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UIS/NPR Illinois survey explores voter opinion on health issues, immigration, climate change, income inequality and trust
The 2019 Illinois Issues Survey conducted by the University of Illinois Springfield Survey Research Office and NPR Illinois surveyed Illinois voters on several important topics that are currently making headlines, including health issues, immigration, climate change, income inequality and trust.
Of the health issues presented, a lack of access to mental health services (55%) is the most common community health issue to be reported as "very serious" by respondents in the 2019 Illinois Issues Survey. Additionally, 50% of respondents cite prescription pill abuse as a "very serious" issue. For Cook County, the two topics with the highest levels of respondents are a lack of access to mental health services (59%) and a lack of access to healthcare (57%). Respondents in the collar counties are more like to cite prescription pill abuse (50%) and a lack of access to mental health services (48%) as very serious issues. Downstate voters are more likely to cite a lack of access to mental health services (57%) and heroin abuse (52%) as very serious issues.
A majority of 2019 respondents (59%) report that immigrants help Illinois rather than hurt it. This result is similar to responses in 2018 (63%). On the issue of "DREAMers," the vast majority of Illinois voters (73%) support the right for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children to stay.
The survey also asked about the level of priority policymakers should give to global climate change, where a plurality responded that politicians should give it the top priority (44%). Democrats/Democrat-leaning voters (57%) are at odds with Republicans/Republican-leaning voters (22%) on whether global climate change should be a top priority for policymakers.
Income inequality is widely regarded as a problem by the vast majority of respondents (82%). There is a variance when accounting for partisanship. Democrats/Democrat-leaning voters (94%) almost unanimously agree that income inequality is a problem, compared to Republican/Republican-leaning voters (63%).
On the issue of trust, less than half of Illinois voters are likely to say most people can be trusted (39%). Republican/Republican-leaning voters (45%) are more likely to say they can trust most people than their Democrat/Democrat-leaning counterparts (39%). While trust in most people is generally low, trust in the Illinois media is much more favorable (59%). Democrat/Democrat-leaning voters (73%) showed a much higher level of trust in the Illinois news media's accuracy and fairness than Republican/Republican-leaning voters (42%). While 59% of voters report trusting the Illinois media, a larger amount reports the local news media is important (83%).
The 2019 Illinois Issues Survey was designed and analyzed by the staff of the Center for State Policy and Leadership, the Institute for Legal, Legislative, and Policy Studies and the Survey Research Office at the University of Illinois Springfield. The survey was fielded from Sept. 13-23, 2019 among a sample of 1,012 registered voters as part of an online panel provided by Qualtrics. For all respondents the credibility interval is plus or minus 3.5. While a margin of error is often used to express uncertainty in polling, for online surveys credibility intervals are used to measure the accuracy, or uncertainty, of the survey.
A full summary of this portion of the 2019 Illinois Issues Survey can be found on the UIS Survey Research Office website. For survey analysis and questions, contact A.J. Simmons, Ph.D., director of the UIS Survey Research Office, at 217-206-8109 or asimm2@uis.edu.
Posted by Blake Wood at Wednesday, October 16, 2019 No comments:
Labels: Center for State Policy and Leadership, NPR Illinois, public policy, survey, Survey Research Office, WUIS
UIS/NPR Illinois survey finds support for mental health background checks and banning assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition
The 2019 Illinois Issues Survey conducted by the University of Illinois Springfield Survey Research Office and NPR Illinois finds a majority of Illinois voters support mental health background checks on all firearm purchases. The survey also found voter support for banning assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition sales in Illinois.
Consistent with the 2018 survey, approximately nine in ten respondents (92%) support mental health background checks on all firearm purchases. When looking at key subgroups in the state, support remains consistently high. The survey found 94% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents support mental health background checks, compared to 91% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. Non-leaning independents responded with 90% in support of such a policy.
A six-percentage point difference separates downstate residents (88%) from Cook County (94%) residents, and a seven-percentage point difference separates downstate residents from collar county residents (95%). Notably, 92% of voters living in a household with firearms support mental health background checks, slightly less than voters in households without firearms (94%).
In a substantial increase from last year, the 2019 survey found 72% of Illinois voters support an assault weapons ban, compared to 58% in 2018. National polls, including an August 2019 Fox News Poll, have also shown growing support for an assault weapons ban nationwide over the past year.
"There is notable partisan variation in support for this policy," said A.J. Simmons, Ph.D., director of the UIS Survey Research Office. "While 83% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents support this policy, a small majority (56%) of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents do. Non-leaning independents are in the middle of the two partisan groups at 64%."
The survey also found a notable variation across the regions of the state. While 79% of Cook County voters support an assault weapons ban, 73% of collar county voters and 63% percent of downstate voters do. Further, while slightly over three-quarters (77%) of voters living in non-firearm owning households support this policy, 59% of voters living in firearm owning homes do.
A new question in the 2019 survey asked respondents about their attitudes towards banning ammunition magazines with a capacity of more than ten rounds, commonly referred to as high-capacity magazines. The survey found 74% of Illinois voters support banning high-capacity magazines. While 83% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning Illinois voters support such a policy, 62% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters do. Two-thirds (67%) of non-leaning independents support a ban on high-capacity magazines. Further, while over three-fourths (78%) of Cook County voters support such a ban, less than two-thirds (65%) of downstate voters do.
Posted by Blake Wood at Monday, October 14, 2019 No comments:
Labels: Center for State Policy and Leadership, NPR Illinois, public policy, Survey Research Office, WUIS
UIS/NPR Illinois survey finds a majority of Illinois voters support a graduated income tax
The 2019 Illinois Issues Survey conducted by the University of Illinois Springfield Survey Research Office and NPR Illinois finds a majority of Illinois voters support the proposed graduated income tax constitutional amendment that will appear on the November 2020 ballot.
The proposal would amend the Illinois Constitution and replace the current flat tax with a graduated income tax. According to an Illinois Senate joint resolution, the new system would provide a "fair tax system" where lower income tax rates would apply to lower income levels and higher rates would apply to higher income levels.
Support for the graduated income tax grew from 57% in 2018 to 67% in 2019, according to the Illinois Issues Survey. However, there is a vast difference in partisan support for the proposal. Democrats/Democratic-leaning voters (79%) are much more likely to support the graduated state income tax than Republican/Republican-leaning voters (49%) and non-leaning independents (59%).
"We are more than a year out from the November 2020 vote," said A.J. Simmons, Ph.D., director of the UIS Survey Research Office. "Between now and then, those in favor and opposed to the amendment will be sharpening their arguments and increasing ads aimed at swaying voter opinion. It will be interesting to see how public opinion reacts to those efforts."
The age group most likely to support the proposed graduated income tax constitutional amendment is respondents ages 18 to 34 (71%), a slight contrast with the lowest supporting age group, those ages 45 to 59 (64%). Across regional lines, results are quite similar among Cook County (69%), the collar counties (63%), and downstate counties (67%).
There are differences in support among race groups, with blacks (79%) favoring the tax more than any other group, while whites (63%) and Hispanics (67%) responded more similarly.
In regards to income, support for the tax is at 70% for those with incomes under $45,000 and drops to 65% for household incomes between $45,000 and $100,000. Support drops further to 62% for individuals reporting a household income over $100,000.
"Slightly less than a third (29%) of respondents believed they would pay more with the proposed tax, with a plurality (46%) thinking they would pay about the same," said Simmons.
The Illinois Issues Survey found 57% of Illinois voters are closely following news surrounding the proposed graduated state income tax constitutional amendment. There is also some optimism surrounding the impact the graduated income tax could have on the state. Two-thirds (66%) of respondents believe it will have a positive effect on the financial health of the Illinois government.
