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Closer to Free
Closer to Free was the "Party of Five" theme song by the BoDeans. So catchy, so 90's. "Everybody wants to live, like they wanna live and everybody wants to love, like they wanna love and everybody wants to be closer to free". You're bopping your head and humming right now aren't you? 😉
I used to be a self-help junkie. If there was an inspirational, motivational or uplifting book to be read, I was all over it. Over time I have found some things I've read that stuck with me and others weren't quite as impactful. One of my favorite books/activities was "The Desire Map" by Danielle LaPorte. It was all about figuring out who you are, what makes you light up and then embodying those qualities. I spent my staycation last fall pouring through the book and identifying how I wanted to feel, who I wanted to BE etc. It felt amazing to finally capture all these things on paper.
Well, you're supposed to run through the goal setting activities a few times a year to make sure your life aligns with your goals and vice versa. Turns out my life got busy and I hadn't checked in since that afternoon last year. I was surprised how much has changed. On October 19, 2015 I wrote "I wish I felt strong - not just physically (although strong > squishy/fluffy which is how I currently feel, lol) but mentally strong. I am still so emotional, so easily influenced and upset by others. I wish I could toughen up". I think I have DEFINITELY toughened up (thanks to some people and some situations acting as "sandpaper" as my friend Michelle describes it). I'm also much stronger and slimmer physically than I was this time last year. Sometimes I take for granted the things I can do (like 3 hours of back to back classes or walking 3 miles at the lake or completing a Chrissy Clawson abs of death series without ACTUALLY dying 😉 ).So, that goal was definitely accomplished on multiple fronts!
The "Core Desired Feelings" I chose last year were:
Sunday afternoon I started redoing the activity, this time in the cutest revamped workbook:
Halfway through I realized what I wanted was to feel free, or at least closer to free. Freedom from debt, freedom from weight, freedom from the limiting beliefs I've placed on myself over the years. I'm getting there - slowly, surely. I have goals around each of those items and I water them daily. Turns out those words no longer define what I want to be or who I am. I needed new words. I pondered for a bit and came up with these:
I want to be engaged in meaningful work, inspired to write my book and reach my goals, I want relationships that light me up and excite me (and I'm totally fine if I have fewer close people in my circle; as my girl Meghan says 4 quarters > 100 pennies any day). I want freedom from the things I've carried so long (knowing that freedom alone doesn't always feel free, I need things like gratitude and appreciation for my season in life knowing I can't rush what's meant to be). Lastly I want to feel and be loved. I have SO much to offer someone that I literally can't wait for him to come into my life. ❤
My goal is to embody these qualities, focus my energy on continually refining and improving my life. Oh and to check in again in a few months and see how I can realign myself to these words!


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Dr. Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First visited the Rio Grande Valley on September 15 & 16, 2016 at the invitation of University of Texas RGV to speak to the community about understanding the global food systems and the importance of building our local food movement. On September 15th, Dr. Holt-Gimenez addressed the community with a talk titled "Agroecology and Food Systems Transformation" at Quinta Mazatlan.
On the following day, Anwar Garza and Lois Kim of PPC Farms accompanied Dr. Eric Holt-Gimenez and his group on a local farm tour led by Dr. Alexis Racelis, Agroecology Program Director at the Department of Biology in the College of Science at UTRGV. It was a day of meaningful discourse and learning.
Food First, also known as the Institute for Food and Development Policy, is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, USA. According to the Food First website, its main goal is to forge food sovereignty for human rights and sustainable livelihoods, and to do so it has three programs of development: building local agri-foods systems, farmers forming food sovereignty, and democratizing development.


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She was due yesterday. I came out this morning to see this.
That's where her box started out!! Then she was nesting in the left corner, so I moved it. Then she started nesting in the middle of the cage. So we moved the nest back to the box. Then she ate all the hay out of the box.
Her nestbox that was stuffed FULL of fresh hay last night when I fed?
Oh...and what's this?
She was squatting over top of the other one lol.
Checking out the Keepee made nest.
She knew this was an important and unrepeatable breeding and she was trying to tank it for me lol.
Thankfully, she's a good mama and pulled a LOT of fur for her babies. We did lose one, but it was a peanut anyway. I'm so excited, this litter is the first of my Nationals babies born!


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On Sunday in the morning we watched the FIFA World Cup play-off for 3rd place, Netherlands vs Brazil. At the end of the first half the score was 2-0 to the Netherlands. The first goal was when Arjen Robben was tripped up by a Brazilian player so the Netherlands got a free-kick at goal and it succeeded. The second goal was when a Dutch player kicked it to another Dutch player and he kicked it in the goal. The third goal happened in the second half but Mama and I were at church so we did not get to see it. The final score was 3-0 to the Netherlands so that means the Netherlands came third in the World Cup.
I enjoy watching football because our father is from the Netherlands and football is very popular there.


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You come a very wealthy family, and even became a Debutante. One day you find out your parents have arrange a marriage for you. It wasn't any ordinary agreement though, they had basically sold you off to gain power and more money from a perverted old man. You ran away the night you found out and haven't looked back since. With your new identity you work at a bar as a bartender to get by, to only fall in love with one of the clubs V.I.Ps at first site.
~(Gray POV)~
I was testing Jay while being in a middle of recording a song. I had convinced Jay to get my Sapphire's number from his girlfriend Lili. Though he went M.I.A the moment he got to her house. I've been hitting him up to make sure I didn't get him killed. One of the reasons why Jay fell in love with Lili, was her ability to kick his ass.
Basically she keeps him in check and grounded. I wonder if Sapphire is like that too, cause those are great traits. I went back to work after not getting any replies from Jay from the pass ten minutes. I was about to finish and wrap up the track beat, when my phone chimed.
Text from Jaebummie:
'You so fuckin' owe me binch... '
I read Jay text message, before it chime again, with Y/N's number this time around. I smirked before storing the number in my phone, and getting back to work. Jay coming into the studio snap me out of my focus. I had lost track of time completely which was a bit normal in my book. "Did you call her?"
Jay asked as he fixed his hair. He was cover in scratches, and red marks that look like they would bruise later. "Rough sex or a Ass Wooping?" He just glare at me, before plopping down on the couch. "Both, but mostly an ass wooping... Now stop dodging my question. Did you call her?"
I sighed heavily, because I know I didn't, so I just dial it in front of him. He squinted his eyes at me, as I just smile at him. "Hello?" She sounded so tired, that it made me feel a bit guilty for calling her. "Long day already?" I heard a squeal on her end of the phone.
"How on earth did you get this number... You do know there a thin line between creepy and charming right?"
I gave a nervous chuckle as realized she was right. "I just couldn't stop thinking about you. When Jay confronted me about you being his girlfriend's roommate... Well I'll leave the rest to your imagination." Y/N just giggled over the phone, which sounded so sweet to my ears.
For some reason her laugh just warm my heart. "So, I am calling to ask you a question." I said while she hum, that I had her full attention. "Are you working tonight?" The line went quite before a soft sigh came through.
"Yeah I am working that club again til closing."
She seem disappointed that she was working. "Well go to work, I'll come visit you... we can plan out stuff when you're not busy." She chuckled when I heard Lili enter the room. "You coming or not! Or are you walking to work?" Y/N sighed and sounded like she was on the move. "I'll talk to you later...bye."
