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Now this party was the most delicate and cute for a baby boy whose arrival was a long time coming. So the mom-to-be wanted to call this party "It was worth the wait..." so of course, we had to use this phrase throughout the planning and styling. To make this shower as boyish as possible we created this clip art from scratch. The onesie with a tie has been used before but I wanted to make this one myself.
So starting with the invitation, I used bling cards stock in shades of blue, white and gray in an enclosing envelope so that we could incorporate the gift registry cards.
The setting was created by a local decorator who used white curtains to block the sun and create a backdrop for all the cute decorations: tissue and flower pom poms, lanterns, ribbon... For the candy bar we used our mom-to-be's bedroom furniture! It turned out amazing. We also used a desk and chair to display cake pops and mini cakes and a side table for a baby basket with heirloom baby blankets.
The banner hanged from the chest of drawers to pull everything together.
Another side table was used for our huge wishing tree.
Party favors included hand made personalized soaps and mint tins. The soaps were packed on silver jewelry boxes and tied with satin ribbon and fabric covered buttons.
The candy bar included sugar cookies, jumbo marshmallows, kisses, gummy rings all in shades of blue and placed in apothecary jars decorated with satin ribbon and candy labels.
Silver favor boxes to fill with candy...
Finally, we created these darling cards and hanged them from the back of guests chairs. They all had different messages that defined the blessing that this baby meant for this family.


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Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar did not go quietly, after losing his primary contest Tuesday in Indiana to a Tea Party-backed challenger, Richard Mourdock. And if there is one thing the American people need to read today, it is his farewell missive, which may prove to be as prescient and long lasting as Dwight Eisenhower's 1961 exit speech warning of the coming military industrial complex. Here is the heart of what Lugar wrote, sentiments which have been echoed less eloquently by the other recent casualties of the partisan furies that now engulf this nation:
If Mr. Mourdock is elected, I want him to be a good Senator. But that will require him to revise his stated goal of bringing more partisanship to Washington. He and I share many positions, but his embrace of an unrelenting partisan mindset is irreconcilable with my philosophy of governance and my experience of what brings results for Hoosiers in the Senate. In effect, what he has promised in this campaign is reflexive votes for a rejectionist orthodoxy and rigid opposition to the actions and proposals of the other party. His answer to the inevitable roadblocks he will encounter in Congress is merely to campaign for more Republicans who embrace the same partisan outlook. He has pledged his support to groups whose prime mission is to cleanse the Republican party of those who stray from orthodoxy as they see it.
This is not conducive to problem solving and governance. And he will find that unless he modifies his approach, he will achieve little as a legislator. Worse, he will help delay solutions that are totally beyond the capacity of partisan majorities to achieve. The most consequential of these is stabilizing and reversing the Federal debt in an era when millions of baby boomers are retiring. There is little likelihood that either party will be able to impose their favored budget solutions on the other without some degree of compromise.
Unfortunately, we have an increasing number of legislators in both parties who have adopted an unrelenting partisan viewpoint. This shows up in countless vote studies that find diminishing intersections between Democrat and Republican positions. Partisans at both ends of the political spectrum are dominating the political debate in our country. And partisan groups, including outside groups that spent millions against me in this race, are determined to see that this continues. They have worked to make it as difficult as possible for a legislator of either party to hold independent views or engage in constructive compromise. If that attitude prevails in American politics, our government will remain mired in the dysfunction we have witnessed during the last several years. And I believe that if this attitude expands in the Republican Party, we will be relegated to minority status. Parties don't succeed for long if they stop appealing to voters who may disagree with them on some issues.
Legislators should have an ideological grounding and strong beliefs identifiable to their constituents. I believe I have offered that throughout my career. But ideology cannot be a substitute for a determination to think for yourself, for a willingness to study an issue objectively, and for the fortitude to sometimes disagree with your party or even your constituents. Like Edmund Burke, I believe leaders owe the people they represent their best judgment.
Too often bipartisanship is equated with centrism or deal cutting. Bipartisanship is not the opposite of principle. One can be very conservative or very liberal and still have a bipartisan mindset. Such a mindset acknowledges that the other party is also patriotic and may have some good ideas. It acknowledges that national unity is important, and that aggressive partisanship deepens cynicism, sharpens political vendettas, and depletes the national reserve of good will that is critical to our survival in hard times. Certainly this was understood by President Reagan, who worked with Democrats frequently and showed flexibility that would be ridiculed today – from assenting to tax increases in the 1983 Social Security fix, to compromising on landmark tax reform legislation in 1986, to advancing arms control agreements in his second term.
I don't remember a time when so many topics have become politically unmentionable in one party or the other. Republicans cannot admit to any nuance in policy on climate change. Republican members are now expected to take pledges against any tax increases. For two consecutive Presidential nomination cycles, GOP candidates competed with one another to express the most strident anti-immigration view, even at the risk of alienating a huge voting bloc. Similarly, most Democrats are constrained when talking about such issues as entitlement cuts, tort reform, and trade agreements. Our political system is losing its ability to even explore alternatives. If fealty to these pledges continues to expand, legislators may pledge their way into irrelevance. Voters will be electing a slate of inflexible positions rather than a leader.
I hope that as a nation we aspire to more than that. I hope we will demand judgment from our leaders. I continue to believe that Hoosiers value constructive leadership. I would not have run for office if I did not believe that.
As someone who has seen much in the politics of our country and our state, I am able to take the long view. I have not lost my enthusiasm for the role played by the United States Senate. Nor has my belief in conservative principles been diminished. I expect great things from my party and my country. I hope all who participated in this election share in this optimism.
Since the 2004 elections, as the United States tipped into relative decline, the answer of partisans on both sides of the political equation has been more often than not unanimous: Each defeat must be dealt with a purge, a return to purity and a fiercer attack. (Yes, Democrats did elect some red state Democrats in 2006, but they also did it by refusing to engage Republicans on Social Security, and by riding a wave of fiercely partisan Netroots momentum.)
More recently, we have seen this play out fiercely on the right, which has been more stung by defeat in recent years and thus more prone to retrenching in the extremes. But it is also present on the left to a lesser extent, as Reps. Jason Altmire and Tim Holden of Pennsylvania can tell you. And should Obama lose in November, and Republicans retake the Senate and hold the House, watch out. The cycle is likely to begin again.
There are those that accuse the press of an ideology of moderation and of false equivalency whenever these concerns are raised. But let me make one more appeal to reconsider these default positions. It may be true that the left is not left enough, or that the right is not right enough, and that either or both outcomes will yield an American rebirth not seen since the 1960s. But it is also true that in a furious and divided nation neither the left nor the right has an apparent path or proven ability to gain and hold power in the current environment under the current system. So the result is stagnation, and worse, the active harming of American interests by elected leaders, as we saw last August with the debt limit showdown.
Lugar is right, even if his loss Tuesday was far more complicated than he lets on. Voters are now in danger of electing a slate of inflexible positions instead of leaders, clinging to the fantasy that their ideological ends can triumph by brute force of will. This is, to say the least, not what the Founding Fathers envisioned. The nation's capital now resembles a marriage in the tumult of a messy divorce. Both the mother and father keep getting more angry with each other, and hiring more expensive lawyers, and threatening greater demands and retributions. It may be that only one is truly at fault, and that the other is truly the victim, but that is beside the point for the children. Of course today's voters are not children, but their children, who are likely to bear the brunt of the dysfunction, certainly are.
As it stands, the nation probably lacks a mechanism that will allow it to recover from its spiral of deepening ideological divide and partisanship as long as pain and anger felt by so many at the nation's relative decline continues. As a result, the economy is at great risk of remaining lackluster for longer than is needed, and the American people are likely to suffer more than is needed, saddled with a policy framework that is less about rational response than political ideology and expediency. That is, as Lugar points out, a shame.

