price. I tried moving the blocks in catalog.xml file but nothing worked.
I did flush all cache every time.

A: This can be done from within the manage product section in admin. Under design, set "Display Product Options In" > "Product Info Column"

A: This function can be found in
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A: You can change them by edit template (.phtml) file:
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Hey, what's going on? So, as the Annihilation update had recently been released I decided to create something to mark the occasion (though a bit late, mind you). To sum it up briefly: I settled on creating a tapestry-esq piece featuring none other than Gabriel Angelos. The idea was to create something that shows how he's changed through the Dawn of War franchise! The link to the timelapse video of it's creation is below, so I'd love to have some feedback! The link to the final image is in the description of the video too!
Thank you very much for reading and I hope you enjoy the piece!


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We have a lot of mining right in our own area, so let's share the mines and some of the types of periodic table elements, minerals, crystals even stones that are mined and discovered from the surrounding Mojave Desert of California.
Hey do you want to go mining in the California Desert?
Let us start with places located near to our town of Yucca Valley and venture outwards in all four compass directions across the Mojave Desert and see what is being mined.
We are amazed of the discovery of so many mines open pit, pick dug, blasted, strip mining and hole boring mines, some were early miners seeking basic elements like copper, iron, boron, titanium even manganese, magnesium, molybdenum and many other metallic elements.
The more exotic elements like precious metals gold, silver and rarely platinum to semi precious stones, crystal formations are what most early Morongo Basin Mojave Desert region miners we seeking out.
We want to share an important Mojave Desert exclusive type pf modern day important mining and that is the rarest or rare (in economically viable volume terms) REE's Rare Earth Element.
These mines we speak of and we are sharing below are not off in a single direction from our Yucca Valley location, but in fact they are in every direction north, east, south and west and these we are about to share are just some of the discovered mines.
Can one just imagine, even dream a little about the unknown massive mining discoveries waiting the future generations in and around Yucca Valley?
There are 34,956 Mines in California, so since we are not here to discuss the mining industry, but rather the elements within them, let's zoom into just the county Yucca Valley and Active Atom are located within, San Bernardino County.
California has currently just fewer than 3200 active mines in the whole state.
There are currently 50 active mines located in San Bernardino County, but know this there are over 3100 active, inactive and mining claims in the county.
California has a nickname, it is the Golden State due to the Gold Rush and Gold discoveries beginning in 1848 that helped define even jumpstart the growth of the state.
California has a state rock, it is the Serpentine green, brown, spotted colors from the serpentinite rocks.
California has a very rare state gem named the Benitoite.
This gem is a hydrothermal altered process that produces these gems.
The California reason for this selection is clear, besides being so rare you would be lucky to own one of these blue, barium, titanium, silicate, minerals, is that they have only been discovered in California.
Lesser quality non gem stone grades were also discovered in the State of Arkansas, USA and Japan.
Clear or white versions are even rarer then the California blue ones.
They are tough to mine few samples have been discovered and these a rare 5 point crystal form, there is even rarer 6 point crystal form examples that do also exist.
Lance and Patrick want to now share the mines in our own backyard some you can come explore others we are just sharing to provide an understanding about the mining activities around our area.
We think that the names of these mines, many dating back well over 100 years have really neat names.
One can imagine the history and the stories told around campfires, drinking whiskey and smoking cigars that come with the mines, so we thought enough to share some of them as this is not a story about gold and silver mining, but rather us sharing what helped bring two best friends forever to live and work in Yucca Valley, California.
The local mine discovered near Yucca Valley is the Red Cabin or Rattlesnake Canyon and Rattlesnake Placers Mines.
Located just north out of Yucca Valley off to the west of State Route 247 you will find this mine.
There is the California Hercules Mine in Landers, California (just north of Yucca Valley) a small area of light population and home to the world's largest free standing boulder Giant Rock.
Here are some additional mines in Yucca Valley just to share some names.
Open or not active or inactive we do not know.
Mines located directly west of Yucca Valley are in the Morongo Indian Reservation we share two names.
Mines located directly west of Yucca Valley are in the Cabazon Indian Reservation we share nine names.
Mines located directly south of Yucca Valley are in the City of Desert Hot Springs area and we share two names.
Listed are two claims and mines; however research shows that there are 775 mineral deposits in the Twentynine Palms city area.
Two mines discovered in close proximity to one another are in an area east of Yucca Valley in Twentynine Palms south of the Twentynine Palms Marine Base and the two mines are located north outside the Joshua Tree National Park.
