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Surnames T
TABER, Mary L.
TEEGARDEN, Alice
THAYER, Glenn
THERIN, Donald
THOMAS, Newton
THORP, Cyrus F.
TICE, Mrs. G. E.
TIGARD, James M.
TILLMAN, Arnold. R.
TILLMAN, Francis P.
TILLMAN, Myrtle V.
TILLMAN, Rose
TOWNSEND, Sadie L.
TRUAX, John
TUTTLE, James M.
Mary L. Taber Added 12/30/07
Brewster - Mary Louise Taber, 71, passed away at Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, WA on October 14, 2005. She was a long time resident of Brewster, WA and lived in Richland 1 1/2 years. She was born November 14, 1933, in Malvern, Arkansas.
She moved with her parents to Seattle in the early 1940's, then to Brewster in the mid 1940's. She attended school in Brewster and received her LPN license from Wenatchee Valley College. She worked at Okanogan Douglas District hospital for 39 1/2 years as an LPN, operating room scrub nurse and hospital purchaser.
She married Corky Taber on November 19, 1948.
She is survived by her husband, one daughter, one brother, one sister, two grandsons; two great grandsons; 8 nieces; 13 nephews; and numerous great-nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father, Vernon Hall; and mother, Winnie Hall-Stuart.
A Memorial Service will be held at Barnes Chapel in Brewster, WA, on Wednesday, October 19, 2005, at 1 p.m.
Abstracted from the original - The Wenatchee World - Wenatchee, Washington - October 18, 2005
Submitted by Ilene Jeffers
T. T. Taylor Added 11/30/06
Orchardist Meets Death By Accident
T. T. Taylor Killed Monday At Mill East Of Riverside
T. T. Taylor, local orchardist, met with a fatal accident at the Cubbage sawmill east of Riverside Monday afternoon while hauling lumber out to a point where it could be brot to town by an auto truck.
Having only a short distance to with his load, Mr. Taylor evidently thot it unnecessary to bind the lumber to the wagon and in going down a steep incline the load slipped forward onto the horses throwin Mr. Taylor to the ground.
One leg was fractured and internal injuries were sustained of a fatal nature. Messrs Jesse Yowell and Perry Saddler rushed the injured man to the home of Dr. L. Q. Spaulding as rapidly as possible and in a desparate effort to save the fast ebbing life the doctor took the patient to the nearest hospital at Riverside and called Dr. H. M. Fryer in consultation, but very little could be done and life passed from the body very soon after the arrival at the hospital.
The Omak Chronicle - Omak, Washington - April 16, 1920
Alice Teegarden Added 07/25/09
Methow, March 29 - Death, the grim destroyer, has again been in our midst and cast a pall of gloom upon this community. Alice Teegarden, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Teegarden, died at Pateros Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. The cause of her death is believed to have been indigestion. The child had been ailing for some little time but her condition was not believed to be serious until Saturday morning when she was taken to Pateros for medical aid. A hard fight was made by Dr. E. E. Hardy for the little ones life and for a time hopes were entertained for her recovery, but Saturday afternoon she became unconscious until death claimed her Sunday morning.
Little Alice was a remarkably bright child and her sunny disposition made her a general favorite with all who knew her. Mr. and Mrs. Teegarden and family have the profound sympathy of the whole community in their great bereavement.
Funeral services held from the family home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and interment in the Methow Cemetery.
The Pateros Reporter - Pateros, Washington - April 2, 1915
Glenn Thayer Added 01/02/11
The body of Glenn Thayer of Brewster, who lost his life at Pateros dam during high water, was recovered Thursday in a good state of preservation and was buried at Pateros Friday with Military honors under the auspices of the Brewster post of the American Legion.
Reports have been published that the body had been lodged at the dam and was loosened by dynamite. T. Raymond Enloe, vice president of the Okanogan Valley Power Company, scouts that version stating that the dynamiting done by the company was not at the dam but up on a side hill. His theory is that the body floated down the Methow until it struck the backwater of the Columbia, which during high water extended some distance up the Methow river, and there lodged against some brush, perhaps partially held by accumulating gravel, and became loosened as the water receded.
Some boys swimming in the Methow discovered the body floating down but could not reach it. The body was recovered by the father of the victim on the Douglas county side of the Columbia.
Both jaws of the victim were broken, indicating that he had been struck and swept off the dam by a cable.
The Okanogan Independent - Okanogan, Washington - August 16, 1921
Donald Therin Added 03/15/07
Donald Therin Dead.
The death of Donald Therin occurred at Riverside on Sunday, May 24, the funeral taking place the next day. A daughter, Mrs. Combs of Oregon, and his son Richard of this place were the only relatives present. Deceased had been ailing more or less for the last year, and when death came was in unfortunate circumstances. Hub Carlton raised a purse of $20 from the Odd Fellows, and substantial aid was also rendered by Chris Pein. Richard Therin has also been unfortunate the past season. During the last winter he met with a severe accident which put him in the hospital for a time and left him unable to work for a still longer period. The kindness of his neighbors at this trying time is keenly appreciated both by himself and sister.
The Okanogan Independent - Okanogan, Washington - May 30, 1908
Newton Thomas Added 01/05/07
Death Claims Newton Thomas, Old Settler
Passes Away At Colville Home.
"Newts" Many Activities Recalled by Friends--Was Picturesque Figure in Valley.
