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Elton John's civil partner David Furnish has expressed his concern for George Michael, who recently admitted that he has smoked crack cocaine in the past.
Furnish, speaking to Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Radio 5 live, said that numerous friends of Michael's have been in touch with him and John about helping the former Wham! singer.
"They're saying that they're very concerned," Furnish explained. "A lot of people are saying it to us, we get it very very regularly, that they are concerned about his health, concerned about his state of mind and his wellbeing and that, as Elton has been there and experienced sobriety now for 19 years, that perhaps he's best positioned to be able to help out."
In an interview with the Guardian published on Saturday (December 5), Michael admitted that he had been smoking crack cocaine at the time of his arrest on London's Hampstead Heath in September 2008.
"Was I? On that occasion? Yeah," Michael said, before refusing to reveal when he last took the drug. He went on to attack John for wanting to help him, saying: "Elton just needs to shut his mouth and get on with his own life."
Responding to that criticism, Furnish told Derbyshire's show that he and John simply want to look out for Michael.
"The difficult thing for Elton and me is a lot of George's friends keep calling us saying, 'You have to do something, George is in a bad way, he's in a bad state.' We're only reacting to what his close friends say to us. I respect George, I love George, I think he's a huge talent. I just hope he's fine."
Michael is rumoured to be appearing on The X Factor final this weekend.

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It seems that One Million Mom's really does not want it's 40k members (note: not 1M) influenced by the rest of society out there. They have closed off their Facebook page and made it "private".
Note to One Million Moms: When you make your Facebook page private to stop your hatred and bigotry from being seen by the general public, remove your Facebook link on your own website. It confuses people.
See the following link: OMM Facebook Page.
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I rarely ever put any code in C:\Inetpub, but some applications will put their websites there by default.
And you may find yourself surprised when, even when using an Administrator account, you don't have permissions to update files or save files under that location.
Turns out it is an UAC issue. From Thomas Deml, a Program Manager for IIS at Microsoft, in this post:
Here is an easy fix. Run the following command from an elevated command prompt (right click the "command prompt" icon and select "Run as Administrator").
icacls %systemdrive%\inetpub /grant %userdomain%\%username%:(OI)(CI)(F) /grant %userdomain%\%username%:F
Note, do not replace any of the values in between the %% signs, just run it as is. Voila.
No, I don't know what "(OI)(CI)(F)" means either.
I normally don't post all these music things at once, but what the hell.
What are blue changes? Why are they re-arranged? These are questions that demand answers…okay, maybe not.
I still like the song.
Continuing on the music video theme….
Tim Bowness is kind of like a modern day Morrissey. His lyrics and delivery are very…precious, for lack of a better word. It's easy to dislike if you aren't into that sort of thing, but I like certain of his songs more than others, and this is one of them. That's Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree fame) in the background playing guitar.
This one goes out to all of those who have seen the Chrysler Town and Country 2010 commercial with a bunch of women in bikinis who thought to themselves "How many damn commercials can feature Feist?" and yet didn't mind a commercial with a bunch of women in bikinis.
It turns out it isn't Feist, but Dawn Landes. No, I don't know who that is either.
The full video, as far as I can tell, is incredibly stupid, with a bunch of dumb hippy shit (as if there was another type), but has the advantage of having Ms. Landes in a negligee type thing for the whole thing. Plus the lyrics, as intelligible as lyrics can be in a situation like this, seem to be about loss and sadness and whatnot, and you know how I like that sort of thing.
I've run into this situation a couple of times over the years. Let me tell you, it is fun!!!!!!! (That's sarcasm for the sarcasm impaired).
The general scenario is something like this: at some point in the history of a department, usually a number of years ago, the department decided it needed to upgrade its technical infrastructure (I'm leaving that purposefully vague), and decided that it needed someone who had a significant amount (or significant enough) of domain knowledge to drive that decision. Often times, this means the SME learns enough to implement some sort of technical design. Usually, what they learned is not necessarily the most 'robust' technology. Sometimes, it is Access, but it could be DTS, VBScript, batch files, etc.
At some later point, it becomes clear that the technical infrastructure is well short of being manageable, and so a directive from the department or a higher-level entity is issued that an upgrade is required. This could be an upgrade to C# or Java or, hell, Perl….something.
What often happens though is that, since the SME built the original implementation, they often become a crucial component of the upgrade process. And this is when all hell can break loose. Every decision has to involve this person, and since they aren't a technical expert to begin with, the decisions end up at the lowest common denominator of what this person can grasp.
Often times, the higher-ups driving the upgrade directive recognizes this, but end up in a dilemma. They need to wrestle the technical implementation from the SME, but the existing solution is the SME's 'baby' (in one rather funny example from years ago, the SME was talking about the existing code base and kept referencing it as "my code…this is my code" in a Gollum type manner (I kept waiting for him to refer to it as '"My precioussssssss!!!!!!", but I digress)). The SME is essentially being asked to relinquish control, but he is the only one that can actually figure out how the current house of cards functions.
As far as I can tell, there is no easy solution when one is faced with a scenario like this. You can't cut the SME out of the picture entirely, as you need their 'expertise' in how things currently work, but at the same time, they are a major roadblock in getting any significant improvements implemented, since they don't get why their code sucks in the first place (and telling them that their code sucks in the first place tends to lessen their willingness to work on the upgrade, as you might imagine).
This actually relates to DDD, in a tangential way, which I've talked about here and here.
In any event, this is a real problem, with no easy solutions.
As an aside, I'm trying to figure out a 'title' for a person like this. "Subject matter expert technical amateur" just doesn't roll off the tongue. "Jagdorf" is just rude, and not necessarily accurate (the SME might have been put in this position against his will at the start).
The deployment runbook is an artifact usually found within larger IT departments, and is designed to help guide the deployment of 'Enterprise' applications that requires a large number of steps, and typically can cover a period of a number of days. Anyone who had experienced this beast knows that it is almost always a sign of an environment that is horribly complex and barely manageable.
In its common form, the deployment runbook is a master Excel spreadsheet, often with many worksheets within it, typically numbering hundreds, if not thousands, of rows long, and almost always very colorful. Because it is usually the joint creation of multiple departments, it commonly takes multiple conference calls, often involving dozens of people, as well as dozens if not hundred of revisions through email, to come into its final form.
What the deployment runbook attempts to do is to lay out in exacting detail every single step that is required (or believed to be required) to deploy an application or system successfully. The success of the runbook will often depend on its 'maturity.' If it is the first time that the runbook has been developed and employed, there is probably little chance that the experience will be successful. As it gets re-used and 'refined' through subsequent deployments, the gaps and pitfalls will lessen over time.
This 'maturation' of the deployment runbook can often be viewed, seemingly paradoxically, as a bad thing, as it is a signal that sub-optimal practices are being embedded and entrenched.
How does such a thing come into being? Often times, it is a matter of consolidation or acquisition. Multiple disparate systems must be made to play together well. Regardless, it seems to come into being most often because the nature of the technology in use, and the practices that have evolved around them, are almost impossible to automate (for either technical or cultural reasons).
Common steps within such a runbook (described at a very high level, of course) will involve things such as backing up databases before the deployment of new code, the recycling of subsystems such as web servers, message queues, and the like, and will almost always involve a step or set of steps where the configuration of multiple systems must be manually changed to reflect what is required for the production environment.
During the deployment, there will be multiple checkpoints so that a massively attended conference call can be held to determine the status of the deployment, and all of these will be listed in the runbook. There will be an entry within the runbook to make a note of all the actual events that were not accurately reflected in the runbook, so that a meeting can be scheduled to discuss how to better improve the runbook for the next deployment.
What should one do if they are faced with the existence of such a runbook? This depends on one's role, of course, but at a base level, every attempt should be made to eliminate the need to manually change configurations (ways to do this can be found here and here). In almost every situation, these attempts will be viewed upon favorably, and can make demonstrable improvements.
The hardest thing to do, but in many, if not most, cases, the best thing to do, is to think about how to make incremental changes that begin to reduce the scope of the deployment runbook. Ideally, you can find ways to eliminate it entirely, but like most ideals (cure cancer, eliminate poverty, end injustice, etc.), usually the best you can do is to strive for the ideal as best you can, knowing the result will forever be imperfect.
Do not despair. The deployment runbook actually does serve a purpose, imperfectly attempting to manage an almost unmanageable situation, and in a way that is understandable and acceptable to to CEO/CTO/etc. types (and this benefit should never be discounted). But it can be improved over time.
And if all else fails, you can always quit and go work somewhere else.
Suppose you have the ball with time winding down in the 4th quarter, and you are down by, say, 9 points. Suppose you get the ball to the opponent's 20 yard line or so with about a minute left. What do you do?
You spike the ball and kick the field goal. You have to score twice, you can't waste time. Kick the f%^king field goal.
This happens in both the pros and in college. Maddening, especially when it is your team that does.
Go to Amazon and take a look at this product here.
Then, start to read the customer reviews, including this one here.
I went to a party last Saturday night I didn't get laid I got in a fight Uh, huh, it ain't no big thing
I'm thinking that if Lita didn't get laid, Lita didn't want to get laid.
Anyway, the powers that be decided to try and make her a star with a series of videos like this one. Another one had her do a duet with Ozzy Osbourne. It didn't really work, but you can't fault them for trying.
A couple of questions arise. Why does she like dancing with Chew? Chew who? Chewbacca? And did she really play the guitar outro solo? She wasn't really known for having chops and the video has her back to the viewer. And, of course, there is the obvious question: is it a good thing to have someone kiss you deadly?
Here's an excellent post by Steve Sanderson on when and how you should choose to write unit tests.
I'm not sure I would agree with his assessment that 100% code coverage is an aim for only a minority of developers doing TDD (that's not exactly what he said, but it's my blog and I can twist words if I want to, twist words if I want to). I think TDD is bad in large part because it does focus too closely at the class level and pushes for unit testing everything (this is why Specification-style testing is better).
But regardless of that, it's a good read.


