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DAP very disappointed that not a single sen has been provided for the Chinese Independent Secondary School supplementary estimates totaling RM10.3 billion which have been presented to Parliament
Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, to the Johore DAP State Leadership Conference held in Segamat on Sunday, April 24. 1934 at 10 a.m.
The DAP is very disappointed that not a single sen has been provided for the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools in he four supplementary estimates totally RM10.3 billion which have been presented for adoption by the current Parliamentary meeting.
Since the 1970s, the DAP had been the only voice in Parliament speaking up for Chinese education and the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools, while there was complete silence from the MCA and Gerakan in Parliament on this issue.
DAP MPs had in the last two decades persistently demanded in Parliament that the Government should make regular financial allocations to the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools because of their great contribution to human resource development and nation-building in Malaysia.
Until recently, DAP's calls in Parliament since the 1970s for regular government financial allocation to the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools had been rejected on the ground of principle – that the Government cannot give regular financial allocations to Chinese Independent Secondary Schools.
A new precedent, however, was established during the Sabah state general elections in February this year, when the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, announced an allocation of RM5 million to the nine Sabah Chinese Independent Secondary Schools was a 'long-term national investment'.
DAP welcome this statement by Anwar Ibrahim for it has vindicated the DAP's stand in Parliament in the past two decades calling on the Federal Government to give regular financial allocations to Chinese Independent Secondary Schools as a 'long-term national investment'.
After the Sabah state general elections, I had called on MCA, Gerakan and Supp Ministers to ensure that all the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools in the country get regular financial grants from the Federal Government so that Malaysia does not practice 'one-nation, two systems' on this issue.
The Federal Government's pledge of RM5 million allocation to the nine Sabah Chinese Independent Secondary Schools for the next five years would work out to about RM100,000 allocation a year for each Chinese Independent Secondary School.
I had suggested that the MCA, Gerakan and SUPP Ministers in Cabinet should ask for RM100,000 annual allocation for each of the 60 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools, with retrospective effect to Merdeka in 1957 for the 37 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools in Peninsular Malaysia and for the 23 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools in Sarawak and Sabah, with retrospective effect till 1963 when these two states joined Malaysia
This would work out to RM137 million for the 37 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools in Peninsular Malaysia and RM71.3 million for Sarawak and Sabah, making a total of RM208.3 million.
MCA, Gerakan and SUPP Ministers should ask for a two per cent increase in the R10.3 billion Supplementary Estimates Bill to provide RM208 million to the 60 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools
I had expected the new supplementary estimates which the Government would table in Parliament for this meeting would include this item of RM208.3 million for the 60 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools.
DAP is therefore very disappointed that in the four set of supplementary estimates in the Supplementary Estimates Bill which the government would be asking Parliament to adopt at this meeting, there is not a single sen for the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools although the total supplementary expenditures exceeded RM10.3 billion!
It is not too late, however, for the MCA, Gerakan and SUPPP Minister to raise in next Wednesday's Cabinet for a two percent increase in the RM10.3 billion Supplementary Estimates Bill to provide RM208 million for the 60 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools.
This is definitely more important and urgent than the RM10 million which MCA has announced it would raise from public donations for the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools.
The MCA Ministers must be reminded that as part of Government, the greatest responsibility is to ensure that there is fair allocation of government funds – which are taxpayers' money – to the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools.
Trying to raise RM10 million or even RM20 million is very small compensation when the MCA Ministers have failed to secure for Chinese Independent Secondary Schools the RM208 million government allocations which should have been made to them as of right and justice!
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During the 2003 session, the Legislature passed HB 861, which created the Mississippi Coordinating Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. The coordinating council is responsible for coordination of remote sensing and geographic information system activities within Mississippi. It is mandated to establish and enforce policies and standards that will "make it easier for remote sensing and geographic information systems around the state to share information and to facilitate cost-sharing arrangements to reduce the costs of acquiring remote sensing and geographic information system data." The coordination council's authority covers all local, regional, and state governmental agencies in Mississippi except for institutions of higher learning.


"Always…Patsy Cline" is a play about the real life friendship between the show's namesake and Houston housewife Louise Seger. Glenda, Cindy's Mom, co-starred as Louise. We took Alex to see the last show, today. And it was great. Glenda completely rocked the house. That is her with the very big wig, in the picture. The singing by the girl playing Patsy was incredible. (She is on the left in the picture.) And the live band (in the very back of the photo) completed the effect. It was such a good show that our kids loved it, too.
Afterward, we went backstage and huge out with the cast for a bit. Took some pictures with the stars of the show. Let them know how much we enjoyed it and listened to the producer tell about the time he met the real Louise Seger.
Absolutely wonderful show. The first time I'd seen Glenda play a lead role. And I hope it isn't the last. Great way to end the weekend.


