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Scam Letter(s) from Ekaterina Shvetsova to Jean-Pierre (France)
Letter 1
Happiness …. Everyone wishes to be happy …. In love ….
Everyone searches for it …. The happiness …
It is good, if the person, having met it, will manage to keep …
But! …. Such units ….
The big part of people, having wounded once, "put" hands …
Also continue to dream silently of it, so anything and not having made for its achievement ….
Other part searches for it, rushes, like mad, and looking in persons of people meeting on a way ….
And there can be it in it … in this person …. And can be in it!
And …. To grow exited this race, simply do not notice it ….
Where you hasten!!?
Stop! Think!
Look back!
Perhaps your happiness costs for a long time at you behind the back and silently waits, when you will see it!
My God! What happiness to understand and tell once only three words:
And …. About My God to hear in the answer:
Love each other, and remember,
That the happy love needs to be protected!!!
Letter 2
Hi, my necessary man Tristan! How your mood? I am assured, that with you everything is all right, and your mood too the excellent. As at me now simply excellent mood! Yes, you correctly think. Yes! You influence my good mood! And now I want, what you would smile right now together with me … ;) Ok?
You know, you Elena has very much become bored of you and on your attention!? ;)
Hey! You know, even my mum has noticed changes in me! How? You do not know, what to me there have arrived my parents?
Yes, today to me there have arrived my favourite daddy and mum! Oh …!
This very pleasant event for me!
I would want that you have felt my relation to my parents. When I with them, I feel still the little girl. But, my parents already perfectly understand, that I already adult girl.
I did not wish to speak about you to mum. But, my mum has read it in mine Eyes. In the childhood mum saw all changes in my life, simply having looked me in eyes.
I even spoke nothing, mum has simply understood, that I have a man …
When we have been occupied by household cares, mum has unexpectedly asked: «the Daughter, you is enamoured?»
You do not represent, as I have been amazed by a mum's insight. I have become puzzled …
I did not know what to answer …. As I could not be defined in the feelings …
Mum, the real friend as thanking its understanding I have understood, that you and only you fill my eyes and heart with the feelings, which people name love …
Now you know about all my feelings, tell, that I spoke all …: «it is mutual?»
My daddy, not in a course of our female secrets … ;)
My mum knows all …
P.s Your man's attention is necessary for me more and more! Be a number …
Letter 3
«… the Daughter, you the mistress of the destiny, you choose the destiny. I want, that you would be happy» … (these are words of my mum)
Hello my man Tristan.
I am am overflowed with pleasant, sincere emotions! I feel happy!
You know, today the bright, fine dream full sweet emotions has dreamt me!
Yes! In this dream we were together. You have come to me in a dream.
My, my man Tristan!
I could not understand, sense of this dream. But … in the morning, already on work, I have understood … it is LOVE!
I wanted and it would be desirable to visit this dream till now! As I felt you, felt full reciprocity, care, understanding …
I do not like to trust in such signs …. But I think, that it is a prophetic dream. No, I am not afraid of it as in a dream there was you, and I am quiet. As it is valid, I think of you constantly!
Tristan you know, never I accepted before those feelings which you bring to me constantly! This just fine!
Yes! You that person near to whom I will be happy! You feel it?
Communicating with you, I feel to you trust, respect and understanding! I very much did not have it is man's understanding and attention!
You please me every day more and more and more brightly …. I cannot tell precisely, that it, but it is exact not a dream.
This fine dream, has presented to me good mood for all day! I want, that would wash a dream, has stopped in a reality! You can make it? ;)
I can many and long speak about pleasant feelings of sweet love …
But, it would be remarkable, if you have now presented to me the reciprocity and have proved it in pleasant acts …
Your enamoured in you Elena.
Letter 4
Hi my Tristan! Today simply finest day! Remarkable weather, excellent mood ….
I …. Yes, I have dared … today, I wish to tell very important feeling to you …. No, I wish to admit to you....
Usually about it the first speak men. Therefore it is difficult to me to take the first step a little what to open in feelings …. I very much hope, that you, my man Tristan, will understand me!
Today I much, more truly constantly think only of you. Having recollected all events from the very first our letter. I have analysed all changes in my.
I have understood ….
I am not simply enamoured in you. Your fine man's attention has brightly worked on me.
And …. I have dared …!
I am ready to tell confidently to you …! I LOVE YOU Tristan!
I am a little lost, as I admit for the first time love of the first.
But …. Now I feel ease, pleasant feeling of freedom …. I hope, my feelings are mutual …?
You feel, Tristan, I LOVE YOU?
It is very important to me to receive from you your fast letter. As the further development of relations depends only on your understanding answer …
You accept my fragile heart, my love in your hands?
Ok, only do not drop and do not lose … ;)
Do not take offence at me. I cannot sometimes write to you.
Understand I have a lot of work. I hope you understand me?
Yes, this letter very difficult, … but is very pleasant! At heart, I madly hope and I wait for your mutual feeling and I feel it ….
With the hugest impatience I wait for your positive letter!
Only yours Elena …
P.s I love you!
Letter 5
YOU are frank. At you the big heart.
I am ready to make all. To learn a sign language this small.
I cannot tell to you that as will be, if to me is it is not pleasant. I do not know... I do not wish to think of it.
I have asked you particularly. You want my arrival to you?
At present I wish to try to be favourite and to love!
Letter 6
Hi, My important man.
I hope that at you all well. How you today?
Today I wish to write to you about that that I heard by radio.
It is a parable about stones.
I hope to you it will be interesting?
The professor of philosophy, speaks to the audience, took a five-litre glass jar and has filled with its stones, everyone not less than three centimetres in diameter.
Stones In the end has asked students, whether it is full of bank?
Have answered: yes, it is full.
Then it has opened jar peas and poured out its contained in big to the bank, has a little shaken it. The peas have occupied an empty seat between stones. Once again the professor has asked students, whether is full of bank?
Have answered: yes, it is full.
Then it took a box filled with sand, and filled it in bank.
Naturally, sand has occupied completely existing empty seat and all has closed.
Once again the professor has asked students, whether is full of bank?
Have answered: yes, and this time it is unequivocal, it is full.
Then from under a table it has got a mug with water and has poured out it in bank to last drop, soaking sand.
Students laughed.
