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Storm Surge was formed in 2013 by a group of concerned citizens in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts. Our purpose is to encourage and support our communities to prepare for the impacts of sea level rise, extreme weather events and other effects of long-term climate change.
Read the Daily News article about our formal launch on September 19, 2013.
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Geoffrey Day of Newburyport films waves washing sand through the south jetty last winter in February. (Bill Sargent photo)
Helping Communities Deal with the Challenges of Climate Change & Sea Level Rise
You may have read about the organization called Storm Surge in the papers or heard about some of their events in Newburyport and Newbury. The organization formed in the spring of 2013 in response to the devastation that took place along Plum Island during the previous winter.
We are Storm Surge: Climate Stewards.
We are concerned citizens. Storm Surge is a diverse group of individuals; some are business people; others are writers, scientists, educators, retirees and concerned citizens. As a group, we believe that there has to be a better way to manage the impacts of climate-enhanced storm activity and sea level rise. The damage on Plum Island in 2013 showed us all that necessity.
The group assembled a Steering Committee and a Community Outreach Team. We decided that our area needed Community Education and awareness to help motivate social change. We aimed our efforts at both the general public and elected officials, specifically in Newburyport. The group managed to secure a little bit of funding from the Institution for Savings and the New England Grassroots Environment Fund, but much of our success has come from the efforts of our volunteers.
Newspapers and Speakers Elected officials read papers, so Storm Surge has focused on publishing editorials, articles, and event notices in the Newburyport Daily News & the Current. We want to keep Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the forefront of the community's consciousness.
Our educational Speaker Series has featured university-level speakers from UNH, Oberlin College in Ohio, the Florida Institute of Technology, the Woods Hole Institute, & MIT, to name a few. Topics have ranged from New England Climate Change Impacts to Erosion Control Methods, to Hurricanes and Winter Storms.
Spreading the message Program attendance generally ranged from 60-100 people, but several programs "Rolling the Dice with Big Storms", "Plum Island: A Night at the Movies", and a Climate Change Themed Art Show at the Newburyport Art Association had attendance approaching & even exceeding 200 attendees. Cumulatively, over 2500 people have attended Storm Surge programs from the fall of 2013 through the spring of 2016, and nearly 600 people subscribe to our mailing list.
Programming with regional impact "Rolling the Dice with Big Storms" was a program developed by Mike Morris, Storm Surge's Chairman; Robert Thompson, Meteorologist in Charge at the NWS in Taunton; and Lon Hachmeister, one of the group's oceanographers. Our target audience was local emergency management personnel. The purpose was to illustrate the area's vulnerability to the types of storms currently forming over the North Atlantic. "We often do not hear about these meteorological events, as some storms just miss us or have actually impacted Europe", reports Mike Morris. The presentation was impactful and eye opening.
Word of this presentation spread and the New England Region's EPA Science Council invited Storm Surge to present the program in Boston. We made a third presentation at the Newburyport Fire House, with many local and state elected officials in attendance. It became obvious to the Newburyport community that their waste water and drinking water facilities, as well as a National Grid Electrical facility, were currently at risk for flooding. "If these three facilities were shut down in a Storm, the City would grind to a halt", commented Jon Eric White, Newburyport's City Engineer.
Civic planning Concurrently, a grant awarded to the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) called the "Sandy Grant" was helping area Communities assess their risk and form plans to address them. Members from Storm Surge were invited to take part in the Community Task forces working under the direction of the NWF. Newburyport's Mayor Donna Holaday convened a Community Flood Resiliency Committee to move their process along more quickly. The group includes City Councilors, Conservation Commission, City Engineering, Resiliency & Planning Dept Staff, individuals from NOAA, and a former USACE specialist in Riverine environments, as well as representation from Storm Surge.
Planning for future federal funding Being involved at the ground level in these efforts, it is apparent to Storm Surge members that there is a monumental amount of work to be done with very little funding to assist Communities. Sources at EPA in Boston and NWF are optimistic that Federal funding will likely be available in the future, but certainly won't be available to communities who don't have a risk assessment and adaptation plan in place. Newburyport, Newbury, Salisbury, Rowley, Ipswich & Essex will develop these plans under NWF's program.
Smart development It is Storm Surge's purpose to support and encourage its Communities in this risk assessment and adaptation effort. We are not anti-development; rather we understand that communities need economies to thrive. Storm Surge would like to see development take place with the most resilient technology & methods available. Development shouldn't create problems for the municipality, the environment, and public resources, like our beaches and waterfront areas. These resources are at the core of local economic engines.
Our purpose at Storm Surge is to let Communities know that they have certain exposures to risk and that they need to start thinking about strategies to reduce those vulnerabilities. Storm Surge is making that information available through its programs.


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Here's some New World Craziness: Reports are in that PB gets a mention in the April edition of Vanity Fair (Elissa Schappell's "Hot Type" book column).
"Graphic memoirist A.K. Summers's Pregnant Butch (Soft Skull) is straight-up hilarious." – Vanity Fair, April 2014
…Though now that I see it's the Game of Thrones cover, well, I almost did subtitle Pregnant Butch: A Song of Ice and Fire…

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The Professor (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thriller Book 1)
By Robert Baily
This is certainly a must read for anyone with a love for Alabama Football or the University in general. Thomas McMurtrie was a graduate of both the University of Alabama and the Alabama Law School while also playing football for the famous Bear Bryant. After only a few years out of law school, Coach Bryant, referred to as the Man by McMurtrie, recruited the young lawyer back to the University to work as a law professor. Feeling honored by the request, Tom readily accepted the offer as a personal favor to his old coach.
Forty years later, Tom still works as a professor at the University and has written a highly respected book concerning evidence. This is a book nearly every lawyer has used in case evidence at one time or another throughout their career. When a new Dean of Law decides to set his sights on the older professors, Professor McMurtrie, by now known as simply the Professor, finds himself on the Dean's list of potential targets.
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Feeling as if he caused the young law student, Rick Drake, whom he'd had the altercation with to lose out on several lucrative offers; Tom reaches out to Drake to give him a case. An old friend has asked Tom personally to take this wrong death case but for health reasons, Tom refers the case to Rick Drake. After the Professor promises to stay our of Rick's way, Tom soon realizes what Rick is really up against and secretly sends his former assistant, Dawn, to assist Rick in any way she can.
As the case takes off it becomes one that incorporates dangerous elements and threatens both Rick and Dawn. Before long Rick comes face to face with the former famous lawyer who had stabbed the Professor in the back and was working alongside the Dean to force the Professor out of his job at the University. Rick is in the case of his life and working against the best attorney in the state of Alabama and operating with only a fraction of the resources he needs.
If you like a suspenseful thriller with a tender-hearted edge to it, this is a great choice to add to your reading list. This book showcases that second chances sometimes become the stuff that dreams are made of.
This is only the first book in the series and the second book, Between Black and White, works to expand the story further by taking a minor character from Robert Baily's first book and giving him the spotlight. I enjoyed The Professor quite a bit. It was well written and used easy to understand legal jargon that made it sound very official and kept me guessing throughout the entire story.


