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We were proud to see our Fete featured in the SE Advertiser as well as the Courier Mail online and on the radio!
And now…..the winning entries of our Fete Colouring Competition have been announced! It was a tough call, but here are the final winning entries.
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I literally just received my shipping notification this morning so I was pleasantly surprised to see my Birchbox tucked inside the mailbox. Always a delightful little treat. To be completely honest, I opened this month's box knowing it was impossible to top the April edition. Plenty of goodies but a lot less wow! this time around.
Contents included samples of:
Ahava Time to Clear Purifying Mud Mask - I'm probably most into this.
Archipelago Pomegranate Soap - Smells very berry.
Jouer - Luminizing Moisture Tints foil packs in golden & pearl.
Jouer Glisten Lip Gloss - Very glam.
Kérastase Bain Chroma Riche shampoo - People become Kérastase junkies for a reason.
+ a Tiny Prints Greeting Card, comes with amazing discount (I really like the print on the card they included).
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The Codex Etchmiadzin - Luxury Edition
Price: € 15.800,00
Date: 2000
The roots of Christianity in ivory
Since 1920, the Matenadaran Archives in Yerevan have housed on permanent loan from the Catholicos of All Armenians what is one of the most precious manuscripts in the world - the CODEX ETCHMIADZIN, named after the place where it was formerly kept.Its outstanding importance in religious life, art and science is owed to the uniqueness of its written and pictorial records that bring us closer to the beginnings of Christian literature than other comparable manuscripts. The text of this tetra-evangelary, written at the monastery of Noravank in the province of Blen (south east of Yerevan) in 989, is held to be the most faithful copy of the Old Armenian bible translation that dates back to the early 5th century and which is called the "Queen of Versions" by merit of its great accuracy, its beauty of language, and its purity of style. The 15 full-page illustrations preceding the biblical report date back even further still. They are the most faithful reflection of the system of decoration developed by Eusebius of Caesarea in the first half of the 4th century for his rendition of an evangelary and which was subsequently to remain the binding form for all manuscripts of this kind.However, the two pages which, sewn into strips of parchment, are bound into the last layer of the manuscript are the real artistic and spiritual culmination of the CODEX ETCHMIADZIN. These two folios are from a 7th-century evangelary and display four full-page feast-day illuminations, the Annunciation, the Annunciation to Zacharias, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Baptism of Christ. The hieratic, monumental miniatures represent the oldest instance of Armenian book illumination. Thanks to the inclusion of these fragments of a 300 year older manuscript, the "new" Codex has always been of particular significance.The great importance of this manuscript is also underlined by the splendid ivory cover dating from the 6th or 7th century which has protected the Codex since its restoration in the 12th century.Like many other manuscripts in the Armenian culture, the Codex Etchmiadzin is also held to be of near-human prominence. Even today, it is revered like a holy relic and mostly hidden away from prying eyes. It is one of the very few manuscripts that may never leave Armenia.
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State Office of Children and Family Services Issues Emergency Regulations to Clarify Amendment Relating to School Cooperation with CPS
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Following the issuance of an oral order by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on August 19, 2015 pertaining to Phillips et al. v. County of Orange, et al., holding that the county engaged in the unconstitutional seizure of a child when the child was questioned in a public school without parent consent, significant confusion and anxiety surfaced in both school districts and Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies. These concerns arose despite the fact that the order was not part of a published court decision, held no precedential value and was in conflict with existing case law. In response to that order, some districts began to deny access to CPS staff or required them to take additional actions prior to allowing access to children in school without parental consent. On May 23, 2016, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) adopted emergency regulations amending existing 18 NYCRR 432.2 to explicitly spell out school district obligations to permit representatives of the child protective service to access students suspected of being victims of domestic child abuse in order to conduct in-school interviews. Read More


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We prepped all the meals for tomorrow and saturday breakfast. I leave tomorrow. I am fatigued and ready to go home. Want to get my house done and get moved. Camp has been wonderful, lots of good friends, great fellowship, many many cookies. The new bath house is all framed, the final section in the back needs roof. The goal was to get it dried in with plumbing and electrical. There will be crews in the fall to finish it out, with flushing toilets by next year-looks like they will make it. Electrician and plumbers will go home with me tomorrow. Weather broke and it was a beautiful day. Three members of my team from the Crossings went home this afternoon. 6 of us leave on Sat; another team comes in. The next week will be a runway crew-then the kids comes. Pray for the kids camps; that they will be blessed by the work the teams this last week accomplished.
The final stretch
Days in Camp
The days are beginning to run together-finish breakfast, start lunch, finish lunch, start dinner, finish dinner, start breakfast. Oh, with cookies and more cookies in the middle. The Mamma Robin sucessfully hatched out the babies, she is feeding them even with the people all around. I saw the little bodies with beaks in the air yesterday, how wonderful. I am going home tomorrow, I am ready. My feet will never be the same.
Living at Camp
The sky opened and downpoured all day. No concrete poured, they spent all day building a tent. The plumbers and electricians came in late yesterday, are working fast now. They are starting the concrete today. Gave up on the well until after kids camps, the well digger and wife left last night while the weather held. I am going to miss Debby in the kitchen, she has been so wonderful. They are coming back in the fall and we will be so glad to see them, wonderful people. Food continues in quantities and quantities. There is a move afoot to limit each of the the workers to 12 cookies a day. Should it come to a vote I am sure it will fail. With 46 in camp today that makes for a lot of cookies-can't even do the math any more, we just bake and bake and bake. They still eat two sheet pans of cinnamon rolls for breakfast with 120 eggs. Such is life.
