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Don Kates opines on gun control (article has some crime stats for the stats geeks):
The March 21 murder of four Oakland police officers by Lovelle Mixon, a convicted felon wanted for a recent parole violation, epitomizes the futility of "gun control," or the banning and restricting of gun ownership for law-abiding adults. Using the officers' tragic deaths to further an unrelated agenda — stripping away the Second Amendment rights of honorable citizens — is both harmful and distracting.
Mixon was not an anomaly. Felons commit over 90 percent of murders, with the remainder carried out primarily by juveniles and the mentally unbalanced. The United States already has laws forbidding all three groups from owning guns, which, by definition, are ineffective against the lawless. "Gun control," therefore, only "controls" those who have done nothing to merit such regulations.
Arguments for gun control rest on deceptive claims such as National Coalition to Ban Handguns' allegation that "most murders are committed by previously law-abiding citizens." Americans are deluged by literally dozens of supposedly scholarly articles asserting such falsehoods — but with no supporting references. For there are none.
Notably, only 15 percent of all Americans have criminal records, yet more than 90 percent of murder suspects have a history of crime. Their criminal careers average six or more years' length, including four major adult felonies, in addition to their often extensive juvenile records.
Naïve, well-meaning people often respond to such facts with, "Still, wouldn't this be a better world without guns?" After many years of studying guns as a highly effective method of self-defense, I reply, no, the world would be immeasurably worse off without the only weaponry that gives the weak a real chance against predators. After all, there was a time, hundreds of years ago, when there were no guns. Without guns for self-defense, survival was measured by the strength of men's arms, as women, children and the elderly huddled in terror, escaping only by abject submission to their predators. ...
Op-ed in the New American on the recent mass shootings:
The press has sensationalized recent sprees of mass shootings across the nation. From Jiverly Wong's murder of 13 (plus killing himself) in a Binghamton, New York, language center to the shooting of three police officers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the murder of eight by another gunman in a Carthage, North Carolina, nursing home just weeks earlier, the incidents are all over the press.
If we ban guns nationwide (despite the prohibition of that in the Second Amendment), the gun-grabbers respond, then gun deaths would drop. This fails to explain the explosion of gun violence in gun-controlled Mexico. But the gun-grabbers have a ready reply: The Mexicans are getting their weapons from another country, the United States!
That statement is tantamount to admission that national gun control laws can't suppress gun violence. And national gun control doesn't work.
Meanwhile, nobody's saying that police can save people from mad shooters. At the Binghamton shooting spree, police took more than 40 minutes to respond after the first 911 call was placed. "Nobody could have been saved if the police walked in the door that first minute," Broome County District Attorney Gerald Mollen told reporters at a press conference, excusing the extended police delay in response. [emphasis added]
If police can't defend people from gun shooters, and national gun control laws don't work, then the only real problem was that guns were in far too few hands in recent weeks. Law abiding people need easier access to firearms in order to fight off the lunatics.
That's the only real logical lesson to be learned from these crises. And it sure beats the logic of the gun grabbers.
From the Left: Gunmen in mass shootings had permits:
They had more in common than unleashing carnage — nearly every gunman in this monthlong series of mass killings was legally entitled to fire his weapons.
So what does that say about the state of gun control laws in this country? One thing appears certain: the regulations aren't getting stricter. Many recent efforts to change weapons laws have been about easing them.
Despite eight rampages that have claimed 57 lives since March 10, "it hasn't sparked any national goal to deal with this epidemic. In fact, it's going the other way," said Scott Vogel of the Freedom States Alliance, a gun control activist group.
"I think you're seeing a continuing change of culture," Vogel said. "I think the gun lobby wants to take away any stigma to gun ownership. I think they feel emboldened, like who's going to stop them?" [emphasis added]
"In retrospect, this is probably not a guy who should have had a gun," said attorney Jeffrey Chamberlain, a former Rochester prosecutor and chief counsel to the New York State Police. "No one likes to see things fall through the cracks and it looks like this guy fell through the cracks."
Binghamton police chief Joseph Zikuski said Tuesday that no robbery occurred and there was no merit to review Wong's gun permit.
In New York City, gun permits are reissued every three years.
Yet, regulations differ only slightly between states, Chamberlain said. "They're fairly typical — don't be a felon, don't be a drunk, don't beat your kids or your wife. Don't be so mentally unbalanced that you need be in an institution."
To Chamberlain, the answer to gun violence lies not in stricter regulations, but in answering the question, "Why are we so tolerant of having guns in this country? The answer to that is historical. We've had guns for a very long time. [emphasis added] ...
Comment: This is the sort of clueless anti-gun ignorance we're up against, folks. The "stigma" of gun ownership. Can you imagine Mr. Chamberlain asking why we're so "tolerant" of, say, free speech, or freedom of religion? Perhaps it's because we just like "clinging" to the "stigma" of freedom.
Buckeye Firearms Association on the gun banners selective memory:
In a recent editorial entitled "Gun Lobby Working Overtime to Normalize Abnormal Behavior," the Joyce Foundation's anti-gun blog "GunGuys" asked if readers would be willing to "sip hot chocolate with your toddler at Starbucks while a fellow patron openly displays a gun at the table next to you?"
But before they chide gun rights activists for advocating the practice of open carry, they might want to consider some of the comments made by their fellow gun ban extremists in Ohio during the battle to establish a concealed carry law in the Buckeye state.
Before Ohio's concealed handgun licensure law was established in 2004, citizens had suffered under a ban on the carrying of concealed firearms for more than a century.
Despite the enumeration of a right to bear arms for self-defense in the state constitution, Ohioans were told that the archaic ban was not unconstitutional, because the practice of open carry was still legal.
The trouble for the GunGuys is that, back then, it wasn't the gun rights advocates who were arguing that openly carried firearms were the answer to the increasingly loud demands for the restoration of a right to bear arms for self-defense. ...
[Arkansas] Resolution opposing new AWB fails:
LITTLE ROCK — A resolution asking President Obama not to renew the 1994 federal ban on assault weapons narrowly failed in a House committee Tuesday.
In a 10-7 vote, with 11 votes needed to advance, the House Judiciary Committee rejected House Resolution 1032 by Rep. John Woods, R-Springdale.
Woods and Rep. Eddie Cooper, D-Melbourne, who spoke for the measure, said later they would probably bring the back to the panel Wednesday for reconsideration.
Woods told the committee U.S. Reps. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, and Marion Berry, D-Gillett, along with 65 other congressmen recently sent a letter to the president asking that the assault weapons ban not be reinstated because there was no statistical evidence to show that crime had been reduced.
"I just see this as something we're coming together on," Woods said. "It's a bipartisan effort. I think is a strong way to say, 'this is how we feel, these are Arkansas values and this is how we feel about the Second Amendment.'"
Cooper said he opposed any legislation that would place restrictions on the right to own weapons. ...
[Maryland] Governor takes exception to D.C. gun exception:
As D.C. officials fret over the public safety implications of a congressional push to limit gun control in the city, the administration of Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) has voiced its own objections, arguing that the legislation would put a costly burden on the state's system for regulating firearms.
In Virginia, however, a spokesman for Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) expressed no immediate alarm over the measure, saying Kaine and the Virginia State Police want to study the proposal before offering an opinion.
At issue for the District's neighbors is a key provision in a much-debated amendment to the D.C. voting-rights bill on Capitol Hill. Besides stripping the District of much of its power to regulate guns, the amendment would create an exception in federal law for D.C. residents, allowing them to buy handguns in Maryland and Virginia. ...


