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Can we all just admit there is no such thing as nonprofit sustainability?
A few weeks ago I called up a program officer of a foundation to discuss my organization's amazing idea to bring more immigrant and refugee leaders into the nonprofit field. "That's a great idea," said the program officer, "but what's your sustainability plan? We don't tend to support projects unless we know they will be financially independent in the future."
"Well," I said, "I have a great plan for that. Have you heard of teeth tattoo? No? You will! Dental adornment is going to be the latest thing, believe you me. Think about it: the Seahawks logo on your incisors! We will open a teeth tattoo parlor, and it will generate literally billions of dollars, enough to fund the project forever. But we need seed money. So how about 50K from you guys?"
All right, I didn't say that. I waffled something that sounded intelligent—"We are building up our base of individual donors, establishing relationships with local businesses, and using the Synergistic Paradigm Action Matrix in order to find the nexus between our strategies and adaptive advantage"—like a good grantseeker is trained to do. We talked some more. Then I hung up and unwrapped a bar of dark chocolate and ate it, both me and the chocolate 72% bitter.
Dear business community: Please remember these 10 things about nonprofits
My friends from the business community:
As an Executive Director of a nonprofit, I want to say that I love you guys. Almost as much as we all love the Seahawks (Go Hawks!). You do so much to sustain our work—volunteering countless hours, donating funds to programs, and telling your friends about us so they can help too. We rely on you. The work is not possible without you. Whenever we get one of you on our board or development committee, it's like Christmas.
However, there are a few things I'd love to remind you of, stuff like fundamental differences between nonprofits and for-profits and the challenges we face. I know, you probably have heard some of this already. But it'll be really good for us to go over them again, so we can more effectively work together to make the world better:
- Nonprofit funding is restricted. That is something we repeat over and over, but I'm not sure you actually understand how restricted it is. Imagine that you have a business selling software for $100 a pop. I buy a copy, and I give you $100, but then I say "You can't spend any of this money I'm paying you on your salary, or on your rent or heating for your business. It can only be used to for you to buy copy paper and no more than 80 binder clips." Now have all your customers say stuff like that to you each time they buy your software. That's how it works in nonprofit, but replace "customers" with "funders." It is not fun trying to figure out who is paying for what and how to work within this structure, but luckily it only takes up 60% of our time.
- (Hilarious side story: Speaking of copy paper and binder clips, one of my ED friends sometimes "dumpster dives" for office supplies. On her last dive, she scored a roll of masking tape and an unopened container of poster paint (woohoo!)—and her board still complains that her organization spent over $1200 in supplies in 2013).
- No one wants to pay for unsexy "admin" things. These are things like HR, marketing, fundraising, the ED or Development Director's salary, etc. This is why we don't have an HR department, or an IT person, or a marketing person, why our database (if we have one) may not be as cool as you want and why some of our marketing materials look like they were designed by bonobos. You're frustrated that our infrastructure sucks sometimes. Well, we are too! Unfortunately, because of our funding restrictions, we can't do much about it except to beg for free services from you and your friends.
- (Hilarious side story: One time I was at a conference, and a business was leading a workshop on building a website. "We asked our bosses for $25,000 to develop the website," said the presenter, "and they said, 'Hey, we actually have extra funding.' So they gave us $50,000!" Back then, 50K was half my organization's operating budget and about four times my Americorps yearly wages, so I left the workshop and cried silently in a bathroom stall).
- Our funding is unstable, and it's not our fault. It fluctuates depending on factors such as funder priorities, the situation in Iran, the value of the Yen, and the alignment of celestial bodies. Grants are usually only for one year. So year-over-year budget comparisons are often useless, and predictions on future funding sources are educated guesses at best. Please try not to be upset when you ask us questions like "What are your budget projections for next fiscal year" and we give you seemingly wishy-washy answers like, "Well…will Mercury be in retrograde at the end of this fiscal year…?"
- The better a job we do, the more costs we incur. That's right; it's weird, but it's true. If our after-school program, for example, is awesome, more kids will attend, which means more costs. But the funding does not also increase automatically, meaning we have to serve more people with fewer resources. So then we have to spend more staff time on fundraising, which, remember, is not sexy, so people hate paying for that. If your product is awesome, your business can become stable and continue as long as demands remain stable. Not so for us nonprofits! This is why we live in a constant state of stress and fear. And why we need you on the development committee!
- Our community members (the people we serve) are not economic units. As one of my ED friends says, "You can't run a cost/benefit analysis on the worth of a human life, and every human being is a miracle worthy of respect and kindness and compassion." That sounds very sappy, but we genuinely believe in crap like that, and it very frustrating when people forget this stuff and reduce human beings to numbers and statistics.
- Success is difficult to measure. We throw around terms like "outcomes" and "metrics," but things are so much more complex. When we're working with people who are homeless, or mentally ill, or kids at-risk for failure, it is challenging to define success and what part we play in it. So it gets very annoying when you come in trying to impose a business framework on our programs, or get upset when we can't give you clear answers to questions like "What's the impact of your programs?" We're trying to figure all this out.
- Things can't be "scaled" as easily as you think. Some of you are really impatient about scaling up our work. You see a great program, and you want it to be bigger, to help more people. We do too. But the clients we serve and their challenges are complex, and we work within structures that severely limit what we can do. We are constantly thinking of ways to help more people, while trying to keep our organizations from collapsing, all the while hoarding supplies for a potential zombie apocalypse (That last part–it may just be my organization that does that).
- If you want to help, roll up your sleeves. We get plenty of advice. If you want to be helpful, roll up your sleeves and actually do something. It's frustrating when business leaders or consultants come in and provide a report of recommendations of things we should do. These reports are often left on shelves to gather dust, since we often have no time or resources to tackle them. If you want to help, take lead on a few of these things you recommend.
- We chose to do this work. That's right, we chose jobs that are unstable, under-appreciated, challenging, low-paying, and high-stress. That does not mean we're not as smart as people in other sectors. Once a while we meet young professionals in other professions, and their smugness and condescension are palpable, and we want to grab them by the collar and shake them. But we think of our clients and swallow our pride. Our society places much higher value on jobs like doctors, lawyers, movie stars, business owners, etc. However, most of us did not go into the nonprofit field because we failed at other professions. We do this work because we want to kick inequity's butt, no matter how difficult it is.
- (Hilarious side story: At my organization, which serves low-income immigrant and refugee youth and families, the clients are often amazed that I do this full time. One woman at an event asked when I will find a real job; her son was studying to be a pharmacist, she said.)
- Finally, just because you're really successful in one area, it doesn't mean you are automatically great in another area. If you're an amazing heart surgeon, it doesn't mean you're automatically a great singer. If you're an awesome dancer, it doesn't mean you're now a really kickass chef. And yet we meet so many of you who are successful in the business sector who now think that you automatically know how to run a nonprofit, or lead an education reform movement, or counsel us nonprofit folks on how to do our work. One of the most irksome things we experience is when business people, after a limited time trying to understand the organization, start giving advice. We'll try to be thankful, since you're a potential donor and volunteer, but seriously, the you-guys-should-do-this and you-guys-should-do-that are often irritating and not helpful at all. We don't go to your business and tell you how to…run…quarterly reports…or, uh…improve assembly line efficiency…
At a meeting a month ago, a bunch of people and I were providing input and advice to Seattle's new mayor as he starts his administration. A community leader stood up and said, "You have to remember that poor people are not just rich people who don't have money. And black people are not just really dark white people." Ahaha, that's so true, everyone thought. They laughed. (Each of those profound statements deserves to be discussed in its own post later). I want to use the same line of thinking to remind you all that nonprofits are not just chaotic businesses with really nice employees. Until we have the same flexibility and stability of essential resources that successful businesses have, comparing one with the other is like comparing an apple with a porcupine.
Thank you for reading, and for all that you do.
Go Hawks!
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The Wall of Philanthropy, Wildlings, and White Walkers
Last week I wrote about the Sustainability Question and how it is symptomatic of an ineffective funding system where funders and nonprofits are not equal partners but more like frenemies. This apparently resonated with many readers, at least 138, since that's how many people shared it on Facebook, and only 26 of those were from me mandating staff to do it. "Yeah, Vu, high-five!" said a colleague at a meeting, and we high-fived, which was tricky, since I was holding my 5-month-old baby Viet. We are doing a nanny-share with another Executive Director, but even with the split costs, we could only afford it four days a week, so on Fridays, we two EDs tote our babies around.
The post sparked some great conversations, especially around the challenges of communication between funders and nonprofits. "I call it the Wall of Philanthrophy," said one of my ED friends. She painted the image of a physical wall between funders and nonprofits. "There is a tiny window in the wall, and every once a while it opens just a little bit, and maybe there is an exchange of ideas, but then it quickly closes, and it's solid wall again."
This reminds me of the Wall in the Game of Thrones. It is 700 feet tall, 300-mile-long wall made of solid ice to keep out the Wildlings, people who are regarded as primitive, cruel savages who have poor hygiene. The Wildlings live North of the Wall, a barren, desolate, cutthroat, and eternally wintery landscape that has very few good restaurants. Every once a while they try to cross the Wall and get South into the warm Seven Kingdoms, which are more civilized and you can go to the bathroom for more than two minutes without fear of frostbites and gangrene. While a Wildling or two sneak past the Wall here and there, in a thousand years not a single assault on the guarded Wall has succeeded.
I don't think I'm the only one who feels like nonprofit organizations and staff are like the Wildlings trying constantly to make it past the Wall. "Sound the alarms! There is a group of Wildlings at the base of the Wall, and they are chanting 'General Operating Funds! General Operating Funds!' Quick, prepare the hot oil!"
This Philanthropic Wall manifests itself in many ways:
- After the site visit, we hardly see funders at programs and special events
- Nonprofits are rarely invited to conferences and other important gatherings of funders
- It takes anywhere from a week to nine years to get a hold of some funders, often when we are trying to get support for time-critical projects
- Funders almost always refuse to join committees for projects initiated by nonprofits
- Not a single funder accepted my invitation to 80's-themed trivioke night, a combination of trivia and karaoke.
I don't think I will be able to scale this wall in my lifetime, which is why I've been training my son Viet when I have him on Fridays, hoping that one day he will follow his father's footsteps into nonprofit and continue the work. Instead of children's stories, I've been reading strategic plans and annual reports to him. "One day, son, all funding will be general operating. I probably won't be around to see that. Learn and grow strong and help to make that happen."
Every once a while, though, there is a glimmer of hope. An Executive Director friend of mine said she was invited to a conference of funders to present her organization's work. "Really?!" I said, nearly choking on a pluot, "you're attending a conference of funders? No way!"
"Yeah," she said, "but they made it amply clear that I am not to approach any of them to solicit funds. Actually, it was hinted that I shouldn't talk much at all. In fact, I have to wear this scarlet N on my nametag to mark me as a Nonprofit."
We nonprofits can understand why people feel that the distance between funders and nonprofits is necessary. After all, there are so many nonprofits, and funders should be fair and should not be playing favorites. However, the quest for objectivity and impartiality has led to an unhealthy adversarial system that has been harmful to the field. How can conferences to talk about funding structure and collective impact and other important stuff be effective when the people doing the direct service work and thus have first-hand knowledge of client and community needs are only marginally part of the conversation?
Plus, when there are insurmountable barriers to communication with funders, it just means that the nonprofits with the strongest relationships and connections make it through, finding support for their own projects. So many great ideas never get off the ground because many nonprofits leaders do not have the behind-the-scene connections with funders, and on the other hand, so many crappy ideas do get funded because someone knows someone who knows someone.
Funders have more power, and thus must take a larger share of the responsibility for perpetuating an ineffective system where we nonprofits spend much of our time trying to figure out how to survive instead of innovate. We have been at the base of the Wall chanting things like "general operating funds!" and "overhead is necessary" and "standardize your budget forms!" for a long time now, with little result.
But we nonprofits are not off the hook either. Like the Wildling tribes, we are constantly in competition for survival, which tends to happen when resources are scarce. We have to work together and support one another while simultaneously delivering common messages and proposed solutions. We can't just keep grumbling at the base of the wall. We must unite.
We must ALL unite. In the Game of Thrones the Wall wasn't originally built to keep out Wildlings. They were just unlucky enough to be caught on that side when the Wall was built thousands of years ago to defend against the White Walkers, who are kind of like scary-as-hell evil ice mummies who could turn dead people and animals into evil ice zombies and the army of mummies/zombies went and killed everyone, Wildlings and civilized people alike, until they were driven back to their cold, wintery home and the Wall was built to keep them there. Winter is coming, it lasts whole generations, and the White Walkers are stirring once again.
The point is, there are greater threats out there—poverty, racism, violence, loneliness, war, inequity, oppression, homophobia, injustice, unaffordable childcare, hunger, illness, death, etc., the White Walkers of our nonfictional world—and we should be working together to defeat those things, not focusing so much of our time building and maintaining walls around ourselves and each other. Funders and nonprofits must communicate better and work in partnership more effectively.
How about we start by carpooling to the next trivioke night?
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The Sustainability Question, Why it is So Annoying
This morning, I woke up early and realized I was face-to-face with my son, Viet, who has been sleeping in the same bed with his mom and me. Looking at our sweet little baby, who was still sleeping peacefully, one tiny hand under his soft and rosy cheek, I was filled with warm fatherly thoughts. Namely: "When is this kid going to get a job and help pay for his keep?" I was tempted to wake him up and say, "You do realize that childcare for you each month is literally more than our mortgage, right? You better enjoy this while you can, little dude, because when you turn 18, you're on your own."
And that makes me think about the issue of sustainability of nonprofit programs. In every grant application, there is the "Sustainability Question," which is basically, "How will you sustain this program or project when funding from the So-and-So Foundation runs out?" This seems absolutely reasonable at first glance, but honestly, it's one of the most annoying questions we face. Most of us nonprofit professionals absolutely hate this question, and each time we see it, we have to leave our desk, go on a walk, maybe do some yoga or watch "The Daily Show," then come back to our desk, take a deep breath, and write something like:
"We will continue to develop our staff and board's ability to fundraise and diversify our revenues, including building relationship with other funders, as well as cultivating support from corporate sponsors and individual donors. Our special events continue to increase in revenues, and the board is leading the effort to explore earned income through program fees and the door-to-door sales of inspiring macaroni artwork made by the children in our extended-learning program."
All of that is basically a euphemism for "We will leave you alone and bother other people."
"Just once," said my ED friend, Director Maureen, "here's what I'd like to put in response to that question:"
- Program staff and the board will triple the amount of time they spend praying for money
- Program participants will be asked to pray for money to provide for their services as well
- 10% of general operating funds will be utilized to purchase Power Ball lottery tickets
- Fund development staff will regularly consult a reputable psychic to help track which direction foundations are trending to support
Why is this question so aggravating? Why does every time I answer it, I feel like crap? I sent out an email to my ED friends in the field, asking for their thoughts, and the responses were passionate and insightful. While the issue is complex and requires a lot more time to explore, I'll try my best to summarize my colleagues' thoughts. Overall, the Sustainability Question is annoying and frustrating because:
Sustainability is in large part determined by funders, not nonprofits. As much as we love individual donors, many of us still rely on grants, and grants are usually small and one-year in duration. We get a bunch of one-year grants that are Frankensteined together to support programs, each one with their own set of demands and restrictions, (which I explored here in "Nonprofit Funding: Ordering a Cake and Restricting it Too."). As one ED puts it, "Why is fidelity to the mission so highly valued and expected of nonprofit leaders and staff but funders expect to 'sleep around?' One year and you're out. [They] don't even come back and ask." This lumbering, unwieldy, tenuous system is the antithesis of sustainability, so to ask how we nonprofits will maintain and grow our programs within it is kind of like setting a fire and asking how we will be putting it out.
Sustainability depends on the whole organization being strong, yet funders do not like providing general operating funds. Really great programs do not magically appear out of thin air. It takes real people, people who need, like, an office to work at and healthcare for their stress and carpal tunnel and stuff. These things are critical, and yet we have to constantly fight for them. "We will cultivate relationships with individual donors and corporate sponsors, etc." sounds great, but that requires development staff, which is fundraising, and no one likes to fund "fundraising" and "admin" expenses, because those things are so frivolous and useless.
The nonprofit model is unique in that success at carrying out our missions leads to increasing costs, not revenues. The more successful programs are, the more clients they will serve, the more staff and other expenses will increase, without a proportionate increase in support. An example is VFA's Saturday English School (SES) program, which provides English and Math support to recent-arrival immigrant and refugee students every Saturday for three hours. Five years ago, we had 30 students show up each session. Because of how awesome the program is, we now have over 150 students each session. This is a five-fold increase in number of students served. The expenses tripled, since more students means more snacks, more teaching staff, more curriculum material, etc. But funders are not going to triple the amount they provide; if we're lucky, they'll renew at the same level, and we'll have to go search for other, newer funders to provide support. This is the Program Growth Paradox, where the more a program is successful and expands, the less sustainable it is.
Other reasons cited by my ED colleagues include "we know very, very well that not every program that literally changes people's lives for the better can become self-sustaining" (but should be funded anyway, see "Nonprofit's Ultimate Outcome: Bringing Unicorns Back to Our World"), "I have no clue where my future funds will come from so everything I say sounds like BS" and "after five or more friggin pages of explaining just HOW MUCH you need the bucks, you are now invited to totally reverse yourself" and "I will think about this and get back to you after I have several drinks to calm down."
The most serious challenge with the Sustainability Question, however, is that it symptomatic of a divisive and patronizing system that perpetuates the unhealthy dichotomy of nonprofits as supplicants continually begging for spare change, and funders as benefactors. "How will YOU sustain this program? How will YOU sustain it after OUR funding that WE (might) give YOU runs out?" We now feel like the underemployed college-grad living in our parents' basement, freeloading off of their good will, until they call us in for a serious talk about our future and demand to know what our plans are to find a job and inform us that it's for our own good that in six months they will kick us out. We feel like Oliver Twist, who has to beg for another bowl of gruel from the…uh…that one guy, who serves…gruel…
OK, I haven't read Oliver Twist.
The Sustainability Question is aggravating because the responsibility is overtly placed on nonprofits' shoulders to fix problems in the world that we didn't cause in the first place. Once the question is asked, "It immediately becomes somebody else's problem," writes one of my ED friends. It feels like funders are at the end of their ropes trying to "help" us nonprofits and if we fail to sustain our work, it is all our fault. This is not working for our field.
Every once in a while I meet a program officer who used to be a nonprofit staff. "Ah," they sometimes reminisce, "I miss being on that side of the table." And I would say, "Tell me what it's like on your side of the table?" And we would talk, and I would learn that being on the other side of the table has its challenges, and that it's not all completely awesome, with ergonomic chairs and dental AND vision insurance and with each person getting access to the company unicorn to ride to important meetings.
But that makes me think, Why the heck are we on opposite sides of the table in the first place? Aren't we all trying to solve the same problems? Why is the relationship between funders and nonprofits so adversarial? It is ineffective. We should be on the same team, where the quarterback supports the…uh, linebacker so that he can make a, um, rim shot at the…fourth inning…
All right, I don't know anything about sports. Point is, nonprofits and funders must be equal partners, with different but symbiotic roles, and sustainability of the work must be shouldered by both parties. We nonprofits think all the time about sustainability, even without being prompted, and we will continue to build strong programs and diversify our funding. Funders, as equal partners, should provide multi-year funds, general operating funds, capacity building assistance, and help connect us to other funders and partners. And come visit the programs once a while! We must work together to figure out how to sustain and advance the work. We have to, because the needs of and challenges facing our communities are only going to increase.
More on funder-fundee relationships: The Wall of Philanthropy, Wildlings, and White Walkers