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Imagine if America only had 100 restaurants today. That was China's culinary scene in in 1976
By Jennifer 8. Lee | July 19, 2007
Oliver August's new book was released yesterday — Inside the Red Mansion: On the Trail of China's Most Wanted Man (Houghton Mifflin, 2007). It is the product of seven years of working, hunting for Lai Changxing, a country-boy turned billionaire fugitive and a fascinating tale of how China is wrestling with its new freewheeling wealth.
Oliver, who is a former Beijing bureau chief of The Times of London and a Chinese-food aficionado, spends a lot of time dwelling on cultural importance of food in the culture.
"Food is — and always has been — not only a key to identify but a signpost to power. Many Chinese remember their first dining out experience like Americans do the Kennedy assassination. Where were you when…?
And he has some great food-related slang. Like guotie (é‹è²¼), or potsticker, is someone who doesn't want to leave a job with a state-owned company, or chao youyu (ç''é·éš), to have one's squid cooked, is to get fired from one's job.
But the most amazing statistic of all in the book. In 1976, at the time of Mao Zedong's death — there was 1 restaurant for every 3 million people in China. (the equivalent of 100 total restaurants in America, or just under 3 for New York City) It serves as a reminder that restaurants/culinary scene is very much the product of having a middle class/leisure class. (The rich had their own cooks at home). After all, it was the French middle class that helped to propel the birth of modern restaurants after the French revolution which is why so many of the words we use in restaurants are French in origin — menu, maitre d', entrée, hor d'oeuvres. (Nicholas M. Keifer argues that restaurants existed in Hangzhou China (pdf) in 12th century Song Dynasty)
Point being, since communism is a real damper on middle class, Communist countries aren't known for their vibrant dining scene. So many years the most exciting developments in Chinese cooking were happening in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Chinese are catching up as of late though
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The Shoghaken Folk Ensemble was founded in 1995 in Yerevan. The group uses only traditional Armenian instruments, maintaining an authentic sound with the duduk, zurna, dhol, kanon, kamancha, shvi, and other instruments. Singers Hasmik Harutyunyan and Aleksan Harutyunyan are known throughout Armenia, the former Soviet Union, and Europe for their unique interpretation of Armenian folk and ashoughagan (troubadour) music.
In 1995, Shoghaken recorded folk music for Celestial Harmonies in the Music of Armenia series. The ensemble also had success in the Armenia Festival in Die, southern France, representing Armenia in the folk music tradition.
Shoghaken was involved in several recordings in 2001. In May, Shakeh Avanessian, of London, and Laura Shannon, of Scotland, recorded an album of Armenian dance melodies in Yerevan. Avanessian and Shannon are professional dancers who present traditional dance in concerts and seminars in Europe and the Middle East. The recording, Gorani: Traditional Dances from the Armenian Homeland, is named for "Gorani," a song and dance from the Moush region of Historic Armenia.
In August, Shoghaken recorded an album of Armenian folk music for Traditional Crossroads (see Recommended Links). The recording included Armenian folk, ashoughagan, patriotic, and epic songs. The CD, entitled Armenia Anthology, was released in May 2002. You can order the CD directly from Traditional Crossroads by going to http://www.traditionalcrossroads.com.
In search of authentic Armenian folk music for the soundtrack of Ararat, his film about the Armenian Genocide, Atom Egoyan traveled to Yerevan in December of 2001 with composer Mychael Danna. They found and recorded Shoghaken, whose inspired work has made them Armenia's premier folk music ensemble. In addition to drawing on their extensive repertoire of Armenian folk music, the musicians of Shoghaken were successfully able to improvise according to the needs of the movie — the recording studio becoming a creative atmosphere in which the director and composer conveyed the style and feel of Ararat to the group. Through ensemble pieces and improvisations, Shoghaken was able to exert a deep and positive influence on Egoyan's important film. The members of the group were also pleased to play a part in telling the story of the Genocide.
Shoghaken was also invited to the United States by world-renowned cellist, Yo Yo Ma, to perform at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. To see photos and read more about the festival, click here. In July 2003, three members of the group traveled to Estonia to participate in the Viljandi Folk Festival in Viljandi, Estonia. Vocalist Hasmik Harutyunyan was accompanied by musicians Levon Tevanyan and Karine Hovhannisyan in two well-attended concerts. To see photos and read more about the group's Estonia performances, click here.
In February 2004, Traditional Crossroads released two more Shoghaken Ensemble recordings: Armenian Lullabies, a haunting collection of lullabies from Historic Armenia featuring Hasmik Harutyunyan and the musicians of Shoghaken; and Traditional Dances of Armenia, an instrumental and vocal presentation of traditional dances of the Armenian homeland. Official presentation of the CDs coincided with the ensemble's 2004 U.S. tour, arranged by Harold Hagopian. Both CDs are available for purchase at Traditional Crossroads. In December, Shoghaken participated in "Armenian Culture Days," a celebration of music, performance, and art held in Sharja, in the United Arab Emirates. To see photos and read more about the event, click here.
In February 2005, the group performed in Montreal at the Strictly Mundial music conference. While in Canada, Hasmik Harutyunyan and Gevorg Dabaghyan were interviewed at the Palais de Congress for the Canadian Broadcasting Network's widely distributed "Global Village" radio program. In August, Shoghaken appeared in Concert at the Cascade, a Yerevan event sponsored by the Cafesjian Foundation and filmed for the international Armenian television audience.
"Ververi," performed at Concert at the Cascade by Hasmik Harutyunyan
and Aleksan Harutyunyan with Shoghaken Ensemble.
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In the first of several events scheduled for 2006, Shoghaken performed in Paris at the prestigious Theatre de la Ville in February. To see photos and read more about the event, which was filmed for worldwide broadcast, click here. For a French-language review, video, interview, gallery, and music samples, click here. In June, the group participated in the Armenia Year in Russia festivities at the St. Petersburg Palaces classical music festival. This was followed by a trip to Rudolstadt, Germany, in July for performances, workshops, and a radio program as part of the Dance and Folk Music Festival.
In 2008, Shoghaken gave concerts and workshops during their second major tour of the US and Canada. Organized by Harold Hagopian of Traditional Crossroads, the tour coincided with the release of the ensemble's latest CD, Shoghaken Ensemble: Music From Armenia.
On February 7, 2009, Shoghaken Ensemble: Music From Armenia was awarded the best folk recording of 2008 at the National Music Awards in Yerevan, Armenia. On September 9, 2009, Shoghaken presented a concert at the Aram Khachtryan Concert Hall in Yerevan. Other concert and festival appearances planned for 2009 include Istanbul, Jerusalem, Australia, and Slovakia.
On March 12, 2010, Shoghaken performed a concert at Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, Slovenia, as part of "Armenia Days in Slovenia." Hasmik Harutyunyan also presented workshops of Armenian folk and dance for the Emanat Institute in Ljubljana.
In March 2011, Shoghaken musicians Hasmik Harutyunyan, Aleksan Harutyunyan, Gevorg Dabaghyan, Vardan Baghdasaryan, and Grigor Takushyan traveled to the Netherlands and Belgium for a three-concert tour. The many in attendance were treated to traditional folk songs and dances from the Armenian Highland, as well as troubadour songs and Armenian mugham played on duduk and kamancha.
In September 2011, Shoghaken participated in events in Stuttgart, Germany, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Armenia. Shoghaken presented concerts in Stuttgart, Kehl and Hanau, as well as taking part in the Gala Concert in Stuttgart. Concerts featured Armenian folk songs and dances, including several collected by Komitas and Hayrik Mouradian, as well as troubadour songs by Sayat Nova, Shahen, and Shirin.
In October 2014, Shoghaken participated in Armenian cultural events in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Lisbon, Portugal. At the "Hay Dersim" symposium and concert in Lausanne, Shoghaken soloists Hasmik Harutyunyan and Gevorg Dabaghyan presented two concerts featuring Armenian folk song and dance from Taron, Kharberd, and other regions of Western Armenia. In Lisbon, the Shoghaken Ensemble opened the "Armenian Culture Week" at the Gulbenkian Foundation with a concert of Armenian folk song and dance, led by soloists Hasmik Harutyunyan, Gevorg Dabaghyan, and Aleksan Harutyunyan.
To view part of Shoghaken's Sept. 17 concert in Stuttgart, click here. For information about other festivals, concerts, and recordings, write me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information about Shoghaken and a video link to their performance at the Kennedy Center, click here. (Video link requires high speed Internet access.) Shoghaken Folk Ensemble's 2002 CD release, Armenia Anthology, was recognized as the Best CD of the year in the World Music category at the Association For Independent Music/National Association of Recording Merchandisers (AFIM/NARM) convention held in March 2003. The prestigious award, an independent labels version of the Grammys, is the fourth garnered by Harold Hagopian's Traditional Crossroads label.
What others are saying about Shoghaken and Armenia Anthology . . .
These are the sounds of a people with great sorrow to be sure, given the massacres they have endured through even recent history, but they are also the sounds of a people determined that their history not be eradicated or disappear. Haunting, elegant, deeply spiritual, and moving.
— Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
We are told that "Shoghaken" means "source of light" and indeed, this CD has brightened my path to appreciating the music of Armenia more fully. . . . Highly recommended for lovers of traditional wind instruments, poetical lyrical verse and Balkan-like rhythms.
— Erika Borsos, Amazon.com review
A better introduction to the fabulous world of Armenian music would be difficult to imagine.
— Dirty Linen
Hasmik Harutyunyan's vocals are deeply emotional, while duduk player Gevorg Dabaghyan often steals the show with his virtuosity.
— Sing Out!
The now well-known Shoghaken Ensemble . . . is dedicated to reviving the richness of Armenian folk music using traditional instruments and singing styles. Armenia Anthology reflects this with a range of folk songs, dances and ashugh (minstrel) music from various regions, as well as with a couple of 20th-century compositions. There are some real gems: the duduk's expressive tone lifted by the contained excitement of the dhol (large cylindrical drum) on "Shorora"; some exhilarating weddings dances; and a number of strong and solemn work songs. And it's a particular joy to hear the voice of Hasmik Harutyunyan, one of Armenia's best-known folk singers, with her rich, fresh and clear tone, and an ear finely tuned to the local modes.
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Sample MP3 Recordings
Armenia Anthology
Performed by Hasmik Harutyunyan and Shoghaken Folk Ensemble
Khnotsu Yerk
Armenia Anthology
Performed by
Shoghaken Folk Ensemble
Mokats Mirza
Armenia Anthology
Performed by Aleksan Harutyunyan and Shoghaken Folk Ensemble
Naz Bar
Music of Armenia, Vol. 5
Performed by
Shoghaken Folk Ensemble
Msho geghen
Music of Armenia, Vol. 5
Performed by Hasmik Harutyunyan and Shoghaken Folk Ensemble
Kessabi Lullaby
Ensemble Karot, Vol. 1
Performed by
Hasmik Harutyunyan
Dances of Sassoon
Music of Armenia, Vol. 5
Performed by
Shoghaken Folk Ensemble
Kroonk (Pontus Region)
Ensemble Karot, Vol. 1
Performed by
Hasmik Harutyunyan
More about Shoghaken and
Traditional Dances of Armenia
On Traditional Dances of Armenia,
the Shoghaken Ensemble does more
than preserve fading rural artifacts —
the band gives them eternal life through
interpretations that are stunning in their
drive, beauty and mystery.
Kevin R. Convey, The Boston Herald
The Shoghaken Ensemble have worked tirelessly preserving their musical
heritage in both their performances
and recordings. . . . Songs for battles,
weddings, daily work, and love songs
all surface on this recording.
And when they do surface, the songs aspire as treasure for hungry hearts
and feet that desire to dance
barefoot on the ancestral soil.
Crankycrow, online review
Traditional Dances of Armenia
by Armenia's master musicians is a
stunning collection of pieces that keep
the accompaniment of great ritual dances
from obscurity and antiquity. . . .
It's full of cadences and syntaxes that
baffle and confound with their haunted
beauty and strident air of joy. The package
comes complete with a lavish 36-page
booklet with photos, historical and liner
notes by Cynthia Rodgers.
Highly recommended.
Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
Exotic instruments, ballads in an ancient tongue, fire-marriage circle dancing . . .
all from a people who survived Noah's
ark crashing into their mountains,
genocide at the hands of the Ottoman
Turks, and the Soviet era. What more
could you want? There is no excuse
not to purchase this album.
Chris Kakovitch, The Cornell Daily Sun
A fabulous investigation from a band
that warrants the tag "superb."
Global Village Idiot, online review
The Shoghaken Ensemble approaches
this material with great authority and
assurance, and a bursting vitality that is
evident from the first note to the last.
Patrick Rapa, Philadelphia City Paper
In a seemingly emotional paradox, the wedding songs combined wildly ecstatic dance rhythms with mournful vocals.
That the Shoghaken Ensemble makes the contrast sound perfectly natural says as much about these musicians as it does about their homeland's unique culture.
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The Facebook Messenger for mobile devices has caused outrage among users regarding concern for their privacy settings. In their defense, the social network claims it will give the user increased control over the settings. Now anyone who attempts to access the "Chat with Friends" feature on their cellular device is greeted with the message "We've moved over to Messenger."
Concerns developed after Google Play's feature description for the Facebook Messenger listed that installing the app will grant it access to find other accounts on the device, and go through the user's contact list. The permissions also allow Facebook to delete and modify files on USB storage, download files without notification and record voice, videos and take pictures.
This has made users skeptical about how the social network will enact its terms of service. In response to these contentions, Facebook published a blog post and "Get the Facts" in its mobile app to disclose why it needs these permissions. They explained that nearly all applications on mobile devices seek user consent to run various features in the app. For instance, when a person wants to "Check In" on their Facebook profile, the app needs permission to access the geographical location of your device, so it can narrow down the options which are listed.
Installing the Facebook Messenger also gives the social media site permission to send text messages and make phone calls from the user's device. While Facebook agrees that the Messenger requests permission to run certain features so it can make calls, send photos, videos or voice messages, neither the camera nor microphone will turn on if the app is not being used. "If you want to send a selfie to a friend, the app needs permission to turn on your phone's camera and capture that photo."
This explanation only addresses concerns about Facebook accessing the phone's features. However, users are still outraged about Facebook Messenger robbing their privacy and are raising concerns about granting access to the contact list, phone logs and text messages; it does not appear legitimate. While they claim that the data collected will not be used for any devious purposes, earlier this summer Facebook revealed that they tinkered with users' emotions. In an attempt to better the news feed algorithm, they manipulated the news feeds of half a million users. As part of their psychological study to observe how emotions today can also spread through social media, they changed the number of positive and negative posts these randomly selected users saw.
Back then, the company said users give consent to this kind of manipulation when they agree to its terms of service. Based on this revelation, there is the possibility that Facebook may use the same ploy again, gathering sensitive personal information from users who agree to download the Facebook Messenger and give it access to their log files. Nick Summer at The Next Web is rightly skeptical: "The same promises did not hold back Google and the NSA." The latest change of Facebook Messenger is part of a series of features the company is rolling out. They are also testing a feature on mobile devices, which will allow users to search across old postings with a keyword input.
Unfortunately for the skeptics, Facebook is no longer giving users an option. So users can either opt to download the Facebook Messenger app, or they will not be able to exchange messages with their friends via the Facebook app at all. This has caused outrage among users who have concerns that with Facebook Messenger, their privacy is something they no longer have control over.
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An overview of annual conferences and events:
- Annual Home Missions Conference – The annual Home Missions Conference follows the theme of helping members of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) – and guests – to see more clearly what they can do to help existing mission works and what role they might play in starting a new OPC congregation.
- The Young Adult Conference – designed for high school seniors through those in their mid-twenties, provides the opportunity to learn of the battle (and have questions answered if they are already experiencing the battle). The Young Adult Conference has covered topics like a survey of Presbyterian Church History, Apologetics, Cultural Confrontation, and Biblical Authority.
- Science Camp is designed for young people between the ages of 10 and 16 – with an emphasis of "hands on" scientific inquiry. A primary focus is helping the campers to understand that God created the world with intricate and precise detail and created us in His image with minds that can understand this design and see His glory revealed in it.
- Fulfilling the Lord's command to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth should always be on our minds. We seek to do just that with the annual Foreign Missions Conference. Our goal is to have missionary speakers who are actively serving, as well as missionaries on furlough.
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From time to time, there are Other Conferences such as Music Conferences, Ministry Conferences, and Diaconal Conferences. Additionally there are ideas being considered by other OPC and Presbytery groups. In addition to these conferences the Retreat Operating Committee (ROC) has considered having a Ruling Elders Conference, a Christian Education Conference, a Church History Conference and camping for youths that are too young or too old for the Science Camp.


