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Lance Gonzales, BBCC Class of 2005
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"I was a student of Big Bend Community College (BBCC) from 2002 to 2005, and during my tenure at BBCC I was able to obtain two two-year degrees–one in Accounting and the other being my transfer degree. I was able to use these degrees and the experience I received at BBCC to continue on to Gonzaga University (GU) in Spokane, WA, where I was able to finish my Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Management Information Systems and Supply Chain Management.
While I was at BBCC, I was a student of and worked for the TRIO-SSS program, which assists many students in completing their education through one-on-one student assistance and grants to assist with any educational expenses. I was also a member of the TRIO-SSS Club as both Treasurer and President, which provided fundraising opportunities to raise money for the grants that were given to the students, as well as contribute to the continued development of the campus. I was also honored to be a guest student speaker at the annual Cellarbration! in 2005. That was an exciting experience.
After finishing my Bachelors Magna Cum Laude at GU, I was recruited to work for Liberty Mutual Group (LMG) in Portsmouth, NH in their IT organization. I have now been at LMG for over 4 years, and there are many skills that I obtained at BBCC that I consistently use in my job today. This has led to me obtaining a great deal of experience in the corporate and security industries that I would not have otherwise. I have been in Information Security for over 3.5 years, and am on the management track within my organization as a Senior Information Security Analyst. I have successfully passed two industry certification tests, and am in the midst of finalizing those certifications. I was also able to obtain my Masters in Project and Operations Management from Southern New Hampshire University in May 2011. That was an exciting accomplishment, as I could only imagine what that meant when I attended BBCC. Now I know what it means!
I was recently offered the opportunity to relocate back to the Northwest, with my same position, and have chosen to accept the offer. This will allow me to get back to my roots. I will be based in Seattle, which is only three hours from family in Moses Lake, versus the 3000 miles I have to travel one way now to see them. I am very excited at what this opportunity is going to bring, as I have never lived in a big city, and expect to take on a different amount of responsibility in my position that I have not had before.
In my journey over the last 10 years, I do not think I would be where I am today without the support of the phenomenal people, the tremendous assistance from the BBCC Foundation, and the education that I received at BBCC. This institution provided me the opportunity to develop the foundation of my career, and it is certainly paying off now. Thanks to everyone that helped me, and I look forward to any future opportunity I have with BBCC."
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The incredible thing about hosting is that big problems can fail to derail a good party and tiny details can really kick it up a notch. The odds are always stacked in your favor and that's before Jared and Chuck share their favorite tips for kicking your gathering up a notch. Here there be hidden clothing caches, dope techno magic tricks, and fruit foraging at a moments' notice. And Jared raps.
Show Notes
Chuck was drinking Sun Up Brewing's White Russian Imperial Coffee Stout
Jared was drinking North Coast Brewing's Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
Jared is the only one who eats a forgotten dessert (warning: terrible video)
SmartThings enables Jared to feel like a wizard.
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Being pregnant is the singularly weirdest experience of my life. How could it not be? There's a tiny person growing *inside* me. However natural that is, it's also incredibly trippy. I know, of course, that I am just one in an incredibly long line in women to go through pregnancy but, despite having read all the blogs, questioned all my friends and done all my research, it still feels like such an individual and strange experience.
Before I found out I was pregnant, I was desperate for children. Or, it certainly felt that way. Trying for a baby was far more emotional than I expected; the sense of failure and disappointment each time it 'didn't work' was crushing, however much I tried to stay light and breezy about it. Luckily for us, it was a relatively short process (shorter than I expected) but my heart goes out a million times over to those who are not so lucky - I don't know how people go on that journey for years without breaking into tiny pieces. Partly, I think, my need for control was what was making it more difficult; you have no say in what your body does, and there's no way of knowing what will happen. I suppose it prepares you for having a child, when the idea of control is laughable, at best.
However, the moment that little window on the test said 'Pregnant', it was like a switch was flipped and I wasn't so sure, after all. Of course, by that point, it was too late to change my mind, but the feeling of finding out was so overwhelming that I just burst into tears. I don't think even now that I could pinpoint exactly what emotions I was feeling but it was a mix of elation at getting exactly what I want, and fear that I had made a terrible mistake. Be careful what you wish for, and all that. The first few weeks were definitely filled with more of the latter; I was incredibly anxious that it would all go wrong, whilst at the same time equally anxious about what would happen if it all went right. There's no denying that parenthood, in whatever form it comes to you, changes your life beyond recognition, and certainly does a number on your body, too. I spent a lot of time worrying and crying, which is not really what I pictured for my first few weeks of pregnancy.
As I got used to the idea and started to allow myself to get a little bit excited, that definitely calmed down. However, that was when my pregnancy symptoms hit; and, oh boy, did they hit. So many women I know talk about how they loved (or love) being pregnant, but I am definitely not getting that feeling. As I mentioned last week, it's definitely been a rollercoaster ride of experiences that have made me feel *very* sorry for myself. Suffice to say, I am not great in the face of adversity. I've just not felt like myself for weeks; being exhausted and nauseous all the time has stopped me from doing a lot of the things that I enjoy, like blogging and baking, and I've gone from being an 'up and at 'em' sort of girl to a 'let me just take a nap' one. And there's nothing wrong with being the latter, but it's just not *me*, you know?
I've also had to face my greatest fear - blood tests. I know that no one exactly loves them, but I have been phobic of them pretty much all my life. I've avoided them thus far (thankfully due to good health) but that wasn't an option. I had a small meltdown in the midwife's office and eventually managed my first one on the third attempt, thanks to some very wonderful nurses at Chapel Allerton Hospital who I want to shower with flowers and chocolates.
Thankfully (for me, and also for you, as this is turning into quite the essay...), I feel like I've turned a corner over the past week or so. A little bit of feeling faint and a sore back are still plaguing me, but it's infinitely preferable to eating toast for every meal and napping as soon as I get in from work every day. Now that we're into the second trimester, it also feels okay to get even more excited - to plan a nursery and think about names and coo over tiny baby clothes. The mantra I've been working with until now has been 'if you're going through hell, keep going' but now I think I'm ready to switch to 'it will all be worth it'.