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Benson Signs combines high levels of sign-making knowledge and experience with the very latest technology and equipment, making it one of the country's most established and respected sign-makers. Established in 1969 and based in Liverpool, Benson Signs prides itself on the reliability, quality and range of its services and with the recent acquisition of a new Seiko ColorPainter H-74S solvent printer the company has enhanced these services still further.
Benson Signs offers a full range of professional sign services from consultation and design right through to installation and servicing. Extensive in-house production facilities include design and graphic studios, wide format digital printing onto roll or rigid substrates, CNC router / laser profiling and channel letter manufacture. The company also provides a broad range of sign solutions including powder coating, wet spraying and metal fabrication.
For more than five years, Benson Signs has been using a Seiko ColorPainter 64S, which it has always valued for its performance and reliability. To cope with greater demand for production speed and quality, the company decided to look for a new solvent printer to fulfil the requirements of several potential projects. Kevin Leary of Benson Signs explains, "Our business is all about customer response. We needed a machine that would allow us to fulfil large volume, high quality digital print orders at very short notice."
He continues, "We looked at a number of printers and finally decided that the ColorPainter H-74S gave us all the print quality, speed and power we were looking for. Our experience of the ColorPainter 64S gave us a lot of confidence in the new printer, particularly as Colourgen demonstrated the key improvements very well. We took delivery of the printer in July 2010 and, with Colourgen's help, we were up and running very quickly. It was shortly afterwards that we were commissioned to install a history timeline around three full sides of Goodison Park Stadium, the home of Everton FC."
The Everton timeline consists of approximately 350 square metres of printed material depicting the clubs illustrious history, mainly archive photographs, programmes, historical documents and facts and were all printed using the Seiko. Black & white images were used throughout the timeline but thanks to the Seiko, operating also with the lighter colours, such as greys, magenta and cyan, the subtleties and tones of the original photographs was faithfully reproduced at the impressive rate of around 30 sq metres per hour.
The images were printed onto a high quality white digital print vinyl at a medium quality setting with profiling matched to the media and the prints were then over-laminated with a compatible clear matt covering. The images were then applied to a continuous run of aluminium composite tray panelling ready for installation on site.
Kevin Leary adds, "We were delighted with the performance of the ColorPainter H-74S during this work. The project had to be completed before the opening home fixture of the season on August 21st, giving us just 12 days to complete the work from printing right through to installation on site. We simply could not have achieved this without the phenomenal speed and print quality of this printer.
Mr Bill Kenwright, the Chairman of Everton FC, commented in an announcement from Everton, "This timeline captures all the key moments which have combined to make Everton Football Club what it is today and it also serves to provide a quite outstanding reminder of the great moments and the great names our supporters have been fortunate enough to enjoy down the decades."
Melanie Enser, Product Marketing Manager for Colourgen, UK distributor for Seiko ColorPainter printers, comments, "The timeline at Goodison Park is exactly the type of job the ColorPainter H-74S has been designed for. It produces really high quality, durable images at very high speeds."
The 8-colour ColorPainter H-74S printers offer printing speeds up to 55 sqm/h, which are approximately 1.5 – 2 times faster than competing models in the same price/width class. The printers can also print a blistering 100sqm/h in 4-colour mode. These speeds are achieved by utilising eight super-wide, piezo inkjet heads, while maintaining extremely high image quality and density.
Kevin Leary concludes, "We continue to be impressed with the Seiko. Our Studio Manager believes that due to the machine's impressive speed and print quality, it allows him to manage the print work more effectively and enables us to better meet customer demand. We have also carried out some important work for other customers, including producing hundreds of metres of wallpaper and canvas wall hangings for one of our major client's High Street shops. We are delighted with what the Seiko has added to our business and look forward to creating more high profile jobs in the future."

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So tonight's dessert was this. Its the 3rd time I've made it and each times tasted different from the last. Ill be honest the first 1 was the best, its been downhill since! But they've all had different macros and were all still delish so ill give you then all….
The staples in all 3:
Chia seeds
Vanilla essence
The variables:
The first one I made with coconut cream and banana. So it was by far the most decadent with fats and sugars. Understandably the yummiest one!
The second I made with chobani yogurt and raspberries. Much lower in both fat and carbs, still yummy though!
And the one I made tonight was with milk and desiccated coconut (the raspberries were just a garnish). This one was a bit too boring for me but I think some fruit would do the trick!
Play around with ingredients and flavors and add liquid slowly. Get familiar with how much water for your ideal consistency. Here's a few ideas for flavors to try:
Cacao nibs
Different fruits
Lemon zest
Cream cheese
Coconut oil
Protein powder
The list goes on! Play around and see what YOU like.


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I personally believe that Russia is only days away from over-running the entire country of the Ukraine!
I Hope the Ukrainians stand and fight as I feel they will! I wish them well and I'm sure they will put up the good fight.
I hope I am wrong and diplomacy works but when has diplomacy worked when we didn't have a military option on the table!
I support President Obama but for God Sakes why did he not use our military in Syria as I feel many of us feel he should?
I was watching Senator McCain earlier and I agree with many of the things he supports and I have on Syria since the genocide in that country began.
No we can't go in and Nation build and I hope the Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan understand I feel we won the wars thanks to your sacrifice but what I am talking about is how long are those governments going to stand and hell certainly they ain't gonna stand for us so Nation building doesn't work but The United States of America has to use it's military on a limited basis as much as most of us hate to even consider the loss of one American Life!
Bottom-Line. Again I wish the people of the Ukraine "God-Speed".
It is such a shame for the Russian people after the beautiful show they put on for the Winter Olympics that Vladimir Putin by his actions has almost erased those images from many of this planets citizens memories!
God Bless, Peace, Love and Knowledge!
Floyd Clifton Wooley
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"Children OBEY your parents in the Lord for this is right." Ephesians 6:1
In our culture this seems to becoming more and more of a foreign concept, but the Bible clearly commands children to obey their parents and for parents to train their children. I was thankful for the reminder that it is good and right to expect first time obedience. I know this, but I am horrible at actually following through with any kind of discipline when there is not first time obedience. But first time obedience is what God expects from us, so why should we expect less from our children. In teaching them first time obedience, we are teaching them what the Lord expects. We are also showing them their need for a Savior as it is impossible to have first time obedience without the help of the Holy Spirit.
A good tip for this is having the kids repeat to you the instructions that you have given them. I love this idea as my kids do not seem to process verbally well much of the time. This way you know they understood what you said and can tell if they are seeking to obey or defying you.
It is also helpful to remember that our kids need both discipline and encouragement. Both go a long way in training them in the ways of God. Is this not what God does for us? May God give us His Spirit to train our children in obedience the way He trains us.


