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Casey Anthony Murder Trial: Is William C. Rodriguez III Really a Co-Founder of the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, Better Known as "The Body Farm"? I Thought Dr. Bass Founded It!
Things That Make You Go Hmm …
Yesterday, during the tumultuous morning of the Casey Anthony murder trial when defense expert witness, William C. Rodriguez, was on the witness stand he stated that he was a co-founder of the "Body Farm", or as it is officially known as the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility.With all of the attention being paid to the fact that Judge Belvin Perry admonished defense council Jose Baez for his intentional effort in going against the court's order on discovery, was there something missed with regards to this defense expert witness's curriculum vitae? Obviously Mr. Rodriguez has an extensive history in forensic anthropology, but did he really co-found the Body Farm?
Defense expert witness: William C. Rodriguez III
Upon a cursory review, the only reference of William Rodriguez as a co-founder of the Body Farm was in a Wiki. Please tell me that Jose Baez and his master defense team sleuths did not use a Wiki as the Gospel? This would be as big a blunder as jumping to conclusions that Vasco Thompson received calls from George Anthony, even though he ex-con never had the telephone number in question until 2009.
Defense expert witness testimony on direct from Jose Baez, June 19, 2011: (Watch VIDEO HERE on exact comments)
Defense Attorney Jose Baez: Are you a Co-Founder of the Anthropological Facility at the Univ of TN – also known as the Body Farm?
William Rodriguez: Yes I am
Really? Every article and reference to "The Body Farm" has William M. Bass as the founder and no reference of William Rodriguez. Even the bio on the official web page of Forensic Anthropology Center only mentions Dr. Bass and no mention of William Rodriguez.
The program began with the arrival of Dr. William M. Bass in 1971 to The University of Tennessee Knoxville. He oversaw the development of the discipline at UTK, which culminated with the creation of the Forensic Anthropology Center within the Department of Anthropology, and many resources for students, researchers, and law enforcement agencies.
From the Anthropological Research Facility brochure, still no mention of William C. Rodriguez III.
The Research Facility, opened at its present location in 1980 by Dr. William M. Bass, provides an ideal setting to scientifically document postmortem change. This outdoor field laboratory enables the investigation of parameters which are crucial in time since death estimates. Donated remains make this research possible and simultaneously provide a modern osteological teaching and research collection.
In reviewing past articles articles on the "Body Farm", there is no reference as Rodriguez as a co-founder. The following is a Newsweek article, 'Down on the Body Farm" from October 23, 2000, long before and expert witness testimony of the Casey Anthony murder trial. William C. Rodriguez III is quoted in this article
William Bass III, 73, the Body Farm's founder, doesn't find the scene ghoulish. "I see this as a scientific challenge," he says, as maggots work efficiently on 20 or so corpses decomposing in the early autumn sun. Then Bass uses a gloved hand to lift a rotting limb.
Only 61 American anthropologists now apply their broad-ranging science to crime busting. Bass trained 19 of them. His graduates labor from the Smithsonian to the U.S. Army Central Identification Lab in Hawaii to major metropolitan morgues. Several have probed mass graves in Kosovo and Bosnia.
Body Farm alumni have probed many of the world's trouble spots. William Rodriguez, chief deputy for special investigations with the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner in Washington, D.C., led the U.S. medical team into Kosovo just after last year's armistice. It looked at 300 victims from two different regions and provided the War Crimes Tribunal with evidence for the initial indictments against Slobodan Milosevic. "Most of the remains were in an advanced state of decomposition," says Rodriguez, who earned his Ph.D. from UT in 1984 and remains in weekly contact with his mentor Bass … Without Bass and the accumulated research from the Body Farm, Rodriguez told NEWSWEEK, "I couldn't have answered well over 50 percent of those questions."
Other references of Dr. William Bass as being the founder of The Body Farm, not co-founder
Slippery Rock University of PA: Forensic Anthropologist, Founder of 'Body Farm' Dr. Bill Bass to Lecture on Criminal Investigations.
Herald Citizen, 9/2/10 – Body Farm founder to talk in Livingston this week
Volunteer TV, 2/8/11- Body farm founder raises money for Anthropology students
UT – Knoxville – Bill Bass, forensic anthropologist and founder of the Body Farm, will talk about his book, "The Devil's Bones and Other Stories," at 2 p.m., Sunday Feb. 17.
Cleveland Daily Banner: 'Body Farm' founder discusses importance of UT research site
What's in a Wiki and can they be trusted as fact? The Magic 8-Ball says that signs point to "No". In doing serches on line, we cannot find one place prior to yesterday's trial where there is a reference that William Rodriguez was a co-founder of The Body Farm, except in a Wiki that was edited in 2010 by an IP from MD. Interestingly enough, Dr. William Bass' WIKI states that he is the FOUNDER of the Body Farm.
William M. Bass is a U.S. forensic anthropologist, renowned for his research on human osteology and human decomposition. He has also assisted federal, local, and non-US authorities in the identification of human remains. He taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and though currently retired from teaching, still plays an active research role at the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, which he founded.
Then we look at the Body Farm WIKI, or the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility which states that it was started by was started in late 1971 by anthropologists William M. Bass and Bill Rodriguez. However, there appears to have been an edit made in the Wiki in 2010.
The University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, better known as the Body Farm and sometimes seen as the Forensic Anthropology Facility,[1] was started in late 1971 by anthropologists William M. Bass and Bill Rodriguez as a facility for study of the decomposition of human remains. It is located a few miles from downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, behind the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
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There is an extensive article from TruTV on the Body Farm and Dr. Bass' efforts in dreaming up, implementing and founding the Body Farm. For those interested in forensic science, this is a fantastic and informative read as to what the Body Farm is all about. However, there is a lack of William Rodriguez's name in the chapter after chapter of reading.
Check out the VIDEO below from 2007 from The Body Farm with both forensic anthropologist William Bass and forensic entomologist Neal Haskell, Ph.D., M.S.
We have a question into the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility as to whether William C. Rodriguez was a co-founder of the Body farm. We shall await their answer; however, from what is presently available, it would seem like a slight embellishment at best. Would an individual, William C. Rodriguez III, who got their undergraduate degree in the 1980′s be a co-founder when according to the VIDEO below, Dr. Bass discusses the concepts and the beginning of the Body Farm started in 1971.
This would seem like something that maybe the State and prosecutor Jeff Ashton might want to ask William C. Rodriguez about. One would think that of you were the co-founder of such a prestigious forensic science facility like the Body Farm, it would be referenced everywhere and when Bill Bass' name is listed it would say, co-founder as well. One would think. However, putting up fences and pouring concrete does not a co-founder make. That would be a laborer and student who was helping out, hardly a co-founder. If Mr. Rodriguez did more, we would really like to see it. if not, Jeff Ashton best object to "Bolstering".
By the way, where is the MSM in all this? Stop showing videos of individuals beating each other up waiting in line for the Casey Anthony trial and misinforming the public that Werner Spitz did some type of great job by dropping unsubstantiated BS bombshells when he was destroyed by the prosecution on cross and investigate whether there is some embellishments going on here. Inquiring minds want to know.
Hat Tip for contributions to Post: TurboThink, Klaas
Posted June 19, 2011 by Scared Monkeys
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21 Responses to "Casey Anthony Murder Trial: Is William C. Rodriguez III Really a Co-Founder of the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, Better Known as "The Body Farm"? I Thought Dr. Bass Founded It!"
A Texas Grandfather on June 19th, 2011 5:55 pm
Wickie is a good starting place for information. However, it is subject to errors by those who contribute.
Therefore, to use it as a sole reference is dangerous. Everything must be verified elsewhere.
IBE on June 19th, 2011 8:59 pm
Yes, the information on wickie depends on the credibility of the person who is putting in the information into it. Even I can change information, if I wished and might know nothing about subject!