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CHERRY HILL, N.J. (CNS) — Bishop Joseph A. Galante challenged leaders of Catholic pro-life, family life and social justice offices around the country to "tear down our cubicles" and "give up our turf" in order to model collaboration for the rest of the Church.
The bishop of Camden, N.J., spoke July 25 at the close of the first day of a national conference in his diocese called "Life, Justice & Family: Partners in the New Evangelization."
Bishop Galante said those in the Church are sometimes guilty of "paralysis by analysis," with each person examining only his or her own area of expertise and then "wondering why we're not having a greater impact on those whom we serve."
"In a culture of individualism it is most important that we live and model communally what we teach," he added. "By giving up the prerogatives of turf, we can discover a more ecclesial way of ministering."
Bishop Galante said the Trinity, with its "divine unity and divine diversity," offers the "key to how we live and are Church."
Reminding his audience that the body of Christ includes everyone, from the moment of conception to the "the last breath breathed," the hungry, the thirsty, the imprisoned and the homeless, the bishop asked, "How can we dishonor, dismember, destroy that body? How can we kill the unborn, bomb the Iraqis, shun the one who is different from us?
"How can we deny that the least of our sisters and brothers are Jesus and yet say that Jesus lives in us?" he added.
But Bishop Galante said Catholics can look for guidance to Church teachings contained in the Gospels, the documents of the Second Vatican Council, and the "sound and profound encyclicals" and other writings of Popes Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
"Our world of sound bites and catchy headlines do not do justice to these documents," he said.
Speaking on the 40th anniversary of Pope Paul's encyclical "Humanae Vitae" ("Of Human Life"), Bishop Galante said many "failed to appreciate the depth of its teachings on marriage."
He called on participants in the conference to "read, discuss, explain, understand and live these writings."
"But that is not enough," he added. "It is most important for us to pray over what we've read and for us to strive to live what we have read."
Bishop Galante said Jesus "had a reason for sending out his followers two by two — to teach community."
In the work of the Church, he said, "there is no room for competitiveness, no room for going it alone."
Earlier in the day, Helen Alvare, an associate professor at George Mason University School of Law in Fairfax, Va., spoke about the tools offered by American secular culture and law to help people achieve "life, dignity, freedom, equality and progress" and compared them to the tools offered by Catholic teachings.
Some of the tools offered by secular culture are "problematic or worse from a Catholic perspective," she said.
The value put on freedom as autonomy and individualism, for example, has led to family law policies in the U.S. that leaves only 10 to 20 percent of women with spousal support, usually lasting only one or two years, she said.
The courts also have declared people "free from the dictates of our own physical makeup," Alvare said.
"In an attempt to promote equality," the courts have said, "If we acknowledge sex differences then women will be oppressed," she added.
But Church teaching, in "direct contradiction" to the view that autonomy is the ultimate value, proclaims the value of solidarity and the view that "the body does not mean nothing," she said.
The secular value of materialism and consumerism also have led courts to declare that "money is equivalent to the good life" and that "money is all you need to have the same outcomes" for children in single-parent homes as they would receive in a family with two loving parents, she said.
In contrast Church teaching sees the family "as the primary school of love" and its members as "stewards of the world, not rapacious consumers," Alvare said.
Just back from attending World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, with her 12-year-old son, Alvare said she found hope in "the persistent presence of religious voices" and in the fact that "there is always a taste for truth out there."
"By promoting the dignity of the human person" and fighting for legislation on health care, immigration, poverty and a wide range of other issues, she said, Catholics are "holding up a flame of truth that does not get extinguished."
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Featured image: Maggie Riley, the president of the teachers union, speaks against the district's dress code policy change during a regular school board meeting on May 8.
Teachers at Proviso Township High Schools District 209 are pushing back against the school board's move to get rid of the district's uniform policy, arguing that the decision will contribute to an atmosphere of insubordination and disorder at the schools.
The teachers said that their point was proven by a massive water balloon fight at Proviso West High School earlier this month.
Starting next school year, students will be allowed to wear regular clothing as long as it doesn't "disrupt the educational process, interfere with the maintenance of a positive teaching/learning climate, or compromise reasonable standards of health, safety, and decency."
The new dress code policy — which was approved unanimously by the board in April but still needs to be finalized and added to the 2018-19 student handbook— is largely the work of members of the Superintendent's Student Advisory Board and a group of students who are part of an English class at Proviso East.
The students argued that since its implementation in 2014, the uniform policy has been unfairly and unevenly enforced, and has helped to perpetuate "racism, classism and sexism" in the district.
Most board members applauded what member Rodney Alexander, a proponent of uniforms, called the students' "adult-like, board-like work."
"You have to yield to their expressions and their education process and their ability to communicate and put this argument together," Alexander said. "They've pretty much won the argument."
But at a regular meeting on May 8, members of the Proviso Teachers Union didn't feel the debate was settled. Although most of the teachers who spoke lauded the students' effort to overturn the uniform policy, they countered with arguments of their own about the policy's effectiveness.
"The uniforms do not promote racism, sexism and classism," said Scott Hendrickson, a union member and social studies teacher at Proviso West. "They promote the very opposite. … I've worn uniforms with people from all races, ages, socioeconomic backgrounds and sexes. Uniforms minimize differences and promote teamwork."
Hendrickson said the union was not consulted about the policy change and the teachers' view about the proposed change was not adequately considered.
"The union is especially concerned that there will be no enforcement of the new dress code and we'll return to what we had in the past — students wearing belly shirts, spaghetti straps, short shorts," he said.
The new dress code, which would debut next school year, like the current policy, prohibits most of the items Hendrickson stated, but both teachers and students who spoke during public meetings over the last two months complained about enforcement.
Maggie Riley, the teachers union president, said the union "believes that altering the uniform policy is still a mistake," and "one teacher and a handful of students do not speak for the majority of our members."
Riley added that "this entire year, the dress code has not been enforced," and argued that the lack of uniform policy enforcement, in addition to the overall lax disciplinary culture throughout the district, may have been a contributing factor in a water balloon fight that took place at West on May 2.
Video footage of what appears to be students running through a hallway at West was posted to Facebook that day. The person who uploaded the content captioned that the scene was from a water balloon fight.
"It was so bad that at one point, administration from East and [Proviso Math and Science Academy] was sent over to help," she said, adding that a maintenance person was hit with "several water balloons" and a "substitute teacher was so scared" that the person hid underneath a staircase.
Carissa Gillespie, an English teacher in the district who also has a child attending a D209 school, said during the May 8 meeting that the district should have solicited input from parents and community members through multiple outlets, including email, newsletter and meetings, before deciding on the policy change.
"Although I'm proud of the work a small number of our students did to bring about the new dress code," she said.
"I'm not proud that most of our students learn that if you complain, or refuse to comply with the rules, District 209 will change the rules for you." VFP
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Go you! Being a nurse isn't for everyone. Did you know some people get upset when they get puked on? Or that they expect to have weekends and holidays off? Or that no one, ever, asks their advice about embarrassing chronic constipation problems? It's true – but you do it.
You're there with support and encouragement as babies come into this world, and you're there with compassion and grace when it's time to go. And in between, for all the scrapes and bumps and bruises and "Hey, y'all watch this now!" you're there to help put the pieces back together, letting patients know that they don't have to worry – all bleeding stops eventually!
You are amazing! This week is to celebrate everything you do – and this book is to provide you with the applied humor tools, tips, and strategies that will make it much easier to keep doing it. A great gift for yourself or the nurses you work with. Nurses who laugh are happier, healthier people – and they're better nurses too!
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Good oral hygiene is super important during orthodontic treatment. Even after your braces are taken off, you still need to clean and care for your retainer—the orthodontic appliance that keeps your teeth from shifting back to their original positions. To maintain your beautiful smile long-term, it's important that you wear your retainer for life. It's also important that you take the time to learn how to clean your retainer properly.
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Hi Geronimo Team, I hope I'm directing this question correctly. First, thank you all for your excellent work on Geronimo 2.1. Our team has standardized on Geronimo at our large enterprise, and we think its the best app server in the industry. We are in current development of an JSF/EJB3/OpenJPA application, and we would very much like to use Seam (2). For the past few days we have been trying (without much luck) to configure Geronimo to work with Seam and Hibernate; we would prefer OpenJPA as the persistence provider, but it appears impossible to use with Seam. I've tried to work thru: http://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxSAMPLES/running-jboss-seam-200ga-on-geronimo -21.html but the maven project to download the Hibernate Transaction Manager appears not to work, and we are finding the instructions a bit hard to follow. (we don't use Maven, we are Subversion users) $ mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=org.apache.geronimo.hibernate -DartifactId=geronimo-hibernate-transaction-manager-lookup Question 1: Is there a Geronimo 2.1 build that already includes everything needed to run Seam 2 or Hibernate that I can download, so we do not have to manually patch it? Question 2: Is there any advice/guidance you can give my team regarding setting up Geronimo 2.1 to use Seam 2? We would very much like integrate Seam into Geronimo for our long term application development. Thanks for your time and great work, Burt Prior IT Engineer email@example.com Office: 408.853.4199
