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Upcoming Events – December 5 – 10
Winter Showcase | Tuesday, December 6 at *6:30pm in the WAPAC
Students wear their holiday best! Check-in time for students is 6:15pm in the WAPAC.
The Showcase will last about 30 minutes, Refreshments will be served after the program
*adjusted time from the original Event Calendar
Gingerbread Social | Thursday December 9 6:00pm in the JSA
Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to coordinate this annual event! We invite you and your family to come and enjoy an evening of holiday cheer as we decorate gingerbread houses together while enjoying Christmas music and a hot chocolate bar. Kits must be pre-ordered by December 9. See form and more information here. We are looking forward to a fun time together before Christmas break!
Operation Christmas Child
Together our Elementary families donated 170 boxes for children in need, surpassing our goal of 150 boxes!! We THANK your with JOY!
Schedule Reminder
The week of December 12 are full days for the Elementary School with a regular Early Release day on Thursday.
CREW Reminder
No childcare will be available during Christmas Break.
Candy for Veterans
A special thanks to our Elementary students and families who donated over 20 large bags of leftover Halloween candy to veterans here in the Bay Area. Much of this will be sent overseas for our troops! Our students have shown such thoughtfulness to our community.
December 8 will be the last Chapel of 2016! Our Chapel Formation Team has a very special Christmas celebration planned. They will be presenting an alternate history. What if one thing changed? What if? Come join us for festive worship and learn the importance of every little detail in the Christmas narrative!
Winter Wonderland Toy Drive
The Winter Wonderland Toy Drive supports a local outreach that served over 400 families last year with a hot lunch and provided over 1,000 toys to families in the inner city of Oakland. Christian Cathedral Church also "adopted" 15 local families and donated 200 toys to the local Fruitvale Head Start program.
Mr. Montogmery is collecting toys and financial contributions to support this ministry again this year. All toys can be dropped off in H-9 or H-18 anytime before Friday, December 9. If you would like to volunteer at this event, please see Mr. Montgomery.
Football Meeting | December 8
On December 8 at 7:00pm there will be a meeting for all parents and students who are interested in playing JV football in the Fall of 2017. Please come out and hear about the direction of the program!
Emergency Supplies
In an effort to increase our emergency supplies, high school students have been asked to help stock the classrooms with water and granola bars. Seniors and sophomores have been asked to bring in one case of 8oz water bottles. Juniors and Freshmen have been asked to bring in a box of bars (granola, cereal, protein, etc.) Our Middle School has already helped stock the emergency shed and Elementary School students have brought in their own emergency supply bags.
Visit with Assemblywoman Baker
Our Seniors were able to visit with Assemblywoman Baker in their Government and Economics courses. She discussed why she chose to run for this position, the committees she has been a part of, the inner workings of state government, and answered students' questions. It was an insightful and valuable experience for our students!
Teacher Appreciation Week | December 12-15
We encourage you or your student to write a note of encouragement to teachers or send in small tokens of appreciation. If you'd like to contribute to a special teacher luncheon, please contact Holly Johnson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
6th Grade Outdoor Education Parent Meeting | January 10
The mandatory Outdoor Education Parent Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 10 at 6:30pm in High School room 17 for all 6th grade parents.


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New student enrollment at Trinity Christian Academy begins Feb. 10. Prospective families are invited to visit Trinity Christian Academy on Tues., Feb. 4, to learn more about the school and Christian education. TCA administrators will be on hand to answer questions and set up interview appointments.
An Elementary Open House will be held for incoming Pre-K-5th grade families from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. A light lunch will be served. Secondary families (6th-12th grade next year) are invited to attend a Preview Night that evening from 5:30 - 8 p.m. in the Secondary Cafeteria with a short presentation at 6:30. A light dinner will be served.
Families attending either event are also invited to attend the varsity basketball games that evening free of charge.
Trinity Christian Academy is dedicated to developing excellence in education, character and servant leadership through a Christ-centered, biblical perspective.
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Placing a child for adoption is perhaps the most difficult decision a parent will ever make. We support expectant mothers and fathers, and parents of already born child children, by listening without judgment. We believe it is up to them to decide what is best for their child. No one should tell them what to think or how to feel. Therefore, we support and encourage you to consider all of your options as an expectant parent.
We have more than 25 years of experience and a staff made up of people whose lives have been touched by adoption. We are ready to listen and answer your questions and we would consider it a privilege to talk with you about adoption and how we can help.
Here is our commitment to you:
More than anything else, we are here to listen. Our motto is "our help, your decisions" and these are more than just words for us. Our mission is not to find children for adoptive parents, it is to help birth mothers and expectant mothers find good homes for their children through adoption.
An adoption counselor will be available for you
Our compassionate and experienced counselors have helped thousands of people explore adoption. Whether you are facing an unplanned pregnancy or considering placing an older child – we are here to help you understand your options. Sometimes adoption counselors are aware of possibilities that you may not have considered.
Our services are confidential and free for birth parents
Your contacts with us are kept in the strictest confidence. Nothing you say to us will be told to anyone else without your permission. ACI respects your privacy and your right to explore all options in a trusting environment. Our services are available to you at no cost. And our counselors are available 24 hours a day to answer any questions about adoption – and mainly just to listen.
Your decisions are respected
We believe that every individual is unique and that you are the only one who can determine what is best for you and your child. You have the right to know and understand all of your options – ranging from having long term, on-going contact with adoptive parents or no contact at all.
Financial and emotional support
ACI offers a range of support. If you decide to work with us we may be able to help pay for living expenses and assist you in linking up with community resources, medical care, and safe housing.
Our contact with you comes with no strings attached
We are here to provide you with practical help. When you contact Adoption Center of Illinois at Family Resource Center, you are not committing to making an adoption plan. All you are doing is expressing an interest in finding out more about adoption and how it might work for you and your child. Whether you choose to raise your child or make an adoption plan, we are here for you.
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Governor Perdue said Tuesday that "The best of people comes out in times like this.", and some stories are already coming out of people helping themselves and their neighbors deal with the Atlanta floods.
Take, for example, the story in one AJC picture of two men clearing out a house in the middle of the flood. Neither had met before that moment, but one man owned the house and the other had once considered buying it. In another picture, you see a kid chipping golf balls into the water, making the best of a bad situation. In another, you have two brothers on top of a mobile home trying to get in and salvage what they can – in the middle of flood waters that appear to be at least 3 feet deep. (These stories and their pics can be found here, and many more pics of the floods from the AJC can be found here.)
Also coming out are actual news accounts of neighbors helping neighbors. The most prominent I've seen so far is the story of Mercedes Bell, who by Weds had already stripped out most of her carpet and drywall with the help of a neighbor and her friends.
Individuals helping individuals. Families helping families. Friends helping friends. Neighbors helping neighbors.
THAT is the American Way. THAT is what makes this nation the best nation on earth.
The strength of this nation is NOT our government, but our people, and in times of catastrophe, that strength shines like a lighthouse on a stormy sea.


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The 2013 NYC mayoral race is in full swing, and I thought it was an exciting prospect to get tickets for the full-on debate of all Republican and Democratic contenders hosted by the New York Observer at the 92nd St Y on March 21st. But honestly, I came away with less understanding of what various candidates bring to the table than I had before the debate kicked off. And I also found it somewhat disconcerting afterward to think that the next mayor of NYC was on the stage that night–but nobody as of yet seemed fully fitting of that mantle.
