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I held my position for about a month. In regard to the given spread, it was rather a short-term trade, which had to be terminated because of the increased risk. If I would have kept the original stop loss, my position would stay only one day longer.
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I wrote about the bear spread ZLZ18-ZLV18 in the last article, so I will not stick too much with it today. I would just add that I have kept the spread for almost two months, so it is possible to say that it was the classic spread trade.
On the other hand, it was not very typical by its behavior. Normally this type of spread does not move so much. It's a rather slow, literally lazy spread without any extra fast and big moves. This year behaves very unusually, so I did not change my set profit target and I stepped out of position.
The last spread I have closed yesterday was the bear spread on pork HEN18-HEM18. I held my position for about three weeks, which I consider to be a fairly rapid "action" for a given spread. Spread reached my target profit target and the trading system spoke clearly – to get out of position.
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We brought a 60m a picket.
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Harnesses/boots, grab water, stash gear: 14 min
Heliotrope to start of upper north ridge: 3:30min (1:28am – 4:58am), 2262 ft (8229 ft – 5967 ft)
Summit via upper north ridge 2:53 min (4:58am – 7:41AM), 2522 ft (10751 ft – 8229 ft)
Summit to car: 3 hrs (7:41am -> 10:43am), -7069 ft
Total time = 10:43min (times and elevations are eyeballs from Gaia…)
Temperature, conditions, and weather on the Coleman in early August:
Going into the trip, I was most interested to see what the snow conditions and crevasses were like at this time of year. Jimmy and I had were not concerns about whether we would be able to "get to the top", but were not so sure if we would be zig-zagging all over the Coleman or punching a bit into warm snow, both of which would greatly affect the pace of the day. Being bogged down in frustrating travel conditions without a ton of extra calories or water wouldn't be that fun…
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Here were some of the other observations about the conditions:
- Despite the fact that it was supposed to drop to 40* at night, the temperatures and an odd warm wind kept that top layer of snow fairly soft. We were penetrating as much as 3 inches in many places which made travel more tiring than expected.
- On the upper north ridge, where the snow was soft as well, careful cramponing was necessary to avoid the energy expenditure of our front points slipping a bit down-hill with a step up. We climbed the entire face in what I will refer to as "double-cane" mode, i.e. holding the top of the axe so it hung vertically and plugging the bottom.
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- There was plenty of water running all over the mountain (specifically at Hogsback and at the bergshrund where the upper route variation starts) so we were able to refill a few more times.
A picture of me as Jimmy and I simul-ed the ice step. Don't ask me what I am doing with my ask. I have no idea. As the angle tapered off the ice become very rotten.
Next time
Here are a few things that I think could make it go faster next time – as I live near by I might as well perfect the thing:
(1) Faster conditions – a refreeze would make the travel a lot more simple, probably a few nights of clear temps @ < 40*F, around 30 would be even better
(2) An updated satellite photo to plan route across the Coleman. The technology is available, might as well use it.
(3) Slightly less gear wouldn't really make it any less safe – 30m less rope, 1 less screw (2 total), and 0 pickets (if it refreezes, and you have two tools and a pack to build anchors, I am not sure I understand the use case…)
(4) Better sleep and rest leading up to the climb would provide for increased, rather than decreased, aerobic capacity.
(5) Take less photos and gawk less at the huge holes as we walked over them.
I apologize to the guided parties we ran past on the way down 😉 We were excited for coffee and baked goods at the Wake N Bakery in Glacier.


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Ephraim Bubb sat cowering on the stairs, and tried with high-strung ears to catch the strain of blissful music from the lips of his first-born. There was silence in the house-silence as of the deadly calm before the cyclone. Ah! Ephra Bubb, little thinkest thou that another moment may for ever destroy the peaceful, happy course of thy life, and open to thy too craving eyes the portals of that wondrous land where Childhood reigns supreme, and where the tyrant infant with the wave of his tiny hand and the imperious treble of his tiny voice sentences his parent to the deadly vault beneath the castle moat. As the thought strikes thee thou becomest pale. How thou tremblest as thou findest thyself upon the brink of the abyss! Wouldst that thou could recall the past!
But hark! the die is cast for good or ill. The long years of praying and hoping have found an end at last. From the chamber within comes a sharp cry, which shortly after is repeated. Ah! Ephraim, that cry is the feeble effort of childish lips as yet unused to the rough, worldly form of speech to frame the word Father. In the glow of thy transport all doubts are forgotten; and when the doctor cometh forth as the harbinger of joy he findeth thee radiant with new found delight.
"My dear sir, allow me to congratulate you-to offer twofold felicitations. Mr. Bubb, sir, you are the father of Twins!"
Chapter II.
Halcyon Days.
The twins were the finest children that ever were seen-so at least said the cognoscenti, and the parents were not slow to believe. The nurse's opinion was in itself a proof.
