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Heng Kee BKT
Yoke Kuat Char... is what Ansel would call it in Hong Kong. But *ei Kuai Lou ABC (American Born Chinese) Dennis knows it's Bak Kut Teh. For me, it's just pok pok pok! LOL!
Just some short explaination for those who are blur, Yoke Kuat Char is Cantonese. Bak Kut Teh in Hokkien.
Lesson 1:
Yoke/Bak = Meat
Kuat/Kut = Bone
Char/Teh = Tea
So I'm guess if you do a direct transalation, we were headed for Heng Kee's Meat Bone Tea in Old Town! Heng Kee used to operate from the road side. When business built up, they bought over a bounglow opposite the stall and made that into a BKT restaurant.
I think it was the first weekend Ensel was in KL that Jin took him out for BKT. I just tagged along for the makan. We ordered.. Poli sang choy.
Poli = Glass
Sang = Raw
Choy = Vegetables
Kam Chzem Ku aka Enoki mushrooms.
Kam = Gold
Chzem = Needle
Ku = Mushroom
Shitake mushrooms aka Tong Ku in Cantonese.
Tau Fo Pok. These are actually tofu balls which are deep fried and then soaked in the BKT soup.
I loveeee liver. I thought I would have to finish the whole bowl myself but surprisingly Dennis chow down most of these!
Pork belly meat! Some how I don't like belly meat when eating BKT. The meat is just too smooth.
Last but not least, the "guitar strings" aka "pai kuat". That's the ribs of the pig. I like this part of the pig because the meat is less fatty/fatless and I also like the texture of the layer of tissue sticking to the bone...especially when the meat is boiled long enough and goes all soft and smooth.
Pai = Row
Kuat = Bone
So there you go... BKT and all the direct translation ;p
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What Do Those Working with Our Most Vulnerable Neighbours Need From Us to Help Keep Them Safe in a Natural Disaster?
All photo credits Charlotte Graham.
When you are woken in the night by an earthquake, as thousands of people were in Kaikōura and Wellington just after midnight on 14 November 2016, most probably think first of securing their own safety and the safety of others in their home. For those with children or other vulnerable people in the house, rushing to them is an immediate concern.
But for those who work for non-profits and agencies that support New Zealand's most vulnerable and marginalised people, it can feel like they've got a whole extra family to protect. We've all seen the big charities in action after natural disasters, like the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, and those organisations are often key to city or nation-wide relief efforts. But there are much smaller charities - some you won't ever have heard of - who have built strong bonds, and a level of trust, with people who often have trouble trusting the authorities.
There was some "amazing, unrecognised stuff" happening in Christchurch, where non-profits leapt into the "before the ground even stopped shaking" to protect their vulnerable clients following the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, said Sharon Torstonson from the Social Wellbeing and Equality Network.
She said the gap between official Civil Defence responses, and completely spontaneous efforts by neighbours to help each other, was filled by "largely invisible" work by the non-profit sector. This puts charities are at special risk after natural disasters, a number in Wellington told me; some had a large number of staff who were parents and who lived in the Hutt City instead of Wellington, due to the capital's rising house prices. That meant they would need to ensure their children's safety first in the event of an earthquake, and might be prevented from accessing Wellington city to check on their vulnerable clients if the road into the city is impassable.
Sharon Torstonson from SEWN said that's a reality cities around the country could be facing when charity sector wages don't match house prices. In Queenstown, she said, the expensive housing market meant many staff who'd be key to post-disaster infrastructure - especially those who work at the hospital - can't actually afford to live in Queenstown, and might not be able to reach the resort town "if the Alpine Fault goes."
As well as with grappling with those concerns, some charities in Wellington said they received no official phone calls or checks after the November 2016 quake, and felt that in a disaster, they and their clients would be left to their own devices. A community-driven plan for Wellington's CBD is due in 2018, facilitated by the region's emergency management office.
At least two Wellington charities were forced out of their buildings in the 2016 quake, and both have faced hard journeys, and an unexpected price tag, so they could keep providing the services their clients rely on.
The youth charity Zeal has been a familiar name in central Wellington for nearly two decades. Now operating in several New Zealand cities, Zeal runs a drop-in space for high school aged youth in the afternoons, holds music events, rents space to young bands to practice, and trains young people with barista skills that will help them get jobs.
The service sounds like a nice-to-have in a disaster situation, but the Facebook page and phone of the centre's Wellington general manager, Jenna Harris, are bulging with the contacts of young people who might not get a lot of their news from, or have connections with, official and government sources. The drop-in afternoons allow staff at Zeal to build a close rapport with youth who hang out in the central city, some of whom, Harris says, come from homes where they aren't always safe or cared for. For Civil Defence planners, connecting with Zeal would mean connecting with hundreds of young people who might otherwise be vulnerable.
Zeal Wellington's general manager, Jenna Harris, in the charity's new space.
The Wellington centre has had a rough year. Not long before the 2016 quake, they learned when new owners took over their Ghuznee Street building that the centre was at less than 33% of the building code; they'd previously been told the building was rated at 80%. The midnight shakes on 14 November were the last straw, and the charity's board said Zeal staff could not re-enter the space. Zeal had to pay six months' rent to break their lease.
Over a period of eight years, Harris said, the space had been given a $300,000 fit-out; it was specific to the building, so that money was lost. As well, the thing that Zeal had always provided: a space that was always there, and during certain hours, always open, for kids to come and hang out after school, was gone in an instant.
Other churches and charities around town were helpful: Zeal held pop-up events, and were given space at Thistle Hall in upper Cuba Street for their drop-in afternoons. But pop-up gigs were much harder to promote when venues were never certain, and each show, Harris said, involved staff schlepping gear around Wellington and to set up from scratch. As well, part of Zeal's appeal had been its comfortable, welcoming space, and a trestle table and a few chairs, as well as whatever gear could fit in a cardboard box, was not the same. But the centre was determined to keep serving central Wellington's youth.
Occasionally, possibilities for a new home would pop up, but they always fell through. Zeal couldn't compete with commercial tenants for Wellington's incredibly sought-after CBD space, and did not want to move to the suburbs. They knew young people having to pay bus fares to get to Zeal and back would cause a precipitous drop-off in the numbers attending.
Harris says there were no official approaches to find out what they needed, although the Government, during that time, implemented a business recovery package to help businesses affected by the quake to continue to pay their costs, and staff. Harris said she would have applied for such help if she'd known about it and if she'd learned it applied to charities too.
One funder contacted Zeal to ask not how they could help, but rather how the centre would continue to maintain its services at the same level.
After a year when the centre has been unable to advertise its services due to the uncertainty over its space, it's now found a new home and Harris said young people had kept attending.
She is relieved, but said the charity was still doing it hard financially as the result of losing their building. They've made cut-backs; staff doing less extra hours, and reducing the budget for the food they provide to youth at events, "Which is a shame because having lots of food has always been a big part of Zeal," she said.
"We haven't even begun to get back on our feet."
But the charity's new space in the James Smith building is at the perfect central-city location, and allows the charity to start putting down roots again, and building another safe and comfortable space for youth - preserving the relationships that could be crucial when the next big one hits.
When the food rescue charity Kaibosh was forced out of its building shortly after the November quake - the engineers took one look at the place and literally pulled the alarm - Matt Dagger, who runs the organisation, was mostly gutted that he had leave 350 lettuces rotting on a sorting table.
Kaibosh picks up, sorts, and distributes 25,000 kg of food a month that is perfectly edible but would otherwise be wasted, to 65 social sector organisations that work with the city's most vulnerable people. They don't deal with marginalised people directly, but they support those who do, lavishing produce that's a 70 percent comprised of vegetables, fruit, meat and dairy on people who might otherwise get stuck with tinned tomatoes.
On November 14 2016, some fairly wild security camera footage shows a party in Kaibosh's empty headquarters on Wellington's Tennyson Street. The whole building twisted; walls popped out and lights came down.
But the perishable food the charity distributes was still waiting for pickup, and hungry people all over the city, and in Wellington's shelters and social housing, still needed their produce. Matt Dagger was determined there wouldn't be a break in service, even after engineers showed up and in a moment of "high drama," ordered everyone out.
Dagger thought he'd have a new venue for the charity in a few days; instead, staff operated sorting food out of Wellington City Mission's premises for about six weeks. Kaibosh has two locations at which its volunteers sort food for delivery - one's in the Hutt - and it had prepared a business continuity plan in case of something like an earthquake. But Dagger said what they hadn't counted on was the increase in demand: supermarkets had stayed closed and wanted to get rid of their produce. And due to the quakes, the social sector was encountering more need than ever.
Kaibosh General Manager Matt Dagger
Kaibosh had to be picky. It cut some of its food suppliers from the list, and was not able to keep on all of its charities, but it kept working. Finally, in February 2017, the charity found a temporary, short-term lease on Myrtle Street in Mt. Cook. In moving, Kaibosh lost 30 percent of its volunteers, and the money situation had been tough, Dagger said.
"The financial impact to to us of moving, re-setting up our chillers, hiring staff to do things that volunteers used to do... We took a financial hit," he said.
The charity ran a fundraising campaign and Countdown, one of the organisation's suppliers, underwrote the move with a cheque for $25,000. The charity wasn't offered Government help.
Money was still tight, but Dagger said the charity had majorly boosted its efficiency in the past year, and had also attended business continuity workshops run by WREMO that had improved their disaster planning for the future. Kaibosh will have to foot the bill for one more move; its temporary sublet lease is up in early 2018.
Dagger was determined to make it work.
"That's 65 organisations who don't have to buy food, not having to have people going out and acquire it," he said.
"It's massive, massive savings to the whole charitable sector, who can put their resources into providing services."
Of the many organisations I spoke to in the social sector, there was still a lot of uncertainty about how stronger partnerships between central and local Government and the charity sector could work in the event of a disaster - and what needs to be done in advance.
In Australia, initiatives are underway to bring the charity and government sectors closer. Bridget Tehan is the Senior Policy Analyst Emergency Management at the Victorian Council of Social Service, said there were two major ways the Government could help.
"They can ensure that community organisations are resilient in themselves," she said. "This should include appropriate insurance, emergency planning and business continuity planning."
Tehan said the Government also needed to make sure emergency management frameworks recognised and clearly articulated the roles of community sector organisations, and ensured that their service agreements and funding arrangements reflected those roles.
She agreed that funding to undertake such initiatives was "a huge issue," and that funding models and reporting requirements often prevented organisations from acting on immediate or emerging needs immediately after a crisis.
This was reinforced by people in Christchurch's social sector, who said their best collaborations with Government to meet the needs of vulnerable clients were those in which the usual reporting requirements and paperwork were temporarily suspended, for trusted organisations, by departments like the Ministry for Social Development.
Tehan said Governments needed to recognise that trust and word of mouth took time to develop - and they should rely on those who had already built such rapport, rather than expecting it to be replicated in a disaster situation.
This story was funded by a grant from the Scoop Foundation for Public Interest Journalism. For more on the ways Civil Defence planners are building rapport with communities, listen to our interview with Daniel Homsey. And to find out more about the challenges facing vulnerable communities in preparing for a disaster, read the story Scoop funded in New Zealand Geographic, out now.

