#City of Dunlap

[svalleynow]

City of Dunlap to Discuss Closing Road for Expansion at Harris Park

On December 19, the Dunlap City Commission will review a proposed local ordinance to permanently close a portion of State Street between Walnut Street and Cedar Street. The closing would allow for a safer expansion of the playground and Harris Park. Public input, for or against the ordinance, can be made at the monthly Commission Meetings and/or the Public Hearing (tentatively scheduled for…

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

Rest easy, Slim 😥

[blackmensuited]

[jstor]

Alexander Miles, a prominent African-American inventor of the late 19th century, is best known for his groundbreaking invention - elevator doors that could open and close automatically. This invention transformed the safety of elevator rides, with automatic doors now considered a standard feature in modern elevators.

Born on May 18, 1838, in Circleville, Ohio, Alexander Miles was the son of Michael and Mary Miles. As a young adult, he relocated to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he worked as a barber throughout the 1860s. It was while living in Winona, Minnesota, in 1870, that he met Candace J. Dunlap from New York City, who later became his wife. After the birth of their daughter, Grace, the family moved to Duluth, Minnesota.

In Duluth, Miles enjoyed significant success as a barber, setting up a barbershop in the four-story St. Louis Hotel. He smartly invested his savings into purchasing a real estate office. His business acumen led to him becoming the first Black member of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce. In 1884, Miles constructed a three-story brownstone building in an area that later came to be known as the “Miles Block.”

While taking elevator rides in his buildings, Miles noticed the dangerous risks associated with manually operated elevator shaft doors being left open. Determined to solve this problem, he invented a mechanism that allowed elevator shaft doors to operate at the correct times. The mechanism, which involved a flexible belt attached to the elevator cage touching drums positioned along the elevator shaft, automated the elevator doors through a series of levers and rollers. On October 11, 1887, Alexander Miles was granted a patent for his life-saving invention (U.S. Patent 371,207).

In 1899, Miles and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he started The United Brotherhood, a life insurance company for Black customers who were denied coverage by White-owned firms. Eventually, Miles relocated to Seattle, Washington. Prior to his death on May 7, 1918, he was considered the wealthiest Black person in the Pacific Northwest area, largely due to the income from his invention. In recognition of his contributions, Alexander Miles was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007.

Read more about Alexander Miles here.

[24hlevi]

is it too early in november to ask for christmas themed gen v headcanons? like kissing under the mistletoe or smth

it is never to early dear friend! i love this so much thank you for requesting 🫶🎄

— christmas with the gen v characters

gen v characters (marie, jordan, emma, cate, & sam) x gn!reader

warnings: none!

Marie Moreau -

- marie has always loved christmas, but after her parents passing's she didn't really celebrate it in the orphanage, so when you came around and wanted to celebrate it with her, she was so happy

- she absolutely adores walking around the city at night to see the snow and all the pretty lights lit up while drinking hot chocolate with you, despite how freezing it is, she loves it

- marie enjoys a few christmas movies, like the nightmare before christmas that you will be watching with her every day before christmas with a different movie each day, and if you have the old school rudolph movie she will go insane

- you'll have to put up mistletoe on your own and not tell her because she lowkey thinks it's dumb and will gently shove you when you kiss her under it but is smiling

- she will buy presents for everyone she's friends with or cares about, and gets you a lot of different gifts for the holiday, and will wrap them very prettily, usually they are wrapping paper coded so each person has a different wrapping paper

Jordan Li -

- christmas is one of jordan's favorite holidays in general, and that love only expands once they have you around and can buy presents for you, which will be a lot

- their favorite activity is decorating the tree, they don't like real ones because of how much work they are so it'll be a fake one, but they love putting up the ornaments and the star on the top (they think the angel is creepy)

- they will take you to every christmas party or event imaginable, and yes they might make you both dress as versions of santa for shits and giggles

- they are gonna make you watch the old school holiday movies they have them on dvd and will watch them consistently throughout the month

- mistletoe is a must, they are continuously pulling you under it to kiss you or you pulling them to it, either way wherever one is yall are kissing under it

Emma Meyer -

- god is this girl obsessed with christmas, like. obsessed. she loves the music, the decorations, the traditions, everything

- emma will make you put up decorations as soon as thanksgiving is over, and she has lots of decorations, the place is covered in lights and tinsel you can hardly sleep because of how bright it is

- she is the best at wrapping presents they come out looking so pretty and she loves making bows with ribbon around the box but dies a little inside whenever someone just cuts it off instead of carefully taking it off

- girlie is definitely putting up mistletoe somewhere without telling you just so she can kiss you unexpectedly just to point up to the plant with a grin on her face

- alcoholic eggnog is a must for christmas eve, she will have so much because she loves eggnog and will be passed out on top of you to wake up christmas morning with a massive headache

Cate Dunlap -

- cate isn't the biggest fan of christmas, she hates the music, thinks all the decorations are a bit too much, but she will still get presents for people

- she mainly spends the cold days inside with you watching the snow fall, usually with a coffee spent in a comfortable silence

- she doesn't spend a lot of time wrapping presents, she'll put it in a bag or box and call it a day, but she'll put a little more effort into your gifts

- kiss her under mistletoe and she will roll her eyes and grumble about how stupid that is but you can tell she likes it

- she puts up a little tiny tree to put in the corner cause she hates spending a lot of time decorating a giant tree so she settles with a small one

Sam Riordan -

- sam hasn't celebrated christmas in a while, so when you brought it up to him on celebrating it with him, he was overjoyed

- he obviously knows santa isn't real by now, but he still wants to set out cookies because he's still a kid at heart

- he will not open any presents until he has a hot chocolate in his hands and the fireplace is on or at least the tv station with christmas music playing

- he definitely doesn't know the thing about mistletoe so when you kiss him under one he is so confused so you will have to explain it to him

- he rips apart the presents wrapping paper entirely, don't put too much effort into making them look pretty cause they will be destroyed in two seconds

[blueopinions49]

Healthy/ Unhealthy Type 9

Healthy Social 9

Jean Grey 9w1 (so/sx)- In the pursuit of fairness and peace. Jeans looks to help others and create a more peaceful world.

