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What a joyous time it was to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday morning! Remembering this has brought so much joy to me, especially since my mother went home to meet Jesus on April 27. I have no doubt that I will see her again and despite the grief, I KNOW I will see her again.
Mom had been going downhill physically and mentally the past few months. We had her in an assisted living facility, just down the street from Teen Missions, for a few years. However, due to her confusion, she had fallen several times. This resulted in several trips to the Emergency Room and the sad realization that she needed more one-on-one care than this facility could provide. Recently she was moved to a "memory care" facility that was able to provide more supervision and she was around more people which we felt she needed. However, her health declined rapidly. When we visited, she no longer recognized us, but was always looking for daddy. The last few days, she was rarely conscious and she passed peacefully at 2:44 PM with her children at her side. We had a wonderful Memorial Service on May 7. All of us sisters and our spouses, along with some of the grandchildren and great-grandchilderen were able to be there. My brother in law, Terry Dorey, gave a wonderful message. We sang her favorite hymns and songs, including some from the Bill Gaither Trio (which she loved). Despite the grief, it was so good to get together as a family and share our
memories of mom with one another.We continue to be busy at Teen Missions. Last Saturday was our annual Mud Run which supports our Aids Orphans Rescue Units Ministry. It was a beautiful and cool day and everyone had a great time. We have over 540 registered team members and leaders for teams this coming summer. Needless to say, I am kept busy with all the donations coming in. I will be helping lead the Mustard Seeds again this year and am really looking forward to it!Ava is registered for the Peanut Cookie Command team. This is a 10-day program. Her team will be making cookies and then giving them to the local fire fighters and police. Her team will run the Obstacle Course every day along with having classes in puppets and music. They will be learning from other missionaries about the great need for the Gospel throughout the world. She will have to raise $299 and get 16 prayer partners. If you would like to contribute or pray, please fill out the coupon below.
Aiden with be with me again this year as a Mustard Seed. The theme this year is "kings and queens". There will be a dragon for the kings to slay. I know Aiden will enjoy slaying that dragon!
Emery has been playing the role of "gofer" these last few months. He stays busy going into town to get supplies along with some outside work and a few jobs in the Print Shop such as cutting and folding. He has been working on the construction of Jacob's Ladder that fell a couple of years ago. It is being re-constructed from the ground up. It will be good to have it back in the Obstacle Course again this year.
Matthew just broke his leg while acting like a kid at the Trampoline Park with his cousin, Steven. He is still working, but not able to be on his feet as much.
Joseph is in Iowa again this summer working at the same camp. He is staying in a cabin that is closer to to everything which he likes. He is busy doing outside maintenance such as mowing, weeding and trimming. He is also able to help in the kitchen when there are campers there.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support. We appreciate your ministry to us so that we can minister to others.
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I have been nominated for The Versatile Blogger award. Thank you to Annie at Gentle Kindness for nominating me for this blog. I am so grateful that you nominated me. My prayers and thoughts go out to you.
Now I need to nominate some blogs. I am nominating blogs that speak to my heart. These are blogs that I follow regularly. Thank you to these bloggers for sharing your story. You are an inspiration to me.
A Journey With You
That Anxious Mom
James The Greatest
My Travels With Depression
Jules Rules Blog
Rebuilding Resiliance
Silver Girl
Understanding Me and Her
Therapy Sucks
So now here are seven things about me.
1) I ALWAYS look forward to blogging, and am VERY disappointed when I'm not feeling creative.
2) I enjoy painting, tiling, coloring, and pretty much anything else artsy.
3) I embrace change by tackling what comes into my life and overcoming it.
4) I express myself well, through writing.
5) I have an easygoing, funny and pleasant personality.
6) I'm an animal lover.
7) I received National Honor Society, when I graduated with my Associates in Criminal Justice, in 2011.
I don't always see the good in myself, so my housemates helped me think these through. Thanks C and G!!!

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… i was supposed to be on a flight to boston from houston. i was stuck on the haliburton compound instead. now, i'm in mexico city doing the same service for another company. here, i'm setting up a network/software system of virtual classes for a university.
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Our first earthquake hit here in Richmond around 1:51 PM EDT! Lib and I had just finished lunch and were in our living room when I heard what I thought was a distant and low helicopter approaching us. Shortly after, the house began to rattle just a little and the sound became louder. In a few seconds the rattle became quite alarming and stronger. Since neither of us had experienced a prolonged quake we didn't know exactly what it was. (Earth quakes don't happen ever in Richmond, do they?!) About the time I had figured out what it was the rattling began to subside and it was more of an item of interest.
Since we have a computer I went on FaceBook and discovered that some of my friends had experienced it also and that their friends in far away places also felt it! Next I went to Twitter and reported briefly our experience and then looked for others. Sure enough there was all sorts of news that was being reported first hand. I went back to Google News but they didn't report it for several minutes. It was a window rattler for sure!! I search with NOAH and discover that the epicenter was Mineral, Virginia and officially it was 5.9 on the Richter scale. We may have after shocks but they shouldn't be as severe.


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Motorists face severe traffic delays on the main route into Halifax after a water main burst on Godley Lane.
Drivers face heavy traffic and possible delays in both directions while Yorkshire Water carry out essential repairs near Shibden Park.
Temporary traffic lights are currently in place and work is expected to last until Friday.
A Yorkshire Water spokesperson said: "Essential repair work to Godley Lane is currently being carried out due to a significant burst water pipe incident that occurred late on Sunday night.
"We would like to apologise for the traffic this has caused this morning and re-assure commuters that we are doing our best to fully re-open this busy stretch of road as soon as we can.
"In the meantime, temporary traffic lights are in place for safety reasons until the the road has been fully repaired."
The 508, 548, 549, 681, 682 First West Yorkshire bus services are affected as a result.


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When you are on the market for the very best car shipping companies around Alamo, TX, then the first thing you should do is use the internet to check out their websites. At the moment, the web marketplace is loaded with businesses from Alamo, TX. Do a search to locate all the shipping companies that run in Alamo and then try to find the best quotes online. However be cautious, a less expensive deal does not mean you'll get the best deal. Some businesses running in Texas are noticeably less costly, yet the facilities available are below par.
At this point things become a little tricky. It's necessary to investigate the history of the firm you've chosen. It is easy to obtain everything you need from online reviews. Make an effort to read between the lines and stay as objective as possible. Moreover, make sure the business you've chosen has been doing business for some time. It's a common thing for businesses that mess up to rebrand themselves.
Reserving the assistance of a Texas car transport company is the last thing before the journey starts. Don't neglect to ask for a verification email. The vehicle needs to undergo some changes next. Which means cleaning it, getting rid of all valuable things from the car and also emptying the tank. A lighter automobile implies a cheaper drive.
Make sure you get the right car inspection from the carrier driver when it comes for the pick-up. Every little thing wrong with the vehicle is noted on a vehicle condition report which you also get. Don't throw it away until the transportation is finished. You never know exactly what might take place during the transportation, thus examine your vehicle when the Alamo, TX car shipping firm comes with it. If you find damages that weren't there, ask the carrier for a signed condition report.
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It is intended to serve as the basis for a constructive dialogue between the solar branch and politics, society and the energy industry.
A vision for Germany, nine goals for the branch of the future and 22 measures for collective action form the cornerstone of the roadmap. Günther Cramer, president of the German Solar Industry Association (BSW-Solar) presented the strategy, together with representatives of Roland Berger and Frank Peter of Prognos.
The next years will be decisive for the future of the German PV branch and for realizing change in energy use," commented Cramer. Only with concerted efforts will the PV branch be able to make an essential contribution to conversion to 100 percent renewable energies.
In the study, three elements are defined: (i) PV must make an essential contribution to a transformation in the energy system; (ii) the specific advantages of PV are to be exploited; and (iii) competitiveness has to be retained. Derived from these elements, the nine goals for the 2020 roadmap were formulated.
These include sinking prices by around 50 percent, an installed PV capacity in Germany of between 52 and 70 gigawatts (GWs), as well as the Renewable Energy Law (EEG) PV allocation being limited to two cents for every kilowatt hour.
There are other essential goals contained in the guide; for example, a 12 percent market share for German firms, the construction of around 8.5 GWs of module production in the German domestic market, at least 130,000 jobs created in the industry, and at least five percent expenditure on research and development. It will only then be possible for PV to contribute an economic share of at least 25 billion and become an essential cornerstone of the energy system.
"In our joint study, we have clearly ascertained the performance capacity of PV technology. The matter is now to let the solar industry in Germany fully unfold its potential economic value over the next years," said Torsten Henzelmann from Roland Berger at the presentation of the study.
The roadmap is, according to Cramer, a milestone in the expansion of photovoltaics. The study has worked from the premise that the solar promotion through the EEG will be continued and that governments will take up further measures for the support of German measures .
The roadmap was presented as the basis for a constructive dialogue with the political world, society and the energy industry. It will soon be presented to political figures, Cramer said.


