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Tom Cotton earlier this week introduced legislation that would repeal the individual mandate under Obamacare for many Americans.
Under Obamacare, households which don't comply with the law's individual mandate to purchase health insurance are required to pay a so-called individual shared responsibility payment.
The Mandate Relief Act of 2017 introduced by Cotton and Sen.
Their state's average premium increased by more than 10 percent year over year.
They live in a county with only one health-insurance issuer.
They earn less than the national median household income.
Imposing the individual mandate opened a Pandora's box of unintended consequences. Instead of stabilizing the insurance markets, it forced hardworking families to get by with even less. This bill will give them the relief they deserve by exempting working-class Americans from this cruel, unjust tax.
The effects of this mandate have hit the poor and middle class in Arkansas particularly hard. The latest data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) found that 81 percent of households in Arkansas penalized under the mandate were making less than $50,000 annually.
Arkansas households making less than $25,000 were responsible for nearly 42 percent of those penalized.
It's good to see Cotton and Toomey giving another shot at giving those punished under this law some relief.


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The medical literature shows that once someone is injured as a result of interpersonal violence, they are at increased risk for repeat injury and death. Detroit Life Is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE) was borne out of the recognition that violence is a pervasive cyclical disease process that continues to be a major public health crisis in the city.
DLIVE is therefore a hospital-based violence intervention initiative that exists to holistically work with youth/young adults who have sustained acute intentional violent trauma to achieve very specific goals.
Let us be encouraged to shift the paradigm on how violently injured patients are treated!


A number of studies have demonstrated that the oral health status of older people in institutional care is poor.
The aim of this study was to explore the impact of a supervised implementation of an oral healthcare protocol, in addition to education, on nurses' and nurses' aides' oral health-related knowledge and attitude.
This was a cluster-randomised controlled trial with twelve homes being randomised to the oral health intervention (6 homes) or control (6 homes). The intervention consisted of a supervised implementation of the guideline 'Oral health care Guideline for Older people in Long-term care Institutions' (OGOLI) and a daily oral healthcare protocol derived from the guideline. A 34-item validated questionnaire was used to gathered personal information, as well as information on oral health attitudes and behaviours. It was administered at base line at after 6 months.
651 (86%) completed the questionnaire at baseline (404 in the intervention group and 247 in the control).
At 6 month follow up 512 (67%) persons completed the questionnaire: (300 in the intervention group and 212 in the control).
mean age of all participants was 38.28 years (SD = 10.54).
At baseline, there were no differences between the intervention and the control group for both knowledge (p = 0.42) and attitude (p = 0.37).
There were no significant differences in knowledge or attitude at baseline.
At six months there was a significant difference for variable knowledge in favour of the intervention group (p < 0.0001) but not for attitude (p = 0.78).
Age, level of education and ward type had a significant influence on attitude. While educational level had a significant impact on knowledge.
The intervention applied in this study significantly improved knowledge in both study groups with the increase being significantly higher in the intervention group compared to the control group. In contrast, no significant improvements could be demonstrated in attitude.
This study presents a secondary analysis of data from a trial that was published in 2012 (Dental Elf – Aug 22nd 2012) that found the supervised implementation of OGOLI helped reduce plaque scores at months. This analysis demonstrated an improvement in knowledge but not attitude and to maintain and improve oral health in this age group a sustained behaviour change is required.
Achieving behaviour change is important to improve health and this can be challenging. And evidence shows that interventions based on theoretic frameworks have more success. Recently the theoretical domains framework (TDF) has been developed (Cane et al 2011) to simplify and integrate a range of behaviour change theories. The TDF identified 14 domains that can be mapped to the behaviour change wheel's C-OMB system [Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, Behaviour (Michie S et al 2012)], which may a useful basis for developing interventions in this are in the future.
Janssens B, De Visschere L, van der Putten GJ, de Lugt-Lustig K, Schols JM, Vanobbergen J. Effect of an oral healthcare protocol in nursing homes on care staffs' knowledge and attitude towards oral health care: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Gerodontology. 2014 Nov 26. doi: 10.1111/ger.12164. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25424132.
Michie S, van Stralen MM, West R. The behaviour change wheel: a new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions. Implement Sci. 2011 Apr 23;6:42. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-42. Review. PubMed PMID: 21513547; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3096582.
Cane J, O'Connor D, Michie S. Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behaviour change and implementation research. Implement Sci. 2012 Apr 24;7:37. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-37. PubMed PMID: 22530986; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3483008.
@Mental_Elf @TheDentalElf Excellent! Have RT'd. It's a serious issue in #carehomes.


Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce president Judy Kleinberg, center, Mayor Karen Holman, councilwoman Liz Kniss, and local business owners officially unveil the newly completed California Avenue streetscape, complete with a new fountain plaza, with a ribbon-cutting on May 7. Photo by Veronica Weber.
The brand new fountain sculpture wasn't the only thing making a splash Thursday on California Avenue, where a crowd of merchants, residents and beaming dignitaries congregated to watch a ribbon get snipped and to celebrate the completion of a streetscape project that has been six years in the making.
Gathered in a newly landscaped plaza near the Caltrain station, Mayor Karen Holman, City Manager James Keene and several business owners from Palo Alto's "second downtown" welcomed what they see as a new era for the eclectic neighborhood.
Approved by the council in 2009 in the face of intense merchant opposition, the $7.2-million project included reduction of lanes from four to two, new crosswalks, new street furniture all along the business district, two new plazas, bike lanes, widened sidewalks and new lights.
At the center of the Park Avenue plaza stood "Confluence," a recently installed 14-foot-tall sculpture designed by artist Mike Szabo. A marked departure from the quaint, bowl-shaped "birdbath" fountain that once occupied the site, the sleek and curving sculpture was a fitting sign for an area that is undergoing a period of rapid commercial growth.
With the rare spell of rain giving way to sunshine in the afternoon, Holman welcomed the crowd by alluding to the project's tendentious history.
"It was not an easy process. It was a long process. And to try to get to an agreement and have a successful outcome -- I think congratulations are in order for both the staff and the retailers," Holman said.
Keene got an assist from the Beatles in describing the project. After "Here Comes the Sun" serenaded the crowd through the loudspeakers, Keene alluded to a few other Beatles songs that could apply to the project, including "The Long and Winding Road," and "Come Together," before shouting, "Come on, we finally made it here!"
"We're committed to making sure that what is a really good street is on its way to being an absolutely great street," Keene said.
Among the merchants who attended the ceremony were Jessica Roth of European Cobblery and Terry Shuchat of Keeble and Shuchat Photography. Both had initially opposed the plan to reduce lanes on California Avenue, predicting that it would lead to traffic tie-ups. Roth marked the occasion by thanking the area's neighbors, clients and customers for continuing to patronize the businesses throughout the construction period, which has taken just over a year.
Shuchat, who at one point participated in a lawsuit aimed at stopping the project, acknowledged that the merchants' fears didn't come to pass and that when it comes to traffic, "it's all working out fine."
"I was one of the many many merchants who was 200 percent opposed to this project," Shuchat said. "Now that it's been completed though, I really like it."
Thank you to all who made this beautiful upgrade of California Avenue possible. It looks beautiful, the pavement is smooth, the sidewalks wider, and, the street lights brighter. We now need a live band to play "Dancing in the Street."
The street looks great, except that the main pedestrian access is that narrow, dark, steep, smelly tunnel that is full of obstacles that make it even more congested. I wish they had spent the money on improving the pedestrian tunnel instead of building this statue next to the tunnel.
I now dislike the new downtown AKA Cal Ave. There is not enough parking, the sidewalks hurt your feet unless you wear platform-thick soles, and the new width of the sidewalks is taken up by chairs, tables, sandwich-board signs, people waiting in line, bicyclists ( the street is now too narrow for bike riding), and even bicycle parking.
I will drop my dollars in Mtn View, thank you very much.
Why is there water in the fountain? We're in a severe drought?
To deter high school students from vandalizing the fountain, can we post a small sign that there are surveillance cameras (even though we don't have one for whatever reason)?
@Oy, Weh - there are more parking spots now than before, and while the glass sidewalks are constructed poorly, and inconsistently, they certainly won't hurt anyone wearing shoes.
Where I do agree with you is this. Despite removing two full lanes, we neither ended up with bike lanes, nor substantially wider sidewalks. It seems like a big proportion of the space gained by giving up the lanes was given back to diagonal parking. So it kind of seems like a waste of time and money. It certainly didn't transform the area, and a better plan could have.
Hate, hate, hate the new sidewalks. Nice idea but extremely poor execution. Why we couldn't just have freshly poured new concrete sidewalks is beyond me! We are left with such a hodge podge of various hard scapes now, and the final result is just awful.
Curious about the new six-pack of newsracks installed way behind the fountain, at the back of the "plaza". They face the tracks rather than anyone coming up from the tunnel or coming toward the plaza from California Avenue. You need to walk all the way around to see whether there is anything in them. I guess there must have been some logic to facing that direction, like maybe people stopping their cars to get out and grab a paper as they drive around the back part of that circular lane. I doubt it was for the convenience of delivery persons loading the racks. Any ideas?
The newspaper racks are probably facing the tracks so they are visible from train riders getting on/off.
Remember that the population of Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Mountain View swell up considerably during weekday work hours due to the large influx of workers commuting from other cities.
Residents have more opportunities/places to pick up a newspaper around town.
Sorry, but I think this was a complete failure and did not "improve" anything.
Thanks for wasting my tax dollars.
How much to put it back to the way it was? Just kidding, I love it! Well done all those who helped make it happen.
I've lived close to Calif. Ave. most of my life, and have to say I LOVE the new look-- every day as I drive through, or as I park and enjoy one of my favorite spots, I am enjoying the brick paths, the wider sidewalks, the easier flow of traffic-- even the new fountain! It's all quite lovely, and I applaud the City Council for pushing past all the animosity and making this happen for our "other" downtown... Very pedestrian friendly, and makes all our restaurants and businesses look so enticing now.
Love it! I will go there at least twice a week.
I salute the PA planning folks and all others involved in getting this mammoth effort to completion. I'm sure there are things that may not be perfect, but overall it's looking pretty good. I even like the new fountain.
@Reader, I don't think these racks are visible at all from the Caltrain platform. I'll look.
I have another minor point, about the diagonal parking, which is a frequent inconvenience. The leftmost space often results in the driver stepping out into the landscaping rather than a paved margin. Even just 18 or 12 inches would be helpful.
Haven't checked this week whether the LED streetlights still burn all day.
We'll see how arguments go about putting a new Public Safety Building nearby.
It's just a guess, nothing more. You only need to walk by the rack once or twice to know that it's there, especially if you're a regular train commuter. Whether or not the racks are visible from the platform isn't important.
In any case the newspaper racks don't generate much revenue for the city, nor the newspapers themselves. They make money selling advertising which is why many local papers are free.
Newspaper racks! The street is practically littered with newspaper racks! Old and lots of them unused. Freedom of speech? Ok, but every 50 feet or less?
All the infrastructure is upgraded.
Two lanes or four lanes could later be argued.
Like the Mitchell park library, it looks well done!
So many to thank. Let us enjoy!
The makeover is somewhat modest but it's good. The avenue has improved significantly in the last several years; it is a nice complement to the University Avenue downtown, and the Farmer's Market is a real treasure.
"It cracks me up to see all the whiners with nothing but negative comments"
Some of us are business owners, who have a vested interest in the (less than stellar, to put it mildly) project.
Also, the farmer's market is not part of the streetscape project.
Love the sidewalks. It's sad they had to be "leveled," but that seems typical, to remove the most beautiful aspect of something. As a paralell-challenged parker, I miss the slanted spots on the street. Now for some real trees again.
I like the plaza and the steet a lot - glass sidewalk included. Fountain is good too with its recycled water. But why is the chamber of commerce cutting the ribbon instead of the mayor - lobbyist rather than our elected official? We have a mayor for a reason- one of them is ceremonial. The chambers head lobbyist should not have usurped the mayors role.
The glass and sidewalks need to be TOTALLY redone, the pour is jagged and unevenly dispersed. I guess when someone cuts themelves on the glass shards the city will respond when there is a lawsuit. The sidewalks are a mix of old a new different cement colors, levels and quality. There is a hodgepodge of materials and colors nothing matches.
Whoever was managing this project from the city should be fired.
I like it, no complaints here.
who are curious about the project. From a business standpoint it should work out.
I like it. Cal Ave has always been a favorite destination for me...and now I love it MORE!!!!
Speaking of the farmers market---there used to be a vendor who would pour their greeeezy grey water into the tree ring- over by the BotW. Sometimes it would have food scraps. I wonder if they still do it.
Why don't you go to the farmers market tomorrow and report back to us?
Note that you can always report these sort of incidents to the farmers market management.
Actually when you think about it, these glass shard sidewalks are so unusual that they have the potential to go viral which could really increase business on the street. Seeing the sidewalks could be added to tours along with the HP Garage and the reopened Varsity Theatre with the workspace and Blue Bottle, unusual and unexpected, just like the sidewalks on California Ave, and the Barbie Doll Museum Downtown which we unfortunately lost about 20 years ago, the unusual and unexpected in Palo Alto. We have it again.
- as others have mentioned the execution of the glass sidewalks is extremely poor. In some places the glass is barely visible above the concrete and in others it seems to be stick out too much. And there seems to be no consistency as to where the glass sections were placed, kind of looks like the started at one end and then ran out of money.
- the brick crosswalks are boring, there is no visual interest to the brick pattern. Los Alto put similar sidewalks in their downtown recently but they have much nicer visual appeal.
- I actually feel less safe biking on the street now. At least when it was 2 lanes each way bikes could usually stay in the right most lane and cars would be on the left. Now both cars and bikes have to share one lane.
I'm glad that some infrastructure work got done as part of this project but all the aesthetic and car/pedestrian/bike flow improvements look like a waste of money to me.
We won't know how well the drainage design works until we get a good rain. There are a couple gutter areas along the curb where I expect we'll see standing water, but nothing too serious.
Blueberries are in season again at the Farmers Market. Terrible addiction.
@musical - do you mean the areas where there literally is no curb, like around the Starbucks? I was wondering if that was a construction error, because most the street still has a curb. If there ends up being standing water, it now has the potential to cover the sidewalk. Either bad design, or bad construction.
Congratulations on the LED streetlights now switching off in the daytime.
Something else new for me this weekend was the displayed plans for fenced outdoor seating at Joanie's. (Tied with Hobee's as my favorite breakfast spot.) Conditional Use Permit application dated May 6.
Speaking of seating, plenty more people are using the base of the Go Mama sculpture as a circular bench now that there is paving all the way around it.
@Slow Down, regarding drainage -- the continuous grating gutters along the sidewalks look pretty good. I haven't tried the car-key drop test yet, but the wavy slots appear sufficiently narrow to allow only loose change through. About standing water, I didn't want to get too specific, but after a rain some months ago I vaguely recall a 1/2-inch puddle along a part of new curbing on the north side towards El Camino. Like I said, no big deal there, and far be it from me to critique professional concrete formworkers. More important is the coupling into the major stormdrain system and where any potential bottlenecks might be. At least we won't have to worry about excessive tree leaves for quite awhile.
Palo Alto celebrates another successful real-estate scam.
Razzle-dazzle camouflage was developed during World War I. While most camouflage is typically designed to make something blend into its surroundings, Razzle-dazzle camouflage is "flashy" and designed to disrupt cognition.
The "gems" in the sidewalks, the sparkly cross walks, the Nouveau-Kitch street art, and the broken circulation pattern are all razzle-dazzle camouflage designed to conceal the real scandal behind the redevelopment of California Avenue.
A handful of people, who own most of the commercial real-estate on California Avenue, were able to conscript millions of dollars of taxpayer money to convert one full lane of PUBLIC roadway to largely PRIVATE use as additional restaurant seating.
@Ahem - it is a pretty mediocre scam - the sidewalk space is only improved for a handful of the restaurants. In a lot of the places the sidewalk was widened, the placement of the granite blocks prevent any extra seating. I wish that every restaurant got more outside space, it would have helped make it a more vibrant destination.
For all those people wanting to complain about the end results perhaps you should have attended some of the community input meetings about the project. There are a lot of factors involved with why things were done the way they were done, one of them being budget.
I have lived in Palo Alto for over 45 years and I am happy to see at least a fresh look on Cal Ave. I have to say I don't love all of it but it does make me happy to see it finally upgraded. And why anybody would complain about wider sidewalks, and the fact that it is now one lane as University Avenue has "survived" with all these years is beyond me.
Glad it's done looking forward to enjoying for many years to come.
Ehh... the granite blocks (etc) ARE extra seating. Looks like the camouflage is working.
The new crosswalks are getting dirty, black from tire tracks rather quickly. With the glitter will they hold up under powerwashing? The glitter crosswalks detract from the glass shard sidewalks just from an aesthetic standpoint, too similar in effect, rather than having one offset the other and highlight it, and the crosswalks in addition to the glass sidewalks seem to raise serious maintenance issues.There seems to be an information vacuum about this project or am I just missing something. Was there a landscape architect for this project, or did the City staff just wing it? Who designed this project from a conceptual standpoint? I do think the new fountain is quite nice.
@Ahem - I thought the granite blocks were bollards to keep the nose in parking cars from driving up the sidewalk. I guess I could put my plate on the block and my drink on the hood.
@Teddie - the plan sounded good at the planning phase. The problem is accumulation of errors in execution has undermined it. I'll bring up the glass sidewalk yet again, the inconsistency from square to square is so great, it creates a huge visual distraction. Walking down California right now is like driving a shiny new car with a cracked windshield - it is all you notice.
My main thoughts are that it still looks unfinished!
If this is the "finished" look, then I am disappointed. There seems to be a mismatch rather than a coordinated feel and I get the impression I am walking through a building site where the contractors have just stopped work and removed their equipment.
Interesting that you use the developer's discredited, vacuous, term "vibrancy" to justify the taxpayer funded transfer of public property to private use. The term "vibrancy" itself is nothing more than razzle-dazzle camouflage.
"I guess I could put my plate on the block and my drink on the hood"
Or you could just sit on the block, with your fast-food on your lap, like everybody else?
I just took a walk from El Camino to the train station.
Trash/recycling bins: There are 2 per full block, which is absurdly inadequate. 6 or 8 might do the trick. Some of these new bins are full to overflowing by mid-morning.
Newspaper boxes: Here's a photo of one set of boxes (they all look pretty much like this). Web Link Nice.
It's my understanding that the rest of the newsracks are on back order. There is one new set at the fountain/plaza area as a sample of what to expect for the rest of the street. Simple grey boxes made in America. I like them. They're functional.
By comparison, downtown Saratoga got new racks a few years ago, even opening it up to the public to choose the style, like a contest. But the winning boxes look like large coffins. Expensive & bulky taking a large section of the sidewalk. I think the boxes on Cal Ave will look good, when the rest of them are installed.
"I think the boxes on Cal Ave will look good, when the rest of them are installed."
Just who is it that is celebrating the new Cal Ave? No one I know, for sure.
@ahem - I wish there was a transfer of public property to private use - that might have made the project more successful. As Don points out above, there is one small stretch of one block that got enough widened enough to add a table. The project was a wasted opportunity because the net change is basically zero, and it will be another 20 years before the city gets to try again. You only have to look to Mountain View to see how a similar project can make a massive improvement to a neighborhood. Castro is quite a bit more vibrant than California.
Questions about the odd logistics of the area around the fountain/Caltrain Station/Pedestrian Tunnel.
1. Did anyone think about the choke point in which bicycles and pedestrians entering and leaving tunnel are funneled onto a narrow sidewalk painted with large white arrows? I notice many bicycles emerging onto Cal St go left onto the street the wrong way in order to avoid people walking into the tunnel.
2. At the back of the square abutting the RR tracks, the newspaper boxes face the blank one way street. And what is the point of the wide sidewalk "entrance" to the square with a sign announcing California St-- coming from Nowhere? Who is supposed to approach or depart from that dead end? No one can see the newspaper boxes and passengers debarking from the train cannot walk in the street along the tracks to this peculiar "entrance" to the square.
@Adrienne, I pointed out your #2 on May 8 above. Maybe someday we'll have longer trains and the platform will be extended a couple car-lengths northward and it will all make sense.
And regarding #1, that bike/ped tunnel is entirely obsolete, but I doubt we'll see any priority put on replacing or widening it anytime soon. What I don't want to see is an elevated bike/ped bridge.
Hmmm. If the goal was to get as far away from old "Calif. Ave." and Mayfield roots as was possible, then yes, our government team did just that. I hate to be negative, but won't be surprised when all business hub neighborhoods in town (Downtown, Midtown, Barron Park, California Ave.) all look alike in a well-scrubbed, sleek and sterile manner - or is that what "looking forward" means?
What people don't realize is these gentrification projects are not undertaken to improve the lives of the residents, they are done to increase the profitability of the commercial properties in the gentrified area. Redevelopment grants are just giant gifts of public taxpayer money, from local governments, to commercial real-estate landowners.
This particularly odious form of gentrification is called "disneyfication". Why is Disneyland the model? Because Disneyland is the most profitable commercial real-estate on earth.
To Palo Alto's commercial real-estate owners, Palo Alto is a plantation, the residents are the "live stock", the retailers are the farmhands, and California Avenue is where the sheep go to get sheared.
I'll be out there on Saturday to see the vintage cars.


