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Ray Davies and America Continue to Get Reacquainted
Kinks frontman Ray Davies has some thoughts to share about his time in the United States, some banal and some deeply personal.
Our Country: Americana Act II
Ray Davies
29 June 2018
Our culture is full of singer/songwriters who age well, especially during a time when many of our musical titans are now well into their golden years. The latest releases by John Prine, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen may not pose a serious threat in dethroning any past "classic" albums, but they still go the distance in reminding fans and non-fans alike as to why that person is such a beloved artist. Times have changed and the music business has changed even more so, and through it all, Ray Davies of the Kinks has always remained a convincing songwriter. The overall quality of his recent albums Other People's Lives and Working Man's Cafe delighted fans, even if those releases weren't exactly Village Green Preservation Society. Then came See My Friends.
In 2011, Davies got the idea to cover his own songs with Billy Corgan, Jon Bon Jovi, Metallica, and Mumford & Sons, just to name some of the worst collaborations found on the album. See My Friends was a mixed bag, which is hardly surprising. What caught me off-guard was how easily the mighty Ray Davies was slipping into an elderly man's idea of rocking out with the kids. His spoken-word banter with Amy Macdonald towards the end of "Dead End Street" was just the right amount of hokiness to sink one's trust in the same guy who brought us Muswell Hillbillies. I gave Davies the benefit of the doubt, thinking that the whole thing was an exercise in getting something out of his system.
Ray Davies's triumphant return came in last year's Americana, a strong batch of songs that allowed the legendary British invader to acknowledge his relationship with America in a most subtle and tuneful way. Now comes its sequel Our Country: Americana Act II, an album built upon thin song ideas and a staggering amount of nostalgia and name-dropping, all delivered with such ham-fisted earnestness that it will give your grandpa enough reason to pause. Our Country's cover art is almost identical to its predecessor. It also boasts a whopping 19 songs. But the first Americana album is by far the superior one.
Three of the 19 songs on Our Country are recycled from Davies's past. The anthem to escapism "The Getaway" sounds more full-bodied here than on Other People's Lives while the 2018 recording of the coming-of-age number "The Real World" is, unfortunately, a great deal more droopy than what you hear on Working Man's Cafe. When it comes to the two versions of "Oklahoma USA", it's a bit of a draw seeing how this new recording neither improves nor ruins the original from 1971 (I don't believe you can ever wear out the lyrics "All life we work but work is bore / If life's for livin' what's livin' for?").
The remaining 16 tunes range anywhere from not bad to terribly awkward. A great many of them are marred by spoken-word introductions or interludes that only show Ray Davies's age while imparting none of his subtlety. "America, the land of ice cream and apple pie, guns and the wild west," he dramatically announces at the start of "The Getaway". The honky-tonk shuffle behind "Back in the Day" (Are the Jayhawks really the backing band?) doesn't need much to soil it, yet a mid-song soliloquy where a woman complains about some guys socks does the trick. It's also a rival to "Oklahoma USA" in terms of name-dropping, plopping Chet Atkins, Hank Williams, Eddie Cochran, and Kay Starr on your toes. Alright, we get it! Things were better then!
When Davies chronicles the American conquests of his old band on "The Invaders", he sets the scene with "faces of cowboys and Indians". The good guys are victorious over the emissaries of evil. This all isn't nearly as bad as "The Take", a song about meeting a groupie. Davies describes an "epitome of rock chick" that was waiting for him after a gig in Minnesota. The response is delivered in a female voice, warning you that she is "gonna fuck me an icon tonight". Mercy.
These off-kilter moments are more likely to become lodged in your memory than the more elegant moments. The opening title track is a lovely, pastoral slice of folk that set the stage nicely, as long as you can overlook the spoken-word stanza that reminds us that "People came from all parts of the world / To settle in this great land / To live in peace and harmony / That was the dream." On the one hand, yeah, we've been reminded of these warm and fuzzy buzzwords since time immemorial. On the other hand, peace and harmony are scarce these days.
Our Country begins to really pull its weight as a memoir on the painfully honest pair of tracks "Tony and Bob" and "The Big Guy". Davies starts with stories about security guards from the days of the Kinks and uses it to segue into the frightening near-death story of taking a bullet on the streets of New Orleans in 2004. He finds himself "staring at the pearly gates", longing for his old bodyguard "like a child who's lost his mother". In the following epilogue track, he clumsily announces that "while I don't normally bear grudges, if one day I should return, vengeance will indeed be mine." Wow, that certainly could have been handled better.
As of this writing, a Kinks reunion has just been announced. As tempted as I am to draw comparisons to other curious solo projects followed by reunions, I'm not going to stake that claim since Ray Davies has always had a firm control over his solo career. Just as See My Friends captured Davies in a moment of weakness by trying to connect with mostly younger musicians, Our Country will hopefully satisfy the iconic singer/songwriter's fix for old-age corniness. I don't know how else to explain it away.


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The HUNFILA 2019 Budapest International Stamp Exhibition was opened last Friday at the Stefánia Palace in Budapest. The wonderful exhibition could be visited until Sunday.
Nowadays, many people think that the world of stamp collecting is declining. However, the number of stamps used is decreasing only, the quality is not – said Defence Minister of Hungary, Tibor Benkő, who opened the exhibition. The stamp exhibition organized by the National Association of Hungarian Stamp Collectors (MABÉOSZ) featured exhibitors from 12 countries. At the opening ceremony, the award for the most beautiful stamp of 2018 was handed over. The winner was the special stamp "Castles in Hungary" created by graphic designer Eszter Domé and executed by ANY Security Printing Plc. The winner is also interesting because the graphic designer had also made stamps for the Herend Porcelain Manufactory, and they were presented at the event together with the Herend porcelain items on them. Thanks to philatelist Ferenc Köller, a retired colleague of Herend, the Herend Porcelain Manufactory could collect all Herend-related stamps to present them with the appropriate Herend items at a chamber exhibition during the prestigious event.
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So far the film has received critical acclaim and been liked 90,000 times on Twitter and re-tweeted 35,500 times. It has been viewed 15 million times on Facebook.
Today the BBC Director-General, Tony Hall referenced the contribution of Greater Manchester to the film's success in a speech to the 2017 Children's Global Media Summit taking place at Manchester Central. He said:
"[The film is] a brilliant marriage of storytelling, creativity, and tech… And, by the way, those characters and their wonderful world were made here in Manchester. We're really proud of what we do in this city – and with this city."
Heavily involved in the production of the film were Greater Manchester companies MacKinnon & Saunders who created the puppets, and Clockwork Frog Films who designed and built the set.
MacKinnon & Saunders previous credits include Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr Fox, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie. Clockwork Frog Films' credits include Wes Anderson's "Isle of Dogs".
The two minute film follows a 10-year-old girl who practices day in and day out to give the most important dance performance of her life. Her dad is always with her but he's busy, and getting even busier as Christmas approaches. He remains distracted up until the moment that really matters, when father and daughter come together in a wonderful moment of 'oneness'.
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of his breakout album, City of Black & White, Mat Kearney decided to revisit some of his favorite songs off of the record and re-record them with a new perspective. Similarly, the City of Black & White Revisited Tour will feature Kearney's extensive, award-winning catalog in a rare intimate acoustic performance.
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Years before he toured the world as a platinum selling, boundary-breaking artist, Mat Kearney grew up in Eugene, Oregon. It was during those teenage years that he developed his love for classic songwriting — the kind that transcends generations and genres. He'd strum chords on a friend's acoustic guitar, paving the way for a career that would eventually take him far away from Eugene.
Much has changed since those days in the Pacific Northwest. Even so, Kearney hasn't forgotten his musical roots. On his fifth album, CRAZYTALK, he mixes his most timeless songwriting to date with a wide, genre-bending set of interests. There are organic instruments, electronic samples, chill house grooves, tropical sounds, and collaborations with DJs like AFSHeeN, filous, and RAC all glued together by an emphasis on ageless hooks and thought-provoking lyrics. The result is one of the most adventurous, nuanced albums of his acclaimed career, filled with EDM drops one minute and acoustic guitars the next.
