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ST. PAUL — In March 2004, with Massachusetts soon to allow gay couples to wed, Michele Bachmann delivered a dire warning to her fellow Minnesotans: The children of their state were at risk.
"We will have immediate loss of civil liberties for five million Minnesotans," Mrs. Bachmann, then a state senator, told a Christian television network as thousands gathered on the steps of the Capitol to rally for a same-sex marriage ban she proposed. "In our public schools, whether they want to or not, they'll be forced to start teaching that same-sex marriage is equal, that it is normal and that children should try it."
Now that she is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, Mrs. Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, is talking more about federal spending than about gay rights. But her political rise has its roots in her dogged pursuit of an amendment to the State Constitution prohibiting same-sex marriage — "her banner issue," said Scott Dibble, a Democratic state senator who is gay — and her mixing of politics with her evangelical faith.
The "Bachmann marriage wars," as Mr. Dibble calls that legislative debate, offer a case study in the congresswoman's ability to seize an issue and use it to circumvent the party establishment — the same tactic, analysts say, that made her a Tea Party star in Washington and a hot commodity on the campaign trail.
"That's her recipe: find the issue, then use it politically to mobilize previously marginalized or disconnected groups," said Lawrence Jacobs, a political scientist at the University of Minnesota. "For those of us who followed her from the beginning, it's like reading a romance novel with a formula."Continue reading the main story
Mrs. Bachmann's strong stance on homosexuality — she once likened it to "personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement" — and her anti-abortion views have appeal for some Republican primary voters. In Iowa this month, she delighted conservatives by signing a pledge opposing "any redefinition of marriage." (Her fellow Minnesotan and presidential rival, Tim Pawlenty, a former governor, was left explaining why he did not.)
Yet her position has also become a distraction for her campaign, drawing critics and subjecting her family to the kind of scrutiny once reserved for the relatives of nominees. It has exposed a longstanding rift between the congresswoman and her stepsister, who is a lesbian. It has also raised questions about whether her husband, Marcus, who runs two Christian counseling centers, practices "reparative therapy," or gay-to-straight counseling, derided by critics as an effort to "pray away the gay."
For the Bachmanns, the issue is entwined with faith. Until recently, they were members of Salem Lutheran Church in Stillwater, part of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, which holds that "a believing member" cannot "remain a practicing homosexual in defiance of God's word." Friends say they now attend services at another evangelical church, Eagle Brook, closer to their new home in another Stillwater neighborhood.
"They are absolutely not against the gays," said one close friend, JoAnne Hood, who also attends Eagle Brook. "They are just not for marriage."
Same-sex marriage was not much of an issue here when Mrs. Bachmann, who declined to be interviewed, arrived at the Statehouse as a new senator in January 2001. Minnesota had already enacted its own version of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which for legal purposes defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
Then, in November 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Court declared that state's law banning same-sex marriage unconstitutional. Mrs. Bachmann sprang into action.
"She was holding press conferences and saying, 'We can't have that in Minnesota,' " said Don Betzold, a Democrat and a former chairman of the State Senate Judiciary Committee. She vowed to introduce a constitutional amendment and, seemingly overnight, emerged as Public Enemy No. 1 to Minnesota's gay rights advocates, who were alarmed by her word choice and her intensity.
"The threat she represented was very real," said Mr. Dibble, who remembers Mrs. Bachmann "trotting out junk science and debunked claims that being gay is a choice." During visitor tours of the empty Senate chamber, he said, Mrs. Bachmann would bring people in "to pray around my desk."
When Out Front Minnesota, a gay rights group, conducted lobbying days at the Statehouse, Mrs. Bachmann made clear she was opposed to its agenda, which included legal recognition of domestic partnerships and nondiscrimination initiatives. Sometimes she would meet gay constituents with guests of her own, said Monica Meyer, the group's executive director. "She had ex-gay people," Ms. Meyer said, "who would tell her constituents that being gay was wrong and immoral."
Inside the Statehouse, some Republicans were uncomfortable.
Stephen E. Dille, a retired Republican state senator who says Mrs. Bachmann was known more for "giving peppy speeches" than getting legislation through, said the marriage amendment was "awkward" for the caucus because one Republican senator was gay. Others saw the issue as a political loser in a state known for tolerance.
But Christian conservatives embraced it — and Mrs. Bachmann.
"She stood up as a Christian," said Bob Battle, pastor of the Berean Church of God in Christ here. "She made her point of view known, and she gave Christians a voice."
She proved herself an extraordinary organizer. "The social conservative groups were largely isolated; she went to them and made a very hard-edged argument that their deeply felt values were being ignored," Professor Jacobs said.
She worked with the Minnesota Family Council, which opposes abortion and gay rights, to plan a series of "Minnesotans for Marriage" rallies at the Capitol. They organized churches to send buses; Mrs. Bachmann promoted the events on Christian talk shows.
"We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time — every man doing that which is right in his own eyes," she warned the hosts of one radio show, "Prophetic Views Behind the News." She went on: "They aren't interested in being Ward and June Cleaver, that's not what it's about. They want legitimization, and they want to force us to shut up about our opposition to the gay lifestyle."
Her passion proved too much for her stepsister, Helen LaFave, who is openly gay and turned up for a hearing on the bill. "She saw us — you could see the shock on her face," said Linda Cielinski, another stepsister who was there. "I don't think she has any idea how badly she's hurt our side of the family, and I don't think she cares."
But Mrs. Bachmann's brother, Dr. Paul Amble, a psychiatrist in Connecticut, said in a recent interview that his sister was simply doing "what she thought was right," and meant her stepsiblings no harm.
In the end, the Bachmann amendment faltered. The Minnesota House, controlled by Republicans, adopted it. Mr. Pawlenty made brief appearances at two of the marriage rallies — a nod to how Mrs. Bachmann had managed to elevate the issue. Mrs. Bachmann rose through the ranks to briefly become assistant minority leader, a position she later lost in a dispute with the Republican leadership.
