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Who's No. 1? Ranking the best at RP, SS
MLB Network's countdown of baseball's best players at each position came to a conclusion on Saturday night, with the final installment of the "Top 10 Right Now!" series featuring the game's top relief pitchers and shortstops.
The five-week program hosted by Brian Kenny used rankings based on player performance over the last two seasons, a number of offensive and defensive metrics, both advanced data and traditional numbers and analysis by the MLB Network research team.
MLB Network's countdown of baseball's best players at each position came to a conclusion on Saturday night, with the final installment of the "Top 10 Right Now!" series featuring the game's top relief pitchers and shortstops.
The five-week program hosted by Brian Kenny used rankings based on player performance over the last two seasons, a number of offensive and defensive metrics, both advanced data and traditional numbers and analysis by the MLB Network research team.
The series featured appearances from MLB Network on-air personalities and former Major Leaguers Eric Byrnes, Cliff Floyd, Mike Lowell, Dan Plesac, Harold Reynolds, Ron Darling, Jim Thome and Joe Girardi, as well as roundtable discussions with Kenny, president of SABR Vince Gennaro, the Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and MLB.com analyst Mike Petriello. Each episode also featured a fan-generated Top 10 Right Now list compiled via voting on MLB Network's Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages using #Top10RightNow.
• A look back: MLB Network's Top 10 at every position for 2018
Below is a breakdown of this year's rankings results:
Top 10 relief pitchers right now
Craig Kimbrel doesn't currently have a team, but that doesn't matter for the purposes of these rankings given his dominant performance over the last two years. But if Josh Hader, Edwin Diaz and Blake Treinen can replicate their 2018 performances, they will challenge for the top spot a year from now.
Video: Craig Kimbrel is the No. 1 relief pitcher right now
1. Craig Kimbrel
2. Sean Doolittle
3. Josh Hader
4. Edwin Diaz
5. Blake Treinen
6. Felipe Vazquez
7. Chad Green
8. Aroldis Chapman
9. Jose Leclerc
10. Brandon Morrow
Video: Craig Kimbrel is the No. 1 relief pitcher right now
Top 10 shortstops right now
He might miss Opening Day, but Francisco Lindor's remarkable consistency keeps him at the top of this list, with NL MVP runner-up Javier Baez closing fast.
1. Francisco Lindor
2. Javier Baez
3. Trevor Story
4. Manny Machado
5. Andrelton Simmons
6. Carlos Correa
7. Corey Seager
8. Paul DeJong
9. Jean Segura
10. Didi Gregorius
Video: Kenny and Reynolds review their lists for Top 10 SS
Top 10 first basemen right now
Paul Goldschmidt is a human metronome: Over the last four seasons he has played in at least 155 games while batting a combined .310/.410/.538 with an average of 32 homers and finishing in the top 11 in NL MVP voting each year. He'll get a chance to build on a potential Hall of Fame resume in St. Louis this year.
1. Paul Goldschmidt
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Joey Votto
4. Max Muncy
5. Anthony Rizzo
6. Matt Olson
7. Justin Smoak
8. Jesus Aguilar
9. Rhys Hoskins
10. Jose Abreu
Video: Kenny and Thome review their Top 10 1B lists
Top 10 starting pitchers right now
While Jacob deGrom had the best season of any pitcher in 2018 en route to winning the National League Cy Young Award, Max Scherzer and Chris Sale still stand out in terms of consistent dominance year after year.
1. Max Scherzer
2. Chris Sale
3. Jacob deGrom
4. Corey Kluber
5. Justin Verlander
6. Aaron Nola
7. Clayton Kershaw
8. Luis Severino
9. Carlos Carrasco
10. Blake Snell
Video: Kenny and Darling review their Top 10 SP lists
Top 10 left fielders right now
Some might argue that J.D. Martinez is more of a designated hitter, but he did play 57 games in the outfield last year, and more than half of them came in left. And over the last two years he has hit an insane .319/.391/.655, with an average of 44 homers per year.
1. J.D. Martinez
2. Giancarlo Stanton
3. Ronald Acuna Jr.
4. Tommy Pham
5. Justin Upton
6. Juan Soto
7. Marcell Ozuna
8. Michael Conforto
9. Khris Davis
10. David Peralta
Video: Kenny and Byrnes review their Top 10 left fielders
Top 10 center fielders right now
There is obviously no doubt about No. 1, but Cody Bellinger over Lorenzo Cain could spark some debate. But remember, the rankings are based on the last two seasons, and Bellinger's 2017 campaign (39 homers, .933 OPS, NL Rookie of the Year) was pretty special.
Video: Mike Trout is the No. 1 center fielder right now
1. Mike Trout
2. Cody Bellinger
3. Lorenzo Cain
4. Aaron Hicks
5. George Springer
6. Charlie Blackmon
7. A.J. Pollock
8. Starling Marte
9. Harrison Bader
10. Kevin Kiermaier
Video: Kenny and Byrnes review their Top 10 CF lists
Top 10 right fielders right now
We know what you are thinking, Aaron Judge over Mookie Betts, after the season Betts just had?
But consider this: These lists are dictated by The Shredder, MLB Network's player rating formula, which looks back at the last two seasons and weights them evenly. Over the past two years ….
Judge: .282/.409/.584, 79 homers, 15 steals, 162 wRC+
Betts: .301/.388/.541, 56 homers, 56 steals, 143 wRC+
And while Betts is a stud on defense, Judge also rates highly in the outfield, with the third-most Defensive Runs Saved among right fielders in the last two years, which allowed him to hold Betts off for the top spot.
Video: Aaron Judge is the No. 1 right fielder right now
1. Aaron Judge
2. Mookie Betts
3. Christian Yelich
4. Mitch Haniger
5. Bryce Harper
6. Brandon Nimmo
7. Yasiel Puig
8. Andrew McCutchen
9. Nicholas Castellanos
10. Stephen Piscotty
Video: Floyd, Kenny recap the Top 10 right fielders
Top 10 catchers right now
There is a strong argument that J.T. Realmuto is the best catcher in the game right now, but Buster Posey still gets the edge, buoyed by a strong 2017 campaign that is still weighted heavily. Given recent trends, there is a very good chance that this is Posey's last year at the top.
Video: Buster Posey is the No. 1 catcher right now
1. Buster Posey
2. J.T. Realmuto
3. Yasmani Grandal
4. Gary Sanchez
5. Willson Contreras
6. Yadier Molina
7. Kurt Suzuki
8. Wilson Ramos
9. Mike Zunino
10. Salvador Perez
Video: Kenny, Girardi recap Top 10 catchers right now
Top 10 second basemen right now
This position is going through a bit of a transition, with a bunch of youngsters entering the mix, though veterans such as Jose Altuve, Jed Lowrie and Robinson Cano are still holding strong.
Video: Analytics panel on Top 10 second basemen right now
1. Jose Altuve
2. Jed Lowrie
3. Whit Merrifield
4. Robinson Cano
5. Chris Taylor
6. Scooter Gennett
7. Joey Wendle
8. Gleyber Torres
9. Ben Zobrist
10. DJ LeMahieu
Video: Reynolds, Kenny reveal current top 10 second basemen
Top 10 third basemen right now
This might be the most stacked position in baseball right now, and you can argue for about six different guys at No. 1.
1. Jose Ramirez
2. Justin Turner
3. Nolan Arenado
4. Anthony Rendon
5. Alex Bregman
6. Matt Carpenter
7. Matt Chapman
8. Kris Bryant
9. Josh Donaldson
10. Eugenio Suarez
Video: Kenny and Lowell on their top 10 third baseman now
Petriello's list of third basemen is different at the top


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I know extended this for CDISC controlled terminology (CDISC-CT) in general, based on the work of my student Wolfgang Hof. First, I download the latest CDISC-CT (june 26) from the NCI website as a set of XML files. Starting from these, I generated and populated a database with about 6 tables. I then wrote some RESTful services so that remote applications can retrieve information for answering questions like:
- what is the test name for test code XYZ?
- what is the NCI code for test code or test name XYZ (or the other way around)?
- what is the CDISC definition of controlled term ABC?
- are there any synonyms for controlled term ABC?
Then I implemented a good number of these services in the "Smart Dataset-XML Viewer". Here is a screenshot as an example:
What you see that is when the user hovers the mouse over a test code (in this case a LBTESTCD: SPGRAV), the web service is triggered, the test name and NCI code is retrieved from the remote server/database and displayed as a tooltip on the cell contents.
When the user right-clicks the LBTESTCD cell, the web service is triggered and looks up the "CDISC definition" for the given test code and displays it in a separate window (left upper corner).
When the user right-clicks the LOINC code for this test (in this case 2965-2) a request is send to the RESTful web service of the "National Library of Medicine", returning the address of a website with explanations about the test, which is then displayed in a browser window that pops up.
