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The Lord Gives Dominion to the King.
A Psalm of David.
1The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son),
"Sit at My right hand
Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission]."
The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying,
"Rule in the midst of Your enemies."
Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;
In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,
Your young men are to You as the dew.
The Lord has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind:
"[a]You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek."
The Lord is at Your right hand,
He [b]will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] among the nations;
He will fill them with corpses,
He will crush the chief men over a broad country.
He will drink from the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He will lift up His head [triumphantly].


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GG9 kick-off event will be held at Blossom for "Broadway Standing Ovations" concert on July 27
The Cleveland Orchestra salutes the Gay Games at Summers@Severance "Beethoven Experience" concert on August 15
Gay Games take on cultural flair with Band and Choral events in Cleveland+Akron: August 9-16
This year, Cleveland, Ohio will play host to the Gay Games (presented by the Cleveland Foundation). In honor of this, the Cleveland Orchestra has announced a community arts partnership with the games. The games will take place from August 9 through 16, 2014 in various venues around the Cleveland and Akron area. In all there will be over 35 sports and cultural events held with over 20,000 people from more than 50 countries expecting to participate expected to attend.
The Cleveland Orchestra starts things off with a welcome for the 2014 Gay Games with a "Broadway Standing Ovation" concert conducted by Jack Everly on July 27, 2014. The concert will feature Broadway hits from "Phantom of the Opera" (featureing Broadway's "Phantom" Ted Keegan), as well as selections from Wicket, Les Miserables, Rent and more.A special promo code for discounted tickets is available for the concert through the GG9 website, www.2014gaygames.com.
During Games Week, the Cleveland Orchestra will also be performing at Severance Hall for a special first time "Summers@Severance" concert on Friday, August 15, 2014. The concert is titled "The Beethoven Experience" and will feature pianist Orion Weiss performing Beethoven's "Choral Fantasy" with the Blossom Festival Chorus. Prior to the show will be a pre-concert "happy hour" starting at 7:00 p.m. with musical selections being played for the hour. Post concert will feature "conversation and celebration" on the front terrace of Severance Hall.
The concert features a pre-concert "happy hour," an early start time of 7 pm for the performance, with musical selections running about an hour, followed by a casual. Specially discounted tickets for this are also available by obtaining a promo code through the GG9 websitewww.2014gaygames.com.
The opening ceremony will take place on August 9, 2014 at Quicken Loans Arena with a full scale "Rock'n Rubber" spectacular featuring Lance Bass, The Poi8nter Sisters, Broadway singers, community chorus, marching band and more. PlayhouseSquare becomes the focal point for the cultural side of the games on August 12, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. when the 100 member Lesbian Gay Band Association (a modern symphonic band led by Jadine Louie) performs "Personal Best".
Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. is "The Big Cleveland Sing" as vocalists from around the world will perform as well as Cleveland's North Coast Men's Chorus, Windsong, and Good Company Women's Chorus. The Gay Games Festival Chorus will be led by world-renowned artistic director Dennis Coleman from Seattle. Both performances will take place at the State Theatre.
Tickets information for Gay Games events are available at www.2014GayGames.com, where details about the discounted ticket offers for the two Cleveland Orchestra concerts can also be found. More than 100 community partners, including The Cleveland Orchestra, are supporting the event and planning activities leading up to and during Games Week.
For more information, visit www.2014GayGames.
Cleveland Orchestra Concert Details
"Broadway Standing Ovations"
Sunday, July 27, 2014
7:00 p.m.
The Cleveland Orchestra
Jack Everly,conductor
Christina Bianco, vocalist
Ted Keegan, vocalist
Ben Crawford, vocalist
Sponsor: PNC Bank
This concert has been designated as a kick-off event of the 2014 Gay Games, being held August 9-16 in Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Orchestra is proud to be a Community Patron Partner of the Gay Games.
"The Beethoven Experience"
Friday, August 15, 2014
7:00 p.m.
Severance Hall
The Cleveland Orchestra
Jahja Ling, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano
Blossom Festival Chorus
The Cleveland Orchestra's new
Summers@Severance series of casual concerts
Beethhoven – Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Beethhoven – Symphony No. 4
Beethhoven – Choral Fantasy (for orchestra, chorus, and piano)
"Happy Hour" prices before the concert, an inspiring performance of great music inside America's most beautiful concert hall, and a relaxed post-concert atmosphere for conversation outdoors.
Summers@Severance Sponsor: Thompson Hine LLP
This concert has been designated as an official cultural event of the 2014 Gay Games, being held August 9-16 in Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Orchestra is proud to be a Community Patron Partner of the Gay Games.


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Attacks on US networks come as little surprise these days. But the US Department of Justice is now charging a Chinese executive living in Canada with stealing sensitive data about US warplanes and selling it on.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Su Bin employed hackers to obtain data about Boeing and Lockheed Martin warplanes — like the C-17 cargo hauler and F-22 fighter — from the company servers. He then sold on the information to China-owned aviation firms.
Certainly, it sounds like this guy was in it for the profit rather than the secrets: in reports, he refers to "stingy" buyers, and he took plenty of time to hash out the best deals he could. But regardless of motivation, the news will do little soothe the ongoing US-China digital spying debacle. [WSJ]
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Torah Mad Libs
My stepdaughter Lonica is getting married in 9 days. Tomorrow morning, she and her dear Joey will be called up the Torah for an aliyah in celebration and anticipation of the nuptials. I will be blessing them with some combination of generalized "good luck" & Torah wisdom. In preparation, I'm reading this week's Torah portion, Re'eh (See!), and have discovered that there is much advice about marriage & relationships in the text if one just turns it sideways and inserts the proper pronouns.
I know this isn't Mad Libs, but truly I can't think of the name of the game that applies, so it will just have to stand. In order to play, just read the following lines and see if you can apply them to love in all its many guises. Have fun!
See, this day I set before you blessing and curse (see how easy this is?)…
For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land…
These are the laws and rules that you must carefully observe in the land that God is giving you to possess, as long as you live on earth….
You shall not act at all as we now act here, every one as he/she pleases (when) you cross the Jordan and settle…
When the Lord enlarges your territory as promised to you and you say, "I shall eat some meat," for you have the urge to eat meat, you may eat meat whenever you wish…
If there appears among you a prophet or a dream-diviner and he gives you a sign or a portent, saying, Let us follow and worship another god... Do not heed the words of that prophet or that dream-diviner… (This worshipping other gods goes on for quite a while & includes the ways one should get rid of those who would lead you into trouble.)
