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Nineteen months ago Cheyenne Avenue in Downey was a darkened haven for thieves, gang members and graffiti-writing youths. Residents lived without street lights, sidewalks or even stop signs at some intersections. Carmen Sarabia Vinyard, fed up with her street's bleak situation, decided that something had to be done.
So she contacted city officials and other property owners on her street and convinced them that it was time to clean up the neighborhood. She circulated petitions and gathered signatures, and led a group of 2-dozen residents before the City Council. Her determination was rewarded when city officials agreed to lend a financial hand to the revitalization of Cheyenne Avenue.
Aided by the city's Community Development Agency, which works to inject new life into neighborhoods that need help, Cheyenne Avenue property owners agreed to pay for many of the street improvements--at a reduced rate--while the city donated some materials.
"My biggest problem was convincing the absentee landlords that this was something the neighborhood needed," Vinyard said.
Today, 41 street lights shine over Cheyenne Avenue and the two alleys flanking it, and wheelchair-accessible sidewalks line the street's three blocks between Paramount Boulevard and Downey Avenue.


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I have been doing some analysis of British and European Trade patterns over the Post World War 2 period. They reveal some very interesting insights that are seemingly lost in the on-going war by Europhiles against Brexit. One of the recurring themes in the Brexit debate is the so-called importance of membership of the European Union to on-going prosperity of Britain through trade. What the data reveals is that British exports growth did not accelerate with accession to the EU in 1973 and after the introduction of the 'Single Market', British exports to the EU started to level off and then decline rather sharply. In other words, Britain has been diversifying its exports and is less reliant on the EU than it was say in the early 1990s. The data also shows that the creation of the Single Market hasn't even boosted intra-EU or intra-Eurozone trade. Additionally, and laterally, the data suggests that the introduction of the euro has not expanded intra-EMU trade. The claims by the Euro-elites that it would were a major part of their justification for pushing through to the common currency. I consider this sort of evidence has been largely ignored by those in the Remain camp, who prefer to base their assertions on the highly questionable 'forecasts' coming from neoliberal-inspired 'models', which have so far demonstrated an appalling record of accordance with the facts. The data I have shown here doesn't provide an open and shut case for Brexit. But it does show that the importance of EU membership to Britain's prosperity is probably overstated and that Britain will prosper if its own policy settings are appropriate.
The anti-Brexit crowd are now leaving behind a litany of flawed statements relying on so-called 'research' that is quickly rendered ridiculous by the passing of time – that is, the evidence.
First, we had to the incompetent piece of propaganda masquerading as economic modelling from the British Treasury – HM Treasury analysis: the immediate economic impact of leaving the EU (released May 23, 2016).
The stated aim of the Treasury analysis:
… was to quantify 'the impact … over the immediate period of two years following a vote to leave'
A more realistic interpretation was that the Treasury 'analysis' (using that descriptor rather liberally) was deliberately designed to bias the June Referendum vote towards delivering a Remain outcome.
I considered that Report in this blog post – Austerity is the problem for Britain not Brexit.
I discussed the major flaws in the modelling approach that produced their forecasts and concluded, categorically, that the scenarios they painted (outlined in the Table below) were far fetched in the extreme.
Just weeks before the referendum, the then-chancellor George Osborne, citing the report, warned that 'a vote to leave would represent an immediate and profound shock to our economy' and that the 'shock would push our economy into recession and lead to an increase in unemployment of around 500,000'.
At the time, the ridiculous Treasury estimates presented in the Table above were complemented by a host of other estimates from other organisations (investment banks, multilateral institutions, etc) – all telling the same story. Doom from the outset and getting worse.
The stuck-record' Guardian writer William Keegan wrote in his comment (September 4, 2016) – Brexit is truly daunting: this is the biggest crisis I have known – that:
Noises emanating from the Treasury and the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggest there is already panic in the ranks about a prospective deterioration in the budgetary position as a result of the likely impact on tax revenues of Brexit.
Time has a habit of exposing fakes!
The following graph compares the actual course of Real GDP against the two claimed impacts (which I have linearised). The actual data is current until the December-quarter 2017 and the dotted line just assumes that the 0.4 per cent growth in that quarter continues.
It really doesn't matter what we assume about the first two quarters of 2018, the reality will never be close to the fake estimates produced by HM Treasury.
With this degree of error, why should anyone ever trust further analysis put out by organisations using the same type of modelling technology.
GIGO – Garbage In, Garbage Out.
Official national accounts data from the British Office of National Statistics (ONS) shows that by the end of 2017, British GDP was already higher by 3.2 per cent relative to its level at the time of the Brexit vote – a far cry from the deep recession we were told to expect.
HM Treasury Predicted that the number of people unemployed would rise by 520,000 under the Shock scenario and 820,000 under the Severe Shock scenario by June 2018.
The actual unemployment is likely to be 1,368,885 million by June 2018, down from 1,640,373 in June 2016 at the time of the Vote. The Treasury estimates would have you believe it would have been 2,160,373 (Shock) or 2,440,373 (Severe Shock).
The following graph charts the actual path of British unemployment against the forecasts (based on an assumption that the current annual rate of decline is maintain for the first two quarters of 2018 – given the last quarterly estimate is for the December-quarter).
Similarly, the unemployment rate is likely to remain around its current level of 4.3 per cent (down 0.6 points) whereas the Treasury claimed it would rise to 6.5 per cent (Shock) or 7.3 per cent (Severe Shock).
By January 2018 there were 187 thousand fewer people unemployed that at the time of the Referendum – a 43-year-low. Economically inactive people – those who are neither working nor looking for a job – fell by their largest amount in almost five-and-a- half years.
Finally, the next graph shows the actual Public Sector Net Borrowing (£ billions) in 2016-17 (£47.6 billion), the likely outcome given current trajectory for the 2017-18 fiscal year (£43.4 billion) and the Treasury forecasts under the Shock (£71.6 billion) and Severe Schock (£86.6 billion) scenarios.
Not even close.
Needless to say, that while inflation did indeed rise on the back of a weaker sterling – to a modest three per cent – it is now rapidly falling again. This, combined, with (a yet too) modest real wage growth, means that the former is starting to pick up with the latter.
Particularly embarrassing for the professional doomsayers is the data concerning the performance of British industry over the past two years, despite the uncertainty concerning the negotiations with the EU – thanks in no small part to the British government's inane conduct.
The Economist article (February 8, 2018) – Britain's long-suffering makers are enjoying a once-in-a-generation boom concluded that:
… manufacturing is seeing its strongest growth since the late 1990s.
This view is supported by analysis from the British manufacturers' Organisation.