Labels: Center for State Policy and Leadership, Illinois Issues, NPR Illinois, public policy, WUIS
UIS/NPR Illinois survey finds more voters feel the state is headed in the right direction overall
The 2019 Illinois Issues Survey conducted by the University of Illinois Springfield Survey Research Office and NPR Illinois finds more Illinois voters feel the state is headed in the right direction and that the economy is improving. Voters also rate Gov. JB Pritzker's overall job performance at 59%.
The survey found that twice as many respondents (28%) say Illinois is heading in the right direction, compared to only 14% in 2018. Nearly three in ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (29%) and Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents (31%) say the state is heading in the right direction compared to less than one-fifth (17%) of non-leaning independents.
"Perhaps surprisingly, there little variation across the different regions of the state," said A.J. Simmons, Ph.D., director of the UIS Survey Research Office. "While nearly three in ten respondents living in Cook County (29%) and downstate (29%) say Illinois is on the right track compared to slightly under a quarter (24%) of voters in the collar counties."
In 2018, 15% of respondents described the economy of Illinois as "excellent" or "good." In 2019, the survey finds that number has risen to 23%. While nearly a quarter of voters in Cook County (24%) and the collar counties (24%) rate the economy "excellent" or "good," slightly less (21%) of downstate voters do.
However, the survey finds the number of respondents who have considering moving out of the state in the previous 12 months has risen to slightly more than six in ten (61%) compared to 53% or respondents a year ago. Respondents ages 18 to 34 (69%) were the most common age group to say they've considered moving out of Illinois in the past year. The three most common reasons cited for moving by voters who have considered leaving the state are lower state taxes (27%), state government policies (17%) and better weather (15%).
"While a majority of voters say they have considered moving out of Illinois, far fewer report having taken steps to do so," said Simmons. "Over a quarter of respondents who have considered moving out of Illinois say they've looked up the cost of living in another state (28%) and looked at housing in a new state (26%). However, only 2% have submitted paperwork to rent or buy housing in a new state and only 5% of these folks have applied for jobs out of state."
Finally, the survey found 59% of voters approve of the way Gov. Pritzker is handling his job. While 79% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents approve of the job Governor Pritzker is doing, only 32% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents do. Non-leaning independents give Pritzker a 49% approval rating. When looking across the regions of Illinois, 69% of Cook County voters, 56% of collar county voters and 51% of downstate voters approve of Gov. Pritzker.
Labels: Center for State Policy and Leadership, Illinois Issues, NPR Illinois, public policy, survey, Survey Research Office, WUIS
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Derriere To Be Different
Dave Walker March 14, 1990 4:00AM
"It is the most rewarding thing I have ever done."
Does local businesswoman Marion van Rooy: House the homeless?
Feed the hungry?
Save the whales?
Or does she sell $90, custom-fitted, computer-measured swimming suits to women in Scottsdale?
"People come in a little negative, a little worried," says van Rooy, proprietor of Computerized Swimwear Systems. "When they pick up their suit, they are actually hugging me, saying `Oh, I am so happy!'"
The store's gimmick--the computer thing--was first used about five years ago by Florida-based entrepreneur Michelle Deziel. Intrigued by news reports about microchip-aided garment fitting, Deziel contacted a now-anonymous programmer and charged him with bringing space-age technology into the fitting room. In just a few weeks she had opened her first store. Today she oversees a loose network of about twenty shops around the country that use her pioneering measuring system. At van Rooy's Scottsdale store, which has been printing out suit styles since December 1988, fittings are by appointment only. But don't get the wrong idea: Not all of her patrons are glamour gals. "We really have a wide variety," she says. "My oldest customer was 89 years old, married for seventy years. Her husband did this as a surprise for their anniversary."
Customers, aided by a store "designer," first sift through several dozen suit styles, which are presented as black-cloth generic prototypes. When just the right look is decided upon, the customer poses for a few seconds, front view and profile, in front of a video camera. A computer then "reads" the video image. "The computer does the measuring inside its little brain, does the numbers and calculations: bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep," explains Deziel via telephone from her headquarters, Second Skin Swimwear, near Palm Beach. "Then it spits out a numerical pattern. The designer looks at the numbers, circles a few, then lays out the fabric and cuts a suit." The entire fitting process takes about forty minutes. After two or three weeks in the construction phase, the custom-made suit is ready to be lounged in at poolside. The customer has looked through hundreds of different fabrics and tried dozens of top-and-bottom combinations. She has been measured by computer. So much trouble for so little coverage. But for the female of the species it's worth it. Apparently, buying an off-the-rack swimming suit is one of the untold horrors of what it means to be a woman. According to informed sources, store-bought suits you might consider being caught dead in start at about $50. Rarely are those suits a perfect fit everywhere on everyone.
"I never realized how many women needed this," Deziel says of her service. "If they're not top-heavy, they're bottom-heavy. There's always a problem."
To hear Deziel tell it, the now-antiquated tape-measure ritual of being fitted for a custom suit was equally horrific. "To get any custom garment, it's the measuring that's the critical part," Deziel says. "Bathing suits are pretty traumatic. Thinking about it gets women a little bit whiny. It would be kind of painful to a customer to be hand-measured."
Men don't know such pain, Deziel says. A few dudes come into her stores in search of racy custom suits, usually "fitted styles, made in stretch Lycra--no baggies or boxers here," she notes approvingly. But mostly her computer measures women. "Men just don't have the bathing-suit trauma that women do," Deziel says. "I've never seen one in tears because he can't find a suit that fits."
Apparently, buying an off-the-rack swimming suit is one of the untold horrors of what it means to be a woman.
Dave Walker
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So we're in the middle of the long and very drawn-out probate process. There's a 5-month window of time where you basically just sit back and see if anyone makes a claim for money owed.
I thought I had everything pretty much covered, with just one thing up in the air, a recurring bill of about $76 a month for a rented wheelchair that Masonicare can't find. Annoying, but I believe I don't owe any money for that since it's Masonicare's fault they can't locate the chair. They have told me several times, "Don't worry about it, we'll take care of it."
But then last week I got a letter from state of CT informing the probate judge (and copying me) they, Dept of Administrative Services, may have a claim against the estate. I couldn't tell by looking at the letter whether it was a form letter and possibly nothing was owed or if it concerned something specific.
The only thing I could think of was the SNAP program which my mother qualified for due to her very low income, but I had called the state shortly after moving her into assisted living last May to cancel those benefits.
So imagine my surprise when I talked to the person who sent me the letter when they told me I (meaning, the estate) owe the state of CT $6,991.
Apparently there is a program that involves "Medicare Part B buy-in premiums." The program allows seniors who may be cash-strapped to get a bigger monthly Social Security check by letting the state of CT pick up her monthly premium for Medicare Part B, which would otherwise be deducted from her Social Security checks. When the person dies, if they have no savings left, that's that, but if there is an estate, then the state will look to recoup all that money they paid for Medicare Part B premiums.
The monthly premium was $58 a month when my mother elected to do this in 2003, but it rose over time and she kept doing it until 2010!
I never heard of this program, and I don't know how my mother knew of it either. I am sure that when the program was explained to her that what she heard was, you can get bigger Social Security checks this way but I am sure she didn't realize the money would have to be paid back later.
Q. Do I have to pay back any of the benefits that I receive from MSP?
January 1, 2010. However, if you received any benefits under MSP before January 1, 2010, the State can recover money equal to the amount of benefits you received.
Well, we can certainly pay it and of course we will, but it was a little startling to learn of such a large bill.
Oh well. Live and learn. At least we'll get back about $1,100 from her tax returns.