It was not, ma'am, that they was fine for twins, but they was fine for singles, and she had ought to know, for she had nussed a many in her time, both twins and singles. All they wanted was to have their dear little legs cut off and little wings on their dear little shoulders, for to be put one on each side of a white marble tombstone, cut beautiful, sacred to the relic of Ephraim Bubb, that they might, sir, if so be that missus was to survive the father of two such lovely twins-although she would make bold to say, and no offence intended, that a handsome gentleman, though a trifle or two older than his good lady, though for the matter of that she heerd that gentlemen was never too old at all, and for her own part she liked them the better for it: not like bits of boys that didn't know their own minds-that a gentleman what was the father of two such 'eavenly twins (God bless them!) couldn't be called anything but a boy; though for the matter of that she never knowed in her experience-which it was much-of a boy as had such twins, or any twins at all so much for the matter of that.
The twins were the idols of their parents, and at the same time their pleasure and their pain. Did Zerubbabel cough, Ephraim would start from his balmy slumbers with an agonised cry of consternation, for visions of innumerable twins black in the face from croup haunted his nightly pillow. Did Zacariah rail at aethereal expansion, Sophonisba with pallid hue and dishevelled locks would fly to the cradle of her offspring. Did pins torture or strings afflict, or flannel or flies tickle, or light dazzle, or darkness affright, or hunger or thirst assail the synchronous productions, the household of Bubb would be roused from quiet slumbers or the current of its manifold workings changed.
The twins grew apace; were weaned; teethed; and at length arrived at the stage of three years!
"They grew in beauty side by side,
They filled one home," etc.
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ALDO Spella, a businessman considered a game-changer in the 1960s having introduced the bistro experience and accompanying carry-out trade, has lifted the Lifetime Achievement award in the Inverclyde Bee's Knees Business Awards 2017.
Aldo joined ten category winners who took the top accolades at the 14th annual Chamber of Commerce gala dinner and awards ceremony, held in front of an audience of 300 in the Marquee at the Chartroom, Kip Marina.
Bee's Knees Business Awards 2017 category winners (Scroll down for photos and profiles of all winners)
Best Performing Small/Medium Business, sponsored by Waterfront Cinema
Winner: Union Projects
Best Performing Large Business, sponsored by premier partner Riverside Inverclyde
Winner: Ferguson Marine
Most Promising New Business, sponsored by Holiday Inn Express Hotel
Winner: Lose It and Love It
Emerging Young Talent, sponsored by Texas Instruments
Winner: Claire McParland, Deputy Manager, Holiday Inn Express Hotel
Excellence in Customer Focus, sponsored by premier partner Inverclyde Council
Winner: Waterfront Cinema
Excellence in Marketing and Communications, sponsored by premier partner Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce
Winner: Wet Wall Works
Best Use of New Technology or Innovation, sponsored by Autotec Scotland
Winner: RIG Arts
Manufacturer or Producer of the Year, sponsored by Union Projects
Winner: Ferguson Marine
Excellence in Skills and Learning, sponsored by West College Scotland.
Winner: Morton in the Community
Proud to be in Inverclyde, sponsored by CalMac Ferries
Winner: Scotland's Boat Show
Linda Scott, president of Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce, said: "Our warm congratulations go to Aldo and another fantastic line-up of Bee's Knees Business Awards winners.
"The gala dinner and awards ceremony are the highlight of our Chamber calendar of events. The awards initiative gives companies the opportunity to show their achievements and their ambitions, providing the backcloth and foundation for continued Inverclyde growth. We thank all our sponsors for joining with us to recognise the great talent we have here in Inverclyde."
As well as enjoying the accolades of success, category winners were awarded a crystal trophy and framed certificate. For their own promotional purposes, media sponsor Gryffe Studios provides them with a broadcast-quality DVD showcasing their business, which was screened for the first time at the awards dinner. Other Bee's Knees Business Awards sponsors are Elaine Stewart Public Relations, Love & Humphries, Wild Rose Flowers and BEP Signs.
Winners' Profiles
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Aldo Spella
Aldo Spella, proud recipient of the Bee's Knees Lifetime Achievement Award, is accompanied by sons Roland and Paolo, as he receives his trophy from Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce President Linda Scott.
Aldo Spella was selected as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 for his contribution to the economic well-being of Inverclyde. Up until 1964, dining out was a conservative and mainly middle class or higher preserve. For younger generations, café society was universal, with hot food the domain of the fish and chip shop.
Aldo is considered the game-changer for the local social scene. Having developed one of the most successful cafes in West Blackhall Street, Greenock, under the tutelage of his father, Aldo now believed that society was looking for change. He introduced the bistro experience with an accompanying carry-out trade. Gone were the café menus and, with talented Italian chefs, this new dining experience was an instant hit.
Aldo's Griddle Grill became the fore-runner to the entire restaurant direct street trade, which flourishes to this day, with full bookings day and night and regular customers from Kilmacolm in the east, to Largs and Dunoon from the west. La Taverna Restaurant for fine dining followed and the spread of Aldo's trained chefs and staff through the west of Scotland is well recorded.
With West Blackhall Street booming, Aldo turned to household goods and opened Electra, which covered all facets of household requirements. Despite fierce opposition from national chains and, more recently the further challenge of charity industries, Electra remains and is now one of the oldest established commercial businesses in West Blackhall Street.
Aldo then expanded into property, purchasing and developing Castle Levan Hotel and estate in Gourock, as well as completing numerous flat conversions throughout Greenock. He was also a leading partner and impetus for the Stewart Centre in West Stewart Street, including the opening of one of the first fast food shops, Quincy's.
