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But this February, when the story with Man With a Plan and his son has started, I said to myself – I need to write about that. It seemed like amazing modern fairy tale: amazing business projects, politics, ménage à trois, mental attraction… There were amazing strings of coincidences and other amazing things…However, it smelled a bit fishy in the very beginning. ..But if you want , I can name it as smell of sea and shells….It was like a promise of super sappy story or horror story of manipulation. Both were good. Even for the same audience.
Who don't like an unexpected death of my suitor exactly on the day I was about to visit him at home in his country being on business trip there. And me being his last woman… And his son with boiling young blood in his veins chasing me with crazy romantic offers after father's death…
And I still don't believe that something extraordinary and deadly had happened 2 months ago, maybe both guys just were playing the wrong music … to a good dancer.
I danced to this bad music avoiding red flags, carefully trying to keep my life affected as little as possible. I was so keen to believe it was a miracle and I was chosen from above for it…..I was polite and understanding, despite negative, so I waited for more lies to see where they would slip…
Real people, real identities, real situations… and unreal story. Am I really attracted to witty but perverted minds? Have I lost my ability to understand reasons of people behavior? Was I involved to play mindfucking game against my will? Didn't I want to play it? Why people play games? Why games are played by people? Was it real? Is it the life, just much spectacular than any fiction? I don't know.
I needed to write to figure out it. And I have started my story. I was not distracted. I sent farewell letters … I was back on track again.
I was sure the music stopped playing after funeral. I was too tired to dance. But music started again two weeks ago. Just few chords. Pianissimo … by youngster…
I keep waiting for more. And will definitely make all skeletons dance.
Do I really need to write this book? Do I need to immerse myself in the past to figure out WHY instead of living my life in the present and think HOW? Do I want a sweet revenge by writing a book? Do I need to justify my behavior? Do I need to understand them or me?
Do I need to be THE AUTHOR? Does anyone need another book on crazy dating story?


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Firstly, I wanna apologise for delaying the giveaway result for so long! It was meant to be announced 5 days ago but I've really been extremely busy with JUICESEA launch and backorder stuff. So really sorry for making y'all wait. Secondly, I just want to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone reading my blog and most importantly those who wrote in to me. You girls have no idea how impactful your emails were and how happy they made me. Not just because it's sweet and nice words about me but because I felt they are all very sincere, genuine and consistent.
One thing about being a blogger is that I have to be open to criticisms, to people having negative impressions of me because of the stereotypical conceptions about bloggers. I can be extremely real on my blog, but some people can think I'm fake. Basically, who I really am can never be fully and accurately conveyed through social media platforms. However, after reading all the emails from you girls...I'm reassured that generally most of you girls actually do know what kinda person I am, which is truly AWESOME.
So, from the deepest of my heart, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. Thank you for not just supporting my humble little space here, but thank you for believing in me, for caring about my well-being, for not judging me even when I fault, for being so understanding towards my busy schedule and lack of updates. Thank you for always coming back here even when I'm not the best or most perfect person ever. My efforts and strength in blogging and TJM are miniscule, but it's your constant support, encouragement and faith in me that contribute largely that what I am and what I have today.
I've also made the effort to reply every single giveaway email and that was the least I could do for the time and effort most of you girls took to write in such long and endearing messages. Before I announce the winners, can I just share some extremely sweet emails I received? (:
*Identity is concealed for the senders' privacy purpose*
Hahah I like how honest she was with me about her first impression though it's damn sian la hahah.
HAHAHA my jaw dropped when I read that she cried!!! Super shocked!
This was one of the sweetest emails I received cos never would I have thought that I could impact someone's life in ways I never even thought I could. Especially someone whom I have never even met before. And I'm so thankful I could be the one (:
Glad you guys are working things out now (:
Super sweet that she even left me an email on her birthday so special shoutout to Eugenia!
And the winners are............
1. SET B : Verraine Chin
I picked her cos I thought that was beautifully written and it kinda swept me off my feet? I even showed it to Daniel and he was shocked.
2. SET A : Toh Quan Mei
And because you girls are so awesome I've decided to throw in 3 more sets of giveaway which consist of Maybelline nail polish, eye crayon and Skin Inc serum for these three girls!
1. Jane (firstname.lastname@example.com)
2. Melissa (email@example.com)
3. Rachel Xu (firstname.lastname@example.com)
The 5 winners please email me your mailing address so I can send the items to you k!! :D
Those who didn't win anything, better luck next time k? I'll try to do one more giveaway again soon!