Oh, and coincidentally, the guy I spoke to on the phone said "we don't go after SNAP program benefits." Meaning if they were spent after they were loaded onto the debit card after program eligibility had ended, they wouldn't insist on reimbursement.
Wow. I've never heard of such a program; I wonder if it is unique to Connecticut.
No, when i researched the law, it seems other states have it too becus it is after all a federal program, one that's administered by the state.
Have you already disbursed her estate?
No, not til fall, probably....a few more forms/steps before that can happen.


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For many parents sending a child with a disability to a new school or new classroom is fraught with worry. Some parents choose to tackle the questions surrounding their child's disabilities head-on with direct explanations to staff, parents or other students themselves. If you think you might like the opportunity to talk directly to those involved in your child's education consider the method you would like to use, obtain relevant permission to do so, talk to your child about what you would like to share and then cater your message to your target audience for best results.
Most parents who would like to transmit information about their child and his or her disability due so either in writing or in person. Letters to other parents is a great way to be able to clearly give information for a greater level of more complex understanding, but it also puts the responsibility of explaining this information to kids on other parents. This takes the control out of your hands in that other parents may choose not to pass information to their children, or the may not fully understand what they are trying to explain. Another popular method is for a parent to speak with their child's class directly. This method is direct and helps the parent retain control of the information, however many children will find it embarrassing to have Mum or Dad in their classroom or may not want to be the centre of such direct attention. Consider your child as well as the information you would like to communicate before settling on your preferred method.
While it is unlikely you will need permission to make an appointment to speak with a teacher or classroom aid about your child you will most likely need permission to address a whole class or other parents. Speak with your child's classroom teacher to find out if (s)he knows the best way to approach seeking such permission. If (s)he does not, move along to a year head or member of the school administration. Be prepared for them to ask for copies of any written materials or lecture notes you plan to use, and for them to need to formally approve such items prior to giving you approval to go ahead.
Prior to going ahead with a letter or presentation speak with your child about your plan. After all, it is both is or her body and life you will be talking about. Ask your child:If (s)he wants you to speak to others about his or her disability.If (s)he would like to be involved in the writing or presenting.
What medical information (s)he would like explained.
Which details about his or her daily life would be useful as examples.
How you could explain the kind of help (s)he might need from others.
If there are any items (s)he thinks would be helpful to show others.
If there are any items you are not allowed to show or discuss.
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When students first arrive at Charis, many have preconceived notions of what it will be like.
They expect to learn the Word of God, but they soon discover that it's a whole experience in God's grace, love and power.
And relationship—with God and with those around you.
These are daily occurrences at Charis. And all the while, students are prepared for whatever God has called them to—whether it's as simple as a deeper relationship with Him or the arenas of business, media, creative arts, worship, government, leadership or ministry.
"Charis" is the Greek word meaning grace, and it truly is a Charis Experience, an experience in grace. Not only that, it's an experience that transforms the lives of every student. When you are in the Word and the presence of God, being prepared for His purposes, there's no way you'll leave the same way you came.
It really is more than just a Bible college!


No way do we get a stadium any time soon. No way, no how. Just saved a bunch of $ for USF, and didn't even have to switch to GEICO. Time to return OCS to the back burner for a while - if it ever even truly left. There is NO reason to build one right now. Pipe dream over.
Future hinges on hiring of new AD http://tbo.com/sports/colleges/usf-bulls/bulls-beat-future-hinges-on-hiring-of-new-ad-20140122/ Excerpt: "The new AD must have the creativity and vision to address USF's needs for an on-campus football stadium. Anyone who attended the USF-UCF contest in November saw how much that added to the atmosphere. USF is fortunate to have Raymond James Stadium. But it isn't a true home. The next game-changer is a 40,000-seat stadium that would invigorate the football program – and the campus."
Is it time for OCS?
I have been trying to piece together the state of the program, as I am sure most of you have as well. My thinking is the time is now for USF and Woolard to announce an OCS. We can all agree this season has been a reboot. CWT has stuck to his guns and forced a regime change, and for that I respect him. Next year may be rough as well, as the last stains of the Holtz era are washing away. However, by 2015 we should be poised to be competitive once again, especially in the diluted AAC. So as CWT grows here at USF, I feel the university is poised to make a move to place a stadium on campus (where the Tennis courts are or east of Greek Village). I have a limited understanding of the Genshaft regime, but everything up to know seems to point in this direction. My time in Greek during undergrad allowed me to understand the Universities plan for Greek organizations, and it would seem to parallel all other facets of the Genshaft Regime. For Greeks, housing was to be designed in stages, or phases. Phase I saw the construction of the current Greek housing on the North-East side of Campus. However, this was to be temporary. Phase II would see the construction of improved Greek housing on a predisposed Greek Row located just north of Pizzo Elementary School on campus. There is even a long road and cul de sac located there in anticipation of the expansion. I've seen the blueprints, it would have been glorious (for Greeks). Now in this same line of thinking Genshaft recently announced Phase II of the Unstoppable Fundraising Campaign. (http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/usf-increases-fundraising-goal-to-1-billion/2152763). Phase I saw the University raise $630+ million. Only around $100 million of that was used for athletics. From that we saw the Sun Dome renovations, as well as improved facilities for all other varsity sports. This leaves football as the only sport which was essentially unaffected by Phase I money (save for the re-purposed old IM fields). Further, and more importantly, the renovations to athletics were done without using State money. If a similar proportion of Phase II money is given to Athletics then we could see between $150-250 million available for ______. In 2012, USF executed it's five year option with Raymond James Stadium to remain there through 2016. (http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/usf-extends-raymond-james-lease-through-2016) Raymond James clearly wished to lock USF **. This leaves USF without a home for 2017. Also the terms of the lease are not that demanding, as USF pays $150,000 a game, plus $2.50 a ticket to Tampa Sports Authority who manages Raymond James. USF also has to give a share of concessions up to $2,000,000/season to the Buccaneers. Should USF decide to terminate the lease early, it shouldn't be hard to offset the damages (provided USF Athletics has the Phase II money to play with). Now our athletic department has been operating in the green for years, but such management has come at a price. (http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/248640/8/Athletics-taxing-USF-students-heavily). However, rising tuition is not keeping new students from USF. This is evidenced by the fact that the USF systems total student population is north of 48,000. (http://usfweb3.usf.edu/infocenter/?silverheader=&report_category=STU&report_type=SMAJS&reportid=211193) Further, it is conceivable that such a high commitment straight from tuition may be a better model for a young athletic's department like USF. All sporting events are essentially free to those who wish to go. We are not the likes of FSU and UF where we have the luxury of being a storied program to point where students will pay large sums of money to secure game tickets. This approach has not cost USF and has kept Athletics solvent. This is more than can be said for the likes of Maryland, or even our friends to the East (http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-27/sports/os-ucf-athletics-increasing-cash-big-east-062712_1_ucfaa-ucf-athletics-association-conference-usa). I bring this up to show, (Woolard's faults aside) our Athletic Department is operating in the green and in a position to make make such a capital investment as an On-Campus-Stadium and bear the brunt of possibly breaking the RayJay lease early. From the horses mouth, just this past summer Woolard expressed optimism about an OCS. (http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2013/06/06/audio-justin-pawlowski-with-usf-ad-and-coach-willie-taggart/) This also was not the first time Woolard expressed interest in a 50,000 person facility at USF. In 2012, when the Sun Dome reopened Woolard mentioned how great it would be to have a 50,000 person OCS. (http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/sun-dome-reopens-campus-football-stadium-usfs-future) I hate playing a psychologist, but he has said it twice. I would think then that he, Genshaft, and the board of trustees have just such a facility in mind. Also, for those of you that believe winning is a prerequisite to constructing an OCS, look to UCF and FAU. UCF went a combined 12-24 in the three seasons preceding Bright House Network Stadium. FAU went 6-6, 5-7, to 4-8 in the three seasons preceding the completion of FAU Stadium, and that team went on to go 1-11. Further, Minnesota, who many suggest USF needs to emulate in order to get competitive facilities, went 14-24 in the three years preceding their $300 million facility. We currently sit at 10-25 over the past three seasons. It has been miserable, but it is also a perfect time to make a move and improve USF's situation. Woolard also feels that he has a coach to build with in CWT. Is Woolard going to build with him. 45,000 to 50,000 seat OCS opening 2017. What do you all think?


