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Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle arrives at the Synod Hall on Oct. 8, 2014, in Vatican City, Vatican. Tagle has called for an end to the bloody war on drugs in the Philippines. Franco Origlia/Getty Images hide caption

Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle arrives at the Synod Hall on Oct. 8, 2014, in Vatican City, Vatican. Tagle has called for an end to the bloody war on drugs in the Philippines.

The head of the Catholic Church in the Philippines has harshly criticized a government campaign of alleged extrajudicial killings of drug suspects that has claimed thousands of lives, calling it a "humanitarian concern" that cannot be ignored.

Police have killed an estimated 3,200 people in the past 14 months in encounters they claim involved suspects who put up armed resistance. Another 2,000 have died in drug-related killings in many cases carried out by motorcycle-riding masked gunmen who human rights groups say are either police in disguise or their hired hit men. In a single day last week, police in the Philippines killed a record 32 people in drug raids, according to Reuters.

"We knock on the consciences of those who kill even the helpless, especially those who cover their faces, to stop wasting human lives," Manila Cardinal Luis Tagle said. "The illegal drug problem should not be reduced to a political or criminal issue. It is a humanitarian concern that affects all of us."

Tagle was supported by Archbishop Socrates Villegas, who said Sunday that church bells would ring every night for the next three months to spark greater awareness of President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown.

"The sounding of the bells is a call to stop approval of the killings," Villegas said in a statement read Sunday in churches in his district in Pangasinan province, according to The Associated Press. "The country is in chaos. The officer who kills is rewarded and the slain get the blame. The corpses could no longer defend themselves from accusations that they 'fought back.'"

The Church was initially silent about the anti-drug campaign, but has in recent months stepped up calls for its end.

Duterte's campaign, which has drawn international criticism, has gotten high marks from President Trump, who in a leaked transcript of a phone call praised the Philippine leader for an "unbelievable job on the drug problem."

Duterte has compared his crackdown in the Philippines to the Holocaust, saying he'd like to deal with drug addicts the way that Nazi Germany dealt with the Jews.

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The War on Drugs’s ‘A Deeper Understanding’ Review: Classic … – The Atlantic

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The War on Drugs has one of those band names that isnt supposed to mean anything. But listen to the Philadelphia bands wonderful fourth album, A Deeper Understanding, and, you may, in fact, think about drugsand more specifically, clichs surrounding drugs and rock-and-roll history.

Bandleader Adam Granduciel is a student of that history, and his music often poses questions few rock fans may have thought to ask. Like, What if Don Henleys The Boys of Summer was 10 minutes long? or Why cant we live inside the fourth minute of Bruce Springsteens Jungleland forever? But he taps the past with a sensibility thats new. The sounds of 60s psychedelia are here, yet not the questing, form-free sensibility associated with psychedelics. Signifiers of 70s and 80s excess also abound, but the twitchy bravado or desperate intensity that critics might have described as coked out doesnt. Rather, these songs pulse steadily and patiently, doling out climaxes of euphoria at carefully considered intervals. With apologies for using one of the iffiest tropes of record reviewing: This is classic rock on MDMA.

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Granduciel and a shifting cast of band members have been recording under the War on Drugs name since 2005, with their greatest commercial and critical breakthrough arriving via 2014s Lost in the Dream. That albums standouts Red Eyes and Under the Pressure perfected a formula for immersing listeners: Over a chugging and unfailing rhythm, the band tunefully layered guitar heroics, vintage keyboards, and Dylanesque vocalsall cloaked in dreamy reverb. The songs infiltrated streaming-service playlists, publications year-end lists, and the consciousness of the rock mogul Jimmy Iovine, who proclaimed the bands impending hugeness. Granduciel signed to a major label, Atlantic Records, and has now delivered an album of spectacular scale and ambition.

Its the rhythm that first defines most of the songs on A Deeper Understanding, with drum and bass interlocking for, say, a Creedence Clearwater Revival shamble, or a Tom Petty toe-tap. Once established, the groove is almost never interruptedeven as the song mutates for five, six, or 12 minutes. This is a technique most reminiscent of 70s German rockers like Neu!, but also, structurally, of techno and house music. For Granduciel, its a way to achieve something novel and, perhaps counterintuitively, unpredictable. He told Vice, I dont like drums dictating the song; like when you hear a fill and then you know the chorus is coming up.

The reliable hum lends itself to easy listeningand easy criticism. You can clean your house or host a dinner party to A Deeper Understanding, absolutely, and as it filters in you might find yourself thinking, I like this song, the one with the pretty piano part, or this one, which reminds me of Free Bird, only to eventually realize there are a number of tracks that fit those descriptions. Drive-by absorption might also make certain listeners write off the band as it transgresses common ideas of coolness and taste. The singer Mark Kozelek, for example, infamously once heard The War on Drugs playing on a distant festival stage and sneered at their beer commercial lead-guitar shit. That wasnt an inaccurate description, to be fairbut it sold short the full scope of the music.

Its the close listen that reveals Granduciels real talent. In interviews, hes talked about obsessively fussing over every sound in the mix, and the payoff from that attention is serious: Each instrumental element is crisp and fully rendered, familiar yet fresh. Synthetic strings, for example, may not have been this capable of producing actual emotion, since, well, the early-80s that Granduciel so often references. Some of the albums most powerful guitar-shredding passages, played full blast, will make it seem as if an amp is plugged in in your living room.

But the point is not only the feel of these sounds. Granduciel writes generous, poppy hooks and deploys them at the moment of maximum possible impact. The guitar line that defines Strangest Thingone of the best songs of the yeardoesnt arrive until 2 minutes and 40 seconds in, transforming what had been a wistful comedown tune into something massive, like Purple Rain played on cathedral bells. On that song and elsewhere, it becomes clear Granduciels arrangements arent nearly as repetitive as they may initially seem. Melodies emerge, move among instruments, and then seem to die. Rebirth, minutes later, is always possible.

In the rare occasions that Granduciel varies the rhythm of a song, the effect on the listener is like that of a seismic event. I jumped a few times listening to the awesome new-age-y workout of In Chains: first when a drum fill did, for once, announce a chorus, and later when the songs heartbeat hiccuped into the classic Be My Baby pattern. Contrastingly, the 11-minute single Thinking of a Place unwinds into a lush, long portion without drums. When the songs main groove snaps back in, its like a magician pulling off a revealscarily sudden, but also smooth. Such moments show that through the ever-pretty, ever-nostalgic haze of his arrangements, Granduciel wants to keep the senses and the mind awake.

Does music this visceral need to mean anything? Granduciel sings in a pleasing but unvarying rasp, and he likes obvious rhymes: All my waiting was in vain / I walked alone in pain / Through an early morning rain, etc. Generally the songs tell of striving, endlessly, for blissin another person, in a place, or in ones self. So if it seems on-the-nose for him to sing of a sky painted in a wash of indigo or of somewhere they can make it rain diamonds, its worth remembering that music, across eras, has often been about envisioning paradise through sound. Hes executing that mission with extreme care, finesse, andmost remarkablyconsistency. The best passages of A Deeper Understanding are shot through with sadness simply because they eventually have to end, but with this high, you can expect another wave soon.

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Duterte’s war on drugs could put Philippines youths in harm’s way, critics say – Fox News

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High school students in the Philippines will be subject to random drug tests starting in September, raising safety concerns as President Rodrigo Duterte intensifies his war on drugs.

Drug tests will be randomly administered at secondary schools, both private and public, with the aim of preventing drug use and rehabilitating those already consuming them, Department of Education guidelines say.

"Random drug testing for students is considered by the government as entirely a 'health' issue and aims to provide appropriate interventions to those who will be tested positive for dangerous drug use, which will help the student stop further use and/or abuse of the substance," a government statement said.

Any student testing positive for drug use will be sent for counseling and intervention by social workers, the guidelines state.

The move to test younger school students follows a previous government order for mandatory drug testing among students at universities and colleges.

But the plans have drawn sharp criticism from multiple human rights groups, which claim the government cannot be trusted to ensure that students who test positive for drug use wont become targets in Duterte's war on drugs, which has led to some 12,500 killings since the president took office in June 2016.

Human Rights Watch Asia Director Phelim Kine slammed the policy, saying the government is putting the students in harms way.

Imposing mandatory drug testing of students when Philippine police are committing rampant summary killings of alleged drug users puts countless children in danger for failing a drug test, he said.

"Imposing mandatory drug testing of students when Philippine police are committing rampant summary killings of alleged drug users puts countless children in danger for failing a drug test.

Education officials should be protecting students, not putting them in harms way through mandatory drug tests.

Education Secretary Leonor Briones assured the critics that positive test results will not be used against students. She added that test results cannot be grounds for expulsion or disciplinary action, PTV reported.

The timing of the policy remains unfortunate as the country is in nationwide condemnation of Dutertes bloody war, following the slaying of a 17-year-old schoolboy, the Telegraph reported.

Kian Delos Santos was reportedly shot by undercover police officers after they dragged him to a dirty alleyway and asked him to run with a gun only to shoot when he did.

The police claim the teenager shot first and was a drug runner but witnesses and video footage have contradicted the allegation.

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Human-rights lawyers urge President to stop brutal war on drugs – Inquirer.net

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CEBU CITYA group of human-rights lawyers in Central Visayas has joined calls for President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the governments bloody war on drugs and to create an independent commission to look into the spate of drug-related killings in the country.

In a resolution, the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) denounced the summary executions which the lawyers described as barbaric, unconstitutional, and very un-Christian.

Our country today has become one huge national slaughterhouse where suspected drug users and pushers have been gunned down with impunity by vigilantes and police officers, said FLAG-7 led by its chairman Democrito Barcenas.

Copies of the FLAG-7 resolution will be sent to the Office of the President and Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III for their information and guidance.

FLAG-7 said the killings, a number of which are perpetrated by police officers, have continued since President Duterte launched an intensified campaign against illegal drugs in July 2016.

The human rights group said an independent commission composed of retired Supreme Court justices with proven integrity, probity, and independence must be created to conduct an impartial investigation on the uncontrolled series of killings.

