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I never attended the Marriage of the Beast Initiation ceremony. I seriously did not want to become a Satanist. However, there was a related initiation ceremony that I was forced to attend. This ceremony is done at the age of thirteen for a boy. It is to take place ideally at the time of the boy's first ejaculation. In traditional Satanism, as it was practiced by some groups in old Europe, at the age of thirteen, the boy's two personalities were to be merged into one.
The story I was told about this had to do with the idea that in Europe, during the Dark Ages, those who wished to continue the pagan practices of their ancestors lived in fear of the Christian Church which would kill them for practicing their faith. Children can't be trusted to keep secrets, but the faithful pagans figured out a way they could educate their children in the faith of their ancestors. They realized that if children are ritualistically tortured they develop two personalities – one secret pagan personality and one open Christian personality.
The concept is this: the Christian personality is unaware of the pagan personality, but the pagan personality knows about the Christian one. By the age of thirteen a child has enough maturity and discipline to keep secrets. So at that age, for the boy, there is a ceremony of integration. This is the point where the Christian personality disappears and the pagan personality becomes dominant. This is achieved through a mock cannibalism ceremony.
I've been told that in the old pagan covens in Europe, the woman who was the coven leader would have sex with the boy. She would dress and assume the persona of the Earth Goddess. The thirteen-year-old boy would be symbolically dressed and addressed as the Sun God. The female coven leader would sexually service the boy in front of everyone, and he would experience his first ejaculation with her. This sex with the coven leader was considered to be a one-time thing. It established the authority of the coven leader. And it encouraged the loyalty of the boy. It was also considered to be a ceremonial ritual which brought all the members of the coven into harmony with the Earth Goddess and the Sun God.
After this sexual ritual, the boy, who had fasted the day before, would be fed a meal, but first he had to kill an animal. My impression was that different animals could be used, but a rooster was common. The boy would have two names. There was a Christian name that was known to the world, and a secret pagan name that was known only to his coven. And these two names would represent his two personalities. The rooster would be taken off his perch the night before as he slept, and be dressed up in a cape and possibly a vest. Sometimes they would make little boots and fasten them to its feet. The next day, on the day of the ritual, everyone would greet this rooster using the Christian name for the boy. Then the boy would introduce himself to the rooster by his pagan name. The boy would point at the rooster and repeatedly call the rooster by his Christian name.
If his Christian name was Thomas, for example, the boy would point at the rooster and say, "You are Thomas the Christian and I forsake you."
Then the coven members would collectively corner the rooster and throw a net over it.
The boy would club the trapped rooster saying things like, "Die, Thomas the Christian, die."
Then the coven members would prepare and cook the rooster. Following this, they would all have a feast. The boy could finally eat his first meal after the fast. And he would eat the whole rooster or as much of it as he could stomach. After that he would not have two personalities. He would no longer be a Christian, he would be a pagan who sometimes pretended to be a Christian. He would know that Thomas wasn't his real name because Thomas the Christian was dead. But sometimes he might pretend to be Thomas. But he would have all the knowledge and skill that Thomas had because he had eaten Thomas.
So that's an example of mock cannibalism.
I attended a ritual of mock cannibalism when I was thirteen. It was silly and disturbing. It was similar to the pagan ritual of old Europe in some ways, but it was significantly different in other ways. The Baron was experimenting with new versions of traditional ceremonial rituals. And there was some type of new agenda. It's also true that the Baron made income from the sale of child pornography to wealthy Luciferian aristocrats. His pornography had high production values and apparently sold for large amounts of money. This wasn't his main source of income. For him, the money he made from porno was probably small change. But the films gave him social status among the Satanic elites, and that was something he cared about. So he designed a ritual that could be made into a porno film for wealthy Luciferians. And it would also be used to promote a political agenda – so it was propaganda as well. I was forced to star as one of the main characters in this film. Threats were made if I failed to cooperate, and promises of favors done for my family were made if I did play along. The Baron always got his way.
The ritual I attended was a gay marriage where I was married to another boy my age. We were both thirteen. His Luciferian name was Martin. So it was to be the marriage of Martin and Kathy Lucifersons. We had never met before the ritual. From my point of view it was just another humiliating experience of sexual abuse, only more bizarre than most. However, I think that it was more than that for Martin.
The thing was that my two personalities had already integrated by this time. An incident with an older male relative beating me up had happened earlier in my life. I've talked about this in my book Angelic Defenders and Demonic Abusers. My reaction to that beating was that Kerth and Kathy integrated spontaneously. They weren't really separated anymore. Kerth could remember what Kathy did, but he tried not to. And Kathy was Kerth. In other words, when people called me Kerth, I acted one way. When people called me Kathy, I acted another way. But I was always acting. Kerth and Kathy were just two modes of survival. When I was in the Luciferian social environment I assumed the Kathy persona. But that's all it was to me, just a game where I pretended to be somebody else. It was like an actor's stage name. I didn't believe I was Kathy, even when I was pretending to be Kathy.
But Martin had two separate personalities. And his normal social personality had no awareness of the Martin Lucifer personality. While in his Martin Lucifer personality, he had been trained to sexually service his father and mother – who obviously were Satanists. Not that all Satanists are child molesters, but these were. In his normal personality, Martin had a normal relationship with his mommy and daddy. Martin had two personalities, but his parents each had only one, very twisted, personality.
Just prior to this so-called marriage ceremony, I was subjected to a hypnotism session. I hadn't agreed with it, but I knew enough to just play along with what the hypnotist said. I didn't really go into a trance state, but I pretended to. Suggestions were made that I was about to be married to a man. He would be my male homosexual husband and I would become his male homosexual wife… We were to have pleasurable sex together and fall in love… We would someday live together as husband and wife whereupon we would serve the Church of Satan… nonsense like that.
After the hypno session, I was dressed up in a white wedding gown with make-up on my face. When they showed me myself in the mirror, I thought I looked absurd. The marriage ceremony was carefully explained to me.
It took place in the Satanic temple located in the basement of the Baron's mansion. There were other Luciferians in attendance, as well as Martin's parents. The parents were crying because one meaning of the ceremony was that they wouldn't make love with their son anymore. The marriage ceremony was filmed with two cameras located in different places in the room. The Baron, who considered me to be his property, gave me away to Martin – who was dressed up in a black tux like a groom. A necklace was placed around my neck which had the symbol of Venus on it. A necklace was placed around the neck of Martin which had the symbol of Mars on it.
The minister was a Satanist. She was dressed in a black gown and had a black mask on. She wore a black band around her head with diamonds on it, and it looked kind of like a crown. There were sandals on her feet with one red sock and one black sock. A golden medallion with a stylized swastika on it hung from a chain around her neck. She seemed to be middle-aged and people referred to her as the Dark Mother. I had heard of her before but hadn't met her before that day. She guided the marriage ceremony. It was a Satanic marriage ceremony, but in most respects this ceremony mimicked the Christian ceremony.
We both said, "I do," at the proper time. I said this not because I wanted to. Nor did I say it because I was hypnotized. I said it because I was afraid the Baron would kill my mother and have me tortured to death if I didn't play along. But Martin said it with enthusiasm in his voice, and he was looking at me like he was in love with me – which was kind of disturbing.
The Baron had sex rooms in his mansion. After the so-called marriage ceremony, everyone took their clothing off and headed to a sex room. In one room there was a table with red velvet padding attached to the top of it. The walls and ceiling of the room were all mirrored – which I found disorienting. Around the room were chairs where spectators could sit to watch the performance. There were also two cameras set up in the room to film the event.
Martin and I had our "honeymoon" on top of the table there. I had been up on this table a number of times before when I was younger, but always with adult men who I was servicing. Martin had been trained in much the same way I had.
He tried to sexually service me by performing fellatio, but I didn't respond. I felt intimidated by the fact that people were expecting me to react in some way. But the fellatio felt painful and threatening. After a while, the Baron had me perform fellatio for Martin. He became erect and seemed to take pleasure in what I was doing. But before he could ejaculate, he was instructed to lubricate my anus and penetrate me. I had been anally raped before, and it was always painful. But I knew better than to resist, and I tried to relax my buttock muscles so that it would be less painful. Fortunately Martin's penis was small, and it didn't hurt very much when he penetrated me. Martin ejaculated for the first time while he was anally raping me. The walls in the room were mirrored and I could see his face as he had his first ejaculation. He had a look of intense pleasure on his face. He hugged me afterwards. He kissed me and tried to French kiss me. It felt creepy. I wasn't used to that, but probably he had done this with his mother and father. Everyone clapped their approval. I felt glad that the trick was over and that it hadn't been too painful.
After that there was a party. Again Martin and I were hypnotized, but this time we were together. I think Martin actually was in a trance state, but I just pretended to be. Suggestions were made that we were to kill and eat our Christian personalities. The Christian would no longer exist but the Luciferian would retain all the knowledge and skill of the Christian.
After the hypnotism, we went to the party room. At the party there were two cakes that Martin and I were to eat. One cake looked like Martin and the other cake looked like me. It was disturbing how much they had managed to make a cake that looked like me. It was anatomically correct and everything. I was instructed to kill Kerth by cutting the cake up. I began to laugh hysterically because this was all so insane.
I cut the cake up into dozens of pieces while saying, "I, Kathy the Luciferian, renounce Kerth the Christian. Die, Kerth the Christian, die!"
Then I ate the cake up. It tasted sugary. It was just a cake. The main framework of the cake was made up of pieces of angel food cake which was expertly covered with flesh-colored frosting. The experience meant nothing to me. It was just stupid.
But then Martin did the same thing – only he wept the whole time. He trembled as he cut up his cake and moaned as if he were in physical pain. He was weeping and trembling as he ate the pieces. He finished the cake then collapsed onto the floor into a fetal position. He stayed there for about an hour.
I left the party room and found a bathroom where I took a shower. A middle-aged woman wearing nothing but a mask and two different colored socks came into the bathroom while I was in the shower. Without saying a word she soaped up my body and hers. I became aroused and we briefly had sex. I ejaculated for the first time in my life. I was surprised that sex could be pleasurable. She smiled at my epiphany, and I felt something like gratitude toward her. She left without having said a word the entire time. I dried myself off, found my boys' clothing in another room and got dressed.
When I came back to the party room, most of the guests had wandered off to have sex or do drugs. Martin was talking with his parents about their sexual relationship. Martin seemed upset to hear that his parents weren't going to make love with him anymore. They promised that they had arranged for him to become the lover of another man who was a friend of their family. They told him that when we got older, Martin and I would become lovers. They and the Baron had come to this agreement.
They had me sit down on the floor with them. They were all still naked.
Martin's mom and dad explained to Martin and me that when we grew up we were both going to become gay men. This was an arranged gay marriage. We would live together and promote gay rights. His parents explained that there were too many people in the world and we were to promote homosexuality as a system of population control. They said all this in a matter-of-fact kind of way. I felt as if I were talking to people from another planet because they sounded so insane in their certainty that I would go along with all this.
Martin hugged me and told me he loved me. He kissed me on the mouth like he meant it. It's odd, but by that time in my life, I had become used to performing fellatio so often that it meant little to me except that it was yet another humiliating experience. But Martin kissing me like that really upset me. It felt like more of a violation than forced fellatio or being anally raped.
So that was my experience with mock cannibalism. It didn't really have any influence on me, but it had a profound influence on Martin. To me it was just another reason to escape the insanity of the Baron's odd brand of Satanism. At that time in my life, there really was no Christian personality to be eaten and no Luciferian personality to be the eater. At that time in my life, Church on Sunday was just a social activity I did with my mother. I didn't think of myself as a Christian. And Luciferianism was just secret sex work that I had to put up with because the world isn't what most people think it is. I identified more with my mother who was a Christian than with the Luciferians. And the ritual didn't change that.
The so-called gay marriage meant nothing to me.
I didn't see Martin again until about three or four years later. We never did become gay lovers.
I think that some Luciferians have an agenda to promote homosexuality even to people who aren't gay by nature. I think they intended to arrange for Martin and I to meet when we were older. Then they would program us to become gay partners.
Martin went to a different high school than I did. So there was little chance of a casual contact. We never met again until we were both about seventeen. At that time, I was sometimes dating a girl who also dated other boys. That was no big deal, she was just like that. She told me that she was dating somebody special and wanted me to meet him. It turned out to be Martin. I think he had been stalking me and had started dating her as a way of meeting with me.
I could tell by the way he hugged me when we met that he was still in love with me – or thought he was. I agreed to meet him later, without the mutual girlfriend in the way. When we met, he didn't want to have sex, he just wanted to understand what had happened. We smoked cigarettes and talked for hours. I tried to explain that we had been brainwashed, and eventually he believed me.
It turned out that he had been sexually molested by both of his parents since early childhood up until our so-called marriage. After that, he had been the lover of several different adult men. Somehow his parents and his lovers thought that this would be good for him. But it had totally messed up his mind. I could tell that he felt like he was in hell. He had been programmed to fall in love with me, but I had already managed to get out of the cult. So I wasn't going to play along with the mind-control program. And he had come to realize that nothing he felt for me was real, it was just mind control. The imaginary romance he hoped to find with me wasn't going to happen. But he had nothing to fall back on because his parents were just asshole child molesters.
The way his parents had betrayed him was what hurt him the most. Basically, his parents had used him for their own sexual desires then pimped him out. His parents had sacrificed his life and sanity for favors from the wealthy Luciferians. Martin was part of an experimental project for population control. He hadn't been born gay, he had been programmed to believe he was gay. He was deeply conflicted and in emotional turmoil. At the time of our meeting, I wished I had some way of helping him, but I was barely coping with my own life. So he was on his own.
Shortly after that he killed himself. When his parents went out to dinner one night, he went into their bedroom. He got his father's hunting rifle and sat down on their bed. He put the barrel into his mouth and somehow pulled the trigger. When his parent's got home, they found him dead on their bed.
See more about Kerth and his books, as well as videos, at KerthBarker.com.
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The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) is pleased to announce the selection of Jim Reese of Nardin, Oklahoma as the statewide association's new Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs. Reese replaces Kenny Sparks of McLoud, Oklahoma who is retiring in February 2019.
The former State of Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture under Governor Mary Fallin's administration, Reese has a farming operation near Nardin and is a longtime member of Kay Electric Cooperative based in Blackwell, Oklahoma.
Reese resigned as Oklahoma's Secretary of Agriculture on December 31, 2018. Throughout his career, Reese has served in various capacities in state government and ag leadership. In 2001, he was selected as Oklahoma State Executive Director of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency, under the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. In 2008, Reese served as Policy Advisor for Oklahoma House Speaker Chris Benge. Additionally, Reese served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives for 15 years from 1987 to 2001. He graduated from Northern Oklahoma College with an Associate Degree in Drafting and Design and earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University.
As a lifelong agricultural advocate, Reese's connections to the agricultural industry and drive to ensure the prosperity of rural communities make him a fitting leader for the electric cooperative industry.
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Arrivals: A true professional
Walter Bingham reckons he is one of the top three radio programs on Arutz Sheva and he will travel anywhere in Israel for a good story.
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Walter Bingham, 87
From London to Jerusalem, 2004
"I'm probably the oldest working journalist in Israel," says Walter Bingham, whose program, Walter's World, is broadcast live every Sunday on Arutz Sheva. He's interviewed a pantheon of famous people: Alan Dershowitz, British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Charles Krauthammer, John Bolton and Yaffa Yarkoni. Not bad for the 87-year-old Briton, born Wolfgang Billig in Germany, who made it to England in 1937 with the Kindertransport and made aliya in 2004.
LIFE BEFORE ISRAEL
In July 1939, the 15-year-old Wolfgang said good-bye to his mother in Karlsruhe and sailed for England. He was sent to a youth movement farm in preparation for being sent to Palestine, but was not able to get a permit. When he turned 18, he was drafted by the Polish army as he held a Polish passport, but was able to transfer to the British army and joined the RASC Pioneer Corps as a driver. By this time he had picked his new name.
"I did something you should never do in the army, I volunteered to be an ambulance driver," he says. He took part in the Normandy landings of 1944 and was on the front line in the middle of the fighting. For his bravery under fire he received the Military Medal which he wears, and shows me the citation, signed by Gen. Bernard Montgomery himself.
After the war he begged the authorities to send him to Germany, where he felt he could be of use as he spoke fluent German.
"I spoke to [Nazi foreign minister Joachim von] Ribbentrop," he recalls. "He was good looking and spoke excellent English. He had the cheek to say he knew nothing about the destruction of the Jews. He was the first to be hanged."
Soon after the war ended he was reunited with his mother, who had left Germany for Copenhagen. "It was the most emotional moment of my life," he says.
Back in England, he was approached by emissaries from the Jewish underground in Palestine who wanted him to join the battle for independence. "But I'd had enough of fighting," he says.
He opened a factory specializing in baby wear, but his hobby was journalism and he always liked to write, especially for local Jewish newspapers. He also discovered he had acting and modeling talents and he has appeared in two of the Harry Potter movies and a host of others, been Santa Claus both at Selfridges and Harrods department stores, and once pretended to be an old beggar for a Daily Telegraph investigation. With his bushy white beard and pleasant personality, he actually made nearly £80 in the few hours he was playing the role. The beard has also stood him in good stead for Charles Darwin, Charlemagne and many other parts in television documentaries and on underground billboards.
Married with one daughter, and later widowed, he decided at the age of 80 to make aliya to be near his daughter in Jerusalem and a grandson who lives in Tel Aviv.
He arrived on August 1, 2004 and the first thing the clerk from the Interior Ministry asked him was whether he wanted to change his name.
"For that I need notice," he told her. "It's a bit sudden." He decided he would stick with the name he'd chosen 64 years previously.
He got his immigrant certificate (teudat oleh) in 30 minutes, he says, and his aliya has been one of only good experiences.
With minimal Hebrew, people are very nice and helpful to him.
"I've got no time to learn Hebrew," he says. "From the moment I arrived I've been doing Walter's World on Arutz Sheva."
LIFE SINCE ALIYA
His weekly program takes up a good part of the time as he likes to be prepared and do his homework on the person or institution he is broadcasting about. He reckons his spot is one of the top three programs on Arutz Sheva.
His work often requires him to cross the Green Line, so he carries a Smith and Wesson revolver. He once got arrested while covering a demonstration in the West Bank.
"I was standing with my microphone in my hand when a policewoman – she looked about 15 – said I was illegally there and pushed me into a police van. They only released me when I began to make a fuss about needing air because I was 84 at the time," recalls Bingham.
A quick glance at Walter's World on the Arutz Sheva website shows that he has covered an extraordinary range of topical and cultural subjects, and he is not averse to traveling the length and breadth of the country to get a good story.
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A review of the political struggles of the times offers an important insight into why the aristocracy was eagerly spreading the myth of factory oppression. At the time the factory-owning middle class was vigorously opposing the Corn Laws which worked to the advantage of the land-owning aristocracy.
He also mentions the rise of the Romantic movement as a contributing factor.
Critics of unfettered free markets may acknowledge some of Marris's points but could still claim that factory workers were exploited in 19th century England because the workers were in an "unfair" bargaining position. In essence, such a claim boils down to the opinion that mutual advantage is neither a necessary, nor a sufficient condition for justice.
there is no reason to expect that an innate module to measure gains from trade has evolved. Rather, we are each selected to try to be sure that we gain from trade; gains to our trading partners are irrelevant. Moreover, mental mechanisms work against this recognition of mutual benefit. Even in mutually beneficial trades, an aspect of competition is found. Both sides want to engross for themselves as much as is possible of the gains…These modules focus on the zero-sum aspect of trade – that aspect dealing with the terms of the bargain, rather than with the gains.
As a consequence, the topic of "distributive justice" gets excessive attention in political philosophy. To many contemporary political philosophers, justice does not refer to conventions that incorporate mutual advantage but a set of principles that can be discovered by (impartial) reason and enforced by the State to alter the terms of agreements and to redistribute income. An excellent collection of articles about the widespread habit of treating justice as "something else" (fairness, equality, or moral intuition) is Anthony de Jasay's Justice And Its Surroundings .


