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Joe Exotic Wants Carole Baskin to Get Him Out of Prison
The woman he tried to have killed has offered an olive branch, but Joe Exotic wants the whole tree.
Keith Baldwin
Just over a year on from the world's introduction to Tiger King, Joe Exotic — AKA Joseph Maldonado-Passage — is still in prison, and he is seeking an unlikely partnership to win his freedom.
Having failed to secure a pardon from Donald Trump because he was, in Joe's words, "too innocent and too gay to deserve a pardon from Trump," he's now turning to the most unlikely of sources for help: Carole Baskin.
His arch-nemesis — whom he tried to have killed after years of accusing her of murdering her second husband Don Lewis — has, in fact, suggested that she'd be willing to help him get an early release from prison, with some caveats. Baskin has made it her life's work to eliminate the breeding and exploitation of exotic big cats in America. And she, along with her third husband Howard Baskin, have promised to advocate for Joe Exotic to receive a reduced sentence, if he supports that cause.
In addition to supporting the Big Cat Public Safety Act — which passed in the House of Representatives in December, and would outlaw licensed facilities from allowing members of the public to handle big cats — Carole has outlined how Joe can use his inside information to help dismantle the big cat exhibition industry.
"He'd have to actually work with authorities to bring all of his buddies to justice and work with legislators to end cub handling," she said. "Then, I'd want him to be rewarded for having done the right thing."
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Patrons paying to play with cubs bring in a huge portion of the profits made by big cat breeders, and this incentivizes them to breed more cats that generally stop being profitable when they reach adulthood. Outlawing cub handling could go a long way toward eliminating an industry that runs on the exploitation and mistreatment of big cats.
On paper, Joe Exotic should be on board. He has expressed regret over his own mistreatment of the animals at the G.W. Exotic Animal Park — "Go sit in a cage with your animal for a week ... I'm ashamed of myself," he said. Add to this the fact that his young husband Dillon Passage is reportedly waiting for him (or at least "not in a hurry" to get divorced), and his health is reportedly in a dire state — Joe and his attorneys claim he's been rapidly losing weight as a result of receiving inadequate treatment for multiple life-threatening conditions — and you might expect him to accept this olive branch.
But if you take into account everything else he's ever said and done, you would know that was never going to happen. Instead, Joe basically took a look at that olive branch, did one of his weird little sniffs, and said, "What about the rest of that tree?"
While he does want Carole Baskin to help him get out of prison, he wants her help on his terms, and seems to think he has the upper hand. "I'll testify in front of the Senate. I'll testify in front of the House," he said. "They want to end big cats in America, and they want to end the exploitation of them, I'm the man to do it."
That promise might have rung true if he hadn't prefaced it by attacking the bill's language, saying, "The way it's written is not gonna help anybody except PETA and Carole Baskin." And it definitely would have seemed more sincere if he hadn't followed it up with some extra demands.
Because it's not enough for the target of Joe's murder-for-hire scheme to speak on his behalf and support his early release. Joe Exotic wants nothing less than a presidential pardon and a confession that Carole Baskin — who took control of Exotic's former animal park last summer — is the real villain.
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"It is time for Carole and Howard to put up or shut the hell up," he said. "...It is time to get on the phone to President Biden or whoever they need to that they've got in their little financial pocket and say, 'Get Joe a pardon, because this wasn't really about murder-for-hire or shooting five tigers — this was about exploiting Joe to support Carole's agenda.' So, there's the offer on the table, all right?"
It seems unlikely that the Baskins have President Joe Biden "in their little financial pocket." And whether or not their stake in Joe's conviction was all about pushing their own agenda, the reason for his 22-year prison sentence is absolutely because he tried to have Carole Baskin murdered and illegally killed five of his tigers.
So chances are he's not going to get that pardon. Even if the Baskins come forward to say, "Never mind, we were just kidding," and even if Joe testifies in Congress that "the bill I just said won't help anyone except PETA and Carole Baskin is rad actually, you should vote for it," it's no going to happen.
In the best case scenario, perhaps Joe's vocal advocacy for himself will raise awareness of the abysmal health care prisoners recieve in the US, and specifically in the Fort Worth Federal Medical Center where he's being detained. Maybe he will start receiving the kind of treatment he needs in order to survive the next 20 years of his full sentence — because he's clearly too stubborn and self-important to accept help and an early release.
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You Can't Change My Mind: Carole Baskin and Hillary Clinton Are the Same Person
Isn't it weird how you've never seen them in the same room?
This summer Hulu announced that the streaming service will be producing a new drama called Rodham.
The show will imagine an alternate version of Hillary Rodham's life in which she never married Bill Clinton. It's interesting enough as a premise, and it will probably get a lot of buzz. My only problem is that I already watched it in March, back when it was called Tiger King.
I'm hardly the first person to draw this comparison. This spring the parallels between Tiger King and the 2016 election—with Joe Exotic standing in for Donald Trump and Carole Baskin representing Hillary Clinton—were a common topic of think pieces.
But while these analyses may get to the heart of some deep-seated misogyny that causes American audiences to prefer crass, violent men over competent, cagey women, the analogy is necessarily superficial. It doesn't sustain more than a cursory assessment, because Donald Trump and Joe Exotic are just too different.
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For all his flaws—and they are many—Joe Exotic seems to have a genuine zeal for life. He is driven by passion and seems to have at least a basic concept of regret. Donald Trump, by contrast, hates everything but himself, believes he can do no wrong, and is driven purely by the desire to force the world to recognize the flawless being he sees in the mirror.
But once you let the weaker half of the analogy melt away, you are left with the undeniable truth of the Clinton-Baskin synthesis. The two are so fundamentally linked that now—nearly eight months since first being introduced to Carole Baskin, even after she joined the cast of Dancing With the Stars (with her ex-husband's family offering a reward for information against her during the commercial breaks) and was quickly eliminated—I can no longer separate the two. They are permanently fused in my mind as a single entity.
I can already hear the objections: "That's not a fair comparison! Your sources aren't objective! She's been the target of character assassination by crazy, right-wing conspiracy theorists for years!" To that I say: I absolutely agree. I'm just not sure which one you're talking about.
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Did Carole Baskin murder former husband Don Lewis? Did Hillary Clinton have deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster assassinated? Depending who you ask, one may be more likely than the other, but we really don't have strong evidence in either case—just vaguely suspicious circumstances and a lot of speculation. But that won't stop people from saying in each case, "She definitely did it!"
Both women married men who helped propel them into a male-dominated field, where they have sometimes been compelled to fight dirty. That willingness, coupled with a sense of hypocrisy in their publicly cheerful, benevolent personas, have led to both women being labeled "just as bad" as their opponents and detractors—an obvious falsehood.
Their facial expressions are endlessly scrutinized for evidence of deceit–in ways that men are never questioned. Both women know how to make Washington politics work for them. And both women, whatever they had to do to get where they are, have generally aimed to use their positions for good ends—though they don't always seem concerned about collateral damage.
Both women have dealt with infidelity, and have been accused of having domineering relationships with their husbands. Both have been encouraged to publicly show off their dance moves. Kate McKinnon is the actress of choice to portray either one. And both have dramatically revised their inhumane stances on "super predators"...
While their styles are dramatically different, you don't have to look back far to see where Hillary could have gone full-on flowerchild, or Carole could have adopted a buttoned-up professionalism.
Also, they kind of look similar.
In other words, there is no Hillary Clinton, and there is no Carole Baskin. Not in my mind. There is only Carilly Clintskin, and you can see her each week on DWTS, or look out for Hulu's forthcoming Drama Jonedham, which imagines a world in which Carrilly never married Dill Lewnton.
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Joe Exotic Says He's Dying in Prison, Compares Himself to George Floyd
The former operator of the G.W. Zoo, and star of Tiger King is apparently being deprive of medication and blood transfusions.
To those who haven't painted him a martyr, Joe Exotic of Tiger King fame is a selfish, entitled, cruel, and violent man.
Exotic—real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage—deserves to face justice not only for the crimes for which he was found guilty (murder for hire as well as killing and trafficking tigers), but for numerous offenses for which he has never been charged.
Along with various acts of animal cruelty, feeding people expired meat, tanking his mother's finances, and plying desperate young men with drugs in exchange for dubiously consensual sexual relationships, many people believe that Joe was responsible for setting the 2015 fire that killed eight alligators and crocodiles and destroyed Rick Kirkham's reality show footage. He is not a good man. But if we can believe even half of the details in the three-page letter Joe wrote to his "supporters, fans, loved ones"—which was recently obtained by TMZ—he doesn't deserve the hell he's currently living through. No one does.
If you prefer not to read the full extent of his suffering, a basic understanding of the cruelty and neglect within America's criminal justice system should give you a sense of what he's going through. He includes a description of his experience in Grady County Jail, where he was previously incarcerated and where he claims he was "stripped naked, tied to a chair until the skin came off [his] arms." Joe also invokes the memory of Justin Thao, a 20-year-old inmate who hanged himself in that jail in 2017.
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Thao was serving time for trafficking marijuana and was placed in solitary confinement where his screams for help were ignored for more than an hour before he took his own life. Despite taking place nearly a year before Joe's arrest, Joe presents the incident as though he witnessed it firsthand—"The cops beat him up. The screams for help will never go away." Still, the neglect that led to Thao's death is echoed in the experiences of any number of prisoners with neglected psychological or medical conditions—including Joe himself, who claims to be slowly dying from lack of medical attention.
Diagnosed with CVID (Common Variable Immunodeficiency) and anemia, Joe is used to monthly blood transfusions as part of his treatment—transfusions which Joe says he hasn't received since January, causing his body to slowly deteriorate: "I'm loosing [sic] weight, sores won't heal, I'll be dead in 2-3 months. It's like I've been sent to death row. They stopped all my medication except one. This place is hell on earth."
In April Joe was transferred to a prison medical center for isolation amid the pandemic—as his condition put him at higher risk. And while that transfer has seemingly not provided an improved level of care, the isolation is having its well-established effect: "They keep me locked down 24/7, with no phone, email, or comissary [sic] and you will never understand the mental abuse this does to a person." Joe goes on to bemoan the fact that people send him images of his husband, Dillon Passage, "having a party while I live this hell" and notes that he has had no contact from Passage directly, saying "the mental torture of being locked in this room alone and not even hearing Dillon's voice or a letter, I wish I could just have ended things when Travis [Maldonado] died."
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While it's no doubt true that the intense suffering of solitary confinement is impossible to imagine if you haven't experienced it yourself, the traumatic impact it has on a person's psyche has been thoroughly documented. It can lead to hallucinations, paranoia, chronic depression, panic attacks, incidents of "derealisation," and persistent feelings of "impending breakdown." Calling it torture is not an overstatement, and it's no surprise to see Joe expressing suicidal thoughts considering the fact that in Texas—where Joe is currently imprisoned—the suicide rate for those in solitary confinement is five times higher than in the general prison population.
In the rest of his letter Joe displays much of the petty narcissism, delusional thinking, and spiteful nature viewers came to know through Tiger King. He claims to have done "nothing wrong," says that "the pandemic is over" and calls on everyone from Donald Trump to Cardi B to Kim Kardashian-West to help him gain his freedom. He complains that the staff of the G.W. Zoo—whom he mistreated and underpaid—has not written him letters of support, and he advises those who have profited off of his downfall to "remember how that knife went in my back, it will go in yours also."
He even wonders if he is "the wrong color" for his abuse to be acknowledged and—in perhaps the most unhinged line of the letter—equates himself to George Floyd, all but claiming to speak for him: "It's like George Floyd. His message got lost in the riots, my message got abandon [sic] for money and fame."
The final page of Joe's letter opens with two questions: "Am I stupid? Do I deserve this somehow?" The answers, obviously, are, "Yes you are" and "No you don't. No one does." Amid calls for foundational reform to America's policing system, Joe's letter is a reminder that we can't lose sight of the immense cruelty and mistreatment on the other side of our country's justice system. The conversation around prison reform has barely begun, and the testimony of prisoners (even awful prisoners) deserves to be heard.
In short, while Joe Exotic can't help but show us what an obnoxious, self-obsessed, and delusional man he is, we should be able to look past his flaws to do as he instructs in his letter's closing line—what Justin Thao's jailers failed to do: "Hear my scream for help."
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Is Carole Baskin Inheriting a Haunted "Indian" Burial Ground with Tiger King Zoo?
Current owner Jeff Lowe claims there are bodies, including "a young American Indian boy," buried on the property
It was recently reported that Carole Baskin had been awarded the property of the Tiger King Zoo—formerly the G.W. Zoo—in Wynnewood, Oklahoma after a judgment found in her favor.
As fans of the Netflix docuseries Tiger King will know, her long-standing legal feud with Joe Exotic (AKA Joseph Maldonado-Passage, né Shreibvogel) over his violation of the Big Cat Rescue trademark resulted in a million dollar settlement in her favor. But for the most part Exotic managed to dodge paying Baskin through a series of illegal property transfers that temporarily protected his animal park from seizure.
Now that Exotic is in prison for attempting to have Baskin murdered—along with illegal animal trafficking and several violations of the Endangered Species Act—a judge has finally ruled that the park is hers, and she will be taking over ownership of the 16-acre property later this year. But Jeff Lowe—the park's current owner and the personification of a mid-life crisis—insists that there are no hard feelings, saying, "She deserves this property."
