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Put Meaningful Miles to Work for Your Group
On Memorial Day, the SEAL Legacy Foundation launched its inaugural Patriot Steps Challenge using our Meaningful Miles: Fundraising Activity Challenge program. The Challenge kicked off with the goal of engaging donors and encouraging movement while raising funds for a cause that was close to their hearts – providing support to the families of wounded and fallen Navy SEALs, giving educational assistance to SEALs and their families, and more.
"We thought [Meaningful Miles] was a new and innovative way to fundraise and an incredible opportunity," a SEAL Legacy Foundation leader shared. "Anyone could do it, from anywhere in the world."
And everyone did – from Las Vegas to Houston, to Pennsylvania, to Germany and everywhere in between – and the feedback was great.
"Everyone really enjoyed it, which is why we decided to build on the success of the inaugural Patriot Steps Challenge and host a second challenge over Veterans Day," SEAL Legacy said.
Mixing it up from Seal Legacy's first event, their Patriot Steps Challenge: Veterans Day Edition kicks off on Nov. 4 and runs through Nov. 11 (Veterans Day) with a goal of logging 96,000 steps over the 8-day challenge.
"Setting up a challenge is a simple process and a great way to do something different for our donors and potential donors," SEAL Legacy said. "[Meaningful Miles] is an awesome technology and an innovative fundraising tool."
For those of you considering the Move module for your organization, there's never been a better opportunity to test-drive the platform for a very small fee ($30 to get involved!) and give back to those who defend our country this Veterans Day. To learn more about the Patriot Steps: Veterans Day Edition and sign up, visit the challenge website.
Interested in putting Meaningful Miles (powered by our Move module) into action for your group just like SEAL Legacy did? Click the link to learn more about the program and request a brief personal demo or call.


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October 5th 2017
Rose Garden Hospice
Gateway Mall Development Office
Prince Albert, Sask.
Dear Knights of Columbus Chair and Board Members,
We wish to humbly thank you for choosing us as one of the projects you have supported though your grant donation. We are very grateful and the grant will help support our development office by keeping it operational. The Development office is an integral part of what we do to keep the public aware of our project. Many people stop to inquire about the Rose Garden Hospice project and we do our best to educate the public. Many people have shared their own story of a loved one who has passed away.
I have enclosed pictures for your website or Facebook page. One picture is the Chair Marina Mitchell and Board member Gordon Hein happily sporting the cheque for the grant we received. Other pictures are a depiction of the home like environment we hope to provide as an alternative to a hospital for people who are in the last stages of life. Another is a picture of our board members who gather at the development office once a month, if not more, to have our Rose Garden Hospice board meetings.
For an update on the project; we are starting through the radio and newspapers to create more public awareness and take in donations. We also have acquired the land on which to build the hospice which was generously donated by Mr. Fred Trach. We continue to build relationships with the Health Region, the Government of Saskatchewan and the City of Prince Albert. Once again, from the Rose Garden Hospice Board, our heartfelt thanks.
Madeleine Wrigley
Secretary for the Rose Garden Hospice Board
Marina Mitchell
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Berwyn Squash and Fitness Club.
Located a short distance from my home in Tredyffrin Easttown is the Berwyn Squash and Fitness Club. I work out here every weekday morning because it is close to home, no excuses about getting there and also because it is a very friendly club. Everyone, trainers, members and staff greet you and are willing to offer help if you need it.
Being a local business we wanted to feature it and so we interviewed Dominic Hughes the owner to get a little more background to the club. We discovered they have a great relationship with the local Tredyffrin Easttown School District being home to the Boys and Girls teams from the high school and offer lots of opportunities for those in middle and elementary school to learn this wonderful sport as well.
Berwyn Squash and Fitness Club, 625 Cassatt Road, Berwyn, PA 19312, 610-647-6375 www.BerwynSquash.com, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BerwynSquash/ check their web page for other social media links as well.
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Tokens and TreatsPERSONALISED GIFTS, CACTI, COSTUME JEWELLERY
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After running a gift shop chain, Belinda decided to turn her attention to something new.
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Belinda and her daughter now run Tokens and Treats and could not be happier in the Walthamstow market as their roots go way back in this area.
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Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.
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The Pig Next Door/
Words by Barry Estabrook
Several years ago, I bit into a chop that caused me to all but eliminate pork from my diet. It wasn't that the chop was bad. On the contrary, it was transcendental: rich, juicy, fatty, and sublimely piggy. Compared to the commodity meat at the supermarket, it was like an August heirloom tomato picked from the garden versus a pale, imported January facsimile. I lost my taste for the factory-raised "other white meat."
I also became determined to find out how meat from pigs could be so different—and how I could secure a dependable supply of great pork for my own table.
A little sleuthing revealed that the pig that produced the chop responsible for my epiphany was an old-fashioned heritage animal bred for flavor, not cookie-cutter leanness. It had spent its life with about 300 fellow hogs on the rolling pastures and woodlots of a small farm about an hour from my Vermont home. It had cavorted, rooted, wallowed in mud baths, snoozed in the summer sun, and dined on a plant-based diet. Its manure made the vegetation richer for future pigs.
As I got deeper into my quest, which by then had become a book project, I spent a memorable day with a pig farmer in Iowa. He raised 150,000 hogs a year that produced meat of the sort that makes up 95 percent of the pork Americans consume. To prevent my bringing in diseases, I had to strip naked, shower, and put on special clothing, as did the owner and everyone else who entered the facility. In one dimly lit barn, more than 1,000 sows spent their entire lives in metal cages too small for them to turn around in or even contain their swelling, pregnant bellies. Piglets were raised indoors in groups of twenty or so in enclosures too small to allow them to take more than a step or two in any direction. The floor was slatted concrete that allowed the feces and urine to dribble into a basement-like pit directly below, where it accumulated, creating an eye-watering stench and emitting gaseous ammonia and hydrogen sulfide that would have killed every pig in the barn were it not for jet-engine-sized ventilation fans that blew the fumes outside, causing the air to reek for miles around. The hogs' commercial feed included "animal protein" rendered from dead pigs, chicken litter (feces contain protein), and "feather meal" from poultry packing houses. Their feed also contained antibiotics, a practice that breeds resistant bacteria that kill 23,000 Americans a year.
My taste buds were obviously trying to tell me something.
At first, finding pork that met my new standards involved effort. I could order it online from a few suppliers such as Niman Ranch, which entailed shipping costs and more advance planning than I typically give to weeknight dinners. Then one Saturday morning, I noticed that a cheese maker at the farmers' market I frequent had a cooler full of frozen pork. She told me her animals were free range and fed a vegetarian diet mixed with whey left over from her cheese operation. I became a customer. Around the same time, a few conscientious chefs in the area made deals with farmers to produce hogs, which they would buy whole and break down into an array of tasty, often imaginative dishes.
After listening to the stories of these chefs and farmers and visiting a few swineherds , I settled on a simple principle: By any criterion—environmental, ethical, and gastronomic—factory-raised pork is the worst meat you can eat. By the same token, pork raised by small farmers near home is the very best.
A year or so ago, the long-time meat manager at a nearby supermarket saw that an increasing number of his customers came in looking for the same sort of meat that I sought. He left his job, purchased a USDA-compliant mobile slaughter truck, and opened a meat market a about ten miles down the highway. Demand was so brisk that he soon opened a second store not much farther away up the road. For me today, getting great, local pork requires no extra effort, regardless of which direction I drive.
You may not be as fortunate—yet. But in my travels, I have noticed that pork and other meats are on offer at more and more farmers' markets. Websites such as Eat Wild (eatwild.com/products/index.html), Food Alliance (foodalliance.org/client-search), and Slow Food USA (www.slowfoodusa.org/local-chapters) have national listings of small, sustainable pork producers that can guide you to well-raised pigs living near you. Get to know them, but be warned, you may never visit the supermarket meat counter again.
Barry Estabrook is the author of Pig Tales: An Omnivore's Guide to Sustainable Meat. You can find his writing at Politics of the Plate.