More wildlife in Camp
The change out went well. New Yorkers gone and North Carolina and Oregon are here. Most came in tired from long travel. Ashley are princess from last year had the wildlife incident; of course. She shows up in the dining hall with a satin sleep mask crooked along her head and a duck has come down the chimney into her cabin. Priceless was Roger trying to understand what she was saying. I think he thought he was hearing wrong. He kept saying, Duck??? Duck???. Finally she announces a mallard has come into her cabin. Only Ashley
The Change out.
We woke up to a very early breakfast and loaded the New Yorkers on the boat for the trip to Tanana. We will begin to see the new crew arrving in a couple hours. I am not sure how this is going to work. We have been up very late and we are really tired. The next ones in are going to come in roaring to go. Fortunately, we printed some union laws to regulate the days here. We put them up on the side of the breezeway just in case these guys coming think we are going to work crazy long hours.
Beaver Jerky
The New York boys wanted to share their beaver jerky making with Roger; hence, the beaver hunt to start with. Of course, they need my kitchen to make jerky. We dried it in the oven on low and then in the convection using the fans. They are all liking it-I am still not eating beaver. Roger wanted to see what they did to the beaver-he is going to share it with other beaver hunters. Might be anew craze on the Yukon-then again…
Hunting and Fishing on the Yukon
We took the boat out fishing tonight. I caught a large Shee fish but lost it at the boat. The Texan couldn't fit it in the net-it really was a nice
fish. In Texas if you lose a fish but you have a picture and someone else in the boat saw it-it counts as catching it. I like the Texan rules
better than the Alaskan ones. We caught two Shee fish and three pike that we threw back. Great fun, lots of mosquitoes.
After coming back to the camp, telling out fishing stories and then heading off to bed the hunting began. We hear the Texan lady yell, Bear.
And sure 'nuf there is a black bear running through camp. The guys say, leave him be. I , who has to go the bathroom says, we are not
leaving a bear roaming around camp used to humans, nor are you going to bed and leaving me in the outhouse with a bear. Then begins the
scramble to find a gun and bullets that go with it. Roger had gone to bed but is quickly roused-he has the gun at his house. The first shot
brings many from the cabins, but surprisingly many slept through the hunting. I got a new prospective of how tough Texans are though,
Miss Debbie sees the bear, still has to go to the bathroom, finds herself a stick and goes to the outhouse anyway. She had decided that if
the bear got close she would just smack it over the head. And I always thought Alaskans were tough. There is a possibility that the bear
was better off finding the gun than in finding Miss Debbie and her stick.
The Beaver
The large "boys" here went beaver hunting. The hunt started with four guys in a 6 wheeler, whipping through the camp, two standing up in the back and two whooping it up when everyone else was sleeping. The great question is-how many upstate New Yorkers does it take to shoot a beaver-many more than came on the plane. Thanks goodness for Alaskan's. After chasing a beaver up and down a river most of one night I believe the beaver got tired and crawled into the boat and died. They show up in my kitchen and want to clean beaver-well, I don't think so. There was even talk of boiling beaver tail in my kitchen-again, I don't think so. They did serve is last night but Roger cooked it at his house and brought it over. As a Kokukon tradition he saved the best part of his hunt for the honored guests, two got back feet, one the tail. Only one had the guts to taste but most of the rest of the camp tried the rest of the beaver and loved it. I served lasagna.
The Change out-
Day 8-Tyler Texas and Rabbit Creek group leave, the New York union group arrives. I am still feeding 20; just a new set of faces. It was really neat to see these guys again. I am going to follow the menu this week just to see if we sent the right things in the right quantities. I had to wash clothes but then had to hang them in my room; just couldn't hang undies outside, there are only two girls here this week.
Septic tanks are in!!!
Wow-they set the tanks, will work on the leach field now. They have backfilled the foundation and tied both buildings together. I wish we could get baby birds, I went to take a rest this afternoon and broke the promise with Momma Robin. I woke up tired and have been tired all day. It was a beautiful day but its getting ready to rain now. We had parmesan crusted halibut for dinner tonight-thank you Auntie Thale and Uncle Jeff for the awesome bag of halibut. It was wonderful. I am going to bed early


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When Ramie Young met Eric Tieles through mutual friends in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2012, she couldn't have known that just two years later the pair would plan to spend the rest of their lives together. But on May 9, 2014, Ramie came home from work to a house full of candles, paper lanterns, and her favorite flowers — pink and white tulips, peonies, and ranunculus. There, Eric anxiously popped the question, and in a blur of emotions, Ramie said yes!
After a few phone calls to share the big news with family and friends, Ramie called her best friend and future maid of honor. To her surprise, she heard a knock on the door and realized that Eric had already planned for her to visit from Oklahoma for the weekend. Celebrations began with champagne and ring-shaped cookies, and later resumed with a dinner with both sets of parents.
Ramie and Eric invited 285 guests to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center's courtyard and concert hall for their ceremony and reception in Nashville, the city where they first met. "The building's classic architecture and luscious courtyard created a romantic, serene location we couldn't believe was in the midst of downtown Nashville," Ramie says. With help from the team at Sage Nines Event Production and photographer Kristyn Hogan, this couple created lasting memories of their timeless white, blush, and silver themed wedding.
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
After trying on several gowns while wedding dress shopping in Nashville and Birmingham, Ramie found just what she was looking for in a fit-and-flare gown from Rivini. It was a pale oyster color, with layers of Italian tulle and French Chantilly lace and hand-embroidered crystal and pearl beading. The finishing touch was a dramatic tulle skirt and chapel-length train, which Ramie paired the gown with a chapel-length ivory veil.
The metallic threading throughout Ramie's Jimmy Choo shoes complemented the beading detail on her wedding dress. For her finishing touches, the bride wore a pair of earnings from Ramie's parents as her "something new" and her maternal grandmother's antique family pin for her "something old" and "something blue."
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
Eric wore a classic black slim fit tuxedo and bow tie from Street Tuxedo. He paired the tux with monogramed gold cufflinks and a TAG Huer watch, both gifts from his bride.