She hung up leaving me to look at my phone. "Why do I get a feeling she wanted to say yes to me but her bills won the argument?" I looked over at Jay, whom was sitting up right. "Sometimes they do if the person is responsible." I couldn't help but find that factor about her attractive.
I saved all my work and grabbed my gear. "Looks like I'm going to the club tonight" Jay arched an eyebrow, as I just waved for him to join me. Jay never actually argue about going, since it ment business and fun. I wasn't going to let her get away that easily. I know what I like, and I really liked Y/N.
Walking into work was a bit difficult to do, when I really wanted to go on that date with Gray. If it wasn't for the back that I had bills to pay, I would of jump right now it. Yet if I lived like that I would be a slave making my parents richer. I prefer staying free and alive. I just sigh heavily and clocked in for my shift at the bar.
I was about to go to my usual station when my boss stop me in the 'employee only' hallway. "Y/N You did such an amazing job in the VIP area, I was hoping if you stay there permanently?" I just blinked, as I knew my jaw dropped. "I'll take your shock as a yes."
She giggled before handing over a clip board with a confidentiality contract. "Sorry, but if you do take the position at the VIP section bar, I need you to sign this. Mostly to protect the celebrities that stay over there. Take your time reading it over, then bring it to my office." I took the clipboard from her, as she went towards her office.
I looked down over at the clipboard, and glad she stop me in the hallway. It was well lit, allowing me to be able to read the paper work. The paperwork stated that I could not talk to them directly, unless spoken to. I was to remain calm as in no fan girling allow. As well as maintaining professionalism in th work place.
Treat celebrities like they weren't famous. Luckily, there was no rule saying I couldn't date them. I signed it, and enter my boss' office. She looked up at me, as I handed over the clipboard. "So when do I start?"
She grin before getting my new name tag out and made. She then handed it over to me, as it said I was a VIP bartender now. "Right now... They could use the extra hand." I nodded my head before heading over to my new station. They were running around helping out all waiter/ess and customers. I just easily, hope into the mix and took over helping the waiter/ess so they could focus on customers.
"Well well, I see a Sapphire amongst the beautiful bartenders. The girls all automatically giggled, as I just looked over at Gray. I didn't say a word though, as Lili's voice came into my head. I remember her warning about him, and was going to try to not be moved by him. Yet it was so hard, because I knew he wasn't going to leave me alone.
"Ouch, are you really ignoring me? After I came all this way for you."
I glared at him before finishing an order request. "I'm working..." I went to get the next order together, for the next waitor/ess. "I see this ... doesn't mean you can't talk to me. You know you want to." I walked over to Gray, earning a sweet smirk from him.
I just patted his head lightly, before going back to work. "When did I become a dog... though honestly I wouldn't mind being your dog." I couldn't hid my smile this time cause his comment did make me happy. "Oh, I got a smile out of my Sapphire. Now to see if she will finally say yes to going on a date with me."
The staff all stopped to look over at me. I just walked over to Gray and crossed my hearts. "I'm not your anything and when did you ever ask me out to begin with? I am at work, and I just started this sector permanently. I refuse to allow your comments and gesture to ruin my career here."
He just blinked at me, before looking over at something. He then looked back at me and pulled out his phone. "I asked just now... and I refuse to leave you alone until you say yes." I turn to ignore him again, but he was telling the truth. Gray stood at the bar beside me, making small talk and only ordering a soda if not a water.
"How you getting home tonight?" I was cleaning up and getting ready to close the bar for the night. "My own two feet." I took his empty cup and started cleaning it. "If I meet you outside, will you allow me to drive you home?"
I sighed heavily, and smiled warmly at him. "Okay only as long as you know your limitations." He smiled back and got up to leave. I did actually meet him outside in the back of the building. He was leaning against his car, whilst on the phone.
"I was starting to think you were playing me, Y/N."
I blinked at him a but surprise, since all night he just kept calling me, 'Sapphire'. "I did say yes, plus my place is so far away. I'm trusting, remember that." He looked up at me, whilst putting his phone away. "Yet still not going to go on a date with him." I knew I wasn't going to be able to listen to Lili's warning for long.
He was just... so perfect in my eyes. Gray actually was the first man ever in my life to make my heart skip a beat and race. I step close enough to stand in front of him. My body wanted him to hold my waist, and hold me close, but it was too soon.
"If you can get me home whilst behaving yourself, like the gentleman you are... Than yes I will go out with you... for lunch, since I do work nights."
I gently touched his shoulder, before brushing my lips against his cheek. I noticed as I moved away, that he was holding his breath, when I kissed him. "Okay, I'll behave... I really do want that date with you. And nice call on it being lunch, this way Lili won't stop you from coming to see me." I giggled softly, whilst he open the passenger door for me.
I got in happily, seeing him retrain himself just for me. Maybe I should give him a chance.
But there was still the warning that Lili gave me.
Was Gray really that dangerous that Lili wouldn't approve of her own boyfriend's friend?
Hope you like the chapter see you again next Saterday for the next Chapter ^u^
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text: Paul put up a great post about his little boy Sam naming toys. Toby, similarly, hasn't really been into giving his toys names – his wolf, for example, is called Wolf. When we've named them then the name has stuck after a while – a great teddy bear (the New Yorker of course would call it a Teddy bear) which my brother David got for him is called Finchley, because David lived on Finchley Road in London at the time. However Toby has started naming a couple of new toys – my favorite is a monkey he got over Christmas which he immediately called (and continues to call) Mr Boing.


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Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports, or PBIS, is a framework for behavior management that focuses on (and celebrates) favorable behaviors. PBIS is proactive, rather than reactive, motivating students to do the right thing from the get-go to mitigate unwanted behaviors down the line.
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How are you supporting new educators in your district? CA districts are required to provide teacher induction programs for new educators - and an updated version of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing program standards mandates 'individualized, job-embedded system of mentoring, support and professional learning'.
Summer Professional Development: Field Trip
Do you remember how excited you felt as a student when your teacher announced a field trip? Or how your students react when they have an opportunity to learn outside of the classroom? Embrace the field trip feeling this summer! Whether you're planning a vacation or an excursion as a tourist in your own city, there are so many ways you can learn while you're out and about.
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"21st century skills" is arguably one of the biggest buzzwords in education today. Digital literacy, tech competency, collaboration and problem-solving skills are getting the attention they deserve, however they're generally addressed at the middle- and high-school level. Many elementary-school students have to transition from a traditional cut-and-paste, alphabet curriculum into the new digital world of education with little practical knowledge. While they may be whizkids when it comes to playing on an iPad, they aren't necessarily prepared to apply that knowledge to their education.
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Gamification: Hands-on Learning
In this series, we're delving into the world of gamification. This week, we'll be focusing on how games provide hands-on opportunities for learning.
You might remember the proverb made famous by Jack Nicholson in The Shining: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." But the reality is that play and work can be one in the same. (If you're sitting amongst a pile of ungraded papers, we understand if you disagree!) Aside from making fun, animals, babies and even adults play to learn--even if it's not necessarily a conscious decision.
