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Thing that makes me happy #5: Email.
I have been using email since I was about 11 years old. That's more than half my life, if anyone is counting. I was introduced to it by the Godfather of Email, America Online. Back when getting mail meant an overflowing mailbox icon and the cheerful automated voice, "You've Got Mail!"
Tell me I'm not the only one who gets a little misty and sighs at the opening scene of the movie "You've Got Mail," the adorable romantic comedy with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks who in my perfect fantasy world actually are together living happily ever after? Not just me? Good.
Email is so much more convenient than regular mail, and thus makes you feel ten times more important than regular mail ever did. I used to bring in the mail every day during high school because I was the first one home, and I rarely – if ever – got anything if it wasn't my birthday or some diabetes organization wasn't soliciting me for donations or inviting me to another event.
Once instant messengers became the go-to communication system, email seemed almost as Holy Grail-like as regular mail. Nowadays, most of my email is work related, so I'm not necessarily to keen on the content anymore.
However, email makes me happy because 1) it's fast 2) you can turn what would have been a long-winded, incoherant rant into a cutting, brilliant use of the English language rendering your opponent indefensible! and 3) I can keep track of what is said much easier than I can in any other form of communication, and I've used it to get in touch with people I haven't spoken to in years.
It was also a pretty fun way to get to know a boy too.
Actually, I remember when I was in high school, I liked this other guy (yes, it's true, there were others before Erik) and every week we used to exchange emails about the previous nights TV shows that we watched – Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Trek (I am a geek, yes?). Anyway, we'd talk about what we liked, didn't like, what we thought next week's episode would be about and what would happen. We'd also exchange some casual yet witty banter until the next week. And this guy was always the first one to email, because I wasn't allowed on the computer after the TV shows were over (because of how late it was). So in the morning, I would literally race to an open computer, pray the computer loaded quickly, sign on to AOL, check my email, read it, write back and then rush off to my first class because CLEARLY waiting until that afternoon when I got home wasn't going to do.
Now that I'm older, work email kinda drags the email happiness level down a few notches, and being in a relationship means that anticipatory flirty emails are no longer coming on the regular. But I still appreciate emails many benefits.
I may not get an inbox full of mail, but I do get a shiny blue envelope that makes me go "Ooooo, yay!"
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Cherry Wine (Paddy O'Prado) at Belmont Park, galloping prior to the Belmont Stakes
Cherry Wine and Jockey Luis Saez have been tagged as the morning line favorites at odds of 5-2 in the full field of 12 for the 22nd running of the Grade II $ 500,000-added Indiana Derby at Indiana Grand Saturday, July 16. They will begin their journey from post two for the ninth race on the program with an estimated post time of 9:41 p.m. EST.
Cherry Wine comes into Indiana off a start in both the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, finishing second to Exaggerator in the Preakness. Trained by Dale Romans, the three-year-old grey son of Paddy O'Prado has accumulated more than a half million dollars in earnings in 2016 and will once again face Cupid, who defeated him in the Grade II Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park in mid-March.
Cupid will attempt to give Triple Crown winning trainer Bob Baffert his fourth overall win in the Indiana Derby. Baffert connected with Misremembered in 2009 followed by Lookin at Lucky in 2010 and then again with Power Broker in 2013. Cupid has been selected as the second choice on the morning line at odds of 3-1 and will be guided for the first time in his young career by Jockey Rafael Bejarano. Cupid, who is also grey, is the son of Tapit and made his last start on the undercard of the Belmont Stakes Day card, finishing fifth in the $ 150,000 Easy Goer (Listed) Stakes.
The early morning line odds have placed both Star Hill with Corey Lanerie aboard and The Player with Shaun Bridgmohan as the co-third choice of the field at odds of 6-1. Star Hill, trained by George Arnold II, was third in his last start on the undercard of Belmont Stakes Day in the Grade II $ 500,000 Woody Stephens. He will start from post 12.
The Player will be attempting his first stakes start for Trainer William "Buff" Bradley from post five. Bradley will be vying for his second Indiana Derby title. He also saddled Brass Hat to victory in the 2004 Indiana Derby.
"I am thrilled with the quality of horses and the size of the field for the Indiana Derby," said Jon Schuster, vice president and general manager of racing. "Most Grade I and Grade II races across the country don't get a full gate, so I'm excited to see us get such a great response. I'm also excited that we have a good weather forecast right now. We will have a world class night of racing and party going on at Indiana Grand Saturday for the Indiana Derby."
The full field for the Indiana Derby, in post position order with jockey and odds, includes: Discreet Lover (Jose Flores, 20-1); Cherry Wine (Luis Saez, 5-2); Pilot House (Richard Bracho, 10-1); Takeittotheedge (Miguel Mena, 15-1); The Player (Shaun Bridgmohan, 6-1); Cocked and Loaded (Willie Martinez, 30-1); Seeking Blame (Brian Hernandez Jr., 15-1); Whateverybodywants (Robby Albarado, 12-1); Torrontes (Albin Jimenez, 20-1); Call the Colonel (Santo Sanjur, 20-1); Cupid (Rafael Bejarano, 3-1); and Star Hill (Corey Lanerie, 6-1). If all 12 horses start in the Indiana Derby, it will mark the largest field in the history of the state's richest horse race.
A total of six stakes races are included on the 2016 Indiana Derby racing program with purses in excess of $ 1 million. Also joining the Indiana Derby is the Grade II $ 200,000 Indiana Oaks, slated as Race 8 on the card with an estimated post time of 9:11 p.m. EST. Both races will be shown during the live two-hour broadcast of the Indiana Derby on WISH TV Channel 8 out of Indianapolis.
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Cell-phone users, rejoice: The White House has agreed that you should be able to unlock your phone and bring it with you to another carrier "without risking criminal or other penalties."
The statement is a big deal, if only because it seems to align the White House with consumers against the Library of Congress. It was the LOC that allowed a legal shield to expire at the end of January for people who unlocked their phones themselves, exposing them to lawsuits from wireless carriers for circumventing copyright laws.
Here's the money quote from Monday's White House response:
The statement goes on to make clear that the administration supports congressional action that would eliminate barriers to provider-jumping. But buried in the quote above and elsewhere in the response is an important caveat that risks getting overlooked in all of Monday's excitement: The White House only supports unlocking when consumers have fulfilled their contractual obligations. It's silent on whether it supports a consumer's decision to unlock their phone in the middle of their contract.
This omission doesn't help the petitioners, whose campaign is predicated on consumers being legally justified in unlocking a phone whenever they want — not just when they've reached the end of their contract. In fact, according to Amy Storey, a spokeswoman for the wireless industry, carriers are perfectly willing to sell you a phone on contract that comes unlocked. They're also willing to let you unlock your phone without breaking your agreement. So while the statement expresses solidarity with the petitioners, it also echoes many of the points industry has been making.
Of course, unlocking your cell phone under any circumstance is still currently a no-no, and getting the legal shield back in place remains the petitioners' most immediate priority. Derek Khanna, one of the leading petitioners, said he couldn't comment on the apparent alignment between the White House's stance and the wireless industry's until he'd had more time to look through the response. Nevertheless, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that the Obama administration is trying to walk a policy tightrope.