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It's science and psychology integrated with art. Your group ought to concentrate on a number of different aspects to produce an interactive experience that straight engages the target market. Below are 10 steps to comply with while refining the user's on-line experience.
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When you're improving the user experience, go for something that feels like you're connecting with extra-large Fisher-Price toys. This indicates developing big components with simplified styles, clear copy that even a kid could understand as well as actionable, concise directions (as well as calls-to-action).
This type of experience functions perfectly on any type of device, particularly on mobile where bigger aspects make for simpler navigation.
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You could ensure a far better experience by designing for mobile customers first, making sure compatibility and an extra engaging experience generally.
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As a company, your website is a vital item of your advertising and marketing and branding efforts. Visitors are coming to your website for a particular reason, and also you wish to make certain that you address their inquiries and also utilize your website to sell your services or product.
If you get your site made incorrect, you can conveniently shed thousands of dollars initially, and ultimately shed a lot more money in potential earnings that you might be making from a well designed, properly functioning web site.
Grow your profits by preventing many of these common mistakes among entrepreneur:
Placing seriousness over understanding your target market.
Rather than concentrating on getting your internet site done asap, you need to first investigate your target audience in your particular market. Make your website around your research study.
As an example, if your target audience is older, perhaps the font style size ought to be larger. Or if your product is tailored to a younger market, after that you need to consider providing your site to be smartphone suitable.
You're mosting likely to need to figure out where should your customers go when they reach your site? That concern is conveniently addressed if you recognize your market.
Layout is too hectic or flashy.
My business, Ciplex, is a website design as well as growth company, as well as we know that in order to be successful online you have to concentrate on marketing your internet site– not a flashy layout. Your style must not just be focused on bringing users there, but also getting them to the appropriate place as soon as they reach your homepage.
Plus, fancy web sites do not look good on cellphones or tablet computers, as well as a huge majority of Net individuals currently see internet sites from these wireless tools.
Keep in mind: when a site visitor concerns your site, they most likely already understand just what they want from it. If within three seconds they can not determine exactly what to do following, you may have to go back to the drawing board.
No clear phone call to action.
What do you desire users to do as soon as they've located your website? You need to inform visitors exactly what the following step is and also when (ideally, now!).