These mines are pick cut mines and the primary discovery is gold. Located 27 nautical miles from Yucca Valley.
Inside the Joshua Tree National Park is well preserved and people in the mining history world say it is worth the visit.
The mine had two names Old Dale Mine and New Dale Mine.
Since 1881 mining begins in 1884 the town is built right along what is now State Route 62 and in 1910 New Dale replaces Old Dale.
This gold mine created work and a town for 3000 miners, the actual mines were just up in the hills south off State Route 62 east of the City of Twentynine Palms sits these abandoned mines that were worked here and there until 1940.
Something about the nearby Supply Mine is mentioned, but these are old mining operations and nothing is extracted from them anymore, this is fine we are sharing about what is in the ground surrounding our home and business in Yucca Valley.
Located 37.5 nautical miles from Yucca Valley.
A modern day rediscovery of an old forgotten mine in the Dale Mining District has gained great excitement from these two desert dwellers with the reopening of a strip mine the Iron Age Mine located south of State Route 62 just east of the Dale Mines in the Pinto Mountains, this is a vein deposit in granitoid rock, this mine is to remove iron (Fe) the element is a 65% grade utilized in the making of cast iron and steels.
Just a note in regard to the Iron Fe element, there is a mine farther north of the Iron Age Mine named the Beck Mine in the Kingston Peak Formation Iron Deposit area near the Nevada state line and north of the Interstate 15 Freeway that too mines Iron ore with a near similar grade of 66.5% however this company discloses that they also come across many other elements and Amethyst, Garnet, Pyrite and many others.
In Twentynine Palms there are another documented 7 mines in the city and out north from the city along with another 20 in the foothills and mountains south of the city.
These mines range in mined discoveries mostly crystal minerals, Granite, Quartz and quartz crystals great to discover precious metals within, sodium and borax from the dry lakebed just east out of Twentynine Palms are mined here also.
Located on the south side of the Joshua Tree National Park from Yucca Valley north of the Interstate 10 Freeway and the area named Desert Center this particular mine is located near Eagle Mountain and the Eagle Mountain Iron Mine also referred to as the Kaiser Mine.
Located about 55 nautical miles from Yucca Valley.
This mine is an open pit mine measuring a half mile wide by one and half miles in length and though this iron mine is closed 1981, it was the supplier to the Kaiser Steel Foundry.
This iron ore mine was the largest iron ore mine in Southern California.
This area and old abandon town is a California Ghost Town.
Located about 60 nautical miles from Yucca Valley there is little 10 freeway stop a restaurant and a gas station some folklore about this area, as well as the Chuckwalla Valley Raceway and the Desert Center Airport.
The Eagle Mountain Mine is northwest up into the mountain from the 10 freeway and Desert Center.
Mines to the northeast of Yucca Valley and there are many with names like the Yucca Queen mining for Lead and Silver and the Yucca Palm Group Mine where Gold is mined, they are both very near the California Nevada Stateline and they are both really close to an important mine to Active Atom and the two guys the MP Mine Operations.
These mineral spring mines are located in the lower Colorado Desert.
Not actually mines, but they are a form of mining, they are hydrothermal vents (hot springs or thermal springs) their heat and pressure bring minerals to near surface.
The closest hot mineral springs are located about 20 miles southwest of Yucca Valley in the City of Desert Hot Springs and they appear again once or rumored twice in Palm Springs about 27 miles from Yucca Valley, then one more time at multiple places as mud pots in the Salton Sea area about 84 miles from Yucca Valley.
Hydrothermal activity is the result of water under pressure and heat forced through cracks in the earths crust from near surface magma chambers below the earths crust and or mantle and these cracks perform as vents for mud, steam and hot water to rise out of the crust as natural pressure release valves.
What make these activities similar to a mine are the metallic elements and minerals that rise through this heat and pressure.
What occurs next is when this hot mud and or water brought to the near surface, minerals are dropped into depositions into cracks and voids nearer the surface areas surrounding these hot springs, these minerals cool, there are as well deposits around the surface collar areas of the hot spring vents where mineral solidification cooling occurs.
Located 118 miles northwest from Yucca Valley.
The Rio Tinto Borax Mine.
Rio Tinto Minerals used to be named US Borax.
Borax and the Boron discoveries in the Mojave Desert.
Welcome to Boron, California, this is not a city or town but rather a (CDP) census designated place with a population of just under 13,000 residents located in 13.82 square miles of area.
This area is home to the Rio Tinto Minerals / US Borax Boron Mine.
