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COLUMN: Gay marriage divides GOP on personal liberty vs. government-enforced moral choices
A group of rich Republicans is raising money to support same-sex marriage. By doing so, they reveal a fundamental split in conservative ranks between two very different philosophies.
On one side are Western or frontier conservatives, who truly believe in small government and individual choice. On the other are Southern or evangelical conservatives, who think government should be used to enforce their moral values and determine personal decisions.
One key supporter of gay marriage is Paul E. Singer, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has contributed heavily to many conservative causes. He's a Jewish guy from New Jersey, not a Westerner, but he also has a gay son who is married to his partner. And when it comes to social issues, Singer identifies with the pragmatic, live-and-let-live tradition of the frontier.
"The concept of gay unions fits very well within our framework of individual liberty and our belief that strong families make for a stronger society," Singer told The New York Times. "The institution of marriage is in very bad shape in this country, yet gay and lesbian couples want very much to be part of it. ... This should be what we want as conservatives, for people to cherish and respect this model and to want it for themselves."
Singer represents a long and distinguished tradition that once flourished in the Republican Party. Barry Goldwater, dubbed "Mr. Conservative" when he ran for president on the GOP ticket in 1964, exemplified that tradition by supporting Planned Parenthood and backing a woman's right to manage her own reproductive system. The organization even gives an annual award named for Goldwater, who represented Arizona in the U.S. Senate for more than 30 years and died in 1998.
His granddaughter, C.C. Goldwater, now sits on the board of Planned Parenthood's Arizona affiliate, and she produced a documentary about her famous forebear that includes an interview with her mother, Joanne. "My father," said Goldwater's daughter, "being conservative, he felt that the government should not decide what women do with their bodies."
With the movement of Southern states into the Republican Party -- a trend that started, ironically, with Goldwater's campaign of 1964 -- the Goldwater version of conservatism has been eclipsed by what might be called the Helms version: a philosophy advanced by Jesse Helms, the late senator from North Carolina, and fundamentalist preachers like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.
It is a philosophy inspired more by religion than experience, by preachers more than ranchers, by following rules rather than solving problems. At its core, that philosophy says: There's a right way and a wrong way to live, and government should regulate private behavior on social issues like abortion, marriage and prayer.
Many Westerners have never cottoned to that view of conservatism. Sen. John McCain, who represents Goldwater's home state of Arizona, famously and accurately denounced Robertson and Falwell as "agents of intolerance" during his failed bid for the Republican nomination in 2000. "The political tactics of division and slander are not our values," he said.
Falwell is long dead and Robertson is largely retired, but their banner of intolerance is now carried aloft by radio talk show hosts who enforce party orthodoxy and denounce heretics who dare to stray from sacred doctrine. Republican pollster Frank Luntz offered a glimpse into the struggle splintering the GOP when he spoke recently at the University of Pennsylvania.
Luntz thought he was speaking off the record, but a student recorded his candid observations and leaked them to Mother Jones magazine. Radio hosts -- he specifically mentioned Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin -- "get great ratings, and they drive the message, and it's really problematic," said Luntz.
As an example he mentioned Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who is "getting destroyed" by Limbaugh, Levin & Co. for "trying to find a legitimate, long-term, effective solution to immigration that isn't the traditional Republican approach."
What Luntz understands is that radio hosts do not have the best interests of the Republican Party at heart. What they care about is "great ratings," and to get them, they have to emphasize divisions and exploit grievances. No matter that Rubio is bravely trying to save the Republican Party from itself. "Legitimate [and] effective" compromises don't sell on talk radio; only conflict and anger do.
Republicans like Paul Singer and Frank Luntz are trying to free their party from the "agents of intolerance," the Grand Inquisitors who dictate doctrine and drive away women and gays, young people and immigrants. But the odds are against them.
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Play is a cornerstone of my style, and I love to pick up something that has been regularly ignored by most people and make it work. As I talked about in my post about building a unique wardrobe I regularly try on the "ugly" pieces on the rack that aren't flashy and if I like them enough, take the challenge to make them work. (And I'm pretty good at it too.)
Brooches are one of those accessories that can feel extremely dated and tacky. Oversized bling and kitsch shapes can make them feel gaudy or extremely dated (and not in an elegant, vintage sort of way).
Last year I began looking for ways to wear some of my brooches in my jewelry box—some cute finds from a rummage sale a couple years earlier. This year I pulled out some of my grandmother's brooches (that fit my style) and decided to style them.
When I first styled this outfit I thought to put it on the blazer lapel, but when I struggled to find a necklace to balance everything out I thought about combining a brooch and a scarf. I simply tied the scarf once around my neck, left the ends at different lengths, and slipped the brooch through the two layers to create a sort of faux ruffle.
I love the final look. I admit, the hat makes it very quirky, and was not a planned accessory, but I brought it anyway in case the wind got too strong. The wind refused to keep my hair out of my face so I went with the hat. I know some people might find it dorky, but I totally love it. It adds to the vintage feel and adds a whimsical touch I enjoy.
The blazer I'm wearing actually comes with a brooch and it's on sale (and it comes in plus sizes). I'm tempted to get it in the black sometime, but I already have so many blazers… I'm a serious blazer addict. Would it surprise you that I absolutely hated them growing up?
Anyway, my ultimate brooch goal is to style my grandmother's gigantic green, orange, and yellow gem brooch that fills the palm of my hand. It's like a puzzle waiting to be solved. We will see if it ever happens.
Thursday Moda Link-Up
Today I am hosting a link up party with the lovely Ada of Elegance and Mommyhood. We both chose to style brooches but ended up also styling blazers as well. I love the way she belted her blazer and her sunglasses are the cutest!
I've co-hosted a couple of link ups with Ada and always enjoy working with this lovely lady.
Here is a bit about Ada:
Elegance and Mommyhood is a blog run by Ada, mom to the sweetest 5-year old girl named Vivian, who also makes a lot of appearances on the blog. This blog showcases Ada's personal style as a mom, a woman on the go and as a career woman. She often shows Mommy+Mini Outfits of her and her daughter. It is also a blog about real life updates, current events and her poetry. Ada has been running her successful Thursday Moda linkup every Thursday for two years straight. She can be found on Instagram, Bloglovin and Pinterest. She thanks you for joining her linkup, today, and welcomes you back!
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Benjamin Silliman (1779 -1864) was one Yale faculty member profoundly influenced by President Dwight. He wrote:
It would delight your heart to see how the trophies of the cross are multiplied in this institution. Yale College is a little temple: prayer and praise seem to be the delight of the greater part of the students.
Benjamin Silliman graduated from Yale the year following Dwight's arrival and then joined the faculty five years later, becoming America's outstanding mineralogist and geologist at the time. With Dwight's encouragement, he founded what became the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, as well as the influential American Journal of Science, still one of the world's leading geological journals. He was the first president of the Association of American Geologists and a charter member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Excerpted from Men of Science, Men of God by Henry M. Morris. Copyright 1982, 1988 by Henry M. Morris. Used by permission.


