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Current Projects
We like to call ourselves "The Home of the Rainbow PET" because we paint our PETs bright cheerful colors as you can see in these photos. Living a life in the dirt is drab and dreary. In addition to lifting them out of the dirt, our PETs are painted bright cheerful colors they can be proud to own and operate.
There is a trip planned by P.E.T. to distribute vehicles in Guatemala in April. If you are interested, go to their website http://www.petspokane.org For more information.
We are pleased to announce that we have been
able to raise enough funds to purchase nine P.E.T. units!
Our P.E.T. sample is visiting the Smyrna United Church of Christ in Canby, Oregon!
Food Bank Project
The September pantry item will be PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY
Please help fill the shopping cart in the Roberts room.
Please help fill the shopping cart in
the Roberts room.
The Mission Commission is asking for supplies to help Haven keep their clients provided
with necessities for living and working in the community. Look for the big box in the Narthex.
HAVEN Safe-house Needs! The Mission Committee is asking for collections to
benefit the local HAVEN organization. There will be a big box located in the Narthex for the items.
Collection is for the month of May.
• Big Cooking Pot
• Microwave
• Baking sheets
• Can opener
• Draino (other drain cleaner)
• Oven Cleaner
• Mop and bucket
• Hand Soap
• Dish cloths and sponges
• Paper Towels
• Hand towels
• Queen Mattress pads (2)
• New Pillows
• Tampons and pads
• Deodorant
• Full size- shampoo, conditioner and body wash
• Laundry baskets
• Bagless vacuum
• Gender neutral baby clothes
Ongoing Needs
- Batteries (AAA,AA)
- Paper Towels
- Dish Soap
- Plates, Cups, Glasses, Bowls
- Utensils
- 2014 Calendars
- Pots/Pans
- Nonperishable food
- Gift Cards
We contribute throughout the year to the High School Backpack Project.
Donations are assembled at the Methodist Church so that students can
obtain weekend backpacks to make sure that they have food over the
weekend. If they have siblings, they are included in the weekend backpack project.
Backpack program pantry needs re-stocking
Last school year, the backpack program served about 864 meals. This year, the program will include all schools in district 21. Please help restock their pantry located at the First United Methodist church. We will take donations here at our location (look for the big box) and take it over before the start of school.
- Canned green beans
- Canned corn
- Jam and jelly
- Pancake syrup
- Canned milk
- Small size mac and cheese
- Pastas
- Small size tuna or canned meat
- Soup
- Powdered milk
- Crackers
- Dried beans
- Smaller size pasta sauce
- Breakfast bars
Community Meal was incorporated with the Oregon Secretary of State, Corporation Division,
on October 12, 1983 to provide a free, wholesome meal,
on a regular basis, to anyone in the community in need of a meal. Community Meal is
a non-profit corporation and is tax exempt pursuant to the
provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). http://communitymeal.com/
Members of the church assist with the Community Meals throughout the year.
Our next schedule days to help are August 25th and November 3rd.
Helpers should be there at 3:30 p.m. Please call the Church Office for more information.
This was a labor of love project that the church was very happy to work on. Volunteers cleaned out two rooms and then painted colorful animals on the walls, added slip covers to the couch, brought in toys, and more. This created a warm and friendly environment for children in foster care to meet with their parents during visitation time. Wow! What a difference from the drab grey walls!


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More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
Publisher: Soho Teen
Release Date: June 2015
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Plot: In the months after his father's suicide, it's been tough for 16-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again–but he's still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he's slowly remembering what that might feel like. But grief and the smile-shaped scar on his wrist prevent him from forgetting completely.
When Genevieve leaves for a couple of weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aaron's crew notices, and they're not exactly thrilled. But Aaron can't deny the happiness Thomas brings or how Thomas makes him feel safe from himself, despite the tensions their friendship is stirring with his girlfriend and friends. Since Aaron can't stay away from Thomas or turn off his newfound feelings for him, he considers turning to the Leteo Institute's revolutionary memory-alteration procedure to straighten himself out, even if it means forgetting who he truly is.
Why does happiness have to be so hard?
I don't think I'll be able to stress enough how important and different this book is.
Set in a near future New York in the Bronx, a boy realizes he's gay in a world where that isn't acceptable. In this place, there is no hope for him, and the only way to solve it is for him to bury it with the technology to wipe his memories.
This is a sci-fi way of basically saying how dangerous conversion therapy is, and how it does not work.
My heart bled for Aaron, who just wants to be happy. But where is happiness when you can barely afford to eat, have friends who you know can turn on you, in a neighborhood where shootings and stabbings are a weekly occurrence?
First of all, it was so refreshing to see a working-class character of colour. While POC are often portrayed as such, the characters were realistic, deep, and sympathetic (ok not all of them were). It wasn't stereotypical, it was representation. The working-class aspect alone was diverse, because even within the community you still have some who are poorer than others, some who deal with it differently. Happiness is what you make of it, and in dark times, it's hard to find. This was a story of true desperation, of a quick fix that just doesn't work.
I'm sure it happens in the U.K too, but let's focus on conversion therapy in the U.S. It's really stupid, for one, layered with insecurities, desperation, isolation, and sometimes (but not all the time) religion. It's deep rooted prejudice that makes a father send his son to a camp that makes him believe that what he feels is wrong. It's a warped sense of what love is, because that's all it is, it's love. It's not perversion or whatever the people in the documentaries call it (I told you in my last review I like watching docs about things I can't understand, didn't I?). The only way to deal with this is through education and compassion.
And hey, even if you still don't 'believe' in homosexuality, whatever that means, your child should not be at the mercy of that opinion. Just…don't send them to conversion camps. Don't make them have therapy with an overpriced psychiatrist who's literally spoon feeding you pseudo-science.
I loved this book. It's sad, but it's real. If you're looking for a happy ending, it's probably not here, but that doesn't mean you should avoid it!
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Workplace Wellness Program Ideas
Many organizations provide free and credible resources to help you plan workplace wellness activities. We have highlighted some of them here to help you develop and deliver a cost-effective program for your employees.
Themes and Ideas
Team Building
Help employees develop better strategies for responding to others.
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Break Activity
Encourage employees of all abilities to think while in motion.
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Suggested Employee Communication
Human Rights Day and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities remind us that we all have a role to play in reaffirming our common humanity and our responsibility to contribute to a work environment where everyone feels included. Being a Mindful Employee means being aware of the impact you have on others in the workplace every day. The Mental Health Commission of Canada offers this free resource for you to assess your own approach.
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Join Mary Ann Baynton, Program Director for the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace, at the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) conference from January 30 – Feb 1st in Toronto, where she and other panel experts will participate in an 'Ask an Expert' series in Psychological Health and Safety.
HRPA Conference 2019: Work Climate – Positive Climate Change at Work
This relatively new branch of psychology uses scientific research and understanding to study the conditions and processes that contribute to the flourishing or optimal functioning of people, groups and institutions.
Monday, January 28, 2019
The HRPA 2019 Annual Conference and Trade Show explores Work Climate – the shared perceptions, mood, and attitudes about an organization.
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Brandt Garon, who signed a National Letter of Intent with the Cajuns golf team last fall, blitzed a field of 100 Division I golfers and captured top honors at the 15th Annual Red Wolf Intercollegiate on Tuesday, hosted by Arkansas State.
The tournament was shorted to 36 holes after inclement weather on Monday.
In the two-round tournament, Garon posted scores of 66 (-6) and 69 (-3) to finish two strokes ahead of the nearest competitor. Monday's round of 66 was the tournament low, narrowly missing the tournament record of 65. As a team, Meridian finished tied for seventh in the field of 18.
Garon, last season's NJCAA Division I individual champion, is currently a sophomore at Meridian Community College and will have two years of eligibility remaining when he tees it up for the Cajuns in the fall.
Garon will be teaming up with a former teammate from Meridian next season. Current Cajun Garrett Westbrook has seen limited action for UL this past season. While at Meridian, Westbrook was a two-time NJCAA All-America. He and Garon helped lead the Eagles to a runner-up finish at the 2010 NJCAA National Championship.
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The Alton Towers Resort is to launch two brand new attractions for the 2012 season when the Theme Park re-opens on 24th March. Adding to its existing portfolio of over 50 rides and attractions, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs: The 4-D Experience and Nemesis Sub-Terra will open along with two new Ice Age themed suites in the Splash Landings Hotel.
Located in the Cloud Cuckoo Land Theatre of the theme park, the Ice Age cinema will combine 3-D footage, based on the third movie in the blockbuster series, with an exhilarating variety of physical effects including icy blasts, snow and bubbles. Fans will also have the opportunity to meet both Sid and Scrat around the Alton Towers Resort, before staying over in one of the brand new Ice Age themed bedrooms in the Splash Landings Hotel. The super-cool rooms feature everyone's favourite characters from the film - Scrat, Manny, Diego and Sid and will keep the whole family entertained with quizzes, games and prizes to be won!
Also new for the Alton Towers Resort in 2012 is Nemesis Sub-Terra, a psychologically and physically thrilling experience, taking place in a dark, intense underground setting which will be based around the back-story of the original Nemesis attraction, which opened in 1994. Set to be one of the Resort's most terrifying attractions, Nemesis Sub-Terra takes guests down into the deepest, darkest location of the theme park for the experience.
The new attractions join old favourites at the UK's number 1 theme park. With over 50 rides and attractions there is something for all the family to enjoy, whether you're after gentle thrills or pure adrenalin pumping experiences! After an action packed day, enjoy a short break at either the Alton Towers or Splash Landings Hotel situated just a stone's throw away from the Theme Park. Discover the fun and quirky features of the Alton Towers hotel, based around the travels of the incredible explorer Sir Algenon. Over in Splash Landings, the sun shines every day in the crazy Caribbean themed hotel. After a busy day relax in Ma Garrita's bar, with superb views overlooking the tropical Waterpark and fabulous entertainment into the evening.