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Asbestos: Think Again: Dedication
"Asbestos: Think Again" is dedicated to the thousands of innocent people who have suffered, and in too many cases have died, as a result of exposure to asbestos. As an environmental organization, EWG Action Fund wishes in particular to dedicate this project to the life and work of Bruce Vento, truly one of the giants in the American environmental movement, who represented the citizens of Minnesota in public life for 30 years. During his long service in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Vento was an eloquent and energetic champion of countless environmental causes, from pollution control to wilderness protection. The stamp of his wisdom and advocacy can be found on many of America's most important environmental laws.
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Hi everyone,
I'm new to java programming and my very first task is within the next 6 weeks
I must come out with an application which can do the following.
I am tasked to develop an online task assignment system. The system allows a group of people to collaborate together to track the status of a set of tasks. Members in a team can opt to add a new task, take ownership of tasks, close and/or delete tasks. Standard features like user registration and authentications are expected.
Register and manage users.
Manage teams.
Manage tasks that need to be done for a team. Assign/own a task.
Basic Functional Requirements (You can also include other function not listed here)
1. User registration and authentication.
Users can register to become a user of your web application. User details to be included in the registration include simple information such as name, e-mail, user ID and password. You may opt to include any other information like date of birth, contact numbers and personal photo. This will form the profile of the user.
The system should also authenticate the user to safe-guard the data to keep out unauthorized users. You may wish to add in additional features like reset password and two-factor authentication.
2.Team Creation
Since the set of tasks are shared among teams.The system should allow users to create and manage teams. For example, users should be able to delete, add or remove members from the team. For a more complete implementation, you might want to consider features like invitation via email etc.
3. Tasks
The team should be able to create and manage tasks. Users should be able to add and delete tasks, take or set ownership, close and track tasks. You might also consider adding features like the ability to provide statistics on tasks (for example, average amount of time to complete a ask etc.)
The system should also allow users to perform additional features like
‐ Allow team members to assign costs and values to each task.
‐ Sort and rank tasks based on various criteria (e.g. by cost, value, date, owner etc.).
All user inputs must be validated.
User interface must be well‐designed with appropriate controls. All user errors must be handled elegantly(for example, if user keys in incorrect names, useful messages should be displayed)
and there are some non functional requirements I should look on to as well such as
(1) The application must be implemented using Java EE platform.
(2) Architecture must follow proper MVC design to ensure good extensibility and maintainability.
the software to be used will be IBM rational application developer 7.0.
Once again great help is needed if by any chance i can be referred to any tutorials or any examples or source codes will be
greatly appreciated.
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Thoman, Ruedi (16th century)
Ruedi Thoman (Thomann), an aged farmer living at Zollikon near Zürich, Switzerland, in whose house Felix Manz and Georg Blaurock read the Scriptures, baptized, and administered the Lord's Supper on 25 January 1525. The next day in the early morning Marx Bosshart, Ruedi's son-in-law, and Ruedi himself, were baptized by Blaurock. A few months later the Zollikon congregation was dissolved by the Zürich magistrates. Ruedi Thoman reported to the government officials of Zürich (end of January, or early February 1525) about the meeting held in his house. His information is very important for knowledge of the practices of baptism and communion in the early Anabaptist period. After this trial there is no further information about Ruedi Thoman; like most of the Zollikon Anabaptists he may have recanted.
Blanke, Fritz. Brüder in Christo. Zürich, 1955: 27-32.
Muralt, Leonhard von and Walter Schmid. Quellen zur Geschichte der Täufer in der Schweiz. Erster Band Zürich. Zürich: S. Hirzel, 1952: Nos. 29-32.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Thoman, Ruedi (16th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 10 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Thoman,_Ruedi_(16th_century)&oldid=110079.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 714. All rights reserved.
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January 22, 2012
Good Governance, or Good Grief!
In the mode of New Year wishes there is just one best thing I want to happen in 2012: the application of good governance – and good executive management – in organisations that don't. At the end of this year I want to find committees, boards and executives have lifted their game and can demonstrate a better understanding of volunteering and of managing volunteers.
Is this too much to expect?
What I do not want to hear at the end of this year are more sorry stories of people hired to 'manage volunteers', only to be pulled and pushed into a whole lot of different roles and tasks that end up making the job untenable.
Not good to be all steamed up so early in the year. Not good to be hearing another sad-sack story of a manager of volunteers who resigned from a situation that amounted to workplace bullying and abuse, and ultimately a constructive dismissal.
Not good to find my most viewed post of 2011 is once again about a bad volunteer experience. It is almost worse to be writing now about organisations which lack basic understanding of employment law, let alone understanding how to apply best practice in HR management.
OK – the community and voluntary sector is a large amorphous collective. There are organisations that could be called corporations for their size and their budgets and their scale of operations. There are local, regional and national organisations delivering services under contract to government. There are many more organisations existing as small entities serving local community interests and particular social, political or cultural goals.
It is important to remember that more than 90% of 97,000+ NFP organisations in NZ do not employ staff. On one hand this statistic illustrates the miracle of volunteering, the power of the collective, and the strength of Civil Society. On the other hand there is the potential misery of good intentions going awry, perhaps from ignorance of the resources that are available to set an organisation on the best practice track.
There are opportunities out there for training in Governance. There are guidelines and information and training programmes available online, much of it for free. You can get the basics from OCVS, and a bit more detail at CommunityNet Aotearoa. For a really comprehensive (and lengthy) document on the Nine Steps to Effective Governance go to SPARC. Occasionally Volunteer Centres can offer a workshop on governance in association with Unitec's Graduate Diploma in Not-for-Profit Management.
The best immediate advice comes from American educator Betty Stallings. Her recommendations for 12 Key Actions of Volunteer Programme Champions are based on research undertaken with Chief Executives, and there are some powerful messages in this short document.
On the flip side what I do want to hear about is employees finding courage to stand up for their rights, to show organisations there are other ways of managing work conditions and programmes, and to doing better in meeting the organisation's mission and values. Even if they have to take their case to the Employment Court – an option, please note, not available to discouraged volunteers.
So to all people out there engaged with volunteers and in organisations providing community sector services through volunteers, take heed of the message expressed in this proverb:
He aha te mea nui o te ao?
He tangata! He tangata! He tangata!
What is the most important thing in the world?
It is people! It is people! It is people!


