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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
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8:30 - 10:20
SID Display Week Keynote Presentations
10:20 – 10:50 Registration
10:50 - 10:55 SID Welcome
10:55 - 11:00 Conference Overview from Conference Chair
11:00 – 11:30
Keynote Address: Integrating Next-Generation Displays in Automotive Design
Thomas Seder, PhD., GM Technical Fellow, Chief Technologist, HMI, General Motors
Tom will describe GM's vision for how displays of the future will be integrated into automobile design and how displays contribute to a successful product, both in today's vehicle landscape and in the autonomous vehicles of the future.
11:30 - 12:00 Keynote Address: Rashmi Rao, Senior Director, Advanced Engineering, Harman Inc.
Rashmi will describe how Harman will be
Humanizing the Autonomous Car.
Autonomy should not mean monotony, so automakers must develop differentiated in-car experiences reflecting consumer lifestyles. Rashmi will describe how consumer demands will be met by advanced in-car experiences, and discuss the focus areas for Harman in enabling the connected car of 2025.
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 Keynote Address: Roger Lanctot, Associate Director, Global Automotive Practice, Strategy Analytics
will review trends in both the automotive and display markets and their implications for automotive display requirements. Roger will describe the challenges faced by OEMs to make effective use of the ever-expanding data available to inform the driver without causing driver distraction, and the implications of new display technologies for the automotive landscape.
1:30 – 2:45 Session I: Flat Panel Display Ubiquity
Session 2 is intended to review the unique issues and opportunities for flat panels in automotive applications. Presenters will describe display innovations targeted at the automotive market, the advantages and trade-offs of technology choices and the outlook for OLED displays in the automotive market.
Panel Supplier Outlook
Steve Vrablik, Director, Sales of JDI Display America, Inc
will describe JDI's contribution to innovative displays in the automotive space, and how innovative display technology will be implemented in the automotive market.
Alex Ma,
Senior Manager, Auto, BOE-Vx
will describe their roadmap for automotive displays. How existing technologies penetrate into the automotive market and how new technologies will enable new functionality for drivers and passengers in the automotive space
Material Supplier Strategy
Fabio Salgado, Program Manager, Corning Automotive Interiors
discuss how innovations in thin, tough, and 3D cold formable cover glass and new surface treatments can meet these emerging automotive trends.
Tier 1 Automotive Supplier Strategy
Qais Sharif,
Vice President, Product Management - Driver Information & Displays, Visteon
will describe how Visteon is "Transforming the Future of Mobility" with Cockpit Electronics.
Bob O'Brien to moderate Q&A on automotive market and technology challenges.
Greg Basich,
Associate Director, Automotive Infotainment & Telematics, Strategy Analytics
will join the panel
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:20
Session II: Touch Displays and New Materials
Session 3 will deal with the challenges of touch displays in automotive applications. The session will address the design choices for interactivity and the issues surrounding the themes of safety, utility, and ubiquity, and how innovations in touch panel technology are improving the in-car experience. Specific issues to be addressed include the use of touch for HMI vs. other input mechanisms (voice, gesture, etc.), touch on curved display surfaces, haptic feedback and the in-car environment.
New Display Technologies
Chuck Milligan, CEO of FlexEnable, Inc
will describe FlexEnable's conformable organic LCD (OLCD) technology and its application in automotive interiors.
Leo Ikeda, Marketing Manager, FujiFilm North America Corp.
will discuss metal mesh touch sensors and their application in automotive touch surfaces.
Material Supplier Strategy
Jonathan Kahl, PhD, Senior Research Scientist at 3M
will describe the importance of surface texture on consumer preference in touch displays, and how touch panel designs can provide the best user experience in both functional and asthetic areas.
Tim Trill, President, Asahi Glass Company Business Development, Americas
will describe Glass-as-a-Platform with its aesthetic, industrial, functional and safety performance capabilities, and how it can deliver an immersive, content-rich connected in-cabin experience.
Ross Young
to moderate Q&A on automotive market and technology challenges
4:20 - 4:30 Break
4:30 – 5:30 Session III: Heads-up Displays and Augmented Reality
Session 4 will address the landscape and potential for Heads-Up Displays in the automotive application. The session will begin with a Tier 1 supplier laying out the unique issues for HUD, including the successes and failures (or incomplete successes) of past HUD offerings. Display makers representing competing technology choices in this area (LCD, DLP, others) will describe the advantages and challenges of competing display technologies in this application.
Dr. Pablo Richter, Principal Technical Expert Optical Technologies, I ID RD HUD EP, Continental Automotive Gmbh
will discuss new developments in the field of Head-up Displays, including trends and requirements for Head-up Displays in the future, and approaches and challenges for new Augmented Reality HUD concepts
Micheal Firth, Marketing Manager, Texas Instruments
will describe the application of Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology to automotive markets. Michael will review aspects of DLP and describe the challenges and advantages of this technology for use in heads-up displays.
Daniel Cashen, Engineering Manager, Daqri Automotive
will discuss the trends toward larger field of view (FOV) and longer image distances (VID), the challenges of integration with current HUD technology, and how these challenges feedback into tangible demand for HUD technologies.
Bob O'Brien to moderate Q&A on automotive market and technology challenges
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Six months ago, I made a commitment to have a longer and healthy life . In my heart, I knew that I had to have someone behind me pushing exercising. I decided on Morgan Hazel . I remember the first day how tired I felt only to get home and sit on the couch for about ½ hour. As the week's past away, I spent less time on the couch.


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The Silverhill Darkroom is a community darkroom based in Hastings, East Sussex, that is looking to provide affordable facilities to anyone living its environs. As well as providing members and non-members with the chance to develop their own prints, they'd also like to offer lessons in darkroom techniques, whether to school children or adults. The darkroom is looking to raise £1,000 to put towards renovating its facilities, providing some of the materials that it requires to get its workshop sessions up-and-running, and to establish a portable darkroom that can be used in schools and other off-site learning environments.
Although the project isn't a charity, it isn't exactly profit-oriented, either. Its goal is sustainability. Mostly, it's about creating an inclusive, affordable, and educational environment, ideally with the support of a part-time staffer.
While they're primarily asking for cash to help make their plans a reality, if you have any serviceable darkroom equipment in need of a good home, do get in touch with them as they might find it useful.
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Wonderlandscape: Yellowstone National Park and the Evolution of an American Cultural Icon (Hardcover)
Whether it is artists or naturalists, entrepreneurs or pop-culture icons, each character in the story of Yellowstone ends up reflecting and redefining the park for the values of its era. For example, when Ernest Thompson Seton wanted to observe bears in 1897, his adventures highlighted the way the park transformed from a set of geological oddities to a wildlife sanctuary, reflecting a nation was concerned about disappearing populations of bison and other species. Subsequent eras added Rooseveltian masculinity, democratic patriotism, ecosystem science, and artistic inspiration as core Yellowstone hallmarks.
As the National Park system enters its second century, Wonderlandscape allows us to reflect on the values and heritage that Yellowstone alone has come to represent--how it will shape the America's relationship with her land for generations to come.