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this is the background loop that goes with the nano blade. It could be used for any of my sci-fi weapons i suppose. Made to be kind of like that buzz a light saber has when it is turned on.
Thank you.
Oh! I really want to use this for the sentinel-Titan XII communication in my game.
This is the sound it makes when one of the sentinels is nearby, or maybe when it's alerting the Titan.
can be nice engine sound.
Going to use this in our halloween game this year for a security laser hallway. Awesome loop. Thank you!
I searched for "futuristic lights" and this is what I got in return. Awesome. Thank you!
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Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 | 1:51 p.m.
Nevada and national offices of the ACLU have jointly asked Esmeralda County to lift their English-only rule on school buses. The rule principally affects about a dozen Hispanic students, the Sun reported on Dec. 19.
In an Oct. 12 letter advising parents about the rule, Superintendent Robert Aumagher told residents of Dyer, an alfalfa farming and cattle ranching town about 70 miles southwest of Tonopah, that their children should only speak English, which he called "a power language."
But Jennifer Chang, staff attorney with the ACLU, says "the Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized that students do not 'shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate." The ACLU has sent a letter to Aumagher requesting a meeting soon "to avid unnecessary conflict and controversy concerning a matter that can be amicably resolved."
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1.Have You Fallen On The Cornerstone
Are you the chosen lady
Are you the one who walks in truth
And if my name was Boaz
Would your name be Ruth
Have you fallen on the cornerstone
Or is that rock gonna fall on you
Are you gonna take me down and play with me
Or do you have that holy fearIs your need the kind that won't be filled
Or can you just sit quietly here
Do you long for the ritual
Of communion on your lips
The bread and wine, the flesh and blood
Cause sometimes, girl, it drips
At a cost from a cross
Can you stomach all the everyday
Can you bear to walk at night
Will you open up your door to me
Before I take my flight
Honey, when you look for me,
You know there's bound to be a fight
They'll beat on you for asking 'round
Those watchmen of the night
But, Darling, if you seek me,
It's me that you're gonna find
Honey, when you seek me
It's me that you're gonna find
Do you long for the ritual
Of communion on your lips
Cause, Honey, if you want me to I'll be the skirt around your hips
2.Gloom Higherway
I feel the need to delve into the mystery
To say some things you might not understand
To swim a league in the sorrow of this place
And be sustained by unseen hands
I feel the need to sing a song
That wrestles with the divine notion
That blood atones, that death completes
That joy can supercede emotion
Because the wilderness will be glad
And the desert will rejoice and bloom
And the ransomed of the Lord will walk upon the road
That found foundations in the wasteland of gloom
The moon makes some kind of sense tonight
To the questions I can't speak in words
And my spirit waits on the wind to come and say
"Come now and clearly see what once was blurred"
Cause You speak in ways I can't explain
You call us in names we can't repeat
And you craft the cold to counter that
Which we desire but burns us with its heat
Okay, here,
You got my ear
I found my way outta town I'm finally just sittin' down
Grinding gears and iron tears
They've kept my mind occupied
Didn't notice that I almost died
Lately I been lost
God, I been turned around
I've gotten so tangled upI need some help just to get unwound
I had a dream on a bed of steam
That I got into a number of fights
Over a garden of earthly delights
Silver Sue and the camera crew
They been talkin' bout my name in lights
It's been a forty long days and nights
Now Diamond Joe, he's a gigolo
And I been tryin' to get through to him
About the ocean that he's tryin' to swim
How it's a lie that he could rely
On some mystic saltwater seals
To hear his last breath's appeals
And save him before he dies
I been awful close to the fire
Tryin' to get some folks to look up higher
Cause there ain't much time
Before the Earth's goodbye
The lightning flashes once
Then it splits the sky
And the ones He's known
They're headed home
4.Something's Got To Go
I spent my head in the candy store buyin' hopes based on hints
Which probably weren't right
Someone dimmed the light
And I lost my sense of truth
So take my pennies on the counter glass and spend 'em right for me
You got vision in the night
You're level headed in a fight
You play Boaz to my Ruth
Oh, and maybe it's just me
Lord, knows I been wrong before
But I feel like something's got to go
'Cause it just can't stay this way anymore
I been pourin' out the oil while the engine's on, forgetting that it's hot
I been cuttin' my hand
On the rocks of the land
I been tryin' this without a plow
And I feel like a jar with the water gone.
I'm all pasty and dry inside
You got to fill me up
We gotta meet and sup
so you can tell me how
Misplaced passion
How many times will I deny my right to choose
Misplaced passion
I often choose the jail and request to be abused
Misplaced passion
They say a hope deferred can make a heart grow sick
Misplaced passion
They say a sickly heart can play the cruelest trick
Misplaced passion
Like a pure man's hand inside murderer's glove
Misplaced passion
Can you help me out?
Can you teach me how to love?
5.Such A Shallow Pool
Do I have enough compassion
Or have I sold out my Love
For the keeping of rules
Am I so much in fashion
That I forgot I was born
To a family of fools
God, hold me out of that water
'Cause it's such a shallow pool
And the fall just might kill me
She was so pretty when she just walked by
It made me feel lonely
Lord, it just made me sigh
And when You'd rather wait, I'd rather fly
But I'm just now learning to walk
Oh, my my
And a lot of my friends seem to be
Running around on the same fallow ground
Or is that me
They don't know
'Cause I don't show much at all
And when I fall, I fall alone
When I fall, I fall alone
So take my face in your hands
And tell me you love me
Tell me you love me
6.Completely Known
Andy never had a father
Who was anywhere nearby
And when he was and Andy asked him things
He couldn't get him to reply
So Andy taught himself the things
That thought he might ought to know
And when he talks about the winter time
He says, "I understand the snow."
Andy left his small hometown
He went to college and he majored in art history
Now he lives in a canvas world
As a docent in a gallery
Andy speaks aesthetically
He can quantify the beautiful
But he can hardly feel inside
So he just does what's dutiful
July's tendency's to freeze
Whenever she's confronted
She's borne so many losses
That her senses have been blunted
She learned about death and dying
When she was only six years old
Since then every one she meets
Seems a little cold
She's tried to change herself
By being a good lover
But every time she finds someone good
He leaves her cause he says she smothers
She lost count a year ago
When she was living in West Virginia
The last one never even told her it was over, in fact
As he left, he said
"I got a ring I'm gonna send ya."
And I used to bathe in tears at night
Cause I felt like I was on my own
I used to think I would never be
Completely known
I used to hold on tightly
To the sorrows that I owned
But they were all I knew
They had run me through
And they had left me
All alone
I used to pray every day
That God would mend what's torn
Now I see the only way is to die...
To die...And be reborn
I have finally found a way to live In the presence of the Lord
7.Oh, Girl
Oh, Girl, I'm gonna call you now
And hope you hear somehow
Across the valley low
Above the muted snow
And, girl, I hope your feet ain't froze
That you don't fear the way the river flows
And that your eyes are fixed above the glare
That the sun and snow can fashion there
That you have heard the sirens call
But, baby, you don't want to fall
Girl, I'm gonna say a prayer
That you will not stay there
Down in the valley low
Amidst the heavy snow
Cause, girl, I really want you here
To linger close and then draw near
And to gaze with me above the glare
At the distant golden thoroughfare
And to touch his side and its scar
To feel the heat of holy morning star
I don't believe we'll make it there unharmed
But since there's to be a fight, babe, you know we both been armed
With love
Girl, I'm gonna call you now
And hope you hear somehow
8.The Fall
He thought, "She doesn't seem the same this time
As the last time I saw her.
"He thought, "She speaks so much of what she really means
Right outside her words."
And the way her fingers flickered about the edges of her hair
Were not a sign of any nervousness but of her deepening despair
And she was not here with him at all
She had once known the truth, but she had chosen the fall
He heard her loneliness most of all above
The din of what she said
The had a heavy feeling on the inside
That she'd been living with the dead
Come home, girl, come home
9.Eden Again
He came rolling through the hills just to be with me
And I was young and I was pretty and I was free
It was before the time that I knew that I
Could make the rain clouds form in my spirit's sky
It was before the time that what I wanted had to be
Tied to this old world and all its slavery
And life was like a dream
And everything was clean
And I was free.
Sometimes I wish that everything could've just ended there
That my body and my soul had been just caught up in the air
I'd have gone back to Him who's shining everywhere
I would've drunk in all his water, and breathed in all his air
But I chose to eat my fruit and I chose to go my way
And I chose to throw my innocence away
And I've learned my lessons hard and I've learned my lessons well
And I have tasted all I care to taste of hell
I think I'm ready to return, to let the fires I started burn
I think I'm ready to be born again
I think I'm ready to return, to let the fires I started burn
I think I'm ready to be born again.
I'm gonna come rolling through the hills just to be with you
You'll make me young and pretty again,
You'll make me free
And this time 'round, 'stead of trying to stand I've decided to lean,
And let You wash me in Your blood, and make me clean
Oh, and living out Your dream
Everything is clean
And I've become free
10.Take Me
"Old ain't a word that I'm fond of," he said.
"And these days I've begun to lose count."
Mumbling she rolls in her wheelchair, and says,
"I'm afraid that they've closed my account."
There's a blur that occurs in the line of their life
That decays the whole notion of sense
And they call to the past, insisting that it last,
While they're climbing down reality's fence
Singing with me
Take me
Take me
Write my name in the most Holy Tome
And when it's my time
To assume the sublime,
Take me to my promised home
And their hands aren't gnarled, they're in love with the earth
And they're dying to go there again
We say the essence of life is strong in our youth,
Slowly buried under wrinkles of skin
But there's God in the way that life comes to an end,
In the way that it draws to a close,
In the saying of soul to the house of the skin,
You're too weak now to really oppose
11.You Can't Hide
I talked to a girl I know the other day
About her married life
It started just two months ago
She was sayin' it was hard
She don't know if they'll make it through
I'm thinkin', "baby, it ain't even begun to snow"
Darlin', you can't hide
A brother of mine and I went out for a walk
On the moon
As the sun began to setI ran home.
I know how cold it gets out there at night
But, Mama, he ain't come home yet
I been tryin' to tell him,
You can't hide
I'm gonna tell you now that you just can't hide
Whoever told you you could, babe, they just lied
Just today I fell down while I was
Carryin' my cross
You lifted it off my back
I closed my eyes.
I thought, "it's over now"
Everything went black
But I heard you say, you can't hide
They may've thrown you out in the wrecking yard
When you were only two
But are you gonna get through
You may have swallowed down a poison pill
Maybe it bowed you to the ground or broke your will
But I tell you oh, no, you can't hide
I'm gonna tell you now that you just can't hide
And if they told you could, babe, they just lied
I'm gonna tell you now that you just can't hide
You can't run away from what you got inside
12.The Worse Is My Being Alone
"Aaron, have you ever had a burning in your chest
That made you just want to be free?"
It was a warm afternoon when she asked him this,
As they sat on the shore of the sea
Well, Aaron just tugged at his hair and he took
A very long time to reply
And by the time that he spoke, she'd forgotten she asked
And was lost in the clouds of the sky
He said, "Kelly, I don't think
I've ever wanted as much
To be free as I've longed to be known.
And of the things that I hate
As I look at my life,
The worst is my being alone."
The rest of his words he kept from her ears
Cause he thought she might not understand
And she didn't reply.
She couldn't figure out how,
Cause the fire in her heart had been fanned
Oh, of all the things known that he could've spoken that day,
He chose one from deep down inside
Without intending her to, he caused her to confess
Her false confidence and how she had lied
She said, "Aaron, I don't think
I've ever wanted as much
To be free as I've longed to be known.
And of the things that I hate
As I look at my life,
The worst is my being alone."
And as they headed home, neither of them could speak a word
And they held their own spirits to blame
But at the pulse of the waves, they both turned around
Surely someone was calling their name
Someone was calling their name
14.Easy Baby
Don Chaffer
Be Easy, baby
Don't cry so hard
My road was blocked
My way was barred
But it's not all darkness
The night sky is starred
So be easy, baby
Don't cry so hard
If I ever had a reason to run away
I would take it like a one horse open sleigh
I learned twice as much from sorrow as I learned
During all my days of study oh how I burned
Don Chaffer: You Were At The Time For Love
All songs written by Don Chaffer.
© 1994 Hey Ruth Music (ASCAP)
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As some of you know, I made a big move from New Jersey to the beautiful Teton Valley of Idaho in the nothern Rockies last month – and I am absolutely loving my new home. Now that we are all unpacked and settled into our new home, I am getting started on my holiday 2013 line of spun cotton ornaments. These two witches are are the first in the Halloween collection for this year.
Next I will be working on creating some patterns for my doll designs, as promised – stay tuned! I have a new Halloween doll in the works too.