Newton Thomas, one of the earliest settlers in this portion of Washington, passed away at his home in Colville Sunday at the age of 76. Thomas was well known in Okanogan county and in various other communities throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho, having taken an active interest in community affairs. He served in public office in this county for four years with honor, leaving behind him an enviable record.
Thomas was born on September 10, 1815, in Missouri. In 1854 the family joined a caravan of Missourians who were leaving their homes to better their condition in the then virgin west. The journey was an arduous one, taking from early spring until late summer, many hardships and dangers filling the weary months of travel. The party was in almost continual danger from roving bands of Indians on the prairies east of the Rockies, and was forced into a number of skirmishes with them. Fortunately, however, the aboriginies at no time overcame them, the caravan plodded on, every eye fixed on the golden west, every heart hoping that fit living and a greater degree of happiness would be found beyond the mountains. In Montana every horse in the party was run off by Indians.
The ox drawn wagon made almost imperceptible progress through the Rockies and the Cascades, finally arriving on the west slope of the latter range, skirting the corner of Washington, and halting in the Willamette valley in Oregon. Here the Thomas' remained for 15 years. From there a movement was made to the Whetstone valley, near Walla Walla. After a short residence there the family resided in various places, including what is now Lewiston, and several other points in Idaho.
In 1871 Thomas married Anna Montgomery at Dayton, Wash., the couple moving afterward to the present site of Spokane. Here the first white child in the city of Spokane, their son Harvey, was born on July 2, 1880.
The Thomases came to Okanogan valley in 1895. At that there was but one store at the present site of Okanogan--under the elm near the Bureau hotel. Pard Cummings, now of Riverside, operated the store.
From 1904 to 1908 Thomas held the office of sheriff in Okanogan county. To him and Judge E. K. Pendergast are largely due the credit for relentless action taken against cattle rustlers, who then infested the county. Numbers of these depreda- county.
Marc Thomas, son of the pioneer, left here Monday afternoon for Oroville, whence he will take train for Colville to attend the funeral of his father.
"Newt", as he was familiarly called by all his friends, was a sturdy character with a picturesqueness that marked him wherever he went. He was tall and slim, dressed for many years after the country had become settled, and the services of scouts were less in demand, in the garb of a frontiersman. "Newt", through his long experience in settled places, acquired a knack of turning his hand to almost anything, and doing it well. He was by turns a hunter, a scout, a freighter, and Indian fighter, and peaceful rancher. His ability as a preacher was by no means small, and his admonishing voice often was heard in the Methodist pulpits of the valley. Yet he could step from the pulpit and roll up his sleeves to do battle for his own or another's rights. He served in the Nez Perse Indian campaign in Idaho under Colonel McConville.
"Newt's" death came as a shock to many old timers and a host of others in the valley.
He is survived by his wife, who resides in Colville, and by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Emma Carpenter of Spokane; Mrs. Olive Reynolds of Colville; Mrs. Alfa Wood of Eugene, Ore.; Harvey Thomas of New York, who is at present in South America; Marc Thomas of this city; Mrs. Belle Ludvig of Wrangle; Winnie of Colville; Cecil Thomas of Wrangle. It is probable that nearly all of these will be at hand to attend the funeral.
The Okanogan Independent - Okanogan, Washington - November 1, 1921
Cyrus F. Thorp Added 9/15/06
Cyrus F. Thorp Dead
Cyrus F. Thorp, the well known rancher of Winthrop and prominent in Democratic circles in Okanogan county, died Wednesday night of last week at Wenatchee from typhoid, contracted three weeks ago while at Mansfield. His wife was in constant attendance during his illness and was with him when the end came.
Mr. Thorp was 44 years old. He leaves a wife and three small children. He was a member in good standing of the Yeoman lodge and the Odd Fellows.
The deceased was well known throughout Okanogan county particularly the upper Methow valley. Last fall he made a strong race for sheriff, running on the Democratic ticket. For years he was in the mail service, carrying mail on the Skagit route across to the mines.
The Molson Leader - Molson, Washington - September 24, 1915
Mrs. G. E. Tice Added 8/07/06
Mrs. G. E. Tice, a new resident of this city, died early Friday morning following several days' illness of influenza. Mrs. Tice was the wife of one of the line-men working here temporarily for the Pacific Telephone Company. She had been here about six weeks. Her home is at Billings, Montana.
Deceased was 35 years of age and leaves a daughter and a young son, besides her husband. The daughter arrived here early in the week in response to a message telling of her mother's serious illness.
The Okanogan Independent - Okanogan, Washington - February 7, 1920
James M. Tigard Added 01/30/09
Civil War Veteran Found Dead In Cabin Saturday
James M. Tigard, age 73, was found dead in his cabin on the reservation five miles east of Okanogan Saturday October 5. It is thought that he had been dead about three days and no inquest was held as his death was apparently due to natural causes.
Funeral services were conducted at Okanogan Sunday by Undertaker V. G. Grove and interment was made at that place.
During the Civil War deceased was a member of Co. b, 1st Reg., Oregon Infantry.
The Molson Leader - Molson, Washington - October 29, 1919
Death of a G.A.R. Man Added 06/04/10
James W. Tigard, an aged farmer, living alone on the reservation about five miles east of Okanogan was found dead in his cabin Saturday. Coroner Victor Grove of Molson was notified and came down to investigate the case. The coroner was convinced that deceased had died a natural death, probably from heart failure, and did not deem it advisable to hold an inquest. The funeral was conducted Sunday afternoon from the Yarwood undertaking parlors in this city, Rev. H. R. Page reading the service. Tigard was father of Mrs. Moses Conger of Omak. He was an old settler in the Chelan section and had lived here for a short time on rented land. He was a G.A.R. veteran, having been a member of Company B, 1st Oregon Infantry. He was 73 years of age.
