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'Heart of Asia' Heart Attack
It is yet to be seen who wins out in the power struggle in Afghanistan after the resignation of the resignation of its powerful spy chief, which may make life difficult for the already beleaguered Ashraf Ghani Presidency.
Relations between President Ashraf Ghani and the NDS have remaied strained for a while. (Photo by U.S. Institute of Peace)
One of the immediate fallouts of the "Heart of Asia" Ministerial Conference in Pakistan over the past few days was the immediate resignation of Rahmatullah Nabil, Head of Afghanistan's premier intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS). Briefly sacked in 2012 by former President Hamid Karzai before being reinstated, this powerful intelligence chief has headed the NDS for about five years. Leading the few Afghan diehard officials who are not in favor of the reconciliation process, Nabil was reportedly very upset over reports that talks between Afghan government and Taliban could resume soon. His resignation took place soon after he went on record angrily criticizing his boss Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for his remarks at the Opening Session of the conference in Islamabad.
Afghanistan has had a series of setbacks against the Taliban in recent months, including the fall of the northern city of Kunduz to the Taliban and an insurgent raid on Kandahar airport in the south on December 8 in which 50 civilians, police and security personnel were killed. These had caught security forces badly unprepared, an inquiry on Kunduz ordered by Ghani blamed it on poor leadership. In fact many blame Rahmatullah Nabil for recent escalation in Taliban attacks in the country because he focusses all his energy and NDS capacity on attacking Pakistan instead of concentrating on internal security. The attacks exposed a huge failure by the intelligence and Afghan security forces. On the release of the enquiry Ghani had dismissed some NDS officials, including the NDS provincial chief. Since then relations between Ghani and the NDS had been strained.
Nabil was so powerful that even before his resignation letter was made public, he went on record with an angrily worded post on "Facebook" making clear his frustration with efforts to work with Pakistan, orchestrating the canard that "Pakistan is supporting the anti-government elements in Afghanistan." His quote to the online Afghan news service Khaama, "Innocent Afghan civilians were martyred and beheaded in Kandahar airfield, Khanshin district of Helmand, Takhar and Badakhshan when the same Nawaz Sharif was delivering his speech calling the enemy of Afghanistan as Pakistan's enemy".
The resignation highlighted the fundamental disagreement between President Ashraf Ghani and those motivated Afghan elements that have hindered efforts to fight the growing Taliban insurgency. The NDS has in recent times made public its stance on Pakistan. Strongly opposing Ghani's moves toward a rapprochement with Pakistan, Nabil said in his letter of resignation from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) that there had been "a lack of agreement on some policy matters" in recent months. Nabil said the President had imposed unacceptable conditions on the way he did his job, with "repeated verbal summons" that put him under impossible pressure and forced his resignation. On his part Ghani seemed to take it in his stride saying he had not wanted Nabil to resign because of the difficult security situation but he respected his decision and an interim replacement would be named soon.
Coming a day after Ghani attended the "Heart of Asia" Conference in Islamabad, it also clouds prospects for a coordinated effort to resume peace talks broken off this year between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Ashraf Ghani's official Facebook page was immediately flooded with hundreds of angry comments from Afghanistan's active social media users, most of them abusing the government including one which said "Shame on the presidential palace, Nabil resigned because he was antif-Taliban and anti-Pakistan".
RAW's machinations in Balochistan, orchestrated and supported by NDS, RAW-controlled Afghanistan's Intelligence agency continue. RAW has a proven association with TTP. Latif Mehsud, TTP's No. 2, escorted by Afghan intelligence agents to meet Karzai, had been captured by US Special Forces and taken to Bagram. Why did (than) President Karzai vociferously demand his release? And who gives sanctuary and support to Maulana Fazlullah? Who were the Uzbek terrorists working for? What about the five NDS agents in telephonic contact with the terrorists in the APS Peshawar attack? Forgive me for being suspicious!
It is yet to be seen who wins out in the power struggle. Nabil is very powerful and has very powerful supporters, not many compared to the "great silent majority" in Afghanistan who want peace and recognize Pakistan being control to any solution, but their presence in very powerful posts in Kabul could make life difficult for the already beleaguered Ghani Presidency. On the other hand, Nabil and his supporters have been badly exposed as the venal minority in Afghanistan fed and reared by RAW which want to continue the conflict at any cost just to spite Pakistan, even if it means Afghanistan degenerating into an abyss of chaos and anarchy.
Among the hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have lived (and are living) off Pakistan's dole, ungrateful Rahmatullah Nabil spent his youth as a refugee in Pakistan studying in Peshawar. Spare a thought to why Europe is so suspicious of the 300000 refugees now on European soil?
And we have cared for ten times more, 3 million of them on Pakistani soil for the last 35 years, without complaint and without Afghan gratitude! How many are like Nabil?
The writer is a leading defense and political analyst of Pakistan. He can be contacted at ikram.sehgal@wpplsms.com
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Education Corporation of America brazenly uses an Alabama court to delay lawsuits against it. Is this a great country or what?
Education Corporation of America (ECA), a for-profit college chain, brazenly filed a federal lawsuit in Alabama last month, asking Judge Abdul Kallon to put it into receivership and enjoin all litigation against it. ECA hopes to delay its creditors and other litigants while continuing to receive federal student-loan money.
What a cocky, shameless and impudent strategy!
Judge Kallon initially obliged ECA, ordering a halt to all litigation against ECA until October 29. Then, on October 29, the judge extended the injunction until November 5. Parties opposing ECA's Alabama litigation must find lawyers to represent them in Alabama, which will be costly.
For example, Gleneagles Office, LLC, a Maryland corporation, filed a lawsuit in Maryland last month, seeking to collect almost $100,000 in back rent and late fees from Virginia College, which ECA owns. Judge Kallon's injunction, issued seven days after Gleneagles filed its lawsuit for back rent, halted that litigation.
Gleneagles hired an Alabama law firm to oppose ECA's attempt to enjoin lawsuits against it. Gleneagles pointed out that ECA guaranteed the Virginia College lease and agreed that any dispute about the lease would be litigated in Maryland. Gleneagles also argued that Judge Kallon does not have jurisdiction over it.
A Texas company also joined the Alabama lawsuit to oppose ECA's request for an injunction. The Texas company is landlord to a Brightwood College campus in Arlington, Texas. Brightwood is another college owned by ECA.
Perhaps ECA's various landlords and creditors have the financial resources to fight ECA in Alabama, but ECA's former students do not. ECA's list of litigation against it (or its subsidiary affiliates) include several suits by former students. ECA managed to force many of these suits into arbitration, probably because ECA required students to sign arbitration agreements as a condition of enrollment.
So what's going on?
ECA is in financial trouble. Enrollments have dropped, and it is in danger of losing its accreditation. Meanwhile it has been sued by landlords, former students, and former employees on a variety of grounds. ECA managed--temporarily at least--to halt all the litigation against it based on the signature of one Alabama federal judge, who may not have jurisdiction over any of this litigation. Some creditors have joined the Alabama lawsuit to stop this charade, but most of ECA's former students and employees don't have the financial wherewithal to do that.
Essentially, ECA's Alabama lawsuit has given ECA all the benefits of bankruptcy without the downside of losing federal student loan money. And when it becomes advantageous to do so, ECA can stroll into bankruptcy court any time it likes.
Isn't it ironic that ECA can use the courts to its advantage while its students are barred from suing it based on arbitration agreements ECA or its subsidiaries required them to sign as a condition of enrollment?
And isn't ironic that ECA can file for bankruptcy whenever it chooses (which it will probably do eventually), while ECA's students face enormous obstacles to discharging their student loans in bankruptcy?
Is this a great country or what?
Joinder of Pioneer Industrial LLC and Pioneer Parking Lot, LLC to National Retail Properties LP's Memorandum in Opposition to Emergency Motion for The Appointment of a Receiver and Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order and Injunctive Relief, filed October 29 2018 in Education Corporation of America v. U.S. Department of Education, Case No. 2:18-CV-01698-AKK.
Non-party Gleneagles Office, LCC's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction, filed October 29, 2018 in Education Corporation of America v. U.S. Department of Education, Case No. 2:18-CV-01698-AKK.
Order Extending Temporary Injunctive Relief, signed on Octobe 29, 2018 in Education Corporation of America, et al. v. United States Department of Education, 2:18-CV-01698-AKK.
Labels: arbitration agreements, Betsy DeVos, Brightwood College, Education Corporation of America, Gleneagles, injunction, Judge Abdul Kallon, landlords, National Retail Properties, Pioneer Industrial, Virginia College
Education Corporation of America files for receivership: Using lawyers' tricks to suck up more federal student-loan money
Education Corporation of America (ECA), a for-profit college chain, filed a lawsuit a few days ago in an Alabama federal court. The lawsuit seeks to put ECA into receivership, and it asks the court to halt all litigation against it. ECA also wants Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education to keep showering it with student-loan money while it straights out its financial affairs.
ECA is closing more than two dozen of its campuses; and it needs to keep getting federal student-loan money, it argues, so it can do a "teach out" at campuses it intends to close. If it allows current students to finish their academic programs (through a teach-out), those students won't be eligible to have their student loans forgiven under the "closed school" rule. That will save the Department of Education a lot of money, ECA says.
This line of bull reminds me of the story about a man who murdered his parents and then begged the court for leniency on the grounds he was an orphan.
ECA operates under numerous brand names, including Virginia College, New England College of Business, Brightwood College, and Golf Academy of America; and it is in big financial trouble. It submitted a list of legal claims against it to the Alabama court, which is 15 pages long. Landlords are suing for back rent and other litigants have sued for breach of contract, fraud, failure to pay wages, race discrimination, age discrimination, false advertising and some other stuff.
Why doesn't ECA just file for bankruptcy? One reason: Under federal law, ECA would immediately lose access to all federal money if it filed for bankruptcy. It is hoping to keep federal money flowing as a long as possible.
I hope Judge Abdul Kallon sees through ECA's dodgy litigation ploy and refuses its plea for a receiver and an injunction against its creditors. (Judge Kallon granted ECA a temporary restraining order on October 19, but he will have to extend it to keep ECA's creditors at bay.)
ECA needs to close, and it needs to close NOW. Every day it continues operating is another day uninformed students will be taking out student loans to pay for an ECA education that probably won't get them a good job. In fact, ECA's own accrediting agency scored ECA's campus-level job placement rate at only 16 percent.
David Halperin. For-Profit College Chain Claims Financial Distress, Sues DeVos. Republic Report, October 18, 2018.
Steve Rhode. Education Corporation of America Whines Over Failure. Get Out of Debt Guy (blog), October 22, 2018.
Alan White. For-profit college chain files (for receivership). Credit Slips, October 22, 2018.
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Labels: Alan White, bankruptcy, Brightwood College, David Halperin, Education Corporation of America, Judge Abdul Kallon, receivership, Steve Rhode, Virginia College

