In a move the state�s insurance industry said it expected, Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin ordered a hearing regarding a proposed hike in homeowner insurance rates.
Goodwin said this week the requested rates appear to be excessive and unfairly discriminatory.
Insurance companies, represented by the North Carolina Rate Bureau, have requested an overall statewide average increase of 17.7 percent for homeowner insurance rates.
Under the proposed increase, Gaston County homeowners would pay 9.4 percent more while neighboring Lincoln and Cleveland counties would see 14-percent increases in their insurance premiums.
In all three counties, insurers are also asking for 30-percent increases on renter and condominium policies.
The hearing, which is open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. June 3, 2013, at at 430 N. Salisbury St. in Raleigh.
Goodwin will serve as the hearing officer and listen to experts from the Department of Insurance and the Rate Bureau to decide what rate changes, if any, are warranted.
If the Rate Bureau appeals Goodwin�s decision, companies can raise rates while awaiting an appeals decision. If the Rate Bureau loses its appeal, money must be refunded to policyholders who paid too much.
Old data: In the ratemaking process, data typically runs two years behind. The filing is based on data from 2005 to 2009 but numbers from as recently as 2010 were available at the time this filing was compiled.
Profit methodology: To come up with a proposed rate, the N.C. Rate Bureau uses a formula that awards insurance companies excessive profit of 10.5 percent. That formula was successfully challenged in a 2001 auto insurance case, which was decided by the N.C. Supreme Court.
Hurricane model: Estimates of potential hurricane damage are based on a model that does not appear to be adequately documented or justified.
Homeowners in North Carolina�s coastal counties would face 30-percent hikes should the filing be approved as is.
Insurers blame potential hurricane damage for that escalation. Rate Bureau Director Ray Evans says the same factor is behind proposed rate increase in counties such as Gaston.
A public comment period on the rate filing was held Oct.3 through 19. The Department of Insurance received approximately 8,800 emailed or mailed comments, and approximately 35 people made comments in person during a session held Oct. 17.
The last request to increase state homeowner insurance rates came in 2008, when the insurance companies requested a 19.5 percent statewide average increase. A settlement agreement allowed for a 4.05-percent statewide average increase to go into effect in May 2009.
Evans says that most recently proposed rate hikes aren�t expected to take effect before 2014, which is part of the reason the industry asks for such large increases at once.
Basically, he says, insurance companies are required to pay out higher claims while still charging lower rates.
Given the time it takes to put an increase in place, he estimates North Carolina homeowners have seen their policies rise by an average of 1.5 percent a year.


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Owusu Bempah's church apologises for heckling of journalists in court
byErnest Arhinful
The church of Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, has apologized to journalists who were harassed and prevented from entering the Accra Circuit Court on Monday, September 13, 2021.
There was drama at the Circuit Court in Accra when the Head pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, arrived for a hearing on Monday.
Some of his church members who accompanied him tried to stop journalists from filming his arrival.
However, the police administration has since apologized to the media for the incident.
The acting Director-General of the Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, in a statement indicated that a team is currently studying the footage of the alleged assault of some journalists to identify the alleged perpetrators for immediate prosecution.
"We apologize unreservedly for this inconvenience and wish to give the assurance that journalists will be fully protected and allowed to do their work at all times, including the subsequent coverage of this case."
"We will continue to do everything possible to deepen the cordial Police-Media relationship."
But the Church, also in a press statement issued on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, said the incident is regrettable, condemnable, and was not sanctioned.
"Glorious Word Power Ministries International has learnt with regret an attack on some journalists reportedly meted out by some people believed to be sympathizers of Apostle D. Isaac Owusu Bempah at the premises of Circuit Court, Accra on September 13, 2021."
"We humbly wish to indicate that as a church, we do not support any form of violence."
It also apologized to the journalists who were heckled, the media houses, and the Ghana Journalists Association.
"The church would like to render an unqualified apology to all affected journalists, media houses, and the Ghana Journalists Association."
Meanwhile, an Accra High Court on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, granted bail to Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah and four others.
They were granted bail to the tune of GHS200,000 each with two sureties.
They are also supposed to report to the police every Friday until the case is determined.
PNC infighting: Allow common sense to prevail – Bernard Mornah to feuding factions
Our members are losing patience – GUTA butts heads with Nigerian traders
Our members are losing patience - GUTA butts heads with Nigerian traders

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HomeCountriesCentral African Republic
Malaria facts
The malaria prevalence rate in the Central African Republic is stable, with high transmission during the rainy season. The country is also characterized by complex emergency situations that pose epidemic risks. Anopheles gambiae is the main vector, and Plasmodium falciparum is found in 99.6 percent of cases.[1]
Malaria was the top reason for medical consultations among the general population (42.3 %) in 2016, and among internally displaced people it accounted for 47.1 % of consultations.[1]
Between 2016 and 2019, case numbers fell slightly by 1% from 349 to 345 per 1000 of the population at risk, while deaths fell by 14% from 0.85 to 0.73 per 1000 of the population at risk.[2] The country's complex military and political crisis however leaves it exposed to epidemics. [1, 3]
Malaria in young children
Malaria prevalence among children aged 6–59 months (using RDT testing rate as a proxy) was 73% in 2017. This rate varied, by region, however, ranging from 90% in the north and eastern regions, 70% in the western regions and 20% in the southern regions.[1]
Malaria case management and control
Artemether–lumefantrine is used for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria while injectable artesunate and IM artemether as well as injectable quinine are used for severe malaria.[1] For patients with signs of severe malaria, community health workers administered artesunate rectal capsules (ARC) before referring them to the nearest health facility.
About 60% of those at risk were protected by either indoor residual spraying (IRS) or insecticide treated nets (ITN).[1]
Health facilities
According to reports from malaria focal points, there were approximately 989 health care facilities in the Central African Republic in 2015, of which 835 were operational while 154 of these are non-operational.[1]
The country drew up a national malaria control policy in 2016, in line with the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030. The plan included adopting the World Health Organization's recommendation on Intermittent preventative treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp).[1]
Severe malaria policy and practice
National Treatment Guidelines
Strong Injectable artesunate (IV)
Alternative Injectable artemether
Alternative Injectable quinine
Pre-Referral
Alternative Rectal artesunate
Alternative Intramuscular artesunate
Alternative Intramuscular quinine
Alternative Rectal quinine
Disclaimer: MMV accepts no liability for the information presented here or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of this information.
Malaria burden
Population at risk (2019): 4,745,179
Estimated cases (2019): 1,636,984
Presumed and Confirmed cases (2019): 2,708,497
Estimated Deaths (2019): 3,486
Reported Deaths (2019): 2,017
Source: WHO World Malaria Report 2020
Under 5 mortality rate (2019; per 1000 live births): 110
Under 5 deaths (2019): 18,095
% deaths caused by malaria in children under 5 years of age (2017): 17.4
Source: UNICEF
Active sources of funding
Reported by donor
Reported by country
Global Fund (2019)
US$11,245,876
WHO (2019)
US$199,800
UNICEF (2019)
Directives nationales de prise en charge des cas de paludisme 2013
Comparaison de l'efficacité de l'artémether et de la quinine dans le traitement du paludisme grave chez les enfants à Bangui, République centrafricaine
Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique
RAMP programme CAR (external link)
CAR case management
CAR community case management
1 The Global Fund (2017). Central African Republic Malaria Funding Request.
2 World Health Organisation (2020). World Malaria Report 2020
3 Ruckstuhl, L., Lengeler, C., Méthode Moyen, J., Garro, H. & Allan, R. (2017). Malaria case management by community health workers in the Central African Republic from 2009–2014: overcoming challenges of access and instability due to conflict. Malaria Journal volume 16.


