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Correspondence| July 2008
Efficacy of Intravenous Iron Sucrose Administration for Correcting Preoperative Anemia in Patients Scheduled for Major Orthopedic Surgery
Jorge Cuenca, M.D., Ph.D.;
Jorge Cuenca, M.D., Ph.D.
*University Hospital Miguel Servet, Saragossa, Spain. kpacuen@yahoo.es
José A. García-Erce, M.D., Ph.D.;
José A. García-Erce, M.D., Ph.D.
Manuel Muñoz, M.D., Ph.D.
Anesthesiology July 2008, Vol. 109, 151–152.
https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e31817b5aea
Jorge Cuenca, José A. García-Erce, Manuel Muñoz; Efficacy of Intravenous Iron Sucrose Administration for Correcting Preoperative Anemia in Patients Scheduled for Major Orthopedic Surgery. Anesthesiology 2008; 109:151–152 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0b013e31817b5aea
Preoperative anemia is a common condition among surgical patients, and it is an independent risk factor for blood transfusion in major surgery with moderate to high blood loss. Consequently, the first step to be taken in the setting of elective surgery will be the preoperative identification and evaluation of anemia early enough to implement the appropriate treatment. In this regard, we read with interest the report by Theusinger et al. 1about the use of intravenous iron sucrose for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia in orthopedic surgical patients. They found a mean maximum increase in hemoglobin (1.0 ± 0.6 g/dl) 2 weeks after the start of intravenous iron treatment, indicating that administration of intravenous iron 2–3 weeks before surgery may be optimal. We would like to comment regarding the patients' inclusion criteria, the dosage and administration schedule of iron sucrose, and the comparison of their data with those of the study by Cuenca et al. 2in patients sustaining a pertrochanteric hip fracture.
First, although Theusinger et al. 1clearly defined anemia according to World Health Organization criteria as hemoglobin level < 12 g/dl for women and hemoglobin < 13 g/dl for men, their definition of iron deficiency was complex and somehow arbitrary. According to other authors, iron deficiency anemia is defined by anemia with mean corpuscular volume < 80 fl, ferritin level < 15–30 μg/l, and transferrin saturation < 15%.1On the other hand, in the event of inflammation (C-reactive protein > 5 mg/l), iron deficiency may be defined as transferrin saturation < 20% and ferritin < 50–100 μg/l.3Therefore, the cutoff values used in this paper (ferritin < 100 mg/l or 100–300 μg/l with transferrin saturation < 20%) are compatible not only with iron deficiency anemia but also with anemia of chronic disease, with or without true iron deficiency.3,4Thus, it is conceivable that a mixed anemic patient population was included in this study. This may be important, because the endogenous erythropoietin response to low hemoglobin is more substantial in iron deficiency anemia than in anemia of chronic disease, and erythropoietin increases the mobilization and incorporation of iron into the erythron.3Inflammatory mediators involved in anemia of chronic disease also impair duodenal iron absorption and iron mobilization from body stores.4
Second, the authors stated that in the current study group iron stores were empty, but without additional information on the inflammatory status, mean baseline ferritin levels (78 ± 70 mg/l) do no support this statement for all patients. However, the authors chose a dose of intravenous iron (≤ 900 mg) that may be insufficient for certain patients, whereas for others it covered the theoretical total iron deficit. In addition, the authors did not take into account the iron loss induced by perioperative blood loss. Assuming that 1 mg/l of ferritin is roughly equivalent to 8 mg of stored iron, and that 165 mg of iron are needed to reconstitute 1 g/dl of hemoglobin in a 70-kg adult, these patients may not have enough stored iron (preoperative ferritin ≥ 100 mg/l) to reconstitute their perioperative hemoglobin loss (3–4 g/dl) and keep a normal iron store (ferritin > 30 mg/l).5
On the other hand, most of the injected iron sucrose will be cleared from the plasma into the reticuloendothelial system within 24 h (plasma half-life, 6 h) and the rate of transfer of iron from the reticuloendothelial system into circulating red cells may be highly variable: It is more rapid and more complete in patients with iron deficiency than in patients with cancer or inflammation due to several circulating factors (e.g. , hepcidin).6Nevertheless, a small fraction of the injected agent (4–5%) likely bypasses the intracellular steps and donates iron directly to transferrin in plasma.7Thus, the relatively small effect of iron sucrose on hemoglobin levels observed by Theusinger et al. 1might have been enhanced administering the agent at lower doses but more frequently (e.g. , 100–200 mg, 2–3 times per week). Using this approach, García-Erce et al. 8reported that the administration of iron sucrose (1,000 mg, range 600–1800) to 10 anemic orthopedic patients awaiting surgery increased their hemoglobin (+ 2.6 g/dl; P < 0.01), ferritin (+ 198 mg/l; P < 0.01), and transferrin saturation (+ 21%; P < 0.01) without significant side effects, and only one patient was transfused.
Third, Theusinger et al. 1inadequately compared their data with the data of the control group and the treated group of Cuenca et al. 2, who studied the effects of 200–300 mg of iron sucrose on transfusion requirements in patients with a pertrochanteric hip fracture, starting just 3 days before surgery, and found a reduction both in the percentage of transfused patients and in the transfusion rate, as well as a reduction in postoperative infection rate. However, the reduction in transfusion requirements was only significant for patients with baseline hemoglobin > 12 g/dl. To improve these results, in a subsequent study of 83 patients with hip fracture, they administered a higher iron dose (3 × 200 mg/48 h, perioperatively), plus a single preoperative dose of erythropoietin (40,000 IU) if baseline hemoglobin was < 13 g/dl (75 of 83, 90%), and achieved a significant reduction of transfusion requirements with respect to a control group (71% vs. 24%; P < 0.01).9Given that the study by Theusinger et al. 1was performed in elective orthopedic patients, their results should be better compared with those reported by Cuenca et al. 10for 31 patients with preoperative hemoglobin < 13 g/dl scheduled for total knee replacement, who received oral iron during the 30–45 days preceding surgery and were managed with a restrictive transfusion protocol. When compared with a previous series of anemic patients (control group, n = 25), this treatment resulted in a significant reduction in transfusion requirements (61.5% vs. 19.3%, respectively). This transfusion rate, which is similar to that of Theusinger et al. , was reduced further in a subsequent series of patients with preoperative hemoglobin < 13 g/dl (12.3 ± 0.5 g/dl; n = 19) receiving perioperative iron sucrose (2 × 200 mg/48 h) plus a single dose of erythropoietin (1 × 40,000 IU), but 44% of patients were still anemic on postoperative day 30.5
In conclusion, the use of intravenous iron should be considered for patients with intolerance to or impaired absorption of oral iron, as well as when time to surgery is too short for oral therapy. However, the total iron dose should be calculated on an individual basis taking into account weight, baseline hemoglobin, iron stores, and predicted perioperative blood loss, to provide each patient with the adequate amount of iron. Finally, in the presence of inflammation, the efficacy of iron sucrose may be further enhanced by the repeated administration of low doses.
Theusinger OM, Leyvraz PF, Schanz U, Seifert B, Spahn D: Treatment of iron deficiency anemia in orthopedic surgery with intravenous iron: Efficacy and limits: A prospective study. Anesthesiology 2007; 107:923–7
Cuenca J, García-Erce JA, Muñoz M, Izuel M, Martínez AA, Herrera A: Patients with pertrochanteric hip fracture may benefit from preoperative intravenous iron therapy: A pilot study. Transfusion 2004; 44:1447–52
Weiss G, Goodnough LT: Anemia of chronic disease. N Engl J Med 2005; 352:1011–23
Goodnough LT, Skikne B, Brugnara C: Erythropoietin, iron, and erythropoiesis. Blood 2000; 96:823–33
García-Erce JA, Cuenca J, Martínez F, Cardona R, Pérez-Serrano L, Muñoz M: Perioperative intravenous iron preserves iron stores and may hasten the recovery from post-operative anaemia after knee replacement surgery. Transfus Med 2006; 16:335–41
Danielson BG: Structure, chemistry, and pharmacokinetics of intravenous iron agents. J Am Soc Nephrol 2004; 15:S93–8
Silverstein SB, Rodgers GM: Parenteral iron therapy options. Am J Hematol 2004; 76:74–8
García-Erce JA, Cuenca J, Muñoz M, Giralt M: Preoperative iron sucrose for anemia outpatients awaiting surgery. A pilot study (abstract). Transfus Altern Transfus Med 2006; 8 (suppl):82–3.
