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Volume 6 - Issue 4 (Cumulated No. 23), December 25, 2020. (COVER)
The following manuscripts are presented as online first for peer-review, starting from October 10, 2020.
1. Review on Epidemiology and Economic Impact of Tsetse Transmitted Bovine Trypanasomosis in Ethiopia
Birhanu Eticha1 and Taddesse Yayeh2
1 Benishangul Gumuz Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resource, P. O. BOX: 30, Asossa, Ethiopia, E-mail: brihanueticha12@gmail.com (DVM, MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics)
2 Bahir Dar University, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, School of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (DVM, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor)
Abstract: Tsetse transmitted bovine trypanasomosis is widely distributed in tsetse infested parts of Ethiopia. Tsetse flies, in Ethiopia are confined to the southern and western regions between longitude 33o and 38o E and latitude 5 o and 12 o N and infested area extends from the southern part of the rift valley, around the south-western corner of the country and along the western lowlands and escarpments to the Blue Nile. Studies conducted in different parts of the country revealed that, tsetse transmitted bovine trypanasomosis is found widely distributed in Oromia, Amhara, South Nations Nationality people's, Benishangul Gumuz and Gambella regions with a prevalence that ranges from 2.1 to 19.5%. Four species of tsetse flies namely G. pallidipes, G. m.submrsitans, G. fuscipes and G. tachnoides are widely distribution in the country. The most common tsetse transmitted trypanosome species responsible for the disease in Ethiopia are T. congolese, T. vivax and T. b. brucei. The severity of the disease in the country is the result of interactions between hosts, agents and the environment. Since tsetse transmitted bovine tryp anosomsis is a wasting disease, affected animals are unproductive in terms of milk, meat, manure and resulted in reduced birth rates, increased abortion rates and the mortality rate can be high and all of these affect the herd size and composition. Hence, participatory approach should be implemented so as to reduce vector density and prevalence of the disease to the level that they will not be major risk for cattle production.
[Birhanu Eticha and Taddesse Yayeh. Review on Epidemiology and Economic Impact of Tsetse Transmitted Bovine Trypanasomosis in Ethiopia. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 1-9]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 1. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.01.
Keywords: Bovine, Ethiopia, Epidemiology, Risk Factor, Trypanosomosis, Tsetse Fly
2. Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Patients with Behcet Uveitis
Ahmed Eisa Abu Zaid, MSc, Amin E. Nawar, MD, FRCS (Glasg), Mohammad El Bradey, MD, Magdy Moussa, MD
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt.
E-mail: ahmeabuzaid@gmail.com
Abstract: Purpose: to assess optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) changes in patients with Behcet uveitis (BU). Method: This is a prospective, cross-sectional non-interventional study that was carried out on 30 eyes of 18 Behçet uveitis patients compared to 20 eyes of 10 normal subjects matched for age, sex and refraction. Swept source optical coherence tomography (SS OCT) was performed for all cases. OCT-A was also performed to assess areas of capillary non perfusion and to measure the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in both superficial and deep capillary plexuses (SCP and DCP). Results: The BCVA was markedly reduced in patients with BU (,) p value <0.001. Macular edema, peripheral retinal vascular leakage and optic disc hyperfluorescence were the main angiographic findings in BU patients. Epiretinal membrane was the most common presentation in SS OCT followed by cystoid macular edema. Furthermore, FAZ was significantly enlarged in BU patients in both SCP and DCP (,) p value 0.005. BCVA was positively correlated with both SCP and DCP (,) p value 0.033. Conclusions:OCT-A is a new imaging modality that can assess foveal ischemia by measuring FAZ in SCP and DCP in BU patients.
[Ahmed Eisa Abu Zaid, Amin E. Nawar, Mohammad El Bradey, Magdy Moussa. Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Patients with Behcet Uveitis. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 10-15]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 2. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.02.
Keywords: Behcet uveitis, Optical coherence tomography angiography, Foveal avascular zone, superficial capillary plexus, Deep capillary plexus
3. Verification of the reliability of anterior segment OCT in measuring limbus-insertion distance in horizontal recti muscles
Dr. Ali Hammouda Ghoraba, Prof. Dr. Heba Mohamed Shafik, Prof. Dr. El Sayed Samir Arafa, Prof. Dr Ahmed Lotfi Ali
Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Email: Ali.h.g1993@gmail.com
Abstract: Background: Measuring limbus-insertion distance of horizontal recti muscles can have many benefits in observing muscle changes postoperatively and in finding correlation between the degree and type of ocular misalignment and limbus-insertion distance, many modalities were introduced to image extraocular muscles (1)(2) but anterior segment OCT remains the most recent modality introduced for such purpose. Patients and Methods: Prospective observational case series study was carried out in 40 eyes in 20 patients with manifest strabismus who were planned for surgical correction, all patients were subjected to complete ophthalmological examination and to preoperative and intraoperative measurement of limbus-insertion distance by anterior segment OCT and surgical caliber respectively. Results: When comparing the measurements via the two methods a statistically significant correlation was evident with tendency of anterior segment OCT to overestimate the limbus-insertion distance. Conclusion: Anterior segment OCT is a reliable method in determining limbus-insertion distance in eyes undergoing primary squint surgery. Aim of the work: Assessing the reliability of Anterior Segment OCT in measuring limbus-insertion distance of horizontal recti muscles. [Ali Hammouda Ghoraba, Heba Mohamed Shafik, El Sayed Samir Arafa, Ahmed Lotfi Ali. Verification of the reliability of anterior segment OCT in measuring limbus-insertion distance in horizontal recti muscles. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 16-22]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 3. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.03.
Keywords: Limbus-insertion distance, Anterior segment OCT, strabismus.