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This year on June 2008, she is 481 years old! very old huh? Yes she is. She was known as Batavia before.
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// September 17th, 2010 // From the forthcoming book "Losing Steve: One Mother's Journey Through Grief"
After more than three years of taking an antidepressant I'm ready to quit. My doctor originally prescribed them for me because of the panic attacks I was having every few weeks that were brought on by the hormonal changes of perimenopause. I continued after Steve died to help me keep from sinking into the abyss of maternal depression. Now I'm tired of depending on a drug to keep my mood level. Besides, my sadness isn't as bad as it used to be and anyone in my situation would be at least a little sad, wouldn't they?
I talked to Dr P about it. He mapped out a short weaning process for me ~ told me to take my usual dose every other day for two seeks and then quit completely.
I'm actually excited about quitting. I want to feel my life again. I'm also hoping that this will alleviate the memory problems I've been having. Although Amy brought up a good point….it might not be the meds at all. The two really big things I've forgotten recently have been related to someone's medical issues. I might just be trying to block these types of things out of my mind because they remind me of Steve's troubles.
The other things I forget are the kinds of things I have always forgotten…the "where-did-I-put-my-keys" kind of forgetfulness.
If it doesn't improve after I quit the meds, I'll talk to Dr P about it. For now though, I'm looking forward to a new adventure…..