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The 9th Annual Heartbeat of Hollywood Lite was held on Monday, June 3, 2019 at Castle Park Sherman Oaks. Played in conjunction with the Heartbeat of Hollywood Golf Classic, Heartbeat of Hollywood Lite offers a family-friendly alternative to the more serious golf tournament. You don't need a set of clubs to come out and support MPTF for this event, just the desire to have a fun-filled afternoon with your industry peers!
Tickets include one round of mini golf, pizza, ice cream, soda, and a game card for the arcade. Registrants also receive an invitation to MPTF's Wasserman Campus for a lavish cocktail party following the event.
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1. How rampant is vitiligo in India and across the globe ?
Leucoderma or vitiligo does not differentiate between races, sex, religion or even socio-economic groups. Anyone can develop this condition. Of the 1% of world's population suffering from leucoderma, 8.8% of the cases are recorded in India.
Leucoderma may affect any part of the body. 30% patients have a family history of Leucoderma wherein 20% may have the condition of an underlying disease. Almost 95% develop the condition before the age of 40.
2. How beneficial are herbal remedies, particularly DRDO's preparation, Lukoskin ?
Ayurvedic Treatment plan start with measures to arrest the ongoing aggravation of dosha in the body. Digestive tract is targeted first with implementation of appropriate diet. Once all Etiological factors have been addressed, proper elimination of Toxins and balancing of Dosha are the primary focus areas for Switra.
The prime aim is to eradicate the Etiological factors. Ayurveda offers a comprehensive approach to successfully treating the disease. The main aim for each and every treatment of Ayurveda is to treat the root cause. The key for restoring the health of Vitiligo patient is only described in ayurveda which includes physical, Mental and Social Health.
Ayuveda has comprehensive approach of management of vitiligo such as Blood purifiers, Laxatives, Liver correctives, Melanin synthesizer, de-worming, Nootropics, Rejuvenator, Immunomodulator, Photosensitization. Ayurveda remedies don't have a side effect and don't harm the patients. The Ayurvedic treatment is more healthier and safer as compared to Allopathic treatments.
The quest to cure the Leucoderma (vitiligo) has finally ended with the development of a new herbal product under the brand name "LUKOSKIN", with extensive studies by the scientists of Defence Institute of Bio-energy Research (DIBER), Haldwani, a laboratory of DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India. 'LUKOSKIN is a patented and proprietary formulation developed by defense Agricultural Research laboratory (DARL) a wing of defence research & development organization (DRDO) after exhaustive scientific studies establishing its efficacy and safety in the patients of Leucoderma.
3. What are the challenges faced in treating leucoderma?
The main challenges faced in treating Leucoderma are to modulate immunity, improve the lifestyle and dietary habits of the patient and the most important challenge of all is to fight the social stigma that the patients go through, changing social misconception about Leucoderma.
4. How do you see the leucoderma in the days to come? What is the future?
With the development of a research product by DRDO, Lukoskin, it is now possible to treat leucoderma ,a so called incurable disease. Now it is possible to treat old cases to a great extent and provide complete cure in new leucoderma cases. In future, early detection and right treatment will protect the new generation from this social stigma.