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"Back in Oregon, I was a punk skater kid who fell in love with Lauryn Hill, Tribe Called Quest, and Bel Biv Devoe," he says. "At the same time, I also loved playing my buddy's guitar. In a way, I'll always be that kid, drawing from the influences I grew up with."
Combing classic songs with modern, beat-heavy production, CRAZYTALK offers up a sound that's both cerebral and visceral. It's music for the head and the heart, but it's also music for the dance floor.
"At my core, I'm a songwriter," adds Kearney, who produced half of the album in his home studio in Nashville. "I wanted to explore new production ideas with this album, though, to see how I could frame these songs in a different way. CRAZYTALK has some deep house influences, some African samples, some tropical sounds, and a lot of electronics — things that wouldn't normally be found in a singer/songwriter record — juxtaposed with some classic songs. It's a sound that really occupies its own lane."
Inspired in part by the birth of his first child in January 2017, Kearney found himself writing CRAZYTALK's lyrics with a new, mature perspective. He'd been a traveling songwriter for more than a decade, releasing three Top 20 albums along the way. The sound he helped introduce with his major-label debut, 2006's Nothing Left to Lose — a record that combined the bright sounds of pop music the with darker, harder-hitting influence of hip-hop — had since become one of the most common genres of the 21st century, with chart-topping artists like Ed Sheeran and Twenty One Pilots all following in his footsteps. His legacy already established, Kearney felt comfortable broadening his songwriting, filling CRAZYTALK with songs that embraced an older, wiser point of view.
"I realized I didn't need to make every song a 'young love story,'" he says. "I'm comfortable writing music from a perspective of having been around the block a few times, because that's how I am in real life. The result is some beautiful, wise songs that sound like they've been well- traveled."
The album's opening track, "Better Than I Used to Be," takes a look at those early days in Kearney's backseat. It's a song about growing tall without forgetting your roots, laced with vocal effects, programmed percussion, and the familiar croon of Kearney's voice. That voice takes center stage on slower tracks like the modern, minimalist "Memorized" and a nuanced cover of Sade's "By Your Side," with both songs proving that CRAZYTALK doesn't need lush, layered production to pack a punch.
On album highlights like "Kings & Queens," though, Kearney makes room for an arsenal of instruments. He played many of them himself, beefing up the mix with digital samples and electronic flourishes. The album's songs were written in a similar way, with Kearney taking inspiration from organic instruments as well as synthesized loops.
"I'm a 50/50 guy," he explains of his songwriting process. "I'll sit down with my acoustic guitar and write a song, but I'll also start with a beat, and then expand it into a song, like it was a hip- hop track. Those worlds can be opposites, but I've always played with both. I wrote the song 'Face to Face' on a ukulele, then added some percussion that sounded like 90s R&B. I wrote 'Sleeping at the Wheel with country songwriting legend Ross Copperman, then took it back to my studio and added an African sample with from a Bela Fleck record."
Released May 4th, CRAZYTALK also marks Kearney's first project as an independent artist. A major-label veteran whose previous albums were issued by Columbia and Republic, Kearney felt the need to create his fifth album with complete freedom.
"I'm now footing every bill and paying for every flight," he says, "but it's beyond worth it. At this season of my life, putting out my fifth record, I really needed to take control creatively. I needed to take my own chances and combine these sounds that've been running through my head since I was a kid. I knew that some of it would like crazy talk to others, but that just gave me more fuel for the fire… as well as a name for the album."
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Certifying Our Convictions
Contributed by Ed Wood on May 31, 2007 (message contributor)
Summary: To whom does a Christian owe the greatest allegiance? To the Lord God or to the government?
INTRO: To whom does a Christian owe the greatest allegiance? To the Lord God or to the government? Ideally, there is no conflict between the two since God ordained human governments (Romans 13:1-7) and commands believers to be submissive to their temporal rulers (1 Peter 2:13-14). However, historically believers have had to make a choice between loyalty to God or government. This was true for Daniel.
King Darius declared a moratorium on petitions. The reason behind this foolish decree was the jealousy of little men. The decree was suggested by government officials who were envious of Daniel's position. The results of this decree were far-reaching.
The decree created a crisis for Daniel. He was a man of faith who faithfully practiced his faith in God. Would he obey king or conscience?
Daniel's reputation was not only well known to others, but his enemies knew he was for real. The idea behind the decree was not to see what Daniel would do — that they already knew — but to have a basis on which to bring a charge against Daniel. Are our confessions confirmed by conduct to the extent that others know in advance how we will act in a crisis?
Daniel continued to do as was his custom. He certified his convictions by his conduct (v. 10). Even though he was loyal to the king, he owed a greater loyalty to God.
Daniel's conduct was not an act of arrogance by allegiance.
It wasn't a matter of being contentious but conscientious. What he did was not done privately but publicly. Daniel had convictions and he refused to compromise them. For him devotion to God took precedence over everything else.
As a result of his stand, Daniel was sentenced to the lion's den. Ironically, the king who sentenced him also petitioned the Lord to save him (v. 16b). The next morning, Daniel was found safe and unharmed because the Lord had protected him (v. 22).
The Lord is able to deliver in the difficult times of life. Christians in America are not faced with governmental edicts which threaten religious freedom or confront us with life-and-death decisions, but we do have our personal crises. No matter how hopeless the situation seems, God is able to deliver.
CONC: On the morning of December 10, 1941, Buenaventura Bello was working at his desk in the dean̓s office of a little school on Luzon in the Philippines. He had heard that a war had begun in the Pacific, but that war seemed a world away. Suddenly, Japanese soldiers burst into his office. Bello sat, frozen in fear. The officer in charge issued a command in Japanese which Bello didn't understand. The officer repeated the command, pointing to the wall behind the desk. Bello understood that he was being told to tear down the American and Filipino flags. He responded: "If you want the flags down, you will do it yourself! Not me!" The officer didn't understand the words, but he did understand the defiance. Taking out his pistol and aiming it at Bello, the officer repeated the command, The dean again refused, saying, "These hands are made to defend those flags, not to pull them down." The officer fired and Bello was seriously injured. Because Bello survived, we know what he thought as he faced his life-or-death decision. "There are moments when in the lives of men they are impelled to certify to seal — with their actions what they believe and what they teach. Such a moment has now arrived in my life. I shall so certify.
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Sky News Arabia has announced its second senior appointment in a matter of days with Angelos Frangopoulos poised to join as CEO and managing editor.
In his new role, Frangopoulos will be responsible for the company's global programming operations for all its broadcast, digital and radio platforms. Sky News Arabia, a 24 hour Arabic language news channel based in Abu Dhabi, is a joint venture between Sky and ADMIC.
Sky News Arabia is broadcast to 50 million households and employs more than 500 staff across the Middle East, London and Washington.
Frangopoulos, who will join the company later this year, was previously CEO and managing editor of Australian News Channel (ANC).
Under his leadership, ANC has seen dramatic growth developing from a single channel in 2000 into a 11 channel organisation and is the leading provider of 24-hour multi-channel, multi-platform news services in Australia operating Sky News Live, Sky News Business, Sky News Weather, Sky News Extra, SkyNews.com.au, FOX SPORTS News, Sky News New Zealand and the Australia Channel OTT service for international markets.
His move follows the appointment of new head of news, Hani Abu Ayyash who will manage all content production on Sky News Arabia's TV, website and social media platforms, as well as Sky News radio broadcasting via internet and shortwave.
Frangopoulos said: "I'm very much looking forward to working with the joint venture partners to grow the company's journalism and business activities across the region and internationally.
"Digital innovation is critical to the global growth of any media business, especially so in a region where younger and highly technologically literate audiences are the key demographic," he added.