The Okanogan Independent - Okanogan, Washington - October 28, 1919
Arnold R. Tillman
Loomis Notes News
A. R. Tillman, the pioneer sawmill operator, passed away on the 22nd day of February at about 5 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Tillman was another of those staunch pilgrims of the early days, struggling against and overcoming the difficulties of typical pioneering. He was known and loved for his honesty, frankness and obliging character. He leaves a widow, two daughters and three sons, besides a step-son, to mourn his untimely death. The entire community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
The Omak Chronicle - Omak, Washington - February 25, 1921
Francis P. Tillman Added 01/25/07
In Memoriam
Graveside service held for Francis Tillman
Francis P. Tillman died Friday, August 25, 1978 in Tonasket following a short illness. He was born March 17, 1900 at Greenwood, B.C. Canada. He married Myrtle V. King, August of 1928 in Penticton, B.C.
Survivors include one sister, Bertha Sullivan of Loomis, three nephews, Glee Sullivan of Loomis, Pat Sullivan of Coulee Dam, and arnold Tillman of Florida. His wife, two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Graveside services were held August 29, 1978 at the Tonasket Cemetery. Bergh Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Abstracted from the original - The Gazette-Tribune - Oroville, Washington - August 31, 1978
Submitted by Dorothy Petry
Myrtle V. Tillman Added 01/25/07
Myrtle V. King Tillman passed away Thursday after a long illness.
She was born Feb. 11, 1896 in Carolina and married Francis Tillman in Penticton, B.C. in 1927.
Survivors include her husband, one brother, Clifford King, of Charlestown, Ind.; and four nieces and nephews.
Abstracted from the original - The Tonasket Tribune - Tonasket, Washington - May 4, 1967
Submitted by Dorothy Petry
Rose Tillman
Death Of Mrs. A. R. Tillman
Mrs. Rose Tillman, wife of A. R. Tillman, the well-known saw mill man of Loomis, died at her home a short distance south of that place last Friday morning after a brief illness, and was buried from Woodman hall Saturday afternoon in the local cemetery, Puritan Circle, No. 382, Women of Woodcraft, of which she was a social member, having charge of the ceremonies. Mrs. J. L. Masters read the Catholic funeral services at the hall, and at the grave the ladies of the Circle delivered the ritual services. Six members of the King's Daughters, of which organization the deceased was also a member, acted as pall bearers. A large concourse of people followed the remains to their last resting place.
The death of Mrs. Tillman was a grevious shock to the community, and is keenly deplored by a wide circle of friends. She had always enjoyed excellent health up to the time of this fatal illness. She was born, raise and was married at Green Bay, Wis., coming west to Loomis with her husband about eleven years ago. She was 39 years of age, and leaves a husband and five children, the eldest 17 years of age and the youngest 6. The deceased was a devoted wife, a loving and self-sacrificing mother, and a most kindly and sympathetic friend and neighbor. Her untimely death is a great blow to husband and family, who have the sincere sympathy of all who know them in their sad bereavement and irreparable loss.
The Oroville Gazette - Oroville, Washington - June 24, 1910
Sadie L. Townsend Added 12/15/07
Sadie Lee Townsend, 78, of Okanogan, died Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, at the Valley Care Center.
She was born in Arkansas and was a longtime resident of Okanogan.
Survivors include her five children and one sister.
A memorial service will be at noon on Nov. 4 at the Omak Longhouse near St. Mary's Mission.
Arrangements are by Precht-Harrison-Nearents Chapel, Okanogan, and the Okanogan County Crematory.
Abstracted from the original - The Wenatchee World - Wenatchee, Washington - October 25, 2006
Submitted by Ilene Jeffers
John Truax Added 10/17/07
Death of John Truax.
Methow, April 26.--Word was received here yesterday morning of the death of John Trux at the Providence hospital at Seattle. Mr. Truax has been ailing for the past six months with a disease of the stomach which baffled all medical skill, and two weeks ago was taken to Seattle for treatment.
John Truax was one of the early settlers in this country and was well known throughout the valley, his kind and generous disposition won for him a host of friends.
Chas. Grant, clerk of the local camp of the W.O.W., of which the deceased was a member, left for Seattle today and will bring the remains home for burial.
The Methow Valley News - Twisp, Washington - April 30, 1915
James M. Tuttle Added 06/04/10
James M. Tuttle Dead.
This community must again bow its head in sorrow in deference to the supreme ruler, in the loss of another of its esteemed and influential pioneers, James Mott Tuttle, who has many years been a resident of the Methow valley, living happily on his dairy and fruit farm in the Carlton neighborhood.
Following an illness of several months, his suffering was relieved by death last Thursday evening, Feb. 13, his last moments being peaceful, his wife and several members of his family being by his bedside. Twisp News.
The Okanogan Independent - Okanogan, Washington - February 25, 1919
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Smacking children is set to become illegal in the UK after law changes in Wales and Scotland come into force.
The Welsh Government has announced plans to introduce legislation to make it illegal to smack children by removing the defence of 'reasonable punishment'.
If passed by the National Assembly, this will mean that smacking in Wales will become illegal.
The news follows the Scottish government last month stating that they were planning to introduce an outright ban of the physical punishment of children.