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Interview with Michael Anthony
Gramercy Tavern's Executive Chef Michael Anthony is fortunate for many reasons. Just after Anthony took the reigns, New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni bestowed three stars on the eatery, likening it to the comfort of an old friend. But more recently, his life took a dramatic turn when he experienced emergency open-heart surgery—putting a new perspective on his culinary career among other things.
September 1, 2012 by Kiri Tannenbaum — Director of Culinary Relations
We sat down inside Gramercy's private dining room to discuss his recent health scare, the beginnings of his tenure, his management style, and his thoughts on the continued longevity of the illustrious restaurant and its staff.
You took the helm in 2006, what was it that drew you to Gramercy Tavern?
Coming here happened a bit by chance—it wasn't a premeditated move. I had left Stone Barns, where I was the executive chef, and set out to open my own restaurant. I asked Danny Meyer to take a look at my business plan and let me know his thoughts. He was very helpful and taught me a lot about the business and then our conversation took a turn.
He suggested the idea of coming here, saying that we could certainly continue to work on that business plan and that I could say no to the proposition. I thought about it for about a half a day, because I was trying to be thorough about it, but when someone comes along and suggests that you take the helm of one of the most recognized restaurants in the country, that is perfectly situated for the style of food that I've always believed in, it was impossible not to give it serious consideration.
What were some of the challenges you faced entering such a renowned restaurant?
Initially I wondered how difficult it would be to put an imprint on a restaurant that's already so well understood and what would it be like working in the shadow of a very recognized chef like Tom [Colicchio]. It didn't take long to see that, one—there was a full amount of support. It was really to come to this restaurant and understand what makes it beloved and understand the people who work here, understand the systems, and then have fun. That was probably the most well scripted entrance in a restaurant ever, and I came alone.
That's unusual.
In some sense, coming alone allowed me to be as flexible as I needed to in order to take the time to understand and get into the flow of things. It also made it incredibly challenging and I think I underestimated how long it would take to speak a common language—both in terms of technical cooking and the vision of the restaurant. I'm pretty sure that I didn't celebrate the old as much as I should have in order to create a sense of comfort for all those folks that have worked here for years and years. But what I did is I started by being me—for better or for worse—day in and day out.
Early on I didn't take many days off, which seemed normal in the restaurant world, at least the way I knew it. Danny came and said, I know that you are giving it your all, but you don't have to prove that to anyone, everyone here understands that you love what you do; but if you don't have any energy for your team, then who does? So I started taking days off, to pace myself, to try to mitigate that feeling of panic that a young chef feels when every new person who walks through the door makes you feel like your reputation is on the line. And it is. At the same time, [it's about] setting up systems and building relationships and creating a common language so that the team knew how to respond to those situations. What do we do? How do we exceed everyone's expectations?
How do you?
If my mom comes in from central Ohio—there's one way to exceed her expectations. But if the food critic from the New York Times sits down, then there's a different way, or different ways, to exceed their expectations. The key was trying to erase the gap between the kitchen and the table.
How does that translate to the back of the house?
One of the things that I think is unique about this restaurant is the warm and authentic welcome you receive. What was important for me is that you receive it from a lot of different angles, not just the well-trained server and a fluid team that's friendly and helpful—those are all lynchpins to Danny's philosophy of service and hospitality.
But for me, I wanted there to be more of a connection. I wanted the restaurant to be known not just for great service, but for that authentic welcome and caring and personalized attention from the kitchen. Trying to find a balanced approach to do that was really challenging, but that's what makes this a great restaurant. It's the people who work here and it starts at the top and to understand the importance in celebrating a day's hard work, taking time to create ceremony and congratulations, that it's okay to pat yourself on the back and even to receive a compliment, which is probably in my life working in the restaurant business is not something I knew how to do.
I always thought that when you started accepting the compliments that becomes the first day of a downward slide. The reality is that it's important to learn how to accept the compliment and really take it in, understand it, feel good about how hard you've tried to achieve a particular goal, share it with the people around you—because you didn't do it alone—and then have the courage to turn around and say to everyone, hey, I bet we can do this better.
You touched on the fact that a lot of the staff has worked there for a very long time. What do you believe is the reason behind that?
That's a complex answer, but it also boils down to a very simple thing: people feel needed here. Every position in our restaurant is as important as the next—any good restaurant will say that and live it. But the feeling that you get when you work here is that you're really needed. It's not simply respected. Respect can happen in a very stiff environment, but in this restaurant I think people feel everyone adds to the story.
There are folks that I've never worked with before, yet having met them I know them in certain ways because I see what they've left as a part of their legacy. So I think people feel needed and that's uncommon in the restaurant industry. People look forward to coming to work here, and you can see it when you walk in and see the smiles on people's faces. You can read it in a second.
I ate here when the restaurant first opened in 1994 and I can attest that, in many ways, the restaurant has changed and yet, it has stayed the same. How do you strike that balance of innovation and continuity?
There's an energy in this restaurant that feels like it's maybe three or four years old and an attention to reinvesting and improving that is very young in spirit. It continues to attract a wide audience and despite the fact that it's getting close to that 20-year mark, you don't see that just one class of guests are continuing to support the restaurant. There are folks that eat her regularly since the first day.
Maybe the most important element of my job is to insist on the relevance of the restaurant. It is imperative that we keep our eye on making sure that this restaurant feels relevant. The restaurant was ahead of its time in that it had this dual function of its front room, the tavern. It had the most amazing energy that an incredible dining experience can be had in a wonderfully casual setting. This is one of the trends that marks dining around the world these days, kind of like the way I think artists in the beginning of the last century were fascinated with technology and industry and industrial art.
We see restaurants that have popped up around the world in unlikely places. That's just the positioning of something familiar, or exquisite, in a completely unexpected place that amplifies your pleasure in the meal. I don't know if this restaurant set that trend in motion, but it certainly was one of the early examples. We've been able to continue to capture people's imagination and deal with seasonal, local ingredients and celebrating humble foods in a very refined way. The restaurant is not a piece of artwork. You can't just make it, put it on the wall and dust it off and keep going. It's much more dynamic than that. That is another real strength of this restaurant—it has the ability to continue to evolve.
I wanted to ask you about your recent health events. How long did it take you to recover from open-heart surgery?
It was such a traumatic experience because there was no warning. I had no sign of any health condition, let alone any heart trouble, nor in my family did we ever have any history of that. It took three months before I was back and able to spend a normal day in the kitchen.