Judy Hale 9w1 (so/sx)- Well meaning and all Judy tries her best to protect and take care of those around her. Even messing up from time to time.

Orel Puppington (9w1 so/sx)- Raised in a very toxic environment he looks to find a sense of peace and goodness in the world. Eventually growing up and becoming a great loving father.

Unhealthy Social 9

Cate Dunlap (9w1 so/sx)-I considered her to bean SX9 however her desire to be superior and her outgoing nature com through in the end when she has fully disintegrated towards her 6

Lottie Matthews (9w1 so/sp)- While stuck in the wilderness she seems to have lost her meds and eventually stops realizing the difference between reality and not.

Yoda (9w8 so/sp)- Took pore care of Anakin and when he lost the war he just retreated into exile. Until look came and even so he didn't do much.

Healthy Self Preservation 9

Carlos Oliveira (9w8 sp/so)- In the remake we a Carlos more focused on helping others and making sure everybody is okay while the end of raccoon city is happening.

Marceline (9w8 sp/sx)- She seems a bit detached in the beginning but as the show goes on we learn how much she craves connection and company.

Gregory Eddie (9w1 sp/so)- Struggling with his purpose on S1 we see him eventually deciding to stay in abbott and enjoying the company and people he meets.

Unhealthy Self Preservation 9

Queen Meave (9w8 sp/sx)- She becomes fully uninterested in the world and seems to have pretty nihilistic version of everyone. In the end she sacrifices herself for starlight and quotes being a hero.

Denji (9w8 sp/sx)- Due to his upbringing Denji seems only interested in the physical world and is constantly trying to settle for the small things in life.

Homer Simpson (9w8 sp/sx)- He has fully settled for the little things in life being neglectful and crude to his family.

Healthy Sexual 9

Bella Swan (9w8 sx/sp)- Unpopular opinion but other than new moon. Bella is quite healthy her only desire seems to be with Edward and finding love. Eventually rising to being a vampire.

Sophie Hatter (9w1 sx/so)- Her arc is all about that integration to 3 she becomes more assertive and starts to lover herself at her own age. Her confidence grows stronger as the movie goes on.

Betty Grof (9w1 sx/so)- While in AT I could see her as unhealthy I believe her saying goodbye to Simon and eventually being okay with being Golb is an example of her integration to 3.

Unhealthy Sexual 9

Adam (9w1 sx/sp)- his desire for connection and company drives him to complete isolation.

Art Donaldson (9w1 sx/so)- His desire to please Tashi makes him not have his own desire and his interest in tennis is only there for her.

Senua 9w8 (sx/sp) - Due to the treatment of his father she ends up isolating herself. She spends all of the first game trying to find her lover once again.

[goosemixtapes]

max's favorite short stories & articles!

to be updated as i read new things! "articles" could be anything from political points to philosophical musings to fascinating stories. obligatory statement that i don't necessarily agree with everything in every one of these stories/articles, but i think about them a lot and want to share :)

short stories

Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live by Sacha Lamb (@kuttithevangu) (novella) (so says the writing on the bathroom mirror. of gender & judaism & magic and t4t trans guys. cw for suicidal ideation and bullying)

Epistolary by Sascha Lamb ("The [stuffed] frog you are selling on your blog is MINE and he is NOT HAUNTED and his name is MOSHE not BILLY HOPPER.")

Chokechain by Andrew Joseph White (a trans man discovers his parents have replaced him with a robot version of his pretransition self. cw for transphobia and violence)

Sandrine by Alexandra Munck (the tagline for this one is "I dated a sun god in college" but that doesn't do justice to the sheer concept here please read this)

You Wouldn't Have Known About Me by Calvin Gimpelevich (set in a hospital ward where patients are recovering from gender-confirming surgery)

No Flight Without the Shatter by Brooke Bolander (novella) ("After the world’s end, the last young human learns a final lesson from Earth’s remaining animals." cw for climate change/extinction)

And You Shall Know Her By The Trail Of Dead by Brooke Bolander (what if you had to death-match-fight a virtual version of yourself at your meanest made by your boyfriend whose life you're trying to save would that be fucked up or what. cws for guns and violence)

Hell is the Absence of God by Ted Chiang (stories that clock you in the fucking teeth in the religious trauma.)

A Serpent for Each Year by Tamara Jerée (microfiction) ("Our relationship is almost a year old when I ask Nal why she is covered in snakes." cw for animal death)

The Front Line by W.C. Dunlap (microfiction) (cited as one of the world's finest attention-grabber openings. cws for police brutality, racism, and SA)

Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience by Rebecca Roanhorse (step into the simulation and gain an authentic experience! cws for anti-Native racism and alcohol)

The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado (one of the best stories ever written. once there was a girl with a green ribbon around her neck...)

