The gun rights provided by this bill will interact with the private-property rights enjoyed by private citizens. Most property owners will have the right to ban concealed carry on their private properties; in some cases, they will have to post signs conveying notification of their bans. Illinois is the 50th and final state to enact a law recognizing the concealed-carry rights of its gun-owning citizens. A federal court had placed the General Assembly under a deadline, set to expire June 9, to enact a concealed-carry law in compliance with case law and the federal Bill of Rights (Second Amendment).
Jobs created in Illinois as General Assembly legalizes production of oil and gas through the modern technology of horizontal, chemical-enhanced drilling. Called "fracking," and already in wide use in North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, and many other states, these new technologies are the centerpiece of SB 1715.
Approved by the House on Thursday, May 30 by a vote of 108-9-0, the measure could generate as much as $9.5 billion in additional Illinois goods and services produced by as many as 47,000 newly-employed Illinoisans. In addition, the oil and gas producers would pay a special severance tax to the State that would be used to oversee environmental compliance by the industry and reduce Illinois' structural budget deficit. In an unusual nod towards compromise, the negotiations over the fracking bill brought together U.S. oil and gas industry and representatives of some of America's largest environmental-advocacy groups, such as the Sierra Club.
Murray Developmental Center gets reprieve from pending closure as Illinois' Department of Human Services promises to temporarily halt patient transfers. The threatened residential facility is slated by the Quinn administration for closure, and the Department began transferring patients to privately-operated "community care" facilities in April 2013. Most of the patients who live at Murray have been diagnosed with two or more chronic conditions that give them standing as persons with dual disabilities, and many patients' families appreciate the care given there and are deeply concerned about the transfers and pending closure.
A federal judge has agreed to hear arguments from a plaintiffs' attorney, retained by several families, that seeks to win a restraining order against the shift. Transfers of patients out of Murray were temporarily halted on Thursday, May 23, pending these arguments and court decision. Murray Developmental Center, which has an official headcount of 528 employees, has served Illinois residents with moderate-to-high medical needs since May 1964.
General Assembly enacts online voter registration. Under the law in effect through the presidential election of 2012, voters could register to vote in person at an election office or by filing out paperwork in the presence of a deputy registrar, or could register to vote by submitting a form by paper mail.
House Bill 2418, as amended in the Senate, enacts omnibus changes to Illinois elections law. In addition to online voter registration, the measure made various changes favorable to the majority party, such as requiring facilities to be provided for early voting on each campus of a public university. Most House Republicans could not support these partisan changes, which appeared to be aimed at encouraging favored groups to vote in as large a number as possible while discouraging other groups.
The House vote on this measure on Thursday, May 30, was 66-49-2, sending the measure to the Governor for final action.
Majority party enacts 600-page House amendment to amend State Medicaid law to bring it into partial conformity with federal Affordable Care Act. The controversial Affordable Care Act, often called "Obamacare", was enacted by Congress in 2010. States are not required to implement the Affordable Care Act within their own boundaries by amending their Medicaid laws, but the political party that controls the majorities of both houses of the Illinois General Assembly strongly supports doing so.
Critics expressed concerns this week that the very significant, and very complex, Medicaid expansion enacted by this bill could create unanticipated consequences; could create a perverse incentive for medically challenged individuals to move from non-Obamacare states to Illinois, thereby burdening Illinois taxpayers; and could encourage a significant number of previously eligible Illinois patients who have not enrolled in the Medicaid system to get themselves enrolled for the first time.
Fears have been expressed that the passage of this bill could increase the costs of Medicaid to taxpayers by as much as $1.5 billion/year. The bill is expected to allow at least 342,000 adults to join the Medicaid program. The Medicaid bill, SB 26, was approved by the House on Monday, May 27, by a vote of 63-55-0. The measure, as amended, was approved by the Senate on concurrence, clearing the path for signature by the Governor.
Many fast-growing and neighboring states, such as Texas and Wisconsin, have refused to amend their Medicaid laws to bring them into conformity with the Affordable Care Act.
House and Senate approve bill to improve, modernize State's infrastructure for delivery of piped gas to households. The measure will support the accelerated upgrading of key natural gas utility distribution systems, and will authorize the Illinois Commerce Commission to grant gas rate increases to three key utility companies – Ameren, Nicor, and Peoples Gas – to cover the costs of these upgrades.
Natural gas distribution modernization moves include the replacement of "dumb" electromechanical natural gas meters, often located inside customers' homes, with electronically-chipped gas meters accessible at street level.
SB 2266, as amended, was approved by the House by a vote of 84-32-1. The House vote occurred on Monday, May 27. The measure was sent to the Governor for final action.
Bill to construct first phase of south suburban airport moves through both houses of the General Assembly. Language included in SB 20 authorizes the Department of Transportation (IDOT) to work with the global private sector to build an airport in southeastern Will County, east of Interstate 57 and southeast of exurban Monee.
The legal language authorizes IDOT to work with the private sector through a public-private partnership (PPP), a governance structure similar to the system being used to plan for nearby construction of the Illiana Expressway, a limited-access toll highway that will speed up surface ties between northeastern Illinois and northwest Indiana.
SB 20, as passed by the House, also contained many controversial features affecting development and tax rates in specific locations throughout Illinois, including language authorizing the construction of a $200 million arena/multiuse facility adjacent to Chicago's McCormick Place.
The Thursday, May 30 House vote on SB 20, as amended in the House, was 81-35-1.
New law, approved by both houses of General Assembly, increases motor vehicle personal insurance mandatory minimum coverage levels by 25 to 33 percent. By increasing the required levels of insurance that every licensed driver must carry by statutory steps, such as for bodily injury or death to any one person from $20,000 to $25,000, this bill will increase the peace of mind enjoyed by law-abiding Illinois motorists that they will not be exploited by an underinsured driver.
The measure will also, however, lead to a substantial increase in the cost of purchasing minimum coverage in Illinois. Proponents of the bill estimate the increase will approximate $70 to $75 per year. Motorists who already purchase insurance in excess of statutorily required minimums may not be affected by these increases.
It is necessary to purchase minimum levels of insurance coverage in Illinois in order to have the right to carry an insurance card, which is required of all motorists and is demanded by police in every traffic stop.
The House vote on SB 1898 was 70-41-0, sending the measure to the Governor's office for final signature and enactment into law. If enacted, the new limits will be effective on January 1, 2015. The House roll call was taken on Sunday, May 26.


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From the outside, Xinhe United Creation Park in the outskirts of Hangzhou, China's e-commerce capital, appears to be any other business park.
