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The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans PDF
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A fundamental challenge in past studies evaluating whether health problems experienced by Vietnam veterans might be linked to wartime use of Agent Orange or other herbicides has been a lack of information about the veterans' level of exposure to these herbicides. To address that problem, researchers developed a model to assess the opportunity for herbicide exposure among these veterans.
The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans presents the conclusions and recommendations of an Institute of Medicine committee (IOM) that was convened to provide guidance to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) about the best use of a model to characterize exposure to the troops based on their proximity to herbicide spraying in Vietnam. This book's assessment is guided by four primary considerations: to be clear about what the assessment model does and does not claim to do; to gain understanding of the strengths and limitations of data on herbicide spraying, troop locations, and health outcomes; to consider whether the model locates spraying and troops accurately to consider the potential contributions and pitfalls of using it in epidemiologic studies. Of particular interest in these deliberations were the degree to which exposure classification might be improved if the model were to be used, and the appropriate interpretation of the results of any such studies.
In light of the questions that remain concerning herbicide exposure and health among Vietnam veterans and the array of evidence that has thus far been brought to bear on that issue, The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans concludes that the application of this model offers a constructive approach to extending knowledge about the effects of herbicides on the health of these veterans and merits the initial steps recommended in our report.
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Colors are an art, but color naming is a science. Psychologists have long been aware that colors evoke strong emotions and memories, while painting our beliefs and behaviors. Color names can have many shades of meaning, which means picking the perfect name can help brands in terms of sales and success. And since research has shown that a small detail like a color's name can make a big impact on revenue, product marketing experts must get serious when selecting the names they choose for their hues. Since so many brands are in the dark about how names color a product's performance, Stitch.com drew on in-depth data to highlight how to name colors to keep a business in the black.
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OP3210. SNEGUROCHKA (in Russian), Broadcast Performance, 10 June, 1955, w. Charles Bruck Cond. Solange Michel, Janine Micheau, Rita Gorr, Genevi�ve Moizan, Lucien Lovano, Joseph Peyron, Michel Roux, Freda Betti, Jean Giraudeau, Bernard Cottret & Michel Hamel; NINON VALLIN & HELENE SADOVEN - Snegurochka - excerpts; LUCIEN LOVANO, w.Gressier Cond.: Arias from Manon, Thais, Les Saltimbanques, Don Quichotte & Pagliacci - recorded 1947. [An irresistible performance, particularly with the sumptuous singing of Solange Michel, in charming Franco-Russian style, enhanced by excerpts by Vallin, Sadoven and Lovano.] (France) 2-Malibran 526. Final Copy! - 37600003775264
"SNEGOROCHKA, also known as the 'Snow Maiden' or 'Snowy', is a unique character of Russian folklore and an essential part of Russian New Year's celebrations. The origins of Snegurochka are contradictory. The roots of this feminine character can be found in Slavic pagan beliefs. According to legend, she is the daughter of Father Frost and the Snow Queen. Another Russian fairy-tale, however, tells a story of an old man and woman who had always regretted that they did not have any children. In winter they made a girl out of snow. The snow maiden came alive and became the daughter they never had. They called her 'Snegurochka'. But when the summer sun began to warm the land, the girl became very sad. One day she went into the woods with a group of village girls to pick flowers. It began to get dark and the girls made a fire and began playfully jumping over the flames. Snegurochka also jumped, but suddenly she melted and turned into a white cloud.
In some parts of Russia people still follow the ancient tradition of drowning a straw figure in the river or burning it on the bonfire to dispel the winter. This custom symbolizes the transition from winter to spring."
- Russiapedia
"One of most popular Carmens active in post-World War II France, Michel studied at the Paris Conservatoire before beginning her career as a concert and recital singer in the 1930s. She made her debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1945, in the title role of Ambroise Thomas' MIGNON. She was soon established as an important mezzo-soprano at that company, as well as at the Paris Opéra; her plummy, contralto-ish timbre and crisp, witty delivery of text enlivened all of her specialties, which ranged from Carmen - undoubtedly her signature role, with more than 600 performances to her credit - to Charlotte in WERTHER, Dalila, Geneviève in PELLEAS ET MELISANDE, Gluck's Orfeo and Marguerite in LA DAMNATION DE FAUST. The best-known of Michel's recordings is the 1950 EMI-Pathé CARMEN, in which spoken dialogue (rather than recitative) is delivered with incomparable panache by a superbly chosen cast, many of them Opéra-Comique veterans. Stylishly paced by André Cluytens and recorded at the Theatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Michel's Carmen is sly, sexy and authoritative, testifying to her long association with Bizet's Gypsy.
Other Michel recordings included Ernest Bour's 1947 recording of L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES, in which she sang the roles of La Bergère and L'Ecureuil (The Squirrel); Louise's Mother in Jean Fournet's 1956 performance of LOUISE; and Geneviève in Ingelbrecht's 1962 PELLEAS. In 1963, Michel created the role of the Maharani in the world premiere of Menotti's THE LAST SAVAGE at the Opéra-Comique. Although she was active principally in France, she appeared as a guest at Covent Garden, La Scala, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, Royal Flemish Opera and Teatro Colon, among other theaters. She retired from singing in 1978."
- OPERA NEWS, 7 Jan., 2011
"Janine Micheau was a French singer, one of the leading lyric sopranos of her era in France, she was born in Toulouse, and studied voice at the Paris Conservatoire. She made her professional début at the Opéra-Comique on 16 November 1933, as la Plieuse in LOUISE, following this with Loys in JUIF POLONAIS by Camille Erlanger, etc. By 1935 her performances gained her invitations to Marseille (Lakmé), and then (at the instigation of Pierre Monteux) to Amsterdam (Mélisande) and San Francisco. In Buenos Aires, Erich Kleiber conducted her in Sophie in DER ROSENKAVALIER.
She created the role of Creuse in Darius Milhaud's MÉDÉÉ, for her début at the Paris Opéra in 1940, where she also sang Gilda in RIGOLETTO, Violetta in LA TRAVIATA and Sophie in DER ROSENKAVALIER, among other roles.
Once the war was over, her career became more international than it had been; she performed at La Scala in Milan, La Monnaie in Brussels, Royal Opera House in London, the San Francisco Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. At these venues she sang nearly all the great French soprano roles. From 1961 she became a voice teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Her final performance was as Pamina in Rouen in May 1968. She died in Paris at the age of 62."
- Zillah Dorset Akron
"One of the greatest singers to emerge on the international opera scene in the 1950s, Gorr was an artist of intensity and versatility whose penetrating, powerful mezzo-soprano and scalding dramatic temperament made her an incomparable Dalila, a magisterial Amneris and a singularly convincing Mère Marie in DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES, which she sang in the Paris premiere of Poulenc's opera in 1957. Her voice was not to every taste - some found her timbre metallic and her upper range narrow - but few would deny that Rita Gorr had a grandeur and command of the stage unequaled in her generation. Gorr sang with the daring and shrewd sense of her own worth that recalled the divas of a previous golden age: critics reaching for superlatives most often compared Gorr to Marie Delna and Jeanne Gerville-Réache, two nonpareil French contraltos of the Belle Epoque.
Gorr's international reputation began with her appearances at the 1958 Bayreuth Festival as Fricka in DAS RHEINGOLD (her festival debut) and DIE WALKURE and the Third Norn in GOTTERAMMERUNG. The following year, Gorr returned to Bayreuth as Ortrud and bowed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, as Amneris. La Scala welcomed her in 1960 as Kundry. Other European engagements for Gorr included appearances in Vienna, Rome, Bordeaux, Lyon, Orange, Geneva, Brussels, Ghent, Stuttgart, Barcelona and Lisbon.
She made impressive back-to-back debuts in autumn 1962 at the Metropolitan Opera, as Amneris to Leontyne Price's Aida on 17 October, followed by Dalila in the Lyric Opera of Chicago company premiere of SAMSON ET DALILA on 10 November - an assignment Gorr took over on short notice when Giulietta Simionato proved unwilling to re-learn in French a role she knew only in Italian. Gorr's New York appearances were relatively infrequent, despite the extravagant admiration of the local critics. She sang just forty-one performances of six roles during her five seasons on the Met roster - Amneris, Waltraute, Eboli, Azucena, Santuzza and Dalila, the latter in a new Met production of Saint-Saens' opera in 1964, opposite Jess Thomas and Gabriel Bacquier. Gorr also appeared in several memorable concert performances of Massenet works at Carnegie Hall, including Anita in LA NAVARRAISE (1963) and Charlotte to Nicolai Gedda's Werther (1965), both presented by the Friends of French Opera, and the title role in HERODIADE for the American Opera Society (1964), with Régine Crespin as Salome. In 1992, she sang Neris in a concert of Cherubini's MEDEE with Boston Festival Opera. Gorr's last notable U.S. opera house appearance was in 1990, as Madame de Croissy in Seattle Opera's DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES, a characterization she repeated in several subsequent stagings, including Robert Carsen's memorable 1997 production for the Netherlands Opera, and on Kent Nagano's 1990 recording with the Opéra de Lyon (Virgin). Gorr sang opera for more than fifty years. Her last opera performances were in summer 2007, when she was eighty-one, in THE QUEEN OF SPADES for Vlaamse Opera. She died after a long illness."
- F. Paul Driscoll, OPERA NEWS, 23 Jan., 2012
"Geneviève Moizan entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1942, and upon graduation in 1946 she won first prize in the Saint Sulpice competition. She débuted at the Paris Opéra in 1949 as Marguérite in FAUST (with Noré and André Pernet), moving on to a vast repertoire. She often appeared in Monte Carlo, Geneva, Strasbourg, Brussels, Algiers, etc. It was, however, her collaboration with the ORTF which gained her the essential part of her national popularity for almost twenty-five years.
With its clear timbre, her lyric soprano was equally acclaimed in both dramatic and mezzo-soprano rôles: Werther, Sapho, Le Roi d'Ys, Mignon, Il Trovatore, etc."
- Zillah D. Akron
"Charles Bruck, a Hungarian-French conductor, was born in Timisoara, Hungary (now Romania), in 1911. He became a French citizen and was active in the Résistance, and was made an officer in the French Legion of Honor.
After courses at the Vienna Conservatory and studies in piano and composition (as well as law) in Paris. He left Romania in 1928 for a year of studies in Vienna, then travelled on to Paris. There he studied with Alfred Cortot, Nadia Boulanger and Vlado Perlemuter at the École Normale de Musique. In 1934 he began studies with French conductor Pierre Monteux, following him to San Francisco where Bruck served as Monteux's assistant. He went on to direct the Netherlands Opera, the Strasbourg Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Paris Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, making many guest appearances and recordings and championing many 20th-century composers.
After the Second World War, Bruck assumed chief conductor positions with the Orchestra of the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam (1950-1954), the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg (1955-1965), and the Orchestre Philharmonique de l'ORTF in Paris (1965-1970). In 1969, he succeeded Monteux as director of his conducting school in Maine, a post he held for twenty-six years until his death there in 1995.
Bruck was a champion of contemporary music and presented hundreds of world premieres in his career. He also taught at The Hartt School of Music where he served as Director of Orchestral Activities. He was a visiting professor at Princeton University in 1992.
Bruck died in Hancock, Maine, USA. A play about his career as Master of the Pierre Monteux School, called MUSE OF FIRE, written by David Katz, one of his students, was premiered in Maine in 2005 and has since toured extensively."
- THE NEW YORK TIMES, 22 July, 1995