Think back on your childhood: what did you learn while playing pretend? Perhaps social skills, and a way to make sense of the grown-up world around you. Battleship? Plotting coordinates. Climbing trees? Gross motor skills. The same goes for animals. In a 2013 BBC article, ethologist Robert Fagen explains that some animal play is a form of practice. "The distinctive aspect of playful practice and learning is that they are generic and variational, requiring varied experiences and stressing interactions between simple components."
Gamification fulfills basic psychological needs, including competence and social relatedness. "Every human strives to feel competent when deliberately influencing the environment they interact with," and has a "basic desire [...] for coherent integration with the social environment." Unlike in "sit-n-git" professional development, gamified learning allows educators to interact directly with subject matter, while experiencing collaboration and friendly competition.
Gamified learning can be truly transformative when it is used to encourage real-life application. While gamified platforms can be useful, learning should not exist solely in a virtual vacuum. Learners should be rewarded (if not required) to exercise their new skills in order to "advance" to the next level.


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As a general contractor or construction manager, getting awarded a good contract requires hard work from the estimating team, good budget setting, background and resume of completed similar projects, and a stellar reputation.
What is Project Buyout? A buyout is the transitional time period between the preconstruction and the construction phases of a project when purchase orders and subcontracts are issued.
Upon being awarded, our team starts the buyout process for all relevant trades, i.e. Sitework, Concrete, Structural Steel, HVAC, Electric, Plumbing, Rough Carpentry, closing in the building, to further with all finishes. The goal of a buyout is to assemble the best team possible to deliver a building to the owner on time and within budget.
All Subcontractors must complete a series of documents in order for them to be considered for a project, and to work with March:
Pre-qualification Form
A yearly questionnaire, that will give background information of a subcontractors history, including three previous completed job and their cost values, three references, three suppliers, any accident and a brief explanation.
Insurance Sample Certificates
March requires all subcontractors to submit sample insurance forms, appropriate to each state, showing coverages and endorsements. This eliminates issues once the subcontractor is hired; they are ready to step onto the site, ready for work.
Scope of Work
All subcontractors must review the scope of work with the purchasing team, and the project manager of the specific job. The scope of work is a narrative of what the subcontractors owe on a particular project, including specifics, and general notes and safety. The contract drawings are discussed and reviewed along with the scope.
Leveling Process
Upon completion of all subcontractors to a specific trade, organized charts are created highlighting some key items owed from all of the subs, the budget, and the variance. The owners will review, and comment accordingly. Once approved by the owners, the negotiation stage is entered, and completed.
The issuing of a subcontract and/or purchase order marks the end of the buyout process for each scope of work.
The subcontractor is now ready to get started with shop drawings, submittals, and mobilize onsite to produce a fully scoped project.
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If you followed my last post , I mentioned I had put myself in training and that one of the trainings i was doing was the "Quick Start Challenge". In the first week of that training Dean mentioned that success starts within. If you believe you can you can, if you don't you wont. I stumbled upon a morning motivation that i really like and it helps me to tap into patterns that will keep me moving in the right direction. I have started to listen to it every morning as one part of my morning routine. Its almost like putting on armour or giving yourself an inoculation against inevitable germs. Once it is in place, it doesn't stop you from encountering "germs" like obstacles, nay sayers, bad thoughts or such like, but it does equip you to keep going till you pass the obstacle, ignore the nay sayers, dismiss the bad thoughts and believe in yourself and keep taking action.
I don't know if this will help you but watch it anyway. You never know what it might add to your day.
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LOTTO-Förderpreis at the Rheingau Music Festival
The laureate concert on the 18th July 2018 in Schloss Johannisberg during the Rheingau Music Festival with Emmanuel Tjeknavorian and his duo-partner of many years, Maximilian Kromer, was a celebration of music and camaraderie. The program consisted of works by Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Cesar Franck, a tribute to the renowned festival's theme this year: "friendship". At the end of the concert Tjeknavorian was presented with the LOTTO-Förderpreis by the festival's artistic director Michael Hermann. The Rheingau Music Festival awards the prize to young musicians who are at the beginning of a promising career. Emmanuel Tjeknavorian received the prize along with his best friend Maximilian Kromer, who accompanied him during both this concert and his debut back in 2017. The Hessische Rundfunk review from 19th July 2018 stated: "Emmanuel Tjeknavorian made the violin glow" and "one of the highlights of the Rheingau Music Festival so far".


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Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2006, Article ID 30184, 5 pages
Mycoplasma Genitalium Among Women With Nongonococcal, Nonchlamydial Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 15260, PA, USA
2Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, 516B Parran Hall Pittsburgh, 15261, PA, USA
3Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Received 2 February 2006; Accepted 20 February 2006
Copyright © 2006 Catherine L. Haggerty et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a frequent condition of young women, often resulting in reproductive morbidity. Although Neisseria gonorrhoeae and/or Chlamydia trachomatis are/is recovered from approximately a third to a half of women with PID, the etiologic agent is often unidentified. We need PCR to test for M genitalium among a pilot sample of 50 women with nongonococcal, nonchlamydial endometritis enrolled in the PID evaluation and clinical health (PEACH) study. All participants had pelvic pain, pelvic organ tenderness, and leukorrhea, mucopurulent cervicitis, or untreated cervicitis. Endometritis was defined as 5 surface epithelium neutrophils per field absent of menstrual endometrium and/or 2 stromal plasma cells per field. We detected M genitalium in 7 (14%) of the women tested: 6 (12%) in cervical specimens and 4 (8%) in endometrial specimens. We conclude that M genitalium is prevalent in the endometrium of women with nongonococcal, nonchlamydial PID.


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This is perhaps the most brazen con artist story I've seen in awhile. Marcus Elliot, 26, of Lincolnshire, England, leased shipping containers, promising to pay the monthly rental, and then sold them on eBay.
He scammed a total of £250,000, fled to South America with a hooker, and blew the money on expensive cigars, a Playboy membership, and a speedboat which he crashed.
He was convicted and sentenced to almost four years in prison.
It's like a bad movie script except that the people he scammed got hurt.
Fraudster, 26, conned businesses and the public out of £250,000 before fleeing to South America to live a 'Champagne lifestyle' with his prostitute girlfriend, on DailyMail.co.uk.


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Today's self-empowering statement to positively affect yourself:
Repeat with me: I AM SUCCESS EVERY MOMENT!
"I am learning from my mistakes and the undesired results and outcomes now in my past! I am disallowing my past from worsening my future by moving forward with gratitude! I am exercising positivity and optimism from here forward…"
to continue a greater life!
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The first video in our Zero Waste 101 series goes live! Learn the basics of creating less waste along with tips and inspiration to make the transition easy and affordable. Watch the video on our YouTube channel or on our Zero Waste 101 page.
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Last September, yes I know, nearly a year ago (I'm a bad blogger) in 2013, I was invited to the hotel opening for the new Sofitel Arc de Triomphe in the 8th district of Paris. And this past June I went to a press presentation of the newly renovated Mercure Montmartre in the 18th. I thought it would be interesting… Read more →
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Minister for Foreign Affairs to address Donegal businesses on Brexit
Tánaiste Simon Coveney due to attend Brexit workshop on Friday in Letterkenny
Donegal businesses have been urged to take part in a special Brexit Ready workshop which will be attended by the Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney.