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SaaS (Software-as-a-Service)
Yet another web geek acronym that gets in the way of understanding, SaaS standards for "Software as a Service."
While the term is specifically describing a business model, "SaaS" is also used by digitalistas as a shortcut to describe software applications that are hosted in the cloud, as opposed to software you load on your computer.
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In this week's Across the Ditch bulletin Australian radio FiveAA.com.au's Josh Sampson and EveningReport.nz's Selwyn Manning discuss how the soaring costs of housing in New Zealand has driven prices beyond the reach of most Kiwis, and rents well beyond what is affordable for thousands of people. PLUS: The song that was released a month before the 2014 New Zealand election, and then immediately banned by the Electoral Commission, has had its creators back in court, this time the Government's Electoral Commission has sought to justify it banning the song in the 2014 General Election – this after the High Court decided the song did not fall foul of New Zealand's electoral law. ITEM ONE: The soaring costs of housing in New Zealand has driven prices beyond the reach of most Kiwis and rents well beyond what is affordable for thousands of people. The problem is at its worst in the cities, particularly Auckland where the average home sale price is almost $1million. The demand for rental accommodation has seen landlords renting out tin garages for around $400 per week, and a 28 square metre chicken-coop apartment will cost you $330.00 per week. Last year, we reported on FiveAA's breakfast programme that the imbalance in the New Zealand economy, led by a hot property market in Auckland, had worsened and had been in evidence for over a year. We also reported that the Reserve Bank had warned in 2015 that the housing market had ballooned out and posed a significant risk to the entire New Zealand economy. This year, on May 11, the New Zealand Reserve Bank issued another warning, suggesting that if the housing bubble bursts, the impact on the New Zealand economy will be dire: "The Bank remains concerned that a future sharp slowdown could challenge financial stability given the large exposure of the banking system to the Auckland housing market. Further efforts to reduce the imbalance between housing demand and supply in Auckland remain essential." (ref. http://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2016/05/11/housing-and-dairy-risks-to-financial-stability) Beyond the wider domestic economy, the impact on every day life for thousands of Kiwis is already dire. For weeks now the news has been filled with real life examples of people living beneath the breadline. The state broadcaster, Radio New Zealand, has been leading almost continuously with reports about families living in cars, in tents, in garages, shacks, caravans, sleeping rough. Many of these people are women with children, and many have jobs but simply cannot afford a roof over their heads and have been squeezed out. (ref. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/304179/where-do-homeless-go-when-help-runs-out) Early this week the Prime Minister John Key said people who are sleeping in their cars should contact Work and Income New Zealand – the state social provider that is tasked with assisting families in dire economic circumstances and getting people back into work. But the Minister in charge of Social Housing, Paula Bennett, admitted on Radio New Zealand this week that in Auckland there simply is not enough accommodation available to house those who have nowhere to sleep. She did say her department would be able to put people into motels as a short term fix. However, this week it was revealed, every person placed into a motel by WINZ is then charged at the market motel rate per night. The people who cannot afford rent, are placed into this form of the government's temporary accommodation find themselves thousands of dollars in debt to the Government. Debt the Government charges interest on. (ref. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/304122/homeless-borrow-thousands-for-motels) ITEM TWO: https://youtu.be/p8_B6CqCLb4 Meanwhile, a song that was released a month before the 2014 New Zealand election, and then immediately banned by the Electoral Commission has had its creators back in court. The song is a parody of the Prime Minister's comments, a vision of his ideal New Zealand. John Key said: "I do not know so much about Planet Key, but my expectations are that it would be a lovely place to live, it would be beautifully governed. Golf courses would be plentiful, people would have plenty of holidays to enjoy their time. And what a wonderful place it would be." Kiwi musician Darren Watson and video maker Jeremy Jones released their song in the early stages of the 2014 General Election. Immediately, there was an outcry by those passionate who were that John Key should not be the subject of satire during an election campaign. Then the Electoral Commission moved swiftly to ban the song and initiate legal proceedings against Darren Watson and Jeremy Jones. The two creators decided to take the song off the internet rather than risk facing a $40,000.00 fine. Since then, in the High Court, they have defended their right to create and release such a song, even should it be satire, should it focus on the Prime Minister, and even if the song should be released during a political campaign. The Electoral Commission argued before the High Court that it considered, under New Zealand law, that the song was an election advert (even though no politician or party paid for it to be created or released). But the High Court judge ruled that the song was ok, and did not come under New Zealand's electoral act, and as such, should not have been banned. While the Government's Electoral Commission is fighting that judgement in the Court of Appeal, it has conceded that it now does not want to hold the two creators of the song to account, but just wants the courts to clarify the law before the 2017 election year begins. The Court of Appeal will now consider the two arguments. In the meantime, Kiwis can enjoy the parody of John Key's vision for New Zealand.
Across the Ditch broadcasts live weekly on Australia radio's FiveAA.com.au and webcasts on EveningReport.nz, LiveNews.co.nz and ForeignAffairs.co.nz.