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A red cotton baby dress looks crisp and fresh in the summer but can also be worn into the fall and Christmas season with a few adjustments. The main challenge will be in choosing which type of cotton and what style of red dress you'd like your baby girl to wear.
When it comes to fabric, all cotton is not the same. Organic cotton is often used in baby clothes as it is thought to be softer than other types of cotton. Experts disagree as to whether organic cotton is actually softer or is just woven a bit finer, making it softer. Either way, it won't chafe baby's tender skin. Organic cotton is also grown in a way that is meant to protect the environment for future generations, so you'll be giving back to your baby by making the world a little greener, too.
Keep in mind that a sundress can only be worn during the summer, while a baby doll dress with fluffy cap sleeves can be worn into the fall and winter. A red cotton jumper can be paired with a white blouse during cooler weather, assuming the dress still fits your baby. Even if the dress doesn't fit the baby it was purchased for, you may have another child that is that size during a different season. Keep in mind versatility while shopping for a dress style.
When it comes to shopping for red cotton baby dresses, many stores carry such dresses. Just about any big box retailer, such as Walmart or Target, will offer red cotton baby dresses during summer, fall and winter. During the spring, the stores come to life with Easter pastels and white, so you may have a harder time finding a red baby dress at that time. Whether you are shopping in the spring or you simply want a bigger selection, here are a few online sources where you can get a red cotton baby dress year round.
Grammie's Attic has a nice selection of cute red cotton dresses for babies, but this red sailor dress is almost too cute for words.
Tiny Tot Dress Shop has clothing for infants on up through toddlers. You'll find a cute red gingham dress and a red jumper with puppies romping over the skirt.
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In order to choose the perfect dress for your baby, think about the different occasions you might want her to wear the dress. If you plan to use the dress for some formal baby photographs, then you may want a dress that includes more ruffles and lace. On the other hand, if you simply want something cute for her to wear to the family reunion, a simple red sundress may be all you need. You may just decide that you need more than just one red dress and purchase two or three.


