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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
FAQ Alaskan Klee Kai Edition
What kind of dog is that? What is she a mix between?
She is an purebred Alaskan Klee Kai.
Is that a puppy?
No, she's actually 2 years old and she is full grown at 8 pounds.
How big was she when you got here?
She was about 3 pounds.
Does she shed?
Twice a year she blows out her coat and sheds a lot but other than that it's not too bad.
Where do you get a dog like that?
Penny Lane is from California, however there are lots of breeders and a National Rescue just for AKKs that you can adopt one from. The breeder I used is Klee Kai Magic.
Does she have the same temperament as a big husky?
No. Klee Kais are typically very shy around strangers or anyone that isn't part of their immediate family or pack. Penny is, due to our very hard work, actually VERY friendly with strangers and not like your average AKK. Although she does tend to me timid with men especially when they don't know how to approach a dog.
Does she get along with other dogs? Specifically big dogs.
Yes! Penny loves other dogs and looooves to play.
Is a dog like that expensive?
They vary in price depending on which breeder you decide to go with and the quality of dog (pet vs show). I've seen them range in price between $1,500 and $2,500.
Does she howl?
She does sometimes but it's typically when somebody leaves the house. She wants to be with me or my mother at all times and if one of us leaves she gets really upset.
If you have any other questions or would like to know more or chat about AKKs feel free to head to my contact page and shoot me an email! xx
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Wow! I've never seen a dog like her before. I can see why people have a lot of questions. She's quite the gorgeous dog <3ReplyDelete
xo Jackie
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Penny is a beautiful girl! Thank you so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
so precious! I love her little vest! She's seems so adorable!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much! A lot of people laugh at me for putting her in a coat but she's small and gets cold easily in the winter!Delete
She is so cute!!!ReplyDelete
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Jarryd Lynagh 'Composite Reflection 3'. 'A Brief Survey of My Surroundings' exhibition photograph
Original photograph by Jarryd Lynagh.
Title: 'Composite Reflection 3'.
Material: Digital C-type print on Kodak Ednura stock.
Size: 66.5cm x 91cm - framed.
Exhibition: 'A Brief Survey of My Surroundings'.
Year: 2018.
Use discount code FREEPICKUP on check-out for collection from gallery.

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Our Verizon connect let us know that the BlackBerry Bold 9650 has been included in their summer catalog that all customer service reps are to receive by this week.
Summer in the USA is of course the very end of May to the very beginning of September. While we were told that we should see the Bold 9650 released in June, take this with a grain of salt. Anything can change and RIM does not have a very good track record for being on time with their releases.
Nevertheless, it is a good sign to see the Bold 9650 making an appearance, since Big Red has yet to officially announce that they're going to carry the device. We at least now know it is confirmed for a summer launch.


text: Travel photography is something nearly everyone does at some time. This maybe a weekend trip away, some time exploring our own country or a special trip overseas. These photos will become some of our most important memories of that trip. It is one of the most challenging of all types of photography because we have to take the photos when we are there – no coming back later when the light is better. It can cover just about every type of photography from street photography to night and low light photography, landscapes and cityscapes, architecture, wild life and so on. When we come home we may edit some photos to put on the wall, publish a book, enter a competition or create an audio visual.


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Adrian and his wife Michelle woke up one morning to find their 10-month-old son unresponsive in his crib – a nightmare for any parent to go through. Emerson was rushed to the hospital. Three days and several tests later, there were no answers, only for it the issue to happen again days later. Emerson was put on anti-seizure medication. With this unfortunate event, Adrian was reminded of how mortal we all are, including our children. Adrian felt compelled to record his family through photography.
Today, Emerson is doing just fine and has even become an older brother. After a year of medication, new tests were done and he has recently been cleared from needing medication.
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Amos 1
1:1 The following is a record of what Amos prophesied.1 He2 was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him3 during the time of4 King Uzziah of Judah and5 King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.6
God Will Judge the Surrounding Nations
1:2 Amos7 said:
from Jerusalem9 he comes bellowing!10
The shepherds' pastures wilt;11
the summit of Carmel12 withers."13
1:3 This is what the
"Because Damascus has committed three crimes14 –
make that four!15 – I will not revoke my
decree of judgment.16
They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth.17
1:4 So I will set Hazael's house18 on fire;
fire19 will consume Ben Hadad's20 fortresses.
1:5 I will break the bar21 on the gate of Damascus.
I will remove22 the ruler23 from Wicked Valley,24
the one who holds the royal scepter from Beth Eden.25
The people of Aram will be deported to Kir."26
1:6 This is what the
"Because Gaza27 has committed three crimes28 –
make that four!29 – I will not revoke my decree of judgment.30
They deported a whole community31 and sold them32 to Edom.
1:7 So I will set Gaza's city wall33 on fire;
fire34 will consume her fortresses.
1:8 I will remove35 the ruler36 from Ashdod,37
the one who holds the royal scepter from Ashkelon.38
I will strike Ekron39 with my hand;40
the rest of the Philistines will also die."41
The sovereign
1:9 This is what the
"Because Tyre has committed three crimes42 –
make that four!43 – I will not revoke my decree of judgment.44
They sold45 a whole community46 to Edom;
they failed to observe47 a treaty of brotherhood.48
1:10 So I will set fire to Tyre's city wall;49
fire50 will consume her fortresses."
1:11 This is what the
"Because Edom has committed three crimes51 –
make that four!52 – I will not revoke my decree of judgment.53
He chased his brother54 with a sword;
he wiped out his allies.55
In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest;56
in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.57
1:12 So I will set Teman58 on fire;
fire59 will consume Bozrah's60 fortresses."
1:13 This is what the
"Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes61 –
make that four!62 – I will not revoke my decree of judgment.63
They ripped open Gilead's pregnant women64
so they could expand their territory.
1:14 So I will set fire to Rabbah's65 city wall;66
fire67 will consume her fortresses.
War cries will be heard on the day of battle;68
a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.69
1:15 Ammon's70 king will be deported;71
he and his officials72 will be carried off73 together."
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Published on Apr 6, 2015
Thomas Christensen, the Music Department's Avalon Foundation Professor of Music and the Humanities as well as the Deputy Dean and Master of the Humanities Collegiate Division, has been awarded both a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship and an American Council of Learned Studies (ACLS) Fellowship in support of his in-progress book, Fétis and the Tonal Imagination: French Discourses of Musical Tonality in the Nineteenth Century.
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 and offers fellowships to advance the development of scholars and artists by helping them engage in innovative research of the arts. Only about 200 fellowships are awarded each year from between 3,500 - 4,000 applications. The ACLS Fellowship Program awards fellowships to individual scholars working in the humanities and related social sciences. The number of applications for fellowships this year broke their previous records with over 1,000 submissions, and with only 70 awards being given out, the competition was rigorous and impressive. Congratulations, Thomas!


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Meilin Bristiel was born in Santiago, Chile. She was educated and lived in France, the US (New York), the UK (London and Guildford), and went back to reconnect with her roots and family in Santiago for a few years. After a career as an equine veterinary surgeon, she decided in 2005 to make her long time passion, interior design, her full time occupation.
Her projects include the extension of the Notting Hill house redesigned by John Pawson (London, UK), the complete refurbishment of an 18th century farmhouse in Vaison-la-Romaine (Provence, France), the renovation and extension of a modernist house, Casa Fuentes in Vitacura (Santiago, Chile) and the refurbishment of a Haussmanian flat near Marseille's « Vieux Port ».
While living in Chile, she opened a gallery in Santiago's historical district Barrio Brasil, called Mei Line (thus the blog name). The offer was refurbished vintage furniture, along with her own design pieces (a range of outside furniture made to measure by local artisans) and artwork from Dinard painter Alexandre Motte. Although the gallery was very well received by the press and public alike, it sadly had to close for obvious distance limitation when the family moved back to France.
She currently lives in Marseille, France.
With Marseille, European capital of culture, 2013 is a tantalising year: Mei Line, the blog is embracing the frantic cultural and architectural activity that has taken the town by storm and share it with very much enthusiasm!