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Well done mediatek!. Am waiting for next the generation of budget smart phones.
en intel dore due with 2 cores outperforms this 8 core cpu and intel core due has beed around for 7- 8
Next-gen Snapdragon and Exynos SoCs will easily win. Others are rubbish.
And I bet that it will STILL lag. Loads of fancy hardware is not the key...software optimization is.
jim, 20 Nov 2013need benchmark and the speed in everyday use Agreed, mainly comparisons with SD800 and Apple's 64 bit processors.
With IPC twice as low as SD800 cores this is just a stupid marketing gimmick.
I don't even want to talk about the fact that no app in the whole universe requires more than 2 cores.


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The Senate has resolved that Mohammed Ali Ndume, APC, should resume sitting on Wednesday November 15, since he had served out his suspension of 90 legislative days.
The decision was reached after a closed-door meeting by the Senate on Tuesday before its plenary.
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over the plenary, said Mr Ndume had served out his suspension of 90 legislative days, without prejudice to the current court process.
It could be recalled that the Senate had, on March 29, suspended former Senate Leader Mohammed Ndume over his petition calling for investigation into the allegation that Sen. Dino Melaye, did not obtain first degree at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State.
The university authorities later came out and declared that Melaye, APC – Kogi West, passed out with a degree at the institution.
The suspension order followed the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, which investigated the allegation.
The Chairman of the Committee, Sam Anyanwu, submitted his committee's report, which recommended that "the Senate should suspend Ndume for bringing Senator Dino Melaye, his colleagues and the institution of the Senate to unbearable disrepute.
"This is even at a time of our national life, when caution, patriotism, careful consideration and due diligence should be our watch words.
"The suspension is with effect from March 29, 2017 to last for six months.
"After having been properly cleared of any wrong doings by the findings of the committee, Senator Dino Melaye has been cleared of the allegations made against him and exonerated."
Mr Anyanwu had said that the recommendation was signed by seven members of the committee.
Last week, the senator won a federal high court judgment, who ordered for his reinstatement and be paid all his entitlements and allowances.
But the Red Chamber, through its counsel, Mike Uzeokhome, said it was challenging the judgment of the high court at the appeal court.


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1) Easy
"It's not like my mother is a maniac or a raving thing. She just goes a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?"
Answer: Anthony Perkins played Norman Bates in 1960's Alfred Hitchcock film, Psycho.
2) Medium
"First you told me he was gonna be retarded, then you told me he was gonna be blind AND deaf. If I'd dug his grave every time one of you geniuses told me he was gonna die, I'd be eating f 'n' chop suey in China by now."
Answer: Cher played Rusty Dennis, mother of Rocky Dennis, played by Eric Stoltz, in 1985's Mask. (Based on a true story.)
Sam Elliott also starred in the film, and I'm posting a picture of him just because I can. :D
3) Movie Buff
"Why are you hiding back there? You don't have to hide from me - I'm Peg Boggs, your local Avon representative and I'm as harmless as cherry pie... "
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A diver who got into trouble while surfacing off Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula is out of intensive care and on the mend.
The woman, who had been diving at Barwon Heads, was sent to University Hospital Geelong on Monday following a rapid ascent.
A Barwon Health spokeswoman on Tuesday said the woman was out of ICU, in a stable condition, and resting in a ward.


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Scientists have identified a new way of spotting men most at risk of ill health - by testing their semen.
The team found young men with the lowest sperm counts had higher rates of heart disease, diabetes and cancer later in life.
Researchers at Frederiksberg Hospital in Denmark tracked 4700 men for 30 years. Those with sperm counts lower than 15 million per millilitre of fluid were 40% more likely to get heart disease than those registering more than 40 million per millilitre.
They needed hospital care, on average, seven years earlier than men with healthy sperm counts, the results of the study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, showed. Low sperm count can reflect poor diet and lifestyle, which increases the risk of serious illness.


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Tesla's Hong Kong dream lives on … in government time lag
January data on new autos shows why Elon Musk had the hots for the city, especially its tax giveaways. But will the fires fade now the perks are gone?
Elon Musk's love affair with Hong Kong is preserved, like an ant trapped in amber, in the latest data from the city's government: one in 15 new autos sold was a Tesla sports car. Only four other marques did better, all global giants of the internal combustion engine.
In the nine months ended January 2017, Tesla Inc. sold 1,930 units in Hong Kong, behind only Toyota (8,088), Mercedes-Benz (4,578), Honda (3,824) and BMW (2,818). It also beat Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche, based on the monthly report from the Transport Department, which started disclosing car sales by brand since May.
The disclosure came on the back of Tesla's record car sales in the first quarter. The company said on Monday it delivered 25,000 vehicles in the first quarter, up 69% from a year earlier.
Hong Kong is a strategic market for Tesla, whose founder and chairman Musk once called the Chinese territory a "beacon city for electric vehicles," thanks to generous tax waivers the government put in place to spur development of EVs in line with official Beijing policy.
Indeed, China is Tesla's second-biggest market, behind the US. The company last week brought in Tencent Holdings as a strategic partner, selling the Chinese internet giant a 5% stake for US$1.8 billion.
Still, Tesla's outsized market share in the city has been a cruel reminder to policymakers that not all EVs are created equal: Chinese rival BYD mustered only one sale from November to January.
And so the great leveler has swung into action. In his latest budget, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po capped the tax waiver on first registration of EVs to HK$97,500 (US$12,500) with effect from April 1. That would crank up the cost of a Tesla X75D to about HK$1.51 million, or about 77% more than its previous price tag.
The new measure offers a more level-playing field for traditional gasoline-engine carmakers, but it does seem to fly in the face of coordinated national efforts to reduce roadside pollution. On the other hand, rich Hongkongers swapping their trophy Maseratis for a trophy Tesla probably wasn't what the government had in mind for its EV-revolution. The cap on the tax waiver is really aimed at luxury EVs: a five-door hatchback Nissan Dig-S Green will set you back HK$169,800 after new registration tax, the automaker's website says.
Roadside pollution levels have generally been falling (or at least not rising, in the case of nitrogen dioxide) thanks to government incentives to get outdated motors off the streets and due to efficiency gains in gasoline-based engines and exhaust systems.
Read: Tesla awaits damage from loss of tax waiver
Environmentalists point out that EVs, must get their energy from somewhere, and when the generation mix is tilted toward dirty coal (as it is in Hong Kong's case) then they can actually become part of the problem.
Beside which, Tesla's Apple-like charging infrastructure (not for them the plug-in stations of the hoi polloi in their Nissan Leafs) doesn't really fit the "we're all sinking into the oceans together" image of the average climate change warrior.
It's not clear how Tesla's Hong Kong love affair will pan out when the time warp of government data catches up with reality. If Tesla, despite the huge price adjustment, is just a toy for the super-rich wanting to brag about their green credentials, maybe the violins and roses will continue.


