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Poetry as "Wise Pictures"
I'm in Pennsylvania for another week. And I've already taken my daughter, Natalie, through her homework that her First Grade teacher sent with her, so we decided to try writing poetry.
She said she wanted to write "wise pictures." I decided that was the one of the best descriptions I've heard of what poetry can do.
Here's her first try. (She wrote all the words, but I helped a little with the order of the sentences.)
The Snow Falls
by Natalie Gallaher
The cars are talking about snow
in the other room.
We all come down to this moment
with snow.
The snow is talking too.
I wish for snow
inside my head.
The snow looks like shining glazing
of glass.
The trees have no leaves
all afternoon.
I am cold.
The winters are wise
in the future.


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the breaking of the french press.
my french press broke on monday morning. i had put the water on to boil and began washing it, along with my mug from the day before, just like i do every day. (because i am too lazy to wash it right after i finish using it. whatever.) and it just so happened, on this particular monday, it slipped out of my hand and cracked against another glass dish in the sink.
i stared at it for a second before realizing it meant i couldn't make my own coffee that morning. i'd have to move faster, leave a few minutes earlier, and stop to get some. (because, obviously.) there was no real panic or disruption to my morning. in fact, i managed to make a coffee stop and also arrive at work a full fifteen minutes early. but i picked up my phone to text my sister, who i'd already been texting with that morning, and another friend who would understand my struggle. i needed a minute, and some sympathy.
it crossed my mind to add a comment about mondays, because that's a thing. isn't it? everyone loves to hate mondays for the way they're always the day saying, "okay okay, let's focus and get back to work and why don't you spill coffee on yourself while you're at it." except my version of getting back to work involves spending my days playing with a smiley seven-month-old, who happens to be in a phase where he likes to be in my arms and snuggled up to me at all times, and i'm not mad about it. so no, i will not give monday-the-un-fun-day any credit, or acknowledgement.
instead, i thought about the first cup of coffee i made in that french press, just over a year ago. because i am sentimental like that. (not really. but i did write about it.) i bought that french press because i had quit my job, and that first cup was significant only because it was the first one i'd made after having unlimited access to a keurig and free k-cups every day. looking back, i see now how that cup marked the beginning of the craziest, most adventurous, challenging, and bittersweet season i've experienced so far in my life.
the breaking of the french press felt less like an unfortunate start to the week, and more like the mark of the end of a season in which i was the thing that was broken. maybe it's a stretch, but it felt like a reminder that good things, the things that seem like gold, are not the only things you have to let go of. sometimes it's the broken bits, the cracked french press, that need to be left behind.
maybe i needed that trip to target for a shiny new french press to remind me that i am not broken. i am new and whole and ready to be filled up. with more love, more grace, more courage, and also more caffeine.

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Nick Herbert welcomes funding for Hassocks station improvement
Arundel & South Downs MP Nick Herbert has welcomed the announcement on Thursday (31 January) that Hassocks Railway Station will be made more accessible to passengers.
Under the 'Access for All' programme, the Department for Transport is providing £35 million a year (until 2015) for improvements to the accessibility of stations across the country.
The work is expected to benefit disabled passengers, the elderly and parents with pushchairs.
The work required will vary from station to station, but may include step-free access from the station entrance to the platforms, improved access routes between platforms, improved lighting, hearing induction loops and passenger information screens.
Network Rail will carry out a feasibility study at Hassocks Station during the next 18 months to determine what improvements need to be made. The design and construction of the new facilities will follow.
Work is forecast for completion between 2012 and 2015.
The announcement coincides with the start of major work on the station and junction at Barnham, part of a £25 million upgrade for the signals, platforms and tracks.
Catherine Cassidy, Chair of the Hassocks Amenity Association Rail Group said: "We are absolutely delighted to hear this news. This will make train travel accessible for a great deal more people at Hassocks station.
"This will be a huge improvement and will implement a significant and important part of the feasibility study for re-building Hassocks Station.
"We are working closely with Network Rail and Southern and the local authorities to move forward with implementing the other parts of the feasibility study to re-build the station."
Nick Herbert said: "I welcome this announcement. Hassocks station is desperately in need of improvement and this will be a start.
"It's good news for passengers and a tribute to the patient work of the Hassocks Amenity Association Rail Group in promoting the cause."
Mr Herbert added: "I will continue to support local campaigners in their efforts to secure the modern station that Hassocks deserves."
Nick Herbert met with the Managing Director of Southern, Chris Burchell, at the Commons last week to discuss the rail service to the Arundel & South Downs constituency.
Notes for Editors
1. The news release from the Department for Transport can be found at http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.aspx?NewsAreaId=2&ReleaseID=349159&SubjectId=12
2. For details of the Department for Transport's Access for All programme, visit http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/rail/railstations/access/accessforallstations


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This piece is currently be worked on and developed with David Dorfman. It will be a full evening length work and is based on the change in human interaction and the human moment due to the demand for a fast paced life and the development of technology, personal computers and iOS systems. It explores the Work-Life Balance, relationships and the desire for the human touch. It challenges the audience to take a moment to be in the moment...and to re-evaluate the need to shut down.
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In 2009, BoSoma launched their Opening Acts Series, which supports emerging dance companies by inviting them to open a BoSoma performance. The company also continues to be involved in the community, completing educational outreach residencies in Massachusetts's public elementary schools. After producing and performing in the first annual Massachusetts Dance Festival in 2009, BoSoma contributed pieces that were highlighted in the 2010 and 2011 festivals.