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Section 1: Veterinarians and Search Engines
Before we charge into the technical, fundamental aspects of search engine optimization (SEO) its worth it to discuss the conceptual side. For those who want to just dive in, skip ahead to _____
A great way to understand search engines is to think of them as libraries.
Let's imagine you are a library curator. You have thousands, maybe even millions of books in inventory. What you need to make sure is that the patrons of your library get the books they want.
Let's think about it. Essentially everyone who comes into the library has a certain book they are looking for. Some have a specific title in mind. That's when it is easy. We just have to find the exact title of the book that matches the one they are telling you. No biggie.
Now let's think about the other patrons, the ones who don't have a book in mind. They do know what topic or category they want though.
How do we find the right book for someone that asks you "How do I make a good tasting hamburger?"
Now what about those individuals who come in to learn how to cook. Someone comes up to the desk and asks for a book that will teach them how to prepare a hamburger. Well now we have a not so easy problem to fix. Thousands and thousands of books have been published about hamburgers, how do we decide the right book to find them?
Should we give them a book solely devoted to hamburgers or a book that has a really good chapter on hamburgers.
There are numerous ways we could do this. We could randomly pick a book that has the word hamburger in the title. But it is obvious to you and me, probably not a smart idea. What do we do here then?
Well think about it. When you are telling a family friend or relative where to eat or what to do in your hometown, you will most likely pick something that is popular and of high quality.
The library patron should do the same! Pick the book that has received the most reviews, references from other books, highest rate of check outs, of course of the most relevance.
How do you personally recommend a book or restaurant to a friend? By its popularity, quality, and relevance to what that person is looking for!
Let's convert this back to SEO terms now. How should the search engine decide what to recommend if someone is looking for instructions on how to cook a hamburger?
There are many options. Should the search engine report back a book, an article, a video? It's a lot to pick from. This is where the search engines use essentially the same model as a librarian. They pick what seems like is the best option.
This comes in the form of reviews, hyperlinks, traffic and content relevance. All these factors simulate the same example we used with the librarian example. By evaluating reviews, hyperlinks (or citations), traffic, content relevance and many other factors, search engines will provide what they find best.
What this means for your Veterinary Website and Clinic
Now let's tie it back into your clinic or hospital. Knowing what you know now, how can we ensure that when someone goes to a search engine and asks for a veterinarian, you will the one that will be recommended?
Well you know that you need people to reference or cite your website. You know you need some reviews. You need to make sure your website is relevant to the veterinary topic.
The rest of this guide will go over the technical, exact process of ensuring that you accomplish the above so that you rank well in search engines.


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Refined Reads is a monthly bookclub and partnership between Seattle Refined and University Book Store. Want to be part of it? Sign up here (don't worry, we won't spam you with emails - just alerts to discussion dates, special events and books of the month)!
This past July, our book of the month was 'The Widow Nash' by Jamie Harrison.. It coincided perfectly with Harrison's book tour through Seattle, and we got a couple minutes with the incredible author - who has empowered to write about the freedom a widow in the 1900s would feel.
Seattle Refined: Where did the idea for the book come from?
Jamie Harrison: It came in a couple of different ways. I had a vision of a woman getting off a train and disappearing. I don't know why. I think I may have wanted to run away at some point. I also had some journals my great great grandfather had left. They were sort of fascinating. They were filled with newspaper clippings and bad poetry and mining receipts. He traveled a lot. He'd been a mining engineer between 1860 and 1900, and gone all the way from Cornwall as an orphan, then to Nicaragua and traveled around the American West. His daughter was my great grandmother and she had a miserable marriage, and should have run away. And, somehow I put the two things together and started writing.
She's kind of surrounded by men who pressure her!
It's tough for a woman anyway, but in that era, there were very few options open to her if she wanted to avoid this impending situation. So yeah, I think she had to bolt, which would be the phrase for the turn of the century. She was a bolter.
After Walton dies, Dulcy runs away, and becomes a "widow." Why that role?
Because I wanted to give her some freedom. Because realistically at that time, to be able to live independently, to not have a lot of people asking questions about you, people were going to ask anyway. She gets off a train, she zig zags around, she needs to lose anybody who could trail her, and she has to reinvent herself. And being a widow gives her some freedom.
What kind of research did you do about women of that time and in particular their roles, expectations of them by society, in the early 1900s?
I just did a lot of research about the time period, but I put it all away when I wrote. I think it has always occurred to me that people are patronizing about people in the past. There's a tendency to think your grandmother was far more polite than your grandmother was. People had real lives, and it wasn't just rich people in the Bloomsberry Circuit who had rich and varied personal lives. And I guess I sort of wanted to get into that. I wanted to give somebody that kind of freedom.
How do you escape?
I used to write mysteries. So, I kept sort of beating down the urge to over-plot things. But it was fun. I looked up train routes, I covered my office with a lot of images. And I put a lot of the images in the book. Somehow looking at photographs, images, strange things sometimes helped me write whole scenes, sometimes gave me ideas I hadn't had. And I just kept riffing off them.
Did Dulcy change?
She did change, and I think she does change. If you walk away from your life, and you're no longer surrounded by the people who know you, if you don't know anybody anymore and you've dropped your past, sometimes you become your own true person. You do change. People do I think kind of reinvent. And I guess I thought of her as shy in the beginning and I don't now. She did change over the years. It took me about five years to write it off and on, I did other things in between, and I'm sure she shifted and came out of her shell possibly.
Have you ever dreamed of moving away?
I remember once when I was quite young and I was working in New York. I was working at a cooking store and I had this fantasy of being on a boat to Australia. I didn't do it. I did run away to Montana in my late 20s, so I don't know, everybody has those moments where they just want to start again.
Why did you choose Livingston, MT?
Well, I lived there. And it's an interesting town. That corner of Montana and really all the west was an interesting place in that period. I'd been working on a documentary about Butte, Montana, and at the turn of the century, there were 100,000 people there, 40 different languages spoken, there were no cowboy hats, it was a very cosmopolitan place. And it sort of gets back to the idea that we patronize the past and it was far more varied than we care to remember. And, I wanted to bring that out. I wanted to write something that incorporated the past without nostalgia, if I could.
Where did all the cast of characters come from?
Just look around you. I don't know. People are strange all around here. I hope they weren't too idiosyncratic. It's hard to know when you're writing, how many characters you can get away with and some can handle a cast of 50, and you can completely track everybody, it never gets confusing. That's one of the hardest things to do as a writer. But in terms of, maybe the town I live in, is fairly idiosyncratic, there are a lot of writers there, a lot of people are self-employed. When you live in a town like that you have a cross section of everybody. I know ranchers, I know all my children's teachers, everybody knows everybody.
Dulcy has to lie so much in her new life. How do you remember everything she's said?
I had a lot of interruptions writing it and I would always have trouble with, wait, what did I say on what page? How much is too much information, how much is too little? I like reading books where I have to guess at things, but during the editing process I had to make things a little more open. And she does get in trouble with her lies. You don't volunteer too much, and she does.
There are suicides in this story, real and/or at least hinted at. Were you using this as another form of escape?
I think so. When I was doing research, suicide rates were really high at the turn of the century, because I think people had no fall back. If you lost all your money, you lost all your money. There was nobody. It was hard to begin again. It was hard to save yourself that way. I think it was just more common. Even newspaper accounts you read for any small town, at the turn of the century, is just filled with woe. So, that I think is just realistic.
I love the journals.
They're her dad's journals, so they have different topics. Disasters. He's obsessed with earthquakes. He's obsessed with finding a cure for his illness. He's obsessed with women. He writes everything down. I certainly don't that, but I like the idea of it. And then I use it as another part of the plot device. So, I wanted to make them work in a couple of ways. As a way of showing his personality and what she doesn't want to become, and functionally helping with the plot and the ending.
What's up with the earthquakes?
There were people who were really obsessed with that. I live in Montana right near the super volcano. If it ever goes, we won't care. It's interesting. I enjoyed reading scientific theory, so the history of science. I've always liked it. This is just a way for me to put in things I'm interested in, frankly. To be completely honest, I can waste my time on research any day and a lot of it just went into those journals. One of the things was earthquakes, and it just seemed that it was a good way, he's a mining engineer, and it was a hobby to give him, an obsession to give him that would sort of move the plot forward.
There's someone she meets on train, who becomes principle character. In a way a guardian angel. How did you see his role?
I just liked him. I liked Louis. It was fun writing that relationship. He's a threat, he could be a threat, but he is someone who becomes a bit of a hero. And I enjoyed writing the relationship. I had fun coming up with the tippy balance of two people falling in love and being suspicious of each other at the same time, as people are when they fall in love, if they've got a lot to lose. I had fun writing about him. And, I had so many great journalists to model. He's a great journalist and I enjoyed reading through biographies of people at the time who were sort of similar to Louis. And just how strange their lives had been. So, I could throw that in.
How important was the sense of place?
What you want to write about can change with your day. What's surrounding you. And sometimes, if you're in a landscape as extreme as Montana, it just enters into what you start writing about that day. You drive on ice to take your kid to school, you're likelier to have someone walk home and fall down on the ice. I love living there. And it's always been a place people runaway to. It's a place of outcasts. The west in general was treated as a colony for so long by east coast people that a lot of fascinating people ended up there. It's a pretty varied town.
What do you want us to get from this book?
If there's a theme, it's probably reinvention. It's probably, I hate to sound like Pollyanna, you can be whatever you want to be. That's truly reinvention. I guess I was curious if it was cowardly to run away or if it was brave to run away. And, how you can pull off a like, remaking a life at any time.
Dulcy had the financial means, but many don't. Do you wonder about them?
Absolutely. I know when I was first going to write about her, of course I thought about them. When I did the Butte documentary, so much of it was about the prostitutes at the turn of the century. Butte was full of them, and they were fascinating women, and it was such a hard life, such a huge number of women came to Montana with no money and that's what they did. But many of them managed to reinvent themselves. And, early on in writing the book, I went through that option too. I thought about her having to do that or her having been that in reinventing herself. And then, gave it up. She had the means, she could pull it off. She's sort of spoiled.