Getting Ireland Brexit Ready will take place on Friday, November 30 at Letterkenny Institute of Technology from 9.30am.
The event includes 12 information stands manned by Government agencies including Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Bord Bia, Failte Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Local Enterprise Office, Health and Safety Authority, National Standards Authority of Ireland and Intertrade Ireland.
"The Getting Ireland Brexit Ready event will be invaluable for giving people the best advice to prepare for the UK leaving the EU," Minister Joe McHugh McHugh said.
"I would like to thank Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney for taking part. We will be on hand to take questions from the floor and to hear concerns from local businesses and point them to the best advice.
"These workshops have proved invaluable in helping businesses to learn from the experience of others and how to best prepare and watch out for potential pitfalls.
"The event is free and it will include excellent networking opportunities, exhibition stands for people to raise issues and a Q&A session with the ministers.
"It will be a big opportunity for business people in Donegal to get sound advice and I'd urge anyone involved in the agri-food, fisheries and tourism and hospitality sectors to get on board.
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RHOBH star Camille Grammer married David C. Meyer in a beautiful ceremony in Hawaii on Saturday, and her Bravo co-stars celebrated with her.
"Here's to new beginnings,†Camille captioned a photo of her official wedding photo.
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She also shared a photo of her kissing her groom on the big day.
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An Instagram account for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills shared photos from the wedding.
Many of Camille and David's friends also shared photos of the beautiful wedding.
"Such a beautiful bride [Camille] thank you for including us in such a special day and for the honor of being a bridesmaid. Mauricio and I are so happy for you and David and excited for you both to start this new chapter in your lives,†Kyle wrote in the caption of a photo of herself and Camille.
Dorit Kemsley and Teddi Mellencamp also shared photos of the wedding.
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Until next time Hawaii…now ready to come home and hug my hubby and my babies! 🌴☀💐
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finally exam finish and semester break finally arrive!
5weeks of holiday will be spend with a lot of fun *hopefully*
finally can take a nice rest..
finally able to drink a lot of cold drinks..
finally able to eat maggie!
finally and finally and finally!!
will be going for a holiday with my parents to..
if going holiday with my parents that means..
i can shopping as many as i want!
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to all my msu friends especially my dmlt 2010 classmates
my chinggu Miss Najwa shii..
happy holiday guys!!
going to miss you guys!
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momjosim! ^_^
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East Hampton Town Board candidate Fred Overton, who has been endorsed by the Republican, Independence and Conservative parties, has invited supporters to the Fairway Restaurant at Poxabogue Golf Center on Thursday, July 25, for a fundraiser. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. and food and beverages will be served. The event will be $75 per person in advance, $100 at the door. Checks may be made payable to "Friends of Fred Overton" or "Pro East Hampton." For more information call (631) 267-2677.
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InternetNZ is pleased to announce the launch of the NetHui 2015 website, formally announcing NetHui 2015.
InternetNZ Chief Executive Jordan Carter is looking forward to hearing the New Zealand Internet community's ideas for this year's event.
"NetHui is New Zealand's premier Internet event. This year the theme is "the Internet is everybody's business" and we've already locked in some cool speakers.
"ICT Minister Amy Adams will again be there to deliver a keynote while we're excited that Kathy Brown, President of the Internet Society is flying to New Zealand and presenting."
"The theme this year is an inclusive theme that covers the importance of the Internet to all Kiwis. Be it a corporate money-making venture, or a not-for-profit trying to organise a campaign, to social networking or surveillance; the Internet is a part of everyone's world and we should keep it open, uncaptureable and innovative."
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We had no idea Bekah would be so intense on the court! Uncle DRK got to watch her play when they had an away game in Northome and he promptly called up Jesse to say, "Wow. Your kid can really yell."
She takes this game seriously.
Even when she is supposed to be an impartial line judge!
So far she has been enjoying the season and learning about the sport. She has been frustrated with her serving at times since she hasn't really gotten the hang of either underhand or overhand serving. Last week we had the first time she came home from a game in tears of frustration. It's hard to see her struggle but I know it's just good old character building at work. :)


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On March 1st, 2016, we were able to give a group of 54 Syrian Refugees the opportunity to go play outside at Arrowhead Provincial Park, with the help of Naturelinx, Parkbus, CultureLink, Parks Ontario, and the Huntsville SRS. We were approached by Naturelinx to see if we were able to donate our time to make sure that the group had a great day playing in the snow and we were excited to help make this day amazing. Since we often have the pleasure of taking people new to Ontario on amazing adventures, I initially used that model to try and plan the day.
When we boarded the bus for the first time, we got to meet our group for the first time. Culturelink had brought together 8 families, each with a mother and father, and a group of children ranging from ages 2 to 17, and outfitted them entirely with winter gear. We also, unexpectedly, had 2 additional 17-year-olds who arrived to Canada without their parents join on that morning. For the first hour and a bit, the bus ride was incredibly quiet and I was worried that with the language barrier, it would be a challenging day. At one point though, one of the little girls looked outside and saw the banks of the road filled with snow, called the other children over and they all just stared outside the window. This was the first time any of them had really seen snow. It was a truly wondrous and humbling sight. After that, they started singing and clapping, and within 20 minutes, the whole bus was singing traditional Arabic songs.
When we arrived to the park and first got off the bus, things were quite chaotic - some children needed the bathroom, some needed to have mittens and hats put on them, some just wanted to run into the snow. The translators did their best to help coordinate everyone, but it was definitely tough to get everyone together and listening. I hate man-made chaos in the outdoors - it's how people end up getting lost or hurt, or things get damaged - and we were not off to a great start. To try to get everyone together, my guides and I walked over to a large mound of snow and just started throwing snow at some kids. Language barrier or not, if someone throws snow at you, it's time to start throwing back. We ended up having a 50-person snowball fight! The kids, the adults, the teens, the guides, the volunteers, the coordinators. Everyone! It was incredible. We started forming bonds with the kids and the adults. Alliances and teams were naturally made. We helped out teammates climb the mound and protected it with vigor! I remember the first kid who got a bunch of snow go down their back and the subsequent shriek and frantic attempt to get it out. Once we knew everyone was around us, we called the whole group together and divided them into 2 groups with 4 families in each.
One group went straight to the nearby tubing hill and started launching kids and adults down the hill. My group, on the other hand, threw on some snowshoes and started to wander into the woods. I say started because we didn't actually make it that far into the forest. We found some waist high snow and the kids then did one of three things: either they ran around and laughingly fell into the waist high snow; had their snowshoe fall off and ask us to put them back on; or team up with other kids to pelt my co-guide and I with snow while we were helping other kids put their snowshoes back on. If I didn't know better, I'd say they planned it because it seemed that as soon as we got one set of snowshoes on, another kid would approach us with a snowshoe in their hand. We ended up scraping the idea of snowshoeing and just played in the snow instead until lunch. We ended up with a lot of faces full of snow, a few hands that needed some thawing out in the warming hut, and a lot of smiling faces.