According to the Guardian, John Finnie, the justice spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, proposed removing the defence of "justifiable assault" from Scottish law, giving children the same legal protection as adults.
It is currently legal in both countries for parents to physically discipline their children but both countries are planning to change these laws.
While it is still illegal for parents in England to hit their children, they still have a legal defence if they do it.
However, if these laws in Scotland and Wales are approved, this could mean English parents could be prosecuted if they smack their child over the borders.
According to Child Law Advice, it is unlawful for a parent or carer in England to smack their child, except where this amounts to a 'reasonable punishment'.
This defence is laid down in section 58 Children Act 2004,but it is not defined in this legislation.
Factors such as the age of the child and the nature of the smack are all taken into account of whether this amounts to 'reasonable punishment'.
It is illegal for teachers, nursery workers and child care workers to smack another person's child.
A parent can be charged with a criminal offence if they harm their child under the following certain offences:
- an offence under sections 18 and 20 Offences against the Person Act 1861(wounding and causing grievous bodily harm)
- an offence under section 47 of that act (assault occasioning actual bodily harm)
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This post is going to teach you how to make a teardrop using Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Powerpoint, Paint, or any other program that lets you use shapes. First of all you need a clean page, new slide etc.
You will need two shapes to make this teardrop. A circle and a triangle.Once you have your two shapes you will need to fill them in with blue.
I recommend a light blue as the blue color you use. If desired you may make it any other color.
Once you have your two blue shapes drag the triangle over the circle.
Your shapes should look like this.If not you may have made your triangle too big or two small. Adjust by dragging the corner in or out while holding the shift key. Once your shapes look like this you have two options.
You can decide which finish you'd rather like, instructions below.
1. For finish number one you will need to make a straight line and drag it along the black line showing. Once it covers the entire line let go. Then make the line the same color blue as the triangle and the circle. Wa-la! A teardrop!
2. For finish number two simply make the triangle and circle's outline color be the same blue as their fill color. Wa-la! A teardrop!
* Teardrops can also be petals!


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I never liked the silence of me alone in a room without at least the presence of another to make it less still.
And then I discovered a Presence in which I wanted to bask, with whom I wanted to rest in the timelessness of quiet, in the quietness of slow-passing time.
I forget so easily, though, as easily as I forget the one thing for which I went to the store when I'm walking to the checkout, cart full of things we only half-need --
I forget amid the constant foghorn of busyness sounding through the thick air that my heart is filled not by the workings of my hands, but rather its filled by His handiwork within my heart during these times of stillness, during these times when my mind switches off the constant drumming of a make-it-or-break-it beat and instead beats in the rhythm of grace and rest.
I forget that His rhythm beats in my heart best.
We spend two days, John and I, in retreat of everyday life, filling small pockets of time with silence in His presence, keeping company with others who seeking to live in the intersection of where their deep joy meets the world's deep need.
We come around the table, seeking the very spoken Words Jesus shared in the upper room with his disciples.
We break bread together, trying to make sense of those Words, apply them to the here and now of our lives.
Together, we share life in solid community, bound by an appetite to know Him and make Him better known in our own hearts and in the hearts of those who crave more than what culture says life is in the here, in the now.
We share what has left us tired and aching -- the loneliness of being alone in a crowd and the noise of brains that won't enter into the rest to which He invites us.
It is an extreme paradox, this place and time in which we live, where we feel most alone when we are together and when we seek to come into His presence we feel alone because we are taken captive by the thoughts, the fears, the busyness of the day.
We break in retreat these two days to keep company with God.
And the quiet isn't so quiet.
Or alone
when we keep company in His presence.


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- Basic overview of coral bleaching supported by downloadable fact sheets on coral bleaching.
- Its most powerful message is within its data graphics of coral bleaching locations around the globe.
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- Concise, to-the-point, general overview to coral bleaching.
- Global graphics that show scale of bleaching throughout the oceans is powerful.
- Short video shows relationship between warmer oceans and coral reef health and heat stress.
- Comments from expert scientist: This is not an activity, but it is a very well-put together visualization about coral bleaching. The mapping is wonderful.
- This video pre-dates the coral bleaching events of 2016, but the concept remains the same. An update on recent coral bleaching as of 2016 is here: http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/analyses_guidance/global_coral_bleaching_2014-17_status.php.
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MS-ESS2.D1:Weather and climate are influenced by interactions involving sunlight, the ocean, the atmosphere, ice, landforms, and living things. These interactions vary with latitude, altitude, and local and regional geography, all of which can affect oceanic and atmospheric flow patterns.
MS-ESS3.C1:Human activities have significantly altered the biosphere, sometimes damaging or destroying natural habitats and causing the extinction of other species. But changes to Earth's environments can have different impacts (negative and positive) for different living things.
MS-ESS3.D1:Human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earth's mean surface temperature (global warming). Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whatever climate changes do occur depend on the understanding of climate science, engineering capabilities, and other kinds of knowledge, such as understanding of human behavior and on applying that knowledge wisely in decisions and activities.
MS-LS2.C1:Ecosystems are dynamic in nature; their characteristics can vary over time. Disruptions to any physical or biological component of an ecosystem can lead to shifts in all its populations.
MS-LS2.C2:Biodiversity describes the variety of species found in Earth's terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems. The completeness or integrity of an ecosystem's biodiversity is often used as a measure of its health
MS-LS4.D1:Changes in biodiversity can influence humans' resources, such as food, energy, and medicines, as well as ecosystem services that humans rely on—for example, water purification and recycling.