- And now I want, that you have understood, that a flask is your life. Stones are the major things of your life: the family, health, friends, children - all that is necessary that your life all the same remained full even in case all the rest will be lost. Peas are things which personally for you became important: work, the house, the car.
Sand is all the rest, trifles.
If at first to fill to a flask with sand, there will be no place where peas and stones could take places. And also in your life if to spend all time and all energy for trifles, does not remain places for the major things. Be engaged in that to you brings happiness: play with your children, find time for spouses, meet friends. Always there will be still time to work, be engaged in house cleaning, to repair and wash the car. Be engaged, first of all, in stones, that is he most important things in a life; define your priorities: the rest is only sand.
Then the student has lifted a hand and has asked the professor, what value water has?
The professor has smiled.
- I am glad, that you have asked me about it. I have made it simply to prove to you, that how your life has been occupied, always there are the free time, is possible for the big love? Or for idle idleness?.
Fairly speaking when I have heard this parable, by radio. I have thought of the life..... I very much would wish to fill the life......
To tell the truth, at present my life is filled by sand not the important trifles.
But I am ready to release a place, for really important stones.))))
And you?
I hope you had pleasant time. Reading my letter.
I will wait for your letters. Write to me.
Yours Elena
Letter 7
Hi, my gentle angel Tristan! You simply do not represent …! At me today very good mood! It is difficult to me to constrain emotions!
The love to you overflows me! I have feelings as if at me wings have grown! Hey! They really grow ;)
I wish to please you! Today I was in travel agency «tour sof planet».
You know, this really good and reliable agency. As service in agency deserves due respect. I trust this agency.
In agency at once have begun registration of my documents. I have collected all necessary documents, for arrival to you, washing the necessary man Tristan!
When I left travel agency, I have understood, that I really will near to you! It is fine! I feel already near to you! Love wings grow! And soon they will bring me to you! You are ready to meet me???
You know, to me have told, that official registration of papers will be not long, therefore to me have told, that it is necessary for me as it is possible to go soon to Moscow, in embassy of your country.
Therefore your full data are necessary for me, that in embassy would understand, that I will arrive really to you. It will help us will meet. I very much, that you will support me …. I love you!
Tristan. You know, I was not on a vacation three years.
Therefore I did not begin to wait long. I have come for work, and the beginnings prepares for a vacation. Under the law it is authorised to me to go on leave at own expense for three months. I think, to begin with to us will be enough it Time .
Therefore now at me just fine mood. As I already feel near to you!
Despite all pleasant moments and a positive course of events for arrival to you, I want, that you would remember, that I love you! And I very much hope, that it is mutual …
With love your, loving only you Elena …
Letter 8
Hello my favourite, and the most necessary Tristan.
You know, today at me were a few free time. As the travel agency is near an ice palace. I have not restrained. Yes, you correctly have understood me, today I in a life stood for the first time on the skates.
WOW!! It was cool! My instructor (it my girlfriend), has persuaded me to go on a skating rink. The most interesting that my girlfriend many times has fallen, and I only two times. We had a huge entertainment.
Now I am ready to be with you even on ice! And you? You are able to go by the skates? ;)
My angel, today pleasant day. Many events please me. I am glad …
Today I will go to Moscow what to visit embassy, to pass interview, and to prepare necessary documents for arrival for you my love man Tristan.
Oh …. The darling Tristan, you know, now I worry a little. As I am not assured that will be with us a little. As you will concern me, as you will be concerns me.
Whether you will meet me at the airport. Many vague doubts …
But I have dared! Yes, for me it not simply to gather and go abroad …. Understand me correctly, after all I at all did not see you in a reality. Therefore I am not assured a little...
But, strong, I love you! And our love helps me to do steps on a meeting to you. Therefore I ask you, go to me on a meeting, do not leave me!
I love you! I hope, you understand me, my beloved …
With tenderness yours Elena.
Today I had a dream, this dream has been filled only by your tenderness …! This dream does not give me rest, I wish to be more likely with you, that this magic dream would be embodied in a reality!
Letter 9
Hello, my darling Tristan! I have very much become bored of you!
Yes has passed a few time, but I all the same miss on you. It is pleasant …!
Tristan, I already in Moscow … you know, the road was tiresome. I travelled by the bus, and we were welcomed by road jams of Moscow. We were of more than three hours in a jam of machines.
I was very much surprised with this city. Mad city movement, simply dements … …
But all the same, at me good mood, I feel you as we become is more close to each other for one day even more.
Today I was in embassy of your country. Today there will be an interview, therefore you should be ready to that will call to you from embassy for your confirmation on my arrival to you. Probably, it will not be, but all the same, I very much hope, that you will be ready to accept a call.
At me still is affairs much for today, still it is necessary for me to find a lodging for the night in this hugest city. But you do not think at all to forget about me ;)!
After all I love you! I hope, you worry about me?
You in my heart, me so are easier! Your girl Elena.
Letter 10
Hi, my sweet man! Tristan
At you good mood? You missed on me? You know, I the truth am very tired from vanity of all happening affairs, but …. But, I for a second do not forget that you are, that you my man. I love you! And my love to you does not cease to help to solve to me any difficulties. Me it is valid very pleasantly thinking about you, to feel the loving girl!
It is very pleasant for me!
You know, today at me many positive emotions.
But before I should tell, that I have met some difficulties. I did not know, that interview will demand payment. But cost has appeared small, therefore I have paid at once the necessary sum and already today have passed successfully interview.
On interview set different questions. For example, me asked about my relatives, whether was, who be in prison or in psychiatric clinic. If it is fair, I was not ready to similar questions. But I have consulted and there is already begun registration of my documents.
To me have told, that the visa and other documents will be already made out in the nearest terms.
My angel Tristan, now it is necessary for me to go again to the native city. I will write you the hot kiss in sweet the letter to you at once as I will arrive to the native city.
My love Tristan, I understand, that my letter not so brightly expresses my love …. Simply I want, that you would understand, that at me now affairs much and cares, for arrival to you. But I want, that you would feel, that I all belong to you, that I LOVE ONLY YOU!
You remember, I spoke to you about the bright dream? Yes, you correctly have understood me, I again had this fine dream in which we were only together! The fine moments sweet touches, hot kisses, gentle caresses were so real, that I had to wake up …. Having woken up, I have understood, that you are not present nearby, yes, I was upset a little, but I as was very glad, as now I for one day became closer to you …
What was in my dream? Well, it will be correct, if you dream about it, and we will tell to me in the following letter.
