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In 3 weeks I begin a journey with a group of talented, dedicated people to make Carver. I still feel like there is so much to be done before June 18th but my dad assures me we are on track, even ahead of schedule. With that being said, I will take a deep breath and introduce our next cast member, Reggie Johnson in the role of Sheriff Bruce Riffle.
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text: Quebec's rising nationalism and Alberta's increasing animosity to federal intervention in provincial matters complicated the situation. Alberta Premier Ernest Manning and his Minister of Health, Dr. J. Donovan Ross, both firmly believed that health was a provincial responsibility and that their means-tested subsidies would enable less affluent Albertans to pay for coverage under profession-sponsored plans. This scheme, dubbed "Manningcare," was criticized by Albertans who saw the benefits of Saskatchewan's approach. (See http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/9021.43.1/9.html.)


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Inscribed on reverse: '[In]terior of a Musjid, Ahmedabad'
Artist: Carpenter, William (1818-1899)
Medium: Watercolour
Date: 1853
Water-colour painting of figures inside a mosque at Ahmadabad, Gujarat by William Carpenter (1818-1899) between 1850 and 1856. Inscribed on the reverse is: [In]'terior of a Musjid, Ahmedabad'.
Situated on the banks of the Sabarmati River, Ahmadabad was founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah of Gujarat in 1411 when he expanded the village of Asaval. As the new capital of an independent sultanate, an expansive building programme was carried out, including the construction of local and congregational mosques, a palace area and square, processional thoroughfares and gateways, and a central commercial zone. The architecture of Ahmadabad, including the style of mosques, is much influenced by local temple construction techniques and decoration. The mosques served not only as places of prayer, but additionally as venues for teaching, legal ceremonies, meetings and discussions, and on occasion as dormitories.


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Updated: 10/26/2016
Leadership Skills That Make Creative People Thrive
Published on July 8, 2015 by Ian Callum
Director of Design at Jaguar
In this series, professionals explain how to lead in times of turmoil or growth. Read the posts, then write your own (use #HowILead in the body of your post).
I use these tips to encourage creative people to achieve their full potential. But they
aren't specific to creative industries. They'll prevail in any discipline and help improve
the creativity of your team.
1. Have a vision
If you don't have a vision, you're not a leader – you're an administrator. Martin Luther King said: "I have a dream." He didn't say: "I have a pie chart." Have a vision and communicate it clearly. The more fascinating and compelling the story you tell, the more people will follow.
2. Work out why you're leading
3. Choose the best people possible
4. Allow time for creativity
5. Manage conflicts intelligently
6. Protect your team
7. Be committed
8. Make time to chat
9. Remember you're always on duty
10. Encourage people to think for themselves
11. Develop talent and ambition
12. Be positive
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Meet Daniel the spaniel ... and Dan The Man.
The lovable Cavalier King Charles spaniel has been named after Daniel Belton, a senior West Sussex library assistant.
The honour was bestowed by a five-year-old boy from Steyning who was so inspired by the llibrarian's story-time sessions that he decided to give his precious pet the same name.
And Daniel the spaniel was even allowed special VIP access into Lancing library to meet the original Dan up close and personal.
Dan, who has worked in libraries across West Sussex for almost 22 years, said: "The dog belongs to a member of staff who works at Steyning Library, but who often comes into Lancing.
"Her sons, Michael and William, had joined us for a story-time session. We did 'Aliens and Robots,' with the children designing their own robots. We always try to get into it too, so I was 'wearing' a very large brain on my head!
"I think Michael, especially, must have enjoyed it and it was fresh in his mind."
Michael's mum, Christina, said: "My children go to a lot of children's activities in all our local libraries and my youngest really likes the ones Dan does.
"My husband and I were thinking about getting the boys a puppy. We asked them if we got a boy puppy what would they call it. Michael said 'Dan' and when I asked him why he said 'Dan is funny and kind'.
"So I asked who Dan was, thinking he'd say a boy at school, but he said 'Man at library'."
Dan wasn't expecting such a compliment, but admits it's wonderful to be able make a positive impact on the children who attend the various activities run by the library.
"We all take turns leading story-time and when you first start it's a bit daunting but actually, it's the best part of the job," he said.
"Once Dan the dog was three weeks old, they brought him in. We don't usually let dogs in the library but he was allowed in especially for a photo opportunity.
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I have a significant problem: I like to shop. The irony, however, is that I rarely buy anything when I do actually shop. I have been
cursed gifted with a very creative eye, and I can usually walk through an outlet mall (such as yesterday) without a bag in hand simply because nothing catches my eye. Imagine going to Olivander's and never being able to pick out a wand (though I'm sure he has a backup plan for that). I think my problem is shared with many others, but it makes me reflect on this idea of fashion.
Fashion is Female-Centered
Please, feminists, start an outcry. I am well aware that I am voicing my outrage that fashion is typically matriarchal, but I only do so because I am a minority. Since the earlier part of the twentieth-century, shopping malls were designed, truthfully, with clients in mind: women. Our culture has changed dramatically since then, and this patriarchal ideology is finally beginning to wane, but why have shopping malls failed to keep up?
- Macho-Culture: I don't know if this phrase is actually a thing, but I sincerely want it to become a thing. Seriously. Macho culture, to me, is defined as a part of a culture whose intent is to eradicate feminine behavior and lifestyle from men and to further create segregation and a fine line between the masculine and feminine. Often times, macho-culture is against homosexuality because, in spirit, homosexually eradicates the line between the masculine and the feminine, which is opposite. Furthermore, macho-culture identifies things often considered feminine (i.e. shopping, cooking, fashion, child care, etc.) to be against the stigma of masculinity.
- What Options Do We Have: Perhaps because of macho-culture or because the industry hasn't evolved yet, really why is there a need for more when it comes to men's fashion? I think of the options I have to an interview: 1) suit and (bow)tie; 2) shirt and tie; 3) don't show up. I would attempt to write all the options women have, but that would probably make this post a lot longer than it is already becoming. What I'm trying to say is that interview/job culture has defined what is acceptable when interviewing, but men are often left with very little options as compared to their counterpart.
- Me Talk Pretty One Day: Regardless of macho-culture or not, men are often stereotyped as not caring and, to be perfectly honest, this sometimes is true. I have seen too many men who just wake up, put on whatever clothes on, and go. Naturally, the smell test is utilized, but this stereotype, while true for a wide majority of the male population, is not always the case for the few (and proud).
I can do search after search on the internet, and there are more posts every day about the general care and hygiene of the male figure, but often there are topics just simply not talked about because of this macho-culture I just talked about. With the dawn of the twenty-first century, manscaping not strictly a "gay" thing (nor has it ever been), but it has been seen like this through the gaze of the discriminatory culture we are finally beginning to get out of.
So what can be done?
Honestly, the culture needs to change. First and foremost, the line between the masculine and the feminine needs to be torn down and never built up again. I am so proud of my transgender family members (you all are family, I don't actually have a transgender family member) because they literally take the norm, crush it under his/her foot, and walk over it like it's nobody's business. I am, and always have been, obsessed with my looks. I think about my appearance: clothes, hair, eyebrows, face, skin, eyes, etc., and I can't help but feel relatively alone in my routine. Yet; I know there are many out there that are, but you will see conditionally a macho-culture response using the slurs of queer, fagget, and the like.
So, in order to create a homogenous ecosystem, we must first remove the classification systems in stores. I'm talking about that BOY section and GIRL section. Eliminate it. Destroy it. Yes; we can keep the same boundaries, but if I really like a woman's scarf, I have every right to take it. If I know a woman's shirt fits me better, you bet your bottom dollar I will take it (I haven't, but if it happened I would). I recall coming home with a scarf from this really great store, and my mom's first response was "is that a boy's scarf?" Why does it matter if it is or not? If we are to create a safe and homogenous system in fashion, this classification ought to be eliminated. This is especially true if young boys and girls are curious about their identity – it will remove the social awkwardness of the experience.
Furthermore, specialty stores are lame. I hate walking into a cosmetics section (looking for the infamous 'mens section') because the place is overly potent with matriarchal signals and symbols (woman portraits, all female employees, etc.). I understand that the intention to claim the stronger market is there, but don't alienate and ostracize a minority simply because of the macho-culture we live in. If I want to wear makeup, I should feel comfortable going to a sales person (likely female – sigh) and asking; but culture doesn't afford me this luxury. If I want to get a pair of shoes (which is near impossible), it would be really great to walk into any shoe store and find an equal amount of both shoe styles; again this doesn't happen. In the world of Harry Potter, you didn't see a BOYS and GIRLS section in Olivander's (though, the fact that Ron Weasley got made fun of because his dress-looking dress robe is upsetting). This unification is exactly what we need in our fashion culture.


