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This is another photo of a section of wall at the Salmon Pueblo in New Mexico showing a more recent building style. You can tell it's the newer style by the tiny rocks pushed into the mortar between the big rocks. I don't know why they did all this extra work, but it does look nice.


Soggy weather is on the way � but it�s a good thing.
Heavy rain is forecast for the area from Thursday night to Friday morning, but it is expected to help the area battle a drought.
Scott Kennedy, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Newport, said the area could see 1 to 1.5 inches with heavy rain.
He said temperatures will be a bit tricky to predict Thursday and will depend on how quickly clouds increase through the morning. Thickening clouds will hold temperatures in the mid to upper 50s.
Widespread rain will develop Thursday night.
After the rain moves out Friday, the weekend is expected to be dry as a strong high-pressure system builds in from the northwest Saturday and slowly moves offshore Sunday.
Saturday will be cool with highs around 50 to mid 50s.


Hello, at the moment it is in the coral discussion section, ther will be a seperate forum soon!!
Are you keeping the RSM or selling it??
I will eventually be selling the RSM the big changeover will be a few months away as I dont want to rush the new tank especially as it is an ecosystem tank - mud and algae and no Skimmer!
Good idea, my new tank will be like yours, i plan on not using a skimmer, i dont like them and prefer the more natural way!!
I have just gummed it up with silicone and now I am going to have to leave it until tomorrow evening before th enext wet test.


It seems that the US economy is slowly out of the woods with key economic indicators registering improved readings. Don't be easily swayed by these fickle numbers since up-and-down gyration around the mean is a natural short-term pattern. Look at the direction of the main pattern and you'll see deflation unfolding on an unprecedented scale. The indicators that matter - the labour force participation rate, the Case-Shiller house index and the total credit - are stalling, if not declining. What we need to understand are the factors that cause deflation and whether there is anyway to prevent it.
Deflation is basically the obverse of inflation. If you recall the picture of inflation in an earlier post, then deflation is just the opposite of it. It can either be the goods or services production growth outpacing the money supply growth (left panel of left picture) or the fall in money supply getting ahead of the fall in goods or services production (right panel above).
It's a deflation double whammy if a fall in money supply is accompanied by increases in goods or services production. As if that's not strong enough, we can add into the concoction, a slowing population growth, which by implication means a faltering consumption, to give us a treble whammy. Capitalism has been popularly likened to riding a bike; you must always move forward to avoid falling. With a treble whammy, it's like being in a plummeting stalled aeroplane, recovery is out of the question. You'd be lucky to survive.
We'll address only one cause of the oncoming deflation: the precipitous fall in money supply. The other two - increase in goods and services production, and the falling population growth - have been explained in several of my earlier posts. The continued growth of an economy has always required an increase in credit since higher economic activity entails more money or credit to facilitate economic exchange.
However most of this credit is expected to vanish, if not voluntarily, then through harsh means when businesses are shuttered, homes dispossessed, and banks folded. Credit is only as good as the income that sustains it. The income is now gone since in the maturing phase of a Kondratieff Wave, a few producers have cornered the market to themselves. When credit's gone, our financial savings will similarly vanish since savings are all supported by credit.
However in our modern day, the government has stepped in between the creditors and debtors as a backstop to halt the systemic transmission of credit defaults. The government would take up the debts of failed debtors thus safeguarding the creditors' assets. That's why the debt deflation crisis has been averted. No, the right word is deferred. Past governments, including those of ancient civilisations, confronted the debt crises head-on. If the leaders had brains, they annulled the debts, and if they hadn't, they literally lost their heads.
Our modern leaders are smart at seeing the small picture only, totally out of their depth in facing the enormity of the debt deflation crisis. Every problem that arises is tackled in a local manner, while the underlying debt keeps building up for the eventual explosive climax. Obama's major failure is his inability to discern the future economic pattern. The more he claims victory over the recession, the more he'll lose his credibility once the pattern starts moving against his premature declaration.
Technically the government can keep on taking over failed banks and corporations while continuing its major deficit spending. But all governments, no matter how great they are, have limits. And these limits are being reached in the fourth Kondratieff Wave. We only need to look at warfare's 4GW to see how governments will evolve during this crisis. Remember that developments in war presage changes in government. Even before this crisis has reached its extremes, governments all over the world are straining to prevent the fracturing of nation-states. As nations get smaller, their capacity to absorb debts becomes weaker.
With weak or no governments, how do communities get out of the debt deflation crisis? Since most modern leaders are nitwits, we have to look elsewhere for guidance, this time to the northern Thai village of Santi Suk, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, 7 January 2009. Following the 1998 Asian financial crisis, the villagers, facing a shortage of money, took it upon themselves to create their own money, on the advice of two young foreigners from international volunteer organisations.
They've been using that money for over 10 years and a result of that local money, the villagers have become more self reliant. Since the money has no value outside the village, there's no need to keep it for wealth accumulation. The money encourages local shopping and local production of goods. The money is also safe since it is not used elsewhere. So thieves have no incentives to steal the money. That actually is a foretaste of how the future economy would function. Every community would have to be self-sustaining. If you want to save, do it in precious metals. The money must be left to circulate in the local system.
Can our leaders and policymakers be creative in their thinking as these villagers? Fat chance. They're blinkered by the existing monetary systems that they can't see the forest for the trees. And we'll all be dragged along into this march towards self-destruction.


What I like the most about cinnamon is that it can lower your blood sugar levels, reduce heart disease risk and has a plenty of other impressive health benefits.
Al doilea tort pe 2019, cu blat de #ciocolata și #aluneprajite, #cremadevanilie și #caramel.
My kind of sweets! Actually I would never bake or create anything sweet if I always had dried fruit and some caramelised buckinis in the house!!! Really it's the best kind of desserts too!