God chose you from among all other peoples on earth to be God's treasured people…
You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk. (For me, this is a warning about how to fight — you can afford to be magnanimous if you're taking either the kid or the milk. Don't overdo. Don't be greedy in your anger.)(Not that I listen to my own advice.)
Every seventh year you shall practice remission of debts. (Another good piece of advice about disagreements.)
(Ditto the following) If, however, there is a needy person among you, one of your relations in any of your settlements in the land that God is giving you, do not harden your heart and shut your hand against your needy relation.
Bear in mind that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I enjoin this commandment upon you today.
For (if your servant) loves you and your household and is happy with you — you shall take an awl and put it through his/her ear into the door, and he/she shall become your slave in perpetuity. (Sorry.)
You shall not appear before God empty-handed (on holidays) but each should come with his/her own gift, according to the blessing that God has bestowed upon you.
Fantasy land
The Torah is fantasy. No, not that kind of fantasy, i.e., totally made up stuff. Nor do I mean the wizards/dragons/alien marauders/magical ring stuff that entertains and enthralls. More like the oh-if-only-this-relationship-would-work-out-my-life-would-be-perfect kind of fantasy – a communal dream of grandeur and happy times with deep psychological resonance and lots of prescriptive morality thrown for good measure.
Consider this week's Torah portion, Eikev. In it, Moses recounts the basic story to the assembled children of Israel, i.e., God brought you out of Egypt and will deliver you to a land of milk & honey: a land with streams and springs and fountains issuing from plain and hill, a land of wheat and barley, of vines, figs, and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a land where you may eat food without end, where you will lack nothing…
A very sweet place that receives its water directly from the rains of heaven. A place God looks after 365 days a year, 24/7. Everything will be okay there – perfect, really – and it is all yours!
All you – and by that, I mean we – have to do is:
- Dispossess nations greater and more populous than you, great cities with sky-high walls, all with God's help in destruction.
- Keep all the instruction ("torah") that I command you this day.
See what I mean? This is really the most fabulous of fantasies – and I mean this as no insult. Life can be perfect. Bountiful. All my/our enemies will disappear and stay disappeared. I will be able to beat them up without an ounce of guilt and get precisely what I want from an all-powerful God who loves loves loves me! And the rules don't sound too hard…
Who among us wouldn't want our lives to proceed in this fashion – uncomplicated, full of direct cause-and-effect, watered by Heaven? I know what you're thinking – you wouldn't want a life that simple, only filled with pleasure, where figs grow easily and you lack nothing. You'd miss a life where there was no complexity or conflict. How would art be made? How would personal growth happen? Where would the good stories come from?
And I'm with you, but I believe that's my grown-up mind speaking, the mind that has adjusted to the contingencies of life, the mind that equates progress with adversity. But really, what child (as in "children" of Israel)(as in our id) would want anything more than a logical system of reward-and-punishment, nice stuff, lots of time to play, the bad kids to disappear, and to be Mom's favorite?
That's why I say fantasy. Deep and abiding is this wish for a kind of Eden.
Of course we're not capable of holding up our end of the bargain, what with breaking all the rules and such. Think: golden calf. Think: the person who just cut you off, almost ran into your car head-on, and gave you the finger. Think: our rush to bomb the hell out of each other (although that might be a commandment)(see After Yet Another War in the Middle East).
But still. Wouldn't it be kind of nice?
Yet another "translation" of the Sh'ma
This week's Torah portion contains the Sh'ma and V'ahavta ("listen!" and "love!"), what is often described as the central Jewish creed or statement of faith.
Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One!
Seems about right — delineating, as it does, that Israel is to shush for a moment and remember that YHWH, the god with an unpronounceable name, is not only our ineffable and unknowable God, but One. Perhaps the One. Perhaps all that is.
Many years ago — perhaps a decade already — I wrote my own version of the first subparagraph of the Sh'ma at a writing retreat led by Pat Schneider, the part concerning our commanded love of God. It continues to capture my theology (when I'm in a believing mood) quite well.
You shall love the Breath of the universe, that which unifies all creation, the Unknowable, Always-Present One, with each beat of your heart, with each rise and fall of your chest, when your belly is full and when your belly is empty, with every muscle that contracts and expands, with your consciousness and your dreams, your rational and your animal, your blood and craving and anger. Hear the sound of these words spoken by the Breath of the Universe. Hear-vision-taste the lightening crackle, the sound of creation, and know that there is no other truth, no other reality. Do not hold these words tight to your heart, but live them. Live them in your speech and in your sighs, in the way you hold your own and the way you hold a stranger. Repeat them to your children in all you do until they are as solid as stone, inescapable as death. Your children will know when you really mean them. Take these pieces of connectivity and keep them with you always: when you are home and no one is there as witness, when you change diapers and talk to teachers, when you go to little league and when you iron clothes. Take them with you out into the world, into each interaction, every time you shake a hand and buy your groceries, rush to a meeting and greet a friend. Let them be with you in your open-eyed morning and in your 3 a.m. nightmares, when there is dawn and dusk, when you are moving and when you are resting, when there is energy and when there is exhaustion. Wrap them in your hands, in the very marrow and tendons so that every object you touch bears their imprint, so that the poetry you create bears their seal. Bind them between your eyes and you will see the world as it is: broken and holy both, awaiting human touch, everything equally perfect, nothing left out. Inscribe them on your doorposts, in the public places, on the boundaries and in the corners. Write them on your gates to comfort yourself with these words: be now a nation of priests, those who delight in God.
For a complete traditional translation, click here.
Folks, I've been remiss. Vacation, then re-entry, into Deuteronomy and nary a word from your sponsor. I just haven't felt like it. However, tonight begins Tisha b'Av, and so as not to disappoint myself too much more, I'm re-posting here what I said a year ago.
Tonight is Tisha b'Av, the 9th of Av, a day that commemorates almost every majorly rotten thing that has happened to Jews in the last 2500+ years:
- The destruction of the 1st Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE.
- The destruction of the 2nd Temple by the Romans in 70 CE.
- The crushing of the Bar Kokhba rebellion in 132 CE.
- Expulsion from England in 1290 and from Spain in 1492.
- The mass deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto to Treblinka in 1942.
- The bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994, killing 86.
Destruction. Exile. Deportation. Understandably, we mourn. We keen. We read the Book of Lamentations, verse after verse describing the fate of Jerusalem and her inhabitants — how the walls burned and mothers ate their children, how our enemies overpowered us. The Book of Job is also read in some congregations for good measure.