This just in: every staunch partisan had their preconceived notions confirmed upon Thursday's release of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings pertaining to Russia's involvement in the 2016 U.S. election.
Perhaps the most prolific mental gymnastics came courtesy of leftists and many media outlets who claimed the issue they raised most often (and was highlighted in Mueller's report) was President Trump's attempted obstruction of the investigation. CNN contributor Mary Katharine Ham provided a not-so-gentle reminder that her media colleagues were focused quite a bit on another angle.
While said media didn't exactly cover themselves in glory over this, we shouldn't brush off the aspects of this saga where the Trump campaign (and subsequent administration) did indeed engage in downright fabrications. National Review's David French, who read the whole report, indicated that under normal circumstances such damning revelations would sink a presidency.
I must confess that even as a longtime, quite open critic of Donald Trump, even I was surprised at the sheer scope, scale, and brazenness of the lies, falsehoods, and misdirections detailed by the Special Counsel's Office. We've become accustomed to Trump making up his own facts on matters great and small, but to see the extent to which his virus infected his entire political operation is sobering. And the idea that anyone is treating this report as "win" for Trump, given the sheer extent of deceptions exposed (among other things), demonstrates that the bar for his conduct has sunk so low that anything other than outright criminality is too often brushed aside as relatively meaningless.
So there was no evidence of collusion and Trump was not a "Russian agent" engaging in treasonous behavior. But this investigation also was not a "witch hunt" in that it turned up some very serious improprieties, all of which will be gleefully referenced by Trump's Democrat opponent in 2020.
At the end of the day we know that discovery of Russia hacking our election was made at the end of 2016 during the Barack Obama presidency. Then last summer President Trump took Russian leader Vladimir Putin at his word when he denied having knowledge of his country's activities.
Hmm. If only someone had given the U.S. adequate warning of Russia emerging as our country's largest geopolitical foe.
- Fox News Channel hosted Dem presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in a Town Hall event this past Monday. The current POTUS wasn't impressed.
It's really gonna be lit when Trump lumps in Fox News with his "ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" diatribes.
With all due respect Mr. President, moderators Baier and Martha MacCallum didn't exactly lob softball questions to Sanders. If anything, Sanders' response to hosts' questions gave the viewing audience a sense of how the septuagenarian socialist is in a veritable fantasy land with his policy ideas. It's also somewhat chilling how Sanders' supporters (particularly the barking, clapping seals in the studio audience) indicated they are willing to trade freedom & liberty for government "taking care of us."
I believe Trump missed an opportunity to thank Fox for exposing his possible 2020 opponent as the commie he is. Sad!
- The Minnesota Twins' home stadium of Target Field is in its 10th season of existence. As such, I was really hoping we were past the vacuous discussion of why the stadium has no roof.
Sadly, no, as KARE-11 reporter Jana Shortal decided to stoke the fire.
Last night our Twins played before an announced crowd of 11,727.
That's the smallest in Target Field history.
The day before was 14,774.
Which was VERY small too.
I can't begin to guess how many hours I've wasted since 2010 trying to convince the pro-roof crowd that they're flat out wrong. But for some reason I just can't let it go.
- I miss the good old days when Presidents and First Ladies rode off in the sunset and enjoyed post-White House living without garnering much fanfare.
Unfortunately that's just not in the narcissistic Obamas.
Former first lady Michelle Obama compared life in America under President Trump to living with a "divorced dad," according to The Independent.
She then joked that the U.S. under Trump's presidency was akin to a teenager.
I know Michelle sees herself in the motif of her pal Beyonce and her "WHO RUN THE WORLD? GIRLS!!" mantra. But as we're finding out with each passing day, feminists who believe becoming more empowered involves diminishing men aren't going to like the society we devolve into.
Once a month our cleaning lady (Victoria) gives our house a deep clean, a job which typically requires 4-5 hours to complete. Since Victoria was arriving later than normal on Tuesday evening, she brought along a friend to help her complete the task in a more efficient time frame.
Since I was not at home, my wife was around to make Victoria's friend feel welcome by chatting her up while she worked. Somehow the subject of my radio program came up when it was ascertained that Victoria's friend is a fan of my radio show! How utterly random is that?
Since the day he uttered "Hello world" upon declaring he was joining the PGA Tour in August 1996, Tiger Woods has been my all-time favorite golfer.
Upon entering the world of professional golf, Woods was already saddled with ridiculously high expectations, yet he managed to wildly exceed them. In his first Masters tournament 22 years ago (a mere 7-1/2 months after going pro), Tiger set the tourney record with a low score of 270 (-18) and won by a whopping 12 strokes. In addition to his appealing to golf fanatics, Tiger proved he transcended the sport given the 1997 Masters set a television ratings record for the final round. His legend would only continue to grow over the next 11 years as he accumulated thirteen more major titles, culminating with winning the 2008 U.S. Open in sudden death despite playing the tournament with a shredded left knee. That victory marked Woods' 14th major title, which was good for second place all time behind Jack Nicklaus's 18. It seemed a forgone conclusion that Tiger, only 32 years old at the time, would eventually usurp Nicklaus for most majors.
In August of that year, Woods lead the 2009 PGA Championship (which I was fortunate to attend on day two) by two strokes going into the final round. At that juncture of his career Woods had never lost a major when leading after three rounds.....until this one. Tiger went +3 that final day while the golfer in second place, Y.E. Yang, went -2 to claim the title. Then on Thanksgiving of that year, Woods and then wife Elin had a high profile domestic dispute which eventually led to revelations that Tiger was a serial adulterer. The couple divorced months later.
With Woods' personal life and health deteriorating over the next several years, he was rarely a factor in any tournament he played. He occasionally showed signs of life by popping up with a top ten finish he and there but could never break through with a win. But it was the 2017 Masters where it was ascertained by many that Woods (then age 41) was truly finished. He would withdraw from the tournament, making it the third Masters in four years in which he would miss out. Shortly thereafter, Tiger would undergo his fourth back surgery, a spinal fusion procedure. Even Woods himself privately conceded that he had no future.
But then seemingly out of nowhere, Woods had a solid 2018 season which was highlighted by a second place finish at the PGA Championship and his first tournament victory in five years with a win at the Tour Championship. Woods also finished 8th overall in tournament winnings. While there were no overly optimistic sentiments that Tiger was truly back, it showed he could at least occasionally compete at a high level.
As I summarize Woods' fascinating 20+ years on the PGA Tour, I can't help but believe that what we witnessed this past weekend was not only the most unlikely redemption story in the history of pro golf but perhaps all of professional sports.
Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell also grappled with the question if this was the greatest comeback in sports history.
In the end, I'm still skeptical Woods can ultimately surpass Nicklaus's record of 18 major victories given that Father Time is undefeated (again, Woods is 43) combined with the fact there are so many incredibly young and gifted pro golfers currently on the PGA circuit. But similar to this past weekend, I would absolutely love to be proven incorrect.
Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees - September 26, 2013.
The original draft of this entry was posted April 15, the 72nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier. In 1997 (the 50th anniversary of Robinson's debut), MLB decided to retire his number 42 league wide but players still donning the number were allowed to wear it while they remained with their current club.
The game I referenced here was the final one in the Hall of Fame career of Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera. As such, it was also the final game in Major League Baseball history where a player wore jersey number 42.
I trust my fellow Minnesotans survived the latest Snowmageddon, so we'll roll on with the latest edition of The Closer. The 2-hour blitz gets started at 1:00 PM Central Time.
I'll take the first hour to weigh in on the latest news stories regarding the proverbial clown car that is the 2020 Democrat presidential field. In the second hour I'll discuss the latest Ilhan Omar flap, another "heartbeat bill" signed into law and more fallout from last year's Parkland, FL shooting.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was called out for her dismissive rhetoric regarding the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Fellow U.S. House prog Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) came to her defense and also added that the criticism of Omar is an "incitement of violence against progressive women of color." Naturally, some media outlets were all too willing accomplices since they parroted AOC's chanting point.
Look, I'm not going to deny that some of the more visceral critics of Omar et al are more rooted in their disdain for her than they are offended by specific comments. But if we're going to go down this road once again by stating that incendiary rhetoric directly leads to violence, the media and other proggie establishments are woefully incapable of equal application.
Leading up to the summer of 2017, Sen. Bernie Sanders said on multiple occasions that people will die if Congressional Republicans pass some sort of Obamacare repeal legislation and President Trump signs it into law. Sure enough in June 2017, a self-professed "Bernie Bro." opened fire on a baseball field where he knew several GOP members of Congress were participating in practice. Now, am I saying that Sanders' comments were responsible for the actions of the deranged gun man? Absolutely not. But did any media outlets loop together the multiple sound bites where Gramps constantly declared that "thousands will die" if Republicans get their way on healthcare? I think you know the answer to that. Hell, they didn't even do the obligatory citing of out-of-context stats regarding gun violence since I'm sure many secretly believed it was karma given that it was "gun-loving, NRA-lapdog" Republicans who were the victims.
So for those media outlets who are shocked, SHOCKED that people would react negatively towards a member of Congress whom they believe came off as cavalier regarding 9/11, y'all can go pound sand.
OK, the title of this post is misleading. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who made it official Tuesday that he is running for President, doesn't lead the Democrat field in any significant poll. That said, he has come right out of the gate to take the lead as the most despicable demagogue of the candidates to declare (and that's saying something).
Do you want to protect our children's right to go to school without fear?
The right for a mom to hug her son when he comes home?
The right for a dad to know his daughter can learn safely?
As I said in a post last week, Swalwell has zero shot to be the Dem presidential nominee in 2020. However, he is definitely a useful idiot for most of the other Democrat candidates in that he's actually conveying what they're thinking regarding guns and the Second Amendment. If Swalwell's rhetoric is soundly rejected, he'll gain no traction in the POTUS race but can continue his demagoguery in a California Congressional District where he's captured at least 70% of the vote each of the past three election cycles. In the meantime, the other Dem presidential candidates can swoop in with less crazy gun proposals while incrementally moving toward their ultimate goal of confiscation.
It appears to still be too much to ask for these candidates to actually have even scintilla of knowledge of an industry they are looking to heavily regulate.