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
Ramie's nine bridesmaids wore blush Jenny Yoo dresses with a classic bateau neckline and V-back. They each wore pearl and crystal earrings and finished their looks with soft up-dos and fresh-faced makeup.
Groomsmen wore classic black tuxes similar in style to the groom's. "The contrast of the crisp black tuxedos against the light gray stonework in the courtyard made for a perfect combination," Ramie says.
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
The couple's flower girl wore a sleeveless satin dress with a full tulle skirt — practically a mini bride! "I loved the fact that the buttons on the back of her dress looked like the buttons running down the back of my dress," Ramie says. The ring bearer and bible carrier matched the men of the wedding party with miniature versions of their classic black tuxedos.
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
As a string quartet played, guests were seated in the venue's flower-filled courtyard. Flower arrangements of gladiolas, peonies, delphinium, and silver dollar eucalyptus in various sizes were used throughout the space. There was also a fountain at the courtyard's center that was filled with floating blush peonies.
Ramie carried an all-white bouquet as she made her way down the aisle, accompanied by her father Robert. The couple selected a meaningful reading for the ceremony and exchanged traditional vows.
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
Food was a huge priority for this couple. During the cocktail hour, guests sipped on their signature cocktail, a Pimm's Cup, and enjoyed crowd-pleasing food like open-faced mini BLT's, warm brie with caramelized onions and fig jam, and mini chicken tacos paired with margarita shooters.
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
Guests made their way into the venue's concert hall for the reception, where they were seated at round tables covered in blush linens and bathed in romantic candlelight. Centerpieces varied from table to table, with some oversized floral arrangements comprised of garden roses, peonies, tulips, stock, and astilbe, and other smaller arrangements displayed inside mirror trays. The 40-person head table was decked out with tons of blush pillar candles.
For an extra dose of glamour, the couple added dramatic floor-to-ceiling drapes along the walls, which paired well with the glitzy hanging chandeliers already in the space.
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
Ramie and Eric chose a custom monogram that was used throughout the wedding, including on their invitations, programs, and cocktail napkins. It was even projected onto the dance floor!
For dessert, everyone dug into a five-tiered buttercream frosted cake decorated with a floral pattern and fresh roses and peonies. The table that the cake was displayed on was covered in a sequin blush tablecloth for a little extra sparkle.
Photo: [Kristyn Hogan](http://www.kristynhogan.com/)
Guests waved the newlyweds off with sparklers to celebrate their official status as Mr. and Mrs. Tieles. The couple spent two weeks traveling throughout Greece on their honeymoon.
Ramie reminds couples to take time to enjoy being engaged. "There will be stressful times, but it's nothing a glass of champagne can't fix," she says.
Ceremony & Reception Venue: Schermerhorn Symphony Center || Wedding Planner: Meredith Zeller and Shannon O'Kelley of Sage Nines Event Production || Bride's Wedding Dress: Rivini, purchased at The White Room Bridal Salon || Shoes: Jimmy Choo || Hair: Ashlea Hunter-Mullins Hair Styling || Makeup: Laura Goodwin Makeup Artistry || Bridesmaids' Dresses: Jenny Yoo || Groom's & Groomsmen's Attire: Street Tuxedo || Florist: Enchanted Florist || Invitations & Paper Products: You're Invited || Music: Kevin Sweers Music; Musical Fantasy || Catering: Kristen Winston Catering || Cake: Dessert Designs by Leland || Rentals: Please Be Seated || Videographer: Full Frame Digital Cinema || Photographer: Kristyn Hogan
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Chevy Chase, MD, December 19, 2015 -- We have to engage with our politicians and be a part of shaping a cohesive America, where each one of us can succeed in our pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Together we have to work for a strong and secure America.
My friends, Shafiq Khan and Qaisar Shareef invited me to have a conversation with Kathleen Matthews, who is one of the many candidates running for Congress from the 8th Congressional District from Maryland. We met in Star Bucks coffee house in Chevy Chase, MD.
In the brief conversation we had, we learned that she is making an effort to meet as many people as she can, and wants to do what is good for all Americans. Being a former television anchor in Washington, she is open to listening to diverse opinions, and is caring and sensitive to fellow Americans.
When I meet politicians, one thing that strikes me most about them is their attitude; you are my fellow American, you are an Indian and I like Indians, you are a Muslim and I have no problem with you, you are Jewish and I support Israel, and the ridiculous, you had better vote for me, I'm doing a favor meeting with you.
Karen Matthews's attitude was, "You are my fellow American."As an American Muslim who considers our constitution as one the most revered documents, I like her genuine attitude of "you are my fellow American." That is indeed the promise of America, that we are all created equal. When we carry the attitude of respecting the otherness of others, and accepting the God given uniqueness of each one of us, then conflicts fade and solutions emerge.
Politically, I'm an independent and have supported both Republican and Democratic candidates and will continue to do so. Trump does not represent Republican values, thanks to Lindsey Graham and a few other good men and women for speaking up. The candidates who are good for America are those who genuinely believe in an indivisible nation with liberty and justice for all. I hope to meet the other Democratic and Republican candidates and hear them out.
Kathleen Matthews is smart and knows a divisive America would be difficult to manage, and an inclusive America is where her efforts are places, that is the right way to move forward.
Here is an invitation for you to join us in celebrating birth of two great men; Jesus Christ and Prophet Muhammad. If you cannot, please ask your friends to Register at this link, it is free. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/merry-christmas-milad-mubarak-tickets-20040393356
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Surf Life Saving Australia is part of a federated structure made up of 493 entities, including 314 separately incorporated clubs.
Each year, prior to the commencement of the season, individual members sign an application for joint membership of SLSA, their State Centre and their club. For more information or a copy of our governance charter please contact us.