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A mouthful to say and eat! Yum, Yum, Yum…this cake absolutely burst with flavor. Orange zest, almonds, orange juice… It's the perfect marriage of ingredients. This marriage happens to be celebrating it's 22nd anniversary this year. I first made this cake back in 1992. How do I remember? Well, I made it for a "cake-walk" at my kids elementary school. That and the fact that the recipe has the year on it, Lol. My memory isn't that good!
The cake batter contains both orange zest and orange juice making the batter a beautiful pale orange color. Even before baking, you can smell the citrus! The streusel filling contains orange zest too, along with almond slivers, butter and brown sugar.
The original recipe uses a tube pan, but I make mine in a bundt pan. Which means, in a way, I'm baking the cake upside down. The original has a crumbly streusel topping, where as mine gets somewhat caramelized on top [or is it the bottom??], because it goes in the pan first. I prefer it this way.
For the streusel:
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup sliced almonds
¼ cup all-purpose flour
3 Tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
For the cake:
½ cup [1 stick] butter, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2/3 cup orange juice
For the glaze:
½ cup powdered sugar
2½ teaspoons orange juice
•Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9″ or 10″ bundt pan. Note: It's best to use shortening/crisco for this cake to ensure an easier release from the pan. To easily get the shortening in the crevices of the pan, use a sandwich baggie on your hand so your fingers can get in the grooves. The baggie will not absorb the shortening and your fingers will stay clean!
•Prepare the streusel: In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar nuts and flour. Stir in the butter and zest. Mix well and set aside.
•Prepare the cake: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange zest and vanilla.
•In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder and baking soda.
•Reduce mixer speed to low. Alternately beat flour mixture and orange juice into egg mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
•Evenly sprinkle half of the streusel in the bottom of the pan [about 1 cup]. Top with half of the batter [about 1½ cups] trying to keep it in an even layer. Sprinkle with the remaining streusel. Finish assembly by topping with the remaining batter.
•Bake until a toothpick in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool about 15 minutes. Turn cake upside down, still in pan, and allow to cool completely.
•Prepare the glaze: In a small bowl stir together the powdered sugar and orange juice until smooth.
•Transfer the cooled cake onto a serving plate, remove the pan. Drizzle with the glaze.
Original recipe source Great American Home Baking.
A ran across a similar recipe for a Double Layer, Pecan Sour Cream Coffee Cake I found at Ngan Made It while wandering around in her lovely blog. Check it out – the ingredients are different, but it's made in much the same way.


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I get rather annoyed when you purchase a device such as a mobile phone, tablet or pc which is full of "Bloatware". Bloatware is defined as:
software whose usefulness is reduced because of the excessive disk space and memory it requires.
unwanted software included on a new computer or mobile device by the manufacturer.
Several months ago I removed all the bloatware from our new laptop. It took me a couple of hours, but that was actually easy compared with the task of removing the bloatware from the new Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. Much of today and part of yesterday was spent stripping out all the un-necessary "crud" (unwanted applications) that filled the phone storage space and slowing it down.
Whilst Samsung would tell you they pre-install these applications for your benefit, I'm convinced they actually get paid by these third party application providers to install them on every new phone. They also make them very difficult (but not impossible) to remove. Our phone came with 16GB of total storage. However more than half had already been used by these unwanted applications when it was taken from the box. After several hours I've reduced the number of non essential applications from 286 to 56. The used storage space is now just over 3GB. Google was my friend, but you do need to be careful as it contains a large amount of conflicting advice.
I didn't remove this bloatware to recover the storage space, but rather to reduce the risk of inadvertently giving away personal information. Many of these applications want my location, my email address, mobile phone number, ability to track me, waist size, inside leg measurement. Well maybe not the last two! Having harvested this information they sell it to people who want to bombard me with fantastic offers. Frankly I want the phone to make phone calls, and send the odd text message. Google maps helps me move around cities and the camera is good for the odd photo. But I've never taken a "selfie"! I use the alarm clock and the calculator. Even do the odd bit of surfing the web. I don't need Samsung Hub, Samsung Wallet, Google play, Google+, BBC News, The Weather, A health monitoring program, voice recognition, etc, etc.
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#wvedchat has been working to relaunch itself this past week. A few of us got together on Saturday to discuss the future of #wvedchat and how to improve the community. Myself, Rikki (@DrRikki908), and Derek (@Mr_Oldfield) spent over an hour last Saturday morning discussing the possibilities, which I will explain in a future post. Suffice to say, the result of our effort was visible last night.
#wvedchat uses Participate for it's host, which means we have stats to track each chat. We switched over to Participate in April. Last night was our best chat since that switchover. We had more participants, more discussions, and way more activity. Rikki and I took on a side moderator role in which we made sure to engage in conversation, retweets, and liking of others' posts.
The chat itself was hosted by Remind's Sarah Dougherty (@sardougherty). It focused on communicating and connecting with not only educators but parents and families. Of course, Remind is one of the many ways to accomplish this. Read the transcript below to see what transpired during our hourlong chat!
#wvedchat meets every other Tuesday at 8 PM. Derek Oldfield (@Mr_Oldfield) is one to follow for notices about the chat itself.