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East Sussex, 1914. It is the end of England's brief Edwardian summer, and everyone agrees that the weather has never been so beautiful. Hugh Grange, down from his medical studies, is visiting his Aunt Agatha, who lives with her husband in the small, idyllic coastal town of Rye. Agatha's husband works in the Foreign Office, and she is certain he will ensure that the recent saber rattling over the Balkans won't come to anything. And Agatha has more immediate concerns; she has just risked her carefully built reputation by pushing for the appointment of a woman to replace the Latin master.Read & Download The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson pdf, Epub, Kindle.
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Yesterday, during his presentation at the symposium held at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, D.C., Minister of Defence Margus Tshakna stated that the European Union has taken specific steps over a short period of time in the field of defence cooperation which, among other things, also supports and strengthens NATO.
'Instability near Europe's borders and the increasing frequency of terrorist attacks demand more concrete action in order to ensure Europe's security', said Minister of Defence Margus Tshakna.
According to the Minister of Defence, one of Estonia's priorities during its Presidency of the European Council will be to ensure the availability of better tools for the field of defence. For example, one of its most important goals is to improve the usability of European combat groups, which requires an agreement in order for deployment costs to be divided among all Member States.
'Combat groups have existed since 2007, although they have never been used. However, our capabilities must be real and usable in our common interests, which also requires common financing', said Tsahkna.
Tsahkna drew attention to the important topic of regular training exercises at the European Union level, in order to practice reacting to crisis situations. 'In September, at the unofficial meeting of defence ministers in Tallinn, we will be organising a cyber training session in order to practice the functioning of the Union's mechanisms in this field', said Margus Tshakna.
'During Estonia's presidency, the increasing of defence expenditures by European countries will also be on the table. It is clear that the countries are all moving at their own pace, although it is important that development takes place in this direction. In addition, the efficient use of defence expenditures must be ensured', said Tsahkna, in Washington.
The Minister of Defence also met yesterday with members of the United States House of Representatives Mike Conaway, Ed Royce, Bill Keating, and John Shimkus, who all confirmed that there is bipartisan support in the Senate as well as the House of Representatives for NATO Article 5. Minister of Defence Tsahkna stated that the United States has demonstrated its support for the defence of Europe through its actions, increasing the amount of funding for that purpose.
On Monday, Minister of Defence Margus Tsahkna met in New York with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support (Department of Peacekeeping Operations), in order to discuss the topic of the future of UN international peacekeeping operations.


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Talking to Judy about her divorce got me thinking about the difference having children still at home makes to life after divorce. I'm not going to say that one is harder than the other but there are definitely different challenges. For one thing, when you still have children many of your activities are tied to their activities and your free time is limited. If you don't have … [Read more...]
An Opportunity To Travel Solo After Divorce
When Judy's marriage ended, she knew had to do something to increase her income and she ended up finding the job that was meant to be. Another area that was a challenge for her, and is for many newly-single people, is travel and vacations. When you're used to traveling with your husband, it's not that easy to just suddenly go adventuring on your own. Here's what Judy did: My … [Read more...]
God's Plan After Divorce
After Kristi left her marriage, she made a list to start her new life. It was a list of everything she would look for in new relationship that she didn't have in her marriage. And soon she was in a relationship that she now says was very similar to her marriage. She remembers very clearly what helped her end that relationship and that was accepting that God had a plan for her. … [Read more...]
Relishing Life After Divorce
Yesterday, the Divorce Encouragist (@dvrcncouragist) shared how adjusting to less money after divorce was a challenge. I think having less money after divorce is the one universal truth about divorce - is there ANYONE who has more money after divorce? I think it's an easy assumption that if you have less money, it means doing less. For the Divorce Encouragist though this … [Read more...]
Big Plans For The Future
One of the typical questions I ask during an interview is, "What has been your most significant accomplishment since getting divorced?" Student Mama has been separated for just five months and isn't divorced yet so we modified the question and she answered with two big goals for this year. Here they are: I'm going to graduate college in the spring and that's going to be big … [Read more...]