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The Booper is now seven years old and plays in a baseball league with a pitching machine, which means I'm a full-blown baseball mom! There's nothing I love more than cheering on the boys as they learn the game and take pride in good sportsmanship. He's learning so many valuable lessons not just about the game but about life too. While I love being at the ballpark to enjoy his games, our little miss just doesn't have the attention span needed to sit still for that long. I have to come prepared and pack my diaper bag with 10 essentials that make watching his baseball games fun for her too.
Of course this is the stage we're in right now. Your toddler might be in the potty training stage, so extra trainers might be needed.
This is a go-to in my bag or purse at any stage. I never want to be at the ballpark when little miss has an explosion diaper and run short on wipes. Baby wipes have so many uses. Whether it's cleaning ketchup from her hands after eating a concession stand burger or wiping her grubby fingers after trying to pull an old piece of gum from the bottom of the bleachers. It is my firm belief you can never go out without wipes!
It's so important when you're going to be gone from home for a long time to have a drink for your toddler. We pack her sippie cup and the Booper keeps his water bottle in his ball bag. We all try to stay hydrated for those long games in the sun.
There's nothing as ferocious as a HANGRY (hungry + angry) TODDLER. Our little miss is full of sass on a regular basis, but she gets down-right mean when she needs to eat. Toddler snacks serve so many purposes though while at the ballpark. They fill her belly, but they also help me to keep her on our blanket or sitting on my lap while she eats. When grabbing a snack to throw in my bag I like to think of easy options that will keep her munching but not spoil her dinner. She LOVES the new toddler Crispies from Beech-Nut. They're an individually wrapped crunchy/chewy bar she can hold and enjoy while listening to me yell for our favorite player. Other foods she loves for me to pack include the Cereal Puffs and for times we rush to make it to the game a Beech-Nut Pouch is the perfect meal on the go.
When you're a little princess you can't walk around the ballpark as anything less than pristine cuteness. Occasionally, she has diaper leaks or spills from her cup and needs something to change into so I always pack another outfit.
Depending on her outfit and the timing of the game I have to be sure my toddler's skin is protected from the harmful rays of the sun. I try to find a spot for us to sit in the shade, but packing sunblock is a must, because she rarely stays in one spot long!
This is probably an obvious one for most parents, but somehow there are always moms and dads struggling to keep their toddler entertained at the field and they don't have any toys. I like to have a special toy that she only gets when we're at the ball field that way it's new and fun for her every time. I try to hold off pulling her special toy out of the bag until I know she's starting to get restless.
Not only do toddlers look adorable in a hat, they help to shade their face from the sun. Win-Win!
Even in the summer it's amazing how many uses you can find for a good blanket. If nothing else, it keeps her busy folding and unfolding. I don't worry about her putting it on the ground, just throw it in the wash when we get home. My favorite parenting hack is putting a blanket on the ground and telling her she can have the snack if she sits on the blanky. Most of the time it works to keep her immobile for a while then I can keep up with the game.
Having snacks for your toddler is great, but sometimes mom and dad need to hit up the concession stand for a drink. Keeping a few dollars stashed in the pocket of my diaper bag is my back up plan for any trip.
These are the toddler essentials that have to be in my diaper bag when I double-check before running out the door. What are some things you NEVER go without when packing your diaper bag? I would love to hear about your diaper bag staples in the comments below!
I have also added sunglasses. They may be more foreplay than you but I have them just in case!
During baseball season I have sunflower seeds and eye black in my diaper bag!
You have the essentials I would want in my diaper bag. My grandkids used to love PUFFS. I liked them, because they were convenient and good. Like little flavored puffs of air. Plus I never heard of a baby or toddler choke on them!
This basically sums up what I carry in mine as well! Even as my kids get older I still need a big bag every time we go anywhere!
This is great! I understand the need to have all this! Thanks!
Great comprehensive list. The park near us has sprinklers through the summer so have to remember a towel and swim suit as well.
I always have bandaids in my diaper bag. Great round up!
Helpful hints! I have a shower coming up and have the diaper bag and now am adding gifts to it! Sunglasses are a must!
Another essential for me is a plastic bag (gallon size) in case we have a blowout and I don't want them to touch other stuff until I can get home and wash them!
Again great choices! When you have a baby, your diaper bag is your lifeline for a happy baby! Especially if it is packed with the correct necessities & it looks like your list covers it!
I always overload! I go with the saying better safe than sorry and that sometimes get me in trouble when it come to organization. I'm about to be the grandmother of twins. So between my two younger kids and grand kids on the way I really need all the tips I can get.
Excellent choices. These would definitely be in my diaper bag.
This is a lot like the daddy list I have made up for my hubb.When making a list for a man,MAKE SURE TO ADD BABY TO THE LIST.
I can't believe how much stuff mothers have to cart around when they have kids.
great list. Sunblock is a must!
I'll have to purchase the Quinoa Crispies!
Those Beech-Nut products look like a great variety!
When your child is happy then so are you and a good time can be had by all!
Remember to pack a bottle of water or a couple of things for yourself too!
I always over packed..you know..just in case they needed this or that! lol The puffs are awesome to carry around for anytime.
Essentials and more. Yes snacks.
I have 2 toddlers and an older one in sports so I completely understand. My boys don't like to sit and watch their big brother so I always have to be ready to keep them busy. Even If it's playing educational games on their leapfrog laptop.
Love the suggestions and all the things you take in your diaper bag... I always had 2 diaper bags with my little ones as I never thought one was enough!
Don't forget the ice pack!
I would love to pack a diaper bag now with sunblock and a hat, if only the weather would warmup and we could go out! You definitely have the right idea about what goes into a diaper bag that's for sure! If baby is happy, momma is happy!! Thank you for sharing!
Protecting their lips is also a must. Dried up lips are awful too. They can split and bleed. Toddlers also like pulling off the dead skin on their lips and that will definitely make matters worse! There's chapstick or carmex - aides like these to protect them. Just something to think about.
This is a practical list. I will send it to my niece who has a toddler.


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The triumph and tragedy of Trump
First, the triumph. Against all odds, he won the presidency with promises to shake up a sclerotic Washington establishment. He did that and more.
He moved the U.S. embassy to the ancient capital of Israel over objections from the establishment who predicted a violent reaction from the culture of complainers that passes for Palestinian people. That move proved the first step toward an outbreak of Mideast peace.
Along the way, he put out of business the beheading barbarians called ISIS, cancelled the agreement that would have made Iran a nuclear power within a few years and coordinated with our ally Israel in thwarting belligerents throughout the region.
While the left was figuratively canceling good Americans who said politically incorrect things decades ago, Trump was literally canceling terrorists who were torturing, raping and murdering Americans.
Arabs, nearly all of whom are decent and civilized people, welcomed this new American approach. While Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize for the hope of what he might accomplish, Trump has received four nominations for the prize for what he actually did. The reaction of the establishment, naturally, is not to congratulate him, but to urge the abolition of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Illegal immigration across the Mexican border is down dramatically due to more interdictions, the threat of deportations, pressure on Mexico and, yes, partial construction of a wall. The response of Democrats – who as recently as the Obama administration suggested that illegal immigration should be stopped – has been to shriek "racism!"