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Press Release – New York, NY – January 24, 2019 – Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP ("SRF"), a leading corporate securities and full service law firm, today announced that the firm has launched a specialty practice group devoted to servicing the legal needs of cannabis related businesses. SRF's Cannabis Law Group is led by founding partner Marc J. Ross. The full release can also be found here.
Marc Ross, who is recognized for his knowledge and experience in this area, regularly speaks on topics concerning marijuana and marijuana-related businesses, including CLE credited seminars. Marc is also an adjunct law professor at Hofstra University School of Law, currently starting his fifth year of teaching one of the first classes in the United States dealing with marijuana and businesses, titled Business and Law of Marijuana.
SRF's Cannabis Law Group combines SRF's well regarded expertise in corporate, securities and business issues with its experience in marijuana and marijuana-related businesses to help cannabis clients, whether these clients "touch the plant", are in an "ancillary" business, or grow, distribute and sell hemp or CBD.
As part of the Cannabis Law Group, the firm will feature a regular blog called "The Weekly Roll Up," which will discuss and highlight new developments in the marijuana industry. Also, as a result of Marc's course program at Hofstra, SRF's Cannabis Law Group plans to feature the "Professor's Corner", where Marc and his students will post position statements on issues covered in class, and enable other students to comment on those positions. The firm invites the public to participate in what the firm anticipates will be vibrant and robust discussions.
Disclaimer: Cannabis is still classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance under federal law, and thus, it remains a federal crime to grow, sell and use cannabis, regardless of applicable state law. Any statements contained herein are not intended to provide advice or assist with the violation of any state or federal law.