In its April Monthly Briefing (released April 5, 2018) it said that:
1. "After a slow 2017, despite a roaring labour market and above target inflation, wage growth is finally beginning to pick up."
2. "consumers think that this is the right period to save money and that their personal financial situation is going to improve in the next year."
3. "Meanwhile the manufacturing sector set a new record with nine months of uninterrupted monthly growth."
4. "Business investment has been revised up in the last quarter of 2017 and the current reading is for a quarterly expansion of 0.3% and an overall expansion of 2.4% in 2017".
On Brexit, their assessment was that:
A year from now, not much will be different. If it all goes according to plan, the UK will officially be outside
the European Union tent but as we, most probably, will be in the first days of the status quo implementation period nothing will feel particularly different. The economic backdrop probably won't have shifted too much either.
A far cry from the hysteria coming from the propaganda machines linked to the Remainers.
At least this assessment is grounded in what is actually happening with the data.
The improvement is largely due to a growing demand for British exports, which are reaping the benefits of the lower pound and improved world trade conditions.
The Remain camp – on both sides of politics – have now forgotten how bad the early Treasury and related analysis was.
They have a new 'talisman' now – the much-publicised leaked report prepared by none other than the British government's Department of Exiting the European Union released in January 2018 – EU Exit Analysis Cross Whitehall Briefing.
The Briefing was meant to be confidential information for the 'House of Commons Exiting the European Union Committee'.
I won't consider all the political ramifications of the leak and the subsequent decision to make the document public.
Like the previous Treasury analysis (there were two documents published in 2016 – the analysis cited above of the effects over the immediate two-year horizon and the estimated longer run impacts) – the leaked document provided estimates of the supposed economic impact of Britain's exit from the EU under various scenarios.
The scenarios include Single Market access through the European Economic Area (EEA), a free trade agreement outside of the Single Market and leaving the EU with no deal – and concludes that in all its possible forms Brexit would have a substantially negative impact on the UK's GDP.
Estimates range from a 2 per cent lower GDP and 700,000 fewer jobs over the next 15 years to an 8 per cent lower GDP and as much as 2.8 million fewer jobs.
So a sort of horror story being maintained.
Even those on the Left are citing the leaked report claiming that as it was produced by Britain's 'pro-Brexit government' it must be reliable – implying that it can't in any way be suspected of suffering from an anti-Brexit bias.
See, for example, the article (April 12, 2018) – Is Labour up to a Brexit In Name Only? – by a commentator (who was associated with the Makroskop team), Will Denayer:
Why do I oppose Brexit? The following figures have been produced by Her Majesty's pro Brexit government, so it's hardly Remain propaganda.
His anti-Brexit argument invokes almost every Brexit-related myth in the Project Fear book: withdrawing from the European Union (EU) will be an economic disaster for the UK; 'tens of thousands' of jobs will be lost; human rights will be 'substantially' reduced; 'principles of fair trials, free speech and decent labour standards will all be compromised'.
In short, Brexit will transform Britain into a quasi-fascist dystopia, a failed state – or even worse, an international pariah – cut off from the civilised world.
The intent of his entry into the debate is to criticise what he considers to be Jeremy Corbyn's hitherto ambiguous Brexit strategy and calls upon him – and the Labour Party more in general – to take a radical pro-Remain stand.
This view is shared by most progressives across Europe but does not stand up to scrutiny.
The problem is that commentators who cite the leaked Report as a credible entry into the debate, ignore the obvious fact that the underlying modelling used to produce the estimates is riddled with neoliberal biases and is notoriously unreliable.
The workhorse models used to predict the economic effects are called Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models and the results from simulations are highly sensitive to the numerical calibration of the relationships in the models and the assumptions made about, for example, technology effects ('returns to scale').
The models are notoriously unreliable and easily manipulated to achieve whatever outcome one desires. I could calibrate and construct a CGE model to produce a utupian outcome for Brexit, but that outcome would be as flawed as the official estimates being produced.
The neoliberal biases built into these modelling exercises include assertions that markets are self-regulating and capable of delivering optimal outcomes (so long as they are unhindered by government intervention); that 'free trade' is unambiguously positive; that governments are financially constrained; that supply-side factors are much more relevant than demand-side ones; that individuals base their decision on 'rational expectations' about economic variables, etc.
Many of the key assumptions used to construct these statistical exercises bear no relation to reality. Simply put, the forecasting models – and mainstream macroeconomics in general – are built on a sequence of interrelated lies and myths.
I recall back in the 1980s, when the conservative government in Australia was trying to reduce the power of trade unions and cut workers' entitlements, mainstream 'think' tanks using CGE models shows that cutting wages would deliver massive employment gains, stronger economic growth and better export performance.
But, by way of example of how one can 'cook' the results to get the outcome desired, when one examined the numerical calibrations of the academic models that were used, one found the employment sensitivity to real wage changes being used (the value of the coefficient) bore no relation to reality and the sensitivity to lost income from the wage cuts being virtually zero, when reality tells us the opposite.
So, of course, a real wage cut will generate massive employment gains under these 'assumptions'. But the estimates are then not akin to anything that would happen in reality.
It is a similar story to the scandalous 'mistakes' made by the IMF in their modelling of the impacts of austerity under the second Greek bailout in 2012.
See this blog post – The culpability lies elsewhere … always! (January 7, 2013) – for detail on that scandal.
The point is that these exercises are not free of ideological bias and unless they are released for public scrutiny one has no way of knowing the extent of those biases.
The British government has refused to release the technical aspects of their CGE modelling, which suggests they do not want independent analysts like me examining their 'black box' assumptions.
However, given how embarrassing their previous 'official' forecasts have proven to be, the leaked document warns readers that:
Results for different scenarios are always assumption-dependent … Excessive weight should not be given to single-point estimates, given uncertainties, ranges of opinion on assumptions, global and sector trends and a variety of potential end states.
But having said that, they still claim that this type of "economic analysis provides us with the best available evidence base on which to draw a 'broad' directional picture".
Well, the reality is that the forecasts are not "evidence" at all, for the reasons outlined above.
The document also emphasises that the CGE modelling was not used "pre-Referendum" as an attempt to distance the analysis from their disastrous Treasury modelling cited above.
But they still persist with the deployment of the so-called Gravity model of trade which is the standard mainstream framework.
They use gravity modelling to inform the CGE models.
Gravity modelling was first introduced in 1962 by the Dutch econometrician Jan Tinbergen and is motivated by two simple assumptions:
1. Countries with larger GDP levels will have more bi-lateral trade.
2. Countries that are geographically proximate will have more bi-lateral trade – lower transport costs, easier to gain intelligence to understand cultures etc.
When Tinbergen introduced this computational approach to understanding bi-lateral trade, goods trade dominated total trade flows and services trade required people to be in situ.