After lunch, we swapped activities and my group went tubing. There is something amazing about flying down a snow hill in a tube. Children, adults, guides - we were all loving it! By the end of it, we were connecting tubes together and going down in groups. The last run was just the adults together and the kids pushed us down! What a fantastic time! With the beautiful weather, we ended up with another session of faces full of smiles and a few cold fingers. After this session, I felt a lot more connected with the families and especially the adults. By this point I early learned a few Arabic words. Just the basics though: Yella (let's go) and Hallas (wait up). The kids had a great time telling me to go and then repeating me when I would tell them to wait up. The kids were truly amazing. Smiling and laughing and really putting down their guard with us.
After the park, we headed to Huntsville to the Trinity United Church where a group of local volunteers had prepared for us a feast. Now that statement in of itself is an understatement. A number of people in the community each prepared a home-cooked dish and brought it for the Syrians to enjoy. There must have been 30-40 different dishes, and 10-15 different desserts. There was so much food that even after everyone took a container home with leftovers, there was still leftovers!
There was a piano at the church, and one of my guides decided he would play "Imagine" by John Lennon. It was a really nice moment, and it kinda hit the rest of the guides in a powerful way. We looked around us and looked at all the smiling kids that we had quickly grown to know and shared this amazing day with. It dawned on me that each and every one of them got to experience today because each and every one of them had to flee their homes and travel across the globe, without some of the members of their family, to be somewhere safe. Of course I knew that beforehand, but until that moment the Syrian refugee crisis didn't have a face. Now it was the little boys and girls who happily smiled as they tried to teach me to count to 99 in Arabic. The two-year-old whose older sister gave to me to hold for a few minutes, who by some miracle wasn't one of the many 2-year-olds that were killed during the civil war. The smiling fathers, who held my hand a little bit longer and looked me in the eye a little bit stronger when we were saying goodbye. It was the two 17-year-olds who were in Canada without their families... On March 1st, 2016, they were smiling, laughing, and playing in the snow, and until Elan played Imagine, the hardships that they had to have endured and continue to endure, and the senseless needless forces that culminated in us taking them outside to play in the snow, were things I knew about, but not truly. They were stories and photos until that point. As I write this, I sit here with a weight on my chest as I think about the boys and girls in my group. Their smiles and their laughter, and how so easily it could have been them in the over 250,000 who have died so far during the way, or the countless others who are still stuck in Syria.
On March 1st, 2016, we were able to give a group of 54 Syrian Refugees the opportunity to go play outside at Arrowhead Provincial Park, with the help of Naturelinx, Parkbus, CultureLink, Parks Ontario, and the Huntsville SRS. We were approached by Naturelinx to see if we were able to donate our time to make sure that the group had a great day playing in the snow and we were excited to help make this day amazing. Looking back, I remember how excited I was at the opportunity. Now, with the weight of the gravity surrounding their day outside, I feel like this day was so small, as though what we did could have been no more than a drop in the bucket for them. I am confident that those who were able to come with us had a great day and I truly hope that this helps them feel more comfortable in Canada and helps them see that Canada's outdoor beauty is truly an integral part to what makes it so special. It's with such a mixed bag of emotions that I write this. Really grateful to have had the opportunity, and really amazed with the hard work of my guides, and all the folks who worked so hard to put this together, and also so humbled by the endurance and smiling faces of the children who are old enough to be very aware of their situation.
Special thanks and recognition needs to go to:
- Julia Bitan from NatureLinx for coordinating and making this whole day happen
- Elan Marko, Cyril Francis, Eric Plant, and Amir Fishman for volunteering their time as guides
- Parkbus for donating a bus and driver for the day
- Culturelink for their part in coordinating the day, for finding the families who wanted to join us, for outfitting them all with winter clothing, and for providing lunches
- Ontario Parks for waiving the park fees
- Motion and Stills for volunteering their filming and photography skills
- The Arabic speaking volunteers who helped translate
- MEC for providing water bottles and hand warmers for the group


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Passengers onboard a Delhi-Guwahati flight were in for a pleasant surprise when Congress president Rahul Gandhi extended them a helping hand on Tuesday. The Gandhi scion reportedly helped some of his co-passengers in arranging their luggage in overhead cabin space.
The pictures of the same have also been shared on social media. While some pictures showed Rahul Gandhi arranging luggage of fellow passengers, some showed people clicking selfies with him.
This is not the first time that such photographs of the Gandhi scion have surfaced on social media. In December, he clicked standing in a boarding queue to take a flight from Delhi to Ahmedabad.
The picture, that went viral, was taken while he was flying back to Ahmedabad from Delhi to campaign for the second phase of Gujarat elections.
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Sen. Bob Dutton's SB 352, requiring counties to be notified before juvenile offenders are placed in their jurisdictions, passed the Assembly on Thursday and now heads to the governor's desk. Once the state budget mess is settled, he should sign it.
The need for this bill became clear after San Bernardino County Supervisors Chairman Gary Ovitt and others criticized San Francisco officials last summer for placing eight illegal immigrant juvenile offenders at a group home in Yucaipa without notifying local authorities. The teens, crack dealers from Honduras, left the unsecured group home within days of their arrival, alarming the community.
SB 352 would require a law enforcement agency to notify officials in another jurisdiction before transferring young offenders there. It also requires the placing agency to share background information, including gang affiliation, on the offenders.
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[Artspace] is happy to host February's Membership Mixer for Impact Oklahoma on Thursday, Feb. 15th from 5-7pm.
In 2018, Impact Oklahoma will celebrate more than three million dollars given to central Oklahoma nonprofit organizations since 2005. They are able to make these gifts by receiving $1,000 contributions from their members annually. This year's membership drive will culminate at their Annual Meeting in April.
Whether you are a current or former member, or just interested in learning more, you are invited to attend the meeting at [Artspace] at Untitled to hear from previous grant award winners about the status of their projects, and connect with current members.


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Level 2 water restrictions approved for Cape Town - Muizenberg
The City of Cape Town's mayoral committee has approved the implementation of level 2 water restrictions. The proposal will be deliberated at a council meeting on 10 December. The city imposes level 1 restrictions, which is a 10 percent saving
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What do you imagine the life of a pornstar is like? How do things like relationships work in the industry? Or what goes into getting things ready for shooting a scene?
Ladies and gentlemen, we interviewed porn stars this week. Meet AVN* award nominated champion and star of "BLACKED", Louie Smalls @LouieSmalls69_ and "Foxxxmodeling" talent, Kinsley Anne @Kinsleyanne_xxx to the bus!
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Finding a Good Pest Control and Inspection Company
If you have a pest control scenario that you can't contain on your own, you may turn to a pest control and inspection company for help. How can you make sure that the professionals end up hiring will deliver satisfying results?
State or local agencies usually issue licenses for pest control. Contact to your state pesticide regulatory agency to know if the contractor's license is valid (if applicable). In addition, see if the company is bonded so you can be reimbursed in the event that an employee causes any losses or damages.