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Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
This is a phenomenal book, the first in the Maddadam Trilogy and I have no idea why I didn't read it before now. I plan on getting through the next two volumes next month.
If you want a complementary book to Harani's Homo Deus, this may give you some inkling of what's down the line for genetic engineering. Not a pretty picture.
The book crosses back and forth between the current time in the book (30-50 years from now?) and the past in first-person from the narrator, who calls himself Snowman. He seems to be the sole survivor of something, we'll discover what, with companions known only as the Children of Crake. These narrative jumps between his interactions with the strange, seemingly child-like tribe with Snowman's searches for food and clothing and his past, starting with his teens and his life through school, university, and early career. The book gradually exposes a world in which genetic engineering has become both common and extremely competitive. One of the products created, for example, is a chicken that is basically a mouth, breasts, and excretory systems, engineered to create chicken meat quickly and efficiently, bred without a brain so that animal rights activists can't complain that it's experiencing discomfort.
As the book continues we learn that these genetic manipulations are also being tested on everything from weaponized microorganisms to human beings, and Snowman's high school friend Crake has been the sociopathic genius behind some of the most radical changes.
A tipping point is reached that causes a global plague. Survivors are Snowman, the Children of Crake, wolf hybrids that act like domesticated dogs until close enough to attack, and feral swine now intelligent enough to work in groups to attack.
The book is suspenseful and thought-provoking with Atwood's amazing ability to make horrible worlds compelling. All signs point to Snowman being the last non-engineered human on earth until he learns from the Children of Crake that beings like him have shown themselves. The book closes with Snowman about to step forward to meet or confront his own kind.
There are poignant moments in the book and hard-to-take passages on child trafficking. If you made it unscathed through The Handmaid's Tale you'll do fine. I'm shopping for volumes two and three as soon as this uploads.


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Monday, January 2, 2017
As I begin the new year, I look back on 2016 with a great sense of gratitude and appreciation!
2016 marks the first year, in the last four years, we did NOT lose a family member to cancer - for this I am grateful beyond measure!
However, our 41 year old beloved family friend, lost a grueling battle of leukemia in the summer. Having known this man and his family since I was a young girl, I count them among "family" just the same.
My dad continues to survive! It has been tough to accept he will never be cancer-free, though I am so grateful he is alive to continue to fight the daily battle.
Early in the year my mom received a devastating lung cancer diagnosis. She underwent a very challenging surgery, chemotherapy treatments, and is recovering. I cannot recall the countless times I sat, shaking my head in disbelief, as cancer continues to be the most harsh and cruel reality of our lives.
My hope & prayer is for 2017, to be the year without a cancer diagnosis or loss of life due to cancer, in my family!
Overall, last year was a time of personal reflection and goal setting for me personally and my work within the cancer space.
In 2016, my role within the American Cancer Society afforded me some incredible opportunities on a local, state and national level, of which I am so very thankful for and proud of! I look forward to sharing all the amazing things ACS will be doing this year and how I continue serve and be of use in the fight against cancer!
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Some stress intensity factors for self-similar cracks, derived from path-independent integrals
Some stress intensity factors for self-similar cracks, derived from path-independent integrals - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
1978 (English)In: Journal of elasticity, ISSN 0374-3535, E-ISSN 1573-2681, Vol. 8, no 3, 259-271 p.Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en] : A new method of computing stress intensity factors for self-similar cracks in the plane is discussed. It is based on some known path-independent integrals whose forms make them suited for use in elastic fields showing expansional invariance. General integral formulas for the various segments of a chosen integration contour are presented and also applied. The integrals generally express the total energy release rate at self-similar growth, but for the expansion loaded star crack and the symmetrically cracked wedge opened by concentrated forces the stress intensity factors are obtained in closed form.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages: 1978. Vol. 8, no 3, 259-271 p.
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Bridgewater Garden Club
2017-2018 Programs
Meeting Location: Somerset County Library, No. Bridge St. & Vogt Drive, Bridgewater, NJ
Agenda: 9:30 am Social Hour
10:00 Club Business Meeting (Members Only)
10:30 am Program Begins (Open to the public)
Walk-ins are welcome, but we prefer that you register in advance: firstname.lastname@example.com
For information on the Daytrippers 2017-2018 Program go to the Member Login Page
September 26, 2017 – no formal program
October 24, 2017 – Growing and Cooking with Herbs
Fresh is always best when it comes to herbs. In October, Caren White will share her knowledge on how to plan, care for and harvest a culinary herb garden for any cuisine. Caren is a Master Gardener and member of the Herb Society of America. She is a longtime volunteer at Rutgers Gardens where she is the Garden Steward for the herb garden. She also grows the herbs sold at the popular Spring Flower Fair, an annual fundraiser for Rutgers Gardens. Caren has taught herb workshops at the EARTH Center (Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County), Home Gardeners School and Rutgers Gardens.
November 28, 2017 – Designing for the Holidays
Just in time for the holidays, our own, Peggy Koehler, Accredited Flower Show Judge and Award-winning Designer will demonstrate how you can use containers from your home to combine with your garden flowers and greens to create floral designs for the Holidays.
December 2017– Christmas Luncheon 12:30 PM
"Water and Wine" 141 Sterling Road, Watchung, NJ
January 23, 2018 - The Pollinators
Most flowering plants depend on bees, butterflies, and other animals for pollination. Meet the pollinators - Hummingbirds, Bats, Butterflies and Bees. In January, Ms. Edith Lit will share her knowledge on which plants can attract these pollinators to your garden or window box and how we can do our part to support pollinators by creating pollinator friendly gardens and protecting wildlife habitat. Edith is a long time staff member of the Somerset County Library System of NJ. When not teaching computer classes, she presents several nature programs. They include Backyard Birds, Hummingbirds in Your Backyard, and Plants & Pollinators. Edith is a nature enthusiast and amateur photographer.
February 27, 2018 - Pruning Fundamentals
In February, get ready for Spring, with master shrub-pruner Roman Fabiyan . Roman will cover some techniques and methods on making those "secret" pruning cuts that will keep plants healthy and looking beautiful. He learned his trade in the Ukraine and is a member of the Leonard J. Buck Garden, Somerset County Park Commission staff.
March 27, 2018 - Garden Royalty
In China, the peonies are called the "King of Flowers". They can reach 10 inches in diameter, blooming in early summer to herald the upcoming summer season. In the legends of the ancient Greeks, Iris -- goddess of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods -- shuttled between heaven and Earth atop colorful arcs. To modern gardeners, these beloved flowers are gifts from the gods. Ms. Barbara Mullins, currently a member of The Rake and Hoe Garden Club of Westfield and a past President of the Garden Club of NJ, will give a horticulture presentation on Iris and Peonies - Garden Royalty. In this program, she will show similarities and differences in the genus and species, and ways to propagate these wonderful perennial plants.
April 24, 2018- Using House Plants to make Living Centerpieces
In April, Bruce Crawford, Director of Rutgers Gardens and adjunct professor in Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University, will share his knowledge on using house plants to make living centerpieces. As Director of Rutgers Gardens, Bruce oversees a 180 acre outdoor teaching classroom, horticultural research facility and arboretum. Every two weeks, Bruce uses living plants to create lovely centerpieces for Rutgers University President's house. Bruce will share some fun facts, his thoughts on design, and his knowledge from a wide range of garden topics.
May 22, 2018 - Gardening with Deer
One of the most frequently asked questions about gardening is: "How do I deter deer from my garden". In May's lecture, Marc Zukovich will discuss methods of discouraging deer browsing in your garden, and selection of plants that are deer resistant. Marc is President of Sterling Horticultural Services. He is an Adjunct Professor of Horticulture at County College of Morris. Before founding Sterling Horticultural Services in 1988, Marc was a District Manager for Brickman Industries. From 1988 to 2012, he managed the grounds of Honeywell Inc.'s World Headquarter in Morristown. He has provided exceptional landscape care to residential properties. In this presentation, slides of plant photos will be shown, and hand-outs will be given. Please bring your questions!
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Buoyed by their success in Durham the previous weekend, Emily Harrison and Ashraf Alam skipped a day's school to compete in the U19 Nationals in Milton Keynes.
Emily was unlucky to draw the 1st seed in her first round singles match, but put in a very robust performance.
After a very good win against Jai Chandarana in his first round match, Ashraf safely negotiated easier opposition in the second round to progress to the last sixteen. There he faced all six feet something of Leon Griffiths, and spent much of the first end figuring out how to adapt his game. The second end was close all the way, but Leon just took it 21-19.
Saturday saw them back for level and mixed doubles. Playing with Beth Speechley, Emily won a good first round match before again hitting a seeded pair in round two. Ashraf was playing with Nicolas Pipe for the very first time, and only got into the event when another pair withdrew. Unsurprisingly, they spent some of their first match figuring out how to mesh their styles, but it was really beginning to click by the time they faced Luke Bailey and Brandon Yap in the last sixteen. They lost a close first end, but took the second and ran away with the third to reach the quarter finals. Unsurprisingly, they faced a seeded pair there, but again developed significantly through the match, losing the first end by quite a margin, but the second only 20-22.
Emily and Ashraf paired up for the mixed doubles, facing Brandon Yap and Kiara Henry in the first round. Brandon was clearly not pleased to meet Ashraf again, and indeed Emily and Ashraf bossed him and his England team partner off the court. Unfortunately though, fifteen ends of highly competitive badminton over two days was taking its toll on Ashraf, and Emily and Ashraf went down to William Jones (who had played just six ends) and Asmita Chaudhari in the last sixteen knowing that with fresher legs the score would likely have been reversed.
Nevertheless, with both Ashraf and Emily having another year in this age group, there was much to be encouraged about.
A huge thank you to Rob (& Alison) for giving up their weekend to offer invaluable support and coaching to Ashraf, Emily and their partners (… and to Elizabeth for a lovely full report).