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TLC are raising money to release their "final album."
The 'No Scrubs' hitmakers have launched a campaign on crowdfunding website Kickstarter in a bid to raise $150,000 to make the LP, which they are dedicating to their fans.
Writing on their fundraising page, the band wrote: "This album, our FINAL ALBUM, is dedicated to all of you that have stuck with us, always challenging us to do our best. And of course, it's for the new fans too! ;) We just want to put out great music that touches everyone. That's it (sic)."
The two remaining members, T-Boz and Chilli, are hoping to meet their target by February 19, and have promised to pay tribute to the group's third member, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes - who was killed in a car accident in 2002 - on the record.
They continued: "This final album will be the first studio album by the two of us. Of course, Lisa's spirit will always be present in our music. That will never change."
The group's last release was '3D' in 2002, with their previous albums including 'Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip' in 1992, 'CrazySexyCool' in 1994 and 'FanMail' in 1999.
Writing about their financial target to create the LP, the women said they are hoping to reflect their successful musical history with the record, having topped the charts with four singles and picked up five Grammy awards during their careers.
They added: "Without you, we wouldn't have ten top 10 singles and four number 1 singles. We wouldn't have won five Grammy awards or sold 65 million records worldwide. Without you, we wouldn't have become the most successful girl group of all time! Without you there would be no
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Monday Movie Meme – Backyard BBQ
As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, the theme for this week's Monday Movie Meme focuses on one of the most common Independence Day celebrations in America: Backyard BBQ.
Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring cookouts, barbecues or whatever these casual parties are called in your neck of the woods.
The BBQ scene doesn't have to necessarily be set in someone's backyard but a character in the film must be firing up something on a grill. Here are my selections for this week's Backyard BBQ theme.
Poetic Justice
A group of friends crash a family reunion, where they help themselves to barbecue food, drinks and new acquaintances in this romantic drama starring Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur and Regina King.
Boyz n the Hood
Friends in an L.A. neighborhood discuss reading books, AIDS and letting women eat first, at a backyard cookout celebrating Doughboy's return home from prison in this drama starring Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Morris Chestnut.
What movies have YOU watched featuring people cooking out at a barbecue?


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This has been a busy year so far, with CES and IoT Evolution in January, and with February following up with GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. MWC brings tens of thousands of people together from all over the world to talk about the newest devices and most innovative solutions in Mobile. Our latest issue of The Connected Conversation will cover conference highlights, key take aways and more.
To read more, please follow the link: http://bit.ly/1UbAeGB.


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Role: Partner, Shopping Centre Leasing, London
Number of Years at Cushman & Wakefield: Over 11 years having joined Cushman & Wakefield as a fresh faced graduate.
Key Assignments: I work on creating retail destinations that change the way people shop and towns and cities function, like the new ultimate destination, Battersea Power Station. I also sit on the Retail strategy group looking at the future of retail and trying to predict future trends and technology which will have a huge impact on our clients and consumers alike.
Interesting Facts: I won the Women of the Future Award for Real Estate, Infrastructure and Construction award. This was the proudest moment of my career so far, closely followed by becoming the youngest ever female partner at Cushman & Wakefield. I have two little girls aged 2 and 3 months- both are in training to become the ultimate feminists!
Why does diversity at Cushman & Wakefield matter to you? Because I don't think an XY chromosome should define your potential.


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In my book I mention the bulletin board at the front of the room. I also briefly talk about a chart that was posted for our reference. I don't tell about how this chart impacted me every day.
I didn't take many photos at my first disaster response where I was deployed in Washington, D.C. Inside of a white nondescript office building, I talked on the phone with hundreds of families who lost loved ones. One of the few photos I did take was of a large chart at the front of the room where I was working, in a Red Cross call center.
As you well know, on September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States. The world watched helplessly as suicide attackers crashed two planes into two of the World Trade Center buildings, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania. After the horror of that day, many were compelled to help. To do something, anything. Some of us rushed to donate blood and others donated money.
I was already trained to be an emergency disaster responder for the American Red Cross. So I went. 9/11 was my first national disaster deployment. I was honored to be chosen as one of many thousands of Red Cross volunteers who were able to respond.
My function, or job, was casework. When I was trained as a Red Cross caseworker, we were taught how to work one-on-one with individuals or families who lost stuff. Maybe they lost a home to fire, had damage to their house from a falling tree during a tornado, or the first floor of their home might be filled with mud from a flooded river. As a caseworker after 9/11, I did work one-on-one with families, but none of them lost stuff. Instead, everyone I spoke with lost someone they loved.
On October 1, 2001, I left home to go to the Washington, D.C. area. I spent three weeks both calling and receiving calls from families who lost loved ones during the attacks.
In the front of the room where I worked, there was a large bulletin board. This board provided us with information we would need on a daily basis. It had memos and updates about the most recent changes to the forms we used. It had lists of phone numbers of various supervisors, so we could get in touch with them if they weren't in the room. There were phone numbers of contacts in New York City for offices doing in-person casework. There was also a list of churches we could attend in the area. The day and date were written in a very large font. So with only a quick glance we would know what day of the week it was.
My most vivid memory of this bulletin board is of a large four-foot by four-foot chart. This chart had drawings of the two World Trade Center buildings that had collapsed. All 110 floors of the two buildings were depicted. The floors were colored in hues of pink, burgundy, and blue. There were also floors shown in white.
On this chart, the floors in white meant all employees were safe and accounted for. Floors shown in pink had ten or fewer lost that day. Those in burgundy had eleven to one hundred people gone. The companies in blue had more than one-hundred employees die on 9/11.
Occupying these two buildings were people from all walks of life. The companies represented included employees involved in finance, insurance, brokerage, law, communications, futures and bond trading, money management, banking, technology, and more. There were also government offices of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and offices of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Along with these, there were simple branch bank offices, coffee vendors, and cafe's. There were waitresses, cashiers, secretaries, file clerks, administrative assistants, and police officers of the Port Authority.
Every day, throughout the day, I would look at this chart and think about the almost 3,000 people who died.
It represented real people. Not only statistics. While I was in Washington, I spoke with the loved ones of people lost in these companies and businesses.
One company lost 38 of their 55 employees. In another only two died of the 91 who worked there. In one business all of the employees who reported to work that day died, there were over 350 lost. In some fortunate businesses all of the staff were able to escape. In one Information Systems company all were able to evacuate, but three had injuries. In another, one-third of the employees died. And the list went on and on.
The one that truly broke my heart the most was the restaurant called Windows On The World located on the 106th floor. None of the employees were accounted for. About one-hundred people who were eating in the restaurant also died. I spoke with a woman whose three siblings met for breakfast. They all lost their lives. These people were at the top of the world enjoying their day until terrorists ended it.
A few years ago, Craig and I traveled out west to see South Dakota, Yellowstone National Park, and Grand Teton National Park. On September 11th, we left Yellowstone driving past the entrance where the United States flag was flying in the breeze at half-staff and drove south to the Grand Tetons. While there, we took a drive up one mountain through winding roads and narrow switchbacks to the top.
There, on this September 11th, I stood at the top of the mountain looking out across the grand vistas feeling like I was on top of the world. I couldn't help but be saddened as I remembered all of the people in Windows On The World. I thought of the brothers and sisters who died on September 11, 2001, along with waiters, waitresses, cook staff, and guests. I swallowed back unshed tears as I tried hard not to let my memories of that day ruin a wonderful vacation.