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HS-ESS2.D1:The foundation for Earth's global climate systems is the electromagnetic radiation from the sun, as well as its reflection, absorption, storage, and redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and land systems, and this energy's re-radiation into space.
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HS-LS2.C2:Moreover, anthropogenic changes (induced by human activity) in the environment—including habitat destruction, pollution, introduction of invasive species, overexploitation, and climate change—can disrupt an ecosystem and threaten the survival of some species.
HS-LS4.D2:Biodiversity is increased by the formation of new species (speciation) and decreased by the loss of species (extinction).


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1. Pakistan is home to one of the largest salt mines in the world.
2. On November 11, 1949, some fishermen from Baba Bhit Island captured a whale weighing between 14,000 and 19,000 kilograms (15 and 21 tons), 12 meters (41 feet) long and 7 meters (23 feet) wide. This was listed for 37 years in the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the largest catches, until 1988.
3. Benazir Bhutto was the first Muslim woman who served as prime minister of a democratic state and Islam country.
4. The Tharparkar Desert in the southern area of Pakistan stands as the only fertile desert of the world .
5. The city of Quetta is surrounded by hills on all sides – a natural fort.
6. Pakistan has the world's largest volunteer ambulance organization, which was founded by Sattar Edhi.
7. Sialkot in Pakistan is the world's largest producer of hand-stitched footballs .
8. Pakistan has been a major contributor to the UN Peacekeeping Forces by being the nation to provide the most troops to the UN missions.
9. There is a lake in Naran, Pakistan, called Ansoo Lake, that is famous for its tear shape.
10. Pakistan's Babar Iqbal, at 12 years old, became the youngest Microsoft-certified technology specialist.


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Busta Rhymes & Friends || 2012 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival [FULL SET]
- The 8th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival was headlined by Busta Rhymes and was covered by the Noisemaker Media crew under the leadership of Director Mark Carranceja.
Enjoy uninterrupted coverage and be privy to front row seating at one of Hip Hop's most memorable on-stage reunions ever as Busta Rhymes is joined by A Tribe Called Quest and Leaders of the New School for the first performance of their seminal classic collaboration "Scenario." Also, watch Slick Rick rock the seminal "Children's Story," Black Moon's Buckshot enters the stage to perform "How Many Emcees" & "I Gotcha Opin", Smif-N-Wessun blast the indelible "Sound Bwoy Bureill," and M.O.P. drop the all-time street anthem "Ante Up."
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text: Instructor. Dave Garten teaches MBA courses in Business Strategy, Strategic Alliances and Acquisitions, and Negotiation at Portland State University and the Oregon Executive MBA program. Dave has extensive experience in strategy development, management, marketing, product development, strategic alliances and acquisitions, negotiation, raising capital and finance. Dave is currently Chairman of the Board and was CEO at SeQuential (biodiesel made from used cooking oil), and was a business executive at Intel.


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Seriously, this day rocks because we get to reveal a cover from our very own Sophia Bleu. *mad clapping*
First, to whet your appetite, here's the synopsis of Catching Liam:
Twenty-one year-old Jillian Nichols only has one rule when it comes to boys: catch and release. Boy-catching isn't just a game for Jillian and her friends, it's a lifestyle. After all, boys might be good for a dance or a drink and certainly a little under-cover action of the scandalous variety, but expect much else and you're bound for heart ache.
So when her best friends and fellow boy catchers start dropping like flies junior year, Jillian is determined to keep boys in her bedroom and out of her heart. Until she meets Liam McAvoy, the kind of guy that sticks around to make waffles and who can't—or perhaps won't—take a hint.
Study abroad student Liam doesn't want to be another notch on Jillian's bedpost. Actually he has much more interesting ideas for Jillian and her bedposts, but his student visa's set expiration date means he can't promise her forever. That doesn't mean he's going to walk away from the challenge of discovering why Jillian is hell-bent at keeping people at a distance.
Before long, neither is sure who is catching who—or if they're playing for keeps. Jillian knows one thing though: falling in love will not only break the only rule of boy-catching, it could also break her heart.
Add it to your Goodreads list here. You know you want to. :)
And now for the main event...the cover:
It's glorious, is it not? It is. We know you love it.
If you'd like to be part of the Release Blitz for Catching Liam, you can sign up here. The tour and release events are hosted by Xpresso tours which means its gonna be awesome.
Sophia Bleu is a secret identity where I can write about fantasies and falling in love and all the smexiness in between. In real life, I'm likely catching a plane, chasing kids, or making out with the love of my life—all 6 ft 3 inches of hotness that he is. Life is pretty good.
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Honey Bee eggs (brood) laid by the Queen Bee.
Notice, The Queen Bee placed the egg at the bottom of the cell.
Also, The worker bees have pollen and honey stored nearby.
This package of bees was installed 5 days ago here in Michigan.
The camera date is wrong. It should read April 23, 2011.


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When I became a mother many moons ago, I was directly confronted with my ideals for being the mother I wanted to be for my children. As I look back,
I see how I struggled with my idealistic desires in the face of reality. There never seemed to be enough time, patience, money, space or energy. I gave what I could amidst the many demands of work, family, and school. However, the values of mothering were my anchor – unconditional love, focused attention, being present, support, encouragement, and guidelines for healthy boundaries.
We never stop needing the values of mothering ourselves and we can learn to meet this need within ourselves. Expecting from others (like our own mother) or what we're supposed to do for others can sometimes fall short of what we need inside.
