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by Andrea Doria
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction written by a non-doctor and non-lawyer even by a non-English speaker. Any glaring language, medical or judicial mistakes are mine. The story involves a physical relationship between two women. But you knew that, that's why you are here ;) Feel free to send me your thougts: firstname.lastname@example.com
North Miami, Florida, April 2006
Hotel Roma in North Miami had all the charm of a much used men's room at a bus depot. The bad impression started when they entered the car park and Ann had to navigate a jumble of cars and trucks parked at odd angels to each other. Not one of the not very many guests had managed to park their cars in the allotted spaces.
But then the hotel was close to the turnpike and seemed to get it's business from drivers too exhausted to drive another mile - or park their cars it seemed.
Mo and Ann had seen the hotel advertised along the I95 as they drove north - it's biggest claim to fame was 39 TV-channels, free continental breakfast, that from the picture looked like a stale croissant and a cup of weak orange juice. Oh, and then the place sported Doric columns in front of the entrance.
Mo called Fran from the car park and she told them she was in room 347. It occurred to Ann it could be some kind of trap. That they could be walking into an ambush from Ortiz's goons, but she had to trust that Mo believed Fran's story.
The elevator slowly creaked up the three floors and deposited them in a dimly lit hallway with a heavily stained carpet in a violent orange and red pattern. The door to room 347 needed a good shove from Mo to open while Fran pulled from the inside and the dreadful carpet preceded them into a room every bit as depressing as the outside of the hotel and it's surroundings. Even with the AC running the noise from the turnpike was very noticeable in the room.
Fran looked like hell. This time Ann got to see it for herself: No make up, puffy eyes, lank hair and what looked like clothes that should have been left at the bottom of the laundry basket or at least washed.
Two coarsely build pine chairs with vinyl seat covers where pushed under a round pine table scarred by cigarettes and knife cuts. Ann and Mo pulled the chairs well away so as to not actually touch the table top that looked sticky from years of halfhearted cleaning.
Fran sat on the edge of her bed.
Ann thought: Now is the time the goons jump from the bathroom and overpowers us. But all that happened was that the once so arrogant Fran said:
- I can't tell you how glad I am to see you - both of you, she looked directly at Ann maybe for the first time ever.
- Tell us what happened, Mo said.
Fran tried to get in a comfortable position with her leg cast but ended up having to sit up against the head board.
- Yesterday not long after you left I started to get these phone calls where the only thing said was my original name. It got so bad I just ended up turning it off.
Ann held up and hand and fished something up form her purse
- I have a phone here - the one you brought with you to Colorado, she handed it over.
- Ah, the phone they gave me at Velasquez, Pena and Alonzo, Fran said and laid it beside her on the bed, then she continued:
- There's not much traffic on my street at night but sometimes after 9 p.m. I noticed lights through the glass in my front door and this huge, black, Ford Explorer was parked with the motor running halfway up the sidewalk in front of my house. I could hear loud music and see the outline of two people when I peaked out behind the shades in the bedroom. As I was watching my neighbor who goes to work early and likes his sleep opened an upstairs window and yelled for them to at turn the engine off and the music down, but they didn't hear him. A moment later he came out in his nightclothes and went up to the car and rapped on the window on the drivers side. This big guy banged the door open and nearly knocked him over and yelled for him to mind his own business. He went inside, but he must have called the police because a while later a cruiser came down the street and the Ford immediately drove off.
- Do you think they were just there to scare you or to hurt you? Mo asked
- I don't know but an hour later they were back. I tried to call Hector to tell him to call them off but he didn't answer. I snuck out in my backyard and found out nobody was watching the back of the house, so I called a cab and had them pick me up at the next street over. The cabbie said he could get me a good rate here, when I told him I had boyfriend troubles, but I'm afraid they'll find me, because he was Cuban too.
The word almost vibrated in the air. They were back at the non-existing Cuban mafia or caught up in collective paranoia.
And Mo was sure that her call to Velasquez, Pena and Alonzo had landed Fran in deep water.
Miami Beach, Florida, April 2009
Ann had tactfully asked Fran about her financial situation and learned it was dire. Then she made a decision.
- I'm gonna put you in one of the expensive hotels on the beach then - it will be the last place they will look if they know you are broke. I think The Delano or The Ritz Carlton will fit the bill.
Fran looked grateful but then down at herself:
- I'm not really dressed for those kind of places.
- We'll just have to go shopping then.
An hour later Ann came out of the exclusive shopping center Bal Harbour swinging two Banana Republic bags and handed them to Fran on the back seat in the waiting car.
- There are some restrooms at Indian Beach Park where you can change while I book you a room.
While they waited outside the restrooms Mo listened to a very determined Ann book a room with an ocean view for a woman named Carrie Johnson at The Ritz Carlton on South Beach, she claimed to be the secretary of a high strung business woman and even ordered a little treat of chocolate and flowers for her injured "boss". She also asked for express check in and told them estimated time of arrival would be 20 minutes so they had better get a move on or her ass would be on the line.
- You did that very well, Mo sneaked a finger down Ann's cheek and got a wonderful Ann-smile in return.
Fran looked a lot more like Fran after changing into Ann's newly bought shirt-dress and a short trench coat.
- I've got a room for you at The Ritz Carlton, your name is Carrie Johnson - it's prepaid and just sign something unreadable for room service they'll deduct it on my credit card. I'll call you in the morning and then we can move you to another location. The security at the hotel is good, and I've told them you are high strung so just act the part and hang out the do not disturb sign.
Fran nodded.
- Why...why are you doing this... the way I treated you...both of you?
Ann and Mo briefly glanced at each other. Then Ann turned towards her in the back seat.
- I just don't like bullies and you have been bullied.
Miami, Florida, April 2009
Ann could not remember when she had last been so exhausted when they finally made it back to her apartment on Brickell Avenue.
- That was a very nice thing you did, put her in that hotel.
- Could you see her on the couch and us in the bedroom, Ann replied.
Mo almost snorted water through her nose at that.
- The three of us have actually shared a stranger night than that!
Ann looked about ready to drop, but Mo forced her to eat a small snack before they turned in.
- You need your strength for tomorrow.
Mo had a feeling that Ann would confront Ortiz as quick as she could.
Miami Beach, Florida, April 2009
Ann was up long before Mo was even awake but finally the smell of coffee penetrated her sleep defence and she started to stretch. She wondered if Ann could levitate or apparate like in Harry Potter because her gluteus maximus had hardly reached it's maximum before a mug of the good stuff was handed to her. She pulled herself into a sitting position and Ann straddled her.
- I've talked to Fran - she had a quiet night and says she's feeling a lot better. Her problem now is that her cast needs to come off and she's afraid to go to the clinic since her injury has been handled by Velasquez, Pena and Alonzo.
Mo tried to figure that one out.
- Two options: I cut the damn thing off - or she puts her bag woman's clothes back on and we drive her to a medicare facility and she plays destitute.
Ann mulled it over.
- Is it safe for you to do it?
- No problem in cutting it off, but an x-ray to determine if everything looks good would be the proper procedure.
- Hmm - I could hassle The Ritz Carlton - as Carrie Johnson's secretary - to put me in contact with a private clinic and have them do it.
Mo nodded.
- I like Carrie Johnson's secretary almost at much as stern, naked judge.
Ann whacked her shoulder and she spilled coffee on her arm.