I think you will find that has already been suggested.
jamesh wrote: Just a quick note for people wanting a little bit more information on the new camera board.
The PCB is 25x20x9mm (approx). Weight currently unknown but very light.
The module itself is an OV5647 (see http://www.ovt.com/products/sensor.php?id=66), a fixed focus 5MP sensor capable of 2592x1944 stills, but also 1080p30, 720p60 and 640x480p60/90. We are still working on the faster frame rates, but stills capture and 1080p30 are already working. There is still some work to do on the camera driver and on image quality.
The module package itself is 8.5x8.5x5mm.
Can you post a pdf with the dimensions and locations of the holes in the PCB?.
Happy to wait for software updates! I just want stills, preferably triggered via Python.
Just a few more snippets of information.
IR filters : these sensors come in two types, coated lens or separate filter. Obviously you cannot remove a coated lens, and I have it on the best authority that removing a separate filter AFTER manufacture is *very* difficult.
Removing the filter will also break all the ISP tuning parameters.
Separate lenses : There is no support for these, and again they will break the colour tuning done on the camera, but more importantly the lens shading will need to be redone for every different type of lens.
The long and short of it is : You will be a getting a decent all-round colour camera designed for the mass market. It's not going to be able to do some of the stuff people will want of it. Sorry, that's just the way it is. No point in complaining, because what you see is what you will be getting!
But it would be cool to have as much access to the internal knobs, calibration settings, and modes of operation as possible.
Webcams are often frustrating because of the automatisms. For example they change the framerate depending on the auto-exposure. But then you cannot get precise timestamps of each VFR frame.
But I suppose since this all done in the blobware this won't be possible.
towolf wrote: But it would be cool to have as much access to the internal knobs, calibration settings, and modes of operation as possible.
On the other hand, since I've already said a lot of these features would be available (eventually), maybe that's what'll happen.
FYI, video recording is done at a constant frame rate, we maintain the fps independent of AGC.
Calibration settings for the ISP are unlikely to be made available (and are pretty useless without reams of documentation anyway).
Is that like colour correction??
Perhaps a better solution would be to sell the camera module with either IR block filter or without that way people wouldn't have to void their warranty or damage the camera.
Or better still sell the camera with optional replaceable non-IR block filter lens at additional cost.
Would such an idea be workable??
I for one wouldn't mind spending extra for both lenses if it was on offer.
What would I have to do to add multiple Cameras on the same Pi?
elmsley wrote: What would I have to do to add multiple Cameras on the same Pi?
For IR work, completely untuned raw pixel data would be preferable (you'd be ignoring the bayer pattern entirely and treating each subpixel as a pixel).
It would be a cool project, but fitting 10 RPis in a ball might require a catapult to launch.
will there be a possibility of adjusting the exposure time, for long exposures, like the 'bulb' setting of a dslr ?
The board gives a standard conection it is not a big leap to de-solder the camera and replace it with a camera of any specification you want.
It is a color sensor, meaning it must have an IR-block filter in the assembled package (you cannot get reasonable color images otherwise). Unfortunately the market for astro cameras is a good approximation to 0 when compared with cell-phone cameras . It is a so-called 1/4" format sensor, with image area: 3.76 x 2.74 mm. It has 2592 x 1944 pixels (5.039 Mpixels). Pixel size is 1.4 x 1.4 um. It is a backside-illuminated device, giving somewhat better low-light sensitivity than a conventional geometry where the photons have to make their way past the metallization layers.
There is a spec for maximum exposure time: maximum exposure interval: 1968 x Trow, but we don't know what the row readout time would be. Anyway you can always stack multiple exposures.
killor wrote: Can you post a pdf with the dimensions and locations of the holes in the PCB?.
I'd like to second this request. Some diagrams with detailed measurements would be greatly appreciated. Being able to fabricate a camera mount/enclosure will hopefully be enough satisfy my burning anticipation until I can get my hands on one.
you cannot have long cable like you have connected there (cable should be <5cm), you will have really big noise issue at higher resolution and higher fps.
by default all mobile phone camera modules come with IR cut filter ( chemical coating), if you are looking for no-IR cut then it will be customized one.
No matter how hard and technically unfeasable it is to swap out the camera there will be those trying it and by testing the removed camera there is a posibility of reverse engineering.
See "Idiot Stick" by Damon Knight.
Er, yes you can have a long cable as shown. It's been tested and is working fine. We have had to put the oscillator on the PCB rather than using the signal from the GPU for EMC reasons.
It's possible a shorter cable will reduce noise slightly, but I've not noticed a problem with noise we cannot tune out.
Yes, eventually, but there is an upper limit to what the exposure can be. Not sure what it is on this device.
The ISP tuning for this camera has about 2000 lines of tuning parameters, covering (not not limited to) AGC, AWB, lens shading, black level, denoise (stills and video), demosaicing, defective pixel correction, sharpening, colour correction, chrominance stretching etc. All this is done in real time at 30fps for 1080p video.
I've investigated the possibility of a sensor with no IR filter. It would need to be a custom build of the device, only available in large quantities (many thousands), certainly larger than the number of people who would be interested in it. And it would also be expensive (custom anything always is). So it won't be happening from the Foundation.
$25 camera sensor with those specs looks very promising!
I shall order a handfull as soon as possible and my Raspberry Pi car-puter will now be outfitted with a camera or two to complement all the other weird electronic bits I've added!
Raspberry Pi - finally a worthy replacement for A500!!!
To everyone else. You are asking for two different things. One you want it to be released ASAP. Yet you want all these features. Jamesh and the foundation has done amazing effort here. They've balanced the features that would benefit the majority of users and to get this released within a reasonable time period.
So... Thank you Jamesh and the foundation!!
I don't get much credit for this - Gert designed the board, a guy called Bruce originally got it going, I've done some testing and am writing some new applications to make it easier to use.
All Linux side SW will be available as source when we release I believe. I've written the code on my own time, so there is no Broadcom involvement (except asking people how the hell to do stuff), although it does use Broadcom written libraries.


So far, Tottenham Hotspur have played 13 English Premier League matches and they have collected 24 points which puts them at the 4th spot but this position could change depending on Arsenal's match as they have to face off with Burnsley and a victory from the squad of Arsene Wenger could see them jumping ahead of Tottenham Hotspur in the table.
The English Premier League has a total of 38 matches to be played before a season is concluded and considering that only 13 games have been completed, the 2017-18 is far from over but the head coach of Tottenham Hotspur, Mauricio Pochettino is starting to get very worried after drawing 1-1 against West Bromwich Albion who are currently without a manager.
Taking into consideration all the spending that top clubs in the EPL have been splashing out, Tottenham Hotspur being positioned in the 4th spot is a fairly good spot as Mauricio Pochettino has not been as active in the transfer window as some of their rivals, however, you also have to keep in mind that Tottenham was able to secure the 2nd spot in the previous 2016-17. When they started the season they were the second favourites to win the title according to sports.williamhill.com, with only Manchester City ahead of them.
Fans are expecting to see Pochettino and his squad to continue to do what they accomplished in the previous season but they are just slightly not meeting those expectations.
Harry Kane is the main goal-scoring engine behind the squad of the squad of Mauricio Pochettino and even though the English attacker has certainly been scoring goals at a consistent basis and helping out his squad, having so much pressure on 1 player also limits the depth of Pochettino but with the winter transfer window right around the corner, it's the chance to help solve some of Tottenham Hotspur's current issues.
With the Christmas season coming up, and the games coming thick and fast, there is still a great chance that Tottenham will turn it around, start playing with the fluency they had last season, and hit the heights of the Premier League table. Their current target has to be to embed hemselves into the Top Four, with the Champions League spots helping them to win on the financials, and ideally allow them to compete for the top stars of world football, on a more even playing field with the likes of Manchester United and City.