The signs adorning the building facades give an indication as to what is going on within. "Time is money," "You are unique," "Nothing can replace you," "Yesterday is history, good luck," and "Full of hope" are just a few of the phrases designed to inspire those who come to learn one thing: how to become the next big thing in China's fast-growing live-streaming sector.
Xinhe, one of several similar hubs springing up around China, became a Mecca for live-streaming hopefuls after producing some of the country's top influencers, including Viya, China's live-streaming diva with over 80 million followers on Alibaba's Taobao.
Student athletes' admission into a previously forbidden market is projected to bring in millions of dollars and reshape the economic structure of collegiate athletics. It's also fraught with difficulties, such as ambiguous commercial values, business pitches with caveats and different quality, and potential team mismatches. Above and beyond the individual deals, a larger puzzle is forming: how to integrate athletics with education, young adulthood, and, now, business.
Many of America's college athletes have been planning in locker rooms and group texts, in residences and over meals, about how to seize opportunities that were unthinkable when schools recruited them only a few years ago. Players have already been speculating on trademarks and teasing gear lines.
However, the idea of athletes receiving money still worries many CEOs, who are concerned about colleges losing marketing dollars. They've concerned about shady boosters breaking the rules and introducing new pay-to-play methods, and they've feared that recruiting and, ultimately, competitions could be jeopardized.
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Barnes & Noble, for example, has taken use of BookTok's popularity to sell popular titles on the app to buyers by developing specialist shelves dedicated to viral books. Shannon DeVito, director of books at Barnes & Noble, said, "We're spotting these patterns as major opportunities." "So [Barnes & Noble store managers] say, 'Let's make a table, let's make a shelf, let's make a statement,' because I know I have a lot of consumers coming in saying, 'I saw this trending on TikTok.'
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Published: August 26, 2018 12:18 pm Updated: Aug. 26, 2018 5:35 p.m.
Aug. 30, 2018 12:16 p.m.
Divorced his wife who had become invalid from an auto crash and had supported him all through his incarceration. I'm not impressed.
Was one of the Keating 5, the savings and loan fraud.
Featured in propaganda films and signed a 'confession' for the NVA while encarcerated in the Hanoi Hilton. McCane expressed deep remorse for these actions in his memoirs. Go read it.
Played a key role in squelching US efforts to repatriat left-behind POW's/MIA's, for which there was ample evidence. NVA officials said they were surprised US never made a serious attempt to repatriate them, and have said they held some back to use as bargaining chips in exchange for US reparations.
Supported all recent wars and going back to early 1990's and has urged us to attack Iran and Syria; not even mentioning his support of 'moderate rebels' in Syria, and several other countries.
Sorry, but elevating McCane to hero and highly principle man status, just doesn't wash, for those who have really followed the man's career.
RIP for McCane, but I don't think he'll have a good experience when confronted by left-behind POW'S/MIA's in the after life, etc., etc.
The comments about McCain's home and broken marriage are mind-boggling, particularly as they are obviously made by Trump supporters. Uhhh, how many homes does Trump have? How many marriages and mistresses? And the commenters don't even get why it is so ironic.
Aug. 28, 2018 3:27 p.m.
Senator McCain was a rebel politician who would ignore party lines and vote for what he thought was best.
I didn't always agree with his votes, but it would be a better country if more politicians were brave enough to disregard party lines and vote for what they thought was right for America.
Aug. 28, 2018 2:10 a.m.
And also ... "one vote" did not make McCain a hero. He sealed that epitaph due to his courageous conduct in the "Hanoi Hilton" and only reinforced it throughout his subsequent public service and leadership.
Aug. 27, 2018 3:43 p.m.
Actually the USS Forrestal rumor and the rumor that McCain was a "songbird" were not the product of the Democrats but rather of Lew Rockwell and Ted Sampley, both Republicans. They were not pleased with the way McCain helped keep Vietnam POW issues to the forefront. These, and other fictitious stories, came out of the 2000 South Carolina primary, and were led by arch-conservative factions against McCain due to his handily beating favored Bush in New Hampshire.
Other right-leaning blogs and commentors have recently perpetuated the fiction, including the former airforce general at Fox News who lost his job over it.
Our president would call the statement that Democrats were responsible for these tales "Fake News".
Aug. 27, 2018 2:41 p.m.
I find it weird that Democrats are now painting Sen McCain as a hero (for 1 vote). When just a few years earlier (When he had the misfortune of facing off against Barack Obama in a heated Presidential campaign) the same Democrats painted him as a fool and a traitor.
Snopes fact-checks the story, and debunks it with actual accounts of the incident.
Trump dredged up the same fake news story when McCain said some disparaging things about him (which was deplorable).
During the Obama campaign several Democrat websites and the Obama campaign also defamed McCain as having been "rat" and a "Traitor" during his five-and-a-half years of captivity as a POW in North Vietnam.
Now the same Democrats call him a "Hero". Because he's not campaigning against Barack Obama, and he attacked Trump, and for one vote they liked.
It's weird Democrats now embrace McCain, after all the anti-McCain/Palin rhetoric they were pumping out not long ago.
Thank you for responding and for mentioning my name (twice!) in your comments. No one has ever done that before.
I always enjoy your comments and look forward to future comments from you.
Aug. 27, 2018 12:38 p.m.
"Trump's health care bill was dead. McCain's lifelong reputation as free thinker, never to be intimidated, was very much alive."
A great moment in American history - which explains why Trump is still so bitter.
Aug. 27, 2018 12:32 p.m.
water rocket: " In the beginning of this country, all political positions were "voluntary", meaning that they were not paid for their service. Today, they are not only paid, but paid very well. "
What counts as a "real job?" Not service in the military? Or serving as a representative in Congress?
Since 2009 they make $174,000 and over $100,000 since 1991.
In addition to his salary as a Senator he also receives pension money (around $73,000 annually) from his service in the Navy.
OpenSecrets lists his investments. (note: His grandfather on his mother's side became a millionaire from the oil business).
I don't know how "principle-based" McCains last vote was. He campaigned strongly against Obama's healthcare plan the whole time he and Sarah Palin were running for the White House.
Why he campaigned against the ACA for years, and then voted to save it when given the chance to end it... was a puzzle for many. Especially those in his own party, who supported his run for the Presidency (when he was totally against Obama's healthcare plan).
I don't know, but I think his vote after campaigning against the ACA for years, and then voting to save it... came down to 2 things.
#2. The state of mind he was in at the time. He changed.
So I think I understand his vote.
But he did campaign strongly against Obamacare just a few years before his cancer. So he was not always noble.