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Ever wondered how Zuzana and Mik actually met? It is never explicitly said how they met in the Daughter of Smoke & Bone novels. To remedy that and give readers a different perspective, Laini Taylor wrote an e-novella entitled Night of Cake & Puppets. It is only available in text format that I am aware of; I have my copy through iBooks. At only 100 pages and roughly $3, it is a very quick and inexpensive read.
While different from the DSB series (it makes no explicit mention of chimera beyond the reference to Karou's monsters and Kishmish), the novella is lightheaded and fun. The story is written from both Zuzana and Mik's eyes, alternating between the two. This way, you know what each of them are thinking as they progress through the story. Most of the story is written from Zuzana's perspective and allows the reader to see a different view of the "rabid fairy." The entire story only spans a few days, largely focusing on the night the pair actually meet.
One of the nice treats for readers is that the novella opens with one of the first few meetings of Karou and Zuzana. This allows us a glimpse of how Zuzana views Karou when they first meet, before the magic and the chimera.
I find NCP to be a really fun read, completely different from the novels. However, reading at least Daughter of Smoke & Bone and Days of Blood & Starlight is very helpful. Technically speaking the novella is marked as novel 2.5 and Zuzana does allude to events in the novels. It helps to have a bit of context but isn't completely necessary.
My rating: 5/5


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Stafford couple arrested for heroin distribution
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – A weeks-long investigation by the Stafford sheriff's office paid off this past Wednesday when detectives executed a search warrant and found money, guns, and large quantities of heroin at a couple's Elkton Drive apartment.
The suspects, Darrell Edwards, 32, and April Coles, 33, were both charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin. Edwards was additionally charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with schedule 1 narcotics.
As a result of their investigation, detectives had an arrest warrant out for Edwards, and when he returned to his apartment on Oct. 19, they took him into custody. At that time, they used the search warrant they had for him, and discovered the firearms, money and drugs in Edwards' apartment and car.
During the search, law enforcement found probable cause to arrest Coles as well.
They are being held at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. Edwards is being held without bond.


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Had Neil Armstrong spent a little more time down the NASA gym doing lunges he might well have been able to take more than a small step when he reached the Moon's surface. How much further mankind would have advanced as a result, who knows, but it's certainly worth avoiding Armstrong's error by ensuring the lunge is a staple of your own exercise regime.
What Muscles Do Lunges Train?
Lunges are compound exercises that work multiple muscle groups at once. The movement works the muscles in the hips, glutes and legs to make them stronger, more balanced and more flexible in ways that are highly helpful in a variety of sports as well as everyday life.
Few leg exercises, if any, can match the lunge when it comes to functional benefits. When your powerful stride ensures you nab the last slice of cake ahead of your dumbfounded colleagues, tip your hat to the lunge.
How To Lunge
From a standing start, step forward with one leg and lower your hips until both knees are bent at a 90-degree angle. Keep your front knee above your ankle, rather than pushed out in front of it, and try to avoid your back knee touching the ground. As for your upper body, keep your back straight, your shoulders relaxed and your chin up. Make sure your core is engaged throughout the movement.
Then, when you're pushing back up to the starting position, do so through your heels.
Aim for 20 lunges on both legs, or do them for a minute on each side, making sure the form on each and every lunge is perfect.
Form Tips
Like any exercise, the lunge will only make your body fitter and stronger if you perform it properly. It is a challenging exercise to get right – it requires balance, co-ordination and good posture, as well as muscle strength – so make sure you always keep to the following to keep each rep perfect.
Keep your chin up
This will correct your posture so you don't end up staring down at your leading foot, which makes balancing more difficult.
Keep your chest up
This will ensure your upper body stays upright, which helps you lunge forwards and back smoothly, as well as keeping your spine in its natural alignment.
Brace your core
This will keep your upper body tight, improving your ability to lower into a lunge without falling over, and work your abs harder.
Tense your glutes
Do this just before you begin each rep to make sure you're recruiting your buttocks and hamstrings, the two main muscle groups responsible for the movement.
Lunge Variations
Once you've mastered the standard lunge take a moment to pat yourself on the back, then move on to one of these variations.
Weighted lunge
The easiest way to increase both the difficulty and the benefits of a standard lunge is to add some weight into the equation. Try holding a dumbbell in each hand by your sides, or clutching a kettlebell or sandbell to your chest as you lunge. You can also add weight to all the lunge variations below once you've mastered the bodyweight versions of the exercises.
Reverse lunge
A lot of lunge variations involve moving in different directions, but since you've mastered the standard lunge, let's start on the sagittal plane (that's forwards and backwards). Take a big step backwards and lower until both knees are bent at 90°, then push back up. Why go backwards? Well, the same muscles are involved as in a standard lunge, but by pushing back up and forwards in the second half of the movement the reverse lunge provides a closer approximation of the movements you'll undertake in sport, so it helps to build functional power.
Side lunge
Another new direction to lunge in – two new directions in fact, because you have two sides to play with here. The side or lateral lunge is another move that mimics the movements of sports like football and rugby, where moving only forwards and backwards would make you a liability to your team, and it also enlists some extra muscles in your inner and outer thighs. From a standing position, take a big step to the side and lower until the knee on your leading leg is bent at 90°, keeping your trailing leg straight. Then push back up.
Clock lunge
Once you've nailed the form for forward, reverse and side lunges, put them all together and complete a clock lunge. Lunge forwards, to one sidem backwards and to the other side sequentially to hit the 12, 3, 6, and 9 hour marks on a clock face.
Walking lunge
If staying stationary starts to make you feel like a rat in a cage, take your lunge on the road (or over there at least) with the walking version of the exercise. Lunge forwards as normal, but instead of pushing back up move your back leg forwards so you go straight into another lunge, keeping your torso as low as possible as you move. The challenge of staying low and balanced as you move will help improve your core stability as well as strengthening your leg muscles. You can also do a walking reverse lunge, but there's an obvious disadvantage to that – you can't see where you're going.
Jump lunge
The jump lunge is the most advanced variation here, but it's still an exercise that almost anyone will be able to do once they've got to grips with the standard version. Start by stepping forwards into a classic lunge, but instead of pushing back up, power into the air by driving off your front foot and switch your legs in midair so you land ready to drop into another lunge on the opposite leg. This version of the lunge helps build explosive power in your legs and is a must-do move for runners looking to increase their speed.


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Wheat Program
This wheat program is intended for informational use only. For the best possible results tailored to meet your needs and soil type, check with your Grower's Source™ representative for specific recommendations.
|Normal Soil
32 oz. N-KEEPER. per acre
|Aid in air and water exchange
These are water management tools that aid in air and water exchange critical to stimulating microorganisms in preparation for planting. OVERHAUL also detoxifies and flushes harmful effects of sodium or carryover herbicides. Good for recovery from use of fungicides.
NOTE: *For pH higher than 6.8 and/or high sodium content. Also good for chemically damaged fields.
|*Alkali/Sodium Soil
32 oz. OVERHAUL per acre
|Boot Stage
|32 oz. BOLT per acre foliar applied with post-emergent herbicide and foliar nutrient program
Aids in plant health and head development
Stimulate overall health of plant from disease potential and insects. Reduce stress from herbicide application.
Herbicide Spray Program
Apply 16 fl. oz. WILDFIRE™ per 100 gallon tank mix with contact herbicides.
Fungicide Spray Program
Apply 16 - 32 fl. oz. SSS™ per 100 gallon tank mix with fungicide.
Insecticide Spray Program
Apply 16 - 32 oz. Insect-X-Citer™ per 100 tank mix with insecticides.
Note about Spraying:
We strongly recommend using an adjuvant with your spray program. Grower's Source™ specialty surfactants (SSS™, N-KEEPER™, WILDFIRE™, Insect-X-Citer™) have proven cost effective with spray applications of chemicals (fungicides, herbicides, pesticides) to allow lowest label rates with better results. The synergy can add potency and extend the chemical life and have allowed some growers to experiment and get exceptional results with well under label rates.
Please ask your Grower's Source™ representative for the appropriate product for your needs and grower's experiences in your area.