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Milk snakes are one exception to the rule. As these nonpoisonous snakes age, their pattern darkens, but they begin life with vivid patterns in crimson blotches edged with black on a cream background. Other regional varieties of milk snakes—they range west from Quebec to Montana and south to Ecuador—mimic brilliantly banded coral snakes their whole lives; ours get one, maybe two years of beauty.
I found one of those gems under a rock in the Wissahickon in 2005, and I've been obsessed with finding another ever since. I continue to fail. It's not for lack of effort. Milk snakes generally do not wander in the open, so I have spent hour after hour peering under rocks in the wilder sections of Northwest Philadelphia. I'm very specific in this obsession: I've found milk snakes outside the city limits, but they don't count. Lest I think they're extinct here, or I wean myself off the obsession, friends continue to send me photos of Philadelphia milk snakes found under rock walls or freshly killed on the road. Staff at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education tell me they see milk snakes all the time (just not while I'm there).
Milk snakes got their name from their love of mice. Early livestock farmers in the Northeast suspected that the snakes were stealing milk from their cows, but they were actually drawn to barns by rodents. Philadelphia doesn't have many barns anymore, and neither does it have many stretches of woods, fields, or any other habitat free of heavy motor vehicle traffic.
Cities can be tough environments for the non-humans. Studies of urban vertebrates have identified a few keys to succeeding: Don't be picky about what you eat or where you live (think house sparrows); devote your reproductive energy to producing lots of babies, the better to rebound from the occasional near-extinction (think rats); and stay small to make better use of the small chunks of habitat available in a city (and to avoid the risk of crossing a street). Snakes have it a little harder than most other vertebrates—humans are particularly inclined to kill them—so they tend to do better by staying away from people.
As I've discovered, milk snakes are quite adept at staying out of sight. They are a little large for a city snake—averaging two and a half feet—and need just a little too much territory to survive in places other than the fringes of Philadelphia. The fields and forests we have out on the edges might be enough.
To be an urban naturalist is to accept the limitations of our depleted ecosystem, but maybe the milk snakes can hang on. Keep looking under rocks for the crimson-and-cream gems, and let me know if you find any.