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Nicolai Poliakoff (Coco the Clown) was born there – as was Joseph Rosen, described as the Talmudic genius of his time. In 1903 Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz was also born in the same city, Daugavpils in eastern Latvia.
We know him rather better as Mark Rothko, one of the greatest artists of the postwar period, whose colour-field paintings have become touchstones of heroic art. When his large sunset-coloured 1961 canvas "Orange, Red, Yellow" sold at Christie's New York in 2012 for $86.9m (£53.8m), it set the price record for any work of contemporary art.
Now, 110 years after Rothko was born here, and 100 years after he left for Portland, Oregon, with his mother, he has come home to Daugavpils in the form of the Mark Rothko Art Center.
Driving down to the city from Riga, I passed Russian Orthodox churches with golden domes, what looked like a Soviet-style palace of culture, an unending line of birch trees, storks' nests on telegraph wires – and, punctuating the 250km route, memorials of the execution grounds where the Nazis murdered the country's Jewish inhabitants.
Latvia was once one of the dark places of the earth and it is still a complex place, suffering badly in the 2008 crash and still beset by major economic problems.
It is this world that the Mark Rothko Center joined on Wednesday. The Rothko family has made a generous long-term loan of six works, soon to be supplemented by a further two paintings from the National Gallery in Washington. The opening is more than a sentimental homecoming, though. It is a historic occasion – the centre looses Rothko's work into eastern Europe for the first time. No one can fully predict the effects of the centre on the region's cultural scene and artists, or on the local tourist economy, but the authorities certainly have high hopes.
The name Daugavpils would have meant nothing to the young Marcus Rothkowitz. For him the city was known as Dvinsk, part of the Russian Empire and a centre of Jewish thought. At least 50 per cent of its population was Jewish, and there were 48 synagogues. Rothko's family was cultured, his father a pharmacist.
History later had its ugly way with the city and its Jewish population – the Russian pogroms began in 1910, and later, catastrophically, the Nazis occupied Latvia. Only 12,000 of the Jewish population of 55,000 survived the occupation. Later still it was part of the Soviet Union. Now there are only around 400 people of Jewish descent living there.
Farida Zaletilo, 57, quiet and small, is to the Mark Rothko Art Center what Sam Wanamaker was to Shakespeare's Globe in London – an irresistibly determined force and probably downright nuisance who has made sure that the centre opened. Zaletilo is a resident of the city and now a Latvian. But her Muslim family were St Petersburg residents until carted off by the Nazis – her grandfather died in the camps.
When Zaletilo was working at the Daugavpils City Museum of Regional Studies in the 1990s, someone mentioned that Mark Rothko had been born there. "I had not heard of him," Zaletilo tells me. "I could find no relevant books and catalogues – there was no internet café then in Daugavpils."
She could not even find material in St Petersburg. On Dalí, de Kooning, and Chagall, yes – but not on Rothko. She made a study-visit to the Hague State archives, immersed herself in Rothko, saw an important exhibition of the artist in 2001 at the Beyeler Foundation in Basel – and became an unstoppable advocate of the art centre.
It has not been easy. It took Zaletilo two years to find her way to the Rothko family; and when she began to petition in Riga, the Latvian capital, for some commemoration of one of the country's most famous sons, one initial response was: "No one will be interested in an American Jew around here."
Both of Mark Rothko's children – Kate Rothko Prizel, 62, and her brother Christopher, now 48 – were at the opening. It was Kate – Christopher was only six when his father killed himself in his studio, in 1970 – who took on and defeated their father's executors and the formidable might of the Marlborough Gallery in a lengthy legal struggle over the family's ownership of some of his works (which were already then, as now, extraordinarily valuable).
Both Kate and Christopher have not only loaned works to the centre but have restored a Daugavpils synagogue – as much a soup kitchen as a place of worship, Christopher tells me, in a measured tone, matching his rather formal suit and tie. He recalls his and his sister's own first visit to the city in 2003, to mark his father's centennial celebration. When they arrived, they were greeted by children in traditional garb and offered beer and pretzel. Then as they drove through the city, they passed the old prison, where they could hear inmates shouting.
Daugavpils, like the rest of Latvia, was then (and probably still is) in transition. The country became a sovereign nation again in 1991, with all the problems that sudden liberation brought. Daugavpils, Latvia's second-largest city, is still very much "Russian" – more than 50 per cent of its residents have Russian as their first language – but it is also a border town, close to Belarus and Lithuania, as well as Russia. The Mark Rothko Art Center is confirmation of its cosmopolitan history and a promise that the place will become so again.
Kate, more ebullient than her brother, tells me that, "honestly, I do not know how my father would have felt about the homecoming but I think he would have been excited". His memories of the place were good, she says. "He would show it to me on the map, say it was part of the tsarist empire. He talked of ice-skating on the river" – but thinks that was probably apocryphal. After all, he was no one's idea of a sportsman.
There's no doubt that Zaletilo and Kate and Christopher Rothko all hope that the centre can act as an engine of cultural change. "The past can't be erased," Kate tells me, but there is a chance that the centre can be a culture space for the wider region – for Lithuania and Belarus as well as Latvia. "My father's reputation is sufficiently secure not to need another Rothko museum," says Christopher. So what attracted them to this project was that the centre would also be a home for symposia, conferences, an artist-in-residence programme, other international exhibitions and recitals.
The fortress that has been transformed into the centre was set up under Tsar Nicolas I in 1833 as an ammunition depot and became a military barracks for cadets in the Soviet era. It's a large, two-storey, yellow-painted building, with some 2,500 sq metres of exhibition space.
The Rothko paintings themselves take up only a single gallery – although that is partly a matter of money (only one gallery has the right climate control conditions). The six Rothko works include a startling 1940 "Mother and Child", with two nude figures enclosed in a space where the walls look eerily like the Seagram Murals he would paint later; a rather beautiful 1948 painting of "Multiforms" in which the viewer might lose himself; as well as "No 10 (Brown, Black, Siena Dark Wine)" of 1963, one of those glowing colour-field paintings most associated with the painter.
The rest of the centre is a potpourri: there is a Silence Room next to the Rothko Gallery for contemplation; projections of Rothko family photographs and of the artist's works. Upstairs galleries are given over to the work of an important Latvian ceramicist, Peters Martinsons, and a print exhibition of British painter Peter Griffin, its current artist-in-residence. There are plans for a creative industries club, and space for conferences and seminars. The centre hopes the single but compelling Rothko room will promote culture in the region.
Daugavpils may be a long way from Margate in England (home to the Turner Contemporary gallery) or Washington, but these places are all counting on culture to drive regeneration. The Mark Rothko Art Center is 85 per cent funded by the EU's Structural Fund (as well as by the local authority) as part of the EU's efforts to help Latvia "modernise".
On Wednesday – spring came late this year, with one-metre thick ice melting suddenly and overflowing river banks – it was hard not to be borne along by the optimism. Lutheran, Catholic and Russian Orthodox priests gave a benediction to the building, a Finnish accordion superstar played a gig in the courtyard outside and the Rothko art community from Basel to New York was present, as well as a high-ranking member of the Latvian government. And at the end of a long arched corridor are the Mark Rothko paintings, a quiet and commanding presence among the noise and celebrations. They are the still point of this particular turning world.
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One of the best parts of my new job at the Society for Science & the Public is the opportunity to be exposed to important scientific research that could save children's lives. In our August 23rd issue of Science News Magazine, I learned about a recent discovery that could lead to earlier detection of preeclampsia with a simple urine test. Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication that raises women's blood pressure to dangerous levels. Globally, 500,000 babies and 76,000 pregnant women die each year because of preeclampsia and related high blood pressure disorders. That is over half a million lives lost every year, and we still don't really know what causes it or how to prevent it.
Lesser publicized conditions like preeclampsia disproportionately impact women and babies who lack access to adequate maternal and child health care services, and as a result they tend not to get as much attention or funding as other health issues. But this new research is an important early step in making it easier and more affordable to detect preeclampsia, and eventually improve survival rates for women and babies worldwide. There is a great deal more work to do, but studies like this demonstrate the vast potential for medical research to save lives and transform societies. And to ensure that the most marginalized – typically women and children in poverty – benefit from these advancements, it is crucial for maternal, infant and child health to remain a high priority on the global health agenda.
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most Frequently asked questions & answers
1. What is a capital campaign?
A capital campaign is a time-limited effort to raise money for a specific project. During a capital campaign, members are asked to consider making an additional commitment in order to fund a project. The giving period for a capital campaign is typically three years. A capital campaign differs from annual giving because it is generated in response to a high-priority need on the part of the congregation. A capital campaign has a definite beginning and endpoint, and a clearly identified outcome. Put simply: if you choose to give to the Building Faith capital campaign, you will know exactly what your money will be used for and what you can expect to achieve.
2. Why are we conducting a capital campaign at this time?
With demonstrated commitment from all of us, Faith's future as an active worshiping community is secure. It is now time to extend that security to the church building before the renovations and projects necessary to maintain it grow beyond the congregation's grasp. By meeting these challenges now, the church can truly begin to focus its energy on mission and service.
3. What does our theme, "Building Faith" mean?
Why "Building Faith"? The purpose of Building Faith is to build up the church for present and future ministry and at the same time to restore what has fallen into disrepair over the years. Thus, we are focusing on fundamental things like the roof and heat; worship things like an organ, sound, and lighting; welcoming things like wheelchair accessibility and more congenial restrooms.
The church is not the building and the building not the church. We could worship elsewhere and the building could house other uses. But for over one hundred years this building, its changing congregation, and the Holy Spirit have worked together to be Faith church, providing spiritual nourishment, a place to worship God, and service to the wider community. It is our generation's turn to make this possible for the people who will sit in these pews in the future, for our own ministry right now, and for those who come here seeking, however they might, to know God.
4. How were the repairs and improvements that will be funded the capital campaign chosen?
The property committee, along with the church council, identified a list of projects and presented them to the congregation in the assessment report, administered by Kairos. Based on the results of the report, projects were prioritized either as critical, or important but not necessary at this time.
5. How does my response to the capital campaign affect my regular giving to the church?
Your giving to this campaign is a totally new commitment, and is over and above your regular giving to the church. All the money received through this three-year campaign will be directly applied to the prioritized list of capital improvements and repairs. You will continue to support the current ministries and outreach of our congregation by undiminished, ongoing regular giving through your offerings.
6. When will I make my commitment?
Everyone will have the opportunity to hand in their confidential commitment forms during worship on Commitment Sunday, Jan. 20. (Your commitment form is included in this packet.) If you are not ready to make your response that day or cannot attend worship on that weekend, you can simply return your commitment form in the envelope provided.
7. How much should I give?
As you are considering the amount of your gift, reflect carefully on your budget and give what you are comfortable giving. You can change the amount of your gift or make additional payments as you can afford them. As you are deciding how much to give:
8. How long will my campaign commitment continue?
The commitment is for three years and is over and above your regular giving to the congregation. Your commitment form gives you options for how to configure your gift, since not all people will want to give in the same way. Some will give one large, up-front gift, while others will give so much each week, month, etc.
9. May I give stocks, real estate, insurance, IRA transfers or other gifts in kind in addition to cash gifting?
Absolutely! You are encouraged to think of assets in addition to cash. For many people this is the best, (and smartest), way to give. Giving stocks, IRA transfers, property, jewelry, cars, or other appreciated assets as charitable donations is beneficial to both you and the church. If you think you would benefit from more information on this topic, call Pastor Renee LiaBraaten @ 207-751-7371 or the corporate office of Kairos @ 1-800-851-3019.
10. What if my financial situation changes or I move out of the area before the end of the three-year giving period?
At any time during the giving phase, your commitment may be changed by notifying the treasurer. If you should move out of the area, we hope you would become involved in another congregation and offer them your support. We will be honored and grateful if you are willing to fulfill your total commitment, but you are certainly under no obligation to do so.
11. What is the long term strategy for church maintenance?
It is important to see maintenance as a continual process. It is more efficient and saves time and money by limiting and preventing the need for future expensive repair work. In order to sustain the work undertaken during Building Faith, a program should be implemented to include:


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Sambuca Cappuccino:
1.Start by brewing Cordoba's Espresso Forza Sambuca (can be brewed in either a Bialetti Espresso Maker or any automatic Espresso Machine) For a 8oz cup, you will need 3oz of coffee or I.5 double shot.
2.Pour into a 8oz serving cup.
3.Pour approx. 4oz. of regular 2% milk into a separate cup .
4.Froth using a latte whip or a whipping cup until it is creamy velvet texture,
5.Pour milk over coffee,
6.Garnish with Orange glaze or strawberry.
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Lemon Artichoke Chicken Penne
Serving Size (4 servings)
For the Pasta:
- Red Lentil or Chickpea Penne
- Artichoke - chopped, 1/2 lb. (here I used some marinated in EVOO purchased from local market)
- Shallot - 1, minced
- Lemon - juice of 2
- Peas - frozen, 2 cups
- Basil - 1 cup
- Parsley - 1/2 bunch
- Thyme - 1 tsp.
- Garlic - 2 cloves, minced
- White Wine Vinegar - 1/4 cup
- Dry White Wine - 1/4 cup
- Vegetable Stock - 1.5 cup
- EVOO - 2 tbsp.
For the Chicken:
- Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast - 2
- Onion Powder - 1/4 tsp.
- Unsalted Butter - 1/2 tbp.
- EVOO - 2 tbsp.
How to:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees (for the chicken). Season both sides of chicken with salt, pepper and onion powder and set aside.
2. In a large pot, add 2 tbsp of EVOO, half of the fresh basil, minced shallot and garlic
3. Put to medium-high temp and sprinkle with salt and pepper, stirring occasionally
4. In a separate small pot, bring water to boil and cook penne (removing from heat one minute prior to directions on box and saving a bit of the salted water that the pasta was cooked in)
5. As shallot begins to turn color in large pot, add chopped artichokes to cook down (3-5 minutes)
6. Add half of the lemon juice, all of the vegetable stock, white wine, white wine vinegar and raise heat to high
7. Once simmering, add frozen peas and allow mixture to reduce slightly (about 7-10 minutes)
8. In a sauté pan, add 2 tbsp of EVOO and butter to medium-high heat
11. Add chicken to pan and lightly brown on both sides (about 2 minutes on each side)
12. Once both sides of chicken are lightly browned, place sauté pan in oven for 6-8 minutes or until chicken is cooked through (be sure that your sauté pan is oven safe!!!)
13. Once the sauce mixture has slightly reduced, add chopped parsley and grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
14. Add the cooked pasta and the reserved pasta water to sauce mixture
15. Slice up the cooked chicken into strips and mix into the pasta
16. Add additional lemon juice, salt and pepper
17. Mix and enjoy!