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Holocaust Exhibit at McQuade
Wiesenthal Center's "The Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933-1945" Poster Exhibit at McQuade
The Simon Wiesenthal Center's educational posters are on display in the lobby of McQuade Library. The set, a gift from Dr. Max and Prof Hilda Perlitsh, is also available to be borrowed by area schools or organizations.
The Courage to Remember poster series offers compelling insights into the Holocaust. The story unfolds through four major themes:
- Nazi Germany, 1933-1938
- Moving Toward the "Final Solution", 1939-1941
- Annihilation in Nazi-occupied Europe, 1941-1945
- Liberation - Building New Lives
This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations and will be on display until November 12, 2015.
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The objective of the OPUS10 Basic Course is to enable participants to understand basic logistics modelling and to familiarise them with the main OPUS10 functionality.
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
Course Structure
This course is a workshop for a maximum of 6 students and lasts for FOUR days. The course will include manual calculation and extensive hands-on use of OPUS10, to reinforce learning points.
The exercises are intended to challenge student who will work at their own pace aided by the instructor where necessary.
Course Location
Courses are normally held at the William Cecil Hotel in Stamford or the Assembly House in Norwich.


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Three Random Satsangs
ShiningWorld Reader
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Manny: Hey, Ramji, I hope life is finding you well. I'm sure as usual you find that it does. I wanted to write just to thank you. I think I should be signing off the Vedanta train maybe, at least for a while. I think I might be mucking it all up and not have the qualifications to proceed, also not knowing how to set up my life to revolve around it and get peace of mind at the same time. I don't know if perhaps I never was qualified or am just getting older, circumstances that I seem to trace some things to a tamasic way, or just bad thinking, conclusions and the like, and getting into bad habits, not realizing how that would take one on a bad trip. I see my vision of hope or faith isn't the right one and may be a bit misplaced, if not lost.
James: Well, you seem to be pretty aware of Manny and his train of thought. For Vedanta to work you have to follow the program, not set the agenda. Trying to get out of suffering on your own doesn't work. You have to realize how helpless you are and then seek help. I've made suggestions all along but you don't reply to them or make the changes, probably because you don't like what you hear.
Manny: It's funny, sometimes I think I brought it on during angry times, praying for change and shifts that I thought would help some areas, but if they were answered ended up going horribly wrong even though I know it was probably dark stuff, but I also think my language and reasoning skills and how I view symbols might be a bit off, growing up with two languages, but maybe no, sometimes I notice that I relate to things differently and then later figure out what was going on or years later realize a conversation's meaning was probably viewed differently by others.
James: Well, praying for change is not the answer. You have to ask yourself why you aren't happy in the first place. Isvara led you to me, but somehow you have been unable or unwilling follow my advice. Yes, you certainly do relate to things differently. I have a hard time figuring out where your head is actually at. Your mind seems to be quite tamasic and prone to fantasy.
Manny: Anyway, so my sources of inspiration don't seem to hold the same power and feel like a ghost or shadow of my former self, and maybe can't maneuver big-deal teachings.
James: Maybe you are starting to ripen up a bit. You haven't quite hit bottom, perhaps. This statement that you feel like a shadow of your former self is encouraging.
Manny: I don't think I ever mentioned that one of my reasons when I went to Arunachala to try to find answers was that I met some mendicant or sadhu or swami or something that invited me to eat with other Saivaites up on the mountain. He later proceeded to tell me that I would get into acting or movie-star stuff and meet a girl who would be my wife, with kids and charming life and all.
Of course being American that's easy to say to get someone to really be happy about that. I did always have an interest in acting and at the time was a hopeless romantic, wanting answers and telling the guy that I wanted God, not that life, and him saying not it's not up to me, don't worry, it's a great life all the same. I latched onto the the idea, thinking, ah, yeah, I'm in Arunachala-romantic, India is full of mysticism and glory, ha, and it just sounded right. So maybe for the longest time believing in a destiny kept me high on Cloud Nine. But then later saying, hey, I should renounce that stuff and be a God-man, I guess not geniunely, but looking for glory again, maybe I wasn't living my dharma – I seemed to chase dark things, which obviously should have been a sign that no, I was not doing the right thing.
James: People tell you what you want to hear. If you wanted moksa, they would have told you that. I understand your dilemma. You are between a rock and a hard place. You don't want the world and you are not ready to do what it takes to do inquiry. You're a dreamer, Manny. Or as you say, "romantic." I'd suggest that you quit worrying about what you "should" be doing and just enjoy whatever you are doing at the moment.
I didn't know that you had gone to India. I think I told you that you should get a job and take care of business, not run off to India. As you can see, it didn't solve the problem. You are still confused about what you want.
Manny: Before that I had the greatest luck. Reading quotes like "one should cultivate and want suffering to become enlightened" were bad ones to accept. I still had less an idea that I was mixing up knowledge and experience. Then realizing the bad turns I thought, hey, maybe I should pray for a return and renounce where I am now and get back what was there before since the other time something I thought took, then it should reason this will switch back; of course this was tamas, but being desperate and a wierdo, hey, I thought anything. But then got angry when it wasn't that way. I think before I had good anger I related things with attitude and it seemed right, now the anger is from fear and thinking, oh, one shouldn't get angry with the God idea or one will get even worse cards the next time they are dealt.
James: Well, anger is anger. You are just confused about what you want out of life. Probably you will bumble along pretty much like you have been for a while longer. Then you will either shit or get off the pot. Sometime it takes a long time for young people who grow up in the West to actually take life seriously. There are no real penalties for being a weirdo and a fuck-up. You can just float along from one experience to the next without committing yourself to anything meaningful. You think you want moksa, but you really don't.
Manny: But I don't know, I guess it's hard to admit that maybe one can't deal and isn't qualified.
James: You get qualified by doing karma yoga and jnana yoga. You have to follow the program. You are not the boss. You do the practices whether you like it or not. You want to keep control but it doesn't work that way. You can't have your cake and eat it too. You have wasted a lot of time, but it is not the kiss of death. Probably you have to hit bottom before you get off the dime.
Manny: Still, your patience and understanding all these years has been greatly appreciated. You were very loving and giving from the start, so I of course have admired that, you, and the teachings, plus the whole ShiningWorld family. I thought maybe in a corny way I'd send this song link that got me energized to send an email, since from time to time I send you little YouTube videos, as I have little to share. It's a cool song that brings me back to a good center or maybe because I think the girl is cute, ha. I think maybe my generation likes a different kind of music but maybe that youthfulness will also give you some joy.
James: Appreciation is always appreciated, Manny. Thanks for the link. Much love to you.
Manny: Hmm, okay, yeah, I usually haven't replied out of knowing it hasn't sunk in; it's always refreshing and sobering to read and I don't get bothered, it just puts a lot more into perspective and I don't want to get overexcited and reply, "Yeah, yeah, awesome, I got it," knowing more work is to come or just get over it and accept, and I realize after a while too much back-and-forth has been the same or not the best on my part, so I need to focus a bit more or a lot more. Thanks, I suppose seemingly bad luck might be a good thing, let's see if the mind gets with the program. Hari Om and all that good jazz.
James: I wouldn't leave it up to "the mind," as you put it. The mind has no interest in freedom. It takes commitment on your part. Grace is earned. There is no such thing as luck. If, however, your value for freedom is insufficient, there is no point in seeking. After all these years of seeking, it seems to me that you should accept whether or not your approach is working – perhaps that is what you are saying. Anyway, I think you know what is required and Vedanta is always available. It sets many committed people free. The point is, however, that this longing to be free will never go away. It is God in you, longing to get out of prison. I am always willing to help but I teach Vedanta and Vedanta sadhana, and for it to work the inquirer has to follow the program, as I mentioned previously. Anyway, all the best, Manny. I love you.


