YOUNG half Lachlan Lam and forward Moses Meninga have been handed starting roles in Kumuls coach Michael Marum's line up for Sunday's rugby World Cup match against the US.
Lam, 19, who is following the footsteps of his father and Kumul great Adrian Lam, replaces chief playmaker Ase Boas who is being rested on medical advice to be fit for a possible quarterfinal against England on Nov 19.
With Papua New Guinea all but assured of a finals berth, Marum has rang in the changes with Meninga set to fill in at prop — a position he has not played in at club level.
Lam becomes Kumul No.283 while Meninga is No.284.
Prop Wellington Albert was ruled out of the match with an ankle injury which will take at least two weeks to recover from, which means he will not get to play again unless the Kumuls make the semifinals.
In another unconventional selection, the Kumuls will take a light bench into the match against the Tomahawks with Marum opting for just one forward — Nixon Putt — earning his second test cap while Kurt Baptiste, Stargroth Amean and Thompson Teteh make up the rest of the reserves.
"We got young Lam for his debut and he'll be starting at five-eighth this week and also starting at front row will be Moses Meninga," Marum said.
"This time I'm going with speed on the bench and that is the whole reason why we got Thompson, Nixon and Stargroth on along with Kurt.
"We just want to use our speed now rest our big boys. Stanton Albert and Enoch Maki played well last weekend but there were some errors in their game and they know what to improve on. But if these boys named in the starting line-up this weekend play and play well, there is a chance of them playing again next week.
"We are looking at pushing up the young players as well and that's where Lachlan Lam, pictured, comes in.
"We might probably have some more test matches again next year so for those players to gain experience now is important because it will help in the long run, and if we do need Lachlan again for future games, he is young and he's only 19.
"Nixon and Moses also deserve a chance so we can keep track of them so that we have a good mix of players for the future," Marum added.
"Ase Boas has been named on the extended bench but we'll see how we go in training this week.
"Upon advice from our medical team especially the physio Simon Morris, Ase is better off having a rest this weekend to prepare him for the quarterfinals so we are only going by the medical advice we've got," Marum said.
Despite the changes Marum said he was not underestimating the US who are yet to register a win in the tournament, but is more focused on giving all his players game time.
Another change in the team will see James Segeyaro in the starting line-up ahead of Kurt Baptiste who started in the No.9 jersey last week.
"We just rotating the dummy half, we started off with Wartovo in the first game, we started Kurt last week and now we going to start with James, so after this week we'll decide who among the three will start in the quarterfinal.
"Our hookers are experienced, they are our main playmakers and it's quite hard for me sometimes when I'm picking but we have to look at how we want to play against sides.
"The US were beaten badly by Fiji and Italy so they'll want to finish their tournament well and we can't lose focus on that match, we have to go out there and beat them," Marum said.
Kumuls: 1. David Mead (c) 2. Justin Olam 3. Kato Ottio 4. Nene Macdonald 5. Garry Lo 6. Lachlan Lam 7. Watson Boas 8. Moses Meninga 9. James Segeyaro 10. Luke Page 11. Rhys Martin 12. Willie Minoga 13. Paul Aiton; Reserves: 14. Kurt Baptiste 15. Stargroth Amean 16. Nixon Putt 17. Thompson Teteh 18. Rod Griffin 19. Wartovo Puara Jr 20.Enock Maki 21. Ase Boas.


August 19, 2013. It has been determined that the amount of revenues coming into the Russian Federation consolidated budget from Sverdlovsk Region increased by 3.4% or 4.441.7m RUR in the seven months of 2013, Sverdlovsk Region division of the Federal Tax Service's press service reports.
In terms of what economic sectors the revenues came from, the amount of tax paid by the processing industries rose by 17.4% or 6,482.6m RUR, that paid by the electricity, natural gas, and water producers and distributors went up by 22.2% or 1,841m RUR, that paid by the companies dealing in real estate, rent, and services and in the financial services rose by 13.7% and 9.2%, respectively.
At the same time, the amount of tax paid by the transport and telecommunication sector industries dropped by 1.6 times or 5,676.3m RUR, and that paid by the companies dealing in mineral deposit development halved (that is, declined by 2,589.5m RUR).


This wikiHow teaches how to download music you like from Spotify by converting Spotify playlists to YouTube playlists and then downloading and converting those YouTube videos to MP3s. Music files cannot be ripped directly from Spotify, so using a more easily-ripped service is required.
Create a playlist of everything you want to rip in Spotify. Because it's not possible to rip from Spotify short of manually recording as songs play, the easiest way to rip songs is to convert your Spotify playlist into a YouTube playlist and then download the music from there.
Open the Spotify website and log in with your account.
Create a new playlist and label it something like "YouTube" or "Convert" (so you can easily recognize it).
Add all of the music that you want to rip to the playlist. You may have difficulty matching obscure tracks if the song is not on YouTube, but most songs should match without issue.
Visit the Soundiiz website. Soundiiz is a service that allows you to transfer your playlists from one music streaming service to another.
Click the Sign Up button. You'll need to create a free account to use the playlist converter.
Create an account. You can use one of the supported social media services to create an account quickly, or you can enter your email and create a password to make a traditional account. Either method is fine.
Click the Spotify button in the Soundiiz web app. You'll see this in the menu on the left.
Enter your Spotify login information. Soundiiz cannot see your Spotify login information.
Click OKAY to confirm. Your Spotify account is now linked to Soundiiz.
Click the YouTube button in Soundiiz. Connecting to YouTube will allow Soundiiz to send the new playlist to your YouTube channel.
Select your Google account or log in. You'll need to have a YouTube channel associated with your Google account, which is created automatically when you sign into YouTube with your Google account.
Find your playlists. You'll see all of your playlists from your connected accounts in the main frame of the Soundiiz site. Find the Spotify playlist that you want to convert.
Click the Convert button next to the playlist. You'll see this button to the right of the playlist name, next to the "..." button. The Convert button looks like a small box with an arrow pointing to a larger one.
Click YouTube in the Destination Platform section. This will tell Soundiiz to create a new playlist in YouTube with matching tracks.
Click Save Configuration. This will open a tracklist for the playlist.
Click Confirm Tracklist to attempt to match all tracks. You can go through the list and de-select any songs you don't want to include.
Wait while Soundiiz matches your Spotify playlist to YouTube videos. Soundiiz will look for exact matches, and will add each match to a new playlist in YouTube. If any tracks cannot be matched, they won't appear in YouTube.
It may take a while to scan larger playlists.
Once your playlist has been converted into a YouTube playlist, you're ready to install the software necessary to download and convert the videos to MP3. The installation process is different for Windows and Mac.
Visit the youtube-dl website. youtube-dl is an open-source, command line program that can download YouTube videos and playlists. It is not the most intuitive program, but it is completely free and contains no viruses, malware, or other unwanted programs. It is developed and maintained by the community and generates no profit.
Click the Windows executable link. You'll see this in the opening paragraph on the page. The youtube-dl.exe file will begin downloading after a moment.
Open your User folder. This is the base folder for your Windows user account, and contains your Documents, Pictures, Downloads, and other media folders. The default location is C:\Users\userName.
Copy the youtube-dl.exe file into your User folder. This will allow you to run the program from the Command Prompt without having to change any directories.
Visit the FFmpeg website. This is another open-source program that will allow youtube-dl to convert the downloaded files into MP3 format. Once you install FFmpeg, you won't be using it directly. Like youtube-dl, FFmpeg contains no malware or additional software.
Click the Windows logo. You'll see this in the "More downloading options" section.
Click the Windows Builds button.
Click the Download FFmpeg button. This will work for most versions of modern Windows. If you're using an older computer, you'll want to check if you're using 32-bit or 64-bit Windows.
Open the ZIP file after downloading it. You can usually find it at the bottom of your browser after it downloads, or in your Downloads folder.
Double-click the ffmpeg-### folder. The full folder name will vary depending on which version of FFmpeg you downloaded.
Select the three EXE files and drag them into your User folder. They should end up in the same location as the youtube-dl.exe file.
Press ⊞ Win+R and type cmd to start the Command Prompt. youtube-dl is now installed and ready to use from the Command Prompt.
Click the Go menu from the desktop. youtube-dl is a command line program to download YouTube videos that is completely free and open-source. It is developed by the community and no one profits from it. It is the only downloading option that does not include ads, malware, or other privacy concerns.
Enter the command to install Homebrew. This is an open-source package manager that will manage "homebrewed" applications, including youtube-dl.
Type /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" and press ⏎ Return.
Enter your user password if prompted. Depending on your security settings, you may be prompted for your password before you can proceed.
Type brew install youtube-dl and press ⏎ Return.
Enter the command to install FFmpeg. This is another open-source program that youtube-dl will use to convert the downloaded videos into MP3 format. Once this is installed, you'll be ready to use youtube-dl to download the playlist from the Terminal.
Type brew install ffmpeg and press ⏎ Return.
Open YouTube in your browser. You'll need to grab the URL for the playlist you want to download with youtube-dl.
Sign in with your YouTube account. Make sure you're signed in with the same account that you linked to Soundiiz.
Click your playlist in the Library section of the menu. You'll see this on the left side of the screen. When you click a playlist, you'll see a list of all of the videos in it.
Highlight the playlist URL. Make sure the entire address in the address bar is highlighted.
Copy the highlighted address. Press Ctrl+C or ⌘ Cmd+C, or right-click the highlighted address and click "Copy."
Return to the Command Prompt or Terminal window.