4. African Animal Trypanosomosis and Its Control: A review
Birhanu Eticha
Benishangul Gumuz Region Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resource, P.O. Box 30, Assosa, Ethiopia
e-mail: brihanueticha12@gmail.com
Summary: Trypanosomes are protozoan parasites that cause debilitating diseases called trypanosomosis in animals, sleeping sickness in humans and have great socio-economic impact adversely affecting food production and economic growth in many parts of Africa, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The disease caused by these extracellular hemoflagellates in domestic animals is called "Nagana" or African animal trypanosomosis. Trypanosomosis in animal is transmitted cyclically by the genus Glossina, but it can also be transmitted mechanically by other biting flies among which Tabanus and Stomoxys are presumed to be the most important. The distribution of the disease coincides with the habitat of the tsetse fly vector and is called the tsetse fly "belt". Trypanosomosis is controlled either by controlling the vector or the parasites or by controlling both and for many years, a large number of vector control tools have been developed and implemented. However, control of animal trypanosomosis in poor rural community has mainly been relied on the use of trypanocidal drugs. But only a small group of chemo prophylactic and chemo therapeutic trypanocidal compounds are currently in use and new compounds are unlikely to become fabricated The inevitable outcome of continued use of the same compounds for decades has resulted in drug resistance that has been largely responsible for frequently observed chemo therapeutic failures. Hence, strategic control of trpanosomosis focusing on the vector should be implemented to mitigate the problem.
[Birhanu Eticha. African Animal Trypanosomosis and Its Control: A review. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 23-35].ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 4. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.04.
Keywords: Animal, Glossina, Trypanosomosis
5. Pentacam Significant Topographical Characteristics and Indices in Keratoconus
Ghady Saleh Farag Al-Shobak; Mohamed E Lsaadany Ghoraba, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ghoneim, Dr. Hazem Ahmed Elbedewy
Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Abstract: Background: The pentacam system is a relatively new diagnostic imaging tool. It is a special imaging system that seems to be able to reliably measure both the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces, both pre- and post-operatively, using a rotating Scheimpflug camera. The pentacam helps the ophthalmologist to better quantify normal postoperative cornea and better diagnose ectatic disorders. Aim: To study the common topographical characteristics of Scheimpflug system (Oculus Pentacam) of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of keratoconus in private centers at Tanta city. Patients and Methods: This comparative, retrospective research was conducted in 100 eyes of 50 patients with keratoconus (32 male, 18 female with were included in this study. The mean age was 26.07±4.98 years. The Control Group included hundred eyes of 50 individuals with average normal corneal parameter (non keratoconic) (30 male, 20 female). Results: It has been concluded, the interpretation and investigation of the show is intuitive: if the progression of the corneal thickness indicates an average index greater than 1.1, the rise in the progression of the thickness is clinically relevant and the red curve is not parallel to the black broken lines but steeper. It is also clinically relevant if a red center is seen in the difference map between the BFS and the improved BFS elevation map. Conclusion: The aim of our study is to help the refractive surgeon identify patients who may be at risk of post-surgical ectasia and/or to help identify early or subclinical keratoconus.
[Ghady Saleh Farag Al-Shobak; Mohamed E Lsaadany Ghoraba, Ahmed Mohamed Ghoneim, Hazem Ahmed Elbedewy. Pentacam Significant Topographical Characteristics and Indices in Keratoconus. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 36-41]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 5. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.05.
Key words: Pentacam, topography, Keratoconus, scheimpflug
6. Albuterol as an Adjuvant Therapy in Acute Anticholinesterase Pesticides Poisoning: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Al-Shaimma Mahmoud Mohamed El-Mansy, Arwa Ahmed Abo-Elfadl, Ahmad Abdelsattar El-Ebiary, Anas Mohammad El-Bassiony Abo Samak and Ahmed Abd Alraouf Hashem.
Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Abstract: Background: Acute anticholinesterase pesticides poisoning is a major problem in developing countries. Although atropine and oximes are known antidotes, novel therapeutic regimens are needed to improve patients' outcome. Albuterol is a selective bet 2 adrenergic agonist that can improve oxygenation. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate safety and efficacy of aerosolized albuterol as an adjuvant in the management of patients with acute anticholinesterase pesticide poisoning. Methods: This was a randomized, controlled, parallel-group study performed between May 2017 and August 2018 on 60 patients with acute anticholinesterase poisoning who were admitted to the Tanta University Emergency Hospital Poison Control Center. The patients were randomized into 3 equal groups (20 patients each). Group I participants received the standard treatment. In addition, each participant in groups II and III received a single dose (2.5 mg and 5 mg) of aerosolized albuterol respectively. Oxygenation, mortality, total dose of atropine administered, hospital stay period and the need for ICU admission and/or mechanical ventilation were the outcome measures included. Results: There were a total of 89 patients examined and 60 patients randomized. We found no statistically substantial differences in patient demographics among the groups studied, exposure characteristics, clinical manifestations or routine laboratory investigations on admission. The duration of hospital stay in patients treated with albuterol was substantially lower. However, the use of aerosolized albuterol as an added treatment could not improve oxygenation. Conclusion: Aerosolized albuterol was seemingly safe, and in patients with acute anticholinesterase pesticide poisoning, hospital stays were decreased.
[Al-Shaimma Mahmoud Mohamed El-Mansy, Arwa Ahmed Abo-Elfadl, Ahmad Abdelsattar El-Ebiary, Anas Mohammad El-Bassiony Abo Samak and Ahmed Abd Alraouf Hashem.
Albuterol as an Adjuvant Therapy in Acute Anticholinesterase Pesticides Poisoning: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 42-49]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 6. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.06.
Keywords: albuterol; anticholinesterase pesticide poisoning; safety; oxygenation.