City of Red Midnight by Usman T. Malik (a chronicle of nested stories-within-stories, set in old fantasy pakistan, inverting a myth from the one hundred and one nights)

We Work In Miraculous Cages by Brenda Peynado (following a college grad drowning in loans through the nightmare of neverending work)

Other Worlds and This One by Cadwell Turnbull (a brotherly relationship collides with a theory about atomic particles, space, and time)

And Then There Were (N-One) by Sarah Pinsker (a convention of alternate-universe selves--all Sarah Pinskers--becomes a murder mystery)

Fandom For Witches by Ruoxi Chen (fuck every other thing ever written about fandom)

Haunted Home by Conrad Loyer ("The ship features a recreation of a slave ship’s hold. The cruise prides itself on it. It is not a good recreation, if the metric is realism.")

articles & essays

Lockhart's Lament (on how math is taught in schools. that is, badly. one of the most cathartic essays i've ever read on education)

Against Cop Shit by Jeffrey Moro (on adversarial education)

Debunking "Trans Women Are Not Women" Arguments by Julia Serano (comprehensive, well-written, good to have as a reference point)

On Liking Women by Andrea Long Chu (and on the politics of desire)

Turning a Unicorn Into a Bat by Josh and Lolly Weed (on Mormonism, love, and whether a gay man and a straight woman can marry happily. cw for homophobia)

Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price (musings on motivation from a social psychologist and professor)

How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Peterson (how come everything happens so much?)

White Women Drive Me Crazy by Aisha Mirza (on the harm caused by white women. cw for racism)

Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong by Michael Hobbes (should be required reading for everyone at this point. cw for fatphobia and eating disorders)

Becoming Anne Frank by Dara Horn (on the cultural fascination with Anne Frank. cw for antisemitism)

The Ecstasy of Influence by Jonathan Lethem ([on/a] plagiarism)

On the Ethics of Boinking Animal People by Patricia Taxxon (video essay) (ostensibly what the title says, but actually a detailed musing on the essential properties of furry media and the freedom of dehumanization; changed my life a bit)

[djtoilet6]

Cate Dunlap x Detainer Astro Skibidi Toilet

||NO ONE ESCAPES JUSTICE||

It was a normal day on Godolkin University,Cate Dunlap was with Sam Riordan,who she just mind-Controlled to make him forgett about all his memories to turn him into a killing machine.

Cate set free all the prisoners from the woods causing chaos and ultimately a massacre on Godolkin.

She was tired of humans and wanted to see them death,she was out of control,screaming,crying and confused while Marie Moreau and Jordan Li desperately tried to stop the mind controller menace,hurting and killing supes in the process.

As the massacre continued a confrontation between Cate and Marie and Jordan Happened..

"Cate you have to stop!you are fucking crazy,innocent people is dying,this got out of control"Marie said out of breath

"We can talk about this Cate,just stop this nightmare please"Marie added

"They have used us for years,for their own benefit...,Marie im trying to save you all!"

Cate then began to cry

"Cate please,not all humans are like them...Just stop this please!"Marie Said

"But Marie you're not a person,you're a product to them,a freak Im trying to save you!"

Sam them appeared and saw a person trying to run away but he jumped at them like a beast and with a single punch exploded their head,shocking Marie and Jordan

"Sam,Fucking kill them all,make them suffer"Cate said serious...

Then she started to control other supes and peple to clean up the evidence,While sam was on a killing spree.

However the clouds started to change it's colour and a breeze started to feel over the campus

The he appeared....

And humanoid man with a toilet as a body and an metalling armor with 3 claws with lasers

He travelled at the speed of the light,a lunatic speed impossible even for A-Train himself.

The man fled towards the Supes that where wrecking the chaos on the campus and one of them tried to attack him,firing an electric blast towards him,but he just stopped the energy with his claws and sent it back to the psycho supe exploding her.

Cate shocked told Sam to attack and he did,he charged towards the Astro Toilet trying to punch him but the astro just rammed him at an incredibly lunatic speed killing Sam.

He then started to destroys the supes causing the chaos,none of them stod a chance against him.

When he was about to end Cate he just smiled and got closer to her.

"You.....you did all of this,you deserve to get punished....."The Astro said in a deep voice and an annoyed face.

"S S-Sir i-im.... sorry i was j-just confu-fused...please forgive me....."Cate said in absolute fear

"Inmoral mortals should not be forgived"Astro Toilet Said

"But you....you look rather stunning...are you alone?"Astro added

"WHAT?!....W-Well i...my boyfriend died some time ago but im n-not in the mood f-for a rela-"She replied before being stopped by Astro

"YOU have no right to choose on my stay.....You are mine now and we are gonna have an adventure together"Detainer said before grabbing Cate and fly away with her...

Cate was very scared of this guy but also somewhat amazed by him,she tought he looked cool but tried to not focus on that,a blushed cate touched his helmet as he noticed it and just smiled

"You know? Pretty girls like you deserve the whole world,what are your powers? Im genuinely interesed"detainer said

"Mind control,i can make people do whatever i want just by touching them,before the incident i used to wear gloves to prevent this from happening"Cate answered

"Interesting,i think you already noticed your cheap power is not working on me right?"Detainer said

"Yes...."Cate replied

"Don't worry,a goddess like you deserves to get everything"Detainer said

"I...I guess?,i honestly don't know what to say,thanks also"Cate replied

"We can live awesome things together,i promise you will adore them"Astro said

"Well if you say so,okay hehe"Cate said

"They flied over the city,seeing different things,at the end they came back to godolkin

"I really liked that a lot" Cate said blushed and smiling

"I liked it too"Detainer said before trying to kiss her

..however he was stopped by someone...

The one and only Homelander arrived the place in ruins as he stared deeply at detainer.