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|2009-02-03, 01:05
|Link #261
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kk2extreme: funeral expenses typically will rack up to at least $10000 dollars USD if uninsured (which is very likely for Nagisa unless her parents would take all the precaution and get over the social stigma to insure their own child for that kind of stuff). This isn't the kind of things that you would think of the wallet typically mind you.
Now, given it's Japan, Nagisa will not to have her own burial plot and would instead be cremated (Okazaki family grave notwithstanding...). One can use a rental coffin instead of buying one outright so that you only have to burn the body and all. If you want to further reduce the expense, a very low-key funeral service without having to host people should be manageable...
EDIT1: if you really want to do it on the cheap, I guess $2000. Nagisa isn't nearly at the age where she gets funeral expense reimbursement from any government so there's no avoiding shelling out money.
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|2009-02-03, 01:17
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So....will this be the "once the tears dry we try and rip the story to shreds when it is unnecessary and unwarrented" thread?
I'm not sure where everyone is getting their ideas or even what countries you all live in...but things are not the same the whole world over...even in First World Countries. Nor is the situation ideal for any of the "solutions" presented to the problem.
Fact: Nagisa having a child was a risk, but only if she was sick at the time of delivery. (Her weakest point)
Fact: The baby was an "accident"....not exactly planned. (Tomoya was caught off guard at least) That means they were not exactly trying to have a baby. Sometimes it just happens...even if practising safe sex. (they are a young couple...it is not like they are not going to have sex.)
Fact: Nagisa wanted a baby with Tomoya. There is no getting around this. Adoption is usually the option of a couple that can't have kids because a parent is sterile or they is pretty much a 100% chance the baby and/or mother will die. Nagisa has much better odds than that. In keeping with the "family" theme, a child is a very important thing...it being "theirs" is extremely important to some people. I can't even begin to guess the religious possibilities involved because I can't guess what religion Nagisa and Tomoya were raised under, if any. Religion and culture play important factors when it comes to family.
Assumed: The baby came early, thus whatever plans they had would be ineffective the moment she entered labor. (Do we have approximate dates for the birth and assumed conception?)
Assumed: The Midwife and the Furukawas don't live far away..they could walk/run if they were not already there to begin with.
Assumed: The hospital is in the next city over, which could be some distance away....which is likely why they are building a new hospital in their city to begin with.
Assumed: Nagisa could probably carry the child to term if she had not been sick at the time of delivery. And even at that point her chances seem to be rated at 50% survival. So it is likely that had the baby come on time, Nagisa might have actually had the following:
A better chance of survival. Possibly even a rather low chance of dying.
A hospital room
Better weather.
(Question: In the movie version of this, isn't she in a hospital when she dies? I seem to recall her having a breathing mask of some kind.)
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|2009-02-03, 01:32
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Tomoya wants to go back so far that he never met Nagisa. Tomoya is willing to sacrifice the revitalization of his life in order to save Nagisa. Everything that he had accomplished from that point was because he met Nagisa. He might not have graduated high school, he wouldn't have the promising career he has, and he definitely wouldn't be able to maintain a relationship. We're going to see the complete destruction of Tomoya as a character. The point where he was at the start of episode 16 represents over 40 episodes of growth. All that has just been shattered. What needs to happen now is that Tomoya will either fall back to the bum he was at the start of the series, or he will find the strength to go on in his new daughter.
We still have a tough journey to go before it's over.
Also, the placement of the Big Dango Family theme right when the baby started crying is what got me. It was downhill from there.
|2009-02-03, 01:33
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Do you want to play around with your wife's life like that?
I certainly hope not.
Also, he wasn't shocked at the fact she had a baby, he was shocked she came out and said that, well, they had fucked each other infront of both her parents.
Besides which, her being bed ridden was ALWAYS something that was an issue, unfortunately the show only used this as a sorry means of trying to leech more sympathy out of you instead of actually addressing the literal illness itself.
No we don't.
If Nagisa was sick and didn't have a living, breathing thing in her stomach trying to get out one of the following might have happened:
Not dieing.
The chance to run through a field of daisies while being chased by a litter of adorable puppies as the rays of the sun adorned her face.
|2009-02-03, 01:37
|Link #265
As I said above, Tomoya is not the type of person who can say "no" easily, ESPECIALLY to Nagisa. It was Nagisa's choice to have the baby. If it was up to Tomoya or her parents she would have had it aborted and they would have lived a long life together.
|2009-02-03, 01:43
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.: A bad doggy :.
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|2009-02-03, 01:50
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I don't give a damn, dude
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Location: In Despair
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|2009-02-03, 01:53
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Logical Fallacy? Personal Perspective, I think? Because the subject did not react to a situation the same way you would does not make it wrong. Just different from you.
I think MC's arguing for its own sake myself.
A few details might place the events and the decisions of the characters in perspective. UNFORTUNATELY they fall under the realms of spoilers.
|2009-02-03, 01:55
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Just trying to pry more out of things outside of tears at this point.
|2009-02-03, 02:03
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The Comet has Come
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Location: Republic of California
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I conclude you are cynical. Nothing entirely bad about that...just it means there is no point in trying to make a argument with you about anything really, it won't go anywhere.
|2009-02-03, 02:06
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Name means little...
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This is going the direction of personal viewpoint differences best served in pms. Just stop at this point please.
I want to make clear that if what I said seems to move away from the tragedy itself, it has a part to do how that thinking only about this crushing experience would paralyze me mentally. I am at the point where I don't want to be reminded of saying goodbye to someone going six feet under. It can be tad bit morbid that I joined in more goodbyes than congrats from marriages, hehe...
|2009-02-03, 02:14
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Moderate Haruhiist
Agreed. Time to rein in your egos, gentlesirs. Arguments of the episodes are all good and well, but calling out a poster is tantamount to flamebaiting in many forums.
Incidentally, about the episode itself. People have been bemoaning KyoAni's intimate scene allergy for a few weeks, but I noticed no one, aside from Master Chibi's quip about the 'Scenes of your Life' (which were Tomoya's, and NOT Nagisa's), made mention that we actually GOT THEM? Granted, it was in a roundabout manner, but I think it begs mentioning!
|2009-02-03, 02:25
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The Comet has Come
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Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
I thought I mentioned that we got their intimate scenes....maybe that was somewhere else where people were going off on how come they've never kissed and now they have a baby when the most we ever saw was them having problems holding hands. Must have been 4chan because I think I went though a list of screencaps from the "flashback" of them being intimate to knock out the ones that just put up then in side by side beds holding hands as the most they ever managed....the one of Nagisa sleeping on Tomoya's shoulder is very nice for that...as is the hair cut shot.
|2009-02-03, 02:25
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Moderate Haruhiist
Well, I'm happy at this point that some of that implied intimacy we've been having for the better part of the season was actually shown to us. Too bad they were used to hammer the point that Tomoya's loss hit him like an Astartes Terminator-equipped Chainfist on a Imperial Guard Chimera.
In most cases, folks, the Guard Chimera explodes as a result.
|2009-02-03, 02:27
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.: A bad doggy :.
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|2009-02-03, 02:30
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The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
Maybe. Maybe we'll get more "new" flashback type scenes later on. (Mostly to show Tomoya's loss I guess, but still, it is something). She might be dead, but I hardly think this will be the last time we see her. Too much of an impact on Tomoya to simply have her gone from memory.
|2009-02-03, 04:39
|Link #279
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
I think Nagisa and Tomoya's apartment is indeed close enough to walk to the Furukawa's. If you look in previous eps Nagisa gets walked home by Tomoya all the time, and I don't think she has her father drive her to Tomoya's house every morning. Also there's no hospital close by, they were building a new one for that reason.
Bah still seeing all the peope in this thread bash Nagisa and Tomoya is making me irritated haha. Seriously from the character's PoV it isn't 100% set it stone that Nagisa dies. The viewers get so much foreshadowing that they'd choke but fever + pregnent =/= INSTANT DEATH LOL. Oh well I don't feel like debating this >< I guess I'm a biased from having played the game and having a huge attachment to the characters.
Well the magical illness annoyed me a bit too, but explaning that plot device out is a huge spoiler that remains relevant even though Nagisa's dead.
|2009-02-03, 05:51
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Baka Inu~
But for a cure and what it is, we still don't know. And that's just going to be such a crutch for the series after this monumental scene. Clannad is usually about taking the happy with the sad at the same time, but this time we are just going to get bombarded by so much negativity that it'll be hard to take anything.
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Walking the Talk :The Dynamic of Sustainable Team Relationships in Teacher Education
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Black, T., Fisher, M., Geoghegan, N., Green, P., Jamieson-Proctor, R., McMaster, J., O'Brien, P. & Richards, P. (2008). Walking the Talk :The Dynamic of Sustainable Team Relationships in Teacher Education. ATEA 2008: Teacher Educators at Work: What works and where is the evidence,T Aspl. 439-440. Australia: ATEA 2008. Retrieved from https://eprints.usq.edu.au/4290/3/Black_Fisher_Geoghegan_Green_Jamieson-Proctor_McMaster_O'Brien_Richards_AV.pdf
This paper describes the multi-dimensional phenomenon of team work as understood and experienced by the Faculty of Education team at Fraser Coast campus of the University of Southern Queensland. Anecdotal evidence from varied sources and over the past several years suggests that the education team is a highly successful unit that produces quality student learning outcomes. The main aim of this research was to investigate the essence of what makes this an effective higher education team, in order to develop a conceptual model for sustainable team relationships specifically in the context of teacher education, but which could have applicability more broadly to other higher education contexts. This paper begins by examining and evaluating the international and national literature with regards to teamwork in educational contexts. The phenomenon of reflective practice between and amongst team members has to date not been well researched. This paper seeks to provide a perspective on the phenomenon as it is experienced by this group of teacher educators. The study found that effective functioning of this team involved three main dimensions of activity: relaxed informality, dedicated professionalism and supportive respect.
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Promoting our club - several members at the Gizmos and Gadgets Technology Expo, Oshawa Public Library - March 24, 2009. Visitors were shown digital imaging, tablet computing, the Linux operating system, Vista, and music recording software.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
March Mtg. - Tax Software & Skype
Krista Sylvestervich and Sebastian Reisch present UFile and Quick Tax, for comparison of these two excellent tax preparation applications.
We video conferenced with club member, Mike Roche, while he was vacationing in Myrtle Beach.
February Mtg.- Windows 7 with The Computer Mechanics
Les Shaw and Deb Cormier [The Computer Mechanics] after their presentation - an overview of Windows 7 beta. And, thanks again for providing many of the answers during our following Bug Session.
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ISLAMABAD - Leader of opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Syed Khursheed Shah on Friday said albeit the government has halted over month-long peace talks, but still it is confused to take any final decision in this regard.
"Peace negotiations have lost its importance. The Prime Minister should play role as a leader in this situation," Shah said talking to The Nation.
To a question, the PPP leader said he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif about regularisation of contractual employees. "I asked PM in the letter about termination of services of employees would deprive thousands of families from making both ends meet," he added.
To a question about privatisation of Public Sector entities (PSEs), he said that PPP was not in favour of privatisation and will resist every govt's move in this regard.


text: From this past June in Wortham, TX at the Freestone Raceway for a motocross race…my favorite rider is Ryan Dungey. He was signing autographs as I snapped this shot. In 2010, Dungey was both Supercross and Motocross Champion. Impressive! This year the Supercorss season only has 2 races remaining and Dungey is only 7 points back! Hope he can pull it off in Vegas (the last race on May 7th)!