7. Evaluation of multi-focal electroretinogram and optical coherence tomography angiography findings in diabetic maculopathy
Moataz Ayman Elshiekh (MSCh), Amin E Nawar (MD, FRCS), Yasser Ragab Serag (MD), Hamdy Abd El- Azim El- Koumy (MD)
Moataz.elshiekh93@yahoo.com
Abstract: Background: Diabetic maculopathy refers to two distinct eye diseases; diabetic macular oedema (DME) and diabetic ischaemic maculopathy. The two types of maculopathy are often comorbid, Ischaemic maculopathy occurs in conjunction with macular oedema and may occur even when macular oedema is mild. Diabetic macular oedema is one of the most important causes of blindness in developed countries under 70 years of age. Some studies have reported impaired function in the middle and inner layers of the retina in diabetic patients before vascular complications have been identified. Therefore, there is a need for an objective test for early detection and diagnosis of patients with abnormal retinal function due to diabetic retinopathy (DR) and DME. Multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) is important objective test identifying functional changes of the retina in early phases of DR Optical Coherence Tomography angiography (OCTA) can image vascular changes of diabetic maculopathy such as neovascularization and non-perfused areas (ischemic maculopathy). Aim of the study: is to evaluate the functional changes by multifocal electroretinography and the vascular changes by optical coherence tomography angiography in cases of diabetic maculopathy. Patients and Methods: A prospective randomized cross-sectional controlled study was done on (30 eyes) of (20 consecutive patients) with diabetic maculopathy and control group of (10 eyes) of (8 patients) with diabetic changes without macular affection and (10 eyes) of (10 participants) without ocular or systemic disease of the same age group. Results:The participants of the study are classified into 4 group, the 1st group included patients with non-central involving macular edema by OCT, 2nd group included patients with central involving macular edema by OCT, the 3rd group included patients with diabetic retinopathy without evident maculopathy neither by OCT nor FFA and the 4th group includes normal participants without ocular or systemic disease. The results showed statistically significant difference between the mean vascular density index (VDI) of the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) of each group (1stnon-center involving ME,2ndcenter involving ME & 3rddiabetic without evident maculopathy by OCT group) and the normal (4th) group with higher difference is between the 2nd(center involving ME) group and the normal. Also showed statistically significant difference between VDI of the deep capillary plexus (DCP) of each group (1st non-center involving ME, 2nd center involving ME & 3rd diabetic without evident maculopathy by OCT group) and the normal (4th) group with higher difference is between the 2nd (center involving ME) group and the normal. The results of analysis of the average of the five rings of mfERG showed statistically significant difference between the mean of P1 amplitude of each of the 3 groups and the normal group with the highest difference between the 2nd (center involving ME) group and the normal group. Also, showed statistically significant difference between the mean of P1 latency of 1st and 2nd group and between 2nd and 3rd groups with the highest difference between the 2nd (center involving ME) group and the normal group with statistically significant difference between the mean retinal response density of each of the 3 groups and the normal group with the highest difference between the 2nd (center involving ME) group and the normal group. Conclusion: Both OCTA and mfERG could detect early vascular and functional impairment in cases of early diabetic maculopathy despite normal clinical examination and OCT scans.
[Moataz Ayman Elshiekh, Amin E Nawar, Yasser Ragab Serag, Hamdy Abd El-Azim El-Koumy. Evaluation of multi-focal electroretinogram and optical coherence tomography angiography findings in diabetic maculopathy. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 50-55]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 7. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.07.
Keywords: Early diabetic maculopathy, Multifocal electroretinography, Optical Coherence Tomography angiography.
8. Ureteral Stenting after Ureteroscopy for Stone Treatment, Prospective Study on Indications and Outcomes
Ahmed Mahmoud Fouad Abdelaziz, Ahmed Fayez Ghaith, Maged Mostafa Ragab, Ayman Ahmed Hassan
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
Ahmedmfaziz1992@icloud.com
Abstract: Ureteroscopy (URS), is an appropriate option for the management of ureteral stones. Advances in working instruments and lithotripsy devices have enabled urologists to perform successful URS rendering the patient stone-free without complications. The need to place a DJ after URS is controversially discussed in literature and depends on the subjective discretion of the treating urologist. However, the majority of studies suffer from retrospective design and low patient number. Aims: The aim of this work is to analyse the postoperative ureteral stenting strategy in clinical practice after URS for stone treatment looking at the indications, outcome, types of stents used and the duration of stenting after ureteroscopy for stone treatment. Place and duration of the study: This study was carried out at the Department of Urology, the University of Tanta, Egypt, between March 2019 and February 2020. Methodology: This was an observational study that was carried out on 600 consecutives candidates for ureteroscopy to evaluate indications, outcomes of post-operative stenting. Results: In our department we followed the AUA guide lines for placement of double-J stent post URS as we placed it for the following reasons dilation of the ureteric orifice either by balloon (89.8%) or UAS (4.9%), intraoperative complications as following traumatic injury of the mucosa (15.3%), migrated stones in (4.3%) and perforation in (3.1%). Other reasons included; edema at the site of stone impaction (8.98%) stricture ureter (4.92%) solitary kidney (3.7%) impaired renal function (9.8%) large fragment that left for spontaneous passage (5.5%), surgeon's 's preference at the end of procedure (4.9%) and long operative time in (12.5%). In our series we found that (53%) of the presented patients didn't require stenting post ureteroscopy. It was also noted that balloon dilation was the main reason for post-ureteroscopy stenting. Conclusion: From this study we suggested that the use of post uretroscopic stenting is justified only in complicated cases, impaired renal function, single kidney, or a need for additional intervention as mentioned by the AUA guidelines. The use of post ureteroscopy double JJ stents should be judicious, because most of the candidates are at the working age and the indiscriminate routine use of stents would not only affect the quality of life, add cost, but would also affect the career of the patient.
[Ahmed Mahmoud Fouad Abdelaziz, Ahmed Fayez Ghaith, Maged Mostafa Ragab, Ayman Ahmed Hassan. Ureteral Stenting after Ureteroscopy for Stone Treatment, Prospective Study on Indications and Outcomes. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 56-64]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 8. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.08.
Keywords: Ureteric stones, ureteroscopy (URS), Double J (JJ) stents, Ureteicballon dilation, and ureteric edema
9. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency 115 system's Operating Personnel in Triage System and Its Effective Factors
Mahmood Ebrahimi1, Mehdi Zahabi2, Mojtaba Khaledi3
1MD, MPH, Ministry of Health - Curative Affairs, Iran.
2MSc, Nursing Department, Ministry of Health - Curative Affairs, Iran.
3BSc, Nursing Department, Ministry of Health - Curative Affairs, Iran.
E-mail: mahmoodebrahimi454@yahoo.com
Abstract: Triage system is necessary and critical for facilitating urgent distinguishing critically injured and ill patients from patients who have chronic and non-emergent complaints. Thus knowledge and attitude of operating personnel of triage system both can improve their performance and increase the system's effectiveness and efficiency. Therefore, the major aim of this study is investigating knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency 115 system's operating personnel in triage system and identifying effective factors. Findings show that most personnel fully believe in effectiveness of triage in 115 emergency system, however, the major information of personnel about triage and its implementation is experimental. In addition, findings show that 50% of the individuals had formal triage certificate, while none had optimal academic preparation. In other words, not only formal triage education is seriously pursued for 115 system personnel, but content retraining in triage is not desirable and acceptable.
