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Today India is celebrating the 63rd anniversary of Independence which they got on 15th of August 1947 from British coloniser. They celebrate this day as victory of Indian Freedom fighters who chose to risk 'their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honour' against the militarily-superior British.
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Celestial Happenings This Month Autumn represents sort of an 'intermission' in the sky, with bright summer stars setting at dusk, while bright winter patterns such as Orion have not yet risen. The 'teapot' of Sagittarius sets in the southwest early in the evening. The Summer Triangle is high in the west. […]
Jupiter is now high in the southwest at dusk. It outshines all stars we ever see at night, so you can't miss it. Mars and Saturn are now in the southeast at dusk. As you watch them rise, Mars is to the right and is much brighter. In fact, this month Mars outshines all of […]
This month, Mars is in the southwest at dusk this month. Mars continues to fade a little each night as Earth continues to leave it farther behind. Still, Mars rivals the brightest stars we see at night. Saturn is also in the southwest at dusk. This month and next, Mars approaches Saturn more and more. Venus remains in […]
Saturn is the only planet visible to the naked eye at night this August. Face southwest at dusk and you'll see Saturn near a star of similar brightness—Spica in Virgo. Saturn is a bit to the right of Spica as you face southwest. The ringed planet remains well placed for evening viewing and remains in […]
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"The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you." ~François Rabelais
Last weekend AJ participated in a fundraiser for a non-profit organization, HOPE Worldwide. The event was titled "Hoops for Hope" and AJ along with many other members of our church played basketball for 24 hrs. to raise money for this awesome charity. AJ was one of 40 "core members" who promised to raise at least $100 each and to stay for the whole 24 hrs. of the event. It was a very successful event that raised over $5,000. 75% of the money raised is funding a hospital in La Paz, Bolivia and the other 25% will go towards our local community work.
Here he is after playing basketball for 24 hrs. and just before we hit up our local juice and salad bar to refuel!
Since my husband was going to be playing basketball for 24 hrs. I knew he would need a drink that would help to replenish electrolytes lost in sweat. I also knew that I wasn't going to give him one the the mainstream sports drinks that are full of sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial colorings. So after doing a bit of research, I came up with this concoction! It's made up of only a few simple ingredients, tastes good, and replaces all the needed electrolytes and natural sugars for your body. Both salt and sugar help the body regulate and retain water in order to prevent dehydration.
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Meet our cat, Phil.
Although he is almost 8 years old- he is our baby. We seriously talk about him and to him like he's our child. Apart from being a total baby…here are some things you should know about Phil.
1. He has a foot fetish. If you come over, he must smell your feet and then find your shoes. You are most likely to find him sitting on our shoes.
2. He loves to be around people.
3. He loves to eat. (He gets this from his Mom)
4. He whines persistently when he wants something. (He gets this from his Dad, just kidding!)
5. Favorite foods: cat food, catnip, string cheese, tuna, bacon, fresh pasta.
Right now he's wondering what in the world Mom is going to do with this bag of coconut?
Could she be making a delicious raw treat? Perhaps… :)


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Marilyn L. Nemzer, M.A., Credentialed School Counselor
BA Comparative Literature,
University of California, Berkeley (includes 1 year,
University of Bordeaux, France)
MA French,
San Francisco State College
Jr. College & Secondary Teaching, life credentials,
San Francisco State College
Pupil Personnel (counseling), life credential,
University of San Francisco
Elementary Teaching, life credential,
University of San Francisco
Supervision Instructional Programs & Principalship,
life credential, University of S.F.
Work Experience Outside of Formal School Setting
• Trustee, Marin County Office of Education; currently serving fourth elected term. (Preceded by 17 years' service on Marin County Committee on School District Organization.)
• Executive Director, The California Study, Inc., a nonprofit organization, (see www.thecaliforniastudy.org). Created and administered the following programs and still direct (part-time, most volunteer) those that are ongoing, as noted below. In all of these I have overseen the organizational and administrative work; provided counseling and trouble-shooting with students, parents and staff; arranged for fundraising, and community and school outreach; trained volunteers of all ages. Through these programs I have stayed involved with teachers, students and parents from both the private and public school communities and have acquired experience that will contribute strength to any public, parochial or private school program.
- The Global Book Exchange. Environmental project that helps schools by finding second homes locally and globally for no-longer-needed textbooks. See www.bookexchangemarin.org. Ongoing.
- School Success Counseling. Student and parent school-related private counseling. Ongoing.
- The Teachers' Registry. Substitute teacher placement service for private and parochial schools; operated for 10 years.
- The Study. Private tutoring service. As Director, I spent many hours talking with concerned parents and provided counseling and guidance for situation-appropriate solutions. Operated for 16 years.
While administering the above programs, I have also been a leader in renewable energy education, co-authoring and publishing public information and curriculum for students in grades 2 – 12 in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission. Many of our publications have won national recognition, including awards from the U.S. EPA, the Smithsonian, and National Science Teachers Association. See energyforkeeps.org and geothermal.marin.org.
In-School Work Experience
• Substitute Teacher, Stuart Hall School for Boys & St. Hilary's.
• GATE Consultant, Coordinator, Peer Tutoring Program, Terra Linda High School, San Rafael City
Schools. A one-year position. Organized, administered and set up for sustainability an in-school tutoring program. Designed and implemented all student tutor-training and related counseling.
• Tutoring Program Consultant, Marin Education Foundation. A one-year position. Researched all tutoring programs and academic support options available in Marin's public high schools.
• Counselor, Bayside Middle School, grades 6-8, San Mateo City School District; seven years. Personal problems counseling; group and individual counseling; peer/bullying counseling; scheduling and programming for 350 students; community outreach/parent meetings; liaison with local high schools; teacher support; liaison between special education classes and other school activities; administrative support; general trouble-shooting; development and administration of inter-school tutoring and student aide programs (middle school students as aides to K-5 classes) during regular school year and as summer school program for entire district.
• Attendance Supervisor (long-term substitute, six months), Washington High School, San Francisco Unified School District. Counseled truant students and their parents; home visits.
• Counselor (internship) Fremont Elementary School (now closed), grades K-5, SFUSD
• Teacher (French and English) and Counselor, St. John's Ursuline High School (closed), San Francisco. Founded the school's counseling program and counseled students before and after school during my four years of teaching here.
• Student Teacher (French), Galileo High School, SFUSD
• Teaching Assistant (French), San Francisco State College
Professional Affiliations
Member, Marin County Board of Education, now serving third term
Board Member, California Environmental Education Foundation
California School Boards Association
Association of California School Administrators
American School Counselor Association
Tiburon-Belvedere Rotary Club (of Rotary International)
National Science Teachers Association
North American Environmental Educators Association
Geothermal Resources Council: Board of Directors
Professional Affiliations
Member, Marin County Board of Education, now serving fourth term
California Environmental Education Foundation
California School Boards Association
Association of California School Administrators
American School Counselor Association
Rotary International
National Science Teachers Association
North American Environmental Educators Association
Geothermal Resources Council: Board of Directors, since 1993
International Geothermal Association
Education and Community Service Related
Jefferson Award for Public Service, 2009
Point of Light Celebration honoree, recognition as one of 25 top volunteers in S.F. Bay Area, 2005
Tiburon-Belvedere Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce, recognition for community service, 1996
Marin County Commission on the Status of Women, commendation, 1996
Marin County Office of Education, Marin County School Boards Ass'n., Golden Bell Award, 1994
Marin County Volunteer of the Year, 1988
Environment Related (solid waste recycling)
Award of Excellence from the Marin Economic Commission for The Book Exchange, for "contributions to a vibrant and sustainable economy." 2004
Marin Community Foundation, Earth Day Every Day award, for the Global Book Exchange, 1996
National Environmental Awards Council (Renew America), for the Global Book Exchange, 1990
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX,commendation, for the Global Book Exchange, 1990
National Green Power Leadership Award, 2006. Sponsored by U.S. EPA, U.S. Dep't. of Energy, and Center for Resource SolutionsInterstate Renewable Energy Council, Innovation Award for Energy for Keeps, 2004
Geothermal Energy Association, Most Informative Award, Exhibit Booth, Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2000
Nat'l. Science Resources Center (of Smithsonian Inst. and Nat'l. Academy of Science) Recommendation of geothermal curriculum co-authored by Ms. Nemzer. 1996
Geothermal Resources Council Special Achievement Award., for public education efforts, 1993
Web Pages
Energy Education Group: www.energyforkeeps.org
Geothermal Education Office: http://geothermal.marin.org
Global Book Exchange: www.bookexchangemarin.org; www.facebook.com/globalbookexchange
School Success Counseling: www.schoolsuccesscounseling.com
The California Study: www.thecaliforniastudy.org/
Selected Multi-Media
Introduction to Geothermal Energy. Slide Set: of text, graphics and photos. 1999. See on GEO website. Geothermal Energy: A Renewable Option. Video, gr. 6 – adult. Director and co-author of script.1998A Down to Earth Adventure. Video, gr. 3 – 5. Producer, co-author. 1993.
Selected Printed Materials
Energy for Keeps: Creating Clean Electricity from Renewable Resources, "for everyone who uses electricity." Editor and Project manager. Published 2003.Geothermal Energy. Article for Microsoft Encarta CD-ROM Encyclopedia 2000. Co-author.Geothermal Energy. Elementary and middle school curriculum, co-author. 1995.A Global View of Geothermal Energy. Geothermal statistical map; designer and co-author, 1993 & updates. Activity supplement for Project WET (unpublished), in collaboration with The Watercourse (Univ. of Montana) and the Idaho Water Resources and Research Institute (Univ. of Idaho). Editor. In progress. Other publications in progress.


