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Are You Looking For More Health Insurance? Not So Fast

I didn’t realize when I was diagnosed at the tender age of 28 that in midlife I’d have a permanent scarlet letter emblazoned on my forehead that said:

During holiday season the Ho, Ho, Ho feeling that was supposed to happen was quashed by the seemingly fruitless search for either secondary or long-term care insurance.

Why did I suddenly decide to (try to) get more health insurance? I had a wake-up call for reasons that will remain my own for now, and after these events happened I began to have nightmares that abruptly woke me up in the middle of the night. Nightmares about my mortality, a future of MS progression, or visions of becoming a complete burden to loved ones.

It’s a dark place to be in the middle of the night.

If I had an accident or my MS progressed without having additional insurance, I’d be unable to pay for countless necessities to maintain some semblance of a quality life. There could be an endless stream of doctors and testing, nursing aides, physical therapists, psychotherapists or extended hospital stays due to disability.

I’ve watched love ones begin their own healthcare journey when illness came knocking on their door, so I understand how exorbitant the cost of good healthcare can be.

When I was younger and working full-time I was always covered under a group policy. When I couldn’t work full-time any longer due to MS I went on disability and Medicare became my secondary insurance.

The group policy was the Cadillac of policies and covered nearly everything. Then, several years ago, my husband became a solo practitioner and now pays for his own insurance. That’s when Medicare became my primary carrier. I have no secondary insurance to rely on.

So far Medicare has worked fine for me. It even covers my gynecologist who doesn’t accept insurance but does accept Medicare.

But I’m not kidding myself about things remaining the same forever. I’m nearing my next birthday that is leaning closer to 60, and even though I feel younger than I am my body has been on this planet for over 50 years.

It was time to make some calls.

I phoned an insurance agent who was recommended to me. His voice and manner was highly motivated to get me signed up. At first. Near the end of our conversation he heard the two words he probably hates the most: Multiple Sclerosis.

MS is on a short list of diseases that no carrier of long-term care insurance will provide. I was flatly told I’d never find a company to insure me. I was ever so casually, and thoughtlessly, tossed aside in a matter of one sentence.

I felt like a pariah.

I left a voice message for another insurance agent who was highly recommended, one who allegedly was an expert in secondary insurance. She didn’t return my call. I left a second voice message. No call back. Finally I called a third time when she breathlessly told me she was running out the door and promised to call me back. I called again and lo and behold I spoke to her. She asked me several questions and when she was done I mentioned I had MS. She audibly gasped. Then silence.

She told me she’d put together some names and email them to me. I never heard from her.

She got my dander up so I called her yet again. When she picked up the phone I think she was shocked to hear my voice. I blurted out how rude she was, telling her she was dealing with a human being who happened to be living with a disability. I asked her how she dared to treat someone so shabbily. She swore she’d have the information to me that Friday.

I never heard from her.

Ordinarily I would have phoned other insurance agents but I was so angry at the way I was treated I knew I had to keep calling this agent until I felt some closure. As my father always told me I’m just obstreperous. I guess he was right all along.

In my mission of educating others about MS to spread awareness about our disease I continue to be flabbergasted at the arrogance and audacity of some people. We are all equals. We didn’t ask to have MS, we simply have it.

In the end the only thing this arrogant, rude and ill-mannered woman told me was that I wouldn’t qualify for secondary health insurance until I turned 65.

In the meantime I’ll worry and be concerned about the future of my health. I’ll do everything in my power to remain as healthy as possible and pray that my doing so will be enough.

We’ll also be meeting with a financial planner to find out if there are other ways to plan for the future. I know that long-term care insurance is expensive. Perhaps he can advise on other avenues we haven’t thought of to save money in case of an emergency. We shall see.

If you have any thoughts on health insurance I’d love to hear them. It’s a conversation we all need to have.

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  • MarcieKim
    3 years ago

    It’s inexcusable that anyone would be so insensitive toward you – but we have had the same experience.

    For a company to be unable to insure someone with MS is understandable – it’s an incurable disease that’s very expensive to treat. My husband has progressive MS and our premiums reflect a pittance of what BCBS pays out. It all comes down to business models, actuarial tables and, ultimately, profitability.

    Because my husband’s illness is progressive and has moved aggressively, we met with several lawyers. (The first call is always free and has so far been really informative.) We picked one who is helping us write new wills ($500 to do both wills plus our living wills, power of attorney and healthcare proxy, too… so pretty reasonable). The attorneys at this firm spent two hours with me explaining the financial impact of long term care. Net net, it goes like this: Whenever Bryan requires long term care, we will pay what we can for as long as we can, churning through MOST of our assets. The state allows me to keep our home, a car, and a modest bank balance. Once we hit the magical bank balance (which varies by state) then Bryan qualifies for Medicare and they cannot come back to me for any more money. I can then begin rebuilding my retirement. This isn’t a great scenario for a couple of 45 year olds, but I find comfort in knowing Bryan will be able to get the care he needs without the kids and me having to live in cardboard boxes under a bridge.

    More should be written about how that process works. I read WAY TOO MANY posts and comments on here about young adults providing at home care for disabled parents as the expense of having their own lives. It’s awful – and unnecessary.

  • MarcieKim
    3 years ago

    TYPO: I meant he would then qualify for MEDICAID once we run through our assets.

  • Azjackie
    3 years ago

    Ah yes insurance…I really do not have anything positive to say about insurance or the physicians who have forgotten their “Hippocratic Oath”. My Neurologists’ have dropped Medicaid and Medicare patients.

    For me AZMedicaid will stop April 1st as I’ve been on SSDI for 2 years. Social security administration has automatically enrolled me in Medicare part A and B.

    Part A (hospitalization) has $0 premium due to permanently disabled. Part B (physicians) automatically withdraws from SSDI a monthly premium, bills for; annual deductible, co-payment, and co-insurance.

    As I am not able to be employed and my monthly SSDI is consumed by cost of living, Part B will not happen. Neither of these assist or cover my $11,000/month MS prescriptions (Medicare part D-separate premium, deductible, co-pay and co-insurance).

    I am at withdrawing from Medicare part B, trying to find cash pay Neurologist, and filing for drug manufacturer prescription assistance. If I fail, no medication or physicians. Emergencies, ER through county hospital.

    Funny thing when I was employed my income was consumed by general cost of living and insurance. In fact $10,000 from savings in addition.