But her bill stalled in the Senate, controlled by Democrats. In 2006, in the waning days of the legislative session — her last in St. Paul — she tried to revive it.
"She brought in a whole bunch of people that were going to be at the Capitol around the clock," said Mr. Betzold, the former Judiciary Committee chairman. "Kids were sleeping on marble floors, trying to pressure us to bring the bill up in the closing hours."
Her tenacity earned her a shot at a job in Congress. In 2006, Bachmann loyalists turned out in droves to help her leap over more senior Republicans to grab the party's nomination for the seat she now holds.
In Washington, Mrs. Bachmann has again found herself at odds with the party establishment, this time as head of the House Tea Party Caucus, which she founded. Some Republicans gritted their teeth when Mrs. Bachmann gave her own televised rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union address; the party had picked Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin to give the official response.
Mrs. Bachmann has not been a leader in Washington on same-sex marriage, but has co-sponsored four resolutions opposing it. Here in St. Paul, though, her advocacy seems to have had a lingering effect. A constitutional amendment barring gays from marrying will be on the Minnesota ballot in 2012.Continue reading the main story


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We've received some request for deals on embossing machines, and now I think I might just need to have one myself. 😉 Amazon currently has this very cool Cuttlebug Embosser Machinge V2 on sale for only $51.49 (down from $89.99). I'm pretty much in love with all the awesome things that you can do with these little machines!
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Even though I'm not sure that I would get around to using this for Christmas at this point, I think there are just a ton things that you could make for Valentine's Day or upcoming birthday's as well…and who knows maybe it would even inspire me enough to finish one of the many scrapbooks that have been half-done for an embarrassingly long time. 😉
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Following Apple's big iPhone 5 announcement more people than ever are searching for the official Apple iPhone 5 video on YouTube. Well folks, while the video is available on the Apple website, it hasn't hit Apple's YouTube channel just yet and parody videos are reaping the benefits. We've compiled a list of the top five fake iPhone commercials and parodies that you're likely to stumble across while looking for the real deal. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
New York Smells Good
Happy and Merry to each and all! Hannukah starts tonight, and I think we're about to invest in our first joint menorah. It will NOT, however, look anything like this moose menorah here.
And speaking of holidays, while walking home from a synagogue function last night, Marco and I came upon this truck full of trees. Ok, so from an eco pov, maybe it's not so cool that a forest was virtually imported on a flatbed. But it was amazing to see this truck, and I swear, it smelled soooo good, all the way home.
For those of you celebrating Hannukah tonight, may all your latkes be just the right amount of greasey, and may your candles burn long and bright!
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10/6 at 3:36 p.m. Edward Apon, 46, of Portland, was arrested on Main Street by Officer Paul Chenevert on a charge of theft.
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10/6 at 11:38 p.m. Joseph Leaver, 20, of Portland, was issued a summons by Officer Paul Powers on Bow and Main streets on a charge of a minor possessing liquor.
Joshua A. Tardy, 42, of Newport, was not charged with a crime after being arrested Oct. 2 for allegedly driving erratically on Interstate 295. Tardy failed field sobriety tests, according to police, but a breath test administered at the police station produced a blood-alcohol level within the legal limit.
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10/6 at 1:12 p.m. After several days, residents of the Wardtown and Curtis roads area called police to report a car on the side of the road with out of state plates. Police had the vehicle towed off the road and have not been able to make contact with the owners yet.
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Why Love Should Come From the H.E.A.R.T.
Love is that deep feeling of affection that you feel towards others. Yep, love is a noun, but we forget that love is also a verb. It's something we should do and do well. We should love for no reason at all. We should love wanting nothing in return. We should love because loving is what human beings were created to do.
Giving and receiving love does wonders to our health. Love our increases confidence, extends our life, makes for a happy environment, and love really conquers all. Love conquers all because where there is love there is hope, encouragement, motivation, and that extra oomph to carry on. Loving and being loved is the wonder drug that makes for a joyful journey through life.
It is important to assess the love we're giving and receiving. Love should always come from the H.E.A.R.T.
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Be sure the love you're giving and receiving is healthy. How do you know? Loving in a healthy manner is not dependent on what the other person does or how the other person acts. Healthy love is not controlling, demanding, manipulative or abusive. Loving in a healthy manner means that we respect boundaries, compromise and give without expecting to receive.
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According to F. Gary Cunningham, M.D., chair of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 40 percent of women suffer from constipation at some point during pregnancy. Motility studies in pregnant women demonstrate that intestinal transit times increase progressively in each trimester of pregnancy. This delayed transit produces small, hard, pellet-like stools that tend to accumulate in the lower part of the colon, causing abdominal pain. Severe, localized, constant or persistent abdominal pain should be evaluated by a doctor in order to rule out more serious problems.
As for nonpregnant people, abdominal pain from constipation results from distention of the colon and rectum by trapped gases and stool. Since the nerves that supply the colon enter the spinal cord at the same levels as the nerves that supply the muscles and skin of the abdomen, patients "feel" colon pain as nonspecific abdominal pain.
Patients with abdominal pain caused by constipation typically describe it as mild-to-moderate, diffuse, crampy, episodic pain. In severe cases, constipation can cause pain that seems to radiate to the back. Pregnancy doesn't change the characteristics of constipation pain, so pain that seems different from usual constipation pain should be evaluated by a doctor.
The Mayo Clinic reports that most oral, over-the-counter laxatives are considered safe for pregnant women, although it's also important to read and follow package directions. For pregnant women in need of faster relief from abdominal pain than the six to eight hours required for oral medications, bisacodyl, a generic over-the-counter medication, can safely produce relief in as little as five minutes for patients who take the drug in enema form and 30 to 60 minutes for patients who take the drug as a suppository. If laxatives don't work on the first dose, pregnant women should contact their doctors for advice before taking further action.