Some of this was due in part to lackluster questions from New York Observer reporters. The Observer in recent years has been run by youngster billionaire Jared Kushner–son of a real estate mogul (and felon) Charles Kushner and husband of Ivanka Trump–who stepped out on stage to introduce (and inadvertently set the tone for) the evening's events. Kushner, in a voice and demeanor that made him seem far younger than he even is, praised his tenure as owner and publisher of the Observer, and talked abstractly about how much he loves New York City. He was hard to take seriously, and his Observer reporters continued in the same shaky, unserious fashion to interact to little consequence with the candidates. It was definitely a light-weight evening.
The first event assembled the Republican candidates on stage:
- John Catsimatidis, owner and CEO of the Red Apple Group and Gristedes grocery chain
- George McDonald, founder of the Doe Fund and self-described advocate for the homeless
- Joe Lhota, former deputy mayor under Giuliani and recent chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority
The "debate" itself was little more than a group interview, where two timid journalists (whose names I never noted) took turns asking questions to each candidate, with no follow-ups or even a basic sanity check on their responses. This was especially troubling when George McDonald, who seems to be a genuinely caring person, came unhinged on several occasions: one, when he was asked a question he didn't like, so he used his response time to gush out entirely unrelated talking points (the audience laughed loudly, while the timid journalist said nothing); another time, he spoke inexplicably about "the minority community" (!?) and African Americans in general as if all were synonymous with the homeless people he employs. McDonald is no doubt a good man and has made an invaluable contribution with the Doe Fund, but his performance here didn't exactly instill confidence in him as a public official.
John Catsimatidis gave somewhat perplexing, laconic answers to the various questions, and didn't seem to fully understand how the mayor's office works. Given a question about the MTA, neither Catsimatidis nor McDonald seemed aware that MTA is a state agency (controlled by Albany) and not under mayoral jurisdiction.
Only Joe Lhota, who led the MTA during its astonishingly fast and effective recovery from Sandy, was apparently aware of this–and no reporter challenged anyone on their responses. Lhota seemed, in many respects, to be the only policy-driven candidate on stage. He had a warm, professional demeanor, and offered a number of factual talking points that placed him far and beyond the others on stage as a highly competent, well experienced candidate. He offered that the City spends $17 billion per year on education, which he said breaks down to about $19,000 per student–which is more than twice the national average. Yet we are lacking in results for what we're investing. He also spoke about the costs of transportation in NYC, saying that fares on bridges and tunnels are being raised (by Albany) disproportionately with other fares, but these raises are not a sustainable way to fund NYC transit. Instead, he pointed out that NYC ranks lowest of all urban transit systems in the country for the subsidies it receives–and that Albany needs to start making the investment.
Lhota is clearly the most knowledgeable on transit issues and, above all, the need for NYC to have direct control over its own transit system. But Lhota showed the clearest, most urgent understanding of actual policy issues rather than just the "nice guy" talking points that his fellow candidates couldn't seem to move past. Neither Catsimatidis nor McDonald offered any concrete issues they were willing to stand for or change.
Next up were the Democratic candidates:
- Bill Thompson, former Comptroller and former head of the Board of Education
- Christine Quinn, current Speaker of the City Council
- John Liu, current Comptroller and former City Council member
- Bill de Blasio, current Public Advocate and former City Council member
- Sal Albanese, former City Council member and former public school teacher
The front-runner by a large margin (thus far) is Christine Quinn, and in her years of close work with Mayor Bloomberg as a member, then Speaker of the City Council, she bears a great deal of responsibility (and due credit) for the current state of New York City. To be honest, I went in wanting to see Quinn shine. Along with many New Yorkers, I'm glad to see a woman (and open lesbian) at the helm of the legislative body of the country's largest city and of an economy larger than that of many first-world countries. There seem to be entire organizations formed against Quinn, yet I wanted to hear what she had to say. The evening, however, devolved into a great deal of passive sniping between the Democratic candidates, and light on substance–both because of the lackluster reporters and the tone set by the candidates themselves, most of all Quinn.
Quinn was the only candidate booed during the course of the evening, and it was because she responded to a question specific to the UES audience: would she support the marine transfer station to handle Manhattan garbage on 91st St, replacing the current Asphalt Green recreation center? A large contingent in the audience was from a local group wearing "DUMP THE DUMP" t-shirts, and they clearly cared very much about this local issue. Not only was Quinn responsible for this highly controversial land use change, she also gave a poor defense of it, and she brushed off the valid concern of audience members, leaving a bad taste with even those of us who were eager to hear both sides of the issue. She did say that NYC should pursue a policy for waste management in which all boroughs dealt with their own waste, and that poor neighborhoods must not continue to carry the disproportionate load of waste sites–and even that a waste site is planned for her own district. But she was not at all prepared to say why the 91st St site, which is heavily used by children of all ages and economic backgrounds to play, swim, compete in team sports, and participate in other enrichment programs. She didn't even say that it was a difficult decision. Her response was highly abrasive, and fairly mocking of an audience's concerns.
I understand that good governance can involve tough and sometimes unpopular decisions, but not only did Quinn fail to make the case for this decision, she openly dismissed citizens' concern for their community. This at first seemed to me a smaller issue, but Quinn's response made it into a much larger concern for me not just on the transfer station, but on Quinn's concern for citizens on the whole. Quinn is clearly highly competent, but she seemed to have the attitude that the election was already a foregone conclusion, and that we either liked what she did or we didn't–end of story. This sure wasn't the way to win over an audience, or even an audience's respect in disagreement. I wanted to see a smart and dynamic Quinn, but all I felt that I saw was arrogance.
Bill Thompson–who ran against Bloomberg in the last election and carried a close margin despite his campaign being dramatically outspent by Bloomberg–carried himself confidently and professionally, but he failed to inspire or make any points rising above "nice guy," "we need change" generalities and platitudes.
John Liu appeared halfway into the debate (which had already been pushed back about 30 minutes late because they were waiting on him), ostensibly because he had been at a different event–but he also took a moment to blast the Observer for its allegations (and evidence) of corruption in his campaign (which, of course, he neither elaborated on, nor did any timid reporter make any further mention of this).
Bill de Blasio blasted Quinn at every opportunity for her backing of Bloomberg's third term, yet never managed to articulate how Bloomberg's third term (or first or second) has been bad for New York City. De Blasio was the best spoken of these candidates, yet his gadfly approach only seems effective if he's not in charge; if elected, who will he have to incessantly speak out against? The governor? The president?
Sal Albanese, although he seemed like a nice guy you'd like to work with or live near, seemed hopelessly lost and jumbled in his shallow understanding of what was happening on stage, let alone with the finer points of how City government works.
Given that these four individuals are campaigning on the basis that the City needs new leadership to take it in a different direction, not one of them made a remotely coherent case for why that needed to happen, or what new direction needs to be taken.
It was a tremendously disappointing evening, all the way around. Journalists failed to scratch beneath the surface of the candidates' glossy, vanilla talking points. Standing City leaders failed to even validate substantive citizen concerns. No one called out blatant lies or gross failures to understand the basic workings of government. It was maybe akin to a high school student council election, where the most compelling issue is whether or not to get more soda vending machines for the school cafeteria. Yet the stakes are so high. Was this "debate"–at one of the finest venues for thought leaders and accomplished American leaders to speak at–really the best we can do for New York City? Should we simply just stop expecting more?


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5.5 Years in 3.5 Minutes!
Through a friend, I discovered Pummelvision. It lets you put together all your photos or videos from various sites, including Flickr. So I used it to put together all of the photos I've ever uploaded to Flickr since I joined in May 2005. Pretty cool to see over 1,500 photos in such a short amount of time. Kind of dizzying too!