Press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return to run the command.
Wait while youtube-dl downloads and processes the songs. This can take a while if the playlist is really long or you have a slow connection. youtube-dl will download each video in the playlist and then convert it to MP3 format so that it can be played on any audio player.
You can cancel the download by pressing Ctrl+C or ⌘ Cmd+C.
Find your new MP3s. Your new MP3 files will be located in the User folder, the same folder that contains the youtube-dl program files. You can add the MP3 files to your media player library, transfer them to another device, or burn them to a disc.
How do I make the playlist public?
If you right-click on the playlist name in the sidebar (on a desktop app), you should see an option that reads either "Make Public" or "Make Private," depending on the current setting of the playlist. If it reads "Make Private," the playlist is already public.
What do I do if I get a message that on such command exists after I install Homebrew and type in the youtube-dl command?
Could I use the mp3 files to download on an iPod?
What do I type into the CMD?
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Wall Street analysts forecast that Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) will post earnings of $0.17 per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Three analysts have provided estimates for Allegheny Technologies' earnings. The lowest EPS estimate is $0.11 and the highest is $0.24. Allegheny Technologies posted earnings of $0.32 per share during the same quarter last year, which would suggest a negative year-over-year growth rate of 46.9%. The business is expected to issue its next quarterly earnings report before the market opens on Tuesday, April 23rd.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Allegheny Technologies will report full-year earnings of $1.71 per share for the current year, with EPS estimates ranging from $1.50 to $1.85. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the business will report earnings of $2.52 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $2.35 to $2.65. Zacks Investment Research's earnings per share averages are an average based on a survey of research firms that cover Allegheny Technologies.
Allegheny Technologies (NYSE:ATI) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, January 22nd. The basic materials company reported $0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.33 by ($0.03). Allegheny Technologies had a net margin of 5.50% and a return on equity of 10.28%. The business had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $991.88 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.27 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year.
Several brokerages recently weighed in on ATI. Macquarie lowered Allegheny Technologies from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $34.00 to $28.00 in a report on Friday, April 12th. Zacks Investment Research raised Allegheny Technologies from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 9th. Buckingham Research set a $45.00 price objective on Allegheny Technologies and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, April 8th. Finally, ValuEngine raised Allegheny Technologies from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 20th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company. The company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $33.36.
Shares of Allegheny Technologies stock traded down $0.01 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $26.00. 40,908 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,612,152. Allegheny Technologies has a 12-month low of $20.84 and a 12-month high of $30.18. The firm has a market cap of $3.28 billion, a PE ratio of 17.22, a P/E/G ratio of 0.99 and a beta of 2.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 2.68 and a quick ratio of 1.24.
In other Allegheny Technologies news, Director Barabara S. Jeremiah sold 7,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.61, for a total value of $192,075.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 33,833 shares in the company, valued at approximately $866,463.13. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Richard J. Harshman sold 7,140 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $28.99, for a total value of $206,988.60. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 45,628 shares of company stock valued at $1,301,542. 1.06% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Retirement Systems of Alabama increased its stake in Allegheny Technologies by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 162,956 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $3,548,000 after buying an additional 533 shares in the last quarter. Shine Investment Advisory Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Allegheny Technologies by 123.5% during the first quarter. Shine Investment Advisory Services Inc. now owns 1,133 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 626 shares during the period. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund boosted its stake in shares of Allegheny Technologies by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 50,237 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,094,000 after buying an additional 697 shares during the period. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its stake in shares of Allegheny Technologies by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 90,208 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,964,000 after buying an additional 966 shares during the period. Finally, Private Capital Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Allegheny Technologies by 336.2% during the fourth quarter. Private Capital Group LLC now owns 1,348 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 1,039 shares during the period.


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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull reportedly dismissed his own referendum council's advice to enshrine a national Indigenous representative body in the constitution.
It was further reported that the Prime Minister seeks for a less ambitious proposal by merely recognizing the indigenous Australians in the Constitution.
However, in a previous report by ABC, the idea of a mere recognition was outright rejected by the leaders of indigenous groups across Australia after the Uluru convention.
According to the Co-chair of Referendum Council, Pat Anderson, the acknowledgment in the constitution was entirely rejected by the indigenous people during their meetings over a six month period.
"We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country. When we have power over our destiny, our children will flourish. They will walk in two worlds, and their culture will be a gift to their country, the Uluru Statement from the Heart stated, emphasizing how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders seek to be heard through the establishment of the First Nations Voice in the Constitution.
Earlier, in the second quarter of the year, Indigenous groups already expressed fear that the referendum proposal for their voice in the parliament could be possibly watered down.
ABC previously reported about how Australia's indigenous people are concerned that politicians may decide to establish a representative for their group without constitutional enshrinement.
Following the Prime Minister's shocking rejection, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Indigenous Senator Pat Dodson expressed that such rejection abandons years of hard work and ignores the reasonable aspirations of the Aboriginal community.
"After months of silence, rather than be honest with indigenous Australians, his government appears to have secretly rejected the Referendum Council report, without having the decency to be straight with the nation," Shorten, and Dodson said in a statement as reported by News Corporation Australia Network.
Meanwhile, The Greens Senator, Rachel Siewert said she was "deeply distressed" by the government's decision.
"I urge Malcolm Turnbull to show leadership and work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to implement the Referendum Council's recommendation," Senator Siewert said as reported by Sydney Morning Herald.
The Referendum Council was commissioned by Prime Minister Turnbull and Bill Shorten in December 2015 to help Parliament seek ways to advance the recognition of indigenous groups in the constitution.
However, the report echoing the indigenous groups' desire for a voice in the parliament was considered too radical by the Turnbull government.


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Conservatism, Extremism, And Fascism, And More
Paul Rosenberg at Openleft.com has a ,'tory that brings us towards the end of the series, "Conservatism-Extremism-Fascism,"Nazi re-enactor is just the tip of the iceberg: The GOP's long history with Nazi allies," which some may think is just the tip of the iceberg in that long relationship:
"The GOP has a long history of nurturing ties with Nazi sympathizers and allies from countries occupied by Germany, who betrayed their countries to support the Nazi oppressors. These people were allowed to play prominent roles in the National Republican Heritage Groups (Nationalities) Council (NRHG[N]C). In 1988, eight such persons were forced to resign from GHW Bush's presidential campaign. Rich Iott's fascination with the Nazis lead him to join a re-enactors unit composed of just these sorts of people during WWII. However his actions might be explained away, the GOP has longembraced the original purpetrators.
"So, apparently the GOP is not doing such a great job of distancing itself from Nazi-reenactor Rich Iott. Last night Rachel Maddow marvelled at the fact that there was not much GOP activity at all in the way of denouncing him. As I reported, the NRCC just quitely dropped him from their "Young Gun" website, and that was about it.
Rich Iott, second from right, in a Nazi SS Waffen uniform
is the GOP candidate for OH-9
"While a great deal of effort may be expended in simply trying to avoid the whole subject, we can also expect significant effort at minimization when anything is said. That's pretty much par for the course. But there's one reason for this reticence that deserves special attention: There's a long history of GOP involvement with Nazi sympathizers and allies particularly from Eastern European nations--who played significant roles in the National Republican Heritage Groups (Nationalities) Council (NRHG[N]C)--and it would not do to ruffle the feathers of those associated with them unnecessarily. During George HW Bush's 1988 presidential campaign, eight figures were forced to "resign" (at least half actually did not) when their Nazi-related pasts were exposed.
"One such figure was NRHG[N]C Executive Director Radi Slavoff. The final published version of the report issued on him at the time by researcher Russ Belant--published as the book Old Nazis, The New Right & The Republican Party and excerpted here--stated:
"Slavoff, the Republican Heritage Group's executive director, is a member of the Bulgarian GOP unit of the Group Council. [He was also the national co-chairman of Bulgarians for Bush.] Slavoff is active with the Nazilinked National Confederation of American Ethnic Groups (NCAEG), which becomes active about a year before presidential elections. NCAEG leaders have included Austin App and Josef Mikus (see below). NCAEG's Executive Vice President, Michael Szaz, is an official of the Virginia Republican Heritage Groups Council. He is also an associate of prominent racist Roger Pearson [associated with the Nazi Northern League of northern Europe, the Heritage Foundation, the World Anti-Communist League and other fascist organizations.]
"In short, these were important figures in building an ethnic support network for the GOP, and there's no desire to reopen these old wounds and the stories surrounding them once again.
"Which is, of course, exactly what I'm going to do on the flip.
"But first, I'll begin by squaring away a few basics regarding the current case, so that it's connection with the older story is "perfectly clear":
"Paul Rosenberg :: Nazi re-enactor is just the tip of the iceberg: The GOP's long history with Nazi allies
"The original story by From Joshua Green at The Atlantic contained this passage about the sanitized image the group presents:
"Iott says the group chose the Wiking division in part because it fought on the Eastern Front, mainly against the Russian Army, and not U.S. or British soldiers. The group's website includes a lengthy history of the Wiking unit, a recruitment video, and footage of goose-stepping German soldiers marching in the Warsaw victory parade after Poland fell in 1939. The website makes scant mention of the atrocities committed by the Waffen SS, and includes only a glancing reference to the "twisted" nature of Nazism. Instead, it emphasizes how the Wiking unit fought Bolshevist Communism:
"Nazi Germany had no problem in recruiting the multitudes of volunteers willing to lay down their lives to ensure a "New and Free Europe", free of the threat of Communism. National Socialism was seen by many in Holland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and other eastern European and Balkan countries as the protector of personal freedom and their very way of life, despite the true underlying totalitarian (and quite twisted, in most cases) nature of the movement. Regardless, thousands upon thousands of valiant men died defending their respective countries in the name of a better tomorrow. We salute these idealists; no matter how unsavory the Nazi government was, the front-line soldiers of the Waffen-SS (in particular the foreign volunteers) gave their lives for their loved ones and a basic desire to be free.