His career influence and achievements over the decades have resulted in major jobs creation and economic benefit to the lower Clyde, making him a worthy recipient of the Bee's Knees Business Awards 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Category Winners:
Best Performing Small/Medium Business -- Union Projects
Union Projects director Michael Parker, centre, and office manager Mags Douglas, accept their Bee's Knees Award for Best Performing Small/Medium Business from category sponsor David Shaw of Waterfront Cinema.
Union Projects was created in 2012 by a team of like-minded construction professionals. The business had been built via a truly collaborative approach through which it operates as a stand-alone main contractor. Via this approach, it has steadily developed into an exciting and reliable business. Its aim is to continue to grow the company into a successful and sought-after regional contractor in Scotland. Projects range from £10,000 to £5 million. Union Projects works in partnership with clients, consultants and design teams to ensure the successful delivery of every project and that the client's expectations are exceeded.
Best Performing Large Business and Manufacturer or Producer of the Year -- Ferguson Marine
The Ferguson Marine team pick up their Best Performing Large Business award from Fiona Maguire, second right, acting chief executive with category sponsor Riverside Inverclyde
By autumn, this year, £25 million will have been invested in Ferguson Marine, transforming a tired and broken shipyard into one of the most advanced in the world. Despite a two-year demolish-and-rebuild programme, the team launched their third hybrid battery ferry and are now building two 100-metre liquefied natural gas (LNG) ferries for CMAL, the first in the UK.
Ferguson Marine picked up the Manufacturer or Producer of the Year award from Mags Douglas of category sponsor Union Projects.
In 2016, Ferguson Marine was proud to be appointed to the MoD Roster, to help build the next generation of Royal Navy frigates, and started to secure the long-term future for the yard and Inverclyde, with 35 new apprentices and more to be added this year.
Most Promising New Business -- Lose It & Love It
Christy Hyslop of Lose It & Love It, collects her award for Most Promising New Business from Colin Moore, general manager with category sponsor Holiday Inn Express Greenock.
Christy Hyslop of Lose It & Love It is a fully accredited private weight loss practitioner and nutrition coach based in Kilmacolm. She carries out personalised weight loss consultations, on a one-to-one basis and online, coaching clients who believe they are overweight or are looking to improve their nutrition for overall health benefits. Christy provides advice on weight loss, nutrition, how to maintain a healthy weight and the importance of an active lifestyle. Her approach ensures that clients make lasting changes to their diet and lifestyle.
Emerging Young Talent -- Claire McParland, Deputy Manager, Holiday Inn Express Hotel
Winner of Emerging Young Talent was Claire McParland, right, deputy general manager, Holiday Inn Express Hotel, pictured with Pearl Lindsay, human resources manager with category sponsor Texas Instruments.
"Stars of the Future" is part of the hotel's core values. At each level of staffing, the team is continually developed to ensure they can competently meet the needs of a promoted position within the hotel. This continues through succession planning up to, as with Claire, deputy general manager positions. With this focus, it maintains an ability to progress, achieve and develop an ambition that is embraced by all staff, giving them a reason to strive and maintain their performance. Claire was presented as a candidate in Emerging Young Talent having shone throughout this process.
Excellence in Customer Focus -- Waterfront Cinema
Winner of Excellence in Customer Focus was the Waterfront Cinema, part of West Coast Cinemas. The team picked up their award from Provost Martin Brennan, representing category sponsor and Bee's Knees premier partner Inverclyde Council.
For Greenock's local independent four-screen cinema, the community is extremely important. The team strive to provide the best quality customer service by creating a welcoming atmosphere, offering more content and investing in refurbishment and digital machinery. To aid its community, it works closely with local schools, charities and activity groups, providing donations and accommodating their needs with specific private screenings. As investing in young people in the Inverclyde community is also important to the business, it has undertaken training schemes for young members of its team. It is very proud to have been awarded an Investor in Young People Award for its efforts.
Excellence in Marketing and Communications -- Wet Wall Works
Inverclyde Chamber of Commerce president Linda Scott (right), awards the Excellence in Marketing and Communications title to the Wet Wall Works team
From supplying and installing bathrooms for more than 30 years with its Bathroom Elegance business, the team identified a gap in the market for alternative waterproof wall and ceiling panels, a cost-effective, hassle-free alternative to tiles. In October 2014, Wet Wall Works was born. An effective brand logo was created with a distinctive 'tick' in a water droplet, symbolising that the waterproof product works. It is featured on signage, marketing materials, company uniforms and vehicle liveries. Along with the slogan, Goodbye tiles, Hello Wet Wall! the brand has become synonymous with quality and value for money, driving rapid business growth with three locations in Greenock, Hillington and Kilmarnock, and an e-commerce website.
Best Use of New Technology or Innovation -- RIG Arts
The RIG Arts team pick up their award for Best Use of New Technology or Innovation from Alan McGuigan, procurement manager with category sponsor Autotec Scotland.