    I am 45 years old, never married or had children. I had been engaged 6 times pre-MS. I broke them always finding something wrong. I was obviously being sent a message.

    I do not think beyond the moment and can’t afford this disease.

    I am not a negative person and have fun with family and friends. I just consider myself lucky I lasted this long and I think of others who have life worse.

  • Beemerguy
    3 years ago

    I’m not sure why you are having the trouble you are having. I too was on a Cadillac plan and was kept on it not for the 18 month COBRA period but over 5 yrs. (I went out on disability at age 50.)

    I’m not sure why but I do have my suspicions. I’m not complaining.

    I finally was required to go on Medicare at 55. The only option for me or anyone in my state under 65 yrs old is to buy the Blue Cross Blue Shield supplemental policy.

    It’s been great. My actual out of pocket is not much different from when I was on my private policy. I pay more for the policy premiums,I pay much more for Drugs now in schedule D (MS drugs are expensive as if you need reminding. In 2019 out of pocket is supposed to drop and even go away.) but virtually nothing for Dr visits etc as Medicare doesn’t have co-pays.

    I now live in one of the poorest states. I am thrilled I have the Blue Cross option.

    In my early research I found most if not all states had at least one Medicare supplemental policy option for those of us under 65.

    It’s been a great experience. Except Schedule D with the early out of pocket then the never ending 5% Co pay once you’ve spent $6,000 is too expensive for most Americans. If you are like me (on MS drugs) your annual drug cost is over $65,000. If you hit $100,000 your out of pocket is over $10,000. Plus premium cost.

    This is a big burden on most Americans and a penalty for those of us who have illnesses that require very expensive drugs. (Copaxone has risen in price over 200% in the past decade a discussion for a different day)

    Not all illness is equal.

  • kitminden
    3 years ago

    It depends on each state and what deal it has made with Obamacare. It makes no sense for us, but it’s the way laws are in the US. Terrible…

  • Beemerguy
    3 years ago

    I have a correction, Medicare pays 80% you are responsible for the reminder 20% this is what the supplemental policy is for. It pays for the 20%. If you have supplemental insurance you are not out of pocket.

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The Will And The Way

In October 2002, some workmates and I agreed to play music for a Halloween party at the non-profit where I worked. I would play keyboards and sing. Two days prior to the event, I got up to get a glass of water and my right ear started ringing. I felt lightheaded and then I noticed my entire left side went a little numb. I thought it was strange but I didn’t worry and went on with my day.

When I got home that evening and told my wife about the numbness, she suggested we visit the emergency room to get it checked out. We ended up spending that night at the hospital and after a bunch of circulatory and neurological tests, the diagnosis was multiple sclerosis. having no family history of it I flat-out rejected the diagnosis. It took three opinions from three neurologists at three different Seattle hospitals before I finally accepted it.

The day after my first diagnosis, I discovered my left arm and hand were too weak to put on my socks. When I tried to play guitar and keyboards and couldn’t, then I got really worried. I had been a musician most of my then 43 years and was now facing the possibility that those days might come to an abrupt end.

Then I thought of my dad. He was born with cerebral palsy (CP), a neurological disorder caused by brain damage before or during birth. CP had left his hands clenched like fists, but he had taught himself to play notes on the family piano using the first knuckle of each thumb. His deep love of music and his will to simply play notes woke a new power in him and one we ALL have access to. It’s called neuroplasticity and all anyone has to do to invoke it is to keep trying. With neuroplasticity, AKA brain plasticity, his hands eventually opened up and he gained full use of his fingers. He ended up playing the organ, bass pedals included, all over the South and at churches in Seattle. My dad gained a skill he previously didn’t have despite of cerebral palsy and it was clear to me that giving up my music was not an option and that I WAS going to get back what I had lost. Here he is in his 60s playing about 2 minutes of organ .

After months of trying and finally playing dead notes and chords, my coordination and strength eventually returned. A little more than a decade later, I am helping other neurologically challenged musicians, thanks to the MS Center at Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center and the generous donations of musical equipment by music stores and individuals. I lead a class called Get Back Your Music (GBYM), working one-on-one with people and in group “jam sessions” that focus on reconditioning areas of the body affected by MS. By being persistent, patients can use neuroplasticity – the brain’s capacity to adapt and change — to recover lost skills.

From the beginning, I chose not to take MS medications. I’ve treated my disease with a healthy diet and exercise and, of course, my music. Music transcends physical limits. It doesn’t matter whether you play instruments or listen to them, the brain responds. And neuroplasticity can work for everyone. I’ve been asked if it’s been hard to get back my musical skills. The answer is yes, but then anything worth doing is hard and where there is a will, there is a way and most of all, you really can do anything you set your mind to do.

The ultimate goal with GBYM: to start a band made up of us neurologically challenged musicians, who have overcome our condition to get back our passions. There are currently three of us, me with RRMS, a longtime drummer and budding guitarist with PPMS and another good drummer and keyboardist with cerebral palsy. Once we have a full band, I hope we can then inspire others to get back their passions, whether, music, skiing painting or whatever it may be. You can learn more about my music class in this KING 5 video report and if you are in the Seattle area, you can learn how to sign up for the class here .

Here are the link and the lyrics from my new bluesy tune called “Brain Plasticity.” I performed everything on the recording.

Went for a walk to see my baby
When I fell down to one knee
My baby thought I was proposing
Dr. said it was disease

Well, I ain’t gonna to give up walking
I’m gonna to do what I please
And as for that disease
I say don’t MS with me
I got brain plasticity

I know a drummer, she played for decades
Man, she could sure lay down a groove
But she had to slow down
For she had found
Her right leg could barely move

Now, she ain’t gonna give up drumming
‘Cause without drums the band ain’t got a beat
Now she tells her legs and feet
She says don’t MS with me
I got brain plasticity

A guitarist was getting in a little practice
So he could work on his technique
But his fingers could barely play it
‘cause the muscles were too weak

Now, he ain’t gonna quit guitar
Said the picking’s gonna come on back to me
And as for this PD
He said don’t you mess with me
I got brain plasticity

So don’t you give up your passions
You’ve gotta do what you please
And tell that traumatic brain injury

You say don’t mess with me
We got brain plasticity
It’s working for CP
We’re talking brain plasticity

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  • Meagan Heidelberg moderator
    3 years ago

    Hi Phil! It sounds like you’ve definitely kept music close to you through your diagnosis and on. We are so glad that you’ve found it to be so helpful not only for you, but the people you’ve been helping though your GBYM class!
    Thank you so much for sharing and for being a part of our community! I will be listening to your dad playing the organ after this!