Most patients prefer to prevent constipation before it arises. According to the American Dietetic Association, gradually increasing fiber intake in the form of over-the-counter fiber supplements; dietary intake of whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables; or both can help. Soluble fiber binds water, making stools softer, while insoluble fiber adds bulk and speeds transit through the gastrointestinal tract.
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Prosecution paints picture of regime's 'nightmare' rule
A chronological tale of death and devastation spanning the length of the Khmer Rouge regime's nearly four-year reign unfolded yesterday morning as Cambodian Co-Prosecutor Chea Leang delivered her opening statement in Case 002.
"The accused turned Cambodia into a massive slave camp, reducing an entire nation to a system of brutality that defies belief," Chea Leang told the Khmer Rouge tribunal Trial Chamber yesterday. "One in four people did not survive."
Opening statements have begun this week in the second case at the tribunal, which was established for the sole purpose of prosecuting the crimes of the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s.
In the defence docks sat "Brother Number 2" Nuon Chea, former Khmer Rouge Minister for Foreign Affairs Ieng Sary and former Khmer Rouge nominal head of state Khieu Samphan.
Former Khmer Rouge Social Affairs Minister Ieng Thirth is no longer a part of Case 002 proceedings, after the Trial Chamber last week found her unfit to stand trial. Court-appointed experts believe she suffers from dementia, most likely Alzheimer's.
"The nightmare of the [Khmer Rouge] rule began with the evacuation of urban centres on April 17, 1975," Chea Leang said as she commenced a narrative of horror detailing the initial forced movement of the urban population in the early months of the regime.
"Blood streaked the floors" of overwhelmed hospitals as Cambodians were rounded up and forced out of urban areas, Chea Leang said, a sense of fear gripped inhabitants, and later witnesses would recall stepping on the sun-shriveled bodies of the dead that had fallen on the roads out of the city centre during the evacuation march.
It is almost impossible to tell exactly how many Cambodians perished under the Khmer Rouge. Prosecutors today estimated somewhere between 1.7 and 2.2 million. Prime Minister Hun Sen puts the number of those who died at more than 3 million.
The important challenge for the prosecution over the coming months will be proving that the three accused were senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime or those "most responsible" for the atrocities, conditions stipulated by the tribunal's mandate.
Nuon Chea, who sat through all of yesterday's opening statements, has requested he be severed from Case 002, claiming he is unfit to stand trial due to his ill-physical health. A central part of Ieng Sary's defence is that a royal amnesty and pardon he received from the government in 1996 as part of a deal that made the Khmer Rouge illegal, prevents him from being prosecuted for the same crimes again.
Lawyers for both Nuon Chea and Ieng Sary interjected at the beginning of yesterday's proceedings and requested that New Zealand Trial Chamber Judge Silvia Cartwright step down from her judicial position immediately, pending an investigation into alleged secret, ex-parte meetings she had been conducting over the past year with British prosecutor Andrew Cayley and tribunal deputy director of administration Knut Rosandhaug.
Ieng Sary requested that a statement he had drafted regarding the matter be read aloud in court, but Trial Chamber president Nil Non said the chamber would not entertain his request, saying that the court would consider the filings of the defence teams regarding Cartwright in "due course".
Education materials distributed at the opening statements yesterday included a statement from Prime Minister Hun Sen.
"Not a single one of our people have been spared from the ravages brought upon our country," said Hun Sen, who himself was a Khmer Rouge cadre in the east of the Kingdom before defecting to a resistance movement backed by the Vietnamese.
Among those attending the court yesterday to observe the start of the trial were some who had served the regime.
Chhim Porn, a former Banteay Meanchey Khmer Rouge deputy commune chief, said he came to the court yesterday to see the trial against the three accused senior leaders and compare their guilt with his own.
As a deputy commune chief, he personally executed a couple in front of a crowd of hundreds of cheering villagers. The couple had fallen in love with each other, a treacherous act that was sharply punished by Khmer Rouge forced-marriage orchestrators.
"I was a member of the commune, but they appointed me as a killer," Chhim Phan said.
"My guilt is not because of my intention. I received the order for the prosecution of the couple from Ta Ath."
Phy Pheoun, a former messenger for Ieng Sary, denied his former employer's guilt. "I think that Ieng Sary, Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan should not be accused," he said.
"I travelled across the provinces, but I didn't see any people die during the regime.
"I saw that people faced great difficulty from hard work, but I didn't see any killing."
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First WestConnex construction contract awarded
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The NSW and Australian governments are getting on with building world class infrastructure by today announcing the first construction contract for WestConnex, paving the way for major works to get under way from early next year.
NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay and Federal Assistant Infrastructure Minister Jamie Briggs said the first project to get underway was the widening of Sydney's M4.
"We have chosen Rizzani De Eccher Leighton joint venture to design and construct the world class M4 Widening which will widen the M4 between Parramatta and Homebush from three lanes to four lanes each way," Mr Briggs said.
"It brings together one of the best companies from overseas with one of Australia's biggest road builders.
"This is an important milestone in the delivery of WestConnex and means construction can get under way on the 7.5 kilometre project in the New Year, subject to planning approval.
"We are working closely with the NSW Government to fast-track completion of WestConnex which will provide more than $20 billion in economic benefits to New South Wales and create 10,000 jobs.
"The WestConnex motorway will transform Sydney by fixing the M4 and M5 and join them together in a continuous free flowing motorway connecting to Sydney's CBD, Airport and Port," Mr Briggs said.
"The M4 Widening between Church Street and Homebush Bay Drive is quite simply a project which should have been delivered a decade ago," Mr Gay said.
"It will target congestion on one of Sydney's major motorway corridors and cut travel times by up to 74 per cent on this section.
"It means less car time and more time at home with family or doing business and is expected to be completed in 2017.
"The M4 Widening will create about 2,000 jobs in Western Sydney.
"The M4 Widening on its own is not WestConnex but it is a vital part of Stage One which will join to the M4 East tunnel to Haberfield—another project on the books in NSW for so long but never delivered under the former state government.
