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Inner Gate Health & Wellness provides relief through acupuncture Portland Oregon

Discover the healing power of acupuncture at Inner Gate Health & Wellness, your trusted destination for acupuncture Portland Oregon. Our expert practitioners use time-tested techniques to relieve pain, reduce stress, and restore your body's balance. Whether you suffer from chronic pain or want to improve your overall health, our individualized therapies can help you achieve that goal.

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Holidays 9.14

Holidays

Are You Okay Day

Armored Troops Day (Ukraine)

Board Game Day

Burning of King Olaf (Elder Scrolls)

Capybara Day

Cochabamba Day (Bolivia)

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Appreciation Day

Corn Day (French Republic)

Day of Energy Industry Workers (Turkmenistan)

Day of Physical Culture and Sport (Ukraine)

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 4: Economic Justice

Engineer’s Day (Romania)

Erato Asteroid Day

Eurynome Asteroid Day

Find the Good Day

Formation of the Earth Day

Hug A Crabby Stranger Day

International Cross-Culture Day

International Sex Worker Pride Day

Kenny Rogers Day (Los Angeles, California)

Lighthouse Day

Lone Ranger Day

Max Planck Day

Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)

Music Day (Korea)

National ADHD Day (South Africa)

National Anthem Day

National Career Day

National Cheerleading Day

National Coloring Day

National Field Hockey Day

National Latino Business Day

National Live Creatively Day

National Noel Day

National Parents Day Off

National Peacekeepers Day (Australia)

National Sober Day

National Virginia Day

914 Day

914 mm Day

Nutting Day (UK)

Philip K. Dick Day (California)

Photo Day (South Korea)

Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

Porsche 914 Day

Saboteurs Day (Biafra)

San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)

Star Spangled Banner Day

Support Latino Business Day

Talk About Cancer Day

Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

U.S. Marshall Service Day

World Atopic Eczema Day

World Cleanup Day (Nigeria)

World Hearing Voices Day

World Taste & Smell Day

Wo-Zha-Wa Festival

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cream-Filled Doughnut Day

Eat a Hoagie Day

Gobstopper Day

International Crab Fest Day

National Food is Medicine Day

National Rosa Tequila Day

Pig's Face Feast

Independence & Related Days

Azma-Turkopolis Confederation (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

New Scandinavia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

2nd Saturday in September

Aunt’s Day [Saturday after Labor Day]

Banana Day [2nd Saturday]

Borscht Day (Ukraine) [2nd Saturday]

Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day [Saturday after 1st Monday]

Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power and Geological Industry [2nd Saturday]

Expectant Mother's Day [2nd Saturday]

Farmers’ Consumer Awareness Day [2nd Saturday]

German Language Day [2nd Saturday]

International Drive Your Studebaker Day [2nd Saturday]

International Forest Bathing Day [2nd Saturday]

International Women’s Fly Fishing Day [2nd Saturday]

Naked Gardening Day [2nd Saturday]

National Black Female Photographers Day [2nd Saturday]

National Clean Out Your Garage Day [Saturday after Labor Day]

National Hollerin’ Day [2nd Saturday]

National Iguana Awareness Day [2nd Saturday]

National Lacemaking Day (UK) [2nd Saturday]

Prairie Day [2nd Saturday]

Public Lands Day [1st Saturday after 1st Monday]

Salad Saturday [2nd Saturday of Each Month]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Satirical Saturday [2nd Saturday of Each Month]

Saturday the 14th Day [Every Saturday the 14th]

Sheriff’s Ride Ceremony (Lichfield, UK) [Saturday nearest 8th]

Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]

Sour Beer Day [2nd Saturday]

Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]

World Arepa Day [2nd Saturday]

World First Aid Day [2nd Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 14 (2nd Full Week of September)

Laura Ingall’s Wilder Days (Pepin, Wisconsin) [2nd Full Weekend] 9thru 9.15)

Festivals Beginning September 14, 2024

All American Dairy Show (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]

B'dam Brew JAM (Beaverdam, Virginia)

Biloxi Seafood Festival (Biloxi, Mississippi)

The Bloody Mary Festival (Portland, Oregon)

Bruges Beer Festival (Bruges, Belgium) [thru 9.15]

BugFest (Raleigh, North Carolina)

California Brewers Festival (Santa Barbara, California)

Capitola Art & Wine Festival (Capitola, California)

Charlie Adams Day (Newkirk, Oklahoma)

Community BBQ (Brunswick, Maine)

Dessert Wars (Charlotte, North Carolina)

DSBC Fun Fest (Newark, Delaware)

Great Pumpkin Festival (Vernon, New Jersey) [thru 11.3]

Harvest Festival (Cooperstown, New York) [thru 9.15]

Downbeach Seafood Festival (Ski Beach Ventnor, New Jersey) [thru 9.15]

International Festival of Comics and Games in Lodz (Lodz, Poland) [thru 9.15]

Lake Arrowhead Oktoberfest and German Food Fest (Lake Arrowhead, California) [thru 10.27]

Living History Farms Applefest (Urbandale, Iowa)

Mansfield Village Cornbread Festival (Mansfield, Indiana)

Maple Fall Fest (Marshfield, Wisconsin) [thru 9.15]

Maryland Seafood Festival (Annapolis, Maryland) [thru 9.15]

Maryland Wine Festival (Westminster, Maryland)

Mohawk Valley Garlic and Herb Festival (Little Falls, New York)

Muscadine Jubilee (Pelahatchie, Mississippi)

The Northern California Renaissance Faire (Hollister, California) [thru 10.20]

Northwest Garlic Festival (Ocean Park, Washington) [thru 9.15]

Oz Comic-Con (Brisbane, Australia) [thru 9.15]

Pie Town Pie Festival (Pie Town, New Mexico)

Plate by Plate LA (Los Angeles, California)

Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival (Brownstown, Michigan) [thru 9.15]

Rockin' Taco Street Fest (Chandler, Arizona)

Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival (Santa Clara, California)

Small Press Expo (Bethesda, Maryland) [thru 9.15]

Taste of Fall Experience (Willcox, Arizona) [thru 9.15]

Wine, Chocolate & Romance (Shakopee, Minnesota) [thru 9.15]

Wine on the River (Nashville, Tennessee)

Feast Days

Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Catherine of Genoa (Christian; Saint)

Charles Dana Gibson (Artology)

Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel; Christian; Saint)

Crescentius of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Day of Jupiter and Juno (Pagan)

Death of Prophet Muhammed (Islam)

Despair for the Human Race (Pastafarian)

Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox)

Embrace the Dark Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Christian)

Feast of Notburga of Eben (Christian; Saint) [Waiters & Farmers]

Feast of the Cross (Christianity)

Feast of Uru-Wadu (the Primal Couple; Kisar Island, Indonesia)

Fido (Muppetism)

Fujio Akatsuka (Artology)

Geraldine Brooks (Writerism)

Hindi Divas (Parts of India; Hinduism)

Holy Cross Day (a.k.a. Holy Rood Day)

John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (Christian; Saint)

John Gould (Artology)

Lessing (Positivist; Saint)

Lord of Miracles of Buga (Christian; Saint)

Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (Christian; One of Martyr Saints of China)

Lucas Samaras (Artology)

Mabsant Festival (Celtic Book of Days)

Maternus of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas Georgiadis (Artology)

Notburga (Christian; Saint)

Peter Lely (Artology)

Pig’s Face Feast (Avening, Gloucestershire, UK)

Richard Gerstl (Artology)

Rowena Morrill (Artology)