    We hope that you fulfill your band soon 🙂
    Meagan, Team Member

  • PS98107 author
    3 years ago

    Thank you so much, Meagan! 🙂

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Bowfishing Kit – Bowfishing With A Recurve Bow

By Moritz

Sep 14

So, you are interested in bowfishing, right?
What if I told you that there is a bowfishing kit that makes bowfishing with a recurve bow a breeze?

Continue reading and you will know why I love this recurve bow:

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Hi, I am Moritz and I fell in love with bowfishing.
My grandfather used to fish (with a rod) and I often went with him.

Then, I started with archery and it was only recently that I noticed that you can actually go fishing with a bow.

How cool is that?
I did some research and found a great recurve bow for fishing!

The Recurve Bow Especially Designed For Fishing

I present you the Cajun Archery Fish Stick.

This bow is really perfect if you want to use your archery skills on fish and pull them out easily after each hit.

Let me give you a quick overview of what is included in this package first:

  • 45 lbs takedown recurve bow
  • bowfishing drum reel with line
  • roller rest
  • arrow with piranha point
  • finger savers

For bigger and clearer images, you can check out the bow here.

A Look At The Bow

Taking a closer look at the bow, you can see that it is a takedown bow.
This means that the limbs of the bow can be taken off the bow (without tools!) for easier transport, or you can get new/stronger ones if needed.

The draw weight of 45 lbs is more than enough for most fish and most archers will be able to draw it.

Please note that this bow is only available for right handed archers at the moment!

The riser of this 56″ long recurve bow is made of aluminum.

An arrow rest is already included and attached to give the bowfisher more comfort when getting ready to loose an arrow.

No Fishing Without A Fishing Reel

Every serious fisherman or fisherwoman needs a fishing reel.

The reel is attached to the bow but doesn’t get in the way when aiming and shooting at the fish.
After a hit, you use the bow and reel just like you would use a fishing rod to bring the fish in.

Piranha Point Arrows – Perfect For Bowfishing

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There is one fishing arrow included in the set, so you might want to purchase some extra arrows for backup.

Piranha points are specially made for fish with soft flesh. Where other arrows might get loose, this arrow will hold on to the fish until you have brought it in safely.
If you think now that it will be difficult to remove the arrow, don’t worry

All you need to do is to turn the tip twice and the barb will fold in the opposite direction which will make it easy for you to pull out the arrow.

What Are This Finger Savers All About?

Do not mistake the finger guard for a finger tab or shooting glove.
It is something completely different.bowfishing finger guard

When you look closely at the picture, you will notice that there is green rubber above
and below the nock where you place your fingers (they might come in another color when buying the bow).

These are the finger savers and they do two things:

First, they will protect your fingers from the string, so you don’t need another protector like a tab.
Second, they help you greatly when your fingers are wet (remember: we are fishing!) because the string will not slip from your fingers.

Every bowfisher should have finger savers like these and in this set, it is already included!

The Good And The Bad

Moritz ImageI think you can tell, that I love the Cajun Archery Fish Stick Set.

It includes everything you need to get started with bowfishing.

The only negatives would be that it is only available for right handed archers and that it includes only one arrow.

Besides that it is perfect!

It is lightweight and easy to shoot with, the fishing reel and line are very strong.

Even though the finger guard is just a small detail, its impact on your bowfishing experience will be huge!
Once you have used it, you don’t want to miss it anymore!

Share Your Experience

I am looking forward to hearing your opinion about this bowfishing kit or if you have ever gone bowfishing with a recurve bow.

Always make sure that bowfishing is allowed in your country or state.
I know that it is not allowed in some places.

If you have any question about this kit or about bowfishing in general, leave a comment below.

Have a great day!

About the Author

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Randy Johnson November 3, 2015

I never use my recurve bow for fishing, look like it’s great! Do you know any place i can try in Dallas?

    Moritz November 4, 2015

    Hello Randy.
    Welcome to My Archery Corner.
    Bowfishing is absolutely fantastic. When you follow the link in my article you will find some really great equipment for bowfishing.

    About your question:
    First you will need a fishing licence. Then you can go almost everywhere in Texas to do some bowfishing.
    Make sure to check the regulations first, though.
    There are also guided bowfishing tours, but I don’t really think you should pay for something you can do for free.
    Not sure about exact spots for bowfishing, as I have never been to Dallas, but as long as you follow the regulations I am sure you can find many good spots for bowfishing.

    Happy hunting and fishing!

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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

by Tony Doran, Psy.D.
HeadFirst Concussion Care Program Director

In the past several years, few medical problems have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions. Coaches, parents, and players are increasingly aware that a concussion involves an injury to the brain and that an athlete suspected of having a concussion should be removed from play and evaluated by a licensed health care professional. I’d like to share a little bit about myself and how I became interested in the area of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

My name is Dr. Tony Doran. I was a clinical psychologist for the Navy for the past 20 years. The Navy sent me to Harvard Medical School and I specialized in pediatric neuropsychology. Over the course of my career, I have worked in a variety of diverse positions at Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Iwakuni Medical Clinic Japan, and the United States Naval Academy. I have treated kids and adults with everything from adjustment reactions and craniosynostosis to mTBI and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).

As my time in the military was winding down, I began to explore where my next adventure would take me and I naturally gravitated to conducting evaluations for Special Forces Units throughout the United States. After more than 10 years of war, I have treated and evaluated hundreds of service men and women who were dealing with the wounds of war coping with PTSD and mTBI. As the war was coming to a close, I began to look at what other avenues I could explore. My contracting position of evaluating Special Forces Units involved a lot of travel away from my family, which initially was exciting and interesting, but after 3 years was beginning to wear on myself and my family. So I began to look for a permanent position.

Having been a consultant, I had performed some services for a new company in the area of concussion care called HeadFirst. HeadFirst was evaluating and treating hundreds of kids with mTBI and a substantial percentage of these kids had some special needs – autism, learning disabilities, attention problems or other psychological problem. My experience and training in mTBI and childhood disorders would help me treat and evaluate these children. HeadFirst was looking for someone to evaluate the enormous amount of data they were beginning to collect and also help them branch off and start new research projects. My years of data analysis and research in the Navy would assist me in this area. Several weeks later, I was hired as the Program Director of HeadFirst. I look forward to educating parents, children and coaches in the area about mTBI, treating children and teens with mTBI, and conducting research in the area of mTBI.