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- Black holes matter.
- Has anyone (who isn't trained in physics) ever wondered why (specifically) the 'speed of light squared' is the conversion factor for converting mass to energy? What does the speed of light have to do with it?
- Next time you cut the grass (with a self-propelled mower), just tie the lawnmower by a string to a post in the middle of the yard and just let it go on its own. It'll just keep mowing smaller and smaller circles.
- I've never gone under the knife, but if I did, I know that as soon as I woke up, I'd be calling out weakly, asking "What's the wi-fi password?"
- If it costs an arm and a leg, you can expect severe buyer's remorse down the road.
- Remember that time when you accidentally set fire to the field across from school while playing hookey? No? Oh, that was just me?
- Imagine if we watched and commented on cooking shows the same way we watch and comment on televised sporting events.
- The problem with trying to talk on the phone while on the toilet is that eventually, you're going to have to explain the other noises that will present themselves. Either that, or you'll have to explain the inherent echo that comes from talking in the bathroom.
- A picture may be worth a thousand words, but good luck finding someone to come up with the thousand words.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Small things - 28 Oct
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All the music you'd want for $10 per month
Fast forward to 2017. We have music streaming services Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play, none of which are part of the music industry. Because you know, God forbid that the music industry itself should set this up. No, it took the minds of silicon valley to pull it off. Granted it is not a perfect offering, thanks to big-name artists boycotting these services at one point or another. But I digress. Here's my take on the implementation of one of those music streaming services, in this case - Spotify.
Spotify does indeed offer me the opportunity to access pretty much 80-90% of the whole world's modern music library. Which I have to tell you, I'm just not used to (neither legally or easily). I have a fairly substantial mp3 music library of my own (6500 songs give or take), but I decided not to incorporate my collection into my Spotify Premium account, because quite simply, I'm more interested in this service for the purposes of discovering new music.
Because I expected the discovery process to be long and deliberate, and also because I have become aware that Spotify learns your tastes by what you play, I wanted to get at least some of my musical staples into my Spotify Library, so I created a few playlists to indicate and sample the music I enjoy most often. [updated 4 Apr 2018] I ended up with HyperPopsicle (157+); Eclectic Chair (188+); Acoustically Yours (127 songs and counting); Atmospheric Haze (78+); Soul Terrain (229+ songs); Jazz Jam (197+); Sheer Rock Wall (296+); Growing up in the 70s (211+); Energy Bar (121+); Electric Storm (115+); Canadian Maple (98+); and Spotify New, which I'm using as an inbox to store newly discovered but as yet unclassified and undecided music. I have to say, my 70s playlist is my favourite, as it does a great job of collecting the music I grew up to on the radio. I'm not sure if other Spotify users can find it, but let me know if you can't.
(https://open.spotify.com/user/kplesz/playlist/7yo5tQ00okKWZguSmNL2It That's the code allowing other Spotify users to load the playlist)
One thing I noticed right off the bat is that when you're looking for specific songs to listen to or add to playlists, sometimes the song listed is not the actual song. I can't remember what songs I found, but there were a few that were something other than what they were labelled. Annoying. Even more annoying was the lack of easy way to alert Spotify of the mistake. I also found their search to be hit and miss. Sometimes I'd search on a song and it came up empty. But if I searched on the artist and navigated to the album in question, there was the song! There were cases where I knew a specific album existed, but it wasn't listed under that artist. But if I looked for instances of songs on that album, I could find it. Weird. The lesson is don't give up if you can't find something on the first try. Speaking of searching, there were times when I felt compelled to look at the entire list of albums by a certain artist, only to (happily) discover that a more recent, re-mastered version was available. Nice.
A feature of Spotify that took getting used to is 'saving'. You see, you have access to all the music Spotify has, but it doesn't get downloaded to your computer. It's out there in the cloud. But if you don't add the music you like into a playlist, the only way to listen to it again is to search or browse for it. Unless you save it. Is there a particular album you love? Find it and save it. Anything you 'save' is added to your list of albums for instant access.
Once a playlist has been created, if you insist on listening to it on your phone, you're going to use data unless you're only listening to Spotify on wi-fi. Luckily, every playlist (and as I discovered later - even whole albums) can be downloaded to listen to off-line. You definitely want to do this, as long as there's room on your device. For example, these days, I'm giving Beck's new album Color a spin.
But the real treat for me is the discovery. Which can be accomplished so many ways. For starters, if you have some songs in a playlist, you can click the ellipsis next to the title and choose 'Go to Radio'. This will open a spawned list of songs that are similar in style and genre. I was amazed at how many suggestions I was already familiar with, and absolutely delighted to try out pieces I hadn't heard yet. Imagine being at a buffet and as you spoon some delicious food onto your plate, you're shown similar food that you probably want to try. It's frankly overwhelming, but when I'm in the mood to eat at a new music buffet, now I know where to go.
And that's just one way to discover new music in Spotify. You'll also be presented with a playlist called 'Discover Weekly', once it gets a sense of what you like. 30 songs to whet your musical appetite. The only thing they could do better with this feature, is to omit songs you already have in your playlists. These suggestions supposedly get better the more Spotify learns what you like. Never mind the countless playlists created by others and the many musical genres to explore.
This is the future of music I had dreamed of. Made real. OK movie and TV industry, when is it your turn?
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Somebody doesn't know how Venn diagrams work
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Things I learned lately - 28 Oct
- Folks are working on a project that will train crows to pick up and dispose of cigarette butts in exchange for food.
- Shell gas stations in the UK are rolling out electric 50kW fast charging capability.
- As part of the new Amazon Key program, Amazon will now allow deliveries inside your home when no one's there. Only for Amazon Prime members who buy a compatible smart lock and security camera, which sell for $250 per kit. It starts November 8 in 37 cities and regions with more to come. Amazon Key can also allow access to your home for other services besides delivery, like the cleaning service Merry Maids. The Amazon Key app will let customers watch their delivery, lock or unlock their door, or watch a clip of the delivery.
- In September 2017, after the biggest consumer-data breach in American history, the credit-rating agency Equifax tried to briefly fool customers into giving up their right to sue the company. The company designed it so that people who tried to gain access to Equifax's site to check whether their information was stolen would agree — knowingly or, more likely, not — to settle any grievances through arbitration rather than through a class-action lawsuit.
- Uber has a robot performing parking lot security at their main offices. The K5 Robot, made by Knightscope, features a 360-degree view and facial recognition abilities. It can scan up to 1,500 license plates per minute, and will notify the authorities automatically if it finds a license place registered to a suspected criminal. K5 uses lasers and GPS systems to roll around and avoid obstacles. If K5 spots any potential criminal activity, it will sound an alarm and record what it's seeing for evidence, but has to contact an human to confront the criminal.
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Saturday, October 21, 2017
Why being greedy can backfire
Solar. Many of the FPL customers who are living through dangerous heat without power now have solar panels on their roofs that could keep them going while FPL repairs its infrastructure after a storm. Except that doing so is illegal, thanks to FPL's lobbyists, who literally ghost-wrote much of Florida's dreadfully inane solar rules.
Under these rules, Floridians with solar panels are required to shut them down when the power goes out "In order to prevent dangerous back feed on FPL's grid. This is required to protect FPL employees who may be working on the grid." But the same rules mandate that these homes include a switch that cleanly disconnects their panels from FPL's system while keeping the rest of a home's power lines connected, but Floridians are prohibited from flipping this switch and turning their power on (FPL is allowed to disconnect and padlock the switch at its discretion).
So in conclusion folks, the moral of the story is that when a disruptive technology comes along that threatens your business model, and you choose to put shackles on it, you'll never know what kind of domino effect it will have.
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Small things - 21 Oct
- There may come a day when the highest rated hot dog joint on Yelp will be Costco, if it hasn't come to that already.
- If you're worried that people are reading your thoughts, every once in a while just think 'I know you can hear me...' then just peer around for looks of shock.
- "One man's trash is another man's treasure" is NOT a good way to tell your child they're adopted.
- Toilet: A porcelain device whose purpose depends on whether or not you are really drunk.
- Whenever you see a tire hanging from a tree, do you think "Poor tire. Didn't he realize that life is worth living?"
- If you were ever thinking of committing a crime, just remember, there's no Netflix in prison.
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Canadian NAFTA demands
- The US should no longer be allowed to refer to back bacon as 'Canadian bacon'.
- There should be a 200% duty on guns made in America.
- Americans should not be allowed to move to Canada just because they want free health care or access to better skiing conditions. OK, we might be willing to allow that. But no OAS for you!
- Canadian tourists should be able to shop in the US using Canadian dollars at par. We'll be reasonable and only insist on this for a week at most. Twice per year.
- America must refer to 'Kraft Macaroni & Cheese' as 'Kraft Dinner', or 'KD' from here on in.
- The Canadian national anthem must be played at all American hockey games, even if there are no Canadian teams playing. We did invent the game after all.
- A Canadian's health care card (for those 18 years and older) should allow instant access to any legal American marijuana shop without question or restrictions beginning at 4:20 on July 1 2018.
- You want our water? Then you give us your Netflix. And Hulu. And Amazon.com.
- You want our electricity? Then you buy our oil too. And soft wood. No tariffs. And we make America pay for the pipelines.
- No more wearing Canada Goose parkas when it's 50F. California, I'm looking at you. We have a severe shortage up here, which is driving up prices, and you're not helping.
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Star Wars Lego joke
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Things I learned lately - 21 Oct
- Amazon is adding 1 million square feet of warehouse space a week and not slowing down anytime soon.
- Dogs like to eat cat poop.
- There is a new virus that uses Bluetooth enabled devices to spread itself around.
- German chocolate cake is not named after the country, but rather after Sam German, who patented a baker's chocolate, which was used in a particular cake recipe in a Dallas newspaper.
- Cybersecurity firm McAfee said Avril Lavigne is the most likely celebrity to land users on websites that carry viruses or malware. Searches for Lavigne have a 14.5% chance of landing on a web page with the potential for online threats.
- Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which collects money from its offshore oil industry and invests it in stocks and bonds, reached US$1 trillion (C$1.22 trillion) in value in the last month.
- Your body needs iron, because that's what the oxygen (and CO2) binds to in your blood to get to and from your cells.
- Every time you inhale, about 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 oxygen molecules enter your lungs.
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Saturday, October 14, 2017
No really - it's totally safe!
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Small things - 14 Oct
Hygienist: When was the last time you flossed?
Joe Average: Like dude, you were there!
Joe Average: Like dude, you were there!
- In Star Trek, "Have you tried re-configuring the primary power coupling?" is just the future version of "Have you tried turning it off and back on again?"
- How many Lowes could a Rob Lowe rob if a Rob Lowe could rob Lowes?
- A girl grows up thinking that all doors open automatically. But in reality, she's haunted by a very polite ghost. Chivalry IS dead.
- "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle." ~Steve Jobs
- Sometimes at work, I like to refer to a colleague as 'you kids today', even if they're only like 5 years younger than me.
- Computer circuits are just carefully organized sand.
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A Hyperloop in Canada? One can only hope.....
top choices to build the first hyperloop high-speed travel system.
The proposed route would connect Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, creating a Canadian mega region consisting of as much as 1/4 of Canada's population. If built, commuters would be able to travel from Toronto to Montreal (640 km) in 39 minutes (normal driving time of 6 hours); Toronto to Ottawa (450 km) in 27 minutes; and Ottawa to Montreal (190 km) in 12 minutes (normal driving time of 90 minutes). The company is working hard to have 3 production systems in service by 2021.
The proposed route would connect Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, creating a Canadian mega region consisting of as much as 1/4 of Canada's population. If built, commuters would be able to travel from Toronto to Montreal (640 km) in 39 minutes (normal driving time of 6 hours); Toronto to Ottawa (450 km) in 27 minutes; and Ottawa to Montreal (190 km) in 12 minutes (normal driving time of 90 minutes). The company is working hard to have 3 production systems in service by 2021.
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The element of confusion
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Things I learned lately - 14 Oct
- Under the 25th amendment's fourth stipulation, it would only take 14 people to depose the president — Vice President Mike Pence and 13 of Trump's 24 Cabinet members.
- Paris authorities plan to banish all petrol- and diesel-fuelled cars from the world's most visited city by 2030.
- Oil company Shell has signed an agreement to buy electric vehicle charging firm NewMotion, which will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. It operates over 30,000 private electric charge points for homes and businesses in the Netherlands, Germany, France and the U.K. Shell is planning for the day when demand for oil starts to fade.
- Hyperloop One just struck a major deal with Richard Branson's Virgin Group. Virgin Group has invested in Hyperloop One, a startup that's working on constructing the high-speed transit system Elon Musk first outlined in a white paper in 2013. Hyperloop One will now be called Virgin Hyperloop.
- Apple has entered into a deal with Spielberg and NBC Universal to make new episodes of Amazing Stories, an NBC sci-fi show that was cancelled in the 1980s. The show will will have a $5 million per-episode budget.
- Anything currently paved with asphalt, but coated with CoolSeal, reduces the temperature at ground level around 5C. It also makes it easier to light at night because the surface is so reflective. Los Angeles is testing it and may someday scale it up as a way of cooling the city down.
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Friday, October 06, 2017
"Hi, my name is Darlene and so am I."
So in all seriousness, I'm a big lover of all things cinnamon. So when I discovered that Altoids made cinnamon mints, I had to try them. That was my first mistake. They're so good!! My second mistake was letting Darlene try them. Now she's hooked. She eats through my stash and then I discover that I'm out. This used to be no big deal, because I used to be able to find them at most drug stores. Not lately though.
For some reason, places have stopped carrying them. So I've had to resort to candy stores where they have the audacity to charge upwards of $5 to $7 for one tin.
Luckily, we just went to San Diego. I knew they carried them down there, and sure enough, I was able to find them at most drug stores. Luckier still, they were on sale - 2 for $3. So we bought some.
I can only imagine what this looked like in the X-Ray security scanner........
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Public Art Projects: Facilitator/Curator
Back Lot
The Lot
West Hollywood, California
In 2016 CIM Group commissioned Michael C.McMillen to create a site-specific public art project for The Lot in West Hollywood, California. The Lot is one of Hollywood's earliest film studios dating back to 1920 when it was called Hampton Studios. A few years later it was bought by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks and was known as Pickford-Fairbank Studio. In 1928 Charlie Chaplin joined the team and the studio was renamed United Artists.
The Lot has a central part in Hollywood's history and appropriately enough the subject of movie making is the central content of McMillen's artwork titled Back Lot.