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"There is not a country in world history in which racism has been more important, for so long a time, as the United States," says renowned historian and author Howard Zinn in his classic A People's History of The United States.
And he isn't the only individual who has taken notice of the importance and toll racism and slavery have taken on our young country.
The United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent announced its request for the United States to pay reparations to African-American descendants of slavery along with establishing a national human rights commission while publicly acknowledging that the trans-Atlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity.
Epic Times reported that the U.N. group announced and released its preliminary recommendations after spending a week meeting with black Americans and others associated to the topic of slavery and race from around the United States. Some of the cities they visited include Chicago, New York City, the District of Columbia, and Jackson, Mississippi.
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The Working Group's chair, Mireille Fanon Mendes-France (who hails from France), stated that after their assessment and talks with individuals they met with, the group was "extremely concerned about the human rights situation of [U.S.] African-Americans."
"The colonial history, the legacy of enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism and racial inequality in the U.S. remains a serious challenge as there has been no real commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people of African descent."
The statements can be somewhat alarming, especially to Americans, who feel focusing on our country's distant errors and wanting us to reverse those errors take away from focusing on the realities we endure today.
The recent violence against unarmed black men and continued negligence towards the minority communities in the U.S. stroke a chord with the U.N. group as Mendes-France went on to compare the recent deaths of black males by the hand of police brutality to the lynchings of black men in the South.
"Contemporary police killings and the trauma it creates are reminiscent of the racial terror lynchings in the past," she told reporters. "Impunity for state violence has resulted in the current human rights crisis and must be addressed as a matter of urgency."
It's interesting to note that not one individual from the group's members was an American citizen, and most were "shocked" by the results gathered from the individuals they spoke with in regard to race and unfair treatment.
A member by the name of Ricardo A. Sunga III, who is from the Philippines, acknowledged that what stood out most for him during the group's travels was "the lack of acknowledgement of the slave trade,".
And by lack of acknowledgement, the group means the United States' lack of monuments depicting the very true and discriminating events that many believe ignited this hateful epidemic against individuals of color that has since cast them as an inferior race.
To some, this notion is just absurd; the report from Epic Times even claimed the action unnecessary, stating that "in America every child is taught about the slave trade in middle school." But then again, how true are the accounts found in our school's history books — the same source that identifies Christopher Columbus solely as the founder of our beloved country, ignoring and disguising a story of genocide inside a more important story of human progress, in terms of our country's discovery.
The U.N. group has since recommended that monuments, markers, and memorials of our history's controversial past be erected in the country to build awareness and facilitate dialogue, stating, "past injustices and crimes against African-Americans need to be addressed with reparatory justice."
According to reports, the group will go on to suggest several changes they believe the United States should consider in order to improve human rights for African-Americans, including the establishment of a national human rights commission, ratifying international human right treaties, asking Congress to study slavery and its aftereffects, and considering reparations.
The scars and fresh wounds of racism continue to affect our country's perception of equality and human rights. So how did we get this way? Why is it that the appearance of an individual, the color of their skin, the manner in which they speak can affect the quality of life they endure in a country that was conveniently conceived off the notion "all men are created equal." A statement we echo when distancing ourselves from the other countries in the world, but yet fail to fully grasp here on our own front steps.
While reparations might not be the answer we're looking for in terms of correcting America's current civil issues, informing our society, constructing memorials, and legitimately acknowledging our country's past injustices, whose elements were and continue to stem from historical reason, not natural, allow for a possibility for something else under historical conditions not yet realized.
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Ira Curry of Georgia was one of two winners in Tuesday's $636 million Mega Millions jackpot.
Ira will take home around $120 million. She came forward to claim the prize immediately — on Wednesday, the day after the lottery and the same day she found out she'd won. I would have advised her to take her time, of course.
But she also didn't appear in a press conference (good move there) and has so far told reporters she wants privacy (also a good move).
By the way, I don't feel like I'm adding to her public profile here — her name and her photo (which I won't publish) are all over the news. They're talking about her as far away as China.
So that particular cat is well out of the bag, and there's no putting it back in. Those high-profile articles are going to last on the web for years to come. Maybe decades.
The only public statement I've seen says that Ira "hasn't decided" what to do with the winnings. For the present, this is good move #3. She should make no quick commitments. She's scrubbed her Facebook account — good move #4 — but quite a bit of information did leak out before she did, including some photos. Which of course is not as good.
Like other big winners, Ira needs to let the story die.
Now come the various challenges of life after the win. Fortunately, Ira's own children are reportedly grown, which is probably a good thing. But she does have grandchildren in the mix. I hope she and her husband will be wise in how they deal with the family challenges, and especially the grandkids growing up in the shadow of $120 million. From the very little I've seen, Ira and her husband look like fairly astute individuals. That does give cause for optimism.


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There is a small community and an untouched land where the sun doesn't set for months. Located between Norway mainland and the North Pole, Svalbard inspired humans to explore, conquer, push boundaries and to seek places far away from reality. The patterns are constantly repeating - and so are the symbols. Arctic silence, harsh landscapes and humans are becoming one, yet we all feel very small. One cannot be born or die here, but this is often an escape: so what are you running away from?