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At Studio pixel we design websites for different goals,enterprises and to support apps.However on large scope they are all part of our client's Digital Marketing Stratergy.
Ultimately we deliver an elegant user-centered and goal-oriented solution.
static web pages are often HTML documents stored as files in the file system and made available by the web server over HTTP. However loose interpretations of cloud include web pagers stored in database.cloud even include pages formatted using template and served through an application server, as long as page served in unchanging and presented essentially as stored.
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Static web pages are suitable for the content that never or rarely need to be updated.However maintaning large number of static pages as files can be impractical without automated tools.Any personalisation or ineteractivity has to run client-side,which is restricting.
A static website is less expensive than a dynamic website, unless the site is particularly large. All pages are individualized: it is easier to get a good listing . The historic site is preserved in its entirety and in the state on the net, which facilitates the referencing work over time. The cost of developing a static site is lower than that of a dynamic site. However, the updates require some computer skills (programming language concepts and web design ). If these skills are not present in the company, use an external provider will be required. Frequent updates and a large volume of website will make this monitoring more cumbersome.
A static website is the ideal solution for companies wishing to convey an image on the web through a graphic site and obtain a window that contains the majority of components, products and services.
You want to give your business a static website? Web Solution Way can provide you the solution best suited to your type of business, your product or philosophy. Contact us via our form.
Dynamic sites on the other hand can be more expensive to develop initially, but the advantages are numerous. At a basic level, a dynamic website can give the website owner the ability to simply update and add new content to the site. For example, news and events could be posted to the site through a simple browser interface. Dynamic features of a site are only limited by imagination.
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A dynamic website can contain client-side scripting or server-side scripting to generate the changing content, or a combination of both scripting types. These sites also include HTML programming for the basic structure. The client-side or server-side scripting takes care of the guts of the site.
Since each part of a web page is separate, it is much simpler to update something across many pages, all at once.
For example, if you have a change to your website's navigation you only have to change it in one place (the file that holds navigation information) and it is updated on all pages that contain that file.
If you had a static website, you would have to edit every single page in order to make a change to the site's navigation. This is tedious, repetitive, and prone to errors.
Since each part of a web page is separate, it is much simpler to update something across many pages, all at once.
For example, if you have a change to your website's navigation you only have to change it in one place (the file that holds navigation information) and it is updated on all pages that contain that file.
If you had a static website, you would have to edit every single page in order to make a change to the site's navigation. This is tedious, repetitive, and prone to errors.
Dynamic websites with a content management system (CMS) make it simple for a non-technical person to create and update the content of the site. Because the various parts of the page are all separate, a content creator won't need to know any HTML in order to create a new page or article for the site.
You can simply concentrate on writing the content and the dynamic site takes care of putting that content into the right spot on the website. With a static site the content creator would have to know HTML or employ the help of someone who does in order to create a new web page for a site
Responsive design delivers the same code to the browser on a single URL for each page, regardless of device, and adjusts the display in a fluid manner to fit varying display sizes. And because you're delivering the same page to all devices, responsive design is easy to maintain and less complicated in terms of configuration for search engines.
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Google recommends responsive design in their mobile documentation because it's easier to maintain and tends to have fewer implementation issues. However, I've seen no evidence that there's an inherent ranking advantage to using responsive design.
With more devices come varying screen resolutions, definitions and orientations. New devices with new screen sizes are being developed every day, and each of these devices may be able to handle variations in size, functionality and even color. Some are in landscape, others in portrait, still others even completely square. As we know from the rising popularity of the iPhone, iPad and advanced smartphones, many new devices are able to switch from portrait to landscape at the user's whim.
A few years ago, when flexible layouts were almost a "luxury" for websites, the only things that were flexible in a design were the layout columns (structural elements) and the text. Images could easily break layouts, and even flexible structural elements broke a layout's form when pushed enough. Flexible designs weren't really that flexible; they could give or take a few hundred pixels, but they often couldn't adjust from a large computer screen to a netbook.
One nice thing about the iPhone and iPod Touch is that Web designs automatically rescale to fit the tiny screen. A full-sized design, unless specified otherwise, would just shrink proportionally for the tiny browser, with no need for scrolling or a mobile version. Then, the user could easily zoom in and out as necessary.
There is an art to ecommerce website design. The design of your store can make or break a sale, lure-in customers or drive them away. The quality and cohesiveness of the design elements in your website says a lot about you and your online business.
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First impressions have always been important, and with the introduction of social networks to ecommerce and the increasing popularity of Social and Mobile commerce sites, your company's identity needs to reach online shoppers within multiple channels.
Like the design elements of a traditional brick and mortar store, from the color of the walls to the setup of the décor and the positioning of products, the design of your website must appeal to your audience. From the blueprint to the details, 3dcart certified designers can help you build a strong image for your business and create a great shopping experience for your visitors.
The entire financial transactions will eventually become electronic, so sooner conversion is going to be lower on cost. It makes every transaction through e-commerce payment a lot cheaper.
Productivity here means productivity for both companies and customers. People like to find answers online because it is faster and cheaper, and it costs a lot cheaper expense as well for the company.
E-commerce also enables us to move better with higher margin for more business safety. Higher margin also means business with more control as well as flexibility. You can also save time from the e-commerce.


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Self-Employed? Here's Three Things You Need to Know about Getting a Mortgage
More than ever, workers are choosing to shun the constraints of a 9 to 5 job and instead, seek the freedom of running their own business.
Whilst there are many benefits to being self-employed, some people are still concerned about what this could mean for getting a mortgage.
But how much more difficult is it to secure a mortgage deal when you're not on a payroll? And are there ways to show lenders that they can trust you?
We've put together 3 things we believe every self-employed worker should know when they're looking to secure a mortgage:
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In the past, if you were self-employed you would very likely have to rely on a 'self-certification' mortgage. However these are now banned, due to both borrowers and lenders abusing deals formed on loose affordability checks.
Today, self-employed property owners have access to the same mortgage deals as everyone else. The only difference being that lenders will ask for – on average – two years' worth of your accounts or tax return history. If you're a contractor, you may also be asked to provide proof of any ongoing or future work you have in the pipeline, as an assurance that you'll be able to cover your future repayments.
Start Creating a Paper Trail
So once it's time to provide evidence of your past 2 to 3 years' work history, what will you need to show lenders?
You should aim to present at least some of the following:
– Your yearly accounts from a qualified account.
– An SA302 form, showing the amount of income you have declared to the tax man. Your accountant can send off for this, or you can apply for it yourself directly from HMRC.
– Knowledge and receipts of your monthly outgoings, such as food, telephone and car bills. This will help both yourself and lenders to gain a better assessment of what you can afford on mortgage repayments. Better yet, try reducing these costs in the year before you apply for your mortgage.
– Strive to improve your current credit rating. This includes paying off any debts and credit cards, as well as making sure that you're on the electoral register, as this too can help to improve your credit score.
The best thing you can do is start to create a paper or electronic trail of your earnings and forecasted projects, starting today. The earlier you start to collect proof of your earnings, the easier it will be for you when it's time to find a good mortgage deal.
You / Will Need Insurance
When you're self-employed, you have only yourself to rely on. You may even have a family who are also reliant on you. Therefore, when you are self-employed it is crucial that you have some kind of insurance in place, to protect your family and yourself financially, for if the unthinkable ever did happen.
If you run your own business and are the sole employee, then in the event you were unable to work, you'd become vulnerable to earning little to no income, putting you at risk of missing your repayments. That is why for many self-employed workers, income protection is a must, as a form of insurance that can provide regular 'pay outs' to help cover your monthly costs – including mortgage repayments – should you become too ill to work.
Are you self-employed? In desperate need of professional advice? Looking to secure a mortgage? Contact Amber Mortgage Solutions today. Call us on 01702 619221.


