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Saturday 6/16/2018 7:30 PM
Seth Glier
Seth Glier is a young, very talented folk/pop songwriter and performer from western Massachusetts. He's recorded 5 albums, ranging from acoustic folk to more pop-oriented material (grounded in singer-songwriter themes). He has toured with artists including Ronnie Spector, Ryan Adams, and Ani DiFranco.
His latest CD Birds began taking shape after Glier lost his nonverbal autistic brother, Jamie, who died in October 2015, and inspired a TED Talk that Glier gave in 2016. "My brother passing away was a huge component of where I was and what I was looking for," Glier says. "In particular, I was looking for meanings, wanting his life to mean more than just being over." Glier is an outspoken advocate for autism awareness and has been a national spokesperson for the Autism awareness organization Autism Speaks. The CD also deals with topics including fracking, race and criminal justice, and the birds outside his windowsill.
Glier's 2011 album, The Next Right Thing, for which he recorded his own vocals in his parents' basement was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of "Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical." In 2011, he took home Best Love Song for his track "Naia" at the 10th Annual Independent Music Awards. In 2012, "Next Right Thing" won Best Social Action Song at the Independent Music Awards.
Seth's intelligence and thoughtfulness, added to his songwriting and singing skills and musicianship on keyboard and guitar, make him a striking artist in concert. This will be one of a series of recent solo appearances.
Saturday 5/19/2018 7:30 PM
Susan Werner
After writing more than a dozen albums of songs in styles ranging from folk/rock to Tin Pan Alley to gospel, country and chamber music, what might a woman deemed by National Public Radio as "The Empress of the Unexpected" try next? In addition to writing "Bull Durham, The Musical," based on the beloved 1986 MGM film, Susan released a new album "An American in Havana", chronicling her love of Cuban music refined on recent visits to Cuba.
And as audiences will testify, Werner's been knocking it out of the park – or, concert hall – all around the US for twenty years. Renowned as a charismatic performer, she's known above all for challenging herself to conquer new styles, almost like mountaintops, every few years. From her 1995 major label debut on BMG/Private Music, the folk/rock gem "Last of the Good Straight Girls," to her 2004 Koch Records collection of Tin Pan Alley styled originals "I Can't Be New," to her 2007 "agnostic gospel" hymnal "The Gospel Truth," to 2013's tribute to agriculture and her Iowa farm roots "Hayseed," Werner's creative restlessness has become her defining characteristic.
She first arrived on the national stage when her 1995 debut earned her national concert tours with Joan Armatrading and Richard Thompson. In 1996 Werner was featured as part of the "next generation" in Peter Paul and Mary's PBS special LifeLines. She has performed on NPR's World Café three times, NPR's Mountain Stage nine times, and in August 2016 Nebraska Educational Television broadcast "The Land Will Outlive Us All," a one hour special on Werner, agriculture, and her 2015 concert tour across the state.
Saturday 4/14/2018 7:30 PM
No Fuss and Feathers
No Fuss and Feathers is the "heck-of-a-good-time" collaboration hatched by The YaYas (Catherine Miles and Jay Mafale), Karyn Oliver, and Carolann Solebello. Onstage, NFF is a dynamic, cohesive cocktail of delicious harmonies, infectious rhythm, and spontaneous hilarity — with award-winning songwriting always at center stage. Individually, the four are nationally touring performers who have charted at the top of Folk and Americana radio and appeared at some of the nation's most respected festivals. Collectively, they are an incorrigible bunch of musical co-conspirators bent on giving their audience an unforgettable show.
Carolann, Karyn, Catherine, and Jay are four long-time friends (based in New York) who tour independently of each other but decided it would be fun to play together sometimes. What started out as an occasional songwriters-in-the-round side project quickly evolved into a full-fledged band. Sometimes referred to as a modern folk quartet, NFF is truly a mix of the styles of the three songwriting entities: pop-infused-literate folk, bluesy-country-tinged acoustic, and Brooklyn-edged-Americana.
One of the cohesive elements of a No Fuss and Feathers show is that all four members have theater backgrounds, so just as important as the songwriting is what happens between the songs. They share their friendship and camaraderie with the audience, making the audience part of the performance. No Fuss and Feathers' first CD, Traveling Circus, was released in January 2016.
Saturday 3/03/2018 7:30 PM
Jesse Terry
Jesse Terry is a singer/songwriter with an uncanny ability to weave tales of travel and homecoming, of sorrow and of redemption, into songs that are simultaneously timeless and fresh. Home is now the coastal village of Stonington, Connecticut, but Terry's music reflects an amalgam of influences, from Nashville to Laurel Canyon. His melodic and lyrically-driven Americana fits naturally on a playlist between cuts from Josh Ritter, Jackson Browne, Ryan Adams and Neil Young.
Terry's star is on the rise, and it's no surprise. Through the course of his first four releases, The Runner (2009), Empty Seat On a Plane (2012), Stay Here With Me (2013), and The Calm & The Storm (2015), Terry draws from a wellspring of emotional depth and combines it with performance skills honed over hundreds of shows and hundreds of thousands of miles on the road. The result is a palette ranging from poetic ballads to uptempo, rootsy pieces, always beautifully crafted and displaying sweet wistfulness and heartache. This is music that explores the contrast of light and dark, with a core that is timeless and authentic. A gentle warmth runs through Terry's voice, and his lyrics, while grounded in gritty wisdom acquired through years on the road, offer up hope for a kinder tomorrow.
Terry's new album Stargazer (2017) is a step forward, lushly orchestrated and existentially optimistic, paying tribute musically to influences such as The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and ELO, while retaining his singer-songwriter roots.
Terry has an undeniable talent for connecting with his audience - to share stories that are personal, yet utterly relatable – to create a sense of home, even among the strangers he meets on the road. And that is the gift of Terry's music -- in a song, he gives us a promise of a place to call our own.
Saturday 12/02/2017 7:30 PM
An Evening with Richard Shindell
Originally from New York, now dividing his time between Buenos Aires, Argentina and New York's Hudson Valley, Richard Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what it is a song may be. From his first record, Sparrow's Point (1992) to his current release, Careless (September 2016), Shindell has explored the possibilities offered by this most elastic and variable of cultural confections: the song.
Joining the songwriter scene in New York City led to a deal with Shanachie Records for Shindell's first three albums: Sparrows Point (1992), Blue Divide (1994), and Reunion Hill (1997). The latter, produced by multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell, won the AFIM (NAIRD) award for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 1998. Its title track was covered by Joan Baez on her 1997 release, Gone From Danger. In 1998, Shindell joined forces with his friends Dar Williams and Lucy Kaplansky to make Cry Cry Cry (Razor and Tie), a collection of covers. The group toured in support of this highly acclaimed album, leaving audiences spellbound by their gorgeous three-part harmonies.
In 1999, Shindell released a live band album, Courier (Signature Sounds) that remains a fan favorite. The year 2000 brought the release of a new collection of originals, Somewhere Near Paterson (Signature Sounds). That year also saw a major life-change: with his Argentine wife and their two small children, Shindell moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Taking a few years to get acclimated and learn the language, in 2004 he followed up with Vuelta (Koch Records), joining with Argentine band Puente Celeste. The decade's next release was a collection of covers, South of Delia (2007), Shindell's first foray into production. More than simply a cover record, the song-selections and performances of South of Delia were that of an expatriate looking back at the country and culture he moved away from. His next collection of original songs, Not Far Now, was released by Signature Sounds in 2009. For 13 Songs You May or May Not Have Heard Before, which The Telegraph (UK) called "a stunningly good record", Shindell revisited some of his earlier material, giving fresh interpretations to old favourites.
In 2015 he joined forces again with Lucy Kaplansky to record another collection of covers, Tomorrow You're Going (Signature Sounds). Consisting mostly of love songs, or love lost songs, it provided Shindell and Kaplansky an occasion to revel in their distinctive, two-part harmony with the backing of a top-notch band.
Shindell continues to tour nationally in the United States, with the occasional forays into Canada, the UK, and Europe. Although known primarily as songwriter, Shindell takes a more holistic view of his career. Producer, writer, singer, guitarist, interpreter: it all adds up to a life in music.
Saturday 11/18/2017 7:30 PM
Kipyn Martin and Rachael Kilgour co-bill
Kipyn Martin is an emerging Indie Folk singer-songwriter whose roots sink deep into the banks of the Shenandoah River. She currently plays festivals, concert halls, coffeehouses, and house concerts from New England to Texas.