Folks, I've tried to embrace the 9th of Av, but I just can't. My spouse Bruce says it's good to remind yourself at least once a year what it is like to lose everything. Rachel Barenblat, the Velveteen Rabbi, finds meaning in the holiday thus: e go down as a community into that pit of despair — in order to remember devastation and then rise up again. The spiritual work of the coming month of Elul, during which we prepare ourselves for the Days of Awe… has a different valance when we come to it bearing the memories of a day of deep communal sorrow.
Try as I might, though, I just can't make it work:
1. The theology. The Temples were destroyed (with God's help) because of our bad deeds. For national sins and forsaking Torah, the 1st Temple came down; for causeless hatred the 2nd. The reasoning behind causeless self-hatred appeals – we should lose our shirts if we can't play nice – but not enough to make up for the rest of the cause & effect theology.
2. Modernity. Yes, what happened to our ancestors was horrific. Yes, the destruction of the Temples (every other calamity was tacked on to the original observance) was heart-wrenching. But without this destruction and subsequent exiles, we would not have rabbinic Judaism, the Talmud, and most of what we have come to think of as "Jewish." Much as I love Leviticus, I have no desire to go back there. Not interested in building that 3rd Temple.
3. Victimology. So much of Jewish communal life centers around "they're out to get us." And they have been, still are from time to time. But, if you measure Jewish life in 2010 by the email, snail mail fundraising solicitations, and YouTube videos I receive, we are on the verge of falling prey to virulent anti-Semitism, nuclear annihilation, and being pushed into the sea at every moment. It's miserable being a Jew. There's a hell of a lot more words written about the (next) Holocaust & Hamas than Shabbat & Torah.
4. The news. I don't need to read Lamentations to see that life is precious and precarious. I just have to read The New York Times or Ha'aretz or any home town newspaper. Terrible things happen to people every day and for no good reason. Jews or not-Jews, it stinks.
I think about loss every day. Maybe it's my temperament. Maybe it's why I'm a poet. (Google "death" and "poetry" and you'll come up with 9.8 million results.) Maybe I'm not typical, but I go into every High Holy Day season with mortality on my mind. Another year has passed, another 365 days of time now lost to me. If I were to observe Tisha b'Av, it would be to grieve in a more universal fashion a la Rabbi Arthur Waskow's dirge for the environment. But, truthfully, that feels like just another excuse to acknowledge that a) people are stinky and b) the world is going to hell in a hand basket — thoughts I think almost every day, holiday or not.
I've kissed my husband and had a fruit smoothie this morning (neither allowed). I'm writing and walking and making plans for tomorrows which might not come. Call me contrary, but that's what I'm doing today.
This year I plan to read up on the social justice demonstrations going on in Israel, work on my stepdaughter's upcoming nuptials, and maybe even do a bit of painting at the synagogue (as in re-building the infrastructure). Still planning for tomorrows that might not come.
The Anders Breivik in all of us
"With 9/11 in America, people could ask, 'Who are they?' and could pour their rage out on someone else, but we can't disavow this person, he's one of us."
Anders Romarheim of the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies on Anders Breivik, the madman & murderer who shot or blew to smithereens 92 people, many (most?) of whom were teenagers, in his bid to defend Europe against the threat of Muslim domination, multiculturalism, and liberal modernity.
And the Torah portion we read yesterday, Matot—
Moses spoke to the people, saying, Let men be picked out from among you for a campaign, and let them fall upon Midian to wreak the Lord's vengeance.
With Pinchas serving as priest for the campaign, they slew every male. Every single male. The kings as well as the taxi drivers & civil servants & carpenters. The war booty – women, children, trinkets, and beasts – were brought before Moses. His reaction? You spared the women? Those whores? Go back and kill them all – every male children and every non-virgin female. Go back and finish the job.
This is not metaphor, gang. This is the text. We are commanded to kill and we kill. With our bare hands & the sword. No long-range missiles, no Star Wars computers. Our freaking bare hands. We can wish it away or explain it in terms other than physical destruction — my friend & sister blogger Rachel Barenblat wrote this past week of the Ishbitzer rebbe and his more poetic interpretation of the verses in question. I suggest you read it — perhaps it will offer comfort.
For myself, I keep coming back to this: We can't disavow this person – he is one of us. One of us, yes, and in us, each one of us, with terrible consequences. Our crazy sense that we're better than the next person. Our crazier sense that if we don't get them first, they will get us. That God speaks to us. I wish I could say that I have never harbored fantasies of doing harm to someone else with words or fists or weapons at hand. I wish I could say it with 100% clarity, but I can't. I'm no Anders Breivik, but I am his kin.
That is the instruction the Torah shares with us, lest we wonder about our difference & superiority. We're no Anders Breivik, but we are his kin.
Multiple faces of desire
I hope you're noticed my absence, dear friends, from the blogosphere. I've been getting ready for — and then going on — vacation. Well, not exactly vacation. Retreat. Three weeks in which I will be finalizing (really and truly) my ever-expanding full-length book of Torah-inspired poetry. Also going to my favorite yoga studio. Also strolling along the Pacific. Don't hate me.
Standing in the sun, contemplating the anti-free speech law passed yesterday by the Israeli Knesset, I realized this is the week of Pinchas, the Torah portion of multiple desires.
Desire #1: To be good.
We pick up the story in the aftermath of last week's gory scene wherein Pinchas, grandson of Aaron, spears an Israelite man and Midianite woman through their "bellies" after catching them in the Tent of Meeting with pleasure on their minds. God tells Moses: I grant Pinchas my pact of friendship…. because he took impassioned action.
This is also the desire to be better than anyone else, in turn related to the desire to be right.
It is the sort of desire that does not brook disagreement well and lends itself to violence & vitriol if taken to extremes. It is the cause of many an obsession, over-compensation, marital argument, and prejudice. Note that being good is different than being holy or just or loving your neighbor as yourself. It is not the same as being right (or wrong, for that matter). In this case, it is also deadly. It has a childlike quality, this virtuous-ness.
Desire #2: To be heard.
This week also brings us the story of Zelophechad's daughters, those feisty & brotherless women, worried that they will not inherit land from their father's estate because they're…. women! They bring their concern to Moses who brings the question before God who says the women are right! Let's fix the dang oversight.
This is also about the desire to be known. And, as I've written elsewhere, this is an anniversary of sorts for me: the first Torah service I attended with the man who would become my dear spouse.
Desire #2 may lead to speaking truth to power. It sometimes makes us single-minded and over-sensitive to small hurts. A burning need to be heard often brings us activists, artists, and (dare I say it?) poets. It is risky work. Rejection is likely. It is a desire that talks too much and occasionally interrupts others in the middle of a good story. It leads to a search for something we can't quite put our fingers on.