Treatment Plan
The company must inspect your property and create a recommended control program that includes the following:The company needs to inspect your property and come up with a proposed control program, which should cover:The company should carefully inspect your premises and draw up a pest control program that includes: Pests that will be eliminatedPests that must be controlledPests that have to be controlled Degree of infestationExtent of the infestationExtent of the issue Active ingredient/s in the chosen pesticide and any associated adverse health effects Active ingredient/s in the pesticide that will be used and associated negative health effectsActive ingredient/s of the pesticide to be applied and any adverse health effects associated with their use Application techniquesTechniques of applicationApplication methods Specific instructions to minimize your exposure to the pesticide (for example, emptying cupboards and removing pets)Particular instructions to limit your exposure to the pesticide (for instance, vacating the area, emptying cupboards, etc. What you can do to avoid pest problems in the futureSteps you can take to prevent future pest issues Measures you can take to avoid recurrence of your pest problem
Don't depend on what the salesperson tells you. Do your own research. Give your state pesticide regulatory agency a ring and see if they have dealt with complaints from your prospective company's customers. Also ask neighbors and friends if they have hired a pest control and inspection professionals before, and what they thought of that company.
Contractors are expected to have general liability insurance, including coverage for sudden and accidental pollution, and workmen's compensation insurance, which spares you from liability when any of their employees gets hurt on site. While most states do not require insurance for pest control companies, you should never hire one that is not appropriately insured.
work guarantee
If a company does not guarantee its work, be careful. Additionally, make sure you know what you should do to keep your end of the deal. For instance, if you hired a company for termite control, they may render the guarantee invalid if you make structural adjustments to your house without them knowing beforehand.
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This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event (8:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Center Military Liaison Makes His First Call to NEADS, Though 9/11 Commission Does Not Mention It. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
Colin Scoggins. [Source: John P. Meyer]Colin Scoggins, the military liaison at the FAA's Boston Center, arrives at work an hour late and is informed of the hijacking of Flight 11. [Federal Aviation Administration, 9/20/2001; WAMU, 8/3/2006; Spencer, 2008, pp. 32-33] Scoggins is an experienced air traffic controller and specializes in airspace, procedures, and military operations. He is responsible for managing operating agreements between the Boston Center and other air traffic control facilities, and between Boston Center and the military. He is also responsible for generating the military schedules that keep FAA facilities synchronized with military airspace requirements, and has therefore developed personal relationships with most of the military units in his region. [Spencer, 2008, pp. 32-33] Arrives One Hour Late - In a 2006 radio interview, Scoggins will recall that he arrives at work one hour late, saying, "That morning I actually came in, took an hour early on the front of my shift, so I didn't get in until 8:30." [WAMU, 8/3/2006] But in a statement that will be provided to the 9/11 Commission, he says he arrives at the Boston Center slightly earlier, at "about 8:25 a.m." [Federal Aviation Administration, 9/20/2001] When he enters the building, a colleague tells him about the hijacking of Flight 11. [Spencer, 2008, pp. 33] Heads to Credit Union - Rather than going immediately to help deal with the hijacking, Scoggins heads to the credit union at the center. He will recall, "I wasn't in a rush because when hijacks do occur, sometimes too many people try to get involved, but instead they just get in the way." Mentions that Hijacked Plane Could Hit a Building - When he gets to the credit union, Scoggins decides he should go to the center's traffic management unit, to make sure that fighter jets are launched in response to the hijacking. As he will later recall, he says to an employee at the credit union that "if it really came to it," and fighter jets "had to stop the hijack from hitting a building or something, there wasn't much [the fighters] could do." [Federal Aviation Administration, 9/20/2001] Updated on Hijacking - Scoggins then heads to the center's operational floor, arriving there at about 8:35. [WAMU, 8/3/2006; Griffin, 2007, pp. 335] He goes to the traffic management unit and the desk of Daniel Bueno, who is the unit's supervisor. Bueno brings Scoggins up to date on the details of the hijacking. He tells him: "It sounds real. We heard a Mideastern or Arabic voice on radio. They've also turned off the transponder to prevent the hijack code from appearing." Bueno says the Boston Center controllers are still tracking the primary radar return for Flight 11, but they lack information on its altitude. According to author Lynn Spencer, it occurs to Scoggins that NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) might be able to provide altitude information for Flight 11, "because the FAA radar system filters out certain altitude information that NEADS gets." He will therefore phone NEADS as soon as he arrives at his station (see (8:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Spencer, 2008, pp. 33]
Entity Tags: Daniel Bueno, Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Colin Scoggins
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline
At 8:26, Flight 11, which is already way off course, makes an unplanned 100-degree turn to the south over Albany, New York. A minute later, it turns right, to the south-southwest. Then, two minutes on, at 8:29, it turns left to the south-southeast. Boston air traffic controllers never lose sight of the flight, though they can no longer determine altitude as the transponder is turned off. Its last known altitude was 29,000 feet. [Christian Science Monitor, 9/13/2001; Federal Aviation Administration, 9/17/2001 ; National Transportation Safety Board, 2/19/2002 ; MSNBC, 9/11/2002] Before this turn, the FAA had tagged Flight 11's radar dot for easy visibility and, at American Airlines' System Operations Control (SOC) in Fort Worth, Texas, "All eyes watched as the plane headed south. On the screen, the plane showed a squiggly line after its turn near Albany, then it straightened." [Wall Street Journal, 10/15/2001] Boston air traffic controller Mark Hodgkins later says, "I watched the target of American 11 the whole way down." [ABC News, 9/6/2002] However, apparently, NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) has different radar. When they are finally told about the flight, they cannot find it (see Shortly After 8:37 a.m. September 11, 2001). NEADS has to repeatedly phone the FAA, airlines, and others, for clues as to the plane's location. NEADS will eventually focus on a radar blip they believe might be Flight 11, and watch it close in on New York. [Newhouse News Service, 1/25/2002; Aviation Week and Space Technology, 6/3/2002; ABC News, 9/11/2002]
Entity Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Mark Hodgkins, American Airlines, Northeast Air Defense Sector, Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center
Cape TRACON. [Source: FAA]Daniel Bueno, a supervisor at the FAA's Boston Center, contacts the FAA's Cape Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), located on Otis Air National Guard Base at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to alert it to the possible hijacking of Flight 11 and request that it arrange for military assistance in response. [Federal Aviation Administration, 9/17/2001 ; Federal Aviation Administration, 4/19/2002; 9/11 Commission, 2004; 9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20] Bueno Requests Fighters - After his call is initially answered by an air traffic controller at the Cape TRACON, Bueno is quickly passed on to Tim Spence, an operational supervisor at the facility. Bueno says, "I have a situation with American 11, a possible hijack." He adds that Flight 11 "departed Boston, going to LAX [Los Angeles International Airport]. Right now he's south of Albany." He says, "I'd like to scramble some fighters to go tail him." Spence replies that he will contact Otis Air Base about the situation, and tells Bueno, "I'll talk to these guys over here and see what we can do." Bueno then adds that Flight 11 is currently airborne, is about 40 miles south of Albany, and is visible only on primary radar. [Federal Aviation Administration, 4/19/2002; 9/11 Commission, 9/30/2003 ] Bueno also calls the air traffic control tower at Otis Air Base around this time, to alert it to Flight 11 and request military assistance (see (Between 8:30 a.m. and 8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Filson, 2003, pp. 47; Spencer, 2008, pp. 22] Whether he makes that call before or after he calls the Cape TRACON is unstated. Immediately after receiving the call from Bueno, Spence will call the Otis control tower to inform it of the situation, and he then calls the operations desk at Otis Air Base to let it know that it may be receiving orders (presumably from NEADS, NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector) soon (see (8:36 a.m.