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Vulkanen van Honduras (4 volcanoes)Isla El Tigre |Isla Zacate |Utila |Yojoa
Honduras is located on the Caribbean Plate, behind the subduction zone of the Cocos plate, and has only 4 possibly active volcanoes. The young volcanic fields of Honduras are related to regional rifting processes, caused by extensional stress on the crust of the Caribbean Plate rather than subduction.
|Isla El Tigre
|Isla El Tigre volcano is a small basaltic stratovolcano that forms the small, 5-km-wide island of the same name. It is located across a narrow 2-km-wide strait south of Isla Zacate Grande in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras. It is the southernmost volcano of Honduras and probably st... [meer]
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|Isla Zacate volcano (or Isla Zacate Grande) is a stratovolcano that forms a low 7 x 10 km wide island in southern Honduras separated by a narrow strait from and surrounded by the Gulf of Fonseca and Chismuyo Bay.
The mainly basaltic volcano is strongly eroded with deep ero... [meer]
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|Yojoa volcano is a volcanic field at the northern end of Lake Yojoa, in southern Honduras. The volcanic field consists of Pleistocene-to-Holocene scoria cones, pit craters and lava flows, the longest of which extends north to the village of Río Lindo. [meer]


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Pundit: Vendors have been forced to participate in same-sex marriages under threat or even jail
Let's step away for a moment from the political implications of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage and fast-forward straight to the wedding day: What does it mean for those who make the white-tiered frosted wedding cake, arrange the bouquet tossed by the bride, or snap the "I Do" pics?
Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, said on CBS' Face the Nation a few days after the ruling that such wedding vendors have already been "forced" to serve same-sex couples.
"We're already seeing bakers and florists and photographers forced to participate in same-sex marriages under the threat of law and in some cases even jail. I can't think of anything that's more un-American than that. ... "
Host Bob Schieffer responded: "How is it that bakers and florists are being forced to participate in this? I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here."
Perkins replied: "Well, we're seeing in Washington state, Colorado, and some of the other states that have these anti-discrimination statutes that are being imposed, that when a same-sex couple comes and says, 'I want you to take pictures of my wedding,' or 'I want you to bake a cake.' And they say, 'Look, my religious convictions will not allow me participate in that,' they're literally being sued by the government, not the individuals, and they've even been adjudicated in such places as New Mexico. So we're going to see a loss of religious freedom. There is no question about it. It's already happening."
Have there been bakers who have laid down their wire whisks and refused to bake a cake for a gay couple and hauled off to jail? A florist nervously piecing together a floral arrangement under the threat of a cop? We decided to investigate.
State anti-discrimination laws used in some legal challenges
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a section of the Defense of Marriage Act that bars federal benefits for married same-sex couples, and it dismissed a case on Proposition 8, California's law that banned gay marriage. The Prop 8 ruling means that same-sex couples in California can now get married again, but neither ruling makes gay marriage legal in every state -- currently 12 states allow gay marriages.
While same-sex marriage laws can include exemptions for religious clergy who don't want to officiate such unions, there aren't typically exemptions for wedding vendors. So it's possible for gay couples to take legal action against wedding vendors who refused to serve them if there are state or local anti-discrimination laws in place that include sexual orientation. About 21 states have such, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a group that advocates for gay rights. (Florida isn't one of them, although some counties or cities have such laws.)
"These nondiscrimination laws say you cannot refuse to serve a couple because of sexual orientation," said Sarah Warbelow, an attorney and state legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign. "If you are a photographer and a same-sex couple comes to you and says we want to employ you, the photographer for whatever event -- whether it's a marriage ceremony, commitment ceremony or whether it's a birthday party -- the laws of those states state you cannot refuse them on basis of sexual orientation."
Each state can have their own process and penalties -- the ones we reviewed are generally heard before a civil rights or human rights commission.
It's theoretically possible a vendor who lost such a lawsuit could face jail if they refused to comply with the order, but Warbelow said, "I've never heard of anyone actually going to jail."
Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado
The Family Research Council directed us to multiple cases, including one particular case that they argue includes the threat of jail: Masterpiece Cakeshop. In 2012, a gay couple visited the suburban Denver shop in search of a cake for a Colorado celebration following their Massachusetts wedding.
After the cake shop refused, the ACLU initiated a complaint on behalf of the two men. The Colorado attorney general's office later filed a formal complaint which will be heard before the state's civil rights commission in September. The owner has said, "We would close down the bakery before we would compromise our beliefs." The cake shop's lawyer, Nicolle Martin, has said if the owner loses he could face up to a year in jail.
In the meantime, though, the Colorado Legislature has taken action to repeal the criminal penalties for discrimination in places of public accommodations, which had included up to a year in jail and/or a $300 fine. The provision had never been used, and the repeal coincided with legislators passing a civil unions bill.
We reached bill co-sponsor state Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, who told us that the repeal officially goes into effect in August, and he didn't believe that a prosecutor would use that part of the law in the last month that it remains on the books.
"A D.A. has to choose to file misdemeanor charges," Steadman said. "It never happened. It never will."
However, since the Masterpiece Cakeshop incident occurred in 2012, Martin said it's still possible that the law on the books at the time -- which did include jail -- would apply.
"I have received no assurances from the state of Colorado that no prosecution will be pursued even in light of this recent repeal," Martin told PolitiFact.
We checked with both the Colorado attorney general and the local district attorney; no criminal charges are pending.
Even if no one has been jailed so far, the threat remains, said Ken Klukowski, a senior fellow for religious liberty at the FRC.
"It is no comfort to a person of faith to cite the frequency a person is criminally prosecuted and put behind bars especially in a rapidly changing legal environment ...," he said. "The threat of prosecution has a chilling effect on people's behavior."
Completed cases in Vermont and New Jersey
Of the other cases related to wedding vendors cited by Perkins, only a couple have reached a conclusion.
The Wildflower Inn in Vermont told a lesbian couple in 2010 that the inn didn't host "gay receptions" because of the owners' "personal feelings." After a lawsuit, it agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty, to place $20,000 in a charitable trust and to stop hosting weddings -- whether the couple is gay or straight.
The director of the Vermont Human Rights Commission told PolitiFact that the inn has paid the first half of the fine and the second half is due in September. The owners didn't face jail based on the complaint itself. However, under Vermont law, failure to pay a fine can lead to a civil contempt action.
"This is no different than any other defendant who has a judgment against him/her and refuses to pay," director Karen Richards told PolitiFact in an email. "As a practical matter, most unpaid judgments do not result in contempt proceedings, nor do they result in incarceration, except in very extreme cases, such as child support cases, where the party clearly has the money and is basically thumbing its nose at the court. I am not aware of any case in Vermont that resulted in a jail time for a defendant in any type of discrimination case."
In New Jersey, the Methodist Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association refused to allow a lesbian couple to hold a ceremony at its boardwalk pavilion in 2007. The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights ruled in 2012 that the association, which gets a tax exemption, must cease and desist violating the law but did not impose a fine or other penalty. The association stopped renting out the pavilion for marriages, an attorney who represented the association during the legal battle told PolitiFact.
New Jersey can impose a fine of up to $10,000 for a first offense.
A provision of the law states that anyone violating an order as a result of a legal challenge could face up to a year in jail or a fine.
"However, no attorney I've spoken with here is aware of this provision ever having been used to prosecute anyone, and there are no reported cases of it," Lee Moore, a spokesman for the state's Department of Law and Public Safety, told PolitiFact.
Pending cases
One case we reviewed received considerable publicity but ultimately went nowhere. In Oregon, a TV news station reported that Sweet Cakes by Melissa co-owner Aaron Klein allegedly told a lesbian couple that "they were abominations to the Lord" and refused to fill the order. Klein told the media he didn't use that phrase, and that after the publicity he received death threats and his wedding business fell by half.
The couple contacted the attorney general, who determined it would fall under the jurisdiction of the state's Bureau of Labor and Industries. A spokesman for the bureau told PolitiFact the couple didn't file their case with the agency, and we couldn't find any evidence that the case was re-filed elsewhere.
New York's human rights law includes a provision that a person can be sent to jail for up to a year if they refuse to comply with an order. But we could not find any evidence that anyone had been sent to jail. A case against the Liberty Ridge Farm, a New York wedding venue that refused to host a wedding for a lesbian couple, remains pending.
Lisa Hardaway, spokeswoman for Lambda Legal in New York, said she had never heard of jail time in such a case.
"This is an extreme scare tactic by opponents of equality for LGBT folks," she told PolitiFact in an email. "It's a good talking point but not real."
Other cases that remain pending are in Washington state and New Mexico, where a photographer's case is before the state Supreme Court.
Our ruling
After the Supreme Court rulings about gay marriage, Perkins said, "We're already seeing bakers and florists and photographers forced to participate in same-sex marriages under the threat of law and in some cases even jail."
We didn't find cases where people were forced to participate against their will. However, if vendors refuse service, there are consequences. There are 21 states that forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation. Vendors who refuse service there could face legal actions and fines.
The "jail" part of Perkins' claim is an exaggeration. We couldn't find any evidence that a vendor had been sent to jail or that any legal authority had threatened jail time. In some states, if a business owner loses an anti-discrimination case and refuses to comply with an order, the owner could face jail, but we found no evidence of that ever happening. One state, Colorado, specifically took action to remove the threat of jail.
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When a person dies resident in Florida, there are four basic categories into which each of their assets or properties fall. Experienced estate and probate attorneys know that where an asset falls among these categories will determine what action must be taken to administer or dispose of that asset. The action which must be taken will in turn impact the time, expense and stress caused in administering and transferring each asset. If you do not mind significant time delays, paying lawyers and being stressed, then this blog entry is not for you.
First Category-Survivorship Property. These are assets owned jointly by the decedent and other parties as survivorship property. Such property will often have the phrase "Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship" or "JTWROS" in the title. This type of property passes directly to the survivor by operation of law. In other words, it does not go through probate and it is not impacted by a trust. The only thing we recommend doing when this type of property is involved--if the property is real estate--is to record the death certificate of the decedent in the public records of the county where the property is located. Doing this will evidence the fact that survivor now owns the real property. If the asset is a bank account--which usually have a survivorship provision--then the survivor may want to present a death certificate to the bank.
Second Category-Beneficiary Named or Pay-on-Death Designated. Assets in this second category have a beneficiary named or a "pay on death" ("POD") designation. These assets may include life insurance, IRA's, 401K's, or financial accounts if they have a POD designation. With assets in the second category, steps will need to be taken to fill out and submit beneficiary or POD claim forms.
Third Category-Assets Already in a Trust. Assets in the third category are already in a revocable or living trust. As a result, these assets are already under the control of the trustee and do not require probate. However, there are some administrative steps the trustee must take--particularly with financial accounts already in the Trust. One step involves getting the successor trustee added onto the account--since the decedent was likely the trustee and, now that he or she is deceased, is being replaced by a successor trustee. Also, the trustee must get a Tax Id. number for the Trust and associate that number with each financial account held in the Trust. This must be done since the deceased grantor's Social Security number can no longer be used by the Trust.
Fourth Category-Assets Solely in Decedent's Name. Assets in the fourth category are those titled only in a deceased person's name with no beneficiary and no POD designation. For these assets, a probate will need to be opened in order to allow transfer (or sale) of these assets. Most people who've had dealings with Florida probate will agree that it should be avoided if at all possible. Probate is slow (often taking over a year), expensive (you have to hire and pay a lawyer!) and stressful (there are deadlines, filings, hearings, etc.).
As estate planning attorneys, we assist clients in structuring their property ownership and their estate documents so that as little as possible--and preferably NONE--of their assets fall into the fourth category requiring probate.