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PayPal has appointed Dutch Jan-Willem Roest as its new Benelux country manager in the midst of challenging times as it will split off from its parent company eBay and is preparing an IPO.
"Double Benelux market share"
Jan-Willem Roest started his job at PayPal some 5 years ago, as a relationship manager, after having worked at Lenovo and IBM. He was quickly promoted to head of Relationship Management at the Benelux office and introduced QR shopping in Amsterdam. Until recently, he handled PayPal's Digital Goods, where he was responsible for strategic partnerships in gaming, video-on-demand, streaming music and software for the European market.
As the new Benelux country manager, he will face plenty of challenges: PayPal is about to split off from its parent company eBay and is also preparing an IPO. Roest is extremely ambitious about his new task: "PayPal offers unique services, like its buyer's and seller's protection, mobile payment service and its return cost compensation. Combined with our ability to offer simple and safe payments all across the globe, I am convinced it should be possible to double our Benelux market share. This growth will be helped by the growth of mobile payments, an area we would like to dominate."
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Using Articles to Promote Your Book
I really admire my good friend Karen Whiting for her very deliberate and organized approach to marketing of her books. She shared recently how she uses articles to get the word out about a new book release. Here's her system:
- I brainstorm ideas for articles and blog posts as I write the proposal. I also ask the target audience what they'd like to read to get more ideas.
- As I write the book, I place excess material that doesn't fit or ideas from related research in a folder to use for articles.
- Once I turn in the book I start sending queries and start writing the articles, trying to have them placed about the time of the release and for a number of months afterwards. Her's one example: Last year, the month my book Nature Girl: A Guide to Caring for God's Creation released, I had articles in a teen's girl magazine the month or the release and used other material for several guest blog posts. I also wrote ten pages for the 40-page American Heritage Girl leader's magazine as they chose their environment badge to be the main focus of the magazine the month of the book's release and included a review of the book. That led to my speaking at their leader's conference. I had another article in a homeschooling magazine the following month.
- I do another round of brainstorming after the release while I'm doing radio and TV interviews. The questions asked and responses/reviews I start receiving help me hone in on what topics related to the book trigger the most responses. Then I know what are the most popular related topics.
When I have a new book every six months and deadlines for books I don't always keep up, but I eventually get the ideas into articles.
Karen Whiting (www.karenwhiting.com) is an international speaker, former television host, and award-winning author of 19 books. She writes for women, families, children, and the military. Best sellers include God's Girls, Stories of Faith & Courage from the Home Front, and My Princess Devotions.
She has lived in many states, almost always near the water. She likes adventure and has ridden a camel in the Canary Islands, white water rafted in Australia, ridden horseback in the ocean in Jamaica, and enjoyed scuba diving off the coast of Bermuda. She is a widow, the mother of five, including two rocket scientists (yes, for real) and a grandmother.


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Pearson boss' bonus nearly doubles just one year after shareholder revolt
The publisher increased its chief executive's annual incentive payout from £343,000 to £624,000.
Pearson boss John Fallon has seen his annual bonus nearly double just a year after a shareholder revolt over his pay packet.
The company disclosed on Wednesday that it had increased the chief executive's annual incentive payout from £343,000 to £624,000, helping bring his total remuneration to £1.7 million.
That is up from £1.5 million in 2016.
Pearson's annual report said that the 2017 annual bonus payout represented just 44% of what Mr Fallon could have earned had additional performance targets been met.
The remuneration committee also highlighted that there was no increase in Mr Fallon's base salary, though it would rise by 2.5% in 2018 "in line with the average increases for UK employees".
A Pearson spokesperson said: "Pearson delivered results in line with the demanding plan set at the beginning of 2017, and made good strategic progress against this plan.
"Given the level of performance achieved and the progress made during the year, the remuneration committee agreed on a limited increase in John's overall remuneration."
It comes nearly a year after shareholders vented their anger over a 20% pay bump for the publisher's boss, with more than 65.59% of votes cast against the company's remuneration report at its AGM last May.
The remuneration committee said it has listened to shareholder feedback and was "rebalancing the performance measures for 2018 awards".
One third of any incentive pay will only be made available if targets are met for each of earnings per share, gross return on invested capital, and relative total shareholder returns – all measured over a three-year period.
They will also be subject to a further two-year holding period, and the final value of the awards will depend on Pearson's share price performance and dividends paid to shareholders over a five-year period.
In February, Pearson reported a 1% drop in sales to £4.5 billion, but swung to a statutory profit of £408 million compared to a £2.3 billion loss a year earlier, having been impacted by restructuring costs and a goodwill impairment charge from its North American business in 2016.
The decline in revenues last year came despite a £126 million boost from currency movements linked to the weaker pound, though business disposals dragged on sales by £54 million.
It follows the sell-off of its Global Education division last year as well as its 22% stake in Penguin Random House, which Pearson said would also knock 2018 operating profit by £44 million.
The company said it will also complete the sale of its Wall Street English unit as well as its stake in Mexican joint venture Utel during the first half of 2018, and is now preparing to sell its US K12 courseware business.
The move is part of efforts to simplify the business, with its efficiency drive set to result in around 3,000 job cuts by 2020.
Pearson is expecting to report adjusted operating profit of between £520 million and £560 million – which would mark a decline from the £576 million booked in 2017.
The publisher is forecasting "ongoing headwinds" in its US higher education courseware, but said it would be offset by improving conditions in its other businesses.
Pearson shares were flat following the release of the annual report.