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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Payroll Taxes
Payroll Taxes should include social security, medicare, state unemployment and federal unemployment taxes. There are taxes that are paid by both the employee and employer, and there are some that are paid by only the employer. You can also break down between these two types on your bookkeeping so you know how much is the employer portion, and how much is the employee portion which comes out of their wages.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Salary and Wages
Wages paid generally means hourly or salary employees that you pay on a regular basis. Wages should be the gross amount paid before the deduction of any income or social security taxes. It does not include the amount of tax you pay as an employer, that is accounted for separately as payroll taxes. Wages should not include contract labor paid. It should include anyone who has worked for you during the year on a regular basis, even if they did not work all year or only for a short period.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Contract Labor Expenses
Contract Labor is a tricky category. Basically, anyone you pay over $600 during a year and is not a corporation is considered an outside contractor. This does not mean people who regularly work for you, more on this later. If you do real estate and pay someone to paint, fix the walls do landscaping, etc. they are contract labor. If you have a business that employs day labor, or other people who work for you on an occasional basis are contractors. This also means that you need to send them a 1099 tax form for the year, so you need to get all their information, including current address and social security to be able to send them the 1099 tax form.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
This category would include the basics electricity, gas and water. If you pay for garbage collection it is also under this category. Internet services can be considered part of your utilities, or you can categorize it as internet services. If you provide cable TV in your office for customers to watch while they are waiting, that would be considered part of your utilities expense. However, you cannot charge your personal cable bill as part of your utilities. Your utilities for your home should also not be expensed here, that is also a part of the home office calculation that is done on your personal tax return.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Rents would include office space you use for your business, or rent paid for a storage facility. Rent also includes equipment you may rent for a project, such as a tractor to clear land. Rental equipment should have a separate category from rent you are paying for office or storage space. You should not be expensing rent for your personal residence or apartment in this category, even if you work from home. That is a separate calculation done on your tax return under the home office category, but this should not appear on the books for your business.
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Casey's return to full health is remarkable!
On the 17th August I published a post Life's Lottery that was about an injury that our Casey had suffered on the 14th August. It included this photograph:
I'm delighted to say that yesterday morning Casey returned to Lincoln Road Vet Clinic and the sutures were removed.
The drain was removed last Monday.
Jean and I were not with Casey for the five minutes it took to remove the sutures but the picture below shows a very happy Casey just 15 minutes after we arrived.
(If I could better drive the Apple photos app on my new iMac I would have shown you a closer image! Revised image inserted on Saturday morning as a result of me playing with the app.)


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Sydney Nutritionist Lost 20kgs, This Is How She Did It...
Meet Lola Berry, a Sydney Nutritionist who used to carry around a few extra kilos that she didn't want.
See, like many of us, Lola used to binge eat when she was sad or stressed and that kind of emotional eating is often the downfall of all of us - even those who know what the affects are on the body!
Lola, who has a Bachelor of Health Science (majoring in Nutritional Medicine) definitely did know better and vowed to make living a healthy life a priority.
She was trying desperately to lose the extra 20 kilos she'd gained over time, but no matter how much she worked out, or how healthily she ate - the weight just would not budge.
Perplexed, Lola sought out answers.
The problem was, Lola didn't realise what she was doing wrong. She was actually allergic to gluten AND dairy - so it didn't matter how much she did to improve her health, she was putting things into her body that her body just didn't like. Of course, this won't be the case for everyone but what it did teach Lola to do was go for a diet similar to that of a 'caveman', eating foods that haven't been overly processed. It's commonly known as the 'paleo' diet, free of gluten, dairy and refined sugar.
She says, "the weight just started falling off."
Lola ended up losing a whopping 20 kilos in 20 weeks and took to her blog to share her progress and her paleo-inspired recipes, exercises and more.
After attracting a rather large following, Lola has released a cookbook, called The 20/20 Cookbook, which tells of her weight loss story.
Now, she's back with another brilliant offering: The Happy Cookbook, which is filled to the brim with paleo-inspired recipes that are also free from gluten, dairy and refined sugar. The difference in her story is not just looking at exercise and diet but also about how you can control your mood and live a happier, healthier life.
Here are two awesome, healthy recipes to get you inspired...
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It's that time of year when the BBQ circuit starts warming up and newbies begin thinking about entering a BBQ competition. Well stop thinking about it and DO IT!
Possibly the biggest question mark BBQ comp newbs have is "How in the world do I organize my prep, cooking, and turn-in timelines?"
This is the Oakridge BBQ Comp Team Timeline as published by them in an effort to assist newbs as they get into the world of competition BBQ. Your times can, and probably will, vary. Remember to cook your cook, not theirs. This is just a guide to help you out.
A few points to note from the timeline:
- Setup and prep start a full 8 hours before any meat hits the grates.
- Butts and Brisket go on and come off together.
- Plenty of time for rest and/or sleep through the night. Some teams will start the butts/brisket much later and sleep less.
Overall it looks like a pretty smooth timeline until about 11am when you just may be working super hard until the last turn in.
Props to the folks at The Virtual Weber Bulletin Board for posting this.
Hope this helps some of you be a bit better prepared for your first comp.


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Mariachi band interrupts Republican senator at event in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KDVR) -- Republican Senator Cory Gardner was just about to speak at an event in Colorado Springs when he was interrupted by a mariachi band.
The mariachi band played for about 10 seconds at the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce "Coffee with Cory" event Wednesday, April 19, until they were asked to stop.
The band represented "Americans for Conservation of the Arts and the Latino community.
Members of the band actually became members of the Chamber of Commerce to gain access to the event.
A spokeswoman for the group told Gardner they wanted to get the senator's attention after months of not being able to get a hold of him.
Coloradans have been demanding answers from Gardner on issues such as the future of marijuana in the state, health care and Russia.
In a bizarre political event staged in Denver in February, more than 1,000 people showed up at a town hall meeting, knowing full well Gardner wasn't going to show up.
The crowd -- almost entirely Democrats -- gathered at Byers Middle School to ask questions to a cardboard cutout of the senator.
In the past, Gardner has refused to hold town hall meetings, saying his tele town halls are more effective.
Gardner says more than 44,000 people have participated in his recent tele town halls.
When he held a telephone town hall meeting on March 1, close to 10,000 people listened in.