A lot of that time was spent little by little trying to build my strength and stamina. Fortunately, I received great care at Beth Israel [hospital], and the surgery itself saved my life. That was a linear path of just every single day getting a little stronger. And not that I wish this on anyone, but it was a fascinating experience of a progressive feeling for me. Every single day I noticed things that I could do that I wasn't able to do the day before. A lot of people helped me emotionally and physically.
The team responded in a way that made me feel both like I was continuing to be a part of the everyday decision-making in the restaurant, yet not worried at all how the restaurant was being operated. I had a chance to recover in the best of conditions, and it's a real credit to my family, the restaurant staff and everyone around me.
Did you ever doubt you'd be back in the kitchen?
The emotional side of it and the psychological side of it was a little more difficult because when your body betrays you, you wonder if you can put it to the test again. This is a challenging and physical world and what we do stretches us to the extremes. One of the things that did happen along the way is that in delegating more responsibilities, we became a better restaurant. It's really hard when you're that attached to the kitchen to pull yourself away from being either in the middle of every decision or hands-on in what we've produced.
It doesn't mean that I've left the kitchen, but I've also made some decisions that were smart ones and I should have seen their necessity months, if not years, beforehand. I changed the hierarchy of the kitchen, and we now have an executive sous chef so that we have a better chance to communicate quickly and efficiently throughout the restaurant.
We have a better solidarity between our managers because we talked about it openly, how important it was. In light of such a traumatic experience, it was imperative for everyone to pull together, and they did. I have been able to recover my strength and stamina, and it's nice to be able to feel the benefits of all the improvements that we made to the place along the way. We're continuing to move forward with this new organization in place and we've already seen its benefits.
What encouragement did Danny offer to you when it happened?
This might sound strange because it's not normally how an employer speaks to his employee, but what he told me most often was that he loved me. He was extremely supportive and he's an extremely sensitive and understanding person.
Along the way, he gave me as much attention or as little as I needed. There was a moment when he brought up in a meeting in front of all of our managers, chefs, directors in our company what I had gone through as I was getting back into the swing of things. After the meeting I smiled and I said, I'm glad you said that out loud because now we don't have to talk about it anymore.
I'm sure you couldn't ask for a better person to work for.
What is your goal for Gramercy's foreseeable future?
It is an interesting question because in my career, and in my short time in the restaurant here, we've just achieved all of our goals. That doesn't mean that I feel complacent—I certainly feel like it's the opposite. Having said that, I think that we're in a position also where we have a group of people that have been working together and a history of graduating great people at the same time.
Gramercy [Tavern] will continue to be looked at as the graduate school of restaurant studies and polishing people's careers to get them ready for the next step, whether that's moving from a line cook position into being a sous chef, or a sous chef into an executive chef, or an executive chef into an owner. We're definitely in a place where we're eager to grow and continue to get better. This September we will be one year away from the release of the Gramercy Tavern cookbook. It was such an amazing learning experience and it will be a great way to warm things up for the following year when we certainly envision a big party to mark that 20-year point.
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Q: Thymeleaf + Spring MVC : Update not working , update is creating new record Below is my controller class. The update is not happening , each and everytime i update a new record is being created . I'm using Thymeleaf templates. Am i doing it the wrong way ?
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Siro Dhara is one of the most luxurious and relaxation process and can be said as a gift of Ayurveda to the modern stressful world. No Ayurveda advertisement / billboard are complete without this picture of the wonderful treatment. Siro / Shiro is derived from the Sanskrit word of Shira meaning head. Dhara means a continuous flow. Shiro dhara means that a continuous flow of liquid onto the forehead. It is a process under the Dhara Seka / Fomentation process pertaining to head in Ayurveda.
The ritual / procedure is as such that the recipient of the therapy is first made to sit on the Droni ( massage table) and a thin head band is tied onto the forehead so that the fluid doesn't trickle onto the eyes. Then the person lies under a dhara patra ( dhara pot) which overhangs above tied on a dhara stand. An Ayurveda therapist also covers the eye of the person with cotton pads to protect the eyes from the sprinkle of the fluid. The base of the dhara pot has an opening through which a thick wick / thread hangs down. This wick acts as the channel through which the dhara dravya ( Dhara liquid) flows continuously onto the forehead of the person.
The medicated fluid could be milk ( ksheeradhara), oil like Ksheerabala, Neelibhrungadi oil or even simple sesame oil, decoctions and with buttermilk ( Takradhara) etc.
From the distance of about 4 to 5 inches above the forehead the lukewarm dhara dravya is made to flow across the forehead from one side of the temple to the other side by the pendulum movement of the dhara pot. The movement should be slow, smooth and without any sound / noise. The therapist gently wipes off the excess oil from the head and hair time to time. This trickled fluid is collected again in a container kept below the head side of the table. The dhara pot is refilled from time to time with the same fluid that is collected below the head stand of the table. The process is repeated for about 30 to 60 minutes depending upon the requirement. It is to be noted that this is an excellent relaxation procedure and people enjoy this therapy more if it is done with some soothing music and dim light. People usually go off to sleep as well during this process.
Extreme care has to be taken once the process is terminated, the head is wiped off with a towel / cloth and the person is asked gently to get up from the massage table and is helped with shower. The head & neck area is washed off with a suitable soap / shampoo to clean the same. A cup of warm herbal tea / green tea could really to make the experience complete.
This beauty of this therapy is that it can be clubbed with Abhyangam ( Full body Oil Massage) or Kizhi 9 Herbal Potli massage) and can yield greater relaxation results.
Now about the benefits of the procedure in general : Shiro dhara is excellent relaxation procedure. It improves the circulation in head & neck area. It is very effective for people suffering from Cervical spondilitis, stroke, hair fall, sleeplessness, stress and strain. It is also effective in people with frontal sinusitis by relieving congestion in the sinuses.
Takradhara is very effective in people with Psoriasis where we can see direct relationship between stress & psoriatic lesions on the body. A couple of sessions with proper medications can yield dramatic results in such people where even the skin tone comes back to normalcy.
Ksheeradhara : It is effective in people with sleeplessness, stress, with scalp issues. It is one of the mildest of Shirodhara where in can be given to persons with sensitive skin. A decoction of Bala root (Sida Cordifolia) is boiled with milk and reduced on a very low flame.
Tailadhara : Shirodhara given with Oil is extremely relaxing to people. It is generally given as a therapy in stress, people having neurologic complaints such as stroke, parkinsonism etc.
When Shirodhara has so much of goodness to offer, a word of caution also comes with it. People who have fever, dizziness, acute eye disorders like cunjuntivitis, acute ear infections should avoid it. This process has to be done under a medical supervision in such cases. It is also not given on a full stomach. Any such dhara / treatments are avoided in ladies during their menses.