"Homelander....Vought's main product....the biggest fraud ever..."Detainer said

"And who the fuck are you supposed to be?,like are you some failed freak or something?,i"ll give you a choice....get the fuck out of my countr-"Homelander said before Detainer started to laugh

"You know the penalty for your acts,homelander....No one escapes justice"Astro said

"Patethic scum"The astro said putting Cate down

"Let's finish this now"he added

Homelander just laughed as his eyes turned red and he started to shoot his laser eyes towards Detainer

Detainer only catch them with his claws and forming a red power orb that he threw to homelander.

He avoided it and then detainer prepared to warp again but homelander just lasered him again while punching him,detainer used his magnetizer powers against him and also his retractable tentacles,it was a bloody fight that destroyed a good part of the university,Astro then did a very powerful attack that destroyed homelander and sent him directly to a pile of bricks

"Thomas Godolkin,Victoria Neuman,Stan Edgar,The seven...they already paid for their sins,you are the next John"Detainer said

The toilet pulled a large blade out of one of his claws and the destroyed homelander with it ending him once for all.

"OH MY GOD Y-YOU JUST KILLED HOMELANDER"Cate said in absolute shock

"He's nothing against me,he's just a pathetic worm"Astro said

"What the fuck,this day must be a dream,this can't be true"Cate said

"It is Reality Mrs.Cate"Astro said

Detainer then got closer to Cate and kissed her,her face was red as a tomato

"Let's get out of here"Astro said before grabbing her and flying away

[lithiumdoll]

The Last Dryas

With the completely unfounded optimism that the new year provokes in me, I'm back on my bullshit! NaNo Story? Re-written. Finished? Except for edits. Being inflicted on Ao3 readers? For their many, many sins.

Podunk, Wherever’s stadium had been looking for an excuse to collapse for a decade and, thanks to Lukas’ temper tantrum, it had finally been given one. 

Three entire sections of the outer wall had fallen - two where Lukas had played battering ram, the third scorched black where Dash had been caught up in the eels and his thrashing had left big enough cracks that snow had settled in them.

The roadies had stripped the technics and broken down the sets as soon as the med techs cleared the arena, the only things left in the sullen light of dawn were frozen black mud ringed with corroded bleachers and rubble. Nothing to show where both men had almost bled out, let alone where a couple of teams had thrown a ball around twenty years ago.

Dunlap, almost spherical in protective layers, had trudged to the remains of its entrance and slapped on a dereliction notice. Made sense: no way the Colosseum - Fowler - would support a settlement that couldn’t make it worth their while. Circuit City wouldn’t stop there again, that meant no seed, no meds, no munitions - no chance.

The five hundred or so people living in the dilapidated shell of a library next door must have suspected they were walking dead months ago - probably as soon as their harvest failed. All Dunlap had done was nail the coffin shut. 

The lucky ones might find some other stop to take them in, but most probably wouldn’t try. It wasn’t like the months after A-Day; the new normal didn’t reward compassion to strangers.

None of Podunk’s people had tried to argue, they’d filed silently back into the dubious shelter of the library and deadbolted the still relatively solid door.

Hidden on the library roof, Casen had heard the bar clunk home with only a faint scrape of rust on rot. It wouldn’t do much against a pack of fomori, or even a concerted effort by a changeling, but it would keep the worst of the freeze out. He guessed Podunk’s people knew that too.

The library roof was surprisingly intact too - high enough to tell if the City was about to be visited by bookies demanding his head, and hard enough to climb no one was likely to stumble over him accidentally.

His hearing wasn’t as good as some, but he caught snatches of conversation as the inhabitants moved from room to room. A short, sharp bark of a laugh. The high wail of an infant, who was settled quickly.

A single figure broke away from the frenetic activity of the breakdown and made their way towards the library a few minutes later. Solidly built, with dark hair under a knitted cap, and dressed in guard leathers: Aaron. He bent under the weight of the large kit bag on his back as he struggled across the snow.

He dropped the bag at the library door, hammered twice with this fist, and turned back the way he’d come. The delivery had to be from Betty - she was the only one who’d risk it and Aaron wouldn’t fight through calf-high snow in his guard leathers for anyone else.

The bolt slammed back and the door opened a crack, then wider as hands scrabbled at the kit bag and dragged it inside. Casen heard gasps and the catch of a sob as the door slammed again. After a few minutes, the unmistakable scent of heated ration packs made its way up to the roof.

Betty had always said everyone should get a last meal. They hadn’t talked in years, but Casen guessed nothing had changed.

Silence fell in the small hours of the morning; Casen turned his attention back to the City. 

The two-hundred-and-fifty-strong road crew swarmed here and there as they broke it down. Nominally they were managed by Mayor Dunlap, in practice they operated like a hive consciousness. The majority were human and the few changelings in their ranks weren’t, as far as Casen knew, able to network minds. Do anything often enough and it became rote: the City might stay as little as two nights at a stop and never more than a week.

The frames for the sleeping pods and showers were already gone and the kitchen was almost down - that had probably provided the cover to allow Aaron to smuggle the supplies out. Next would be the burrow and then the armory.

The domiciles always came last, personal items in their crate for transport and the frames themselves folded into small, square cubes their owners could carry onto whatever car, bus, or truck they found a seat.

And there was Mayor Dunlap on the edge of the motor pool, bundled up in a snow coat and violently yellow scarf, literally directing traffic as the City fleet got underway. He didn’t need to do it - everyone knew their place and role - but he did it just the same.

The medical transport pulled away; Aaron had presumably made it back for escort duty. It carried the med techs, Dash, and whatever retaliation plan Dash was coming up with. He’d been conscious and swearing when the techs loaded him, at least: he’d be able to refuse regen. 