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Sheba Medical Center – Research and Development
Success stories milestones
The Sheba Medical Center (SMC), Israel's major hospital, has made a commitment to clinical excellence, based on a strong research and development foundation, by investing in professional human resources, infrastructure and facilities. SMC enriches its staff with an optimal working research environment to maximize their clinical as well as R&D products. SMC's excellence is highly acknowledged in Israel and throughout the globe.
Throughout the past decade, scientists at SMC have been granted over $ 350 M in research funds from federal grants, donors and contributors enabling the acceleration of basic and translational medical research and generated intellectual property (IP) engine. Sheba's IP portfolio is mainly in the biomedical domain and spans from pharmaceuticals, Imaging technology, diagnostic platforms, regenerative medicine, cell therapy and medical devices used in a variety of medical applications. The current SMC IP portfolio has over 135 patent families and include 17 patents with national and international academic Institute. Our aim is to improve patient health by encouraging research collaboration with the BioMedical industry, and promoting the commercialization of intellectual property generated at the hospital.
Ø Sheba Medical Center has licensed to the industry over 50% of its patent portfolio to the industry to develop, produce and sell our innovations to the benefit of the public internationally.
Ø Ventor, a spinoff from SMC has developed an aortic valve prosthesis. The prosthesis can be implanted into a beating heart using a catheter, under local anesthesia. The valve has a unique geometric shape that improves hemodynamic performance. Ventor was founded based on IP generated by Prof. Ehud Shvemental of SMC and major investors, Pitango Venture Capital, Medica, and Shimon Eckhouse. Ventor was acquired by Medtronic in 2009 for 325 M USD.
Ø Johnson & Johnson has aquired Omrix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc in 2009 for 438 M USD. The company has developed and marketed innovative biological glue, protein-based biosurgical and immunotherapy products, based on Prof. Uriel Martinowich inventions.
Ø Cancer immunotherapy and gene therapy: In the last ten years we established a program for experimental therapy of malignant melanoma, the tumor that is so far is the most responsive to manipulations of the immune system. Sheba was the first medical center where the approach pioneered by Steven Rosenberg at the National Institutes of Health in the US for the adoptive cell transfer of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs) was established and modified in the Ela Melanoma Center. More than one hundred patients with poor prognosis advanced melanoma were treated so far with an overall response rate of 40%. This project enables direct access not only to pathological specimen archives and clinical data, but also to a unique collection of primary cultures of melanoma cells and autologous TIL cultures, which are all linked to the clinical response data.
Ø Dr. Gal Markel is responsible for research at the Ela Melanoma Center. The main interest of his group is development of innovative lines of immunotherapy and tools for personalized medicine. In one example, they have identified a novel immune evasion mechanism of melanoma cells, which is mediated by the CEACAM1 protein. Following the mechanistic characterization in autologous melanoma-TIL models, they developed a blocking mAb that enhances the anti-melanoma activity of T cells and NK cells in vitro and in vivo. The antibody was licensed to a spin-off company CCAM Therapeutics which was acquired by MSD for 605 Million USD in 2015.
Ø The use of T cells engineered to express chimeric antibody receptors (CARs). T cells that are reactive against tumors will be generated using genetic engineering, which involves inserting into the T cells genes encoding cell surface receptors that are able to detect tumor associated antigens (TAA). These receptors will be based on chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), comprised of the intracellular signaling portion of a T cell receptor (TCR) linked via hinge and transmembrane domains to an extracellular TAA-specific single-chain antibody variable fragment (scFv). Because they are derived from antibodies, recognition of TAAs by CARs is not MHC restricted. The CARs we plan to use include scFv raised against the CD19 molecule that is expressed on the surface of most lymphatic leukemias and lymphomas. Five medical centers mainly in the US are using CARs in clinical trials and the results obtained in patients that failed many lines of therapy are very promising. SMC has adopted different CARs technologies to be developed for cancer types expressing different tumor associated antigens. An outstanding Israeli physician, Dr. Elad Yaakobi, has initiated unique treatment using CARs technology in child leukemia at Sheba Medical Center.


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There are reports that Republican leaders are advising that their troops to stay away from engagement on gay marriage. There are probably many reasons for that; the world is already out for their anti-gay marriage base and further discussion distracts from a discussion of the economy.
But I wonder if a more interesting reason for the party's reluctance to have a broader discussion of gay rights is that it might shine a light on the discussion within the Mormon Church.
Long known as an institution deeply at odds with gays — in 2008, the church basically funded the entire effort to pass a ban on gay marriage in California — there are entire websites devoted to the sufferings of gay and lesbian Mormons. To be a gay or lesbian Mormon is often to be shunned by both the church and by fellow gays as being strange.
Romney himself is made uncomfortable on the issue as you can see here.
He struggles even to answer the question of whether his Church thinks simply being gay is a sin. (It does.)
But now the interesting part. The Mormon Church is undergoing its own debate and change on gay matters. There are clear efforts being made in several quarters to liberalize attitudes toward and treatment of gay and lesbians.
This is especially difficult for Mormons, one would believe, because like all fundamentalists, they believe that their scriptures and laws are the word of God verbatim. So one messes with that rather carefully. But small steps are being taken.
One might ask: If even the Mormon Church is evolving in its attitudes toward gay and lesbians, shouldn't the Republican Party?


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I thought this would be pretty good, but as far as the stuff you guys have worked on, it's quite nice! I especially like how you did see the same kind of shades. I can understand the existence of parodies like this. It does make me think about "50 Shades Of Gray". I bet you guys have heard of that by now. This was pretty appropriate for Valentine's Day.
Gays deserve to be equal! This isn't insulting to gay people. The animation is better than you'd think. It mostly uses pink. Hey, that rhymes! It's pretty cute.


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Elevated Holiday Accidents
Santa Claus may dash through the snow without skidding or crashing the sled; he may wriggle down the chimney without pulling muscles or scraping skin. But unfortunately, for those of us who aren't North Polers, the holiday season incurs certain risks for which we pay the consequences that we might not be aware of. And those risks aren't all due to eating too much rum cake or imbibing too much holiday cheer. For instance, a surprising number of accidents happen each year as people decorate their homes with lights and trees. On a typical year, about 6000 people in the US get injured as they put up their Christmas décor, with at least 3000 of those toppling off roofs or tumbling off ladders as they try to string lights or plant inflatable Rudolphs and the like.1 It's not a good way to usher in the new Year, and it also gives new meaning to the song "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth."
Most of these accidents could be prevented by applying a dose of common sense, but Christmas decorating tends to induce an enthusiastic thrall that can lead to abject stupidity. Grandpa teeters on a flimsy chair to get the star on top of the tree; Dad climbs onto the roof when it's icy. As Dr. Ryan Stanton, a spokesman for the of American College of Emergency Physicians says, "People who aren't typically accustomed to climbing on ladders are getting up on them at this time of year. It tends to be wet, and ladders are really slick."2
Prevention tip? Don't get on the roof unless you've done it before, you're in great shape, you have excellent balance, and the weather is dry. Wear cleats if you have them; if not, order a pair or get Cougar Paws boots before prancing on the asphalt.3 Professional roofers are careful about the shoes they wear, and you should be even more so. Don't climb ladders without having a partner to spot you. Better yet, hire someone to do the job for you and make sure your handyperson has casualty insurance.
A related subset of injuries involves extension cords, which cause an average of 4000 accidents that send people to the emergency room during each holiday season.4 Imagine having a glass of holiday champagne and then, in your jubilation, tripping over the extension cord and ending up with a broken ankle, sprain, or even a concussion. Apparently, such accidents happen with some regularity. In addition to tripping and falling incidents, the cords cause lacerations, cuts, and burns, with 13 percent of the injuries suffered by children. In fact, the most common extension cord mishaps occur when kids put the chords in their mouths and suffer oral burns. Burns also happen when people use indoor extension cords for outdoor lights and fires erupt. The same can happen when indoor bulbs go outside. Make sure your extension cords have no cuts or breaks or frayed places, and that they're rated to accommodate voltage appropriate to the lights you have hooked up to them.
Fires are a leading source of holiday accidents. While the idea of chestnuts roasting on an open fire might seem romantic when Nat King Cole croons, the romance goes by the wayside when the flame catches on the dried-out Christmas tree.5 Fire injuries skyrocket during the holiday season, causing an average of 400 fatalities and 1000 serious injuries in the US each year. Christmas trees alone caused an average of 260 fires annually between 2004 and 2008, mostly started because the trees were old and dried out and still had lights hooked up to them. Christmas tree fires are particularly vicious, leading to five times more fatalities than other types of holiday fires.
If you don't want your epitaph to say "Killed by her Christmas tree," keep the tree watered, dispose of it properly when it's time is up, and keep electrical cords off the ground where pets and kids won't be tempted to play with them or take a bite and where nobody will trip and fall over them. When the tree is ready for retirement, take it to the dump instead of putting it in the fireplace to burn. Remember, dried out trees are extremely flammable and the combustion can get out of control, even in the fireplace.
Even if you don't have a tree, if you have holiday lights, you need to be careful. About 150 home fires each year are caused by decorative holiday lights. Remember to turn the display off when you go to sleep or leave home, replace old, broken bulbs, and make sure the voltage of the light strand is supported by your outlet. And finally, put out the burning candles unless you're present and awake to supervise; candles cause 45 percent of all holiday fires.
If falls or fires don't diminish your holiday joy, then you want to be sure you don't suffer an accident driving somewhere. Car accidents rise sharply during the time between Christmas and New Year's. On Christmas Day itself, accident rates aren't particularly elevated, probably because so many people are snug at home with the family instead of out carousing. New Year's Eve, however, is a different story. Accident rates shoot up by 15 percent, with 42 percent of all of those accidents attributable to inebriation.6 During the holiday season in 2015, 1200 died in alcohol-related accidents in the US. Serious injuries from car crashes added another 27,000 plus to the mix. Remember, there are far more people on the roads than usual, and many of those people have had too much to drink, so it's wise to stay alert behind the wheel and limit your own drinking.
Not only do driving accidents increase this time of year— so do pedestrian accidents. More walkers are killed by drivers on New Year's Day than on any other day of the year.6 Even Halloween doesn't score as many pedestrian fatalities, though the streets are mobbed with kids in candy coma. The obvious proviso here is to look both ways and keep your kids on a leash the first day of the year.
The point here isn't that the holidays are so dangerous that you should stay in bed with the covers over your head, not at all. Rather, the message is that even though it's a festive season, it's important to use common sense so that you don't spend Christmas or New Year's in the emergency room being treated by a grumpy intern who wishes he was home with the family.
- 1. "Christmas Home Accidents." 14 December 2016. Accident Doctor. 16 December 2016. http://accidentdoctor.org/christmas-and-holiday-accidents/
- 2. Marcus, Mary Brophy. "Holiday health hazards: How to stay safe this season." 15 December 2016. CBS News. 16 December 2016. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/holidays-health-hazards-illnesses-accidents-how-to-stay-safe/
- 3. MacDonald, Chip. "Safety Advice: Get a Grip." 1 August 2006. Roofing Contractor. 15 December 2016. http://www.roofingcontractor.com/articles/83488-safety-advice-get-a-grip
- 4. http://www.vevo.com/watch/nat-king-cole/the-christmas-song-(chestnuts-roasting-on-an-open-fire)/USVC55600810
- 5. "Holiday Data and Statistics." 1 March 2015. ESFI. 17 December 2016.
- 6. a. b. Hickman, Charles. "2015 Drinking and Driving Holiday Stats." 18 May 2016. Guardian Interlock. 16 December 2016. https://guardianinterlock.com/blog/2015-holiday-drinking-and-driving-stats/