The discovery here took place by accident while drilling water well in 1913 with the discovery of Colemanite a Borax Ore Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate is the actual compound with uses such as laundry detergent, polishing compounds used at Active Atom, gold extraction (replaces mercury), fire retardant, blacksmithing at Active Atom it is used for heat treatments, cosmetics and enamel glazes.
This mine supplies half of the world borates.
California is the only state to mine Boron B Atomic Number 5 black brown in color.
Finally our top priority number one mine in California, we my friends are now going to share the great and powerful REE Rare Earth Elements open pit mine.
Located 158 miles northeast of Yucca Valley.
Before we get to our true mining excitement, let's share one other mine with an unusual element Antimony SB it is silvery lustrous grey in color like shinny silver it is Atomic Number 51 a metallic mix with lead and tin to make battery plates creates microscopic bubbles in glass for screen etc.
The Antimony Mine is nearest the Mountain Pass Mine Operations.
These mountain pass mines are what we really want to share, located just to the north off the Interstate 15 Freeway that runs across California, this major highway and mountain pass allows most of Californian's a path to Nevada and Las Vegas from all of Southern California.
The Mountain Pass Mine is about 20 miles from the Nevada State Line.
The mine is a particular location off of this freeway that is of very important interest to Lance and Patrick like most all Americans.
Here is our top mine an open pit mine that is well an (REE) Rare Earth Elements mine also along the Interstate 15 Freeway passed by millions of automobile annually.
What you will find here is a small unincorporated community named Mountain Pass just up off of the Interstate 15 Freeway.
Mountain Pass is at an elevation of 4.730 feet above medium sea-level and Active Atom and the Town of Yucca Valley are at an elevation of 3,369.
Mountain Pass is something to look up to with a height advantage to us at a difference of 1,361 feet.
This mine is the main US Mine Operation for the (REE) Rare Earth Elements for the United States.
The elements are not actually rare they are however rare in discovery in volumes of materials at an economical mining (ROI) Return On Investment and with modern times in a world awash in technology the elements discovered here in the 1950's are of the most strategic importance to the safety and security of Americas future and are utilized in most of our daily lives from products to medical.
How did San Bernardino end up with the highest minable volumes of REE's?
The two ages of rock formation types for the exact spot of the Mountain Pass Mining operation are Mesozoic to late Proterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rock to the western side of the mine and Proterozoic Plutonic and Metamorphic rock to the east and there is slight Mesozoic Plutonic rock northeast of the mine as well as a larger discovery due south of the mine.
What we are saying above is that forces through tectonic, magma, thermal movements and pressure activity uplifted earlier materials into more geologically newer surface materials creating a treasure trove of element and mineral discoveries.
REE mining exerts from two different geology reports are shared here.
A 1.4 billion year (est.) geological activity likely created this mines elements and the many mines in northeastern San Bernardino County.
Though there is some evidence of a period of Ultrapotassic Rock intrusions with even more evidence of miner amounts of these elements arriving through the Early Proterozoic, major mineral deposition occurred to this rare earth area and discovery from the Mezozoic and late Tertiary ages.
The ancient Precambrian carbonatite intruded into Gneiss and as a result this contained 08% to 12% rare earth oxides appears likely according through geology reports shared.
There are 4 main metallic elements extracted from the MP Mine.
Cerium Ce Uses ars ceria are production of high quality optic surfaces.
Lanthanum La Uses are in batteries nickel-metal hydride batteries.
Neodymium Nd Uses in rare earth magnets in electronic applications.
Europium Eu Uses are red phosphor in glass florescent glass and quantum memory chips.
There are many more uses and many other elements mined from the Mountain Pass community in San Bernardino, but we just wanted to share some of what we get out of bed for, besides machining products and designing electronic products each day.


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Our first stop in our final SoCal tour of 2010 was at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Our screening was arranged by the East Asia Center and held at the Multicultural Center Theater. Rae and I drove down from the Bay Area; we started our drive at noon, since I had an event that I was covering at Apple. Fortunately, we encountered no traffic on the 101 and arrived at Santa Barbara in just four and a half hours.
The crowd at the MCC was mostly comprised of students and graduate students from the university. Normally, students are a bit shy to ask questions, but a couple of students were particularly inquisitive and kept asking us questions. That's good! We love to field questions and hear what people think about the film.
The screening was co-sponsored by the East Asia Center and PIRE-ECCI (The Partnership in International Research and Education in Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces). Thanks go out to Professor Mayfair Yang and MCC Associate Director Viviana Marsano for organizing the event.