"But in comments, Bruce Webb made some particularly devastating points about what was really going on, to wit, good old-fashioned authoritarian brutalitiy in the name of "freedom".
"First this:
"This unit, originally organized as the Nordische Division (Nr.5), was to be made up of Nordic volunteers mixed with ethnic German Waffen SS veterans. To this end, the SS Infantry Regiment Germania in the SS Verfügungstruppe Division was transferred in late 1940 and used as the cadre for a new division ."
"You think they just stumbled on the 'Nordic' division by accident? And as to the claim this was all about fighting the Commies, Germany was not yet at war with Russia at the time and in fact had cut a deal to divide Eastern Europe between them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...
"The whole thing shouts White Power and StormFront.
"Then this:
"Wiking Division recruited in 1940
"At a time that Germany and Russia were still at peace under the terms of Molotov-Ribbentrop. And the nations from which these troops were recruited were mostly under assault or occupation by Germany. These were not patriotic Danes, Norwegians and Dutch guys defending their countries from communism, they were instead just fascist traitors helping oppress their own people.
"These people want to re-enact and revise history all at the same time. Dressing as a Nazi is bad enough, dressing as a Nazi in the uniform of a division expressly recruited on racial lines 'the Nordische' takes twisted to new contortions.
"In short, the whole historical subtext here is that fascists throughout Europe betrayed their countrymen to align with the Nazis, and used 'anti-Communism' as a convenient cover for what they did, even when Germany was officially at peace, and even technically allied with the Soviet Union. This very same deceitful sub-text was kept alive after the war, and served as the foundation for GOP ethiniic outreach, particularly to Eastern European communities, for decades therafter... even unto the present day.
"In 1988, political researcher, journalist and author Russ Belant prepared a report on these networks and some of those involved which spearheaded a public reaction that lead to the resignation of a few disgraced staffers on GHW Bush's presidential campaign. The report was eventually re-published as a book, Old Nazis, The New Right & The Republican Party. The following are some excerpts that lay out a sufficient core of the story to make the central point of what exactly was going on.
"First, from the introduction, which opens with Reagan in the immediate aftermath of his Bitburg fiasco, and helps shed some retrospective light on Reagan's delusional mischaracterization of the Waffen SS buried there as "victims" of Hitler. It also makes clear that the very existence of this heritage group was an unmistakable indication of the racist, authoritarian nature of the GOP's long-term electoral strategy:
"Flash forward to 1988 and the GHW Bush presidential campaign. He needs all the help he can get, particularly in swing state ethnic enclaves (such as Ohio, of course). This is when the story of a handful of these men breaks in the media, and resignations follow:
"The resignations, however, were entirely for show. The GOP had no intention of abandoning its most valuably allies, who served them as faithfully as they had once served the Nazis, albeit in a manner more discrete:
"The NRCC formally rebuffed its ethnic affiliates prefunctory self-examination, but in reality, nothing changed. The decades-old wink-and-a-nod relationship continued un-altered, because it embodied an authoritarian identity-based strategy to promote a gradual realignment of ethnic communities around the Republican Party:
"Perhaps in 1991 this up-beat conclusion could be accepted. But it failed to recognize what the GOP was really up to--and what it would soon accomplish in the form of a multi-front advance of identity-based fantasy-of-revenge politics, which was most visible in the form of the 'Militia Movement', but which a multitude of different tributaries, of which the heritage councils was but one. And this last brief passage proved very prescient, indeed:
"All that happened more than 20 years ago, and while it has been totally forgotten by Versailles and the M$M, it has been thoroughly stirred into the stew of rightwing resentment fantasies. The last thing that current-day resesntment cheerleaders--from Beck on down--want is for folks to start poking into the past, and laying out exactly how they (not liberals) are the ones with specific, historical connections with Nazi Germany, and the greatest death panels of all time.
"Perhaps Rich Iott has direct ties with these earlier figures or the groups they lead. Perhaps not. Either way, he may only be a faint echo of this mass-murdering past. But it's one echo too many for a party with so much to hide, and so much investment in projecting its hidden secrets onto its political enemies."
We'll finish this section off with a reprint of another long piece from The Guardian in 2004by Ben Aris in Berlin and Duncan Campbell in Washington:
"How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
"Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian can reveal how repercussions of events that culminated in action under the Trading with the Enemy Act are still being felt by today's president
"George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany.
"The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files in the US National Archives that a firm of which Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.
"His business dealings, which continued until his company's assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more than 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in Germany against the Bush family by two former slave labourers at Auschwitz and to a hum of pre-election controversy.
"The evidence has also prompted one former US Nazi war crimes prosecutor to argue that the late senator's action should have been grounds for prosecution for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
"The debate over Prescott Bush's behaviour has been bubbling under the surface for some time. There has been a steady internet chatter about the "Bush/Nazi" connection, much of it inaccurate and unfair. But the new documents, many of which were only declassified last year, show that even after America had entered the war and when there was already significant information about the Nazis' plans and policies, he worked for and profited from companies closely involved with the very German businesses that financed Hitler's rise to power. It has also been suggested that the money he made from these dealings helped to establish the Bush family fortune and set up its political dynasty.
"Remarkably, little of Bush's dealings with Germany has received public scrutiny, partly because of the secret status of the documentation involving him. But now the multibillion dollar legal action for damages by two Holocaust survivors against the Bush family, and the imminent publication of three books on the subject are threatening to make Prescott Bush's business history an uncomfortable issue for his grandson, George W, as he seeks re-election.
"While there is no suggestion that Prescott Bush was sympathetic to the Nazi cause, the documents reveal that the firm he worked for, Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), acted as a US base for the German industrialist, Fritz Thyssen, who helped finance Hitler in the 1930s before falling out with him at the end of the decade. The Guardian has seen evidence that shows Bush was the director of the New York-based Union Banking Corporation (UBC) that represented Thyssen's US interests and he continued to work for the bank after America entered the war.
"Tantalising
"Bush was also on the board of at least one of the companies that formed part of a multinational network of front companies to allow Thyssen to move assets around the world.
"Thyssen owned the largest steel and coal company in Germany and grew rich from Hitler's efforts to re-arm between the two world wars. One of the pillars in Thyssen's international corporate web, UBC, worked exclusively for, and was owned by, a Thyssen-controlled bank in the Netherlands. More tantalising are Bush's links to the Consolidated Silesian Steel Company (CSSC), based in mineral rich Silesia on the German-Polish border. During the war, the company made use of Nazi slave labour from the concentration camps, including Auschwitz. The ownership of CSSC changed hands several times in the 1930s, but documents from the US National Archive declassified last year link Bush to CSSC, although it is not clear if he and UBC were still involved in the company when Thyssen's American assets were seized in 1942.
"Three sets of archives spell out Prescott Bush's involvement. All three are readily available, thanks to the efficient US archive system and a helpful and dedicated staff at both the Library of Congress in Washington and the National Archives at the University of Maryland.
"The first set of files, the Harriman papers in the Library of Congress, show that Prescott Bush was a director and shareholder of a number of companies involved with Thyssen.
"The second set of papers, which are in the National Archives, are contained in vesting order number 248 which records the seizure of the company assets. What these files show is that on October 20 1942 the alien property custodian seized the assets of the UBC, of which Prescott Bush was a director. Having gone through the books of the bank, further seizures were made against two affiliates, the Holland-American Trading Corporation and the Seamless Steel Equipment Corporation. By November, the Silesian-American Company, another of Prescott Bush's ventures, had also been seized.
"The third set of documents, also at the National Archives, are contained in the files on IG Farben, who was prosecuted for war crimes.
"A report issued by the Office of Alien Property Custodian in 1942 stated of the companies that "since 1939, these (steel and mining) properties have been in possession of and have been operated by the German government and have undoubtedly been of considerable assistance to that country's war effort".
"Prescott Bush, a 6ft 4in charmer with a rich singing voice, was the founder of the Bush political dynasty and was once considered a potential presidential candidate himself. Like his son, George, and grandson, George W, he went to Yale where he was, again like his descendants, a member of the secretive and influential Skull and Bones student society. He was an artillery captain in the first world war and married Dorothy Walker, the daughter of George Herbert Walker, in 1921.
"In 1924, his father-in-law, a well-known St Louis investment banker, helped set him up in business in New York with Averill Harriman, the wealthy son of railroad magnate E H Harriman in New York, who had gone into banking.
"One of the first jobs Walker gave Bush was to manage UBC. Bush was a founding member of the bank and the incorporation documents, which list him as one of seven directors, show he owned one share in UBC worth $125.
"The bank was set up by Harriman and Bush's father-in-law to provide a US bank for the Thyssens, Germany's most powerful industrial family.
"August Thyssen, the founder of the dynasty had been a major contributor to Germany's first world war effort and in the 1920s, he and his sons Fritz and Heinrich established a network of overseas banks and companies so their assets and money could be whisked offshore if threatened again.
