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Weddings are a celebration for the couple, for their family and for the wider family of the Church. St. Vincent de Paul Church is delighted to be part of this celebration.
Couples that wish to be married at St. Vincent de Paul Church should contact the office at least 6 months in advance and make an appointment with Fr. Kent. We want to help you in not only planning your wedding, but also provide marriage preparation that will strengthen your relationship and provide greater success in your marriage. So even though at least 6 months is recommended for the preparation, couples are encouraged to start the preparation and planning process as soon as they are engaged. Starting the preparation early also allows you to schedule the date you want.
Preparation for marriage normally includes:
1) A meeting with Fr. Kent to schedule the wedding, fill out paperwork, discuss marriage preparation and wedding planning.
2) A meeting with Kathleen to schedule the facilities;
3) Couple's counseling using the Prepare/Enrich tool;
4) The introductory class about Natural Family Planning;
5) Participation in either the Unitas Marriage Preparation at St. Vincent's (see below) or Catholic Engaged Encounter.
6) A final meeting with Fr. Kent to discuss your experience of marriage preparation and plan the Wedding Liturgy.
Contact the office to set up an appointment with Fr. Kent at 316-733-1423.


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If you're having FAQ's I feel bad for you son, I've got 99 problems but a contract ain't one.
It's homework time people. Nobody likes it; nobody wants to read it, but you HAVE TO READ YOUR CONTRACT! Seriously, I cannot stress this enough. Everything you ever wanted, needed, and never even though of knowing is in there. It's the Rosetta stone of surrogacy and I'm talking to EVERYONE here. Surrogates, egg donors, and intended parents alike. If you think of absolutely any questions whatsoever, I promise you will find the answer in your contract.
"Hey, my surrogate wants to go cross country skiing, can she do that?"
The answer is in there! I'm not kidding. And by the way answer is no.
Fertility lawyers need to think of every situation and every solution.
"Can I have sex after a transfer?" Or
"Is organic food reimbursable?" Or
"Who pays the insurance copays?" Or
"Does the surrogate have a right to see our baby after she gives birth?"
It's funny, the questions you think of after entering a legally binding situation, stuff that never would have occurred to you before this crazy journey began. But you know what? You are in no way the first to think of these questions, so ask away. Your attorney will gladly give you the page number of your personalized contract that will tell you all you need to know.
Before you've even put pen to paper your lawyer will have told you so much. They'll have gone over every single page with you. You'll have tweaked it here and there and it'll have gone back and forth between law firms. There is a lot of legislation to do with surrogacy and that's a good thing, even if it is tedious. And you know what? You won't remember most of it. There is no way, unless you have a photographic memory, you will know what and where you read that certain line that you now need to know. And that's ok too. You'll have a copy that will become your best friend. Your own personal bible, your treasure map, so to speak. Do you want your stress levels to go down and your anxiety to melt away? Then read your contract! It will guide you through with the comforting reassurance that can only come from the law. Knowing your rights and staying well informed from beginning to end makes for such a smoother journey. Trust me, I know. I've read these things from cover to cover multiple times. They make for great bedtime stories. Not only because it'll probably put you to sleep, but also because you will sleep so much easier once those nagging questions have been answered.
I feel like the old school mistress looking down her glasses, pointing a ruler at you and telling you to "Pay Attention!" But seriously I mean it. I don't want to boss you around or tell you what to do. It's just the Mom in me wanting what's fair and best for everyone. You see, the more informed you are the better you feel. The better you feel the smoother things go. The smoother things go the better the chances of that cute little baby in the picture with its new parents. Get it?
…Now go and wash your hands, it's flu season. And bundle up warm, it's cold outside (well unless you are here in California, it's gorgeous here 😉
Trusted Doctor Uses Forged Surrogacy Documents to Sell Babies In India
Have you heard about this? A gynecologist in India has been charged with human trafficking and forgery after selling a baby using fake surrogacy papers. He and his "clients" have been making the international headlines for the past couple of months and it looks as if this has been going on for some time now. Dr. Bharat Atit, along with three of his staff, were arrested and booked after it was discovered that a newborn baby had been illegally sold via the Doctor by a woman and her boyfriend. Now they are investigating previous claims and more cases are coming to light.
The woman involved, claimed rape towards her boyfriend when she was 5 months pregnant. It was discovered that she had done this because they were arguing over the price of the child and she is to use this claim to cut the boyfriend's percentage. Once this was found out she dropped the charges, however, this opened the investigation to that of the Doctor.
This newest scandal involving surrogacy in India raises the issue of legality when it comes to these delicate waters. India has had issues before dealing with the health and treatment of their surrogates during prenatal care and the backgrounds of the women that were being used.
India was a place that was considered to be "a great deal" to go to for people looking to start an "inexpensive" family which made it easy for some, to turn a blind eye to the murkiness involved. However, with these new legal issues piled on top of the old health ones, they may be losing their drawing power for even those with lesser morals.
First, it is used as a method of human trafficking. Second, the surrogates are treated like cattle. Yes, it is cheaper, but at what cost? This is a child we are discussing. A child carried by a person no less important or critical to the process than the intended parent. Having a child when you physical aren't able to is tricky enough, without weighing on your conscience as well. People are now coming to realize it's not worth the gamble of saving money. This is a child we are talking about and ensuring that child has the best start in life starts at conception.
Overall, India doesn't seem to present a viable option for surrogacy now to those who were able to justify their means to an end before.
As I am doing research for this blog I have also just learned that India has now implemented new guidelines this year which no longer allow foreigners of same-sex couples, single individuals, unmarried couples or couples who have been married less than two years to commission a surrogate there. Also, if you did qualify to utilize their surrogacy programs, you would still be required to provide a letter from your countries government expressly giving you permission to bring your child home from India and that your country would agree to recognize this child as a product of a surrogacy pregnancy and birth.
I think the chapter on surrogacy in India is closing, and very quickly. After everything, it is my opinion this is for the best.
Hurry Up and Wait… from matching to contracts to cycling
What many people don't realize is that with surrogacy, there are many steps to take before you can even start trying to become pregnant.
A woman who wishes to become a surrogate fills out a super long, in-depth application; gets checked out physically and mentally; and has her background checked to make sure she isn't really the missing Anastasia. Then she waits to hear back from the agency for the green light.
If she's cleared, she's put in a database with other women in the same situation and waits to be chosen by an Intended Parent (IP). It's up to the agency to find and match suitable surrogates with IPs. You want to be on this journey with someone you get along or "click" with. This is very important and sometimes it's an instantaneous click and sometimes it's not. Even if a woman has been a surrogate before she still has to go through this process each time she re-applies.
Once this stage of the process is complete–and it can take months to get matched–she steps into the legal process. A legal contract for both parties to review is provided by the IP's lawyer and reviewed with the surrogate by her lawyer. Luckily, SAI works with specially trained fertility-law specialists who know what they are doing and have been doing it for decades. However, the law is the law. There are mountains of paperwork which are a necessary evil (and a good sleeping aid) to get through.
After everything is all legal eagle–which can take a month or more–it's time to either match up cycles with the egg donor or IP (if using fresh embryos) or straight on to the poking and prodding (if the IPs have frozen embryos). Either way, this is part of the journey usually takes another month and is full of fun things like vaginal ultrasounds, peeing in a cup, different hormonal injections and daily medication. When using a gestational surrogate, the body must be "tricked" into thinking it's pregnant so it won't reject a foreign embryo. Hooray for science! But again… it's the wait is about another month or so.