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American woman has been able to achieve security and mother of the deceased, having been able to deliver a message back to the year 1933 to the owners, her mother found her in 1960.
The channel quoted "to MG H. T in" American Vicki Berg, as saying that her mother found a message attached some pictures addressed to an American couple, when she moves in 1960 to her home in the area and the British Westminster. Berg added that her mother wished her daughter a year before her death to find the couple and handed them the letter.
She noted that she asked Marianne Makiurnin help, produced in the channel "to a G H. T", after that you can not find spouses on their own. She emphasized that the producer has helped to trace the couple and the family was able to achieve the security of her mother and deliver the message to their respective owners.


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I woke up this morning to the sounds of a man hurling abuses at a girl and physically assaulting her. Needless to say, my Sunday morning was about to be ruined. For about an hour all I could hear was the man shouting, hitting this girl and the girl begging him to stop hitting, that it hurt her, she screamed more than a couple of times.
The context
This girl – about 23 – is one of the three tenants of my landlord's other house next door. My landlord is also the building secretary. He does not live in the building. Is it even legal for a society to appoint a sec'y-in-absentia? And if yes, is it logical? I'm inclined to believe otherwise, in light of recent legal developments. But perhaps that is beside of the question.
Let me set the context. Like in buildings in most middle class localities in Bombay, my building too has a skewed sense of design. Most balconies - even with next door neighbours - fall at the bare minimum distance of about a foot and a half or two feet. Obviously, most sounds easily permeate to the neighbours if you're speaking even at normal decibels.
The girls next door are loud.
I've had to ring their doorbell several times in the middle of the night to ask them - ever so politely - to STFU. Most times, this works. Sometimes it doesn't. I've heard sounds that range from sitcoms and music, conversations with parents over Skype, phone calls with the boyfriend, girl talk about clothes and hair and first sex, to three rounds of sex itself, card games and as of today - abuse.
What is one supposed to do? The landlord has been told several times - in vain, of course. The neighbours can't do jack shit. And calling the cops is always a last resort. Do I not know that one can complain anonymously on the police hotline? Of course I do. However, will that stop the cops from harassing the complainant?
The law
I was at the CII India Women's Network launch on Friday, where Meeran Borwankar, Additional Director General of Police, and I G Prisons, Maharashtra State, was a panellist at one of the discussions. Since awareness & engagement was being spoken about in several areas of societal functions, the law wasn't spared either. This question of trusting the police sprung there too. The defence at both ends was legitimate. The police force is under-staffed and so want to close as many cases, and as soon as possible. They are frustrated. So they try and catch those unaware of the law and try and sweep matters under the carpet by passing off the innocent as criminals? Yes, it's a vicious cycle and we are left no choice but to accept that they need better facilities and to be provided for from the taxes we pay. But until that pipe dream falls into implementation, how are civilians expected to trust them?
My first instinct was to confront the girl; tell her that both my roomie and I were literally just a holler away. That we may have had problems with them, but we weren't going to tolerate inhuman behaviour. Sadly, she was subservient.
I also tweeted about it. Despite the anonymity and a general sense of detachment of the platform, there is a degree of sensitivity and trust even in the unknown. People pitch in to advice, suggest solutions, offer the first impulse of support. In fact, here's a snippet of the conversation that ensued between the five of us - some simple inputs and advice that can be used at short notice.
|Twitter conversation this morning (9th March 2014 - a day after International Women's Day, btw)
I also decided to reach out to our neighbours - thankfully this city allows socialising at one's own limited terms. The lady immediately offered her cell number and assured that the next time this happened I had only to tell her and she'd call the cops.
What is most amazing, is that the city still has faith in the law.
Hopefully, this blog post will serve as a window to help. Evidently, your educational qualification is no indication of your awareness and ability to speak up. Most importantly, it doesn't even make you human. It was made clear at the discussions yesterday at the IWN launch too – we need to stop blaming the government, the law, and most importantly, men. It's not an attitude problem characteristic to this country alone either. As my roomie said, the victim could have sold herself and still cannot be treated this way.
I am going to remain shaken for a long time. Not only because this was so real - after all, this girl should mean nothing to me - , but because I witnessed it at such close quarters. What warrants violence? And what justifies silence in us human beings, when reaching out is not difficult? Among the several loud conversations I've overheard (inadvertently, of course) from these girls, they come across as rather opinionated personalities who know what they want. Doesn't safety figure in their list of priorities? Doesn't self-love count for anything? What about the thought that they live far away from home and their parents would die of the worry at the slightest hurt that would come to their child?


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White: Most known for Protection & Peace. Use for finding truth, sincerity and use in all workings and blessings
Black: Most known for absorbing negativity and evil. Use to help when you are feeling at a loss or confused; when banishing illness; breaking hexes and for exorcism
Red: Love, Passion and Courage
Blue: Understanding, Health/Healing, Patience, Meditation, Tranquility and Peace
Yellow: Clairvoyance, Charm, Attraction, Divination, Studying, Confidence, Learning, Intellectualism, Persuasion, and Mental Powers.
Green: Healing, Money/Finance, Prosperity, Luck and Fertility
Purple: Power, Ambition, Tension, Healing deadly diseases, Business improvement and To boost your own magickal powers
Pink: Emotional love, Friendships, Honor, Goodness, Love and Affection
Lavender: Soothing, Calming, Rest, Dream, Dream Interpretation, Intuition, Dignity and properties of Purple & White.
Silver: Telepathy, claivoyance, caliraudience, psychometry, intuition, dreams, astral energies, female power, communication, the Goddess.
Gold: Wealth, the God, promote winning, safety and power of the male, happiness, playful humor.
Light Brown: Influence friendships, special favors, grounding, animal magick, earth magick