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New record info, and album D/Ls
Unicorns by tony harrah available summer 2019
When Americana singer-songwriter Tony Harrah's wife passed away suddenly from a blood clot in her sleep, he was left with three boys and an album that proved eerily foretelling. "I wrote a record of loss and redemption before she died. It was a Godly premonition that I didn't realize," he shares. Two months after his wife's death, Tony recorded the intimately elegant and bravely vulnerable record, Unicorns.
Charleston, West Virginia-based artist's latest album, Unicorns, frames a man making sense of the world in the wake of profound loss. It offers forth a quality of feeling that's both disquieting and comforting. "During my eulogy for her, I called her my 'unicorn.' I said these mythical creatures do exist, and that I caught one once," Tony says.
Since Unicorns was written before Tony's wife's passing, in addition to its stirring themes of love and loss, it also captures sweet snapshots of the family's time together as well as painfully complex family dynamics.
Musically, the album poignantly and poetically encompasses the span of American roots music. "Miller Farm" dips into swampy delta blues; "Here I am Lord" features folk and gospel touches; and "She Cries Alone" embodies the self-reflective folk tradition.
The album's first single, "Sweet Lucinda," is storyteller folk that captures the patinaed beauty of a relationship that endures. This track was also Tony's wife's favorite on the album. He explains: "That song is about our life together, and the idea that we were a normal relationship that spanned 15 years together and 9 years married."
Reflecting on Unicorns," Tony says: "I named the album after her, and I'm sure she will hear it. For others listening to it, I hope what my story conveys is that you can conquer anything."
Live at the Fayette Theatre
Part of the two-day Fayettville Songwriters Festival, this performance was captured on 2/23/19 to a sell out crowd, to benefit the CODA academy of Fayettville. That evening included other songwriters such as Andrew Adkins, John Lilly, and Ron Sowell, and mandolin player, Johnny Staats
introduction 3:26
the last words of a good man 5:09
Sweet Lucinda 4:27
here i am lord 5:20
aviator 5:50
Oklahoma Blues
Download: $9.99
A mixture of Americana and folk songwriting with instrumental influences of delta blues, country, gospel, and folk.
Van Allen Blues 2:18
Angeline 3:16
My Old Town 4:52
Simple Times 2:40
When I Come 4:31
Hard Times 4:22
Oklahoma Blues 4:28
Port of Call 3:28
Gravedigger Blues 3:08
Two Dollar Suit
Traditional style blues album, noted with sounds of the delta, Chicago, and folk roots. A two day recording session, cut live with a "one-take" mindset, trying to capture spontaneity, grit, and a little bit of chaos.
Heart Sick Serenade 5:20
Steel Drivin Blues 3:44
Slim Pickins'(in G) 3:37
9th Street Lament 3:44
Mr. Chapman (hell's comin) 3:21
Sleepy Sunday Mornin' 5:12
Hey Mama 4:42


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Spivey Hall on Performance Today
Where and when Performance Today can be heard:
The complete show in its full two-hour broadcast can be heard over WABE's HD-2 Steam online or if you have an HD radio (90.1-2) at 1:00-3:00pm and also at 8:00-10:00pm.
Performance Today! can be heard over the air on 90.1 at 8pm, but for only one hour. It is not available over the normal FM 90.1 at 1pm.
For those without an HD Radio, the best way to hear the full broadcast is online (recordings available for 30 days).
Follow us on social media for updates on Spivey Hall recitals featured on Performance Today.
In the Last Year .....
Stephen Hough, piano: Claude Debussy: Estampes: 1. Pagodes; 2. La soiree dans Grenade (aired 2/19/2019)
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: John Dearman, Matthew Greif, William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant, guitars: Manuel de Falla (arr. William Kanengiser): El Amor Brujo (aired 2/14/2019)
Bertrand Chamayou, piano: Joseph Haydn: Haydn: Piano Sonata in C, H.XVI No.50 - 2. Adagio (encore) (aired 2/4/2019)
Imogen Cooper, piano: Joseph Haydn: Variations in F minor, H.XVII:6 (aired 1/30/2019)
Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano: Frederic Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2 (encore) (aired 1/28/2019)
Ebene Quartet: Wayne Shorter: Footprints (aired 1/15/2019)
Trio Settecento: Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord: Francois Couperin: Sicilienne (aired 12/27/2018)
Judy Mason, piano; Spivey Hall Children's Choir; Martha Shaw, conductor: James Pierpont (arr. David J. Elliott): Jingle Bell Swing (aired 12/25/2018)
Spivey Hall Tour Choir; Martha Shaw, conductor: Traditional (arr. John Rutter): Deck The Hall (aired 12/25/2018)
Calmus Vocal Ensemble: Irving Berlin (arr. Sebastian Krause): White Christmas (aired 12/24/2018)
Spivey Hall Children's Choir; Martha Shaw, conductor: Bob Chilcott: This Joy from "Three Christmas Songs" (aired 12/14/2018)
Truls Mork, cello; Behzod Abduraimov, piano: Edvard Grieg: Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (aired 12/11/2018)
Judy Mason, Accompanist; Spivey Hall Tour Choir; Martha Shaw, conductor: Traditional (arr. Paul Caldwell / Sean Ivory): Go Where I Send Thee (aired 12/10/2018)
Judy Mason, piano; Spivey Hall Children's Choir; Martha Shaw, conductor: David Brunner: Winter Changes (aired 12/5/2018)
Ebene Quartet: Miles Davis: All Blues (aired 11/29/2018)
Chanticleer; William Fred Scott, conductor: Josquin des Prez: Benedicta es, caelorum Regina (aired 11/21/2018)
Inon Barnatan, piano: Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Johannes Brahms): Five Studies for Left Hand: No. 5 Chaconne by Johann Sebastian Bach (aired 11/19/2018)
Ebene Quartet: Astor Piazzolla: Libertango (aired 11/14/2018)
Inon Barnatan, piano: Franz Schubert: Sonata No. 18 in G major, Op. 78, D. 894 (aired 10/23/2018)
Bach Collegium Japan: Kiyomi Suga, baroque wood flute; Masaaki Suzuki, harpsichord; Emmanuel Balssa, cello: Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (aired 10/7/2018)
Bertrand Chamayou, piano: Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau (aired 10/8/2018)
Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano: Felix Mendelssohn (arr. Franz Lisz, Vladimir Horowitz and Arkady Volodos): Wedding March (encore) (aired 9/19/2018)
Trio Settecento: Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord: Francois Couperin: Sicilienne (aired 9/14/2018)
Ebene Quartet: Miles Davis: All Blues (aired 9/7/2018)
Joshua Bell, violin; Sam Haywood, piano: Henryk Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16 (aired 8/10/2018)
Angela Hewitt, piano: Manuel de Falla: Fantasia Baetica (aired 8/3/2018)
Bertrand Chamayou, piano: Franz Schubert: No. 12 Deutsche (Landler), D. 790 (aired 8/2/2018)
Ebene Quartet: Joseph Zawinul: In a Silent Way (aired 7/26/2018)
Andreas Bohlen, recorder; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo, RV 443 (aired 6/29/2018)
Brentano String Quartet: Anton Webern: Bagatellen, Op. 9; Franz Schubert: Minuets, D. 89 (aired 6/19/2018)
Chanticleer; William Fred Scott, conductor: Jennifer Higdon: Our Beautiful Country, from Cold Mountain (aired 6/16/2018)
Bach Collegium Japan: Kiyomi Suga, baroque wood flute; Masaaki Suzuki, harpsichord; Emmanuel Balssa, cello: Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (aired 5/30/2018)
Danish String Quartet: Traditional (arr. Danish String Quartet): Swift Like a Falcon (aired 5/29/2018)
Tetzlaff Quartet: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet No. 16 in E-Flat Major, K. 428 (aired 5/18/2018)
Trio Settecento: Rachel Barton Pine, baroque violin; John Mark Rozendaal, viola da gamba; David Schrader, harpsichord: Marin Marais: Chaconne (aired 5/10/2018)
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet: Pat Metheny: Letter From Home (aired 5/4/2018)
Alexander Gavrylyuk: piano: Frederic Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49 (aired 2/21/2018)
Ebene Quartet: Errol Garner: Misty; Come Together (aired 2/13/2018)
Alexander Gavrylyuk: piano: Frederic Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2 (aired 1/30/2018)