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Mountain Range students speak out
As part of their 2018 CU Succeed International Relations class at Mountain Range High School in Thornton, lecturer Simon Maghakyan directed his students, high school juniors and members of the DECA program, to draft letters to the editor about local news topics.
Colorado Community Media is pleased to print those letters. The first half ran in the May 31 edition and the rest are running here.
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We're rooting for Mtn. Range thrower
Thank you for the profile on my fellow Mountain Range High School Student Amber Gustason. She is a very talented athlete, like many of us on the throws team, but the article could have also informed the readers of how kindhearted Amber is. You can never catch Amber at a practice with a bad attitude or mindset. When it comes to Amber, you can always expect a big smile to show up on her face, and never have to worry about her academic success or eligibility, because she is always on top of it. She will be competing at state this weekend, and we're all rooting for her!
Jacob Konarski, Mountain Range Junior
Limit students stress from gun fears
I have participated in the school walk out a few months ago, upon hearing this, I was appalled. You are well aware of the current gun debate. The U.S. rate in gun deaths has increased for the second straight year, the FBI states that there were 15,070 deaths by firearms (not including suicides and accidental shootings) in the United States. In Colorado, this is no different. The debate is raging on and as an active member of the community, I would like to put in my two cents. Our schools should not be worried enough about guns to go into a lockout. Students are paranoid and the state needs to do something to try to ease the stress of students.
Kendra Schankweiler, Mountain Range Junior
Year-end worries deserve attention
As a student in the Thornton community, I've realized my anxiety and stress levels have increased in the month of May. Coincidentally, many authors have composed articles regarding students' stress levels rising at the end of the year due to the stigma of being worried for finals, and state tests including SAT, ACT, etc. As your paper reported, metro area schools like Littleton High School, have conducted an experiment testing the amount of suicide interventions occurred during May, compared to any other month. The experiment resulted in a 200 case increase of suicide intervention during the month of May. However, Littleton has reached out to students struggling through their Sources of Strength program and was able to decrease the amount of suicide interventions by 100 in a year. I believe it's necessary for all schools to implement such a program for the sake of student's mental health, and academic success.
Yahya Batikha, Mountain Range Junior
Year-end stress effects teachers, too
As a student, I thank you for the insightful article on student stress at the end of the school year. I would like to point out that students are not the only ones who experience high levels of stress at the end of the year. At my school, teachers experience high levels of stress at the end of the year. Many of my teachers have expressed complaints about having to finalize grades for hundreds of students, saying goodbye to seniors and having to manage the rest of students until the end of the year. I think that we should look into the effects of stress on teachers as well. Thank you again for the helpful article
Nakita Overberg, Mountain Range Junior
Adults can help stressed students
Mental health is a topic that is of great discussion in high school as I experience at school many times a day. It's constructive that others acknowledge the mental struggles that are strained by the school, in the article by David Gilbert on student stress spiking in May. At the high school level, finals at the end of the year are during May, a time when many students feel ready to end the year, but aren't willing to finish off their actual studies. This is because as the school year goes on, the assignments pile on, making it mentally draining to complete simple tasks. Parents and other adult figures like teachers or counselors would definitely help students overcome these feelings of stress and anxiousness that arise during the finals season. Connecting and realizing that many students experience similar situations helps kids deal with the end of the year stress.
Devanshi Shrestha, Mountain Range Junior
Preschool program essential
Since I was born in December, my parents had to make do for nine months before enrolling me in classes. Families who are unable to take care of their children while they're working and/or lack the funds to maintain care for them in daycare need district-provided education. Families, especially in need, include children who are born after the cut-off date to enroll their children in kindergarten. The time between my eligibility and enrollment, my parents were responsible for my education while being forced to delay it until I was able to join a full-day program. Lower-income families in the community often cannot wait until the next year. District and federal funding for pre-educational programs are essential for the Northglenn community.
Christy Kuipers, Mountain Range Junior
Teachers are priceless, so pay them
As a student, I have experienced first hand the quality work teachers put forth in the workplace. Every year my life has been impacted by a teacher. In third grade, my teacher would spend time after school to help me overcome my fear of testing. In middle school, my teacher would make a list of books for me because I was above grade level. My AP language and composition teacher sets meetings to discuss my writing. The teacher's pay is salary yet they do not get paid overtime. A teacher's work is priceless so why are they not paid like it is? A starting level teacher in Luxembourg is paid $79,000; whereas, according to the Denver Business Journal the average starting salary for teachers in Colorado is $32,126.
Allison Brich, Mountain Range Junior
Full day kindergarten more efficient, economical
As a high schooler and nanny in Westminster, I am connected to the local education system and the problem plaguing many families involving kindergarten times. Many families are only being offered half days of kindergarten which is a problem because for the other half they are required to find something to do with their children. It has been shown by studies that kids who attend full-day kindergarten are more prepared to go to the first grade. A small advantage is more than no advantage at all. The schools currently have been funding only half-day kindergarten but many are behind the support of changing funding to allow for children to attend full-day kindergarten in attempt to save their parent's money and to prepare them for first grade. According to recent studies, full-day kindergarten guarantees that more learning is done per dollar. Full-day kindergarten is more efficient and better worth America's dollar.
Joey Griesinger, Mountain Range Junior
Teacher pay statistics misleading
As a current student with family members as teachers, I have experienced the opinions of teaching salaries. As stated, the average salary for the public school teacher during the 2016-2017 school year was "$58,950." Where does this number come from? According to the National Education Association, the average starting salary for teachers in Colorado is "$32,980." Across the nation, this number is the general complaint made for the salary of teachers. However, US News and World Report's Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Teacher states that students with a Master's degree earn a salary of "$20,000+" more than those with a Bachelor's degree. In addition, there are various raises when teachers hold a teaching position for 15+ years, engagement in school sports, and higher level teaching positions. This suggests those who believe teachers are underpaid, are often looking straight to the base levels of teaching salaries.
Zach Weiss, Mountain Range Junior
Support students to ease stress
As a high school student, I personally can feel the stresses that are brought upon around May. As the year wraps around, it's important to stay on top of your grades before they are finalized, since your GPA determines the success of your future. I find myself endlessly stressing to prepare myself for finals to make sure I have strong grades. Alongside constant studying, my motivation begins to deteriorate because of the anticipation of summer. It's difficult to pursue good grades, but don't have the motivation to try when the end of school is inching away. Students tend to be on their own towards the end of the year, so if schools and the community should find ways to bring support and flexibility towards students during this month, stress levels can decrease since they're not in a burden in work.
Tia Deangelo, Mountain Range Junior
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HOUSTON — Nearly five months ago, the Twins took two of three from the reigning World Series champions in a frigid April series at Target Field that left the Houston Astros grumbling about the schedulers' cruel sense of humor.
"A distant memory," Twins manager Paul Molitor called that series on Labor Day morning.
Monday afternoon's 4-1 loss to the division-leading Astros at Minute Maid Park brought things up to date.
Alex Bregman and Yuli Gurriel hit solo homers off Kyle Gibson, and Jorge Polanco's fielding error in the second let in two unearned runs. It was the eighth loss in the past 10 games for the Twins, who fell 11 games below .500 for the first time since July 6.
Polanco, who let Gurriel's double-play grounder roll up his left arm for his fourth error in the past five games, has committed 10 errors overall since returning from suspension on July 2.
"I just kind of stopped when I was going to get the ball and I (mishandled) it," Polanco said through a translator. "It was a bad hop, but I think because I stopped between hops, when it bounced again that's what happened."
The Twins loaded the bases in the ninth off three Astros relievers, but Polanco struck out against Brad Peacock after pulling a pair of line drives just foul down the right-field line.
"He's the right guy you want up in those situations," Molitor said. "He put a couple good swings on them but got a little quick."
The Twins finished 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position, which is how you lose despite giving up just four hits. Molitor lamented the missed opportunities and noted the recent spate of 10 errors in the past four games and 13 through the first seven games of this three-city road trip.
"We have made too many errors here as of late," Molitor said. "Some have been maybe (due to) focus or distraction or whatever you might say. In some ways they are part of the game, and other times you are trying to tighten up the best way that you can."
Slumping Miguel Sano poked a run-scoring single to right off left-hander Dallas Keuchel in the sixth to get the Twins on the board with an unearned run after Carlos Correa's throwing error. Sano, who also struck out twice, is 4 for 46 (.087) with 19 strikeouts in his past 54 trips (35.2 percent).
Two of those hits have left the yard.
Gibson (7-12) lasted seven innings for the 10th time while turning in his 16th quality start out of 28 tries (57 percent). Now at 171 innings on the year, Gibson lowered his ERA to 3.74 as he piled up a dozen groundball outs before exiting at 98 pitches.
"That's one thing I definitely look at," Gibson said. "When you're ahead in the count, you can expand with that sinker and changeup and get groundballs. When you see more fly balls is when I have to execute pitches in the middle of the zone and I'm trying to get back in counts and they put a better swing on it."
Gibson retired the last 11 batters he faced while throwing first-pitch strikes to 19 of 26 batters overall.
Joe Mauer, who came in 1 for 8 career off Keuchel, opened with a pair of singles, including his eighth infield hit of the year. That moved Mauer past Garry Templeton and placed him one hit behind Brian Downing (2,099) for 232nd all-time.
Among those Mauer recently passed on the career hit list: Alfonso Soriano, Harvey Kuenn, Alvin Dark, Cedar Cedeno and Hall of Famers Gary Carter and Harmon Killebrew.