Graham was elected as President of SLSA in 2010. He brings a wealth of surf lifesaving knowledge, coupled with a strong business background. Graham is a Life Member and Patron of Bronte SLSC and President of the International Life Saving Federation and he has held many senior roles at club, branch and national levels. In 2016, Graham was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to Surf Life Saving. Graham is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Adam is a life-long member of Cronulla SLSC. He has been a successful competitor at all levels of surf sport competition, is a recipient of the Australian Sports Medal, and has held a variety of roles at both SLS State and National levels. He is also a member of the International Life Saving (ILS) Rescue Commission and chairs the ILS Rescue Operations Committee. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was appointed to the role of CEO in June 2018.
John, a Company Director, is the Deputy President of Surf Life Saving Australia, and has been President of Surf Life Saving SA since June 2011. He was appointed as a Director on the SLSA Board in January 2012. John has been a member of Brighton SLSC in SA since 1977. He is a former State Director of Lifesaving and is a current crewman with the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter.
Mark is a Life Member of Surf Life Saving Australia, a member of SLSA's Hall of Fame and has been named as the Australian Surf Lifesaver of the Year in 1997 and the Australian Volunteer of the Year in 2007. Mark is also a Life Member of the Broadbeach Surf Life Saving Club, the South Coast Surf Life Saving Branch, and Surf Life Saving Queensland. In 2013, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Mark was appointed as a director of SLSA in August 2016.
Grant has been active in the Surf Life Saving community for the past 14 years. He has held various positions including President of the North Queensland Branch After relocating to the Northern Territory for work Grant was appointed to the Surf Life Saving NT Board in 2013 and has since been elected the President of SLSNT.
Craig has been in surf lifesaving all his life having had experience as a boat rower and sweep at North Cottesloe, where he is a former Captain and President and is a life member. As President of SLSWA since 2014, he has held state and national roles in surf sports. Craig has extensive business and commercial experience, is a company director and business owner.
Stephen has worked extensively in the area of public administration and was formerly the Manager, Strategic Relations at PSMA Australia Ltd. He has been President of Surf Life Saving Tasmania since September 2011, and was appointed as a Director on the SLSA Board in October 2011. Stephen has been involved with Surf Life Saving since 1967 and is a Life Member of Carlton Park SLSC and SLST.
Tom is Chief Executive Officer of the Peter Cullen Trust and holds a series of Board roles, including with the International Water Association, Dandenong Market and Wyong Water in addition to being President of Life Saving Victoria. He was the CEO of the Australian Water Association from 2007 until 2013. He is qualified B.Juris, LL.B, MBA, FAICD and FGIA. Tom is a Life Member of Point Leo SLSC.
Lyn has worked extensively in Occupational Health & Safety and Risk Management for over 20 years in Tasmania, Victoria and NSW. Lyn currently is the Health Safety & Environment Manager for Parks Victoria. She previously was the National Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Manager for an international dredging company specialising in the marine environment. Lyn has been involved in Surf Life Saving since 1985 as co-founder of the Port Sorell SLSC in Tasmania where she filled several roles over 12 years.
Melanie Evans, is currently Head of Retail Banking for ING Direct Australia. Previously she was at the Westpac Group where she had worked for over 14 years. Having grown up in the surf club, Melanie has kept abreast of our organisation over many years and brings with her expertise and experience of Board and Committee corporate governance, financial management, risk management, strategic planning and compliance.
Christine has an extensive media background having worked in the newspaper and television industries, public relations, marketing and communications for more than 30 years. Christine has been involved in Surf Life Saving for over 15 years, joining as a Nipper parent and holding positions on the Avalon Beach SLSC junior committee before gaining her Bronze Medallion in 2000. Christine is a former President of Avalon Beach SLSC.
Martin Walsh is a member of Lorne SLSC and Life Member of Life Saving Victoria. Professionally, Martin is a Non-Executive Director and Consultant. Previously a Partner of Deloitte and Ernst & Young, he is a current Director of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He is also the current Chairman of the national Surf Life Saving Foundation and a previous Director of LSV.


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With an increasing number of its users becoming quite vile about its shortcomings, Sony's PlayStation wing has opened up a dedicated site called PlayStation.Blog Share. Here, fans can submit their own ideas and the community votes on the idea.
In its own words, this new serviceis dedicated to bringing certain ideas to life:-
Do you have an idea for how to improve the PlayStation experience? If so, Share it! PlayStation.Blog Share is a place to formally submit your best ideas on how we can improve all PlayStation products. It's also a place where you can discover and vote on other people's ideas, as well as communicate with us and other PlayStation fans about how to bring great ideas to life. You can only submit one idea per day. Make it count!
I was pleasantly surprised to see a tweet that went to a completely new section of the PlayStation blog. With a little bit of snooping around it seemed that Sony was genuinely interested in hearing from its fans at long last.
Let's hope Sony does act on the suggestions. I for one am hoping that the PSP dev kit is priced lower in the future!


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The House Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, held a hearing last week focused on the future of the family farm and the effect of proposed Department of Labor regulations on small business producers. Chris Chinn, a Missouri hog farmer testifying on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation, told the subcommittee that young people and the contributions they make as members of farm and ranch families are vital to American agriculture.
Chinn says the proposed regulations could significantly limit the jobs their children, aged 14 and 10, could do on their own farm, and especially their grandparents' farm. The regulations strip away the ability of youth to work in agriculture, and the desire and goal of parents to pass on to our children the traditions and values we hold.
Responding to the DOL announcement it would re-propose the "parental exemption", Chinn said, "It is clear to all of us in the agricultural community that merely 'tweaking' the rule will not fix something that we believe is fundamentally flawed. Clearly there is a lack of appreciation and grasp in the proposed regulations of what it is like to live in rural America."