The planned Senate investigation is merely a damage control and cannot ferret out the truth because it is dominated by President Dutertes spineless apologists, FLAG-7 said.

FLAG-7 is the first and largest group of human rights lawyers established in the nation. The group, which aims to protect and promote of human rights and civil liberties, was founded in 1974 by former Senators Jose Diokno, Lorenzo Taada and Joker Arroyo during the Martial Law Era under President Ferdinand Marcos.

Based on the records of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), 205 drug suspects were killed in alleged shootouts with policemen in the region while 213 others were killed from unidentified gunmen from July 1, 2016 to August 15.

Chief Supt. Jose Mario Espino, director of PRO-7, maintained that drug suspects who were killed in legitimate police operations placed the lives of the operatives in danger.

At least 11,122 drug suspects were arrested in Central Visayas from July 1, 2016 to August 15 while 109,301 drug users and pushers surrendered at the onset of Oplan TokHang or Toktok Hangyo, a police door-to-door anti-drug campaign where drug suspects were asked to surrender and sign documents renouncing their drug-induced life.

Since the war on drugs started last year, the PRO-7 has seized a total of 40,042 grams of shabu (methamphetamine) worth P472.5 million. JPV

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See the War on Drugs Perform on Philly River in ‘Pain’ Video … – RollingStone.com

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The War on Drugs salute working class America with their black-and-white "Pain" video. Director Emmett Malloy filmed the psychedelic rock sextet as they float down the Schuyikill River in their native Philadelphia on a cargo ship emblazoned with their band name.

The clip, which Malloy shot on cinematic 16 millimeter film, alternates between close-ups and overhead shots of the wind-blown group with glimpses of everyday Philadelphia natives working and riding bicycles.

"Pain" is the second single from the War on Drugs' fourth LP, A Deeper Understanding, out August 25th. Last week, the band issued the sprawling "Up All Night," which follows previously released album cuts "Holding On,""Thinking of a Place" and "Strangest Thing."

The War on Drugs will kick off a North American fall tour September 18th in Portland, Maine. After concluding that run of dates in the U.S. and Canada, the band will head to Europe in November.

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Humans are damaging the fragile Galapagos ecosystem. Maybe coffee can help save it. – KOSU

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No one comes to the Galapagos Islands for coffee. But Scott Henderson is hoping to change that.

There are no giant tortoises around his farm in the highlands of Santa Cruz, the most popular of the islands. No marine iguanas or blue footed boobies. Just Henderson and his ripe red coffee beans.

His farm, calledLava Java,is the soup to nuts operation of gourmet coffee. He grows the beans, picks and husks them, soaks them to ferment off the sugars, dries and roasts them, and then sells them to foreign visitors craving more than a glimpse of the islands famous wildlife.

The whole coffee idea was to find a way to tap into these 200,000 high-end Starbucks addicts out in the bay on these nice boats and five-star hotels, Henderson says.

But he and his wife, Maria Elena Guerra,arent aiming to become coffee barons. They came to the Galapagos 25 years ago as conservationists. And their farm is actually more about trees than coffee.

In particular, a species of tree called scalesia, native to the Galapagos, but largely wiped out since the arrival of humans.

Probably at one time there were hundreds, thousands who knows, lots and lots of these trees at this elevation, Henderson says of the highlands region. He and his wife originally bought their farm in part to restore the scalesia forest.

They are one of the most important species, Henderson says. So many of the birds and the insects that are the foundation of the Galapagos ecosystem depended for some part of their life cycle on that tree. So thats why we went on and planted a couple thousand of them.

And the couple realized that coffee might be the cash crop they needed to finance their restoration dream.

We may not have a perfect, restored Galapagos highland ecosystem, but weve got all the elements of it, Henderson says. And what pays for that to happen is coffee.

Shade-grown coffee can fetch premium prices because it can cut the use of unsustainable farming practices. It has become the coffee you drink if you care about the planets health and can afford to pay a little more.

And then there are benefits to the local ecosystem, which trickle down to its most humble creatures, including a species of moth that feeds only on the scalesia.

Without the trees, the moths disappear, which has a knock-on effect through the islands. The government is so worried that it has a plan to reforest scalesia across the islands by 2050.

Hendersons plan is giving that effort a head start.

It may seem idealistic to think an American expat and his Ecuadorean wife could restore a Galapagos ecosystem, but local biologist Heinke Jagar of the Charles Darwin Foundation says theyre kind of doing it.

Its a good example of what would work as a model for other farmers, Jagar says.

So far,many other locals seem to like the idea too.

We protect the forest, says Paul Salinas, who buys beans from Lava Javaand other local growers for his shop OMG Coffee, one of the high-end cafes near the Santa Cruz harbor.We inspire [other] little farms to stop using diesel, so they are moving [to] solar, some of them. ... So we are generating change."

Theyre also generating something new a one of a kind product grown in the islands cold ocean air, volcanic landscape and scalesia forests.

Salinas says the flavor of Galapagos coffee is unique.

But just how good is a shade-grown, ecosystem-restoring Galapagos brew? Youll have to go there to find out.

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How do horseshoe crabs survive on the mudflats? What do birds do when it rains? What kind of tracks does a raccoon leave? Long Pastures Ecosystem Explorers program will uncover the answers to these questions and many more this summer as kids learn about the incredible environments at Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary.

During this multi-week program, learn about butterflies, horseshoe crabs, frogs, trees and marshes as naturalist Andrea Higgins conducts field experiments and crafts that will get you thinking like a biologist and a nature-inspired artist! Make T-Shirt prints, net turtles, discover horseshoe crabs and catch frogs as your explore different habitats each week and learn about Cape Cods amazing animals.

August 24 Ecosystem Explorers Week 9: Twitter in the Trees Description: Birds sing in the trees at Long Pasture and fly from branch to branch. A Nuthatch climbs along using its talons while a chickadee sings its song. Explore the woods and make necklaces out of forest cuttings, paint with pine needles and learn some important bird songs!

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A new study shows rehabilitation work on Haifa's beaches contributes to the swift spread of the matuta victor, an invasive swimming crab species

Work being done to rehabilitate the beaches in the Haifaarea is one of the reasons for the swift spread of an invasive swimming crab, according to a study published this week. Covering the beach with sand created a convenient environment for reproduction, and from there the crabs moved to other beaches, endangering populations of local creatures.

The new study was published in the Journal of Natural History and was conducted by two researchers from the natural history museum in Florence, along with Dr. Bella Galil of the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv University and independent researcher Moti Mendelson.

The researchers kept track of the spread of the swimming crab, matuta victor, in the Indian and Pacific oceans. It arrived in the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal and was first spotted in the Haifa Bay area five years ago.

This discovery led to a more systematic surveillance of the crab and its lifestyle, about which little was known. The surveillance discovered a significant increase in the crab population in two main centers, one near the Kiryat Yam beach and the other near the Nahal Naaman estuary in northwestern Israel, which suffers from high levels of pollution.

The researchers believe that the pollution in Nahal Naaman and the additional sand in Kiryat Yam created the conditions for the increase. The sand covered the living creatures on the beach and removed competitors. The pollution also adversely affected the crabs competitors and made it easier for it to reproduce.

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We created conditions for them like Club Med and turned it into an export industry to other countries, which arent exactly happy about it, said Galil. They reproduced rapidly and reached the Lebanese coast. Now the crabs are on other beaches, including those in Antalya, Turkey, 1,500 kilometers from Haifa Bay.

The swift population increase apparently exacerbated the competition for food. The researchers documented fights over food among the crabs, which included hitting with their legs and pincers and attempts to hold a rival crab and turn it onto its back. This is something that hasnt been observed among crabs anywhere else.

The increase in the population of these crabs causes the sidelining of local crab species and is considered a threat to the ecological system. In light of what happened in Kiryat Yam, Galil thinks the Enviromental Protection Ministry should consider the effect of the domination of invasive species when approving plans for the artificial supplying of sand on the beaches. There is an inclination to expand the use of this method in the coming years to protect the cliff adjacent to the beach, which is in danger of collapsing due to contact with the waves. The sand is meant to serve as a protective layer for the cliff.

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Civic Integrates with wikiHow to Expand Identity Verification Ecosystem – Coinspeaker

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Civic Improves wikiHows Security and User Experience by Enabling 150 Million wikiHow Users to Log In without Usernames or Passwords.

Civic, the revolutionary blockchain identity verification technology, today announced the official roll out of its strategic partnership with wikiHow, the worlds leading how-to website. The partnership will help deliver a more streamlined, secure experience for wikiHow users through Civics Secure Identity Platform. As a result, over 150 million monthly wikiHow users will now be able to login securely without using a username and password.

We are pleased to officially welcome wikiHow to Civics Partner Network. This collaboration illustrates our continuing, strong momentum in building our ecosystem for on-demand, secure, and low-cost access to identity verification services, said Civic CEO, Vinny Lingham.

Jack Herrick, CEO of wikiHow, shares his support for the new partnership, saying, wikiHow is partnering with Civic because we believe in their long term goal of decentralizing identity. We hope to live in a future where people, not corporations, control their own personal information. While Civic is still building towards that decentralized vision and has a way to go, as of today Civic ID already offers better security than passwords. So were happy to offer Civic login to provide a better user experience for the 150 million people a month who visit wikiHow.

New wikiHow account creation is simplified by providing verified identity data with the Civic mobile app. Through Civics Secure Identity Platform wikiHow now provides greater assurance in the privacy of data transactions and greater trust in user identity. Civic helps ensure wikiHow accounts are created by the true owner of the identity data, and provides a better user experience, without weak passwords, password reset vulnerabilities, and the hassle of legacy two-factor authentication.

To create a verified ID with Civic, wikiHow users must download the Civic mobile app and complete an Identity Validation Process. The simple, quick process verifies credentials to ensure ownership of the identity and establishes the required level of trust. The data is fully encrypted in the Civic app on users devices, not stored by Civic or wikiHow.

After validation, the user is considered a Civic Member with authenticated identity data and may share this data with other Civic partners. Civic-verified identities help businesses lower identity verification costs and reduce the likelihood and impact of data breaches.