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At Hannover Messe, Forpheus' guest opponent, table tennis champion Dimitrij Ovtcharov, put the robot through its paces. Dimitrij became the world's number one player in 2017, but perhaps even he can learn something from Forpheus! Especially, as Forpheus has some new tricks to its game that can help its ability as a training robot. Ultimate Hannover Messe Experience Our showcase


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Warwick Ladies are just one place off the Midlands Division Two hockey relegation zone after slumping to a 6-0 defeat against title-chasing Leicester Thursday.
They trailed 3-0 at the break, squandering a penalty stroke after pressure by Leanne Morrall and Norma Deeley had found a chink in the opposition armour.
And although they created some chances after the interval they never looked likely to challenge Leicester's superiority.
Warwick 2nds raised club spirits with a 4-0 victory over Balsall & Berkswell, Rebecca Johnson giving them the breakthrough when she rapped home a Charlotte Powell cross.
Newcomers Charlotte Jackson and Carole Heale then provided an admirable service for Powell (2) and Erica Taylor to complete a commanding verdict.
Jaguar maintained their pace at the head of the Warwickshire Leauge with a 4-1 cruise against Edgbaston 2nds.
Kate Russell's early strike gave them the initiative and, although Edgbaston levelled before half-time, Russell landed her second with a penalty stroke after Joyce Jones' shot had been blocked by a defend-er's foot.
Elaine Sarjeant and Jenny Abraham then took a firm grip on proceedings with Jones and Rachel Oglesby adding further goals.
Jaguar 2nds were beaten 2-1 at Brimingham Wasps, a result that would have been more emphatic but for the heroics of keeper Gemma Lewis. Jaguar were two goals adrift before they managed to make any attacking impact, Steph Loach setting up several chances before Michelle Dodd finally found a way through.
Acting captain Helen Brunt led Coventry & North Warwickshire to a 3-0 success against Birmingham University 4ths.
Kate Edmund's perfect pass enabled Sarah Palmer to break the midfield deadlock and, with Sharon Vietch and Rachael Crewe-Smith in dominant form, Coventry added second-half scores via Janet Branson and Becky Crome.
Coventry 2nds' title push suffered a setback when they were held 1-1 at Stratford. Anna Know's penalty gave Coventry the lead, but Stratford hit back strongly and, after young keeper Helen Whitehouse had denied them several times, scrambled a late equaliser.
Atherstone overwhelmed Nuneaton 5-0 to move second in Division Four.
Katie Albrighton got the decisive touch in a goalmouth scramble to give them an early lead and, after Adders had weathered a spell of Nuneaton pressure, Lucy Aldridge made it 2-0 just before half-time.
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CMH Bugaboos
Canada: British Columbia
Ride the pioneering lines that have shaped heli-skiing since the sixties and carve your very own patterns into this unique landscape.
Why Choose CMH
The World's Greatest Skiing Seriously?
Let's face it, we've branded ourself with a gargantuan boast.
Mountain guides tend to be humble by nature, which makes our claim all the more surprising. But when you add it all up, it's the logical conclusion.
Someone who didn't know what CMH is all about might think it is nothing more than a case of advertising hyperbole. Except it's not. While many other operators have joined the industry over the years, here are the reasons why CMH remains head-and-shoulders above them all.
11 Areas to Ski
Just as in real estate, Heli-Skiing's three most important elements are location, location and location. CMH founder Hans Gmoser understood that better than anyone. At a time when nobody else was interested in securing recreational alpine tenure in British Columbia, Hans struck out in a helicopter and literally surveyed the entire mountainous province. He wound up selecting 11 particular areas that, to this day, contain Canada's finest ski terrain. All are within the Columbia Mountains (in particular, its sub-ranges, Selkirk, Monashee, Purcell and Cariboo), which represent the sweet spot when it comes to Heli-Skiing. They combine huge quantities of dry powder, ideal pitches above and below treeline, the easiest access to an international airport, plus old-growth forests that nature apparently designed for perfect tree skiing. (North of the Cariboos, for example, those kind of trees are in short supply.) Bottom line: because CMH got there first, it claimed the best ski regions on the continent.
Dependable Snow
4-5 metre Snowpack
Everybody knows that Canada is a snowy country. But the snowiest place of all? That could be Mt. Copeland—right in the heart of CMH Revelstoke's terrain—which set the Canadian record for annual snowfall in 1972 with 24.5 metres. Or Mt. Fidelity, not far away, which leads the nation in average annual snowfall at 14.7 metres. But every year is a good year for snow in these parts, where mid-winter snowpacks of four and five metres are normal and snow droughts are practically unknown.
It's not just volume, either. The Columbias won the snow lottery by being at the optimal elevation and distance from the warm, moist Pacific Ocean. The snow falls dry and fluffy, and succeeding layers tend to bond well, a process aided by consistent winter temperatures in the range of -10 to -15 degrees C. Because of their fortuitous location, the Columbia Mountains rarely experience the two weather events that can quickly ruin skiing: winter rainfall or outbreaks of extreme cold blowing down from the Arctic.
Unmatched Variety
Infinite Trip Possibilities
It's not just that we have 11 separate areas to choose from, each with its own unique combination of terrain, tree cover and snowfall. But it's the sheer profusion of trips we offer that sets us apart from all others. You can select from regular groups, small groups or even your own private helicopter. You can stay in the deepest backcountry or a mountain village. Come for three days, four days, a week, or even longer. And with our Powder University offerings, you can choose an instructional session where you can learn anything from your first powder turn to your first cliff drop.
Inventors of Heli-Skiing
We invented Heli-Skiing nearly 50 years ago. What was previously unimaginable and audacious is now a fairly commonplace, if luxurious, vacation. Still, when you ski at CMH, you become part of skiing history. You get to join all those who came before—the titans of industry, members of royalty, World Cup racers, as well as all the everyday ski fanatics—in saying that you too have ridden the best of the best.
CMH honours its heritage in everything we do. After five decades hosting the most impassioned skiers on the planet, we like to think we know how to please them by now. You can be confident that every moment of your adventure has been fine-tuned over the years to provide the optimal combination of high-octane skiing, relaxation and first-class hospitality. If you're dedicated and lucky enough, one day you'll even earn the shining trophy in our Heli-Skiing tradition: an Arc'teryx ski suit attesting to a million vertical feet of powder and the cherished memories that go with it.
Lodge Life
Casual Luxury
From the very beginning, CMH has fostered a spirit and architecture of casual luxury, and we're proud to have done it in the most isolated and beautiful places to be found anywhere. Our lodges are built for nothing other than relaxing, refreshing and refuelling. There are saunas and hot tubs. gyms. climbing. massage. And, you always know that when you stomp inside from a roiling blizzard, you'll find a warm fireplace, a perfect little bar, and plenty of fun people to hang out with. That definitely includes our staff, the enthusiastic hosts who are just as happy for the chance to be in these special places as everybody else. CMH is a company run by people who proudly consider themselves skiers, first and foremost. Every time you speak to a CMH employee, be it a reservations agent or the guy who brings you fresh towels, you know you're dealing with a true mountain lover—just like you.
Your Ski Buddies
Friends for life say they first met at CMH
There is one thing that CMH can't control, but doesn't have to: the delightful variety of snow-riders who choose to make this epic voyage. Our clientele is drawn from around the world, from all professions and walks of life. They are connected by at least one thing—the love of skiing—and, as it rapidly turns out, much more. Over the decades, many friends for life can say they first met in a CMH helicopter. Chalk it up to a casual, friendly atmosphere, where you can't tell the flannel-shirted tech billionaire from the small-town ski hill manager who's saved up for the trip of a lifetime—and who cares anyway.
Unforgettable Dining
Every meal is a masterpiece
There's a reason for the high calibre of the chefs who choose to work at CMH. Though they could have their pick of city restaurant or hotel postings, they choose the remote mountains of Western Canada because it offers them total creative freedom. They alone determine the menu, ordering the finest food ingredients from around the globe, delivered via an ingeniously managed distribution system. Over the course of their stay, skiers go on a culinary tour with a custom itinerary. It might range from a Japanese buffet to a Spanish paella to South Carolina barbecue. Dinners are served in courses, family-style, by guides and lodge employees. Paired with wines from our well-stocked cellars, each meal is a masterpiece combining delectable foods and the bubbling atmosphere you only seem to find in the great ski lodges of the world.
All that and we fly
Safety record is unparalleled
At the core of our operation is a crack team of pilots and helicopter mechanics and a fleet of robust aircraft that have all proven themselves over and over in the most punishing conditions. Their record of safety is simply unparalleled. But flying in rugged mountains isn't our only travel challenge. The other is getting to our magical lodges in the smoothest, most trouble-free way possible. And we're good at that too. From the moment you touch down in Canada, the entire CMH family springs into action with one unified mission that hasn't changed in nearly a half-century: delivering you as efficiently and pleasantly as possible to the world's greatest skiing.