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I was at a meeting the other night with several health care providers and asked them to please share a story about what a concussed child or family member had asked them about after brain rest had been explained to them. As we went around the room, kids and family members asked about playing the drums, going snowboarding, playing football with dad in the yard, sleigh riding, mountain climbing, just shooting baskets or just swinging in a batting cage. Answers like theirs beg the question: Are our kids, families, and coaches getting the message about the seriousness of mTBI?

Pardon the Navy analogy, but sometimes big ships take a while to turn. I am encouraged when I hear teens make comments like “Hey, that kid has to stay out of competition for at least 7 to 10 days” after witnessing a concussion and a parent discussing with a child that she might need to permanently switch to a different sport – like track or swimming – after her fourth concussion in soccer. However, when I still get questions like “Can I go ride my go cart?” after explaining brain rest, I am reminded that we, as providers, educators and researchers, have more work to do.

If you are interested in joining the concussion discussion, please visit this blog as we will be having different providers, coaches, parents and recovering patients contribute. Also please see our website for community events.

The Brain Injury Association of Maryland is having their annual conference March 20th-21st – please see their website to find out more and I hope to see you there.


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Bridge College is a non-residential specialist FE college. We meet the needs of students up to the age of 25 years with learning difficulties and disabilities, complex needs, communication disorders and autism.

With our new state of the art campus, we have access to a wide range of leisure and community facilities in Manchester as well as parks and open spaces. This means our students can learn in lots of different settings and develop the skills needed for life as an active and valued young adult in your community. Students can experience our hydrotherapy pool, our sensory rooms and our rebound room within a wide programme of activities.

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Murphy, Grayson continue to college dance teams

Murphy, Grayson continue to college dance teams

Lydia Manning, reporter

May 23, 2019

Golden Girls captains Morgan Murphy (12) and Carolyn Grayson (12) have accomplished many things in their four years of GGs, including leading varsity to the team’s first-ever national title (small pom division). Although they are graduating from a champion team, both girls will be carrying on the l...

Golden Girls prepare for nationals

Avery Neal, reporter

February 20, 2019

For five years, OHS Golden Girls has been competing at National Dance Alliance (NDA) in Orlando, FL. The team leaves today and come back late Monday, Feb. 25. Varsity will compete Feb 22 -23 for preliminary competition. They will compete small varsity mix, small varsity pom, and small varsity kick w...

Golden Girls Go Gold

Golden Girls Go Gold

Christina Meier, Editor-in-Chief

December 14, 2018

The Golden Girls placed among the top teams at their first competition of the season.   The varsity and JV GG teams all competed at the Yvonne Cole Lindbergh Invitational at Lindbergh High School on Dec. 1 against schools from Kansas City, St. Louis, and Illinois.   Varsity placed...

New school year brings new changes

New school year brings new changes

Christina Meier, Editor-In-Chief

August 27, 2018

With the 2018-2019 school year kicking into gear, many new changes and goals for the year are already underway. At the assembly on the first day of school, Principal Jan Kellerman introduced the theme of the school year: Be kind to every kind. “I really believe that all of us need to be very ...

Emma Miller (11): Q & A

Emma Miller (11): Q & A

Jordan Peters, reporter

May 11, 2017

Emma Miller (11) currently dances for the varsity Golden Girls squad. Next year she plans to quit Golden Girls and peruse her training in musical theater. Good luck to Miller and her future endeavors! 1.When did you first become a Muny kid? “I started when I was nine years old.” 2. What Muny...

Golden Girls go to Nationals

Golden Girls go to Nationals

Mckenzie Knapp, sports editor

March 9, 2017

The Golden Girls traveled to Orlando, FL for NDA Nationals on March 2 for a weekend long competition. The girls placed fourth in the nation in small varsity team mix, four spots better than last season. They also competed in pom and placed ninth out of 32 teams that competed. “Getting awards...

Athlete of the week: Carissa Wideman

Athlete of the week: Carissa Wideman

Dominique Robinson, photo editor

March 8, 2017

Despite serious injury, snapping hip syndrome, Carissa Wideman (12) did not let it stop her from being a part of her team or let it take away her passionate love for dancing. Wideman's snapping hip syndrome began in seventh grade, where she was told that if she continued to dance she wouldn't be able...

Golden Girls dance to victory

Emma Reinagel, features editor

December 7, 2016

The Golden Girls started the year off with success as they finished first in poms and jazz at their first competition at Lindbergh High School on Dec. 3. Teams from schools all around the St. Louis area competed in the competition. They were divided into different categories based on the size of...

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Golden Girls host Breakfast with Santa

Jordan Peters, reporter

November 29, 2016

The OHS Golden Girls hosted their third annual breakfast with Santa on Saturday Nov 26. The Golden Girls organized different activities for the kids to participate in while enjoying their breakfast. Some of the more popular activities included a face painting station, a place for the kids to make...

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Sarah Kiely, reporter

March 29, 2016

At 4 am., while the rest of Oakville sleeps, two alarm clocks ring. Kristine Pickens (12) and Chase Kohl (10) roll out of bed and pull on their exercise clothes. A dancer and an MMA fighter, respectively, both students have trained themselves to get up before the sun every morning to get in a workout...

Golden Girls end the season in Orlando

Taylor Boles, reporter

March 6, 2016

OHS Golden Girls finished strong at their last competition of the 2015-2016 season. The Golden Girls competed in the NDA (National Dance Alliance) National Championships and placed 2nd in Pom with their routine, “Rumors.” The girls also placed 4th with their routine, “Skyfall.” and 8th with...

Golden Girls prepare for NDA Nationals

Casey Kenny, reporter

February 24, 2016

Oakville’s Golden Girls prepared this week for their trip to NDA Nationals in Florida. Preview night, an opportunity to show off their routines one last time before taking the stage, was Monday, Feb. 22 in Gym A, and all levels (varsity, JV, and the Junior Goldens) performed starting at 6:30 p.m....

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NAMMA offers SAPR First Responders Training During CMA Shipping 2017

The North American Maritime Ministry Association was pleased to hold a SAPR program for first responders workshop in March 2017 in parallel to the CMA Shipping conference.  This was done in conjunction with a number of partners including the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York & New Jersey, Seafarers International House, and the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network.  Participants included seafarers’ welfare providers and those who work directly with crews.