- Hey, that's gonna cost you!
It certainly cost them both almost an hour before Ann jumped into the shower and since Mo decided to help the environment by joining her they were further delay but they were finally ready to go to the beach.
Fran looked rested, her hair was clean and didn't hang from her head as a dirty floor mop anymore and she continued to surprise.
She had ordered coffee, juice and some lovely looking pastries and they all sat down in front of her ocean view and enjoyed a quick breakfast together.
- I'll go down and talk to the manager and have him make an appointment for you at a private clinic to have the cast off. Mo says you need to be x-rayed or she could do it. After that I'm taking you to a house that used to belong to my Dad in Coconut Grove - I doubt they will make a connection between the two of us.
Fran looked relieved and Ann left the room.
Mo had to ask.
- Fran do you know anything about what happened to Ann's father?
Fran looked completely surprised.
- I didn't know anything happened to him
- He was killed about three weeks ago - after Ann asked him to check out PharmaMenta for her.
- I had no idea.
Again Mo had to trust her instinct and it said Fran was once again telling the truth. She didn't want to go into details so she left it at that. A moment later a pretty irate Ann knocked on the door.
- Damn doctors won't treat anyone without an insurance form or a personal credit card. I tried to tell them yours was accidentally left behind in your home state of California, and I would pay but it's a no go.
- When we get to your Dad's house, I'll have a look at it, OK?
Fran remembered to look high strung as they crossed the lobby with Ann playing her secretary role behind her signing the bill and reminding the whole hotel how disappointed her boss was that a five star hotel couldn't sort out a simple medical problem.
Once they got to Coconut Grove and Ann had shown Fran the ropes - maintenance had done a good job at cleaning up - Mo went into the garden shed to look for tools. Normally a small electric round saw is used but she figured some sort of pliers would do and found a nice little set.
She positioned Fran on the patio with one leg in the pool and her cast resting on a piece of tarpaulin the shed had also supplied. Then she went to work.
- Don't be surprised if it looks dreadfully and smells a bit, she said.
Fran nodded and kept her leg as straight and into the ground as she had been told and 10 minutes later Mo splintered the last lump of plaster. The leg actually didn't look too bad. She had been restitched by an expert and just had a neat row of black knots running across her shin.
- You can go into the cabana and wash the leg down, then I'll look for something to remove the stitches with.
Fran hoppled off. Mo was happy to see that the leg could take the woman's weight and hadn't atrophied too much, but she would still need physiotherapy she was sure.
Ann had a pair of tweezers and they found a small pair of scissors in the bathroom. Both were boiled and then she looked for rubbing alcohol but couldn't find any. But the liquor cabinet held a fine bottle of overproof rum.
- It may sting a bit - first when I pour on the rum and then when I start pulling the thread through, you think you can manage?
Fran nodded and didn't say a word, but she did hang onto the lounger with a fierce grip.
For the second time in less than three weeks Mo's bush medicin talents came in handy.
- You are good to go, but I do hope we can find a way to have it x-rayed soon.
Fran thanked her and then Ann and Mo left her to her own devices.
Miami, Florida, April 2006
- You are going to confront him, right?
They had barely made it to the apartment before Mo had to ask the question.
- Yes, I see no other way, really.
- It could be dangerous, you know that right?
Ann nodded and bit her lip,
- But I have an idea.
She proposed to arrange for a meeting with Ortiz at the lobby bar of the Eden Roc Saturday around 7 p.m. when the place was usually quite busy with the weekend crowd getting ready for the night life on South Beach. And she wanted Mo and Ronald as a backup.
- You could dress as the typical cabana-renting nouveau riche couple from up north and I doubt he or his goon's will notice you at all.
It made sense. Mo couldn't be sure they had actually had a good look at her when she visited Fran in Kendall. But then she had been dressed in cargo pants and a t-shirt. If she dressed in some kind of sun dress, put make up on, styled her hair and showed her legs off while playing Barbie to a stock broker Ken would they notice? Especially if Mo and this guy Ronald got there early.
- So does that mean, we have to go shopping again?
- Oh yes, and I know just the place, let me call Ronald.
On the drive from downtown Miami to the Dolphin Outlet Mall Mo decided she liked Ronald very much. He was easy going and listened carefully to Ann as she explained the plan. Then he laughed with delight at the prospect of being dressed as a nouveau riche and even looked like he was looking forward to the shopping - perhaps because Ann had promised them both a very good dinner, at a fancy place on the beach to try out their new personas.
It was obvious that Ann had a fully formed plan in her head when she marched Mo into a place called Charlotte Russe that she had never heard of. A moment later she was in a dressing room with a sundress in a color called raisin sporting a huge sequined butterfly across the front and a somewhat more discreet satin floral thing that actually look a bit like the upholstery on the furniture in Ann's grandparent's house.
She was also handed a bit of chocolate lingerie and a set in bordello red, a pair of silver braided T-strap flats and a pair of pretty outrageous slingbacks in what looked like python.
The next time Ann came by - with a bomber jacket in faux leather with shorts sleeves - she pulled her behind the curtain and kissed her.
- Are you enjoying yourself?
Ann's eyes sparkled with delight.
- Wait until I do your hair and makeup, she laughed.
Mo was grateful when Ann whet off to pay for everything and she could put her comfortable clothes back on.
While they had been shopping Ronald had done a bit of research and steered Ann towards the Ralph Lauren outlet, when he got a pair of applegreen and white seersucker shorts, a white polo with a huge green polo player covering half his chest and a lemon colored sweater to wear casually around his shoulders. It would clash wonderfully with Mo's raisin colored butterfly dress.
- Now choose something for tonight - Mo's has a burgundy and lilac floral dress, Ann could barely contain her laughter at that statement.
Ronald did not let her down. He chose bright red chinos. A shirt striped in blue, red, orange and green and a royal blue sports coat with a crest on the chest pocket the size of a trivet and huge golden buttons.
When he picked up a bright pink pocket square he winked at Mo. To go with both outfits he chose a pair of canvas deck shoes in a very loud madras.
- I hope you are rich, he said, as Ann carried his choices to the check out.
Miami Beach, Florida, April 2009
Once back at Ann's apartment the first phase of the transformation of Mo started with Ann digging an old curling iron out of a cupboard in the bathroom and plugged it in. Mo was placed on a chair in front of the mirror in the bathroom and had her shoulders professionally draped with a towel. But whatever Ann tried to do to Mo's light fawn hair it didn't really hold.
Ronald was watching from the door.
- I figured you needed help with that, I've invited a friend, he said and went to answer the door phone.
A giant of a viking blocked the bathroom door a moment later. He was at least 6'5'' and had piercing blue eyes and blond hair. His face cracked in a huge friendly smile when he introduced himself as Magnus the Norwegian hairdresser.
Ann let him take over, and explained that Mo needed to look like one of the tourists from up north flocking to Miami to flaunt their husband's money. And he set to work with tools he had brought with him.
In the time it took for Ronald to put on his fake yacht captain's outfit Mo's hair had taken on an artificial sheen and was teased into what looked like a wheat field after a particularly bad hail storm. He had done a very loud evening make up on a base of mauve after having seen the dress. It clashed perfectly with her own color.
Ann invited Magnus to join them for dinner as a token of her appreciation especially if he would show up the next day to do Mo before the final show down.