His hands thrashed about to find my throat while I held him at arms length. They had been wrought again and again by time, appearing more as gnarled branches than human appendages. They were not the hands of an idle man, but one who had worked hard for his wealth, toiling by the sun and the dirt and the sweat of his brow. In the moonlight I could see how they writhed. Thomas, though three years my junior, was stronger than his slender build hinted. He held the old man's legs as he contorted in every attempt to evade the inevitable.
It was a month ago tonight that we had resolved to kill the old man. In his later years he had become quite insufferable. Having long since retired, he spent the majority of his days sitting on the porch spewing vitriolic obscenities at the passersby, deriving the utmost joy from making proper men spit and children cry. Life hadn't been much easier for us either. He was a terror daily, demanding from my brother and me the most trivial of acts, seemingly with the only intention of inconveniencing us further than the current burden of caring for him had already.
We had reasoned over and over how we could do it. Thomas had originally suggested that we use our grandfather's gun, which was stored in the basement, typically loaded, in case of emergencies; robbers and wild animals and the like. He reasoned that we could easily claim we thought he was a robber in the darkness. But in his weakened state I argued that no one would accept that as a reasonable alibi. Not only that, but the sound of a gunshot would certainly warrant immediate alarm and suspicion from the neighbors, who would beyond a doubt inform the authorities. Again, Thomas suggested we could poison him little by little, one day at a time. But again, this was unacceptable. It was likely that if his body were investigated, the poison would be noted. However we decided to do it, we agreed that it needed to be clean and it needed to be quiet.
At length we discussed it and finally agreed that the man was to be suffocated in his slumber. He was at such an age where nocturnal deaths weren't uncommon, which set us in a position where after the death we could safely alert the police, claiming to have found him upon waking the following morn. It was wholly believable, left no evidence, and absolved us of all suspect. Though the townspeople hated him, we had never shown any outward animosity towards our father.
His ancient body quaked violently until, at last, all movement ceased. I removed the pillow from his face to find his eyes wide open. Staring, as if in shock of his fate, or our betrayal, or both. I glanced away hurriedly, not caring to look into those cold eyes a moment longer. Thomas saw them too. He backed off the body and slowly continued back, never once breaking his gaze.
He nodded slightly and his voice, dry and shaken, rasped a reply, "Yes." He peered around the room a moment, "I'll be right down." And with that, I left.
In the kitchen I prepared for Thomas' arrival. I lighted a personal lantern as well as a variety of candles that littered the table. I poured two glasses of cheap wine we had purchased last week, saved for tonight, and I cut slices of fresh bread and cheese from Vermont. We had agreed that it was best to celebrate our father's passing; after all this was a freedom for both of us. Having originally planned to wait for my brother, my resolve ran thin and I could no longer postpone my feasting. The patricide had made me famished. The moment my teeth sunk into the soft bread my mouth gushed with saliva. The bread was so deliciously fresh and it smelled of the local bakery. The cheddar was also not to be missed. It was sharp, but in perfect contrast to both my bread and my wine. I was so caught up in my feasting that I failed to notice my brother's entrance. He stood across the table holding a glass of wine, very nearly spilling it with his trembling.
"John, you don't feel like…" he trailed off like he was still trying to form his thought, then continued: "like something in you just died?" He eyed me as if coming out of a daze.
"Oh." I had forgotten that Thomas had never gone hunting as a child, unlike myself who would at times go into the woods with friends to bring back rabbits or on special occasions a buck. The thought hadn't crossed my mind until now, but perhaps was this the first thing he's killed?
He sipped the wine and we sat in silence at the table, eating the fresh bread and cheese we had bought to celebrate.
"Yes. It's very good." He began to regain his composure.
For a long period of time nothing needed be said. We sat and ate until we were full, then we stared at the walls as if waiting for something to happen, each of us dealing with the deed in our own way. I'll admit to a feeling of guilt, but in an unexpected fashion. I felt guilty not for taking a life, but for feeling nothing after the act. I felt largely unaltered, which, in a way, put me very ill at ease. I could observe from Thomas that he was experiencing every moment with a new and terrifying emotion that he had to struggle to suppress. How I wished for the same.
The clock had just struck three, marking an hour since our father's passing. It was about this time that I truly began to study Thomas. The toll of the chimes initiated a jump of surprise and I began to realize a deterioration of his demeanor. His hands had been shaking since the incident, but only recently had I noticed his eyes. They alternated from stoic glances to sporadic bursts of darting all about the room. Aside from that he had been sweating profusely, not that I could blame him; it was far too warm that evening.
"Why me?" He questioned defensively. His jittery eyes now very focused.
"That's fine; I'll tell them I found him. Your room is just closer to his." I continued.
"I'm going to market and I wanted to know if there was anything he needed…" I trailed off as Thomas shook his head with disapproval.
"I'd say –" He stopped as though he'd been struck by lightning. His eyes meticulously scanned the room.
I grew with concern. His sudden alertness conjured horrible possibilities. Wild thoughts of my nightmares rushed through my head and I felt my cheeks flush with blood. What if someone was watching? What if they had found us out? I had been so careful; we closed the windows, held him down, kept it clean. We did everything in our power to keep this as controlled as possible. No. This was impossible; we had given no one any reason to suspect.
I listened intently but heard nothing.
"It wasn't the wind, Jonathan, it was a voice." He whispered with great intensity, "It was a human voice, and it said my name." Of this, he was certain.
"No, John. I know that voice." His eyes widened and he pointed to our father's bedroom. I realized that he was inferring our failure in completing our original task.
"Thomas. Get a hold of yourself." I attempted to reach him, unaware that I was still whispering. He looked at me and I could see a wave of reason slowly washing over him. I could see his very thoughts as he tried to convince himself of this lunacy. Then came the silence. "Good. Now pull yourself together. You're letting your mind play tricks. We'll both be damned if you go mad when the police come." The very inkling of our discovery filled his body with a coarse rigidity.
I had just begun cleaning when it had happened. I have never been one for superstition, and I would scarcely believe it had I not heard it with my own ears. But I had heard it, and I can never unhear it, nor can I unsee what then became of that night. I had just cleared the wine glasses from the table and had picked up what remained of the loaf of bread when I heard a distinct 'THUD,' from a room upstairs. I glanced across the table at a frighteningly pale figure that somewhat resembled my brother. He returned a stare, which formed a response that simultaneously gloated that he hadn't imagined the sounds while maintaining a terrible fear of the gallows. An encore of the sound was precisely what we needed to break us from our terror. Very little was said; we both knew someone was upstairs and they were the only thing standing in the way of our freedom. Thomas grasped the knife that we had just used on the bread, indicating that he would go first to investigate. I motioned he should take a candle, but the moon was out, and that was light enough for him.
As he began stealthily up the stairs, I made myself busy, cleaning our mess. If someone had spied us earlier, it was likely that our silence would alert them to our sudden realization that we were no longer alone. I tried with all of my reason to discern who could be in the house, and why. I doubted very much that a neighbor had heard the little ruckus that there was, and even if they had heard it, would it have been probable cause enough to warrant their own investigation? Would they have found the body? And how would they have even gotten upstairs without our knowing, unless they came in a window? Perhaps then burglars in the night were here to rob us. It is true that our father had amassed a small fortune, enough for us to live well on, but certainly not any wealth of extravagance or leisure. And what would we do with our visitor? I knew we wouldn't be able to kill a neighbor without consequence, but a thief perhaps… Though we would need to hide the body tomorrow and find a quiet way to dispose of it. I imagined how foolish my brother felt for alluding to our failure, but only a fraction to how foolish I felt that his allusion had even affected me.
My conjecture immediately halted the moment I heard the terrible sound. Not even in the wailing of the town cats or screeching of birds had I heard such distress. It was so nearly inhuman, but I knew the source without even a second guess. Amidst the horror of the scream was the slight timbre of my brother's voice. I reached for the lantern and sprinted up through the house. The scream pealed away to layers of cursing and heavy grunting, as if he was in a fight for his very life. As I reached the hallway I could hear the sickening 'shick' and 'chruuch' of a knife cutting through flesh and the blade grinding against bone, over and over again. I listened for a source and realized the sound was traveling from the now sepulchral room of our father.
As I turned the corner light from my lantern illuminated everything. There, crouched by the bed, was Thomas. He thrashed violently into the cadaver, screaming and cursing with every thrust. Blood coated his hands and chest, and against a moonlit backdrop he looked more like a wild beast than my brother. I rushed to him and with every ounce of my strength I attempted to pull him away, his knife ripped down the motionless chest before he lost his grip. I restrained his arms as he kicked wildly towards the corpse. It was at this point that I realized the window hung wide open and I knew with utter certainty that we had been found out. It was a sheer impossibility that our neighbors remained oblivious to our disruption.
"Have you gone completely mad?!" I am without restraint when I pin him to the wall. Between the light of the moon and the lantern I could see tears in his eyes.
He slid his back down the wall and continued rambling in his crazed state, his voice trembling with every breath. I picked up the lantern that I had placed before the struggle and perused the scene. As I noticed the blood stained sheets and body, littered with wounds, the thought dawned on me that our careful planning had been in vain. I explained to Thomas that we needed to hide the body and that our plan had to change but he was in no condition to help. His progressive madness devoured him as he continued his wild murmurings. I began stripping the sheets, wrapping the body in them as I peeled them off the bed. Miraculously very little blood had fallen on the wood floor. I fetched a bowl of water and a towel and cleaned until it was unnoticeable. Through all of this I maintained a stoic outer appearance, unshaken by my brother, but my emotions betrayed my composition. Internally I was swept into a whirlwind of doubts, the biggest of which was whether or not Thomas had imagined the whole thing. I knew he must have… but I heard the mysterious sound that beckoned us just as well as he. Could he be right? Had we failed to murder our father? I pushed the thoughts out of my mind to accomplish the task at hand, a task now substantially more difficult and more dangerous.
"I need you here, with me." I stared him down, like an animal establishing dominance. His mumbling had ceased and though he now stared at me, I doubted his cognizance. His body still lightly convulsed with tremors of terror, but I could see him fighting to regain control.
"What should we do?" He barely stammered.
I thought out the scenario countless times over but our discovery seemed more and more inevitable by the moment. At length we assessed that before we could corroborate an alibi the body must be well hidden. We couldn't take the body out of the house tonight without potentially being spotted by any neighbors who would have been awakened by the screams, and hiding him in any room in the house would be just as much a risk when the police arrive. Our only remaining option was to hide him under the house. When the house was originally constructed the basement had a dirt floor, it was only in later generations that someone had the good thought to place a wood floor over soil. It was here we would bury our father, if only temporary, until we had the ability to get him out unnoticed.
Before we commenced with the act I tried to talk Thomas into relinquishing the knife he was still brandishing. Despite having explained the corpse couldn't possibly become any more dead he remained obstinate in his possession of the object. This made me notably uneasy. I doubted very much that he would ever consciously harm me, but I could not be sure with him in such a state. Nevertheless he maintained his blade and we hoisted the body into the hall.
The descent to the basement was typically an easy venture and would still be had we not had to transport the aged cadaver. From our father's room we would go down the long hallway, down the stairs, through the foyer, and into the kitchen, wherein there was a door proceeded by more stairs. Our father had grown weakened and mildly corpulent through his age and seldom had the energy to walk the duel stairs. Likewise, we too had so become burdened by the trip, having to fetch various trinkets from the cellar on his whims, that we kept a majority of our belongings on the ground level or second story. It was this detail that two facts emerged; the first being that the basement had become fairly barren, leaving only the least desired of his belongings to fester in the stink of time and forgetfulness, truly making an appropriate tomb, and the second being that we had forgotten entirely where the floorboards were weakened and that finding a hiding place would prove more of an ordeal than time would allow.
In a race to beat the nearing dawn and the certain police investigation it would usher in, we clumsily wrapped the body in the sheets and hobbled down the hallway. The body weighed about as much as I imagined it would and took all of our strength to keep our grip on the cloth. I had no choice but to leave the lighted lantern in his room until we finished the task at hand. In our silence my imagination took advantage of our state and I recalled stories whispered around the fire in my childhood, terrifying stories of betrayal and murders and ghosts. I blamed Thomas' superstitious irrationalities for this lapse of reason. And though I knew even then that I was being a fool, I couldn't erase these thoughts or convince myself of their fraudulent claims. What struck me to my soul was not the horrible intentions of the parties involved or even the possibility that ghosts are indeed real and vengeful beings, but that in all these stories, either by supernatural or man made means, the bad men always met a ghastly fate. And as much as I convinced Thomas that we did the right thing, for our own lives and well-being, I knew beyond any doubt that we were the bad men.
By the time we reached the bottom of the first set of stairs I felt such physical strain that I suggested we stop a moment. Thomas agreed, clearly feeling the strain as well. It was in this respite and in the dim light of the moon that the dreadful realization hit me. I could see it, glistening in the darkness; spots of liquid rubies had littered the stairs, and for all I knew they led a trail back to his bedroom. The body was dripping. We agreed to hurry onward with no further rests and clean the blood upstairs as soon as we reached the basement level.
Through much struggle and sweat we reached the cellar door. The few candles that still burned in the kitchen mixed with the moonlight to reveal a blood-speckled floor, which led out into the foyer. Too exhausted to care now, I propped myself against the wall next to the door and fumbled for the knob while holding up the body. The latch in the doorknob clicked and I plied the door open to reveal a pitch-black stairwell. At the bottom of the stairs moonlight littered the floor, coming from the tiny windows that were above ground near the basement ceiling. With great caution I took the first step into the blackened abyss. One foot after the other I felt around, only placing pressure on the foot after I had undeniably found the subsequent step. I could feel the cloth in my hands tremble with my brother's waning grip.
"That's enough. I don't want to hear anymore of your paranoid prattle. We'll be at the gallows by noon tomorrow if we don't hurry." And the truth was I didn't want to hear it, because I had become just as paranoid as he. I pulled onward to finish the task but with a tremendous jerk I felt the other side go limp. I could just barely see the blanket slip from his hands, falling to the floor and uncovering the twisted face, his eyes still staring.
The sight of those eyes was just enough to entirely break Thomas, and before I could stop him, he leapt down to the body and slashed his throat vigorously, as if to finally assure himself that this man was unequivocally dead. Warm redness gushed down the stairs and I felt the oozing liquid at my feet. I immediately lost all control and screamed at Thomas, disparaging his idiocy, but in the excitement of the moment I lost my footing, sliding down the wetted steps, dragging both the body and Thomas with me.
We hit the floor with a crack. I imagined it was a floorboard until I felt the surge of pain shooting through my left side. I was certain I had broken some of my ribs, but I couldn't address the pain yet. I continued to curse Thomas and wrestle the knife from his hands. He threw several punches at me in attempts to keep his weapon, one of which hit where the intense pain struck me, but it was my fist meeting his throat which finally distracted him enough for me to grab the knife and throw it across the room.
With both of us hunched over in exquisite pain, gasping for air, recovering our strength from the trek downstairs we were both immobilized by something sinister, something impossible, so fantastic that we were marred by a disgusting emotion that was not unlike fear, but wholly more powerful. In the midst of our breathing I heard a sound that no logical conclusion accounted for. A sound discordant from myself and too close in proximity to be coming from Thomas, the source of which could only be the blood-soaked body that lay on the floor between us. This old man that had tortured us in life had tortured us all the more in death, for in between my labored breathing and shots of pain which dulled all my senses I could hear, from the ancient bones between us, the unmistakable sound of a beating heart.
Unable to fully comprehend the implications of what we both heard so clearly, we both immediately began tearing up floorboards, working as fast as our worn out bodies could fashion. In the moonlight I found shovels. We quickly broke ground and as we dug I glanced around the basement. Just as I remembered, we had rather emptied it, nearby there were a series of shelves that only had a handful of memories left on them, including some old books, some unused ceramic pots, some nails and tools, which would help with covering the hole in the floor, and our grandfather's gun, which we avoided to save ourselves further trouble, a concept that seemed rather pointless anymore.
I could feel my ribs stabbing into something inside of me every time I cast down my shovel, filling my torso with an excruciating pain. If it hadn't been for Thomas being so adamant in digging we'd have never finished the hole by morning. We now stood before a hole in the floor roughly six feet long, four feet wide, and three feet deep. We had figured it would be enough to hold the body for the time being but we also lacked the capacity to dig further. We eyed our work in silence and moved to the body that now haunted our thoughts. Worn down and weak we dragged the body to the edge of the hole and rolled it in. It had landed in a grisly position with its spine twisted and face pointed to the sky, or towards us; the imagination reeled.
Anxious to hide the terrors of this night I moved fast to the shovels, as Thomas stood in bewilderment at the placement of the body. I had just turned back when I saw him shake out of his gaze and turn only to lose his footing mid-step, falling directly over the terrible mass of skin and bones and into the hastily made grave. He screamed with unmatched horror and I scrambled to his aid. I latched onto his arms and pulled him off, kicking and screaming over and over that he had been pulled, that the corpse had grabbed him, and as soon as he was on his feet he began stomping with all his might upon the old man below. Sickening crunching and cracking sounds of bone and cartilage seeped from the ground with each motion as I tried to restrain him. I looked into the grave to see a face entirely unrecognizable. Except for those eyes that continued to stare deep into my soul.
With a great push I knocked Thomas to the ground, begging him to stop this insanity, but he was unreachable. Whatever remained of my brother was lost in the labyrinthine complexes of his mind. He was now but a shell that was ruled by his fear, and I feared him. He struck back at me with a clenched fist to my right ear, leaving a terrible ringing sound for a brief moment. I struck back at him and tried to restrain him with my arms, but I withdrew quickly when I felt teeth break the skin of my left forearm. He pulled back, taking an inch of solid flesh with him.
In a glut of pain I stumbled back, my skull cracking hard against the shelves I spied earlier. Now my head, my left arm, right ear, left ribs and whatever organs they punctured all screamed in a discordance of agony only amplified by the physical and mental strain of the night. My vision blurred on impact for a moment, but in my good ear I heard erratic scrambling and heavy labored steps, followed by an awful metallic sound. My vision came back just in time to see my brother in the moonlight, standing before me, covered in blood, bruised and damaged and completely deranged. And in his hand I saw it, reflecting white light, shimmering in the fantastic brilliance of unmatched terror. I saw the knife that my brother was going to use to kill me. With no time to consider I reached for the shelf above me. Thomas lunged forward and in utter immediacy I had fired my grandfather's gun, piercing the chest of the man in front of me. The discharge of the gun echoed through my body and in extreme pain and exhaustion I collapsed to the floor, vomiting and sweating profusely.
The time I spent on the floor was entirely indiscernible. It could have been minutes, but just as easily hours. I sat in that terrible silence, observing the work of my hands, dull to any emotion, crippled with physical pain. Eventually I heard the sounds. They were so very faint at first but became unmistakable, familiar. As my mind pushed me farther into the depths of my madness I heard cacophony of accompanying noises. First the pounding of the hard wooden door. Then voices. Very faint, very far away, then very near and vivid. Then came the sounds of shoes on the floor above me, then on the steps. The lantern in the room, the stripped sheets, the blood trail, the mangled and unrecognizable bodies, surely they saw everything. The rest is a blur, I cannot possibly recall more. The aftermath of the night of August the twenty-fifth will forever pale in comparison to the events that preceded. As I sat in the basement, covered in blood, surrounded by cops and cadavers, the final thing I recall, with growing intensity, becoming abhorrently unbearable, was the sound of two beating hearts.
© 2012 by Dwight Evan Young. All rights reserved.