It creates pains in the ass. Which brings me back to the Knesset and the wrong-headed notion that you can outlaw speech you don't agree with (in this case, calling for a boycott of Israel and/or the settlements). If the daughters of Z were around today, would they be allowed to speak? Would they be heard by the powers that be? Would Pinchas again earn a big fat gold star for taking action on behalf of God? Would only one kind of desire be allowed?
If you're interested in 2 very different poems on the subject (one uplifting, one not so much), check them out here.
Tomorrow we read of death — and lots of it: of Miriam's last breath in the Tzin wilderness; of Aaron, his priestly vestments stripped from him; of a red cow used as part of a purifying ritual; of the Israelites themselves after another episode of complaint; and of the Amorites & Canaanites, the established people of the land who get in the way of Divine promise. It's just one blow to immortality after another.
I've already written a rather poetic post about the interlocking themes of water & death: how we use the former to cleanse ourselves (if only figuratively) of the latter, a connection we still make today in the ritual preparation of Jewish bodies for burial. There's a goody of a poem embedded in that post, so I encourage you to visit.
What I'd like to talk about today are snakes. They enter in like so: after the death of Aaron, while preparing for battle, the children of Israel, acting (alas) like whiny children, start up complaining again. There's no bread and no water and the food (a.k.a. manna) is insubstantial. Cheaply made and boring. God gets mad. Enough so to send snakes down from heaven, deadly biting snakes. Repentant (as would we all be faced with hissing pythons), the people plead to Moses for mercy & he constructs a large copper serpent that, when gazed upon, serves as a cure.
Isn't this totally curious? First, we've got the snake motif — that reminder of our banishment from Gan Eden as well as the go-to trick (staff to snake & back again) demonstrated early on in the negotiations with Pharaoh. But more than that, we've got the living embodiment of the expression: if it were a snake, it would have bit me!
And it was. It did. This is no metaphor, but rather a kind of Divine homeopathy: if small amounts of the dangerous substance or obnoxious disease that's making you sick are introduced, you will experience a "healing crisis" where you feel worse before you feel better. The body gears for battle and wins. I've been through this sort of treatment for liver malfunctioning and allergies (to my hair spray, it turned out), among other ailments of middle age and my particular biochemistry — and every time the practitioner gives me the bottles or pills, I pause. This will not be fun, I tell myself, though it's rarely as bad as I imagine and almost always makes me feel much better.
Anyway, rather than look full on at the snake that is coming after their ankles, the people can now gaze upon a replica, though one that could turn into a real hissing creature before their eyes at any moment. They have an opportunity for self-reflection (maybe this is Divine psychotherapy), a practice session with something less deadly than the real thing. A kind of look in the mirror. And role play. And chance to look at their own foolishness head-on without being in the direct line of fire.
It was a snake and it did bite and now we have to do something about it. We have to get down on our bellies, writhe a bit, look our mistake right in the face and say ooopsie! Love it. And proud of God for being low-key about the whole anger thing. We're making progress all the way around.


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149th Meeting Artist
Patrick Scicluna - painter
The ART DISCUSSION GROUP (ADG) will be holding its 149th meeting on Thursday 22nd June at 18.30hrs at St. Mary Band Club, Qrendi (near parish church). Patrick Scicluna a talented artist is our guest. He is showing a power-point presentation followed by a discussion on his brand of realism and romanticism.
'His subjective realism is atmospheric, a kind of suffused, misty 'sfumato' that creates a certain melancholy at the thought that such physical, tangible and palpable beauty must fade with death, that it is ephemeral, temporal and continually changing. A sigh of relief escapes the observer at the notion that such physical images are not real but mere illusion'. (Borg, E. V. Jan. 2010, Catalogue Essay)
Patrick (b. 1972) was brought up by caring parents and lived his childhood and youth in Gzira. He has a son that inspires him without end. He studied electrical winding at Umberto Calosso School but later sought and was given employment at Hal Mann firm and for 14 years (1985-2000) he worked as an interior designer and draughtsman and between 2000-2003 as project manager, sales executive and designer.
Patrick Scicluna will answer questions from the floor regarding his vision, concept, approach and technique. He will also elaborate about highlights in his career and particular works that gave him great satisfaction.
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This week was another week from hell. Seriously I am thinking about having a shaman come smudge my house and get rid of evil spirits. Mermaid brought home her first cold from K4 – she had it for 12 hours, Hubby had it for 12 hours, I am on day 5. Woke up to a broken AC unit, in Florida. Luckily my brother in law was able to fix it that afternoon. Tried Honey Bunches of Oats – Maple and Brown Sugar, sounds delicious right? There was a hull left from one of the pecans and I literally broke my tooth in half and had to get a crown. A $1300 (after insurance) crown! Have I ever told you of my paralyzing fear of all things dentist related? It took valiums to get me in there and have them fix my tooth. They gave me another for the day I have to have the temporary replaced with the final one, you know because they were worried about me losing my ever loving mind when they came at me with the drill. All because I wanted to try a new cereal. So if anyone knows a good shaman let me know.
My crafting this week has all been spent on the Cheshire Shawl that I am test knitting. I am making progress on it, but it is definitely a car ride, watching tv kind of pattern. It is just knits and purls repeated for the whole shawl (not counting the Icord edges). I think it would be an awesome first project for a knitter who wants to learn how to do color work. You have to carry the two colors up one side to make the stripes and then in the straight stripe area you slip stitches and carry yarn across the back to form the stripes. I am about half way through my second version (see last week's post to read about the Great Unraveling of 2017) and I really like this version better. Of course the yarn is thicker so it works up quicker, but I love that it is going to be so much warmer. When we move to the mountains next year it is going to get a lot more wear than the lighter sock weight version would have. I really like the I Cord Cast On now that I know how to do it!
I am gathering info for the September make along roundup. Starting in October I am going to include links for Quilt a-longs and Sew a-longs. I have been listening to a lot of new podcasts and getting myself geared up to do some sewing. After the success of the Lazy Days Skirt for Mermaid (It has been washed and worn and is holding up perfectly) I am all gung ho on getting started sewing clothes for myself. We have a trip to Disney World at the end of October and I want to make myself some shorts before we go. I have an odd body shape and pants and shorts are hard for me to find that fit great. Heck I would be ecstatic if I could just find some shorts that (a) don't roll under my stomach and bunch up around my hips, (b) don't get all stretched out so they are 2 sizes to big after I wear them for a few hours, most importantly (c) they don't pooch out at the butt and make me look like I am wearing a dirty diaper. Who the hell wants to look like they have diaper butt because their shorts can't keep their shape? At any rate, if any one knows of a good designer I could try for these types of patterns please leave me a comment below!