Got this in my Univox box and I am a sucker for a bright pink! Especially during Spring!
Expert Last Lip Color is suppose to amplify your lips with a burst of color and last up to 6 hours! Their moisturizing formula glides on easily for a silky, smooth, velvety finish for all day wear.
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These Expert Last Lip Color come in twenty shades and retail for $1.99 at any of your local drug stores or place where they sell cosmetics!


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Entrepreneurship is a key driver of growth in any economy.
In developing countries, entrepreneurs play a vital role in coming up with solutions to challenges such as access to clean water and affordable healthcare. In developed economies where growth in real wages has stagnated or declined, entrepreneurs set up new ventures to create value and generate employment.
One thing remains the same though – to encourage an entrepreneurial mindset, education is pivotal. Entrepreneurial education gives students the skills to identify opportunities and the expertise to start businesses that capitalise on the opportunities.
Start-ups tend to be partnerships instead of sole proprietors. But this brings its own set of risks.
In Singapore, the number of technology start-ups has increased from 2,800 in 2004 to 5,400 in 2014. Meanwhile, their contribution to overall employment has jumped from 7.1 per cent (156,500 employees) to 9.5 per cent (345,400).
For the past decade, while teaching technopreneurship and entrepreneurship courses, I have used Harvard business cases to help undergraduates with limited work experience understand the complexity of businesses and management. What was missing was the local perspective; the Asian experience.
With this in mind, two years ago, I embarked on interviewing more than 20 local startups to begin developing Singapore case studies and document how local entrepreneurs grapple with challenges.
Very often, opportunities present themselves in ways that are not apparent. In fact, they may even be problems to begin with.
In a review of patients in three nursing homes, for instance, the Singapore National Healthcare Group found that three out of every five patients could be taking the wrong medication or dosage. One reason: Some elderly patients have difficulty recognising pills of assorted shapes and colours.
Entrepreneurship can be a tough journey, but it does not have to be a lonely one.
In response, the Group's pharmacists started working with the nursing homes to conduct periodic reviews of their medicines.
This prompted technologist-entrepreneur Lim Teck Sin to source for and license an advanced imaging technology from the Agency of Science and Technology Research (A*Star) to develop a drug registration system that identifies and verifies prescribed medication with 99.25 per cent accuracy. By minimising medication errors using "digital" rather than human eyes, the system improves not only patient safety, but also healthcare productivity.
Building products that nobody wants is a waste of resources. History is replete with examples of hefty losses incurred by companies that offered new products with few takers. Volkswagen's Phaeton cars and Sony's MiniDisc players come to mind.
In recent years, a lean start-up approach has gained popularity, where entrepreneurs engage prospective customers first before committing resources to build solutions.
For example, a local electronic medical record (EMR) management start-up, Vault Dragon, interviewed hundreds of doctors to understand the main issues they faced with their workflow and medical record storage system. They found that one issue with the user interfaces of most EMR systems is that they did not match the clinical workflow, thereby hindering rather than enhancing the productivity of the medical staff.
With the insight gleaned from these interviews, Vault Dragon founder Tseng Ching-Tse developed an end-to-end EMR solution that stores electronic patient records in the cloud and allows medical staff to conveniently access and annotate the digitised documents for better patient-relationship management.
The new business model was so attractive, Mr Tseng secured a seven-figure investment to fund it.
In the same vein, Tware, a startup that produces smart jackets to simulate the feeling of being hugged to calm children with autism, continuously measures responses to its products from the children's parents, teachers and therapists. Based on their feedback, Tware launched an improved version that is lighter, more durable and less warm.
Partly because of the high risks and costs of starting a business, start-ups tend to be partnerships instead of sole proprietors. But this brings its own set of risks. To protect their interests, co-founders should sign "prenuptial" or founders' agreements that clearly lay out vesting conditions for equity ownership to ensure the commitment of all parties involved, especially in the formative years.
It is not uncommon for co-founders to leave in the first few years of operation. Changing circumstances or differences in opinions among the co-founders are reasons frequently cited for their early departures. However, if the co-founders cannot agree on what to do with the shares of the exiting party, the start-up's operations can be disrupted and its very existence may be at risk.
Several of the local start-ups I interviewed saw their co-founders leaving within the first five years of formation. However, all had founders' agreements in place to manage such events that could make or break a young company. Although the early departures of co-founders hurt staff morale to some extent, the remaining founding team managed to minimise the impact with founders' agreements to keep the companies on track.
One-third of the 20 start-ups interviewed, such as award-winning cloud security start-up Digify, had enrolled in accelerator programmes that gave them instant access to networks of mentors and investors. A quarter of them, such as biotechnology start-up InvitroCue, had worked with the research laboratories of A*Star or universities for technology development.
At least 20 per cent of these new ventures, such as fashion e-commerce retailer Her Velvet Vase, and food and beverage lifestyle business One Rochester Group, have benefited from government schemes such as the market readiness grant by IE Singapore and the capability development grant by Spring.
Indeed, there are many resources, tools, and infrastructural support that our innovation and enterprise ecosystem can provide for start-ups to ride their risks of innovation.
Entrepreneurs do not need to look too far to find local communities of innovators, mentors, investors and serial entrepreneurs to tap into to face down failure.
Sarah Cheah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management & Organisation at NUS Business School. Her research interests include early-stage technology development and entrepreneurship.
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Situated on the National Trust's famous Stourhead Estate the Gallery was opened in 2002 and is owned by Jane Parfitt.
The Gallery is divided into 4 sections one of which is the Studio which may be hired for art and craft related activities.
The Gallery is located in the Spread Eagle Courtyard, a favourite place for visitors to relax.
We are always anxious to meet new artists and this is best arranged by making an initial contact using email or the contact form.