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State Politics
NC governor and AG seek to end US Supreme Court review of voter ID case
Gov. Roy Cooper and state Attorney General Josh Stein have taken steps to end a U.S. Supreme Court review of North Carolina's voter ID law, reversing a request made by former Gov. Pat McCrory in the final days of his administration.
But it was not immediately clear whether the request by the two newly elected Democrats to withdraw the appeal would fully end attempts to reinstate voter ID and other limitations on voting.
Cooper's chief counsel and Stein sent a letter on Tuesday dismissing private attorneys who had been representing the state in an appeal of a ruling last year by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found key provisions of a 2013 elections law overhaul unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled the law targeted "African Americans with almost surgical precision" to limit their participation in elections.
But state lawmakers countered that the private attorneys represent the state, not Cooper and Stein, making their move to discharge the attorneys invalid.
"We need to make it easier for people to exercise their right to vote, not harder, and I will not continue to waste time and money appealing this unconstitutional law," Cooper said in a statement announcing the step. "It's time for North Carolina to stop fighting for this unfair, unconstitutional law and work instead to improve equal access for voters."
In 2013, when the Republicans had control of the legislative and executive branches of state government, the lawmakers adopted sweeping elections law changes that put in place a voter ID requirement, as well as reducing the number of early-voting days and ending same-day registration and out-of-precinct voting.
In July, the appeals court panel overturned an April ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder, setting the stage for the request for U.S. Supreme Court review – filed under the administration of Republican McCrory, who was defeated in November by Cooper.
Thomas Farr, a Raleigh attorney who has represented the lawmakers for several years in the elections law case, sent a letter to William McKinney, Cooper's general counsel, arguing that neither the governor nor Stein have the authority to discharge him and others at his firm from the case and that he and others plan to continue in the case.
If the request by Cooper and Stein to withdraw the appeal is granted, the State Board of Elections, its individual members and its executive director will not immediately be withdrawn from the case. They would have to make similar requests.
A spokesman for the state Board of Elections said the director, board members and staff learned of the decision by Cooper and Stein on Tuesday morning. A conference-call meeting had previously been scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, but that meeting is now likely to include discussion about next steps.
North Carolina legislative leaders who shepherded the voting-law changes through the Republican-led General Assembly could continue an effort for U.S. Supreme Court review, but they would have to petition to intervene in the case. They are not named in the lawsuit.
Legislative leaders responded quickly with a statement, criticizing the legal move by Cooper and Stein but not stating whether they would seek to intervene.
The lawmakers, instead, focused on a law that they say allows them to hire outside attorneys to represent the state and questioned whether Cooper and Stein had overstepped their legal authority by discharging the outside counsel that had been representing the state.
"Roy Cooper's and Josh Stein's desperate and politically-motivated stunt to derail North Carolina's voter ID law is not only illegal, it also raises serious questions about whether they've allowed their own personal and political prejudices and conflicts of interest to cloud their professional judgment," Phil Berger, the Rockingham County Republican who leads the Senate, and Tim Moore, the Cleveland County Republican at the head of the House, said in a joint statement. "We expect the courts to reject this unethical stunt just as they did when Cooper tried the same trick in the 'Choose Life' license tag case."
Legislative leaders intervened in the license-plate case and asked for Supreme Court review in a case they eventually won.
Cooper told reporters Tuesday after touring a North Raleigh school to promote his recently rolled-out teacher pay plan that he disagreed with the legislators' assertions that he was overstepping his bounds by sending a letter to discharge the attorneys.
"I can decide whether I go forward or whether I decide not to go forward," Cooper said.
Stein's father, Adam Stein, a lawyer in Chapel Hill, represented challengers of the 2013 elections law, but left the case after his son's election as attorney general in November.
Stein's office stated that the lawyers for the NAACP and others who brought the lawsuit challenging the elections law overhaul have agreed to forgo the legal fees they would be awarded if the appeals-court ruling remained. Estimates done by Stein's office after discussions with the attorneys put that at nearly $12 million in potential liability if the country's highest court sided with the challengers.
"The right to vote is our most fundamental right," Stein said in his statement. "Voting is how people hold their government accountable. I support efforts to guarantee fair and honest elections, but those efforts should not be used as an excuse to make it harder for people to vote."
North Carolina is not the only state where questions about the constitutionality of voter ID laws are in the courts.
In January, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts made an unusual move after the high court rejected review of a Texas voter ID case. Though the court decided not to take up the Texas case at the time, Roberts did not rule out the possibility of taking up voter ID issues in the future.
Roberts noted that some of the chief questions about voter ID in the Texas case — whether such laws are passed with intent to discriminate and whether they violate the federal Voting Rights Act — have not been fully decided by the lower courts.
If that happens, the high court could have its ninth justice appointed by President Donald Trump and supported by Republicans who have pushed for the ID laws.
The Trump administration also could provide an ally for voter ID advocates in its federal Justice Department, which under President Obama was a challenger in some of the cases, including the challenge of the North Carolina law.
Staff writer Craig Jarvis contributed
Anne Blythe: 919-836-4948, @AnneBlythe1


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I'm going to live the abundant life Jesus
died for me to have.
My parents lived a miserable life. They were always mad, sad or complaining about
something. I don't remember ever seeing them happy. I don't know if they were saved or
not, but they sure didn't act like it and it's too late to ask. When I got cancer (back when it was an
automatic death sentence) I made up my mind I would finish my life differently than they did
I made a promise to God that if He would give me the chance, I would seek Him until I had the
abundant life He promised us all, the one that they never got.
I backslide from time to time – but I keep pressing on. I'm determined that I'm going to have it,
live it, share it and shout it from the rooftops for the rest of my life. His sacrifice will not be
in vain for me. Jesus paid a high price for me to have it… and to me it would be a slap
in his face for me not to enjoy it.
My life is not all peaches and cream, but the joy, peace and love that my parents never
had, I do have. I probably have it because I made mind to believe it was available.
Lynn Dale


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Still I Rise
Jlynn Frazier
Inspired by the words of Maya Angelou's poem, Still I Rise, I have written my own poem of the same name.
Still I Rise
You may laugh, mock, and maim
With your language of hate
Twisting words, bending truths
But still, as my sisters before me
I rise.
Did you want to silence me?
A woman better to be seen, not heard?
I do not recognize the submission you seek
My whole heart aches for a better tomorrow
My voice echos a hopeful rally cry.
You may abuse, assault, harass, and shame
I've been given many reasons to hate
My eyes wide open
Face turned toward the sun like a sunflower
I choose to soak in the sunshine of love.
Does my courage offend you?
As the song in my body radiates confidence, kindness, and strength
I have felt the bitter cold, bone chilling winds of winter
Springs renewal will come again
Change is just over the next mountain
Just as the sun rises and sets
I am awakening, growing stronger each day
Because I walk, head held high
Truth pumping through my veins
And, again, I will rise.
Does my strength surprise you?
That I might dare to hold my ground
I rise
Feet planted deep in the earth
Sturdy like roots of a tree
I rise
I am my father's daughter
I am my grammy's girl.
To all my sisters, my brothers too
I hope you'll comfort me, as I will for you.
I rise
Heed the warning of Mother nature,
The wisdom of our ancestors
I rise
Leaving behind the darkness of violence and fear
Together, the dawning of a new way forward
Keep rising
I rise.