RIG Arts is a socially-engaged arts charity that brings artists and the community together in a collaborative and creative way using art, film, media and animation. The team create and deliver a dynamic programme of visual arts, film and media projects, workshops, lessons, training, community events and exhibitions. RIG Arts engages young people through cultural activities and heritage, enhancing their lives, developing new skills and encouraging citizenship, community development and education.
Excellence in Skills and Learning -- Morton in the Community
Morton Community representatives Brian McLaughlin and Gordon McKillop pick up their award for Excellence in Skills and Learning from Audrey Cumberford, principal and chief executive with category sponsor West College Scotland
Morton Community is the charitable organisation run by Greenock Morton Football Club. Its work is focused on supporting the community of Inverclyde. Since 2013, Morton Community has been committed to being 'The Heartbeat of Inverclyde'. The small organisation has four key focuses of work, which are to encourage mass participation and enjoyment in sport, including football and hockey; to develop creative and meaningful educational projects; to deliver employability programmes engaging with those furthest from the labour market; and tackling health inequalities through its health and well-being projects.
Proud to be in Inverclyde -- Scotland's Boat Show
Scotland's Boat Show team Dorothy McDonagh, Gavin McDonagh, Kevin Blamire, Cheryl Fielding and Heath Gairns, pick up their Proud to be in Inverclyde award from Graham McFarlane, director of customer services with category sponsor CalMac Ferries
Scotland's Boat Show is the largest boat show in Scotland and largest brokerage (pre-owned) show in the UK, attracting more than 16,000 visitors to Inverclyde each October. As well as more than 150 new and used boats, attractions include the West College Scotland Food and Drink pavilion with celebrity chef Nick Nairn, 70 local craft and artisan traders in the Clyde Lifestyle Pavilion, luxury cars, helicopter flights, a children's fun area and the Riverside Inverclyde 'Get On The Water' Pavilion, which shows how to get involved in sailing and boating. Entry to Scotland's Boat Show is free so as to attract visitors from all walks of life and encourage them to enjoy Inverclyde and Scotland's world class sailing waters.


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"The Word of God to America." (11/17/14)
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[Note: God had me write this message down (below). I tested this with the test of the spirits found in 1 John 4:1-4. These words in quotes are not my words, but God's. All glory be to God!
If you love God, I encourage you to seek God about this message with all your heart. God will show you the truth if you seek Him with all your heart. God is full of love, but God is also Holy. He will not let sin and rebellion continue. Sin is an abomination to God. God calls all men everywhere to repent (turn away) from sin and seek Him. See Acts 3:19 and Proverbs 28:13-14 and 1 John 1.]
God said these exact words:
[God: "To My sheep":]
"My people, I AM the LORD your God. I love you and you are precious to Me. I love you and have called you to seek Me and you have and that pleases Me. I love you very much and I shall certainly bring you close to Me."
[God: "To the hardened souls in America":]
"America, you are not My people. My people love Me, but you do not. You are a Babylon and full of evil. I have called out to you but you have hardened your heart against Me and so I have had to harden your heart.
I wish you could have turned to Me but you did not, so now I shall destroy you. You have become My cup and you shall drink of this cup and you shall become drunk with it.
You shall drink this cup and die, for it is the cup of your judgment.
These are My words to you, America.
I, the LORD your God, have spoken."
We are living in very serious times but God is very near those who call on Him.
I encourage you to seek God and to turn to Him with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Repent from any sin God convicts you about.
Psalm 37:27
27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Romans 6:16
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
IF YOU ARE SEEKING TO KNOW GOD, please read this message.
God loves us so much that He sent His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins and shed His precious blood to pay for all of these sins.
If you repent (turn away) from your sins (Acts 3:19), and believe and confess aloud that Christ has done this for you (Romans 10:9-10), and have made Him your Lord and Savior (again Romans 10:9-10) you are saved.
Now seek God with all your heart. Seek to know Him and you will (Jeremiah 29:13).
John 17:3: "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
Jeremiah 29:13: "And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."


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Yesterday, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a rally was held on the steps of the state capitol building to protest proposed budget cuts to public education. The protesters demanded that Governor Tom Corbett abandon his proposal to reduce funding for K-12 education, as the state deals with the same fiscal shortfalls that are plaguing states across the nation. And across the nation, these rallies have become a common sight, with roving bands of teachers and their truant children, their union leaders, and bussed in protesters excoriating and vilifying those who think education spending should be curtailed. Often times the teachers pull public school students into the rallies, as they apparently did in Harrisburg with marching bands from two public high schools. And always quick to join the fray are a smattering of social advocacy groups and politicians, the former trying to be relevant and the latter trying to score points for the next election.
What was remarkable about the Harrisburg rally was that it was planned and directed by the NAACP, or the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and not a teachers union, although it seems that the NAACP is becoming a front group for teachers unions. Admittedly, they had a good reason to protest, at least in spirit. While the state is planning to cut funding for education, they plan to increase funding for prisons. They cited a recently released NAACP report that showed a trend of high incarceration rates in areas surrounding poor-performing schools. Assuming (or implying) causality between the two, they suggest that money should be diverted from the penitentiary-industrial complex in order to better fund the education-industrial complex.* However, even if poor-performing schools are the driver of the high incarceration rates, the argument that robust education funding is the answer to the problem is misguided at best.