On the face of it, that's a straightforward assessment of the legal situation from a man who has already arranged to move all his animals to a new location in Thackerville, Oklahoma. But if you look beyond the surface, Lowe's words—along with his claim that he and his wife Lauren "didn't want" the property—may have a darker meaning.
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As Lowe revealed in an interview with TMZ, the property is supposedly the burial site of "the remains of a young American Indian boy," and Lowe even claims that he and his wife Lauren attempted to donate the land to "the Indian nation"—possibly referring to the nearby Chickasaw Nation—because "the nation should have the first opportunity to protect this land." Lowe went on to claim that "there's more bodies than that here," but declined to explain, calling it "a story for another day" and insisting that "we need something for our reality show," a currently untitled project the couple are producing with The Content Group.
Lowe has previously offered other reasons why he dislikes the property in Wynnewood, saying in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, "We don't particularly like it here, because of its geographical location. It's not a great place for a business, it was poorly constructed … she can have these 16 acres of haunted memories."
Is it possible, given the reputation of Native American burial grounds—as cemented in movies like The Shining and Poltergeist—that Lowe and his wife are concerned that memories aren't the only thing haunted on the property? Is that why so many awful things have happened there—from arson to animal attacks to the tragic accident that killed Travis Maldonado? Is the land cursed? Or are they just trying to sabotage Baskin's prospects for the land by spreading dark rumors, robbing her of her legal victory? That would make sense considering Lowe's plans to abandon upkeep of the property, which he claims will be in a state of "complete hell" by the time Baskin takes ownership.
Then again, the simplest answer may be that the Lowes are just just trying to hype their reality show, which Jeff Lowe promises will "fill in the blanks that Netflix left … and maybe even put some finality to the Don Lewis case"—referring to the mysterious disappearance of Baskin's former husband, which Exotic and others have long-attributed to Baskin herself. It's a theory which Lowe alluded to in a separate statement on the judgment, saying, "The possibility of human remains being buried on this land should make her feel right at home."
Whatever his intention with these statements, Lowe is planning to vacate to new facilities behind the WinStar Casino before Baskin takes ownership in the fall. It's not clear yet what Baskin has in mind for the property: It could serve as a new space for her Big Cat Rescue operations, or she may simply be planning to sell it and pocket the profits. But while Lowe's suggestion that the land should be returned to Native American control may have been an attempt to troll Baskin, it's an option she should seriously consider—whether or not there's a burial ground on the site.
With so much of the horrifying injustice that's been done to Native Americans taking place in Oklahoma, a small, 16-acre token of restorative justice might be the best way to close out the disturbing story of Tiger King and the G.W. Zoo.
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Tiger King Zoo Reopens for Dangerous Stupidity Once More
Flagrant disregard for social distancing is the latest in the park's history of reckless neglect
This week Tiger King Zoo reopened for business, in perhaps the most thrillingly stupid appeal to Tiger King fans since Nicolas Cage was cast as Joe Exotic.
The zoo—more accurately an animal park, as it is not accredited by the AZA— was previously known as the G.W. Zoo and was the site of Joe Exotic's insanity in the hit Netflix Documentary Tiger King. For some weeks it was shut down, along with most non-essential businesses, as part of Oklahoma's effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. But now Tiger King Zoo has received permission to resume operations on the condition that staff and guests follow CDC guidelines on social distancing and sanitation. Upon opening the gates, it immediately became clear that neither staff nor guests had intention to comply.
The main appeal of parks like Tiger King Zoo—apart from whatever sadistic joy visitors can get from the mistreatment of majestic wild animals—is the opportunity to have up-close interactions with the cats. Considering the spread of the coronavirus among big cats at the Bronx zoo, it's clear that this close proximity wouldn't be safe even if the people in the park were keeping their distance from each other—which of course they weren't. The park's owner, Jeff Lowe, was there with his wife at the park's opening to greet the crowds pouring in.
The notoriety the park has gained during quarantine no doubt added to the draw, attracting throngs of people to press against each other in their efforts to get close to the tigers. While we can hope that tigers are no longer being neglected, abused, and killed on the premises, the current practices are no less disturbing. Pictures from opening day show Low and head zookeeper Erik Cowie—Tiger King viewers will recognize him as the guy with long hair who was always wearing sunglasses—in close proximity to guests, posing for pictures. In other shots people are squeezing together in a circle to wait for their turn with a tiger cub—fewer than six inches between people, let alone six feet. Hardly anyone can be seen wearing the CDC recommended face masks.
This is the kind of behavior projected to cause upwards of 300,000 deaths in the U.S. if restrictions are lifted. Whatever you think of the cruelty and mistreatment of endangered animals at places like Tiger King Zoo, contributing to the spread of such a deadly and difficult-to-contain virus is a new level of crime. At the time of this writing, Oklahoma has only documented around 240 deaths as a result of COVID-19, but the state is discovering around 100 new cases every day, and those figures are sure to skyrocket if places like Tiger King Zoo are allowed to operate like this.
It's time to shut it down again until the owners and staff can take a more serious approach to public safety.
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Is Carole Baskin Really "Just as Bad as Joe Exotic"?
Tiger King depicted Baskin's Big Cat Rescue as equivalent to Joe Exotic's zoo, but that's far from the truth.
If Netflix's hit documentary Tiger King could be said to have one villain (twist: they're all villains), it's Carole Baskin.
Apart from any speculation about her past crimes, the documentary did a good job of selling the perspective that her so-called "sanctuary" was equivalent to the blatantly exploitative and inhumane operations of figures like Joe Exotic and Doc Antle. Rick Kirkham, the TV producer who sought to turn Joe's life into a reality show put it bluntly, calling her "just as bad as Joe [Exotic]," and asserting that "They were both, you know, taking advantage of exotic animals to make money."
The sense of hypocrisy this created, along with the implication that she was involved in the mysterious disappearance of her wealthy former husband and her generally antagonistic relationship with the show's horrible-yet-compelling antihero led most viewers to deeply dislike Baskin. A morning consult poll released earlier this month actually found that she was possibly the most disliked person on a show that featured multiple sexual predators/animal abusers. Since the documentary (about a man hiring someone to kill her) first aired, she has received numerous death threats and has even become the topic of a mocking dance craze on TikTok. But an article published by Insider on Monday challenges the common view of Baskin's hypocrisy.
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The article refers to her portrayal as "The Big Lie in Tiger King," and runs through various facets of Baskin's Big Cat Rescue, including the fact that—despite Joe's claims to the contrary—the non-profit pays Baskin and her husband Howard only modest salaries for their work. It also covers the fact that it's designation as a sanctuary is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries, which requires a certain level of care and treatment for the animals—as opposed to a private zoo, where there are few restrictions and even less enforcement. They would not allow her, for instance, to keep her big cats in tiny enclosures, though the documentary sometimes made it look that way.
Big Cat Rescue's largest enclosure is around two-and-a-half acres—nearly two football fields—while Joe Exotic packed multiple tigers into pens that were maybe the size of a basketball court. Of course it's easy for Big Cat Rescue to provide their animals with more room, because they don't breed their animals. While Carole Baskin did get her start in breeding and providing customers with hands-on experiences, she shouldn't be attacked for having a change of heart. She is no longer adding to the problem of big cats in captivity, and is instead fighting against it and trying to provide more humane treatment for her animals.
While Baskin's dependence on an army of unpaid volunteers is still worth criticizing—some of those dedicated workers definitely deserve to be paid—a balanced view of her operation would seem to suggest that her noble intentions for the tigers are not just an act. She truly seems to believe in her cause. She is genuinely trying to provide these beautiful, majestic creatures with a better life and doing her best to fight the inhumane treatment of big cats by private zoos and collectors.
Of course this perspective sheds new light on the main question surrounding Carole Baskin's life: Did she kill former husband Don Lewis? Could someone who has devoted so much time and energy to a good cause really be a murderer? Yes. Absolutely. This changes nothing.
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(February 4, 2013) A trip to baseball's Winter Meetings has paid off for Ben Gellman-Chomsky. An STAA client, Gellman-Chomsky has been hired as the play-by-pay broadcaster by the Clearwater Threshers. He will also assist with media relations.
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The possibility of working for the Threshers this year first came up at the baseball Winter Meetings. From there, it was an exercise in following up.
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On his now 10th full length album, Johan Levin offers us a slow, soaring meditation on mortality. The complete certainty of death, and how we cope with that knowledge is what constitues the essence of this new opus. "Departed" retains the sacral expression of it's predecessor "Vita Arkivet", but not within the oppressive confinement of old stone vaults, but high across a raging seas, rocky shores and darkened skies. Music for gazing at the endless ocean of infinity, trying to catch a glimpse of meaning through the tiny rips in the fabric of existence; it's magic and loss. The CD and Digital versions contain 3 bonus tracks, reworks of classic pieces "Deadbeat" and "Worlds Apart" and "I Am Without Rule (Sum Sine Regno)", recorded December 2018, and while sound wise it harks back to the "Vita Arkivet" album, thematically it is more akin to "Departed", lending it's title from the medieval mortality motif of "The Wheel of Fortune" which became very popular after the great plague. CD Edition of 600 copies in 4 panels Digipak. 9 Tracks. Running Time 70:04
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1. Through A Forest Of Empty Armors
2. An Immense Hardened Shadow
3. The Silence Of A Thousand Years
4. Eternity Shuddred At The Image Of Death
5. What Death Whispers To The Dying
6. Departed
7. I Am Without Rule (Sum Sine Regno)
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Any moving experience can be tough, no matter how far away you're going. Even local moves can be hard on the entire family, from packing your belongings, configuring real estate move-in and move-out deadlines, and planning specialized services and logistics for heavy or fragile items, like pianos, artwork, or electronics.
If local moving is difficult, international moves are considerably more complex. Moving to another country can be the ultimate experience and adventure for the entire family, however, between customs, international borders, flight requirements, shipping restrictions, and everything else that goes into a move abroad, getting there smoothly takes plenty of planning and preparation.
At Clemmer Moving & Storage, we've been moving families, businesses, and corporations to new homes and locations all over the world. If you're planning an international move, take a look at these tips on getting ready for a smooth and successful international moving experience.
There are many factors that go into international moving. The best way to handle them all is to focus on the importance of being prepared. The better you can plan ahead, the more likely you are set to handle any issues that arise. Below is a checklist of items to make sure you are properly prepared in time for moving day.
Get Rid of Clutter: Moving far, far away is the perfect opportunity to clear your space of the things that no longer serve you. Sell, donate, or give away everything that you no longer use, and throw away junk that is no longer useful to anyone.
Sell or Store Your Heaviest Items: You might love your baby grand piano, but moving one overseas just isn't practical. This also goes for heavy household appliances like microwaves, blenders, and electronics. The best thing you can do to save money, time, and a lot of hassle is to sell these larger items along with your furniture or to place them in storage if you plan to return.
Of course, if you absolutely cannot part with something, the right moving company like Clemmer Moving & Storage can help you arrange to have it shipped safely and securely, or placed in storage until you return.
Arrange Visas: Perhaps the most important of your new documents. You will not be allowed to reside in the new country without a proper, up-to-date visa. The most common is a work visa. Make sure to get this set up well ahead of your move, so you're not left stranded.
Documentation: Just because it's a new country, it does not mean that your documents like your birth certificates or driver's licenses are not important. In fact, they're crucial as they are a form of identification that you will need when you have moved so you can get updated identification. Also, make sure your passport is up to date, so international travel is not an issue.
Research: Chances are you don't know much about your new country. This is the perfect opportunity to find out everything you can about your new stomping grounds. Learn about the culture, business locations, hospitals, embassies, and where to go have fun.
Compare Moving Costs: Having the right professional international mover can mean the difference between an exciting, enjoyable adventure and a chaotic, disastrous journey. Take time to research moving companies online, checking reviews, ratings from the BBB and Angie's List, and to compare costs.
Planning an international move can be an extremely complicated endeavor. At Clemmer Moving & Storage, our Philadelphia movers are experts in planning smooth and successful moves in Pennsylvania, along with the East Coast, throughout the country, and around the world. As one of Allied International's team of long-distance moving companies, our dedicated team is proud to offer our customers with the state-of-the-art resources to make any international relocation project and would be glad to help you make the most out of your experience.
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Aspinwall & Co. Ltd, established in the year 1867, has diversified business in the areas of Logistics, Speciality Coffee Natural Fiber Products, Natural Rubber and Tourism.Company listed on 14th June, 2016 on NSE with 78,18,288 nos of shares with price of 175 INR.Currently priced at 423 INR, already doubled from listing price.
Coffee Division: Aspinwall is one of the finest producers of speciality coffee in India.Contribute around 55% of the total Monsooned Coffee exported from India. 85% of coffee exports to Switzerland, Germany, Italy, England and Scandinavian countries like Norway, Sweden and the balance to Australia, USA, Taiwan, Japan and Russia.
Share capital is 7.82 cr of FV 10.
Low liquid share with daily ~1k stock traded.
Coffee Division is expected to drive growth in future.
The Group owns and manages about 2,000 acres of rubber plantations and this segmented has shown 50% growth in last quarter and same expected further.
For 2-3 year investment view this stock can deliver 3x-5x returns.
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Karl Erik Anand Nirvan Richter, ursprungligen Erik Johansson, född 16 november 1954, är en svensk arkitekt och möbelformgivare samt grundare av företaget Norrgavel.