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The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a semi-structured assessment of communication, social interaction, and play (or imaginative use of materials) for individuals suspected of having autism or other pervasive developmental disorders. The ADOS consists of four modules, each of which is appropriate for children and adults of differing developmental and language levels, ranging from nonverbal to verbally-fluent.
The ADOS consists of standardized activities that allow the examiner to observe the occurrence or non-occurrence of behaviors that have been identified as important to the diagnosis of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders across developmental levels and chronological ages. The examiner selects the module that is most appropriate for a particular child or adult on the basis of his/her expressive language level and chronological age. Structured activities and materials, as well as less structured interactions, provide standardized contexts in which social, communicative and other behaviors relevant to pervasive developmental disorders are observed. Within each module, the participant's response to each activity is recorded. Overall ratings are made at the end of the schedule. These ratings can then be used to formulate a diagnosis through the use of a diagnostic algorithm for each module. In effect, the ADOS provides a 30- to 45-minute observation period during which the examiner presents the individual being assessed with numerous opportunities to exhibit behaviors of interest in the diagnosis of autism/PDD through standard 'presses' for communication and social interaction. 'Presses' consist of planned social occasions in which it has been determined in advance that a behavior of a particular type is likely to appear (Murray, 1938).
The modules provide social-communicative sequences that combine a series of unstructured and structured situations. Each situation provides a different combination of presses for particular social behaviors. Module 1 is intended for individuals who do not consistently use phrase speech (defined as non-echoed. three-word utterances that sometimes involve a verb and that are spontaneous, meaningful word combinations). Materials for Module 1 have been selected for young children, but materials from other modules may be substituted if desired. Module 2 is intended for individuals with some phrase speech who are not verbally fluent. Module 3 is intended for verbally fluent children for whom playing with toys is age-appropriate (usually up to 12 - 16 years of age). Verbal fluency is broadly defined as having the expressive language of a typical four-year-old child: producing a range of sentence types and grammatical forms, using language to provide information about events out of the context of the ADOS, and producing some logical connections within sentences (e.g., "but" or "though"). Module 4 includes the many of the tasks in Module 3 (some of which are optional), as well as additional interview items about daily living. It is intended for verbally-fluent adolescents and adults. The difference between Modules 3 and 4 lies primarily in whether information about social-communication is more appropriately acquired during play or a conversational interview.
The four modules overlap in activities, but together contain a variety of tasks ranging from observing how a young child requests that the examiner continue blowing up a balloon in Module 1 to a conversation about social relationships at school or work in Module 4. Modules 1 and 2 will often be conducted while moving among different places around a room, reflecting the interests and activity levels of young children or children with very limited language; Modules 3 and 4 take place sitting at a table and involve more conversation and language without a physical context. Though the superficial appearance of the different modules is quite varied, the general principles involving the deliberate variation of the examiner's behavior using a hierarchy of structured and unstructured social behaviors are the same.
Because the focus of the ADOS is on observation of social behavior and communication, the goal of the activities is to provide interesting, standardized contexts in which interactions occur. Standardization lies in the hierarchy of behavior employed by the examiner and the kinds of behaviors taken into account in each activity during the overall ratings. The activities serve to structure the interaction; they are not ends in themselves. The object is not to test specific cognitive abilities or other skills in the activities, but to have tasks that are sufficiently intriguing that the child or adult being assessed will want to participate.
In general, each module should stand on its own in providing a range of tasks and social presses. If in doubt as to which module to choose, it is better to err in choosing a module that requires fewer language skills than an individual possesses than to risk confounding language difficulties with the social demands of the instrument. The order of tasks, pacing and materials can be varied, depending on the needs of the individual being assessed.
Many of the ratings made at the end of each schedule are similar across modules, with some identical items and some that are relevant only for a subset of modules. Separate algorithms for the different modules have been generated and are presented at the end of each scoring booklet. Adequate inter-rater reliability for items has been established for all modules.
The ADOS offers clinicians and researchers the opportunity to observe social behavior and communication in standardized, well-documented contexts. These contexts are defined in terms of the degree to which the examiner's behavior structures the individual participant's response and social initiative. For purposes of diagnosis, use of this instrument should be accompanied by information from other sources, particularly a detailed history from parents whenever possible (see Lord, Rutter & Le Couteur, 1994). Its goal is to provide standardized contexts in which to observe the social-communicative behaviors of individuals across the life span in order to aid in the diagnosis of autism and other pervasive developmental disorders. For this reason, it may not be a good measure of response to treatment or developmental gains especially in the later modules. On the other hand, some items have been deliberately included across several modules, even though they have diagnostic utility only in one (e.g., response to joint attention). It may be that developmental or treatment gains will be measurable using these items. An alternative strategy to measure absolute gains is to re-administer the same modules over time, as well as administering the developmentally-appropriate module.
*Adapted from the ADOS Manual, Western Psychological Services, 2001.
University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders ADOS Training
Western Psychological Services ADOS information
Western Psychological Services ADOS Frequently Asked Questions


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For a project I started to add mailing list functionality to the development infrastructure, as requirement the mailing list should make use of the LDAP service.
In a previous article I explained that I chose OpenDJ to manage LDAP users and groups and for the management of mailing list I chose Mailman to be used with Postfix. As alternative I could have chosen Sympa but since Mailman is packaged already in many distribution and it doesn't have many requirements like Sympa has, I preferred to go for Mailman. The drawback is that Mailman doesn't come with LDAP support and I found a script which I adapted and uploaded on my github account.
To manage mailing list in OpenDJ you could opt for 3 ways:
- use the mailGroup object class
- use the groupOfUniqueNames object class together with the extensibleObject class
- customize your schema
OpenDJ has the schema definition of mailGroup coming from the Solaris system which allows to enter the mail of the group and the mail of the users by using the attribute mgrpRFC822MailMember.
But…most of the time you will already have your users recorded in LDAP (using most probably the inetOrgPerson) therefore, instead of directly inserting users mail you would like to insert the DN of each user, in this way even PHPLdapAdmin allows you to insert easily each user without pasting email addresses.
Therefore I went for groupOfUniqueNames which allows me to define users with their DN and, by adding the extensibleObject class, I have the possibility to add the mail attribute.
In this way if I have already defined a group I can use it as well for mailing list without replicating information (e.g. mail address for each user with mailGroup).
After that I installed and configured Mailman and, as described above, I used a perl script which:
- extracts those groups that are groupOfUniqueNames and have a mail attribute set (&(objectClass=groupOfUniqueNames)(mail=*))
- extract all the users uniqueMember belonging to the group which have an mail address set and are not disabled (&(mail=*)(!(ds-pwp-account-disabled=*)))
- creates a mailing list which will have as name the CN group attribute (saved inside the variable $listname)
If you execute the script with the command:
perl cron-ldap.pl
you will get an output like:
------------------------------ Processing list: jenkins-users-mail Found member: emidio List jenkins-users-mail does not exist. Creating new list jenkins-users-mail. Syncing jenkins-users-mail... Added : email@example.com ------------------------------
enjoy creating mailing lists !


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In today's Impromptus, I quote a CNN reporter, who had a question for President Obama the day after a Republican debate: Are the Republicans "uninformed, out of touch, or irresponsible?" A smiling Obama said, "That's a multiple-choice question, isn't it?"
I have thought about this further, and remember a question from a New York Times reporter, early in Obama's presidency. The Timesman asked Obama what had most "enchanted" him about the presidency in his first hundred days. Enchanted! I sat in front of the television thinking, "It's gonna be a long four years."
And it has. But it has been only three, right? Not even. And it could stretch to eight. Yikes!
Friendly as the press has been to Obama, he has been pretty skimpy on the press conferences, hasn't he? If he were a Republican, would he be accused of ducking? This president is not exactly a meet-the-presser, is he?
Since I'm Cornering, let me sneak in a letter related to yesterday's Impromptus. In that column, I addressed this business of "establishment" versus "outsider." When I make criticisms of Newt Gingrich, some people say, "You're so establishment, dude!" I took the opportunity to point out some differences between Newt and me, status-wise.
He got $1.5 million from Freddie Mac. I never got a dime. He was Speaker of the House. I've never worked in the government, unless you count an unpaid college internship. He has grown rich as Croesus, peddling his influence (and more power to him). I feel just a couple of steps removed from my days as a pro-shop rat at Leslie Park Municipal Golf Course in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Okay, the letter: A reader in Eaton Rapids, Mich., wrote me, "Aha! You admit you worked at Leslie Park. In other words, you admit you were a government employee in one of America's most radical-chic cities. Establishment, establishment!"
As Andrew Young once said to Bill Buckley on Firing Line, "You got me there."