Best ski lodge in USA because of the staff and location!
We just completed our 9th Presidents flay weekend father son ski trip at Rustler Lodge in Alta. The Managment (Tom and Kate Pollard) have always hired very well and the entire staff makes you feel like family. The service and food are top notch. The location at base of one of the best ski resorts on the planet if you like powder and challenging skiing is ideal. This is a very family oriented high end lodge and one worth exploring. Breakfast and dinner are included in room price and then meals among the best one can find in Utah. Meg and Kelly are so helpful for any dining requests. Hats off to the kitchen staff for serving up tasty fare. Rooms are well appointed and there is ski shop in the building. They 715am morning Yoga/Stretch with Julie is always a great day to start the day. Heated pool, hot tubs and steam rooms a great way to relax after the day. John is the bar has been there forever, is great company and makes one feel at home. Don't miss the happy our chow and snacks. The reservations team is very effecient and great on email...Rebecca, Jackie and Seth are always very helpful as well. Anyway open to answer questions but i have stayed here with pals, with my whole family and with the father son group and cannot say enough positive about the Rustler Team!!!
I has a wonderful first stay at the Rustler with friends and relatives. I have stay d in a huge variety of places over forty years and know what really makes a lodge work for me.
First and foremost, the people who works there are wonderful. They do everything in their power to make you feel welcome. Probably because they clearly enjoy their work and like their fellow employees, and are well treated and appreciated by management. They uniformly have a ridiculously friendly attitude, making all encounters pleasant and helpful, patiently answering every conceivable question. Without this aspect, even the best-equipped outdoors lodge can be a grim affair.
The attitude of the people who work there also likely reflects the fact that they and guests have every resource to work with right on site: a ski shop that took the time to give me the best fit I've had in years, on site lift tickets, on site ski school sign up, ski out to slopes and return chair lift with equal access to both sides of Alta, an outstanding restaurant with a lavish and delicious breakfast and dinner included in the room price, free cocktail and snacks (good ones) hour, a day spa with world class masseuses (Jeannie and Amy come to mind), indoor and outdoor hot tubs, eucalyptus steam room, outdoor pool, and - yes - live animal shows and end of day s'mores for the kids.
I want to give a shout out to the pastry chefs, two of whom I met early one morning. Awesome desserts. And a shout out to FCB. I hope his streak continues.
Yes, as others have commented, when you factor in the meals, location, and on site resources, it is the best priced deal around. But the friendly and helpful atmosphere coupled with the substantive resources skiers need take the Rustler to the level of a rare gem.
I thank all the people who work there for making my stay with friends and relatives truly memorable. I'll be back for as long as I can ski.
Room tip: i didn't sound much time in my room for all the obvious reasons.
Thank you! We're overwhelmed with your high praise. We cherish our returning guests, but to receive such a comprehensively glowing review from a new guest is especially gratifying.
We're not for everyone. Indeed, Alta is not for everyone. But for those who are discerning about ski culture and the contributions the Rustler brings to it, we are an excellent fit.
Thank you for writing at length about our strengths. Those are always our people, so I appreciate your shout outs to particular folks.
And we'll work on that overnight coffee situation!
Just spent 4 nights at the Rustler Lodge. Really enjoyed it. My room was immaculately clean and very spacious, with a great view of the slopes. The staff provided very professional, warm, service, and were always very helpful. Great amenities with a terrific hot pool and steamroom. The included breakfasts and dinners were well presented and well prepared. Service in the dining room was a bit confused at time, but nothing too bad. This is a very pricey lodge, which is the biggest negative. However, with the location at the base of Alta, the Rustler provides convenience in an upscale setting.
The Rustler does skiing right. You can ski to and from either base location at Alta Ski Area. Breakfast and dinner are included with lodging. There are a wide range of rooms, from dormitories to suites. The lodge has a large heated pool, sauna, and a steam room, as well as a day spa. The views are spectacular, especially from the comfortable bar. The staff is uniformly friendly and service oriented. Ski shop on premises. Easy access via shuttle from SLC airport.
We were also offered the opportunity to dine at a table with the manager and some other guests which was a nice idea if you wish to meet others.
We're delighted you joined our long-running Rustler Lodge tradition of the Wasatch Table, a hosted dinner giving guests the opportunity to learn more about Rustler history and share skiing stories. Our modified American plan for dining is a luxurious and relaxed way to maximize your ski holiday. No scramble to book dinner reservations weeks in advance or cook for a large crew of people after what should be a joyous and exhausting day on the snow. Though biased, I believe our gourmet four course meals are a highlight of any Rustler stay.
We are so glad you found your fifth floor room convenient. Thank you for your compliments.