Small Elephant Doll – Etsy Order
Highlander Poncho
Green Pineapple Blanket
Curvy Girl Sweater
Lavender Fields Blanket
Moogly CAL
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So here we are, Shane will be six weeks tomorrow. How fast time flies! I feel likeit was just yesterday that I was pregnant. As the days go by life with two kids gets easier and easier. I feel like this is what I was put on this earth to do…be a mom and wife.
Its not always rainbows and unicorns but for the most part I love it more than anything. Yes, there are other things I need in my life to call my own like a career, friends and hobbies but I am right where I want to be.
Shane is so loved by so many people. He has had so many visitors over the past six weeks.
Shane, you are so lucky to be loved by so many!!!!
We are still trying to pump a little here and there so he can be bottle fed. It gives me a break. I must say, its hard to pump. I try to do a few ounces a day.
Brian, Joe, Angie and the boys went crabbing down the street from us. The boys loved every moment of it (both young and old).
They caught about eight crabs. Joe seasoned some water so we could cook them. I passed on the crab for the evening but it was pretty neat that they went down the street, caught crabs, cooked them and ate them for dinner.
I have myself a little helper. Victoria is my niece. She is almost ten now and quite the helper. I spent the day with her while everyone was crabbing. It was so nice. We chit, chatted all day. Girl time was nice. I cant believe how big she is now!!!! She was born the year after I met Brian. I remember when Angie was pregnant with her. Its been so amazing to see how she has grown over the past ten years. Angie and Joe have done such a great job with their kids!!!
Victoria held Shane for hours while he slept on her. She put him to sleep and did so good. When it was time for him to wake up and stay awake she did that too. I remember being ten and so in love with babies. I know when she gets a little older she will be such a great babysitter. For now she is a wonderful mothers helper. I just wish we lived closer.
So we have been really busy lately. Owens social schedule is pretty crazy I tell you! I dont mind though. He loves it.
In our spare time we just putt putt around the house messing around.
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The 2018 Central Ohio Leadership Academy (COLA) class has been selected and among the students chosen to participate is Westerville North High School's Shelby Abayie.
COLA's flagship program will be held from July 23-28, bringing more than 50 high school juniors and seniors (representing 37 schools from 20 districts) together from across Central Ohio to develop their leadership effectiveness. COLA cultivates leadership skills; enables students to work with others and lead with purpose; and encourages them to make positive changes in their schools and communities.
Since its founding in 2011, COLA has affected the lives of more than 350 students from 86 different high schools throughout Central Ohio. Continued programming throughout the school year also provides a means for students to receive positive reinforcement, inspiration, mentorship, accountability and continued skill development.


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Futurism, future cars, future aviation, flying cars, watercrafts, future concepts
Eco Factor: Low emission car design.
Whenever we talk of concept cars we all think about cars powered by futuristic fuel sources that no one has even thought of till now. Apart from being highly impractical, these cars mostly warn us about a weird future. However, car designer Ngoc Lan Huynh is different just like his design. His car of the future, which he calls the T-Rex, is powered by a very practical fuel source, bio-fuel, and generates electricity for all electronics using a roof lined with NANO glass that generates solar electricity.
The T-Rex design is an amalgamation of the best features of an off-road SUV and a conventional van with lots of interior space. It is aimed towards people who enjoy adventures and outdoor play without sacrificing either on luxury or the environment.
The Dark Side:
The monster wheels of this car could mean that the car will not be as fuel-efficient as some other designs available on the market today.
Source: Ecofriend.org
who made that ride like that
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CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY. -- The Trine University women's basketball team came back from eight points down in the first half to beat Emory (Ga.) University, 57-54, in a first-round game of the 2019 NCAA National Tournament at the Connor Center on the campus of Thomas More University in Crestview Hills, Ky.
Senior Brandi Dawson (Garrett, Ind./Garrett) led Trine in scoring with 22 points on seven-of-18 shooting (38.9 percent) to go along with a team-high six rebounds. Fellow senior Cassidy Williams (Archbold, Ohio/Archbold) was the other Thunder player to score in double figures with 18 points and tied Dawson in rebounding with six boards.
For the game, Trine shot 40.0 percent as a team (18-of-45) and went 19-of-24 (79.2 percent) at the free-throw line. The Thunder held Emory to 38.6 percent shooting (22-of-57), including just 20.0 percent (five-of-25) from three-point range.
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Trine will take on Thomas More tomorrow (Saturday, Mar. 2) at the Connor Center in Crestview Hills, Ky. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.


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The day that I received my first rites in Reiki was a most beautiful day. It was neither sunny nor pleasant outside. As I practiced with my Reiki Master drawing the ancient symbols over and over again, small drops of rain began to fall upon the river that we sat beside. Birds flew just above the water's surface before my view and I realized that I was seeing and experiencing the world as if brand new. The day lengthened and it grew more wondrous and beautiful. My experience with the learning and the practice of Reiki has been a fulfilling path that has led me to an ever increasing appreciation of life and the limitless power of healing energy. - Randy Anderson
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Get up close and personal for a hands on experience with over a dozen real animal skulls. A one of a kind experience for kids to handle and examine various North American species.
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Diprotodontia, Didelphimorphia & Dasyuromorphia
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Ostrich, Emu, Cassowary, Rhea, Kiwi, and Penguin
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WILMINGTON, N.C. – Four Virginia Commonwealth University baseball players received All-Colonial Athletic Association recognition Wednesday evening at the conference's annual pre-tournament awards banquet on the campus of UNC Wilmington.
Junior utility player Taylor Perkins garnered first team honors, freshman outfielder Bill Cullen was named to the second team and senior outfielder John Lenherr received third team recognition. Cullen and freshman Joey Cujas were members of the All-Rookie squad.
Perkins, who spent time behind the plate, at first base, third base and as the team's designated hitter in 2011, batted .320 with a team-leading 15 doubles and four home runs. The Dinwiddie, Va., native, who garnered third team All-CAA honors last year, ranked second on the squad with 38 RBIs and 28 walks while driving in two or more runs in a team-high 13 games this year.
Cullen, meanwhile, concluded his freshman campaign hitting .324 (tied for the second-best average on the team) with 12 doubles, four triples and 33 RBIs. The speedy centerfielder, who finished 15-for-20 in stolen bases while drawing a team-high 29 walks, was one of the Rams' most consistent offensive threats down the stretch. He hit .415 (34-for-82) with 19 RBIs, 19 runs scored, 10 doubles, two triples, a home run and eight walks during the final 19 games of the season, including a team-best 13-game hitting streak.
