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All New Baldoyle Cooking Classes
Over the course of 6 weeks we will cook for all the organs, flavours and emotions by using the ancient wisdom of Chinese medicine. Following simple recipes we will look holistically at health so that food can nourish us emotionally as well as address physical conditions. Come, have fun and try new food 🙂
Wednesday 10.30-12.30 – Baldoyle Community Centre
Course Cost €30 (includes all six classes & all food eaten within the class)
Places are limited to 12 so call Heidi Bedell 01 839 5338 to book a place today
Date Topic Dish
Reducing Cholesterol and Maintaining a Healthy Immune system
23rd Sept Lung&Large Intestine – Rosemary & Garlic almonds
– Hunky Chunky Lentil Stew
– Wheat & Gluten Free Drop Scones
Regulating Hormones and maintaining strong bones
30th Sept Kidney&Bladder – Miso and Kudzu soup with seaweed – Seaweed and Feta Scones
- Detox effortlessly and improve flexibility
7th Oct Liver&Gall Bladder – Traditional Japanese "Move the Chi" Salad
– Supergreens pesto
– Lemon, Thyme & Black Olive Spaghetti
Healthy Heart & Circulation
14th Oct Heart&Small Intestine – Red rice and Minted Pea Salad
– Pea, Mint and Roast Garlic Soup
Stop those Sweet Cravings
21st Oct Stomach&Spleen – Herby Millet
– Turkish Style Cumin Carrots
– Big Bean Salad
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Balancing energy in the body
4th Nov Favourites – Tomato & Basil Salad –Pea & Herb Risotto
– Sundried Tomato and Olive Tapanade
€4 Drop in Cooking Classes in Cuffe Street on Thursday Mornings will comence in October with dates to be confirmed
Free: Shiatsu & Conscious Cooking Talks looking at how we feel
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Vanishing on Seventh Street is a 2010 thriller directed by Brad Anderson who also directed The Machinist. It stars Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo.
Paul(Leguizamo) is working in a cinema and he is running the movie when suddenly everything goes dark. He is wearing a little torch on his head and he makes his way out of the screening room and into the aisles. Everyone has gone. There is nothing left but their clothes. He meets another guy who has a torch and they look around. Suddenly, he is gone. A guy called Luke (Christensen) wakes up and he realises that there is no power. He wanders outside and sees that there are no people around. He wonders what is going on. He goes to the news station where he worked and he looks for his girlfriend but she is not there.
Cut to 72 hours later and Luke is running through the dark with lights around him.He finds a bar with lights on and he enters it. He goes down into the basement and finds lots of supplies and a generator. Suddenly, a young kid pulls a gun on him. It turns out that the kid is called James and he was with his mother but she left to find more survivors and she hasn't returned. His mother worked in the bar and he was there when the power went out. Luke wants to move because there is less daylight every day and the generator isn't going to last. The darkness is killing people and the light is the only thing keeping them alive. In comes Rosemary(Newton) who is looking for her child. She has glow sticks around her neck and arms to keep her safe. They hear someone shouting for help.
Paul is outside in a bus shelter with light and she is shouting for someone to help. Luke goes and gets him just in time. They run back inside the bar before the darkness gets them. Rosemary was a doctor and she helps Paul who is injured. Paul thinks that he was taken somewhere by the darkness and he was gone for 3 days.
They wonder what happened with the light going and the shadows killing people. The lights are flickering in the bar and they have to take the pressure off the generator by turning some stuff off.Luke passes a truck earlier which was kind of working and he wants to jump start it by attaching it to the generator. They can drive off then.
Luke and Rosemary head off to get the truck, leaving Paul and James in the bar. Paul ends up dead when the lights go out.James is alone and the lights are dimming.Rose gets duped into thinking that her child in alive and she finds herself swallowed up by the dark.Luke comes back and finds James. They get into the truck and they manage to hook it to the generator. It works and they drive off. James decides to get out and go into the church to find his mother, but she is not there. He sits in the middle of some candles, trying to stay alive. He falls asleep and when he wakes, he is alone. He suddenly sees some young girl who is living in the church. They head off into the sunset together...
Not a bad movie with a good story. Some of the decisions made by the characters were beyond stupid, but I still enjoyed this film. It is getting a 6/10.


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One of my new favorites!
What a great pic to start the day with….
She's pure , beautiful and happy.
And those eyes…. You did it again ! Wow.
Candid expression!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome.
who wants to go home after a trip like this???? great chemistry .. very cute photo!
Dear Harry,
Thank you for the wonderful picture. Being a Nepali myself, I am really thankful for your work as I am currently away from Nepal. I just want to point out a simple error you made while writing the caption of the image.The caption "Hindi Girl" is not correct as it means a girl from India or moreover "Hindi" is the name of Indian language.It should be "Hindu Girl" which you have written in the comment also. Thank you.
Excellent expression & colors !
wonderfull photo with great expressions.
Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu place in Nepal. This is where the cremations take place, just hours after the deceased have passed away. Different places for different castes, it is a coming and going of groups of relatives who burn their loved ones, after which the ashes are thrown into the holy river.
But the complex is not just for cremations, it is huge with many different temples, shrines and nice places. A few children were playing and this little girl turned to me to indicate her red dot, not being afraid of my white face or my camera. She was just happy and played along with her friends. This is still one of the images I check when I am feeling down as it makes me smile again.
Update; 'Hindi' in the title changed into 'Hindu' (not on the image), thanks to a nice comment from Niraj, thanks!
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One thing we learned pretty quickly is that sibling relationships can be really complicated for kids who've been in the system for a long time. According to the official record we received when we began weekend visits with T. a year ago, he is the eldest of two siblings. But according to T., he is the middle child of five, four of whom have been raised in foster care since birth.
And of course, T.'s version is the true version. (Technically, they are all half-siblings, since they have different fathers, but that hardly matters as they consider themselves brothers.) When social services took T. from his extended family when he was small, they took him along with his closest sibling who was living in the same home at the time. So in the official record, he became one of two, rather than the third of five. Social services didn't bother recording the fact that his birth mom had three other children - she was nowhere in the picture at the time and the social worker probably didn't even have a way of knowing about her other children. But of course, the birth relatives with whom he is in contact have told him of his other siblings and, despite having met them only once in his life, he considers them all something of a set.
Bringing people together is in his nature. When we recognized this and complimented him on it and made explicit that we would help facilitate his unifying instinct, he responded with great warmth and gratitude. It's a huge part of his identity. Given his history (sixteen foster placements in fifteen years), keeping in touch with his people (friends, family, extended family) is a very big deal. Anything that frustrates that instinct is a source of anxiety for him; anything that facilitates that instinct settles and soothes him.
His younger brother is coming for an overnight visit in two weeks. He lives in a group home. He's on juvenile probation for taking a kitchen knife to school because he was being bullied. He has serious behavioral and developmental challenges. T. invited him for an overnight to celebrate his fourteenth birthday without asking me first. I knew at the time the only possible response was "Fantastic. I'm going to call his social worker and his group home and make sure we have all the permissions we need in order to make that happen. I'd hate for him to be disappointed in any way on his birthday. Let's discuss the particulars together before we get any further." They want to go see a cousin in a nearby town. It's not clear whether she welcomes the visit. Everything about it is epically complicated.