Despite going a goal down early on at Anfield, Liverpool completely outclassed Arsenal to seal a 5-1 victory on Saturday and extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to nine points.
Firmino scored two early goals to put Liverpool in the lead, following Ainsley Maitland-Niles's opener for Arsenal, before Sadio Mane added another.
Salah then got on the scoresheet with a penalty in the dying moments of the first half and could have scored a second penalty when Arsenal's Sead Kolasinac pushed Dejan Lovren.
Instead, the Egyptian superstar selflessly gave up the spot-kick for Firmino to complete his first Premier League hat-trick.
"We knew in the second half that the game wasn't finished, so we wanted to control it," Klopp told BBC on Twitter.
The German coach was also proud of how his side responded after going a goal down in the 11th-minute to Arsenal.
"The response [to going behind] was world class," added Klopp. "We stayed calm and really forced the mistakes.
The Reds will next take on Manchester City on January 3 at the Etihad Stadium.
The traditional celebration will change starting this year after the Football Association has abandoned the tradition of awarding the winners with a case of champagne.


Digestive problems can make you feel tired, bloated, gassy, weak, toxic, irritable and uncomfortable. You may experience pain and discomfort on a daily basis, and simple tasks like going out or traveling can become stressful and difficult. Over time, you may start to feel isolated and even have moments of despair. The good news is that you can improve your digestion by leaps and bounds just by altering your diet. The bad news is that you will have to actually change your diet in order to see results!
Over 2000 years ago, Hippocrates said, "All disease begins in the gut." Maintaining a healthy digestive system is absolutely critical for good health and disease prevention. In fact, science has now proven that the composition of the gut microflora (aka good and bad bacteria) can influence your overall immune system. In the future, the cure for many diseases may very well focus on a balanced microbiome and maintaining good gut health.
Any symptom of discomfort is a sign of imbalance. Most people do not wake up overnight with a huge array of gut problems. The sooner you address any problems you are having, the better. Learn to listen to your body and take care of problems early on so they do not turn into more serious ailments down the road.
As Dr. Bernard Jensen used to say, "You can't have sweet thoughts on a sour stomach." Life is truly joyous and wonderful when you get healthy in your gut. You may even find that other chronic conditions disappear naturally once you get your digestion working properly again. It's truly humbling to see and understand how the body works as a whole.
In working to heal your digestive complaints, my approach is to heal the body from the inside out. So, for example…if you come to me with chronic constipation and acne, I will work to eliminate your inner imbalance (constipation) first even though your focus will most likely be on the outer symptom (acne). You can never heal the body from the outside in, which is why creams and potions never work for long term results. It's important to be gentle and patient with yourself and know that every positive step you take is one step closer to your goal.
I've worked with clients with all of the above ailments and in many cases, a combination of symptoms. Some of my clients have had surgeries or cancer and are looking to find a better approach in maintaining a healthy diet. I'm happy to work with you after chemo or radiation to help you achieve your goals, and I will never judge you for any choice you made. It's my job to support you nutritionally in the best way that I can.
If you are currently on a strong medication like an anti-inflammatory for colitis or a Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) for acid reflux, I can work with you on healing and strengthening your gut and achieving a healthy alkaline pH through your diet. If you want to go off the medication, I will inform you that I am not a medical doctor and that legally, only your doctor can advise you to go on or off a prescription drug. That said, you can certainly work with your doctor if he or she approves the idea and they will tell you how to safely do so.
An Iridology Analysis can be very helpful in working with digestive problems because it looks at all of the elimination organs – your lungs, kidneys, liver, skin, and colon. Are your eliminatory organs keeping up with their house work? If one of your organs is weak, all the organs suffer.
As one of my teachers said, "When you pull a cat's tail, it's the other end that screams." Sometimes, there are silent conditions such as toxicity or inflammation that create an imbalance in another elimination organ, but you're only feeling the problem in your gut. Using a holistic approach allows us to strengthen your body as a whole and avoid developing more problems down the road.
– 7 million people in USA have some symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
– Stress does not cause Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). However, because of the connection between the brain and the gut, stress can worsen or trigger symptoms.
– Americans spend roughly $725 million a year on over-the-counter laxatives.
– Men need 30 to 38 grams of fiber daily to support a healthy body; for women, the recommendation is 21 to 25 grams. Unfortunately, the average American consumes a mere 14 grams of fiber per day.
– Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States.
When you work with me, I explain the reasoning for every change so you understand and learn what to look out for in the future. You do NOT have to go on a raw food or even vegan diet to get results.
If you have only one symptom, I recommend either the Iridology by Skype or the 2-Month Health Coaching Package.
If you have multiple health problems or multiple digestive complaints, then my 6-Month Program is perfect for you.
Ready to get started? Let's do this!!
Jennifer is a Comprehensive Certified Iridologist (CCI) through the International Iridology Practitioner's Association (IIPA).
Very informative and interesting talk. I am very grateful that you shared so much of your personal history and experiences.


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Council cans £300m Wolves shopping centre
Plans for the £300m Summer Row shopping centre in Wolverhampton have been ditched after the local council decided not to save the scheme with public money.
The 600,000 sq ft city-centre development was first put on hold in December 2008 when a group of northern Irish investors withdrew funding from the project.
Wolverhampton city council had agreed to step in principle. But a detailed assessment of the risks involved by council officials has concluded that there were "too many financial uncertainties and risks" in investing public money in the scheme.
Plans included the compulsory purchase of 200 businesses by a deadline of next month to make way for the mall.
The council said taking out a £20m loan to buy the businesses is not feasible in the current economic climate.
Councillor Peter Bilson said: "We all wanted Summer Row to happen after years of work and planning and the council has gone right up to the wire to try and salvage the scheme before getting to this point."
Belfast-based developer Multi Development had been looking for new financial backers since a consortium made up of contractor Lagan, MAR Properties and housebuilding firm Windsor pulled out in 2008.
Paul Sargent, at Multi Development UK, said: "Naturally, we are deeply disappointed at the council's decision after six years working on Summer Row, but we are sympathetic with the council's viewpoint in the current economic climate of uncertainty."