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The title of executive is an attractive title for many due to the obvious benefits of being a top earner and being highly respected inside and outside your organization, especially the title of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). However, do you know the responsibility of an executive?
The executive director the MIT Leadership Center Hal Gregersen wrote an article Bursting the CEO Bubble in the March-April 2017 Harvard Business Review. Gregersen explains why executives should talk less and ask more questions. He starts his article by saying, "When you're the CEO of a large organization—or even a small one—your greatest responsibility is to recognize whether it requires a major change in direction."
If you are leading any group of people, this blog will help you develop strategies to help you thrive as an executive. Any head leadership position, especially CEO, can be filled with many opportunities and threats. CEO of Charles Schwab Walt Bettinger explained his "number one challenge" of being a CEO takes two forms: "people telling you what they think you want to hear, and people being fearful to tell you things they believe you don't want to hear."
In this same article cofounder of Infosys and recently a senior Indian government official Nandan Nilekani said, "If you're a leader, you can put yourself in a cocoon—a good-news cocoon." No leader should ever create a culture that doesn't foster communication. Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos said, "When you're in a box in an office, you've got to invent a way out of the box." Here are 5 ways mentioned in the article to get out of the box and be the best executive you can be.
1. Are you asking the right questions?
In the article, former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was referenced for his famous phrase of "unknown unknowns." Rumsfeld explained, "There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know. And…it is latter category that tend to be the difficult ones."
One of the best ways of getting the right answer is asking the right question. The best leaders become good at asking the right questions from taking into consideration the thoughts, ideas, and feelings of their team members, associates, clients, etc.
2. Are you afraid to be wrong?
CEO of Charles Schwab Bettinger stated, "The difference between successful executives and unsuccessful ones is not the quality of their decision making. Bettinger continued saying, "Each one probably makes good decisions 60% of the time and bad ones 40% of the time—and maybe it's even 55% to 45%. The difference ism the successful executive is faster to recognize the bad decisions and adjust, whereas failing executives often dig in and try to convince people that they were right."
The greatest leaders aren't afraid to make mistakes. Matter of fact, they are fearful of never making a mistakes. All leaders understand that development and advancement is dependent on learning from their mistakes.
3. Are making yourself uncomfortable?
The article referenced author Joseph Campbell when he said, "Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. The very cave you are afraid to enter turns out to be the source of what you are looking for."
When a leader finds constant comfort, it should be a sign that something needs changing. To constantly grow and develop as an executive is priceless.
4. Are you being quiet?
An executive is thought to be a person that is loud and boisterous. And we have seen many leaders that lead this way. But the mark of a great leader is if he or she possesses the unique trait of being uncharacteristically quiet. Greek philosopher Epictetus said, "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."
In all of Gregersen research he discovered, "The need to work on being quieter came up again and again in my interviews with CEOs." The cofounder and former CEO of VMware and senior vice president and a board member of Google Diane Greene said, "Quiet time is the key to clear thinking and increases the likelihood of asking the right questions."
Great leaders know listening is the start of new and fresh ideas, thoughts, inspirations, motivations, insights, ingenuities, opportunities, and dreams.
5. Are you developing good habits?
Gregersen explained president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios Ed Catmull success. Gregersen said, "Catmull likewise worries about the 'dangerous disconnect' that afflicts top managers when they consistently fail to 'step up to the boundary' of what they know and what they don't know. Determined not to let Pixar down in that way, he's designed a whole set of institutions and practices to 'systematically fight complacency.'"
If you are going to succeed as a leader, you must develop good habits. I challenge you today to start developing good habits of listening, stepping out of your comfort zone, and receiving input from anyone invested in your success as a leader.
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In collaboration with the Illinois Alliance to Prevent Obesity, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, the Illinois Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council (ILFFJC), and several other key stakeholders, IPHI held a state-wide Healthy Farms, Healthy People: Supporting Local Food Systems and Improving Public Health symposium to address food access, regulations, food safety, and production/supply issues in Springfield, Illinois on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 – the day before national "Food Day."
Read the Healthy Farms, Healthy People Symposium Policy and Research Agenda Report here.
One hundred sixty-one people registered for the event. Roughly 140 people attended, which ensured a diversity of perspectives from a variety of health and agricultural stakeholders – including farmers; public health and food safety practitioners; food processors; food, nutrition and health entrepreneurs; and advocates for local food systems, farmers' markets, urban farming, healthy food access, and farm to school/institution programs.
The goals of the meeting were to:
- Increase inter-sectoral understanding of diverse perspectives pertaining to food access, food production/supply, ensuring food safety, and their impact on expanding local food systems.
- Provide a meaningful opportunity for networking, building relationships, and improved understanding among sectors that typically do not interact with one another.
- The production of a catalytic policy and research agenda that: (1) advances the creation of a local food system and improves public health, (2) lends itself to participatory and transdisciplinary methods and approaches, and (3) is better addressed jointly by health and agricultural stakeholders working together – not by either sector acting alone.
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"Kill your darlings." It's the second most quoted piece of writing advice right after "Write what you know." What doesn't often get said is that murdering huge chunks of your work to make it better is painful. The slaughter of innocent text leads to long days spent grieving, usually on the couch while binge-watching Netflix.
Until recently, I thought I was immune to the pain of revision. My novel had survived no fewer than four beta rounds on Scribophile, (a fantastic online writer's community, I can't recommend it enough). I'd spent a month during #Pitchwars doing line to line revisions with a fabulous editor, Marty Mayberry.
When I landed an agent, he sent me a wonderful set of notes. I breezed through his revision notes in under a month, adding an additional seven thousand words to my manuscript. He called my revisions "impeccable."
When my agent sold my novel, I was prepared to do whatever revision my editor saw fit. Secretly though, I thought the novel was done. My editor couldn't possibly find anything to fix, because I'm a Jedi master of revision.
Obviously, my novel was already perfect.
And then I read my editor's revision notes. She thought the ending was "a little rushed." Furthermore, she noted that a main character, the IMPORTANT AND PIVOTAL BEST FRIEND disappeared from the end of the novel. Kind, helpful revision notes and yet suddenly, I found myself thrust into the five stages of revision. Here they are in order:
My Editor said "this manuscript is in great shape" so that means I'm done, right? These other things are just cosmetic suggestions. I don't really have to make any substantive changes. I could just cut a few lines here and there and send my manuscript back pretty much the way it is. And anyway, having IMPORTANT AND PIVOTAL BEST FRIEND CHARACTER vanish from the end of a novel could be seen as "delightfully eccentric." I meant the for the disappearance of IMPORTANT AND PIVOTAL BEST FRIEND CHARACTER to represent the transitory nature of friendship. My editor just doesn't understand greater literary themes despite her thirty years in the industry. I'll just explain it to her. *(see note)
*This author in no way condones "explaining" a literary theme to a senior editor at any publishing company. Further, the author suggests that justifying a mistake by saying "I meant to do that", will not fly with your average second grade teacher, and most likely will not impress an editor either.
I don't want to do any more revisions. How is this even fair? I've worked longer on this novel than most astronauts spend training to go into space. No one cares how I suffer as an artist. I work unbelievably hard to make my voice seem effortless, like a chapter is something I just toss off in the morning before coffee and… wait. I think there are ice cream sandwiches in the freezer. Wonder what's on Netflix this month? ( I have a hard time sustaining anger. Thank you, ADHD.)
Okay, I get that the novel ends abruptly. I understand that I ran out of steam just a bit when I got thirty pages from the end the novel, and it shows. If I give these last thirty pages the same level of attention to detail I gave the rest of the novel, I really shouldn't have to revisit a major issue in my MC's relationship with IMPORTANT AND PIVOTAL BEST FRIEND CHARACTER. That should be enough, right?
Writing is hard. Revision is even harder. How does anyone do this? How can I do this? I'm never going to be done. What happens if I don't finish it? I'm not sure that I could even get off the couch to check my e-mail much less write a solid chapter and…wait. I think there are ice cream sandwiches in the freezer. Wonder what's on Netflix this month?
This isn't the first time someone noticed the disappearance of IMPORTANT AND PIVOTAL BEST FRIEND CHARACTER. Beta readers caught it. Now that I look back at my agent's revision notes, I see that he suggested that I fix this problem. I did a little towards fixing it, but clearly not enough. And really, it's so much better to fix this now than to have to endure abusive Amazon reviews: "This novel was great until IMPORTANT AND PIVOTAL BEST FRIEND CHARACTER vanished suddenly and without warning. WTF! I mean, really?"In the end, I realized that I'm lucky to have an editor this good. And I have a lot of ideas about how to fix this problem. Right after I eat this ice cream sandwich.