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An aircraft releases chemical dispersant over the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon, off the shore of Louisiana on May 5, 2010.
During the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which dumped nearly 5 million barrels of crude into the water, responders applied some 1.8 million gallons of chemical dispersant to break up the oil slick.
The chemicals, which were sprayed on the surface and pumped near the gushing pipe on the ocean floor, largely prevented the slick from saturating delicate coastal marshes, but they had their own environmental impact that scientists are only now beginning to understand.
A study published Tuesday provides one possible piece to that puzzle, indicating that chemical dispersants of the type used in 2010 hurt microorganism populations that are a key link in the marine food chain, with dire implications for fish and larger sea animals.
"Our study was interested in the tiny organisms that support the base of the food web," said Alice Ortmann, who led the study at Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama. "These are the small things support all the big things in the ocean."
The research conducted in a controlled lab setting showed that dispersants and dispersed oil "significantly reduced" the growth of phytoplankton and ciliates — essentially, fish food.
It also showed that oil that was left alone — and thus degraded while floating on the water's surface — was found to cause no significant damage to these organisms.
The study, published in the online science journal PLoS ONE, suggests one of the environmental trade-offs made in the disaster response.
Dispersants are soap-like agents that break up oil slicks into smaller particles. Using them introduces some toxicity — albeit far less than oil, scientists agree. But in breaking up the oil, the dispersants can expose organisms in the water, while possible sparing those on the surface, like pelicans.
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At the time of the disaster response, the large volumes of dispersants being applied sparked accusations that BP — the owner of the Deepwater operation — was trying to hide the oil from view for public relations reasons as much as out of environmental considerations.
"We are still reviewing the study, but the state can say that the use of dispersants in the volume and conditions under which it were applied were unprecedented," said Garrett Graves, chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana. "We did raise objections to this application of dispersants during the spill, the unknown impact on our Gulf, and that we were being used as lab rats."
That impact remains unknown, Ortmann said, because these findings were based on lab results.
"This is what we saw in our incubations," she said. "What happens out in the ocean we don't really know yet."
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Independent studies like this one will supplement a large, long-term effort called the Natural Resource Damage Assessment administered by federal and state trustees. The assessment is an attempt to account for all the damage caused by the oil spill to the environment and human activities that depend on it.
"We'll come up with a tab to say 'BP, you are responsible for this injury'," said Tim Zink, spokesman for NOAA, one of the federal agencies leading the effort. "The way they pay it back is through restoration projects" for shorelines, land protection and dunes and efforts to restore turtle or bird populations.
About $60 million has been disbursed for initial restoration projects, even as the effort to assess the damage continues.
A separate investigation by NOAA is looking into a dramatic spike in dolphin deaths — more than 720 from the time of the explosion in April 2010 to July 29 this year.
NOAA report on dolphin strandings/deaths
"Oil is being investigated as one of the key factors," said Tim Zink, spokesman for NOAA's damage assessment and remediation efforts.
Meantime, studies of live dolphin populations that were in contact with the oil in the Gulf have turned up troubling findings, including pulmonary issues, chronic low weight, anemia and low levels of hormones that could affect the animals' ability to survive, Zink said.
Another recent study by a team of researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in March has documented damage to coral in the vicinity of the broken well at a depth of about 4,000 feet, an ecosystem that normally would not be affected by oil spills.
"The sheer magnitude of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and its release at depth make it very different from a tanker running aground and spilling its contents," said Haverford College chemistry professor Helen White, lead author of the study, who was cited in a report on the Penn State website.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest in U.S. history, occurred in one of the continent's most productive ecosystems. It dwarfed the 11 million gallons spilled by the Exxon Valdez tanker in Prince William Sound in 1989.
"Fully understanding the short and long-term impacts of the explosion, oil and natural gas released, dispersants, and other factors is likely to take several years," said Graves.
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OMAHA, Neb. -- Billionaire Warren Buffett says most of the banks the U.S. government is evaluating with stress tests are not too big to fail.
Buffett says he's not sure how the government will handle the situation when the results of the stress tests are released, but he doesn't think the government should rule out the failure of most of the banks.
Buffett says all but the four biggest banks the government is examining could be sold and should not be considered too big to fail.
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Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway's vice chairman Charlie Munger held a news conference Sunday a day after 35,000 attended the company's annual meeting.
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Ive just got about 7 end of year exams im preparing for at the moment. I thought this would be a good thread to create.
Whenever any of you have your exams, feel free to talk about it and let off a little steam in this *Official* thread.
Im going to let off steam a little later...
This thread was designed to relieve the stress, and make the exams an enjoyable challenge.
As I said, ill let of a little steam as the exams approach.


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We always believed in the power of positive reinforcement. Our parenting strategy has reflected the philosophy that bribes work better than threats –and that threats should be used only if you really plan to carry them out. (A word to the wise: be extra careful; sometimes the punishment i.e. staying home from a fun experience with friends – ends up being at our expense!) In general, this approach has been successful and we have stuck with it.
That's why we were stumped the other night when a situation arose that didn't fit our heretofore successful model. We gave our teenage son a certain curfew. Like all adolescents, he complained that it was too early. (I think it wouldn't matter what time it was, that is the standard response!) We didn't budge. He argued that he wasn't driving so he didn't have control. We argued that he needed to alert his friends to his situation. And so it went – back and forth and back and forth. He argued that he couldn't "make" his friends listen to him. We were adamant that it wasn't safe to be out any later, than our ability to sleep required he be home at a reasonable hour. Finally he gave in (it was either that or stay home).
You can probably see where this story is going. He arrived home past his curfew. We were upset, frustrated – and exhausted. "You're grounded," my husband told him. "But, but, but…" our son sputtered but we stood our ground. We had rules and they weren't followed. So far so good.
We were now able to relax and go to sleep. The real trouble began in the morning. "What does it mean to be grounded?" asked the teenager in question. We were stumped. We hadn't grounded anyone before. This didn't fit within our "positive reinforcement" style of parenting. What was the answer to that question?
In addition, since he doesn't drive what new limitations were we actually imposing on him? It was a dilemma and we didn't resolve it so easily. In the meantime, the rest of the family thought it was very humorous and got a good laugh out of the absurdity of asserting that a child is grounded and having absolutely no idea what that meant.
Ultimately we resolved upon a compromise. My son argued yet again that he told his friends when he needed to be home and that he (and they) made a good faith effort to comply, that it was only a matter of a few minutes and that a little flexibility might be called for. At this point we accepted his argument, either because we were worn down, because it made sense or because we couldn't really define what being grounded meant.
It certainly wasn't our best parenting moment (!) but I actually think our teenager got the message. He knew we were upset. He understood that the curfew meant something, that some boundaries are necessary and even (well maybe I'm carrying this too far) that some sensitivity to a parent's needs and feelings is called for.
The lesson was learned – by all of us. And he hasn't missed curfew since (but don't test us; we'll be better prepared next time!).