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This is a great quality sgian dubh which has been crafted in African blackwood and an oak trim set with a sterling silver Celtic knotwork design, symbolising infinity, with a sterling silver cap.
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Let me keep this as simply as possible for the President's supporters - judging from his rhetoric, consistent with that from a petulant 12 year-old, it seems to be the only way to get them to understand:
Firing the man in charge of the investigation aimed at exploring potential wrong-doing, some of it possibly illegal, of your administration is simply DEPLORABLE. Yes, you heard me - that word again - DEPLORABLE. A better, more honest and transparent path to take would have been to let FBI Director James Comey finish the investigation and, then, if flaws were found in the procedure, relieve him of his duties. Doing it now, in the midst of this investigation, REEKS of impropriety and a COVER-UP!
Let me remind people of the truest statement made by ANY candidate during the campaign trail. It was uttered by Mr. Trump:
I could shoot someone in the middle of Fith Avenue and not lose any voters.
Euphemistically, he just did.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Very First Post!
Mommy: "Is that good so far?"
R.E.I.T.: "Mmmhmm. Be. Nice."
Mommy: "I thought I was being nice."
R.E.I.T.: "Mommy, you want help?"
Message from R.E.I.T.: I paint. Uhm, no. You paint. Happy, happy, happy!
We thought that for the next few posts we would share our current nail polish stash. It's a modest collection, by most nail blog standards, but it's growing every week with our trips to Sally Beauty, Walmart, and Meijer.
R.E.I.T. thought we should share our glittery polishes first:
L-R: Hard Candy "Sweet P", Sinful Colors "Pinky Glitter", Sinful Colors "Hottie", Sinful Colors "I Miss You", Sinful Colors "Nail Junkie", Studio M "Gold Glitter"
Hmmm. Well, that just won't do. Not at all.
Mommy: "Do you think we have enough glittery nail polishes?"
R.E.I.T.: "Nooooo."
Mommy: "I think it's time to make a wish list."
R.E.I.T.: "I want paint."
So, while we make our wish lists, check out what we're wearing today over on the left there!
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Hi R.E.I.T.! I love your blog - it's awesome!ReplyDelete
So Mommy needs help being nice? ;)
Hmmm...that "I Miss You" color almost makes me want to paint my nails.
We can gladly let you try it out! It's one of our favorites.ReplyDelete
Love your blog R.E.I.T and Mommy, please keep it coming love seeing all your polish.ReplyDelete
Have you tried Orly (it's up to blue), great shade of blue.
Love from the nail queen on the other side of town.
I might have to make a blog over here just to follow this. I love nail polish so much. haha. Plus R.E.I.T and you are adorable.ReplyDelete
Lisa: We have had that in our basket on a number of times, ready to buy it, but we already have a blue/teal metallic from Sinful Colors (that you'll see when we post our blues) That I think is really, really close and we end up putting it back... I should put it on before we got to Sally next time so that we can compare them!ReplyDelete
FaeriesFolly: I'm so addicted to nail blogs, and R.E.I.T. and myself have to check our favorites every day, LOL.
I love you guys. :DReplyDelete
Makes me wish i didn't bite my nails so much.
Yay! I'd love to try it!ReplyDelete
Welcome to nail blogging! I have found it is quite a good way to justify purchasing more polishes. :)ReplyDelete