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Mr. Bones have premiered their latest single in anticipation of their upcoming record Bites, due out February 26th on Portland DIY imprint Good Cheer Records. The song is "You Ruined It", a fuzzy blast of '90s inspired alt-pop.
"...what makes a song like "You Ruined It" stand out from the pack is how effortlessly it blends the opposing forces of pleasurable crunch and plaintive melody." - Michael Wojtas, Under the Radar
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Episode 405: MR. FISH and MR. SOUL!
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This week we discuss our own personal work and creative ventures and look at two doc portraits of activists doing what they love for careers in the arts: Mr Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End and Mr. Soul! As always, you can find the episode on our "episodes" page, on iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher, and anywhere podcasts are generally available.


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On Wednesday I signed up for the 2018 Nationals. It felt like as good a time as any to reflect on the changes I've gone through this year. I had scrolled back at the photos from the 2017 Nationals race and felt like I was looking at a very different rider to the one writing this blog post.
Lessons Learned 2017
-My training and fitness this year is at a different level from last year. [Not looking to my PMC this week, as I have been off the bike and sick since the State Championships]. Racing and training with CWEC this year has given me a new perspective on how to suffer. I raced less road this year but did more quality racing. I moved from being shelled within 10 minutes in 2016 to making it through the P1/2 races, and for the most part being a active participant in the racing. Not to say that I am even comfortable at that level yet, but I made significant gains in pack riding and confidence level. That fitness has carried into my cyclocross season.
-I embraced the need to go on hard rides. I have spent many years fearing hard rides, even though I always have trained hard, I have always dreaded getting dropped on hard rides. While I still am not the biggest fan of stem drooling, I understand that in order to improve they must be a consistent part of my training routine. This helped me more in the early season and preparing for racing the P1/2 races that would come.
-I learned how to win races consistently when the opportunity presented itself. I built confidence in my abilities. I won almost every local race I entered at the Chicrosscup this year, excluding a 2nd place at the State Championships. I gained the ability to trust my body and skills and know that if I brought my A game that I could win.
-I know my body better than ever. I know when I am ready to crush, and when I'm feeling not so hot. I know I'm not a morning person. I know I need at least 8 hours of sleep to feel recovered each morning. I've made allowances for evening workouts and I have been more consistent due to accepting this fact.
-I need a hard opener for Nationals. Having done many double race weekends this year, I have gone from being a strong Day I rider to a stronger Day II rider.
-I have made significant gains to my consistency in my prerace routine. CWEC made me understand what a stress free race day feels like. After learning the hard way (time and time and time again) I made changes to my organization and aimed to regain that stress free day.
-I have made friends with my foam roller. We weren't even on speaking terms for a couple of years.
- My cyclocross skills have continued to improve. I've exposed myself to tough courses on the US National levels. I have improved my running abilities due to the consistent running requirements at those races. I am also determined to learn how to bunnyhop properly and work on my weaker skills. I included more friends in my skills work outs. I added a 'dick about' practice which has helped me a lot, no pressure to do hot laps but instead learn how your bike feels no matter what you do with it.
I'm using this list as a way to quantify improvements and gains and to help me get in the right mental space in order to be ready for Nationals. I will keep updating and thinking about this list but that's it for now.