[Ebrahimi Mahmood, Zahabi Mehdi, Khaledi Mojtaba. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency 115 system's Operating Personnel in Triage System and Its Effective Factors. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 65-68]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 9. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.09.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitudes, Operational Personnel, Triage Systems
10. Organizational Cynicism and its effect on Staff Nurses Job Embeddedness and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
Ebtsam Ahmed Mohamed1, Rasha Mohamed Nagib Ali2
1Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing. Minia University, Egypt
Telephone: 20.1099348644; E-mail: tamem.ali23@yahoo.com
Abstract: Background: Health care organizations cannot succeed without productive nursing staff. Improving the productivity and performance of health care workers in order to enhance efficiency in health interventions, is a major challenge. Objectives: This study determined whether there were an effect of organizational cynicism on job embeddedness and organizational citizenship behaviors among staff nurses. Methods: A descriptive correlation research design was conducted to achieve the aim of the current study. Setting: The study was conducted at Minia General Hospital. Subject: convenience sample of staff nurses who were working at Minia General Hospital (n=331). Fourth tools was used for collecting data for this study, 1st: Personal data questionnaire 2nd: Organizational Cynicism Scale (OCS),3rd: Job Embeddedness Scale, and 4th: Organizational Citizenship Behaviors Questionnaire. Result: The findings of the present study revealed that the majority percent of Minia general hospital staff nurses exhibited "high "responses toward organizational cynicism dimensions. On the contrary, the highly percent of the nurses were responses to "low" for total job embeddedness and nurses exhibited "low" responses toward organizational citizenship behavior dimensions. Conclusion: From this study it can be concluded that there were a negative correlation between organizational cynicism and job embeddedness and organizational citizenship behavior. In addition, there were a positive correlation between job embeddedness and organizational citizenship behavior. Recommendation: it is suggested that every manager in organizations need to play a more active and vital role in preventing cynicism, and managers need to be more understanding about the causes of cynicism and how to dealing with all employees.
[Ebtsam Ahmed Mohamed, Rasha Mohamed Nagib Ali. Organizational Cynicism and its effect on Staff Nurses Job Embeddedness and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. Biomedicine and Nursing 2020;6(4): 69-81]. ISSN 2379-8211 (print); ISSN 2379-8203 (online). http://www.nbmedicine.org. 10. doi:10.7537/marsbnj060420.10.
Keywords: organizational cynicism, job embeddedness, organizational citizenship behavior and staff nurses


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Song Premiere: Town Criers release new track, "It Ain't Love"
You know those relationships where you thought you found your soulmate but looking back, it was just unnecessary suffering of romantic idealism?
Well, Chicago based garage-rock band, Town Criers, is here to tell you that "true love" isn't what you think it is with the release of their latest single, "It Ain't Love," off of their upcoming EP set to release May 6th.
The band, consisting of Scott Truesdale, Andre Baptista and Kevin Allen, recorded the track with bassist, Jimmy Russell, at Twin Peaks studio in Chicago, which was produced by Twin Peak's guitarist, Cadien Lake James, and was recorded, mixed and mastered by Andrew Humphrey (Twin Peaks, Calpurnia, Divino Nino).
"The concept of 'soulmates' is shoved down our throats from a very young age, both in men and women, in very different ways," said Baptista. "It gives us these feelings of anxiety and despair as if our biological clocks are ticking faster than our lives are moving. There's a fear that if we don't find [true love], our existence would be borderline meaningless, which isn't true. Love is everywhere, scattered throughout the little things in our lives that, at many times, go unnoticed."
Listen to "It Ain't Love" below and catch Town Criers live in Chicago on April 27th.
You, cannonball, aimed at me across the hall
Even if you hit other people in between
She pulls me in, like the tide pulls in the sea
Says "it's plain to see that you're my cup of tea, it's clear to me"
And then, somehow, she comes and asks me face to face
"Honey, what's your name and how much time you've got to waste?"
She brings a smile, just like the sun between the clouds
She buys a round, sweeps my feet right off the ground
But I've been waiting
Why she kept me waiting?