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Over the past week it has become my firm belief that enemas are something which should only be administered while one is under anesthesia. Unless between now and early tomorrow morning I manage to slip into an alternative universe where things make more sense, that isn't likely to happen in my case. Ah well . . .
On TV they always seem to get you in for your biopsy with lightning speed - not have you wait for two weeks, and then wait another week for the results.
I had gone to the doctor with what I had feared was testicular cancer (yes, and given the way the universe works, that particular problem was cleared up by the time I got to see him), but a prostate exam revealed that I might have another problem, one that requires Thursday morning's biopsy.
I caught myself over eating for a couple of days, but managed to pull myself out of that spiral. Still, I have had more than a little trouble sleeping.
While I may not be looking forward to tomorrow, I will be glad when it is over, and even gladder if we discover that whatever it is, we have caught it in time.
Still, that damned enema.
When we ordered the kit from Collier's, I suggested to Tracy that we order five or six, so that we could have a few practice sessions. She laughed.
See you on the other side.
The power of prayer
Folks have offered to pray for me, and I'd be a damn fool to turn that sort of thing down. I know that prayer works, after all, since when I was just a wee tiny sprig of a lad I prayed that I might one day have my very own TV show.
If I were a smarter sprig of a lad, I would have added" . . . one that pays me lots and lots of money."
It is a prayer I have attempted to refine over the past 20+ years, but the Universe, with its perverse sense of humor, has steadfastly held to our original bargain.
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No Longer Orphans: Reflections on the Feast of All Saints " Reflections given by the Rev. Joe Summers at The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation on November 5th, 2017. (Readings: Revelations 7:9-17, Psalm 34:1-10,22 , I John 3:1-3, Matt. 5:1-2.)
"Let not your hearts be troubled… I will not leave you orphans." "Do not be afraid. I will not leave you orphans." (John 14:1 & 18)
Christianity is rooted in a series of mysteries, that is realities we cannot fully understand but which have the power to transform our lives and world.
The first and greatest mystery is the mystery of Holy Week, Easter, and the resurrection. It is a mystery in which we see:
* death transformed into life,
*shame and degradation transformed into glory,
*cruelty, bullying and abandonment transformed into generosity, compassion, love and community,
*powerlessness and despair and terror transformed into power, hope, and courage.
There is a way in which all the mysteries of the Christian faith are ultimately rooted in the mystery of Holy Week and Easter.
Looking forward we see the mystery of Easter embodied in the mystery of Pentecost, where we see a new community born through the Spirit of Jesus. Led and guided by the Spirit of love it is empowered to go into the world to tear down the gates of hell and create a new heavens and a new earth where freedom and love reign.
Looking backwards we see the mystery of Easter expressed in the mystery of Christmas, the Incarnation, and the story of the Human One. Here we hear proclaimed that we all belong here on earth. Now, even amidst this world of domination and oppression and the divisions it creates among us and within us, it is possible to discover and live into the glory of our humanity.
We also hear the mystery of Easter sing through this Feast of All Saints that we are celebrating today. The mystery of Easter makes the beatitudes sing with joy and hope and possibility. In this series of blessings, Jesus proclaims who God is choosing to raise up and how those the world of domination see's as cursed are actually the means through which these blessings are coming into the world.
Easter Proclaims:
*The Poor in spirit, those who the world of domination calls losers, are the heirs of the reign of heaven on earth and the ones through whom this mystery is being born in our midst
*That those that those who mourn will be comforted and will be the means through which others are comforted.
*That the meek and the powerless (who does the world of domination despise more than the powerless?) are going to inherit the earth and are going to be the ones through whom all are empowered.
*That those who hunger and thirst for justice, will not stay crazy and frustrated forever. They shall be filled–they shall be ambassadors of justice.
*That the merciful, those the world of domination calls fools, will not only receive mercy but become the means through which compassion is revealed as a great strength.
*That the pure in heart (again what does the world of domination hate more than vulnerability?) will see God and be the means through which others come to see God–here–now–even in this world as we know it.
*That peacemakers, those the world of domination sees as delusional, will be understood to be children of God, emissaries of the Most High.
*That the persecuted are the prophets through whom a new heavens and a new earth is being born.
On this Feast of All Saints we hear that abandonment and loneliness are no longer the final word, they are not the ultimate reality.
I want to take a minute here to talk about loneliness because I think we can get tricked into believing it is somehow a given, something we can't do much about, such that we don't talk about it enough.
There is a way in which the whole bible is a reflection on loneliness.
* Adam and Eve, those who have known each other as "bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh" turn against each other and are cast out of paradise. That's about loneliness.
* Out of envy, Cain slays his brother Abel. Almost as bad is then the way he denies what's happened with the angry rebuttal "Am I my brother's keeper?" Murder, denial, is all about the disconnection which is the foundation of loneliness.
*We hear about God's own loneliness at discovering that the world she made for delight has become a garden of oppression and bloodshed. What is more lonely than the vision of the flood: a world without people, a world without animals. The rainbow is the sign of God's promise not to destroy this world again.
*The loneliness of Abraham and Sarah, childless, journeying in search of a home and then the cry of joy, the laughter, that is Isaac and the promise of descendants as numerous as the stars.
*The loneliness of Jacob and Esau, set against each other by their parents from birth, wandering the earth without each other until they were able to reconciled again.
*The loneliness of Joseph, thrown into a well and then sold into slavery by his jealous brothers and living the life of the loneliness of exile until they are reconciled again.
* The loneliness of those who lived for 400 years in the I-it world of slavery. Objectification and oppression internalized cuts you off from yourself, cuts you off others, cuts you off from intimacy. The discovery of I AM is a journey back from loneliness.
*The loneliness of the people wandering in the strange land of the desert still carrying within them the structures and attitudes that keep them alone and afraid and untrusting.
*The respite from loneliness that happened in that two hundred year period that came to be called the Kingdom of God, a time when people relied on God and each other rather than structures of domination.
*The loneliness that returned as people turned towards empire and domination and with them inequality and alienation, so that they could be like the other kingdoms of the world, that was then followed by the piercing loneliness of life in exile.
*The loneliness of those deemed impure or unclean and who were shunned and marginalized within Jesus' society and the loneliness of those who feared they would be shunned and judged as impure or unclean.
*The loneliness of Jesus in the garden–asking his friends to be there for him as he faced his death.
*The loneliness of seeing your hopes and dreams and who you hoped to be– crucified.
*Then Easter and the birth of the beloved community, a community in which we can know ourselves as beloved, not because we meet some ideal, but for who we are, in all our funky reality and glory.
In the Easter vision of the Feast of All Saints we see that abandonment and loneliness are held within a great communion. I find it helpful to envision this great communion as a great ball of loving kindness, of loving and being loved. This ball includes those who are alive here and now, but also those who have lived in the past, and those who will come to live in the future. This is the communion that we hear about in Revelations today, the communion of the radically flawed, those of us who so often embody the very problems we seek to address in our world, those of us who so often don't do what we intend to do and do what we don't intend to do, now washed in the blood of the lamb, the blood of love and forgiveness. In the light of this feast we are able to see ourselves and each other as all saints, all bearers of the divine light. In this great communion we belong. We are not orphans any longer. We have infinite mothers and fathers and aunts and uncles, grandmothers and grandfathers and great aunts and great uncles, sisters and brothers and cousins, children and nieces and nephews, grandchildren, great nieces and great nephews, and so many many friends.
On this day, I would encourage you to hold this communion before you like a great ball of love that invites you in. For if we belong, if we are not alone, than loneliness, fear, shame and judgment no longer reign over us. They no longer define the nature of who we are, or what's possible for us, or what's possible in this world.
The orphan is a child of terror. There is nothing more frightening than being abandoned for our very nature is relational, it's based on our being connected to others. We can wish it weren't true, but that doesn't make it so. Being left alone, or even the threat of being left alone, is the root of all kinds of fears that can enslave us.
The orphan so often becomes a survivor by cutting themselves off from their hearts, their desires and feelings, their dream and their longings, in order to be invisible, in order to fit in, in order to look responsible and not needy, sad, lonely, or angry.
This is how the experience of abandonment often turns into narcissism, as, in order to protect ourselves from the rage and sorrow of abandonment, we create the image of a person who has it all together, and doesn't really need others. Living behind that image keeps us from experiencing any real intimacy that might make us feel our inner emptiness and ensures that we remain trapped in it.
To those of us who are orphans, or feel like orphans, the communion of Saints comes to us saying, singing:
"Come here poor thing. You don't need to be prefect. You don't have to hide out in the shadows or the margins. You are loved for who you are including that huge bag of lost feelings and all the needs you've stuffed and tried to disconnect from. You are welcome. Sit down. Stop carrying that load around. Let yourself, your whole self, be — here — now. You are welcome."
"Let not your hears be troubled. I will not leave you orphans. In my father's house are many mansions and when I go I will prepare a place for you that where I am you may be also. I have told you before it takes place so that when it does take place you may believe. Believe in me and believe in the one who sent me." (John 14:1-3, 18, 29)
Be of good courage. Not only do you belong here, but you are loved for who you are and supported by this great crowd of witnesses, this amazing community of the living and the dead, through whom God is transforming absence into presence, loss into connection, abandonment into communion and solidarity.
Friends, today we have a choice to continue in the way of the orphan, the way of abandoning ourselves and others, or to turn towards the communion of All Saints and risk not knowing ourselves by letting the structures of terror, shame and loneliness come tumbling down through the waters of compassion and forgiveness and letting ourselves be reborn in love and freedom. May we this day find the imagination to stop abandoning ourselves and others and the courage to give a damn.
For if we are willing God is able and if we are ready gone has already gone ahead to prepare a way for us. Amen
P.S. In the Wisdom of Solomon we hear: "The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction and concern for instruction is love of her, and love of her is keeping of her laws, and giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality, and immortality brings one near to God so the desire for wisdom leads to a kingdom." (Wisdom of Solomon 6:17-20) I would add, wisdom teaches us how to transform rejection into belovedness and loneliness into friendship and community. May we walk in the way of wisdom that we might build God's reign of love here on earth. Amen