García-Erce JA, Cuenca J, Muñoz M, Izuel M, Martínez AA, Herrera A, Solano VM, Martínez F: Perioperative stimulation of erythropoiesis with intravenous iron and erythropoietin reduces transfusion requirements in patients with hip fracture. A prospective observational study. Vox Sang 2005; 88:235–43
Cuenca J, García-Erce JA, Martínez F, Cardona R, Pérez-Serrano L, Muñoz M: Preoperative haematinics and transfusion protocol reduce the need for transfusion after total knee replacement. Int J Surg 2007; 5:89–94
Preoperative Epoetin-α with Intravenous or Oral Iron for Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Spinal Peroxynitrite Contributes to Remifentanil-induced Postoperative Hyperalgesia via Enhancement of Divalent Metal Transporter 1 without Iron-responsive Element–mediated Iron Accumulation in Rats
Hepatic Hepcidin Protects against Polymicrobial Sepsis in Mice by Regulating Host Iron Status


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Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law to the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has insisted that he is still in the race for the governorship seat in the state, despite reports that his name has been dropped by the National Working Commitee of All Progressives Congress.
Nwosu, stated that reports making rounds that his name has been dropped by the party's NWC was not authentic. There were reports that Nwosu's name was substituted with Sen. Hope Uzodinma by the party's NWC.
Nwosu, while speaking with newsmen in Owerri, the state capital, said, "Apart from available records, which showed that I am the authentic governorship candidate of our party, I also have a valid Court Order barring the partly and INEC from substituting my name.
"So, the media house reporting that is obviously sponsored to do a hatchet job.
"There are no contentions to my victory at the Imo State governorship primary election.


Classen Shipyards in the Netherlands has signed a contract to build a 38.4m all-aluminium sailing sloop designed by Hoek Design.
She will be classed and equipped under MCA LY2, ready for private use or charter. The yacht will feature a traditional classic hull with a sweeping sheerline, and long overhangs. The layout on deck is based on a proven concept of a private master cockpit aft and a centrally positioned guest cockpit and deckhouse. These guest areas allow for both inside and outside dining and lounging.
The towering carbon rig will feature a full set of carbon rigging and suit of modern racing sails. Down below the main saloon is positioned aft of the full width engine room and forward of the full width master stateroom. The saloon will be fitted with a fireplace and high-end entertainment systems. In the stateroom, mirrored around the centerline there will be a separate head and shower. Against the aft bulkhead there will be a king size bed flanked by comfortable seating on either side. All guest areas will be fitted with hull ports to provide the required natural light.
Forward of the engine room there are two generous guest cabins, one double and one twin. The area forward of the mast is reserved for the five crew members in a spacious galley and crew mess, laundry and three cabins.
Completion is set for April 2015.


The Motley Fool Canada » Dividend Stocks » Will Altagas Ltd. Cut its Generous Dividend?
Will Altagas Ltd. Cut its Generous Dividend?
One key factor that attracts investors to Altagas Ltd. (TSX:ALA) is its generous dividend. At under $31, the shares yield about 6.8%. Investors should note that the company has raised its dividend for five consecutive years.
High, sustainable yields are uncommon, and big dividends sometimes end up being cut. Could Altagas's juicy yield be in jeopardy?
Why does it have a big yield?
The recent pullback has made Altagas shares cheaper and pushed its yield higher. The pullback from the $33 level was due to the news that Altagas would be acquiring WGL Holdings Inc. (NYSE:WGL).
Altagas is seemingly paying a hefty premium for WGL Holdings. And whenever there's an acquisition, there's increased uncertainty around the acquirer. Thus, the acquirer tends to fall in price. So, it's understandable why Altagas fell more than 6% after the news came out.
However, WGL Holdings is a quality company with fitting assets to add to Altagas's portfolio of contracted power, regulated gas distribution, and highly contracted midstream assets.
WGL Holdings is a high-quality utility with a solid balance sheet; it's been awarded a high S&P credit rating of A+.
The company has diversified energy-infrastructure assets, consisting of gas utilities, gas pipelines, and clean power.
Specifically, regulated gas utilities represent about 77% of its assets.
The acquisition will triple Altagas's utility customers and increase its power-generation gross capacity to about 1,900 MW. Moreover, WGL Holdings has $4.6 billion of investment opportunities, which will be a significant addition to Altagas's original opportunities of nearly $2.7 billion.
If all goes well, Altagas will acquire WGL Holdings by the end of the second quarter of 2018.
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If you look back in history, you'd see that Altagas cut its distribution in 2010. However, Altagas is not to blame for it.
The energy-infrastructure company was previously an income trust, but in 2011, Canadian income trusts (other than real estate investment trusts) were forced to convert into traditional corporate structures. As a side effect of this transition, the stock's distribution was cut.
Since the change in July 2010, Altagas has not once cut its dividend. In fact, since then, the company has increased its dividend steadily for five consecutive years by 8.7% per year on average.
If anything, the acquisition will improve the safety of Altagas's dividend. It is expected to be accretive to earnings per share by 8-10% and funds from operations (FFO) per share by 15-20% on average through 2021. And it'd support an 8-10% annual dividend growth for Altagas through 2021 with a reduced payout ratio.
With a normalized FFO payout ratio of about 61%, Altagas's dividend should be sustainable. If the WGL acquisition succeeds, it will improve Altagas's dividend-growth prospects.


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4 Canadians among the dead in Las Vegas shooting
Jeff Lagerquist and Josh Dehaas, CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Monday, October 2, 2017 10:12AM EDT
Last Updated Tuesday, October 3, 2017 10:34PM EDT
A mother of four from northern Alberta, a Calgary-area model and educational assistant, and a B.C. mechanic who loved his cowboy boots were among the 59 killed in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas. At least nine other Canadians were hit by gunfire. Here are their stories.
Jordan McIldoon
Mechanic Jordan McIldoon of Maple Ridge, B.C. would have celebrated his 24th birthday on Friday.
McIldoon's grandmother, Ann Norman, told CTV Vancouver that her grandson was an only child with a big heart who worked hard, loved his family and looked after his girlfriend.
Las Vegas resident Heather Gooze said in a Facebook post that McIldoon died in her arms. She described the tragic scene in an emotional interview with CNN on Tuesday.
"I had my hand over his hand, and I could kind of feel his fingers wrapped around my hand," Gooze said. "I felt like a squeeze on my fingers, and then I just felt the fingers go loose."
She said the concert venue was not unlike a warzone once the gunfire started, with people using ladders and other objects as makeshift stretchers to evacuate the wounded. Another man nearby, she recalled, was kneeling beside his dead wife, unwilling to leave for safer ground.
Gooze said she eventually managed to unlock McIldoon's iPhone after he died by asking Siri to call his mother.
"We called his mom. I said, 'I promise you, I swear to you, that I will not leave him. I will stay with him until this is over,'" she said. "I just didn't want him to be a John Doe."
McIldoon will be remembered as a compassionate, adventurous, and loving young man. He was a few months shy of finishing a heavy duty mechanic apprenticeship, loved extreme sports and the outdoors, and was "rarely seen out of his cowboy boots," according to a statement released by the family on Tuesday.