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Trigger Characters Meet in Anime Expo Flyer
Anime Studio Trigger's "Kill La Kill," "Inferno Cop" and "Little Witch Academia" meet their upcoming "Ninja Slayer" and "Inou Battle"
Anime Studio Trigger's Kill La Kill, Inferno Cop and Little Witch Academia meet their upcoming Ninja Slayer and Inou Battle in a must-see flyer for this weekend's Anime Expo. They've also been talking up today's panel, which will offer an early look at the KlK OVA episode.
#AnimeExpo2014 flier with some awesome art work by @trigger_inc ! Love that Ninja Slayer and Inou Battle are in it! pic.twitter.com/BpLvVjz1Zy
— Patrick Malley (@patrick130m) July 3, 2014
Reminder: studio TRIGGER will be hosting a panel at Anime Expo tomorrow at 6:00 pm in room LP2!
— TRIGGER Inc. (@trigger_inc) July 2, 2014
Be sure to stop by! We will be revealing never before seen (yes, not even in Japan) Key visual for KLK episode 25!
— TRIGGER Inc. (@trigger_inc) July 2, 2014
We also have trailers and visual for our new upcoming titles as well!
— たっつん (@Trigger_Tattun) July 2, 2014
Once again, if you are attending AX and if you are doing a TRIGGER title cosplay, Please!! stop by our panel tomorrow!
— TRIGGER Inc. (@trigger_inc) July 2, 2014
Our panel will not be as business professional compared to the KLK panel hosted by Aniplex.
— TRIGGER Inc. (@trigger_inc) July 2, 2014
So please feel free to bombard us with questions at our panel!
— TRIGGER Inc. (@trigger_inc) July 2, 2014
Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.


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National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cis
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"Compelling portraits in grass-roots inspiration and female strength." - The Hollywood Reporter.
Visit film site here. Watch trailer here.
Since forming in the summer of 2010 by activist, poet M.C., and single mother, Xela de la X, the Ova's have made it their mission to cycle for the purpose of healing, reclaiming their neighborhoods, and creating safer streets for women on the Eastside. At first only attracting a few local women, over the past few years the Ovarian Psycos have inspired a ferocious and unapologetic crowd of local heroines who are a visible force along the barrios and boulevards of Los Angeles. Ovarian Psycos (USA, 2016) is a feature documentary that rides along with the Ovas, exploring the impact of the group's brand of feminism on neighborhood women and communities as they confront the violence in their lives.
Crew: Directed and produced by Joanna Sokolowski and Kate Trumbull-LaValle; Director of Photography: Michael Raines; Edited by Victoria Chalk; Original Score by The Album Leaf.
Produced in association with the Independent Television Service (ITVS) with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Additional Support provided by ITVS Diversity Development Fund, Pacific Pioneer Fund, California Council for the Humanities California Documentary Project grant.
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You'll find women swooning at the bar at Burger & Beer Joint. It's not just the terrific burgers and duck-fat fries that have everyone gaga over this Miami Beach hot spot. It's also the good looks and humor of 31-year-old bartender Michael McDonald. He won't take his shirt off, but he'll definitely flirt and pour you a tasty cocktail. Maybe that's why "Handsome Mike" earns the big tips.
New Times: What are the sexiest cocktails on the menu?
Michael McDonald: We have some fun adult cocktails with names like Money Shot, Rug Burns, O Face, and Pop My Cherry.
NT: How often do women hit on you at night?
MM: It's pretty often. The women can be aggressive. The later the night, the further they crawl over the bar. I'm asked to take my shirt off, which I obviously can't do here.
NT: How do you handle drunken customers?
MM: I try to be polite and charming. I nonchalantly ignore them. The less attention you give them, the better off you are.
NT: Are women big tippers?
MM: Yes. My largest tips come from women. I sometimes get $100 tips from women.
NT: What do you think of women who eat burgers at the bar?
MM: I like a woman who eats. I like to eat myself. There's no shame in a woman pigging out.
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NT: Describe the scene at B&B.
MM: It's a laid-back spot for locals. It's got a rock 'n' roll vibe and obviously the burgers are great.
NT: They call you "Handsome Mike" behind the bar.
MM: Yeah, I've heard that for the last few years. It's humorous.


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Run Toward, Not Away from Fear
Tensions are running high for Jesus and his followers. He is starting to anger the religious leaders to the point that they are ready to put an end to his reign of chaos (their perspective). But they are also afraid of the wrath of the people that love and follow Jesus. They are stuck. They see very few options. Their being trapped makes them afraid, and their fear makes them dangerous. Ultimately, it is this fear that will lead them to crucify Jesus. Ironically, the very thing they feared (the earthly reign of Jesus) became the thing they brought about by their fearful actions (the eternal reign of Jesus).
Often I have let fear rule my actions or my inaction. Rarely has it led to anything good. When I reacted out of fear instead of logic, compassion, or love, the outcome has been grim. When I failed to act because of fear, I have regretted not doing something. On the other hand, when I have faced my fears, and ran straight at them, acting out of love despite my fear, I have always come out the other side better than I went in. Even if my actions resulted in failure, I learned from them. When my actions resulted in success, I could revel in the joy a minute, knowing I had conquered a fear. Fear is uncomfortable, but it is not ultimately harmful. If I face a fear every day, just imagine what I can accomplish in my lifetime!
Narrative Lectionary Text: Luke 20:9-19
He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenants, and went to another country for a long time. When the season came, he sent a slave to the tenants in order that they might give him his share of the produce of the vineyard; but the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Next he sent another slave; that one also they beat and insulted and sent away empty-handed. And he sent still a third; this one also they wounded and threw out. Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.' But when the tenants saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, 'This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance may be ours.' So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When they heard this, they said, "Heaven forbid!" But he looked at them and said, "What then does this text mean: 'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls." When the scribes and chief priests realized that he had told this parable against them, they wanted to lay hands on him at that very hour, but they feared the people.