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Civic is an identity verification and management service that allows consumers to protect and authorize the use of their identities in real-time. Civic is spearheading the development of an ecosystem that is designed to facilitate on-demand, secure, and low-cost access to identity verification services via the blockchain. Civic recently introduced a Civic token that participants in the ecosystem will use to provide and receive identity verification-related services. The company sold $33 million of its tokens during its token sale event in June.

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More than 600 global brands are advertising on fake news websitesand they don’t seem to care – Quartz

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Storyzys business is alerting brands to their presence on fake news sites. By and large, the advertising communitys response is simply appalling.

French startup Storyzy spotted six hundred forty-four brands on questionable sites ranging from hardcore hyper-partisan fake news sites to clickbait venues hosting bogus content with no particular agenda, except making a quick buck.

Storyzy showed me the list of brands that fund the fake news ecosystem, but didnt want Monday Note to publish it. Never mind. With 600+ advertisers, you can expect many household names to show up. And they do: tech companies, banks, retailers, airlines, cosmetic companies, luxury goods companies, universities, and NGOs. Reputed media brands ended up on hyper-partisan and fake news sites. As shown below, The New York Times was spotted on RealtimePolitics and The Wall Street Journal on Americas Freedom Fighters:

While some advertisers know and choose to turn a blind eye, most of the brands feeding the fake news industry do so completely unaware of their complicity.

In fact, they are caught in a combination of negligence and greed from media buyers and the cohort of intermediaries that rule the digital advertising sector.

The real surprise comes from the brands reaction once they are notified. Normally, one would expect most of them to take radical measures to notify the chain of intermediaries, such as media buyers or trading desks.

To alert advertisers caught on junk or blatant fake news sites, Storyzy sends them an email with eloquent screenshots attached.

We contacted about 400 brands, says Pierre-Albert Ruquier, marketing director and co-founder of Storyzy. Reaction varies. Some clearly dont care and dont even bother to respond. The biggest advertisers usually refer us to their media buying partners. We talk to most of them, even though we are often received coldly. Weirdly enough, we are also sent to large consulting firms that advise big clients on brand safety issues. The vast majority of advertisers dont know where their ads land. Or choose to ignore it. Thats why when they refer us to their media buying agency these wont budge. The reason is that almost all campaigns are ROI-based, a field dominated by behavioral targeting and retargeting.

In other words: Most of the brands dont really care where their ads show up as long as the overall return on investment is fine. One of the worlds largest hotel chains told us they dont mind showing up on questionable sites if it is the result of a retargeting process, which is a convenient way to say that, as long as they can invoke deniability, performance supersedes any damage caused to the brand, or ethical considerations such as fueling a vast network of misinformation. And if by chance the brand does care, they cant always trust intermediaries whose incentives are tied to the campaigns financial performance.

Such a combination of deniability and greed is toxic. It explains the millions of dollars that contribute to the well-being of a fake news/junk news system, one that needs not worry about survivability. (Misinformation media are, in addition, super efficient at maximizing bang for their own buck: their production costs are but a tiny fraction of those required for legit sites.)

Storyzy derived its current business from expertise in fact-checking that goes back to 2012. At the time, the startup was called Trooclick; its goal, using natural language processing and machine learning algorithms, was detecting false information in financial news.

Five years later, the initial product expanded to a more general quote verification system called Quote Verifier.

Currently, the service is available via a paid-for API (access to the web site, however, is free). This function is at the core of the companys fake news detection.

According to Ramon Ruti, CTO and co-founder of Storyzy, extracting quotes in a reliable fashionand being able to find and properly attribute indirect quotesis complex and requires layers of techniques: sentence splitting to detect misleading sentences boundaries like in certain acronyms; morphosyntactic analysis, to understand the nature of each word; topic and named entities extraction; reported speech extraction, for both direct and indirect speech; and other tweaks to deal with language ambiguity and newswriting imprecision.

Each day, Storyzy collects and sorts 50,000 new quotes in English lifted from 5,000 trusted and untrusted sources. The quote is a quintessential element of journalismespecially in the Anglo-Saxon world. Quotes are also the most often forged and the most hijacked items used by fake news sites. Even if a fake quote can be debunked in a matter of hours, the delay is largely sufficient for broad viral propagation on social nets. Hence the utility of the quote verifier to quickly pinpoint false information. Combined with other signals, it proves quite effective at fingering fake news sites.

Quotes also have great value for documentation purposes. Storyzy is currently building a private website for a global media brand to be used by journalists, fact-checkers, and moderators who will verify quotes, attribution, and context; the service will be plugged on the publishers CMS to warrant the accuracy of archived quotes.

For its brand safety-related business, Storyzy is just warming up. A few months ago, the company started to provide a list of 750 questionable websites to its customers, and more bad sites are added at a rate of 20~30 a month. Storyzy is also working on a full monitoring service to ensure brand safetyfor those who are interested.

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Before starting a professional relationship with anyone on this list, you should confirm relevant information, including credentials and accepted insurance. As with all other information on the wiki, we can't guarantee the information in this list. When possible, we try to include links to make it easy for you to confirm the information.

Please help us improve this list by providing us with more information about yourself. See our "Updating information about yourself in our practitioner list" page for information about how to do this. General information about interacting with the wiki can be found in our "For TMS practitioners" page.

If you are a licensed TMS therapist or physician and would like to be listed on our directory please Contact Us.

Unfortunately, many people who think they may have Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) do not live in an area served by any TMS professionals. Luckily, some TMS professionals are able to provide services over the internet or telephone. Although diagnosis can't be performed over the internet or telephone and distance can provide a significant barrier to psychotherapy, the following people provide coaching and other services to people who aren't able to travel to meet a provider face to face. More information can be found in our page on Structured TMS recovery programs.

Currently, all additional practitioners listed are able to conduct sessions remotely. Click here to go to the Additional TMS Practitioners page.

Dr Rochelle is a practicing orthopedic surgeon in Arkansas. He incorporates the TMS diagnosis and treatments in his practice. He says that only when people "accept the idea that unpleasant emotions in the unconscious mind actually cause physical symptoms will we see an end to the current epidemic of TMS musculoskeletal pain in its many varieties." He is also a contributing author to Dr Sarno's The Divided Mind. (Source)

Address has not been verified Orthopedic Surgery 403 Morrow St N Suite F Mena, AR 71953 Main Wiki Page on Dr. James Rochelle Contributed the article, "My Perspective on Psychosomatic Medicine," in The Divided Mind, by Dr. John Sarno. 2006.

Will Baum is a psychotherapist in the Los Angeles area. He has written a number of articles for PsychologyToday.com, the Huffington Post, and Where the Client Is. He is cross trained in psychodynamic talk therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Will Baum's practice is focused on anxiety/depression, relationships, chronic pain, and addiction recovery. He has experience working with an "extremely wide range of clients and concerns." (Source)

Recent Change of Address 4448 Ambrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90027 (323) 610-0112 will@willbaum.com TMS Wiki Profile / Website Main Wiki Page about Will Baum Will Baum has written several TMS related articles for Where the Client Is. Information about them can be found on the TMS in the Media page.

Arnold Bloch, LCSW has been in practice for over 25 years, during which time he has seen over 200 clients with TMS. He holds a master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California, and studied under long-time TMS therapist, Don Dubin, MFT. Bloch has a close working relationship with David Schechter, MD (Source) who himself has seen over 1000 patients with TMS. He has dedicated himself to "the alleviation of chronic pain, especially when that pain can not be satisfactorily explained by conventional medical examination." He believes in the power people have in "freeing themselves from the suffering brought about by a negatively conditioned mind," and he seeks to help people develop the skills to choose the mind and body states they desire to have.

Bloch has been very active in the TMS community. He has attended TMS conferences and stays up-to-date on the latest mind-body research and treatment techniques. In the fall of 2012, Bloch participated in a TMS webinar, alongside Dr. Schechter. (Source)

Available via Phone and Skype 1280 Willsbrook Ct Westlake Village, CA 91361 (805) 796-9540 arnold@arnoldbloch.com Survey Response / Website TMS Webinar with Dr. Schechter and Arnold Bloch

Samantha Bothast is a psychotherapist at the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles, CA headed by Alan Gordon, LCSW. Samantha uses both a cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic approach in her sessions. Samantha worked as a medical social worker for 19 years prior to working at the Pain Psychology Center. (Source)

Available via Skype 9777 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1007 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (310) 853-2049 Contact Form

(Deceased) Don Dubin was a committed and loved TMS therapist who worked with David Schechter for many years.

Alan Gordon is a psychotherapist in private practice in Santa Monica who specializes in the treatment of chronic pain using the the TMS approach. He is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Pain Psychology Center, a TMS treatment center in Los Angeles. He is also a board member of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA). He was the primary organizer (chair) of the 2nd annual TMS Conference held in LA in March 2010, where he gave a presentation entitled Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches in the Treatment of Mind-Body Disorders. His efforts were a key factor in making the conference a success. Alan also co-organized and presented at the 2013 clinical training in Los Angeles with Howard Schubiner, MD in partnership with the PPDA.

Alan developed a free multimedia TMS Recovery Program, which he donated to the TMS Wiki in 2013. He has also written an article called Miracles of Mindbody Medicine for the Healthcare Counseling and Psychotherapy Journal.

Alan is also one of the answering therapists for the Ask a TMS Therapist program.

(Source1, Source2, Source3, Source4)

Available via Skype 1247 7th St., Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 90401 (310) 945-6811 and 9777 Wilshire Blvd. #1007 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (310) 945-6811 Contact Form Forum Profile / Personal Website / Pain Psychology Center Main Wiki Page About Alan Gordon Ask a TMS Therapist Responses

Karen Kay is a licensed clinical psychologist with psychoanalytic training, and has a private practice in West Los Angeles. She has worked with TMS patients throughout her 25+ year career, and has been supervised by Arlene Feinblatt, Ph.D. (the psychologist who developed the psychotherapeutic approach to TMS in collaboration with John Sarno, M.D.) as well as Eric Sherman, Psy.D., and Frances Sommer Anderson, Ph.D. She has been an approved supervisor by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy since 1991. She says, "I have had great success in helping people who struggle with mind-body difficulties. In addition, I have specialty training in working with children, adults, and families."