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"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. " - John F. Kennedy
Many of us have as much joyful anticipation of going to a business retreat or planning meeting as having a root canal. However, as I look back on my career, one particular meeting stands out in a very positive way.
The focus of the meeting was to take a look at ourselves and business model and relate it to change. We were shown a video by Joel Barker on paradigms and how they structure our behavior. A paradigm centers on a theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or approached. The problem is that when we get into a comfort zone we tend to completely overlook new concepts that will completely disrupt how we do business.
Many notable paradigms have had dramatic impacts on businesses. Consider the following:
1. Swiss watch makers were well-known for their high quality products that revolved around mechanical workings. They actually invented the digital technology for watches but basically gave it to the Japanese who saw a different way of keeping time.
2. Kodak was instrumental in developing digital photography but could not make the transition from film to data.
3. Xerox researchers developed one of the first truly desktop publishing system incorporating a mouse and What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) technology. Many of the features became incorporated in the early Apple computers.
4. IBM reluctantly got into the PC business and found that it did not fit its culture. Both the hardware sector and the software (leading to the rise of Microsoft) were eventually abandoned.
5. Print publishers went through a transition in the late 1900's from a film-based printing process to one incorporating direct to plate. Literally hundreds of printing prep houses went out of business. Needless to say, a lot of publishers that could not make the transition to digital have gone out of business.
Paradigms, the way we see and react to our environment, must always be challenged. The rate of change in the technological world in which we live is so disruptive that unless we are constantly challenging the way we position our shows, the products will become obsolete. Reflect back to some of the shows that seemed to be unstoppable with Comdex being one of the classics.
Every aspect of trade show management is subject to rapid change. Is the traditional model applicable or do we transition to a hosted buyer model? How will domestic and/or international travel and geopolitical events affect our shows and how can we use the changes to our advantage? What technologies make sense as opposed to what looks "cool"?
As we approach change, are we pioneers or adopters? Pioneers are risk takers and the returns are great. Adopters take a what-and-see approach to let the ideas sort themselves out, but the key is not to wait too long or your competitors will leave you in the dust.


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It's not that I enjoy breaking down posts in several sections, it's just that the stupid template I use cannot support more than 5 pictures/post.
Anyway, at Kim Light, Marianne Mueller (above) has seen way too many Wolfgang Tillmans, methinks.
Still at Kim Light, Penelope Gottlieb worked on a drawing installation "No $ Down" referencing the California real estate bubble. It's the kind of work I find to be "almost there". The drawings themselves are not really standalone ones, despite being sold as such, and it's a pity because this show works well as an installation and not as a series of separate works. The idea in itself is interesting (typical housing units represented, broken down by drawings of homeless shopping carts) and right on target, or timely.
But the cutesy colored frames (they all seem to be coming out of Aaron Bros. and hand-painted by the artist) matching the drawing colors should be made to go, they totally ruin the overall effect. This being said, I think Gottlieb is an interesting artist (I love that on her bio she lists her work as belonging to "numerous corporate collections including the Fannie Mae Corporation), but needs a bit more, I don't know, rigor.
The last "almost there" artist I saw was James Everett in the project room at Roberts & Tilton, but as I said my camera battery died before I could take a pic.
It's called "Opium Feast" and the steel and wax sculpture is much more interesting than, say, anything Sterling Ruby has ever produced (can't understand the hype, Ruby's work is mega-derivative, maybe it's the macho sculptural component that titillates collectors?). Unfortunately this sculpture is paired with 3 panels (including one called "Climax" that incorporates "ejaculation from a movie star" in its material, hey the 1990s are soooo last Century!) of meaningless words and sentences that want to show their meaningful value by being engraved in Roman-type lettering.
But it's drywall, maybe as some kind of apt-metaphor about the entertainment industry or something (I'm too lazy to think about it, frankly). Drywall isn't really suitable for engraving, and the result looks too sloppy, especially compared to the wax sculpture.
Which, BTW, looks like a nightmare to ship and to conserve, so hurry to see it before it disintegrates!
Becca Mann's drawings, in the same room, were totally unremarkable. Not bad, but nothing to write home about.
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A meeting of the Finance Committee (FC) was held on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 in the Municipal Center. Ms. Holmes called the meeting to order at 7:16 PM.
PRESENT: Pamela Holmes (Chair), Howard D'Amico (Vice Chair), Carol Gogolinski, Lynne Mussulli, Dick Vanden Berg
ABSENT: Michael Hutnak, Leigh Lahousse, Heather Morin
NON-VOTING: Matt Wojcik (Town Administrator), Jeanne Lovett (Finance Director)
Mr. Wojcik will send this report to the FC in writing. He has discussed with the chairs of the FC and Board of Selectmen (BOS) about providing regular updates on changes in the financial model in the Town. Included in the five-year projection on Town revenues in 2020 was the first payment of $150,000 due of from the cannabis grow facility, however that payment may not be seen for a few years as the facility is not yet ready for a Certificate of Occupancy. A $10,000 payment is due to the Town the day the facility plants its first seed. That payment is earmarked for the purchase of an ambulance.
For FY 2019, a large payment has been received from the grow facility for Building Permits.
One of the senators from western Mass. has successfully lobbied to have a one-year amendment to the budget to hold harmless all communities receiving payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for State forest land, therefor the projected reduction in the cherry sheet of approximately $28,000 will not happen. Mr. Wojcik spoke about the meeting he attended in Peru, MA.
Regarding changes in projected expenses, gasoline prices were overestimated and diesel fuel costs were under estimated. These changes cancel each other out. Going forward, he suggested consulting the Energy Information Agency.
Dr. Fitzpatrick of Blackstone Valley Tech (BVT) informed Mr. Wojcik that Douglas' enrollment has increased by five students. Mr. Wojcik pressed Dr. Fitzpatrick for earlier notice of enrollment projections. Superintendent Kevin Maines feels the increase is closer to zero. Norfolk Agricultural has two fewer students attending than last year. Town Administrators from six communities met with Dr. Fitzpatrick to get cost containment built into the BVT budget. A discussion was held.
Mr. Wojcik stated that the Town has not fully negotiated the language of the Firefighters contract for many years. The whole contract has been rewritten, with the help of Labor Counsel. The Town pays overtime for time worked, not for time earned.
Mr. Wojcik stated that there were rate changes last year with respect to ambulance billings, which will be a monetary benefit to the Town.
Mr. Wojcik has asked the Firefighters' union to have the contract ready for Town Meeting.
The BOS have not closed the warrant, therefore the FC could not vote on the articles at this meeting.
Ms. Lovett stated that a couple more prior year's bills came to light today. Article 2 – Ms. Lovett thinks that she can remove Norfolk Agricultural, which will offset Transportation. The agreement on the Fire/Ambulance contract is still needed.
Mr. Wojcik spoke about the increase/decrease in Building Dept. Wages. Mr. Wojcik is going to put building inspection services out to bid on a trial basis. The inspection services will start January 1, 2019.
Article 8 will be different than was previously discussed. The Charter Communications service agreement will terminate this spring. Douglas has significant network issues and the architecture does not work. To get the best available pricing, they need a five-year contract. Mr. Wojcik is only authorized to sign three-year contracts.
Article 5 – there is no number available yet. A discussion was held regarding who should pay for technology upgrades in the community meeting room. This work would go out for procurement.
Articles 9 & 10 – these articles need to be approved in order to apply for grants. Currently, they are acting as placeholders. Ms. Lovett will reach out to Bob Sullivan tomorrow.
There was a voucher for $506 for delivery of the Town Meeting flyer.
Mr. D'Amico made a motion to approve the Reserve Fund transfer of $425 to Landfill Maintenance. Ms. Gogolinski seconded the motion. Vote: Aye-5.
Ms. Holmes suggested speaking about the FY2020 budget, the override, introduce new members, and thank prior members. Ms. Gogolinski suggested stating that there is still one opening on the FC.