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Once again I've managed to ignore my blog while I devote all of my attention to wedding planning (sigh). Fortunately I was recently contacted by Design Shuffle with the opportunity to have someone do a guest post for me. It couldn't have come at a better time! They even offered up the fabulous idea of highlighting wedding tablescapes - obviously a topic that is on my mind these days! Just take a look at the unique designs they found.
Thank you Susi for doing my job!
Design Shuffle, a community for interior designers, home decorators and other design professionals to share ideas and projects. Sharing decorating ideas is one of my favorite things about being a guest blogger so I am thrilled to be asked to write about inspirational wedding tablescapes for Lou Lou Pear. Whether you are planning a wedding, dreaming of a future someday wedding or wanting a redo, hopefully these charming wedding tablescapes will inspire you. Enjoy!
Having a colorway that is carried throughout the wedding to include both tablescapes and food gives the event a polished look. Love the charming vintage fabric and style of this dessert tablescape. The ribbon hung framed photos is another charming touch.
Cute make your own s'mores kits as place settings are perfect for this outdoor wedding tablescape. There is a casual camp feeling with enameled cups and plate and forest inspired centerpieces.
For the book lovers or writers this tablescape by BHLDN is all about word. Love how book pages are used in clever ways to decorate this charming wedding table.
Looking for outdoor dining room design ideas for a wedding? Then, start here. Inspired by the current design trend, the terrarium centerpieces on these eclectic wedding tables are very cool. Who wouldn't want to take home a cool terrarium as a wedding favor?
Another outdoor tablescape inspired by the forest. Moss, feathers and bark create inspiring vignettes and centerpieces on this simple wood farmhouse table. Simple but gorgeous.
Here's another charming tablescape by BHLDN called Ouiseau for its blue and white bird theme. Love the pleated paper ribbons and whimsical Victorian inspired designs.
Mason jars are incredibly versatile and can work into so many wedding tablescapes. Love them filled with water & floating candles, wrapped in burlap for votives or flowers; or used as small glasses for classic cocktails or punch.
Use color inspire to decorating ideas for a stylish wedding tablescape. You could forgo flowers and centerpieces all together in favor of colorful candles that add color and light to the table.
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A joint bid from Poland and Ukraine has won the vote to stage the 2012 European Championships.
The vote was conducted by the Uefa executive committee at a meeting in Cardiff this morning and the winning eastern European bid triumphed ahead of rivals from Italy and another joint bid from Croatia and Hungary.
New Uefa president Michel Platini read out the result to a chorus of cheers from the Polish and Ukrainian delegation in the conference room.
Italy had been the overwhelming pre-vote favourites to host Euro 2012 but it seems the recent problems that surrounded the policing of a recent European match between Roma and Manchester United may have damaged public opinion towards the country.
Those difficulties came soon after a match-fixing scandal rocked Italian football last summer, leading to punishments for several of the biggest clubs in the country.
Then earlier this year, crowd trouble in the Sicilian derby between Palermo and Catania led to a policeman being killed – the upshot of which was that football was suspended in Italy and only resumed once stadium safety measures had been properly instituted.
The awarding of the European Championship finals to Poland and Ukraine is made all the more surprising by the fact that it was widely thought that Uefa was looking to move away from joint bids after the 2008 championships in Austria and Switzerland.
However, Fifa president Sepp Blatter had lent his support to the Poland/Ukraine bid, which may also have won them some friends within the Uefa delegation.
Speaking after the award of the tournament finals had been made, Polish Football Association chairman Michal Listkiewich said: "Dear friends and dear colleagues I can't express the emotions I am overcome with.
"We have committed our hearts and our efforts for three years to win this bid.
"We thank you for this fantastic chance which we have been given and the trust placed in us by awarding us this tournament."
Grigory Surkis, the Uefa delegate from Ukraine, also thanked the committee and its members and hailed the tournament as "a chance for us to realise ourselves as an independent state".
"Independent Ukraine was born to us 15 years ago but finally in this moment we have a chance to present ourselves to the world," he said.
"It is a new challenge and brings new emotions and new impetus'. I am grateful for those who gave their efforts to ourselves and Poland to win this bid and I am grateful to my colleagues for their trust in me. We will do it.
"Finally the great European football tournament is going to the east of Europe to the Slavic people who have had no chance to improve our football.
"This big tournament will be a milestone in the common history of two of Europe's largest countries, Ukraine and Poland."
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Just a reminder that BHS grades close at the end of next week.
Drug & Alcohol Prevention - Education & Discussion
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 6:30 - 8:30pm
Ross A Lurgio Media Center
Tym Rourke - NH Charitable Foundation & Chair, Governor's Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery (and Bedford resident)
Mary Forsythe Taber - Executive Director, Makin' It Happen Coalition for Resilient Youth
Donna LaRue - Youth Counselor, Lurgio Middle School & Bedford High School
Tym and Mary will talk about what is happening in NH and HOW they know what is happening. They will answer questions and lead discussion about what we can do as parents and a community.
Also in attendance:
Chief Bryfonski, Bedford Police Department
Bill Kassler, Chair, Bedford School Board and parent
Terry Wolf, State Representative and parent
Local pediatricians
Note: The presentation is for adults. All parents and community members are welcome.


