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Tom Scott and the L.A. Express - Uptown Saturday Night [OST] (1974)
Another unofficial release, brought to you by the brothers of Blax-Pride. In this post, we feature the soundtrack to "Uptown Saturday Night" by Tom Scott and L.A. Express, also featuring a 7" version of "Uptown Saturday Night" theme sung by Bill Harris. It is unfortunate that there was never an official soundtrack release of this film. Considering how incredible "Let's Do It Again" by Curtis Mayfield and the Staple Singers, and "A Piece of the Action", by Curtis Mayfield and Mavis Staples; Uptown Saturday would have delivered a very similar vibe (minus the production of Curtis Mayfield, which automatically puts it 3rd best to the other two soundtracks). But who's comparing?
01. Uptown Saturday Night (Vocal)
02. Steve At Work
03. You're My Queen
04. Drinkin' & Thinkin' 'Bout Zenobias
05. Madam Zenobias One O' Clock
06. Madam Zenobia
07. Checkin' The Scene
08. What's Behind The Red Door
09. I Gotta Get In This Game
10. Seven Again
11. Hold Up
12. In Your Underwear
13. Climbing Higher Mountains (Vocal)
14. Sanctified Sleep
15. Out In The Streets
16. Con-Grift-Man
17. Nobody Loudtalks Little Seymore
18. Geechy Dan Buford
19. Shootout
20. Hot Pursuit
21. Take 'Em Out
22. Silky Slim
23. How I Got Over (Vocal)
24. Church Picknick
25. Joy Juice
26. African Ceremonial Pageant
27. Cops
28. Slim's Getaway (The Chase)
29. How I Got Over (End Titles)
30. Uptown Saturday Night (Dobie Gray)
31. Uptown Saturday Night Trailer
Bill Harris - Uptown Saturday Night [7''] (1974)
Link to the original movie:
http://www.blaxploitationpride.org/2008/12/uptown-saturday-night-1974.html
Funkback said...
Don't forget the Swinging Rhythm'n'blues version of the theme song by (hidden gem) Dobie Gray. Apart from the "b" side vamp I'm sorry to say that the soundtrack benefits from Bill Harris NOT being the singer in the original score. It's the same song "disco-fied" in the worst way possible. But unless You've actually heard Dobie's version You probably be none the wiser. But that's just us here at Blaxploitation Pride. Bringing You the true trunk funk from way back.
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LYSERGICFUNK said...
DOPE ! MANY THANKS
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Movie Time! Django Unchained, A Few Thoughts And Impressions
Posted on November 9, 2013	by djrutland
I had always wanted to watch Django Unchained but I could never get around to it. That is until a week ago when me, my brother and my dad sat down to watch a copy of it on Blu-Ray. All we really knew about it was that it seemed to be a Quentin Tarantino-esque spaghetti western, a Tarrenetti western perhaps? Oh! And that it starred Jamie Foxx and Samuel L Jackson, so even then my interest was piqued because they are absolutely fantastic actors (Samuel L being my absolute favourite out of the two). Although I would be remiss to not mention Leo Di Caprio.
His performance was first class in his portrayal of a despicable yet charismatic slave owner/driver. Ever since watching the film Shutter Island where Di Caprio was the lead also, I have had a new-found respect for him as he was fantastic then, and he is fantastic now. He plays Mr Candie or Monsieur Candie due to him being a bit of a Francophone and he owns a massive plantation aptly named "Candie Land" and you have to admit he has such a groundswell of charisma, you have to think that, that he has to be like that to be able to justify to himself and to others the utterly evil deeds of slavery and routine murder and playing it off as just business.
When he commits these acts, or orders these utterly horrific deeds, the emotion it draws out of you is utterly genuine (well it did for me). Seeing him have one of his fighters/slaves/Human beings! Torn to shreds by ravenous dogs is utterly harrowing and definitely upsetting, and was it necessary to show on film? I think so, as it gives the viewer a darker glimpse inside the mindset of Mr Candie. But at the same time I am definitely not in a hurry to see a scene like that again.
I'm getting ahead of myself a little, because how did we get to this situation mingling with an absolute monster of a man?
We would have to go back to the beginning, where we are introduced to Django and the man who free's him (who acts as his mentor too) Dr. Schulz, a German who just so happens to be wandering alone in America, although this does get explained by way of finding it that he is a bounty hunter, although not until later.
Dr Schulz comes across a couple of slave driver cowboys with a handful of slaves chained up. It seems to be complete chance that Schulz comes across Django, barely clothed with horrible scars on his back and carrying a heavy burden both physical and mental. It's during this scene that we get a first glimpse of the Tarantino magic, which of course I mean vast blood explosions with added gore. You have to admit the effect is spectacular, but a little unwarranted when it comes to blowing a horses head into pieces. We didn't need to see that, but there y'go, consider me shocked.
Once we get introduced properly to Django and Dr Schulz, we find out that Schulz is a bounty hunter, but also a rather pleasant well-educated man, Django even while bearing his scars still retains his humanity, although at the time you wouldn't blame him for being a little wary considering how barbarically he's been treated by the white man.
But, they start to form a strong bond and Django begins to work with Schulz on various bounties as he begins to hone his gunslinging skills to the nth degree. Now you may think is this just to do with bounty hunting? The answer is no, because Django has a painful secret he carries, he has a wife called Broomhilda, apparently a corruption on Brunhilde? I'm not entirely sure, but anyway Django and his wife were separated at a slave auction.
As a result of Djangos fortune of being a freeman now, he (assisted by Schulz) embarks on a mission to get his wife back from whoever she was sold to.
It's here where the film takes a turn to the standard western revenge pre-tense, rather than showing Tarantino's ultra graphic slap in the face take of slavery.