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In today's world, it feels like nothing is private. We share our photos on Instagram, personal feelings on Facebook, opinions on Yelp and résumés on LinkedIn. Yet, that doesn't mean we want anybody actually looking inside of our houses or even into our backyards where we wish to spend some leisure time. Those who are lucky to have villas also want to blur the line between indoors and outdoors, but privacy becomes an issue in Indian cities.
So, here we are with few wonderful ways we can create outdoor spaces more private.
Planting a hedge is the most convenient way which can be done by any novice gardener or landscaper. Arborvitae, juniper, boxwood, yew, laurel and holly are among the nation's most popular hedges. As it grows dense, automatically it creates a partition and a lot of privacy. [Read more…]


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We love denim, there is no question! I would sleep in it if I could. When the weather gets warm it's time to pull out those denim shorts! Here's one of my favorite new looks featuring my favorite jean shorts from 7 for All Mankind!
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Keep your summer style easy by pairing things together from the same color family–here, blues and greens. The shades will play well together if they're based in the same color. If you're not into blues, try pinks and oranges together for a more vibrant pop!
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Sarah+Mike wedding in San Casciano
It was a pleasure to meet mike and Sarah,an american couple. They decided to getting married in Tuscany, near San Casciano, in the beautiful garden of Villa di Cigliano. An amazing place, with a big trees that cover all the wedding guests, as to protect them,in front the main side of Villa di Cigliano. An intim and romantic ceremony, with Jewish ritual. After the ceremony we spent a few minutes to take the pictures of bride and groom in a classic Tuscany countryside. As wedding photographer I love to capture a romantic shots but natural without poses.


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I needed some horsepower to fight the headwinds. All I found was this sign.
The traffic was pretty light on the roads. Most drivers passed with respect, but one old man in a white truck decided to drive as close to me as he could, even though there was no oncoming traffic. I heard him coming so I was ready for it. The one I was not ready for was this one car that buzzed by me really close, and he was obviously speeding. I though, what a idot. Then about 10 seconds later a OPP cruiser came by me with its lights on - I can only imagine that cop was after the car that just blew by me.
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The weekend started off nice and quiet. Friday night we stayed home and did absolutely nothing. It was lovely. I did get a surprise bouquet of flowers, just because. (The best reason!)
As I alluded to on Friday, this weekend was the start of our wedding season. So Saturday we headed out of town to Lake Geneva, WI for a wedding. We stayed at the Mill Creek Hotel, right downtown in Lake Geneva. If you are in the Midwest, you definitely need to head to Lake Geneva for a weekend at some point and the Mill Creek Hotel has a great location. It's a neat concept, because it's condos, but it is also a hotel. We basically had a small apartment for the night. There was even a nice outdoor space but it was cold and kind of rainy, so we didn't get a chance to use it. I wish we could have stayed longer to enjoy it!
The wedding was an absolute blast and the bride was beautiful! I was with some of my best friends in the world and we always have fun together. I don't get to see them nearly enough, but we always make the most of it!
Sunday we slept in a little bit and stopped at the outlet mall on our way home. We did surprisingly little damage, which isn't a bad thing. I did not buy a single thing for myself. <High Five!> After a nap and snuggle session with Buoy, the rest of Sunday was pretty quiet. Late night fun = a very slow moving Katie for several days. Whoops! It was totally worth it though to get to spend so much time with the friends I love.
So here's to a week filled with lots of coffee! I hope you had a great weekend!
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Penguins waddle around in ungainly fashion on ground, but once in water they transform into expert swimmers and can cruise at speeds of 15 miles per hour. Although the penguin is a bird species, they are unable to fly because they have flippers instead of wings. The penguin's black body and white belly is an excellent aquatic camouflage when it sets out to hunt for food, which mainly consists of fish, crabs, squid and shrimps.
Penguins are essentially an inhabitant of the Southern Hemisphere and are the only distinctive creatures of the icy Antarctic continent, or South Polar region, where nearly two-thirds of the world's penguins are found. Antarctica is home to two major species of penguins, the emperor penguin and the Adele penguin. As many as 16 species are to be found in coastal Chile, southern parts of South America, the south-western coast of RSA (Republic of South Africa), southern coastal fringes of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and the numerous islands and archipelagos dotting the southern Indian Ocean and south Atlantic and South-Eastern Pacific.
All 18 species of penguins fall in the endangered category and their populations could shrink by almost a fifth in the decades to come. Despite the Antarctic Treaty signed by 12 nations ensuring the protection of the species, major threats to their survival continue to exist.
Climate change in the form of melting of Antarctic ice and warming of waters is affecting food sources of emperor penguins. Organisms like zooplankton and phytoplankton grow only on thick ice. These are food for fish, squid and krill which in turn supplies a major part of the penguin's diet. African penguins, especially, are the most vulnerable to climate change. Many of them are found on the islands off the coast of South-Western Africa and feed on a rich diet of sardines and anchovies that come in with the cold Benguela current. Heating oceans are causing this current to move further from its normal path, making the search for food for the penguins a much more difficult task. The penguins swimming reach is only up to 25 kilometers at the most.
Oil and gas exploration activities, and their resultant spill-outs, have destroyed large swathes of the penguins' food territory leading to outright starvation. There have been instances of penguins drenched in oil, making it difficult for them to stay afloat. Ingestion of toxic chemicals from exploration activities have resulted in deaths and severe drops in body temperatures or hypothermia. A major oil spill off Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic ocean resulted in the deaths of 200,000 Rockhopper penguins, half the world's population of this species.
Overfishing by an avaricious commercial-minded industry has resulted in a major depletion of fish stocks on which penguins feed. The penguin's inability to swim very far can result in it coming back to its nesting site with nothing to feed its offspring.
Although penguin hunting and egg harvesting is now illegal, it continues to occur. Legal harvesting of penguin guano to be used as fertilizer also endangers some penguins, as guano is essential for their nesting burrows.
Yet another threat to penguins is habitat destruction. Tourism-related pressures, such as foot traffic and litter, is encroaching on penguin colonies and nesting sites.
Penguins have always faced natural predators, but they are now threatened with new introduced predators. Feral dogs, cats, rats and ferrets steal their eggs. Penguins usually live in specific areas and return to specific mating areas, making it easy for introduced predators to severely decrease their populations.
One of the most endangered penguin species is the little blue penguin found in Australia, New Zealand, Chile and parts of the Tasmanian coast. They are the smallest species of penguins and stand just over a foot in height. They have an average lifespan of 5-6 years, compared to the penguin average of 15-20 years. As this small creature does not breed until almost 3 years of age, reproduction is a serious issue for this species. Despite being protected by stringent laws from illegal hunting, threats from predators always exist. It is prey for sharks, seals and weasels in the waters, and for snakes and foxes when on land.
Other larger species of penguins are favorite prey of the killer whale, skua (a large sea bird), and the leopard seal of the Western Antarctic where concentrations of the emperor and Adele penguins are high.
Fundamental changes are needed if we are going to save this iconic creature of the Southern Hemisphere. Habitat loss, pollution, and fishing, all factors humans can readily mitigate, remain the primary threats for penguin species. Their future resilience to further climate change impacts will almost certainly depend on addressing current threats to existing habitat degradation on land and at sea. Protection of breeding habitat and designation of marine reserves is critical for the future conservation of penguins. Other ecosystem-based management methods must also be developed to maintain marine biodiversity and ensure that ecosystem functioning is maintained across a variety of scales.