In my personal experience, these three steps can take anywhere from 3-6 months' time to achieve pregnancy, if it works on the 1st go round. Patience is a virtue and the rewards are well worth it in the end. So as Dori from Finding Nemo would say: "Just keep swimming"…….You'll get there.

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Much of my commercial work revolves around creating short films for agencies that push ideas and evolve brands.
Because film is such a visceral medium, it is a fantastic tool to visualise ideas, concepts or strategies in a fashion that is as gripping, emotional and – ultimately – convincing as possible.
Using film footage much like DJ would use samples, I gather all the necessary elements to perfectly tell the story and use my experience in film and visual media to build them into powerful and moving experiences.
Films created this way are used in a wide variety of scenarios – reaching from being one step ahead in pitching an idea to a demanding client to helping an audience better understand the most intricate ideas.
The work is highly flexible and can immediately adjust to your precise needs. A standard film usually only takes a few days to produce, and since I usually do all the work myself, the production is extremely cost effective.
With ten years of experience, I'm glad to have many of the leading Berlin based agencies as my regular clients, my work including brands like Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, Audi, Coca Cola among many others.
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Before I was a philosopher I was an artist, or at least before I studied philosophy I studied art for five years, and taught it for three more; and I have never lost that original interest. Sometimes I think of returning to the business of art-making, and occasionally I sketch out ideas for projects that I may one day pursue; but in the meantime I continue to follow art and write about it in the form of interviews with artists, and reviews of art books and exhibitions.
As a student I was lucky to join the company of a number of highly creative artists, two of whom (Tony Cragg and Richard Long) went on to be Turner Prize winners (in 1988 and 1989), while others, such as Bill Woodrow, were Turner finalists. The presiding spirit of the group was Roger Ackling, and like those named, and others including Hamish Fulton, several of his works are in the Tate collection. These bright spirits were inspiring figures, and people I continue to admire.
Art is no stranger to philosophy. They meet at one point in the subject of aesthetics, and at another in the more pretentious forms of conceptualism. My interest in art, however, is not that of a practitioner of philosophical aesthetics. Meanwhile, even at the age of 18 when I began fine-art studies, 10 years of Jesuit schooling had provided me with enough knowledge to see that the idea-artists' efforts at philosophy were generally inflated and uncomprehending; and that remains true of later generations even to the present day.
What first engaged me in my teens and engages me still is the power of art to fill one's senses and imagination with its own images and forms, enchanting or challenging, familiar or strange. Yet they also have to meet the standard of compelling intelligibility and delight. I can illustrate this now by talking about another artist whose work I first came to know in the 1970s and who I think is long overdue for full honour in his native land.
The art of David Tremlett defies easy categorisation. At times it is associative, alluding to places, structures and processes; and even semi-narrative, telling of things seen and done. At other times it is essentially formal, arranging point and line, colour and shape to purely visual effect without reference to origin and connotations. Sometimes it is expressive, celebrating delight in the pure experience of hue and texture; but on other occasions the emotional aspect recedes, leaving geometrical studies in which design is explored and honoured on its own account, without specific regard to affective quality.
If the mode of Tremlett's work resists simple classification, so too does its type. Having involved performance and site-specificity, he can be connected to arte povera. Through the role of travel and documentation, he can be related to certain strands of "land" and "journey" art. The favouring of the wall and book as primary locations, together with the use of text, suggests associations with the American visual conceptualists, Sol LeWitt and Lawrence Weiner. The dominance of dynamically arranged planes of single colours recalls both Russian constructivism and mid-Second World War English abstraction.
Tremlett also defeats attempts at cultural identification. An Englishman of West Country origins, his father and paternal grandmother were romantic adventurers drawn to Africa and Australia, about which they published memoirs; and he is similarly a citizen of more than country or continent: travelling, finding inspiration, creating work and making friendships across nations, frontiers and oceans.
At ease in Africa, Asia, Australia and America, he has a marked liking for Continental Europe, an affection that is enthusiastically reciprocated especially in France and Italy. At the same time he has a pragmatic common-sense approach to art-making and a feeling for craftsmanship that are both recognisably British.
At times radical in setting aside conventional distinctions between performance and product, between drawing, painting and sculpture, and between image and text, Tremlett is also conservative in recognising the objectivity of value and in celebrating excellence in the achievement of it.
What to make of this collection of seemingly diverse and contrasting attributes? In Orthodoxy (1908), G.K. Chesterton introduces the allegory of the mariner who set sail in search of uncharted lands, but ends up unknowingly landing on his own shores. "He proudly planted the flag, claiming his very own homeland on behalf of the same. Ironically, he was quite pleased when he discovered his mistake, for he had experienced all the thrill of discovery without sacrificing the familiarity. This is what we seek: a life which is both secure and poetically picturesque - one part fairy tale and one part fireside."
The fireside is not an image easily attached to contemporary art. Yet in Tremlett there is a rare and unsentimental conjoining of the abstract and the concrete, the strange and the familiar, the foreign and the domestic; with these conjunctions tending in the direction of the second of each pair. This judgement will strike some readers as implausible, as they enter a gallery and look at a spare display of rectangles and arcs, trapeziums and chevrons, floating circles and waving lines. In this image it is easy enough to locate the avant-garde, but hard to see the familiar and the domestic.
Like Orpheus in Rainer Maria Rilke's Sonnets, whose "music, ever new, from trembling stones, builds her divine home in useless space", one may speak of Tremlett's play of pure colours and shapes; of images that go softly forth; and of drawing, which ever-new from massaged pigment builds its joyful home in useless space.
In both cases the point of speaking of "uselessness" is not to denigrate a place as unused, let alone as unusable, but to elevate art as having a value other than utility. In this sense the most revered human spaces, including the sanctuary and the cemetery, are "useless", being set apart from productive labour for something else.
Tremlett's art has a strength of design that flows from a confidence to take on a space and transform it into something living. That capacity is the product of experience and continuous creative effort. Like the best musicians, dancers and writers, the best artists work all the time. No day is without preparation, performance or criticism. The works they make are distillations in a continuous process of creation; the visible flowers on the furthermost points of deep-rooted plantings.
The ordinary can be made extraordinary by the exercise of artistic imagination, and this is a form of skilled practice. What, though, of the claim that it also tends to the domestic? The Latin domesticus, from which the English "domestic", the Italian "domestico" and the French "domestique" all derive, comes from the root domus, meaning house. Over the years Tremlett has produced a number of wall-drawings in private houses, including those of the Duke of Westminster, but in speaking of his art as "domestic" I have something more fundamental in mind.
Archaeologists on the Southern Cape coast of South Africa have found thousands of pieces of ochre, many rubbed smooth, probably from having been ground to make pigment. Among these are two pieces along which parallel lines had been inscribed with further cross-hatching. These provide evidence of intended abstraction: extracting patterns from the detail of experience and repeating them carefully.
The date of these productions is 70,000 years ago and their location was a cave, which is to say a home. The earliest European paintings are half as old, but again they are found in caves in modern-day France and Spain. Because of the absence of signs of habitation some of these sites are taken to have been non-domestic, but the inescapable fact is that art began, and for most of its history has remained, "at home", not merely ornamenting but defining the spaces within which we human beings have lived.
It is in this sense that Tremlett's art is domestic. It is drawing inscribed on the skin of social life. To be in the space enclosed by a set of Tremlett wall drawings is to live, however briefly, in a new domestic space. Some fortunate few can retain this indefinitely; but whether in a public or private place, Tremlett is engaged in a rather special form of "home-making".