"By the time Fritz Thyssen inherited the business empire in 1926, Germany's economic recovery was faltering. After hearing Adolf Hitler speak, Thyssen became mesmerised by the young firebrand. He joined the Nazi party in December 1931 and admits backing Hitler in his autobiography, I Paid Hitler, when the National Socialists were still a radical fringe party. He stepped in several times to bail out the struggling party: in 1928 Thyssen had bought the Barlow Palace on Briennerstrasse, in Munich, which Hitler converted into the Brown House, the headquarters of the Nazi party. The money came from another Thyssen overseas institution, the Bank voor Handel en Scheepvarrt in Rotterdam.
"By the late 1930s, Brown Brothers Harriman, which claimed to be the world's largest private investment bank, and UBC had bought and shipped millions of dollars of gold, fuel, steel, coal and US treasury bonds to Germany, both feeding and financing Hitler's build-up to war.
"Between 1931 and 1933 UBC bought more than $8m worth of gold, of which $3m was shipped abroad. According to documents seen by the Guardian, after UBC was set up it transferred $2m to BBH accounts and between 1924 and 1940 the assets of UBC hovered around $3m, dropping to $1m only on a few occasions.
"In 1941, Thyssen fled Germany after falling out with Hitler but he was captured in France and detained for the remainder of the war.
"There was nothing illegal in doing business with the Thyssens throughout the 1930s and many of America's best-known business names invested heavily in the German economic recovery. However, everything changed after Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Even then it could be argued that BBH was within its rights continuing business relations with the Thyssens until the end of 1941 as the US was still technically neutral until the attack on Pearl Harbor. The trouble started on July 30 1942 when the New York Herald-Tribune ran an article entitled 'Hitler's Angel Has $3m in US Bank'. UBC's huge gold purchases had raised suspicions that the bank was in fact a 'secret nest egg' hidden in New York for Thyssen and other Nazi bigwigs. The Alien Property Commission (APC) launched an investigation.
"There is no dispute over the fact that the US government seized a string of assets controlled by BBH - including UBC and SAC - in the autumn of 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy act. What is in dispute is if Harriman, Walker and Bush did more than own these companies on paper.
"May wrote in his report of August 16 1941: "Union Banking Corporation, incorporated August 4 1924, is wholly owned by the Bank voor Handel en Scheepvaart N.V of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. My investigation has produced no evidence as to the ownership of the Dutch bank. Mr Cornelis [sic] Lievense, president of UBC, claims no knowledge as to the ownership of the Bank voor Handel but believes it possible that Baron Heinrich Thyssen, brother of Fritz Thyssen, may own a substantial interest."
"May cleared the bank of holding a golden nest egg for the Nazi leaders but went on to describe a network of companies spreading out from UBC across Europe, America and Canada, and how money from voor Handel travelled to these companies through UBC.
"By September May had traced the origins of the non-American board members and found that Dutchman HJ Kouwenhoven - who met with Harriman in 1924 to set up UBC - had several other jobs: in addition to being the managing director of voor Handel he was also the director of the August Thyssen bank in Berlin and a director of Fritz Thyssen's Union Steel Works, the holding company that controlled Thyssen's steel and coal mine empire in Germany.
"Within a few weeks, Homer Jones, the chief of the APC investigation and research division sent a memo to the executive committee of APC recommending the US government vest UBC and its assets. Jones named the directors of the bank in the memo, including Prescott Bush's name, and wrote: 'Said stock is held by the above named individuals, however, solely as nominees for the Bank voor Handel, Rotterdam, Holland, which is owned by one or more of the Thyssen family, nationals of Germany and Hungary. The 4,000 shares hereinbefore set out are therefore beneficially owned and help for the interests of enemy nationals, and are vestible by the APC,' according to the memo from the National Archives seen by the Guardian.
"Red-handed
"Jones recommended that the assets be liquidated for the benefit of the government, but instead UBC was maintained intact and eventually returned to the American shareholders after the war. Some claim that Bush sold his share in UBC after the war for $1.5m - a huge amount of money at the time - but there is no documentary evidence to support this claim. No further action was ever taken nor was the investigation continued, despite the fact UBC was caught red-handed operating a American shell company for the Thyssen family eight months after America had entered the war and that this was the bank that had partly financed Hitler's rise to power.
"The most tantalising part of the story remains shrouded in mystery: the connection, if any, between Prescott Bush, Thyssen, Consolidated Silesian Steel Company (CSSC) and Auschwitz.
"Thyssen's partner in United Steel Works, which had coal mines and steel plants across the region, was Friedrich Flick, another steel magnate who also owned part of IG Farben, the powerful German chemical company.
"Flick's plants in Poland made heavy use of slave labour from the concentration camps in Poland. According to a New York Times article published in March 18 1934 Flick owned two-thirds of CSSC while 'American interests' held the rest.
"The US National Archive documents show that BBH's involvement with CSSC was more than simply holding the shares in the mid-1930s. Bush's friend and fellow 'bonesman' Knight Woolley, another partner at BBH, wrote to Averill Harriman in January 1933 warning of problems with CSSC after the Poles started their drive to nationalise the plant. 'The Consolidated Silesian Steel Company situation has become increasingly complicated, and I have accordingly brought in Sullivan and Cromwell, in order to be sure that our interests are protected,' wrote Knight. 'After studying the situation Foster Dulles is insisting that their man in Berlin get into the picture and obtain the information which the directors here should have. You will recall that Foster is a director and he is particularly anxious to be certain that there is no liability attaching to the American directors.'
"But the ownership of the CSSC between 1939 when the Germans invaded Poland and 1942 when the US government vested UBC and SAC is not clear.
"'SAC held coal mines and definitely owned CSSC between 1934 and 1935, but when SAC was vested there was no trace of CSSC. All concrete evidence of its ownership disappears after 1935 and there are only a few traces in 1938 and 1939,' says Eva Schweitzer, the journalist and author whose book, America and the Holocaust, is published next month.
"Silesia was quickly made part of the German Reich after the invasion, but while Polish factories were seized by the Nazis, those belonging to the still neutral Americans (and some other nationals) were treated more carefully as Hitler was still hoping to persuade the US to at least sit out the war as a neutral country. Schweitzer says American interests were dealt with on a case-by-case basis. The Nazis bought some out, but not others.
"The two Holocaust survivors suing the US government and the Bush family for a total of $40bn in compensation claim both materially benefited from Auschwitz slave labour during the second world war.
"Kurt Julius Goldstein, 87, and Peter Gingold, 85, began a class action in America in 2001, but the case was thrown out by Judge Rosemary Collier on the grounds that the government cannot be held liable under the principle of 'state sovereignty'.
"Jan Lissmann, one of the lawyers for the survivors, said: 'President Bush withdrew President Bill Clinton's signature from the treaty [that founded the court] not only to protect Americans, but also to protect himself and his family.'
"Lissmann argues that genocide-related cases are covered by international law, which does hold governments accountable for their actions. He claims the ruling was invalid as no hearing took place.
"In their claims, Mr Goldstein and Mr Gingold, honorary chairman of the League of Anti-fascists, suggest the Americans were aware of what was happening at Auschwitz and should have bombed the camp.
"The lawyers also filed a motion in The Hague asking for an opinion on whether state sovereignty is a valid reason for refusing to hear their case. A ruling is expected within a month.
"The petition to The Hague states: 'From April 1944 on, the American Air Force could have destroyed the camp with air raids, as well as the railway bridges and railway lines from Hungary to Auschwitz. The murder of about 400,000 Hungarian Holocaust victims could have been prevented.'
"The case is built around a January 22 1944 executive order signed by President Franklin Roosevelt calling on the government to take all measures to rescue the European Jews. The lawyers claim the order was ignored because of pressure brought by a group of big American companies, including BBH, where Prescott Bush was a director.
"Lissmann said: 'If we have a positive ruling from the court it will cause [president] Bush huge problems and make him personally liable to pay compensation.'
"The US government and the Bush family deny all the claims against them.
"In addition to Eva Schweitzer's book, two other books are about to be published that raise the subject of Prescott Bush's business history. The author of the second book, to be published next year, John Loftus, is a former US attorney who prosecuted Nazi war criminals in the 70s. Now living in St Petersburg, Florida and earning his living as a security commentator for Fox News and ABC radio, Loftus is working on a novel which uses some of the material he has uncovered on Bush. Loftus stressed that what Prescott Bush was involved in was just what many other American and British businessmen were doing at the time.
"'You can't blame Bush for what his grandfather did any more than you can blame Jack Kennedy for what his father did - bought Nazi stocks - but what is important is the cover-up, how it could have gone on so successfully for half a century, and does that have implications for us today?' he said.
"'This was the mechanism by which Hitler was funded to come to power, this was the mechanism by which the Third Reich's defence industry was re-armed, this was the mechanism by which Nazi profits were repatriated back to the American owners, this was the mechanism by which investigations into the financial laundering of the Third Reich were blunted,' said Loftus, who is vice-chairman of the Holocaust Museum in St Petersburg.
"'The Union Banking Corporation was a holding company for the Nazis, for Fritz Thyssen,' said Loftus. 'At various times, the Bush family has tried to spin it, saying they were owned by a Dutch bank and it wasn't until the Nazis took over Holland that they realised that now the Nazis controlled the apparent company and that is why the Bush supporters claim when the war was over they got their money back. Both the American treasury investigations and the intelligence investigations in Europe completely bely that, it's absolute horseshit. They always knew who the ultimate beneficiaries were.'