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Where Can I Serve?
Gate Keepers – Consists of Ushers, Greeters, and Parking Lot Attendants. Our goal is to make people feel welcome and comfortable here at Family Christian Center. We also assist with keeping order during service times, along with certain pre-service and after service duties.
Altar Ministry – Consists of trained altar workers who's main duties are to minister salvation and other spiritual needs. We also contact by phone and visit those who receives salvation or rededicate their lives to Christ.
Media Ministry – Is an important area of ministry. The Media Ministry is responsible for informing the church about upcoming events such as, keeping the announcements updated weekly. This ministry also shows the songs selected for services, and most importantly this ministry is solely responsible for displaying important highlights regarding the chosen sermon.
Youth Ministry – Consists of all Youth ages 13 – 18. We meet on Wednesday Evenings at 7:00 PM.
Children's Ministry – Consists of all of our precious little ones – ages birth through 12. There is something for every child during each service at Family Christian Center.
Sound Ministry – Consists of making sure that the sound in the sanctuary is working properly along with the recording of service.
Music Ministry – We have a mighty music ministry here at Family Christian Center. Consists of all musicians, praise singers, and choir.


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PJM Exclusive: New Law Cuts Ties Between FBI and Terror-Tied Groups
When Barack Obama signed the continuing resolution this past weekend averting another potential government shutdown, it's doubtful that he was aware that tucked into the bill, which funds several federal agencies through the fiscal year and extends the continuing resolution for the rest of the government until December 16, is a provision that may dramatically impact what Islamic groups and leaders the FBI and other law enforcement agencies can continue to work with.
Under Division B, Title II of the bill, under the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Salaries and Expenses section, is the following provision:
Liaison partnerships- The conferees support the FBI's policy prohibiting any formal non-investigative cooperation with unindicted co-conspirators in terrorism cases. The conferees expect the FBI to insist on full compliance with this policy by FBI field offices and to report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding any violation of the policy.
The most obvious group that this will impact is the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which was named unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case -- the largest terrorism-finance trial in American history. During the trial, FBI Dallas Agent Lara Burns testified that CAIR was a front for the terrorist group Hamas.
Following the trial, which resulted in guilty verdicts on all counts and lengthy prison terms for all five Holy Land executives, the FBI was forced to cut ties with CAIR -- a decision that CAIR claimed would hurt local communities and that prompted other Muslim groups, like the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), to threaten to stop cooperation with the FBI unless CAIR was reinstated. In a February 2010 letter to members of Congress, Assistant Attorney General Robert Weich forwarded evidence submitted by federal prosecutors in the trial and court testimony concerning CAIR's ties to the Hamas-controlled Palestine Committee and that committee's role in supporting Hamas.
Stung by their loss of access to federal law enforcement agencies, some of the Islamic organizations named as unindicted co-conspirators in the case unsuccessfully sued to have their names removed from the list. In a 2009 unsealed decision by federal Judge Jorge Solis, the court found that the government should have submitted the unindicted co-conspirators list under seal, and ordered the list resealed (a hollow victory since the list is readily available), but declined to remove the groups and individuals named.
In fact, in his decision Judge Solis recounted the evidence submitted by the government that justified CAIR's being named unindicted co-conspirator in the case:
The Government identifies four portions of the record from the first trail that purportedly established that CAIR was a "joint venturer and co-conspirator": (1) a Government exhibit showing the objective of the Palestine Committee is to support Hamas; (2) a Government exhibit showing CAIR founder Omar Ahmad is part of the Palestine Committee and Mousa Abu Marzook is its head; (3) a Government exhibit listing CAIR as part of the Palestine Committee; and (4) the testimony of Special Agent Lara Burns and accompanying exhibits placing the CAIR founder at the 1993 Philadelphia conference and describing the CAIR founder's mediation of a dispute between HLF and Ashqar over Hamas fundraising . (Resp. at 12-13.) The Government does not mention any occasion where it used the 801(d)(2)(E) hearsay exception to introduce a statement of CAIR. The four pieces of evidence the government relies on, as discussed below, do create at least a prima facie case as to CAIR's involvement in a conspiracy to support Hamas. (p. 6-7) (emphasis added)
But it wasn't just CAIR among the unindicted co-conspirators that Solis focused on, but also the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which bills itself as the largest Muslim umbrella group in the country, and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), which owns the property to more than one-quarter of all mosques in North America. Solis wrote that the government had "produced ample evidence to establish the associations of CAIR, ISNA and NAIT with HLF, the Islamic Association for Palestine ('IAP'), and with Hamas." He also wrote: "The Muslim Brotherhood supervised the creation of the 'Palestine Committee,' which was put in charge of other organizations, such as HLF, IAP, UASR, and ISNA." And also: "During the [1993 Philadelphia] conference, Palestine Committee members discussed using ISNA as official cover for their activities."
What impact this new legislation will have remains to be seen, but it is clearly intended to roll back the Obama administration's penchant for relying on groups identified by government prosecutors as fronts for designated terrorist organizations as partners for "outreach."