Instead we get an ultra Graphic, completely in your face revenge movie, which is where we get back to Candie Land, because shock horror, Candie was the one who bought Broomhilda. But Candie doesn't know that Django and Broomhilda are husband and wife, all the while Schulz is trying to do business/negotiating for her release. This all gets played out during wonderful moments such as the dinner scene, or when Django spots his wife for the first time in years.
This film is full of memorable moments, unfortunately the film is roughly 3 hours long, while it never drags on and actually doesn't feel like 3 hours. As a result its impossible to be able to list all of them without having a couple of hundred thousand word essay.
Although one moment I have to mention before I call it quits here, is the point near the end where Quentin Tarantino has his own little cameo, although he has a terrible accent, he does get blown up while carrying several bags of TNT, the timing is genius and you cant help but laugh.
Ok I've taken up enough of your time 🙂
I hope you enjoyed hearing my rambling about Django Unchained, If you haven't seen it yet then I highly recommend it!
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Miss Lou says:
I really really enjoyed DJango Unchained. I was mortified, horried, left in tears, frustrated and practically screaming at the television for the ridiculous amount of injustice.
#Moved – and there is no better experience to me, so I'll also throw in a recommendation on this one – absolutely #Unforgettable
*Horrified *kicks my typoes*


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The Federal Trade Commission is considering changes to tighten its guidelines for advertisers against posting fake positive reviews or manipulating reviews by suppressing bad ones—and warns social media platforms about inadequate disclosure tools. The FTC is seeking public comment on the proposed updates to its Endorsement Guides, which reflect the new ways that advertisers now reach consumers to promote products and services, including through social media.
"We're updating the guides to crack down on fake reviews and other forms of misleading marketing, and we're warning marketers on stealth advertising that targets kids." said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "Whether it's fake reviews or influencers who hide that they were paid to post, this kind of deception results in people paying more money for bad products and services, and it hurts honest competitors."
The Endorsement Guides, first enacted in 1980 and amended in 2009, provide guidance to businesses and others to ensure that advertising using endorsements or testimonials is truthful. Advertisers who lie to consumers via endorsements or testimonials may violate the FTC Act. The guides, among other things, state that advertisers need to be upfront with consumers and clearly disclose unexpected material connections between endorsers and a seller of an advertised product. In February 2020, the FTC sought comment on whether changes should be made to the guides. The proposed changes reflect the extent to which advertisers have turned increasingly to the use of social media and product reviews to market their products.
In a notice, along with the proposed revisions to the guides, the FTC has:
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This story is from August 18, 2018
Yudhvir Rana | TNN | Updated: Aug 18, 2018, 12:38 IST
Sucha Singh Langahhas
AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former minister Sucha Singh Langah has written to the Akal Takht seeking his re-induction into the Sikh Panth after he was acquitted of rape charges by a Gurdaspur court.
Langah was excommunicated after a video went viral on the social media in which he was allegedly seen getting intimate with a woman outside of marriage, which is considered immoral transgression in Sikh religion.
According to sources, Langah has sought pardon to rejoin the Panth on the plea that he had been acquitted by the court in the matter.
In September 2017, Langah was booked by Gurdaspur police under Sections 376 (rape), 384 (extortion), 420 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC on the complaint of a woman constable he had been allegedly raping her since 2009. The woman had also handed over a video clip of Langah allegedly abusing her. Later, police also added Section 295-A (hurting the religious sentiments) of the IPC into the FIR against the Akali leader, following complaints from Sikh bodies.
The video went viral on net causing much embarrassment to the SAD leadership which took no time and suspended Langah from the primary membership of the party.
After evading arrest for nearly over a month, Langah surrendered before the Gurdaspur court on October 5, 2017.
In March 2018, in major relief to Langah, the woman in question retracted from her previous statement and said she was not the one who was seen in the video clip. The Gurdaspur court absolved Langah of all charges in July.
While confirming receipt of Langah's plea, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh said, "We have received his application to rejoin the Sikh Panth. Now, we will hold a meeting and decide about it."
When asked about the provision for an excommunicated Sikh to rejoin the Panth, the Jathedar said, "We will discuss all these aspects in our meeting only."
Sources here informed that it was yet to be seen how Langah would prove his innocence before the Sikh high priests since he was guilty of one of the four bajar kurehats (transgression).
"Sikh rehat maryada (code of religious conduct) says cohabiting with a person other than one's spouse is one among the four bajar kurehats. Langah has to prove that he was not in the sleazy video only then he can be pardoned. That could pave way for his rejoining the Sikh fold," said sources.
Langah's acquittal and return to Sikh fold will give a major boost to the party ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections since despite courting controversies; he enjoys immense clout in the Gurdaspur region.
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Q: Can the concept of optical étendue apply to sources at infinity? The general expression of optical étendue is:
$$dG = n^2 \, dS \, cos \theta \, d\Omega$$
Can the concept of optical étendue be reduced to a useful expression when considering a source at infinity (an ideal collimated beam with parallel rays, ignoring diffraction limits)?
My intuition is that the solid angle $d\Omega$ could reduce to something like a Dirac distribution, and the following expression can be used:
$$dG = n^2 \, dS \, cos \theta$$
Does that make sense?

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Estimation of Measles Vaccination Coverage Using the Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) Method Tamilnadu, India, 2002-2003
As part of the global strategic plan to reduce the number of measles deaths in India, the state of Tamilnadu aims at >95% measles vaccination coverage...
February 3, 2006 issue
Childhood Influenza Vaccination Coverage -- U.S., 2003-04 Influenza Season
Children under 2 years of age are at increased risk for influenza-related hospitalizations...
Influenza Vaccination Levels Among Persons Aged >65 Years and Among Persons Aged 18-64 Years with High-Risk Conditions — United States, 2003
Influenza vaccination is an effective tool for preventing hospitalization and death among persons aged 65 years and older, and among persons aged 18-64 years with medical conditions that increase the risk for influenza-related complications...
Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Persons Aged 50-64 Years Enrolled in Commercial Managed Health-Care Plans — United States, 2003-04 & 2004-05 Influenza Seasons
To combat an unexpected shortage of influenza vaccine in the fall of 2004, CDC issued guidance to direct available vaccine supplies to persons in designated priority groups (e.g., persons aged >65 years, persons with certain health conditions, health-care workers, and close contacts of persons at high risk for complications from influenza)...
QuickStats: Percentage of Nursing Home Residents Aged >65 Years Who Received Pneumococcal Vaccinations - United States, 1995, 1997, and 1999
From 1995 to 1999, the percentage of nursing home residents aged >65 years who received 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) increased by 58.5%. This increase might be attributable, in part, to a 36% increase in the number of residents living in nursing homes with pneumococcal immunization programs...
This report summarizes results from the 2004 NIS, which indicated nationwide increases in coverage with at least 1 dose of varicella vaccine, PCV, and the 4:3:1, 4:3:1:3:3, and 4:3:1:3:3:1 vaccine series. These levels represent an important accomplishment by exceeding for the first time the Healthy People 2010 goal of >80% coverage for the 4:3:1:3:3 vaccine series...
Surveillance for Laboratory-Confirmed, Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations
The number of annual hospitalizations for influenza and pneumonia associated with influenza viruses in the United States is estimated at 95,000; however, no state-based or national surveillance system exists to monitor these events in all age groups, and population-based numbers of laboratory-confirmed, influenza hospitalizations are unknown...
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Estimated Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adults and Children -- U.S., September 1, 2004-January 31, 2005
In response to the unexpected shortfall in the 2004-05 influenza vaccine supply, CDC recommended in October 2004 that vaccine be reserved for persons in certain priority groups. In late December 2004, based on declining demand among these groups, two additional groups were added to the list of vaccination priority groups. This report is based on analysis of data collected during February 1-27, 2005, regarding respondent-reported receipt of influenza vaccination during September 1, 2004-January 31, 2005...
Vaccination Coverage Among Callers to a State Influenza Hotline - Connecticut, 2004-05 Season
This report summarizes results of a retrospective survey of callers to this influenza vaccine hotline during November 2004...
Hepatitis A Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 24-35 Months - United States, 2003
Hepatitis A vaccine was first licensed in the United States in 1995. In 1996, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended vaccination of children aged >24 months in populations with the highest incidence of hepatitis A (e.g., American Indian/Alaska Native [AI/AN], Asian/Pacific Islander, and selected Hispanic and religious communities)... This report is the first national analysis of hepatitis A vaccination coverage among children...
Estimated Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adults and Children - United States, September 1-November 30, 2004
Because of the unexpected reduction in the amount of available inactivated influenza vaccine for the 2004-05 influenza season, on October 5, 2004, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that the vaccine be reserved for persons in certain priority groups and asked others to defer or forego vaccination. To assess the use of influenza vaccine and the primary reasons reported for not receiving vaccine, beginning November 1, questions were added to the ongoing Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey...
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance Systems for Expansion to Other Diseases, 2003-2004
Since the 1988 World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis, the number of countries where polio is endemic has decreased from 125 to 6 at the end of 2003. As part of the eradication strategy, a global surveillance system was established to identify acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases in children aged <15 years and to deploy a network of accredited laboratories to determine whether the paralysis resulted from poliovirus infection. This report describes the status of global AFP surveillance...
Vaccination Coverage Among Children Entering School - United States, 2003-04 School Year
One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to sustain a > 95% vaccination coverage rate among children in kindergarten through first grade. To determine vaccination coverage rates among children entering kindergarten, data on vaccination coverage were analyzed from reports submitted to the National Immunization Program by states, the District of Columbia (DC)*, and eight current or former U.S. territories for the 2003-04 school year. This report summarizes the results of that analysis...
Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Coverage Among Persons Aged >65 Years and Persons Aged 18-64 Years with Diabetes or Asthma - United States, 2003
Vaccination of persons at risk for complications from influenza and pneumococcal disease is a key public health strategy for preventing associated morbidity and mortality in the United States.To estimate influenza and pneumococcal vaccination coverage among these populations, CDC analyzed data from the 2003 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey*. This report summarizes the results of that analysis...
Laboratory Surveillance for Wild and Vaccine-Derived Polioviruses, January 2003-June 2004
In 1988, the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate poliomyelitis globally by 2000. Progress toward achieving this goal has been reported from countries where polio is endemic, and three World Health Organization (WHO) regions (Americas, Europe, and Western Pacific) appear to be free of indigenous wild poliovirus transmission. One key strategy for eradicating polio is establishing sensitive polio surveillance systems by investigating acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases... This report updates previous publications, summarizes the laboratory network's performance, and describes the location and characterization of WPV and vaccine-derived poliovirus during January 2003-June 2004...
Childhood Influenza-Vaccination Coverage - United States, 2002-03 Influenza Season
Children aged <2 years are at increased risk for influenza-related hospitalizations. Beginning in 2002, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) encouraged that, when feasible, all children aged 6-23 months, as well as household contacts and out-of-home caregivers for children aged <2 years, receive influenza vaccinations each influenza season. Beginning with the 2004-05 influenza season, ACIP strengthened the encouragement to a recommendation... This report on childhood influenza-vaccination coverage for the 2002-03 influenza season provides a baseline for the continuing assessment of coverage among children aged 6-23 months...
Indicators for Chronic Disease Surveillance
Chronic diseases account for 7 of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States, including the three leading causes of preventable death. In 1999, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists released Indicators for Chronic Disease Surveillance. This report describes the latest revisions to the chronic disease indicators. Of the indicators, 24 are for cancer; 15 for cardiovascular disease; 11 for diabetes; seven for alcohol; five each for nutrition and tobacco; three each for oral health, physical activity, and renal disease; and two each for asthma, osteoporosis, and immunizations...
