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Walmart launched a large-scale response this week to a series of unprecedented labor strikes, according to a confidential document obtained by The Huffington Post.
The seven-page internal memo, issued Oct. 8, is intended for salaried employees only, and contains instructions on how to respond to strikes by hourly workers that spread to 28 Walmart stores in 12 cities earlier this week. The strikes were the first by Walmart retail employees in the company's 50-year history.
The memo makes clear that Walmart, the world's largest private employer, views the labor protests as a serious attack, a message that runs contrary to the company's public comments that the strikes are mere "publicity stunts," as Walmart's vice president of communications David Tovar told The Huffington Post Tuesday.
"As you know," the memo opens, "activists or union organizers have been trying for years to stop our Company's growth and to damage our relationship with our customers and members. One of the activists' or union organizers' tactics is to try to disrupt the business by urging our associates to participate in a walkout or other form of work stoppage."
The majority of the memo is aimed at instructing managers not to violate workers' legal right to engage in concerted activity, or non-union labor organizing. Managers are directed not to "discipline" employees who engage in walkouts, sit-ins or sick-outs.
Legal experts said the confidential memo shows an unprecedented level of caution from a company that has taken harsh stances towards employee attempts to organize in the past.
"Walmart probably has in mind that the Obama NLRB [National Labor Relations Board] often sides with unions over management," said Lance Compa, a labor law professor at Cornell University's School of Industrial Relations in Ithaca, N.Y. "So they're being extremely cautious."
The memo is peppered with Walmart management jargon, offering a window into the secretive corporate culture built by founder Sam Walton. Managers are reminded over and over of the acronym TIPS (Threaten Intimidate Promise Spy) when dealing with potential labor organizing by hourly-wage "associates." The widely used human resources term serves to remind managers that they cannot, by law, threaten or intimidate workers who organize, promise them benefits if they stop organizing, or spy on their activities.
What managers can legally do, however, is what Walmart calls FOE -- offer workers Facts, Opinions, and Personal Experiences about labor organizing. Walmart offers a sample opinion that says, "I don't think a walkout is a good way to resolve problems or issues." According to Compa, this is a boilerplate tactic for companies looking to discourage unionizing without breaking the law.
The historic retail worker strikes began last Friday in Los Angeles, when 60-some people walked off work, and they quickly spread across the country. Earlier in September, workers at warehouses owned by Walmart in Illinois and California also went on strike.
Striking workers are demanding that Walmart end retaliatory practices against employees who attempt to organize by Nov. 23, Black Friday. If not, they will strike again on the biggest shopping day of the year, according to Colby Harris, a Walmart worker from Dallas, who participated in Tuesday's strike.
Walmart spokesman Dan Fogleman said the strikes were largely publicity stunts. "We've seen the unions hold these made for TV events outside our stores for about ten years now," he told HuffPost, "and they want the publicity to help further their political and financial agendas. There is a very small number of associates raising these concerns, and they don't represent the views of the vast majority of our 1.3 million associates."
According to Compa, the memo reflects Walmart's concern over the 20-some charges of unfair labor practices that Walmart workers filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over the past 8 weeks in concurrence with the strikes.
The charges include dozens of allegations from employees who claim they were subjected to harassment, cut hours and other disciplinary actions when Walmart higher-ups learned that they supported OUR Walmart, the United Food and Commercial Workers-backed worker group that organized the recent strikes. If the NLRB sides with the workers, Walmart may eventually be forced to pay a huge settlement in back pay, the specific amount of which would vary for each individual case.
Fogleman said the company has "very strict policies against retaliation. If an associate feels that they have been retaliated against, we want to know that. That allows us the opportunity to look into it and take appropriate action."
Politics may also play a role in the company's newfound caution. Top positions at the NLRB are appointed by the president, and Democrats have traditionally been more sympathetic to labor organizers.
Notably, the leaked memo lacks many of Walmart's famously tough labor policies.
In the past, internal Walmart documents instructed managers to remind employees that they could be permanently replaced if they went on strike, as well as provided talking points on the false guarantees unions make to workers, according to a 2007 report by Human Rights Watch that examined 292 NLRB charges against Walmart. The new document bears no mention of replacing employees.
At one point, Walmart is even more cautious than the law requires. The document does not instruct managers to evict employees conducting a sit-in on company property, as is within their legal right, according to Compa, who also serves as a consultant to Human Rights Watch.
