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Posted on October 2, 2018 October 2, 2018 by Jeremy Glazier
Back in April I saw Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown open up for Blackberry Smoke and while I had their album, the live show was amazing and really made me a fan of their music. After their set I talked to Caleb Crosby, drummer and co founding member of the band, and told him I'd shoot over some questions if they were up for it. They have been a little buys touring Europe with Guns and Roses and now back in the US again, but Caleb took the time to finish up the questions and got them over to me this past week.
Photo by Cheri Poock
JG: With you and Tyler being the first 2 guys in the band, and starting off pretty young, how did the "sound/vibe" of your music evolve from when you guys started the band? Did you guys have a specific sound you were chasing or just started writing and what we hear at the shows is what came out?
CC: When we first started, we definitely had a strong blues influence, with a slight tilt. Bottom line — we just wanted to rock. But our sound is always changing. We never think too much about it. We have always just created what feels good in that moment. And it's all evolved into something different today. We are definitely more song driven. Each road experience we have leads to new approaches to songwriting – resulting in different vibes. At the end of the day, we just want to constantly make honest music that is fun and transparent.
JG: It was super refreshing to see and hear real Rock and Roll. What kind of response do you guys get to your music and are you surprised by the fan base that you have?
CC: I wouldn't say surprised, but we are humbled when people come to our shows and buy our albums. Outside of the US (South America, Europe and the U.K.) especially, we have felt a huge growth in the last two years. Showing up to a place we've never been before and having a big turnout… that's a great feeling. A buddy in Billy Gibbon's band said to me one time – "The music travels more than we do."
And I've realized the more we travel how true that really is.
JG: I saw that the bus/van broke down a while back and Tyler had to go ahead of you guys and do the gig solo. While I'm sure you guys were bummed out to not be able to preform as a band, it really shows a huge level of respect and trust as a band to do that and I commend you all on that decision. When this stuff comes up on the road, how do you guys make the call? (View Video Here)
CC: We just decide what is best for each situation. We may come to a different conclusion tomorrow if it happened again.
As long as Tyler is there singing and slinging, we are good.
JG: Along those lines are you guys setting up and tearing down at each gig of is there a crew you travel with?
CC: Depends on the tour. We have our crew that is different personnel based on where the tour is. But we definitely have our core family that is always with us. Our stage manager/tech – someone that wears many hats, "Logie T" – has been with us for five years. We don't know what we would do without him. It's important to keep your family close and consistent.
We value that.
JG: When you're on the road and wrap up a show at midnight or 1 am will you guys get in the bus and try to write or is it just too hectic to get anything done?
CC: A lot of times it is difficult to write on the road. But it definitely does happen occasionally. We use soundcheck as a time to flesh out ideas, throw paint and see what sticks. Tyler has a mobile rig handy just in case something needs to be recorded. Inspiration can come from anywhere at anytime. It's important to always be ready.
JG: You guys have obviously been at this for a while and opened for Guns n Roses again this past summer. Are GnR, Aerosmith, or Blackberry Smoke, the pinnacle of where you guys want to be right now?
CC: We want to be headlining the same venues we are playing with these bands. The theaters with Blackberry Smoke, the arenas with Aerosmith, the stadiums with GNR… And we won't stop until we do. That is the goal.
Photo by Maron Stills
JG: I've seen R&R bands like Guns n Roses come in like a hurricane and then get slowly moved off the radio and replaced with the current line up of "hit makers". What bands are you guys seeing out there or who do you listen to that, like you guys, are picking up the mantle that's been left and resurrecting guitar driven music?
CC: There are a lot of bands out that are carrying the torch. Rock isn't dead.
Rival Sons, Blackberry Smoke, Royal Blood, The Struts, Greta Van Fleet.
This new wave of rock recognition feels good. Very refreshing. People still want to hear the human element in music. Something that is raw and honest. And being a part of that movement is very exciting.
Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown bring serious heat to each performance and I look forward to catching them again on their current tour with Clutch and Sevendust. They continue to hold their own with serious heavy weights and prove night after night that they are what Rock and Roll is, was, and will always continue to be.
Posted in Musical MusingsTagged Aerosmith, Blackberry Smoke, blues, Caleb Crosby, Guns N Roses, Independent Writing, Rock and Roll, Tyler Bryant and The Shakedown
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Ben And Jerry's Rockstar Designer Quits Over Company's Anti-Zionism
Ben and Jerry's real claim to fame is their brilliant and effective marketing campaigns, with bright logos and brilliant, fun names for their regular old ice cream. Recently the company entered into a Public Relations disaster by divesting from selling their product for an unpopular political reason, and their best artist quit.
Susannah Levin, who has been working with the ice cream giant for 21 years, severs ties with the company "effective immediately," asserting that "anti-Zionism is the new antisemitism." Ben & Jerry's move "is part of this despicable trend and I will have no part of it."
According to Levin's Linkedin:
Freelance Graphic Designer
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
Dates EmployedAug 2000 – Present
Employment Duration21 yrs
LocationAlbany NY
Design and Art Direct all forms of communication, including packaging, point-of-sale, in-store marketing, brochures & web support. I have a specialization in illustration, especially of celebrity & executive portraits
The Times of Isreal reported on Sunday:
"Longtime graphic designer for Ben & Jerry's quits over settlement boycott NY-based Susannah Levin, a contractor for the company, says decision by ice cream giant is part of 'despicable trend' of anti-Zionism"
A longtime graphic designer for ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's announced that she is quitting the company after 21 years, saying its decision to halt sales in Israeli settlements was part of a "despicable trend" of anti-Zionism, which she believes to be a new form of antisemitism.
Susannah Levin of New York has worked as a contractor for Ben & Jerry's since 2000. This week she announced on Facebook that she left the company.
"Effective immediately, I have quit my job of 21 years at Ben & Jerry's, over the statement on Israel. If you want to get an idea of why, please watch this wonderful video by the great Rabbi Jonathon [sic] Sacks," Levin wrote.
She then linked to a five-minute video of the late Lord Sacks speaking about the connection between antisemitism and anti-Zionism.
"He explains how anti-Zionism IS the new antisemitism. My company's response is part of this despicable trend and I will have no part of it," wrote Levin in her post.
Ben & Jerry's announced on Monday that it will no longer sell its products in the "Occupied Palestinian Territory," apparently referring to West Bank settlements and East Jerusalem.
The announcement triggered a storm on social media and a row with the Israeli government, which has condemned the decision, accusing the company of joining a global Palestinian-led boycott movement against Israel.
"We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry's ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). We also hear and recognize the concerns shared with us by our fans and trusted partners," the company said.