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Bernhard Burgstaller OCist (* 14. Februar 1886 in Eidenberg; † 1. November 1941 in Anrath bei Krefeld) war von 1938 bis 1941 Abt des Stifts Wilhering. Er starb 1941 in nationalsozialistischer Haft.

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Der aus einer Bauernfamilie stammende Petrus Burgstaller trat am 19. August 1905 in die Zisterzienserabtei Wilhering ein, wurde eingekleidet und erhielt den Ordensnamen Bernhard. Am 21. August 1909 legte er seine ewige Profess ab, wurde am 31. Juli 1910 zum Priester geweiht, 1915 promovierte er zum Doktor der Philosophie an die Universität Wien und unterrichtete bis zur Auflösung durch die Nationalsozialisten im September 1938 am Stiftsgymnasium Wilhering Latein und Griechisch. Am 29. November 1938 wurde er vom Konvent als Nachfolger des verstorbenen Gabriel Fazeny zum Abt von Wilhering gewählt. Als solcher versuchte er, sich der Drangsalierung seiner Abtei durch die Nationalsozialisten zu erwehren. Nach der Entdeckung einer Widerstandsgruppe, der auch Zisterzienser aus Wilhering angehörten, wurde er am 12. November 1940 in Wien verhaftet und später in das Gefängnis Anrath bei Krefeld überstellt und dort systematisch ausgehungert. Er starb am 1. November 1941 an Unterernährung. Er war der einzige österreichische Abt, der von den Nationalsozialisten ermordet wurde.

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 Ulrich Bons: Das Anrather Gefängnis im Dritten Reich – Der Versuch einer Rekonstruktion. In: Heimatbuch des Kreises Viersen 2002. S. 161 ff.
 Ulrich Bons: Zum Tod eines österreichisches Abtes im Anrather Gefängnis 1941. In: Heimatbuch des Kreises Viersen 2000. S. 132 ff.

 Paulus Nimmervoll: Das Zisterzienserstift Wilhering zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus (1938–1945). In: Jahresbericht. Stiftsgymnasium Wilhering. 1970, S. 44–47

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SeaSpine® Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for Amended Indication for NanoMetalene® Surface Technology
CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SeaSpine Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNE), a global medical technology company focused on surgical solutions for the treatment of spinal disorders, today announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its NanoMetalene® surface technology with amended indications.
NanoMetalene describes a surface technology for interbody devices that incorporates a submicron layer of commercially pure titanium molecularly bonded to a PEEK implant using a high-energy, low-temperature process. NanoMetalene is designed to provide a molecularly bonded layer of bone-friendly titanium on the entire surface area of the implant, including endplates and throughout graft apertures, while retaining the benefits associated with traditional PEEK implants, such as biocompatibility, a modulus of elasticity similar to bone, and excellent radiographic visibility for postoperative imaging.
The new 510(k) clearance allows SeaSpine to describe NanoMetalene surface technology as "providing a microscopic roughened surface with nano-scale features" and amends indications for use across the 12 implant systems to which NanoMetalene previously has been applied. SeaSpine intends to incorporate NanoMetalene with additional implant systems over the next year.
"Our innovative NanoMetalene surface technology continues to be a key differentiator in the marketplace," stated Keith C. Valentine, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Foundational to our Fusion Engineered™ philosophy, these amended indications give us the opportunity to further educate surgeons about the benefits of NanoMetalene, including how its rough micro- and nano-scale topography is designed to encourage integration."1,2
"SeaSpine's commitment to advancing the development of differentiated surface materials with clinically relevant design features is highlighted by the recent introductions of Reef Topography™ and WaveForm™ 3D-printed technology," said Mike Hall, Senior Director, Marketing. "The success of NanoMetalene, with more than 35,000 devices implanted to date, demonstrates that our focus on science and data allows us to deliver implants deliberately designed to facilitate the best fusion results for patients."
NanoMetalene SEM images on file. TR-0094-19-01
Walsh, et al. The in vivo response to a novel Ti coating compared with polyether ether ketone: evaluation of the periphery and inner surfaces of an implant. Spine Journal 2018 Jul; 18(7): 1231-1240
About SeaSpine
SeaSpine (www.seaspine.com) is a global medical technology company focused on the design, development and commercialization of surgical solutions for the treatment of patients suffering from spinal disorders. SeaSpine has a comprehensive portfolio of orthobiologics and spinal implants solutions to meet the varying combinations of products that neurosurgeons and orthopedic spine surgeons need to perform fusion procedures on the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine. SeaSpine's orthobiologics products consist of a broad range of advanced and traditional bone graft substitutes that are designed to improve bone fusion rates following a wide range of orthopedic surgeries, including spine, hip, and extremities procedures. SeaSpine's spinal implants portfolio consists of an extensive line of products to facilitate spinal fusion in degenerative, minimally invasive surgery (MIS), and complex spinal deformity procedures. Expertise in both orthobiologic sciences and spinal implants product development allows SeaSpine to offer its surgeon customers a differentiated portfolio and a complete solution to meet their fusion requirements. SeaSpine currently markets its products in the United States and in approximately 30 countries worldwide through a committed network of increasingly exclusive distribution partners.
SeaSpine cautions you that statements included in this news release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements that are based on the Company's current expectations and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to: the objectives of product design and the ability of the underlying products to achieve design objectives; intentions to incorporate NanoMetalene with additional systems; the ability for the Company to further educate surgeons about the benefits of NanoMetalene; the Company's commitment to advancing the development of differentiated surface materials with clinically relevant design features; and whether the Company's focus on science and data allows it to deliver implants designed to facilitate fusion results for patients. Among the factors that could cause or contribute to material differences between the Company's actual results and the expectations indicated by the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties that include, but are not limited to: the Company's ability to successfully develop new products and the costs associated with designing and developing those new products, including risks inherent in the use of novel manufacturing techniques, including additive processing/3D printing; surgeons' willingness to continue to use the Company's NanoMetalene products; the ability of newly launched products to perform as designed and intended and to meet the needs of surgeons and patients, including as a result of the lack of clinical validation of products in limited commercial (or "alpha") launch; unexpected delays, including as a result of developing and supporting the launch of new products, including the fact that newly launched products may require substantial additional development activities, which could introduce further delay, or as a result of obtaining regulatory clearances; and other risks and uncertainties more fully described in the Company's news releases and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available at www.sec.gov.
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date when made. SeaSpine does not intend to revise or update any forward-looking statement set forth in this news release to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date hereof, except as may be required by law.
Leigh Salvo
ir@seaspine.com
SeaSpine Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Results, Including Record Fourth Quarter 2021 Revenue
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SeaSpine Reports Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results
SeaSpine to Report Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results on October 28, 2021
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Children ran up and down the aluminum ramp as their tiny feet stomped with a thumping sound, fans oooed and aaahed depending on which way the football play ended, and some adults talked about family and caught up with old friends.
That's what could be heard and expected at the first scrimmage held Friday for the junior varsity and varsity teams as hundreds of fans took to Memorial Stadium to get a glimpse of this year's teams.
But through it all, fans remained loyal to the good ole boys - the Alice Coyotes.
"One more season, we've got to go to the playoffs," said Ray Mitchell, a devout fan since 1988. "This year we have the speed and the quickness."
Fans in the stands were shouting, "way to go defense," and "get him, get him!"
The young and old have a common ground when football season starts. Win or lose, Coyote fans stand behind the Coyotes and many have followed them for decades.
Manuel Garcia, also known as "Mr. Coyote," is optimistic about this football season.
"Last year we tied these (Ray Texans) guys in scrimmage," said Garcia, who attended the game with his son, Bryan, a former Coyote. "I'm hoping it gets better."
Garcia got his nickname because he started a Coyote Web site with a photo gallery of pictures he takes of the Coyote games. He began the gallery in 2001. He said he's been an active fan for 14 years.
High school cheerleaders cheered and danced to motivate the crowd and the Strutters cheered from the bleachers.
Senior high school student Amanda Alvarez said she liked what she saw at the scrimmage and gave the Coyotes a thumbs up.
"I think they did really good," she said. "I'm really excited for this year."