I love you! Yours Elena
Letter 11
Hi! Tristan, I have very much become bored of you! Oh, I am very tired …. I wish to sleep. But, thoughts on you, allow to me additional energy to do all for ours meetings. Therefore now I write to you the lines …
Probably, you wait my letter? Yes, it is very pleasant to me to write again to you the letter from a native city. I only have arrived from Moscow, but I already have had time to contact agency.
In agency, me have told, that there is a possibility of acceleration of official registration of papers, for arrival to you my love. For this purpose, it is necessary, that you would contact travel agency «World tours», and have left all details of data. It will help us to accelerate official registration of papers, and our dream - our meeting. Probably, they will call, therefore you should be ready to it. Now it is necessary for you to write the letter to travel agency, here the electronic address urgently: firstname.lastname@example.com
I will be very grateful to you if you make it right now!
Concerning your question on the invitation letter.
Understand that I had to change a visa category. Thus your invitation is not required to me. I visit your country, ostensibly with business visit. You understand me?
Tristan, I feel, that each new day approaches us to each other. This pleasant excitement, movement to our meeting, love, does me mad …. But I trust the heart.
I feel yet not born, but our meeting is a birth «us together». Now we half each other, and soon we will a single whole! And it will be "our" birth.
I love you!
I wait for your fast letter, with good news ;).
Ok, Tristan, bye bye …
Letter 12
Hello my angel! How your mood? I am assured, that you waited for my letter. Actually it is already difficult to me to express, the feelings which overflow me. Simply I love you!
Today I had a difficult day ….
The understanding … is necessary for me.
…. I know, that in a life of each person there are difficulties which are necessary for overcoming, but now I feel, that the barrier is not surmountable for me one ….
Today's events of my day, were as a bomb ….
I have come for work, for reception of a vacation. I had a presentiment of disturbing events. My chief, has not allowed me to leave the country. He has shown documents on the fictitious transaction. In which ostensibly I am the organizer. I have recollected at once this transaction …. Yes, it is valid this transaction it has been made by me, but I did not know, that it is the transaction was fictitious and is arranged against me. In the occurred situation I am weak for decision-making.
Therefore what to avoid criminal charge. I had to accept conditions, the chief. I have paid the certain sum of money.
I had some savings which I saved for arrival to you, I have occupied from the relatives and friends. Now I have faced a new barrier ….
Oh ….
It is necessary for me to carry out payment in travel agency, for arrival to you. My darling, JP. I hope, that you understand me. Now I very much wished to cry in your embraces...
I think, that your mood too has died away …. Forgive, but I should tell it to you. Probably, it will spoil our plans about a meeting. But I hope for our love and desire of a meeting...
With love, your half of heart.
Letter 13
You can present yourself all words told about love? You can count all the days long which she has lived? You know, what she has created this world? You feel, how it has lighted fire in your heart?
Those people who do not trust in it are ridiculous and silly. But they are not guilty, after all she operates them, she creates opinion on. It exists, as well as all of us. It has character, the whims. She laughs at us, connecting contrasts, it punishes us - taking away the most expensive people, but more often Fine it is generous and noble.
It was scattered on billions slices to present everyone, having lodged in his soul a part of. We can consider its unfair, severe, false, it can try our patience, and we, powerless, will wait all the same for it. It can go near to us all life, but and not concern us. It can be meek, but even then, you will feel it warmly. She plays with us, every minute, putting on our way of test. But it it does all because searches for the one who the patience and sincerity has deserved ideal Lovestory, without bitterness and grief, without quarrels and insults … burning sights and lovely smiles, with tenderness and cleanliness, with teddy bears and appointments under falling stars.
Love - a huge lottery in which play all: abrupt guys and modest girls, old men and children, successful and unfortunate. Sometimes, not guessing it, they win … and sometimes, removing a fine screen of a life, we find out there empty hearts.
The love visits us secretly when we at all do not wait for it. It comes silently-silently, creeps absolutely silently, its easy breath only is audible. It brings only small spark which can be extinguished or kindled easily to a huge flame in the palms.
The love changes all our life, puts on us pink glasses and deceives, saying, that the world is ideal. We are ready on madnesses, we lose a head because we do not wish to lose each other.
There is nothing more terribly, than to be one. There is nothing more awfully, than to present for a second, that you are not present …
I hope, that you never find out on what the loneliness is capable. I hope, that you never will feel this burning cold which so often visits people and extinguishes fire in their hearts.
I want, that you were together that supported and helped in everything that advised and listened, that I never was afraid to tell to you the most secret, the most important …
When you are not present nearby - When I will see you, I will wish to be together with you. When I will be with you - I will want will be dissolved in you!
Write to me. It is very important to me to know your opinion.
Your soul... Here that it is really interesting to me!
Letter 14
The life connects different people, it pushes people to each other.
The people absolutely different who never met and never heard about each other, suddenly face in turn, in a corridor or somewhere at a stop. People to whom it was fated will meet, meet.
Probably, because they were born under one star, at them the general destiny, the general road, at least for some time. Then the destiny plants them sometime again to push off.
It is strange to go with someone, simply walking, to inhale aroma of a fresh wind and to think, that all it already was. Probably, neither with this person, nor in this place, but was … It "was" forces people to recollect the past, to entangle it in the present and with hope to look ahead, thinking, that in the future there will be a place for two half of heart: the past and the present.
New people - new feelings. Feelings accumulate, get confused and form a ball, but in it three ends: one end-present, always in hands, another - the past, spins somewhere nearby, it always can be seized if strongly to want, the third end-future, the imperceptible end, we can hold it in hands only when it becomes the present. And again all is weaved into one hard and confused ball which all of us we name: "Life".
Letter 15
My love Tristan. I wish to be yours. But before me the big barrier of distance.
I did not think, that I will have such problem. But the life learns us. The life learns us to that that there is nothing what we can be confident on 100 %. I would like a life with you. When I got acquainted with you. I hoped to find love. Yes I have found love. But the destiny has put a distance barrier between us. To tell the truth, me to take hard it. To tell the truth, sometimes I cry.... But my tears cannot help us.