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Your loved one is in the military, deployed thousands of miles from home. You are facing a family emergency and need to contact that service person immediately.
Donna Swisher knew just what to do this past June when her father-in-law had a massive stroke and she needed to reach her husband, Ron and Rick, his brother, both of whom were deployed to the Middle East. Donna remembered learning about the American Red Cross during an Army Yellow Ribbon event. The Services to the Armed Forces department of the Red Cross participates in these events in order to educate military personnel and their families about Red Cross resources available to them.
Donna reached out for help. The process was simple, relieving some stress for her and her mother-in-law. A Red Cross volunteer verified the information and contacted the men's commanding officers. The Swisher brothers, Ron and Rick, were notified of their father's failing health less than three hours after Donna contacted the Red Cross, and they were on their way home within 24 hours.
The Swisher family of Morrow County is a military family; three generations of fathers and sons who have dedicated their lives to serving our country. Donna's husband is career Army soldier with over 38 years of service to his name. Their son, her brother-in-law, and her nephew are all active or veteran service members.
As Donna recounted her family's all too recent loss, she spoke about the impact Ron and Rick's return home had on her mother-in-law. The new widow was so thankful they were both with her and both able to say goodbye to their father. The memorial service was beautiful, celebrating her father-in-law's life and service to his country. Generations of active and veteran soldiers were in attendance, including the Army Color Guard and military families who barely knew the Swishers but gathered to show the support of the Army community.
The Red Cross provides 24/7 emergency communication services worldwide, with over 65,200 emergency communications made to military members and their families to date. Donna was surprised that she had only learned about this service within the past few years. She hopes more military families know about all the supportive services available to them during and after deployment.
The American Red Cross strives to be the best part of someone's worst day, and offering the comfort of reuniting a family before the passing of their loved one was just that for the Swisher family. Thank you to the Swishers for your years of service, and for letting the Red Cross be part of your story.
Visit us at http://www.redcross.org/about-us/our-work/military-families for more information on all the services available to active and veteran military and their families.


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Woman's Best Friend/
I grew up with pets, specifically Heather and Misty, two Scottish-named cats who appear in photos with me in my crib. (We had a third named Rob Roy, but he ran away to the across-the-street neighbors because my little sister kept pulling his tail and he really didn't care for children anyway.) We also had dogs, but not the kind that live inside the house except on cold winter nights.
My husband and I had always wanted to raise a dog, and about eight months after we bought our first home, we grew our tiny family. In February 2002, we brought Hannah home. She was named after a character in a Randy Wayne White novel I was reading at the time; the character herself so-named in honor of Hannah "Big Six" Smith, an historic/folkloric John Henry/Paul Bunyan type, only of the female persuasion, and living in the Everglades. I love tall tales and folklore, especially those from the American South (if you're interested in these types of stories, here is a good place to start), and once entertained the thought of a master's degree in folklore at Western Kentucky University (in my home state), but then reality set in. Not too practical, alas.
Hannah is a chocolate Labrador Retriever, and here's what she looked like in the months surrounding the time we adopted her, on our back steps in St. Petersburg, Florida, 2002. I remember she couldn't get up these stairs without assistance.
This was a significant time in our lives ... we'd been married five years, moved a thousand miles from home and not only survived, but thrived, and I have many memories of Hannah becoming our first baby. My husband took her to two sets of obedience classes, and like all Labs, she lived to please, when she wasn't eating our shoes or bouncing off the walls of our 1200-square-foot, pink and white, 1934 bungalow. About six months after she first wiggled across our doorstep, and ironically about the time she was spayed, we were gifted with a positive pregnancy test, and Hannah was very much a part of being beside me through a couple of months of feeling excited, but exhausted and nauseous. When our first child arrived, despite Hannah's puppyhood, she was gentle, tolerant, and a wonderful big sister.
Fast forward nearly twelve years, one move even further down the peninsula, two more children, two senior Lab rescue dogs who spent the last years of their lives with us, and we decided we might be again ready to welcome a puppy into our home. I started looking online and came up with an experienced breeder whom I felt we could trust, and we began the wait for our newest family member. About a week before the new puppy was set to come home, we learned that Hannah has a fairly aggressive cancer. She's not in pain, and although she's slowed down considerably over the years, we agreed with our vet that it didn't seem quite the time to give up. She's getting treatment without side effects, and I am hanging on hoping for another "healthy" year for her, knowing that an average lab doesn't usually live much past 12 or 13, regardless of illness.
When our baby Lab Bonnie (keeping the Scottish naming thing going) first arrived in November of last year, I felt more ambivalent than I expected. She was very, very adorable, yet I think a nagging sense of disloyalty to Hannah, should I fall in love with another dog, pervaded my thoughts. The timing was bad, as perhaps we would have put bringing a puppy home off had we known of Hannah's illness. Puppies garner a lot of attention, and I worried that Hannah would feel left behind and unwanted. She'd seen me through postpartum blues, a job loss, and the enormous transformation from semi-independent person to having my heart walk around outside my body in the form of three children.
Well, of course, I couldn't not fall in love with Bonnie. It took a few weeks, but no one with even the hardest heart can resist this:
Her ridiculously happy tail, desire to learn, and general excitement to be alive make her impossible not to succumb to. And she and Hannah have done just fine together. I should have known Mother Nature would take care of that relationship, too:
Hannah sits under my feet warming my toes as I type, and I know my time with her is heartbreakingly limited. While Bonnie will never replace this beautiful chocolate girl who stood by me and brought such love and loyalty with her, I know that continuing the cycle of bringing dogs into our family keeps this love moving forward. Perhaps the monks of New Skete, who have raised German Shepherds since the 1960s express it best, when they say that dogs make us believe we can actually someday be the person they already think we are. Indeed, it's impossible to peer into a dog's soul without seeing a reflection of the best of oneself.
That's a rather long introduction to a book I want to share with you, a title of such beauty that it took my breath away. If you don't know Mary Oliver, she's an American poet nearing 80 who's won the Pulitzer Prize, and cites Edna St. Vincent Millay as her inspiration. I love poetry, much more now that I did when I tried to be an English major, and all the explication killed the magic, and I promptly moved a floor down in the humanities building and made American history my mainstay. I find poetry unfettered by over-analyzation more my speed. Here's a slice of Oliver's latest book, Dog Songs, a tribute to the many dogs who have come in and out of her life, with apologies for not having any copyright permissions, so please do not copy the two I've typed in, but buy the book instead:
Here is a portion of Conversation:
I had to go away for a few days so I called
the kennel and made an appointment. I guess
Bear overheard the conversation.
"Love and company." said Bear, "are the adornments
that change everything. I know they'll be
nice to me, but I'll be sad, sad, sad."
And pitifully he wrung his paws.
I cancelled the trip.
I found this one online:
And also, The Sweetness of Dogs:
What do you say, Percy? I am thinking
of sitting out on the sand to watch
the moon rise. It's full tonight.
So we go
and the moon rises, so beautiful it
makes me shudder, makes me think about
time and space, makes me take
measure of myself: one iota
pondering heaven. Thus we sit, myself
thinking how grateful I am for the moon's
perfect beauty and also, oh! how rich
it is to love the world. Percy, meanwhile,
leans against me and gazes up into
my face. As though I were just as wonderful
as the perfect moon.
There are many more poems in Dog Songs, some happy, some very sad, all contemplative and gorgeous. And several beautiful pencil drawings of the dogs featured complement the poetry. I hope you'll be as moved by this title as I was. Sometimes poets, when they do their jobs well, help us express feelings that seem too vast or incomprehensible or buried to put into words. The relationship between people and their pets is mystic and hard to define, but Mary Oliver does just that, tenderly and with great affection. I'm grateful for her talent.