Neither Ann nor Magnus could stop tears from rolling down their faces when they first saw the Allinghams. They were over the top gauche in a wonderful Miami way.
Ann had ordered a limo and pretty soon the four new friends were sipping Californian bubbly on their way to The Blue Door at The Delano on Collins Avenue. And the Allinghams fit right in as Mo snapped her fingers and pestered the waiters for more bread and Ronald ordered wines in exceedingly bad French.
It was a lovely evening and behind all the Philippe Starck decor and floating gauze drapes some serious good eats and fine beverages were served.
Just before midnight Ronald offered a toast:
- To my boss for finally showing her true self.
To be continued in chapter 16
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On Friday a bomb exploded in Oslo, followed by a gunman unleashing on youth at a political camp in Norway. Over 90 people are dead. Immediately talk began to fly about militant and extremist Muslims as the responsible parties. Yet, it appears to be a right wing "Christian" who was angered by European tolerance of difference and liberal policy who may be to blame. In our country on Friday, talks broke down between Republicans and the White House as they tried to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling and address debt in a comprehensive way. House Speaker John Boehner walked away from the talks and the President took to the bully pulpit for a rare expression of clear and unabated anger. Also this week, the UN finally declared two regions of Southern Somalia to be in a state of famine - a word rarely used in international circles because it is fraught with political ramifications. Need I go on? These are just things that happened this week.
All around us is bad news. Sometimes we feel like hiding in our homes just to escape the crushing weight of the world. All of us know people who have been deeply affected by difficult financial times; perhaps we ourselves have lost a job, declared bankruptcy, or struggled in another way. People we love die. Life can, and often is, difficult, unfair, and unrelenting. In the news and in our lives, the bad stuff can be easily seen and experienced. It's just right there all the time staring us down.
Jesus lived in times no less difficult than ours. He was from Galilee, the place of poor peasant farmers and fishermen, a place of subsistence living. Throughout this rural region, he walked and traveled, in which he taught, preached, and healed. It was to these people he came proclaiming God's Kingdom - what it is, what it could be, and how they could live in it even while they resided along the rocky ways of Galilee. They struggled to make it through each season. Would there be enough harvest? Would they have to borrow against future earnings? How much tax would they have to give to the Romans? Would there be enough fish to pay the taxes and feed their families? Illness, war, conscription, debt, drought. These were on the minds of folks then in even more acute ways than they are on our minds today. Farmers today may struggle through a bad season, but a bad season to first century Jews in Galilee could mean life or death. Just as we have a difficult time seeing the hope in the world, of seeing and experiencing God's kingdom, the people in Galilee were no different. Jesus came to invite them into a kingdom they could neither see nor imagine. He comes to us to do the same thing. Not because bad things don't happen. But because they do. And, at the core of the Kingdom is a trust that a better life is possible - a better life on this earth, in community with one another. God's kingdom invites us to live in a reality which we cannot even imagine. And, this requires us to let go of the images given us by the evil one, who tells us to live afraid, scared, in hiding. No, Jesus says. Live into the fullness of life even in the midst of doubt, even in the midst of difficulty.
You always know when Jesus is telling us a story that is about God because he says things that don't make sense: a shepherd that leaves 99 sheep to find one sheep. No one would do that. Today he uses that same technique. He tells us about God's Kingdom being like a mustard seed that grows into a great tree. He also tells us about a woman putting too much yeast into her bread. This pair of images teach us about God's wild abundance. Mustard is an easy plant to grow; it is more like a weed than a cultivated plant. Even I can grow mustard. It breaks through concrete and grows in the most unlikely places. It can grow into a tree, but usually it is a scrubby brambling plant that gets out of control. This image would have made first century Jews laugh out loud. It would be like me saying, The kingdom of God is like a dandelion. Really?
I'm not baker, but I know that too much yeast results in an explosion. As a matter of fact, when I was a kid my mom accidentally used yeast along with self-rising flour. And, indeed, her cake exploded in the oven. Hyperbolic language is used on purpose to help us understand the largeness of God, the bigness, the boldness, the eruption of God's kingdom. These are unlikely images to be used; they are unlikely things to happen; peasant people would have known about bread and about mustard plants. They would have known that God's kingdom wouldn't be like a scrubby tree that grows like a weed or exploding bread. But, we are to believe it. We are to trust that God is bigger and grander than our imaginings, that God cannot be confined by our human made boundaries, our human designed barriers, our human dreamed limits. We cannot confine God's kingdom. It will break out. It will erupt among us despite our best efforts to control it, our need to make God fit into our molds.
A few verses later Jesus tells another few parables. The kingdom is like a hidden treasure in a field that someone sells all he has to go search for. And the kingdom is like one pearl that someone sells all that he has in order to have it. This is about the great value of God's kingdom. It is beyond anything we would hope to have. Who would do this? No one does this. Sell everything you have to search in a field for a treasure which may or may not be there? Give up all of one's wealth for a pearl? It's utter folly. But, God's kingdom is kind of like folly. It isn't a reasonable thing to believe in God's kingdom, to try and live there. It goes against all of the common sense of our world, which tells us to hoard what little wealth we have, to store it all up, to be afraid of...well, everything.
Last, we are told that the kingdom is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of very kind. No fisherman brings up every kind of fish. First of all, if you have ever been fishing, you know that fishing is a hit or miss operation, even net fishing. Second, a good fisherman wouldn't bring in all of those fish. God scoops us all up.
I have been thinking about these texts a lot lately. I think the Kingdom of God is like a boarded up house in a bad part of town. A person sells all she has to move into it and make it a home. I think the Kingdom of God is like a boarded up motel along Aurora Avenue, once used as a place for prostitution and drug dealing into which a community of people move to live in intentional community. Something used for exploitation turned into a community of Resurrection. This is the Kingdom of God.
God's kingdom is not a sensible thing. It doesn't fit into our middle class values or conform to our middle class ways of doing things. We are told to be nice, conform, work hard, and save much. But, God's kingdom is wild. It isn't nice. It doesn't conform. It requires effort to see and move into. It is a place for scrappy people. It requires us not to live by the narratives given to us by the news, by political parties, by our country, by any other living being; rather, it requires us to live inside of a story that makes no sense, one that tells us that fear and anger are the pathways to weeping and gnashing of teeth. You see, we can't live in God's kingdom of abundant love if we are bound by fear. We can't live in God's kingdom playing things safely - by saving and hoarding and looking after self. We have to risk everything for God's kingdom. We can't move into the richness of God's holy presence if we are stuck in our places of safety and comfort, in our places of hiding.