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Friday, 22 February 2013
I always fall in love too easily
Posted by Gary Cummiskey at Friday, February 22, 2013
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Love the title. love the bars running through the image.
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WONDERFULby mollie
Monday, November 18, 2002
I had the opportunity to see Jekyll and Hyde last week end andwas vey impressed with the performance. All of the singers were wonderful. I agree with Tasha, TAD WILSON has a powerful voice. We would like to see more of him. Where did he come from.ON STAGE ATLANTA keep up the goodwork. Dan Cook should move to New York. [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
Disappointedby Tasha
Sunday, November 17, 2002
Disappointed only because this show is not extended! What a fabulous experience! The acoustics of the new venue made the vocals so powerful! Where did this Simon Stride come from? I need to hear and see more of him! Even though he may have had a small role, I am sure has has a huge part, if you know what I mean! Break me off a piece of that! Great job! [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
don't be disappointed by tgillesp Jeckyll & Hyde will be revived for one weekend only, January 10-11. Call the theatre at 404-897-1802 or check http://www.onstageatlanta.com/ for details.
Well Done!by Phrank
Sunday, November 17, 2002
I was very priveledged to enjoy opening night of this production. I was very impressed with the level of vocal talent. As an AEA member, I can say that these singers were equal if not better than most New York transients on the repertory theatre circuit. Dan Cook SHOULD quit his day job! Hats off to Jason Utterson, Maura Carey and Tad Wilson, as well. Bravo! [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
Just Wonderful!by BILricki
Saturday, November 16, 2002
Several of my friends urged me to make a point of getting tickets for "Jekyll & Hyde The Concert" and I plan to thank every one of them! What a great show!!! The cast sounded great, especially Dan Cook and Alli Simpson. Except for some accoustical trouble [which will be addressed when their construction is completed] the performance was worth every dime. This show is of the calibre of what Onstage used to produce when they were on Courtland Street downtown [Chess, Secret Garden, Sweeney Todd, Whoop-Dee-Doo!, Pump Boys, to name only a few]. I'm very glad to see that they are back, and I will put Onstage Atlanta back on my list of theatres to visit. [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
Delightfulby Bud
Monday, November 11, 2002
A refreshing concept for live theatre/live music. [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
Great voices/great ideaby Miss Maggie
Monday, November 11, 2002
I really enjoyed the concert performance of Jekyll & Hyde. I really did not know anything about the show, but the music is great. I have two of the songs stuck in my head and will probably have to find a copy on CD. The voices are awsome- especially Mr. Cook. I was impressd with the quality of singers at such a small venue. The band had 1 or 2 minor problems, but that is to be expected in a fully live performance. (I was pleased that the music was live and NOT on tape!) I am glad to have been exposed to a new musical that I might not have ever had the opportunity of ever seeing. [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
TRAIN WRECKby Fran
Monday, November 11, 2002
This production was a total catastrophe. Actors playing like sychophants to the audience, singing off-key, my god, what has the theater come to! [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
Oh really? by Bud Are you sure you actually saw the concert, or do you have a problem with the concept? I usually just sit back and watch what other people write, but your comments strike me as vindictive rather than constructive. I cannot take your comments seriously as I did see the performance and I was delighted. I agree with Bud..Oh Really?? by lilunder First of all if your going to use the word at least know the correct spelling.."sycophant" meaning "A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people." Well isn't that what a cast is supposed to do in this type of performance? As the actor don't you want to influence and flatter your audience?? As a vocalist myself, you're obviously not one if you thought the singers were off key! I went to the first 3 performances due to my expectations being not only met but exceeded. Yes there were about 2 instances were I heard a note sung that wasn't on key with the live band, but they caught up and went on. Also, if you're involved in theater at all you would know what "hell" week is like, these folks sang their hearts out every single day for a week before the opening and STILL had the ability to do 4 shows back to back with that much fervor and energy. Madam really, maybe you should take another look at it this weekend, since they may get a break for a few days in between. Just to verify, it's at OSA in the Suburban Square. Oh and it's called Jekyll and Hyde in Concert, because I'm certain you weren't reviewing the correct production. Cast and crew, kudos! I'll be back this weekend to see you pull off an absolutely amazing rendition of the Jekyll&Hyde show! What show were you watching? by act1 The audience (Saturday night) did not seem to share your feelings as we stopped the show for Cook's "This Is The Moment", and gave the cast a heartfelt standing ovation. Perhaps it is the concept of "IN CONCERT" that escapes you.
Well worth the wait.by heathjr1002
Sunday, November 10, 2002
I never thought an Atlanta theatre would ever risk doing Jekyll and Hyde. What a great idea to do the concert version! This is like PBS, only live! Onstage Atlanta's new space is an intimate and cozy. And what a great format for such wonderful music! At first I was afraid that I would feel I had missed something by not seeing a full production with costumes and set, however I was so very wrong. Daniel Cook is THE best person for the lead. He became the character. (I noticed the woman next to me trying to hold back her tears). I love watching singers who can act, too! The entire cast was great. I am recommending this show to all of my friends, and I will probably see it again next week. I hope they bring it back later on. This was just SO great! [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
Most Excellent!!!by GCherry
Sunday, November 10, 2002
I didn't know they had it in them! Onstage Atlanta has pulled off quite an amazing "In Concert" version of 'Jekyll & Hyde' that you MUST SEE! Danny Cook (I saw him in CHESS, Eden & Fiddler) is superb. His voice is better than ever. (He is way better than the soundtrack!) Alli Simpson and Maura Carey are terrific. The entire ensemble is wonderful, with many faces & voices you have seen before. I expected a piano and maybe drums, but they had a small band, with was an extra treat. Sadly, this is a limited engagement with only six performances scheduled. I strongly recommend that you postpone what ever you may have planned for next weekend and get tickets to 'Jekyll & Hyde: In Concert' before they sell out. You WILL thank me! [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]