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Surveillance/Cameras
Nest's New Video Doorbell and Smart Lock are Shipping; This Pro 'Can't Wait'
Hooked on Nest thermostats, smoke and CO alarms and indoor/outdoor surveillance cameras, this Nest Elite Pro dealer — and his Nest-obsessed customers — can't wait to integrate the new Nest Hello video doorbell and Next x Yale smart lock, starting today. The products are now available.
Nest Pro dealers can expect leads to start pouring in from Nest.com for the new Nest Hello video doorbell and Nest x Yale smart lock starting today. Via its consumer website, Nest recommends professional installation, especially for the Wi-Fi doorbell.
Nest might have started life making learning thermostats back in 2011, but since then the company has rolled out a slew of security-related products, including connected smoke and CO alarms, indoor cameras, outdoor cameras, and a steady stream of updates along the way.
Then came Nest Secure last year, a UL-rated home security system with a home-automation hub (Nest Guard), sensors (Nest Detect) and optional professional monitoring.
"We've been growing our security portfolio layer by layer," says Gene LaNois, general manager of the Nest Professional Channel.
That growth comes not only from Nest's new product lines, but also new software and services for existing users – things like sound recognition, people recognition, facial recognition, native Google Assistant, video verification for alarm systems (via iView), video-casting from cameras to TVs (via ChromeCast) and more.
In all of this, however, "One thing we had not completely addressed is the front door," says LaNois. "And that's the first place people really start to interact with their homes."
Last fall, Nest addressed that critical entry point, introducing the Nest Hello video doorbell and a highly integrated Nest x Yale door lock (formerly "Yale Linus"). Both products are available today in stores and online.
True, Nest already supported plenty of smart doorbells and locks through cloud-based integration, but the company felt it could do more by building systems from the ground up to ride its highly evolved architecture.
"Many consumers are already comfortable with Nest … and they want to continue building on that foundation."
— Gene LaNois, Nest
Nest's Established Platforms
Even before Google acquired Nest in 2014, the thermostat maker had developed and deployed a fairly comprehensive set of platforms addressing everything from the smart device to the cloud … and beyond. That includes local device communications, cloud-based learning and analytics, cloud-to-cloud integration, IoT security, apps, user interfaces and more.
Not only has the Nest ecosystem proved reliable over all these years, but to many consumers it's the only "smart home" experience they've ever known – whether they came to the brand through a thermostat, smoke alarm or camera.
"Many consumers are already comfortable with Nest – the brand, the experience, the ecosystem – and they want to continue building on that foundation," LaNois says. "The same goes with professional home-technology installers, many of whom were nudged into the product line years ago when customers began asking for Nest thermostats by name."
Integrator All in for Nest
That's exactly how Ian Weiss of Shangri-La, a Los Angeles-area integrator, came to Nest. It started with requests for Nest thermostats; then he began pitching Nest Protect smoke and CO alarms and Nest Cam surveillance cameras.
After going all in, Shangri-La gained "Nest Pro Elite" status, and the leads started coming in from Nest's online installer finder. The more products and improvements Nest announced, the more business rolled in to Shangri-La.
For example, last year's introduction of Nest Cam IQ outdoor, powered over a low-voltage cable, brought calls from customers who wanted a clean install with the cord running through the wall – something you couldn't do with Nest Cam outdoor, the company's original AC-powered model.
"All the Nest products are available through a single app. That's what most people like."
— Ian Weiss, Shangri-La
Nest Pro Elite dealer
"Also, we could install it where you couldn't before," Weiss says, noting the opportunity to sell more outdoor cameras per property at $349 retail plus labor.
Now he can't wait to add Nest's new doorbell and lock to the offerings. His company already installs video doorbells from other popular brands, but he'd rather keep his clients in a single smart-home environment if possible.
"All the Nest products are available through a single app," Weiss says. "That's what most people like. That's why I'm pretty sure I'll be installing a lot of Nest Hello doorbells."
The new doorbell has some of the same intelligence as a Nest Cam IQ, distinguishing people from other "visitors," recognizing familiar faces, and issuing alerts based on sound. (Some features require a Nest Aware subscription and may be disabled in certain locales.) Also, the UI is the same, so it should be a "familiar experience" to existing Nest customers, as well as pros, Weiss says.
The doorbell camera appears like any other Nest camera in the ecosystem, so users can find the video from all devices in a single view, and interact with them through a single voice interface – Google Assistant. They can even cast surveillance video to a television set via Google Chrome Chromecast: "OK Google, show the front door camera on the living room TV."
As for the Nest x Yale door locks, this will be Shangri-La's first real effort in the category. Weiss says the company was waiting for a Nest-native device before diving in.
The wireless lock integrates seamlessly with the wired doorbell, which serves as a gateway to the home network. With this architecture, the lock does not need battery-sapping Wi-Fi onboard. Instead, it communicates through the doorbell (or standalone Nest Connect gateway) over Nest's power-efficient Weave home-automation protocol.
One Ecosystem, One Growing Opportunity
With the new products, the ecosystem just gets stronger: If the Nest Hello camera (with a Nest Aware subscription) recognizes the dog walker during a set time, it can trigger the system to unlock the door automatically … or send an alert to the homeowner who can then unlock the door with the press of a button.
Weiss expects fresh leads for these new products, especially since Nest explicitly recommends professional installation for the doorbell, as explained online:
Nest Hello requires a wired doorbell, chime and the right transformer. Check out the Nest Hello FAQ to find out if your home is compatible. We recommend installation by a Nest Pro.
From there, Weiss says, it should be simple to add a door lock to the sale.
In his experience, Nest sales and installations feed off each other. He explains, "I was just at a house doing cameras and I told the owner he should have Nest Protect smoke alarms, too. He already had a Nest thermostat. Next we'll do the Nest Hello."
Nest's LaNois says many pros like Weiss appreciate the ability to "offer customers an array of products that all talk to each other."
Many of the popular consumer brands have "great one-off solutions," he says, "but Nest has a lot of products that address many different needs, and they all integrate seamlessly with each other and with Nest and Google cloud services."
From the pro's perspective, Weiss adds, "Oh, and you can go to one place for tech support."
Julie Jacobson:
Julie Jacobson is founding editor of CE Pro, the leading media brand for the home-technology channel. She has covered the smart-home industry since 1994, long before there was much of an Internet, let alone an Internet of things. Currently she studies, speaks, writes and rabble-rouses in the areas of home automation, security, networked A/V, wellness-related technology, biophilic design, and the business of home technology. Julie majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, spent a year abroad at Cambridge University, and earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a recipient of the annual CTA TechHome Leadership Award, and a CEDIA Fellows honoree. A washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player, Julie currently resides in San Antonio, Texas and sometimes St. Paul, Minn. Follow on Twitter: @juliejacobson
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art, Catholic, history
Martyrdom: The Coloring Book
March 1, 2016 March 2, 2016 Bergers Book Reviews
Author: Hallie Fryd
Illustrator: Julia Gfrörer
Publisher: Zest Books
Genre: Catholic / Art
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. As such, the martyrs for the faith have always been revered by the Catholic Church, and their legends have grown through the ages. In this unique coloring book, these martyrs are shown in scenes depicting their untimely deaths.
Beginning with biblical martyrs St. John the Baptist and St. Stephen, this book tells the stories of the many people who died professing the Catholic faith, and in many cases, attempting to preserve their virginity. Each person is featured in a two page spread, with one page dedicated to the martyr's legend, and the other a blank coloring book page. While many of the scenes are horrible, none are so gruesome that the sensitive reader can't bear to view them. But these tragic stories and images remind us of the religious freedom we've been granted in this day and age, and of those who died attempting to find that freedom.
Whether you choose to color these pictures or not, Martyrdom: The Coloring Book is a fascinating read, and will greatly enhance your knowledge of these faithful martyrs. And let us pray that no more are added to their ranks, as the war against Christianity continues to rage in the Middle East.
history, memoir
This Victorian Life
January 20, 2016 January 20, 2016 Bergers Book Reviews
Author: Sarah A. Chrisman
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Genre: History / Memoir
Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman love history, and especially the Victorian era of the 1880's and 1890's. In an effort to truly experience what this period in history was like, they have engaged in a long-term experiment of actually living a Victorian lifestyle, as much as possible in this modern world. This Victorian Life chronicles their journey.
Sarah is a wonderful story-teller, as she blends actual historical facts and anecdotes with her own experiences. Beginning with the purchase of their new/old Victorian house, she describes how they furnished it with antique Victorian pieces. She also explains how actual antique pieces are often more beautiful and functional than their modern copy-cat versions, as well as why certain antique items are still available while others have long since disappeared. Personal care, along with cooking, sewing, and writing are explained from a Victorian perspective, along with the joys and hazards of bicycling. Ghost stories, historical figures, and her experiences in portrait sitting are also featured. Interesting primary source documents and photos from the time period are scattered throughout the text, bringing the history to life.