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A Purple Day in December
Follow author Erica Thompson as she completes her book on Prince's spiritual journey on "a purple day in December." She provides updates on her writing and research, interviewing, networking and progress on securing a book publisher. And there are extra interviews, essays and pieces just for the fun of it! Cheer Erica on as she follows her dreams and the life of an extraordinary musician.
"The Color of the Pharaoh's Hand" - Prince's Moses References (Pt. 2)
Earlier this year, I did a blog post on Prince's references to the Biblical prophet Moses. I suspected it wasn't a comprehensive list, and some fans pointed out a couple allusions I'd missed. And as I continue to study Prince's spiritual development for my book, I gain greater clarity about his lyrics.
With that said, here are a few more references--and one correction--on a list that I would bet is still incomplete.
"Chelsea Rodgers" (2007): Amendment
Last time, I misinterpreted the following lyric from the Planet Earth album: "Moses was a pharaoh in the 18th Dynasty." I explained that Prince could be referring to Thutmose III or Amenmesse (or Amenmose).
However, it is more likely a reference to the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. According to his former wife, Mayte Garcia, Prince felt a connection to the ruler. He reportedly read the book, Akhenaten: King of Egypt, and included the pharaoh's name in a hidden message in the video for the "The One" in 1998. Prince also, arguably, referenced the pharaoh in the 2001 song, "Muse 2 the Pharaoh."
Given that Akhenaten rejected Egyptian religious tradition and attempted to persuade the people to embrace monotheism, he has been linked with Abrahamic religions. Some scholars (including Sigmund Freud) believe he mentored Moses, who presented the Israelites with the Ten Commandments--which includes the instruction, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Others believe Akhenaten was Moses. That is a theory Prince may have supported.
"Revelation" (2015)
Prince arguably connects Moses and Akhenaten again on this song from the HitnRun Phase Two album.
"Through English glamour, casting a spell/Though Hebrew, Greek and Roman hell," he sings. "Higher 'til we overstand, the color of the pharoah's hand."
"What that's about is Moses," Prince said in his 2015 interview with Ebony, referencing the Biblical book of Exodus, chapter four, verse six. According to the passage, God showed Moses miraculous signs. Following God's instructions, Moses put his hand in his cloak, pulled it out, and noticed it was "leprous, like snow."
"What color was it before he put it in?" Prince asked in the interview. "So now we can start talking about that stuff. We couldn't do that until you had a [black] president. Couldn't do that until hip-hop."
One could interpret this statement as Prince's commentary on the whitewashing of Biblical figures. And by calling Moses "pharaoh" in the song, he may once again be alluding to the similarities between the prophet and Akhenaten.
It's a school of thought rooted in Afrocentricity, a movement that highlighted the contributions of ancient African civilizations, with a heavy focus on Egypt. Proponents of the movement preferred to call the country by its native name, km.t.
At its height in the '90s, Afrocentricity was being introduced in the school system, from kindergarten to college, to the delight and dismay of different groups, depending on their viewpoint.
A review of Prince's statements, lyrics and affiliations over time indicates he was very much steeped in Afrocentricty (more on that in my book).
"The first time I saw a person of color in a book, the person was hung from a tree," Prince said in a 1996 interview with the St. Paul Pioneer Press, emphasizing the need for a more expansive education system. "That was my introduction to African-American history in this country."
Exodus (1995)
Though this album was attributed to the New Power Generation, Prince was heavily involved in the project — one of the first to be released independent of Warner Bros. In the Bible, the book of Exodus details the story of Moses and the Israelites' exit from Egypt. Prince is using that allusion to articulate, not only his freedom from his own limitations under contract with the record label, but his desire for the liberation of black artists, historically mistreated by the music industry.
"It really was him talking about where things were with these record companies," NPG keyboard player Morris Hayes said in an interview with the Peach and Black Podcast. "I think that was his clarion call, like, 'You've got to know how we as artists are being stifled.'"
And just as black people used spirituals, including "Go Down, Moses," as codes for their liberation from slavery, Prince utilized religious imagery in his songs to imagine "new worlds," or better economic and social conditions for black people, according to scholars.
Even the cover art of the Exodus album can be interpreted as Afrofuturism imagery.
"Return of the Bump Squad" (1995)
I welcome interpretations of this funk, gospel-infused jam from the Exodus album. It seems to be a hodgepodge of rock-star cockiness, anti-music industry sentiment, a sprinkle of rap shade and bits of Biblical imagery.
Sonny T. references Moses' journey to Mount Horeb (aka Mount Sinai) and desire to pass through the land of Edom in a spoken-word section at the end of the song.
"And the people spake against God and against Moses," he said. "Wherefore have ye brought us up to Egypt to die in the wilderness?"
It seems Prince wanted to lead everyone to a land of artistic freedom, spiritual redemption and "real music."
"U best get your house in order," Sonny T. adds. "And get back in the music books."
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Bluecoat C of E Primary School
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Positive Physical Health
The school offers a varied and strong sports programme, including:
The schools comprehensive tracking system allows the school to target all young people (pupils less active, pupil premium, SEND) with school sport opportunities and actively encourage them to take part in physical activity.
The school provides all pupils with two and a half hours of timetabled PE per week (within the curriculum only) and have an additional 15 minutes per day of 'physical blast'. In addition, evidence per term highlighted that, on average, just over 80% of pupils take up extracurricular sporting activity per week. Kari Gibbons (PE Lead) also demonstrated a strong understanding of less active young people. The school also identified 163 pupils who were not regularly participating in after-school clubs and have high aspirations to get them active. So far, the school has successfully engaged 18% of the least active cohort in extracurricular sporting activity.
Discussions highlighted a strong competition calendar for all pupils. During 2018/19, the school took part in 13 and 6 School Games formats at intra-school and inter-school level respectively, as well as providing a number of personal challenges throughout the year. The school also provided opportunities through inter-school for young people to participate in B and C team standard competition in 3 School Games formats.
The school places a strong emphasis on engaging pupils in leading, managing and officiating School Games activity. During 2018/19, all KS2 students (100%) were actively engaged in intra-school sport leadership. The ethos of High 5 netball (leading, coaching, officiating etc.) has been applied to other sports in order to train young people in leading, managing and officiating. The schools Play Leader also promote health & wellbeing, lead break/lunch-time activity and support sport for all. Sports Ambassadors take on the role of the 'sports crew' and meet every half-term and all have individual roles and responsibilities to support the planning and development of School Games.
A number of external coaches, clubs and leisure providers support the delivery of school sport and physical activity through a range of opportunities for young people. In addition, the school has established active links with several local community sports clubs/providers; 15 as a signposting function and 10 formalised links where the school has regular communication with them.
The sport offer at the school is supplemented by strong CPD opportunities. During 2018/19, three teaching assistants completed a 10 week level 5 PE specialism training course and there is a strong ethos of learning from each other within school. The Devon School Games and local SSCO offer provides additional CPD which the school accesses at events/festivals.
The school engages with Facebook and Twitter very well, promoting all the aspects of their School Games activity regularly, and this is also supplemented by school sport updates in Parent Mail.
With a huge amount of young people competing in local inter-school competitions this year, we are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible.
2021 Sports Week
Click on the link above to find out how the House Teams got on.
Here at Bluecoat, we believe that promoting positive mental health is just as important as promoting positive physical health.
Throughout the year, we work on developing children's mental health in a range of different ways. Through circle time, PSHE and class discussions, we talk openly about feelings, emotions and mental wellbeing, encouraging children to do the same.
Each year, we celebrate Mental Health & Wellbeing Week, planning targeted teaching sessions which provide children with the tools they might need to improve their own mental health.
For some excellent resources on supporting children's mental health, have a look at the links below:
NHS - Every Mind Matters
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Swimming & COVID-19
From September 2021, we will be reintroducing swimming lessons. Due to the pandemic these have now been suspended for two years and we have a significant proportion of pupils in the upper school who are currently unable to swim. We hope to address this by doubling the number of sessions we offer and changing to a targeted approach which benefits those children with the most need. We will, therefore, start with pupils in Y6 who are unable to swim and work down through the year groups until we have addressed the backlog and are again in a position to offer universal provision to all pupils within designated year groups.
In usual circumstances, weekly swimming lessons are provided for all children in years 3 and 4 (on a half termly rota) at 1610 Torrington Swimming Pool. Lessons are led by Sue Tyrrell, a Qualified Level 2 Swimming Instructor with 13 years experience.
Torrington 1610 Pool
Swimming Provision at Bluecoat
There are many benefits of learning to swim. Swimming keeps your child's heart and lungs healthy, improves strength and flexibility, increases stamina and even improves balance and posture. Swimming is inclusive; children of any age or ability can take part and it is more accessible for children with additional needs than almost any other sport. Swimming provides challenges and rewards accomplishments, which helps children to become self-confident and believe in their abilities.
Most importantly, swimming can save your child's life. Drowning is still one of the most common causes of accidental death in children, so being able to swim is an essential life-saving skill.
At Bluecoat we are lucky enough to have a fully qualified Level 2 swimming instructor with 13 years experience. Along with other members of staff, including class teachers, Sue Tyrrell ensures that the swimming lessons at Bluecoats are not only of a high quality, but are also great fun too!
Using games such as 'Simon Says', bubble blowing activities and even water polo, Sue supports the children in gradually building their confidence in the water.
Through using ability based groupings and a high ratio of staff to children, the quality of provision and the amount of time children spend in the water is maximised.
The National Curriculum states that all schools must provide swimming instruction either in Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 and in particular, pupils should be taught to:
swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
use a range of strokes effectively, for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke
perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
In addition, Bluecoat follow the Devon Swim 100 curriculum which provides a broad range of water based skills and knowledge, supporting children reach a new minimum standard and expectation of swimming 100 metres by the end of Key Stage 2. The programme was developed by the Devon PEDPASS team in response to headteachers' request for a more robust swimming provision. It aims to improve the outcomes of school swimming by setting a new minimum standard and expectation of all children swimming 100 metres by the end of Key Stage 2.
Devon Swim 100
Schools are required to publish how many Year 6 pupils have met the national curriculum requirements relating to swimming and water safety.
Our results for the 2018/2019 academic year are:
92% could swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
92% could use a range of strokes effectively
92% could perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
Sports Mark Gold Award
We are delighted to announce that we have achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2018/19 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
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In this video I lay out the fundamental riding skills & techniques to maintain your speed and control in flat corners. Hit me up in the comments section below if you have any questions on this particular technique or any other for that matter.
Raced world-wide in nine ISDE Enduros, six of which were for The Team USA World Trophy Team, earning five gold medals, one silver, and one bronze. He's a three time national Hare Scramble champion and the winner of over 20 national events; a multiple District 36 champion, and winner of several GNCC, National Enduro, and OMA races.
If I can (schedule wise), I'm gonna sign up for your training day at Frank Raines on the 6th. Been riding since I was 7 years old and even at 47 years old today, this old dog NEEDS to learn new tricks.
Edit.... Signed up for Frank Raines and ready to go.
Hi Brian! Not sure if you would remember us but you gave my son Ryder and me two days of beginner lessons at Hollister. Now we're on ThumperTalk and have a garage full of motorcycles and gear. It's been an awesome father son thing and it started with you and your brother, so thanks! We're going to try and make it back to Hollister this summer!
Thanks again for the training and advice yesterday. Now time to practice, practice and practice. Will for sure take another course.