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By Colin Malone / October 27th, 2014
In what may be one of the oddest marketing promotions I've ever seen, Nintendo has partnered with Playboy to promote Bayonetta 2. While the promotion makes some sense — a big part of Bayonetta has always been her sex appeal — it's still really bizarre to see the normally family-friendly Nintendo teaming up with an adult magazine publisher.
The promotion involves a Bayonetta-themed photo shoot starring October 2012 Playboy Playmate of the Month and noted gamer Pamela Horton rocking some sexy Bayonetta cosplay. You can see the full shoot on Playboy's website (and while the Bayonetta images themselves are pretty tame, the rest of the website is obviously not safe for work). You can also vote on your favorite image from the set on Playboy's Facebook page by liking it.
It seems like Nintendo is really trying to appeal to a more adult audience with Bayonetta, especially considering they specifically asked Platinum to make the game's Nintendo themed costumes more revealing than the original proposals.
If this has you interested in the game, both Bayonetta 2 and the original game are out now both in stores and for download. And if you're still on the fence, you can always try the demo on the Nintendo eShop. I still can't get over how bizarre this is. But what do you guys think? Let us know in the comments!
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Exposing the myth of the "humane execution"
There are a great many myths surrounding the death penalty, and some of the most pervasive and powerful relate to the use of the lethal injection as a method of execution. It is regarded by many as the safest and most humane method of killing a person. It is neither safe nor humane – quite the reverse.
Even the Supreme Court of the Unites States of America has acknowledged that the potential for torture – should the first stage in the lethal injection process fail – is unacceptably high:
"It is uncontested that, failing a proper dose of sodium thiopental that would render the prisoner unconscious, there is a substantial, constitutionally unacceptable risk of suffocation from the administration of pancuronium bromide and pain from the injection of potassium chloride."
Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. 35, 53 (2008).
Because the drugs used in these executions were never designed to cause deadly harm and are administered in experimental dosages they are frequently botched, with examples including the disastrous executions of Brandon Rhode in Georgia, Dennis McGuire in Ohio, Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma, and Joseph Wood in Arizona.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers have always objected to the use of their medicines – which they have spent time and money developing to improve and save the lives of patients – in executions designed to end the lives of prisoners. Since 2010, over a dozen pharmaceutical manufacturers have chosen to put distribution controls in place on their medicines to prevent misuse in executions. These controls have been so effective that states are no longer able to purchase 'traditional' execution drugs. This has led a number to stop executing prisoners.
Other states, however, are turning to experimental new execution drug "cocktails", which rely on medicines produced by a handful of manufacturers which do not yet restrict sales of drugs to prisons for use in executions. As the only manufacturers without distribution controls in place, these companies risk becoming US states' "go-to" suppliers of execution drugs.
No pharmaceutical manufacturer would wish to be associated with lethal injections, particularly when the results are often so visibly barbaric. And beyond the ethical concerns associated with complicity in medical executions, there are also serious corporate commercial concerns to consider.
The US is a litigious society, and lethal injection court challenges cost pharmaceutical manufacturers a huge amount of time and money. The cost to a manufacturer's reputation is even higher.
Reprieve works to empower the pharmaceutical industry and provide strategies that will allow medicines to be used for the purposes for which they were designed – to improve and save lives – not in order to facilitate cruel and unusual capital punishment.
Reprieve Founder Clive Stafford Smith writes in The Independent about human experimentation, the Nuremburg Code of medical ethics, and the execution of Clayton Lockett.
Reprieve's Maya Foa writes in The Independent on the myth of the humane execution
Joseph Wood received 15 doses of untested drug cocktail during Arizona execution
Gizmodo: How Oklahoma botched an execution with untested drugs
Press Releases
South Dakota covers up source of 'DIY' death penalty drugs ahead of execution
Prison authorities in South Dakota are refusing to release information on contaminated drugs made to order for an execution tonight (Tuesday 30 October).