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Q: How to show hidden files (.*) in Java app's open file dialog on Linux? I have an Java application (JabRef to be specific) on Linux OS (Fedora 22), and I want to open a file under a hidden directory (one beginning with dot). But in the open file dialog, I cannot find how to show (and preferably toggle show/hide) hidden files and directories. Is there a key shortcut or so?
I'd like to make it work on 1) GNOME Shell and 2) FVWM (no DE).

A: (Ah... I find JabRef does offer an option to make it possible.)
In JabRef, Select from the menu Options - Preferences. Then go to 'Advanced' tab, in the File dialog section, and check the option Use native file dialog. Then JabRef will use the native file dialog (in my case GTK+ dialog), which can toggle the display of hidden files in the right-click menu.
For general Java applications, as @michael_n pointed out in the comments, the applications need to enable the showing of hidden files in the file chooser.


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Trope Hunt: Artifacts
Over at TVTropes.org, the "tropers" have made great strides in identifying, defining, labeling, and enumerating examples of the many tropes one finds in the plots of TV shows (as well as other other storytelling media).
As you'd expected, this kind of taxonomy is right up my alley, particularly when applied to comic books. So, occasionally I'd like us to take one of these tropes and discuss its occurrence in comics we know and love (oh, and in Marvel comics, too).
The first one is The Artifact, which TVTropes defines thus:
Describes an unfortunate situation where a character or gimmick seems to no longer fit with the mood or design of a story according to a writer, but is kept because there seems to be no way for the writer to get rid of them without causing some serious disruption . Sometimes it's due to being tied in closely to the mythos or that The Artifact has just been around so long that removing it seems like overstepping bounds. And if it's due to pure fan popularity, the producers probably aren't going to push it out in any case for no reason.
The longer running a continuity is, it seems to me, the more likely it is to have one or more Artifacts. So, superhero myths -- which in some cases go back 70 years -- should be full of them.
But are they?
Alfred the butler; butler? Well, the wealthy do still have servants, although they are less likely to have the whole 'live-in' staff. Is Alfred an Artifact?
The Haley Circus. I think traveling circuses (except for les de Soleille) are not quite the phenomenon they once were. And the idea that racketeers would be willing to kill to get a piece of the profit from a traveling circus? Yipes. For that matter... do people really have wards any more? Is Robin's entire origin an Artifact?
Small farm? Great metropolitan newspaper? A circus strong man costume? Again, is the entire origin an Artifact? Oddly, some of the elements of the origin seem less Artifactual to me than they did in the 1970s. Why is that?
Ugh. The military boyfriend. The girl's college. The marching band uniform. My god... Wonder Woman herself is an Artifact of the DCU. No wonder writers have so much trouble with her!
Flash & Aquaman
Oddly, their Silver Age origins seem pretty Artifact-free. Even Green Lantern's does, although "test pilot" isn't quite the high profile profession it once was.
What do you think of these possible Artifacts, or others you've spot in the DCU?
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Things That Made Me Happy....
in my comics this week.
Jefferson Pierce, bug-zapper.
Rodger dodger? Really?
"It must be love."
Miss...uh... Woman.
What Linda has in mind (despite the preceding mistake in reversed word balloons).
Best Mount Rushmore joke ever.
If I wanted to pick a safe place to jump to, Hal Jordan's head would not be it.
The Rogues being ... dumb? evil? twisted? enough to think that killing Kid Zoom makes up for killing Kid Flash.
It's not all about you, Supergirl.
Tragedy must not be random; it must be calculated.
"If you had an orifice I'd kiss it or rub it or something."
A mayonnaise jar.
Finally, I understand why Pied Piper would be a conduit for the anti-life equation.
"Mock me at your peril, woman."
Starro + Chemo = Thing of Beauty.
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The Shield: Who He Is, and How He Came to Be, III
And now the final segment of the origin of ... THE SHIELD!
When last we left the Shield's origin, Joe Higgins, having discovered the secret of the SHIELD formula, strapped himself down on the Table of Pain and Pleasure for 12 hours to become THE SHIELD.
Forget exploding planets and bats in the study. THIS is an origin panel, people.
With no one to witness it except his faithful sidekick, the Green Chinese Lamp, Joe Higgins transforms into THE SHIELD. Even more amazing, the fluoroscopic rays interact with the chemicals to dye his blank costume into an American flag pattern, to which he need only add stars.
Joe tests his powers as the Shield using every-day objects you find around the house, such as....
The Flame Room The Kodak Insta-matic Machine Gun The Crushy-Walled Room and International Shadows Project Installation And, last but not least...
the World's Largest Open Window No doubt a souvenir of his Dad's stint in Cy Coleman's Defenestration Follies of 1940.
Now confident in his superpowerhood, the Shield reveals himself to J. Edgar Hoover by changing clothes in front of him. And, no, I will not show you the panels; this is a family blog.
This is followed by an extended sequence of setting a trap for bad guys, then beating the crap out of them and hanging them off flagpoles, in order to reach the Big Bad: Hans Fritz.
As previously mentioned, the action quotient in Shield stories is high, but the level of discourse is not. So when Fritz escapes via a trap door (inGENious!), the Shield has clearly not yet prepared himself with a signature saying (as I have).
"Hey!" Joe, you really are a stupid American swine.
So, Joe simply kicks in the trap door with his famous pointy-toes of justice, then goes skittering along the underground passageway looking for all the world like Penelope Pitstop running from the Hooded Claw:
Then the Shield captures Hans Fritz in one of the great comic book sequences of all time...
First of all, to get out of the passageway, Joe doesn't just remove the exit door with his superstrength. No, no. This is THE SHIELD we're talking about here. To the Shield, there's only one way to deal with such an obstacle:
If Geoff Johns does not at some point reveal that the Shield is related to Hal Jordan, it shall be a tragically missed opportunity.
Follows then the Shield's patented "running leap at a plane taking off" maneuver.
Washington trivia: During the '30s and '40s, there were entire neighborhoods where all the buildings were yellow, orange, and lime because no one could afford any other colors.
The villain, however, is unimpressed and says the Golden Age equivalent of, "So, hang on the plane; whatever, dude." Then the Shield pulls another Shieldtastic trick that ranks just below setting himself on fire and launching himself at an enemy ship:
Props to you, Joe.
Maybe somebody else has done that, but I've never seen it. And did they do it with their legs, while humping a nosecone and snarking? I think not. The Shield rocks, people.
Having captured the men who framed his father, Joe offers his on-going services to J. Edgar Hoover, who accepts, provided Joe passes his "examination". Ahem.
Subtext? What subtext?
And so was born.... THE SHIELD.
If This Week Had Been a Comic Book
Here's what would have happened.
Aquaman saved a manatee but using his aquatic telepathy to guide it to safety in a few opening panels, but afterward was immediately called away to deal with a shadowy undersea conspiracy, the introduction of a new magical threat to Atlantis, and rumblings of a political uprising against his throne, none of which were resolved before the end of the issue, which Dan Didio then announced was the last one in the series.
When his spaceship was struck by a ring from outer space, Richard Garriott was transformed into a Red Lantern all of whose constructs are first-person shooters designed by a large anonymous on-line gaming community.
A set of live-action films about the candidates in DCU Decisions was released, which, although thoroughly ignored by actual movie-goers, received lots of attention from great metropolitan newspapers.
ViewTube started showing full episodes of the '60s cult classic, Space Cabbie.
While the Justice Society stormed Vandal Savage's stronghold to halt his plot to crash the American economy as part of a scheme of world domination, Bruce Wayne had Alfred activate the "Save the World Economy" contingency plan, which involved Lucius Fox writing a check to stabilize the stock market, shore up the world banking system, and continue R&D on Spawndex, the material from which Batman's cape is made.
Green Lantern's attempt to halt forest fires result in the destruction of seveal small towns, but do expose a hidden facility by an alien race never before mentioned in any issue, while Flash puts out the fires in one or two panels.
Kate Spencer would -- somehow -- be involved in the defense -- or prosecution -- of a prominent Senator, which would bring here into contact with the Freedom Fighters, first in conflict then in cooperation, and would be saved by a giant-sized Uncle Sam from an attacking mecha sent by the Senator's secret backers, Intergang. No trial memos would be involved.
Media watchers would reassert to no one in particular that television series are still alive and kicking, despite the growing trend of more and more people to wait the DVD Collection.
Jay, the Distinguished Flash
As I discussed in a recent post, I'm all for the Return of Barry Allen and the Humanization of Wally West. By "Humanization", I of course mean "the Slowing Down to the Speed of Sound". Kind of like how Confederate women used to refer to the war as "the Late Unpleasantness".
There are a few reasons for my position. First and foremost, naturally, is that the changes reassert the Dynastic Centerpiece Model (my pet theory, which originally sparked the creation of this blog) among the Flash family. Second, Wally's transsuperhypermegaultrametaspeed was -- and always has been - - a storykiller. Third, the original Flash (Jay Garrick, currently starring in the Justice Society of America) topped out at between 700 and 1000 miles an hour. Frankly, if that was good enough to Jay, it's good enough for Wally.
But, most pertinently for this post, returning Wally to his '80s era speed limit helps distinguish him from his principle, Barry Allen. This, then, brings us to the real point of my post.
We know how they'll distinguish Wally from Barry. But how should they distinguished Jay from Barry (other than merely being older)?
Well, a look at some of the original Flash stories gives us plenty of good ideas of how to write a Jay Garrick who's not only different from Barry Allen, but more in keeping with his original characterization...
Jay was rather snarky. Pardon me, as he was a Golden Ager, it would be called "being a wiseacre". This was one of the ways (the many, many ways) that Golden Age characters expressed confidence. Most writers wouldn't dare write the venerable Jay Garrick that way now, but I think it's a perfect way (one of many, many ways) to distinguish him from his fellow Flashes. Let Jay be "the Wiseguy Flash".
Jay was kind of spooky. And he used to use his speed to gaslight people or just scare the bejeezus out of them. This is not something Wally and Barry do, and it's a great schtick to give Jay. Let Jay be "the Spooky Flash".
Jay threw metal shards shaped like lightning bolts at people. Tell me that wouldn't shake you up. It also gives Jay what Heroclixers call "a ranged attack". Let Jay be "The Flash Who Throws Stuff at You".
Jay had his own visual style for superspeed. When Jay runs, let it look like this picture, like he used to. In fact, each of the Flash speedsters should have a different visual look to their superspeed. No, it doesn't make any sense. Not at all. But it looks cool. Let Jay be the "Pencil Line Flash".
Jay was a one-dollar whore. Just kidding! Jay used to steal clothes, borrow clothes, and generally denude people -- guys, really -- at superspeed all the time. There's a clothes-gag in almost every story. What a charming eccentricity to have, particularly in a gentlemen of his years. Let Jay be "the Haberflasher".
Jay sang. Well, really, all Golden Agers sang. And, yes, that includes Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman. Within continuity, there are only a few Golden Agers remaining (e.g., Jay, Alan Scott, and Ted Grant). Alan's got a bit too much gravitas for public crooning and I can't imagine Ted's got much of a singing voice. Let Jay carry the torch, or rather the microphone, for the Singing Heroes of the Golden Age. Let Jay be "the Singing Flash".
Jay had a thing with "Mister". He called people "Mister Killer" and "Mister Kidnapper". He called inanimate objects "Mister". People called him "Mister Flash". Sure it was probably just a characteristic of Golden Age writing style, but, gosh, it sounds odd today. It's a charming anachronism. Let Jay be "Mister Flash".
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Why Magnus is Better than Scipio
Because even Magnus is impressed by how good he is.
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Q: formula for the arclength of a curve, given as polar coordinates Let $\gamma: [a, b] \to \mathbb{C}$, $\gamma(t) = r(t)e^{i\phi(t)}$ be a continuously differentiable curve, given in it's polar coordinates, where $r, \phi: [a, b] \to \mathbb{R}$ are continuously differentiable.
Why is the arclength of $\gamma$ then given by the formula:
$$L(\gamma) = \int_a^b \sqrt{r(t)^2 \dot\phi(t)^2 + \dot r(t)^2}dt$$
My attempt: differentiating $r(t)e^{i\phi(t)}$ would give the derivative $\dot r(t) e^{i\phi(t)} + i\cdot r(t) \dot \phi(t) e^{i \phi(t)}$, and inserting that into $L(\gamma) = \int_a^b ||\dot \gamma(t)||dt$ results in:
$$\int_a^b ||\dot r(t) e^{i\phi(t)} + i\cdot r(t) \dot \phi(t) e^{i \phi(t)}||dt$$
But how would I continue from there?

A: The two parts of your sum are orthogonal so the norm is computed applying Pythagorean theorem.


I asked our Creative Director for it but he was too busy to tell me over iChat. So I just placed my phone on my iMac and Shazam! What's so funny is that I already had this song sitting in my computer.
Some things impact you indirectly.
Then you search for it to recapture that moment.
May God "Shazam" You Today.