Triumph of the Cross (Roman Catholic)

Unclear Ideas Display (Imps; Shamanism)

Vaughan Bode Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 257 [55 of 72]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 42 of 60)

Premieres

Across the Universe (Film; 2007)

The Addams Family (Animated TV Series; 1992)

Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Animated TV Series; 1985)

The Archies (Animated TV Series; 1968)

Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, by meatloaf (Album; 1993)

Belle Boys (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1953)

Bumbling Brothers Circus, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 301; 1964)

The Care Bears (Animated TV Series; 1985)

A Cartoonist’s Nightmare (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)

Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse (Animated TV Series; 1960)

Crisis? What Crisis?, by Supertramp (Album; 1975)

A Discovery of Witches (TV Series; 2018)

The Dragon Prince (Animated Film; 2018)

Flying Circus (WB LT Cartoon; 1968)

Funeral, by Arcade Fire (Album; 2004)

Genie with the Light Pink Fur (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1966)

Get Born, by Jet (Album; 2003)

The Golden Girls (TV Series; 1985)

Have Gun — Will Travel (Radio Series; 1957)

Hot Feet (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2008) [#1]

The Invention of Lying (Film; 2009)

Lion in the Bedroom or The Cat’s Pajamas (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 302; 1964)

The Magnificent Seven (Film; 2016)

Making Plans For Nigel, by XTC (Song; 1979)

The Messiah, finished by George Frederic Handel (Oratorio; 1741)

Monkey Love (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1935)

Mork and Mindy (TV Series; 1978)

The Parrotville Fire Department (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1934)

Partysaurus Rex (Disney Cartoon; 2012)

Quadrophenia (Film; 1979)

Scooby Doo! Camp Scare (WB Animated Film; 2010)

A Simple Favor (Film; 2018)

Some Fantastic Place, by Squeeze (Album; 1993)

The Star-Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key (Poem; 1814)

Talking Horse Sense (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1959)

Tall in the Trap (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1962)

Tiny Toon Adventures (Animated TV Series; 1990)

Total Request Live (Music TV Series; 1998)

Tutti Frutti recorded, by Little Richard (Song; 1955)

The Waltons (TV Series; 1971)

A Wizard’s Tale (Animated Film; 2018)

Zoom and Bored (WB MM Cartoon; 1957)

Today’s Name Days

Albert, Cornelius, Kreuz-Erhöhung (Austria)

Krustan, Krustina, Krustyo, Stavri (Bulgaria)

Slavko, Višeslav (Croatia)

Radka (Czech Republic)

Raimo, Raimond, Raimu, Raimund, Reimo, Reimu (Estonia)

Iida, Iita, Isla (Finland)

Albert, Irmgard, Jens, Kreuzerhöhung (Germany)

Stavros, Stavroula, Theoklis (Greece)

Roxána, Szeréna (Hungary)

Crocifisso, Elena (Italy)

Koknesis, Norberts, Sanda, Sanita, Santa (Latvia)

Eisvina, Eisvinas, Krescencijus (Lithuania)

Ingebjørg, Ingeborg (Norway)

Bernard, Cyprian, Roksana, Siemomysł, Szymon (Poland)

Ľudomil (Slovakia)

Cruz, Exaltación (Spain)

Ida (Sweden)

Keisha, Lakeisha, Latasha, LaTease, Latisha, Leticia, Letitia, Letty, Tish, Tisha (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 258 of 2024; 108 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of Week 37 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 12 (Xin-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 11 Elul 5784

Islamic: 10 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 18 Gold; Foursday [18 of 30]

Julian: 1 September 2024

Moon: 84%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 6 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Goethe]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 87 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 24 of 32)

Calendar Changes

September (Julian Calendar) [Month 9 of 12]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 9.14

Holidays

Are You Okay Day

Armored Troops Day (Ukraine)

Board Game Day

Burning of King Olaf (Elder Scrolls)

Capybara Day

Cochabamba Day (Bolivia)

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Appreciation Day

Corn Day (French Republic)

Day of Energy Industry Workers (Turkmenistan)

Day of Physical Culture and Sport (Ukraine)

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 4: Economic Justice

Engineer’s Day (Romania)

Erato Asteroid Day

Eurynome Asteroid Day

Find the Good Day

Formation of the Earth Day

Hug A Crabby Stranger Day

International Cross-Culture Day

International Sex Worker Pride Day

Kenny Rogers Day (Los Angeles, California)

Lighthouse Day

Lone Ranger Day

Max Planck Day

Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)

Music Day (Korea)

National ADHD Day (South Africa)

National Anthem Day

National Career Day

National Cheerleading Day

National Coloring Day

National Field Hockey Day

National Latino Business Day

National Live Creatively Day

National Noel Day

National Parents Day Off

National Peacekeepers Day (Australia)

National Sober Day

National Virginia Day

914 Day

914 mm Day

Nutting Day (UK)

Philip K. Dick Day (California)

Photo Day (South Korea)

Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln (Switzerland)

Porsche 914 Day

Saboteurs Day (Biafra)

San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)

Star Spangled Banner Day

Support Latino Business Day

Talk About Cancer Day

Tithi of Sri Sri Madhabdeva (Assam, India)

U.S. Marshall Service Day

World Atopic Eczema Day

World Cleanup Day (Nigeria)

World Hearing Voices Day

World Taste & Smell Day

Wo-Zha-Wa Festival

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cream-Filled Doughnut Day

Eat a Hoagie Day

Gobstopper Day

International Crab Fest Day

National Food is Medicine Day

National Rosa Tequila Day

Pig's Face Feast

Independence & Related Days

Azma-Turkopolis Confederation (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

New Scandinavia (Declared; 2014) [unrecognized]

2nd Saturday in September

Aunt’s Day [Saturday after Labor Day]

Banana Day [2nd Saturday]

Borscht Day (Ukraine) [2nd Saturday]

Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day [Saturday after 1st Monday]

Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power and Geological Industry [2nd Saturday]

Expectant Mother's Day [2nd Saturday]

Farmers’ Consumer Awareness Day [2nd Saturday]

German Language Day [2nd Saturday]

International Drive Your Studebaker Day [2nd Saturday]

International Forest Bathing Day [2nd Saturday]

International Women’s Fly Fishing Day [2nd Saturday]

Naked Gardening Day [2nd Saturday]

National Black Female Photographers Day [2nd Saturday]

National Clean Out Your Garage Day [Saturday after Labor Day]

National Hollerin’ Day [2nd Saturday]

National Iguana Awareness Day [2nd Saturday]

National Lacemaking Day (UK) [2nd Saturday]

Prairie Day [2nd Saturday]

Public Lands Day [1st Saturday after 1st Monday]

Salad Saturday [2nd Saturday of Each Month]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Satirical Saturday [2nd Saturday of Each Month]

Saturday the 14th Day [Every Saturday the 14th]

Sheriff’s Ride Ceremony (Lichfield, UK) [Saturday nearest 8th]

Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]

Sour Beer Day [2nd Saturday]

Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]

World Arepa Day [2nd Saturday]

World First Aid Day [2nd Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 14 (2nd Full Week of September)

Laura Ingall’s Wilder Days (Pepin, Wisconsin) [2nd Full Weekend] 9thru 9.15)

Festivals Beginning September 14, 2024

All American Dairy Show (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) [thru 9.15]

B'dam Brew JAM (Beaverdam, Virginia)

Biloxi Seafood Festival (Biloxi, Mississippi)

The Bloody Mary Festival (Portland, Oregon)