"Construction on the M4 East tunnel is expected to begin in mid 2016.
"The travel savings on WestConnex include cutting 40 minutes on a typical journey between Parramatta and Sydney Airport bypassing up to 52 sets of traffic lights.
The M4 Widening will feature increased capacity between Parramatta and Homebush as well as ramp upgrades, including new direct access from southbound Homebush Bay Drive to the M4 westbound through a G-ramp, removing the need for a right turn at the traffic lights and eliminating a well-known pinch point.
In addition, a new M4 connection for motorists heading eastbound from Hill Road will be installed, supporting the growth around Sydney Olympic Park.
The NSW Government is providing $1.8 billion worth of funding for WestConnex and the Australian Government $1.5 billion, in addition to concessional loan of up to $2 billion to fast-track Stage 2 of WestConnex from Beverly Hills to St Peters.
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text: Merry Chrissy and the After Christmas Awakenings #RevealWeek: Introducing Silver Bells Ronald Hennessy December 7, 2016 After quite a magical adventure in "Merry Christmas and the Naughty or Nice Truth", 9-year old Chrissy Deigh is completely heartbroken that the most magical day of the year will be 1 year away once again. Christmas Day may be over, but Chrissy's story is just getting started.There are 4 brand new characters in the second installment of Chrissy's Christmas Adventure. Today, I will introduce Silver Bells. You can see my other characters reveals in the blog archive. Must've made a bad first impression. Silver Bells is a worker from the "Wish Fulfillment" (a department that answers letters to Santa and fulfills the wishes of kids 1-92) division of North Pole Incorporated. Compared to the "red" collar Toyland (a department that sets up and delivers toys direct to Santa's sleigh), Silver's white collar line of work involves answering letters...lots and LOTS of letters from kids all over the world. With only a few years of experience under his belt, the young man straight outta of Harvard is enlisted by new C. E. O. Missy "Mistletoe Toel to a brand new and challenging task: To be the chaperone for Chrissy Deigh, the first ambassador of North Pole Incorporated. "Ambassador" or glorified "Babysitter"? Author's Notes One of the first sketches of Silver. Silver is a very laid back, yet worry wart of a character. He is always at odds with both of his bosses; Both the C. E. O. who is somewhat cold and dismissive over his advice and Chrissy who often has her way around with her little antics. An avid video gamer, he is never away from his portable gaming console. Perhaps video games are the only thing that keeps him sane from his demanding job. Despite that, he is a very talented writer and his letter to a very important child will be a major factor in the story. This is a character to watch out for."Merry Chrissy and the After Christmas Awakenings" is a middle grade novel for ages 9 and up. It will be available for purchase December 2016. Go to merrychrissy.com or follow my social media for the latest updates.


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Puzzle: Infinite Hats Problem
February 24, 2014 § 2 Comments
For those of you who are unaware, I have been in Budapest for a little over a month, and I have been quite a bit busier than I expected. I know I have been much worse than I had intended about keeping up with this blog, but I heard a great puzzle the other day, and it is quite exciting. Here it is:
There are infinitely many logicians (one for each integer), and an adversary tells the logicians that he will place a hat on each of their heads. He tells each logician that each hat will either be red or blue. He then tells each logician that, once he has placed a hat on each of their heads, the logicians may see the color of all the hats that are not their own, and then they must attempt to guess their own hat color. The logicians win if only a finite number of them guess incorrectly. Is there a strategy that will allow the logicians to win if the adversary knows their strategy?
Just to make sure the problem is clear, each logician gets a different hat. At no point do they get to see their own hat color nor do they receive any information from any of the other logicians once they have received their hat. All they can see is the color of the hat placed on each other logician's head.
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Camp Atchison, 2 1/2 miles south of Binford, Griggs County, served as a major base and landmark for the 1863 Sibley expedition. A fieldstone monument and aluminum marker identify the site. Only a small portion of the camp is preserved, including a small segment of the original rifle pits. The largest part of the site lies on private land across Highway 1 to the west. The site is accessible year round.
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Amanda Mariel, Barbara Devlin, book covers, book launch, Box Set, Chloe Flowers, cover reveal, Danelle Harmon, high sea adventures, Historical romance, Jennifer Bray-Weber, Kamery Solomon, Katherine Bone, pirates, romance, Romance on the High Seas, swashbuckling encounters
Ahoy, me hearties! I'm happy to announce that The Pirate's Debt is part of the Romance on the High Seas Box Set available for preorder now. Releases May 18th just in time for the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie on May 25th!
Join NY Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Danelle Harmon, USA Today Bestselling Authors Barbara Devlin and Amanda Mariel, Chloe Flowers, Jennifer Bray-Weber, and Kamery Solomon and me as we take you to thrilling epic high seas adventures sure to satisfy your heart.
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Worship: For Heaven's Sake God is a God of order. He requires authority and policing. But every soul in authority–parents and police–are subject to the Higher Power of God. (Read more below.)
Wellness: For Health's Sake Pastor Shelem Flemons, a doctor of biblical wellness, suggests smoothies in the morning, when you may need liquid energy for exercising or in the evening, when you are hungry and need something filling but quick to digest. (Read more below.)
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Appending data to a data File:
A text file once exists; the data can be appended to it. The format is similar as formerly, with the addition of the qualifier -append. For illustration, the following generates a new random matrix and appends it to the file merely generated:
>> mymat = rand(3,3)
mymat =
0.9218 0.4057 0.4103
0.7382 0.9355 0.8936
0.1763 0.9169 0.0579
>> save testfile.dat mymat -ascii -append
The results in the file testfile.dat hold
0.4565 0.8214 0.6154
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Microsoft Office 365 provides a couple of great options for managing user accounts, with the most complete solution leveraging an existing on-premise Active Directory to authenticate in to Office 365 services. IMGROUP have built a multi-data centre hosted Single Sign-On (SSO) solution for Office 365 and Windows Azure, lowering the barrier to entry for this type of deployment and accelerating the deployment.