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|Elizabeth Smith
|San Fransico, California, USA
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|Husband - David
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Life Before Flight 815Edit
It is known that Libby Smith was a clinical psychologist, but other then that, nothing is certain.
In one flashback from Hurley, it becomes clear that Libby was in the same institution as him, although nothing else is made clear about that.
In a flashback from Desmond, it becomes clear that Libby is a widow. She was married to a man named David, who had owned a sailboat named the Elizabeth. Libby then gives the boat to Desmond so he can race around the world, claiming that Desmond was meant to have it.
On-Island Life Edit
It is unknown why Libby was on Flight 815, but it is known that she was in the tail section of the plane. Upon crashing, Libby befriends two child passengers and is also able to "fix" another passenger's broken leg.
Upon meeting the fuselage survivors, Hurley is immediately attracted to Libby, and the two share a few romantic moments. Hurley also attempts to take Libby on a romantic picnic, but he somehow forgets to pack blankets, causing Libby to go to the hatch to see if she can find some. However, Libby was not aware of the fact that Michael had just killed Ana Lucia, and when Libby enters the hatch, Michael is caught off guard and shoots her in the stomach, whereupon she collapses and Michael shoots himself and frees Ben.
After the shootings, Jack and some others, including Kate and Sawyer, come to the hatch, only to discover a dead Ana Lucia, a wounded Michael, and Libby, who suddenly awakens, although she is bleeding severely. Jack is able to keep her alive for a few hours, during which Hurley is able to come say goodbye. As she dies, Libby says only one thing, "Michael".


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Trade publishers produce books (and, increasingly, electronic products such as e-books) that are sold to the general public. The books that you pick up on the high-street or through an online retailer tend to be produced by trade publishers. Novels are the most high-profile, but 'trade non-fiction' titles like cookbooks, biographies and so on are also popular.
Academic and educational publishers produce specialist titles for libraries, academic institutions and specialist bookshops. Although trade publishing is better known and receives significantly more media exposure, educational and academic publishing can also offer exciting career possibilities. The types of books published include textbooks, guidebooks, academic reference books, monographs and many more.
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The Muskoka Launch Livery fleet includes four Duke Playmates. There may be bigger, faster and more glamorous classic boats around the lakes, but we have selected the Duke Playmate for our rental fleet because they are;
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Playmates were built by Dukes, a Port Carling-based boat manufacturer that built new boats from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Initially designed for fishing, Playmates became ubiquitous in the 1930s and 1940s as utility boats, ferrying cottagers and their holiday supplies around the lakes. About 60 of the 18-foot model in the Muskoka Launch Livery fleet were constructed between 1938 and 1954.
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I've just finished reading our January edition of the Canal Boat magazine and particularly noted the reviewed boat had a can-bus DC power distribution system. The reviewed boat was fitted with a system from Mastervolt whereas our is an Empirbus system. I compared both systems before selecting the Empirbus.
My reasons for selecting the Empirbus were:
1. The Mastervolt system was very integrated almost requiring the exclusive use of various Mastervolt components whereas the Empirbus system provided much greater flexibility in the integration of components.
2. The Empirbus system had the option of remote keyless access and the ability to communicated with the boat via text messaging.


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Thank-you so much for all of your support at both of our births – it has been wonderful to know I have someone to come to with questions, and your warmth and caring have meant so much." - Beth