"From the people who stayed with Jordan that night and held his hand, to the first responders who had to rush in to an unimaginable scene, we would like to thank everyone for their incredible love and support," the family wrote.
B.C. Premier John Horgan called the violence "horrifying" and "incomprehensible," adding that his "thoughts are with the family."
Jessica Klymchuk
Jessica Klymchuk of Valleyview, Alta., was visiting Las Vegas with her fiancé when she was killed in Sunday's attack. She leaves behind four children.
The Holy Family Catholic Regional Division issued a statement Monday expressing "shock and sadness" at Klymchuk's death. The school division said Klymchuk worked as an educational assistant, librarian and bus driver for St. Stephen School in Valleyview, Alta.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family," the school division said.
Calla Medig
Calla Medig of Jasper, Alta., was also killed. The 28-year-old was taking time off from her job at a west Edmonton Moxie's restaurant to enjoy Las Vegas with her roommate.
Longtime friend Lyndsay Perham said Medig will be remembered as strong and loyal.
"She had a heart of gold," Perham told CTV Edmonton. "She would do anything for her friends."
It's not the first time tragedy has struck the Medig family. Calla's brother was killed in a car collision many years ago.
The Jasper Royal Canadian Legion Branch 31 said in a Facebook post, that "a young beautiful lady was taken from us." The flag at legion branch has been lowered in her memory.
Tara Roe
Tara Roe, 34, of Okotoks, Alta. was confirmed dead by her aunt, Val Rodgers. Roe's parents were looking after her two boys while she and her husband were visiting Las Vegas with another couple.
A GoFundMe campaign was set up to raise money for the family.
A friend of Roe said she was a kind, loving and joyful person who was always open to help anyone in need.
She worked as a model and an educational assistant in the Calgary area.
Roe grew up in Brandon, Man., where family friend Loretta Hamilton said the community is heartbroken.
"Brandon is missing a beautiful star and she was going to do good things in the world so somebody will have to pick that up for her and carry it," Hamilton told CTV Manitoba.
Manitoba friends injured
Two friends from Manitoba, meanwhile, were among more than 500 people wounded in the gunfire at the concert in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Jan Lambourne of Teulon, Man., was hit in the abdomen and underwent surgery. Her friend Jody Ansell of Stonewall, Man., was sent to hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm.
Lambourne's husband Joseph Lambourne told CTV Winnipeg that he got a frightening call from his sister-in-law around midnight informing him that his wife had been shot.
After that, he received a text message from Jan that said: "I love you. I've been shot. I love you so much."
"It scared the hell out of me," he said.
Lambourne said his wife was originally listed in critical condition, but was later upgraded to stable condition.
B.C. man has serious abdomen wound
Sheldon Mack of Victoria, B.C., was hit by multiple bullets and was placed in intensive care unit after surgery for a ruptured colon.
Mack told CTV Vancouver Island that he was standing in front of the middle of the stage with friends when he thought he heard fireworks. After that, he was shot in the gut, hip and forearm.
"I just panicked and looked for anybody who could help me and I had my friend use his belt as like a tourniquet and cut off the blood," he said. "It all happened crazy fast. It seemed not real."
Mack tweeted earlier Monday afternoon that there is "so much evil in this world" and thanked God "for watching over me now."
His father Hudson Mack, a well-known B.C. broadcaster, told CTV News earlier in the day that his son had been in Las Vegas celebrating his 21st birthday.
Hudson Mack posted an update on Facebook Monday afternoon that said he and other family members had arrived in Las Vegas and had visited Sheldon.
"We were relieved to see this sight of him when we walked into the ICU, and when we saw his tweets after we landed," he wrote.
"He helped others last night while the shooting was happening," he went on. "His friends Liam and Cole helped him and others, and someone saved his life, dragging him to safety and getting him to an ambulance," he went on. "Whoever you are, thank you."
Calgary man shot in leg after helping others
Steve Arruda and his wife Elaine began running when they heard the gunfire.
After climbing a fence, Steve stayed behind to help strangers get over the fence while he told his wife to keep running. He ended up shot in the leg.
The couple recounted their story in an interview with CTV Toronto.
Elaine said she wasn't surprised by her husband's actions. "He's always is helping people and putting himself second," she said.
A local hockey league posted on Facebook that they wish Arruda a quick recovery.
Edmonton man shot in arm
Matt and Amanda Austin told CTV Edmonton that they ran for their lives when they heard the shots.
"I said, 'We got to go.' We got to get out of there," Matt said from a terminal at Edmonton International Airport.
He was shot in the back of his right arm as the couple became tangled in the crowd near the venue's exit. A security guard on the street rushed the pair to the hospital.
"I just felt like somebody Tasered me in the back of the arm and shot me through my bicep," Matt said.
B.C. man shot in back of head
Braden Matekja of Lake Country, B.C., was with his girlfriend Amanda Homulos when he saw someone get shot in front of him.
"I just yelled at my girlfriend to get down and let's run," he told CTV Toronto from his hospital bed.
Mateka said he suddenly felt like he had been "hit with a sledgehammer or a baseball bat in the head."
He dropped to the ground and then stood up feeling "disoriented." He then realized there was blood "spurting" out of the back of his head from a gunshot wound.
"One guy took his shirt off and wrapped it around my head and wrapped it nice and tight while the other two helped me as we ran to the edge of cover," he said.
Several other Canadians also injured
Also reported injured in the attack was Ryan Sarrazin, who was raised near Spiritwood, Sask., and lives in Camrose, Alta.
Tara Killen, from Airdrie, Alberta, was shot twice and according to her husband, she is "recovering in a Las Vegas hospital from injuries sustained during the concert tragedy."
Carrie-Lynn Denis of Leoville, Sask., was shot in the foot, according to The Canadian Press.
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Soul Survivor festivals to end in 2019
by Hattie Williams
The announcement will come as a 'shock' to fans, its founder says
More than 4000 people attended Soul Survivor's first "Naturally Supernatural" event at the Stafford Showground in July last year. It will run for the last time in 2019
More than 4000 people attended Soul Survivor's first "Naturally Supernatural" event at the Stafford Showground in July last year. It...
THE Christian youth charity Soul Survivor will host its last festivals next summer, after more than 25 years of events, its co-founder, Canon Mike Pilavachi, has announced.
Canon Pilavachi founded the Soul Survivor church in Watford, in 1993. He wrote in a post on the Soul Survivor website last week that the decision would come as a "shock" to fans of the events.
"We know this will come as a shock to many but we believe that God has spoken and that this is the right time for us to step aside and make space for others to rise up. This is not a decision we have taken lightly but something we have been wrestling with for a substantial amount of time.
"Our leadership team and board of trustees came to this decision unanimously and believe that, after 27 years of events, 2019 is the right time for Soul Survivor to end."
The first Soul Survivor conference was held in 1993, and its first festival took place over two weeks in 1995. More than 1800 people attended. This grew to 25,000 in 2007, but growth has since slowed.
Canon Pilavachi explained: "Soul Survivor isn't growing as fast as it once was, and it's hard to balance budgets whilst running a quality event, but we are in a secure financial position. This really is a decision based on what we believe God is saying."
Soul Survivor, a registered charity that runs the five annual festivals around the country, would not be affected by the closure, he said. Soul61, a separate charity offering "Christian gap years", and run by some of the same trustees and staff, will also continue.
Soul Survivor events currently employs 24 staff, including part-time team members and people on short-term contracts, Canon Pilavachi said. No redundancies would be made before the autumn of next year.
"Right from the start of Soul Survivor, we always said that when God told us to stop, we would. We believe that time has come, and we want to be obedient. We've always been humbled by the amount of support you've shown us, and so we know some of you may feel sad about this decision."