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Nirvan Richter är född i Stockholm där han också växte upp och gick i skolan. År 1974, samma år som han tog studenten, bytte syskonen efternamn och Johansson blev Richter – deras danska mormors efternamn som ogift. År 1999 kompletterades förnamnet med Anand Nirvan, via hans indiske meditationsmästare. Nirvan har därefter varit hans tilltalsnamn. Hösten 1975 påbörjade Nirvan Richter den fyraåriga arkitekturutbildningen vid KTH, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan i Stockholm. Utbildningens avslutande examensarbete fick titeln "Natur och tid i lägenhet? En betraktelse över några värden som skulle kunna berika vår tids bostadslägenheter". I uppsatsen kan man även hitta många av grundtankarna i den filosofi som lägger grunden för Norrgavel. Under de år som arbetet med examensarbetet fortgick fortsatte Nirvan att utbilda sig och arbeta som arkitekt. Han gick olika snickerikurser, bland annat på Slöjdargården i Norberg, studerade träteknik, läste arkitektpsykologi på KTH. Sommaren 1986 deltar Nirvan Richer i en sommarkurs på Malmstens Capellagården i Vickelby på Öland och på hösten 1986 började han på Malmstens Verkstadsskola i Stockholm. Kurskamraten Maria Månsson är senare med vid starten av Norrgavel och blir så småningom VD för företaget .