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We use a powerful blend of coaching concepts and practical skills-based development to support the enhancement of already great skills in an organisation.
Today, the acceleration of technology and social media outpacing people's ability to rely on normal human connectivity like friendship, has created the need for one to one collaborative conversations. This allows time for reflection, habit creation, seeking direction, exploring purpose; just being and creating identity.
Business leadership coaching is today starting to, amongst other things, allow the client freedom to explore themselves and their situation in a way that they feel safe and comfortable to do so. The coach provides the client an empowering setting for thinking, prioritising, reflection and exploration of feedback, as well as evaluating challenges and success, and encouraging the exploration of adjustments required for professional and personal development.
In essence, today's coach needs to be respectfully present, understanding and fluid in the relationship with their clients. Coaches are offering a stronger sense of self-empowerment as a basis for the client to focus and temper their approach for development.
Our one-to-one executive coaching sessions are designed to fit around you and your work commitments. These sessions usually take place at your premises or over the phone, which minimises the amount of time spent away from your day-to-day duties.
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Most managers rarely get direct feedback or even hear bad news, and there are few people they can discuss sensitive issues with or use as a sounding board. So, it's no surprise that more and more managers and executives appreciate the confidentiality and personal attention of an executive coach.
Executive coaching works to understand and address your issues and needs in the context of the day-to-day realities of your business. You will improve your performance by:
- Developing greater self-awareness to help you open up more options
- Building more effective personal skills: coaching, mentoring, problem solving, leadership, time management, negotiation, delegation etc.
- Having an honest, objective sounding board to find creative solutions to problems
- Learning to deal with issues, problems and alternatives from fresh perspectives
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Why Have Executive Coaching?
For those in an executive position, time is a commodity which is often in short supply. No matter how good a person's time management skills are, it is quite likely that they simply do not have time to attend a classroom-based training course, and are unwilling to give up their already short free time to undertake an online course at home in front of a computer, when they may already spend most of the day sat staring at a computer screen!
1 to 1 executive coaching sessions are designed to fit around you and your work commitments. These short sessions usually take place at your premises or over the phone, which minimises the amount of time spent away from your day-to-day duties.
The purpose of executive coaching sessions, as it is with business coaching, is to develop the individual to achieve their full potential. This is done by addressing issues and barriers that are encountered, and consequently hold the person back from achieving their goals or targets. Talking through problems with a business coach who is external to the business can be much more productive than discussing them with a fellow colleague, as there is no risk of hurt feelings, worries about the colleague letting slip any of what is said with others in the organisation etc. An external business coach will be impartial and objective, offering mentoring and guidance, as well as acting as a sounding board upon which the executive can bounce ideas off. Often, just talking out loud to someone can set the creative juices flowing and enable the manager or executive to work out solutions by themselves.
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KartRider Rush
KartRider Rush is a cute little free app on the iPhone/iPod Touch. I am not clear where we heard about this app first. I do know it sat patiently on my iPod Touch until I had time to work on it. Boy am I glad I did get to it too. Like many free apps there are free levels and pay levels. The free levels give the player a good example of what the game is like. If you like it then you can pay real world money to purchase more levels.
The cute characters in KartRider Rush remind me of the Bomberman. There are a couple of different modes. One of them is Item Mode. This is where players can use Mario Kart style items while racing. The other major mode in KartRider Rush is Speed Mode. This is without the items. There is also Multiplayer, Garage, and the Store. The violence in the Items Mode is pretty light. The game stops us from progressing.
The music in KartRider Rush is cute. I enjoyed listening to it while playing this hand held video game. I have to admit something at this point. I did not think a decent kart game could appear on this platform. But KartRider Rush proves that thought incorrect. The music and special effect sounds adds a layer of excitement.
I love free apps that are actually worth something. KartRider Rush is one of those free apps that is worth something. I found a lot of replay value to the free portion of this iPhone/iPod Touch game. I never got bored with KartRider Rush. Because it is so much fun I did not mind purchasing additional levels. There are multiple choices for the purchases as well.
The game play in KartRider Rush is awesome. We do not need to worry about press the gas pedal. Once KartRider Rush tells us go, we take off and keep going. We have a brake pedal, turn right slightly, turn left slightly, turn right really hard, and turn left really hard. I ran into no control issues while playing this cute little kart racing game. I also had a blast playing KartRider Rush.
KartRider Rush teaches us to get to the finish line first. We have a
choice of using items to assist us, or we can do it by our own skills.
KartRider Rush can also teach us to avoid pitfalls, and to do our best
while competing. I hope to see sequels to KartRider Rush in the future.
- Paul
Graphics: 90%
Sound: 90%
Replay/Extras: 95%
Gameplay: 92%
Family Friendly Factor: 90%
System: iPhone/iPod Touch
Publisher: Nexon Mobile
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Computer Science has its own unique identity, and must be distinguished from several other computing-related endeavors.
- CS is not the same as programming. Computer programs serve as a means of expression of CS concepts. By analogy, one must know the French language in order to explore French culture in depth. CS students need programming skills in order to comprehend the issues of CS beyond a surface level. Although programming skills are a means to an end, and not themselves the end for CS, St. Olaf CS graduates emerge with strong programming skills.
- CS is not the same as Information Technology (IT), which provides services such as technical management, product development, and consulting. However, IT tools and practices make very interesting examples and objects of study in CS. CS courses make a great background for working in IT, because they include a lot of computing experience, and especially because CS focuses on the unifying principles behind computing systems.
- CS is not a branch of Engineering. CS's focus on abstraction and theory distinguish that discipline from Computer Engineering (concerned with design and construction of computer hardware), Software Engineering, and related disciplines. On the other hand, CS and engineering share a vital interest in design principles.
- CS is not a branch of Mathematics. Theory and proof are at the heart of Mathematics; in CS, abstraction and design have equal centrality with theory. Both Mathematics and CS develop analytical thinking skills, which help you get ahead no matter what you pursue in today's technological world.
- CS is not the same as Information Systems (IS), which concerns applications of computing to business and industry, and to business management of technology and technology personnel. Computer scientists seek to understand the nature of computing better through conceptual themes, whereas information systems professionals seek strategic applications of computing. The study of CS gives the IS worker savvy about computing, because CS's focus on analytical skills and on fundamental structures and capabilities of computing systems means extra problem-solving knowledge and power in practical applications.
As you can see, even though CS distinct from these other fields, studying CS helps prepare for careers and/or continuing study in any of them. St. Olaf's curriculum is designed so that whether you take one CS course or ten, you'll learn enduring principles that give insight in computing-related endeavors.


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Training is a complex topic, there is a lot more to it than lift shunt and go again. Whilst diet is coveted as the most important part of the puzzle (and I agree by the way) I think people's training patterns really let them down!
Here are a few of my basic ''fundamental'' opinions on training for muscle growth as a general view point which I put together off the back of a question I recently had. ''If you could write down your MAIN training beliefs what would they be?''
1) Hit every muscle group twice a week, sometimes 3. Protein synthesis levels are elevated in the muscle for 48 hours post-lifting. After that they hit basal again, don't wait the traditional 5-7 days to bump them back up! This will mean doing less volume per workout on any given muscle however as you hit them more frequently the overall volume across a week will be more (often).
2) Lift heavy and explosive. ''Back in the day'' I was often told by avid bodybuilders to avoid heavy lifting (3-5 reps) because it won't build muscle just strength. Whilst I agree you need to focus on sarcoplasmic hypertrophy for growth (more typical rep ranges in region of 8-15) I think getting stronger is massively beneficial for the following reasons -
. HTMU stimulation (high threshold motor units) will significantly improve overall muscle fibre recruitment within the muscle. Lifting heavy, close to your limit helps excite HTMUs.
. Myofibrillar hypertrophy helps add thickness/density to muscle, it looks amazing!
. Being strong across your physique and BALANCED (this is KEY) will help with longevity. I DIDN'T focus on this in my early training days and am having to rectify these issues today as a result.
3) In your ''hypertrophy'' workouts be open-minded and play around with new rep ranges, volumes and intensities. I don't stay in the ''holy grail'' 8-15 rep range, on some days I can go as high as 50 reps on upper body and 80-100 on legs. It's not often but every now and then it is nice to REALLY tickle the slow twitch fibres (especially in certain muscle groups, delts and quads. . . .)
4) Understand the difference between hypertrophy and strength work (even when using both). Whilst I believe it is less important to ''feel'' the muscles working on strength lifts provided you are using correct form, ROM and tempo I do think during your hypertrophy workouts time under tension is everything. Always remember, getting from point A to B isn't the focus here, the journey in between those points is.
5) Finally, you can over train even when your diet is bang on point. CNS fatigue can and will happen if you don't use ''deload'' weeks and your training WILL suffer. There is too much nonsense suggesting otherwise. What I will say is, most of you won't be over training and instead I guess will train for too long. Keep the intensity up, rest periods as short as you can and get the job done.
Using creatine monohydrate to further enhance your training performance and a pre-workout supplement are also advised!!
In 5 points you have gained an overall insight into my training methodologies and perhaps gained some idea of what my clients are exposed to as part of their training plans.


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Notice of Travel
YOUR McFarland State Bank Debit Card – ACTION MAY BE REQUIRED!
Protecting you from unauthorized use of your debit card is a top priority at McFarland State Bank. When traveling out of state, please contact us immediately or fill out an online Notice of Travel.
Please note, due to an industry-wide increase in debit card fraud, we've recently implemented blocking transactions in multiple states and taken precautionary measures appropriate to safeguard your account.
NOTE: You may receive a phone call from McFarland State Bank confirming your submission.
If you experience ANY problems while traveling with your debit card, please call 1-800-472-3272. We encourage you to add this phone number to the back of your debit card. As always, we also suggest carrying multiple forms of payment, such as alternate credit/debit cards or cash.
Where possible, we also encourage you to use your PIN to complete your purchase transactions. Your Debit Card PIN is the same number you would use at an ATM. If you do not know your PIN, please contact us to reset.
For your protection, if suspicious activity is detected on your debit card, you may be contacted by McFarland State Bank or a fraud specialist calling – on our behalf – to verify the transaction in question.
We sincerely appreciate your business. If you have any questions, please contact us and we will be happy to help!
Debit Card Travel Tips: write the 24/7 contact number on the back of your card ( 1-800-472-3272 ) and always carry multiple form of payment when traveling! Where possible, use your PIN to complete your purchase transactions.