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This week we have been learning about cold blooded vertebrate groups. When I taught this in sixth grade I noticed that the groups form the word FAR (Fish, Amphibian, Reptile).
I had my students make a 3 tab flip book and put the word F on one tab, A on the middle flap, and R on the last flap. They had to decorate their front cover so that they would remember that those animals were the cold blooded animals. To help students remember I tell them that they, "Live FAR FAR away that is why they are cold." This is just a way for them to associate FAR with cold (we certainly have all three animal groups here where we live).
I taught a lesson each day for each group and had them write five facts and draw and color three pictures under each flap.
I tell students that the A is in the middle because amphibians start their life out like the first flap (fish) and then change to resemble characteristics of the last flap (reptiles - live on land, breath with lungs).
The last flap is R for reptile. On the outside of that flap I have them also write the word LAST at the bottom (telling them that is because it is the last flap). When I teach that lesson I tell students that LAST stands for all the reptile groups (Lizards, Alligators, Snakes and Turtles).
I graded them and had grades ranging from 70 to 100 (the students in the 70's were messing around in class). The finished foldables will get glued to the right hand side of student notebooks.


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Antianxiety medicines can help control some
withdrawal symptoms during
detoxification. Examples of these medicines
These medicines work by
depressing the central nervous system. Antianxiety medicines are usually safe to treat alcohol withdrawal. But they
are not given over a long period of time, because they can become addictive.
Side effects can include drowsiness, dry mouth, and urinary
retention. If you are an older adult or have liver disease, talk with your
doctor before using these medicines.
For more information about antianxiety medicines, see Drug Reference.
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Gov. Jerry Brown and the legislature lose an hour of negotiating time this weekend, when clocks "spring forward" and Daylight Savings time begins. This change in time should bring some badly needed reflection about the need for a change in how the state manages its time.
Election time specifically.
The current budget debate reveals the problem. California has a very traditional election calendar -- two statewide elections, a primary and a general -- every other years. So there are no elections scheduled this year, though Brown, as governor, has the power to call a special election. And he wants to call one for June 7, before the new budget year begins, to let California voters weigh in on whether they want to extend temporary tax increases from 2009 for another five years. But Brown can't put his tax measure on the ballot himself -- he needs the legislatuer to go along.
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The California constitution and the election code have all kinds of rules that govern time and elections. Certain ballots must be printed a certain number of days before an election. Ballot measures must be ready a certain number of days before a vote. Etc. etc. You'll hear more speculation -- and argument, since there's give in some of the rules and timetables -- about how soon Brown and the legislature need to reach agreement to call an election for a particular June date.
But the drama about election time is unnecessary -- and could be avoided entirely if California had an election calendar that reflected its political reality. This state has an initiative process so inflexible that voters have locked up almost every major fiscal matter in the constitution or in initiative-created law. Since laws adopted by initiative and the constitution itself can only be changed by voters, any serious change in the budget legally or politically requires voter action.
The budget is negotiated at least once a year, every year. But with elections only every other year, constant special elections ensue. Such hastily planned elections tend to be costlier than they would be if they were approved years in advance.
The solution is to have the state set aside three or four dates every year -- probably once a quarter -- as a possible election date for any ballot measures put on by the legislature or by voters. This would allow lawmakers and governors to get public approval of their fiscal ideas promptly. It also would provide a way to break up the long list of ballot measures that confront us at regularly scheduled elections. Instead, voters every three months might see one or two measures that they would have more time and space to consider individually.


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Mo. Lawmaker Wants AG Opinion on Gay Tax Policy
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) - The Missouri attorney general's office says a tax policy for certain gay couples recently announced by Gov. Jay Nixon appears to comply with Missouri law.
Nixon has directed Missouri's Department of Revenue to accept joint tax returns from same-sex couples who were legally married in other states.
The Missouri Constitution recognizes marriage only between a man and a woman.
But Nixon noted the federal government is now accepting joint income tax returns from legally married gay couples. He said Missouri law links the state tax code to the federal one.
Attorney general's spokeswoman Nanci Gonder says Nixon's policy appears to follow the requirements of Missouri tax law.
But state Rep. Chuck Gatschenberger, a Republican from Lake St. Louis, says he is seeking a formal opinion from Attorney General Chris Koster.