Ms. Holmes reviewed the contents of the handbook. A discussion was held regarding the timing of FC recommendations.
7. MEETING MINUTES: June 12, & September 25, 2018
Mr. D'Amico made a motion to approve the June 12, 2018 Finance Committee meeting minutes as presented. Ms. Gogolinski seconded the motion. Vote: Aye-4, Mr. Vanden Berg abstained.
Mr. D'Amico made a motion to approve the September 25, 2018 Finance Committee meeting minutes as presented. Ms. Mussulli seconded the motion. Vote: Aye-4, Ms. Gogolinski abstained.
New Business: Ms. Lovett will be accepting the refunding of the school bond on 10/22/18 and will present to the BOS on 10/23/18.
Mr. Wojcik stated that the Town has done very well in the competitive bid process for purchasing equipment. Only cruisers went over budget, but only marginally. The Police Dept. were able to transfer some equipment from the old cruisers to the new ones. There will be something in the budget for the next couple years for cruisers.
Ms. Holmes announced that the Association of Town Finance Committees meeting will be November 3, 2018 at the Devens Common Center. There will be six workshops. Ms. Holmes read the brochure. Ms. Holmes suggested that Mr. Wojcik attend. Ms. Lovett will email the brochure to the FC members.
Mr. Wojcik stated that one of his goals over the next two years is to build a budget presentation that is compliant with best practices according to the Government Finance Officers' Association. A five or six-year Capital Improvement Plan is a requirement, which is a goal for this year. The reasoning behind this is for transparency. A discussion was held.
Mr. D'Amico asked if the BOS has asked the FC for input regarding Mr. Wojcik's review. Mr. D'Amico feels Mr. Wojcik has done a fantastic job. Mr. Wojcik stated that the BOS is still working on the process of the review. Ms. Gogolinski made a motion that Mr. D'Amico write a letter of support of Mr. Wojcik to the Board of Selectmen. Mr. D'Amico seconded the motion. Vote: Aye-5.
Old Business: Ms. Holmes stated that Mr. Hutnak has stated that Tuesday meetings will generally not be a problem for him
Regarding the October 23, 2018 meeting, Ms. Morin is not available. Mr. D'Amico will be available after 8:00 PM.
Mr. D'Amico made a motion at 8:59 PM to adjourn the Finance Committee meeting. Ms. Gogolinski seconded the motion. Vote: All-Aye.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Wright
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Outdoor Christmas lights ideas – With Christmas comes the lights. Read about tips for setting up the lights and how to save energy. Christmas lights outside, the cozy light in the darkness of winter could have serious consequences for both health and wallet.
Outdoor Christmas lights ideas yard decor is a fun way to get ready for Christmas. There are different ways to decorate the yard depending on the taste of the individuals making the decoration. There are ways to add just a touch of Christmas spirit to the yard, while there are other ways to add an abundance of Christmas themes to the yard.
All white outdoor Christmas lights ideas are popular because they create a clean, crisp appearance for every yard and home, outlining it with a shimmery effect with static or blinking Christmas lights. Lights There are different types of illuminated outdoor Christmas decor. For example, manufacturers have come up with a solution to the tedious nature of the composition of the Christmas lights in the bushes in front of the home. Instead of trying to keep them untangled and evenly distributed on the bushes, the individual uses the new style of lamps that are marketed already evenly across a kind of piece of netting that can be placed over the top of the bushes.


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Chapter 8: Dispute
After leaving the Origin Bureau, Su Chen wasn't in any hurry to return. He went on a leisurely walk around the street.
Clear River was not a large city, but the soil was quite fertile, so the civilians lived quite peaceful lives. Because of the clear river running through the city, trade was convenient, so the market was also pretty busy.
As Su Chen walked, he could hear many vendors hawking their wares. What shocked him was the fact that some were actually selling Origin Qi Scholar level ingredients.
Even though they were relatively common medicinal herbs like the Golden-Horned Chestnut or the Eight-Leaf Laurel, it was rare for them to appear in the hands of commoners. No wonder people said that the Crow Region was rich in natural resources; indeed, many different medicinal herbs grew and originated here.
Because this was origin and they were being sold by commoners, these medicinal ingredients were being sold for far cheaper prices than usual. Some were even merely a tenth of the price found in medicinal herb shops in Long Coiling City. Thus, Su Chen ended up buying a few as he continued to browse.
Suddenly, Su Chen stopped and glanced at an old woman next to him.
The old woman's basket contained some Graywire Grass, a common ingredient used by alchemists. Su Chen walked over and asked, "Ma'am, how much are you selling this Graywire Grass for?"
The old woman replied in a trembling voice, "One silver per stalk; if you want to buy them all, a single tael of gold."
The old woman didn't have much Graywire Grass, only ten or so stalks lying all alone in the basket. Perhaps it was because she didn't dare bring any more; she was only willing to bring roughly a tael of gold's worth of ingredients with her at once, or else there might be trouble.
Su Chen laughed and reached into the basket, pulling out a single Graywire Grass. "Look, this Graywire Grass has a silver thread next to it, implying that it has completely transformed from Graywire Grass into Silverwire Grass. Silverwire Grass is much more valuable than Graywire Grass, roughly a hundred times as much.
He placed that Silverwire Grass carefully into the old woman's hand. "This stalk is worth at least ten taels of gold. Don't sell it too cheaply."
The old woman stared at him, dumbfounded. Su Chen shook his sleeves and left.
The old woman hurriedly said, "Many thanks for Young Master's guidance!"
However, she picked up her basket and left. Evidently, this price of ten taels of gold had stunned the old woman. She didn't dare to try and sell it here; instead, she would search for another way to sell it.
Weaker people always had their own ways of surviving. Su Chen wasn't worried about that old woman, but her cry of "Young Master" made him chuckle.
He continued to advance when he suddenly heard a loud boom come from behind him.
He turned around and saw a wave of energy rolling towards him. A number of people had been thrown into the air, as if they had been caught by a tornado.
At least ten people were swept up by the wave of energy, including that old woman. She flipped through the air, then slammed into the ground. Because she was already old, this sudden impact killed her instantly. Her hand was tightly gripped around that Silverwire Grass, even unto death.
Su Chen found that the source of the wave of energy was two males, who were currently entangled in battle.
Both of them were Origin Qi Scholars, so every move of theirs was filled with power. Rocks flew everywhere, and energy billowed out from them. Who knew how many more people would be affected by this battle or even injured on the spot.
However, those two completely ignored their surroundings, continuing to fight to their heart's' content. They were even trash-talking each other while they fought: "Yu Chengshui, have you used all of your energy up on women? You want to fight me with such little strength?"
"Shut your mouth, Sun Mao. Even if I were to finish off ten women, I'd still be able to knock you out."
"Nonsense! I'm right here, show me how you're going to knock me out!"
Boom, boom, boom!
A flurry of fists and feet flew through the air, the waves of energy from their strikes surging every which way. A few of the established businesses were affected too; the peddlers and hawkers could still run away, but those running the businesses could only cover their heads and hold on, allowing the waves of energy to rush through their stores and throw everything into disarray.
Su Chen's temper flared when he saw this.
As a Knowledge Executor, he was responsible for handling any conflicts between Origin Qi Scholars. But even if he wasn't, he couldn't possibly ignore this situation.
He struck out with his palm at the two people. This palm strike seemed normal, but once it was unleashed, the surrounding turmoil disappeared, and the waves of energy subsided. Su Chen barked, "Fighting in the middle of a public street and harming the innocent? Stop this instant!"
He never expected that the two of them would suddenly turn around and yell, "Where did this brat come from? Mind your own business!"
They simultaneously struck out at Su Chen.
When a person obtained power, it was hard for them not to become arrogant, and even to look down on commoners like they were ants. This wasn't an uncommon occurrence.
The only reason the strong didn't rule over everything, with the weak under their tyrannical control, was because they still had other enemies, individuals who were still stronger than them.