It's a game I'll keep on playing for so long
And if it ain't crazy (It Aint Love)
And if it ain't hard (It Ain't Love)
And if it doesn't hurt you (It Ain't Love)
If it doesn't leave a scar
Juliette met Dave, back in 1948
He was bold and brave, she had just become of age
She sighs in stress, picks the color of her dress
Rides for Sunday Mess, she knows better to impress
She'd seen before, David leaning on the wall
Out the bar next door, telling stories from the War
And Dave gave in, he could hear their wedding bells
Ring inside his head, but she left with someone else
Love, it ain't love; give me some love…
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6. Rio Grande Southern Galloping Geese
Otto Mears built three railroads out of Silverton, Colorado, in the late nineteenth century. Because of grades impossible to negotiate, he built the Rio Grande Southern as a connecting route. He didn't have much luck. He finished the RGS just about the same time as the US went from the silver standard to the gold standard in 1893, which devalued silver and busted many of the silver mines in southern Colorado. Though the early part of the twentieth century, the mining industry for which the RGS was built to serve was all but dead. Since there were few paved roads in the area served by the RGS, the railroad fulfilled the purpose of connecting the small towns along the line with the outside world through mail delivery, small amounts of freight, and a few passengers. But, the RGS did have the mail contract so highly sought after by railroads. The contact with the Post Office mandated that a daily train be run to maintain the contract. In essence, the mail contract was all that was keeping the railroad alive, but, running the daily train necessitated a crew of five men. Locomotive maintenance and crew costs were more than the railroad could bear. The superintendent of the Ridgeway Shops of the RGS conceived the idea of converting an old automobile into a sort of a railbus. Scratch built by the RGS shops from a Pierce-Arrow body and frame, "Motor Number 1" was born. The concept was workable, but "Number 1" didn't last long. It was disassembled and used as parts for what became Motor Number 2. Between 1931 and 1936 another five were built and the six motors ran on the RGS, acquiring different bodies and numerous modifications, until the railroad was abandoned in 1951. They were dubbed "Galloping Geese" by locals along the line because of their waddling gait down the track and their automobile horn honking for grade crossings. Goose 2 was built in 1931 at Ridgeway, using a Pierce-Arrow Model 80 Body and a Buick 6-cylinder engine. It replaced the Ridgeway-Telluride mixed train in August, 1931, and was later used on the Durango-Dolores run to connect with the D&RGW's San Juan Express. It was retired in 1942, and was purchased by museum founder Bob Richardson in 1951. Of the six geese that ran on the RGS, the Colorado Railroad Museum has three. Our three geese are now operational, and run on our museum loop track from time to time during special steam-up events Goose six was built in 1934 at Ridgeway from a Pierce Arrow model 36 and has a Pierce Arrow 6-cylinder engine. It is the work goose, and was used by Maintenance-Of-Way crews and as a switcher in Dolores. A Chevy six replaced the Pierce Arrow motor in the early fifties. The museum bought the goose in 1984 and installed a Chevy 1957 six-cylinder engine in it in 1988. Goose number seven was built in 1936 out of a Pierce Arrow 80 frame and body and had a Ford V8 installed. In 1946 that engine was replaced with a GM 6-cylinder truck engine. In 1950, the freight body was converted to a passenger cab using Denver tramway streetcar seats. The museum bought number 7 in 1984 and installed a 1956 Chevy 6-cylinder truck engine in it. Notice the "Defense Supplies" decal on the door of Goose number 2. The RGS went broke during the depression as it had very little business. However, mines around Rico turned out pitchblend – uranium ore, which was refined in Durango. The RGS, in receivership, turned to the Federal Government, which bought the goose and equipment, and leased it back to the Rio Grande Southern. The use of the uranium derived from the pitchblend, and the World War 2 Manhattan Project, which was developing the atomic bomb, were classified at the highest level. Even then VICE President Harry Truman didn't know about this. While he was investigating government spending and raised questions, he was politely told by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, "That's on a need-to-know basis, and you don't need to know."
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La Isla Network is dedicated to ending the epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined causes (CKDu) through a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach.
We are improving working conditions, standardizing research protocols, supporting responsible transitions to modernized industrial practices, and providing data-driven policy recommendations to address the CKDu crisis.
We are generating, supporting, and executing evidence-driven solutions to end the fatal CKDu epidemic by understanding the scale and impact of the disease and its causes. In the process, we are improving working conditions and supporting the creation and enforcement of policies required to protect those affected.
We envision a world in which all workers at risk of CKDu are protected and what we have learned through our efforts is adapted to protect other groups facing public and occupational health crises.
La Isla Network evolved from La Isla Foundation in 2016. The organization's name comes from a community in Nicaragua where so many men have died of CKDu that locals call it 'La Isla de Viudas,' or The Island of Widows.
For eight years, a team of La Isla Foundation specialists in public health and human rights have worked in Nicaragua to generate knowledge about the causes of CKDu and develop strategies to confront it locally. These strategies include disease prevalence studies and labor rights assessments, clean water well installations, and alternative skills training programs. Simultaneously, the Foundation brought the world's attention to the CKDu crisis, facilitating reports by major media outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian (UK), Al Jazeera, and National Geographic.
In 2014, La Isla Foundation assembled a multi-stakeholder team under the banner of the Worker Health and Efficiency (WE) Program. WE is a collaborative initiative that brings together the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), leading occupational health experts, policy-makers, universities and sugar producers to find and execute solutions to the problem of CKDu.
After publishing the first results of the WE Program in 2015, La Isla Foundation split into two organizations: (1) Fundación Comunitaria Isla, the local Nicaraguan NGO that independently remains focused on local community development; and (2) La Isla Network, the international civil society organization focused on achieving macro-level change across continents.


Norristown, PA (April 18, 2018) – The latest report on housing prices in Montgomery County provides a strong argument that the housing market in the county has recovered fully and is in a state of growth following the housing bubble that began to burst in 2007.
The report, released by the Montgomery County Planning Commission (MCPC), shows that the overall median sales price of $285,000 reflected an increase of 2.3 percent in 2017. A total of 12,202 homes were sold in the county last year—the most in the last ten years.
The report looks at housing in terms of existing and new units. The median sales price increased by a rate of 2.2 percent for existing units, which is the best gauge of actual home values. The median sales price for new units—$453,000—grew more modestly with an increase of 1 percent as new construction continues to produce higher value homes across all housing types.
The increase in sale prices was evident through most housing types. Single-family detached home prices increased by 1.5 percent, while attached home prices increased 1.3 percent. The multifamily category also increased in 2017, but that category is typically more variable and less reflective of general trends due to fewer transactions.
Many boroughs and town centers are seeing gains in their median values, partially driven by a housing stock scarcity relative to other municipalities. This has led to an overall decline in the average number of days on the market; since 2016 the number of days a home sits on the market has come down by 13. This is a strong indicator of how "hot" the Montgomery County housing market has become.
The report, which also highlights emerging trends in the county and provides data for each municipality, is available in MCPC's online data portal at www.montcopa.org/PlanningDataPortal. Check out the data portal for other interesting reports. For additional information, contact Daniel Farina at 610-278-3728 or dfarina@montcopa.org.


Thousands of jubilant supporters attended a campaign rally for Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and his CNDD-FDD party in Cibitoke Province on July 17, in what is expected to be one of his last public appearances ahead of Tuesday's controversial election.
Nkurunziza has been pushing ahead with his controversial bid for a third term — despite pressure from regional leaders, the international community, months of deadly violence in the capital of Bujumbura, and an aborted coup d'etat led by the his former ally, Godefroid Niyombare.
VICE News attended the rally, and spoke with a former high-ranking official of Burundi's ruling party, who is now living in exile in Rwanda.
Watch "Nighttime Violence in Bujumbura (Dispatch 5)"


TORONTO — Rubicon Minerals Corp. is at risk of collapse after breaching a debt covenant and halting its high-profile Ontario gold project due to technical problems.