We don't have both boys because T. didn't want to be placed or adopted along with his brother. He asked to be placed for adoption separately. His reasons are hard to explain and easy to understand. He tried to raise this brother for many years, from the time he was around four until the time he was around ten. In that time, they were both molested, physically abused, cycled through numerous foster homes, and finally the younger sibling was taken to a separate placement. When we talk about T.'s history, he often speaks in terms of "we" - what happened to him happened to his brother. To summarize what I intuit to be his feelings on the matter, I'd say he has tremendous survivor guilt, he torments himself about his brother's well-being, and yet he knows that, at least for a time, in order to develop himself he needs to be separate from his brother, so that he can finally be a child rather than a child-parent.
T. tells me that his next tattoo will read "My Brother's Keeper." If you've ever watched a child parent another child, you know how tragic it is to listen to him talk to his brother on the phone. He puts on a stern authoritarian air and counsels his brother with what he must imagine is fatherly wisdom, and it makes him sound so, so young.
So yes, this visit is a very big deal. I expect his brother to feel heartbroken seeing T. at home with us, in circumstances so different than the harsh environment of his group home. I half expect that in the mid-term, T. will propose that his younger brother come to live with us. I am hardly prepared for that, and yet there is only one possible way to respond: yes, of course, let's do some visits and see what we can work out. If T. feels that our home is a suitable safe place for his younger brother, there is really no deeper indication of trust. There is no way to say no. He is our child, and in some sense, his brother is his child and we will just have to stretch that far, if he asks. In an ideal world, I'd love for the county to find a foster family placement for his brother nearby, so that we could bring the boys together with the benefit of two sets of parents, one each. They deserve that intensive, exclusive parenting after what they've been through. But the realities of foster care are about as far away as one can get from an ideal world.
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Dream Gate. Collage in sketchbook. July 2017. "The world of imagination is the world of eternity. It is the divine bosom into which we shall all go after the death of the vegetative body." ~William Blake


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Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) Healthy domestic factory output data, coupled with a strong rupee and healthy buying in banking, metal and consumer durables stocks, pushed the key Indian equity indices higher during the mid-afternoon trade session on Friday.
At 12.55 p.m., the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose by 62.75 points, or 0.62 per cent, to trade at 10,159.15 points.
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 32,247.74 points, traded at 32,405.04 points — up 222.82 points, or 0.69 per cent, from its previous close.
The Sensex has so far touched a high of 32,445.22 points and a low of 32,247.74 points during intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was bullish with 1,407 advances and 1,120 declines.
"The Indian rupee strengthened against the US dollar to hit near three-week high. The shares of Bharti Airtel, Reliance Industries and Tata Steel rose, whereas the shares of ONGC and Adani Ports fell," Dhruv Desai, Director and Chief Operating Officer of Tradebulls, told IANS.
"August 2017 IIP (Index of Industrial Production) unexpectedly grew by 4.3 per cent year on year, which was largely broad based, from a subdued growth of 0.9 per cent in July 2017. The divergence in the growth estimate was largely due to unexpected growth in capital goods and consumer non-durables sector," said Desai.
On Thursday, the benchmark indices closed on a higher note buoyed by positive global cues and intense buying activity during the last hour of trade.
The Sensex closed at 32,182.22 points — up 348.23 points, or 1.09 per cent, while the Nifty50 surged by 111.60 points, or 1.12 per cent, to close at 10,096.40 points.
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I am an experienced dancer of all styles. In addition, I do aerial silks, lyra, doubles lyra, static/dance trapeze, doubles trapeze, tumbling, harness, hammock, bungee, diving, and choreographing. I love performing and entertaining any chance I get.
I was born in Warren, Ohio. I graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in 2010. From age 6 to 18, I did competition dancing at Studio L Dance Centre, studying all styles of dance: jazz, tap, ballet, pointe, modern, contemporary, lyrical, hip hop, acrobatics, and musical theatre. After graduating high school I professionally danced on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Adventures of the Seas. Upon completion of my contract, I taught and choreographed at my former dance studio for a year, and at the same time took training in aerial silks in Las Vegas. After, I moved to Las Vegas, NV, to train and pursue a career in aerial silks and dance. I was professionally dancing in Vegas! The Show at Planet Hollywood while performing aerial silks, lyra, and harness for corporate events. Moving me from Vegas, I took a contract as an aerialist in Cirque de Le Mer in Sea World of San Diego. Finishing that contract, I moved to Orlando, FL to perform at Universal Studios Orlando in Beatle Juice Graveyard Mashup as a dancer, then The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad and Terminator 2 3-D as a stunt performer. I was also Trained into Blue Horizons as an aerialist at Sea World Orlando. I have also traveled around the US with Women of Ireland as their feature aerialist performing silks, lyra, and trapeze. I am enjoying every show, audience, and new adventure along this journey.
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Today we took a spin past the Gucci Outlet in Secaucus, NJ. I've found some nice stuff there in the past but today was a bust. They had a lot of silver embossed Gucci logo bags but it's just not my thing. The only other item that caught my eye was these cashmere sweaters that were originally $995 and now reduced to $199.
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Movies - STARDUST (2007)
I saw STARDUST the other day, the new fantasy movie based on the illustrated novel by Charles Vess and Neil Gaiman. The book isn't really a favourite of mine from the oeuvre of either of those two, either together or separate, but I enjoyed it well enough, and the movie had gotten a fair bit of praise from some reliable corners, including several comparisons to THE PRINCESS BRIDE, a particular favourite (both the movie and book).
Overall I'd have to rank the movie as disappointing, though I suspect I'd have liked it slightly more if I wasn't familiar with the Vess/Gaiman original. It's a very loose adaptation of the story, and unfortunately almost every deviation runs counter to what charm the original had, and moves it towards generic film conventions. The novel had a slow, very deliberate build-up, with the two leads not meeting until almost the middle of the book. The movie presumably couldn't have that, so contrives a way to speed that up which doesn't quite work. The quiet and appropriate ending becomes a rather loud and spectacular bang.
A lot of the other changes have to do with the comparisons to THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Several elements of the book are expanded to play as humourous in the manner of THE PRINCESS BRIDE. I'd say the film-makers wanted to make THE PRINCESS BRIDE in the worst way, and proceeded to do so. The reason BRIDE works is that the ridiculous elements and oddball storytelling style are integral parts of the original work, and grafting such elements (DeNiro's goofy flying ship captain, the ghosts acting as a combination Greek chorus and MST3K commentary track) onto a straight story doesn't work anymore than adapting THE PRINCESS BRIDE as a straight fantasy without the humour would have worked.
The visuals were also a disappointment compared to the original work. Vess has a wonderful light style on both the real-world and faerie elements of the story that, with a few exceptions, didn't come through in the actors or scenery of the film, which again goes for the generic whenever it's an option.
As I said, I might have liked the movie well enough if I didn't know the source and how far it fell from it. I'd still have had a lot of problems with it (when did DeNiro start playing parodies of DeNiro characters full-time?), but for the most part it was well made, with some decent acting and the occasional visually impressive bit.