While some people may not consider themselves up-to-date in modern technology, the Chrismans are a bit more out of step with the rest of society, in this lifestyle they have come to love. Their home is heated with a kerosene stove, they use oil lamps rather than light bulbs, and they make their own clothes, copying them from antiques they have acquired over the years. This Victorian Life gives a glimpse of the Victorian era from the perspective of truly living in it. I highly recommend this fascinating and engaging book.
children, history, science
Smithsonian Everything You Need to Know: Grades 4-5
January 5, 2016 January 5, 2016 Bergers Book Reviews
Author: Ruth Strother
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
Genre: Science / History / Children
Kids have a natural curiosity about history and the natural world around them. While picking up an encyclopedia might be the best way to look up information about a subject that interests them, reading one of the 275 cards in this box set might also do the trick. Although there is only a snippet of facts, enough is presented on each topic to give kids a chance to research in more depth.
Subjects in this box include: Outer Space, Science, Inner Space, Weather, Earth in Motion, Biomes and Ecosystems, Human Body, Animal Relationships, All About Plants, Insects, Endangered Animals, Lay of the Land, Natural Wonders of the World, Man-made Wonders of the World, Ancient Times, U.S. Presidents, History Makers, and American History.
Although the title Everything You Need to Know might be a bit overly ambitious, there is a wealth of interesting material here that can generate hours of research and exploration. Teachers might also be able to use these cards as idea starters for projects and papers.
children, history
Dirty Rotten Pirates
May 17, 2015 May 17, 2015 Bergers Book Reviews
Author: Moira Butterfield
Illustrator: Mauro Mazzara
Publisher: Ticktock Books
Genre: Children / History
A pirate's life is often portrayed as fun-loving and adventurous. But was this really the way pirates lived? Kids would be surprised to find out that life aboard a pirate ship was hard work, with vermin, bugs, hunger and disease. And if a pirate crossed the wrong enemy, his life might come to an abrupt end.
In Dirty Rotten Pirates, kids get an up-close and personal view of pirate life. This unique book introduces some of the most famous pirates, seafaring lingo, and a history of piracy throughout the centuries. Although this is a history book, it's far from stuffy, with cool illustrations and lots of fun facts. Boys will especially appreciate these horrifying and disgusting pirate tales.
history, teen
Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight from Slavery
Author: Winifred Conkling
Publisher: Algonquin
Genre: History / Slavery
In 1848, a schooner called the Pearl attempted to smuggle 70 slaves out of Washington D.C. Emily Edmonson and five of her siblings were on board when it was captured a day later. Passenger on the Pearl shares Emily's story, as well as the rest of her family's attempts to find freedom.
Emily was lucky to have been treated fairly well, but she experienced the horrors of seeing fellow slaves beaten and molested. Husbands and wives, as well as their children, could be separated and sold, without any thought to the devastation done to the families. But the purchase price for freedom was well outside the means of most slaves, and it remained only a dream. Emily had the support of her family, who did everything they could to come up with the ransom, and was finally set free.
Fascinating sidebars about important people and events during this turbulent time in United States history provide a background for the family's story. Many photos and explanations of slave practices at the time are also included. It's sad to remember that our great nation once treated a large segment of its population so barbarically, but as young adults read about Emily Edmonson and her family, they are reminded of this truth and can avoid making the same mistakes.
graphic novel, history, literary
Graphic Classics Vol. 24: Native American Classics
December 2, 2014 Bergers Book Reviews
Authors & Illustrators: Various
Publisher: Eureka Productions
Genre: Historical & Literary Fiction
Graphic Classics website
This volume of graphic classics includes stories, poems and myths of the Native Americans. Some, like The Story of Itksikamahidish and the Wild Potato and The Stolen White Girl are fun and amusing, while others like The Soft-Hearted Sioux and The Cattle Thief are quite disturbing. The native people suffered at the hands of white men, and these stories don't shy away from this grim reality.
For complete details of the content of this book, please see the website above. Graphic Classics Vol. 24: Native American Classics follows in the tradition of the previous volumes. The illustrations are nicely done and fit the theme of each story well. Anyone interested in Native American legends and myths will enjoy this book.
Christian, history
A.D. 30
October 29, 2014 October 19, 2015 Bergers Book Reviews
Author: Ted Dekker
Publisher: Center Street
Genre: Historical Fiction / Christian
Maviah was born of an illicit encounter by her father, Sheikh Rami bin Malik. Sold into slavery in Egypt, she lived there until the birth of her son, and was sent back to her Bedu people. Now her city has been taken by the Thamud, and her father has sent her on a mission to save them. With Saba, her father's servant, and Judah, a Jew, she travels to see Herod, hoping for his help.
Saba and Judah are able-bodied and trustworthy men, and she soon comes to rely on them for her own well-being. But their mission runs into a snag. A side trip to Capernaum allows them to visit with Yeshua – a Jewish rabbi with a new and radical teaching. Maviah soon becomes convinced that this Yeshua speaks truth, and vows to follow his words.
Maviah is a broken woman who believes herself to be nothing more than a slave. But in speaking to Yeshua, she begins to believe she has value in her Father's eyes. Can she trust him enough to overcome her fear and rescue her people?
A.D. 30 paints a wonderful picture of desert life at the start of the Christian era. We meet Jesus near the start of his ministry and share in the joy of those who have just found him. And we see, through Maviah's eyes, exactly why he is so well-loved by his followers. Jesus loves her just as she is – even though she sees herself as unworthy.
I highly recommend this engaging and enjoyable book.
June 21, 2014 Bergers Book Reviews
Good Question! history and science books provide fascinating glimpses into specific topics using question and answer format. Each book is filled with fun facts and beautiful illustrations.
Title: Why Does Earth Spin? And Other Questions About Our Planet
Author: Mary Kay Carson
Publisher: Sterling Children's Books
Genre: Children / Science
How big is the earth? How old is it? What creates our weather? What is the hottest, coldest, highest or deepest place on earth? Why is the moon important to earth?
Title: How Does a Seed Sprout? And Other Questions About Plants
Author: Melissa Stewart
What is a seed? Do all plants make seeds? What is a plant's secret weapon? Does a plant ever stop growing? Why do some flowers smell bad?
Title: How Many Planets Circle the Sun? And Other Questions About Our Solar System
Which planet in our solar system is the hottest? Which has the shortest year? Are there other planets beyond our solar system? Why is there life on earth? Why are there footprints on the moon?
Title: How Does a Caterpillar Become a Butterfly? And Other Questions About Butterflies
What is a caterpillar, and how did it get its name? What do butterflies eat? How do butterflies help plants? What do caterpillars do all day?
Title: How Does the Ear Hear? And Other Questions About the Five Senses
Why are two ears better than one? Why do your ears stick out? What causes an itch? Why can't you tickle yourself? Do all animals see the way people do?
Title: Who Were the American Pioneers? And Other Questions About Westward Expansion
Author: Martin W. Sandler
Who were the mountain men of the west? What was gold fever? What did the pioneers use to build their first homes? What did pioneers do for fun? How did railroads help America's westward expansion?
Title: What Was America's Deadliest War? And Other Questions About The Civil War
Who fired the first shots of the Civil War? Why did the south rebel? Why were horses so important in the war? Why did so many people die in the war? How did America's deadliest conflict end?
A History of the World With Google Earth
May 20, 2014 Bergers Book Reviews
Author: Penny Worms
Illustrator: William Ings
Publisher: Carlton Books
Genre: History / Children
Google Earth is a useful tool to see various places we'd like to visit. Just plug in the coordinates and zoom in to view the Roman Colosseum, the pyramids of Egypt, and other interesting places. Some locations even include older photos, so we can see what something looked like 50 years ago.
But to imagine the far distant past, illustrations are provided with fun facts to accompany them. Searches in "Where's Waldo?" style encourage kids to find specific people and objects in the midst of the crowds as they study the scenes.
History can be fun when it's turned into an interactive experience with puzzles and games. A History of the World with Google Earth would be a great classroom tool to get kids more interested in learning about these fascinating places.
history, tween
Anni's Attic
May 2, 2014 Bergers Book Reviews
Author: Anne Loader McGee
Publisher: Vendera Publishing
Genre: Middle-grade / Historical fiction
Jennine has no desire to leave her home in New Orleans to live with her cousin Annise's family in Georgia. But the Civil War has just begun, her mother recently died, and her father has business up north that he needs to take care of. Jennine hopes she can tolerate Annise for a little while and go home as soon as possible.
The Civil War goes on much longer than anyone anticipates, and soon Jennine and Annise are aware that their family has chosen sides. But those actions are putting everyone in danger, and the girls must step in to help, even though no one wants to tell them what's going on. Trade in the south comes to a standstill, troops loot anything they can find, and the northern army is intent on burning everything in its path to Atlanta. Will the family survive to see the end of the war?
Anne Loader McGee has written a fascinating portrait of the south during the Civil War, from a unique perspective. She successfully weaves historical elements into the story in a believable way, putting the girls directly into the situations they encounter. And the growing friendship and love between Annise and Jennine adds to the charm of the story. As they deal with terrible circumstances of the war, they pull together and do whatever it takes to keep everyone safe. I highly recommend Anni's Attic.