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Barnard, BobBob Barnard of Wilmore, Ky. was Chaplain Endorsing Agent from 2000-2007. Under his leadership the number of endorsed chaplains grew significantly. He recently earned a Ph.D. from The Oxford Center For Mission Studies and The Open University in Milton Keyes, England. Dr. Barnard is now Chaplain Barnard, serving the horse racing community in Kentucky as our first endorsed chaplain with the Race Track Chaplaincy of America! He adds this experience to seven years of Army chaplaincy service around the world.
Belcher, BenChaplain Ben Belcher has served for 26 years as the sole full-time chaplain at Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., and recently at a second facility in Silverdale, Wash. He is the director of spiritual care for patients, clients and staff. He also recruits, trains and supervises more than a dozen volunteer chaplains.
Belgard, EmitteChaplain Emitte Belgard is serving his 10th year at Central Louisiana State Mental Hospital, with a "parish" of 200 patients. He leads spiritual awareness groups in units, serves on treatment teams, plans and preaches Sunday worship, and even plays the mandolin. Chaplain Belgard is a member of the Gulf Coast Conference and has pastored FM churches for 41 years.
Bertholf, KerbyChaplain Kerby Bertholf has served in the Columbia River and Pacific Northwest conferences as church planter and pastor. In 2006 he completed a career in the Army Reserve Chaplaincy, retiring in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Kirby and his wife Shirley are both graduates of Seattle Pacific University and Asbury Seminary, and Shirley is also an Elder in the Pacific Northwest Conference.
Black, ChristopherChristopher A. Black is a military chaplain in the FMCUSA. He has been appointed as a part time volunteer assistant pastor at the Cornerstone Family Fellowship, Roseburg OR – while exploring secular employment and ways to connect regularly with people outside the church.
Bratt, JonathanPastor Jonathan Bratt serves as Chaplain/Campus Pastor as Roberts Wesleyan College. Jonathan served as a Free Methodist pastor for 21 years in three churches, Elkland, PA, Chittenango, NY and Dearborn, MI before coming to Roberts in the fall of 2008. His work with students includes chapel programming and discipleship of Worship Ministry leaders, giving oversight to student ministry groups, planning discipleship and mission trips, spiritual counseling and preaching and teaching. Jon and his wife, Janet have two grown daughters and a son in college. They attend and are active in the Pearce Free Methodist Church.
Bridges, DonDeployed Air Force Chaplain Captain Don Bridges takes a small group from his compound to the theater hospital each Saturday to visit patients and deliver care packages. Many of the patients are injured Iraqi civilians caught in the cross fire of this war.
Cabrera, SamSam Cabrera is brigade chaplain for the headquarters brigade of the highly acclaimed 101st Airborne Division. Sam recently completed a tour in Korea and will be helping his brigade prepare and deploy to Afghanistan next year.
Carpenter, Rex
Chaplain Endorsing AgentRex Carpenter is our appointed (by the Board of Bishops) Free Methodist Chaplain Endorsing Agent and Director of Chaplain Ministries. He is a member of the Genesis Conference and can be contacted by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Cartrette, PhilipChaplain Philip Cartrette serves in the Mississippi State Hospital. With about 2100 patients, many of whom have a dual diagnosis of mental illness and chemical addiction, it is the largest of its type in the U.S. Nine out of 10 patients have problems with both meth and crack. Chaplain Cartrette handles difficult situations in group counseling sessions with gentleness and confidence. His loving spirit is known to staff as well as patients.
Coates, Steve
Past-presidentStephen Coates is our Past president, and Navy Chaplain Commander Coates is serving as the Assistant Deputy Chaplain of the Marine Corps, at the Pentagon Headquarters Marine Corps. He is a member of the Gateway Conference. He can be contacted via email@example.com
Coleman, CheriChaplain Cheri Coleman of the Southern California Conference serves full time at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, Calif. She uses her master's degree in Intercultural Studies and her M.Div. in chaplaincy to great benefit in this progressive hospital. Cheri is part of the praise team at Cucamonga Christian Fellowship, where she and her husband, Dan, met and recently celebrated their 25th anniversary. They have five children and one grandchild.
Cook, DeanDean Cook (New South Conference) is a senior member (former Endorsing Agent) of the FMCA excutive committee who wrote, FM Chaplaincy: Being God's Presence in Closed Communities (a history of 1938-2010). Chaplain Cook served a full career as a Navy chaplain (Captain) and was the pastor of Wilmore Free Methodist Church in Wilmore, Ky. for 10 years.
Crain, HelenPrisons Pastor Helen Crain is a lifelong Oklahoma farmer who lives east of Oklahoma City and is assigned by the Mid-America Conference. to a preaching point at McCalister Prison and Shawnee Jail. She visits, encourages, prays with and writes to 60 of Jesus' "least of these" — in and out of jail!
Crawford, JamesSierra Pacific Conference Ministerial Candidate James V. Crawford is a big hearted individual who has been involved as a layman for several decades in a variety of significant Free Methodist ministries. Since 2004 he has been appointed as the pastor of a church plant/preaching point in the community of Iowa Hill, a small village in the mountains 50 miles north of Sacramento. Two years ago the Fire Chief invited Pastor Jim to serve as their Fire Chaplain, which service he added as a ministry to the whole community. He has also served for over 30 years as a Civil Air Patrol Logistics (and Safety) Officer, Auburn CA. He and Diana (his wife of 43 years) have three adult children: Stephanie, Warren, and Robyn. Jim is scheduled to be ordained Elder at Conference on May 31 and will continue serving as FMC-USA Endorsed Fire Department Chaplain and Civil Air Patrol Chaplain.
Deighton, DonDon Deighton is a full-time hospital chaplain at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio — a level 1 trauma hospital in the inner city. Don works the night shift and ministers often in the ER and at the heart center. He is a certified palliative care resource person. St. Vincent is Toledo's first hospital. It has 550 beds and eight full-time chaplains. Don is enthusiastic about his ministry to people in great need.
Dodge, WesChaplain Wes Dodge has been Chaplain at Warm Beach Senior Community for seven years. He provides worship services and pastoral care for 370 residents in addition to the 80-bed health care facility. Wes also served in the Air Force for three years during the Korean War. He and his wife pastored FM churches in the Oregon Conference for most of their ministry career. Chaplain Dodge praises God for the support of this community. He asks prayer for the wisdom and energy to continue to serve.
Ferguson, JamesChaplain James Ferguson is the only chaplain at the Texas State School in Brenham for people with developmental disabilities. The facility covers 200 acres and 400 residences and has a staff of 1,000. Jim is in his 22nd year of ministry in this unique venue. He pastored for 10 years in Oklahoma after earning his M.Div. at Asbury Seminary. Some of his Army service included time at the White House Command.
Fry, TimTim Fry is the only FM chaplain in Missouri, where he serves at the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners. He is excited about serving such a challenging group of prisoners and staff. His ministries include group sessions, counseling, worship in multiple formats, Angel Tree and Prison Fellowship. Tim is an elder in the Gateway Conference. He and his wife, Faith, have three children.
Hall, Daleasha
MemberHospital/Hospice Chaplain Daleasha Hall recently landed an Outstanding Performance Award in chaplain pastoral care! In 2008 she served in two Eugene, Ore., medical facilities but was recently promoted to lead hospice chaplain and will focus her ministry there. She also leads worship at Living Hope FMC and serves on two Oregon conference boards. Daleasha and her husband, Gene, welcomed baby Silas into their family in December 2008.
Henry, MyronRetired Chaplain Myron Henry had a career of service for nearly 40 years, more than 20 of them as a Navy chaplain — eight of these with the Marines. His second "tour" was 14 years with the Oregon Correctional System in Salem. Myron and his wife, Ruby, a nurse, met at Greenville College. Both earned higher degrees later in life. They have five grown children.
Herndon, BartArmy Chaplain Major Bart Herndon of the Mid-America Conference has moved, along with wife Amy and son Ethan, to Fort Stewart, Ga., where he is serving as the First Brigade Chaplain within the third infantry division.
Holman, TomTom Holman is a full-time chaplain at the Taylor Corrections Facility in northern Fla. He initiated a ministry in which residents can sign a radio out from the prison library. The radio has only one station, but that station is a good one with Christian programming. Besides his pastoral care to staff and residents, Chaplain Tom directs "New Beginnings" Bible studies, some of which are taught by peer facilitators. His wife, Barbara, has a "Bright Days" ministry with Kids, Inc., and serves the needs of children from 6 weeks to 18 months old. She and Tom have three grown sons.
Hoose, MeganHospital Chaplain Megan Hoose was recently ordained in the Genesis Conference and is working toward full endorsement as a Free Methodist chaplain. She has served several years in Rochester, NY, hospitals, earning numerous C.P.E. units.
Hubbs, JohnJohn Hubbs is an AD Army chaplain posted at Ft. Hood, Texas. He is currently preparing to be deployed for 12 months. Chaplain Hubbs, his wife Melody and their three children have served Air Force ministries at Goodfellow AFB in Texas, McConnell AFB in Kansas, Osan AB in South Kora and Brooks AFB in Texas. John is a Meritorious Service Medal recipient, has a heart for ministry, and as you can see from his picture he is very fit for the rigors of duty and ministry in the Army.
Hummer, DanChaplain Dan Hummer of the South Atlantic Conference serves on the staff of Clearwater-Largo Fla. FMC as well as his full-time ministry at the Veteran's Hospital. His initiatives in making the Cancer Support Group and monthly "Celebration of Life" happen are among the ministries resulting in his 2007 outstanding performance aware from the VA rater. Hummer is vice president of the FMCA.
Iske, Richard
Vice PresidentRichard Iske is our Secretary and he is the co-pastor of Clarinda, IA FMC (with his wife Vunita) and the Corrections Chaplain for a facility in Maryville, MO. They are both members of the North Central Conference. Rich can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Jackson, Mary LaverneMary Laverne Jackson has served as full and part-time chaplain for nine years at Providence Hospital in Detroit, a 400-bed Catholic hospital with 24/7 pastoral care. Staff members say, "the light of the Lord shines through Chaplain Mary." Besides ministering to staff and patients, Chaplain Jackson also coordinates the services of 28 volunteers and eucharistic ministers. Soon she will expand her ministry through Metropolitan UMC's outreach service to the inner city.
Kerr, RickyChaplain Ricky Kerr of Fruitland ID is a recent recipient of our FMC-USA C.P.E. scholarship and is currently in a year-long residency at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise ID. Rick has 21 years in pastoral ministries and was influenced in his formative years by Fred Thomas and Bob Crandall. Ricky is married to Debbie and they have three grown children: Julia, Jordan, and Jamie.
Kincaid, BurtonBurton Kincaid is an experienced pastor and a part-time chaplain for the Michigan State Police posts at Owosso, Bad Axe and the State Police School. For several years he served as senior pastor to the Owosso FMC, and his son Mark was the associate pastor, but in more recent times their roles and ministry are reversed. They make a great team, also ministering to Harley and other motorcycle riders. Their joy is leading people to Christ, several of whom have joined their local church.
Lattimer, PaulPaul Lattimer is a full-time institutional chaplain at Park Pointe Village in Rock Hill, S.C. Chaplain Lattimer provides worship services, Bible studies and pastoral care for the Park Pointe Village staff and the 210 senior residents, including 100 independent living dwellings, 20 assisted-living residents and 40 skilled-nursing residents. His wife, Neva, is a resident nurse at the Village.
Leach, Raymond
SecretaryRay Leach is also a Member at Large and Army Chaplain Major Leach serves as the Plans, Policy, Training, and Operations Chaplain at the Fort Bragg NC, Headquarters of the U.S. Army Reserve Command. He is a member of the North Central Conference. His can be contacted at email@example.com