IMO A party of the Court should never use wickie as a reference. All information in Court should be investigated by investigators who know the ins and outs of online information and check and recheck all the information and credibility before it is introduced.. But maybe that would be too hard in 3 years, oh come on
It's one thing to defend your client; it's another to make a mockery of the US freedom given by the Court system. .
Why doesn't someone bring up the texting in Court? To me that would be a way to get information to the attorney in real time by another, unknown by the Court, not sworn in and influencing the Court process in a big time way. I could be giving an attorney a game plan; information on the topic the defense team should already know after 3 years. Questions to ask on cross, all kinds of outside influencing information in real time. If i were Judge I would forbid it!! Sleeping in Court, you get kicked out. An outside of the Court person communicating with the defense attorney by texting and you get nothing!
IMO the Judge is outstanding, but I do question the ethics of having in and out texting in Court.
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Tamikosmom on June 19th, 2011 9:14 pm
The following article implies that Bill Rodriguez may have been a researcher at the Body Farm since its establishment in 1980 but … nothing about "co-founder".
I hope this issue is addressed tomorrow at the trial
World of Forensic Science
The Body Farm is more correctly known as the University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Research Facility. It was established in 1980 by the pioneering forensic anthropologist William Bass and is dedicated to the study of the rate of decomposition of the human corpse under various conditions that are relevant to crime investigation. Many hallmark scientific papers have come out of the research at the Body Farm and this new knowledge has been crucial in driving forensic investigation into unsolved deaths. ….
The facility began as a piece of waste ground close to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. From 1980, Bass and his team began to prepare the site and, in 1981, received their first body for examination. ….
Researchers who have worked at the Body Farm have begun to contribute information that aids in determining time of death with precision. For example, the role of insects in corpse decomposition has been investigated by Bill Rodriquez. His observations back in the early days of the Body Farm showed that blowflies come to a body within minutes of death and feed on bloody areas, where wounds have been inflicted, or on moist areas like the mouth. After this, they go through their life cycle, feeding on the body, and producing eggs and maggots. This kind of evidence can be used in a forensic investigation, but had not been much researched before the advent of the Body Farm. A paper on this work published by Rodriguez in the Journal of Forensic Sciences in 1982, went on to become one of the most cited articles in the field. …
http://www.enotes.com/forensic-science/body-farm
Cassie on June 19th, 2011 10:57 pm
This is the Facebook page of the University's Anthropological facility – "The Body Farm" It says here that William Bass and Bill Rodriguez founded it. (maybe because both of their names are William, Rodriguez doesn't come up unless you put in "Bill"?)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Tennessee-Anthropological-Research-Facility/116731141707889
SM: All the information on that Facebook comes from the Wikipedia page that we believe was edited by someone to make it look like Rodriguez was a co-founder (klaasend). Look at that Facebook link, it even says it's from wiki.
Here's another reference from a magazine article, and most of these publications are required to confirm their sources (I used to work for Penton Publishing so am familiar with that)
"The original 'body farm' – the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility near Knoxville – was opened in 1981 by anthropologists William M. Bass and Bill Rodriguez."
http://www.regionalmagazine.co.uk/RMC_Extra/article.asp?id=800
SM: Yes, he probably took that information right off of wikipedia (klaasend)
hope on June 20th, 2011 12:59 am
I'm amazed by the work done at the body farm and the answers it provides LE and its investigators. It success is living testimony to Prof. Bass' dedication and noone should take the credit for founding and/or developing such a program which, obviously, started years before Dr.
hope on June 20th, 2011 1:21 am
Rodriguis graduated from Universiy of Utah 13 years AFTER the program was founded and implemented by U of Tenn in 1971.
I agree this information should be considered and investigated by the prosecutors for possibler impeachment of the witness…
Scott on June 20th, 2011 5:57 am
Cassie – open your eyes idiot.
Alice on June 20th, 2011 6:15 am
You can't completely blame the defense and Wikipedia. Dr. Rodriquez directly testified he was a co founder of the Body Farm. I think it would be very interesting to ask him if he considers all of the students who worked on the Body Farm to be co founders.
SM: A student a co-founder, really? Every article and publication has Dr. Bass as the founder of the Body farm, not a co-founder. If this is the case then I am the co-founder of many new start of businesses that I helped get off the ground floor. Needless to say, I am not.
There is this little thing called due diligence that the defense is supposed to do with their experts to make sure their resume matches to what they claim.
Moi on June 20th, 2011 9:11 am
National Enquirer also "confirms" all of its stories. Just saying!
skat on June 20th, 2011 12:05 pm
I have a friend who teaches High School History. The school does not allow WIKI as a reference on Research Papers and such.
Anyone can add/edit it. It just is not reliable.
And recall, Baez tried to question Dr. Vass with questions he'd taken off WIKI. All of his information was incorrect. Why would he not check with Rodriquez beforehand on a claim so important?
BlueWillow on June 20th, 2011 5:08 pm
It would be one thing if only the defense had referred to Dr. Rodriguez as co-founder, but he testified to this himself, as well. I sure hope someone involved in the trial is looking into this. I would hate to think that a distinguished scientist would resort to exaggerating his accomplishments, that would be very disappointing.
Inquiring minds do, indeed, want to know!
Moi on June 20th, 2011 6:29 pm
This may seem vile, but I've seriously considered donating my body to a body farm. That way my family will not have to pay for me to be creamated which is what I want anyway. So I see little difference. Scatter me in flakes, or one big piece. I couldn't care less. I"ll be done with the thing!
hope on June 20th, 2011 9:31 pm
It will be interesting to observe court tomorrow to see how this information affects the proceding…
Justice for Caylee!
Casey Anthony Murder Trial: It's Official, William C. Rodriguez is not the Co-Founder of the Body Farm … Some One is Bolstering on the Witness Stand or Worse | Scared Monkeys on June 20th, 2011 9:36 pm
[...] as a defense expert witness in the murder trial of Casey Anthony, William C. Rodriguez III stated in the affirmative that he was the co-founder of The Body Farm. Who knew? The reason why we never knew, maybe is [...]
melisb on June 20th, 2011 9:53 pm
Thanks Red and I do hope you forward this right on the State! I'll bet the State never even considered that a person whose testimony is televised would bolster/lie about their relationship to the Body Farm to that degree. If there is a reasonable explanation he needs to get on the stand and testify to such! Thanks Klaas and Turbo! Great Monkeys!
NancyB on June 21st, 2011 10:41 pm
Great work! This pompous man told another lie under oath to Judge Perry when he told him that he had not been informed about the necessity of a written report and then moments later capitulated to Jose's inquiry about receiving an email explaining this from Baez.
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Charles on June 28th, 2011 1:06 pm
Bass and Rodriguez both have a history of doing single experiments with pre-determined outcomes. The tests always give the answer espected (SURPRISE!). They never can pass Daubert standards. It is not unusual that they embellish their testimony.
Amanda Moore on January 24th, 2012 10:58 am
I am so glad you put this out in the open, the guy lied to the court!
Jessica Nicholson on September 12th, 2013 2:06 pm
I have read Dr. Bass' book "Death's Acre" a couple of times. In case you are not familiar with it, the book is told in his own words and centers on the Body Farm, how it developed from a mere idea into a full-blown scientific treasure. Bill Rodriguez is mentioned many times in this book. It is my understanding that he was a graduate student studying at the body farm in it's infancy. He not only conducted some pivotal research there, but assisted Dr. Bass during those crucial years when the body farm was first being formed. So although the term "co-founder" might be a little strong, I wouldn't say it is inaccurate. I think he contributed a great deal to the initial formation of the Anthropology Research Facility. Regardless of what his "title" was, his efforts and influence were very significant and I think his credentials for the purposes of this trial were rock solid.