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I've never been to a pop-up before so when the chance to attend The Vanity Events pop-up at Cover Thirty One, I knew I would be in attendance. The rooftop of Cover Thirty One was the perfect location for this event. The lounge atmosphere made for an amazingly relaxed night overlooking the beautiful streets of Toronto.
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Word Maritime University Anniversary Celebrated at IMO
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) celebrated the 30th anniversary of the founding of the World Maritime University (WMU), based in Malmö, Sweden, with an event which included speeches from the current and former WMU Chancellors & the WMU President.
WMU was established at the beginning of the 1980s, when IMO identified a shortage of well-qualified, highly-educated maritime experts, particularly in lesser developed nations. It was to address this gap that IMO founded an institution to support Member States with the high level education necessary to implement international conventions.
The university today offers its original Master of Science degree, but also, in addition to six specializations available within the Malmö M.Sc. programme, there are now M.Sc. programmes in Shanghai and Dalian, China and a Ph.D. programme offering five specializations, within a flexible framework allowing the majority of the programmes to be completed from afar. Distance-learning is available as well, with a Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Insurance through co-operation with Lloyd's Maritime Academy.
"For 30 years, WMU has performed, and delivered, at the very highest level. It has achieved everything its founders could ever have envisaged, and much, much more. It has grown into an institution of truly world class, with an international presence and a global outreach," said IMO Secretary-General and WMU Chancellor Koji Sekimizu, who also read out messages of support from Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, which has given much support to WMU over the years, in terms of sponsorship and financial assistance, and from the "founding father" of WMU, IMO Secretary-General Emeritus Dr. C.P. Srivastava, KCMG, who was instrumental in establishing WMU when he was IMO Secretary-General.
To date, 3,477 students from 164 countries have graduated from WMU and many hold very senior positions - Government ministers,deputy ministers, ambassadors to other countries. Some have pursued career paths to occupy senior positions in shipping companies, regional maritime organizations and national port and harbour authorities.
In the picture: IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu and WMU President Dr. Björn Kjerfve celebrate the World Maritime University's 30th anniversary.


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Bay View Apartments are set within the beautiful surrounding of Crysochous Bay, Polis, Cyprus. The hotel comprises of a 2 storey main building plus an annexe, with a total of 24 apartments. This is a charming and friendly resort just 100 metres from a sand/pebble beach. The shops, bars, restaurant and nightlife are just a 10 minute walk away into the centre of the village. These apartments are ideal for couples and families looking for a quiet, relaxing holiday in Cyprus.
Getting to the hotel: Bay View Apartments are 165 km from Larnaca Airport or 40 km from Paphos Airport.
Local tips: We highly recommend hiring a bike and take in the experience of cycling through traditional villages and along beach fronts. Or perhaps take an excursion to the Akamas National Park. Here you can enjoy their nature trails and take in memorable views of the Akamas Coast.
Food, drink and entertainment: The restaurant serves breakfast lunch and dinner. A hot or cold breakfast buffet and lunch/dinner is international and traditional Cypriot food. The bar is located next to the swimming pool and offers hot and cold snacks, ice-creams and sweets are available throughout the day. A varied list of beverages are available, from soft drinks to cocktails. There is a barbeque night once a week.
Sports, games and activities: Indoor swimming pool, games room, pool table, basketball, banana boat, water skiing, motor boating, diving, sailing, canoeing, road or mountain biking, volleyball and billiards.
For the kids: There is a children's playground for the little ones to let off steam plus lots of games to keep them occupied.
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These stylish apartments are all equipped with en suite bathroom, combined living/bedroom area, a separate bedroom, air conditioning, heating, balcony with a sea view. direct dial telephone, hairdryer, A/C and Safe box extra charge payable locally, satellite TV, internet connection and a kitchenette with a fridge.
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October 2019 TBA From 5:30 PM until 8 PM bring your little ghouls and goblins to the Battleship for trick-or-treating! Fun games, activities, henna tattoos, & storytelling are all part of the Halloween fun. Batty Battleship is perfect for the little ones and families! Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween...more about Batty Battleship's Halloween Bash
June 3 & 17, July 2, 17 & 31, August 15 & 30, September 14 & 28 and October 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27 & 31 Paranormal Ghost Tours lead guests through candlelight tours of the Manor House. A Scroll of the Dead will be provided...more about Paranormal Ghost Tours
TBA October 2019 10 AM - 2 PM The 11th Annual Rock the Block Health Fair at MedNorth Health Center in downtown Wilmington, NC, features health screenings, health education, a kids' zone, an our community information zone, entertainment, mobile farmers' market, child IDs, yoga and lunch....more about 11th Annual Rock the Block Health Fair
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19 comments:
- cathy lanier's big choppersMay 10, 2007
Hey Rusty you wish your choppers were as big as mine don't you?ReplyDelete
Scientists in Africa recently determined a causal link between sexual intercourse and pregnancy.ReplyDelete
- Purveyor of SurveysMay 10, 2007
Because the survey people think it is more important to spend money to determine the actual percentage of incapacitated assholes than actually spending money to help them.ReplyDelete
- Rusty TromboneMay 10, 2007
The proportion of black respondents who described their lives as "disrupted" more than a year after the storm (59 percent) was about double that of whites who said the same (29 percent).ReplyDelete
Headline should read: Black people complain more than white people.
Yikes to your comment, Rusty Trombone... I think that makes you (cough, cough) a RACIST.ReplyDelete
PS: Except in the backwards South during the civil rights era, that has never been considered a compliment.
- Rusty TromboneMay 10, 2007
Read the article, anonymous. There's no hard data about how people were affected, rather the survey is about how they "feel", and apparently it was controlled for income, health, and employment.ReplyDelete
The racial disparities ran across job experiences, housing and health. Researchers said the differences persist even when comparing blacks and whites who have similar incomes.
- georgetown prep alumMay 10, 2007
If you do not have any money then I am not interested in being your friend. I do not care what color you are.ReplyDelete
Rusty is a Douche .......ReplyDelete
I love Gtown Prep Alum ....Fuck the PoorReplyDelete
- Good Counsel AlumMay 10, 2007
Gtown Prep sucksReplyDelete
My school's golf and lacrosse teams look forward to playing you guys. We always embarrass you both athletically and academically every year.
- AnonymousMay 11, 2007
HA...Good C ...who the fuck cares when we got more dollars than you, I love it when the poor think that they'll get ahead by being smart .....rite, you aint got shit mothafuckas (My trust fund is bigger than your entire familys net worth times 10)ReplyDelete
Wow, prep school smack talk...I don't know whether to laugh or cry.ReplyDelete
- bgtgvwxb the indecipherableMay 11, 2007
Bring back King Friday! At least his posts were more than a hotlink and a stupid comment.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 11, 2007
Not only is it pathetic, prep-school smack, it's about pretty boy sports too boot!ReplyDelete
My golf team is SOOO much better than yours! Eat THAT!
Please. Pansies.
- AnonymousMay 12, 2007
ugh king friday more than a hyperlink? he was just a crappy recap of the postReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 12, 2007
Sidwell Friends SHITS on all of you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 13, 2007
Fuck the poor, esp the blacks ...worthless like rusty and everyone else who doesnt have a trust fundReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 13, 2007
Racism is good .... Poor people suckReplyDelete
People under the age of 18 should be banned from blogging...or writing poetry.ReplyDelete