Lefler, JohnChaplain John Lefler has pastored Melody Hill FMC in the Wabash Conference for 17 years. He volunteers as a chaplain for the Evansville Fire Department and as an Indiana State Police Chaplain. With 14 fire stations, Evansville has the second largest department in the state. The Deptartment has repeatedly honored John, and he is a certified firefighter.
Legg, RobertRobert Legg currently resides in Redmond OR, where he is the Lead Pastor of Mountain View Fellowship Church. Robert also serves the Air Force as the Wing Chaplain for the 446 AW, JBLM – McChord Field in the rank of Lt. Colonel. With more than 26 years leadership experience as a pastor and reserve chaplain, Robert has enjoyed being involved in our denomination as a church planter & consultant, motivational speaker in the business environment and public education, and was strategically involved on the Joint Basing Task Force to help facilitate JBLM, WA.
Lehman, HowardHoward Lehman met Jesus at age 17 and has been a Christian and Free Methodist ever since. He was ordained and became endorsed as a Mid-America Conference chaplain in 2005. He is an enthusiastic full-time servant of Christ, part-time chaplain, recruiter and motorcycle rider. He and his wife, Ruth, have two grown sons.
Lowery, Bill, Sr.Retired but active Chaplain Bill Lowery, Sr., has three ministries in the Genesis Conference: Wyoming County Jail, Warsaw Hospital and Pastor of Congregational Care at Valley Chapel FMC in Warsaw, NY.
Lyons, LarryLarry Lyons of Chelsea, MI serves as Manager of Pastoral Care Services at Mercy Memorial Hospital System in Monroe, MI which has 238 beds with an additional 80 bed ECF. Larry received APC Board Certification in January 2012. He has served the S.MI. Conference at both Albion FMC (1994-1998) and Chelsea FMC (1998-2010). He served as Chaplain Resident with Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, OH where he completed 6 units of CPE. He enjoys playing golf with the family and touring on the motorcycle with his wife Dawn.
Mallory, CharlesArmy Chaplain, Charles Mallory, and his wife, Jennifer, are serving on active duty at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. Charles is the Battalion Chaplain for the 201st Military Intelligence Battalion. As a member of the North Central Conference, Charles has a combined joint-service history spanning 28 years of service including the last 7 as an Air Force Chaplain. Charles is currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and will return in September 2013. Charles and Jennifer have three children; Jabin, Tristian, and Jennalyn.
Mann, Ganelle ElaineGanelle Elaine Mann serves as a hospice chaplain for Hospice of St. Francis in Titusville, Florida. She has prepared thoroughly for her chosen field of service with training & service in nursing, theology, and clinical setting ministries. She earned an Associate Degree in Nursing at Valencia Community College (1992), a BA in Organizational Management at Warner Southern College (2001), a M Div (3.619 gpa) from Asbury Seminary (2008), and a year-long C.P.E. residency at Florida Hospital earning four units of CPE (2009).
Williams, MarkCaptain Mark Williams is a chaplain at Fairchild AFB. Prior to joining the Air Force, he served at Cornerstone FMC in St. Petersburg, Fla. Chaplain Williams' high point of ministry in Iraq was leading airmen to Christ and baptizing two on Christmas Day.
Martin, KimKim Martin is ordained in the East Michigan Conference and endorsed as a Civil Air Patrol chaplain. He and his wife Rhonda recently moved to Wichita, Kan., where he has new ministry opportunities with the police and in the medical field. His desire is to see kingdom growth in the Wichita churches and community.
Miller, LucindaLucinda E. Miller is an FMCUSA Hospital Chaplain. Her full time ministries include Associate Pastor at The Bridge FMC Gateway Conf. (2000-2004), Pastor at Desert Crossroads FMC ARZ (2004-2006), Hospice Chaplain at Sunrise Hospice, Mesa AZ (2008-2010), and finally the CPE Hospital Residency. She is married to Lawyer Wesley Miller.
Mogenson, ChrisChaplain Chris Mogenson serves full-time at Broome County Jail. He coordinates the services of two part-time chaplains and 100 volunteers, providing chapels and Bible studies to 150 jail officers and as many as 500 residents. An experienced substance abuse counselor, Chris leads classes in spiritual formation and anger management.
Munoz, DianeDiane Munoz is our Past President and has served on the Executive Committee for six years. Chaplain Munoz is a lead Chaplain with Hospice of the Blue Grass, Lexington KY. She is a member of New South Conference. She can be contacted via firstname.lastname@example.com
Porter, Tim
PresidentTim Porter is our President and he serves as the Wing Chaplain at Mildenhall Air Base in the UK. Air Force Chaplain Lt Col Porter and his wife Pat are members of the Oregon Conference. His contact info is email@example.com
Racster, LarryAlthough Chaplain Col. Larry Racster retired in August 2004 after 32 years in the Army chaplaincy, he continues to minister and serve as the civilian Operations, Mobilization and Deployment Officer for the Army Chief of Chaplains Office in the Pentagon. He supports soldiers in the war zone by ensuring there are sufficient numbers of chaplains for religious support in the austere environments of the global war on terrorism.
Reitz, DebraChaplain Debra Reitz serves at the State Correctional Institution in Muncy, Pa. She directs 11 chaplains, covering all major faith groups at this women's correctional facility which houses 1400 residents. Reitz has created a multidimensional ministry, including programs for growth and accountability, battered women, satellite evangelical training, a library, Bible studies and worship services. Debra and her husband, Tom, have three children and twin grandsons.
Robinson, DeannaDeanna Robinson is an Air Force Chaplain Candidate. She completed Commissioning Officer Training at Maxwell AFB in September. Deanna is passionate about letting the military know that their sacrifice for freedom is shown even more in Christ's sacrifice for us. She is currently in seminary and is a Conference Ministerial Candidate in Southern California.
Schantz, PaulChaplain Paul Schantz serves full-time at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, Ga. Paul leads rotations of worship services, group sessions, classes, and visits 300 residents in life support, rehab, physical therapy, spinal cord trauma and other units. Paul credits God's grace for changing his life. His staff colleagues say Paul is "the best thing since sliced bread."
Shreffler, SamChaplain Sam Shreffler has served in the Keystone and New York conferences as a pastor and church planter. He has been ministering at Heritage Ministries (Gerry, NY) since 1999 as one of two chaplains providing worship services and pastoral care for Senior Citizens (158 independent residents, 68 assisted living residents and 400 residents in 3 rehab and skilled nursing facilities). Prior to his ministry years Sam worked 7½ years as a Chemist (Eastman Kodak) and served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War (1970-73).
Simpson, FletchChaplain Fletch Simpson serves in the North Central Conference. From his post at Horizon Home Care and Hospice in Brown Deer, Wis., Fletch provides spiritual care to hospice families all over southeastern Wis. Before joining the chaplaincy, he served 36 years in Free Methodist camping ministries. Chaplain Fletch praises God for His enabling grace in 36 memorial services in one year. He asks prayer for wisdom in how to present the love and truth of Christ to co-workers.
Smith, JeremyHospice Chaplain Jeremy Smith serves full time at Copper Lake Retirement Services, a FM facility. He grew up in the Yorkshire, N.Y. FMC and served in the Air Force for four years as mechanic. He averages 120 miles per day visiting/ ministering to grieving families and patients. He and his wife, Erin, have two sons.
Smith, LewisPastor/Chaplain Lewis O. Smith, Sr. is an Elder with the Great Plains Conference and, for the past three years, he has served as pastor of the Manhattan First FMC, KS. Pastor Lewis Smith and his wife Kathleen have eight children ranging in age from 37 to 9; plus 13 grandkids. In 1995 he started serving as a Police Chaplain in Abilene KS and he now serves as an "on call" Chaplain for the Riley County Police Department. Lewis sees the chaplaincy as a way to witness and encourage community people that he would not normally meet, and relishes the opportunity to help people in times of crisis and openness to God.
Souza, JimChaplain Jim Souza is an AD Army chaplain serving at Camp Zama in Japan. He is Battalion Chaplain of the 35th CSSB and also pastor of the Sagamihara Family Housing Area Chapel, where there is an effective outreach to the local Japanese community. His wife Keri, and five children: Emily, Derrick, Tori, Ally, and Nathanael are enjoying their immersion into a different culture. Born in Rhode Island, Jim has pastored FM Churches in New York and Pennsylvania.
Spond, KurtArmy Chaplain Kurt Spond of the New South Conference will be deploying soon to Afghanistan. He is assigned at Fort Bragg, and has previously served in Kuwait and Iraq.
Steenhoven, GwendolGwendol L. Steenhoven has extensive medical experience and has served full time for 15 years as an ICU RN. After college, marriage to John, and having three children (Heather, Alden, and Kristen) her family started attending church and got saved while she was serving as the weekend duty RN in the ICU. She is seeking employment as Hospital and/or Hospice Chaplain. In her words: "I provide godly love to those families and patients who are in crisis or shock." Gwen Steenhoven has met all the requirements for being Certified now and fully Endorsement on June 20th as a Free Methodist Church – USA Hospital and Hospice (Palliative Care) Chaplain.
Thompson, DavidChaplain David Thompson has a state-wide ministry in Minn. to deployed soldiers and families. He has created Care Plans that guide churches through assisting wounded warriors. Dave completed a full career as a Navy Chaplain. He has extensive training in trauma/stress and grief recovery and has influenced thousands of soldiers and family members via counseling and coping briefings. Dave and his wife Judy have three grown sons
Toney, VicVic Toney (Ohio Conference) is president of the FMCA. Lt. Col. Toney is the wing chaplain at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Neb. Vic grew up in the Southern Baptist Convention and changed to the Free Methodist Church while at Asbury Theological Seminary. Vic is currently on a deployment to Africa encouraging chaplains and other missionaries.
Vecchiarelli, LindaLinda Vecchiarelli is our Member at Large and Correctional & Community Chaplain Vecchiarelli serves the Denver community in several ministries including Inside/Out: A Community Re-Entry Place. She is a member of The River Conference. Her contact information is firstname.lastname@example.com
Walford, JerriJerri Walford is an institutional chaplain serving part time at the Polk Center, a facility for the developmentally challenged in Polk, Pa. She provides midweek services, visitation and counseling for the staff and residents. Jerri and her husband Frank both pastor in the Keystone Conference and have two daughters.
Winchester, RichardRichard Winchester is an active duty Army chaplain serving at Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Ft. Gordon, Ga. Rick is a chaplain clinician, visiting in surgical recovery and oncology wards, as well as the SMART (Special Mobile Augmentation Response Team). He is also the resource manager for the department of pastoral care for the Southeast Region of Medical Command. He actually enjoys doing early morning PT with a "ruck sack" on his back. Chaplain Winchester praises God for excellent health and the opportunity to serve the kingdom and the country.
Wright, JonChaplain Jon Wright started ministry with the VA in 2002. Last year he was appointed chief of chaplains (four full-time and three part-time) at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center. There are 200-230 patients at the main hospital plus five outpatient clinics. The chaplains meet with every new patient within two days of their arrival.
Chaplain Directory
FM Chaplains Association Executive Team
Our FM Chaplains Association Executive Team (2017-2019):
• Tim Porter, President – Air Force Wing Chaplain Lt Col, Mildenhall AB, UK ORE
• Steve Coates, Past-president - Navy Chaplain CMDR, Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier VA GAT
• Richard Iske, Vice President – Pastor and Corrections Chaplain, Iowa and Missouri NCC
• Raymond Leach, Secretary – Army CH MAJ, Plans, Policy, Trng & Ops @ Army Res. Cmd HQ NCC
• Daleasha Hall, Member – Systems Director of Hospice, Palliative Care for OR, WA, & AK ORE
• James Demaray, Member – Associate Chaplain, St Joseph Hospital Lexington KY NSC