The junior miner announced Tuesday that there is "significant doubt" it can continue as a going concern because of its debt, and may have to seek creditor protection.
To stay onside with the terms of its loan facility, Toronto-based Rubicon needed to have its Phoenix mine up and running by now. That has not happened. Rubicon had to halt development work at the Red Lake-based project last year after getting underground and realizing that the geology was far more complex than it initially thought.
In January, the company cut the gold resources at Phoenix by a shocking 88 per cent, noting the mineralization was "less continuous" than expected.
Rubicon's financial situation is ugly. It has just $22.3 million of cash, $70 million of debt and a working capital deficit of almost $180 million. The company is in discussions with its secured lender, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, but said there is no guarantee that CPP will not exercise its rights in the loan agreement following the breach.


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SIG forecasts positive Hershey 2018 performance as chocolate category remains robust
By Douglas Yu
19-Apr-2018 - Last updated on 19-Apr-2018 at 08:21 GMT
SIG projected Hershey's organic sales to grow 1% in 2018. Pic: clusternote
Susquehanna International Group (SIG) said the robust chocolate industry will likely turn Hershey's business around later this year even though the company is among 'the worst performing CPG stocks in the last three months.'
Analysts at the global quantitative trading firm said Hershey's share weakness is caused by investors' concerns about the US chocolate category growth, increasing doubts about the company's ability to meet fiscal year 2018 guidance and rising cocoa costs among other factors.
However, "We think most of these concerns are overdone and would expect the stock to trade up in the months ahead," said Pablo Zuanic, senior equity analyst at SIG.
SIG projected Hershey's organic sales to grow 1% in 2018.
Chocolate outperforms overall CPG industry
Zuanic said in a statement, "The [US chocolate] category remains robust, grew 2.3% in 2017 both on velocity and ACV (all-commodity volume), despite some drug chains reducing front-end candy space."
He also cited some data from an industry overview presentation delivered at the recent NCA (National Confectioners Association) seminar.
"The $35bn US confectionery category outpaced total store growth in 2017 – 1.8% year-over-year, with grocery/Walmart having a relatively strong year ahead of c-stores, drug, etc." said Zuanic. "The growth was supported by an improved economic landscape."
"Online sales continued to accelerate… Seasonal/premium helped bolster dollar sales growth (up 7% from last year), but the CMG (candy, mints and gum) segment remained pressured," he added.
In IRI channels, Hershey's dollar sales grew 3.3% on average over the last five years, which was ahead of the totally industry growth, said Zuanic.
Innovation to offset underperformance around Easter
Even though Hershey forecasted its 2018 organic sales growth to be 2% with a five-point benefit from its acquisition of Amplify Snacks, SIG predicted the company's Q1 2018 organic growth to decline by 1.1% due to "slight underperformance around Easter."
"So far, for the 12 weeks through March 11, Hershey grew 1.6% and the rest of the industry grew 2.1%," said Zuanic. "Seasonal was stronger than normal for the industry in Q1, and thus Hershey underperformed."
"But we would not read too much into this share month-to-month data, especially with Hershey outlining a strong innovation pipeline for the rest of the year," he added.
Cycle through lower cocoa costs
Zuanic said cocoa prices hiked up again in Q4 2017 after declining for the last two years.
The average cocoa prices peaked at $3.2/kg in late 2015 and dropped all the way to $1.95 in Q2 2017 and Q3 2017, he noted. They are up since then to $2.04 in Q4 2017 and $2.17 in Q1 2018, and futures point to $2.50 for Q2 and Q3 2018.
"Higher cocoa costs will not hit Hershey's P&L (profit and loss statement) until H1 2019… as we estimate the company is still cycling through lower cocoa costs in H2 2017," Zuanic explained.
Hershey's products are not "hand to mouth; it hedges a large portion of its needs… we understand six to 12 months in advance," he said.
Hershey will release its Q1 earnings results on April 26, 2018.
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For those who imagine that humanity's selfish and reckless wireless assault on the environment will not boomerang back with a vengeance, it is time to think again. Those noxious devices you think are so wonderful aren't going to look so good when there's no food and what was once a magnificently beautiful world with a diverse abundance of species has been turned into a wasteland of death, destruction and disease.
by Diana Kordas Ed.m, M.A
Insect declines have continued on Samos since the introduction of 5G. The situation has worsened since 5G became commercially available from July 1, 2022. Not only are insect numbers in general continuing to decline; pollinators including butterflies are declining very rapidly. Insectivore birds are declining also. Soil conditions have worsened as well, with the soil becoming more acidic than previously. There are no visible insects in the soil, and many plants are not growing as well as they should, or growing to full size. Melons and aubergines show signs of DNA damage. Lack of pollinators, poor yields and withered plants are apparent all over the island. The implications for food production generally are frightening: a combination of declining soil quality, declines in pollinator numbers and radiation-damaged plants means that it will be harder to grow food and that food prices will continue to rise. Total crop failures may occur in future.
Observational Study Area, May-July 2022
5G was introduced in July of 2021 on Samos, but only became commercially available at the beginning of July 2022. During the year in which the technology was live but not commercially available, adjustments were being made to the system so that it would operate properly. The 5G wavelengths of 0.7 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 22.5 GHz have been operational from July last year.
Serious insect declines began with 4G, but the introduction of 5G caused a rapid and massive decline in many types of insects, many of them pollinators. Climate change, which is often given as the reason for insect declines, could not have had this effect within a single growing season. Also, climate change should bring an increase in the number of insects rather than a decline. As mentioned in "5G Cell Towers Cause Massive Insect Decline on the Greek Island of Samos", the area does not have pesticides.
The number of pollinators has visibly dropped since the beginning of this summer (2022). In May we still had some hoverflies, bumblebees, honeybees and white bees. There were a few bee flies and, in general, the situation was much as it had been at the close of last summer. Now virtually all the larger bees and hoverflies are gone. Since July 1, we have seen only 2-3 carpenter bees, two bumblebees, and no honey bees. There are no drone flies and there are very few hoverflies or wasps. Of the hoverflies, the only two types we see now live in underground burrows—and there are not very many of them left. The same is true of the wasp species we are seeing: the only kinds we have left live underground, with the exception of very tiny wasps (see below). We have seen no red bees at all this year (there are several species which are mostly active in spring and early summer), and no white bees, which used to be the main pollinators of our summer vegetables along with bumblebees.