Hence the importance of transport costs etc.
But now, much trade occurs in services which can be delivered digitally and have zero transport costs.
There are also major issues in the statistical procedures used to generate gravity modelling estimates. I won't go into these technical problems, but while there is a huge literature dealing with them, doubts remain on the veracity of the 'numbers' produced.
Trade patterns
The Remain camp take it as a self-evident truth that Britain has enjoyed huge benefits from joining the European Union and later with the introduction of the Single Market.
I considered that proposition in this blog post – Oh poor Britain – overrun by chlorinated chickens, hapless without the EU (February 1, 2018).
I showed that there is very little proof that the 'Single Market' has improved the relative performance of the EU15 economies (productivity, GDP per capita) against the US, the exemplar of a 'single market'.
In fact, the dramatic shift that marked the introduction of the 'Single Market' was associated with a worsening the relative position of the EU15 against the US and Japan by not maintaining the closure that was occurring pre-single market.
To get a feel for how important the EU might be for British trade I have been digging further into the data.
Accessing, the very complex – IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) – produces some interesting insights.
The first graph shows the growth in exports from 1950 to 2017 (where the index is set to 100 in 1950). The EU and the US have followed the pattern of World growth (being important components of it) but the UK has lagged well behind since the early 1970s – when it accessed membership of the EU.
The EU evolution is dominated by the export strength of Germany.
To put the previous graph in context, I added Germany and the PRC. The shift in world exports to China has been very significant.
The next graph shows the regional shares of British exports (EU and EMU) between 1950 to 2017.
Two things are obvious:
1. There was no particular acceleration in British exports to the EU or to the nations now comprising the Member States of the Eurozone after it accessed membership of the EU in 1973.
2. After the introduction of the Single Market, twenty years later, the British share of exports going to the EU and the EMU flattened and after the 2005 (pre-GFC) started to decline rather sharply.
In other words, Britain has been diversifying its exports and is less reliant on the EU than it was say in the early 1990s.
Exports to China have risen from virtually zero in 1973 to 4.8 per cent of the total in 2017, while exports to the EU are falling towards the 1973 levels.
The data also shows that the creation of the Single Market hasn't even boosted intra-EU or intra-Eurozone trade.
The next graph shows the percentage of total exports that go to Member States within the European Union (blue) and the Eurozone (red) from 1980 to 2017.
I ensured that the construction of the political blocs (EU and EMU) and the allocation of export flows was consistent with the rolling (expanding) membership of each bloc, although it doesn't alter the conclusion if a constant membership was used.
The Single Market came into operation in 1992 about the time the data shows that trade within the EU (and between the Member States that would become the EMU) flat lined and has been falling since around 2005.
So even within a customs union, where tariff barriers are prohibitive to entry from foreign exports, the Single Market has not improved the British export performance – quite the contrary.
As the following graph shows, the share of the intra-EU export of the EU total export, after experiencing a steady rise throughout the 1980s, has effectively stagnated from the mid-1990s – that is, from the creation of the Single Market – until end of the 2000s, and has been on a downward trend ever since.
The same applies for the intra-EMU export of the total EMU export.
A Bruegel note (August 27, 2014) – Sharp decline in intra-EU trade over the past 4 years adds that:
… the Euro Area has been following nearly the exact same pattern as the European Union as a whole, suggesting the common currency might not have had the expected effect on trade between Euro Area members.
A further observation drawn from the IMF Directions of Trade database is that while global exports have grown by 5 times since 1991 and the advanced economies exports have grown by 3.91 times, the EU exports have only grown by 3.7 times and the Eurozone by 3.4 times.
Thus, in both relative and absolute terms the Single Market has not had the major postive effect that the anti-Brexit lobby would have us believe.
It is, of course, always possible that without the Single Market, outcomes would have been much worse. But that conjecture would be difficult to sustain.
I consider this sort of evidence has been largely ignored by those in the Remain camp, who prefer to base their assertions on the highly questionable 'forecasts' coming from neoliberal-inspired 'models', which have so far demonstrated an appalling record of accordance with the facts.
The data I have shown here doesn't provide an open and shut case for Brexit.
But it does show that the importance of EU membership to Britain's prosperity is probably overstated and that Britain will prosper if its own policy settings are appropriate.
That is enough for today!
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Ossia encourages supporters to cast their votes for Cota™ on GeekWire.com as it contends for Innovation of the Year at GeekWire's annual celebration
REDMOND, Wash., April 20, 2015 /MobilityWire/ — Ossia, Inc. (www.ossiainc.com) today announced that its groundbreaking Cota™ remote wireless power system has been named a finalist for Innovation of the Year at the 2015 GeekWire Awards.
After a panel of judges advanced Cota to the community voting round, Ossia will lean on its supporters to cast votes at GeekWire.com from April 15-27. The Innovation of the Year contender with the most votes will be crowned — alongside the winners of 12 other categories — at the GeekWire Awards in Seattle, Wash. on May 7.
Now in its seventh year, the GeekWire Awards is one of the most anticipated events in the Seattle tech community, bringing together hundreds to celebrate innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit. The event takes place at Seattle's Experience Music Project Museum.
"We are both honored and delighted that our Cota technology is being mentioned as a game-changing innovation in a region that has produced its fair share of them," said Hatem Zeine, CEO of Ossia and inventor of the Cota wireless power solution. "Many of the technologies featured in GeekWire each day stand to benefit from truly wire-free charging. We hope the tech community's continued support during this next round of online voting will propel us to the winner's circle on May 7."
Cota is the first publicly demonstrated remote wireless power system, and the only one capable of charging multiple devices simultaneously without using line-of-sight at distances as far away as 30 feet.
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Ossia is challenging people's core assumptions about what is possible with wireless power. Ossia's flagship product, Cota®, redefines wireless power by safely delivering remote, targeted energy to devices as far away as 30 feet. Built on Ossia's patented smart antenna technology, Cota automatically keeps multiple devices charged without any user intervention, enabling an efficient and truly wire-free, powered-up world, that is always on and always connected. Headquartered in Redmond, Wash., Ossia operated in stealth since its founding in 2008, and publicly launched at Disrupt San Francisco 2013. Visit our website at www.ossiainc.com.
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A bill has been introduced in Congress to combine the Commerce and Labor Departments, AIHA Government Affairs Director Aaron Trippler noted in his latest "Happenings" e-newsletter. Although unlikely, it might make sense given a project that is touted in a July 5 post on one of the Commerce blogs by Albert J. Wavering, chief of the Intelligent Systems Division of NIST's Engineering Laboratory. He discusses an ongoing project to develop the next generation of workplace robots.