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Q: continuous error bands with xplot/plotly, in F# I am trying to make a graph like this:

as explained in the page here: https://plotly.com/python/continuous-error-bars/
the relevant python code is:
go.Scatter(
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)

but I'm not so sure how to make the F# equivalent of:
y=y_upper+y_lower[::-1]

with xplot/plotly
how can I draw a graph like this?

A: You can use Plotly.NET for this, actually!
Here's a complete snippet that will reproduce the chart in .NET Interactive.
#r "nuget: Plotly.NET.Interactive, 2.0.0-beta9"

open Plotly.NET

let x = [1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10]
let y = [1; 2; 7; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10]
let y_upper = [2; 3; 8; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11]
let y_lower = [0; 1; 5; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9]

Chart.Range(
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The rendering in the documentation stretches the x-axis for some reason, even though I can't see that in the trace itself.
See range charts for more info.

As for the y=y_upper+y_lower[::-1] bit, this is just a list append in F#, so it would be:
y_upper @ (y_upper |> List.rev)
But it seems, at least initially, that this may not be necessary if you use Plotly.NET.

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"There continues to be a massive shortfall both in London and its surrounds and it is this misalignment of housing need versus delivery which could ultimately hinder economic growth," said Emily Williams, Savills residential research analyst.
"But London's housing need cannot be considered in isolation. There needs to be an enforceable mechanism to ensure that London's overspill housing need to be accommodated elsewhere," she added.


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Stoke City ace expected to wear plaster cast for TWO MONTHS after early return
Gary Rowett joked he thought James McClean was going to kill him when he didn't make starting XI
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James McClean is set to wear his cast for another couple of months as he puts up with any pain to try to help Stoke City up the table.
The left winger made his playing comeback at the earliest stage the surgeon would let him after breaking his wrist on international duty. He had fallen in training and 'cracked a few bones' only four weeks ago and had immediate surgery to install plates and screws.
He is under orders to try to fall on his shoulder if he's knocked to the deck at the moment because the injury is still not healed… but he's not complaining as long as he's playing.
James McClean returned to action for Stoke City in a light cast four weeks after breaking his wrist on international duty. (Image: Phil Greig/Stoke City)
"It's been frustrating because I missed the whole of pre-season and in the first few games you're trying to find your match sharpness and catch up a little bit," he said. "I felt I was starting to play well… then this happens and it's another set-back.
"It's not ideal but I'm glad to be back. It's four weeks since it happened and it's obviously not quite fully healed yet but I've got a cast and the medical staff have been great. It's still painful, yes, but it's good to be back so hopefully this holds up well.
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"I've been terrible as a spectator. I'm heading and kicking every ball and it's been particularly frustrating because the legs work fine… but it's hopefully behind me now.
"The cast will be on for another month minimum maybe another two. The bone itself has a minimum six-week healing period and I think it's going to be a while to be honest because it's obviously not as strong as it was.
"I'm getting used to it. It's a bit heavy but it gets me playing… perhaps I'll get the lads to sign it.
"But look, I don't mind, I've always been one of those ones where if it doesn't hurt it probably isn't worth it."
Summer signing James McClean has quickly emerged as a key player for Gary Rowett's Stoke City. (Image: Steve Bould)
McClean was available for the first time against Bolton on Tuesday – and Gary Rowett joked he thought the player wanted to kill him when he found out he wasn't in the starting line-up.
But the 29-year-old came off the bench to set up a second-half goal for Tom Ince that sealed a 2-0 win and is in contention for a spot at Norwich this weekend.
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"Sometimes you have to put the ball into a good area and trust your teammates to do the rest," he said.
"Tom is a quality player and even when he fell over I think he managed to take a defender away from the ball so it was a great piece of skill!
"It was good to come on and help to contribute to the win. I thought the lads played well."
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Q: Django Media S3 - Model.get_queryset is accessing S3? I have MEDIA files stored in S3 bucket and I noticed that REST API responses are very slow. What I also noticed is that Django tries to access the S3 when I do Model.objects.all().
Why it does that? Doesn't it store the URL in the database so it doesn't have to access S3 storage unless the URL is explicitly fetched (on the frontend side)?
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'project.storage_backends.MediaStorage'

from storages.backends.s3boto3 import S3Boto3Storage

class MediaStorage(S3Boto3Storage):
    location = 'media'
    file_overwrite = False

The image field:
image = models.ImageField(upload_to='images', max_length=2048, null=True, blank=True, height_field='image_height',
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image_height = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
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OOh I do love a good veggie burger don't you? This recipe looks just lovely for the summer ahead. I've never tried a relish before and am excited to be giving this recipe form MASH a go.
This spicy sweetcorn relish is the perfect partner to vegetable burgers and sides.
Heat the oil in a saucepan. Fry the shallot for roughly 4-5 minutes on a medium heat till it is translucent and soft.
Add all other ingredients, apart from the coriander and bring to a light boil.
Allow the relish to simmer for 10 minutes until the sauce has thickened.
Stir in the coriander and pour the relish into sterilised jam jars.
This is ready to eat once cool but will improve if kept in the jar for a few weeks in a refrigerator.
To assemble, place a cooked burger onto the toasted bun bases. Spoon some of the relish on top, along with a handful of rocket. Place the bun lid on top and dig in!