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German Chamomile
Young Living
Regular price
German Chamomile has a calming aroma that helps create feelings of peace and patience. This oil can be applied neat or as part of massage to desired areas.
How to Use
Topical: Apply 2–4 drops to desired area. Dilution not required except for the most sensitive skin.
Aromatic: Diffuse up to one hour three times daily.
Caution: Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition, consult a health-care practitioner prior to use.
Storage: Keep in a cool, dark place.


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Outgoing Management Team
|Jonathan Fung
Jonathan Fung is motivated to build an inviting forum in the Greater Toronto Area to connect environmental and sustainability professionals from all backgrounds together. He is currently a Project Manager with the Sustainability Standards group at CSA Group, formerly known as Canadian Standards Association. Through this role, Jonathan facilitates and manages standard development activities related to sustainable forest management, sustainable events, life cycle assessment and greenhouse gases accounting.
Jonathan holds a Honours degree in Environmental Studies with a major in Environment and Business from the University of Waterloo, and has achieved certificates related to GHG accounting and LEED. Outside work, Jonathan has a keen interest in better understanding issues surrounding water quality and management. He enjoys being outdoors through activities such as camping, windsurfing and snowboarding.
|Anne Pringle
Vice President
Anne Pringle has a background in modern dance, international development and environmental applied science. This diverse background has led her to lead a professional life of equal diversity.
In 2010, Anne co-founded Local Buttons, an eco-friendly and ethical fashion line working with tailors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to create up-cycled fashion for young professionals. Through Local Buttons' four year lifespan, Anne had the opportunity to set up an ethical factory space in Haiti, participate in two business incubators, work with Cornell University on a fiber recycling initiative, present to numerous fashion and international development students at Universities and Colleges throughout Ontario and lead a class on sustainable fashion in Theory and Practice at Ryerson.
Since closing down Local Buttons, Anne finished her MASc at Ryerson and made the transition to the clean energy sector, to work for Potentia Solar. She has now returned to Ryerson to work as Coordinator for the Social Ventures Zone to help grow the next generation of change makers. In her spare time she continues to advocate for sustainable fashion, manages a group of volunteers with Fair Trade Toronto, performs in dance shows and drinks copious amounts of coffee (fair trade & organic, of course).
|Gwen Cottle
Director, Member Relations
Gwen Cottle works as a Senior Sustainability and Stewardship Analyst for Loblaw Companies Limited while also pursuing a Masters degree in Environment and Business through the University of Waterloo on a part-time basis. In 2014, Gwen was the Director of Participant Engagement for Leading Change Canada: Emerging Environmental Leaders Forum held in conjunction with the GLOBE conference in Vancouver. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to continue to engage with others passionate about environmental issues through her position with CEP.
In addition to her current Masters work, Gwen holds an undergraduate degree in political science focused on international relations from the University of Western Ontario and a post-graduate certificate in research analysis. Gwen enjoys being able to bring a global perspective to her work, and is always keen to find new ways to leverage data to inform sustainability-related decision making.
|Keswick Chan
Director, Finance & Development
Keswick Chan is a management consultant withPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, with a core focus in financial services advisory. Being in the management consulting industry now for several years, Keswick has developed strong analytical skills and has proven to be adaptive and reliable. Although his work does not directly relate to environmentalism and sustainability, he has developed a strong interest in these two areas since early on in university. He is motivated to build a forum that will allow environmental and sustainability professionals to connect in order to guide businesses and communities towards an increasingly socially responsible society. Furthermore, he will be able to provide an outsider's perspective for CEP in terms of its strategic direction, financial plan and growth initiatives.
Keswick holds a Bachelors of Commerce from the University of Toronto,RotmanCommerce. In addition, he is a CFA Level III candidate and holds a CSC designation. Outside of work, Keswick enjoys to play sports such as soccer and golf, and also enjoys travelling to nature-focused destinations. Additionally, he is keen on learning about solar renewable energy.
|Raad Seraj
Director, Events
Raad Seraj has a strong background in cleantech commercialization strategy for advanced technologies in the energy and water sector. Raad's graduate research at Ryerson University investigated the effects of policy incentives and energy prices on the commercialization potential of algae-based aviation fuel. His work has taken him to Wales, Washington D.C., and to Oxford University, where he presented his analysis on the future environmental and socio-economic implications of scaling algal biofuels. Raad has also worked on a number of collaborative initiatives with industry, including a Toronto Atmospheric Fund project analyzing the business case for geothermal systems in high-rise residential units, and an Enbridge Gas pilot project assessing the energy and environmental impact of industrial SME operations.
Raad is currently a research analyst at Water Technology Acceleration Project (WaterTAP), a globally renowned business accelerator, and a writer and editor for The Starfish, an online publication focusing on solutions-based environmental stories. As a musician, Raad has travelled across Canada as a performer and reporter for MuchMusic. As an aspiring entrepreneur, he has co-founded wtrbox, an intelligent app-controlled sprinkler controller for homeowners.
|Cindy Xiao
Career Development Manager
Cindy Xiao is currently working on the Business Development team of a Toronto-based biochemical company and she helps to promote eco-friendly odor control solutions to waste management companies all around the world. Her keen interest is focusing on how to better understand traditional business practices and to incorporate with sustainability strategies to achieve meaningful social impact.
Cindy holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Biology and Environmental Science from McMaster University. Currently with CEP Toronto, Cindy serves as a Career Development Coordinator and leads to develop resourceful educational workshops and practical skill-building programs. Originally from China, she enjoys travelling, reading and is always looking forward to trying new things that comes into her life.
Pamela Castillo
Director, Marketing
Pamela Castillo is an environmental professional working on the Waste Reduction & Audit team for an Ontario based waste management company. Through stakeholder engagement she helps businesses achieve their environmental goals: reducing waste and improving recycling efficiencies.
Pamela is passionate about driving environmental and social awareness. Roles at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, Earth Day Canada, and LEAF, have taught her the importance of outreach in driving social change.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Forensic Anthropology from the University of Toronto and a Masters degree in Environmental Assessment and Management from Oxford Brookes University (UK). Additionally, she is an accredited LEED Green Associate and EPt.
In her spare time, Pamela enjoys running, having completed two marathons and participates every year in the Terry Fox run. With a keen ear for music, she also enjoys concerts and summer music festivals.