On the right, you also see some yellow-colored cells. These indicate that there is something special with the data. In the current case, the cell is colored because its value is lower than the low normal range limit. This is not done by a web service, but by the viewer software itself. Thus, when using this feature, the SDTM variable LBNRIND is superfluous and can be removed from the SDTM specification ("let the service do the work - not the dataset"). Other such features that are already present in the "Smart Dataset-XML Viewer" are:
- show date of first and last exposure in the DM dataset (retrieved from EX)
- show --DY value on any --DTC value (calculated from difference with RFSTDTC in DM)
- show visit name on VISITNUM (retrieved from TV)
Now, this is just the tip of the iceberg. So many other things are possible which can considerably contribute to data quality in SDTM submissions. A few examples:
- the web service informs about what the usual units for the test or observation are. For example: mm[Hg] for SYSBP and DIABP, cm and [in_i] (inches) for WEIGHT, no units for SPGRAV. This can be used to test whether the combination of ORRES and ORRESU is reasonable and acceptable
- if it were allowed to use UCUM notation for ORRESU/STRESU (unfortunately it is not yet, although all EHR systems and Hospital Information Systems work with UCUM - it is even mandated by Meaningful Use), then the value of --STRESN could be automatically calculated. The combination of the value of --TESTCD with --ORRES and --ORRESU could be send to the web service with the request "please calculate the standardized numerical value", as the web service already knows to what unit the value must be standardized to for the specific test. This would even enable to have such normalizations as some of the values for blood pressure are e.g. in [psi] (pounds per square inch)
For those who like these features of the "Smart Dataset-XML Viewer" and these web services, I am still working on improving the features and extending them, and I hope to make a new (branched off) version of the Viewer available on the Sourceforge website within the next 1-3 weeks. So please remain a bit patient ...
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It has been over half a year since I last updated here on WordPress. As can be expected I have been busy with work, home life, and grumping about the very wet winter here in Oregon. Luckily the sun is shining today so I feel a desire to fill everyone in on what's going on, as well as establish my (hopefully) return to regular blogging!
My wife and I are now happily married and moving to Eugene in the next month, which is a nice change of pace for us, both in regards to our outdoor life and careers. I've already startedgetting interviews set up at various bakeries in Eugene and will be very glad to get back into the world of yeast and flour!
Things at Marco Polo have gone very well and my baking skills have been honed there and also at home. My pan and hearth breads have improved dramatically over the last year as well as my pastries and cake decorating. I feel that it is a great time to go out of the restaurant and back into the bakery to follow the calling of the oven.
Soon I will be posting a few recipes just to let you all know what I've been working on at home. Usually whatever I make gets eaten so quickly that it goes out of my mind and I forget to share it so I'll work on being better at that. Until then, stay sweet!


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Do you ever look at a photo or an object that reminds you of an event that seems like it happened just yesterday, but then you realize it really happened a long time ago, and time seems to have just flown by? For me, that feeling is the exact opposite of the feeling I get when I look at my Droid Eris. When I hold the Eris in my hand and think about all the good times we've had together, it feels like we've been partners for years, when really it's only been a little over seven months. My, how the time seems to have crawled along at a snail's pace. I wonder...am I the only one who feels this way? Surely not...
The pace of innovation and advancement in the mobile tech industry, and Android in particular, has been lightning fast of late. By way of example, Noah's Sprint HTC Hero full video review dropped on October 11, 2009, so eight months ago. The first few sentences out of his mouth were:
"This is the HTC Hero from Sprint. I'll tell you straight off, right off the bat that this is the best Android phone that I've ever tested, the best Android phone on the market right now...".
Think about that statement and think about where the hardware for Android is right now with the HTC Incredible (Verizon Wireless) and HTC EVO (Sprint), and with Google on the cusp of releasing Android 2.2 Froyo to the masses. Literally, it feels like a few hardware and software lifecycles have come and gone in the blink of an eye.
This is all well and good, right? Any objective observer would agree wholeheartedly and hope for more of the same going forward. I'd like to think that I can put myself in that group, but honestly, I don't know if I can. The truth is, I'm more than a bit jealous. I want to own the device with the newest and best goodies around. I want to have the comfort and security of knowing that I've got the latest and greatest display technology, processor and form factor on the market. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for me to those things race past my Eris and me. Truthfully, the Eris didn't have those characteristics when I bought it. I feel like I'm the tortoise and mobile tech is the hare, but the hare isn't going to be caught napping anytime soon. If you are reading this and are a regular visitor to PhoneDog.com, I bet at least some part of you feels like I do.
So, what is a guy like me to do? Unless I want to shell out a wad of cash for a phone at retail price, I can't have the best goodies. Nope, my carrier has me in the headlock that is its two year agreement. Not only do I have the better part of that two year agreement remaining, I'm subject to the newest form of quasi-indentured servitude that is the advanced device early termination fee. It's hard to imagine at this point, but it's probably true that the pace of mobile tech advancement will continue at a dizzying pace and eight months from today I'll look back at one of Aaron or Noah's top five lists and wonder what they were thinking when the Evo or the Incredible was crowned as the best phone on the market. I suppose the prudent thing would be to take a step back and try to enjoy the Eris and not take its great features and functionality for granted because it doesn't have the latest Super AMOLED display or Snapdragon processor. I could even try to poke fun at the expense of those who have one of these new 'super devices' because my battery life is better than theirs (that's literally the only ammunition I've got...), but I don't think I could hide my jealousy for more than a second or two. No, I'll do my best to enjoy my Eris until the sweetness of upgrade pricing with a new two year contract beckons again....
Anyone feel my pain? Better yet, anyone eligible for an upgrade, but continue to hold out for the next best phone (torturous, huh...)? How long will you wait? Let me know in the comments how you deal with techno-lust.


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The request being complied with he clawed them up with a scrape.
— Have you seen the rock of Gibraltar? Mr Bloom inquired.
The sailor grimaced, chewing, in a way that might be read as yes, ay or no.
— Ah, you've touched there too, Mr Bloom said, Europa point, thinking he had, in the hope that the rover might possibly by some reminiscences but he failed to do so, simply letting spirt a jet of spew into the sawdust, and shook his head with a sort of lazy scorn.
— What year would that be about? Mr B interrogated. Can you recall the boats?
Our soi-disant sailor munched heavily awhile hungrily before answering:
— I'm tired of all them rocks in the sea, he said, and boats and ships. Salt junk all the time.
Tired seemingly, he ceased. His questioner perceiving that he was not likely to get a great deal of change out of such a wily old customer, fell to woolgathering on the enormous dimensions of the water about the globe, suffice it to say that, as a casual glance at the map revealed, it covered fully three fourths of it and he fully realised accordingly what it meant to rule the waves. On more than one occasion, a dozen at the lowest, near the North Bull at Dollymount he had remarked a superannuated old salt, evidently derelict, seated habitually near the not particularly redolent sea on the wall, staring quite obliviously at it and it at him, dreaming of fresh woods and pastures new as someone somewhere sings. And it left him wondering why. Possibly he had tried to find out the secret for himself, floundering up and down the antipodes and all that sort of thing and over and under, well, not exactly under, tempting the fates. And the odds were twenty to nil there was really no secret about it at all. Nevertheless, without going into the minutiae of the business, the eloquent fact remained that the sea was there in all its glory and in the natural course of things somebody or other had to sail on it and fly in the face of providence though it merely went to show how people usually contrived to load that sort of onus on to the other fellow like the hell idea and the lottery and insurance which were run on identically the same lines so that for that very reason if no other lifeboat Sunday was a highly laudable institution to which the public at large, no matter where living inland or seaside, as the case might be, having it brought home to them like that should extend its gratitude also to the harbourmasters and coastguard service who had to man the rigging and push off and out amid the elements whatever the season when duty called Ireland expects that every man and so on and sometimes had a terrible time of it in the wintertime not forgetting the Irish lights, Kish and others, liable to capsize at any moment, rounding which he once with his daughter had experienced some remarkably choppy, not to say stormy, weather.
— There was a fellow sailed with me in the Rover, the old seadog, himself a rover, proceeded, went ashore and took up a soft job as gentleman's valet at six quid a month. Them are his trousers I've on me and he gave me an oilskin and that jackknife. I'm game for that job, shaving and brushup. I hate roaming about. There's my son now, Danny, run off to sea and his mother got him took in a draper's in Cork where he could be drawing easy money.
— What age is he? queried one hearer who, by the way, seen from the side, bore a distant resemblance to Henry Campbell, the townclerk, away from the carking cares of office, unwashed of course and in a seedy getup and a strong suspicion of nosepaint about the nasal appendage.
— Why, the sailor answered with a slow puzzled utterance, my son, Danny? He'd be about eighteen now, way I figure it.
The Skibbereen father hereupon tore open his grey or unclean anyhow shirt with his two hands and scratched away at his chest on which was to be seen an image tattooed in blue Chinese ink intended to represent an anchor.
— There was lice in that bunk in Bridgwater, he remarked, sure as nuts. I must get a wash tomorrow or next day. It's them black lads I objects to. I hate those buggers. Suck your blood dry, they does.
Seeing they were all looking at his chest he accommodatingly dragged his shirt more open so that on top of the timehonoured symbol of the mariner's hope and rest they had a full view of the figure 16 and a young man's sideface looking frowningly rather.
— Tattoo, the exhibitor explained. That was done when we were Iying becalmed off Odessa in the Black Sea under Captain Dalton. Fellow, the name of Antonio, done that. There he is himself, a Greek.
— Did it hurt much doing it? one asked the sailor.
That worthy, however, was busily engaged in collecting round the. Someway in his. Squeezing or.
— See here, he said, showing Antonio. There he is cursing the mate. And there he is now, he added, the same fellow, pulling the skin with his fingers, some special knack evidently, and he laughing at a yarn.