IMGROUP "ONCE" - http://www.imgrouponline.com/services/once
If we choose the route of using on-premise Active Directory to authenticate the organisation first needs to deploy new roles on to servers. Office 365 offers guaranteed high levels of availability, however this is of no comfort should the single AD FS deployed server fail. With this is mind AD FS and AD FS Proxy should be deployed using N+1, with load balancing configured between the servers for each role.
- 2x AD FS 2.0 Server (x64)
- 2x AD FS 2.0 Proxy Server (x64)
- 1x Directory Synchronisation (DirSync) Server (x64)
These are the server roles required in a single site only, to provide site resilience the server count is doubled and additional network hardware is required to provide Live-Live load balancing between locations.
The specs for an AD FS, AD FS Proxy and DirSync server vary depending on size of deployment. The Microsoft recommended minimum hardware requirements for the roles are below, add to this licencing and maintenance (support, backup, monitoring) costs for all servers.
Dual Quad Core 2.27GHz CPU (8 cores)*
70 GB (DirSync)
*DirSync minimum CPU starts at 1.6 GHz
What we have done at IMGROUP is provide these roles as a geographically load balanced Cloud service requiring just a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection to a client site containing an existing Active Directory server(s).
Authentication traffic is routed to the closest data centre to the client device, access is brokered in the usual way for Office 365 SSO and access is granted to the service. In the (much simplified) diagram below AD FS is geographically load balanced between DC1 and DC2, if DC1 should fail all traffic is routed to DC2 until service is restored.
Using the economies of scale Cloud provide we can get this up and running in a short time frame, with a low impact to the existing IT staff workload.
We initially built the solution to support our own dispersed work force in the UK, India and New York. We had SSO in the UK, but if it was unavailable our workers in other time zones cloud not access services until someone in the UK had resolved the issue. From the start we identified this would fit the needs of other organisations and have built the robust solution to cater for large and small deployments.
You can request more information via our web site, http://www.imgrouponline.com/services/once.
We have submitted the solution to Microsoft Pinpoint, http://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-GB/PartnerDetails.aspx?PartnerId=4295517315.
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Aboriginal NRM in WA
Aboriginal people have nurtured and managed the natural resources of Australia for thousands of years and have strong spiritual, social and cultural connections to the land.
The State NRM Program recognises and values these connections.
This website section aims to provide links to Aboriginal groups and people working in NRM, resources that relate directly to Aboriginal involvement in NRM, stories, news and events.
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The State NRM Program supports projects that utilise Traditional Ecological Knowledge and skills and those that actively engage the Aboriginal community in protecting and conserving the environment whilst providing education, training, employment and business opportunities based around natural resource management.


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The SF K Files is a place for parents who are seeking a school in San Francisco. The site offers up reviews of public, private and charter schools, as well as lots of advice and opinions from the community.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
The Browns' search for school
We live in the southeast part of the city, and I am dead set on attending a school close to home. My husband commutes, and I find that traveling long distances takes a huge toll on our family, and is not something I want to do on a daily basis. While I wouldn't say location is our top priority, it is certainly in the top three. I do not plan on touring any schools further than a 10 minute drive.
A little background: My husband and I both grew up in the Bay Area, and both our families are still here, which is a huge part of what keeps us here. I grew up in the North Bay, and went from kindergarten through sixth grade with pretty much the same 30 people. If I'm not friends with them now on facebook, I could still call any one of them today and have a great conversation. We walked to school together, knew each other's families, and were likely each other's first kisses. I dream of something similar for my kids. My husband bounced around Bay Area schools a lot more, so he doesn't feel as driven as I do to find a forever school for our kids, although I'm sure he'd prefer it.
Further down the road: My professional background includes being a Teach for America teacher, and now running a non-profit that raises money to support public schools in a neighboring suburb. I have seen both the worst (my first year teaching was literally in a janitor's closet. I had to move the bags of trash daily.) to the best (neighborhood schools that are everything I want for my child, but located in a suburb. Could we survive in a suburb?). I am probably going into the school search a little more knowledgeable than your average parent because of my line of work.
Today: While perhaps not a popular opinion, I believe a school is as good as it's parent community. It is the number one factor I am looking for as we begin the search, followed closely by the teachers and principal. Our neighborhood school is one that is considered in transition, and I am keeping tabs on what is happening there this year. The only caveat to that is that we rent, so while it is our neighborhood school now, I am not sure it will be for the next eight years. We are open to Spanish immersion, but not set on it. There are also some rumblings of moving closer to my husband's work, but so far those are just rumblings. If we were going to do that, this would be the year. But we tried the suburbs pre-children, and really didn't enjoy it. Perhaps it would be different now with kids, but it's such a huge risk. For the most part, we love the city. We are likely going to tour one private school, but even on the off chance that we got in, we would never be able to afford it unless it was almost entirely covered by financial aid. We are decidedly middle-class, falling right between making too much to qualify for financial aid, but not enough to even consider sending two kids to private school. So while we will tour the one that is close and I believe has the same values we do, I would be beyond shocked if that's where we ended up. I think I will also have my husband look at at least one school on the Peninsula, just for comparison purposes.
Any questions?
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- AnonymousSeptember 9, 2010 at 1:54 PM
Thanks so much I'm really looking forward to your posts!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Move. Mortgage interest rates are low. Public school options in your area are lower.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 10:22 AM
Don't move. You would hate the suburbs--you know that. There are plenty of good public school options and you are networked enough to figure out how to get one.ReplyDelete
Are you in a CTIP1 area? Will you be trying for a citywide school?