I hope, you understand me?
....... Anyhow. I do not want that you were sad. Yes the life learns us not to be assured on 100 %. And during some moments to tell 99 % more correctly. But I do not wish to be obedient to it. Anyhow. I love you On 120 %
I hope, we can solve a distance problem. And much depends on you too. I still hope. I hope for your love and understanding.
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Moment of Blessing to be held Monday for Eric Renz
Local clergy will gather Monday to honor a Puyallup community activist and former pastor who was killed riding his bike.
Eric Renz, 66, died this month of injuries suffered Nov. 24 when an alleged impaired driver hit him as he rode his bike near the Washington State Fairgrounds.
The Moment of Blessing will take place at noon Monday at Ninth Avenue Southwest and Fourth Street Southwest, where Renz was hit.
The blessing, organized by Associated Ministries, is intended to reclaim areas where people have been killed.
Renz served as a pastor in Presbyterian churches for decades and was active in the Freezing Nights campaign where Puyallup-area churches provide shelter and meals to homeless people during cold weather.
In November, Renz ran unsuccessfully for the state House against incumbent Republican Rep. Hans Zeiger.


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A caravan journeying from Wragby to Andreans Landing was ambushing at night in the Anodan Hills, killing the wagon master, a couple of guards and the cook who they never found the body of. Stripped of their armor, weapons and belonging, the party endeavors to survive. They discover a few secret compartments in the wagon master wagon. A cache of weapons, armor and a small ebony box with a platinum rose inlayed on the top and a note.
If you are reading this, then I have journeyed to my eternal resting place.
You have solved the puzzle of the wagon and have been entrusted to deliver the ebony box.
Seek members of our order to aid in your quest, for they shall lead you to the next sentinel.
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The cells of multicellular organisms receive extracellular signals using surface receptors. The extracellular domains (ECDs) of cell surface receptors function as interaction platforms, and as regulatory modules of receptor activation1,2. Understanding how interactions between ECDs produce signal-competent receptor complexes is challenging because of their low biochemical tractability3,4. In plants, the discovery of ECD interactions is complicated by the massive expansion of receptor families, which creates tremendous potential for changeover in receptor interactions5. The largest of these families in Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 225 evolutionarily related leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases (LRR-RKs)5, which function in the sensing of microorganisms, cell expansion, stomata development and stem-cell maintenance6,7,8,9. Although the principles that govern LRR-RK signalling activation are emerging1,10, the systems-level organization of this family of proteins is unknown. Here, to address this, we investigated 40,000 potential ECD interactions using a sensitized high-throughput interaction assay3, and produced an LRR-based cell surface interaction network (CSILRR) that consists of 567 interactions. To demonstrate the power of CSILRR for detecting biologically relevant interactions, we predicted and validated the functions of uncharacterized LRR-RKs in plant growth and immunity. In addition, we show that CSILRR operates as a unified regulatory network in which the LRR-RKs most crucial for its overall structure are required to prevent the aberrant signalling of receptors that are several network-steps away. Thus, plants have evolved LRR-RK networks to process extracellular signals into carefully balanced responses.
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We thank A. Pasha for uploading the CSILRR interaction dataset to the Bio-Analytic Resource for Plant Biology, Y. Dagdas for comments on the manuscript, C. K. Garcia for the pECIA2/14 vectors, E. Özkan for his protocols, Y. Saijo, K. Tori and M. Butenko for the pepr1/2, erl2 and hsl2 mutant lines, respectively, and A. Bindeus for help with programming software. This work was supported by grants from the Austrian Academy of Sciences through the Gregor Mendel Institute (Y.B. and W.B.); the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grants to D.S.G. and D.D.; a Canada Research Chair in Plant-Microbe Systems Biology (D.D.) or Comparative Genomics (D.S.G.); and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (D.D. and D.S.G.). This research was also funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation (C.Z.) and the European Research Council (grant 'PHOSPHinnATE') (C.Z.). E.S.-L. is supported by a Hertha Firnberg Programme post-doctoral fellowship (T-947) from the FWF Austrian Science Fund. M.S. is supported by a post-doctoral fellowship (STE 2448/1) from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (IOS-1557796) to M.S.M. P.S.-B. acknowledges funding from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research & Economy, and the City of Vienna through the Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities (VBCF). We would like to thank P. Serrano Drozdowskyj, A. Aszodi and A. Gyenesei from the VBCF Biocomputing facility for developing the Platero software. We also thank the VBCF Plant Sciences facilities for the plant growth chambers.
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Expression profiles of LRR-RK ECDs produced as recombinant baits with the Drosophila S2 cells protein expression system.
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Calibration of the CSILRR screen conditions on ligand-dependent (FLS2–BAK1) and ligand-independent (BAK1–BIR4) interaction pairs.
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Comparison of the primary and retest screens parameters.
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Characterization of BRI1 interaction partners.
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FIR regulates flg22-induced responses.
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CSILRR network representation and table of nodes with their corresponding identification numbers or acronyms.
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Characterization of independent apex mutant and 35S::APEXtransgenic lines.
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Modulation of brassinosteroid signalling by AT5G51560.
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For students looking to enter the field in one year or less, Point University offers a 25-credit hour Medical Assisting Certificate program. This eight-course program, which includes an on-ground clinical externship, educates students in medical terminology, medical systems and procedures, and medical ethics so they can work both on the front line and behind the scenes in a healthcare organization. Students looking to further their education and increase their career opportunities can transfer their earned credits towards Point's 100% online Associate of Science in Medical Assisting, and then onto the Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration.
While a certificate is an excellent entry point into the medical assisting field, earning an Associate of Science in Medical Assisting degree demonstrates commitment to the profession, and leads to better job opportunities and a higher salary.
Program Outcomes
Gain the skills needed to be a leader in the healthcare field with Point University's Associate of Science in Medical Assisting or Medical Assisting Certificate. With an emphasis on medical terminology, front office functions, and medical coding and billing, our online programs prepare students to make an immediate impact assisting doctors and nurses with administrative, technical, and clinical duties. Upon completion of the associate or certificate program, students will be prepared to sit for post-program certifications, including the Certified Medical Assistant credential from the National Center for Competency Testing.