Nirvan Richter var arkitekt för Carl Malmstensutställningen "Inspiration och förnyelse" på Nordiska museet i Stockholm 1988. En utställning som arrangerades av Malmstens Verkstadsskola och Capellagården tillsammans med Nordiska museet.

Richter grundade 1991 bolaget Norrgavel i Lund, vars huvudkontor senare flyttade till Malmö. I augusti 1994 registrerades aktiebolaget Norrgavel AB. .

Norrgavel deltog på bostadsmässan Bo93 på Stumholmen i Karlskrona. Av de 18 prototyper som visades på Bo93 så sattes 12 i produktion – bland annat Länstol och Träsoffa.

Nirvan Richter har tidigare varit gift med Catherine Richter och de har tillsammans fyra barn. Barnen Sofie och David Richter övertog 2021 ledningen för Norrgavel.

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Hemma hos Nirvan på Norrgavels webbplats den 7 februari 2019

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Central London is buzzing with activity always. It is home to some of the world's renowned monuments, great food outlets, lively pubs and other entertainment centres. The place also has a number of important railway stations and most of them are managed by the Network Rail. Two of these stations are Waterloo and Kings Cross station. They are located 3 miles away from each other and amidst extremely busy routes.
While wondering how to get from Waterloo to Kings Cross station, trains may seem as the most obvious mode of transfer. However when you are travelling in a rush or with heavy luggage and small children, trains may not be the best option. Trains get very crowded during the peak hours and rushing through the crowd to reach your destination on time seems like a Herculean task. They are also less frequent during late nights and services stops during bad weather.
Taxi from Waterloo to Kings Cross can be availed with ease right outside the stations. If your accommodation is closer to any one of these two stations, taxis offer direct door to door service through bypassing the tedious task of changing trains. Taxi drivers are trained to handle the busy roads of London very well and can work their way smoothly through all situations. While travelling from Waterloo to Kings Cross by taxi, drivers ensure 100% passenger safety and make sure you reach your destination in a swish.
While booking a minicab from Waterloo to Kings Cross, passengers must specify all details pertaining to date, time and number. If there is a need for intermediary stops before reaching your accommodation near Kings Cross passengers can mention the same while booking the service. This aids in the calculation of the right fare. Taxis and minicabs stand well above any other transfers as they are very comfortable, always reliable and incredibly stylish.
No matter what time of the day you may travel, taxis can always be availed and can effortlessly make your travel luxurious and easy.


A lot of union people held it against members for crossing the picket line, for a long time. I didn't. They did what they had to do, and I did what I had to do for my own peace of mind.
I know one guy who would have lost his house. I know other guys who got threatened with divorce if they didn't get their buns back to work. I had friends – I had friends – that walked across the picket line.
There was a guy I used to work with who went back to work during one of the later strikes. I was living in Groton at the time. Called up and ordered a pizza. Here comes my pizza. I open the door and he's standing there. He's the pizza delivery man.


The Edge Foundation leads the way in supporting and commissioning research to show the value of technical and professional education, showcase best practice and understand lessons learned. We often work with partner organisations when tendering for research to ensure that the findings are as relevant as possible to colleagues across the sector.
This page provides details of any research tenders where we are currently looking for organisations or individuals to come forward to undertake pieces of work. If you have any questions about our research programme, you can contact our Research and Policy Manager, Andrea Laczik.
The Edge Foundation has commissioned the International Centre for Guidance Studies University of Derby to conduct an independent evaluation of the Edge Future Learning UK Pilot. The pilot is based on the model of Academies of Nashville (USA) and will be implemented in three schools from September 2018 in the North East of England. The evaluation will capture the development phase pre-September 2018 and will gather evidence for what works and what does not work during the pilot year. The evaluation is ongoing and will be completed by Autumn 2019.
The Edge Foundation in partnership with Commercial Education Trust has commissioned the Institute of Education, UCL to conduct an independent, holistic and thorough evaluation of the Career Colleges in England. Career Colleges aim to increase the range and choice of vocational education opportunities for 14-19 year olds. The concept of Career Colleges was launched in October 2013. The concept is designed to be a flexible and alternative education for young people, through employer-designed education, with pathways into work. The evaluation is on-going and will be completed by Summer 2019.
The Edge Foundation jointly commissioned with the Royal Academy of Engineering a piece of research that evaluated the University Technical College (UTC) model. The aim of this piece of research was to understand effective practice and lessons learned, particularly in relation to curriculum design and employer engagement. NFER was commissioned to conduct this piece of research. The project started in 2016, you can read the interim report here, and the final report here.
In partnership with the Studio Schools Network we commissioned the University of Oxford to complete a piece of research into the CREATE Framework in Studio Schools. CREATE is a tool to develop young people's skills. The research investigated the perceptions and use of CREATE by different stakeholders and identified examples of good practices and lessons learnt for other Studio Schools and beyond. The research is complete and can be downloaded from this page.
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Q: Modified Binary Search java So I'm running into a huge road block....maybe it's just because my logic is not there but I can't seem to figure this out on my own.
I'm trying to modify BinarySearch so that it will obtain two indexes.
First index is the farthest left index of a number given, x, and the farthest right. If the number doesn't exist then it produces [-1,-1].
Anyways. I have been trying to modify the BinarySearch and can't seem to get it working. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
public static Pair BinarySearchDup(int[] A, int x, int low, int high){
    int mid = (low + high) / 2;
    int left = -1, right = -1;
    while(low <= high){
        mid = (low + high) / 2;
        if(A[mid] == x){
            int newMid = mid;
            //check left
            if(left == -1){
                left = mid;
                return BinarySearchDup(A, x, low, mid - 1);
            }
            else if(right == -1){
                right = mid;
                return BinarySearchDup(A, x, newMid + 1, high);
            }
            return new Pair(left, right);
        }
        else if(A[mid] < x)
            return BinarySearchDup(A, x, mid + 1, high);
        else// (A[mid] > x)
            return BinarySearchDup(A, x, low, mid - 1);
    }
    //if there are no matches of the number then it returns -1
    return new Pair(-1, -1);
}

A: I am not sure I understand your idea, but here is why it doesn't work:
Your code is equivalent to:
public static Pair BinarySearchDup(int[] A, int x, int low, int high){
    int mid = (low + high) / 2;
    if(low <= high){
        if(A[mid] == x)
            return BinarySearchDup(A, x, low, mid - 1);
        else if(A[mid] < x)
            return BinarySearchDup(A, x, mid + 1, high);
        else// (A[mid] > x)
            return BinarySearchDup(A, x, low, mid - 1);
    }

    return new Pair(-1, -1);
}

Indeed, if you enter the while loop, you always return, so there is never more than one iteration. Also if the value at mid is x then since left is -1 you always enter this if clause. Alternatively if you don't enter the while loop you just return (-1, -1).
Hope this helps.
EDIT:
Can't you just use normal binary search and then simply go back and forth from the found index until you get the whole range?