In saying this it is again necessary to caution against superficial understandings of the domestic. There is nothing dainty or decorous, petite or precious about Tremlett's art. It is full-bloodedly and unapologetically modernist, taking hold of a surface and enlivening it with line and colour. Even so, there is no attack upon, or subversion of, the viewer's sensibility.
On the contrary, the surfaces are like jazz renditions of familiar melodies, inviting us to identify a theme and follow through with the artist's improvisation. Tremlett's art may be highly imaginative and even exotic but it tends towards the concrete, the familiar and the domestic, and that is its strength, for it appeals to the desire for lively delight.
In early days he combined image-making and sculpture with elements of performance and documentation that were in tune with the international "conceptualism" of the time. But even then he could not resist putting pencil to paper, and crayon to wall. I recall while at art school seeing some graphite drawings at the Chelsea gallery of the late, and much missed, Nigel Greenwood, with whom Tremlett published his first artist's book Some Places to Visit (1974). Looking at that publication now, the most conspicuous feature of what was a sort of process-cum-performance project is that it resulted in a set of pencil drawings of undulating lines representing the landscapes of various locations.
Tremlett has been a prolific artist working at a pace and to an extent that reminds me of Tony Cragg, with whom he collaborated on work for the British Embassy in Berlin in 2000. Both knew early on that to be an artist is not to speculate about the historical origins, social purposes, economic role or political potential of art, but to engage directly in making it. I cannot imagine many days in which Tremlett is not conjuring imagery, at least in his imagination if not on paper or wall.
Beyond pieces made temporarily or permanently in galleries or homes, he has also worked in public buildings such as hotels, offices and churches. Then there are the many artists' books transposing and transforming images for the printed page. The common theme is the wall drawing. This has become the principal form of Tremlett's art-making, for even when he is working on paper he is generally creating images for possible future wall-works.
Looking through the pages of one of his book-works or catalogues, one cannot fail to be struck by the diversity of settings for which work has been made - from Gothic church to domestic palace, to community prison, to clinically minimalist gallery, to inhabited home. Some of these locations, most especially contemporary galleries, impose little in the way of aesthetic or physical constraints. In others, however, a major part of the task was devising a mode of "conversation" between existing forms and the elements of Tremlett's settled style of composition.
I cannot think of any British artist of Tremlett's generation who has produced architectural engagements to rival his. It is now 40 years since Tremlett had his first solo exhibition in London. Over that period there has been change but also continuity. For while he may no longer be constructing physical forms, he is still deploying shape across three dimensions with the intended effect of transforming one's experience of space. To that extent he remains a sculptor.
Tremlett is an artist whose work is strong in conception, design and implementation; strong in appearance; and strong in evoking responses to it. Likewise there are strengths in the artist himself: resolution, determination and stamina. Of themselves these qualities are not sufficient for the practice of art-making, but without them it tends to regress to dilettantism.
In combination with visual imagination, intellectual curiosity and self-discipline, however, such character traits make it possible to live and work as a creative artist: ever looking to make visual forms, ever seeing sources of imagery, ever wondering how to engage a space or surface, ever seeking new challenges.
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Shaun Burnham
You as a player: Commited, passionate and loyal. I try my best to play as hard as I can every time I play for the team. A versatile, energetic and technical left back that likes to get up and down and support the attack, in addition to being capable on the defensive side of the ball. I display leadership skills and try to help the team in anyway possible.
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Remember the trip we took over to the settlement of Freeman? This is the gallery where Mary and Lori took lessons on weaving on looms. The upstairs is the weaving area, and I'm told that the lady there can not only weave on a loom, but she can take the raw wool and make it into yarn. A very talented lady!
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Litha & Aine, The Faery Queen
Midsummer is one of the most powerful nights for magick, especially for cleansing, creativity, abundance, divination, fertility, fire, growth, healing, inspiration, love, power, success and warmth. It's a time of gratitude and to reflect on the progress of what you have planted in this world. Strengthen your connection with the Goddess Aine and the Fae.
Aine was both a Celtic Goddess and a Faery Queen. The Irish goddess of love and light, Aine was honored on midsummer night and nicknamed 'bright.' There are many conflicting stories about Aine's beginnings and heritage as a goddess. She was associated with both the sun and the moon. Her element is air. Aine, with long red hair was always seen wearing yellow, attire fitting for a Goddess associated with the sun and the moon. Call on Aine for aide in love, fertility and prosperity. Ask for Her help in claiming your own power and in guidance in finding and experiencing true joy. Don't forget to place an offering on your altar or during your magickal workings for Her.
Faeries represent the magickal world. There are three times in the Wheel of the Year that are considered optimum for connecting with the faeries; Midsummer, May Eve (the night before Beltane), and Samhain.
Summer Solstice affirmations are a great way to feel the energy of the sun.
Try a few of these on the day of the Summer Solstice from Midsummer: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Litha:
I am as strong and vibrant as the summer sun. I am filled with energy.
I am light and love, and I shine my light and love out into the world where it can be seen by others.
I am filled with light, moving in the direction I need to move in, following the path I am meant to walk.
To represent Litha, you can use these symbols in your work; a bonfire (or candle!), a cauldron, faerie statues, roses, the solar cross, sun signs, spinning wheels, spirals or wands. You can decorate your altar or use these in spells or rituals.
Here is also a prayer I have created for the Summer Solstice.
Litha Prayer
By Ambrosia Hawthorn
The sun shines high in the sky,
smiling down upon this earth.
My arms are raised high to the sky,
Accepting the summer sun into my being.
I feel the energy and strength you bestow,
the warmth and light that breathes new life.
I come to celebrate your light,
Dancing and moving on this longest day.
I'll remember this joy, hold it in my heart,
As we begin our voyage into the lengthening night.
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CHICAGO — A Cook County judge, in a ruling made public Thursday, held that Gov. Pat Quinn's order this summer to withhold state legislators' wages was unconstitutional.
The judge ordered that the wages be paid immediately, but Mr. Quinn said he would appeal the decision.
The ruling dealt a political blow to Mr. Quinn, a Democrat, who is expected to face a tough re-election battle next year. He has been pushing state legislators to reach an agreement on how to fix Illinois's pension problems, which have crippled state bond ratings and cast a shadow over the governor's tenure.
Mr. Quinn suspended compensation for the Democratic-majority General Assembly in July after lawmakers ignored a deadline he set to address the state's $100 billion pension liability, the most underfunded pension system in the nation. His line-item veto of an appropriations bill withheld legislators' $67,836 salaries, as well as any stipends for members in leadership positions.
John J. Cullerton, the president of the Senate, and Michael J. Madigan, the speaker of the House, sued Mr. Quinn, arguing that his action violated a section of the Illinois Constitution that says the salaries of members of the General Assembly cannot be changed in the middle of their term. In court last week, lawyers for the governor said that section of the Constitution should apply only to pay increases.
But in a decision released Thursday, Neil H. Cohen, an associate judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County, ruled against Mr. Quinn. He ordered Judy Baar Topinka, the state comptroller, who was also named in the lawsuit, to immediately pay lawmakers the money that was withheld, plus back interest. Ms. Topinka said in a statement that she had instructed her staff to begin processing the paychecks Thursday.
Mr. Cullerton praised the decision, saying it protected the separation of powers. "Now that the governor's actions have been answered by a court, I trust that we can put aside all distractions and focus on the goal of pension reform," he said, noting that a committee was making progress on a pension plan.
But Mr. Quinn said in a statement that he intended to challenge the ruling and would seek a court stay to prevent paychecks from going out until a higher court considers the case.
"Illinois's pension crisis is costing taxpayers millions of dollars a day, robbing our children of the education and public safety services they desperately need, and holding our economy back from real recovery," said Mr. Quinn, who has given up his own salary.