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Jamaica Stock Exchange invites you to join the Lace-up for Life 5K with proceeds in aid of purchasing incubators for the Victoria Jubilee Hospital and the University of the West Indies.
Reggae Sumfest in association Caribbean airlines presents a brunch inclusive event with performances by Skinny Fabulous and Stylo G and music by Crazy Neil, DJ Courtney, DJ Jigga and Antsman.
Afya (meaning health and harmony in Kiswahili) aims to provide a positive atmosphere where you can discover & explore the benefits of Yoga,Pilates & Dance. Enjoy yoga through relaxation and meditation.
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Principals in Massachusetts will be able to suspend students charged with a felony and expel convicted felons from school, under legislation Gov. William F. Weld signed last week.
The law covers crimes committed both on and off of school property.
Before a student can be removed from school, however, the principal must determine that the youth's continued presence in school would be detrimental.
Moreover, students can appeal their suspensions or expulsions to their district's superintendent.
Although no district will have to enroll such students, the law requires that the state education and youth-services departments provide educational opportunities to convicted youths.
Abstinence Bill Vetoed: Outgoing Gov. James Florio of New Jersey last month vetoed a bill that would have required educators to stress abstinence in sex-education classes.
Mr. Florio, who leaves office next week, said the bill encroached on local decisionmaking.
The legislature can attempt to override the conditional veto when it returns for a one-day session this week, or it can make the changes Mr. Florio wants--which would essentially make the bill moot by excising the abstinence mandate.
Suit on Hold: Closing arguments in a school-desegregation lawsuit involving Hartford and its suburbs have been postponed until the trial judge determines how a new state law affects the case.
Superior Court Judge Harry Hammer last month suspended the arguments in Sheff v. O'Neill after questions were raised about whether the state has already addressed the plaintiffs' concerns by passing the desegregation measure.
The plaintiffs charge that the state has failed to provide equal educational opportunities to minority students in Hartford's inner-city schools. The majority of students in the city are black and Hispanic, while most of those in the surrounding suburbs are white.
The state law--passed by the legislature last year as testimony was being heard in the case--requires every region to discuss options for integrating public schools by next fall but does not penalize cities and towns that choose not to participate.
Because the constitutionality of that law has not been challenged, the judge has indicated that the court may not have the authority to interfere in an issue already addressed by other branches of government.
However, the plaintiffs claim that the state law is too weak to end school segregation.
Judge Hammer is expected to rule next month on whether the suit will proceed.
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Forget the sports - I'm talking hot women here! Your part of the world seems to be turning them out at a high rate! Oh wait, this has nothing to do with FBSD.... -----Original Message----- From: Wojciech Puchar [mailto:wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl] Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:00 PM To: Gary Gatten Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is this forum for? > Is this forum intended to ask "specific" type questions and hope to get > specific and relevant answers? Or, is it a blog to generalize, > theorize, banter, etc. about anything and everything? It is not enforced, there are no strict rules and no moderation, so while it's not yet a blog, it will be soon. Sorry for not responding to later, but i'm such unusual man that is completely not interested in sport news :)

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Predictably, other friends of The White House are picking up on the meme:
NOW President Terry O'Neill: Do Mr. and Mrs. Romney have the kind of life experience and if not, the imagination, to really understand what most American families are going through right now?
(Dem) Rep. Scott Randolph: How many house servants did "stay-at-home-mom Ann Romney have to raise her kids. [sic]" Just b/c u don't have job doesn't make u stay-at-home mom.
Mediaite's Tommy Christopher: The parts of [being a mom] that are hard work . . . are things that don't exist when you've got $250 million in the bank. When you've got that kind of cheddar, even the chores associated with parenting (stay-at-home or not) cease to count as work. If you've got a quarter-billion in the bank and you're still doing your own laundry, that's a hobby.
The bitterness, resentment and utter cluelessness that drip from this line of inquiry are astounding -- and unlikely to elicit much of the desired response from the American people. We are a nation of aspirers, not a nation of resenters.
But even so, the foundational assumption of all this commentary -- the idea that if you've got money, you have no other problems -- is so ridiculous that it won't fool anyone with common sense . . . or at least anyone with even a scintilla of awareness about life.
Live a little while -- outside the bubble of left-wing navel-gazing -- and you'll come to see (through observation or experience) that money, if it's handled properly and kept in perspective, is a good and wonderful thing that eliminates plenty of pressing problems. It's a blessing, just as good health, a loving family or a satisfying career is.
But like any other blessing, having money doesn't make one exempt from life's hardships. It doesn't keep you from getting MS or breast cancer (in Ann Romney's case), or from having a sick, disabled or autistic child, or from suffering heartbreak or loss or disillusionment or humiliation or despair. Having money -- like its opposite, being poor -- doesn't make anyone any less human (a truism one would have thought these supposedly sophisticated commenters would have learned from their own mothers).
This effort to make people with money somehow "the other" (to use a favorite left-wing formulation) is ugly, juvenile and silly. In what is perhaps an exercise in projection, it discounts the existence of empathy (the ability to understand others' feelings or plight even if one doesn't share them).
And finally, this idea that the capacity to hire childcare help necessarily reduces or eliminates the centrality of one's role and work as a stay-at-home mother -- as reflected in Randolph's and Christopher's comments -- is not only insulting, but naive and intrusive and, above all, ignorant.
No doubt Randolph and Christopher (and O'Neill, for that matter) cheered Hillary Clinton's assertion that it takes a village to raise a child. Actually, it doesn't. But taking care of children is a task that no one can do alone. Whether they work or stay home, some women (like Michelle Obama) are lucky enough to have mothers or sisters or aunts or other family willing and/or able to share the load or give them some time off. Some aren't -- and then they have to hire people to help them (and by doing so, incidentally, they're giving someone a job).
It's worth asking Ann Romney's lefty critics: If it's all right to hire child care to go to work for a paycheck, can you remain a stay-at-home mom in good standing if you hire child care so you can go do volunteer work for, say, a lefty cause celebre like the National Abortion Rights Action League? What about if you contract a potentially mortal illness? Is it okay then? What about if you have to care for another family member, say, an aged parent? What if you have multiples? And do Democrats like O'Neill, Randolph and Christopher really want to be in the position of peeking into every household with a stay-at-home mom to evaluate who's "working" and who's not?
No doubt some stay-at-home mothers hire child care to avoid the task of raising their own children. Some women go off to work for the same reason. But neither case is the norm. And the Democrat establishment's obvious effort to subject individual Americans' domestic choices or arrangements to scrutiny and ridicule once again shows who, in which party, is truly out of touch.
Hint: It isn't the Romneys.


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John Foliot wrote: > However, if the next generation authoring language *DID NOT ALLOW > THIS*, then Flickr and kin would wake up and smell the coffee, and > allow the contributors the ability to do the right thing. Keep in mind that the *current* generation authoring language does not allow alt to be omitted. A simple requirement for alt in HTML5, just like in HTML4, won't have any effect on sites like flickr. But there is sure to be other, more effective approaches that might. > It is for this *VERY* reason that the next-gen language needs to be more > pro-active in the social engineering regard, to force (through the risk of > non-conformance) authoring tools to provide the ability for content authors > to do the right thing - something I cannot do at Flickr even if I wanted to. HTML5 conformance criteria should not be considered to be a social engineering tool. The lack of requirement for alt in a few cases does not prevent alt text inspection tools being integrated into accessibility checkers or validators. Social engineering on this issue can and should continue through other avenues, such as accessibility guidelines, advocacy and education; but not in the HTML5 specification. -- Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software http://lachy.id.au/ http://www.opera.com/Received on Wednesday, 16 April 2008 09:40:55 UTC
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And you know what, it is not the worst thing.