What are your mothering needs? Here are some ideas you can put into proactive action in your daily life to get those needs met that you've always wanted:
|In meditation, imagine being loved, held and cherished by the perfect mother figures. Allow yourself to feel, see and hear the love, touch, and encouragements.
|Acknowledge yourself every day, especially when you're having a really "bad" day. For example, say, "I am a beautiful expression of Light, no matter what!".
|Create and use support systems from others. Choose people who can truly be there for you.
|*Pamper yourself – let in the goodness, nurturing and love. This can be with music, a leisurely walk in nature, or a special treat like a massage or yoga class.
|Set intentions for yourself and keep your commitment to you to follow through
|Tell yourself the things you always wanted to hear from your mother such as, "I love myself just the way I am, I have always been whole and complete, I know that all my needs and wants are met easily and effortlessly".
You know better that anyone else what your "mothering" needs and wants are.
Enjoy receiving them from you and being supported by others that champion your wondering being.


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In a time when journalism and entertainment become ever more entwined, when "reality tv" forever mixes up the distinctions between fiction and non-fiction, and when video games get so realistic that you get physically tired playing them (as in my Wii), it is intriguing to see how fake newscasts can still generate a "war of the worlds" reaction.
A TV station in Belgium reported that the country was splitting up between Dutch speaking Flanders and French speaking Wallonia. The hoax was not well received. But it did create quite an uproar.


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PHILIPPINES' move to revive the death penalty sets the country on a "dangerous path in flagrant violation" of its international legal obligations, according to human rights watchdog Amnesty International.
The group slammed the adoption of the draft law by the Philippine House of Representatives, which overwhelmingly approved the Bill on Tuesday to re-impose capital punishment.
Amnesty director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific Champa Patel said the idea the death penalty would keep the country's crime and drug problem in check was "simply wrong".
"It is an inhumane, ineffective punishment and is never the solution," Patel said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The Philippines' attempts to reintroduce it are clearly unlawful. This will just earn the country notoriety as one of the few countries to revive its horrific use."
Voting 216 to 54 with one abstention, lawmakers passed the third and final reading of the Bill, clearing another hurdle in President Rodrigo Duterte's drive to use death as a deterrent against crime.
The draft that gained approval is a watered-down version of the original and has been amended to exclude crimes like rape, kidnap-for-ransom and plunder.
SEE ALSO: Philippines: House overwhelmingly approves re-imposition of death penalty
The Bill, which permits death by hanging, firing squad and lethal injection, must now go to the Senate, according to a Reuters report on Tuesday.
"The Senate is now the Philippines' last real hope of upholding its international obligations and rescuing the country from this backwards step," Patel said
The draft law was passed amid over 8,000 deaths since Duterte was sworn into office last June, many through extrajudicial executions in the country's "drug war".
Amnesty International has long opposed the death penalty for all crimes and in all circumstances.
The group points out under international law, the death penalty must be restricted to the most serious crimes, but drug-related crimes "do not meet this threshold".
The group also argues there is no evidence the death penalty has a unique deterrent effect.
"The death penalty for alleged drug offenders, like extrajudicial executions, violates international law, deprives people of the right to life, and disproportionately targets the poor," Patel said.
SEE ALSO: Philippines: One day after death penalty vote, House endorses medical marijuana
After World War II, the death penalty has been imposed on and off in the country.
Since then, dozens of convicts were executed by electric chair between 1950 and 1986.
A year later, the death penalty was abolished, but restored in 1993 under President Fidel Ramos, before being scrapped again in 2006.
Amnesty pointed out in 2007, the Philippines ratified an international treaty which categorically prohibited executions and committed the country to the abolition of the death penalty.
Legally, it said, the obligation could not be withdrawn at any time.
Since 2006, the Philippines has been a strong advocate against capital punishment and has championed several initiatives to this end in international forums.
The rights group said the Philippines had also defended its nationals abroad, such as overseas workers, from being served the death sentence.
"If the Philippines authorities want to deal with the root causes of drug-related offences, they should support humane, voluntary, health-focused and evidence-based policies as an alternative," Patel said.
According to Amnesty, 141 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice as of today.
It said in the Asia Pacific region, 19 countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes and a further eight were abolitionist in practice.


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Seascapes and landscapes are some of my absolute favourite subjects and if you're anything like me you love these subjects around sunrise and sunset. But like most people you probably don't like waking up at 4am to actually see them let alone photograph them. In this Tuesday Tutorial I really want to guide you through how to give yourself the best chance of finding beautiful light and how to make it work in your scene.
A year or so back when I was working with Olympus one of the trainers (Quett) put me onto a really cool tool, the JekoPhoto Twilight Calculator. Now there are hundreds of versions of this available both as websites and as apps for your phone but this one has always worked for me and more importantly, it's free. What this tool allows you to do is pin yourself onto google maps and with just a couple of clicks you will have the exact time each day for twilight, sunrise, sunset and again the evening twilight. Now that much information can be guessed or even found deep inside a weather app, but what is so incredible about this particular site are the three coloured lines protruding from your location.
Step 1: Plug in your location (roughly) and hit search
Step 2: Refine your location by zooming in and double clicking on the map
Step 3: Hit the submit button
Step 4: The magic is done for you! The three lines are the exact angle of the sunrise, the sunset and the moon rise!
Step 5: Find your subject on the map (be it mountains, rocks, beach, a pier) and you can move your little locator pin around until you get the sunrise or sunset lined up perfectly. Below is a table with all off the relevant times for morning and evening light!