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Нумерация Арьябхата
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Our mission is to provide useful information to Pickleball players and spectators living in the Dayton metro area. See USA Pickleball Association website for worldwide information: http://www.usapa.org.
This is great, nice job Tim.
Thanks Tim. I need to get back on the courts.
The North Myrtle Beach Pickleballers extend an invitation to each of your players to come to the South Carolina beach and play in two of the best tournaments on the Southeast Coast. Borrowing a concept that the City of St. George, Utah and the Huntsman World Senior Games have used very effectively to draw players from distant parts of the country, the next North Myrtle Beach Paddle at the Beach tournament will be held September 28, 29, and 30, 2015. This event precedes the Myrtle Beach Seaside Classic scheduled to be held during the same week on October 2 and 3.
This arrangement allows players to make one trip to the beach, play five days of tournament pickleball in two tournaments. A player's week of tournament play begins on Monday, September 28 with the Paddle at the Beach, a Men's and Women's round robin pool play event, followed by a Men's and Women's double elimination tournament on Tuesday, September 29. At the request of players a Mixed double elimination tournament has been added for Wednesday, September 30.
On Thursday, October 1, a player can relax on the beach or play golf on one the area's great golf courses and then attend the Myrtle Beach Seaside Classic Dinner/Dance that evening. The week of tournament play resumes on Friday, October 2 with the Myrtle Beach Seaside Classic, and ends on Saturday, October 3.
All five days of tournament play are to be held indoors, in air conditioned facilities, greatly reducing the impact of weather. Both tournaments are skill level and aged based.
Register early to take advantage of the registration discounts being offered to guarantee your spot. Registration forms are available on the USAPA website.


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Claire Sweeney and Ray Quinn launch their Christmas charity grottos
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The stars of Aladdin Roy Brandon, Claire Sweeney and Ray Quinn in front of the wonderful Christmas display at Taskers in Aintree.
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Liverpool stars Claire Sweeney and Ray Quinn were at Taskers for the launch of their Christmas charity grottos.
The pair are starring in Aladdin at the Liverpool Empire alongside Roy Brandon, who is playing the dame.
Claire, who recently gave birth to her son Jackson, told the ECHO: "We have been really busy rehearsing for the panto. It's hard work because I have Jackson with me but he's a good baby and he's usually quiet.
"I went back to work four weeks after having him and it takes a lot of work to juggle a baby and a busy working schedule."
Ray Quinn told the ECHO: "We can't wait for the panto to open and I've also been working on some new music which is out now."
The cast headed down to the DIY store in Aintree tonight.
Taskers are offering the chance to win a holiday for four to Disneyland Paris when you make a donation of £1 to have your photos taken in front of their Christmas displays. Then tweet your pictures to @TaskersOnline or post them on the Taskers Facebook page.
Danny Mullally, the Christmas buyer for Taskers, said: "Every January we travel to places like Germany, Holland and Belgium to find the best Christmas decorations and for the last few years we've put these big Christmas displays into our shop.
"We noticed people taking selfies in front of the displays so we decided we could get people to make a donation and raise money for charity in the process."
The money raised will go to Merseyside charities including Alder Hey Children's Charity and Liverpool Unites.
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Slab Casting is the most common common structural element done during construction of modern buildings. Horizontal slabs of steel reinforced concrete, typically between 4 and 20 inches (100 and 500 millimeters) thick, and are most often used to construct floors and ceilings, while thinner slabs are also used for exterior paving.
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Damp proofing in construction is a type of moisture control applied to building walls and floors to prevent moisture from passing into the interior spaces. Damp problems are among the most frequent problems encountered in homes. If the damp proofing is not set accurate then the building would result in future cracks and seepage.
Masonry is the building of structures from individual units, which are often laid in and bound together by mortar; the term masonry can also refer to the units themselves. The common materials of masonry construction are brick, building stone such as marble, granite, travertine, and limestone, cast stone, concrete block, glass block, and adobe. Masonry is generally a highly durable form of construction. However, the materials used, the quality of the mortar and workmanship, and the pattern in which the units are assembled can substantially affect the durability of the overall masonry construction. A person who constructs masonry is called a mason or bricklayer.
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Plaster is a building material used for the protective and/or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements. Plaster adds the smoothness to the cement work .The most common types of plaster mainly contain either gypsum, lime, or cement, but all work in a similar way. The plaster is manufactured as a dry powder and is mixed with water to form a stiff but workable paste immediately before it is applied to the surface.
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Age 86, of St. Paul died unexpectedly on February 24, 2016. Preceded in death by sister, Jeanne Christiansen; and granddaughter, Olivia. Survived by wife of 59 years, Joan; children, Bob (Nancy), Jeanne (Rich) Rothaupt, Mary Jo (Fernando) Partida, David (Cheryl), Susan (Dave) Mondry; grandchildren, Andrea, Lacy, Jenna, Michael, Kristin, Daniel, Luke, Grant, Allison, Tony; great-grandchildren, Callum, Grayson, Maya; sisters, Roberta (Harold) Nilles, and Verna (Jack) Nilles. Wayne was born in Humboldt, Iowa on September 11, 1929. At age 9, he lost his father due to an accident. He graduated from Humboldt HS and joined the US Navy during the Korean War. Upon his discharge, he went to Mankato State Teachers College where he graduated with a degree in political science. He later earned a Master's degree from the University of Minnesota in Counseling Psychology. He spent 37 years with the State of Minnesota as a vocational rehabilitation counselor for Services for the Blind and was a tireless advocate for persons with disabilities. He married Joan Spence in 1956, and raised their 5 children on the eastside of St. Paul. Wayne was both a man of faith and a lifelong community activist. He was an ordained Catholic Deacon and served at Sacred Heart Parish in St. Paul from 1984 until his death. His passion for social justice and world peace led him to Central and South America, where he took frequent trips to monitor free democratic elections and advocate for human rights. Wayne served on the St. Paul School Board and was a founding member and chair of the St. Paul Community Education Advisory Council. He was a respected leader for numerous local, state and national organizations including, but not limited to the DFL party, St. Paul Labor, Veterans for Peace, Labor's Community Services Committee, St. Paul's Police Civilian Review Commission and the United Way. Wayne's greatest passions included his love of family, his commitment to the labor movement and world peace. He held firm to his belief that one voice can make a difference. He was unapologetic and consistent to his causes, regardless of popular opinion. He touched many lives and made a true difference in his community. He will be greatly missed. Celebration of Life 4-7pm Sunday February 28 at the St. Paul Labor Federation Hall, 353 W 7th St., St. Paul (note corrected address from Friday's notice). Funeral Mass 10am Monday February 29 at Our Lady of the Presentation Chapel, 1884 Randolph Ave., St. Paul with visitation 1 hour prior and 9am. Interment at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Veterans for Peace-Chapter 27 or LSRC Wayne Wittman EA Fund.
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Over the last several years, we have been offering our Farm Fresh Kids programs in a number of Glastonbury elementary schools. The programs are offered as part of the YMCA after school programs, with a group of their children joining us for a once-a-week, 6-week program.
Each program runs for up to 90 minutes and contains two hands-on activities showing how plants produce healthful food, how our farms grow and sell to local families and how this local system contributes to sound environmental practices. We cover the basics of how our food is grown and the benefits of eating locally grown, fresh, healthy food.
The children help prepare and serve a nutritious snack, using some of the fruits and vegetables highlighted in the day's program. Some of our most popular offered snacks have included raw beets (really!), home-made hummus, worm pie, and veggie-stuffed baked potato.
Our program teaches that healthy eating choices are important and can taste great, that our local farms are daily reminders of the deep agricultural roots which make up our community's cultural heritage, and that Wind Hill Farm is a model of environmental stewardship, using organic principles and no electricity with a solar-driven water system and an unheated greenhouse, and selling its produce to local families usually within minutes after it is harvested.
We plant and save seeds. We taste lettuce, basil and other greens from our raised beds. We talk about dirt, set up worm farms and explore what makes food something we like to eat.
We are working with the Glastonbury Parks & Recreation Department and the Glastonbury branch of the YMCA of Greater Hartford to offer our programs at day camps during the summer of 2017. The programs would be an extension of summer programs offered through the Glastonbury Parks & Rec during the last two summers.
What do your kids like to eat? Can we grow it? Fix fun and delicious snacks. Kids help with planting, tending and harvesting our garden. Learn about plants, soil, seeds and healthy foods while having fun. Learn about "buying local" fresh food, why it's healthier and how it contributes to sound environmental practices. Full of garden explorations, games, activities, preparing and eating farm fresh food snacks. Have fun creating your own snacks and learn to love what you make. Try locally grown beets, just-picked kale, veggie-stuffed potatoes and fresh-made hummus!