Hepatitis B Vaccination of Inmates in Correctional Facilities-Texas, 2000-2002
In December 2002, approximately 2.2 million persons were incarcerated in the United States; an estimated 8 million were released to the community that year. In 2001, approximately 22,000 acute hepatitis B cases and 78,000 new hepatitis B virus infections occurred in the United States; an estimated 29% of these cases were in persons who had been incarcerated previously... Hepatitis B vaccination of incarcerated persons is recommended to prevent transmission in correctional facilities...
National, State, and Urban Area Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19-35 Months - United States, 2003
Each annual birth cohort in the United States comprises approximately 4 million infants. The National Immunization Survey (NIS) provides estimates of vaccination coverage among children aged 19-35 months for each of the 50 states and 28 selected urban areas*. This report summarizes NIS results for 2003...
Framework for Evaluating Public Health Surveillance Systems for Early Detection of Outbreaks
The threat of terrorism and high-profile disease outbreaks has drawn attention to public health surveillance systems for early detection of outbreaks. State and local health departments are enhancing existing surveillance systems and developing new systems to better detect outbreaks through public health surveillance. This report supplements previous guidelines for evaluating public health surveillance systems...
Notice to Readers: SMART BRFSS Provides Data Comparisons by Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area (MMSA)
Growth in sample sizes now enables CDC to offer data comparisons at the metropolitan level in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). BRFSS prevalence estimates can be generated for the U.S. Census Bureau's metropolitan and micropolitan areas (MMSAs) and metropolitan divisions. MMSA data comparing 30 health risk factors will be offered to the public next week...
Public Health and Aging: Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Adults Aged >50 Years and Pneumococcal Vaccination Coverage Among Adults Aged >65 Years - United States, 2002
Vaccination of persons at risk for complications from influenza and pneumococcal disease is a key public health strategy in preventing morbidity and mortality in the United States. During the 1990-1999 influenza seasons, approximately 36,000 deaths were attributed annually to influenza infection...
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Levels Among Persons Aged >65 Years - United States, 1989-2001
Influenza and pneumococcal diseases are key causes of mortality among persons aged >65 years, accounting for approximately 36,000 and 3,400 deaths per year, respectively, during 1990-1999. Substantial racial/ethnic disparities in adult vaccination have been documented in national surveys...
All states require proof of vaccination for children before school entry, and a summary of that coverage is reported to CDC. This report presents data regarding vaccination coverage from the 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC) for the 2002-03 school year, which highlight high reporting rates and overall high coverage...
National, State, and Urban Area Vaccination Levels Among Children Aged 19-35 Months - United States, 2002
Each annual birth cohort in the United States comprises approximately four million infants. Maintaining the gains in childhood vaccination coverage achieved during the 1990s among these children poses an ongoing challenge for public health. This report presents National Immunization Survey findings for 2002†...
Vaccination Coverage Levels Among Alaska Native Children Aged 19-35 Months -- National Immunization Survey, U.S., 2000-2001
This report presents data...which indicate that vaccination coverage levels among AN children aged 19-35 months exceeded the national health objective for 2010 for the majority of vaccines. This achievement indicates the effectiveness of using multiple strategies to increase vaccination coverage. Similar efforts might increase vaccination coverage in other rural regions with American Indian (AI)/AN populations...
Tetanus Surveillance - United States, 1998-2000
Reported cases in the U.S. has declined steadily since introduction of tetanus toxoid vaccines in the 1940s...An average of 43 cases of tetanus was reported annually...The highest average annual incidence of reported tetanus was among persons aged >60 years, persons of Hispanic ethnicity, and older adults known to have diabetes...
Vaccination Coverage Among Children Enrolled in Head Start Programs, Licensed Child Care Facilities, and Entering School - U.S., 2000-01 School Year
The implementation of state and local requirements for vaccination before entry to Head Start programs, licensed child care facilities, and school has resulted in high vaccination levels among preschool and school children...
Surveillance for Safety After Immunization: VAERS - U.S., 1991-2001
This report provides health-care providers, public health professionals, vaccine manufacturers, and members of the public who are interested in vaccine safety with an overview of the information collected in VAERS regarding adverse events reported during the previous 11 years...See Erratum
Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Levels Among Persons Aged >65 Years - U.S., 2001
Influenza vaccination levels during 2000-2001 decreased from 1998-1999 levels in 27 of 52 reporting areas; pneumococcal vaccination prevalence increased a median of 7 percentage points from 1999 to 2001. Continued efforts are needed to increase the proportion of older adults who receive influenza and pneumococcal vaccines...
West Nile Virus Activity - U.S., August 15-21, 2002
This report summarizes West Nile virus (WNV) surveillance data reported to CDC through ArboNET and by states and other jurisdictions as of 7:30 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time, August 21, 2002...
National, State, and Urban Area Vaccination Coverage Levels Among Children Aged 19-35 Months - U.S., 2001
This report presents the National Immunization Survey (NIS) findings for 2001, which indicate a substantial nationwide increase in coverage with >1 dose of varicella vaccine (VAR), generally steady coverage for other vaccines nationwide, and wide variability in coverage among the states and urban areas covered by NIS...
Hepatitis B Vaccination Among High-Risk Adolescents and Adults - San Diego, California, 1998-2001
This report describes the initial findings of a hepatitis B vaccination program for potentially high-risk adolescents and adults conducted in areas of San Diego County, California. The findings indicate that high rates of hepatitis B vaccination can be achieved...
Laboratory Surveillance for Wild Poliovirus and
Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus, 2000-2001 This report summarizes the laboratory data for documenting the decline in wild poliovirus transmission and the occurrence of vaccine-derived polioviruses and highlights the expanding role of the laboratory network in global polio eradication...