Crops are still getting pollinated, though we expect yields to be much lower than last year (courgettes are not being pollinated at all, very few melons have been pollinated, and we will definitely have farfewer tomatoes, less than a quarter of what we had last year). The main pollinators are very tiny wild bees, some only 2-3 millimeters long. We are seeing several species of these tiny bees. There are also a few tiny wasps, also 2-3 millimeters long, of a species we have not noticed before. Except for a few burrowing wasps, these are the only wasps we are seeing.
In general, insect numbers have continued to fall since last summer. There are very few grasshoppers, almost no crickets, very few beetles, fewer butterflies and moths, and fewer cicadas. Some species, such as the spoonwing lacewing and indeed most lacewings, have vanished entirely. Until recently, and despite overall insect declines since the introduction of 4G, species that lived or laid eggs underground were more abundant than species that lived or laid eggs above ground. This is mentioned in Lazaro et. al (2017) with reference to wild bees, but the same principle applies generally.
Cicadas hatch and develop underground, where they spend the whole of their lives until they emerge for a few weeks to find mates and breed. Until recently, they had not declined noticeably; only last year (2021) did we notice declines in numbers and see signs of DNA damage in some cicadas, in the form of damaged wings. This year, not only are there markedly fewer cicadas, but there are generally fewer insects that breed and live underground. This may be due to both direct and indirect effects of electromagnetic radiation on the soil. Insects like cicadas, which hunt underground in the larval stage, may be finding less to eat. The change in the electromagnetic balance of the soil itself may also be killing them (see the section "Soil Acidification" in "5G Cell Towers Cause Massive Insect Decline on the Greek Island of Samos").
Table of Pollinators in the Study Area, 2012-July 2022
List of Abbreviations: NA= Not Applicable; AY= All Year
5 = 100% is given as a baseline for 2012 and does not reflect insect prevalence of earlier years.
4 = 80%-61%, 3 = 60%-41%, 2 = 40%-21%, 1 = 20%-1%, 0 = none seen
Birds are also being seriously affected by 5G. There are many fewer birds around than there were several years ago; bird populations have fallen all over the island and finches of all species seem to be virtually extinct, as do kingfishers. On our land, sardinian warblers, orphean warblers, great tits, blackbirds and jays all nested, but we have seen no juvenile birds except young great tits. We seem to have lost our wrens and song thrushes. Warblers are insectivores and with declining insect populations, their future is not assured. Other birds have also not bred successfully. Chukars, a common island subspecies of partridge, have had very few young this year; some pairs have not bred and of the few with young we have seen, there are fewer chicks than usual. We had a pair of tawny owls, but they do not seem to have bred and these days we only hear one owl. Since rodents have seriously declined, the decline in owls may be due to lack of food.
In our local wetlands, flamingos have failed to breed for the first time that we have seen. The lagoon there functions as a sort of creche for baby flamingos, and generally there are 30-40 first-winter and second-winter birds. This year there were only two first-winter flamingos and three second-winter ones. In addition, seven pairs of ruddy shelduck failed to breed at all. The lagoon used to have numerous little egrets; now there are none.
There were very few migrating birds this year. The bee-eaters arrived in early May, but not so many of them as usual. Barn swallows, house martins, common swifts and alpine swifts also arrived, but numbers are very small and red-rumped swallows have not arrived. These birds generally hunt insects on and above our land throughout May, and did so this year, but—and this was the first time we have ever seen this—they were relentlessly attacked by the yellow-legged gulls, who tore swallows and martins literally to pieces over our heads, and captured bee-eaters in their beaks and killed them. This went on day after day, and was sickening to watch.
Gulls are not raptors; they are mostly scavengers although they may steal eggs and young from other birds' nests. However, the gulls may be starving as there is nothing in the sea at all: no urchins, starfish, shells, cuttlefish and other sea life that usually wash up on beaches where the gulls scavenge.
We have seen nothing washed up on beaches for several years except rubbish, driftwood and ribbonweed. There are also very few fish. Clearly the taking of smaller birds in flight was a new method of getting food for these gulls; they became more adept at catching other birds as the days passed.
Soil Conditions and Soil Insects; DNA Damage in Plants
The soil is becoming much more acidic. In April we dug a new vegetable bed, on virgin soil: the land has not been used since before World War II. We found absolutely no insects in the soil, not even a single earthworm. There should have been large numbers of earthworms, grubs, small centipedes and various beetles. In order to grow our summer crops we have had to add calcium to soil three times, and even so our peppers are showing signs of calcium deficiency, with black spots and areas of thin walls appearing near the tips of the fruits. The peppers themselves are thinner-walled than they should be, and cook down to nothing. Were we market gardeners, these would be unsaleable. Some tomatoes are also showing damage due to lack of calcium: weak spots like scars in the skins of the fruits and, in the plum tomatoes, some fruits where the lower half has turned black and rotted. A number of tomatoes and peppers rot entirely before ripening; this is not due to insect damage.
In last year's summer bed, we attempted to grow peas and beans in the early spring. Nothing sprouted. We were not the only people whose beans did not grow. The same thing happened to several of our neighbours and friends, who all grow broad beans every winter. This year, their beans did not grow.
We used the other half of the same bed to plant potatoes, which like acidic soil. These grew, but yields were low, with some plants producing no potatoes at all. Despite the fact that the soil was kept moist, when we dug the potatoes out we found, once again, no insects at all, not even a single earthworm.
We planted courgettes and melons in the half of the bed where the peas and beans had failed to grow. They sprouted, but no courgettes and few melons have been pollinated, and the plants have not grown to normal size; they have remained very small despite fertilization (we use both goat and chicken manure, the one dug into the soil and the other watered in as the plants are growing).
Melons, zinnias and some aubergines are showing signs of DNA damage. Almost all the melons are very small, about the size of tennis balls, and many are misshapen, with obvious weak spots in the rind. Many of the seeds inside them are also misshapen. Some aubergines are also misshapen, with folds and odd fingers of flesh. DNA damage is also evident in some zinnias, which have developed huge protruding centers, sometimes with a miniature second flower on top. Our neighbours are having the same problems with melons as we are. Theirs were purchased as seedlings, whereas we grew our from our own seed. Their aubergines, unlike ours, have produced only tiny fruits which are inedible.