"'There is no one left alive who could be prosecuted but they did get away with it,' said Loftus. 'As a former federal prosecutor, I would make a case for Prescott Bush, his father-in-law (George Walker) and Averill Harriman [to be prosecuted] for giving aid and comfort to the enemy. They remained on the boards of these companies knowing that they were of financial benefit to the nation of Germany.'
"Loftus said Prescott Bush must have been aware of what was happening in Germany at the time. 'My take on him was that he was a not terribly successful in-law who did what Herbert Walker told him to. Walker and Harriman were the two evil geniuses, they didn't care about the Nazis any more than they cared about their investments with the Bolsheviks.'
"What is also at issue is how much money Bush made from his involvement. His supporters suggest that he had one token share. Loftus disputes this, citing sources in 'the banking and intelligence communities' and suggesting that the Bush family, through George Herbert Walker and Prescott, got $1.5m out of the involvement. There is, however, no paper trail to this sum.
"The third person going into print on the subject is John Buchanan, 54, a Miami-based magazine journalist who started examining the files while working on a screenplay. Last year, Buchanan published his findings in the venerable but small-circulation New Hampshire Gazette under the headline 'Documents in National Archives Prove George Bush's Grandfather Traded With the Nazis - Even After Pearl Harbor'. He expands on this in his book to be published next month - Fixing America: Breaking the Stranglehold of Corporate Rule, Big Media and the Religious Right.
"In the article, Buchanan, who has worked mainly in the trade and music press with a spell as a muckraking reporter in Miami, claimed that 'the essential facts have appeared on the internet and in relatively obscure books but were dismissed by the media and Bush family as undocumented diatribes'.
"Buchanan suffers from hypermania, a form of manic depression, and when he found himself rebuffed in his initial efforts to interest the media, he responded with a series of threats against the journalists and media outlets that had spurned him. The threats, contained in e-mails, suggested that he would expose the journalists as 'traitors to the truth'.
"Unsurprisingly, he soon had difficulty getting his calls returned. Most seriously, he faced aggravated stalking charges in Miami, in connection with a man with whom he had fallen out over the best way to publicise his findings. The charges were dropped last month.
"Biography
"Buchanan said he regretted his behaviour had damaged his credibility but his main aim was to secure publicity for the story. Both Loftus and Schweitzer say Buchanan has come up with previously undisclosed documentation.
"The Bush family have largely responded with no comment to any reference to Prescott Bush. Brown Brothers Harriman also declined to comment.
"The Bush family recently approved a flattering biography of Prescott Bush entitled Duty, Honour, Country by Mickey Herskowitz. The publishers, Rutledge Hill Press, promised the book would 'deal honestly with Prescott Bush's alleged business relationships with Nazi industrialists and other accusations'.
"In fact, the allegations are dealt with in less than two pages. The book refers to the Herald-Tribune story by saying that 'a person of less established ethics would have panicked ... Bush and his partners at Brown Brothers Harriman informed the government regulators that the account, opened in the late 1930s, was "an unpaid courtesy for a client" ... Prescott Bush acted quickly and openly on behalf of the firm, served well by a reputation that had never been compromised. He made available all records and all documents. Viewed six decades later in the era of serial corporate scandals and shattered careers, he received what can be viewed as the ultimate clean bill.'
"The Prescott Bush story has been condemned by both conservatives and some liberals as having nothing to do with the current president. It has also been suggested that Prescott Bush had little to do with Averill Harriman and that the two men opposed each other politically.
"However, documents from the Harriman papers include a flattering wartime profile of Harriman in the New York Journal American and next to it in the files is a letter to the financial editor of that paper from Prescott Bush congratulating the paper for running the profile. He added that Harriman's 'performance and his whole attitude has been a source of inspiration and pride to his partners and his friends'.
"The Anti-Defamation League in the US is supportive of Prescott Bush and the Bush family. In a statement last year they said that 'rumours about the alleged Nazi "ties" of the late Prescott Bush ... have circulated widely through the internet in recent years. These charges are untenable and politically motivated ... Prescott Bush was neither a Nazi nor a Nazi sympathiser.'
"However, one of the country's oldest Jewish publications, the Jewish Advocate, has aired the controversy in detail.
"More than 60 years after Prescott Bush came briefly under scrutiny at the time of a faraway war, his grandson is facing a different kind of scrutiny but one underpinned by the same perception that, for some people, war can be a profitable business."
Now we can see 1. that Union Banking Corporation was an instance of "too big to fail,' that dwarfs any criminality of U.S. banks today, and 2. that Sarah Palin's "lamestream media" is protective of their own.
Links to the ties between the GOP and fascism are too numerous to quote, and we offer just a few for those interested in the topic:
http://www.politicususa.com/fascism-residence-republican-party.html
http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=britt_23_2
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/wap/Item.aspx?type=0&item=159706
http://cowboygrandpa.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/25/14102265-the-real-gop-they-dont-want-us-to-see-the-criminal-history-from-nixon-through-gw-bush-dastardly-deeds-done-to-hurt-america-for-their-gain
http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/bush_nazi_connection.htm
http://freedomfighterradio.net/2012/08/21/sheriff-joe-arpaio-has-publicly-endorsed-nazi-sympathizers/
http://populistreview.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/1945/
http://www.splcenter.org/home/2013/spring/the-year-in-hate-and-extremism
The basis of our argument that Conservatism is a crime, not a political philosophy worthy of 1st Amendment protection any more than any other criminal syndicate has been based on the untold loss of lives caused by Conservatism, the theft of public and private monies from the populace, and the misery imposed upon the People. But to this we now add the links between the Conservative front group - the GOP - and fascism...it is indeed, past the time when Conservatism must be made illegal, and punishment meted out to the guilty - for a change.
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41 real estate companies compete in International Property Awards in Dubai
DUBAI, 6th October, 2018 (WAM) -- Dubai Land Department (DLD) has announced that the closing ceremony of the first edition of the International Property Awards – Dubai (IPAD) 2018 will be held on 11th October. With 49 companies competing in various categories, 41 of which being local, DLD is expecting a highly competitive first edition.
Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, commented: "We are pleased to organise this award in Dubai as a consolidation of our partnership with the International Property Awards. This global programme is widely recognised by all parties in the sector and will inevitably meet the demand of our local companies that always strive for excellence. We are confident that the establishment of a specialised branch of the Awards in Dubai will further develop our real estate sector, especially in light of the prestigious awards that the sector won from reputable international institutions."
Majida Ali Rashid, CEO of the Real Estate Promotion and Investment Management Sector at DLD, said: "A key objective from our partnership with the International Property Awards is the support of developers that enter international awards to showcase Dubai's unique projects; participating in such reputable events will promote our real estate sector regionally and globally. We would like to thank all the companies that submitted their nominations and we commend our partners and sponsors who will play a major role in ensuring the event's success."
IPAD is the result of a collaboration between DLD and the International Property Awards. The awards are open to architects, developers, interior designers, and real estate brokers working in Dubai, with a focus on design, quality, service, innovation, originality, and commitment to sustainability. It also opened the door for participants to compete at the local, regional, and global levels.
Stuart Shield, President of the International Property Awards, said: "We are delighted to be working in collaboration with Dubai Land Department and to witness the substantial number of submissions for this edition. This is the first edition that is dedicated to Dubai's real estate sector and we expect it to grow quickly. With such a focus on Dubai and its potent market, we hope to see more accomplished projects, developers, and individuals from the region going forward to win at the International level of the competition."
The International Property Awards is expected to add a new dimension to the sector and will contribute to the promotion of Dubai's real estate projects worldwide. The event helps attract investors seeking best investment opportunities, especially as Dubai has a stable market, a guaranteed return on investment, and unique features that distinguish it from other investment destinations.
WAM/Rasha Abubaker


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Hobart has recognized its former manager of welding engineering, Dean Phillips, who was recently honored by LeTourneau University in Longview, TX.
Phillips worked at Hobart for 27 years before retiring in June 2016. A 1971 graduate of LeTourneau University, Phillips was among the 31 engineering alumni inducted into LeTourneau's inaugural Academy of Engineering and Engineering Technology.
The academy is a hall of fame that recognizes the career achievements and industry influence of outstanding alumni of LeTourneau's School of Engineering and Engineering Technology. Induction into the academy honors alumni who achieved noteworthy professional accomplishments and became leaders in their respective disciplines and industries, according to a university statement.


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Maryland's '22 to Do' in 2022: A Maryland Travel Bucket List
Make the most of your vacation in the best state in the nation!
Ok, we get it, there's so much to do in Maryland, sometimes it can be hard knowing where to start. So we've put together this list of "22 to Do" in 2022 to get your travel train on track. And remember, this is just the beginning! You'll find endless travel inspiration at VisitMaryland.org where your next vacation memory is just a click away.