There's a very good reason why there's no such thing as a Straight Pride Day. Well actually, there are two.
The first is that . . . Well, to put it bluntly, the queer community just knows how to throw better parties. You can't explain it; we just know how to put together everything from an elegant soirée to an old-timey box social, and we can do it in the space of five minutes with a budget of $3.57 and some lint.
The second reason, the real reason, is because literally every other day of the year is straight pride day. Society predominantly caters to straight people, and when we get a week thrown our way once a year, most people recognize it for what it is: a way to celebrate differences while still acknowledging that we're all part of the same crowd. We're all in this together, but we can carve out our own little niches here and there.
However, not everyone really gets that concept. A group called Straight Pride UK is currently campaigning on behalf of Straight Pride. Which is potentially cool, until you realize it's less about loving yourself and more along the lines of shaming gay people into being more normal.
Oh god, please let this be an incredibly clever satire.
How do you argue with something like that? Every day is straight pride. I don't want to belabour a point here, but when you consider that 76 countries have made being gay illegal (despite tons of scientific evidence proving it's perfectly normal) while being straight is legal in every country? Maybe you don't need a straight pride day quite as much as you think you do.


Strawberries have made their annual appearance in the stores and in our gardens. Time to made use of the bounty and surprise our family with a cool yet tasty dessert.
Drain strawberries, reserving syrup. Pour boiling water over gelatin in a bowl. Stir gelatin until it is dissolved. Add enough cold water to reserved syrup to measure one cup. Stir into dissolved gelatin. Chill until almost set.
In chilled bowl, beat cream, sour cream, and vanilla until stiff. Beat gelatin until it is foamy. Fold gelatin and strawberries into whipped cream. Pour into a one-quart mold or into individual molds. Chill until firm Garnish, if desired, with sweetened whipped cream.
*Sour cream is a great stabilizer for homemade whipped cream. It helps keep the whipped cream from breaking down and lasts in the refrigerator a couple of days. It also add a nice flavor to the whole dessert.
During a shopping trip, yesterday, I discovered a sale on fresh strawberries. Up until now, strawberries were available (Hey! We live in California, the state of basically one season!)but either forced ripening or early harvesting left them tasteless and sour. The first reason these strawberries got my attention is that I smelled their summer smell before I even found them in the produce section. A dollar a pound for big, red strawberries was too good a deal to pass up and I was getting tired eating last year's apples being processed through the stores.
Minutes after they were added to my grocery cart, my daughter came along and said, "Mom! Guess what!" I pointed to the strawberries and she was happy I felt the same way she did about the find.
Now, fresh strawberries don't last too long if not eaten soon after bringing them home. I decided my husband needed his favorite dessert after having had to work on Saturday and at two different work sites in the space of a day.
Being gluten and lactose intolerant, I had long ago devised a recipe that was quick, in line with his dietary needs, and actually tasty. Ingredients? Fresh, cleaned strawberries and two cans of coconut cream. I prefer (in the order stated) Thai Kitchen or Trader Joe's brand. We avoid sugar as much as possible but have found that Palm Coconut Sugar is easy on the glycemic count and you need very little to provide a touch of sweetness. Freshly-squeezed orange juice, grated zest, a tiny sprinkle of cayenne and some nutmeg work well.
First, half the strawberries are blended with the coconut cream, orange zest to taste, juice of half an orange, 1/2 teaspoon Palm Coconut sugar, a teaspoons of vanilla and the cayenne and nutmeg. The other half of the cleaned strawberries are thinly sliced or roughly chopped, your choice and dosed with juice of half an orange and 1/2 teaspoon of Palm Coconut Sugar. Now, layer them in small, pretty glasses or containers. Let them refrigerate for two or three hours and serve. My husband found it a great way to finish off dinner after a long day of work and fighting traffic.
Okay, the sun is still shining, the sky is clear with no chance of rain or cold yet hope springs eternal and I'm sharing a great dessert for a cold evening. Rice Pudding has always been a favorite and it never lasts to be eaten cold the next day.
Combine rice, milk, and butter in large pot. Bring to a boil, cover and cook over low heat until most of the milk has absorbed and rice is tender. Keep watch and give it a good stir ever so often.
Add eggs, sugar, raisins/crasins, vanilla, and spices together and mix thoroughly. Add and stir into the rice mixture quickly to avoid scrambled eggs! Sprinkle a little dusting of cinnamon on top and bake for about 20 minutes.


Carolina TarWheels: TarWheels Up In The Rankings!
TarWheels Up In The Rankings!
The NWBA's tournament selection committee released two new ranking on March 9th in which The TarWheels are included. These rankings, The 2012 Division III March Rankings, and The 2012 Division III National Tournament Seeding both have The Carolina TarWheels up a spot from last months rankings to now 3rd in the nation! The TarWheels had dropped to fourth in February after two losses in Lexington, before that The TarWheels had been ranked 1st in Division III since the first ranking was released.
The Team is proud to have moved back up a spot, and are looking forwards and extra motivated to travel to Colorado Springs on March 21st to compete in the national tournament! Thanks to the support and donations of the sponsors and participants of The TarWheels Golf Classic last week, a large portion of the funds necessary to travel has been displaced and the team will be making it's first appearance and attempt at a national championship!


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Venue: The Duchess Theatre, Long Eaton
Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a joyous, Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein.
Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola.
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Date: April 11-15, 2023
Venue: May Hall, Trent College, Long Eaton
Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony's, (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere. Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's (A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures) tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed and delighted audiences across the world.
An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.
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Based on the hit 2003 film, School of Rock follows Dewey Finn, a failed wannabe rock star who is down on his luck.
After Dewey is kicked out of his band, and threatened with eviction, his fortunes take a turn for the better when he intercepts a phone call meant for his flatmate, Ned Schneebly. He quickly decides to make a bit of cash and pose as Ned to take up a supply teaching post at Horace Green, a prestigious prep school.
He is horrified to discover that his straight-laced and straight-A students haven't a clue about rock and roll, and he makes it his mission to educate them. Dewey realises they are a talented bunch and he decides to mould them into a rock band and enter the upcoming Battle of the Bands competition.
However, he needs to do all of this away from the prying eyes of the school's principal, Rosalie Mullins. Along the way, Dewey finds romance, self-worth, a proper job, and, most importantly, he teaches the children and their parents the beauty of rock!


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It is possible some cosmetic changes ?
First. In the Mx Tools>1- Install From Repo also in 2- Debian Backports Installer,the installed packages are shown as Greyed Out Items(disabled items). For more clear visibility ,the gray color can be changed in blue or dark blue ?
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It's doable, I might do it over this weekend.
Changes ready for testing, sent you a PM.
I remembered that in mx-packageinstaller we allow the grayed out to be installed on purpose, because the program doesn't detect the version of the packages (and it would be difficult to do because packages are installed from various sources) you should still be able to run install for grayed out items to be able to do an upgrades, if the version is the same it simply re-installs the package (which also might be useful sometime) otherwise it will install the newer version.