And in point of fact the young man named Antonio's livid face did actually look like forced smiling and the curious effect excited the unreserved admiration of everybody including Skin-the-Goat, who this time stretched over.
— Ay, ay, sighed the sailor, looking down on his manly chest. He's gone too. Ate by sharks after. Ay, ay.
He let go of the skin so that the profile resumed the normal expression of before.
— Neat bit of work, one longshoreman said.
— And what's the number for? loafer number two queried.
— Eaten alive? a third asked the sailor.
— Ay, ay, sighed again the latter personage, more cheerily this time with some sort of a half smile for a brief duration only in the direction of the questioner about the number. Ate. A Greek he was.
And then he added with rather gallowsbird humour considering his alleged end:
— As bad as old Antonio, For he left me on my ownio.
The face of a streetwalker glazed and haggard under a black straw hat peered askew round the door of the shelter palpably reconnoitring on her own with the object of bringing more grist to her mill. Mr Bloom, scarcely knowing which way to look, turned away on the moment flusterfied but outwardly calm, and, picking up from the table the pink sheet of the Abbey street organ which the jarvey, if such he was, had laid aside, he picked it up and looked at the pink of the paper though why pink. His reason for so doing was he recognised on the moment round the door the same face he had caught a fleeting glimpse of that afternoon on Ormond quay, the partially idiotic female, namely, of the lane who knew the lady in the brown costume does be with you (Mrs B.) and begged the chance of his washing. Also why washing which seemed rather vague than not, your washing. Still candour compelled him to admit he had washed his wife's undergarments when soiled in Holles street and women would and did too a man's similar garments initialled with Bewley and Draper's marking ink (hers were, that is) if they really loved him, that is to say, love me, love my dirty shirt. Still just then, being on tenterhooks, he desired the female's room more than her company so it came as a genuine relief when the keeper made her a rude sign to take herself off. Round the side of the Evening Telegraph he just caught a fleeting glimpse of her face round the side of the door with a kind of demented glassy grin showing that she was not exactly all there, viewing with evident amusement the group of gazers round skipper Murphy's nautical chest and then there was no more of her.
— The gunboat, the keeper said.
— It beats me, Mr Bloom confided to Stephen, medically I am speaking, how a wretched creature like that from the Lock hospital reeking with disease can be barefaced enough to solicit or how any man in his sober senses, if he values his health in the least. Unfortunate creature! Of course I suppose some man is ultimately responsible for her condition. Still no matter what the cause is from . . .
Stephen had not noticed her and shrugged his shoulders, merely remarking:
— In this country people sell much more than she ever had and do a roaring trade. Fear not them that sell the body but have not power to buy the soul. She is a bad merchant. She buys dear and sells cheap.
The elder man, though not by any manner of means an old maid or a prude, said it was nothing short of a crying scandal that ought to be put a stop to instanter to say that women of that stamp (quite apart from any oldmaidish squeamishness on the subject), a necessary evil, w ere not licensed and medically inspected by the proper authorities, a thing, he could truthfully state, he, as a paterfamilias, was a stalwart advocate of from the very first start. Whoever embarked on a policy of the sort, he said, and ventilated the matter thoroughly would confer a lasting boon on everybody concerned.
— You as a good catholic, he observed, talking of body and soul, believe in the soul. Or do you mean the intelligence, the brainpower as such, as distinct from any outside object, the table, let us say, that cup. I believe in that myself because it has been explained by competent men as the convolutions of the grey matter. Otherwise we would never have such inventions as X rays, for instance. Do you?
Thus cornered, Stephen had to make a superhuman effort of memory to try and concentrate and remember before he could say:
— They tell me on the best authority it is a simple substance and therefore incorruptible. It would be immortal, I understand, but for the possibility of its annihilation by its First Cause Who, from all I can hear, is quite capable of adding that to the number of His other practical jokes, corruptio per se and corruptio per accidens both being excluded by court etiquette.
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April 29, 30, May 1
30 - Saturday, May Day Celebration at the Templeton Fish and Game Club, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Make May baskets and Dance around the May Pole. Admission $2.00 – 200 Club Rd., E. Templeton MA - www.templetonfishandgame.org.
30, Saturday – Primrose Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden – 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Most people probably know Primroses as the ubiquitous potted plants with bright pastel flowers that land in every garden center and grocery store in February and March to brighten winter's darkest days. However, few gardeners are aware of the amazing versatility in the genus Primula, and the wonderful contribution these plants can make to the home landscape.
There are actually more than 450 species of Primula in the wild, ranging in height from a few millimeters to over a meter tall, and their flowers can be red, blue-purple, yellow, white, and all shades in between. They are attractive to gardeners for their early spring bloom and adaptability to garden and greenhouse cultivation. Many are especially adaptable to shade and rock garden environments. 10am–2pm and 3:30–5pm: Plant sales
10:30am–5pm: View the judged Primula exhibition 2–3:30pm: Lecture "From Early Beginnings", Ian Christie, Christie's Nursery, Kirriemuir, Scotland – 11 French Dr., Boylston MA 508-869-6111 www.towerhillbg.org
30 – Saturday, Spring Fling Dinner Dance with Vappu Flavor – 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. "Vappu" is a national spring holiday in Finland for students (in their white caps) and workers, who celebrate with brightly colored balloons, pom-poms, noise makers, whistles, etc., making for a carnival- or festival-like atmosphere. A fun night is planned for Saturday, April 30, at the Finnish Center at Saima Park, with appetizers at 6, a smorgasbord of hot and cold dinner selections at 7, and dancing to the music of the Central Mass Accordion Club until 10 p.m. Tickets are $15.00. Bruce Blais will offer a pre-party dance lesson at 5:30. Reserve by calling Mauri or Laila at 978-827-4387 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Saima Park is located at 67 Scott Rd. in Fitchburg.
30, 1 – Saturday and Sunday - Art Workshop: Introduction to Digital Photography with Norm Eggert – 10:00 a.m.-4:00p.m. Fruitlands Museum - Learn how to take pictures like a pro! Photographer Norm Eggert leads beginning and intermediate students through the essentials for capturing stunning pictures in the two-day introductory digital photography workshop. Students will learn some basic concepts needed to take great photographs: composition, lighting, and balance as well as key features of a DSLR camera. Students will then venture out into the Fruitlands campus to photograph the grounds and learn to see with a photographer's eye through one-on-one coaching and group tutorials. At the end of day two, students will share their best works in a group critique that will include tips for exercising newly acquired skills after the workshop is complete. Space is limited. To register, contact email@example.com
or call (978) 456-3924, ext. 239. www.fruitlands.org
30, Saturday – Cinco de Mayo Rail Jam at Wachusett Mountain Ski Area- 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Join us for the 4th Annual Cinco de Mayo Rail Jam. This epic event gives skiers and riders one more chance to dazzle on the rails before summer break finally kicks in. $10.00- www.wachusett.com
30, Saturday – Arbor Day Celebration at Garden in the Woods, 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
180 Hemenway Rd., Framingham, - Come to Garden in the Woods for a family day to celebrate native trees. There will be children's games, art projects, guided tours, tree-climbing demonstrations, an arborist truck, workshops on planting and pruning, and a native plant sale. Five hundred trees will be given away, on a first-come, first-served basis. Adults age 18-64, $12; seniors, $9; youth age 3-17, $6. 508-877-7630 www.newenglandwild.org
1, Sunday – Historical Piano Concert featuring Randall Love, - 4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Historical Piano Concert featuring Randall Love, piano, at Ashburnham Community Church, 84 Main Street (Rte.12) Ashburnham. Preludes and fugues by J.S. Bach, Mozart and Clementi, A Capriccio by Clementi, a Nocturne by Field, and Beethoven's "Tempest" Sonata. Piano by Katholnig, Vienna, c.1805-1810. Admission $10; children and students, free. Visit frederickcollection.org.
30, 1 Saturday and Sunday –MET: Elektra, 1:00 p.m. Peterborough Players – Strauss Shortly after conquering the opera world with his scandalous masterpiece Salome, Richard Strauss turned to Hugo von Hofmannsthal's recent adaptation of Sophocles's Electra for his next project. The resulting opera is an intense and still-startling work that unites the commanding impact of Greek tragedy with the unsettling insights of early-20th-century Freudian psychology. The drama unfolds in a single act of rare vocal and orchestral power. The genius director Patrice Chéreau (From the House of the Dead) didn't live to see his great Elektra production, previously presented in Aix and Milan, make it to the stage of the Met. But his overpowering vision lives on with soprano Nina Stemme — who portrays Elektra's primal quest. Presented on-screen in brilliant HD Digital projection and Dolby® Surround Sound. $25.00, www.peterboroughplayers.org
1, Sunday – New England Vegfest – 11:00-a.m. – 5:00p.m. DCU Center, Worcester - The New England VegFest is a free festival that brings the local community together to celebrate vegetarianism: an animal-friendly, environmentally sustainable, and healthy lifestyle. 50 Foster St., Worcester MA - For more information, visit the website www.newenglandvegfest.com, 508-755-6800, email@example.com
1, Sunday – Demo and book signing: Food, Gift, Love by Maggie Battista, 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Tower Hill Botanical Garden, Maggie Battista, food-gift guru and founder of Eat Boutique, will demonstrate how to make madeleines, a sweet treat included in her book, Food Gift Love. She'll also offer creative guidance on how to wrap food gifts with style, just in time for Mother's Day. Event is free with admission, Pre-registration required. 11 French Dr., Boylston MA - www.towerhillbg.org -774-230-7153


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I woke up earlier this morning and I wasn't sure what to write about. People want to read about politics, tax rates, the economy, crime, celebrities and the latest fad diet. If I add a few controversial remarks to the mix I may get thousands of comments forming the spectrum of divided public opinion. That's not where I am today. We all know what's going on and if you don't know, a simple Google search will lead you to the information you seek. If you want to think about something a little different then read on.