A: To solve this problem:
I'm trying to modify BinarySearch so that it will obtain two indexes.
First index is the farthest left index of a number given, x, and the farthest right. If the number doesn't exist then it produces [-1,-1].
I would do this:
1) Do a binary search, except instead of considering the target a match and ending right away, consider it to be larger than your target (e.g. you search left of it). When this search ends, it'll either be on the leftmost instance of target, one left (depending on how it's coded - in this case just check one right) or it will be confirmed not to exist.
2) Do a binary search like in 1) except consider target smaller than your target. This will, in a similar way, find the rightmost instance of your target.
This gives you O(logN) complexity. Petar Ivanov's idea of "Can't you just use normal binary search and then simply go back and forth from the found index until you get the whole range?" can be as bad as O(N) if there is a huge number of duplicates in the array. However, if the expected duplicate count (or expected array size) is small, then Petar Ivanov's idea is far simpler to code since you don't have to remake binary search with changed logic.

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ZINTECH TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION is a business entity registered in the state of California under the legal form of DOMESTIC STOCK. It can be found in the register by the DOS ID C2191981. The company was established and set into the register at 31st May 2000 and its current status is DISSOLVED. Location address of this company is at 320 S LEMON AVE, WALNUT, 91789, CA.
The company and its activities are actually managed by 1 person with the responsibility of its market actions. Person written in the register is CHUNGWEI HSU, who's seat is at 320 S LEMON AVE, WALNUT, 91789, CA.
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Between 1903 (left) and 1918 (right), hemlines grew shorter, but diplomas remained oversized.
Between 1903 (left), when Charlotte Hendricks Phillips graduated from Jacksonville's Duval High School, and 1918, when Tallahassee's Beulah Moore earned her diploma from an unnamed high school, hemlines grew shorter, but diplomas remained oversized by today's standards.
Graduation season is upon us again, and with it comes celebrations and relaxation, gifts of cash and gifts for the returns department, and lots and lots of photographs.
You're taking them, and so are we. The Palm Beach Post photo staff will attend every high school graduation in Palm Beach County this May.
SEE ALL OUR PHOTOS FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY GRADUATIONS.
We'll be at a few college graduations, too: Introducing the Class of 2015 from Palm Beach Atlantic University.
In the meantime, we took a trip back in time thanks to FloridaMemory.com, the fantastic photo clearinghouse run by the State Archives of Florida.
How stylish are the members of Madison (Fla.) High School's Class of 1927?
1927: In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking (thank you, Cole Porter), but the female students in the above photo weren't adverse to legging it out.
As the sole male in the Class of 1937 at Peck High School Class in Fernandina, this lucky grad had his pick of the ladies.
1937: He would've offered a lady his seat, but there were six of them and only one of him.
This husband-and-wife, high-school graduation portrait from 1942 features Gee and Junanne Smith of Madison County.
1942: Meet Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who it appears traded wedding rings before they wore class rings.
Senior superlatives: Christia Basler and Mona Rhodes were voted the "Most Talented" members of Sarasota High School's Class of 1952. That year's yearbook had a circus theme.
1952: Did they realize they were posing near the "freaks" sign?
A few weeks before graduation, Laura Morris and Barney Lockley attended the Lincoln High School senior prom in Tallahassee. Later they married, and Barney ran a barbershop in Tallahassee's Frenchtown neighborhood.
1956: Their lives would become as intertwined as their fingers in this picture.
Recent graduates of Leon High School in Tallahassee play chess at an all-night party in 1959.
1959: Project Graduation, the good ol' days.
1961: "L" is for Leon and (see ya) "later," high school.
Was Louis J. McCaskill III's future so bright he had to wear shades in his senior portrait in Apalachicola in 1970?
1970: Most likely to be cooler than any of us.
Weird Florida: Why does the Sunshine State attract so many strange people?


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ABC Streamlines Ease of Service for Independent Borrowers
The big bank has "streamlined" its interview and assessment process for some independent borrowers, following feedback from brokers and clients.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has fine-tuned the way it captures income and rates ease of service for independent clients to reduce red tape for brokers and their clients.
In May of this year, the Big Bank became the first of the Big Four to change its assessment process so that independent borrowers who could prove they had paid themselves a regular salary in the past six months, could use this income for maintenance during their home loan if they have also provided a letter from an accountant.
By allowing independent clients and their brokers to provide six months of payslips and a letter from an accountant (to confirm that the salary could continue to be paid and that the company could meet its own commitments), the independent borrower could be served as a PAYG Client when applying for a residential mortgage loan.
This negated the need for them to provide complete financial information about the business.
The bank has now updated its service process for how it captures income from freelancers and businesses when it comes to home loans.
Whereas the bank would have previously taken business income (minus all services, etc.) business income) for use in maintenance. It can also now automatically calculate business income based on percentage of ownership.
The CBA has confirmed that it is changing the way it checks and calculates investment income, including expanding the definition to include trust distributions to a beneficiary and the ability to verify average investment income over two years.
The move is part of the CBA's renewed strategy to "become Australia's leading bank for businesses" and to follow its "refreshed" broker strategy.
Speaking to The Adviser about the changes, Chris Moldrich, Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate Lending, said: "We made the changes by listening to feedback from our clients and the broker community for easy access. from independent clients to financing.
"One of the things I think we've heard a lot is [was around] the challenges they face when it comes to applying for a home loan, given the nature of their business and the information the bank asks for. Thus, we are now asking less information from the client and their broker, not asking them for all of the company's financial statements and accounts that we would normally have done.
Mr Moldrich suggested that some independent mortgagees would previously have had to provide the CBA with "10 sets of financial data" for the bank to assess the case, but payslips from the self-paid salary could now be used instead.
"The intention is to make it easier for our business clients, independent clients and brokers to apply for a CBA loan," he said.
The general manager of business loans added that the bank had also recently 'beefed up' its staff and resources on its transactions desk for broker inquiries regarding self-employed transactions, as well as case management teams. and pre-qualification for relationship management clients.
"On top of that we're also adding more coaches and trainers specifically for brokers to help them help them with some of the changes we've made, and also more broadly on freelancers so hopefully that helps. also with the ability to be able to help more business clients and independent clients, he concluded.
"I think in the brokerage business there are significant opportunities to help independent borrowers and, I think we've probably seen more than ever before, the importance of small businesses and independent clients. "
Last week, CBA CEO Matt Comyn reported that SMEs were under "enormous pressure right now."
"I think there is tremendous pressure right now … Although I would say the request for financial assistance has been quite modest / at the smallest, probably around 60 percent of these clients have no ready. They have seen fairness in their businesses – often their life's work – diminish, they experience tremendous stress and frustration. They don't necessarily have the resources, like a large company, to rely on, "he said.
While Mr Comyn acknowledged that there was significant government and financial support in place for businesses, he added that it had "clearly been a very difficult few months", particularly for small businesses in the central business districts. Sydney and Melbourne, many of whom "hadn't recovered from last year's blockades."
He reported that the CBA announced this week that it will offer merchant customers accepting card payments a flat rate of 1.1% for all in-store card transactions and 1.5% for online transactions, in order to help them.
[Related: Major bank CEOs flag SME 'pressure']
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BBVA and Air Academy Federal Credit Union to reimburse borrowers' GAP fees – Loveland Reporter-Herald
Student loan forgiveness will not be available to these borrowers
Navient, with six million borrowers, is asking to stop managing federal student loans.
550K borrowers will benefit from the program redesign
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John Giannandrea is Apple's senior vice president of Machine Learning and AI Strategy, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. John joined Apple in 2018 and oversees the strategy for artificial intelligence and machine learning across the company and development of Core ML and Siri technologies.
Prior to Apple, John spent eight years at Google where he led the Machine Intelligence, Research and Search teams. Before this he co-founded two technology companies, Tellme Networks and Metaweb Technologies. Earlier in his career John was a senior engineer at General Magic.
John graduated from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland where he earned a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Computer Science, and was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa. John is on the board of trustees at the SETI Institute and Castilleja School.
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Blue Jays Call Up Teoscar Hernandez
By Mark Polishuk | June 5, 2019 at 6:50pm CDT
The Blue Jays have brought outfielder Teoscar Hernandez back from Triple-A Buffalo, according to a team announcement, with Jonathan Davis going back to Buffalo in the corresponding move. Hernandez is in tonight's starting lineup in center field, and general manager Ross Atkins told reporters (including Sportsnet.ca's Shi Davidi) that Toronto will regularly deploy Hernandez as a center fielder going forward.
The idea of Hernandez in such an important defensive role would have been unthinkable even a few months ago, as the 26-year-old looked borderline unplayable in left field for much of the 2018 season. However, a lot of offseason work led to a big turnaround in the early portion of this season, as Hernandez had a 20.8 UZR/150 and a +1 Defensive Run Saved over 295 1/3 innings as a left fielder in 2019.
Center field presents a much larger challenge, as Hernandez hasn't played the position at the big-league level since 2017. The Jays would probably just be happy with average glovework from Hernandez in center as they continue to sort through their outfield picture. Randal Grichuk has seen the bulk of center field work since Kevin Pillar was traded to the Giants, though Grichuk will now move back to right field. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. should continue to see regular duty in left field, with Brandon Drury and Cavan Biggio also available for corner outfield work.
Beyond playing center field at Buffalo, Hernandez's time at Triple-A was also intended as a way to get himself sorted at the plate. Hernandez was hitting just .189/.262/.299 at the time of his demotion, with only three homers in 141 PA and suffering from a huge dropoff in his power. Hernandez was a very hot-and-cold hitter in 2018, though he finished the season with a .239/.302/.468 slash line, 22 home runs, and a 107 wRC+ over 532 PA.
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clrrogers
I don't think he's shown enough at the plate in AAA to call him back up yet.
thekid9
Thank you Johnny Superscout
jimmertee
It is too bad that Jonathon Davis can hit big league pitching.
Hernandez won't last long in center for the Jays.
Jays still have lots of player personnel moves to make going forward this year.
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chicagofan1978
He plays a mean bagpipe though
TrimReaper
Last ditch effort by the Jays. Teoscar has to prove he belongs, and perhaps this is a showcase to trade him at the deadline. Several contending teams will be looking for a RH bat. This could also signal the end of the Randal Grichuk CF experiment.
I guess they have nothing to lose with this decision. Davis defensively was more than adequate. Good, actually.