I dabble in garment sewing. Admiring fashion for afar has been my life. I was never a girlie girl. My knowledge of make-up, fashion and hair have only been shared with me in the past few years from my dear friend Shari ( she is fabulous) and my teen aged daughter who has mastered the perfect cat eye eyeliner and what looks best with what.
On Facebook, I stumbled across a dress and started the mad search to find out who made it. I am always on the lookout for well fitting garment patterns. I discovered it was the Wiggle Dress by Patterns for Pirates. I had to make one!
When it came time to stitch up my knit, I was torn between using my sewing machine and my serger. Twin needles were recommended. Twin needles have always been a mystery to me and I did not want to trust my beginner skills with them, so for this dress I used my Janome My Lock 644D. I could not find my model on their website ( it is pretty old) but you can see more of the Janome sergers here. Mine is a workhourse and puts up with me so I cannot complain!
During the Christmas break, I recieved samples of the new Aurifil 40wt 3ply thread. It is a 100% cotton thread that is specifically designed for longarm quilting. When using the Aurifiil 50wt or 40wt 2 ply thread on my serger, it would have issues with breaking. The 40/2 works but it is not a perfect match for the higher speeds.
The 40/3 is an absolute dream! It is absolutely smooth as silk and has no lint at all. I was a little surprised at how easy it was to tie off my other thread and have the new thread glide right though. That never happens!
I also tried these cool Mini Clover Clips. I purchased them by mistake but they are by far my most favorite find of 2017! It makes securing the knit in place so simple and without stretching the fabric. The fun colors and size also help me to keep track of them and not drop them in the carpet for my kids to find later.
You can see the difference in size. These are also great for curved piecing!
And speaking of curved piecing, I discovered a fabulous thing! If you are a quilter and have been spooked by garment sewing because of setting sleeves...guess what...it is the exact same as curved piecing!
Have the right tools on on hand. Marking tools, scissors, the correct needles for fabric and good sharp pins will help you be much more successful and much less frustrated.
Make sure to read not only the fabric requirements but the notions you will need to complete the garment. Interfacing, thread (I use Aurifil 40wt for my garment construction on my sewing machhin and Aurifil 40wt 3 ply for my serger...The 40/3 is the yellow cone), zippers, and bias tape are all items that you could possibly need to finish your garment.
Know your sizes. Patterns are not the same as your off the rack size; they are based on your measurements. Measure yourself and remember that size is only a number, not a judgement. You are size BEAUTIFUL!
Read all the instructions before cutting into your fabric. If there is something you do not understand, you can ask friends or look it up the answer online.
For more fitted patterns and especially when you are making a more advanced pattern, create a muslin (as mentioned above). There are many good classes, books and tutorials on proper fitting. People are all different sizes and shapes. For my garments, I needed to make small bust adjustments and adjustments for a long waist. Once you have figured out how to do these adjustments, your items will be customized to your shape and will look fabulous!
PDF patterns have to be printed then put together. Washi tape or painter's tape is your best friend. You can use it to tape the pattern pieces together and if you mess up, you can easily remove the tape and try again. An added bonus is that both tapes are useful other places in your sewing room. Washi tape for the WIN!
I did find that independent designer patterns were more clearly written – in a way most people could easily read and understand and/or figure out the steps with the images provided. On the other hand, commercial patterns seem to be written more for people who already know how to sew garments. If you're beginning to sew or need a refresher in garment sewing, I recommend starting with independent patterns.
Learning more about garment sewing helped me to appreciate how much work goes into everything I wear. Even my ten-year-old remarked on how much time and effort must go into every piece of clothing. Most children never see what goes into making the clothing they wear. It was a great life lesson for both of us.
Garment sewing has helped me in my other sewing projects. The exposure to a different type of sewing seems to have given me a new perspective. I feel more confident to try new things, which is kind of exciting! If I can do this, you can too! Just take that first stitch!
Fantastic info! Your dress (and you!) look gorgeous! I viewed the Patterns for Pirates website, but still not sure if I want to sew clothes just yet. My sewing time is limited and I need to work on projects that I feel I can complete and will work for me. I'll keep and open mind.


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took action on an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) yesterday and are now seeking public input on the effectiveness of current water quality programs influencing the health of the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary. The ANPR identifies pivotal water quality issues affecting Bay Delta fisheries, describes regulatory measures currently underway, and initiates an information-gathering process on how the EPA and the State of California can achieve water quality and aquatic resource protection goals in one of the West Coast's most ecologically diverse and important aquatic habitats.
The Bay Delta is the hub of California's water distribution system, providing drinking water to 25 million people, sustaining irrigation for 4 million acres of farmland, and supporting 750 different species of plants, fish, and wildlife, several of which are endangered or threatened. The water quality of the Bay Delta Estuary and many of its tributaries is impaired, the estuarine habitat is shrinking and many fish populations are at all-time lows.
"The Bay Delta is a major source of our tap water and the water used to grow our food," said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA's Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. "EPA is committed to tackling the pollution degrading the Delta, which is threatened by contaminants from sewage, pesticides, and a host of other chemicals."
No single factor is responsible for the decline of the Bay Delta's health. The present condition of the estuary reflects the cumulative and interactive effects of multiple factors, including water pollution, invasive species, water diversion and habitat degradation. Impacts associated with these stressors include toxicity to fish, invertebrates and their food sources, developmental deformities, and reproductive problems.
This ANPR is part of a comprehensive set of commitments made by the Obama Administration to address California water issues under the Interim Federal Action Plan released in December 2009. Through this plan, the Administration has promoted water conservation and efficiency improvements throughout California, dedicated more than $40 million to drought relief projects, and made historic investments in modernizing California's water infrastructure.
"Communities rely on their water resources to supply clean water, sustain their environment, and support vital economic activities," said Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. "Identifying the water quality challenges in the Bay Delta is key to addressing the delta's complex and long-standing water problems and ensuring healthy communities and economies in California."
In its ANPR, EPA notes that it will be coordinating its review of water quality issues with the on-going development of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which currently is being developed through a collaboration of federal, state and local agencies, environmental organizations, and other interested parties.
Deputy Secretary of the Interior, David J. Hayes, who has been helping to lead the BDCP effort for the federal agencies, welcomed EPA's action, noting that "EPA's attention to a variety of water quality stressors and the role they play is an important complement to the science-based analysis that is going into the Bay Delta Conservation Plan effort."
He continued: "The Administration is committed to working together across our agencies to use the best science to meet the twin goals that California has adopted for the Bay Delta in its comprehensive new water legislation: a more reliable water supply and a restored and enhanced ecosystem - including improved water quality."
In addition to protecting aquatic species' habitat, the federal Clean Water Act charges EPA with protecting water quality for a variety of uses that are not addressed in this ANPR, including water for drinking and agriculture. Water quality standards are established under the Clean Water Act to protect public health, welfare, and the protection and propagation of fish, shell fish, and wildlife.
The ANPR identifies specific issues for which the EPA has regulatory responsibility and solicits comment on topics, such as potential site-specific water quality standards and site-specific changes to pesticide regulation. Summaries describing environmental stressors and the regulatory framework necessary to address them are also included in the ANPR.
California's State and Regional Water Boards have the lead role under the federal Clean Water Act to protect water quality; they are actively engaged in multiple efforts, including establishing numeric water quality criteria and developing and implementing watershed improvement plans. The recovery of the Bay Delta reflects national efforts to ensure higher water quality, protect public health, and support essential fish, shell fish, and wildlife populations. The EPA, in collaboration with the State Water Resource Control Board and the Regional Water Quality Control Board, seeks to protect the biological, physical, and chemical integrity of the Bay Delta and its aquatic resources. Public input and scientific findings obtained from the ANPR will be reviewed and used to develop a strategic proposal for future EPA efforts toward protecting the Bay Delta and other important waterways.
The ANPR solicits public input on how EPA and the State of California can achieve water quality and aquatic resource protection goals in the Bay Delta Estuary and how to best use Clean Water Act programs to improve Delta water quality. No new rules are proposed in the ANPR and the ANPR has no regulatory effect.
The ANPR will be published to the Federal Register within one week. EPA encourages interested parties to read the ANPR and provide additional information and suggestions for actions to improve Bay Delta Estuary water quality and aquatic resource protection. Comments can be submitted electronically at the Federal Rulemaking Portal (www.regulations.gov) identified by docket EPA-R09-OW-210-0976 or in hardcopy addressed to Erin Foresman, US Environmental Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.