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Measuring 62' x 19', Endview is a two story frame house with a raised half English basement. Built in 1769, the house is complemented by a yard area and surrounded by woodlands and fallow agricultural fields. Historic maps identify a smokehouse, kitchen, carriage house, barn, offices, and slave quarters nearby. These are now only identifiable archaeologically. The site also includes two 19th century graveyards, a 17th century dwelling site, an archaic Indian campground, and an Woodland Indian campground.
The original house was Georgian in design. Structures of this period were usually a simple box, one room deep, with doors and windows arranged symmetrically. Because of the draftiness of this plan, an entrance "passage" then evolved, which isolated the outside air from the living areas. Additional rooms could then be added off either side, as well as stairs to a second level. Typical of the Virginia "I"-house that had by then developed, Endview has a central passage flanked by two large rooms.
Endview's front faces almost due south, allowing heating from the sun during the winter. For summer cooling, the doors at either end of the central hallway and the numerous tall windows allow maximum air movement. Additionally, the downstairs ceilings are higher allowing the hot summer air to rise above the occupants' heads.
The basement has a two bay front with bricks laid in English bond with mortar joints. The original basement had a low ceiling and could be entered only from the outside. In the late 1850s, Humphrey Harwood Curtis had the basement underpinned (dug lower) to its current level and added the bulkhead entrance and the inside stairs. The main floor and the story above are post and beam construction with weatherboard sheathing. The first floor has a three bay front with two nine over nine double hung sash windows with plain wooden surrounds. The second floor has three windows, each which are six over nine double-hung sash. The house has a shingled gable roof.
Massive T-style end chimneys are located on the exteriors of the east and west elevations. The brick course pattern on the chimneys changes from English to Flemish bond. The chimney bricks are painted white. Photographic evidence indicates they were painted as early as ca.1890.
The north and south elevations feature one-story frame porches resting on brick piers. The porches have a shingled gable roof and an undecorated pediment supported by square wooden columns. Where the porch meets the house there are decorative wooden pilasters. A four-riser stairway that provides access to the porch from ground level.
The first floor has a central hall with one room on either side. The west room, measuring 16' x 18', contains a fireplace, chair rail, and cornice. The east room, measuring 12' x 18', also has a chair rail, cornice, and fireplace. The six paneled doors, fireplace mantels, and wooden floors appear to be original in these rooms.
The center hall, measuring 9' x 18', contains the main stairwell. At the top of the stairwell is a room that may have originally served as a storage closet or entranceway to the attic. The second floor mirrors that of the first story. The west room on the second floor contains original flooring and mantel over the fireplace. An inscription on its mantel reads, "BAND OF VETERANS FROM C 1 M R" which could be interpreted as Company C of the 1st New York Mounted Rifles (a cavalry unit from around Oneida, New York which was stationed at Endview).
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BTW: the drawing set was done by Gerard Delacroix (@G. DELACROIX ), who is member here in our forum.
Two questions: Did you make the model in scale 1:36 like the original drawings?
And did you make / turn the cannon by yourself or did you use a supplier?
Thank you Uwe, the model is made 1:36 and the cannon is made by a modeller friend from Toledo, José Collado. Without asking for anything in return.
Hola compañero, un trabajo muy conseguido… te felicito.