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post169937731794848629..comments2017-11-09T00:22:29.359-08:00Comments on The Loveliest Year: Sexual assault at BYU: My own storyGenevieve Kelleyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-59918796151550927582016-09-15T22:32:22.513-07:002016-09-15T22:32:22.513-07:00I am so sorry about the horrific rapes that you ha...I am so sorry about the horrific rapes that you have experienced and the pain that you still live with. Thank you for sharing your story, and I hope that you will find ever more peace.Genevieve Kelleyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-18096609373098622212016-09-15T22:15:29.085-07:002016-09-15T22:15:29.085-07:00Thank you for sharing this. I hope I don't in...Thank you for sharing this. I hope I don't increase your hurt by saying that reading your story above made me extremely jealous. I'm not trying to discount your pain because it's all horrific, I'm just obsessed with my own right now! I'm glad that as life post-rape goes, your reporting and being supported went as well as it could go. I started a blog about my own sexual abuse experience. I haven't been able to find any Mormon survivor's blogs about it, I don't know what happened to google when I was typing it in. But thank you for sharing your story! my blog is www.cordeliashappilyeverafter.blogspot.com
Shttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-1845718610057361792016-05-24T16:24:55.463-07:002016-05-24T16:24:55.463-07:00That means so much to me, Julie. Thank you.That means so much to me, Julie. Thank you.Genevieve Kelleyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-15060522000047094322016-05-23T18:40:58.776-07:002016-05-23T18:40:58.776-07:00Thank you for sharing this. I am glad beyond words...Thank you for sharing this. I am glad beyond words that you got support on every side; so often we hear of people who don't. I hope you are forwarding this to the administrators at BYU; they need to see what a difference it can make to someone to be treated with the dignity and compassion they deserve under such a horrific circumstance. My heart is full for you.--Julie WintersJulieAWhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-69664181609522139712016-05-23T11:39:50.264-07:002016-05-23T11:39:50.264-07:00This is so brave. Thank you for sharing. This is so brave. Thank you for sharing. Charityhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-59174842095569887482016-05-23T09:44:57.807-07:002016-05-23T09:44:57.807-07:00Thank you so much, Carolyn.Thank you so much, Carolyn.Genevieve Kelleyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-38953105283647956472016-05-23T09:44:19.740-07:002016-05-23T09:44:19.740-07:00Dear Jared, thank you for those kind thoughts. I d...Dear Jared, thank you for those kind thoughts. I do feel completely at peace now. Genevieve Kelleyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-48744455789268464342016-05-23T09:27:30.840-07:002016-05-23T09:27:30.840-07:00This Truly Travesty at at a high level for you, I ...This Truly Travesty at at a high level for you, I hope that you know Heavenly Father, His Son Jesus Christ and The Holy Ghost will always guide you and Comfort you Remember What Alma Says: We must bare one another burden, Comfort those that Stand in need of Comfort, and Morn For Those that are in Morning, God Bless You Child and May God Comfort you always. DAVID Shttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-57914402637340763812016-05-23T06:26:24.171-07:002016-05-23T06:26:24.171-07:00Genevieve, I still remember this vividly, and can...Genevieve,
I still remember this vividly, and can't help but feel sorrow for your pain, especially knowing this happened to someone I cared about and someone so innocent. I have thought over what is the best way forward for BYU in this, and knowing your thoughts is a tremendous help.
I hope you can one day feel completely at peace over what happened. Jaredhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-84045195413623127312016-05-22T13:58:45.613-07:002016-05-22T13:58:45.613-07:00I'm so sorry that happened to you. Your story ...I'm so sorry that happened to you. Your story is so important. I hope BYU improves their policy. Blessings.marshall phttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-62422098212765820542016-05-22T08:01:35.034-07:002016-05-22T08:01:35.034-07:00You are so amazing. I am humbled by your strength ...You are so amazing. I am humbled by your strength and grace. Thank you for telling your story. I so agree with your advice to BYU and those in charge. Beautifully said!
BrendaVampirehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-30346735589182778582016-05-22T02:25:37.873-07:002016-05-22T02:25:37.873-07:00Well said. Very well said. Thank you for posting t...Well said. Very well said. Thank you for posting this. I hope it opens someone's eyes. That is needed.the3bfgshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-70869582574448982222016-05-20T18:06:55.822-07:002016-05-20T18:06:55.822-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Genevieve Kelleyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7124292468599478244.post-57588983263223822922016-05-20T11:08:20.545-07:002016-05-20T11:08:20.545-07:00Tears. I haven't anything else but tears. My h...Tears. I haven't anything else but tears. My heart is broken for you but at the same time you are able to lift my heart with the compassion you were shown. How great God is that he can use something so horrible to bring about comfort for others. You are so strong to share this. I hope and pray your words bring about change and can help others. Carolyn Hammetthttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Mock Trial Prep Work – Counsel
- Day 1: Developing Argument and Opening Statements
- read the story again, paying special attention to the points and evidence you can use to present your case (i.e. "the defendant is guilty/not guilty because…")
- watch the YouTube video tutorial linked below and take notes:
- begin writing opening statement
- Day 2: Questioning Witnesses for Direct Examination
- watch this YouTube video tutorial on direct examination and take notes:
- (optional, but recommended) watch these YouTube video tutorials on direct examination and take notes:
- Choose witnesses whose testimony will support your case. Prepare questions and interview them. Record their answers.
- Day 3: Cross Examining Witnesses
- watch YouTube video tutorials and take notes:
- Collaborate with opposing counsel, share your arguments and the evidence you will be presenting. Interview witnesses of opposing counsel and plan cross examination questions. Write down.
- Day 4: Closing Arguments and Rules of Evidence
- watch YouTube video tutorial and take notes:
- Compose closing argument.
- Read the Rules of Evidence provided on the following website:
- http://www.hawaiifriends.org/mtsmrule.html
Mock Trial Prep Work – Witnesses
- Day 1: Character Building
- watch YouTube video tutorials and take notes:
- begin developing the backstory for your character
- Day 2: Character Building
- watch YouTube video tutorials and take notes:
- print off and begin filling in character development chart:
- Day 3: Character Building
- watch YouTube video tutorials and take notes:
- complete character development chart
- "meet and greet" with other witnesses from the trial
- prepare a Q&A presentation of your character for next time
- Day 4: Character Presentation
- deliver a presentation of your character to the class, including a brief biographical monologue and a question and answer from the audience
- plan a costume for mock trial
Mock Trial Prep Work – Jury Members
Day 1: The Role of a Jurist?
- Watch the following YouTube Video tutorials and take notes:
- Read "Evolution of the Jury" and take notes or annotate
- Write a brief personal statement on your roles and responsibilities as a juror
Day 2: The Trial and Deliberations
- Read from "Trial Jury Handbook" parts 3 ("The Trial") and 4 ("Deciding on a Verdict"); take notes
Day 3: Mock Deliberations
- Watch YouTube video clips 17-19 of mock jury deliberations:
- Analyze, individually, the evidence presented in the case of O.J. Simpson
- hold mock deliberations and discuss your reasoning
- write or orally present a report detailing the discussion, who said what, what reasoning was used, what questions were asked, what
Day 4: Witness Q&A
- Hear presentations of witness characters and ask questions about their lives, hopes, fears, etc.


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Dream Experiment CIV
?:?? am: The house with its properties divided by the road, on one side the spacious interiors with tasteful furniture, white walls, red trimmings and the raspberry tree of the courtyard inside, on the other the outside spaces, an elevated terrace with stone balustrade overlooking a large field and grove, under the branches of which children and horses congregate.
10:10 am: This dream brims with oddities, foremost amongst a pair of compound notions, the raspberry tree and the divided properties. Why are these to be spoken of as compound notions? For, although they are unlike any to be found in reality, they represent a combination of simple ideas to be drawn from nature: raspberry and tree, divided and property. Much as for the empiricists, for whom one could make sense of the idea "gold mountain" without ever seeing a mountain in gold or positing the existence of one somewhere, two ideas found separately in nature are here combined under the dream's combinatory function to give rise to the uncanny, something otherwise not to be found in nature. If in both instances, it seems indeed a case of such compound notions transposed into the terms of the dream-logic, it remains that the instances are different in effect. More precisely, the impossibility that derives from their being compound notions is of a different sort in each case. In that of the raspberry tree, this is because the raspberry tree cannot exist, for it would no longer produce raspberries, technically speaking. In that of the divided property, this is because properties are simply not divided in this way. It is not that they cannot exist but rather that they do not, as per our own experience. They are certainly conceivable and, moreover, possible. Wherefore their difference in nature and the independent path that the dream-logic follows to produce its own variants on age-old philosophical themes in the mixed economy of these compound notions.