Industry partners and NIST, a Commerce agency, are working on "performance measurements, standards, and tests that will enable robot builders and their manufacturing customers to evaluate how well new automation technologies meet safety requirements and to compare how different robots stack up," Wavering wrote.
He says this next generation of adaptable, versatile, smarter robots could lead to new U.S. companies and domestic jobs, improved manufacturing, and gains in U.S. companies of all sizes.
"A key aim is to develop affordable, readily adaptable robots that can assist -- and even empower -- human production workers," Wavering writes. "When people and robots can work together safely in the same space, a whole new class of more sophisticated jobs can be accomplished -- inspecting, assembling parts into complex shapes, fetching tools or materials, and more. Humans would be in charge, delegating tasks and redirecting robots to perform new chores."
NIST works with the Robotics Industry Association and ISO on robotic safety standards and with the American Society for Mechanical Engineers and the Industrial Truck Association on safety standards for automated guided vehicles, he wrote.
"The United States pioneered the development of robotic technology for manufacturing, a market now dominated by Europe and Asia," he added. "Capitalizing on our nation's strong research capabilities, we have a chance to leapfrog the competition and boost U.S. manufacturing performance, creating new jobs in the process -- jobs that will engage the minds and skills of future workers." He added that the Computing Community Consortium's roadmap for U.S. robotics offers a sense of where they might take us.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — When Alice Lutz was growing up as a self-proclaimed "military brat" in Virginia Beach, Va., she attended various ceremonies on Memorial Day and Veterans Day each year honoring those who have served in the U.S. military.
Now, she is working to bring a piece of her military experience to the Triangle.
For the second year in a row, Lutz is doing just that as coordinator of the Veterans Day event Nov. 11 at Raleigh's historic Oakwood Cemetery.
"So often in the military the entire family serves, not just the person being deployed," says Lutz, president Oxygen: Business Planning & Development. "The ceremony is a way to honor and recognize people who have served our country, as well as their families."
The event was launched last year when Lutz, then her son's Boy Scout leader, began teaching the troop about veterans through stories, articles and discussions.
The lessons evolved into an event that drew more than 100 people and included a 21-gun salute, color and honor guards, and the playing of "Taps."
The troop also laid a wreath, lit candles and folded an American flag, according to military tradition.
Lutz, who has 20 years of experience in event planning and nonprofit management, says she had no intention of coordinating the event any longer than the first year.
"I did this for a very specific reason, never anticipating that I'd ever do it again because of the time and details involved," she says.
But after last year's event, she says, she was approached by a veteran who moved her beyond words and into action.
She says he had arrived alone and approached Lutz to tell her that she'd missed something during the event.
"I panicked," she says. "But he said what I forgot was to tell him my name. I told him it didn't matter, but he said that it did. He said, 'You don't know how much you matter. You remembered me today, and that makes you someone to me.' "
He then hugged her and walked out of her life.
"I came home that day and said I'd do it again," she says. "I just had to."
Since last year, Lutz has jumped into action to prepare for the second annual ceremony, which she expects will draw as many as 500 attendees.
To make the event run smoothly, preparation is key, she says.
She says she must coordinate all speakers, ministers, buglers and Scouts, and visit the area's Veterans of Foreign Wars, or VFW centers to have them send representatives.
"I hope this event will give people a cause to pause, because so often in our busy lives Veterans Day and Memorial Day are simply looked at as three-day weekends," Lutz says. "What's important for us is to stop and honor the people who would love to have such a three-day weekend."
Alice Lutz
Job: President, Oxygen: Business Planning & Development, Raleigh
Born: Oct. 27, 1961, Philadelphia
Family: husband, Jerry Lutz; children. Samantha, 12, and Ryan, 10
Education: Bachelor of science degree, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Career: Telethon producer, March of Dimes; executive director, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Orlando, Fla.; vice president of marketing and communications, United Way of Wake County; executive director, Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness; coordinator, Thad & Alice Eure Walk for Hope
Hobbies: Reading, playing outside with husband and children, gardening, sports, volunteering at elementary and middle schools, traveling, working with Boy and Girl Scouts
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Where: Oakwood Cemetery, 701 Oakwood Ave., Raleigh
Minister: The Rev. Michael Worsham
Bugler: Chuck Cox, playing the National Anthem and "Taps"
Speakers: Ron Williams, Morrisville Reservists Unit; Leonard Hunter, Tuskegee airman
Features: Color and honor guards, 21-gun salute, Boy Scout Pact 350
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1,000 Pound Woman Loses 80% of Her Body Fat
Meet Mayra Rosales, a 1,000 pound woman who lost nearly 80 percent of her body weight after undergoing intensive liposuction. Probably just as shocking, she falsely claimed to have accidentally killed her nephew by rolling on him in an effort to cover up for a murder committed by her sister Jaimie.
Her claim was proved false after autopsy results showed her nephew died from multiple injuries to his skull, injuries inflected by his mother. Her trial made headlines after — get this — she had to be cut out of her house to attend court.
Jaimie eventually confessed to the crime and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
In 2011, Mayra underwent surgery to remove more than 800 pounds of fat so that she can take proper care of her sister's remaining children. She received 11 different operations, including skin removal procedures.
"Food to me is I have to eat to live," she told ABC13. "Before it was living to eat, and now you know, it's just something normal."
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A Technical Analysis of Where the Gold Price is Likely to Go Next
The trader's perspective
Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 8:51 AM
Executive Summary
- Sentiment measurement is proving to be an unreliable indicator
- Classic technical analysis is inconclusive but hints there is still weakness that needs to be flushed from the system
- The current era is feeling like 2007/2008 – gold could rebound strongly this year if enough weak economic data makes it out into the public
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Crepe filled with apple compote and cinnamon. Drizzled with chocolate sauce and light sprinkling of cinnamon and icing sugar.. a dollop of cream to garnish.
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Funders Collaborative grants nearly $700K in first quarter of 2013
March 27, 2013
In the first quarter of 2013, the Funders Collaborative awarded eight grants totaling nearly $700,000. The grants support two of four Funders Collaborative goals: Strong Local Economy and Vibrant Transit-Oriented Places.
Highlights from the eight grants awarded this quarter include:
The Blue Green Alliance Foundation received a $75,000 investment to support the Clean Energy Manufacturing Education and Services program and its provision of technical assistance to Corridor manufacturers seeking to expand into the clean energy sector.
Friends of Saint Paul College was awarded $50,000 to support the Central Corridor Careers Pipeline project, a health careers fellowship partnership with the Minneapolis Community and Technical College.
University Avenue Business Preparation Collaborative (U7) received a $200,000 investment to support a program to help small businesses prepare for, and thrive in, the changing Central Corridor marketplace through training, technical assistance, and financing.