Other Areas of Samos
During the winter and spring, we took long walks in different parts of the island. It was alarming to note that certain plants which should draw large numbers of pollinators were not doing so, no matter where we went. Rosemary, savory and thyme grow in profusion here, but none of these plants had many bees of any sort at any time. The former should have attracted large numbers of bumblebees; the thyme should have been covered with honey bees. Gorse and Spanish broom, which also tend to attract huge numbers of bees of all sorts, had almost none. In one area we examined over 100 gorse bushes in full bloom and found only one honeybee and one bumblebee among all those plants. A beekeeper who lives in that area found all his bees dead in their hives at around the same time. The cell tower which serves the area is about two kilometers away, and has had 5G panels since July 2021.
Our summer crops are not doing nearly as well as last year's, but at least we are growing something. Other people we know have dug up their summer beds because the plants were not thriving despite the addition of calcium and fertilizers. Some people we know have given up trying to grow things altogether, both because of the lack of pollinators and because plants fail to thrive.
Everyone is complaining about poor crops this year. Everywhere we go, plants in the fields look withered and yields are very small. This is not due to the weather; unlike last year, the summer has not been very hot and there have been no heat waves. This is not a water problem, either. All the market gardens are situated near the wetlands on the south side of the island, where water is abundant—and free. Commercial fertilizers should ensure that the plants grow tall and strong. Instead, the plants in the fields are smaller than they should be, and look as if they had not been watered for a week; they seem to be unable to absorb the water that is being expended on them.* There are virtually no insects, and it is clear from the number of withered flowers on plants that they have not been pollinated.
In Samos town, where a vast 5G array sits on the OTE/Cosmote building in the center of town, there are no insects or birds at all, not even any flies. There are no butterflies or other insects in the public gardens.
*See Balmori's "The Effects of Microwaves on the Trees and Other Plants". In this study, he discusses the work of Karl Vokrodt and others who have found that microwave radiation causes soil acidification as well as inhibits plants from absorbing water from the soil.
5G is affecting soil conditions and killing pollinators. Without pollinators, nothing will grow in the first place. Poor soil conditions mean that, even if you could introduce artificial pollinators such as pollinating drones, nothing that is planted will thrive. Yields will be poor and the quality of the fruits and vegetables will be unsatisfactory; the dietary value of the produce will be reduced.
We have a food crisis, with rapidly rising food prices everywhere. This is being caused to some extent by the war in Ukraine, by droughts in some places, and by other conditions. However, poor crop yields and crop failures may also be being caused by the proliferation of wireless (and especially 5G millimeter-wave) technology all over the world, although this is not being officially recognized. There will be places where weather conditions and supply-line problems are clearly not to blame for poor crop yields and crop failures, where the weather is good but the soil is becoming impoverished for no apparent reason. And, of course, as the pollinators continue to decline—as insects are known to be declining rapidly worldwide—it will soon become evident that this is not being caused by the weather, or by pesticide use (farming is a business and farmers are not fools; they won't spray for nonexistent pests).
There will come a point where people will be forced to recognize that what is killing the insects and the land is not climate or weather or agrochemicals but the cell towers that are visible every way we turn. Wireless technology—being able to talk to people and access the internet from anywhere—will seem a lot less attractive when we have nothing to eat. And we are rapidly reaching that point.


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Anyways, back to the food! Instead of a cheese ball and cracker spread, what about shaping the cheese dip into a little owl shape and top with nuts? Cute, and simple! A basic chocolate cake can be made easily enough, or bought even easier. But put a little owl figurine on it and it looks ten times better! This cake was originally on Me & Mine. Those little figurines like the one shown in the picture are easily available at craft stores (I know I've seen one almost identical at Michael's this year!). You can make the cute owl cupcakes by following the recipe from Catching Fireflies, or buy cupcakes and add these owl cupcake toppers. Or both!
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As the baby shower is winding down and guests are leaving, they can take these fantastic owl boxes (bottom right corner) home with them. These boxes are DIY, and you can get the digital files with instructions and the how to from the Etsy shop Cute Memories. It would be worth asking a bakery to make, or bake yourself, these owl sugar cookies, by The Sweet Adventures ofSugarbelle, to put in the favor boxes as a sweet take home gift.
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So I'm the latest of them all, but thank you for including my invitation! This collection/suggestion listing is SO cute! Perfect fall shower! I'm sure someone searching for tips will come across this post in their planning this next fall coming and find it quite useful!


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Where is Champion Broadband and why do we care…
Where is Champion Broadband and why do we care it signed up for the Dodgers' SportsNet L.A. channel?
By Tom Hoffarth | tomhoffarth1@gmail.com | Daily News
The Dodgers and Time Warner Cable have actually used real human resources to breathlessly announce simultaneously this morning that a company purported to be named Champion Broadband, with customers apparently existing in Arcadia and Monrovia, have accepted the terms of agreement to carry SportsNet L.A. in advance of the team's season opening games in Australia.
Dominoes did not fall. Floodgates did not open. Read more at Farther Off the Wall.
Tom Hoffarth | columnist
Tom Hoffarth is a freelancer. He had been with the Daily News/Southern California News Group since 1992 as a general assignment sports reporter, columnist and specialist in the sports media. He has been honored by the Associated Press for sports columnists and honored by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association for his career work. His favorite sportscaster of all time: Vin Scully, for professional and personal reasons. He considers watching Zenyatta win the Breeders' Cup 2009 Classic to be the most memorable sporting event he has covered in his career. Go figure that.
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MONTAGNE: U.S. regulators have launched an investigation into the giant bank, JPMorgan Chase, related to its hiring practices in China. The bank reportedly drummed up business with state-owned firms after hiring the children of the firm's executives. The regulators aren't accusing JPMorgan Chase of anything illegal yet.
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Both JPMorgan and Everbright say their business dealings are transparent and in line with Chinese and foreign regulations.
Giangin Ming(ph), a corruption expert at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, says he doubts that very much.
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