During the rally an NAACP executive claimed that public education was the "civil rights struggle [of] the 21st century", echoing similar claims by Arne Duncan and Barack Obama. They have a point. The public education system is indeed failing black and other underserved communities (including poor Hispanic and white communities). Unfortunately, the NAACP doesn't realize that you can't fix a problem by perpetuating it.
The Pennsylvania public school system is similar to that of public school systems throughout the country – a failure. 45% percent of PA high school graduates receive diplomas without meeting standards, while 30,000 drop out each year. Yet Pennsylvania is not underfunded. In terms of both education expenditures per student and average teacher salary, Pennsylvania ranks in the top 12 states in the country, and our country is second only to Switzerland in education spending per student in the world. The problem with our public schools isn't that they receive too little funding, it is that they exist as monopolistic government entities. Government is by nature wasteful and of low quality because it is beholden to special interests, is spending other people's money, and it has no profit motive to make it cost efficient. Government monopolies are even more wasteful and of lower quality because they receive no pressure from competitors to increase their quality or decrease their cost.
If fixing the education system is the civil rights issue of our time, the NAACP should not be rushing in to support the government monopoly system that is destroying the lives of black youth. At the rally there were signs and buttons opposing voucher programs. While vouchers are not a panacea, they do provide real options for families who want to escape the schools that the NAACP rightly acknowledges as poorly performing schools. Do the parents of these children not deserve the better education they could get if they had the opportunity to flee these schools? Should only the wealthier families have the luxury of sending their kids to a decent school? The NAACP has also been a vocal opponent of charter schools. Like vouchers, while charter schools will not fix the public education system, they provide an alternative to the district monopoly public school. The NAACP and other so-called concerned organizations are clearly not concerned about civil rights; they are concerned about political power. In a backward way, some want to perpetuate the status quo in order to ensure a marginalized and economically destitute constituency, in order to maintain that political power.
Parents would be better off playing the lottery than waiting for corrupt politicians (but I repeat myself) to come riding in on white horses to reform the education system. The only alternative most parents in these neighborhoods have is also the best alternative. They can withdraw from the failing public schools entirely to homeschool – no vouchers, no charter schools required. In doing so, they will provide their children with superior, safer and more loving educational experiences. If education is the civil rights issue of our time, I implore the NAACP and the many pandering politicians to get on board and start supporting homeschooling, as it is truly the great equalizer.
* There is no need to spend more on the prison system. While the US has less than 5% of the world's population, the US also has nearly a quarter of the world's prisoners. Many of these criminals are in jail for victimless or minor, non-violent crimes. The Economist recently discussed the oppressive laws and incarceration rates in the US.


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If you were to take a look at my Facebook, there's a particular section that might worry you, specifically the section of people who inspire me. I mean, it's just got some perfectly reasonable human beings. Martin Luther. Jeffrey Dahmer. David Berkowitz. Wait, what? Did I just seriously put The Milwaukee Cannibal and The Son of Sam on a list of people who inspire me? Well yes I did.
These are two of the most famous serial killers of our time. To many, they are the embodiment of evil. So what makes them so inspiring? It's that Christ forgave them. These wicked evil men, men so evil that society deems them worse than the devil himself, were given repentance and faith through Jesus Christ. And if Jesus can bring them to salvation, he can do the same for me.


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The SSO's 12 Days of Christmas Concert on Dec. 8 is meant to be a fun and relaxed concert to get the audience in the mood for the season.
SSO going for fun, 'fireside feeling' in 12 Days of Christmas concert
The Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra is teaming up with some local talent to bring music both old and brand new to the stage for a holiday celebration.
The SSO's 12 Days of Christmas Concert on Saturday, Dec. 8, is meant to be a fun and relaxed concert to get the audience in the mood for the season. The concert this year includes collaborations with local performers.
U of S music professor and accomplished vocalist Garry Gable, Saskatoon's "singing plumber" Trevor Wingerter, and renowned singer-songwriter Eileen Laverty will all be part of this year's musical event.
Wingerter, who will be performing a song called the 12 Gifts of Christmas (a different take on the classic 12 Days of Christmas) said it's an "unexplainable" experience to have the chance to sing well-known tunes with the power of the orchestra at your back.
"The showcase of the orchestra is just so spectacular," he said. "Just to hear them and be surrounded by them … there isn't even a word that tells you how it feels."
Wingerter's 12 Gifts of Christmas will feature a lighthearted call-and-response between him and the different instruments in the orchestra, just one of a handful of performances designed to create a more fun and intimate atmosphere. SSO executive director Mark Turner said in a press release that the show is designed to create the "fireside feeling of the old Bing Crosby television specials."
Gable and Laverty are also lending their talents to create a fun and festive atmosphere at TCU Place. Gable is set to narrate the classic story 'Twas The Night Before Christmas accompanied by the orchestra, and Laverty is debuting a new song she's written for this occasion, accompanied by Kimbal Siebert on guitar.
Laverty said since there are "lots of Christmas songs," it was a fun challenge to try to produce something that would stand up with the classics. That led her to writing her song Angels in the Snow, a ballad inspired by what Laverty called a "beautiful snowstorm" she witnessed while visiting Waskesiu.