Kipyn celebrated several milestones in January 2017 including the release of Dance Across the Sky, a new solo project following up her debut Undercover Muse, and winning the coveted Gold Award in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest for God is Love, her third MASC Gold adding to previous wins in 2013 and 2014. As good as her songwriting is, her distinctive voice is even more remarkable, one of the most beautiful I've encountered in the folk music field!
Additional accolades for Kipyn include being honored by the Washington Area Music Association with their WAMMIE Award for New Artist of the Year in 2015 and multiple nominations the following year for Songwriter of the Year and Folk Contemporary Vocalist.
Kipyn also tours the country with Allison Shapira in the duo show Joan & Joni, a tribute to the music of Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell.
Rachael Kilgour is a Minnesota-born, Boston-based songwriter and performing artist whose sincere, lyric-driven work has been called both brave and humane. The 2015 grand prize winner of the esteemed international NewSong Music Performance & Songwriting Competition, Kilgour has been featured at NYC's Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and at the Sundance Film Festival. She was also chosen as a winner in the 2017 Kerrville New Folk Contest. A versatile performer, Kilgour has shared stages with the likes of indie artists Haley Bonar & Jeremy Messersmith as well as folk legends Greg Brown, Cheryl Wheeler & Catie Curtis.
Saturday 9/16/2017 7:30 PM
Shawna Caspi
Opener: Efrat Shapira
Toronto-based singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist Shawna Caspi performs solo, but there's a whole band under her fingertips. A mighty singer, a story sculptor, and a truth teller, she has toured across Canada and the eastern USA and believes in poetry and the power of one person and one instrument.
With her third album, Apartments For Lovers, Shawna Caspi taps right into those folk roots, stripping away session musicians and elaborate arrangements in favour of a simple, authentic sound – her solo guitar and voice. The result is a collection of songs that is close-up and honest, showcasing her warm vocals, classically-trained fingerstyle guitar playing, and intimate songwriting in a genuine, powerful way. Her songs are snapshots – moments that may appear small, but which subtly carry weight and offer greater depth thanks to her well-crafted lyrics.
Shawna's Canadian folk roots are an intrinsic part of who she is. In fact, Shawna as a solo musician is exactly who she is as a person – warm, inviting, a storyteller, a traveler, an authentic artist. "And at the heart of everything", she says, "I'm just a really big music fan".
Efrat Shapira is a classically-trained violinist, violist, singer, arranger and composer. She learned klezmer and Israeli music from her father, dabbled in folk and rock, and learned to play bluegrass, country, and any other genre she came into contact with.
Moving to NYC, her first job was concertmaster for Olivia Newton John Orchestras, after which she re-established the Jade Quartet which had started at IU. On top of her work as a violinist, violist, and strings composer and arranger, Efrat also pursued her love of singing and jazz, culminating in her debut CD, No Strings Attached. She also toured as an onstage violinist in the Broadway show tour of Oliver, receiving rave reviews continent-wide.
At this point, Efrat became a new mother, took a break from being a leader, and joined Spuyten Duyvil for a few years, as well as working and recording as a sideman for other notable bands. Now back and feeling rejuvenated, Efrat is overjoyed to present her new CD The Silver Lining.
Saturday 5/6/2017 7:30 PM
Joe Crookston
Opener: Mike Agranoff
Joe Crookston: Songwriter, guitarist, painter, fiddler, slide player, eco-village member and believer in all things possible. Named 2016 Folk Alliance International Artist-in- Residence. He's not afraid to walk outside trends and create his own version of magic. His recording Able Baker Charlie & Dog was awarded Album of the Year by Folk Alliance International.
He'll surprise you and awaken the cynics. He's a bard in the modern world plumbing for lyrical gold like a social archeologist. His songs are universal, his rhythm infectious and in concert, he is funny as hell one moment and transcendent the next. At the end of the night, you'll leave inspired.
Whether he's picking his 48 Gibson, weaving through lap slide songs or looping his fiddle, he will draw you in. It happens every time. With unwavering courage to be himself, he is literate, poignant and honest.
Mike Agranoff is one of those folk performers that steadfastly defies categorization, and yet amasses stalwart fans from folk aficionados of all categories. He draws his material from sources as diverse as traditional ballads and fiddle tunes, Tin Pan Alley, contemporaries in the Folk World, and his own witty pen. He delivers it with a skilled hand on guitar, piano, and concertina, an almost telepathic transmittal of the essence of the song, and occasionally sly twinkle in the eye in anticipation of some of the most horrible parodies ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting audience.
Saturday 4/8/2017 7:30 PM
The Young Novelists
Opener: Brad Yoder and Jason Rafalak
Toronto based americana husband and wife duo The Young Novelists are known for their beautiful harmonies and songs culled from their small-town roots. After the release of their 2nd full-length album made us strangers, they've been touring Canada and the US relentlessly, earning accolades wherever they go. They were recognized as Emerging Artist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, won the Grassy Hill Songwriting Competition at the Connecticut Folk Festival, and were recently named finalists at the NewSong Music Competition.
As a published author with one novel – The Mall of Small Frustrations – to his name and two others in the works, James' words carry a weight and depth that demand repeat listens. The hope, he says, is having a listener connect with the sentiment he explores, if not the specific subjects. "As personal as the songs are," he offers, "I hope they're connecting to other people in a way that goes beyond the situations I was writing about." That connection is perhaps most intense from the stage, where The Young Novelists' show is as engaging as it is endearing.
Acknowledged by Pittsburgh Magazine as "ruling the Pittsburgh coffeehouse scene," Brad Yoder logs over 150 performances annually, and has recorded 5 self-released CDs. Brad's unique mix of humorous, poetic, political, funky and edgy original songs, covering a musical range from folk to indie rock has earned him a loyal following. The addition of the dynamic upright and fretless bass-playing of Jason Rafalak (plus mandolin and vocal harmonies) has added a new level of excitement and arrangement possibilities to Brad's live performances. Jason has performed with many other musicians and appeared on many albums.
Saturday 3/11/2017 7:30 PM
Matt Nakoa
Opener: Kirsten Maxwell
Matt Nakoa is an internationally touring singer/songwriter, recently appearing at The White House, throughout India, and regularly with folk icon Tom Rush. His song craft has garnered awards, including a win at Kerrville Folk Festival's prestigious New Folk Competition. Though not easily pinned down, "In sum," as a recent review on CoverLayDown.com put it, "Matt Nakoa is a musical adept, one of those well kept secrets you just can't help but celebrate: intimate and genuine, soulful and bittersweet, a rich poetic songbook sung in praise to a complicated, emotionally present world."
Based on Long Island, Kirsten Maxwell is often compared to Joan Baez, Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell, for her soaring vocals and retro-folk style. Although her self-taught guitar chops are minimal, she plays with such delicacy and taste that the guitar seems to be extension of her body. Her delivery creates a level of intimacy that welcomes new audiences in like old friends. With a quick wit and commanding stage presence, Kirsten gives the impression of being more accomplished than her 24 years.
Saturday 11/5/2016 7:30 PM
Tracy Grammer
A one-time member of Joan Baez's band, TRACY GRAMMER has traveled throughout North America, Europe, and Japan playing her own songs and those of her favorite writers, while also paying tribute to songwriter Dave Carter, with whom she performed and recorded from 1996 until his sudden death in 2002.
Renowned for her springwater-clear alto and guitar playing that is by turns percussive and delicate, Grammer is also a masterful storyteller with an ease and charisma on stage -- not to mention a riotous sense of humor -- that hardly belie her modest beginnings as Carter's reclusive accompanist. Stories about the duo's first meeting, Carter's quirks and fancies, or Grammer's own misadventures are woven thoughtfully into the set list to create a uniquely personal evening that connects audiences to performer, to the Carter/Grammer legacy, and most importantly, to one another.
Saturday 9/24/2016 7:30 PM
The Nields
The Nields––sisters Nerissa and Katryna––have lit up the folk circuit since 1991. For twenty-five years now, the sisters have traveled the country as members of beloved folk rock band The Nields, and produced 17 albums. Since becoming mothers (each sister has a daughter and a son) they have gone on to broaden their repertoire with children's CDs, a DVD and a book All Together Singing in the Kitchen: Creative Ways to Make and Listen to Music as a Family.
The Nields have been lauded for their gorgeous, lilting, sibling harmonies, their wise, classic, folk/pop songs, their hilarious banter on stage, and their generosity and warmth in performance and engagement with their fans. Their latest album, XVII, celebrates a lifelong career whose aims continue to be a deep faith in community, loyalty, and the power of music to bring joy. They have just released a double album greatest hits collection (on vinyl!) called Haven't I Paid My Dues By Now and are at work on music for a soundtrack to Nerissa's forthcoming novel, The Big Idea.