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Every family consists of a father and a mother. In order to prove I was not hatched, I want to begin with my real-life father and mother: Dad and Mom (actually in later years she was always "Ma") lived in a town located about 90 miles or so southwest of Chicago: Streator, Illinois. They both were children of parents of Slovak descent. [But the origin of the name Sedory is Hungarian; see our explanation under Footnote 3.]
Dad was the third oldest in his family, having a half brother George and a sister Anna who preceded him. George was the only child of Zsuzsanna ("Susanna") and Jur ("George") Novotny[1]. George Sr. died about 23 months into the marriage [on September 23, 1890; in a coal mine accident[2]], and Susanna married George Sedory[3] at a later date [April 5, 1891].
|Susanna and George Sedory (holding George Novotny on his lap), and
Susanna's sister, Mary [Vanta] Antolik. (Provided by Alan Post.)
That marriage brought six children: Anna [3-27-1894], John ("Jack" - my Dad [October 24, 1896]), Maria (Mary [5-17-1899]), Emma [4-30-1902], Susanna (Sue [1-7-1905]) and Margareta (Margaret [6-29-1908]). Uncle George [or "Bill"] carried the Novotny name.
[Editor's Note: Both the date and location of the following photo of George's girls is unknown. However, Margaret appears (to this editor) to be no older than 3. If we assume it was taken the end of June, 1911, Margaret would have just turned 3, and Anna would be 17 and single (married, September 9, 1912).]
|From Left to Right: Emma (9), Anna (17), Margaret (3), Susanna (42), Mary (12), Sue (6).
(Picture provided by Matthew Schademann, 2016.)
George's family; about 1917. Back row: Emma and Mary; Middle: George, Margaret, Susanna; Front
row: Sue (standing), Anna (sitting with her daughters, Viola and Evelyn--rubbing her eye), and John.
This photo had only "Around 1917 or 1918" on back. Standing (Left to Right): George ("Uncle Bill") in uniform.
Assuming a date of April 30, 1918 would make him 27-1/2, then Emma (16), John (21-1/2) and Sue (13-1/3).
Seated: George (49-2/12) and Susanna (49-2/12), and Margaret (9-10/12) kneeling in front.
Neither Anna (24-1/12) nor Mary (18-11/12) are shown in this picture.
The Vagaskys
Mom was the eldest of four kids in her family: Mary [my Mom; December 9, 1903], Anna [3-7-1907], Elizabeth [3-25-1909] and the only boy, Thomas (Uncle Tom) [9-22-1915], all members of the Vagasky clan.
Dad was seven years older than Mom. They both attended a Slovak Lutheran Church, as did all the family members. From what I can recall, they met at some sort of church affair, picnic or social perhaps. They must have hit it off, as they eventually married in 1921.
The Author, His Name
Philip Andrew became the firstborn to John and Mary Sedory. Later, on March 29th, 1923, along came John Daniel, the trouble-maker who's writing this. Next came sister Mary Elizabeth (took on "Marie" later in life) on June 15, 1924. We were still living in Streator, Illinois, possibly now at a home our grandparents owned which was located on a lot adjoining their home.
My name, John Daniel, was quite evident in its origin since the baptizing pastor was Reverend John Daniel, pastor of the Slovak Lutheran Church in Streator.
Old Number 3
About ten years later [some people wanted to take] that old church ... to the Chicago World's Fair or The Century of Progress as it was called. The church was something like [50] years old and had historic value.[4]
I know I was either the last baptism in the old church or the first in the new one, a church which was either built new or bought as an existing building, I'm not certain. The old church was located in a section of town called "Old Number Three[5]." The newer one may have been in the "Painter's Addition" section, or at least near to it, since Grandpa and Grandma Vagasky lived in that section and weren't that far from it [about 1 mile SE of their home].
In Slovak, Grandpa and Grandma Vagasky were called "Dzedo" and "Baba" [Note: A recent Slovak dictionary, uses the word dedko for Grandpa, and babička or babka for Grandma; baba is now derogatory, with 'old woman' being its nicest translation]. In my many years of visiting there I never called them anything but those names, nor did my sister or brothers, as I recall.
Since we lived in the house at the bottom of a slight hill, and since I was just a youngster, I was told for years that I often fell flat on my nose going up and down that hill. This was supposed to be where I got my larger, flatter nose. As much as I might have liked to believe that story, I'm afraid the truth to the matter is that I inherited it from my Dad's genes. We had almost identically shaped nosessomething I considered less than flattery all my life, but something about which there was little I could do. Little, that is, outside of having had an operation in 1971 for a deviated septum and having some corrective surgery done to the shape of my nose as well. The problem with that surgery was that the doctor and my wife decided it wouldn't do to make my nose too small because of my larger face and features; and it turned out less than what I'd hoped for. It became a lot less flat on the tip, but in straightening it out, the surgeon extended it upward. So in reality it became longer, yet not all that small. Oh, well, that's the way it went and I can't change it. Maybe God knew I'd be too vain to handle looking as normal as most people do!
You have to know something about our grandparents in order to appreciate some of the things I'll be relating to you. They were both of Slovak descent, from Slovakia. And that was their primary language for communication. In Streator this was no problem, for it seemed almost everyone spoke Slovak or Polish, which had some similarities. Or maybe it was just that the people I'd see while there on vacation were accustomed to speaking in their foreign tongue.
Later on in the book I want to relate many of my memories of those vacations at Baba and Dzedo's home at 816 Jackson Street, Streator, Illinois.
Grandma Sedory
You will notice I've concentrated on Dzedo and Baba Vagasky, while saying almost nothing about Dad's folks. The reason for this is the fact that Grandma Sedory passed away when I was very young [2 years old], so I don't remember her. She was supposed to be quite a woman!
|Died: April 7, 1925.
(Riverview Cemetery, Streator, IL)
Grandma fell victim to a stove explosion, as I've heard the story told. Whether it was a coal, wood or oil fire, I don't know. She was supposed to have had her clothing and hair ignited from the blast, and I think the reason I don't know more about it is because I wanted to spare myself the agony of it all.
So Grandpa Sedory was alone, though other of his children lived close by, especially the Novotney family (Aunt Anna), who I think may have lived next door to him. Another thing about Grandpa Sedory is the fact (hope I'm not wrong about this) he spoke very little English, making it difficult for us kids who spoke only English to communicate with him. In case this is incorrect data, it somehow just wasn't appropriate for us to spend vacations with him, while it was perfectly ideal for us to stay at the Vagasky's (Mom's folks).
Somewhere in the year after Marie's birth, the family moved to Chicago. The only reason I can think of for such a move was to provide better work opportunities for Dad. This was the beginning of changes that would follow [our move] to that city.
It had to be 1925, because the fourth sibling joined us there in Chicago on September 8th of that year. It was another boy, Edward Thomas. So now there were two younger and one older than I among us kids. What had already been a "job" in handling three kids now grew. Mom's time surely was well occupied, and Dad's responsibilities in providing for us also broadened.
The house in Chicago couldn't have been very large, and the living conditions evidently nothing to brag about, either; so we were off for another move! I doubt we lived there for more than a year or so. It also could have been that Dad located work at the
[Editor's Note: Some time in the summer of 1918, John "Jack" Sedory, who had turned 21 on October, 24th, 1917, had to fill out a 'draft card' for the second registration of WWI. We see he used a middle initial "J" for his name, and that he was employed at the "Streator Clay Works". This was, or at least started as (back in the 1890s or earlier), a mining company; with underground shafts. For the 1920 US Census, on January 28th, 1920, both John 'Jack' Sedory and his father George are listed as working at a "Brick Yard"; so our author's father already had brick yard experience before moving to Chicago.]
1[Return to Text] Not to be confused with the Novotney family (with an 'e') which the author's Aunt Anna married into. These are pictures of Zsuzsanna and Jur (likely short for Juraj which means "George") Novotny and of Jur's grave stone in Moon's Point Cemetery (sometimes incorrectly referred to as 'Moon Creek' cemetery):
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By kanannie
Trekking in Sapa with the Hmong
On 02, Jun 2014 | 3 Comments | In Activities, Culture, Travel, Vietnam | By kanannie
During a motorcycle ride to a nearby Red Dao village, N's driver tried to sell her on using him and his buddy for another adventure into the hills. When she tried to explain to him that we wanted to do a trekking tour, he laughed and asked her, "Why walk when you can just drive there?" Good question.
Well mostly because it's easier to take in the views at a snail's pace (which is us going up mountains) than on the back of a motorcycle that is careening around the mountains while simultaneously trying to bypass fast-moving cars and semis. The way these Vietnamese drive, it's a wonder they manage to stay on the road at all sometimes.
So we signed up for a private trek with Sapa O'Chau, a tour organization founded by a Hmong woman, Shu Tan. Part of the cost of the tour goes towards the schooling of Hmong children to give them better opportunities through future employment. Attendance at the Sapa O'Chau school also includes food and lodging for the children. Our guide was a 20-year young Hmong girl who didn't attend the school but did take English classes at the school. She was going to lead us to her home in Lao Chai, a big Black Hmong village about 10km from Sapa. Not long into the start of our hike through the town to Sapa, two Hmong women sidled up next to us to chat us up. "What your name?"
By this time, we were used to the Hmong women following tourists around town pretty assertively. "You buy something from me?" A no thank you will be quickly countered with a gentle, "Yes thank you." And telling them that you already bought a lot of things will be answered with, "But not from me." Surprisingly, the women are civil and friendly to each other even though they all crowd around selling the exact same things: little bags, zippered purses, pillowcases, bracelets, charms. "You buy something small from each of us and make us happy." It's a proposal we would consider if not for the dozens of other women who will ask you to do the same thing a minute later. And they're all so damn nice, which makes it hard to say no. The Hmong learn their English from talking to tourists, and it's pretty damn impressive. They speak way better English than the Vietnamese vendors we've interacted with over the past two months.
We didn't mind buying from these two women, and they didn't seem to mind walking all the way to Lao Chai with us. My lady (I say this because she chatted me up first) was cheerful and talkative, while N's lady was quiet and wove hemp strands into string as she walked. I don't understand this multitasking business, because our eyes were permanently glued to the uneven pathways as we walked and half-stumbled along. Oh, and I forgot to mention that they wear plastic sandals on these walks.
"You have a boyfriend?" I told Gom that I didn't have a boyfriend, and she reassured me — a pathetic spinster in her eyes — that being single was good because I had the chance to do anything I wanted. She told us about how she recently married a guy who was a friend of her ex-boyfriend's. She told us about a Hmong custom where a boy will ask a girl he is interested in to come live in his house for four days. She is expected to go, and she spends time with him and his family to see if she would be happy there as his wife. At the end of the four days, the girl decides if she wants to marry the boy. This is what happened with Gom, and while she wasn't crazy about her husband, he was nice enough so it was OK. She turned her attention to us. "Everyone thinks you two look like boys," she giggled. I told her that it happens a lot, and left her to wonder why.