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Released: 28/03/2018
eISBN: 9781789010299
Format: Paperback/eBook
Set in the 1980's, Dyed Souls follows the life of 13-year-old Charlie; an intelligent, troubled teen, taken from his grandparents by his drug addicted mother, only to end up at Hawthorne Residential Treatment Village.
There he ponders Darwin, Socrates, and Plato, and unexpectedly falls in love with a girl named Margo. When she breaks his heart, Charlie runs away, beginning a new journey that will leave him shattered before he finally makes it to Virginia. Back with his grandparents, the return of his mother forces him to learn a bitter truth that changes his life forever.
Dyed Souls is a thought-provoking, gritty novel, that will appeal to fans of literary fiction and philosophical literature. A coming-of-age novel, it is suitable for both young adult and adult readers.
Dyed Souls was awarded Silver in the Young Adult Fiction Category of the 2018 Global Ebook Awards.
Heartbreaking. This book is emotional and deep and not for the faint of heart. Although it's a turn from my normal light-hearted novels, I was pulled into the gloomy and often dark world of Charlie and I couldn't escape from its magnetism of brokenness and resilience.
I think I may have connected with the book on such a relatable level because the setting was so familiar to me. At one time I worked at a treatment facility just like the one in the book, with kids just like those in the book, with protocol and structure just like that in the book. It was like taking a step back in time. Charlie could have been a number of kids that I worked with back then.
Right from the beginning, it is very apparent that this child has had a difficult life. His mother has placed him on the outskirts of her life, only to be picked up when she wants something to play with. And just when you think that Charlie's life is already crummy enough, it gets 100 times worse.
The characters were all very well-written. They were realistic and each person made an impact in the story. The author was able to blend every personality together to weave a very tragic story.
The only flaw for me was the prolonged "interruptions" about Darwinism theory that Charlie either related to his life or had flashbacks of. I get that it was a large part of his personality and correlated with how Charlie viewed his current life situation, but it became very lengthy at times and I found myself skipping pages to get back to the "action" of the story.
Overall, this was a very engaging, well-written book with characters who all conveyed tangible tragedy and despair. I give it a rating of 4.5/5 with a slight detraction for the constant swing back to science and evolution, only because I was so invested in the forward progress of the book and that hit the pause button on it for me.
by Heather Nelson (via NetGalley)


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Each participant commits to a weekly 3-2-1: Three hours of time with Jesus, two hours of intentional relationship building and evangelism with internationals, and one hour of corporate prayer with other Launch Community members. All of this happens in the context of community, and our community is deepened by having an outward goal. By focusing on cross-cultural disciple-making, we grow closer to each other. Additionally, going out to share Jesus in pairs or groups makes us more effective.
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Article by John Scardina
Photo Credit: Halley Elefante
Magazine: Issue #36
I was thinking the other day about how my life has unfolded over the recent years and all events that have brought me to where I am now as an entrepreneur. Every choice I've made has happened right or wrong for a single purpose in order to bring me here today. I did manifest and meditate along the way visualizing where I wanted to be, and my vision has become extremely close to my current reality. But I wondered ever so deeply, "why am I here now?" When I tell people about what I do in business, certainly if they are not from the same holistic realm they look a bit bewildered. "I'm a healer, an educator, and a believer in spiritual health." I receive so many questions of what it is that I actually do from those who not found a path yet, or those who belong to another village. So I answer as many questions as I can in order to inform people of all possibilities if only they choose a path, their own path.
It even gets a bit stranger for me when I tell them that I often write for an amazing women's entrepreneurial magazine. This one sentence statement gets me looks that are so entertaining. I often wonder myself why I'm here doing this right now at this point and realized it's what I have always manifested, "Being a respected part of a village."
It does take this village for all of us to succeed in business, those who are like minded, searching for answers and dedicated to helping others succeed. Without the help of this village we are just solitary entrepreneurs struggling along a lonesome path just surviving in business without the help of others. This is a path I first followed when I knew everything or at least thought I did. This proved to be just an existence that was just simple and rarely profitable. The rarely profitable part was something that I have never manifested at any level, but the solitary path nurtured a lack of profitability for a long time before I came to realize that it does really take a village. I needed to become part of this village and by doing my homework I educated myself on networking skills and learned about the village and introduced myself. Learning and sharing with this village has allowed me to become a respected member of the village and very profitable on a regular basis.
If you want to do more than just survive as an entrepreneur, study your village, introduce yourself, teach this village, learn from this village, and most of all share with this village. As holistic entrepreneur's we need each other in order to succeed, we really do need the village.
I could not imagine not being part of a village and when people ask me what it is I do now, I reply "I'm a healer, educator, and a believer of spiritual health amongst many others".


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Teacher caught on video grabbing kindergartner by face, could face charges »
If you're a parent, teacher, or person with a soul, this video should horrify you. This is exactly how to ruin a child, and how to make a further mockery of the school system—one that really doesn't need much more help ..
Every time I see a bus driving a load of children off to the nearest indoctrination camp, I always hum ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL by Pink Floyd in my head.. And this video of this rotten woman who claims to be a teacher should be the bus driver, taking the kids off to be churned into sausage while they beg for their pudding.
Even if a child is doing something that needs attention or discipline, common sense would dictate that it's not something you grab a child by the neck as his head slams against the wall.. That's not discipline, it's torture..
Little 6-year-old Ian did not deserve to be chocked for going to the bathroom.. Time and time again, adults seem hellbent on stealing the innocence from our children..
Luckily a surveillance camera caught it all on tape.
Imagine the countless hallways where this happens and no surveillance camera exists…?
Imagine the countless hallways where this happens and no surveillance camera exists…?