Saturday 4/23/2016 7:30 PM
The Kennedys (Pete and Maura)
Pete and Maura Kennedy, both East Coast natives, met in Austin, Texas, joined forces with Nanci Griffith's Blue Moon Orchestra for a couple of years, and set out on a road that, for two decades, has led them not only west but all over the US and the UK many times. In 2015, they celebrated their twentieth anniversary both as a band and a married couple. Rather than indulge in a nostalgic look backward, they've taken Dylan's dictum "don't look back" to heart, writing and recording forty new songs.
2015 saw a Maura solo CD, a Pete solo CD, and the release of "West," an instant classic Kennedys duo set that seamlessly weaves their influences over the last two decades: Buddy Holly style roots, the tuneful cadences of the Everly Brothers, and the ringing 12-string jangle of the early Byrds, interspersed with darker moments that recall British folk rock a la Fairport Convention.


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The ETS MDiv degree is as unique as Detroit! This marvelous and spiritually alive city, historically associated with innovation and craftsmanship, is now home to a new departure in theological education among American seminaries. Here at ETS, we love the academic world and the flow of theological ideas that runs through our daily lives. But we love the region even more, with its rare opportunities for services and engagement with the challenging issues of the 21st century. The degree requires 114 quarter credit hours (28.5 courses) to complete.
Four key concepts characterize theological study at ETS: (1) ethics-learning to become more concerned with the life [and light] of the other, (2) leadership education-learning to become unsatisfied with "cheap grace" and how to change the communities in which God has planted us, (3) dialogue-learning to position others as our teachers of God, and God's will, and (4) communication-learning the art of sharing and receiving information in an attitude of trust, in an age more characterized by "back-room" deals and "playing it close to the vest."
At ETS we are very proud of our faculty members. We employ very accomplished faculty members who come from very diverse backgrounds. Our faculty embrace the concept of being full practitioners as well as teachers. We like to say that our faculty members have "one foot in ministry and service, and another in academia." The diverse nature of our faculty members and their real life ministry exemplifies the attributes we promote at ETS.
Finally, ETS fully embraces the revolutionary potential of the modern age of electronic communication. We still believe in the primacy of face-to-face learning, but we have incorporated the Internet throughout all aspects of institutional life. We believe that the selective utilization of this tool enables a deeper ETS experience and expands the possibilities of who may enter our theological laboratory.

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There are a million ways to create minestrone soup – that's the beauty of it! I'm don't want to say mine is the BEST… but, it is. There's nothing better than a hot bowl of soup on a chilly day. Soup doesn't have to be boring! My version of minestrone is fairly simple to prep and FLA-VOR-FUL. With cold and flu season already starting to hit us, minestrone soup has an abundance of veggies and will help keep you hydrated. You can take a portion and freeze your soup to save for a (legitimately) rainy day.
The roasted tomatoes are KEY for the flavor that will hit your tastebuds. Have a bit of patience (they take 2 hours in the oven) because it's so worth it. Just to give you a fair heads up: Once you prep the tomatoes, they will roast for an hour/turn them/roast for another hour. Take a bubble bath in between or catch up on an episode of Vanderpump Rules you have waiting for you on your DVR! Shameless plug.
I suggest prepping the tomatoes first, tossing in the oven and chopping your veggies for the first hour. Turn on some Fleetwood Mac and make yourself a Hot Toddy! The best part of cooking is creating!
My minestrone soup recipe is 100% vegan. I do love to toss some freshly grated parmesan cheese on top (I LOVE CHEESE), or feel free to add a starch like potatoes or orecchiette pasta!


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I'm Currently a B. Sc Student in Mechanical Engineering at Mechanical Engineering Department of Isfahan University of Technology. I also study Applied Mathematics at Mathematical Sciences Department of Isfahan University of Technology. At the moment, I'm working under supervision of Dr. M. Keshmiri for my First Bachelor's Project and Dr. M. Tatari for my second Bachelor's project. [ For More Information Please see my Entire Website ]
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IntelliDyne offers employees a unique benefit—team members have the ability to take one day of paid time-off every year to volunteer with a charity organization. Whether they are volunteering as emergency responders, honoring our veterans, fostering and rehabilitating homeless animals, or hiking Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of child trafficking, our employees make a difference.
At IntelliDyne, we are proud of our team members' commitment to serve—clients, each other and their communities. As a company, we share that commitment to service and stewardship. Learn more about our culture.
On October 26, 2014, IntelliDyne participated in the annual Marine Corp Marathon and 10k. IntelliDyne's iTHRIVE program sponsored an employee team that ran along side thousands of others, to raise funds for various local and national charities. Each year, the Marine Corps Marathon is an impactful event for advancing charity work, with last year's proceeds of over $3.4 million donated to various charities.
On July 30th, IntelliDyne volunteers gathered to restore the Fisher House at Ft. Detrick, in SIlver Spring, Maryland. Nine IntelliDyne employees and five of our partners from Borenstein Group provided landscaping and maintenance outside the home. This was the second year that IntelliDyne has volunteered with Fisher House to provide maintenance, landscaping and repair. Fisher Houses are "comfort homes" built on the grounds of military and VA medical centers. These homes are located throughout the country to enable family members to be close to service members who are hospitalized. The Fisher House program serves over 17,000 families annualy. For more information about the Fisher House Foundation, visit www.fisherhouse.org. To see pictures from the event, check out our Facebook and Twitter .
This month, IntelliDyne employees created over 400 paracord survival bracelets for Operation Gratitude to send to overseas troops. Operation Gratitude is non-profit, volunteer-based organization that annually sends over 150,000 care packagess to New Recruits, Veterans, First Responders, Wounded Warriors, Care GIvers and to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed overseas.
After the wake of the VA scandal, IntelliDyne's CEO, Tony Crescenzo initiated a grassroots and social media campaign, centered around #365ActsofKindness4Vets. The campaign was created to encourage acts of kindness for veterans. Tony asked him employees and others to do a daily act of kindness for the veteran community - visit a VA hospital, plant flowers at a cemetary, or create care packages for those injured in the lined of duty. The goal is to provide care and acts of kindness to veterans and to collectively participate in 365 acts of kindness, one for each day of the year. Employees were then asked to report the voluntary good deed on social media to inspire others.
IntelliDyne employees donated more than 500 pairs of shoes to support Soles4Souls, a not-for-profit institution dedicated to fighting the devastating effects of poverty around the world. Over a thirty-day period, numerous IntelliDyne employees across all levels and departments within the organization donated shoes and thanks to their efforts, Soles4Souls will be able to assist more than 500 hundred adults and children by providing high quality, gently worn shoes.
Inspired by IntelliDyne's passionate plea, many service providers and partners such as HeliosHR, the Meltzer Group, Wells Fargo, Aon Hewitt, and Apex Staffing have added their contributions to help meet the goal. Thanks to these generous contributions, IntelliDyne quickly met and surpassed its goal of collecting 500 pairs. On Tuesday, April 29. 2014, IntelliDyne leaders delivered the donated shoes in person to Easton Bank and Trust. In conjunction with IntelliDyne and their partners, Easton Bank and Trust delivered over 2,500 pairs of shoes to Baltimore Washington Airport (BWI) on Wednesday April 30.
Soles4Souls is a global not-for-profit institution dedicated to fighting the devastating impact and perpetuation of poverty. The organization advances its anti-poverty mission by collecting new and used shoes and clothes from individuals, schools, faith-based institutions, civic organizations and corporate partners, then distributing those shoes and clothes both via direct donations to people in need and by provisioning qualified micro-enterprise programs designed to create jobs in poor and disadvantaged communities.
On October 26, 2013, IntelliDyne participated in the annualMarine Corps Marathonand 10k, helping to raise funds for various local and national charities. IntelliDyne's iTHRIVE team ran alongside thousands of others, beginning at the National Mall, across the Potomac River and into Crystal City to support their charity of choice. Each year, the Marine Corps Marathon is an impactful event for advancing charity work, with last year's proceeds of over $3.4 million donated to various charities.
On October 18, 2013, IntelliDyne supported the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness by participating in thePut the Zip on Homelessness Jeans Day. Jeans Day Fairfax is an awareness campaign and fundraiser for ending homelessness in the Fairfax-Falls Church community and is sponsored by the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, Connection Newspapers, Apple Federal Credit Union, the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness, and inpartnership with Fairfax-Falls Church businesses and individuals.
Since 2011, Jeans Day has involved over 200 organizations representing more than 10,000 employees. IntelliDyne team members showed their support for the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership by wearing blue jeans and making financial contributions to made donations in support the cause. Donations will help the nearly 3,000 children, women and men who are affected by homelessness in our community.