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I designed the Original Carpe Diem coin for myself, to carry in my Greg Stevens Design wallet, as a reminder to enjoy and make the most of every day.
I designed one side with an image of death (the skull), plus an image representing time (the escape wheel gear found in all mechanical clocks and watches), to drive the point home at a single glance. "Time Flies" becomes more of a reality every day as I approach 50 years of age, and see my two sons, one now in college and the other in high school grow older before my eyes. "Death Waits" is a grim reminder that at the end of all your uncertain days alive, there is the certainty of death.
Make the most of every day you have. Work hard, but play hard. Do good for others not as fortunate as you. Be present in the lives of friends and family.
My Original Carpe Diem coin struck a chord with others, as I began receiving requests to make more to sell. This lead to my kickstarter campaign for all three of my Carpe Diem EDC pieces.
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Global Alignment of Immunisation safety Assessment in pregnancy (GAIA)
The GAIA project finalized the first set of outputs, which were presented at the Consensus Conference on harmonized safety monitoring of immunization in pregnancy on March 2016 at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, U.S.A. Feedback received was key for establishing the next steps towards wider awareness, adoption and implementation of the tools in the field. A dissemination strategy was developed, including the publication of a GAIA Special Issue in the Journal Vaccine. At the same time, the project is working on developing the second set of case definitions and of the GAIA terminology (including the glossary of terms, the ontology of concepts, and the map of disease codes, and the terminology browser).
March 29-30, 2016, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
The International Alliance for Biological Standardization (IABS) organized this meeting that was inspired by the work performed by GAIA project partners and volunteers worldwide. It brought together 142 registered participants coming from regulatory authorities, public health institutes, academia and industry to help resolve existing challenges of safety monitoring of immunization in pregnancy and to reach conclusions that will be valuable to a globally concerted approach.
The objectives of the meeting were to discuss new safety data from immunization in pregnancy studies, to identify converging stakeholder needs and requirements for high quality data, to review new standards and tools for safety monitoring, including terminology, and to build consensus on the best practice guidance for monitoring vaccine safety in pregnancy
As a result of 32 presentations and 7 panel discussions in 7 sessions, this meeting has enhanced a shared understanding of the challenges of monitoring immunization in pregnancy. It allowed for in depth discussion on solutions for a collaborative way forward and yielded consensus on the need for a globally concerted approach.
The need for systems for prompt identification and response to adverse events following immunization (AEFI) in pregnancy was generally agreed on. This primarily rests on moving from minimal to enhanced safety monitoring throughout the vaccine life cycle.
Specifically, it was highlighted that similar safety standards should apply to everyone exposed, no mater where they live in the world. This should be supported by standardized terminology case definitions, harmonized study protocols, a minimal core set of safety variables to be collected and a globally concerted effort to move towards enhanced surveillance. It was agreed that many efforts are ongoing around the globe towards this aim. However, these efforts are fragmented and would benefit from harmonization to increase data comparability, bring analytic power to the next level, and propel scientific progress.
One of the key outcomes was the agreement on the need and benefits of regulatory convergence on shared data collection requirements, harmonized use of terms, concepts and definitions of safety outcomes and assessment methods during the conduct of clinical trials, including follow-up times. It was further recommended to determine the applicability of GAIA outputs in other perinatal health arenas.
GAIA outputs were generally deemed relevant and useful in the different settings (high, middle and low income country settings (LMICs)). There was a clear call for an increased number of case definitions for key obstetric and neonatal terms to be developed, as well as for guidelines that are applicable to observational studies of immunization in pregnancy. The need of structured field testing and validation of GAIA outputs in different settings was highlighted as well as the need to promote their use and implementation by making available the guidelines, definitions, terminologies and tools in a resource center and via training and implementation modules for investigators, Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) and National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs).
The GAIA platform was deemed useful and the growing global network of experts should be leveraged for next steps towards addressing practical challenges of monitoring, promoting learnings from the best approaches and improving data quality. There is a need for metrics of data quality in the emerging field of immunization in pregnancy.
Building capacity for observational studies is critical and should include a landscaping of available data sources beyond spontaneous reporting and the development of approaches to epidemiological study designs in LMICs. There is a series of unmet methodological challenges of high quality observational studies in LMICs, including the challenge of mother-child record linkage.
Dissemination strategies should include a published conference report, special issues in the Journal Vaccine, and targeted information to stakeholder groups, presentation at various scientific venues, and when feasible, implementation and validation of available key term definitions in new and ongoing clinical trials of vaccines in pregnancy.
In order to stimulate and facilitate investigator feedback on the GAIA outputs, more than 15 investigators with experience in conducting clinical trials in LMIC came together in Bethesda on March 28th prior to the harmonized safety monitoring of immunization in pregnancy international consensus conference. A structured semi-quantitative feedback session was organized by WP 4 to ask about the ability to collect information as described in the GAIA data collection matrix for clinical trials. This feedback showed that most sites (across continents) would be able to collect most of the data-items. Subsequently each of the initial 10 maternal and neonatal case definitions was presented by Flor Munoz and Linda Eckert and a score for their applicability in the settings of reference was obtained. Investigator feedback will be disseminated as part of the series of GAIA outputs.
GAIA will be present at the following upcoming events:
EuroVaccine 2016 (Rome, Italy | 16-18 June 2016). Sonali Kochhar will present the GAIA project, the first set of outcomes, and the roadmap for further implementation.
2016 IDSOG Annual Meeting (Annapolis, MD, USA | 11-13 August 2016). Linda Eckert, Flor Muñoz and Alisa Kachikis will give a presentation about the process followed in GAIA for developing and reviewing the case definitions, including best practices and lessons learnt.
2016 ISV Annual Congress (Boston, USA | 2-4 October 2016). Flor Muñoz will present the GAIA project and will organize a specific session focused on maternal immunization.
A Special Issue comprising GAIA outputs will be published in the Journal Vaccine before summer. It will include the first set of ten case definitions, the guidelines for clinical trials on immunization in pregnancy and a data collection matrix, together with a GAIA baseline paper describing the GAIA process, structure and progress so far. The issue will be made available open access, to facilitate widest possible dissemination, specifically in Low and Middle Income Countries.
Working groups are working hard to have the first drafts of the second set of eleven case definitions available by late June so they can be made available to the stakeholder network for external review. Final consolidated manuscripts should be made available by September 2016.
The project is now in the process of engaging with key stakeholders that may support the implementation of GAIA's outcomes in the field. As part of this strategy, various interactions with regulators, vaccine manufacturers, and relevant agencies are being organised.
As part of the efforts for leveraging the project results, work and dynamics, the consortium is already working on defining and developing a broader framework that allows the implementation and evaluation of the GAIA tools in the field. The scope and key players are still under discussion, with the objective of having this new framework up and running during the first quarter of 2017.
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Would you like to be a volunteer reviewer of codes and definitions for the GAIA project? If so, please send your details to email@example.com


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I love Cinco de Mayo! And not only because I met my hubby 11 (gasp!) years ago on this very holiday, but also because it's just such a happy, colorful fun day! My kids love getting out all our decorations and making a beautiful tablescape. This year we wanted to add some fun whimsical flowers to the mix and I loved how they turned out. The kids picked out the flowers with me and then we headed over to a Mexican grocery store to get these fun cans to use as vases. The guy thought I was crazy that I wanted to buy 6 pounds of Sliced Green Pickled Jalapeño Peppers, but I knew it was going to be the perfect size for our flowers.
It's super easy to get this look! Just get a few cans of Mexican food with bright colors or fun images. We went with La Morena Chipotle and Pickled Peppers because I loved the fab woman on the front and the bright orange color. I also grabbed another can of tomatoes that I liked the look of. Then empty and fill! Boom.
Then build your fab tablescape around it! We love bringing out the fiesta necklaces and maracas! Fun fact: I made the chili pepper plate and bowl in Ixtapa!
Now pour some sangria into your Sippy Cup and enjoy!


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There are many different hairstyles for men. There are hairstyles that look good with men who have certain face shapes, lifestyles, ages, hair colors and hair textures. There are hairstyles that look good with men who wear glasses and men who don't. For almost any occasion, style or mood there is a hairstyle that fits. The choices can be overwhelming, but some styles work better than others.
The Caesar Cut
The Caesar cut is short with a straight fringe cut horizontally. The hair is layered all over at around 1 to 2 inches. It is a haircut modeled and named after Julius Caesar, arguably Rome's most famous ruler. The Caesar cut is now very popular, particularly among African-American men, and is a great choice for a long-faced man who wears glasses because it helps break up the length of the face.
The Faux-Hawk
The faux-hawk hairstyle is literally a fake Mohawk. With an actual Mohawk, both sides of the head are usually shaved or cut very short to the skin, and there is a small to medium strip of longer hair left in the middle. The faux-hawk, on the other hand, still leaves a small to medium strip of longer hair in the middle but the sides are considerably longer than with a Mohawk. This hairstyle is great for men with glasses because it creates contrast between the "crazy" hair and the mature look glasses usually create.
The Long, Layered Cut
The long, layered cut is a messy but structured, top-heavy hairdo that is easy to maintain. Usually, this cut features long, seemingly disheveled bangs. The look is particularly fashionable because it gives the illusion of care-free grooming and is great for men with glasses because the seemingly unkempt look of the hair contrasts well with the sharp, clean look of glasses. This hairstyle also goes well with almost any face shape.
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Association "Baltic valley" was established in order to coordinate research, academic and business activities within the "Integrated Science, Studies and Business Centre (Valley) for Lithuanian maritime sector". The founders of the association are public scientific and academic institutions and business entities.
The aim of Integrated Marine Science, Studies, and Business Centre (Valley) is to create a centre for the development of Lithuanian maritime sector:
- to create a modern research infrastructure for the maritime research, academic studies, technological development and the needs of various state institutions. To consolidate the most qualified researchers;
- to update and modernize the infrastructure of university-level marine and maritime studies;
- to create conditions for cooperation between maritime business and research/academic institutions, as well as for the emergence of knowledge-based enterprises relying on the commercialization of scientific output;
- to increase the competitiveness of Lithuanian marine science and maritime technologies on the international market.