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Exploring Social Justice & Spirituality
Center for Spiritual Wisdom is forming a new group called Souls Seeking Justice. Its goal is to encourage participants to explore the intersection of spirituality and social justice in the lives of participants and their communities. The group will support individuals as they attempt to answer the question, "What am I called to do in response to the times in which we now live?"
Many people believe we are now living through a time of crisis in our nation and the wider world. Such times call for the courage to examine issues of race, poverty, healthcare, "…and justice for all." Without support from others, however, it can be difficult to gain clarity and move towards action.
Initially, Souls Seeking Justice will meet online using Zoom video conferencing, and commit to meet together for at least 6 months, starting in September. The group will meet twice per month for 90 minutes, at a time to be determined by the group. CSW Director Rob Field will be part of the circle, and he will facilitate the group's first gathering.
Souls Seeking Justice will use a model developed by theologian & activist Dorothee Soelle, who was part of a movement in Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s called "Political Night Prayer." Horrified by the death and destruction taking place in Vietnam, Soelle and others gathered for prayer, discussion, and social action in response to current events. Read more about the model for these groups HERE.
Participation will be limited to the first 12 people who contact Field to register their interest. Please email him at director@centersw.org Questions are welcome!
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The cover photo has more significance than just a tranquil setting; Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fifty years ago. It rises out of the reflection pool in front of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX, which also opened fifty years ago. Its mission is "to create opportunities for spiritual growth and dialogue that illuminate our shared humanity and inspire action leading to a world in which all are treated with dignity and respect."
This sentiment of building unity continues with the tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. with a quote and accompanying photo, followed by the song "For Our Country," a translation by S.D. Rodholm.
The future of the United States depends, in part, on acknowledgement and atonement for exploitations and wrongs of the past, as Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) Elona Street-Stewart exhorts in the sermon she delivered at the worship service at the 2020 Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
Viggo 'Pete' Hansen gives his thoughts on how human survival is tied to education. Then Dr. Mike Klein of St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN, introduces a book, written by his students, that reflects the practice of his pedagogic model. The first chapter of this book, written by Savannah Thibert, picks up the theme from the sermon of acknowledging the harms of colonization to Indigenous people. The ideas of Grundtvig concerning nationhood should be kept in mind as these voices urge us to consider the Indigenous nations of North America (a.k.a. Turtle Island).
Hanna Broadbridge shares signs of hope for 2021, both on her back patio and in the respect for the common good seen in the final Brexit discussions.
Yet there has been much to mourn. We remember the lives of Doris Henriksen and Mary Louise Sørensen. And because the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 was so profoundly disturbing, we end with a prayer by Harold J. Slater rather than the normal Post Script.
Notes on Upcoming and Past Issues
The next issue of Church and Life will be combined for February/March so will be published March 1. The deadline for submissions is thus extended to February 12. Think about sharing the place or practice that is your oasis for mind and spirit.
An additional credit is due for the "I Am From" song in the December issue. Caroline Juhl, granddaughter of Rita and Dick Juhl and music student at St. Olaf, put the song into sheet music form for publication.
The 150th anniversary celebration of the Fredsville congregation has been put on hold, but Vern Johnson (vern_marg@frontier.com) is still looking for descendants of founders and any stories that fill out the narrative of the pioneers.