From September 2013 through February 2014, IntelliDyne's corporate office will be participating in Football Jersey Fridays. Team members can wear their team's football jersey with jeans each Friday as they root for their favorite NFL team leading to Super Bowl Sunday. Participating team members are asked to make a nominal donation of $1.00 per regular season game to support the Fisher House Foundation.
Fisher House Foundation is best known for the network of comfort homes built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers nationwide and in Europe. Fisher Houses are beautiful homes, donated to the military and Department of Veterans Affairs. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful time - during the hospitalization for a combat injury, illness or disease.
On September 14, 2013, IntelliDyne's iTHRIVE team participated in theDulles Day 5K On the Runwayat Dulles Airport to support theSpecial Olympics. Proceeds from IntelliDyne's efforts and the over 2,000 other participants in the event will benefit the Special Olympics Virginia, theCommittee for Dulles Community, theCommittee for Dulles Community Outreachand theWashington Airports Task Force Learn more about this event and other community efforts byfollowing IntelliDyne's Facebook page.
On August 2, 2013, the IntelliDyne team spent their volunteer day updating the landscaping at a Fisher House property to support the local military and veteran community in the area. From owner and CEO, to human resources and technical experts, the team worked tirelessly mowing lawns, constructing brick walkways and gardening to help fix up a house meant to be a "home away from home" for military families to be close to a loved one during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury.
Fisher House Foundation is best known for the network of comfort homes built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers nationwide and in Europe. Fisher Houses are beautiful homes, donated to the military and Department of Veterans Affairs. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful time - during the hospitalization for a combat injury, illness or disease.
On May 27, 2013, IntelliDyne's team iTHRIVE participated in theRinging in Hope5kin Ashburn, V.A. Race proceeds are donated to various charities within the community supporting our military service men, women and families, including theFisher House Foundation,Operation Gratitude, and theWounded Warrior Project.
The Ringing In Hop Walk, Run & Fun™ unites a coalition of local, non-profit organizations that have united to share their collective resources, experience, and dedication toward a common goal of providing service to the local community.
IntelliDyne Employee Climbs to Great Heights to fight Human Trafficking
Ryan C. Melcher, a Lead Multimedia Architect at IntelliDyne will be honoring his late father, David H. Melcher, by making an attempt at ascending North America's highest peak this summer. Ryan plans to climb Mt. McKinley in Alaska, otherwise known as Denali, in June of this year during the Denali Freedom Climb 2013 which will benefit the Polaris Project , an organization at the forefront of fighting human trafficking. Denali's 20, 320 foot summit will take Ryan up to three weeks to conquer. Experience his journey, step-by-step on our Facebookpage, as IntelliDyne continues to sponsor his courageous effort to help end the modern-day slavery that results from human trafficking.
From November to December 31st, IntelliDyne is partnering with Helios HR in collecting new and gently used winter coats, hats, gloves and scarves for those in need. All items will be delivered to the Hunter Mill Coat Closet and those suffering from Hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey. If you would like to donate a coat please drop off in the collection bin at the IntelliDyne corporate office. Tax receipts provided upon request. For more information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
From September 1st to October 19th IntelliDyne is collecting gently used professional clothing to donate to local charities in support of veterans and disadvantaged men and women. Items for collection include suits, pants, shirts, jackets, ties, sweaters, skirts, blouses, jewelry, shoes, belts, and winter coats. The donated clothes will be provided to several charitable organizations such as The American Legion and Dress for Successto help veterans and disadvantaged men and women transition back into the workforce. For more information, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/intellidynellc or to schedule a drop-off please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
IntelliDyne collected 265 cell phones for Cell Phones for Soldiers , a non-profit that is dedicated to providing deployed and returning troops cost-free methods to communicate with family while serving in the U.S. military. From the recycling of used mobile phones and cash donations, Cell Phones for Soldiers has raised more than $7 million, collected more than 8.3 million cell phones and provided troops overseas with more than 114 million minutes of free talk time. IntelliDyne will continue to be an official cell phone drop off location and is encouraging employees, friends, clients, partners, and vendors to help troops call home by donating gently-used cellular phones. If you would like to donate a phone, please drop it off at IntelliDyne headquarters or email of email@example.com for more information.
On February 19th, IntelliDyne,in collaboration with Microsoft and AFCEA Bethesda,is sponsoring a reception at the V-BAR in the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas to benefit the Children's Inn at NIH. The event will take place the night before the HIMSS 2012 conference opens. Are you attending the conference? Join us at this exciting event! View the invitation for details and a link to registration.
About The Children's Inn: The Children's Inn is a private, nonprofit, family-centered residence on the campus of The National Institutes for Health. The Inn offers a supportive "place like home" for children and their families participating in groundbreaking medical therapies at the NIH, the world's premier biomedical research center. For many, it is their last, best hope. Families stay at the Inn free of charge no matter how long the visit.
During the 2011 holiday season, IntelliDyne coordinated a drive to "Adopt a Platoon," bringing some of the comforts of home to a deployed US military platoon. IntelliDyne provided care packages to 35 soldiers currently deployed overseas. Employees donated a variety of toiletries, cards, letters, games and snacks for the care packages. Volunteers held a "packing party" and worked together as a team to prepare 35 boxes filled with donated items from the platoon's wish list. The drive was such a success that IntelliDyne has decided to make it a semi-annual occurence.


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FY 1983 Unit Cost Report for the Public Community Colleges of Illinois.
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.
Data on direct and indirect instructional unit costs per student semester credit hour for each community college in Illinois are provided in this report. First, comparisons of FY 1983 net instructional unit costs with those of 1977 through 1982 are presented. Next, data on net, full, and total instructional unit costs are provided and include information on building repair and depreciation, organized research, and public service costs. The following sections detail indirect instructional support unit costs and net instructional unit costs by instructional category. Then, FY 1983 net instructional unit costs are provided by subject area and broken down by salary, direct departmental costs, equipment costs, operation and maintenance, building rental, and net instructional costs. Finally, a sample unit cost comparative analysis of high, low, and average cost community colleges is provided by program category (i.e., baccalaureate, business, technical, health, remedial, general studies, basic education, and campus totals). Reports showing dollar costs are appended. Report highlights include: (1) a 32.9% rise in net instructional costs from 1977 through 1983; and (2) state average unit costs of $69.89 for net instructional costs, $72.29 for full instructional unit costs, and $75.66 for total instructional unit costs. (HB)
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Deschutes County's 12-month slog to conform with a state-level land use decision will have to wait a few more days.
The Deschutes County Commission heard arguments for and against a code amendment that would streamline the process for landowners to prove that they have a legal lot of record, a change that could potentially save them time and money. However, opponents argued that the change occurred abruptly and could have unintended consequences for properties within the county.
"We don't think the purpose of this has been very well explained," said Carol Macbeth, staff attorney for Central Oregon Landwatch, a Bend nonprofit focused on land use issues in Central Oregon.
The county commission will vote on the amendment, which rewrites the county's existing process for verifying units of land and adds new processes, on Monday. The written record will remain open until noon Friday.
Until last September, Deschutes County treated properties that had been issued building, septic or land use permits as "legal lots of record," lots or parcels that meet specific requirements and Deschutes County has deemed suitable for development, according to Peter Gutowsky, Deschutes County's planning manager.
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruled on Sept. 29, 2016, that the permits alone don't constitute a legal lot designation. As a result, Deschutes County's land use policy was upended, with residents forced to go through the time-consuming, expensive process of proving that their properties were legally established before they could sell or update them.
Since that time, the county has adjusted its fee structure to cut the cost for most lot of record verification requests from $925 to $250, and issued around $61,000 in refunds to residents who paid the full amount. A full text amendment, Gutowsky said, could be the last piece of the puzzle.
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The Crystal Cave
I was on a hike with Chloe the other day, and happened upon this magical spot….
a small cave, created from an arched strata of crystals!
A closeup of the archway:
The crystals were dusted in dirt, but sparkled in the sun….
I have no idea what mineral this is.
If I decide I must know (as of now, "magic" is suffice for me), I will go back for a little piece.
Bits like this were scattered about on the ground:
Here is the cave in flat light:
The main cavern is about 18 inches deep, with tunneled hallways going deeper.
Two fairies agreed to pose for me ~ do you see them?