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How Should I Live: Keeping One Thing Crystal Clear
As we study How Should I Live it is absolutely important that we are clear that salvation is not merited, but a gift! And our response is not a works righteousness but faith working through love and gratitude.
Romans 3:9-31
Matthew 21:28-32,7:22-23
Luke 12:21,18:19
Isaiah 64:6
Proverbs 4:19,11:5,12:26
Psalms 146:9,134:3,143:2
Jonah 2:9
Ephesians 2:8-9
Titus 2:14
Sermon discussion topics for parents to use with their children:
Who goes to heaven?
Who goes to hell?
How did Jesus turn the usual answer to these questions upside down?
What are the realizations a person must come to in order to be saved?
Salvation is a gift, a great gift, and expensive gift, a gift given by grace, a gift received by faith... explain how these were described in the sermon.
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Place your bids folks! Our art auction, If you can tell a story, is here
We are delighted to unveil If you can tell a story... our fundraising exhibition and auction of artworks that tell a story.
To view the artworks and place your bid in the auction, click here.
The show features artworks generously donated by more than 50 of Australia's leading artists, including Del Kathryn Barton, Fiona Lowry, Reg Mombassa, Jasper Knight, Tony Albert, Belinda Fox, Euan Macleod, Bronwyn Bancroft, Locust Jones, Mitch Cairns, James Drinkwater, Abdul Abdullah and many more. The full list is below.
This is our major fundraiser for the year, and all money raised goes to fund our free creative writing and storytelling programs for marginalised young people. It only costs $30 to cover a place in one of our in-school workshops, so the money raised goes a long way. Funds raised will also help us achieve our dream of opening a second creative writing centre in Parramatta in May next year so that we can light the spark of creativity for thousands more young people in the years ahead.
The exhibition begins a wonderful discussion around words, images and, of course, creativity – which is at the heart of everything the Sydney Story Factory does. James Powditch, finalist in the Moran Prize 2016 with a portrait of Cath Keenan and frequent Archibald Prize finalist says, "The Sydney Story Factory changes the lives of marginalised young people through creative writing and storytelling. I'm thrilled to be able to offer an artwork that could potentially help thousands more children benefit from the program".
2014 Archibald Prize winner, Fiona Lowry, says "being able to express your creativity in a nourishing and supportive environment like the Sydney Story Factory is incredibly powerful for young people".
Kids from Plunkett St Public shared their creative responses to the artworks in this news story by SBS News.
View the auction online here , and come see the exhibition from Wednesday 30th August atBackStage, behind Conny Dietzschold Gallery, 99 Crown Street, East Sydney (entry via Crown Lane).
The auction ends at 5pm on Saturday 2nd September. Don't miss out!
Participating artists are: Abdul Abdullah, Margaret Ackland, Ron Adams, Tony Albert, Narelle Autio, Bronwyn Bancroft, Del Kathryn Barton, Phyllis Batumbil, Sandra Blackburne, Blak Douglas, GW Bot, Mitch Cairns, Thanh Tam Cao, Tom Carment, Paul Connor, Dino Consalvo, Lottie Consalvo, Gabrielle Courtenay, Jo Davenport, James Drinkwater, Michael Fitzjames, Belinda Fox, Will French, Peter Gardiner, Becky Gibson, Robyn Gordon, Jacqueline Gothe, Andrew Grant, Ian Grant, Samuel Hodge, Linda Jackson, Philjames, Locust Jones, Jasper Knight, Fiona Lowry, Debbie Mackinnon, Euan Macleod, Dean Manning, James McGrath, Reg Mombassa, Ro Murray, Peter O'Doherty, Susan O'Doherty, Nana Ohnesorge, James Powditch, Silke Raetze, Romance was Born, Joseph Rolella, Louise Tuckwell, Bruce Whatley, Neil Wilson, Joshua Yeldham.
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Newcastle are up next in the starting XI predictions. After a horror end to last season they will be hoping to transform things under new manager Steve McClaren.
Krul is clearly Newcastle's number one when fit (Which he is). See my article on the keepers as to how I think he will fare!
Newcastle's defence need some serious work. Coloccini is captain and will probably start, but I don't rate him. New signing Lascelles is only 21, but in competition with Williamson and Taylor I expect to see him start. If Taylor can stay fit he might be a chance at 4.0, but that's a ridiculous statement to even make. I give him 2 weeks before his first trip to hospital. Haidara should start from the left, whilst Janmaat is a sure starter at right back.
It's not easy to see how Newcastle will line up through the centre. De Jong and Wijnaldum are both attacking threats and will be key to Newcastle's season. While De Jong if sit (Probably not long) he is likely to play behind the striker. Whether Wijnaldum plays out wide in an attacking 4-2-3-1/4-3-3 or in the middle alongside De Jong is yet to be determined. Both are great options.
Cabella and Sissoko are also likely to get starts, however I'd avoid them. Aarons will be around the mark, perhaps he'll start the season coming off the bench. Tiote and Abeid will fight with Colback for the defensive midfield spot, none are relevant.
Mitrovic will fight with Cisse for the lone striker role. Considering his fantastic goal scoring history and his price tag, I'd suggest that Mitrovic will get first chance. Ayoze could play out wide, however I can't see him starting through the middle. His job security is questionable.
50/50: Wijnaldum has to be high on your watch lists. 7.0 is slightly more than I had hoped, but that was probably optimistic. Newcastle's lack of goals is a concern, however him and Mitrovic could form a lethal partnership. He has scored 2 in 2 during pre-season and is a goal scorer wherever he plays. Great differential.
Lock: None!
Avoid: For some reason Sissoko is selected by 2.3% of teams, that equates to around 50000 managers! His role isn't stable and he hasn't been in great form recently. Just 4 goals and 3 assists last season is more of what you should expect to come.
Breakout: Aarons is certainly one to consider in this bracket. Most teams are selecting a 5.0 option who could potentially breakout. Ibe is a popular choice, but Aarons shouldn't be underestimated. He has shown great form during pre-season, however his job security remains questionable. If he starts in GW1, watch his form. I'm tipping him to have a solid season.
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Oh dear, another meme tag from Zee. Must… obey…
4 things that should go into room 101 and be removed from the face of the earth:
– The Himalayan Blackberry, Rubus armeniacus
– Diet soda
– Jay Leno
– Misery
3 things people do that make you want to shake them violently:
– Lie
– Not consider future consequences
– Put ketchup on hot dogs or mayo on hamburgers
2 things you find yourself moaning about:
– How computer generated special effects have ruined movies
– How people still go into Starbucks even when there are other lovely independent coffee shops on the same block
1 thing the above answers tell you about yourself:
– I'm less of a moaner than I used to be
Link to the original meme at freelancecynic.com so people know what it's all about!
Be as honest as possible; this is about letting people get to know the real you!
Try not to insult anyone – unless they really deserve it or are very, very ugly!
Post these rules at the end of every meme!