Both medical assisting programs include an on-ground clinical externship at an approved facility. Upon graduation, students will be prepared to launch successful careers in roles such as:
- Clerical and Medical Billing Specialist
- Medical Administrative Assistant
- Doctor's Office Assistant
- Medical Clinic Receptionist
Although aspiring medical assistants can enter the field in one year or less with Point's Medical Assisting Certificate, earning an Associate of Science in Medical Assisting is highly valued by employers and an excellent step towards greater career prospects, job responsibilities, and a higher salary.
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Founded in 1937, Point University is a community of extraordinary students and educators who share a passion for integrating faith and service into every aspect of their lives. Point's comprehensive curriculum is designed to provide the foundation for intellectual, professional, and spiritual development.
Developing the Next Generation of Christian Leaders
Beyond providing the flexibility and convenience of earning a degree on your schedule, Point University's online programs are unique because faith is woven into every course. Supportive professors blend the fundamental elements of students' chosen fields of study with Christian beliefs and core values to empower them to make a difference in whatever career path they choose. Students are not only equipped for professional success, but are also prepared to take their faith into the marketplace in a culturally relevant way.
Point University online students benefit from:
- Learning on their own schedule.
- A high-quality, private Christian college education at an affordable cost.
- A well-rounded education designed to develop students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually.
- A lifelong relationship with professors who inspire and challenge students to think critically and analytically, while encouraging them to grow in their faith.
- A solid grounding in biblical and theological studies, the arts and sciences, and professional studies in which they major.
- A unique online learning environment that facilitates interaction with faculty and fellow students.
At Point, we are proud to develop servant-leaders who have a passion for lifelong learning and a deep sense of commitment to the betterment of their communities and society as a whole.
Paying for School
At Point University, our goal is to make higher education accessible to all. Our tuition costs are lower than many other institutions, making a high-quality, Christian, private college education an affordable investment in your future. In addition to a transfer credit friendly policy that can save you time and money, Point offers a number of options to help you finance your education. Our financial aid counselors are committed to providing students information on the funding resources available and helping them navigate the financial aid process. Online students can pay for their education in a variety of ways, including:
Student Loans
Eligible students enrolled at least half time are qualified for the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, and may borrow need-based subsidized loans or unsubsidized loans.
The parent of a dependent, undergraduate student enrolled half time may qualify for federal government loans to cover the cost of their child's education. Students and parents can also take advantage of private loans available through various lenders.
Federal Pell Grants are also available to students who qualify. The amount of aid awarded is based on the recipient's financial need, cost of attendance, number of credits per semester and other factors. Some students may also qualify for additional federal and state grants based on eligibility.
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Our online veteran students have access to the same financial aid resources available to campus students, with the added benefit of tuition assistance under the Post 9/11 GI Bill and Yellow Ribbon Program.
Tuition Discounts
In addition to providing a quality education at a cost lower than many other private universities, Point University offers online students nearly 40% off the regular tuition rate for on-campus programs.
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Point University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate, baccalaureate, and masters degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, telephone 404-679-4500, or www.sacscoc.org for questions about the accreditation of Point University.
The Commission on Colleges is the regional accrediting body in the eleven U.S. Southern states for institutions of higher education that award associate, baccalaureate, master's or doctoral degrees. Academic quality and continuous institutional improvement are at the heart of the Commission's philosophy of accreditation. To earn accreditation, an institution must comply with the high standard of quality required by the Commission, as well as demonstrate a commitment to student learning and achievement.


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Instagram makes traveling look so wonderful, doesn't it? As much as I am a sucker for a good old Instagram photo (@hartypie, if you please) it doesn't quite tell the whole story about a person and their world, their families and their long-time, often long-distance, friends. England will always be our home and we have three. London, Stoke on Trent and Gloucestershire. Traveling around and living in Asia, I believe, has made us wiser and geographically more fine-tuned (before living here I thought Thailand was close to Africa, which, embarrassingly, says it all…) but there are things about 'home home' that one never forgets or looses sight of. One of those being a proper cheese board.
This is England. If you have never visited, do. If you live there, these things should never be taken for granted. Do sit down, and enjoy!
Heathrow is the gateway to home, even though it is nearly a whopping thirteen hours from Bangkok. However, when two of your best friends are standing there with an extra tacky 'welcome home' balloon all is forgotten. Nothing changes, despite eighteen months apart, newly married lives and all. This feels nice. So does the cool, crisp air of December. It's like air conditioning, but for free!
It also means you can cosy up by the fire to warm up, drink fruity wines and gaze at a Christmas tree with home-made chicken nugget salt dough decorations. Oh, us English love our chicken nuggets we do (especially this Northern pair!) You can also wrap up in so many layers that frankly you don't care what you look like, as long as you are toasty and warm on the inside, smug that the nippy air can't really get you this time and the drizzle is not welcome.
Full English breakfasts, roast dinners and Christmas puddings are also a necessity after burning all those calories just trying to keep blummin' warm.
If you get really desperate outdoors, you can try a naked flame. We lit up outside Hampton Court Palace. It was worth a try and brought a true feeling of Christmas to the annual Christmas carol sing-a-long that we so tunefully joined. We got shut down quite early on for health and safety reasons.
May I present to you, Sainsburys. This gem of a supermarket can be found practically everywhere in England. This particular one was in Crystal Palace, London, where there were 'great prices' on all things not good for you, like crisps, sugary cereals and wine. I would like to emphasise that us Brits do like cooking and cook our own things, from scratch, too. I hear rumours in Asia that we like to eat from cans, but this simply is not true. Of course we like our baked beans, tomato soups, spaghetti hoops, spaghetti alphabet shapes, ravioli and, my personal favourite, tinned Macaroni cheese… The list could continue I suppose.
London has some beautiful sunsets in the Winter, especially at the top of Crystal Palace in South East London, where you almost feel like you are on top of the world. The hills are very steep! We bought our first flat around the corner from here, but I could not visit for fear of feeling too sad for saying goodbye so soon.
North London is just as beautiful and where we spent most of our time as university students, living off most of those canned foods listed above. London is a city of course, so living is not cheap, especially for students. This kind of scenery is just too hard to be tear away from, so if its canned food it's canned food (with an avocado on top). Let's be on trend, at the very least. Below is Regents Canal in the cool Winter sunshine, on our way to see some more special friends.