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1998/99 Season
Monday 21st June 1999
Now the dust has settled on that wonderful day in May, the hangovers have all gone, the Rags fans have all taken their shirts abroad on their summer holidays and us City fans start to think of August and the teams we will be playing. No more Macc Town no more Colchester (did we play Colchester last season?). How are we going to do? Who will we buy? The latest on transfers is as follows. City are interested in David Johnson from Ipswich, Scott Sellars from Bolton on a free and Stan Lazaridis (again) from West Ham. At the moment there is nothing concrete and there won't be until probably next week at the next meeting. David Johnson is apparently unsettled in Ipswich and wants to come back to the North West, that is all I have heard in the last few days. Lee Sharpe has turned us down in favour of the Mighty bantams and Premier League football. I hope City get promotion again and Bradford will no doubt be relegated so we can stick two fingers up at him and watch him grovel to Big Joe the season after. I can't believe he has turned us down twice. Maybe his brother John told him bad things about the club from his time at Maine Road. Anyway more news as I receive it.
Tuesday 1st June 1999
What an absolutely wonderful magnificent day. Talk about typical City, I honestly don't think any other team in the world could put it's fans through what we go through season after season after season after season. As I am not a season ticket holder or a member I couldn't get a ticket for the occasion so I watched it on Sky with the GMR commentary on the radio. I swear when Dickov equalised Andy Buckley was CRYING, so much for being a neutral. That man is City through and through. He watches every match home and away and even gets paid for it, what a life eh? When I heard the penalty takers I nearly cried, RICHARD EDGHILL for christs sake, 151st match and he's never scored. I think the day was all a bit too much for Browny who was not quite himself, but he has played a blinder most of the season. But the biggest surprise of all was when my Daily Mirror was delivered and the entire front and back pages were City. I have included a scan of it on this page. Feel free to use it as a desktop or whatever. Also the Sun had the exact same picture taken a few moments earlier as Nicky Weaver was diving in front of his team mates.
Mirror Scan
Wednesday 19th May
Play off final Sunday 30th May 1999. The day after my 34th birthday.
Monday 17th May
Here we go again, no nails and another worrying couple of days. I am 33 years old and have more grey hairs than old father times' Grand-father. A 1-1 draw is not too bad I don't suppose. Come on you blooooooooooos.
More on Wednesday.
Monday 10th May
Firstly congratulations to Nicky Weaver on breaking Alex Williams' record of 21 clean sheets. Considering he couldn't even get in the reserves last season I think he has done a wonderful job between the sticks and hopefully he has a long and medal ridden career at the club.
Now the tension is becoming unbearable as we face the prospect of a two legged semi final against Wigan Athletic. They have not conceded many at Springfield Park so a 0-0 0r 1-1 would be a good result. City picked up a couple of injuries on Saturday so things not looking too clever. The other semi is of course between Gillingham and Preston. Preston have had a bit of an iffy spell of late but I suppose it's what happens over the three matches that counts. City's first leg is away on Saturday with the second leg on the following Wednesday. 3rd place in the league isn't too bad I don't suppose. You only have to scroll down this page to see my rantings earlier in the season. Oh joy to be a City fan eh?
The last season City were promoted from Division 2 they finished with 82 points, this season they finished with 82 points.The last season City were promoted was the season 88-89 this is season is 98-99. The last time City were promoted it was a London team that won the division, this season it was a London team that won the division. Cue the Outer Limits theme tune.
A couple of facts about this season.
Lowest number of defeats since 1976-77
Lowest Goals conceded since 1976-77
Sunday 2nd May
Well 2 games left and the worry is over we are condemned to the play offs. Now there is even more worry as we are 5 games from life back in division one. Yesterdays result was a bit of a bummer but Walsall had already gained promotion so the heat was off really. Life as a City fan is a strange one.
I am adding a couple of new bits to this site. Some photos I have collected from the 'net and a History section. I am hoping to list City's final league position for every year since they were elected to the league. It may take a while so keep checking up. If anybody wants to offer any help in redesigning this site please mail me at my new email address firstname.lastname@example.com More soon.
Saturday 24th April
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. What a let down. I think City like doing this to us fans. There we all were getting carried away with all the automatic promotion thoughts and the boys turn in a performance like todays. The great unpredictables strike again. It's now looking like the lottery of the play offs and 3 nail biting hair ripping matches. Lets hope they have got the crap games out of their systems and roar in to division one through the backdoor. There was talk on GMR today of moving the first leg from the Sunday to the Saturday as the Sunday is the last day of the Premier League. Mind you the Football League will probably not allow it. Mark Robins is out for the rest of the season after undergoing a hernia operation. According to Big Joe they knew he had a groin problem when he arrived. Anyway the only chance we now have of automatic promotion is for Walsall to lose all their remaining games and City to win both of ours. Mind you at least we MAY have Wemberlee to look forward to.
Wednesday 14th April
Another good result though not a convincing performance. 2-0 after 10 minutes and cruising but they must have been saving their energies for Saturday against Gillingham. Walsall had a good win against Bournemouth last night which I think will be enough to see them go up in 2nd behind Fulham who were promoted. On the black side it looks as if Terry Cooke will going back to Taggart to wallow in reserve team football. If he decides to join City in the summer we could get him for a very small amount according to the pundits on GMR. He will not command such a high price at a tribunal due to his lack of first team football. If he does decide to stay with the Rags then we should wish him all the best and hope he can command a regular place at Old Trafford at least it will give us all a reason to watch MOTD. He is a fantastic player and he has brought a breath of fresh air to Maine Road. If Joe Royle and the board do decide to stump up the money for him so we have him for the play offs maybe next season we can have a similar player on the left wing.
Saturday 10th April
Yet another astounding day in the life of Manchester City. An emphatic 4-0 win against a team City usually struggle against. Results also went the way of the blues with Macc beating Preston and Walsall losing to Colchester. The automatic second spot still looks out of reach but then again this is City we are talking about. Always expect the unexpected. Walsall are now two points in front with two games in hand, Preston are one point in front with one game in hand. We can only hope and pray. The thing in City's favour is that Walsall have a few tough games having to face Fulham and Preston.
Wednesday 31st March
Well things are starting to look good again after our little slip against Oldham. 1 defeat in 16 games is promotion form in my book, all we need now is a few more slips from the teams above and to beat Wigan and Preston in the next two games. Not much is it.
Last Thursday Joe Royle signed Mark Robins from Ronnie Whelans Greek side. It was reported on teletext and on tv that he has been signed on loan. This is not the case, he has been signed on a free until the end of the season. If he's as good as the other United player we've got he'll not go far wrong. Bradford were quoted £1.4m for Terry Cooke on the day before the transfer deadline, I am hoping that this was a scare tactic by Fergie as he is pretty chummy with Big Joe so he could have been doing him a favour by scaring them off. Lee Sharpe was at Maine Road on the same day having a cup of tea with Joe and getting ready to sign for the blues until the Mighty Bradford stepped in. It just goes to show how far we have dropped when a player chooses Bradford City above Manchester City. I hope he lives to regret his decision and they stay in the First so that we can hammer them at Maine Road next season.
More soon.
Wednesday 10th March
Another emphatic victory another 3 points and an unbeaten run of 12 games. Not bad eh? City could have scored about 16 last night but at least they got 6. The 2nd automatic promotion place is now more or less out of reach barring very bad results for the teams above us. But Wembley is looking a very distinct possibility.
News in the Mirror today that Ajax are trying to offload Kinky and nobody is interested. I find that quite hard to believe myself. Joe Royle has said that he is not going to use the first option buy back clause which is a pity because I would love to see him back at Maine Road but I know he would not be right for the team. I think he will eventually end up in the Premier League. I have to admit that I would love to see him at Newcastle alongside fellow Georgian Timouri Ketsbaia. What a team that would be.
Local Derby time again on Saturday as Oldham come to the academy. They are currently at the wrong end of the table so I expect nowt less than a good win.
More soon.
Saturday 20th February
We're going up, We're going up, We're going City's going up. A good day all round for the boys in blue. 3 vital points and a few others dropping some. Defeat for Preston and Stoke and draws for the other front runners. (apart from Fulham). I was reminded today just what I've been missing for the last 5 or 6 years. The atmosphere at this afternoons match was incredible. Being Macc born and bred it was quite strange seing them at Maine Road, and my 9 year old son was sat in our coach open mouthed as we pulled up at the ground. "in't it big" he said as he saw the ground, yet another unsuspecting blue. "Can we go again Dad" he asked as we went home on one of the very quiet Macc coaches. Obviously with this being his first visit he doesn't know what it's like when they play crap.
More soon.
Wednesday 17th February
What a silly boy. Jamie Pollock was sent off for the 3rd time this season on Saturday. It was announced yesterday that he has been stripped of the captaincy for his own good. Apparently he now has no reason whatsoever to speak to referees. But we know different don't we. It is a part of his game that we will just have to put up with.
This Saturday I will be at the Academy for the first time in about 5 years and my son will be making his first ever visit. We will be there for the visit of our home town club Macclesfield Town. I have 2 tickets for the North stand and I can honestly say I don't know who is more excited, me or him. Mind you he was a bit worried after seeing the trouble in the North Stand against Millwall when the mindless morons came to wreck everything. He was panic struck when I told him that's where we are sitting. As we are on a roll I can honestly see Macc being a little overawed by 30 000 diehard Blues fans as opposed to 3 000 Macc fans. My prediction for this weekends match is 5-0 to City.
More soon.
Friday 5th February 1999
Finally I have managed to update this very boring page. We are still on a roll as I write with good wins against Fulham and Stoke and a draw against Walsall, 7 points out of 9 against the top sides. I think the team that will stop us getting that automatic promotion place is going to be Preston. News I read in the papers this week includes a cash investment of £30 million quid from somewhere with £20 million available for players and the rest going on shares. I can only suppose it has something to do with Stephen Bolers shares but as always you can't believe everything you read in the papers. (Just ask Glenn Hoddle).
I thought the sacking of Mr Hoddle this week was a bit harsh but I have never liked the man. John Motson the "unbiased" commentator for the '81 cup final must have thought that Hoddle's free kick was aimed at Tommy Hutch's shoulder on that fateful May day.
I would like to finish on a sad note. Two former City greats have gone to the Great Academy in the Sky in the last couple of days. Joe Hayes who scored the opening goal in the 1956 Fa Cup Final win over Birmingham and Arthur Mann who came to Maine Road in 1968 as the then record signing at £65 000 from Hearts. Both men will be well remembered.