The Trust for Public Land received a $160,000 investment to support the convening of the Green Line Parks and Commons Initiative.
The Hamline Midway Coalition was awarded a $20,000 investment to support the expansion of the Central Corridor Friendly Streets Initiative.
To date, the Funders Collaborative has made 100 grants totaling over $7.3M in four key areas: Access to Affordable Housing, Strong Local Economy, Vibrant Transit Oriented Places and Coordination and Collaboration. For a complete list of investments, click here.


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Russell Simmons is an American business magnate. He is the Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, and he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam. He also created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. In this 44 minute interview, Simmons covers 16 different topics, including healthy eating, meditation, poisoning the planet, money, history and culture on eating meat, and much more. If you want to learn more about Simmons and his vegan lifestyle, he wrote a book called: The Happy Vegan- A Guide to Living a Long, Healthy, and Successful Life.


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Our pre-school will work with children, parents and the community to ensure the safety of the children and give them the very best start in life.
We intend to create an environment in which children are protected from abuse and harm in which any suspicion of abuse is promptly and appropriately responded to.
Staffing and volunteers
- Our designated person (a member of staff) who co-ordinates child protection issues is
Evelyn Williamson
- Our designated officer (a committee member) who oversees this work is
Duncan Thomson
- We provide adequate and appropriate staffing resources to meet the needs of children.
- Applicants for posts within the setting are clearly informed that the positions are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
- Candidates are informed of the need to carry out 'enhanced disclosure' checks with the Criminal Records Bureau before posts can be confirmed.
- Where applications are rejected because of information that has been disclosed, applicants have the right to know and to challenge incorrect information.
- We abide by Ofsted requirements in respect of references and Criminal Record Bureau checks for staff and volunteers, to ensure that no disqualified person or unsuitable person works at the setting or has access to the children.
- Volunteers do not work unsupervised.
- We abide by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 in respect of any person who is dismissed from our employment, or resigns in circumstances that would otherwise have lead to dismissal for reasons of child protection concern.
- We have procedures for recording the details of visitors to the setting.
- We take security steps to ensure that we have control over who comes into the setting so that no unauthorised person has unsupervised access to the children.
- Parents sign to agree to photographs being taken for the purpose of recording the child's development.
- Records are kept of staff qualifications CRB checks and vetting processes
- Mobile phones belonging to staff members are not used during working hours
Responding to suspicions of abuse
- We acknowledge that abuse of children can take different forms – physical, emotional, and sexual as well as neglect.
- When children are suffering from physical, sexual or emotional abuse, or may be experiencing neglect, this may be demonstrated through the things they say (direct or indirect disclosure) or through changes in their appearance, their behaviour, or their play.
- Where such evidence is apparent, the child's key person makes a dated record of the details of the concern and discusses what to do with the setting leader or manager who is acting as the 'designated person'. The information is stored securely on the child's personal file.
- Staff in the setting take care not to influence the outcome either through the way they speak to children or by asking questions of children.
Allegations against staff
- We ensure that all parents know how to complain about staff or volunteer action within the setting, which may include an allegation of abuse.
- We follow the guidance of the Berkshire Local Safeguarding Children Board when responding to any complaint that a member of staff or volunteer has abused a child.
- We respond to any disclosure by children or staff that abuse by a member of staff may have taken, or is taking place, by first recording the details of any such alleged incident.
- We refer any such complaint immediately to the local authority's social service department to investigate.
- We also inform Ofsted of the incident
- We co-operate entirely with any investigation carried out by children's social care in conjunction with the police.
- Our policy is to suspend the member of staff on full pay for the duration of the investigation; this is not an indication of admission that the alleged incident has taken place, but is to protect the staff as well as children and families throughout the process.
Disciplinary Action
- Where a member of staff or a volunteer is dismissed from the setting or internally disciplined because of misconduct relating to a child, we notify the Independent Safeguarding Authority of relevant information so that individuals who pose a threat to children(and vulnerable groups) can be identified and barred from working with these groups
- We seek out training opportunities for all adults involved in the setting to ensure that they are able to recognise the signs and symptoms of possible physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect and so that they are aware of the local authority guidelines for making referrals.
- We ensure that all staff know the procedures for reporting and recording their concerns in the setting.
- We ensure that the designated persons receive training in accordance with that recommended by the Berkshire Safeguarding Children Board
- The layout of the rooms allows for constant supervision. No child is left alone with staff or volunteers in a one to one situation without being visible to others.
- We introduce key elements of child protection into our programme to promote the personal, social and emotional development of all children, so that they may grow to be 'strong, resilient and listened to' and so that they develop understanding of why and how to keep safe.
- We create within the setting a culture of value and respect for the individual, having positive regard for children's heritage arising from their colour, ethnicity, languages spoken at home, cultural and social background.
- We ensure that this is carried out in a way that is developmentally appropriate for the children.
Where a child makes a disclosure to a member of staff, that member of staff:
- offers reassurance to the child;
- listens to the child; and
- gives reassurance that she or he will take action.
The member of staff does not question the child
Recording suspicions of abuse and disclosures
Staff make a record of:
- the child's name;
- the age of the child;
- the date and time of the observation or the disclosure;
- an objective record of the observation or disclosure;
- the exact words spoken by the child as far as possible;
- the name of the person to whom the concern was reported, with date and time; and
- the names of any other person present at the time.
These records are signed and dated and kept securely in the child's personal file.
All members of staff know the procedures for recording and reporting concerns, and we have a copy of 'What to do if you are worried a child is being abused'for reference.
Informing parents
- Parents are normally the first point of contact.
- If a suspicion of abuse is recorded, parents are informed at the same time as the report is made, except where the guidance of the Berkshire Local Safeguarding Children Board does not allow this.
- This will usually be the case where the parent is the likely abuser. In these cases the investigating officers will inform parents.
- All suspicions and investigations are kept confidential and shared only with those who need to know. Any information is shared under the guidance of the Berkshire Local Safeguarding Children Board
Support to families
- The setting believes in building trusting and supportive relationships with families, staff and volunteers in the group.
- The setting makes clear to parents its role and responsibilities in relation to Child Protection, such as for the reporting of concerns, providing information, monitoring of the child, and liaising at all times with the local social services department.
- The setting continues to welcome the child and the family whilst investigations are being made in relation to any alleged abuse.
- We follow the Child Protection Plan as set by the social services department in relation to the setting's designated role and tasks in supporting the child and the family, subsequent to any investigation.