Uncertain times can be as challenging as bad ones. During times of uncertainly, it is understandable to want certainty, to live in a world of black and white. Good. Bad. Right. Wrong. It is easy to turn to the Bible to find the demarcations between these things. And, of course, the Bibles deals with them all of the time. Yet, the Bible explodes our understanding of these things, and it tells us in no uncertain terms that we are to leave behind the prejudices of our time and place in order to see the world as God does, as a place brimming with promise and potential, where the kingdom can be found in a seed, in a field, in a bowl of batter, in the stinky smell of fish. Life is not fair. It is not easy. And it may be difficult to see goodness in it - in the people who make it up. God's kingdom is often hidden in plain sight, found just behind the monsters of our imaginings, in the common places we overlook, in the poor we try not to see, in the people with whom we disagree. We'd like the kingdom to be easily recognizable, like a cathedral or a beautifully tended garden. It's easy to say: The Kingdom of God is like standing on mountain peak at dawn watching the sun rise and looking down upon the wonders of the earth. The Kingdom of God is like a masterpiece of art - something that makes us marvel. The Kingdom of God is the smell of bread cooking in the oven. The Kingdom of God. When people talk about experiencing heaven on earth or the Kingdom or God's reign, images of beautiful, grand, intimate, safe, and wonderful are what we talk about. These are all, of course, glimpses into God's Kingdom. But, God's Kingdom is not always so apparent, so evident, so what we expect it to be. Sometimes God's Kingdom is quite the opposite of what we expect, quite different from the normal expectations of our hearts. God's Kingdom is as challenging and difficult as it is wonderful. This is one of the most difficult lessons for Christians to learn. God's Kingdom belongs to God and not to us; so we need to let go of our desire to control it, to order it, or to be in charge of it. God's kingdom is as hidden as the world's difficulties are on display. God's kingdom requires us to work for it, to search for it, to give up all that we think we have in order to enter into it. It is not someplace we fall into by virtue of being good, being moral, being right. It is a place we enter when we give up ourselves for the sake of the other - especially the one we revile, we despise, we hate. These things - hate, fear, superiority - they are the things that keep us out of God's kingdom. They form the doors to God's kingdom and they will not open as long as all we can see is them. We have to grow new eyes that see as God does. These eyes see the world as a holy and wonderful place. This world. Our world. The one with debt ceiling problems and killers and repulsive people - the world with starvation and the politics of famine. You see, the Kingdom of God is not "like" this world. The kingdom of God is this world and we are called to live in it fully, richly, and wholly. In the midst of our mess is God's Kingdom. Or, more accurately, in the midst of God's wonderful Kingdom, we keep making messes. Let's look up from them and catch on to God's vision of something beyond us and beyond our messes, and move into this new world with the complete trust that our God takes us where we ourselves could never go. Our God takes us beyond the limits of our imagination to a new world altogether. Our God lifts us from this world of despair and shows us a new world known by works of compassion and justice, in which the widow is housed and the orphan is loved. Our God is the God of Resurrection. This is the Gospel of our Lord. Thanks be to God.


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But there really is a pregnancy announcement I need to make. This girl right here will officially be an aunt this October! Now that all the important people (you know, family) know the big news, I can share with you all that my sister will be popping out a little one in 6 months! Since I found out, my mind has been reeling with all of the goodies I need to spoil my future neice or nephew with -- p.s. you heard it here, I'm convinced it's a girl.
Okay, I love my future niece/nephew, but I won't be spending $60 on a pair of moccasins for a child who will outgrow them in a matter of months. So, with these adorable mocs as inspiration, I will find a more afforadable pair for the nugget. They are so cute!
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Should our schools teach students the fundamentals of education — how to read and write, and to understand math and science concepts and the importance of history? Or should they nurture the workers of the future, focusing on the knowledge and skills our kids will need to compete in the worldwide marketplace?
The answer, of course, is that in a perfect world, schools would pursue both goals. But our world is far from perfect, and finding the proper balance between what we consider more highbrow academic pursuits and the practicality of future career needs is a difficult task.
When I was a kid — and I'm dating myself here — boys were offered so-called vocational classes such as wood shop beginning in middle school, while girls were funneled to "home economics" courses, such as cooking and sewing. In high school, some students gravitated toward college-prep instruction, while others treaded paths weighted more heavily with the likes of auto mechanics or typing classes.
Today, in Newport-Mesa, efforts to offer students a taste of real-world know-how bear little resemblance to these impressions from my childhood.
Now called Career Technical Education, this district program isn't so much an either-or choice. College is still the goal of the vast majority of students. Rather, CTE is an attempt to broaden the knowledge base for students beyond the standard offerings, and provide opportunities to try out future career options.
CTE includes such curriculum as construction technology, digital media arts, health care, and hotel, hospitality and tourism at Estancia High School; and culinary arts, business, film and video production and visual imagery classes at Newport Harbor High School.
Also offered are business, environmental and digital media arts CTE classes at Costa Mesa High School, and digital media arts at Corona del Mar High School. Back Bay High School has a green technology academy, with courses in solar installation, energy auditing and sustainability.
"This is not just, 'Come in and have fun,'" said Steven Glyer, a former NMUSD administrator who now works as a consultant for the district's CTE program. "This is not traditional vocational education."
When I met with Glyer at district headquarters recently, he was eager to talk about the relevance of CTE in our modern world. Technology has changed the way we do business, opened markets, globalized competition and flattened traditional corporate hierarchies, he noted. Meanwhile, college debt is soaring and young people are taking longer to achieve economic independence.
Against that backdrop, Glyer's goals make perfect sense. Sure, some kids will always enter college with no fixed career plans, or even an idea of how their education will service their future goals. But many students, given the chance, might just figure out what they're good at, or what they love, or what they think will give them the best shot at a promising career while still in high school, and then direct their future education toward a specific goal.
That latter scenario dovetails with proposals Gov. Jerry Brown recently made to cap the number of units students can take at state community colleges. The idea is to get students through the system faster, and on to the next phase of their educations or careers.
Increasingly, it appears, students will be pressured to approach their education with specific goals in mind, and that's where a program like CTE can help.
"CTE is about context," Glyer said.
Take the example of Newport Harbor's business academy, which differs significantly from the more theoretical teachings of a traditional high school class in economics. In the CTE course, students engage in entrepreneurship by devising business plans, forming virtual companies, assuming various leadership roles and making presentations.
Practical experience also permeates Back Bay High's series of classes focusing on clean energy, where students learn about everything from solar installation to energy audits. What's more, through the partnerships it has established with local community colleges, the CTE program is able to tailor such courses to lead seamlessly into college programs.
The CTE program is proving popular; 26.2% of high school students in the district have taken at least one CTE course, and some classes have waiting lists. Glyer also pointed me to government statistics that support the contention that CTE students have relatively high graduation rates, test scores, college attendance and earnings potential.
I wondered to Glyer why, with the younger of my two sons about to graduate, I had only been vaguely aware of CTE prior to our conversation. I also questioned how a student who is aiming for a competitive four-year college might find the time for any CTE classes in a schedule packed with Advanced Placement classes.
He acknowledged that getting the word out about the programs remains a challenge, and those students who feel competitive pressure to take more traditional, academically rigorous classes might find it difficult to wedge in a CTE class.
But it's a work in progress, Glyer said. He calls our age in education the "wet cement phase," as in nothing's set in stone.
With so many changes coming to our educational system, Glyer feels the time is right to get the word out about CTE, and to continue to find ways to make it relevant and purposeful. I'll be writing about some of the specific CTE programs, and how they might help students learn to succeed in our fast-evolving world.
PATRICE APODACA is a Newport-Mesa public school parent and former Los Angeles Times staff writer. She is also a regular contributor to Orange Coast magazine. She lives in Newport Beach.