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Limburg Salsa Festival
"This is a unique event. You learn from the best teachers in the World. Why shouldn't you want to join? You don't have a reason why you should not come to this festival. Do you have an excuse not to join? You don't want to wait too long. For the early birds we have special prizes.
You don't have to spend tons of money to travel the world, seeking the best Latin dancers and teachers - we do it for you and then bring the WORLD'S BEST TO YOU!
And did we mention the parties? World's favourite Latin DJ's, teachers and dancers all at one AMAZING VENUE, for one AMAZING WEEKEND, just once a year! It's the best social dancing you will get all year... Countless hours of Salsa, Kizomba, Bachata, and much more!
You are an amazing human being and you're worth the salsa festival. We are international teachers having passion for salsa and other latin dances. Organizing for 5 years, getting better every year. We've been to over 30 countries to promote, that's why we have 54 countries joining.
So get your ticket here now to be part of this!!"
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Today October 13th, you are officially one month old! It seems only yesterday that daddy and I brought our 6 pound 3 ounce baby home from the hospital, now you are growing and growing like a weed!
All I seem to do these days are brag & brag about you. You are so special to daddy and me and we just can't get enough of you! I sit with you during the day and just stare at you in amazement, you are growing so much every day that it baffles me. You not just growing physical but mentally too!
You are very smart. Daddy says you have a big head because how big of a brain you have, but you already so aware of everything around you. If I smile at you, you smile back. If daddy sticks his tongue out at you, you stick yours back out at him back. You are starting to be more vocal; not that your weren't vocal already. Now, you will tell us if you don't like something in a heartbeat!
Your strength amazes me everyday. You will hold you head up and turn it from side to side like a champ! When you grab our fingers, you hold on to them with strength of a 1 year old not a 1 month old. You can move & kick your arms and legs like there is no tomorrow, I think you are going to be an excellent swimmer!
You are beautiful. I know, I know I'm your mommy and I suppose to think that but You truly are, You could be a baby super model! You have beautiful complexion, everyone that see's agrees! You have beautiful big, full eyes that are absolute mesmerizing to look into! Daddy thinks they are going to turn brown because his are brown but, I think they are going to stay the green grey they are. Well, like momma! ; ] Your hair is growing everyday, It's such a pretty golden brown. I think it's going to be the same color as your Aunt Karah, lets hope its as thick as hers too! :) You have a beautiful long muscular body, you seriously have muscles everywhere already! We made a beautiful baby!!
You already have an attitude. You are super Impatient, when you want something, you want it right then no exceptions! If not you will put those new found lungs to some very good use!
This pictures shows exactly what I am talking about! lol
You are loving. You love to cuddle! You are happiest when someone is holding and cuddling with you. You and daddy love yalls cuddling time every night, you pass out every night loving and drooling on your daddy.
This last month has changed me so much, I think of nothing but you ALL THE TIME! You have changed me so much and you're only a month old. Before you came along mommy never had a dirty house, now floors are always needing to be cleaned, there's laundry to be done and dishes to be cleaned and lets not forget momma needs to take a shower but all that has gone out the window because some beautiful little girl needs my full attention at all times, Yes, somedays it drives me crazy because of how OCD I am, but I'm getting better at it daily! I guess all I can say is WELCOME TO MOTHERHOOD!
I am crying joyous tears today, you are already growing up so fast and it is bittersweet! Always remember that know matter what that we love you more than anything and that there is nothing that will ever change that! You are our precious gift from god and we are in so LOVE!
What can I say, I love my hands!
Happy One Incredible Month Sweet B…


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As the stage has gotten bigger, the stars on the Immanuel High boys basketball team have continued to raise their game.
So much so that Immanuel is one win from advancing to the CIF Southern California Regional Division IV final.
The Clovis West girls basketball team and Sierra Pacific girls basketball team are in the same position and need a win Tuesday to reach the regional final of the CIF Open and D-IV playoffs, respectively.
Fifth-seeded Immanuel (22-8) faces its biggest challenge yet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, playing at top-seeded Burbank (25-9).
But as the Eagles have proved over and over, bigger games have just meant bigger performances from Immanuel's Nate Kendricks and Darrin Person Jr.
30.3Points averaged by Immanuel point guard Nate Kendricks during his past three games
Kendricks, the nephew of NFL linebackers Mychal and Eric Kendricks, has averaged 30.3 points and 8.7 rebounds and drained a combined 10 of 27 3-pointers (37 percent) in the past three games.
Person, a 6-foot-6 wing who signed with Cal State Bakersfield, has averaged 24 points and 11.3 rebounds in that stretch: Immanuel's 58-51 win against Madera South in the Central Section final, 64-53 win against No. 12 Hesperia in the opening round of the regional and a 73-59 win Saturday over No. 4 Twentynine Palms.
Burbank's postseason run has been all close games.
After falling 55-54 to Brentwood School during the Southern Section D-III AA final, the Bulldogs held off No. 16 Madera South 55-53 to begin the regionals then edged No. 8 Blair 73-70 in overtime last week.
Clovis West at home
The top-seeded Clovis West girls (31-2) will host No. 5 Bishop's-La Jolla (30-3) and take on California's all-time leading scorer.
Destiny Littleton, a 5-foot-9 guard who's signed with USC, established the scoring record in January and earned All-America status after averaging 44.2 points this season.
Bishop's is coming off a 63-60 victory over No. 4 Harvard Westlake.
Clovis West will counter with its vaunted full-court press and halfcourt trapping that's in constant use thanks to a deep and balanced Eagles roster that features five players who signed D-I scholarships (Bre'yanna Sanders, Danae Marquez, Sarah Bates, Tess Amundsen, Megan Anderson).
In the team's lone common opponent matchup, Clovis West lost to Archbishop Mitty 76-75 in overtime on Dec. 10, and Bishop's fell to Mitty 58-38 on Jan. 16.
No. 7 seed Sierra Pacific (29-4) visits No. 3 Village Christian-Sun Valley (30-3) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Sierra Pacific is the lowest seed remaining in D-IV. The Golden Bears have won 14 straight.
Sierra Pacific has six players averaging at least 7.7 points, led by Haley Bettencourt at 11.5 points per game and Hailey Leslie at 10.4.
Village Christian also rides a 14-game win streak. Among common opponents, Village Christian defeated Strathmore 58-42 in the state playoffs; Sierra Pacific took 2 of 3 from Strathmore, losing 48-45 but then winning 57-40 and 60-46.
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CIF State playoffs
- Girls Open Division: No. 5 Bishop's-La Jolla (30-3) at No. 1 Clovis West
- Boys Division IV: No. 5 Immanuel (22-8) at No. 1 Burbank (25-9)
- Girls Division IV: Sierra Pacific (29-4) at No. 3 Village Christian-Sun Valley (30-3).
- Opening tipoff: All games begin 7 p.m. Tuesday
- Of note: Winners advance to the Southern California Regional championship


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Jason Arnott has had some good times in and around New York City, and now he is on his way back. The former Devils' star signed a one-year deal with the Rangers on Saturday for a pro-rated $1.6 million pending a physical today, a league source confirmed. Now 38 years old, Arnott played last season with the Blues and had 17 goals and 34 points in 72 games. It's possible he will be ready to play against the Flyers on Tuesday. "I have no comment on that," coach John Tortorella said before Saturday night's Garden match against the Leafs. "Nothing has been done yet. We've had discussions on a number of different players so I don't have comment on that."
NHL Headlines
Rangers sign Jason Arnott
New York Post | Jan 26


text: Chris has been our Director of First Impressions (receptionist) since 2005. She lives in Ankeny with her husband, Harold, and their boxer, Gracie. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren and doing arts and crafts. You can see Chris' artistic touch throughout our clinic with our colorful bulletin boards and seasonal decorations.