More tomorrow after we beat Millwall 2-0!!!!!
Monday 4th January 1999
Not a bad display by all accounts on Saturday and the boys can count themselves unlucky not to have come away with a draw. I listened to the match on GMR and was VERY impressed. Keep up the good work boys. A successful Christmas period has cheered me up no end, taking 6 points out of 6 can't be bad. Still in 7th place in the league and nicely placed for the run in. Maybe a day out at Wembley is still on the cards after all, but then again this is the wonderfully unpredictable City we are talking about. Speaking of days out, it's a trip to Blackpool on Saturday the Windy Town on the north west coast with the big tower. More news on this page as it happens.
Sunday 27th December 1998
At last a bit of good fortune, instead of us dominating Wrexham and not being able to score, we were crap and still came away with 3 points which has lifted the mighty blues to 7th place in the best league in Europe. Now this may be a coincidence but since I got the new away shirt on Friday 25th December this year City have a 100% record and it has now been washed ready for the Stoke match tomorrow. A result to match the relegation battle from last season will go down a real treat. City are a very frustrating side to follow, but they are still the love of about 40 000 people here in the UK. Anyway I would like to take this chance to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very lucky and point filled New Year. My New Year's resolution is not to look on the black side when we drop a few points. It will probably last until around the middle of January but there you go.
Wednesday 16th December
A wonderful goal by Michael Brown and the Blues are now in the 3rd round of the FA Cup and an away tie against Wimbledon. Was it worth all the drama of the two Darlington games I ask myself. At least we will be able to use that age old cliche "now we can concentrate on the league". Looking at the table we are 14 points adrift of the top spot with the top teams having a couple of games in hand. A run of 6 or 7 wins on the trot and who knows where we'll end up. Next match away at York City. More news on Saturday night.
Oh a quick word about Willie Donachie, apparently he has apologised for his comments in Fridays M.E.N. He was not saying he was disappointed with all City fans just the ones who boo all the time. All I can say to that Willie is GIVE US A WINNING TEAM WITH HEART AND SPIRIT AND THE BOOING WILL STOP
Friday 11th December
I have to say, having just read tonights Manchester Evening News, that I am quite amazed at Willie Donachie's comments that he was sickened by the boo boys at the Darlington match last Friday night. What the bloody hell does he expect cheers? City fans are the most loyal in the entire British Isles. Surely we are entitled to express our opinions after paying a small fortune to be entertained. When City fans pay to be entertained they expect to be entertained by City not the opposition. I am sick of hearing the expression "well it's like their Cup Final isn't it" When was the last time Arsenal or the Rags or Liverpool couldn't beat a team a division below them. If City played anybody in the Cup Final they would lose we really have gone that far downhill. With all honesty after that match last Friday night, Darlington should have been in the draw for the 3rd round and facing Wimbledon. Things really are going to have to improve and pretty bloody quick. We are now in the run up to Christmas and in 8th place in the league. If come May we want one of the automatic promotion places we simply cannot afford to lose any more stupid matches. If these clowns can't beat Mansfield Town at Maine Road then what chance have they got against the likes of Sunderland et al in Division 1 or the Rags in the Premier League. To rub salt in the wounds, on Wednesday night the night after City played in front of 3004 fans at Maine Road in the Autoglass Trophy for Crap clubs who never win anything ManchesterUnited played in front of 55000 fans at OT in the European Cup for Excellent teams who win all their own Domestic Trophies every year. Then on the highlights show in the early hours of Thursday morning we had one UWE ROSLER scoring a bloody Hat-Trick for Kaiserslautern in a 5-2 win in the same competition. I hope they go on to lift the European Cup for Uwe's sake he deserves it after putting up with the crap at Maine Road. Anyway enough ranting and raving, tomorrow it's home against Bristol Rovers' injury hit side so that's another worrying thought as the minnows come to enjoy their Cup Final and Piss off to the West Country with all the points.
More here soon.
Thursday 26th November
I am getting a little ticked off just lately. No, it's nothing to do with City. I've just upgraded my PC from a P60 to a Winchip 240mmx and I've had nowt but trouble. Anyway everything is now ok and I am back to updating this page more regularly. I have decided to scrap the best City 11 idea because I have not had 1 vote at all, not a sausage, bugger all. I think I am going to have to give this page a revamp cos even I think it's getting boring. I might even scrap it all together and concentrate on my emulation sites who knows.
Anyway today came the news that Craig Hignett is going to Barnsley and a Sheffield United striker is coming to Maine Road, I think it's Gareth Taylor but then again I could be wrong. Joe Royle reckons we are still on course for promotion but I am not so sure, to gain promotion surely we should be beating the likes of Gillingham at the academy not drawing 0-0. Saturday saw the same old problem dictating the match but not able to put the ball away. Next match is this Saturday against Luton. Expect another update on Saturday night.
Monday 16th November
I'm back after two weeks of City bliss. 2nd round of the FA Cup and 5th place in the league. A smashing show by Craig Russell on Friday night and a good showing altogether. I have had a major catastrophe this last 2 weeks. I upgradedfrom a Mini Metro like P60 to a flashy Sports Car like P240. For some reason I ended up having to Format my main hard drive and reinstall Windows 95. As if this wasn't enough I also formatted my D drive aswell so everything I've had off the internet over the last few months has gone down the toilet. Back to the football, since my last writings City have signed Andy Morrison for £80000. That bloke is built like a mountain it's gonna take centre forwards half an hour just to run round him. I do believe that the signings of Branch and Morrison are going to be the change we need to get us out of the Second Division. Then we'll just need another 11 players to get us out of the First Division. (Only Joking)
Monday 2nd November 1998
Isn't it amazing how one win against inferior opposition cheers you up for a few days. 2-1 against Colchester was as welcome as 11-0 against the Rags would be. Lots of news today. After the loan signings of Branch and Morrison City are also after Craig Hignett from Aberdeen, and are on the verge of signing George Donis from Blackburn. A flying winger by all accounts with a few caps for Greece. The FA Cup has brought up the usual bad memories, with us been drawn at home to Halifax. Lee Bradbury made his Palace debut on Saturday for the last 15 minutes. I for one wish him well and am just sad we didn't the best out of him. Gio has been in the news for the last few days. Apparently he is very miserable at Ajax where he is being played as a left winger, nobody is chanting his name and he still hasn't scored. He has sent messages to Liverpool to come and get him and rescue him from his misery. I have to admit It would give me a reason to watch Match Of The Day other than the rare occasion United get hammered. I am still eagerly awaiting my first set of Best and Worst City teams. It has now been nearly 2 weeks since my idea for this but I still haven't had anybody's list. I think I'll give it another 2 weeks and then stop it.
Saturday 24th October 1998
Yet another bad showing at the academy. 1-0 at home to Reading. Fortunately for me I was not at the match, and missed the coverage on the radio. I am now sick to the back teeth of being a Manchester City Supporter. This once wonderful football club has been ripped apart over the last 10 years by bumbling incompetents who have no idea of what to do. To my way of thinking the Maine Road hierarchy should not have replaced Peter Reid. Two years of finishing 5th in the league was not good enough. I do not want to speak ill of the dead, but Peter Swales' decision to part company with Reidy because of a bad run of results is where this wonderful club has gone wrong. Bo@*ocks to money troubles, success on the field brings success elsewhere. I am sure more Blues would rather watch a local Derby against the Rags than against Wigan or Oldham. In 8 years we have gone from beating United 5-1 to losing at home to Reading and away to the mighty Lincoln City. 5 managers later we are the laughing stock of the Football world and no decent player will ever come to this club until things change. At this moment in time we have a load of triers but nothing else. No passion, no skill, no heart, NO CHANCE. Now on that depressing note I am off to the local to get bladdered and have people take the p*ss as usual.
I have not had any votes yet on the best and worst City teams.
Tuesday 20th October 1998
What a bag of S*ite. I have just listened to the Lincoln match on GMR and I have never heard such a bad match on the radio in my life. Last time we played at Sincil Bank they played the same but lost 4-1. I really thought that after Saturday's result at Wiggin we had once more turned the corner. It looks as though the corner had yet another banana skin waiting. Andy Buckley of GMR reckons we are really missing the bad tempered Jamie Pollock. What we are actually missing is a player who is not scared sh*tless of making a mistake. A player who can think and has the skills to match. We also need a decent finisher. It makes you wonder what would have happened if Uwe had stayed. On song he would have had about 30 to 40 goals already this season.
Changing the subject entirely, I am trying to piece together a list of everyone's best and worst City players of all time. Just email me with your best 11 and worst 11 and I will put the results on this very page. Pick 11 of each and 5 subs for each. C'mon Vote now.
Saturday 17th October 1998
Well, 3 more away points and 7th in the league. Not bad after another poor display. No points at all on Monday so 7th doesn't look too bad. The draw for the autoglass has been announced too. We will be facing the mighty Mansfield. Could it be a route to Wembley? I doubt it somehow.
Listening to the radio today I discovered that Joe Royle wants to play 4-4-2 but doesn't feel he has the players for it. He said "I would love to play with wingers but unfortunately we haven't got anyone suitable". I seem to recall having a very good winger by the name of Beagrie. He's now looking good in the division above us Mr Royle.
Thursday 8th October 1998
Why the hell has Nigel Clough only just left Maine Road. I thought he'd retired ages ago. I suppose it may have something to do with the fact that he's been getting paid huge sums of money for spending the day playing Golf instead of working on his fitness and football skills. There is no doubting his football brain when he was at Forest he was absolutely brilliant but it is no use having a footballers brain if you don't have footballers feet or a footballers body is it . I mean I can think a good game I know when to pass the ball and when to shoot but unfortunately my feet don't anymore. All the same I wish him well but I wish he'd stayed at Forest because who knows he could have led England to glory in the World Cup or European Championships or something. I think he bit off more than he could chew moving to Anfield.
Anyway no match this Weekend so I shall be doing a bit of decorating and then watching England stuff it up the Bulgars. Oh and My Brother has E-Mailed me a list of every England match ever played including every scorer if anybody wants a copy e-mail me and I'll stick it up on this site.
Saturday 3rd October 1998
Sorry Joe this just isn't good enough. A team with the stature and history of Manchester City should be annihilating the likes of Burnley. The chances are being created and today we played SOME bloody good football but what is happening in front of the old onion bag. Come on Mr Royle get it sorted and get well soon. Use that hospital telephone and pull in a few favours. You would do well looking in the division above at the likes of John McGinley he scored a few in this Division a few seasons ago and I do believe he's available.