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Windows WMI shocker
by Species5618 on Jun.26, 2008, under General
I have been working on a ZERO touch build script for IIS on and off for a few weeks,
One of the last stepping stone for formating the "data" drive prior to setting everything up
"FORMAT H: /FS:NTFS /V:ASG" will prompt for "do you want to erase all yoiu data", and again if the disk is in use !
So enter WMI, after only 20 mins of digging around the the internet I found some code to do a defrag, a few tweaks, and I have some VBS code that will format a DRIVE, NO questions, even if the drive is in use, and it is ONLY 7 lines
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colVolumes = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Volume Where Name = 'H:\\'")
For Each objVolume in colVolumes
errResult = objvolume.dismount(1,0)
errResult = objVolume.format("NTFS", 1, 4096, "ASG", 0)
Microsoft and I
by Species5618 on Jun.13, 2008, under General
After going the full duration, 3 interviews and an assessment day over 3months
I had "the Call" from Microsoft HR consultants this morning
Unfortunately it is a "NO Hire" that makes it the first job (ever) I have applied for that I have not got ! BUM
Got some good feedback, no surprises for me though
Good points
- General Technical knowledge is good, particularly in web services area
- Presentation content was well researched and has ALL of the appropriate points
Bad points
- Technical knowledge not deep enough in some areas AD GPO, and high end security got tripped up in duel vendor firewalls, I may have even been tripped up on SQL log shipping recovery process (I need to check), I also struggled to explain some of the decision points when I have??built?? HUGE intranet platforms
- Some of the business stuff is outside my comfort zone , which limits my ability to talk to business people
- Presentation style. In hind sight (the wonderful tool that it is) I spent too long researching the content, and not enough time rehearsing, end result is I will TOO reliant on my notes and came across as reading a script,
Just not quite what they are looking for at in a consultant at the moment
I can't help feeling, the presentation delivery is totally my fault , and I KNOW I can do better
It is not my normal style to be dependent on notes, and running out of time to prior to the event rehearse is totally my fault and in excusable
I will now be wondering if I would have been better missing a few points and get the delivery right
Pondering large scale application consolidation
by Species5618 on May.21, 2008, under General
Any one involved in large scale application consolidation or migration may want to consider a few points I have written up here
WordPress on IIS7
by Species5618 on Jan.14, 2008, under General
This make an intersting read
HOW TO: wordpress on IIS7 with some extras too
windows 2003 file Replication Services
by Species5618 on Jan.02, 2008, under Computers, Geekdom, General, Technology, Unbelievable
Over the xmas break i thought i would review my data backup process, i have a few friends with kit at their house linked to mine via long range WiFi !, so File replication between server seemed like a good plan !
Got some big disks attached to each server using??USB 2, and setup replication, Sorted,
NAH, nothing is that easy,
NTFRS has got to be the most quirky thing ever to setup, my first word of advise, is go for a pint after you configure it, and BEFORE you put any data in the replicated folder. no in fact, that is No 2. No 1 has to be test you infrastructure HARD first.
My 1st snag was a delayed write error on my USB2 disk, which corrupted the USN data for the replicated folder, and completely screwed the whole replication process, after some soul searching, crying, fretting and LOTS of cursing. I reset the entire NTFRS config for that server.
Sorted I though, no such LUCK
another Delays write error, Closer inspection revealed i had been a cheap skate when i added USB2 to my aging server, it had a ???VIA??? chip, DOH!, DOH!, DOH!, DOH!, DOH!
Quick trip to a local computer retailer?? (not PCWorld), we have a local back street guy who is VERY good,
and i kissed good bye to the I/O issues. This is cool so i thought, all my data became "pre install" and everything seemed to be fine,
This is where the pint comes in, I "moved" (big mistake) my data from the pre_install folder to the replicate folder, and everything looked good, get up the next morning, NO DATA AROOGA AROOGA CURSE CURSE CURSE (BTW this was XMAS day, i have a record of upseting the wife, but tellting her i may have lost all the photos on XMAS would surely top it all)
after a week of searching volume shadows copies and offline data on all my PCs and friends servers, I had successfully recovered ALL our data, (can i have my testicles back now please)
so 1st things first MAKE Copy or three, and try again !
This time i did go for a pint or 3 before "COPYING" in my valuable data, and all i NOW Ok
all the data if almost fully synchronise across the servers, well 150 G of photos and other random data, will take a while to sync over wifi !
Some serious Lessons learnt
1. don???t fuck with your home IT on Xmas Eve
2. don???t rush NTFRS config
3. don???t MOVE data when you have the space to copy it
Microsoft, Tech-ed IT Forum, Barcelona, Day 5
by Species5618 on Nov.17, 2007, under Computers, Geekdom, Technology
The Last day ….??My brain is close to melt down, so i only attened a few sessions today, Stuck some labs in the gaps to practice what we had been learning.so
Session 1, Delivering rich media with server 2008, shame the presenter could not deliver a rich presentation.
at least the new media extensions support MP3s and other file formats, there also seem to be a better level of integration between HTTP and MMS delivery of content, shame there is NO API for automatic creation of play lists in the current beta, so i may just have to pop to http:/iis.net and have a whinge..Session 2,?? Q&A with the REAL IIS team, Hard core stuff but i will try to summarise what came out of the session, following many Questions from myself and a few other
IIS is no longer supported with failover clustering, a large debate ensued over why cluster instead of load balance
The ability to initiate a worker process re-cycle still requires admin, and therefore cannot be delegated, like other feature of IIS7, but ops manager may provide a solution there
There is no feature to do logging by folder for micro sites, but the integrated pipeline architecture would make it easier to write a plug in module to achieve that,
Modules can be written in managed code (.net) as well as native code (c++) and thre is a good SDK
Apparently if you install a *.domain SSL Cert you can do host-headered SSL…. ( this was available on IIS6 and something??I??did not know)
There is a NEW feature on Worker process timeouts, at a server level, you can enable dynamic timeouts, if the server is under stress, it will adjust the idle timeout of a worker process to free up memory. Something??I picked up on though, this is a server setting, so in a shared environment where some heavy apps co-exist with lightly used apps, the session stability of the lightly used apps could suffer. Yet another excuse to go to IIS.NET and have a whinge, sorry provide constructive critisism
Microsoft, Tech-ed IT Forum, Barcelona, Day 4
by Species5618 on Nov.16, 2007, under Geekdom, Technology
Just in case anyone thinks a week at TechEd in Barcelona is a jolly, you are sadly mistaken. FIVE days of rapid fire presentations is total DATA overload, which despite the doing apparently nothing is extremely tiring.
So Day 4…..
Session 1. PHP on windows, now don???t laugh. Monday saw the release of fastCGI for windows server 2003, this is a Microsoft bolt on to run supporting CGI apps almost 15 times faster. CGI is traditionally very slow on windows due to the over head involved in creating and destroying a NEW process. CGI creates a NEW process for EVERY request. In fastCGI the process is persisted and re-used offering almost a 15 folder performance improvement. Add to that you can use asp.net forms authentication in front of the zend PHP and obtain the login credentials i may just have to try standing up a copy of WordPress on windows, Cuz I can !!!
Session 2. IIS7 on Server core, Server core is the NEW low foot print install for windows server 2008, it is not actually a SKU, but an install option you buy standard edition licence and install CORE or Full, (I wonder if they will rebrand ARCADE edition like the XBOX 360) Core will present some interesting challenges for the ???right click??? boys, as there is NO GUI, it is CMD line (hooray) or remote admin. I have never fully understood why a server needs a GUI, but my first server was novell 2, Shame that server CORE does not support managed code, so you can't install a .net frame work, which sort of cripples a windows web server
Session 3. SQL Server indexing by Kimberly Tripp, OH MY GOD,??a serious session on SQL indexing and tools and scripts., using DMVs on SQL 2005, she demonstrated scripts she had created that woudl recomend index creates and index drops. the most enlightening statement she made (which made so much sense , but i had never though of it before) dont just look at the long runing queries, but run a trace over the a fully daily workload and look for common queries,??shaving 50% of a query which is run 5000 times day provides better overall performance gain than looking at the long runing query which only runs a few times a day.
Microsoft, Tech-ed IT Forum, Barcelona, Day 3
by Species5618 on Nov.16, 2007, under Geekdom, Technology
Well it is actually day 5, and nearly time to go home, but i have only just found the time to to write this up
Yet another day of many sessions and information over load
Session 1. Microsoft search server, wow look like that have spent some time on this one, really cool fedarated queries etc , which being based on opensearch technology (which is fundamentally RSS) you could just add a normal RSS feed to the side of your normal search. Picture you corporate search engine has you TOP news article down the side….
I wonder if it could be tweaked into a feedburner type app by republishing RSS feeds
Session 2. missed that one and gave the IIS guys in the exhibition?? hard time. Well worth it, deep dive into IIS7 and the IIS& FTP server (which is not part of server 2008, but a separate install for some reason)
Session 3. Interactive session, SQL server best practices, did not realy get much from this session, it would appear my current recommendations for SQL security in a WEB farm are pretty good
Session 4. Far too tired, for more data in take, so did a LAB on server 2008
Microsoft, Tech-ed IT Forum, Barcelona, Day 2
by Species5618 on Nov.13, 2007, under Computers, Geekdom, General, Technology
Very Busy day,??6 Session, some good some bad
session 1, IIS7 to IT Pro's by Issac Roybal
Tonnes of really good new features, many of which directly address problem i have experianced over the past FOUR years, I wonder when i can get it on the ground
Session 2, went to a?? great hand on, self paced LAB on configuring IIS7, this actually left me with more Questons than answers
Session 3, Lunch team slot on Windows Home Server, fantastic home Pc backup and central storage box, full support for up to 10 media connect 2.0 devices, (shame i dont have any YET !!!!!!), built in web server to allow uncle jim to acces a slice of your library, yoiu even yourself from that nasty hotel 1000 miles from home! soon to be shipping with a pucker public cert on the homeserver.com domain with full support for UPNP and dynamic DNS too.
Session 4, MORE IIS7, but how to used the new shared config feature in a WEB farm, so many NEW features to fix problems i spent weeks writing scritps for in IIS6. (met a dutch bloke yoiu managed a web farm doing 150,000,000 hits per day, make my intranet 8,000,000 per hit look pathetic)
Session 5, SQL server storage and performance, some excitable lunatic talking about 32CPU server with 512 Gig of ram and 92 hard disk spindles just for the data
??Session 6, Windows server 2008 core, seem like a nice idea, but with .net being "managed code" it cant be deployed on CORE, making the IIS CORE version suitable for ASP (yeh right), ??HTML and PHP (i think DONT QOUTE ME)
ah well time to return to the hotel for nosh and an early night, unless i can find seom of the guys i met in redmond in april 🙂
Microsoft, Tech-ed IT Forum, Barcelona, Day 1
by Species5618 on Nov.12, 2007, under Computers, Geekdom, Technology
just left the Keynote speech at MS TechEd in Barcelona
some really great stuff on the horizon, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V, system center etc,
However the most impressive thing for my, as a geek, was Home server, and dedcated windows based server for the home, automated back up household PCs, support from windows media devices such as XBOX 360. Full PC backup and restire etc etc
Far too many usefull feature for a home PC enironmrnt too mention here
however some what ammusing was when the speaker asked how many people are running a "server" at home over 20 % of the audiance raised their hands,
So I am NOT the only one