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Middle School Song Fest
Host: Vanessa Trauger
Where: Dallastown Area Middle School(map)
When: November 14, 2020
Concert: 4:00 pm (doors open at approximately 3:30 pm)
Tickets: Will be sold at the door - $3 (cash only)
Guest Conductor: Patrick K. Freer
Patrick K. Freer – Biography
Patrick K. Freer is Professor of Music at Georgia State University and former Visiting Professor at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg (Austria). His degrees are from Westminster Choir College and Teachers College-Columbia University. Dr. Freer has conducted or presented in 39 states and 29 countries, including recent guest conducting for multiple All-State and Divisional ACDA Honor Choirs, more than 75 professional and/or honor choirs in the USA and abroad, and the 2017 choral symposium of the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra (Colombia). His 2019-20 guest conducting and lecturing take him to Austria, Ecuador, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden, and to the US states of Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. Dr. Freer is Editor of the International Journal of Research in Choral Singing, past editor of Music Educators Journaland is an Editorial Committee member for Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. He is a member of the ACDA National Standing Committee for Research & Publications.He has authored 3 textbooks, a DVD series for teachers, an extensive internet video series for middle school singers, 19 book chapters/sections, and over 130 articles in most of the field's leading national and international journals.
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Episode 44: More Abortion! Now With Actual Experts!
In this episode, Maya and Rebecca have the great pleasure of talking to not one but TWO amazing experts: Dr. Gretchen Sisson, who researches abortion portrayals in media at UCSF, and Jessica Mason Pieklo, journalist and lawyer and cohost of Boom! Lawyered podcast. These amazing women bring their knowledge and insights to the topic of abortion in the cultural imagination and the relationship between the legal status of abortion and the cultural conversation around abortion.