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Put to Work: The WPA and Public Employment in the Great Depression by Nancy E. Rose
Put to Work: The WPA and Public Employment in the Great Depression by Nancy E. Rose
With unemployment surging to record levels and the economy in freefall, experts are looking to the Great Depression for lessonsin stimulating job creation. Then, as now, the system was unableto provide the jobs and financial support desperately needed by millions of people. But then—in the 1930s—the state intervened to create massive employment programs that put people to work on socially useful projects in states, cities, and towns across the country. The scope of these programs was unprecedented and never repeated in the decades that followed. Today, as the severity of the economic crisis increasingly resembles that of the Great Depression, the time for a reappraisal of the New Deal employment programs has never been more necessary.
Put To Work tells the story of the massive government job-creation programs of the 1930s—not only the Works Progress Administration (WPA), but also the lesser known Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) and Civil Works Administration (CWA), which set the framework for the ideological and policy battles that followed. Nancy E. Rose details the development of these programs, the pressures that surrounded them, and the resulting constraints. She analyzes both their unique contributions and their shortcomings, especially in their treatment of women and African-Americans. In the process, she carefully reevaluates the charges that these were inefficient "make-work" programs, or "boondoggles," charges that continue to characterize job-creation programs to this day.
In her new introduction, Rose places the Obama administration's economic stimulus package in historical perspective as part of this tradition of government job creation programs. In her new conclusion, she explores lessons from the New Deal work programs for the current era.


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The DKP team completed a charrette last week for Wheeler District in Oklahoma City. Wheeler District is a new infill community that is poised to become Oklahoma City's next great walkable neighborhood. Over 500 people participated in the week-long charrette hosted by Humphreys Development Company.
See the three minute project video:


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The tears hit this morning...
I'm not going to get in to it but the final wave of some loss and rejection passed over and through me this morning.
I'm not going to parade my sadness around but in the words of Mick and Keith- "you can't always get what you want...." but also in the words of Mick and Keith "but if you try sometimes....you get what you need..."
Truer words were never spoken.
I was sitting in a Starbucks drinking tea and wham- the mounting pressure of the feelings I had been shoving to the back of my head collapsed the levy and I was left flooded. I am not a fan of crying in public, I am less of a fan of crying in Starbucks @ 7:30 in the morning.
I miss my father...honestly- all these other feelings are unsettling and irritating but all of them hardly belong to themselves,they all take root in missing Dad. The closer we get to Bree's wedding the more it starts to hurt.
We just wanted to make it that far, I wanted him to be in the sun and happy one more time before he died. We didn't make it and I feel so deeply sad about it.
All week I have found myself absolutely starved for one of his hugs, the last time I was at the house I sat on his beg and hugged his pillows. The longing is the wrenching part, I want- I want- I want.
However- the good thing is that even in my sadness I am staying on track- my
food indulgences yesterday were still all good for me and I tried on my Joanie dress that was to be my goal dress for New York and BOOM, 3 weeks ahead of schedule IT FITS!
I still need to lose about 15 more for it to look superfly, but man, I needed the boost today.
Yesterday I went to Pilates and man, did it kick my ass.
I can officially say I prefer Pilates to Yoga. No bullshit spiritual practice heaped in with me cursing the gods due to muscle pain, I know it works really well for some people so I won't knock it ( too much) but I prefer my spiritual practice over here....and my exercise over there...
I am going to the gym every single goddamn day til I leave for Florida/NYC and absolutely determined to return to where I left off in November.
Nothing. Not. One. Thing. is going to get in my way this time.
My health, discipline and self-esteem are absolutely VITAL to the other goals I have set and unless I exhibit the same obsession towards them that I do every other thing and person that crosses my path I will always wind up in the same spot.
I am done, I have exited this sadsack station where i sit and have sat waiting for something wonderful to happen, waiting for my life to arrive I have exited the station and I consider myself 86'd, no longer welcome there because I am not resigned to waiting anymore.
In the midst of the tornado yesterday I fully failed to see something that was put in front of me for what it was- and after my tears today it finally registered. One of my dreams is coming true.
I am going to be working for/with one of my IDOLS - Miss Dianne Brill.
When I was 17 I found a book called Boobs, Boys and High Heels.
It changed my life and made me in to the girl I am today.
I feel like I forgot my Brill-iance somewhere in my late 20's and now as I am 37 I am FINALLY remembering it-- there is a huge correlation to who I was at 17 returning to my life right now, it is powerful-- I loved that me, she was pure, powerful and shimmering. I see her peeking through a lot more these days.
Long of the short,- she owns a cosmetics company and I have been dying to rep for them for over a year- maybe even 2 years now-- well, wish granted .
The wheels have started turning and all I can hope is that I get to meet her. When I was creating my vision board for this year I taped up all the packaging from the goodie back the North American Distributor sent me.
I didn't know exactly what it mean when I put it there since we had been out of touch for SO long but it meant something to me, she means something to me-- I'll type up a few passages from the book soon to show you why-- she liberated me at a time when I needed to be liberated the most. I just pulled my copy out of the bookshelf, it's time to be re-libbed.
So there's some thoughts for today--- I hate the sadness my life has contained but somewhere in it I found release- release from not just the present pain but the great big sorrow that has been holding me down/back for nearly 20 years-- I look at this as being released, I have served my sentence- the gates are open- the time has come.