Lenherr overcame an injury-plagued junior campaign to earn third team honors in his final season with the Rams. The Windham, Kansas native led VCU with a .353 batting average, 76 hits, 44 runs scored, five triples and 21 stolen bases (21-of-23). Lenherr, who was one of two Rams to start all 54 games this season, paced the Black & Gold with a .479 slugging percentage and .432 on-base percentage, and led the team with 24 multi-hit games, including a career-long 12-game hitting streak in April.
Cujas concluded his first collegiate season on a high note, batting a team-best .427 during the final month of the year. He finished the season hitting .321 with a team-high 41 RBIs, including nine doubles, a triple and two home runs. The Rams' starting third baseman drove in four or more runs on three occasions (most on the team) while striking out just 18 times, fewest among VCU's starters.
The future seems bright for the Rams as Cujas and Cullen were VCU's top two hitters during the final month of the season. The duo combined to bat .420 (66-for-157) with 39 RBIs, 31 runs, 13 doubles, three triples a home run and 14 walks since April 22.
James Madison's Jake Lowery received Player of the Year honors, while William & Mary's Loban Billbrough and Old Dominion's Kyle Hald were named Co-Pitchers of the Year. Nick Natoli (Towson) garnered Defensive Player of the Year accolades, Aaron Barbosa (Northeastern) took home Rookie of the Year honors and Old Dominion Interim Head Coach Nate Goulet was recognized as the league's Coach of the Year.
First Team
C – Jake Lowery, James Madison
1B – Steve Ulaky, Delaware
2B – Rob Lind, Georgia State
SS – Josh Wright, Old Dominion
3B – Brandon Williams, Georgia State
OF – Pat Dameron, Delaware
OF – Mark Micowski, Georgia State
OF – Danny Poma, Hofstra
UT – Taylor Perkins, VCU
DH – Thomas Pope, UNC Wilmington
SP – Logan Billbrough, William & Mary
SP – Kyle Hald, Old Dominion
RP – Adam Wisniewski, Old Dominion
Player of the Year: Jake Lowery, James Madison
Co-Pitchers of the Year: Logan Billbrough, William & Mary and Kyle Hald, Old Dominion
Defensive Player of the Year: Nick Natoli, Towson
Rookie of the Year: Aaron Barbosa, Northeastern
Coach of the Year: Nate Goulet, Old Dominion
Second Team
C – Andrew Parker, Towson
1B – Hunter Ridge, UNC Wilmington
2B – Chris Cook, George Mason
SS – David Herbek, James Madison
3B – Matt Campbell, UNC Wilmington
OF- Johnny Bladel, James Madison
OF – Andrew Cain, UNC Wilmington
OF – Bill Cullen, VCU
UT – Brig Tison, George Mason
DH – Drew Shields, Georgia State
SP – Will Campbell, Georgia State
SP – Charlie Cononie, Towson
RP – Brett Koehler, William & Mary
Third Team
C – Matt Reistetter, Hofstra
1B – Austin Harclerode, Towson
2B – Jonathan Slattery, William & Mary
SS – Nick Natoli, Towson
3B – Chris Wychock, Towson
OF – Aaron Barbosa, Northeastern
OF – Alex Foltz, James Madison
OF – John Lenherr, VCU
UT – Ty McFarland, James Madison
DH – Dylan Nasiatka, Hofstra
SP – Sean Tierney, James Madison
SP – Les Williams, Northeastern
RP – Jake Dyer, Georgia State
All-Rookie Team
Dean Ali, Old Dominion
Aaron Barbosa, Northeastern
Joey Burney, Old Dominion
Joey Cujas, VCU
Bill Cullen, VCU
Blaise Fernandez, George Mason
Kenny Jackson, Hofstra
Connor Lyons, Northeastern
Ty McFarland, James Madison
E.J. Stoltzfus, Delaware


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"I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit, and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God's love, and to know the Messiah's love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God." - Ephesians 3:16-19 (CSB)
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2018 is just round the corner, and it's the time of the year to party. Many of us choose to escape the mad rush in all the hotels and clubs around and opt for a more intimate and enjoyable private party, either at home or at a private setup elsewhere. What's more, it can be made a lot more pocket friendly than going out. When you host a really good New Year party, it is sure to be remembered and talked about for a long time, so it would be worth your while to take some of these tips on hosting the best New Year's party ever.
1. Home sweet home – Don't bother looking for halls which you might have to shell out a bomb for. Home is the best place to host your New Year's party. It's cheaper, a lot more intimate and comfortable, since you will be partying with your close set of friends and family.
2. Lighting – One of the most essential aspects to create the right ambience in a party is the lighting, and your New Year party is no exception. Create a warm and welcoming environment with a low-wattage colored light bulb in tones of warm orange, red or yellow. Bring out those table and floor lamps.
3. BYOA party – Make your party not just interesting, but also a lot more cost effective and less stressful for you by making it a "Bring your own appetizer" party.
4. Keep it cozy – You might have a bunch of acquaintances and friends, but when you're hosting a New Year party at home, keep the number of invitees limited and only call a set of people who are familiar and comfortable with each other. This allows you and the guests to actually enjoy the party without inhibitions.
5. Use disposables – Your guests are going to have fun at your party only when you, as the host are at ease. And you will be at ease when you don't have a pile of plates and dishes to wash up after the party. Use disposable cutlery and crockery to save yourself a ton of work post party.
6. Champagne sangria for celebration – Bring in the new year with a champagne sangria instead of just champagne. This not only saves you a lot of money, but is also a delicious and celebratory way to toast for the new year.
7. BYOB – Alcohol is probably the biggest expense area in your New Year party. Go easy on yourself by asking your guests to bring in their favorite cocktails. Not only is this cost effective, but also livens up the party by providing the guests a variety of fun drinks.
8. Get help – A New Year party is a lot of work, and you could most definitely use some help with serving food and beverages and cleaning up. Hire a help to make your life simpler.
9. Midnight supper – After all the drinking and partying to bring in the new year, your guests are bound to be hungry past midnight. Arrange for a supper to be served at midnight, which will keep your guests happy and the party going.
10. Use Christmas decorations – If you spent considerable effort decorating your house with pretty serial lights and stars during Christmas, you most likely can use the same for your new year party. This way, you can decorate your house at no extra cost.


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I have a 16ft. retractable leash for Milo and I use a harness, because if I just use his collar he would choke himself pretty badly. When we first start out on our walk, Milo does a running charge ahead and proceeds to take the entire line and get jolted back. On one occasion he's even fallen right on his back, which was not pleasant to see. He knows that he's on the leash, as he sits very nicely as I put his harness on and then attach the leash, but yet he still does the same thing each time, and each time my arm gets yanked as well.