"That's just a dream come true," she said. "I don't know that it'll often in my career I get to say that the first time I get to play a song … it's with the amazing symphony behind me."
But the solo performers are going to be sharing the stage with more than just the orchestra. The University Chorus and the U of S Greystone Singers will also have a chance to perform, singing Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. The popular section of Handel's Messiah is set to serve as a good preview for the joint concert between the orchestra and the Saskatoon Symphony Chorus on Dec. 14 at Knox United Church, where the full Messiah will be performed.
It's the time of year for big Christmas concerts, and as the 12 Days of Christmas show approaches, the performers say it's bound to be one of the best.
"This is the elite of the Saskatoon performers. Just to be a part of that is humbling," Wingerter said. "To enjoy that Christmas moment and the Christmas season … that's what I want to take away from this."


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This Week: Three orchestras now on strike as audience waits... Two other orchestras report record success... A museum raises $100 million in just three months... Bots are getting awfully good at making art... More links between being bored and being creative. A Bad Week For Three Orchestras: The audience was sitting in Verizon Hall waiting for the Philadelphia Orchestra to take the stage … [Read more...]
"Art Is Good?" Not Much Of An Argument For Art Is It?
I suggested in a post this week that, based on the lack of any arts business before the 114th US Congress, that it appears that lobbying for the arts seems to be failing. Yes, the NEA/NEH budgets have stayed more or less stable for the past few years, but the almost complete lack of any action on policy related to the arts suggests the arts have no place in a national agenda. And I suggested that … [Read more...]
Arts Congressional Report Card: Why The Arts Have No Political Clout
Americans for the Arts Action Fund PAC has released its 2016 Congressional Arts Report Card rating members of Congress on their support for the arts. Many lobby groups do such rankings as a way of "holding politicians accountable" for how they vote on issues the lobbyists care about. The rankings are then used to support or punish those who vote or don't vote on issues the lobbyists designate and … [Read more...]
Five Stories/Trends From This Week's ArtsJournal: How The Arts Speak To Real Life
This Week: Why is it so hard to tell if American theatre is thriving or not?... Have art and technology had a falling out?... Perhaps TV is the solution to our political polarization... The music industry seems to be finally getting it together... A cautionary tale about getting swallowed up by the online world. Theatre: The Best of Times or the Worst? Why is it so difficult to judge the … [Read more...]
Man Down! We've Lost Andrew Sullivan: The Battle For The Real World Is Coming For You
Every age is illuminated and shaped by its innovations. In my father's time it was cars. At the turn of this century it was desktop computers. More recently it's been mobile devices. If you were interested in innovation in any of these decades these were the technologies you got excited about. My dad's generation waited eagerly for the latest models of cars, learned how to take them apart and … [Read more...]
Some Of Our Orchestras Seem To Be Thriving – Is This A New Trend?
There's been a change in the news coming out of symphony orchestras over the past summer. Usually there's a background drumbeat of struggle as orchestras fight to stay alive. But for months now, the beat has shifted, and we're hearing about orchestras that are not only surviving but thriving. Yes, Fort Worth Symphony musicians are on strike, the Pittsburgh Symphony is in the middle of … [Read more...]
What Neuroscientists Know About The Brain And Creativity: It's Disruptive, Not Systematic
It appears many of us want a formula for creativity. There are 11, 386 books on creativity for sale on Amazon, most of them promising to unlock the secrets of being creative. Scientists studying how the brain works are mapping the brain's responses to creativity - music, color, art - as well as trying to measure neural activity when we are creative. There's a long way to go to understand how … [Read more...]
So What Exactly Is A "Quantitative" Measure Of The Arts?
Arts Council England says it will use a standardized assessment system called Quality Metrics in evaluating the arts it it considers funding. The system has been developed over several years and is an attempt to create a matrix by which arts experiences can be measured and evaluated. Here are the criteria: Self, peer and public: Concept: it was an interesting idea Presentation: it was … [Read more...]
Five ArtsTrending Stories From This Week's AJ: Are The Arts Falling Into A Measurement Trap?
This Week: The remarkable new National Mall museum that doesn't look like the rest... An arts council's risky change in standards... What scientists have learned about the accomplishments of gifted children... Will algorithms take over the book business?... Seven things scientists have learned about creativity. Washington's National Mall Gets A Unique New Addition: The long-awaited National … [Read more...]


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"I want to help my community" is a line that I have heard in some shape or form from every women entrepreneur I've interviewed from San Francisco to Hyderabad. Yes, as someone in the development sector, I knew the statistic well – women reinvest 90% of their income back into their families and communities. But it wasn't until I embarked on a year focused on entrepreneurship, girls and women and met incredible woman founders from all around the world that I've really started to understand the power of these individuals to transform their communities, societies and the world. I'm taking International Women's Day to reflect on some of the "women are awesome" observations I've made along the way:
Difference Driven: At Startup Weekend – Women's Edition in San Francisco, a whopping 80% of the pitches had a social impact component. All ideas put forth were tech-based and for-profit, yet they had a social cause or problem they were addressing or contributing to – from education to healthcare to hunger there were few issues that were left untouched. The trend continued when I started the second leg of my year in India. I asked Raj Janagam [Founder of Unltd Hyderabad – a social entrepreneurship focused incubator] if they had trouble recruiting women, he looked surprised and answered, "No it's obvious women want to change the world, 50% of our entrepreneurs are women and this was not by design or intention – it just happened!" Whether is for-profit, non-profit, a social business or enterprise – I believe [and have seen] that if women are given the reins they want to and will make a difference.