Bruges Beer Festival (Bruges, Belgium) [thru 9.15]

BugFest (Raleigh, North Carolina)

California Brewers Festival (Santa Barbara, California)

Capitola Art & Wine Festival (Capitola, California)

Charlie Adams Day (Newkirk, Oklahoma)

Community BBQ (Brunswick, Maine)

Dessert Wars (Charlotte, North Carolina)

DSBC Fun Fest (Newark, Delaware)

Great Pumpkin Festival (Vernon, New Jersey) [thru 11.3]

Harvest Festival (Cooperstown, New York) [thru 9.15]

Downbeach Seafood Festival (Ski Beach Ventnor, New Jersey) [thru 9.15]

International Festival of Comics and Games in Lodz (Lodz, Poland) [thru 9.15]

Lake Arrowhead Oktoberfest and German Food Fest (Lake Arrowhead, California) [thru 10.27]

Living History Farms Applefest (Urbandale, Iowa)

Mansfield Village Cornbread Festival (Mansfield, Indiana)

Maple Fall Fest (Marshfield, Wisconsin) [thru 9.15]

Maryland Seafood Festival (Annapolis, Maryland) [thru 9.15]

Maryland Wine Festival (Westminster, Maryland)

Mohawk Valley Garlic and Herb Festival (Little Falls, New York)

Muscadine Jubilee (Pelahatchie, Mississippi)

The Northern California Renaissance Faire (Hollister, California) [thru 10.20]

Northwest Garlic Festival (Ocean Park, Washington) [thru 9.15]

Oz Comic-Con (Brisbane, Australia) [thru 9.15]

Pie Town Pie Festival (Pie Town, New Mexico)

Plate by Plate LA (Los Angeles, California)

Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival (Brownstown, Michigan) [thru 9.15]

Rockin' Taco Street Fest (Chandler, Arizona)

Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival (Santa Clara, California)

Small Press Expo (Bethesda, Maryland) [thru 9.15]

Taste of Fall Experience (Willcox, Arizona) [thru 9.15]

Wine, Chocolate & Romance (Shakopee, Minnesota) [thru 9.15]

Wine on the River (Nashville, Tennessee)

Feast Days

Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Catherine of Genoa (Christian; Saint)

Charles Dana Gibson (Artology)

Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel; Christian; Saint)

Crescentius of Rome (Christian; Saint)

Day of Jupiter and Juno (Pagan)

Death of Prophet Muhammed (Islam)

Despair for the Human Race (Pastafarian)

Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox)

Embrace the Dark Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Christian)

Feast of Notburga of Eben (Christian; Saint) [Waiters & Farmers]

Feast of the Cross (Christianity)

Feast of Uru-Wadu (the Primal Couple; Kisar Island, Indonesia)

Fido (Muppetism)

Fujio Akatsuka (Artology)

Geraldine Brooks (Writerism)

Hindi Divas (Parts of India; Hinduism)

Holy Cross Day (a.k.a. Holy Rood Day)

John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (Christian; Saint)

John Gould (Artology)

Lessing (Positivist; Saint)

Lord of Miracles of Buga (Christian; Saint)

Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (Christian; One of Martyr Saints of China)

Lucas Samaras (Artology)

Mabsant Festival (Celtic Book of Days)

Maternus of Cologne (Christian; Saint)

Nicholas Georgiadis (Artology)

Notburga (Christian; Saint)

Peter Lely (Artology)

Pig’s Face Feast (Avening, Gloucestershire, UK)

Richard Gerstl (Artology)

Rowena Morrill (Artology)

Triumph of the Cross (Roman Catholic)

Unclear Ideas Display (Imps; Shamanism)

Vaughan Bode Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 257 [55 of 72]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 42 of 60)

Premieres

Across the Universe (Film; 2007)

The Addams Family (Animated TV Series; 1992)

Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Animated TV Series; 1985)

The Archies (Animated TV Series; 1968)

Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, by meatloaf (Album; 1993)

Belle Boys (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1953)

Bumbling Brothers Circus, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 301; 1964)

The Care Bears (Animated TV Series; 1985)

A Cartoonist’s Nightmare (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)

Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse (Animated TV Series; 1960)

Crisis? What Crisis?, by Supertramp (Album; 1975)

A Discovery of Witches (TV Series; 2018)

The Dragon Prince (Animated Film; 2018)

Flying Circus (WB LT Cartoon; 1968)

Funeral, by Arcade Fire (Album; 2004)

Genie with the Light Pink Fur (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1966)

Get Born, by Jet (Album; 2003)

The Golden Girls (TV Series; 1985)

Have Gun — Will Travel (Radio Series; 1957)

Hot Feet (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1931)

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (Novel; 2008) [#1]

The Invention of Lying (Film; 2009)

Lion in the Bedroom or The Cat’s Pajamas (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 302; 1964)

The Magnificent Seven (Film; 2016)

Making Plans For Nigel, by XTC (Song; 1979)

The Messiah, finished by George Frederic Handel (Oratorio; 1741)

Monkey Love (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1935)

Mork and Mindy (TV Series; 1978)

The Parrotville Fire Department (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1934)

Partysaurus Rex (Disney Cartoon; 2012)

Quadrophenia (Film; 1979)

Scooby Doo! Camp Scare (WB Animated Film; 2010)

A Simple Favor (Film; 2018)

Some Fantastic Place, by Squeeze (Album; 1993)

The Star-Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key (Poem; 1814)

Talking Horse Sense (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1959)

Tall in the Trap (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1962)

Tiny Toon Adventures (Animated TV Series; 1990)

Total Request Live (Music TV Series; 1998)

Tutti Frutti recorded, by Little Richard (Song; 1955)

The Waltons (TV Series; 1971)

A Wizard’s Tale (Animated Film; 2018)

Zoom and Bored (WB MM Cartoon; 1957)

Today’s Name Days

Albert, Cornelius, Kreuz-Erhöhung (Austria)

Krustan, Krustina, Krustyo, Stavri (Bulgaria)

Slavko, Višeslav (Croatia)

Radka (Czech Republic)

Raimo, Raimond, Raimu, Raimund, Reimo, Reimu (Estonia)

Iida, Iita, Isla (Finland)

Albert, Irmgard, Jens, Kreuzerhöhung (Germany)

Stavros, Stavroula, Theoklis (Greece)

Roxána, Szeréna (Hungary)

Crocifisso, Elena (Italy)

Koknesis, Norberts, Sanda, Sanita, Santa (Latvia)

Eisvina, Eisvinas, Krescencijus (Lithuania)

Ingebjørg, Ingeborg (Norway)

Bernard, Cyprian, Roksana, Siemomysł, Szymon (Poland)

Ľudomil (Slovakia)

Cruz, Exaltación (Spain)

Ida (Sweden)

Keisha, Lakeisha, Latasha, LaTease, Latisha, Leticia, Letitia, Letty, Tish, Tisha (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 258 of 2024; 108 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of Week 37 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 12 (Xin-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 11 Elul 5784

Islamic: 10 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 18 Gold; Foursday [18 of 30]

Julian: 1 September 2024

Moon: 84%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 6 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Goethe]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 8 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 87 of 94)

Week: 2nd Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 24 of 32)

Calendar Changes

September (Julian Calendar) [Month 9 of 12]

[weather-usa]

Heat wave set to scorch the Southwest, with temperatures possibly reaching up to 120 degrees

A potentially record-breaking heat wave is anticipated to push temperatures across the western U.S. into the triple digits as it intensifies this week, prompting warnings and the establishment of cooling shelters throughout the region.