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Royal Festival Hall: Previewed 3 August, Opened 6 August 2002, Closed 31 August 2002
Musical by Stephen Sondheim with book by James Goldman. Directed by Paul Kerryson with designs by Paul Farnsworth and musical direction by Julian Kelly.
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Not seen in the West End for fifteen years, Follies comes to the London stage for a limited summer season at the Royal Festival Hall in a brand new production which features the original Broadway score.
Considered by many to be one of the greatest musicals of all time, Follies transports the audience to the once lavish, but now crumbling Weissman Theatre. Memories from its glorious past return and glamorous showgirls from decades ago reunite and remember, just one last time.
The haunting themes of time, age and memory; the whispers in the wings, the clicking of high heels, the giggling of the girls, are all brought vividly to life - deliciously clever Sondheim at his very best...
Filled with sensational songs, startling and wonderful rhythm, this unique and rarely performed musical featues classic showstoppers including 'Broadway Baby, 'I'm Still Here, and the world-wide hit 'Losing My Mind'.
Cast includes Henry Goodman as 'Buddy', Kathryn Evans as 'Sally', Louise Gold as 'Phyllis' and Diane Langton as 'Carlotta'.
(A revised version of Follies was staged at the Shaftesbury Theatre from July 1987 to February 1988)
Paul Kerryson's previous production's in London's West End include Rent at the Prince of Wales Theatre (Dec 2001 to Jan 2002). Kerryson has previous directed a major production of Follies at the Leicester Haymarket on October 1994.
Sondheim Sings, Vol. 1: 1962-72
CD, released 10 May 2005.
Stephen Sondheim turns 75 this year, and in celebration of his birthday, PS Classics Inc. will be unveiling the many demos held in his private collection, of him singing and playing songs he's written from 1946 to the present -- all digitally remastered. Some of these songs have never been heard, written for productions that never happened or cut from shows out of town; many others ended up on Broadway in versions substantially revised after the demos were recorded, giving us a rare chance to hear the artist actually creating his masterworks. Volume I of Sondheim Sings covers the years from 1962 to 1972 and is available to pre-order online now....
News about the show
On 12 March 2002: It was confirmed that Stephen Sondheim's musical Follies will be staged at the Royal Festival Hall opening on 6 August 2002, with previews from 3 August. Booking has now opened. The production will have a limited season up to 31 August 2002.
On 12 June 2002: Casting for the five main roles was officially announced: Henry Goodman will play 'Buddy', Kathryn Evans 'Sally', Louise Gold 'Phyllis' and Clarke Peters 'Ben' with Diane Langton as 'Carlotta'.
8 July 2002: More casting has been announced. Clarke Peters has evidently withdrawn from the production and the role of 'Ben' is now still to be announced. Henry Goodman will play 'Buddy', Kathryn Evans 'Sally', Louise Gold 'Phyllis' and Diane Langton as 'Carlotta' with Kerry Jay 'Young Phyllis', Hugh Maynard 'Young Ben', Emma Clifford 'Young Sally', Matthew Cammelle 'Young Buddy', Shezwae Powell 'Stella', Joan Savage 'Hattie', Anna Nicholas 'Solonge', Philippa Healey 'Young Heidi', Myra Sands 'Emily', Keisha Marina Atwell 'Young Stella', Tiffany Graves 'Margie', Paul Bentley 'Rosco', Tony Kemp 'Theodore', Nick Hamilton 'Max', Ensemble Girls: Pippa Raine, Juliet Gough, Alexis Owen Hobbs and Gabrielle Noble and Ensemble Boys: Simon Coulthard, Andrew Wright, Matthew Atwell and Craig Armstrong. The role of 'Ben', 'Heidi' and 'Weissman' are to be announced.
Extracts from the reviews:
"...Director Paul Kerryson seems daunted by the gaping space, filling it only intermittently. The party that reunites the chorus girls of the Weissman Follies is a static affair: individual women wander on to deliver a gag or complain of their lives since the Follies closed 30 years before, then shuffle away to make room for the next laugh or woeful reminiscence... Kerryson gives you a production that drags its heels. At least the grand ensemble numbers have a scintillating energy, and the evening improves greatly when Sondheim abandons plot and writer James Goldman altogether to deliver his own sardonic take on the Follies entertainments... But as the spectacle grows in extravagance, Kerryson's production seems all the more hollow at heart." The Guardian
"...What's strange is that, in a production that boasts that it is 'fully staged' (as indeed it is), Sondheim and his librettist, James Goldman, never bothered to stage it in the first place. The songs bang on regardless of storyline � all under the excuse that it's a semi-musical reunion of semi-musical performers � and the chunks of dialogue are patchy and sophomoric in their insights, not helped by the piano bar tinkling under most of them. But staged it is � Paul Farnsworth's phenomenal, shabby, once-grand theatre interior dominates the RFH stage and half the auditorium... The only disappointment of Paul Kerryson's production is the singing is often underpowered... Yet, in spite of all that and of some clunky lighting cues, when Sondheim hits the big torch numbers a thrill runs up the back of your neck and it all seems to make sense." The Independent
"...That indomitable impressario Raymond Gubbay has presented a production by Paul Kerryson that may not be definitive, but is full of a sense of sadness, improvisation and hanging on before the bulldozers move in. THe Festival Hall is not an ideal house. But the best is made of the facilities, and the sound levels and microphoning are fine... Joan Savage and Diane Langton give everything they've got and perform with consummate musicianship... But the show is properly stolen by Kathryn Evans as Sally, the showgirl who married Buddy but loved Ben more, and who raises the roof, halfway down a staircase, while losing her mind in a sustained cry of despair." The Daily Mail
"...The often lucklustre characterisation in Kerryson's production only serves to empasise how the banalities of Goldman's script outweigh the wisecracks, while the thin plot simply sets up yet more disillusion and regret. It's the way SOndheim expresses them in song that earns the show's now legendary reputation. Even though a fine band under Julian Kelly captures the splendours of Sondheim's unsettling cacophonies and feel-good melodies, not all the cast have the strengh to do the songs justice... Only Kathryn Evans as Sally fully embodies her role... Kerryson's production is a mixed bag of the poignant and the pallid which suggests that Follies may still be a work in progress." The Times


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During the American Revolution the British fleet arrived to New York. General Howe was able to gain control of New York because he had placed Hessian mercenaries of New York. Howe gain control also because of their intimidation.
Also during the American Revolution the Americans took control of Montreal. The British stayed in Boston, so they could stay with the civilians during winter, and the Americans moved on and took control of Montreal. That was a pretty good win for the Americans.
The Stamp Act Congress of 1765 states the rights and grievances of the colonist. The acts was ordered by the king and Parliament. England did not like the act, so they just ignored it. It was a significant step toward intercolonial unity.
The Boston "Massacre" took place on March 5th 1770, but before it two British regiment troops were put in 1768. The troops were sent their to keep peace in Boston. Both sides of the incident took the blame, but two redcoats were actually guilty. The two soldiers were released after being branded on the hand.
In 1773 the British East India Company were facing bankruptcy. They had 17 million pounds of unsold tea. The British ministry awarded it a complete monopoly of the American tea business. The only way they could sell the tea was at a very low price. But the colonist saw this as an attempt to trick them into paying taxes.
One of the wars that happened was the Battle of Long Island. General Howe sent 20k British troops and Hessian mercenaries to Brooklyn. Washington only sent 10k to Brooklyn, the troops were commanded by Israel Putnam. 300 of Putnam's men were killed, 1,400 were captured and the rest escaped to Manhattan.
The Battle of Saratoga; On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. Though his troop strength had been weakened, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th, but this time was defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the colonist's cause and enter the war as their ally.
The Battle of Brandywine; On the afternoon of this day in 1777, General Sir William Howe and General Charles Cornwallis launch a full-scale British attack on General George Washington and the Patriot outpost at Brandywine Creek near Chadds Ford, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on the road linking Baltimore and Philadelphia.