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Talkin' Tunes 9/12/19: Post Malone's New Album Review, The Weeknd Evolved Into Pablo Escobar, and The Summer Tour You Can't Miss in 2020
Long week folks. Those post Labor Day blues have kicked in already. The Pumpkin Spiced Seasonal Depression has already planted it's seeds in my body. Thank God we've got some great new music to get us through it though. New tracks from Greta Van Fleet, Rex Orange County, and Kanye as well as 2 really great albums from Earthgang and Post Malone??? What more could I ask for….it doesn't matter what I asked for, because I'm getting the Weeknd going full on Pablo Escobar whether I like it or not! ALSO I didn't ask for a crazy nostalgia tour in the summer of 2020 but I got that too! Lastly, we've got a question of the week I think everyone will have a great answer for. All that and more below.
"Always There" -Greta Van Fleet
I was wondering where these guys had been just the other day and here they are with a new song. I know a lot of people hate on these guys for being a knockoff of Led Zeppelin and are just pandering to the "kids born in the wrong generation" type but I love their sound. I'm all in. Keep it coming fellas.
"10/10" -Rex Orange County
New Rex Orange County dropped today. Lord, does that feel good to say. This man dropped one of my favorite albums of the past 5 years back in 2017 and has only released a few singles since so whenever we get a new track like this the hype rises. Is it going to be a whole new album? I'm not going to get my hopes up after his last song "New House" came out over 6 months ago and I was all hyped up about a full new project. But still, glad we got this lil guy. It's good.
"Take Me to the Light" -Francis and the Lights, Bon Iver, and Kanye West.
I mean, these 3 can't together and create a bad song. We've got Bon Iver who's already dropped one of the best albums of 2019, Kanye West who's about to drop the best album of 2019 later this month with Jesus Is King, and of course Francis and the Lights who continues to have one of the most unique sounds in the game while also collaborating with other geniuses like Ye, Bon Iver, and Chance. Great collab from 3 certified kings.
"Dirty Laundry" -Danny Brown
I'll be honest I didn't know Danny Brown till I listened to this song while browsing Apple Music and man am I hooked. This beat goes HARD. He's rapping in what sounds like an exaggerated Andre 3000 impression over heavy Odd Future-esque beats? HEAT. Not to mention it seems like he's got a great personality from this music video. I'm all in. Looking forward to his album coming out in the next few weeks.
"Pick U Up" -Foster the People
Foster the People is low key releasing some unbelievable funky jams. I loved their first album so much in high school and as time went on I almost grew apart from that alternative rock sound they had mastered, so now that they're pivoting to more funky pop alternative music…I'm all in. This chorus is wicked catchy, I still love their lead singer's unique voice, and after they dropped "Sit Next to Me" a year or two back I feel like they're only heading more in the right direction.
Mirrorland -Earthgang
I've had my eye on these guys since they murdered Revenge of the Dreamers III and this album did not disappoint my expectations. The duo is just one of the few people out of Dreamville who are having unbelievable years, with J.I.D., Bas, and Cole himself having standout years already. This album is like if you took Young Thug, Outkast, Migos, and Brockhampton and mixed them all up into a perfect blend. It's awesome. I'm not the biggest trap guy, but this album does it so perfectly. They've got some really fun radio-ready trap beats with hard transitions, hard bars, and some awesome features. My favorite is probably "Proud of You", featuring Thug himself.
But I also think songs like "Fields", "Stuck" and "LaLa Challenge" really show how they're planning on bringing a new sound into mainstream rap. Always great seeing a new duo emerge too.
Really looking forward to see where these guys go as their first debut album was so cool. I think they've got a little work to do as far as branding/differentiating goes but you can tell they've got the talent and in the end I think that'll make them extremely successful at best or just extremely underrated at worst.
Hollywood's Bleeding -Post Malone
The third album from Post Malone is here and to no one's surprise, it's filled with bangers. Posty just tossed an absolute banger salad with this one. I liked the singles he dropped with "Wow", "Goodbyes" and the latest "Circles", but the whole album kept up that energy and gave us even better songs. An easy favorite off the early part of the album is "St. Tropez" which is a classic Post track. Really catchy trap beat, great chorus, and hilarious lines like "abs like Abercrombie Fitch" and "Bud Light running through my piss".
Then we also get some songs that stray a little bit from the radio-hit side of Post like "Allergic" where he's almost channeling an alt rock sound you'd expect to hear coming out of the hipster kids Volvo in the high school parking lot in 2012…and I'm into it.
He also had some really great features like Dababy's heater of a verse on the soon-to-be hit "Enemies", SZA on the melodic "Staring at the Sun", and along with that there's a guitar solo and chorus from *checks notepad* Ozzy Osborne??? and Travis Scott? On the same track??? YUP. That's correct and those 3 weirdos linked up, probably did some weird drugs, ate a few bats, and made the awesome song called "Take What You Want".
Just wild. There's a lot of great stuff on this album so I don't have complaints necessarily, but all I would say is that I wish Post would almost focus up a little bit. I like how he isn't tied down by a certain genre and that he can switch between rock and trap pretty smoothly, but I almost wish he went a little more experimental with it. Do a 10 song album that all sounds like "Allergic" or do a full on trap album and spit the best bars you can. It's just a lot going through a 17 song album and hearing gorgeous production on songs like "Internet" but then also hearing Halsey and Future spew nonsense on "Die for Me". My dreams probably will not come true though, because Post is planning for the Post-Apocalyptic world (pun absolutely intended) by buying a 3 million dollar bunker.
All I'm saying is if shit does really hit the fan I will wait in line for weeks on end to get into the end of the world party at Posty's underground bunker. You know there's gonna be a pool, an aux cord, and all the non-perishable bud light you can imagine. What more can a man ask for.
The Weekend Has Emerged from His Cocaine Cocoon Into a New Version of Himself
So The Weeknd's got a new look and folks, it's only natural. We had to expect this was coming. If there's two things we can always guarantee about the Weeknd it's that 1.) He's Horny and 2.) He Loves Cocaine. And nothing screams overly sexual coke head like a nice little caterpillar on the upper lip.
The Weeknd is evolving like a damn Pokemon except with coke. A Cokémon, if you will.
Stage 1: Absolute Clown
Look at this guy's hair. Just screamed he wanted to do drugs and bang homeless people. His first mixtape was called "House of Balloons" for a reason, dude was wired on the same white that let Pennywise do this move.
Stage 2: Existential Crisis
He cuts off his hair the same way teenage girls do in coming of age movies when they need to show that the character is going through a mental breakdown. He starts talking about the space and stars and makes music with possible aliens Daft Punk (who knows what they've got going on under those helmets) and releases this wild music video that begs the question "what if life is just like, one big video game man?"
Now where he is? Well, one of the places left to go.
Stage 3: Pablo Escobar
The unbuttoned shirt, the frizzy fro, the dirty stache, he's one of the smoothest looking dudes in the game right now. I legit think this is his best look yet like he pulls it off really well…but he still is giving off some very stinky blow vibes. There's gotta be a couple of lil powders just hangin round in the lip warmer that he's saving for later.
It really only makes sense now though, he's gone through the other phases, he's extremely successful, he's got a ton of money, he's got a ton of women, he's got gorgeous estates, a promising career, and he's dealt with illegal drugs for years in the public eye without getting caught? It was bound to be Escobar season. Can't wait for his next form which will probably be Alabama catfisherman coke-head. So when he comes out a few years from now with a shaved head, long beard, wearing overalls with nothing underneath and a lazy eye don't say I didn't warn you.