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I am currently in the process of overhauling my workflow, so what follows is very much a work-in-progress.
The Key Tools
- I have started to use DT Pro Office as my everything app. One database consisting of 4 head folders: personal, professional, research, and teaching.
- to search for (and open) files within DT, I use this script for Alfred (which requires the powerpack upgrade) and my Textexpander command ";dd" to auto-insert "devon" - thus, from any screen I can use Alfred to open files located within DT databases by typing "command command ;dd"


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Imagine the joy of knowing that some of the rewards from your life's work will contribute in a meaningful way to First-St. Andrew's future. There are a variety of ways that you may make your gift, including:
All of these options provide a meaningful gift to perpetuate the mission and vision of the church and can be part of sound tax-planning as well.
When a bequest or other gift provided for in the last will and testament of the donor is received by First-St. Andrew's United Church, a leaf, appropriately inscribed, will be added to the Proudfoot Legacy Tree in the church atrium recognizing the bequest or other testamentary gift. A notation will concurrently be made in the Memorials Book to recognize this gift. The gift will be formalized and honoured at a special session after worship service, usually the first Sunday in May, to which friends and family will be invited.
You may also send your enquiry to:
Financial Development Officer
London Conference Office
The United Church of Canada
PO Box 28039, London, Ontario N6H 5E1
We are an
Affirming Ministry of
The United Church of Canada
Sunday Worship at 10:30
Order of Service
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This is our latest "big bus" creation with a brand new interior converted in fabulous Las Vegas. Built on a Prevost commercial tour bus platform with air ride suspension for maximum comfort. The interior boasts color wash changing ceiling, multiple large video monitors, high end stereo, built in bars, large stand behind serving bar and of course an on-board lavatory. This is truly the perfect bus for any occasion.