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I am breastfeedingPosted by Everyday Healy on August 2, 2010
Guess what was she doing? Ladies and gentlemen……
Mummy:"What are you doing?"
Liz:" I am the mummy. And, this is my baby. I am breastfeeding now."How about that? Hahahahahaha……
She even try to suck on mummy's nipple every now and then recently. Kind of trying to imagine how she sucked breast milk when she was still a baby. Cute aye? Hahahahahaha……
She loves playing pretends. Moreover, she is quite interested in biology too. Especially human body. I guess if she knew there were first aid classes which taught people all the methods to save a person's life, she will definitely be very excited about it. I can imagine how happy she is, if she get a chance to learn how to use the pulse oximeter, oxygen mask and bandages or antiseptic wipes. 😛
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Did you know?
– Sacha Baron Cohen dressed in character as Aladeen at the Academy Awards. While walking the red carpet, he spilled the contents of an urn that he claimed contained the ashes of deceased North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il on Ryan Seacrest. Cohen was then banned from attending the ceremony and any further events for the evening.
– The 'Arabic' language that Aladeen and Nadal spoke in the scene shot in the helicopter was actually Hebrew.
– Sacha Baron Cohen was born in Hammersmith, London. In addition to Aladeen, he is well known for his other characters Ali G, Brüno, and Borat. Wow Wow Wee Wow! Very Nice!
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Every product has a single feature or idea that, if removed, would ruin the app. This is how to find it, and what to do when you do.
Ask an engineer to list all of the features in a product they work on. The result will be long. Next, ask a non-technical employee the same question. The list will be much shorter. Finally, ask a customer. The customer will give you a list you can count on 1 hand.
This disparity isn't bad. It is a natural result of the different levels of understanding in the platform. But the disparity brings about an important challenge. It can make it hard to focus on the things that directly impact your customer.
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The Many Moods of Al Pacino's Hair
One of cinema's living legends, Al Pacino has played a wide range of roles in his movies that the talented actor pushes to the extremes with his unique characterizations. Pacino is also known for his flamboyant hairstyles, which have changed from film to film — and sometimes they're a little distracting. But one can't deny the power in Pacino's dark poof, which has become his signature, revealing the many moods of his iconic characters. The styles only seem to get wilder with time, too. On his birthday, enjoy this brief survey of Al Pacino's hair in some of his most famous roles.
The Panic in Needle Park
That I-was-gonna-marry-you hair.