Caveman Motivations
The other day, my mind wandered into wondering about the motivations of early humans. Here's the list I came up with, in order of priority:
To make their lives
• safer
• easier
• more secure
• more convenient
• more beautiful
• more meaningful (to find/define the meaning)
And then I wondered what has changed. And then I realized NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Nothing has changed, in regards to general human motivations, in 50,000+ years. The technology with which we attempt to achieve them has changed (vastly and drastically), but our incentives? Still the same as cavemen.
And then I decided to assume, for the sake of a mind game, that these motivations are no longer sound. Let's say we've solved them, wholly and completely and permanently. I decided to try to see if I could:
TO MAKE OUR LIVES SAFER: Einstein said, "The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe." Platitudes can be found in many religions, spiritualities, and philosophies which all boil down to "you are always safe (if you believe)." I say "platitudes" because it is hard for me to reconcile the words "you are always safe" when juxtaposed against the facts of this speech and this book and this story and the truth that I could continue this list of examples for pages. So let's circle back to this one.
TO MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER: "Easier" isn't a sustainable thing. What if we collectively let go of wanting things to be easy all the time. I'm taking this back to the premise of my commencement address: you can't avoid pain. It does not matter how much money one has or how much power one has or how much love or how much sex or how many awards – these things do not magically make people exempt from pain and difficulty. To attempt a life of permanent easiness that is free from pain is futile, and therefore a waste of time, energy, and opportunity. So let's take EASIER off the list.
TO MAKE OUR LIVES MORE SECURE: "The illusion of safety" is a concept my aunt and I came up with right before my cross-country Vespa ride. I did not have room to bring a tent. And I didn't want to bring mace because I didn't know how the pressurized canister would handle the extreme heat and elevation changes of my ride (I didn't want it to explode on me). And my aunt and I came to realize that "tent" and "mace" do not guarantee safety, or even do much to mitigate potential harm the way my helmet and leathers did. And even my helmet and leathers didn't guarantee my safety. We want guarantees so badly and we just don't get them. Perhaps a better term is "the illusion of control." The ancient Greeks called it the "caprice of the Gods," and built their entire mythology around it. I have an IRA and I wear my seat belt and I recommend both, but they don't guarantee anything. So let's take SECURITY off the list.
TO MAKE OUR LIVES MORE CONVENIENT: Convenience is killing us. I decided this when I was living in the cabin, which was glorified camping, especially through six Wyoming winters. I didn't have a furnace and I had to chop wood for the woodstove and haul water from the horse trough but I was in excellent shape, just from living – I got strong because I didn't have a button on the wall to make my hovel warm. And while I wouldn't really wish that kind of lifestyle on anyone, nor on myself at age 50-plus, going from furnace-heated-house to car to elevator to office to sofa to bed with some take out meals in the middle is not great for our health. So let's take CONVENIENT off the list.
TO MAKE OUR LIVES MORE BEAUTIFUL: I love art, I make art, and, in my opinion, music is utter magic. But we've got nuthin' on Mother Nature – her work is the best. I don't NEED jewelry when I have a sunrise. So let's accept that there is BEAUTY all around us all the time and take that off the list, too.
TO ASSIGN MEANING TO OUR LIVES: I may have become a bit cynical after so much loss and death in the past few years, or maybe I've become more realistic, but I've come to think that so much of the meaning we try to assign to our lives (and to death) are bedtime stories for grownups. Stories we tell ourselves to feel better, to feel less out of control, perhaps to guide but mostly to comfort. Here's the meaning I've assigned everything at this point: all we have is right now, and we really don't know f*ck-all about any of it. So that takes MEANING off the list.
And then I wondered what's left. If we can go back to the first point of safety and determine that we are not in imminent danger, and everything else on the list of caveman motivations has been refuted, what could motivate us? What WOULD motivate us?
And I decided the answer is KINDNESS. Kindness to others.
Vonnegut was right: "There's only one rule that I know of, babies – God damn it, you've got to be kind."
And if we were able to do this, REALLY were able to, collectively… the first point of safety would be granted to so many who don't have it now.
It's been interesting, fun, and disturbing to analyze myself since going on this mind trip – my thoughts, my choices, my actions – am I leading with a caveman motivation or am I leading with kindness? It is a work in progress.
Bizarre Fantasy, Realized
Back when I was in high school, a pal and I came up with a brilliant idea for an amusement park – a series of pools, but none filled with water. Instead, one would be filled with honey, another with ball bearings, another with super-saturated salt water, others with types of grain, etcetera. The point was to jump into the pools and… that's it. Sensory amusement. Obviously impossible to implement due to sanitary reasons.
About a year ago, my ambulance director told us about a special training event, grain bin rescue, open to all Fire & EMS personnel in the region and taking place at the Coors plant. Grain storage warehouses and grain elevators are common around here, as barley (for beer) is one of the big crops in the area. I jumped at the opportunity to attend, even though it was just after my surgery and I still felt 90% non-functional. Not only was it an extremely unique training opportunity, it was one that would get me in the vicinity of a decades-old fantasy. I immediately volunteered to be a "victim" so I could half-bury myself in a mountain of grain.
Turns out pools of grain are extremely dangerous and can cause death and dismemberment.
Barley dust is nine times more flammable than coal dust. Our training was held in a gigantic warehouse (like, the size of a city block); a spark in that environment could cause an explosion that would rattle the building, which would kick up enough dust from the eaves and rafters to cause a second explosion that would level the warehouse. If someone is trapped knee-deep in barley, they have about 400 pounds of pressure on their feet. If they were to be pulled out with a harness from above, they would literally have their body pulled apart (dislocation occurs with about 150 pounds of pressure). In a grain silo, which is an enclosed space, oxygen can be replaced with carbon dioxide if some of the grain is molding. CO2 is heavier than oxygen and sinks to form a puddle in the lowest point. Depending on CO2 vs O2 levels, this situation can cause someone to fall unconscious or even die if they become trapped in the grain and can't get to oxygen.
As a volunteer, I was asked to carefully climb up the mountain of grain and stand in a particular spot. There were trap doors all over the floor of the warehouse, and I was standing ankle deep in grain, about ten feet up the grain mountain, directly above one of these trap doors. A man with a walkie-talkie said "OK, open it up," and I slowly began sinking down into the grain, drawn down as the trap door in the floor below me opened and the grain rushed through. The action created a sinkhole and I sunk. When I was buried to my waist, the walkie-talkie guy ordered the trap door to be closed, and there I was, stuck in a grain mountain. It was very, very cold in the grain. It was hard to even slightly wiggle my feet.
Another volunteer, realizing a fantasy he didn't know he had.
The grain is like a quicksand avalanche – you can't be pulled out, nor can you dig yourself out without displacing grain from above, which slides down to fill the area you've dug and bury you further. To rescue someone who is trapped requires creating a chamber that is immune to the pressure of the surrounding grain. First, panels are placed above to block the fall of grain while rescuers work – you don't want to go from one person trapped to three or four people trapped.
Then panels, which are slightly curved and slide together at the edges, are placed around the trapped individual. Rescuers use the ladder rungs to jam them deep into the grain, being careful to avoid the buried limbs of the patient. Then, a rescuer climbs into the steel compartment and digs out the patient, bucketful by bucketful. The full buckets are passed to helpers outside to be dumped. One of the panels has ladder rungs on the inside, so that both parties can climb out.
The view from inside…..
Marching On
March was tough. I cannot lie, working my way through the aftermath of a thyroidectomy has been hard. Yet I would not trade everything I've gone through, and what I still have ahead, if it meant going back to being the person I was January 1. The growth and shifts this has inspired and required have made it worthwhile… I've said similar before: about being stalked; about living through my oldest, greatest fear of having my home burn down; about the terrifying downward spiral of my health due to undiagnosed celiac disease nearly fifteen years ago.
So much of this traverse reminds me of that time – celiac and gluten intolerance were virtually unheard of back then, and I dove into researching, recovering, getting healthier than I'd ever been before, and writing my first book. That foundation, that history is serving me now. Back then, pre-packaged gluten-free food did not exist. If I told someone I was gluten intolerant, I'd get the response, 'You're allergic to sugar?' Glucose was a more familiar term. So I'd say, 'I'm allergic to wheat,' and the reply to that was always, 'Don't worry, this is made with white flour!' Such exchanges are hilarious now, and it's thrilling how far things have come. I can go out for gluten-free pizza in the miniscule towns of Wyoming, "gluten-free" is an ubiquitous marketing catch-phrase, and while people may still roll their eyes or think it trendy nonsense, it is so freaking easy for people to make the transition now, and to get healthy without feeling like their entire life is being dismantled while they are floating in a sea of question marks.