- Confidential records kept on a child are shared with the child's parents or those who have parental responsibility for the child in accordance with the procedure and only if appropriate under the guidance of the Berkshire Local Safeguarding Children Board
- Berkshire Safeguarding Children Board Tel No.01628 683234
- NSPCC Tel No 0808 800 5000
- Ofsted Tel No 0300 123 1231
- Local Authority Designated Officer Tel No 01628 683202
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Besides, let's just face it - Alabama's gonna win it all anyway. Everybody fears it, everybody knows it. The way to keep Bama out was to keep them out of the final 4. No such luck, and so here we go again.
To be fair, I felt that way last year and actually turned OFF the MNC game not long after the first half ended thinking Bama had it in hand. It didn't help that it felt like a repeat of the year before, so I think I was already waning in interest in general, but upon hearing the final outcome the next day I was rather disappointed in myself that I didn't just watch the whole thing anyway without holding prior expectations of Bama's greatness.


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MoonCat's Astrology
Earth Signs
The EARTH signs, Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, are practical & stable, they strive for structure and security ................earth is our form, substance, sustenance and desires
EARTH...... We feel it squishing between our toes. We smell its punguent ripeness. We wallow in its treasures.
We depend on the Earth to enclose us, protect us, feed us.....
Earth people are in tune with the solid matter of the earth. They don't want to fly away - they want to build a solid future here. They are not interested in discussing philosophy - they already have theirs etched in stone. They would rather not get lost in fantasy. Their world, the real, tangible world, lives inside of them.
Earth people can seem to be stuck in the mud. They may have a hard time changing their opinion, logical or not. They could have difficulty moving to a new place or changing plans. They sometimes have trouble acknowledging and feeling their pain. This is why Earth people feel more comfortable with other Earth people. Water people can be very helpful to them, too. They can offer a sympathetic ear, recognize when they're blue and bathe them in nurturing love.
Some live closer to the Earth than others. Some are so Earthy that others perceive them as sturdy, robust, stubborn. The downfall of Earth signs is a tendency to become possessed by their possessions. The gift they have to give is a natural ability to build slowly and steadily from even the most meager beginnings, and to maintain a constant, safe and solid presence for those who depend on them.
beautiful Earth Dragon above compliments of the Dragon Hatchery!
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Facebook, once thought too informal or personal to use in a professional way, is gaining ground in education. Until very recently, when asked about using Facebook for professional purposes, I always advised against it. But the response to several online teaching challenges presented in recent #IOLchats has been: "We use Facebook." How and why are institutions, support services and instructors using Facebook to connect with students?
Who is using Facebook?
If you aren't using it in your courses think about how it might augment existing communication tools there. From introductions and group discussions to announcements and assignments, Facebook may help you meet an unmet need in a community where students are already active.
According to the Pew Research Center's 2014 Social Media Update, "fully 71% of online adults use Facebook." An overwhelming majority of these users visit the site at least once a day. While Pew found an increase in use among older adults, younger audiences are also still using Facebook. In their 2014 E-Expectations survey, higher education consultants at Noel-Levitz found that 75% of prospective college students (i.e., high school seniors) use Facebook.
The research and exploration continues as researchers across academic disciplines share the experience of combining Facebook and online learning. Recent studies have been published in fields as diverse as Sociology, Communications, Foreign Languages and Engineering. Positive outcomes include improved strategies for community building, student engagement and interaction, and learning achievement.
Profiles, Pages and Groups
There are multiple ways to participate in Facebook and the different types of accounts offer different functions. Here is a quick look at the three main formats to consider:
- Profiles: Most individual Facebook users have a profile account. Profiles are intended for personal, not commercial, use. Each user can choose how he or she will participate in activities (e.g., post status updates, "like" friends' posts, upload pictures, join groups) via these accounts, and make their accounts private or public through a variety of settings.
- Pages: A Facebook Page is similar to a Profile, but designed with businesses and organizations in mind. Individuals also use pages to establish an online community around a specific topic or to promote activities and products. Pages are public, and individual users can connect with them by "liking" a Page to receive updates.
- Groups: Facebook Groups can be set up as public or "closed" (requiring approval of a membership request). This format allows for small group interaction, including live text chat, file sharing and discussion forum-type posts and replies. Group members don't have to be Facebook friends (with each other or with you) to access or communicate in these forums.
Academic Activities
Facebook provides a range of tools that can augment your online course system. Many educators are using these tools to not only communicate with students, but also provide alternatives to traditional class activities and assignments. Fortunately, many educators are sharing their resources online. Explore some of the examples offered by the following:
- The eLearningIndustry.com Facebook Guide for Teachers provides assignment and activity ideas including how to form study groups, publish surveys and polls, and use student-created Facebook Pages as an assignment format.
- Professors at Curtin University (Australia) found that a section of students using Facebook in addition to LMS discussion forums were more active, as well as more likely to take on additional topics and share relevant outside resources there.
- Economics instructor Nisha Malhotra set up a class Facebook Page with a specific purpose in mind – to create a place where students could "discuss their research." It was voluntary, but there was increased interaction among these Facebook-using students and they "performed better than non-participating students."
- The Education Foundation's 2013 Facebook Guide for Educators shares the possibilities of this platform as a "'Swiss Army Knife' of tools to unlock learning." Geared toward K-12 classes, many of the ideas presented here translate well to higher ed, including the use of Facebook Pages for group projects and event/exam reminders.
Getting Started
As with any new tool or strategy, a little preparation can make the process of integrating Facebook and online learning more successful. Whether you are new to Facebook or more experienced with the platform, these tips will help you get ready to make the most of the options available:
- Check your school's guidelines. Many colleges and universities document specific expectations about the use of social media with students. Know what your institution expects before you move forward. Examples from Columbia Journalism School, Brock University (Canada) and Penn State's College of Education provide a combination of official policies and general advice.
- Review your account. You've probably heard of more than one teacher or faculty member whose non-professional posts have caused professional problems. As social, professional, and academic use of social media blurs, it's critical to monitor your posts with multiple audiences in mind. The Education Foundation Guide reminds us, "there are a wide range of powerful privacy tools that … enable teachers and educators to quickly make different parts of their lives visible to different people."
- Practice first. Join an education-related Facebook Group (try the Facebook for Educators Community Page) and "like" a few Pages (try the Online Learning Consortium and The Chronicle of Higher Education) to find out what it's like to interact with these account formats. Don't forget to check for Facebook Groups and Pages sponsored by your institution.
The perception of Facebook as a casual, not-for-work platform is changing as more schools and employers embrace it as a way to reach college students. Facebook is just one of many options available to supplement a course site or learning management system. Think of the possibilities an external platform could provide for students enrolled in different sections to cross-communicate, and for alumni of the course to connect, since a Page or Group won't automatically end when the semester ends.
What communication and engagement problems exist in your courses? Could Facebook provide a solution? Talk with colleagues to extend the conversation and share helpful practices.