Ben & Jerry's Israeli manufacturer opposes the decision and has vowed to continue to sell throughout all of Israel for the remainder of its contract.
Jerusalem has meanwhile urged 35 American states with anti-boycott laws to punish Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry's.
The chief executive of Unilever said on Thursday that the global consumer goods giant remains "fully committed" to doing business in Israel, distancing himself from the Ben & Jerry's announcement.
But CEO Alan Jope gave no indication that Unilever would force Ben & Jerry's to roll back its controversial decision. In a conference call with investors, Jope said that Ben & Jerry's, which has a long history of social activism, made the decision on its own.
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I am sure that Members across the House will wish to join me in marking Holocaust Memorial Day this Sunday. It is an opportunity for us to remember all those who suffered in the holocaust and in subsequent genocides around the world. It is a reminder that we must all challenge and condemn prejudice and hatred wherever it is found.
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As he points out, Scotland held a referendum in 2014. It was legal, fair and decisive, and the people clearly voted for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom. More than that, at the last general election, the people of Scotland again sent a very clear message that they do not want a second divisive referendum, but the SNP sadly is out of touch with the people of Scotland and has not yet heard that message. The last thing we want is a second independence referendum. The United Kingdom should be pulling together, and should not be being driven apart.
Sunday is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time for us all to reflect on the horrors of genocide and to recommit to never again allowing the poison of antisemitism and racism to disfigure our society in any way. The Prime Minister was also right to acknowledge the other genocides that have happened since the second world war. It is up to us to try to prevent such horrors from ever happening again anywhere in the world.
After the overwhelming defeat of the Prime Minister's deal, she says she wants solutions to the Brexit crisis that command sufficient support in the House. The Chancellor and the Business Secretary agree that there is a "large majority" in the Commons opposed to no deal, so will the Prime Minister listen to her own Cabinet members and take no deal off the table?
What I, members of the Cabinet and the whole Government are doing is working to ensure that we leave the European Union with a deal. That is the way to avoid no deal: to leave the European Union with a deal. I say to the right hon. Gentleman that what I have wanted to do—I have been doing it with Members across the House—is sit down and talk about how we can secure support in this House for a deal. He has been willing to sit down with Hamas, Hezbollah and the IRA without preconditions, yet he will not meet me to talk about Brexit. In this case, he is neither present nor involved.
Actually I reached out to the Prime Minister last September when I offered to discuss our deals with her. It appears that, while the door to her office may well be open, the minds inside it are completely closed. She has shown no flexibility whatsoever on taking no deal off the table.
"would have the effect of removing the threat of no deal...which is binding and effective".
Given that those amendments are now tabled, will the Prime Minister confirm that, if passed, they would rule out no deal?
We have seen amendments that seek to engineer a situation in which article 50 is extended. That does not solve the issue that there will always be a point of decision. The decision remains the same: no deal, a deal or no Brexit. I am delivering on Brexit. I want to do it with a deal. Why will the right hon. Gentleman not come and meet me and talk about it?
The only consistency in the Prime Minister's strategy seems to be running down the clock by threatening no deal as an alternative to her dead deal.
The CBI says that the "projected impact" of no deal on the UK economy "would be devastating". Leaving with no deal would be a hammer blow to manufacturing in this country, costing jobs and damaging living standards.
"I don't think we can".
However, that same day, the Leader of the House said that we cannot be in a customs union. Can the Prime Minister be clear? Do her Government rule out a customs union with the European Union?
The right hon. Gentleman talks about a customs union and I note that he has tabled an amendment. The Labour party used to refer to a comprehensive customs union, then it was a new customs union and now it is a permanent customs union, but the question—[Interruption.] I am happy to sit down to talk to him about what he means by that. Does he mean accepting the common external tariff? Does he mean accepting the common commercial policy? Does he mean accepting the Union customs code? Does he mean accepting EU state aid rules? If he will not talk about it, there is only one conclusion: he hasn't got a clue.
My question was: does the Prime Minister rule in or rule out a customs union? It is not complicated. She could have said yes, she could have said no. It is a key part of what Labour is putting forward and it is backed by the TUC, representing millions of workers; by the CBI, representing thousands of businesses; by the First Ministers of Wales and Scotland; and indeed by many members of her own party, including apparently her own chief of staff. So can the Prime Minister explain why she is ruling out a customs union as a solution to the crisis? She could for once actually answer the question.
Perhaps I can try to help the right hon. Gentleman here. When many people talk about a customs union, what they want to ensure is that businesses can export to the EU without facing tariffs, quotas or rules-of-origin checks. I agree, and the deal we negotiated delivers just that, but it also allows us to have an independent trade policy and to do our own trade deals with the rest of the world—the benefits of a customs union and the benefits of our own trade policy.
So why is the Prime Minister prepared to sell people's jobs and living standards down the river, rather than negotiating a customs union that would be part of a sensible deal for the future?
The deal that we negotiated did protect jobs—[Interruption.] And it was rejected by this House. There are some specific issues that Members across this House have raised in relation to that deal and we work on those. We have already responded on a number of issues—parliamentary involvement, workers' rights, citizens' rights—as a result of the conversations that we have had with Members of this House. What we want to ensure is that we get a deal that protects jobs, but the right hon. Gentleman is doing exactly what he always does. He just stands up and uses these phrases. The honest answer is that I do not think he knows what those phrases mean and what the implications of those phrases are. We will be protecting jobs in the UK with a good trade relationship with the European Union—enhancing and increasing jobs in the UK, and by the way I see that the right hon. Gentleman has not referred to this week's employment figures, which show employment up in this country as a result of this Government.
Order. People making an extraordinary noise from a sedentary position do not have the slightest prospect of being called to ask a question, unless it is on the Order Paper. I hope that they realise that and recognise their own folly.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Across the country, people are worried about public services, their living standards and rising levels of personal debt. While a third of the Prime Minister's Government are at the billionaires' jamboree in Davos, she says she is listening, but rules out changes on the two issues where there might be a majority: against no deal and for a customs union—part of Labour's sensible Brexit alternative. If the Prime Minister is serious about finding a solution, which of her red lines is she prepared to abandon? Could she name a single one?