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In a prior post, we looked at installing Raspberry Pi (version 3) as a host to run the Foglight Agent Manager. Since we don't yet have an installer compiled for the ARM processor, it wasn't a very long post!
But, wait! Can Foglight do anything to monitor the Raspberry Pi, or is that a dead end too?
The TL;DR version is that yes, Foglight can monitor the Raspberry Pi just like any other host.
I started by loading Raspbian and booting the device.
I then setup the Foglight Infrastructure agent to remotely monitor the device. So far, so good, it showed up in the Infrastructure dashboard.
The host drill downs also showed up nicely.
These included the drill downs for memory and cpu usage.
I ran a couple programs on the Pi, and Foglight promptly alerted me with a memory paging alarm.
That was a great bit of progress. Stay tuned for the next post to find out what SNMP metrics are available on the Pi. In the meantime, you might want to brush up on the installation and configuration process for Foglight SNMP monitoring.


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Siren's Fury
Siren's Fury by Mary Weber
Synopsis: "I thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it's no use. The curse I've spent my entire life abhorring—the thing I trained so hard to control—no longer exists."
Nym has saved Faelen only to discover that Draewulf stole everything she valued. Now he's destroyed her Elemental storm-summoning ability as well.
When Nym sneaks off with a host of delegates to Bron, Lord Myles offers her the chance for a new kind of power and the whispered hope that it may do more than simply defeat the monster she loathes. But the secrets the Bron people have kept concealed, along with the horrors Draewulf has developed, may require more than simply harnessing a darker ability.
They may require who she is.
Set against the stark metallic backdrop of the Bron kingdom, Nym is faced with the chance to change the future.
Or was that Draewulf's plan for her all along? "
*Warning! May contain spoilers for Storm Siren! (aka the first book of this trilogy)
Review: Once again Mary Weber starts off the book with a hook which although was nice wasn't completely needed due to the fact the last book ended with a REALLY BIG CLIFFIE.... However the cliffie feeling was confirmed and faded by the second/ third page and I was really thankful she got that through quickly because my leg wouldn't stop shaking until I got up to there. So thanks Mary Weber! (sidenote: I found that bits of this book actually resembled The Young Elites anyone else?)
I don't want to give anything away but the first plot twist literally saved me. I won't say anymore except that it was all I was hoping for. Overall I really enjoyed the plot just like I did for Storm Siren, but I felt a slight bit of confusion which honestly could have been just because I was so excited I finished this book as fast as I could. Then there was NYM uh the Siren's fury title really fit because about halfway through I was really angry at her. No spoilers of course but UGH. If anyone has the copy with them page 295 was the point I was freaking out and almost on the verge of tears. Whereas 336 was where I was like HUH?! and also laugh crying.... Then Mary Weber being herself gave us one last plot twist near the end of the book and left me thinking but THANK GOODNESS there was no cliffie on the end because the third book isn't at my library so who knows what would even happen to my poor little brain. However readdressing that last twist, I really didn't see that coming... but then again this book's plot overall is something I just couldn't predict.
As you can EASILY see I went through a WIDE range of emotions throughout this book and I would really recommend this book to anyone (of course meaning you would need to go and read Storm Siren first). The plot and characters were clearly given lots of thought and attention to detail as well as the beautiful realm they live in. Overall I absolutely love this series and I really can't wait for the next and sadly final book of this trilogy!
Cover: ★★★☆☆ (Don't judge a book by it's cover because this series is freakin' good)
Favorite Quote: " Love.
Maybe that is the true power."
Stephanie C.
A fan of anything fiction, furry, & fun.
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The Great Controversy # 41
"A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, He will plead with all flesh; He will give them that are wicked to the sword." Jeremiah 25:31. For six thousand years the great controversy has been in progress; the Son of God and His heavenly messengers have been in conflict with the power of the evil one, to warn, enlighten, and save the children of men.
Now all have made their decisions; the wicked have fully united with Satan in his warfare against God. The time has come for God to vindicate the authority of His downtrodden law. Now the controversy is not alone with Satan, but with men. "The Lord hath a controversy with the nations;" "He will give them that are wicked to the sword."
The mark of deliverance has been set upon those "that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done." Now the angel of death goes forth, represented in Ezekiel's vision by the men with the slaughtering weapons, to whom the command is given: "Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at My sanctuary." Says the prophet: "They began at the ancient men which were before the house." Ezekiel 9:1-6. The work of destruction begins among those who have professed to be the spiritual guardians of the people. The false watchmen are the first to fall. There are none to pity or to spare. Men, women, maidens, and little children perish together.
"The Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain." Isaiah 26:21. "And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor." Zechariah 14:12, 13.
In the mad strife of their own fierce passions, and by the awful outpouring of God's unmingled wrath, fall the wicked inhabitants of the earth--priests, rulers, and people, rich and poor, high and low. "And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried." Jeremiah 25:33. At the coming of Christ the wicked are blotted from the face of the whole earth--consumed with the spirit of His mouth and destroyed by the brightness of His glory. Christ takes His people to the City of God, and the earth is emptied of its inhabitants.
"Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof." "The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word." "Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned." Isaiah 24:1, 3, 5, 6.
The whole earth appears like a desolate wilderness. The ruins of cities and villages destroyed by the earthquake, uprooted trees, ragged rocks thrown out by the sea or torn out of the earth itself, are scattered over its surface, while vast caverns mark the spot where the mountains have been rent from their foundations. Now the event takes place foreshadowed in the last solemn service of the Day of Atonement. When the ministration in the holy of holies had been completed, and the sins of Israel had been removed from the sanctuary by virtue of the blood of the sin offering, then the scapegoat was presented alive before the Lord; and in the presence of the congregation the high priest confessed over him "all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat." Leviticus 16:21.
In like manner, when the work of atonement in the heavenly sanctuary has been completed, then in the presence of God and heavenly angels and the hosts of the redeemed the sins of God's people will be placed upon Satan; he will be declared guilty of all the evil which he has caused them to commit. And as the scapegoat was sent away into a land not inhabited, so Satan will be banished to the desolate earth, an uninhabited and dreary wilderness.
The revelator foretells the banishment of Satan and the condition of chaos and desolation to which the earth is to be reduced, and he declares that this condition will exist for a thousand years. After presenting the scenes of the Lord's second coming and the destruction of the wicked, the prophecy continues: "I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season." Revelation 20:1-3.
That the expression "bottomless pit" represents the earth in a state of confusion and darkness is evident from other scriptures. Concerning the condition of the earth "in the beginning," the Bible record says that it "was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep." [THE HEBREW WORD HERE TRANSLATED "DEEP" IS RENDERED IN THE SEPTUAGINT (GREEK) TRANSLATION OF THE HEBREW OLD TESTAMENT BY THE SAME WORD RENDERED "BOTTOMLESS PIT" IN REVELATION 20:1-3.]
Genesis 1:2. Prophecy teaches that it will be brought back, partially at least, to this condition. Looking forward to the great day of God, the prophet Jeremiah declares: "I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down." Jeremiah 4:23-26.
Here is to be the home of Satan with his evil angels for a thousand years. Limited to the earth, he will not have access to other worlds to tempt and annoy those who have never fallen. It is in this sense that he is bound: there are none remaining, upon whom he can exercise his power. He is wholly cut off from the work of deception and ruin which for so many centuries has been his sole delight.
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Last week a psychiatric patient at Mass General Hospital was shot dead by an off-duty security guard after attacking his doctor with a knife. The security guard has been legally cleared for now as acting in self defense and is heralded as a hero.
I was not there, and do not know exactly what happened. Reports the security guard heard screams from the doctors office, thought she was being beaten, and burst in. When he saw the man had a knife, drew his firearm and told the man to drop the knife. The man reportedly lunged at him, he shot the man twice.
First, sympathies go out to the family of the man who was killed. It sounds like he had psychiatric issues, and surely this is a tragedy for them. If this incident happened as reported, the security guard most likely acted heroically and saved lives.
What burns me a bit is that the family's lawyers are now questioning if the man could have been subdued, or if the man had to have been shot twice (wasn't one bullet enough). This is why lawyers are so popular these days. They are trying to drum up controversy where there is none in order to increase their billable hours and/or create an opening for a civil suit.
Let's be clear about this: Firearms are lethal weapons. There is only one thing you are doing when you purposefully fire them at someone - you are to kill them. A knife is also a lethal weapon, when threatened with a knife - this is lethal force and it frequently requires a lethal response to survive.
Only in really bad movies does someone shoot a gun out of someone else's hand with a pistol, or aim for the leg. Trained people instinctively aim for center mass, under the stress of a lethal threat, this is the area you are most likely to hit. You shoot until the person is no longer a threat, a frequently this is more than once.
To the point of self defense - if this doctor had to wait for someone to call the police, and for the police to respond, she (and perhaps others) would most likely be dead. Again, the police are great, but they can't be everywhere.
Licensed, law abiding citizens carrying firearms may be our first and only line of defense against such acts. Recently several men have been charged with terrorist plots against crowded targets (such as malls) with automatic weapons. I can't imagine how a terrifying act like that might play out, but I do know that nothing would stop it short of the terrorists being killed or running out of ammo.
Israel has seen attacks against school buses by terrorists with automatic firearms stopped by legally armed civilians.
The only effect of criminalizing self defense is to increase crime. The UK's draconian self-defense and weapons carry laws have led to a giant spike in violent crime. After the mayor of Boston announced having the toughest gun laws in the nation, shootings went up over 60%.
The main benefactors of laws restricting self defense are criminals,