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Here's another nice business photo from the past from WNP member John Freeman, who writes:
"[This] is 500 Balboa, northwest corner of 6th Avenue. It was called The Bee Pharmacy. City directories gave me a five-year window between 1924 and 1929. I suspect that it may have closed in 1930 for a few years, as the Depression worsened and competition came from another pharmacy on the next corner of 5th and Balboa. Later, when I was growing up in the neighborhood, it was Model Pharmacy, which sometime in the 1950s expanded into the building next door and moved the pharmacy counter from the north wall to the west side, taking up the section of the building next door.
"For about 60 years, all the mini-neighborhoods in the 'avenues' had a cluster of essential services within easy walking distance from residences. There was always a pharmacy, grocery store (some times separate meat market and vegetable shops next door), bakery, dry cleaners, hardware, radio sales and service, beauty parlor, barber shop, florist, variety store, small restaurant, real estate office, and saloon.
"Today, we can find many of those services at a supermarket, eliminating drug stores, bakeries, and florists from our neighborhood landscape. The tenant now (2008) at 500 Balboa is the Chinese Arts and Music Center, which sells Asian musical instruments and offers music lessons."
We examinationed the window displays closely and saw that the Bee Pharmacy featured old photos of the Cliff House and other San Francisco landmarks. The owner probably would enjoy being a WNP member, if alive today!
More memories from Art Poulin:
John Freeman's story on 500 Balboa St. and the photo of Bee Pharmacy brought back memories. I don't recall the name "Bee", but I used to buy licorice root there and I obtained my first baseball in a contest that the pharmacy ran. Points were awarded for bringing in phone books upon which the pharmacy would stamp its address and phone number.
While attending Frank McCoppin School up the street (6th Ave.), I served on this corner as a traffic patrol boy escorting "little kids" across the street with Joe Molinelli, who later graduated to become a sergeant in the S.F.P.D. Our corner was the best duty because there was a candy store just a few doors up 6th avenue and another less than a block away on Balboa.
The other pharmacy a block away was Schmerker's. The description of mini-neighborhoods certainly fit the area around the Bee Pharmacy. On that same side of Balboa was a barber shop, a candy store with a soda fountain, and a grocery store (corner of 5th and Balboa). Across the street was Lachman's Meat Market, diagonally across was Wagner's grocery next to which was a produce store. Also on that block was a dry goods store.
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Trust & Identity Overview: March 2017
Global Summit 2017 will feature an excellent lineup of Trust and Identity sessions, including sessions on attribute release, the TIER roadmap and stories from the field, plans for governance and sustainability for trust and identity, particularly federated services, and a half-day TIER architects and working group meeting. For an overview of these and other sessions, see Preview of Trust and Identity at 2017 Global Summit.
The next monthly IAM Online webinar will feature a discussion of the policy issues and implications of multifactor authentication. Rich Graves is in the unique position of having implemented two different multifactor solutions - Google 2-Step and Duo - at the two colleges he serves, Carleton College and St. Olaf College. The webinar will take place Wednesday, April 12, at 2 pm ET.
An InCommon working group conducted a survey to gauge interest in adoption of the OpenID Connect and OAuth protocols. There was a strong response (more than 100) and significant interest (84%) in having support for these protocols built into the Internet2 TIER software. The working group's final report, including recommended next steps, is available on the OIDC Survey Working Group wiki.
The March TIER Newsletter features a focus on TIER Security by Klara Jelinkova, Rice University and TIER Community Investor Council Chair, and an overview of "Adding Multifactor Authentication to Federation", by Tom Barton, University of Chicago. This newsletter also includes updates on each of the TIER working group activities and more.
Trust and Identity has two consultations open to gather community feedback. "Trusted Relationships for Access Management: The InCommon Model" provides a high-level introduction to how trust works in the federation. "TIER Grouper Deployment Guide" documents a common community approach to deploying the Grouper enterprise access management software.
InCommon support has moved to Internet2's new deployment of the service desk ServiceNow. Participants still send support requests to firstname.lastname@example.com, but that email will now create a ServiceNow ticket and enter the service desk queue and be assigned to the appropriate person.
Interested in Grouper training? Sign up for the June 4 workshop "Grouper in Action - Access Management Strategies for Higher Education and Research" at Open Apereo in Philadelphia.