1 Walk in the Footsteps of Harriet Tubman on the 200th Anniversary of Her Birth
2 Bike and Camp Along the Historic C&O Canal
3 Eat a Dozen Steamed Crabs Along Maryland's Crab & Oyster Trail
4 Make the Baltimore Harbor Circuit by Water Taxi
5 Watch the Sunrise Over the Ocean With the Wild Horses of Assateague
6 Fly High with the USAF Thunderbirds
7 Explore the Bay with a Certified Chesapeake Bay Storyteller
8 Eat Smith Island Cake on Smith Island
9 Meet Maryland's Fine Feathered Friends
10 Hit the Slopes at Wisp Resort
11 Treat Yourself to a Tasty Pit Beef Sandwich
12 Rise to the Clouds on The Capital Wheel
13 Thrill to the Thunder of Hoofbeats
14 Walk the OC Boardwalk End-to-End
15 Test Your White Water Mettle at the Top of a Mountain
16 Complete Your Scenic Byway Bucket List
17 Catch a Baseball Game at All of Maryland's Six Pro Ballparks
18 Tour Each of Maryland's 12 Amazing Wine Trails
19 Try Maryland Rye Right at the Distillery
20 Take a Lighthouse Tour of the Chesapeake
21 Paddle the Remarkable Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
22 Come Face to Teeth with a Megalodon Shark at the Calvert Marine Museum
Walk in the Footsteps of Harriet Tubman on the 200th Anniversary of Her Birth
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2022 marks the 200th anniversary of Harriet Tubman's birth. What better time to walk in her footsteps? She was an American hero, a conductor on the Underground Railroad, a valiant freedom fighter, a scout for the U.S. Army, and a pioneer of the women's suffrage movement. Visit the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center for a deep and moving window into her life and struggle. Journey the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway and see the land where she toiled in slavery. Stand in the Bucktown Village Store, where she as a brave girl of 12 made her first stand for freedom. Paddle the Blackwater and explore small towns little-changed since Tubman made her daring and dangerous journeys, again and again risking all to lead her fellow men and women to freedom.
Bike and Camp Along the Historic C&O Canal
It's the perfect ride for both day bikers just looking for an easy pedal and serious riders looking to put on the miles-- the 184.5 mile Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath should be on every cyclist's bucket list. Flat and easy if you're just looking for a family excursion, and uninterrupted if you want to make the whole trip from the banks of the Potomac in Washington D.C. all the way to Cumberland. Not only is the ride amazing, you'll trace your way through an engineering marvel and span nearly 200 years of American history. And bikepacking with campsites along the canal make it even more special and a perfect part of Maryland's "Trail System Second-to-None."
Eat a Dozen Steamed Crabs Along Maryland's Crab & Oyster Trail
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Everybody says "go to Maryland and try the crabs," which makes sense. Steamed Maryland-style, they're the most delicious food on the planet. The thing is, you can't eat just one or two. You need to down a whole dozen jumbos along with an ice-cold Maryland beer, an Orioles game on the TV, and at least one friendly argument on the best way to get at the backfin meat. If you've never eaten a dozen crabs at a sitting, well friend, you haven't lived!
Make the Baltimore Harbor Circuit by Water Taxi
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Want to hit the National Aquarium and Maryland Science Center, the shops of Harbor East, the bars and restaurants of Fells Point, and the home of the National Anthem all in one day? The Water Taxi is your magic carpet. And if all of those amazing activities don't work for you, the view from the water of Baltimore Harbor at night is the kind they write songs about.
Watch the Sunrise Over the Ocean With the Wild Horses of Assateague
White sand, salt spray, and the noble wild horses come together to make the dunes of Assateague a magical place. And when the sun rises over the Atlantic, it doesn't just feel like the beginning of the day, it's the beginning of the world. Camp, swim, fish and play on this American treasure of a beach. Plan your trip to view a launch from NASA's nearby Wallops Island space center, and balance your morning sunrise with an evening rocket launch sending a streaking fire trail ablaze through the heavens.
Fly High with the USAF Thunderbirds
The USAF Thunderbirds roar into the skies over Maryland three times this year with performances at the OC Air Show June 11-12, Maryland Fleetweek & Airshow Baltimore September 10-11, and at the Joint Base Andrews Airshow September 17-18. And if that's not enough high-flying thrills, catch the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels soaring over Annapolis for the USNA Air Show & Commissioning Flyover May 26 & 28!
Explore the Bay with a Certified Chesapeake Bay Storyteller
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Rachel Dean from Solomons Island Heritage Tours
Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Storytellers are specially trained to bring the beauty, the majesty, the history, and the soul of the Chesapeake to you. Whether it's a day under sail slicing through the whitecaps on an historic schooner, a "hook & cook" fishing and dining adventure, dipping a paddle with a kayak guide, or catching your limit on a Chesapeake fishing charter, our storytellers will help you make memories to last a lifetime.
Eat Smith Island Cake on Smith Island
Smith Island Baking Company
Oh the layers! So many layers! Thin, sweet chocolate fudge. Perfect, moist yellow cake. Layer upon alternating layer, it's so beautiful you almost don't want to eat it. Almost. There's nothing better than the sensory experience of biting through this decadent work of the baker's art. Well, except for doing it ON the island. Why settle for a cake a few hours old when you can have one right out of the oven and with a view of the Chesapeake Bay?
Meet Maryland's Fine Feathered Friends
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There are certain things that just go together. Peanut butter and jelly, steamed crabs and cold beer, and of course, birding and Maryland. Set along the Great Atlantic Flyway, Maryland is a birders paradise. And, with 2022 being the 75th anniversary of the Baltimore Oriole assuming its rightful place as our beloved state bird, it's the perfect time to get out and see all of our fine feathered friends. Whether it's spotting rare songbirds along the C&O Canal or trying to count the myriad bald eagles soaring over the mighty Susquehanna, Maryland is a birders' paradise.
Hit the Slopes at Wisp Resort
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With more than 100 inches of natural snow a year, 33 trails twisting through 137 acres of gorgeous mountain real estate, a thrilling 700-foot vertical drop, and a terrain park, Wisp Resort has got it all. There's even the famous Mountain Coaster for warm weather thrills. Whether you're a snowplowing newbie or a double-diamond daredevil, get out on that mountain!
Treat Yourself to a Tasty Pit Beef Sandwich
If you've ever wondered, "Where's the beef?" Well, it's here in Maryland, piled high on one of our state's signature delicacies, the pit beef sandwich! It's Maryland's own unique take on BBQ, usually grilled to order and piled high with fixins of your choice. For a little variety, mix it up and get a mix-and-match pit beef & ham or a figure-friendly pit turkey. It's a Free State favorite!
Rise to the Clouds on The Capital Wheel
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Tall as a skyscraper rising along the Potomac River, the Capital Wheel has fast become an unmistakable symbol of the Washington region. With its kaleidoscopic colors creating a scintillating lightshow visible up and down the National Harbor boardwalk, the real show is from the wheel's 42 gondolas that carry riders to a staggering height 180 feet above the Potomac River. Scraping the clouds, riders are treated to views of surrounding National Harbor, the long expanse of the Potomac bordered by Maryland and Virginia, and the National Mall with the Washington Monument and Capitol Dome the stars of the show. For a special treat, charter the luxury VIP gondola, for a truly unforgettable experience.
Thrill to the Thunder of Hoofbeats
There's no greener pasture for horse lovers than here, in the Old Line State. Baltimore's Pimlico Race Track is home to the Preakness Stakes, middle jewel of horse racing's famed Triple Crown. Laurel Park is home to the thrilling Jim McKay Maryland Million Day of epic racing. The Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill and the Washington International Horse Show at the Prince George's Equestrian Center bring world champion eventing. And if you want to ride, Maryland's Horse Discovery Centers will get you up in the saddle. When it comes to horses, we say giddyup!
Walk the OC Boardwalk End-to-End
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The Ocean City Boardwalk may only be 2.5 miles end-to-end, but it would take 2,000 books to name all of the possible adventures. Find your perfect beach t-shirt. Fill that hole in your heart only a pet hermit crab can fill. Dine on Thrashers Fries, Dayton's famous fried chicken, Dolle's saltwater taffy, and a chocolate malted from Dumser's Dairyland. But do that after you ride the terrifying Tidal Wave roller coaster at Trimper's, the oldest family-owned amusement park in the world. Oh, and did we mention, you never have to lose sight of that beautiful Ocean view? Only on the OC Boardwalk, a bucket list must-do since 1902!
Test Your White Water Mettle at the Top of a Mountain
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With great guides and rapids that range from beginner-friendly to flat-out raging, Maryland is a white water enthusiast's paradise. But if you're looking for a whole new challenge, head to McHenry's Adventure Sports Center International (ASCI), an Olympic-standard white water rafting, canoe, and kayak center located at the top of a mountain. This man-made wonder is a revolution in the paddling sports, perfect to ease you into your first white water experience. Or, for the paddling pros, amp things up to 11 while enjoying spectacular views of Deep Creek and the surrounding wilderness. If you haven't been, what are you waiting for?
Complete Your Scenic Byway Bucket List
What's this? A bucket list inside of a bucket list? Well, with 18 amazing Maryland Scenic Byways to choose from, an extra bucket seemed like a must. Crisscrossing the state from the mountains out west to the Atlantic shore, Maryland's unforgettable scenic byways are a must for road trippers of all stripes. Filled with stunning scenery, rich history, great attractions and so much more, Maryland's 18 Scenic Byways are sure to build amazing memories mile after beautiful mile.
Catch a Baseball Game at All of Maryland's Six Pro Ballparks
Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The best stadium in baseball. Sure, it's on everyone's bucket list. But real fans' buckets go a bit deeper. How about the Maryland Mountains to the Beach Baseball Road Bash? With six award-winning minor league parks from trendsetting Ripken Stadium, home of the Aberdeen IronBirds, to fan-favorite Purdue Stadium in Salisbury, home to both the Delmarva Shorebirds and the Eastern Shore Baseball Hall of Fame. Get some buddies together, and touch 'em all!