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The Sexbury Tales (1973) Mario Caiano
The Sexbury Tales (1973)
aka I racconti di Viterbury - Le più allegre storie del '300
Genre: Sex Comedy
Country: Italy | Director: Mario Caiano
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The Sexbury Tales (1973)
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Murder investigation after mother named locally as Cheryl Birdsall found dead in Colchester
PUBLISHED: 18:57 13 September 2017 | UPDATED: 12:54 16 September 2017
Tributes have poured in for a "kind" and "beautiful" mother and friend after she was found dead in Colchester.
Police were called to reports a 37-year-old woman's body had been discovered at a home in Avignon Close shortly after 7.45pm on Tuesday.
Detectives launched a murder investigation the following morning urging people to get in touch with information.
Neighbours named the woman as Cheryl Birdsall, saying she was a "true friend".
Mick Suttey, 53, of Avignon Close, said: "I know her very well. She was very opinionated and if she didn't like you then she told you but that's what I loved about Cheryl.
"She was a lovely girl in her own right. My last memory of her is us laughing together, it's a lovely memory. She was outspoken and will be much missed by us all."
Tributes to her flooded in on social media. One friend, posting on Facebook, said: "Rest in peace beautiful! In complete shock, such a lovely lady taken far too soon."
While another added: "You were a beautiful and kind person."
A 43-year-old man, from Colchester, was arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident. He was still being held in police custody last night for questioning.
People living close by said they were shocked to hear the news. Many said the area had been plagued by anti-social behaviour for years.
One mum, with two young children, said ambulances had been flying up and down Avignon Close just after 7.30pm to try and find the right flat.
A pensioner, of Eaton Mews, said: "It's just very sad. I have seen people sitting outside those flats drinking until 1am with young children about.
"We heard about the murder but we never thought it would be there."
One woman, who did not want to be named, added: "All they do is drink, fight, and argue. It's awful.
"Them living there certainly affects people. Last year people were sitting out there drinking on the pavement, bottles rolling around.
"Someone complained and it did quieten down, but every now and again it breaks out."
Anyone with information should call Essex Police on 101.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.


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text: Hi all, Here are the notes from today's meeting. Many relevant notes so I'm just including everything. Some of these notes will make more sense when accompanied by the slides – and there is some good information on the slides that I didn't duplicate here – specifically about the latest atmosphere developments. I assume JF will send out the slides soon. One item I'd like to call your attention to: There was some question as to whether Julio's latest runs – specifically GRNL03 – are acceptable in terms of Greenland precipitation. The general feeling was that there might not be much more we can do if the answer is "no", but they'd still be interested in your answer. Bill S January 3, 2017 CSL JF: These numbers may not be updated correctly. We should see our new Cheyenne allocation reflected. Jim E: Nothing official on the timing of Cheyenne, but he heard the week of the 20th. ---- Summary of where we stand Angular momentum: Decision has been made to turn off the changes to angular momentum. It is available as an option, but it will be off for CESM2: there was too much uncertainty with this, given everything else going on. ---- Sub-grid orography changes Propose just making this change over Greenland. Julio: While this feels somewhat arbitrary, it is somewhat justifiable based on the conditions over Greenland. Julio did some runs where he also applied this over Antarctica. It didn't improve things much there, and he's concerned that it might have detrimental effects in other parts of the model (e.g., WACCM). So he feels that the best thing is to just apply this over Greenland, admitting that we're making this local adjustment. This has NOT been tested with WACCM. We need to do that. Joe: Ideally, we would apply this globally; we should just be up-front that we're doing this over Greenland because we care about the evolution of land ice in Greenland. Julio agrees, but also feels that there is at least some physical justification for this. There was some discussion of whether / how this will work with an interactive ice sheet. Most of the CMIP6 runs will NOT have an interactive ice sheet. Those that do (for ISMIP6) can (at least in principle) regenerate CAM subgrid orography following the same method as Julio has used. (Note that CISM has topography at 4 km, which is sufficiently high resolution for this.) Note that Julio's scheme doesn't use any information about the ice sheet edge – assuming that some of this effect comes from the rough topography left behind as the ice sheet retreats. Are ice sheet modelers happy with the final precip? Unsure... feeling is it's probably barely acceptable, but not totally sure. ---- Supersaturation Andrew: The instances of unphysical supersaturations are infrequent. They are going to let these unphysical supersaturations stay, because removing them led to too high climate sensitivity. We don't have time to do this right, so are going to live with these infrequent unphysical events. ---- Angular momentum fixes WACCM QBO could probably be improved again via tuning. But this would take time and the WACCM group was uncomfortable with this since they don't have a good physical understanding of why these things would change. ---- CAM - model skill SST: Overall Rich feels like this isn't too bad. We've done better, but this isn't bad. Too much cloud over tropical land: We can probably tune this. If not, we could live with it as is. JF: Do you expect any impact on ENSO? Rich: Unsure... we can look. Climate sensitivity: Based on just 6 years: seems we have lower sensitivity than 119, but the question is: is it low enough.... Run has been updated to 12 years, and now there seem to be bigger differences. In addition, RESTOM is dropping in the new run as we'd want it to (which we didn't see in 119). Overall, the new 4xCO2 looks more like what we've seen in the past (as opposed to 119). ---- Some other changes that need to come in • CLM: Dave L: Can bring in latest tunings once other components are ready Working on new transient data sets Overall, nothing in the way of us finishing soon • Ocean: Need to change coupling from 2-hour to 1-hour Caspian Sea needs to be brought in • Chemistry Need to update the emissions • BGC Keith: There's a lot on the MarBL development side that needs to come onto the trunk. Small amount of development needed for marginal seas Needs some tuning, but there's a chain of dependencies: e.g., waiting for dust retuning, which is waiting on land retunings. • CISM Bill S: New grid in place, including new mappings. Will come in in alpha06a. (New projection, and slight update to glacier cover.) There are still some other changes needed, but they will have 0 impact on these runs with a diagnostic ice sheet. • CIME Mariana: In good shape. The biggest need right now is documentation. ---- Estuary Box Model John T brought up the question of whether we want to keep the EBM – which we originally brought in because it fixed the Lab Sea Ice – now that it looks like we have a somewhat warmer climate there, and this may not be needed Rich: Shouldn't count on the warmer climate – may be decadal variability Gokhan: Asks himself that question, too. 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Each section of The Art of Emergency engages with a distinct task that the arts are frequently called upon to perform in response to putative crises. Among other assignments in contexts of conflict, artists and program participants are often asked to demonstrate (facts), to distribute (information), and to remediate (relationships). Yet just as violence creates even as it destroys, all of these ostensibly simple actions often instigate much more complex reactions, including outcomes that run counter to the initiators' original intentions.
"Part One" investigates the tensions inherent to projects designed to demonstrate. "Demonstrate" has three apparently separate meanings: to present evidence, to explicate a process or task, or to participate in public protest. In fact, each of these definitions is a distinct facet of the task of "showing" or "calling attention" to an issue or act. The term "demonstrate" itself demonstrates the persistent and inescapable interweaving of these diverse objectives. In every case, demonstrations are representational, in that they aim to reveal particular truths through evidence; they are pedagogical, in that they aim to transmit knowledge and procedures; and they are motivational, in that they aspire to transform individual acts and social relations. The prioritization, negotiation, and synthesis of these three objectives inherently generate aesthetic and political complications that emerge in the chapters in this section.
Singing After Apartheid: The Musical Aesthetics of Collective Protests in South Africa
Omotayo Jolaosho (University of South Florida)
Covering Emergency: NGO Photographs of Stability in a Space of Ongoing Conflict
Aubrey P. Graham (Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape)
Making a Difference?: The Micropolitics of Musical Strategies Among Malawi's Volun-Tourists
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Bruce Makowsky Designer Luxury Art
Bruce Makowsky Designer Luxury Art
"True luxury is rebellious, above the status quo – it is lofty, it is life amplified by reverie, it is boundless beauty. But perhaps what makes luxury so unique is its rareness, its loftiness and its seductive unattainability." – Bruce Makowsky
Over the last 25 years, Bruce Makowsky's evolution as a fine artist stems from his experience in the fashion world – his designer accessories and handbags gave him an opportunity to experiment with materials, like leather and metals – and his experience in the world of property development has afforded him the opportunity to fully realize some of his artistic concepts and visions. Moreover, his familiarities in both the fashion and real estate world have given him a one-of-a-kind insight into luxury goods and the mechanics of luxury. As a property developer, alone, Makowsky is a complete anomaly. Unlike other property developers that merely stage a home, Makowsky looks at his properties like blank canvases where he can create permanent installation-based works that stay with the new buyer of the home. Not only does he build these homes from scratch – he also creates the artwork that lives inside. In the curation and creation of his property developments, Makowsky is hands on all along the way.
At Guy Hepner Gallery, Bruce Makowsky offers a compelling collection consisting of hand carved Honey Onyx Stone sculptures, Designer Tools, Addicted To Luxury prints, and the Luxury Explosion sculptures.