We were invited for dinner to a friend's place yesterday.I had spoken to her many times on the phone, but it was the first time I was meeting her.It is strange that you get used to a voice and suddenly you have to associate a physical figure with it. She had a lovely home and some lovely poinsettia plants.When we were leaving, she gifted me one.
It looked so beautiful that I felt compelled to paint it.I made this painting this morning.The Christmas poinsettia.I love the red and the green next to each other.The contrast is striking, though I'm not sure that I managed to capture it!
But the important thing is that it gave me so much joy.
Lovely! Hope you had a fabulous holiday.
Looking good!.poinsettia's have such vibrant red leaves!
You did a beautiful job on the painting. I like the detailing on the leaves and the bright colors.
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Canon EOS R range set for 2020 refresh, sources suggest
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Looking forward to the EOS R Mark II and the EOS Rs
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2020 is shaping up to be a very busy year for Canon: we already know that the company's latest professional sports shooter – the EOS 1D X Mark III – is due some time early next year, but we're also hearing that an ultra-high-resolution EOS Rs could be announced in February next year.
If the latest report from Canon Rumors has any truth to it, then we may see a refreshed EOS R model as well. We first heard about the Canon EOS R Mark II back in October, when it appeared in an internal roadmap alongside an upgrade for the EOS 5D Mark IV.
Fast forward to December and a source has told the photography rumors site that the EOS R Mark II is "now in testing by a small group of Canon professionals". That could either mean prototypes or pre-production models, but if another full-frame mirrorless camera is already out in the field, it won't be long before we hear official word on it.
The source claims that Canon plans on announcing the EOS R Mark II in May, in the lead up to Photokina 2020.
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Canon has officially announced that it will be attending the upcoming photography trade fair in Germany next year, stating that the company "is eager to introduce new products and concept products at Photokina". So there may be some truth to this latest report from Canon Rumors.
While no specifications have been revealed as yet, the source has told the rumors site that the EOS R Mark II will resemble the high-end EOS Rs physically, meaning the Mn-F control bar on the rear of the current EOS R will likely not make an appearance, and a larger viewfinder with a higher resolution panel might be in the offing.
By the time we get official news of the Canon EOS R Mark II – provided the camera actually is in the pipeline – the company's original full-frame mirrorless camera would be about a year and a half old, and it's cropped 4K video will seem outdated. So we're excited to see whether Canon will offer its fans a refreshed version of the EOS R.
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On the back of the great announcement last week that Tim Cahill has become the inaugural ambassador of the Greyhound As Pets NSW program, GRNSW is delighted with the news from the Office of Local Government changing the laws around muzzling of greyhounds.
Effective immediately, greyhounds who are registered as pets will no longer be required to wear a muzzle while on a leash in public.
The move is part of the NSW Government's commitment to improving living standards and rehoming rates for greyhounds.
Greyhound Racing NSW sees these changes as important to the rehoming of retired greyhounds, and it is tremendous news for the well-being of our animals.
Added to this, if a greyhound is a Greenhound, it does not need to wear a muzzle in an off-leash park.
However, importantly, if a greyhound has not undergone the greenhound program, while it is free to be unmuzzled, on a lead in public, it must wear a muzzle in those off leash locations.
There has always been a stigma attached to a greyhound wearing a muzzle in public, and now the public will see that greyhounds are relatively quiet, placid and gentle animals.
This announcement and change to the laws will greatly assist the Greyhounds As Pets program and all other rehoming programs and initiatives in the future.
For full details of the Office of Local Government announcement, go here.