He added, "Nobody in Springfield should get paid until the pension reform job gets done."


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I hope some day I will write a dissertation about Levinas and intercultural contact. I don't have time now, but at least I can express my thoughts on this blog. Levinas says that a relation becomes ethical when I meet another person. The image I create of the other can never coincide with the real person. An individual is unique, he can't be reduced to the (supposed) characteristics of his group. So I should have an open mind for the real person and let go of my prejudices anytime.


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Establish | When Work Gets Tough
Writing this post is bitter-sweet. Bitter because it's forcing me to dig up the memories from the worst situations at work and re-analyse what caused them. Sweet because I'm remembering how I moved on from them and just what a vital part God played.
Many of the challenging situations that I've had at work have been when I've felt despairing. Some large project has been directed my way and I feel out of my depth. My code isn't working and everything I've tried has failed. Or one of the most difficult, a senior colleague has given me some bad feedback and said that something needs to drastically improve.
So it's not colleagues perhaps being nasty or unkind that I've found tough in work, or necessarily being a Christian in a non-Christian environment. Instead, it's the feelings of being out of control and overwhelmed that work can cause in me. These are the challenging times during which I am learning to turn to the Lord for help.
Feeling overwhelmed is something that David and the other song-writers who make up the Psalms have portrayed in incredible detail. The poet of Psalm 40 talks about 'troubles without number' surrounding him and his heart failing within him. The writer of Psalm 61 talks about their heart growing 'faint' and feeling as far away from God as the 'ends of the earth'. Psalm 142 describes being in 'desperate need' and looking for help but not finding any.
How do these writers find comfort in their situation? When they despair where are they getting their encouragement? I have found two practical ways that they have spoken about and through which God has helped me during challenging situations at work.
Remember the Lord's previous help – 'I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done', Psalm 143. If you spend time recalling, it is amazing what things have happened that may not have occurred to you as special at the time but after looking back have 'Jesus' written all over them.
One such event happened after one of the worst days at work – this was the day I had received the awful feedback from a senior colleague. It had come out of the blue and stripped me of any confidence I had in what I was doing. That evening also happened to be my first week at a connect group (home group). I knew I should fulfil my commitment to the group and turn up but it was honestly the last thing I wanted to do. Unsurprisingly God did some amazing work in me that evening, He showed me His blessing through new friends struggling with similar issues and His wisdom given through people who had been there before. God may have worked in me in a different way if I hadn't turned up that night, I am not to know what that would have looked like. The way it did work out though gives me regular encouragement and, like the psalmists I am able to recall what God has done for me in the past as an encouragement for the present.
As I've been reading the Psalms for this post, the phrase 'for I am poor and needy' has jumped out at me. Starting full-time work after being a graduate has been an incredible experience but also a humbling one. In short, I've needed to ask for help, I've been the 'needy' one. As I look back, a lot of the times when I've felt overwhelmed, it wasn't the work that was overwhelming. It was the fear of having to ask for help - this has been the actual challenge. And David had it down all along! 'For I am poor and needy... teach me Your way' (Psalm 86). He's asking for help and wanting to be taught.
In a lot of cases my pride has got in the way and I feel overwhelmed because I don't want to ask for help. All I can say is that being needy seems to be a regular gospel characteristic. Throughout history God has used people who realise their need for Him. The times I'm feeling overwhelmed are now the times when I'm learning to ask myself where is my pride in all of this? How can I access the help God is giving me through the people around me at work?
The culmination of this is learning to give up my need to feel in control. I am called to remember that God has been in control in previous situations. I am called to humbly ask for help and in doing so give Him more control. This is echoed in the New Testament both when Jesus asks Peter to step out of the boat and walk towards Him and when Paul says Jesus' power is made perfect in our weakness. Can I learn to be content with being imperfect and needing help to improve? Can I 'boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses'? Paul says, 'for when [he is] weak then [he is] strong'! (2 Cor 12:10)
When I am feeling the bitterness of despair at work I pray that I would recall the sweetness of the Lord's help I have received before. Psalm 71 (KJV) puts it perfectly. 'Be my strong refuge to which I may resort continually' . Let us continually recognise and remember that God has been our strong help before. Let us be humble enough to give Him the control and accept more help even as it breaks down our precious pride.


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Are you able to practice your cat to truly use your toilet? Bringing residence a brand new kitten brings a bundle of new responsibilities – and that is just scratching the surface, as a result of there's one in particular you may most likely wish to get to, from the second he steps paw into your house: Litterbox training. You start off by utilizing the purple disc, which is used in the litter tray and placed next to your toilet.
Nevertheless, in case you're attempting to potty train your outdoor cat indoors, you can too sprinkle his box with the grime or sand they've used previously. Every time I tried to remove the Citikitty from the bathroom, Artemis simply sat on the seat and cried till I changed his precious coaching package.
By no means scold a cat for going outdoors the bathroom or litter field. You need to have know methods to create a coaching tray before transitioning from the litter field to the bathroom. Which means he might be deterred from the one litter box that he has known for his entire life.
Along with PetSmart Charities, we help save over 1,500 pets every day by way of adoption. -Easy-to-comply with coaching course of: gradual 5-Step transition from litter box to bathroom. Freudberg was bought, and so they ended up adopting Kal from a Northern Virginia rescue group called Save A Dog, Save A Ca t. In addition they purchased a equipment called Litter Kwitter.
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How to make a flower crown
How to make a flower crown
For me, there is something lovely about working with flowers and greenery from around the garden, creating something beautiful and unique each time. There are no rules about which greenery or flowers to use in your flower crown, in fact, sometimes the best flowers to use are the ones hidden away or that you find in unusual places.
Below is a list of what you will need and a few steps about how to make a whimsical and romantic flower crown. Once you've made your flower crown, place on your head, take your shoes off and frolick among the flowers.
What you will need:
- Floral wire x 2 (we use 18 gauge)
- Floral tape
- Flowers and greenery
- Floral scissors
Once you have collected your flowers and greenery, store them in a jar of lukewarm water. Depending on the colour scheme you're going for, or how big you want the crown to be, you can choose any kind of flowers. If you want to make a flower crown that will last for more than a few days, you can even use artificial flowers.
Step 1: Make your wire base
Take two pieces of floral wire and shape them into one circle. This will form the base of the flower crown. Rest it on top of your head, adjusting the circle to be smaller or larger (ideally a loose crown around your head). Then simply twist the ends around one another to fasten the wires together. You can tape the circle with floral tape to ensure there are no sharp ends exposed.
Step 2: Add your greenery
You will want to start your crown with a layer of greenery that covers the wire. We recommend using something you can twist around the wire base such as ivy or jasmine. You can add more clusters of greenery as well. Strip lower stems of leaves and group pieces of greenery together and wrap with floral tape. Place your clusters of greenery and wrap with floral tape four to five times around your flower crown. It's important to make sure all your greenery clusters point in the one direction. Once you have the greenery taped to your crown it's time to add your flowers.
Step 3: Add your flowers
Now for the fun part - it is time to add your flowers! You can attach single flowers or small clusters. Make sure the flower stems are at least 4cm long (you can cut excess stems with scissors). Strip the lower stems of leaves.
If creating flower clusters wrap them together tightly with floral tape prior to fixing to your crown (taping also seals the ends of the stems which stops flowers from drying prematurely).
Now using floral tape, fix your flowers to your crown.
Step 4: Finishing touches
Continue to add flowers until your flower crown is complete. Depending on your design you can add flowers to as much or as little of the rest of the crown as you like.