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"if you do what you always did, you will get what you always got" ~attributed to Albert Einstein~
This is a collage I made a few weeks ago. It's a page from a book about the sea and as the chapter title denotes, it tells what to do if your boat springs a leak. I have no qualms about tearing pages out of the book because the information in it is most likely out of date now. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. 🙂
I completed some more 4x4s yesterday. This first set is all collage. I took of photo of the piece before cutting it down into 4x4s:
The written French notes were in an old French text book I found at a local flea market. Most of the other collage pieces are from a fashion magazine. This set numbers 121-124:
This set includes oil pastels, acrylic paints, homemade stamps, Distress Inks and spray inks. This set numbers 125-128:
Enjoy your day and have a great weekend!….until next time…


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5 ways to keep you and your clients happy
I work with the best in the business. While we aren't the only production game in town I have to say there is something special and unique about the way we do the thing we do and I give a lot of the credit to our fearless leader, our Executive Producer, Angela.
Born and raised in the south, she is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside, smart, open, and interested in learning; and that along with her southern charm is what has made me stick by her side for over a decade.
I am keenly aware of that fact that whom you work with is a primary relationship in your life. Spending a minimum of 8 hours a day (usually 12+), being in the deadline trenches, and churning out projects on time and on budget is no easy feet. Who's standing next to you can be the person you spend more time with than your significant other! It's not exclusive to those in production but it's certainly a relationship I want to choose wisely and I scored big time
I learn something from Angela every time we work together. I have never met anyone who enjoys getting to know clients or gives great customer service more than Angela. She is genuinely interested and inquisitive about their lives and her authenticity and presence make people not only trust her but want to work together time and time again. She's inspired me on a variety of levels but I wanted to share a few things I've learned that could come in handy in your relationships both on set and off.
1. Go the extra mile: You've probably heard the old saying, "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care." Angela consistently finds ways to let the client know she cares and she does it consistently with what appears to be little effort. Making people feel respected, valued, and special is a quality that brings success and joy to your life and the lives of others whether they are clients or friends.
2. Be a giver: One of the most impressive qualities and areas that I continue to learn from Angela is how she delivers beyond the client's expectations. By paying attention, having a genuine interest in them and their project she notices opportunities where we can add value to what we are delivering. Get to know your client and surprise them in a truly unique way. They will take notice.
3. Give a %^&*-become a trusted partner: We all have relationships, family, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, but so often they aren't satisfying. Become the person you want to be in a relationship with and watch what happens. Don't be afraid to express your humanness and vulnerability and make a human connection. You'll go to greater depths of satisfaction in your work and attract clients that share your values.
4. Honesty really is the best policy: Being truly you is going to bring you success on the field and off. Relationships ebb and flow and a long- term client may change it up at some point but if you can look back at your relationship as one based on integrity and honesty you've been successful. Make promises that you can keep and stay aligned with your beliefs and thoughts.
5. Feedback is your ally: Your greatest asset is your client, so what better way is there to improve your relationship and product than asking them for feedback? I truly don't know of any but many people are afraid to ask for fear of what they may hear. Opening up this line of communication is a powerful tool to nurture your client relationships. People want to be heard and know that they're actually being heard. Asking your clients about their experiences, thoughts and suggestions, opens the doors for future interactions and can create a stronger working bond with them.
Here we are enjoying one of our many adventures with Disney. Lucky gals!
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ROCKLIN, Calif., April 28, 2011�With 50,000 registered solar arrays in more than 100 countries, including the United States and Canada, SMA's Sunny Portal is the world's largest Web platform for monitoring, managing and presenting photovoltaic systems. That equates to 3.5 gigawatts of power monitored via the Sunny Portal Web site and iPhone application, both free services.
"SMA's Sunny Portal is favored among photovoltaic system operators, installers and service technicians because centralized administration and system monitoring saves both time and money," said Jurgen Krehnke, president and general manager of SMA America. "With the Sunny Portal, they are able to access data at any time, from any location, thereby ensuring peak production by discovering unnoticed performance disturbances, resulting in maximum system payback."
The user-friendly, customizable Sunny Portal provides a snapshot of any Sunny WebBox-equipped PV system, regardless of configuration or size, and can be accessed from a Web-enabled computer or mobile phone, or via its iPhone application. Performance data�such as daily, monthly, yearly and life-to-date energy yield�is displayed by detailed charts and graphs. The Sunny Portal can even email reports with these yield figures�as well as other data including maximum output, cost savings and CO2 reduction in tons per year�directly to the user. All of this information is uploaded daily via the SMA Sunny WebBox, a communication hub that continuously collects data from the solar inverters. If a Sunny SensorBox is integrated into the array, the Sunny Portal will also visually represent irradiation intensity, module temperature, ambient temperature and wind speed.
Additional information displayed by the Sunny Portal includes the system's commission date, size, and properties and parameters of the modules, inverters and communications hardware used. In addition to the logbook, which offers a system event history, users can record their own system data, from additional technical details to installer contact information.
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November 25, 2014
Happy early Thanksgiving! Have a comic. New hard drive is behaving itself (although permissions errors are the devil), so I have hope there will be an actual, you know, schedule for the next little while. And no, universe. That was not a challenge.
In the meantime... the Spiderforest comic of (last) week is Stargazer's Gate!
The name of Vilanar comes with a lot of baggage... pointed ears, whispers about the Wild Folk, the threat of insanity. Atrina Vilanar would like nothing more than to leave it behind. But a one-way trip through a mysterious gate that thinks she's someone else is more 'leaving' than she bargained for....
Like me, Tiana has been struggling with the updates vs. life equation lately, but this is a quality comic whose updates are always worth the wait. Beautiful dreamy art, sharp-tongued characters, and a techno-fantasy setting... what's not to love?


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On Sunday we went to the inaugural Miracle Babies Foundation picnic for NICU and SCU graduates. It was a wonderful day, beautiful weather and location. The kids had plenty to do with the fire truck and bouncy castle being star attractions. They also enjoyed the face painting and for an amateur, the lady did an awesome job! Santa was also a hit :)
Glasses off while the paint dries.
I think Bugsy has found himself a new career path. He'd now like to be a fireman! He really enjoyed chatting to the firemen and being shown all of the equipment and how it all worked. They were wonderful with the children and more than happy for them to touch and try everything.
I can't help but plug the major sponsor of the event, Sutherland Rose.
I'm currently in the process of becoming a volunteer for Miracle Babies Foundation and hopefully in the coming 12 months i can be a valuable member of the WA team.
Rusty and Possum enjoying the festivities.


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Terrorist That Attacked Orlando Night Club had been Investigated Twice by FBI
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Terrorist That Attacked Orlando Night Club had been Investigated Twice by FBI
June 21, 2016 | Brainwave Science
Omar Marteen, of Port Saint Lucie, Florida early Sunday morning of June, 12 killed 49 people and shot more than a 100 in total at the Pulse Night Club, Orlando in the worst mass shooting and terror attack since 9/11 in the United States history.
In a press statement FBI Assistant Special Agent Roland Hopper, prior to the incident, Marteen, had come to the attention of the Federal Authorities and had been investigated twice in 2013 and 2014 by the FBI after expressing sympathy for a sympathy for a suicide bomber, Hopper said.
Eye witness, Christopher Hansen said he was getting a drink at the bar about 2 a.m. when he "just saw bodies going down." He heard gunshots, "just one after another after another."
The gunshots went on for so long that the shooting "could have lasted a whole song," he said.
Marteen's father, Mir Seddique told NBC news that the sight of two men kissing angered his son. The Pulse Night Club is a gay club where it was reported by attendants Marteen was seen occasionally.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation at one point opened an investigation into Mateen, but subsequently closed the case when it produced nothing that appeared to warrant further investigation. He's a known quantity," the source said. "He's been on the radar before." According to the senior law enforcement officer.