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The State/National Event Coordinator coordinates the Barracudas teams participating in State and National Competitions.
Responsible to:
The State/National Events Coordinator is responsible to the President and the Management team and will receive direction from the Secretary.
Responsibilities and Duties
The position will be responsible for:
- Coordinating team member, team coach and team manager selection;
- Registering the team to the appropriate body (ie. WPQ or WPA);
- Organising referees if necessary (generally for State tournaments only);
- Liaising with Treasurer regarding budgets ;
- On selection of team and manager, liaising with Registrar regarding the eligibility, registration and contact details of athletes and distribute to manager and coach;
- Book flights, vehicles and accommodation for away tournaments;
- Liaises with WPQ and WPA as necessary;
- Ensure details of tournament are included on our website and social media outlets and encourage Managers/team members to submit photographs or articles to the Website and Social Media Coordinator;
- Coordinating a brief review of each tournament and feedback on accommodation, meals, budget and any coaches/managers
comments for Committee;
- Collate and record results and any Australian/ State Team selections.
Knowledge and Skills Required
Ideally the State/National Events Coordinator:
- Can communicate effectively;
- Has good working knowledge of tournaments both local and National;
- Has adequate computer skills to coordinate travel etc.;
- Has the ability to meet specific time deadlines.
Estimated Time Commitment Required & Period of Appointment
The estimated time requirement required is approximately half an hour per week leading up to competitions with an estimate of overall time of 5 hours per local tournament (3 per year) and 10 hours per away tournament (3 per year).
Tools and Resources
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But, that's what special about her. She's an artist. She makes art. People respond to it. People are moved by it. It always provokes strangely strong reactions. And regardless of audience or lack thereof, she always gets on the stage and does her thing.
I'm proud to count her among my friends. So - I hit her up with a few questions. Here they are.
CS - Along the way - what female artists of colour shaped your voice?
CDL - Growing up in the 70' & 80's, there wasn't a representation of female artists of color in the art institutions. Even in Art School, the history books presented two very small chapters on African and Egyptian art, while the bulk of the book focused on European art, art created by white men.
CS - Don't you know it! I guess, here is where our experiences diverge. Like you, growing up, we always had varous and sundry artists traipsing through our house.
I remember one in particular, becuase she was a sweet, kind, old lady who lavished lots of attention on me. She was also quite a character. Aunt Selma drove a whopping big Cadallac, wore industrial thick telescope lens- glasses and always scrapped her car on the side of our house coming up and going down the driveway.
Folks seemed to think she was real important. They were always pointing out that she was the artist who sculpted the picture of Roosevelt on the dime. Dime wasn't worth a nickel to me- I was more impressed that they named a whole buidling after her and that it was a fun place to take art classes. So, I would have thought there might have been some female visual artists closer to home for you.
CDL - The majority of artists that were traipsing (I like that word) through the house were my father's peers, African American male artists. I imagine if my mother had grown up in America, there would have had been more women artists, African American women artists in our house, perhaps even if we had stayed in Paris, the aborted plan, there would have been more of a presence, but alas that did not happen.CS - Hmmm, do you think this has anything to do with the idea that performers can (potentially) make a living off of performing, whereas, it is less easy to do so as a visual artist unless you are inside of the Academy?
In the black community, visual art didn't play a great role, despite the fact that my father and most of his friends were all visual artists, it
didn't garner the same importance or attention that performing did.
CDL - Yes, it totally does. When it comes to visual art, people want it for free, but will see no problem spending $ 60 or more for a ticket to see Aretha Franklin. America is a country that values the transformative power of the arts, but doesn't think those same artists should be paid. You should read this.CS - So, your "voice" was shaped mostly by performers.
CDL - As a child, many of the women who shaped my voice were actresses and singers, such as Cicely Tyson, Chaka Khan, Josephine Baker, Tina Turner, Louise Sorel (Kristy Love), Oum Kalthoum, Flora Purim, Iman, Lorraine Hansberry, Nikki Giovanni and Sarah Vaughan.CS - The usual list available to young women. Perhaps not Josephine Baker - at least not in my household!
CS - Like Tamara Dobsen as Cleopatra Jones?
CDL - Then, there was Grace Jones, who I watched on German television crawling half naked across the stage like a beautiful panther. I was twelve. I knew I would never see anything like that on American television. And various Kung Fu movies.
CDL - No, actually the Chinese actresses of that time, especially the one who made Jackie Chan's character swallow a hot coal after she had beaten his ass.CS - Art doesn't happen in a vacuum. It is a conversation with our readers or our viewers or our listeners.
I think this is why music is so integral to my creative process as a "vocalist" and a visual artist. I had to pull my influences from the words and sounds that swirled in our home (Coltrane and Celia Cruz) and emanated from the street.
As I grew older there are several things that helped expand my world. That would be the library, my travels to Europe, Interview magazine, CMU Saturday art classes, college, my friendships with African-American male artists, but most importantly, my membership with 'Women of Vision'. In other words, I had to first seek it out first, to find and know that there were other woman of color who were visual artists, and writers; multi-disciplinary, such as myself.
Still the resources were limited and the documentation atrociously and practically non-existent, until the multi-cultural movement. Since then, I've become excited by artists, such as: Allison and Lezlie Saar, Zora Neale Thurston, Kara Walker, Cibo Matta, Bell Hooks, Dr. Maya Angelou, Honey in the Rock, Faith Ringold, Kali, Dr. Velina Hasu Houston, Sonia Sanchez, Frida Kahlo, Laura Esquivel, Joi (the poet & the singer), Cassandra Wilson, Queen Latifah, Sade, Julie Dash, Christina Hoyos, Zap Mamma, Yoko Ono, Nina Simone.
CDL - Yes, more local influences in Mary Martin, Carolina Loyola Garcia, Pamela Jennings, Vema, The Lioness, Nami Ogawa, Maritza Mosquera, Vanessa German, Tina Brewer, you.CS - Thanks. So you are one of the most creative, brilliant women I know.
You refuse to be "boxed up" as an artist or human being. You do the
work that the muse demands regardless of the market's demands. Can
you share some insight about this? And even more specifically - where
did you learn to boldly spit in the face of those tidy classifications and
constricting specializations that our society often demands of people?
CDL - First, thank you for saying that I am brilliant, which I appreciate since so many responses to my work is based on the observer's own fear. When I look in the mirror I don't see a scary, intimidating, angry, voodoo person/artist; I see intensity, passion, power. So, thank you, for a different observation.
CS - It just always surprises me that this is the reaction so many people have to your work. I'm always inspired and uplifted, but, I notice other folks often feel threatened. Maybe it's the way you don't apologize for ripping boxes apart even though you know full well that the present inside isn't as pretty as they'd hoped. And you never seem ready to jump inside a box.
CDL - I don't know what makes me not accept being "boxed up", maybe it's because I'm a triple Aries, or that I grew up in the 70's, but it's is more likely my childhood shaped by my parents.CS - Do you think we ought to insert a disclaimer here?
Being the off spring of an inter-racial love affair, being the child of a German 'immigrant', difficult things, especially for that time. Some of my first important decisions involved identity and choices and when my parents both said "I had the best of both worlds", I believed them and decided, unlike many of my bi-racial friends, not to choose sides. It empowered me with a "You can't tell me who I am, I know who I am, why don't you figure out who the fuck you are and leave me at peace" attitude. It was an equal opportunity attitude, meaning it wasn't just expressed to the usual oppressor (white people), but expressed to anyone who tried to oppress me with their ignorance and fear.
I worked hard on myself, I countered my own ignorance with knowledge and fear with tests, like laying on train tracks and calmly getting up when the train arrived.
CDL - (WARNING: Don't try to do this, it was my test, come up with your own.)CS - Good enough.
CDL - My father prepared me for battle. For example, I learned early on that I would be called a 'nigger' and that the meaning did not apply to me, but was example of the perpetrators own ignorance.But my mother is the one who gave me the freedom she never had, to express myself, to do what I needed to do, to come to peace of mind. I just remembered the other day, how I would take long walks, starting at 10 am and ending at midnight, mind you, on school nights in high school. She never once gave me any stress about it. She'd like for me to come home earlier, but it's what I needed to do, otherwise, I was going to implode/explode with anger.
For her, taking walks to clear one's mind, was a very European thing to do. I think she also knew I could avoid trouble, but, if push came to shove, I could defend myself. I fought a lot during my childhood and most of the fights involved identity and race. I may have been a child, but I was a tough child, I had the tools and wasn't held back or afraid to use them.CS - Here we are at that deep place. But, I want to get to your creative work. For a long time, I've felt Pittsburgh has a "sound." In the same way Seattle in the 90's had a "sound." I've always named Pittsburgh's sound as "twisty-ethno-classi-funk-a-pop." Bands such as Squonk Opera and Rusted Root have been focused on exporting their brand of "twisty-ethno-classi-funk-a-pop." Soma Mestizo has also, can you speak to the quiet and innovative ways you've been exporting this sound?
The other thing that was truly valued was 'truth', and it took precedent over authority and position. You didn't just get respect, you had to earn it and prove it. We're all "ashes to ashes" in the end, which leads to the other great influencer. Death. Once you work through all the other fears, the last great one that is left, is to cease to exist. It's liberating to make an understanding or peace with; it's truly the only thing you have to lose...take my car, my job, respect, my man, whatever, etc...as long as I am still alive I will rise.
CDL - Too many times, it is assumed that because you are still locally based that you haven't done anything, which I think is a gross mistake to make of any Pittsburgh band. With technology, one can connect with anyone and create and send tracks via the web. So, we quietly do these projects, many times for free, to connect with our people outside of Pittsburgh, across the world.
Our first 'exportation' per say, began with a musical partnership that Herman (Soy Sos) and I had with DJ MKL of 3 Generations Walking. It was a way to connect the two projects and build promotion for both projects. It involved remixes of Silversuit and Sunshine, which were then exported to the dance scenes in London, Italy, & Japan (got the royalty check to prove it, hell yeah). This opened up opportunities for festival invites, which unfortunately fell through due to lack of funding.
Our next projects began with a midnight call from Kakonda Dub from Indigenous Records. Through Element Five(Ashwin Tumne, WYEP radio DJ for the Afterhours show) and LAL(great band out of Toronto) we had a mutual friend, Prasad Bidaye who had turned Kakonda onto our website, our sound.
Kakonda explained the righteous path of his record label, Indigenous Resistance Record, wherein they create music about Indigenous reality and rights and freely distribute to the world. We like righteous. He said he had a song written by himself and Greenlandic theatre performer and poet Jessie Kleeman (okay, so right about now, I'm in heaven) a song which is "Lyrically a meeting of indigenous mythology and radical street politics." This song, Eagle Screaming: Red Sky Alight, featured Chuck D, Adrian Sherwood and Asian Dub Foundation. Listen here. He said that it was agreed by the group, that my voice fit the words and would I be willing to do this project. Tying all things together as I do, I said yes, as long as I can record with my musical partner and have him rock out the dub on the vocals. Consequently, Kakonda loved what Soy Sos had done, that he asked him to rock his own remix of the song, which is featured on our INTERIM II record. (Please vote with your dollars here - Interim II and/or
Indigenous Resistance.)
The next project Kakonda brought us hailed from Oceania and involved traditional lyrics and sounds of tattooing, which Soy Sos turned into a dub masterpiece. This time the elders of Oceania, decided that my vocals fit the track and Kakonda sent me the words, which I reshaped into a song. "Enter into the sacred world of sosolakam. Soy Sos used the traditonal instruments of solomon islands played by saevo and tohununo to create an atmospheric dub track."
Each of these projects have given us a sense of who are fans are and many times, they aren't American. What we are doing musically, expands beyond the usual American musical palate, which seems consumed with infinite love + broken hearted songs, oversexed, video honies, money and thuggery-in other words, they don't quite get it. Doesn't seem to be much awareness of the rest of the world. Based on the songs that get radio play, you'd never know we were in a fucked up WAR; we are just partying the world away.
See, here, in the US of A, the opportunities for people of color to make music that isn't R & B, hip hop and rap and so called, "make it" are non-existent. We are making rock music, punk rock music, industrial music, etc...but you'd never know it to feel it. Of course, this is where sites such as Myspace for example, open up the world of music; free us from the mundane.
I can't even tell you how many times people ask me, before I step on stage if I sound like Beyonce or insert pop icon of color. I'm like, "Oh, no, honey, I don't live in boxes and I'm pretty sure you aren't going to like what I'm doing. You need to be brave to catch what the fuck I'm doing." They usually stay, because no one wants to think of themselves as narrow minded (apologies for the manipulation, LOL) and they end up liking what we do, but not knowing why. My nickname, in these cases is OTC (Off The Chain).
See, if you step outside of those carefully constructed categories that the industry perpetuates, which tends to be my habit, you have to be prepared to fight the boxing in and the marginalization. Once again, fighting for the right to an identity that is created, not shoved down one's throat.CS - I'm on that page. I admire the way you've been true to your vision and voice. It's easy to get sucked into what you perceive the market wants. Ultimately, we all want to eat.
CDL - To be honest, I did get sucked in at some point, especially when it came to performance poetry. I found my voice twisting into angry rants about the black and white community, about being bi-racial, etc…"identity art". Which a lot of people responded to, but grew to sour on the taste of that. I mean, when I performed for a black audience you had to prove you were down, a real ghetto trooper; prove your blackness. When I performed for a white audience, I felt like a god damn ghetto newscaster, for an audience who only wanted to hear about the black community through poetry. When I started to move towards solutions oriented work, more surreal, the appeal of my poetry, voice, fell on deaf ears. Which is why I don't do much performance poetry today. Besides, something had to go. LOLBut - I get the feeling you ask yourself, how much do I need and how often do I need it? Given that, what do you consider to be your most meaningful projects?
CDL - I have to say Sun Crumbs, our short lived trans-cultural, multi disciplinary arts non-profit that offered such programs as the Busta-Myth series (The Real McCoy, No dogs, no Blacks, no Irish; Miscegenasian) and the various exhibitions I curated (Womb Journeys, Does Art make people Kill, Beauty of the Male nude). I think we really had a way of pulling in a diverse audience to discuss issues that tend to remain hidden.
CS - Five years and over 50 programs a year isn't that short. We did more in five years than some organizations get around to in 15. And on less than a dime! Not only did it take both of us away from our own individual artwork, it didn't put any food on the table either. You've been pretty prolific since then.
CDL - My one woman show, Rodeo Ego, which exhibited a decades worth of my surrealist paintings. I couldn't wait for someone to ask, so I just did it myself, because at the time, people only thought of me as an arts administrator.CS - You almost got away with glossing over your current piece at The Mattress Factory in the exhibition "Gestures: Illustrations of Catastrophe and Remote Times. " According to the curator, Heather Pesanti, you and seventeen other artists are responding to "a page from a larger collaborative essay, 'The Domain of the Great Bear,' written by the artists Robert Smithson and (Pittsburgh-native) Mel Bochner in 1966, describing an apocalyptic landscape in poetic and dramatic prose.'"
My long running musical project, Soma Mestizo and our various releases, especially those recordings with Indigenous Resistance records. This has to be the one project where I feel the most free and supported. Soy Sos is my true musical muse. He's just as risk taking and weird as I am.
Despite the hell it wrought, the production of my play, Saffronia; the miniM music festivals, The POWER exhibit, which I curated with women artists in Pittsburgh and last, but not least and the most recent, my installation at the Mattress Factory.
Your piece "Executives of Distinction, ASAVAVS reigns here," has an ambitious statement... which it lives up to. The catalog says the installation is "conceptually based on the notion of an executive boardroom, Leach's multi-media sculptural installation is aptly sited in the building's cavernous, unfinished basement. Through its use of organic materials, symbolic Native American and animal forms, and ambient music, the work comments on the toxic effects of unchecked progress on the environment and embodies a poetic interpretation of, in the artist's words, how we humans are "draining the world dry with our desires." It's running until May 11th. So after now what are you working on now?
CDL - I have a few things marinating in my mind, loose ends to tie. But the two most pressing would be the release of the Soma Mestizo single on Strobotic Recording label and the release of my songs on the Lion1 label.CS - Can't wait to see.
There are a few plays running around in my mind and some canvases that need painting, and a duo exhibit with my co-worker, Ryan Freytag called "codex", but no real 'productions' on the horizon.
My focus presently, will be on more solitary endeavors, with the exception of Soma Mestizo, than collaborative/group productions. While I enjoy the art of producing, I am more interested in making work, where I can have more control on the presentation and outcome.