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As you work on your parent-made transcript for your high schooler, here's what you need to know about the SC Uniform Grade Scale. We've got this unique and complicated grade scale system set forth by the Department of Education. All public schools and most private schools utilize this policy.
You may be wondering why it matters to us as homeschoolers, since we are not required to follow state standards anyway. Credits and grades are the language that is commonly understood by education professionals. I call it edu-speak. The doors of opportunity open for our students when we learn to speak in these terms.
It's true that we don't *have to* conform to this grade scale. However, college admissions understand the SC Uniform Grade Scale. The SC State Scholarships distributed by the Commission on Higher Education also utilize the SC Uniform Grade Scale to determine eligibility. For these doors of opportunity to open for our homeschool grads, we need to utilize the SC Uniform Grade Scale policies.
Click here for the entire 19-page Uniform Grade Scale guidebook. From here on, I'm going to shorten the South Carolina Uniform Grade Scale to SC UGS.
The first thing you need to know for calculating your student's GPA on the SC UGS is the number value for each course. It is not enough to say that your student made an A or a B. We have to know the exact number value for that. In another post, we'll figure out how to calculate the number. For now just pick a number–85, 92, 98. Whatever it is.
If your student happens to take any dual enrollment courses at a local technical college, you need to ask that instructor for the numeric grade before the semester ends. The colleges don't automatically issue the number to you and they ditch their records as soon as their grades are posted. So, you have to be proactive in getting the actual number value for the course. Also if you have taken a course online or out-of-state, try to get that number so you can calculate your student's GPA.
Note the transition to the new scale: The number values are locked in at August 2016. Any credits that were earned before that date, the number value stays the same. If your student made a 90 for a course, that is a B. If the student made a 90 on a course after August 2016, that is an A.
Usually, GPA is calculated on a 4 point scale. So, if your student earned an A, you count that as 4 points. If it was a B, you count that as 3 points and C is 2 points. You add up all those points and divide by the number of credits earned. All A's is a 4.0 GPA. That's the best you can get on that.
But, South Carolina has a weighted GPA that could be as high as a 6.0. I can't see how anyone really could get a perfect 6.0 GPA. But, GPA's are often over 4.0 on SC's Uniform Grade Scale. Average students doing College Prep work are frequently able to get higher than a 4.0 GPA.
All A's are not all equal value. Or B's or C's. Each numeric grade converts to a specific GPA value. That's why we need to know the exact number grade.
See in the chart below for A's. This is from the 10-point scale conversion chart. 90 to 100 is an A. All A's are not the same GPA value. 90 is an A worth 4.0; 95 is an A worth 4.5, and 100 is an A worth 5.0.
Each numerical average converts to a specific GPA weight value.
Designate each course as College Prep (CP), Honors (H), or AP/IB/Dual Enrollment (D) weight. In another post, I explain what counts as an honors credit. If your student is doing Honors, AP or Dual Credits, that can bump up their GPA even higher.
All 95's are not equal value. The College Prep course for 95/A converts to 4.5. If the course was weighted as Honors, the 95/A converts to 5.0. And if the course was Dual Credit from a college, the 95/A converts to 5.5. Advanced Placement (AP) certified thru College Board and International Baccalaureate (IB) credits also convert to Dual Credit weight value.
Now we have designated each credit with a specific number average and a weight value. It's time to convert the values from the conversion charts.
If the credit was earned before 2016, we use the 7-point conversion chart (click link for printable pdf).
If the credit was earned after 2016, we use the 10-point conversion chart (click link for printable pdf).
There you have it. Clear as mud, am I right? It's complicated for sure.
This student did 2 courses on the "old" scale: CP Biology course and earned a 93. Honors Chemistry earned a 91. And two courses on the "new" scales: College Chemistry with a 99 and College Biology with an 89. I've included the corresponding weight values from the charts.
If you were calculating the GPA for these 4 courses, you add 4.0 + 4.25 + 5.9 + 4.9. See how the Dual Credit courses are worth well over 4.0. Even the course that is 89/B is worth 4.9 GPA because the dual credit counts much higher values.
We add the weight values together to get 19.05 total. Then, divide by the 4 credits earned. The GPA for these 4 courses on SC Uniform Grade Scale is 4.7625.
Just for fun, let's also calculate GPA on the traditional 4.0 scale. The 9th-10th grade credits are on the 7 point scale: 93 is an A, 91 is a B. The 11th-12th grade credits are on the 10 point scale: 99 is and A, 89 is a B. The A's are 4 points and the B's are 3 points. Doesn't matter if it's honors or dual enrollment.
Add 4 + 3 + 4 + 3. Equals 14 total. Divided by the 4 credits earned. So, the traditional GPA is 3.5. You can calculate both the weighted and unweighted GPA to include both on your transcripts.
Note for student who have taken a gap year (or two or three gap years): Current graduates have some credits on both scales. So, we may need to recalculate their GPA to match this year's graduating cohort. We can't add anything new to the transcript after their graduation date. We don't change the number values or weight values.
In order to be fairly evaluated for scholarship eligibility and college admissions, we are supposed recalculate their GPA as if they were part of this year's graduating class. The 2019 cohort has 3 years of the new scale and 1 on the old scale. The 2020 cohort has 4 years of high school on the new scale.
It's a huge pain for you to figure this system out for just your one student that is graduating this year. Especially since we're phasing in the new grade scale one year at a time. Some of you are determined to DIY your own transcript and calculate this GPA. Hopefully, my tutorial here will help you do that.
Many of you don't want to do this calculation and don't want to create your own transcript. So here's what you can do instead. There is an easier way to get your student's weighted SC GPA calculated.
Let someone else help you do it.
Save yourself the headache of it all–and just find someone to help you calculate it. If you try to calculate it on your own, have someone double check it. We have several experts in South Carolina who can do it for you and advise/assist you. They've already gone to the trouble of learning all this for you.
You can find an accountability association that offers transcript assistance. Included in their membership fees or optional additional fees. Look thru this Accountability Associations Directory to find an association that offers transcript assistance. It's totally worth it!
If it's too late to switch accountability associations and you need assistance now. I can help advise and assist you in generating your own parent made transcript. Contact homeschoolingsc@gmail.com for prices and process for submitting documents.
Welcome to this unique and complicated grade scale system set forth by the Department of Education.
It's the SC Uniform Grade Scale!
What other questions do you have about the SC UGS Policy?


Ailsa Thom graduated from Strathclyde University with a degree in Philosophy and English Literature. Both these subjects continue to get her through life. She has travelled extensively in South America and Africa, working in Kenya where she has helped to set up an orphanage for children affected by Aids and HIV. Now living back in Scotland, she spends the free time between working and writing trying to tame the garden, and firmly believes that going salsa dancing is equivalent to a trip to the gym.


What is sleep dentistry or sedation dentistry?
Sleep dentistry and sedation dentistry are interchangeable terms used to describe methods of anxiety and pain control in oral health care. Patients may experience anxiety when visiting the dentist, and sleep dentistry allows for those patients to receive treatment without the anxiety, stress, or fear of dental procedures.
What are the types of sedation for sleep dentistry?
Minimal – Defined by the American Dental Association as "a minimally depressed level of consciousness, produced by a pharmacological method." This allows patients to be relaxed during a visit. Although the patients are still conscious, they are relaxed and less jittery or nervous, allowing dentists to conduct routine procedures. Prescription medications are prescribed by the dentist, and dosage is dependent upon individual needs.
General Anesthesia – Defined by the American Dental Association as "a drug-induced loss of consciousness during which patients are not arousable, even by painful stimulation." This level of sedation helps extremely anxious patients who need to receive more invasive dental treatments. General Anesthesia is intravenously (IV) administered by an anesthesiologist.
In most cases, each method of sedation dentistry may require patients to be driven to and from the dental office by a friend or family member.
Studio Dental Care located in Studio City provides sleep dentistry and sedation dentistry consultations, which include details on sedation dentistry cost, procedures, and information regarding any questions or concerns a patient may have.