Following a night at the Franciscan Inn in downtown Santa Barbara, we took a walk along the beach. Santa Barbara reminds me very much of San Diego, and Rae especially liked the Spanish Colonial architecture. I can see why some of my friends decided to go to this school coming out of high school!
Here are photos from our screening at the University of California, Santa Barbara.


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New Art From Within show highlights work by inmates
Written by C.P. Thompson on May 9, 2018
(Press Staff Photo by C.P. Thompson)
Victoria Castillo, Abe Villarreal and Brandon Jones take a look at artwork by Detention Center inmates at the Art From Within exhibit at Western New Mexico University's Miller Library on Monday. More than 50 pieces of art, created by past or current inmates, will be displayed at the library until Saturday. All pieces are for sale and proceeds will go to the inmate.
On Monday, current and former inmates from the Grant County Detention Center had the chance to express who they really are through art at the second annual Art From Within exhibit at Western New Mexico University's Miller Library.
Cari Lemon, director of the Grant County Community Health Council and with Art From Within, said the idea began with Detention Center Administrator Mike Carillo.
"It started last year when Mike started noticing the artwork inmates were creating," she said. "Then there was an idea of how can this be cultivated. He reached out to Abe Villarreal [assistant dean of student activities at WNMU] and they decided to do an art exhibit."
Some of the artwork featured religious images, animals, the New Mexico Zia symbol and more.
"The main concept of this is to help shift the stigma that is associated with people that are incarcerated," Lemon said. "This highlights their talents and maybe shifts their identity. There is more to a person than the mistakes they made."
WNMU art major Brandon Jones said a few words during the opening reception Monday evening. Jones designed the logo for this year's Art From Within flier.
"It gives them an opportunity to express themselves outside of the jail cell," he said.
The exhibit will remain on display through Saturday, and each of the pieces is for sale and the proceeds go back to the inmate.
C.P. Thompson may be reached at cp@scdaily press.com.
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Roll Call Vote 111th Congress - 2nd Session
XML Vote Summary
Question: On the Motion (Motion to Instruct the Sgt. At Arms )
Vote Number: 134
Vote Date: May 6, 2010, 06:34 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2
Vote Result: Motion Agreed to
Measure Number: S. 3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 )
Measure Title: An original bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
Vote Counts:
YEAs61
*Information compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate bill clerk under the direction of the secretary of the Senate
By Senator Name
By Vote Position
By Home State
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Nay
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Bayh (D-IN), Yea
Begich (D-AK), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Yea
Bennett (R-UT), Not Voting
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Bond (R-MO), Nay
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Brown (R-MA), Yea
Brownback (R-KS), Nay
Bunning (R-KY), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Nay
Burris (D-IL), Yea
Byrd (D-WV), Not Voting
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Carper (D-DE), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Nay
Coburn (R-OK), Nay
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Collins (R-ME), Nay
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Nay
Crapo (R-ID), Nay
DeMint (R-SC), Not Voting
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Ensign (R-NV), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Nay
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Hagan (D-NC), Yea
Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Johanns (R-NE), Nay
Johnson (D-SD), Yea
Kaufman (D-DE), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Kyl (R-AZ), Not Voting
Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
LeMieux (R-FL), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Yea
Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Lincoln (D-AR), Yea
Lugar (R-IN), Not Voting
McCain (R-AZ), Nay
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
McConnell (R-KY), Nay
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Merkley (D-OR), Yea
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea
Risch (R-ID), Nay
Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Nay
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Specter (D-PA), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Nay
Udall (D-CO), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Voinovich (R-OH), Not Voting
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Nay
Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs ---61
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Begich (D-AK)
Bennet (D-CO)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Brown (R-MA)
Burris (D-IL)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Conrad (D-ND)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Franken (D-MN)
Gillibrand (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Hagan (D-NC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kaufman (D-DE)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Merkley (D-OR)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shaheen (D-NH)
Specter (D-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Udall (D-CO)
Udall (D-NM)
Warner (D-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
NAYs ---33
Alexander (R-TN)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
LeMieux (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)
Not Voting - 6
Bennett (R-UT)
Byrd (D-WV)
DeMint (R-SC)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lugar (R-IN)
Voinovich (R-OH)
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Sad Spectacle of Aging Hippies
by Mark Rhoads
More than forty years ago, on the oldest edge of baby boom Amercians born after Wold War II, there was a subculture of leftist radicals who camouflaged themselves inside another subculture called "hippies" who imagined themselves to be "hip" in their musical and "flower power" lifestyle choices. Neo-anarchist Hippies were the subject of many sociology studies conducted by other wannabe hippies in universities which was one indicator of how narcissistic they were. Much like the Obama cult of 2008, they were fascinated by themselves and their own wonderfulness. Many senior citizen-hippies came out of mothballs to show up in Madison last week, only now they are on Medicare. Combined with white-collar trade-union pretenders who have never worn a hard hat or been close to a blast furnace or a coal mine, the theatrical coalition made a great specatacle for cable TV news cameras as they tried to mimic anti-Viet Nam war and strike chants from days of old just as if they had some real labor grievance. But somehow I think if Samuel Gompers were alive today, he would be laughing at these age 65 plus pretenders who are sadly laboring to rekindle nostalgia for their college years.