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Q: Angular Border is still there when div not visible I got following problem: when i define a div in my component class, and assign the style via class="s-help" it works fine. but I need sometimes another css class, because I need in some cases another border color, with also other attributes.
So I decided to move the style attribute out of my html component. And declare the style attribute, when I include my component into the code line, where it is needed.
Everything works fine, but when the component shouldn't be visible, the border is still visible.
s-help.comonent.html:

css
.s-help{
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center left calc(0.37em + 0.37rem);
    background-size: calc(1em + 1rem) calc(1em + 1rem);
    border: 2px solid $warning !important;
    border-radius: 4px;
    display: block !important;
    color: $gray-700;
    min-width: 220px;
    white-space: normal !important;
    padding-left: 5px !important;
    padding-right: 5px !important;

}
.s-help-content {
    padding-top: 6px;
    padding-bottom: 6px;
    padding-left: 45px;
    padding-right: 6px;
}
.s-help-v2{
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center left calc(0.37em + 0.37rem);
    background-size: calc(1em + 1rem) calc(1em + 1rem);
    border: 2px solid $info !important;
    border-radius: 4px;
    display: block !important;
    color: $gray-700;
    min-width: 220px;
    white-space: normal !important;
    padding-left: 5px !important;
    padding-right: 5px !important;
}