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Exness is a seasoned broker that specialises in providing forex and CFD trading services to its clients. The firm, which was founded in 2008, is a global multi-licensed broker. 1 Saifi Street, Porto Bello, Office 401, CY-3042 Limassol is one of its locations in Cyprus. The Exness analysis will assist you in determining if the business meets your trading requirements. In comparison to other dealers, Exness' website appears to be very ambiguous upon the first glimpse. This is due to the fact that it deviates from the single tool in favour of optimal performance. You already see a ton of the details you need to know on the broker's lightweight homepage. On account of all that, there was a side-by-side fast login bar that speeds up the security features. The broker chose a black, white, and grey colour scheme rather than the normal colourful shows, which makes it stand out beautifully. This, together with the unconventional but efficient style, distinguishes the broker. However, we will cover features rather than aesthetics in our exness.com analysis. The website, as previously mentioned, is very quick, but it also has the advantage of being user-friendly.
Let's take a look at some of Exness' key qualities while we continue with the brokerage evaluation:
Diversely governed:
Through virtual brokerages' ascension into the market, safety has become an extremely pressing concern. Since the individual investor is uneducated, he or she is more vulnerable to con artists. Furthermore, restrictions appear to be less popular among new businesses than among older businesses. All of this provides a fertile ground for con artists to thrive, as everything seems to be stacked in their favour. In this setting, it's more critical to protect oneself by using safe, tightly controlled brokerage like Exness.
Non-Stop Assistance:
When choosing a new broker to use as a regular financial centre, investors frequently lack help. If you use a product for a long time, you're bound to run into a problem at some stage. This is particularly true of internet platforms, where a lot can go bad, and no one is to blame. It's where capable and highly skilled support staff come in to help, mitigating the negative effects. Exness' customer support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ensuring that customers experience zero trading downtime.
Exness has several exclusive exchange functions:
Not only does the brokerage reach out and in terms of architecture, but also in terms of how it manages to deal. It does so by offering users just several seldom seen features such as infinite liquidity and 0.0 pip stretches. Furthermore, the transactions do not adopt the traditional tier-based model. Finally, you can open an account for less than a dollar, so the initial investment isn't prohibitive. All of this translates to Exness being a financial adviser unlike any other.
Exness' trading experiences vary from that of other traders, as we previously stated in our Exness analysis. It is much more user-friendly because it lets consumers know everything they want and boosts the rights of individuals. As a result, certain profiles allow you to obtain limitless control. Correspondingly, there are transactions that do not have any spreads and instead operate on a fee-based basis. Creating a profile is simple and inexpensive, with easy login and confirmation. There are also a variety of funding strategies available that include the most common approaches.
Exness is a seasoned pro in the field, and it's obvious that the company knows what it's doing. Despite the fact that we are harsher on younger traders, it succeeds our examination on each and every level. It's one-of-a-kind and reaches out both creatively and in terms of agreement whilst upholding a high standard of excellence. It's one of the very few locations where you'll get infinite flexibility, with 0.0 pip stretches as a choice. Furthermore, the protection is excellent, meaning that visitors can feel they are investing against the fear of their funds being stolen. Also, the primary requirements are extraordinary, such as the system, assistance, and additional resources. Finally, it is cheap, so you won't have to spend a lot of money just to try it. As a result, we'd like to finish our Exness analysis with a strong recommendation.
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REVIEW: This is the third album from this Malian desert blues trio (two electric guitars plus bass guitar, with percussion added). They're sort of an offshoot of Tinariwen, the most famous desert blues band -- front man Diara is a featured guitarist in Tinariwen, the other two members are his nephews. And they sound a lot like a smaller version of the more famous group, without the female ululators and the multi-guitar raveups, but with the same crackling energy especially on tracks 1 and 2, which are as electric as any desert blues performances I've heard. The rest of the material is a bit mellower and more atmospheric, but no one could keep up that pace. Terakaft's last album was one of my favorites of the year in 2008, and this one may be a contender in 2011. This is top-shelf desert blues, definitely worthy of your attention.


Bright Studio, equipped with the necessary for three people. Includes daily cleaning (except Sundays and holidays) On Av. Independencia, one block from 9 de Julio Avenue and the subway stations of lines C and E station (Independence) Located within walking distance of the neighborhoods of San Telmo, Puerto Madero and downtown itself, and have quick access to highways leading to the two airports.


Once again it's time for fun in the sun in central Texas as we make the Capital City the place to be in the middle of the Texas summer. Come and enjoy old friends, the swapfest, and all the events at Austin Summerfest 2011, including the ARRL Texas State Convention. And as always, we also host the Summer Meeting of the Texas VHF-FM Society.
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What Is It? Convention, presentations, and meetings, including civic, technical, and crafts events, and discussions, prizes, exams, and swapfests for amateur-radio operators, aspirants, dealers, and their families.
Where Is It? At the Austin Airport Marriott South, 4415 South IH-35 (Northbound access road, just South of the IH-35/Ben White Blvd.intersection). Please visit the DIRECTIONS page for more detailed instructions, including hints for GPS use.
When Is It? Friday August 5th (registration5:00 PM-9:00 PM). Indoor swapfest doors open at6:00 PMand close at 9:00 PM. On Saturday August 6th, 2009 (8:00 AM with swapping until 3:30 PM and dealers and sessions until4:30 PM).
How Much? $8.00 per person for advance registration, or $10.00 per person at the door.
Facilities? Meetings and accommodations – check out the 2011 Flyer , Chart of Events , and Event Descriptions .
Registration? Advance registration closes out July 27.Please use the form on Page 3 of the 2011 Flyer. Registration at the door begins at5:00 PM on Friday, August 5th. Swapfest at 6:00 to 9:00 PM on Friday and from 8:00 AM to 3:30 and dealers and sessions until4:30 PM on Saturday. A full range of activities on Saturday.
Saturday Lunch? Chicken fried steak, Meatloaf, Seasonal Vegetables, Mashed Potatoes, Chef's Choice dessert and Iced Tea & Coffee for $10 inclusive as a buffet and will be available from 11am to 2PM.
Hotel Accommodations? Enjoy the facilities of the Austin Airport Marriott South, or its sister facility in the same complex, the SpringHill Suites Austin South. If you're visiting Austin, please consider staying at one of these hotelsfor the special Convention rate of $89 per room night. (As a bonus, the SpringHill Suites serve a complimentary continental breakfast.) Showing support for our hotels helps to ensure that we can continue to stage our Convention in highquality surroundings.
We still need to get as many hotel reservations under the Austin Summerfest name as we can. Now, call only the local hotel telephone number at (512) 441-7900 and ask for the local reservation desk. Try to make a reservation at the Austin Summerfest rate of $89.00. If they won't give it to you or you get transferred to the national reservations people and they tell you that no rooms are available, call Kees Talen at (512) 258-4282 and tell him about your problem in making a reservation. We still have a big interest in getting more reservations under our name and room rate.


Hanami is an age old and ongoing tradition entwiningJapanese culture and nationalism as Sakura also symbolizes a fallen Samurai who sacrificed his life for the emperor. Japanese welcome Spring with Hanami along with family and friends under the blooming Sakura trees.
Indians who form a large part of the IT industry, have incorporated the Japanese style of Hanami in welcoming Spring as well as celebrating many local community events pertaining to their respective Indian culture. Long-time residents of Japan, Dr. ShrihariChandraghathgi, Mr. Suhas Bhargava and Dr. Srilatha Bhargava conceptualized to bring an integration of all the Indian communities and Japanese culture on a common platform called Samskruthi. Samskruthi encourages integration and cultural exchange with the objective of enhancing mutual understanding and appreciation of each other's culture and tradition and providing an opportunity for the next generation of young Indians being brought up in the Land of the rising Sun, a glimpse of the rich cultural tradition of India that they might be missing out being away from India, the Executive Members organized the very first event:Samskruthi's Musical Spring Concert on 5th April, 2015 in Kasai Civic Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
The concert was inaugurated by distinguished SugamaSangeetha artists from Bengaluru:Smt. Ratnamala Prakash, Smt. Indu. Vishwanath and Dr. Rohini Mohan, lighting of the traditional lamp along with our dignitary Smt. RajeshwariSampathirajan Honorable Principal of Global Indian International School, Tokyo.The inauguration was followed by an invocatory classical Bharatanatyam performance of a varnam in praise of Lord Ganesha by a 13- year-old young, talented, local budding artist KumariSmrithi Pyarelal.
The musical concert commenced with the Indian National Song "VandeMataram" by Smt. Ratnamala Prakash, Smt. Indu. Vishwanath and Dr. Rohini Mohan accompanied by Mr. Aniruddha Malik another talented local artist on the guitar. Their enthralling golden voices fascinated and invoked a deep sense of patriotism among the audience.
The artists continued to bewitch the spectators with their mesmerizing voice singing to many popular regional, patriotic and movie songs. They also rendered their enchanting voices to old golden Hindi hits of yester years by LataMangeshkar and Asha Bhosle: Aajibdastan, Jaayiyeaap, Yehmeradil, Reshmiujala and Sayonara. Local budding artists Mr. Darshan, Mr. Niranjan Gadgil, Mr. Rajesh Kushwaha and Mr. Amish Dalal matched "taal-se-taal" with the visiting distinguished artists to songs such as Pyarhuva, Raatkihamsafar, Tere mere milan, Deewanahuabaadal, Dheeredheerechal and many more.The visiting artists culminated their session with a song dedicated to Indian soldiers by Shri Pradeep "Yeh Mere WatanKe Logo" which was very nostalgic and heart- touching.
The magical evening continued to captivate the audience with Japanese music and dance performances. Japanese culture was its simplistic and elegant best by way of Minyo folk dance performed by Aoyama Mineko sensei, the daughter-in-law of Aoyama Yoko Sensei, the founder of Aoyama style of dancing. Aoyama Mineko has been awarded the Prime Minister's award for her contribution to Japanese folk dance. Aoyama Minekosenseiand her troupe performed 3 different styles of Minyo folk dance. The first one being the "Mugi-yabushi" – a Toyama style of dance; the second one was "Tsugaru aai-yabushi" an Aomori style of dance and finally the "Sado-Okasa" which is a Niigata style of dance. All the dances depicted tradition of local areasof origin. It was indeed mesmerizing to be a witness to such grace and beauty of Japanese culture.
Another aspect of the beauty of Japan lies in its traditional music.Okoto music (Koto) an age old traditional instrument is considered a very romantic instrumental music in Japan. Famous artists Watanabe SomiwakaSensei and Yamamoto Hisako Sensei played a heart rendering, soul-touching soft music on this instrument to the raga Sakura and Kaoru Hana leaving the audience totally spellbound and in awe.
A deep bond of culture and religion exists between India-Japan. The vibrant traditions and dancing culture of India is attracting more and more Japanese artists towards it. One such artist living in Tokyo attracted by the charm of Bharatanatyam travelled all the way toDarpan Academy, Ahmedabad, India to learn Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. The intense passion and dedication towards learning the art reflected when she performed her Arangetram (first solo dance on stage) in just 10 months an achievement as it usually takes 4 years to do so.Popularly known as KOKILA, Ms.Kyoko Miura frequently performs as one of the troupe members of the Nrithya Kala Kendra and presides over the Nrithya Kala Kendra, Japan. Kokila showcased her amazing talentin Samskruthi with an enchanting performance to Bhagyadalakshmi and Tillana.Her brisk and graceful movements accompanied by her lively facial expression emulated her intense passion and dedication towards the art.
Samskruthi had many local artists showcasing their talent on stage along in the presence of famous artists. Local dancing divas form Kerala gave a fabulous classical Bharatanatyam performance – aprayer to Goddess Mahalakshmi. These talented dancers perform in many events in and around Tokyo. It was breathtaking to watch them perform in a synchronized manner for the Musical Concert. Bollywood has become an integral part of every Indian, as part of the musical concert we had two popular local musical groups of talented IT professionals perform in a grand finale:Tokyo Tarang and The Indian Beats who rendered latest foot tapping Bollywood hits leaving the Indian and Japanese audience asking for an encore performance.
Samskruthi's Musical Spring Concert 2015 was an overwhelming success celebrating the cordial spirit of togetherness of Indo- Japanese relations.The artists enchanted and hypnotized the spectators with their enthralling performances.
The Musical Spring Concert 2015 organized by Samskruthi was supported by EcoCycle Corp, Tokyo; Global Indian International School, Tokyo; State Bank of India, Tokyo; Agera Consulting, Tokyo; Mediscan Diagnostic Center, Bidar, India and Urbanacreage, Bengaluru, India. Samskruthi humbly thank each of the supporters and well-wishers for the encouragement and inspiration received.