A business owner from Calico Rock, Arkansas will speak to Northwest Missouri community leaders at two locations next month.
The Community Foundation of Northwest Missouri will sponsor Steven Mitchell's talk on "Bringing Life Back to Your Small Town, One Business at a Time" October 9th.
Mitchell will discuss the successful revitalization of Calico Rock's Main Street business district at the Conley Center in Maysville from 7:30 to 9:30 that morning and at the First Presbyterian Church in Brookfield from noon to 1:30.
Mitchell and the local Museum Board raised money to buy seven main street buildings and put businesses in them. They are debt free, and the businesses provide about $5,000 per month in added sales tax revenue for the town. When the project began, only one of 18 storefronts were occupied in Calico Rock.
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The presentation in Maysville October 9th will include a continental breakfast with the Brookfield presentation to include lunch.
The admission costs $20.00 and you may call the Community Foundation at 816-232-2022 or email [email protected] to register for the event.
Mail payments to 1006 West Saint Maartens Doctor Suite B, Saint Joseph, Missouri 64506. Payments will be accepted at the door with pre-registration. Checks are preferred.


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The governor of the Bank of Spain said on Tuesday that more structural reforms were needed to further reduce the country's public deficit, but conditions would need to remain favourable to do so.
"Reforms that increase the economy's growth potential, maintaining competition and fiscal consolidation policies, are necessary to carry on reducing the deficit," Governor Luis Maria Linde told a parliamentary committee.
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Q: Run Java application (Spring Boot + MySQL) by Docker compose I'm trying to run an application on my local machine using Docker. I also want to run the application on a remote server. Without Docker in Intelij Idea everything works fine.
On the local machine I installed Docker. Created a Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml in the root folder of the project. Some errors I made in these files. I think, the communication as I understand it between database and my application is not working.
Maybe something wrong with MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD, because i really don't know what the password from MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD. I just know username and password. I run mysql by MySQLWorkbanch, i create here commection named "my_connection", there is user named "bestuser" and login "bestuser".
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I tried combine ports, 8080:8080, 8081:8080, 3306:3306, 3307:3306.. But nothing.
MySQL image running well, but app image get alot of errors.
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application.properties
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/crm?useSSL=false
spring.datasource.username=bestuser
spring.datasource.password=bestuser
#spring.datasource.password=T#3;jbY7L@m6
spring.sql.init.mode=always
#spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
#server.port=8080

#spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
#spring.jms.listener.acknowledge-mode=auto

info.name=CRM system. Accounting for sales, merchandise, payroll
info.description=CRM system. Accounting for sales, merchandise, payroll
info.author=Vitaliy Shvetsov

#spring.security.user.name=vitaliy
#spring.security.user.password=vitaliy

spring.view.prefix:/WEB-INF/
spring.view.suffix:.jsp
spring.view.view-names:views/*
#spring.thymeleaf.prefix=/webapp/WEB-INF/
#spring.thymeleaf.view-names:views/*

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#spring.mvc.view.prefix: /WEB-INF/views/
#spring.mvc.view.suffix: .jsp
#spring.thymeleaf.suffix=.html
#spring.thymeleaf.prefix=classpath:/templates/

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# = Keep the connection alive if idle for a long time (needed in production)
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spring.datasource.testWhileIdle = true
spring.datasource.validationQuery = SELECT 1

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# = Show or not log for each sql query
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# = Hibernate ddl auto (create, create-drop, update)
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spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update

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# = The SQL dialect makes Hibernate generate better SQL for the chosen database
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spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect

spring.main.allow-circular-references=true

docker-compose.yml
version: '3.7'

# Define services
services:
  # App backend service
  app-server:
    # Configuration for building the docker image for the backend service
    build:
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      dockerfile: Dockerfile
    ports:
      - "8081:8080" # Forward the exposed port 4000 on the container to port 4000 on the host machine
    restart: always
    depends_on:
      - db # This service depends on mysql. Start that first.
    environment: # Pass environment variables to the service
      SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/crm?useSSL=false
      SPRING_DATASOURCE_USERNAME: bestuser
      SPRING_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD: bestuser

  # Database Service (Mysql)
  db:
    image: mysql:8.0
    ports:
      - "3307:3306"
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_DATABASE: crm
      MYSQL_USER: bestuser
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: bestuser
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: bestuser

Dockerfile
# Use a Java base image
FROM openjdk:11

# Set the working directory
WORKDIR /

# Copy the application jar to the container
COPY target/crm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war .
EXPOSE 8080
# Set the environment variables
ENV JAVA_OPTS=""

# Define the command to run the application
CMD ["java", "-jar", "crm-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.war"]

Please help me figure out what I did wrong, thank you in advance!

A: Is the application referring to the right database ?

No. Check SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL in docker-compose file, localhost in the url points to your local db. Change it to db (service name you have given in the docker-compose file for mysql).