LONDON – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been selected to supply the Platform Management System (PMS) for the Royal Navy's fifth Astute-class submarine, Anson.
Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit will supply the PMS for Astute Boat 5 under a performance partnering arrangement (PPA) with BAE Systems Maritime-Submarine. BAE Systems will install the PMS equipment, which controls and monitors the submarine's platform machinery and onboard systems, at its shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, U.K. The contract also includes software, safety case, equipment and obsolescence management.
The Astute-class is the Royal Navy's latest series of nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarines. Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit previously supplied the PMS for Astute Boat 4, Audacious.
The PMS will include control and monitoring software, human interface equipment and programmable logic controller-based hardware located throughout the submarine. All hardware has been system-engineered to meet naval hardware standards for shock, vibration, temperature and electromagnetic compatibility requirements.
Based on Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine's innovative approach to configuring commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software to meet exacting military and commercial applications, the PMS for Astute Boat 5 will reduce life cycle costs for the U.K. Ministry of Defence and minimize programme risk. The system will provide an advanced network design that includes the stringent levels of safety and redundancy associated with nuclear submarine control systems.
The system's open architecture allows interfacing with third-party equipment via standard field-bus technology to provide an extremely versatile and expandable PMS solution.
Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine in the U.K. has had a long and successful relationship with the Royal Navy, supplying and supporting machinery control systems, navigation radars, gyrocompasses and other navigation equipment. The company is also currently providing the PMS for the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers and has provided ships' inertial navigation systems for a variety of the Royal Navy's other surface ships and submarines.
Sperry Marine is a business unit of Northrop Grumman's Naval and Marine Systems Division. Headquartered in New Malden, U.K., and with major engineering and support offices in Hamburg, Germany, Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine provides smart navigation and ship control solutions for the international marine industry with customer service and support in numerous locations worldwide.
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In Jerusalem, Pompeo takes a jab at U.S. Democrats on anti-Semitism
Mar. 21	05:41 am JST	 Apr. 5 | 12:01 am JST
By JIM YOUNG
The Democrats seem to have a serious racism problem.
Glad to see the Trump administration take the high road.
Toasted Heretic
Whilst conveniently ignoring the same administration's deplorable brand of bigotry. It's a curious situation, a PotUS that employed white nationalists and played down anti-Semitism in Charlottesville, was not extremist enough to prevent the likes of the Pittsburgh synagogue shootings... and employs rapturists like Pompeo.
The religious right has a long history of supporting Israel, which must be at odds with their saviour dogma. A strange mix.
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She also suggested that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbying group was paying US politicians to support Israel.
That's long been verified, for both Democrats and Republicans.
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=Q05
U.S. President Donald Trump seized on the shift and accused the Democrats of becoming an "anti-Israel" and "anti-Jewish" party.
Another flat-out Trump lie intended to fan flames and further divide the country in his quest to be despot-in-chief. Check above link to see how much money Democratic pols got from the Israel lobby. Check list below of Jewish congress members. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_members_of_the_United_States_Congress
Both Pompeo and Netanyahu are scheduled to speak at AIPAC's annual conference in Washington next week.
During the 2016 presidential election GoTrumpers in the US and 'abroad' claimed Trump wouldn't be beholden to AIPAC. They also claimed Trump was 'too rich' to be bought off. Could it be possible Sheldon Adelson's millions in contributions to Trump's campaign has had an effect on Trump's policies with regard to Israel? Casinos in Japan? Among others.
"Sadly, we in the United States have seen anti-Semitic language even in the great halls of our own capital," he said.
Typical Repub/Trump hypocrisy - Mr Secretary, maybe you should read what your Repub Colleague Steve King has been posting and saying "in the great halls of our own capital"...
Iowa Rep. Steve King is facing criticism after he defended white nationalism and white supremacy in an interview. "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?" King said to The New York Times. "Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?"
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Bebe Rexha Talks About Living With Bipolar Disorder for the First Time: 'I Decided to Open Up and Free Myself'
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By Zahra Barnes
Heather Hazzan. Wardrobe Styling by Yashua Simmons at the Wall Group. Prop Styling by Bryn Bowen at Jones MGMT. Makeup by Ash Kholm at the Wall Group. Hair by Angelina Panelli. Manicure by Mel Shengaris at Forward Artists. On Bebe: Jacket by Isabel Marant.
On a chilly December day right before the holiday rush, I'm at Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles waiting for the singer and songwriter Bebe Rexha to finish her photo shoot for this profile. I watch Rexha go through take after take and flow through pose after pose, hip cocked, balancing in stilettos with almost impossibly thin heels. As she works through each move expertly, it occurs to me that I'm watching a young woman eager to shape her own narrative, one who may not always have felt the agency to do so. At one point in the early afternoon, when a video team prepares to get some behind the scenes B-roll, Rexha grabs her phone and just films something herself. "Look how sick this is," she says as she plays the footage for the rest of us, grinning, owning it.
It's early evening by the time Rexha finishes the rest of the shoot, and as I sink into a long, low-slung gray sofa at the studio and get ready to interview her, I'm nervous that after such a long day she might feel too drained to peel back the bold layers on her surface and show me something deeper. But as she sits across from me, unspooling her truth into a tale of fear and resilience, I realize I didn't need to worry. For the first time, Bebe Rexha is ready to share the depths of her story.
She doesn't take long to open up. A few months earlier, in April, Rexha had tweeted to her 1.6 million followers that she has bipolar disorder. It wasn't the first time she had acknowledged her mental health—her 2018 single "I'm a Mess" touched on similar themes—but it was the first time she'd referenced her specific diagnosis. "It did kind of fuck me up for a little bit," Rexha tells me of learning that she had bipolar disorder, explaining that she spent a couple of days having what she describes as a breakdown. "I was very fearful," she adds. "I didn't want to think there was something wrong with me."
I want to hear from Rexha in her own words, to understand why she decided to open up about the most intimate details of her life, why she decided she'd had enough and it was time for her to take control. Over the course of our interview, I learn that she had only just gotten official confirmation about the diagnosis in the days before she shared it with everyone else, after years of telling her family and therapist that she didn't want to know. For most of the hour and change I spend curled up across from her, she keeps her deep brown eyes trained watchfully on my face. But she looks down when I ask why she feels it's important to talk more openly about her bipolar disorder. She pauses, stroking the animal-print coat she's draped across her legs to ward off the evening chill seeping through the window next to us. Each of her long, cherry-red nails comes to a fine point.
"That was my worst fear all my life: going crazy," she says. "I felt like me opening up to my fans was me finally saying, 'I'm not going to be imprisoned by this.' And maybe it'll make somebody not feel imprisoned, in that moment, if they feel like they're going through a rough time. That's why I decided to really open up and to free myself from that."
Heather Hazzan. Wardrobe Styling by Yashua Simmons at the Wall Group. Prop Styling by Bryn Bowen at Jones MGMT. Makeup by Ash Kholm at the Wall Group. Hair by Angelina Panelli. Manicure by Mel Shengaris at Forward Artists. On Bebe: Jacket by Balenciaga. Bodysuit by Rochelle Sara. Pants by Helmut Lang. Shoes by Manolo Blahnik. Earrings by 3.1 Philip Lim.
Bleta "Bebe" Rexha was born to Albanian parents on August 30, 1989, in Brooklyn, New York. Originally trained as an opera singer, she was a successful songwriter before stepping in the spotlight herself, penning hits for a list of artists that would make for a most excellent concert: Rihanna, Eminem, Selena Gomez, David Guetta, and more. In 2010 she joined forces with Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz on the musical project Black Cards, then struck out on her own shortly after. She released her debut studio album, Expectations, in 2018. That same year she earned two Grammy nominations: one for best new artist, and another for best country duo/group performance, thanks to her collaboration "Meant to Be," featuring the duo Florida Georgia Line. In 2018 she also founded the annual Women in Harmony gathering, which brings together female musicians, producers, mixers, songwriters, and other creatives in the music industry. And late last year she wrapped up a five-month stint opening for the Jonas Brothers' Happiness Begins tour.
Rexha says it took her awhile to be comfortable with the idea of being a performer, rather than safely behind the scenes, in part because she felt pressure to follow a more traditional path—to scale back professionally, "marry someone in the Albanian culture," and have children. "For me it was, How do I break out of that in my head and not listen to all the noise?" she explains.
Staying true to herself in this sense is what she's most proud of, she tells me. "Making it as a female in the music industry and being able to take care of myself…and being able to take care of my parents feels like success to me," she says. "It allowed me to follow my dreams and believe in myself, allowed me to break the rules."
Speaking of dreams, Rexha's getting closer to the one at the top of her list: "I want to put out a piece of work that I'm truly proud of, start to finish," she says. "My last album was cool. There were some incredible songs on there. But I feel like a lot of them weren't true to who I am as an artist."
She hopes her next album, which is due later this year, will get her closer to this goal. To accomplish it, she's exposing her most vulnerable side yet.
Heather Hazzan. Wardrobe Styling by Yashua Simmons at the Wall Group. Prop Styling by Bryn Bowen at Jones MGMT. Makeup by Ash Kholm at the Wall Group. Hair by Angelina Panelli. Manicure by Mel Shengaris at Forward Artists. On Bebe: Earring by 3.1 Philip Lim.
Rexha's reciting lyrics from a song, "Break My Heart Myself," from her upcoming album. The way her voice cocoons some vowels and extends others lends melody even though she's not quite singing.
"It goes like, 'Hello, my name is Stevie. / Actually, I'm lying. It's really Bebe. / It's the meds. They make me really sleepy. / Klonopin, my friend, yeah, she numbs the feeling,'" Rexha says. "And then it's, 'My doctor upped my dosage. / My mom felt bad, so she sent me roses. / But without it, I get really hopeless, / and 5.7 of Americans know it.'"
That last bit is in reference to the oft-cited estimate that bipolar disorder affects 5.7 million American adults (about 2.8% of the U.S. adult population). Rexha tells me that she has bipolar I, which is characterized by manic episodes that can bring a person's mood and energy to extreme highs, along with depressive episodes that involve severe lows, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) explains. People with bipolar I can also experience mixed episodes that feature both highs and lows.
"I feel like, throughout my illness, I've definitely broken my heart myself many times," she says, teasing apart the lyrics for me. "I don't need you to break my heart…I don't need you to make me sick or make me ill. I've been on this carousel all my life, and if you're not going to better my life, then don't fucking waste my time."
It's a heavy subject, and Rexha knows it, which is why she chose to approach the topic in a very intentional way. "It's important for me to laugh at myself sometimes, and also spread information, and normalize it, because it makes me feel better instead of writing a sobby ballad." She quickly adds, "Which you totally could do—there's not anything wrong with that. But I like to be sarcastic about things sometimes. It takes away the pain and the hurt."
Rexha's been through a lot of that on this journey. "Even as a little girl, I remember always [being] anxious, scared of what was going to happen. I was so worried all the time," she says. "I still am. I'm scared of everything."
There were other signs that something was wrong, like a menstrual cycle that brought with it crushing sadness. "My mom would call it code red," she says. "A day before [my period started], I would feel like my world was ending, that my life went to shit…I would get into these funks and be really depressed and not want to leave my house." She's since been diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a condition in which hormonal fluctuations cause severe mood changes before a person's period, like overwhelming depression.