Overview: This training was given to build the capacity of ship welfare visitors and those in the maritime industry to assess and respond effectively to disclosures of sexual assault and sexual abuse. Led by an experienced trainer, Ms. Helen Archontou, the workshop featured lectures that helped understand the wider issues, but also structured small group discussions that helped participants practice skills. The seminar concluded with a presentation of new SAPR materials that were distributed among seafarers’ welfare providers to encourage best practice.

Speaker Bio: Daughter of a merchant mariner, Helen Archontou M.S.W., L.S.W. was named Chief Executive Officer of the YWCA Bergen County in July 2011. In this capacity she oversees a a multi-service non-profit organization that is the areas largest provider of childcare services, a recognized leader in health and fitness programs, the sole operator of the county’s only sexual assault hotline/ counseling program and the host of empowerment programming for women and girls. In 2016, the Governor of the State of New Jersey appointed Helen to serve on the State Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault. She has an extensive background in the area of sexual violence through her past work experience at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes Unit and various child protection programs as well as her role as an adjunct professor over the last fifteen years in Montclair State University’s Center for Child Advocacy.

Note: this was a basic, yet full training to identify, respond, and refer. This was not a seminar on counselling interventions.

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I just don’t get this Twitter thing

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Tweet, tweet. Twitter terms are cute, but so what? I’ve read a lot about how to use Twitter effectively, but I still don’t get it. I just don’t care for hourly updates, even from experts. I mean, no one can be THAT interesting all the time.

I try to practice good Twitter etiquette. If someone follows me, I’ll follow them back. I will also send them a direct message, thanking them for the follow and asking what they do. More often than not, I get no response. I then get inundated with meaningless dribble; these folks delight in posting updates every few minutes all day long. Don’t they have lives? I’m sorry if they’re lonely and looking for a online friends.

Companies are also into Twitter big time. I can’t think of any product that is so exciting and fun that I’d want constant updates about it. Sure I love all things related to fitness, but I don’t want to read what my favorite instructor had for breakfast.

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Having held two successful Northern Exposure nights last year, the production and promotion duo Tunnel Club are returning with more events to promote live dance music in the region.

First up on Saturday 3rd March, they take up residency in Newcastle’s own DIY hub Little Buildings for a line-up which includes them join the free-form minimal techno of Buhl/Daughters (members of another pillar of Newcastle’s electronic music circuit, Kaneda Records) and newcomer Boss Level, who blends sounds and imagery from nineties gaming and house music with more current trends in electro and IDM.

The night also marks the launch of a new Northern Exposure compilation EP, which features tracks from all three of the acts playing Little Buildings as well as selections from witch house auteur Ako and the hotly tipped future trap producer Xaatu.

As well as all this, there’s also another Northern Exposure night in the works at Independent in Sunderland on Saturday 21st April, featuring Ako, Tunnel Club and Cass Lamb, marking the first Northern Exposure event in Sunderland. With more releases and events in the pipeline for later in the year, Northern Exposure looks likely to tap into a bigger scene in 2018.

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1 killed, 7 injured in Saudi in cross-border shelling from Yemen

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JAZAN (WAM) — Saudi’s Civil Defence spokesman in Jazan Region, Yahya Al Qahtani, today said a Saudi man was killed and seven others were injured by a projectile fired from Yemeni territory.

In a statement, the spokesman said the military projectile was fired from the Yemeni governorate of Samtah.

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100 years since the Great Influenza Pandemic

A hundred years on from the devastating 1918 influenza pandemic, we asked several experts what we have learned since, what challenges lie ahead and how prepared we are for the next one.

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It seems timely to launch this Nature Microbiology community channel to commemorate the centenary of the 1918 influenza pandemic in the midst of a particularly bad 2017-2018 flu season, in which almost everyone knows somebody (or has suffered directly) the consequences of coming down with a bad case of the flu. Recent news coverage, such as here, here, here and here, makes it easier to imagine how things were during 1918. Except that, as John M. Barry - of "The Great Influenza" fame- explains in his thought-provoking Comment, the media and officials then were intent on playing down the dangers to avoid panic, which ended up frightening the population even more, as people saw a clear disconnect between the reality they were living and the messages they were receiving. We may now have gone too far the other way, if the Daily Mail is anything to go by (which this editor thinks is not the case).

So what happened in 1918-1919? There are many excellent accounts, such as the book above, and a lot of information around the web, so I will not belabor the point here. The numbers are staggering; it is estimated that one-fifth of the world’s population (about two billion at the time) came down with the disease, and it killed at least 35 million people and up to 100 million by some accounts - which would be equivalent to 140 million to 425 million people today. To put things in perspective, the death toll was higher than all the combat fatalities from all wars of the 20th century combined.

Briefly, it was a pandemic staged in three waves. In late 1917, U.S. military pathologists described a new disease with high mortality (which later was recognized to be the flu), and the first official report was in Haskell County, Kansas, in January 1918, although where the strain had originally come remains subject of debate. The first confirmed outbreak was relatively benign (considering the death toll) and occured in the spring at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas, a military training camp preparing American troops for deployment in World War I.  On 4 March, the company cook Albert Gitchell reported sick and by noon on 11 March over 100 soldiers were in the hospital. Within days, 522 men at the camp had reported sick. This first wave was followed by the emergence of a mutated, extremely virulent virus that, aided by troop movements in World War I, quickly spread worldwide and caused millions of deaths during the following fall (especially the months of October and November). A milder third wave occurred at the beginning of 1919, although by then a lot of the surviving population was likely immune.

One aspect that made it particularly frightening was the speed with which people worsened and died. By some accounts, people could wake up feeling well, feel sick in the early afternoon, and die at night. Those who survived initially, often suffered a secondary bacterial pneumonia that was ultimately the cause of numerous deaths.

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We have taken the opportunity afforded by this anniversary to ask people working on different aspects related to influenza management and research to share with us their thoughts on the 1918 pandemic, the current state of the field and of their research, lessons learned and lessons yet to learn. John Barry speaks of the socioeconomic impact that the pandemic had in its time and what can be learned from how it was handled. Peter Palese, who together with his colleagues at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has elucidated some of the basis for the virulence of the 1918 strain, discusses the needs for a better vaccine and the prospects to develop one that provides universal coverage. And in a series of interviews, Keiji Fukuda, Nikki Shindo, Elodie Ghedin, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Kanta Subbarao and Yoshi Kawaoka discuss the public health implications of the 1918 pandemic and subsequent ones, the development of the reverse genetics system that has made influenza virus genetically tractable, influenza variability and evolution, and pathogenesis in its multiple hosts.