This article is about bunnies.
Yes. I'm talking about rabbits, hares, fluffy animals with big floppy ears and bushy tails. But bear with me for a moment. Perhaps there is more to bunnies than you thought. Your associations may have a lot to say. If you think of a rabbit, is he black, white, grey or spotted? Is he real or animated? Is he a he or in fact a she? What does all of that mean? That's the psychological part of it. Ask a Neo-Freudian. Or do another Google search about mental associations.
Rabbits represent various cultures and symbols. If you're innocent-minded enough (or under the age of six) you may think of a grey mischievous fellow who runs around chewing carrots and asking "What's up Doc?" Perhaps you imagine small caged animals at pet shops or their cousins with more freedom in bunny parks. If you live in a rural community, wild hares are those scruffy things that you try not to run over whilst driving at night and if you plant crops, they help themselves by nibbling on your harvest when you're not around. They can be a nuisance, cute or even repulsively smelly. If you're the owner of a Chinese restaurant, these creatures form part of your menu. They also represent a year in Chinese astrology. Rabbits procreate at an incredible rate. Hence, there's the saying "shagging like rabbits". The obvious symbol for that is the Playboy Bunny. Let's also not forget those chronically depressed beings from the Bunny Suicides that have caused many of us to "LOL".
My point is that one silly little symbol can hold many different connotations. Your haasie is not the same as my unogwaja. People's thoughts and ideas are different. The social and cultural circumstances we grew up in vary. Our ideas can either come together to form something bigger out of mutual interest and understanding or we can spend the next few hours, days, years or even decades bickering about which bunny is better. None of them is better. You cannot compare a sex symbol to a Loony Tunes icon or a child's fuzzy friend to those floating bits of brown meat in your soup. Seldom do we argue about bunnies. It seems trivial and childish. But are we hypocrites? Read through some of the articles and commentary online today. Listen to people's conversations. The bunnies are only a part of it. Rabbits can represent you and the way we interact with them in society may have much say about us. Are we cruel, kind, oblivious, apathetic, aware or influenced by mass media and consumerism?
I think bunnies are important. What do you think?
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San Juan Island National Historical Park's English Camp visitor center will close July 13-14 and possibly July 15 to accommodate paving of the park entrance road and parking area. Meanwhile, the American Camp visitor center entrance road and parking area will close for two hours each day, also on July13-14, for chip sealing.
The paving projects are being done by The Federal Highways Administration through Granite Northwest and Richard Lawson Construction, according to park maintenance foreman Ken Arzarian.
"This type of work has to be done during the warm and dry season which, unfortunately, is during our busiest time of year," Arzarian said. The work is scheduled so as not to interfere with Encampment 2010, English Camp's busiest day of the year set for July 31, he added.
The English Camp entrance road is scheduled to be graded on Monday July 12, but will remain open for traffic. On Tuesday crews will commence spreading oil on road and parking area surfaces that will require 24 hours to set up, Arzarian said. The first of two layers of chips will be laid on Wednesday, followed by a second on Thursday.
"It is possible the road could be open later on Thursday but it may not be until Friday," Arzarian said.
The American Camp visitor center parking will be cleared of all vehicles for the two-hour closures on Tuesday and Wednesday for laying oil and gravel. The visitor center will remain open, however, as will park grounds and parking areas at Fourth of July Beach, Jakle's Lagoon/Mt. Finlayson and South Beach. Visitor center parking will be available at the end of the Redoubt Road, located off Pickett's Lane.
For information on the closures and special access at American Camp, please call (360) 378-2240, ext. 2228/2229


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This course continues ASIANLAN 201, and is conducted primarily in Chinese. It develops students' aural-oral proficiency and elevates their reading and writing ability. Lectures on grammar, classroom exercises/discussion, oral presentations, and regular quizzes/tests cover all four areas of proficiency (listening, speaking, reading and writing).
By the completing of ASIANLAN 202, students should be able to read and write approximately 600 new characters, they can use the language to speculate at length about some abstract topics such as how changes in history or the course of human events would have affected his or her life or civilization. Students can better integrate appropriate cultural and historical references in his or her speech.
Course Requirements:
Attendance, vocabulary quizzes, homework, chapter tests, final exam, oral presentation, class participation
Intended Audience:
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Product details
- Key documents
- Features and benefits
- About the Trustee Investment Plan
- How the Trustee Investment Plan Works for client income
- Investment information
- Charges and discounts
Key documents
Client guides
Features and benefits
- Fund options to suit different attitudes to risk and objectives that aren't available through platforms. Our With-Profits Fund and PruFund Funds can provide a balance to higher risk or illiquid assets which may be held in the Scheme, together with growth potential.
- As an alternative to holding large cash balances in a trustee's bank account, the Trustee Investment Plan offers the potential for real growth which could help against the effects of inflation.
- Allows trustees of SIPPs and Occupational Schemes outside of Prudential to invest in our With-Profits Fund and PruFund range of funds.
- Guarantee options on our PruFund Protected Funds help provide added security, at an extra cost.
- Regular, partial and full withdrawals. Regular withdrawal facility can provide income (subject to limits) without the need to sell or release funds from other assets held in the scheme which may be less accessible, such as property investments.
- Income flows could help cover payments and costs, such as drawdown payments, loan repayments, and any ongoing costs and charges within the scheme.
- A Fund Size Discount is applied to the Annual Management Charge depending on the size of the fund.
- An additional 0.025% Annual Management Charge discount offer available on new business single premiums between £150,000 - £249,999.
- Additional 0.05% Annual Management Charge discount offer available on new business single premiums of £250K and above.
The value of an investment can go down as well as up. Your client could get back less than they paid in.
About the Trustee Investment Plan
Our Trustee Investment Plan is for Trustees of UK registered Occupational Pension Schemes and Self Invested Personal Pension Schemes (SIPPs). It allows Trustees to invest in our range of funds – to grow investments over the medium to long term.
Investments from SIPPs will be set up for a named individual – known as a "member designated" plan. Other UK registered Occupational Pension Schemes can also designate the plan to an individual member if they wish to do so. However, plans can only be member designated at the start of the plan. Clients can only access the With-Profits Fund if the plan is member designated.
For member designated plans:
- You can only invest in the With-Profits Fund if the member is under age 85.
- You cannot choose a PruFund Fund if the member is aged 98 or over.
- You cannot choose a PruFund Protected Fund with a guarantee term that ends on or after the member's 99th birthday.
Who can invest?
Trustees of UK registered Occupational Pension Schemes, including Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS) and deferred arrangements
Trustees of Self-Invested Personal Pension Schemes (SIPPs)
- Minimum initial investment: £20,000
- Minimum additional investment: £10,000
- Additional investments will be set up as a new TIP
Maximum investment is normally £1,000,000. We may accept higher value contributions on request.
For plans set up from 7 November 2011, there is no set investment term. For plans set up before this date, Selected Investment Term (SIT) applies.
Trustees can:
Cash in the plan at any time.
Take regular withdrawals from the first anniversary of the plan; monthly, quarterly, six-monthly or annually (with a maximum limit of 7.5% per year of original investment. Reduced if subsequent partial withdrawals taken).
Take a partial withdrawal (providing the withdrawal exceeds £1,000 and £1,000 is left in the plan).
Full and partial withdrawals may incur a MVR.
See the Key Features Document (PDF) for more information.
How the Trustee Investment Plan Works for client income
Using Trustee Investment Plan for drawdown
A TIP can be used within a Self-Invested Pension Plan (SIPP) to meet a client's income drawdown requirements.
For example, a client with a SIPP could use TIP to provide their income drawdown payments. This allows the client to invest remaining funds within the SIPP or other investments that suit their needs and attitude to risk.
Investing in PruFund to provide income
Within a TIP, funds can be invested in PruFund (PDF) to help provide an income. The Net Expected Growth Rate (EGR) can help cover drawdown payments.
The Capped Drawdown GAD can help with calculations relating to income drawdown.
Investment information
Fund options
The Trustee Investment Plan (TIP) offers access to a broad range of funds, which includes Prudential's Multi-Asset funds – With-Profits Fund and PruFund range of funds – which are managed by the Prudential Portfolio Management Group Ltd (PPMG Ltd), experts in asset allocation and multi-asset fund management.
Fund choices can be changed at any time. The trustee can select to invest in a maximum of six funds under each TIP plan. Note each PruFund & SafeGuard fund counts as two funds - see the Key Features document (PDF) for more.
For plans set up from 7 Nov 2011, there is flexibility to invest for as long as required.
The PruFund range of funds and With-Profits Fund
The Trustee Investment Plan allows trustees of SIPPs and Occupational Schemes outside of Prudential to invest in our PruFund range of funds and With-Profits Fund.
These multi-asset funds are not available through platforms.