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A Moment before the Holy Family
Sunday is the feast of the Holy Family. Sometimes called "What do you mean there's church on Sunday? We were just there for Christmas."
Christmas shows us how much God loves us. With the Incarnation, God is literally holding nothing back. If it takes becoming one of us to help us, God is willing to do that.
This feast of the Holy Family is all about the Incarnation. But it's more than just a re-hash of Christmas.
Emmanuel (one of the names for Jesus we hear at Christmas) doesn't just mean "God with us," as in God is for us (although that's true too). Emmanuel is exactly what God is doing. Not at a distance, but in the most intimate of settings.
God dealing with everything each of us deals with. All the good and all the bad, from the very beginning. Literally, God with us.


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User Guide
Sunny provides a multi-cloud common programming interface. As the cloud providers that Sunny abstracts have all chosen different names for equivalent structures, we collapse the terms for cloud folder-like and file-like objects to:
- Container: Equivalent to an AWS S3 / Google Storage "bucket" and a Rackspace/OpenStack "container".
- Blob: Equivalent to an AWS S3 / Google Storage "key", and a Rackspace/OpenStack "object".
This guide is for Sunny version: v0.0.6.
Sunny needs cloud provider secrets, either via a configuration file or the process environment. The goal is to create a
sunny.Configuration object, which has a
connection member for starting cloud operations.
For more information, see the Configuration API documents.
The first thing you need is your cloud data store account and secret keys. Here are some good starting points if you don't already have these.
- Amazon S3: A forum post walks through how to log in and find your key.
- Google Storage: The GSFD Legacy API v1 spec (which Sunny implements) is a good place to start, and Getting Started Guide helps point out what the keys look like and where to access them.
Configuration Object / File
Sunny can be set up from a straight JavaScript object. However, for security, it is recommended that you have a separate "secrets" file that is not under version control. Here's a basic scenario.
First, create a separate file "my-config.js" that will be
require'ed by node in the following format:
module.exports.MyConfiguration = {
provider: ("aws"|"google"),
account: "ACCOUNT_NAME",
secretKey: "ACCOUNT_SECRET_KEY",
authUrl: "s3.amazonaws.com", // or other optional endpoint
ssl: (true|false)
Then include the file in your application code like:
var myConfig = require("./my-config.js").MyConfiguration,
sunny = require("sunny"),
sunnyCfg = sunny.Configuration.fromObj(myConfig);
Configuration.fromObj for more.
Process Environment
Sunny can be alternatively configured from environment variables:
$ export SUNNY_PROVIDER=("aws"|"google")
$ export SUNNY_ACCOUNT="ACCOUNT_NAME"
$ export SUNNY_SECRET_KEY="ACCOUNT_SECRET_KEY"
$ export SUNNY_AUTH_URL="s3.amazonaws.com" # or other optional endpoint
$ export SUNNY_SSL=("true"|"false")
Note: It's probably best to wrap the environment variable export into a script.
Then hook the variables in your application code like:
var sunny = require("sunny"),
sunnyCfg = sunny.Configuration.fromEnv();
Configuration.fromEnv for more.
An Example - PUT'ing a File
We'll start with a known container that already exists – let's call it "sunnyjs". We will take our configuration object (
sunnyCfg), then:
- Get a container object through an asynchronous
- Write our file through an asynchronous
- Get the blob and check the data.
Let's start with our file:
$ echo -n "Hello Sunny.js..." > my-file.txt
Now let's do our cloud operations. For purposes of this example, we'll use the (awesome) Async.js library to serialize certain operations so we don't get into a ridiculous level of callback nesting. The library is not actually required for Sunny, as the only current install dependency is xml2js. The takeaway point here is the
async.series executes each function sequentially, waiting until one is done before moving to the next. Just what we want here.
We're assuming you have a
sunnyCfg object from the previous section.
/* 'sunnyCfg' already assumed to exist. */
var async = require('async'),
contName = "sunnyjs",
filePath = "./my-file.txt",
blobName = "my-blob.txt",
buf = [],
connection = sunnyCfg.connection,
errHandle = function (err) {
console.error("Got error: %s", err);
function (callback) { // GET container.
request = connection.getContainer("sunnyjs");
request.on('error', errHandle);
request.on('end', function (results, meta) {
// Set container object, signal async done.
containerObj = results.container;
console.log("GET container: %s", containerObj.name);
callback(null); // Moves async.js to next function.
function (callback) { // PUT blob from file.
request = containerObj.putBlobFromFile(
blobName, filePath, { encoding: "utf8" });
request.on('error', errHandle);
request.on('end', function (results, meta) {
blobObj = results.blob;
console.log("PUT blob: %s", blobObj.name);
callback(null); // Moves async.js to next function.
function (callback) { // GET blob with data.
stream = blobObj.get({ encoding: 'utf8' });
stream.on('error', errHandle);
stream.on('data', function (chunk) {
// Accumulate data in a data.
// We get string data because we set an encoding.
stream.on('end', function (results, meta) {
blobObj = results.blob;
console.log("GET blob: %s", blobObj.name);
callback(null); // Moves async.js to completion.
], function (err) {
// Finished all async series.
console.log("Final GET data: \"%s\"", buf.join(''));
which produces the following output:
GET container: sunnyjs
PUT blob: my-blob.txt
GET blob: my-blob.txt
Final GET data: "Hello Sunny.js"
completing our round trip from local file to cloud, back to a string.
Cloud Operations
Sunny's cloud API is based around event emission and listeners. All operations that actually go out on the network will return either a
request or
stream object that the caller then adds listeners too.
As a side note, a great place to see a lot of examples of all the Sunny cloud operations, is in the source code "Live Tests", which perform test operations against real cloud datastores (links to source files are available in the descriptions for the blob, connection, and container test fields).
Finally, its worth pointing out that these example only skim the surface of options, parameters and results that are part of the API. Read the API documentation for the complete descriptions.
Everything from this point on assumes that you have a
sunnyCfg object available from the configuration section above.
The Sunny configuration object has a
connection member that can be used to get a list of containers or a single container by name.
Let's get a list of all containers and print the first five names to console:
// List all containers in account.
var request = sunnyCfg.connection.getContainers();
// Set our error handler.
request.on('error', function (err) {
console.warn("ERROR: %s", err);
// Set our completion event.
// (The 'results' object varies for operations).
request.on('end', function (results) {
var containerObjs = results.containers;
console.log("First 5 containers are:")
containerObjs.slice(0, 5).forEach(function (container) {
console.log(" * %s", container.name);
// Ending the request actually starts the cloud request.
// If your code seems to be hanging, check that you 'end'-ed
// the request!
which produces:
First 5 containers are:
* bar
* baz
* foo
* sunny
* zed
(or something of the like).
Now, let's create a new container. Note that for both Amazon S3 and Google Storage, there is a global bucket namespace, so you will have to choose a unique name, and might get
err object such that
err.isNotOwner() === true.
Here's an example assuming the bucket name doesn't exist. Notice that the
on() events are chainable (although
end() currently is not).
.on('error', function (err) {
console.warn("ERROR: %s", err);
.on('end', function (results) {
var containerObj = results.container;
console.log("Created container: '%s'.", containerObj.name);
If it succeeds, we get:
Created container: 'sunnyjs'.
If you have a container object, the method is also available as
Last, let's get a single (known) container object from the datastore. Note that by default the option
validate is
false which means we don't actually perform a cloud operation (since it isn't needed). If the container doesn't really exist, a "not found" error will be thrown on a later blob operation that actually performs a network operation.