From southwestern Oregon and California to parts of Arizona and western Nevada, millions of people will be under excessive heat warnings from Tuesday through Friday.

The highest temperatures are expected in Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park, where readings could reach 120 degrees. In southern California’s Palm Springs and Coachella Valley, afternoon highs might hit 118 degrees.

Federal forecasters predict that major cities, including Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Portland, Oregon, will exceed 100 degrees. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced that emergency personnel are preparing for the heat wave, and cooling centers are being set up across the city.

"The homeless, elderly, children, and individuals with health conditions are at the greatest risk for heat-related illnesses," the Los Angeles weather service office posted on X. "Daytime temperatures ranging from 95 to 105 degrees will become common away from the coast."

Weather Forecast For 75006-Carrollton-TX:

https://www.behance.net/gallery/201656829/Weather-Forecast-For-75006-Carrollton-TX

A heat wave in the Southwest is typical for this time of year. Heather Zehr, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather, noted that searing heat is not unusual for Southern California, western Nevada, and southern Arizona in September.

"September is generally quite hot in this region due to its southwestern location and dry climate. Peak average temperatures often occur at the end of August and the beginning of September," she explained.

Zehr pointed out that this heat wave will be significantly milder compared to the record-breaking heat wave in July that swept across the Southwest. That earlier heat wave saw temperatures in Phoenix reach 118 degrees, afternoon highs in Las Vegas hit 120 degrees, and peak temperatures in the Palm Springs desert area soar to 124 degrees. This week, forecasts suggest that each of these areas will experience temperatures several degrees lower than those seen in July.

The situation is different in the Northwest.

Zehr explained that southwestern Oregon usually starts to cool down at the onset of fall as Arctic air intrusions move into the region. However, due to the heat wave, daily temperature records across the Willamette Valley, including cities like Portland and Medford, could be threatened, with forecasts predicting temperatures could climb to 105 degrees.

"This is somewhat unusual for them," Zehr said, referring to the heat wave affecting southern Oregon.

How to Stay Safe During a Heat Wave

To protect yourself during a prolonged heat wave, experts recommend avoiding direct sunlight, drinking plenty of water, and wearing sunscreen or sun-protective clothing if you need to go outside.

Climate and Average Weather Year Round in 27205 - Asheboro NC:

Seemal Desai, president of the American Academy of Dermatology, advised staying indoors between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., when sunlight is most intense. It's important to drink water rather than relying solely on caffeinated beverages or sports drinks, which may contain additional chemicals and additives.

Kelly Olino, assistant professor of surgical oncology at Yale School of Medicine, emphasized the importance of recognizing serious signs of heatstroke or heat-related illness, such as nausea, vomiting, and lightheadedness.

The National Weather Service also issued advisories reminding people to check their vehicles for children and pets before leaving them unattended, as car interiors can quickly reach deadly temperatures.

How Extreme Heat Can Affect Your Health

While warm weather can enhance mental health by encouraging outdoor activities and increasing vitamin D levels, extreme heat can have detrimental effects.

"Heat has been linked to irritability, agitation, anxiety, and cognitive impairment," Susan Albers-Bowling, a clinical psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic, told USA TODAY in June. "Research also indicates that during heat waves, there is a noticeable rise in suicide rates, domestic violence, substance abuse, and crime."

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https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-96708

https://weatherusa.app/zip-code/weather-96709

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Albers-Bowling added that high temperatures can disrupt sleep and diminish the effectiveness of certain medications. Additionally, extreme heat can lead to hormonal changes, such as elevated cortisol levels (the stress hormone), and can impair alertness and cognitive function.

[coochiequeens]

Are the surgeons at OHSU using these machines on children? The answer appears to be yes. In an interview, Peters acknowledged that, in recent years, he has seen “a lot of adolescents presenting for surgical intervention” and that he has performed genital surgeries, including the robot-assisted vaginoplasty, on “a handful of puberty-suppressed adolescents.”

Following the French Revolution, the British philosopher Edmund Burke signaled a note of caution, warning that the desire for progress, uninhibited by convention, can lead to disaster. Revolutions in the name of lofty ideals—liberty, equality, science—can yield their opposites. A revolution in our time merits similar consideration: the transformation of human sexuality and, in particular, the rise of so-called transgender medicine.

The gender surgery program at Oregon Health & Science University, a public teaching hospital in downtown Portland, provides a productive tableau for analysis. The program is led by Blair Peters, a self-described “queer surgeon” who sports neon-pink hair, uses “he/they” pronouns, and specializes in vaginoplasty (the creation of an artificial vagina), phalloplasty (the creation of an artificial penis), and “non-binary” surgeries, which nullify the genitals altogether. Peters and his colleagues have pioneered the use of a vaginoplasty robot, which helps efficiently castrate male patients and turn their flesh into a “neo-vagina.”

Business is booming. According to Peters, OHSU’s gender surgery clinic has “the highest volume on the West Coast,” and his robot-assisted vaginoplasty program can accommodate two patients per day. His colleague Jens Berli, who specializes in phalloplasty, boasts a 12- to-18-month waiting list for a consultation and an additional three- to six-month waiting list for a surgical appointment.

This openness marks a revolution in manners and morals. In the past, transgender theorists acknowledged that their surgical transformations were disturbing and anti-normative. “I find a deep affinity between myself as a transsexual woman and the monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” wrote the male-to-female transgender theorist Susan Stryker in 1994. “I will say this as bluntly as I know how: I am a transsexual, and therefore I am a monster.”

Such views no longer prevail. Today’s transgender medical providers conceal the barbarity of their practices in euphemisms. They are not postmodern Dr. Frankensteins but providers of “life-saving, gender-affirming care.” The model patient is no longer the middle-aged autogynephile but the troubled teenager, sold a new identity, mediated through technology, that promises to resolve deep-seated sexual anxieties—and advance the political cause of transgender activists.

The dismal metaphysics that lies beneath OHSU’s castration machines is academic queer theory, which holds that human beings are mere vehicles of “performativity” and that their nature can be molded and reshaped at will. In other words, the queer theorists argue, there is no “human nature” that cannot be transcended or obliterated through the application of culture and science.

OHSU’s castration machines must be seen in this light. The university’s doctors and surgeons believe that they can harness the advances of modern medical science to sublate the basic categories of human sexuality and replace them with a variety of synthetic forms: the artificial phallus; the artificial vagina; the dual phallus-vagina; nullification of both.

The technique for the robot-assisted vaginoplasty is gruesome. According to a handbook published by OHSU, surgeons first cut off the head of the penis and remove the testicles. Then they turn the penile-scrotal skin inside out and, together with abdomen cavity tissue, fashion it into a crude, artificial vagina. “The robotic arms are put through small incisions around your belly button and the side of your belly,” the handbook reads. “They are used to create the space for your vaginal canal between your bladder and your rectum.” The illustrated surgical literature is a catalog of horrors—peruse at your own risk.

This procedure is plagued with complications. OHSU warns of wound separation, tissue necrosis, graft failure, urine spraying, hematoma, blood clots, vaginal stenosis, rectal injury, fistula, and fecal accidents. Patients must stay in the hospital for a minimum of five days following the procedure, receiving treatment for surgical wounds and having fluid drained through plastic tubes. Once they are home, patients must continue on transgender hormone treatments and manually dilate their surgically created “neo-vagina” in perpetuity; otherwise, the tissue will heal, and the cavity will close.