The Hella Mega Tour Is the Concert Event I Didn't Know I Needed
If fifth grade me heard this news he would be soiling his American Eagle jeans out of pure joy, and as an adult I'm doing the same thing but in my work-friendly Gap khakis….Green Day, Fall Out Boy, and Weezer are all going on tour
First of all, WILD announcement video. Deep faking Billie Joe, the dude from FOB and Rivers Cuomo on the heads of the Anchorman fight scene was unbelievable. They all released new songs this week and to be honest, they're kinda dope! "Father of All…" is the new Green Day song. Super cool punky sound still. "Dear Future Self" is the new Fall Out Boy song featuring Wyclef Jean, and it's very fitting with their newer surf-rock-pop sound that's been pretty consistent on the radio. And Weezer's new song "The End of the Game" is more classic to their old sound which I'm glad about.
That being said, I really only want to hear their slappers on this tour. No new stuff. If they all play their biggest hits it would be a must-see show. Imagine "Sugar We're Going Down", "Wake Me Up When September Ends", "Island In the Sun", "Dance, Dance", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Beverly Hills" all playing at the same show??? GAS. HEAT. AND to top it all off they're playing at Fenway next summer.
I could not be more hyped for this and I'm definitely hitting this concert next summer (and taking the day after off, of course).
This announcement really got me as giddy as a young school boy because when I first started to dive into music and see what I personally liked…Green Day was my SHIT. I was wearing all black to school (granted, it was black adidas sweatpants and a black T-Shirt from like Hollister, but still) and loved rocking out to these dudes. I think I was asking for their album for Christmas in 5th grade and was disappointed when I didn't get it…until I opened my last gift which was a little silver iPod Nano.
Yup, this little dude was maybe the best gift I had ever gotten. And what did I do now that I had the power to access any song I want whenever I want for the low price of $1.29? Immediately went to Green Day's artist page on the iTunes store and bought "Holiday", my favorite song. That was the very first song I ever bought on my iPod and I'll never forget it.
This brings us to the
Question of the Week….What's the First Song You Remember Having on Your iPod?
I'm excited to see what people say for this. It's so funny how in 5th grade some kids just liked the Maroon 5 that was on the radio and others were like deep into hipster music from Garden State already. Let me know what yours was and what your iPod looked like if you remember!
If you got this far, thanks so much for reading. For real, love writing these and doing the Instagram questions but actually going through and checking out the post means a lot. Preciate you.
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All the hard work is starting to pay off.
The fast lines are coming at a more regular pace. The trails are changing and your bike is finally starting to attach itself to you. Your tires are perfectly inflated and conforming with the earth. The sharp edged rocks and the salty clay that clumps in small bits but gives pretty near perfect traction most of the time is becoming familiar, a daily occurrence.
Either physically or just mentally retracing steps and lines throughout the day.
Sometimes it's even dusty and the dirt kicks up the in your eyes and makes for a slight drift before every corner and sometimes all the way through the corner. Your suspension is tracking with everything and the compression is finally starting to feel correct. The speed is coming...it's here...it's time to start looking further down the trail and picking up those reflexes off the end table.
It could mean your life.
You just want to be fast and have fun. No major wrecks...it's a long season and you hate the hospital so...let's stay out of the trees and in nature as long as we can without riding like chum.
Keep up the pace. Keep pushing. Set your goals so you have something to shoot for, to focus on. Like I said, It's a loooong season.
We need to cross-train, stay healthy, eat well and sleep deeply.
The season is coming...you can hear the beeps of the gate in your head sometimes. Feel the joy of crossing the finish line after a flowing run. The silence of just you on the trail, in the zone, pedaling, pumping, shifting gears to accelerate and looking intently down the trail to anticipate the next corner or obstacle.
Do you have enough speed for that jump? is it a double? corner after? rock garden? Shift again, then shift weight to set up a corner and power out and through! This is harmony.
This is why you ride. This is what you dream about. If you don't...you need to get out more!


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A Final-Fight/Double-Dragon style game which features the Caped Crusader and his sidekick Robin in a traditional beat-em-up. Based on the Batman Forever movie, this side-scrolling beat-em-up features the plot, several memorable characters, and quotes...
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Name Batman Forever
Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
Platform Arcade
Release Date March 1, 1996
Game Type Released
Developers Iguana Entertainment
Iguana Entertainment
Publishers Acclaim
Genres Beat 'em Up
Cooperative Yes
Community Rating: 3.5
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Forever:_The_Arcade_Game
Video Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00mAgz1sIrE
A Final-Fight/Double-Dragon style game which features the Caped Crusader and his sidekick Robin in a traditional beat-em-up. Based on the Batman Forever movie, this side-scrolling beat-em-up features the plot, several memorable characters, and quotes from its movie counterpart. The player gets to use batarangs, a bat grapple, and tons of other Batman-specific goodies in order to accomplish their goals. The player can create their own combos and collect power-ups to help them in their quest to rid the streets of Gotham from an everlasting flow of bad guys.
But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Psalm 86:15 (NIV)


The GC32 International Class Association (ICA) was set up to administer, oversee and promote regattas and the other sailing activities of the GC32 one design foiling catamaran internationally.
The GC32 ICA was founded by Laurent Lenne, Flavio Marazzi, Andrew MacPherson and Christian Peer in 2014 with Flavio Marazzi elected President. Christian Scherrer became Class Manager in October 2015, while Simon Delzoppo took over as President in 2017.
The GC32 ICA maintains the one design integrity of the GC32 via its class rules and regulations. While the GC32 is a strict one design, the ICA permits strictly controlled modernisation of the boat. This ensures racing remains competitive and fair, while enabling the GC32 to remain cutting edge, helping to preserve boat resale values.
Changes to the GC32 Class Rules and Regulations are made by voting of the ICA membership at its AGM.
The GC32 ICA monitors and polices the GC32 one design rule via its appointed Class Measurer. It promotes a professional organisational structure for the management, development, execution and promotion of GC32 sailing events worldwide.
The GC32 ICA also offers a forum to GC32 owners for the exchange of information and experience about GC32 foiling catamaran racing.
The GC32 ICA represents its membership when negotiating with third parties, such as federations and authorities like World Sailing.
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River Rats get Canes' first-rounder Boychuk
The Albany River Rats announced today that center Zach Boychuk has joined the team from the Lethbridge Hurricanes, his WHL junior club.
Boychuk, 19, joins Albany after completing his fourth season of junior hockey with the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL. The Airdrie, Alta., native was drafted by Carolina in the first round (14th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
He began the 2008-09 season in Carolina's NHL training camp and made his NHL debut on October 17th at Los Angeles. After playing in two NHL games, Boychuk (5'10", 180 lbs) was returned to Lethbridge, where he posted 57 points (28 goals, 29 assists) in just 43 games played. He helped lead his junior team as the seventh seed into the WHL playoffs, where they knocked off the second seeded Saskatoon Blades in seven games in their first round series; the Hurricanes were swept by the Calgary Hitmen in the second round.
Boychuk also represented Team Canada in the 2009 Under-20 World Junior Championships in Ottawa, scoring seven points (4 goals, 3 assists) in six games and helping the Canadians win their second straight goal medal.
In their final road game of the season Albany will face off with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday, April 10th at 7:05 pm at Wachovia Arena. The River Rats last home of the 2008-09 season is on Saturday, April 11th against Binghamton at 7:00 pm at the Times Union Center.
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Percy Monkman; An Extraordinary Bradfordian
PlashMill Press is pleased to announce the launch of an important new book entitled Percy Monkman; An Extraordinary Bradfordian, by Martin Greenwood. The book, which contains over 90 colour and monochrome illustrations, is available from all good booksellers in the UK and throughout the world. The ISBN is 978-0-9572612-9-7. It is priced at £24.49 retail in the UK.
Percy Monkman was an entertainer, actor and an artist. He was famous for his humorous sketches and roles and was also prominent player in more serious theatre in and around Bradford for decades. He was a highly reputed watercolourist who regularly exhibited. He was a friend of the celebrated J B Priestley, one of the foremost English men of letters of the 20th century.