Even so, in this day and age, where bullies ran riot, many people viewed the commoners like weeds and had no qualms about killing them.
These two were evidently no exception. It was clear that they weren't mortal enemies, yet they insisted on fighting in this busy marketplace, completely ignoring the damage they would cause. Their attitude was quite despicable. Even when Su Chen tried to stop them, they attacked instantly.
A trace of killing intent flashed across Su Chen's eyes. "Are you looking to die?"
There were still people behind him, so he didn't attempt to dodge these two blows. Instead, he activated his Adamantine Battle Body and forcefully endured the blows, then gestured as an Erupting Firehawk took flight and rammed into Yu Chengshui.
He carefully controlled the power output so that there weren't any obvious energy fluctuations, but all of the energy was contained within the Firehawk's body.
Yu Chengshui growled and struck out with his palm, a shadowy, cold light gathering there before it shot at the Firehawk. The moment the two blows impacted, Yu Chengshui's shadowy light was instantly neutralized, but the Firehawk continued to advance at Yu Chengshui.
"Dammit!" Yu Chengshui cursed. He leapt into the air, not caring what might happen if Su Chen's blow were to land somewhere else. As long as he escaped, everything was fine.
The Firehawk flew past beneath him. Just when he thought he had avoided the blow, however, he felt an intense heat at his back. He instinctively gathered all of his energy at his back, but with a loud BOOM, the Firehawk had already slammed into him. The flames engulfed Yu Chengshui almost immediately, causing him to howl in pain.
Su Chen ignored him. After all, this guy was an Origin Qi Scholar; that wouldn't be enough to kill him.
Sun Mao had already charged forward at this moment, now wielding a hidden dagger that he stabbed at the left side of Su Chen's small back.
Su Chen clawed out behind him, grabbing onto Sun Mao's wrist. The two struggled briefly, with Sun Mao unable to extricate himself, allowing Su Chen to land a fierce kick onto Sun Mao's kneecap. Sun Mao cried out in pain and kneeled.
"You know now to kneel and ask for forgiveness?" Su Chen laughed. He waved his right hand, and another Erupting Firehawk slammed into Yu Chengshui, who had just gotten to his feet. Simultaneously, he spun his left hand around, reversing Sun Mao and capturing him.
"You!" Sun Mao yelled loudly. A black edge began to gather on his left hand, which he stabbed at Su Chen.
His Extermination Jab was pretty powerful, but it expended too much energy, so he wasn't willing to use it casually. He hadn't used it in his earlier battle with Yu Chengshui, but at this point he risked it all.
Unfortunately, this finger strike slammed into Sun Mao's own right hand - Su Chen pulled Sun Mao's arm, using it as a shield to defend himself.
"AHHH!" Sun Mao howled in pain. His right arm had suddenly turned into a pile of mangled flesh.
"How vicious." Su Chen's eyebrows jumped. This jab really wasn't weak; if he had been struck by it, he would have been seriously injured even if his arm wouldn't have been reduced to this state.
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European seminar "Territorial reforms in Europe, in the public service of the territories" (14-15 Nov. 2019, Toulouse)
Publish date: Wednesday, 24 July 2019
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The European Confederation of Local Intermediate Authorities (CEPLI), the Assembly of French Departments (ADF), the Research Group on Local Government in Europe (GRALE) and the University of Toulouse (UTC), organize on 14 and 15 November, an important seminar dedicated to the future of intermediate territorial collectivities in Europe.
This European Seminar "Territorial reforms in Europe, in the public service of the territories" will associate researchers, academics from France and Europe, elected officials from the departments and intermediate collectivities in Europe, national associations and CEPLI members.
In a comparative approach, the subject of the debate will be the historical anchoring of the territorial collectivities of intermediate level, the Polish powiats, passing through the Italian, Belgian, Italian provinces or the Spanish diputacións.
Are there any similarities in the historical, political and administrative contexts of the birth certificate, for the most part, at the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th century, of these intermediate echelons of proximity, in terms of standardization, rationalization and centralization of power, with the image of the Napoleonic department?
And what are the territorial realities of these territories today, in a context of institutional complexity, changes in Europe, regionalization and urban concentration. In a Europe of regions and large competitive metropolises, are the intermediate territorial collectivities - confronted with the issues of the overscaled echelon - threatened, or on the contrary, are they, in these large groups, the echelon of democratic and social innovation, of proximity and solidarity of the 21st century?
In other words, do the intermediate territorial collectivities in Europe have a future in every state territorial mille-feuille?
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What the Boston Bombers and Other Domestic Terrorists Have in Common: All Were Scarred by Pointless U.S. Wars
The recent terrorist bombings at the end of the Boston Marathon is further evidence that US military intervention in other parts of the world is having unintended consequences, and the blow-back reaches all the way back to American soil. These two young men who committed this violent act were evidently radicalized Muslims. It is no coincidence that the country they are from (how do you spell that anyway?) has a majority Muslim population. And America has been waging war against Muslim countries ever since the first Gulf War in 1990-91. Since then America's military has been or still is in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia, and as I write this their newest target is Syria.
Before I go any further with this, I am not Muslim myself, in fact I'm a non-denominational Christian minister of the gospel of Christ Jesus. I don't believe in Islam but I give due respect to those that do because it is always better, not to mention wiser, to have more friends than enemies. But to approach this issue in a Christ-like way, I will try and place myself in their situation or to walk a mile in their shoes. If I lived in that part of the world and my country was being attacked, I would want to fight back too. To me, at least, the reaction of these people is in a way understandable while being simultaneously repulsive and immoral due to their use of violence to attain a goal – presumably to seek vengeance against the US for wrongs both real and imagined. By the same token, the US is equally to blame for perpetrating often-unprovoked violence, and 80% of those being killed in US overseas military operations are civilians. It is an indisputable fact that over 100,000 Iraqi civilians died in the second Iraq war. At any rate, the use of terrorism is unjustifiable in the eyes of God. So you can be sure that another terrorist attack will take place sometime in the future here in America. It's only a matter of time. But there are several other examples of violence being carried out as a result of American military action thousands of miles away.
Another example is the Washington Beltway sniper, John Allen Muhammad. Nine years ago, Muhammad was at the top of conservative commentators' Islamo-fascists-with-Links-to-Al Qaeda lists. Now, like then, the search for foreign links is proving to be a fruitless, distracting us from the abundant evidence of a causal connection between such murders and service in the U.S. Military. In her recently published memoir, Scared Silent, Mildred Muhammad, the latter of his two ex-wives, writes that her husband went to the 1991 Gulf War a "happy," "focused, and "intelligent" man, who returned home "depressed," "totally confused," and "violent," making her fear for her life. In their briefs, Muhammad's appeals lawyers stressed that his "severe mental illness" never came up at trial, where he was allowed to represent himself despite obvious mental incompetence. (Till the end, he maintained his innocence, claiming that at the time of the killing spree he was in Germany for dental work.) In seeking clemency and a stay of execution, Muhammad's lawyers presented psychiatric reports diagnosing Schizophrenia and brain scans documenting profound malformations consistent with psychotic disease. But it wasn't enough to stop his death sentence from being carried out, so one day before Veterans Day 2010, John Allen Muhammad was executed by lethal injection.