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Name: Susan Stearns
Position: VP, Strategic Partnerships
Organization: Ex Libris Group
Email: email@example.com
Website: exlibrisgroup.com
Born and Lived: Born in Urbana, Illinois. Lived in Illinois, Virginia, and London as well as now in Massachusetts.
Professional Career and Activities: Librarian at Virginia Union and Virginia Commonwealth Universities and Corporate Librarian at Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA
Joined CLSI and worked in product management and marketing as well as Associate Director of CLSI-UK for almost 3 years.
Other experience with Faxon Research Services, NorthernLight Technology, Gaylord Information Systems [now Polaris] and Inmagic before joining Ex Libris.
Family: Husband and 2 sons.
In My Spare Time: Wine-making with my husband [who was born in Italy and has been genetically pre-disposed to quality wine-making]
Favorite Books: Recent – The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach and Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman; Classics – Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe and The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford; Humor – anything by David Sedaris; Travel – The Lonely Planet books; Mystery – Elizabeth George; Everyday reading – The New Yorker
Pet Peeves: Slow walking; Poorly timed red lights; Cheese in salads; Small glasses of wine
Philosophy: Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good [definitely applies to libraries as well!]
Most Memorable Career Achievement: Developing an award winning marketing program for Northern Light Technology. Working with Bill Schickling to develop the Polaris library system.
Goals I Hope to Achieve Five Years from Now: Hmmmm – too far ahead. Just hope to be around.
How/Where Do I See the Industry in Five Years: I hope the industry is still around and thriving and that "library" has a whole new meaning for people.
Tom Gilson. Test Bio


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Flight of Whimsy and Dreams
Flight of Whimsy and Dreams
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This pastel wall art would make a great print for a bedroom or nursery. The Torrey Pines Gliderport in San Diego is truly a magical place.
Original fine art photography by Morgan Hartley. Available as a Photographic Print or Canvas Gallery Wrap. For detailed information on prints, canvases, and shipping, see the FAQ Page.
- Professionally printed using high quality inks and premium archival paper
- Prints are sold unmatted and unframed
- Printed on cotton matte canvas; wrapped around a wood stretcher frame 1.5" deep
- Archival quality inks and premium canvas are guaranteed for 100 years
- A black backing increases the durability of the canvas (see bottom picture)
- Image is blurred on the sides so none of the image is lost on the front
- Ready to hang out of the box! Gallery wraps 20 x 24 and smaller include a pre-installed saw tooth hanger; gallery wraps 20 x 30 and larger include a pre-installed wire hanger


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Looking for a way to keep your drink warm or cool? Tired of burning your hands or getting them wet with cold condensation? Try making this easy cup cozy – it slides on over your travel cup, disposable coffee cup, or Mason jar! This pattern takes 1 skein of cotton yarn and a 4.25 (G) crochet hook. For a tutorial on how to make the Mason drinking jar, visit New Green Mama!
buy pattern now for $3.00


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Best Catch in the History of Cricket,Ricky Ponting,IPL5
Ricky Ponting Video clip Score: / 5
Ricky Ponting Video clip Score: / 5
Ricky Ponting Video Ranking: / 5
Aaron Finch joined the list of those who have scored centuries in their first game in the World Cup.
The Victorian opening batsman thumped 135 versus England at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday.
He was dropped on naught, trying to loft the ball over the square leg fielder and boy; did he make the opposition pay for that miss?
It was ruthless batting by the Australian T20 captain. He took it back to the English bowlers as he unleashed his powerful straight bat shots down the ground.
The English captain Eoin Morgan would have probably been relieved to have got David Warner out early as he was the one guy who could go bonkers against the new ball too.
Ricky Ponting Online video Ranking: three / five
The Australian bowlers failed to dismiss the young Indian side on a 5th day wicket in Sydney as the 4th test match of the Border-Gavaskar series ended in a draw.
It's the second draw in the series. Normally, the pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground produces results as it tilts towards the spinners so very much on the 4th and the 5th day, but, the pitch for this game was a bit different from the conventional SCG pitches.
This one turned too, but, it was lot slower and thus, the batsmen were easily managing the turn and bounce on the back foot.
Ricky Ponting Video Score: 5 / five


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Even in this deeply interconnected era, nearly half of all small businesses still don't have a website. If you've already got a plan for your site, you'll be ahead of half of your competitors. You just need to make sure that your cannabis web design is solid and professional, winning the trust of and customers around the globe. Follow these 7 steps to ensure that your web design doesn't fall into any of the common pitfalls small businesses suffer.
1. Don't Sleep on Mobile
Web designers need to take mobile design seriously if they want to reach cannabis users of all stripes. If your cannabis business isn't designing your site to be "mobile first" you're going to miss out on a lot of business. With mobile internet browsing definitively surpassing desktop browsing, if you want to be where users are, you need to start with mobile devices. It's much easier to adopt a mobile-first website for desktop than the other way around. If you've already got your site up and running, you'll need to create a parallel site that loads when users find you via their mobile devices. No one wants to try to stretch and scale their browsers just so they can see if they want to be your customer. They'll likely browse away to another cannabis website that anticipated their mobile device.
Designing for mobile also means that you can build an audience with a clientele that's on the go and looking to do business quickly. While some people will visit your site for information, most will want to get what they need and get back to business. Make it easy for them with a site that looks great on mobile.
2. Corny Fonts Aren't Cute
While you might want to use a smokey or fun font for your website, it's not a good idea. Clever fonts aren't always easy to read. They take more time to look at and to decode the messages that you're trying to share with your audience. Since you're trying to do business with people, you need to show them that you take their time seriously. Making them stare at a difficult font for an extended period of time isn't professional. As more cannabis businesses go modern and techy, going with a loopy font could look like a throwback. The last thing you want is to look like you're behind the times. Do yourself a favor and choose a strong font that gives the air of seriousness.
You can never be too professional when you're in sales–even in cannabis sales. Playing it campy could be risky and cause people to wonder how seriously they should take you. Once they start doubting how serious you are, they'll bounce away from your site.
3. Use Great Images
Rather than tell your customers what great items you have to offer them, you need to show them. The best way to do that is with strong images. If you upload amateur images taken with your phone, you might be doing yourself more harm than good. On the other hand, professional stock photos might not be much better. Using a bunch of stock photos might get people thinking that you're an illegitimate business. The number one way that businesses selling suspicious products are able to convince people to send them money is through stock photos.
Hire a professional photographer to get images of your products and services. Have real users or your colleagues in your photos. Use real people, real locations, and real products whenever possible. On every photograph, add a small watermark. That way, you can trademark your images and ensure that no one steals them for their own site. When you upload your images, resize them to a reasonable degree. Uploading a bunch of 12MB images to your site will drag download times, making your site crawl over a mobile connection.
4. Keep Menus Simple
When you're designing your site, get rid of clutter. You need your site to help your customers get what they need from you, not to make everything more complicated. The first place to start is by simplifying your menus. Abide by the three click rule when you're setting up your site. If you make your menus extensive and complicated, you'll turn off your users. Loading complicated menus on a mobile device is troublesome and difficult.
Menus that try to offer everything don't make it easy to get to know a company. If you have one flagship product, offer that on the front page of your site. Otherwise, categorize your products generally and make it easy to browse. People would rather spend their time browsing than trying to navigate difficult menus.
5. Cannabis Is Professional Now
Remember that cannabis is a real business now. It's headed toward the $50 billion dollar mark and showing no signs of slowing down. No matter what end of the market you're on, you're no longer going to be marketing just to a niche, fringey clientele. Business professionals are using CBD oil and people all across the tech industry are micro-dosing. What was once relegated to the strangest fringes of society are now starting to find their way into the mainstream. That means your business has to be able to rub elbows with the mainstream.
Most of your clientele won't necessarily know the revolutionary history of cannabis, the criminal justice issues, or environmental benefits surrounding it. They'll be casual users who want to have a good time and relax using your products. If these issues are important to you, find a tasteful way to fold them into your conversations with customers. For the most part, keep things focused on giving good customer service, appearing professional, and closing sales with your patrons. Your website should offer a streamlined and professional experience. Sales should be simple and transactions should offer a receipt and confirmation followed by follow-up emails to give shipping and tracking information. Make sure that all of your transactions are secure as well.
6. Make Contact Easy
Your customers want to be able to get in contact with you when they feel like it. If you make it hard to get in touch with you, they'll be suspect and wonder what it is you're hiding. Instead, put your contact info in a sticky header or footer that follows visitors as they browse. If you put a call to action right at the top of your page, you can allow your clients to get in touch with you with the click of a button. When you open yourself up to feedback, you tell your customers that you value what they have to say. When they leave comments on your site or even on social media, make sure that you respond.
Make your contact information easy to find. One of the worst design mistakes you can make is to keep your contact information hidden. Not only will this damage your clients' ability to trust you, but they'll find your site unfriendly to users. Don't be afraid to list your contact information too many times. When people are browsing, they'll hardly notice it. But when they need it, they'll want to see it everywhere.
7. Integrate e-Commerce
Your e-commerce experience needs to be integrated into your site. One of the worst design decisions you can make is to have your e-commerce outsourced. It won't match your overall design scheme and could function in a way that isn't compatible with the work your site designer did at all. Instead, find a designer who knows how to design your e-commerce site as well as your site. Make sure that it's neatly integrated into your site. It should use the same font, color scheme, and overall layout. While this might be time-consuming for your designer, it's much more preferable to a clunky e-commerce site that doesn't match your normal site. This will cause your audience to second guess your ability to provide quality products.
If your e-commerce seems secondary to your site, clients could have a tough time trusting that your products are legit. Instead, use the same designer for both. Keep the layout identical and merely drop your product pages into your normal template.
Cannabis Web Design Requires Innovation
With so many cannabis web design templates looking the same, it's important to make sure that you stand out while still looking high-end and professional. Web designers can help you to look unique while also showing off how good your products are. The best web design can strike this balance for you. If you're curious about what else you could be doing to capture the customers you're looking for, contact us for more tips.