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Mexico's president channels Trump as he targets his country's electoral system
Although former president Donald Trump's Stop the Steal campaign failed this month to undermine the U.S. electoral system from the outside, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has also set his sights on dismantling his country's independent elections authority. He may succeed.
In 30 years, Mexico progressed from a 1-party state to free, fair elections, but that progress is now at risk
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A crowd of protesters — estimated by the Mexican government at about 60,000 and by organizers at closer to half a million — march in defence of Mexico's National Elections Institute in Mexico City on Nov. 13. (Marco Ugarte/The Associated Press)
Canadians have gotten used to a certain politician south of the border who has a habit of only accepting election results when he wins, who invites his followers to lay siege to the capital when he loses, and who seeks to replace neutral election officials with people loyal to him.
In fact, there are two such leaders on the continent. One just saw his prestige within the Republican Party take a beating in the U.S. midterm elections. The other is Andrés Manuel López Obrador — still riding high as elected president of Mexico.
Donald Trump failed thoroughly this month to undermine the U.S. electoral system from the outside. But López Obrador — better know in his country as AMLO — is in a far stronger position as a sitting president with Mexico's congress on his side, and he has set his sights on dismantling the country's independent elections authority.
An unexpected kinship
Speaking in New York City this week, former U.S. president Barack Obama warned that "the threat to democracy doesn't always run along a conservative/liberal, left/right axis. This has nothing to do with traditional partisan lines or policy preferences. What we are seeing, what's being challenged, are the foundational principles of democracy itself."
Obama could have been describing the curious affinity between Donald Trump and AMLO, who inhabit different ends of the left-right spectrum but who share a tendency to challenge principles of free elections and declare electoral institutions to be corrupt.
Then-U.S. president Donald Trump, right, speaks next to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador before signing a joint declaration in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 8, 2020. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Trump has referred to AMLO as a "socialist" but also a "good guy," a "great gentleman" and a "friend of mine." On Tuesday, AMLO seemed to sympathize with Trump's current struggles: "He's a capitalist and he's not perfect, but he's a good person and I respect him."
Both men have used the language of "only I can fix it" to describe their missions to weed out the supposed "deep state" actors they claim are flouting the true will of the people. In AMLO's case, the deep state is embodied by Mexico's National Electoral Institute, the country's equivalent of Elections Canada, known by its Spanish-language acronym INE.
'Hands off the INE'
This weekend, Mexico City and two dozen regional centres saw massive protests under the slogan "Hands off the INE." The protests brought hundreds of thousands of Mexicans into the streets — the biggest popular challenge AMLO has faced since winning office in 2018.
AMLO dismissed the marchers' concerns about the INE as "just an excuse."
"Those who marched yesterday did it because they are against the transformation that is taking place in this country," he said at his morning news conference. "They did it in favour of corruption. They did it in favour of racism."
López Obrador points to photos of the 'Hands off the INE' protest during his daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Nov. 14. He accused the marchers of supporting 'corruption.' (Marco Ugarte/The Associated Press)
The INE, previously called the Federal Electoral Institute, began life in 1990 at the beginning of Mexico's transition away from one-party rule.
The INE worked to change a political system that for seven decades offered only a simulacrum of democracy. And it succeeded: the past three elections have seen each of Mexico's three main parties win office in turn, with peaceful transfers of power each time.
AMLO has a history of poor relations with, and allegations against, the INE.
During the 1990s, the Party of the Democratic Revolution, of which AMLO was a member, enjoyed several victories at the state level. But AMLO lost on the two occasions he ran for governor in his own state of Tabasco, and on both occasions he claimed fraud — a pattern he would repeat throughout his political career.
AMLO cries foul
In 2000, AMLO was elected mayor of Mexico City, a job he held with considerable success and high approval ratings. That left him ready to mount a presidential campaign in 2006 which saw him run neck-and-neck against Felipe Calderón of the centre-right National Action Party.
When the federal election authority declared Calderón had prevailed by a quarter of a million votes (0.58 per cent of the total) in an election that European Union observers declared to be fair, AMLO called on his supporters to set up a permanent protest camp in the centre of Mexico City. That blockade remained in place for 48 days, causing serious financial losses in the city.
In 2006, AMLO called on his supporters to occupy the Zocalo, the main square of Mexico City, to protest what he claimed was electoral fraud denying him the presidency. (Gisela Ishihara )
AMLO continued to be a fixture on the Mexican political scene until the stars finally aligned for him with a new party of his own creation — MORENA — four years ago.
"The great paradox," former Mexican ambassador to Washington Arturo Sarukhan told CBC News, "is that López Obrador himself is president today in Mexico thanks to these institutions that were created over the past two or three decades in Mexico, and which allowed for electoral processes to be run cleanly, fairly, transparently."
Other countries drawn into dispute
AMLO is proposing to eliminate the INE and replace it with a new body over which he would have considerable control. The seven individuals who would run the new elections agency — individuals AMLO has said would be chosen by "the people" in some unspecified way — would come from a group of 60 nominees.
Twenty of those nominees would be chosen by the executive (controlled by AMLO), 20 would be chosen by congress and the senate, and the remaining 20 would be picked by the judiciary.
Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden are expected to travel to Mexico next month for the traditional "Three Amigos" summit.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and López Obrador pose for a photo before a meeting on Nov. 18, 2021 in Washington. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Although Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly met with her Mexican counterpart Marcelo Ebrard this week at the G20, threats to the independence of Mexico's election body were not among the topics they discussed.
But the U.S. government has been drawn into the fray.
"Independent institutions free of political influence are a cornerstone of democracy, and non-partisan electoral institutions in particular ensure that all voices are heard in fundamental democratic processes," said a statement from the U.S. State Department.
The Russian Embassy in Mexico City, eager to curry favour with a Mexican president who has described Vladimir Putin as "a friend," subsequently denounced "another intervention in Mexico's internal affairs by the government of the United States.
"This time, the representatives of a 'free democracy' have decided to advise Mexico on the best way to carry out electoral reform," the embassy said in a media statement.
Also speaking out on the proposed changes is the European Union, which instructed its Venice Commission of constitutional experts to look at the proposed changes.
"This reform, if adopted, will radically change the electoral system in Mexico and the management of its electoral process," they concluded.
"Previously all constitutional electoral reforms had been proposed by the opposition. This is the first time that the president, whose political supporters have the majority in the Congress, initiates such ambitious constitutional changes, which will significantly affect the next elections to take place in 2024."
The commission said the reform law "should be reconsidered as it is not in line with the international standards and best practices in the electoral field."
The 'Fourth Transformation'
AMLO does not see himself as merely another in a long line of presidential administrators, but rather as a historic figure whose arrival has inaugurated what he calls the "Fourth Transformation" of Mexico (the first three being the War of Independence begun in 1810, the reforms of Benito Juarez in the mid-19th century, and the Mexican Revolution of 1910).
That grandiose vision, combined with his history of disputing election results, leads some Mexicans to fear what AMLO might do as he approaches the end of his six-year term.
Some of his critics see his plan to abolish Mexico's independent election authority as part of a plan to smooth the path of an anointed successor, or perhaps even to try to hang on to power himself — even though Mexico's constitution strictly forbids a second run for office.
AMLO has denied any such intent, saying that the INE is "corrupt" and he merely wants to clean it up while streamlining the system for electing the Mexican congress.
'Return to the past'
At the weekend's mass rally at Mexico City's Angel of Independence monument, former head of INE José Woldenberg reminded the crowd how the independent authority had transformed Mexico since the 1970s.
"As a country, we were able to build a budding democracy. We left behind the country of only one party, of oppressive presidentialism, of elections without real options or competition," he said.
"I want to call your attention to one fact: peaceful, constitutional transfer of presidential power occurred, for the first time in Mexico, thanks to that democratizing process. In almost 200 years of independent life, our country had never achieved it.
"Mexico cannot go back to an electoral institution aligned with the government, incapable of guaranteeing impartiality in the whole electoral process. Our country doesn't deserve to return to the past."
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AMLO's supporters don't appear to acknowledge the progress of the past 30 years, Sarukhan said.
"It's like the debate between creationists and evolutionists. Many Mexicans, including yours truly, believe that democracy has been slowly evolving in Mexico over the past decades," he told CBC News. "Central to this has been the slow creation, modernization of a fully autonomous, effective centralized electoral authority.
"López Obrador believes that democracy in Mexico started with his electoral victory."
This week, AMLO organized his own march to the Angel of Independence for November 27, inviting his followers to show support for the proposed overhaul and promising to create a new corps of "incorruptible" election overseers, "not lackeys, employees of the oligarchy, people without moral scruples."
Evan Dyer
Evan Dyer has been a journalist with CBC for 25 years, after an early career as a freelancer in Argentina. He works in the Parliamentary Bureau and can be reached at evan.dyer@cbc.ca.