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|Over 70% of users download an app, then never open it again; for developers, this is a major roadblock to success. The solution to this problem lies with an app's most active users -- Power Users. In this presentation, Scott Weller, co-founder and CTO of SessionM, will discuss how developers can leverage app data to identify Power Users and improve app engagement and long-term success.


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Personal checks are very welcome, they clear my bank in less than 2 days, I almost alway ship the second day. Bank checks are fine, but they seem to take the same time to clear. Paypal, but on items over $1500 you pay a %.
Fed Express overnight on anything over $5000, Fed Ex ground on all else unless you request UPS.
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Background: Nazi propaganda extended even to the grave. These photographs are taken from a book on "life ceremonies" (e.g., birth, marriage, and death) published by the Nazi Party office in the Oberdonau region of Austria, which had been incorporated into Germany in 1938. The text next to each picture is a translation of the commentary in the book. The introduction to the book is available on another page.
The source: Lebensfeiern. Richtlinien und Anleitungen für die Gestaltung lebenszeitlicher Feiern (Linz: Gauschulungsamt Oberdonau der NSDAP, 1941).
Go to the 1933-1945 Page.
Go to the German Propaganda Home Page.


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Throw away the Playbook for good! In the series' hilarious final season, you're invited to Barney and Robin's epic wedding weekend, and we get to know Ted's — wait for it — "The One"!
On their way to Long Island for their wedding weekend, Robin and Barney come across a startling family discovery.
Marshall sees something online that changes the course of his journey east, while Lily confronts Ted about letting go of Robin.
When Lily discovers Ted's list of things he wants to do in New York before he moves for Chicago, she becomes frustrated that she is the only person who knows about his plans. Meanwhile, Robin and Barney realize they have very little time together before their relatives arrive for their wedding.
While Barney works through his anger at Ted after finding out he still has feelings for Robin, Marshall Skypes in to act as a judge and help settle their dispute. Meanwhile, Lily realizes she is Robin's only girlfriend.
When Barney is forced to pick sides in a fight between Robin and his mother, Lily coaches him on how not to ruin his relationship. Meanwhile, Ted and Marshall get into a dispute over wedding gifts and thank-you notes.
When Ted finds himself with three prospects to be his date for the wedding weekend, he chooses poorly. Meanwhile, Barney and Robin have a confrontation with their minister, and Marshall learns more about his driving companion, Daphne.
When Daphne sends a troubling text message to Lily, Marshall enlists the gang's help to remove the message while enforcing the "No Questions Asked" rule.
When Robin and Loretta's conflict escalates, Barney is caught in the middle. Meanwhile, Marshall and Daphne deal with a stowaway on their road trip, and Ted and Cassie try to enjoy a trip to a lighthouse.
In a flashback episode, the gang ponders the future of the Ted, Robin and Barney love triangle. Meanwhile, Barney accepts a series of challenges from Lily and Robin.
When Barney's father arrives at the hotel, Barney devises a plan that makes Robin very nervous. Meanwhile, Ted is convinced someone framed him by messing up a wedding-related duty.
To get his restless son to go to sleep, Marshall tells him three tales in rhyme: "Mosby at the Bat," "Robin take the Cake," and "Barney Stinson, Player King of New York City."
Barney becomes fixated on having his rehearsal dinner at a laser tag arena, much to Robin's dismay. Meanwhile, Ted doesn't come through on a promise, which aggravates Lily.
The gang encounters a guy at the wedding who intentionally stirs up trouble among them, and Marshall finally arrives at the Farhampton Inn.
In an attempt to deliver a devastating final slap to Barney, Marshall explains how he mastered the Slap of A Million Exploding Suns.
When Barney drinks too much, Ted and Robin take advantage of him and get him to reveal secrets he's been hiding for years. Meanwhile, Marshall does everything he can to avoid fighting with Lily.
On the 200th episode, The Mother recounts how she met Ted and what she's been up to for the past eight years.
While out looking for an inebriated Barney on the day of the wedding, Robin and Ted reminisce about past relationships. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily finally resolve their issues and Barney befriends two young guys eager to meet women.
When Barney suffers from the world's worst hangover the morning of his wedding, the gang tries to figure out the far-fetched ingredients to concoct the Stinson Hangover Fixer Elixir.
On the morning of the wedding, Lily and Robin have a fight and Barney freaks out about which suit to wear. Meanwhile, the gang watches a movie Ted has forbidden them to see.
Marshall enlists Ted and Barney to help him figure out where Lily went when she left in the middle of their fight.
When Gary Blauman shows up at the wedding, it sends the gang into a frenzy as they each recall an encounter with him.
With only a half-hour to go, both Barney and Robin have panic attacks about their upcoming nuptials. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily rewrite their old wedding vows.
Ted finally finishes telling his kids the story of how he met their mother.
Ted finally finishes telling his kids the story of how he met their mother.