Pertussis - United States, 1997-2000
This report summarizes national surveillance data for pertussis during 1997-2000 and assesses the effectiveness of pertussis vaccination in the U.S. during this period. The findings indicate that pertussis incidence continues to increase in infants too young to receive 3 doses of pertussis-containing vaccine and in adolescents and adults. Prevention efforts should be directed at maintaining high vaccination rates and managing pertussis cases and outbreaks...
Vaccination Coverage Among Children Enrolled in Head Start Programs and Licensed Child Care Centers and Entering School -- U.S. and Selected Reporting Areas, 1999-2000 School Year
Undervaccinated children enrolled in child care centers and schools are vulnerable to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease. One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to maintain >95% vaccination coverage among children attending licensed child care centers and kindergarten...
National, State, and Urban Area Vaccination Coverage Levels Among Children Aged 19-35 Months -- United States, 2000
The National Immunization Survey (NIS) provides ongoing national estimates of vaccination coverage among preschool-aged children for the 50 states and 28 selected urban areas. For this report, NIS data collected during 2000 were compared with 1999 data; findings indicate that, during 2000...
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Last week saw several announcements about what is happening on UK High Streets. It was a chance to celebrate for some as the short-listed entrants to the Great British High Street Awards assembled in Lancaster House, London, (above) to hear who had been judged as the winners. Meanwhile, less good news emerged on falling footfall and falling sales in high streets.
In awards presented by Minister for the High Street, Jake Berry, Crickhowell was named not only as Champion High Street for Wales but also as UK's best high street. Altrincham in England, Alness in Scotland and Portadown, Northern Ireland, were the other national champions.
240 entries were submitted for this year's awards. The winners were selected through a combination of inspection visits by judges experienced in what makes successful high streets and a public vote for the short-listed entries. Crickhowell was praised for its 'Totally Local' campaign which engages more than 100 local businesses undertaking initiatives to boost local spending. The high street is full of independent businesses who work together to support its development and sustainability.
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The Great British High Street Awards are an initiative of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and this year were sponsored by Visa. They are supported by leading trade associations and industry bodies and based on our experience they generated considerable interest in many high streets. We understand that they will run again in 2019 and we will publish details when available.
The celebration of the high street came in the week that data suggested the struggle for many high streets continues. Springboard published their monthly update for October which showed a year on year decline of 2.3% in high street footfall. There were significant regional variations in the figures. Scotland's high streets saw a decline of 7.5%, the East of England 7.3% and the East Midlands dropped 6.5%. In Northern Ireland, however, high street footfall was up 4.0% and it rose slightly in Greater London, up 0.2%.
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Institute Co-Chair Simon Quin was one of the judges in the Great British High Street Awards.


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Carol Thomson 1937-2005
Celebration of a Life
By Gerald Coates
Carol smiling as ever
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EBB member Carol Thomson died on the 14th June 2005, exactly one year ago today. Most of the following text is the Celebration of a Life that was read by her close friend and companion Rev Gerald Coates, who conducted her funeral at the Church of St John the Baptist on 30 June 2005.
Carol Lynne Yearsley Thomson was born in London on 7th January 1937 to William and Kathleen Thomson. Within two years the War started and she went down to Tonbridge to stay with an aunt, but soon after the family were united in Rottingdean where her brother, Bill, was born a year later. She went to school at the local convent at Rottingdean and then on for her secondary education at Effingham Convent. Leaving school she went to London for a secretarial course, and finishing with flying colours had several good secretarial jobs.
In 1963 an opportunity arose and she joined the P&O Lines becoming the entertainment officer on ships going to Australia and cruising around Australasia. This was exhausting work so on return to England she joined Burmah Oil and became a Personal Assistant to one of the directors. As a result she got to Oil Rigs and represented Burmah at the Canadian Olympics among many other interesting assignments. She moved with Burmah down to Swindon until her Mother died in Brighton in 1973. Taking early retirement, she came to live in her mother's house.
Back in Brighton she quickly found employment with KTM in Patcham and then moved on to Allied Breweries in Dorking. Needing something nearer home she met with two Nurses who founded an agency - Age Care - putting people needing residential care in touch with homes and vice versa. Dealing with people in need was right up her street and eventually she took the post of Manageress of the French Convalescent home in Kemp Town.
Sadly this closed a few years ago and she put her gifts to work on the wider Brighton scene. She joined the Whitehawk Inn Training Centre and having learned the ins and outs of computing, joined the staff as a volunteer to help the elderly to come to grips with modern technology. She was instrumental in enabling a severely disabled young man to get a state-of-the-art computer and for him to become proficient in computing skills. Always conscious not only of the elderly and disabled but those who look after them, she joined the Brighton Carers group, was a trustee of St George's Crypt and Secretary for Christian Aid. Meeting the Sea Cadet Corps she used her skills to raise the money for the cadets to acquire their own Minibus.
Becoming a member of the U3A her secretarial skills were latched onto right away and she became the Chair of the Brighton and Hove U3A. Her passion for local history made her the natural leader of the U3A local history group, meeting each Tuesday morning at St George's Crypt in Kemp Town. Never at a loss for new ideas she also joined the East Brighton Bygones local history group.
Her gifts were soon acknowledged by the parish and she became the Chairman of the Parish Council and was actively involved in the social and caring side of parochial work. Carol hosted an ecumenical study group in her home each month and as a lay minister of the Eucharist was able to take communion to the sick and the housebound. She masterminded the celebrations for the Silver Jubilee of her parish priest Gerald Coates and, incidentally, she operated in like manner for his 40th and 50th.