In the past two weeks Mateen legally purchased a Glock pistol and a long gun, ATF Assistant Special Agent in Charge Trevor Velinor told reporters. Although, it is not known if those weapons were used in the attack. "He is not a prohibited person. They can legally walk into a gun dealership and acquire and purchase firearms. He did so. And he did so within the last week or so," Velinor said.
The first law-enforcement source told The Daily Beast there is no immediate indication that Mateen had any direct connection to ISIS. But ISIS recently called on Muslims across the world to attack targets in the West during the holy month of Ramadan, which began last week.
As investigative officers are unable to piece together behavioral trends, associations since his investigation, intelligence gathering begs for alternative solutions. Acquiring critical data in a timely, safe and in a non-invasive manner is key to understanding or piecing together very quickly complex plots, behavioral issues or vindication of alleged suspects. This is where iCognative becomes the most valuable intelligence gathering tool.
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Why Stage Design at Music Festivals May Trump the Artists on Stage
Everyone knows the lineup is the most important part of the music festival. People come for the music, not for the food trucks or the porta-potties. But as much as the music is a draw, there is another aspect of festival culture that makes the experience so unique: the stage.
Stage design at music festivals, particularly EDM festivals, has become an attraction in itself. The more intricate the designs, the better the shows. Without the designs, your favorite artist is just performing on a blank stage. While the music is still great, the event itself is forgettable. With the designs and production, the crowd is more hyped, the artist gives a more energetic performance, and the experience is much more memorable. Plus the pictures and videos you take are way cooler to show to friends.
Picture it from the artist's perspective. On stage you are focused on giving a memorable performance and hyping up the crowd. With a blank stage, it takes a lot more to get the energy up to where it needs to be. But if you're performing on a stage with an amazing design, the crowd is already excited and it makes it more fun to make music for them.
Last year at Backwoods, we worked with Fader, a DJ and designer, to bring to life a main stage to take your breath away. We like to think it turned out pretty well. Check out the making of the design and creation of the Motherland stage for last year's festival in our documentary "Backwoods Experience 2015".
This year, we are coming up with an entirely new design to make your favorite artists even more spectacular! We are working to bring bigger and better things to Backwoods. Want to see what we create? Buy your tickets to this year's festival and prepare yourself for the experience of a lifetime!


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UnNews:Japan's reconstruction minister resigns, all reconstruction stops
This article is part of UnNews, your source for up-to-the-microsecond misinformation.
5 July 2011
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's newly appointed Reconstruction Minister, the most honorable Ryu Matsumoto, said Tuesday he has submitted his resignation following heavy criticism for a joke he told to mayors of the disaster-stricken Tohoku area. Accordingly, as of midnight Tuesday, all clean up and reconstruction work in the island nation has ground to a halt.
"I tendered my resignation as most honorable Minister of Reconstruction along with the resignation of all persons working on reconstruction in Japan, to the most honorable Prime Minister this morning," said Matsumoto who appeared in a press conference struggling to suppress a sly grin.
He had been appointed to the newly created ministerial position only nine days ago.
Matsumoto came under heavy criticism after his telling an off-color joke during a meeting Sunday with Miyagi Gov. most honorable Yoshihiro Murai and others, who were greatly upset by his bad taste in humor.
Miyagi was one of the areas hardest hit by this year's devastating earthquake, tsunami and multiple nuclear meltdowns.
Matsumoto also refused to refrain from chuckling after telling the joke to Murai. He also proceeded to tell more jokes to the governor, making fun of Japan's seniority systems, insisting that it is patently absurd that the host should enter the room before the guest even if the guest is already in the room.
Matsumoto apologized on Monday for any misunderstanding which may have offended most honorable tsunami victims and promised that his intentions have always been in the best interests of humor.
Before becoming Reconstruction Minister, Matsumoto helped tsunami victims as a volunteer stand-up comedian. "It was an enormous job, and I have witnessed much laughter, even amidst the most hellish situations. Especially popular were Pearl Harbor jokes," he said.
He also declared that rebuilding of the tsunami stricken areas was also ridiculous because more earthquakes, which will simply undo all their best efforts, will certainly strike Japan. But he did state that he has no intention of actually ridiculing the disaster victims.
Insiders familiar with Japanese humor informed UnNews that the offending joke concerned a most honorable doctor speaking to a tsunami patient in a hospital. The doctor said to the patient, "I have good news and bad news, what do you want to hear first?" The patient replied, "Tell me the bad news first." So the doctor said, "We have to amputate both your legs!" The patient was horrified at this prospect, and nervously asked, "What is the good news?" To which the doctor informed him, "Most honorable patient in the next bed wants to buy your shoes!" Matsumoto then proceeded to chuckle.
Matsumoto's resignation is a fresh political blow to most honorable Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who has been fighting off pressure demanding his immediate resignation.
Several most honorable members from the opposition party have jumped on the occasion to question Kan's capacity of taking responsibility for Matsumoto's actions and rebuilding the radiation-soaked country.
Kan is not expected to appoint a successor to Matsumoto's position any time soon. For the present all clean up and reconstruction efforts in Japan are on hold pending a further disaster.
Meanwhile, in Alaska, diabolical military scientists at The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), encouraged by earlier successes, are working feverishly toward that very goal.