He presided over a booming economy with record low unemployment for blacks, record high stock market levels and miniscule inflation. He cut taxes for people who pay taxes.
He pushed through criminal justice reform to get petty criminals out of jail and back into society – a move that especially benefits minorities.
During the Trump administration, the U.S. has become the world's largest producer of crude oil. Much of that is a result of the technology called fracking, a solution so good that enviro's can only sputter about imagined risks.
Simultaneously, the U.S. has made greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than most of the signatories to the Paris Convention, that gaseous and unenforceable document from which Trump withdrew.
Trump got tough with China for both ongoing human rights violations and predatory trade policies. And he renegotiated NAFTA into something fairer with more protection for American workers.
As a lawyer, I'm impressed with Trump's three Supreme Court nominations, and his lower court appointments are almost as good.
Neil Gorsuch's libertarian leanings just might slow the march of the unaccountable administrative state. Brett Kavanaugh withstood what Clarence Thomas a generation ago rightly called "a high-tech lynching." Amy Coney Barrett is an accomplished intellectual who does not conceal that she's a member of the Christian wing of the Catholic Church.
Ah, but then there's Trump's tragedy, a full-on Greek and Shakespearian one. The man is afflicted – or is it blessed? – with personal traits that make him hard to love. He boasts, he bullies, he belittles and he betrays. The man seems to have a screw loose.
But as Shakespeare said, "Though this be madness, yet there is method in it." Trump's madness is partly because he wants to get into the heads of the opposition. He succeeds. He now lives in leftist heads 24/7 rent-free.
While there, he makes unmitigated mischief. He's like a little demon whispering in their ear suggestions like, "Defend looters." Or "Attack a white couple for adopting and saving two black orphans from the cesspool of Haiti." Or "Abolish the southern border." Or "Say there are 64 genders."
Fine, that's all good fun and might even be politically productive. The establishment needed a swift kick in the gonads, and Trump never met a gonad he didn't want to kick.
But the country needs something else too. It needs not just a warrior, but also a leader.
Trump is sometimes compared to Ulysses S. Grant. Lincoln famously said about Grant and his swaggering drunkenness in the Civil War, "I can't spare this man. He fights."
Like Grant, Trump fights. But recall that Grant didn't always fight. After the Civil War, he presided over Reconstruction where he protected former slaves, opposed the Ku Klux Klan, rebuilt southern infrastructure and worked to pass the 15th Amendment ensuring blacks the right to vote.
Trump could learn a thing or two from Grant about reconstruction and reconciliation with one's enemies. Maybe in his second term, he will. Maybe like Grant, he can learn to wage peace as well as he wages war.
He'll get that chance. This weekend's column will explain how and why.
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26 thoughts on "The triumph and tragedy of Trump"
steven cahn on October 26, 2020 at 11:05 am said:
Never happen, he's racist, masoginist, beyond rude, a total failure with handling the virus, which you don't even mention. Dream on, this guy is toast and rightfully should be. Making fun of wearing a mask as thousands die, yeah he's a great guy.
EmeraldCityNotebook on October 26, 2020 at 11:17 am said:
Hey Steve you must work for Dean Basketcase at the NYT
paulinmontana on October 26, 2020 at 11:42 am said:
"… he's racist, masoginist [sic], beyond rude, a total failure with handling the virus …" Thus sayeth one of the rabble of ignorant, gibbering snowflakes.
Unfortunately, such goobers do vote.
In reply to the stamping of steven cahn's tiny foot: https://vdare.com/posts/liberals-informed-by-their-ignorance-and-adamant-about-it
Joyce Wells on October 27, 2020 at 8:16 am said:
I remember an article I read several years back. A lady, a black lady, had been living in one if the many rooms in Trump Tower, for quite some time. When she was found out, our President moved her to a suite, and told her she was welcome to stay as long as she wanted to. And the kitchen staff was at her beck and call. That doesn't sound like a rude, racist, vile, anti caring creature to me.
William Lawrence on October 26, 2020 at 8:38 pm said:
Hmmm! I had to re-read the Article to confirm sir, that you are a case in point…
oldbat on October 26, 2020 at 10:14 pm said:
bloody landslide coming. the color of blood. you need to get your ass out of social media and find some real news.
Beverly Rogers on November 21, 2020 at 2:15 pm said:
My opinion regarding President Trump is that he was, and is, the right man for this time in our world. For whatever else he may be, likable or otherwise, he has gotten the job done, and in record time. I am praying for a second term, even if that has to be in 2024.
E Olson on October 26, 2020 at 11:18 am said:
Can you imagine what the media and social media reaction would be if Trump said he had learned some lessons from Grant and was seeking to emulate him? Grant was a slave owner, so Trump's admiration would only be used as the latest example of his racism right up there with the "good people on both sides" remark supporting white supremacists in Charlottesville. Speaking of Charlottesville, the "good people on both sides" were fighting about taking down a statue of Robert E. Lee, whom Grant invited to the White House to probably discuss reconciliation between North and South, but neither Grant nor Lee ever leaked to the media what they actually spoke about – both were honorable men. Lee defended Grant and would not tolerate any criticism of him after the war, and always expressed gratitude for the generous peace terms Grant offered at Lee's surrender.
I don't believe the people trying to tear down Lee or Grant statues have the empathy, common-sense, honor, or knowledge of history to even lick the boots of either man, but they have the complete and full support of the Democrat establishment and mainstream media who have suggested Trump be assassinated, tried to overturn the 2016 election results, put together a phony impeachment attempt to remove him from office, and have not made any effort to work with him on any initiative of substance. I also don't think Grant or Lee ever faced any adversary on the battlefield or in politics so lacking in ethics, manners, and honor as Trump faces daily from Democrats, Never-Trumpers, and the media, and I highly doubt either would have been so conciliatory in the face of such opposition.
Joe Wolf on October 26, 2020 at 11:23 am said:
Very good, sir! And compared to what the past administrations have "accomplished?"Mr. Cahn, you have every right to vote for a man who doesn't even know who the President is aginst whom he's shuffling. (Can't say he's running.)
Chad Klinger on October 26, 2020 at 2:28 pm said:
Bang on, Glenn!
First, I love the allusion to Hamlet's "antic disposition" (the madness with method). This play depicts a government in which every single courtier except Horatio serves The Deep State, and while Hamlet manages to bring it all down, the tragedy is that Denmark itself comes down with it, as Fortinbras' Norwegian army overruns it.
It reprises the fate of Jerusalem: A Hamlet-like Jesus, out to restore His Father's Kingdom, purged the Judaean Deep State at the expense of his life, and then the whole ball of wax succumbed to Roman legions in 70 AD.
Which brings me to your sparkling reference to "the Christian wing of the Catholic Church." Neither Sophocles nor Shakespeare could imagine a world in which a figure such as Donald Trump would find himself as the principal Defender of The Faith, against an entrenched Deep State that has installed Francis as its figurehead — a smiling villain with a Machiavellian skill set. "To be, or not to be" is the question facing The Bride of Christ, and in one of the most surreal moments in history, the answer may hinge of the outcome of an American election. Christians sorely need a Battle of Lepanto kind of victory against the Marxist anti-Church, and only God can keep both church and state from crumbling in the aftermath.
God grant us a Grant.
Joel on October 26, 2020 at 4:28 pm said:
Grant did not have "rampant drunkenness" during the Civil War. That is an urban legend that has been consistently debunked.
onthebeatontrack on October 26, 2020 at 5:11 pm said:
Well, actually, I didn't accuse Grant of "rampant drunkenness. I accused him of "swaggering drunkenness" which is a little different.