"We vs. Me" Story: The entrepreneur story is often one of the lone wolf battling the world. What I've heard in the stories of women entrepreneurs is of the lone-wolf inviting and welcoming the world to become part of her pack. From New York's Shaila Ittycheria [co-founder of Enstitute], to San Francisco's Andrea Bouch [co-founder of IQ Collective], to Hyderabad's Neha Swain [founder of Pravah Pahal] – all three women respectively quoted their co-founders, mentors, and families as the reason they were able to succeed. I have yet to meet a women entrepreneur that claims to be the "solopreneur". From their own personal networks to the individuals they serve, it's become no surprise to me that women fundamentally engage their communities because their startups and their stories are based on the "we" story vs. the I.
We want to do business, to do good: Sitting in the dim-lit hall of the My Choice centre in Golkanda Fort, Hyderabad, I was fortunate enough to hear the struggles and aspirations of a group of future entrepreneurs. Each of them was currently being trained in making export-quality embroidery products. I was in particularly curious about their future aspirations – what did they want to do with these new skills? From the youngest women there, a 17 year old to the 32-year-old mother, their answers were one and the same "I want to one day start my own business and help others. If we don't help our people – who will?" I can't do justice to the emotion behind the words spoken that day, but I one thing was clear – empower a women to be an entrepreneur, to stand on her own two feet, and you empower everyone around her.
I've shared the rosy side of the story – the inspiring tidbits I've picked up by being able to meet and learn from these awe-inspiring women. But the reality isn't that pretty – when I asked Neha Swain some of challenges she faced, she didn't hesitate to say "Society. As an Indian women in her mid-twenties, I'm expected to get married not to be starting a company. Men start to get an inferiority complex." This isn't just an Asian problem; the US has a depressingly low number of female entrepreneurs – in the booming tech industry only 3% of founded by women. Women around the world face an avalanche of barriers that discourages them from taking a risk, from venturing out on their own, from becoming economically and socially independent. So on this International Women's Day – let's not just celebrate women, but start taking an initiative – through something as small as encouraging or supporting a woman in your life to take that risk and go after her dreams. The theme for IWD this year is "Equality for women is progress for all" because once a woman is given the ability to act on her dreams, she can and will change the world.
Manasa Yeturu is spending one year, in three countries/organizations, focusing on the question she most gives a damn about "What are the best practices in entrepreneurship education and how (if at all) are they being targeted at girls?" (read more here). Are an amazing women entrepreneur yourself or know of interesting organizations in #girlsed – please reach out at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow along at – GOOD // Teaching Myself // @myeturu .


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PLEASANT GROVE, Utah — The infants were found in cardboard boxes, each one rolled up in a shirt or towel and tucked into a plastic bag. One had been stillborn, their mother, Megan Huntsman, told the police. The other six, she said, she had strangled or smothered immediately after giving birth, and interred them in the garage of her family's brick home here.
For more than a decade, Ms. Huntsman's pregnancies and the short lives of her seven babies apparently went unnoticed by relatives and neighbors. Then, this weekend, as her estranged husband and other relatives were cleaning out the garage, they found a tiny body in a plastic bag, uncovering a grisly scene that has left veteran police investigators shaken and exposing a story that has stunned families across this city.
"I just can't imagine how something like this happens," Police Chief Michael Smith said. "I don't think there's any motive that could ever be given that allows you to wrap your mind around it in any way."
On Monday, as a Utah district judge set a $6 million bail for Ms. Huntsman — $1 million for every count of murder she is expected to face — investigators sought to unravel questions about how a mother of three who babysat for neighbors' children could have concealed such a terrible secret for so long, and how nobody else could have noticed.
"There are still things we're still puzzled about," Chief Smith said.
In an affidavit released on Monday, a Pleasant Grove detective reported that Ms. Huntsman, 39, said that she had given birth to the seven children at home from 1996 through 2006, and that all but one had been born alive. After waiving her right against self-incrimination, the affidavit said, she admitted to killing six of those children.
But neighbors said that, in addition to her two adult daughters, Ms. Huntsman also has an adolescent daughter who was born during that period, raising further questions about the timing of the deaths, and why one child may have lived while seven others died. The police have said that DNA tests were being conducted on the dead babies to determine their biological parents.
The police declined to answer any questions about Ms. Huntsman's background or her mental health history, and the affidavit made no mention of a motive.
Cases involving mothers who kill their own children, such as Susan Smith or Andrea Yates, often draw intense shock and publicity, but psychiatrists say such murders are rare and poorly documented by researchers and criminologists. They are crimes often committed by mothers who have severe postpartum depression or psychosis, said Dr. Kenneth Robbins, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.
"This is not generally a thoughtful, rational decision that somebody makes," he said. "It's generally related to some kind of mental health problem, and there is some ambivalence. This is a cousin of suicide. They're killing a part of themselves."