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The largest, to the tune of about $10 million, is the BEST grant that's covering much of the cost of the Delta Middle School addition/renovation.
The first $40 million in retail sales and excise taxes is reserved for school construction through Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) grants. These funds are awarded annually and in most cases must be supplemented with local district matching funds. The program prioritizes health, safety and security issues such as asbestos removal, new roofs, building code violations, and poor indoor air quality.
Smaller grants come from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund (MTCF). The legislation that created this fund restricts allocation to programs that monitor the health effects of marijuana, health education, substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, and law enforcement.
This is the pool of money that funds school health professionals, early literacy programs, and dropout prevention in Delta County.
Connie Vincent, data and grants coordinator for Delta County School District #50, says the school health professional grant is funding a counselor for Garnet Mesa and Lincoln elementary schools, and a social worker for Garnet, Lincoln and Delta Middle School. "She also does some work with Delta High School and Garnet Mesa Choice Academy, but we don't want her to get too spread out," Vincent said.
Using the LifeSkills program, the school health professionals deliver substance abuse prevention lessons that incorporate self-esteem and good decision-making, and teach kids how to stand up for themselves and their values.
Kelso's Choice is a conflict resolution curriculum used with younger students to teach them the difference between big problems and little problems.
With high school students, the focus is on the adverse health effects of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use.
The school health professionals are also available for individual or small group student counseling sessions, schedules permitting.
Vision Charter Academy uses its $80,000 annual grant to fund a licensed school counselor, for the LifeSkills curriculum, and to implement RULER, an evidence-based approach for integrating social and emotional learning into schools developed at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.
The goal of the early literacy competitive grants to ensure reading is embedded into K-3 curriculum.
Lincoln Elementary previously used this grant for training, curriculum and intervention. The school was recently notified that it will again receive funding to assist with the transition to a new reading program.
Cedaredge Elementary School and Hotchkiss K-8 are wrapping up year three of funding for early literacy programs.
A re-engagement grant, now in its fourth and final year, went to Grand Mesa Choice Academy. With these funds, GMCA is offering additional support to students who struggle with low attendance, insufficient credit accrual, and/or are disengaged from school. Specifically, the school has offered on-site project-focused learning activities pertaining, initially, to construction. This specific school programming grew each year with the addition of other job-related courses. Primary focus was placed in family engagement, community involvement, multiple pathways to graduation and mentoring.
Amelia Baldwin, dean of students, said the constructed use of the re-engagement grant has proven extremely effective. Graduation numbers and attendance rate both increased, while negative behavior incidents decreased.
Though the amount of tax revenue that comes from marijuana sales is minimal -- around 1 percent of the state's total education budget -- it is making an impact in Delta County. The question is one of sustainability.
"It's great to get those grants, but then they go away," Vincent said.
Either the grant cycle runs its course after three or four years, or the General Assembly moves the funding to other programs.
Baldwin said Grand Mesa Choice Academy has utilized its grant funds in a manner to create sustainability. Grant funds were used to purchase permanent supplies, while complementary materials can be covered by existing GMCA funding when the grant has reached its close.
"Grand Mesa Choice Academy staff and students are extremely grateful for this resource provided by the Colorado Department of Education as it enabled us to create a program that could maintain a lasting, positive impact for our students," she said.


Concern about excess opioid prescribing and abuse makes it is more important than ever that the dose of opioid prescribed be sufficient to relieve pain, but not excessive. The wide variation among patients regarding opioid response poses clinical challenges to prescribers seeking to offer patients adequate but safe levels of analgesia. While many factors (pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic) can influence drug response, growing understanding of the genomic influences on the cytochrome (CYP) P450 enzymes may help better identify patients who will most benefit from opioid therapy and direct their dosing regimen. Since many opioids are primarily metabolized by Phase 1 CYP450 enzymes, CYP enzyme polymorphisms can result in variations in patient response. Many opioids and other drug classes are metabolized by the CYP families CYP2D6, CYP3A4, and to lesser extent CYP2B6 enzymes. Thus, patients who have genotype polymorphisms in these enzymes are phenotypically (clinically) poor, intermediate, extensive, or ultra-rapid metabolizers, affecting how rapidly or to what extent an individual patient metabolizes opioids. Moreover, these enzymes may be induced or inhibited by drugs or other substances. While phenotyping and genotyping individual patients is not yet a practical everyday solution, the advent of personalized medicine will likely allow for cost-effective, rapid testing that may better identify a patient's metabolic type prior to prescribing opioid therapy. With better matching of the effective dose for each patient, it should be possible to avoid excess dosing, resulting in fewer prescribed pills and, presumably, fewer unused pills that are at risk for diversion.


Here are two sources for those trying to understand the Occupy Wall Street movement. Representing the left side of the political spectrum is the show by Charlie Rose with with journalist Chris Hedges and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, Charlie Rose – A discussion about Occupy Wall Street. Representing the right side of the political spectrum is this blog post from Heritage Foundation, The Conservative's Guide to the "˜Occupy Wall Street' Protests.
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DuPont Industrial Biosciences is creating clean cellulosic ethanol from biomass such as crop waste into something useful. The Boy Who Made Something Out Of Anything is the story of a young boy whose insatiable curiosity drives him to create wonderful inventions out of things that have been overlooked or cast aside. Like the boy in the film, DuPont has found a way to transform something we haven't used into something useful. Our new cellulosic ethanol plant in Nevada, Iowa is using corn stover to create biofuels as a sustainable energy alternative driving the bio-based economy.


Is your customer engagement platform provider doing enough to help you break down conversation silos?
Businesses committed to delivering exceptional customer experiences need to be wherever their customers are. Few would argue with that premise. The challenge is that in today's multichannel world customers are everywhere.
In the last few months, Google, Facebook, and Apple have all debuted platforms that allow businesses to connect with customers through modern messaging apps. That's because these tech behemoths realize that chat apps are where most consumers spend their time these days, whether on Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp (also owned by Facebook), Apple iMessage, or regionally specific apps like WeChat, Telegram, Line, and Kakao. And while chat apps, along with voice assistants like Google Home and Amazon Alexa, may be the new kids on the block, they're not the only channels businesses have to worry about. Email, SMS, Web chat -- and yes, good old phone support -- haven't gone anywhere.
So how does a customer-centric business go about managing all these new and legacy channels simultaneously? As I wrote in my last No Jitter post, they should look toward their existing customer engagement platforms for help. In today's market there is no good reason for any contact center or help desk not to support all the channels, including emerging ones such as Apple Business Chat and WhatsApp for Enterprise, which both are in early access and expected to become generally available later this year.
Allowing you to access all these channels, however, is only the first step. The second is making sure these channels don't exist in isolation so the user experience doesn't suffer as a result. That's the omnichannel dilemma, and it's one you should be asking your customer engagement platform to help you address.
First, it's worth exploring what the term "omnichannel" means when it comes to customer engagement. Many businesses boast about providing omnichannel experiences when what they actually deliver is "multichannel" support.
Multichannel means being wherever your customers are, whether that's the social chat apps, the Web, or wherever else people hang out. That's quickly becoming table stakes. Omnichannel means providing a consistent communications journey for your customers, one where the conversation history and context travels with them from channel to channel. Global contact centers are now focused on this second order challenge; in a 2017 report by Dimension Data, contact centers rank "connecting customer journeys across channels" as their second priority over the next five years.
The beauty of modern messaging is that it provides businesses with a treasure trove of context about who their customers are, where they're coming from, and what they've talked about or bought from you in the past. A true omnichannel experience leverages and maintains context across channels, so that no matter where a customer reaches out to you, it feels like one continuous conversation.
It's the difference between re-introducing yourself every time you run into someone you know and simply picking up where you left off. While starting from square one every time you talk to someone would be ridiculous, that's exactly how most companies interact with their customers. It's frustrating for the customer and it's inefficient for the business. Above all, it's a waste of everybody's time.
If your customer engagement software only allows your agents to talk to customers on different channels, without connecting the dots and providing a unified customer view across all those channels, you're at risk of actually creating a negative customer experience. Such multichannel solutions lead to conversation silos within the enterprise, frustrating the consumer and limiting a business' ability to have a holistic view of the consumer.
A true omnichannel engagement platform would give you the ability to talk to the right customer, in the right place, at the right time, without sacrificing context along the way. It would allow you to connect with people on a popular channel like Messenger or WeChat and then easily move the conversation to a more secure and private channel like your own mobile app. It would also allow you to easily authenticate them, even on public channels, so you can provide a fully personalized experience without the risk of a privacy breach.
Mostly importantly, it would enable customers to connect with you on any channel without starting from scratch every time. For example, they might prefer to reach out in one place (say, your website) but receive a response somewhere else where and when it's more convenient (like email or text). Whatever the scenario, a true omnichannel experience is about empowering your customers to engage with you on their terms.
Enabling these kinds of omnichannel experiences involves some considerable technical gymnastics. Every channel has its own constantly-changing APIs and most business systems don't play nicely with each other. But that shouldn't be your problem as a business, and it certainly shouldn't be your customer's problem. Ask your customer engagement platform what it's doing to help you break down conversation silos and make the omnichannel dream into a reality.