Each year for 17 years Carol was the secretary to groups of elderly and disabled on pilgrimage to Lourdes. She first visited in 1983 with the Diocesan Pilgrimage. From 1988 she helped organise a pilgrimage every year for Senior Citizens who stayed just outside Lourdes in a custom-built hostel for the disabled called Hosanna House. The Trust was formed to take children to Lourdes at Easter each year and in its first year, 1957, there had been 43 children. By 2006 that number had risen to 2,050 children.
She had time, too, for holidays with a difference - China, Vietnam, Thailand, the Greek Islands, Croatia, the Maldives, the Canaries, an African safari, Canada, a train across the USA, you name it! But she never reached South America, or even Ireland, but I bet a year or two more would have seen her in those places.
Carol was very fit - she was down at the David Lloyd Sports Centre two or three times a week for a work-out. A visit to the GP showed up a slight heart problem. After intensive investigations she ended up in the Sussex County Hospital for a heart valve replacement, she caught an infection and six weeks later underwent a second valve replacement. Recovering from this, she had a thrombosis and died suddenly three days later of a severe bowel infection.
Carol was known to many priests, deacons and lay folk around the diocese. Over 250 people who had been touched by her in some way or another came to her funeral at the Church of St John the Baptist, Kemp Town, Brighton and it was her wish that you should pray for her that we all meet merrily together in heaven. May she rest in peace.
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Gladstone Adams and my g-g-grandmother
Albert Swarbrook
Bevendean Hospital


If you missed it, there are some interesting Hillary-related implications of Obama's inclusion of John Podesta in the White House team.
Vice President Joe Biden, 12 percent.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, 9 percent.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York, 3 percent.
Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland, 1 percent.
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren did the convenient thing yesterday. She fell on her presidential sword, and took herself out of contention for 2016.
It's highly probable that if she didn't get her marching orders directly from President Obama or Hillary and Bill Clinton, then some intermediary made their desires known to her.
At the highest levels of the party, there is no desire for a Democratic primary bloodbath that would serve only the Republicans. Hillary Clinton sees 2016 as her year, and Obama, while personally closer to Warren, doesn't want to run afoul of his [sic] own party's most powerful couple in their quest to return to the White House.


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William Kurelek
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graphite on paper on board, circa 1956 - 1957
signed, titled and inscribed "W" and on verso titled "Soul of the Artist" on the label
15 x 11 1/4 in, 38.1 x 28.6 cm
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Patricia Morley, Kurelek, A Biography, 1986, pages 124 and 125, reproduced page 126
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The self-portrait has consistently been an important means of expression for Kurelek, and a crucial reference point in understanding the artist's mental and emotional state. The Artist, produced circa 1956 - 1957 could be interpreted as a transitional link between Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1950 and Self Portrait, 1957. Patricia Morley explains that, "The Artist is a composite drawing of Bill's experience in the early 1950s showing the Wanderer on Life's road, along with a torturous scene of maidenly purity and male lust. This maze [in comparison to Kurelek's renowned work, The Maze, 1953] does have an exit, as two men (both Bill?) stride towards a distant light. Beside a small graveyard, a dejected figure hunches over a bedroll. The brim of a hat, covering the eyes of the largest self-portrait, suggests Bill's secrecy, his reluctance to look his companion in the face. In the medieval scene of lust in his shadow, the man's grasping hands and arms resemble the branches of the tree he is attempting to scale to reach the dreaming girl."
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I learned a few lessons about password security over the last week, and thought I'd share them.
I'm well acquainted with the standard techniques of password security, and I always use medium to long passwords with a combination of upper and lower-case letters, and numbers. I'm not quite comfortable yet with using special characters in my passwords, so I don't use though. I also like to have unique passwords for accounts that I want to keep secure, so having a good way to come up with new passwords and remember them is necessary.
Another important technique for protecting one's passwords, of course, is making sure that you're the only one who knows them. This is normally relatively easy, but here's where I fell through last week. You see, I normally have multiple terminal windows and multiple instant message windows open at the same time, and I am not always as cautious as I could be about what text goes in what window. Pinging someone "ls" or "exit" is embarrassing, but not problematic.
No, the problem came mid last week when I accidentally pinged my friend Inga one of my more important passwords instead of entering it into the prompt I intended. My advice to you: don't do this. It's a bad idea.
When selecting a password, you should always make sure that it's something that you can type. By which I mean, think a bit about balancing letters on both sides of the keyboard. Muscle memory will help save you from typos in common words, but a string of random letters is going to take much longer to settle in. Forgetting your password is one thing; mistyping it two out of every three attempts because of, say, a four-character cluster of home-row characters for the left hand is downright embarrassing.
I have yet another new password now. And it seems to be working out well for me so far. Here's hoping it will work out for me.
1 Response to "Lessons in password security"
I seem to remember I once changed the name of my hard drive to my AOL password. Accidentally. I don't know how I accomplished that.


More photos of Abigail are up from the P.S. ARTS Bag Lunch Sponsored By Dior Beauty.
New photos of Abigail at the Aviva Family And Children's Services Annual Gala in LA last night.
More event photos of Abigail looking AMAZING at the Des Kohan Celebrates The Debut Of Gypset.
New photos of Abigial are up from the The Costume Council Of The Los Angeles County Museum event.
Yea! No interviews with Abigail (not sure if her character is just in the pilot) but cool to see her!
2 great new links up – Abigail has a new tumblr blog up called Think Local Think Global that everyone should check out. It's also got information about Uganda Project that Abigail has been a part of and the event she hosted this week. The information is also now linked on the sidebar!
I've added the last two events Abigail attended to the gallery.


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Shopify stores in 175 countries.
Merchant growth on each continent: Africa +35%; Asia +65%; Europe +53%; North America +55%; Oceania +52%; South America +88%.
Merchants added more than 290 million products this year.
100 million online shoppers made purchases in Shopify stores. Up from 57 million in 2015.