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What's this? Another session of Mutants and Masterminds?
Dr. Nibbles, of course, stars as the kitty for a cat food company. It's a very hipster cat food company.
Anyway, while working the bar Aaron gets a text from Posix. Apparently the Soldiers of Armageddon have been spotted in New York City.
Just then a big guy in a power suit walks up to the bar and says "Aaron, your time has come." His suit flashes and Aaron is hit in the back. Aaron returns a hit, but the suit flashes, and he seems unaffected.
The rest are ambushed individually, each as if an enormous cannon was fired at us, destructively chewing through walls with near misses.
A large creature, but not with a lot of muscle, walks through the massive hole in the bar wall where I was trying to have a drink. It has six legs, a smooth Chitinous hide, and looks a bit like a mole.
I knock mine out, and it melts into a puddle.
I head to the penthouse, as it is closest, to see what is going on. There I find Legion is fighting one as well, and I help him dispatch it.
We agree we should check in on Aaron and Piper, so we split up. I go to Aaron, and Legion goes to Piper.
The man in power armor, Vebelatiin, taunts Aaron. "While you've been tending your bar, I've been growing more powerful."
Aaron laughs. "It's not my bar."
Aaron rips off his shirt and strikes Vebelatiin, but is stopped by the power armor.
They fight, but Aaron is barely able to hold him off, with his very attacks sapping Aaron of his strength.
The bar doesn't fare well either, as the counter is smashed and bottles of alcohol go flying.
Piper was sleeping when she was attacked, but her apartment being shredded wakes her up.
She hits and teleports to the next building over, and she sees it jump and land where Piper had been standing before. It doesn't seem to know where Piper is, but it starts running across the roof tops hunting for her.
She distracts it with an illusion, but it only buys her a few moments.
Legion makes it to Piper.
She's glowing very brightly, and seems to be playing a cat and mouse game with the creature.
The creature gives up and attacks Legion, and Legion annihilates it.
Aaron is on the ground unconscious when I reach the Elephant's Nest, which has faired extremely poorly.
Posix sends a text, saying he managed to using his daemons to scare Vebelatiin off. Something to do with affecting his power armor it sounds like?
Unconscious, Aaron hears a woman speaking. "The people of this city are kindling fire will rain down upon and then the world end, harbringer of the last days. A curse has been laid upon your mortal frames."
I send a text to Gemma and then go to find Legion and Piper.
Let's get back to it!
Piper hears a voice in her head as well, but it's a different voice. "The light is nothing but a blanket and an illusion. You know there are worse things out there, and some things can see you as what you are: A tool, a parasite."
Piper lights the area, but her light is suddenly shut out by darkness.
Two more of the creatures burrow out of the ground, and unleash their fire upon Piper, knocking her out.
Legion makes duplicates, and sends one away, and with the others attacks the newly appeared foes.
Piper recovers, and tries to make light again, but it has no affect. She tries teleporting away, but the darkness coats her like glue.
I reach Legion and Piper. Two of Legion's duplicates are trying to evaculate the area, while another to are attacking our foes.
I knock them both out and like the previous ones, they start melting.
Aaron awakens with Meekal standing over him. The rest of the Heralds of Peace are with him.
Meekal tells him the soldiers of Armageddon are still in the city, but it isn't clear where Vebelatiin is.
Aaron hears whispering, "Being by driven by fury so you push outwards." He curses at the unheard voice.
Aaron and the others group back up with us, as in the distance we see a glow and soon we see it is a figure wreathed in flame.
I put my door out, and it bursts flame at us. Radiance is knocked out.
The ground start shaking again, and more of the mole creatures appear, and Legion knocks several of them out, causing them to ooze out.
The flaming figure rises up and shoots bursts of fire at Aaron.
We finish the rest of the mole creatures, and the flaming figure seems really intent on attacking Aaron.


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CCD lauds Buhari over the appointment of National Commission for Persons with Disabilities Board
August 26, 2020 Written by CCD Nigeria. Posted in #DiasbilityActNGR, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, News No Comments
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the composition of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD).
This was contained in a statement released by David Anyaele, the Executive Director of the CCD on Tuesday.
According to Anyaele, the approval represents the implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018.
"We welcome with rejoicing the news of the approval of the composition of the Governing Council and appointment of Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities in line with the provisions of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018 by President Mohammadu Buhari.
"The approval of this list of Board members of the NCPWD is a clear statement that the Federal Government of Nigeria has commenced full implementation of the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018 also known as the National Disability Act.
The approval of the composition of the Governing Council, Executive Secretary, and subsequent dispatch to the National Assembly for screening is in fulfillment of section 33.3. of the National Disability Act which provides that the Chairman of the Council and one representative each from the 6 geo-political zones shall be appointed by the President subject to the confirmation of the Senate," the statement read.
Anyaele also appeals to President Buhari to provide adequate funding for the commission by including the NCPWD budget in the 2021 appropriation bill.
"We call on the President to take appropriate measures to ensure that the budget of the NCPWD features in the 2021 appropriation to avoid financial hiccups in the take-off the Commission… Without proper budgetary appropriation for the takeoff of this Commission, the approval of the composition of the Governing Council may turn to a waste of time and energy," he said.
"We call on the members of the NCPWD Board to take advantage of this office to ensure the full implementation of the National Disability Act by all Nigerians both in public and private sectors, as the time to change disability narratives in Nigeria has come.
"We also call on all organisations of, and for persons with disabilities, development partners and the private sector to support the takeoff of this Commission as this is the first time Nigeria is implementing a law that protects its citizens with disabilities from discrimination and other harmful practices.
"We wish to assure the leadership and members of the Board of the National Commission for Persons with disabilities of CCDs commitment towards providing technical and other supports to ensure the attainment of the mandates of the Commission.
"We are grateful to all our partners for their support to this campaign for the full implementation of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), in particular, our friends from the media for their solidarity in this struggle," Anyaele said.
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(from The Magazine of The American Holistic Association, Spring 1998 edition. Please note that this article is Copyright material of Dr. Claudia M. Cooke; no part may be reproduced or used without expressed permission from the author.) — by CLAUDIA M. COOKE, MD, MPH
I grew up on a farm and had a love of going off with shovel and trowel to dig for buried treasure. Antique glass, shards of pottery and old bones were precious finds. My father told me that if I dug deep enough and long enough, I would find my way to China. This possibility intrigued me, though I knew I would not get so far with the garden trowel. China and the Orient were of continuing fascination to me as a small child. My paternal grandfather had been doctor to the King of what was then Siam, and in his house was an imposing photographic portrait of the King. His demeanor of composure was attractive to me. Then it was on my sixth birthday that I received a book of Chinese fables from a boy called Akana, a childhood sweetheart. I read that book numerous times and indulged my eyes on its lavish illustrations.
Then there was the Encyclopedia Britannica, central in my childhood education. My favorite pages, which I thumbed over and over again, were the anatomical transparencies in volume 1, "A to Anno", under Anatomy. Layer upon multicolored layer revealed male and female anatomy from skin to muscles to viscera to skeleton. What is it about skeletons that intrigues and amuses children so much? Perhaps it is the apparent sameness across the species at the bare bones level, despite surface differences. With my grandfather's passing before my fifth birthday, except for these anatomical transparencies and the rare visit to the pediatrician which I detested, my exposure to medicine ended. There was one other thing. My grandfather's dowager sister gave the game of Uncle Wiggly for my fifth birthday. the object of the game was to get this arthritic, endearing rabbit through snares and pitfalls to Dr. Possum's house for his rheumatiz cure. Perhaps it was these innocent childhood diversions that impelled me towards medicine and acupuncture years later. Perhaps , too, Uncle Wiggly has been allegorical for my circuitous progression ever in search of the elixir of health and happiness, something like the acupuncturist's dream of the single needle treatment, or the classical homeopath's search for the single remedy.
Shortly after President Nixon's historic trip to China, my girls' school sponsored a China weekend so we could learn more about this distant gargantuan country. Among a variety of speakers was a Chinese MD from Yale University. He spoke to us about the ancient Chinese tradition of acupuncture. I can no longer remember the details of his talk, but only the positive impression the person and his purport left etched deeply in my mind. For four years before starting medical school, I had the good fortune to sit in the presence of a most gifted teacher. Soon after reading the fundamentals of yoga,. I met its author, Dr. Rammurti Mishra. Dr. Mishra was both a medical doctor with specializations in neurology, neurosurgery, and endocrinology, as well as a Sanskrit scholar, acupuncturist, and not least of all, brilliant expounder of yoga philosophy and practice. It was his repeated contention that there was no involuntary function of the body which is not amenable to our voluntary control. Favorite aphorisms of his were, "health of in the body is the experience of bodilessness", and "Meditation is the best medication."
Only months before I began medical school, my third positive encounter with an acupuncturist occurred in Brazil, my country of birth. I visited his university-affiliated clinic and watched as this doctor, trained in China for three years, successfully treated one patient after another. Most memorable for me was watching him treat a woman with a severe migraine whose headache dissipated during the treatment.
During those years before medical school I had a number of contacts both with allopathic trained MD's working with alternative modalities, and non-physicians working with alternative modalities, completely outside the medical establishment. It seems that reform in any arena is carried out either from within the establishment in question, or completely outside it. What was apparent to me, and dismaying, was that many of those who chose the outer camp in the health arena who were spurning the inner sanctum for its arrogant and dogmatic positions, were holding up an alternative vision, albeit with an equal measure of dogma. Perhaps that's a necessary movement in the transition. Happily, it seems that we are moving ever more quickly towards dialogue across that interface. In any case, I resolved that I would take the establishment route, would submit to its discipline, would carry my convictions with me. I wanted to study anatomy and physiology, wanted to know the body in its various layers and guises, wanted a Western clinical schooling.
The first year in medical school was a rude awakening. It was a bloody, tear-strewn entre. During my first rocky semester, so much discipline evaporated. My rising level of adrenaline and the craving for meat that accompanied it brought five years of vegetarian diet to an end. My daily practice of hatha yoga and pranayama dwindled. I had wanted to combine traditional Western medicine with alternative approaches. And so, one self-imposed pre-requisite followed another from medical school with combined MPH, to three years residency in internal medicine, to 5 years full-time stint as a New York City emergency room attending. I reasoned that this would help me to deal with whatever might arise clinically wherever I might land in the future. Besides, in keeping with my Eastern focus, the ER was certainly a wonderful opportunity for practicing yoga, that is, for being in the moment.
After all that time credentialing myself in the allopathic world, and practicing medicine in a well-established institution, by dint of good luck and good timing, I finally found my avenue to studying acupuncture. I left the Manhattan hospital I had worked in for eight years, let go of my Manhattan apartment, and left New York behind with many other things associated with that part of my life. And after two years of diverse clinical and personal experience, obsessional acupuncture studies, and many long walks in distant lands, I now find myself much to my own surprise, back where I began, in Manhattan, launching a holistic medical acupuncture practice with the goal of working with a group of like-minded colleagues. Only now do I begin to permit myself to speak freely of my ideas for medical care for the 21st century.
The therapeutic question which has most challenged me when faced with a person's pain and illness and their self-destructiveness exercised in so many insidious ways is this one. How does one as a physician motivate the patient to make the health-promoting, life-giving, love-affirming decisions for himself? It is only in my own transitional moment that I have come to realize that it is in making the necessary choices for ourselves as both physicians and individuals that we become more potent catalysts for our patients so that they, too, can make the choices they desire. Facing these choices is at time both risky and scary, at others exhilarating, for them and for us. Perhaps it is for this that I went into medicine.
Or perhaps it was for the stories that I went into medicine. I am fascinated by people's stories. The way in which they interpret themselves and their experiences and the way in which they translate this into bodily experience. In medical school Osler's dictate is drummed into us: "History is 90% of the diagnosis." Despite our technological expertise and whatever we may imagine is our level of clinical acumen, the history is inescapable. There is a penalty we pay in not hearing it as practitioners. I remain firm in the conviction that it is in the telling of one's story and in being heard that the impulse for self-help is nurtured. In each story, subtle clues offer themselves helping to unlock the diagnostic puzzle. If we give short shrift to the listening, we compromise ourselves in the diagnostic exercise and we rob the patient of this opportunity. It is not, after all, the knowledge within the physician that it is essential; it is this knowledge married to the patient's story that it is essential to arriving at the diagnosis.
So, I find myself, after these two years of learning more about acupuncture and myself, wondering how will today's Western medical system, whose primary focus seems to be cost-containment and litigation management, support this all important physician-patient dialogue? We have never had a dominant feminine model for health care in the West, nor likely ever will. However, we can still hope and strive for a balanced integration of masculine and feminine within our profession. If it is an integrative model of medicine for which we are striving, then perhaps the most fundamental integration to be achieved is that of masculine and feminine within the collective institutional psyche, towards a system which moves from being fear-based to love-based, which values collaboration over competition, from diatribe to dialogue, from censorship to sponsorship. It is in the fear, the angry invective, the attack, wherein lies the separation, the disintegration.
The health profession is not made up just of health care practitioners, but of insurance companies, managed healthcare conglomerates, hospital management firms, and each of us as patients ourselves. As T. S. Eliot so eloquently put it in his Four Quartets over half a century ago, "The whole earth is our hospital." Hospitals functioned through most of our history as places where people went to die. The 1992 Harvard study revealed that the annual national death rate due to iatrogenic causes was approximately 130,000. With this statistic, we may justly question how much the function of hospitals has changed. Nonetheless, the concept of the hospital as a place where people go to heal is a relatively recent one. Can we look at each element in our hospital and medical office environments as a vehicle for positive, health-promoting transformation, from the color of the walls, to the lighting apparatus, to the acoustic background, even to the organizational structure itself within which we function? As we strive for essential wholeness within the collective psyche, we grope an alternative and integrative paradigm. If we merely transpose the old bureaucratic, vertically integrated structure into healthcare in the next century, we will miss the opportunity to transform ourselves and each other.
I don't know yet what this picture will look like or where the questions will lead me, but, it is in the process of inquiry that I trust my practice will develop. Part of the challenge and the fun and the fear of being in this situation is the freedom to ask the questions.
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"Passager" or "Cargo" or "good": runaway. In addition to the metaphorical meaning they were actually good: sometimes, runaways fled to the North, locked up in crates or pretend to be the slaves of the smuggler who pretended to be their master.
 "Stationmaster": the person who "accomodated" runaway and gave them food or even clothes.
"Station" or "depot": stationmaster's house where the runaway took shelter. By houses think attics or cold and damp cellars or even less comfy places such as barns, classrooms or church halls.
Thomas Garrett & Levi Cofin's house known as "Grand Central Station"
A railroad in the 1790's? the network exixted since the end of the 18th century (after all the Mennonites and Quakers publicly stated slavery was wrong in the late 17th century!) but it was nicknames the the "Underground railroad" when the first trains strated to drive on the American soil around 1830.
Quilts are duvets or blankets of 2 sheets made of different patches of fabric (patchwork), then sewn together and finally stuffed. The patterns were varied and the legend has it some of them had secret meanings. People who helped the runaways put the quilt over window sills or fences.
The "Monkey wrench" meant "gather Tools and be ready to leave".
The "Northen star" meant: "go North".
The "Drunkard's path" meant : "go forth and back", indeed going straight away to the North could be suspicious.
The "Bear's paw" meant "follow the montain trail".
The "Bowtie" meant "dress-up and pretend to be freed blacks".
The "Log cabin" meant "It's time to find a shelter"
The "Shoo-fly" meant "The people of the house where you see this pattern can help you".