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Hellenic House
Thanks to the generosity of Mr. George Spyropoulos of Caracas, Venezuela, the Hellenic House, located in an historic building at 1220 16th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. just a few blocks away from the White House, became the new permanent headquarters of AHI and its affiliates on October 1, 1994. Mr. Spyropoulos contributed $227,000, or thirty percent of the cost of the building. In 2004, the remainder of Hellenic House's mortgage was paid off in full, signifying a new chapter for AHI characterized by new opportunities for growth and expansion of programs in the future.
At the time of the donation of the building, Mr. Spyropoulos stated:
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The importance of Hellenic House to our operations has exceeded our expectations.


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While I was working it became necessary to create a document with clear own project description. However business plan doesn't match such kind of solutions, because project is innovative and mass market oriented or creating new one and it doesn't allow to make any more or less accurate forecasts. So I have set myself a task to create a notation for describing innovative solutions. I could not find existing popular services solving this task. There are lots of notations, methodologies, languages for example UML which allows to create anything but I think it should be specific, laconic and modern service.
Creating base version wasn't so hard because this method of describing business ideas used often by some entrepreneurs in high-tech. Below you can find the result of my work «3Q» notation (3 questions). I will often refer to this notation while working on project V, adding something new to it and I hope this solution will be useful not only for me but for other entrepreneurs.
Bottom line
The main point of dealing with this notation is creating small document which consists of 6 sections:
- Project information
- Why?
- How?
- What?
- Conclusion
- Reviews
After you fill all sections you will get a laconic document which contains all required information someone need to know about your project to be interested in it as a result.
Why this 3 questions are asked? That is these questions are fundamental to build the project concept, it becomes a strategic asset for making a decision in the future. Answering these questions requires this order. However often it happens conversely and it leads to losing reference points and time. First of all you find a reason for yourself, i.e the problem you are going to solve. After that you decide how you can solve it. And the last question is what exactly you'll do for solving this problem.
Many people can find it obvious but I assure you that answering these questions (even if you do it for yourself) will help you to see the project concept more accurate and you will find controversial issues before you make irreversible decisions.
3Q document template is demonstrated below.
There is a detailed description and manual for working with each section of the document.
This section is used to attach links, images, diagrams and other information which reinforces the importance and reliability of highlighted theses in other sections. Section «Attachments» allows shortly highlight the main points moving details to another section. It is on the left of other diagram columns, from the top to «conclusion» paragraph. It's highlighted with default frame, refering to this section artifact is recommended using dotted line.
This is the first and to my mind the most important question which must be answered thoughtfully. In this section you move closer to the issue which you are going to solve or necessity of innovative solution. Artifacts should be displayed with hierarchy literally moving closer to the issue. Main reasons and problems should be highlighted (for example using filling) and arrows should be drawn from these artifacts to artifacts from next section.
This section is for deployment of your action plan. You should specify which actions you are going to do to solve the problems revealed in previous section. It is important to designate check points which will be used to indicate the progress of your project. It is very important to specify all links to different materials which will prove your your intention, it may be calculations or statistics.
In section «What?» it is required to specify what you have already did to complete your project, here you should focus on section «How?» and in the case one of check points has been already reached you should specify that by summarizing artifacts with name or adding the label. Most popular answers in this section are: «The team has been built—> Prototype has been implemented». Of course you should add links which prove that information. In the case if you haven't took this action yet you should point out what you are working on at the moment.
In this section you should analyze everything what you wrote above and make a conclusion: if questions match each other, are there any contradictions, what are the risks and anything that goes out of those 3 questions also should be specified.
This section is optional however it fits well in notation «philosophy» because document in 3Q notation is designed to be show to potential partners and before presentation it is advisable to show it to experts or authoritative specialists in your sphere. It can be a review or a recommendation that is highly appreciated in management groups.