Attach some singe buds or greenery if you end up with any gaps or spots of wire that need covering.
And just like that you're done! Place on your head and enjoy being a flower crown goddess for the rest of the day! Just be careful of the bees.
To book or enquire about a flower crown class just send me an email firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find more information here.
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The agency is also freezing hiring, reducing overtime and comp time, and curtailing travel and training, Aguilar said.
Because of budget uncertainties, the number of furlough hours per pay period may vary, according to Thursday's notice. If furloughs are needed, employees will be told before each pay period how much unpaid time off they'll need to take off "to allow CBP to meet its financial obligations," it added.
A copy of the agency notice was provided by the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents some 24,000 CBP staff. The agency is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
The cutbacks will add to airport wait times, affect CBP's ability to collect revenue and slow screening programs for travelers entering the United States, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress in a January letter outlining the potential effects of the cuts, formally known as a sequester.
"These impacts will only get worse the longer sequestration continues, especially as the busy summer travel season approaches," NTEU President Colleen Kelley added in a Thursday news release.
The furloughs will also affect some 20,000 Border Patrol agents who are part of CBP. For those employees, the lost pay stemming from the furloughs will be severely aggravated by the agency's decision last month to end overtime hours that are routinely built into agents' work schedules, Shawn Moran, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, in a Thursday interview. With fewer agents in the field, he said, "It's just going to make the border a more dangerous place."
The council, a part of the American Federation of Government Employees, is encouraging employees to file grievances over the furloughs, and is also considering a lawsuit over the planned overtime cut, which is scheduled to take effect late next month, Moran said.
While Border Patrol agents are not happy about the furloughs, he said, "what they're very upset about is that we're being singled out for additional salary cuts."


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Culture A's Five Things We Learned - Ian Abell
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5 Things We Learned... Ian Abell
02 August 2018 / Culture A
I don't see Ian Abell as often as I'd like to. His travels for work and inspiration take him far and wide, so on the rare occasion when we can cross paths, I know I'm in for a good dose of witty and down-to-earth conversation. My first studio visit with Based Upon was c. 2007-2008. Since then, I've enjoyed watching them expand in scale, crew, media, and influence. Their diverse work roots itself in quality - not only in material, detail, and form, but also in story. Aesthetics aren't just for aesthetics' sake. Nothing is without meaning.
Guided by twin brothers Ian and Richard Abell, Based Upon travels the world to gather narratives, memories, textures, and histories. In the London studio, these grow into sculptural works which look at notions of wholeness and separation, the natural and the manmade. Their recent work into wearables draws attention to wellness and stillness by connecting nature and material to the body. All of these works tell stories: of Based Upon's own experiences or those of its clients. Each Based Upon work carries the intention of its maker; every piece resonating with the personal or physical landscapes from which it was conceived.
I always look forward to seeing what's next.
Here are 5 Things We Learned about Ian:
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Bone's Horn Stand uses a simple design to bump up the volume on your music or videos on your iPhone without using any power. The stand ($25), made entirely from silicone, uses old-school technology to boost the sound from your iPhone's built-in speakers through the horn-shaped amplifier. The product also conveniently holds your iPhone in a vertical or horizontal standing position.
According to the manufacturer, the accessory amplifies sound 12 decibels. We tested it out with a new iPhone 4, and despite having no electronic components, the Horn Stand significantly increased the volume of the music we had playing. It fit the iPhone 4 perfectly, but the amplifier also works with the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G/3Gs. The Bone Horn Stand comes in several colors and can be purchased here.


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One small boy chopped the laptop power cord in half (safety scissors my tushie!), which has put a serious kink in my blog materials... given the iMac refuses to talk to my canon. Apparently the canon offended the mac when it opened it's big mouth and began sputtering powerpc upload info.
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Mining & Energy
India: Voltas mining equipment division pins hope on Vale Mozambique to drive growth
The group, led by Zanbian Ministry of Mines Permanent Secretary Paul Chanda, travelled to Mozambique for the inauguration of MRM's new US$15 million sort house by the Governor of the Cabo Delgado Province, Júlio José Parruque. Photo: O País
A high-level delegation of officials from Zambia visited Mozambique last week to share experiences on the future of the gemstone mining sector between the two nations, which are home to the world's largest emerald and ruby mines respectively.
The delegation, led by Ministry of Mines Permanent Secretary Paul Chanda, included senior representatives from the Zambia Revenue Authority, Mine Workers Union of Zambia, National Union of Miners and Allied Workers and Industrial Development Corporation, which owns 25 percent of Kagem Mining in a partnership with London-based Gemfields, which also operates Montepuez Ruby Mining in the Cabo Delgado Province of Mozambique.
The Zambian group, accompanied by Kagem chairman Dr Sixtus Mulenga and Gemfields and Kagem CEO Sean Gilbertson, travelled to Mozambique for the inauguration of MRM's new US$15 million sort house by the Governor of the Cabo Delgado Province, Júlio José Parruque.
A first-of-its-kind in the coloured gemstone industry, the state-of-the-art facility is on a par with the best diamond facilities in the world and is set to significantly increase productive capacity and upskill employees.
"Gemfields are also partners of ours in Zambia running Kagem, and we have seen the kind of investment they have done here. These are the best partners, who are always practicing transparency, and we want people to bring numbers to the table, who want to show to their partners that this is what is available and how much they will pay to government. We have seen the kind of investment they have done here; they can replicate this in Zambia so we need them to put up a [new] sort house so we are able to use technology to manage our emerald industry," said Mr Chanda during the visit.
ALSO READ: Gemfields unveils USD15M state-of-the-art, industry-leading sort house
Dr Mulenga said in the the past 13 years Gemfields has moved Africa to the top, the consequence of which is in Zambia, Kagem is now the largest emerald mining company in the world, and in Mozambique, Montepuez ruby mine is now the largest ruby producing mine in the world.
"So the beauty of that for us in Zambia is that the Zambian government partnered with the right partner. For the gemstone industry now that Zambia is the leading emerald producer and Mozambique is the leading ruby producer we can see how to grow the industry and maximise value for the people of the two countries. For us in Zambia, Kagem has been the biggest taxpayer in the gemstone sector, now we want to see an increase in the trickle-down effect of that development, and hence our social corporate responsibility programme. We started a programme on sponsoring students at the University of Zambia to do degrees in geology and at Copperbelt University for degrees in mining so we are building the future and make sure Zambia continues to be competitive. More revenue means more tax for our government and therefore together we grow and contribute to the economy", Dr. Mulenga said.
The facility itself will raise production levels significantly. It works by using the natural properties of rubies as a means of automated sorting. The process starts with washing of the raw material, before passing it under ultra-violet (UV) light. Rubies naturally fluoresce under UV light, meaning optical sorters can detect the fluorescence and employ blasts of air to direct individual rubies to separate channels for further sorting and grading.
The use of programmable logic controllers and data software under the UV light to conduct this process is faster, more reliable and more efficient than the human eye. It also allows the identification of a finer material component than before. A greater number of washing plants – the equivalent of washing 10,000 tonnes of ore per day – combined with UV optical sorting account for how throughput will increase exponentially, translating into significantly higher production figures.
However, the introduction of automation will not mean a reduction in workforce, in fact quite the opposite. Greater throughput of the sort house means an expansion of the current active mining area, requiring an increase in workforce, said the officials.