One-armed, yes, but safe from detection.

Aodh and Dae-sung were probably still in the motor pool, throwing roshambo over who’d get to drive the beat-up SUV Sid usually kept aside for them. Pops meant perks, choosing their ride was only one of them, and Dae-sung - specifically Dae-sung’s tail - needed the space. 

Normally, Casen would be with them. He had no popularity ratings to speak of - good - but Dae-sung always wanted an audience for his mixes before he took them live so that paid Casen’s way. He’d claim the back seat and listen to them bicker as he watched fields, scabland, old town, and sometimes - in the far distance - the new cities go by.

Normally, Casen hadn’t interfered in a fight and dismembered two of the Colosseum’s biggest names. They’d both live, but that wasn’t the point as far as the bookies were concerned. And if they didn’t put out a hit, Nico definitely would. They’d ignored each other cordially enough since he’d come back to the City, but she wouldn’t ignore an attack on Lukas, it was only a question of when and where she’d retaliate.

The chaos of the motor pool would be a good place to make a try; Aodh and Dae-sung didn’t need to be in the middle of that. And, if it came to it, Casen didn’t need witnesses. Allowing a few hours of distance between himself and the City would give Dunlap time to smooth things over, and he’d probably try - Dunlap wanted his people happy and executions were bad for morale.

Casen rubbed at the back of his neck; hours later and it was still throbbing, but still an improvement over the initial stab of agony when he’d sliced into Dash. He hadn’t meant to, he’d been intending to kill Lukas and that had fucked everything up.

Don’t lie. Don’t command. Don’t kill.

He’d remembered half a second too late and his implant had reminded him in the worst way possible: leaving Lukas alive and Dash on the wrong end of a blade, which had triggered the implant to fry his brain stem again. 

Kai and his fucking white hat.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52586209

[filmnoirfoundation]

NOIR CITY 20 day five at Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre: HOLLOW TRIUMPH (5:00) & THE HUNTED (9:00). Films introduced by Eddie Muller. Tickets and full festival schedule: www.NoirCity.com

Tuesday • January 24

DOUBLE FEATURE

7:00 PM

HOLLOW TRIUMPH

Fugitive crook Johnny Muller (Paul Henreid) finds the perfect hiding place—in the guise of a psychiatrist who is his identical twin ... almost. One of the sublime examples of noir fatalism with a clever script that will keep you guessing right up until the end. It's also an amazingly evocative look at 1940s Los Angeles, photographed by the great John Alton. This was the first film produced by romantic leading man Henreid, who like many actors in the late 1940s turned to crime dramas to revitalize their careers. Co-starring Joan Bennett at her flinty best.

Originally released August 18, 1948. Eagle-Lion, 83 minutes. Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs, from the novel by Murray Forbes. Produced by Paul Henreid. Directed by Steve Sekely.

9:00 PM

THE HUNTED

Paroled after serving a prison term for her part in a jewel heist, Laura Mead (Belita) returns to the city looking to reclaim her life. Waiting in the shadows is her former boyfriend, detective Johnny Saxon (Preston Foster), who may have railroaded her into the pen out of jealousy. Is Laura ready to forgive … or make good on her jailhouse threat to kill the men who sent her up? A strange, hypnotic twist on the femme fatale tale, resurrected from obscurity in a 35mm preservation print funded by the Film Noir Foundation.

Originally released April 7, 1948. Allied Artists [Warner Bros.], 88 minutes. Screenplay by Steve Fisher. Produced by Scott R. Dunlap. Directed by Jack Bernhard. 

[jayhawksofficial]

Random Archival Dig 10 (3-2-23)

More from The Jayhawks Archive HERE

Compilation Special Edition - part 1

Jayhawks music has appeared on a number of compilations over the years dating all the way back to 1986 (see below). These releases have included many radio station live session collections, promo samplers, some totally random concoctions and even a few film soundtracks.

Here's an interesting one from 2006, a benefit CD released in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster - For New Orleans: A Benefit For The Musicians' Village Habitat For Humanity, featuring Dan Wilson, Marshall Crenshaw, Indigo Girls, Jeff Buckley and several Twin Cities artists, including a rare, exclusive Paul Westerberg track under the guise of "PW & The Honky Heartattax." The Jayhawks, who were on hiatus at the time, contributed "Caught With a Smile on My Face," an early 2000s demo recorded at Flowers Studio in Minneapolis that originally appeared on the More Rain bonus disc of the 2003 deluxe edition of Rainy Day Music. Gary Louris also contributed a brief essay to the booklet. The Jayhawks didn't have an official website at the time so the old Jayhawks Fanpage (RIP) was listed instead.

"Caught With a Smile on My Face" made a handful of live appearances in 2003, a one off in 2016 and has also been performed by Gary Louris on some of his livestreams in recent years.

The Jayhawks first compilation appearance was in 1986 on Big Hits of Mid-America, Volume IV, released on LP by Twin/Tone, the legendary Minneapolis indie label. The Big Hits compilation series started in the mid 60s with two volumes on the Soma label, featuring many classic Minnesota bands of the era (The Castaways, The Underbeats, The Gestures, et al). Twin/Tone revived the series in 1979 with a 2LP set that collected many of the best local acts at a time when the punk and new wave scenes were exploding. Big Hits 3 very much helped to (re)establish the Twin Cities as one of the key music scenes in the country, a reputation that it still holds to this day.

The 4th Big Hits volume came out at a time when Twin/Tone was in a transitional period. They had already lost their 2 biggest artists, The Replacements & The Suburbs, to the majors, with Soul Asylum soon to follow (although The Replacements rhythm section does appear here on one track).