Muhammad's lawyers might have included other facts. Mental disorders from depression to mood swings, thought disorders, violent outbursts, and delusions are not uncommon among Gulf War veterans in addition to physical symptoms such as rashes, vertigo, respiratory and gastrointestinal problem, and neurological diseases like Parkinson's, ALS, and brain tumors. According to Dr. William E. Baumzweiger, a California psychiatrist with expertise in psychiatric ailments of Gulf War veterans, "a small but significant number of Gulf War veterans become homicidal" seemingly "out of nowhere." Indeed as early as 1994, University of Texas epidemiologist Dr. Robert Haley, the preeminent researcher of Gulf War disease, had demonstrated that the brain scans of veterans with Gulf War illness were distinctly abnormal. Last year a blue-panel, congressional- mandated Gulf War Research Advisory Committee (RAC) finally confirmed what veterans and their families have long asserted: That "without a doubt," Gulf War illness, as it's come to be called, is a profound, multi-system physical illness "caused" by brain-damaging chemicals to which troops were exposed by the Department of Defense. The RAC report identified three specific neurotoxins as certain culprits: anti-nerve gas pills that troops were forced to take (or risk court martial), insecticides and repellants that drenched troops' tents, clothing, and gear, and nerve gases including sarin (the killer chemical in the Tokyo subway attack) emitted into the air when U.S. forces dismantled and demolished a vast munitions storage facility in Khamisiyah, Iraq. Muhammad's lawyers pointed to childhood beatings as a cause of his psychiatric disease and brain malformation, claiming that Gulf War syndrome exacerbated these conditions. But they didn't mention that Mohammad had no history of mental illness before the war--and that during the war he was stationed in Khamisiyah.
It probably wouldn't have helped. In 2002, another Gulf War veteran, Louis Jones Jr. was executed for the 1995 rape and murder of a young female soldier, Pvt. Tracie Joy McBride. Like Sergeant Muhammad, Sergeant Jones was an exemplary soldier decorated in the war; but also like Muhammad, he returned from Desert Storm depressed, disoriented, and increasingly anti-social and bizarre. Like Muhammad, his defense was inadequate – but his appeals lawyer displayed M.R.I.'s and other scans of his abnormal brain, arguing that it was evidence of the brain damage from toxins he and other veterans with Gulf War disease were exposed to in-country. Supporting the petition for clemency was the written testimony of Dr. Haley that "there is now a compelling involuntary link between Mr. Jones' neurotoxic war injury and his inexplicable crime." Like Muhammad, Jones was stationed in Khamisiyah during the demolition, which poisoned thousands of troops and then thousands more as sarin plumes traveled far and wide, a fact the government hid for close to a decade.
And then there's the case of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber. We have no scans of his brain, but we have ample reports of his mental state before and after Desert Storm, and evidence that the war changed him profoundly. In their biography, American Terrorist, Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck paint a vivid picture of McVeigh's days in the ground war. The enthusiastic young marksman, at first, happily followed orders and shot an Iraqi soldier manning a machine gun over a mile away. When a bloody mist replaced the soldier's head in his viewfinder, McVeigh was disturbed and discharged the rest of his rounds into empty desert sand. Later, after Saddam had agreed to a UN and Soviet brokered ceasefire, McVeigh was further shocked and shaken by orders to kill defeated Iraqi soldiers traveling home on the highway from Kuwait to Iraq (come to be known as the "Highway of Death" for the thousands that U.S. Forces corralled and massacred on the night of Feb 26, 1991).
In his famous 60 Minutes interview ten years later, McVeigh would tell Ed Bradley that the killing changed him. He found himself thinking, "I'm in this person's country. What right did I have to come over to his country and kill him? How did he ever transgress against me?" He went over thinking, "Not only is Saddam evil, all Iraqis are evil." But quickly it was "an entirely different ballgame… face to face… you realize they're just people like you." He told Bradley that the government modeled brutal violence. In a 1998 prison essay he objected to the United State's continuing campaign against Iraq: It was the U.S. that had "set the standard" for "stockpiling and use of weapons of mass destruction".
McVeigh's experience in the Gulf War surely altered his thinking. But did it also alter his brain? What toxins might have entered his body on the highway where U.S. forces had just dropped cluster bombs and 500-ton bombs, napalm and depleted uranium, incinerating thousands vehicles and the people inside. He told Ed Bradley that when he came back "something didn't feel right in me, but... I couldn't say what it was." Psychological trauma alone, neuroscience now tell us, affects not only psyches but brains. Sophisticated neuron-imaging shows the brains of those who suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to be abnormal in areas regulating memory retrieval and inhibition (hippocampus), fearfulness and focus (pre-frontal cortex), and emotionality and ability (amygdala). The hippocampus of Alzheimer's sufferers are also shrunken and the amygdala of bi-polar sufferers have enhanced activation similar to those with PTSD.
Unlike McVeigh, Muhammad, or Jones, Major Nidal Hasan was not exposed to war's toxins, nor to its traumas first-hand. Day after day, though, soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, or on their way back, relived before him attacks and atrocities they had inflicted, suffered, and/or witnessed, altering his views and his mind. In the beginning of his Army training and service, by all accounts, Nidal Hasan was proud to serve his country. His examination of the internal conflict within Muslim GIs asked to kill other Muslims - prohibited in the Koran-- started out an academic project to enhance the Army's understanding and management of the dilemma. But as Hasan's exposure to mentally disturbed soldiers' memories, fears, and guilt increased, so evidently did his own internal strife and, in all likelihood, the secondary PTSD common to family members, friends, and professionals in close contact with victims, witnesses, and perpetrators of catastrophes. Even the most astute of commentators, like New York Times columnist Frank Rich, are wondering if Hasan is an "actual terrorist or an unfathomable mass murderer merely dabbling in jihadist ideas." But Major Hasan's religion was only one of several aspects of his being shattered by the stories he was charged with hearing. The troubled GI who opened fire on fellow soldiers at a counseling center in Fort Liberty in 2010 was not a Muslim, although some right-wing blogs initially suggested he was. In truth, the violence soldiers and veterans inflict against other Americans is not unfathomable at all.
The fire power expended on Iraq in the 2nd Iraq war was greater than that used in all wars in history combined, exceeded only by today's continuing sequel. The savage murder of civilians, though not on the radar of most producers and consumers of American media, smolders in the minds of many troops and veterans of all backgrounds serving in all three recent wars in the region. Troops on U.S. bases in Afghanistan and Iraq, like the local citizens, suffer the fumes from open burn pits the depth of city blocks and the length of small towns; blast injuries from I.E.D.'s continue to damage the interiors of bodies and brains, often with no external breakage or bleeding, causing, eminent neurologists say, a new kind of brain injury not seen before in the chronicles of war. Chemical fumes, powders, and liquids from military and industrial facilities bombed in both Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom continue to contaminate earth, water, and air. Were today's wars to end tomorrow, the consequences of our invasions would not. For decades and perhaps centuries, Iraqis and Afghans will suffer disease and deprivation, and invading and occupying troops will carry the war back home, as soldiers always do, but with brains, bodies, and minds shattered as never before.
The U.S. criminal justice system has long since came to a conclusion with regard to the cases of all of the above individuals I mentioned. On the other hand, the case against the sole surviving Boston bomber has barely gotten started, with another court hearing scheduled for the middle of this month. There are some questions that have yet to be asked. Who will identify and prosecute those who bear the greatest responsibility for these heinous mass murders? I'm not talking about the bombers, I mean their trainers and enablers. Who is working behind the scenes on behalf of those who use violence to get what they want? And who is their paymaster – who is holding and controlling the purse strings? The current trend in international war crimes and crimes against humanity is to consign crimes committed by individuals to national courts, and to apply international justice to those at the highest levels of government who make the decisions implemented on the ground. Brutal murders by American veterans and troops of fellow soldiers and citizens were surely not the outcomes planned by our leaders, but by now they are too common and too linked to wartime exposures to be considered unanticipated or unfathomable.


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New import regulations passed by the Cabinet indicate that vehicles no more than a year old can be imported into the country.
The new ruling that was passed last week was proposed by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, Financial Tribune's sister publication Donya-e-Eqtesad reported.
Since 2012 up to now, Iranians could import cars that were not over three years old.
The ministry wants to introduce a uniform method regarding car imports to be able to verify quality car imports and prevent the import of used cars. The new measure is said to be in line with the government's plans to upgrade car import regulations to meet global standards.