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1) First of all, My current SoulSilver team:
-Gyarados (the Red one!)
-Krabby, purely as an HM Slave
I'm one badge away from getting all 16, and so far, this team's been working out for me. Lt. Surge was a bastard, though. It was quite hard to take him on when half of my team is weak to electric attacks. Follow the blog on Facebook to get updates on my SoulSilver quest!
I'm also playing the hell outta the Pokewalker. It's a Tamagotchi! It's a primitive Pokemon game! It's a pedometer! Wait, it's all three!! Here are some tips to get three hidden areas:
1) "Beyond The Sea" - Obtain a Pokemon from the GTS from another country
2) "Night Sky's Edge" - Obtain a Jirachi. It was originally thought to just be the Gamestop Jirachi from last month, but it turns out that ANY JIRACHI WORKS.
3) "Yellow Forest" - Download it off Nintendo Wi-Fi. I don't know how long it's going to last, though.
2) New Posts! I swear to you they're coming. I just need to get the chutzpah to get on my ass to write them. The following posts are in the wood works: My Favorite Simpsons Episodes, My Least Favorite Simpsons Episodes, The Best Simpsons B-Stories, and Ten Aspects of Pokemon The Youngin's Will Never Understand
3) Thanks to Jimmy Fallon, I discovered a band called Gogol Bordello. I saw them play this song:
And I don't know what to make of it. I've watched that video about 10 times, but I like the sound. It's definitely unlike anything I've ever heard before this point in time.
4) Met Brian Posehn earlier tonight!
He did a great set, and signed a bunch of stuff! He seems to be the only comic that I know of that includes a Weenie with his new album (in this case, a whoopee cushion). BTW, that is indeed a Mr. Sparkle t-shirt I'm wearing!
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Top 10 Geekiest Musical Instruments
From least Geeky to most Geeky:
10. The Flute
9. The Spoons
8. Guitars with More Than One Neck
6. Synthesizers
5. Random Objects
4. The Accordion
2. Theremin
1. Tesla Coils
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10. The Flute
9. The Spoons
8. Guitars with More Than One Neck
7. The Piano from "Big"
6. Synthesizers
5. Random Objects
4. The Accordion
3. The Keytar
2. Theremin
1. Tesla Coils
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Easy Parmesan Crisps // Video
Cracker thin cheese snacks, these Easy Parmesan Crisps take minutes to make. Salty, cheesy flavor is bursting with every single bite, great for entertaining or for a gluten-free cracker replacement.
So..I tend to do things backwards around here. It's just how I roll. Like, I start eating a little healthier before the holidays (I lost a few pounds along the way…yay!) and then after the New Year I'm all about the game day eats. Like wings, nachos and chili. Not really the best plan when spring is next up on the calendar. I'm sure I'll inevitably gain it all back but I'll TRY my BEST to help you all out with your resolutions this year by sharing some healthier options here like this easy Beef Stroganoff and this super colorful salad. Because I love you.
But today….I'm sharing the easiest recipe there ever was….Easy Parmesan Crisps. They're simple to throw together and a great option for topping salads or adorning a cheese platter for the New Year. I had a lot of questions about these Everything Parmesan Crisps so I thought I'd throw together a quick video to convince you just how easy they truly are. My shortest video ever…..so, that alone, should tell you that these Easy Parmesan Crisps are the simplest recipe ever.
Now….I will add this warning, they're extremely addictive. Every single time I make them I eat the whole batch. Then I need to make another batch because people will wonder what I do all day long. And then I end up eating those too…so be aware and make sure you have a good sized hunk of parmesan to whip these babies up. You'll want to put them on everything, like this Italian Sausage Soup and a simple garden salad. They're the best gluten-free way to ease into your healthy eating regimen…unless you're like me and are on the downside of totally failing your new resolution before the New Year has even started. Cheers to a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Easy Parmesan Crisps // Video
One ingredient....that's all it takes to make these easy parmesan Crisps. Like a low carb cracker that is totally crave worthy.
- 1 cup finely shredded parmesan cheese
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Pour heaping tablespoons of grated cheese onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 4-5 minutes until golden and crisp. Cool for 30 seconds on the baking sheet and then transfer to a cooling rack. Repeat with the remaining cheese. Serve.
- Can be made up to 24 hours in advance and stored at room temperature.


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After being conceived in a top secret CIA bunker, Jacob grew up on the mean streets of Brighton, NY where he learned how to mow lawns. He studied at the college formerly known as SUNY Fredonia (Now called John Bardo University).
He's seeking a blonde, under 5"10 with preferably blue eyes and a "fun" personality. Excepting that, he's seeking a transformative experience (but really, aren't all experiences transformative?) in a culture truly foreign to him. By actively trying to cross that barrier of culture, language, etc. he hopes that some small truth about the human race will be revealed to him. If that's not possible, he'll settle for a brunette.
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By George Lavender
"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." Ansel Adams
George Lavender is a designer and art director based in New York who grew up on England's South Coast. Having spent much of his time in cities - both New York and London - over the past few years he finds himself compelled to get away from his desk and head into the wild whenever possible. Many of his adventures revolve around snowboarding and the mountains, which means hiking trips in the Welsh hills or clambers over the boulders of Norway are never far from him mind. A creative at heart, he inevitably finds original ways to capture these daredevil jaunts.
Find out more about George and his travels here: george-lavender.com
"Snowboarding is such a well documented sport in this day and age, it's almost impossible to scroll through my Instagram feed without seeing several tweaked grabs or cork spins. However, having just purchased a new (old) 35mm film camera, I wasted no time in booking my own snowboarding escape and snapping away during my trip to Park City Mountain, Utah. I've always been fascinated by the moments of pure stillness and tranquility in the mountains, the kind that stop you in your tracks so you can just take a minute to appreciate your surroundings. That's the quality that shooting rolls of film teaches you, make every shot count and take it all in."
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Oregon Court of Appeals: LUBA May Not Grant Voluntary Remands/
A recent decision from the Oregon Court of Appeals, Dexter Lost Valley Community Association v. Lane County, limits the abilities of Oregon cities to withdraw a decision that a party has appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. Background
Anyone who has worked on behalf of an Oregon city for even a modest amount of time is likely familiar with Oregon's unique land use system, which has many characteristics that are foreign to other states. One of these is the Land Use Board of Appeals ("LUBA"). In virtually all other states, if a party wants to challenge a local zoning or development decision it must initiate a lawsuit. Lawsuits are expensive and trial court judges generally are not well versed in land use law.
The Oregon Legislature created LUBA to reduce the expense and time associated with seeking review of land use decisions and to ensure a panel of experts in land use law reviewed land use decisions. This has produced a body of generally consistent land use case law and has permitted Oregon's circuit courts to focus their resources in other areas.
A LUBA appeal is a relatively straightforward process. The local government files a record of the decision (i.e. the materials the decision maker considered at the local level). The parties then submit written briefs urging LUBA to overturn or uphold the decision based on the relevant law and facts. LUBA permits the parties to present oral argument, and then subsequently issues an order either upholding or rejecting the local government's decision.
While the state retains significant control over land use issues in Oregon, the system aspires to have as many decisions made – and by extension as many disputes resolved – at the local level. In that spirit, Oregon cities do not have to proceed with defending a decision if they believe it is vulnerable to a reversal or a remand from LUBA. Historically, a local government could "take back" its decision at one of two times during the LUBA appeal process: at any time and for any reason prior to the filing of the record; or by filing a request for a "voluntary remand" after a petitioner filed its brief.
The Court's Decision
An Oregon statute, ORS 197.830(13)(b), expressly permits a city to unilaterally withdraw a decision for reconsideration prior to the deadline for filing the record. However, Oregon law is silent on a jurisdiction's right to ask LUBA for a voluntary remand after the record is submitted and the petitioner has filed its brief. LUBA has historically granted requests for voluntary remands because they promote judicial economy and potentially allow parties to resolve disputes at the local level.
In this case, Lane County asked for a voluntary remand after the petitioner filed its brief with LUBA. Over the petitioner's objection, LUBA granted Lane County's request after the county agreed to address on remand all of the assignments of error petitioner raised in its brief. The petitioner then appealed LUBA's order granting the voluntary remand to the Oregon Court of Appeals.
The petitioner argued that ORS 197.830(13)(b) is the exclusive means by which a city may reconsider its decision and not be compelled to defend it at LUBA. Because the Legislature expressly permitted local governments to withdraw land use decisions prior to the filing of the local record with LUBA, the petitioner argued that the Legislature implicitly prohibited a withdrawal afterward. The county argued that LUBA's policy to allow voluntary remands after a local government submits a record does not conflict with the express statutory authority to seek reconsideration before the record is filed. In essence, the county asserted that LUBA's authority to permit voluntary remands is consistent with its statutory duty to render decisions consistent with "sound principles governing judicial review" (ORS 197.805).
After reviewing the legislative history of ORS 197.830(13)(b), the court agreed with the petitioners that LUBA does not have the authority to allow a local government to "take back" a land use decision after it has filed the record in the appeal. The court noted that the original language of the bill codifying ORS 197.830(13)(b) permitted a local government to withdraw a decision for reconsideration prior to oral argument. The Legislature amended the bill to require a withdrawal prior to the filing of a record after 1000 Friends of Oregon objected to the original language. 1000 Friends argued that a petitioner could end up spending a lot of time (and money if it hired an attorney) briefing the case and preparing for oral argument, only to have the local government decide to withdraw the decision late in the appeal process. Based on the legislative history and the fact that Oregon law was otherwise silent about LUBA's authority to permit voluntary remands, the court held that LUBA erred in allowing Lane County to take its decision back after it filed the record.
The Impact
It is not clear whether Lane County will appeal the court's decision to the Oregon Supreme Court. For now, if a city faced with a LUBA appeal believes it has a good chance of losing, it must decide to withdraw the decision prior to the date it must file the record with LUBA. This is unfortunate, because in many instances a city only realizes after it understands a petitioner's arguments how vulnerable its decision may be to a LUBA reversal or remand.