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Review: The Complete Jewish Bible.
Posted on 08/05/2021 by Neil English
A great Messianic Jewish Bible.
For the vast majority of Christian history, the ordinary person could neither read or hope to gain hold of the words of Scripture. Such knowledge was the preserve of the scholarly priests, who dispensed nuggets of spiritual truth to their congregations. It was only after the momentous events that led to the Reformation beginning in 16th century Europe, before the common man or woman could begin to read the words of God in his or her own language; first in Spanish, English, and German, and later in a panoply of other languages – many thousands in all – spoken across the world today. In the 21st century, we live in a golden age of Bible scholarship, where it has never been easier to access Biblical truth. Yet, at the same time, there are so many distractions in the full-on materialistic world in which we live, that many have lost touch with much of its truth claims, to the extent that what many- perhaps the majority – believe and hold as morally acceptable is often totally at odds with the mores laid down in the Bible. Indeed, it is this author's impression that the rapid decline in western civilization we are now in the midst of is at least in part attributed to the uncoupling of our societies from Judeo-Christian values, and with truly disastrous consequences.
Reading the Bible has become for me an essential part of everyday life. As the world becomes entrenched in ever more evil and immoral practices, only Biblical truth can keep me on the straight and narrow path. Indeed, reading the Bible is one of the best ways I can recommend to keep sane in a world that is becoming more insane by the day. And while we all have our favourite translations that we can return to again and again, I really enjoy reading the various versions of the Bible to gain as much theological insight as possible. Here I would like to provide my impressions of a most unusual translation of the Scriptures; the Complete Jewish Bible, the brainchild of the Israeli-American Messianic Jew, David H. Stern (b 1935).
Stern has an interesting background. Born and brought up in Los Angeles, California, he is the great grandson of the first diaspora of Jews who put down roots in the city. Dr Stern earned his PhD in economics from Princeton University, serving as a professor at UCLA. But he also displayed a passion for mountain climbing and surfing(authoring a book on the subject), as well as establishing a number of health food stores. In 1972, he came to faith in Jesus Christ, which led him to study theology and the earning of a Masters in Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary and further graduate work at the University of Judaism. After marrying a fellow Messianic Jew in 1976, he was enrolled in the establishment and delivery of the first course in Messianic Judaism at Fuller, which led to a number of published works exploring the rich and deeply interconnected relationships between Christianity and Judaism, including the Messianic Jewish Manifesto, Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel and a Message for Christians.
Dr Stern and his family made aliyah in 1979, settling in Jerusalem, where he has played an active part in progressing the cause of Messianic Judaism in Israel. But arguably Stern's greatest work is the Bible he gave birth to, which was first published in 1998 and which aimed to restore the Jewishness of the Old and New Testament. Since then the Complete Jewish Bible has gone from strength to strength, being used by many faithful Christians and Messianic Jews the world over.
Though I've covered other Messianic Jewish Bibles before, the Complete Jewish Bible(CJB) integrates Biblical Hebrew into the Scriptures far more extensively than anything I have studied before. Whereas translations such as the Tree of Life Version(TLV) uses Hebraic terms sparingly and rather selectively, Stern's translation is far more ambitious and makes no apologies for doing so. Here you will find many more transliterated Hebrew words that really bring the Scriptures to life in ways that genuinely impressed me. Where the TLV presents the books of the Old Testament in the traditional Jewish Way, the individual books therein are headed by the names most Christians are familiar with. Not so with the CJB. Upon opening the Book of Genesis, we see B'resheet, Exodus becomes Sh'mot, and Leviticus is headed as Vayikra etc.
The CJB restores the original Hebrew names throughout the Bible.
The CJB introduces many more Jewish terms and names than the TLV. Abraham is presented as Avraham, Joseph is Yosef, Moses appears as Moshe, Sha'ul is Paul, Isaiah is Yesha' yahu, Solomon is Shlomo, Yochanan is John, and 1st & 2nd Peter becomes Kefa 1 & 2. Unleavened bread is ma-tzah. The word 'Lord' is replaced by Adonai. Re-introducing such names would be viewed by many Christians as rather trivial, but Dr Stern's ambitions go much further still. For example, all of the Jewish feast days have their transliterated Hebrew names restored in this text, as are the names of towns and cities. God's glory is revealed as Sh'khi-nah. The city of the Great King is referred to as Ye-ru-sha-la-yim and the tower of Siloam, replaced with Shi-lo-ach. The word 'Pharisee' is referred to by P'rushim and the 'Saducees,' Tz'du-kim. You'll not find any mention of Jesus' (Yeshua) disciples in the New Testament either. They were His talmidim. When first engaging with the text and all the new words, the reader will very likely need to have permanent bookmarks placed in the glossaries at the back of this Bible.
What is the over-arching effect of restoring all of these Hebraic terms? For one thing, it gives the reader a crash course in Biblical Hebrew, reminding us that Christianity had its roots in the Jewish community who gathered in synagogues, after which it spread across the vast Roman Empire to the Gentile(or pagan)nations(Go-yim). We, as Gentile believers are grafted into God's Olive Tree and not the other way around. All in all, the CJB shows us that God chose the Jewish people above all others to reveal His glory to humankind. Most importantly, the reader will begin to see clearly that in removing nearly all references to the spoken language of the Jews, conventional English Bibles helped to cement and foment the erroneous notion that God has finished with the Jewish people. That might have seemed appropriate in the days of Martin Luther(a radical anti-Semite), but the re-birthing of the modern state of Israel in 1948 and its flourishing as a vibrant and wealthy democracy in defiance of its many enemies, is proof enough that God will come to the aid of the physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the closing years of human history, when all of the goat nations of the world attack Israel.
In addition to the re-introduction of many Hebrew words, the CJB is peculiar in a number of other respects. The word 'faith' is not to be found, only 'trust'. You can also see that Dr Stern has considerable respect for the most famous of English Bible translations, the Authorised King James Version. For example, in Genesis Chapter 47 we hear echoes of the KJV in phrases like, "when I sleep with my fathers" (Genesis 47:30). In Romans Chapter 2, the text bursts into the memorable language of the KJV:
"Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not commit adultery."
You can also see the influence of the KJV in the opening chapter of the Gospel of Luke:
"My soul magnifies Adonai" (Luke 1:47)
Dr Stern also takes a few liberties with the text, as evidenced by the rendering of the closing passages of Isaiah 66, where, instead of ending in a rather gloomy note in verse 24, he repeats the more reverent words of verse 23:
The rather strange ending of Isaiah 66 in the CJB.
Each book of the CJB has a brief introductory text that provides the reader with some of the relevant historical background and the themes developed within the text.
Each book of the CJB features some brief introductory notes to ease the reader into the main text.
In terms of translation philosophy, the CJB is firmly in the camp of dynamic equivalence rather than being 'word for word.' But it reads very smoothly and is, in my opinion, suitable as a stand-alone Bible, even though it is the work of a single author. I especially enjoyed reading through Genesis, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Romans and Revelation. I've not found a single typographical error in this work either – quite an achievement in my estimation – and in contrast to a few modern Bibles I've read through, even though these texts were laid out by a team of Bible scholars! The CJB does not use gender neutral language either; surely a good thing, as the Bible was never meant to be politically correct.
Another eminently useful feature of the CJB is its use of bold print when referring to Old Testament phraseology appearing in the New Testament;
The CJB uses bold text in the New Testament to indicate phrases originating in the Old Testament.
Maybe you've heard something recently about the movement among some false teachers, who have suggested that we should uncouple the Old Testament from the Bible? Well, as these bold printed references attest to, Jesus Himself used the writings of the prophets of old in his teachings and so did St. Paul, so there's no getting away from it! Indeed, the Old and New Testaments are a seamless whole, and totally incomplete one without the other. Indeed, Dr Stern cleverly reminds the reader of this by not mentioning the terms Old or New Testament at all! The text goes straight from 2 Chronicles to Matthew as it ought to!
Another neat and rather amusing feature of the CJB is Stern's inclusion of hand-written texts at the end of some of St. Paul's epistles, where he emphasises that they were written by his own hand. Check out this presentation at the end of 1 Corinthians:
Stern cleverly introduces handwriting at the end of some of St. Paul's epistles to emphasise the freshness and authenticity of the text!
All of these subtle and not so subtle renderings of the Scriptures really adds to the vibrancy of the Bible as a living, breathing record of God's unchanging words and morals, challenging the reader at every turn of the page.
The CJB is available in Kindle format for those who like having access to the Bible on their phones and other electronic devices. It is also available in a hard back format(see the the right hand-side Bible in the opening photo of this blog). I also acquired a very nice giant print version in a flexisoft edition, which is very easy to read but not exactly practical for mobile use. It is Smyth sewn however so should last many years of use. Those interested in more expensive renditions of the CJB can also purchase it in real leather if that floats your boat. There is also a CJB study Bible published by Hendrickson which uses a modified(gender neutral?) version of Dr. Stern's excellent text complemented by additional background information for the curious student of historical Biblical knowledge.
In summary, I would highly recommend the CJB to all Bible believing Christians. It provides an excellent grounding and reacquaintance with the culture and language of the original Jewish authors of the Bible, and provides a fresh and lively 'thought for thought' reading of the Holy Scriptures. With the rise of antisemitism across the world, the CJB will help the reader re-engage with our Jewish brothers and sisters and better understand the demonic nature of the political world's hatred for Israel and the Jewish people. This is especially prescient, as we are now seeing the alignment of Satanic forces allied against the Christian world and the imperilled nation of Israel, now that its historic ally – the United States of America – with its radical far-left government – has turned its back on them.
Neil English is the author of seven books in amateur and professional astronomy.
De Fideli.
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The festive winter season is well underway at Timeout Children's Homes with lots of events for children and staff alike. This is just a taste of the events the young people are enjoying this year.
We would like to wish everyone a peaceful winter season and the very best of wishes for 2018.
The annual Christmas Card competition attracted excellent entries from children and young people of all ages from both our homes and our schools, Elland House and Riverbank. The standard was very high, with seasonal colours and themes, lots of mixed media, and a heavy dash of creativity and imagination. This made the judging very difficult, but the results are now in.
In third place is J's festive Christmas tree, which looks like it is made of sweets and good enough to eat!
In second place is J's reindeer, with its sparkly nose lighting a path.
And first place goes to T and K, who made a wintry scene using hand and thumb prints. The judges were particularly impressed with how well they had worked together!
On 15th December, children, teachers and carers joined together in wearing their most festive jumpers. We made donations to raise money for Save the Children. It is lovely for our children to see how they can make a difference in this way to the lives of other people.
"Deck the Halls" is another annual competition at Timeout Children's Homes. Carers and young people have designed, decorated and transformed their homes into magical wonderlands. There is always a very attractive prize at stake, so the standard is impressively high every year. The decorations were impressive across all homes, but there was a stand-out winner, plus a close second, with the children winning prizes to see Shrek. Lovely to see so much handcrafted, original work!