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This Saturday I visited no less than Five places of worship. I saw a 13 year old Jewish boy's bar mitzvah. I saw a portion of a Sikh wedding. I saw the preparations for Krishna's birthday in a Hindu temple. I visited a Buddhist temple. And I went to a Muslim mosque.
We received a booklet about Islam, and here's something I found interesting: One of the five pillars is as follows.
It is the religious duty for every Muslim who is prosperous enough to accumulate and retain a sufficient amount of savings to give a portion of his or her wealth to the needy each year. These alms are called Zakah in Arabic, which literally means "purification". All things belong to God, The Most Merciful, and wealth is held in trust by human beings. Paying these alms is a way for people who are financially able to purify the ethically gained wealth that God has bestowed upon them. In addition, it is a means to directly distribute wealth throughout society and help the poor and needy. Zakah (alms) also purifies the soul of the giver, reduces greed, and strengthens compassion and generosity among humanity. The basic rate of these alms is two and a half percent of the wealth that has been held in savings for an entire year. These alms are levied on savings, not income.
I found this extremely interesting. My own faith tradition (Anglican, Christian) has a similar concept, called tithing. Ours is much muddier which has good and bad points. I like the Muslim plan – it's based on savings; in other words, on what you have in excess – although given our savings rates in Canada, that may not amount to much! – rather than on income.
I also like that it's non-negotiable. We Christians are not accountable. If we give, we give, and if not, no one notices (or if they do, they don't say anything). (and do I give? Yup, regularly to a couple orgs, and spontaneously to my neighbours living outside, but not even a fraction of the traditional 10%, even on my post-tax income, frankly).
1. Does your faith tradition, if you have one, say anything about giving money to the needy?
2. One question that arose for me is: Is faith-based giving assuming we don't already pay taxes which go to helping those less fortunate among us?
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The Future of AI: Sci-Fi versus Reality | 16.05.17
"The Future of AI: Sci-Fi versus Reality"
By Dr Aladdin Ayesh, Reader in Artificial Intelligence
De Montfort University
On the evening of 16th May Dr Aladdin Ayesh, a Reader in Artificial Intelligence at De Montfort University gave a talk on "The Future of AI: Sci-Fi versus Reality". Dr Ayesh's talk explored AI, through charting drama treatments of the subject, from its bases to its technical challenges showing the current state of art in AI, including cognitive systems, intelligent robots, virtual bots, and humanoids. As we explore the advances and challenges of AI, we will be highlighting the ethical, moral and policy issues as we compare technical reality, philosophical considerations and sci-fi futuristic visions. Through TV series such as Westworld and films such as Millennium Man and Blade Runner the ethical concepts of AI were discussed and examined. In addition, Dr Ayesh was able to demonstrate an AI robot to the enthralled audience.
The pictures show the AI robot and David Melding AM and Dr Aladdin Ayesh


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Community Day for Hadley, South Hadley and Sunderland
The Porter-Phelps-Huntington-Museum invites residents of Hadley, South Hadley, and Sunderland to a Community Day on the 4th of July from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Free tours will run every half hour. Afterwards, guests will be able to relax on the back veranda with complimentary lemonade and cookies. Visitors are encouraged to explore the homestead and grounds of one of the founding families of Hadley, and learn about the history of the Connecticut River Valley.


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Jon Teitel continues our season preview series by chatting with Oral Roberts SF Shawn Glover about bouncing back from an eye injury last year.
Your non-conference road schedule includes trips to Tulsa, Kansas State, St. Louis, Wisconsin, Wichita State, and Baylor. Which of these games do you feel will present your biggest test? All of those are very difficult games so we will definitely have to play well to have a chance in any of them. Personally I hope to play really well at Baylor because all of my family will be there to see me play. It is a tough schedule and we have to come to play every night.
You lost three of your four leading scorers from last year: Warren Niles, Damen Bell-Holter and Steven Roundtree. How will you be able to fill the offensive void left by the departure of these 3 starters? I will have to carry a little bigger scoring load, but we also have other guys coming in who can help us right away. Obi Emegano, DJ Jackson, and Korey Billbury will all be big factors and pretty much everyone we recruited can score a bunch of points, so it will be a team effort.
You are one of two seniors on the roster, how much pressure do you feel to be a leader this year? It is not so much pressure, but when you are a senior you feel like the clock is ticking and you have to win and do things to help your team win. There is pressure but it comes down to the team effort. Everyone on the team has to want it and has to play hard for us to have any success.
What are your expectations for the upcoming season? We have a very talented team and we are excited for the season. Obviously the goal every year is to win the conference and go to the NCAA tournament, and I think we have the guys to do it if we go out and compete in every game.
You began your college career at Utah, why did you decide to transfer, and why did you pick Oral Roberts? There was a coaching change at Utah and I felt like I needed to make a change as well, so I decided to leave Utah. ORU seemed like a good fit and they had a spot for me on the team.
Last year you missed two games due to an eye injury. How bad was the injury, and have you taken any special precautions to protect your eyes since then? It was pretty scary at the time: I had to have surgery but thankfully there were no lingering effects. I wore some protective glasses shortly after but I do not have to do anything now. Everything is back to normal: it was just kind of a freak accident.
Last February you scored a career-high 28 points in a loss at Northwestern State. Was it just one of those scenarios where every shot you put up seemed to go in because you were "in the zone"? I was just thinking we are down, we are down. I knew we had to quit turning the ball over and keep fighting to make something happen.
In the 2013 CIT you scored 19 points in a nine-point loss to Weber State. What did your team learn from that game that can help you this year? We have to remain poised: we had a chance to win that game and lost it at the end. We have to stick together when it gets rough and times are hard and figure out a way to win. A lot of teams before us at ORU may not have been the most talented teams, but they found ways to pull out close games.


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Chicco MyFit LE vs MyFit : Why Should You Consider MyFit LE?
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We can easily guess that Chicco MyFit LE and Chicco MyFit are two car seat models that have several similarities. They are both introduced by Chicco as Harness Booster car seat that can be used in two different modes : Harness Mode and Booster Mode. Why [...]
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Graco Modes Click Connect vs Aire3 Click Connect : What's The Key Difference Between The Two Graco Travel Systems?
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Talking about Travel System for your baby, we should mention Graco Modes Click Connect and Graco Aire3 Click Connect as two options that offered by Graco. They are both introduced by Graco as travel system that use Click Connect features. Both of those [...]
Graco My Ride 65 LX vs My Ride 65 : Any Differences?
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Graco My Ride 65 LX and Graco My Ride 65 are two almost similar convertible car seats introduced by Graco. They are both positioned as affordable convertible car seats that usually offered at around $100. Is there any difference between the two? I'm [...]
Chicco NextFit iX vs NextFit : Similarities & Differences of the New and Old Models
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Chicco NextFit iX is the model that intended as the successor model of popular Chicco NextFit. As the new and old models, we can find that there are several similarities between Chicco NextFit iX and Chicco NextFit. So what's their difference? Before [...]
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Baby Trend EZ Flex-Loc vs Flex-Loc : What's Better in EZ Flex-Loc?
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Are you looking for infant car seat for your baby? Baby Trend EZ Flex-Loc and Baby Trend Flex-Loc are two infant car seats introduced by Baby Trend that you should consider. From their name, We can easily guess that there are a number of similarities [...]
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Britax B-Safe 35 Elite XE vs B-Safe 35 Elite : Is the XE Version a Better Choice for You?
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Graco Nautilus 65 vs Contender 65 : Which One to Choose?
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Evenflo Sonus vs Maestro : Which Car Seat is More Suitable for Your Child?
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Last week local car dealer Mohammed Shamrez, was found guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation after a four day trial at Luton Crown Court.
Mr Shamrez, who operated Samsons Car Sales from his family home in Bromham Road, Bedford advertised and sold a car which he knew to have covered double the stated mileage.
It was accompanied by an invoice and fake service history to corroborate the false mileage.
In addition, Shamrez falsely claimed during the sales transaction that the car would come with a free warranty which was never delivered.
The vehicle in question broke down just a few weeks after it was purchased and when it was taken for repair the unfortunate customers discovered that the mileage was false.
With the warranty that Mr Shamrez had promised failing to materialise, and being unable to contact him despite repeated attempts to do so, the customers contacted the Bedford Borough Council's trading standards team, who began an investigation.
Mr Shamrez attended Luton Crown Court on September 19, where he pleaded not guilty to two charges of fraud.
Following a four day trial Mr Shamrez was found guilty of both charges and was ordered to surrender his passport.
In addition to last week's verdict, earlier this year Shamrez was given a six month suspended sentence for contempt of court after he was found to have breached the terms of an enforcement order.
Councillor Colleen Atkins, said: "Mr Shamrez intentionally misled his customers into purchasing an expensive vehicle based on fraudulent information and falsified paperwork.
"It is thanks to the diligent work of the Bedford Borough Council's regulatory services team that this rogue trader has been held to account for his fraudulent actions."
Mohammed Shamrez will be sentenced at Luton Crown Court on November 7.