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The client first contacted ESPRESSO | Studio 5 because they needed a new website for their construction business. As the company expanded, they needed a Web presence for each of their divisions. So, to simplify navigation between different services ESPRESSO | Studio 5 designed a responsive business website based on the same overall brand strategy for each of the firm's five divisions. They added searchable real estate listings and secure maintenance request forms to each site as required. All six of their new responsive business websites are based on the WordPress platform. ESPRESSO | Studio 5 hosts their websites and monitors them for performance and security issues as well as future upgrades.
Feedback Summary
The client is very satisfied with their experience working with ESPRESSO | Studio 5. They are pleased with the quality of work delivered and the friendly and easy to work with staff. The new website is user friendly with a professional and modern design to the client's taste. ESPRESSO | Studio 5 is highly recommended to others.
Can you give a brief description of your company and your role there?
I work [with] a commercial real estate company in Bellevue, Wash. We are licensed in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Besides brokerage, we do property management and some construction. I am the director of marketing here. I oversee all marketing related projects as well as research and managing our database.
Opportunity / Challenge
When you approached ESPRESSO | Studio 5, what was the business challenge that you were trying to address?
We first contacted them a few years back to help develop a construction website for us because we were trying to grow that division within our company. They did a great job with that, and then about a year and a half later, we hired them to rebrand our entire online image. We went from one website platform to having one corporate website plus five different websites for each division of Summerfield.
Did their work include design, development, training, and support?
Yes. They were hands-on for the entire process.
Why did you select ESPRESSO | Studio 5 to work with in the beginning?
I wasn't happy with our web developer at the time. So, I went on an Internet search and just looked at companies throughout the greater Seattle area. I looked at reviews from their clients and reached out to each company to help with our project, asked for an estimate on what it would cost, interviewed with some people I liked and narrowed it down. They were my favorite choice.
Can you give a sense of the size of the project either in a cost range or personnel work hour figure?
Every website was built differently. I believe it was a little more than $10,000 for the six new websites we ordered.
Results + Feedback
In terms of the results of the project, are there any metrics or feedback that you can share that indicates the effectiveness of the work?
Everything has been going great. We've had good feedback from our clients. Everything looks good. It's much more user friendly, a lot more professional, modern, and definitely an upgrade from our previous website. Everyone here likes it.
Is there anything unique or special about them compared to other companies with which you may have worked?
They just were nice people to work with. Gregor [Schmidt] and Coco [co-founders of ESPRESSO | Studio 5] are both very friendly and outgoing, very kind and hardworking people. They're a smaller business, but their personalities and the customer service and what they provide, I thought, brought them above their competitors.
On the other hand, is there any area that you think they could improve upon or that you would do differently looking back?
I thought they got a little busy at times with other projects. Sometimes, it would take a day or two to get back to a phone call. That'd be the only issue.
Finally, we have some quick questions. For each one, we ask that you give ESPRESSO | Studio 5 a rating on a scale of one to 100, with 100 being the best score.
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Thanks so much to chictopia for the honor of style icon – I couldn't be more appreciative of this community – I really, really love it!
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The Poetics of Fragility : A Transmedia Project
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HD, 63 minutes, Nicolás Grandi & Lata Mani, Spanish subtitles; Artist Book English/Spanish editions.
The Poetics of Fragility (63 minutes) explores the texture, vitality and aesthetics of fragility. It interweaves stories of bodily frailty with optical vignettes of nature's delicacy to reclaim fragility as intrinsic to existence, not something to be bemoaned or overcome.
Shot in the San Francisco Bay Area in September 2015, the film features internationally renowned scholar-activist Angela Davis, the acclaimed playwright and critic Cherrie Moraga, Nora Cortiñas, the inspiring founding member of Madres de Plaza de Mayo Linea Fundadora, actor-dancer Greg Manalo, feminist performance artists Thao P. Nguyen and Martha Rynberg, theater scholar Jisha Menon, healer Christopher Miles, creative writer Xochitl M. Perales and the young trombone talent, Jasim Perales.
The Poetics of Fragility is conceived as a "videocontemplation;" a form that Nicolás Grandi and Lata Mani have been developing to explore how the audiovisual medium with its sensuous possibilities can become a tool for social inquiry with a philosophical impulse. The visually arresting and formally plural film unfolds through stories that build on and amplify each other. Moments of emotional intensity alternate with speculative calm, dramatic narration with poetry and critical inquiry into prevailing understandings of fragility.
Artist book: The artist book reimagines the script as a tactile experience in print duration within a broader canvas of process notes, critical essays and artistic responses. Drawing broadly on gestalt design principles it works with typography, digital collages and stills from the film to create an interactive visual, conceptual and sensory print experience.
Website: www.thepoeticsoffragility.com hosts the trailer, film, script, process notes, post-screening discussions and curated responses to the film, sonic, graphic, audiovisual, literary.
"The Poetics of Fragility does such incredible work in putting multiple times and senses into play. Its themes are also dispersed across a book and a website (with different points of entry), so that the different media offer different relationships and starting points. I described Lata and Nicolas as multi-sensory sculptors, if you take a look at the work, you'll understand why." Yasmin Gunaratnam, Reader Sociology, Goldsmiths, London
"This film's textures, silences and angles get us closer to the experience of pain than any prose or textbook. It will resonate with anyone who's danced with chronic pain, but more than pain, chronic is the key word here...time...The Poetics of Fragility points you squarely to the scourge, the salve, and finally the ruse of time and jazz is the perfect response." Dr. B. J. Miller, hospice and palliative care specialist, University of California, San Francisco
The Poetics of Fragility is part of a Group exhibition on Artist Books and Expanded Editions - books, objects and installations - 29th May - 28th June 2018 - FADU, UBA Ciudad Universitaria, Pavilion III, more here.
Screenings of The Poetics of Fragility
- Premiere at Impact Hub Oakland, October 2, 2016
- University of California Berkeley, October 3, 2016
- University of British Columbia, October 5, 2016
- New York University, October 12, 2016
- University of California San Diego, October 17, 2016
- University of California Los Angeles, October 19, 2016
- The New School, Commonweal, Bolinas, October 25, 2016
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore, January 6, 2017
- Azim Premji University, Bangalore, February 24, 2017
- Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, March 9, 2017
- Birkbeck College, University of London, May 17, 2017
- University of Amsterdam, May 23, 2017
- Goldsmiths, University of London, May 25, 2017
15th Mumbai International Film Festival, International Competition, February 2018
Thanks to all acts of generosity - donations of time, money, expertise, waived & reduced fees for music, professional services etc.! If you feel moved to contribute to the project please email us at maillatamani(at)gmail(dot)com