It is not 100%. I still do not love it. But this is what I have got, this is where I am. I have learned to well, live with it.
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Ever wonder about green screen photography? Taking a portrait against a green screen allows removing the green background and replacing it with another image. During Winterfest Studio 300 took over 200 green screen pictures, and you can see the images here. Now you can learn to do this yourself. Here are some secrets to creating amazing green screen composite images!
In our video studios we have a green screen curtain already in place so set up for that is simple. We also have some overhead Lowel lights already in place which light the green screen from above. We added four additional Lowel caselite 2 fixtures, to provide smooth, even light for our patrons. We set two Lowels about 5 feet high and two at about 3 feet high directed at our target center. One great tip when taking green screen photo or video is to have your subject or talent be at least their height in front of the green screen, this minimizes the shadows cast by your subject.
We used the Canon T4i DSLR camera to take our shots. We used a 15ft Tether Pro cable, in conjunction with Adobe Lightroom 5 software to directly import the images and be able to work on them in Photoshop CC. Tether photography works great, you can view the images on your computer as soon as they are taken. There is a slight delay in the import process but it works great. Viewing these images on the iMac allowed us to quickly check that we took the best possible image.
Photography is an important part of our lives, we take images of moments we want to preserve. Green screen allows us to take images further into the artistic realm of limitless possibility. Having a great green screen image and using software such as Photoshop or Gimp (both available in Studio 300) allow you to use your imagination and creativity to create amazing composite images. We'll save the process of finishing the green screen composite for another blog post.


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WORCESTER, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's volleyball team fell at Assumption College, 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-23), on Saturday at Laska Gymnasium. The Purple Knights slipped to 3-7 overall and 1-4 in the Northeast-10 Conference, playing their third match in five days after competing once in the prior 15 days. The Greyhounds improved to 3-12 and 2-5.
First-year Jordan Dean (Gilford, N.H./Gilford) matched her season high with 10 kills, connecting at a .450 clip, while adding five digs, and junior Megan Priester (Dover, N.H./Dover) had eight kills and seven digs. Classmate McKenzie McNamara (Pembroke, Mass./Pembroke) and sophomore Gabby Ratte (Kula, Hawaii/Seabury Hall/Colby-Sawyer) both collected five kills.
Senior Catie Weller (Smithtown, N.Y./Smithtown West) and sophomore Sarah Rodgers (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire) collected 16 and 15 assists, respectively, while both adding seven digs. Senior Natalie Moore (Burnt Hills, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) led the way with 18 digs, while classmate Natalia Maccarrone (Hingham, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) and junior Julia Colasanti (Northville, Mich./Northville) tacked on nine and seven digs, respectively.
Sophomore Kellie Smith had 12 kills and 17 digs for Assumption, and junior Olivia Burke added 11 kills and five blocks. Classmate Kiki Romanik dished out 37 assists, and junior Maria Chrisom had 17 digs.
In the opening set, Assumption scored five straight points thanks to two blocks from Burke and two aces by junior Julia Goyette to take a 7-2 lead, and the Greyhounds later pulled away with a 14-4 run. The second set again saw the hosts lead 7-2 and eventually extend the advantage to 20-13 before Saint Michael's rallied with a 4-0 run, creating the first of three three-point deficits. McNamara's block made it 24-21, but Burke's kill clinched the set win.
Set No. 3 featured three early ties before the Purple Knights began pulling away with a 7-2 run, employing kills from six different players. A 3-0 Assumption stretch made it 13-11, but Saint Michael's led again by as much as 18-13 and still was ahead 22-20 on a service error. After two straight errors knotted the set, an attack error by the Greyhounds left the visitors up 23-22, but a tying Goyette kill was followed by a pair of errors to end the match.
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Sunday, October 18, 2015
HACA Membership Meeting Agenda: Sunday October 18th
Hawaiian Acres Community Association
Membership Meeting
Sunday, Oct 18th 2013
HACA Center, Roads 8 & C
I. Call to order
- Roll Call
- Determination if quorum for membership meeting is present in person or by proxy (min 30/10%)
- Changes/additions to the posted agenda? (2/3 vote required for changes.)
- Visitor comments (if meeting reverts to regular council meeting in the absence membership quorum):
limited to 2 minutes per guest and should relate to agenda item.
II. Approval of minutes - September 2015 council meeting
III. President's Report - Welcome board members members and guests. - Simone
IV. Secretary's Report – Diane
V. Treasurer's Report – Laurie
VI. Committee Reports
A. Maintenance – Patrice
B. Market committee – Dorothy / John
VII. Unfinished Business
A. Liability Insurance Update – Shawn
B. Annual Newsletter Requirements and Mailing – All Council Members
C. Bus shelters – Simone / Andrew
VIII. New Business
A. VFD and Neighborhood Watch Independence – Shawn
B. Welcome Pamphlet for new members and transfers – Jennifer
C. New wireless router ordered; faster Internet for members – Nick
D. HACA Phone # Update – Nick
IX. Future Agenda Items
A. Bylaw Amendments
1. Transfer fee memberships - Laurie
2. Reaffirming chartered responsibilities for council and membership - Shawn
X. Next meeting: Regular Council meeting; Sunday November 15th at 3pm in the HA Community Center.
XI. Adjourn
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10 stories of people having supernatural experiences after dying and then coming back to life.
(Barhiṣad). From the Sanskrit word barhis, or barhiḥ, sacrificial grass (a layer of kuśa grass strewn over the sacrificial ground), barhishad meaning seated or placed on the sacred grass. In the plural it refers to the PITṚIS (pitṛs) or deceased ancestors and to a particular class of Pitṛis. In The Secret Doctrine of Helena P. BLAVATSKY the Barhishad Pitṛis are those "possessed of the physical creative fire," the esoteric meaning given out being totally different from the exoteric Hindu books (SD II:77). Being devoid of the higher Mahatic element, the Barhishad Pitis could only project the model of the physical being. ". . . The Barhishad, being the lunar spirits more closely connected with Earth, became the creative Elohim [the Hebrew name for gods] of form, or the Adam of dust" (SD II:78; also p. 95).
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In accordance with the DLIFLC Leadership Development Roadmap, the Center for Leadership Development is designing workshops for leaders of various levels across the Institute.
CLD has developed a series of workshops for faculty, team leaders and first line supervisors.
In addition to internally developed workshops, CLD expands leadership development opportunities through collaborating with a variety of governmental agencies, academia, and commercial training providers.