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He inherited a progressive Congress that followed the socialist policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman vetoed 180 bills that Congress sent to him. He liked a good political fight, especially when he thought he was right. The Congress overrode his veto 12 times.
Some Harry Truman quotations that describe his thinking:
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
The reward of suffering is experience.
America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
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In the flip side of the stories coming out about giant IP service providers worrying over squeezing more profits, the world of cable television has started to wonder if their future revenue might suffer from the rise of Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV.
Last month, at the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers' (SCTE) Emerging Technologies conference in Tampa, Florida, the main topic of discussion was about emerging technologies like IPTV and how they could be threatening cable television. In addition to the two US telecommunication giants, Verizon and the new AT&T, who could offer new IPTV services, there are also upstarts in the Internet Video world, like Google Video and Apple's iTunes Video Store.
"IPTV is the future of television," said Nimrod Ben-Natan, vice president of solutions for Harmonic Inc., a provider of optical networking and digital video systems to cable, satellite and telephone operators. "It's a cool technology with unique capabilities. Cable operators may lose their leading position as video providers if they don't embrace at least parts of it."
While there are many willing to gush over IPTV, it has some drawbacks. Current broadband providers struggle to deliver 20 Megabits per second (Mbps) over their fastest ADSL2 lines. A single high-resolution, progressive scan (1080p) stream of video, even highly compressed with H.264 encoding, sucks up from 12-15 Mbps by itself, seriously limiting the potential for multiple video streams on current technology. However, firms like Verizon are confident that they have the bandwidth to serve their customers' current and future demands.
But competition in the video service provider arena is not the only concern of the cable companies. With people spending less time watching TV and more time surfing the Web, companies are anxious to provide more of their customer's communications needs. This is the reason why the cable companies embraced broadband Internet access, and why providers like Canada's Shaw are now pushing full-service packages that include cable TV, high-speed Internet, and even Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services:
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The rise of IPTV and other digital video technologies like the iTunes Video Store is certainly making a grab at our hearts and wallets. Do the cable companies really have to worry about IPTV? In my opinion, a little competition usually winds up being good for everybody, including the companies themselves. Cable companies have already shown that they can adapt to the world of broadband Internet, so providing an attractive package including downloadable video content and VoIP might make a winning combination. Just try not to bump up the prices too much, please. In a world where our budgets and credit cards are already stretched to the limit, the latest, fastest, highest-resolution downloadable video content may wind up being something that people can live without.