Ten years ago, when Eating Gluten Free was published, I dreamed of things looking like this – of such awareness, understanding, and convenience for those dealing with gluten intolerance and those suffering undiagnosed (when I went to a gastroenterologist at UCSF and told him my symptoms, he offered me Xanax, and when I declined it, the door). And it's here! It's reality! And it happened so much faster than I expected back then. Ten years is a long time, but not when you consider the transformation that has occurred in the lexicon, in marketing, and in medical care. It is so awesome. And this probably seems like one very large tangent – I started this post on the topic of thyroids – but I needed to write this all down for me because once again, I have dove into research, and the state of affairs regarding thyroid issues and the number of people suffering and the dated (dare I say dangerous) "conventional wisdom" is very reminiscent of how it once went with gluten. What I have read and what I have been told makes my blood boil, but the shifts I have seen (and been privileged to be part of) with celiac and gluten intolerance give me hope.
All this to say, despite a bumpy month, I cannot call this a Bad Thing, even though I haven't yet found the sweet spot with my meds and it's been scary and expensive and there have been a few days where I just plain haven't gotten out of bed. I had an epiphany in the shower a couple weeks after surgery; I was sobbing – like hysterically crying – about all the things I wasn't getting done and POOF! Epiphany. I suddenly realized just how much of my self worth was wrapped up in what I accomplished (and, of course, the inverse – how much self loathing appeared when I wasn't accomplishing All The Things). And I have spent much of this month letting that go. Practicing patience and practicing grace – two traits that do not come naturally to me – with myself and with others. Patience is another form of will. And grace is a gift.
One of the big themes of this year has been cooperation, and, for a loner like me, it has been new and scary and enlightening and uplifting. Surgery itself was cooperation, and a massive trust exercise. As was posting the donate button here – that was so difficult for me to do, not because I felt it was wrong but because it was new. And vulnerable. And the first day it was up, I felt very uncomfortable. Remember growing pains, in your ankles and knees? It was like that, in my psyche. When leaving a donation, there is a place to leave a message, but I didn't see these notes until the next day (I saw the donations, but not the messages), and the blog post itself received very few comments that first day. So I had to spend that day determining my feelings about what I'd done and what I was being given, in a vacuum, without being comforted or influenced by the opinions of others. This was such a blessing. I had to reconcile it within myself, and after the period of uncomfortable newness, my overwhelming sense was of holding hands. The connection of holding hands with people out there, of holding hands with you. And then when I finally discovered and read the notes, that feeling intensified exponentially.
It was so intimate. Regardless of dollar amount, with each donation I saw this: 'Here is a part of me that I am giving to you because I can and because I want to. You don't have to do anything to deserve it; by being, you deserve it.' I think getting that message from outside, from you, opened me enough to be able to get the message from within, from the shower epiphany. I don't think too many of us are where we want to be – by which I mean, we have goals. But to have that kind of acceptance – of ourselves and of those around us – before we reach our goals, is profound. It takes patience and grace. And we all deserve it.
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PS: I finally joined instagram. I take so many photos that never end up here, on the blog and now, they will have a home. If you don't have instagram and don't want to join, you can still see all the photos by clicking HERE and bookmarking the page.
Oy! I did not mean to invoke politics in my last post. My "Thanks, Obama" was meant in this vein (if you're not familiar with the meme, it's very funny and obviously a joke, though my joke was obvious only in my own head). I certainly do not disparage those who've finally been able to get health insurance. I do think the ACA should have a different name and there's a lot more work that needs to be done; health care is still not affordable to many. My heart broke and my blood boiled reading other people's stories of crazy-expensive care in the comment section.
My first boyfriend was a young Republican (still is) who, during the mandatory high school reading period, read the Wall Street Journal which he carried around in lieu of a book. He wrote me lots of love notes and, beneath his signature, always added "Pat Buchanan in '92!!!" or something equally horrifying. I was an anarchist hippy (still am); I spent that reading period with Anais Nin and got suspended for smoking pot at school. We were constantly debating – either debating or making out. One debate that I remember: I was using bicycles to make my point, as I was still too young to drive. My thesis statement was that everything should be free. If you needed a bicycle, and there was one sitting there on the sidewalk, it should be accepted that you could take it and ride it to where you needed to go and then leave it for the next person to use. And this extended to everything, all the time. He was like, "if everything were free, nobody would do anything" and I was like, "honor trumps money and cooperation trumps capitalism." And then we glared at each other and then we made out.
I was not expecting the offers of donations after my last post. Not expecting – but also not surprised because you out there are wonderful to me. But at each mention, the response in my head was NO! No way. Thank you and you're amazing and so generous and full of kindness and I love hearing your love but no.
When I rode my Vespa across the country, I received help from others nearly every day. People offered help in quick moments – giving directions or high fives – but equally often, they gifted me with major investments of time and trust. People I met on the road – in ice cream shops, coffee shops, gas stations, and bars – invited me into their homes, gave me a bed or a spot on the floor for my sleeping bag, fed me, let me soak in their tubs, offered up their washers and dryers. I never once had an internal debate about accepting their generosity. My response was purely "WOW!" and "THANK YOU."
But money is weird. There's a lot of superstition around money. There was an early morning ambulance call a few months ago, a terrible rollover – I'm guessing the driver swerved to avoid a deer and lost control. His Bronco flipped and rolled multiple times. The solo driver was thrown through the windshield and was killed instantly. His belongings were scattered all over the road, tossed from the vehicle during the rolls as every window blasted out. I, too, have a Bronco, and a vehicle like that becomes like a storage locker – it's really easy to accumulate a lot of random cargo. Since there was nothing we could do as EMTs, we began picking up the dozens of items that had been flung across the road, putting them back into the Bronco through the broken windows. Tools. A hard hat. Numerous wrappers and crumpled receipts. A small cooler. Lots of clothes. A dollar bill. There was a single dollar bill lying on the pavement pretty close to the Bronco. And none of us picked it up. None of us COULD pick it up! A fellow crew member mentioned it as we were driving back to town. "Did you see the dollar bill? I couldn't touch it." And then a chorus of "Neither could I!" "Neither could I!" Neither could I. I still don't know why.
A couple of people suggested, in the comment section of my last post, that if others wanted to help, they should buy things from my shop. My immediate thought, upon reading that, was YES! That I can handle. And right on the tail of that thought came an equally honest but far less comfortable thought: why should I make people jump through hoops because of MY hangups? Giving feels good – and for me to put conditions on that is kind of gross. I've given in the past and will give in the future, so why have I removed myself from the other side of the circle? Maybe I need to examine my thinking and my feelings – or at least figure out why they are the way they are.
I still believe honor trumps money and cooperation trumps capitalism. So, by receiving money, am I trading my honor? No. I mostly know the answer is no… but not completely. Is the faltering because I don't feel I deserve it? Because of some cosmic, internal worthlessness? Because there are others in worse states than I? Are some people going to roll their eyes and think I'm a freeloader? "Oh, man, those debating skills DID get honed at an early age! Look at her convincing herself that it's a matter of personal growth to take other people's money!!"
This was difficult analysis. I've said those things to myself, and more. There were tears. And yet it kept coming back to one question – can I sit on the circle of cooperation and let it flow without micromanaging the seating arrangement? It's time to try. I'll report back with how it feels. I'm scheduled with a surgeon in early February and will report back with the status of my bod just as soon as I know what's what. Thank you for caring.« go back — keep looking »


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A lightweight jacket that sweeps moisture from your skin.
Keep out the wind while staying dry and comfortable in this men's lightweight running jacket. Built with sweat-wicking fabric, it features an elastic binding on the droptail hem for extra coverage while you face the elements and the road ahead.
- Material: 100% Polyester
- Benefit: Wicking, Windproof, Reflective
- Weight: 5.6 oz (159 gm)
- climalite® fabric sweeps sweat away from your skin
- Front zip pockets; Concealed zip pocket on back right
- Full zip with stand-up collar
- Elastic binding on droptail hem
- Reflective details on front, back and sleeves
RESPONSE WIND JACKET is rated out of 5 by 1.
Rated 2 out of 5 by Daniel from Very Basic Overall, the material seems a bit too thin for my liking and has a cheap feeling to it. The fit is a little baggy, (am 6'1" and bought a L), but that seems to be common for this style of running/wind jacket. There are vents on the shoulders, (which cannot be closed), which help to keep some air circulating inside and is a nice touch. Even at the discounted purchase price I do not feel this jacket offers much value. It just barely covers a very basic need. I think there are better options out there for the money.
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so cute!