Total of purchases across the platformdoubled from $7.7 billion in 2015 to $15.3 billion in 2016.
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Q: An Arraylist of a Generic class i want to access generic objects from a list but always get an incompatible typs error message.
MyGenericContainer <Cursor> cursorContainer = new MyGenericContainer<Cursor>(c);
ArrayList <MyGenericContainer> arrayList = new ArrayList<MyGenericContainer>();
arrayList.add(cursorContainer);
Cursor cursor = arrayList.get(0).getValue();

In generally is there a way to put generic objects to a list and get access to every single one (without cast)?

A: Aren't you missing something while creating your arraylist ?
Change it like this and should work fine, I suppose :
ArrayList <MyGenericContainer<Cursor>> arrayList = new ArrayList<MyGenericContainer<Cursor>>();

A: You're setting the ArrayList typed with a raw MyGenericContainer. Thus, the compiler implies that the ArrayList will consist of MyGenericContainer of Object instances.
In order to fix it, you need to set the type-parameter of the MyGenericContainer type:
List<MyGenericContainer<Cursor>> arrayList = new ArrayList<MyGenericContainer<Cursor>>();

If you're on Java7+, then you could take advantage of the diamond (<>), which will allow you type a less verbose declaration:
List<MyGenericContainer<Cursor>> arrayList = new ArrayList<>();


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Daily roundup of fire runs and police activity in Wayne County.
For the Record Daily roundup of fire runs and police activity in Wayne County. Check out this story on pal-item.com: http://pinews.co/1G86HDm
Published 4:44 p.m. ET March 6, 2015
For the Record(Photo: File)
Fire runs
•8:32 a.m. Thursday: Medical emergency/auto accident, 900 block South A Street.
•9:50 a.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 2400 block South L Street.
•10:36 a.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 100 block South 19th Street.
•11:01 a.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 2600 block U.S. 35 North.
•11:32 a.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 2100 block South 13th Street.
•11:57 a.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 300 block North West 20th Street.
•12:21 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 1000 block Abington Pike.
•2:50 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 3700 block Hodgin Road.
•3:08 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 400 block Lincoln Street.
•4:55 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 1300 block South E Street.
•5:31 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 2000 block Chester Boulevard.
•6:03 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 900 block North 16th Street.
•9:29 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 800 block National Road West.
•10:20 p.m. Thursday: Carbon monoxide alarm, 3123 Backmeyer Road.
•10:23 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, first block South West 17th Street.
•10:44 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 1200 block North West Seventh Street.
•11:31 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 600 block South C Street.
•11:43 p.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 2000 block Chester Boulevard.
•12:38 a.m. Friday: Medical emergency, 2000 block South 12th Street.
•6:17 p.m. Wednesday: Vehicle accident, Interstate 70 mile marker 148.
•2:14 a.m. Thursday: Vehicle accident, Interstate 70 mile marker 147.
•2:32 a.m. Thursday: Medical emergency, 3800 block Wolke Drive.
•4:04 a.m. Thursday: Structure fire, 314 Mulberry Blvd.
•Walter E. Powell, 46, 505 S. Q St., Richmond: Operating while intoxicated (Class D felony), 3:10 a.m. Thursday.
•John D. Day, 40, 305 Randolph St., Richmond: Dealing in cocaine or narcotic drug (Level 5 felony), 1:29 p.m. Thursday.
•Raymond Phillips, 52, 601 S. Foote St., Cambridge City, Ind.: Strangulation (Level 6 felony) and domestic battery (Level 6 felony), 8:49 p.m. Thursday.
The following individuals or businesses reported incidents to the police:
•Brandon Darter, Richmond: Vehicle theft, 960 Chester Blvd., 6:25 a.m. Sunday.
•Richmond juvenile: Child abuse, first block South 19th Street, 7:15 p.m. Monday.
•Christina Henry, Richmond: Criminal mischief, 227 N. 10th St., 9:45 a.m. Wednesday.
•Robbi White, Economy, Ind.: Attempted burglary, 10232 N. Jacksonburg Road, 10:43 a.m. Wednesday.
•Richmond woman: Battery, 100 block South 15th Street, 2:14 p.m. Wednesday.
•Midwest Auto Auction Inc., Richmond: Theft, 3442 Indiana 38, reported Wednesday.
•Meijer, Richmond: Criminal conversion, 2507 Chester Blvd., 3:23 p.m. Thursday.
•Reid Hospital, Richmond: Criminal conversion, 1400 Highland Drive, 4:50 p.m. Thursday.
•Kristal Baker-Benson, Richmond: Burglary, 1015 S. C St., 5:45 p.m. Thursday.
•Justice, Richmond: Theft, 3801 National Road E., 5:59 p.m. Thursday.
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The Hottest Rockstars That Ever Graced The Stage
UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 27: LEWISHAM ODEON Photo of David Lee ROTH and VAN HALEN, David Lee Roth, posed, getting on to tour bus behind Lewisham Odeon (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)
There has been no shortage of scorching hot rockstars whose very presence made the world a little better and brighter. Talent? Check. Musicality? Double check. Godlike qualities? Triple check. Looks aren't everything but admit it, it's never a bad thing when you're at a concert and your favorite rockstar just happen to be a real eye candy. Besides, there's a reason why we had large posters of them in our bedrooms! Ah, the good 'ole days.
Let's take a look at some of these and let us know if we missed anything.
10. David Lee Roth
UNITED KINGDOM – MAY 27: LEWISHAM ODEON Photo of David Lee ROTH and VAN HALEN, David Lee Roth, posed, getting on to tour bus behind Lewisham Odeon (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)
A guy who can pull off wearing colorful skin tight pants and fur boots? Or how about the tiger prints on his spandex outfits? He's gorgeous from head to toe and in his heyday, when he does his karate kicks and splits in the air, the crowd just loses it.