To force the error early, setting the options parameter
validate to
true, we will get an error if the container is not found (
err.isNotFound() === true) or something else is invalid with the cloud request or name.
sunnyCfg.connection.getContainer('sunnyjs', { validate: true })
.on('error', function (err) {
console.warn("ERROR: %s", err);
.on('end', function (results) {
var containerObj = results.container;
console.log("Found container: '%s'.", containerObj.name);
which gives us:
Found container: 'sunnyjs'.
If you have a container object, the method is also available as
Once we have a container object (here we'll assume we're up to the last callback above and have the
containerObj object available), we can manipulate the container (perform DELETE or PUT cloud operation corresponding to the container object's information), and list corresponding blobs.
We've already seen the
get() and
put() operations on a cloud object from the connection object aliased methods. Let's look at some other calls for with a container object.
Delete a container:
.on('error', function (err) {
console.warn("ERROR: %s", err);
.on('end', function (results) {
var containerObj = results.container;
console.log("Deleted container: '%s'.", containerObj.name);
which gives us:
Deleted container: 'sunnyjs2'.
Note: If the container did not already exist, there is no error returned, as not all cloud providers through a "not found" error. Instead, the
results callback object has a
deleted member that if
true means that (1) the container was deleted, and (2) we could actually tell if it was deleted (which isn't always the case).
getBlobs operation gets a list of blob objects in a container, filtered by several input parameters (see the API). The call does not retrieve any actual blob data. Let's say we have the following blobs in a container:
- "foo/blob001.txt",
- "foo/blob002.txt",
- "foo/blob003.txt",
- "foo/zed/blob005.txt"
We can use the
delimiter parameter to cause the cloud service to treat the flat blob namespace as if it where "/" delimited, set a
prefix of "foo/" which is as if we were within the "foo/" implied directory, and specify a
marker of "foo/blob001.txt", which means our first result should be lexicographically after that result.
prefix: "foo/",
delimiter: "/",
marker: "foo/blob001.txt"
.on('error', function (err) {
console.warn("ERROR: %s", err);
.on('end', function (results) {
console.log("Blobs found:");
results.blobs.forEach(function (blob) {
console.log(" * %s", blob.name);
console.log("Psuedo-directories found");
results.dirNames.forEach(function (dirName) {
console.log(" * %s", dirName);
results callback objects includes a
blobs property which is an array of blob objects, as well as
dirNames, an array of strings constituting psuedo-directories at the current "level" (here, within the "foo/" implied directory).
Blobs found:
* foo/blob002.txt
* foo/blob003.txt
Psuedo-directories found
* foo/zed/
PUT'ing a blob allows us to create a new blob with data, as well as insert cloud metadata. Instead of a "request" object, the
putBlob() method gives us a "stream" object instead, which is an implementation of a Node.js Writable Stream. To add data, we can call
write() with strings or
Buffer objects, and then call
end() to start the cloud request. (Note:
end() also optionally takes a string or buffer).
Let's create a blob named "foo.txt" with some string data and a couple of metadata key / value pairs.
var stream = self.container.putBlob("foo.txt", {
metadata: {
'foo': "My foo metadata.",
'bar': 42
// Set handlers.
stream.on('error', function (err) {
console.warn("ERROR: %s", err);
stream.on('end', function (results, meta) {
var blobObj = results.blob;
console.log("Wrote data for: '%s'.", blobObj.name);
// Write, then cause request to start with 'end()'.
stream.write("Hello there!");
which produces:
Wrote data for: 'foo.txt'
If you have a blob object, the method is also available as
Now let's get and print both the data and the metadata. In parallel to PUT, GET blob implements the Readable Stream interface.
Note that per the stream interface, because we set an encoding here, the "data" event passes strings instead of the default
Buffer objects, which we accumulate into an array, then join and print on the "end" event.
var buf = [],
stream = self.container.getBlob("foo.txt", {
encoding: 'utf8'
stream.on('error', function (err) {
console.warn("ERROR: %s", err);
stream.on('data', function (chunk) {
stream.on('end', function (results, meta) {
var blobObj = results.blob;
console.log("Got data for '%s':", blobObj.name);
Object.keys(meta.metadata).forEach(function (key) {
console.log(" * %s: %s", key, meta.metadata[key]);
Every "end" event for both cloud requests and streams passes two parameters:
results and
meta. The
meta object looks like:
headers: {
/* HTTP headers. */
cloudHeaders: {
/* Cloud-specific HTTP headers (e.g., "x-amz-"). */
metadata: {
/* Metadata headers (e.g., "x-amz-meta-"). */
where the cloud-specific part (e.g., "
x-<PROVIDER>-") has been stripped off as an abstraction. In this manner, you don't have to worry if your request headers are formatted for AWS or Google – it just works.
Our end result from the request is:
Got data for 'foo.txt':
Hello there!
* bar: 42
* foo: My foo metadata.
If you have a blob object, the method is also available as
In addition to the aliased blob
put() and
get() methods from the previous section, Sunny provides:
Blob.del(): Delete a Blob. (Make sure to check the API as the semantics differ slightly from the delete container operation).
Blob.head(): Issue HEAD request to Blob. This is the same as a
Blob.get(), except it returns a
requestinstead of a
streamobject, and there is no "data" event. Use this method for retrieving cloud headers and metadata.
There are also local file convenience methods:
Blob.putFromFile(): Read a local file and PUT the data to a cloud blob. Also available as
Blob.getToFile(): GET a blob from the cloud and write it to a local file. Also available as
Headers / Metadata
The above examples show custom headers / metadata that we can add in our
options argument and retrieve from cloud operations in the
meta parameter to our
end event handlers. In both cases, the format is:
headers: {},
cloudHeaders: {},
metadata: {}
So, for most cloud operations, we can call an operation like:
var requestOrStream = containerOrBlob.operation(/* args */, {
headers: {},
cloudHeaders: {},
metadata: {}
We can also get back returned headers, metadata in the same format with the
meta object:
requestOrStream.on('end', function (results, meta) {
console.log("Non-cloud headers: %s", meta.headers);
console.log("Cloud headers: %s", meta.cloudHeaders);
console.log("Cloud metadata: %s", meta.metadata);
Sunny throws two types of errors: normal
Error's and Sunny-specific
Error objects are thrown when there is a programmer or library error (like a missing or invalid parameter during a method call) and should generally be tracked down and eliminated. For operations like putting a local file, etc., if the underlying operation throws a normal
Error, then that can be passed back too (and should be handled).
CloudError's should always be expected and handled by the caller. As all cloud operations are capable of throwing errors in various ways, the errors must be accounted for in program design. The CloudError API page describes the class in full, but here are some noteworthy points about the object.
CloudError has the following useful data:
message: The error message (usually in XML). (from
statusCode: HTTP status code, if any.
and the following error type methods:
isNotFound: Container / blob does not exist.
isInvalidName: Invalid name requested for container / blob.
isNotEmpty: Container cannot be deleted if blobs still exist within it.
isAlreadyOwnedByYou: Creating a container that is already owned by you.
isNotOwner: AWS and Google Storage have a global namespace, so if someone else owns the container name requested, your operations will fail.
The methods correctly abstract differences in cloud providers, so should be used over status code / error message checks whenever possible. For example, if you try and create a container that someone else already owns, both Amazon and Google return a 409 status code, but Amazon's error code is "BucketAlreadyExists", while Google's is "BucketNameUnavailable". In both cases, Sunny allows you to detect this by calling
Error Handling and the API
Remember to check the API documentation for the cloud operation you are invoking. Many methods actually trap and swallow
CloudError's to provide a consistent, cloud-agnostic interface. For instance, creating a container that already exists will get a 200 "OK" response from AWS, whereas Google Storage will return a 409 "BucketAlreadyOwnedByYou" error. Sunny handles this specific situation by swallowing the error and returning a
alreadyCreated boolean member of the
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Not So Gainfully Employed
New study says typical experience of those who enroll at for-profit colleges is a decline in earnings and a rise in debt.