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Here's a partial listing of upcoming concerts and events:
Nekromantix, 8 p.m. today, Black Sheep, Colorado Springs, $10, TicketWeb.
Martina McBride, Little Big Town and Rodney Atkins, 7:30 p.m. today, World Arena, Colorado Springs, $49.75-$59.75, TicketsWest.
(Hed)pe, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Black Sheep, $15, TicketWeb.
Joss Stone and Ryan Shaw, 8 p.m. Sunday, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, $32, Ticketmaster.
Stevie Nicks and Chris Isaak, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Red Rocks, Morrison, $43.50,-$125, Ticketmaster.
KBPI Birthday Bash: Static-X, Hellyeah and Otep, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Fillmore Auditorium, $18, Ticketmaster.
Skinny Puppy, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Ogden Theatre, Denver, $28, Ticketmaster.
Volunteer Jam Tour 2007: Charlie Daniels Band, Marshall Tucker Band and The Outlaws, 7 p.m. Thursday, Fillmore Auditorium, $25-$39.50, Ticketmaster.
Norah Jones and M. Ward, 7:30 p.m. June 1, Red Rocks, $48.50-$60, Ticketmaster.
Blake Shelton, 8 p.m. June 1, Grizzly Rose, Denver, $25, Ticketmaster.
Maureen McGovern with The Velvet Hills Chorus, 8 p.m. June 2, Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, $30-$100, TicketsWest.
Big Head Todd and the Monsters, 7:30 p.m. June 2, Red Rocks, $45, Ticketmaster.
Elliott Yamin, 8 p.m. June 5, Gothic Theatre, Denver, $20, Ticketmaster.
Harry Connick Jr., 7:30 p.m. June 7, Red Rocks, $39.50-$72.50, Ticketmaster.
Shedaisy, 8 p.m. June 8, Grizzly Rose, $20, Ticketmaster.
Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System and Gogol Bordello, 7:30 p.m. June 8, Red Rocks, $30-$35, Ticketmaster.
Citizen Cope, 9 p.m. June 9, Ogden Theatre, $25, Ticketmaster.
Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, 8 p.m. June 9, Paramount Theatre, Denver, $42-$50, Ticketmaster.
SOLD OUT: The Police, June 9, Pepsi Center, Denver.
The Police, June 10, Pepsi Center, $50-$225 (restricted view seating), Ticketmaster.
True Colors Tour: Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, Debbie Harry, Dresden Dolls, The Gossip, The MisShapes and Margaret Cho, 6 p.m. June 10, Red Rocks, $50.50-$80.50, Ticketmaster.
Paulina Rubio, 8 p.m. June 10, Paramount Theatre, $39.50-$49.50, Ticketmaster.
CANCELED: George Lopez, June 10, World Arena. Refunds at point of purchase; Internet and phone orders will be automatically credited.
Bloc Party, The Noisettes and The Maccabees, 8 p.m. June 12, Ogden Theatre, $27.50, Ticketmaster.
The Bravery, 9 p.m. June 14, Gothic Theatre, $15, Ticketmaster.
Bob Saget, 8 p.m. June 15, Paramount Theatre, $35, Ticketmaster.
Earl Thomas Conley, 8 p.m. June 15, Grizzly Rose, $10, Ticketmaster.
Nelly Furtado, 8 p.m. June 15, Fillmore Auditorium, $42, Ticketmaster.
Kathy Griffin, 8 p.m. June 15, Buell Theatre, $49.50, Ticketmaster.
John Mayer and Ben Folds, 7:30 p.m. June 15 and 16 (June 16 sold out), Red Rocks, $49.50-$55.50, Ticketmaster.
KOOL Koncert 2007: John Kay and Steppenwolf, The Four Tops, Herman's Hermits featuring Peter Noone, Pure Prairie League, 5 p.m. June 15, Coors Amphitheatre, $25-$52.50, Ticketmaster.
KOOL Koncert 2007: Tommy James and The Shondells, War, The Rascals featuring Felix Cavaliere, The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie, 4 p.m. June 16, Coors Amphitheatre, $25-$52.50, Ticketmaster.
Naughty by Nature, 9 p.m. June 16, Ogden Theatre, $25, Ticketmaster.
Bob Dylan and My Morning Jacket, 7:30 p.m. July 19, Red Rocks, $55, Ticketmaster.
George Thorogood and The Destroyers and Buddy Guy, 7 p.m. June 19, Red Rocks, $30-$50, Ticketmaster.
Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin, 7:30 p.m. June 21, Fillmore Auditorium, $35, Ticketmaster.
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Counting Crows, Chris Thile, Guster, Yonder Mountain String Band and more, June 21-24, Telluride. Tickets and info, 800-624-2422 or shop.bluegrass.com.
Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Festival: Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Madeleine Peyroux, Earth, Wind and Fire, Steve Winwood, Angelique Kidjo, The Black Crowes and more, June 21-24, Rio Grande Town Park, Aspen. Tickets and info, www.jazzaspen.org or 866-527-8499.
Deftones, Dir en grey and The Fall of Troy, 8 p.m. June 22, Fillmore Auditorium, $28, Ticketmaster.
Les Claypool, 9 p.m. June 22, Ogden Theatre, $30, Ticketmaster.
Xavier Rudd, 9 p.m. June 22, Gothic Theatre, $20, Ticketmaster.
Feist, 8:30 p.m. June 22, Boulder Theater, $23.50, www.bouldertheater.com or 303-786-7030.
SOLD OUT: Widespread Panic, June 22-24, Red Rocks.
Cirque du Soleil: Corteo, June 22-July 8, Pepsi Center grounds, $31.50-$80, Ticketmaster.
Lucinda Williams, 8 p.m. June 23, Fillmore Auditorium, $35, Ticketmaster.
Smooth Jazz 104.3 Summer Fest: Brian Culbertson, Guitars & Saxes, The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman and more, 2 p.m. June 23, Coors Amphitheatre, $32.50-$79.50, Ticketmaster.
Joan Armatrading, 8 p.m. June 23, Paramount Theatre, $35-$55, Ticketmaster.
*Sevendust, Diecast and Point One, 7 p.m. June 26, City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, $22.50, Ticketmaster.
Goo Goo Dolls and Lifehouse, 7:30 p.m. June 27, Red Rocks, $34.50-$45.50, Ticketmaster.
Jaguares, 10 p.m. June 28, Gothic Theatre (18 and older), $42, Ticketmaster.
SOLD OUT: Stephen Stills, June 28, Boulder Theater. Sage Francis, 8 p.m. June 29 and 30, Gothic Theatre, $18, Ticketmaster.
Michael Franti and Spearhead and John Butler Trio, 7 p.m. June 30, Red Rocks, $36.95, Ticketmaster.
Kenny Chesney, Pat Green and Sugarland, 7 p.m. June 30, Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, $65-$85, TicketHorse.
*Chris Cornell, 8 p.m. July 14, Fillmore Auditorium, $37.75, Ticketmaster.
CANCELED: Psychedelic Furs, The Fixx and ABC, July 19, Ogden Theatre. Refunds at point of purchase.
SOLD OUT: Rush, Aug. 8, Red Rocks.
SOLD OUT: String Cheese Incident, Aug. 10-12, Red Rocks.
RESCHEDULED: The Killers, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4, Red Rocks, $39.50, Ticketmaster.
* = New listing this week
Ticketmaster: Colorado State Fair box office, 719-520-9090, 303-830-8497 or www.ticketmaster.com . TicketsWest outlets: King Soopers and Independent Records, 719-576-2626 or www.ticketswest.com . World Arena tickets: TicketsWest or www.worldarena.com . TicketWeb outlet: Independent Records or www.ticketweb.com . TicketHorse: www.TicketHorse.com or 866-461-6556.
All concerts at Fillmore Auditorium, Gothic Theatre, Bluebird Theater and Ogden Theatre are ages 16+, unless noted. Grizzly Rose shows are 18+. Compiled by Amy Matthew. Information is supplied by promoters. Ticket prices do not include service charges.


SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Thousands of visitors sat in near silence Tuesday morning in Somerset County, Pa., as a pair of bells rang out with dramatic chimes.
They rang 40 times, sounding to honor the passengers and crew members, who died when United Flight 93 plummeted into a vacant reclaimed strip mine in Shanksville, Pa., on Sept. 11, 2001.
It's believed that Flight 93 also was headed for the nation's capital, but its passengers banded together and mounted an attack forcing the plane to crash in Shanksville, about 20 minutes flying time from its intended destination.
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Is Coca-Cola Losing Its Charm?
Coca-Cola has been sitting on top of the global fizzy drink industry, much like Cristiano Ronaldo being the undefeated king of world football. What happens when two undefeated kings come face to face? They collide, and one of them is bound to go down.
In this case, unfortunately, it was Coke that had to suffer the business wrath as Ronaldo casually stretched his arm to reach the two Coke bottles in front of him at the Euro 2020 press conference podium and replaced them with water.
The video went viral in no time, with the media falsely claiming that the gesture alone was responsible for the brand losing billions on the stock market. But even though such claims were dismissed, one is bound to question the bad rep that Coca Cola faced despite being one of the top sponsors for the European Championship.
After all, sports personalities like the Portugal captain with over 550 million social media followers are beyond the control of any sponsorship and may proceed to do as they please with whatever they want. With that heavy influence over that whopping amount of people, fans who back you up in every move you make, one can only imagine the power that comes with it.
However, despite whatever the power dynamics there might be, one can't help but think that is Coca-Cola really losing its charm and finally being thrown off from the monopolistic throne of fizzy drinks it reigns over. The truth may surprise you.
Coca Cola – The Brand
Undeniably, anybody who has ever thought of owning their own beverage company has idealized Coca Cola as the brand to look up to. After all, even after decades of operating, Coca-Cola still retains its title as the most valuable soft drink brand, taking up 20% of the YS$37 billion brand value. Even though in close competition with Pepsi, Coke still validates its position whenever Pepsi suffers a drop in its brand value and Coke doesn't even budge. With a Brand Strength Index or BSI of 90 out of 100 and corresponding AAA+ brand strength, Coca-Cola is the world's strongest brand across the board for the food and non-alcoholic beverage sector. Therefore, as per the brand's value and strength, one can never question if Coca-Cola has lost its charm.
Coca Cola Products
This one fact about Coca-Cola will likely blow your mind as the brand is known for owning up to 3500 beverages and 500 separate brands under its banner. From snacks and confectionery to water, energy drinks, and soy-based products, Coca-Cola has a diverse product portfolio competing with big names in the global food and beverage industry. The best part is that despite so many products to maintain quality and name with, Coca-Cola still shows up in the top names when listed. This proves that even though the company has a large variety of products, Coca-Cola has very much retained its charm and may keep it going for many years to come.
Coca Cola Market Valuation
Don't go believing the false narrative that was recently created attributing Ronaldo's gestures to the stock market decline faced by Coke the very same day. The reason now sighted has been that the market was already downplaying the stocks that day, with even Ford losing $2 billion in market value. Hence, even though these confounding events have resulted in the Coke stock losing value, the gesture alone wasn't responsible. One can't deny that Coca-Cola is too strong of a brand to have its market valuation lowered by Ronaldo single-handedly. With almost $36 billion in revenue valuation, Coca-Cola stands 84th on the list of the world's largest economies alongside Costa Rica, a fully-fledged country.
Coca Cola – The Drink Itself
This may be a biased opinion depending on people who enjoy drinking Coke and those who don't. However, a whopping majority speaks for itself and hails Coke as the fizzy drink king. People have gone as far as claiming Coke to be an alternative to water for them even though it might result in serious health implications. But the fanatics can't seem to care less as, despite numerous research findings, people continue to buy Coke as their very first preference when asked about a drink.
Even though Ronaldo's gesture had stirred up the media quite a bit, the Coca-Cola brand has gone untarnished. It has emerged victorious yet again despite backlash and pressure from fellow brands and companies citing all sorts of reasons. It shows many people in the beverage development industry that if you hope to have your own beverage company one day, a giant is sitting on top, dictating how the industry works.
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Legionnaires' Outbreak Potentially Linked To State Fair Hot Tubs
Posted by Toi Williams on Oct 4th, 2019
The North Carolina Department of Health has traced an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease to the North Carolina Mountain State Fair that ran from September 6 to 15. Specifically, the most likely source of infection has been identified as contaminated hot tubs inside the Davis Event Center. The department says 124 cases have been reported so far.
Legionella bacteria occurs naturally in fresh water, but it can also thrive and spread through warm-water sources. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), faulty plumbing systems, contaminated air conditioning units, cooling towers, and hot tubs are common sources where the bacteria can be heavily concentrated. Infections with the bacteria can cause a mild, flu-like illness called Pontiac fever or a serious pneumonia-like lung infection known as Legionnaires' disease.
The majority of cases in this outbreak (116) are the Legionnaires' kind. Eighty-one people have been hospitalized, and at least one death has been reported. The disease's incubation period of 2-10 days has now lapsed since the end of the fair, so officials don't expect the number of cases to increase much.
The state Division of Public Health was alerted to a sudden spike in Legionnaire's disease cases in Buncombe and Henderson counties about a week after the fair ended. A survey of the Legionnaires' patients showed that people diagnosed with the disease likely visited the event center and walked by the hot tub displays. The analysis also showed people who got sick were much more likely to have visited in the last five days of the fair.
To get Legionnaires' disease or Pontiac fever, you have to breathe in Legionella in aerosolized water, meaning small droplets like mists or vapors. Environmental testing has identified the bacteria in a water sample at the location. However, it's still possible there might have been other sources of contaminated aerosolized water contributing to the outbreak. Results are still pending from other samples taken in the investigation.
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Q: PL/SQL ORACLE ERROR : PLS-00225 in my Code I know that there are already other posts on this subject, but I can't find a way to make it work. Can someone take a shot at my code, please? I'm blocked on this issue.
So basically, I can't create correctly my PROCEDURE because of these 3 errors:

PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored  PL/SQL: ORA-00904:
"BCM_CURSOR"."ORDER_REF" : invalid indentificator PLS-00225:
subprogram ref or cursor 'BCM_CURSOR' out of range

This is my schema for my SUBORDERS TABLE:
CREATE TABLE SUBORDERS (
    IDSUBORDER VARCHAR(128) PRIMARY KEY,
    StatusSubOrders VARCHAR(128) DEFAULT 'Open',
    DescriptionSubOrders VARCHAR(128)
);

And my schema for my XXBCM_ORDER_MGT table is :

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE pr_MigrateSubOrders AS

CURSOR BCM_cursor IS select * FROM XXBCM_ORDER_MGT where ORDER_REF LIKE '%-%'; -- DECLARING MY CURSOR

v_current_max NUMBER;
r_current_row XXBCM_ORDER_MGT%ROWTYPE; -- ROWTYPE USED BY THE CURSOR
BEGIN

OPEN BCM_cursor;
FETCH BCM_cursor INTO r_current_row;
WHILE BCM_cursor%NOTFOUND != FALSE
LOOP

    SELECT MAX(TO_NUMBER(regexp_replace(IDSUBORDER, '.*-(.*)','\1'))) INTO v_current_max FROM SUBORDERS WHERE IDSUBORDER LIKE regexp_replace(BCM_cursor.ORDER_REF, '(.*)-.*','\1') || '%'; -- working
    IF v_current_max = NULL THEN
        v_current_max := 1;
    ELSE
        v_current_max := v_current_max + 1;
    END IF;
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_current_max);

    FETCH BCM_cursor INTO r_current_row;
END LOOP;

CLOSE BCM_cursor;
END;

I have tested the main part of my algorithm and it seems to work correctly! ( the SELECT MAX...)

A: CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE pr_MigrateSubOrders AS

   CURSOR BCM_cursor IS select * FROM XXBCM_ORDER_MGT where ORDER_REF LIKE '%-%'; -- DECLARING MY CURSOR

   v_current_max NUMBER;
   r_current_row XXBCM_ORDER_MGT%ROWTYPE; -- ROWTYPE USED BY THE CURSOR
BEGIN

   OPEN BCM_cursor;
   LOOP
   FETCH BCM_cursor INTO r_current_row;
   EXIT WHEN BCM_cursor%NOTFOUND;

       SELECT MAX(TO_NUMBER(regexp_replace(IDSUBORDER, '.*-(.*)','\1'))) INTO v_current_max
         FROM SUBORDERS
        WHERE IDSUBORDER LIKE regexp_replace(r_current_row.ORDER_REF, '(.*)-.*','\1') || '%'; -- working

       v_current_max := NVL( v_current_max, 0) + 1;

       DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(v_current_max);

   END LOOP;

   CLOSE BCM_cursor;
END;

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Sandy's Headwinds Stall Romney's Momentum
Policy + Politics
REUTERS/Brian Snyder
By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times
In the closing days of the presidential race, Mitt Romney faces a new set of headwinds.
Hurricane Sandy might be the ultimate twist in the election—and its ferocious squalls along with some stumbles this week by Romney point toward a campaign that may struggle in the final dash to Nov. 6. This doesn't mean President Obama is a guaranteed lock for a second term, only that the momentum that carried Romney forward over the past month appears to have stalled.
The Republican ducked questions Tuesday about his call at a GOP primary debate last year to shift the responsibilities for disaster relief from the federal government to states and private enterprises. On top of that, his running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, put forward a budget that cuts funding to states for disaster aid.
And It's Obama, the Democrat, touring the devastation caused by the hurricane on Wednesday with the keynote speaker at the Republican National Convention—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Romney is working crowds down in Florida on Wednesday, but Obama has the opportunity to appear presidential.
As if that weren't enough, Romney is fending off criticism about a campaign ad suggesting that Chrysler—as a result of the government auto bailout—will be moving jobs at its Jeep factory to China. The company quickly criticized the ad for falsely portraying its expansion in China as coming at the expense of American workers.
"I feel obliged to unambiguously restate our position: Jeep production will not be moved from the United States to China," Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said Tuesday. "Jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the United States and will constitute the backbone of the brand."
Taken as a whole, the situation gets at a larger trend seen by polling of likely voters in the battleground states of Florida, Ohio and Virginia. They rate Romney higher on his leadership qualities, but consider Obama to be much more trustworthy, according to the survey by Quinnipiac University for The New York Times and CBS News that was released Wednesday.
The Jeep ad reinforces the negative sentiments about Romney's candor, while the hurricane gives Obama the chance to close the gap on leadership. Only 45 percent of Virginians consider Romney to be honest, while 64 percent say he has strong leadership qualities. Obama received a 55 percent backing from Virginians on leadership and 53 percent on trustworthiness. Those results are mirrored in Ohio and Florida
The polls do confirm that the race has tightened over the past month, as Obama's advantage with women voters has narrowed. His decisive leads in Florida and Virginia have been erased to the point where they fall within the margin of error. He is ahead of Romney 48 percent to 47 percent in Florida, and 49 percent to 47 percent in Virginia. The president has maintained his 55 percent to 45 percent edge in Ohio.
"After being subjected to what seems like a zillion dollars' worth of television ads and personal attention from the two candidates reminiscent of a high-school crush, the key swing states of Florida and Virginia are too close to call with the election only days away," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Qu
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