One question provokes particular dread: Are the surgeons at OHSU using these machines on children? The answer appears to be yes. In an interview, Peters acknowledged that, in recent years, he has seen “a lot of adolescents presenting for surgical intervention” and that he has performed genital surgeries, including the robot-assisted vaginoplasty, on “a handful of puberty-suppressed adolescents.” Peters further stated that OHSU is “just putting [its] first series together” related to adolescent vaginoplasty and that “no one has published on it yet.” (When reached for comment, OHSU declined to respond.)

All this grisly detail is obscured through manipulative language. To the general public, Peters and his colleagues present their case in therapeutic terms—gender, affirmation, trauma, care, health, joy—and wrap themselves in the movement’s light blue, pink, and white flag. By comparison, the old transgender theorists were more honest. They saw themselves in Frankenstein and, in their struggle to overcome natural limits, brushed against them.

We can return to Burke for a final word. Besides his analysis of revolution, Burke’s other major contribution to the history of ideas was his theory of the sublime. The sublime, he argued, did not stimulate love, but terror. The vast darkness, the brewing storm, the dangerous tyrant—all elicited a complex reaction of astonishment and fear, especially that of human finitude.

Transgender surgery provokes a similar sentiment: awe of the mechanical mastery, horror at the raw human barbarism. But when the haze of emotions passes, the true nature of these interventions is revealed—they are a work of pure hubris, part of a scientific revolution that has sought to transcend all moral bounds. The revolution’s works, like Dr. Frankenstein’s, will inevitably leave behind a profound human tragedy.

Christopher F. Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.

[luvjonezmusic-blog]

Honored to spend the day celebrating the 10 year anniversary of @doctor.montserrat doctoral graduation with her and shouting out the amazing energy that she puts into the world and community with @heydocclinic and more 🙌🏽 Proud to stand by your side and celebrate the growth and the wins! Please send Montserrat a shout out today or congrats next time you see her! Via @doctor.montserrat >>> 👩🏽‍🎓 March 18, 2013 was my graduation from @univwesternstates I graduated with a doctorate in chiropractic medicine 🩻 and a masters in sports and exercise science 🏃🏽‍♀️. I was surrounded by friends and loved ones as they helped celebrate the accomplishment that only comes with years of sacrifice. They cheered and brought the good vibes to close one chapter and open another. 🥳 🤩I’m still so happy for my career choice. I get to support my community and help them find the answers to what wellness means to them. I walk side by side with folx through some very hard times and triumphant journeys. And now with @heydocclinic I get to work with some of Portland’s finest healthcare providers and help provide a platform for them to launch from. 🎉My asks on this anniversary is that if you see someone dreaming, encourage them. My path was cleared by people that shared words of encouragement, that talked to me about my plans and dreams, that offered hugs and shared tears on the hard days. Cheers to all the people that saw the hard days and said, yes it’s hard, but that’s ok, keep going! 📸 @jasonhill.photo (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8YD64vIO6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[whattolearntoday]

January 16th is...

Fig Newton Day -  Nabisco’s trademarked version of the fig roll, Newtons are a pastry filled with fig paste. Fig Newtons have an unusual and characteristic shape that has been adopted by many competitors. Up until the 19th century, many physicians believed most illnesses were related to digestion problems. As a remedy, they recommended a daily intake of biscuits and fruit. Fig rolls served as an ideal solution to their advice, which remained a locally produced handmade product. 

International Hot And Spicy Food Day - Most people know that chili peppers are one of the hottest foods on the planet. But did you know that the hottest chili pepper in the world is always changing? This is because chili peppers are constantly evolving. But how is the hottest chili pepper determined? Chili peppers contain capsaicinoid. This is the active compound in chili pepper that’s responsible for its spicy sensation. Capsaicinoids are measured by the Scoville Heat Unit (SHU).Recently, the Carolina Reaper was named hottest chili pepper. This super spicy chili pepper has an SHU of 2,200,000. This is 200 times hotter than a jalapeno pepper!

Nothing Day -  The observance was created as a day to provide Americans with one National Day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honoring anything.

Religious Freedom Day - Commemorates the day the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was signed on January 16, 1786.  The statute guarantees the fundamental freedom to openly practice one’s faith without fear of being harassed, jailed, or killed. Additionally, under the statute, each person may freely change their religion without retribution. In the United States, people of different faiths have equal rights to practice their religion.

Without A Scalpel Day - On this day in 1964, pioneering physician Charles Dotter performed the first angioplasty. The ground-breaking procedure to open a blocked blood vessel took place in Portland, Oregon. Not only did the angioplasty allow the patient to avoid leg amputation surgery, but she left the hospital days later with only a Band-Aid. In doing so, Dr. Dotter created a cutting-edge medical specialty called Interventional Radiology, where doctors treat disease through a tiny pinhole instead of open surgery. These doctors use x-rays and other medical imaging to see inside the body while they treat disease. These advances changed all of medicine.

World Religion Day -  The day celebrates the commonality of the major faiths of the world. It may surprise you to know that there are over 4,000 recognized religions in the world. These religions consist of churches, congregations, faith groups, tribes, cultures, and movements.

World Snow Day - Promotes winter sports for young people. The two sports in particular that are highlighted include recreational skiing and snowboarding. It’s also a day for young people to learn about winter sports safety as well as the importance of caring for the environment.

[silasxhale]

silas hale

born and raised in parton, he is the only child of the hale family-- an eccentric and albeit mixed family of views. his mother was a part-time nurse, a woman who believed wholeheartedly in holistic and natural medicine in unison with western. she insisted on teaching her son both practices, while encouraging a full exploration of self and interests to better himself. his father was a strict “man’s man”, insistent that men needed to be tough, and emotionally hard. the weird amalgamation between the two was silas.

he was a quiet child who kept to himself, mostly, the kind that his father stuck in every school sports who awkwardly stood out on the field ( even though he was having fun participating ), finger shoved into his face about the ways of life, all the while his mother stuck him in music lessons and taught him the basics of medicine.

from this, silas became a collector– not of material items, though many came with the title-- but rather he collected skills and knowledge, priding himself as jack of all trades. football, the violin, suture a wound, build a cuckoo clock from raw materials, a little bit of everything under his belt with a craving to always learn more.

limiting himself to one full time occupation would’ve been too much of a commitment. so he dabbled, and the lack of direction wasn’t highly praised by either parent ( although his mother was more understanding ), but as a collector he indulged--and collected-- in various majors from various colleges and basically never stopped.

he left parton in his early twenties after his parents died in a questionable house fire and moved from city to city since. the longest he stay was in portland, oregon. he enjoyed it, especially loved the liberal way of life but the crime rate was tiring. five years ago he moved back to parton, new york and has been enjoying since, for as much as one can enjoy new york.

about

silas has obtain a moderate amount of degrees and skills, and he is still collecting more. he prefers to work by night through several part-time jobs while maintaining a constant schooling during the day for the moment that one might finally pique his interest enough to claim as his profession.

his present collection of knowledge includes but is not limited to degrees in philosophy, theology, psychology, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, medical sciences, and metalsmithing. he is also a registered nurse.

arguably he does have one material collection that includes various theology, occult, and herbalism books he’s acquired from thrift stores and specialty stores. he prefers natural medicine than to drugs if the option is viable as his mother did. from her teachings, he is a very spiritual individual who actively practices his craft.

he’s the definition of ‘calm and collected’. it is rare, if not unthinkable to imagine silas as angry or upset… or excessively excited. of course he’ll smile, he’ll jibe and jest but he is never overtly in any spectrum of emotion. he thinks himself a perfectly content person… even if it’s not entirely true. any show of anger has no known outcome