When Rexha wasn't experiencing depression—she describes the struggle to free herself from those depths as "trying to pull a train"—her mood and behavior would sometimes crest to disorientingly high levels. "I would get super hyper, and I would text everybody, and I'd just get sloppy. I couldn't control my emotions, and I was always super anxious, and couldn't sit still." She'd spend a lot of money too, she says. These are classic symptoms of mania.
As often happens with bipolar disorder, Rexha's mood swings could be dangerous. "It made me feel just weird feelings, weird emotions, weird thoughts all the time. Not normal thoughts," she tells me. "I'd be in the passenger seat of the car and I would want to open the door and jump out and just get fucking squashed—which is terrible."
After years of trying to cope with her symptoms, Rexha was fed up and wanted help, even though she was also afraid of the stigma of mental illness. "It's the war you have inside your head: Will it affect my career? Will people judge me? Will they want to work with me? If people have been calling me crazy, are they going to be like, 'Well, that bitch is fucking crazy'?" she says. As a child of immigrants, she also had to deal with what felt like a cultural divide between how she and her parents treated mental health. "Especially European immigrant parents, growing up when I had anxiety and depression, they'd be like, 'Just get over it. It's all in your head. Take a walk,'" she explains. "But for my parents it was hard because they felt like it was a sense of failure, but it's not their failure at all. It's just an illness."
But Rexha's family was supportive of her need for help, and eventually she found the right therapist and later decided to start taking medication under the guidance of a psychiatrist. "I felt very sick, and there's only so much you can take as a human being," she explains. "I made an adult decision to take another step to better myself."
Here's the thing, though: While Rexha was ready to treat her symptoms, she wasn't ready to know the specifics of what, exactly, she was treating. "I was kind of just going with the flow," she says. But one day she decided to ask her therapist directly. "I was like, 'Can I ask you a question? Am I bipolar?'" She mimics her therapist's response, leaning in, a bemused expression on her face, an empathetic hand extended: "'Yes, hun.'"
(A quick note on that: While experts in psychology say that the field is generally moving toward the idea that it's always important to disclose someone's diagnosis to them so you can form a more collaborative, open relationship when it comes to treating their disorder, they also note that some mental health providers are okay not disclosing to their patients, at least for some time, if they feel that's the best way to do no harm to their patients.)
Soon after, Rexha tweeted what she'd just found out. "That was my moment of being like, 'Fuck this,'" she says. "I just decided to do it because I was like, 'I'm not going to be imprisoned by my thoughts that I'm not normal or that I'm crazy. That's bullshit.'"
There's no doubt that stigma surrounding certain mental health conditions, like depression and anxiety, is on the decline. It now feels pretty normal (still important, but normal) for celebrities to openly talk about these conditions, and if you're anything like me, your friends might discuss their depression and anxiety with utter nonchalance, as they should. But, unfortunately, shame and misperceptions are much more common when it comes to lesser-discussed conditions like bipolar disorder. Think about what people are trying to communicate when they call something "bipolar," like the weather or an ex—it's clearly not a compliment. So when someone like Rexha decides to tell the world she has bipolar disorder, it's putting a very real, very human face to a condition that is often shrouded in shame.
Heather Hazzan. Wardrobe Styling by Yashua Simmons at the Wall Group. Prop Styling by Bryn Bowen at Jones MGMT. Makeup by Ash Kholm at the Wall Group. Hair by Angelina Panelli. Manicure by Mel Shengaris at Forward Artists. On Bebe: Jacket by Isabel Marant. Bra by Norma Kamali. Swim bottoms by Rochelle Sara. Tights by Wolford.
Once the news was out, Rexha felt freedom tempered by fear. "It's scary, but at a certain point you got to say, 'Fuck it, this is who I am.' Or you just keep it to yourself," she says. "At the end of the day, it's nobody's business. But, for me, I like to be very transparent with my fans…and I won't allow it to label me. It's something that I'm going through, but it's not me."
There's a common trope that taking psychiatric medication will make it harder to create your art. Rexha says she worried about this initially, but that those fears were misplaced. "I waited a very long time until I took meds," she says. "I was really scared that it was going to change who I was and flatten me out." Luckily, the reality of taking medication hasn't validated those concerns. "I'm still the same person in the studio," she says. "[Medication has] maybe helped me be a little bit more insightful and learn things about the world and also allowed me to be a little bit more centered so that I can actually write about my feelings."
Yes, she still has a lot of feelings. "It doesn't take away the sadness or anxiety totally, but I feel so much better," she says of treatment. "It's helped me live a more balanced life, less ups and downs. When my medication started kicking in, I couldn't believe how I felt. I couldn't believe that's how good people could feel."
Rexha says that she hasn't yet worked up to the dosage her doctor has prescribed, which experts say is a common practice for many patients with bipolar disorder—one that is not recommended, however, since you risk experiencing more intense symptoms than you might otherwise. Even so, Rexha is quick to note that she's a big proponent of medication; she advises others to find a solution that works for them, and if that includes medication, to "stay on top of it, and don't miss doses, and speak to your therapist," she says. "You have to have communication. It's your body, it's your brain. So it can't be just something that you take and then you disappear for three years."
Heather Hazzan. Wardrobe Styling by Yashua Simmons at the Wall Group. Prop Styling by Bryn Bowen at Jones MGMT. Makeup by Ash Kholm at the Wall Group. Hair by Angelina Panelli. Manicure by Mel Shengaris at Forward Artists. On Bebe: Coat by Isabel Marant. Bodysuit by Adam Selman. Shoes by Gianvito Rossi.
As you can imagine, being a famous musician with bipolar disorder comes with specific challenges, as it would with any kind of health condition. "[The stress of] being in the industry really magnifies it, and being in the public eye can really magnify it, especially if you're going out," Rexha says. "There's certain things I have to stay away from…. I have to be really careful because it can really throw me off and it's fucking scary."
Then there's the dating part. "I'm not perfect," says Rexha. "I have my moments."
"Imagine if you're dating somebody and you're on the road and you have mood swings.… Sometimes I'll get crazy in my head and start being like, 'Who is that girl?' But extra, extra, like, 'We're broken up!'" She mimes texting furiously. "Sometimes I'll have my moments and do it five days in a row. Unblock, block, unblock, block, unblock. Yeah, it's intense."
At the heart of this, Rexha explains, is some insecurity about not being accepted as her whole self, bipolar disorder and all. "But then that's not meant to be," she says. She knows how deeply right and fulfilling it feels to surround herself with steadfast sources of support who do accept her.
There's her mom, for starters. "My mom left her job for a long time and came on the road with me to make sure I was okay when I changed medicines or upgraded a dosage," Rexha says. Her mom also suggests techniques for handling the ups and downs Rexha still experiences with her bipolar disorder or her PMDD. "She'll be like, 'Listen, right before your period, maybe…you don't make such a big business decision or text anybody really big."
There's Justin Tranter, a songwriter who helped her distill her feelings about her mental health into "I'm a Mess," the song on Expectations that she says was the most honest to who she is as an artist. "He's so incredible," she says. "He's able to take [emotions] out of me and help me make it into art. He's never judged me, and he empowers me to be who I am and to stand up for who I am."
There's her best friend Wilford, a stylist she met on a shoot eight years ago. "He's been through the whole [mental health] process with me too. I was so scared, and he was even scared. He was like, 'So what does that mean? Are you okay?' I got so embarrassed to tell him [about my bipolar disorder], but…he's just treated me like the same person. Because I am."
And, of course, there's Rexha's eight-pound rescue dog, Bear. "There have been moments when I've been so, so, so sad, and she literally jumps in the bed and will lick my tears and make sure I have no more tears left. She's my best friend in the whole wide world."
Rexha feels some guilt over how she's treated people, including her loved ones, when her mental illness was at its most severe. "It made it really hard to have close relationships…because I didn't understand what was going on, and I felt I was hurting a lot. I was not a very nice person to be around. I would hurt other people."
Treatment has helped her curb this behavior, as has simply growing up. "I definitely think I've changed a lot. I've become more patient and kind with people, and I'm able to check myself more because I don't want to be that person again ever," Rexha says. "I want to go to sleep every night knowing that I didn't do anybody wrong or I wasn't a bitch. Unless I have to be."
No matter her regrets, she doesn't want any pity about having bipolar disorder. "There's nothing to feel bad for. I'm fine, I'm healthy, I'm working on myself," she tells me. "I'm bettering myself as a human."
Heather Hazzan. Wardrobe Styling by Yashua Simmons at the Wall Group. Prop Styling by Bryn Bowen at Jones MGMT. Makeup by Ash Kholm at the Wall Group. Hair by Angelina Panelli. Manicure by Mel Shengaris at Forward Artists. On Bebe: Coat by Isabel Marant. Bodysuit by Adam Selman.
Of course, therapy and medication have been a life-saving and integral part of Rexha's mental health regimen, but other, less-intense areas of self-care are an important component as well. On tour she played Candy Crush during her downtime (her therapist had recommended she download a game to help her decompress). She also wrote down affirmations and worked out with her trainer, Jeanette Jenkins, which wasn't only mentally restorative but also good for her craft. "I do a lot of high-intensity interval training because that's basically what [performing] is," she says.
When she's at home, Rexha likes to relax by cleaning. "I love a fucking spotless house," she says, miming out the act of wiping down tables, nails glinting as she swipes circles in the air on an imaginary surface. She also loves cooking for friends and family. "If you come to my house, you're eating," she says. After describing some of her favorite foods to make (pasta Bolognese, spaghetti squash, meatballs), she exclaims, "I should have cooked tonight!" But, duty calls, and she has more work to do after our interview.
After our conversation, I think of all the different sides of Rexha I've been privy to: high-profile Bebe in front of a camera, comfortable Bebe surrounded by family and friends, frightened Bebe who worries about labeling her mental health, brave Bebe who wouldn't bow to the fear. Then I remember what she told me about her Instagram bio, which reads in part, "rock star not a pop star."
"I think being a rock star is more of the way that you live your life. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to be covered in tattoos and throw up the rock 'n' roll sign," she says. "A true rock star is unapologetic. You eat what you want, live what you want, say what you want. That is what I consider rock 'n' roll." And it's what she's going for in all aspects of her life, both personal and professional.
"I just don't like being stuck in any box," Rexha says. "No matter what it is."
Zahra Barnes joined SELF in November 2015, working on the Culture and Health teams before eventually becoming Executive Editor. She has spent her career as a reporter and editor covering women's lives with a focus on wellness. Zahra specializes in sexual, reproductive, and mental health, all with the goal of destigmatizing... Read more
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Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that Christian Thomas of the Oshawa Generals is the CHL Player of the Week after scoring 10 points in two games for the week ending November 21. Thomas had five goals and five assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-5.
Thomas led the Generals to two wins beginning with his first career six-point game on Friday night as part of a 10-3 win over the Erie Otters. He scored three goals and three assists and was named first star of the game. On Saturday night he recorded a four-point game scoring twice and adding two assists as first star of a 7-4 win over the Barrie Colts.
Thomas, an 18-year-old from Toronto, ON, is a New York Rangers prospect selected in the second round, 40th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Playing in his third OHL season, Thomas had 33 points in 20 games so far this season to lead the Generals.
Alex Belzile of the Rimouski Oceanic was also considered after an impressive showing in two games this week with seven points including two goals and five assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-6. In the WHL, Kellan Tochkin led the Everett Silvertips to three wins and also produced seven points including four goals and three assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-7.