-8:41) September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 9/30/2003 ] Bueno Supposedly Violating Protocol - Bueno will say he decided to call the Cape TRACON based on his memory of a previous aircraft hijacking. [9/11 Commission, 9/22/2003 ] But according to the 9/11 Commission Report, by trying to get military assistance through the TRACON, the "Boston Center did not follow the protocol in seeking military assistance through the prescribed chain of command." [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20] Indeed, Bueno will tell the 9/11 Commission that he knows his call should instead be to NEADS, "but due to the urgency of the circumstance [he] called directly to the FAA contact point for Otis." [9/11 Commission, 9/22/2003 ] And Spence will tell the Commission that arranging for fighters to be scrambled in response to a hijacking "is not the typical responsibility of an operations supervisor with the FAA," like himself. He will also say that it is "unusual for the [air traffic control] centers to contact TRACON for information. Normally the FAA receives the call from the military for a scramble, but this time it went the other way around, and then the official order came back down from the military." [9/11 Commission, 9/30/2003 ] Bueno Praised by Colleagues for Actions - However, according to the 9/11 Commission, "Bueno gets high marks" from the Boston Center personnel it interviews, "for instinctively calling FAA traffic approach personnel at the location where he knew the fighters to be—Otis [Air National Guard Base]." Even Colin Scoggins, the Boston Center's military liaison, "who knew that the call had to go to NEADS, did not fault Bueno for trying to call the Air Force wing directly through other FAA personnel." [9/11 Commission, 9/22/2003 ]
Entity Tags: Cape Terminal Radar Approach Control, Daniel Bueno, Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Tim Spence
Colin Scoggins, the military liaison at the FAA's Boston Center, claims he makes his first call to NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) regarding Flight 11. He later recalls that he informs NEADS that the aircraft is "20 [miles] south of Albany, heading south at a high rate of speed, 600 knots." [Griffin, 2007, pp. 43] Flight 11 was over Albany at 8:26 (see (8:26 a.m.-8:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Federal Aviation Administration, 9/17/2001 ] At such a high speed, it would have reached 20 miles south of there around 8:28. However, Scoggins says he is quite certain he only arrives on the floor at Boston Center at around 8:35. He says that although he'd later tried to write up a chronology of events, he "couldn't get a timeline that made any sense." Furthermore, Scoggins claims that even before he'd arrived, Joseph Cooper, a Boston Center air traffic management specialist, had already phoned NEADS about the hijacking. [Griffin, 2007, pp. 43 and 335] The 9/11 Commission makes no mention of either call. It says "the first notification received by the military—at any level—that American 11 had been hijacked" is when Boston Center calls NEADS just before 8:38 a.m. (see (8:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20] However, a report by ABC News is more consistent with Scoggins' claims, indicating that Boston Center contacts NEADS about the hijacking earlier, at around 8:31. [ABC News, 9/11/2002] (Boston Center also contacts the FAA's Cape Cod facility at 8:34 and requests that it notify the military about Flight 11 (see 8:34 a.m. September 11, 2001). Apparently around the same time, it tries contacting a military unit at Atlantic City (see (8:34 a.m.) September 11, 2001).) Scoggins says he makes "about 40 phone calls to NEADS" in total on this day. [Griffin, 2007, pp. 43] NEADS Commander Robert Marr later comments that Scoggins "deserves a lot of credit because he was about the only one that was feeding us information. I don't know exactly where he got it. But he was feeding us information as much as he could." [Michael Bronner, 2006]
Entity Tags: Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Joseph Cooper, Colin Scoggins, Northeast Air Defense Sector, Robert Marr
Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Powell. [Source: Scott A. Gwilt/ Rome Sentinel]The FAA's Boston Center calls NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) in Rome, NY, to alert it to the suspected hijacking of Flight 11. According to the 9/11 Commission, this is "the first notification received by the military—at any level—that American 11 had been hijacked." [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20; 9/11 Commission, 8/26/2004, pp. 13] The call is made by Joseph Cooper, an air traffic controller at the Boston Center, and answered by Jeremy Powell, a technical sergeant on the NEADS operations floor. [Vanity Fair, 8/1/2006; Spencer, 2008, pp. 25] Beginning the call, Cooper says: "Hi. Boston Center TMU [traffic management unit], we have a problem here. We have a hijacked aircraft headed towards New York, and we need you guys to, we need someone to scramble some F-16s or something up there, help us out." Powell replies, "Is this real-world or exercise?" Cooper answers, "No, this is not an exercise, not a test." [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20] Shortly into the call, Powell passes the phone on to Lieutenant Colonel Dawne Deskins (see (8:38 a.m.) September 11, 2001). Deskins identifies herself to Cooper, and he tells her, "We have a hijacked aircraft and I need you to get some sort of fighters out here to help us out." [Newhouse News Service, 1/25/2002; ABC News, 9/11/2002; Bamford, 2004, pp. 8; Spencer, 2008, pp. 26] Military Claims Call Goes against Procedure - The 1st Air Force's official history of the response to the 9/11 attacks will later suggest that Boston Center is not following normal procedures when it makes this call to NEADS. It states: "If normal procedures had taken place… Powell probably wouldn't have taken that phone call. Normally, the FAA would have contacted officials at the Pentagon's National Military Command Center who would have contacted the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The secretary of defense would have had to approve the use of military assets to assist in a hijacking, always considered a law enforcement issue." The only explanation it gives for this departure from protocol is that "nothing was normal on Sept. 11, 2001, and many say the traditional chain of command went by the wayside to get the job done." [Filson, 2003, pp. 51] Accounts Conflict over Time of Call - There will be some conflict between different accounts, as to when this vital call from Boston Center to NEADS occurs. An ABC News documentary will indicate it is made as early as 8:31 a.m. [ABC News, 9/11/2002] Another ABC News report will state, "Shortly after 8:30 a.m., behind the scenes, word of a possible hijacking [reaches] various stations of NORAD." [ABC News, 9/14/2002] NEADS logs indicate the call occurs at 8:40 a.m., and NORAD will report this as the time of the call in a press release on September 18, 2001. [Federal Aviation Administration, 9/17/2001 ; North American Aerospace Defense Command, 9/18/2001] The 8:40 time will be widely reported in the media prior to the 9/11 Commission's 2004 report. [Associated Press, 8/21/2002; BBC, 9/1/2002; Newsday, 9/10/2002; CNN, 9/11/2002] But tape recordings of the NEADS operations floor that are referred to in the 9/11 Commission Report place the call at 8:37 and 52 seconds. [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20; Vanity Fair, 8/1/2006] If the 8:37 a.m. time is correct, this would mean that air traffic controllers have failed to successfully notify the military until approximately 12 minutes after they became certain that Flight 11 had been hijacked (see (8:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001), 16 minutes after Flight 11's transponder signal was lost (see (Between 8:13 a.m. and 8:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001), and 24 minutes after the plane's pilots made their last radio contact (see 8:13 a.m. September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 6/17/2004] At 8:34, the Boston Center tried contacting the military through the FAA's Cape Cod facility, which is located on Otis Air National Guard Base, but was told that it needed to call NEADS (see 8:34 a.m. September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20; Spencer, 2008, pp. 22]