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Extension of the Pittsburgh City Limits Minute Book, 1836-1841, DAR.1937.36, Darlington Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Between 1836 and 1841, the city limits of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were extended. This was done, in part, through a series of reports issued by courts, surveyors, and commissions to the City Council. The collection consists of a minute book detailing this extension. The minute book is in chronological order and contains a variety of court reports and reports by surveyors and a commission carrying out orders from the state assembly. Included are financial records related to the expense of hiring surveying firms and records of the work done by those firms.
ULS Archives & Special Collections, June 2008University of Pittsburgh Library System
No restrictions.
No copyright restrictions.
This collection was located in the Darlington Memorial Library in the University's Cathedral of Learning until 2007 when it was moved to the ULS Archives Service Center for processing, storage, preservation and service. However, it remains in the custodianship of the ULS Special Collections Department.
Gift to the Darlington Memorial Library in 1937.
This collection was processed by Shaun Hayes in May 2008.
Digital reproductions of this collection are available online.
Extension of the Pittsburgh City Limits Minute Book, 1836-1841, DAR.1937.36, Darlington Collection, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh


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7 Best Practices for Staying Fit and Healthy
March 20, 2019 Dancer Diet
Deciding to completely change your lifestyle and become healthier is very easy however, sticking to this decision is the most challenging part. Mostly when people look at what living a healthy lifestyle entails, they get overwhelmed wondering whether it is all possible. The best approach towards healthy living is implementing one thing at a time and making sure that sticks before moving on to the next. Here are 7 practices you can gradually implement for a healthier life, Eat healthilyRead More


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Day 1: DUBROVNIK – ARRIVAL Arrival at the Dubrovnik Airport. Transfer to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 2: DUBROVNIK Sightseeing tour of Old Town of Dubrovnik, under the UNESCO's protection, also called "The museum on the open air". In the afternoon, free time to tour the city walls. Dinner and overnight in Dubrovnik.
Day 3: DUBROVNIK – KOTOR – CETINJE – BUDVA – DUBROVNIK Full day excursion to Montenegro. We visit a city of Kotor, located along one of Montenegro's most beautiful bays. Kotor is on UNESCO's World Natural and Historical Heritage List. Later we go to Cetinje, a city-museum. Afterwards we return to the coast with a short stop at a belvedere above Sveti Stefan, and then we visit the old town of Budva. Dinner and overnight in Dubrovnik.
Day 4: DUBROVNIK – SPLIT – TROGIR – ZADAR Morning drive to the Dalmatian capital Split. Sightseeing tour of the city under the UNESCO's protection. Departure for Trogir, a romantic and picturesque medieval town. We continue to Zadar, dinner and overnight.
Day 5: ZADAR – PLITVICE LAKES – ZAGREB Sightseeing tour of Zadar. We continue to the most beautiful National Park in the world –The Plitvice Lakes NationalPark, which is listed on the UNESCO's List of World Natural Heritage Sites. Dinner and overnight in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
Day 6: ZAGREB – DEPARTURE City tour of Zagreb. Transfer to the Zagreb airport. TOUR INCLUDES:
- Arrival transfer from Dubrovnik airport to hotel and departure transfer from hotel to Zagreb Airport;
- Accommodation in 3, 4 or 5-star hotels on the half board basis;
- Local guides for sightseeing tour of Dubrovnik, Kotor and Budva, Split, Trogir, Zadar and Zagreb;
- Entrance fees toDubrovnik (4x); Montenegro (4x), Split (2x); Trogir (2x); Zadar (2x); NP Plitvice lakes (1x);
- Air-conditioned motor coach throughout the tour.
*All tours can be fitted according to wishes of our clients.


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CONTINUING its slow and steady plan to dominate global fashion via great, left-of-centre collaborations (most recently with Chloe Sevigny, Disney, Repetto, Pendleton, Robert Clergerie, Levi's and Rodarte), retail juggernaut Opening Ceremony has just announced a new capsule collection for autumn/winter 2011-12 - this one in partnership with MM6 Maison Martin Margiela.
Founded on Margiela's "recuperation/transformation/reinterpration" ethos, the line is based on a 3-in-1 concept, and several styles in the collection transform, offering a myriad of ways to wear each piece. To wit: the lining of a quilted black leather jacket and chocolate faux fur coat both unbutton to become lightweight nylon toppers (just the thing when winter finally gives way to spring). Likewise, a sleeveless red turtleneck tunic can be worn over a coordinating long-sleeve red and black colour-blocked dress or both pieces can be worn on their own. Nylon gaters can be worn scrunched down around ankle boots for a legwarmer effect, or pulled all the way up to function as pants.
On the accessories front, OC/MM offers a three-piece handbag that snaps together (or apart) depending on your needs, along with brown and black stack heel ankle boots with separate knee-high leather stirrup socks that can be worn a variety of ways.
The collection is incredibly clever and given the current state of the economy, incredibly timely, offering consumers a lot of bang for their proverbial buck.
Look for it at London's Maison Martin Margiela store in September.
SEE THE MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA SHOW ARCHIVE
All seasons MM6 Maison Martin Margiela X
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Autumn/Winter 2011 Ready-To-Wear


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TaeTiSeo's "Holler" Revealed as a Reproduced Track after Questions of Being a Remake of Mizrock's "Hello Me!"
TaeTiSeo's new single "Holler" was recently under scrutiny for potentially being a remake.
"Holler" was released on September 16 and swept the real-time charts, seven daily charts, the first place spots on iTunes in nine different Asian countries, and ranked high on the charts in various other foreign countries. However, someone posted on a forum that "Holler" is similar to a Japanese song released in 2007.
The song in question is Mizrock's "Hello Me!" Netizens who listened to the song stated that TaeTiSeo's "Holler" is the exact same song, which actually killed questions of plagiarism, but made people wonder if the song was a remake.
SM Entertainment had never mentioned that the song was a previously released track on the album, which led to music fans being intrigued.
The Korea Music Copyright Association lists the composers of "Holler" as Engh Anna Sara Christina and Bostrom Fredrik Hakan. SM Entertainment explained, "The composers gave the same song to TaeTiSeo and Mizrock. TaeTiSeo's "Holler" is reproduction of the original song, with modifications to the composition, and through the restructuring, SM has the right to use this song worldwide, even in Japan."
What they meant was that "Holler" is not simply a rearrangement of "Hello Me!" but a brand new song with the composition and source changed.
Like "Holler," reproduced songs are a common case worldwide. SM has created many hit songs through reproducing, such as TVXQ's "Mirotic," SHINee's "Love Like Oxygen," and "Juliet."
One thing for certain is that TaeTiSeo's "Holler" has had a much better response than Mizrock's "Hello Me!" as seen by how popular "Holler" is in various Asian countries.
Source: (1)
Listen to the two songs here:
Mizrock – "Hello Me!"
TaeTiSeo – "Holler"