This one has been well-known in the SEO community for a while, but it's worth repeating. Switching your site to HTTPS is not only on the top of any good SEO practice handbook – it's also good for the user.
While meta descriptions are not a direct ranking signal, they INDIRECTLY help page ranks by increasing click-throughs to your page from SERPs. The question all SEO's ask is not whether to utilize meta descriptions – it's how long they should be.
Despite Gary's statement, Moz has a study that shows that the cut off for most meta descriptions across Google cut off between the 145-165 range.
Gary's main point in this section of the talk was to always use alt text – within reason. If you're using it as an opportunity to stuff keywords into the page, then you're using it out of reason. The purpose of alt text is to describe the contents of an image, so if Google sees a lot of keyword stuffing across your alt text it may raise some red flags.
If you haven't been optimizing your site speed – you're probably behind the competition.
To be honest, many of these things are already well-known within the SEO community. But it's nice to hear it validated by the likes of Gary Illyes. The State of Search in 2018 – and going into 2019 -is all about the user, put out great content, and you'll get returns.


I don't know what to think of the dancing, but this album is pretty good so far lol.
The Ramones. "Do You Remember Rock n Roll Radio?"
Wow, what a great song. Listening to this through Pandora through my black keys station. This is pretty much the epitome of Cash right here.
After driving around LA for the past half hour I need a song like this, and a cup of tea. Driving is really miserable. When I get older I'm going to move to a city where I can walk everywhere, or a small town.


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Le Parti national frison (en néerlandais : Friese Nationale Partij, en frison : Fryske Nasjonale Partij ou F.N.P.) est un parti politique néerlandais, situé à gauche de l'échiquier politique, qui représente les intérêts de la minorité de la Frise et de langue frisonne.

Principes
Le parti prône une plus grande autonomie de la Frise dans un cadre fédéral, un emploi accru de la langue frisonne et une gestion frisonne des réserves de gaz de la province.

Historique
Créé en 1962, le parti est représenté à l'assemblée provinciale de Frise dès 1966, mais n'a jamais fait partie de l'exécutif provincial.

En 2003, il recueille 13,2 % des voix aux élections provinciales et obtient 7 sièges sur 55, ce qui lui permet d'obtenir, en coalition avec divers autres partis provinciaux, un siège de sénateur sur les 75 que compte la Première Chambre des États généraux des Pays-Bas, qui revient à Henk ten Hoeve.

Aux élections provinciales de 2007, le PNF, avec  voix, soit 10,68 %, perd deux sièges et se place comme le quatrième parti de la province, après l'Appel chrétien-démocrate, le Parti travailliste et le Parti populaire libéral et démocrate, qui forment la coalition provinciale jusqu'en 2011. Le groupe du PNF est composé de 3 hommes et 2 femmes. Le , lors des élections au suffrage indirect, la coalition inter-provinciale indépendante, dont fait partie le PNF, parvient à faire réélire le sénateur Henk ten Hoeve.

Le parti abandonne encore un siège aux élections provinciales de mars 2011 avec 9,2 %. Ce résultat a pour effet de faire perdre à Henk ten Hoeve son siège de sénateur de la coalition des indépendants. Le parti conserve ses quatre sièges aux États provinciaux de Frise lors des élections du 18 mars 2015 et de nouveau lors des élections provinciales du 20 mars 2019.

Représentation
Le Parti national frison est représenté dans 16 des 24 communes de la province de Frise, avec un total de 59 élus.

Il est membre de l'Alliance libre européenne dont Sybren Posthumus est membre du bureau.

Adresse

Fryske Nasjonale Partij (FNP), Obrechtstrjitte 32; 8916 EN Ljouwert – Fryslân (Pays-Bas)

Sources

Voir aussi
Site officiel en frison
Site de campagne 2007 en néerlandais et en frison

Parti politique aux Pays-Bas
Parti politique régionaliste
Parti politique fondé en 1962
Politique dans la province de Frise

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Julie Sawyer, Service Committee Chair and Katie Kight, President, presented the Ukiah Senior Center Lunch Bunch with a very much appreciated monetary contribution.
The Lunch Bunch provides a social activity for Ukiah seniors and a much needed break for caregivers, spouses and children. It is a welcoming place for isolated seniors and those with disabilities to spend time with their peers. The delicious lunch is provided by Zack's Catering. In addition to lunch, seniors enjoy guided activities, arts and crafts, gentle movement and more.


My two nephews (6 & 8) really loved this. They enjoyed doing all the experiments with the stomach vomit and poo mold being particularl hits. They were able to use the fake poo to play a joke on their Dad which really made them happy. I will buy other experiment sets from Galt for future birthdays or Christmases.