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Neonatal brain injuries in England:Population-based incidence derived from routinely recorded clinical data held in the National Neonatal Research Database
, Brain Injuries expert working group (2018) Neonatal brain injuries in England:Population-based incidence derived from routinely recorded clinical data held in the National Neonatal Research Database. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 103 (4). F301-F306. ISSN 1359-2998
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Objective In 2015, the Department of Health in England announced an ambition to reduce'brain injuries occurring during or soon after birth'. We describe the development of a pragmatic case definition and present annual incidence rates. Design Retrospective cohort study using data held in the National Neonatal Research Database (NNRD) extracted from neonatal electronic patient records from all National Health Service (NHS) neonatal units in England, Wales and Scotland. In 2010–2011, population coverage in the NNRD was incomplete, hence rate estimates are presented as a range; from 2012, population coverage is complete, and rates (95% CIs) are presented. Rates are per 1000 live births. setting NHS neonatal units in England. Patients Infants admitted for neonatal care; denominator: live births in England. Main outcome measure 'Brain injuries occurring at or soon after birth' defined as infants with seizures, hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, stroke, intracranial haemorrhage, central nervous system infection and kernicterus and preterm infants with cystic periventricular leucomalacia. results In 2010, the lower estimate of the rate of'Brain injuries occurring at or soon after birth' in England was 4.53 and the upper estimate was 5.19; in 2015, the rate was 5.14 (4.97, 5.32). For preterm infants, the population incidence in 2015 was 25.88 (24.51, 27.33) and 3.47 (3.33, 3.62) for term infants. Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy was the largest contributor to term brain injury, and intraventricular/periventricular haemorrhage was the largest contributor to preterm brain injury. Conclusions Annual incidence rates for brain injuries can be estimated from data held in the NNRD; rates for individual conditions are consistent with published rates. Routinely recorded clinical data can be used for national surveillance, offering efficiencies over traditional approaches.
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10.1136/archdischild-2017-313707