First Line Supervisor Workshops
CLD is in the process of designing and developing a series of two-day workshops for first-line supervisors. The first workshop, Foundations of Leadership, is an introductory module, which will introduce the various topics and include several diagnostic instruments which will be referred to in the following workshops. The following workshops can be taken in any order, after the Foundations of Leadership has been completed. The content of the workshops is based on the need assessment. The workshops will utilize an experiential learning approach where participants will apply gained knowledge to their own work settings.
Foundations of Leadership for First Line Supervisors
This workshop focuses on providing key aspects of leadership principles and challenges within DLIFLC context. This 2-day Foundations workshop is followed by five stand-alone workshops on the following topics: conflict resolution, communication skills, 1st line leadership, mentoring and coaching/developing people, and decision making.
The Foundations workshop is designed to help participants gain an understanding of the difference between leadership and management; become acquainted with different leadership and followership styles; develop an awareness of the impact of emotional intelligence in the workplace; build an awareness of intercultural dynamics in the workplace; become familiar with conflict resolution and mediation styles; develop the knowledge of six-step decision making process; and develop a grasp of DoD, Army, DLIFLC values as a leader.
Conflict Resolution
This workshop focuses on helping supervisors deal with conflict in the workplace by analyzing different frameworks for conflict, identifying sources of conflict, and why conflict occurs.
This 2-day workshop aims to develop strategies for dealing with conflict styles, understanding what make a team dysfunctional, applying strategies to mediate conflict in the workplace, addressing conflict across cultures, and understanding global styles and attitudes toward problem solving.
Decision Making
This workshop applies the six-step approach in Decision Making. It focuses on exploring a structured framework and strategies for priority setting, planning for the applicable situation. The workshop uses a series of structuring devices and tools and case studies to help participants arrive at the best possible decision through a rigorous process.
Team Leaders Workshop
Foundations of Leadership for Team Leaders
This 2-day workshop focuses on helping team leaders sharpen their organizational and communication skills. Participants explore the concepts of civility and conflict at the workplace; gain greater awareness and ability to work with the military; master Influencing without Authority; gain deeper appreciation of working with diverse personality types and cultural backgrounds
Workshop Schedule
CLD offers the following workshops on a monthly basis and the schedule of upcoming workshops is published on a quarterly basis.
All workshops take place at the CLD Training Room, in Building 206, upstairs.
CLD workshops can also be delivered via Mobile Training Team (MTT) upon request.
Below are the upcoming offerings: (Note: workshop dates may be subject to change due to unforeseeable circumstances):
|March 2019 Workshops
|Foundations of Leadership for Team Leaders
|Mar 6 / 7
|Decision Making for 1st Line Supervisors
|Mar 13 / 14
Foundations of Leadership for 1st Line Supervisors (at Ft. Meade)
|Mar 21 / 21
|April 2019 Workshops
|Conflict Resolution
|Apr 10/11
|Foundations of Leadership for Team Leaders
|Apr 17/18
|Decision Making for 1st Line Supervisors
|Apr 24/25
|May 2019 Workshops
|Foundations of Leadership for Team Leaders
|May 08 & 09
|Decision making for Supervisors
|May 22 & 23
|Conflict Resolution for First Line Supervisors
|May 29 & 30
|June 2019 Workshops
|Foundations of Leadership for Team Leaders
|June 12 & 13
|Decision making for Supervisors
|June 19 & 20
|Conflict Resolution for First Line Supervisors
|June 26 & 27
|July 2019 Workshops
|Foundations of Leadership for Team Leaders
|July 10 & 11
|Foundations of Leadership for 1st Line Supervisors
|July 17 & 18
|Decision making for Supervisors
|July 24 & 25
|August 2019 Workshops
|Conflict Resolution for First Line Supervisors
|Aug 7 & 8
|Decision making for Supervisors
|Aug 14 & 15
|Foundations of Leadership for Team Leaders
|Aug 28 & 29
Team Building and Strategic Offsites
CLD provides an array of Team Building events tailored specifically for teams, departments and school houses. These events are aimed at building cohesive teams, improving communication, and building trust.
CLD coordinates, plans and leads Strategic Offsites for leadership teams to enhance productivity and build efficiencies. The Center utilizes a variety of tools to facilitate these events, i.e. SWOT analyzes, internal and external environmental scans, and cross functional interdependencies.
To schedule a team building or offsite for your team, contact CLD at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Governmental Training Opportunities
In addition to in-house workshops, CLD also collaborates with other government to maximize development opportunities for DLIFLC leaders. The Center has identified a number of courses, workshops and events from sources such as OPM and DOD leadership programs. CLD hosts some of these training events locally and also facilitates the enrollment of our leaders at remote locations.
CLD is also working to explore industry and academic leadership trends and educational opportunities.
Examples of the ongoing partnerships include, OPM Regional Leadership Program, Naval Post Graduate Defense Resource Management Courses, NCS Professional Learning Programs, and TRADOC Red Teaming and Critical Thinking Courses.
Guest Leaders and Speakers Program
CLD invites and hosts a variety of accomplished leaders and scholars to bring to DLIFLC faculty and staff the latest research and applications in the area of leadership development.
An example of this program, CLD hosted a workshop on Brain Dynamics for Effective Leadership. A link to the lecture, accessible only to DLIFLC faculty and staff, can be found below:
Brain Dynamics for Effective Leadership
Note: the link above is only accessible to DLIFLC faculty and staff.
How to Enroll in Workshops
CLD workshops are designed for team leaders and 1st line supervisors. If you are interested in attending any of the CLD workshops, please coordinate with your supervisor. CLD sends calls for nominations to each directorate on a monthly basis. If you have any questions about a particular workshop or other opportunities, send us an email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Irish Dairy Board reports 87pc hike in profits
THE IRISH Dairy Board has reported an 87pc hike in pre-tax profits for last year to €22.8m.
Sales were up 5pc to €2.1bn.
Following a droupght in New Zealand and the longer European winter, a milk scarcity arose and prices were pushed up, especially in the first half of the year, boosted also by growing demand from China.
The IDB said it was "well-positioned for expansion" when milk quotas end next year, with new marketing teams targeting countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and Africa.
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Nick at Nite lands a berth on Broadway with the new revival of "Bells Are Ringing." Tina Landau's production pays affectionate homage to the breezy, bright musicals of the 1950s, the kind in which grouchy subway riders burst into song at the suggestion of a smile from the ingenue. A lively, competent staging of a sweet but creaky show, "Bells Are Ringing" will need all the gumption of its energetic heroine to stand out amid the season's competitive musical roster.
Although it boasts an alternately warm and bouncy score with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the 1956 "Bells Are Ringing" has been a tough show to revive due to the singular nature of its original star, Judy Holliday. In Faith Prince, Holliday has at last found a soul sister.
As Ella Peterson, the answering service operator with a yen for meddling in her customers' lives, Prince is suitably quirky and adorable. She may lack Holliday's natural vulnerability, but her expressive face and deft gift for physical comedy add their own seasoning to the show. Her performance is more in the style of Lucille Ball, in fact, than Holliday (the carrot-colored wig, however, is a singularly unattractive one). At times the performance is a little strenuous, but it's effective.