Still, a few of the strategies that made Walmart famous as a union-buster rear their heads in the document. Tacked onto the end of the memo is a definition of the term, "Coaching By Walking Around" (CBWA), or "when managers walk through their facility or department everyday just to visit with associates," as Walmart explains it. While it may sound benign, the verb "to coach" in Walmart lexicon also means to discipline employees. According to workers interviewed by Human Rights Watch, Walmart managers have used CBWA as a surveillance tactic to monitor and deter labor organizers.
Have you worked at Walmart? The Huffington Post wants to know about your experience. Email us. Information will remain confidential.
Fogleman, the Walmart spokesman, defended the CBWA, saying that management uses it as a tool to "remain engaged with everyone working for them and with environment. It helps foster the channels of open dialogue that set us apart as an employer."
It remains to be seen whether the new directives will have a long-term impact on Walmart managers. "I think it's one thing to get a piece of paper, but in practice that's not what people have experienced in these stores," said Sarita Gupta, executive director of Jobs with Justice, a nonprofit workers rights group. Gupta cautions that one document is unlikely to alter five decades of anti-union corporate culture. "What I worry about is that our experience with Walmart management is they say they'll respect workers, and then their actions tell a different story."
Walmart also could have ulterior motives for considering workers rights, such as covering itself in upcoming Unfair Labor Practice proceedings. "Walmart could say, in effect, 'Look, it says right here, we told our supervisors 'don't retaliate' –- so we must be innocent," said Compa, the law professor. Compa noted that this is a possible motivation for Walmart to have put such "extremely circumspect" manager instructions down on paper at a time like this.
For Dan Schlademan, director of the UFCW's Making Change at Walmart campaign, the motives of the memo are less important than its overall effect on workers. "I've been doing this work for 20 years, and I've never seen a document like this."
"What's important about this piece of paper is that it solidifies what people saw for the first time during the strikes, which is that Walmart employees were able to walk out in protest, and the next day were able to return to work. For many of them, that was amazing to see."


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Mono Lake - California 2011
Mono Lake, California. Pronounced Mo - No Lake. High salt and alkalinity content helps to produce the Tufa's that are so great for photography. The best results with calm water and great reflections was at sunrise. These images were shot with the Nikon D700.Read More

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The Republican Party of Texas has released its 2012 platform where not only does it support things like returning to the gold standard, opposes multicultural education and "critical thinking,", and supporting corporal punishment in schools. It also is filled rife with anti-gay planks..
We affirm that the practice of homosexuality tears at the fabric of society and contributes to the breakdown of the family unit. Homosexual behavior is contrary to the fundamental, unchanging truths that have been ordained by God, recognized by our country's founders, and shared by the majority of Texans. Homosexuality must not be presented as an acceptable "alternative" lifestyle, in public policy, nor should "family" be redefined to include homosexual "couples." We believe there should be no granting of special legal entitlements or creation of special status for homosexual behavior, regardless of state of origin. Additionally, we oppose any criminal or civil penalties against those who oppose homosexuality out of faith, conviction or belief in traditional values.
Family and Defense of Marriage
We support the definition of marriage as a God-ordained, legal and moral commitment only between a natural man and a natural woman, which is the foundational unit of a healthy society, and we oppose the assault on marriage by judicial activists. We call on the President and Congress to take immediate action to defend the sanctity of marriage. We are resolute that Congress exercise authority under the United States Constitution, and pass legislation withholding jurisdiction from the Federal Courts in cases involving family law, especially any changes in the definition of marriage. We further call on Congress to pass and the state legislatures to ratify a marriage amendment declaring that marriage in the United States shall consist of and be recognized only as the union of a natural man and a natural woman.
Neither the United States nor any state shall recognize or grant to any unmarried person the legal rights or status of a spouse. We oppose the recognition of and granting of benefits to people who represent themselves as domestic partners without being legally married. We advocate the repeal of laws that place an unfair tax burden on families. We call upon Congress to completely remove the marriage penalty in the tax code, whereby a married couple receives a smaller standard deduction than their unmarried counterparts living together. The primary family unit consists of those related by blood, heterosexual marriage, or adoption. The family is responsible for its own welfare, education, moral training, conduct, and property.