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Saturday, December 23, 2006
Busy Bee
I have laundry, sauces, table setting, and vacuuming on my list. At least the house is reasonable orderly. This festivity can be done. Just got a great book to add to my list of others in the mail Pubic Enemies America's Criminal Past by William Helmer with Rick Mattix. I got the book because the authors have a much more complete encyclopedia of criminals coming out but unfortunately it's been delayed for 6 months now so I will make do with this. I've come to the conclusion that there is much more to writing a book than slapping together some facts. There must be...otherwise the books that I wait for would not take so long.
I am doomed. I just can't bear to look at that junk again. Executive Retirement Arrangements--Bah Humbug! Oh well, maybe God has something better planned for me. But I will take the test who knows maybe this will be a miracle again. There is just so much boring stuff. I guess I wasn't meant for top management? I feel that if I don't pass this test then I will be stuck where I am at. Is that good? Who knows. We have a new player with the New Year. Maybe the chemistry will improve and it can be a winning situation?
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By now I'm guessing you've probably gotten our old book Public Enemies, which back in '98 was kind of a rush job (not helped by the people at Facts on File, whose editorial staff apparently had several people working on it using different and uncorrected versions) and which sold poorly but still garnered critical acclaim, despite a few horrendous errors I still cringe at. I apologize for these.
Hoping that won't dissuade you from still getting The Complete Public Enemy Almanac, which is vastly corrected and expanded (over 660 pages), far more comprehensive, and 100% more satisfying to me. And boasts a beautful foreword from Rose Keefe. Should be available very shortly in both hardcover and paperback.
p.s. Sorry about the double posting if I did.
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I'm looking forward to the Almanac. Amazon says it will be available early March. Public Enemies, although a "rush job", is still a decent source. A good starting point.
Dan Waugh's book on Egan's Rats is due to be released this Spring also. I've seen several chapters of this and had some neat correspondence with Dan, who lives in St. Louis but is a Detroit native, has done considerable research on both the St. Louis and Detroit underworlds and is very expert on the gang wars of both cities. He has another book in the works on the Purple Gang.
And of course Ellen Poulsen's book on the Luciano vice trial will be out around the same time. I'm more familiar with the Midwest stuff myself but I think this book will be even better than her Molls classic.


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- You weigh 13 poundsish...still a tiny little thing!
- You eat about 5 oz every 3 hours and sleep from 8:30 or 9:00 at night til 6:00 am. You are a fabulous sleeper!
- You chew on your hands constantly and drool on everything.
- You love to watch the dogs and have recently become fascinated with them.
- You can still wear size 0-3 months clothes and size 1 diapers.
- You have the absolute tiniest feet ever.
- Your sister is your biggest fan and vice versa.
- You still love your swaddler and white noise to sleep.
- You are super strong and can roll like crazy. You want to sit up all the time but aren't quite ready yet.
- You love to pull daddy's beard.
Sunday, September 20, 2015
4 Months
Lottie girl...you are 4 MONTHS old! These past four months have flown by! You are quickly developing your sweet, spunky personality and have just changed our lives. Here's what is going on with you now:
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The Canadian Internet Registration Authority helps Canadian communities measure and benchmark smart community efforts with new testing program
Ottawa, ON – September 15, 2016 – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced the first two participants in its national program to support Canadian communities in measuring, assessing, and monitoring local Internet performance.
CIRA has created a customized Internet Performance Test for both the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia and Stratford, Ontario, which allows citizens to test their Internet connection and contribute to a comprehensive Internet performance dataset for their community. Data from the test will help municipal leaders determine where they need market or policy interventions to ensure sufficient broadband access and performance.
Key facts
- Municipalities across Canada are working to deploy smart community strategies to help equip their communities to compete in a rapidly changing digital economy. Broadband access is the foundation for these programs and by partnering with CIRA municipal leaders can gain insight and analysis on where to focus resources in relation to connectivity.
- CIRA's Internet Performance Test is built on the globally-recognized M-Labs testing technology, with test nodes across the country. The test operates independently from any major Internet Service Provider network, ensuring unbiased measurements and data.
- To launch this new service for Canadian municipalities, CIRA is rolling out custom testing portals for up to ten communities across Canada. Interested municipalities should contact CIRA for more information on how to apply to take part in this project.
- Leveraging a custom heat-map interface, CIRA's solution provides insight into the relationship between geography and connectivity – isolating performance by ward, neighbourhood, or county.
- CIRA has a portfolio of solutions to help augment smart community projects. From expertise in Internet Exchange Points, advanced DNS solutions for municipal online services, to support navigating the new world of city domains, CIRA is equipped to help communities build resilient and lasting digital projects.
Test your connection now
Users in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia can access their custom version of the test here: htttps://performance.cira.ca/AnnapolisValley
Users in Stratford, Ontario can access their custom version of the test here: https://performance.cira.ca/Stratford
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- Find out more information about CIRA's national Internet Performance Testing program at cira.ca/performance


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XTI to launch TriFan 900 at NBAA with one third-scale mock-up .
12 Sep 2017, 9:09 AM
Summary...XTI Aircraft will formally launch the TriFan 600 vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft at the National Business Aviation Association convention and exhibition in October, where it plans to unveil a one-third-scale mock-up of the new design. ... more from this item's website
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So, we had a major trashing of the living room this morning, followed by several hours making Gracie pick it up, and lots of tears.
At one point, after about the hundredth request for "help", I heard myself say, "I'm sorry honey, but daddy doesn't clean up all your messes for you. Sometimes you have to clean them up yourself."
Spent the last hour wondering if I just answered the question of "unanswered" prayers…
-Gracie's Daddy