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Mayor Jim Watson and Michael Maidment, Executive Director of the Ottawa Food Bank, will co-host this year's Food Aid fundraiser BBQ and Mayor's Rural Expo on Friday, June 1. This event celebrates rural Ottawa while raising money in support of the Ottawa Food Bank's Food Aid program.
Come down to City Hall for this free, fun, family-friendly event. This year's highlights include:
- $10 BBQ lunch by The Works from 11 am to 2 pm
- Celebrity cow-milking competition at 12:15 pm
- Vendor show including farm animals, farmers, artisans, festivals and organizations promoting rural goods and attractions from 10 am to 2 pm
- Music from Ottawa's New Country 94
Connect with your rural neighbours and learn about tourist attractions just outside the Greenbelt at the expo booths, located outside on Marion Dewar Plaza and inside City Hall at Jean Pigott Place.
Can't attend in person? You can still donate to the cause online at ottawafoodbank.ca (select drop down item "Food Aid Beef Program"), or call 613-745-7001 and mention that your donation is for Food Aid.
Facts and figures
- Last year's event was a great success, raising $106,000 for Food Aid.
- The Ottawa Food Bank is the Ottawa Region's central emergency food assistance organization. In 2017 the Ottawa Food Bank provided emergency food assistance to 38,500 people a month, 35 per cent of whom were children.
- The Ottawa Food Bank's Food Aid program raises money to purchase local ground beef, distributed to member agencies to provide protein for families who do not often have opportunities to eat meat.
- Since its inception in 2004, Food Aid has distributed 901,265 pounds of ground beef.
For more information on City programs and services, visit ottawa.ca or call 3-1-1 (TTY: 613-580-2401). You can also connect with us through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


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Speaker Spotlight: Sabeen Ali
Nowhere Developers Conference is incredibly lucky to have AngelHack Founder and CEO, Sabeen Ali, as one of the day's featured speakers.
Sabeen will be talking about everything a developer needs to have a well-rounded career, and most importantly, happiness in the workplace. This afternoon session will be a must-see!
Bio: Sabeen Ali is Founder and CEO of AngelHack, female-owned and majority female-operated company that organizes hackathons and accelerates early-stage startups from around the world.
Prior to AngelHack, Sabeen founded and sold her own leadership training and organizational development company; Team Building ROI, which provided leadership and organizational development training to companies such as Google, IBM, Blackberry, NetApp, Cisco, and others. She holds an M.S. in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco and is an expert in change management.
Sabeen also founded Code For A Cause, a nonprofit organization that aims to make technology and coding accessible for all, and to bring the tech community together to make the world a better place. Founded in 2013, CFAC has organized events and initiatives designed to connect developers, support women and girls, minorities, veterans and other disproportionately disadvantaged communities.
She speaks internationally to corporate, nonprofit and student audiences on rapid innovation, entrepreneurship, acceleration, women in tech initiatives, and more. Most recently, she spoke at 4YFN with Mobile World Congress, Money 20/20, Shoptalk, and delivered USF's commencement speech in 2016. She has received numerous accolades for her work, most recently including the Harari Conscious Leadership and Social Innovation award. Her work with AngelHack and CFAC has been highlighted in Inc., Fast Company, Voice of America, and featured in the hit documentary: Seed.
Topic: How Holistic Hacking Leads to Developer Happiness
The Breakdown: After seven years of organizing hackathons, innovative initiates, and growing a global developer community we've seen entrepreneurs at every stage. Some of the best, and most successful all had one trait in common, something we at AngelHack like to describe as Holistic. A Holistic Hacker's skill sets go beyond code, encompassing general knowledge from the business and communications side; ultimately leading to a diverse set of soft skills, confidence, and overall developer happiness. In this talk, you will learn about these best practices every developer should know, and how to integrate holistic hacking into your everyday life.
Read on to learn more about Sabeen, her nonprofit work, and her tips for building a great software team.
What is your background in?
I've always considered myself an entrepreneur, ever since I was a little girl. I eventually went to USF to get an M.S in Organization Development where I also studied change management. To me, building a great company isn't about building a product and making it fit into society, but rather building a great product that fills a need expressed by the community. This is why change management is so important within tech, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Prior to AngelHack, I founded and sold my own leadership training and organizational development company; Team Building ROI, which provided leadership and organizational development training to companies such as Google, IBM, Blackberry, NetApp, Cisco, and others.
My passion for entrepreneurship, innovation, and a world of endless possibilities eventually led me to Founding AngelHack; a female-owned, female-majority company that provides entrepreneurs with emerging technologies and promotes the creation of seamless technology both inside of Silicon Valley.
Can you tell us about your work with Code For A Cause?
Through my own experience as a women minority, I was inspired to create something that would help women and girls, and other minorities such as vets, refugees, LGBTQ groups and more thrive in the startup world.
Enter Code For A Cause, Founded in 2013, the nonprofit arm of AngelHack is designed to connect developers, support women and girls, minorities, veterans and other disproportionately disadvantaged communities.
Since 2013, we have run large-scale tech4good initiatives with major corporations such as Capital One, UN Women, The Kerala Government, Proctor and Gamble and more. In 2016, we ran a 20-city hackathon series called Lady Problems, dedicated to breaking down the barriers that prevented female entrepreneurship; raising our female-to-male ratio by 6%.
What is something people would be surprised to know about you?
I'm actually an introvert, which from the outside many would never be able to tell. I enjoy a good work/life balance, which is often how I stay sane and maximize my productivity. In my free time, you can find me hanging out with my two daughters, gardening and tending to my plants, so if I'm not jet-setting to some exotic location I'm usually being a very mellow mom and homemaker.
What is your least favorite programming language?
I have no background or personal drive as a coder, hacker, or programmer. However, the purpose of my work is to empower those who know the language with those who have the initiative to execute an idea.
Do you have any general tips for building great software teams?
Play to your strengths and surround yourself with people who compliment your weaknesses.
Some of the most successful hackers are what we at AngelHack like to describe as a Holistic Hacker. A concept in which we teach developers, designers, and entrepreneurs how to become more balanced and well-rounded human beings. We focus on the art of communication, team building and the importance of mindfulness and emotional intelligence.
When building a software team, try to make sure you are covering all your bases and surrounding yourself with people who are proficient in these areas. Doing so helps to make sure your software team can clearly articulate your idea and business model, ensures a strong team that runs like a well-oiled machine, and a team that can quickly adapt and pivot when needed.
See Sabeen in action on March 15 at the Nowhere Developers Conference in Bentonville!