1800 Fairburn Avenue Suite 109 Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 446-0500 TMS Wiki Profile Survey Response Website

Suzi Kimbell is a psychotherapist with training in somatic, body-centered psychotherapy, EMDR, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and trauma and PTSD treatment from a mind-body perspective. She attended the clinical training in Los Angeles in November 2013. Suzi also suffered from chronic back pain, which she overcame using the TMS approach. She writes, "My own recovery from TMS led to my passion for helping those with chronic pain, whose symptoms are so often misunderstood by the traditional medical community. I know first hand how powerful Dr Sarnos ideas are and that recovery from pain is truly possible." (Source)

Available via Phone and Skype 860 Via De La Paz, Suite F6 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 (310) 463 7598 Insurance Accepted: All PPO insurances (Suzi Kimball is an out of network provider) Survey Response

Catherine Lockwood is an experienced Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) psychotherapist based in Los Angeles, California. She has studied under many notable ISTDP instructors and continues to attend workshops and seminars on ISTDP. She also attended the 2013 Clinical Training for the Treatment of Mind-Body Disorders in Los Angeles. There, she observed how Howard Schubiner, MD and Alan Gordon, LCSW, the presenters of the training, are utilizing ISTDP in their approaches to treating TMS. Catherine writes, "I am passionate and dedicated to continuing to improve my skills in ISTDP, TMS and trauma treatment." (Source)

Available via Video 179 Barrington Place, Suite B Brentwood Village Los Angeles, CA 900049 (310) 488-5292 CatherineLockwoodMFT@GMail.com Survey Response / Website

Daniel G. Lyman is a psychotherapist at the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles, CA headed by Alan Gordon, LCSW. He earned a master's degree in Social Work and in Public Administration from the University of Southern California and specializes in the treatment of mindbody pain syndromes. In describing his treatment approach, he writes, My goal in therapy is to provide a safe place to challenge our current beliefs and behaviors regarding our pain (TMS). The process is two-fold: The first part is changing the nature of our relationship to our symptoms, and the second part is discovering why the symptoms are there in the first place. These concurrent paths help to decrease the symptoms in the present as well as discourage the symptoms from recurring in the future. Daniel also specializes in working with the LGBT population, including couples and family issues. (Source)

Daniel is one of the participating psychotherapists in the Ask A TMS Therapist program. Read his responses here.

Contributed article: 10 Days of Silence: Meditation, Pain, & How You Can Become the Most Emotionally Healthy Person You Know, by Daniel G. Lyman (Part I), (Part II).

Available via Phone and Video (617) 470-6043 DanielGLyman@gmail.com Survey Response / Forum Profile Ask A TMS Therapist Responses

Gillian Marcus is a clinical therapist with a private practice in West Los Angeles specialized in TMS. She attended the Los Angeles conference When Stress Causes Pain for TMS practitioners in November 2013. Gillian also has a personal history of TMS, and used a combination techniques including psycho-education, therapy, meditation and other self-help techniques to help relieve her TMS symptoms. (Source)

Available via Phone 2001 South Barrington Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 288-3536 Survey Response

Brooke Mathews is an experienced psychodynamic therapist based in Southern California. A former board member of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA), Brooke earned her master's degree in social work from the University of Southern California, and is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in the state of California. She writes, I have devoted a great deal of my practice to working with and advocating for patients who can't seem to find anything medically or physically wrong...My approach is to treat the whole person, whether you come in with pain and are subsequently depressed, or your pain is a result of your anxiety, I work with patients to address the source of the problem and resolve the issues with pain. Brooke also has a personal connection to TMS, suffering fro chronic migraines in the past. (Source)

Available via Phone and Skype Recent Change of Address 3331 Ocean Park #101 Santa Monica, CA 90405 (917) 692-4085 bmathewslcsw@gmail.com Survey Response

Andrew Miller is a licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT) and a TMS/PPD sufferer. He has over a decade of experience with TMS as both a patient and as a clinician. As a clinician, he received his Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles. Incorporating psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness and psychodramatic techniques, he has helped his clients reduce TMS/PPD symptoms, more masterfully deal with difficult emotions, and more skillfully cope with lifes adversity. Currently, Andrew works in private practice and runs groups at treatment centers across Los Angeles.

Available via Phone and Skype Recent Change in Address 566 S. San Vicente Blvd. Suite 203 Los Angeles CA 90048 and 1314 Westwood Blvd. Suite 201 Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 776-5102 Website Survey Response Forum Profile / Introductory Thread / Success Story

Jessica Oifer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Los Angeles, California. She has worked with David Schechter, MD and in 2013 she attended the Clinical Training for the treatment of mind-body disorders in Los Angeles, CA. Jessica is also trained in the Trauma Resiliency Model, an approach that helps restores balance to the body after traumatic stress. On her general treatment approach, Jessica writes, My process often includes non-judgmental exploration of my clients past and present experiences, as well as the development of concrete skills to reduce the physical and emotional symptoms that traumatic stress can have on the body and nervous system. (Source)

Available via Phone and Skype 4640 Admiralty Way Suite 318 Marina del Ray, CA 90292 and 15300 Ventura Boulevard Suite 328 Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (818) 538-9548 jessicaoifermft@gmail.com Survey Response / Website

Colleen Perry is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in the Los Angeles area. She focuses on eating disorders and body image issues, along with helping people with chronic pain. She says "In individual therapy we explore the direct link of the unconscious mind to the manifestation of pain in the body. Traditional forms of pain treatment such as physical therapy, pain medications, anti-inflammatory medications and injections, surgery, acupuncture, chiropractic care, or massage, do not address the underlying emotional issues that are causing the pain in the first place. All that these other forms of pain management can give you are temporary relief...The most immediate relief for clients upon receiving the TMS diagnosis is that there is nothing structurally wrong with their body and are therefore encouraged to go about their daily activities of life without giving into the pain."

Available via Video 1247 Seventh St. Suite 300 Santa Monica 90401 (310) 259-8970 drselfish@yahoo.com Website TMS Wiki Profile Main Wiki Page on Colleen Perry Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Pohl is a clinical health psychologist with both master and doctorate level education in health psychology and additional training in pain, chronic illness, and other health-related issues (source). Dr. Pohl also has developed a specialty in trauma and health psychology (source). She writes, "It takes a great deal of courage to ask for help. It requires facing ones problems head on and it can stir up feelings of shame and vulnerability. You may experience difficulty with trusting someone to accompany you on this journey; but also trusting that positive change is possible. It is important to find someone you can connect with to start your healing and growth. In my work with clients, I strive to create a safe and compassionate environment" (source).

2730 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 600 Santa Monica, CA 90403 (310) 709-4582 Insurance Accepted: All PPO insurances (Dr. Pohl is an out of network provider) Survey Response / Website

Arlen is a licensed psychologist in California. He has a doctorate in psychology. He says "I had been focusing on the mind body connection for a long time before I got exposed to Dr. Sarno. His thinking filled in important gaps for me. I have now spent several years specifically extending his diagnostic formulations into effective treatment for those people whose pain is caused by or worsened by emotions that have gotten directed into physical pain. I consider physical therapy, anti-inflammatory or pain deadening drugs and surgery to all have potential value. However, If you are not satisfied with the limitations of those approaches and believe that your pain has a significant emotional component, I can work with you on healing it." (Source)

1923 1/2 Westwood Blvd, Suite 2 Los Angeles, CA 90025 and 20501 Ventura Blvd, Suite 395 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Website (818) 999-0581 Arlen@ArlenRing.com

David Schechter is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Dr. Schechter has over twenty five years of experience with the Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) diagnosis, has treated over a thousand patients has published original research on the subject and is the author of The Mindbody Workbook. While a medical student at NYU, he was a successful patient of Dr. Sarno. Dr. Schechter was a speaker at the 2nd Annual TMS Conference in March 2010. His presentation was entitled "Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Mind-Body Disorders." (Source)

Available via Internet Video 8500 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 705 Beverly Hills, CA 90211 (310) 657-1022 310-six nine four-9814 fax and 10811 Washington Blvd, Suite 250 Culver City, CA 90232 310-836-2225 (310-836-BACK) 310-six nine four-9814 fax frontofficedrs@gmail.com TMS Wiki Profile / Survey Response / Q&A Answers / Workbook and CDs / Website Main Wiki Page About David Schechter / Board member of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA) / Curriculum Vitae Insurance Accepted: PPO provider for Blue Cross, Shield, United, Aetna, Cigna, Medicare. No HMO's.

Clive Segil is an internationally renowned orthopedic surgeon from Los Angeles with 30 years of experience in the management of musculoskeletal disorders a healer not just a physician/surgeon, with creative approaches to patient problems. Dr. Segil sees the patient as a whole person not only a disease, and he places great emphasis on the mind-body connection, applying the concept of what is best for the patient. This means that he uses treatments that result in a cure, at best, and at very least, a marked improvement in their well-being. (Source)

2080 Century Park East, Suite 500 Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310) 203-5490 (310) 203-5412 fax drsegil@drsegil.com Website CURRICULUM VITAE Survey Response Insurance Accepted: All

Dr. Smith wrote one of the few doctoral dissertations on mind-body medicine (Claremont Graduate University 1998). He gives lectures and seminars on Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), as well as contributing to research on the subject. (Source)

The Noetic Health Institute Irvine, CA (949) 460-0820 drsmith@noetichealth.com Website Resume

Jill is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the Los Angeles area. She says "My interest in TMS grew after my own experiences with chronic pain for many years and my frustration with the traditional medical community. I knew there were many people suffering from 'mystery illnesses' that needed relief, guidance and support. I read Dr. John Sarno's book and was introduced to TMS through Dr. David Schechter in Los Angeles and Don Dubin MFCC. I am in private practice in the West Hollywood area, and chronic pain and somatization is one area of interest of mine. Unconscious 'bad' feelings that have been suppressed since childhood such as anger, guilt, sadness, rage, disappointment, unloveability and low self-esteem often emerge as somatic symptoms in various parts of the body." (Source)

Available via Phone 8240 Beverly Blvd Suite #8 Los Angeles, CA 90048 (323) 692-3759 jdspsyche@aol.com TMS Wiki Profile / Survey Response / Website Insurance Accepted: Private Pay

Clark has a masters in Humanistic Psychology (Mind/Body focus) and a PhD in Clinical Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies. He is a licensed psychologist in California. He receives most of his referrals from Dr. Parvez Fatteh in the San Francisco Bay Area, who is a Sarno adherent and is board certified in physical medicine & rehabilitation, with a sub-specialty (Board Certified) in pain medicine.