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Tell us in 10: Nicholai La Barrie, Director of Young People at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
By Eleni Cashell First Published 28 August 2019, Last Updated 2 September 2019
In our profile series, Tell Us In 10, we ask cast members and creatives of top London shows to tell us all about themselves in just 10 questions. From how their colleagues would describe them and alternative careers, to their Theatreland idols, we want to know it all!
Answering our questions this week is Nicholai La Barrie, Director of Young People at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.
1. My route into theatre was…
I started off at Lilliput Children's Theatre when I was 10 years old. It was a way for my parents to get me to do stuff, because the area I lived in wasn't particularly nice and they didn't want me hanging out with the boys in the area.
I did everything. Football, basketball, hockey, tennis, recorder, music, everything they wanted me to do after school, I did. But theatre stuck because I walked into a room with a bunch of people who asked me questions that I didn't have answers for… so I thought, "right, I'm staying and I'm going to get them the answers."
2. My West End idol is…
I think Andrew Lloyd Webber might be the closest thing I have to a West End idol, because of his commitment to what theatre is and what it has been.
3. My colleagues would describe me as…
Loud. And… less funny than I think I am.
4. My favourite show present or past (that isn't one I star in) is…
Rent. It was the first West End show I ever saw, and it's brilliant. I want to direct it.
5. The career moment I'm most proud of is…
Some of the guys I used to teach when I was younger are now in real positions of power and influence in UK theatre.
There are a few people I worked with when I first started off at Oval House who are big players in the industry now, with Olivier Awards and other accolades – and that makes me really proud of them. They committed to theatre and stuck to it – some of whom would never have stepped on a stage if they hadn't come to the Oval House at that moment in time.
6. The hardest part about my role is…
Balancing resources with the desire for excellence in terms of working with young people and young artists.
7. If I didn't work in theatre I would be…
A marine biologist.
8. Something people don't know about me is…
I have Gold Medals in Narrow Sword and Broadsword, and Tai Chi Form, and was on the British Tai Chi Team.
9. The best piece of advice I've ever been given is…
Breath. Take deep breaths.
10. The one thing I wish I could tell my younger self is…
Don't worry so much…
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I am honored to have Geoff Kane, MD, MPH as a guest blogger this week.
I have known Geoff for many years and he is not only an extremely competent physician, but also possesses the highest degree of compassion for patients and the utmost commitment to assisting those afflicted with the disease of addiction. Dr. Kane is the Chief of Addiction Services at the Brattleboro Retreat in Brattleboro, VT. He is board Certified in Addiction Medicine and Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and Chairs the Medical-Scientific Committee of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.
Thank you Geoff for permitting me to post your insightful and thought provoking blog, which was also posted by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. ("NCADD").
Posted in Author Blog. Tags: Addiction, Addiction Advocacy, Addiction Advocate, Addiction Awareness, Addiction Treatment, Dr. Steven Kassels, Heroin, Heroin Addiction, NIMBY on November 22, 2015 by skassels.
NIMBY – Not In My Back Yard – is the rallying cry heard from many politicians and citizens when asked if there is a drug problem in their neighborhood or if they would welcome a drug treatment facility. "Sure, maybe we have a problem, but it's not that bad" or "it's really worse in the next neighborhood over", or "the next town over" or "the next state over." Baloney – it's in all of our yards and is as prevalent as the ragweed that grows in all of our lawns! It does not matter if we live in the city, suburbia, the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, Downeast Maine or in the farmlands of America – it is truly everywhere!
To truly understand the magnitude of this problem we need to examine the economic impact of addiction to society. There have been reports that when one considers the cost of drug use related to law enforcement, crime, judicial costs, incarceration, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, lost worker productivity, and workers compensation; not to mention the deterioration of societal priorities or the overall risk to the public in terms of spread of disease (Hepatitis C & HIV) or secondary health and safety consequences such as domestic abuse or childhood asthma … the overall national annual cost exceeds 400 Billion Dollars. Moreover, as an example, to treat one heroin addict in an outpatient medication based treatment center with admission and yearly annual exams, laboratory screening for HIV and Hepatitis C, group and/or individual counseling on a regular basis, and frequent random drug testing, the cost for this patient is approximately $3,000 - $5,000 per year. Halfway houses can cost $20,000 or more per year and incarceration of this patient costs upwards of $50,000 per year. And even if one wants to ignore the scientific evidence that treating a heroin or "Oxy" opiate addict with a replacement medication such as methadone or buprenorphine is not simply trading one addiction for another, one cannot deny the documented fact that patients who enter into this type of treatment have an approximate tenfold decrease in criminal activity.
State legislators, our local politicians and our neighbors need to look critically at the facts and not adopt a NIMBY approach to drug addiction that is ruining lives and stealing our tax dollars by inadequately treating and preventing this epidemic from expanding. Heroin deaths are rising each year and one of the fastest segments of society developing dependency on opiates and heroin are suburban women in their 20's and 30's. The disease of addiction is in all of our back yards!
Drug addiction, including heroin abuse, is an equal opportunity disease affecting all socioeconomic strata; and knows no boundaries. This is not a problem of the welfare state or the poor or less fortunate. It is NOT NIMBY!! The disease is present in our impoverished neighborhoods as well as our wealthy suburban communities and in our resort towns and rural areas. Establishing treatment centers for addiction in one's own locale should be worn as a badge of honor, no different than establishing a cancer treatment center or cardiac center; both of which are illnesses that may be related to the disease of addiction. NIMBY no longer works!
Please enjoy this week's excerpt from Addiction on Trial. Police Chief François Bergeron is keenly aware that disease of addiction is all around us!
Although Chief Bergeron had witnessed first-hand the increasing influx of drugs into not only his community but into all of Downeast Maine, Annette's death and the likelihood it was drug connected posed challenges never before encountered. Although the chief understood that drug addiction was a complicated topic and a burgeoning problem, this view was not shared by most, many of whom even refused to believe that Downeast Maine had a significant drug issue despite the fact that a methadone treatment center about two hours away had recently opened to treat the epidemic of heroin and Oxycontin addiction in the region. There had been a prolonged battle within the ranks of city government and among the citizens who irrationally opposed the siting of the treatment center, delaying its opening for years. Eventually, there was some acknowledgment that Downeast Maine, no different than innumerable regions and communities up and down the east coast, had a heroin and Oxycontin problem, but it was greatly minimized. The clinic was finally approved after much rancor, but treatment was initially limited to one hundred patients. Since no one ever wants to believe its municipality has a significant drug problem, it was decided that opening up one hundred outpatient slots would more than satisfy the need and help to quell the escalating controversy. The clinic filled all its patient slots within a month and droves of needy patients were placed on waiting lists.
This struggle to establish treatment centers was not unique. There were similar controversial and heated discussions in many cities and towns throughout New England. Lawsuits between municipalities against well-intentioned medical providers were not unusual. Paradoxically, at about the same time, a New England Governor's Council Forum had convened at the old City Hall near the waterfront at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Presentations by illustrious speakers demonstrated the extent of the epidemic. New England had a significantly higher heroin use rate than the rest of the country. Portland, Maine, and the Massachusetts cities of Boston and New Bedford were primary ports used for smuggling. Chief Bergeron had attended this forum as a member of Maine's Drug Task Force Committee. What Bergeron remembers most from the conference was the statement by a prominent elected official that "these are telling times when elementary and middle school children are offered a bag of 70-80 percent pure heroin for the price of a double scoop ice cream cone." The forum's mantra was interdiction, education, and treatment. This battle cry was good in theory, but in practice it was a different story at the local level. NIMBY—"Not In My Back Yard"—was the rallying cry of most municipalities. No town would admit to having a significant drug issue; it was always the next town over that had the problem. The rationale was based on the fear that if a drug addiction center was established in one's own town, which of course did not have a problem to begin with, all the addicts from the neighboring townships would spread the scourge as they migrated for treatment, thereby creating a drug problem that never before existed. Despite the documented epidemic of drug abuse across the nation, hardly any individual town, if you spoke to the locals, had much of a problem.
Chief Bergeron understood the apprehension of the townsfolk, that a drug treatment center in West Haven Harbor would label the town as a drug haven. The tourists would be frightened and stay away, the local economy would falter, and everyone would suffer. As a result, many in need of treatment never got it. Chief Bergeron's concern for the lack of treatment options was now a secondary issue. He recognized that the townsfolk's anger directed at an addict from away was irrational, especially before all the facts were known, but he also understood their desire for retribution for Annette's murder.
Posted in Author Blog. Tags: Addiction, Addiction On Trial, Dr. Steven Kassels, Drug Addiction, NIMBY, opiate addiction, opiate addiction help on July 6, 2015 by skassels.
NIMBY — "not in my backyard" — is the rallying cry when asked if there is a drug problem in one's neighborhood.
That's just malarkey — it's in all of our yards, and it does not matter whether we live in the city, suburbia, the mountains or Down East Maine. It is everywhere.
The national annual cost of illegal drug use related to law enforcement, crime, judicial proceedings, incarceration, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, lost job productivity and workers compensation exceeds $180 billion.
The cost to treat one Maine heroin addict in an outpatient, medication-based treatment center with frequent random drug testing is approximately $3,000 per year, while incarceration costs more than $50,000 per year.
Even if one wants to ignore the scientific evidence that treating a heroin or "oxy" addict with a replacement medication is not simply trading one addiction for another, one cannot deny the documented fact that patients who enter into treatment have at least an eight–fold decrease in criminal activity.
— The number of residents seeking treatment for prescription drug abuse tops the nation.
— Maine's Medicaid cutbacks leave 400 patients with no access to state-funded treatment.
— More than 7 percent of babies born are addicted to opiates.
— Fatal heroin overdoses quadrupled from 2011 to 2012.
— More people die of drug use than from motor vehicle accidents.
— Maine drug-induced deaths exceed the national rate.
As a nation, we have tried to cut back on the drug supply for decades, yet we are again facing a heroin and opiate epidemic in New England. We can incarcerate all the current drug pushers, big and small, and we can continue to burn the fields in the countries that produce opium. But the profits of drug production and distribution are so great that others rapidly fill the void.
Expanded access and funding for treatment makes fiscal sense, regardless of whether we believe addiction is a disease or a weakness of moral character.
It is time for our politicians to lead by educating through scientific fact and not out of fear. I commend Gov. Peter Shumlin of Vermont for spending his entire State of the State address on this essential economic issue and his call to attack the epidemic on the demand side through treatment. He recognizes that putting more "addicts" in jail may make us feel good in the short term but does not solve the problem.
Gov. Paul LePage, in contrast, focused on expanded law enforcement and judicial response. Unlike many other governors from both parties, he apparently opposes placing the life-saving drug Naloxone in the hands of first responders and others to treat heroin and opiate overdoses.
Naloxone availability will not send the wrong message to heroin addicts that they can use the drug with impunity; heroin users, who are sons and daughters, are dying because the heroin on the street is stronger than they think or cut with other opiates. Without Naloxone readily available over the past couple years there has been a quadrupling of heroin overdoses; so when our politicians state that increasing Naloxone availability will lead to more drug use, well, it's just baloney.
We allow for life-saving medications and oxygen to be readily available to treat diabetics and smokers with emphysema without speculating that, by doing so, we encourage more smoking or poor dietary compliance.
As the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman has again reinforced, drug addiction is an equal-opportunity disease and has no socioeconomic boundaries. This is not a problem of the welfare state or the poor or less fortunate. Making treatment available should be worn as a badge of honor, no different than establishing a cancer treatment center or cardiac center. NIMBY no longer works.
Posted in Author Blog. Tags: Addiction, Addiction Advocacy, Addiction Awareness, Addiction On Trial, Dr. Steven Kassels, Drug Abuse, Heroin, NIMBY, Treatment on March 7, 2014 by skassels.