These funds:
offer smoothed returns that provide growth potential and which could help against the effects of inflation
offer an alternative option for medium to long-term investments to a trustee bank account that may be attracting low rates of interest
offer fund options that suit different attitudes to risk and objectives
offer guarantee options that provide added security
provide a balance to higher risk investments in the Scheme
Find out more about the PruFund range of funds (PDF).
Find out more about the With-Profits fund (PDF).
Other funds
Access additional internally and externally managed funds, which offer a range of assets to suit differing client needs.
Find out more about fund availability (PDF).
Find out more about the performance of the funds.
In an uncertain economic climate, clients may look for additional security for their investment. To address this, we offer guarantee options within our TIP.
PruFund guarantees
We offer guarantees for the PruFund Protected Cautious Fund and PruFund Protected Growth Fund . At the end of the selected guarantee term the fund will be worth at least the amount your client invested (subject to charges, enhancements or withdrawals).
For more detail on how the guarantee works, please see the PruFund Range of Funds: Guarantee Option (PDF).
With-Profits Fund guarantees
For investments in the With-Profits Fund, we offer a Market Value Reduction-free guarantee on any regular withdrawals or on death.
For plans set up before 7 November 2011, we guarantee not to apply an MVR when the plan is cashed in at the end of the Selected Investment Term.
Charges and discounts
The main charges are :
- Annual Management Charge (AMC)
- charges for guarantees (if any are taken)
- Fund switching charges (only applicable to pre-28 April 2014 plans)
- Adviser charges (a set-up charge and ongoing charges, if agreed with your client
Annual Management Charge
We will take a charge every year for managing the plan and investments. The amount charged will depend on the funds your client invests in.
- PruFund Funds: the AMC is deducted as a percentage of the units every month. Note that if a client has only invested in a PruFund Fund for part of a month, we still take a full month's charge.
- With-Profits Fund: the AMC depends on the Fund performance - in particular, the investment return and our expenses. We currently expect this charge to be about 1.30% a year based on the assumption that future investment returns from the Fund will be 5% per year.
Further information on how much we charge for each fund can be found in the TIP Fund Guide (PDF) which you can share with clients.
Discounts on the AMC are available depending on the size of funds.
Fund Size Discount
For plans started on or after 28 April 2014 we apply a Fund Size Discount on the Annual Management Charge (AMC):
Fund Size
|AMC discount
Less than £50,000
£50,000 - £99,999
£100,000 - £149,999
£150,000 and over
The discount to the AMC will apply to the whole of the investment , not just the portion above the threshold levels.
A further 0.025%* is deducted from the AMC for new business single premiums of £150,000 to £249,999.
A further 0.05%* is deducted from the AMC for new business single premiums of £250,000 and over.
* These additional discounts on top of the Fund Size Discount only apply to new business single premiums (existing plans do not count towards the £150,000 and £250,000 thresholds)
For more information on Fund Size Discounts see the Fast Facts Document (PDF).
Fund switching charges
Your clients can choose to invest in a maximum of six funds under each TIP plan. For plans set up on or after 28 April 2014, we currently don't charge for switching between funds. For plans set up before 28 April 2014, the first two switches in any 12-month period are free, and are £25 per switch thereafter.
For full details please refer to the Policy Document (PDF) or to request a switch, please complete the Investment Alteration Form (PDF).
Guarantee charges
Find out more about the charges for guarantee terms available for
Market Value Reduction
For investments in the With-Profits Fund, an MVR may apply if the client withdraws funds, switches funds or if the plan is cashed in. However, we offer an MVR-free guarantee:
on any regular withdrawals
on death*
for plans taken out before 7 November 2011, when cashed in at the end of the Selected Investment Term
*Investments in the With-Profits Fund are only available if the TIP has been set up for a named individual upon death - 'member designated'.
Adviser Charges
Adviser charges are broken down into:
Set-up Adviser Charges: agreed between you and your client as a % of initial investment; or fixed monetary amount. Cannot exceed 10% of the premium
Ongoing Adviser Charges: agreed between you and your client as a % of total plan value. Cannot exceed 1.25% of the value of the fund in any plan year
Adviser charges must be in accordance with HMRC rules and will be tested to ensure they do not exceed the relevant limit for the TIP.
Find out more about adviser charging and limits in the Fast Facts document (PDF).


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In Part 1 of the Configure PSC HA in vSphere 6.5 series, we looked at how to configure certificates for the PSC appliances. We first generated the CSR, got it signed by a Microsoft Root CA and then replaced it on both the PSCs participating in the HA configuration.
In today's post, we will be taking a look at how to configure the Load Balancer for the Platform Services Controller High Availability solution.
For the demonstration purposes, I will be using Citrix's Netscaler Load Balancer. VMware officially supports only three Load Balancer as seen below.
- F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer.
- Citrix Netscaler Load Balancer.
- NSX Edge Load Balancer.
In my lab, I am using Netscaler VPX Express version which can be downloaded from here and you can also get a one-year free license which covers the Load Balancer as well.
Therefore, it is an amazing solution that can be used in your home lab if you are preparing for any of the VMware's certifications.
Once you complete the download of the Citrix VPX Express appliance, import it as an OVF, configure the appliance. It will ask you two IP addresses, one is the management IP address and the other is the Subnet IP Address.
In my case, the management IP address is 192.168.1.215/24 and the subnet IP address is 192.168.1.216/24. The Virtual IP address for the Load Balancer is going to be 192.168.1.217/24.
Bear in mind that the Virtual IP address is one that needs to be resolvable to the FQDN of the Load Balancer using the DNS server.
Therefore in my case, the FQDN is PSC-LB.lab.local is pointing to the IP 192,168.1.217.
To start configuring the Netscaler Load Balancer, login to the Web Browser using the Management IP address and the default username and password is nsroot.
Once logged in, we need to perform the below steps in the exact same order to make it easy and super fast without any hiccups.
- Add Platform Services controllers in the Load Balancer.
- Add Services for the Platform Services Controllers.
- Create Virtual Servers for the Services.
- Create a Persistency Group.
Note: Some of the Load Balancing features have to be enabled. If you see a yellow exclamation mark, right click on that feature and select Enable Feature.
Add Platform Services controllers in the Load Balancer for PSC HA
First navigate to Configuration > Traffic Management > Load Balancing > Servers.
Click on Add. Provide the FQDN of the first Platform Service Controller Node along with the IP Address and click on Create.
Similarly, add the second Platform Services Controller node as well.
The final result should be as seen below with both the PSCs added and enabled.
Adding Services for the Platform Services Controllers
There is a total of 6 services that we need to create for each Platform Services Controller node.
Navigate to Configuration > Traffic Management > Load Balancing > Services
Click on Add. Fill the details as shown below.
- Name: PSC65-A-443
- Server: PSC65-A.lab.local
- Protocol: TCP
- Port: 443
Click on Create to finish creating the service for that port.
Similarly create the services for the ports 389, 636, 2012, 2014 and 2020 for both PSCs. The final result should something like below.
Note: Make sure that you have a total of 12 services created for both the PSCs.
Create Virtual Servers
The nest step is to create Virtual Servers for the services that we added in the previous step.
Navigate to Configuration > Traffic Management > Load Balancing > Virtual Servers. Click Add.
Provide a Name, IP Address of the Load Balancer, select the Protocol as TCP and Port as 443. Select both the services related to port 443 created earlier.
Click on Create to finish creating the Virtual Server.
Follow the exact same steps and create Virtual Server for ports 389, 636, 2012, 2014 and 2020.
Create a Persistency Group
Navigate to Configuration > Traffic Management > Load Balancing > Persistency Groups. Click Add.
Provide a Group Name, select the Persistence as SOURCEIP, select Time-out as 1440.
In the Virtual Server Name and then click the + button. Click the > button to move all six PSC VIPs to the Configured pane.
This completes the Netscaler Load Balancer configuration for PSC HA in vSphere 6.5.
In the next post, we will look at how to configure the PSC appliances to apply the changes and add/repoint the vCenter Server appliances to the load balancer.
I hope this has been informative and thank you for reading!


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September 8, 2013: Lesson 2
Genesis 1-2; 5:1-2
God's Image: God Meets our need for relationships
[Key Verse: Gen 2:18] Then the Lord God said, I will make him a helper that is perfect for him.
By Rev. Dr. John Brantley
Order in the Cosmos
There are clearly two accounts of God's work of creation in Genesis. The first is focused on order. The clear process and development of life from chaos and darkness is transformed through divine light and goodness. It is the process that reveals the relationship of interdependence of all creation.
Wind and Spirit, light and dark, day and night, sky and sea, plants and planets, stars and seasons, creatures of the water and air, with those on the land declare God's order of formation and development, with the pinnacle reflecting God's image in humanity. Our place is linked directly in the order of creation. Our purpose is to reflect God's orderly work of multiplication.
God is the author of math and science, of geology and physics, of order and relationship. Gen. 1.27+ defines multiplication of God's work as the creator's prescription for our work. All the parts and pieces develop in a process. Without the connective tissue all the parts of creation are chaos and emptiness. The image God reflects is an ordered relationship.
Generational Context
The second account begins with the concept of a generation. This would be the span of time, era or epoch when the cycle of life begins, fades and renews as a new generation. Verse 2.4 clearly reveals heaven and earth created in multiple generations. The heart of the passage is that God is the agent of decision and cause. Before there were seasons and structures, there was God making the plans and design.