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Opinion: The George Washington You Didn't Know
"Blood of Tyrants" author Logan Beirne on the 4th of July and our nation's first president. Photo credit: Library of Congress.
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Let me first say that we are all fine!! The devastation all around is unimaginable. I am so thankful we made it through. We are so blessed!! It all happened on Wednesday April 27. I think it will be one of those days we all talk about for a long time! One of those "where were you when stories." The entire day was a wild ride.
It started at around 5 am with the sirens going off. Great way to start the day. Schools were delayed because of the weather. I had a full morning of patients to see so I really needed to have the kids go to school. They were able to go at 9 am so I dropped them off as soon as I could. Ran to work and of course no patients came. Went to run some errands and the sirens started going off again. I also got a phone call that I needed to come get the kids because the school was closing early. When I got there the weather was getting really bad so the kids and I hung out until that round finished up. Here are the kids playing in the "safe area" at school. We headed home. As soon as we got home around 1 pm it really started storming. We got some pea sized hail and about 10 minutes of rain. For the entire day that was the worst in our neighborhood. The rest of the afternoon was spent watching the weather. It was crazy. I have never seen anything like it. I have grown up around lots of tornadoes. I have been around deadly tornadoes but this was just insane. It was just one tornado after another. You could see them on the radar. I do not get nervous in storms but there were a few moments that were scary. We got so lucky where we were. We never had to take cover. We just sat around and watched the coverage. There were tornadoes all around but for some reason our neighborhood did not have one come within 5 miles. We were so blessed. Matt was able to get home around 4 and then we just watched the craziness continue. I kept putting off cooking dinner because I was afraid me might loose power for a little bit. And we did around 5:30. So then we just had to listen on the radio. We were able to go outside and see the weather all around us. We went and visited with neighbors and let the kids play outside. Yes I know we are crazy!!
The power was still out after 2 hours so we went to my parents house to get some food that they had grilled out. Yes we drove in the craziness! My dad cracked all of us up with his rigged radio from 1978.
Friday, April 29, 2011
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Let me first say that we are all fine!! The devastation all around is unimaginable. I am so thankful we made it through. We are so blessed!! It all happened on Wednesday April 27. I think it will be one of those days we all talk about for a long time! One of those "where were you when stories." The entire day was a wild ride.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Easter Weekend - Part 2
After all the Easter fun on Saturday we still had Sunday to go! We had a special Easter breakfast of tomb donuts. Ben loved being able to roll the stone away. And Kate just enjoyed her first donut ever!
We went to church and had a wonderful small group lesson and then great worship service. Then it was home for some naps before heading over to Kelly and Andrew's house for a great dinner. They had prepared an awesome egg hunt for the kids with great prizes! Ben and Kate loved it! There were even golden eggs.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter Weekend - Part 1
We had such an amazing Easter weekend! It is so much fun to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. We did so many fun things! I really do have to say it is one of my favorite holidays. Just so much fun! We did so much I am going to break it into 2 posts. Too much for one!
Saturday morning started early and was full!! First up was a soccer game! Ben is just loving soccer.
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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Happy Easter!
Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Luke 24:5-6
Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
Easter Week Devotions - Part 4
Since tomorrow will be so busy with Easter activities we finished up our Easter week devotions tonight! It has been such a blessing to us to go through the Holy Week story with Ben and Kate. I so desire to teach them at a young age the amazing love and sacrifice of our Savior! Tonight Matt read the story of the resurrection!! What a glorious story!! Our hope is found in the fact that our Savior not only died for us but He rose again!!!!
Then we turned them into empty tombs. So cute!
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Soldiers, police and volunteers fanned out across an earthquake-damaged region of western Indonesia on Wednesday, scouring the debris of fallen homes and landslides for possible victims of a temblor that killed at least 22 people and injured hundreds.
The magnitude-6.1 quake struck Tuesday afternoon at a depth of just 10 kilometers (6 miles) and was centered on the far western tip of Sumatra island in Aceh province.
Twelve people were killed and 70 others were injured by a landslide or collapsing buildings in Bener Meriah district, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. He added Wednesday that the number of houses and buildings damaged in the district is still being counted.
In neighboring Central Aceh district, 10 people were killed, 140 were injured and about 1,500 houses and buildings were damaged, Nugroho said. The quake also triggered landslides and caused hundreds of people to be evacuated to 10 temporary shelters.
Rescuers and other assistance teams have arrived in Bener Meriah, while the air force have dispatched a helicopter and a CN-235 aircraft to the region, Nugroho said.
"We are now concentrating on searching for people who may be trapped under the rubble," said Rusli M. Saleh, the deputy district chief of Bener Meriah.
He said at least 25 of the injured in his district were hospitalized in intensive care.
As the quake hit, villagers in the area ran out of their homes in panic and screamed for help.
"I see many houses were damaged and their roofs fell onto some people," Bensu Elianita, a 22-year-old resident of Bukit Sama village in Central Aceh district, said shortly after the quake hit. "Many people were injured, but it is difficult to evacuate them due to traffic jams."
The quake also caused concern among officials attending a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Medan, the capital of neighboring North Sumatra province. They were escorted from the second-floor meeting room by security officers.
Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Ocean.
In 2004, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake off Aceh triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 countries.


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WitOut: Would you mind telling us about the history and comedic style of your former group, Cock Hat?
Scavuzzo: I performed short-form improv during college. Once I came back to Philly, we (college friends and I) formed a long-chain group, Cock Hat. Stylistically we are high energy, and use a "shooting from the hip" approach. We don't mind being raunchy or gutsy. Oh, and we are not too sensitive or politically correct either (laughs). Improv is a lot about breaking out of your comfort zone, sometimes you surprise yourself with your true feelings on something or say something you don't expect yourself to say. You are an actor in a scene, you have to say what is logical, not necessarily something you would say in real life.
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Scavuzzo: We performed together for two years, which is a considerably long time. We still perform together from time to time. Tonight's show is called "A bunch of improv at the Graperoom," [Cock Hat member] Frank and I are performing alongside four other improv teams and a stand-up comedian.
WitOut: Who are the other acts on the show tonight?
Scavuzzo: Kid Twist is a silly team with very smart improvisers. All members are involved with the Philadelphia Improv Theater (PHIT). Demonikus Rex is a relatively newer team. Also performing are Bill Parks, Gross Reber and stand-up comedian Pat Dohony.
WitOut: Who are some memorable groups you have had on the show over the years?
Scavuzzo: Matt Holmes has an improv act called Matt &. He brings an audience member up and does an entire show with them. He is an absolute master at what he does. Stand-up comedian Dave Terruso is another one. Dave is a polished professional. He tours, he's an author and he opens at the Helium for national headliners. He is really smart. The way he uses language is unique. Dave knows the English language very well; there is no wasted word in his set. How do I explain it? He knows exactly how to emphasize a word. He knows his stuff.
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Frederica Mathewes-Green Joins SVOTS in Pro Life March
22 January 2014 • Washington, D.C.
Khouria Frederica Mathewes-Green, popular Orthodox Christian speaker, author, and pro life advocate, made our Seminary's participation in the 41st March for Life in Washington, D.C. very special this year. Not only did she travel with St. Vladimir's Seminary's contingent to the nation's capital for the March—which annually marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in all fifty states—but she also gave an informal talk on campus the prior evening, concerning her own history with the pro life movement. She especially addressed members of the St. Ambrose Society, a student-led group that organizes the Seminary's participation in the March, and which is dedicated to promoting awareness about pro life issues from cradle to grave.
"When I was a college student and a feminist in the early '70s, there were no sonograms, and we couldn't view the life in the womb," noted Kh. Frederica in her talk. "We used the phrase 'a glob of tissue' to describe the unborn child; it seemed absurd that people would be sentimental about this."
Then, she said, a pregnant friend showed her a flier chronicling the progress of a growing baby. She was stunned by the hidden beauty and perfection of the tiny life.
"I began to realize that abortion was becoming a big funnel to dispose of the problems caused by promiscuity and unplanned pregnancies—nobody's life had to change because the whole thing could remain a secret. Why had we feminists decided this was okay?" she related.
Khouria Frederica went on to serve with pro life advocacy groups and published numerous books and articles on related topics, including Real Choices: Listening to Women; Looking for Alternatives to Abortion. She continually advocates for awareness of pro life issues within Orthodox Christian circles, drawing from history to illustrate that "Christians stood against infanticide and abortion from the beginning." Although she cites statistics indicating that younger Americans have become more and more pro life (American Grace, 2010), she still believes "there is much to be done in church circles regarding pro life issues."
Along with her husband, The Very Rev. Gregory Mathewes-Green, Kh. Frederica serves the community of Holy Cross Antiochian Orthodox Church in Linthicum, MD. View details of Orthodox Christians participating in this year's March for Life on oca.org.