DOL Deputy Administrator Nancy Leppink insisted to the House Small Business Subcommittee her agency's top priority is the safety of farm kids, whose injury and fatality rate she claimed is far higher than in any other industry.
"Agriculture is the most hazardous industry that either adults or children work in," Leppink said. "This regulation is only targeting the very youngest, and we are only targeting those jobs that are the most hazardous."
Kids 15 and younger, under the rule the agency is now reworking, could not have worked as hired hands even on relative's farms or partnerships owned by their parents.
Rural lawmakers bristled at the intrusion in what they called a way of life that gives kids values, a work ethic and careers in farming.
"I think the Department of Labor is overstepping its boundaries, its knowledge base, and frankly I think you're sitting around watching 'Blazing Saddles' and that is your interpretation of what goes on in the West," Representative Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said. "Mr. Chairman, I assure you as chairman of the Appropriation's Subcommittee on Labor that you haven't seen the last of this. I will have a rider on my appropriations bill that I right for the House of Representatives that will keep you from implementing this rule."
Chinn concluded there's an overwhelming feeling in agriculture that the whole proposal, which has drawn some 10,000 comments, is fundamentally flawed and most feel it should be totally withdrawn.
"We don't need people in Washington, D.C., telling us what our children can and cannot do on our family farm," Chinn said. "We're pretty good at doing that ourselves. Our children are never allowed to go near our bull or our grain augers. They are not allowed to be around a tractor that is mowing hay unless they are inside that tractor, in a buddy seat, with a seat belt on."


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A current Director and a Past President of STC Austin, I have an M.A. in English and have been performing and teaching technical communications for 20 years; recently, I became certified in Instructional Design. I hope someday to finish up my A.A.S. in Computer Programming from Austin Community College. :-)


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Fracking policy for Scotland welcomed
Published on 9 October, 2017
The Church has welcomed a Scottish Government announcement that it will not support the development of Unconventional Oil and Gas.
The move means there is an effective ban on fracking in Scotland for the foreseeable future.
The Church does not believe that the practice is the best way forward.
Discussions about fracking have been held in churches since 2014.
Church of Scotland climate change officer, Adrian Shaw, said: "We recognise that people in congregations have widely differing views but fracking was always an uncertain prospect in Scotland because of our complex geology.
"Areas that have been identified as being suitable are in the central belt, the most densely populated part of the country."
In its response to the draft Scottish Energy Strategy, the Church noted that Scotland is dependent on gas for heating nearly 80% of homes in Scotland.
But as the North Sea supply of natural gas runs down, and given a commitment to respond to climate change, it is felt that the time is now to think about how the nation moves to low carbon alternatives to heat homes in the future.
The Church accepts that the challenge now is to use Scotland's remarkable resources of natural energy - wind, water and tides - to build a new low carbon economy and to ensure that everyone, especially those living in fuel poverty, share the benefits.
Not only does Scotland have the natural resources but it also has the human resources - engineers, skilled workers from the offshore industries and universities and others - to do this.
The Church believes that this approach offers a much better opportunity for jobs and the economy than a dash for gas.
The Scottish Government had a public consultation on the issue.
Those opposed to fracking emphasised the potential for significant, long-lasting negative impacts on communities, health, environment, and climate and expressed scepticism about the ability of regulation to mitigate negative impacts.


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Update: In 2013 CBOPC was in need of a new design due major branding changes, so we created a whole new look, with updated features and the ability to update the site internally, as needed.
In 2007 Community Bank of Pickens County was in need of a complete makeover for their website. GhostNet gave them a new, secure website, including features such as check reorders, calculators, access to logins, and monthly updates.


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The latest of the "Boston Post's" "Famous Cats of New England," is Billy, fire station mascot:
As handsome a cat as ever washed his face in Brookline, Mass., that richest town in the U.S.A. and pride of all New England, is Billy, the cat at Station A firehouse. More pedigreed felines there may be that dwell in the millionaires' mansions that dot the old town, but a cleaner looking, prettier mannered, more popular cat could not be found.
"His blacks so black and his whites so white" runs the loved little nursery jingle. It must have been written as an ode to Station A's Billy. For an inky black back and tail contrast smartly with the unbroken whiteness of forepaws, face, and breast. Just two black patches of fur for "eyebrows" give Billy a forever surprised and wide-awake look.
The cat who believes in "safety first" is Billy. He has learned to distinguish perfectly between the ringing of the noon bells and the bell that signals "fire."
Billy has a favorite sunny sleeping spot right in front of where the engines must pass. Let the noon bell ring and Billy never bats an eyelash--just slumbers on. Let the fire warning ring, though, and like a streak--the sort of streak that only a cat in flight can make--Billy has dashed to the stairway and pulled himself out of the way of all the wheels. In the seven years he has been around the fire station not a single one of his lives has been imperiled.
The two platoon system has Bill's vote every time. Since the men have been coming and going in two shifts it means that treats from their lunch boxes have just doubled, and Billy has grown fat with feasting. Much as the men of Station A enjoy this privilege, the chief says that he thinks Bill enjoys it most of all.
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The Minnesota Orchestra took the stage at WEAC for the first of its full ensemble concerts Friday morning, performing a Young People's Concert for Willmar elementary and middle school students.
The centerpiece of the morning's program, which also featured a performance by student soloist Austin Frohmader on piano, was an imaginative rendition of Peter and the Wolf staged by Theatre de la Jeune Lune and narrated by Vern Sutton.
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Realm Labs, LLC 11/04/2013
Realm Labs, LLC - 04/11/2013
- Recipient:
- Realm Labs, LLC
United States
- Issuing Office:
- Florida District Office
United States
Department of Health and Human Services
|Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
Florida District
555 Winderley Place, Suite 200
Maitland, Florida 32751
Telephone: 407-475-4700
April 11, 2013
Richard H. Mann
Realm Labs, LLC
258 SE 6th Avenue, Suite 5
Delray Beach, FL 33483
Dear Mr. Mann:
This is to advise you that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviewed your websites at the internet addresses www.realmlabs.net and www.neuremedy.com (which redirects to www.realmlabs.net) in March 2013, and has determined that your NeuRemedy products are in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act), as discussed further below. You may find the Act and related regulations through links in FDA's home page at www.fda.gov.