Human beings are part of that creative process and product that is filled with God's plan and breath. We are caused into existence with purpose and responsibility. Both of these tasks are given from one generation to the next. The formation of a garden is intentional. A garden without plan or tending is wilderness and chaos. God designs a garden for multiple people over various periods of time.
We have the practice of naming introduced in creative work. Our naming of family and those we cherish, assumes a deeper relationship. Humanity and creation are named that we might share from one generation to the next the foundational order and purpose given to us. That God designs for us a life of relationship, in a context of connected relationships, that is to be shared over time. The bottle line: God planned for us to be together and designed for it to be lived together through time.
Refinement of the Relationship
If the awesomeness of creation and its beautiful interconnectedness are not enough to reveal God's work and purpose there comes the first rule. The tree in the middle of the garden is a single contrast for the meaning of our relationship. Imagine God designs a full buffet of food and says; don't eat the butter in the middle of your plate. Steak, blue cheese, lobster, yeast rolls and cheesecake: The rest is yours. The butter is off limits. Not the butter! Why would God do that?
The setting of boundaries, the defining of the holy and profane, and the division of good and evil are God's way of explaining the relationship. Not so much as of a test or list, rather to give tangible ways to know the type of relationship God wants for us. By not eating the butter we would acknowledge that we trust God's design, we want what God wants for us, and we know God has our best interest at the heart of our relationship. Thankfully it was a tree in the center of the garden and not a pot of drawn butter. It is my cardiologist that liked the butter idea.
God's Likeness
The fifth chapter of Genesis begins with the affirmation that God's purpose and order for both creation and us is a God determined relationship. We reflect God's image when we reflect the order God reveals. We don't have to show God's image. We visit the tree in the middle of the garden and call it ours to enjoy. It is then that we are out of relationship.
What is God like? If God's likeness is in our relationship does the world have God's answer or our answer? God has invested everything in us to answer this question for one another and ourselves. Is there order in our church, home and lives or chaos? Are we trusting God design to be connected or separated? God has been clear about trusting us with God's the relationship. The task is to response with responsibility, grace and devotion.
Faithful Daily Actions:
Easy: Take a look at the stars at night and marvel at their consistency and order. Examine a flower and wonder at its simplicity and complexity. Give thanks to God for the beauty and order around us.
Challenge: Reflect on the parts of your life that are in chaos. Money, family or health might be easy places to start. What does God want you to reflect from your faith relationship? Start today to get things in order and let God's design shine through you.
Suggested for Singing: For the Beauty of the Earth, Hymn of Promise
Prayer: God who brings life into darkness order our lives and let your light shine through us. Show us your ways of being in relationship with one another. Amen.
Rev. Dr. John Brantley is an elder serving the Jackson UMC in Jackson, Georgia and shares his weekly sermon notes at http://www.mysundaysermons.com.
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Since starting my writing journey I've found one of the most difficult things to do is inject feeling into the words. A lot of the time they're just words and unless you can feel things along with the character then it's just a waste of time. I've read lots of books that have made me laugh out loud and cry and these are the books I've enjoyed most, proving my point.
This afternoon I've been writing my poem for Prose for Thought tomorrow and was struggling a little. I couldn't make the right words appear on the screen. I really thought the block had arrived and I wasn't going to be able to get anything done. I paused for a while and thought about it, took a break and came back. When I did the words were there, waiting for me to hit the keyboard. I tapped away and before I knew it there was a poem staring back at me.
I have read, on many occasions, about writers being moved to tears by their characters or just sobbing while writing passages. Always thinking it was a bit ridiculous I never imagined that it would happen to me but as I read through my poem tears trickled down my face. How extraordinary!
The poem I wrote is meant to be sad but it doesn't come from any experience I've had myself and yet I cried. Real tears. It has unnerved me a little, I mean, do people really do that?! Usually I can keep check of any emotions while writing, I acknowledge them but don't let them out. This one though, blindsided me. Is this the beginning of me laughing at myself and punching something when a character gets angry? Am I entering a whole new phase of the writing journey in which I slowly go insane while talking to fictional people?
As a writer have you ever been surprised by your own words? Have you made yourself laugh or cry?
If you'd like to read my poem I'll be posting it tomorrow and linking it up to Victoria Welton's #Prose4T (Prose for Thought).


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AFTER A PAROXYSM of racial viciousness at the Laugh Factory last week, Michael Richards, the 57-year-old comedian who played Kramer on "Seinfeld," explained to David Letterman and his "Late Night" audience Monday: "I'm not a racist. That's what's so insane about this."
Richards' shattered demeanor and heartfelt repentance leaves us with what I shall call Kramer's Conundrum: How can someone who spews racial epithets genuinely believe he is not a racist? The answer is to be found in the difference between our conscious and unconscious attitudes and our public and private thoughts.
Consciously and publicly, Richards is probably not a racist. But unconsciously and privately, he is. So am I. So are you.
Consciously and publicly, most of us are colorblind. And most of us, most of the time, believe and act on that cultural requisite. You'd have to be insane to publicly utter racist remarks in today's society ... or temporarily insane, which both science and the law recognize as sometimes being triggered by anger.


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The Christmas tree that I had no intention of taking down, finally has met its end. Good news! There is an afterlife, somewhere in our town it will be living a new life as mulch. The whole tradition of the tree is a bit odd. The tree farms, the painting (I am strictly against painted tress, that is just going too far), the shipping of trees around the country all for them to be hanging onto life inside some house for round about a month. Decorated, lit up, celebrated, holder of presents, giver of wonderful pine aroma, only to be dumped back outside and abandoned. Weird. I was sad to see it go, and will happily go through the whole strange process again next year. The decorations are put away and Christmas is officially over in the Ford household. But not before we tested Mason out as a contender for next years tree. He doesn't smell as nice, but he sure looks festive.
I have tried many, many, MANY, different hummus recipes and it turns out the easiest one is the best. You have got to make this. Enough said. Here you go, you can thank me later.
New Vegetarian Cooking
Rose Elliot
1 15-ounce can Chickpeas(Garbanzo beans)
2 cloves of garlic
Juice of 1 lemon
sea salt (or regular salt)
4 TBsp Tahini (Sesame paste)
Drain a 15-ounce can of Chickpeas, reserving the liquid
Process chickpeas in food processor with garlic, lemon juice and a little salt until the mixture is smooth as possible, adding a little of the chickpea liquid if necessary.
Add 4 Tablespoons of Tahini and process again until gloriously smooth and creamy, adding more liquid as you go-you probably won't need it all.
Taste it. Add more salt if needed.
Serve in a bowl or spread out on a plate. Sprinkle with a little paprika or drizzle some olive oil on top-if your into that kind of thing.
That's it!
Mix in if you like:
artichoke hearts (I add a few in while processing, and then stir in a bunch of chopped artichokes at the end)
toasted pine nuts
roasted red pepper (I would do it the same way as the artichokes)
roasted garlic
Eat it with toasted pita chips, tortilla chips, crackers, pretzels, or maybe assorted veggies if your feeling healthy.
USE IT AS A SANDWICH SPREAD! Good-bye Mayo!
Make my favorite sandwich with hummus instead of mayo and you will be in love.
Good quality French Bread-sliced
spread hummus on each bread slice
top with Boarshead Ovengold Turkey
slice of tomato(salted and peppered)
thinly sliced red onion
greens-spinach, romaine, whatever you like
or a BLT
good bread, bacon (baked), lettuce (something crunchy) tomato(salted and peppered), and hummus
Keep it in the refrigerator, it lasts a long time, but you'll never find out how long because you will eat it so fast.
Julie took this picture with her phone and has sent it to me like 3 maybe 4 times? She knows how monumental this picture is and she also knows how much I procrastinate. So here it is. Dad and me, me and Dad…..SMILING! …and the grinch's heart grew three sizes that day…" I had to move across country to realize it, but my Dad does love me and I think he might even miss me!
We saw Matt the least on our trip and somehow Maiya seemed to connect with him the most. She has a collection of old cell phones and play phones that she plays with every day. And every single day since we got back from Michigan (over 4 months ago!) she calls MATT!
Hellooooo out there! I'm not sure if anyone is still reading this. So if there is anyone out there still reading-thank you for your patience. Since it has been so long since my last post I have a massive amount of words floating around in my head that should result in a blog post for every day this year. Ahem, should. But you got to start somewhere right? For now here are some pictures and some random information you may or may not want to know about us.
We had a garage sale this summer. Clint practically forced someone to take our fake Christmas tree because we could not sell it for the life of us. This is our REAL tree. Small and cute and smells like PINE! I have no plans to take it down.
This is our pal Rudolph. He is locally made by a father and son. My new favorite decoration!
Mason made a "Christmas Superhero" costume. Yes Mom, that is the Christmas countdown calendar…aka cape.
Maiya likes to dress up in Mason's shoes and hat. Notice she got the shoes on the right feet!
Mason was in a "Winter" program for pre-school. He is a natural on stage. (Stay tuned for video)
In-between songs he gave the audience thumbs-up. Like, yeah, we are awesome, you know it.
"Yay Snow!"
Until the past few days, the weather here has been pretty warm. Like lunch picnics in the backyard a few days before Christmas warm. The week before Christmas we got a dusting of snow. We were all so excited that we rushed out in all of our snow gear to play in the snow before it melted that afternoon. It was unlike any snow I have ever seen. I think it took longer to get dressed and undressed than it did to play in the snow. After, we had hot cocoa with candy canes and watched Rudolph. It was magical.