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More than a year ago, I had a book scanned by the Mesa Regional Family History Center. The Mesa FHC is scanning books in conjunction with the FamilySearch/BYU Family History Archives to scan its collection for inclusion in that of FamilySearch. No one seems to know where the scans end up and why none of the scans appear online.
The book I had scanned was a large book compiled by my Great-grandmother on her family and on my Great-grandfather's family. Although the book lacks many sources, it has photos and histories very much worth preserving and valuable to the family. I also happen to personally possess the copyright for the book. There are absolutely no copyright issues in making a copy available online. This is the book:
Overson, Margaret Godfrey Jarvis. George Jarvis And Joseph George De Friez Genealogy. Mesa, Ariz: M.J. Overson, 1957.Over these past years, this book has become the "test case" for our local scanning project. The book is listed in the FamilySearch Library catalog, but has never appeared in digitized form. There are no copyright issues with this particular book, since I personally have the original copyright in my possession and signed all the proper documentation to allow the book to be digitized and put online.
At RootsTech 2013 recently, I once again spoke with the FamilySearch digital book team and was assured that this delay was being resolved and that the hundreds of books scanned by the Mesa FamilySearch Library volunteers would soon start to appear in numbers. I have closely followed all of the details of the problems both in Mesa with the scanning process and at the FamilySearch end with the cataloging and other issues. But the end result is simply that the books are sitting in a file somewhere and have never made it to the online collection.
It is apparent that the digitizing projects, those from FamilySearch, and other repositories have undergone a huge challenge. Not only are there a multitude of legal issues, but there are challenges with the production cycle of moving the book from a digital file into a complex online file system with cataloging and other requirements. It is not that I am especially impatient since I haven't revisited this issue for a couple of years, but I suggest that the collection could be expanded at a slightly faster rate if some of the details of the process were streamlined and not made more complicated.
As an attorney, I am fully aware of the obstacles that a legal department can impose on an apparently simple process. But when there is no issue of copyright protection of the documents, it seems that using legal requirements as an excuse is just that, an excuse. As it is, I am not at all alone in this frustration. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of other genealogists who have given their family histories to be scanned and are similarly waiting to see the online products. Let's see if I am writing this same post over again next year.


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Playing at the UOA sounds pretty cool but can't make it tonight. How about tomorrow?
Are these times pretty much for the whole week?
Ok so I live in Oro Valley, around Magee and Oracle. There is a high school near by with 8 nice courts.
Otherwise just tell me what time and where you like to play. I'm free before 1pm or after 3pm.
how are you looking for this week to hit some balls?
Looks like its going to be raining all weekend. I guess we will just have see how it goes.
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Beyoncé's representatives will not confirm the authenticity of a leaked tracklist.
The singer is currently preparing to release her fifth studio album later this year, but a list of songs that will allegedly appear on the set surfaced online earlier this week.
A sheet of paper listed 11 songs in total, including the widely-rumored lead single 'Ratchet', which features Lady GaGa and Azealia Banks.
It appears to reveal further collaborations with Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Sia, Ne-Yo and sister Solange Knowles.
The list also features what would be Beyoncé's first ever collaboration with Rihanna on a track titled 'Dance (I'm Soon Over)'.
According to online rumors, the list was accidentally leaked by someone close to Stargate's production team, who are believed to have worked on the project.
When Beyoncé's team were approached by MTV, they declined to confirm or deny the tracklist's authenticity.
Furthermore, Ne-Yo told Digital Spy that he had seen the leaked tracklist and was delighted to spot two of his tracks on there, indicating that his listed contributions are real.
Beyoncé will begin her 'The Mrs Carter Show' world tour in Serbia on April 15 and is expected to unveil new music before the run.
Ne-Yo talks Beyoncé leaked tracklit: 'I'm very happy I'm on it'
Ne-Yo has discussed his work on Beyoncé's forthcoming album with Digital Spy.
The singer and producer said that he was "happy" to have two songs on the record after seeing an alleged tracklist that surfaced online earlier this week.
He told Digital Spy: "I saw that Beyoncé's tracklisting just leaked and I've got a couple of joints on there, which is good news. I'm very happy about that."
Asked if he believed the leaked tracklist was real, he said: "I don't know, I mean you never really can tell until the album comes out."
On the process of working with Beyoncé on the LP, he explained: "I've heard some songs from the album so I knew what direction I should be going in.
"The last thing you want to do is write a song that makes no sense with the direction of the album, so she let me hear some stuff so I knew where to aim.
"I can't say much else as I've been sworn to secrecy! I'm actually happy that no songs have leaked from it yet. Hopefully this is a sign for the future - that music can come out when it's actually supposed to come out."
Ne-Yo has worked with Beyoncé multiple times in the past, most famously co-writing and producing her 2006 hit 'Irreplaceable'.
Beyoncé Covered in Smoke—See the Singer's Sexy Tumblr Pics!
Beyoncé is smoking!
Fortunately, Jay-Z's wife isn't puffing on a cigarette, but she is surrounded by gray smoke in a series of new Tumblr shots.
Wearing a sideways "Beyond" cap, puffy jacket, leggings, sneakers and minimal makeup, Blue Ivy's mama looks contemplative in the shots.
In one pic, she walks straight through smoke coming up from a grate in the street.
Fittingly enough, Friday is International Women's Day. And for that, we celebrate Queen Bey. Because who run the world? Girls!
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The KPTA is a member-driven organization that promotes the profession of physical therapy in Kentucky. There's never been a more important time to be a member of KPTA. KPTA is a recognized leader in the national and state-level health care debates, and we need the power of your voice in the regulatory and legislative arenas. Your KPTA membership benefits your career as well as your profession — an invaluable investment that will pay dividends throughout your future.
Our HistoryThe first physical therapist arrived in Kentucky in 1935. Within the next few years Mary McDonnell was joined by 15 of her colleagues. They came to fight the crippling effects of polio. They touched the lives of World War II veterans whose bodies were mangled and broken. In 1947, feeling the need to unite and expand their knowledge, they founded the Kentucky Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association. These pioneers could only dream their association, which started with 16 members, would grow to serve over 2,000.


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An unusual coloured swift which is being treated at Wiltshire Wildlife Hospital has created interest.
The silver male bird was taken in by the hospital at Newton Tony, near Salisbury Plain, after it was rescued by a woman in Devizes.
The bird was in the gutter of the woman's house following storms two weeks ago.
After she put a broom up to it, it crawled on.
The young swift, which is just a few weeks old, is thought to have a bruised right shoulder which the hospital has been treating and will be ready to be released soon.
Staff at the hospital have not seen a swift this colour before and wildlife care supervisor Marilyn Boyes Korkis said: "It's very unusual, whether it's the only one in England I don't know. It's just the most beautiful bird."
Andrew Carter, a farmer based near Downton and who has been ringing birds for the British Trust for Ornithology for 25 years, examined the swift and said he had not seen one of this colour before.
"It's a grey/silvery colour rather than dark brown," he said.
"It's certainly unusual. It's not a true albino but the colour could be due to leucism, a condition which reduces pigment.
"When we first heard about the swift we wondered if it was an unusual species that had come in from overseas, but I think it is a leucistic bird."