Aug. 27, 2018 12:06 p.m.
I like McCain as a person. He always called himself an "Imperfect" and "flawed" servant.
I think that showed more humility than I've seen from the past 4 President's combined.
He made a lot of mistakes it's true, and he admitted it. But what was surprising to me was NBC's Meet the Press would use even McCain's death to attack Republicans, and the President.
They can't help themselves I guess. You could see them trying Sunday morning on the show, but they couldn't help it turning into yet another Trump bashing session in the end. I blame that on the leader/moderator of the show, and the guests he invites (and doesn't invite), and the constant spin of everything to fit their bias, and his carefully guiding everything in the show into an attack on Trump (and by proxy Republicans in general).
It was sad to watch Sunday Morning. I can see his attacks on Trump and Republicans most weeks, but not spinning/twisting a Republican's death into yet another opportunity to attack Trump.
There's more going on in this world than destroying the President Chuck Todd.
McCain was a good guy. Chuck Todd... I'm not so sure.
Aug. 27, 2018 11:34 a.m.
1 aggie, how does a senator, who has never had a real job in his life outside of politics amass a net worth of 16 million? In the beginning of this country, all political positions were "voluntary", meaning that they were not paid for their service. Today, they are not only paid, but paid very well. This is why we will never see term limits.
Aug. 27, 2018 11:05 a.m.
"He had 11 houses, which was brought to light in the heat of the 2008 election. Term limits is beautiful idea"
John's wife, Cindy Hensley McCain, is the source of the McCain family fortune and nearly all of it is in her name. She inherited the wealth from her father's beer business, Hensley and Company. The wealthiest member of Congress is Darrell Issa. John McCain doesn't rank in the top 25 wealthiest members of Congress. John McCain's net worth, apart from his wife, is reportedly $16 million.
You said "The great irony here is that it was President Trump who took the "high road" in his battles with McCain, by simply never mentioning his name, but criticizing his policies.
In contrast, can you imagine how petty and bitter a man has to be to ask that the President not come to his funeral?!"
The Draft Dodger in Chief who said ""He's not a war hero, he was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured." You call that the high road?
Trump couldn't find the high road if his limo drive drove him across it.
To bad that you and so many of the Trumpies don't understand the difference between bitterness and a principled stand. Bitterness is a guy who refuses to lower the flag over the White House. Bitterness is a guy who can't call him a war hero a war hero. Bitterness is a President who cannot deal with even the most miniscule slight or negative statement without going on the attack.
Bitterness is probably the most easily recognizable and obvious recognizable trait of this President.
Aug. 27, 2018 10:31 a.m.
How come no one is mentioning infidelity which broke up John McCain's first marriage, nor his involvement in the Keating Five? He is deemed a saint now, because ...?
Aug. 27, 2018 10:04 a.m.
Yes, and he blew that vote. That is what he'll be remember for.
McCain always did what's best for McCain.
This vote was a poke into the eye of Trump. Had Romney been president and wanted the same thing, McCain would have voted to repeal.
Aug. 27, 2018 9:51 a.m.
He had 11 houses, which was brought to light in the heat of the 2008 election. Term limits is beautiful idea.
Aug. 27, 2018 9:21 a.m.
McCain's no vote had nothing to do with Trump.
McCain's no vote had everything to do with his principles. The bill he voted against (Graham-Cassidy) had been written in secret by a small group of Republican Senators without debate, without committee discussion and input and without it being scored by the CBO. McCain saw that it had violated the legislative process.
Additionally, McCain had higher standards and believed it better to at least try to forge bipartisan solutions.
It is sad what the Republican Party has become. And we are left worse off without John McCain's influence and example.
Aug. 27, 2018 9:17 a.m.
McCain's vote against skinny repeal, despite his dislike of the ACA, was in large part due to the fears of Governor Ducey of AZ that they would be on the hook for over $7 billion in health care costs by 2026. He said all along that he would vote according to his Governor's wishes. He was also frustrated by the secret manner of the repeal process.
Aug. 27, 2018 8:51 a.m.
I did not much like the political positions of McCain. I did not vote for him for President. He had his skeletons in the closet, much like other prominent people.
However, I could respect the life story of such a person. His occasional stances against his party's legislation stands out as an act of courage as much as his status as a POW survivor. In today's America, crossing this president is an act of self sacrifice for the greater good. Few politicians from the party of trump are willing to take that risk to their political life.
Aug. 27, 2018 8:50 a.m.
I would have voted for McCain until he made his one huge mistake.
"McCain had chosen a little-known Alaska governor as his running mate for that race, and in the process helped turn Sarah Palin into a political celebrity."
He bent to pressure and went with a populist professional panderer whos only real talent was telling simple people what they wanted to hear, even though she had to write it down on her hand to remember.
IMO this one mistake cost him the presidency but I still always respected him.
Aug. 27, 2018 8:46 a.m.
@mohokat - Aug. 27, 2018 7:07 a.m.
McCain was his own special interest.
And Senator McCain's "special interest" was the welfare of the United States and its people.
Aug. 27, 2018 8:36 a.m.
This morning we are learning that while flags are at half-mast over the Capitol and throughout the nation, the one over the White House has been raised to full-staff.
We are learning that trump refused his advisors' advice to release a tribute to McCain.
We saw yesterday that trump's "tribute" to McCain contained a photo of trump and not McCain.
The childishness of trump stands in stark contrast to the McCain's maturity and good judgement.
It seems kind of narrow-minded of Nancy Benac to distill the man's lengthy lifetime of service to his country to one particular vote that she liked, and that most of McCain's peers didn't.
For that matter, the barrage of "tributes" to McCain that boil down to essentially "he didn't like Trump" seem rather short-sighted as well.
Surely you can say more about a devoted public servant than that? Does everything have to reflect badly on Trump?
Aug. 27, 2018 8:09 a.m.
McCain's feud with Trump had nothing to do with his no vote on overturning the ACA. Sen. McCain held his principles over politics. While he disagreed with many aspects of the ACA, his real beef with the Graham-Cassidy bill, was the terrible process that the Republicans had instituted. No independent budget analysis, no hearings to help refine the bill, and no input from the Democrats. No attempt was made to re-do objectionable parts of the ACA. The lack of any kind of bipartisan effort was anathema to McCain.
McCain also had a conscience. Leaving 16 million people without healthcare and raising the costs for the rest was unconscionable. We need more, not fewer, politicians like John McCain.
Aug. 27, 2018 7:58 a.m.
The Senator stood up against the radical right and actually had moderate objective and fair views. That is why the flag on the Whitehouse cannot be lowered.