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Steve Hochstadt: After years of relative stability, in the last 8 years the proportion of Americans who oppose gay marriage dropped from 54% to 32%, as the number who favor it rose from 37% to 62%.
Celebrating Civil Rights Victories and Remembering Defeats
Rev. Irene Monroe: This June will be the one year anniversary of "Obergefell v. Hodges," the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
LGBT Community Invisible Again?
Carl Matthes: While the biggest issues of recent debates have been the size of candidate's hands and whose pants are on fire, hardly mentioned, in many of the debates, are LGBT issues.
Only the Lord Knows What's Going On
Carl Matthes: She was asked point blank if she was sure that she really saw the Pope and not his secretary. Yes, it was the Pope. He was dressed in white, had on a beanie and spoke American. She was surprised by that because she thought he would speak Argentinian.
Saint Kim of Kentucky
Peter Cavanaugh: Initial conservative spin suggested that, along with Father Junipero Serra, Kim Davis, herself, had been canonized.
Kim Davis, You're No William Jennings Bryan
Berry Craig: The zeal of bigots like Davis is fueled, at least in part, by their fear of a future that will not be theirs. They fret over an America that has become more tolerant, diverse and pluralistic. Prejudice is on the wane, even in Bible Belt states like Kentucky.
Is P'Town Carnival Losing Its Queerness?
Irene Monroe: I now wonder, with more of us LGBTQ revelers and onlookers with children and dogs vacationing in P'Town each summer, have we integrated or assimilated too far into mainstream society?
Children and the LGBT Community
Carl Matthes: The time has come for America to embrace all of its children, to protect its children, to facilitate loving homes and provide safe schools for its children.
How Hard Is Change? A Fifty Year Perspective
John Peeler: There is nothing more threatening to white Americans than young black men. We have always been a country created by whites and for whites: hence the Tea Party slogan after the election of Barack Obama, "We want our country back!"
The Flood Gates of Visibility: The Good, The Bad & The Beautiful
Carl Matthes: It's so encouraging – and beyond my imagination of just a few years ago – to see lesbians and gay men proud to be lining up for marriage licenses in big cities, small towns, and rural communities.
Standing Against the Religious Right
Carl Matthes: The fight to advance and protect voting rights, civil rights, women's rights, women's health and the right to choose, immigration rights, and lgbt rights, is intensifying.
Pushing Budget Reform State by State
Randy Shaw: While progressives debate whether President Obama could have used his "bully pulpit" to overcome GOP opposition to reviving the nation's economy, let's accept that in 2013-14 activists can more effectively address economic justice measures at the state level.
Who Will Be the GOP's New Gays?
Tina Dupuy: But as long as Republicans don't stand for anything other than freedom for corporations, they will need to find a group of people to be their boogeyman.
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Yesterday was so beautiful that Alex suggested a trip to Woolacombe Beach. It took me about 2 seconds to agree. No other member of the family could be persuaded of this and so we set off on our own.
We had a fab afternoon. Digging battlements each and having a war. For the record Snakey Seaweed Castle fell to Feather Kingdom ( I wasn't allowed to name either, and really, he had it covered there).
He was thrilled with finally being able to make proper sandcastles by himself, seems 8 is the perfect age for patience, listening to your mother, co-ordination and strength for the big buckets to be flipped into the perfect shape successfully.


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Scott and I had been wanting to check out a restaurant in Chicago called "Bread & Wine" for quite a while. We drive past it on the way to the suburbs, but it's far enough away from our neighborhood that it isn't super high on the list when we're considering an impromptu date. Restaurant Week provided the perfect excuse.
There was a set menu as part of the Restaurant Week promotion, but being a not-so-adventurous eater, I decided to skip it and go with something a little more.. tame. Scott took advantage of the set menu, and for his first course he selected beef tongue. (!!!) When it arrived, it looked like undercooked meat, but since it was paired with leafy greens, mustard and onion crisps, I was somehow cajoled in to trying a bite.
The result? I can't say I enjoyed it (I didn't) but I survived and now I can check this off the list!


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I got to be in my crafty space and create. I was working on Christmas cards. When they are going though the mail- that means not much lumpy or bumpy! I got quite a few made of three different varieties. I just can't stick to mass production of one type. Too boring for me. I try to keep things pretty simple, yet effective.
We are having unusually warm weather, which is ok with me. Yesterday was 67F. And the next couple of days are suppose to get into the 70's. Fine weather for mid Oct. and nice for the heat bill. Need to do a little outside work later today.
You don't get to see the cards I made yesterday, but cards more appropriate for the season. Halloween cards, which will go into the mail later this week.
The trick or treaters were cut on my Silhouette.
I think the above card is H,N and C!
The monster was cut on the Silhouette. The spider, web and boo are dies, I think by Paper Smooches.
And the 2 background frames on all cards are from Mama Elephant.
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In a Chopper-impressed game, you fly your ghost in between the spirit lights as a lot as attainable in hopes of reaching heaven. On your method you will notice the ghosts of your opponents who've additionally tried. See for those who can defeat them on this asynchronous multiplayer game!
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Kenyan Primary Election Losers Try Their Luck as Independents
Some of the major political duels seen in the party primary elections are set for a re-match, with hundreds of nomination losers ditching their parties to try their luck as "independents" in the August general election.
Kenya: Poll Losers Rush to Beat Registration Deadline
Nation, 3 May 2017
The office of the Registrar of Political Parties was on Wednesday a beehive of activity as aspirants rushed to beat the deadline for registering as independent candidates in the… Read more »
Independent candidates who want to contest various political seats in the August elections queue at the Registrar of Political Parties headquarters in Westlands, Nairobi.
Kenya: Big Guns Seek Poll Rematch as Independents
Nation, 2 May 2017
A Mombasa County Assembly member died as he travelled to Nairobi to join hundreds of other party nomination losers registering as Independent candidates. Read more »
Kenya: Top Jubilee Senator Ditches Uhuru Party, to Vie As Independent Candidate
Nation, 2 May 2017
Senate Deputy Speaker Kembi Gitura has ditched Jubilee Party barely a week after he was trounced by Kiharu MP Irungu Kang'ata. Read more »
Kenya: Why Running As Independent Candidate in Nyanza Is Committing Political Suicide
Nation, 2 May 2017
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) primaries in counties in former Nyanza province could end long political careers of some big names in the Country's politics. Read more »
Kenya: Battle Not Over for Kiambu Senate Seat As Thang'wa Goes Independent
Capital FM, 2 May 2017
It will be a two horse race for Kiambu senatorial seat after Karungo Thang'wa was cleared to run as an independent candidate following the closely fought Jubilee Party primaries. Read more »
Kenya: Requirements for Independent Candidates to Be On August Ballot
Capital FM, 2 May 2017
As the much awaited August 8 elections beckon, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has released a step-by-step guide to be followed by aspirants for various… Read more »
Kenya: Legislators Who Have Quit Parties Won't Lose Their Seats, Says Speaker
Nation, 2 May 2017
Lawmakers who have resigned from their political parties in protest over the manner in which the nominations were conducted will not lose their seats. Read more »
Kenya: Independents Likely to Stage a 'Revolution' Come August 8
Nation, 3 May 2017
Kinoti Gatobu was elected to the National Assembly by the people of Buuri at the ripe old age of 26 in 2013. He ran and won as an independent in a Meru County overrun by a strong… Read more »


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Hayes Cottage Hospital Occupation office based at the hospital.
Steve Clare taking credit for his and 20 other supporters (including an 80 year old) being thrown out of the District Health Authority meeting held at Harefield Hospital.
The Police man handled campaigners down the stairs, even to disgust of local Tory Councillor Elsie Boff.
This event was a turning point in the campaign and soon after the management were forced to drop plans to close the hospital.
the hospital was occupied on the 25th October 1983


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CAIRO, Jan 8 (Aswat Masriya) – Egypt's social solidarity ministry referred an employee at Dar al-Orman orphanage to prosecution over reported child abuse.
A video in which a child is heard screaming over being forced to bathe with cold water went viral on social media websites on Friday. The footage was reportedly recorded from a neighbouring building to Dar al-Orman orphanage in the Fifth Settlement.
Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali said in a statement on Saturday that the orphanage employee involved in the incident was referred to prosecution.
The orphanage was temporarily closed for renovation and the children were transferred to other Cairo branches of Dar al-Orman.
Dar al-Orman issued a series of statements on their Facebook page, in which they announced carrying out an investigation that proved the authenticity of the incident, saying that the supervisor involved was recently appointed and lacks experience.
The orphanage thanked the woman who posted the video online and said it's keen on holding any wrongdoer accountable.