In 2001, Utah became one of the first states with a "safe haven" law allowing mothers to anonymously drop off unwanted newborns at a hospital without fear of being investigated or prosecuted. Such laws, which seek to prevent babies from being abandoned without any care, have been approved by every state in some form.
Here in Pleasant Grove, people are left with little else but questions. Neighbors who knew the family for years called Ms. Huntsman a shy but kind neighbor who occasionally watched their children and grandchildren. Her weight seemed to fluctuate over the years, but they said she often wore baggy clothes.
SanDee Wall, a real estate agent and mother of three who has lived next door for 14 years, said she occasionally wondered whether Ms. Huntsman was pregnant, but thought little of it.
"I had no suspicion of anything," she said.
Neighbors said that Ms. Huntsman; her now-estranged husband, Darren West; and their two oldest daughters had moved into the home in Pleasant Grove more than 15 years ago, and some of the neighbors offered fond recollections of play dates and backyard barbecues. But those days did not last.
In December 2005, Mr. West pleaded guilty to federal charges of possessing chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine, though he said he was an intermediary and did not make the drug or even know how to produce it. He was recently released from prison and was in a residential re-entry management program in Salt Lake City, according to a federal prisoner database.
Ms. Huntsman and her children stayed in the home, which is owned by Mr. West's family, and she worked for a time at a supermarket bakery, said Aaron Hawker, a longtime neighbor who said he had corresponded with Mr. West during his incarceration.
About two years ago, Ms. Huntsman left the home and moved about 35 miles north, to West Valley City, on the outskirts of Salt Lake City. Her daughters stayed behind, living with a paternal aunt and uncle who live in a lower-level apartment in the house.
Neighbors and police officials said that Mr. West had been hoping to move back into the Pleasant Grove home with his family, and this weekend had gone over to help clear away a garage full of boxes.
"He's paid his dues and just wants to start a new life," said Sharon Chipman, a neighbor whose grandson grew up playing with Ms. Huntsman's adolescent daughter. "And that's what he was doing when this hit."


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Are you ready for a hiSSSSSSSSterical Pi day? "Count" me and my π.thon in on celebrating our most irrational moment. Now go get you geek on!
Are you ready for a hiSSSSSSSSterical Pi day? "Count" me and my π.thon in on celebrating our most irrational moment. Now go get you geek on!
Holiday office party for the judicial courts in Colorado. Please pun, the client said. I don't have to be asked twice. Her favorite were the 'briefs'…
Some people who are near and dear to me are/were teachers so I have a special place in my heart of those who guide us toward critical thinking. My 2017 gift box for the classroom teacher is right/write track.
And it all adds up for cookies that are calculated to make the math teacher smile….
Mother's Day 2017 brings attention to that mom who is fine and fancy, who directed the movie that was your youth, made things feel just right and comfy. Thanks for schooling us, Mom. We cherish you.
Dear Halloween: I get it. You're spooky. All that creaking and moaning is very expressive. But I am just not that into the scary vibe. I'd rather flaunt my haunt with a flavor of fun. Turning word play possibilities into probabilities. Hope we can still be friends. My best, MMB
Here are the cookies that went out to the GoBoBakeSale this year (fundraiser for ALS).
I am so happy for Katherine- that she is graduating from high school and heading to Pitt to study neuroscience. But, dang, she is the youngest of the swim kids with whom our children hung out! All this growing up is happening! An era of chlorine is over (I mean, even Michael Phelps is retired now). Yikes!
In any case, it was one last graduation set to make. I made two platters: one focused on the nerdy inclinations and the other on her future university, Pitt.
For the Geek inside us all (okay, maybe not ALL of us), I focused on some biological responses. #nerdsrule #chemistryiseverywhere Those stamped clever/nerdy sayings came from pencils I bought from Newton and the Apple.
But my favorite was the Myelin sheath dress. (I try to come up with my own clever creations whenever possible. I think this is another Mama Mayer original.)
Lastly, here are a couple of close ups for the Pitt cookies. I have a thing for puffy cookies….
2016 Fathers Day set #2. Although this set could be for anyone who has been supportive! These particular cookies were for a guy that LOVES his breakfasts. Has been known to have breakfast for dinner or snacks some days. And, perhaps more notably, he is the MOST wonderful dad (okay, truth in lending, my hubby is the inspiration for these). He has been so supportive of our two girls and has doled out some hysterical and on point advice…unlike their mother, he gives it only when asked!). We are incredibly fortunate!
To make the waffle, I started with a square cookie and iced a square grid as shown below. While I let the grid dry, I made the egg, butter pat, and bacon on a separate piece of acetate (or use parchment paper) and let that sit overnight. Next, I thinned down a small batch of ivory tinted royal icing to a very runny consistency and poured that over the square cookie, letting excess run off. As that set up, I made the 'syrup' icing and peeled off the egg, etc transfers. I painted on some dimension to the small squares within the waffle and let that dry. Then I semi-poured, semi-helped (with a paint brush) the syrup icing to flow where i wanted it. Added the transfers and stamped the words. Quite happy with how the waffle turned out. The bacon needs work.