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A Lot of Ifs
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Weather Favors Brazil Second-Crop Corn
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One of the primary aims of the Test of FAITH project is to help meet the enormous need in churches and parachurch groups for accessible materials on science and Christianity.
The ethos and intended audience of the Test of FAITH project is outlined in this document (pdf, 700KB)
The Test of FAITH documentary introduces the viewer to practising scientists who have a sincere Christian faith, even at the highest levels of academia. All of us can share their experience of awe when they find out more about God's creation through science. (Note: You do not need to obtain any special permission to show the DVD in public events.)
Celebrating God's Creation is a flexible multimedia resource designed to help churches to hold a very positive Sunday service celebrating the world God has made, and support the scientists in their congregation. Developed in partnership with Bible Society, it includes three specially commissioned videos.
The Test of FAITH course was developed with church home groups or other focused study groups in mind, and is suitable for people with a variety of educational levels and backgrounds.


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A Sardar and his wife filed an application for divorce.
Judge asked: How will you divide?
You have 3 children.
Sardar replied: OK! We will apply next year.
More Sardar Jokes
Sardar was giving his medical entrance exam.
He gave definitions as follows:
Against everybody
Study of fine art paintings
Advanced study of playing cards
CT scan:
Scanning 4 lost whistle..
Santa was visiting his son who was in America for the very first time.
Santa was at a Local Food store going up and down the aisles with his son.
Santa asked, "What is this?
Santa's son, "Powdered orange juice"
Santa a bit confused, "Powdered orange juice?"
Son: "Yeah, Dad. You just add a little water, and you have fresh orange juice."
A few minutes later, in a different aisle Santa asked again, "And what is this?
Son, "Powdered milk"
Santa, "Powdered milk??"
Son: "Yeah, Dad. You just add a little water, and you have fresh milk!"
A few minutes later, in a different aisle...
Santa, "And give a look here!! Baby Powder !! What a country, What a country!"
Santa asks banta: why do u prefer prepaid connection over postpaid?
Banta: prepaid mein bahut faida hai, isme call ke baad bill badhne ki bajaye kam hota hai...


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Today, Mayor Sly James recommended to the City Council of Kansas City that Troy Schulte be appointed the 16th City Manager of Kansas City, Missouri. The Council unanimously agreed, affirming Schulte's qualifications and taking a collective step forward.
"I cannot think of a better partner to help move Kansas City forward than Troy. He is not only the natural choice to assume the position of City Manager for our great City, he is exactly who I want for the job. He has spent the better part of his career in service to Kansas City, and it is my privilege to recommend that "Acting" be removed from his title. Troy has a rich array of municipal government experience including serving as the City's Budget Officer from 2003 to the date of his appointment as Acting City Manager," Mayor James commented. Schulte's experience and performance earned him the 2011 Public Administrator of the Year Award from the Greater Kansas City Chapter's American Society for Public Administration.
Schulte received a Bachelor of Science degree in History in 1992 and combined Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Economics in 1994, all from Iowa State University. He has also completed further post-graduate work in Economics from Iowa State University and received and a Master of Arts degree in Urban Economics in 2002 from the University of Missouri – Kansas City.
According to Mayor James, "Bringing Troy on board in this capacity is another step towards bringing a new day and a bright vision to City Hall. I appreciate the Council working with me to take this important step so quickly in my administration. The unanimous vote is strong signal that the Council stands untied behind our new City Manager."


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What's really going on with the survivors of Oceanic Air flight 815? How does a polar bear get to a tropical island? And what does it all have to do with something called the Dharma Initiative? These are just a few of the questions that have kept the audience for ABC's hit TV show Lost coming back for more. Now Ubisoft and Touchstone Television are teaming up to make a video game based on the popular television series.
The official announcement for the game was released today by Ubisoft and includes very few details. We were given a release date of 2007 and told that the game is scheduled to be released for home consoles, portable systems, and the PC. That's pretty much it. No info on what type of game it will be, no info on if the game is about the characters from the show or if it's a side story, and not even any info about what the storyline will cover.
Instead, we're given some quotes from high-ranking Ubisoft and Touchstone Television officials. We won't reprint them here because it's just the usual marketing jingo where people use words like "giddy," "delighted" and "excited." We'll definitely let you know when some more substantial information is released. Until then, we'll be delighted to hear more info and remain cautiously excited about what could be done with the license. And we'll be giddy if the game looks good.


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Catwoman: White Wedding
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Jon Lovitz to Play Limited Run at Flamingo Las Vegas - VegasOnDemand.com
Comedian to Perform in the Iconic Flamingo Showroom March 16 and 17, 2012
Tickets are on sale NOW!
LAS VEGAS – Actor, comedian and singer Jon Lovitz will bring a dose of laughter to Flamingo Las Vegas when he performs a limited engagement in the iconic Flamingo Showroom March 16 and 17, 2012. Shows will be at 10 p.m.
Lovitz has been one of the world's most recognizable comedians for almost three decades. While a member of the famous comedy group "The Groundlings," Lovitz appeared on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," which led to his first movie and television roles, as well as a coveted spot on "Saturday Night Live." In his five years on the series, Lovitz was nominated twice for an Emmy Award and became known for some of the series' most well-known characters, including "Tommy Flanagan of Pathological Liars Anonymous," "Master Thespian," "Hanukkah Harry" and "The Devil." Lovitz has appeared in more than 30 feature films, including "Big," "A League of Their Own" and "The Wedding Singer" and has guest starred on television hits such as "Friends," "Seinfeld," "Las Vegas" and "Two And A Half Men." Known for his distinct voice, he has done voiceovers for many animated television shows and movies. After success on the big and small screens, as well as Broadway, Lovitz decided to pursue his dream of becoming a stand-up comedian and has been touring the country for the past several years. In addition, he recently opened The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club at Universal CityWalk in Hollywood, Calif., which features live stand-up comedy by some of the hottest national headlining comedians.
Ticket prices are $48.60, $70.60 and $93.17 for VIP seating, which includes a drink. Tickets are available at the by phone at (702) 538-9000 or 1-(888) 505-5211 or by visiting www.VegasOnDemand.com.
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Located in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, the Flamingo Las Vegas is a true desert oasis. The center Strip resort features more than 3,500 guest rooms including the newly renovated and award-winning Flamingo GO Rooms and suites. The historic hotel-casino is home to a sprawling 15-acre pool and wildlife habitat complete with waterfalls, mature island vegetation and tropical wildlife, three distinctive pools and several outdoor wedding gardens. Flamingo Las Vegas offers a wide variety of dining options with eateries such as Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville and Burger Joint and hosts an all-star line-up of entertainers. Brother-sister duo Donny & Marie dazzle audiences as the resort's headliners, comedians George Wallace and Vinnie Favorito keep audiences laughing non-stop, comedy-magician Nathan Burton entertains afternoon audiences and the late night adult revue X Burlesque showcases the sexiest ladies on the Strip. For more information, please visit
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Understanding Grand Mal Seizures And Associated Injuries
Grand Mal Seizures, Accidents & More
Generalized seizures are mainly characterized by two types of seizures that are tonic-clonic also known as grand mal seizures and absence seizure or petit mal seizures. Grand mal seizures occur when there is a contract of all muscles of the entire body of a person. It is usually observed through jerks and convulsion shown by the patient. A foam can be formed in the mouth and its often followed by uncommon noises and the person starts moaning and lose his control over bladder. The duration of this attack is usually less than a minute and often patient falls to sleep after the attack which is known as the post-ictal phase.
Epilepsy And Grand Mal Seizures
Whenever you think about epilepsy, you always think of it as a singular seizure disorder. This is not true; epilepsy is a group of seizure disorders. When grand mal seizures becomes chronic and gets repetitive in a patient it tends to gives rise to epilepsy. Epilepsy is dangerous and difficult to cure but it's not the case with generalized seizures. Head trauma is one of the most significant causes that lead to epilepsy and seizures. Most often it develops wounds which become very difficult to treat and henceforth leads to surgery. However, surgery is the last option for treating seizures.
Grand Mal Seizures In Adults Are Mostly Idiopathic
Grand mal seizures are also called idiopathic seizure as they show no definite cause for their occurrence. Most of the generalized seizure that occurs in adults is idiopathic. However, some patients may have a family history of seizures. In adults, grand mal seizures can also be caused due to microscopic brain lesions that are significant at birth or mainly occurred from brain trauma. They can also convoy many other disorders with them too like viral infections, diabetes, cerebral tuberculosis, tumors and meningitis. They mainly occurs as a single episode and most likely males above the age of 60 have more chances of getting it as compared to females. Seizures can be very difficult to fight but proper treatment can always help in overcoming them. Make sure that you follow a regular and proper treatment. Long-term prognosis is very vital and withdrawl of medicines should be done upon proper instruction from your doctor and after necessary medical check-up.
Injuries That Can Occur During Grand Mal Seizure Attack
There are only few cases where grand mal seizures alone can be the reason for death of patient. Although, grand mal seizure if occurred while driving a car or swimming than it could be the reason and can prompt a fatal accident. There are cases where a patient can have constant seizure attacks which degrade the quality of life. Tongue biting, head injuries and fractures are common injuries that can happen during a grand mal seizure attack. When a person undergoes seizure attack he/she may choke and there are frequent chances of brain damage due to lack of oxygen in the body.
You Can Have A Seizure-Free Life
Grand mal seizure can be controlled and person suffering with it can become seizure-free. With proper treatment at the initial stages you can live a normal life. If you show a good control over seizure through the use of minimum anti-epileptic drugs and your EEG comes normal between seizures and you have no history of seizure in the past then you have a much better case of grand mal seizures and you have more chances to eventually get rid of it. You can live a normal life and can be allowed to take active participation in work and sports.
Grand Mal Seizures Information & Advice
The most effective and best way you can actually help yourself be prepared and live with grand mal seizures is simply by browsing and understanding a lot more about them. So take a look at more publications on our grand mal seizures web pages.