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Here are two new agents looking to build their client lists. Genevieve Nine's agency, Andrea Hurst, is well regarded in the industry. (NOTE: Genevieve Nine is retired.) Valerie Noble works for one of the few Canadian agencies. Valerie is currently closed to queries.
Genevieve Nine of Andrea Hurst & Associates
(NOTE: Genevieve Nine is retired.)
(NOTE: Genevieve Nine is retired.)
About Genevieve Nine: Genevieve joined Andrea Hurst Literary Management as an intern in 2012. She has a background in professional editing and gets great satisfaction from developing authors. She's a Creative Writing MFA candidate at the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts, holds a Certificate in Children's Writing from the University of Washington, and graduated with honors and a B.A. from the USC School of Cinema & Television. When not reading or writing, Genevieve enjoys watching her Sherlock DVDs, planning future travels, and embarking on culinary adventures. She and her husband live in Seattle with their two naughty cats, Selkie and Napoleon. Follow Genevieve on Twitter @GenevieveNine.
What she is looking for: Within young adult and middle grade, she's looking to acquire:
- Fantasy (open to all subgenres except game-related)
- Science Fiction
- Mystery
- Historical Fiction Retellings (classics, fairy/folk tale, myth)
- Contemporary Realism (especially with elements of humor)
- Mystery (detective/PI, amateur, cozy, historical, comic, caper)
- Thriller (supernatural, historical, disaster, ecological)
- Gothic/Hauntings/Quiet Horror
- Historical Fiction
- Retellings (classics, fairy/folk tale, myth)
- Romantic Comedy
- Magical Realism
- Food Memoir
- Travelogue/Travel Memoir
- Hard SF/Military SF/Space Opera
- Graphic Horror
- Erotica
- Religious Fiction/Nonfiction
- Short Stories
Valerie Noble of Donaghy Literary Group
Valerie is currently closed to queries.
Valerie is currently closed to queries.
About Valerie: Valerie Noble is an Associate Agent at Donaghy Literary Group. While studying chemistry at California State University, Long Beach, Valerie mastered the art of doing proper research, particularly for technical writing. Her love of science and reading merged when she began penning her first novel in the midst of her studies. In true scientific fashion, Valerie researched all there was to know about publishing. She connected with agents, editors, and other writers, and interned for Jessica Sinsheimer of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency.
An education is never finished and Valerie continues to cultivate relationships and hopes to use her knowledge and skills in finding fresh new voices for Donaghy Literary Group.
What she is looking for: Valerie is seeking Young Adult, and New Adult — in the following areas:
• Science Fiction YA/NA
• Fantasy YA/NA
• Historical Fantasy YA/NA
• Historical Fiction YA/NA
Valerie loves YA/NA science fiction and fantasy (think Kristin Cashore and Suzanne Collins) but reads everything under the sun. For her, it's more about the writing and less about the genre. In saying that, Valerie is generally not interested in romance or paranormal.
How to submit: Electronic Submissions only. Send the query letter, 1-2 page synopsis and the first 10 pages of manuscript — all in body of email, no attachments. Send to query(at)donaghyliterary(dot)com.


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Removing the Confusion from the Political Mayhem.
The conventions are over. First, Republicans and then Democrats have convened in subsequent week long sessions to vet their party's candidate and update their 'platform.' Now we enter that confusing zone between now and the November election. As a person of faith you may wrestle with how or if to choose sides. You may identify with the expression of compassion on the one hand or the protection of a freedom or privilege on the other. The conflict of expressions may leave you frustrated and confused.
I don't know about you but when I try to sort through the endless political commercials and mailers of all the candidates my head begins to throb! It is so confusing. Everyone is making promises to improve the quality of my life. My experience is that few keep the promises they have made – or even admit or remember they made them. Furthermore, why does anyone care about some of these issues? Why don't more people care about what I care about? What does God care about in all this and what is my responsibility toward Him in all this?
Can you identify with this? If so, let's start thinking through some of these issues. While we are in this political season I want to focus on the sphere of government – one of 7 Cultural zones in which we are called to live and influence as invested cultural partners.
Trying to navigate the nuances of political expressions may leave you as confused as the little boy who dropped his gum in the chicken house and couldn't decide which cold gray lump on the ground was his gum. Like him, after tasting several options, you may remain unsatisfied and confused and have a bad taste in your mouth.
Of the seven zones of culture (I'll explain more on this below) the zone of government, and by association, politics, seems the most removed from faith. Of all the 'Dirty Jobs,' those associated with politics and government seem the least suited to Christian involvement. Is there room for faith in the political arena? Please don't misread what I am saying. I am talking about how faith should impact the political arena. There is absolutely no place for faith "in" politics.
The integration of faith into the political zone is not always clear cut. Mature faith should be able to inform all we do. This is so because all we are and all we have been given to do is from God. If this is true, then what about politics? Additional questions are: Is there really any room for faith's influence in that arena? Can people of faith actually exist on both sides of the political divide or is one side more prone to agreement with tenets of faith than the other? If so, how is this possible? Can't I just bury my head in the sand and let God work all this out?
Spoiler alert!
I don't have all the answers. No one does. Not even the politicians who claim they do.
This season of politics is an opportune time for you to begin thinking through the issues that are at stake. It is a time to think through your responsibilities as a citizen.
Here in this article, and from time to time between now and the elections, I will share my journey into trying understand how to sort out political issues. This dialog is intended to help you focus your impact as you think through these issues. You are responsible for the outcome but maybe, like me, you need a safe place to reason through how to think about these things.
I have written many times: you must know what you believe, why you believe it, and why what you do matters. This is more important in the political arena than in all the other arenas combined. Why? Because it is in that arena that all the zones of culture are governed: behaviors are either encouraged or discouraged, allowed or disallowed, given personal discretion or limited by law, or invested in or taxed. How you live; how you flourish, is at stake by how you are governed.
In the founding of our country, the founding fathers incorporated the principle of sphere (zone) sovereignty in our government. It his whether this tenet is adhered to or not that is at the root of much of our political turmoil. Most of us have lost sight of this concept or don't even know that such a thing exists.
Three fundamental zones (spheres) exist in this concept. They are: Government, Society and Religion. These are the three-legged stool of culture. The zone of Society may further be broken down into the zones of Education, Business, Art & Entertainment, Family, and Media. There are seven zones total when fully broken down.
According to Chuck Colson, in his book God and Government, the principle of sphere sovereignty is that every part of society has its responsibilities. Instead of the government being in over arching control, as in the divine rule of kings, the government exists to facilitate families, churches, education, business, and other organizations in all the zoneses to function well in culture.
Your vote is casting the favor and influence you have accumulated to guard the freedoms that have been granted to you. You also use this favor and influence to protect the weak and future generations. This is where much of the struggle takes place: most often we act politically to selfishly vote ourselves privileges. Effective citizenship and voting is how you, as an individual, protect the process that allows you freedom and opportunity. This statement presumes you are a citizen of the United States. This privilege is afforded few in other nations.
Too often we are enticed by appeal to personal greed to vote that which protects the system by which our personal benefits are maximized. Democrat, Republican, and Independent party politicians often trade on this to get votes while distracting us from the real issues. It remains both my and your responsibility to not let the smoke and mirror of rhetoric and promises distract us.
So, let's peel back the curtain and see if we can make some sense of why your involvement in the selection of those who make and endorse our laws is vital. See you in the next article.
It's your turn to share. Please scroll down to the comment section and leave your thought on today's discussion question.
What is your number 1 frustration with being involved in the political process?
Do you think it is everyone's responsibility to be informed and take part? Why or Why not?


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Going Rogue: CheckPoint Gets Aggressive With Their ZoneAlarm Users [Updated]
If you're a user of the popular ZoneAlarm Free Firewall you may have been presented recently with the following disturbing dialog box:
What does it mean? Is your system infected with "ZeuS.Zbot.aoaq"? The answer is no (well, probably not; perhaps you are, but then ZoneAlarm should give you a different alert). The point of this dialog box is not to warn you about anything on your system, but to alert you to the presence of a "High" risk threat out there, from which you can protect yourself by upgrading to the full ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite. This new alert scheme was first brought to our attention by The Register.
The warning dialog is eerily similar to those used by infamous rogue anti-malware products, also known as "scareware." As with those products, users could be tricked into thinking the alert actually indicates that they have an infection, and follow up by buying the product. Unlike many of the rogue products, ZoneAlarm's suite isn't in itself malicious, but the technique is arguably a shady one. Note that the product's real alerts are clearly identifiable as such:
Click the Get Protection button and you are directed to a sales page for the ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite. According to this page, the ZoneAlarm suite detects ZeuS.Zbot.aoaq, while Norton, TrendMicro, Free AVG, Free AVAST and Free Avira don't. They base these claims on a test with the VirusTotal service, to the consternation of VirusTotal's creator/operator.
Blurring the lines between legitimate and fraudulent products is not a constructive move on CheckPoint's part. The company has generally enjoyed a good reputation in the market and press, but this move won't help.
Update: CheckPoint provided this statement:
The popup message in ZoneAlarm Free Firewall was intended as an alert to a virus our technology discovered. We wanted to proactively let our users know that ZoneAlarm Free Firewall and other AV products do not fully protect from this virus. It was never our intent to lead customers to believe they have a virus on their computer. This was purely an informative message about a legitimate and serious virus that also included information about the differences in protection of various products, and how to get protection against it. ZoneAlarm is committed to providing our customers with the best protection and considers it our job to proactively alert users whenever a potential risk is looming rather than wait for the damage to be done.