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Science of the Spirit
Happy music boosts creative thinking, say researchers
The Guardian
Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:16 UTC
Jack London hunted it down with a club. Graham Greene found it on benzedrine. For Mary Godwin it struck one wet summer night after making up ghost stories with Lord Byron and her husband-to-be, Percy Shelley.
Artists have relied on muses, nature, drink and drugs to fuel their creativity, but according to new research there may be another way to boost imaginative thinking: a blast of happy music. According to psychologists, uplifting music can help people think more flexibly and avoid getting stuck in a creative rut.
Simone Ritter from Radboud University in Nijmegen and Sam Ferguson at the University of Technology in Sydney decided to test the power of music by setting 155 people in their late teens and twenties a series of puzzles to tackle in silence or while listening to classical scores ranked as either calm, happy, anxious or sad.
The psychologists scored the volunteers on two measures of creativity. The first, known as convergent thinking, calls for deep thought, accuracy and logic, and can help people reach the single best answer to a given problem. Ritter and Ferguson used a number of tests to measure convergent thinking, including what is known as the Duncker candle test, in which a person must work out how to fix a candle to a wall and light it without wax dripping onto a table below.
The second measure of creativity, known as divergent thinking, is needed to come up with original ideas: ones that connect previously disparate ideas, for example, or which use information in radical new ways. To measure divergent thinking, the participants sat a test called the Alternative Uses Task, which scores people on the uses they can find for a common object, in this case a household brick.
Music turned out to have no effect on convergent thinking. But when compared to sitting in silence, listening to happy music boosted people's scores on divergent thinking from an average of 76 to 94. In the study, that meant more and better ideas came from people who listened to Vivaldi's uplifting Four Seasons, than from those who heard Samuel Barber's sad Adagio for Strings; Holst's anxious Mars movement from The Planets; or the calm Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns.
Writing in the journal Plos One, the psychologists speculate that happy music can boost creativity by helping people to think more flexibly. "When getting stuck in a rut, it can be helpful, instead of digging deeper, to dig elsewhere," they note. It is not only artists who could benefit from happy music, the authors add. "Music listening can be easily integrated into daily life," they write, and may boost imaginative thinking in "scientific, educational and organisational settings when creative thinking is needed."
And a boost is certainly needed, the authors claim. In their report, Ritter and Ferguson describe creativity as the "driving force behind scientific, technological and cultural innovation" and "one of the key competences" for the 21st century.". "The problems we face in our complex and fast-changing world more than ever demand creative thinking. However, we are in a creativity crisis; people in general are thinking less creatively than before," they write.
There is more research to be done. In future work, the psychologists are keen to explore how working to favourite musical pieces versus unfamiliar tunes affect people's thinking. Other questions are whether rock, pop, dance and trance affect people's creative powers in the same way, and whether ambient sounds, such as the tinkle of wind chimes or the grinding of machinery affect creativity as well.
Reader Comments
Who took the muse out of music?


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Hi, just wanted to give a heads up to prevent trouble for others! I *think* that I've fixed the problem, fingers crossed. Last week, when I went out to use the spa in the morning, the water level was low and the pump was shut off. I inspected the pump (4 HP, Waterway Executive 56) and saw water pouring out around the impeller shaft. We brought it in and the shaft snapped as it was corroded.
I replaced the pump and reinstalled it.
2 days later, the spa was turned off again, this time with the message of DRY flashing.
I checked the connections, noticed that the prefilter was empty. Added water, turned it on, same thing happened.
The pump seemed to be priming itself but then I could hear that a lot of air was getting into the pre filter. I finally lifted the cover right off the tub and was surprised to see a lot of large leaves, completely surrounding the drain. I vacuumed them out, filled the filters again, and I think that the problem has been solved- the leaves were clogging the drain and drastically reducing water flow!


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|Humanitarian and Advocacy Information
|August 3, 2010
*Sudan is now China's No.6 oil supplier
By Chen Aizhu
BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) - PetroChina will accelerate an upgrade to a new, southern China refinery so that it can avoid processing oil from Sudan, after Washington said the firm's New York-listed unit should stay clear of Sudanese oil, company sources said on Tuesday.
The United States had imposed economic sanctions on Sudan since 1997, and former President George W. Bush imposed new ones in 2007 while seeking international support for an international arms embargo to end what he said was genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.
Reuters reported in early July that the U.S. government had told PetroChina, Asia's largest oil and gas producer, not to process crude Sudanese crude at the company's the new plant, despite the fact that CNPC, parent of PetroChina, is the largest foreign oil producer in the African state. [ID:nTOE66407I]
The refinery in the southern Guangxi region was designed mostly to handle the type of crude oil from Sudan, which is now China's sixth-largest crude supplier, with daily exports of about 269,000 barrels per day in the first six months of the year.


text: Dominican Republic sees rise in tourism investment By Gay Nagle Myers / September 19, 1998 Share 1 -- NEW YORK -- The increase in hotel rooms, resort expansions, golf course development and air charter activity represents "purposeful investment" in and by the Dominican Republic, according to Felix Jimenez, secretary of tourism. Jimenez visited New York recently when the tourist office moved to a new and larger location on Manhattan's east side. (There are also offices in Chicago and Miami.) The director of the New York office is Sarah Despradel.Jimenez cited the importance that tourism plays in the overall economy of the Dominican Republic by ranking the industry "right up there with sugar, rum and merengue."By the end of the year, the country will offer approximately 42,000 hotel rooms, the largest number of rooms in a Caribbean destination. A $12 million investment has been earmarked by government and the private sector "to increase worldwide awareness of the Dominican Republic, the second-largest country in the Caribbean," Jimenez said. Hand in hand with the investment and ongoing promotional campaign go special events, such as the 500th anniversary celebrations in Santo Domingo this summer."Tourism revenues rose from $17 million in 1970 to $2.2 billion last year," Jimenez said. "Tourism employs more than 200,000 people in the Dominican Republic."Increased focus is being placed on the U.S. market, which tourism officials hope will become a key income producer for the destination. A $5 million promotional campaign in the U.S. includes television, trade and consumer advertising, increased visibility at trade shows and implementation of agent-oriented workshops and seminars, according to Jimenez.Sales tools available to agents and operators include a new toll-free information number and the Dominican Republic's Vacation Planner comprehensive guide.Dominican Republic Tourism Office, Location: 136 E. 57th St., Suite 803, New York 10022, Phone: (800) 723-6138 or (212) 588-1012, Fax: (212) 588-1015E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, Web: www.codetel.net.do