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 3:40 PM
you have a lot of work ahead of you but in the end it'll be worth itReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 6:33 PM
I don't mean to be offensive. But who would Ms. Brown expect to cover her child's education from financial aid? I'm not aware of any government funding to cover private kindergarten/elementary education. Wouldn't she think it's absolutely unfair to expect affluent parents at private school to contribute to her child's education via substantial donations to the school? (Since that appears to be the only way through which private schools can provide financial aids to qualified students.)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 7:15 PM
Um, 6:33, that's offensive. Plenty of extremely worthy kids are not born to wealthy parents. I went to private school on financial aid and it was the attitudes of parents like you (and their kids) that still make me question whether private is a good choice. The education was great. The attitude sucked.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Even if you moved to Novato, you might not get your neighborhood school.ReplyDelete
If you stay in San Francisco, the school district is relying on you and other like minded parents to heavily invest in your local school in transition. What have other parents done? To a large extent, language immersion. And to a large extent, that means resegregation, even if the school as a whole is diverse. It's all in the details.
10:22: We are not in a CTIP1 area, as far as I know (how do I know for sure?). We will be trying for some citywide schools, I'm sure.ReplyDelete
6:33: What else are scholarships for, if not to help those who don't make enough to attend? And plenty of the money that is raised for scholarship funds is not from other parents. It is from businesses, foundations, grants, etc.
- AnonymousSeptember 10, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Good Luck!ReplyDelete
Just a little warning, we were considering moving to the peninsula last year and so glad we did not. After scoping out the rentals and the neighborhood schools, I double checked and called the school district to confirm our potential neighborhood school. I was shocked to find out that there is no guarantee to be placed in your neighborhood school. The schools are impacted just as they are here in the city.
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2010 at 12:33 AM
Becca, you can check your CTIP status at www.sfusd.edu/enroll. There are maps that click down to street level. It's basically the Fillmore, Inner Mission, BVHP, Sunnydale, but there are some funny corners here and there due to the use of census tract boundaries.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2010 at 12:33 AM
On the topic of financial aid, don't assume that you make too much to qualify. Check it out first to be sure. Families making as much as $150K (or sometimes more) with two kids in private schools typically do qualify for at least partial aid at the more generous SF privates (getting in can often be more challenging than paying for it). The amount of aid depends on how much you earn but also on your assets (house, savings, etc.). But if you make more than $150K, you're probably a little bit more than "middle class".ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2010 at 6:34 AM
Rent or buy in a new development in a CTIP 1 area. Have a new valid address before registering with the school district.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 11, 2010 at 7:15 PM
But if you make more than $150K, you're probably a little bit more than "middle class".ReplyDelete
Technically speaking, twice the median income in SF and in the top 10%. FWIW
- AnonymousSeptember 13, 2010 at 12:14 PM
I am very interested to know how good Peninsula schools are compare to average SF schools. Please let us know your tour experience.ReplyDelete
Most kids in my daughter's preschool went to their choice of public schools in sf, only 1 had to go to private.
Good luck to everyone who is looking this year.


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Alice L. Debner
Alice L. Debner, age 76, of rural Plato, passed away Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001.
Alice Luanna Debner was born the daughter of Reinhold and Paulina (Tonn) Mathews Aug. 12, 1924, in Helen Township of McLeod County.
She was baptized Sept. 7, 1924, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Glencoe, by the Rev. E. Kolbe. Alice was later confirmed at the same church April 10, 1938, by the Rev. A. Streufert. She attended the First Lutheran Parochial School.
Alice was united in marriage with Lawrence Debner at First Lutheran Church June 17, 1945, by the Rev. A. Struefert. The couple made their home on a farm east of Plato, where they were engaged in farming.
Alice suffered the death of her husband Sept. 1, 1965, but continued to run the farm with her children and the help of Alvin Wegner.
She was a member of the Farm Bureau and the McLeod County Republican Women's Committee.
Her church membership was at First Lutheran and Frieden's County Line Church of rural Norwood Young America. Alice also attended services at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie.
Alice enjoyed cooking, flowers, gardening, and traveling, which included trips to Hawaii, Jamaica, Mexico, and Russia.
For the past three years, Alice has been a resident of St. Mary's Care Center, Winsted. It was there that she entered her eternal rest at the age of 76 years, 11 months, and 22 days.
Alice is preceded in death by her parents; husband; grandsons, Jonathan and Samuel Debner; and four brothers, Orville, Marvin, Earl, and Eldor Mathews.
She is survived by her sons, Allan (Susan) Debner of Winsted, and Dale (Kathy) Debner of Woodstock, Ga.; grandchildren, Christina Debner, Abigail Debner, Anne Debner, Bethany Debner, Alyssa Debner; sister, Lorna Ehrke of Plato; brothers, Raymond (Willie) Mathews of Sedilia, Mo., Norman (Dorie) Mathews of Glencoe, Hillard Mathews of Lester Prairie, Erwin (Ruth) Mathews of Glencoe; sisters-in-law of Anna Mathews of Glencoe and Myrtle Mathews of Glencoe; speical friend, Alvin Wegner of Plato; as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Alice Debner were conducted Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2001, 2 p.m., at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Lester Prairie. Officiating was the Rev. Grant Bode.
Prelude music was provided by Alice's oldest granddaughter, Bethany Debner on the piano. The organist was Jane Holasek.
The congregational hymns were "My Faith Looks Up To Thee," "Jesus, Lead Thou On," "Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus," and "I'm But a Stranger Here."
Arnold Mathews, Merlin Mathews, Donald Mathews, Rodney Mathews, Duane Mathews, and John Dettmenn served as casketbearers.
Interment was in the St. Paul's Cemetery in Plato.
Visitation was Monday evening, Aug.6, at the Paul-McBride Funeral Chapel, Lester Prairie.
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The eDab HELOS is finally here, and we've been fortunate enough to get our hands on not only the base unit, but the entire deluxe kit as well! So grab a snack, get settled in, and let's see what this much anticipated vape pen really is working with!