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On Wednesday afternoon, the 67's officially launched the 50 for 50 Campaign at by surprise a group of 6-10-year-old super fans.
Noel Hoefenmayer, Austen Keating, Hudson Wilson, Kody Clark, Kyle Auger and Riley The Raccoon headed to Boothfield Park in Riverside South.
The kids playing street hockey there had no idea that some of their biggest role models were coming to join them on a day off from school to join in on their game.
To help celebrate the 50th anniversary we've pledged to engage in 50 acts of kindness just like this to give back to the Ottawa community that has supported the team for the past 50 years!
The stories behind each 50 for 50 act of kindness will be updated regularly throughout the 2017-2018 season on the team's website. Follow the team's journey by clicking here.


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Why Work Here?
At Novelion Therapeutics, and our subsidiary Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, we aspire to be leaders in rare disease. As a global, development and commercial-stage biotech company, we are exposed to wide variety of situations to learn and grow from, yet we are small enough that each individual is an important contributor.
Culture and Values
We seek to develop new standards of care for individuals living with rare diseases.
We depend on the commitment, ideas and actions of each individual employee to advance patient care and a create sustainable future for our organization. Drawing upon available data and the diverse perspectives of individuals and functions, we encourage a free exchange of ideas. We are a learning organization and work with urgency, an entrepreneurial mindset that challenges the status quo and efficient operations. We strive to be leaders by making sound decisions with all of our stakeholders' interests in mind. We know patients rely on us, and we strive to operate in a way that builds trust.
Our identity as a rare disease company is represented in our brand. The orange sphere in our logo is symbolic of the patient who has a rare disease, and the gray spheres represent each of us, organizing to help make a difference for that patient through our work. We take pride in our brand and we take seriously our responsibilities to patients.


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The major CARM post #17 (which is now below) was deleted, which is irrelevant, possibly they did not like the fact that I mentioned the Facebook posting history (even without a url). The information is important to have a reasonably permanent place. Ken Matto has superbly corrected his page which is using the David Cloud material, when this information was shared with Ken, and no longer has Logsdon accusing Dewey Lockman of only doing it for the money. (Google search shows eight other places that have the David Cloud error.)
We started with this:
CARM -David Cloud's factual errors and inconsistencies - Post #13
Originally Posted by Steven Avery CARM, March, 2016Nope. There is a similarity of name and concern, that that is all. I never saw the sermonindex thing, and have no idea what was the discussion with Crispy and David Cloud in 2011, written about in early 2012. The topic is unstated.Originally Posted by Beloved Daughter, CARM
My discussion began here in 2013, Crispus last posted in June, 2014, on this thread in July, 2013 the incident was discussed.
... I appreciated then and now that Crispus found the error, and that he made a point that it should be brought to Cloud, which I did. The specific issue was how David Cloud quoted the tape from S. Franklin Logsdon with the phrase "he did it for the money" referring to Dewey Lockman. I've written about it on Facebook.Originally Posted by Steven Avery quoting from CARM, July, 2013
Facebook - King James Bible Debate - S. Franklin Logsdon discussion - Nov, 2015
Facebook - PureBible - S. Franklin Logsdon discussion - Aug, 2015 and March, 2016
On that forum, Jack McElroy placed a couple of solid comments, one begins:Originally Posted by Facebook, KingJamesBibleDebate Group, Nov, 2014
In August, 2015, I wrote about it on my PureBible forum on Facebook with more detail. (And I will bump the thread up to be the active thread. It is an open forum, people do not have to join to read it. Note: PureBible is a research forum, not a debate forum. Thus members are almost all cordial to the TR and AV positions. There are many Facebook debate forums that discuss the Bible issues, I am not involved in hosting or moderating any of them.)Originally Posted by Facebook, KingJamesBibleDebate Group, Nov, 2014
Ok, here is the most germane extract section:
And I include the details because it is important, and David Cloud could still simply make the correction, better late than never. And, in fact, I will write to Ken Matto tonight, and ask him to make the correction on scionofzion (he will likely want to at least listen to the tape and make sure there is a need for the correction.)Originally Posted by Facebook, PureBible Group, Aug, 2015
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Written by Jesse Bergman
A Big Week
Last week was a big week for us here at Punch-It Entertainment. We went to GAMA and then came back to Lincoln and sponsored the Great Plains Game Festival. We are still recuperating and recovering, but the information that we took away from both shows was vital to the marketing and production of Battle for Sularia.
What is GAMA? GAMA is an organization for retailers and manufacturers of board games to come together. It is one of the only places that all the players in the industry can converge at in order to share ideas, gain knowledge, and market products.
Our experience was filled with great insight and we had an opportunity to listen to some very well established game makers talk about how to produce better games and make our business sustainable.
What did we take away from GAMA? First we were able to network with many key contacts that will help us get Battle for Sularia into your hands! Yah!! Second we were able to analyze our market much closer and figure out how we can be better for you, our customers.
This means that our base Battle Kit offering will be not only be more affordable, but secondly it will be more customer friendly. A prospect that anyone can appreciate. How are we going to do this? While I can't necessarily reveal all the information to you right away I can tell you that a Battle Kit in its final form will contain complete playsets of all the cards! This is something up to this point that no other Evolving Card Game manufacturer has offered to their customers, at least not that we are aware of.
We are not ready to announce an official date yet, but we also took away a need to define exactly when our Kickstarter campaign will begin. Please stay tuned to find out exactly when this will happen.
Great Plains Game Festival
GPGF is an amazing local event right here in lincoln. It was held at Innovation campus this year and the turn out was awesome. We were so busy offering demo's of Battle for Sularia the weekend just flew by. We gave everyone an opportunity to try out our new "quick" demo. The quick demo is designed to allow players to pick up play right in the middle of the game. They have unique choices and they get to play two rounds of the game. The total demo time doesn't exceed 15 - 20 minutes!
This new demo does offer us some challenges though. First, how to we adequately gauge player interest in 15 to 20 minutes, and second is it enough time to interest someone? We believe we answer our own question when players come back to us for a complete play experience. We also believe that the second question remains unanswered.
A first time player getting a complete experience requires at least an hour. To give them the "best" parts of the experience in 15 minutes should hook players the same as a full experience. Afterall, its just a demo and designed to entice you to play more. If you were at GPGF and want to comment on our quick demo, please feel free to do so in our comments section on this article.
We were also the lanyard provider for GPGF and it was very surreal for us to see everyone in the room with a BFS lanyard on. We hope you all liked them and we definitely have more, so if you want another one, come find us at an upcoming event.
Finally a big thanks to all the voluteers, at GPGF and specifically the Punch-It Entertainment volunteers that helped us all last week. Jenny Schroeder, Frank Hruby, Kent Keiser, and Matt Greenleaf. We couldn't have done this without your support and BFS wouldn't be the game it is today without your help!
Now get out there and play some games!!