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Last week I read an incredible book called Empowering Leadership by Michael Fletcher. This book was dripping with organizational and leadership gold. My copy has notations, markings and underlines on virtually every page. Perhaps the most fascinating nugget in the book was how Fletcher integrated lessons from Chick-Fil-A's approach to leadership development, in his own … Continue reading 5 Leadership Lessons from Chick-Fil-A
Are You a Good Conversationalist? Ask these 10 Questions to Find Out.
Everyone loves spending time with a great conversationalist. People who naturally engage us in great conversations a fascinating. If, like most of us, you aren't the best at cultivating conversations, check out this earlier with tips for cultivating great conversations. If you have been working on this for a bit... you might begin asking, how can … Continue reading Are You a Good Conversationalist? Ask these 10 Questions to Find Out.
How Diverse is Your Circle?
A mentor of mine used to say, we are all the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with. She frequently challenged me to ensure I have a wide range of perspectives, relationships and influences in order to grow as a person. Who are the top 5 people you spend the most time … Continue reading How Diverse is Your Circle?
Become a "Well Read" Person
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me." Our choice of what we read, and by default what we do not read, is one of the most significant factors in determining the person we become. If we are strategic in … Continue reading Become a "Well Read" Person
10 Ideas for Cultivating Great Conversations
Have you ever felt the terror of arriving at a party, a new job, or a social event and wondering if you will know what to say and who to talk to first? You aren't alone! But it doesn't have to day that way. Learning to have great conversations, like any other skill, can be developed. Consider … Continue reading 10 Ideas for Cultivating Great Conversations
4 Ways to Cultivate Great Life Experiences
Have you ever met a person who seems to have an endless supply of incredible stories from great life experiences in their past? These people always seem to be able to make connection with others and contribute to conversations in meaningful ways. Their breadth of perspective makes them influential in relationships, conversations and meetings. The … Continue reading 4 Ways to Cultivate Great Life Experiences
The Only 3 Ways to Increase Your Influence!
Have you ever looked another person and thought to yourself, "Man, I would love to have that kind of influence!" All too often when we consider the success of others, we fail to realize their success was forged through a series of life long factors that can't easily be replicated. Over the past few years I have thought, read … Continue reading The Only 3 Ways to Increase Your Influence!
3 Disciplines That Cultivate Greatness
Did you know we can cultivate greatness in our lives? In fact, if we want to find fulfillment in life we have to deliberately discipline ourselves to this end. It is a part of human nature to desire to have impact. We were all put on this earth to make a difference. In the the very first … Continue reading 3 Disciplines That Cultivate Greatness
One Grip Higher – The Average of 5
Who are the 5 people that are influencing you the most? Before reading further, make a list right now of the 5 people you feel influence you the most. Many of us will respond to this question with a list of speakers, teachers, authors and pastors. Some of us will include spouses, parents, and mentors. Consider … Continue reading One Grip Higher – The Average of 5
Great Leaders Choose to Embrace Empowerment – Ezra 7
A couple of months ago I was asked to be the project manager for the Christmas Village at my church, The Father's House in Rochester, New York. Each December we put together a huge community outreach event. For this event were preparing to host a Christmas production that would include a stage performance in our auditorium with … Continue reading Great Leaders Choose to Embrace Empowerment – Ezra 7


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How to Create a System Restore Point for Windows Vista
Whenever you're going to install a new piece of software (or even update an existing application), it's a good idea to create a system restore point for Windows Vista. With a current system restore point, you'll be able to go back and repair your system should the new installation cause more harm than good.
For example, say you've got a copy of Uncle Billy Joe Bob's Blaster Beta and you're about to install it. Since Billy Joe Bob isn't a major brand name in the computer world, you don't know whether its installer is one that properly notifies Windows that it's about to install a program, which gives Windows a chance to create a restore point automatically. Maybe the Blaster Beta won't do anything bad to your system. Maybe it will. Maybe it has a good installer. Maybe it doesn't.
When in doubt, run a restore point before you install new software or hardware. It's a quick, easy ounce of prevention.
1Choose Start→Control Panel, click the System and Maintenance icon, and click the Back Up Your Computer link.
You see the Backup and Restore Center.
2In the Tasks pane, click the Create a Restore Point or Change Settings link.
Click Continue through a User Account Control warning message, and Vista shows you the computer's System Properties dialog box, which is open to the System Protection tab.
You can also create a restore point from the Start menu. Click Start, right-click Computer, and choose Properties. In the Tasks pane, click System Properties.
4Type a description that you can remember — no need to include the date or time — and click Create.
The wizard takes a while to gather all the pertinent data, but when it's done, you see a message that says the restore point was created successfully.
5Click OK, then click X to exit the System Properties dialog box.
Vista saves old restore points until it runs out of room — which can take a year or two.