Let's first touch on the Pen itself. The "piece de resistance" of the kit. The name HELOS is actually derived from the cartridge of the pen which bears the same name. Sounds cool doesn't it? That's because it is. Sporting a heavy-duty borosilicate glass dome to hold the vapor from your favorite concentrate, the principle element of the HELOS, is the eNail, which is a ceramic coil with a generously sized "dish" to hold ample material to cut down your reloads.
The coil itself is replaceable, which is a crucial factor in keeping costs down and saving you the hassle and expense of replacing the entire cartridge once the atomizer inevitably burns out. The mouthpiece is easily removable, as is the screen that lies just underneath, and with a quick snap, you're hooked into your battery, and ready to rock.
Speaking of batteries, the eDab really shines in this department. The "Spin" variable voltage 650 mAh rechargeable 510 thread battery holds true to its name, as it offers a spinning aspect which allows you to expend minimal effort as you toggle between your voltage output settings. 3.2 will give you a lesser, thinner vapor, while the maximum 4.8 will give you a very thick and hearty amount of mist to enjoy. There are a few "smart" features built-in to the Spin that bear mentioning and the first one is an accidental discharge protection mechanism. Now this is very important for two reasons.
One, the last thing you want is your pen activating in your pocket and possibly injuring you or burning your clothing. Secondly, you're depleting your charge which may leave you high and dry when the time comes for a remote session on your travels. This will defeat the very purpose of having a small, self-contained portable vape to carry with you and use on the go. Not acceptable. And thanks to the minds over at eDab, it doesn't have to be either.
The second feature is called overcharge protection, and it keeps your battery safe from burn out should you leave it charging and say, fall asleep or forget about it. This small slip-up has cost a great many people their pen, and fortunately, you won't have to give it a second thought. There is also an overheat protection kill switch as well, that activates after ten seconds and stops the heating element temporarily, to keep it in a safe range. Brilliant!
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By Kaitlin Nelson '13 | College of Liberal Arts
December 5, 2014
Norwich University was founded on the educational philosophies of Capt. Alden Partridge, who was a strong proponent of experiential learning. Nearly two centuries later, Norwich students are still "learning by doing," as demonstrated by the creation of the US Grand Strategy Conference this fall.
Sponsored by the Norwich University Center for Studies in War and Peace, the inaugural conference was born out of a yearlong independent research project led by Preston Huntington '14 and William Cuervo '14 on the basis and future of US Grand Strategy. Once started, the project took on a life of its own, as the two researchers soon found out. "When Will and I first began the research for our Independent Study," Huntington said, "I don't believe either of us really expected it to amount to what it eventually became as our senior year went on." The project became fully immersive, allowing Cuervo and Huntington to engage in high level analysis as well as speak to experts in the field, including personnel from the Department of Defense, the various military branches, and the service academies.
Inspired by their research, the US Grand Strategy Conference was conceived, and a group of students in Professor Sarwar Kashmeri's independent study class were tasked with helping bring this dream into fruition. Many highly specialized delegates were invited to attend, allowing Norwich students the opportunity to learn from the people who hold positions that many Norwich students would like to have in the future; it also allowed the students to gain experience in operating in professional environments.
Several of the invited delegates were professors from other military schools, including the US Military Academy, US Air Force Academy, US Army War College and US Naval War College. Military College professors were not the only academic representative present: there were also representatives from the University of Nebraska, Wayne State College, and Drew University. In addition to the scholars invited, there were representatives from the US Army, National Defense Industrial Association, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and several authors and columnists. Regardless of their diverse career choices, they all shared a common interest: Grand Strategy studies in the US. This group engaged in very intense debate on issues concerning US Political Influence and Military Power, as well as US Foreign Policy Priorities. A conference note was developed and publicized on the topics. The participants universally praised the event and Norwich, with the only criticism being that the timeframe (1½ days) was too short!
Reflecting on the conference, one of Prof. Kashmeri's students, 2LT Julio Ceasar Basso '16, USAR, said, "The Center for Studies in War and Peace here at Norwich University was able to bring in some brilliant minds, each with their own expertise. There was no delay in regard to conducting the dialogue, and there were plenty of opportunities to reflect on this dialogue to provide a consensus of thought regardless of background or ideological differences." Another of Prof. Kashmeri's students, Matthew McKenzie '16, agreed. "I felt that overall the conference was a success. The delegates were extremely well qualified, and the diversity of [their] backgrounds allowed for insight into a multitude of areas."
One of the invited delegates-William Goodman, the Vice President for Policy at the National Defense Industrial Association-gushed about the conference's attendees and topic choice. "The conference was everything a practitioner could hope for-theoretical enough to step away from the day-to-day concerns of official Washington, but also practical enough to have real meaning for the problems I face every day pertaining to defense budgets and military capabilities." He added, "Although it is difficult to address a concept like grand strategy and make it fresh, that was exactly what the delegates managed to do, and I was grateful to learn from them and their insights."
Another invited delegate, Wolfe Schmidt, an International Affairs Consultant and Foreign Policy Association Board Member, struggled with the time constraint, but found the US Grand Strategy Conference to be an enlightening experience overall. Schmidt said, "The agenda was almost too ambitious for the weighty subject; however, the questionnaire was useful in guiding the discourse and the way the plenary sessions were moderated was very productive as well."
To learn more about the conference, visit the Norwich University US Grand Strategy Conference web site.


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Check out some of the pictures on Facebook here. On the last day of school before Winter Break, we had lots of good reflections that we will use to write letters to the Food Bank when we return. The students will write what they have learned about food insecurity and working a restaurant, as well as how much we are going to donate because of our efforts. It's looking like a donation of close to $300 from this one event! Here's the menu from the first Happy Eating Place Restaurant: HEP dinner program 20131219 FINAL_blog
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Hello Everyone,
What is a sustainable farm?
Tara Firma Farms is a local, organic farm. Here are some things that you should know about Tara Firma Farms. First, Tara Firma Farms raises animals sustainably. This means that the animals are raised with no drugs and no stress. We went there and we saw that the pigs have plenty of space.