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A teacher's dream!
"Are religious experiences of any use in discussing God's existence?"
What I did:
I gave the teams the rules:
- Once the debate starts, there is no talking or conferring.
- You are either arguing YES they are or NO they are not.
- Everyone must write at least twice.
- Only one person may write at a time.
- Think carefully before you write.
- Try to keep it logical!
What happened:
We all gathered around the table, with 9 sheets of A3 stuck together. The question was in the middle.
Each team nominated their first scribe and we took it in turns as they got the hang of it. After a few goes each, they were allowed to both be writing at the same time. After about 10 minutes, we upped it to two people from each team. For the last two minutes we had a free for all to get the last bits of information down!
Throughout, there was absolute silence!
The Results:
The students really enjoyed it. On an Edmodo poll give the choice of role playing, speed dating or this, they all (bar one!) choose this!
The arguments started off all coming from the middle, in a random kind of way. However as they got more into it, the flow developed with people 'silently arguing' and literally bursting to get back to the table to write!
All students were fully engaged, even the weaker students found themselves able to add to comments or scholars to other students posts.
It was only possible to do it for as long as students already 'knew their stuff' on this topic. It was an excellent way to build confidence, share understanding, develop evaluation skills and ensure full engagement in the lesson.
The students keep asking, "when are we doing it again?"
Further Reading:
This Pedagoo post details further ideas: <read>


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Life Selector
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at the P&PDL!
HELP--The Leaves on My Trees are Turning Yellow!!!!
Gail Ruhl, Senior Plant Disease Diagnostician,
Interim P&PDL
Director, Botany & Plant Pathology
The diagnostic lab has received numerous
samples and phone calls regarding yellowing of foliage on a
variety of trees, including pin oak, red maple, sweet gum and
Yellowing of foliage (chlorosis) is due to
a lack of chlorophyll development. Compacted soils, poor
drainage, alkaline soils, nutrient deficiencies, and root damage
are among the factors that can induce chlorosis in woody plants.
Pin oak, riverbirch and red maple are sensitive to soil conditions
such as high pH, which ties up manganese and iron as well as
other minor elements, making them unavailable to the roots. Poorly
drained or compacted soil can also have these effects by resulting
in poor root growth and inability to take up these minor elements.
This problem often occurs under the stressful conditions of summer
when roots are unable to take up enough manganese or iron to
support continuing growth.
What to do? Recommendations vary. Pin Oak and Riverbirch often
exhibit classic symptoms of iron deficiency while Red Maple often
exhibits classic symptoms of manganese deficiency. Some suggest
spraying the foliage with a mixture of iron and manganese sulfates
or chelates (1 1/2 tablespoons each per gallon of water). This
should correct the problem in a week or so, but unfortunately
it is temporary in effect. Applying the two minor elements to
separate branches will allow you to determine which one or perhaps
both are the problem. The following extension publications provide
more details on approaches to this problem which involve correcting
poor drainage or high pH, and the application of minor elements
by several techniques:
Chlorosis of Trees and Shrubs - Purdue University Extension
Chlorosis Of Woody Plants: Cause And Control - University
of Illinois Extension (pdf file)
on Plant Diseases: Chlorosis - University of Illinois Extension
and Treating Iron Chlorosis in Trees and Shrubs - Utah
State University
Chlorosis in Trees - Kansas State University Extension
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At the heart of downtown Tucson, Copper Hall at Hotel Congress embodies Southwest elegance with its shining tile floors, arched doorways, and floor to ceiling windows. At night, the copper flecked walls glow under chandeliers and candlelight, making Copper Hall one of the most beautiful historic event venues in Tucson.
Our guests love Copper Hall for its unique and memorable ambiance; not to mention, it is only steps away from the most popular dining and entertainment destinations in Tucson – our very own Cup Café and Club Congress. Copper Hall guests can take advantage of all that Hotel Congress has to offer – whether they gather at the lobby bar for a drink after a conference, or stay overnight in one of the vintage style rooms.
"We just had a beautiful themed Halloween wedding and reception with 60 guests in the Copper Hall of Hotel Congress that would not have been possible without all the help and support we received from the hotel's private events director, Melissa Matriss. We are two busy people who are definitely not party planners but with Melissa's help brainstorming ideas, suggesting resources, keeping us on track, providing decoration accessories and so much more we were able to make this happen. We got many unsolicited comments from guests during and after the wedding about how nice the venue looked, how fantastic the food tasted and how attentive Melissa was keeping the event on track that day and checking in with people to make sure all their needs were being met. Melissa made the whole process so much fun we kind of regret it is over! (My wife says this review is not fully conveying how much Melissa soothed her anxieties and engaged with us warmly as a co-conspirator rather than a client in making the process fun and relatively stress free.) Taking a step beyond just the satisfaction side, I will also say we felt we got this excellent service at a very reasonable price and would suggest that anyone looking for an extraordinary boutique venue should take a serious look at the Hotel Congress."
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The Kenneth Scott Latourette Library serves Providence and William Carey International University. Latourette Library has a collection of 51,000 books and 22 periodical subscriptions. The on-campus library has four dedicated computer stations and wireless Internet access.
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Below are the portraits from the end of June and July and I'll catch up on August's portraits later on - because Great British Bake Off is about to start and it's our favourite programme on TV (AKA the only thing we watch on TV) Priorities, people!
The bestest of buddies. Josephine and Coralie with my best friend's boys, Oliver, Theo and George - my beautiful Godson, born just 3 weeks before Coralie. Friends for life.
Coralie: Cuddles with Auntie Dora in my Grandparent's bedroom in Cornwall. My sister and I spent many happy days with my Grandma in her room, looking at her treasures; jewellery and scarves, gloves and hats. I love that I get to share that with my own girls now.
Josephine: So happy to be on the beach. All day, every day if you could. Not phased by the icy cold sea or the boiling sun; just happy to feel the sand between your toes and have a selection of family members to call on for a spot of exploring. No joke, she pretty much wore this outfit all week.
Our first holiday as a family of four. It was such a special trip, for so many reasons. Pretty stressful with a two month old in tow at times, but wonderful. And I'm trying to get over myself and post pictures even if I think I look a bit chubby in them (or have enormous boobies thanks to the aforementioned two month old and a feeding frenzy!) In years to come I, we and they won't care about a little post-pregnancy softness. It'll be about the memories of that lovely week in my favourite place on Earth.
Coralie: People say she's the image of me. And I love that.
Josephine: The sweetest little copycat. Ben is doing up an old bike he found and Phiney has been 'working' on her balance bike alongside him. I snapped this through our bedroom window; spying on these two is the most heart melting game. Anything Daddy does, Phiney does too.
"A portrait of my daughters, once a week every week in 2014".
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LongSky and the Twisting Clouds
Here's something I don't do very often: a land skyscape.
In a twist on my usual process, I pretty much made this up as I went along, starting with just the basic idea and adding whatever felt right at the moment. I don't know if it's a process I'll revisit often. I don't like to plan my life out (don't ask me what I'm doing next weekend, 'cuz I'm sure I don't know).
My art though, that's a whole different kettle of fish. I have strategy. I have plans of attack.
Which leaves me with that most wicked question: Is this done? I've got to admit, I like the clouds. But there's a big part of me that wants to do more, maybe add a few members of my odd menagerie to the mix. Maybe stir in a concept or a theme. Got an opinion? I'd love to hear it!*
*artists' disclaimer: ...but in the end I'll selfishly and megalomaniacally do whatever I want (unless you're a client, of course). My wife will maim me over this someday.