9. Wilson Sisters
LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 1976: Sisters and musicians Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of the rock band "Heart" pose for a portrait session in September 1976 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The first sisters of rock 'n roll are a force of nature. Drop-dead gorgeous, talented, charismatic, and with bold stage presence to boot – what more can you ask for?
8. Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen in Los Angeles, California (Photo by Steve Granitz/WireImage)
Dressed simply in jeans and white shirt or sleeveless denim and yet nothing could look hotter or sexier.
7. Jimi Hendrix
UNITED KINGDOM – FEBRUARY 24: ROYAL ALBERT HALL Photo of Jimi HENDRIX, Performing live onstage. (Photo by David Redfern/Redferns)
Groupies followed him everywhere most notably Cynthia Plaster Caster who made molds of penises of the most famous rockstars. Along with her friends, Cynthia approached Jimi and surprisingly, he agreed. He was her first 'model.'
6. Stevie Nicks
UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 01: NEW HAVEN Photo of Stevie NICKS and FLEETWOOD MAC, Stevie Nicks singing in the recording studio, wearing headphones (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)
Aside from Lindsey Buckingham, she also dated Joe Walsh and Don Henley. Even they were mesmerized by her beauty.
5. Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi during Bon Jovi in Concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City – August 1, 1987 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)
At the height of his fame, men wanted to be like him and women wanted him. Jon Bon Jovi was clearly a ladies' man. There aren't a lot of stories about him getting involved with groupies because he's widely known as the nice guy in rock 'n roll.
4. Axl Rose
NEW YORK CITY, NY – JANUARY 31: Axl Rose (R) and Slash of Guns N' Roses perform an acoustic set at The Limelight on January 31, 1988 in New York City. ( Photo By Larry Marano/Getty Images)
During the glory days of Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose was undeniably hot. The perfect hair, the leather ensemble, the gorgeous voice and of course, being part of one of the biggest rock bands at the time – fans were trailing him everywhere he went. Former Guns N' Roses manager Doug Goldstein claimed in an interview that they had 90% females backstage. Axl himself said that teenage groupies would show up suddenly day or night.
3. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
UNITED STATES – JUNE 01: Photo of Jimmy PAGE and Robert PLANT and LED ZEPPELIN; L-R. Robert Plant, Jimmy Page performing live onstage (Photo by Robert Knight Archive/Redferns)
Two of the hottest rockstars in one legendary band – it's no wonder why groupies followed them everywhere even their hotel rooms. Dressed in ruffles, velvets, and satins, they were the epitome of rockstar perfection.
2. Paul McCartney
LONDON – CIRCA 1964: Bassist Paul McCartney of the rock band "The Beatles" poses for a portrait sitting on a bed in circa 1964 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
High-pitched screams from girls at the airport, outside their hotel, in the stadium – some fans even rode horses just to see Paul McCartney and the rest of the Beatles.
1. Elvis Presley
UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: Photo of Elvis PRESLEY; Posed studio portrait of Elvis Presley (Photo by RB/Redferns)
Female fans followed The King of Rock 'n Roll everywhere. Friend George Klein revealed that it would go crazy backstage because there were girls "falling somewhere between groupies and hookers" who'd go wild with Elvis. Joe Esposito, Elvis' right hand man, said in an interview:
"We had a lot of groupies that would hang out at the gate 24 hours a day, follow us when we would go out shopping. They'd follow us in the car. You know, that was tough. But I recall those groupies. We had a lot of other nice, great fans that were always around, that would do anything for Elvis."


Crows and ravens have been popular in myth and literature for centuries–Odin's Huginn (Thought) and Muninn (Memory or Mind) to Poe's "Raven"–often with menacing depictions. Perhaps it's because 'murder' has been the collective noun for a group of crows since the Middle Ages.
But I like crows! Every year they star in my autumn table.
Indeed, I like the entire corvid family of birds—crows, ravens, jackdaws, and rooks. I once took a two-week float and paddle trip through the Grand Canyon, and every campsite came equipped with a pair of ravens. Our guides warned us about their tricks. Even so, we were taken unaware when a raven landed a few feet away and started performing—hopping about, dragging first one wing and then the other in a beautiful raven dance. In the meantime, its partner was unzipping fanny packs and making off with bits of food and anything shiny!
The only one that seems to hang out near where I live is the American Crow, featured in the March-April, 2016 issue of Audubon, along with articles about Common Ravens and a corvid cousin the Eurasian Jay.
The articles provide fascinating glimpses of these bird brainiacs and the research that delineates their amazing abilities. Corvids are among the smartest animals on earth. They can make and use tools, play tricks, teach each other new things, and hold "funerals" for their dead. With only one exposure, they can form memories of human faces to be trusted and faces to be feared. Not only do these memories last for years, the fear response is taught to others born after the original exposure, and long after the exposed birds have died.
Birds are in the reptilian line of the animal kingdom (who knew?) but relative to their body size, corvid brains are comparable to primates. They appear to have cognitive abilities comparable to a four- or five-year-old child.
They've been observed putting hard nuts in the street to be run over by cars and then collecting the cracked nutmeats after. They cache food, hide their caches, and steal from each other.
A murder of crows may not sound as appealing as an exaltation of larks, but I find them more interesting!
Why use tired images of crows in a cornfield or birds on a wire? When a mention of birds fits your story, infuse your writing with much more interesting bird behaviors!
So, given how smart crows are, how long will it be before these learn that I only want to take pictures? I'm waiting for the day they let me come close!
Fascinating! Next time I #amwriting I'll pay more attention to incorporating tidbits like these. It's surprising background like the intelligence of #crows that adds flavor and depth to a #murder #mystery !
Yeah. We might want to reconsider using "bird brain" as an insult!