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NAIROBI, Kenya (PAMACC News) - Development stakeholders from Africa have been challenged to drive strategies and mechanisms that can speed-up the climate ambition of their different countries.
Different speakers at the opening of the Seventh Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA – VII) conference in Nairobi, October 10,2018, agreed that Africa must hence lead the way in the implementation of the Paris Agreement by operationalising their different nationally determined contributions in line with the Paris Agreement.
According to James Murombedzi, Officer in Charge of the Economic Commission for Africa's African Climate Policy Center (ACPC), while the Agreement is a treaty between nation states, its implementation is the challenge of the different countries in line with their Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs) .
"Africa has the potential to drive the implementation of the Paris Agreement," he said.
He notes that sustainable, inclusive and equitable development which does not increase atmospheric carbon concentrations was possible.
"But for these opportunities to be realized, a lot needs to be done by the different countries".
Kenya's Environment and Forestry Minister, Keriako Tobiko called on African governments to exercise good political will to make the Paris Agreement implementation effective.
"Without political goodwill recommendations from scientists as contained in the Agreement cannot be translated to policies," Keriako said.
Climate change accordingly is seriously impacting in many African countries making life perilous for especially the vulnerable population, women, children, reason why the implementation of the Paris Agreement is more than urgent.
"The implementation of the Paris Agreement remains a priority for the continent in order to adapt to the inevitability of climate variability and change. It is however important to emphasize that achieving the goals of the Agreement require committed leadership from state and non-state actors," the Minister said.
Among other actions, countries were enjoined to integrated green economy in the development action plans.
"Integration of green economy and other innovative carbon free investments in national action plans have today become critical," Murombedzi said.
He also ccommented on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
The reports he said, means that there is a chance for a stable climate system which will allow for sustainable development but only if we do manage to halt emissions in the projected time frame.
"This added implies doing two things, the first to halt emissions and to have an organized transition to a carbon neutral future in the shortest time possible. And the second to restructure our economies to ensure sustainable development without further emissions," Murombedzi said.
He said it has been demonstrated that in addressing these challenges, there were opportunities to be harnessed.
James Kinyangi of the AfDB and the ClimDev Fund, for his part disclosed an ambitious Climate Action Change Plan for the period 2016-2020 for the Bank.
He said the plan explores modalities for achieving adaptation, the adequacy and effectiveness of climate finance, capacity building and technology transfer – building skills so African economies to fully harness potential for adaptation in high technology sectors.
It is also geared at addressing the missing links for enhanced uptake and use of Climate Information and Services into development planning, policy and practice in Africa, including sectoral contributions as well as understand the various options to finance climate action, including the modalities for unlocking available and new forms of climate finance.


Winner of the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, China Miéville's astonishing Embassytown is an intelligent and immersive exploration of language in an alien world.
Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe.
Avice is an immerser, a traveller on the immer, the sea of space and time below the everyday, now returned to her birth planet. Here on Arieka, humans are not the only intelligent life, and Avice has a rare bond with the natives, the enigmatic Hosts - who cannot lie.
Only a tiny cadre of unique human Ambassadors can speak Language, and connect the two communities. But an unimaginable new arrival has come to Embassytown. And when this Ambassador speaks, everything changes.
Catastrophe looms. Avice knows the only hope is for her to speak directly to the alien Hosts.


Amsterdam Fashion Week returned in 2018 with a new venue and new concept. The 'see now, buy now' approach saw a selection of designers and shops showcase their in-store collections on the runway. We were invited into the marquee (dressed for the occasion in '90s logomania) to see first-hand what Amsterdammers will be wearing this season and beyond.
Opening night was headlined by Dutch fashion royalty David Laport, whose ethereal dresses have captured the attention of celebrities including Solange Knowles. The soundtrack for the show came from eight grand pianos placed along the runway, which models wove their way around. Laport presented a heavily textured collection that blended sheer with shine, mesh with feathers and sculptural shapes inspired by flowers. His signature pleats and gossamer layers were lifted with citrus shades, bubble gum pink and inky blues.
A newcomer to Amsterdam Fashion Week, but a brand with no less of an impressive following, 10 Days put together a collection of covetable separates encapsulating the elevated minimalism that Dutch women do so well. Understated though they were, the pieces were cleanly designed, seasonless and in many cases gender-neutral. An excellent example of the 'see now, buy now' marketing strategy in action, the collection had the audience earmark piece after piece to purchase after the show.
By far the least expected name to see in a fashion week lineup, Lidl Supermarket came to the party with a collection co-designed by Heidi Klum. An army of models in matching outfits walked out against projections of grocery items: tea bags, laundry detergent, coffee, sometimes carrying said items as accessories. This core collection was interspersed by designs created by five recent fashion graduates from around the Netherlands: Mirte Luijmes, Heidi Dai, Lieselot Elzinga, Amber Willemztijn and Laura Snijders. Production values were exceptionally high at this show, with polished styling, big name models and famous faces in the front row.
'Lost Angeles' was the premise of Zoe Karssen's show and we were transported to a grungy part of downtown LA as soon as the first outfit came out. It takes a special kind of talent to make a collection based largely of biker jackets and distressed denim to feel fresh, but Karssen delivered. The tougher pieces were balanced by sportswear and swimsuits in tropical bird prints. Even the soundtrack, opening with the fast-paced 'Tomboy' by Princess Nokia, had the models stomp along at a hurried pace that added to the edgy, attitudinal vibe.