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Monday, 24 October 2011 09:45 AM
Europe's "financial engineering" is insufficient to end its sovereign-debt crisis, Roubini said in a speech in Jakarta today. Contagion from the debt crisis has spread to some French and Belgian banks, he said.
"Unfortunately, in my view there is a risk, at least a 50 percent probability, that in the U.S., in the eurozone, in the United Kingdom, and in most advanced economies, the future in the next 12 months might suggest a recession, a downturn, rather than reacceleration of growth," Roubini said.
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European leaders ruled out tapping the European Central Bank's balance sheet to boost the region's rescue fund and outlined plans to aid banks in their latest meetings to seek a strategy to contain the Greece-fueled debt crisis. Greece's deteriorating finances have narrowed Europe's room for maneuver in battling the contagion, which threatens to pitch the country into default, rattle the banking system, infect Spain and Italy and tip the world economy into recession.
The 13th crisis-management summit in 21 months excluded a forced restructuring of Greece's debt, sticking with the policy of enticing bondholders to accept "voluntary" losses. The complete blueprint will be formed Oct. 26.
Emerging Markets
The slowdown in emerging markets has been moderate so far, Roubini said today, adding that such economies are strong and resilient.
Emerging-market nations are boosting measures to drive growth and insulate themselves from the struggling U.S. recovery and deepening European crisis. The Philippines unveiled a 72 billion-peso ($1.7 billion) stimulus package this month as officials cut growth forecasts for 2011.
Indonesia unexpectedly cut its benchmark interest rate on Oct. 11 for the first time in more than two years. Brazil's central bank cut borrowing costs by half a point last week for a second straight meeting as growth in Latin America's biggest economy slows.
China's manufacturing may expand in October for the first time in four months, snapping the longest contraction since 2009, after a preliminary index of purchasing managers showed a rebound in new orders and output. The reading of 51.1 for the index released by HSBC Holdings Plc and Markit Economics today was the highest in five months and compares with the final reading of 49.9 for September and August. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
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River Esk, Cumbria
|Esk (Cumbria)
The River Esk flows under Wha House Bridge in Upper Eskdale
|United Kingdom
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|Esk Hause
|Irish Sea
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|54°20′17″N 3°25′42″W / 54.33806°N 3.42833°WCoordinates: 54°20′17″N 3°25′42″W / 54.33806°N 3.42833°W
The River Esk, sometimes called the Cumbrian Esk, is a river in Cumbria, England. It flows for approximately 25 km (15.5 miles) from its source in the Scafells range of mountains to its estuary at Ravenglass. It is one of two Rivers Esk in Cumbria, and not to be confused with the Border Esk which flows on the Scottish side of the border.
It rises in the Sca Fell range of mountains at a height of 800 metres, just below Esk Hause, the mountain pass between the fells of Great End and Esk Pike. The infant river then flows southerly through wild and picturesque countryside receiving many streams flowing off the Scafell range, the most significant of which are Calfcove Gill and Little Narrowcove Beck. The river makes several leaps over waterfalls including the Esk Falls before being joined by its first major tributary Lingcove Beck at Lingcove Bridge. Within a few miles the Esk passes Brotherilkeld Farm, which formerly belonged to the monks of Furness Abbey, at this point it is joined by Hardknott Beck and the river now flows westerly through the farmland of Eskdale and is accompanied by the motor road which goes down the valley.
The Esk continues past the small villages of Boot and Eskdale Green. Just after Boot, the significant tributary of Whillan Beck joins the river from the north east, the beck being the outflow from Burnmoor Tarn, four km to the north. Continuing in a south westerly direction the Esk flows beneath Hinning House bridge, three km east of Ravenglass, at this point the river becomes tidal. Shortly after passing the Muncaster Castle Estate the river reaches the Irish Sea at Ravenglass. At its estuary the Esk is joined by the rivers Irt and Mite. The estuary has evolved over the centuries, the Esk and Irt were earlier separated by a shingle bank formed by the sea, dunes were formed when they eventually joined together. The estuary dunes are the location of the Eskmeals nature reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) over an area of 165.5 acres (67 hectares). The SSSI is made up of mostly coastal dunes and salt marsh attracting breeding birds and a profusion of flowers.[1] The dunes are also the site of the Eskmeals Range, a shooting range owned by the MOD) and operated by the contractor Qinetiq.[2] The estuary is crossed by the Cumbrian Coast Line railway on the Eskmeals viaduct just south of Ravenglass.[3]
In his book The Origins Of English Place Names, P.H. Reaney says that the river's name is derived from the Brythonic word *Iska (abounding in fish) and cognate with the modern Welsh word Pysg (fishes).[4] This derivation applies to many similarly named rivers throughout Britain including the Axe, Exe and Usk, with the names evolving local distinctions over the centuries.[5]
The Esk has a reputation as a very good fishing river; it offers fine angling for sea trout and salmon. It was made famous by the writer and broadcaster Hugh Falkus, who lived in the Esk valley and used the river as a basis for many of his books and films.[6] Many of the angling locations on the Esk are privately owned, although the Millom Angling Association offers daily tickets for visitors at its sites on the Muncaster Castle Estate and Brant Rake.[7]
- ^ The Cumbria Directory Gives details of estuary formation and Eskmeals Nature Reserve.
- ^ LTPA website Gives details of Eskmeals range.
- ^ Old Cumbria Gazetteer Gives details of Eskmeals Viaduct.
- ^ Reaney, P.H. (September 1985). The Origins Of English Place Names. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 071020728X.
- ^ A Survey of the History of English Placenames Gives details of etymology (second paragraph).
- ^ Angling World Wide Gives details of Angling on the Esk.
- ^ Millom Anglers Details fishing sites.
External links[edit]
- Media related to River Esk, Cumbria at Wikimedia Commons


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Free Restorative Yoga program for cancer patients
Have you been diagnosed with cancer or do you know someone who has?
Yoga enhances physical and emotional wellness, it also brings about peace to many patients who had thought they'd lost it forever. Yoga is gentle, relaxing, holistic and healing. It rejuvenates your mind, body and soul.
According to scientific studies, patients going through treatment for cancer feel better when they practice yoga as part of an integrative approach to treatment.
There exist in the world, a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices and products that are not considered to be a part of conventional, mainstream, western medicine. Complimentary medicine is the use of therapies used in conjunction with conventional, mainstream, western medicine, in an 'integrative' approach to treatment. Alternative medicine on the other hand is a substitute or used in place of conventional, mainstream treatments.
Yoga's changing role in society has integrated spirituality and medicine to effectively aligns these worlds, bringing the mind-body practice of yoga into a realm that overlaps healthcare. This practice leaves you feeling elated and relaxed rather than exhausted, and delivers a sense of wellbeing and balance which is so beneficial in dealing with the stresses of the modern world. Shanti Gowans' deeper understanding of the healing properties of yoga, in terms of the psycho-physiological underpinning of its curative effects, provides a part in the care of clinically ill patients.
The Shanti Yoga program supports recovery with the following:
- Conscious Breathing
- Helping patients obtain control of feelings and emotions
- Gentle, repetitive, flowing movements in Yoga which improves appetite and bowel movement
- Arm movements (especially breast cancer) which can also be helpful with lymphedema
- Restorative poses
- Supportive yogic props
- Guided imagery
- Deep relaxation practices that breaks you away from stress and helps you better cope with feelings of anxiety, fear, hopelessness and depression.
These enhance quality of life in the following areas:
- Sleep disorders - improved quality of sleep
- Fatigue - decreased fatigue
- Diminished exercise capacity - improved physical and mental function
- Unintentional weight loss
- Psychological stress
- Chronic (persistent) cancer-related pain, with the potential to reduce the side-effects of that may be associated with conventional pain medications.
- Better toleration of treatment-related side effects
The Shanti Yoga program invites all cancer patients to these classes a week, free of fees, to assist in the healing/living with cancer process. Class times:
Monday 6:20-7:15pm • Yoga stretch and tone (Sonja)
Tuesday 12:30-1:25pm • Deep, conscious relaxation and Self Healing (Shantiji)
Tuesday 12:30-1:25pm • Deep, conscious relaxation and Self Healing (Shantiji)
Tuesday 5:30-6:25pm • Yoga Stretch and Tone (Lynanne)
Tuesday 6:30-7:30pm • Hatha Yoga and Vinyasa (Sonja)
Tuesday 8:00-8:45pm • Mindfulness Meditation (Sonja/Shantiji)
Wednesday 9:15-10:10am • Yoga stretch and tone (Hilary)
Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm • Deep, conscious relaxation and Self Healing (Shantiji)
Wednesday 7:30-8:45pm • Yoga for Stress Release (Shantiji)
Thursday 5:30-6:15pm • Yoga stretch and tone (Lynanne)
Friday 9:15-10:10am • Yoga stretch and tone (Cheryl)
Saturday 10:15-11:10am • Yoga stretch and tone (Sue)
Doctor's referral
Please obtain medical clearance if you have an illness or condition that requires special attention.
A doctors referral is required for patients who wish to participate in this program, with renewal from your doctor every four weeks.
For more information please contact us.
About Shantiji
Shanti Gowans is the globally recognised author and founder of Shanti Yoga™, Meditation and Ayurveda for the self, family and community.
Shantiji has brought the concepts and practices of a healthy body and a still mind to thousands of Australians through her Yoga and Meditation programs on national television... Read more about Shantiji's biography
Travel with Shanti & Peter Gowans this November for a trip of a lifetime.