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The show's Silly String plot has Ella falling for playboy playwright Jeff Moss (Marc Kudisch), who can't seem to get his first act together until she descends upon his bachelor pad to deliver a playful nudge. Ella, who today would probably set up in business as a life coach, also tugs her other clients toward self-fulfillment: the dentist who wants to be a songwriter (a gleefully zany turn from a persistently airborne Martin Moran), the Brando wannabe who needs to lose the marbles in his mouth (Darren Ritchie). Meanwhile her boss at Susanswerphone (a crisp Beth Fowler) gets involved with a vaguely European fellow named Sandor (David Garrison) who's secretly running a bookie joint.
While we wait — and wait, truth to tell — for the carefully assorted kinks in the plot to become unkinked, Comden and Green's book cues a series of nifty songs. Kudisch, a standard-issue, square-jawed romantic lead, boasts a lovely baritone that does full justice to "Just in Time," the best-known standard from the score. Other highlights are the lilting duet "Long Before I Knew You" and Ella's trio of solos: "The Party's Over," the mocking "Is It a Crime?," to which Prince's slightly nasal voice adds a comically plaintive wail, and the rousing closer, "I'm Going Back."
Landau's staging skips along as briskly as possible, given the episodic contortions of the plot; the idea seems to be to evoke a 1950s coloring book come to life. Men in gray flannel suits cavort with girls in capri pants, beat cops and street sweepers have plenty of time on their hands to join in the antic Comden and Greenery spreading cheer across pavement and park.
Jeff Calhoun's choreography draws on standard period styles, as do David C. Woolard's costumes. Both could use a little more personality, as could the clinical set of Riccardo Hernandez, which encases the show in an antiseptic metallic frame. (The whole thing seems to be taking place in that dentist's office.)
"Is it a crime to end each day with a laugh and a smile and a song?" sings Ella, to which the answer, then as now, is a resounding no. But winning over Broadway audiences with those humble attributes isn't the sure shot it once was, and the nostalgia this production enthusiastically retails is hardly a rare commodity these days either. All of which means that busy signals may not be a problem for "Bells Are Ringing," while long-distance service is a distinct long shot.


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Easter will be observed on April 16 this year in both Christian and Orthodox churches. Here's a look at how we determine the date of Easter.
The Reason for Ashes
Ashes are a symbol of penance made sacramental by the blessing of the Church, and they help us develop a spirit of humility and sacrifice.
Ash Wednesday
An in-depth look at the traditions associated with Ash Wednesday and the start of the Lenten season.
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Holy Week is the most significant week on the Christian calendar, beginning with Palm Sunday and concluding with Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Here's a "Top 10 list" of resources we have found useful.
Why 40 Days?
The 40-day duration of Lent dates back to the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D., but was standardized in the year 600 to last 46 days – 40 days not including Sundays.


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A Saudi company called the Twaik Group deposits more than $250,000 in bank accounts controlled by Mamoun Darkazanli, a Syrian-born businessman suspected of belonging to the Hamburg, Germany, al-Qaeda cell that Mohamed Atta is also a part of. In 2004, the Chicago Tribune will reveal evidence that German intelligence has concluded that Twaik, a $100 million-a-year conglomerate, serves as a front for the Saudi Arabian intelligence agency. It has ties to that agency's longtime chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal. Before 9/11, at least two of Twaik's managers are suspected by various countries' intelligence agencies of working for al-Qaeda. One Egyptian employee at Twaik, Reda Seyam, who is later accused of helping to finance the financing of the 2002 Bali bombings (see October 12, 2002), repeatedly flies on aircraft operated by Saudi intelligence. In roughly the same time period, hundreds of thousands of additional dollars are deposited into Darkazanli's accounts from a variety of suspicious entities, including a Swiss bank owned by Middle Eastern interests with links to terrorism and a radical Berlin imam. Darkazanli is later accused not just of financially helping the Hamburg 9/11 hijackers, but also of helping to choose them for al-Qaeda. (Crewdson 10/12/2003; Crewdson and Gienger 3/31/2004)
9/11 hijacker associate Ramzi bin al-Shibh fights in Bosnia. Exact details are unknown, but bin al-Shibh is well known in Islamist militant circles in Bosnia at this time. The ex-wife of Reda Seyam will later recount traveling to Hamburg from Bosnia with bin al-Shibh and Seyam in 1996. Seyam has never been convicted of any serious charge, but he is widely regarded by intelligence officials as one of al-Qaeda's most important operatives in Europe. During this time period, Seyam works at a car rental agency in Bosnia that is both widely regarded as an al-Qaeda front and is owned by a company, Twaik Group, that will later be seen by German intelligence as a front of the Saudi intelligence agency. Also during this time, the Twaik Group deposits hundreds of thousands of dollars into the bank accounts of Mamoun Darkazanli, who is an associate of bin al-Shibh and other members of the Hamburg cell (see 1995-1998). (Crewdson and Gienger 3/31/2004; Schindler 2007, pp. 281-282) Future 9/11 hijackers Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar, future 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and Hamburg cell member Mohammed Haydar Zammar also fight in Bosnia around this time (see 1995, 1992-1995, and 1991-1996), but it is unknown if they meet bin al-Shibh or each other.
In October 2000, Agus Dwikarna, an Indonesian militant linked to al-Qaeda, helps establish the paramilitary organization Laskar Jundullah. It is modeled after Laskar Jihad, another paramilitary organization formed earlier (see January 1999-July 2001), except Laskar Jihad draws its recruits from the Indonesian island of Java whereas Laskar Jundullah draws its recruits from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Laskar Jundullah gathers about 2,000 recruits to central Sulawesi. Mostly using bats and machetes, they support local Muslims in violent conflicts with Christians near the town of Poso, which have been occurring off and on since 1998, with heavy casualties on both sides. (Human Rights Watch 12/2002; Conboy 2003, pp. 223-224) In the second half of 2001, some al-Qaeda linked figures begin helping Dwikarna and Laskar Jundullah:
Omar al-Faruq, a Kuwaiti, who is said to be a key go-between for al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah. Al-Faruq and Dwikarna hosted al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri when he visited Indonesia in 2000 (see June 2000).