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The earth can be conveniently divided into four layers: the troposphere, the stratosphere, the mesosphere, the thermosphere. The region outside the thermosphere is sometimes referred to as the exosphere.
The Troposphere
The troposphere is the lowest layer and the layer in which we live. By mass it accounts for 80% of the atmosphere. It is the increase of carbon dioxide in the troposphere that is cause of global warming. The height of the troposphere varies by latitude and other effects. It is thinnest at the poles and thickest at the equator and can vary from about 7-17 km in thickness.
Generally speaking, temperature decreases with height through the troposphere. The surface temperature of the earth is about 288 K, and it decreases about 6.5 K per km in altitude. There are thin regions within the troposphere in which the temperature increases with altitude. These temperature inversions inhibit mixing and can exacerbate smog by inhibiting dilution.
At the top of the troposphere, the decrease in temperature stops in a region called the tropopause. the temperature in this region averages about 218 K.
The Stratosphere
The stratosphere extends from the tropopause to about 50 km in altitude. Within the stratosphere temperature increases with height, slowly at first and more drastically at higher altitude. At the top of the stratosphere, the stratopause, the temperature is about 270 K.
The stratosphere is very dry compared to the troposphere. For the same reason that temperature inversions inhibit mixing, the stratosphere also inhibits mixing.
The stratosphere has a high concentration of ozone. The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet light. Chlorinated fluorocarbons (CFCs) have been implicated in the depletion of the the ozone layer and are being phased out under a treaty called the Montreal Protocol. CFCs are long lived in the atmosphere and are able to migrate to the stratosphere. In the stratosphere, chlorine atoms are liberated and participate in heterogeneous reactions catalyzed by polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) that deplete ozone.
The media often confuse the issue of ozone depletion with global warming, but they are really two different processes that occur for two different reasons. Ozone depletion occurs because of chemical reactions within the stratosphere involving chlorine from CFCs, whereas global warming occurs because of the increased absorption of infrared radiation in the troposphere by increasing amounts of carbon dioxide emitted from burning fossil fuels. Although there are potential feedback mechanisms that may cause these phenomena to interact with one another, to first order, they are separate issues.
One effect of global warming is that the stratosphere is actually cooling! (
At the top of the stratosphere, in stratopause, the increase in temperature stops.
The Mesosphere and Thermosphere
The Mesosphere extends from the top of the stratopause at about 50 km to about 85 km. The temperature decreases with altitude from about 270 K to about 180 K. The Thermosphere extends to the exobase, which varies significantly from about 350-800 km.
Weather and Geography
Of course the temperature varies according to location on the earth as well as local and temporal weather patterns. The values of temperature (as well as pressure) cited here are approximate mid-latitude mean values. Accounting for variation, of course, makes the model more complex.
Pressure and Density
As altitude increases through the atmosphere, pressure decreases. As pressure decreases there are fewer absorbers in the same volume of air. Additionally, the frequency of collisions between molecules decreases and thereby changes the infrared spectra.
Pressure, p, through the atmosphere decreases approximately exponentially. If p0 is the pressure at sea level (or other reference point), then:
p = p0*exp (-z/H)
where z is altitude in meters and H is a quantity called the scale height. Scale height is a function of temperature at 288 K, it is about 8435 m. Density decreases with altitude with the same relationship.
The following table shows the composition of the atmosphere by volume, relative to a dry atmosphere. Infrared active species are noted.
Radiative Transfer
The next logical step to take in building a radiative-transfer model of the troposphere is to expand the three-layer model to a multi-layer model, in which I account for the temperature and pressure variation. The next post in this series builds such a model for carbon dioxide alone. After that step, I can start to discuss more sophisticated models of the atmosphere. It is perhaps worth mentioning the natural tension between keeping the model understandable to the lay person, and including more detail into the model. By going step-by-step, I hope to at least make some of the more sophisticated models understandable, but first I extend the simple model.
- John M. Wallace and Peter V. Hobbs, Atmospheric Science, Second Edition, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006
- Wikipedia: Atmosphere of Earth
- Tropopause and Lower Stratosphere
- Brittanica: Stratosphere and Mesosphere
- The Montreal Protocol
- NASA: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- Wikipedia: Scale Height


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It is Day 29 of this Fitness Challenge. REMEMBER, if you are doing an alternating walk day in between like I am... that meant today was your day to record your STATS!! Since tomorrow, Day 30, is a walk/hike day, this is your day to see how you did compared to your start day!!!! :) I wrote down my stats on Day 1 and again on Day 15.... so I recorded them again today!!
On Day 15, I wrote down my stats next to my Day 1's number on the same sheet of paper.... therefore I kind of knew what I had to beat. Today, I couldn't find that sheet of paper, so I did it without knowing what my old numbers were! I must admit, I was a little nervous I wouldn't PUSH myself hard enough without knowing what I had to beat! Well, I'm glad I did it this way.... because I truly know now that I AM stronger today than I was on Day One. I HAVE improved since Day One. It feels SO GREAT to have accomplished this!! But it's not over yet... Day 30 is tomorrow!!!!! Here's my stats for: Day 1, Day 15, and TODAY (Day 29)...
- Jumping Jacks: 35, 40, 41
- Push Ups: 15, 21, 24
- Crunches: 22, 30, 30
- Chair Step Ups: 13, 15, 15
- Squats: 18, 21, 22
- Tricep Dips: 18, 32, 32
- High Knees: 70, 75, 81
- Lunges: 14, 18, 18
- Push Up Rotations: 7, 10, 15
REMEMBER, you are not comparing YOUR numbers to MY numbers. You are comparing YOUR numbers to YOUR Day One numbers.
"The only person you should try to be better than, is the person you were yesterday."
Remember to PUSH yourself! Have a GREAT workout today!!!! SEE YOU ON DAY 30!!!!


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I am taking reservations for grassfed lamb for fall of 2013. You can reserve your lamb by completing the form at this link.
When you complete the form, I will follow up to let you know where to send your $75 deposit to secure your lamb. Your deposit is a credit toward your final cost.
Your actual cost will be $4.95 per pound hanging weight. A 100 pound lamb will have a hanging weight of about 40 pounds and a cut weight (meat in your freezer) of about 25 pounds. The total cost is around $200 for the lamb.
You also pay the butcher directly $50 for processing. You will choose exactly how the lamb is cut, and can expect a mix of cuts such as roasts, steaks, stew meat and ground lamb.
The lambs will go to the meat locker in Howells, Nebraska in November or December. Pickup will be in Howells, or delivery by mutual arrangement.
This great-tasting lamb is pasture-raised and high in omega-3s. Lock in your lamb for fall delivery now – I sell out every year.
You can reserve your lamb by completing the form at this link.


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The Maids and I just wanted to take a second to remind you…if you blow it up, clean it up! It's so important to dispose of your fireworks with safety in mind because even after fireworks have been used, you still run the risk of getting burned or starting fires.
Here's what you need to do the job right.
Let your used fireworks cool for a couple minutes before starting your clean up. Use a broom to sweep up all firework debris, wrappers and packaging into one large pile. Don't forget to pick up the strays from the neighbor's yard, they'll love you for that.
It's a good idea to keep a bucket of water handy in case of emergencies, but at the end of the night, pour it on your fireworks pile for a few minutes to make sure all of the embers have been extinguished.
Finally, dispose of everything in a trash can NOT the street drains. This will prevent littering and possible water contamination from the gunpowder residue. Make sure the trash can is kept outside, away from the house over night.
Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful week of celebrations, but let's remember what we are celebrating for. It's our country, and we need to honor it by keeping it beautiful. Have a Happy and SAFE Holiday!
- See more at: http://www.maids.com/blog/fireworks-safety-first-cleanup-second/#sthash.I5PV3fYF.dpuf