The right hon. Gentleman makes claims about minds being closed and asks about red lines. Why does he not come and talk about it? He talks about what people up and down this country are seeing. I will tell him what we have just seen this week: borrowing this year at its lowest level for 16 years; the International Monetary Fund saying we will grow faster than Germany, Italy and Japan this year; UN figures showing foreign direct investment in the UK up last year; the employment rate up; the number of people in work up; and wages up—and the biggest threat to all of that would be a Labour Government.
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Not just he, I and all Conservative Members, but all Labour Members stood on manifesto pledges to respect the result of the referendum and to leave the EU. I have set out several times my concern about returning to the British people in a second referendum. People sent a clear message. We asked them to make a choice, they made that choice, and we should deliver on it.
I join the Prime Minister in marking Holocaust Memorial Day. It is important that we reflect on man's inhumanity to man at that time and subsequently, most recently towards the Rohingya people. More must be done to eradicate the risk of genocide that is suffered by peoples throughout the world.
Last November, the Government published an economic analysis of Brexit that looked at four scenarios, but it did not include the Prime Minister's deal. Has she done an economic analysis of her deal?
The right hon. Gentleman obviously looked carefully at the economic analysis, and he will have seen that it looked at the impact of different issues in relation to the trade relationship and set that out very clearly. It made it absolutely clear that the proposal the Government had put on the table was the best in terms of delivering on the referendum result, maintaining people's jobs and enhancing the economy.
I can only take it from that answer that there is no analysis of the Government's plan. According to the paper last November, Brexit will lead to the loss of up to 9% of GDP throughout the UK. That will cost jobs. It is the height of irresponsibility for the Prime Minister to bring to Parliament a deal for which we have not seen the economic impact. People up and down the UK are going to lose their jobs and economic opportunities because of the ideology of this Government. It is important that the House reflects on that and on the economic security of our citizens. We have to be honest with people. We need to go back to them, have a people's vote and let them determine what should happen.
We have been reflecting on the economic security of our citizens across the whole of the UK, and that is why we put forward the proposals that we did last summer and why the proposals in the deal—in the political declaration—we negotiated with the EU set out an ambitious future trade deal. If the right hon. Gentleman wants to reflect on the interests of the citizens of Scotland, he should reflect on the fact that being part of the UK—[Interruption.] He says he wants to know the figures and the economic analysis. In that case, it is no good his dismissing the figures and the economic analysis that show that being part of the UK is worth £10 billion in additional public spending and nearly £1,900 for every single person in Scotland. If he is interested in economics, he should want to stay in the UK and stop his policy of independence.
Yes. My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is not just an arbitrary date. It is a date to which the House effectively agreed when it triggered article 50, because it understood that the article 50 process was a two-year process, and, as I said in response to the Leader of the Opposition, that process will end on 29 March 2019. I do not believe that extending article 50 resolves any issues, because at some point Members must decide whether they want a no-deal situation, to agree a deal, or to have no Brexit.
Let me first thank Denis for his commitment to serving in our armed forces. All our armed forces do an incredibly important and brave job for us.
I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will not expect me to be able to look at the details of the case at the Dispatch Box on the Floor of the House, but I will ask the Home Secretary to look into it and respond to him.
I have heard some job applications in my time, but that was quite an interesting one.
My position, and the position of this Government and Ministers across this Government, is very clear. It is our duty to deliver on the vote of the British people to leave the European Union, and the two-year process ends on 29 March. That is the position of the Government. Of course I am always happy to consider job applications from my hon. Friend, but I have to say that the basis of his application was not correct, because the Government are committed to taking the United Kingdom out of the European Union.
As the hon. Gentleman will know, there are many cases in which some of the measures that have been used do not properly reflect the situation on the ground, but obviously we look very carefully at the formula to ensure that we have that fair funding between local authorities.
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this important issue and highlighting that case, which shows the horrors that so many people went through during the holocaust. We welcome the Chichester choir to Parliament performing "Push", and I commend it on its work in keeping alive the remarkable story of Simon Gronowski. As I have just indicated, his story reminds us of the millions who were killed in the concentration camps and the absolute horror of the holocaust. We should all remember that, and remember genocides that have, sadly, occurred since, and condemn hatred and prejudice in all its forms, including antisemitism wherever it is found. There is no place for racial hatred in our society. I apologise because I suspect I may not be able to attend the performance my hon. Friend referred to, but I hope she will pass on my thanks to the choir for coming here and for the work it is doing.
It is obviously very important for all of us that people are able to feel and be safe in their homes, and I understand residents' concerns over this issue of cladding. We fully expect building owners in the private sector to take action and make sure that appropriate safety measures are in place. Interim measures are in place where necessary on all of the 171 high-rise private residential buildings with the unsafe ACM—aluminium composite material—cladding, but permanent remediation is rightly the focus, and we have repeatedly called on private building owners not to pass costs on to leaseholders. As a result of our interventions 212 owners have either started, completed or have commitments in place to remediate; 56 owners are refusing to remediate. We are maintaining pressure on this but we rule nothing out.
First, may I extend my deepest sympathies to Rachael Knappier? We recognise that this growth in non-surgical treatments increases the need for consumer protection, and we are currently working with stakeholders to strengthen the regulation of cosmetics procedures. We are committed to improving the safety of cosmetic procedures and there are a number of ways in which that can be done: better training and robust qualifications for practitioners, but also clear information so that people can make informed decision about their care. We would urge anyone seeking a cosmetic procedure to take the time to find a reputable, safe and qualified practitioner who is subject to statutory regulation or on an accredited voluntary register. My hon. Friend has raised an important issue.
First, it is not the case that that is the only way to provide frictionless trade between the United Kingdom and the European Union. Other options have been put on the table. The question of the extent of that frictionless trade will be a matter for the second stage of the negotiations.