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VIENNA (Reuters) - Vienna's Stadtpalais Liechtenstein, the city palace that launched a revival of Rococo in the mid 19th century, will offer public tours for the first time on Friday after an extensive face-lift.
The late 17th century palace was once the main residence of the princely family of Liechtenstein, one of Vienna's richest families considered to be at the cutting edge of art and architecture, before they moved to the tiny Alpine principality.
The Baroque building, which was revamped in the 1840s in the neo-Rococo style, was damaged during a bombing raid in World War II and when an Allied aircraft crashed into its roof in the final days of the war but it remained standing.
It was briefly patched up in 1970 and the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs used the space for offices with the gilded ornamentation hidden behind fake walls and under raised floors until restoration started in 2008.
The 100 million euro ($130 million) revamp returns the private structure to its pre-war glory and opulence, with plastered ceilings, gold leafing, and Thonet wood floors.
"The rebuilding was like a puzzle for the architects," said a palace spokeswoman. "We only had fragments and many of the original chandeliers had to be tracked down in basements of art dealers around Vienna."
While some of the renovated building will be kept as private living quarters, the public will get a look at many of its gilded Rococo rooms, its high Roman Baroque architecture and a selection of neo-Classical art.
The project was paid for by Prince Hans-Adam II whose family has ruled the 160 square km (62 square miles) principality of Liechtenstein since 1699 although Vienna remained their primary residence until the 1938 political annexation of Austria by Germany.
The family is credited with transforming the principality from a rural backwater into a wealthy banking center, making the country's 36,000 inhabitants some of the world's richest, with national output per head of $141,000 in 2012.
In addition to the Stadtpalais, Prince Hans-Adam owns the lavish sister garden palace just outside the city center - where he keeps his collection of Old Masters including Rubens, Amerling and Waldmueller - as well as the family's namesake castle in the Vienna Woods.
Liechtenstein is the only monarchy in Europe to still have any real executive power and last year voters rejected a proposal to abolish the ruling prince's right to veto the results of popular referendums.
Crown Prince Alois, who was given the task of running the day-to-day government by his father in 2004, said the monarchy would quit the country if the veto were removed, undermining stability and affluence for all.
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What are social events?
Birthdays, Anniversaries, Themed Parties, Holiday Gatherings, Graduations, Dance recitals, Arangetram/ Mancha Pravesh, Religious festivities....pretty much celebrations of any kind can be categorized as social events.
Nothing is more pleasurable than getting together with your friends and loved ones and celebrate your special event, whatever the occasion may be.
Aalponaa knows how to turn any private party into a truly memorable event, creating memories that last a lifetime. We take private parties to the next level by adding unique and unusual twists that create entirely new possibilities for any social event! Packages are available for various levels of service. Some events include but not limited to the following:
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I bought two Topshop nail polishes in sketch and big smoke at £5.00 each while I was away for the weekend in Newcastle. I was really excited to try out some of Topshop's make-up and was not disappointed after purchasing and using the items.
The two colours I chose are right on trend, and are versatile so can be worn with outfits in lots of different colours. I was really chuffed with the quality of the nail polishes and wore one colour for numerous days without chipping.
I was slightly worried that the nail polishes would be matt, in my opinion I find the look of matt nails to be unflattering. However the look was very glossy and pretty looking.
I would recommend Topshop nail polishes for the reason; they offer lots of on trend colours at reasonable prices. The quality of the products is excellent and the packaging is cute too ;) :)


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Smoant Cylon TC 218W mod (without elements)
Smoant Cylon has a power range from 1-218W utilizing dual 18650 batteries. The minimum atomizer resistance allowed is 0,1 ohm in VW mode and 0,05 ohm in TC mode. Smoant Cylon TC 218 utilizes the Ant218 V2 chip with a faster response when firing. The Ant218 chip can fire virtually instantly in only 0,015 seconds. Smoant Cylon comes with a Wattage/Temperature curve mode where you can set the wattage/temperature at intervals for the first 10 seconds bringing you a customized vaping experience. The mod also features a 1.3 inch color TFT screen so that everything is easy to see.
Main features of Cylon Mod
1. Compact size: 47mm(L) X 32mm(W) X90mm(H)
2. Takes 2X 18650 battery
3. Display: 1.35 inch TFT color screen
4. Output range: 1 – 218 W
5. Output modes: VW / VW Curves / Temp (Ni, Ti, SS) / TCR / TC Curves
6. Resistance range: 0.05 – 2.0 Ohm for Temp / TCR mode / TC Curves
0.1-5.0 Ohm for VW / VW Curves
7. Temperature control: 100 – 315°C / 200 – 600°F
8. Two different UI available to choose
9. Firmware upgradeable (pls download the file at smoant.com/cylon-update.rar)
10. Reverse protection/ Over-heating protection/ Low voltage protection/ Overload/Short-circuit protection/ Over-time protection
11. Color: Black, Tarnish
Smoant Cylon Mod Package includes:
1X Smoant Cylon Mod
1X Usb charge & Update cable
1X User manual
1X Warning card


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These days, Minis are getting less and less 'mini', and the new Clubman is the biggest Mini yet. It's the second generation of Mini's estate car, and this time, it has six doors - the boot is accessed via two conventional hinged doors. Engine options overseas include 135bhp 1.5-litre and 190bhp 2.0-litre petrol motors (the latter for the Clubman S), along with a 1.5-litre four-cylinder diesel motor. As ever with a Mini, the Clubman is high on style and retro charm, but it's also the most practical Mini ever. Plus, the next-gen Mini convertible could join the India range later in 2016.
The car will be priced in the range of Rs. 35-38 lacs and will come with three engine options.