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Saturday, 20 February 2016
RE-UPLOAD: The Comsat Angels - 3 Netherlands FM Broadcasts- 1981/1982 (Flac)
Very good sound. Thanks to freadheadset for sharing these recordings on Dime.
Original Info File:
Source : Cassette > Audacity > CD Wave Editor > FLAC 8
Digging through my box of old tapes I ran into another song, lost on a tape !
It concerns Track 01 Total War live at the Parkpop festival.
So I decided to add it to my old upload and ressed it in total again.
Brilliant FM recordings of eighties group Comsat Angels.
Comsat Angels were immensely popular in The Netherlands.
They toured through Holland at least twice a year.
From these tours, from the seventees through the eighties I have already seeded some gigs or parts of gigs.
They made a lot of great albums but , to my opinion, the best were the first two,
"Waiting For A Miracle" and "Sleep No More" and their 12 inch "Eye Of The Lense".
They have been and still are one of my favourite bands from the eighties.
Kro radio recorded and broadcasted them for their program "Rocktempel".
line up :
Stephen Fellows vocals , guitar
Kevin Bacon bass
Mik Glaisher drums
Andy Peak keyboards, vocals
To start of with :
Zuiderparkpop Den Haag The Netherlands 4. July 1982
Setlist :
01 Total War
02 What Else
03 Not A Word
04 Waiting For A Miracle
Then we go on with :
Paradiso Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 22. 1981
This is one composed of recordings I already seeded and new found recordings, plus recordings that have been seeded in the past on DIME.
Setlist :
01 At Sea
02 Real Story
03 Total War
04 Dark Parade
05 Eye Dance
06 Postcard
07 Independance Day
And last , but not least :
Paradiso Amsterdam September 4 1981
Setlist :
1 Ju Ju Money
02 Be Brave
03 Eye Of The Lense
04 Waiting For A Miracle
Another one from the box of old tapes !
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Come Dancing
My sister should have come in at midnight,
And my mum would always sit up and wait.
It always ended up in a big row
When my sister used to get home late.
Now I'm grown up and playing in a band,
And there's a car park where the Palais used to stand.
My sister's married and she lives on an estate.
Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait.
She lets them get away with things she never could,
But if I asked her I wonder if she would,
And my mum would always sit up and wait.
It always ended up in a big row
When my sister used to get home late.
Now I'm grown up and playing in a band,
And there's a car park where the Palais used to stand.
My sister's married and she lives on an estate.
Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait.
She lets them get away with things she never could,
But if I asked her I wonder if she would,
Come dancing!
Come on sister,
Have yourself a ball.
Don't be afraid to come dancing,
It's only natural.
- the Kinks
It was Friday night when I stood there in BMC on Frenchman Street in New Orleans with two friends, gawking, all of us at once disgusted and intrigued at the site before me our eyes as if we were staring at a car accident. Two Australian tourists, young males in their early twenties, are wooing two young ladies by gyrating wildly to the music, incorporating moves reminiscent of the late '70's, involving wide-leg stances and shoulder popping movements. The young men were talking--no--screaming at the women in painfully thick Australian accents as they tanked up with more drink. My friends and I are forced to step outside, laughing so hard tears well up in our eyes.
Though I was admittedly entertained in a macabre sort of way, I would have been disappointed if that had been a premonition of my weekend.
Luckily, Frenchman Street and surrounding blocks are stuffed to the gills with at least a dozen music clubs, playing a multitude of genres for the musically hungry. We amble down the street only to discover Frenchman's newest venue Mojitos, which has replaced a reggae-metal club I used to revile on a regular basis. Upon passing through the gates I step into another world, or at least another country. My friends and are are part of the handful of non-Latinos present, and not a hipster is to be found on the premises, on a street that is frequently choked with horn-rimmed glasses and plaid button-up shirts.
At Mojitos, the music is sung in Spanish with Cuban rhythms. Tonight there is a band with youngish members, about 10 of them; men on the horns, drums, guitars, and vocals, and a steamy bass player woman with mermaid like hair wearing leopard print. They are playing fast-moving salsa music, and the crowd has the moves. I dare not entangle myself in this new language, but rather enjoy a tecate beer with lime as my friends and I stand under the misters dangling above in the open-air courtyard which is doubling as a dance floor. This band and these dancers are muy cool.
On Saturday, a unanimous decision is made to go dancing at Mimi's in the Marigny. Not much of a clubber myself, I agree to go because it is old-school funk night, and because I've not yet been. This, and every night is hipster night, but the funk brings all sorts in, providing a refreshing range of race and scenes. Serious hip-hop dancers are abound, as are sorority girl types in addition to the status quo Marigny matrons of hip. The DJ is a woman in her forties, mixed-race donning an impressive set of dreadlocks. And, after sufficient social lubricant is imbibed at the reasonably-priced bar, my friends and I are dancing. Tonight is the first night in years I have danced to anything being played by a DJ.
Well-rested but still tired on Sunday, I have the urge to end my dancing days weekend Cajun style. Since having learned to play the old-time fiddle almost a decade ago, most of my dancing days are few and far between and involve a partner and American roots music derived from folkways. Cajun two-step dancing is my favorite because for a clutz like me, all one needs is simply to be able to count to two. That, and the fact that one is not alone; with a half-decent dance partner, two left feet can be transformed in Ginger Rogers.
A historic and world-famous music venue, Tipitina's hosts a Cajun dance every Sunday, the fais do-do. So named for the French phrase of endearment gently urging children to go to bed, it is said that such was the name for the Cajun dance parties that followed suite after the children were tucked away under the covers in Cajun days of old.
I have been to Tipitina's fais do-do on prior occasion, and recall a dimly-lit dance floor with men and women of all ages, women in dresses and heels with flowers in their hair, aptly led to dance gracefully to the lilting accordion and fiddle music being played live on stage. It is old-fashioned, but a very musical and very charming way to end the weekend.
Arriving at Tipitina's door with my friend and favorite New Orleans Cajun dance partner Clancy, we are chagrined to learn that this is the one weekend it is canceled. Scratching our heads and our smartphones for an alternative, we make our way to Mulate's Cajun Restaurant.
Nestled next to the convention center and the tourist-laden Riverwalk, we find exactly what one finds next to a convention center and a tourist-laden Riverwalk; boatloads of overweight tourists sitting around tables eating overpriced food, listening to live Cajun music played at a remarkably slow tempo suitable for a tourist-dinner scene. We belly up to the bar and order what end up being possibly the most expensive drinks I have ever purchased in New Orleans.
Perched with our beverages, we watch the dance floor, which is surprisingly studded with a handful of knowledgeable dancers. We conjecture as to whether they came with the band from some small bayou town outside of the city. I recognize the fiddler, in his twenties, as a man I exchange old time fiddle tunes for Cajun ones on previous occasions here in town. Other than him, the remainder of the band are seasoned middle-aged men, who resemble the dance floor denizens.
"That cute couple reminds me so much of my parents," shares Clancy. I look over at the dance floor.
"Yeah, except that your dad has both his arms," I state, observing that the sleeve of the man is tied in a knot.
After 20 minutes we finish sipping our overpriced cocktails. Clancy and I are spoiled, having been to Lafayette and Eunice to barns and outdoor patio saloons with dynamic, for-dancers-only rhythm. Musicians there play music that would leave these diners covered in sawdust.
"Come on, Clancy," I plea. "I know this is really dinner music, but let's just have one dance for the road."
As neophytes to the Cajun-dancing cause, Clancy and I are having a difficult time matching the traditional two-step to the dinner-tempo and fumble a bit. At the break, he yells "Play faster!" in French. Clancy, a bi-lingual first-grade teacher learned his French living in Paris for a year, and it shows.
"Clancy! Can you not sound like such a Parisian, man? Cajuns might not dig that!" I plea as he laughs. Immediately, one-arm beelines towards us with his partner.
"Where are you from?" he asks.
I immediately prepare to apologize when he explains that his dance partner is a French native, teaching at another of the public bi-lingual grade schools in New Orleans. She and Clancy exchange questions and banter when another tune picks up.
We trade partners for a waltz. My partner is surprisingly graceful and leads me through a series of well-timed steps with his remaining arm. We must have been a strange pair; a thirty-something year old Asian-American in a dress and a heavy-set middle-aged white Louisianan native with one arm, wearing a blue denim button-up shirt with one sleeve tied, cowboy boots, and suspenders. We are sauntering in the traditional circular conformation around the dance floor when I notice that we are being recorded by a multitude of iphones.
Clancy and I continue on for half a dozen more songs. At the break I introduce him to the fiddler and meet the rest of the band hailing from the tiny little town of Bayou Lafourche in the heart of Cajun country a few hours westward. We talk about old-time music, and Cajun music, and Cajun dance. The bandleader is embarrassed to confess that he plays on Bourbon Street but invites us to watch their gigs in Cajun country proper some day.
Eventually Clancy and I leave. Though not the fais do-do I was expecting, I feel complete having made some funny Cajun connections and sneaking in a couple Cajun two-steps before putting the weekend to rest.
I once had a Vietnamese language teacher in Vietnam share with me her observation: "It's funny. Asians seem to love to sing karaoke. Westerners seem to love to dance."
What is it that makes one feel the need to move in a rhythm? And why is it so ubiquitous in some places and not in others?
I think dancing is beautiful, even just to watch. When I had an oldtime band in Alaska, what I loved most was playing square and contradance gigs. I never really connected with the dance itself complicated with its multitude of moves; nor did I connect with most of the typical Alaskan attendees of middle-aged folks wearing socks and birkenstocks, both men and women donning long, pony-tailed hair. But I found magical the phenomenon of seeing a community of people moving in time to the notes and rhythms emanating from my instrument. They were so synchronized to the music, and we musicians were so synchronized to their dancing. When done gracefully, it always struck me as a beautiful way to engage with other people.
I love that a girl can go to a dance in this town on any given night of the week. Swing at the Spotted Cat, Maison, the WWII Museum. Zydeco and Cajun two-step at Tipitina's, Mulates, Rock N Bowl. Funk it out at Mimi's. You name it, you can dance it in New Orleans. I've never lived in a place where I had the option of making this part of my normal routine until I moved to Louisiana.
This weekend I will be training for a bike trip through the Florida Keys I will be taking in August. I will attempt to ride 20 miles this Saturday, and 44 miles on Sunday.
And then, I think I will reward myself Sunday evening with a fais do-do at Tipitina's.