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Source: Inside Online Learning Blog


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How Long To Keep Your Tax Records?
What happens as the years pass and all the IRS tax records you've prepared are still sitting in an old box or drawer, or gathering dust in your attic?
You've seen them enough times and the temptation to throw them out was tremendous. But the question gnawing at you was this: How long does the Internal Revenue Service require you to keep those tax records?
Well, they would certainly like to see you hang on to those records at least three to seven years. The general rule of thumb is to keep any records supporting items shown on your tax returns for as long as necessary in the event that a claim has to be amended within its time period, whether it is for a refund, credit or the assessment of an additional tax.
There is a standard amount of time that the IRS uses in order to assess additional tax after a return is filed and that time period is three years.
The simple practice would be to keep the copies of your actual tax forms indefinitely, but you don't have to hang on to records, documentation and/or receipts once the time periods have passed.
The IRS does not specify exactly how you should keep or store those records. So, if you prefer, you can keep an electronic copy of them.
Here are some options if you'd like to store digitally:
You can scan your records. Store the data and put it into an external hard drive or you can use the Cloud. Amazon has a free digital storage service. Of course, you can weigh your own options on how you want to save your files. But, just remember that you may have to get access to a hard copy at a moment's notice so make sure your organizational skills are on track.
One more important thing: Saving your records on your computer is a wonderful thing and the fact is, the IRS has accepted scanned documents since 1997. Just make sure that those scanned documents are as accurate as your paper ones.
In summary, according to the Internal Revenue Service, the following is the rule of thumb:
- If you owe additional tax, the period to keep your records is three years.
- If you do not report income that you should have reported and it is more than twenty-five percent of the gross amount on your tax return, the period to keep those records is six years.
- If you file a fraudulent return, the period of time is indefinite.
- If you do not file a return at all, the period of time is indefinite.
- Once you file your tax return, if you file a claim for a refund, the period of time is three years.
- If you wish to file a claim on a loss you took due to worthless securities, the period of time is seven years.
There are other reasons to retain tax records. There are reasons that go beyond the Internal Revenue requirements, such as applying for a home loan or insurance where you may be required to produce tax records. So, keep records in the event that you may need them, especially if you are unclear as to what they can be used for in the future.


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Lush + romantic! 🌿 Flowing greenery elevates this boudoir session by @juliannavarettephoto, taken during his #gatherandgrow workshop, hosted alongside @sophiekayephotography + @amandawphoto in the legendary #metropolitanbuilding! "We held our first event this past January in NYC, and it was such a success. We knew we wanted to have a lush greenery set-up to enhance the already beautiful Metropolitan building, and @lorileefloral did an amazing job with the install. We thought flowing greenery and vines would look amazing in this little nook all around the vintage furniture, kind of like it had been growing there for a while and just took over. @desifitstyle was directly in front of the mirror, so you had do to a little bit of creative angling to not be seen." — Julian Navarette
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We took a favourite route -up the very scenic Wollombi Road from Kulnura to Broke and then onto Enzo's Cafe in the Hunter Valley. It's a favourite because it is such a great fast and challenging drive -on a weekday. It's a different story on a weekend when it is full of motorcyclists.
Today it really was the open road-we saw almost no traffic.
If you are not into classic cars or do not understand the appeal of over 40 year old Porsches let me try to explain. Early 911s are really unique. They are not fast by modern sports car standards but they are a very involving drive as they are so light, small and so direct and nimble. There is no power assist on the steering, the clutch or the brakes. The driver inputs all the effort. The early gearbox takes some mastering. There is no aircon. An early 911 is driving in its most pure form. You can really only appreciate them on a fast challenging road. In slow traffic you can easily hate the car. Your left leg gets cramps and if it is a hot day the engine starts to get irritable but get onto that open road and it is driving heaven.
There is really no comparison at all between an early 911 and a modern 911. The modern Porsches are very fast and competent but they are incredibly complex and the driving experience is no longer involving- in fact it is detached.The 911 has lost its soul.
For me my early Porsches have soul in the same way that my Leica cameras have soul. Both are a pleasure to use. Both put a smile on my face.
I did 301 kms in the roundtrip this morning. Thanks to Colin,Craig and Asley for a really great drive.
Just a few photos taken along the way. Above the quartet at Enzo's. Below horse and foal in the Yarramalong Valley, a shack under jacaranda trees at Kulnura and a broken service station at Broke in the Hunter Valley.


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The movie is a 2015 American Christmas season comic movie of director Jonathan Levine, with wrtier Levine, Kyle Hunter Ariel Shaffir and Evan Goldberg. The movie stars were Anthony Mackie, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Seth Rogen as the three childhood buddies who yearly reunite during Christmas Eve.
In December of 2001, Ethan Miller played by Gordon-Levitt lost his parents in an auto accident. Since that moment, Chris Roberts as Mackie, Isaac Greenberg as Rogen and Ethan's best buddies, decides to spend each Christmas Eve together with Ethan. Alongside of the way, the buddies discovers of the Nutcracker globe, a marvelous, invite-Christmas Eve get together. Not capable of finding the party, the buddies goes on with the tradition. At 2015, the associates settles on ending the tradition. Chris has been the popular football player, while Isaac is wedded, with an offspring on the way. Confidentially, Isaac and Chris was concerned with Ethan, a harassed musician work in a hotel, is not prepared for the custom to end.
In the hotel, Ethan discovers and takes request to the Ball Nutcracker. Later on, at Isaac's home, Ethan tenders the enticement with his friends. Prior to leaving, Betsy, Isaac's spouse, provides him drugs to apply at night, ever since he becomes supportive. The colleagues leave to go after their usual practice, with the purpose of going to the party afterwards. At that moment, Chris, in an effort to astonish his associate, procures weeds from their previous high school trader, Mr. Green. While transacting with the assets, Mr. Green divides the weed together with Chris as his present. In the karaoke bar, the colleges run into Diana, who previously splits with Ethan for rejecting to be solemn, and Diana's buddy Sarah. The buddies learn that Sarah and Diana will be present at the Nutcracker Ball. At the bar, Isaac started to be in a negative effect of the drugs he consumed, resulting in creating a video phone message declaring that he was afraid of owning a child. Chris has his weed taken by an assumed fan who hates Christmas thief.
Needing a lot of weed, the men contact Mr. Green once more, who gathers them at Chris' mother's house. That moment, Isaac encounters Mr. Green, and is handed out the weed illustrating him the opportunity, concerning his daughter just being a stripper, and the wife charging him for it. The colleagues end up on a dinner, with Chris' mother, who supports Ethan to consider Diana. At dinner time, Isaac recognizes that he switched phones accidentally with Sarah.