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> Wine Accessories > Italian Rooster Pitchers
Charming artisan Italian rooster pitchers are ideal pitchers for serving wine while entertaining. These pitchers are also an ideal housewarming or wedding gift. Also, used as a juice pitcher to use for breakfast or brunch! Offering two sizes. A .75 liter size that can hold one full 750ml bottle of wine and a 1.5 liter that can hold two 750 ml bottles of wine. This Italian Rooster Pitcher is traditionally famous since it symbolizes good fortune. For more information on these rooster pitchers, see "Roosters of Fortune" for the legend of the Rooster Pitcher. Each Italian Rooster pitcher comes with the legend of the Rooster Pitcher written on a small scroll. All of the patterns on these pitchers compliment other Italian pottery products that we offer throughout our website.


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Although he still has holes in his game, Washington's freshman star is quickly developing into an elite Pac-12 player.
With 24 points (plus six assists and four rebounds) in Washington's 91-83 not-so-easy victory over Seattle U. Tuesday night at Alaska Airlines Arena, Husky freshman Tony Wroten hiked his season scoring average to 17.0. That figure not only leads Washington, but ranks second in the Pac-12, trailing only Jared Cunningham of Oregon State (17.6).
Wroten has scored 10 or more points in 14 of Washington's 16 games and 20 or more in six, including 27 against UC Santa Barbara Dec. 16 that tied a UW freshman record held by Andra Griffin (1978), current UW assistant Paul Fortier (1983), Mark Sanford (1995) and Isaiah Thomas (2008).
Wroten's scoring uptick — 20 or more points in six of his past eight contests — coincides with his insertion into the starting lineup three weeks ago (20.2 average since that happened).
As a result of his increased playing time, Wroten is threatening the UW freshman record for points in a season, among other statistical intrigues. Thomas scored 541 in 35 games and averaged 15.5 ppg in 2008-09. Wroten has 272 in 16 contests, making his 17-point average the highest by a freshman in UW history.
Wroten is further threatening to become the first UW player to lead the conference in scoring since Louie Nelson averaged 23.0 under Marv Harshman in 1972-73, and is on the verge of cracking the conference's top-10 list of freshman scorers:
|Scoring Avg.
|Shareef Abdul-Raheem
|Harold Miner
|O.J. Mayo
|Jerryd Bayless
|Ike Diogu
|Arizona St.
|Don MacLean
|Cliff Robinson
|James Harden
|Arizona St.
|Tom Lewis
|Kevin Love
Wroten still has a few holes in his game (going to the hoop is not one of them), particularly at the foul line, where he is a 53.8 percent shooter — especially bad because Wroten has gone to the line 119 times, a whopping 76 more times than any other Husky.
But Wroten has such upside (he is already a Bob Cousy Award nominee) — his seven steals against Colorado Jan. 5 are tied for the second-most in school history (2.0 average ranks T3 in the Pac-12) — and is making such an impact that he also has a chance to become the first Washington player selected first-team all-conference as a freshman.
As to that impact: When Wroten scored 23 vs. Duke, 27 vs. San Jose State and 23 vs. South Dakota State between Dec. 10-18, he became the first UW freshman with three consecutive 20-point games since center Spencer Hawes had four in a row in 2008.
When Wroten averaged 21.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.0 steals and was named Pac-12 Player of the Week two weeks ago, he became the first UW freshman since Hawes in 2006 to earn that accolade.
Since freshmen became eligible for all-conference consideration in 1972-73, only 14 first-year players have landed on the first team, most recently forward Derrick Williams of Arizona for the 2009-10 season.
Over the same span, just two Washington yearlings have received any all-league consideration, none on the first team. Thomas made second All-Pac-10 in 2009, while Hawes was honorable mention in his only season at the school (2006-07).
Finally, since 1970, Washington has produced only four players who averaged 20 or more points per game — George Irvine (20.0) in 1970, Steve Hawes in 1971 (21.8) and 1972 (21.7), Nelson in 1973 (23.0) and Brandon Roy (20.2) in his 2006 first-team All-America season.
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King Estate, a winery with KC roots, named largest biodynamic vineyard in U.S.
King Estate, an Oregon winery with deep connections to Kansas City, is now the largest biodynamic vineyard in the U.S.
"Achieving this certification holds us to the highest possible standard in sustainable agriculture. It is testimony to the commitment of King Estate's people to go beyond organic and do our part to protect the Earth for future generations," King Estate's CEO Ed King said.
In very broad terms, biodynamics is viewed as taking the idea of organic farming, which, among other things, eschews the use of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers, to an even higher level. Biodynamic farming develops self-sustaining ecosystems.
The winery made the announcement last week, stating that biodynamic certification applies to all 1,033 acres of the estate as well as to the winemaking process, the winery and the grapes.
Not long ago, I wrote an article about King and King Estate, exploring their ties to Kansas City. Before moving to Oregon, a young King helped run his father's Kansas City-based company, King Radio.
From the beginning of King Estate, the King family has been active and aggressive proponents of environmental protection and responsibility. For King, the biodynamic certification continues his quest to make King Estate the best it can possibly be.
"People are looking for better. They want better choices. They want to make better decisions about their food and the way they live. I think biodynamics is going to deliver that to people," King said. "The King family, and I think King Estate as a winery, believes in doing the right thing and setting a good example — that it has an impact far beyond our boundaries. It's a message that is important in the world today."
King believes that biodynamics takes things in a different direction and to a different level, turning way from a monoculture and forcing the estate to look at matters holistically, studying the integration of many different components.
King Estate is an incredibly diverse property with wetlands, timberlands, prairie, old growth oak forests, berry patches and fruit tree groves, and of course, vineyards — all of which will now be managed biodynamically.
King Estate winery operations manager Ray Nuclo says, for him, biodynamic farming represents a return to the way farming used to be.
"When you think about agriculture and how it's evolved in the 20th century, it really started to become removed from part of a complex system with many operating parts to more of a monoculture. Biodynamics tends to look at the whole system and not what you can do to manipulate a specific part, but rather, what you can do to promote and support the whole system," Nuclo said.
King says the certification shows that it's possible to implement biodynamics on a large scale. "It's not a question of whether this works or not. We know this works. The question now is keeping it alive and giving people a different path, a way clear of chemical and industrial farming, King stated. "Sometimes great changes come from small examples."
With King Estate now added to the mix, Oregon is home to more than 30 percent of the country's biodynamic vineyards.
Dave Eckert is a partner with Flavor Trade, a Kansas City-based gourmet food incubator and co-packer. Before that, Eckert was the producer and host of "Culinary Travels With Dave Eckert," which aired on PBS and AWE for 12 seasons.