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Hello, again, all of you lovely people! I'm writing this post quickly before I finish packing for my family trip to Belize.
The end of 2016 was a very hectic period for me, and it consisted of Christmas parties, Christmas itself, and birthdays galore. The New Year has been just the same with a New Year's Eve party (I sound like I'm a party animal, don't I? Well, I can assure you that I'm definitely not; I love sleep too much), my parent's wedding anniversary, and, yesterday, my 18th birthday.
I haven't been working on that many projects since my classes ended because I was feeling rather burnt-out, and my hands were aching from the constant repetitive motions. Still, despite being weary of creating things, I managed to knit my friend a Christmas hat- of which I don't have a picture, oddly enough.
On my birthday, I started making a bright pink doily for the same friend's birthday present. It's from a free vintage pattern, and I'm excited to see how it turns out.
Sometime before Christmas, I started a Ginny Cardigan for myself, on which I have knitted about 3 1/2 inches. I really like the yarn that I chose for it, a Knit Picks' Tweed DK. It's soft, and I think that it'll be comfortable to wear.
Now that I'm nearly packed and ready for the trip tomorrow, I just hope that my hook and needles won't be confiscated as I board the boat to Central America. XD
Seriously, though.
Katherine Westerman


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I found this diggin through crates in a small store in Kreuzberg (Heisse Schieben) with my boy Shimmy from Awesome Tapes from Africa. It looks like this track has made it on many electro break comps due to its crazy breaks and kickin synths courtesy of Raul A. Rodriguez. Amazingly, Gil Scott Heron penned this track, but this mega-mix by James "the Mighty Chopper" Hamilton and featuring "The Smurf" hisself, Tyrone Brunson, gives us a taste of everything that was hot in '83:::> all the 808 sounds, the phased out drums and lazer sounds, the synth stabs and hand claps, etc. I know most people think its pretty lame to rock this on 45, but for a fetishist this is a fucking dream come true as many disco-electro hits never made it onto the little discs.
C.O.D. "In the Bottle (Special Mega-mix Incorporating The Smurf Tyrone Brunson)"
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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A handful of Ames High School graduates who earned the distinction as National Merit finalists are now being awarded scholarships sponsored by Iowa State University.
A handful of Ames High School graduates who earned the distinction as National Merit finalists are now being awarded scholarships sponsored by Iowa State University.
These four students were among an estimated 2,500 nationwide who were announced today as winners of the scholarships being financed by colleges and universities across the country.
The money is being awarded through the National Merit Scholarship program, which is in its 58th year.
Local recipients include Ames High School graduates Matthew Coyle, Mariah Griffith and Nicholas Royer.
Allison Kirstukas, a homeschool student from Ames, also won a National Merit Scholarship from ISU.
Coyle plans to study mechanical engineering, Griffith will pursue a career in biology, and Royer�s career field was listed as �military service,� in Wednesday�s announcement. Kirstukas is undecided.
This is the third round of awards announced this year by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a not-for-profit based in Indiana. The organization was established in 1955 to conduct the yearly National Merit Scholarship program, which recognizes students with exceptional academic abilities and strong potential for future success in college.
The first round of scholarships, financed by 200 corporations, company foundations and business groups, was announced in late April and included three students from Ames High: Charlotte Mann, Abigail Moats and Alfred Tang.
Most of those corporate-sponsored scholarships will be renewable for up to four years of undergraduate study and provide an annual stipend ranging from $500 to $10,000 per year, but some will come in a single payment of $2,500 to $5,000.
Another round of scholarships, each worth $2,500, was announced earlier this month and financed mostly with the National Merit Scholarship Corporation�s own funds.Those awards went to 2,500 students, including four from Ames High School: Nolan Dickson, Bo Fan, Alex Huang and Ellen Iverson.
This latest round of scholarships, financed by U.S. colleges and universities, included an initial 2,500 students, though more winners are expected in July, according to Wednesday�s announcement.
These college-sponsored awards include $500 to $2,000 annually four up to four years of undergraduate study.
Nationally, students are expected to receive more than $35 million to put toward their education when including all of the financial awards distributed through this year�s National Merit Scholarship program.