One of the greatest challenges in the field is to develop better vaccines: platforms that enable production with sufficient speed to meet demand in a timely manner and immunogens that confer broad -if not universal- protection. As this years' season again atests, a bad flu year is often caused by breakout strains to which current vaccines no longer confer good protection (vaccine efficacy in Australia to this season's most prevalent A/H3N2 strain has been reported to be 5-19%).

One last point I'd like to make (being Spanish and all) is that the 1918 pandemic was not the "Spanish flu" by any reasonable measure. In 1918, the Spanish press reported on the flu more than others, likely because Spain did not participate in WWI, but the virus was not initially identified in Spain, nor did it cause comparatively more deaths there. As Ian Mackay and Katherine Arden discuss, in relation to this season's supposedly Aussie flu, "We can't be sure of where flu originates, and that doesn't really matter anyway". Given the stigma, and often the economic consequences, that come with such names, we would do better avoiding them.

We hope this channel gives you food for thought!

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I come from a mid-sized city on the northwestern coast of Spain. My interest in science initially took me to Madrid, where I finished university and received a PhD in molecular biology. In Madrid, I studied RNA virus evolution and new antiviral strategies with Esteban Domingo. I then moved to UCLA, where I focused on developing lentiviral vectors for gene therapy in Irvin Chen’s laboratory. In 2007, I made the plunge from bench to desk and joined the EMBO Reports editorial team as Reviews Editor, becoming Scientific Editor two years later and Senior Editor in 2012. At EMBO Reports, I was responsible for microbiology and immunology, among other areas, and spent many years expanding my understanding and love for all things microbial. In the summer of 2015, I joined the Nature Microbiology editorial launch team, handling all things related to virology and mycology (and for a brief while parasitology) and -after a couple of stints covering microbiology at Nature- I became the Chief Editor of Nature Microbiology in 2019. I look forward to interacting with the community and providing a venue to publish the most important advances in the field.

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To celebrate our first year of publishing at Communications Biology, we sat down with in-house editor Jung-Eun Lee to discuss what makes a great submission, the impact of open access publishing and more.

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Jung-Eun Lee received her PhD in Biochemistry from Rutgers University and conducted her postdoctoral studies at the University of Michigan. Her postdoctoral research focused on aging and the mechanisms by which protein restriction regulates innate immunity in Drosophila. She also has research experience in stress signaling, apoptosis, metabolism and circadian biology. Jung-Eun is based in Springer Nature's New York office.

Q: Can you tell us a bit about your background and what most interested you about joining the Communications Biology team?
I’m a circadian biologist and biochemist, who became intrigued by the low protein diet for its impact on boosting innate immunity and longevity. My fascination with the science behind the effects of protein restriction led to my career independence award K99, when I was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan.

I had much less luck in publishing this finding in traditionally high-impact journals. As my manuscript was going through many selective journals, I felt that there was a lot of room for improvement in terms of turnaround time for the first review and keeping the authors in the loop.

When I saw the job opening from Communications Biology, I thought it might be an opportunity for me to shape a new journal that would promote solid (rather than flashy) publications useful to the community. It is becoming ever more difficult to publish solid work in selective journals due to their requirement of a broad readership. It is not uncommon for authors to spend so much time in finding their manuscripts a home for two reasons: their perception of the impact of the work does not match the journals’ expectation; authors and journals don’t agree with how much work is enough to make the manuscript acceptable for publication.

By narrowing this gap, I believe that Communications Biology can provide authors with opportunities to publish their great work welcomed by each scientific community within the broad scope of biology, which would save valuable resources in academia and help early-career researchers move up in their career faster.  Being an open access journal, Communications Biology can also promote the work of our authors more widely than may be possible with subscription journals.

Q: How do you work together with the Chief Editor (Dr. Brooke La Flamme) as well as the external editorial board? How do your roles differ?
The Chief Editor manages the entire team to make sure that all editorial tasks get done in a timely manner and that they adhere to the company policy. The editors work together with the Chief Editor to lay out strategies to promote the visibility of the journal, to recruit high-quality manuscripts, and to improve our author service.

In-house editors currently manage the majority of manuscripts submitted to the journal and often evaluate studies outside their former research areas due to the broad scope of our journal. As our editorial board grows, the proportion of manuscripts handled by external editors will also increase.

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Natural product chemists often discover molecules of the same kind from even the most evolutionarily distant organisms (e.g. sponges vs. beetles). From years of isolating natural products from marine organisms, I have often observed similar compounds in disparate organisms, or occasionally, a strong association between a particular molecule and a specific host. These patterns (consistent vs. sporadic association) can often be explained by probing the biosynthetic and genetic origins of the compounds.  Such investigations frequently reveal that associated microbes are responsible for natural product synthesis, and the variation in the biosynthetic gene clusters explains the macroscopic variation of particular natural products in the environment.

The renieramycins are a good example. They belong to the saframycin family of tetrahydroxyquinolinequinones (THQs) but uniquely contain angelic acid residues. Further, renieramycins have only been isolated from a specific group of sponges and nudibranch mollusks, who prey on these reneiramycin-containing sponges. Other known THQs have been isolated from distantly related bacteria and animals. How did this core structure spread in nature? The renieramycin family is an unanswered piece of this puzzle with yet unknown origins. We therefore set out to first answer this basic question- where do renieramycins come from?

The roadmap we planned was straightforward: we expected to identify a saframycin-like nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) gene cluster harbored by a bacterial symbiont of a renieramycin-containing sponge. It also crossed our minds that the symbiont in question could turn out to be Candidatus Entotheonella sp., sponge symbionts that have been shown to be extremely prolific producers of natural products. We further planned that once we had identified the gene cluster and producer, we would express the gene cluster in a heterologous host to produce renieramycins.

We got the gene cluster right. The renieramycins are NRPS products, similar to saframycins and safracins. We showed this by characterizing one of the precursor modifying enzymes. But while this was acceptable, our original plan was the complete heterologous expression of the gene cluster. I spent the first 6 months on the project trying to do this, but was unsuccessful. There is regulation, toxicity, and other factors that may be responsible for the difficulties we experienced in expressing these metabolites, which has, unfortunately, been the norm when expressing similarly complex pathways from obligate symbionts.