It's constantly this way for more than half of our walk… he pulls and pulls and if he stops for a moment and I catch up, then he goes running again. Given the chance to get off the leash, he would be gone, running to who knows where and getting into all sorts of trouble even though he knows that home is where he is fed, sheltered, cared for and loved. He runs and as I call for him he looks back at me and runs further away. This unfortunately has happened a couple of times, so I know the painful truth.
On the second half of our walk Milo has changed, he's slowed down quite a bit and stays close to me. So close that he's only a couple of feet away. His energy level has dropped and he's timid and jumpy when approaching objects to check out.
I pray on my walks with Milo and on this particular morning God showed me some insight that I had never thought about before. It's amazing how perspective can change everything. God revealed that we are a lot like Milo. We push, pull and stretch our limits, hearing God but doing our own thing and not truly listening to Him. We want to run and can't stand the confinement that the leash brings, even though it's for our own good and safety. Perspective would let us see it as protection instead of confinement… true love. God loves us enough to give us the freedom to run, but he also loves us enough to pull us back and reign us in.
After we've pushed, pulled and ran when life has beat down on us, we're tired, drained and overcome by the pressures and problems this world brings. It's these times that we realize where we need to be. Not far at all from the one who has all of the answers… at the feet of Jesus. In Him we find the comfort, care and protection that we're truly seeking.
So, it's time that we learn to stop pulling and run into Jesus' loving arms, because there is no better place to be.


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Chelsea could yet face competition from Manchester United and Bayern Munich in their bid to sign Everton forward Romelu Lukaku.
It was believed that the Blues had won the race to sign their former striker, whom they sold to Everton two seasons back for £28m ($35.3m) after he impressed for the Toffees last season.
But the Mirror, citing sources close to the player, reports that no deal has been struck with the Premier League champions about a return to Stamford Bridge which will give United and Bayern hopes of signing Lukaku. The Belgium international has made it clear that he wants to leave as he seeks Champions League football, something the Goodison Park outfit cannot provide.
Ronald Koeman, meanwhile, does not want the striker to leave and is keen on keeping him at Everton. Lukaku still has two years to run on his current deal with his present employers and thus they will hold all the cards when it comes to negotiations with interested suitors.
Chelsea are said to be leading the race for his signature, but the report claims that the Merseyside club are not willing to lower their valuation. Everton want £90m ($113.6m) in order to allow the striker to leave the club this summer, which will make him the most expensive player in the world eclipsing the £89m United paid Juventus for Paul Pogba last summer.
The Stamford Bridge outfit are looking for a forward to replace Diego Costa, who is almost certain to leave after Conte made it clear that he is not part of his plans next season. Lukaku scored 25 goals in 37 Premier League games last season and is more than capable of leading the line.
Similarly, Jose Mourinho is looking for a striker to fill the void left by last season's top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who picked up a long-term knee injury, which eventually saw him being released by the club following the expiry of his one-year contract. United have been heavily linked with a move for Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata, but the Mirror report claims that they have maintained contact with Lukaku's agent over a potential transfer to Old Trafford.
Bayern are recent entrants into the race after it emerged that their last season's top scorer Robert Lewandowski is not happy with the club and his teammates as they failed to help him on the final day of the campaign to win the golden boot. The Polish forward lost out on the award to Borussia Dortmund's Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang by just one goal and it has not gone down well with him.
Meanwhile, according to another Mirror report, Chelsea have been alerted about Lewandowski's unhappiness at Bayern and are reportedly considering making a move for the forward. If Everton are reluctant to lower their valuation, the Blues could move on to other targets and the Poland international will be an upgrade as he amassed 43 goals in 47 games last season.


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Finally its time for the last post for the month and what an amazing challenge to end with.
Like I said before I love playing " Tag You're It Challenge" and so I am back with another tag for the challenge.
The inspiration is as below.
Some of the few elements that has inspired me which allowed me to make my tag are:
- White Embossed Image
- Double Tag
- Pattern Paper
So here's my take on it.
I used Heartfelt Creation flower die for the main flower. The Small yellow flowers are from Cheery Lynn embellishment die set. I used the Double die pattern using a DCWV pattern paper to stack the tag and Definitely the bg is white heat embossed
Hope you like it!
See you soon with some more creation!
Made for : Tag You're it #50


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Printing Human Organs On Demand: 3D Bio-Printer Paves The Way
The first commercial 3D bio-printer to make human tissues and organs has arrived that will enable doctors to order and replace human organs on demand.
A patient who had to wait for months or sometimes years to find a organ donor that may prove fatal can now breathe easy with the arrival of the new device.
The new machine, which has been made jointly by Organovo, a San Diego-based company that specializes in regenerative medicine, and Invetech, an Australian engineering and automation firm based in Melbourne, will cost around $200,000.
Gabor Forgacs of the University of Missouri and also one of the founders of Organovo developed the prototype on which the new 3D bio-printer is based.
To start with, simple tissues such as skin, muscle and short stretches of blood vessels will be made for purely research purposes, says Keith Murphy, Organovo's chief executive. However,the company expects to produce blood vessels for use as grafts in bypass surgery within five years, once clinical trials are complete, he said. With more research it should be possible to produce bigger, more complex body parts.
Researchers have found that, when small clusters of cells are placed next to each other they flow together, fuse and organize themselves. Many more techniques are being explored so as to condition the cells to mature into functioning body parts.
Though printing organs is new, growing them from scratch on scaffolds has already been done successfully.
Patients waiting for transplants are less likely to worry about the new technology, as long as the body parts work.


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The Affordable Care Act (ACT) is a United States health care reform act that allows for business owners and their employees to benefit from new opportunities and take on some new responsibilities as well.
The bill provides incentives to help make offering health insurance coverage to workers easier and, in some cases, more affordable.
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Marcellus: Identifying US$90 billion in remaining value
Our granular well-level analysis of this key shale gas play indicates a strong future of continued growth
The Marcellus is currently the largest shale gas play in the world. Its recognised commercial area spans over 30 million acres across four states and our latest research has revealed it to hold over US$90 billion in remaining value.
We expect the top 20 operators to drill 25,000 wells through to 2035 at a cost of nearly $110 billion.
In performing our research, we divided the play into 16 sub-play areas before leveraging our North America Well Analysis Tool which holds clean reported production data for each individual well.