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How to Send Out Christmas Cards
All right, book news:
The second edition of Off to Be the Wizard comes out March 18th. It is professionally copy-edited, and has a nearly 3,000 word addition in the middle of the book.
The second book, Spell or High Water (I love that title. Missy came up with it.) has been accepted by the publisher, and should be out in the summer of 2014.
I am working on the third book. As of today it's 71,000 words.
I continue to be the luckiest guy any of you know.
As always, thanks for using my Amazon Affiliate links (US, UK, Canada).


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Save time and money by reducing overlap or skips with the CropCare Turf Foam Marker. This 2.5 gallon foam marker is designed for small 3pt and atv sprayers with booms up to 20′ and speeds up to 5 mph, and can be used on pastures, lawn, food plots, golf turf, or estates.
CropCare Foam Markers are respected as an economical way to identify your sprayed area, limiting your overspray and and underspray. Without this tool, your expensive chemical will not only be wasted, but portions of your crop will not receive the benefit of your sprayed fertilizer and chemical.
- 1.5 hour foaming time
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Volusia Seeks Applicants For Its Affordable Housing Advisory Committee
Volusia County, FL – Volusia County's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee is seeking to fill eight committee openings with applicants who are passionate about affordable housing issues.
County residents who are involved in these issues are encouraged to apply and help the County create and preserve affordable housing. The role of the committee is to review incentive strategies and make recommendations to the Volusia County Council to ensure there is affordable housing in the area.
"This is a volunteer committee and the committee will meet no more than once a month," said Pat Kuehn, Volusia County's Community Information Specialist.
The structure of the committee is built around the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) program. The SHIP program helps first-time, income-eligible homebuyers and their families to secure safe, decent and affordable housing by helping fund down payments and rehabilitation and repairs.
Future members should be actively involved in affordable housing and must represent at least six of the following areas:
- Residential homebuilding industry
- Banking or mortgage industry
- Homebuilding labor activities
- Advocacy for low-income persons
- For-profit and not-for-profit housing
- Real estate profession
- Local planning agency
- Unincorporated Volusia County residency
- Employer representative
- Essential services personnel, such as teachers and firefighters.
"We do know that the need is great and, for instance, whenever we open our Section 8 waiting list, we get hundreds of applicants," said Kuehn. "We only open the Section 8 waiting list once every few years because we only have a limited amount of federal dollars to fund the program. And when the waiting list gets down close to zero, we open it up and bring it back up to several hundred."
"We don't have any applicants right now and we do hope we will get some because we do need to fill all eight openings so the committee can move forward," said Kuehn.
Committee members will be chosen by the Volusia County Council. Applications can be found at www.volusia.org/advisory. For additional information, contact Paula Szabo via email at email@example.com or by phone at 386-736-5955, ext. 12308.


text: Food Policy Print Celebrating World Water Day By Danielle Nierenberg Updated December 15, 2017 More in Healthy Eating Food Policy Recipes Nutrition Facts Basics Sports Nutrition Weight Management Eat Well Strategies Special Diets Supplements Kids' Nutrition View All World Water Day is March 22nd and it's an opportunity to highlight the impact of agriculture on water resources. Agriculture accounts for an astounding 70 percent of total water withdrawals worldwide, and Americans use an average of 7,500 liters (1,981 gallons) of water every day, mostly for food production, according to the United Nations. Every calorie of food production requires one liter of water irrigation, and inefficient water use can mean up to 100 liters (26.4 gallons) of water are used to produce just one calorie of energy. Agriculture in the United States is responsible for 80-90 percent of the total water that is lost to the environment or incorporated into products. "Water is an issue we can no longer take for granted—whether we are looking at supply reliability, environmental protection or water quality," said Felicia Marcus, chair of the State Water Resources Control Board in California. Yet, agricultural water conservation holds the potential for huge efficiency gains. At least half of U.S. cropland is still irrigated with traditional, inefficient systems, representing a lot of room for improvement. There's also the potential for water-saving practices in the developing world to drastically improve efficiency, according to the FAO; through modernization of irrigation technology, developing countries could produce 60 percent more food using only 14 percent more water. Drip irrigation and water recycling can be implemented for small and large farmers alike, and consumers can reduce their water footprints by eating less industrial meat, choosing local foods, and supporting farmers that conserve water. The release of the United Nations 2015 World Water Development Report (WWDR) on World Water Day will link water, food and agriculture, and sustainable development. Released annually, the WWDRs provide a mechanism for monitoring water and tracking progress toward achieving targets such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Notably, the MDG to halve the proportion of people worldwide without access to an improved drinking water source was achieved in 2010. However, this achievement is now threatened by projected food demand increases, drought, and water scarcity, which may increase pressure on dwindling reservoirs and groundwater supplies. Food production, according to FAO, will need to increase 70 percent by 2050, which will cause competition between irrigation and drinking water uses. Worldwide weather is getting drier, and reservoirs are drying up as farmers withdraw water for irrigation. Water scarcity is expected to affect more than one in seven people by 2025. These pressing challenges are the subject of new development goals since the MDGs are set to expire at the end of 2015. The proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will replace the MDGs and last until 2030. Agricultural water conservation could contribute to the intricately related goals of food security and water sustainability, which are specified by SDGs two and six, respectively. The proposed SDGs also include a goal to restore degraded land by 2020, including land affected by drought and floods. The Intergovernmental Negotiations on the proposed SDGs and targets will take place March 23-27, 2015 at the UN headquarters in New York City. Not only will the MDGs expire this year, but World Water Day 2015 will also be the last international water day in the 'Decade of Action: Water For Life,' which spanned 2005-2015. According to Josefina Maestu, Director of the Office to Support the Water for Life Decade, the day "should show how much there is yet to do to ensure continued development and progress for all the world's peoples." Events and conversations will take place worldwide to raise awareness of water sustainability issues associated with food and agriculture: Workshops in Stockholm will focus on the post-2015 development agenda and managing water resources for green growth and equity. Food and Water Watch will host events nationwide during the month of March, including documentary screenings. The organization is also circling several petitions and pledges concerning the privatization of water rights, bottled water, and fracking.Illinois Water Day 2015 will start with a screening of Cowspiracy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, followed by an interactive panel discussion and a poster session.In light of the drought in California and 30 percent mandatory reductions in the City of Sierra Madre, the Sierra Madre Rotary Club will co-host community events with the city on March 21st, including an expert panel, food trucks, children's activities, and a tour of a water treatment plant.In Ecuador, an international public forum on water will be held March 24-25 at the Yaku Water Park Museum in honor of World Water Day.In Singapore, Fishing Kaki will host cleanups on March 22nd at 3 reservoirs to show how healthy waterways can help fishing communities achieve food security. In Somalia, Northern Frontier Youth will celebrate World Water Day in Mogadishu, emphasizing the importance of potable water in rural African communities. The NGO's agricultural program includes a pilot project for sustainable irrigation along the River Dawa. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Get nutrition tips and advice to make healthy eating easier. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Continue Reading