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Led by Dr. Allen Sinai, Chief Economist and Strategist, the DE Global Research Team collaborates to provide comprehensive monitoring, interpretation and analyses of fundamentals and factors impacting U.S. and Global Economies and Markets. The Team is comprised of several of the most talented researchers, central bank and policy analysts and econometric modeling professionals on Wall Street. Our approach includes a strong independence and objectivity which is evident in all aspects of our research and conclusions.
Click here to listen to Allen's latest discussion with Tom Keene on Bloomberg radio
allen at a glance:
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allen in the press:
CHIEF GLOBAL ECONOMIST AND STRATEGIST
Dr. Allen Sinai is Chief Global Economist and President of Decision Economics, Inc. (DE), a U.S. and Global
economic and financial market information, forecasting, and advisory firm with locations in New York, London, and
Boston. He is responsible for the forecasts and analyses of the U.S. and Global economies and financial markets
and translating this information to decisionmakers in financial institutions, corporations, and government. Over
many decades, independent and nonpartisan, he has advised policymakers in Washington, Japan and globally, the
U.S. Congress, and both Republican and Democratic Administrations on the economy, macroeconomic outlook and
policies, the financial markets, and strategy.
Known for his forecast accuracy and pioneering use of a National Economic and Financial Information Systems
(NEFIS) approach to forecasting and the identification and forecasting of "Big Wave" trends in the U.S. and world
economies. Dr. Sinai brings to his work a unique blend of academic research, understanding of the structure and
workings of the U.S. and Global economies and financial markets, extensive hands-on experience working and
participating in financial markets and for financial institutions, involvement in Washington and other centers of
policy, business and investment experience.
Among his most well-known forecasts was advance warning and the forecasting of "The Great Recession and
Financial Crises of 2006-07 to 2009" and the "L"-like anemic and unprecedented lackluster upturn thereafter instead
of the widely expected "V" rebound. The collapse of the U.S. economy and financial markets was forecast well inadvance
by Dr. Sinai. The subsequent Equity Bull Market, still ongoing eight years later, that began in March 2009
was forecasted by Allen in late 2008 and early 2009, cemented on March 10, 2009 by him. Earlier in his forecasting
career, in 1983, Allen correctly forecasted the coming Reagan economic boom and later the Stock Market Crash of
October 1987, where on the Friday night before the Monday Crash on Louis Rukeyser's Wall Street Week, Allen
indicated the coming collapse. And, as early as 1992, he forecasted the coming 1990s economic boom and the Great
Equity Bull Market of the 1990s. He correctly forecasted the Recessions of 1990-91 and 2000-01, the former even
though the original published data did not say so.
While teaching at the University of Illinois-Chicago in 1971, Allen was hired by the pioneer econometric forecasting
firm, Data Resources, Inc. (DRI), headed by Harvard Professor Otto Eckstein, in Lexington, Mass., with whom he
worked closely for almost 15 years (1971-83), rising to Chief Financial Economist, Co-Builder of the DRI Model of
the U.S. Economy, and Co-Director of the Financial Institutions Group (FIG). Hired by Lehman Brothers in 1983,
he went to "Wall Street" where he became a Managing Director and Lehman's Chief Global Economist from 1983-
96, working with all areas of the Firm and its clients. He was also Executive Vice President and Chief Economist at
The Boston Company (1987-93), an investment and private banking subsidiary of Shearson Lehman Brothers. For
22 years, 1992-2014, he served on the Board of Directors of Boston Private Financial Holdings (BPFH), a national
private banking and wealth management firm.
In addition to being Full Professor (from Asst. Professor) at the University of Illinois-Chicago (1966-75), Allen has
taught at a number of universities and colleges, including Brandeis University (1988-96), the Sloan School of
Management at MIT (1989-91), New York University (1984-88), Boston University (1981-83), the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (1975-83), Lake Forest College (1964-65), and Northwestern University (1963-64). He has
published over 60 articles in academic journals and books, testified before the U.S. Congress dozens of times,
regularly writes Commentaries and Economic Studies for clients. He is a past President of the Eastern Economic
Association (EEA) (1990), was President of the North American Economics and Financial Association (NAEFA)
(2004), and a Member of the Board of Economists for Peace and Security (EPS).
Dr. Sinai has been often quoted in the written media and has frequently appeared on U.S. and international television
and radio, as perhaps the most widely quoted economist of his time. He has given hundreds of speeches, lectures
and seminars to organizations and associations in academics, business, financial and other settings in the U.S. and
internationally. In 1992, Dr. Sinai was selected as one of the ten "Smartest People" in Boston by Boston Magazine.
As a Member of the Time Magazine Board of Economists (1980s and 1990s), Time has said of him, "Anyone who
thinks economics is a dismal science has never been treated to the vivid commentaries of Allen Sinai."
Allen obtained a B.A. Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan (1961), M.A. and Ph. D. Degrees in
Economics from Northwestern University (1966 and 1969). His wife Lee is a U. of M. graduate (1963) and an
The Sinais have two children and five grandchildren—daughter Lauren is also a graduate of U. of M. and holds an
MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School. Their son Todd is a Professor at the Wharton School, with a Ph.D. in
Economics from M.I.T.. The Sinais reside in Lexington and Edgartown, Massachusetts, their daughter Lauren and
her family live in Evanston, Illinois, and son Todd and his family are in Merion Station, just outside of Philadelphia.
Click on a video below to watch a compilation of Allen's interviews
A History of Early and Accurate
As a true conduit between Economies and Financial Markets, Allen Sinai has become known for anticipating several key shifts in market cycles and the fundamentals behind them. The timeline below highlights key events in economic history and Allen's conclusions in advance. Full reports are available upon request.
A. 2008 US Economic Recession and Financial Market Devastation E. May 2012: Equity Market Correction
B. April 2009: US Equity Bull Market Begins F. June 2015: Yellow Flag of Caution
C. 2010 A Jobless Recovery, L with and uptilt and Shocks to the system G. August 2015: Yellow Flag of Correction 10%-15%
D. 2011 No Double Dip, Upside to US GDP, Equities Benefit H. October 2015: The Correction is Over
Dr. Cary Leahey
Senior Adviser and Chief U.S. Economist
Dr. Cary Leahey is a Senior Adviser and Chief U.S. Economist of Decision Economics. Prior he was Chief U.S. Financial Markets Economist at Lehman Brothers and held positions with Deutsche Bank, High Frequency Economics, and General Motors. Dr. Leahey also served on the staffs of the White House OMB and CEA. Dr. Leahey has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. Within his primary focus on the US economy, he gives special attention to fiscal and monetary policy, The U.S. Budget and Capital Formation
Mr. Andrew Husby, CFA
Associate Chief U.S. Economist and Chief Sector/Industry Economist
Mr. Andrew Husby specializes in investment strategy, working to develop U.S. and Global Asset Allocations, and maintains the bottom-up S&P500 Sector Industry earnings models. He also covers Canada and a number of Emerging and Developing Countries. Mr. Husby earned an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University and is a CFA charter holder.
MR. RAN LIU
Senior Strategist/Economist
Mr. Ran Liu develops, operates, and maintains high-frequency econometric forecasting models and collateral information systems of the major economies. He contributes analytical research reports with an emphasis on China and Japan. Prior to DE, he was an analyst at a quantitative macro hedge fund. Mr. Liu earned his B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Franklin & Marshall College.