Students who enroll in certificate, associate and bachelor's programs at for-profit colleges and universities generally see a decline in earnings (and typically greater debt) five or six years after attendance, compared to their earnings before enrollment, according to a study released Monday.
The study combines data from the U.S. Education Department (on enrollment of those receiving federal aid) and the Internal Revenue Service (on income levels). Information was collected on about 1.4 million students who enrolled between 2006 and 2008 -- making the cohort examined quite large.
Further, the paper argues that its use of federal tax data allows "for more accurate measures of employment and earnings than the self-reported survey data used in most previous studies of the sector." Most for-profit students are employed prior to enrollment, so comparisons are possible of pre- and post-enrollment income levels.
The research was conducted by Stephanie Riegg Cellini of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University and Nicholas Turner of the Office of Tax Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The study was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (abstract available here). The head of the primary lobbying group for for-profit colleges is questioning the methodology.
The authors offer some caveats for their findings. They note that their finding of a negative economic impact of enrolling at for-profit colleges is significantly due to the large share of students at for-profit colleges who leave without the certificate or degree they were seeking, ending up in many cases with significant debt. Generally, those who finish their programs experience better results. (But only about 30 percent complete associate and bachelor's program, the study says.)
The authors also note that the period studied coincided with the economic downturn that started in 2008, potentially depressing wages and job opportunities. It may also be worth noting that in recent years, some for-profit colleges have closed, while others have announced reforms in admissions and enrollment policies.
Still, the authors write that their findings raise concerns for those who enroll at for-profit colleges and for policies about such students.
Among certificate-seeking students, the study also obtained data to compare the results of for-profit education and a public higher education -- and the comparisons were not flattering to the for-profit sector.
"[W]e find that for-profit students experience lower earnings effects than their public sector counterparts, a result that holds even after accounting for differences in student demographics and programs of study," the study says.
"Separate analyses of the 10 most popular fields of study reveal that for-profit students experience higher returns than public students in only one field (cosmetology), yet none of the top ten fields can be "shown to generate positive total earnings gains for for-profit students."
The study notes that some students fail to complete their programs in all sectors of higher education, but says that the cost of this failure is much higher on students in for-profit higher education.
"The negative earnings effects we find are troubling given the debt that students incur to attend for-profit institutions," the study says. "Examining the distribution of average annual earnings effects and average annual debt payments reveals that the vast majority of for-profit students experience both higher debt and lower earnings after attendance, relative to the years before attendance. Finally, among certificate students we find that despite differences in public support for higher education across states, in all 50 states public support for higher education across states, in all 50 states public institutions reveal higher earnings and lower debt than local for-profit institutions."
The study concludes by noting that those who finish their programs do tend to see a positive impact on wages, but this is a minority of those in bachelor's programs. In master's programs, where 60 percent complete, the impact is more clearly positive overall. Further, the conclusion says that there are individual students who benefit from all kinds of offering at for-profit colleges, and that some for-profit colleges do better than the averages show.
Steve Gunderson, president and CEO of the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, issued a statement Monday questioning the study.
"The study's methodology is an extension of the flawed logic behind the gainful employment regulation -- it looks only at short-term earnings and not at the lifetime benefit of higher education to a new traditional student and their family," Gunderson said. "Career education is the most direct pathway for a new traditional student to the middle class – without a career focused degree or certificate, these students would not have an opportunity to improve their earning potential. The fact is that others in higher education simply do not serve new traditional students and those that do have lower graduation rates than our sector. If we are serious about advancing economic opportunity for all, we need to work collaboratively across all of higher education to focus on what works and doesn't work and provide access, opportunity and outcomes to all Americans seeking to improve their livelihood."
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For users of the Green and Colorado Rivers, changes are coming. The Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands is, for the first time, creating comprehensive management plans for both rivers. The process is a long one, and includes many rounds of public input. The first public engagement meetings have started, but there are more to come.
FFSL is responsible in part for managing sovereign lands of the State of Utah.
"Sovereign land consists of the beds of Utah's navigable rivers and lakes," says the organization's website. "The beds of the Jordan and Bear rivers, as well as portions of the Colorado and Green rivers, are state sovereign lands. The beds of Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake and Bear Lake are all managed by the division under the 'Public Trust' doctrine."
"We want to do an assessment of our sovereign land conditions and we're at the point now where we can take this information," said Laura Vernon, sovereign lands planner for FFSL. "We know that the BLM has a lot of resource management plans and guidance documents but we have to take a look at the resources from our perspective. So similar to the BLM we'll look at all the resources, wildlife, hydrology ... water quality, recreation, cultural resources. We don't have anything on paper from our perspective that talks about what these conditions are and what the future conditions could be. We're going to classify the river."
That classification will take the form of a one-through-six rating based on the degree of use the section of river sees, with one being management to protect existing resource use like bridges, boat ramps or mineral extraction and six being management to protect preservation uses like national parks or wilderness areas. Areas adjacent to the national parks will likely be classified as "Class Six," Vernon said, "to manage to protect existing resource preservation uses."
"FFSL is required to ensure that all uses on, beneath or above the bed of the Green and Colorado rivers are regulated to protect navigation, fish and wildlife habitat, aquatic beauty, public recreation and water quality. The development of the comprehensive management plans and update of the mineral leasing plan will ensure that FFSL maintains clear and consistent guidance on the management of ... river resources," states an FFSL press release.
FFSL anticipates having a final plan produced by December 2019 that will incorporate information from a variety of stakeholders, including federal management agencies, tribes and individuals.
Some of the stakeholders most directly affected by the river management plan will be the property owners adjacent to the river. To notify them, FFSL sent out postcards to the landowners whose addresses they were able to identify from the public record. However, two landowners present at the sparsely attended meeting said that they found out from the newspaper and did not receive postcards
FFSL will also be updating their mineral leasing plan for the Green and Colorado rivers. The 1988 plan was amended most recently in 2012 but refers to expired leases, uses outdated maps and was based on extraction methods at the time and does not properly account for newer extraction demands and practices. FFSL will be gathering information and public comment concurrently with the development of the river management plan.
For more information, visit the FFSL website at bit.ly/gcrcmp or email Laura Vernon at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Task description: this is A google form and 9 people responded. As I said before this was really fun making this and some of My friends said that it was really cool and really made them think what they liked. so this is a task for my holiday blogging comp for team 4.
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This is a screenshot of the responses of my google form. If you are wondering , this is for My holiday blogging not just for fun. It was really fun making it and from all the people filling it out I think they enjoyed it too. It had a range of options to choose from and the form was all about what they liked.
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By – Varda Agrawal
In today's modern life, where technology has become an inseparable part of life, children are equally exposed to the latest trends in technology. And these new generation of kids are tech savvy by birth, or at least it seems so. They are experts in handling gadgets like smartphones, laptops and tablets. Though these gadgets are very helpful in education, kids mainly use them for entertainment.
It is the need of time, to have one such product which combines technology & education, in such a way that it serves all the aspects of child education in a fun & interactive way. And the answer to such need seems to be in the shape of CG Slate. When I got the CG Slate to review, I thought it will be one tablet with some children apps but I was pleasantly surprised.
CG Slate powered by Lenovo, created by ConveGenius is the most awaited product by the parents.