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How to do relative dating advice on dating someone with duaghter
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"I'm not interested in having more kids," says Carolanne, who has a 20-year-old son and a teenage daughter.
"If Duncan decides children are an absolute necessity, he has to make a decision.
Over and over again, I've interviewed people who kept lists of qualities they were looking for in a spouse—a Wall Street banker, a vegetarian, a skier, a poet, someone who recycles, someone who drives a Porsche, someone under 30—and then fell in love with a completely different type of person, someone much younger or older, say, than they pictured. When I was 25, I spent ten days in Rome doing things I had never done: staying in hotels that cost more than a night, eating pasta that wasn't Stouffer's. He wasn't a father figure—he was a grandfather figure.
I also met a man who quoted poetry and knew all about wine and astrology and Roman history and which fork to use when presented with several in a fancy restaurant. At the end of our weeklong romance, we exchanged addresses and phone numbers.
"The cultural norm prevented me from having any kind of relationship fantasy," she says.
"If the older woman has money, she's seen as pathetic because she's buying the attention of a younger man.
I waited longer than I have ever waited for any man to call me—I was in my 30s before I gave up hope, and only because I figured he was probably dead.
But what I learned was, you might think it's not possible to fall in love with someone 55 years older than you, but as with most things you think you can't possibly do—fly an airplane, learn Chinese, move to Paris alone—you actually can.
She could tell he was the kind of guy—and there aren't many at any age—who'd appreciate high-thread-count sheets woven at a monastery in India.
"What if I tell this guy I want to be more than friends and he says, 'Oh my God, you're like a mother to me'?


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The burning question in my mind since the first time I opened my door to a friendly team of Jehovah's Witnesses when I was about 20 years old is this: Why do they work SO hard to minimize Jesus? Why are they so offended at the idea that God would become man? What is their motive?
Consider these passages:
John 1:1 • …In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Continue reading


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Come meet dozens of Toronto's best literary publishers of fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction! Literary books, chapbooks, broadsides and recordings for sale – including lots of stuff you'll never find in stores!
Saturday, November 29
noon – 5 pm
Clinton's Tavern (rear room)
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Just one block east of Christie Subway Station
Free admission! Cash bar! Great food!
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Every chat, we discuss a specific part of the moving process. This week the topic was, "How to Budget for your Upcoming Move" and what follows is an edited transcript of the discussion.Read more
Month: July 2012
JK Quality Assurance
Our training has helped us be the success we are today, by delivering excellent moving experiences for our customers. In addition to the training, we've added levels of quality control to ensure our customers get the best move possible.Read more
MoveChat – Communication Tips for a Smooth Move
On the first and third Thursday of the month, movers from across North America participate in a discussion on Twitter, called MoveChat, where stories, tips, and advice are shared. Every week, we discuss a specific part of the moving process. This week the topic was, "Communication Tips for a Smooth Move" and what follows is an edited transcript of the discussion.Read more
JK Passes DOT Audit
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Announcement: JK Moving is Open
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Alex Under
Alex Under
Following two very successful 12s, one EP and one full length album on Trapez, plus several 12s on his own label CMYK, Madrid's Alex Under has become one of the most sought after techno artists in Spain.
The deepest meaning of 'collage', defined by Max Ernst, is the general application of Arthur Rimabaud's 'delirium': I accustomed myself to simple hallucination, I saw quite deliberately a mosque instead of a factory, a drummer's school conducted by angels, carriages on the highways of the sky, a salon at the bottom of a lake: monsters, mysteries, a vaudeville poster raising horrors before my eyes. We could describe collage as an alchemic compound of two or more heterogeneous elements, derivate by their unexpected approximation generated deliberately by the search of systematic confusion and distorted perception.
That's Alex Unders' musical universe. Based in Madrid, this producer is the 'CMYKmusik' label manager.


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This here is our little David Tate. Isn't he cute? Man oh man, I love that little gap toothed smile.
He turns 1 today. I can't believe how much we have gone through and experienced together in just a short year. 365 days of fun, stress, love, cuddles, depression, hurting nipples, sleepless nights, early mornings, hair pulling, face smacking, and sweet smiles.
His 'milestones' as of today:
This sweet boy co-slept with us until 2 months ago, his daddy said it was time to get him into his own crib. I fought it a little at first, but I sure do love all the sleep I've gotten the past 2 months. He nursed until just a few days ago, I was so tired and over it. I'm sad and happy that our nursing journey is over. He's on the verge of walking and can say mama and dada. He tasted juice for the first time last night and is trying all sorts of food now a days. He's still on donated breast milk but we're trying to wean him off that as well.
Any who, this little rascal is into literally everything! Anything he can reach on the table or counter, well now it's on the floor. Anything that has a cabinet door, that isn't locked, well that's now on the floor as well, or in his mouth. Have an open door? Well leave it to Tate to close for you. Problem with this one is he closes the door then gets mad because he's suck in the room.
Other than getting stuck in rooms he is a very happy boy. He thinks his daddy and brother are both so incredibly funny. He loves playing 'Star Wars' with his brother, daddy, and myself. He also thinks he's hilarious. He loves pretty much everything his brother loves. If Cash is playing with something, Tate wants it. Which doesn't always work well for Tate because sometimes Cash has a hard time sharing, but we're working on it.
To celebrate the birthday boy I took him and Cash to breakfast with our friends Jess, Kevin, Callum, and Beckham. Later we are having a birthday party with a few of our friends and a cake just for Tate! I will definitely be posting pictures of that later.
Happy birthday, baby boy. Mommy loves you ❤