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Join Dan's campaign. Volunteer. Contribute. Make a phone call. Tell a friend.
Whatever role you can fill -- large or small -- goes a long way toward changing Harrisburg and making Erie's voice heard. Sign up below and follow the links, all the way to Election Day.
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Children are invited to wear their costumes to school the day before Halloween for the annual Halloween parade and trick or treat around the building. Their school is on the ground floor of a federal office building, so they have ample opportunity to trick or treat. Because their cat costumes were a bit cumbersome and may be challenging to get on and off, the girls were happy to be princess-ballerinas for school time. Ramona actually wanted to be a princess-ballerina-dolphin, but I couldn't find that particular costume on e-Bay. Thanks to the thrift store, we have enough princess-ballerina paraphanelia to costume several children.
On the morning of Halloween, Mr. Quimby took the girls to get haircuts and to Costco.
A Halloween gift bag makes a great Halloween purse. Thanks Aunt Sandy !
In the evening, Aunt Susan came over to staff our house and Mr. Quimby and I took the girls to our close neighbors. All shyness went away when candy was involved. At the 5th house, one of the neighbors came out in his scary mask and Ramona started screaming and Beezus started crying. After that, Ramona was sobbing to "go home to Ana, go home to Ana" so she and I went back home. Mr. Quimby and Beezus went to 7 more houses and then they came home too.
Both girls LOVED handing out candy to the big kids. Beezus even followed the instruction for how many pieces of candy to give to each child. Aunt Susan had a rating system based on age and cleverness of costume. (Susan and I have loved handing out candy to kids in this neighborhood. A couple years ago we handed out raw broccoli to all the teenagers. It was so hysterical to see the initial looks on their faces when we whipped the container of broccoli out. Priceless! We eventually gave them candy though.) Beezus and Ramona also got good at noticing if big kids had scary masks on and asking them to take them off. Even now, almost 2 weeks later, Ramona remembers this and when we saw our big kid neighbors playing soccer a couple days ago, Ramona recounted how we asked the big kids to take off their scary masks.
A photo of Beezus with our next-door neighbor and honorary grandmother, Mimi J. Mimi J. is an educator with over 30 years of early childhood, elementary, special education, and teacher preparation experience. She's currently the principal of an elementary school and is the mother of four grown boys and 7 grandchildren under the age of 8. (She had a non-medicated birth back in 1971 when her husband was in the service. As she was in labor and explained to the doctor how she wanted to give birth, he said to her "Ma'am, you're going to give birth the Army way and that's not how we do things in the Army!" She got her non-medicated birth but they refused to dim the lights when the baby started crowning as she wanted them to.) She was also a committed breast-feeder for her 4 children, and gave me one of the many pieces of great advice when Beezus was a newborn: "Your only job is to feed that baby. That's it! Just feed your baby and let somebody else do everything else." Needless to say, Mimi J. and her husband, Papa B. are one of the reasons we love our neighborhood.
P.S. I am so far behind in photo organization and printing I fear I'll never catch up. I've got photos spread across 2 different cameras and five different memory card, our desktop hard drive and a portable hard drive. I'm sure I took photos of their halloween costumes for school, but I can't find them !!!


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Buildings 57/59 have been refurbished as a café space which opened in December 2015.Read More
Facing west on to Ebrington Square, Building 70 has been refurbished as a Craft Brewery and officially opened as The Walled City Brewery on Friday 15th May.Read More
The Creative Industries Hub provides a 12,228 sq ft (1,136 sq m) work space to support the development and growth of the creative media industries.Read More
Constructed in Georgian style in 1841, Building 71 is a rendered three storey measuring 4,263 sq ft (396 sq m). It is a listed building with a slate roof, single storey porch to the front and a two storey return to the rear.Read More
Building 83 has been refurbished as offices.Read More
The 214 space underground car park was completed in November 2014. Accessed off King Street roundabout, it will service tenants and patrons of Ebrington. The route provides a fourth pedestrian entrance in addition to the Peace Bridge, St. Columb's Road and Cunningham Square. Ebrington and the river front can now be accessed from four directions.Read More
Ilex built and managed the Peace Bridge as part of the city's regeneration programme. Funded by the European Union's PEACE III programme (Shared Space Initiative), the £14.5m Peace Bridge has become an iconic structure for the city.Read More
Ebrington Square was officially launched on 14 February 2012. Measuring over 5 acres, the multi-purpose shared space is a key venue in the city, playing host to a range of events throughout the UK City of Culture including BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, 2013 Turner Prize, the Walled City Tattoo, the Lumière Festival and Fleadh Cheoil na h'Éireann, with audiences in excess of 500,000.Read More
Cunningham Square was opened to the public on 14 February 2012, and is the main pedestrian access from the Waterside to Ebrington Square and the Peace Bridge. It is designed in an amphitheatre style to facilitate a range of uses.Read More
The renovation of Buildings 80/81 was completed in September 2013 to host the Turner Prize as part of the City of Culture programme of events. The buildings hosted the Turner Prize from 23 October 2013 – 5 January 2014, with 52,696 people visiting the space.Read More


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Parking Permits are now available for residents affected by the Closed Closures. These are available from the community hub at the library for parking adjacent to St Mary's Church.
Monmouthshire County Council have now published this webpage that outlines, with maps, all of the details about road closures in the region, necessary for the safety of the riders and the public, during the Abergavenny Festival of Cycling. During the events, restrictions and road closures will be in place to stage the event safely. If your home is immediately affected by a road closure, you will receive a flyer through your door with this information. Areas around Abergavenny and Chepstow are affected and we can provide this weblink to help you find more detail about the locations affected.


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It seems that Lucasfilm's plans for a new Star Wars trilogy were actually at a rather advanced place even before the Disney deal took place. Rumours started as far back as 2009, and those original stories are looking more and more on the money day by day.
To take an interesting new piece at Bloomberg on face value, it even seems that George Lucas had locked in lots of talent before he sold to Disney. This includes screenwriters Michael Arndt and Lawrence Kasdan as well as "the big three" stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford.
I say 'locked in,' but here's how Lucas explains the state of his deals with the cast:
We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison – or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation. So I called them to say, 'Look, this is what's going on [with Disney].'
Lucas then realised he may be spoiling Disney's fun:
Maybe I'm not supposed to say that. I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do, but we were negotiating with them… I won't say whether the negotiations were successful or not.
That does sound like all three are signed on. Our best info, if we may be so pedantic, is that they've all agreed in principle but have yet to put pen to paper. "Final stages of negotiation" probably still holds, and likely will until a finished script has been seen and accepted.
Also detailed in the Bloomberg piece is how Lucas wanted Disney to buy his outlines for three new films sight unseen. It's an interesting image of how Star Wars' creator feels about his legacy, and perhaps hints at tricky times to come, now that Disney have control:
At first Lucas wouldn't even turn over his rough sketches of the next three Star Warsfilms. When Disney executives asked to see them, he assured them they would be great and said they should just trust him. "Ultimately you have to say, 'Look, I know what I'm doing. Buying my stories is part of what the deal is.' I've worked at this for 40 years, and I've been pretty successful," Lucas says. "I mean, I could have said, 'Fine, well, I'll just sell the company to somebody else.' "
Once Lucas got assurances from Disney in writing about the broad outlines of the deal, he agreed to turn over the treatments—but insisted they could only be read by Iger, Horn, and Kevin Mayer, Disney's executive vice president for corporate strategy. "We promised," says Iger. "We had to sign an agreement."
When Iger finally got a look at the treatments, he was elated. "We thought from a storytelling perspective they had a lot of potential," he says.
We're still some way out from tasting even a hint of what the next Star Wars film will be like. Still, I expect the behind the scenes stories will keep me entertained for a lot of that time.