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130 Years of Übercorp - September 2017 Exhibition
A historical exhibition of Richmond's most obscure and prolific company curated by Noah Scalin opens at Gallery5 on September 1. With objects from the collections of 30+ artists and music from League of Space Pirates, Flashlight Tag, and Maximum Zero.
What if a huge and powerful corporation existed right under your nose and you never knew it was there? Meet Übercorp. Since its formation in 1887 by a German immigrant here in Richmond, VA, Übercorp has been a powerful force in the pharmaceutical world. And yet, despite its long history – and forays into myriad side ventures – Übercorp has been off the radar for the general public. Indeed you may have been using their products for years without even realizing it, unless you noticed their little octopus logo.
Now however, thanks to the work of curator Noah Scalin and over 30 collectors of Übercorp memorabilia Gallery5 is pleased to present 130 Years of Übercorp: 1887–2017; the first ever historical survey of this influential corporation. This unprecedented collection of objects – from personal artifacts of company founder Albrecht Über to recent marketing materials & prototypes – presents a fascinating insight into the truly unique work that has been done by Übercorp and the surprisingly long reach of its various tentacles.
"Everyone here at Übercorp is so happy for the public to finally get a greater insight into our wonderful company and the great things it's done for Richmond and the world!" Übercorp's press representative Randall Quarterlock expressed the company's enthusiasm about the show. "After the regretful destruction of our own archives a few years ago, we never imagined a show like this would be possible!"
The exhibition features items from the collections of notable Richmonders as well as Übercorp fans from around the world including: Kelly Alder, Dale Brumfield, Nico Cathcart, Phil Cheney, Brad Choma, Eric Collins, Madonna Dersch, Julie Elkins, Freehand Profit, Mike & Lindsay Garrett, Nicole Gomez, Ed Harrington, Thomas Heinrichs, Adam Juresko, Meena Khalili & Brent Dedas, Bizhan Khodabandeh, Philip Kightlinger, Diane Leonard, Coryndon Luxmoore, Tom Megginson, Liana Mensch, Mikemetic, Sam Moll, Leah Palmer Preiss, Denton Pretorius, Adarsh Ramakrishnan, Keith M. Ramsey, Oura Sananikone, Savage Apparel Co., Morgan Sawyer, Ross Trimmer, Betsy VanDeusen, Marc Van Gurp, Liam Ward, Steven Warrick.
The show opens on First Friday, September 1 and will feature musical performances by Maximum Zero, Flashlight Tag, and League of Space Pirates – which was inspired by one of Übercorp's most unusual creations.
130 Years of Übercorp: 1887–2017
curated by Noah Scalin
September 1–28, 2017
@ Gallery5
200 W. Marshall St. Richmond, VA
About Übercorp - http://Ubercorp.biz/
Founded in Richmond, Virginia in 1887 as patent medicine company by German immigrant Albrecht Über (1864–1965), Übercorp has gone on to become one of the most far reaching corporations in American history. And yet few people are familiar with its long and varied history. Beyond its ongoing role as a well-respected, privately held pharmaceutical manufacturer Übercorp has been pioneering in media and entertainment from publishing to music to film & television production; experimented in satellite communications and had a foray as a internet provider. It is currently focused on its burgeoning commercial space exploration program and plans for asteroid mining. One of its oddest creations, "League of Space Pirates" began as a series of science-fiction pulp novels published by Übercorp Publishing in the 1960s. Eventually adapted into a 1986 movie of the same name, League of Space Pirates had some minor success, but was quickly forgotten by the mainstream, though a cult following does still exist and toys, comic books and other merchandise from the film do still turn up from time to time. Today Übercorp's subsidiaries range from fast food to construction and it's not always obvious when you're using one of their products – unless you spot that ubiquitous tiny octopus logo lurking in more and more places.
About Noah Scalin - http://NoahScalin.com/
Noah Scalin is an artist, author and activist. In 2016 Noah became the first ever artist-in-residence at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business. He is creator of the Webby Award winning project Skull-A-Day and founder of the League of Space Pirates band. His fine art has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Mütter Museum and Krause Gallery in NYC. His work has been featured in dozens of publications including Fast Company, Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, Beautiful/Decay, USA Today, The Telegraph, and the New York Times. Noah co-runs Another Limited Rebellion, an art & innovation consulting firm, and is a sought after public speaker on creativity. He is the author of six books, including most recently Creative Sprint – which he co-wrote with his sister/business partner Mica Scalin.