Living in London is the best thing in the world when you can share it with friends. We shared many-a breakfast, lunch and dinner with ours and feel very fortunate indeed.
Family dinners are equally as special, and another opportunity to feast away and 'retire to the lounge' afterwards, resting that big, full belly. Festivities were in full swing and tables laden with crackers, sparkly decorations and bottles of red wine. Gin and tonics are a popular pre-dinner drink, especially when you can sample 'Iron Balls'- a gin only available in Bangkok from the distillery near our Asian home. We took some back for the family to slurp, and slurp they did. We wish we had bought more.
Pubs are a frequented hotspot for socialising, and, although biased by my roots, Gloucestershire can give 'country pub' a run for it's money. At Winter time you can hunt down an idyllic pub from the smell of burning log fires wafting from the chimney's and into the winding lanes. As Gloucestershire is part of the Cotswolds, many are built from that chalky-white Cotswold stone and truly look the part. It is hard to turn the invitation down, especially if you happen to be walking by or if your husband is celebrating a special birthday very soon.
Unlike Bangkok, walking is a major attraction in England. Although walking has never been my strong point, being labelled 'lazy' as a teenager, walking everywhere sweat-free is now in my top ten favourite activities.
Walking in the snow is even better… oh how we have longed for that crunchy, soft snow under our feet. It did not disappoint.
Thank you to all of our friends and family for a lovely Christmas in England. We are proud to say that this is our home, and we will never loose sight of that. Our post-Winter bellies won't let us.


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FAMILY - as a community of faith, we need to work at creating within our Church a true sense of family. The Church is a unique gathering of people with diverse personalities and varied interests; yet we choose to gather together because we are people who share a common spiritual re-birth. We have been adopted into the Family of God as sons and daughters and joint heirs with Christ; this is The Church. We are part of a relational kingdom!
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The Big Picture Answer to Life
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Dear PoP – Sale of Vacant Lot next to the Floridian
"Dear PoP,
Looks like JBG just recently bought the neighboring lot to my building (The Floridian) for $10m! And looks like they are temporarily at least naming it after the existing building on the lot:
Address: 945 FLORIDA AV
Neighborhood: COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
Land Area: 37,402
Triennial Group: 1
Owner and Sales Information
Owner Name: ATLANTIC RESIDENTIAL C LLC THE JBG COMPANIES
Mailing Address: 4445 WILLARD AVE STE 400; CHEVY CHASE MD20815-4641
Sale Price: $8,977,000
Recordation Date: 12/23/2010
Tax Year 2012 Preliminary Assessment Roll
Current Value (2011)
Land: $8,976,480
Improvements: $100
Total Value: $8,976,580
Taxable Assessment: * $8,976,580
Holy cow this could be huge. This is a really prime location. And JBG is a serious group. From their Web site:
JBG has vast experience in developing office, residential (both multi-family rental and for-sale condominiums), grocery anchored and urban retail, and hotels. In many cases, JBG develops these product types as mixed-use assets in very high barrier-to-entry markets which gives it a distinct competitive advantage.
JBG has developed, owned or managed over 30 million square feet of office space, 5.5 million square feet of retail space, 15,000 residential units and 15 hotel properties totaling over 4,500 rooms. It is currently responsible for development/redevelopment opportunities of approximately 8.5 million square feet of office space, 2.2 million square feet of retail space, 13,200 multi-family residential units and 2,500 hotel rooms throughout the Washington Metropolitan area.
I think at one point there were plans for condos and if I were a betting man I'd say that's likely what we'll see. I'll be sure to update when more info becomes available.


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Timing is everything.
That statement applies to just about any aspect of business, and it's definitely been a recurring discussion for trade shows over the past several years.
After Outdoor Retailer made a big change in location this year, relocating to Denver and joining forces with newly acquired SIA Snow Show, the show looked at how they could better serve all the individual interests involved – from manufacturers, to retailers and buyers across the snow sports and outdoor industry.
When setting the dates for 2019, Outdoor Retailer staff and parent company Emerald Expositions landed on earlier-than-usual January dates, hoping they would sync better with manufacturers, explains SIA President Nick Sargent.
But it quickly became apparent those dates wouldn't work for everyone involved – namely the snow sports buying groups, including Sports Specialists Ltd., or SSL, which had traditionally held its show, Winter Sports Market, consecutively with SIA's national show.
"After this past January's show, we got a lot of feedback from [SIA] members that early dates were not going to work," Sargent said. "The reality was that the early dates were not going to work – that was the feedback we got from the rep groups."
SIA, an organization dedicated to supporting the winter sports industry and its businesses, works hand-in-hand with several regional buying groups, including SSL and Nation's Best Sports (NBS), a regional ski and snowboard hardgoods, apparel and accessories show in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
In February, the buying groups announced they would move their January 2019 show to Salt Lake City, because OR + Snow Show's dates weren't lining up with retailers schedules (the early January dates are a prime selling period for most stores). Although SIA had been in talks with them on a solution, the news caused them to ramp things into high gear.
"We quickly rallied with OR and Emerald and said, 'We need to figure these dates out,'" Sargent said. "Emerald had been doing some heavy lifting, working with Denver and different stakeholders to find new dates."
In tandem with SIA, Emerald worked with Denver to successfully reschedule several other events the Colorado Convention Center had already committed to. The result was a positive one: the team was able to lock in a new date range at the end of January – not just for 2019, but also for 2020 through 2022.
"They really stepped up to drive that home,'' Sargent said of Emerald's efforts.
OR + Snow Show will now be held January 30-February 1, 2019. The show has been adjusted to a three-day platform (losing a day compared to this past January's show) but will stick with the Wednesday-through-Friday format.
The newly aligned dates mean all the buying groups will be under one roof, working together this winter – a feat in and of itself.
"OR really has the industry's interest at heart and they were willing to go to the mat and invest in moving dates for the industry," Sargent said. "It worked out for the best."
The show should be announcing news about the On-Snow Demo dates in the coming weeks, Sargent said, explaining that because the dates now fall on a weekend – which are typically resorts' busiest days – they are working with resort operators to reach a compromise.
For those retailers who attend multiple shows, next year's winter dates will not overlap with other markets, like Surf Expo, this time around.
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"The Killing" may be coming back from the dead.