Furthermore, categorisation and grading the rubies themselves will require a greater number of highly skilled employees. Rather than import this expertise, MRM is creating the first group of Mozambican gemmologists specialised in the selection and classification of rubies, which marks a substantial step for both the ruby industry and Mozambique. In addition, the installation of the technology itself has equipped the Mozambican workforce with the technical ability to understand, operate and manage facilities of this nature anywhere in the world, enabling their place as a specialised and competitive labour force in the international employment market.Source: Lusaka Times
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How-To: DIY Halloween Costumes
Let's face it: Every college student wants to have the best Halloween costume. Whether it's the scariest, sexiest, funniest, most creative or most authentic, Halloween is a time to create a look that people will notice and remember. Especially in college, Halloween is a highly anticipated event. Multiple parties are thrown throughout the span of the entire weekend and it's key to be able to attend each party looking fabulous and memorable. According to Barnes and Noble College, 62 percent of college students attend at least one Halloween party; and 62 percent wear a Halloween costume. But unfortunately, these looks come at a very high price. Stores like Party City sell costumes for up to $136.00. That's before hair, makeup and add-on accessories. A UAlbany senior, Helena Cosenza, said, "I love Halloween; it's my favorite time of the year! But I hate spending so much money on things I know I'll never wear again." Well, thankfully, DIY costumes exist! And the best part? Many of the items and materials used to make these costumes are already in your closet, or can be purchased for a very low price. The power of measly bandanas, Sharpie markers, poster paper, cardboard boxes or the old t-shirt you never thought you'd wear again is endless. Whether you're a college student who's short on cash or a creative fashion-junkie who strives to be different, here's how to make Halloween a fashion statement at home for less.
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Rosie the Riveter is a timeless cultural icon. For decades, women have been dressing up as Rosie the Riveter to represent strength, equality and feminism. Here's how to become your very own 'Rosie' for less:
- Wear a blue button-up shirt and roll up the sleeves up to your forearm.
- Find a red bandana.
- Curl your hair (including the front pieces) then tie it into a bun high on your head, leaving out the front curls. Wrap the bandana around the top of your head, and twirl the leftover pieces into a 1940's wave to create the authentic look.
- Wear any dark-colored pants (navy blue or black) and pair with black boots or dark sneakers and red socks.
- Top off the look with black winged eyeliner, blood-red lipstick and mascara.
- If you feel like going the extra mile, create a "We Can Do It!" sign using poster board, a dark blue Sharpie and a yellow Sharpie marker. Cut out the middle of the poster board (like a frame) and color the outside of the frame with the yellow marker. The top of the frame should read "We Can Do It!" in white, outlined in dark blue.
- Hold your "frame" around your face and voilà, you're finished!
Instagram is the most popular social media app for college students. As many college students say, "do it for the gram," meaning whatever cool thing you're doing must be posted on Instagram for everyone to see (or there is no proof it really happened). Both men and women can wear this costume! Here's how to bring your Instagram page to life:
- Grab a piece of cardboard, blue paint and white paint.
- Paint the top three inches of the board blue, and write "Instagram" in white cursive letters.
- Use a small wallet-sized photo of yourself on the left side below the blue paint with your Instagram name written in larger blue letters next to it
- ex) LauraMuller95
- Directly across from your name on the right side in gray marker, write (insert any #) m, to show how many minutes your photo has been posted.
- Cut out the center square of the board like a window for your face.
- Below the window, draw a small gray heart with the words (insert any #) likes and below that, write your caption (#HalloweenSelfie).
- Below the caption, draw a small gray rectangular button that says "Like" and another that says "Comment".
- Your Instagram costume is finished!
Starbucks Coffee:
Ahhhh, the sweet first sip of Starbucks coffee. Whether you're male or female, everyone loves a good frappuccino, pumpkin spiced latte or just plain coffee from Starbucks. Become your favorite drink in these easy steps:
- Print out a large Starbucks logo in color from Google.
- Find a large, white, flexible poster board and wrap it around you in a circle, fastening with staples or tape.
- Paste the logo on the front of the board. On the back of the poster, write your name first spelled incorrectly in black, cross it out, and then write it correctly.
- Ex) LORA LAURA
- Cut out a long, narrow strip of poster board and wrap around the top of your "coffee cup" to represent the lid.
- You can also wear any tan or brown colored dress or shirt and paste the Starbucks logo in the front of your outfit.
- Wear a white feather boa around your neck to represent whipped cream.
- You can go to Starbucks and grab a long, green straw and attach it to the top of your head, either in a ponytail or taped to a headband or barrette.
Three Hole Punch Jim:
Anyone who watches the beloved comedy The Office knows Jim Halpert, played by John Krasinski. His simple yet clever Halloween costume from season two was iconic. Guys, this outfit is strictly for you!
- Wear a plain, white button-down collared shirt.
- Pair the shirt with a dark tie, black pants, a black belt, and black dress shoes.
- Cut out three, medium sized circles on black construction paper.
- Tape the three circles vertically on the right side of your body.
- Top the look off with a white coffee cup. If you want to go the extra mile, print a "Dunder Mifflin" logo from Google, and tape it to the coffee cup.
Classic Sexy Cat:
Halloween comes and goes, and each and every year, we see at least 100 sexy cat costumes. This idea is timeless, and somehow always works! There are many ways to take on this look; here's one:
- Wear all one color, preferably black. This could mean a black skirt with a black shirt or tank top, a black dress, or my favorite-black leather leggings and a black bodysuit to go on top. If you choose to show your legs, make sure you wear black fishnet stockings; they are super sexy!
- Hair should be down and sexy, either big curls or blown out with lots of volume (use hairspray or dry shampoo if your hair lacks body)
- Purchase a set of cat ears- they are sold at every costume or drug store around Halloween time. They come in many forms, just plain black or sometimes glitter ears work.
- Eye makeup should be dark and smoky looking, with winged eyeliner to create the "cat-eye" look. You should also extend your eyeliner to the inner corner of your eye. Use dark gray or black eyeshadow and blend in the corners.
- Now it's time for your whiskers-first, draw an upside down triangle at the bridge of your nose in black. Then, in the space between your lips and your nose, draw four horizontal lines on each side to create your whiskers. You can also add a few dots on your upper lip in black, pink or white.
- Light pink lips are usually good, but some choose to go with red lips or even black.
- Any black sexy shoe will do with this outfit. Many opt to wear black pumps, but tall black boots also work.
Well, there you have it: five step-by-step costumes you can make at home, in your apartment or your dorm room. There are many, many more costumes you can make at home for less. It doesn't take a whole lot of cash to create the perfect witch, Barbie, nerd or cowboy. With a little bit of imagination and creativity (and access to the internet) you can accomplish anything! With Halloween just over two weeks away, it's time to get crafting!


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Every square inch of The Refuge Ranch is a beautiful depiction of a community who believes that survivors are worthy.
Every square inch
Every square inch of The Refuge Ranch is a beautiful depiction of a community who believes that survivors are worthy.
Worthy of living in a space with new furniture, bedding and decor; worthy of having their own bedroom and bathroom where they can close the door if they need space or privacy; worthy of a chance to reengage their educational goals; of empowerment to make their own choices; worthy of rest and of activity; worthy of a chance at healing and worthy of walking out of therapy or school and laying on her back in the green grass looking up to watch the clouds pass by, or sitting on her porch swing with her House Mom and seeing flower beds line the sidewalk.
Our community has shown that they believe in the inherent worth and value of the survivors who will call The Refuge Ranch home by taking action. Much of this can be seen in the millions of dollars of donated goods and labor that has gone into building this space, including the landscaping. Child sex trafficking is a community problem and therefore it needs a community solution. The Refuge Ranch is bigger than just one person or group of people. It's the culmination of all the people who have believed in the power of long-term restoration.