It might sound like a daunting and overly complicated way to take photographs but with a little practice this technique saves so much time when scouting locations. It allows you to pre-visualise your shot and ensure you get to the site on time rather than sitting in the dark waiting for hours!
This tool when paired up with a reasonable weather app puts gives you the best possible chance for amazing sunrise and sunset shots but what about the rest of the day? Next week I will be discussing the art of black and white and how there are many many more ways than one to process and convert your images!
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Car Rental in Saint Martin
Car rental in Saint Martin, think about it before you reach to guarantee having a vehicle available in the high season. Consider renting an air conditioned car with a baby also if you are sensitive to the heat. Remember to reserve a car seat, check the fuel… If you want your vehicle to be delivered to your hotel? A long-term rental? A customized insurance for you? A wide range of products and services are available on the island.


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H. Birali Runesha
Assistant vice president for research computing
Director of the Research Computing Center
Phone: 773.702.5977 | Fax: 773.834.9199 | firstname.lastname@example.com
As assistant vice president for research computing and director of the Research Computing Center, Hakizumwami Birali Runesha provides leadership and vision for advancing all aspects of research computing strategies at the University. He is responsible for the design, configuration, and administration of centrally managed high-performance computing (HPC) systems and related services across the University. In addition, he provides access to advanced technical expertise, user support, advice, and training to the research community.
Dr. Runesha is a seasoned professional who brings to the University of Chicago HPC management leadership and more than 17 years of experience in high-performance computing and scientific software development. He earned his MS and Ph.D. in civil engineering at Old Dominion University. Prior to joining the University of Chicago, he served as director of scientific computing and applications at the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (MSI), managing the scientific computing, biological computing, visualization, and application development groups. In addition to overseeing the strategic planning of HPC resources and leading annual procurement of supercomputing resources at MSI, Runesha created the MSI Application software development group and the MSI Scientific Data Management Laboratory to meet the evolving data management and database development needs of university researchers.
Dr. Runesha has developed open source software programs and fast parallel solvers for large-scale finite element applications. He served as principal investigator on a number of research grants and is the author of a number of journal articles, proceedings and conference papers. He has given many invited talks, seminars, courses, and workshops on various HPC topics.
Prior to joining the University of Minnesota, Runesha was a research scholar at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology developing parallel computing algorithms for engineering applications, a research associate for the Multidisciplinary Parallel-Vector Computer Center at Old Dominion University, and an assistant professor at the University of Kinshasa.
Waqqar Ahmed
Training and Outreach Specialist
Phone: 773-834-3183 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Waqqar is the Training and Outreach Specialist at the RCC with expertise in communication and project management. He is responsible for outreach and communications for the RCC, event planning and organization, and website and social media management.
Waqqar has spent the last seven years working as a teacher and a coordinator in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Libya, and the UK. He has taught at universities as a lecturer in English and at high schools as an English, Math, and Science teacher. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Politics from Keele University and Master of Science in Politics and Government of the European Union from the London School of Economics.
Peter Carbonetto
Computational scientist, statistics and genetics
Peter is a computational scientist at the RCC, with expertise in quantitative and data-intensive aspects of genetics and statistics. He has spent most of the past seven years conducting research at the interface of statistics, large-scale computation, and genomics, with additional background in computer science, machine learning, numerical optimization and computational statistics.
Before joining the RCC team, Peter was a staff scientist at Ancestry.com. Prior to that, he was a research fellow in the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, where he advanced statistical approaches for the discovery of genetic factors contributing to complex diseases and traits in mice and humans. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of British Columbia.
Mengxing Cheng
HPC system administrator
773.702.4070 | email@example.com
Mengxing is an HPC system administrator for the Research Computing Center. His primary role is to administrate and develop the center's infrastructure hardware and middleware. In addition, he works closely with the consultants to provide best practice solutions to faculty, students, and research fellows.
Mengxing received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Florida in 2010 for his theoretical research on quantum magnetic impurity. Prior to joining the RCC team, he worked as research associate at the University of Florida and HPC system administrator at Florida International University. He has been participating in several NSF projects to enhance performance and security of cyberinfrastructure.
S. Sergio Elahi
Application software developer
As the application software developer at RCC, Sergio's role is to make technology and data accessible by designing and developing rich data-driven applications that take advantage of RCC's resources and HPC systems. His expertise is in user-centered interface design, software development, and computer graphics. Prior to joining the RCC team, Sergio worked for DePaul University designing, developing, and implementing software applications along with designing and teaching STEAM college service-learning courses.
Sergio earned his master's in computer graphics and motion technology from DePaul University along with an undergraduate degree in human-computer interaction and certifications in analytics, geographic information systems, web development, and teaching and learning.
Kimberly Grasch
Assistant director, finance, human resources, and faculty programs
Phone: 773.702.0159 | email@example.com
Kim is the assistant director of finance, human resources, and faculty programs for the Research Computing Center. She is responsible for allocating and authorizing expenses, processing payments, procurement, and budget reconciliations. Kim also serves as a human resource generalist for the department, including recruiting staff and student employees.
Kim has more than eight years of experience in non-profit management in the areas of finance, human resources, and event planning. Prior to joining the RCC in 2015, Kim worked for Alumni Relations and Human Resource Services at the University. She has a master's degree in Human Resource Development from Indiana State University.