The controversial mystery series – which was cancelled by AMC earlier this year after scoring only so-so Season 2 ratings – may get a second lease on life if a brewing deal between the cable network and online streaming service Netflix comes to fruition, with Deadline reporting that the companies have entered negotiations to bring the show back for another round.
Starring Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos, the buzzy crime drama was wooed by Netflix following its cancellation back in July, though now it appears AMC is back at the table and looking to hatch a cost-sharing agreement with the streamer that would see first-run rights going to the cabler and Netflix airing new Season 3 episodes at a later date.
If a deal turns up, shooting could begin as early as next February. Luckily for the network, Kinnaman and Enos are already contracted for another season.
Adapted from the Danish TV series of the same name, "The Killing" – which in its first two seasons centered on the investigation into a teenage girl's tragic death – scored an impressive 2.7 million viewers in its first pilot airing, though ratings dropped off following a first-season finale that endured heavy criticism from viewers and critics alike. That said, much of AMC's renewed interest reportedly came about after a strong Season 3 pitch from creator/showrunner Veena Sud.
Would you watch a third season of "The Killing," or have you already given up on the series? Let us know in the comments.


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Rising Tide Announces Captive-Breeding of Yasha Hase Goby
20 Mar, 2016
via Rising Tide Conservation – 3/20/2016
The team at Roger Williams University now have two Yasha goby cohorts becoming juveniles. The process started around day 30 with the larvae starting to settle on the tank walls and bottom as clear larvae.
Metamorphisis started around 35 with the majority completing metamorphisis by day 50. The oldest cohort is 100% through settlement/metamorphosis and the second oldest cohort (much more larvae) is just starting. There is some size variation at morphing, but most are around 1-1.5 cm. Here's a 40 dph image.
Stay tuned for the glamour shots of the late development larvae & juveniles.
Nice job, Joe Szczebak!
UPDATE & Editor's Note, 3/20/2016 – We quickly reached out to Dr. Andrew Rhyne at Roger Williams University / New England Aquarium to learn more. Dr. Rhyne relayed extreme pride in his team's accomplishment, noting the contributions lead by Research Associate Joe Szczebak, with Lab Manager Brad Bourque, Research Assistant Allex Gourlay and the RWU larval crew (undergraduates Laura Anderson, Laura Daza Gaitan, and Anthony Stella) of which made this long-sought goal a reality. Rhyne noted,"We have built a solid platform at Roger Williams University over the past 7 years, and it's exciting to plug new species into that system and watch them succeed."
UPDATE 3/23/2015 – new details have been released on this project, including video footage. Read more from the team at Roger Williams University here.
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A former goalkeeper has admitted handling over £2,500 in counterfeit £50 bank notes after he developed a gambling addiction when he was released by a football league club.
Lincoln Crown Court was told goalkeeper Joshua Macann, now 24, spiralled in to debt after his dream of being a professional footballer came to an end at the age of 17 when he was dropped by Norwich City because he was not tall enough.
Macann, who also appeared for Boston United youth team, was linked to the cash after he sent increasingly desperate texts demanding the return of the 51 counterfeit notes when they were held by another man.
The court heard gambling was 'prevalent' among Macann's footballing friends and by August 2016 when he committed the counterfeit currency offence he was going online and visiting both casinos and bookmakers.
Ian Way, prosecuting, said one of the messages read: "If you don't get them back to me, you owe me, I'm coming round to your house now."
Another read that "he'd sold them, and needed them back."
The court heard Macann carried out the counterfeit money offence while serving a six month suspended prison sentence passed at Lincoln Crown Court in March 2016 for dangerous driving.
Lisa Hardy, mitigating, told the court there had been a long delay in the money case coming to court during which time Macann had completed the unpaid work from his suspended sentence and turned his life around.
Miss Hardy said: "He has got to accept 51 notes is not a small amount, there is the potential for them to be distributed."
But Miss Hardy added: "In August 2016 he was suffering with a gambling addiction.
"At 17 he was on a professional football scholarship with Norwich, he was doing well and hoped to be a professional footballer.
"At 17 he was dropped by Norwich because he was not tall enough, he was a goalkeeper, and his life fell apart.
"It was a blow to his self esteem and left him with idle hands. He had been mixing with other lads in the football environment where gambling is prevalent, and was not helped by the fact his grandfather was also a professional gambler.
"He started dabbling, in casinos, online, bookmakers, and built up substantial debts."
Miss Hardy said Macann still saw gambling as a problem and had referred himself for help.
She added: "This has taken since August 2016 to come to court and he is now a different man. He is now a proud dad and works full time as a roofer with his partner controlling the purse strings."
Judge Andrew Easteal agreed to adjourn sentence for the preparation of a probation report after telling Macann that offences involving counterfeit money nearly always ended in custody.
But the judge told Macann he had his in favour that he had stayed out of trouble and turned his life around in the long period it had taken for the prosecution to be brought.
Macann, of Oaklands, Halfpenny Lane, Beetley, Norfolk, admitted a counterfeit currency offence under section six of the Fraud Act.
He was granted bail and will be sentenced on a later date at Lincoln Crown Court.


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Eat & Celebrate! 5 Exquisite Appetizers For Memorial Day '16
Its that time of the year again, it's time for the Summer to start and your taste buds to expand! Summer is upon us, and we will be bringing in the hottest part of the year this coming weekend with our Memorial Day celebrations. Memorial Day always marks the unofficial start to Summer, and as with each season, things change; including what you eat.
Today here at stupidDOPE we've put together something quite dope for your eating needs this weekend, cooking up a batch of recipes that are sure to add some flavor to your celebrations. Today we give you a look at 5 Exquisite Appetizers For Memorial Day '16. It's the biggest day for the BBQ, but we've got some unique recipes that are sure to add some unique and bold flavor to your life, and will certainly have your friends and family coming back for more! Check out our 5 Exquisite Appetizers For Memorial Day '16 below and speak your mind on it after the jump. Stay tuned for many more great recipes coming very soon!
Bacon-Wrapped Dates
Look, Memorial Day is all about enjoying things the easy way, and taking it easy on your celebratory day off. Well this recipe for Bacon-Wrapped Dates is certainly easy to make, and even easier to eat. This portable and effortless combination of flavor is something special, and certainly worth adding to your Memorial Day snack tray. Don't miss out on this one. Check out the recipe right now at the Food Network and put together something special for the unofficial kick off to Summer!