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It wasn't supposed to be this way.
In 2013, the Senate adopted two of the most significant changes to its rules in nearly 40 years. The first significantly reduced the amount of time senators in the minority can delay a confirmation vote before it can move forward. The second effectively reduced the amount of votes required to confirm nearly all presidential nominees from 60 to 51 votes. Senators in the minority now have fewer opportunities to frustrate Senate confirmations than at any point in the Senate's recent history.
At yet judicial confirmations remain at a standstill. Just one judge has been confirmed so far in 2014, and this judge was a holdover from the November 2013 fight that led to Democrats invoking the so-called "nuclear option." Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) began the process necessary to confirm four judges on Wednesday night, but this process will still take days to complete and will only confirm a small fraction of the 32 judicial nominees awaiting votes. Even after the transformative changes last year brought to the Senate's rules, the Senate still isn't working. Routine confirmations are not moving forward.
Franz Kafka's Senate
The key to understanding why is to first understand how the Senate's rules create roadblocks to progress even without requiring a supermajority to get anything done. Although Senate Democrats reduced the number of votes required to confirm a judge last November, they didn't actually eliminate the filibuster. Absent unanimous consent from every single senator, confirming a judicial nominee still requires two votes. First, a majority of the Senate must vote to invoke "cloture" on the nominee — that's the process that used to require 60 votes but now only requires 51. After this cloture vote succeeds, a fairly small number of senators can force hours of delay before an actual confirmation vote can be held. For relatively low-ranking trial judges, there's only two hours of delay between cloture and a final vote. But for the more powerful court of appeals judges, up to 30 hours of time can be wasted before the final confirmation vote takes place. (Moreover, the rule that reduces the confirmation time for trial judges sunsets in January — meaning that even the lowest ranking judges could also require 30 hours to confirm next year).
And that's just two of the hoops Senate Democrats have to jump through in order to confirm a judge. Before a cloture vote can take place, sixteen senators need to sign a "cloture petition," present that petition on the floor, and then wait more than a day for the petition to "ripen." If the Senate is currently debating a piece of legislation, it is not allowed to shift gears to focus on a nomination unless it agrees to shift into something known as "executive session." And, as an aide to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tells ThinkProgress, Republicans started insisting that the full Senate hold a vote every time it switches in and out of executive session.
The punchline is that if the Senate wants to take a break from, say, debating whether to raise the debt ceiling in order to confirm a judge, it must hold at least four votes: 1) A vote to shift into executive session; 2) a voter to invoke "cloture" on the nominee; 3) a vote to actually confirm the nominee; and 4) a vote to shift out of executive session. Meanwhile, many of these votes are punctuated by hours or even days of waiting for petitions to "ripen" or for time to tick down between cloture and a final vote.
If Reid were determined to confirm judges at the expense of all other priorities, this byzantine procedure would not be enough to stop him. But he would do so at the expense of his colleagues' ability to perform many of the basic functions of their jobs.
Most senators actually spend very little time on the Senate floor, where confirmation votes and similar business takes place. The rest of their time is spent speaking with colleagues and sitting on committees. It's spent meeting with constituents and being briefed on policy by staffers. It's spent in caucus meetings and in closed-door meetings with their allies. And, because senators are elected officials, much of it is also spent fundraising or talking to their campaign staff.
Each of these tasks is essential to a senator's job. A lawmaker who is poorly informed will represent their constituents poorly. A lawmaker who neglects important relationships will find themselves impotent. A lawmaker who ignores their constituents or who pays too little attention to their reelection campaign probably won't remain a senator much longer.
For these reasons, every floor vote is a disruptive event. When Reid calls a vote on a bill, or a nomination, or even a motion reconsider whether to proceed to debate, he is telling 99 of the most over-scheduled people in Washington that they need to drop what they are doing and present themselves on the Senate floor. It would be as if your boss ordered everyone in your office to drop what they are doing and report to a central conference room at barely predictable intervals, and then to try to schedule the rest of their days around these disruptions.
A majority leader who doesn't manage this process in a way that allows his or her colleagues to attend to the rest of their job responsibilities probably won't remain majority leader much longer.
The bottom line is, as George Washington University's Sarah Binder put it in an email to ThinkProgress, "it's not that Democrats CAN'T get these nominees confirmed," but rather that it "seems costly in floor/senators time to do so." In order to confirm a judge, Reid must halt all other Senate business for up to 30 hours just to proceed from cloture to confirmation. And he has to do so in a way that still makes it possible for the rest of the senators to do their jobs.
The Senate, in other words, is profoundly broken in a way that could not be solved by one simple rules change — or even by the full package of changes enacted throughout 2013. Much of the Senate's rules are premised on the notion that literally every single member of the Senate will agree to allow basic tasks to be performed. In the era of Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell, that is no longer a viable assumption.


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Citizen is one of the most influential Japanese brands in the watchmaking world, not only this company is among the four main manufacturers in Japan, all models are always original it is at the forefront.
Citizen watches, impose themselves thanks to their competitiveness in the market through competitive rates. The price of watches Citizen does not determine their quality is always excellent, already visible from the aesthetics of their models.
Citizen ny2300 line Citizen Promaster. The unidirectional bezel to 60 shots, the dial, and all its components make it a stylish and sporty watch at the same time.
Citizen ny2300 is definitely a great driver watch for everyone, comfortable to wear, good looking and designed primarily to a male audience.
As mentioned, Citizen will take up much of the technical characteristics of its watches trying to maintain a good quality even at an average price. The Citizen ny2300 comes with a 38mm steel case, the bezel is also made of steel and has a one-way function.
The unidirectional bezel, it is necessary for the proper functioning of a diving watch, because this allows you to better adjust the bezel. In addition, the one-way function allows that the bezel can not go back, but in a case of shocks can move only forward, in this way, the sub is not likely to remain without oxygen during the dive.
The bezel, therefore, is designed very well, this Citizen ny2300, and is set to operate up to 60 minutes. The watch dial is black in color, with white-colored indices is the date and day at 3 o'clock, the date display is in English, but easily readable and adjustable. Excellent visibility in the dark.
The watch glass is mineral, the watch has a good accuracy and is also animated by a mechanical automatic movement (Caliber Citizen-Miyota 8200 with manual winding possible). Finally, to be a driver that can be proud of the name the watch is completely underwater, able to maintain its functionality until well 200 meters below sea level, also thanks to its closed bottom plate screw.
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While cities such as San Diego and Miami have risked falling out of the Super Bowl rotation because of stadium issues, plenty of cold-weather cities are springing up to host other NFL events.
Echoing the request of Chicago's mayor, Steelers president Art Rooney II said he thinks his town could and should host the NFL Draft.
Rooney wasn't going pie-in-the-sky for a Super Bowl bid, but told the team's official website that if scheduling conflicts continued to complicate holding the selection meeting at Radio City Music Hall, he'd love to host.
"Sure, I'd like to see the draft move around (to other cities), and I would love to see it come to Pittsburgh some time," Rooney said. "It's a great event and attracts tremendous fan interest. It would be a fun event for Pittsburgh to host, and I think our city could do a great job with it."
With the event becoming more and more of a television show and less and less of a live-action event, there's no reason not to spread it around geographically, if the league stands firm on keeping the calendar spread as far as it has.


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Of course, that didn't happen.
Shortly after 3:00 PM, hotel staff discovered a fire in a ballroom being used, temporarily, for the storage of new guest-room furniture. The fire spread from the ballroom into the lobby of the hotel and casino and from there, smoke and fire gases spread through the high-rise portion of the building.
By the time search, evacuation, and rescue operations were concluded -- approximately 8:30 PM -- 97 people had died (including 17 hotel employees), and 146 were injured.
As might be expected, there were a "few" problems with the fire safety systems at the hotel:
- There was no automatic sprinkler coverage in the public areas of the hotel. The structure was partially protected by sprinklers, primarily in laundry and storage areas and in the trash chutes. Additional sprinkler heads had been added, but protected only the laundry storage room and maid's closet on each guest floor.
- The building's fire alarm system reportedly did not function. The NFPA investigation [link provided, but report is available to members only] of the fire involved more than 400 interviews -- not one person interviewed reported hearing the fire alarm system.
- There was no fire evacuation plan for the hotel.
- There was no employee policy for reporting fires.
- There was no employee training to complement the (non-existent) fire plan.
Furthermore, according to the timeline provided in the NFPA investigation report, there was a delay of approximately twenty minutes between discovery of the fire and the time it was reported to the Fire Department. The Fire Department responded within five minutes of their initial notification; had notifcation been made immediately upon discovery, the FD would have arrived about the time employees abandoned their attempts at putting out the fire, which was also about the time smoke first started moving into the foyer, lobby, and casino levels.
They would have been there before the fire flashed over, before it spread outside the ballrooms... before the fire had a chance to kill 97 people.
Subsequent investigation indicated the fire was caused by arson: the hotel had been involved in fairly acrimonious negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represented about half the hotel''s employees. Less than ten minutes before the fire, the union members authorized a strike at midnight. Investigators believed the fire may have been intended to cause property damage, but certainly not injuries or deaths. Two hours before the fire, police had received a bomb threat against the hotel.
In February of 1988, a maintenance worker at the hotel admitted setting the fire and was sentenced to 30 years; three other employees were also charged.
Like most other major fires, the DuPont Plaza blaze did result in significant changes to fire codes around the country, including broadened sprinkler requirements, mandatory training for staff, and design and engineering changes to reduce the likelihood of fire. In a November 20, 2005, article in USA Today, reporter Gary Stoller cited a fire at the New York Hilton:
Hundreds of guests were evacuated from the 46-story hotel, Manhattan traffic was tied up for hours and 33 people were treated at the hospital for smoke inhalation. But, most important, no one died.
It's an increasingly common outcome of hotel fires these days.
Partly because automatic sprinklers are dousing or limiting the spread of fires before they become killers, the deadliest hotel fire in the USA since 1997 has been in single digits — six deaths. It was in a hotel without sprinklers.
Many hotel chains finally started retrofitting their properties with sprinklers, regardless of the cost. This had at least one unanticipated benefit: a 1990 federal law prohibits government employees traveling in the USA on business from staying in any hotel taller than three stories that lacks sprinklers. [A list of compliant hotels and motels may be found here.]
Marriott International has long been considered the lodging industry leader in fire sprinkler protection: virtually all properties bearing the Marriott name -- whether company-owned or franchised -- are fully sprinklered. Other well-known lodging chains like Ritz-Carlton, Hilton, Omni, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, Ramada, and Super 8, have varying levels of fully-sprinklered properties.
A sidebar to the USA Today story has this advice for travellers:
Before checking in, Roy Marshall asks if a high-rise hotel has automatic sprinklers. "If they don't, I don't stay there," says Marshall, former Iowa fire marshal and now director of a public interest group promoting fire safety in homes.
Some advice from experts on fire safety in hotels:
- Book a lower-floor room equipped with sprinklers. Many such hotels are listed at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/applications/hotel/ [Link provided in the article was outdated, this is the correct link].For European hotels with sprinklers, check http://www.eurosprinkler.org/.
- Ask the desk clerk what the fire alarm sounds like. Ask for a room with a flashing alarm if you are deaf.
- Locate exits and stairways. Count the number of doors between them and your room. Locate fire alarms.
- If the door knob is hot, keep the door shut and place damp towels into the cracks around it. Open a window and turn on the bathroom vent if smoke enters the room.
- Escape by stairs, not an elevator. If you must escape through smoke, get low.
A few extra pointers:
- Make sure you know where your room key is. I generally place it in my shoes, which I keep right next to the bed (right next to my pants and shirt; I'm not planning on evacuating butt-nekkid).
- Carry a flashlight in your suitcase - it may provide enough light to help you escape.
- Know locations of fire extinguishers.
- Ask the clerk specifically how to call the Fire Department in an emergency (not all hotels have outside phone service for all guests; make sure you can access 9-1-1 or the local emergency number).