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Pollution not only harms the environment, but it can also negatively affect the health of those nearby and individuals who rely on the natural world for their livelihoods. Global Citizen campaigns on the United Nations' Global Goals, including on preventing environmental destruction and ensuring everybody can live healthy lives free from toxic pollution. You can take action on these issues and more here.
More than 400 schools in Pasir Gudang, a town in the Malaysian state of Johor, have been ordered to close until Thursday after chemical pollution saw almost 100 students fall ill.
"This includes 111 primary and secondary schools … and 347 private kindergartens registered with the department," Azman Adnan, the director of Johor's education department, stated according to Channel News Asia. "The department will monitor and help schools to ensure the students' wellbeing."
The source of pollution is currently unclear.
Many locals believe chemical factories in the region may have illegally emitted toxic fumes. In March, a similar event occurred, when toxic waste was discarded unlawfully into the Sungai Kim Kim river, which caused poisonous fumes to travel over the same schools currently affected.
One hundred Pasir Gudang schools were subsequently closed as 5,000 people fell ill.
Three people were later charged.
WATCH: First it was the Sungai Kim Kim pollution. Now another incident has caused residents in Pasir Gudang to fall ill. Here's how both incidents unfolded
Latest developments: https://t.co/gNiAKM0boqpic.twitter.com/evqJ8kstJ1
— CNA (@ChannelNewsAsia) June 26, 2019
Authorities claim there are no chemical remains from the March incident and that the current pollution is unrelated.
Members of the region's department of environment are, however, currently using machines to investigate the air quality outside 30 petrochemical and palm oil factories in the region. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced "stern action" would be brought against any individual or company found to be doing the wrong thing.
The link between health deterioration and pollution within Malaysia is not unique to Pasir Gudang. The nation has long witnessed poor air quality — linked predominantly to Malaysia's regular open burning of forests.
Likewise, in 2018, following China's ban on waste imports, Malaysia imported 754,000 tons of plastic waste — up from 250,000 in 2015. Factories in Kuala Langat, near the national capital, were then found to be illegally burning the mounds of waste, which released vast amounts of toxic fumes into the environment and caused locals to become unwell.
Over the past week, parents in the area have brought their sick children to a stadium in Pasir Gudang that has been temporarily remade into an early treatment center.
At the center, local mother Siti Mariam Siam told the Malaysian Insight she feared for her children's safety.
"The smell was putrid, and it had affected my 9-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter," she stated. "He vomited about five times, and my daughter experienced headaches."
Mahathir vows to take stern action against Pasir Gudang polluters https://t.co/Q1ScpUONRy
— The New Paper (@thenewpaper) June 25, 2019
Another parent, whose daughter has suffered continual vomiting and kidney pain, said Pasir Gudang citizens deserved to be informed when air quality deteriorates. He suggested an alert system be implemented, which could send an email or phone notification to warn residents to stay indoors.
"We already know this is an industrial area, (the government) must have detectors to monitor any chemical pollution in our air," Malik told Channel News Asia. "There has been no feedback on the source of the contamination. It could happen again now, in a little while or tomorrow, and we wouldn't know. There is no confidence given to residents."
"We, the residents of Pasir Gudang, don't feel safe anymore," he added.
The chief minister of Johor, Sahruddin Jamal, said exact details on the pollution source should be known in a matter of days — once factory inspections conclude.
TopicsEducationHealthAir PollutionMalaysia
Over 400 Schools in This Malaysian Town Have Closed Due to Toxic Air Pollution
By Madeleine Keck


and to some extent, the Surface Transportation Board.
The Secretary of Transportation provides the DOT with leadership. The Secretary is also the principal adviser to the President in all matters relating to federal transportation programs. The Office of the Secretary oversees the formulation of national transportation policy and promotes intermodal transportation. Other responsibilities range from negotiating and implementing international transportation agreements, assuring the fitness of US airlines, enforcing airline consumer protection regulations, issuing of regulations to prevent alcohol and illegal drug misuse in transportation systems and preparing transportation legislation. Last month, the US Senate confirmed Ray LaHood as transportation secretary. He is reported to support tolls on new highways although not for existing highways. He would also support higher vehicle-mileage standards and stricter emissions standards for cars. One of his first concerns will be how to use funds in the proposed $825 billion economic stimulus package.
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Review: The Reason Why "Bright" Was So Dim
12 Jan 2018 Guardian Life
Will Smith starring in an action fantasy thriller? Of course, we're all excited to see that. Bright had a lot of things going for it as soon as it was announced. A movie that was painted as Netflix's big dive into the world of blockbusters starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Repace and more; it…
There Will Be A "Bright" Sequel As Netflix Ignores Critics
4 Jan 2018 Guardian Life
Netflix has confirmed a sequel to Bright --despite the overall bad reviews from critics-- and fans are delighted. The sequel will be written and directed by David Ayer just like the first with Will Smith and Joel Edgerton reprising their roles as LAPD officers. Despite the reactions from critics tagging the movie as one of…
The Reviews For Will Smith's "Bright" Are As Dim As They Come
21 Dec 2017 Guardian Life
Netflix's Bright starts streaming tomorrow and the reviews are a sharp contrast to the movie title. The movie is Netflix's first foot in the waters of original blockbuster movies; directed by David Ayer (director of Suicide Squad) and starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton and other well-known names in Hollywood, the expectations were high for this…
"BRIGHT: The Album" Drops As Anticipation Builds For Movie
18 Dec 2017 Music
This past Friday, Atlantic Records released BRIGHT: The Album, the musical companion to the upcoming movie sci-fi BRIGHT that drops on December 22, 2017. The album features an eclectic range of songs and artists like "Campfire" by DRAM & Neil Young, "FTW (F**k The World)" by A$AP Rocky & Tom Morello, "That's My N****," by Meek Mill,…
Will Smith's New Sci-Fi Film "Bright" Is A Comment On Society
18 Dec 2017 Film
Hollywood star Will Smith hopes his new film Bright will draw attention to some of the issues dividing society today. Smith, who on Friday, December 15, attended the UK premiere of the film, said it was an exciting time to witness the way the world is changing. Directed by Suicide Squad filmmaker David Ayer, Bright is set in…


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The village of Nakatsugawa, located in Iide, Yamagata prefecture, is one of the most uniquely beautiful villages in Japan. In fact, it was named exactly that in 2014, due to its unique landscape fronting the dramatic Iide mountain range and well-preserved customs and culture, including snow festivals in both winter and summer.
But even Nakatsugawa does not escape the host of daunting challenges that plague Japan's rural and small towns, including a high average age, few young people, depopulation and falling tax revenue. If current trends continue throughout Japan, 869 municipalities—nearly half of Japan's total—will be at risk of vanishing by 2040, villages like Nakatsugawa among them.
The Resilience Strategy to Save Nakatsugawa
That doesn't stop such villages from fighting back, and Nakatsugawa in particular has taken a unique approach to forging its future. In joining a collaborative initiative called as Shuraku OS, named after the Japanese word or village or settlement, Nakatsugawa has partnered with Fulford Enterprises, run by the English-born Adam Fulford to bring more revenue, attention and people to the village. Shuraku OS is a suite of solutions for villages, including a local leader-run Future Committee, an international community intern, English language training, support for hosting university and corporate training events, and marketing assistance to generate more value out of local products.
The initiative launched on October 24 with a "video bento" online event, bringing together experts and passionate individuals from around the world to share what Fulford believes communities like Nakatsugawa have to offer the world: sustainability and resilience.
What is a Video Bento?
Fulford and a dozen other participants gave 10-minute presentations on the meaning of resilience and how rural communities can promote a more resilient and sustainable way of life. "Covid-19 has drawn everyone's attention to the fragile nature of contemporary urban life," says Fulford. "When the going is good, convenience culture works. But with each new opportunity to think only of one's own pleasure and comfort and safety, we are making it more difficult for all of us to cope when the going gets tough."
"We are making it more difficult for all of us to cope when the going gets tough"
That's where villages like Nakatsugawa come in. Fulford and other experts believe that rural communities can point to a more sustainable way of life, best exemplified by the "44 resilience values." Tokyo City University Professor Furukawa Ryuzo interviewed hundreds of people over the age of 90 to find out about life before convenience. As a result of these interviews, he identified 44 lifestyle resilience values as common elements, mainly bonds with nature, family and the community. Disparate values on the list, like "make what you eat," "a readiness to share" "one life, many livelihoods" and "walking everywhere" only come together when they are applied as a whole, cohesive way of life.
Sharing Resilience Values with the World
Other talks on the three-hour-long YouTube stream included Professor Masae Mitsuhashi at Tohoku University speaking about her workshops that apply the 44 resilience values in local communities, Wasswa Paul discussing his NGO in rural Uganda that works with at-risk children to conduct sustainable agriculture, and Yusuke Watanabe covering the adaptability and creativity needed to get by in a wheelchair. A diverse mix of talks on the October 24 event covered everything from gardening to calligraphy.
To share resilience values with the world, and inspire greater international interest in Japan's remote villages, Fulford also launched a companion project to Shuraku OS: Shuraku Cloud. While Shuraku OS consists of the strategies that Nakatsugawa uses to secure its future, Shuraku Cloud is the international platform that convinces people that these towns are worth visiting in the first place.
"A Video Bento is one way of showcasing what these individual communities are doing," said Fulford. "Some people may think that Japan's villages are simply doomed. Others, like me, can see buried cultural treasure glinting in those communities."
Positive Change for the Future
Priya Mu, originally from south India and currently Nakatsugawa's community intern, produced several videos for the video bento, including interviewing local residents on intelligent, tech-free farming strategies that borrow the power of nature. As a part of her job, Mu helps out with everything from supporting English learning for local farmhouse BnBs, documenting life in the village, and testing out new strategies that can bring revenue to the village, like freeze-drying traditional food items.
"We need more sustainable economic opportunities"
"We need more sustainable economic opportunities [in Nakatsugawa]. My role is to find those possible opportunities," says Mu. "As a community intern, I feel I am both an insider and an outsider at the same time which gives me an opportunity to act as a bridge that connects the community and the local values with new and unexplored possibilities. Hopefully this can grow bigger in the future and help bring positive changes to Nakatsugawa Chiku and possibly extend to other marginal villages."
Starting at the end of November, Fulford will begin to release new videos about once every two weeks, featuring a similar diversity of talks: the life of a tea farmer, Nakatsugawa's one-of-a-kind snow festival, making a business out of akiya (Japan's empty houses), and reemploying the economically vulnerable in Japan's IT business.
Learn more about resilience values here
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Although every report is custom-made for the VU Final Project Report it represents, some conventions of report format are universal. These conventions have developed over a long period of time, and they represent a consensus about what parts are necessary to a good research report and how they should be ordered. The consensus is not an inviolable law, though. Each report writing book suggests its own unique format and every report writer has to pick and choose the parts and the order that work best for the project at hand. Many companies and universities also have an in-house, suggested report formats or writing guides that researchers should be aware of.
Report format: The general plan of organization for the parts of a written or oral research report. The researchers tailor the format to the project. The format of a research report may need adjustment for two reasons: (1) to obtain the proper level of formality and (2) to decrease the complexity of the report. We shall look at the most formal type i.e. a report for a large project done within an organization or one done by a research agency for a client company. This sort of report is usually bound with a permanent cover and may be hundreds of pages long.
Students who are writing a thesis shall have to follow the format requirements of the university where they shall be submitting it. Thesis format is little different, and it shall be explained as we proceed.
In the research design the researcher is required to tell how the data shall be processed (manually, mechanically), and analysis plans explicated. In case the qualitative data are to be quantifies the procedures should be spelled out. The procedures for the construction of score Indexes, if any, should be explained.