Grilled, Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp
Bacon wrapped anything would be a hit, but this unique recipe for Grilled, Bacon Wrapped Shrimp is next level. The recipe comes from Serious Eats, who cook up something special with their Grilled, Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp With Arugula and Red Onion Relish Recipe. The unique flavor, easy to eat design and stunning array of color makes a perfect treat for Memorial Day, while offering up something quite fresh and bold. This is certain to be a hit, and definitely something you can eat all year long! Make food a memory this Memorial day with this special recipe!
Armadillo Eggs
No, these aren't actually Armadillo Eggs, they are a tasty morsal that will certainly add some spice and stunning flavor to your Memorial Day celebrations. This unique blend of Cheese-stuffed, Sausage wrapped, grilled jalapenos is something special, offering up undeniable taste, amazing spice and a easy to eat appeal that is sure to go over well. The good folks over at Serious Eats are serious about snacks, and this one certainly proves it. Add something unique to the snack track, Armadillo Eggs, will certainly be that!
Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno & Cheese-Stuffed Shrimp
Its all about portable flavor for Memorial Day '16, and this Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno & Cheese-Stuffed Shrimp recipe is the bee's knees. The good folks over at Serious Eats have something serious on their hands with this one, packing spice, flavor and stunning texture all in one dish. The unique and portable recipe is something your friends and family will want much more of. Add something serious and spicy to your treats for Memorial Day '16 with this one!
Grilled Figs Stuffed With Goat Cheese
Why not add something unique to the offerings for Memorial Day '16? This Grilled Figs Stuffed With Goat Cheese recipe is certain to do just that, boasting a unique blend of flavor and texture, while coming in a simple, portable form. The easier the better, and while eating these treats isn't hard, making them is even easier. Don't sleep on this, add something unique and quite delicious to your Memorial Day treats with this amazing creation!


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April 2016
Spring Revival
Come celebrate spring and the launch of the Rite of Passage Journeys scholarship crowdfunding campaign at a sweet & fun concert featuring young and talented musicians in the Journeys community: Wren, Wild Within, and Vienna Scheyer. $15 - $30 sliding scale at the door Food, drinks, music, and spring cheer provided! *** About the Musicians *** WREN: Songstress of PNW sea & soul on classical guitar. Listen at www.wrenmusic.net. WILD WITHIN: Serafima, Izzy, Claire. We are a folk band from Seattle,…Find out more »
May 2016
Break Free Benefit Concert
Thousands of people are converging upon March Point in Anacortes, WA in mid-May 2016 to engage in peaceful civil disobedience against the fossil fuel industry. BUT, before we hit the weekend, come out and join us for a pre-Break Free bash, to energize and support the resistance efforts of activists putting their bodies on the line to stand up to say NO to fossil fuels and YES to a future that is just, sustainable and decolonized. Tuesday May 10th, 2016…Find out more »
Wren w/ March to May and Hell Mary at the Sunset Tavern
Come out for a fun night of music in Ballard! I'll be playing a rare show with the full band followed by a performance by some wonderful friends' band, March to May. Hope to see you there! - WrenFind out more »
July 2016
Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere Dinner 2016
Celebrate 15 Years of Global Justice Organizing with CAGJ at Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere Dinner on July 9th! Wren will be performing during Happy Hour from 5-6 pm.Find out more »
August 2016
Wren at Methow Valley Ciderhouse
A night of nature-inspired folk with Seattle artist Wren.Find out more »
March 2017
Wren w/ Snowapple
I'm thrilled to be sharing a special evening at the Beery House with female trio Snowapple from the Netherlands. 6:30 Potluck (bring something to share) 8:00 Music Starts (donations appreciated) Address: The Beery House 1419 19th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122 RSVP here.Find out more »
May 2017
Wren at the Copper Glance, Winthrop, WA
Join me for dinner and/or cocktails at Winthrop's finest, The Copper Glance.Find out more »
September 2017
Stitch an Ocean – 2017 Europe Tour
Wilderness Guides Council, Konigsdorf, Germany - 9/15/17 Santiago de Compostela, Congressional Palace, 10/2/17 Galeria Jazz, Vigo, Spain - 10/13/17 House Show, Aramendia, Navarra, Spain - 10/21/17Find out more »
October 2017
Wren at Galeria Jazz in Vigo, Spain
Un concierto intimo a las 21-22 hrs. Nos vemos alli! Besos, WrenFind out more »
April 2019
Tucson Folk Festival
Join me at my first performance in Tucson!
Tucson Folk Festival: 4:30 pm at the Presidio stage


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Charger is absolutely the best battery charger you can get. Why this charger
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low. WRONG, they do not. It kicks on AFTER it is too low if they come on at
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Features recovery mode, cold/AGM mode and small battery mode. Note that if your
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But we have used the recovery mode on some of our batteries and they did
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I've shared before how I committed myself, come what may, that I was going to nurse my children for as long as possible, and ended up going 18 months for both of them.
Witchlette seems as though she remembers Witchling nursing, though I believe she only remembers the idea of it, because she was only 2 1/2 to 3 and I stopped about a year and a half ago.
Pause: how in the world did my two Littles get SO big in such a short amount of time!
So, Witchlette remembers, at least the idea. She knows that she has nipples and that nipples boobs make milk for feeding babies, and the milk comes from the nipple.
Witchling I am positive doesn't actually remember nursing, but he has been exposed to the idea. He also knows boobs make milk and that milk comes from nipples.
He also knows that he has nipples, and therefore explains that he has boobs. When a ball hits his chest, he writhes in pain, sharing how much his boob hurts.
Today, while walking through Target holding his Iron Man lovie, Witchling very innocently lifted up his shirt and make slurping noises. I couldn't have held in a giggle if I tried!
"Is Iron Man hungry?"
"He's thirsty, so he's having milk from my boob!"
It's going to break his heart to know that his nipples don't function that way, but it's beyond sweet to see him love his lovies that way.
Boys of that age when I was little would be corrected. I mean, girls would have been corrected. That's just not something that gets played. Those are private parts.
I'm so happy my kids are growing up in a shift. I'm so happy that my son loves his amazing body and everything it could do, plus more.