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Inclusive Prayer Day
People of Many Faith Traditions Calling For an Inclusive National Day of Prayer
News Clips & Links About the 2007 NDP Task Force
Please also see the JewsOnFirst.org 2007 report on the Task Force, here.
Day of Prayer: Our way or the highway?
Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, April 27, 2007
In recent years, though, the decades-old tradition has become mired in divisions.
Across the nation, most celebrations are organized by and for evangelical Christians, with others choosing to host alternative services. Believers from Muncie, Ind., to Oklahoma City to Troy, Mich., and Salt Lake City have added more inclusive events, with participation across the spiritual spectrum.
The holiday began in 1775 when the Continental Congress asked Americans to pray for guidance as it was trying to birth a nation. Abraham Lincoln called for a day of "humiliation, fasting and prayer" in 1863. Nearly a century later, Harry Truman made it an annual event, and in 1988, Ronald Reagan set aside the first Thursday in May so citizens could join in worship across all religious boundaries. Continue.
Day to Pray
National event set aside for all, but evangelicals play the
lead role
They pray in gratitude, in pain, in petition. They pray to sink that putt, pass that test, survive this day. Some pray without knowing who they pray to, but they pray all the same.
The National Day of Prayer is about all that, but since its inception, it's become something else, too: It's now as much about redstate values, about presidential proclamations, about Bible-reading marathons on the Capitol steps. It's a day where communion wine mingles with apple pie, and some wonder whether the National Day of Prayer really encompasses all Americans.
"It's become an exclusively evangelical event," said Victoria Heim, who is organizing a local multifaith Day of Prayer observation at Shove Chapel. Continue.
Americans Unite in Prayer
National Day of Prayer encourages families to honor God.
This year's theme is America, Unite in Prayer. In his prayer that was heard nationally on Christian radio and over the Internet, Swindoll acknowledged total dependence on God.
"Our need for Your forgiveness is constant," he prayed. "Our gratitude for Your grace is profound. Our love for You is deep." Continue
Focus on the Family's emails on Gov. Eliot Spitzer
New York Governor Snubs National Day of Prayer
Refuses to sign proclamation.
We want to make you aware of a slap in the face the governor of New York has delivered to people of faith all across the country.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer – who just a few days ago promised to sign a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in his state, should one land on his desk – apparently has refused to sign a proclamation supporting Thursday's observance of the National Day of Prayer. The governors of the other 49 states have already issued such proclamations, acknowledging the need for America to unite in prayer. How arrogant that the governor of New York, which was the target of the vicious and unprovoked attacks on 9/11, does not believe the people of his state need divine guidance and protection.
Won't you take a minute or two – no matter what state you live in – to let Gov. Spitzer know what you think about his refusal to acknowledge the National Day of Prayer? Remind him that this country was founded as a Christian nation – and he will insult and offend millions if he continues down the path he is on.
The original web-posting of Dobson's email was removed on Monday and replaced with the victory message below. We saved the original as a PDF, which you can see here.
New York Governor Changes Mind, Signs Prayer Proclamation
Reversal comes after Focus on the Family listeners call his
From the websites of the prayer-day promoters
What it takes to Become a Coordinator
A simple application with contact data and statement of faith, confirming your commitment to Christ is all that's needed to get you on the way to becoming a NDP Task Force volunteer coordinator. National Day of Prayer Task Force Coordinators
Official Policy Statement on Participation of "Non-Judeo-Christian" groups in the National Day of Prayer:
The National Day of Prayer Task Force was a creation of the National Prayer Committee for the expressed purpose of organizing and promoting prayer observances conforming to a Judeo-Christian system of values. People with other theological and philosophical views are, of course, free to organize and participate in activities that are consistent with their own beliefs. This diversity is what Congress intended when it designated the Day of Prayer, not that every faith and creed would be homogenized, but that all who sought to pray for this nation would be encouraged to do so in any way deemed appropriate. It is that broad invitation to the American people that led, in our case, to the creation of the Task Force and the Judeo-Christian principles on which it is based. About the National Day of Prayer Task Force
How to Adopt-a-Leader
It is so important to encourage and pray for those who govern us. Here's some ways to adopt-a-leader (a kit is also available from our Store).
First, choose a leader God lays on your heart. You may watch your local newspaper or news on television or look at the sites below. Ask the Lord's direction in choosing a leader. Some people to pray for are government officials, police officers, teachers, firefighters, and military personal.
Here are some resources for finding government leaders to pray for: Adopt A Leader (on the schools page)
Drive Thru History
The National Day of Prayer, in partnership with historian David Barton and Coldwater Media, is proud to present Drive Thru History America, a new, cutting-edge, multi-media curriculum that teaches the history of our nation from a Christian Worldview. Discover the character, faith, experiences and accomplishments of America's Founders as they developed this great country where we can worship, work, travel, and live in freedom! In this adventure-filled teaching series, you'll travel to Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Virginia to learn about the life and times of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Banneker, and more. National Day of Prayer Task Force Schools, May 3, 3007
The Presidential Prayer Team
An organization associated with Billy Graham's son Franklin,
linked from the "official" task force website
Our country has been uniting in prayer on that day ever since. Now, with the nation as divided as ever about the war in Iraq and with transitions of power fully underway in Congress, the President, our leaders and every man and woman in uniform need God's guidance like never before. You can pray His presence into their lives with your participation in the National Day of Prayer through The Presidential Prayer Team Online Prayer Rally on Thursday, May 3.
You will partner throughout the day with Christians across the nation in this great, continuous prayer meeting for our President, leaders and troops. Unified prayer is powerful, "for where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." (Matthew 18:20) National Day of Prayer 2007 Prayer Events
See also: Research on the Presidential Prayer Team by SourceWatch, a project of the Center for Media and Democracy. Sourcewatch notes in a 2004 report "the lack of any information on the [PPT's] site informing visitors that the organization is not sponsored or funded by the President or any agency of the federal government." SourceWatch says that the group "is a private foundation whose promotion is being handled by The Envoy Group, a self-described 'new kind of Christian advertising agency.'" Click here for more.
Christian Leadership
Military Ministry's first strategic objective is to Evangelize and Disciple All Enlisted Members of the US Military. We seek to provide every uniformed son and daughter of America with an "anchor for the soul through Jesus Christ. This process begins at the recruit training bases ... boot camps ... where new troops are transformed physically, mentally, and ideally ... spiritually.
We seek to not only impact the Armed Forces in this way, but to also transform our entire nation as we build values, character and Christian faith into these dear ones who serve us at home and abroad. Evangelism and Discipleship
International Ministries
The same principles that apply to the military ministry in the United States are true in the militaries of nations around the work as we seek to Change Continents for Christ. Our goal is to transform nations of the world through the militaries of the world. We seek to train, equip, and partner with indigenous leaders to establish "sending platforms" in each region of the world. International Ministries
Gettysburg 2007 Summer Project (June 1 - July 13)
Two and six week options. We'll be giving tours of the museum and helping with weekend and weekday Civil War Chapel Services. During the July Reenactment, we'll participate as Agents for the US Christian Commission (the 1800s version of Military Ministry) ... telling the story of faith and sharing the gospel as we interact with the 20,000 plus tourists, pass out civil war gospel tracts, and conduct Civil War Chapels. Gettysburg 2007 Summer Project
The Navigators Military Ministry
We envision a movement of thousands of courageous men and women passionately following Christ, representing Him in advancing the Gospel through relationships where they live, work, train for war, and deploy. This movement includes men and women of all races and ranks, and permeates the military community on and around every U.S. installation and foreign military around the world. Navigators Military Ministry
Coverage of National Day of Prayer Events
The screenshot below is of a television news report by a station
in the Dobson's hometown, Colorado Springs.
Dozens of Heads Were Bowed
Dana Milbank, Washington Post, May 4, 2007
Let us pray.
Let us pray that, on next year's National Day of Prayer, there is better attendance at the "Bible Reading Marathon" on the West Front of the Capitol.
Organizers put out 600 folding chairs on the lawn -- the spot where presidents are inaugurated -- and set up a huge stage with powerful amplifiers. But at 9:30 a.m. yesterday, not one of the 600 seats was occupied. By 11 a.m., as a woman read a passage from Revelations, attendance had grown -- to four people. Finally, at 1 p.m., 37 of the 600 seats were occupied, though many of those people were tourists eating lunch. Continue.
National Prayer Day marred by divisions
Peggy Fletcher, Whittier Daily News (Whittier, California), April 3, 2007
Thursday's National Day of Prayer was once a symbol of American unity and faith in God that transcended boundaries. In recent years, though, the decades-old tradition has become mired in divisions.
Across the nation, most celebrations are organized by and for evangelical Christians, with others choosing to host alternative services. Believers in Muncie, Ind.; Oklahoma City; Troy, Mich.; Salt Lake City and more have added more inclusive events, with participation across the spiritual spectrum.
The holiday began in 1775, when the Continental Congress asked Americans to pray for guidance as it was trying to birth a nation. Abraham Lincoln called for a day of fasting and prayer in 1863. Nearly a century later, Harry Truman made it an annual event, and in 1988, Ronald Reagan set aside the first Thursday in May so citizens could join in worship across all religious boundaries. Continue.
Mississippi jurist encourages prayer at D.C. event
Ana Radelat, The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississipi), May 4, 2007
Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jim Smith came to Washington on Thursday to make "judicial branch remarks" at a National Day of Prayer event on Capitol Hill.
The event, held in a cavernous room at the Cannon House Office Building, had the feeling of a religious revival and was aimed at encouraging Americans to pray.
Smith spoke about the importance of prayer in his life, especially after a bout with cancer and the death of his first wife. He said "a prayer line with God gives people their strength." Continue.
Church, state get closer for a day
Nearly 100 gather in Bel Air for National Day of Prayer
This was not the monthly assembly of peace demonstrators, the casual lunch bunch on a pleasant spring day, or the concert-goers at the town's weekly First Friday events, all of whom convene regularly on the courthouse grounds in the county seat. This group had come to pray and sing in voices that overcame the din of cars, trucks and sirens. Continue.
Prayer day in Akron is divided
Christians gather at courthouse, interfaith group meets at
church with different themes displayed
But in Akron, the 56th annual observance of National Day of Prayer was divided -- a Christian-based event drew about 150 people to the steps of the Summit County Courthouse downtown while an interfaith service several blocks away at Church of the Master United Methodist Church on East Market Street attracted more than 50 people, including those of the Baha'i, Christian, Hindu, Islamic and Jewish faiths.
''It's lovely to see the diversity. It is truly the face of America,'' said Chloe Ann Kriska, executive director of the Akron Area Association of Churches. ''On National Day of Prayer, all people of all faiths are to come together and pray in accordance with the way we are accustomed to praying. Muslims need not hide Mohammed today and Christians need not hide Jesus today. If we deny who we are in our faith, it leads to the rumor mill and the rumor mill leads to the hate mill.'' Continue.
'Sim Shalom' at national prayer day
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 4, 2007
The U.S. Army Chorus sang "Sim Shalom," the final prayer of the Amidah, at the National Day of Prayer at the White House.
The chorus opened Thursday's event with a rendition of the prayer that ends the Amidah, the most common set of Jewish prayers, recited three times a day. The "Sim Shalom" prayer beseeches God for peace.
President Bush addressed the event, and a number of U.S. senators were in attendance. Rabbi Michael Siegel of Anshe Emet, a conservative congregation in Chicago, was among a number of clerics delivering remarks. He recited Psalm 145, saying that it offered solace to President Abraham Lincoln during the U.S. Civil War.
The original report is here.
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Today everyone was getting ready for aiki class and Knox wandered in. I told him to tell Ms. Jill who won third place in the tournament this past weekend and Knox beamed and stabbed his own chest with a thumb and said, "I did." Then he made a muscle and showed her and he launched into a mostly indecipherable ramble about how the tournament went.
I am so excited about the potential these kids have. The confidence judo inspires in kids (and adults) will serve them well for the rest of their lives.