Thank you to the following people who have donated money and/or spent many hot summer hours planting grass, bushes, trees and flowers. Thank you for working up a sweat to ensure that every inch of land proves that there is a community that believe in and are cheering on survivors as they seek healing.
Thank you to every individual, family and company who played a role in beautifying the land at The Refuge Ranch! We hope we did not leave anyone out who played a role in this project.
Thank you to those of you who contributed financially and physically to the landscaping:
Architectural Division 8
Jack Bailey
Jamy Bailey
Kyle Bailey
Jason Black
Roger Borbon
John Bowman
Amy Boyle
Nick Boyle
Linda Brawley
Anna Berglund Brick
Craig Bryant
Frank Capparelli
Susan & Steve Casey
Champion Cryotherapy employees
Laurie Chapman
Chocolatl Jewelry Studio
Francis Christy
Tracy Crook
Ashton Dapp
Sandra Davis
Jerry Deitz
Dylan Dougherty
Kimberly Durham
Michael Escobedo
Haley Effhim
Tyler Ewing
Ally Faust
Amber Favorite
Audrey Finkin
Neo Flores
Gina Fowler
Eric Fox
Kristin Fox
Cynthia & Charles Gault
Corbin Gault
Megan Gault
Dillon Gault
Susan Gilchrist
Lindsey Glenn
Vanessa Glover
Monica Gomez
Pat Gort
Chelsie Griffith
Michael Hamilton
Joclyn Hanks
Robert Hardy
Belinda Harlicker
Izzy Hauss
Joseph Hauss
Andrea Hellyer
Linda Helphenstine
The Hishcars of Life Austin Marble Falls
Sue Hoover
Helen Howard
Kyle Hubbart
Brooke Hubbart
Grace Hubbart
Melissa Huff
Kelly Hunt
Shelia Jones
Sarah Jones
Sally Keefe
Ben Kelton
Matthew Kinnee
Collin Klein
Natalie Kulas
L Aesthetics & Longevity
Matt Lambert
Steven LaVaggai
Natalie Ledbetter
Billy Ledbetter
Stephanie LeVasseur
Cash Lewis
Lanette Magids
Jim & Mary Mauldin
Jason Mazur
Ed McAninch
Kim McCormick
Carol & Jay McKinney
Lei'lna Mclaughin
Lisa Melvin
Cheryl Morris
Karen & Brad Munsell
Whitney Nelson
George Oakes
Kevin Ormsby
Todd Pendleton
James Pendleton
Jeff Pulley
Cassie Pusey
Melinda Quiroz
Blaise Baccuglia
Linde Raccuglia
Elizabeth Rath
Leslie Ridl
Karen Rivera
Marissa Rivera
Dylan Robichaux
Spencer Rothery
Mike & Susan Roye
Brian S
Leah Serwon
Rick Shealy
Ricky Sparkman
Lana Staleski
Brin Stinson
Candace Stockstill
Jenny Stokes
Susan Taborn
Amy Taylor
Texas Gold & Silver Exchange
Kelsey Tinoco
Juan Tobada
Maria Valderas
Chris Whitehurst
Fletcher T. Wiley
Jacy Woodford
Wade Woodford
Donna & Lew Wright
Lew Wright
Donna Wright
Royce & Karen Yates
Thank you to The Grass Outlet and Hope Valley Tree Farm for greatly reducing your prices for our project.
And to the following companies for contributing supplies:
Clean Scapes
Hill Country Water Gardens
Natural Gardener
Southside Market


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Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30pm - 1:25pm, during school term. Your little one will love having 'run of the mill' access to the gym during these open sessions. This is seriously good fun and a great way to burn off some energy and check out the facilities here.Read More


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Watertown, MA. 02472
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Classic three bedroom colonial with everything East Watertown has to offer. Located under one mile to the Cambridge line (Google Maps) and under a half of a mile to shops, restaurants, and public transportation, the property is situated in one of Watertown's most convenient neighborhoods. Close proximity to the Mass Pike and Storrow Drive provide quick access in and out of Boston. Currently in move in condition, this home allows you the freedom to take your time and add updates that will truly maximize its potential.
Amenities : Public Transportation, Shopping, Park, Medical Facility, Public School
Appliances : Range, Dishwasher, Disposal, Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer
Basement : Full, Walk Out, Concrete Floor, Unfinished Basement
Construction : Frame
Cooling : None
Electricity : Circuit Breakers, 200 Amps
Energy : Insulated Windows, Storm Windows
Exterior : Vinyl
Flooring : Wood
Foundation : Fieldstone
Garage : Storage
Heating : Forced Air, Oil
Hot Water : Electric, Tank
Interior : Security System
Lead Paint : Unknown
Lot : Paved Drive
Parking : Off-Street
Road : Public
Roof : Asphalt/Fiberglass Shingles
Sewer / Water : City/Town Sewer, City/Town Water
Utility Connections : for Electric Range, for Electric Dryer
Bathroom 1 : Second Floor
Bedroom 2 : Second Floor, 12x11, Closet, Flooring - Wall to Wall Carpet
Bedroom 3 : Second Floor, 10x9, Flooring - Wall to Wall Carpet, Attic Access
Dining Room : First Floor, 11x11, Flooring - Hardwood
Family Room : First Floor, 17x12, Flooring - Wall to Wall Carpet, Deck - Exterior, Exterior Access
Kitchen : First Floor, 13x10, Flooring - Stone/Ceramic Tile, Pantry, Stainless Steel Appliances
Laundry Room : Basement Floor
Living Room : First Floor, 16x12, Fireplace, Flooring - Hardwood
Master Bedroom : Second Floor, 15x10, Closet, Flooring - Wall to Wall Carpet
Sitting Room : First Floor, 16x7, Flooring - Hardwood
Anticipated Sale Date : 10/31/2018
Deed : Book: 21187, Page: 92
Disclosures : Tax figure reflects owner occupied residential tax exemption. room dimensions are approximate.
Foreclosure : No
GLA Source : Public Record
Off Market Date : 8/21/18
Seller Disclosure Doc : No
Short Sale : No
Year Built Desc. : Actual
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Kansas State University
Making a stand: First-place Wildcats stop Colorado
MANHATTAN — As they linked arms at midfield and jogged into the locker room, Kansas State football players were met with a euphoric reaction from their fan base Saturday at Snyder Family Stadium.
Just about everyone who came out for the game was still there cheering, and a dedicated group of purple-clad supporters went especially nuts when K-State players tossed their wrist bands into the crowd.
Having just watched the Wildcats maintain their first-place status in the Big 12 North by defeating Colorado 20-6, souvenirs definitely seemed in order.
Kansas State is now 5-3 overall and 3-1 in conference play. It is its best league start since 2000. And with Nebraska losing unexpectedly at home to Iowa State and Kansas falling to Oklahoma, its lead on the rest of the division feels stronger than ever.
But K-State coach Bill Snyder was in no mood to soak up the festive atmosphere. As soon as the locker room doors closed behind his team and they were all alone, he told them just how far away they are from truly being contenders in the league race.
"It's not about being 3-1," he ranted. "It's about whether your football team gets better. That hasn't changed, and we didn't get better."
Taking the pessimistic approach is nothing new for Snyder. But there was something different about him after this win. Instead of calmly going over his team's setbacks during his postgame news conference, he angrily addressed questions of being in first place and even slammed his hand on the podium in front of him for emphasis.
He used phrases like "it stunk" to describe K-State's offense, which threw for 80 yards and amassed 284 total. And he answered a question about leading the Big 12 North by saying it meant nothing at all.