Head of Iran's Auto Importer's Association, Farhad Ehteshamzad has warned that the first and most direct impact of the new measure will be "an increase in the price of imported cars."


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Viola M. Miller…September 11, 1933 – July 12, 2016
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Funeral services for Lamar, CO resident, Viola "Vi" Miller will be at 10:00 on July 28, 2016 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Lamar, CO. Interment will follow at Fairmount Cemetery.
Viola M. Miller was born on September 13, 1933 in Kit Carson, CO to Tobias and Frieda (Born) Appel. She passed away on July 12, 2016 at Collier Hospice in Wheat Ridge, CO at the age of 82.
Vi has worn may hats throughout her life from serving many of us at the old Maxwell House and then at the Main Café in later years. She worked in the Eisenhower's Department Store and made the custom order draperies for Eisenhower's that are hanging in many of the homes in Lamar and the surrounding area. She also worked for J.C. Penney hanging the draperies purchased there. Vi and her late husband Walt jointly owned Walt's Heating & Air Conditioning and The Sewing Basket.
Vi belonged to "Daubers", the Hospital Auxiliary, and the Quilt Club. In 1994 Walt and Vi started their passion for RVing and traveling. They wintered in California and took many trips including but not limited to South Dakota, Washington/Oregon, Branson, Nashville, the East Coast and Niagara Falls, Hawaii, a cruise to the Bahamas, and Alaska for their 60th wedding anniversary.
She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, sewing, and ceramics, but her passions were her oil paintings and quilting.
Viola is survived by her children, Cathy (John) Turley of Briggsdale, CO, Larry Miller of Pueblo, CO, Curtis Miller of Lamar, CO, and Pamela Knespel of Greeley, CO; siblings, Vernon (Ruby) Appel, David (Mona) Appel, Betty Bean, Johnnie (Joyce) Appel, Edna (Robert) Oeltjen, and Harry Gene (Linda) Appel; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and a host of friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Walter L. Miller; both of her parents; brother, Abraham Appel; son-in-law Joe Knespel; and grandchildren Mark Knespel, and Shari Lewis.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grace Lutheran Church in care of Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel, P.O. Box 950, Lamar, CO, 81052.
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Creekside Park Dana Point
Thursday October 16, 2008see more by jen
Even with directions and an address, I drove right past it when first visiting. Coming from the freeway, when you pass over the river bed (canal), it is on the right hand side.
Thank you! Just when you think you know all the "good" parks … I think I will take my son here today!
This park is fantastic!! We always bring a bike for my older son to ride around on. Sometimes we even walk the wash(walking/jogging path right behind the park) I push my younger son in the jogger while he rides hs bike! wears him out! : )


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Friction between your compliance departments and the rest of your business often stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of the overall function of compliance.
While the business as a whole may position compliance as the police station filled with rules and regulations, compliance is actually your company's line of defense and vigilant resource to protect against enforcement actions that ultimately impede company growth. However, that may not be how your employees see your compliance department.
Unfortunately, compliance's goal of preventing losses puts it in stark contrast with areas of your business that are attempting to generate revenue. Since most other departments don't directly interact with regulatory bodies, compliance departments can be perceived by other lines of business as an inner regulatory body that's out to attack progress and methods to increase earnings.
Whether prosecutors or companies, whether compliance officers or in-house counsel or boards, we all have critical roles to play in compliance. —John Cronan, U.S. Department of Justice
The Golden Goose of Compliance
While some of the more forward-thinking CEOs in financial services may understand the importance of compliance, others may need an additional push. It's critical that the C-suite (especially the CEO) get on board with compliance — top-down corporate changes are usually the most successful.
As a compliance professional, you can help get the CEO on board by coming armed with an arsenal of relevant data that play to the CEO's values. If your CEO is a corporate entrepreneur-type or financial-driver, make sure that they know that proper compliance procedures give them a competitive advantage.
It's much easier to institute quick corporate changes aimed at increasing revenue if he or she doesn't have to fear the "men-in-suits" — not to mention the fines associated with a failure to comply.
If your CEO is the people's champion or corporate missionary-type, appeal to his or her desire to build an ethical business with a pristine reputation, and be prepared to come with specific examples of industry peers whose business has taken a hit due to reputation damage.
Beyond the CEO, the Chief Compliance Officer also wields significant influence and can institute change. By being transparent, friendly, and personable, and by making an effort to raise compliance awareness across the business (via annual compliance trainings and consistent communication to other departments) the CCO can transform the perception of compliance from "the police" to "the defender of employees".
Once the C-suite is on board with corporate culture shifts, it's much easier to introduce an environment of positive culture growth. For example, compliance can even be built into variable compensation, meaning that business units who do well in compliance receive a higher bonus.
This environment of top-down support is what we call the "golden goose of compliance" — a wealth of positive impact that still must be carefully maintained. The C-suite should institute a positive reinforcement strategy with frequent rewards and recognitions; this will cultivate positive compliance practices and ease any of the initial frictions that come with new training and bonusing systems.
A Change of Style
As compliance continues to navigate the space between inward regulation and outward defense, we see the evolution of regtech ushering in a new breed of compliance officer — one that is rooted in personality as much as technical proficiency.
We are accustomed to the image of the compliance officer tied to his or her computer, deeply entrenched in research and analysis, but as new tech tools increasingly free compliance teams from the rote, manual tasks traditionally associated with their roles, they will spend more time fostering relationships with other business units.
Striking a balance between friendliness and assertiveness is a diplomatic art, and one that compliance teams will need to master — especially when dealing with big personalities from other business units. This need for relationship-building skills will play a larger part in hiring more than ever.
Embracing Technology
A major pain point for many businesses is that their traditional lines of defense — compliance, risk, and audit — act as isolated systems instead of congruent channels. The right technology can help these units better gather and share information, relay insights, and manage tasks in a way that ensures completion and accountability.
Financial firms are investing more in compliance technologies every year, and it's not hard to see why – non-compliance costs (due to business disruption, declines in productivity, fees, and penalties) are 2.71 times the cost of compliance.
Regtech tools don't replace humans; instead, they empower them and give them the freedom to interact and negotiate in a business environment — which makes your business more, not less, human. This congruence also frees up wasted CCO time, which was previously spent on fostering inward relationships between the lines of defense to reduce friction. Now, CCOs can focus their time on working with other departments and outside businesses to create deep relationships that go beyond the meeting room.
What does this all look like in the end?
You want a C-level change that positions compliance into the heart and soul of business. Instead of being viewed as the regulators, they should be viewed as a regulatory defense mechanism. Bonuses and training can help unload the change quickly, and AI-powered software can free CCOs and compliance workers from repetition and give them the ability to move between departments and foster real, meaningful change.
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Camila Cabello Performing 'Havana' With Toy Instruments & Jimmy Fallon Is Yr Weekend Jam
Friday, January 19, 2018 - 09:30
As if 'Havana' didn't get you bopping along enough as it is....Camila Cabello has come through with THIS.
The former Fifth Harmony singer joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform her hit song using only toy instruments.
Could this be better than the original? Just putting it out there! Don't @ me!!!
Anyway get this business on repeat all the way through to the weekend.
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You can meet your Reading Borough councillors at the Whitley Labour Party Ward Surgery and the Church Labour Ward Surgery on Saturday 7 December at 10.30am. They will be at the Community Café on Northumberland Avenue, Reading for an hour and a half.
All six councillors for Whitley and Church wards are from the Labour party. They are Rachel Eden, Micky Leng, Emmett McKenna, Ruth McEwan, Ashley Pearce and Paul Woodward.
You can work out what ward you are in through the council website.


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The term 'tar sands' is accurate.
Source of this myth:
While 'tar sands' has heritage in the oil industry lexicon dating back to the late 1800s, the confusion over its accuracy stems from how the term is used today. The label has become a dog-whistle for opponents who use it to sound the alarm about the environmental downsides of the resource.