That was so funny. We didn't think that gray kitty was going to particpate, but when he got going he really went cray. Thanks for sharing. Purrs and hugs from the kitties at The Cat on My Head, Lily Olivia, Mauricio Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Josette
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Hey they transfered me to Carrollton KY satellite clinic. I LOVE IT! The doctor is a smart man. He has tested me for several things. I DO NOT have ovarian cancer....ahhhhh relief. He is sending me meds I need. I finally feel like I have a good Healthcare provider. Hurray!
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Next generation of Australians won't just work an 8-hour day
THE next generation of Australians will turn the old idea of an "eight-hour working day" on its head with leisure, rest and social interaction time taking more prominence than ever before, a study has shown.
An NBN-commissioned report from demographer Bernard Salt examined how cultural change and technological advancements had transformed Australians' way of life.
The report argues the generation of Aussie kids, raised in the digital age will re-arrange the traditional work-rest-play lifestyle model to better suit their lifestyle needs.
The research found Australians were more connected than ever before with 50% of Australians aged 18-and-over doing five or more daily online activities.
There are also more than 12 million smartphone users.


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Workaround Windows Tray Area Item Preference
Introduction I'm not an experienced Windows developer. I had to make it clear :) Today I had the chance to implement kind of a nasty hack on Windows. I had to make my application tray icon always visibile, at least by default. I swear I honor user preference then. I know this is one of… Read More »


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where might one find sweet mustache pencils? I could use a few I think.
If I tell you where to find mustache fabric (http://sewbettie.bigcartel.com/product/mustache-fabric), will you tell me where I can find the mustache pencils?
Arg, I'm not sure where I found the mustache pencils. Nothing came up when you googled "mustache pencil"?
The funny thing is how many times I've googled mustache pencil prior to this post.


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Viswasthan – The new malayalam devotional album from Shibu Mathew Thomas
1. Vaagdathangalil Viswasthan – Kester
2. Daivame Ninte Sneham – Manjari
3. Sneha Naadha – Sherin Ann Mathew
4. Marakilla Njan – Markose, Renjini Jose
5. En Praarthana – Sujatha
6. Daivame Ninil – M.G. Sreekumar, Gayathri
7. Yesuve En Yesuve – Binoy Joseph
8. Daivame Ninte Sneham – Biju Narayanan
Download the full lyrics file here:- Viswasthan Lyrics
Play the malayalam music tracks given above. They are from the new malayalam devotional album Viswasthan from Shibu Mathew Thomas. This new devotional album has 8 amazing tracks and 2 karoke included in its audio cd. These music tracks are sung by various devotional singers like Kester, Manjari, Sherin Ann Mathew, Markose, Renjini Jose, Sujatha, M.G. Sreekumar, Gayathri, Binoy Joseph and Biju Narayanan. The list of eight music tracks in Vishwasthan album are Vaagdathangalil Viswasthan, Daivame Ninte Sneham (M), Sneha Naadha, Marakilla Njan, En praarthana, Daivame Ninil, Yesuve En Yesuve and Daivame Ninte Sneham (F).
The Viswasthan malayalam album is distributed by East Coast and you can get the audio cd for just Rs.60. Its worth the money as you will surely love all these devotional songs that praise the holy name of our Almighty God. You can get the lyrics for all the songs by downloading the lyrics document we have attached at the end of the songs list above. Go ahead, click on the play buttons above and hear these 8 beautiful tracks one by one and praise our Creator. Here is the list of songs mentioned once again for you – Vaagdathangalil Viswasthan, Daivame Ninte Sneham (M), Sneha Naadha, Marakilla Njan, En praarthana, Daivame Ninil, Yesuve En Yesuve and Daivame Ninte Sneham (F).


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An hour later we looked at Xrays showing us a broken wrist and broken tibia bone. Kaden was in extreme pain even with vicadin and ibuprofen. I laid beside him as he cried, and thought, " All I want to do is call mom."
Today, we were able to get the casts and we got the prognosis that it will 4-5 weeks for the wrist and 8-10 weeks for the leg. Kaden was SUPER brave, and we are glad the pain has subsided for the most part.


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"How They Brought Back the Tobacco" two Cherokee folk tales told by A'yûñ'ini (Swimmer) and collected by James Mooney for his "Myths of the Cherokee".
First Version
In the beginning of the world, when people and animals were all the same, there was only one tobacco plant, to which they all came for their tobacco until the Dagûlʻkû geese stole it and carried it far away to the south. The people were suffering without it, and there was one old woman who grew so thin and weak that everybody said she would soon die unless she could get tobacco to keep her alive.
Different animals offered to go for it, one after another, the larger ones first and then the smaller ones, but the Dagûlʻkû saw and killed every one before he could get to the plant. After the others the little Mole tried to reach it by going under the ground, but the Dagûlʻkû saw his track and killed him as he came out.
At last the Hummingbird offered, but the others said he was entirely too small and might as well stay at home. He begged them to let him try, so they showed him a plant in a field and told him to let them see [255]how he would go about it. The next moment he was gone and they saw him sitting on the plant, and then in a moment he was back again, but no one had seen him going or coming, because he was so swift. "This is the way I'll do," said the Hummingbird, so they let him try.
He flew off to the east, and when he came in sight of the tobacco the Dagûlʻkû were watching all about it, but they could not see him because he was so small and flew so swiftly. He darted down on the plant—tsa!—and snatched off the top with the leaves and seeds, and was off again before the Dagûlʻkû knew what had happened. Before he got home with the tobacco the old woman had fainted and they thought she was dead, but he blew the smoke into her nostrils, and with a cry of "Tsâ′lû! [Tobacco!]" she opened her eyes and was alive again.
Second Version
The people had tobacco in the beginning, but they had used it all, and there was great suffering for want of it. There was one old man so old that he had to be kept alive by smoking, and as his son did not want to see him die he decided to go himself to try and get some more. The tobacco country was far in the south, with high mountains all around it, and the passes were guarded, so that it was very hard to get into it, but the young man was a conjurer and was not afraid.
He traveled southward until he came to the mountains on the border of the tobacco country. Then he opened his medicine bag and took out a hummingbird skin and put it over himself like a dress. Now he was a hummingbird and flew over the mountains to the tobacco field and pulled some of the leaves and seed and put them into his medicine bag. He was so small and swift that the guards, whoever they were, did not see him, and when he had taken as much as he could carry he flew back over the mountains in the same way. Then he took off the hummingbird skin and put it into his medicine bag, and was a man again.
He started home, and on his way came to a tree that had a hole in the trunk, like a door, near the first branches, and a very pretty woman was looking out from it. He stopped and tried to climb the tree, but although he was a good climber he found that he always slipped back. He put on a pair of medicine moccasins from his pouch, and then he could climb the tree, but when he reached the first branches he looked up and the hole was still as far away as before. He climbed higher and higher, but every time he looked up the hole seemed to be farther than before, until at last he was tired and came down again.
When he reached home he found his father very weak, but still alive, and one draw at the pipe made him strong again. The people planted the seed and have had tobacco ever since.
Notes on the texts by James Mooney
"How they brought back the tobacco": The first version of this myth as here given was obtained from Swimmer, and agrees with that of John Ax, except that for the humming bird the latter substitutes the wasulû, or large red-brown moth, which flies about the tobacco flower in the evening, and states that it was selected because it could fly so quietly that it would not be noticed. The second version was obtained from Wafford, in the Cherokee Nation west, who heard it from his great-uncle nearly ninety years ago, and differs so much from the other that it has seemed best to give it separately. The incident of the tree which grows taller as the man climbs it has close parallels in the mythology of the Kiowa and other Western tribes, but has no obvious connection with the story, and is probably either one of a series of adventures originally belonging to the trip or else a fragment from some otherwise forgotten myth. It may be mentioned that Wafford was a man of rather practical character, with but little interest or memory for stories, being able to fill in details of but few of the large number which he remembered having heard when a boy.
In his Letters from the Alleghany Mountains, pages 119–121, Lanman gives the story as he obtained it in 1848 from Chief Kâlahû, still well remembered by those who knew him as an authority upon tribal traditions and ritual. In the Kâlahû version the story is connected with Hickorynut gap, a remarkable pass in the Blue ridge southeast from Asheville, North Carolina, and a comparison with the later versions shows clearly how much has been lost in fifty years. The whole body of Cherokee tradition has probably suffered a proportionate loss.
"Before visiting this remarkable passage through the mountains [Hickorynut gap], I endeavored to ascertain, from the Cherokees of Qualla town, its original Indian name, but without succeeding. It was my good fortune, however, to obtain a romantic legend connected therewith. I heard it from the lips of a chief who glories in the two names of All-bones and Flying-squirrel, and, though he occupied no less than two hours in telling the story, I will endeavor to give it to my readers in about five minutes.