I think the swagger might have made him a better warrior. As for his drinking, it's a fact that he was a binge drinker for much of his life. Historians still debate how much it affected his career. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_reputation_of_Ulysses_S._Grant
Chad on October 26, 2020 at 6:28 pm said:
In any event, Trump is a swaggering teetotaler.
Grant only drank when he his wife Julia was not around and being the devoted husband the loneliness got to him. He never was drunk during combat.
stanonstuff on October 26, 2020 at 6:55 pm said:
As the first comment shows, there is no point in Trump being nice to liberals. They have slandered him viciously for four years. They orchestrated a coup attempt against him. They have violated every aspect of good manners and comity. Compared to the vile nastiness of the Democrats Trump has been a choir boy.
Lock 'em up!
coming soon according to mark taylor, who has been pretty darn right all this time.
David R. Graham on October 26, 2020 at 7:56 pm said:
I also have been pondering what will happen in the second admin. Peace-making is in the man's blood. So is excision. Decision means taking one course and scissoring off all the other possibilities. The one theme that recurs in my mind is restructuring on a very large — Yuge — scale. Essentially, reaffirmation of Westphalia's solution (independent, sovereign nation states) to religious, make that partisan, strife, as globalism, an idolatry, partisanship, succumbs to its own irrationality and abandonment by the sensible.
The inter-nation institutional order made by rich fathers and mothers upon the conclusion of WWII does not answer modern inter-nation conditions, much as their children demand that it does. In fact NATO, World Bank, Ford, Rockefeller, Ivies, CFR, UN, etc., abominate modern conditions and make a mess of things in consequence, which is never wise to do inside what is ultimately providential: history.
So I am looking for large-scale, fundamental inter-nation alliance restructuring to answer current and coming conditions. PJT welcomes opportunities, and makes them, and will guide/compel the same to benefit the generality of Americans. Socialists would refuse opportunities and try to compel conditions to their benefit exclusively, as if they know what benefits them and what does not. Either way, easy or hard, the restructuring occurs, and on a very grand scale, which conditions all smaller scale activities and conditions. WEF's Great Reset Initiative is a weak play, but play it they do.
Tom on October 26, 2020 at 8:10 pm said:
My reasons for voting for Trump are practical. Biden has stated that he will eliminate fossil fuels. My car uses gasoline and oil, fossil fuels. My house uses natural gas for the furnace, hot water heater, stove, and fireplace. So if it's President Biden and he keeps his campaign promises I have no car and my house is inhabitable. Trump has put money in my pocket. The only thing Biden and his ilk ever put in my pocket is their hand. My only critique of Trump is he needs to use more carrot and less stick. For instance, he could tell Nancy Pelosi how cute she is. There nothing more fetching than the sight of an 80 year old woman wearing a mini skirt.
Mike Koohns on October 26, 2020 at 11:14 pm said:
How do you reconcile with the left when they make false accusations, spy and use the full force of the FBI, NSA and IRS against you after being duly elected by the American people?
Shouldn't you be asking the LEFT to reconcile with Trump?
That will never happen.
Michael Lorrey on October 27, 2020 at 5:08 pm said:
You can only have peace when the other side pleads for it. Dems must first submit to Sherman's march before they will beg for peace. Slash and burn….
Chad on October 28, 2020 at 8:11 am said:
I gather you don't have a "Co-exist" bumper sticker on your car. Do you mean to say that, unlike John Lennon, you can't "imagine all the people . . . "? That you don't deplore the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? My, my, my.
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And now you and your commenters have me thinking of Oliver Cromwell who, as creator and commander of the world's first modern army, vanquished all resistance — from Royalists, Levelers, and Catholics — only to be done in by his ruthless excesses as Defender of the Commonwealth. He was Grant the general, but not Grant the reconstructionist and healer. As for Trump, if he prevails, he must finally drain the swamp, but without destroying his legacy. A delicate piece of business indeed.
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Life in Tokyo
Advertise / 広告募集
Sugizo
Time to move on, says the visual kei icon
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2012
Courtesy of Trypod
The celebrated guitarist for X Japan and Luna Sea, just back from enthralling thousands in Bangkok, is running an hour late. It's with expectations of a star-size ego that I enter a meeting room at his agency to see Sugizo already at a table.
All sunglasses and leather—he certainly looks the rock god. But it's with soft-spoken humility that Sugizo tells me about the X Japan concert in Thailand's rain-soaked capital.
"The Thai fans waited a long time, so we were determined not to let the flood stop our show," he begins. "It was the first time for me to go to Thailand, and after the cancelation of X Japan's Beijing concert it would have been really disappointing." Giants of the visual kei movement, X Japan and Luna Sea are at a level where their concerts become political footballs. Sugizo first experienced a Chinese cancelation when Luna Sea's Beijing and Shanghai concerts were called off last year.
"It was at the time of the Senkaku problem," Sugizo says about the ship collision incident near the disputed islands. "We wanted to go and our Chinese fans wanted us to come, but there was strong anti-Japanese sentiment. This year I was glad when I got the chance to go again with X Japan, but the Beijing show was canceled—this time there seemed to be some problem with the promoter."
When not performing with X or Luna Sea, Sugizo has a lively solo career. It's hard to fathom exactly how X Japan or Luna Sea might upset Chinese authorities, but Sugizo takes the politics of his solo music pretty seriously. The second song on his new album Flower of Life is titled "Enola Gay" after the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.
"The message is that an A-bomb must never be dropped again," he explains. "My American drummer's birthday is on August 6 when the bomb was detonated, while my singer is Russian and I'm Japanese. The song reflects the fact that three people from former enemy states with nuclear pasts can be friends. It begins with a sense of terror but gives way to hope for a nuclear-free world."
Since Fukushima, Sugizo—who has volunteered extensively in Tohoku—is of the opinion that Japanese society needs to be rethought from the ground up. Another song, "Prana," for example, represents his hopes for clean energy. But he has mixed feelings about the intersection of politics and music.
"I've changed," he says. "For me now, I don't voice overt political views. It's something that comes out in my music indirectly. I respect people like Bob Dylan and John Lennon, but I can't follow them. I can't simply sing, 'No war.' Too much ideology changes the music—that's something I want to avoid."
People who know Sugizo from Luna Sea and X Japan might be surprised to learn that his solo work is drenched in electronica. Flower of Life and its companion remix album Tree of Life are informed more than anything by psychedelic trance, and the guitarist performs regularly with psy-trance legends Juno Reactor.
"I've been into electronic music for a very long time, and the guitar came after," explains the son of classical musicians, whose first instrument was the violin. "I found success with Luna Sea, but electronic music is actually closer to my roots as a musician.
"Luna Sea and X Japan are what you might call 'rock entertainment,'" he expands when asked about his differing approaches. "We need bands like these to reach a wide audience. My solo work is more cult—it's the difference between art and entertainment. For musicians it's natural to do both and I don't like to divide them into separate spheres. It's journalists and fans who create borders."
Replacing the deceased Hide as full-time guitarist in X Japan was a big decision. How did Sugizo commit to filling the role of the very guitarist who had discovered Luna Sea, and whose 1998 death, likely by suicide, had elevated him to mythic status?
"First they asked me to support them on tour," Sugizo recalls. "Of course I said OK. X Japan are old friends and I was close to Hide-san. But it was difficult to imagine being a full member. I thought it over for about a year: What would Luna Sea think? And could I handle three careers? In the end I was swept along with the tide."