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The Innsbruck long sleeve shirt from designer Georg Roth with his favorite colors that are most definitely always here to stay. The print fabric is of 100% Imported European Fabric that is completely washable. The embellishment is on the collar stand and on the cuffs when you roll them.
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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden were seen shopping at Maxfields, yesterday, December 20.
Later Nicole and a girlfriend picked up a few things at the Hermes boutique.
She wore a pair of skinny jeans with her Helmut Lang shearling and leather jacket, a cashmere and silk-blend scarf by Artemis Wragge, House of Harlow 1960 "Nelly Kitty" ankle booties, three engraved stack rings and "Linsey" sunglasses and carried a Celine bag.
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Following the release of its 2015 Global Survey on trade finance, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) talks to TXF about the importance of securing financing for SMEs in order to boost global trade.
Vincent O'Brain, chair of the ICC Banking Commission Market Intelligence, discusses the impact of trade finance gaps and regulatory initiatives on SMEs, and identifies alternative sources of financing to continue funding SMEs' business operations, and as a result, stimulate further trade.
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I'm home,and have received two pinchion. Also received my goats back they are so cute.My computer is still not working right. Will post when I get it fixed or maybe I better get a new one.The work on this pinchion is wonderful Hope I can do something half nice. Spring flowers in Portland. They was so many spring flowers there. If it was not so cloudy I would have like Portland.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Back home
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Sorry to hear your 'puter is on the fritz. I hate it when that happens! Hope your week is looking up.
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I am looking forward to seeing your goat! Love the pincushion, that project looks so fun, wish I had joined.ReplyDelete
So glad to see that the pincushion arrived okay I was starting to be a bit concerned that you had not recieved it. Thanks for posting a picture. (((HUGS))) Roz.ReplyDelete
Oh what a cute little cushion.. I just love them flowers.....I am also excited to see your goats.....home safe and sound...ReplyDelete
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Friday, March 26, 2010
Public sector workers: friend or foe?
Leftists say these workers are our brothers, and we should unite against our common foes, the greedy bosses and financiers.
So--do public sector employees make more? I looked for nonpartisan factchecking sources, and found that it looks like they do. Not as much as many right wingers claim...but definitely more. USA Today said it averaged around 20% (once you take all the perks into account). And it should be definitely less.
That was the civil service deal from time immemorial. You exchanged less pay for more security.
But no more. One local newspaper asked local cities for lists of employee pay. They all refused, even though public employee pay is a matter of public record. How could it be otherwise? But after suing them it got the lists and publishes them regularly. Your local paper should, too.
It's not an eye-opener. More of a jaw-dropper. For example, the city manager of a nearby town with a population of 75,000 makes more than the Vice President of the United States. And the grift goes all the down to the secretaries and street sweepers. And managers' compensation is often tied to that of the employees--yet those are the ones negotiating workers' salaries. Plus compensation is often required to be determined in comparison with other cities' workers' wages, explicitly excluding comparable private sector compensation.
And as for the greedy bosses--yes, they're greedy, by and large. Only they aren't the bosses of these public employees.
We are.
That's a fundamental difference the public employee unions don't want you to think about. I'd love it if all of us had the compensation and job security of our public sector counterparts, but we don't. So they should have the compensation we do until or unless ours goes up.
And this isn't just a problem of pay equity. During the boom the public employee unions demanded more pay, and the cities etc. bought them off in part with lavish pension deals that didn't have to be funded right away. So they weren't. Or the cities stole the funding for immediate needs, just like Congress has been raiding the Social Security trust fund for decades.
But now the bill's coming due as city employees with the sweet deal start retiring. It's an unfunded mandate that's going to rob cities of their ability to repair their infrastructure. It drove one local city--Vallejo--into bankruptcy.
The public employees claim that those pensions are just reward for taking less money than if they'd been in the public sector. They say that this mandate is unfunded because city governments stole the pension fund money, moving it into the general fund. This is often true. But I've been looking at these lists of their pay, and at least around here city employees are getting more up front and later on as well.
Plus many are gaming the system. Their pensions are based on work they do in their last year or two, and many get so much overtime during that period that their pensions are inflated spectacularly.
And the public sector employee unions give those running for office--such as city councils--lists of demands the candidates must agree to, or the unions will campaign against them.
Thus my local city council has at least four members who are in the unions' pockets--they vote for the unions reliably. So it's hard for elected officials to go against the unions.
At the state level, here in California the prison guard union wields enormous power, and acts aggressively to deflect corrections budgets into their pockets and away from anything that smacks of rehabilitation. And of course they oppose legalizing marijuana and favor long mandatory sentences for everything.
So public sector unions warp public policy in favor of public employee financial interests as well directly with sweet compensation deals.
Your first action item is transparency--get your local paper(s) to publish city government compensation information. It's your money, after all. You're the boss, not the employee, in this case. As the boss you have a right to know what your employees make.
And if that compensation seems outrageous; if your city sits on a city employee pension time bomb; if your city's in debt and it's getting worse; if your infrastructure isn't being maintained...then you need to support city council candidates who are in the taxpayers' pockets, not the unions, not developers--not anybody but you.
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- Fugu Sushi said...
Government employee salaries are in fact public record, and for most cities they're incredibly easy to find. For example, City of San Diego. I typed in Google, "City San Diego" and "Salary", it immediately suggests "table" to complete the keyword string. Out comes the salary table for San Diego's city workers: http://www.sandiego.gov/empopp/pdf/saltable.pdf
You can find a list of their benefits on their HR's webpage.
It's really scare mongering to say cities "refused" to give news agencies these data, considering it took me all but 30 seconds to find both the salary table and the compensation package.
Are they being over paid? On USA Today, the news source that broke the story, it stated federal employees get 20% more than private sector, state and county employees get 2% less than the private sector, and city employees get 5% more than the private sector.
You have to also take into account that some jobs are not comparable. A psychologist for the state and a psychologist for the private sector do not deal with nearly the same amount of stress. It makes total sense for a state psychologist to get highly compensated due to the types of people they deal with: rapists and serial killers.
A PR manager for the private sector works in completely different capacities as a PR manager for the federal government. One is that much less important than the other. One will cause a war if he screws up his job, the other will maybe cause his company to lose a client and the client to lose some money.
Union workers traditionally are paid more, and virtually all government employees are unionized. I think your fire should really be aimed at unions. I think they've gone above and beyond in negotiating compensation packages and something really should be done about it.
In terms of pension fund, majority of the cities in California, all state governments, run their pension fund through CalPers, a giant pension fund system. Employees contribute monthly into this pension fund. Some cities that provide medical care for retirees have employees contribution monthly into the medical pension fund. They're funding their own pensions. This money is not magically going into their pocket, neither is it tax dollars sucked up from citizens. CalPers is in fact doing very healthy as it has banked on conservative, incremental investments.
Vallejo went bankrupt, but it's not because of the majority of the city employees. Vallejo, a year before it went bankrupt, tried renegotiating compensation packages. Most unions agreed, except for Police and Fire. Police demanded its 15%/year raise because it "deserves" it, even in a recession.
Police and Fire cost typically make up 70~80% of a city's general fund, and these people are significantly over paid. I know it's almost sacrilegious to say police and fire are over paid, especially when you look up their salary and it's only 50k. The thing is their salary is adjusted upwards so quickly every year, and often police earn more in over time than their entire salary. One of the cities attempted to negotiate for furloughs last year. All unions in the city agreed to the furlough, except for police and fire. The story was apparently F*** U, we're police, citizens will never allow it.
I would go as far as to say police and fire unions' unwillingness to come to the table and negotiate for a salary reduction or a change in their compensation, is what bankrupted Vallejo. Thanks to police and fire unions, the city was forced to declare bankruptcy to get out of the contracts with the police union and the fire union.
I would also go as far as to say I don't think most government employees are over paid, but 1/4 to 1/2 should probably be fired for being incompetent, ineffective, slow, stubborn and unwilling to change, and a number of other things.
- March 28, 2010 at 2:37 AM
- Ehkzu said...
Fugu Sushi—thanks for a thoughtful reply. BTW as a scuba diver I've seen plenty of live fugu, so I appreciate your Nom de Internet.
Some comments:
"Government employee salaries are in fact public record"
All states have some kind of freedom of information legislation, but the details vary greatly from state to state, and the implementation varies greatly even today.
Here in California, the only reason you could find that San Diego info is Prop. 59, passed in 2004. Before that you'd have been out of luck. Even today this varies from state to state, and even when the law mandates it you could still be out of luck.
For example, this month reporters from the Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina) went into various offices looking for public information as private citizens and often got the runaround or were simply turned down flat.
"Are they being overpaid?"
I think we agree that you can't simply compare salaries. When folks like factcheck.org looked into this they found that overall public sector employees made more when you compared their total compensation packages. Not, as I said, as much more than right wing demagogues claim--but still more.
That's why I encouraged readers to look up their local government's compensation packages in areas where they know what comparable private sector wages are.
As for job stress...yesss Clarice, dealing with Hannibal Lector's sure to tweak your brain.
But private sector employees have a job stress few public employees experience: no job security.
For example, even when private sector workers get a lifetime pension as part of their packages, they've discovered that those pensions are revocable--while public sector pensions are not in most cases.
"You have to take into account that some jobs are not comparable."
Yes, but even with the non-comparable jobs, even with ones where employees risk life and limb for us--their pay can't be infinite. And they shouldn't be able to game the system to double their pay and/or double their pensions, as many do now.
And as I said, lack of job security is, overall, the biggest stressor of all.
There are public sector employees who lack this security--notably teachers--but many/most others have it.
So even if your job means more to the world than mine, if you can't get fired and I can, my job is more stressful than your job at the personal level.
And importance to the world is nearly a random variable against salary. Think of all the entertainers (I include pro athletes) who command huge salaries.
Employees fund their own pensions?
It varies. When pensions are based on what you make in your last year or two of work and you arrange to get huge overtime in that period, your pension could be many multiples of what you paid into the system (depending on how long you live of course).
I think I once figured out that I've paid for my social security up to age 78, but if I live past that it's on the people's dime.
And yes, in agreement with you, it's police and fire department workers who game the system the most and have been most intransigent about wage negotiations.
As for other public sector employees--I think many blue collar workers are significantly overpaid as well. But I think we agree that it's not fair to just quote a percentage blanket figure.
Everyone needs to read the list for their own city/county/state etc. and see for themselves.
I've done that for the city I live in and was astonished.
Plus there's another issue besides pay--it's total size of the payroll. Our city appears to have many more city workers than comparable cities. So overstaffing is also an issue.
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The following is the first few sections of a chapter from The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development, plus headings for the remaining major sections, to give you an idea about the content of the chapter.
Playing back media is a popular pastime on Android devices, one in which your
app may want to participate. The easiest way for you to find out what
media is available for you to display, edit, or otherwise work with is via
MediaStore content provider.
MediaStore is part of the Android framework
and allows you to query for images, audio files, and video files that are
indexed on the device.
This chapter will review the general workings of
MediaStore, plus work
through an example of getting video files — and their thumbnails — from
Understanding this chapter requires that you have read the chapters on:
It is also a pretty good idea to have read the chapters on media
recording and playback that might be of relevance, depending on what
you intend to do with the
You might also wish to consider skimming through the chapter on files again, as it will be cross-referenced in several places in this chapter.
The documentation for
describes it this way:
The Media provider contains meta data for all available media on both internal and external storage devices.
This definition… leaves a bit to be desired.
From our standpoint as Android developers, the
MediaStore is a
ContentProvider, supplied by Android. We can use it much like we use
other system-supplied providers, like
ContactsContract and
In this case, the primary role of
MediaStore is for us to find media,
just as the primary role of
ContactsContract is for us to find contacts.
The "meta data" reference in the documentation refers to the fact that
MediaStore itself does not store the media, even though that's what the
MediaStore would suggest.
MediaMetadataStore would be a more
accurate description. We can learn about available media — names, durations,
etc. — and we can get a
Uri from
MediaStore pointing to the media,
but the media itself lives as a file somewhere else.
MediaStore has media as a primary focus. Here, "media" refers to:
MediaStore has intrinsic knowledge of these, particularly for the file
formats and codecs that Android supports. As a result, the index maintained
MediaStore will contain some metadata in common for all file types,
such as:
…and other metadata that will be unique to one or two of the major types, such as:
As was mentioned in passing in the chapter on files, Android uses MTP for Android 4.0+ as the USB protocol for sharing files with a desktop or notebook computer.
To power this, Android does not go straight to the filesystem, but rather works
MediaStore maintains an index of all files, not just
"media". Whatever shows up in
MediaStore is what shows up to the user in
their Windows drive letter, macOS mounted volume, etc.
You too can query
MediaStore for non-media files. Android will try to maintain
a MIME type — probably based on file extensions — and so you can find all
indexed PDF files, for example, by querying
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Love that is shown out of pity for the other; someone who does not belong to the society often catches a person's eye and love is expressed to show everyone can be loved.
It is always wise to conceal the fact that the love is out of pity, though eventually this pity love could turn out to be real and true love.
There are times when it is unknown to both persons that it is pity love until analyzed or observed by a third person. It really does not matter what name is given to the feelings, as long as love exists; things work well.