The trouble with the movie appears like it is styled to provoke and also to shock. This attempts to extrude laughter into dramatic and harsh states without entering the restrictions of a dark comedy film. Tripping and drugs play a major role in the film. It is a nature of mystic. Relationships, sex and friendships of the brotherly kind also desired to have a major part in the movie, though uneven, it takes the guide and creates a lifelong friendship that seems like it is a reason for some simple jokes just like blood coming from a nose that is dripping in somebody's drink or vomiting in church during mass on Christmas Day.


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Inviting the Sacred Into Your Life
by Ask a Healer
This is part of a spiritual wellness article on transformative energetic experiences. You may wish to start with part one: Sacred Initiation Experience
Sacred Ceremony, done with focused intent and receptivity, is one of the most powerful ways of strengthening the healing facilitation process as well as the healing and transformation process for the individual. This is an avenue of training that is open to every being in the healing field of sharing gifts.
I want to stress that my having the experiences I have had does not point to there being something special about me, as an Energy Medicine worker. It's just an indicator that I instinctively enter spiritual ceremony with a high degree of openness, to receive beyond what is personal. I specifically intend to receive those higher spiritual gifts that would enable me to walk a better Spirit Path and be of greater service to my Relatives.
Receiving the Higher Gifts
If you would like to begin receiving Sacred training and enter into Spiritual Initiation in an active way, fix your intent before you participate in a group ceremony or private ceremony. Let your heart be open to this idea of receiving directly from Spirit in a way that is for your greater spiritual growth and life path.
The gifts you receive may not be of a nature that you can articulate, but will directly and significantly increase the potency of your healng sessions if you are a healing facilitator and your walk with Spirit regardless of your path of sharing.
I encourage all healing and quantum healing energy facilitators to approach Sacred Ceremony as the spiritual school it can be, and energetically open yourself for the higher frequency gifts. This doesn't mean you stop praying for things that are personal, such as physical healing when it is needed or spiritual guidance when you are struggling. It just means you know there is more to be received, and you further extend your willingness to receive it, even when you don't know what the gift is or how it will come, or especially then.
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Spiritual Health Disclaimer:This article on inviting the Sacred more fully into your life is based on my own personal spiritual journey and may, or may not, resonate with you, wherever you may be on the Medicine Wheel of your own life.
It is not represented as the teachings of any indigenious peoples or Native tradition. I deeply respect the Good Red Road and other Native paths of truth; however, I am on my own path of spiritual awakening and can only speak of my own shamanistic journey.


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Hamilton Cain reviews the book 'Bible Nation; by Candida R. Moss and Joel S. Baden *(Publisher: Princeton University Press, 223 pages, $29.95.) for the Star Tribune. The book is 'a deep dive into the mission of the hyper-evangelical Green family of Oklahoma City, whose arts-and-crafts retail chain, Hobby Lobby, has yielded billions of dollars to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ'. The book discusses the Green family's acquisition of ancient papyri and artefacts forming one of the world's largest private collections of biblical antiquities, and then the creation of a private Bible Museum to showcase these trophies and act as an evangelical tool:
Moss and Baden deftly highlight the cognitive dissonance at the heart of the evangelicalism, how and why the faithful cherry-pick Scriptures that buttress their own beliefs while dismissing contradictions among the texts themselves, [...] Moss and Baden draw on extensive research and interviews with a revolving-door cast of so-called experts and hangers-on, leaving no proverbial stone unturned in their quest to determine the value and validity of the Green collection, the Bible Museum's underlying purpose. "Bible Nation" peels away the bark on one of the largest branches of the American family tree, using an academic story to tell a broader one: the evangelicals' unshakable conviction in their own fantasies and the demonization of anything, or anyone, that dares to challenge them.* Candida R. Moss, is a professor of the New Testament at the University of Notre Dame, and Joel S. Baden, a professor of the Hebrew Bible at the Yale Divinity School


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More Cuts Could Hit State BudgetFebruary 26th, 2008 by flanews
Members from both state chambers will look at cutting more than 540 million dollars from an already low state budget. This comes as school administrators worry about having money for teachers salaries and judges talk about closing court. The bulk of the proposed cuts would come from education. Despite the predictions, Governor Charlie Crist remains optimistic.
�This is just the beginning of the process. Session hasn�t yet begun, but I remain optimistic that the more that we have input into the process, that I shared with our friends here at the mansion, we can in fact increased funding for education. I think it is prudent and responsible. In our recommendation we maintain almost five billion dollars in reserves from that rainy day fund. So I think it can be done and I look forward to the discussion ahead.�
Both the house and senate proposed bills that would reduce spending across the board. The proposals would also cut 75 state jobs.
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text: Our philosophers, our poets, our scientists, tell us that the formula of our Universe is Love, governed by Venus. She combines the highest spiritual with the lowest material qualities - Love materialised on Earth. She is born in water, from mud, and she bears the lotus. Her mystical mantra is: 'Love is the law, but Love controlled by Will'.


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The London correspondent) of the U. S. Gazette says:— "Thedirectorsof a well known insurance office in Moorgate street, had assembled at their rooms last week to hold a n important meeting. When the books and papers of the company were called for, the secretary could, not find the key of the large vault where they were kept After an unsuccessful search, Mr. Chubb, the maker of the large iron door and lock was sent for, and was asked if he had a key that would open the lock. He replied in the negative. He was then asked if he could pick the locli. He again replied in the negative, and rather indignantly withal, at the insinuation that his celebrated locks could be picked! The directors asked what was to be done? Mr. Chubb answered that the only method by which the books and papers could be procured was to cut the door down. The directors would not consent to such a proposition, and Mr. Chubb left the premises. A messenger was dispatched to Cheapside for the American, Hobbs, who sent one of his workmen, with instructions to take an impression in Wax of the keyhole of the lock. The man departed, and in a few minutes returned with the impression. Mr. Hobbs then selected a few simple instruments, and accompanied his workman to the insurance office. After operating on Chubb's lock ten minutes only, the bolt was turned, the door was opened, and all the books and papers were placed before the Board of Directors, and to their utter astonishment!"
Hobbs and Chubb Again
This article was originally published with the title "Hobbs and Chubb Again" in Scientific American 8, 6, 48 (October 1852)


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Making Masks From Recycled Materials
Tuesday, June 12 @ 5:30pm
The Annex
Detroit Artist Juan Martinez brings his Pedal Powered Kinetic Sculptures "Made in Detroit" to Top of the Park. Comprised of a oversized pangolin and life-sized bison and rhinoceros, Martinez recycles bicycle parts to create rideable animals that surprise and delight. Martinez will hold a mask-making workshop in the Annex that invites children and adults to repurpose materials to create new art.
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