Big Hits 4 is of special interest to Jayhawks fans:

It features an early track unique to this compilation, "Jesus in the Driver's Seat," which was a popular song in the band's live act at the time.

Interestingly, all of Louris' former band mates in Safety Last appear here in a couple of places: backing about-to-be Replacement Bob "Slim" Dunlap on one of his songs and on a song by Twa Corbies (Lianne Smith and Jim Tollefsrud), which also features guitarist Dan Gardner, who would briefly play with The Jayhawks in 1988 after Louris took time off after a serious car accident.

Finally, the late Caleb Palmiter, who had formed a short-lived, early version of The Jayhawks with Mark Olson in 1984, is here with The Magnolias playing bass on a song he co-wrote.

Jayhawks tracks would also appear on Twin/Tone promo samplers in 1989 and 1992. A few years after Big Hits 4, The Jayhawks signed to Twin/Tone who would release Blue Earth in 1989, which directly led to the band signing a major label deal. The rest, as they say, is history.

Big Hits 4 has never been physically reissued and is mostly missing from the streaming platforms, but it is available on Apple Music HERE with song previews.

The Jayhawks artist page at Twin/Tone HERE

Twin/Tone compilation page with song previews HERE

1989 Twin/Tone Jayhawks bio

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Former Dunlap Police Chief Passes

The City of Dunlap has announced its deepest condolences to Donnie Custer’s family and friends. Donnie served the Dunlap Police Department for 20 years, including several years as the Chief of Police and 10 years as an elected constable. He retired from the Army. Flags at municipal buildings have been placed at half-staff in his honor and memory. Sequatchie County Sheriff Bill Phillips and his…

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James Donaldson on Mental Health - Finding a therapist who takes your insurance can be nearly impossible. Here's why