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Gabriele M. Barthlen, MD, PhD
Dr. Gabriele M. Barthlen, a German native, is ABMS board-certified in both Sleep Medicine and Neurology. During her academic career, she directed sleep centers at prestigious institutions such as New York Hospital (Cornell) and Mount Sinai in New York City, as well as at the Freiburg and Munich Universities in Germany. She has published widely resulting in 3 books, 15 peer reviewed articles, 33 scientific abstracts, and over 250 invited lectures. She has dedicated 20 years of her professional career to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of patients with sleep disorders, and excels in sleep study interpretations. She has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine since 1988, and is a former President of the Hawaii Sleep Society. Dr. Barthlen was also elected to "America's Top Physicians" by the Consumers Research Council of America in 2004, 2010, and again in 2012.
Hasheme Dashawn Trevino, PA-C
Hasheme Dashawn Trevino is a Physician Assistant who recently retired from the United States Army after serving 24 years! As a native of New Jersey, she knew that she wanted to go into the medical field and decided to go from the Army Reserves to the Active Army in 1997. She changed her job to a Pharmacy Technician and during her many assignments in the Army, encountered a Physician Assistant who motivated her to do more in the medical field. She received her training through the military and became a Physician Assistant in 2009. She has been a Primary Care Provider for the Active Duty Soldiers within her unit since then and has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan along the way. Once she was assigned to Hawaii she knew that she didn't want to leave so she decided to retire and stay. Sleep Disorders are one of many medical conditions that seem to be overlooked by the military and thus has sparked an interest in Hasheme. She has always believed in placing her patients first and in satisfying their medical needs. Through Sleep Center Hawaii, Hasheme hopes to help assist the world in getting a significantly improved quality of sleep while counting one sheep at a time!
LaRae Barnes, MSN, FNP-C
LaRae Barnes, MSN is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner since 2013 and in the medical profession since 1999. LaRae comes from a big family and developed an interest in helping others through her family and extended family. When her father passed away at a young age from a heart attack she became even more interested in teaching others how to prevent illness. She is a fluent Spanish speaker and relocated to the Big Island from Tucson, AZ in 2016. Her areas of medical interest include sleep medicine, behavioral health, nutrition, vascular, women's health, and family practice.
Charles Howard, CRT
Charles Howard is a Certified Respiratory Therapist since 2008, and has worked at Sleep center Hawaii since 2015. As a Certified Respiratory Therapist he has experience supervising the Pulmonary Function Lab, and has worked in the Sleep laboratory at Tripler Army Medical Center. Prior to his positon at Tripler, he served at Brooke Army Medical Center, which is a level I trauma center, and the largest hospital in the Army. He performed ventilator management in the ICU and Emergency Room. For the past three years, he has been working at Sleep Centers in Hawaii, dispensing CPAP and BiPAP machines, and educating patients on PAP therapy and Home Sleep Testing. He received his formal training in the US Army and from Thomas Edison State University.


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SHUCKS HOWDY, it's not often we get a brand new console to talk about, so it's really no surprise that we've managed to fill an entire podcast episode with stuff just about said new console.
The Wii U is a thing that exists now, and we've taken it upon ourselves to tell you what we think about it for two excruciating hours that you are GUARANTEED to never ever get back! The good news is that there is a bit at the end about us sticking consoles up our arses. Your reward for making it through the show's actual content.
Given the subject matter, it seemed entirely fitting to get UK games journo hero and Nintendo aficionado Chris Schillingon the show. If his name doesn't ring any bells, we can still pretty much guarantee that you've read and enjoyed his work somewhere before.
Aside from the console itself, we discuss THESE games:
- ZombiU
- fuckin' Nintendoland
- Chasing Aurora
- Nano Assault
- Tank! Tank! Tank!
- the new Sonic racing game I can never remember the proper name of
- New Super Mario Bros. U
Then we answer questions from you lot.
Join us next time for a podcast that should, hopefully, fit in with all this #DCember guff.


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Mega Man X is a Son of a Glitch/
Mega Man X is considered one of the best games in the entire Mega Man franchise, but did you know that it has quite a few bugs and glitches in it?
Granted, you have to really go out of your way to get most/any of them, but just the same, the results are quite fascinating and potentially beneficial to some speedrunners. See for yourself as A+Start takes us on a tour of the many odd occurrences that can happen when playing Mega Man X in this episode of "Son of a Glitch."
Which was your favorite? Share in the comments below, as well as any others you might know of.
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"Wait a minute," Louie grabbed Tim by the arm before he could open the door. "Think before you go in there. You are pissed. I am pissed. But exactly what are you going to do in there besides put more heat on all of us and possibly get yourself fired?"
"Carter Parker made my life hell because I would not take the shit detail like all the other newbies." Tim replied. "And I promised him that if he did anything else to me after I left that I would make him live to regret it." Tim jerked away from Louie. "If I am anything, I am a man of my word."
Louie rushed to catch up with his new partner. Partner meant you covered their ass no matter what. Louie didn't know what "no matter what" was but he was sure that it was going to seriously affect the rest of his day.
"There you are!" Tim plowed into his former trainer. "I warned you to leave me alone." He had the man by the throat.
"Damn it Tim!" Louie growled and attempted to pull him off of the IAB asshole that was making their lives hell, but it was no use.
"I told you I would make your life a living hell," Tim continued growling down at the man, dwarfing him both physically and psychologically. "And now I am investigating YOU," He emphasized in a low snarl. "I know where the bodies are buried, you bastard. And I am going to dig them up."
"What the hell is going on here?" Captain Thomas boomed as he came down the hall.
"Stay the fuck out of it!" Tim shouted. "This is between me and ass wipe here. He's been going in and changing people's criminal records." Tim let the man fall to the ground. "Mine," He continued, "My partner's, my lieutenant's, other detectives in my division. But you wouldn't know anything about that would you?"
"I'm certain you are wrong." The captain stayed very calm. That was a sure sign to Louie that he was lying through his teeth.
"I don't think so," Louie spoke up. "All the files were modified either yesterday or this morning. And strangely enough," Louie glared at the captain. Tim was his partner. If he was going down, so was Louie. "The records are only those of myself, my fiancé', my former partner and my new partner. If I were a paranoid man, I'd say that you or someone who works for you doesn't like us very much."
"What I don't like is having my office disrupted in this fashion. Captain Hyatt is going to here about this." Thomas stalked off.
"You better watch your back, asshole." Tim turned on his heel and walked away.
"You know that we are in serious hot water right now." Louie rushed to catch up with him. "Nick is going to kill us."
"Fine!" Tim shouted. "Let her kill us. She won't fire you and if she cans me at least I won't have to worry that everyone thinks I am a low life because I worked at IAB and no one will be suspicious of me anymore!"
"Is that what this is all about?" Louie growled. "God damn it. You are a new partner. It just takes time. Don't you get it?"
"No," Tim just stopped in his tracks. "I have had one partner in my short career. I worked on my own at IAB and my vice partner was killed in the line of duty and she had only been on the street for about a year. Nora would have been twenty eight today."
Tim stared out over the parking lot, eyes fixed. He leaned against the car.
"I'm sorry." Louie came to stand beside him.
"You see," Tim continued. "I do know what it is like for you and Scott. I held Nora, screaming into my radio for an EMU. It was too late. At least you still have Scott. Nora was the bravest, funniest, smartest cop I had ever known and we were both rookies and we got ambushed when we stumbled onto a drug buy going down. I will never get to tell Nora all that. You can tell Scott anytime you feel like it."
"We're in deep shit, you know that right?" Louie changed the subject. Tim was crying now and he felt about two inches high, considering what a pain in the ass he had been.
"So we go tell Lt. what we did." Tim dried his eyes quickly and opened the car. "Then we go to Captain Hyatt with what we know and hope we don't get screwed."
"Ok partner," Louie patted him on the back and got in his side of the car.
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Inertial mass: determined from Newton's
f = ma
Gravitational mass: determined via Newton's law of gravity
Baryonic mass: sum of mass of all baryons.
- Which ones will include mass of dark matter?
- Since dark matter does not interact with matter, therefore it should not have "normal" inertial mass.
- Does dark matter interact with itself and have its own "dark matter" inertial mass?