It's true that many geologists, engineers and rig workers helped introduce the 'tar sands' term. But – and there's a big but here – they were using the term in the industry's early days to describe only the tar-like consistency of bitumen as it's found in the ground. And there's evidence that those developing the deposits began to encourage the use of 'oil sands' once they started to fully understand the resource's chemical makeup and uniqueness. Certainly, you'll see both 'oil sands' and 'tar sands' in use today, but here are five reasons why oil sands is the more accurate choice:
The resource is technically known as bituminous sands because bitumen, a heavy petroleum product, is mixed with the sand. The resource contains zero tar. Not one bit.
It makes sense to describe the resource as oil sands because oil is what is finally derived from the bitumen.
'Oil' is more accurate than 'tar' to describe the naturally occurring bitumen deposits. Tar is commonly associated with distilled or manmade products, such as the mixtures used to pave roads.
There's history with both terms, but it's important to note the world's first large-scale commercial operation was called the Great Canadian Oil Sands Company. This company – the predecessor to Suncor – was founded in the 1960s.
In addition to industry, the Canadian and Alberta governments use 'oil sands.' Objective third-party media organizations such as the Canadian Press (CP) have also weighed in on the issue. The CP Style Guide, which is based on principles of neutrality, popular usage, clarity and consistency, calls for the use of oilsands (one word).
Tar is commonly associated with distilled or manmade products, such as the mixtures used to pave roads.
The bottom line:
Yes, the term 'tar sands' was coined in the early years by industry workers to describe northern Alberta's reserves. Today, tar is more commonly associated with manmade road paving products. Oil sands is the more accurate term as it describes what is derived from the deposits (oil) and what the bitumen is mixed with at the time of extraction (sand).


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Abstract:  Future environmental regulations are creating new employment requirements within traditional engineering organizations. These organizations require recent graduates to have a strong handle on environmental issues related to new product development. Since mechanical engineering curriculum is saturated with courses covering a broad spectrum of engineering fundamentals, there is little room to develop a separate course to teach principles of sustainable product design. This manuscript presents a novel method for teaching Design for Environment ( DfE ) strategies within a mechanical engineering product design course through the use of expert critiques. The results from this study indicate that integration of a critique based module within an existing design project is an effective medium for teaching sustainable product design. Also, receiving feedback in the form of design critiques, breeds innovative design modifications that lower the energy and carbon footprints of the design across multiple lifecycle stages. More importantly, the results indicate that after participating in this teaching module, students are more likely to apply the learned DfE principles within academia and industry.
William Z. Bernstein, Devarajan Ramanujan, Fu Zhao, Monica F. Cox, and Karthik Ramani
Teaching Design for Environment through Critique within a Project Based Product Design Course
IJEE: Special Issue on Design Centric Engineering Education, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp.1-12.


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Establish your roots with images
Showing the establishment date of a brewery on its logo follows the traditional motif of older beer manufacturers. Using images of the locale on the label is also a tradition and helps further establish a brand's appeal. For beers produced in towns and cities, skylines make ideal graphics to tie in with the location, whereas those from rural areas might use geographical references, such as lakes, mountains or rivers. Ask our designers how to help you give your brewery logo a distinctive appearance.
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Whether you opt for a fresh, modern design or one that is more traditional fonts can help give your brewery logo a unique identity. Breweries often use fonts that have an old-fashioned appearance as they mimic those traditionally seen on beer kegs and barrels. Placing these onto a background that has a woodgrain texture can help to emphasize this style. Alternately when married with more contemporary images, simple, unfussy fonts can create a brand that is modern, fresh and fun.
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Winners Announced for 2002 'Earth Apple Awards' for K-12 Schools
Judging by the outstanding entries for the Alliance to Save Energy's Earth Apple Awards, students in Green Schools around the country aren't waiting until they graduate to start saving energy and making the world a better place. Ten winning schools in California, Pennsylvania, New York, and Florida took top prizes in the 2002 competition that honors exemplary school programs that teach about energy efficiency and reduce schools' energy bills. Earth Apple sponsor ABB will present the award on October 3 to the grand prize winner, Eisenhower High School, Rialto, CA, at the Smart Design Forum 3 at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.
The Earth Apple Awards acknowledge the accomplishments of K-12 schools that involve students in educational projects that save energy in school buildings. Winning entries must score highly in each of three areas: energy efficiency instruction; energy-saving operations and behavior; and school-wide involvement in energy-saving activities.
A panel of independent judges selected Penn Treaty Middle School in Philadelphia, PA, and Clarence Middle School in Clarence, NY, as the frontrunners in the middle school category. Spruance Elementary in Philadelphia was first place winner for elementary schools.
Students at Eisenhower High School analyzed their school's performance applying an EPA Energy Star rating test. They then shared what they had learned with younger students, parents, and community organizations. At Penn Treaty, students surveyed staff appliance use and analyzed the cost-effectiveness of EnergyStar appliances. Clarence students investigated energy waste in their buildings, while students at Spruance enjoyed a Solar Tea Party, with solar baked apples.
Earth Apple judges also recognized the following schools as top award winners: Iroquois High School, Elma, NY; Pinole Valley High School, Pinole, CA; Belleview Middle School, Belleview, FL; Sulzberger Middle School, Frankford High School, and Shawmont School, all in Philadelphia, PA.
ABB, sponsor of the 2002 Earth Apple Awards, is a global leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in more than 100 countries and employs about 150,000 people. The company's U.S. operations employ more than 14,000 people in manufacturing and other facilities in 40 states.
ABB is integrating sustainability measures into all planning, management and operations. ABB continues to build upon its own strict environmental and energy efficiency standards and expand its sustainability efforts through the development of formal product life cycle assessments and contributions to society by supporting common efforts and implementing its own social policy.


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Obituaries » Helen Wanda Guice
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Helen Wanda Guice
March 5, 1923 - March 10, 2019
Burial Date March 12, 2019
Funeral Home Rose-Neath Homer
Cemetery Arlington Cemetery of Homer
HOMER, LA: Helen Wanda Guice, age 96, was born March 5, 1923 to Evelyn Harris Guice and T.L. Guice, Sr. She passed away March 10, 2019 at her childhood home.
Wanda was a lifelong resident of Homer, having retired from Claiborne Electric Co-Op after 38 years of service. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Homer for 87 years. Wanda served her Lord and her church in many ways throughout the years. She was especially involved in the Crusader's Sunday School class, serving as teacher for 50 years, United Methodist Women, the Chancel Choir, the Children's Choir and Vacation Bible School.
Wanda was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Lawson "Bud" Guice, Jr.
She is survived by many cousins, friends, and neighbors, as well as her family at First United Methodist Church of Homer. Wanda is also survived by her faithful caregivers Brenda Jones, Euradell Aubrey and Stephine Flornoy.
Visitation was held at First United Methodist Church on Tuesday, March 12, 2018, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Services were held immediately following the visitation at 2:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Homer, Louisiana, with Bro. Danny Baskin and Bro. Fred Wideman officiating. Burial at Arlington Cemetery, Homer, Louisiana.
Pallbearers were Mark Collins, Perry Dean, Gil Dowies, Ryan Harmon, Jim Hatch, Dr. Mark Haynes and Butch Lee.
Memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 357, Homer, Louisiana, 71040.
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Still trying to decide which cannabis conferences to go to this fall? You need to head to the NCIA and CCIA California Cannabis Business Conference in Anaheim, California! Here are a few reasons why you really have to get to Anaheim on September 21 and 22.
Marijuana sales in North America grew by an exceptional 30% in 2016 to $6.7 billion as the market expanded to more states in the U.S. and Canada, according to a new report by Arcview Market Research. Another report by New Frontier states that marijuana sales could reach up to $24.5 billion in 2025. To put this in perspective, this industry growth is larger and faster than even the dot-com era when GDP grew at 22%. But are cultivation operations prepared to handle this unprecedented boom in demand for cannabis?