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LOS ANGELES -- After a whirlwind four days of practices, workouts, and games, 17-year-old Alberto Lopez has been named the winner of Sueño MLS 2009. The Illinois native has earned himself a tryout with the Chicago Fire's youth system in the hopes of one day winning a professional contract.
Lopez, a midfielder, was selected from a pool of 12 finalists after the group flew to Los Angeles to train together and play in a series of scrimmages against local youth sides.
"This is a dream come true," Lopez said after his victory was announced live on "República Deportiva," Univision's weekly Spanish-language sports program. "I've spent years practicing in the street and at home, playing 24/7, and it all paid off."
Lopez hails from Aurora, Ill., where he plays for East Aurora High School as well as club team the Aurora Warriors. A solid attacking midfielder, he scored 18 goals for his high school last season.
"We wanted a player who was consistently good throughout, who gave a good effort, and was good technically on the ball," U.S. national team and MLS veteran Marcelo Balboa said. "He had everything we were looking for."
Balboa joined Peruvian World Cup legend Teofilo Cubillas and Mexican national team and Chivas Guadalajara goalkeeper Martin "El Pulpo" Zúñiga as a "celebrity scout" for the contest. MLS director of player programs Alfonso Mondelo served as head coach for the finalists during their time in Los Angeles.
"It was nonstop for us," said 16-year-old Ricardo Buendia, Sueño MLS 2009's third-place finisher. "We had two days of practices and then two games. I think we're all very tired."
The 12 finalists played scrimmages against the youth teams of Chivas USA and the LA Galaxy, earning a 0-0 draw against the Red-and-White on Friday and a 2-2 tie against Los Angeles on Saturday.
"I think the games were the most difficult part," said Buendia, a fullback. "We had only been together for four days. To play against teams that have been together for a while and earn a tie was a really good feeling. We have such great talent here that if you put us together with great coaches and great advice, we can achieve great things together."
In Saturday's game, the Sueno team twice came from behind, with goals from D.C. winner Cesar Bazan and Chicago winner Steve Palma. The game was played on The Home Depot Center stadium field, only hours before the Super Clasico between the LA Galaxy and Chivas USA.
Now in its third year, Sueño MLS 2009 included tryouts in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Chicago, with four winners from each city moving on to the four-day finals in Los Angeles.
"For soccer here in the U.S., we're still trying to find that needle in a haystack," Balboa said. "We want to see those players that can't always afford to play in big clubs. I think this is a great opportunity for these kids."
Having won the contest, Alberto Lopez will now join the youth side of the Chicago Fire to try and earn himself a permanent position.
"Getting to the finals and winning is difficult," said Chivas USA midfielder Jorge Flores, a past Sueño MLS winner. "And when you arrive at the team, it's hard, but it can be done."
Flores was the winner of the original Sueño MLS in 2007, and now plays for Chivas USA and the United States Under-20 national team.
While not the ultimate winners, the other eleven Sueño MLS finalists will return home with the experience of a lifetime and the knowledge that they are some of the best young talent in the United States.
"We're not breaking their dreams," Balboa said. "We put a little bump in the road right now, and a kid that can get over that bump will be the one that succeeds in soccer and in life."
As for Lopez, he's one step closer to his dream of playing professionally.
"The door has been opened for me, now I have to earn my place in the team," Lopez said. "It will be difficult, but I will work hard and take advantage of the opportunity I've been given."


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At the famed Clearing Congress, six of L. Ron Hubbard's nine lectures were filmed. And although those original films are now nearly half a century old, through special digital techniques they have been restored to their original quality (and beyond). Each DVD and the Master Directory contains a comprehensive menu to locate specific datums and subjects. A complete glossary provides the definitions of specialized words, plus Dianetics and Scientology terms. The Master Directory includes Mr. Hubbard's handwritten charts, issues, scales and codes referred to in the films, as well as issues from the time period.
The Master Directory also includes photographs from the Congress activities at Washington, DC's Shoreham Hotel, giving the flavor and atmosphere surrounding the original event. The Clearing Congress is the only Congress ever put on film and stands as a jubilant victory in the history of Scientology—all in living color.Læs mere
Clear is a finite state. It does exist as a finite state. It is an ultimate and it is an absolute. —L. Ron Hubbard
It was the spring of 1958 and there was one word spreading like a tidal wave across the Scientology world: CLEAR.
Yet the accomplishment they were talking about was far more profound than the first individual attainment of that state. Factually, L. Ron Hubbard had been making Clears beginning in 1947 and right through 1949, prior to the release of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Indeed, the entire purpose of Book One was to make the breakthroughs and technology broadly available so that others could do the same.
Yet while Mr. Hubbard continued to make Clears through his own personal auditing of others, the same could not be said for others. That is why, for eight solid years, he continually refined processes. Yes, he did so to provide greater workability with processes that reached deeper with faster gains for preclears. But he also was working to develop processes which other auditors could apply with success. In consequence, fully half of his research had been devoted to training.
While that research story was one of steady advance, the breakthrough came in 1957 with the development of auditor training drills (TRs) which, quite literally, revolutionized auditor training (Freedom Congress).
In full evidence of that fact came an achievement extending far beyond Mr. Hubbard's eight years of research since the publication of Book One. Indeed, it was the watershed accomplishment of a 2,500-year-old goal:
"In December of 1957 the first Clear was made by another than myself.
"This was the gain. This was the fruit of the years.
"Now we can have many Clears. We can have thousands of Clears. And if we can have that, we can have a civilization.
"So this was the bottleneck—other auditors couldn't really clear people. And this bottleneck is splintered to diamond bits.
"Other people can clear others. And so we're on our way."
It was a period of mounting anticipation through the first six months of 1958, with Scientologists reading articles entitled "The Attainment of Clears," "How to Test for 'CLEAR'" and "Learning How to Clear." But contained therein lies an even more dramatic story. For while every Scientologist can look back with reverence to that first historic moment of accomplishment, the more epic tale is contained in all else 1958 brought that is Scientology today.
- The final component—in addition to those training drills—with which Mr. Hubbard trained those auditors and which is the integral tool of every auditing session today? The development, manufacture and use of the first Hubbard Electrometer (E-Meter).
- The "magic button" he discovered and provided to those auditors, to put people in session who formerly weren't vaguely auditable, which splits valences, heals psychosomatic illnesses, moves ridges out of heads and exteriorizes preclears? In fact, one which not only opens cases on the First Dynamic, but which is the watchword of Scientologists that makes possible planetary clearing? HELP.
- And all of it contained in the full anatomy of the Prerequisites of Auditing—from present time problems to ARC breaks, to the Factors of Clear—thetan, mind, body and universes, to the full description of the Freedom of Clear.
Then again, as for the permanence of that accomplishment, there was something else every Scientologist recognizes today: L. Ron Hubbard's personal design and manufacture of the first Clear bracelet.
While even more embracive, here was the very answer for every Scientologist in responding to the question, "What does Scientology do?" And it's all summed up in a single sentence, "Well, it clears people."
Which also explains why that very definition of Clear was emblazoned on the placard outside the Shoreham Hotel's West Ballroom…and why, by the time it started, more than a few lucky hotel guests, attracted by that placard, had signed up and were in attendance for a Congress unlike any other.
And so it was, in July of 1958—lights flooding the room, cameras rolling with color—that he stepped to the stage with The Fact of Clearing.
For while L. Ron Hubbard would continue to work for more than a quarter century to make it easier and faster for every being to reach that long sought goal, here is the legendary Congress where Clear became a first reality, the moment of achievement immortalized.