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Since I was able to write I have been keeping a diary. I remember my first diary was velvety and had a small lock on the front. The pages were extremely small and hard to write complete sentences on, but I loved it because it was mine. I love putting it amongst my things and imagining all the amazing thoughts I would fill the pages with. As I progressed in school, I started to journal less and less. I found writing in my diary a daunting task because of all the writing I did for my school work. I lost the pride I got when I wrote down my thoughts, dreams, and ideas. I forgot how important it was to verbalize and visually see how I felt. Getting the thoughts and emotions on to paper made them more real, and intern realistic to deal with. It wasn't until I was older than I found my passion for writing again.
It is interesting to note, I have never seen myself as a strong or powerful writer. I often find many mistakes in my work, and leave majority of it unfinished, and unknownable to the general population. Journaling has really become an outlet for me. A way to express myself, my thoughts, my emotions, my hopes, dreams, goals, visions, aspirations. I started writing poet when I was in high school. A lot of my early material I destroy myself, because I was so embarrassed by it. One thing I wish I never would have done! Never be afraid to share your dreams, and never ever be the one to destroy your own dreams. You are meant to inspire and motivate yourself, because there are plenty of haters willing to tear you down.
When I joined the United State Army I picked the hobby of journaling back up. I realized at that time it became a way for me to decompress, to get my emotions out, and feel them properly. I loved the way journaling helped clear my mind, and sharpened my focus. It helped me zero in on exactly what was bothering me, or what I was truly passionate about. It helps put my dreams, frustrations, and fears into view, so I could actually see them. It makes dealing with life easier because I am able to make clear plans for the dreams I wanted to chase, a drawing board for solutions to problems that pesented themselves, and place to hype myself up.
I learned over the year to use my diary as a place to talk myself up and give myself 'the pat on the back' I think I truly deserve. Sometimes ( ALOT of times ) we can feel unappreciated and/or undervalued. I know I can take that type of thinking and spiral. I believe I did something wrong, or It was my fault in some way for not getting the recognition I may have deserved. My journal became a place to work though the day and let myself know that I did in fact kick ass, and I also use it as a way to better myself. We can all constantly improve ourselves, and journaling has become a great way to keep track of my goals.
Journaling helps me deal with the demons inside my head, as well as the world around me. I find it incredible difficult to write whats going on in my head when I am dealing with depression. My demons don't like to be described on paper because it makes it easier to deal with them. Journaling can be the friend you have always wanted. I often struggle opening up to people because I am afraid how they can interpret what I am feeling and who they could tell. I life in fear of disbelief and the anxiety can consume me if I let it. Then i isolate and put up walls that keep many people from getting to know me. I have found the perfect friend in my diary, because the conversations always stay between us.
What ever your diary is to you, its important to keep up on this habit. Its great way to look back at life as you remember it. It can help you inspire you to keep fighting each day for your dreams, and never give up on your goals.


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We haven't yet taken the girls abroad, but have lots of plans afoot for when we get around to it. Over the summer months I've seen lots of Facebook photos of little people on beaches, mostly around the Med, but I'm just not sure our girls would be happy with that for a whole week, or two. Living on the south coast we spend a lot of time on the beach, all year round, but I'm not sure we could spend 7 whole days sitting on a beach or around a pool. I've just been looking at this Beach vs City app and trying to work out where would be a great location for their first overseas holiday, we need somewhere with beach/pool but plenty to explore too. Preferably with a big dose of history too!
As a reformed, or should that be reined in, traveller, I have many photos and mementoes of my trips to Thailand, New Zealand and more, and the girls are well used to hearing the stories behind objects and pictures in our home. They are also, of course, surrounded by all things Russian, and are full of ideas of places they want to visit and things they want to do when we go there (one day!). Perhaps it is because all this travel is so normal to them that Lara and Sophia each have their own list of places they want to visit. Their top 5s currently stand at:
Lara: Africa, Istanbul, Italy, France, Thailand
Sophia: Egypt, Paris, Australia. Greece, Granada
Not bad for a five year old and a three year old! I can remember making a similar list when I was a bit older than they are now; the only one I haven't got to yet is Antarctica. I hope we can start crossing some places off their lists soon.
I'm always fascinated when the girls ask to specifically visit a city or a historical site and suchlike as it seems so un-childlike to my conventionally-schooled ears. But both of them are always interested in visiting new cities, and historical sites and buildings are always fascinating to them. Sophia is desperate to see the stone circles at Avebury and Stonehenge, so we have an autumnal trip planned, and Lara is fascinated by the Yerebatan Sarnıç in Istanbul, which has opened up the whole topic of Roman engineering, water storage and more. After all, this is the whole principle of Unschooling in action!
Whether it's Africa for the animals, France for the food (both Lara), or Granada, Paris and Egypt for the architecture (Sophia), the places they want to visit hold strong appeal in terms of their interests. I really can't imagine that either Lara or Sophia would get much out of sitting on a beach for a week, just like Mummy and Daddy. Even on our honeymoon we were more interested to get out and about to different historical sites and places of interest, than to sit by a beach all day! But whether your interest is beach getaways or city breaks, you're sure to find the perfect holiday in Beach or City.
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Itinerary Review for South Africa on a Family adventure Holiday By Dominic C
Looking forward to coming back to South Africa
This is an independent review by Dominic From United Kingdom who traveled to South Africa on a Family adventure Holiday in July 2013.
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Hi, This is to say thank you for organising our holiday to South Africa, we all had an amazing time and look forward to coming back. The Kariega game reserve in Eastern Cape was the highlight of the trip but we enjoyed every minute of the last two weeks. Thanks again for making our trip an enjoyable and trouble free experience. Dom


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Holiday Cottage Guest Book Comments
We actively encourage feedback from our holidaymakers and leave a Guest Book at each cottage along with a feedback form that assesses their satisfaction with the cottage and the service we have provided.
The following are genuine comments taken directly from our Guest Books and Feedback Forms.
We had a really wonderful, relaxing week. Walked on Horsey Beach every day - just chilled out! Super to have a "dog proof" garden for our four mutts, it's been just what we needed to re-charge the batteries. Hope to return for our wedding anniversary in February.
Had a great week here. Lovely comfortable cottage, short of nothing. Will love to come again.
Had a wonderful week. Lovely cottage, warm welcome - thanks for suggestions of places to visit. Beaches excellent, saw many seals. Wonderful walks around the Broads.
We've had a lovely week here at Providence Place. Weather has been glorious. Cottage very comfortable and ideal tile flooring for the dogs - no need to worry about muddy paws!
Lovely old, country cottage. Enjoyed staying in it. Gorgeous beach right on the door step! Enjoyed walking on it every morning & evening. harvey the dog loved it !! (Even if he still won't swim in the sea)! all in all a lovely weeks break. Even going home with a sun tan as the weather was surprisinly hot & sunny!
All three of us had a wonderful stay at The Old Post Office. The food at the pub across the street was superb. The walks through the lanes were wonderful. Youll see us again soon.
We had a lovely Christmas at The Old Post Office. It was very comfortable and we all felt very at home. Many thanks
Thank you. We has a really comfy stay at the cottage. Plenty of room for us all.
Lovely welcome, nothing was too much trouble. Thank you Nicky & Andy. Really enjoyed our week. Lots to do, dogs loved the beach and walks. Cottage was lovely and cosy and warm. Will stay again.
Great Welcome & great hosts. First few days were lovely weather, unfortunately turned bad towards the end so didn't see too many places. However all that didn't matter as we saw at least 100 seals at Horsey!!! There was over 75 laying within the rocks sunning themselves and another 30 odd on the sand bank. Plenty more heading into shore. Winterton on Sea and Horsey are the best beaches we have seen and I am from Australia so have seen a few. Lovely stay, thank you.
Lovely area, we had good weather. Would recommend Cley, Sheringham, Horsey, Wroxham, Foundry Arms pub (opposite cottage), Cromer.
Lovely beaches; the dog loved it. The Poachers Pub do lovely food - weather was lousy but this is England! Thought the cottage was lovely and cosy and certainly one of the best accomodation we've stayed in where dogs are accomodated too.
We enjoyed our week here very much. Weather was a bit iffy but it didn't stop us and there was so much to do. Yarmouth was good fun if a little expensive for the parents! Suggest getting there before 11am to get parked at the seafront. Went to Wroxham Barns and also did a trip on a day boat that we hired from Wroxham Bridge; all good fun. Kids enjoyed the beach at the end of the road as did the dog. Nice and quiet. Ate at Lighthouse Inn a couple of times, no complaints. Also did New Sage Chinese at Mundesley (very nice) and Rashid's Indian at Bacton (very, very nice and friendly service). Enjoy your hols!
Had a great week on the beach and surrounding areas. Found all the tourist info very helpful. Pleasurewood Hills and Bewilderwood are great days out for the kids. Duke of Edinbrugh (5 mins walk) has a very good play area for the children and does reasonably priced meals, but as they say, you get what you pay for. Loved the uncrowded, simple beach away from the hustle and bustle of Cromer and Great Yarmouth.
We had a very enjoyable week in this very comfortable cottage. The weather has been great which has been a bonus after the rain at Centre Parcs last week. We enjoyed some nice trips to the beach at Overstrand. Holkham beach is beautiful, it is well worth the walk. We also endt rowing on Hickling Broad and enjoyed a trip on the Bure Valley Steam Railway, then a boat trip on the Norfolk Broads. The childres also really enjoyed the boat trip out to see the seals from Morston. Thanks
The first decent week of the British Summer! Sunshine everyday, great beach at the end of the road - enjoyed by our 9 month old son! Cottage smaller than we imagined, but se coped ok! Toilet could be awkward. All in all an enjoyable first family holiday for the three of us. :-)
Had an excellent holiday; the boys really enjoyed the beach. Accomodation was excellent, shower was great although the toilet could be a tight squeeze. Recommend a trip up the church tower at Cromer.
The Cottage has been wonderful. Quickly got used to the stairs. Everything clean and tidy. We've had some lovely days out. Kirsty was lovely in teh Foundry Arms (opposite). She made us all feel very welcome. Cromer is charming and we recommend the North Norfolk Steam Railway from Sheringham. We also has a lovely day out in Yarmouth. We wholeheartedly recommend the cottage - Andy & Nicola have been great. Nothing too much trouble. Hope to come back again soon.
Cottage pleasant, pleasant walks to coast (Overstrand) where dog loved the walk to Cromer. Recommend Cliff Top Cafe at Overstrand (doggy friendly). Shame we were only here for a few days over a Bank Holiday weekend.
Had a fantastic week in this lovely cottage. Spent a few evenings walkking on the beach at Winterton and the fish & chips were great. Jason enjoyed the fishing at Martham Pits, as did the dog. It was great to get away to such a lovely place, and even greater that we could bring Woody the dog.