What is CG Slate?
CG Slate is a complete, low-cost, premium educational tablet for children between the ages 3 and 12 years. The product's work can be described in three words 'Learn, Play, Shop', and these are represented by the three available zones on CG Slate, the Learn Zone, the Play Zone, and the Shop Zone. To understand this, you can watch this video by CG Slate, which explains the Learn, Play & Shop concept.
Unique Features of CG Slate:
- It consists of videos, interactive books, games and worksheets that support regular curricula taught in school. All this content is mapped to NCERT syllabus.
- CG Slate is not a gaming platform but it's a gamification of education. It consists of animations, simulations of real life concepts and interactive books that impart knowledge in an interactive manner.
- It has advanced parental control, with separate pins for parents and kids, which ensures that children are exposed to content appropriate for their age.
- It helps parents keep a track of their child's learning outcomes through automatic SMS & Emails. There are a number of filters available to find out the minutest details about the child's performance.
- This Android tablet for kids, is perfectly in line with the latest education technology. It has a very child-friendly and interactive user interface so that every child is able to navigate through it easily.
- Taking consideration all its features & benefits, it is very economical. Moreover, Parents can use the tablet as a normal Android Tablet for their personal use.
What I Observed
- World-class content available to kids for free & no internet connection is needed as the content comes pre-loaded on the 32 GB SD card.
- Multiple profiles can be made for all your kids.
- Different user pins for parents & children. Thus children are only exposed to the content which is appropriate to their age.
- Easy to use interface.
- The content is world class which matches what the child learns in the school.
Why will Parent's Love it?
The reports of the kids are sent to the parents through automatic mails & SMS.
The report is sent in the form of task in progress in the comparison of time spent by children on CG Slate.
The task in progress is evaluated according to Overall performance which includes, Correct, Incorrect, skipped, not attempted questions.
Why CG Slate Is Must Have For Kids
In 21st century, technology plays a very crucial role in imparting education to students. It will be more encouraging for kids to learn, if they will have their own premium educational tablet. As the learning with CG Slate is fun & rewarding, it inspires children to learn.
The cherry on top is this CG Slate comes with
-A coaster set (4 pieces)
-A Titu Fridge Magnet
-A Titu Keychain and Book mark
-Titu Stickers and Name Slips
- A colorful goodie bag
These all things will surely get your kids all more excited.
So if you wish to gift your kid this Premium , Economical , Educational Tablet, then Hurry Up!! As CG Slate is exclusively available on Flipkart & first 1,000 customers are eligible for an Early Bird Discount of 12% and the tablet would cost them INR 7,499, instead of the MRP which is INR 8,499.
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The new Thor Windsport models at The RV Shop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana provide plenty of ways for you and the family to get out and enjoy some time together. No matter where your destination happens to be, getting there is half the fun when you're driving there in your new Windsport. If you're looking for good times with the kids, grandkids or some of your best friends, get in a Thor Windsport motorhome from The RV Shop and get ready to have some fun! A variety of innovative floorplans allow you to find a Thor Windsport that can meet your every want and need, as well as offering plenty of room for your passengers to stretch out and get comfortable. Whether you're heading on a road trip across the country, or taking part in some Baton Rouge tailgating, a new Thor Windsport motorhome can make any occasion more enjoyable.
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Thinking of starting a garden this season? Learn some vegetable gardening basics to get you off to a good start! We'll cover types of beds or containers, healthy soil, planting techniques including companions, interplanting, and crop rotation. You'll learn the difference between hybrids, heirloom, and organic seeds; perennials and annuals; water or irrigation systems; and why organic methods are important.
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May 20, 2014
by Canadian Architect
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, come together with Toronto Community Housing and local developers Daniels, Tridel and Context to discuss the urban makeovers of Regent Park, Alexandra Park and Lawrence Heights.
While presenting unique challenges, these urban renewal projects are setting new standards for the development of socially mixed neighbourhoods: reconnecting them back to the fabric of the city by seamlessly mixing uses, architectural styles and income levels within the redeveloped community.
Bud Purves, Chair, Toronto Community Housing will begin the discussion by providing an overview on the mission of Toronto Community Housing. This will be followed with presentations from three developers whose partnership with Toronto Community Housing has been instrumental in creating the desired mixed-use, mixed-income communities.
Regent Park: Remo Agostino, Vice President Development at The Daniels Corporation, will review the Regent Park Revitalization. A joint venture between Toronto Community Housing, Daniels and The City of Toronto, the revitalization is rebuilding the neighbourhood for 12,500 residents over 15 years. The revitalization plans include community facilities and adding new affordable rental and affordable home ownership opportunities transforming what was once solely a social-housing development into a self-sufficient, mixed-income multi-use community.
Alexandra Park: Stephen Upton, Vice President of Planning and Development at Tridel, will review the first development phase at Alexandra Park, a diverse community located in the heart of Toronto's downtown, surrounded by the vibrant neighbourhoods of Kensington Market, Chinatown and West Queen West. Tridel was awarded the opportunity to work with Toronto Community Housing for Phase 1, which will involve the construction of two market condominium buildings and 61 rent-geared-to-income (RGI) replacement rental townhouses that will be managed by the Atkinson Housing Co-operative.
Lawrence Heights: Howard Cohen, President of Context Developments, will provide an overview on the Lawrence Heights Revitalization project, a Toronto Community Housing neighbourhood located between the Lawrence West and Yorkdale subway stations along both sides of the Allen Expressway. Toronto Community Housing selected Context and Metropia as the corporation's developer partner and construction manager for Phase 1 of the Lawrence Heights revitalization. Phase 1 will cover 25 acres (10 hectares) and will include the replacement of 233 Toronto Community Housing rent-geared-to-income units and the addition of new market condominiums and townhomes, as well as new retail space and parkland.
The event takes place in the Ada Slaight Hall + Artscape Lounge at Regent Park Daniels Spectrum, located at 585 Dundas Street East in Toronto. Registration and networking takes place from 5:30pm to 6:00pm, followed by the discussion and a Q&A session. From 7:30pm to 8:30pm, a tour of Regent Park will be enjoyed by ULI members, followed by a post-tour discussion. Registration is required for the members-only tour.
Admission is $55 for ULI members; $40 for the public sector and young leaders (ULI members under 35); $20 for students, and $80 for non-members.
The last day to register is Monday, May 19, 2014.
For more information and to register, please visit http://toronto.uli.org/event/developing-mixed-income-multi-use-communities-torontos-priority-neighbourhoods/


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text: I have always been amazed at Desmond Tutu. His thought and his life have always seemed to me to be a bright light of what a Christian life is about in really challenging times. It is true his life also exemplifies the life of someone who is both a sinner and a saint. That though is what makes him inspiring. Here is an interview with him.


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ACAPULCO, Mexico (CBS.MW) -- The Mexican banking industry, itself sometimes at the center of global criticism over corruption, used a conference this week to urge for tougher government enforcement of banking laws.
''Mexican society, unfortunately, has learned that everything is negotiable and that the law applies only when it is convenient for those who govern,'' said Mexican Bankers Association president Hector Rangel, according to the Associated Press.
''We don't necessarily need more laws,'' Rangel said. ''What we need are that the laws we have are enforced.''
After taxpayer money bailed out a debt-ridden Mexico in the mid-1990s, critics charge that government-rescued banks turned most of that money into loans to companies owned by top officers or their friends.
Ten years ago banks in Mexico were privatized, but the system had since lacked even minimal supervisory controls.