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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the government is still gauging the state of the budget as policy makers face fiscal pressures globally.
Treasurer Chris Bowen confirmed this week he will release a pre-election economic statement to take into account changes to the economic and fiscal position since the May budget.
Mr Rudd told reporters in Melbourne on Wednesday that his expenditure review panel is continuing to look "at the overall shape" of the budget.
"We take our fiscal responsibility seriously," he said.
He said his government would keep the economy strong, return the budget to balance, deal with any challenges to revenue and deal with any way to tighten expenditure.
In the budget handed down by former treasurer Wayne Swan, he forecast a balanced budget in 2015/16 and a surplus in 2016/17.
Mr Rudd noted that the opposition would in government overturn Labor's $1.8 billion change to fringe benefit tax arrangements, saying this would add to the coalition's $70 billion budget black hole.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said the government was on a "spendathon", but instead of just making budget cuts it should reduce taxes.
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2. Slight Panic
3. Runner's High
4. Pain and Agony
5. Sheer will power/ aka stubbornness
1. Acceptance
The first 3 miles or so of the race I felt good. I had accepted the fact that I had been training for this for 12 weeks. I'd been excited, nervous, anxious etc. about this moment for so long and here it was! It was finally happening and I really felt peaceful about the whole run.
2. Slight Panic
So after I saw Jon I got the sinking feeling that I was, indeed, way far behind everyone else. I started to run a little faster than I'd planned because I got so nervous. I think that's where I went wrong. I should've just kept at my own pace, ran MY race, and forgotten about everything and everyone else.
3. Runner's High
You're darn right this bad boy kicked in around mile 6! I was feelin' Gahooood. Seriously, best I've felt running in a long time. I was feeling strong, confident, and really positive. My legs felt fresh and mentally I was all in. I knew I was going to finish and finish strong. I was even running with probably the cutest little old Korean man... EVER for most of this time. Every time I would maybe get a smidge behind him, he'd turn around and beckon me forward. I never realized how much I enjoyed running with someone else, and in my future runs I will be on the look out.
4. Pain and Agony
Right around mile 9.5 my runner's high left, and before it walked out the door it stabbed me in the back knee, took my dog, and slashed my tires. I literally just fell over on the side of the road it hurt so badly. I was thoroughly unimpressed. Especially because not only did it attack my knee, it attacked the knee that NEVER hurts. My right knee I usually have issues with, so what did my runner's high do? It went for the left... It's like I told you... a very fickle relationship with this runner's high deal. The next couple miles would prove to defeat me a little bit. My goal had been to run the whole way, but it just wasn't happening. Walking was proving to be painful so I decided not to push through and I listened to my body. It was a good thing. For the next couple of miles I walked about 3 times for 2-3 minutes each time just to give my knee a little breather.
5. Sheer will power/ Stubbornness
At around mile 12.5 I realized I need to pick it up and finish strong. I was NOT going to let my knee or my negative mental attitude get in my way. So I started to pass a few people, but that finish line seemed a long ways off. But I didn't give in. And I'm proud to say I even sprinted the last little bit. And just to prove it...
I'm a little behind this guy... and for some reason
I all of the sudden feel the need...
To beat him.
And I did :) He didn't even see it coming. But there was a lot of cheering from the Koreans on the sideline:) I think years of CC running led to this moment. One person to beat... you do it. It's engrained in my muscles and my mind. I can't let that one person get ahead of me (although the 100's before that it was alright).
Overall it was a good day :) It was hot, I was extremely sweaty, my knee gave out, and I had to use the restroom soooo badly... but of course there were none along the way and since we were along a major road I didn't really feel like showing off my waegookin (foreigner) behind to all the Koreans. They stare at me enough without having to add that one in.
Happy to be done! Although I believe my first words to Jon were "I hate running"
I finished the race in 2:14:45. I think it averaged to about 10:15/mile or something around there.
My goals for the race were
1. Run under 10:30/mile
2. Run the entire race
3. To not finish last
2 out of 3 goals isn't bad and I feel it was a successful race:) I learned a lot, and am looking forward to another one. In the states and hopefully with a buddy!
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UK: Brexiting Is Easy, Getting The Right Deal's The Hard Part
The decision facing UK voters in the polling booths on 23rd June was deceptively simple – to remain in or to leave the EU.
Now comes the hard part. It falls to politicians to interpret the vote and turn it into some sort of reality.
That reality could yet leave the UK as a member of the EU. Yesterday former Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the UK "should keep our options open" on leaving the EU and suggested that as the implications of Brexit emerge the "will of the people" may shift.
Though the front runner for the Conservative leadership, Teresa May, described it yesterday as "a destabilising factor", an early General Election cannot be ruled out. Given the political surprises of the last ten days who could be sure that such an election would confirm the vote to leave the EU?
But for now, at least, the most likely outcome seems to be that the UK will leave the EU. All the contenders for the Conservative Party leadership appear