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China formally ends ineffective one-child policy — decades too late
October 29, 2015 Kevin Lees	Leave a comment
For the past 30 years, China has enforced a one-child policy with vigor. (Alain Le Garsmeur/ CORBIS)
Faced with a deep economic slowdown for the first time since the 1970s, the headline news emerging today from the Chinese Communist Party (中国共产党) at its fifth plenum this week is that it will formally end its one-child policy as the country deals with the more pressing problem of a rapidly aging population.
The meeting, where the Communist Party will design its 13th five-year program for the Chinese economy, is an important moment for ruling officials to chart the path that Chinese president Xi Jinping (习近平) will carry forward through the end of his first term and a second term to which Xi will presumably be selected in 2017.
Though the Chinese government has been relaxing the terms of the one-child policy for years, today's step formally ends a policy first enacted in 1978 at a time when China's economy and demographics were far different than today. In the wake of the post-Mao era, Chinese Communist officials worried that exponential population growth would worsen environmental problems that were becoming apparent four decades ago, spread too thinly resources for educating a new generation of Chinese children and keep the country mired in poverty.
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After introducing the one-child policy, China turned to the neighborhood associations that Mao Zedong created throughout the country to enforce the new family planning edict. Almost overnight, local party infrastructure became an essentially intrusive mechanism to keep Chinese families in line and restrict reproductive freedom in the name of collective development. Parents who violated the policy faced monetary fines and, in some cases, forced abortions or even forced abductions of their second child. Throughout China, second children essentially became pariahs, and they faced restrictions on government-funded health care and education.
Farmers in parts of rural China were exempted from the policy, especially when their first child was a daughter. Moreover, ethnic minorities (even in urban areas) were exempt from the policy as well. In 2013, China relaxed the policy even further by allowing parents to have two children so long as both parents themselves were only children. That exemption largely ended the policy, meaning that today's decision to end the one-child policy is more a formality than a real change. In an era where Xi has cracked down on political dissent and Internet freedom and arguably launched a widespread crackdown on corruption to purge rivals within the ruling Party apparatus, today's decision is a rare extension of Chinese freedoms.
Gauged by the worries of policymakers in the 1970s, the one-child policy has been a slight success. That's at least insofar as parents and grandparents dote on a country full of only children, deploying each family's resources on the educational and developmental progress of a single child. But it's the country's breakneck growth, not family planning, that played a far greater role in lifting China out of poverty. Four decades of economic liberalization and international trade, which began under Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s, is responsible for that. It helped that China didn't face the kind of turmoil that roiled it during World War II and the civil wars of the 1940s, the rural famine that marked Mao's 'Great Leap Forward' of the 1950s or the political terror of the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s.
Moreover, what's become increasingly clear in retrospect is that the one-child policy may have accomplished far more harm than good by accelerating the aging of China's population and by facilitating a highly imbalanced sex ratio of boys to girls.
Thomas Malthus's largely discredited brand of population economics inspired the one-child policy.
The intellectual roots of the one-child policy lie partially in the problematic economic ideas of Thomas Malthus, who argued at the end of the 18th century that rapid population growth would be invariably met with disease, starvation and war. If left unchecked, a doubling of the population would burden the ability of a country's land to generate enough food to support a demographic explosion. But the human experience over the ensuing two centuries has been exactly the opposite as innovations in agriculture have produced far more food with increasingly less labor. In the year 1800, global population is estimated to have been around one billion; today, it's 7.4 billion and growing at a time when global poverty is in decline.
Moreover, by the time that China's policymakers got around to introducing the one-child policy, China's fertility rate was already rapidly declining, matching global trends in both the developing and the developed world, partially as a result of the widespread availability of medical birth control. The one-child policy, estimated to have prevented between 250 million and 500 million births, had the effect of pushing China's birthrate away from that of a developing closer to one much more characteristic of a developed country. But as the chart below shows, as based on UN data, China's birthrate had already slowed long before the one-child policy took hold.
(Nielsen)
Had China done nothing, fertility rates would have naturally continued to decline — and all without expending the costly efforts to restrict freedom in such an intimate and fundamental way.
For all the costs of enforcing the most restrictive family planning in world history, China doesn't have much to show as a result.
China's median age (today) is 36.7 — that's akin to Iceland and just slightly younger than the United States (37.6), Australia (38.3) and Russia (38.9). The United Nations estimates that by 2025, China's median age will be essentially the same as the US median age and, thereafter, China's median age will be ever older.
As its neighbors South Korea (40.2) and Japan (46.1) have aged, however, economic growth has slowed. That might be fine for South Korea and Japan, because they now both enjoy income levels roughly equivalent to developed countries. China, though it's well on its way to becoming the world's largest economy, has only just reached middle-income status. So the one-child policy might have put China on a slightly less fertile trajectory — but only slightly.
With economic uncertainty looming, it seems likely that the era of residual double-digit GDP growth in China is coming to an end. So while China has 'caught up' on aging, it hasn't quite caught up on income levels and per-capita GDP. Even when China transcends its current economic gloom (and it will), it will be more difficult for it to play catch-up with an aging population and fewer working-age people in the labor market. Moreover, the low-hanging fruit of the past three decades — building the infrastructure (hospitals, bridges, schools, entire towns and cities) for a rapidly modernizing country — will be increasingly out of reach for economic planners.
Exacerbating China's demographic woes is one of the world's most lopsided sex ratios — only 100 women for every 112 men. There are a lot of reasons for that, including a sex ratio that tilts naturally at around 1.01 in favor of males. But given traditional cultural preferences for males, more Chinese families have opted to ensure that the single child permitted to them is male and not female. In a country of 1.38 billion people, that means that tens of millions of Chinese men have had and, for the foreseeable future will have, only negligible chances for marriage or starting their own families. At a time when economic misery is rising in China, that's not particularly good news for ruling Party officials who could struggle to contain political and social anger in the event of a prolonged economic slump.
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#### TEACHING INFORMATION