Aug. 27, 2018 7:43 a.m.
The great irony here is that it was President Trump who took the "high road" in his battles with McCain, by simply never mentioning his name, but criticizing his policies.
In contrast, can you imagine how petty and bitter a man has to be to ask that the President not come to his funeral?!
Aug. 27, 2018 7:44 a.m.
Sympathies to the McCain family.
Speaking of one vote, let me share a story.
Back in 2008 I had supported Romney and then in the course of seeing his loss became a big fan of the anti-war libertarian movement led by Ron Paul.
When voting day came for McCain vs Obama I initially checked the box for McCain. Immediately I felt a surge of guilt as if I had done the wrong thing. I wanted to ignore it but it wouldn't go away until I told the voting agents to help me get a new ballot.
I ended up voting third party.
That 1 vote ended up being the most life changing vote in my life. Never again was I going to vote for someone who would not reign in the American Empire.
Yes, let us be a bastion of liberty, but not one perpetually fights around the world.
That's not what capitan Moroni would have done.
Aug. 27, 2018 7:32 a.m.
Desnews? Why are you highlighting this man as a hero?? Sympathies to the family for sure but a POW, multi term senator who voted consistently for perpetual war around the world is not a hero in my book.
John McCain was a true American Patriot and a True American Hero.
Aug. 27, 2018 7:07 a.m.
Aug. 27, 2018 6:21 a.m.
It is unfortunate that President Trump himself could not bring himself to release a tribute to Senator McCain.
Aug. 26, 2018 11:36 p.m.
Thanks Mitt Romney for your example, and kind positive nature: forgiving Mr. McCain for his treatment of you in 2008, January of that year and fall of 2007, some thought it would be a campaign on military wisdom, and we find out in September of 2008 that we had been in a recession for 9 months and didn't know it, and it takes 9-10 months to find out, and then suddenly it is a campaign on money and finance, yet by that time it is between Mr. McCain and Mr. Obama. It is ugly brutal war of words to run for high office, so everyone knew what they were getting into. Mr. Romney was belittled often in those days, by conservatives and the GOP. Now about to take control of our country by himself. Amazing what 10 years brings. Come full circle.
Aug. 26, 2018 10:35 p.m.
I will never forget that moment and the audible gasps. What the Republicans put forth wasn't right, and Senator McCain was not one to do something if he didn't feel it was right. He wanted something better. He cared about the country, not making America great again. He knew it already was and that he needed to stand up for principle in order to support it. Now, Trump's party doesn't care about that. It is all about expediency and getting re-elected. May God continue to bless Senator McCain.
Aug. 26, 2018 8:49 p.m.
Senator McCain campaigned on repealing the ACA and repeatedly promised the voters he would do so. When he voted against repeal it had more to do with his personal feud with Pres. Trump than his principles. If he had stuck to his principles he would not let his personal feud with Trump get in the way but would have kept his many promises and voted to repeal. Senator McCain did a lot of good, and in the end he was human like the rest of us. May he rest in peace.
Aug. 26, 2018 7:27 p.m.
Naval officer/POW John McCain did much which is rightly admired and praised, and he did it for the right reasons. I salute him for that service.
However, Senator McCain eventually became a creature of the swamp over his six terms, where campaign promises are easily ignored and personal animosity trumps policy.
The story states "Unafraid of contradictions, McCain himself had campaigned against Obama's health care law, but voted against its repeal because Republicans had flouted what he called the "old way of legislating," with full-fledged debate, amendments and committee hearings on the final bill."
However, flouting the "old way of legislating" was the standard practice under Democrat Harry Reid, and Maverick complacently went along. It is obvious to everyone the his no on Obamacare repeal was strictly a thumb in the eye of President Trump, and to the Republican Party which had nominated him for the Presidency, and to the people of Arizona who has believed his promise to repeal Obamacare.
In the end, McCain proved to be just another self-adoring politician, tarnishing his prior role as hero. History will decide how his overall record is balanced.
Aug. 26, 2018 6:21 p.m.
The title to this particular article on Senator McCain states: "For McCain, a life of courage, politics came down to 1 vote." You said, " Trump despised McCain and you despise him."
The fact is I voted for Senator McCain when he ran for the presidency in 2008. I was impressed with his personal story of heroics in Vietnam prisons for over five and a half years and for the most part I agreed with his decisions of our military actions and his public life of service.
This article states: "McCain voted against its repeal because Republicans had flouted what he called the "old way of legislating," with full fledged debate, amendments and committee hearings." Utah Girl Chronicles, can you imagine how different the original affordable care act would have been for our entire country if all of congress would have considered the "old way of legislating" instead of all the back room deals made with the Democrats to get their bill passed? This is what many of the citizens in this country are most disappointed with, the careless way they produced this huge bill to the public. Nothing more and nothing less.
Aug. 26, 2018 4:59 p.m.
Senator McCain sold out the Americans he said he was working for when he voted against the repeal of Obamacare solely for the purpose of poking Donald Trump in the eye. That, even by the headline of this article, is what McCain stood for. People I look up to are not in his vein.
Aug. 26, 2018 4:45 p.m.
The Trump propaganda machine pretty much perpetuates itself in spite of facts to the contrary. History will be much kinder to McCain than it will be to the current administration.
Aug. 26, 2018 4:29 p.m.
Impartial 7 - Not to quibble, but he was held roughly 5 more years after the North Vietnamese offer. Otherwise I hope we agree.
He was far from perfection. But he stood for principles during some tough times. Where he stood for principles he is an inspiration to me and my more mundane challenges. Isn't that the definition of a "hero"?
May God bless John McCain and may he rest in peace.
Aug. 26, 2018 4:11 p.m.
John McCain was another flawed human being who did many good things yet failed morally (in his own words). I wish that everything including the previous comments on this subject didn't have to be comparisons and politically motivated. He voted out of spite against Trump to not repeal Obamacare. He divorced his first wife because of an affair with a 17 year younger woman and then married the younger woman within a month. He served our nation and was a hero. Our leaders are flawed, all of them. Our leaders do many good things, all of them. Honor the good in people. Honor John McCain. Let the negative go because guess what, we are all flawed...including John McCain.
I was working in a Romney call center in the primary vs McCain. Obama was gaining momentum. Romney had a good healthcare plan similar to the one he approved in Massachusetts . Trump defeated Romney on Super Tuesday and claimed the nomination. But he picked a certifiable idiot in Sarah Palin for VP. I admired McCain, but this was too much. Obama adapted Romney's healthcare plan and I voted for Obama.