"If that was the only deal I'd be a happy camper in here and we'd be all smiles," he said. "I'd be saying all kinds of nice things, but that's not what we're about. That's not what we're trying to be about. I don't want us to feel good about playing poorly."
To be fair, K-State only played poorly in one phase of the game — offense. Even then, junior running back Daniel Thomas churned out 145 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries. The Wildcats scored 20 points in the first half and took a 14-point lead into the locker room.
They didn't score again, but with K-State's defense playing at a high level, allowing 244 yards and pitching a shutout for the last three quarters, no more points were necessary.
But to Snyder, that's not enough. With a tough road trip to Oklahoma coming up next week and three more difficult games after that, he knows it will take a complete effort for his team to win. It will take a passing game.
Senior quarterback Grant Gregory realizes that, too. He also understands that Snyder is hard on them because he sees potential in this group. So he wasn't surprised by Snyder's anger.
"We owe this one to the defense today," said Gregory, who completed 9 of 18 passes for 80 yards. "We came out in the second half and didn't do very much."
Wide receiver Attrail Snipes, who caught two passes for 33 yards, said, "The defense played well, but the offense was embarrassing."
Kansas State's defense was, indeed, top notch.
Colorado struggled so mightily against the Wildcats that in between a 71-yard touchdown drive to start the game and a 94-yard closing drive that ended with no points, it gained 79 yards on 11 drives. During their middle 11 drives, they crossed midfield zero times.
Sophomore quarterback Tyler Hansen and his scrambling ability did nothing. A week after leading Colorado to a win over Kansas, he threw for 89 yards and rushed for negative eight.
K-State junior safety Emmanuel Lamur, who recorded five tackles and made two interceptions, said the defensive gameplan was done to perfection.
"We executed and we won," he said.
Snyder was complimentary of K-State's defensive effort. In particular he praised Lamur and senior defensive end Jeffrey Fitzgerald, who came up with 1 1/2 sacks despite sitting out practice all week with the flu.
"I thought our defense played extremely well," he said. "... We had three or four guys out there on the defensive side of the ball that didn't practice all week with all this flu stuff going around. They came back and played lights out. I'm awful proud of them."
Senior offensive lineman Nick Stringer is proud of them too. After the game he was asked if K-State could go on and win the Big 12 North.
His answer was similar to Snyder's, just without the anger.
"If our defense keeps playing the way they've played the last couple games, and we clean up a couple mistakes and penalties on offense, definitely."


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The 2016 All-County first- and second-team selections, honorable mentions and Coach of the Year for boys tennis in Palm Beach.
First team
Guido Argentini
Spanish River senior
Bryant University signee, four-year starter finished 13-2 at No. 2 singles for Sharks, winning district and regional matches.
Steven Sun
American Heritage-Delray sophomore
Won districts, regionals and team singles match at Class 2A state tourney; finished season 16-0.
Christian Alshon
Boca Raton senior
Nation's 2nd-ranked boys 16s player won district title at No. 1 singles; also won 2014 title at Boca Christian; finished 10-2.
C. Jacq Huntley
Wellington senior
District, regional champion won first match at state in third-set tiebreaker; 157-15 for career, including 22-3 in singles, 18-4 in doubles.
Ian Witmer
Benjamin senior
Georgetown signee was 3-time state qualifier; 13-3 season, 41-9 career; lost third-set tiebreaker to William Townsend Font at states.
Jared Lee / Patrick Murray
Spanish River senior/senior
Helped Sharks to third-place state finish, going 12-2 at No. 2 doubles; won district, regional titles.
Steven Sun / Hunter Robbins
Heritage-Delray sophomore/sophomore
Had perfect 13-0 season; earned team's lone point vs. state champion Gulliver Prep in first round Class 2A state tourney.
Second team
Keaton Allwardt, Spanish River, Fr.
Quinn Fender, Oxbridge, So.
James Ignatowitz, Atlantic, Fr.
James Massie, Jupiter Christian, Sr.
Felipe Rivadeneira, Suncoast, Sr.
Quinn Fender, So. / Dylan Green, Fr., Oxbridge
Franco Roman, Sr. / Alex Shlamowitz, Sr., Jupiter
Honorable mention
American Heritage-Delray: Joey Coakley, Pascal Spork; Atlantic: Winston Cheung, Cliff Francois, Charles Pittman; Boca Raton: Diego Valant; Cardinal Newman: Tony Azqueta; Donna Klein: Chad Friedman; Dwyer: Artie Neziri; Glades Central: Rafi Hossain; John I. Leonard: TJ Ferguson; Jupiter Christian: Kevin Enos; King's Academy: Cameron Brigham; Oxbridge: Jonas Levine; Palm Beach Central: Christian Rabinowitz, Jared Singer; Palm Beach Gardens: Jason Jones, Brandon Ma; Park Vista: Phil McGowan, Jason Meyers; St. John Paul II: Pablo Cuellar, Ryan Dimond, John Tierney; St. Andrew's: Jacob Lowen; Spanish River: Stephen Scherer; Suncoast: Tammer Al-Turk; Wellington: Gianni Forgione.
Coach of the Year
Reid Rafter
St. Andrew's
First-year Scots coach led boys' team to district title and girls to Class 1A state championship; boys lost regional final to 2-time reigning state champ, Sagemont.


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May 22, 2009
In Memory of Sam Maloof
Celebrated woodworker Sam Maloof died Thursday night. His modern rocking chairs and other furniture adorn private collections and museums around the world. In 1996, I first photographed him in his old house that was later moved to make room for the 210 Freeway extension. I cherished every moment I photographed him, admiring a true artist. To see more photos, Click here. As you can see above, I have used Sam in my blog title for the past year. (Photos while working at the Daily Bulletin)
Click here to see even more photos of a gallery of images I shot on www.dailybulletin.com from January 2008.
May 17, 2009
May 2, 2009
How many times can I go up and down
One, two, three, four, five, six and if I'm lucky all the way to 10. Up and down, up or down. The fascination with the elevator is as strong as ever as I get older.
Maybe I don't have the desire to punch all of the buttons, go to the top, and back down, and doing that over and over. At least that is what I did when I was a kid.
Macy's, Robinsons, Bullocks, the dentist office, and any hotel or tall building I might be in are all places I played with the elevator. I almost always hung out in one because I was bored waiting. I always waited for my mom to finish shopping, my sister to finish getting her teeth cleaned, or just I just needed to get out of the hotel room.
I came across an elevator being repaired the other day. This elevator goes back around 30 years. Looks like they have replaced certain parts I can't name, but it was shiny and new which made me stop. I like they way there is sheen, a reflective feeling to it. The light inside the shaft gives off an orange-red glow, which adds a layer to the overall simple photo.
In the other photo to the right, I was again intrigued with the machine part of the elevator. After trying several filters through Adobe Photoshop, I settled on Find Edges, which can be found under Filter and then under Stylize. This really brought out the mechanics and subtle shades and lines that are not so visible just looking at it. Plus, it also made it artsy in a drawing old-school way.
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Buttonhole Quilt Design – the home of Tomorrow's Heirlooms Today has designed todays block. Pam has some really fun quilt patterns on her site – tulips, fish…turtles…. what's not fun about them? 🙂 Also, some very sweet ballet slippers and a fun log cabin-like umbrella quilt. Well, you just better go check them out yourself.
Pam has also taken the time out of her busy schedule to design a wonderful block for our Breast Health Awareness Project – maybe this one is your favorite? 🙂 Download her PDF file here –buttonholequiltdesign_tulipsofpromise.pdf
Have a wonderful day!