Specifically, your NeuRemedy products are misbranded within the meaning of section 403(a)(1) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 343(a)(1)] because the labeling for these products is false or misleading in that they are labeled and marketed as medical foods but do not meet the statutory definition of a medical food in the Orphan Drug Act [21 U.S.C. § 360ee(b)(3)] or the criteria set forth in 21 CFR 101.9(j)(8). The Orphan Drug Act defines "medical food" as "a food which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles, are established by medical evaluation." The regulation in 21 CFR 101.9(j)(8) sets forth criteria to clarify the statutory definition of a medical food. Specifically, this regulation provides that a food is a medical food only if:
i. It is a specially formulated and processed product (as opposed to a naturally occurring foodstuff used in its natural state) for the partial or exclusive feeding of a patient by means of oral intake or enteral feeding tube;
ii. It is intended for the dietary management of a patient who, because of therapeutic or chronic medical needs, has limited or impaired capacity to ingest, digest, absorb, or metabolize ordinary foodstuffs or certain nutrients, or who has other special medically determined nutrient requirements, the dietary management of which cannot be achieved by the modification of the normal diet alone;
iii. It provides nutritional support specifically modified for the management of the unique nutrient needs that result from the specific disease or condition, as determined by medical evaluation;
iv. It is intended to be used under medical supervision; and
v. It is intended only for a patient receiving active and ongoing medical supervision wherein the patient requires medical care on a recurring basis for, among other things, instructions on the use of the medical food.
FDA considers the statutory definition of "medical food" to narrowly constrain the types of products that fit within this category.[1] In addition to other criteria, medical foods must be for the dietary management of a specific disorder, disease, or condition for which there are distinctive nutritional requirements and must be intended to be used under medical supervision.[2] Patients with such a disorder, disease, or condition must have a limited capacity to ingest, digest, absorb, or metabolize ordinary foodstuffs or certain nutrients, or have other special medically determined nutrient requirements, which cannot be managed by the modification of the normal diet alone.[3] Medical foods are not those simply recommended by a physician as part of an overall diet to reduce the risk of a disease or condition.[4] As discussed further below, your NeuRemedy products do not meet the regulatory criteria for a medical food.
Pursuant to 21 C.F.R. 101.9(j)(8)(ii), a medical food must be intended for a patient who has a limited or impaired capacity to ingest, digest, absorb, or metabolize ordinary foodstuffs or certain nutrients, or who has other special medically determined nutrient requirements, the dietary management of which cannot be achieved by the modification of the normal diet alone. While your labeling states that the patients for whom your NeuRemedy products are intended have low levels of the micronutrient thiamine, FDA is not aware of any evidence that patients with neuropathy have a limited or impaired capacity to ingest, digest, absorb, or metabolize thiamine, or other nutrients, or have a distinct requirement for thiamine or any other nutrient.
Because your NeuRemedy products are intended to support a condition, neuropathy, that does not have distinct requirements for certain nutrients, these products do not meet the regulatory criterion for medical foods set forth in 21 C.F.R. 101.9(j)(8)(ii). Accordingly, these products are misbranded within the meaning of Section 403(a)(1) of the Act because their labeling is false or misleading in that the products are labeled as a medical food but do not meet the definition of a medical food.
Unapproved New Drug
Because your NeuRemedy products are labeled and marketed as medical foods, but do not meet the statutory definition of a medical food, FDA has determined that these products are promoted for conditions that cause the products to be drugs under section 201(g)(1) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 321(g)(1)]. The therapeutic claims on your websites establish that the products are drugs because they are intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease. The marketing of these products with these claims violates the Act. Examples of some of the claims observed on your web sites www.realmlabs.net and www.neuremedy.com are as follows:
Under the Home tab:
- "NeuRemedy® – The Neuropathy Vitamin™
- "Improve The Symptoms of Pain, Burning, Numbness & Tingling with NeuRemedy® "The Neuropathy Vitamin™""
NeuRemedy (60 count and 120 count)
- Claim on label provided as image on webpage: "Specially formulated for the nutritional management of periphal neuropathy including pain, burning, tingling and numbness in the feet and legs"
- "Neuroemedy … that nourishes dysfunctional nerves allowing them to conduct impulses more normally" …. "used … to successfully help tens of thousands of patients suffering from peripheral neuropathy in Asian and Europe."
Under the How NeuRemedy Works tab:
- "NeuRemedy … nourishes nerves affected by peripheral neuropathy and allows them to conduct impulses more normally. The active ingredient in NeuRemedy … has demonstrated remarkable results in easing the symptoms of pain, burning, numbness and tingling in patients with peripheral neuropathy."
- "Benfotiamine has been used since the early 1960's to successfully help tens of thousands of patients suffering from peripheral neuropathy worldwide."
- "[P]eople suffering from peripheral neuropathy have low levels of this essential micro-nutrient. …. They need a more bioactive form of thiamine for their nerves to function properly. This population includes, but is not limited to, the elderly, people with diabetes, and patients on certain medications. For these people, NeuRemedy nutritionally manages their peripheral neuropathy by delivering a highly bioactive form of the micro-nutrient thiamine to where it is needed, the nerve cells."
- "In the case of periphal neuropathy, patients may need the highly bioactive form of thiamine found in NeuRemedy in order to nutritionally manage their neuropathy."
Under FAQ tab:
- "Who is likely to be helped by NeuRemedy?