Even lawyers are in disagreement over how the Golden State's old rules interact with new ones.
California's new adult-use and medical cannabis market launched a week ago, and nobody knows what's going on. Lawyers are in disagreement over how to interpret not only the new laws, but how they interact with the old ones, while layfolk are vulnerable to straight-up false information being disseminated online (#RIPProp215, for example).
There's been some confusion — especially on social media — about the status of medical marijuana now that California is implementing its recreational cannabis market. So the point of this article is to clarify, to the best of our ability, what's going on. While this is not legal advice, we'll present the opinions of legal experts to help you make sense of the new and old laws.
The vague nature of California's old cannabis legal system has been a major problem to begin with. Twenty-two years ago, the state passed Proposition 215 — a.k.a. the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 — which legalized medical marijuana, allowing patients and caregivers to possess, cultivate, and transport cannabis "based on their current medical needs." Then in 2003, the state passed Senate Bill 420, authorizing patients to provide patients with medical marijuana on a nonprofit basis.
Since 2004, when SB 420 went into effect, the idea has been that every cultivation facility, dispensary, and other canna-business theoretically functions as a patients cooperative or collective. In practice, there's been a great deal of debate about defining profit and what constitutes a reasonable amount of cannabis.
In 2016, California passed Proposition 64 to legalize recreational cannabis. Since then, policymakers have struggled through the unwieldy process of crafting regulations to dictate parallel adult-use and medical cannabis markets — a structure outlined by state Senate Bill 94, a.k.a. the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), which was passed by the state legislature last June. Even if a business wants to remain only medical, they'll still need to get licensed within 2018. And in order to get a state license to operate a commercial cannabusiness (for profit), they'll first need a local license. Based on whether a business is medical or adult-use, and what kind of business it is to begin with (e.g. cultivation, manufacture, retail, distribution, etc.), they'll need to apply for a particular type of license.
This isn't true; Proposition 215 isn't going anywhere.
"Prop 64 in no way alters Prop 215," asserts Dale Gieringer, director of California NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). "Medical patients have a broader right to grow and possess than adult users. They are theoretically permitted as much as they need for their personal medical use, consistent with local ordinances."
However, there is still some debate as to whether local land use rights trump even the old medical marijuana laws. If you're violating local law, it's harder to raise the medical defense, beyond what's reasonable for personal use as a patient. In Kirby v. County of Fresno (2015), for instance, in which medical marijuana patient Diana Kirby filed a complaint against Fresno's cultivation ban, it was concluded that "the ban on cultivation adopted under County's authority to regulate land use does not conflict with the [Compassionate Use Act] or the [Medical Marijuana Program], which do not expressly restrict local government's authority over land use." In other words, the court sided with Fresno's land use rights.
The issue is that there's no specific authority, beyond case precedent and guidelines from the state attorney general, explains Bruce Margolin, criminal defense attorney and director of LA NORML [full disclosure: also the father of the author]. "I get from other lawyers we have a fight on our hands and still don't have the answer," he says. "In effect, [the old laws] still left cities and counties to make a decision as to what they'll allow, so the answer is if you're in a quandary about it, so is everyone else." If you're brought to court, you can hope the prosecutors won't invoke precedent from cases like Kirby v. Fresno, but generally speaking, Margolin says, no one has come down from the court of appeals with proper guidance.
Nonetheless, if you're operating commercially in violation of local regulations, you can be subject to civil fines (which is different than being criminally illegal). Those fines can add up to several thousand dollars a day, for every day you remain in violation of civil cannabis code. But it remains to be seen whether law enforcement will actually go after operators who violate these local laws before the start of 2019.
Many businesses are currently operating in a legal grey area, legislated by Prop 215 and SB 420, until they get licensed and can fully adhere to the new regulations. That's the case in Los Angeles, for instance, which only allowed a handful of dispensaries operating under Proposition D (the city's previous law for medical dispensaries) to apply for the first phase of licensing on January 3. Now these businesses must wait for local licensing before they can get state licensing, which could take at least a few weeks.
"In this moment, L.A. shouldn't be in this place where we're operating under Prop 215. We asked to be legal; we're not little outliers trying to skirt along," says Jerred Kiloh, president of the United Cannabis Business Association (UCBA) and founder of award-winning dispensary The Higher Path. "We did everything with the city and state in writing regulations. We wanted to be the first to follow them." But both the city and state were both slow in working out the rules: Less than two months before the launch of the new market on January 1st, the state of California finally released emergency regulations, while localities like L.A. lagged behind in solidifying their own legal weed laws.
"We asked lawyers, lobbyists, Lori [Ajax] and Dean [Grafilo] [from California's Bureau of Cannabis Control], and the attorney general — we asked everyone for clear guidance, and no one had it," says Kiloh. "You can't put stakeholders in the middle of this lack of clarity, because if all those people can't determine how you're supposed to operate in all those rules and regulations clearly, consciously, and professionally, then how can we be held accountable for operating any differently than according to the laws given to us?"
As Kiloh awaits commercial licensing, he remains operating under the cooperative model for the time being. He also backstocked his dispensary to last the next couple weeks as if "waiting out a storm." (Under the new rules, only licensed dispensaries can get product from licensed growers, manufacturers, and distributors.) "Until the license gets issued, we're still operating under SB 420, but I don't see how someone could sustain that for a full year and still be competitive in the commercial cannabis market," he says.
Meanwhile, for those of you who aren't in the industry, but are concerned about how you'll still access cannabis, keep this in mind: If you're a patient, your regular old doctor's recommendation is still sufficient to allow you access to medical dispensaries. However, if you want to avoid the state sales and use tax of 7.5 percent when purchasing medical pot, you'll need a state ID card for patients as opposed to just a recommendation from a doctor — a significant change detailed in section 163(f) of the new rules under MAUCRSA. You can get an official state ID through your county's board of health, but even with the state's card, you're still subject to the new 15 percent excise tax levied on all cannabis product sales.
Overall, the lack of clarity, compounded with conflict between state and local laws, puts a number of cannabis businesses at risk of extinction. Fed up, some argue that California's intention to "legalize" has been obscured by a series of "tax and regulate" hoops that only few (so far) can navigate. Existing operators have only a year to get into compliance, but in the time that takes, they could miss out on market share claimed by the operators who get licensed first and develop relationships with each other. "This transitional space needs to be here," says Kiloh. "But we need more transitional time so the supply chain can be more robust. We want to get as many people legal as possible and make the deadline. As a group, we won't be operating in the cooperative model very long; it's not sustainable in the commercial market."