Syeh Hussein, a.k.a. Rashid, a Saudi. He is al-Faruq's handler and is said to have access to Osama bin Laden. He is posing as a representative of the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation. Dwikarna is also posing as an Al Haramain employee (see June 2000). (Conboy 2003, pp. 223-224)
Reda Seyam, a.k.a. Abu Daud, an Egyptian. He had fought with al-Qaeda in Bosnia in the early 1990s and also has links to key al-Qaeda figures, including having met directly with bin Laden. He had worked for the Twaik Group, said to be a front for the Saudi intelligence agency, and is in Indonesia working for Rawasin Media Productions, which is also said to be a Saudi intelligence front (see 1995-1998). (Conboy 2003, pp. 223-224; Crewdson and Gienger 3/31/2004)
On December 1, 2001, al-Faruq, Hussein, and Seyam meet with fifty Laskar Jundullah recruits near the town of Poso, in central Sulawesi. They present the recruits with weapons, including high quality M-16s and Uzis (which are very unavailable in Indonesia except from military or overseas sources). Near midnight, the group goes to Sepe, a small Christian village near Poso. They attack the village, burning about two hundred houses and killing an unknown number of people. The attack is filmed using night vision equipment. (Conboy 2003, pp. 223-224) There are allegations that some Indonesian military units take part in the attack. Since 90% of Indonesia's population is Muslim, most Indonesian soldiers are Muslim as well. Human Rights Watch will later comment, "there is evidence that [Indonesian] soldiers did engage the attackers in a fight [at Sepe], as three soldiers from Infantry Battalion 711 from Palu were reported in critical condition." Around this time, Laskar Jundullah forces attack about seven other Christian villages in the region. There are reports the Indonesian military sometimes joins these attacks and at other times fails to help the attacked villages. These attacks are little noticed outside of Indonesia, and the involvement of al-Qaeda-linked figures will not be publicly revealed until later. But there is pressure within Indonesia for the government to do something. More military units are bought in several days after the Sepe attack, and they largely quell the violence. (Human Rights Watch 12/2002) Around December 4, six suspicious foreign men, believed to be Islamist militants, are detained in the area and then let go. (BBC 12/4/2001) Later that month, Laskar Jundullah is implicated in a bombing of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in the city of Ujung Pandang, in southern Sulawesi. The group plans further attacks, but it is divided by internal squabbles. Dwikarna, who was not present in the Sepe attack, is upset at the others for recklessly filming themselves in the attack and then planning to use the footage for propaganda purposes. Seyam will be arrested in Indonesia late 2002 and footage of the Sepe attack apparently will be found with him. Dwikarna will be arrested in 2002 as well. His group, and the violence in Sulawesi, will generally come to an end that same year. (Human Rights Watch 12/2002; Conboy 2003, pp. 223-224)
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Jennifer has carried her family's legacy into the 4th generation. A fixture at Coxe and Graziano since her early years, she has embraced the call to service and has taken her work outside the confines of the funeral home into the community at large. Jennifer has spearheaded many projects and organizations including Mamaroneck's coveted "Harbor Fest" that she chaired for six years. She also served as a dedicated two-term President of the Mamaroneck Chamber of Commerce and she is involved with the annual charity luncheon to benefit the Rosalie Hall Foundation, a division of the Catholic Guardian Society. Jennifer is active in daily operations of her family's 3 funeral homes. She initiated the aftercare program nearly a decade ago and it remains a viable discussion group that has assisted many people in dealing with the difficulties of loss. Jennifer is responsible for hosting the funeral home's coveted "Senior Appreciation Day" at local senior centers in Larchmont/Mamaroneck, Harrison and West Harrison. In addition she serves on the Community Advisory Board for Greenwich Hospital, the Business Leadership Council for Jewish Home LifeCare (Sarah Neuman), and is a member of the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce and the St. Gregory the Great Early Childhood PTA. A graduate of The Ursuline School, Fordham University, Touro Law School and the American Academy McAllister Institute, she resides in Westchester with her daughter, Mia.
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After adding a legacy network adapter for PXE boot, i tried to boot from the network. I noticed that I didn't receive an IP address from our DHCP server. After a while I noticed the following setting which was enabled by default.
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ROLLINSFORD — Fire Chief Harry Knowles, who was charged with criminal threatening when he allegedly charged at a volunteer firefighter Sept. 22, is scheduled to be arraigned on those charges Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. in Dover District Court., according to State Police Trooper Joseph Ebert.
The charges stem from an incident police say occurred at the Rollinsford fire station, when, according to ex-firefighters Leif Goodwin and Matthew Heath, Knowles called them into his office and verbally reprimanded them for not going out on a fire call Sept. 20.
Heath said they heard the call, but didn't go out with the rest of the fire crew because they were in a training class at the station. They said Knowles told them to never go out on a fire call if they were in training.
When they sat down in Knowles' office, the chief quickly got agitated, Heath said, began shouting expletives, then told Heath he was going to punch him in the face. Knowles charged up from his desk and stepped at Heath, but he was restrained by Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Hurd. Knowles then fired Goodwin and Heath on the spot.
The Rollinsford Fire Department hasn't compensated either firefighter for the $800 cost of their training courses, or paid for any of the fire calls they went out on, they said. Before they were fired, the pair said Knowles had told them the department would pay for their training.
Goodwin and Heath said they were recently sued by Jaimie Miller for $350 each — the full cost of a training course they didn't complete because they were fired in the middle of it. Miller, who taught the course, is also a Rollinsford firefighter.
Miller did not answer a call to her house Tuesday night.
After learning about the incident, Scott Lloyd, another volunteer, quit the department. Lloyd hasn't been paid for any of the fire calls he went out on, either.
Knowles couldn't be reached for comment Monday night.
Deputy Chief Hurd answered a telephone call to the Rollinsford Fire Department Tuesday afternoon, and said Knowles wasn't available to talk.
Hurd said he "didn't know anything" about a previously agreed-upon arrangement for Heath and Goodwin to be compensated for their firefighter training.
When asked about the September incident, Hurd said, "I can't tell you anything about that. Goodbye," and he hung up the phone.
Ebert, who is handling Knowles' case, couldn't provide any more information about the incident, as the case is still pending.
Goodwin and Lloyd spoke in front of a selectmen's meeting Monday night, seeking compensation for the training classes and trying to bring attention to the way Knowles fired Heath and Goodwin.
Ed Jansen said selectmen "know nothing" about the firefighters' claims and told Goodwin to write a formal letter so the board can begin an investigation and possibly hold a personnel hearing.
Goodwin dropped off the letter at Town Hall Tuesday morning.
Goodwin, Heath, and Lloyd have had to put their firefighting careers on hold since the incident.
Heath, 25, recently applied to the Madbury Fire Department, but was not offered a job.
Madbury Fire Chief Tom Perley did not return a message left for him Tuesday afternoon seeking comment as to why Heath was not offered a position.
Goodwin and Lloyd said they are waiting for the situation to "die down" before they apply to other fire departments.
Goodwin, 28, who started his own painting business after serving in the Army National Guard, still plans on being a firefighter, but first wants to resolve his issue with the Rollinsford Fire Department.
It's been a slow process.
"I've been so busy with work and so frustrated with this situation that I've tried to do one thing at a time," he said.
Goodwin was concerned about his future prospects as a firefighter.
"I know if I go to a local fire department, I'm probably not going to be allowed on," he said. "(This incident) is interfering with my firefighting career."
Heath, too, was concerned for his firefighting future, because since he was fired, he has to wait until the spring to apply for classes to complete his training.
"It's frustrating," Heath said. "I can't really apply anywhere... my whole career has been pushed back."
Both Goodwin and Heath plan on attending Knowles' arraignment Feb. 5.
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ROLLINSFORD — Fire Chief Harry Knowles, who was charged with criminal threatening when he allegedly charged at a volunteer firefighter Sept. 22, is scheduled to be arraigned on those charges Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. in Dover District Court., according to State Police Trooper Joseph Ebert.