Diabetics and other people suffering burning, tingling, numbness, and/or shooting pains in their feet, legs, or hands"
- "Does NeuRemedy actually repaid the nerves?
NeuRemedy causes the nerves to function properly again…"
- "Can I use NeuRemedy if I'm not diabetic?
Yes, NeuRemedy often helps people who suffer from neuropathy even if they are not diabetic"
- "Does NeuRemedy affect my need for prescription medications?"
Some people find that after they have started taking NeuRemedy they can eliminate or reduce the amount of prescription medicines they take for their neuropathy"
In addition, your websites contain disease claims in the form of personal testimonials which establish that these products are intended for use as drugs. For example:
Under the Success Stories tab:
Darlene – Diabetic Patient
"I was diagnosed at the age of 7 as an insulin dependent type 1 diabetic. So for 38 years I have been living the diet, exercise plan, and doing the best I can, but complications do happen. And about four years ago I began experiencing the results of peripheral neuropathy, pain, tingling, numbness in my feet. And then about two years ago I started taking NeuRemedy, and I found after two months of taking this, that the pain and numbness went away.
It's part of my daily regimen. I take it as I take my insulin and my vitamins twice a day, and it really has made a difference. … there's no swelling, there's no pain and there's no numbness. So NeuRemedy has a made a difference in my life."
Don- Neuropathy Patient
"And since I tried NeuRemedy, I find that I'm not being woken up by the pain in my toes, and I seem to be getting some feeling back in my toes after an accident. But the NeuRemedy seems to be working on me. I can't say it went away all the way, but it's gone away a lot. … I still have neuropathy, but I also am getting some feeling back. So if it works that way, it's the first thing in 10 years that has ever worked."
Howie – Neuropathy Patient
"Well, basically I felt like I would have like a tendency to possibly fall or trip and lose my balance and it was numbness in my feet. And by taking this Neuremedy, it helped all the symptoms of me not feeling I'm falling or the numbness disappeared."
Tom – Neuropathy Patient
"The pain that I've had for a number of years has been alleviated but not completely cured from me taking of this NeuRemedy. … I have diabetic neuropathy. And it has improved, there's no question about it."
Your NeuRemedy products are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced uses and, therefore, the products are "new drugs" under section 201(p) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 321(p)]. New drugs may not be legally marketed in the U.S. without prior approval from FDA as described in section 505(a) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 355(a)]. FDA approves a new drug on the basis of scientific data submitted by a drug sponsor to demonstrate that the drug is safe and effective. Additionally your NeuRemedy products are misbranded within the meaning of section 502(f)(1) of the Act, in that the labeling for these drugs fails to bear adequate directions for use [21 U.S.C. § 352(f)(1)].
This letter is not intended to be an all-inclusive review of your websites and the products your firm distributes. It is your responsibility to ensure that all of your products comply with the Act and its implementing regulations. We may take further action if you do not promptly correct these violations. For instance, we may take further action to seize your products and/or enjoin your firm from operating.
Please respond in writing within fifteen (15) days of receipt with the actions you plan to take in response to this letter. If you need additional information or have questions concerning this letter, please contact Carla Norris in writing at 555 Winderley Place, Suite 200, Maitland Florida 32751, or via telephone at (407) 475-4730.
Emma R. Singleton
Director, Florida District
[1] See 56 Fed. Reg. 60366, 60377 (Nov. 27, 1991); see also Guidance for Industry: Frequently Asked Questions About Medical Foods, May 2007.
[2] See 21 U.S.C. § 360ee(b)(3); see also 56 Fed. Reg. at 60377.
[3] See 21 C.F.R. 101.9(j)(8)(ii); see also 56 Fed. Reg. at 60377.
[4] See 56 Fed. Reg. at 60377.


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After a long, hot weekend, I'll recap about it all.
I took Friday off from work to go to the A&P show, where we spent the majority of the day watching equestrian (oh my, that was fun...I say that without any sarcasm, of course). I wandered around the show some, but spent most of it at the horse ring. I don't like horses.
After the show, I went over to Keely and Jason's and hunt out there for a bit, avoiding the house because there was people staying there (and they weren't very nice).
On Saturday, we headed into the show later, around noon. I met up with Keely, Jay, and the boys there and got to hang out with them for the day. There was tons to see - shops, rides, tents... I headed home around five even more sunburnt than the day before!
I then went over to J & K's for dinner and played cards, a pretty low-key evening.
And then, Sunday, if I hadn't had enough horses yet, we went to the rodeo. It was actually pretty cool because it was the New Zealand National Finals and it was a huge event! It was really dusty though... Drinking and smoking seems like a "rodeo pastime" (one that I did NOT partake in, by the way.)
All in all, it was a fun weekend! It was super hot and I now have some wicked burns on the back of my neck and shoulders. But that'll turn into a tan soon enough!


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Thanksgiving movies: 5 delectable films to watch post-turkey
Save room for our handful of cinematic sides, the most excellent Thanksgiving movies to finish off your feast
Thanksgiving is nearly upon us, and while your stomach may be growling with visions of golden-baked fowl, we know you'll need some couch potato-approved viewing fare, too. Unlike classic Christmas movies, Thanksgiving is most commonly used as a dramatic springboard—often ironically—for domestic dysfunction. We recommend loosening your belt after that Thanksgiving dinner and watching the tension unfold onscreen (better than in the dining room) in these five flicks.
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Avalon (1990)
Assimilation chafes with tradition in Barry Levinson's magnificent evocation of 1950s Jewish life in Baltimore, a movie with a heartbreaker of a Thanksgiving argument. "You cut the turkey without me?" fumes an uncle late to the feast, as family tensions spill over into a fierce front-lawn confrontation.
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Woody Allen used the annual holiday meal—and Mia Farrow's actual Central Park West apartment—as a repeated motif in one of his most sophisticated romantic comedies. Suffused with urbane chat and book-lined coziness, these scenes provide instant nostalgia for a generation of New Yorkers.