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Special Events Director
The Special Events Director, in conjunction with the Facility Manager, will be responsible for the administration of special events for the LSCU Complex.
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The La Salle Fall Festival Director-at-Large, in conjunction with the Facility Manager, Special Events Director and sub-committee, will be responsible for the administration of of the La Salle Fall Festival annual event at the LSCU Complex.
The LSCU Complex Board Directors meet approximately 10 times per year at the LSCU Complex. The commitment is minimal and the rewards are amazing! Hundreds of people benefit from our willingness to volunteer. People of all ages, from 18 years and up, are encouraged to build the spirit of our community by getting involved. Commitment from Board Directors is for 1 - 2 years depending on the position. Directors have assigned responsibilities and may seek out additional members as a sub-committee to assist them in performing their role.
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Tough Decisions in 2001
Online publishers may have to consider stating upfront to subscribers that the price for free content is agreeing to receive marketing emails from select partners. No "opt" about it.
Online publishers may have to consider stating upfront to subscribers that the price for free content is agreeing to receive marketing emails from select partners. No "opt" about it.
Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing some of the lessons learned and adjustments that need to be made to become a profitable online publisher in the post-bubble Internet.
I proposed that we as an industry may have no choice but to abandon the "all free" content and tools we've been offering. The VC and IPO money that subsidized this "free" content wasn't free, and somebody has to pay for it.
Many of us are going to find out the hard way whether our content is valuable enough for people to pay even a modest amount of money for it. We're going to have to stand or fall on the value of the content we offer — and that will be determined by the marketplace.
So as we ponder continuing or launching a particular type of content on our sites, we need to ask the following questions:
Is this content so valuable that people would be willing to actually pay for it?
Is this content so compelling that it could attract an audience that a sponsor would be willing to pay to get in front of?
Can it do both?
The sobering truth of the matter is that unless we can answer in the affirmative to all three questions, we might not have a viable online publishing business for the long term.
The closest cousins we have to the online publishing model are newspapers and magazines. Over the years, these businesses have had to ask themselves the same tough questions that we will have to ask in 2001.
They have to generate a critical mass of paying customers and, in so doing, monetize that audience further by packaging it for their advertisers. Most newspapers and magazines have to have both revenue streams to be viable.
But there is another revenue stream that print publications enjoy that we online publishers do not.
Subscribe to almost any print magazine under a unique spelling or variation of your name, and just watch your mailbox. Within weeks, you will begin getting a steady stream of direct mail offerings and catalogs targeted to the typical subscribers of that publication.
Let all of those direct mail pieces from just one publication pile up over the course of a year, and you will see a pretty big pile next Christmas.
Why? Because print publications further monetize their respective audiences by selling subscriber names and addresses, day in and day out, week in and week out, to as many direct marketers and catalog merchants as they can. And they make pretty darn good money doing so. It's a huge industry and creates a handsome revenue stream for those who practice it — and most print publications do.
Before I go on, let's just remember that our print cousins are now up to three revenue streams versus our one: subscriptions, advertising, and list sales. Take any one of them away from a magazine, and you're putting a mighty dent in its business — perhaps rendering it unprofitable.
Our print cousins have gotten us so used to receiving mail without asking that they don't have to worry about seeking permission from us to sell our names, nor do they even bother to provide a means for us to opt out. It's just built in to the program.
Try to follow the print model online, and you'll be in for a world of hurt. The storm troopers from the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) will blacklist you overnight, and you'll see no end to the abuse that results.
But the dirty little secret of the Internet is… the online merchants are already doing it.
They aren't selling your email address. Heaven forbid! They're selling your name and address because they know that you won't get ticked off about it.
From a business standpoint, a good argument could be made for brokering your subscriber list to other marketers to create an additional revenue stream; however, you would be absolutely insane to do so in the current online environment — not to mention that you'd be breaking the law in many states.
The smart way to create a list-based revenue stream is to offer a number of opt-in opportunities that are directly relevant to the reasons that brought people to your web site in the first place.
In our case, we offer opt-in opportunities on things like email marketing services or special offers from publishers.
The key is, you need to build those lists to a critical mass before you can begin to sell them. A list with fewer than 5,000 names or so is not really worth anybody's time.
One thing I've noticed since ClickZ joined the internet.com network is that it's doing quite well with sales of opt-in lists. It has dedicated significant resources to them and considers selling them a vital part of its business for years to come. We dabbled in opt-in prior to the acquisition last fall but are now quite focused on developing that revenue stream.
At some point in time, though, if we (that is, all online publishers) continue the "free" content model, we may have to consider stating right upfront to our subscribers that part of the price they pay for getting this free content is agreeing to receive marketing emails from select partners. There would be no "opt" about it.
No doubt about it, this would aggravate many of those who feel they are entitled to "free" content. But what they don't understand is that the VC and IPO money paid for that content.
How? Well, it did so in two ways. First, it funded the publishers' businesses, the creators of site content. Second, it funded many of the companies that advertised on those sites.
With money drying up on both ends, it stands to reason: The slack has to be picked up somewhere.
When the time comes that we as an industry make the shift to some sort of tiered model of free and paid content, be prepared for all sorts of grief. You will lose the majority of your subscribers. You will get calls from outraged subscribers. Hate mail. The works.
But, as one of my readers who recently went through this asked, "Wouldn't you rather have 100,000 paying customers than a million free ones?"
So as you get rolling on the new year, get ready for some tough sailing as you make and implement the decisions that will ensure your long-term survival and prosperity.
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Today, RELEVANT announced the 2018 International Champions Cup presented by Heineken, featuring the largest number of teams, matches and venues in the Tournament's history. In Los Angeles, A.C. Milan will take on Manchester United F.C. on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 8:00pm. F.C. Barcelona will play Tottenham Hotspur F.C. on Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 8:00pm. Both matches will take place at Rose Bowl Stadium.
The match will mark the sixth straight year that International Champions Cup has come to the Los Angeles area including a sold-out match between FC Barcelona and the LA Galaxy at the Rose Bowl in 2015.
This year's chase for the Cup features 18 of the best clubs in the world playing 27 matches across the United States, Europe and Singapore, delivering on the premier sports property's mission to transform European soccer's presence around the world.
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Walmart offers the Coleman Cooler and Jug Combo bundled with a $15 coupon book for $24.97 + $4.97 Shipping! . Opt for free Site-to-Store pickup to avoid the shipping charge.
It comes with a 48-quart cooler, 5-quart cooler, 1/3-gallon jug, and $15 in coupons + you have a choice of three colors to choose from!
- Coleman Cooler Summer $15+ Value Added Coupon Book includes coupons and special offers from brands like Coleman, FoodSaver, Vlasic, Pepcid, Milo's Kitchen, Dixie, Ball Park, Kingsford and Kibbles 'n Bits


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Sanger Sequencing
NUSeq offers traditional sequencing services through a partnership with ACGT. This partnership provides the following benefits to NU researchers:
- Industry-leading data quality
- Preferred pricing for Northwestern (lower than historical in-house prices)
- Next business day turnaround time
- Expert technical support
- Campus sample drop-off, with courier pickup and sample shipping at no costs to users
- Centralized ordering and billing in NUcore
Sanger Sequencing Pricing
Please log in to NUcore to see the preferred ACGT pricing for NU users. Please note that external users are not covered by this partnership and should order from ACGT directly.