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As inquiry into murder-suicide involving soldier with PTSD begins, N.S. veterans' clinics still struggle with few resources
Lindsay Jones
This article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current.
Shanna and Lionel Desmond hold their daughter Aaliyah in a photo from the Facebook page of Shanna Desmond. (File Photo).HO/The Canadian Press
A Nova Scotia clinic that specializes in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder for soldiers and veterans has been operating for months without any psychologists – a situation that the head of the province's psychologists' association says could lead to delays in diagnosis and stymie veterans from getting help.
"They're just not getting the assessment and treatment," said Jeannette Kennedy, president of the Association of Psychologists of Nova Scotia, adding that delays can lead to additional suffering, isolation and strain on families. "The sooner you can do intervention the better."
The staffing issues at the Nova Scotia Operational Stress Injury Clinic, which is run by the province and funded by Veterans Affairs, highlight a variety of challenges soldiers face when trying to access mental health services in the province, veterans advocates say.
The concerns are being raised just as the provincial government is set to begin its long-awaited fatality inquiry into a triple-murder suicide involving retired Canadian Army Corporal Lionel Desmond and his family.
The inquiry, scheduled to begin Monday, will examine whether the former infantryman with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment based in CFB Gagetown, N.B., and his family had access to appropriate mental-health care and domestic-violence intervention services from various public agencies he had sought help from, including the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA) and Veterans Affairs. Mr. Desmond attended an in-patient operational stress injury clinic in Montreal for a few months in the summer of 2016.
Mr. Desmond, a 33-year-old Afghanistan war veteran who had been released from the military 18 months earlier, was struggling with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and depression when he shot and killed his wife Shanna, 10-year-old daughter Aaliyah, his mother Brenda and himself in Upper Big Tracadie, N.S., in January, 2017. He had been struggling to navigate getting help from Veterans Affairs as he transitioned from military to civilian life.
A network of 11 Operational Stress Injury clinics set up across the country by Veterans Affairs around the time of the Afghanistan War to support soldiers, veterans and former RCMP facing PTSD was meant to streamline care. The clinics are meant to be staffed with psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and mental health nurses, but many are understaffed: Centres in Ontario and Quebec are also searching for full- or part-time psychologists.
Peter Stoffer, long-time veterans' advocate and former MP says bureaucratic red tape and staffing challenges have prevented the clinics from being as effective as they were heralded. "Veterans, in many cases, raise their hands in disgust: 'I'm not gonna fight this any more. I can't deal with this,'" he said. "In the case of Lionel Desmond, if he had gotten all the support systems he required in a timely fashion, is it possible that tragedy could've been averted?"
To get in to the OSI clinic, a referral must be first made through Veterans Affairs, and then, in Nova Scotia, it takes up to two weeks to hear from the clinic. After that, the wait to see a psychiatrist is up to three months, according to data provided by the NSHA from April to June, 2019.
The OSI clinic in Dartmouth, which is the only one in Nova Scotia and one of only two in the Atlantic Provinces, currently has two psychiatrists on staff, and is trying to recruit one or two more. Psychologists do diagnostic testing and assessment and treat mental-health challenges as part of a team approach.
Without psychologists, patients could be missing more in-depth assessment, Ms. Kennedy said. Psychologists also diagnose additional conditions such as bipolar disorder and major depression, assess symptom severity, and detect over- or under-reporting, she added. "This information is vital for treatment plans and interventions including timing, level of care required, and treatment needs specific to each individual."
And while clinical psychologists and psychiatrists are both trained to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder, clients can often see a psychologist in a more timely manner.
The Nova Scotia OSI clinic has been operating without any of the three full-time and one part-time clinical psychologists it requires, including a clinical team leader. The clinic said it has been trying to recruit since September.
Roland Lawless, a Nova Scotia veteran who's been advocating for other veterans for 15 years, says veterans have given up on the OSI clinic in Dartmouth because they feel it's inaccessible. "It's too hard to get into," said Mr. Lawless about veterans needing a referral from Veterans Affairs in order to make an appointment.
A NSHA spokesperson said a new psychologist has been hired and will start in the fall and other psychologists are being actively recruited.
"Our inter-professional team at the Nova Scotia Operational Stress Injury Clinic is composed of clinicians who are trained to provide psychotherapy and other interventions to support adults living with an operational stress injury, including PTSD," said spokesperson Carla Adams of NSHA, which operates the OSI clinic in Dartmouth.
In Montreal, Ste. Anne Operational Stress Injury Clinic is trying to fill three full-time and one part-time vacancies for clinical psychologists. A spokesperson said recruitment "is an ongoing challenge, particularly given the specificities of post-traumatic stress disorders." The Royal, Ottawa's OSI clinic, is currently searching for two full-time and one part-time psychologists, as well as one temporary full-time position in Kingston and one temporary part-time position in Arnprior, the clinic's satellite sites.
A Veterans Affairs spokesman said a growing shortage of mental health professionals, especially psychologists and psychiatrists, has affected the retention and recruitment efforts at all OSI clinics. But, he said, the situation has been mitigated by more funding for recruitment and specialized training for other types of mental health professionals, and by integrating community service providers into the clinic's interdisciplinary team. Recruitment efforts have also been extended outside the country.
"The situation in the Dartmouth OSI Clinic is unique," wrote Marc Lescoutre in a statement. "All other OSI clinics have at least one psychologist on file."
Veterans can also access a psychologist or psychiatrist working in private practice that can bill Veterans Affairs for the service. There are 4,000 working in communities across the country, including 200 in Nova Scotia. Veterans Affairs also has a 24-hour mental health help line.
Mr. Stoffer said it's not surprising the Nova Scotia OSI Clinic, and others, are having trouble recruiting psychologists. When the federal government started opening these specialized clinics shortly after the start of the Afghan mission, concerns were raised by him, as NDP Veterans Affairs critic, and others about the lack of medical professionals available to staff them. Finding a medical health professional is challenging for all Canadians, not just soldiers and veterans, he added.
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The fall season offers plenty of outdoor opportunities for KC-area residents, and we want to share a few favorite places to take our families and ourselves.
he year. Situated on 80-acres of Hodge Park's 1000 acres, the museum is dedicated to honoring the history of Missouri, and reflecting life in simpler times.
On October 13th, you can participate in their 14th annual Harvest Festival. At only $5 per person (and children 5 and under are free…), you're guaranteed to get your money's worth. The event replicates an old time County Fair staffed and hosted by period-reenactment volunteers. There's entertainment for all ages, including puppet shows, skits and demonstrations, face painting, pumpkins, live music, kettle corn and more. Once you attend, consider yourself a lifer since the kids will want to make it a family tradition.
Every October, the Belton Grandview and Kansas City Railroad offer a Halloween Train Excursion. Your trip begins at their yard, which means you and the kids can check out their railway-themed museum. Once on board the train, your family can take a step back in time to the first half of the last century, riding one of their historic trains (a 1920's era passenger coach, open-air excursion car or behind our 1950's Diesel locomotive) through Old Towne Belton, Missouri, and the surrounding area. For a little extra $$ you can even ride in the cab of the locomotive with the engineer.
The Halloween Train Excursion adds a 10 to 15-minute stop at their pumpkin yard (with pumpkins for sale), including fun games for the kids to play and some decorated areas that make great photo ops. Halloween Trains run the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weekends in October, with trains departing at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday afternoon. To make things even more convenient, you can purchase your tickets online.
The KC Botanical Gardens. Glow: The Magic of Nature is only offered October 19th and 20th so get it on your calendars and purchase your tickets ASAP. You and your kiddos are invited to dress up in your finest Halloween garb and enjoy the magic of a botanical garden transformed.
From their Holiday Hall, featuring witches and wizards to their display of jumbo carved Jack-o-Lanterns (that you'll get to vote on) there is so much to do and see. Best of all – and the part regular attendees look most forward to – you'll have the chance stroll one full mile of paths, lined with illuminated jack-o-lanterns and accented by spooky surroundings. They also offer hay rides but those cost a little extra.
Have a safe and happy Autumn and make it a point to get outside with the family and enjoy this season's abundance.
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Legalized pot: NJ lawmaker says he will introduce bill
By MaryAnn Spoto | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Sen. Nicholas Scutari wants New Jersey to legalize the sale and possession of marijuana
(Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger)
TRENTON — State Sen. Nicholas Scutari wants New Jersey to follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington state by legalizing the sale and possession of marijuana.
Calling the state's war on marijuana "a miserable failure," Scutari (D-Union), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he plans to introduce legislation this term calling for the legalization of the drug that so far is only allowed in New Jersey for medicinal purposes.
While Colorado would be the model for New Jersey, Scutari said he would also study that state's law carefully to avoid any pitfalls that could undermine New Jersey's effort. He said legalization of the sale and possession of marijuana would help police stop fighting a losing and expensive battle in the war on drugs and would prevent otherwise law-abiding citizens from ruining their futures with a minor drug conviction.
Acknowledging it is a "controversial issue," Scutari said the bill's introduction — expected within the next month — is "the opening of a dialogue" with other lawmakers and the Christie administration. Gov. Chris Christie, former U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, has been vehemently opposed to legalization of the sale and possession of marijuana and has resisted efforts to expand the state's new medical marijuana laws.
"We're not delusional about how simple the effort would be," Scutari said. "But I think from a standpoint of moving this state and this country forward on its archaic drug laws, I think it's a step in the right direction.
"It's high time that we address this issue head on," he added.
Scutari, a sponsor of the state's medical marijuana law, said the legislation would not be a decriminalization of the state's marijuana laws.
"All that does is, to some degree, free people to obtain the marijuana, but it's still going to be manufactured and dealt illegally. And that's absolutely the wrong direction that we should go in," he said. "We should be trying to get drug dealers and criminals off our street corners and this is an effort for doing that."
He said details still have to be worked out, such as how many licenses would be permitted. Legalizing marijuana would create a regulated Industry in New Jersey that would promote job creation and tax revenue, he said.
"It will provide us with a tremendous cost savings and time savings for our law enforcement officers," said Scutari, a municipal prosecutor. "It'll save our citizens from the unnecessary multiple court appearance and criminal record and it'll provide us with much needed tax revenue."
It took a decade to get New Jersey's medical marijuana laws passed but Scutari said he hopes it won't take that long to legalize pot.
Beginning Jan. 1, Colorado began allowing the sale of recreational marijuana to those 21 or older. Washington's law takes effect later this year while officials set up a licensing system. Several communities in that state, however, have passed laws banning marijuana growers, processors and retailers.
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Innovating Tools for Quantifying the Self, and Future Self
By Adrienne Jane Burke | November 11, 2014, 8:50 AM | Techonomy Exclusive
From left, Marcus Wohlsen of WIRED, Autodesk's Carlos Oguin, Drew Purves of Microsoft Research, and BioCurious co-founder Eri Gentry in the "Innovating Ourselves" lab at Techonomy 2014
The quantified-self movement is rapidly moving beyond the Fitbit. Forget about wristbands to measure your vitals. DIYers known as Grinders are embedding electronics in their own bodies; transcranial direct-current stimulation experimentalists are putting wet sponges on their heads to improve cognitive function; and others, hoping to enhance their relationships with pets, are investing millions into developing EEG headsets that let them read dog thoughts.
Eri Gentry, Carlos Olguin, and Drew Purves, all innovators at the fore of the field, joined WIRED writer Marcus Wohlsen at Techonomy 2014 on Monday for a conversation exploring what we mean when we talk about "innovating ourselves."
Gentry, a research manager at the Institute for the Future and a founder of the BioCurious hacker space in Sunnyvale, says the self-innovation pioneers who are exploring augmentations and self-tracking hacks are not the usual suspects. "It's not necessarily people who have ever been interested in health," she says, but people who see a problem, such as the need to adhere to a medication regimen, and an opportunity to make an app for it. When computer scientists and designers instead of doctors tackle these problems, the solutions look different and better, Gentry says.
Trouble is, indie innovators are brushing up against FDA regulations. "People are dealing with real serious challenges," Gentry said, pointing to one colleague who equipped an insulin pump with Bluetooth technology to direct medication times via his iPhone. "That would never pass FDA inspection."
At Autodesk Research, Olguin looks at life and other programmable matter as a new design frontier. "Biology is a technology we don't fully understand," he says. The Bio/Nano/Programmable Matter Group that he heads is taking an archeological approach to biology and "trying to create tools that help abstract some of what we know about biology." The aim is better-designed tools that create more knowledge.
Take, for instance, a project his team supported to create a living 3D printed ear from Vincent Van Gogh's DNA. "You print tissue that has your DNA and you can expose it to all sorts of things and learn from it," Olguin says.
He foresees a future in which it would be possible to introduce pathways in human tissue that allow, say, radiation absorption. "Imagine 20 years from now, you have those pathways in your body and when you're exposed to a nuclear bomb you already have the upgrade in your system. We are experimenting right now to understand what that future might mean."
Purves, who heads the Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group within Microsoft's Computational Science Lab sees two goals of self-innovation tools. "The ability to take drastically more data from your body—by floating sensors in blood and monitoring gene expression—might enable us to understand and predict things about your body," he says. "The other is to design devices that go into your body to do things." And then, he says, there is the possibility of combining the two approaches. For instance, a computer built from DNA in the cell model that could observe the body's ecosystem from inside."
"There's been a quiet revolution in computational science," Purves says. Beyond neural networks that simply model the nervous system, "we create simulacram—living, breathing, virtual versions of things," he says. The more faithful and realistic such models become, the more data can be collected to "realistically project yourself into the future" and "change the way we interact with medicine." For instance, rather than a woman making the decision based on genetic testing to have a mastectomy, data that predicted her chances of developing the disease could enable an even more informed decision.
Illustrating the vast opportunities ahead , Gentry says, "Most of what we know as life is yet to be discovered. It was only in the 1950s we began to be able to culture living cells inside a lab and get a sense of what life looks like in an extreme environment like our mouths." Just 60 years later, she notes, Craig Venter's sailing genome sequencing lab is finding new life to unravel in every scoop it takes from the ocean.
As synthetic biologist Drew Endy said on the Techonomy stage the previous day, "We're at the snowflake at the tip of the iceberg. … How do we make living matter fully programmable? It's not obvious what the path will be, but it's possible to make true."
To watch video of the session that Endy participated in, "The Next Revolution Will Be Biologized," click here. For a complete video archive of Techonomy 2014 sessions, click here.
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The Burner Band play old school country and rock 'n roll in their own style. After two solo albums (Dog Songs, 2018, Dark Wheels, 2020), front man Lewis Burner collaborated with bass man Ian Blackburn to forge a collection of songs ranging in subject matter from mental health, murder, migraines and Liverpool's campaign to rid the city of The Sun. This became 2021's release "Signs & Wonders", receiving strong reviews in Saving Country Music, Americana UK and Folk Radio.
They are a hard working unit who have toured the UK, appeared at Deer Shed Festival and recorded a new album due for release on Shed Load Records in spring 2023.
Lewis also performs as a solo artist and has supported the likes of Bob Log III, The Coal Porters, The Legendary Shack Shakers & The Mary Wallopers. He has also appeared at Broadstairs Folk festival, Orwell bluegrass festival and Strummer Camp. Previous albums have received rave reviews in The Morning Star, fRoots Magazine and FATEA Magazine.
Lewis Burner (guitar/banjo/harmonica/vocals)
Ian Blackburn (double bass/vocals)
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Steven Hicken Jr. (pedal steel)
Chris Wallum (electric guitar)
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We just want to say thank you for your support, kindness and guidance in arranging my mum's funeral. At such a sad time in our lives we are enormously grateful for the calm & efficient manner in which you made the necessary plans on our behalf. We also wanted to pass on our thanks for introducing us to the civil celebrant. He made us feel totally at ease and did a fantastic job writing my mum's eulogy, it really got her to a T.