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Why The 2015 Texas Rangers are the Most Surprising Story in Baseball
October 21, 2015 June 13, 2016 Author by Charles NichelsonPosted in MLB, Sports
The 2015 Texas Rangers and their fans had very little hope this season. Coming off a 67-win season with no blockbuster free agent deals, there was not a lot of reason for optimism. Then Yu Darvish went down for the year in spring training and pretty much every one around the MLB agreed that the Rangers ship had sailed. They would have to start rebuilding with a new manager and the Championship aspirations spawned from success from 2010-2012 were over. It would not have been unreasonable for the front office to have called it quits and hit the reboot button on the franchise. They had enough young talent like Joey Gallo that they could begin building for later and tell the fans to exhibit the toughest trait in sports, patience. Honestly, after an 8-16 start headed into a series against the up and coming Houston Astros, it felt like that is what was happening. Then Jeff Banister happened.
Jeff Banister was never a great pro. While he did manage to bat 1.000 for his career(1 for 1 in his lone major league game), he was never flashy. He may not be as good as manager as Ron Washington, former Ranger's skipper, but he is just what the Rangers needed. He was stable and his only focus all year as a 1st time MLB manager was winning games. This is a huge reason why many have him on the short list for AL Manager of the Year candidates. He was the stable voice that turned a team, that did not get permanently above .500 until August 15th, into a divisional champion. He did not do it alone though.
You can also give a lot of credit to Jon Daniels, a pretty well-respected General Manager around the league. Many people were confident he would turn this organization around, eventually. He sure out performed expectations. He made a lot of good moves. Starting with hiring Banister and acquiring Delino DeShields through the Rule 5 draft. He also added Cole Hamels, Jake Diekman, Mike Napoli and Sam Dyson via trade. The Cole Hamels trade has even greater value because he was not just an high-level mid-season rental, but a multi-year addition that did not cost the Rangers any truly elite prospects. This is the greatest kind of addition because instead of mortgaging the future, he improved the present and down the road.
Even with those huge changes, the Rangers were not really primed to be contenders. The Mariners were preseason favorites, the Angels had Mike Trout, and the Astros had some of the best young talent in baseball. What really put the Rangers over the hump was Rougned Odor filling the shoes everyone thought Jurickson Profar would be wearing, an MVP effort by Prince Fielder(he would be a candidate, but Josh Donaldson had a monster year), great second-halves from Shin-Soo Choo and Elvis Andrus, and consistent play from Adrian Beltre. While Adrian Beltre played through more injury during the ALDS, that was only reaffirmation to Rangers' fans who took witness all year to Beltre's resiliency.
Now Jeff Banister, Jon Daniels, and the Rangers' 46-28 record after the All-Star Break are impressive enough on their own, but if you factor in what the Rangers have been through since 2010. Their rise, fall, and return. They are a championship away from becoming the best story of the decade and their influx of young talent, new-found consistency between the front office and manager, and with Yu Darvish and Cole Hamels set to become the 2-headed monster that Greinke and Kershaw were this season, do not be surprised if they are raising the trophy in the fall of 2016. The Rangers turn around this season was the most surprising story in baseball all year and it should continue to be intriguing in 2016.
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Cambridge's $16.9M Skilled Nursing Closing; Betting on QIPP in Texas [UPDATED]
By Alex Spanko | January 12, 2021 January 14, 2021
The Chicago-based Cambridge Realty Capital announced a host of skilled nursing deal closings completed during the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing the lender's total to $415 million for the year.
The largest of those transactions involved $16.9 million for Manor Court* of Peru, Ill., a campus with 94 skilled beds, 68 assisted living units, and 36 sheltered care beds. Cambridge also landed $9.7 million for the 164-bed Orchard Villa in Oregon, Ohio, and $10.6 million for the 76-bed Hawthorn Inn of Danville, Ill.
In all, Cambridge closed 13 deals with a price tag of $100 million in the final quarter of 2020, a year that saw the company oversee financing for 40 properties with a total of about 5,200 beds.
"It has been anything but a so-called 'normal' year, so the fact that we are able to report the numbers we have is both humbling and gratifying," Cambridge president Jeffrey Davis said in a statement.
The 40 buildings, consisting primarily of nursing home assets, represent the second-highest annual deal volume in Cambridge's history.
"It's remarkable, and it speaks to the relative stability of the senior living industry, as well as its importance and necessity," Davis said.
Blueprint's QIPP Deal
Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors recently closed a pair of skilled nursing facility deals, including one with potential Medicaid upside.
The Chicago-based brokerage handled the transfer of the 143-bed Blanco Villa Nursing and Rehabilitation in San Antonio, Texas, on behalf of a real estate investment trust (REIT) looking to find a new operator.
Originally built in 1967, the facility has a four-star rating from the federal government and is located within 10 miles of a trio of regional hospitals.
Blueprint landed on a Houston-area provider to take over the facility, with the goal of increasing census and capitalizing on its enrollment in the Texas Quality Incentive Payment Program, or QIPP — a novel Medicaid program that rewards operators with higher rates for hitting certain performance benchmarks.
The brokerage also closed on the sale of a pair of skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts: the 106-bed Keystone Center in Leominster and the 96-bed Wachusett Manor in Gardiner.
The facilities' private-equity owner was seeking an exit after acquiring the buildings as part of a larger portfolio in 2016; Blueprint located a Massachusetts-based ownership group with an operating partner looking to expand in Western Massachusetts.
Plains Negotiates Oklahoma Exit
Plains Commercial Real Estate announced the sale of the Fairland Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Fairland, Okla.
The Oklahoma City-based Plains Commercial handled the deal on behalf of a longtime owner-operator looking to retire from the sector.
Investment firm Selectis Health purchased the facility, which fit into its existing geographic footprint of health care properties.
Despite closing during the coronavirus pandemic, the facility remained COVID-free throughout the sale process, according to Plains Commercial.
Plains Commercial partner Daniel Morris led the deal for the real estate firm.
Editor's note: Due to a submission error, a previous version of this story misstated the name of the facility in Peru, Ill.; it is Manor Court of Peru, not ManorCare. SNN regrets the error.
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Alex Spanko
Alex covers the skilled nursing industry for Aging Media Network, with a particular focus on the intersection of finance and policy. Outside of work, he reads nonfiction, experiments in the kitchen, enjoys pretty much any type of whiskey or scotch, and yells at Mets games from his couch — often all at once.
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Piestewa Peak (voorheen Squaw Peak) is een 795 meter hoge berg in de Amerikaanse staat Arizona. Het is de op een na hoogste berg in de Phoenix Mountains, Camelback Mountain is de hoogste. Het is de derde berg in Phoenix, Arizona. De berg  heeft op initiatief van gouverneur Janet Napolitano de nieuwe naam gekregen.

Naam
De huidige naam van de berg is een vernoeming naar Lori Ann Piestewa, een vrouwelijke soldaat van inheemse afkomst. Zij is als eerste vrouw en als eerste soldaat van inheemse afkomst gesneuveld in Irak. Piestewa is in Tuba City, Arizona, geboren op 14 december 1979 en gestorven op 23 maart 2003 in Irak. Het konvooi waar zij zich in bevond reed in een hinderlaag in Nasiriyah, nadat het een verkeerde afslag nam. Om Piestewa te herinneren en de nieuwe naam van de berg meer te benadrukken, staat op de top een bord gemaakt door Ty Pennington, Paul DiMeo en Tracy McQueen van het programma Extreme Makeover: Home Edition van de Amerikaanse zender ABC.