Mason LOVES to eat snow. Maiya, not so much.
Stella spent almost the entire time outside with us. I think she is part polar bear.
I can't get over these snowflakes!
Mason started Taekwondo recently. He has learned more in 4 classes than 4 months of pre-school. More on that later.
Best state for cookie making! I didn't bother with Colorado shaped cookies. Square. BORING! One year I will connect the UP and LP with the Mackinac Bridge. It will be epic.
I found this hat in my memory box. Mom do remember this? Do you have any pictures of me wearing this? I figured if it lasted this long someone must have made it for me. Turns out it is hand-made….in Taiwan. Mom, do we have any relatives in Taiwan?
Tutu #1!
Star Wars!!! Grandma, I LOVE you!
Special "Soundbytes from Mason"
Mason is very serious in his acting. The other day he dressed up in his Boba Fett costume. He wanted to act out the scene in Star Wars with Boba Fett and Jabba so he was telling me that it was time for me to go to the Rancor. I was trying to put my make-up on so I said I couldn't go until I put on my face moisturizer. So he waited. "Are you done yet?" We start debating over whether or not I would survive the Rancor attack (Maiya's ladybug pillowpet) and Mason tells me in the most serious voice "This Rancor can kill people. Even those with moisturized skin."
Making gingerbread people for Grandpa Ford. Maiya was insane with the sprinkles. And if you think the cookies have a lot of sprinkles, you should see inside that little belly!
Cutest Baby Ever!!!!!!
Christmas Day with Grandma and Grandpa Ford
Who are those weirdos?
Happy New Year!


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Since Jordan doesn't really love chocolate, I let him pick this week's dessert and he picked these Mini Oreo Cheesecakes from Live Well Bake Often. I wasn't really surprised because he loves anything that is cookies and cream flavored.
I'm going to say it again; I'm not sure how I have a child that doesn't like chocolate. He must take after his dad who doesn't really like dessert at all. I know! I'll give you a minute to recover from that. How can someone not like dessert?? I swear Jordan used to like chocolate but hasn't liked it since we visited Hershey Park and did a chocolate taste testing. We even made our own candy bars, which I admit were even a little too much chocolate for me. Ever since that trip, he will hardly eat anything with chocolate in it.
These were really easy to make but you can make them even easier by skipping the crust and just sticking a whole Oreo, in the bottom, as the crust. Because I had leftover whipped cream from the Individual Raspberry Brownie Trifles I made last week, I topped them off with that. I need to work on my piping skills because my swirls look pitiful. I guess it doesn't matter because it tastes the same no matter what, but I want them to look pretty, too!
Zach came upstairs right after I had taken the crust out of the oven and asked me what smelled so good. The crust really did smell delicious. The crust is made from crushed Oreos and butter and you really can't go wrong with either one of those!
Mini Oreo Cheesecake
12 Oreos
2 tablespoons butter, melted
Cheesecake Filling
12 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
1/4 cup sour cream
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg, room temperature
6 Oreos, crushed
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a muffin pan with 12 cupcake wrappers.
- Add Oreos to blender or food processor and process until you have fine crumbs. Add crumbs to the mixing bowl and add melted butter. Mix together until all the crumbs are moistened. Evenly distribute between 12 cupcake wrappers and make sure to press each one down firmly into one even layer. Bake at 325 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
Cheesecake Filling
- In a stand mixer, with a paddle attachment, add cream cheese and mix until smooth. Add in sour cream, sugar, and vanilla and mix until well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add in egg and mix on low speed until just combined, then gently fold in crushed Oreos.
- Evenly distribute the cheesecake filling between all 12 cupcake wrappers. Bake at 325 degrees for 15-17 minutes or until the tops of the cheesecakes are set.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool at room temperature for at least 1 hour. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and transfer to the refrigerator to chill for at least 2-3 hours or overnight. Once they are chilled, remove from the pan, serve, and enjoy!
Tips and Tricks
- To save a little time on the crust, just place a whole Oreo in each cupcake wrapper.
- Sometimes cheesecake tops will crack during cooking, so you can cover them with whipped cream to cover the cracks. Store bought is fine, but the whipped cream recipe here is delicious (and easy)!
I'm personally not a fan of cheesecake. If I do eat cheesecake, it's usually chocolate or the turtle kind that has the caramel. I have to say, though, these were pretty good! What's your favorite flavor of cheesecake?


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The essence of this news story by Reuters is that Bono still thinks that the richest countries around the world aren't doing their part in the search for the cure of AIDS. Bono thinks that these countries (the United States, Japan, Canada, Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia and France) still have a long way to go in terms of their due responsibility of aid to Africa's poor.
My turn. I think that Bono needs to stop flapping his mouth. It seems like nothing he says is constructive, and if he does try to throw in some original ideas, they are either unfeasible or plain ignorant. Eradicating HIV/AIDS is an ambition goal that hopefully will one day be overcome, but diseases that are based so much on human behaviors can't be cured simply by an injection or treatment. As long as stigmas like the idea that a man infected with AIDS can be cured by having sex with a virgin are in existence, these diseases will continue to spread. Continue reading "Bono still thinks it's everyone elses fault"


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"Coconut palms nodding gracefully toward the ocean. A monument to the prodigal beauty of nature…Lovely beyond description."
This is a small island, only 37 miles in circumference, yet it offers so many choices. As with Moorea's more remote, smaller sister, Bora Bora, natural wonders abound here—in and out of the water.
The great joy of Moorea is its idyllic seas and you'll want to immerse yourself moments after you arrive, as soon as you wake, and most likely, multiple times per day. The resorts each have lovely sandy beaches, but visit gorgeous Temae for a little variety. Moorea is ideal for snorkeling, thanks to the protection of the encircling reef, its shallow waters, and its dazzling marine life. It's also a world-class dive destination: Scubapiti and Top Dive are our favorite outfits. Hire Moorea Boat Tours for a private day trip to a motu— the tiny uninhabited islets that lie just within the island's surrounding coral ring. Take the Lagoonarium to Motu Ahi and frolic with spinner dolphins, rays and turtles. Or sail alongside the dolphins with the Fai Manu, a luxe catamaran with crew, and in the summer, keep your eyes peeled for Humpback whales.
Ready to dry off? Rent a bike or
and make your way around the island's well-paved roads. There's no real town center here, but stop and wander the occasional clusters of shops, hotels, and restaurants. Le Petit Village near Haapiti, on the Southwestern side of the island, offers Moorea's best shopping. Browse the beautiful collection of black pearls at Tahia Collins or purchase a colorful pareo, the island's "wearable art."
Venture to Belvedere lookout for spectacular views of the island's twin lagoons, Cook's and Opunohu Bay. AITO's 4x4 Safari Tour visits some of the island's more remote locales—volcanic craters, waterfalls, pinapple plantations--and offers a touch of true Tahitian culture. If you don't take a tour, make your way to the village of Afareaitu on your own, where you'll spot two tall waterfalls from the main road. The beautiful falls plunge 100ft into a small pool, and the 20 minute hike to get there is a rewarding adventure in itself. Visit the InterContinental's Moorea Dolphin Center and Sea Turtle Care Center, wonderful research facilities which allow intimate encounters with the magnificent creatures.
Ia Orana (yo-rah-nah) is "hello" in Tahitian—and you'll hear it often from your very friendly hosts. There is no real rainy season, as the weather is consistently around 85F throughout the year. A car could be fun to explore for a day or two (we like the local Avis) but is otherwise unnecessary: almost all restaurants will pick you up and drop you off, as will some of the better shops. Meals are very expensive here as in all of the South Pacific, so maybe stock up a bit at the excellent Champion Supermarket in Vaiare, near the airport. The official currency of French Polynesia is the Pacific Franc (CFP)--the exchange rate is fixed to the Euro (1E=119CFP), but $USD is accepted almost everywhere.
ULTRA-LUXE: Sofitel Moorea Brand new renovation, every luxury. Just gorgeous.
Moorea Pearl Lovely spot, beautiful resort. Best all-around value.
Sheraton Moorea Great spa. Dreamy bungalows.
MODERATE: Club Bali Hai Hotel One of the best locations. Beautiful views.
Villa Corallina Private luxury, on its own motu.
Fare Vaimoana Small cottage resort, on one of the best beaches.
Hotel Kaveka Family-run, intimate resort. Extremely well-run.
BUDGET: Hotel Les Tipaniers Gorgeous spot. One of our favorites at any price.
Hotel Hibiscus Great value. Perfect beach.
The hotel restaurants are generally far more elegant, but the food is just as fine in the better local haunts. Many of the restaurants have French-inspired cuisine but try local Tahitian dishes poisson cru (raw fish) and poulet fafa (breaded chicken).
Le Bateau Gorgeous view, great French fare. On a boat!
Arri Vahine Excellent French/Tahitian fare. At the Sheraton.
Pure at Sofitel. Modern, sophisticated, romantic.
Te Honu Iti French, romantic spot. Rays swim up to your table.
Alfredo's Casual Italian, with a lively scene.
Le Mahogany French Chinese fare. Informal and yummy.
Blue Pineapple Great seafood, best burger on island.
Les Tipaniers Beautiful setting. Excellent fish/seafood.