The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking information about industry capabilities to move Medicare Fee-for-Service claims processing from the current Medicare data centers to CMS' enterprise data centers, a critical component of Medicare modernization.
The enterprise data centers will provide greater control of operations, greater flexibility in meeting future challenges and a reduction in the number of data centers.
Common Working File, a database of claims activity for each beneficiary. CMS maintains 54 separate contracts for this work.
CMS considers experience with Medicare data center processing and Medicare regulations critical. Vendors should submit information by Sept. 27.


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import functools
import inspect
import sys

import wrapt

from tensorlayer.decorators.utils import (
    add_deprecation_notice_to_docstring, get_qualified_name, validate_deprecation_args
)

__all__ = ['deprecated']

# Allow deprecation warnings to be silenced temporarily with a context manager.
_PRINT_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS = True

# Remember which deprecation warnings have been printed already.
_PRINTED_WARNING = {}

def deprecated(wrapped=None, date='', instructions='', warn_once=True):

    if wrapped is None:
        return functools.partial(deprecated, date=date, instructions=instructions, warn_once=warn_once)

    @wrapt.decorator
    def wrapper(wrapped, instance=None, args=None, kwargs=None):

        validate_deprecation_args(date, instructions)

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            if class_or_func_name not in _PRINTED_WARNING:
                if warn_once:
                    _PRINTED_WARNING[class_or_func_name] = True

                from tensorlayer import logging

                logging.warning(
                    '%s: `%s.%s` (in file: %s) is deprecated and will be removed %s.\n'
                    'Instructions for updating: %s\n' % (
                        "Class" if inspect.isclass(wrapped) else "Function", wrapped.__module__, class_or_func_name,
                        wrapped.__code__.co_filename, 'in a future version' if date is None else
                        ('after %s' % date), instructions
                    )
                )

        return wrapped(*args, **kwargs)

    decorated = wrapper(wrapped)

    if sys.version_info > (3, 0):  # docstring can only be edited with Python 3
        wrapt.FunctionWrapper.__setattr__(
            decorated, "__doc__", add_deprecation_notice_to_docstring(wrapped.__doc__, date, instructions)
        )

    return decorated

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// OpaqueBrowserFrameViewLayout.
class OpaqueBrowserFrameViewLinux
    : public OpaqueBrowserFrameViewPlatformSpecific,
      public views::WindowButtonOrderObserver {
 public:
  OpaqueBrowserFrameViewLinux(
      OpaqueBrowserFrameView* view,
      OpaqueBrowserFrameViewLayout* layout,
      Profile* profile);
  virtual ~OpaqueBrowserFrameViewLinux();

  // Overridden from OpaqueBrowserFrameViewPlatformSpecific:
  virtual bool IsUsingSystemTheme() OVERRIDE;

  // Overridden from views::WindowButtonOrderObserver:
  virtual void OnWindowButtonOrderingChange(
      const std::vector<views::FrameButton>& leading_buttons,
      const std::vector<views::FrameButton>& trailing_buttons) OVERRIDE;

 private:
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  OpaqueBrowserFrameViewLayout* layout_;

  ThemeService* theme_service_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(OpaqueBrowserFrameViewLinux);
};

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A creepy entrance gate warns visitors that there are plenty of scary cabins inside Camp Spookynaw, AKA, Camp Saginaw, during the Halloween season.
CHRIS BARBER — THE DAILY LOCAL NEWS
Halloween haunt for kids in the Oxford area emphasizes fantasy
By Jim Callahan jcallahan@dailylocal.com @JimCallahan2 on Twitter
NEW LONDON >> A different kind of Halloween spook attraction that doesn't emphasize killer clowns and other macabre beings is running at a summer camp in the Oxford area through October.
Camp Spookynaw, using the grounds of the Camp Saganaw grounds, is offering "family-friendly" haunts along the lines of fantasy wizards and witches, said organizers.
"We wanted to go a different route," said Keith Moyer, who is managing the attraction. "It still startles and scares, but it is a little more of a theatrical production."
Moyer said he has been a TV actor and producer with an interest in theatrical productions.
They've created a storyline involving the summer camp for children being a former summer camp for the children of witches and wizards in a previous age. The haunt is conceived as a fantasy, he said, more like a renaissance fair.
What is "age appropriate" however, is admittedly up to the adults bringing children to the exhibit. Things will still jump out and make a lot of noise. Some kids come through fine, others are a bit more upset, he said. Parents have to judge.
"It's not an R-rated haunt," he said. "We are a high-startle, no-gore tour."
Moyer said his group likes to point out that Halloween used to be for kids to have fun, and was appropriated by teens and adults. He said their effort is to return the holiday to kids.
While the business is separate from the summer camp, Moyer said the facilities are an integral part of creating the atmosphere for the show.
They've been planning for the show since February, using existing buildings. There are some animatronics, and puppets.
"We've approached it like a film, setting up scenes," he said. "We have 10 buildings of chilling fun."
A full description of the show is at their website is at http://www.campspookynaw.com.
It is the inaugural season for the attraction at 740 Saginaw Road, Oxford. The attraction runs Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through October, and Nov. 1 and 2, from 7 to 11 p.m. Ticket and other information is available at the website.
It is located in southwestern Chester County in the general Oxford area, at "the edge of the world," Moyer said.
The market for the attraction includes northern Maryland and Delaware in addition to Chester County. "We've had interest from as far away as West Chester," he said.
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Vehicle charging stations added to Kennett retirement complex
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Kate and Chad's beach-themed wedding day was like taking a trip to the ocean! They read their own personalized vows and exited the ceremony with beach balls flying overhead. After some fantastic speeches, complete with props, Kate and Chad showed everyone their awesome dance moves during their first dance as husband and wife.
Congratulations again Kate and Chad!