Republican reaction against Obama was thinly concealed racism. But Americans, after growing sick of the GOP war in Iraq, with its complete chaos, and subsequent Wall Street disaster, rolled blue and Obama was unassailable. GOP Senate leader McConnell swore that his job was to make Obama a single term president. And McCain, the good soldier, supported the administration when he could and became friends with the Obamas.
Now we replace Obama with the vile Trump, and McCain dies with his boots on. Trump most likely will not survive this term, and the GOP is greatly damaged, apparently without a single ethical leader.
We'll miss you Senator McCain. History will remember you long after the Trump villainy has faded from memory.
Aug. 26, 2018 3:20 p.m.
In addition to you comments, it's important to note that the American military code of conduct for POW's requires prisoners be freed in the order of their capture. McCain refused to violate the code by being released before others who had been held captive longer that he had. McCain never claimed that he was a hero, was famously self-deprecating, and continually pointed to the heroics of his fellow POW's rather than to his own. He deserves every laudatory comment published today by people from all political persuasions, adjectives that will never be associated with our current president.
Aug. 26, 2018 2:45 p.m.
Let's see. John McCain, being the captive prisoner with a lineage of Naval officers, could've freed himself from his Vietnam captors. All he had to do was read a propaganda statement denouncing America. He did not, resulting in 2 more years of torture and inhumane conditions. The same time that GW Bush, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump somehow found ways to continually avoid the war. Trump had bone spurs (which didn't keep him off tennis court and night clubs) and he still disrespects John McCain? And the GOP stands behind him? Unbelievable.
Aug. 26, 2018 2:27 p.m.
"Senator McCain, in his defiant manner, voted against repealing this act and pretty much told the country by his vote and his actions what he really stood for."
51 senators, including two other Republicans, voted against the health care bill. That's how the legislative process works. Trump despised McCain and you despise him. It's not complicated math, now is it?
Aug. 26, 2018 1:20 p.m.
McCain was an American patriot. Revered by his political enemies as someone who loved his country and a gentlemen. He was a Maverick with intelligence and grace, some things that are missing from the reality show star a few wish to idolize in this day and age.
Aug. 26, 2018 12:59 p.m.
"McCain himself had campaigned against Obama's health care law but voted against its repeal..."
The Affordable Health Care Act was a disaster thrust upon the American public by the Democrats and for the first time Congress had a very good chance of getting rid of this albatross. Senator McCain, in his defiant manner, voted against repealing this act and pretty much told the country by his vote and his actions what he really stood for. Arizona and the country deserved better.


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OAKLAND, CA — December 19, 2013 — Mosaic, the first US company to crowdsource investments for solar projects, is kicking off 2014 with a New Years Resolution campaign to "Put Solar On It." Anyone can pledge online at PutSolarOnIt.com to put solar on a local home, school, place of worship, business, or other property. Throughout 2014, Mosaic will provide people with the tools and network they need to make their pledge a reality.
Mosaic is the first online marketplace to offer the American public investments in solar projects. Mosaic, named the 5th most innovative energy startup by Fast Company, launched in January 2013 and has financed over $6M of solar projects with thousands of investors across the nation. To date, the company The company has zero defaults and 100% on-time payments at 4.5-7% APY. www.joinmosaic.com.
Academy Award nominee, Mark Ruffalo, well-known as The Hulk in The Avengers, is leading the campaign. Ruffalo has pledged to put solar on his childrens' school, Stephen Gaynor Elementary, in Manhattan. Make It Right has pledged to put solar on a home for a family living in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. Other pledges have come in from individuals across the nation, including from Atlanta, GA. Boston, MA, Charlotte, NC, Maui, HI, Pittsburgh, PA, Santa Fe, NM, and Woodbury, MN.
"I'm helping put solar on my kids' school to save the school money and free up resources that will be aimed at their education instead of fossil fuels," Mark Ruffalo explains, "We can also demonstrate the shining future that is now within our grasp. I love that Mosaic is making it possible for all people to participate in an economy meant for all — the solar economy. We are powerful."
The "Put Solar On It" resolution is part of significant national momentum. In 2013, a solar installation was installed every four minutes throughout the US and the price of a solar dropped to 60% of 2011 prices, according to the US Solar Energy Industries Association and Greentech Media Research. The nation installed more clean energy than coal, oil, and nuclear combined, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. According to the Solar Foundation and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the solar industry is creating jobs at four times the rate of the economy at large.
This year, President Obama put solar panels on the White House, Mayor Bloomberg committed to putting solar on New York City's largest landfill, and Walmart reached a solar generating capacity greater than the solar generating capacity of 38 states. On the investment side, Warren Buffet invested over $7B in solar.
Billy Parish, Mosaic's President and 'Movement' team leader, explains the company's vision to build a powerful and purpose driven membership community dedicated to accelerating humanity to the inevitable transition to 100% clean energy. "In the past year, thousands of people have invested in solar through Mosaic. We're now crowdsourcing other aspects of the solar development process. We're building a movement to power the world with 100% clean energy and this movement is people powered."
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India isn't exactly a hotbed of heavy metal. The airwaves over there are packed with film-style dance numbers derived from Bollywood, bhangra, and various poppy Western influences. There's a millennia-long tradition of music in India, but it's usually been slim pickings for those of us lifelong heavy metal fans. On the occasions where rock music is even to be found anywhere in India, it's almost always soft in nature. To be fair, most Indians have never properly heard heavy metal. However, I've thought for some years now that this could all change- that India is even becoming ripe for a heavy metal revolution!
It's only appropriate. India is hardcore, man. India is a sensation seeker's dream, with a vibrant and colorful spiritual culture, an exceedingly wide range of flavor profiles and smells, rollicking cities overflowing into breathtaking landscapes, ancient and modern architecture on top of each other, oppressive political ferment, and the crush of people and traffic in every direction. It's hotter than hell in most of India most of the time. India is an assault on your senses. What can possibly be more METAL than that?
Meanwhile, Hinduism probably lends itself better to the all-out thrash power of metal than it's generally credited for. The sitar, tablas, bhajans, mantras, and shlokas of Hinduism can entrance, hypnotize, and more at their best. The mythology is filled with colorful characters, moral conundrums, epic battle scenes, powerful weapons, gruesome demons, sexual symbolism, and savage animalistic imagery such as many-armed Goddesses carrying the bleeding heads of vanquished foes as souvenirs, or the lion-headed avatar Narasimha ripping an enemy in half with his bare hands. Imagine imagining this bloody milieu with raw metal guitar, bass, and drum power behind it. Again I ask you, what could possibly be more METAL than that?