He says, "About 8 years ago I was working with a client who had a number of issues, with the most compelling one severe tendon/muscle pain in his arms. He was diagnosed with repetitive motion injury and was so incapacitated that he couldn't even pick up his two year old daughter. This client introduced me to Sarno's work as he worked through his pain. The philosophy of Sarno's beliefs were familiar to me because of my background in mind/body psychologies in my Master's program at Sonoma State University. Approximately 7 years ago I had a close family member go through excruciating back pain. She consulted with over 10 health practitioners (mainstream and alternative) and did not find any diminution of the pain until she read "The Mind Body Prescription". She was pain free in about 2 months." (Source)

Available via Phone 1902 Webster St San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 923-6760 clarkgrove@sbcglobal.net Survey Response / TMS Wiki Profile / Website Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Managed Health Network.

Katy Wray graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 1989, and has been in practice for over 20 years. She specializes in relationship issues, anxiety, chronic pain, and depression. She describes her therapeutic style as "interactive and collaborative." She says, "We will work together on coming to a deeper understanding of what is happening in your life. Different possibilities and choices can then become available to you." (Source)

2506 Clay Street San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 922-8121 kwraymft@yahoo.com

Santa Cruz area

Dr Eisendorf MD is a doctor with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation in California. He says: I try to understand my patients. I want to know what their experiences have been, what their joys and challenges are, and what's getting in the way of their more full enjoyment of life. My studies with Dr. John Sarno, author of "Healing Back Pain", "The Mindbody Prescription", and other books, has strongly influenced my practice of medicine. The mind and emotions have a profound effect on our physical and mental health and well-being. To better understand this relationship and help patients use the mind to their advantage, I teach classes and offer monthly support groups. (Source)

2025 Soquel Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (831) 458-5524 Website Insurance Accepted: Cigna, Healthnet, Wellcare, Humana, BCBS, United Health Care, Wellpoint

Hasanna received a M.A. in Clinical Psychology in 1992 from JFK University and has been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1995. She says "For the past fourteen years I've been helping people with a wide range of issues, such as relationship problems of all kinds, depression, grief and loss, anxiety, life transitions, spirituality, parenting, self esteem, and chronic physical pain. I cured my own long-standing back, neck and hip pain 10 years ago after reading Sarno's Healing Back Pain. Unfortunately, I didn't discover TMS in time to avoid two unnecessary shoulder surgeries in both shoulders. It has been so satisfying to help my clients avoid a similar mistake! " (Source 1) (Source 2)

Available via Phone and Skype 2715 Porter Street Soquel, CA 95073 (831) 476-8556 hasanna@baymoon.com Hasanna has contributed a short article on Choosing a TMS Therapist to the TMS Wiki. Survey Response / TMS Wiki Profile / Website Insurance Accepted: Not on any preferred provider lists, but some PPO plans will reimburse at a lesser amount

A traditionally trained physician, Dr. Emmett Miller is one of the founders of modern mind-body medicine. Although Dr. Miller is not trained in the treatment of TMS specifically, his treatment methods have been very helpful to others with TMS, including author Steve Ozanich, as he mentioned in a forum post (listed below). Dr. Miller now practices in California. using different holistic approaches such as guided meditation and deep relaxation as well as cognitive behavioral techniques, his practice focuses on helping people overcome a variety of chronic illnesses and problems, including stress, anxiety, and physical pain. Dr. Miller also provides life coaching sessions. (Source) Read Steve Ozanich's forum post mentioning Dr. Miller and mindbody medicine.

Available via Phone and Skype To make an appointment with Dr. Miller, follow the steps listed on this webpage 329 S San Antonio Road, Suite 9 Los Altos, CA 94022

18834 Rock Creek Rd Nevada City, CA 95959 (530) 478-1807 (530) 478-0160 fax Website

An experienced clinical and health psychologist, Dr. Engelman has been working in the field of psychophysiologic disorders for 30 years. Part of the medical staff at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, CA, Dr. Engelman often works with referrals from physicians (both TMS physicians specifically and physicians in general) who think thier patients may have a psychological compontent to their pain. Her approach includes mindfulness, biofeedback and other mind body approaches to working with pain. She also conducts Animal Assisted Therapy. Dr. Engelman currently has two offices, one in Orange, CA and one in Laguna Niguel, CA. (Source)

30131 Town Center Drive, Suite 292 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 or 1310 W. Stewart Drive, # 608 Orange, CA 92868

(949) 460-4908 srephd@hushmail.com Survey Response / Website Insurance Accepted: Aetna (in network provider), Blue Cross (out of network provider)

Patti is a licensed clinical social worker. She says of TMS "Treatment consists of identifying and acknowledging the suppressed emotion (anger, sadness, fear, etc.). That's it. It is not necessary to delve into the scenario which triggered those feelings in order to release the physical symptoms. Those symptoms were only there to protect your conscious mind from the feelings. So once the feelings are revealed, the symptoms simply fall away." (Source)

Peaceful Sea Counseling 920 Samoa Blvd, Suite 209 Arcata, CA 95521 (707) 822-0370 Website Insurance Accepted: Most providers including Medicare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, AARP, Tricare

PPDA Practitioner Aimee Aron attained a Master of Arts degree in Clinical Mental Health with a special focus in multicultural counseling from the University of Colorado Denver. Her primary approaches are Multicultural and Existential Humanistic Therapies. These approaches demonstrate respect for and evaluate the individual, the relationships in their lives, the culture with which they identify, and how they make meaning of the experiences and elements of their lives. Value is found in examining the subjects of gender, age, ethnicity, spirituality, socio-economic status, and many other cultural forces in determining how a person has come to be who they are, what they believe about the world, and the troubles they are bringing to therapy. She helped found the Rocky Mountain Stress Check-Up organization, which reaches out to physicians about Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS).

860 Emerson Street #0 Denver, CO 80218 (303) 900-8672 aimee@aimeearon.com Website

Pam Benison has been treating people with TMS/PPD for over 18 years. She encountered Dr. Sarno's book, Healing Back Pain, in 1994, used the knowledge he presented to successfully treat her own back pain. Most recently, she has studied with Dr. Howard Schubiner and has incorporated his book, Unlearn Your Pain, when working with her clients. Because of her 32 years in private practice, Pam draws upon many types of therapies and relaxation techniques that eliminate stress and progress one toward satisfaction and growth. Some of these methods are: gestalt psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, insight therapy, positive psychology, couples therapy, various forms of meditation and breath work. Pam received her Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University and her Master's degree from the University of Denver. She is a fellow in the American Psychotherapy Association. She is willing to meet with clients via the phone or Skype.(Source)

Available via Phone and Skype 7950 So. Lincoln St., #100 Littleton, Co. 80122 and 1625 Larimer St., #2704 Denver, Co. 80202 303-797-8137 integratedwellness@hotmail.com Survey Response / Website

Dr. Henri has been treating people with Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) for over 9 years, and during that time has treated close to 200 people with TMS symptoms. She is able to draw upon her own experiences with chronic back pain, which she had for about one year, when she is treating her clientele. Henri uses several different therapy techniques to help her clients including EMDR, Solution-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MBCT), and Brainspotting depending on the situation. Henri uses these multiple techniques to design a unique treatment for her patients. Dr. Henri graduated with a Bachelors in Arts from Stanford University and received her PhD in Clinical/Health psychology from Ohio State University. In addition, Henri completed her internship and Post-doctoral fellowship from UCLA. (Source)

1325 Dry Creek Dr. Suite 101 Longmont, CO 80503 (720) 771-9248 evanahenri@accessyoureverest.com TMS Wiki Profile / Survey Response / Website Insurance Accepted: Aetna, United Behavioral Health, Humana, Mental Health Network, Rocky Mountain Health Plans, and Anthem/BCBS

PPDA Practitioner Catherine Tilford earned a Master's of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of Colorado in Denver and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Colorado Mesa University. In 2011, she was trained by the PPDA to provide Stress Check-Ups and is a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Stress Check-Up Network. Through counseling, Catherine supports personal growth by helping individuals move forward with self-awareness and strength. She provides a safe place in which you can explore your experiences and the problem or painful emotions that are standing in your way of living a personally meaningful and fulfilling life.

Available via Skype 2010 W 120th Avenue Suite 100 Denver, CO 80234 (303)720-9424 catherine@embracestrengthcounseling.com Website

Dr. Denkin has seen over 500 patients with PPD/TMS symptoms over a nine year span. She continues to receive education and training on treating PPD. Her speciality is in mind-body work, chronic pain, somatic disorders, anxiety, diet and nutrition to help others. In addition she does treat patients via skype.

Available via Phone and Skype 51 Locust Avenue Suit 302 New Canaan, CT 06840 jdenkin@denkinassociates.com Survey Response

Dr Zagar is the Director, Neuropsychology Services at The Associated Neurologists of Southern Connecticut, P.C. They offer Mind-Body Medicine, which typically focuses on interventions believed to promote health and wellness such as Yoga, Relaxation, Biofeedback, Clinical Hypnosis, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. The Mind-Body Medicine perspective views illness as an opportunity for personal growth and healthcare providers are guides in this transformative process. Frequently, Mind-Body Medicine focuses on the impact of stress and the development of illness and the worsening of symptoms such as pain. (Source)

Associated Neurologists of Southern Connecticut 75 Kings Highway Cutoff Fairfield, CT 06824 (203) 333-1133 Website Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Cigna, Healthnet, Medicaid, Medicare, BCBS, United Health Care, Wellpoint

Nicole Sachs is a graduate of the University of St. Thomas, and has been treating people with TMS for over 10 years. During that time she has seen over 100 clients with TMS. Sachs is the author of the book, The Meaning of Truth, which describes her practice and treatment methods. She is also a recovered TMS patient herself, and a previous member of Dr. Sarno's Alumni Panels, where she would tell Dr. Sarno's new patients about her own experience with TMS. In 2013, the PTPN recorded an interview with Nicole Sachs, where she again described her battle with chronic pain, and her success with the TMS approach.