The book was written by Martin Greenwood, Monkman's grandson, drawing on copious written material and images from Monkman himself, and, in addition, on his personal memories of him. It is a warm and compelling account of a fascinating life in which the subject worked in a bank — the same one, all his life — by day and at night and at weekends was a star of stage and a highly reputed painter, as well as being a husband and father.
Author Martin Greenwood
Martin Greenwood said 'Everyone who knew him in whatever capacity called my grandfather a character. Percy Monkman was extremely well-known in Bradford and the West Riding. As I was growing up in Bradford in the 1950s and 1960s, he was the most significant person in my life.
After he died in 1986, he left thousands of documents which I kept but did not properly look at. In returning to them after 30 years I discovered what an extraordinary life he had led, although I was already aware of the key parts of it.
Born in 1892 into a poor and humble working-class family he left school before his 14th birthday. He was just 22 years old when the First World War broke. He had a distinguished war record, serving with the RAMC. He entertained the troops night after night as a comedian. Returning to peacetime life in Bradford in the 1920s, he developed his role as a 'humorous entertainer' and started to publish sporting cartoons. In the 1930s he became a more serious actor. He also developed his interest in watercolour painting that gradually became his most passionate interest.
Percy Monkman (R) as Jim Heeler in Hobson's Choice (1956)
He had another distinguished war record in the Second World War, this time on the home front, leading a music hall concert party on around 600 occasions for returning and injured servicemen across Yorkshire. After the war he became best known as a watercolour painting exhibiting widely in Yorkshire and London.
Entertaining, acting, cartooning and painting, amazingly he achieved all this in his spare time while holding down a full time job as chief cashier in the bank until he retired in 1952. For another thirty plus years in 'retirement' he focused on his watercolours.
He developed life-long friendships with a wide range of people, from the world of theatre and art, including his exact contemporary and most famous Bradfordian of his day, JB Priestley a schoolboy friend from the next street.
Percy Monkman painting at his easel
Head of a large and close family, he had four younger brothers. Although one died in his 20s, the others were all successful in the wool trade. While their careers took a conventional route for their times, Percy's success in life was based entirely on the unconventional, the creative and artistic. He stood out from the crowd and also lived longer than all his family and friends.'
One of Percy Monkman's paintings: Looking to Otley Chevin (1976)
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Lorne Michaels
Birthplace: Israel
Lorne Michaels is an Israeli-born Canadian-American television producer, writer, comedian, and actor, best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live, and producing the Late Night series (since 1993), and The Tonight Show (since 2014).
In 1999, Michaels was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Lorne Michaels was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Outstanding Variety Sketch Series - 2019
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Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series - 2019
Creating Saturday Night Live
NBC (nbc.com)
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series - 2019
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Outstanding Short Form Variety Series - 2018
Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) - 2018
Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget For The Rest Of Your Life
SNL Studios with Universal Television and NBC Entertainment Digital
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Outstanding Variety Talk Series - 2016
Universal Television and Broadway Video
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Adele Live In New York City
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Best Of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Primetime Special
Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Thursday (Part One)
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Outstanding Comedy Series - 2013
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Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series - 2011
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series - 2011
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Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program - 2008
Late Night With Conan O'Brien
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Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special - 2001
Saturday Night Live's Presidential Bash 2000
Saturday Night Live: The 25th Anniversary Special
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Columbia Pacific Communities launches 'OK Boomer' social media campaign
The campaign urges the audience to leverage the rich experience and wisdom of baby boomers and turn to them for life advise, just the way they would turn to google to answer some of their life dilemmas...
Published On Jan 20, 2020 at 12:56 PM IST
The campaign, being run on Instagram and Facebook pages of Columbia Pacific Communities, and also as search ads on Google, comes with a call to action.
Columbia Pacific Communities has kick started 2020 with a topical campaign titled 'Ok, Boomer,' that aims to call out ageism and propagate the philosophy of 'positive ageing,' the brand's core philosophy.
'OK Boomer' is an ageist catchphrase that came to existence as an internet meme in 2015. By mid-2019, millennials and younger generations started to widely use it to dismiss or mock the Baby Boomer generation as narrow-minded and outdated.
To challenge the catchphrase, Columbia Pacific Communities has launched a 10-day campaign by the same name to bat for the seniors and position baby boomers as a generation that not only made path breaking contributions and continue to do so but also remain extremely relevant.
The campaign urges the audience to leverage the rich experience and wisdom of baby boomers and turn to them for life advise, just the way they would turn to google to answer some of their life dilemmas.
Piali Dasgupta, VP, marketing, Columbia Pacific Communities, said, "Our campaign has been conceptualised capitalising the ageist catchphrase 'OK Boomer' that came into existence as an internet meme in 2015. It is a reaction to the catchphrase. By mid-2019, millennials and younger generations started to widely use it to dismiss or mock the Baby Boomer generation as narrow-minded and outdated. We, as a brand, stand for showing the world the power of positive ageing. The campaign was conceived to not just celebrate the contributions of baby boomers in various fields such as technology, music, art and culture, but also leverage the rich life experiences and wisdom of senior citizens to share life lessons and advise."
The campaign, being run on Instagram and Facebook pages of Columbia Pacific Communities, and also as search ads on Google, comes with a call to action. The audience is urged to share their worries or dilemma in the comments sections that will be answered by the expert seniors from the community.
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President's Message: Leading the liberal arts into the future
Lycoming College has made a bold decision. The College has chosen to deepen its identity as a liberal arts college by developing a high impact 21st-century liberal arts education. We are certain this is a strategically smart course of action.
Stories about higher education in the popular press regularly question the relevance of the liberal arts in this era of technological revolution. This coverage is often accompanied by the suggestion that we are about to see a wave of closures of liberal arts colleges, implicitly suggesting that many institutions face an imminent demise.
There are some reasons to be concerned about the future of the liberal arts college. The National Center for Education Statistics has reported that the percentage of undergraduate degrees granted in homeland security, parks and recreation and health care rose from nine percent in 2005 to 17 percent in 2015.
At the same time, the number of humanities degrees has dropped to only 6.1 percent of bachelor's degrees awarded — the lowest level since record-keeping began in 1948.
In addition, many liberal arts colleges have suffered enrollment declines since 2010, when the number of high school graduates peaked in the United States. On average, enrollment has dropped by 75 to 90 students at institutions ranked between 100 and 240 in the U.S. News & World Report national liberal arts category.
Facing these trends, many residential liberal arts colleges have made the decision to move away from a focus on the liberal arts and add majors in the health sciences, security studies and recreation, as well as online options. Others have decided to add graduate programs and have evolved into small universities (several schools in the Middle Atlantic Conference are examples). A 2012 study that appeared in the publication Liberal Education found that the number of institutions meeting the definition of a liberal arts college dropped from 212 to 130 between 1992 and 2012. While a lot of public attention has been focused on closures, curricular change has been much more common: broadening offerings beyond traditional liberal arts fields, adding professional programs and developing graduate and online programs.
In 2013-14, we collectively developed a Strategic Plan that chose a different path for Lycoming College. We recommitted ourselves to the historical traditions of the College and to the aspirational goal of becoming recognized as "one of the very best liberal arts colleges in the country." We took the bold course of action, and the right course of action.
Choosing to remain committed to the liberal arts does not mean that Lycoming has been standing still. Since 2013, we have launched the Center for Enhanced Academic Experiences, which plays a lead role in executing our vision that a 21st-century liberal arts education must combine the long-standing focus on depth and breadth with the power of experiential learning (internships, international study, community-based learning, and research with faculty). We have also added new academic programs that are within the liberal arts and that focus on critical 21st-century issues: neuroscience, entrepreneurship and energy studies while also making additional investments in environmental science and the Clean Water Institute. We have developed the capacity to recruit a more culturally diverse, national and even global student body. We have improved the physical campus through the construction of the Lynn Science Center, the complete renovation of three residence halls and many other smaller projects. We have raised more than $51 million through the Campaign for a Greater Lycoming.