Times are changing, though. For instance, a law approved last year speeds up the bankruptcy process. In the past, it took years for banks to repossess cars and houses when debtors fell behind on payments.
And last year, several banking industry consolidations have freed up capital to funnel back into the economy and are forcing banks to become more competitive.
Spanish banking giant Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria merged with Mexico's second-largest bank, Bancomer, while BBVA's top Spanish rival, Banco Santander Central Hispano, acquired Serfin, Mexico's third-largest bank.
More banks have been offering credit cards and car loans, with heavy restrictions, still reeling from the credit crisis.
In addition, there appears to be continued optimism about the Mexican economy, even amid fears of a recession in the United States -- the market for nearly 85 percent of Mexico's exports.
Our economy ''has been able to overcome -- with stability -- the recent volatile episodes of the international financial markets,'' Mexican President Vicente Fox, elected in part because of his pro-business stance, said in a speech opening the convention.
On Friday, Bank of Mexico Governor Guillermo Ortiz said the country had attracted $10 billion in capital in the first quarter, helping increase the peso's value nearly 3 percent since the beginning of the year, the Associated Press said.


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Lingual braces are attached to the back side of the teeth which makes them invisible. They were designed for adults who want to pursue orthodontic treatment without letting others know they are wearing braces. Because lingual brackets are attached to the backs of the teeth which have a unique shape, they need to be "custom-made" by a laboratory. Dr. Gupton has been on the tack force of the orthodontic company which makes lingual braces for over twenty years and was a founding member of the American Lingual Orthodontic Association.


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A Few Sooners to Keep Your Eye on Against the Buckeyes
If Oklahoma wants to come out of Columbus with a win, these players need to deliver.
This Saturday's matchup between Oklahoma and Ohio State has been billed as one of the can't miss games of the 2017 season. Much like the 2016 contest was billed as one of the can't miss games of the season, until Oklahoma melted down in the season opener against Houston, and basically got run off the field against the Buckeyes in Norman.
Sooner fans were left shaking their heads in defeat last season, but this season brings new expectations, and with Oklahoma bringing in some momentum after obliterating UTEP, it would appear their confidence level is much higher going into this year's matchup.
Now will that confidence be enough to get a win in the Shoe? That is to be determined on Saturday. But if Oklahoma does want to get that big win that they and the Big 12 need, a few key players are going to have to step up to ensure the Sooners get what they came for.
Mark Andrews – After the big fella's big day in the opener against UTEP, this one seems kind of obvious. Andrews is a matchup nightmare for all most any defense. The guy is big, long, and has some good speed for his 6'5″, 254 pound frame. Last week he snagged seven catches for 134 yards and a touchdown. More than likely the Ohio State defense will have some answers for the tight end, but he is too big of a target for the Buckeyes to ignore, so look for Oklahoma to definitely go to him often, but possibly use him as a decoy to get other guys involved.
Jeff Badet – The speedy transfer from Kentucky did not disappoint Sooner fans last Saturday. Badet grabbed four catches for 91 yards, including a very impressive, acrobatic 51-yard catch that was a bit under thrown. His speed was obvious, so his speed will be important against a very talented, and inexperienced, Ohio State secondary. If Badet can manage to find separation from the Ohio State defensive backs, and get into space for Baker Mayfield to throw him the ball, he could have a really big day.
Dimitri Flowers – Possibly the most versatile player on the Oklahoma offense, Dimitri Flowers should be on the field a lot on Saturday, and he will more than likely be used in all sorts of ways. His run blocking will be valuable to help pave the way with that big offensive line in order to get the running backs some holes, and his pass blocking to help give Baker Mayfield time to throw against that defense could make a huge difference in the game.
His ability to catch the ball out of the back field, and at times when he lines up in the slot or out wide, gives the Sooners another weapon against this talented defense. But possibly the biggest area where Flowers could make a difference, is running the ball. Last week against UTEP, Lincoln Riley added a new wrinkle in which we saw three fullbacks lineup in a special jumbo package that many Sooners fans were unfamiliar with. Going up against the best defensive line in college football, it only makes sense to get some big fellas lined up in the backfield and pound that ball.
Caleb Kelly – Oklahoma's defense was downright horrid at times last season. It was not until Caleb Kelly began to see the field in the final six games, when that defense finally began to look different. Kelly brings a very physical presence for this defense, (just ask the Auburn Tigers). He happens to be a supreme pass rusher as well, so if he can get JT Barrett flustered enough to make some poor decisions, there really is not much more you can ask for than that.
Neville Gallimore – The Oklahoma defensive line got pushed around last season against the Buckeyes to say the least. The Sooners gave up 291 yards rushing last year, and if they want to have a shot to win, that number needs to be much, much lower. Gallimore is probably the most talented lineman Oklahoma has on that defense, so in order to plug those gaps and keep those Buckeye running backs from getting yards like last season, Gallimore needs to set the tone early and often.
Parnell Motley – JT Barrett exposed Oklahoma's cornerback position last season, as the Sooners were breaking in a new starter opposite Jordan Thomas. The Sooners are once again breaking in a new starter opposite Jordan Thomas this season, and it happens to be Parnell Motley, who wowed coaches and teammates all through spring and fall practices. Nicknamed "DC Island," Motley needs to be sure he doesn't get lost out there, like Parrish Cobb did last season. Jordan Thomas is a four-year starter, he knows what he's doing on that opposite corner spot, so Motley will more than likely be tested often, so he really needs to have a stellar game in order for Oklahoma to get it done.
This game has the chance to reset the perception of the Big 12 if Oklahoma can win. After the opening weekend the conference had, and the non-conference the Big 12 had last season, this game is extremely important from a national perception standpoint. With all that being said, Oklahoma, the Big 12 turns its lonely eyes to you.


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Ichiro most liked sports figure in Japan
by Gen on Sep.02, 2010 @ 10:57 pm, under Other
According to a survey conducted by the Sasakawa Sports Foundation (taken once every two years), Ichiro Suzuki is the most liked sports figure in Japan (21.1% of all votes). This marks the third time in a row that Ichiro has come out on top (2006, 2008, 2010). He was also tops in all surveys split between the sexes and generations.
Figure-skater Mao Asada (8.9%) and golfer Ryo Ishikawa (8.5%) came in second and third place respectively.
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In this large workbook, a stand-alone companion to How to Reassess Your Chess, Jeremy Silman provides 131 problems designed to test a player's strengths and weaknesses. These problems cover openings, middlegames (both positional and tactical) and endgames. As a player completes one of these problems, he or she may then turn to Mr. Silman's answer, which is always detailed yet never dry. Through this process of problem solving, analysis and advice, a player is led to discover the major flaws embedded in his or her playing. Through this same process, a player is also led to an understanding of Mr. Silman's system of thinking about the game and how it differs from many other popular systems of chess thinking. This workbook may be utilized with or without Silman's earlier book How to Reassess Your Chess. It may be used in the workbook fashion described above, or its section devoted to answers may be read as an instruction manual in itself. However one chooses to read this book, it will surely prove a font of wisdom and insight for all student players. Marketing
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Is the flood global or local? This is an issue of intense debate between young earth creationists and old earth creationists. Young earth creationists believe the flood described in Genesis 6-9 covered the entire planet, such that not a single piece of land was left visible, this wiped out all of humanity except for the few on board the ark. Old Earth Creationists like myself agree that the flood killed every human being except for Noah and his family, but disagree that it covered the entire planet. They instead believe that the flood covered only a large part of the Mesopotamian region, which was the only part of the world necessary to flood if you wanted all of humankind eliminated as humanity hadn't scattered to every corner of the globe. Flooding anywhere else would have been superfluous. I wrote an article giving several reasons why I find the local interpretation of the flood more plausible than the global interpretation in my blog post "Several Reasons Why I Believe A Local Flood Is More Plausible".