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Adolf Wüstefeld (geboren 21. Januar 1827 in Hannover; gestorben 5. Januar 1901 ebenda) war ein deutscher Generalarzt, Autor und Zeichner.

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Adolf Wüstefeld war Sohn des hannöverschen Regiments-Pferdearztes Heinrich Ludwig Wüstefeld. Er besuchte von 1835 bis 1847 das Lyzeum in Hannover und begann im Wintersemester 1847 in Göttingen ein Medizinstudium. Im darauf folgenden Sommersemester gehörte er zu den Stiftern der Burschenschaft Hannovera. Im Frühjahr 1851 schloss er das Studium mit der Promotion zum Dr. med. ab und bestand anschließend in Hannover die ärztliche Staatsprüfung. Unter der Matrikelnummer 2456 vom 14. Oktober 1853 studierte Wüstefeld anschließend an der Höheren Gewerbeschule in Hannover. 1855 trat er in den Sanitätsdienst der Streitkräfte des Königreichs Hannover ein. Ein Jahr versah er Dienst beim Train-Bataillon, anschließend wurde er zunächst Assistenzarzt im Garde-Jäger-Bataillon am Militärhospital in Hannover, ehe er an das königliche Garde-Grenadier-Regiment in Hannover versetzt wurde. 1866 gehörte er dem Garde-Jäger-Bataillon an und nahm am Feldzug der Armee des Königreichs Hannover gegen Preußen teil. Nach der Annexion des Königreichs Hannover durch Preußen wurde er in den preußischen Militärdienst übernommen und versah 1868 als Stabsarzt Dienst im 3. Füsilierbataillon des 3. Westfälischen Infanterieregiments Nr. 16 mit Standort in Hannover. Im Krieg 1870/71 wurde sein Regiment in Frankreich eingesetzt; dies gehörte zu den deutschen Einheiten, die erst 1873 Frankreich verließen, nachdem die Zahlung von Reparationsleistungen gemäß dem Friedensvertrag von Frankfurt vom 10. Mai 1871 erfolgt war. Nach mehreren Verwendungen an anderen Standorten wurde Adolf Wüstefeld Regimentsarzt des bekannten Königs-Ulanen-Regiment (1. Hannoversches) Nr. 13, dem Kaiser Wilhelm II. 1890 das exklusive Recht einräumte, bei besonderen Anlässen die alten Präsentier- und Parademärsche der ehemaligen hannoverschen Garde du Corps auszuführen.

1892 ging Adolf Wüstefeld, inzwischen zum Generalarzt befördert, in den Ruhestand.

Verdient gemacht hat er sich um den Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Hannover, dem er 1893 bei dessen Gründung beitrat und dem er einige Jahre als Vorstandsmitglied angehörte. Auch als Zeichner von Motiven aus dem Stadtbild von Hannover machte er sich einen Namen; einige seiner Zeichnungen befinden sich im Historischen Museum Hannover.

Bekannte Werke

Zeichnungen
 1859: Das Historische Museum am Hohen Ufer bewahrt eine Bleistiftzeichnung Wüstefelds von der Klickmühle mit dem Wasserturm am Friederikenplatz, dem Friederikenschlösschen und dem Neuen Zeughaus am Waterlooplatz.

Schriften
 1897: Abhandlung über Sanitäre Einrichtungen im alten Hannover
 Rathsapotheke und Rathskeller in alten Hannover (Druck eines Vortrages, gehalten im Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Hannover), Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter, 2. Jahrgang (1899), Nr. 1, S. 4–6; Nr. 2, S. 11–13 und Nr. 3, S. 17–19.

Literatur
 Bernhard Dörries, Helmut Plath (Hrsg.): Alt-Hannover 1500–1900 / Die Geschichte einer Stadt in zeitgenössischen Bildern von 1500–1900, vierte, verbesserte Auflage 1977, Heinrich Feesche Verlag Hannover, ISBN 3-87223-024-7, S. 87, insbesondere S. 141
 Generalarzt Dr. Wüstefeld †. – Nachruf in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter, 4. Jahrgang (1901), Nr. 2, S. 90
 Franz Rudolf Zankl: Diplom der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover, in: Hannover Archiv, Blatt K 10

Einzelnachweise

Mediziner (19. Jahrhundert)
Person (Hannover)
Burschenschafter (19. Jahrhundert)
Militärarzt (Deutschland)
Autor
Zeichner (Deutschland)
Deutscher
Geboren 1827
Gestorben 1901
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Not Just in Transit: Drugs, the State and Society in West Africa
In West Africa, civil wars have receded, democracy has gained ground and economies are growing. But a destructive new threat is jeopardizing this progress: with local collusion, international drug cartels are undermining our countries and communities, and devastating lives.
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Camino Kavanagh
Region/Country: Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa
Topic(s): Crises, International Security, Organized Crime, Transnational Threats
Ensuring Stable and Peaceful Societies: Memo to H.E. John W. Ashe, President of the General Assembly
On April 24th and 25th, the President of the UN General Assembly will lead a thematic debate on ensuring stable and peaceful societies. CIC Senior Fellow David Steven, at the request of the President of the General Assembly, has prepared a memo which highlights why peace and stability is important for sustainable development and how it might be addressed in the post-2015 development agenda. The outcome of this discussion will be included in the President's summary and will be available as an input in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.
Author(s) / Contributor(s): David Steven
Topic(s): Fragile States, International Security, Post 2015 Development
Fueling a New Order? The New Geopolitical and Security Consequences of Energy
The paper Fueling a New Order? The New Geopolitical and Security Consequences of Energy examines impacts of the major transformation in international energy markets that has begun. The United States is poised to overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's largest oil producer and, combined with new developments in natural gas, is on track to become the dominant player in global energy markets. Meanwhile, China is in place to surpass the United States in its scale of oil imports, and has already edged out the U.S. in carbon emissions.
Author(s) / Contributor(s): Bruce Jones, David Steven, Emily O'Brien
Region/Country: China, Europe, Middle East, United States
Topic(s): Emerging Powers, Global Governance, International Security
Crimea Resolution Backed by U.S. Barely Gets UN Majority
Does The U.S. Still Have A Role To Play As A World Leader?
The West Can Ally Against Russia But It Needs Global Cooperation
Dr. Bruce Jones & The Battle Of Wills With Russia Over Crimea And The Ukraine


The Republican Party of Iowa is once again presenting awards for 3 different levels of volunteer service. Chairman Kaufmann has asked that we forward to you his statewide call for volunteer nominations for 3 different categories of volunteer achievement; that call is below. Please note that nominations are due by noon on January 16, and there is a link included for you to make a nomination.
I also want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. For those of you who are traveling, I pray for safe travels as you visit your family and friends. Thank you so much for all that you have done for the Scott County GOP.
Thank you for this incredible election year and for your part in electing Republicans in Iowa and the nation!


process and the last section contains the two survey questions.
individual dogs of these breeds were sensitive and others were not.
responsible for pumping drugs and other toxins out of the brain.
that these dogs are sensitive to.
to give their dog an over-the-counter drug like Imodium.
take about three weeks to complete the test.
If there is enough demand for this test.
costs of labor and use of (expensive) equipment such as a DNA sequencer.
__ Nothing- I don't want to get my dog(s) tested.
herding breed newsgroup and email lists.
I forwarded this to the agilityaussies yahoo group.
messages to see if someone else hasn't beaten me to it.
My response to the researcher said that I'd pay 100 bucks.
a nasty Ivermectin reaction - why not?
As a side note, I received one response directly to me.
Owner/breeder, not interested in testing.