By Annie Waldman Carter J. Carter became a therapist to help young people struggling with their mental health. Rosanne Marmor wanted to support survivors of trauma. Kendra F. Dunlap aspired to serve people of color. They studied, honed their skills and opened practices, joining health insurance networks that put them within reach of people who couldn’t afford to pay for sessions out of pocket. So did more than 500 other psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists who shared their experiences with ProPublica. This story comes from ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. But one after another, they confronted a system set up to squeeze them out. Although federal law requires insurers to provide the same access to mental and physical health care, these companies have been caught, time and again, shortchanging customers with mental illness — restricting coverage and delaying or denying treatment. These patients — whose disorders can be chronic and costly — are bad for business, industry insiders told ProPublica. “The way to look at mental health care from an insurance perspective is: I don’t want to attract those people. I am never going to make money on them,” said Ron Howrigon, a consultant who used to manage contracts with providers for major insurers. “One way to get rid of those people or not get them is to not have a great network.” There are nowhere near enough available therapists in insurance networks to serve all of the people seeking care. And although almost all Americans are insured, about half of people with mental illness are unable to access treatment. The consequences can be devastating. #James Donaldson notes:Welcome to the “next chapter” of my life… being a voice and an advocate for #mentalhealthawarenessandsuicideprevention, especially pertaining to our younger generation of students and student-athletes.Getting men to speak up and reach out for help and assistance is one of my passions. Us men need to not suffer in silence or drown our sorrows in alcohol, hang out at bars and strip joints, or get involved with drug use.Having gone through a recent bout of #depression and #suicidalthoughts myself, I realize now, that I can make a huge difference in the lives of so many by sharing my story, and by sharing various resources I come across as I work in this space.  #http://bit.ly/JamesMentalHealthArticleFind out more about the work I do on my 501c3 non-profit foundationwebsite www.yourgiftoflife.org Order your copy of James Donaldson's latest book,#CelebratingYourGiftofLife: From The Verge of Suicide to a Life of Purpose and Joy www.celebratingyourgiftoflife.com Link for 40 Habits Signupbit.ly/40HabitsofMentalHealth If you'd like to follow and receive my daily blog in to your inbox, just click on it with Follow It. Here's the link https://follow.it/james-donaldson-s-standing-above-the-crowd-s-blog-a-view-from-above-on-things-that-make-the-world-go-round?action=followPub To understand the forces that drive even the most well-intentioned therapists from insurance networks, ProPublica plunged into a problem most often explored in statistics and one-off perspectives. Reporters spoke to hundreds of providers in nearly all 50 states, from rural communities to big cities. The interviews underscore how the nation’s insurers — quietly, and with minimal pushback from lawmakers and regulators — have assumed an outsize role in mental health care. It is often the insurers, not the therapists, that determine who can get treatment, what kind they can get and for how long. More than a dozen therapists said insurers urged them to reduce care when their patients were on the brink of harm, including suicide. All the while, mental health providers struggled to stay in business as insurers withheld reimbursements that sometimes came months late. Some spent hours a week chasing down the meager payments, listening to hold music and sending faxes into the abyss. Several insurers told ProPublica that they are committed to ensuring access to mental health providers, emphasizing that their plans are in compliance with state and federal laws. Insurers also said they have practices in place to make sure reimbursement rates reflect market value and to support and retain providers, for which they continually recruit. Therapists have tried to stick it out. They have forgone denied payments. They have taken second jobs. They have sought therapy for their own support. But the hundreds who spoke with ProPublica said they each faced a moment in which they decided they had to leave the network. Why I left the network: Because insurers interfered with my patient’s care For Melissa Todd, that moment came after she was pressured to limit the care of a patient in crisis. A psychologist from Eugene, Oregon, Todd was treating a young woman with a history of trauma whose father had died unexpectedly. When the patient came to Todd, she was often unable to sleep more than an hour or two for days on end. “She described it to me as maddening,” said Todd, who recognized an array of symptoms that fit a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Melissa Todd in her office in Eugene, Oregon. Tony Luong for ProPublica Todd helped her devise safety plans when she felt suicidal and was available after hours, even in the middle of the night. “I was giving her almost daily updates,” the patient told ProPublica, “because that was what I realized I needed to do if I wanted to survive.” (Her name is being withheld to protect her privacy.) Longstanding practice guidelines recommend that providers consider a combination of therapy and medication when treating patients with bipolar disorder, so Todd sought a psychiatrist who could manage the young woman’s prescription. Although the patient was covered by UnitedHealthcare, America’s largest insurer, Todd was unable to find anyone who had openings. Her patient had to pay hundreds of dollars for out-of-network psychiatry sessions. Then, six months into treatment, UnitedHealthcare began to question whether therapy was even necessary. Todd walked an insurance reviewer through the details of her patient’s fragile state. Even when the woman had periods of calm, Todd said, she knew the disorder was unpredictable. She worried her patient could attempt suicide if care was cut off at the wrong time. The reviewers responded that the patient needed to be actively experiencing severe symptoms to continue with treatment and suggested that the therapy wasn’t working. “I felt all this pressure to say the right thing to be able to keep giving my client what she needed,” Todd said. In the end, the reviewers demanded a date when therapy would no longer be needed. Todd left the network so she could treat her patient without interference. The patient could afford to pay out-of-pocket because of a small settlement after her father’s sudden death. People are more than twice as likely to pay their full bill out of pocket for visits to mental health providers than primary care physicians, according to a ProPublica analysis of federal survey data. While United did not respond to questions about Todd’s experience, spokesperson Tony Marusic said the insurance company is “committed to ensuring members have access to care that is consistent with the terms of their health plans.” Like Todd, many providers told ProPublica that insurers frequently interfere with patient care. In addition to cutting off therapy, they are pressuring providers to cap the length of their sessions to 45 minutes, even when the patients require more time. Therapists told us that they have seen their patients sink deeper into depression, suffer worsening panic attacks and wind up in emergency rooms after insurers refused to cover treatment. Why I left the network: Because of the dysfunction Last summer, Daniel Clark, a psychologist from New York, tested a college student for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. According to the student’s plan, Cigna was supposed to cover nearly all of the evaluation, which cost more than $1,400. But the company refused to do so and told Clark to bill the patient. Clark told his patient not to pay until he contested the claim. When Clark first called Cigna, a customer service representative told him the insurer had made a mistake. But the company didn’t immediately correct the error, so Clark faxed an appeal. He figured it would be quicker than sending it via snail mail — which, in the year 2023, remained his only other way to contest a coverage decision. Daniel Clark in his office in New York City. Tony Luong for ProPublica When he heard nothing in response, he called again and repeated the story to a new customer service rep, who said the claim was still being worked on. Clark kept making calls — from his office, his car, his home — but gave up logging them when he hit 20. Just last month, more than a year after seeing the patient and what he estimates were 45 calls, Cigna finally paid Clark. With the amount of time he spent on customer service lines, he calculates he has lost more than $5,000 that he could have earned seeing additional patients. Anneliese Hanson, a former Cigna manager, told ProPublica that the poor customer service can be traced, in part, to a decision several years ago to outsource these calls to the Philippines. A therapist who was hired as a manager at Cigna, Hanson worked in the behavioral health department during that transition. She said overseas employees lack access to the full claims system and often are unfamiliar with complex medical terminology in English. After leaving the insurance industry in 2022, Hanson opened her own private therapy practice. She has experienced firsthand waiting more than two hours on hold and searching in vain for relevant addresses and fax numbers. The byzantine process isn’t an accident, she has concluded. “The idea is if you make it so frustrating for providers to follow up on claim denials, they’re just going to give up and the insurance company is not going to have to pay out,” Hanson said. Cigna did not respond to ProPublica’s questions. ProPublica spoke with more than 100 providers who left insurance networks after getting tangled in red tape. In 2022, Connecticut therapist Donna Nicolino was treating a Ukrainian woman for posttraumatic stress. Her condition worsened after Russia invaded her home country, which threatened her family’s safety and led to the death of her friend’s son. Just before the conflict began, New York-based Healthfirst denied nearly a dozen of Nicolino’s therapy claims. Donna Nicolino in her office in Willimantic, Connecticut. Tony Luong for ProPublica “Documentation does not support services billed,” a notice stated. Her claims lacked a physician’s signature, according to the insurer, and did not include sufficient information to identify the patient or proof of consent for telehealth. Nicolino was perplexed: Her notes didn’t require a doctor’s signature. Her records detailed the patient’s progress and included a signed consent. Nicolino shared photos of her handwritten notes, and her patient called to attest that the therapy sessions had actually occurred. But Healthfirst continued to deny the claims and didn’t clarify why. Nicolino saw her patient, often for free, as she tried to overturn the denials. She worried that the stress of dealing with insurance was aggravating her patient’s trauma. But after nearly a year, Nicolino couldn’t go on with the instability and left the network. The patient, unable to cover the costs, had to end treatment. “She was making some progress,” Nicolino said, “and we had to just pull the plug.” Healthfirst spokesperson Maria Ramirez did not respond to questions about Nicolino’s payment issues, but she said as a general matter, the insurer has “processes to verify that claims accurately reflect the services provided and are coded with accuracy and completeness.” Why I left the network: Because it was financially unsustainable Many providers just couldn’t make ends meet as in-network therapists. Reimbursements rates are largely stagnant and notoriously low. Therapists on average earn about $98 for a 45-minute session from commercial insurers, whereas their out-of-network colleagues can earn more than double that amount. Dozens of providers told ProPublica their reimbursement rates have barely shifted in years. The overhead of running a private practice can also be substantial: malpractice and health insurance, billing and administrative services, office rent and utilities. Insurers pay only for time in session, not the documenting of notes or chasing down of payments. The reimbursement rates for mental health clinicians are also lower than what insurers pay medical providers for similar services. Take two in-network clinicians: If you spend an office visit talking about depression with your psychiatrist and then have the same conversation with a physician assistant, an insurer could pay the physician assistant nearly 20% more than the psychiatrist, despite their medical school training. This is according to rates set by Medicare, which insurers look to when setting their own rates. Despite federal rules requiring equitable access to care, there are no requirements to even out provider reimbursements. Providers could join forces to fight for better pay, but antitrust laws and insurer contracts forbid them from collectively setting fees, which limits them talking to one another about how much they make. Many did not share their pay rates with ProPublica, afraid that they would break a law or lead insurers to claw back payments. More than 130 providers said they left insurance networks because of low reimbursement rates. Almost every state has a law that requires insurers to quickly reimburse for treatment claims, but the strength and enforcement of those laws varies greatly. Providers said they sometimes had to wait years to get paid. Companies can also take back money even if they are the ones who made a mistake. Many states generally limit an insurer from clawing back payments more than two years after a claim is paid. But about 10 states have no restrictions. Nearly 60 providers told ProPublica that they left networks after insurers delayed payments or tried to claw them back. After nearly a decade of providing therapy for children with severe autism, psychologist Anna DiNoto learned Premera Blue Cross was taking back more than $11,000 in payments for services she already delivered. The company alleged that her large Washington-based practice sometimes used incorrect billing codes and kept notes that were not detailed enough to justify the treatment provided. Anna DiNoto in her office in Monroe, Washington. Tony Luong for ProPublica Instead of having providers correct isolated errors like forgetting to log start and stop times for sessions, it placed the entire practice on a prepayment audit: For months, payments weren’t made because a reviewer had to first deem the documentation adequate. “We just kept being told that our notes weren’t good and we needed to spend less and less time with our patients,” she said. After taking out loans to pay staff, DiNoto and her business partner informed patients they would soon be unable to provide services. By the end, she estimated the insurance company had failed to pay them $1.5 million. “And they also stole my heart,” she said. “I felt like I was gonna have a heart attack every day.” A Premera spokesperson said that the company was “transparent, responsive, and made every effort to ensure our responses were clear and straightforward.” The process of recouping money, the spokesperson said, ensures “proper fund use to support access to quality, affordable care.” DiNoto, who took pride in having helped children who couldn’t walk or talk to be able to move and communicate, said her patients were left with little recourse. Several families went months without being able to find another provider. Some never did. Desperate parents called her as their kids regressed; one went back to punching walls and running away from home. When she informed Premera she was leaving the network, she received an email that surprised her almost as much as the audit. Premera asked her to stay. But she had made up her mind: She was done. Read the full article