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There are always discussions where investors express interest in investing in your NewCo. They say they want to invest, but never seem to get around to it. Many times entrepreneurs say, NewCo is in extensive discussions with an Angel or a group and the money is coming soon. At least in these cases, the agreements have not been signed and one can expect the investor may not invest.
In real life, even with signed deal documents, the investors can back out if they desire to do so. They do not even need to use a clause in the agreement to abandon the financing. They just tell you they are not giving you the funds. Talk about a downer!
Even if you get the funds, what if they want the funds returned and take you to court to get the money back. The reason, may be simply they believed something was to happen, they realized it would not. The investors changed their mind and no longer believe the investment sound.
Keep in mind that investors go by the Golden Rule; "They Have the Gold, and They Set the Rules." In the case they ask for the funds back, you can use their money to fight in court. In the case where they refuse to go through with the deal, you likely do not have the funds to go to court to enforce the agreement. NewCo is hurt in either case.
The whole point is that a financing is not done until you close and have spent all the money. You must always be on guard and expect the unexpected. From experience, I can say that standing in front of 60 current investors and canceling the shareholder meeting until a date uncertain is no picnic. Negotiating with the investor pool to get them to close in such a case is awkward at best. It may even require help from stronger friends!
The bottom line is, don't get arrogant when you are about to close on a financing; be happy, be excited, be grateful, but cautious. If you close and get to keep the money, don't get too cocky; be vigilant and cautious. You never know when something will happen to take that smile off your face.


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The Leza Awards were established on 2011 by Berhanu Digafe who hosts Leza radio show on Sheger FM radio. The award established with an intention to honor and recognize Ethiopian artists for their contribution for the development of Ethiopian music and film. The 7th Leza awards was held at Hilton hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The voting was done online by the general public through their website and the award was classified by 9 categories. Here is the list of all winners of the 7th Leza awards: - Best TV series of the year: Zemen Drama - Best main actor of the year: Alemseged Tesfaye (film title: Yabedech ye arada lij 3) - Best main actress of the year: Zeritu Kebede (film title: Taza) - Best single music of the year: Ethiopia (Teddy Afro) - Best new singer of the year: Dawit Alemayehu -.Best music video of the year: Weta fikir (Bisrat Surafel) - Best music album of the year: Ethiopia (Teddy Afro) - Best film of the year: Taza - Lifetime achievements award: Girma Beyene Read More...
Since the establishment of Gondar city in the 17th century the opening of the cinema industry was not well developed. It is a recent effect, the Kino cinema is the first private cinema that Gondar has .It was established on May 2005 E.C. and is managed by the owner of Kino hotel which has an impact on the cinema. The Cinema has 110 sits and 6 employees including the manager. Even if it has small hall and non-organized staff it has high screen quality (4*3) resolution, one sound buffer (like mixer) and seven small speakers in the wall. Every customer pays 30 birr for each movie. Even though it is the smallest cinema in the city it tries to give enjoy full and very comfortable services for the customers. Read More...
The National Bank of Ethiopia announces that the current currency of Ethiopia which is know as Birr has lost its value by 15% against foreign currencies the Ethiopian government made this Currency devaluations on October 11 2017 with an intention to boost export.Many experts say that devaluations can be used by countries to achieve specific economic policies. The main benefits of having a weaker currency relative to the rest of the world is to boost exports, shrink trade deficits and reduce the cost of interest payments on its outstanding government debts. However on the other side there is a risk that things might not work as planned because of the devaluation negative effects some of the most common dangers of weakening a currency include: Unstable market price, Loss of trust on the government and there would also be the currency and potential blowback the country will face from both domestic and international markets. Even though the government says actions will be taken to stabilize the prices of commodities most of the citizens of Ethiopia are not happy with the currency devaluation as there would be rapid increment on the price of things which are exported from foreign countries. Will this devaluation really favors Ethiopia? this would be the question which most of Ethiopians are eager to know about. Read More...


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This week we explored some awesome projects with the Raspberry Pi, unlearned our bad habits, won some arguments with the Socratic method, and learned about the legality of ripping DVDs. Here's a look back.
It's Raspberry Pi Week!
The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little computer that fits in the palm of your hand, yet packs enough power to run your home media center, a VPN, and a lot more. Check out all the guides we published this week that make use of the Pi. More »
Top 10 Most Versatile Household Multitaskers
If ever there was a great way to save money and reduce clutter in your house, it's finding other uses for the stuff you already have. Here are our ten favorite multitaskers that you probably already have at home. More »
Five Best Living Room Speaker Sets
If you're watching movies, playing video games, or enjoying your favorite TV shows to just the speakers in your television, you're missing out. A great set of living room speakers doesn't have to break the bank or take up a ton of space, although some of the best models do. More »
Use the Socratic Method to Easily Win Arguments
Arguments become heated and get out of hand when anger enters into the equation, often leaving both parties frustrated and upset. Using Socratic questioning in an argument, however, can help people see things from your perspective without causing unnecessary conflict. More »
Five "Good Habits" You Need to Unlearn
Productivity is an ever-evolving study of what works and what doesn't. The way we work can change at a rapid-fire pace and what was accepted as a best practice in years past, can now do more harm than good. More »
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Relax your body with soothing deep heat. With the thermo-effect spray you get a heat therapy for joint and muscle problems within a few seconds. The soothing heat stimulates the circulation, which is e.g. in muscular back problems makes very positive. The big advantage is the simple and quick application.
Spray the affected area, let it soak in for a short time, rub it in and you're done. Then you can easily put on your clothes because there are no residues. The thermo-effect foam is your effective companion and supports you in everyday mobility.
Especially effective for muscular back and neck problems as well as arm and shoulder area. No unnecessary burden of the organism by drugs. Stimulates blood circulation and releases tension.
• Stimulates and increases skin vitality by 41% (demonstrated by laboratory analysis)
• Promotes skin metabolism through the heat effect
• Can relieve pain
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• Loosens and warms the muscles
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"I ordered the emmi®-skin thermal foam immediately after the company had announced it. In the evening when I received it, I suffered from a headache. I gently applied some of the emmi®-skin thermal effect on the temples and neck and within 15 minutes my headache disappeared.
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Then I did a test and leaned down. That was no longer possible because of my back problems. Amazingly, I came easily with my fingertips down to the ground and easily up again. I'm really excited about emmi®-skin Thermoeffect."
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