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I have a requirement to use user keys with passphrases on automated scripts. Is there a way I can give the passphrase to use to the SSH Tectia Client?
asked Feb 18 '10 at 09:46
In some circumstances you may be required to to use user keys with Passphrases on automated scripts.
In these cases you may want to pre-load/cache the passphrases for your user keys using the ssh-broker-ctl command.
For more details of the command options please see the link below, and examples provided in this KB article.
First use the list-keys option to find the key ID:
If you get the following message it usually means that the broker isn't started:
[root@dhcp-pool62 ~]# ssh-broker-ctl list-keys -s ssh-broker-ctl: Broker connection failed: Connect failed: No such file or directory(2) / Failed to connect to broker socket `/tmp/ssh-root/ssh-broker'. / Failed to connect to Broker..
If this is the case you can start the broker first:
[root@dhcp-pool62 ~]# ssh-broker-g3Then re-run the "ssh-broker-ctl list-keys" command (if you have a lot of keys you may want to use the "short" -s option to limit the amount of data displayed about the keys):
[root@dhcp-pool62 ~]# ssh-broker-ctl list-keys -s #1 fc77c742134d8f03245220ba36c743066d3157b2 ssh-dss /root/.ssh2/id_dsa_2048_a dsa 2048
Once you know the key number you can use it and the "key-passphrase" command to load the passphrases for the keys:Note: If you would like to load all of your keys' passphrases you can use the --all option as shown in the ssh-broker-ctl man page link mentioned above.
*nix examples:
[root@dhcp-pool62 ~]# ssh-broker-ctl key-passphrase 1 Key label: 2048-bit dsa, email@example.com, Tue Dec 29 2009 12:01:47 -0800 File name: /root/.ssh2/id_dsa_2048_a Passphrase for the private key: 1 passphrase protected keys opened.
If you want to script the loading of the passphrases you would likely want to use the --passphrase-file option so that manual interaction is not needed. (Make sure the password files are in a secure location, only accessible to the intended user.)
[root@dhcp-pool62 ~]# ssh-broker-ctl key-passphrase 1 --passphrase-file=testpassphrase.txt 1 passphrase protected keys opened.
If your not running the ssh-broker-ctl command from the same directory simply use the full path.
[root@dhcp-pool62 etc]# ssh-broker-ctl key-passphrase 1 --passphrase-file=/root/testpassphrase.txt 1 passphrase protected keys opened.
Or you can use relative paths:
[root@dhcp-pool62 command]# ssh-broker-ctl key-passphrase 1 --passphrase-file=../passphrases/testpassphrase.txt 1 passphrase protected keys opened.
Windows examples: In current directory:
C:\example>ssh-broker-ctl key-passphrase 1 --passphrase-file=passphrase.txt 1 passphrase protected keys opened.
Relative path:
C:\TEST>ssh-broker-ctl key-passphrase 1 --passphrase-file=..\example\passphrase.txt 1 passphrase protected keys opened.
Full Path:
C:\TEST>ssh-broker-ctl key-passphrase 1 --passphrase-file=C:\example\passphrase.txt 1 passphrase protected keys opened.
Now your connections using the passphrase-loaded user keys will not require user interaction when connections are made until the Tectia connection broker is closed, or the cache is cleared using the --clear option.
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text: I just about suffered a heart attack this morning. A 40Gb drive on my Linux server somehow unmounted itself between reboots. To my untrained eye, it looked like all my wonderful data (including some not-backed-up design work I'm doing for a client) had been banished to the land of wind and ghosts. Luckily, cooler heads prevailed before I was able to commit seppuku with the hard drive platter, and the drive was remounted with little effort. Long story short: if backing up files were an Olympic sport, I'd have the gold medal no problem right now. Triply redundant backups aren't too paranoid, right? Right?!??!


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Hello, I'm currently at an my local community college. I was originally going to a mid sized state school, but a lot of bad decisions and going to a majors(CS to engineering) that I didn't care much lead to me getting poor grades and having to withdrawal. I've rediscovered my child hood love for physics and (especially) astronomy. I know I'm going to fight an uphill battle, is there a hope despite having currently around a 2.0 gpa after 3 years of schooling? I have a few main concerns
1)GPA, my GPA is poor and already has a lot of credits built up. It probably will take me a total of six years to graduate. So even doing good for the next few years won't give me a good gpa. Will doing good, especially on physics classes make it a "good" gpa despite its initial appearance or it something I'm always going to live down. I know I'm assuming a lot here, but I could get a 4.0 for the next three years and my GPA still won't raise above a 3.5 because all of my course baggage.
2)Timing, Will the time I took to graduate count against me to a significant factor? I changed majors twice already so I think I have an excuse, but it still an excuse.
3) Having enough time to do research. As I said I'll only be at school for 2 years,is that enough time to get some research done while taking a full course load? If not will research during the spring/summer during/after senior year and applying next year be enough to boost it enough? If not will going to a Msc first give me enough time or will this just look like padding out my application?
4)How will can I prepare now for research? Should I try to do some advance self learning over this year? Is it realistic for me to learn enough to prepare for research using mostly online resources?
5)I'm probably going to a mid-no name state school next year. I might not have access to letters from recommendations from well known researchers, is this a big deal or is it more about show interest and potential in research, rather than having impressive publications. Should I just run with the best research my school has even if its not in a topic of my interest and try to switch after admission to grad school?
Thanks for any answers, I hope that I still have a chance despite making many poor choices over the last few years.


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I was born in Mexico in 1983 and relocated to the U.S. in 2012. I hold a BFA in Photography from the Allende Institute in San Miguel Allende, Mexico.
The sense of community has been a keystone in my personal and professional development. I make images to traverse my interest in the human experience within society, centered in the possibility of igniting social awareness. My images rely on the social struggle to communicate, within the spaces we are forced to inhabit.
I have shot exciting assignments for editorial and corporate clients. My work has been exhibited at Centro Cultural "El Nigromante" in San Miguel Mexico, the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY, and the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston, MA, the Griffin Museum of Photography in Massachusetts, among others.
Additionally, I produce and coordinate photographic workshops, most recently for Mary Ellen Mark.
My current focus is producing a long-term social documentary project on transnational and migrant families in the Boston area. These families face separation due to deportation of the fear thereof. I am interested in exploring the issues that such struggle entails.


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The graduate program emphasizes seminars that provide an in-depth study of specialized areas in German literature, culture, and language. Instruction in methodology is provided for graduate student instructors and prospective teachers, and seminars in applied linguistics and second-language acquisition provide a theoretical and practical foundation for teachers. The program aims at comprehensive historical knowledge of German literature and culture and/or linguistics and is designed to train students in rigorous scholarship, original research, and independent thinking.
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European Club Cup and the Ratings Watch
The 2013 European Club Cup in Rhodes, Greece has finished, and as the teams generally have relatively little geographical unity I'll leave an investigation of the team results to you, dear readers. Of more interest to this writer was the individual aspect, and that such superstars as Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Alexander Grischuk (and a very big "and so on") were participating. The three players just listed were the three highest-rated players not to have qualified for the Candidates', and are as such the three likeliest possibilities for the final, wildcard spot to determined by the Candidates' organizers.
As the tournament will be in Russia (in Khanty-Mansyisk, a.k.a. FIDE's branch office in Siberia), Grischuk was already the likeliest suspect. As it turned out, he had the third-highest TPR in the event, and bypassed Caruana on the live list and almost surpassed Nakamura as well. I don't know if Grischuk is now a shoo-in for the wildcard, but he's got to be awfully close. Considering that he came close in the Grand Prix and is currently rated #5 in the world, he would make an excellent choice.


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Tales of the Cocktail 2013 in Visuals
And we're back!
As we regroup and put the pieces together from a fantastic Tales of the Cocktail last week in New Orleans, we thought you'd like to take a gander at all we got up to. There were some truly inspired seminars and events, tons of tastings and parties, plus we made sure not
to miss out on some of the rich culture of the Crescent City! A whirlwind few days to be sure.
In the meantime, we've put some albums together on Facebook for you to peruse.
These albums include some of our favorite memories, such as the seminar on Airport Bars
moderated by Jacob Briars, with Charlotte Voisey (in pilot and flight attendant garb to keep our tray tables upright and locked!) and Doug Draper. We also loved the Absolut Welcome Party at Arnaud's and the Pernod popup at the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum. Another highlight to be sure, the folks at Cure have a new and promising venue, Cane and Table, which served as the Irish Whiskey House popup spot for this year's Spirited Award winners for Best New Cocktail Bar, the Dead Rabbit (big mazel and slainte to the team!)
But more on all that later. Time to regenerate some brain cells.
Tales of the Cocktail - the first couple of days.
And if you likes us, but you haven't yet "liked" us, well, you know what to do while you're over there.


text: In 2006, Randy left Houston to carve out a life with his wife in Napa, with the 10 year plan to come back to TX to make world class wine and push the industry. An internship at Cakebread lead to a job, then to a position at Colgin, then to work under cult winemakers like Mike Hirby and Andy Erickson. All this lead to served as the foundation of his own label, Lightning Wines, focusing on Grenache. In 2014, Randy came back to TX to launch C.L Butaud to push the possibilities of Tempranillo. Check out the podcast to hear Randy tell his story. He's made a splash already!