Lycoming has not, however, been immune to the forces that are adversely impacting residential liberal arts colleges. Nonetheless, there are indicators of progress toward our aspirational vision of being recognized as one of the best. This spring, we were named one of the Best 382 Colleges and Universities by the Princeton Review and also received the Colleges of Distinction designation. Our ranking in U.S. News & World Report improved by seven spots this year for a total increase of 17 spots in just two years. For the first time in the College's history, we have received institutional grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Hearst Foundations and the Booth Ferris Foundation. Leading organizations involved in the higher education sector have been affirming the rising quality of Lycoming College.
A recent book by Stanford University political science major Scott Hartley and venture capitalist offers a perspective that supports my contention that Lycoming's course has also been strategically smart. In "The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World," Hartley argues that those who will lead innovation in the emerging data age will not be people who possess strong technical skills but rather those who understand human nature and the functioning of communities and societies — people who have received a liberal arts education. For these liberal arts graduates are the ones who can identify the human problems that need to be addressed and the social dysfunction that needs to be corrected. Working with people possessing technical skills, liberal arts graduates will find in Hartley's words "the optimal ways to incorporate intelligent nimble machines into our lives."
Like Hartley, Lycoming College sees the liberal arts as the key not only to understanding the past but to leading human societies into the future. We have committed to deepening and strengthening our identity as one of the best liberal arts colleges of the 21st century.
I want to thank you for supporting this extraordinary institution as Lycoming leads the liberal arts into the future.
Kent C. Trachte, Ph.D.
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Top 5: Fake London Landmarks
By Eva de Valk
Where to find some of the most unusual (and fake!) London landmarks
Looking for something unusual to do with the family in London this weekend? We reckon you can have some real fun with our offbeat guide to these fake London landmarks
The Fake Fancy Houses
Image © Instagram via @gronnff
Two of London's oddest buildings can be found at 23-24 Leinster Gardens. At first glance they seem perfectly normal, before a closer look reveals one of London's best-kept secrets. The neoclassical facades you see from the road were built in the 1860s to hide an open-air section of the Underground where locomotives would vent off steam. Bayswater being a posh area, the railway did their best to hide the offending jets of filthy steam. The result is this charming oddity - now even more useless since the invention of electricity.
These Fake Fancy Houses are found at 23-24 Leinster Gardens, W2 3BH
The Fake Front Door
Image © ianvisits.co.uk
You can't stroll up to 10 Downing Street, for obvious reasons, but if you really want a selfie outside the Prime Minister's humble abode, pop over to 10 Adam Street. Located just off The Strand, its front door is a dead ringer for that famous London landmark. Both doors are from the same period: the one in Downing Street was put in during renovations (all above board this time) between 1766 and 1772, while work on the Adelphi complex on Adam Street began in 1768, so it's hard to tell which came first.
The Fake Front Door can be found at 10 Adam Street, WC2N 6AA
The Fake House of a fictional detective
Image © Facebook via @thesherlockholmesmuseum
A visit to the real 221B Baker Street might end up more challenging than you thought. The obvious first stop is the Sherlock Holmes Museum but, although Westminster Council gave permission to use 221B Baker Street as their address, the building is actually located between numbers 237 and 241 (though the museum is still a great place to take the family during the holidays). If you're still looking for Sherlock's home head over to the corner of North Gower Street and Tolmer's Square where the BBC Sherlock was based.
The Fake House of a fictional detective can't actually be found… but the Sherlock Holmes Museum is located at 221b Baker St, NW1 6XE
The Fake Roman Bathhouse
Image © nationaltrust.org.uk/features/strand-lane-roman-baths
The Roman Baths on Strand Lane are unusual London landmarks with a less-than-honest history; not in the least because they aren't at all Roman. Built in the early 17th century, the Baths were part of a fountain in the garden of Somerset House. In the 1830s, while under ownership of the business-savvy Mr Charles Scott, the baths were suddenly marketed as Old Roman Spring Baths. His business had soon firmly established itself as a relic from the Roman days. While bathing is no longer an option, you can still peer down at this marvel of false advertising through a window on Surrey Street.
The Fake Roman Baths are located at 5 Strand Lane, WC2R 2NA
The Fake Head
Image © Twitter via @ucl
The head of philosopher Jeremy Bentham can be seen at UCL, where his preserved skeleton sits in a wooden cabinet, padded out with hay and costume. While most of this unusual London spectacle is completely real, the head is a wax replica; the experimental mummification process used to preserve the real head made it look nightmarish. The wax head is kitted out with some of Bentham's real hair, however, so we can't discredit it entirely. The real head is now safely stored away, having been stolen in one too many student pranks.
The Fake Head can be found at University College London's Student Centre, 27-28 Gordon Square, WC1H 0AW
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Top 5 Viewpoints in London
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'Bama in a Box' celebrates one year of helping Alabama small businesses
by: Carson Burns
Posted: Jun 22, 2021 / 10:18 AM CDT / Updated: Jun 22, 2021 / 10:40 AM CDT
TROY, Ala. — 'Bama in a Box' is a subscription box service that delivers Alabama-made products to customers across the country.
On June 22, 2020, the service was launched by small business owner, Angi Horn, in a small office in downtown Troy.
Alabama subscription service delivers only locally owned products
This idea stemmed from trying to help small businesses impacted by the pandemic.
Now, one year later, the company has expanded and delivered products from 106 Alabama companies to consumers in more than 40 states.
"We started this company with the hopes that that we could do something good during the pandemic," Horn said in a press release.
"Bama in a Box has grown far beyond what we could have ever dreamed. We knew that if people knew about the great products we make in Alabama, they would want more of them. We just didn't realize how much people would love them." Horn continued.
The boxes are packed daily in the Bama in a Box facility just off Court Square in Troy.
Food items, bath products, household goods, and cleaning supplies fill those boxes and, for holidays like Valentine's Day and Christmas, the company produces specialty holiday themed boxes.
"Every Bama in a Box represents seven Alabama companies. That is seven times that the American Dream has come true every time you buy a box," Horn said in a press release.
Food truck rallies return for even bigger 2021 season
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Power Hour: Frank Clemente on Coal and Human Health
For this episode of Power Hour, Alex Epstein interviewed Dr. Frank Clemente on coal, and particularly its impact on human health. As a sociology professor, Dr. Clemente spent much of his career researching the relationship between industrialization and human health. He was a member of the graduate faculty at Pennsylvania State University and the former director of its Environmental Policy Center. You can follow his work at www.energy-facts.org.
Download Episode 55 – Frank Clemente on Coal and Human Health
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Is this the most overgrown cycle path in North East Lincolnshire?
This overgrown footpath on Hewitt's Avenue is aggravating walkers and cyclists who are getting lashed by the thistles and nettles.
Any passersby, whether on foot or bike, are being forced to proceed cautiously down the footpath thanks to the six-foot high weeds which are leaning into the pathway.
Some cyclists and walkers are upset that the path is so difficult to use.
Paul Burgess, who cycles the path every day from New Waltham to Cleethorpes, said: "We are getting lashed by thistles and nettles when we ride through. It is much worse for mums with prams, as the kids get it in the face."
One section of the pathway has been successfully cut back, but the next section towards Hewitt's Circus remains wildly overgrown.
Previously, locals had expressed concerns that the overgrown grass means there wasn't enough room for pedestrians and cyclists to pass safely, potentially leading to collissions.