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16 January 2014
Let's Stick Together
The presents have been unwrapped, the final leftovers have been consumed and the Christmas lights have been packed away for another year. January has been dubbed the most depressing month of the year as people go back to their daily and often hectic norms.
The festive season and New Year have offered people a chance to pause and reflect on their lifestyle and relationships, and spend quality time with family members.For some, the chance of a new start in January enables people to make resolutions and lifestyle changes for the better. For others, this may be a time when they realise that their marriage and family life, perhaps heightened by financial pressures, children being off school, alcohol and disagreements with in-laws may not be quite so seamless.
Evidence reveals that relationship breakdown is greater towards the end of the Christmas season. Among lawyers, the first working day in January is known as divorce day or D-day because of the surge of enquiries lawyers received after the Christmas break. Family law firms see a 30 per cent increase in divorce enquiries compared to the following month of February.
Talk of divorce has been a regular feature in our news headlines over the past week and it is clear that it comes at a cost, both in economic and social terms. MP for Gainsborough, Sir Edward Leigh has labeled divorce "the plague of our time" because of it's enormous effect on society.
Also this week, Justice Minister Simon Hamilton announced his support for government plans for mandatory mediation between couples before proceeding to court. This requirement is contained in the Children and Families Bill which is due to come into force in April. The Ministry of Justice says the average legal aid cost of resolving a private family dispute following a relationship breakdown is about £500 per couple through mediation – compared with £4,000 per person for issues settled through the courts.
According to the Relationships Foundation, relationship breakdown costs a staggering £46 billion each year which equates to £1,541 per UK tax payer. In an attempt to address these economic and social costs, The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland has backed the "Let's Stick Together" education programme. The programme is administered by our member organization Care for the Family and has already been successfully piloted in several areas across the UK.
"Let's Stick Together" is a relationships education programme aimed at lowering the number of family breakdowns by reaching both married and non-married parents in the early years of family life. A couple's relationship can often be overlooked in the sheer excitement and exhaustion of becoming parents. According to Care for the Family, one in two children in the UK experience family breakdown before the age of 16.Much of this breakdown happens during the first three years of parenthood.
"Let's Stick Together" is a powerful one hour session which introduces couples to simple, practical skills to help them nurture their love and protect their relationship in what can be a demanding and testing time. A pilot of "Let's Stick Together" took place in Bristol in 2012 and was met with great success. Some 94 per cent of those who attended said they enjoyed the sessions and found them useful while two thirds of those who attended said they would change their behaviour as a result.
This is a good news story of government employing a simple and relational social policy to create and support strong and stable families. It is clear that when relationships go right they provide significant benefits to society. Strong families can increase financial and social capital, improve wellbeing, cut long term pressures on public spending and reduce the role played by the state. This is not to mention the personal benefits to children and parents alike.
After years of conflict Northern Ireland is in need of good relationships at every level in society especially in families. Strong family relationships also run deep in the biblical narrative and overspill into love and care for the orphan and widow, the poor and marginalised. We welcome the introduction of "Let's Stick Together" into Northern Ireland social policy, a different narrative to the prevailing worldview of individualism and disposable relationship. Who knows, maybe 2014 will even see the beginnings of local culture changes where divorce and family breakdown are less and less considered an inevitable part of modern life?
Carla Prentice, Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland.


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Croatia is a nautical country with an old tradition. Along the beautiful Adriatic Sea we have a lot of small towns, more then 1.200 islands and islets, and almost 6.000 km of coastal line. Along the Croatian Adriatic coast there are many marinas which offer a chance for people to keep their boat in a safe place from the strong winds of the Adriatic. Majority of Marinas in Croatia are used for boats own by local sailors and in most cases also for charter fleets from various companies. From the point of view of a yacht charter company, the facilities and the position of the marina is of course very important in relation to choosing your companies charter base.
As Ultra sailing is a Split based company, we have focused on picking the best charter bases in Dalmatia. Our main criteria have been proximity to the airport, facilities and, last but not least, easy access to beautiful Dalmatian islands. Based on these criteria we selected Dubrovnik, Split and Trogir as our yacht charter bases in Croatia. All are very famous tourist towns fairly close to the respective airports. Base Kastela is reserved for organised regattas and One design fleet.
Charter base Trogir: Trogir is a town-museum in the very meaning of the word. Lovers of cultural and historical monuments, art, original architecture and nice alleys are given the opportunity in Trogir to learn about the manifold and complex heritage - from the Romanesque yard to the modern interiors. Trogir ACI Marina has 200 berths in the sea and 80 places on the land. Ultra sailing choosed base Trogir as the most suitable for familly chartering. Families smaller sailing boats from 31ft to 45ft can have excelent starting point as marina is in the middle of the old Trogir town.
Charter base Dubrovnik: Komolac is where ACI marina Dubrovnik is situated. No wonder that family Sorkocevic has chosen this particular location back in 16th century to build their mansion close to natural resources. Protected by the natural surroundings, natural spring water at the river delta of Ombla makes Komolac a place ideal for vacation to a new generation of people-yachtsmen. Here you will find the ACI marina Dubrovnik with its 425 sea berths and 140 shore berths.
Charter base Split: The town of Split is situated in the meaddle od Dalmatia. It's the second town in Croatia with over 250.000 inhabitants, Split is also a main city in Dalmatia. The heart of Split (the Diocletian palace) is in Peninsula from where on the west side is located the ACI Marina Split. This marina is only 20Km away from the international airport of Split and about 15min from the Split ferry port which has regular lines from Ancona. This makes it an excellent starting point for Your sailing holidays in Croatia and to access the most popular islands (Hvar, Brač etc.). If you would like to learn sailing Ultra can provide sailing school courses from Split.
Charter base Kastela: The town of Kaštela is located along the coast of the Bay of Kaštela. It has over 40 000 inhabitants and it is the second largest town in the Split and Dalmatia County. It stretches over the length of 17 kilometers. Marina Kaštela, where our fleet is situated, is a new marina located in the heart of Dalmatia, only 7 km away from the international airport of Split and 12 km from the Split ferry port which has regular lines from Ancona.
All organisation for One design boats (regattas, flotillas) happens in base Kastela.
The marinas in Croatia offer to boat's owners the possibility of berth, water and Electrecity shore supply. The marinas also offer all the modern service You need. Ultra d.o.o. can help You if You want to buy a Beneteau sail boat in Croatia to find a marina berth and of course the possibility of Charter management.


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The UK mortgage market is very confusing. There are hundreds of lenders and a huge array of different products so finding the right deal for your personal circumstances can be difficult.
Rather than having to approach lenders yourself, let the UniteHome team do all the hard work for you. The UniteHome mortgage service is provided in conjunction with our carefully chosen financial services partners.
UniteHome is not tied to any bank or building society so our experts are able to provide truly independent advice and aim to make sure that you get the best deal possible.
- First time mortgages
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The mortgage process involves three stages.
Fact Find: When you first contact UniteHome you will be allocated an experienced mortgage consultant who will contact you to discuss your individual requirements. During this discussion your consultant will conduct a fact find so that they understand your personal circumstances.
Packaging: Armed with your fact find, the consultant will review the market and approach what they consider to be the most appropriate lender. They only approach lenders where they know that you fit the lending criteria – this normally results in a mortgage offer being made.
Presentation: Your consultant will arrange another discussion to go through the offer with you. They will be able to explain exactly what the offer involves and outline any fees you may have to pay.
UniteHome will be able to arrange an appropriate life insurance policy which will cover your mortgage. These plans range from simple, low cost, term assurance policies to more complicated products such as critical illness.
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Ever dream of quitting your job and making your living as a famous YouTube or Instagram star?
If so, meet Greg Baroth.
It's his full-time job to make people famous on social media.
He's the one you call if you think up an insane prank — say you want to swim with snakes in your Beverly Hills pool — and you need someone to find the snakes and bring them to your house.
Or maybe your stunt needs a drone, pronto. Or maybe you want to do your stunt with Denver Broncos football star Von Miller. Or with Vine/YouTube star Logan Paul. Or rap star Wiz Khalifa.
Baroth's your man.
It all started with a love of reptiles
Baroth grew up in Los Angeles, but as a kid he seemed about as far from the celeb set as possible. He loved snakes and turtles and spent his teens working at a reptile store dreaming of becoming a marine biologist. He was, in a word, a geek. "There was a reason why I was a virgin until college," he jokes today.
But while in college he took a fancy to marketing and opted to explore it by doing an internship at famous music talent agency Bill Silva Management, which led to a paid job for a social media startup backed by CAA, another big talent agency.
That's where he met his first client Randy Jackson from American Idol. Jackson hired him for a moonlighting gig to do things like man Jackson's Twitter account (back before Twitter was a part of the show). Baroth helped Jackson get into live tweetstorms during the show with Ryan Seacrest.
Jackson introduced Baroth to other clients, like Carlos Santana's son Salvador Santana, and the comic Louie Anderson. Soon, he was making more money moonlighting than at his day job.
So Baroth quit his job, and dropped out of college, too, and started doing social media full-time. He was 21.
"My first year, I made $75,000. After that, it's always been six figures," he says, and a healthy enough six figures to let him to buy a house in L.A., where the median home price is over $700,000.
But his life really changed when a PR friend introduced him to womanizing party animal Dan Bilzerian, who was looking to hire a social media person. Baroth realized that this dude was "the guy's guy" and came up with ideas that got noticed by bro media sites like BroBible and turned Bilzerian into a bigger Instagram sensation. "He really does live that lifestyle," Baroth says of Bilzerian.
Baroth no longer works with Bilzerian (although he says they remain friendly). Today he's probably best known as the guy helping "Mini-Me" Verne Troyer's become a social media hit.
But with or without Bilzerian, Baroth's life is still certifiably insane. Take a look.
The python is one of several huge snakes visiting Hildén's house. "Jukka wanted to swim with snakes. He has a nice house in Beverly Hills with a pool," Baroth says. So Baroth contacted famous reptile man Brian Barczyk who brought the snakes.
Here's the video of Hildén and Jake Paul (Logan Paul's brother) swimming with multiple giant snakes.
More recently, Baroth found himself spending a weekend at a place called Weed Island with his client, who goes by "BigMIke" on Instagram. He's the CEO of a company that makes fertilizer for marijuana plants (and has an Instagram a lot like Bilzerian's). "BigMike took me on a private jet with a bunch of models." The landed in Oregon where famous weed grower Ken Estes has cultivated giant marijuana plants on a private island in a manmade lake. You can imagine the resulting photos.
If you can't imagine the photos, here's a link to BigMike's instagram.
Or there was that time when music star Steve Aoki invited him to a backstage performance in Melborne, Australia. Baroth was determined to be one of the first people in Melborne with Snap's Spectacles, which had just came out in pop-up spots. He failed to get one by standing in line in Venice Beach but managed to buy one off of someone on Craigslist. Aoki loved them and ...
And here's Baroth hanging with Wiz Khalifa during a music video shoot. Baroth helped Khalifa's photographer procure a video drone and got invited to the shoot as a thank you. That's another trick of the trade: Network like crazy with everyone and always be available to do someone a favor. Also be available on a moment's notice to jet off someplace fun. (That's one reason why he's always checking his phone.)
But you don't have to be huge celebrity to live a YouTube dream. One of Baroth's favorite projects was helping travel vlogger Jax Austin, who "quit his job, and sold his belongings and bought a school bus. He's converted it to be completely livable," Baroth said. He helped Austin find an PR agency and together they convinced Virgin Mobile to help sponsor his trip. Virgin put an ad wrap on his bus. "His plan was to drive around the United States in it and that's what he's been doing," Baroth says.
Here's Jax Austin living his dream life.