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Old School Labs™ Signs Martial Arts Champ Tim Harrell as Brand AmbassadorFebruary 12, 2015
Double black belt army veteran joins promotional team of acclaimed "Supplements That Make Sense™" company.
LOS ANGELES, CA (PRWEB) February 13, 2015 – Old School Labs™, the celebrated startup whose best-selling sports supplements reflect the values of the "Golden Era" of bodybuilding, has signed martial arts champ Tim ("Timbo") Harrell to represent its brand. The martial arts expert will join the company's team of brand ambassadors, who, like other enthusiasts, have discovered Old School's all-natural products and been amazed by their effectiveness.
Harrell is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor, a NAGA and US Grappling Gold Medalist, and the holder of double black belts in Taekwondo and Hapkido. He served his country as part of the Army combatants on deployment in Afghanistan and is an All Army/All Armed Forces Champion and an OEF veteran.
"I discovered the company through its Facebook page," says Harrell, who was looking for a supplement that would help with strength and endurance without adding unnecessary bulk. "I wound up ordering a month's supply of Old School's products and followed the directions. Within days, I was noticing a difference in my energy level and recovery rate, and I realized that this stuff actually works!"
Harrell was so happy with the results that he wrote a long, glowing review on Amazon and a letter to the company, which brought him to the attention of its management and Old School Labs founder and CEO Tarek Sidani.
"We're incredibly pleased to have Timbo on our team," says Sidani. "He'll be able to provide our OSL online community with a lot of information about how to prepare the body and mind for competitive events. He knows the ins and outs of adding muscle to join a higher weight class, and maintaining strength while losing weight to join a lower one. Tim's discipline, experience, and expert advice will be extremely valuable for our supporters."
Tim can be followed on Facebook (www.facebook.com/TimHarrellOSL) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/TimHarrellOSL).


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RPC Members: Occasionally we will invite you to share your photos to use in (1) promoting our club and for (2) various publications (newsletters, brochures, banners for meeting notifications, etc). If you are interested, please send your photos as requested to Publicity Chair, Paula Rice, to firstname.lastname@example.com. Feel free to place your watermark on the photo as well. Each "invitation" will be for a certain theme usually coordinating with the time of year or current local events. The board will select photos to be used. Please limit size of file to 2MP.
SPRING THEME: This time the category needed are photos of Spring.
Dead Line : April 05, 2018