Finally, we have the demographic bulge. It's no secret that metal is a young person's game. India is a young country, with 845 million people under the age of 35, many of them jumping on the Internet or television for the first time to partake in Western influenced culture, including music. The best American import is arriving in force.
And thus, an earnest, nascent Hindu/Vedic heavy metal scene has formed in India and abroad. It took your correspondent a few forays down the Internet rabbit hole to discover it, but it's definitely there. There's a long way to go for Hindu metal to fill more than a nook in the niche cranny. Particularly missing in my view is enough melodic singing to match the guitar riffs. The scene is far from mature but more than anything, I see potential and opportunity. Below are some of the bands you can find along with example tracks for a pretty elaborate curated survey. No matter what you think of the music, these bands are truly pioneers, merging the great traditions of Hinduism and hard rock. If there are others I missed, please mention them in the comments below!
The Down Troddence. These guys flat-out rock. After I came across this song today, I couldn't get enough of their music. Not surprisingly, there's many a Shiva themed song on our list, with this one simply titled, Shiva. The Down Troddence is a six-piece that hails from Kerala. I haven't heard all of the songs by all of these bands yet but as of now I consider this the most technically competent band among the lot.
Motherjane. A bit less heavy, and a bit more classical influence than the others on this list, Motherjane is an eminently listenable band with a melodic and well-orchestrated sound. Chasing the Sun as a bonus also features an excellent video which could only be made in India. They remind me a bit of the excellent Pakistani band Junoon. I wish I had heard of Motherjane sooner.
Moksh the Band. Fronted by a woman named Ishrat Rajan on vocals, and managed by lead guitarist/singer Ashish Wilson, this Shimla four-piece has been kicking around its incarnations since 2003. In recent years the band decided to take on a ditty about Shiva the Destroyer himself with Shiv Tandav Stotram. In keeping with the spirit of Hinduism, the video is meant to provoke awareness of those who lost their lives in natural disasters.
Rudra. This foursome of bad boy Hindus hails from Singapore, and has been jamming out since 1992. They are quite likely the first band to have earned the so-called Hindu metal mantle. There are unmistakable hints of ancient India in the song Now Therefore including a conch call to start the proceedings. I like more melody in my metal vocals, but this style should appeal to many of you metal heads out there and the instrumentals are solid.
Millennium. To be honest, Millennium was formed as an 80's hair metal band with Christian members and no Hindu influence. The song Only be One in fact uses overt Christian imagery such as crosses and coffins. That being said, this band formed in Bangalore in 1986. They are considered to be one of the first, if not the first, successful metal band from India. Props! Rock out!
Indus Creed. While Indus Creed straddles the line between pop rock (not exactly my jam) and hard rock, they deserve mention as one of the indisputable giants in India's rock music history. Rock 'N Roll Renegade was one of their early hits from their debut album of the same name in the 80's, and helped launch them into the pantheon of India's rock stratosphere. In fact, Indus Creed helped pave the way for all of the other bands in this list. Respect.
Cult of Fire. Hinduism is for all, and this Czech Republic band proves that Hindu metal is a globalized phenomenon. The song Kali Ma is mostly instrumental, but it shows the range of talent possessed by Cult of Fire. The below video splices a bunch of Hindi Hindu film footage into the song. Judge for yourself whether Kajol and Sridevi dressed like Goddesses with heavy metal in the background actually works…
Dying Out Flame. OK, first of all, this band looks absolutely hardcore. Right? They also rock righteously, they're co-ed, plus they have cool album art (see top). Formed in 2011, this band hails from the Hindu majority nation of Nepal, adding more to the international flavor of Hindu metal. Shiva Rudrastakam pays tribute to Lord Shiva- in case you aren't noticing a trend here?
Demonic Resurrection. This particular band was formed by four teenagers at the start of the new millennium. The Mumbai band has kept on, and helped bring other metal bands into the fold through singer Sahil Makhija's Deamonstealer Records. Of particular interest in the song Matsya- The Fish and others is a seamless and welcome integration of sitar into the metal.
Dhwesha. This band's punishing style puts the death into death metal. Another Bangalore band, Dhwesha actually sings in Kannada- though it's nearly impossible to tell. In their self-titled song from 2014, you can choose to witness the see-saw between uplift and despair. It's worth it.
This list of course cannot do justice to the entire music library each of these bands has, nor is it meant to be a complete listing of Hindu or Vedic heavy metal. Hopefully you have been exposed to a world you didn't know about, and enjoyed it as much as I have.
There's a musical revolution under way, and you have gotten in on the ground floor.
Picture credits:
Dying Out Flame album art
Demonic Resurrection album art
Down Troddence concert by Anup B Vyas
Om guitar pick, Zazzle.com
Posted on October 22, 2017, in Culture, Video and tagged Cult of Fire, Demonic Resurrection, Dhwesha, Dying Out Flame, Hindu Hard Rock, Hindu Heavy Metal, Indus Creed, Millennium, Moksh, Motherjane, Rudra, The Down Troddence, US-India, Vedic Metal. Bookmark the permalink.	3 Comments.
Saurabh | October 23, 2017 at 2:29 pm
1st para "On the occasions where rock music is even to be found anywhere in India, it's almost always soft in nature"
Couldn't be farther from the truth. While you'd mostly hear pop etc, when you do get to the metal scene, it's pretty hardcore. Besides above mentioned bands, try acrid semblance, prestorika, kryptos, albatross, primitive, undying Inc etc.
If you find these bands soft, well, let's just say you won't
So stop stereotyping us man, not nice.
usindiamonitor | October 23, 2017 at 2:47 pm
The point I was trying to make is most of the time. Thanks for the other bands- will check those out!
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Orange and Alexandria Railroad Hooff's Run Bridge
This important vestige of Alexandria's early railroad history, the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Hooff's Run Bridge can be found across Hoff's Run at Wolfe Street. Built in 1856 as part of the first railroad to serve Northern Virginia, Hooff's Run Bridge is the oldest extant bridge in Alexandria.
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Hooff's Run Bridge. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12350646
Hooff's Run Bridge was originally built by the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, a company that boosted the city's relevance as a port town during the mid-19th century. The bridge is a round-arch bridge carrying a single track over Hooff's Run, a waterway that flows South across downtown Alexandria. Even though Hooff's Run is nowadays a minuscule stream of water flowing down a concrete channel, in the early 19th-century it was navigable for about four miles, between Hunting Creek and King Street. Although it seems inconceivable today, Hooff's Run overflowed numerous times, wreaking havoc in downtown Alexandria. The latest flood took place in 1915.