[wyrdway]

about

name: silas hale.

age: forty.

occupation: bouncer, bartender, temp nurse aide. --(locations to be determined, range in low to high class businesses)

gender/sexuality: cismale, heteroromantic/sexual.

height: 6′ 3″.

hair color: dark brown.

eye color: dark brown.

build: athletic 

distinctive features: towering height, deep baritone voice, long unwavering stares from dark eyes.

time in heartsdale: 8 months.

present residence: residing with ira evans. --( intends to relocate downtown when funds are more free )

summary 

( tw: mentions of death )

born and raised in chicago, he is the only child of the hale family-- an eccentric and albeit mixed family of views. his mother was a part-time nurse, a woman who believed wholeheartedly in holistic and natural medicine in unison with western. she insisted on teaching her son both practices, while encouraging a full exploration of self and interests to better himself. his father was a strict “man’s man”, insistent that men needed to be tough, and emotionally hard. the weird amalgamation between the two was silas.

he was a quiet child who kept to himself, mostly, the kind that his father stuck in every school sports who awkwardly stood out on the field ( even though he was having fun participating ), finger shoved into his face about the ways of life, all the while his mother stuck him in music lessons and taught him the basics of medicine.

from this, silas became a collector– not of material items, though many came with the title-- but rather he collected skills and knowledge, priding himself as jack of all trades. football, the violin, suture a wound, build a cuckoo clock from raw materials, a little bit of everything under his belt with a craving to always learn more.

limiting himself to one full time occupation would’ve been too much of a commitment. so he dabbled, and the lack of direction wasn’t highly praised by either parent ( although his mother was more understanding ), but as a collector he indulged--and collected-- in various majors from various colleges and basically never stopped.

he left chicago in his twenties after his parents died in a house fire and moved from city to city since. for the past three years he was in portland, oregon. he enjoyed it, especially loved the liberal way of life but the crime rate was tiring and soon felt too close to an old home. 

recently, he chose to move across country to try a on a different lens in a different city: heartsdale, georgia. perhaps the drastic change will provide some perspective. 

silas has obtain a moderate amount of degrees and is still collecting more. he prefers to work by night through several part-time jobs while maintaining a constant schooling during the day for the moment that one might finally pique his interest enough to claim as his profession.

arguably he does have one material collection that includes various theology, occult, and herbalism books he’s acquired from thrift stores and specialty stores. he prefers natural medicine than to drugs if the option is viable as his mother did. from her teachings, he is a very spiritual individual who actively practices his craft.

he’s the definition of ‘calm and collected’. it is rare, if not unthinkable to imagine silas as angry or upset… or excessively excited. of course he’ll smile, he’ll jibe and jest but he is never overtly in any spectrum of emotion. he thinks himself a perfectly content person… even if it’s not entirely true. any show of anger has no known outcome

will be updated as more information develops. 

[fridayknightfights]

We are less than two weeks away from the return of King Arthur via podcast. Friday Knight Fights premieres on October 23rd! In the meantime, however, please meet local dumbass Arthur Padron, still high on his undefeated season as the quarterback of his high school football team and the reincarnation of the legendary King Arthur of Camelot.

Name: Arthur Padron

Hometown: Portland, Oregon

Major: Sports Medicine

Accomplishments:

Senior Prom King

6′0

Has never lost a fist fight

Flaws

Can’t spell ‘restaurant’

Believes every country celebrates the Fourth of July

Has never been in a fist fight

[innergatehealth]

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[blxstered]

( josh hartnett, 40, cismale, he/him) Have you seen SILAS HALE around ? I hear they’re a BOUNCER AT EDEN who can sometimes be FLIPPANT & AVOIDANT. But I also heard they can be TEMPERATE & PRIVATE if you catch them on a good day. They’re usually hanging around TAKEDOWN & LA BUENA BRUJA in their spare time. I sure hope they’re alright !

about

born and raised in chicago, he is the only son and child of the hale family, an eccentric and albeit mixed family of views. his mother was a part-time nurse, a woman who believed wholeheartedly in holistic and natural medicine in unison with traditional. she practiced and insisted her son live with full exploration of self and interests. his father was a strict man’s man, insistent that men needed to be tough, emotionally hard yet listened to his wife. the weird amalgamation between the two was silas.

he was a quiet child who kept to himself, mostly, the kind that his father stuck in every school sports who awkwardly stood out on the field ( even though he was having fun participating ), all the while his mother stuck him in music lessons and taught him the basics of medicine. 

from this, silas became a collector-- not of material items, though many came with the title. rather, he collected skills and knowledge, priding himself as jack of all trades. play the violin, suture a wound, build a cuckoo clock from raw materials, a little bit of everything under his belt. but nothing grasp his full interest.

limiting himself to one full time occupation would be too much of a commitment. so he dabbled, collected various majors in college and basically never stopped. instead, he prefers to work by night, collect degrees by day for the moment that one might finally keep his interest enough to claim as his profession.

he’s aware there politics within the city’s limits. he hears the news but tried to keep his ears on audio books instead of death tolls and crime stories. he firmly believes that when he acknowledges they’re there, he’ll be involved and he’s attempting to stave off that notion for as long as possible, lifetime hopefully.

misc. facts

he left chicago in his twenties after his parents died in a house fire. for about three years he moved to portland, oregon. he enjoyed it, especially loved the liberal way of life but the crime rate was no different from. he moved back deciding to live with the demons he knew in a familiar place.

arguably he does have one material collection that includes various theology, occult, and herbalism books he’s acquired from thrift stores and specialty stores. he prefers natural medicine than to drugs if the option is viable as his mother did.

he’s the definition of ‘calm and collected’. it is rare, if not unthinkable to imagine silas as angry or upset... or excessively excited. of course he’ll smile, he’ll jibe and jest but he is never overtly in any spectrum of emotion. he thinks himself a perfectly content person... even if it’s not entirely true.

more to come, i will edit as i understand the character more. i haven’t thought of particular plots or a storyline i’d like to explore for him yet but i’m definitely open for ideas or involvement in others’ stories.

[andimthedad]

Road Trip: Oh, the Places You’ll Go

On our 10,000-mile road trip, we saw dozens of sights and stopped in more than 30 states. Along the way, we marked our route and several stops on a fold-out paper map, above. Here’s a list of almost everything...

Lolo Pass, Idaho: historical site in the Bitterroot Mountains where Lewis and Clark passed during their explorations.

Berkeley Pit Mine, Berkeley, Montana: one of the largest and most expensive Superfund pollution sites in America.

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: Mammoth Hot Springs, Old Faithful, wild bison, and more at America’s first national park.

Medicine Wheel, Big Horn National Forest, Wyoming: a Native American religious site, thousands of years old and still used today.

Crazy Horse Memorial, Crazy Horse, South Dakota: still carving a mountain into the likeness of the famous warrior.

Ken’s Minerals & Trading Post, Custer, South Dakota: a nice rock shop where we probably bought too much.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone, South Dakota: four stony-faced presidents carved into a mountain.

Wall Drug Store, Wall, South Dakota: famous for its free ice water and legions of billboards.

Badlands National Park, Rapid City, South Dakota: beautiful and alien landscapes, all at the same time.

Prairie Homestead, Philip, South Dakota: a preserved frontier house made out of sod.

Dignity Statue, Chamberlain, South Dakota: a 50-foot-tall Native American woman.

World’s Only Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota: where people nail corn cobs to the wall as art.

Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota: the largest shopping mall in America, and one of the largest in the world.

Cady Cheese, Wilson, Wisconsin: yummy cheese made here (and, in our case, consumed here).

Chicago, Illinois: the Sears/Willis Tower, Lake Michigan, Cloud Gate, Buckingham Fountains, Chicago-style pizza, elevated trains, and more.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: to visit relatives.

Flint, Michigan: site of a serious water crisis that symbolizes all kinds of issues around government, racism, and economics.

Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan: highlights all kinds of positive Ford achievements, and included a tour of the nearby Rouge plant that produces F-150 trucks.

Cudell Recreation Center, Cleveland, Ohio: site where Tamir Rice, a black child, was murdered by a white cop a few years ago; a memorable example in the debates around police brutality.

Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Pennsylvania: beautiful beaches overlooking Lake Erie.

Niagara Falls, New York: amazing waterfall experiences at America’s first state park.

Schenectady, New York: to visit relatives.

Hogback Mountain, Vermont: saw the so-called “100 mile view”.

Maine: from Portland’s Commercial and Exchange Streets, to whale watching in Boothbay Harbor, to beaches, to all kinds of seafood… and side trips to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and more. Saw a lot of relatives too.

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts: honoring the masters of the game at its birthplace.

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut: we drove through the campus, so the kids can now say they went to Yale.

Jersey City, New Jersey: to visit relatives.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: climbing the “Rocky Steps” and enjoying genuine Philly Cheesesteak.

Washington, DC: the White House; monuments to Lincoln and Washington; memorials for World War II and Vietnam; the Holocaust Museum; the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum; the Museum of the Bible; the U.S. Capitol; and more.

Rotunda, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia: Thomas Jefferson’s historic building at the university he founded.

Claudia Sanders Dinner House, Shelbyville, Kentucky: the original KFC.

Farmington Historic Plantation, Louisville, Kentucky: owned by the Speed family, who had ties to Lincoln, Jefferson, and Washington.

Kentucky Derby Museum, Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky: learning about the legends of the sport, as well as the money.

Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri: as seen from the Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park, East St. Louis, Illinois.

Pappy’s Smokehouse, St. Louis, Missouri: considered by some to be the best BBQ ribs in the country.

Percival, Iowa: a farm community representative of flooding that has plagued the Midwest this year.

Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, Nebraska: the world’s biggest zoo did not disappoint.

World’s Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City, Kansas: yep.

Pike’s Peak, Cascade, Colorado: one of the most famous mountains in America, and at 14,000+ feet, the highest we’ve ever been outside of an airplane.

Mesa Verde National Park, Mesa Verde, Colorado: amazing cliffside homes built almost a thousand years ago by Native Americans.

Four Corners Monument, Teec Nos Pos, Arizona: where you can stand (or sit, or bounce a ball) in four states at once.

Arches National Park, Moab, Utah: beautiful, alien rock formations.

Moab Isolation Center Ruins, Moab, Utah: site of a Japanese internment concentration camp during World War II.

Dinosaur Quarry Visitor Center, Jensen, Utah: seeing and touching the fossils of giant dinosaurs, still embedded in the ground.

Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon HQ.

Great Salt Lake State Park, Magna, Utah: the city’s namesake, and some of the saltiest water on earth.

ATK Rocket Garden, Northrop Grumman, Corinne, Utah: examples of various rockets and missiles, including Space Shuttle booster engine parts.

As I emphasized to the kids over and over, we are only seeing a glimpse of everything. We could spend a week or more visiting many of these places.

We also stopped in all of the following states, including our beginning and end:

Washington

Idaho

Montana

Wyoming

South Dakota

Minnesota

Iowa

Wisconsin

Illinois

Indiana

Michigan

Ohio

Pennsylvania

New York

Vermont

New Hampshire

Maine

Massachusetts

Connecticut

New Jersey

Maryland

Delaware

Washington, DC

Virginia

West Virginia

Kentucky

Missouri

Nebraska

Kansas

Colorado

Utah

Oregon

Does DC count as a separate state? Maybe.  The kids did their trip activities there. And if you want to count New Mexico and Arizona from our visit to Four Corners, then we’re up to 34 states... though the kids did not do their activities there.

We didn’t go to North Dakota, choosing South Dakota instead for our eastbound trip.  And we didn’t realize it until it was too late, but we completely forgot about visiting Rhode Island. Sorry, Rhode Islanders!  Ironically, it is the only state that actually has the sound of “road” in its name.

Of course, as I asked in one of the FAQs... Does It Really Count As “Visiting” A State If You Only Drive Through A Little Piece Of It? 

--

Read notes from every day of the road trip:

Eastward: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Westward: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

And various posts from the FAQ.

[twoflipstwotwists]

All Olympia Gymnastics Center, the world renown Hawthorne academy, recently finalized a $1 million settlement with World Championships silver medalist Mattie Larson, her attorney confirmed to the Southern County News Group.

The settlement stems from Larson’s lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against AOGC and its directors Artur Akopyan and Galina Marinova that alleged their treatment of Larson led to her being sexually abused by former U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnastics national team physician Larry Nassar. While Akopyan and Marinova agreed to pay Larson $1 million in June the deal was only recently completed.

The suit alleged All Olympia and Akopyan and Marinova  “fueled an abusive, harassing and degrading environment.” That environment “allowed, concealed and promoted abusive behavior” by Nassar, former U.S. national team directors Bela and Martha Karolyi and USA Gymnastics. Specifically the suit alleged Akopyan and Marinova “directed degrading, abusive, and harassing comments and actions towards” Larson.

AOGC is shutting down its Hawthorne location according to a Nov. 3 letter from Akopyan and Marinova to AOGC gymnasts, parents and coaches. The closing and the Larson settlement mark a fall from grace for AOGC that few could have imagined in the early years of this decade.

AOGC gained global recognition with the emergence of Larson and later McKayla Maroney, the 2012 Olympic champion whose celebrity transcended the sport, only to now find itself near the center of the Nassar sexual abuse scandal that this week led the U.S. Olympic Committee to take the first step toward stripping USA Gymnastics of its national governing body status.

Akopyan and Marinova did not respond to a request for comment.

The USOC’s bid to revoke USA Gymnastics’ NGB status and the AOGC case, however, are just two strands of a multi-layered scandal that is being played out in courtrooms and board rooms from coast to coast.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Indianapolis office on Tuesday refused to accept a subpeona requesting records in three-time Olympic champion Aly Raisman’s lawsuit against the USOC, according to a person familiar with the case.

Even as USA Gymnastics faces decertification and potentially hundreds of millions in legal settlements and the FBI comes under increasing scrutiny for its potential role in the cover-up of Nassar’s abuse, a number of high profile gymnastics coaches and officials continue to rally around the NGB and polarizing figures like Akopyan and Marinova.

“It is a sad day when Southern California looses (sic) a gym that has been so instrumental for the development of gymnastics,” Carol McIntyre, president of the So Cal Women’s Gymnastics Coaches Association, wrote in an email Monday to the Southern California gymnastics community. “I can’t imagine how devastating this is to Galina.

“…With USA Gymnastics being in the hot seat once again, Lets work together and show the pride and Class Southern California is famous for. We have always been the leaders of the country. Lets rise above the negative perception that has been bestowed on our beautiful sport by no fault of our own. Lets all remember we are competitive, but we are colleagues first. Athletes will come and go but we will all remain.

“Lets band together and show the country we will not buckle under the pressure. We will hold our heads high and continue to show this country and community true leadership.”