But one objection that I see consistently raised from the young earth creationist crowd is the question of why God didn't just ask Noah to move if the flood didn't cover the entire world. It's a good question. After all, if the flood didn't cover the entire planet, Noah had somewhere else to go. Why not just tell Noah's family to pack their bags and leave. Evacuation seems like a more reasonable response to an oncoming flood. Building a massive Ark and putting all those animals on it, the young earther argues, would only make sense if the flood engulfed the entire planet, leaving no dry land to move to.
First off, I think we could ask similar questions about other instances in The Bible. Why did God make the Israelites march around Jericho for seven days prior to the wall falling down? Why did God make the Israelite look upon the bronze serpent to be healed of snake bite in the wilderness? Why did Jesus spit on some mud, rub it on the eyes of a blind man, and then tell him to wash the mud off in the pool of Siloam in order to cure him of blindness? None of these things were required by God in order for Him to get His purposes achieved. If we're going to reject a local flood interpretation because we don't understand why God made Noah build an Ark, we would have to reject the biblical accounts of Jericho's fall and the blind man's healing. Sometimes God does things we don't understand. In fact, God didn't even need to use a flood at all. God could have made all of the evil people simultaneously have heart attacks and drop dead, or He could have struck every individual down with lightning, or He could have done any number of things. We could just as well ask why God didn't use any of these potential methods for judging humanity rather than a flood. Obviously God had reasons for using both a flood and telling Noah to build an ark, even if we don't know what those reasons were.
But we need not appeal to mystery. I think a good reason can be given for why God told Noah to build the ark in spite of the less than global extent of the Genesis flood. Reading through The Bible, the attentive reader will notice a pattern whenever God unleashes His judgment. Whenever God's about to open up a can of whoop-butt, he sends a prophet to warn the people ahead of time, so that they can repent and possibly avoid God's judgment. This is because God loves all people (John 3:16) and is "not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). God is love (1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:16), as such, He really would rather not judge anyone for their sins, but instead forgive them, but this is only on the condition of repentance (see Ezekiel 18:23, Ezekiel 33:11). This is why He sends prophets ahead of time to try to persuade people to repent. For example, God sent angels to Sodom before it was to be destroyed (Genesis 19:1), sent Jonah to Nineveh to warn them of the judgment to come (Jonah 3:3), and will send two prophets to warn the people of the earth of the final judgment. (Revelation 11:3). The Ark was a big testimony to the people of Noah's time that a judgment was coming. Noah was the messenger of judgment to these ancient peoples.
This is exactly what The New Testament tells us about Noah". "For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;" - 2 Peter 2:4-5
If God had Noah and his family evacuate the area, the people never would had the 100 years of preaching that they did in fact receive. But God, in His great love for them, had Noah stay and preach to them, trying to persuade them from their evil so that God would not have to destroy them. The flood didn't catch these ancient peoples by surprise. It was prophesied to them for an entire century. In the end, they had no excuse for their sins. God was completely fair to them. He gave them 100 years grace to repent, but when those 100 years had come, God, in His righteousness, justly eliminated them.


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God is Love. We are each a beautiful, magnificent, multi-dimensional being, whose soul purpose is to expand into love and be love. Be love. And then, what if we realized how powerful we are? May we shine the beautiful, magnificent love of God through our hearts and into the world. May there be peace within our hearts and within the world. Namaste.
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President Clinton proposed a $110 billion package of tax credits and subsidies to help people get health insurance over the next decade. He said the plan would cover at least five million uninsured people. He would, for example, let parents enroll in the new Children's Health Insurance Program. And he would help low-wage workers pay premiums for insurance offered by employers. ROBERT PEARContinue reading the main story
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Bird Songs Are the New Alarm Clock
By Linda Knittel, Senior Editor
One of my favorite things about camping is waking up to the sounds of birds singing right outside the tent. Although rolling out of bed to begin your workday might not be quite as relaxing as waking up in nature, a new app created by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History can make it more peaceful by turning your alarm into a symphony of bird songs.
Available for free on Apple's App Store as well as on GooglePlay, the app, Dawn Chorus, allows you to choose up to five bird songs out of twenty varieties, all native to the northeastern United States. The bird calls are thanks to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library, which houses the world's largest archive of animal sounds. In addition to your learning each bird's song, the app also offers information about their habits and habitats.
One of the best things about Dawn Chorus is you can curate the order of the birds you want to hear. I like to start out with the melodic tune of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet and end with the calls and pecking noises of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. There is also a convenient 10-minute snooze option.
Since Dawn Chorus requires that you keep your phone off its mute setting throughout the night, and I can't risk being prematurely woken up by an incoming email at 3:00 a.m., I don't usually use it as my morning alarm. However, I find the melodic calls are the perfect way to end my timed meditation in the morning, and my son loves to use Dawn Chorus as the reward at the end of his two-minute teeth brushing.
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Keep a close eye on it with LG Commercial Security Solutions
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Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 May 2009 – The security industry is worth billions of rands annually. As real estate and insured articles become more expensive it is important to keep a good eye on them. LG Electronics for the first time in South Africa through its recently launched LG Commercial Division is able to offer commercial customers a full range of LG Security Solutions that not only ensure that life is good, but also that life's safe.
For decades consumers have relied upon LG technology to deliver leading-edge consumer electronics solutions. LG Commercial through the LG Global Commercial solutions business is able to build upon the consumer trust associated with the LG brand to offer internationally proven and reliable commercial security solutions in South Africa.
The products in the LG Commercial Security line up include, Dome Cameras, Fixed Cameras, Zoom Cameras, Lenses, Recording Systems, Monitors and Network Products. The LG Commercial Security Solutions use state-of-the-art technology that will fulfil surveillance needs, anytime, anywhere.
The LG Fixed Cameras offer a multitude of uses for customers in various markets. The high resolution cameras offer superior image quality even in low luminance (0.00003 Lux), bright light and high contrast environments.
LG Zoom Cameras combine a powerful x37 zoom lens with a wide, horizontal field of view; perfect for a wide range of surveillance duties. All LG Zoom Cameras incorporate a high sensitivity, ¼ type Exview or Super HAD CCD for vivid images at illumination as low as 0.0001 Lux. 3D-Noise Reduction ensures images are sharp when surveillance duties most require it.
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Colin Farrell becomes #mitoaware
On October 6th we met with a true gentleman, Mr. Colin Farrell as part of an awareness campaign for Mitochondrial Disease and to highlight the devastating effects that this disease has on its victims. Colin entered that room on October 6th not as a Hollywood superstar but as a father, a human, a man full of compassion and empathy. He was genuinely deeply moved upon hearing Katie's story and visibly emotional. On seeing her picture, he very sincerely described our darling girl as "absolutely beautiful".
He happily took his time to meet with every single person in attendance including Ashling and Colm Nibbs and their wonderful little boy Oran (Oran suffers from Mito), Gina and Eddie Grant and their lovely boys Francis (Francis suffers from Mito) and Christopher, Lillian Russell and her stunning darling daughter Emily (Emily suffers from Mito) and Grainne O'Sullivan and her amazing boys Eoin (Emily suffers from Mito) and Michael.
From the very bottom of our hearts, we would like to say the biggest thank you to Colin Farrell for his time and his kindness. We must also say thank you to Grainne, Cora and James without whom none of this would have come together and to all of our dear friends who were with us yesterday and every other day to support us.
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