Tour Each of Maryland's 12 Amazing Wine Trails
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As Maryland's wine growers approach a half-century of tradition and innovation, wine lovers are reaping the rewards, and there's no better place to taste the fruits of the vintner's art than at the place of its birth. So get out and discover fantastic Maryland wines, and since finding the right place can be a challenge, we've already done the work. Maryland's Wine Trails explore the state's unique and varied microclimates while crisscrossing beautiful Chesapeake Bay country, the rolling hills of the Piedmont, our western mountains with rich soil and richer history. Take your time. Cross one off a year. In a dozen years, maybe you'll have a favorite wine. Or, more likely, you'll want to refresh your memory and your palate and begin again.
Try Maryland Rye Right at the Distillery
A new wave of master distillers has emerged to resurrect Maryland's signature spirit, smooth as silk Maryland rye whiskey. Unlike the over-spiced ryes of other regions, Maryland ryes balance the signature grain's stinging flavor with sweet corn and subtle grains. The result is still bold and spicy, but with a subtle sweetness and overriding smooth finish. You can't go wrong with any of Maryland's innovative distilleries, but Sagamore Spirits, Old Line Distilling, and the Baltimore Spirits Company, all in Charm City are notable pioneers, along with Kent Island's Blackwater Distilling, Lost Ark Distilling in Columbia, and Tobacco Barn Distillery in St. Mary's.
Take a Lighthouse Tour of the Chesapeake
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Start at the Concord Point Light at the top of the Chesapeake near Havre de Grace and head south on an unbelievable journey. Spend a romantic night in the keeper's quarters at Cove Point Lighthouse. Explore the Hooper Strait Lighthouse at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, the Drum Point Lighthouse at the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, and the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse and Lightship Chesapeake, both part of Historic Ships in Baltimore. There are 30 beautiful, historic lighthouses in Maryland-- how many can you fit in your bucket?
Paddle the Remarkable Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay
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Mallows Bay - Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary is an absolute must for every kayaker from first-timer to seasoned paddler. Home to more than 100 abandoned ships, most dating all the way back to World War I, but some even older, it's a truly remarkable place. Paddle among the wrecks and witness the interplay of nature and human creation as the river reclaims this incredible fleet.
Come Face to Teeth with a Megalodon Shark at the Calvert Marine Museum
The Calvert Marine Museum on beautiful Solomons Island is an absolute must-see. Where else can you come face-to-face with adorable otters, sift for take-home fossils, climb into an historic Chesapeake lighthouse, and board working bay fishing boats. And did we mention the 35-foot prehistoric shark skeleton? Oh yeah, the Megalodon! Reconstructed based on fossil finds from the nearby Calvert Cliffs fossil beds, this school bus-sized terror of the deep is totally JAWSome!


Life takes place in this moment…it takes a blink. So here's my encouragement to you, future bride…don't worry about a thing the day of your wedding…let it all flow through you, your emotion, your joy. Be fully there and allow your soul to take its own picture…through the aperture of your heart. That is the kind of memory you can never lose!
Great Photos Diana! Thanks for making a special wedding even more special.


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Malik Riaz Acquired Land For Bahria Town Karachi By Manipulating State Apparatus, PPP
Naya Daur January 2, 2020
In a recent investigation by Daily Dawn into the real estate empire of Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) and its fabulously wealthy owner Malik Riaz, some more disturbing news has come to light.
BTK is described as the largest housing project in all of South Asia, and the land for it appears to have been acquired through access to the state apparatus and its political allies such as the PPP. This effort by Bahria to acquire land also drew upon the coercive ability of Rao Anwar, the SSP of Malir who currently stands accused of the extrajudicial killings of hundreds including young Naqeebullah Mehsud.
The Supreme Court's judgment of the 4th of May 2018 declared all of this to be illegal and therefore null and void. By the 21st of March 2019, however, the bench constituted to implement this verdict accepted Bahria's offer of Rs460 billion as settlement dues – which was the equivalent of US $ 3 billion at the exchange rates of the time.
This decision for a settlement aditionally had the effect of reducing the area over which the mega real estate project was spread from 23,300 to 16,986 acres. It also had the effect of preventing any references from being filed against BTK by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) unless the terms and conditions of the settlement were violated or payments defaulted upon.
Meanwhile, in its own investigations into "dirty money", the UK's National Crime Agency reached a settlement of £190 million with property tycoon Malik Riaz's family. This sum was to be returned to Pakistani authorities. The powerful tycoon Malik Riaz, however, was able to claim that the sum so returned to Pakistan will count towards the Rs 460 billion settlement as earlier ordered by the Pakistani court!
But aside from the government's silence and/or inaction over this blatant evasion of dues to the Pakistani state, Dawn now reveals that the violations by BTK of Pakistani legality continue unabated.
It appears that BTK is not just building in Malir, but has somehow been able to expand into Jamshoro. This appears to have been made possible by the collusion of powerful local feudal elites, the Sindh government itself and the notorious land mafia.
Meanwhile, villagers in Jamshoro have been made to give up their land at Rs70,000 per acre – which when it becomes part of Bahria Town (based on 2007 figures) brings the land developers some Rs 4 million. The land developers gain several thousand percentage points on the land acquired from villagers for such low rates.
DAWN's investigation also reveals that this is made possible by much of this land being unsurveyed, in addition to the Sindh government's connivance in making digitized land records inaccessible.
A bonanza is being reaped by land tycoons with the ability to manipulate the state apparatus and it is unclear how authorities can put a stop to this when the local power structure works in favour of the land mafia.
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Tampa, (Fl) --- Is not that is not OK to read anything from Orson Scott Card because he is a Latter Day Saint and also Stephanie Meyer the author of Twilight who is also a Mormon should be banned from writing because her books are awful.
But, while both writers are just on some level mediocre; Meyer for just butchering the vampire genre, Card is just mediocre for just given pseudo-scientific views about the LGTBQ community, climate change as well intelligent design as if they were ultimate truths. Those are three reasons that show how mediocre someone as a writer can be but overall as a person and a leader of interest in the spotlight who is also a member of the board of the virulent National Organization for Marriage.
Then there's the dychotomy where religion is mixed in a blend of politics and public spotlight; where Card had played with his fame in the worst way possible because some of his body of work had been superb such as the dystopic future of Ender's Game but yet his novels such as Songmaster and Hamlet's Father have cruel depiction of unreal characteristics of the Gay and Lesbian communities.
Card itself has given his point of views in such an outdated way that is just sad to hear that his comment match much as Reverend Jerry Falwell views on LGTBQ community, but Card himself has expressed that people attacking his point of views had attacked free speech but is not an attack of free speech when the giver has delivered a hate speech and tried to hide it between the parameters of the First Amendment in order to do what he wants.
If we go on his ender's game I could dare - to say that all Later Day Saints are a bunch of quakers who think themselves as the chosen people and hate everyone who are not on their social circle - But, Card's views towards on politics, civil rights as well science don't reflect an aspect of the cultural aspects of LDS's as a collective and I would be implying a hate speech on an specific group much as Card did without any knowledge about their history as well their individual backgrounds.
The point with Card's conflict runs toward the National Organization for Marriage point of views as a hate group and the relation of the group to the Latter Day Saints Church as the church being a major sponsor of NOM. The inconvenience with the Mormon Church on the United States spotlight quote the church as many other Christian groups that manage homosexuality as a problem that needs to get "fixed" without even realizing that the policies as well the doctrines have to be updated in order to be inclusive to possible new parishioners who are seeking for a safe-heaven.
Then there are so many public image strikes that the church essentially PR got destroyed because of the initiative supports to fight to maintain DOMA and Prop 8, which they lost and they didn't show any grace, specially with Prop 8. As NOM co-founder said on her blog "it was a disgrace" but the disgrace relies on the organization violent message to equality which Orson Scott Card supports.
That's the problem with Orson Scott, his image is in not the best frame at the moment after all the remarks he had made and the ones he keeps making. One aspect is to attack a person under his system of beliefs then the other is to receive an attack and having to tolerate the person who has insulted you without any possibilities to defend yourself. Then there is the problem with the people you surround with which they can create a negative influence around your persona.
What to do.? Separating yourself and trying to amend the mistakes is almost an impossible task when you think you are right, but yet in the case of Card people will see him just as another representative of a church that had suffered too much damage to their image because of the political lobby they represent on keeping America on another era that is no longer valid.
So if there is a ground to boycott Ender's Game not as a final product of entertainment but from a perspective that the idea was penned and the movie co-produced by a man who knows no better towards love but only hate.


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When I finally sought help with my teeth grinding, I was in so much pain, I didn't think that I would ever feel better. I had always ground my teeth when I slept through my 20s and 30s, however it really became a problem a couple of years ago. My sleep was interrupted every night with my grinding, and I woke to headaches every day, shoulder pain and jaw pain. My teeth were getting so worn down that my bite was completely off. I had tried muscle relaxers, sleeping pills...you name it, and was still miserable. When I sought Dr. Tanner's advice, he assured me that he could "fix" me and that I would be better if I followed his plan. I was then fitted with my mouthguard (MOGO) and would continue to wear it every day and every night. I started to see progress right away after the first several weeks, and gradually my headaches went away, and I started to sleep! I'll admit I was skeptical at first with the "solution" to all of my problems would be cured with a small mouthguard, but I can tell you it did. It was a miracle, and I completely believe it was BECAUSE of the Bioesthetic solution Dr.Tanner offered. I have recommended Dr. Tanner to my family and friends and would encourage anyone who is experiencing teeth grinding to make an appointment, it was the best move I could have made.