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Wrong Hook Can Kill Hit Song: Garbage in, garbage out. When testing music, if the hook is wrong then the results may very well be wrong. One glaring example was Kellie Pickler's first single, "Red High Heels". The standard hook most used did not capture the unique part of the song, but instead focused on the title (as do most hooks). A hit song lost. Another example, "Red Dirt Road" a moderate hit for Brooks and Dunn. If you tested the correct hook (which most did not) you'd have found this song to be a strong power gold.
I also believe that the essence of some songs cannot be captured in a five to ten second hook. That doesn't mean they don't resonate with the audience. It just means they don't test well. Some of Keith Urban's best songs haven't tested as well as I believe they were actually accepted by the audience. The depth of some music goes beyond a hook.
Testing is a tool; one of several used to determine airplay. But it is not nor should it be the be all and end all in making music decisions. Knowing your audience, your market, sales, competitive strategy along with testing are all factors in making goods music decisions.


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Oh, dear, time really does fly!
I had second thoughts about starting the post with this phrase, but
it describes exactly how I felt. First, because yesterday evening
there was the 10th edition of
e-Finance's Awards Gala and it seems like only
yesterday I wrote about its 9th ceremony. And second, because Allevo received
this year the e-10 years award, granted for excellence and
global performances over the last decade.
OVER THE LAST DECADE… Makes you
think. From a person's point of view I guess this award might make
you feel old
:), but for a company like
us, I believe the correct word is mature. And maybe it comes to
remind us that we have grown over these years, we have learned a
lot, we have discovered plenty, we have changed, we have evolved.
We have served our customers with professionalism, we have gained
experience from every relationship with our partners, we have found
the courage to initiate the first open distribution project for
financial transactions processing. We have done all these things,
even if now it seems like time just flied
Thank you e-Finance for reminding
As it is my first post this
year, I cannot start without wishing all our readers a Happy New
Year. And as we survived another predicted end of the
world :), we
can start making plans for the future.
2012 has brought a few
milestones in Allevo's history: the official launch of our FinTP project
and the beginning of Allevo's radical change of its business model
to fit into this new open distribution scenery, the birth of the FINkers United community, another successful SIBOS exhibitor
participation, the commencement of a technical cooperation project
in support of FinTP under the Enterprise Growth Programme (EGP) of the EBRD, the increase in our registered capital
and assets, the migration of our customers to qPayIntegrator v3, and these just to mention
the most important ones. Oh, and not to forget, that the first
edition of our FINkers United event was the first
"unconference" event the Romanian financial industry has ever
witnessed in Bucuresti.
And if innovation and agility
marked Allevo's evolution in 2012, we can do no less than to
continue on this path in 2013. I can't promise we'll be better, but
I can say that no effort will be too big to stand in the way of
what we try to accomplish. And we want to see the FINKers United
community grow, the FinTP project improve and rise, our people
enthusiastic and motivated, our customers satisfied, our blog read
by more and more people (this one is on me
:)… and


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How can a man make science if he is constantly being interrupted with menial things? My dear fellows were stuck with their investigation of some angry spirits killing corpulent men in the evenings. I suggested that they should look someone wealthy and influential how matches the profile.
Well, long story short: we found the man and his child had a cursed statue in his possession. While sir Lockwood was distracting the man, I removed the statue from the house. After that we took the statue to our lodge. Father Callahan prayed quite long
I almost forgot: We got reinforcement from Germany: an ugly bastard with nasty habits. Seems quite bright though. Helped me with my titanic ray umbrella modification.
Just when I hoped to get back to do something meaningful – bunch of police officers arrested us and took us back to London. Their interrogation was purposeless and – after wasting few hours – we were escorted to the latest Jack the Ripper scene. The gruesome murder victim was no other than sir Jonathan Harker.
The murderer might had lured sir Harker to the alley with a note that had mine and my fellows names on it. I am not sure if a man with his status would had fallen for such easy trick. Nevertheless after investigation I immediately traveled to lady Harker with grave news. Death of sir Harker was a terrible blow all rippers but to his wife… only those who have lost their spouses can truly understand the deepness of the grief.
Shortly after we got news about a second killing. This time the victim was a very old woman. Couple of things got our attention: she had been killed with surgical precision and some intestines were removed. She was a daughter of Frankenstein. Again Frankenstein! This cannot be a coincidence!
After investigating victims house we were a bit confused. Killing seemed totally random. If the woman were not related to Frankenstein, this would be classified just an act of a madman.
My conclusion is that there must be at least two different killers on the loose…


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The Bachelor of Education students started classes this week, first-years are experiencing Lakers Orientation, and campus will be humming with the sound of thousands of students by Tuesday; another academic year begins. And as it is with each September, I think about what the year has in store for me.
Oddly enough, thinking about the year ahead in my first year as a professional isn't all that different from when I was a student; there's the thrill of a new beginning, the anticipation of adventures, and the fear that I'm going to do it all terribly wrong. But even more than that, I feel like I'm travelling back in time to my first year at Nipissing University.
I was the guy in high school that did everything—taking courses from the grade above me, involved in a club for every day of the week, and working twenty hours a week at Shoppers Drug Mart. I was deeply entrenched in my school community and so, while the transition to university opened a lot of doors, it also left me fearful that I wouldn't find my place. And instead of diving into every co-curricular activity I could find, I elected to spend my first semester firmly planted in my room, only venturing out for class or to go to the study down the hall in Chancellors. I asked myself, "Is this what university is? Do I just get through this?"
I remember fearing that I wouldn't be able to sustain my academics if I took on any extra-curricular opportunities; in reality, as I soon learned, I wouldn't be able to sustain myself without them. It's who I am—it's what I do. There are so many ways to engage and challenge and reinvent myself, and that's my fuel. Anything else would get stale.
Which is why I felt gut-punched when a coworker, asking how the new job is going, noted that she asked herself, "Crap, is this what the rest of my life is like?" when she started her first job post-graduation. I realized I had been asking myself this question, indirectly, since I started work and moved into a new apartment. And this time, there is no "Do I just get through this?" because "this" is the rest of my life. So how can I sustain myself? How can I feel engaged and thrive here in North Bay—and if I can't, where do I go next?
The work is great, but it's never enough for me. So now I find myself on a journey not at all unfamiliar to myself or most (if not all) students: the hunt for an undertaking, a venture through which I can find my community here outside the university. And I'm not going to say it's going exceptionally well right now. I Zumba at least once a week, and I've been doing a lot of reading about topics that invigorate me. But I still don't feel like I've found my place yet.
It takes time. It takes effort. And it takes trying a whole lot of things that won't work out or energize me in the way I need. For those people that find it easy, I salute you and I'm happy you've found your place. And for those who haven't, that's okay too—we're still digging, and we'll keep digging until we find a way to root down.