**College**: College of Arts and Sciences

**Classes taught**: SPAN 1010, SPAN 1020

#### SPAN 1010: Beginning Spanish 1

**Terms taught**: Fall 2010

**Instructor rating**: 5.61

**Standard deviation in instructor rating**: 0.0

**Average grade** (4.0 scale): 2.95

**Standard deviation in grades** (4.0 scale): 0.0

**Average workload** (raw): 2.41

**Standard deviation in workload** (raw): 0.0

#### SPAN 1020: Beginning Spanish 2

**Terms taught**: Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012

**Instructor rating**: 5.56

**Standard deviation in instructor rating**: 0.11

**Average grade** (4.0 scale): 2.52

**Standard deviation in grades** (4.0 scale): 0.22

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Beautifully maintained, luxurious Cape House unit located on the 2nd floor corner. Picture yourself on the deck sipping your favorite beverage and watching the dolphins play and fireworks. Windows in every room give this unit light and airy feeling. Fully furnished in Tommy Bahama like furniture. New AC unit 2018. Bamboo floors throughout. Washer and dryer in the unit. 2 off street parking spaces one is covered. Great condo can be used for your private get away or rental unit. Call for your private showing!


Changing default setting session.use_strict_mode to use strict mode sessions by default preventing session fixation by session adoption.
Currently strict mode for sessions is disabled by default. Both our distributed ini files (php.ini-development and php.ini-production) as well as the hardcoded default value disable strict mode. However it is recommended to enable it to prevent session fixation issues.
The default setting for session strict mode will be set to enabled in this proposal.
This proposal only changes a default and doesn't remove any functionality.
The only possible BC break would be if somebody downloads a new PHP version (including ini files) and happens to be among the very few users who needs adoptive sessions and doesn't change the session directive.
Or if somebody downloads a new PHP version and happens to be among the very few users who needs adoptive sessions and doesn't override the hardcoded default by not using ini files.
As such the possible BC impact is almost non-existent.
Also note that a lot of people will be using PHP based on packages which often will come with their own ini files anyway makinh the possible impact of this proposal even smaller.
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MAT the alternative for rabbits in complex biological pharmaceuticals.


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Solar energy in Finland is used primarily for water heating and by the use of photovoltaics to generate electricity. As a northern country, summer days are long and winter days are short. Above the Arctic Circle, the sun does not rise some days in winter, and does not set some days in the summer. Due to the low sun angle, it is more common to place solar panels on the south side of buildings instead of on the roof. Mounting them vertically reduces the average output by 22% from mounting at a 60° angle.

Photovoltaics
The PV capacity of Finland was (2012) 11.1 MWp. Solar power in Finland was (1993–1999) 1 GWh, (2000–2004) 2 GWh and (2005) 3 GWh. There has been at least one demonstration project by the YIT Rakennus, NAPS Systems, Lumon and City of Helsinki in 2003. Finland is a member in the IEA's Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme but not in the Scandinavian Photovoltaic Industry Association, SPIA.

In 2015, the Kaleva Media printing plant in Oulu became the most powerful photovoltaic solar plant in Finland, with 1,604 solar photovoltaic (PV) units on its roof. Although the city of Oulu, located near the Arctic Circle, has only two hours of weak sunlight in December, the photovoltaic cells work almost around the clock in the summer. The cold climate means the PV panels can get up to a 25% boost per hour, as they don't overheat.

Because the sun is quite low in the sky at this latitude, vertical PV installations are popular on the sides of buildings. These solar walls also capture light reflected from snow.

Snow is not necessarily cleared from rooftop solar installations.

Solar heating

The objective in solar heating is 163 000 m2 collector area (1995–2010). In 2006 the collector area in operation was 16 493 m2. Solar heat in Finland was (1997–2004) 4-5 GWh and (2005) 6 GWh. Thus, Finland has installed 10% of its objective in 11 years time (1995–2010). The solar heating has not been competitive due to cheap alternatives (electricity, fuel oil and district heating) and the lack of support systems. Companies and public organizations may receive 40% investment subsidies, but private houses do not receive subsidies yet. The Finnish Solar Industries (FSI) group was established in 2001. 2006/2005 the markets grew 43%. Finland's production capacity is 16 000 m²/a. New installations were: 2 380 m2 (2006), 1 668 m2 (2005) and 1 141 m2 (2004). There are growth opportunities in the solar heating. In 2018 S-Ryhmä decided to order solar panels for 40 of its commercial real estate buildings. This is the biggest solar panel project in Finnish history.

Statistics

See also

 Energy in Finland
 Renewable energy in Finland
 Wind power in Finland
 Renewable energy by country

References

Finland
Renewable energy in Finland
Solar energy in the European Union

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Notice of Joint Special Meeting – Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
Notice is also given that the Planning Board's regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 has been canceled due to lack of items to discuss.
Any person may attend this Special Meeting. If desired, written comments may be submitted in advance to the Town Council or Planning Board via email at info@townofduck.com. Staff reports will be available approximately five days in advance of the meeting.


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Marc Allum discusses the historic lure and psychology of collecting and invites audience members to bring an object to be placed on a table at the beginning of the lecture. Marc will spontaneously incorporate a selection of these into his talk.


The premier mariachi music festival in the world and only annual Latino-themed event at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Q: While restarting it shows unknown filesystem error in grub I have a multi-boot operating system with Windows 10 and Parrot Security.
With my auto update settings in Windows 10, it got updated automatically and when I tried to restart it shows the error below...