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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Daily Finds: Pretty Accessories
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The bangles are a great deal - 7 pcs for only Php349.75! That's about 50 bucks each! :)
I guess what they say is true... It's all at SM!!!
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The Early Childhood Educators Scholarship Program was funded as a pilot initiative by the Legislature for the purpose of increasing the quality and availability of teachers and care providers to work with young children and youth in inclusive settings including infant/toddler, preschool and school age programs. The scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance for currently employed early childhood and out of school time educators and providers who enroll in an associate's, bachelor's or master's degree program in Early Childhood Education or related programs.
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Greater Portland
Friday 4/1
Hand to Hand Food Drive, 9:45 a.m., First Parish Church, 40 Main St., Freeport. Collecting nonperishable food, personal care items, cleaning supplies for Freeport Community Center Food Pantry, or drop off at Morse Street School. Storm date April 8, 865-2814, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Comedian/performer Randy Judkins, 7 p.m., Scarborough First Congregational Church, 167 Black Point Road. General admission at the door by donation; benefits Men's Fellowship.
Saturday 4/2
Bow Street Market Tortoise and Hare 5K, same-day registration $20 at 8 a.m. near Bow Street Market; online for $15 at runinarace.com, or at the Freeport High School main office. Proceeds support Freeport High School Track Team, 829-3419 or 829-3793.
Sunday 4/3
HeartStrong 10K, $35 entry fee benefits American Heart Association. Same-day registration and bib pick up, 7:30 a.m., Ocean Gateway Terminal, 14 Maine State Pier, Portland. Cash prizes, gift cards; preregister at HeartStrong10K.org.
Chocolate Lovers' Fling, 1-4 p.m. South Portland Marriott, 200 Sable Oaks Drive, South Portland. Chocolate confections made in Southern Maine, judging, silent auction. All proceeds benefit Sexual Assault Response Services of Southern Maine. Tickets are $50 at chocolateloversfling.org.
Thursday 4/7
YMCA Adaptive Services Auction, 6-9 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, Downtown Freeport. To purchase tickets or donate items, firstname.lastname@example.com or 865-9600.
Sunday 4/10
WMPG Fashion Show, 7 p.m., Port City Music Hall, Congress Street, Portland. Benefits community radio and celebrates local designers, portcitymusichall.com.
Thursday 4/21
Toast on the Coast benefit for Easter Seals Maine, Ocean Gateway, Portland. Local chefs compete; wine and food pairings; includes raffle for trip to California, toastonthecoast.com/tickets.
Adult coloring, 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday, Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive, for age 18 and older. Materials provided.
Thursday 3/31
"Finding Shakespeare in the First Folio," lecture by Bowdoin Professor Aaron Kitch, 4:30-6 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland.
"Thursdays with the Bard," 6-7 p.m. read aloud and discuss "King Lear," Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, 871-1700.
Tuesday 4/5
"The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry" by Rachel Joyce, The First Tuesday Book Club, noon, BYO lunch, Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, Mechanics' Hall, 519 Congress St., Portland. Club meets through September.
Wednesday 4/6
"The Killing Kind," by Michael Hendricks, noon, Portland Public Library, Brown Bag Lecture Series, 5 Monument Square.
"The One-In-A-Million Boy," book signing and talk by Monica Wood, 7-8 p.m., Nonesuch Books, Mill Creek, South Portland.
Monday 4/11
"Tracing the Amazing Migration of the Monarch Butterflies," 7 p.m., first in Travel Lecture Series hosted by Maine Charitable Mechanic Association at McAuley High School, Stevens Avenue, Portland.
Bulletin Board
Saturday 4/2
"The British are Coming!" North Atlantic Figure Skating Club's Ice Show with over 90 skaters, April 9, 7-9 p.m., April 10, 2-4 p.m., Family Ice Rink, Hat Trick Drive, Falmouth. Tickets $8/$12, northatlanticfigureskating.org, 781-5058.
Portland High School 50th Class Reunion, 1 p.m. planning session for July 23 event, Italian Heritage Center, 40 Westland Ave., Portland, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Psychic and Crystal Fair, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Leapin' Lizards, 449 Forest Ave., Portland. Mediums, psychics, aura scans, jewelry, giveaways, 221-2363, leapinlizards.biz.
Sebago Chapter of Trout Unlimited 37th annual Conservation Event, 4 p.m., Camp Ketcha, 336 Black Point Road, Scarborough. Local fly fishing legend Macauley Lord, trout fishing-related activities, BBQ, auction. Tickets at charityauctionorganizer.com/auction/SebagoTU.
Tea and Talk, 9:30-11 a.m., Cumberland Town Hall, 290 Tuttle Rd., second Thursday of the month for residents, 829-2208 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Call for Volunteers
Friday 4/8
Friends of Littlejohn Island Preserve, first of four volunteer work days, 2-5 p.m. Park behind Royal River Conservation Trust gate at the end of Pemasong Lane, Yarmouth. Bring heavy gloves, pruners and loppers, rrct.org/events, 847-9399.
Alzheimer's Association, Maine Chapter, ongoing volunteer opportunities for caring people who can offer three to four hours per week, 383 U.S. Route 1, Suite 2C, Scarborough, 772-0115.
American Red Cross needs volunteers in the disaster services, health and safety and administration departments. 874-1192, ext. 115.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine is looking for people who can positively impact children for a few hours each month, 773-5437, somebigs.org.
Caring compassionate hospice volunteers wanted to be part of the VNA Home Health Hospice team, bringing comfort to those facing a terminal illness. Next training Tuesday, April 12, 19 and 26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call Beth Simmons, at 400-8852 or email email@example.com.
Cumberland Area Rides and Cumberland Aging in Place needs volunteer drivers and companions to help local seniors. Interview, vetting, and training required; to drive, contact Lisa Crowley at 829-3367 or email@example.com. Register for Friendly Visitors training May 5 at firstname.lastname@example.com 5 829-2205, ext. 346, or email
Volunteer artists to teach interactive art demos, (papermaking, printmaking, fiber arts, etc.) for the "Longfellow Park Clean Up" April 22 and "Longfellow Park Neighborhood Block Party" April 23, 10 Longfellow St., Portland. All ideas welcome, email@example.com.
Volunteer drivers needed for the The Road To Recovery program to transport cancer patients to treatment in Cumberland County. Must be 18 or older, with valid driver's license, reliable vehicle, clean driving record and proof of insurance. Free training, American Cancer Society, 800-227-2345, or cancer.org.
Foster Grandparents and Senior Companions, adults 55 and older needed to make a difference while earning extra money. Foster Grandparents assist in schools, Senior Companions visit adult day programs or homes, call 773-0202 or email email@example.com.
Meals on Wheels, Portland, needs volunteer drivers to deliver meals to home-bound elderly, once a week, once a month or more on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Mileage reimbursement offered. Contact Jennie at 878-3285.
Refugee and Immigration Services, a program of Catholic Charities Maine, has ongoing needs for volunteers to assist refugees in transitioning to the U.S., 881-8550.
Road to Recovery, American Cancer Society needs volunteers to drive cancer patients to their doctors' appointments. 373-3700, option 3.
Contradance, first Saturday, Falmouth Congregational Church, 267 Falmouth Road, Falmouth. Instruction/review 7:15 p.m., main dance, 8 p.m., various fees, firstname.lastname@example.com, 358-9354.
Argentine Tango, Wednesdays, beginner lesson 7 p.m., $10; Ballroom Dance Party, 8 p.m. to midnight Saturdays, beginner lesson 7 p.m., $7; Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St., Portland.
Line Dancing, Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. beginners; 8-9 p.m. intermediate; 9-9:30 p.m. advanced, Club 188, 188 Warren Ave., Portland.
Maplewood Dance Center, night classes followed by dance socials Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 383 Warren Ave., Portland, 878-0584, maplewooddancecenter.com.
Irish Set Dancing, 7-9 p.m. Thursdays, Yarmouth Community Services, 200 Main St., Yarmouth, email@example.com.
Dining Out
Friday 4/1
Chowder Luncheon, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., every Friday, North Deering Congregational Church, 1364 Washington Ave., Portland, $6-$13. Take out available.
Saturday 4/2
Baked Bean Supper, 5-6:30 p.m., Casco Masonic Lodge, 20 Mill St., Yarmouth Three kinds of beans, mac & cheese, hot dogs, slaw, homemade pies and biscuits. Adults, $10, children under 12, $4.
Monthly Supper, 4:30-6 p.m., Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, 280 Ocean House Road. Casseroles, beans, salads, breads, pie. Adults/$8, children/$5, families/$20. Take out available.
Turkey Supper with all the trimmings, 4:30-6:30 p.m., American Legion, 413 Broadway, South Portland. Adults, $8, children 3-12, $3.
Food and music pairing, Sparhawk Mill, 81 Bridge St., Yarmouth. A KISMET Foundation event hosted by the Abitare Project; advance tickets required at 847-3120.
Friday 4/8
Souper Supper, 5-7 p.m., St. Mary's Church, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth. Free, 781-3366.
Saturday 4/16
Bean Supper, 5-6 p.m., Peoples United Methodist Church, 310 Broadway, South Portland. Baked beans, casseroles, homemade pies and more, $8 each or $17 for a family.
Christian Meditation Gathering, hosted by United Methodist communities of HopeGateWay, 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 185 High St., Portland, 899-2435, newlightportland.org.
Fit to Dance, 5:30-6:30 pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, 774-2200. Free.
Mammograms and pap tests available at no cost for women 40-64, through Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program, 874-8942 or 800-350-5180.
Spiritual Meditation, 4-4:45 p.m. Wednesdays, The Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, 774-2200. Free.
Tai Chi, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursdays, Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, 774-2200. Free.
Just for Kids
Saturday 4/2
Miss Lisa's Songs & Stories, 10:30-11 a.m., Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Drive.
Beyond Words: Visual Journaling group begins Wednesday, April 13 at the Cancer Community Center in South Portland. Register online or call the Center at 774-2200.
Cancer Community Center, support groups, wellness classes, complementary therapies, nutritional counseling, CancerCommunityCenter.org, 774-2200.
Cancer Support Group, 5:30-6:30 pm, Wednesdays, Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, 774-2200. For adults affected by cancer, their families and friends.
CODA: Co-Dependents Anonymous meeting every Friday 12:30-1:30 p.m., St. Dominic's Church, Mellen St., Portland, call Elizabeth at 799-4599.
Compassus Hospice Grief Support Group, third Wednesday, 3 p.m., Compassus, 23 Spring St., Suite C, Scarborough, 761-6967, compassushealthcare. com.
Family Crisis Services, local domestic violence resource center serving Cumberland County with legal help, shelter and support. 24-hour hotline 1-800-537-6066. For information about support groups held in Brunswick, Bridgton or Portland call 721-0199.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, free 12-step program for anyone suffering from food addiction and body image issues. For more info and local meeting locations, see foodaddicts.org or call 775-2132.
Gynecological and Breast Cancer Group, 6-7:30 p.m., second and fourth Tuesday, Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland, 774-2200, or cancercommunitycenter.org.
Hope Group/Attitudinal Healing, 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Maine Medical Center, Dana Center classroom #1; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Portland Recovery Community Center. Contact Liz at 727-420-2964.
Kids First, workshops and support groups for families going through divorce, Kids First Center, 222 St. John. St., Suite 101, Portland, 761-2709, email@example.com, kidsfirstcenter.org.
LaLeche League, every Wednesday, 9 a.m., Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland, 767-0920.
Leukemia Society Family Support group, third Tuesday, 5:30-7 p.m., 778 Maine St., South Portland, 774-2200.
Maine Buddy Program provides one-to-one, peer support from trained volunteers for adults dealing with cancer, CancerCommunityCenter.org or call 774-2200.
Memory Café, 1 p.m, every second Wednesday, OceanView, Blueberry Commons, Falmouth, 781-4621; noon, every first Wednesday, Port Resources, 280 B Gannett Dr., South Portland with pizza lunch; 828-0048,, portresources.org.
Mornings with Friends, for senior socialization and entertainment, 10-11:30 a.m., third Wednesday. Location alternates between Congregational Church of Cumberland at 282 Main St. and the United Methodist Church at 52 Tuttle Road, 829-3318 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
National Alliance on Mental Illness, family support groups, Dana Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, 6:30-8 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday; Spring Harbor Hospital 7-8:30 p.m., third Monday. Peer recovery groups meet at the Dana Center, 6:30-8 p.m.the second, third and fourth Thursday, namimaine.org/?page=SupportGroups.
Overeaters Anonymous/Portland, Sunday, 7 p.m., Brighton Medical Center, 335 Brighton Ave.; Tuesday and Friday, 6 p.m., Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St.; Saturdays, 9:30 and 10 a.m., Maine Medical Center, Dana Center, 22 Bramhall St., oamaine.org.
PFLAG Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m., second Tuesday, Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland, 831-3015, pflagportlandmaine.org.
South Portland Food Cupboard, 130 Thadeus St., Thursday 8:30-11:30 a.m., for residents of South Portland, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth, and surrounding communities, 874-0379, southportlandfoodcupboard.org.
Together With Alzheimer's, drop-in support group for caregivers of those with Alzheimer's/dementia, 7 p.m. every Wednesday, Sacred Heart Parish Center, Conference Room, 232 Main St. Yarmouth, firstname.lastname@example.com.
TOPS Club, weight-loss support group chapter, Thursday, 5:15 p.m. weigh-in and meeting, Maine Medical Center, Dana Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, 662-2776.
Young Widows and Widowers Group open to people age 50 or younger meets twice a month Friday evenings at The Center for Grieving Children, Portland. Call Sara Asch at 775-5216 to register.
Designer Fruit Tree Series: Grafting, Budding, Planting & Pruning, April 21, May 21, July 19, UMaine Regional Learning Center and Tidewater Farm in Falmouth. Register for each session online at http://bit.ly/1MGCsWV.
Wednesday 3/30
Portland Trails' 15×15 & Annual Meeting, 5:30-8 p.m., SPACE Gallery, Portland, 15-minute meeting, followed by two-hour TED-style forum of ideas and presentations.
Friday 4/1
Inaugural New England Brew Summit, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., USM Abromson Center, Portland. Space is limited; registration required at nebrewsummit.com/register/.
Tuesday 4/5
"Genetic Genealogy," 6:30 p.m., Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road. How genetic tests can help family genealogical research, email@example.com.
Wednesday 4/6
"Armchair Traveler: Backpacking in Glacier National Park," 6:30 p.m., Scarborough Public Library, 48 Gorham Road.
Thursday 4/7
"Investing as a Social Change Strategy," Paul D. Merrill Business Ethics Lecture by Joseph Keefe, president and CEO of Pax World Funds, 4 p.m., Eleanor DeWolfe Ludcke Auditorium on UNE's Portland Campus.
Saturday 4/9
Spring Rush, Scarborough Land Trust hike, meet at Fuller Farm parking lot at 10 a.m. on Broadturn Road to carpool, 289-1199, scarboroughlandtrust.org.
Southern Maine Community College open house, 9 a.m.-noon, HUB Athletic Center, 119 Fort Road, South Portland. Reserve at smccme.edu/openhouse.
Antiques Appraisal Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Yarmouth History Center, 118 East Elm St., Yarmouth, $10/one item, $18/two, $25/three, yarmouthmehistory.org, 846-6259
Wellness Fair, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., sponsored by Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce and Yarmouth Community Services at Rowe School, 52 School St., Yarmouth. Holistic and integrative health care providers and presentations, raffle, "Stuff the Bus" food drive, blood drive, yarmouthmaine.org.
Monday 4/11
"The History and Joy of Growing and Working with Lavender," St. Mary's Garden Club hosts Lori Costigan of Glendarragh Lavender Farm, 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth. Open to the public for a $5 donation.
Tuesday 4/12
"Advances in Cancer Treatment," by Southern Maine Health Care oncologist Peter Rubin, 5 p.m., Cancer Community Center, 778 Main St., South Portland.
Thursday 4/14
Photographer Nick Buck and his journey on a mule-driven wagon to trace the Oregon Trail, 6:30 p.m., Author Talk series at Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland.
Stitch Hive, 6:30-8:30 p.m., second and fourth Wednesdays, Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, meetup.com/Stitch-HIVE-Portland-Maine/.
Drop-in Technology Assistance, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Portland Public Library's public computing desk, 5 Monument Square. Appointment not required; first come, first served.
Saturday 4/2
Mudboots and Black Tie benefit for Chocolate Church Arts Center, 804 Washington St., Bath. Reception with cash bar and silent auction at 5 p.m., followed by catered dinner and dancing to live music. Tickets $50 at chocolatechurcharts.org or 442-8455.
Friday 4/8
Benefit Italian Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Charles Church, 132 McKeen St., Brunswick. Proceeds support teen mission trip to Brooklyn, New York. Adults, $8, children, $4.
Sunday 4/10
"Our Time, Talent, and Items Auction," benefit for Brunswick United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road, 4 p.m., preview at 3 p.m. To donate, contact the office at 725-2185, umcbrunswick.org.
Celebrate Library Week, Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath. April 12: Open Mic Poetry Night, 6:30 p.m.; April 13: "Heaven Is Beautiful: How Dying Taught Me that Death Is Just the Beginning," 6:30 p.m. author talk; April 15: Primo Cubano five-piece dance band, 7 p.m., 443-5141, ext. 21, patten.lib.me.us.
Saturday 4/2
"Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War," by Matthew Cost, 1-3 p.m., Mustard Seed Bookstore, 74 Front St., Bath.
Thursday 4/7
"8 Weeks to a 5K Guidebook: Getting to the Starting Line Healthy and Confident," by Christie Tebbets, spring author series at The Mustard Seed Bookstore, 74 Front St., Bath, themustardseebookstore.com.
Tuesday 4/12
"Got Here as Soon as I Could," by syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley, spring author series at The Mustard Seed Bookstore, 74 Front St., Bath, themustardseedbookstore.com.
Great Books, 10 a.m.-noon, fourth Saturday, The Great Books Foundation Short Story Omnibus purchased from Great Books Foundation. Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham, 725-1727, topshamlibrary.org.
The Writers' Meetup, 6 p.m., first Tuesday, network over coffee and snacks. Free and open to all, Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, 725-1727, topshamlibrary.org.
Young Critics, 5 p.m., third Tuesday, for fourth- and fifth-graders. Free, but registration required at Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, 725-1727, topshamlibrary.org.
Teen Talk Book Club, second Thursday, Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, 725-1727, topshamlibrary.org.
Tween Reads, 5-6 p.m., for sixth- and seventh-graders. Meets once a month. Registration required, Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, 725-1727, topshamlibrary.org.
Men's Book Group, 6:30-7:30 p.m., third Thursday, Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, new members welcome. FMI, 725-1727, topshamlibrary.org.
Bulletin Board
Book Sale, benefit Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., April 8-9, Merrymeeting Plaza, 147 Bath Road, Brunswick.
Saturday 4/2
50-50 Bingo, 1-3 p.m., Bath Area Senior Citizens Center, 45 Floral St. Doors open at noon. Refreshments; must be 16 or older.
Donations for Mid Coast Hospital Auxiliary annual book sale April 8-9 accepted 9 a.m.-noon at Merrymeeting Plaza, 147 Bath Road, Brunswick. Please no encyclopedias, textbooks, Reader's Digest condensed books, magazines or damaged books.
Sunday 4/3
Maine Chapter of Grandmothers Against Gun Violence, inaugural meeting, 1 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Open to anyone interested, with brief presentation by the organizer and a guest speaker.
Thursday 4/7
Kennebec Estuary Land Trust annual meeting and membership celebration, 5:30 p.m., Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath. Public welcome; RSVP through 442-8400, firstname.lastname@example.com, or kennebecestuary.org/annual-meeting-2016.
Brunswick Toastmasters, first and third Tuesdays, 6:15-8 p.m., 8 Venture Ave., Brunswick, in former Naval base, guests welcome, 241-2294, 2156.toastmastersclubs.org.
Merriconeag Grange, first and third Thursdays, 7 p.m., 529 Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Sip & Stitch group knitting and crocheting, 10 a.m.-noon first and third Saturdays, Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham, 725-1727.
Wednesday 4/13
Red Cross Blood Drive, 1-6 p.m., Bath K of C, 807 Middle St. Call 1-800- RED CROSS for an appointment. Drop-ins also welcome, redcrossblood.org, 1-800-RED CROSS.
American Cancer Society needs volunteers to transport cancer patients to treatment, ACS, New England Division, Topsham, 462-6307, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice needs hospice volunteers in the Brunswick area; training provided. 777-7740, AHCH.org.
ArtVan Program seeks volunteers to help with art therapy programming with children and teens, promotional support and fundraising efforts. Contact 650-1608 or visit artvanprogram.org.
Big Brothers Big Sisters seeks volunteer mentors (must be 18+) willing to commit one year and spend eight hours a month with a child 6-14 who lives in a single parent home. Contact Brunswick office at 729-7736 or email@example.com.
Chocolate Church Arts Center seeks volunteers for the art gallery and more, 804 Washington St., Bath, 442-8455.
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay seeks volunteers interested in preserving the bay to assist with speaker series, assemble mailings and more, 666-1118, fomb.org.
Habitat for Humanity/7 Rivers Maine seeks volunteers to cashier at the ReStore in Topsham; typically four-hour shifts Tuesday through Saturday; 504-9335; firstname.lastname@example.com.
Home to Home, an organization providing a safe place for parents to exchange children for visitations, needs volunteers, commitment of one to two hours per exchange period; police check and training required. Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick, Rich Siegel, 837-4894, mainehometohome.org.
Mid Coast Hospital, looking for people to volunteer in the cafe, gift shop, or greeting patients, 123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, 373-6015.
Pejepscot Historical Society needs volunteer tour guides for the upcoming season at Skolfield-Whittier House and Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum and volunteer staff for Chamberlain Museum gift shop, 729-6606.
People Plus Center, ongoing opportunities, 35 Union St., Brunswick, ask for Joe or Frank at 729-0757.
Refugee and Immigration Services, a program of Catholic Charities Maine, has ongoing needs for committed volunteers who will help new Mainers find employment. FMI, Paul Mullaney, email@example.com.
Sexual Assault Support Services of Mid Coast Maine needs volunteers to provide support and information to callers on 24-hour hotline, 725-2181, 594-8580 or 338-4622, email@example.com.
SEARCH Program of Greater Bath is looking for volunteers a few hours a week to assist seniors by providing companionship, transportation, assistance with errands, 837-8810, email@example.com.
Tri-County Literacy seeks volunteer tutors to work with adults in the community, 443-6384, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Free Community Square Dance, hosted by SAGE Square and Round Dance Club, 6:30-7:30 p.m., first Tuesday of the month during the school year, Woodside Elementary School, 42 Barrows Dr., Topsham. Singles, couples, families welcome, 939-0412, csage.squaredanceme.us.
Contradance, second Saturdays, Topsham Grange, 47 Pleasant St. Family dance 6-7 p.m., $3 pp/$12 family. Finger food potluck, 7 p.m.; lesson for main dance, 7:30 p.m.; main dance, 8 p.m. $10 adults/$7 seniors & students. http://contradancetopsham.wordpress.com.
Dining Out
Friday 4/8
Italian Dinner, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Charles Church, 132 McKeen St., Brunswick. Proceeds support teen mission trip to Brooklyn, New York. Adults, $8, children, $4.
Saturday 4/9
Neighborhood Cafe fundraiser, 4:30-6:30 p.m., United Church of Christ, 798 Washington St., Bath. Homemade chicken or vegan pot pie, salad, desserts, silent auction. Adults, $10, children under 10, $5, firstname.lastname@example.com, 522 7707.
Good Food and Good Friends, Brunswick United Methodist Church, corner of 320 Church and Raymond roads. Two seatings at 5 and 6 p.m. for beans, salads, casseroles, homemade pies. Reservations accepted at 725-2185 but not required, adults $8, children, $4, umcbrunswick.org.
NAMI Bath-Brunswick Family-to-Family Education course, 12-week series 6:30-9 p.m. beginning April 5 for families of people diagnosed with mental illness. Preregistration required, 729-8055, firstname.lastname@example.com.
American Red Cross Disaster Action Team provides free, basic classes in delivering assistance in emergency situations, weekday evenings, 16 Community Way, Topsham, 729-6779, 563-3299, MidCoastRedCross.net.
Blood pressure clinic, Wednesdays 10 a.m. – noon, free, walk-ins welcome, Mid Coast Hospital Community Resource Room, 123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, Jessica Loney R.N., 373-6592, email@example.com.
De-Stress Your Body, Wednesdays, 9-10:30 a.m., $15 per session; come once or weekly, Spectrum Generations, Southern Midcoast Community Center, 12 Main St., Topsham, 729-0475.
Diabetic foot clinic, first Thursday of the month, Jeanne Otis R.N., $30/visit, package deals available. Call for appointment, 729-0475, Southern Midcoast Community Center.
Group meditation, 9 a.m.-noon Sundays, Shambhala Center, 19 Mason St., Brunswick, 729-7402.
Hooptydoo Hula-Hoop Class, all ages and skill levels welcome, $10, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Bath Dance Works, 72 Front St., Third Floor, Bath, 808-281-6451, email@example.com.
Maine Laughter Yoga Club, reduce stress with playful exercises and yogic breathing, 5:30-6:30 p.m. first Fridays, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Suite 314, Brunswick, 443-3721.
TOPS (Take Off the Pounds Sensibly), weight loss support group, 6:10 p.m. weigh-in and meeting, Thursdays, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 330 Maine St., Brunswick, 729-6400.
Weight Watchers, noon Mondays, McLellan Building, Multipurpose Room, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 725-3265.
All Addictions Anonymous Big Book Step Study group, 5:30-7 p.m., Mondays at Brunswick Adventist Church, 333 Maine St. Members of any 12-step group welcome. FMI, call 400-6320.
Care support group, Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine and Mid Coast Hospital provide an education-based support group for survivors of sexual violence who are pregnant; participants may bring a support person. 373-6500 or 725-2181.
Communicate after stroke support group, first and third Tuesdays, September to May, 1-2 p.m., free, friends/family welcome, Mid Coast Hospital, 123 Medical Center Dr., Brunswick, Peggy Beaulieu, 373-6175.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, Mondays, 9 a.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 729-3861; Wednesdays, 10 a.m., Bath Police Dept. 250 Water St., Bath 512-5797; Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Topsham Medical Building, 4 Horton Place, 441-1550; Fridays, 6 p.m., Bath Police Dept., 250 Water St., Bath 442-7557; Saturdays, 9 a.m., Mid Coast Hospital (Medical Offices Building) 123 Medical Center Drive, 865-9160.
Grief Support Group, for survivors of those who have died from substance abuse, first and third Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m., CHANS Home Health Care and Hospice, 45 Baribeau Dr., Brunswick, 721-1357.
H.O.P.E. (Healing of Persons Exceptional) wellness support group, St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 20 Union St., Hallowell, 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m., call 890-3673.
Memory Café, 11 a.m., fourth Wednesday, Mae's Cafe and Bakery, 160 Centre St., Bath, 797-7891; 2 p.m., third Thursday, Westrum House, 22 Union Park Road, Topsham, 797-7891.
Mid Coast Senior Health Center, for caregivers of those with memory loss, 4-5 p.m., third Thursday, 58 Baribeau Dr., Brunswick.
MidCoast Chronic Pain Support Group, open to people with chronic pain, their families and friends, first and third Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m. Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick, 725-7854.
Mid-Coast Maine Center for Grief and Loss, hospice volunteers offer grief support programs for children, families and individuals, 45 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick, 729-3602.
Overeaters Anonymous, Mondays, 5:30 p.m., Seventh Day Adventist Church, 333 Maine St., Brunswick 837-5642; Tuesdays, noon, United Congregational Church, 150 Congress Ave., Bath, 729-3057; Thursdays, 7 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 27 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 443-4630; Sundays, 9 a.m., 123 Medical Drive, Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick, 729-3149.
Self-healing empowerment group, Wednesdays, 9-10:30 a.m., $15, come once or weekly, Spectrum Generations, Southern Midcoast Community Center, 12 Main St., Topsham, 729-0475.
Survivors of Suicide, support group, first Thursdays, 5:30 p.m., Elijah Kellogg Congregational Church, 917 Harpswell Neck Road, Harpswell, 833-6386.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) weigh-in 6-6:40 p.m. every Thursday, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 330 Maine St., Brunswick. Meeting follows. FMI 729-6400.
Together With Alzheimer's, support group for caregivers, 7-8 p.m. every Wednesday, Sacred Heart Parish Center, 326 Main St., Yarmouth, firstname.lastname@example.com or 233-0709.
12-Step Recovery Program, Wednesdays 6 p.m., food, group meetings, contact Jeff Rogers, firstname.lastname@example.com, Compass Point Community Church, 119 Old Bath Road.
Veteran to Veteran support group with Operation Resilient Hope, 6-8 p.m., Thursdays, 2 Main St., Topsham, 319-5996, OperationResilientHope.org.
Women with Cancer Support Group is open to women diagnosed with any type of cancer, at any age, meets third Tuesdays, 3 p.m., board room of MidCoast Hospital, 123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, 373-6540.
Women's Circle, for women who want support for a controlling or abusive relationship, free and confidential, hosted by Mid Coast Outreach Office of Family Crisis Services, 721-0199.
Tuesday 4/5
"The College Applications and Admissions Process," 6:30-8 p.m., by former Bowdoin College assistant dean of admissions, Patten Free Library, 33 Summer St., Bath.
Wednesday 4/6
"The Heart of the Matter: A Conversation on Our Care of the Earth," moderated discussion with three Brunswick clergy, 7 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 1 Middle St., Brunswick.
"Oxford University's Bodleian Library," by Susan Beegel, editor in chief of The Hemingway Review, 6:30 p.m., Patten Free Library, Summer Street, Bath.
Friday 4/8
Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and president emeritus of Harvard University, will speak on the topic of inequality, 7:30 p.m., in Pickard Theater, Memorial Hall, Bowdoin College.
Saturday 4/9
"Should religion be taught in public schools," informal monthly meeting of Freedom From Religion Foundation Maine, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, firstname.lastname@example.com, 613-7080.
Sunday 4/10
"My Experiences with Self-Publishing for Genealogy," by family historian Gene Vogt, 2 p.m., hosted by Pejepscot Genealogical Society at Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick.
Monday 4/11
"Bladder Cancer," by Craig Hawkins, MD, FACS, Mid Coast Medical Group- Urology. Part of ongoing Ounce of Prevention series, 11 a.m., Mid Coast Senior Health Center, 58 Baribeau Drive, Brunswick.
Tuesday 4/12
"The Art of Biography and the Search for Truth," Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Maraniss, 7:30 p.m., Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center, Bowdoin College.
Thursday 4/14
"Lee's Forgotten General: AP Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg," Joshua L. Chamberlain Civil War Round Table Lecture, 7 p.m., Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. Free, but donations appreciated.
Tuesday 4/19
"Our Rights at Risk – Courts Matter," panel discussion by Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, 5-6:30 p.m., Curtis Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, grandmothersforreproductiverights.org.
Cathance River Education Alliance Ecology Center, Topsham. Open house, noon to 2 p.m. each Sunday. For directions see creamaine.org or email email@example.com.
Computer Boot Camp, by appointment daily 8:30-9:30 a.m., 3:30-4:30 p.m., Southern Midcoast CareerCenter, 275 Bath Road, Brunswick, mainecareercenter.com, 621-5009.
Midcoast Senior College, current events forum, noon, Thursdays, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 725-4900. Free.
New Ventures Maine, programs for career, business and financial education. Classes and workshops at no charge, in-person and online options. 386-1664, newventuresmaine.org.
Smart investing@your library workshops, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick; list at curtismoney.com.
Drop-In Tech Support, 1-3 p.m., Wednesdays, Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, 725-1727, topshamlibrary.org.