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2024 Colorado Rockies Roster

Pitchers

#18 Ryan Feltner (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)

#20 Peter Lambert (San Dimas, California)

#21 Kyle Freeland (Denver, Colorado)

#26 Austin Gomber (Winter Garden, Florida)

#32 Dakota Hudson (Dunlap, Tennessee)

#38 Victor Vodnik (Rialto, California)

#40 Tyler Kinley (Davie, Florida)

#43 Anthony Molina (San Joaquín, Venezuela)**

#46 Nicolaus Mears (Rocklin, California)

#47 Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ontario)

#48 Germán Márquez (Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela)

#52 Daniel Bard (Charlotte, North Carolina)

#58 Lucas Gilbreath (Broomfield, Colorado)

#59 Jake Bird (Los Angeles County, California)

#61 Justin Lawrence (Jacksonville, Florida)

#68 Jalen Beeks (Prairie Grove, Arkansas)*

Catchers

#25 Jacob Stallings (Brentwood, Tennessee)*

#35 Elías Díaz (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

Infielders

#4 Michael Toglia (Gig Harbor, Washington)

#7 Brendan Rodgers (Lake Mary, Florida)

#13 Alan Trejo (Downey, California)

#14 Ezequiel Tovar (Maracay, Venezuela)

#24 Ryan McMahon (Santa Ana, California)

#44 Elehuris Montero (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Outfielders

#9 Brenton Doyle (Warrenton, Virginia)

#11 Andrew Cave (Hampton, Virginia)*

#19 Charlie Blackmon (Suwanee, Georgia)

#22 Nolan Jones (Langhorne Borough, Pennsylvania)

#23 Kris Bryant (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Coaches

Manager Harry Black (Longview, Washington)

Bench coach Mike Redmond (Spokane, Washington)

Hitting coach Hensley Meulens (Willemstad, Curaçao)

Assistant hitting coach Angel González (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Assistant hitting coach P.J. Pilittere (La Puente, California)

Pitching coach Darryl Scott (Yuba City, California)

Bullpen coach Jonathan Cornelius (Thomasville, Alabama)

Bullpen catcher Kyle Cunningham (West Palm Beach, Florida)

Bullpen catcher Luis Muñoz (Phoenix, Arizona)

1B coach Ron Gideon (Hallsville, Texas)

3B coach Warren Schaeffer (Vandergrift, Pennsylvania)