Am I protected from discrimination as an independent contractor?
On behalf of Anticouni & Associates posted in Workplace Discrimination on Monday, April 30, 2018.
Many times, it can seem as though the only difference between an independent contractor and an employee is who is responsible for deducting your taxes. Yet there are many other factors that differentiate contractors and employees under California law, and one major point is the protections offered to employees against discrimination, harassment, unfair wages and hours, wrongful termination and retaliation. As an independent contractor, are you afforded those same protections?
What does it mean to discriminate based on gender identity?
On behalf of Anticouni & Associates posted in Workplace Discrimination on Wednesday, April 18, 2018.
While California has some of the most progressive, employee-focused workplace discrimination laws in the country, discrimination still happens based on a number of factors. One of these factors is a person's gender identity, whether they are transgender, genderqueer, genderfluid, two-spirit or nonbinary. So what does it look like when discrimination based on gender identity happens, how do you recognize it and are you protected against it?
On behalf of Anticouni & Associates posted in Workplace Discrimination on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.
While discovering you are pregnant may be a cause for joy, before you welcome your little bundle of joy you must first navigate the difficulty of being pregnant in the workplace. While things might not be difficult before you begin to show, soon the effects of pregnancy on your body could impact your ability to work up to normal capacity even before you develop a hefty baby bump. You may fear that iif your pregnancy affects your performance, you could lose your job just when you need financial stability the most. But is it even legal for a California employer to fire you for being pregnant?