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It would be more appropriate to call today's ghost town a "ghost commune", established by Ernest Valeton de Boissère in 1869. He was a wealthy Frenchman, born into a Bordeaux aristocratic family in 1810. When Napoleon III came into power after the Third French Revolution, de Boissère departed France in 1852 for political reasons and immigrated to America.
He was a disciple of Voltaire, a believer in freedom of religion and expression, as well as socialism. He landed in New Orleans and attempted to establish a school and orphanage for Negro children, much to the disdain of his wealthy neighbors who apparently didn't share his idealism. Then his long-time interest in the silk industry brought him to Kansas.
Through the influence of William Scofield, the financial agent of Baker University, de Boissère decided that Franklin County, Kansas would be the ideal location to not only produce silk, sell it and make money, but to put into practice his political and social views. Thus, his idea was a mixture of capitalism and socialism, or as Daniel Fitzgerald wrote in Ghost Towns of Kansas, " a curious combination of autocratic and socialistic rule, actually a scheme backed by capitalism yet dedicated to communal ownership."
His intent was to develop "a system of industrial and social life far in advance of either now prevailing in the world". He purchased three thousand acres of land and in early 1870 planted his orchards of walnut and mulberry trees. de Boissère also brought forty families from France, experts in silk production, to supervise his "plantation".
SilkvilleScenesBy the end of 1870 the property included the silk factory, an ice house, an apartment house and other stone buildings. In 1872, barns big enough to house three hundred hogs, fifty horses and four hundred head of cattle, a cheese factory, a blacksmith shop, and Masonic and Odd Fellows lodge halls were built. That same year de Boissère had reported to the State Board of Agriculture that his orchard of ten thousand mulberry trees was providing foliage for silk production.
de Boissère was obviously pouring huge amounts of money into his enterprise, but all along his plan was for the community to be self-sustaining. He issued a prospectus in 1873, wooing fellow socialists would become "associates" and be remunerated based on their productivity. To be invited was one thing, but each person who came was required to pay a $100 deposit, agree to meet their own needs and pay rent two months in advance.
The factory was a large stone building where the silkworms were kept, with three looms capable of producing over two hundred yards of silk ribbon each day. In 1874 a sprawling sixty-room house was built, capable of accommodating between fifty to one hundred persons. There were parlors, offices, family rooms, several dining rooms, and a library of twenty-five hundred volumes of classic literature in several languages.
The house, the biggest mansion in Kansas at the time, was often referred to by area residents as a "chateau". A school was established, the first one in Kansas at that time to teach the literature of the day or what were called the "great books".
During the early years, outside visitors to Silkville were few, but after a time area residents became curious. People were beginning to express an interest in the silk industry and wanted to know more, although when de Boissère had first arrived folks were skeptical of both his intentions and his lofty plans. In the summer of 1874 trains ran out to Silkville so that anyone interested could come and see for themselves how silk was made.
The response was positive, as the Osage County Chronicle (Burlingame, Kansas) wrote: "[T]he extraordinary success which we have obtained in the raising of the silk worm, provides to us without any doubt, that there is no country in the world so well adapted for that industry as this, and there is no country which is so gifted of God as this." Congressman John J. Ingalls declared that Silkville was "the most prosperous community on the continent."
A sample of de Boissère's silk, "from the only silk-velvet manufactory in the United States", took first prize at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. At the time, at least, everything seemed to be paying off for de Boissère's substantial investment – business (the capitalist idea) was booming and he had become an American citizen in 1874. However, the socialist side wasn't working so well.
When those who had originally come from France to work began to mingle with the local residents, they realized they could make better wages elsewhere. It was becoming increasingly difficult to attract laborers to participate in his socialist experiment. In 1881 operations began to decline and by the following year competition for Oriental silk products was increasing – amazingly, it was cheaper to import silk.
He would travel back and forth to France and once remarked, "When I am in Bordeaux, I'm rich, but when I am in Kansas I eat bread and milk out of a tin can." By 1886 de Boissère decided that his experiment, at least the silk production part, had failed. The cheese and wine-making part continued to flourish, however, at least for a time.
When he returned to Kansas from France in 1892, de Boissère realized his Utopian idea had failed. He had also recovered his fortunes in France and wished to return there. Still, he wanted his land in Kansas to be used for the greater good. Many charitable organizations expressed an interest, including the Independent Order of Odd Fellows who wanted to establish an orphanage.
The land was deeded to the Odd Fellow's Grand Lodge of Kansas via a trust in the amount of almost $150,000, its express purpose being the founding of an orphanage. Everything, including the buildings and the orchards were transferred. On June 7, 1894 the Odd Fellows Orphans' Home was officially dedicated.
After de Boissère died on January 12, 1874 a legal battle had ensued over ownership of the property. Even though the orphanage had been officially established, the Grand Lodge had passed resolutions withdrawing its support. Ultimately, the question of ownership was taken to the courts.
Troutman and Stone, a Topeka law firm representing de Boissère's sister Madame Corrine Martinelli, argued that she was the rightful heir. As it turned out, however, the law firm convinced her, for the sum of forty-five hundred dollars, to sign a quitclaim deed over to them. The Odd Fellows continued to claim that de Boissère intended the property to be used for beneficent purposes and had given them the property to fulfill his intentions. They also believed that the law firm had coerced Madame Martinelli to sign the deed.
The battle went on for years until in January of 1903 the Kansas Supreme Court declared the original Odd Fellows deed null and void. The law firm finally sold the property on September 1, 1910 for $130,000. In 1916 the mansion was partially destroyed by fire but later rebuilt, smaller than the original, and used as a farmhouse. In the 1960's the Netherland family purchased Silkville Ranch and owned it until 2003 when it was sold to a resident of Kansas City.
According to Ghost Towns of America, the only structures remaining are a couple of barns, some of the original trees and the one-room schoolhouse, along with a rusted-out Silkville Ranch sign. Just a faint memory of the past, its history unknown to most, but an interesting history nonetheless — and proof that socialism never has and never will work.
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August 12, 2012
Michelle Naka Pierce, Chris Pusateri, & Stephen Vincent
from Continuous Frieze Bordering Red
As you sleep metaphorically, you try to understand the dorsal aspect of the body. Though not your first crossing, you are on the outside, inside this once removed zone, just beyond the city. Underground you hear languages not easily recognized, and the sounds are muffled, as if submerged. Hold yourself underwater, placed ever so gently in the hand, like an uncompromising narrative. If objects contain the infinite, then you are only a shade of red. The hues rise, and you visualize [quite unexpectedly] a scene where red meets yellow meets sky. Scatter effect. In other words, thirst approximates water. You are in place and displaced simultaneously. The result of being horizontal in a vertical city. You are other overcoming otherness. You are different in the corners under the same shade, under a protested focus. Winter glides along the force of sacrifice. All room in shadow. In this unkempt sentence, in this lattice of vagueness, lies violence. Stain upon stain upon tender withering letter. You are an ordinary color. A neglected Tuesday. A notable degree of claret in immaterial exchange. Hold yourself, as though some thoughts for water, but here in this syntax, red on red on black offers no solutions. Someone, somewhere must understand the loss and the shallow water that hovers. And so you must move closer then farther away in order to understand what it means to border the borders.
Michelle Naka Pierce
from Common Time
We have it all on videotape:
him at the bar, saying how, the plotting,
the memory (which stands in for pictures),
just like in the old novel by the young author who died.
He says Japan, but this is a Nihon
where Roland Barthes is selling frankfurters
on an underground level of Shinjuku.
He is walking off in the same body as before,
even though it is differently accessorized.
In a moment, he will come calling; in a second, he'll come
asking after.
They liked the sentiment without liking the point.
Don't tell him you're going--just go.
The website says, "You have entered the Navajo Notion."
The Local's Special and the Tourist's Special are exactly the same price on the menu.
Chris Pusateri
From After Language / Letters to Jack Spicer
The ecstatic is not built on an echo
The corrugated skin of the heart
Dappled thoroughly in red, a small vowel
Released, a flooded gorge:
Throw those rocks to the wind
What you shout is about nothing -
When your mother - eyes closed -
Fingers the triangle across the Ouija board
Numbers like Michael Jordan's baskets
(swish, swish) fall into place: A 3
And a 2 and a 3. The Coach
Is a Cherokee Werewolf, Tiger Woods
Is a caterpillar: transformation falls apart
At the line of scrimmage. What we tackle
Between vowels is the incision
The stone carnage: the way I melt
Trembling - my tail wing in flames:
My head buried and born before you.
Stephen Vincent