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Business Analytics and Big Data - Digital Transformation
This is a Big Data tutorial offered by Simplilearn. The tutorial is part of the Digital Transformation course and will help understand the basics of Big Data Analytics with examples and learn its importance.
Define big data and the 4 V's of big data
Explain big data analytics and its importance
Discuss different types of business analytics
Describe the analytics process flow
Explain how companies are using their big data to obtain business benefits
Disney has been creating magical guest experiences for over 90 years now.
However, in the 2000s, as ticket prices climbed and the customer base increased, the sparkle on Disney's customer experience began to fade.
In response, Disney created the Next Generation Experience project aimed at creating personalized experiences for its guests. Disney launched MyMagic+, which allows guests to book ride times, restaurant reservations, and shows in advance using the website. The mobile app allows guests to change reservations in real time as needed.
The MagicBands given to the guests act as admission tickets. These can also be connected to their credit cards for payments across the parks and resorts.
What did you infer from the instance?
Disney's success story gives us insights into how technology proves very important in improving customer experience and in retaining customers.
As Bob Iger, Chairman & CEO, The Walt Disney Company rightly said:
"Technology is lifting the limits of creativity and transforming the possibilities for entertainment and leisure."
In Spite of the big customer base resulting in huge data, Disney was able to extract outcomes to create magic again. Without analyzing the data it had, it would have been difficult to provide any solution to the problem. From this example, you would have understood how crucial it is for businesses to manage their data flow and gain insights to improve their business using various technologies. Large organizations have a huge customer base, resulting in huge incoming data, also known as big data.
The term big data represents extremely large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations. It describes any voluminous amount of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data that has the potential to be mined for information.
Big data is defined by four important features also known as the 4 V's.
The 4 V's of Big Data
Let's look at the 4 V's of Big Data
Volume refers to the scale of data: The main characteristic that makes data "big" is its sheer volume. Every day, there is an exponential rise in data volumes as organizations today have multiple internal and external sources, such as transactions, social media, enterprise content, sensors, and mobile devices.
Variety refers to the different forms of data: Data is captured from multiple sources in multiple formats. It can be structured, semi-structured, and unstructured.
Structured Data refers to information with a high degree of organization so that inclusion in a relational database is seamless and readily searchable by simple, straightforward search engine algorithms or other search operations.
Semi-structured Data is a form of structured data that does not conform with the formal structure of data models associated with relational databases or other forms of data tables but nonetheless contains tags or other markers.
Unstructured Data (or unstructured information) is information that either does not have a predefined data model or is not organized in a pre-defined manner.
Velocity refers to the analysis of streaming data. Velocity is the frequency of incoming data that needs to be processed. Think about how many SMS messages, Facebook status updates or credit card swipes are being sent on a particular telecom carrier every minute of every day, and you'll have a good appreciation of velocity.
Veracity refers to the uncertainty or trustworthiness of data.
Big Data Technology
Every business now has access to a huge amount of data, both structured and unstructured, that can be increasingly utilized with big data analytical tools for harvesting insights and supporting business decisions.
Big data technologies are:
Considered a popular platform for data analytics and data exploration and
Used to implement data mining techniques and data processing
It handles data at extreme scale and is characterized by:
Massive parallel computing to divide and conquer the workloads
Flexibility to allow unlimited data manipulation and transformation
Big Data technologies allow the organizations to make new kinds of predictions, uncover patterns in business activities, and unlock new sources of value. The scientific term is called Data science.
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Data science, also known as data-driven science, is an interdisciplinary field of scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data in various forms, either structured or unstructured, similar to data mining.
Data Science as a Strategic Asset
Data has today become a strategic asset to be mined for business intelligence and differentiate products in the market.
With respect to Data Science, the key strategic assets are:
Ability to extract useful information from data
Many businesses use data analytics to get value from the existing data and to consider if the business has the right analytical talent generally. Incorrect data and unsuitable Data Science talent result in poor business decisions.
Data Analytics is the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data to drive smart decisions. Companies are turning to different types of analytics solutions to uncover hidden patterns, meaning, and other insights from the huge volumes of data to improve decision making.
To perform analysis of big data, companies use a robust analytic environment that includes:
Prescriptive Analytics
Descriptive Analytics uses tools like data aggregation and data mining. These are used to summarize the results.
Predictive Analytics uses statistical models and simulation, which help in making educated guesses at likely results.
Prescriptive Analytics uses tools like optimization models and Heuristics that help to derive important, complex, and sensitive decisions.
Now, let's understand the techniques used in these data analytics versions.
It is regarded as the first stage in the analysis of data, which involves consolidation and summarization of data for further analysis. Descriptive Analytics includes techniques that explain what has happened in the past. These techniques include:
Data-mining techniques
Data queries
The data that is received from descriptive analytics is further used for predictive analytics, where the objective is to predict future unforeseen events. Predictive Analytics includes techniques that use models created from past data to predict the future or determine the impact of one variable on another. For instance:
A company can create a mathematical model for predicting the future sales by using past data on product sales.
A food manufacturing company can estimate the measurement and quantity of unit sales by using the point-of-sale scanner data from retail outlets.
Prescriptive Analytics specifies the best course of action for a business activity in the form of the output of a prescriptive model. The models used in this analytics are called optimization models. They are used mostly in:
The airline industry: Help to fetch the best pricing strategy across flights through the analysis of revenue management models and past purchasing data
Finance: Used to decide the mix of investments through the analysis of portfolio models that utilize historical investment return data
Let's understand the application of business analysis through an example.
Application of Business Analytics
Earlier, credit cards essentially had uniform pricing because:
The companies did not have appropriate information systems to deal with differential pricing on a large scale.
The bank management believed that customers would not accept price discrimination.
Richard Fairbanks and Nigel Morris approached big banks to offer predictive modeling consulting. They finally got Signet Bank, a regional Virginia bank, to agree and convinced the bank that modeling profitability was the right strategy to get ahead.
However, the bank had data only to model profitability for the terms it had offered in the past and types of customers who were offered credit.
Using predictive modeling, the bank:
Experimented by offering different terms to different customers at random, which increased the number of bad accounts.
Changed to about 6% charge-offs from the prevailing charge-off.
Worked toward building predictive models from the data, evaluating them, and then developing them to increase profits despite continuous losses.
Eventually turned around the credit card portfolio into its most profitable operation.
Now, that you have learned the importance of data analytics, let's understand the analytics process flow.
Analytics Process Flow
This is the analytics process flow diagram. Let's understand the steps in detail.
Data Source (ERP, CRM, Excel, etc)
It acts as a primary location for the data source.
It has numerous forms, like a dataset, a program, or perhaps hard-coded data.
Organizations might leverage multiple sources of data, together with ERP, CRM, and alternative systems.
Data Acquisition (ETL)
It involves Extract, Load, and Rework. it is an information integration method for transferring raw data from supply systems to a target information and making the data ready for downstream uses, primarily in business intelligence and analytics applications.
Data Storage (Data Warehousing)
Data Storage is the method of archiving data in electromagnetic or alternative forms by a laptop or associate degree device.
A data warehouse is regarded as a central repository of integrated information from one or additional disparate sources. It is a system used for reportage and information analysis and considered one of the core element of business intelligence.
Data Analysis is the process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting the decision-making process.
Data Reporting and Visualization (Reports and dashboards)
Data Visualization is the procedure of exhibiting and presenting data in a graphical format.
It is used as a measure to deliver visual reports to users. It gives insights relating to performance, operations, or general statistics of an application.
Let's understand how companies deal with their big data to draw insights and how it has helped them.
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How do Companies Deal with Big Data?
Rolls-Royce has put Big Data analytics to use in three key areas of its operations:
Adopting this Big Data-driven approach has helped the company to diagnose faults, correct them, and prevent them from occurring again. It has also helped in taking the right business decisions, resulting in significantly reduced costs.
How do Companies Deal with their Big Data?
Amazon, a pioneer in e-commerce, puts Big Data analytics to use in two key areas of its operations:
Data Warehousing (Redshift)
Hosted Hadoop solution (Elastic MapReduce)
It uses big data analytics to:
Create a personalized recommendation system
Improve customer service operations
This has helped Amazon to serve its customers effectively and improve sales.
Now, let's summarize what you have learned.
Big data is a term that describes the large volume of data – both structured and unstructured – that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis.
Volume, Variety, Velocity, and Veracity are the four V's of big data.
Analytics is the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data to drive smart decisions.
To perform analysis of big data, companies use a robust analytic environment that includes descriptive analytics, predictive analytics, and prescriptive analytics
With this, we come to the end of the 'Business Analytics and Big Data' tutorial. In the next chapter, we will discuss 'Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.'