Available via Phone meaningoftruth@gmail.com Website Survey Response / Profile Page / Forum Threads Nicole Sachs's Recovery Story (video)

Dr. Leonard-Segal graduated with honors from the George Washington University Medical School and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. She has practiced medicine since 1982 and has devoted the past twenty years to helping patients overcome back and neck pain, fibromyalgia, chronic tendon complaints and similar conditions. She emphasizes the mind-body connection and is one of a handful of physicians nationally who uses an approach that closely parallels the pioneering work of John E. Sarno, MD at the New York University Medical Center and the Rusk Institute. She brings her interest and expertise in mind-body medicine to the Center for Integrative Medicine. (Source1, Source2)

George Washington University Center for Integrative Medicine 908 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20037 (202) 833-5055 (202) 833-5755 fax Website Contributed the article, "A Rheumatologist's Experience with Psychosomatic Disorders," in The Divided Mind, by Dr. John Sarno. 2006. Insurance Accepted: none

Dr. Brady is no longer accepting new patients. (Source) Dr Brady is the founder and Director of the Brady Institute for Health at Florida Hospital in Celebration, Florida. Dr. Brady has practiced Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Medicine throughout Central Florida for over fifteen years and is board certified in Internal Medicine. He is the Administrator and Senior Medical Director of Florida Hospital's sixteen Centra Care urgent care clinics. (Source)

With William Proctor, he has written a book entitled Pain Free for Life. In it, Dr. Brady describes how he overcame his own pain:

"Turn on your TV!" she said. "John Stossel is interviewing Dr. John Sarno,who says he can cure back pain like yours." the Stossel interview of Dr. Sarno can be viewed for free here.

I wasn't optimistic ... But the more he talked, the more I listened--and the more intrigued I became. Following the show, I remembered that a friend had given me one of Sarno's books, and after a little rummaging around, I managed to find it. ... His ideas set me on a journey of healing that eventually cured my pain, and led me to where I am today. (p. 33)

Dr. Brady refers to TMS as Autonomic Overload Syndrome (AOS), but the explanation that he gives for AOS is fundamentally the same explanation that Dr. Sarno gives for TMS. (Scott Brady. Pain Free for Life. New York: Hachette Book Group. 2006.)

The Brady Institute for Health P.O. Box 2982 Windermere, FL 34786 (407) 876-1888 DrBrady@BradyInstitute.com Website

Board Certified in Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Internal Medicine and Nutrition 3188 Atlanta Road Smyrna, GA 30080 (770) 319-6000 Insurance Accepted: US Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana HMO, Humana PPO, Blue Choice Senior, Cigna HMO, Cigna PPO, One Health Plan of Georgia, Inc HMO / POS / Choice/ PPO

Pocatello, Idaho 208 234-1099

Dr. Stracks believes that the mind and body are intimately connected and that almost all disease processes involve an interplay between the two. His training in integrative medicine has taught him that all treatment plans must include not only a mind and body component but a social and spiritual component as well. In addition, Dr. Stracks believes that the most powerful interventions involve changes in nutrition, activity level, and other lifestyle areas, and he works to partner with patients to effect these changes. Dr. Stracks believes that many conditions can be controlled or even reversed with mind-body techniques, lifestyle changes, and other integrative therapies, and he likes working with patients and their primary physicians to safely reduce medication use whenever possible. (Source)

Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group Center for Integrative Medicine and Wellness 1100 E. Huron Street Suite 1100 Chicago, IL 60611 312-926-DOCS (3627) jstracks@yahoo.com Co-host of first TMS conference. TMS Wiki Profile / Survey Response / Q&A Answers / Website Insurance Accepted: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, Medicaid, Medicare, TriCare, Unicare, UnitedHealthcare, and other PPO network plans

Dr Herzog has extensive training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and has managed thousands of impairments and disabilities from common soft tissue injuries to spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, joint replacement, amputation and stroke. He now focuses on outpatient musculoskeletal and neurologic conditions, frequently occupational in nature. He has delivered such care to patients throughout Maine since 1993.

Dr. Herzog is a third-generation Osteopathic (D.O.) physician, who remains true to the holistic and natural principles of Osteopathy. Additionally, he has had extensive training in the Allopathic (M.D.) system and is M.D. Board Certified in the specialties of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and also Electrodiagnostic Medicine. He says, "Today, there are many options available to people for the treatment of medical conditions. While interventional approaches are occasionally appropriate, often times minimally invasive techniques can result in fewer risks and better long-term functional outcomes. We believe in a proactive approach to healthcare, which empowers patients to manage their wellness, and avoid future functional impairments." (Source)

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)is a non-invasive treatment for depression offered at Trifecta Health Medical Center in Downtown Manhattan NYC.

Dr. Fruitman, M.D. has been successfully treating patients with TMS since 2010, and is an expert in treatment with TMS Therapy and psychopharmacology.

TMS Therapy is an FDA-cleared safe and effective non-drug depression treatment for patients who are not satisfied with the results of standard drug therapy. It can alleviate unwanted side effects commonly associated with antidepressants such as weight gain, sedation and sexual problems.

There is no need for anyone to go through his or her entire life suffering from depression.

Depression is a brain disease and too often its not treated by a specialist and can lead to devastating consequences.

Many patients are not aware of all the tools available for treatment including non-drug treatment options. We have a proven advanced technology, TMS Therapy that may get patients well in just a few weeks and does not have the side effects of medications.

For patients who have tried antidepressant medications with no symptom improvement, there is TMS therapy. NeuroStar TMS is a safe, effective, treatment options for adults who suffer from major depression. Remission from depression is possible with NeuroStar TMS therapy available at Trifecta Health Medical Center.

As a pioneer of TMS Treatment in New York City, Dr. Fruitman artfully integrates his skills as apsychopharmacologist and psychotherapist, with innovative technology of TMS.

TMS uses magnetic stimulation of the brain to help control mood in adults with major depression. The procedure was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October 2008 after more than 10 years of clinical investigation in patients who failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from one course of Pharmacotherapy (medication). For this reason, TMS is particularly helpful for people who have not experienced significant relief from antidepressant medications or who have difficulty with their side effects.

TMS uses focused magnetic pulses to non-invasively stimulate the brain in the prefrontal cortex (the region of the brain associated with mood regulation).

During a TMS treatment NYC, a clinician gently places a magnetic coil against one side of a patients head.

The magnetic fields penetrate approximately two to three centimeters beneath the scull directly into the brain to produce electrical currents. These currents activate cells within the brain that are thought to release neurotransmitters, which play a role in mood regulation. Since depression is believed to be caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain, TMS helps restore balance and relieve the symptoms of depression.

Through a treatment coil, the NeuroStar TMS Therapy system generates highly concentrated, magnetic fields which turn on and off very rapidly. These magnetic fields are the same type and strength as those produced by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine.

This procedure is completely painless and non-invasive, performed similarly to an MRI scan of the brain.Each treatment session takes about 30 minutes to perform, and patients can resume their regular activities immediately after each TMS session.To achieve effective results, patients will need to undergo multiple visits each week for three to six weeks, depending on their individual condition.

TMS requires no anesthesia or sedation and patients are awake and alert during the procedure. Because no medications are administered, there are no systemic side effects or cognitive after-effects (memory loss and ability to concentrate); therefore, patients can return immediately toregular activity.

During a TMS therapy session at Trifecta Health, the patient sits in a comfortable reclining chair similar to that found in a dentists office. A headset is applied to deliver the magnetic stimulation. Ear plugs are provided to decrease the loud clicks associated with each magnetic pulse and the patient is given the option of watching TV. During the procedure, the patient is monitored continuously to ensure correct positioning and comfort level.

Trifecta Health in Downtown New York pioneered the technique of engaging the patient in Cognitive/Supportive Psychotherapy during the course of TMS treatments, administered by a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.

More than 10,000 TMS treatments were safely performed during clinical trials. Patients reported no side effects like those associated with antidepressant medication (weight gain, dry mouth, drowsiness, sexual side effects, etc.), and no cognitive side effects. Scalp discomfort during the procedure is the most common side effect.

TMS therapy should not be used for patients with implanted metallic devices that include metal plates in the skull or aneurysm coils, clips or stents. Special precautions are recommended for individuals with implants, such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators.

Both private and public insurers are determining eligibility for TMS therapy on an individual basis. However, until TMS is accepted more widely as a medically necessary treatment, insurance coverage will most likely not be authorized. Patients should work directly with their insurers to determine coverage. Patients can then work with a Patient Account representative to arrange payment schedules and to obtain assistance in applying for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses from their insurers.

Trifecta Health teamed up with Neuronetics, the manufacturer of TMS equipment, to work with patients insurance carriers to maximize insurance reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses associated with TMS.

AtTrifecta Health treatments for depression are offered with great care and expertise, and as an innovative and highly attentive medical center, Trifecta offers the latest treatments for depression in New York City.

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Imagine Life Without Depression See if TMS Is Right For You!

As the leader in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, TMS of Westchester has worked with patients to achieve a non-invasive treatment for depression. TMS of Westchester employs NeuroStar TMS for the treatment of clinical depression. NeuroStar TMS is a safe, FDA cleared office based treatment.

The NeuroStar TMS Therapy System developed by Neuronetics, offered at TMS of Westchester, is the first and only non-systemic and non-invasive TMS system cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with major depressions who have not benefited from prior antidepressant treatment. This non-invasive treatment for depression uses a highly focused, pulsed magnetic field to stimulate function in targeted brain regions. It is made available to patients by prescription only and delivered under the supervision of a psychiatrist.