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Priorities for the area have been updated for by the Neighbourhood Policing Team.
Dafen Park and Dafen pond areas continue to be patrolled to prevent and deter youth street drinking and ASB, with no incidents being seen by NPT officers.
The police have also been liaising with the council to try and resolve the issues of stray horses in the Felinfoel area . The council, in certain circumstances have to give a period of notice and this causes delays in dealing with the issue. When circumstances have arisen and it has been lawful, horses have been collected by the Council, and removed from the area.
In Swiss valley, the area in the ravine and park, and in school grounds are being patrolled to prevent and deter ASB and youth drinking. Friday nights will be targeted when resources allow. The council have been approached to see if a detached youth worker can attend the area to try and engage with the youths.
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Anniversary Party Venues
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With outdoor seating, table reservations and semi-private space available for anniversary parties of all kinds, we are ready to make this night howl! Show off lots of affection with piano banners, UPshow on-screen graphics and blacklight boards—all fully customizable from Howl Hollywood! Plus our awesome amenities like cocktail stations and photo booths make it easy to set a unique atmosphere for the entire night.
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Building Communities for an Aging Population
Planning and Creating Age-Friendly Communities
In This Episode:
[00:57] Co-host Paul Zykofsky and guests Kathy Sykes and Bill Armbruster are introduced.
[01:24] Kathy shares why she's interested in the field of aging and public health.
[01:47] Bill discusses why he's interested in the field of aging and public health.
[02:56] Why is planning for an aging population so important?
[04:43] What can we learn from the change in how communities have developed and from the past generation?
[06:57] Kathy states what the USEPA's interest is in this issue of an aging population.
[07:49] What are some aspects of the issue of rural versus urban communities?
[10:48] Does AARP or the USEPA have a guide for communities on how to think about, and what they should be doing, in terms of planning for an aging population?
[14:05] Are there examples of places that have embraced planning for an aging population?
[17:07] How does one get started in planning an age-friendly community?
[20:36] How much could be saved in seniors' health costs if age-friendly communities were created?
Paul Zykofsky directs the Local Government Commission's (LGC) programs related to land use and transportation planning, community design, and health and the built environment. In the past 20 years, he has worked with over 300 communities to improve conditions for infill development, walking, bicycling, and transit. Mr. Zykofsky provides technical assistance to communities throughout the nation on issues related to smart growth, infill development, transit-oriented development, street and sidewalk design, health and the built environment, and public participation in the planning process. Mr. Zykofsky is a co-author of Building Livable Communities: A Policymaker's Guide to Transit Oriented Development and Emergency Response: Traffic Calming and Traditional Neighborhood Streets. In 2006, Mr. Zykofsky co-wrote (with Dan Burden of Walkable Communities) the section on "walkability" in the American Planning Association's Planning and Urban Design Standards.
Guests and Organizations:
Bill Armbruster manages the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities, which is a program within AARP Livable Communities. He has been with AARP since 2000, joining as an associate state director for AARP New York. In that role he served the upstate and western region of the Empire State and was responsible for the development, implementation and assessment for community outreach programming. That body of work included livable and age-friendly communities initiatives, partner development and grassroots volunteer organizing for a 30 county region both near and far from his Rochester home base. In addition to his work at AARP, Bill has extensive experience in corporate wellness programs, occupational rehabilitation and ergonomics, pain treatment and physical therapy.
Kathy Sykes is Senior Advisor for Aging and Public Health at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Since 1983, Kathy has held policy positions in the U.S. Senate and Congress and in federal agencies: U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, with Congressman Obey and at the NIOSH within CDC and for almost 20 years at the Environmental Protection Agency, where she developed the Aging Initiative that focused on environmental health issues and the built environment. She also serves on Washington, D.C.'s the Mayor's Age-Friendly Task Force. She is a fellow of the GSA and currently Chair of the Social Research Policy and Practice Section. Ms. Sykes holds a master's degree in Public Policy and Administration and a certificate in Health Services Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Take Away Quotes:
"We've got a huge demographic shift that's occurring right now. I'm part of the baby boomers, and there's an awful lot of us, and our population over 65 will double by the year 2050."—Kathy
"I think a lot of communities aren't ready. A lot of communities plan for the 35-year-old, and they think about youth, and families is where they plan, but they haven't planned for those people who hit 50, 65, and now even, it's not uncommon to be 90, over 100."—Bill
"We now have many more people who are able to get involved at their community level to make a difference for people of all ages but also to make communities think about the people who are moving at slower paces."—Kathy
How livable is your community? Check out the AARP's Livability Index to find out how neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. score for the services and amenities that impact your life the most.
The AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities
Request EPA's Aging Resources online
EPA's Guidebook to Smart Growth and Active Aging
Chartbook on Aging-Related Statistics
2018 New Partners for Smart Growth Conference – February 1-3, 2018


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Online Art course - OPTION 2
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This 5 sessions course is the same as the above but gives you more studio practice, therefore suitable if you want to explore a technique at a deeper level. It consists of:
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- 3 x 60 mins skype sessions where you receive one-to-one guidance on how to develop a project, strengthen your practice and explore different angles to your work.
- 3 weekly assignments through email, with additional tips for your practice, with feedback given in the following skype session.
- 2 x 120mins sessions in my studio in Woolwich, with more focus on techniques. This is particular beneficial if you want to learn oil paintings, as it will allow drying time between the two sessions, and further guidance on successive steps. Home visit available instead.
- The cost of the course is £350 (extra £50 for home visit)
- Early bird booking: 10% of final price before 24th April
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Graduate Assistantships
Thank you for your interest in an Assistantship with the Office of Residence Life!
There are currently 18 graduate assistantships in the Office of Residence Life. No matter where in Student Affairs your interests lie, we are sure that one of our assistantships will suit you and your talents!
Graduate Assistantships in the Office of Residence Life provide experience with staff supervision, training, and evaluation. You will develop time management, presentation and group facilitation skills. This position enables you to advise student groups and holistically educate students through individual and group interactions in a challenging and supportive environment. All graduate assistants must be full-time students enrolled for 9 - 13 credit hours in a graduate program at Miami University during the period of their assistantship. While assistantships are open to any graduate student at Miami University, first priority is given to students enrolled in the Miami University Student Affairs and Higher Education program.
All positions within the Office of Residence Life begin with mandatory training in mid-July each year. This is a full-time training which runs through August. All assistantships require some scheduled night and weekend obligations. These obligations can be associated with major office events, including, but not limited to: Move-In Weekends, the Week of Welcome Programs, Recruitment events, and hall closing days. As with any live-in position, staff members are also responsible for handling crises as they occur. These assistantships will average 20-25 hours per week over the course of the academic year.
Information on how to apply for our graduate assistantships is listed in each job description.
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Miami University is committed to providing equal opportunity and an educational and work environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, or veteran status. Miami shall adhere to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity/affirmative action statutes and regulations.
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Miami University is an EOE/AA employer with smoke- and tobacco-free campuses. Miami's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report with information on campus crime, fires, and safety may be found at: Campus Safety Annual Report. Hard copy available upon request. Employment will require a criminal background check according to University guidelines.
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