I feel great about sharing my story or as I call it my journey to a Happier Jan with a healthy and pain free beautiful smile. I have always taken excellent care of my teeth and gums. Although I had cavities as a child I did not understand why I needed so many root canals and crowns as an adult. I struggled to understand the cause of my problems. My dental care issues became too much for my previous dentist to handle and I felt a change was necessary. The hunt was on to find a compassionate as well as excellent dentist. Dr. Tanner was my choice through the knowledge of a very dear friend. Now I was scared he might refuse me as a patient because I had numerous issues that became his issues to repair. During our first consultation, Dr. Tanner sat with me and explained why I was experiencing the terrible jaw, neck head and shoulder pain for several years. My back jaw teeth crowns were "over-sized" and did not fit properly causing severe clenching and grinding on my teeth. He explained the serious consequences of clenching and grinding of my teeth. He explained that the wear on my teeth, the root canals, the need for crowns all are a result of a poor bite. Also, the tight muscles in my head, neck and shoulders are related to my poor bite as well. Dr. Tanner further explained how Mago therapy was the first step in my treatment. At this point, I was feeling more confident and relaxed in my quest for a wonderful dentist, a dentist who has the knowledge to go beyond just traditional dentistry. I felt safe, and knew he was going to accept me as his patient because his dentistry restores pain patients to healthy pain free patients. Now, through his explanations of all the corrective dental procedures we are going to be tackling in the months, possible years to come I knew the end result was going to be great. Now that I understood what was going on with my bite, I immediately began Mago therapy. It was amazing how quickly my jaw, head, neck and shoulder muscles relaxed and my teeth were not banging against each other. No more clenching and grinding. My Mago therapy changed my life. Not only physically but in so other many ways, restful and relaxing sleep, emotionally, alertness, I could go on and on. We finished the Mago therapy in about a year. Then we began the process of fixing my teeth. Dr. Tanner restored the right shape and length to my teeth. He made sure my bite was correct. My bite is very comfortable, my muscles are relaxed, I feel great and my smile is beautiful.
Dr. Tanner and his staff are great. In the past just the thought of visiting the dentist caused me to have a lot of anxiety. As a result I had been neglectful of my teeth for the past ten years. After just one visit to Dr Tanner's office my anxiety drastically decreased. Everyone in the office was empathetic and made me feel so comfortable throughout every procedure. Never once did Dr Tanner or his staff make me feel ashamed or embarrassed of the condition of my teeth. I have now completed my restoration and I couldn't be happier with the results. To smile freely for the first time in ten years is incredible!
Several years ago I began to have severe pain in my neck and left shoulder. The pain was constant. I had headaches which were especially painful at night. It was difficult and painful to turn my head. I spent more than a year trying various treatments and doctors hoping to find the cause of my pain. I tried physical therapy, massage therapy, epidural blocks and nerve root ablation, chiropractor visits and various medicines. I saw two surgeons who were not able to find the cause for my pain but were willing to do surgery. I cannot begin to tell you how miserable and depressed I was. Each time I would have an appointment with a new doctor or new treatment, I would get so hopeful only to be disappointed and depressed again when it failed. During this search, I made an appointment with my dentist, Dr. Tanner. He was able to determine that the cause of my pain was neuro muscular. Over a period of time, I had, for some unknown reason, changed my bite. This change had twisted muscles in my neck and shoulder. Using the bioesthetic method of treatment, I was finally able to get some relief. It was not an easy process and Dr. Tanner and his assistant, Linda, worked diligently to solve my problem. I wore a Mago 24 hours a day for months and gradually the pain started to subside. Then Dr. Tanner restored my teeth to the correct shape and length. And most importantly he gave me the bite that was correct for me. I am so very thankful that Dr. Tanner cared enough about his patients to learn and practice this method. I will be forever grateful to him for helping me through a very painful time.
I have been a patient of Dr. Tanner's for well over 15 years. In my history with Dr. Tanner, we have dealt with cavities and crowns and grinding /clenching teeth. I have used a mouth guard to help with the grinding and clenching, but the use of a mouth guard did not last very long. I must be very strong when it comes to grinding and clenching my teeth. Over the last few years or so, I have noticed a significant change in my bite and shifting of my teeth. As a result, I suffered from jaw pain and severe headaches from too much clenching. Dr. Tanner and I have had a discussion on starting treatment for TMJ for at least 2 years. I was shown a short video demonstrating how when the jaw is not aligned, what side effects may occur- I experienced the majority of the side effects. In January of 2013- I started treatment for TMJ with the use of an appliance called a Mago. It took a couple of days to get used to the Mago, but was pretty easy to adjust to. The only difficulty I have had is eating with the Mago. In the 3-4 months I have been using the Mago, I have noticed a slight change in my bite. More importantly, I am experiencing less side effects- fewer headaches, jaw pain, neck pain, etc. Thus far, I have found the experience to be a positive one. The treatment does require frequent visits to the office for adjustments to the Mago, but the frequency lessens as treatment progresses. The most important aspect of this process for me has been Dr. Tanner and his staff.They are always friendly and always available to answer any questions I have had regarding this treatment.
My sister and I shared a room as children. She told me that she could hear me grinding my teeth as a small child. I know that this habit continued through my teen years and into adulthood. I never really understood the impact that clenching my teeth had on my head and neck until it started to affect me physically. About four years ago, I started to experience physical problems. It began gradually. First there were problems with my sleeping. I blamed this problem either on my pillows or lying only on one side. Then I started to lose the range of motion in my neck. This was followed by constant headaches. And ultimately chronic back problems extending down my left side to my knee and ankle. Dr. Tanner had told me numerous times that the extensive wear on my teeth indicated a serious problem. I still tried to ignore the problem, thinking it would get better or go away. I knew the treatment would require me to wear an appliance 24 hours a day. I talk on the phone all day, and I kept telling myself there is no way I could wear an appliance 24 hours a day. Unfortunately I woke up one morning and my left eye was almost closed. I looked like a stroke victim and this really scared me. Now, I knew it was time to address my problem. I could not allow this to affect my health any longer. I chose to pursue Mago treatment. After wearing my Mago for only a few days, I could already tell that I was sleeping better and didn't have as many headaches. Within weeks I could turn my neck from side to side a lot easier. The pain in my ankle, knee and back had diminished. In only a few months my symptoms were 95% eliminated. Unfortunately, because I thought "I couldn't wear an appliance because I talk on the phone all day" the only noticeable lingering affect is my left eye. It is much improved, but unfortunately there is slight permanent damage. I wish that I had listened and acted sooner, but given my experience, I hope that I can be instrumental in helping others in pain get treatment sooner. I truly have a passion to get the word out to those people with chronic pain. I want them to know that there is help. They do not have to live a life in pain. The Mago treatment has truly changed my life. It is so nice to wake up in the morning and feel good. In addition Dr. Tanner has restored my teeth to their original shape and length and I have the beautiful smile that God gave me.
I have worked in dentistry for several years but in the last few years I have come to realize that a functional or good bite has a very real effect on your overall health. In my early twenties I started clenching my teeth at night. However after Dr. Tanner explained the source of clenching I became more aware of my habit and caught myself clenching in the day also. Everyone says we clench because of stress but this simply is not true. Although most bad habits are blamed on stress; I ultimately began to understand that my clenching habit was due to my poor bite. So I started wearing mouth guards at night. I had full mouth orthodontics three times. Still I continued to clench. Finally I started to have neck, jaw and shoulder pains with headaches to boot. I was miserable. Every morning I stood in a hot shower massaging my neck, just so I could get some neck mobility. I went to the chiropractor every week for an adjustment. I went to a massage therapist every three weeks and still I was just treading water with my pain. Finally Dr. Tanner showed me that he could help me by wearing an appliance that stabilizes my jaw joints and relaxes my head, neck and back muscles. The change in my jaw joints and neck happened so quickly I could not believe it. From the first day I wore the appliance I never had a "real" headache again. Once my jaw joints were stabilized and my head and neck muscles were relaxed Dr. Tanner restored the correct shape and length to my teeth and realigned my bite to the proper position. My neck pain is eliminated and I have been headache free for six years since treatment was completed. I can't begin to say how nice it is to feel good on a daily basis.
I have been a patient of Dr. Tanner's for over fifteen years. After moving over an hour away from his Overland Park office and trying a new dentist for a couple of years, I decided to return to Dr. Tanner's office due to his skill as a dentist and his caring attitude toward his patients. His office staff is also fantastic! Dr. Tanner suggested that I try a MAGO appliance when my teeth began to wear down due to the misalignment of my teeth and jaw. I was also suffering from extremely tight and fatigued jaw muscles, congestion in my ears, and upper back, neck, and ear pain. My jaw would often lock open when I chewed, and I found myself clenching my teeth, especially at night. After wearing the MAGO appliance for a few days, I noticed that I was sleeping a full night instead of waking up four to five times per night to adjust my position. My jaw was not sore in the morning, and I only required seven hours of sleep per night to feel refreshed. The excess muscle tension in my jaw and the pain and congestion in my ears disappeared as well. After a month or so, the upper back and neck pain began to diminish. My jaw has not locked open since the second week of wearing the MAGO appliance. The biggest factor in my choosing the MAGO appliance was the preservation of my teeth. This treatment will assure that I have a healthy, functional mouth throughout my life time. Dr. Tanner's MAGO treatment has made a huge difference in my life by alleviating a great deal of pain and improving my ability to get a good night's rest. These two factors have had a major impact on all areas of my life!


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