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UO college students, school and staff have another opportunity to get their seasonal flu photographs at a particular vaccination clinic on November sixteen, from 8:00-eleven:00 a.m. at University Health Center. Originally launched in December of 2008 by S.A.Y. Detroit and the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries because the nation's first free medical clinic devoted to homeless children and their moms, the clinic has expanded its attain to female patients with restricted revenue, in transitional housing and employment conditions, and who're homeless. Our first precedence at Embrace Women's Health Clinic is to help you dwell a wholesome, full life. The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) in Nairobi is a part of this group and established in 1958. The Aga Khan Health Services operates hospitals in numerous locations throughout Asia and Africa.
These sexual health clinics often provide you with checks for sexual and urinary well being problems equivalent to sexually transmitted illnesses like syphilis, gonorrhea, genital warts, Chlamydia, HIV, AIDS, cystitis, and other infections that concern the genitals. The UTRGV Health Service is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc (AAAHC).
Many Health Care Providers professionals work in the latter to ensure that everyone gets the quilt that they want and can afford. LL Cheong skin & laser clinic situated at Mount Elizabeth offers pimples and cosmetology solutions like chemical peel exfoliation, glycolic acid facials and many others. The crew from UHS and The Clinic are hoping to identify our most weak residents and sufferers to offer one of the best care doable regardless of if they will make it to the clinic or not.
Certification by the American Academy of Pain Management signifies that the clinic has gone by means of a radical peer-reviewed compliance course of that was established by ache practitioners. A educated psychological well being skilled can provide a caring, non-judgmental help to help you discover, process and cope with your troubles. Promoting the well-being of scholars by empowering them with the knowledge, skills and spirit to take duty for personal, family and neighborhood health. The doctor's and employees on the clinic took such excellent care of me and made me feel fully comfy while I was so removed from dwelling.
So, if you are searching for a chiropractor in Angeles City, San Fernando, surrounding Pampanga, Tarlac City, Pangasinan, Olongapo City, and different nearby cities, Dr. Keller is your Chiropractor. Also referred to as Nassau Health Care Corporation, NuHealth operates by means of numerous Centers of Care (LI Federally Qualified Health Centers) to deliver coordinated medical care and disease and life-style administration to everyone, at each stage of life. While the Health Fee doesn't embrace dental care, the UK College of Dentistry is piloting a no-value dental care service for students.


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On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
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To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.
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Central Region Venturing Vice Presidents for 2019-2020Please welcome the Central Region Venturing Vice Presidents for 2019-2020:
Max Chandler, VP-Administration
Clay Mewes, VP-Program
Andrea Penrose, VP-Communication
Max, Clay and Andrea will be responsible for working closely with
Their term of office will begin on June 1, 2019.
Max Chandler will serve as the Central Region Venturing Vice President of Administration for the 2019-2020 term.
Max is a founding member and inaugural president of Crew 339 in Muskingum Valley Council, in Mount Vernon, OH, where he reestablished the Council VOA. He most recently served as the Central Region Area 4 VOA President.
As a business management major at Ashland University, Max continually pursues improvements in efficiency and leadership. He is passionate about consolidating and communicating resources to Council VOAs, as well as connecting Venturers, volunteers, and professionals.
Clay Mewes is the Central Region Venturing Vice President of Program for 2019-2020 term.
Clay is from Northern Star Council in Minneapolis, MN. Clay previously served as the Area 1 Vice President of Program. Clay is an Eagle Scout and has earned the Silver, Ranger, and QUEST awards, as well as the Council VLA.
Clay is a rising sophomore at St. Cloud State University majoring in Environmental Studies. He looks forward to supporting the promotion of the Venturing program by encouraging ingenuity and innovation in program, with major emphases on communication between the Region VOA and Area VOAs.
Andrea Penrose will serve as 2019-2020 Central Region Venturing Vice President of Communications.
Andrea is from Prairielands Council in Mahomet, IL. She previously served as the Vice President of Communications for both Area 3 and Prairielands Council, as well as the Prairielands Council VOA President. She has earned the Council VLA, and is currently finishing her Summit.
Andrea is an incoming senior at Mahomet Seymour High School. She loves getting involved with her school and volunteering in her community. When she's not doing homework, she enjoys watching Parks and Rec and playing soccer. Andrea is looking forward to serving the Central Region and helping to create a better Venturing program.


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Your Reading Log
Today we will discuss how to keep track of your reading.
Set up a Reading Log: Set aside two pages in the back of your notebook (front and back should be fine). At the top write "Reading Log." Each time your read, put the date, the book, the number of pages you read, and some thoughts/notes on the reading.
When you write down your notes and thoughts, it does not have to be very long. A couple of sentences will do. This is to help you keep track of what you have read. Write about main events of your reading and your feelings, thoughts, and reactions to the reading.
This will count as part of your first reading assignment (due Fri 9/30). You are expected to read at least 100 pages by then.
Having Trouble Finding a Book?
Here's a list of books that have been recommended by students in the past: student-recommended-books
New Skill: Extended Metaphor
Extended Metaphor– a comparison that lasts more than one line of a piece of writing.
Quick Writes
Compare yourself to the following:
- an animal
- an object you'd find in the kitchen
- a month
- a natural weather occurrence
- a food
Choose any of the things from above and write down as many characteristics about it as you can think of.


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By Steve Eggleston
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the November jobs report, and everybody focused on the seasonally-adjusted gain of 321,000 jobs, 314,000 in the private sector. I'll join the club and start there. On a seasonally-adjusted basis, that is the best overall and private-sector 1-month gain since January 2012, when the economy added 360,000 jobs overall and 364,000 in the private sector. Further, it's the best overall November since 2005 (a 337,000-job add) and the best private-sector November since 1994 (a 396,000-job add).
However, as I've learned with any government report, things are rarely as good as they seem. John Crudele of the New York Post took a look at the seasonal adjustments, and he came away rather disillusioned. On a not-seasonally-adjusted basis, the economy added 497,000 jobs overall and 380,000 in the private sector. Though both numbers are the third-best November of the 21st Century, they actually were behind last November's add of 523,000 jobs overall and 398,000 in the private sector, which was seasonally-adjusted to adds of, respectively, 274,000 and 272,000.
Crudele asked the Labor Department for an explanation, and their economists were perplexed. A partial explanation comes from Tom Blumer, who remembered that the October seasonal adjustments were as unkind as November's are kind.
The growth in jobs didn't exactly translate to either a change in the unemployment rate or in the number of employed. The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate (5.8%), labor force participation rate (62.8%, still a multi-generational low) and employment-population ratio (59.2%) all remained unchanged when rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent, with the number of employed increasing by 4,000, after last month's equally-anomalous 683,000 add, and the number of unemployed increasing by 115,000.
Blumer also noted that, on the full-time front, we are still very short of where we were in November 2007. Even though, on a not-seasonally-adjusted basis, there are 548,000 more people employed now than there were in November 2007, there are 2,405,000 fewer people working at least 35 hours per week now, with 396,000 more people working multiple part-time jobs presumably to reach full-time status. On the positive side, 2,566,000 more people were working full-time last month than in November 2013.


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ONC Health IT Certification Program: Enhanced Oversight and Accountability.
Federal Register. Washington, DC: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services. 2016;81:72404-72471.
Requirements are needed to manage risks associated with health information technology systems. This final rule provides a framework for government review of technologies certified by the ONC Health IT Certification Program. The rule also covers certification guidance for testing laboratories. The regulations go into effect December 19, 2016.