Also, a sustainable farm takes care of the land. How, you ask? On the pasture land, they rotate the animals so that the soil doesn't get depleted. First the cows, then the pigs, then the chickens to make very fresh and healthy soil for the coming years.
Bake Sale Updates
On November 22, we raised $68! The Pigs-In-a-Blanket were a real hit, especially the vegetarian option that included a carrot ball wrapped in a biscuit! We sold 7 of the 8 batches that we made. Remember, all profits will go to the Alameda County Community Food Bank to help hungry people in our community! Hope you enjoyed it!
On December 6, we sold banana bread, from Azal's recipe. We made 50$ net profit. That's $50 for the Alameda Food Bank, which has the spending power of $200 for the food bank!
The 2013 4/5 Legacy
Dear Fabulous 4/5s,
What a wonderful year it has been, thanks to your spirit of kindness, energy, and generosity. We really have much to celebrate. What I would like to share today is how proud I am of the work you did this year on behalf of others. Specifically, your work on helping hungry people in Alameda County.
There is something about giving to others, helping others, that brings out the best in ourselves. We started our catering business with the idea that we would be creating a legacy project. Something that would continue long after this group of 4/5's has finished their education here at the Children's School and moved on to other schools. In part, there was the recognition that experiencing the outdoor classroom by way of field trips and service learning endeavors was a deeply meaningful way of learning. This group understood that these experiences are valuable and can be expensive. They chose to raise money so that future 4/5 classes could continue and expand the incredible learning opportunities that these opportunities offer.
But that was only part of the group's effort. They also wanted to give something to help others outside of the school community. We researched different local organizations. Then we came across a documentary about hunger in America called A Place at the Table. We learned a lot about food insecurity within our country and found out that it exists in almost every community, including Oakland. The class decided to learn more.
We had already learned the importance of healthy eating earlier in the school year when we studied the human body, then had a unit on nutrition. During these units, we worked with a campus-based group of graduate students interested in teaching about growing food and healthy eating called Camp Kitchen Harvest. They helped us plant our garden and taught us about how to prepare healthy foods for low costs. They explained that a lot of the work they do with kids involves kids in low-income families. Every class included making a healthy snack.
We also have enjoyed many cooking lessons this year with our Cultures teacher, Ms Mindy. We love cooking! Starting a business serving healthy snacks seemed natural for us. We had the great fortune of having Dave Siopack, an expert in finance, as our guide. He taught us about how to start a business, how to budget, and how to make a business plan. Later, he helped us make our own mission statement.
The Happy Eating Place has been a wonderful vehicle for learning. From math to ethical foods, we have come a long way in our understanding of the importance of eating healthy foods. We are proud of the volunteer work we did at the Alameda Community Food Bank. We are also proud to have raised over $300 to donate to the food bank. We are also proud of the garden we helped expand this year. Our gift to the school is the colorful hoop nets that will protect the plants from birds and other small creatures. These legacy projects will continue through future years as we hope to expand the work and learning with the Happy Eating Place. Thank you Fabulous 4/5's!
What will our $300 donation mean? Because the food bank can buy in bulk, each dollar has the buying power of nearly $4.00. So we went shopping on the Alameda County Community Food Bank's Virtual Shopping Drive. Here are some of the ways our money could be spent:
- 1 case of 24 8 oz cartons of milk, 2 300 lb cases of produce, 90 loaves of bread, and 20 family meals
- 1 case of 24 8 oz cartons of milk, 1 case of beans, 300 lb of produce, 90 loaves of bread, 1 case of corn, 1 case of soup
- 3000 lbs of produce
- 124 cans of tuna fish, 90 loaves of bread
–Anne Malamud, June 16, 2013
Welcome to the Happy Eating Place Restaurant Blog!
Thursday, December 19, 5-7 pm
On Dec.19, 2013, we will be opening the Happy Eating Place Restaurant! The hours will be 5-7 pm in the Elementary School hallway. We will be serving *Old World & **New World foods (there will be non-dairy foods available).
What is it?
The 4/5 classroom's Happy Eating Place is planning its first restaurant venture: a full four-course menu with two options per course. In Social Studies, we learned about the First People, Native Americans, and how they lived before the coming of the Europeans. Our current unit of study focuses on the European explorers of North and South America, their impact on the people and our history. One outcome of the European encounters with the New World was an exchange of biological organisms from pigs to turkeys, viruses to tomatoes. We learned about how, inadvertently, Europeans bringing domestic animals to the new World caused epidemics of fatal diseases to devastate the native populations throughout the Americas. We also learned that corn, chocolate, tomatoes and many other important plants were originally cultivated by New World native peoples. While the Europeans gained important crops such as corn and potatoes, they also brought important food sources to the New World, including sheep, wheat, oats, honey bees, and even earth worms, which are not eaten but are important for healthy soils!
For our first HEP restaurant venture, we will highlight what is known as the Columbus Exchange: Old World/New World foods. Each dish will feature ingredients traced to either the Americas or the Old World. Students will research each dish and write about the origins of the key ingredients. These mini reports will illustrate our menu. Collaborating with Ann Prentiss, master gardener at Mills, the class will make booklets about the Columbus Exchange that map the origins and travels of key foods. Each student will have a map that shows the history of many important foods from the Old and New World!


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Frank Public Art
Frank is taking a stand against cancer working with Alpheus Media on an exciting new campaign with MD Anderson to draw the line through cancer. We capturured the first execution of it on Saturday, January 18th when over 100 Central Texans drew a physical line through cancer in a public art installation.
On the side of Frank's public art wall in downtown Austin, a giant word "Cancer" was painted on the wall in black. People signed up to strike through its center with a 30-foot red line, visually symbolizing the need to eradicate this disease. Frank provided red paint, brushes and sharpies. Everyone got the opportunity to stick it to cancer by helping draw the line through cancer or writing a tribute on the wall to a loved one.


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