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text: New Era for Open Contactless Solutions Drives Volume Beyond 2008 ExpectationsCARTES 2008, PARIS, France, November 4, 2008 – Beating its own earlier projection by many months, INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that demand for its award-winning MicroPass® intelligent payment platform has passed the 100-million unit mark in 2008, with production doubling in the second half of the year since reaching 50 million units in May 2008. MicroPass was launched at CARTES 2005, and continues to achieve unprecedented success as the industry's platform of choice for the new generation of converged applications such as open-loop and closed-loop payments, transit payment, loyalty, access, ID and others on a single contactless card.Already approved within multiple cards products by Visa, MasterCard and Discover Network, including all required functional, analog, performance and security requirements compliance, the MicroPass platform is the most broadly available core technology for contactless payments, powering bank cards from over 30 card issuers worldwide. More than 25 card manufacturer products powered by MicroPass are available for immediate bank card issuer adoption. Its low power and high performance, combined with the industry's fastest transaction time and outstanding read distance, enables MicroPass to deliver a superior consumer experience for credit, debit, pre-paid debit and other applications in a broad range of innovative form-factors."2008 has surpassed our expectations, showing greater than anticipated demand for MicroPass within the financial industry in both the U.S. and Canada," said Charles Walton, executive vice president of payments for INSIDE Contactless. "Our new MicroPass products for innovative contactless payments on mobile and other devices (MicroPass 4003-S sticker), lightweight ICAO ID cards and documents (MicroPass 5101 and MicroPass 5102), and developer products for other extension markets (MicroPass 4001, MicroPass 5001 and developer kits) show great promise in further expanding the deployed base of MicroPass for 2009. By continuing to innovate with this versatile platform, we expect to see continued strong demand as a broad new range of exciting new standalone and converged contactless applications emerges."Visitors to CARTES & Identification 2008 in Paris, Nov. 4-6, can watch INSIDE demonstrate how MicroPass can be used for converged applications at any time during the exhibition at the INSIDE booth 4 L 125, located in Hall 4 of the Paris-Nord Villepinte-France Exhibition Centre. INSIDE will have technical and product experts available for discussions and demonstrations. Charles Walton will make a presentation, "Catch the Next Wave: Convergence and the Future of Contactless Payments," on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 12:00 to12:30 p.m. as part of the C13: Convergence conference session.The MicroPass 4003-S combines the flexible MicroPass 4003 contactless payment processor with a tuned RF antenna and superior shielding to create a pre-punched mobile handset sticker in CR80 card format for a variety of payment sticker applications. It supports prepaid debit as well as standard debit and credit accounts, and can be used to turn mobile phone handsets or almost anything else into convenient contactless payment devices, opening the door to a variety of novel payment applications.The new MicroPass 4001 and 5001 open-standards, application-ready contactless microprocessors and INSIDE's development kits give developers all they need to develop and deploy a variety of standards-based contactless applications from a single platform, reducing costs and accelerating time to market. The MicroPass 4001and 5001 products make it easy for contactless card manufacturers, system integrators, technology consulting firms, card issuers, payment system providers and others to develop and deploy new, high-performance, highly secure applications."INSIDE Contactless continues to innovate with new form factors and open platforms to stimulate uptake of contactless technology by the payments industry, transit operators, retailers and in access control and ID applications," said George Peabody, director, emerging technologies advisory service, Mercator Advisory Group. "While the contactless payment technology industry has shown steady growth, the firm's progress suggests its platform is well positioned to address both ongoing card security concerns and the opportunity multi-application smart cards represent across multiple markets."The MicroPass intelligent payment platform is designed to power open standard contactless and dual-interface bank card payments along with other value-added applications in all global regions. Based upon a RISC architecture and optimized to the demanding requirements of contactless transactions, each of the MicroPass family of products is designed to meet the demands of issuer organizations in the bank card payments, transit, ID and access control markets.Visa, MasterCard and American Express have all launched contactless payment initiatives, and leading banks across North America are issuing millions of contactless credit and debit cards to consumers, according to the Smart Card Alliance. Major retailers across the U.S. are installing contactless readers integrated with point-of-sale (POS) systems that can accept contactless payments. Consumers enjoy added convenience, speed and ease of use afforded by contactless payments, while issuers and merchants enjoy faster transaction times, increased spending per transaction, lower operational costs and penetration into the cash payment market.About INSIDE ContactlessINSIDE Contactless is the global leader in open-standard contactless payment and Near Field Communication (NFC) semiconductors and software that power the next generation of payment, transit, identity and access control applications. The company's intelligent, microprocessor-based platforms offer the flexibility to be embedded in smart cards, mobile phones and other consumer electronic devices, documents, badges and other items to support a wide range of innovative contactless applications and bring new levels of convenience to users. INSIDE has delivered more than 250 million contactless platforms worldwide to customers and partners that include many of the leading payment card and mobile phone manufacturers, systems integrators and financial institutions. With a portfolio of 55 families of patents, including several essential NFC patents, the company has played a leading role in NFC and contactless innovation. INSIDE is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, with offices in Shanghai, Singapore, Warsaw, Seoul and Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit www.insidecontactless.com.


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Apr 21, 2017
Hunter College - 5, Farmingdale State - 4
Flushing, N.Y. - In a non-conference men's tennis match on Thursday, Hunter College edged Farmingdale State, 5-4. The Rams are now 6-7 on the season, while the Hawks improved to 6-6.
In doubles play, FSC earned one point as sophomore James Roth (Massapequa, N.Y.) and freshman Stephano Dasaro (Glen Cove, N.Y.) carded an 8-3 victory in the #3 position.
In singles, sophomore Zachary Baker (Carmel, N.Y.) won by forfeit in the #1 slot, while Roth (6-3, 3-6, 11-9) and Dasaro (6-1, 6-0) earned victories in the fifth and sixth positions, respectively.
Farmingdale State next will travel to Mount Saint Mary for a Skyline Conference match on Saturday, April 22nd at noon.


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Each of the ABC Leisure Group boatyards carry a stock of chandlery to suit the everyday needs of the canal user, including a selection of paints, rope and fittings.
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Packers Rule
The Packers are better than my Bears...
Geez... That really hurt to say!
Oh, yeah... a picture of me in a Packers jersey is coming, too... GAG!
Ugh... Here's the pic:
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Packers Bet
Look at you! You look so handsome in a Packers jersey! Just think! You will soon be bleeding green and gold! What a proud day that will be for all Packers fans! To turn a DREADED Bears fan into a Packer fan? Absolutely fabulous! ;)
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Please, Anne, that's the last thing that'll ever happen. Just wait'll the second Bears-Packers game of the season when the Bears get some redemption. You'll look great in a Bears jersey!
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We've seen a lot of focus on the LMS Market in the US, especially with excitement around Canvas and what might (or might not) be happening with Blackboard. As such, it was refreshingly unexpected to see ans article to see an article from the folks over at LISTedTECH on Learning Management Systems in Canada.
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Tax Reform Act of 1993
What it is:
Also called the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993, the Tax Reform Act of 1993 was a major revision to the United States tax system.
How it works (Example):
The Tax Reform Act of 1993 had several components that received a lot of attention. The Tax Reform Act of 1993:
• Raised taxes on married couples making over $250,000
• Raised taxes on Social Security benefits
• Raised taxes on Medicare benefits
• Created higher tax brackets (36% and 39.6%)
• Raised the corporate tax rate
• Lengthened the time over which companies could amortize goodwill
• Eliminated the tax deduction for congressional lobbying expenses
Why it Matters:
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Restaurant and Take Aways in Hartenbos
Boeppensie is a one stop restaurant and take away shop ideally located in one of the main shopping centers in Hartenbos. Boeppensie is an owner-run business taking pride in offering each client only the best service and quality foods. Expect mouthwatering, good quality food at affordable prices and traditional South African cuisine on Sundays. All our food is freshly prepared daily ensuring only the best quality and taste to all Boeppensie customers.
Take Aways in Hartenbos
Boeppensie in Hartenbos offers a extended menu with a range of affordable, good quality meals ranging from breakfasts, toasted sandwiches, burgers, fish and calamari, schnitzels, salads and their popular Sunday Lunch and lots more! Whether you are looking for a snack, a light meal or a scrumptious main meal, Boeppensie offers it all! All our meals can be enjoyed as take aways or sit down.
Affordable Sunday Lunch in Hartenbos
Don't stand the entire Sunday cooking a Sunday Lunch, Boeppensie in Hartenbos has the affordable and delicious solution. Visit Boeppensie every Sunday for an exceptional Sunday Lunch consisting of two meats, 2 vegetables, rice with sauce, roasted potatoes, a side salad as well as dessert or preorder your meal. Our Sunday Lunch is affordable and of good quality.
For mouthwatering, good quality food – visit us at 8 Kaap de Goedehoop Avenue, Hartenbos.
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Shopping Centre Management - What Makes a Great Shopping Centre Manager
Shopping Centre Management - What Makes a Great Shopping Centre Manager
A shopping centre manager is a lot different than your ordinary commercial property manager. They must have a good level of marketing skill behind them together with excellent communication skills.
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Should you run a real estate agency and so are to be moving into retail property management then you should carefully consider your staffing strategy prior to getting started. It is quite likely that your existing property managers will never be ideal working in or for the retail property. The skill mix differs from the others and not commonly accessible in your average real-estate person.