Although rig counts have fallen across the Marcellus since early 2012, we can see that improved efficiency and a renewed focus on the play's core sub-plays have led to on-going growth.
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Today's Read: How Much Do You Need to Afford the Rent?
Stable housing is an essential foundation for improving health, accessing quality education, and securing steady employment, but people in communities across the country are struggling with unaffordable rents. The National Low Income Housing Coalition recently released its annual Out of Reach report, which highlights the mismatch between the wages and the price of decent rental housing in every state, metropolitan area, and county in the United States. The report underscores the severity of the national housing crisis: Nowhere in the U.S. do minimum wage full-time workers earn enough to afford a decent two-bedroom apartment. Workers in full-time minimum wage jobs could afford a one-bedroom apartment in a mere 12 counties across the country. In fact, a worker earning the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would need to work 2.9 full-time jobs, or an impossible 117 hours per week, in order to afford a two-bedroom apartment at the national average fair market rent without spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing (a standard measure of affordability).
The housing crisis is particularly severe in New York, which the report ranks as the fifth-most expensive state. For the New York City region specifically, someone earning minimum wage would have to work 113 hours per week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment, or 130 hours per week to afford a two-bedroom apartment. Although the rising minimum wage in New York is a welcome first step, this action alone does not even come close to bridging the significant imbalance. According to the report, NYC-area workers would need to earn $27.29 per hour to afford a standard one-bedroom apartment or $31.48 for a two-bedroom apartment, but the minimum wages in the region won't even reach $15 per hour for years. Given this reality, it's little wonder that an estimated one-third of families with children in NYC homeless shelters have a working family member, but they remain unable to find an affordable apartment in the city.
The nationwide housing crisis clearly demands further Federal investment in deeply affordable housing – but, in blatant disregard for the urgent needs of millions of Americans, President Trump's budget proposal would instead slash funds for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by 15 percent. At a time of unprecedented need and Federal uncertainty, it is more imperative than ever that City and State leaders make full use of scarce housing resources by targeting them to those with the greatest housing needs – specifically, the 61,277 homeless New Yorkers who have already been pushed out of the unforgiving housing market altogether.
Tracy Jan wrote about the Out of Reach report for The Washington Post:
"The gap between wages and rent is growing," said Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the Washington-based National Low Income Housing Coalition, which has conducted similar analyses for 28 years. "There's no doubt that the affordable housing crisis overall has increased since the foreclosure crisis in 2007."
Those whose earnings put them below the federal poverty level cannot even afford the average cost of a one-bedroom apartment in any state. The national average rent is $892 a month for a modest one-bedroom apartment and $1,103 for a two-bedroom.
As a result, more than 11.2 million families end up spending more than half their paychecks on housing, the report said — a trade-off with other basic needs like food, transportation and medical care.
The picture is not expected to improve in the near future as the rental market remains strong and vacancy rates decline. A record 43.3 million households were renters in 2016, a 27 percent increase since 2006, the report said.
Household income, meanwhile, has not kept up with the pace of rent increases. Between the 2007 housing crisis and 2015, the average rent in the U.S. rose by 6 percent, after adjusting for inflation, while the average household income declined by 4 percent, according to the report, which analyzed Census Bureau data.


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Property Type: Mixed Use
Description: Profitable, fully licensed dog-breeding operation producing American Kennel Club-registered English & French Bulldogs from champion bloodlines for 25 yrs. Large modern facilities fully equipped & staffed on 100 acres of pristine farmland. Main building houses a puppy nursery, puppy care area & 14-stall insulated horse barn with running water. Puppy nursery has radiant heat, full birthing & incubation equipment. Three back-up generators ensure no loss of power. Additional buildings include a 30-compartment kennel building with indoor-outdoor access for mature dogs; storage barn, run-in sheds, fenced paddocks & pastures. Puppy care area has 8 additional kennels. Fully renovated 3-bedroom, 2-bath farmhouse. 90 minutes from New York City; easy access to I-84, Stewart International Airport, Metro North, commuter & local transportation. A vibrant & beautiful region of the Mid-Hudson Valley popular with tourists, drawing visitors year-round to its micro-breweries, distilleries & cideries, historic hamlets, eclectic farm-to-table restaurants, boutiques, galleries & farm stands, nurturing and supporting local businesses. Excellent consistent net income.
ZONE: Rag-2
LOT DIMENSIONS: 100.3 Acres
ELECTRICITY: Circuit Breakers, Generator Hookup
LOT FEATURES: Level, Meadow, Private, Secluded, Wetland, Wooded
LOT/SITE: Rural
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Scitech announces the launch of the new i-Raman portable Raman spectrometers from B&W Tek, Inc.
The new laser stabilised portable Raman spectrometers combine high resolution with field portability to deliver a performance comparable to large bench-top Raman systems.
The i-Raman portable Raman spectrometers are recommended for use in bioscience and medical diagnosis; polymers and chemical processes; semiconductor and solar industry; food and agriculture industry; geology and mineralogy; pharmaceutical industry; environmental science; Raman microscopy; forensic analysis; and gemmology applications.
Weighing less than 7lbs, the i-Raman portable Raman spectrometer is equipped with B&W Tek's patented CleanLaze technology for exceptional laser stabilisation and narrow line width. The i-Raman collects data to 175cm-1 of the Rayleigh Line.
Key features of the i-Raman also include spectral resolution as fine as 3cm-1, wide Raman shift coverage up to 4000cm-1, TE cooled 2048 pixel CCD array, and a convenient fibre optic interface option to collect data to within 65cm-1 of the Rayleigh Line.
Benefits include a high resolution combined with field portability, performance comparable to large bench-top Raman systems, small footprint, lightweight design, and low power consumption.
The i-Raman spectrometer offers 532nm, 785nm, and 830nm excitation wavelength options. All the i-Raman Raman spectrometer systems feature deep TE cooling, allowing the maximum effective integration to be 4 minutes. This makes the i-Raman ideal for demanding applications involving low concentrations and weak Raman scatters.


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Very low price for its central location. The very city centre is easy to reach, basically just a 10 minutes walk up the street. An actual fridge in the room was a nice surprise. Possibility to rent bikes for free is awesome!
Jozef, Slovakia
First of all – very good location. Clean, tidy, cozy, private rooms for couples and families … and what more is expected from the hostel. We loved it, we recommended not only for young people and students … 😉
Jurate, Latvia
The staff was very nice and helpfull, the room was exactly like on the pictures and very clean, there is a fridge and a TV in the room, there is a tram station at 2minutes by feet and a commercial gallery at 10 minutes by feet. I really liked this hostel and I recommand it to everyone!