The Ice Storm (1997)
A brittle Connecticut family comes together for its 1973 Thanksgiving weekend (laced with bad weather and marital recriminations) in Ang Lee's expert take on the Rick Moody novel. Christina Ricci, playing the subversive daughter, ruins the festive mood with her heavily politicized grace.
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Gone too soon, John Candy gave one of his more deceptively complex performances in this bad-luck comedy about two business travelers flung together on an odyssey after their Thanksgiving flight is waylaid in Kansas. That gravy boat never seemed so distant.
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She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Spike Lee's essential indie debut boasts a snippy Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the lovely Nola Darling (Tracy Camilla Johns), who invites three suitors to the same Brooklyn table. Lee's Mars Blackmon steals the night with his Jesse Jackson story and the retort, "What do you know? You're a Celtics fan."


text: I admit it, yes I'm obsessed, and fully clogging the feed with AGAIN's new Spring print. I am not just fixated on it because I made it, usually as a designer I would be completely over the print because I have been looking at it for the past 6 months, but not this one, and I want to explain why. I am not much of a floral girl, but when creating a collection you have to choose something for everyone, being here in southern California its almost sac religious to not love floral, so I have found a compromise, which is a vintage feeling 70's not too psychedelic, not too girly, not to pink, not too purple floral. I have to be honest, after this I think I might start to be more of a floral girl. After choosing or designing a print I take time to sketch it into the style I am imagining it in, usually I do something short, mid length, and long to see what looks best. From there we create one sample and make another round of comments on fit, style lines etc. After that process we shoot it, and sell it. The best part of the whole process is seeing how other people style your garment, I especially look forward to seeing girls in this floral!


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There are more bugs in real-world programs than human programmers can realistically address. This paper evaluates two research questions: "What fraction of bugs can be repaired automatically?" and "How much does it cost to repair a bug automatically?" In previous work, we presented GenProg, which uses genetic programming to repair defects in off-the-shelf C programs. To answer these questions, we: (1) propose novel algorithmic improvements to GenProg that allow it to scale to large programs and find repairs 68GenProg's inherent parallelism using cloud computing resources to provide grounded, human-competitive cost measurements, and (3) generate a large, indicative benchmark set to use for systematic evaluations. We evaluate GenProg on 105 defects from 8 open-source programs totaling 5.1 million lines of code and involving 10,193 test cases. GenProg automatically repairs 55 of those 105 defects. To our knowledge, this evaluation is the largest available of its kind, and is often two orders of magnitude larger than previous work in terms of code or test suite size or defect count. Public cloud computing prices allow our 105 runs to be reproduced for 403; a successful repair completes in 96 minutes and costs 7.32, on average.
Supporting sustainability with software is often summed up in the expression 'Green IT' and directly relates to the reduction of CO2 emissions and energy used by IT. The amount of CO2 used in the IT industry covers 2% of the overall CO2 emissions. "Green by IT" describes the influence of appropriate software to the remaining 98% of the industry. We estimate that the effect of our sustainability related software on our customers' CO2 footprint could be 10.000 times higher than our own.
The so called triple bottom line defines sustainability as covering economic, ecological, and social aspects and the dependencies between. Based on this definition of sustainability, software could not only focus on green house gas reduction. Other topics like: consumers' protection, sustainable supply, reduction of emission (air, water, waste), recycling, human recourse management and intelligent energy usage must be as well focus areas supported by software. At last software industry should not only focus on delivering tools for life cycle assessment (LCA), we should use it and provide a LCA for our software self.
The industrial question is how to increase short and long term profitability by holistically managing economic, social and environmental risks and opportunities supported by software.
Software development at Google is big and fast. The code base receives 20+ code changes per minute and 50% of the files change every month! Each product is developed and released from 'head' relying on automated tests verifying the product behavior. Release frequency varies from multiple times per day to once every few weeks, depending on the product team. With such a huge, fast-moving codebase, it is possible for teams to get stuck spending a lot of time just keeping their build 'green'. A continuous integration system should help by providing the exact change at which a test started failing, instead of a range of suspect changes or doing a lengthy binary-search for the offending change. We have built a system that uses dependency analysis to determine all the tests a change transitively affects and then runs only those tests for every change. The system is built on top of Google's cloud computing infrastructure enabling many builds to be executed concurrently, allowing the system to run affected tests as soon as a change is submitted. The use of smart tools and cloud computing infrastructure in the continuous integration system enables quick, effective feedback to development teams.
The wide variety of software development tools available today have a great potential to improve the way developers make software, but that potential goes unfulfilled when developers are not aware of useful tools. In this paper, I introduce the idea of continuous social screencasting, a novel mechanism to help developers gain awareness of relevant tools by enabling them to learn remotely and asychronously from their peers. The idea builds on the strength of several existing techniques that developers already use for discovering new tools, including screencasts and online social networks.
Combinatorial test design (CTD) is an effective test planning technique that reveals faulty feature interactions in a given system. The test space is modeled by a set of parameters, their respective values, and restrictions on the value combinations. A subset of the test space is then automatically constructed so that it covers all valid value combinations of every t parameters, where t is a user input.
When applying CTD to real-life testing problems, it can often occur that the result of CTD cannot be used as is, and manual modifications to the tests are performed. One example is very limited resources that significantly reduce the number of tests that can be used. Another example is complex restrictions that are not captured in the model of the test space. The main concern is that manually modifying the result of CTD might potentially introduce coverage gaps that the user is unaware of. In this paper we present a tool that supports interactive modification of a combinatorial test plan, both manually and with tool assistance. For each modification, the tool displays the new coverage gaps that will be introduced, and enables the user to take educated decisions on what to include in the final set of tests.
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