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Adrian Beltre to DL; Chris Davis Recalled
Well, it looks as though thanks to Adrian Beltre's hamstring injury from last night's game will get us more time with Chris Davis in the Major Leagues. Now, I'm not saying that I'm happy Beltre hurt his hamstring because I would choose Beltre over Davis any day; however, I lIke Davis and I know many of you do as well.
Beltre was placed on the 15-day disabled list today due to a Grade I strain to his left hamstring. Thankfully, this is the lowest level of severity when it comes to strains so that's a good thing at least.
The injury came in last night's game when he was running to third after Michael Young hit a double in the fifth inning. Just before making it to the sack, Beltre began to slow down and grab his hamstring. You saw it as soon as it happened if you were watching the game – and you knew exactly what had happened. He was immediately taken out of the game. Currently, he is expected to miss somewhere between two and three weeks. He'll be eligible to come off the DL come August 7.
Chris Davis will join the Rangers lineup tonight batting eighth and will be playing in Beltre's position at third. And while Michael Young is the team's primary DH, which the position at which he obtains most of his at-bats, he has stated that he is ready to take third base if needed. Prior to Beltre's five-year signing in the offseason, third base was Young's playing position.
Beltre will be missed as he is leading the team, and comes in second in the American League, with a whopping 76 RBIs. He hits the ball when needed and hits it hard majority of the time. His bat and defense (as he is freaking awesome with his glove) will be missed, but Chris Davis should fill in pretty nicely having 66 RBIs and a .368 batting average at AAA Round Rock.
I'm pretty certain the Rangers will be alright without Beltre especially since this should be a pretty short stint on the DL.


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The National Student > Music
Phil Dixon
Bloody Australians! Not content with consistently beating the Mother Country at sporting events or taking all our bar jobs, now they're after our music scene, too.
Arriving on the crest of the wave created by the likes of Jet and Wolfmother (terrible surfing pun not intended), Brisbane trio The Grates had been enjoying success Down Under from the release of a number of early EPs recorded in guitarist John's garage and tracks from first studio EP, 'The Ouch. The Touch' in high rotation on alternative Aussie radio station Triple J, but it was at March 2005's SXSW festival that the antipodean threesome grabbed the ears of the rest of the world's music industries and jammed them full of their own brand of sugar-fuelled, lo-fi, garage-pop fun-punk.
Since then they have been skipping over time zones like stepping stones as they travelled North America, the UK and of course their native land in non-stop tours supporting among others The Zutons around the UK, Arctic Monkeys around Oz, We Are Scientists in the US, as well as headline tours in their own right in support of this year's debut album, Gravity Won't Get You High.
The rollercoaster hasn't stopped yet as I meet Patience Hodgson, John Patterson and Alana Skyring during this their seventh trip to the UK, taking a night out of supporting The Young Knives on their current sold-out national tour - a tour that had kicked off just two days after a fortnight of headline dates around Australia, with twenty-four hours of that spent in the air - for their own headline gig at KCLSU. As one would expect from a band able to cope with such a hectic tour diary and performing an album's worth of tunes so happy and energetic it could raise your granny from her wheelchair and have her dancing with gay abandon, the band are in high spirits, despite their constant touring. The mood is infectious, and it turns out they're quite difficult to steer back to the subject once they get joking amongst themselves, but a sympathetic segue was called for:
"Some bastards stole our stuff last night."
Turns out the band had been taught a harsh lesson in Manchester hospitality the previous evening, ultimately learning to lock their dressing room door behind them before going on stage, but losing a couple of laptops, John's tour "memoirs" and Alana's passport in the process. So how does that work with flying straight from this tour on to New York?
ALANA: "Bloody quickly, I hope! I dunno, I've got some kind of form or something anyway, I might just end up using that."
PATIENCE: " Yeah you should have no trouble getting into America with that. 'Can I come into New York please? I've got a form?"
It always happens to the innocent, undeserving ones. John has a theory on it:
JOHN: "That's why I know I'm going to Heaven - 'cause I'm not a cunt. I don't go to church or anything but I reckon when I die God'll go 'Yeah, he's not a c**t, he can come in.'"
And it turns out this isn't the first time The Grates have been victims of… less morally upright citizens.
P: "Someone stole my bike in Toronto. You know when you just get like a premonition where something's going to get stolen? This guy just stole it right in front of me. And I knew because he said 'Can I have a go?' and I said no, then he just hopped on it and was gone before I could do anything."
But it's Alana who's had the worst luck:
A: "I had a beautiful little pink mini, and someone stole it and left it for dead. They ripped out all the lining and everything as well, like I was going to have thousands of dollars or drugs stashed in the upholstery of my tiny little car."
P: "Skyring, you do realise the only reason they stole it was because it was a pink mini?"
J: "Yeah, I've left my crappy car unlocked in some dodgy as areas and no one touched it, 'cause they could see it was a worthless piece of shit."
A: "No but the same thing happened to my crappy little Datsun as well. It got stolen and it was parked in my boyfriend's driveway."
Despite such a run of events, the band manage to keep themselves upbeat through a mix of comfort eating, alcohol and The Power of Music:
A: "Last night after freaking out I just decided screw it and ran up to catch the last ten minutes of the Young Knives' set. I had my beer in one hand, a tube of Smarties in the other and just went for it at the side of the stage. Then this morning I was a bit hung over so I got myself a muffin. It's good to treat yourself once in a while."
J: "I treat myself every day! Having something like that M&M brownie today is how I stay at this level of… just above happiness."
Happy is a word that does go hand-in-hand with The Grates' music, though…
J: "Yeah, Zane Lowe came up to me after the gig the other night and kind of put his hand on my shoulder and said, like, 'You guys' music is really happy, really upbeat, but I can tell you're not really happy inside, are you?' I didn't really know what to say so I just kind of agreed with him and said, 'I'm miserable all the time.'"
Somehow that's hard to believe. But how the hell do your body clocks cope with all this international jet-setting?
J: "I don't have one. I don't even know what day it is."
P: "I only know it's a Wednesday because I looked at the tour diary today, but every day feels like a weekend anyway because we're just playing shows and partying every night."
J: "And we've been going pretty much non stop since last March (after SXSW)."
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And it must have been hard enough getting that far, being tucked all the way down in Australia? I mean even for national tours you have to travel thousands of miles…
J: "I was just glad we got to fly everywhere on the last (Australian) tour. Before it was all on the road, driving like thirty hours sometimes to get to a gig, that was rough."
A: "Yeah but we were just so glad to be playing we went anywhere."
J: "And that was before we even had a tour manager, we were just doing it all ourselves, sleeping on floors. In fact even when we got a tour manager we were sleeping on floors for a while."
And is there any pressure as an Australian band to break onto the world stage? Is that why you tour so much? Or are you just riding the rollercoaster at the minute?
P: "It's bloody hard. It's bloody expensive more than anything to travel anywhere. We've just been really lucky because we had to borrow money to get to SXSW and we got picked up from there. But I wouldn't say there's any real pressure. We're just having fun making music and art and doing what we love doing."
Ah yes, the art side of The Grates phenomenon: self-designed EP and album sleeves, t-shirts and their various web/Myspace/You Tube sites featuring amongst other things bizarre sea monsters, melancholy bowling pins and giraffes.
A: "I really like giraffes. We did a Rolling Stone photo shoot at a zoo once and I got to feed one, so I started drawing giraffes. I'm still really proud of all that artwork we did for the album and everything."
J: "It's great the way we just get to go wild with all our art and stuff, just like drawing robots and big monsters..."
P: "Monsters are so cool."
Okay, so one of life's Ultimate Questions then: What's cooler - robots, ninjas or dinosaurs?
ALL (without hesitation): "DINOSAURS! Definitely dinosaurs, no question."
Yeah but a ninja could kill you six different ways before you die…
A: "No, a dinosaur could kill a ninja easy, he'd just eat him!"
Fair enough. So back to talk of touring; you guys are sharing a tour bus with The Young Knives at the minute, how's that going?
A: "The Young Knives smell like cheese and piss! Well that's what John says but no the bus does smell really badly of sweat and cigarettes. There's two rooms at the back - one where they hang up their stage clothes like straight off their backs, and the other one's like the lounge that only has a tiny crack in the ceiling, so you go down there and you're just hit by this smell that's just like…. Gaaah!"
And what about that old England/Australia Ashes-type rivalry, does that manifest itself?
A: "No, there's no real rivalry at all, especially not a sporting one."
P: "Do The Young Knives really look like the kind of guys who like sports?"
A: "And we don't even follow sports ourselves anyway."
P: "Yeah plus everyone agrees Australia's better."
Well you have the chance to prove that at your headliner tonight. What can we expect from that? I hear Patience puts in a lively performance to say the least…
P: "Oh my god, I chip my teeth on the microphone all the time! I've had so much dental work, I've even got a false tooth, look…(She displays it proudly) I hate it but at least it's not like I have a glass eye or anything."
True. But again, what do you think would be cooler - a false tooth, glass eye, or having a hook for a hand?
P: "I'll just stick with the false tooth, I reckon. You know, since I've already got one."
J: "Yeah but I reckon it'd be pretty cool to have a hook for a hand, though. You could slash people's throats with it! Shwah!"
A: "But then you couldn't play your guitar!"
J: "I wouldn't care. I'd be able to use the pad on my computer really easy. Plus no one's going to fuck with a guy with a hook for a hand! Some guy'd be giving me shit and I'd just be like, SHWAH!" (This sound effect is also accompanied by an over-exuberant slashing motion that borders on the frightening.)
Yeah, plus you could always fashion some kind of attachment for your guitar, create some kind of Swiss Army Hand?
J: "Yeah, how cool would that be? I could have a knife, bottle opener…"
… that thing for getting stones out of horses' hooves…
P: "Yeah 'cause John's going to be doing so much horse riding with his new Swiss Army Hand!"
Things again descend into incoherent hilarity before all-too-soon the band are called away for sound check, and I'd not even covered half the questions I'd written down (The theft conversation had led into discussing their tour antics with setting off fireworks in public areas around Glasgow, making it a good ten to fifteen minutes before we even touched upon my prepared list of questions). Something tells me this won't be the last time we see them on these shores, though. Providing they keep those passports safe…
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