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Improving Programs to Control Hazardous Energy: New website offers tools and templates
A new website from the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Manufacturing Sector Council features ways in which businesses and companies can safeguard employees from the release of hazardous energy (any source of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal, or other energy) during service and maintenance activities. The new website features a resource guide with step-by-step Read More >Posted on by 8 Comments
Safe-in-Sound Award Celebrates 10 Years and New Partner
In 2008, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) created the Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award™ to recognize organizations that document measurable achievements in hearing loss prevention. Over the past 10 years we have given out 10 Excellence Awards and 13 Innovation Awards. In Read More >Posted on by 2 Comments
Ototoxicant Chemicals and Workplace Hearing Loss
Since the 19th century, many therapeutic drugs have been known to affect hearing. Known as ototoxic drugs, many are used today in clinical situations despite these negative side effects because they are effective in treating serious, sometimes life-threatening conditions. Research has shown that exposure to certain chemicals in the workplace may also negatively affect Read More >Posted on by 11 Comments
Help Us Redesign the NIOSH Pocket Guide
The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2018. The guide continues to be the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) most popular document. It provides descriptive information such as recommendations for exposure limits, protective clothing, and first aid measures for 677 chemicals commonly found in the work Read More >Posted on by 72 Comments
N95 Day 2017: When to think Beyond the N95 FFR
Buckle your seat belts! Put on your high-speed safety gear! We're about to blast off on a journey to explore the N95 respirator … and beyond. It's N95 Day, and that means we are focusing on respiratory protection, and invite you to do the same. We'll make it easy. NIOSH and our N95 Day partners Read More >Posted on by 7 Comments
Introducing the Hearing Loss Prevention Program evaluation checklist
Noise-induced hearing loss continues to be one of the most common occupational disorders, even in workplaces where workers are protected by hearing loss prevention programs (HLPPs). Although standards and regulations vary by country, virtually all hearing loss prevention programs require several elements: the measurement of noise exposures; the implementation of noise controls to reduce noise Read More >Posted on by 1 Comment
Occupational Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) in U.S. Manufacturing Companies
You may have seen water bottles labeled "BPA Free" or heard that certain foods contain BPA. BPA (or bisphenol A) has been in the news over the past several years. BPA is weakly estrogenic; that is, BPA may mimic some of the hormone-like effects of estrogen. BPA is used primarily in making polycarbonate plastic and Read More >Posted on by 9 Comments
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Who is looking out for workers in nonstandard work arrangements? As the prevalence of nonstandard work arrangements (such as temporary agency, contract, and "gig" arrangements) rises, so do concerns about workplace safety and health among this workforce. A recent article, "Nonstandard work arrangements and worker health and safety" published in the American Journal of Industrial Read More >Posted on by 17 Comments
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FC: The American Dream | By Ciera Kelley
1: ""The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position. | The term "The American Dream was first used by James Truslow Adams in his book the Epic of America.
2: I think that most peoples' "American Dream" isn't really their American Dream. They're too afraid to dream big for fear of failure.
3: The American Dream is not the same for all people. Some people only want to be successful and swimming in money, while others simply wish to fall in love and start a family.
4: The biggest part of my American Dream is to pursue and achieve my dreams. I want to be a screenwriter. I also want to direct, act, and edit. One of my biggest goals in life is to be happy in my career.
5: "I live by the rule that you should follow your dreams... no matter what you do, you should follow your dreams." - Jared Leto
6: Part of my, and most peoples' American Dream is to fall in love and get married.
7: However, unlike most people, children don't necessarily fall in with that. Though a lot of people just have a desire to have children. I think that a lot of people also have children to live vicariously through them because they didn't get what they wanted out of life. I also think that some people feel obligated to have children because they're "supposed" to.
8: Another part of my American Dream is to travel. | I want to spend some of my time in college abroad and continue traveling after college.
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4. Lady Dedlock faints when she ___________.
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5. Esther Summerson is raised by ___________.
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6. Esther is under the financial care of ___________.
Mr. Jarndyce.
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One of the greatest feelings is when a plan you developed comes together. On the flip side is really sucks when your plans develop a wrinkle in them or are foiled altogether. In everyday life, an example of a wrinkle in your daily schedule is you jump in your vehicle just to run to the store. You barely even get started when you have a little fender bender.
Not only does that dampen your plans or end them all together, when it happens you get that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. Maybe it's not a car accident but an accident at home gives you the same sick feeling. For most of us, there's that deja vu sensation again. You're glad it's very minor but you think of the insurance repercussions. It's no picnic.
Then perhaps you are one of the very few that have gone through life without any wrinkle in your plans. Even if you're a Monk, I still doubt you've escaped the monkey-wrench in your plans scenario.
Still, we make plans and always hope for the best. That's what life is all about.


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I am on Spring Break, so I have time to muse about important things in life, such as my favorite SNL skit, "Bad Idea Jeans." My sister and I used to watch this and end up on the floor laughing hysterically. It was what young kids today would call LOLIRL. But now, I wonder if it was more than that. The clip so stuck with me and became such a constant reference point that I feel like there was possibly a cosmic connection. Years later, as I find myself dealing with so many bad ideas, I can't help thinking that I was laughing-it-off, in advance.
Now, I know that I sound mean when I say that someone's idea is a "bad" idea. Really, I do not mean it like that. Ideas are like art — they should not be managed, controlled, and created simply for commercial value, with no deeper attachment or commitment. In reality, good ideas abound, which is why I try to eliminate the label of "bad" and simply make the distinction between a good idea and a marketable idea.
Like the suggestion of a morning french toast delivery service. I love that idea! Who would not want to wake up to warm, sweet, french toast every morning? Room service is my favorite thing about traveling. You just put that little card out (usually filling it out late at night when you are sleepy and hungry) then awake to your ideal breakfast on a silver platter. Replicating that as a concierge service in the real world is an awesome idea. I love it!
Unfortunately, for the people involved in that conversation, it was not a marketable idea. The resources and planning that it would take to launch a successful concierge french toast delivery service was beyond this particular group, with not a restaurant owner, chef, marketer, or start-up investor among the them. In the past, I would just smile and nod all the while thinking fondly of the days when I could lean over to my sis and whisper something about them having donned their bad idea pants.Thankfully, I am mature now and certainly more experienced, so my response was not sarcastic, but advisory.
People tell me about their ideas because they trust me to give impartial, practical, and experienced consultation. This time I chimed in with a speech about taking it from Good Idea to Marketable Idea — which is what I wish more business people and entrepreneurs understood. You can have lots of good (or even great ideas) yet few of them, once examined, will be marketable ideas.
A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life. ~ Jean Ingelow
One of my favorite publications is the Houston Chronicle. They offer wonderful small business content and I always find what I need there. In her article about marketability, Leonor Crossley, of Demand Media, covers four key areas: Demand; Relevance; Competitiveness; Promotion. In this economy and global marketplace, I think that a super-focused niche is better, but entrepreneurs rarely want to have just a few customers — they want a gazillion, and they want them now. When seriously considering your good ideas, the issue that need to be addressed the most is how promotable the idea is because where start-ups and small businesses fall down in new endeavors, is in the marketing and promotion.
My advice when considering a good idea versus a marketing idea: figure out (and seek professional advice, please) how marketable your idea is. Will there be media interest? Can you generate content and engagement around the idea? Can you build a community that supports the idea? Does all of this already exist in droves? If you (and your data) can say yes to these questions, then forge ahead.
If not, hopefully you can console yourself with my funny SNL video.
Need help figuring out if your good idea is marketable? Let's talk! ~ Jules