A: To get back your bootloader
type in:
ls              (you get all disk partition listed like (hd0,gpt10),etc)
ls (hd0,gpt#)   (Replace # by all the partitions listed, you will get all as "Filesystem is unknown", and only one with "Filesystem is ext2")
(let say gpt5 got the ext2 flag)
set boot=(hd0,gpt5)
set prefix=(hd0,gpt5)/boot/grub
insmod normal
normal
** now boot into your linux system and repair your grub
open terminal in super user mode(super su)
and type in:
grub-install /dev/sda
os-prober
update-grub


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Category: Voluntary Prayers
It is better to offer naafil prayers at home
Is it better to offer naafil prayers at home or in the mosque? Please quote the evidence (daleel).
His parents think that he does not offer the naafil prayers, but he prays them in secret for fear of showing off. Should he tell them about that?
He does not pray the Sunnah prayers, then he prays them all in one go after 'Isha' prayer
It is better to offer naafil prayers at home, unless it is Sunnah to pray them in congregation in the mosque, such as the prayers to be offered at the time of an eclipse, or it is narrated that it is encouraged to offer them in the mosque, such as naafil prayers before Jumu'ah. That was proven from the words and actions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). The evidence for that includes the following:
1 – It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Perform some of your prayers in your houses and do not make them graves."
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 422; Muslim, 777)
The words "Perform some of your prayers in your houses and do not make them graves" mean, pray in them (your houses), and do not make them like graveyards which are devoid of prayer. What is referred to here is naafil (supererogatory) prayers, i.e., offer naafil prayers in your houses.
2 – It was narrated from Zayd ibn Thaabit that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) made a cubicle – I think he said, made from a reed mat – in Ramadaan, in which he prayed at night. Some of his companions prayed behind him, and when he realized they were there he sat down. Then he went out to them and said, "I know how keen you are to pray behind me. O people, pray in your houses, for the best of prayer is a man's prayer in his house, apart from the prescribed prayers."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 698; Muslim, 781
Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said:
The apparent meaning is that this includes all naafil prayers, because what is meant by the prescribed prayers is the obligatory prayers. But it may be interpreted as referring to all those for which it is not prescribed to offer them in congregation and those which are not to be offered specifically in the mosque, such as the two rak'ahs for "greeting the mosque." This is the view of some of our imams.
Fath al-Baari, 2/215
3 – It was narrated that 'Abd-Allaah ibn Shaqeeq said: I asked 'Aa'ishah about the voluntary prayers of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). She said: He used to pray four rak'ahs before Zuhr in my house, then he would go out and lead the people in prayer, then he would come in and pray two rak'ahs. And he used to lead the people in Maghrib prayer, then he would come in and pray two rak'ahs. And he would lead the people in praying 'Isha', then he would come into my house and pray two rak'ahs. And he would pray nine rak'ahs of night prayer (qiyaam al-layl), including Witr. He would pray long prayers at night standing and long prayers at night sitting. If he recited Qur'aan standing, he would bow and prostrate from a standing position and if he recited Qur'aan whilst sitting he would bow and prostrate from a sitting position. Wand when dawn came he would pray two rak'ahs.
Narrated by Muslim. 730; there is a similar hadeeth narrated from Ibn 'Umar in al-Saheehayn.
Al-Nawawi said in his commentary:
This indicates that it is mustahabb to offer the regular naafil prayers in one's house, as is also the case with other naafil prayers. There is no difference of opinion among us on this point. This is the view of the majority and in our view and theirs, the naafil prayers connected to the obligatory prayers are the same whether they are done at night or during the day.
Sharh Muslim, 6/9
4 – It was narrated that Jaabir said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "When any one of you finishes his prayer in his mosque, let him give his house a share of his prayer, for Allaah will create something good in his house from his prayer."
Narrated by Muslim, 778
Al-Manaawi said:
The phrase "When any one of you finishes his prayer in his mosque" means, performing the obligatory prayer in a place where it is offered in congregation. The mosque is mentioned because that is where the prayer is usually held. "Let him give his house" means the place where he lives. "A share" means a portion. "Of his prayer" means, let him do the obligatory prayers in the mosque and the naafil prayers in his house, to bring barakah (blessing) upon his house and family, as he says, "for Allaah will create something good in his house from his prayer", i.e., because of the prayer. "Something good" means a great deal of good, because he has furnished his house with the remembrance and obedience of Allaah, and the presence and glad tidings of the angels, and the reward and barakah that he brings to his family.
It also indicates that naafil prayers offered at home are better than those offered in the mosque, even in al-Masjid al-Haraam.
Fayd al-Qadeer, 1/418
There is more evidence than this, for the regular naafil prayers of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), his night prayers (qiyaam al-layl) and Duha prayer were all done in his house, but we have omitted (the reports concerning) that for the sake of brevity. What we have mentioned above is sufficient. Some of the scholars have stated that there is a reason for that:
Ibn Qudaamah said:
Offering voluntary prayers at home is preferable, because praying at home is closer to sincerity and furthest removed from showing off. It is an act that is done in secret, whereas doing it is the mosque is in public, and secrecy is better.
Al-Mughni, 1/442
It also serves as a reminder to the forgetful and teaching of the ignorant among the members of the household or those who see him.
With regard to the evidence that it is mustahabb to offer the eclipse prayer in the mosque:
5 – It was narrated that Abu Bakrah said: We were with the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when the sun was eclipsed. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) got up, dragging his lower garment, and entered the mosque. We entered too, and he led us in praying two rak'ahs until the sun had cleared. Then he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The sun and the moon do not become eclipsed for the death of anyone. If you see that then pray and make du'aa' until the eclipse is over."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 993
With regard to the evidence that it is mustahabb to offer the naafil prayers before Jumu'ah in the mosque:
6 – It was narrated that Salmaan al-Farsi said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoever does ghusl on a Friday and purifies himself as much as he can, then puts oil (on his hair) and applies perfume, and does not force his way between two persons (assembled in the mosque for the Friday prayer), then prays as much has been decreed for him, then keeps quiet when the imam comes out (to deliver the khutbah), his sins between that Friday and the previous one will be forgiven."
There is no adhaan or iqaamah for naafil prayers
There is no Sunnah prayer after the fard prayer of Fajr
He does not pray in the Prophet's Mosque so that he can pray behind an imam who he thinks helps him to have better khushoo' (focus) in his prayer
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She feels attracted to someone other than her husband
The benefits of drinking camel urine
Ruling on husband and wife playing while fasting
Things that make ghusl obligatory


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I was reading in Genesis – and this scripture that we have all read a bazillion times – got my curiosity. I have not researched it one little bit. It is curious and I thought it would be fun to investigate together, whoever is willing and I hope you all are.
Is this scripture telling us there was some kind of power in that tree? Is this a tree differently from those we have here on earth now? Or, if Adam and Eve were to eat from that tree and live forever, just as is written, would they live forever in sin? How does this come together for you?
Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
And – Revelation 22:1-2 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,in the midst of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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Q: MSI: An Application is running during silent update I have an application that was installed as MSI package, I have next version of application that I plan to install in silent mode by special program.
When application is running I catch an issue: not all components of application installed
immediately, some of them will be really ready only after reboot. And I get unstable application.
I can check - is application running and wait until it closed, but I can't check the situation when user click on shortcut during silent installation.
How I can avoid this? Can I lock application during installation?