Milson Munakami
Scientific Applications Developer
Milson is a Scientific Application Developer at the RCC with a primary focus on developing and building dynamic and more interactive web pages using a variety of scientific applications, techniques, and tools. His role also involves providing technical support to troubleshoot user, hardware, and scientific software problems, evaluation and testing of new or future development, releases, and enhancements.
Milson has a master's degree in computer science from Boise State University. He is an experienced professional with great experience working in multifaceted enterprise environments and has held various important positions in different IT companies. He is passionate about core technologies like .NET, C, C++, C#, Java, Ruby, and Python, to name just a few. He is also a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) who writes, runs codes, and love to contribute to the community. He strongly believes that learning new skills is a never-ending process and it that it gets bigger and better when shared with others.
Parmanand Sinha
Computational Scientist, GIS
Parmanand is a computational scientist at the RCC, with expertise in geospatial information sciences, remote sensing, and spatial statistics. Previously he has worked on population modeling and developing methods for dealing with spatial autocorrelation in a spatial data-mining context.
Parmanand holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He completed his Ph.D. in Geospatial Information Sciences in January 2015, at the University of Texas, Dallas, under the supervision of Dr. Daniel A. Griffith. His first postdoctoral appointment was with the Spatial Sciences Census Research group, under Dr. Nicholas Nagle, at the University of Tennessee. He investigated the spatial structure of the American population and to design optimal sampling and reporting units for census surveys. In his second postdoctoral appointment, he worked on the WorldPop project at the University of Louisville focusing on developing approaches for dealing with computational issues in high-resolution population mapping.
Kazutaka "Taka" Takahashi
Computational scientist, Neuroscience and signal and image processing
Taka is a computational scientist with expertise in computational neuroscience, spatiotemporal analysis, signal and image processing, and hardware-software integration for complex neuroscience experiments. Before joining the RCC team, Taka was a research track faculty at the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. There, he established workflow and data management tools for large data sets from both neural signals and behavior data. In addition, he co-developed a scalable network construction algorithm based on spiking activities from tens and hundreds of simultaneously recorded neurons. He received the best paper award (and nominated for best application award) at the IEEE International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems/International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems, Kobe, Japan in 2012 and authored one of the top 5 scanned posters at the IEEE Conference on Neural Engineering, San Diego, CA in 2013. He received a Ph.D. in Estimation and Control theory from MIT where he received two teaching awards from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Yuxing Peng, PhD'14
Computational scientist, chemistry
Phone: 773.702.6034 | firstname.lastname@example.com
As a computational scientist at the RCC, Yuxing works closely with faculty and researchers and serves as a technical domain expert in supporting and advising faculty on using high-performance computing (HPC) for their research and grant writing. He is experienced in programming, debugging, benchmarking, and conducting large-scale computer simulations on various types of parallel computing facilities provided by different HPC centers. His interest is to bridge the needs of the scientific research community to the capabilities of rapidly evolving parallel computing technology by providing advanced counseling and support.
Yuxing earned his doctorate in computational chemistry from the University of Chicago. During his graduate studies, Yuxing was involved in a wide range of projects with multiscale reactive modeling, molecular dynamics simulations, and coarse-graining simulations. He also participated in the writing of many research proposals applying external funds or computing resources for theoretical studies.
Jonathan Skone
Computational scientist, molecular engineering
Phone: 773.702.0507 | firstname.lastname@example.com
Jonathan is a computational scientist with the RCC at the University of Chicago, where his primary role is to provide HPC solutions to support the multidisciplinary research efforts of the Institute for Molecular Engineering. He is also an affiliate of Argonne National Laboratory, serving to strengthen the research computing partnership between the University and Argonne.
Prior to joining the RCC team, Jonathan held research associate appointments with Brookhaven National Laboratory, the University of California, Davis, and Argonne National Laboratory, where he pursued projects related to energy conversion and storage processes as well as methodological development for molecular and condensed matter systems. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Pennsylvania State University.
Teodora Szasz
Image analysis and data visualization specialist
Phone: 773.834.2917 | firstname.lastname@example.com
As an image analysis and data visualization specialist at RCC, Teodora engages the community of researchers involved in computational image analysis at UChicago across application areas such as biology, physics, chemistry, and medical physics. She is developing best practices for using image data visualization and analysis tools. She has programming experience with the state-of-the-art software toolkits for image data visualization.
Teodora earned her doctorate from the University of Toulouse (France) at Toulouse Institute of Computer Science Research. She was primarily working on beamforming methods for medical ultrasound imaging. Teodora earned her master's degree in multimedia technologies at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania, with focus on medical image processing. During her studies, she was a student worker for three years at Neurostar Gmbh (Germany) where she developed tools for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
Jeffrey Tharsen, PhD'15
Computational scientist, digital humanities
Phone: 773.834.5534 | firstname.lastname@example.com
As the digital humanities computational scientist at the RCC, Jeff works closely with humanities faculty and researchers and serves as research and computing expert for digital and computational approaches to humanistic inquiry. He is experienced in a range of programming languages, database and archival systems architecture, and customized application development. His primary interest lies in developing computational methods for philological and linguistic research, advanced methods for information storage and retrieval, and data visualization.
Jeff recently earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago's East Asian Languages & Civilizations department, primarily working in the fields of Chinese philology, poetics, and paleography. During his graduate studies, Jeff received a Fulbright award for his Digital Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, a software suite which facilitates the analysis of Chinese historical phonology. He has also consulted on grant applications for a variety of digital humanities projects and regularly presents at various national and international conferences.