We then shifted gears to understand the biology of the producer and the rest of what we found was both unexpected and fascinating. In a Russian doll-like manner, the renieramycin gene cluster is in a circularized plasmid, the plasmid belongs to a minimized bacterium, this bacterium resides in a special kind of sponge cell. This system also appears to be the only source of natural products in the sponge when we looked at the biosynthetic capacity of the whole sponge metagenomes. All these details are interesting because they are uncharacteristic of what is typically found in sponges: a large biosynthetic capacity by different bacteria living extracellularly in the sponge mesohyl.

The task of identifying the bacterial producer became our major challenge. In all four samples that we studied, the plasmids were circularized and apart from their bacterial chromosomes. We did not have access to fresh samples so isolating the strain was near impossible. Our samples were generously provided from the Ireland and Schmidt labs’ collections and were originally collected more than a decade ago. In fact, I sent them off to Princeton when I was a graduate student in the Schmidt lab (in 2014), only to work on them as a postdoc in the Donia lab a couple of years after. These finger-size sponges were preserved carefully enough that we were able to extract ample genetic and chemical information from a few centimeter slices. Every cut was precious.

With these at our disposal, our goal was to localize the plasmid and bacterial producer together in the sponge. By metagenomics we identified a candidate strain that binned with the plasmid upon cell sorting. Both were found in a fraction that contained the largest particles. This was the key insight giving us a clue that the bacterium resides in a bigger cell, consistent with its reduced genome and expected lifestyle. This discovery of uniquely large bacteriocytes allowed us to capture these cells, ask what genetic material exists in them, and show that the renieramycin gene cluster belongs to the producer Ca. E. renieramycinifaciens.

This finding that renieramycins are made by intracellular bacteria opens up new avenues and more questions. How common are intracellular symbionts in sponges, and especially those that produce defensive chemicals like the renieramycins? How old are these types of symbioses? Considering that sponges are very primitive metazoans with only a few types of specialized cells, what are the mechanisms involved in compartmentalization of a specific symbiont? From comparison of the THQ gene clusters we can now show that THQs from symbiotic bacteria, Ca. E. renieramycinifaciens and Ca. E. frumentensis, the producer of ecteinascidins, are more closely related to each other than the free-living THQ producers. This gets us closer to answering how this core structure has spread in nature.

Finally, this study is a good example of a scientific project that was motivated by two simple questions (how are the renieramycins produced in marine sponges, and can we use synthetic biology to produce them in the lab?), but ended up pushing us in a completely different, much more challenging and unanticipated direction: studying intracellular symbiosis in the oldest living animals – and we were extremely happy with this shift!

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conjugation action

For GG a group and V 1V_1 and V 2V_2 two objects equipped with GG-action, the conjugation action on morphisms f:V 1V 2f : V_1 \to V_2 (not necessarily respecting the GG-action) is for gGg \in G

fgfg 1. f \mapsto g \circ f \circ g^{-1} \,.

The invariants of the conjugation action are the GG-action homomorphism.

In the case that the GG-action on V 2V_2 is trivial, this is the precomposition action and in the case that the action on V 1V_1 is trivial this is the postcomposition action.

In matrix calculus conjugation actions are also known as similarity transformations.

Given a discrete group GG and two GG-actions ρ 1\rho_1 and ρ 2\rho_2 on sets S 1S_1 and S 2S_2, respectively, then the function set [S 1,S 2][S_1, S_2] is naturally equipped with the conjugation action

Ad:[S 1,S 2]×G[S 1,S 2] Ad \;\colon \; [S_1, S_2] \times G \longrightarrow [S_1,S_2]

which takes ((S 1fS 2),g)((S_1 \stackrel{f}{\to} S_2), g) to

ρ 2()(g)fρ 1()(g 1):S 1ρ 1()(g 1)S 1fS 2ρ 2()(g)S 2. \rho_2(-)(g)\circ f \circ \rho_1(-)(g^{-1}) \;\colon\; S_1 \stackrel{\rho_1(-)(g^{-1})}{\longrightarrow} S_1 \stackrel{f}{\longrightarrow} S_2\stackrel{\rho_2(-)(g)}{\longrightarrow} S_2 \,.

The conjugation action construction of def. is the internal hom in the category of actions.

We need to show that for any three permutation representations, functions

ϕ:S 3[S 1,S 2] \phi \;\colon\; S_3 \longrightarrow [S_1,S_2]

which intertwine the GG-action on S 3S_3 with the conjugation action on [S 1,S 2][S_1,S_2] are in natural bijection with functions

ϕ˜:S 3×S 1S 2 \tilde \phi \;\colon\; S_3 \times S_1 \longrightarrow S_2

which intertwine the diagonal action on the Cartesian product S 3×S 1S_3 \times S_1 with the action on S 2S_2.

The condition on ϕ\phi means that for all gGg\in G and s 3S 3s_3 \in S_3 it sends

ϕ:ρ 3(s 3)(g)(s 1ρ 2(ϕ(s 3)(ρ 1(s 1)(g 1)))(g)). \phi \;\colon\; \rho_3(s_3)(g) \mapsto \left( s_1 \mapsto \rho_2\left( \phi\left(s_3\right)\left( \rho_1\left(s_1\right)\left(g^{-1}\right) \right)\right)\left(g\right) \right) \,.

This is equivalently a function ϕ˜\tilde \phi of two variables which sends

ϕ˜:(ρ 3(s 3)(g),s 1)ρ 2(ϕ(s 3)(ρ 1(s 1)(g 1)))(g). \tilde \phi \;\colon\; (\rho_3(s_3)(g), s_1) \mapsto \rho_2 ( \phi(s_3)( \rho_1(s_1)(g^{-1}) ) )(g) \,.

Since this has to hold for all values of the variables, it has to hold when substituing s 1s_1 with ρ 1(s 1)(g)\rho_1(s_1)(g). After this substitution the above becomes

ϕ˜:(ρ 3(s 3)(g),ρ 1(s 1)(g))ρ 2(ϕ(s 3)(s 1))(g). \tilde \phi \;\colon\; (\rho_3(s_3)(g), \rho_1(s_1)(g)) \mapsto \rho_2(\phi(s_3)(s_1 ))(g) \,.