Op het bord staat, in het Engels: In memory of Lori Piestewa daughter, mother and warrior.

In het Nederlands: Ter nagedachtenis aan Lori Piestewa dochter, moeder en strijder.

Natuurhistorie
Piestewa Peak is een relatief jonge landvorm. Het is ongeveer 14 miljoen jaar geleden gevormd uit veel ouder gesteente, merendeels uit schist.

De flora in dit gebied is typisch voor de lage Sonorawoestijn en bevat bijna alle soorten van de Arizona cactussen, zoals de saguaro, barrel, hedgehog, pincushion, jumping cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida) en prickly pear. Bomen en kleurrijke struiken zoals de mesquite, ironwood trees, creosote, ocotillo, brittle bush en woestijn lavendel. Bloeiende planten komen in de vroege lente veel voor, ook de Mexicaanse gouden klaproos (diep geel), brittlebush (Encelia farinosa, geelkleurig), lupine (paars tinten), woestijn globemallow (oranje) en 'scorpionweed' (Phacelia, paars). Amsinckia en Lesquerella bloeien ook in sommige gebieden. Deze komen bij de vele soorten van bloeiende cactussen.

Reptielen en ander wild dat leeft in het reservaat zijn onder andere gilamonsters en de gewone chuckwallachuckwalla. Men kan ook ratelslangen tegenkomen. De zoogdierfauna bestaat uit coyotes, prairiehazen, grondeekhoorns en de grootoorkitvossen. Er zijn meer dan 54 soorten vogels, van de kalkoengier tot de spotlijster en verschillende vormen van uilen, haviken en sperwers.

Wandelen
De Piestewa Peak Top Route (hoogtewinst is ruim 362 meter in 1,9 kilometer) wordt duizenden keren per week beklommen door mensen uit de buurt en bezoekers die een cardio-training, mooi uitzicht of een familie-uitje zoeken. Desondanks bereiken weinigen de top (of doen een serieuze poging daartoe) omdat het pad moeilijker is dan het lijkt, al helemaal in de zomer wanneer de temperatuur ruim boven de 40°C komt. Onderweg is geen water te vinden, hierdoor is uitdroging een veelvoorkomend en serieus probleem voor de wandelaars die onvoorbereid aan de beklimming beginnen.

Externe links
City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation website
Phoenix Mountains Preserve, satellite images
Piestewa Peak hiking information
Stars and Stripes flying over Piestewa Peak

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LAMMA '16, the UK's leading farm machinery services and equipment show is shaping up the to be bigger than ever before. Already nearly 500 companies have committed to taking stands with 60,000 plus square meters of space already booked up.
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Alvados e Alcaria (llamada oficialmente União das Freguesias de Alvados e Alcaria) es una freguesia portuguesa del municipio de Porto de Mós, distrito de Leiría.

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Fue creada el 28 de enero de 2013 en aplicación de una resolución de la Asamblea de la República de Portugal promulgada el 16 de enero de 2013 con la unión de las freguesias de Alcaria y Alvados, pasando su sede a estar situada en la antigua freguesia de Alvados.

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A Verizon report has suggested that cyber-thieves are sticking to email as their preferred way to trick victims into falling for scams. The online crime groups were shunning mobiles and newer technologies in favour of phishing campaigns, said the report from Verizon. The annual analysis catalogues more than 100,000 security incidents that hit thousands of companies in 2015. Almost 90% of the incidents involved attempts to steal cash, it said.
The gangs were sticking to booby-trapped emails because they were proving increasingly effective, said Marc Spitler, lead author on the report. So far, there was little evidence novel technologies involving net-connected gadgets or smartphones were becoming a popular attack route. About 30% of phishing emails had been opened by people in targeted organisations in 2015, said the report, up from 23% in 2014. And, of the scam emails opened, about 13% had been able to launch malware because staff had run the attachments they had carried. This meant, said Mr Spitler, it often took just minutes for criminals to compromise the network of a targeted company.
"If an attack works, then it works very quickly. The phishing email typically leads to the installation of malware or the compromise of a user's PC by some sort of malicious code that can establish control or persistence on a network," said Mr Spitler. Unfortunately, he added, although companies fell victim quickly, they could take far longer to notice they had been breached. Statistics gathered for the Verizon report suggest 84% of the organisations questioned took weeks to spot that criminals had won access to internal systems.


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Speaking to Darren Reardon it's hard to believe he's been in the one job for twenty six years. For a start he doesn't look old enough! But more than a quarter of a century with one company is exactly what he's done. And it's the only employer he's ever worked for. There's got to be a secret to that!
"Well, for a start it's been an ever changing, evolving challenge. It's never the same and it never will be. I'm lucky to work for an employer who feeds my need for constant change and that complements my competitive nature!" Darren was happy to relate.
K&D (or more formally Kemp and Denning Limited) are a local institution in the building trade and its associated products and services. They've been part of the Tasmanian landscape since 1902, not a bad innings in anyone's language.
Darren began his career back in the 80's working in their admin area, straight out of Matriculation College. But it wasn't long before he was back in the classroom first at night school, then a University course, where he majored in Commerce and Marketing. He made progress through the ranks to eventually take on his current role as HR Manager for the business. With K&D employing well over 300 Tasmanians and with a sales last year of $91.7 million, they're a major player in their market sector, as Darren well knows.
"That's what keeps me going. The competition is tough, the economy isn't great, and we need to be proactive, reactive, aggressive and progressive all at the same time," he said, with a give-away grin that gives an insight into his own 'play-to-win' personality. So we now know what makes him fire up, but what are the downsides?
Darren summed it up quickly . . .
"In a word…compliance. It's a damn site harder than it ever was and the goal posts keep changing constantly. It's hard to keep up and it's probably the least enjoyable part of what I do." Here, here.
But what does Darren actually do in his wide ranging role?
"Well, I'm involved in industrial relations issues, workplace agreements and negotiations, training and development, health and safety matters, performance monitoring, but…thankfully I don't get involved in hiring employees. That's for the Store Managers to look after. I think I've got enough to keep me busy!"
Which brings us to the relationship Darren has with Workskills.
"I was 'doorknocked' back in 2006 and we've built up a strong rapport ever since. I thought the service offering was unique and useful. It's remained so to this day. I was surprised to reflect recently on the fact we've had over 24 job placements to date through Workskills since that time. And the outcomes have been surprisingly good. Beyond that Darren and Workskills share advice and information, with Workskills even assisted with redundancy issues and advice for a group of K&D employees when production of bricks and pavers ceased early in 2012. Darren is more than happy to deal exclusively with Workskills.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it. It just works so well." he said. Sharing common values and goals helps a lot.
Both companies enjoy special relationships with the communities they operate within.
"It's a family culture here, said Darren. "If people don't like it or can't fit in they will no doubt move on but that's rare. There's a lot of people here, not just me, who had a very long tenure which the business. They're truly valued and that helps to keep us all loyal and committed."
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