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I Want A Man In My Life
Then it hit me. I was happiest because I felt loved and appreciated. It felt good to know that at the end of the day, someone who loved and wanted me was there for me. I miss that like hell! You just don't know. What is it about being with someone that makes me feel euphoric?
I loved coming home from work and cooking dinner for my boyfriend. I loved knowing that when we went to sleep, it would be together in the same bed. I loved knowing that on the weekend, we would spend time together or take a trip together somewhere. I loved knowing that when I needed someone to talk to, he was there and I didn't have to pick up the phone or leave the house. I loved laying on the sofa and feeling the man that I loved rub my shoulders.
I miss having a man around. And after 3 years of being "single" in the words of Natalie Cole, "I'm Catching Hell". But I don't know what to do. I keep meeting brothas that are just not there. They all say the right things and get my hopes up, but just leave me disappointed. I'm starting to think that something is wrong with me.
I'm not gonna lose hope, but I am frustrated. A few people have told me that I should date outside of my race, but I don't want to feel like I am giving up on my brothas. A few people have told me that I should loosen up and lower my expectations. I am not gonna do that and end up with someone just for the sake of having a man. A few people have told me that I should
But seriously, I don't know what to do. I have never believed that it takes someone else to help you be happy, but I am am starting to change my mind. There have been times that I have imagined living life single, but that's just not an option. I want a man to spend my life with and that's what I am gonna get.
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Area Extension Agent Position Open in Western NC!
I would love to see this position filled quickly, so I'm posting it on my blog!
To apply for this position, go to the
NCSU Job Site
Vacancy with the NC Cooperative Extension Service
Full-Time - Permanent Position
Title Area Extension Agent
Anticipated Hiring Range: Minimum Bachelor's $33,500; Minimum Master's $38,500
Position Number: WT-00062712-0613
Work Schedule 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, evenings and weekends are required.
Job City & State Hendersonville, NC
This position will be based in Henderson County and will work approximately 1 day per week in Haywood County and 1 day in Buncombe County. The three-county area produced approximately $15 million annual gross farm income from commercial vegetable production in 2006.
Essential Job Duties
This position will conduct educational programs for and provide technical production, economic and marketing information to conventional and organic commercial vegetable growers. Duties and responsibilities will include:
1. Plan, conduct and coordinate workshops, conferences, seminars, short courses, etc. as needed for commercial horticulture audiences.
2. Work with other agencies, agribusinesses, and organizations to facilitate the expansion and enhancement of the commercial vegetable industry in the area.
3. Facilitate area programs and information transfer with other Extension agents with vegetable or specialty crop responsibility to work cooperatively on educational programs of mutual horticultural interest.
4. Establish and use a commercial horticulture advisory council.
5. Provide an educational source and point-of-contact for the area vegetable growers, farm-related businesses and agencies on commercial vegetable and specialty crop enterprises.
6. Work with University specialists located at research stations to conduct Extension educational demonstrations and facilitate research information transfer to vegetable and specialty crop growers.
Other Work/Responsibilities
Skills, abilities and experiences required include:
1. Ability to handle multiple work demands and set priorities.
2. To work independently with little supervision.
3. Ability to plan, implement, market and evaluate educational programs.
4. Evaluate and deliver expected education impacts and work with diverse people.
5. Willingness to be a team player in support of a total Extension program through interdisciplinary efforts with Extension specialists, local staffs, customers and volunteers.
6. Demonstrate public and human relations skills.
7. Be adept in both public and interpersonal communications.
8. Have resource development or grantsmanship ability and computer literacy
Minimum Experience/Education
One of the following educational requirements: – A Bachelor's degree with a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 overall or a 3.0 (based on a 4.0 scale) in the job related field, – A Bachelor's degree and the completion of at least one-half of coursework in a Master's degree curriculum with a cumulative grade point average 3.0 or higher with at least one of the degrees in the job related field, or – Completion of a Master's degree with at least one of the degrees in the job related field. Also required: a personal automobile; computer literacy; strong oral and written communication skills; the ability to plan, implement, market, and evaluate educational programs; willingness to work as a team member and support a total Extension program; and the ability to handle multiple demands and set priorities.
Personal Attributes
Successful performance of the duties encompassed in the County Extension Area Agent's job requires that the individual possess habits of industry, a sense of responsibility, and a genuine appreciation for the worth of the individual. The employee must be adept in both oral and written communication. The County Extension Area Agent is eligible to become a member of the non-tenure track/special faculty at North Carolina State University. The County Extension Area Agent has primary responsibility for planning, executing, and evaluating that phase of county Extension programs within assigned areas of program responsibility. The County Extension Area Agent cooperates with colleagues in the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service and county leaders in performing assigned responsibilities. The performance of assigned responsibilities is governed by the philosophy, objectives, policies, and procedures of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
Departmental Required Skills
A Bachelor's degree in horticulture, agronomy, agribusiness management with a concentration in a related agricultural science or an agriculturally related degree with a foundation related to vegetable crop production is required.
Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education
A Master's degree is preferred.
A successful candidate must be able to organize and lead groups specific to the job responsibilities.
Spanish language skills are desired. Program marketing experience through mass media is desired.
Travel within the district is required. Occasional travel outside the district required. It will also at times require overnight trips in the district and state for meetings and professional development.
Job Open Date 06/04/2013
Must Be Open Until at Least 06/18/2013
AA/EOE. In addition, NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation or genetic information. Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations in the application and interview process please call (919) 515-3148. Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. If highest degree is from an institution outside of the U.S., final candidates are required to have their degree verified at
. Degree must be obtained prior to start date. NC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.
extension agent job
position open