A: I suggest implementing Restart Manager support. Vista or later will attempt to shut down your application via the Restart Manager, you can decide how to handle it within your application (prompt user, autosave, something else, etc).
You won't catch the situation where the user starts the application during update, but it will handle multi-user sessions more gracefully than your custom code will.


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Liverpool Fans in celebration mood after hearing this news ahead of game against Bayern Munich
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Liverpoool star Oxlade Chamberlain has delivered a good news to the club's fans after he went off in his comeback for the U-23s. Chamberlain appeared to suffer a setback on his return from long-term injury when he pulled up with a muscle problem in an Under-23s game on Friday – but Jurgen Klopp has now revealed his recovery remains on course.
The 25-year-old England international had surgery on a cruciate ligament injury in his right knee suffered in last season's Champions League semi-final against Roma and missed the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
There were fears he would miss the entire 2018-19 season but Liverpool boss Klopp said in December that Oxlade-Chamberlain was ahead of schedule and last month he was included in their Champions League squad for the knockout stages.
However, Oxlade-Chamberlain was taken off after 40 minutes of the match against Derby U23s on Friday as a precautionary measure and Liverpool immediately assessed the muscle injury.
Klopp has now issued an update on the progress of the former Arsenal playmaker, insisting that Oxlade-Chamberlain is indeed fine despite the scare. He told Liverpool's website: "It's not really surprising, it's normal. The good news is the knee is perfect – nothing happened, that was our only concern.
"Football games are different to football training, that's why he felt the muscle a little bit, and thank God we were smart enough to take him off, even if it was only five minutes earlier than we thought [before the game]. That made absolute sense. Nothing else happened."
Oxlade-Chamberlain was making his first appearance in a competitive match in 11 months – having suffered 318 days of injury hell – and Klopp admits the player needs time.
"We always said he needs time. Maybe I'm a bit guilty for being too excited about it; if nobody asked me I wouldn't start talking about Ox, to be honest, but they ask me and I say the truth – and the truth was it looked so exciting in training. But it's only small-sided games, shooting situations and all that.
"It's Ox, we all know and love him, that's cool, but, at the end of the day, we all need to make sure we are ready for the big-size pitch. And for this he just needs time. It's all good."
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The information you post on social media is public, and you have no reasonable expectation of privacy when it comes to posts you put out in the world for all to see. This includes insurance adjusters and defense attorneys.
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Start-up hopes virtual colonoscopy will capture public's imagination
Virtual fly-throughs have long been radiological vignettes—decorative designs skirting the border of clinical relevance. The movies, run back and forth, have entertained exhibit visitors for years. But Viatronix, a start-up workstation manufacturer
Virtual fly-throughs have long been radiological vignettes-decorative designs skirting the border of clinical relevance. The movies, run back and forth, have entertained exhibit visitors for years. But Viatronix, a start-up workstation manufacturer in New York state, may have come up with the means to change the way this technology is viewed.
Founded by researchers at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, Viatronix has developed a two-module visualization system-one part preprocessor, the other interactive display-that allows the operator to segment data into 3-D chunks or slices that can be zoomed or viewed from any angle. The preprocessor, wired into a spiral CT scanner, reconstructs the data into a volume, and the reading station displays the fly-through at different points and perspectives. Prices begin at $100,000 to $115,000 for the preprocessor and $15,000 for the display station.
The first such unit was installed in late February at Open Systems Imaging in Palm Desert, CA. More units are scheduled for installation at eight other sites in the chain of imaging centers, as Viatronix ramps up to market its system to hospitals and imaging chains nationwide. The lack of reimbursement from major payers for screening exams will be challenging but not insurmountable, according to Dr. Mark R. Wax, an associate professor of radiology and chief of body CT at SUNY and Viatronix medical director.
"There is a large group of patients who are willing to pay out of pocket," Wax said. "For those people who have complaints, you can use codes for CT of the abdomen, pelvis, or 3-D reconstruction."
The core technology could support a number of clinical applications. Preliminary tests have demonstrated the ability of the Viatronix Visualization System (VVS) to reconstruct the aorta, larynx, bladder, and temporal bone, as well as to do surgical planning. Virtual colonoscopy was chosen as the vanguard commercial application, largely because of the public health imperative, according to Wax. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in the U.S., accounting for about 56,000 deaths annually. Around 130,000 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed each year. Experts suggest that 90% of these cases could be treated successfully if the disease were detected in its earliest stages. Yet 80% to 85% of the population is never screened for this disease.
Viatronix is not the first company with hopes of whittling that number down through the use of virtual colonoscopy. Other workstation vendors, including Vital Images and AccuImage, as well as CT manufacturers, offer virtual colonoscopy packages. And the colon is not the only option for a fly through.
"If you have real good software, it doesn't matter what body cavity it is," said Jeff Sorenson, director of marketing for Imatron. "You can fly-through anything, including coronary arteries."
Imatron, which makes electron-beam tomography scanners, may hold the high ground. In December the company announced that the FDA had cleared its EBT technology specifically for colonographic use. No modification or upgrade was necessary, since the technology was designed to produce both 2-D and 3-D images of anatomical cavities. Capabilities include cardiac and coronary artery scanning, electron-beam angiography, and low-dose lung scanning.
Viatronix has passed FDA scrutiny as well, but not to the same degree as Imatron. The integrated system-EBT scanner, software, and computing hardware-was submitted by Imatron and cleared by the FDA. Only the reconstruction portion-the VVS system-was submitted by Viatronix.
"It really depends on what level of confidence a person wants," Sorenson said. "We are specifically cleared for cross-sectional images to perform colonography."