Neurostar TMS Therapy is non-invasive, meaning that it does not involve surgery. It does not require any anesthesia or sedation, and the patient remains awake and alert during the treatment. TMS Therapy is also non-systemic, meaning that unlike medication, it is not taken by mouth and does not circulate in the blood stream throughout the body. Therefore the commonly reported side effects associated with anti-depressant medications are not experienced by TMS patients.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy uses a pulsed magnetic field to non-invasively stimulate the area of the brain thought to control mood. TMS is administered without medication in a physicians office while the patient remains awake and alert. TMS is delivered in 37 minute treatment sessions given daily over 4 to 6 weeks. The most common side effects associated with TMS treatment are scalp pain or discomfort at the treatment site generally mild to moderate and occurring less frequently after the first week of treatment. There is a remote risk of seizure with TMS, occurring in approximately 0.1% of patients.

TMS is a non-invasive medical treatment that we provide in our Bedford Hills office. It is provided by prescription only and is supervised by Dr. Lorraine Innes MD.

During the therapy session, you are wide awake sitting in a comfortable chair. You can listen to music, watch TV or talk to the technician. A small, curved device about the size of a cupped hand rests lightly on your head, delivering focused magnetic stimulation directly to the area of your brain thought to be involved with regulating mood. The magnetic field pulses are the same strength as those used in MRI machines.

Targeted treatment stimulates the part of the brain thought to be involved in regulating mood. There is no medication required. This non-invasive, non-drug therapy has none of the systemic side effects commonly associated with antidepressant medications. The most common side effect associated with TMS treatment is scalp pain or discomfort, generally mild to moderate. There are no negative effects on memory or concentration.

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Landmark TMS Provider – Achieve TMS – Opening in Claremont, CA – Markets Insider

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CLAREMONT, Calif., Aug. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --Achieve TMS, the largest and most experienced provider of deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (dTMS) for the treatment of depression, will open a state-of-the-art center in Claremont, CA on September 1. This new center will enable local residents and students to benefit from the powerful and highly effective impact of dTMS technology, which is approved by the FDA and covered by every major health insurance company in the U.S.

"With 1 in 6 Americans suffering fromdepressionthere is a huge need for treatments that are proven to make a difference in the battle against this debilitating disease," said Manish Sheth, MD, PhD. "Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is known to be an effective tool in the battle. Patients and their families are looking for an effective way to move away from depression into a place where lives are productive, balanced, healthy and well integrated. TMSis a vital tool that helps facilitate healing. We look forward to partnering with psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists in the Claremont area to expand access to this treatment option."

Deep TMS works by administering magnetic pulses through an H-coil on the scalp that is targeted to the mood center of the brain. The magnetic fields induce electrical currents that stimulate underactive neurons, helping to reset brain chemistry, resulting in improved sleep, concentration and overall mood. It is safe, non-invasive and highly effective for those who are treatment resistant and/or have experienced no relief from medication.

In more than 60 clinical studies globally, dTMS has consistently demonstrated statistically significant response and remission rates. The therapy is well tolerated by patients, causing no adverse effects. Treatment sessions are prescribed 5 days per week for 4-6 weeks, with each session lasting 20 minutes. There is no sedation involved, and no down time.

The new Achieve TMS Center in Claremont is located at 1490 Claremont Blvd. Suite 203.

Achieve TMS welcomes inquiries about the dTMS treatment and is scheduling complimentary consultations and appointments for Claremont at this time.

For more information please contact Achieve TMS at (877) 391-7019 or visit http://www.achievetms.com.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Global Automotive Thermal Management System Market 2017-2021" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering.

The global automotive thermal management system market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.18% during the period 2017-2021.

The report, Global Automotive Thermal Management System Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the Key vendors operating in this market.

According to the report, one driver in the market is growing adoption of integrated TMS for vehicle components. TMS suppliers and OEMs are following the trend of integrating two or more systems to reduce the weight and size, thus involving less energy consumption. In EVs, hybrid vehicles, or ICE vehicles with the 48V/12V start-stop system, OEMs are integrating power electronics components into the same module such as a belt starter generator, electric drive (motor, generator, or inverter), and inverter-converter modules. Hence, the integration and sharing of a common TMS for battery and other electric drive components are gaining prominence.

Key vendors

Other prominent vendors

Key Topics Covered:

PART 01:Executive summary

PART 02: Scope of the report

PART 03: Research Methodology

PART 04: Introduction

PART 05: Market landscape

PART 06: Market segmentation by vehicle type

PART 07: Geographical segmentation

PART 08: Decision framework

PART 09: Drivers and challenges

PART 10: Market trends

PART 11: Vendor landscape

PART 12: Key vendor analysis

For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4wbt5f/global_automotive

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The following property transfers are on file at the Orangeburg County Courthouse for July 18-26:

Bonnie M. Allen to Kendall B. Cleckly, TMN 0142-16-07-001, Limestone Township, $124,900.

Richard D. Clemons Jr. to Jennifer Hogan, fka Jennifer Hogan Clemons, TMS 0124-12-02-002, Limestone Township, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Leon Fludd and Ella S. Fludd to New American Corporation, TMS 0173-10-12-025.000, $4,500 and other good and valuable consideration.

Walter Green III to Pilar Frazier, TMN 0181-17-02-002.000 and 0181-17-02-003.000, $5.

Linda Ulmer to James W. Rocquemore, TMS 0259-00-02-006.000, Middle Township, $5 and other valuable consideration.

John Robinson Jr. to Donald Robinson, TMS 0173-07-15-004.000, $5 love and affection.

Donald Robinson to John Robinson Jr., TMS 0173-07-13-008-000, $5 love and affection.

Steven McKay Martin to Audis H. Martin Jr., TMN 0361-14-06-006, $85,000.

Emily B. West, Charlotte B. Seignious and Frances B. Graves to Mixon Family Investments LLC, TMS 0173-16-18-006.000, Orange Township, $90,000.

Lois Ann Porter to Lavern C. Dykes, TMN 0050-00-02 (015), Willow Township, $900.

Karen M. Muckenfuss to L. Michael Coker and Courtney R. Coker, TMS 0345-20-05-001.000, $360,000.

Faye W. Eklund, fka Faye Zamarripa, to Morgan E. Hathaway, TMN 0081-00-04-032, Willow Township, $2,000.

Rembert Ott to Britney Nacole Dempsey, TMN 0152-09-01-002, Limestone Township, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Jackie Nettles Jr. to Orangeburg Christian Academy, TMS 0172-11-02-005.000, Orange Township, $5.

JC Boone Ministries LLC to Orangeburg Christian Academy, TMS 0172-11-02-004, Orange Township, $5.

Christopher J. Kinard to Mary Everett, TMN 0173-16-11-005.000, $2,500.

Donnie D. Kittrell to Bonnie M. Allen, TMS 0151-15-02-003, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Samantha Connelly to David Lee Jones Sr., TMS 0142-11-01-015, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Mary Lighthall by her attorney-in-fact, George H. Corley, to Stephen Melbert Sawyer and Jennifer Claire Sawyer, TMN 0088-00-04-003.000, Elizabeth Township, $68,000.

Mike Logging Inc. to Michael W. Rutland and Stacie L. Rutland, TMS 0061-00-05-007.000, Elizabeth Township, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Jimmy M. Johnson Sr. and Pamela K. Johnson to Hillcrest Properties of Orangeburg LLC, TMS 0173-09-14-001.000, $5 and other good and valuable consideration.

Marion E. Atkins and Lisa A. Axson to Connie A. Rice, TMN 0044-00-06-005, Hebron Township, $90,000.

Robert E. Jacobs to Betty Jean Feagin, TMN 0037-07-03-002, Eutaw Township, $22,500.

Lee F. Kinney and Ronald G. Kirkland to Anatole M. Gamble, TMN 0182-06-05-029, $75,000.

James W. Burch and Gay G. Burch to Angela M. Smith, TMN 0152-16-12-009, $57,500.

G.W. Berry Realty and Construction Inc. to John D. Newsome and Diana G. Newsome, TMN 0176-00-07-103, Orange Township, $40,000.

Leroy Thomas Black Jr. to Erik L. Paterson and Nancy C. Paterson, TMS 0102-00-03-013.000, Union Township, $394,000.

Francisco Orlandi to William Darren Bess, TMN 0412-14-10-002, Limestone Township, $257,000.

Evelyn T. Weathersbee to Robert N. Clariday and Brooke Clariday, TMN 0152-07-05-007, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Janie C. Brunson, Lyvester Brunson, Regina Brunson-Daisie and Reginald L. Brunson Jr. to Latitia Brunson Lyde, TMN 0339-13-16-005.000, love and affection.

Lyvester Brunson, Regina Brunson-Daisie, Reginald Brunson Jr. and Latitia Brunson-Lyde to Janie C. Brunson, TMN 0339-13-16-004.000, $5 love and affection.

Mary Lou Williamson, trustee of the Williamson Living Trust; Joseph A. Williamson Jr., trustee of the Joseph A. Williamson Jr. RTA; Meree D. Williamson, as trustee of the Meree D. Williamson RTA; and Wilbro Associates LLC to Fogle Family Real Estate LLC, TMS 0055-00-02-001.000 (portion), Willow Township, $38,620.

Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina to Kenneth E. Davis and Cheryl Ann Davis, TMS 0361-14-05-003, Eutaw Township, $205,000.

Cassandra M. Weeks and Burbette M. Taylor to Tabitha T. Jefferson, Elloree Township, TMN 0291-00-01-022.00, $750 and other valuable consideration.

Corette C. Jones to Robert L. Jamison, TMS 0150-18-01-019.000, Limestone Township, $218,500.

Constance H. Terry to Paragon Inc. LLC of South Carolina, TMS 0173-14-07-010-000, $22,000.

Paragon Inc. LLC of South Carolina to Rochester Donaldson, TMS 0181-14-13-006.000, $165,000.

Vera M. Cox to Melissa M. Gillespie, TMS 0181-20-02-003, Orange Township, $5 and other valuable consideration.

Stacey Walter to Rosemary S. Hickman, TMS 0151-20-09-018.000, Orange Township, $5.

Corrective Deed Jimmy M. Johnson and Summer S. Johnson to Randy Green and Tamar Golston-Green, TMN 0173-10-010-007, $5.

Elizabeth Zimmerman Thelan to Marrilyn Joy Wood, TMN 0174-09-06-008, $65,000.