"They have to cut it back just a couple of times a year. If they don't do it, it gets out of hand," a walker on the footpath said.
Do you know any cycle paths that are worse than this in North East Lincolnshire? Let us know in the comments, or send a picture to our Facebook page.
Part of the path has been cut back.
There have also been safety concerns about the extent of the nettles and thistles.
A woman going to work at Tesco on her bike said: "I run along here as well and it is terrible.
"The weeds are the level that a child will get stung very easily. I have a young boy and he has been stung."
'If there was a fire I couldn't even get out' - is this fly-tipped alley Cleethorpes' worst?
Last year the cycle lanes around the area were criticised as "not for for purpose", with the weeds making the path "a danger to all."
The footpaths are commonly used by cyclists, runners and schoolchildren walking to Tollbar Academy, meaning it can be difficult for the groups to pass eachother.
A spokesman for North East Lincolnshire Council said: "The footpath/cycle path and hedges on Hewitt's Lane will be cut next week along with the Parkway."
Cllr Matthew Patrick, portfolio holder for Environment, Transport and Energy, also said: "Along with many other organisations up and down the country who have grounds to maintain, we had a problem at the beginning of the grass cutting season due to the late winter weather.
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Uniting Blacks in a Raceless Nation
Blackness, Afro-Cuban Culture, and Mestizaje in the Prose and Poetry of Nicolás Guillén
Miguel Arnedo-Gómez
The Cuban writer Nicolás Guillén has traditionally been considered a poet of mestizaje, a term that, whilst denoting racial mixture, also refers to a homogenizing nationalist discourse that proclaims the harmonious nature of Cuban identity. Yet, many aspects of Guillén's work enhance black Cuban and Afro-Cuban identities. Miguel Arnedo-Gómez explores this paradox in Guillén's pre-Cuban Revolution writings placing them alongside contemporaneous intellectual discourses that feigned adherence to the homogenizing ideology whilst upholding black interests. On the basis of links with these and other 1930s Cuban discourses, Arnedo-Gómez shows Guillén's work to contain a message of black unity aimed at the black middle classes. Furthermore, against a tendency to seek a single authorial consciousness—be it mulatto or based on a North American construction of blackness—Guillén's prose and poetry are also characterized as a struggle for a viable identity in a socio-culturally heterogeneous society.
University Press Copublishing Division / Bucknell University Press
Pages: 324 • Trim: 6 x 8¾
978-1-61148-758-9 • Hardback • May 2016 • $100.00 • (£70.00)
978-1-61148-760-2 • Paperback • May 2019 • $39.99 • (£24.95)
978-1-61148-759-6 • eBook • May 2016 • $38.00 • (£24.95)
Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory
Subjects: Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American, Literary Criticism / Poetry, Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations
Miguel Arnedo-Gómez is a senior lecturer in the Spanish and Latin American Studies Program at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and the author of Writing Rumba: The Afrocubanista Movement in Poetry (2006).
A Note on Translations
Chapter One: Afro-Cuban Reformulations of Afrocubanismo and Mestizaje in 1930s Cuba
Chapter Two: Racism and the Myth of Racial Equality in Nicolás Guillén's 1930s Essays on Racial Inequality
Chapter Three: Guillén's Afro-Cuban Other and Black Intraracial Discrimination in Motivos de son
Chapter Four: The Search for a Mulatto Identity in Motivos de son, "Balada de los dos abuelos," "El apellido," and "Son número 6"
Chapter Five: Renegrifying Sóngoro Cosongo and "La canción del bongó"
Chapter Six: Guillén's Black Masculinist Visions of the Mulata's Cross-Racial Proclivities
Conclusion: Reaffirming the Afro-Cuban Subject, from Mestizaje to Heterogeneity
Uniting Blacks in a Raceless Nation is a fascinating study of the life and art of the national poet of a nation we considered an enemy until recently. This well-researched work sheds light on many unknown dimensions of his life, poetry, and struggle. Equally, it is a study of the black rights movement in Cuba and shows how advanced it was as compared to the United States. It is the best biography of Guillén. It is a required reading for black rights activists and scholars as well as poets and students of poetry.
— The Washington Book Review
After reading this book, I must commend the author for his serious investigations into the development of anxiety in many Caribbean thinkers who reflect on the consequences of the meeting of several races in the Caribbean basin. Further, this book is an excellent contribution to many other books about Afro-Caribbean literature, and it is suitable for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as for academics who work on the complex theme of Cuban identity. [Translated from original Spanish]
— Revista Iberoamericana


Have You Ever Contemplated Moving to an Island & Leaving it all Behind?
Well, I have and not only did I contemplate it, but I did it for FIVE years. Pretty wild, I know. I heard it all the time, especially from my friends still living in major cities like LA and NYC.
"When are you planning to come back to the real world?"
I still remember them asking, while I chuckled to myself from the "non " real part of the world. What was so bad about leaving it all behind? What was I really leaving behind? Pollution? Stress? Unrealistic social ideals? Traffic? Small Talk? A concrete jungle? Instead, I feel I had gained things I would have never be able to find in a city. Like a piece of mind for example. You have any idea how hard those are to come across these days with all the distractions a city has to offer! I also gained some fresh clean tropical air! I bet you didn't see that coming. Yes, my fake part of the world had some really fresh air. And to top it all off I gained TIME! This I must say was one of my most prized possession. I'll get into the importance of time in a later post. But, to gain time in a literal sense is something priceless. I gained time to think, sit, breathe, cook my own meals, explore new hobbies, watch the sunset and rise. I gained time for times' own sake.
Most importantly, I must say living on an island really allowed me to stop, think, reflect and figure out what I wanted most from life. Something that I had a very hard time doing in a city. I feel like I was never really doing what I wanted to do. Instead, I feel like I was always doing what I thought I was supposed to be doing (according to the media/masses). In a city your perception of reality is really distorted. Your start believing that the things portrayed on television are real. You convince yourself that success only means money and fame. That people are means to an end and that conversations should be a calculated exchange of boast and praise.
Done were the days where I identified with the social ideals of no one I really knew but myself. By moving to an island I decided to redefine the social constructs that had so indiscreetly hindered me and my true potential. I learned to believe in myself, value my own beliefs, appreciate time, nature and life. And, with that, I realized that I had my own definition of success and they had nothing to do with money or fame.


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PEOPLE v. FLAHERTY
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Roderick O'FLAHERTY, Defendant-Appellant.
SAXE, J.P., MARLOW, NARDELLI, GONZALEZ, SWEENY, JJ. Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jonathan M. Kirshbaum of counsel), for appellant. Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Nicole Beder of counsel), for respondent.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (John A.K. Bradley, J.), entered on or about April 16, 2004, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender and a sexual predator under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art. 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders determined that defendant was a level two sex offender through a calculation of points based upon the risk assessment instrument, but nevertheless recommended that he be classified as a level three offender based on his delusional and violently unpredictable behavior, his ongoing threats to harm the victim and a previous arrest for sexual misconduct. These aggravating factors were not adequately taken into account in the Board's risk assessment instrument and guidelines, and support the discretionary upward departure by the Board and by Supreme Court, which accepted the Board's recommendation (see People v. Sanford, 16 A.D.3d 1082, 790 N.Y.S.2d 792 [2005], lv. denied 4 N.Y.3d 711, 798 N.Y.S.2d 724, 831 N.E.2d 969 [2005]; People v. Roland, 292 A.D.2d 271, 739 N.Y.S.2d 694 [2002], lv. denied 98 N.Y.2d 614, 751 N.Y.S.2d 169, 780 N.E.2d 980 [2002]; compare People v. Mount, 17 A.D.3d 714, 792 N.Y.S.2d 697 [2005] ). The additional classification of defendant as a statutory sexual predator (Correction Law § 168-a[7][a] ) was also correct. We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining arguments.