This is the intertwining condition on ϕ˜\tilde \phi. Conversely, given ϕ˜\tilde \phi satisfying this for all values of the variables, then running the argument backwards shows that its hom-adjunct ϕ\phi satisfies its required intertwining condition.

The following is immediate but conceptually important:

The invariants of the conjugation action on [S 1,S 2][S_1,S_2] is the set of action homomorphisms/intertwiners.

Hence the inclusion of invariants into the conjugation action gives the inclusion of the external hom set of the category of GG-action into the set underlying the internal hom

GAct(ρ 1,ρ 2)[ρ 1,ρ 2]. G Act(\rho_1,\rho_2)\hookrightarrow [\rho_1,\rho_2] \,.

Regarding the conjugation action as the internal hom of actions immediately gives the generalization of this concept to more general kinds of actions, notably to infinity-actions in general (infinity,1)-toposes. See at infinity-action – Conjugation action for more on this.

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d. Mar./Apr. 1749

Robert Halton, colonial official, first appears in North Carolina when he took the oaths of a royal councillor in Edenton, 25 Feb. 1731. He seems to have been a soldier in England and may have known Governor George Burrington through the army. When Burrington came to North Carolina from England in 1731, Halton probably accompanied him on the voyage. The governor nominated Halton as one of the earliest members of North Carolina's first royal council, and during the initial year of Burrington's administration he supported the volatile chief executive in all crucial votes. His early loyalty was rewarded when Burrington named Halton as provost marshal of Bath County in March 1731. This office was a profitable one by any measure; when it was abolished by the shift from precinct to county organization in 1738, Halton was allowed £2,000 in provincial currency as compensation.

By the fall of 1732, Halton probably realized the risk of being too closely identified with the uneven Burrington and did not attend council sessions after October. Two years later the governor suspended him for excessive absences, but Gabriel Johnston restored Halton to his council seat in November 1734. From the earliest days of Johnston's administration Halton was a firm supporter of the governor, and he was rewarded handsomely in return. He became a justice of the peace for New Hanover Precinct in December 1734, apparently having moved there from Edenton during 1732 or 1733. In March 1735 he was made a collector of quitrents and an usher of the Exchequer Court. Two years later he served as a commissioner for running the boundary with South Carolina. During the controversial maneuvers to incorporate Wilmington in 1739, he voted with the pro-Wilmington faction in the council to push through the crucial measure. His loyalty here further endeared him to Governor Johnston, and he became one of Wilmington's original commissioners in 1740 and an assistant justice of the General Court in 1743.

During late 1740 and early 1741 Halton served as a captain of North Carolina troops going to Jamaica and Cartagena. As a man of some military experience, Halton was a colonel in the New Hanover militia. He also participated in the earliest part of the Granville District survey in 1744 and, in September 1746, became an agent for the sale of such lands. Earlier in 1746, Halton journeyed to England (possibly to seek the office of land agent from Earl Granville) and appeared before the Board of Trade to discuss conditions in North Carolina.

Halton remained active until his death. He spent roughly the last sixteen years of his life at his plantation, called Halton's Lodge, on Smith's Creek near Wilmington. However, he returned to Edenton to die, as his will was written there on 22 Mar. 1748/49. In his will Halton named a wife, Mary, who was residing in England, but he left the bulk of his estate to Sarah Groves and his son by her, Robert Halton, Jr.

Tillie Bond Manuscripts and Governors' Office Papers (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh).

Donald R. Lennon and Ida B. Kellam, The Wilmington Town Book (1973).

William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vols. 3–5 (1886–87).

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The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 1. (accessed August 21, 2013).

Memorial from members of the North Carolina Governor's Council to Gabriel Johnston concerning sectional dispute over North Carolina General Assembly sessions and representation. Rice, Nathaniel, d. 1753; Moore, Roger,  1694-1751; Allen, Eleazer, 1692-1750; Rowan, Matthew, d. 1760; Halton, Robert, d. 1749 1744 Volume 04, Pages 1198-1201, Documenting the American South, UNC Libraries:

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The ideal outcome is that the reader is moved by our story, convinced by our arguments, persuaded to take our advice, etc. as the case may be.

The following simple table presents the over-arching organising principles of text production.

It must be added, though, that texts vary tremendously, depending upon their genre, audience, subject-matter, etc. This break-down shows the conventional structure of an argumentative text. It is still a very useful yardstick. When you know how to organise a conventional text, you can start experimenting with alternative structures.

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It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or maintain any establishment unless first licensed by the department. A license may be obtained by application to the director upon forms prescribed by him or her for that purpose. The license shall authorize and restrict the licensee to the operation or operations requested in his or her application and approved by the director.

Application for a livestock establishment or a poultry establishment license shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars for each establishment. A license application for a rendering establishment or for a pet feed establishment shall be accompanied by a fee of three hundred dollars for each establishment. Such fee shall be deposited in the state treasury and deposited in the Livestock Auction Market Fund.

No license shall be issued until an inspection of the facilities described in the license application is completed showing the proposed facilities to be in conformity with the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated thereunder by the director.

Licenses shall be renewable annually on or before their expiration. No license shall be transferable with respect to licensee or location. The renewal fee shall be the same as the application fee for each license.

Each license shall by order be summarily suspended whenever an inspection reveals that conditions in any establishment constitute a menace to the public health and shall remain suspended until such conditions are corrected, subject to review by the department and courts as is provided for in the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law.

In addition, the director may, upon ten days' notice in writing, suspend or revoke any license issued hereunder or refuse to renew the same for violation of any of the provisions of the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law or any rule or regulation duly adopted and promulgated by the director. The notice shall specify in writing the charges relied on, and the hearings, disposition, and court review shall be as prescribed by the Nebraska Meat and Poultry Inspection Law.

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This Transporter is for sale in Orem, Utah.  It looks to be in nice shape but what is great about it is the way the owner wrote the ad.  The entire text is as follows:

“My bus could be your bus. The best part is it has a new 1776 engine in it, the worst part is that it could be your bus, then I would miss it, and regret selling it.”

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Most of us have felt this way at one time or another.  There’s a reason to get rid of a vehicle and it makes sense in your head, but your heart hates the idea.

The asking price is $4200.00, which seems reasonable, though I am not well-versed on VW Transporter price points.  Find the ad here on KSL.

Should you buy it?  I doubt you can think of an argument against the idea, so yes.

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