Every planet has its elves. Long time ago, human and elvish world lived in harmony. But, with the fall of vibration came human shutting down and separation from nature, and finally total oblivion that elvish world ever existed. It would eventually linger in children's fairy tales, programming them from an early age, that elves and fairies are merely a fiction.
With merciless destruction of natural resources of planet Earth, the elvish world pulled back to a safer place, still leaving messages to the ones who were open hearted to hear them. The spirits of the nature are always giving you signs that they are present. If you take a walk through the woods, you can always meet some elf or a tree which takes on quite an unusual forms. You can see clearly his face, just like this guardian on the picture, who holds a scepter in his numerous branches or better say, hands.
The trees are the guardians of the forests and significant portals. Listening to the murmur of their treetops, you can hear the messages. Those messages say that the time of the unification is here again.
On other planets, it is totally normal that trees can move freely wherever they want. They are not static, standing in one place. By falling of vibration on Earth, the trees also lowered their vibration, so did the animal world. But, the time of their sacrifice is over and they can return in their full glow again.
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Mark Catesby Explores New Worlds
[00:29:37] Shorter edited version provided by the Catesby Commemorative Trust. In 1712, English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia. After a seven-year stay, he returned to England with paintings of plants and animals he had studied. They sufficiently impressed other naturalists that in 1722 several Fellows of the Royal Society sponsored his return to North America. There Catesby cataloged the flora and fauna of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds and specimens, compiling notes, and making watercolor sketches.
The Curious Mister Catesby
(00:55:28) In 1712, English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia. After a seven-year stay, he returned to England with paintings of plants and animals he had studied. They sufficiently impressed other naturalists that in 1722 several Fellows of the Royal Society sponsored his return to North America. There Catesby cataloged the flora and fauna of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds and specimens, compiling notes, and making watercolor sketches. Resources includes both volumes of the original book published in 1731. The books contain all his original art work of plant and wildlife specimens completed during his journeys.
The Adventures of Mark Catesby: Unknown Explorer of The New World
[00:02:51] Overview of naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia. Catesby cataloged the flora and fauna of the Carolinas and the Bahamas by gathering seeds and specimens, compiling notes, and making watercolor sketches.
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Beloved Drummer Gets Big Boost from 2017 AmericanaFest
You may have not known his name or who he was, but it would be hard not to notice the tall, lanky, dreadheaded dude in big white glasses behind the drums backing up a dozen or so different independent country artists from Nashville over the years as they toured through your town, and doing his best to not just keep the beat, but bring the energy.
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SXSW 2016 in Words and Pictures
It took the death of four people and dozens of others injured after a drunken madman ran his car through a crowded downtown Austin street in 2014, as well as a completely clusterfucked permitting system by the City of Austin so mired in red tape it takes months of dedicated manpower to actually put on a show, but it appears that SXSW has finally reached a point where the annual event has stopped growing uncontrollably.
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Kacey Musgraves & Biggest Little Fan "Memphis" Entertain SXSW Crowd
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Steelism's "615 To Fame" Puts Sidemen in the Spotlight
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If you have a strong penchant towards wondering about the untold stories of music's most adept sidemen like I do, then perhaps you have already pondered upon Telecaster player Jeremy Fetzer and pedal steel player Spencer Cullum Jr. from seeing them on stage with artists like Caitlin Rose, Andrew Combs, and Jonny Fritz just to name a few.
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Heartworn Highways Revisited to be Released In Summer
Directed by Wayne Price, with producer Brian Devine and Graham Leader, Heartworn Highways Revisited is reported to be in post production, with hopes it will be released later this summer. They have also released a trailer for the new film on their website, and have revealed the new cast that includes Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, and Steve Young from the original film, as well as newer artists…
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Review – The Defibulators "Debt'll Get 'Em"
Somewhat weird, certainly smart-assed, but seriously entertaining, The Defibulators from New York, New York have unleashed their latest album Debt'll Get 'Em, ripe for weird looks and rank misunderstanding, but filled with some really good times. The line between where the sarcasm ends and the seriousness begins with The Defibulators is hard to define, and they appear to like it that way.
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The Raised Middle Finger: Why It Means More In Country
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the image of the angry face and the raised middle finger has become an iconic symbol of defiance against the direction of country music. As indecent as a raised middle finger happens to be in the first place, and the propensity for some seedy country fans and artists to have it make an appearance in every single photo of them, it has come to mean more than its vulgar connotation in the fight to save country music.
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Nashville's New Independent Nucleus
Forget all your stuffy old outmoded notions of what Nashville is. Right now Nashville is the center of the music universe in so many more ways than what is represented by the few city blocks of old houses and mini-rise office buildings on Music Row. Right here, right now, Nashville is the place to be for independent music. It's Haight Ashbury circa 1965. It's Guy Clark's kitchen in the movie Heartworn Highways.
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Caitlin Rose Comes In Full Bloom on "The Stand-In"
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