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When I recently went to Durango, Colorado, the first thing I did was ask about bakeries. And based on the popular opinion of the locals, the place to go was Bread.
So...I went to Bread. And I am so glad I did. I liked them from the get-go, when I spied this outside:
I mean seriously, isn't that a great idea? Love it.
I liked it even better, though, once I went inside. I have a theory that bakeries tend to be one of two styles: either a bread bakery, or a cake bakery. Bread bakeries tend shine when it comes to, well, bread, but also carbohydratey pastries, especially with laminated dough. So croissants, cinnamon rolls, morning buns...that kind of thing. Whereas cake bakeries tend to specialize in cupcakes, cookies, delicately crumbed pastries and sweets.
Bread is, as you might have guessed, a bread bakery. And a good one at that. After all, the outdoorsy atmosphere of Durango definitely calls for some high-energy carbs.
Listen, they have a lot of great things at Bread. We tried the brownies, which are huge and decadent and come in different flavors on different days (pecan, hazelnut, cherry, and walnut were some that we saw, and they typically have a gluten-free variety, too), the chocolate cookies, and the bread. Each thing was clearly made with care and precision, and I was impressed by the overall quality.
But the true siren call for me at this bakery is something called the Pecan Roll.
It's sort of like a morning bun, I suppose. But if I were pressed to describe it, I'd say equal parts croissant and pecan sticky bun...with a soupcon of pecan pie filling thrown in.
This is the type of pastry that makes you pause between bites, look side to side at anyone nearby who will listen, and say in a slightly choked-with-emotion voice, "this is so good". It really is. The marriage of a perfectly flaky dough (flaky enough to shatter in your mouth, but not so flaky as to shatter in your hand) holding in a bountiful butter flavor which explodes in your mouth is a thing of beauty. But it gets even more beautiful--gorgeous!--when you add a caramelized pecan mixture.
Seriously. It will make you want to sing. Or at least buy six more to stockpile at home.
Bread is a very sweet bakery, with a friendly staff and an incredible carbohydratey aroma. I think that if you find yourself in Durango, you will adore it as much as I did.
Bread, 42 County Road 250, Durango CO; online here.


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Volume 2, Issue 1 (2015) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development - Special Issue
Redefining Technology in Development Work: A Need for Learning Outcomes in ICT Projects
Jayson W. Richardson and Gregory Sales
Kenya's ICT Policy in Practice: The Effectiveness of Tablets and E-readers in Improving Student Outcomes
Benjamin Piper, Evelyn Jepkemei, Dunston Kwayumba, and Kennedy Kibukho
Plans for Embedding ICTs into Teaching and Learning through a Large-Scale Secondary Education Reform in the Country of Georgia
Jayson W. Richardson, Gregory Sales, and Sonja Sentočnik
Patterns of Indigenous Learning: An Ethnographic Study on How Kindergartners Learn in Mana, Fiji
Jeffrey Chih-Yih Lee and Paul Sparks
The Effectiveness of Using Technology in English Language Classrooms in Government Primary Schools in Bangladesh
Ruxana Hossain Parvin and Shaikh Flint Salam
Book Review
Guest Editors
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Nestled amongst nature, complete with creek and walking path, Creekside Cottages is a community neighborhood constructed in 2000, filled with 25 cottage-style units for households, age 55 years and older. Residents have easy access to the local public transit system, banking and medical facilities, shopping, community social agencies and community services. One and two-bedroom single-story units offer an open, handicap-accessible floor plan, single car attached garage, separate utility room, and convenient amenities:
- Smoke-Free
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- air conditioner, range, refrigerator, dishwasher, garbage disposal, washer, and dryer
- Water, sewer, garbage services included with rent
- Cable TV and telephone ready
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- Professional, responsive management staff


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'The Perks of Being a Wallflower': New Poster, Preview Footage Revealed (Video)
The first official trailer for the film is set to debut during the MTV Movie Awards pre-show with a special introduction from Nina Dobrev.
Amid all the hype from the summer's highly anticipated fanboy blockbusters – Prometheus, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man – those looking for a romantic, coming-of-age drama will be awaiting the fall release of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
The Summit Film, directed by Stephen Chobosky, has maintained a relatively low profile until recently, when the studio debuted the first official one-sheet. MTV also revealed the first footage of the forthcoming trailer, which is set to premiere during the MTV Movie Awards pre-show with a special introduction from actress Nina Dobrev. Watch below for a sneak peek.
Based on the 1999 epistolary novel, penned by Chobosky and published by MTV, the film stars Logan Lerman as Charlie, an introverted freshman, who learns the ropes from two seniors played by Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. Paul Rudd, Mae Whitman, Melanie Lynskey, Kate Walsh and Dylan McDermott also star.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is set for a September 14 release. The one-sheet below features the three main characters against a brick wall, painted green, and the tagline "we are infinite."
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Brian Williams, Showing That An Anchor Can Be Light
Brian Williams neither took nor gave a pie in the face when he made history this weekend as the first network anchor to host NBC's "Saturday Night Live." Williams is NBC's, too, and the gig was supposed to help loosen up and polish up his image, making him not just an anchor but a friend.
While it wasn't the most hilarious "Saturday Night Live" ever done, the "mission accomplished" banner can probably be raised insofar as Williams's image goes. He was able to keep his dignity and get laughs, too -- especially when spoofing himself and his need to keep his dignity, ironically enough. One of the funniest bits was an "SNL Digital Short" purporting to show a day in the life of the anchor; his activities included making a gushing phone call to himself, standing outside the building and waiting for someone to recognize him, and, later, dropping pennies from a window in the GE Building onto Al Roker and Matt Lauer as they attempted to do the "Today" show far below in Rockefeller Plaza.
Although Williams did host the show and appeared in several sketches, he was not the one to shout "live from New York, it's Saturday Night" during the "cold open" that begins the program at 11:30 p.m. That honor went to presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who came out from behind a Barack Obama mask as part of a post-Halloween sketch.
That sketch was one of two to lampoon Democratic candidates. Cast member Amy Poehler, laughing hysterically, played Hillary Clinton, who said Democrats should support the candidate "no matter who she may be." Horatio Sanz, who is no longer in the regular cast, returned to play a look-alike Bill Richardson. Darrell Hammond did his usual superb impression of Bill Clinton, and so on. It did seem odd that throughout the evening, and despite "SNL's" reputation for political satire, there were few if any mentions of George W. Bush or any other Republicans, and there were virtually no jokes at the expense of the president, whose popularity rating stands at a miserable 33 percent.
Other sketches in which Williams appeared included an episode of "Bronx Beat With Betty and Jodi," a mock talk show featuring Poehler and fellow regular Maya Rudolph. Williams capably played a slow-witted Bronx firefighter whom the gabbing women largely ignored. In another sketch he played a veteran actor on a youth-aimed drama series, "Riley's Way," as allegedly seen on the low-rated CW network; the actor, who kept boasting of having appeared years ago on "Quantum Leap," objected strenuously to the fact that the teenage performers were moving on to a spinoff and he was being dumped.
Nothing brilliantly funny, but no disgrace, either, and Williams comported himself like the versatile good sport that he apparently is. He only really stumbled in a silly sketch about a man who wins $15 million in the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and refuses to register even the smallest amount of excitement despite the elaborate exhortations of Kristen Wiig as the prize giver. Williams just stood there with his head lowered as if trying to read cue cards and mumbled what little dialogue he had. The sketch was saved from failure with a predictable but energetic finish.
As has been unfortunately the rule so far this season, the "Weekend Update" segment of the show, normally a highlight, has been lamentably weak. Perhaps new writers have taken over the chore and are grappling uneasily with the assignment. Poehler and co-anchor Seth Meyers do a spirited job and certainly appear comfortable in the roles but the segment has been more disappointment than delight.
Among the other highlights of the show were yet another appearance by Poehler, this time as the elfin Dennis Kucinich during a spoof of the recent Democratic debate at Drexel University, which Williams did in fact moderate -- that is, he did the real debate and the fake debate. Williams made the most of a sketch in which he argued with NBC News executives about attracting a younger demographic to the "Nightly News" viewership. Williams insisted that his new version of the show's opening should prevail; it was a funny parody of the credit sequence from a James Bond movie, with Williams, of course, in the Bond role, sporting a tuxedo and flashing a pseudo-sexy macho grin.
During his opening monologue Williams said that both he and the audience were probably wondering, "Now, is this really a good idea?" Happily for all concerned, it turns out that it was.