A great manager for retail rentals are hard to find and are a unique type of person. Here is why:
A shopping centre is really a vibrant property investment type that integrates for the community and customer. Marketing the property within that focus can be an ongoing task for the centre manager. Neglect it for your peril as a property that isn't aligned to the community will decline faster than you think.
Tenants in a shopping centre less complicated more focused on property usage and performance than tenants in office or industrial property. The reason being that the tenancy they occupy will probably be their business and livelihood. Communication with tenants in the shopping centre can be a daily event and is a critical part of the centre manager's job.
Both these elements of action are extremely high in the activities of your manager. It is not unusual to get a the person to spend the start of every day or a large part of the morning going around the property and speaking with the tenants.
Tenants need to see the retail property owner frequently and connect with them well. In mere this way can the manager always watch out for lease issues and tenant volatility. In retail property these factors are higher plus more volatile than in another property category.
It is not unusual for a retail manager to have a team of people around the crooks to support on other specialised tasks for example leasing, accounting, maintenance, tenant services, customer communication, and community contact. It's best to locate these people on-site so that response and action are easily implemented. Ultimately the retail manager accounts for all staff as well as the property performance overall.
Oahu is the retail manager which will ultimately analyse and sign off about the completed:
Building budget
Income performance
Expenditure activity
Maintenance report
Arrears recovery strategy
Risk management
Energy management
Essential services function inside the property
Common area usage
Customer visitation figures to the centre
Turnover figures from tenants
Capital expenditure plans and report
Lease deals and negotiations with new tenants
Tenant Mix strategy and implementation
Lease renewals and changes with sitting tenants
Renovation and refurbishment plans
Community marketing strategy
Shopping Centre marketing plan
As you can tell, a shopping centre manager is just not your average property owner. They bring many more skills to the task. They are a strength towards the real estate agency and a high quality service for landlords.


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Hotel Gearin offers a warm and comfortable place to rest, where visitors can choose from many local and imported wines and beers, check out a wide variety of bands and snuggle up in our comfortable, affordable accommodation.
Hotel Gearin is a Heritage listed building established in post war 1881 and is a beautiful example of the Art Deco period.
The centrepiece of the hotel is the classic Australian "long bar" where we serve ice cold Australian and imported draught beers along with a large range of wines, spirits and bottled beers. Espresso coffee and other non-alcoholic refreshments are also available.
Cool in summer, the hotel is beautifully warmed by two cosy open fireplaces in winter.
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House Clearance and Rubbish Clearance in Hanningfield
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Brogan Walsh heeded his mom's advice when she told him playing baseball away from home would be a great opportunity for him.
The 15-year-old Corner Brook native, son of Jackie and Geordie Walsh, is now honing his baseball skills at Newbridge Academy — a private school in Darthmouth, N.S.
His mom visited the school during a work trip to Halifax earlier this year to get a feel for what the school offered on both an academic and athletic front.
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When his mom returned home she promoted the school and he figured mom knows best. So within a week of chatting with the coach he was on his way to the next part of his baseball journey.
He's been in his new surroundings for three weeks and admits it's been an adjustment being away from home and tackling a hectic daily grind.
His day includes classes that are 20 minutes longer than what he was used to as a Level 1 student at Corner Brook High.
He also has to sandwich 90 minutes of baseball training into every day and he's never had to do that before.
"It was really tough at first," Walsh said from campus earlier this week. "It's a lot quicker and there's a lot of new stuff going on that I normally don't see home, but I'm getting used to it."
For the next month or so Walsh and his teammates will be busy honing their skills indoors and, once the weather warms up, training will move outside.
Walsh, a pitcher who is quite handy when he plays the middle infield, was a key player for the Corner Brook AAA bantam team and the provincial 15U male baseball team last season.
His focus is on working hard to earn a scholarship to play baseball in the United States and he figures Newbridge is a great place to learn the game and develop as a player.
"I just want to get better all the time really," he said. "I'm always trying the best I can with 100 per cent on every drill at practice."
He got a good arm. He is solid on defence at second or short. He can handle a bat.
But, for him, he believes his strong work ethic is what will help him earn and keep whatever baseball brings him along the way.
Work hard on every aspect of his game and get better each day is how he plans on finding his way to a college baseball scholarship in the United States.


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"October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces."
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I'm not a Harry Potter fan but that quote is actually what happened this past weekend. Halloween consisted of snow/hail, high winds and low temperatures. It was so much fun dressing up in a scary costume, though. Tim did a great job with my makeup and people were scared of us. Success!
November 1st was cold, as well, but we enjoyed some brunch, city time and hanging out with Tim's brother, who was here for the weekend.
Speaking of November, I've always loved it. Because Thanksgiving. Because Black Friday. Because CHRISTMASTIME.
But this November is the most special. It is our WEDDING MONTH. Our one year engagiversary was yesterday and there are LESS than two weeks until our big day. Talk about excitement!


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I'm stuck in your love and I don't want to be anywhere different. Immerse me, overwhelm me by your love. Let me take root in you and grow up in love, always increasing. Let the words of my mouth be coloured and seasoned by the depths of your love. Let me swim in love's ocean; drown me to the death of myself that I might fully live in your love.
Every song I sing, I sing of your love. I sing a song of love, and let me not change the subject because your love makes me happy. Hahahaha, your love makes me happy.
Every word, every dance is a celebration of love. Sing with me, to the One who loves extravagantly. Let us worship him together, benefitting from his goodness because of his great love.
I love because I was loved before the creation of the world.
Sing. Sing a song to the One who loves extravagantly. His love is better than wine, and it makes me drunk, drunk with his love. No wonder the maidens love you.
Take me away with you; let's hurry. Lay me down and be tender with me. Your love makes me happy.


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ERP Defined: ERP is an acronym for Enterprise Resource Planning; a term that is used for business management systems which are designed to integrate the data sources and processes of an entire organization into a unified system. A key element is the use of a single database to store data for the various system modules.
ERP systems utilize components of both computer software and hardware. Traditionally the software is installed at the customer site, but many companies now offer hosted or 'cloud' ERP solutions to reduce the up-front and technical costs.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has evolved from Material Requirements Planning (MRP) as a means for covering all of the basic functions of an enterprise, in addition to production and inventory.
Components of ERP
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) - Sales Force Automation, Quoting & Estimating, Order Entry
Manufacturing - Forecasting, Material & Production Planning (MPP), Shop Floor Control, Routings, Capacity Planning & Scheduling, Purchasing, Lot/Serial Control, Inventory, Workflow
Supply Chain - Demand Planning, Purchasing, Supplier Management, Purchasing to Jobs/Projects
Financials - Costing, Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), General Ledger (GL)
Human Resources - Labor Collection, Payroll, Benefits
Business Performance Management (BPM) - Business Intelligence (BI), Multi-Entity Consolidation, Corporate Governance, Reporting
Engineering & Product Lifecycle Management (EPLM) - Parts & Bill of Materials (BOM's), CAD Interface, Routings, Parts & Product Attributes, Change Management
Business Benefits
- Syncronization - End-to-end business function integration
- Accessibility - All key business information in one place
- Responsiveness - Real-time workflow and reporting tools
- Decisiveness - Informed decision making
- Consistency - Everyone in the company is on the same page
- Efficiency - Elimination of most or all side systems and manual calculations
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