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The Greens Super Policy
Tony Negline
There has been much discussion about the Green's super policy released last week.
Before I comment on this I should come clean and admit that there's not a lot that I like about the Greens or their policies. Their sanctimony grates just like the confected working class accent of our Prime Minister.
So what about their recent super policy? It attempts to remove the tax penalties in the super system that apply to lower income earners. This part is hard to disagree with. As I've mentioned before it is unacceptable that lower income earners are forced to save in a vehicle that pays more tax on their investments than they have to pay in their own names.
It seems to have been forgotten that in 2006 the Greens released a research paper on super which argued that it was cheaper for the Government to fund the Age Pension than it was to deliver tax concessions to the super system for lower income earners.
The future of compulsory super is now an open question although you won't quite see the issue put this way. This might shock a lot of you but it's a discussion that needs to be had. "It would be end of the world as we know it," said our good friend Sir Humphrey Appleby.
The problem for the Greens is that they want to deliver higher super tax concessions to lower income earners by offering lower tax concessions to middle and higher income earners. The rationale is that higher income earners will save for retirement regardless of the tax rate on their savings.
Quite frankly this is drivel. Higher costs - and tax is simply a cost - act as a disincentive to do anything. This includes earning higher income. Why earn more income when tax reduces or removes your incentive to work harder? This is not rocket science but it amazes me how few people seem to understand it.
The disincentive for income earners saving for retirement is that they deny themselves access to their money for many decades. If the tax breaks are insufficient then they'll direct their efforts elsewhere.
At present capital gains held for more than twelve months would be taxed at 23.25% plus the Flood Levy. The Greens want to tax super for wealthy people at 31.5%. How many people would bother with super funds during their working lives using this comparison? Even SMSFs might struggle with such a "fabulous" policy.
I have some sympathy with the view, often quietly stated, that the financial services industry has not been very good at selling their product in a competitive market. Perhaps more thought about how and why super as a long term vehicle is a place to start. High fees and appalling investment returns don't help.
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Jon Stewart has been picked to host the Grammy's MusiCares salute, which will be a tribute to Bruce Springsteen.
The Recording Academy made the announcement on Wednesday, adding that Elton John, Neil Young, Mumford & Sons, Sting, Marvis Staples, and Kenny Chesney will help pay tribute to Springsteen.
The MusiCares salute will take place on February 8 and will be a benefit concert in Los Angeles, according to The Denver Post.
It will be held two days before the Grammy Awards. Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, has already helped host the Grammy Awards twice and also hosted the Academy Awards in 2006 and 2008. When he was first picked as host in 2006, CBS News notes that Jon Stewart stated:
"As a performer, I'm truly honored to be hosting the show. Although, as an avid watcher of the Oscars, I can't help but be a little disappointed with the choice. It appears to be another sad attempt to smoke out Billy Crystal."
Springsteen was awarded as MusiCare's Person of the Year. The award is usually given to a performer who has been proven as notable both artistically and philanthropically. The benefit concert's profits will go toward the organization's emergency financial assistance and addiction recovery programs. They are currently working to help fund relief efforts for Superstorm Sandy.
Other recipients of the MusiCares award have been Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett, Barbara Streisand, Billy Joel, and Paul Simon.
Are you excited to see Jon Stewart will host the MusiCares award banquet honoring Bruce Springsteen on February 8?


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This is a gorgeous vintage VENDOME demi parure.
This 'small set' includes the necklace with matching clip style earrings.
The necklace is marked with the original paper hang tag VENDOME,
and I don't believe this set was ever worn.
Both pieces are in a gold tone metal featuring bright green plastic beads.
Individual pieces are unmarked. There is just the hang tag.
SIZE: The necklace measures 17" long with an additional 5" on the center drop portion.
The earrings are 1 1/2" long.
CONDITION: In excellent pre-owned condition, most likely never worn.
The previous owner stored her jewelry in individual boxes and she saved the tags,
and sometimes even the receipts. Her items are in amazing condition!
HISTORY: Vendome Jewelry was made by CORO between 1944 and 1970. CORO the parent company for Vendome ceased US operations in 1979, and Canadian operations in the 1990's. Vendome was their exclusive couturier line.
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Mid-Canada Mod Center (MC2) is pleased to announce extension and additional approval to their established CL604 FANS STC.
Already approved by Transport Canada, MC2 are pleased to be able to include the recent FAA approval, # ST03811NY, as 2016 closed.
About this STC:
This mod and upgrade includes the following key avionics components;
- Universal Avionics UNS-1Lw FMS, 5 inch FMS CDU located in the center pedestal
- Universal Avionics CVR-120R Cockpit Voice Recorder, replacing the existing Fairchild CVR
- Universal Avionics UniLink® UL-801 CMU
- Universal Avionics Solid-State Data Transfer Unit
- Miltope Printer
- True North Avionics TN1007-100 Data Link Unit
The Universal Avionics UniLink UL-801 Communications Management Unit provides superior operations and control of digital communications between the pilot and Air Traffic Controller (ATC) in the exceedingly complex Communication, Navigation, Surveillance (CNS) Air Traffic Management (ATM) environment. Developed in full compliance with DO-178B Level C guidelines, the UniLink UL-800/801 CMU also meets FANS 1/A+ standards.
MC2 also incorporated the True North Avionics TN1007-100 Iridium Data Link Unit as part of this mod. FANS Over Iridium (FOI) is a much less expensive alternative to the use INMARSAT for FANS data link communications. The MC2 system was tested for interference against an existing INMARSAT Swift Broadband system so that there would be no limitation preventing its use during FANS operations.
Bill Arsenault – VP MC2 states – "The Challenger 604 has become a business aviation standard around the world. Adding new capability to an aircraft "fleet" as large as this one brings operational advantages and cost efficiencies that owners will quickly realize. The lead customer aircraft for this STC has been in continuous operation now since the fall of 2015 with proven results to support the choices made." Arsenault also says "Mandates are fast approaching and 2020 is just not that far away – especially when we can conservatively see in the range of 2,000 fixed and rotary wing aircraft in Canada alone that can and will be affected by the pending changes. While the OEMs are doing a good job of supporting their legacy aircraft, those of us considered independent modification providers are able to find alternative, and sometimes more customized solutions with somewhat more flexibility in pricing. We now have several existing STCs to answer the 2020 mandate – and more coming."
Additional Note about this CL604 STC . . .
The MC2 CL604 FANS STC is in essence a stand-alone system designed to interface to, but not be totally reliant on, the existing legacy Collins Proline 4 avionics. The key components include a Universal Avionics Flight Management System with integral SBAS/GPS sensor. The FMS Control Display Unit allows crew input for all data link communications. A Printer is installed to provide "hard copies" of all the data link messages that are received. The CVR-120R system records the Area Microphone, Pilot and copilot audio channels as well as all data link communications. This fully conforms to the worldwide regulations. Additionally, ATC annunciators "advise" the crew of incoming data link requests. There is also an interfaced audible warning voice that alerts the crew to incoming data link messages. Installation of this 604 FANS mod can be fitted into legacy 604 aircraft and does not require the addition of WAAS LPV upgrades. It also does not involve the replacement of existing legacy equipment such as Flight Management System Computers or Control Display Units. Of final note, with this mod there is no need for reverting from a Controller Pilot Data Link Communications FANS flight, back to voice, in the event that one of the legacy FMS' was to fail while enroute.
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