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Jan Hannah, Senior Education and Research Specialist & Northern Dogs Project Manager,
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
Dog population management is an issue in many First Nations communities across Canada. Since 2002, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Northern Dogs Project has been working with First Nations communities to assist them in developing humane and lasting programs that help them with their dogs – both individually and on a dog population level.
Animal welfare individuals and NGOs can play an important role in guiding and supporting community dog management strategy, with help and responsibility for dog population management ultimately remaining within the community. While the composition and size of each dog population varies, creating a comprehensive program that focuses on causes of god related issues rather than symptoms can lead to long term, community driven success.
IFAW believes that working with First Nations communities to create dog management plans that build on dialogue and data can lead to healthy, balanced companion animal populations that ensure dogs do not become a threat to public health and safety. Because of the wide differences in communities' expectations, practices and capacity, by engaging the community from the beginning NGOs (and communities can lay the foundations for a sustainable solution, rather than a tool-driven intervention based on outside influences.
In this presentation, we look at improving humane dog population guidance and practices in First Nations communities using principles from the International Companion Animal Management Coalition (ICAM) and participatory approaches developed by IFAW's Humane Community Development work.
Key learnings:
1. The benefits of working with First Nations communities to build successful dog management programming.
2. How to build interventions based on root causes rather than symptoms of dog issues in First Nations communities.
3. How to put thinking about a dog management program into a plan.
Jan Hannah
In her dual role as IFAW Senior Education and Research Specialist & Northern Dogs Project Manager, Janice Hannah is responsible for developing, monitoring and evaluating IFAW's companion animal projects in Canada and providing guidance for IFAW's education initiatives both in Canada and internationally. In her twenty years at IFAW, Janice has worked in numerous program areas including marine mammal science and education, Animal Action Education, emergency relief, policy, and wildlife trade. Jan's focus on companion animal welfare merges her long-term interest of working with animals and communities with the objective of building humane and sustainable programs that improve the health and welfare of animals through education and community engagement. Outreach, advice, community development and service provision are cornerstones to IFAW's work that provides contextual and culturally relevant solutions to local issues. Jan develops and manages community projects on the ground as well as advising and working on companion animal policy, programming and issues internationally. During the past few years she has worked on IFAW companion animal population management and rabies eradication projects as well as in-community animal welfare capacity development around the world.


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Letters to the Editor
'Repeat miracles'
Fresno area residents are fortunate to have a superior emergency response system. I called 911 recently and an American Ambulance and a Fresno Fire Department team arrived in less than four minutes.
Upon arrival, they were challenged by the patient going into cardiac arrest. Using a defibrillator, the patient was revived and rushed to immediate cardiac surgery. Happily, our family member was discharged three days later.
You must remember to call promptly so these teams can repeat miracles such as this.
Shirley F. Wallace


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Education Services for All, LLC. is a mission-driven organization with a unique and deep expertise in the field of special education and offers a continuum of services to meet the needs our clients. We work with elementary and secondary public, charter and private schools to manage and improve the delivery of special education supports and services.
We are driven to provide quality service with cost management strategies. Using our Balcony Analysis, we provide a diagnostic overview of the institution's need for services using our leveled system.


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But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
It's a very nice reflection and analysis of the poem This has been one of my most favorite poems too. Yes, what you are saying is absolutely true: we all have promises to keep and miles to go before we sleep. I loved it and you have brought back my past school days. Thanks for this wonderful post. It makes a lot of sense. I hope you would start writing poems yourself someday.ReplyDelete
Thank you Amrith Sir for your comment. And I am happy to know that it brought back your school days memories. As you have encouraged here, I will try to write poems. Thank you once again and have a lovely day!ReplyDelete
Good luck in life .........travel miles with happiness, but one step at a time.Great writing cheerssss.ReplyDelete
good one brother. i liked how you related that poem with your life's different stages. and another thing, i was about to question your lack of blogging like you did to me but you saved yourself by the skin of your teeth.ReplyDelete
I have miles to go before I sleep too :)
Thanks for enlightening me on this stanza of the poem. I would have never got that far to understand the poem. Amazing!!!
Good to be back :)


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After dropping "Winning" less than 24 hours ago, Curren$y decided to drop a visual for the track featuring Wiz Khalifa. This duo never fails to the disappoint spitting their weed induced lyrics on a fitting downtempo beat. The record is produced by Purps of 808 Mafia and will appear on Curren$y's upcoming album Canal St. Confidential. The album is set to drop December 4th and the "Canal Street Confidential" tour kicked off November 5. Check out the video below and let us know what you think.
Watch Wiz Khalifa talk about being monogamous, Jimi Hendrix taking over his body, and more when he visited Sway in the Morning.


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NAIMA Grade 1 Installation 1 of 3
http://www.NAIMA.org - Brian Coble, Director of High Performance Homes for Advanced Energy provides best practices on "Proper Installation of Insulation" as he walks viewers through an ENERGY STAR Home and points out every area of a home that must be insulated to meet RESNET Grade 1 Insulation Installation Requirements. Meeting specific energy efficiency criteria with fiber glass, rock wool and slag wool batt insulation can be easily achieved if the insulation and air sealing package is installed with professionalism and care. Additional energy efficiency measures that need to be performed prior to installing home insulation is also addressed.