Maria Tapas Tex Mex. Local fave. Live music, great scene.
The true mutiny of Mutiny on the Bounty occurred in Moorea so it's only fitting that both the Brando and Mel Gibson versions (The Bounty) were filmed here. In Love Affair, Beatty and Bening visit Katherine Hepburn on Moorea. South Pacific is a great adaptation of Michener but was filmed in Kauai.
Tahiti is an 8.5 hours nonstop flight from LA (Air France, Air Tahiti Nui, Air New Zealand) and an 11 hour direct flight from JFK (Air Tahiti Nui). Moorea is a short 8 min flight or 35 min ferry from Tahiti.
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Not a highly sought after collectable. (Yet.)
"Not a highly sought after collectable." Not my words but the opinion of several people talking about the Fuso on Classic Rendezvous open forum.
Actually I am fine with that statement. I get emails all the time from Fuso owners (and other frames I built) saying how much they enjoy riding their bikes. That gives me real satisfaction. To know that the bikes are being ridden; it's what they were built for.
When I started out building frames in England my customers were almost exclusively racing cyclists. The important thing to them was the way the bike felt and handled, and that the price was reasonable. They cared little about the paint finish and aesthetics. The sport of cycle racing was the main interest; the bike was only a piece of equipment necessary to participate.
Blatant sponsorship of amateur riders was not allowed in England during the 1970s but I did give away a few frames to top international riders. They were always extremely grateful and just being seen riding my bikes sold me a lot of frames. Also the feed back I got from these riders furthered my knowledge of frame design.
When I came to the United States in 1979 I found it to be a whole different ball game. Racing cyclists and especially those at the top international level were a bunch of prima-donnas. Give them a bike and their attitude was. "How much will you pay me to ride this piece of shit?"
The more lucrative side of the bike biz was catering to the rider who didn't race but rode for fitness and pleasure. To these customers aesthetics was everything. When I went to work for Masi in 1980, and I also saw the standard of finish on frames built by American builders; I realized I had to do the same in order to compete.
I learned how to bury decals under eight clear-coats and sand the surface smooth for a perfect finish. All very labor intensive and in spite of this I was building on average 8 custom 'dave moulton' frames a month, but working 100 plus hours a week to achieve this.
The frames were very expensive and a person had to have the income of a doctor or attorney to own one. Then I began to hear, "These bikes are too beautiful to ride." So here was a bike the beauty of which I considered to be in the way it rode. The aesthetics to me was secondary, but they were now being looked on as art objects, which gave me very little satisfaction.
I started producing the Fuso frame in 1984. By training others to do all the prep and finish work I could build some 20 to 25 frames a month. Because I was still doing all the main assembly and brazing the Fuso would ride and handle every bit as good as any other frame I built, including the custom frames. The price was reasonable and people were riding them and even racing on them.
Many of these frames are still owned by the original owners. They still ride them and they will not part with them. Others were bought by people who dropped out of the sport and some have been stored in garages and are still in new condition. There are two such bikes on eBay as I write this piece.
These bikes still sell for a reasonable amount right now and I hope it stays that way so anyone who wants to ride one can do so. I can live with "Not a highly sought after collectable." I get my satisfaction from the fact that a few of you out there still want to ride them. If they become a collectable then they will be bought by people who don't ride, just as vintage guitars are bought by people who don't play.


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Thursday, 27 March 2014
Short, Tall and Inbetween - The SimplyBe Daisy Printed Doll Dress
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You even sneeze pretty! gorgeous pics of you and the dress is divine! it looks wonderful and I adore the lipstick - I haven't heard of Limecrime (not unusual, I'm getting on a bit) but that colour and matte shade is perfection x x xReplyDeleteReplies
You utter gem! I hadn't heard of limecrime either until a couple of months ago, they do three colours in this style (I think?!?) and they're incredible, it doesn't come off!!!! (Only issue is that I rarely get my lipstick on right first time. Or my eyeliner. Or anything...Except maybe my socks) xDelete
You absolute BEAUT! I was worried you would find it too short and I am SO SO glad you are rocking this. <3 xReplyDeleteReplies
Oh MWAH you babe! It's a wonder RE the length isn't it?!? I think I'll stick with tights for now but it's good to know this is a possibility! XxxDelete
Haha, your outtake is the funniest ever. Love it with the biker jacket. XReplyDeleteReplies
There's another awesome outtake where I've backed myself under the sloping roof and made myself very small in order to fit... It's trés Alice in Wonderland. The biker jacket was an absolute find - I will be wearing it until it becomes dust xxxDelete
Wow great legs, love the dress xReplyDeleteReplies
Oh you flatterer! Thank you ever so much. I NEVER have my legs out but they seem to have photographed pretty well (testament to me not having a really high definition camera!) xDelete
- Anonymous28 March 2014 at 20:00
Best outtake EVER! And the jacket looks amazing with it. Defintiely a great buy and the dress looks fantastic on you xxReplyDelete


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Court Says California Man Can Sue Punjab Times for Libel
Politics, Panthic, Community, People | January 24, 2011
In perhaps the first libel lawsuit in the United States against a Punjabi-language newspaper, a California appeals court judge denied the Punjab Times' request to dismiss the case, paving the way for the plaintiff, Hardev Singh Grewal, to go to trial.
TSA: Body Scanners Cannot See Through Turbans
More screenings for Sikhs
Politics, Panthic, Community, Minority Report, People | January 13, 2011
The Transportation and Security Administration will use secondary screening measures for turbans, such as a hand-held metal detector and pat-down chemical detection, even after travelers successfully pass through full-body scanners, because the new scanners being deployed across the country cannot see through the layers of a standard Sikh turban, TSA told Sikh advocacy groups.
SGPC Office and Printing Facility a Possibility in US
Politics, Panthic, Community | December 15, 2010
Reporting from WASHINGTON - Representatives of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee in Amritsar on Monday surveyed the financially troubled National Gurdwara here to possibly take over as its management.
Video Prompts Possible Settlement in National Gurdwara Lawsuit
But Case Moves Forward
Panthic, Community | December 10, 2010
Reporting from WASHINGTON – Secret video footage showing that an alleged assault by a Virginia couple never happened may have prompted the board of trustees at the National Gurdwara to attempt to settle a lawsuit it brought against the couple, but the settlement fell apart yesterday, a day before their court appearance.
Nirvikar Singh is Sikh Chair Holder at University of California, Santa Cruz
Panthic, Education, Community, People | December 02, 2010
Nearly 10 years after Hardit Singh Aurora donated money for the endowment of a Sikh chair, the University of California in Santa Cruz has appointed Nirvikar Singh, an economics professor at the same university, to the Sarabjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies.
Liquor Store Owner and Gurdwara Trustee Pleads Not Guilty in Corruption Probe
Panthic, Community | December 01, 2010
Reporting from Greenbelt, Maryland - Ravinder Kaur Melhi, 49, who with husband Amrik Singh Melhi, 51, has ownership interests in Tick Tock Liquors in Langley Park, was released Wednesday morning under a strict set of conditions that include a mental health evaluation, 24-hour electronic monitoring, no new travel plans and no purchases over $1,000.
SGPC to Build Printing Facility for Guru Granth Sahib in US
Panthic, Community | November 29, 2010
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee will receive a donation of land and building in Charlotte, North Carolina, which it will convert into a facility for printing Guru Granth Sahib saroops.
White House and Vatican Congratulate Sikhs on Prakaash Divaas Guru Nanak
Panthic, Community | November 21, 2010
The following are letters of congratulations on the Prakaash Divaas of Guru Nanak.
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Gurdwara Trustee Arrested in FBI Sting
Politics, Panthic, Community | November 19, 2010
A trustee of the Gurdwara Guru Nanak Foundation of America, in Silver Spring, Maryland, and her husband, were arrested Monday in a federal corruption investigation that also involved the arrest of the county executive on the previous Friday.
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National Gurdwara Goes to Court
Panthic, Community | November 10, 2010
Financially strapped National Gurdwara is asking a Washington court to bar from its premises a Virginia couple that its trustees have accused of assault and rabble rousing.
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First Lady Empowers Girls During Delhi Museum Visit
Panthic, Community | November 08, 2010
Amid the neem and banyan trees and colorful tribal Worli art wall-paintings, Michelle Obama held hands with schoolgirls touring the rooms today at the National Handicrafts and Handloom Museum in New Delhi.
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Arbitration Needed For Gurdwara Disputes
Panthic, Community | November 03, 2010
A group of American gurdwaras initiated a plan this month to create a venue for settling disputes that would reduce the large number of court cases that funnel out gurdwara resources.
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SALDEF Gala Highlights Civil Rights Champions and Accomplishments
Panthic, Community, Minority Report | October 18, 2010
Founded in 1996 as a volunteer organization, SALDEF portrays itself as the oldest Sikh civil rights group in the United States. It's focus on media analysis and education expanded in 2000 to include legal services. The advocacy group has a full-time staff in Washington and Southern California, which works on civil rights, legislative, employment and accommodation issues.
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Joint Seva
Panthic, Community, People | May 05, 2009
Julio Ore Perez lay awake under local anesthesia at a hospital in Lima, Peru, while a Sikh surgeon worked to replace his knees, for free. Perez could only see the curtain between him and the surgical team. But when they finished and pulled the curtain back, he could not believe his eyes. His legs were straight again, after more than six years.