The aging hippies of forty years ago have not changed their tactics. They still can manipulate gullible, sypathetic, and kindred TV producers with their street theater that is never designed to advance a policy debate in a free society, but only to intimidate and disrupt free democratic institutions so they cannot follow the electoral will of the people. The university campus area around Madison has long been a permanent home for that aging hippie population so it is no surprise that they can help fill up space in the nearby state capitol building or outside it. What is a little surpising is that even after all these years to study, the hippie "scholars" are so incoherent in their arguments as to render themselves intellectually unintelligible. There are no clear statements of grievance coming from mob leaders, only personal epithets aimed at Gov. Scott Walker. It is not true free speech they want, but the right to drown out free and democratic speech until they get what they want. But 2011 is not the late 1960s and millions of Americans long ago grew tired of the self-absorbed senior-citizen hippies and their so-called revolution many decades ago. It is too much to hope after so many years that the aging hippies will ever grow up but they are growing old and it will be more difficult for them to rally ten years from now if the bus from the nursing home leaves early.
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We gather during Holy Week as God's blessed people, ready for a journey that's central to our faith. Generation upon generation has affirmed this walk with Jesus into Jerusalem, through the passion, up the hill to Golgotha, into the silence of the tomb and then, life, new life on the other side.
It is a journey that we do together as God's holy people to remember God. For it is a journey about God. It is a journey about God who joins the world, not for the sake of God's self, but for the sake of the creation that God loved into being and continues to love with profound compassion. It's a journey with Jesus, who reveals God who chooses to be humbled for us as Immanuel, God-with-us.
It is a curious journey. It begins with the infant Jesus and continues as Jesus reveals the glory of God in performing great miracles, healings, and forgiveness of sins into a world of suffering. The followers of Jesus had known great oppression under Rome. They had experienced great isolation under division. They had known great judgment under harsh rules and demands for obedience. Jesus walked into the midst of this world as Immanuel, God-with-us. Jesus ate with the outsiders, gathered people together into connectedness, and invited loving instead of rules. The followers walked with Jesus into the reign of God, rule of love on earth.
And then Jesus walked into Jerusalem. Crowds joined the walk. They walked into Jerusalem the center of power wanting a new king, a king with power to conquer the oppression, to end the isolation, to free them from the harsh rules and demands. They walked with Jesus, shouting boldly, "Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest." They walked expecting the power of a king.
And then the walk takes a surprising turn. These followers called Jesus, "Lord." Yet, this was a great affront to this political power of the day, for only the ruler of Rome was to be known as Lord. Now, the political power joined the walk and took control of the journey, turning it with power into pain, using power for betrayal, challenge, judgment, isolation, and conquering with power for their own control.
Yet Jesus Immanuel God-with-us, humbles himself and lets go of the power. What a surprise for those on the journey with Jesus! For they wanted power to win, as they lifted palm branches and shouted words of hosanna.
What a surprising walk! For God, revealed in Jesus, is NOT about power, but about love. For Jesus, Immanuel, God-with-us, joined the pain, betrayal, challenge, judgment, and isolation of the world. Immanuel relinquishes power for the greater love of compassion. The journey of Jesus reveals a God of compassion for the world, not power over the world. Jesus Christ is at-one-with passion. Jesus is at-one-with suffering.
We walk from singing praise into weeping and waiting, trusting God to shift the journey yet again. We dare walk this journey into the world with God, for God walks with us. We dare walk, watch, and wait with God into the suffering caused by power, knowing, trusting, and believing that power does not win. For in Immanuel, God with us, love wins. Compassion – walking with passion – is greater than power. What an amazing journey!
Blessings on your journeys this holy week.