Twenty-three years since Sugizo (Yune Sugihara) helped to define the second wave of the visual kei movement with Luna Sea, where does the now-worldwide scene stand?
"It's difficult to say, because visual kei is not really a musical genre," he muses. It's a culture or style. There are many different sounds: rock, metal, pop, comedy…"
"It's great that Japanese forms of culture like visual kei and anime have been acknowledged internationally, but at the same time I think this movement will soon end."
Sugizo says the next scene will not be so closely identified with Japan. "It will be something that is just simply good, not visual kei per se. People who just attach themselves to visual kei will fade quickly, whereas those who create excellent work will be remembered.
"Visual kei has been a bridge to connect Japanese culture to the world," Sugizo concludes. "But from here on it will be less about presentation than the music itself. Japanese music will continue to be heard worldwide, but the term 'visual kei' will fade. We're now at a crossroads. Our next step is to create truly excellent works."
Sugizo performs with Juno Reactor on Jan 20 at Ageha (listing).
He also appears in the play 7 Doors at The Globe Tokyo, Mar 16-Apr 1 (listing).
Flower of Life and Tree of Life are out on Avex Trax.
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❝ Mexico's federal immigration agency shuttered five of its detention centers late last month, as the agency's new chief says he wants to improve the treatment of undocumented migrants.
The closings included the detention center in Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, just days after the director of that office was fired. A report from TV network Telemundo had found officials at that office had extorted migrants being held there, and officials have said they're investigating the complaints.
The remaining closures were in Nogales, across the border from Nogales, Arizona, on the coasts in Acapulco, Guerrero, and Tuxpan, Veracruz; and toward southern Mexico in Morelia, Michoacan…
❝ Top immigration officials, appointed by the newly elected President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, appear to be making an effort to reform the agency, said Gretchen Kuhner, director of the Institute for Women in Migration, a Mexico City-based nonprofit.
Mexico now working to improve the lot of undocumentados while the home of the brave and the land of the free couldn't care less. At least the Executive branch and a chunk of Congress.
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Universal Standard Pops-Up in Seattle and Portland!
Ready to meet your closet's new best friend? Say hello to Universal Standard. We're working with the size inclusive clothing brand to kick off their 12-city tour right here in the Pacific Northwest.
You can get a first look at the brand's complete collection and meet the women behind the it who are being hailed for their efforts to forever change the way women above a certain size are seen – and the way they see themselves.
Who is Universal Standard?
It all started when two women, Polina Veksler and Alexandra Waldman, realized that size had become the main factor in determining who was able to enjoy high quality, stylish clothing. They knew this standard had to change, so they changed it.
Universal Standard is transforming the apparel industry for more than 67% of women in America. The size-inclusive brand offers fashion-forward, high-quality clothing for women sizes 10-28, who until now have had very limited choices for clothing.
The tour will also include a nationwide model search to find the faces of its next campaign.
Other stops include San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Columbus and D.C., concluding in New York.
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Photobiomodulation with polychromatic li...
Photobiomodulation with polychromatic light (600–1200 nm) improves fat graft survival by increasing adipocyte viability, neovascularization, and reducing inflammation in a rat model
SERT G., Kucukguven A., Zırh E. B., DEMİRTAŞ T. T., Çakar A. N., GÜMÜŞDERELİOĞLU M., ...More
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, vol.54, no.2, pp.268-280, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
Doi Number: 10.1002/lsm.23457
Journal Name: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
Keywords: fat graft, photobiomodulation, polychromatic light, LEVEL LASER THERAPY, ENDOTHELIAL-CELL PROLIFERATION, WHITE ADIPOSE-TISSUE, STEM-CELLS, IRRADIATION, VEGF, PROMOTES, GENE, ANGIOGENESIS, EXPRESSION
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© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLCObjectives: Unpredictability with the final volume and viability of the graft are the major concerns in fat grafting. An experimental study was conducted to increase graft retention using photobiomodulation (PBM) with polychromatic light in near-infrared region (600–1200 nm) by utilizing its stimulatory effects on angiogenesis, neovascularization, adipocyte viability, and anti-inflammatory properties. Methods: A total of 24 rats were divided into four groups (n = 6) according to the applied polychromatic light protocol to the recipient site (none, before fat transfer, after fat transfer, and combined). In all groups, inguinal fat pad was excised, measured for volume and weight, and transferred to the dorsum of the rat. At the end of the experiment, fat grafts were harvested from the recipient site for volume and weight measurements, histological, and immunohistochemical evaluation. Results: Intergroup comparison revealed that fat graft retention regarding weight and volume, was significantly superior in Group IV (p = 0.049 and p = 0.043, respectively), which polychromatic light was applied both before and after transfer of the graft. Hematoxylin–eosin and Masson's trichrome stained sections showed absence of necrosis, fibrosis, inflammation, cyst formation, and increased vascularization of both inner and outer zones of the grafts in Group IV. Also, immunohistochemical staining scores for perilipin (indicator for adipocyte viability), CD31 and VEGF (indicators for angiogenesis and neovascularization) were significantly higher (p < 0.001). Ki67 scores were significantly lower in this group because of anti-inflammatory environment (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Application of PBM to the recipient site before and after fat transfer improved outcomes in rats at 56 day after fat grafting by means of volume retention, increased neovascularization and adipocyte viability and reduced necrosis, fibrosis and inflammation.
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Home News + Features Will Detroit media ever lift black businesses up to the same level...
Will Detroit media ever lift black businesses up to the same level as Sister Pie?
• Aaron Foley
I really, really don't need to read yet another story about Sister Pie when there are so many other businesses to hear from.
This morning, I had the great pleasure of having breakfast with Ron Fournier, editor and publisher of Crain's Detroit Business. I'm not job-hunting at Crain's; this was simply a meeting of the minds.
There's a lot in common between Fournier and me. We are both Detroiters, but a generation apart; he's the same age as my parents. We're both authors. And, at the moment, we're both managing publications in a changing Detroit – not just demographically, but how Detroiters are consuming their news.
Among many things we discussed this morning was a recent column from Fournier about Heavyweights Cuts, a barbershop in Detroit's West Village neighborhood. Heavyweights is black-owned and has been in the neighborhood for years, but hasn't gotten a drop of ink in the press. What had gotten a lot of ink is the now-closed Parker Street Market owned by a young white guy who, like many young white business owners in the city, had instantly become emblematic of Detroit's comeback while that store was in business.
Like in his column, Fournier expressed to me his desire to amplify the stories of "been-ups," the types of businesses that have, well, been "up" during Detroit's roughest times. The types of businesses that have never left Detroit, and the ones that continue to press on – quietly, as in that the patronages of those businesses know that they're there, but still remain unseen in Detroit's media.
It's the responsibility of media to uplift these stories, and I explained to Fournier that sometimes that burden falls (sometimes unfairly) on identity publications like BLAC. BLAC's circulation, print or online, is not large compared to Crain's. Our staff is not as large, and our footprint is not as wide. But we do what we can.
What would give businesses like Heavyweights a boost is if more folks like Crain's gave them shout-outs here and there (in addition to the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed white folks), which in turn would give them wider exposure, and perhaps catapult them to the same level as the newer, trendier places in town.
That sentiment brings me to this fresh pile of free-advertising, cheerleading, white savior dogshit in The Detroit News today. What the fuck is this?
If you haven't noticed, it's Pi(e) Day, March 14, which means Americans everywhere are treating themselves to slices of pie. And what did the News do? They beelined straight to fucking Sister Pie a-fucking-gain to repeat some non-news about how good Sister Pie is.
Is Sister Pie still news? Is it?
Don't get me wrong. This is not a slam on Sister Pie; I was just there this weekend, and I have the Square receipt to prove it. The pies are really fucking good at Sister Pie. Let's get that straight.