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EDMONDS, Wash. -- After 18 years in law enforcement, Carl Orsi has consumed more than his share of coffee. It runs through his veins, much like his commitment to police officers everywhere.
Orsi and his wife Cheri moved to Edmonds when he retired from the Berkley, California Police Department. His career saw the start of the crack cocaine epidemic, the Rodney King riots, and more murders than he can remember. But it was what he watched from the safety of his living room this summer -- the ambush-style slaughter of five Dallas police officers at a Black Lives Matter rally -- that impacted him in a way he has never experienced before.
"The job is hard enough. Now you've got people targeting police officers just for the fact they wore a blue uniform," Orsi said.
Not long after the Dallas killings, Orsi decided to get into the coffee business. He founded Thin Blue Line Coffee," a reference to the "thin blue line" of police that protects people from criminals.
Proceeds from the sale of his coffee go to Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS), an organization that supports families of police killed in the line of duty.
"Once you're in the law enforcement family, you're in the family for good," said Orsi. "I just want to take care of family."
Orsi says the business is not political, but that hasn't stopped some from posting on his Facebook page that he is part of the problem.
"One person said I have the blood of victims on my hands," he said, shaking his head.
Orsi sees the venture as simply a way to support people who have lost a loved one. It's a cause he believes everyone can get behind regardless of color or politics.
"Because it doesn't just affect the officer. It affects the family, their teammates, the whole community."
Thin Blue Line Coffee is only available on-line, right now. Visit Orsi's ThinBlueLineCoffee.com for more information.