Joyce Colter, Melvin Harrison, Gloria Covington, Calvin Harrison, Derrick Harrison, Kenneth Harrison, O.J. Harrison Jr. and Cathy Johnson to Rose Bumpers, TMS 00060-11-02-012.000, $5.

J.C. Green to Bobbie M. Hodson, TMS 0163-00-00-009.000, $5,000.

James Wesley Williams to Christopher Tillman Briggs Williams, TMS 0045-00-01-001.000, Hebron Township, $5, love and affection.

Christopher Tillman Briggs Williams to Tina Way, TMS 0045-00-01-001.000, Hebron Township, $5 love and affection.

Kerchia Calloway to Kris A. Stephens and Virginia C. Stephens, TMS 0155-10-01-013.000, Zion Township, $5.

Robert Crout to Judith L. Mwakalonge and Saidi Siuhi, TMS 0173-06-24-001, $90,000.

Thaddeus N. Grant and Dean Marie H. Grant to Brenda L. Davis and J.B. Davis, TMN 0006-00-04-006.000, Goodland Township, $4,300.

William Thomas Hurst, personal representative of Ann V. Hurst, to Kimberly L. Pluta, Kimberly P. Dickson and Britney R. Benton, TMN 0174-10-03-027, $5.

Elizabeth W. Williams, Morgan L. Williams and Charles E. Chitwood to Jonathan M. Rich, TMS 0089-00-02-020, $34,000.

Michael Glynn Sells and Sarah Angela Sells to Fletcher D. Chavis and Melissa M. Chavis, TMN 0143-00-01-006, Limestone Township, $170,000.

William E. Clark Jr. to the Town of Santee, TMN 0308-12-00-003, $209,850.

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We are a gathering of thinkers, doers, artists, dreamers, muckrakers, and builders interested in life on the water.

We construct a floating city on the Sacramento River Delta at Mandeville Point and live on it for seven days.

There are no tickets, no central organizers, no rules, and no Rangers to keep you safe. You must practice radical self-reliance, if you want to have a good time.

What's it like to attend? Here's a slideshow from past years of Ephemerisles. Also see Judd Weiss's pictures from Ephemerisle 2014.

Since there's no central organizer, the event only happens if people contribute.

After lively discussion in 2012 about the values that connect Ephemerislers as a community, the following received broad support:

Ephemerisle 2017 will take place during July 17 - 23.

Before anything else, PLEASE READ THE survival guide!! The Survival guide contains important "how tos" and information on having a fun, safe time.

Then read the page for Ephemerisle 2017

Looking for a berth? Join a crew!

Ephemerisle events are listed on the What, Huh, Whoa spreadsheet:

The Facebook group can sometimes have an overwhelming amount of discussion. Join the Ephemerisle Announcements Only mailing list to receive important announcements.

Here are the dates for future years.

Here's a few things you can do: bring art, give talks, build your own boats and platforms, rent a truck and help carry floating platform parts, build illumination, make music, bring a wakeboard, and help build this wiki.

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With its story capturing the imagination of so many private investors, it's no real surprise that 1.2bn cap polyhalite producer SiriusMinerals(LSE: SXX) remains one of the most traded stocks on the London Stock Exchange.

Last week's interim results made reference to "excellentprogress" being made on the company's Woodsmith Mine and associated infrastructure with development progressing on time and on budget.

Having completed all highways and enablement works and most of the preparations at the site, CEO Chris Fraser stated that the company now eagerly anticipated the commencement of shaft sinking activities. He also reported that Sirius was continuing to engage with commercial partners around the globe and that interest in the company's POLY4 product "remainsstrong".

Of course, there's still a very long way to go and many hurdles to overcome before the mine becomes operational, which probably explains why the share price is still struggling to stay above the 30p mark. Nevertheless, I remain bullish on Sirius and its ability to grow its investors' wealth steadily over the next few years, particularly with the company now comfortably occupying a space in the relatively stable FTSE 250 index following its move from the junior market.

For those who simply can't wait for next four years to elapse however, there may be an alternative.

It may be a minnow compared to Sirius butBluejayMining(LSE: JAY) is quickly winning friends thanks to the potential of its relativelylow-cost Pituffik Titanium project in Greenland --independently verified as being the highest grade ilmenite mineral sand deposit in the world.

According to today's interim results, Bluejay's work programme for the year is now "welladvanced" with managementaiming to begin constructing the mine plant in early 2018 and a full exploration licence expected during H1.Offtake discussions with potential customers are progressing and likely to conclude within the next 3-6 months.

Thanks to the levels of visible ilmenite concentrations being so great, Bluejay's proof-of-concept bulk sampling programme is also "exceedingexpectations" to such an extent that stockpiling is now forecast to begin far earlier than planned assuming production rates can be maintained. This puts Bluejay in an excellent position to begin selling its product as soon as the relevant licence is received.

Like Sirius, Bluejay's project has been warmly received by the local community as well as many government and environmental agencies. June's oversubscribed placing -- allowing Bluejay to boast a net cash balance of 5.8m at end of H1 -- also means the company's popularity among institutional investors (including Prudential plc) continues to grow.

The shares have climbed over 200% since last August, leaving the company with a market cap of 136m. Based on comments from CEO Rod McIllree however, the coming months could be "equallytransformative". In time, he believes that the Pituffik project could completely transform the titanium industry. All this before Bluejay's wider asset portfolio in Greenland and Finland is even considered.

While mining projects carry significant risk, both Bluejay and Sirius could be excellent medium-to-long term investments for those determined to become financially independent. That said, while the North Yorkshire Moors are a far more hospitable environment than that faced by Bluejay, it could be that the latter's relatively simple production model could reward holders a lot sooner.

With their ability to generate huge capital gains for investors, it's no surprise that mining stocks appeal to those investors keen to secure financial independence sooner rather than later.

Despite this, there are also far less risky ways of obtaining financialfreedom, some of which are outlined in a BRAND NEW special free report from the Motley Fool's analysts.

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BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV)- Question: My dad recently passed away. He had a Roth IRA as well as a 401(k). As a non-spouse beneficiary, can I roll over the accounts into my personal Roth IRA and 401(k) accounts?

Answer (John Halterman, Beacon Wealth Management): "Let's start with, can you roll the money over into your personal account? That answer is actually no. Only spouses can roll over a Roth IRA into their own Roth IRA and a 401(k) can be rolled over into your own Ira. But in this type of situation since you are not a spouse, what do you need to do is what we call an inherited Roth IRA or an inherited IRA. So both of those can be rolled over into an account, it's going to be in your name, just not going to be in your personal Roth IRA and 401(k)."

Q: How with the taxes affect me?

Answer (John Halterman, Beacon Wealth Management): "The Roth IRA, because it's a Roth IRA, it's actually going to be tax-free in the future to him. When you rollover money into an inherited, you do have to take what we call the required minimum distribution. But in the Roth portion, because of the tax for account there will be no taxes. Now for the 401(k), because it's going into an inherited IRA, and you have to take required minimum distributions, those will be taxed as ordinary income. One's tax-free and one's going to be taxed."

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RALEIGH So far in 2017, North Carolina is adding jobs at a slower pace than the national and regional averages. Thats a noticeable change from recent trends but its a reason only for concern, not for panic or pontification.

Through July, the states economy has added about 32,000 net new jobs this year, with total employment growing by .7 percent. Thats a rate of increase lower than the national average (.9 percent) and the average of the 12 Southeastern states (1.1 percent). During 2016, by contrast, North Carolinas rate of job growth exceeded both averages. The same is true for the longer-term trend, measured from 2012 to 2016.

Republicans might like to pin our job-creation slowdown on Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who took office in January. But that would be premature. Regardless of whether you like Coopers picks or policies, its too soon for them to have affected significantly a state economy estimated at $530 billion in goods and services.

Democrats might like to blame the Republican legislatures conservative fiscal and regulatory policies, which began in 2011 and then dramatically expanded in 2013. But that would be logically incoherent. Did these policies first boost North Carolinas job-creation rate above the national and regional averages, and then suddenly pull it down in 2017?

Moreover, it would be odd to attempt to disprove the economic benefits of smaller government, lower taxes, and less-burdensome regulation by pointing to the higher employment growth being enjoyed by regional competitors such as Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, as these states rank even higher than North Carolina does on measures of economic freedom.

So trying to turn the states relatively weak performance in job growth since the beginning of the year into a political bludgeon is unjustified and unhelpful.

I would similarly urge North Carolinians against panic. The future of the state, and the prosperity of its residents, can be neither measured nor determined in seven-month increments of time. We face significant challenges, due primarily to structural changes in the national and international economy. Some jobs and industries that were viable in the past are no longer viable and politicians who tell you otherwise are fooling you, themselves, or both.

What we should focus on is a comprehensive, long-term strategy for encouraging sustained economic growth. Governors and legislatures dont control the money supply, set trade policy, or run fiscal deficits. They affect economic growth by influencing the creation and deployment of valuable capital assets that make it much easier and less expensive to produce goods and services, make those goods and services much higher in quality, or some combination of the two.

Some of these assets are physical ones. Others are forms of human capital, such as the education and skills of workers and entrepreneurs or the social trust that allows households and businesses to make plans and strike deals with confidence.

Governments clearly have a role to play in building and maintaining physical assets such as highways. Governments also have a role to play in human capital, such as funding schools and establishing a fair and consistent system for enforcing contracts and adjudicating disputes.

But most capital assets are privately created, privately owned, and privately managed. The private sector is the lead actor in the story of economic growth and job creation, with the public sector playing an important but supporting role. Fiscal conservatives never forget that when governments collect taxes to spend on a public program, that removes dollars from the pockets of their original owners, at least partially supplanting an investment that would otherwise be made voluntarily and skillfully.

North Carolinas future rests on wise investment by both the public and private sector, with a strong emphasis on the latter and on innovators hatching new ideas and turning them into new industries.

State leaders have prudently built up the governments cash reserves, just in case the current slowdown in job-creation rates leads to something worse. More importantly, however, they have enacted policies to welcome and foster private investment in North Carolina over time.

John Hood is chairman of the John Locke Foundation and appears on the talk show NC SPIN. You can follow him @JohnHoodNC.

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