It's just that, oh my God, does Detroit really need another Sister Pie story? Another one? Especially one that declares that the "top spot" in the whole fucking Southeastern Michigan metro area is this one and only this one?
Would it have killed the News to have included a black-owned place in there somewhere, or did the quota run out in February? "Well, it is Women's History Month," you might argue – Sister Pie is owned by a woman – but damn, not even black women?
You can't help but to draw parallels between the type of coverage Sister Pie gets and the type of coverage Parker Street Market was getting. Didn't we just learn from this? And maybe, just maybe, could we also tell some black stories from West Village? (And not just Detroit Vegan Soul?)
Sister Pie makes good pie. After all, as the story notes, they are a James Beard semifinalist. And that makes them too fucking easy.
More than one thousand words on this story were given just to tell us shit we already know about Sister Pie. There's the step-by-step on how to make a Sister Pie pie crust, a story the Detroit Free Press just did a few months ago. The tale of how its owner, Lisa Ludwinski, won a Hatch grant – we know this, because it's mentioned in every single Sister Pie origin story, and goddamn, Hatch better be thanking their lucky stars for all of the free promo they're getting out of this as well. And of course, all the flavors, information that could readily be found on their homepage or social media.
(Oh, but slices of pie are $3.14 on Pi Day. Thanks for making me wade through all that text to find that out.)
You know who else could've been included in this story? How about Good Cakes and Bakes (which is also running a Pi Day special)? Or Sweet Potato Sensations? Or Love's Custard Pies? Or People's Brothers Bakery? All of which have pie, but oops – perhaps too black, and not quite fitting of The Narrative.
I'll reiterate that Sister Pie makes really fucking good pie, but they don't need any more news right now. I mean, speaking of receipts:
Five recent mentions of Sister Pie on the News' site, all of which prominently center on Sister Pie itself. Just two for Sweet Potato Sensations. (Hillary Clinton acknowledged Sweet Potato Sensations before the News did!) None for Good Cakes and Bakes, People's or Love's.
Or, let's look for more examples in Google.
Damn near 4,000 hits for Sister Pie, and pitiful results for the next. Do we see what's going on here?
Fournier brought up that maybe some of us (er, actually, some of y'all) working in Detroit media have unconscious bias. That we (y'all) just lean on easy stories from what we know from our own networks. And too often, those networks are whitewashed.
What is it going to take for local media to uplift minority-owned businesses (let's be clear, it's not just black-owned businesses missing from the equation. We could go all day on how y'all only drop in on Dearborn and Southwest Detroit for immigration and terrorism-related stories) on the exact same platform as the new white ones? And if we ever get there, could we not frame them in the lens of white accomplishment? When are we going to let other businesses share the spotlight with Sister Pie (which, for the third time, has really, really good pie)?
The ways in which Detroiters consume their news are changing, and I'm not just talking digital platforms versus physical ones. We're far past that. If I have to go to yet another journalism organization's meeting about how more people react to countdown lists over longforms or whatever is the trend du jour, I'm just going to peace the fuck out. No, the way in which Detroiters consume news is totally unique to any other metro market.
Detroiters want to see themselves in these kinds of stories. We're frustrated with the same stories about the same people and same businesses all the time. Oh, that's not to say we don't celebrate them. We love Sister Pie! But OK, where are the other Sister Pies? They have stories, too. And their stories are just as feel-good and shareable.
Fournier's column, while very well-intentioned, had the misfortune of having its dominant photo for the web version of the story be it of the white guy that owned Parker Street Market, and not the black guy who owned Heavyweights. It was reverse in print, but most people consumed the story online. That meant there was a lot of grumpy, dismayed reaction to the lead photo of a black business (written from the lens of a white journalist, but that leads to a different discussion) being a white entrepreneur. You know what that means, right? It means black Detroiters would have had a better reaction to seeing themselves in the spaces they know they occupy.
Don't tell me another Sister Pie story, please. Give me that same story from a black businesswoman. Or a gay businessman. Or a trans-owned business. Or a Yemeni-owned business. Or a Latina. Or someone living with a disability (and not just Richard Bernstein, find me someone else, goddamit!). That's what we're supposed to do, and that's what we owe to consumers of Detroit news.
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Harry Gruyaert: "There is no story. It's just a question of shapes and light"
Published on 27 July 2015
All images © 2015 Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos
With the recent release of the first English-language monograph of his work, famed Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert talks about the banality of colour and the fuzzy line between art and photography
Boom, Belgium, 1988. © 2015 Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos.
"On my first visit to the States in 1968 and discovering pop art was really important for me. It was completely new, and made me look at banality in a different way, not saying 'this is bad taste', [but] to do something with that, accept it and look at it with a sense of humour."
The impact of pop art is clear — the book opens with TV Shots, his 1972 series photographing distorted TV images.
Living in London, Gruyaert created the series by turning the dial on a television set at random and photographing the distorted images he saw there.
Saturated hues and distorted faces create a nightmarish satire of media culture, and when first exhibited in 1974 caused controversy.
The images, his first serious work, are markedly different from the later work he is renowned for but provides clear context for his career. Despite it all, he struggles with the label of 'artist', at least publically. "I don't know… it's complicated. I'm saying I'm a photographer and if people think certain things are art, then yeah, sure."
Paris, France, 1985. © 2015 Harry Gruyaert / Magnum Photos
Gruyaert's distaste for narrative, coupled with his enduring fascination for the banal, makes him a thoroughly unsentimental photographer. "It's purely intuition. There's no concept. things attract me and it works both ways. I'm fascinated by the miracle where things come together in a way where things make sense to me, so there's very little thinking."
"When I joined Magnum, I showed [my] pictures of Paris to Raymond Depardon. He said 'that's fascinating because you show the banality — the colours of the tables, the plastic of Paris'. It's an aspect of Paris you don't see in black-and-white; people are not attracted to that thing, they always want something going on. They want an anecdote." After such a storied career, perhaps Gruyaert's refusal to give people what they want is precisely the thing that makes them keep coming back to his work.
'Harry Gruyaert' is published by Thames and Hudson now. Details here.
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James Beattie can't wait for this afternoon's game with Exeter City and the chance to test himself against a man who in different circumstances might have been his manager.
The Stanley boss has revealed that he travelled to Devon in January to discuss joining the Grecians when his initial short term deal with the Reds - and learned a lot about visiting manager Paul Tisdale in the process.
"I always look forward to the games," said Beattie. "It's another tough game for us, Exeter are a very good side, especially away from home, and I know their manager pretty well.
"I actually went down to speak to him last January because of the logistics of my family living on the south coast and me living up here. I think the only choice for me to make was to stand by Leam (Richardson) and help us out of the trouble we were in at that time.
"Paul Tisdale seemed a very switched on guy and he's got his team playing some very good football.
"I remember being straight up with Leam and seeing I was going to speak to them and he knew the situation with the family and told me to go and speak to them.
"I didn't feel that I could leave the lads and the club in the lurch. I felt that I'd become part of something and had to see it through."
Now, almost 12 months later Beattie and Tisdale meet as touchline adversaries and the Stanley man is looking forward to facing a visiting side looking for a first win in nine.
"That's another angle to the story!" he said. "It's been a fast transition for me from playing to being a manager and one I've thoroughly enjoyed even though I do miss playing.
"This afternoon I'll be standing opposite Paul in the dugout pitting my wits against a very experienced manager who runs his club, as he explained to me, very well and very efficiently.
"I think he'll be much the same as I was; he'll stick to his guns, his principles and his football philosophy and just be waiting for his players to click. They certainly know how to win games but hopefully our performance will see us through."