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July 10-12 Lake George
In the middle of the bug hatch, but overall it's not affecting much in the way of fishing. If anything, the bite is the best it's been all summer once you locate the fish. It seems like we do real well in 20 fow and then find them out in 45-50 fow, and then find a solid pocket of fish in 32 fow. We're also catching the suspended fish as well - some dandy perch in the mix to 12". Still drop shotting, but leaning toward trying some new techniques just for the heck of it. Fished a Zoom Meathead with incredible success.


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NYRP Is Giving Away Free Trees!by on
Beginning October 13th the New York Restoration Project will be giving away free trees to NYC property owners as part of the Million Trees NYC program! See below for more information and distribution locations.
About New York Restoration Project
NYRP is a non-profit organization founded by Bette Midler in 1995, that is dedicated to transforming open space in underserved communities to create a greener, more sustainable New York City.
About Fall Tree Giveaways
This fall, New York Restoration Project (NYRP) will launch its largest iteration of fall tree giveaways. Kicking off October 13th, NYC property owners can stop by various events to pick up a tree—for free—to take home and plant in a yard, garden, commercial property, community garden, etc. within the five boroughs. With the help of local, eco-minded community organizations, NYRP will be giving out 100 trees per event, totaling 1,400 this fall.
The giveaways are part of NYRP's efforts to reach out to homeowners to plant trees as part of the MillionTreesNYC initiative, a program launched in 2007 with a goal to plant and care for one million new trees across the city's five boroughs by 2017. When complete, the initiative will have increased the NYC's canopy by 20% and a giveaway is a way for New Yorkers to play a part. Aside providing cleaner air, planting trees have additional benefits to New Yorkers, including enhancing curb appeal, offsetting of climate change, cooling temperatures, and many others.
Although autumn is when trees shed their leaves planting trees in the fall is surprisingly very beneficial because the soil temperature and moisture promote healthy root growth which is critical to the overall health of a young tree, especially in an urban environment. The young tree will typically face less environmental stressors in the fall with the reduction of pests and more predictable weather. Trees planted in fall have up to a 50% greater root mass and thicker trunk than trees planted in spring, which guarantees a lush canopy year after year.
Below this note are the dates and locations of the giveaways throughout the fall season in all five boroughs. Those interested can view the schedule and register online to reserve a tree before the event at www.nyrp.org/MillionTreesNYC. An NYRP representative on site will explain how to plant and care for the tree.
(For tree giveaways outside of Brooklyn, please visit NYRP's website for more details. )
Saturday, October 13 – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Partner: Brooklyn Bridge Park
Pick-Up Location: Pier 6 at BBP, Atlantic Ave and Furman St, Dumbo, Brooklyn
Sunday, October 21 – 12:00 to 2:00 pm
Partner: Councilman Greenfield's Office
Pick-Up Location: Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School, 5800 20th Ave, Borough Park, Brooklyn
Sunday, October 21 – 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Partner: Gowanus Canal Conservancy with Build It Green! NYC – Gowanus
Pick-Up Location: Gowanus Canal Conservancy Salt Lot, 2 Second Ave, Gowanus, Brooklyn
Saturday, October 27 – 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Partner: Bed-Stuy Restoration Corporation
Pick-Up Location: Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton St, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
Saturday, November 3 – 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Partner: Pratt Area Community Council
Pick-Up Location: Magnolia Plaza, 686 Lafayette Ave, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn


text: Newsweek. 5th August 2015.Inspired by Gandhi, a Palestinian Resists Israeli Settlements Looking out from a dusty hilltop over the West Bank's largest city, Hebron, Israeli flags pepper the rooftops below while a grey watchtower and a giant, symbolic Jewish menorah protrude toward the sky on a ridge in the distance. After being guided through the H2 zone by a series of blue and white markings on rocks and walls, we reach a house in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Tel Rumeida and encounter a small group of armed Israeli soldiers defending the adjacent settlement of Ramat Yishai. "You cannot go in to see him!" shouts one of the soldiers positioned on a mound overlooking our destination as we arrive. Puzzled and nervous, we wait until another soldier with a 1990s-style bucket hat nods and points to the gate. We've come to see Issa Amro, a Palestinian activist who is the founder of a non-violence movement, Youth Against Settlements. Read more.


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Happy Monday Girls. What are your goals for the week? What are you grateful for today?
- actively job-hunt
- actively pursue gigs
- workout every day (yup!)
- do not shop. period.
- toss "stuff" from the apartment
- get my ass to the grocery store
- cook a big batch of something I can freeze portions of
- beautify somehow myself and the apartment
- read a damn book
- create
- john being out of school for the summer
- the universe at large
- blogging and other bloggers (such an awesome bunch!)
- 2010
- my family, friends, and future
- energy
- john's camera working since he broke mine
- technology and the internet
- health and the park to run in
- time to think and meditate
- restaurants that deliver
It's YOUR turn!!
Feel free to grab the logo above and post your goals and gratefuls on your blog. Don't forget to link back here if you do. Let's stay accountable, productive and grateful!!


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We are excited for the War Horse performances next week! In preparation for the shows, we learned how the puppet Joey works from diagrams provided by The Washington Post. The puppet is intricate and the puppeteers work hard to bring the horse to life on stage.
To reserve your tickets for War Horse, visit our website, and to read the full article visit The Washington Post.


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- 2412 Harrison St, Ste 207, San Francisco , CA
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MOONES is located in San Francisco, California and specializes in the creation of modern art, furnishings and accessories. We represent talented emerging and well- established artists from around the world.
Our Art Director and Founder, Yami Arvelo, has years of experience around the world in modern art and design. She presents her own artwork, furnishings and accessories and also promotes the outstanding works from other international and local artists and designers. In addition, she introduced a new side of the business called MOONES Kids, which offers beautiful artwork and commissioned murals for baby nurseries, kids' bedrooms and other environments for children.
MOONES produces pieces that explore and exam nature and emotions.
Most MOONES' designs are available for limited production or custom work. Influences include but are not limited to 70's minimalism.
For questions and sales inquiries, please contact us at your convenience.
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Children learn how to navigate their future interpersonal relationships from their social interactions in early childhood. When children play together, they learn to celebrate differences as they cooperate and collaborate - creating empathetic problem solvers. When a child's play is guided and encouraged by their teacher, the child establishes trust, respect & confidence – essential to a lifelong love of learning.
From teaching the basics of physical and emotional well-being in yoga class to expanding linguistic horizons in Spanish class, Sonnets Academy exposes our students to a balanced and comprehensive variety of learning opportunities. Sonnets Academy's weekly Spanish, yoga & music enrichment classes for every age group are included in the cost of tuition.