The Hooff's Run Bridge was part of a westbound line that stretched from Alexandria to Lynchburg, VA. This line was active during the Civil War, so when the U.S. Military Railroads took over the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, it was used to provide a supply route for the war zones located in the South and the West.
In 2003, the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Hooff's Run Bridge was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Sadly, little remains in the city of its railroad history. Hooff's Run Bridge is, along with the Wilkes Street tunnel, the only surviving remnant of Alexandria's railroad past.
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Changes to models are supposed to occur only in the Swing event queue.
Processing in the Swing event queue should be nearly instantaneous.
The reality of the distributed computing world is that things happen asynchronously all over the network, and the network requests made by a client application are rarely instantaneous. You saw an instance of the first problem in your distributed listener pattern. Specifically, you have an alternate thread polling for changes to server objects. Those changes are noted inside your polling thread, but Swing demands that they not be effective until the event-queue thread touches them.
A common technique to dealing with these problems in Swing is called worker threads. A worker thread acts much like the Swing event queue, except that it executes long-lived operations and then notifies the event queue when it should take note of something. You can have any number of worker threads. The more you have, however, the more complex your transaction processing needs to be on the server. For example, the server would need the ability to deal with multiple concurrent connections from the same client. The library shown so far is fairly simplistic, so you will use a single worker thread.
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Liquid assets: Conserving is key, but storing water is a growing green trend
Brock Dolman, director of the WATER Institute at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, installed a rainwater catchment on a small goat shed.
By Janet Parmer, published 10/22/2009 for the Press Democrat.
If the phone calls he's been receiving are any indication, Brock Dolman could have a full-time job installing systems that catch winter rainwater and store it for lean rainfall months.
Homeowners and businesses ask him almost daily for referrals to contractors, plumbers, and home improvement stores so they can make the most of the water that drenches their roofs and drains off their property.
Dolman, who runs the WATER Institute at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, said people are fascinated with rainwater harvesting methods, but he advises them to do everything they can to conserve water before spending thousands of dollars and significant time putting in big holding tanks, gutters and spigots.
"They may say, 'I have a huge tank and I'm green.' But why not cut demand for water??" he said.
Dolman views storage tanks as giant piggy banks containing rainwater to be used as part of an overall water conservation "budget."
"It's like the money market. You want to diversify your portfolio. You invest in the winter and get liquid assets you can use later," he said.
"We don't live in a water scarce area. We live in a storage scarce area," Dolman said, noting that Occidental may receive as much as 60 inches of rain annually.
Other parts of the North Bay receive far less rainfall, however, and many rural homeowners in the west county have serious problems getting enough water from their wells and must regularly pay for trucked-in water.
Harvesting rainwater is gaining popularity in the southwestern United States and Latin America, and cities like San Francisco and Santa Rosa have initiated programs to give homeowners incentives to store and reuse water.
In Santa Rosa, the city will pay 25 cents for each gallon of rainwater storage a customer installs. A tank capable of holding at least 100 gallons is required for the city rebate.
While the Sonoma County Water Agency and other Sonoma County cities strongly recommend water conservation to their customers, they haven't begun offering financial incentives for rainfall storage.
Kevin Falkerson is a Sonoma County architect, designer, builder and owner of Symbios, specializing in what he calls ?eco-tecture.?
In the last few years, demand has increased for rainwater storage systems to be planned as part of the original design for a new house.
"When you're thinking of a new project, it's a lot easier to incorporate a system into the design," he said.
He's installed underground storage tanks for homeowners and linked a series of tanks hidden out of view underneath a deck.
He agrees with Dolman that a key issue is planning for adequate storage capacity since there are often seven or eight months with no rain.
"In the West, we've got to start making a dent in our water needs because we get all of our rain in the winter," he said.
Erik Ohlsen, owner of Permaculture Earth Artisans of Sebastopol, helps homeowners strategize how to save and reuse water on their property.
He installs tanks and other man-made collection systems. And he also looks at options for holding water in re-contoured ground by designing and creating swales, seasonal ponds, terraces and other natural water containment features.
"We call the roof of a building an above-ground well. It's pretty amazing how much can be collected from a roof even in drought years. You can probably collect more than you can store," Ohlsen said.
The equation commonly used for estimating volume of usable water on a roof is that one-inch of water pelting a 1,000-square-foot roof will yield approximately 600 gallons of water.
But it is difficult to store that water year-round, and the supply is unlikely to match the water demand for major landscaping.
"A typical garden or landscape would use more water in a year than a typical person could store," Ohlsen.
He said most people want to drain storm water off their property as quickly as possible, and the more water that can be held on the site the better.
When he gets an inquiry from a potential client, he looks at options for holding water in the ground and also assesses manmade storage possibilities.
It's important to place a tank high on the property so gravity will create water flow to a garden or landscape without using a pump. There also needs to be a plan for overflow once the tank is full.
Ohlsen recommends clients purchase the largest tank they can afford.
Handy do-it-yourselfers could install an entire system, but others might need a plumber, sheet metal worker or contractor.
Homeowners Alistair Bleifuss and Ann Cassidy had an unreliable water supply on their 10-acre Bodega property and wanted to become more independent from their local water supplier.
They had a 27,000-gallon gravity fed storage tank installed seven years ago.
"We're really happy with it. It supplies our drinking water and we use it for our sheep and horses and around our property," Bleifuss said. "In a typical winter we get more water than we can use and the overflow is spread out onto the land."
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Absence of hot water means that the water heater is not functioning or the source of energy doesn't produce heat. An appliance that combusts propane or gas must let out the combustion gases; it has burners at the bottom which are situated behind a metal door. Sometimes, the batteries present in heater stops working and even this leads to absence of hot water, while, electric – functioning heater like the Bosch hot water Adelaide need electrical components which function well in the machine.
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are we going to get to see a shining canadian tour some day? That'd sure be swell.
If Canadian promoters bring the band over then it would be possible.
can you tell me what is the conditions to organize a Shining show for a next european tour please?
We are not planning another tour at the moment, but you can contact me on patriciathomas@btinternet.com after the current tour ends.
When will the new album will come out ??
We will announce the release date once the label gives us the go-ahead.
A Spain tour will be great..