"There was a time when the Cherokees were without the famous tso-lungh, or tobacco weed, with which they had previously been made acquainted by a wandering stranger from the far east. Having smoked it in their large stone pipes, they became impatient to obtain it in abundance. They ascertained that the country where it grew in the greatest quantities was situated on the big waters, and that the gateway to that country (a mighty gorge among the mountains) was perpetually guarded by an immense number of little people or spirits. A council of the bravest men in the nation was called, and, while they were discussing the dangers of visiting the unknown country, and bringing therefrom a large knapsack of the fragrant tobacco, a young man stepped boldly forward and said that he would undertake the task. The young warrior departed on his mission and never returned. The Cherokee nation was now in great tribulation, and another council was held to decide upon a new measure. At this council a celebrated magician rose and expressed his willingness to relieve his people of their difficulties, and informed them that he would visit the tobacco country and see what he could accomplish. He turned himself into a mole, and as such made his appearance eastward of the mountains; but having been pursued by the guardian spirits, he was compelled to return without any spoil. He next turned himself into a humming-bird, and thus succeeded, to a very limited extent, in obtaining what he needed. On returning to his country he found a number of his friends at the point of death, on account of their intense desire for the fragrant weed; whereupon he placed some of it in a pipe, and, having blown the smoke into the nostrils of those who were sick, they all revived and were quite happy. The magician now took into his head that he would revenge the loss of the young warrior, and at the same time become the sole possessor of all the tobacco in the unknown land. He therefore turned himself into a whirlwind, and in passing through the Hickorynut gorge he stripped the mountains of their vegetation, and scattered huge rocks in every part of the narrow valley; whereupon the little people were all frightened away, and he was the only being in the country eastward of the mountains. In the bed of a stream he found the bones of the young warrior, and having brought them to life, and turned himself into a man again, the twain returned to their own country heavily laden with tobacco; and ever since that time it has been very abundant throughout the entire land."
In the Iroquois story of "The Lad and the Chestnuts," the Cherokee myth is paralleled with the substitution of a chestnut tree guarded by a white heron for the tobacco plant watched by the dagûlʻkû geese (see Smith, Myths of the Iroquois, in Second Annual Report Bureau of Ethnology, 1883).
Tobacco—Tobacco, as is well known, is of American origin and is sacred among nearly all our tribes, having an important place in almost every deliberative or religious ceremony. The tobacco of commerce (Nicotiana tabacum) was introduced from the West Indies. The original tobacco of the Cherokee and other eastern tribes was the "wild tobacco" (Nicotiana rustica), which they distinguish now as tsâl-agayûñ'li, "old tobacco." By the Iroquois the same species is called the "real tobacco."
Dagûlʻkû geese—The dagûlʻkû is the American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons gambeli). It is said to have been of bluish-white color, and to have been common in the low country toward the coast, but very rare in the mountains. About the end of September it goes south, and can be heard at night flying far overhead and crying dugalŭ! dugalŭ! dugalŭ! Swimmer had heard them passing over, but had never seen one.


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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's state-run agency says a powerful earthquake has collapsed some buildings in the center of eastern city of Van.
The Anatolia news agency says rescue workers are trying to reach people believed to be trapped under the wreckage of a seven-story building in Van, close to the Iranian border.
The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Turkey's Kandilli observatory gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.6.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says its preliminary measurements say an earthquake that has struck eastern Turkey has a magnitude of 7.3.
Turkey's Kandilli observatory earlier gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.6. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Both agencies say the quake occurred at 1:41 p.m. (1041 GMT) Sunday. Its epicenter was in the village of Tabanli in eastern Van province, bordering Iran.
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When Kevin Yee was a teenager, he was in a boy band. The experience almost soured him on the entertainment industry. He was explicitly told to lie, mostly by his managers, and mostly for the sake of marketing. His story isn't unique, he says – not in the music industry, at least.
The boy band, Youth Asylum (think multicultural Backstreet Boys), was targeted at teenage girls and Yee was supposed to be the Asian hottie. When he turned 16, his managers told him to say he was still 15; the worst, though, was the day they told Yee to hide his homosexuality. It was bad for business.
"That experience taught me that I couldn't be gay in the music industry," Yee says, his voice flattening and his usually chipper cadence slowing when he talks about those years. "To fail at such a young age, you kind of don't know what to do with the rest of your life."
It was like losing his voice, and he walked away defeated, unsure of who he was or how he fit in. Yee left the band in 2000 after three years and two unreleased albums and turned to musical theater.
He had a history with theater, having made his professional stage debut at age 6 opposite Rudolf Nureyev in "The King And I," and he stayed busy.
For the next decade, he was in three major shows – "Mary Poppins," "Wicked" and "Mamma Mia!" – often performing in eight shows a week. During that period, a friend playfully suggested Yee write a song about a piece of fruit. And just like that, Yee found his voice again.
He realized he had a knack for comedic pop songs and started performing on the comedy stand-up circuit. Three years into his new career, Yee has found that being himself – openly, outspokenly gay – is good for business. His latest music video, the title of which cannot be printed in this newspaper, accrued upward of 33,000 YouTube views in its first week alone.
Now his catchy – often raunchy – comedy pop songs are a standard part of his stand-up routine, which brings him to the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival in Chapel Hill, where he'll perform Thursday and Friday.
After years of subverting his personality to find commercial success, Yee, 33, says he's not "acting" now.
"It's not about going out there and doing something different and it's not about going out there and changing the way stand-up comedy is," Yee says. "It's about honesty to myself and having this specific skill set that I have and going onstage and being truthful."
At times, that has cost him. He's been heckled in bars and booked by colleges only to have them turn around and cancel his show. Sometimes it's because his routine is unsettling to those uncomfortable with homosexuality; sometimes it's because he's unsettling to the politically correct.
Yee accepts that not everyone's going to love him.
"If that's not the audience for me, it's not the audience for me," he says. "I can't make everyone happy."
Yet he's content – ecstatic, even – to have found his voice as an entertainer, singing "you can't get pregnant/making gay love," with contagious enthusiasm. He has no desire for a record label – been there, tried that, hated it – or even negativity in his routine. True, he's dabbled in political and social commentary, such as with a protest song ahead of the Sochi Olympics in 2014, but says he'd rather just celebrate the good without even acknowledging the bad. He's found a way to be himself onstage, and that's enough.
"As a teenager, I didn't really know about love. That's all those songs are about, those pop love songs. I was writing about things I didn't know," he says. "These comedy songs freed me to write about whatever, which was really liberating."
North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival
The festival runs Feb. 1-14 with shows and workshops at DSI Comedy Theater, the Cave, the Arts Center, Flyleaf Books – all in Chapel Hill.
Yee is one of five comics performing starting at 7 p.m. Thursday at DSI and one of nine scheduled to perform Friday at Local 506, starting at 9:30 p.m.
To see the full schedule of entertainers and show times, go to www.nccomedyarts.com. Tickets from free to $20 are available at the door for all shows on the day of the show. Online reservations are the only way to guarantee tickets. Tickets are not sold over the phone.


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MANCHESTER will get a super casino, the council's chief executive claimed last night.
Sir Howard Bernstein said the government's decision to allow just one Las-Vegas style casino as a trial run could work in the city's favour, saying it was a matter of "when not if" a venue was built in Eastlands.
He was speaking after culture secretary Tessa Jowell backtracked on plans for eight super-casinos as part of new gambling laws. With Parliament set to rise for a May 5 General Election, Conservatives had threatened to derail the bill unless their demands were met.
Sir Howard said he expected whatever area was chosen as the pilot casino to be hugely successful - leading to many more being built in the future.
"We are absolutely clear that East Manchester will be the location for a regional casino," he said. "The issue is when.
"My personal view is that this will lead to more regional casinos that might otherwise have been the case. And if the decision on the pilot is a competition based on criteria about regeneration, social responsibility, economic competitiveness, or any of those things then East Manchester has by far and away a better chance than most."
Manchester is one of several north west cities to express an interest in a `super casino'.
There are similar plans in Blackpool and Old Trafford, as well as major cities like London, Glasgow and Sheffield. Blackpool is racing favourite after the Tories claimed it had a "very strong" case and Ms Jowell said she remained sure super casinos could regenerate areas, "particularly seaside towns".
The Manchester plan, costing é260m, would have seen not only a casino with 1,250 unlimited jackpot slot machines but a 4,000-seat arena and ice rink.
A decision on where the pilot casino will be sited is likely to be made in 2006.
What do you think of 'super-casinos'? Have your say.