The difference comes down to scanner capabilities, and on this score, Imatron has an edge. EBT systems are up to 10 times faster than the best mechanical CTs, as an electron beam can be fired every 50 to 100 msec, and the fastest mechanical multislice scanners rotate once every 500 msec. EBT may also deliver thinner slices, resulting in higher resolution.
But speed is not as big an issue in virtual colonoscopy as it is in angiography or cardiovascular imaging. And resolution in a 3-D reconstruction is difficult, some would say impossible, to gauge. For such tentative advantages, EBT scanners, which carry a price tag of close to $2 million, may be difficult to justify, if they are to be used only for virtual colonoscopy. Because EBT scanners have been sold mostly to cardiologists rather than radiologists, the installed base is not likely to expand clinical applications to include a GI application.
Viatronix is not so encumbered. VVS can be hooked up to any spiral CT. The technology evolved from nearly two decades of research conducted at SUNY. An early spin-off turned into a computer board called VolumePro, which became the primary product of Real Time Visualization, a division of Mitsubishi Electric before its purchase in mid-February by TeraRecon (SCAN 2/14/01).
Like its competitors, VVS creates a 3-D rendering and a center line for navigation. The fly through is guided by the operator. Unlike competing products, however, VVS is designed specifically for virtual colonoscopy. Consequently, the product is easier to use and more efficient, and it provides more information. Key to these advantages are the automatic processing algorithms built into the system, including preprocessing capabilities, which dramatically reduce physician time. Exams with the Viatronix system can be completed in 10 to 15 minutes compared with a half-hour to two hours for competing systems, according to Viatronix.
Common to all virtual colonoscopies, the computer flies though the colon along a scripted flight path. Unlike movie-based fly-throughs, the VVS allows the user to take over at any moment, zoom in, and fly around suspicious structures, interactively examining them from any angle.
Interactive volume rendering can be completed at 10 frames per second, according to the company. Speed will reach 15 frames per second in the near term. The few products allowing such interactivity operate at one to five frames per second, according to Viatronix.
The painless, noninvasive nature of virtual colonoscopy is a big plus for patients. Rather than endure the insertion of an endoscope, patients undergo two 40-second scans (one prone, one supine) on a single-slice spiral CT using 5-mm-thick slices, reconstructed at 1 mm, then integrated into a virtual fly-through of the colon. A barium enema, typical of fiber-optic colonoscopy, is not necessary for virtual colonoscopy. Instead, patients examined with the VVS follow a special two-day diet prior to the exam and drink a small amount of barium. Artifacts from stool and other materials in the bowel are "electronically cleansed" using special algorithms, which subtract irrelevant anomalies. Polyps as small as 4 mm can be routinely seen, according to Wax.
Optical colonoscopy might spot even smaller polyps, but their clinical significance is not certain. Physicians may recommend the patient be followed rather than undergo treatment to determine whether the polyp presents a risk, Wax said.
The ability of the Viatronix product to visualize tissue not otherwise seen is an advantage over the optical colonoscope, which might achieve 95% coverage if the scope is twisted and turned expertly and if physical problems do not intervene. Virtual colonoscopy covers close to 100% consistently yet requires no special human skills, according to Wax.
"They look while they are inserting and then while they are pulling back," he said. "With the computer, it's like we can turn around 180º to look behind folds."
Data presented to the FDA supporting the Viatronix 510(k) submission showed 100% sensitivity of polyps over 3 mm with no false positives. Three polyps found by virtual colonoscopy were missed by optical colonoscopy: two located on the back side of folds and one in the cecum of a patient who received an incomplete optical exam due to constructions that blocked the scope.
VVS offers several unique features that could help identify patients at risk for colon cancer. Translucent rendering provides a look inside the suspected polyp for characteristics consistent with polyps.
Viatronix is conducting clinical trials comparing the efficacy of VVS against optical colonoscopy, and Imatron is considering similar trials for its EBT product.
Both companies hope to ride a growing interest in preventive medicine in the U.S., as consumers take a more active role in their own welfare. Imatron has already succeeded in cardiology, having popularized coronary calcium measurements as a prognosticator for heart disease. Imatron, Viatronix, and their competitors are trying to do the same in a different venue-cancer.
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Senator Julie Morrison Receives 100 Percent Rating from Illinois Environmental Council
State Senator Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) received a 100-percent score on the Illinois Environmental Council's 2018 Environmental Scorecard due to her commitment to improving the environment in Illinois.
"Senator Julie Morrison demonstrated a commitment to…
New Law Requires Newborn Testing for Genetic Disease, Sponsored by Senator Morrison
A new law will require Illinois health officials to test newborns for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which is the leading genetic cause of death for infants under two years of…
New Illinois Law Will Improve Treatment for Sexual Assault Survivors
It was recently announced that a new law will require better care for survivors of sexual assault in Illinois. The new law, sponsored by State Senator Julie Morrison, will expand the Sexual Assault…
Senator Julie Morrison Endorsed by Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois
State Senator Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) received the endorsement of the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois for her support of issues affecting professional firefighters in Illinois.
"Public safety cannot be compromised — and our current…
Senator Julie Morrison Receives Endorsed by Illinois Federation of Teachers
State Senator Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) received the endorsement of the Illinois Federation of Teachers for her commitment to supporting unions and protecting workers' rights.
"Strong unions are so important because they help create stronger communities.…
Senator Julie Morrison Endorsed by Sierra Club Illinois Chapter
State Senator Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) received the endorsement of Sierra Club Illinois Chapter for her commitment to protecting the environment and improving outdoor spaces.
"The environment plays a critical role in our lives because it…


Alison Sweeney, Marc Blucas, Shirley Jones. A young NYC attorney travels to Maine to fulfill her dying grandmother's mysterious last request. She is to deliver a letter to her grandma's childhood beau. When she arrives, she discovers he has died, but she unexpectedly strikes up a relationship with the man's great-nephew. Based on the novel by Mary Simses. Directed by Kristoffer Tabori. 2016/color/85 min/NR/widescreen.