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Souls Talking Brain show – Recorded live on May 5, 2010.
Our Double Goddess, Aline & Roni ponder, discuss and play with the VERY IMPORTANT topic of Assuming the Positive in ALL of our interactions with ALL BEings whom we encounter in our experience of BEingness. Journey the adventure through the various ways by which we may ALLOW SELF to Assume the Positive, such as Accepting SELF True, NOT comparing or competing with others, NOT judging, but instead LOVing SELF.
This Week's Good Deed DOer IS: Hemal Radia ~ @HemalRadia
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TSECL Junior Operator Recruitment 2016 is an employment news. Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited is a Government of Tripura Enterprise issued recruitment notification by inviting applications from the eligible candidates for filling up Junior Operator posts in Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited. Candidates are initially paid basis fixed pay, After completion of 5 (five) years continuous satisfactory service they may be regularized in the scale of PB-2. So the candidates who are willing to join in the TSECL may apply for the Junior Operator Position by sending application on the prescribed format along with required documents on or before last date 31st March, 2016.
TSECL Junior Operator Recruitment 2016
Name of Organization: Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited
Name of post: Junior Operator
No. of Post: 69 Vacancies
Pay scale: Initially purely temporary basis on Fixed pay. After completion of 5 (five) years continuous satisfactory service they may be regularized in the scale of PB-2, Rs.5700-24000/- plus Grade pay Rs. 2100/- plus allowances.
Eligible criteria for Junior Operator in TSECL
Qualification : Madhyamik Passed with I.T.I. passed in Electrical Trade
Age limit : Maximum 40 years as on 31st March, 2016. Upper age limit will be based on company norms.
How to apply for TSECL Recruitment
Eligible candidates who wish to apply may send their application in prescribed proforma downloaded from www.tsecl.qov.in, along with all necessary certificates to the chairman-cum-Managing Director, Tripura State Electricity Corporation Ltd., Bidyut Bhavan, North Banamalipur, Agartala, Tripura (West), Pin- 799001.
Read TSECL Junior Operator Notification
Download Application Form (Page No. 2)
TSECL Recruitment Important date:
Last date of receipt of application: 31st March, 2016.
TSECL Interview: Candidates will be called for interview by call letter or newspaper advertisement.