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Pastoral Care and Godly Counseling at Union Grove Baptist Church
Pastor Adam Love came to Union Grove Baptist Church after serving in churches in Virginia, Minnesota, Nebraska, and most recently as the pastor of a church in Madison, WI. Adam and his wife, Kelly, met at Northland Baptist Bible College in Dunbar, Wisconsin, and were then married in July of 1996. They are the parents of four boys (Caleb, Micah, Isaac, and Elijah).
Adam went on to pursue a M.A. in Theology and is currently in the process of pursuing his Masters of Divinity. He loves to make the Word of God come to life and help people discover ways to apply its truths to their everyday lives.
Pastor Love has a strong burden for reaching communities with the Good News that there is a God that truly loves and cares for the people of this world, and that this same God wants to have a personal and real relationship with them. It is Pastor Love's desire to be able to minister to and help those who are a part of his church family and help the families of the community he is serving in.


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DiaMedica Announces First Patient Enrolled in Bridging Clinical Trial for DM199
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/05/16 -- DiaMedica Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:DMA)(OTCQB:DMCAF) announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase Ib clinical trial of DM199, a novel recombinant tissue kallikrein ("rKLK1") protein for the development of neurological and kidney diseases.
"Dosing the first patient in the DM199 study represents another important step toward our goal of providing patients and physicians with treatment options for the currently unaddressed complications of stroke and kidney diseases," said Rick Pauls, President and Chief Executive Officer of DiaMedica.
The study will compare multiple doses of intravenous and subcutaneous dosing of DM199 to identify an optimal dose and delivery route for DM199 based on what is already known about urinary tissue kallikrein ("uKLK1"), trade name Kailikang®. Kailikang®, via daily intravenous delivery, has been approved and is believed to be widely used in the People's Republic of China for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
About DM199
DM199 is a recombinant (synthetic) human tissue kallikrien ("rhKLK-1") protein to treat neurological and kidney diseases. DiaMedica has completed four clinical trials with DM199 including single ascending doses, multiple ascending doses, and a pilot study in Type 2 diabetic patients. In addition to a having a good safety and tolerability profile, DM199 showed significant activity on blood pressure over the course of treatment in multiple clinical studies. The dose limiting tolerability was orthostatic hypotension at dose levels greater than those anticipated to be effective for treating disease. These observations are consistent with the DM199 mechanism of action and its effect in pre-clinical studies.
About DiaMedica
DiaMedica is a publicly-traded clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel treatments for neurological and kidney diseases. DiaMedica's shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol "DMA" and on the OTCQB under the trading symbol "DMCAF".
The statements made in this press release that are not historical facts contain forward-looking information that involves risk and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, which address DiaMedica's expectations, should be considered forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's exercise of business judgment as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. When used in this document, the words "may", "will", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend" and words of similar import, are intended to identify any forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements in this news release include, but are not limited to, the Company's objectives, goals, and future plans; product safety; advancement of DM199 for stroke, neurological and kidney disease; and potential effectiveness or advantages of DM199 over the marketed Chinese product. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information described in detail in the DiaMedica's filings with the Canadian securities regulators, all of which are available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. DiaMedica undertakes no obligation, and does not intend, to update, revise or otherwise publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of any unanticipated events, unless required by law. Although management believes that expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, no assurance can be given that these expectations will materialize.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this press release.
DiaMedica Inc.
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Dallas, TX: Several leaders of the Dallas Indian American communitygave a rousing welcome to Raja Krishnamoorthi, who is running for US Congress as a Democratic Party candidate from the 8th Congressional District of Illinois.
The fundraising banquet that was hosted on August 3rd atone of the prominent Indian American community leaders, Dr. Prasad Thotakura's residence in Colleyville, TX was very successful.
In his welcoming remarks, Dr. PrasadThotakura said "that the stage is set for Raja Krishnamoorthi, 42 to become the next US Congressmember in November 8th general elections. I'm sure Raja will be one of the best US Congressmembers in the history because he knows the pain and suffering of the common people. As a matter of fact, Raja has spent most of his child hood living on public assistance and on food stamps. Now, it is very heartening to note that Raja has the distinction of being endorsed by US President Barak Obamabesides more than 100leading Democratic leaders. Raja was introduced as one of the emerging Democratic leaders at the recent Democratic National Conventionthat was held in Philadelphia. When Raja getselected, he will be the fourth US Congressmember of the Indian origin after Dalip Singh Saund, (1957-1963), Bobby Jindal (2004-2007) and Dr. Ami Bera (currently serving only Indian American US Congressmember)."
Mr. MVL Prasad, one of the Host Committee Membersintroducing Raja Krishnamoorthi said that Raja was emigrated from New Delhi, India to Buffalo, New York with his parents when he was just three months old. He is the fine role model of the Indian American community who gives highest priority to education. Raja earned his bachelor's degree with summa cum laude in mechanical engineering from Princeton University and graduated with honors from Harvard Law School. Following law school, Raja clerked for a federal judge in Chicago, served as issues director for Barack Obama's successful United States Senate campaign in 2004. Raja currently serves as President of Sivananthan Labs and Episolar, Inc., a small businesses that sell products in the national security and renewable energy industries.
Raja Krishnamoorthi while addressing the gathering said that he is very thankful to his parents and very proud of his Indian heritage that instilled principles, discipline, morale, ethics, respect, traditions and values in him. Raja stated that there is a lot of opportunity and room for others to serve the country by entering into mainstream US Politics. He note that Indian American community is doing exceptionally well in the areas like Education, Entrepreneurship, Medicine, Technology, Engineering, Spirituality but is lacking participation in Political arena. Raja stated that while there are more than 3 million Indian Americans in the USA, now there is only Indian American serving as US Congressmember and he will increase that to 100% when he gets elected as US Congressmember this year. Raja sincerely thanked for all contributors in general and the host team Dr. Prasad Thotakura, Paul Pandian, Sridhar Tummala, MVL Prasad and CC Theophine for organizing a successfulfundraiser in Dallas to support him.
CC Theophine, one of the Host Committee Members said Raja was able to raise a whopping $1.6 million more than his opponents and is considered to be a sure shot winner. He urged all US citizens to register to vote so that they should be able to vote in upcoming elections. He requested the gathering to call their Chicago friends to support and vote for Raja. CC thanked all guests for attending and supporting Raja, Prasanthi and Sai Sathish Ganesa for hosting the event, Kishore Kancharla ofBawarchi Indian Restaurant for providing sumptuous dinner, TV5 for media coverage, Mr. Paul Pandian, Sridhar Tummala, MVL Prasad and Dr. Prasad Thotakura for coordinating the fundraising event successfully as Host Committee Team.
Several attendees clarified their questions about the Congressional elections, funding efforts etc. during Q&A session with Raja that was followed by a sumptuous dinner.
The Dallas Indian American Community members who attended and supported Raja for Congress included Dr. Prasad Thotakura, Sridhar Tummala, MVL Prasad, CC Theophine, Paul Pandian, Sai Sathish&Dr. Prasanthi Ganesa, Swarupa Thotakura, Krithika Ganesa, Murali Vennam, Amrit Kriplani, Mahesh Guduru, Ramki Chebrolu, Fatima&Taiyab Kundawala, Tanvir&Benazir Arfi, Abid Abedi, Vijaya & Laxman Vuppala, Dr. Sat Gupta, Mahesh Setty, Dr. C.R. Rao Srikanth Polavarapu, Parimala, Dinesh, Sindhu, ChennakesavuluMokkapati, Shiju Abraham, Raghavendra Kulkarni, Arvind Muppidi, Mohan Chandran, Muruganathan Palanisamy, Srinivas Kasu, Dr. Dhruv Balkondi, and Dr. Yogi Chimata.
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