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SDSU's Dr. Alex DeNoble Wins Prestigious Teaching and Research Award
SAN DIEGO (October 2, 2013) - The College of Business Administration at San Diego State University (SDSU) announced today that Dr. Alex DeNoble has been named this year's recipient of the Karl Vesper Entrepreneurship Pioneer Award. DeNoble, the executive director of the Lavin Entrepreneurship Center at SDSU, was presented with the award on September 28, 2013. The award is one of the most prestigious in the field of entrepreneurship education.
Now in its fourth year, the Karl Vesper Entrepreneurship Pioneer Award is given to the "individual who has demonstrated the entrepreneurial spirit in overcoming obstacles while implementing significant contributions that have been instrumental in the ongoing development of entrepreneurship as a field of study and research." The award was named for Dr. Karl Vesper, professor emeritus at the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington and a pioneer in the field of entrepreneurship research and education.
Of the 10 nominees this year - representing some of the top experts in the entrepreneurship field - Alex DeNoble was the unanimous choice for the award.
The award selection committee is headed by Dr. Michael H. Morris, academic director for entrepreneurship at the University of Florida. "Alex represents the very best in our field: he is an innovator in the classroom and in program building, and has overcome significant obstacles in moving the field forward," Morris explained. "He is also a caring, humble and giving educator who believes in the entrepreneurial potential of each of his students."
DeNoble was presented with the award by Dr. Vesper himself during the Experiential Classroom program held at the University of Florida. The program brings together world-renowned experts in the field of entrepreneurship with junior faculty from around the world who are new to the fields in order to share best practices in entrepreneurship education.
Dr. DeNoble has taught entrepreneurship management at SDSU for the past 30 years.


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One thing I've noticed of late is that we love to hate ourselves.
Every worry, every plaguing demon presents itself as a self-fulfilling truth, and a penetrative one at that. It strikes like a sharp fork from the aether – those gnawing, indescribable feelings of ineptness, insufficiency, and oncoming failure that are unwelcome, rampant, and perhaps ever-present to the emotionally intelligent thinker – but they are not inevitable. Perhaps just as relevantly, they present themselves through myriad of behaviour – chewing fingers, over-cleaning, under-eating; or maybe general deflated apathy. A sneaking detriment, identifiable only to seeing eyes. At least to some extent, the scrutinisation of important aspects of life considered unachieved or lacking pervades the endeavour of all other human experience. Many people mourn the course of their life to where it has led them now – a loathing for decisions that chartered them through learning, growing, and tests, without the reward of financial luminance. I say hurrah! sirs. Celebrate the present and allow yourself the space. To inhabit in the present is to understand your peace – not for prize or place or money but for loving what is here. For all choices that you've made, you seem to be alive here still, reading words that can disperse a theorem eating at your truth; that damn old grass just could be greener if you'd just turned left not right.
We could talk much more on this subject but no more shall be written tonight.
Peace x


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Testimony: Spring Valley
Global Green USA testified before the Washington D.C. City Council on May 11, 2009 regarding the cleanup of dumped chemical weapons in Northwest Washington, an area known as "Spring Valley." Ward 3 Council Member Mary Cheh, Chairperson of the Committee on Government Operations and the Environment, questioned fourteen witnesses on public health and environmental impacts from the post-World War I burial of chemical weapons, agents, and other toxic materials in the 661-acre area in Northwest Washington. The cleanup, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the D.C. Department of the Environment, has been ongoing since 1993 when a chemical weapons burial site was discovered in a private backyard. The toxic dump site, which was not public knowledge until 1993, resulted from the shutdown after World War I of the American University Experimental Station which developed chemical weapons and agents.
Dr. Paul Walker, Director of the Security and Sustainability Program of Global Green USA, testified that the lessons learned from this high-toxic waste and weapons dump site "…will provide a model for all future such burial sites, of which there are hundreds in the U.S. alone. It is therefore important that the Spring Valley cleanup be done correctly and thoroughly; it not, mistakes could reverberate throughout future efforts."
The following individuals testified: Colonel Peter W. Mueller, Commander, Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Dan Nobel, USACE; Todd Beckwith, USACE; Shawn Garvin, Senior State and Congressional Liaison, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Steven Hirsch, Senior Remedial Project Manager, US EPA; Jim Sweeney, District Department of the Environment; Alex Bako, DDOE; Dr. Peter deFur, Science Task Force, Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board; Dr. Paul Walker, Global Green USA; Anila Jacob, Environmental Working Group; Tom Smith, ANC Commissioner; Nan Wells, ANC Commissioner; Kent Slowinski, Environmental Health Group; and Buzz Bailey, Garvey, Schubert, & Barer.
Walker, among other recommendations, proposed additional funding for "non-stockpile chemical weapons destruction and remediation programs." "As we eliminate our chemical weapons stockpiles, now 60% destroyed, more funds need to be shifted to the evaluation and cleanup of dump sites such as Spring Valley and of the hundreds of thousands of tons of chemical weapons dumped at sea." He also proposed a new epidemiological study of disease prevalence and disease clusters, as recommended in a preliminary health scoping study done by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2007, in order to shed light on "environmental and public health impacts of chemical weapons dumping in Spring Valley."
The City Council hearing can be viewed online.


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You should read the book so you will know who all these delightful characters are. It was magical and mysterious and all that. Some of them turned out on paper exactly as I pictured them in my head! And most of them even look like sisters. Maybe we're among the first to do fanart for this book!
And now for good measure, not at all in the same vein, and just because we recently saw the new (so-so) Pirates of the Caribbean movie, I present my very first-ever drawing of Captain Jack Sparrow.
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'The Centre of Trails' in the Yorkshire Dales' is how Stuart and Brenda Price describe the Dales Bikes Centre they have developed in Fremington, Swaledale.
From humble beginnings – a derelict stone barn a stone's throw away from Reeth – Stuart and Brenda Price have achieved an amazing amount since their decision to turn their passion for the outdoors, and biking in particular, into providing a dedicated cycling centre that has sustainability at it's heart.
Sustainable building design
Stu says, "back in the early nineties I came to Swaledale for a weekend's mountain biking and I never went home", firstly buying a fleet of bikes and simply offering his guiding services to clients, when he met Brenda, who already managed an outdoor centre, a shared vision started to form.
Many years and much hard work later, they have a business to be proud of comprising 14 bed bunk accommodation in two and four bedded rooms, a great cafe serving homemade produce, a dedicated bike shop and workshop, bike wash, secure bike storage and a drying room making the perfect base for both road cyclists and mountain bikers. The whole centre is designed with low impact in mind. The building itself is heated by a ground source heating system, and the innovative heat exchange kitchen ventilation system helps to improve energy efficiency. The bike wash makes use of an advanced water recycling system and all the centre's waste is treated on site in a mini treatment plant. It is details like this that won them the 2010 Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Best Building Design Award for Energy Sustainability.
Supporting the local economy
Sustainability doesn't stop there Stu and Brenda are able to support the local economy by sourcing all their ingredients for use within the cafe from within the National Park. This includes buying fruit and vegetables and cheese from Reeth Market, meat from Bainbridge and free range eggs from Wensleydale. All the cakes, soups, jams and pickles are hand made on site.
The self catering facilities in their four star bunkbarn accommodation gets little use as they also promote the excellent local pubs and facilities in Reeth and Grinton for those seeking a fireside meal and a drink at the end of the day.
Biking - a low carbon pastime
Many of the centre's visitors arrive on their bikes, often completing a multi day ride such as the Dales Cycle Way or Coast to Coast – both of which run by the front door. Some simply turn up by car, with their bike, hoping to take in a different local ride each day. Route maps printed on waterproof paper are on sale and staff are always willing to advise the best trails to ride depending on the weather and ground conditions. Bike and equipment hire is available for those who don't bring their own. The Bike Centre is easily accessible by public transport as there is a bus stop right outside. An on site bike shop and resident mechanic completes the centre's offer and aims to sort out any bike maintenance issues riders might commonly come across. All in all, Dales Bike Centre is a low fuel, low impact enterprise that allows visitors to access the Yorkshire Dales by bike and truly immerse themselves in the beauty and tranquillity of this unique area.
See www.dalesbikecentre.co.uk for more information.