We are in the dungeon where a slave is already encaged by cruel british pro dom mistress athena. This cage is really special, made full of metal the head of a slave can be positioned outside a cage so its ideal for a mistress to play with her victim.
As the goddess appears she looks stunning in a classic victorian riding outfit with leather trousers, leather gloves and leather boots. She walks to the cage and teases her slave as she placed her boot in front of him: "smell, just smell, no licking slave" she says as the dumb slave already gets his tongue out and want to lick the boots. Then she allows the slave to lick, but he has of course to lick all the dirt away from the heel. Perfect. this is the way a goddess has to be served. Athena is very happy with this situation as she can tease and play with her victum and as he licked the soles of her boots clean!


Pure is a big name with a lot to offer, and they have produced a whole host of home electronics – especially those that play CDs or radio stations.
As a result, they have quite the reputation for being reliable and trustworthy as a brand, which is one of the reasons I decided to write a review for one of their DAB alarm clock radios.
Crosley is an excellent brand to go for when you are in search of a new record player, and this is because they perfectly combine quality and affordability.
Due to this, you always know what to expect when you pick up a Crosley record player, or any piece of tech that they manufacture, and this is part of why we chose their Keepsake model to review.
The Crosley Keepsake is a record player that works to provide you with style and a retro feel while also embracing modern life and technology.
It is filled with additional features that will leave you incredibly impressed, as well as ones that will take you back to the past – when things were simpler, and the most important aspect of your life was your music.
As compelling as my argument for this record player, it's best if you read my full and detailed review below so that you can really get a feel for it. Take a moment to relax, grab a cup of coffee, and see if this Crosley record player review encourages you to get the vinyl records out.
Sleek and stylish, this record player doesn't just look amazing, it plays amazingly as well. Packed full of exciting features that combine the classic feel of the record payer with a touch of modern life, the Crosley Keepsake is an excellent example of bringing old tech into the younger generations.
The Crosley Keepsake is a testament to the classic record player. Perfectly combined with modern features, it has a lot to offer. From USB file conversions to playing your favourite records, it has everything you need for a comfortable night in.
All this model does is promise a great, and portable, listening experience from the comfort of your home. However, there are some situations where this might not be the ideal record player.
It has great features, but not things like Bluetooth connectivity, and sometimes it may need a few adjustments for the automatic stop feature to work perfectly. If you are an avid music fan, you might want to check out a model with a slightly higher price tag and a few more gadgets.
This record player has a really smart design and retro feel as it comes in a briefcase, complete with handle, that you can open and close. As a result, the top of the case also acts as a dust cover to protect the record player inside.
Additionally, you can choose from four different colours and styles, allowing you to pick the one that you know is going to work for you and your home. The controls are very simple and easy to access as they are located on the top of the turntable as well as clearly labelled.
The volume control is also included here, keeping everything close together. While easy to use, they are a little close to the arm and stylus, which can be a little fiddly if you aren't careful. Otherwise, they make for the perfect set of controls.
To save you time and effort, the Crosley Keepsake also has an automatic stop feature, meaning that it will end the track at the correct time and move onto the next without you needing to get up and adjust it yourself.
However, depending on the size of your record, you may need to make a few manual alterations so that it does not end the track early as a result.
The hardware used in this record player is all brass plated for quality and durability, so you know you are getting a sturdy piece of kit.
Similarly, there is also a diamond stylus needle to ensure the best possible accuracy, hardwearing, and also to decrease the risk of potential scratching on your records as a result of the needle. The arm is also nicely balanced and can be adjusted easily.
The Crosley Keepsake has some great additional tech features for you to play with as well. The USB link is one of the most exciting, and it even comes with the cable you need to connect everything together.
You can hook the record player up to your computer and convert your vinyl discs into digital files that you can listen to on your way to work or just when you want some private time with your music.
It comes with some easy to install software that will help you with the conversion process so that you have full control over the situation, including the editing process. There are speakers built into this record player, and they are quite good considering the money.
The sound is good, and the quality not too tinny, although you might find that it distorts a little on maximum volume. If you are really into the sound, there is an AUX input that you can use for external speakers.
These are quite cheap to pick up, even for top quality ones, and they can enhance the overall listening experience.
The Crosley Keepsake comes in quite a compact size, and the briefcase design also means that it is very portable – so you can take it with you everywhere and let everyone enjoy your favourite music. It is one of the best portable briefcase record players you can find.
The handle is strong and comfortable, which is ideal for long journeys, and it just looks so good when it is all packed up. Additionally, it is remarkably light to hold and carry – all without feeling cheap and plasticky in the process.
Overall, it makes for a record player that is easy to handle and transport.
Here are some other, similar, models of record player for you to consider, just in case you want to look at other options before you commit to the Crosley Keepsake.
This record player comes from a top brand and sports a really nice design. Smooth and sleek, it is portable and also comes with a protective dust cover.
It has three speeds for all records, as well as clear built-in speakers for your listening pleasure. With a USB port for digital conversion, if you fancy it, you don't need much more than the affordable price tag to be convinced.
The unique design sees the GPO Memphis record player hiding under the guise of a classic stereo, leaving it with a really funky design.
The controls are on the front and very easy to access, and it is able to play three speeds so that each of your records can be dusted off and played again. Additionally, there is a USB port so that you can convert your records into digital files with ease.
This record player may be chunky, but it also has a lot of tech for you to play with as well as some fantastic speakers that really will blow you away.
You can hook up anything from your mobile phone to your computer for easy streaming, as well as play records at three speeds. It even has FM radio included, and all of it comes at a pretty fantastic price considering.
We hope that you have found this Crosley record player review helpful, and that all of the information we have provided has given you a good idea as to whether or not this is going to be the best vinyl record player for you.
This model has so many fantastic features that it can be difficult to keep up. The fact that it comes at such a reasonable price is a massive bonus, as well as its ability to convert your vinyl tracks into digital ones for listening when you are commuting or just want some private listening.
The speakers could be better quality, it certainly doesn't have some of the more modern features like Bluetooth, and it might need a little adjustment with regards to the automatic function.
However, what makes this record player so good is that it stays true to its classic roots while also offering you value for money and a great way to listen to what you love.
What did you think of our Crosley Keepsake review? Do you agree with our thoughts on the radio we reviewed, or are there others that you think are better suited to the task? We love hearing from you, so make sure you leave us a message in the comments below.


I test drove a six-pack of samples and went with Campfire Glow for the 9 ounce jar. The small containers are perfect for re-filling and keeping handy in various places. This product is amazing. Works on wrinkles, rashes, you name it. And of course it doesn't have any chemicals. Yay!


Since I bought my latest 13″ Macbook Pro with the minuscule on-board flash storage, I've had to build systems to offload large and/or old files onto external storage. But to make sure I always have access to those files even when I don't have my Macbook or USB drives close at hand, I've got the current docs stored in Google Drive. Anything that's six months old or older, is archived in Dropbox. So I need to search for them from time to time and I wanted Alfred to do that for me. For some reason Dropbox search isn't built into Alfred's web search features, so I built a custom search and now I'm sharing it with you.