McIntyre did not respond to a request for comment.

John Manly, an attorney for Larson and dozens of other survivors, said McIntyre’s comments were “emblematic of the culture of USA Gymnastics where athletes come and go sort of like cattle and that’s how they look at them. It’s an abusive culture.”

“People,” Manly added, “don’t pay a million dollars if they didn’t do anything wrong.”

The Justice Department’s inspector general’s office is investigating how the FBI handled the Nassar case.

Former USA Gymnastics chief executive Steve Penny consulted with W. “Jay” Abbott , the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Indianapolis office as early as July 2015, a month after Penny was first informed of allegations that Nassar had sexually assaulted gymnast Maggie Nichols at a U.S. national team training camp at the Karolyi Ranch.

In a July 29, 2015 email to Abbott, Penny wrote “Below are two pieces of our communication strategy moving forward. We wanted to share them with you for your quick review to be sure they are consistent with FBI preferences. Please let us know if you concur with our messaging.”

Then USA Gymnastics board chairman Paul Parilla, an Orange County attorney, and Scott Himsel, an attorney representing USA Gymnastics, were copied on the email.

Abbott replied to Penny later that day “certainly respond as you deem appropriate.”

A day later Penny emailed Abbott again.

“I am so sorry to continue bothering you with this issue. … As you can see below, we have a very squirmy Dr. Nassar. Our biggest concern is how we contain him from sending shockwaves through the community. In our conversations with Scott, we are trying to make sure any correspondence with him is consistent with FBI protocol. Right now we are looking for a graceful way to end his service in such a manner that he does not ‘chase the story.’”

Penny was forced to resign under pressure from the USOC in March 2017. He was arrested last month after a Walker County, Texas grand jury indicted him on felony evidence tampering charges. The indictment alleges Penny was involved in the removal and destroying and/or hiding of medical records from the Karolyi Ranch in central Texas, the longtime training site of the U.S. women’s national and Olympic team.

Both Penny and Amy White, the national team manager for USA Gymnastics acrobatic gymnastics program, have both indicated they will exercise their Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination in depositions related to Raisman’s lawsuit against USA Gymnastics and the USOC. The suit is scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court in San Jose in February.

USA Gymnastics board of directors, under pressure from the organization’s insurance carriers, has weighed filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Such a move could establish a bar date in which future claims against the organization could not be filed after a certain window. A Chapter 11 filing would also lead to an automatic stay on all proceedings and litigation, including discovery, against USA Gymnastics .

USA Gymnastics, which has tax exempt non-profit status, reported $34.47 million in revenue for the fiscal year 2016, according to filings with the Internal Revenue Service. The organization also reported $11.8 million in assets, $8.7 million in liabilities.

The National Gymnastics Foundation Inc., created to supported charitable and educational programs for USA Gymnastics, listed $16.27 million in assets in 2016 with only $788 in liabilities.

A Chapter 11 filing could also help the USA Gymnastics head off, at least temporarily, the USOC’s decertification process.

“If I was USAG and I wanted to stop decertification by the USOC I would go (to bankruptcy court) because it prohibits you from proceeding,” said attorney Jim Stang, who has written extensively on bankruptcy issues and served on the creditors committee in 13 child sexual abuse cases. “The bankruptcy court judge is like a traffic cop. Should I allow this decertification to continue? Or should I let it go for now or just stop it or keep the red light on? Is there something that can be worked out to keep USAG’s value (to raise funds to pay creditors)? What is the value if USAG is decertified?”

Establishing a bar date under Chapter 11 would also give USA Gymnastics’ insurance carriers “a tremendous amount of certainty,” Stang said.

“You’re going to get (in bankruptcy) court a deal that’s hard to get in state court,” he said.

The move could also enable the USOC as a related party to obtain a channeling injunction against future claims even without actually declaring bankruptcy itself.

Under this scenario the USOC would contribute to a settlement fund in exchange for being released from future claims.

Channeling injunctions have been issued in all 13 child sex abuse cases Stang has been involved with since 2004.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon filed for Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in July 2004 just hours before the scheduled start of a civil trial in which survivors who alleged they were sexually abused by a priest sought $160 million in damages. Other sexual abuse claims had already cost the archdiocese $53 million and its “major insurers have abandoned us,” Portland Archbishop John G. Vlazny wrote at the time of the bankruptcy filing.

“The pot of gold is pretty much empty right now,” Vlazny said

Michigan State reached a $500 million settlement with more than 300 of Nassar’s survivors in May. Nassar was a longtime member of the university’s sport medicine staff.

Under the terms of the settlement $425 million was paid to 332 known Nassar survivors with an additional $75 million placed in a trust fund for future claimants.

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Ken Haevernick, 86

Somehow, I always knew I would be a doctor in a small town. I grew up in a logging town and went to school in Forest Grove, Oregon. We had a very free lifestyle and could do whatever we wanted. We had no restrictions. We’d hike all over. My father was a wonderful parent who took me hunting and fishing all the time. He was an accountant and my mother was a schoolteacher. I got into sports in high school: football, basketball, track and field. We had a great baseball team, so I eventually dropped everything but that, which got me a scholarship to college, and then went on to University of Oregon Medical School in Portland.

I did a Good Samaritan residency in Portland, then went to Lebanon to partner up with a family practitioner who did surgery. We ran a surgery practice together for 25 years. We were on call pretty much 24/7, and by the time he retired, I realized I was pretty burned out too. People would see my car at my house, and just stop by. I even served as mayor for a while. I helped turn that town around.

Things changed when I went to a meeting in New Orleans and met a man who ran a business hiring doctors out to cities that needed them. It was really nice. I still loved medicine, and this way I could practice where I liked and not be on call all the time. My wife and I drove our RV all over the country—the Great Lakes area, the Midwest, the Southeast, the West coast, anywhere from two weeks to six months in each place. I met so many wonderful people—many I still communicate with today.

We had a grandchild, so the pressure was on to get back home. A job appeared in Salem, so I took that and stayed there seven years. I finally retired in 1994, at 52. I got a call from a pastor who needed help setting up a hospital in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), so I went there, started the lab and X-ray unit, and did some surgery. After I left, I knew there’d be a full-time nurse and doctor flying in twice a week, but sadly the hospital got leveled by the Rhodesian Army. It was crazy. Campus Crusade needed me in Mongolia to help set up churches and village medical units. So I went there. And Romania.  

I met my wife Sally 70 years ago. She was a bratty teenager and we’d always tangle, but then she grew up and I started walking her to school every day. We got married right out of high school. Everyone thought we were nuts, because I was going to med school. But we have been married 56 years, and we have two daughters, who are still close by and very successful. She lives here in Garden Way, too.

Our secret was that we agreed we would stick it out no matter what. When things got tough, we’d sit down and say, “OK, do you want to throw it in, or stick it out?” And I’m glad we stuck together. We did a lot of the work together, especially in the orphanages of China and Romania. It was heart-wrenching to see families who couldn’t take care of their children and had to put them into orphanages.  

Occasionally I had the chance to see some of my patients whose lives I literally saved in Lebanon, though I didn’t realize how much they cared about me. It really gave me some warm fuzzies, and I do regret not appreciating them more at the time. I get emotional when I see them now. And I have a difficult time going to a doctor now—all they want to do is put in the time and get off work. I insist they treat me like a colleague and that’s not easy to find.

I still look for ways I can help people, anywhere I can.  

Ken lives at Garden Way in Eugene, Oregon. Learn more about his independent retirement community here.

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