Entity Tags: Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Dawne Deskins, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Joseph Cooper, Northeast Air Defense Sector, Jeremy Powell
Colin Scoggins, the military liaison at the FAA's Boston Center, makes a brief phone call to NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) to see if it has been able to find any further information about Flight 11. [Spencer, 2008, pp. 32-33] Boston Center has just alerted NEADS to the hijacking of Flight 11 (see (8:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 20] Scoggins asks the ID technician who answers his call, "Have you identified the radar target for American 11?" The ID tech says they are still searching for it. Scoggins then tells her that Flight 11 is "50 miles south of Albany," but, according to author Lynn Spencer, this information "won't be of much help to NEADS Surveillance," because "[t]heir monochromic displays aren't even capable of showing the outline of states, much less those of cities like Albany or New York." [Spencer, 2008, pp. 33] (However, despite this supposed inadequate capability, NEADS is reportedly able to spot Flight 11 shortly before it crashes into the World Trade Center (see 8:45 a.m.-8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001), locating its radar track "going down the Hudson Valley, straight in from the north toward New York." [Filson, 2003, pp. 56] ) As NEADS has no new information to offer him, Scoggins quickly ends the call. According to Spencer's account, this is the first time Scoggins calls NEADS this morning, after arriving at the Boston Center minutes earlier (see (8:25 a.m.-8:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001). [Spencer, 2008, pp. 33] But according to a description Scoggins gives to author David Ray Griffin in 2007, it appears that this is his second call, after an initial call at around 8:35 (see (8:35 a.m.) September 11, 2001). Scoggins will tell Griffin that he first called NEADS to inform it that Flight 11 was "20 [miles] south of Albany heading south at a high rate of speed, 600 knots," and then he makes "another call at 50 [miles] south of Albany." [Griffin, 2007, pp. 47]
Entity Tags: Colin Scoggins, Northeast Air Defense Sector
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Yesterday, before I got into the shower, I did 20 push ups. I don't know why, exactly, I decided to do so. I guess I looked in the mirror and saw that my gut is smaller than it used to be and it really struck me that the loss of 27 lbs. this year is a substantial reduction in my weight. Ergo, doing push ups should be significantly easier than it would have been if I had tried it a year ago.
It was fairly easy. I didn't feel any pain. I didn't get winded. I didn't feel like I put any undue strain on my cardiovascular system. It seemed like an okay thing to do. And intellectually, I know that it's better to get exercise than to not.
I did not choose 20 because that's all I could manage. I didn't push myself to the limit. I just decided that 20 was what I would do, so I did 20.
This morning, before I got into the shower, I did 21 push ups. It felt not unlike yesterday's exercise. Good for me.
I'm not necessarily aiming to add one push up every day until I end up at this time next year doing 385 push ups in a day. But I am making my thirty-sixth New Year's Resolution of 02009:
I resolve to exercise much more regularly than I ever have before.
Ideally, I will fit in some exercise every day so that it becomes a habit. I'm not sure whether push ups will be an everyday exercise. I suppose that might get kind of tiresome. But maybe not. I might add in some sit ups. And I really want to be able to keep up with Beth on a bike when springtime comes around, so I'll probably put in more time on the exercise bike as we get into the winter months than I have done through the end of the summer and into the fall.
The simple truth about me is that I am not at all predisposed to being a health nut. This is the reason why so many of my resolutions have had something to do with improving aspects of my health. I have, for too many years, relied on a functioning metabolism and a fair amount of luck to keep me from falling into a high risk group for cardiac failure or diabetes. Well, I'm approximately at the midpoint of my life expectancy (based on actuarial tables). I figure it's about time to start putting a little effort into staying reasonably healthy for the second half.
I do have a coupon on the refrigerator for a free trial membership at a health club. I will have to check, but I don't believe it has an expiration date. Who knows, maybe I'll get around to taking advantage of that offer sometime in the next year. What could it hurt?
Saturday, November 28, 2009
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Source: New Zealand Government
Headline: Regional fuel tax bill has first readingThe first reading of the Land Transport Management (Regional Fuel Tax) Amendment Bill is an important step towards helping Auckland meet its transport challenges, Transport Minister Phil Twyford says.
The Bill allows regions to apply for a regional fuel tax, initially for Auckland. The tax would be on petrol and diesel for a period of no more than 10 years.
Phil Twyford says this period of time gives the region the funding certainty it needs to plan and build major projects.
"This Bill will enable Auckland Council to seek funding for specific transport-related projects. Funds raised in the Auckland region can only be spent there.
"A regional fuel tax will allow Auckland Council to generate an extra $170 million a year as one contribution to the big transport investments the city needs.
"It will help fund the vital infrastructure Auckland needs to get moving. Its infrastructure can no longer support the massive population growth it's had in recent years.
"This has resulted in lost time and productivity for so many Aucklanders. Auckland can no longer afford to do nothing. We need to create a world-class transport system in our biggest city, with better infrastructure and a wider range of transport modes to choose from."
Under the Bill, Auckland Council must first consult with residents on the proposed projects it wishes to fund. It must then obtain Government approval before the regional fuel tax can be implemented.
"Despite advances in transport technology, every day people in Auckland struggle to get to where they need to go on time.
"This Bill is a chance to fix a problem people in Auckland face every day – a gridlocked transport system that is only getting worse," Phil Twyford says.
The Bill will be referred to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee, which will call for public submissions. The law is expected to be passed in June, ready for a fuel tax to be put in place in the Auckland region from 1 July.
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Mozilla and Samsung have announced they are working together on developing a new web browser rendering engine named Servo. The new engine is intended to form a new core for browsers "to take advantage of tomorrow's faster, multi-core, heterogeneous computing architectures". It is an attempt to rebuild a web browser from the ground up aimed at modern, particularly Android and ARM, hardware. That probably explains Samsung's interest. The engine is being developed using Mozilla's RUST programming language which has just hit version 0.6.
Servo's development was kick-started about a year ago. The engine should offer another good competitor to the WebKit engine which powers many well known browsers such as Apple Safari, Google Chrome and Opera browsers including the mobile and tablet versions. One consideration to browser programmers is that Apple's iOS currently only allows web browsers into iTunes that work with the WebKit engine.
The Mozilla Blog discusses the hopes and aspirations that have brought about the development of Servo: "Servo is an attempt to rebuild the Web browser from the ground up on modern hardware, rethinking old assumptions along the way. This means addressing the causes of security vulnerabilities while designing a platform that can fully utilize the performance of tomorrow's massively parallel hardware to enable new and richer experiences on the Web. To those ends, Servo is written in Rust, a new, safe systems language developed by Mozilla along with a growing community of enthusiasts." Projections concerning the timescale of the appearance of Servo powered browsers are not given.
Google Blink
In a similar development, over at the rival Google camp, it was announced that Google will fork the development of WebKit to make a new browser rendering engine named Blink. It seems that Google must also think that current browser engines are not built to make the most of modern computing architectures.
According to a TechCrunch article about the project "Chromium's multi-process architecture is very different from the rest of WebKit" and "Having to integrate Google's way of doing things with WebKit and what the rest of the WebKit partners were doing was slowing everybody down." The name Blink was chosen to signify the project's focus on speed and simplicity.