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SunHawk has been the personal Shangri-La of the Schaeffer family since they purchased it in 1998 and curated its magic and creativity over the last 24 years. It's been their family's retreat and respite from the crazy world especially through the Covid years. Their original vision was to make it completely off the grid, build it with recycled materials, grow the best vegetables, fruit trees, olives and grapes, and do everything in a regenerative and responsible manner to demonstrate to the world how one can have all the creature comforts of the mainstream without wasting energy and using polluting infrastructure. Now that the Schaeffers have succeeded in bringing that vision to light, they want to share what they've created with the rest of the world, so they, too, can experience this playful paradise without the guilt of over consumption and irresponsible energy use.
Transforming the family home into a gorgeous site to be enjoyed by all.
John's daughter Sara made a pitch to John in late 2021 to manager the new event center and rentals now that John was spending much of his time at his new retirement home on the coast in the village of Mendocino with Nantzy. Together they have worked to transform the family home into a gorgeous site to be enjoyed by all. The goal was to make it super comfortable, creative, inspiring, and encourage digital detox and human connection as well as a primal appreciation of the natural surroundings. Sara and John have spent much of early 2022 getting the site ready for rental. They're adding two new outdoor showers, an outdoor bathroom, several luxurious glamping tents and are fixing up all the structures to make them world class.
Designed with play in mind
The prime draw of the SunHawk site has always been the gorgeous lake with its water slide, redwood dock with patio area, newly finished island with regulation diving board and hammock swing chair, and water toys like the canoe, kayak, paddle board, but most of all the very pristine waters of the lake for swimming. Visitors will be encouraged to use the workout room with its exercise equipment, smart TV, and high infrared sauna. The site was designed with play in mind. There is a jungle gym play structure for kids, a large lawn area for soccer or slip-n-slide, ping pong, lots of games and amazing nature hikes around the property. John and Sara hope to welcome its first visitors to SunHawk in early June 2022. By then the new glamping tents will be up in the private meadow with heavenly queen beds and a plethora of songbirds to greet visitors in the morning. All in all they plan on having enough beds to sleep 20+ people in the various accommodations at SunHawk. They hope to encourage family reunions, celebrations of all kinds, corporate off-site retreats, and simple nature recharging experiences.
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The EU Bans Companies From Claiming that Water Hydrates
In a surreal act of authority, the EU established law that forbids manufacturers of bottled water from claiming that water can hydrate the human body.
You read that right.
It all started when Dr. Andreas Hahn and Dr. Moritz Hagenmeyer, advisers to European food manufacturers, contacted the European Commission to ask whether manufacturers could claim that "regular consumption of significant amounts of water can reduce the risk of development of dehydration".
The question was posed to the EU after new laws came out that restricted manufacturers from making claims that products could reduce the risk of disease.
After conducting a three year study, in February of 2011, the European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) responded to the two professors stating that the EFSA would not approve such a statement being made by bottled water producers.
21 Scientists Say Water Won't Prevent Dehydration
According to the Telegraph, the investigation concluded with a meeting in Parma, Italy, where 21 scientists agreed that ultimately dehydration was caused by "reduced water content in the body", and not as a direct result of whether or not a person is drinking water.
The scientists made the controversial claim because, they say, dehydration is often caused by an underlying medical condition, rather than simply from the lack of drinking enough water.
The statement from the EFSA became the larger EU directive to manufacturers issued on Wednesday, November 23rd.
Following the directive, scientists and other critics across the world lambasted the EU for trying to discredit a fact that has been medically accepted for eons.
A spokesperson from the Department for Health did not support the EU in the decision, instead telling the Telegraph:
"Of course water hydrates. While we support the EU in preventing false claims about products, we need to exercise common sense as far as possible."
While Americans are accustomed to numerous stringent FDA regulations about what products can list as claims on product labels, the EU ruling easily puts anything the FDA has ever produced to shame.
What Does Science Really Say?
Most experts agree that the EU is patently incorrect that there isn't enough evidence to support that drinking water can help prevent dehydration.
Professor Hahn of Hanover Leibniz University left no doubt that the EU has made a tremendous mistake in creating the law when he told the Telegraph:
"The European Commission is wrong; it should have authorised the claim. That should be more than clear to anyone who has consumed water in the past, and who has not? We fear there is something wrong in the state of Europe."
Whether or not the ridicule from the scientific and academic communities lead to the law getting overturned, for now, no bottled water manufacturer in Europe can claim that drinking water can cure dehydration.
It may only be a matter of time before the EU produces future edicts that ban companies from claiming that matches can start fire, that sleeping cures exhaustion, or that eating less may lead to weight loss.
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Bob Dylan "Basement Tapes" Box Set Out in November
We know what you can get the Bob Dylan fan in your life for Christmas or their birthday or whatever gift-giving holiday you celebrate! On November 4, Bob Dylan will issue The Basement Tapes from his legendary 1967 sessions. The box set will boast 138 tracks on six CDs, including 30 tracks that Dylan
Bob Dylan Lyrics Snatch $2 Million at Auction – Ridic or Worth It?
When we heard that handwritten lyrics to Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" sold for over $2 million at an auction, our office erupted in a chorus of "WTF?" That's a lot of scratch! At first, we were like, "Who has that kind of money to blow on when there are tons of cats and dogs languishing in
Bob Dylan's Ironworks to Be Exhibited in London
Ironworks created by folk singer Bob Dylan will be exhibited in London in November. The exhibit will run from November 16 through January 25. There is no limit to B. Dyl's creativity! The Halcyon Gallery's Mood Swings show will highlight Dylan's welding and metalwork creations. Songs and metal!
Bob Dylan to Release 10th Bootleg Series
American poet laureate Bob Dylan will release Volume 10 in his Bootleg Series. It's called Another Self- Portrait and features 35 rarities and previously unreleased recordings from 1969 to 1971, which is also the era in which Dylan released 1970's Self Portrait, which was his tenth album. The
Bob Dylan Hitting the Road With My Morning Jacket + Wilco on AmericanaramA Tour
The legend that is Bob Dylan will be touring with similarly-minded acts My Morning Jacket and Wilco this summer on the Americanarama Festival of Music. The Richard Thompson Electric Trio and Ryan Bingham will be joining the tour on select dates. Tour Dates: June 26 – West Palm Beach, FL (Cruzan
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Steve Jobs movie wins reviewer praise, Oscar hopes
Cast member Michael Fassbender poses during a photocall for the film "Macbeth" in competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 23, 2015.
A weekend screening of "Steve Jobs," a biopic about Apple Inc's famous co-founder, drew high praise from some reviewers and suggestions that actor Michael Fassbender could be an Oscar contender for his portrayal of Jobs.
While the positive views were not unanimous, Variety.com was impressed. Its reviewer said that Fassbender, director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, gave Jobs "the brilliant, maddening, ingeniously designed and monstrously self-aggrandizing movie he deserves."
It described the movie as a "terrific actors' showcase and an incorrigibly entertaining ride that looks set to be one of the fall's early must-see attractions." The website also listed Fassbender as a "no-brainer best actor Oscar contender."
Hollywood Reporter said the movie is "clearly positioned as one of the prestige titles of the fall season and will be high priority viewing for discerning audiences around the world."
A New York Times blog said the audience "responded warmly" to the film when it aired at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado on Saturday.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he was impressed with the movie, according to Deadline Hollywood. It cited Wozniak saying he felt he was "actually watching Steve Jobs and the others" rather than actors and that he gave "full credit to Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin for getting it so right."
Indiewire.com said the movie would "factor in the Oscar race," and that Fassbender and Kate Winslet, who plays Macintosh marketing chief Joanna Hoffman, "dazzle with their fleet-tongued performances, unlike anything they have done before."
The Guardian, however, gave a more mixed review, suggesting it would mostly appeal to "the Apple geek." It said Steve Jobs was "Boyle's best film in years" and that "Fassbender excels." But it said that while the movie "appears to be admirably unsentimental in its portrayal of Jobs, by the end we're getting close to Apple-sponsored hero iWorship."
The Chicago Tribune, also not totally won over, said the movie was "never less than entertaining visually, but a little toothless dramatically."
The movie, due to be released by Comcast's Universal Pictures on Oct. 9, is expected to be shown at the New York Film Festival. Indiewire said Boyle would return to the editing room to put the finishing touches on the movie before the New York screening.
The festival screening occurred a day after the opening of "Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine," a widely reviewed documentary about Jobs directed by Alex Gibney.
(Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)


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The Surrender by Scott Esposito
I only realized in the past couple of years how dreadful many adults are about articulating what they really desire – also how dreadful I am at saying what I desire. Superficial desires might be easily expressed, but what someone really wishes to experience or become is often much harder to put out in the world because its buried under years of socialized behaviour. It's much easier to conform to expectations and slot into a category. In this short, powerful memoir "The Surrender", Esposito describes his lifelong journey to giving into his desire to dress as a woman. At a certain point in his childhood he learned that his compulsion to dress girlish wasn't compatible with the masculine image imposed upon him so it remained secret and dormant for many years. Only through a surprising identification with Kiarostami's film Close-Up and gradually admitting to others his desire, does he begin to dress in a feminine way outside of the private sphere. This provokes Esposito to formulate a strikingly original meditation on the meaning of identity and desire in the modern world.
I was really struck by the profundity and beautiful simplicity Esposito has for articulating how burying what you desire is a grave dishonesty. He discovers "My needs were not compatible with the logics bred into my mind, and it was up to me to change them." It takes a lot of patient reasoning and difficult confrontations with himself to truly understand why he fears his transvestitism being exposed. It also takes a lot of trust to confide in someone how he really feels, but how surprising and wonderful it can be to get a positive response to such a confession. He describes with heartrending emotion the feeling of being observed and why dressing openly as a woman was so difficult: "If personality is a performance, then there are certain parts of it that one only experiences in the presence of others. Shame, affection, desire, vulnerability; these are quantities whose experience in solitude is like the sound of a sonata heard by one faulty ear." It takes many years for him to build up the certainty of character to allow his private self to be seen publicly.
One of the most touching things is the way Esposito describes the evolution of his identity in sync with the theory, literature and films he consumes. He meaningfully enters into a dialogue with those whose ideas feed into his experience helping him to better articulate his own desires. It made me aware of why reading feels like such a vital part of my life and how all the feelings produced from the things I read aren't just abstract concepts, but things that apply directly to my day to day life. I think this book makes a perfect companion to Maggie Nelson's "The Argonauts" which I only read recently. Both reflect strikingly on the dynamics of gender in a deeply personal and intelligent way.
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Happy Holidays to All - Please make some time for yourself!
So this year I'm taking my own caregiving advice and following Michael Plontz's advice as well.
First, I'm taking 5 days off during the holiday season and getting away with my husband! I've put in place supports for my mom so that we're both feeling confident that she will be in good hands. I've secured additional help from her assisted living facility, our hospice and my daughters.
Second, I'm letting go of some holiday traditions. I've done a great majority of my Christmas shopping online and have said no to holiday gatherings that will add stress. Let's give each other the permission to say no and feel good about it!
I'm also taking the time to exercise if only for 15 minutes a day. Exercise is really a great stress reliever and now that I'm exercising regularly I see a HUGE difference in my mood.
Let us know what you're planning on doing to make the holiday season easier for you and your loved ones. If we all share an idea or two it may help another caregiver!
Today's picture is from last Christmas and is of one of my daughters and granddaughters, as well as my mama!


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