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Hi, my name is Steve Clarkson, owner of Complete Home Inspections.
I remember many years ago, while I was still in High School, wandering through the homes being built in Dunwoody, watching the builders, learning how the homes were built. I developed a love for home building early on and later I built my own home.
My love for home construction and building caused me to start Complete Home Inspections with the sole purpose of providing information to home buyers that will help them make an informed decision about a home they are purchasing and to understand the true condition of that home.
I understand buying a home can be a very stressful time for most people. I will try to make that easier for you by providing you with the information about the home so you will fully understand what you are getting into. I go over many things about the home during the inspection including day to day operations and preventative maintenance.
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Carl Wieman
Carl Wieman holds a joint appointment as Professor of Physics and of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. He has done extensive experimental research in both atomic physics and science education at the university level. Wieman served as founding chair of the Board of Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences and was the founder of PhET, which provides online interactive simulations that are used 100 million times per year to learn science. Wieman directed the science education initiatives at the Universities of Colorado and British Columbia, which carried out large scale change in teaching methods across university science departments. He served as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House from 2010-12. He has also studied student learning and problem solving and the comparative effectiveness of different methods for teaching science.
Argenta Price
Argenta is a postdoctoral researcher from the University of Colorado, Boulder, working with the Wieman group as a visiting scholar in the Graduate School of Education. She is studying how students of different ages and scientific backgrounds interact with and learn from PhET interactive science simulations. One goal is to identify ways to best support a wide range of learners – through features within the simulations or through materials provided by teachers. Before joining the Wieman group, she received her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California, San Francisco.
Argenta's email: argenta.price[at]colorado.edu
Eric Kuo
Eric is a postdoc interested in understanding cognition and its implications for how we teach science. His research looks at how students learn and think about physics, focusing in particular around issues related to quantitative problem solving and students' notions of what it means to learn physics. Eric received his Ph.D. in Physics Education from the University of Maryland, before which he was, ever so briefly, a high school physics teacher. Eric's website.
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Natasha is a postdoc studying learning and teaching in undergraduate physics labs. She evaluates learning outcomes within a learning context, such that her research is closely tied to course transformation. She has recently been designing and evaluating lab courses aimed at developing students' critical thinking and experimentation skills. She is currently looking into the transferability of this lab framework to other settings, exploring the relationship between learning in lab courses and undergraduate research, and developing a closed-response test instrument to assess critical thinking for physics lab courses. Natasha's CV and website.
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Shima Salehi is a PhD student in the Learning Sciences program at Stanford Graduate School of Education. She has a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and a M.A. in Learning, Design, and Technology. Her research focus is at the intersection of science education, technology, and equity. Shima is interested in examining how scientific competency could be promoted in students, and how technology and socioemotional factors could either hinder or foster this process. In her previous works, she has examined the effect of computational modeling on students' scientific competency. She has also studied the variations in educational technology use across genders and racial groups. Shima has also studied methods for optimally integrating interactive simulations into instructional practices.
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We also collaborate extensively with the AAA Lab in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University (PI: Prof. Dan Schwartz).
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Democrat's Holding Our Homeland Security HOSTAGE for Illegal Aliens
By Ruthie Hendrycks
Feb 3, 2015
Obama, the Democratic Party and a few Republicans are holding the funding of the Department of Homeland Security hostage – putting each and every one of us in danger …… ALL FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
Tuesday February 3rd the Senate voted to approve the House Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Funding bill – A bill that WOULD fund the department BUT EXCLUDED moneys' for Obama Executive action for illegal aliens – meaning amnesty. The bill failed on a 51-48 vote – it needed 60 votes to pass.
It will now head back to the House or slowly fade away – that is if we let it – We Must Not!!!!!
Simply put …with a nation divided on this issue…why is the welfare of illegal aliens trumping the welfare of the American Citizenry?
While the Democratic Party has already started in with the blame game ( they are very good at that) – making statement such as "The Republican Party is to blame for the lack of a funding bill for our homeland"….. The Republican's seem dumbfounded to have a clear narrative in return…
So let me provide them with one … and I quote…..
"Now is NOT THE TIME to mess with what homeland security we do have – pass the House Bill and FUND DHS… without amnesty and Secure The Border!
If amnesty is more important to Obama than our security….. Let him veto it"
Alarming is that while Congress continues to play games with funding homeland security – all in the name of the ILLEGAL ALIENS – we were watching the news coverage of yet another murder at the hands of ISIS – a Jordanian pilot being burnt alive – the video is horrific!!!!
One must wonder why amnesty via executive unconstitutional lawless fiat is more important to Obama and the Democratic Party , than our safety, security and sovereignty . DHS could easily be funded without the amnesty directive effectively postponing the discussion and debate for another day, but instead we see partisan lines drawn in the sand at our nations' expense.
Have these pandering politicians (primarily but not exclusively the Democrats) stopped to consider how many terrorists may be or have entered with the illegal aliens that they seem to be falling all over themselves for while our borders and ports remain unsecured? Have they ever wondered just – who is the illegal alien they are pandering for?
Also, if Obama can just do what he wants…when he wants…. Why do we even need Congress?
Congress do your DUTY NOW – Democrats and Republicans alike… fund the Department of Homeland Security WITHOUT amnesty. The only reason this is being rushed is….. because Obama wants it to be.
Ruthie Hendrycks is the President of Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform and Host of The Ruthie Report. Ruthie is the Minnesota State Advisor for the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), The State Coordinator for The Remembrance Project/Stolen Lives Quilt, A Member of the Texas Border Volunteers and an Advocate for the Law Enforcement Officers Advocates Council. She is also listed as a Top Conservative Talk Radio Host at http://www.toptalkradio.com/index.html
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Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning
The Honourable Cameron Dick
$40 million infrastructure boost to pay community dividends
Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning
The Honourable Cameron Dick
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
$40 million infrastructure boost to pay community dividends
The Palaszczuk Government is continuing to invest in Queensland's high-growth regional centres and emerging urban communities with $40 million to be invested in economy-building infrastructure.
Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Cameron Dick said the $40 million Growth Area and Regional Infrastructure Investment Fundwould go towards infrastructure that improved liveability for Queenslanders in outer urban and regional areas.
"The program will initially focus on pilots in areas that are experiencing or responding to rapid growth," Mr Dick said.
"We are actively planning for the future by providing $40 million over two years to accelerate new or upgrade existing infrastructure.
"We will be inviting Queensland Government departments to nominate projects for investment that address the needs of these growing communities with infrastructure essential to support their continued growth.
"Nominations will then be prioritised to see the best value from this investment.
"This is another example of our infrastructure budget leading and supporting growth and productivity throughout Queensland.
"The Growth Area and Regional Infrastructure Investment Fundwill continue to support implementation of the State Infrastructure Plan and regional plans, including ShapingSEQ.
"It also complements the $30 million Maturing the Infrastructure Investment Pipeline Program.
"This program supports the development of a strong project pipeline by enabling projects to be matured from good ideas into solid proposals. It also offers support to local councils across the entire infrastructure development life cycle.
"The fund will also build on the success of the $180 million Significant Regional Infrastructure Projects Program.
"This is delivering essential infrastructure in key regional centres in response to community needs, and providing economic opportunities and supporting 600 jobs.
"The Palaszczuk Government's coordinated and integrated approach to planning, funding and delivering infrastructure will continue to pay dividends to Queenslanders now and into the future," Mr Dick said.
Media contact: Joe Begley 0447 320 039


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