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SpugSpam - a Spam Solution for UNIX Freaks
SpugSpam is a script that runs a confirm-response spam filter. It is designed to be flexible, and intended for use within your procmail pipeline. It is not intended to be user friendly, so if you are asking yourself "what's a procmail pipeline?" then SpugSpam is probably not for you.
Revision 1.2* supports SPF checking, the basic confirmation engine, rule based pre-filtering and (limited) remote management through e-mail. It will most likely take you a few hours to set up, but if you're looking for this sort of thing, it's probably worth it.
You'll need the PySPF package to take advantage of the SPF support in versions 1.1 and above (please use this - lots of spammers use authentic e-mail addresses and the owners of those addresses don't deserve confirmation messages if the message comes from a sender that isn't authorized by their SPF record).
See the SpugSpam Manual for details.
For a similar project, see ASK - The Active Spam Killer. This is a much more user friendly solution than SpugSpam.


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Boaz Yakin's comic Marathon is a retelling of the story of the messenger who ran to Athens to warn the city of the Persians about to sack them. That's just the third act though. There are plenty of scenes of running beforehand. Eucles wants to be fighting not running, but running becomes the way to victory.
I wasn't a huge fan. The rough linework in the art and all the beards led to people all looking interchangeably similar. I don't really give a shit about these kinds of military honour stories either so there wasn't a lot for me here.


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Friday, March 2, 2012
cherish Isle Tutorial - The Newest Facebook Game by Zynga
care for Isle is an amalgam of several different games, but packaged extremely smartly into an exploration-style game. As with other Zynga games, it is played through Facebook. All you need is a Facebook record.
In cherish Isle, you play a fully customizable avatar seeking riches in the South Pacific. The goal of the game is to scrutinize islands, catch treasures, and return to your home island for rest and relaxation.
Your avatar travels by boat to various islands that are located on your draw. Once on the island, you must employ your shovel to dig up plots of land as your search for buried fancy. As you hasten into bushes and rocks, you will be required to select other tools such as pickaxes to definite the procedure.
Every time you determined a fragment of land, you will spend energy (objective like in Mafia Wars) . You may replenish energy my eating fruit, leveling up, or simply waiting.
On your home island, you have two plots of land that you can plant with fruit (like Farmville) . Every few hours, you can harvest and replant the fruit to hold your exploration energy up! Your home island also comes with a gem tree. Gems are worn to unlock clear statues throughout the islands. to earn the upright color gem, you may need to visit your friends' islands.
The next highlight of the game is your ability to decorate your beget island (like Cafe World) . You may employ either Gold or Island Cash to grasp recall enhancements and decorations for your island.
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Here's another humungo stat Apple dropped during its earnings call on Wednesday: two billion iMessages are sent every single day. So over the course of a year, 730 billion iMessages are sent between iOS users—every Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Holy Buffalo.
Apple didn't quite meet expectations this quarter, but that didn't stop the company from breaking records. In addition to the impressive iMessage stat, Apple also revealed that it has sold over 500 million iOS devices, with 250 million iCloud activations up to this point. Not too shabby at all.
[Source: TechniBuffalo]


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Simply OrganizedReviewing: Perigree Books Simply Orgazined By Connie Cox And Cris Evatt | Rating:
This is an old book that's been sitting on my shelf that I haven't looked at in a long time. Published in 1986, it's a collection of tips on how to get organized, reduce clutter, and streamline your life.
The tips themselves would apply just as well now as when the book was written, but the book still seems dated, probably because there have been so many books, magazine articles, and TV shows about organizing and decluttering since the time it was published that the knowledge the book contains now appears to be just common sense, the sort of thing you probably already know.
But it's available on Amazon for only a penny (plus shipping), so if it's something you think you might like to read, you wouldn't have much to lose by getting it.