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Zofia Drzewieniecki (Zofia Wisniewska, Zofia Krzyzanowka) Collection
Zofia Wisniewska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on March 1, 1910. She received a Master's in Law from the University of Warsaw in 1934. Due to her father's early death in 1930, she completed her studies while working at the Polish Consulate in Berlin (1931-1936). When WWII broke out, she was working in the Polish consulate in Bratislava, Slovakia, with her first husband, Wojciech Krzyzanowski. The German Military Administration allowed the consulate staff to move onto Romania, where many Polish war refugees congregated briefly. Krzyżanowski worked at the Polish Embassy while Zofia helped organize aid for the refugees. By 1940, she was in Lebanon working for the Polish Red Cross. In 1942, she became the Director of the Polish YMCA attached to the Polish Army in Palestine and Egypt. The organization served both soldiers and children and youth who had reached the Middle East from the Soviet Union when that country joined the allies. After the invasion of Italy, she became Deputy Director of the Polish YMCA attached to the Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (1944-1946) – by the end of 1945, this organization had a staff of 116. After the war, she briefly work with the Polish YMCA in London. Her first marriage was annulled and she married Walter M. Drzewieniecki in Italy in 1945.
When Drzewienieckis immigrated to North America, Zofia worked alongside her husband on their farms in Canada and the U.S. When her husband resumed his studies, she worked as an editor of the Polish weekly Gwiazda Polarna in Stevens Point, Wisconsin and as head of the Post Office of the University of Chicago. When her husband finished his studies, Zofia re-started hers and received a M.S. in Library Science from Syracuse University in 1963. She was the head of Interlibrary Loans and Curator of the Polish Room Collection, Lockwood Library, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1963-1969, and later a cataloger at Butler Library, Buffalo State College, 1969-1971.
The Zofia Drzewieniecki collection includes: documents related to the Polish YMCA attached to the Polish Army in Palestine, Egypt, and Italy including financial reports and correspondence, issues of the publication "Junak" and books published by this Polish YMCA. Photos related to the work of this YMCA are at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ehbutler/collections/72157628675784993/ in the section titled "Poland/USSR to the Middle East." This organization has never been the focus of an academic study. Two other archives have large collections related to its work: the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in New York and Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London. The Fronczak Room also has the original of the letter from the German Military Commission in Slovakia delivered to the Polish Legation on September 1, 1939, ordering them to leave Slovakia. Finally, the collection includes a variety of Zofia Drzewieniecki's official documents from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Z. Drzewieniecki, Polish YMCA attached to the Polish Army, Palestine and Egypt
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Quartz countertops are made from synthetic polymer and quartz stone. They are naturally glossy and that's the reason why they don't require regular polishing. However, there are some precautions which you have to take in order to clean your quartz countertops so that they will always keep shining. Here we have highlighted some important quartz countertops cleaning methods to make your job easy.
Always prefer non-abrasive surface cleaners to get rid of heavy or dried stains. To be on safer side, you can opt for sponges which are especially designed to clean non-stick pans.
Similar to other countertops, your quartz countertops may attract dirt and dust. So rather than opting for any complicated cleaning technique, you can simply clean the countertops with a mixture of hot water and liquid detergent.
Most of the manufacturers offer a warranty on their quartz countertops. So if you use any abrasive solutions to clean your countertops then this warranty may be voided.
Avoid using highly alkaline or acidic cleaners like bleach, turpentine, drain cleaners or nail polish remover. If you accidently used these solutions then clean the surface of quarts countertops using a mild detergent and rinse it with water.
Though surface of quartz countertops is scratch resistant, avoid using sharp objects like screw drivers or knives in order to remove stains from countertops.
Try to keep the top surface of quartz countertops dry to avoid soap or water streaks. In order to get rid of these streaks, you can prefer a natural cleaning method of using white vinegar solution along with water.
Above mentioned cleaning methods are some of the most effective tactics to clean your quartz countertops. Sticking to these techniques will definitely help your quartz countertops to keep shining for longer time.


Audrey McFadden leaves sugar behind and beats her diabetes diagnosis.
When Audrey McFadden turns her cell phone around to show me her before and after photos, even she can't believe the transformation.
For most of her adult life, she was overweight. In the before photo, Audrey's frame is fuller, and she looks tired. In the after photo, she stands visibly trimmer, happier, and more confident.
What changed between these photos? A Type 2 diabetes diagnosis and a personal promise to beat the disease without succumbing to daily medication and shots. The glimpse of these photos pays homage to Audrey's motivation to balance her blood sugar and turn her life around.
The majority of her life, Audrey was what she calls a carboholic. Carbs were her drug of choice, and sugar was her toxin.
Growing up, Audrey's diet included lots of white, starchy rice. She loved devouring sweet and savory treats alike. She willingly traded well-balanced meals for containers of processed pastries, ice cream, and crackers. She could eat an entire box of Wheat Thins in one sitting without a second thought.
With her husband, Rod, frequently out of town while she was running around after their two boys, she was exhausted. Every day, to combat her fatigue, she couldn't wait to get home from work to take a midday nap. But she never had reason to believe her health was failing.
A routine checkup in the summer of 2017 implied otherwise. Her hemoglobin A1C, a measure of long-term blood sugar control, was a pre-diabetic 6.5, but her doctor never followed up.
Audrey used to say that no matter what, she could never give up her cheese and bread. If she could, she would eat a baguette with some soft Brie cheese for every meal.
In June of 2018, Audrey was back for another routine check-up, this time with a different doctor who ran her lab tests once more. Her hemoglobin A1C had risen to a vexing 7.3, full-blown Type 2 diabetes. Her blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides were also too high.
"I have to diagnose you as diabetic," her doctor said. These seven words jolted fear across Audrey's body. Insulin shots were her first thought. Finger pricks. Kidney disease. Heart disease. Loss of limbs. These thoughts followed, pounding more fear into her brain. The possible symptoms and plausible realities of living with diabetes taunted her.
"I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I do not want to be put on medication," Audrey says. "Like a Band-Aid, it doesn't fix the problem." Audrey instead pleaded with her doctor to give her a few months to show her she was serious about getting healthy.
Diabetes isn't something to mess with. Audrey took to Google to research the fastest ways to get her levels down. Her research pointed to the ketogenic diet, a low-carb and high-fat diet, as one of the swiftest ways to ketosis. Following a keto diet meant cutting carbs and all her favorite comfort foods. "I was eating my words — I had to," Audrey says.
Audrey was motivated to lower her A1C. Once acclimated to the diet, she mentally knew that this was how it was going to be and there was no turning back. On her phone, she installed Carb Manager, an app that tracks macronutrients and her daily protein, fat, and carbohydrate intakes. She cut carbs and all sugars cold turkey and instead opted for leafy greens, healthy fats, and nutritious proteins. She followed Facebook support groups for others eating keto with diabetes.