Baby number two! We are so thrilled for their family of three to soon be a family of four. Delaney is going to make the best big sissy! What a sweet session we got to have with them. We love when clients turn into more then just clients and we loved catching up with them and seeing Delaney :) Watching their family grow is special and we are thrilled to always be able to capture their moments with them. Jen was gorgeous and glowing as always! We loved editing this beauty and we are now so excited to share them. We cannot wait to meet Kyra!
When Stephanie called us to schedule an extended family session, we knew it was going to be special. Her grandparents bought their farm in Sykesville and raised their children on it decades ago. Stephanie and her sister Amie were also raised on this farm. After years in the works, Amie built her own house on the farm and Stephanie moved back and completely renovated one of the original houses. Now, the 4th generation of children gets to enjoy the same carefree, fun childhood! What an amazing place to make memories that they can remember for a lifetime! What a special session it was and we were so happy to help capture memories on the farm!
Sweet little Liam was born just a few days after his mom and dad celebrated their first anniversary together! They were our wedding clients as well, which made it extra special getting to meet him.
His nursery colors were gray, navy, and teal, so we went with the theme with the wraps and props we picked. His mom, Katie, brought the little deer hat and the bear rug from his room. We love when we get to incorporate personal props. We can imagine him getting a lot of photos taken on the bear rug as he grows!
Liam took a little while to want to go to sleep enough to be posed, but you can tell he passed out hard at the end when mom was dressing him again and it was time to go home! We just had to take a couple more in his cute little outfit. He slept there for a few minutes while everything was getting packed up.
Katie & Matthew, congratulations on such an adorable little boy! Enjoy! We hope to see you all again soon.
As some of you may know, I am also a part-time nanny for a wonderful family. A couple weeks ago, they just welcomed their 3rd baby boy! It was a lot of fun to be able to photograph not only the new little squish, but his big brothers who I get to see every week!
Brayden was a sleeping champ and let me pose him through toddler chaos and his barking dog. He is already playing his birth order role just fine! Mom made cute white shirts for each of the boys that read "Big Brother, Middle Brother, and Little Brother." Thankfully we captured one where the words were readable and the big brothers were looking and smiling! We also captured plenty of silly faces and giggles, which always end up being our favorites!
My youngest niece just turned 6 months! What a perfect time to fit in a indoor winter (supposed to be almost Spring!) session. I wish some people could record us as we photograph family members kiddos sometimes. Chaos, lol! A good, fun, crazy chaos! Im not sure when we all decided to have so many kids but between just me and my sister in law we had seven kids running around. Lucky for us Mia is so easygoing and content :) She just hung out on the beanbag and smiled away as if nothing was going on around her! You just gotta love her! She is the sweetest little addition to our crazy crew and we love her oh so much!
What a sweet day we had with Mackenzie and her parents! It has been freezing cold these past few weeks, but we somehow managed to book this session on the only 60 degree day. It couldn't have come at a better time! Mackenzie came model-ready for her photo shoot. Her mama brought all these cute decorations she had for her first party we got to include. We love when we get to incorporate special memories into each session. Not only did they come along with decorations, but they made sure to have snacks on hand, which Mackenzie knew all about! She went right for the snack stash and kept getting little bits and pieces as she posed for us. :) Too smart- she already knows how to get what she wants! We enjoyed this session and getting to know Scott, Erin and Mackenzie. Happy birthday sweet girl!
Here we go, re-blogging some of our sessions from last year! It is actually fun to look back on these photos and share them again. We know our clients will love it too, especially these newborn sessions! Sweet Anthony will be turning 1 in February, and I feel like his session was just yesterday. Anthony's sweet mom and grandma came to our Sykesville location to get his portraits done. The three of us had a blast chatting and worked hard taking turns, trying to get him to sleep! He was definitely a stubborn one at first, but we had patience that paid off. I think he just wanted to show off his beautiful blue eyes a bit. Enjoy the photos!
Excited to repost and share with people who may or may not have seen this fun engagement session we did! This wasn't an ordinary engagement session. We got to capture my brother purposing to his soon to be wife! We went to Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina over this past summer and stayed in one big home filled with 46 people. Your thinking we are nuts, aren't you? It was such a crazy and fun vacation! Can you imagine all of that fun packed into one home? We weren't sure about it either It turned out to be one BIG amazing trip! To jumpstart the vacation Josiah had planned all along that on the second night there he would slip away with Julie and we would run down to quickly set up everything he had planned. Kerry and I hid behind steps and the brush of the sand dunes giggling like little kids awaiting their return. We were having so much fun before it had even begun. The suspense was killing us but we loved every minute of it! As you can see from the photos it turned out to be better then we could have expected and we were able to capture the raw emotion and love they share for one another! We could not be happier they had us there and sharing in this delicate moment. This may just be a once in a lifetime beach trip that all of our families will cherish and remember for years to come!


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So what exactly is life in recovery from addiction like? The truth is that it can look different for everybody. Some people notice the benefits of sobriety earlier than others, but each individual gets to experience the freedom from addiction.
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Over time, the obsession to use drugs will fade. This may happen quicker for some recovering addicts than others, so it's important to refrain from comparing and keep on going regardless. It took time for many addicts to get as deep as they were in their addiction and therefore, it may take just as long for them to recover from all of the emotional and mental distress.
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