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Monday, 7 February 2011
My "I'm going to blog every day" thought has gone out of the window. This is my 4th post in like a month? Anyway, over the last week hardly anything has happened. Well, nothing important anyway. All I've done is go to college, listen to music and watch movies. Oh and sleep a tiny bit. So I found out I was moving into a new form. I was actually mortified I was leaving Joe and Meghan; we used to have so much fun. Now I'm in an "Under-achieving High Aspirations" form. Yeah, fun eh. So I sat this morning and had to fill in a sheet about my future basically. I just wanted to cry. I have ideas what I want to do, I just know I won't succeed in it and my choices are all so different! Do I join the army!? Do I train to be a physiotherapist!? Do I train to be a psychiatrist!? Do I go into music production!? Arghhh! It's so bloody hard! I'd prefer it if someone came up to me and gave me a life plan! I'm so bad at making choices it's unreal. And after I've made them I nearly always regret them or think what might have happened if I'd chose differently. I think over things too much. Like today at choir (yawnnnn) I was thinking "What if I had chosen to sing soprano instead of alto?" and proper bored myself about how I might be different if I'd sang soprano. I really need to stop thinking so much, cos tbh, I think I'm just gonna go through life regretting everything that I do. Back onto some happier stuff... I have found a new love for lacrosse! It's actually one of the funnest sports ever! Yes, I'm shit at it but I really enjoyed it and it really uplifted my mood. And we got to play it inside, not out in the wind! That wind is bloody awful. I was in the printer room and found a piece of paper saying "If I was called Harry Potter I would show Hermoine my wand." It's safe to say me and Dan were near enough pissing ourselves. How childish. So that's been today really! Might aswell go back to the weekend. Saturday I went to Scarborough and went to my favourite shop ever! That's right, HMV! <3 Possibly the best thing ever that shop! Or it was untill I went in and found out Glamour Of The Kill's new album "The Summoning" was sold out! So instead I bought Jack Johnson's "In Between Dreams", Good Charlotte's "Cardiology", Kings Of Leon's "Youth & Young Manhood", "Aha Shake Heart Break" and "Because Of The Times" (meaning I now have all 5 KOL albums! How exciting!). I also bought "Valkyrie" and "The Hangover". Mum got me my first Cadbury's Creame Egg of the year! Easter soon! I also got some hair dye. It said it was brown, the picture looked brown, yet my hair is now a reddy/purple colour; bright red in the sunlight. I was actually gutted. I proper want brown hair! How boring of me. Yesterday I went onto Georgie's house. We played Fifa, drank cups of tea, did her english homework, watched "Youth In Revolt" then watched the Chelsea vs. Liverpool match. I was buzzing. Fernando Torres in a Chelsea shirt! NOM! What a beautiful man. I could be here all night expressing my love for him. He's amazing. End of. Went home at half time which was pretty bad seeing as though my mum doesn't have Sky Sports :/ then I found out that Chelsea had lost by one goal, which I wasn't too pleased about, but what can you do, ey? Awful sleep last night, all 1 and a half hours of it, meant I looked and felt dead this morning. So that's brought us full circle really. After college I watched some of last night's "NFL Superbowl". I actually really enjoyed what I saw, but I wish I actually knew the rules haha. I think tonight's plan is going to be... Have a bath, listen to some music (my music taste's gotten real heavy; Slayer, Motorhead and things like that!), then watch "Outcasts". I actually don't have a clue what it's about but I've got nothing better to do. Then I might watch "Episodes" cos it's supposed to be quite funny. I shall have to see! Anyway, if you're still reading this you must be so bored it's unreal, cos my life is utter shite. Ciaooo!
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