Judicial Activism in Marriage
We support marriage and oppose the assault on marriage by judicial activists.
Enforcement of the Defense of Marriage Act
We support the enforcement of the State and Federal Defense of Marriage Act by state and federal officials respectively, and oppose creation, recognition and benefits for partnerships outside of marriage that are being provided by some political subdivisions.
Marriage and Divorce
We believe in the sanctity of marriage and that the integrity of this institution should be protected at all levels of government. We urge the Legislature to rescind no-fault divorce laws. We support Covenant Marriage.
Family Values
We support the affirmation of traditional Judeo-Christian family values and oppose the continued assault on those values
And the scariest thing?
The 2012 Platform is LESS anti-gay than the 2011 Platform with planks opposing adoption by gays and lesbians, opposing gay scouts, and linking gays to pedophilia having been removed.
Hate is a Texas value.
You can read the whole document is HERE. But bring some bleach to scub your brain with afterwards.


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Scotland, the home of Golf
Looking for the ultimate golf vacation. Scotland won't disappoint. Consider this bit of trivia:
- Golf was first played in Scotland more than 600 years ago and today it is home to more than 550 courses across the length and breadth of the country
- Scotland was the host nation of The 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles
- Scotland regularly hosts prestigious international golf events such as The Open, Ricoh Women's British Open, The Senior Open Championship and the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open
- Scotland will host two of the next three Open Championships: Royal Troon (2016) and Carnoustie (2018)
- Scotland is home to five of the nine courses currently on the Open Championship rota: St Andrews, Muirfield, Carnoustie, Royal Troon and Turnberry, as well as previous Open venues Prestwick and Royal Musselburgh.
- Scotland hosted the first 33 Open Championships and has hosted 94 of the 144 Open Championships played to date.
- No other country in the world can offer such a diverse range of courses from championship links venues to island "honesty box" courses.
- Scotland has the most golf courses per head of population than any other established golf destination in the world with one course for every 9,000 people
- The average green fee in Scotland is £40 ($63)
- There are more than 400 golf courses within an hour of an airport in Scotland


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Troops in Iraq Detain 20, Discover Multiple Weapons Caches
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2008 – Forces in Iraq detained 20 suspects and have found several weapons caches during operations over the last three days, military officials said.
Coalition forces in Mosul captured two wanted men and detained nine other al-Qaida in Iraq suspects during operations today.
One of the wanted men, an alleged bombing cell leader, was captured along with five suspected associates. The wanted man also is believed to manufacture bombs and target Iraqi and coalition forces.
The other wanted man has alleged ties to al-Qaida in Iraq senior leaders and was captured with four additional suspects. Officials said two of the suspects were injured when they jumped from the roof of the target building in an attempt to evade coalition forces. Another suspect, who was armed, received minor injuries when he was detained by coalition forces. All three suspects were treated on the scene by a coalition forces medic and transported to a military medical facility.
In operations yesterday:
-- U.S. soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division's 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, captured a suspected militant leader in the New Baghdad security district of eastern Baghdad. The militant is a highly sought suspected criminal leader believed to be responsible for explosively formed projectile attacks, officials said.
-- Iraqi soldiers, with support from the 10th Mountain Division's 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, conducted a clearance operation in the Muthanna area and captured a militant and two other suspects with ties to al-Qaida in Iraq in the Rusafa security district of eastern Baghdad.
-- Iraqi soldiers discovered two weapons caches in Baghdad's Sadr City district. The caches contained various rounds, rocket-propelled grenades and charges, bomb-making materials, homemade bombs, and AK-47 assault rifles.
-- Iraqi and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers seized a number of weapons during several operations in Baghdad. The soldiers seized various rifles, a pistol, homemade bombs, hand grenades, various size rounds, bomb-making materials, and an electronic mortar-sighting system.
In operations June 14, Iraqi security forces detained five suspected al-Qaida in Iraq cell members in Balad during an operation to disrupt terrorist operations, officials said. One of the suspects is said to be a key leader within a terrorist network that provides a line of support through Balad and Dujayl.
Also June 14, Iraqi soldiers seized two weapons caches while conducting search operations in Sadr City. The caches contained mortar bases and mortar rounds, homemade-bomb initiation devices, grenades, AK-47 rifles and sniper rifles.
(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
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OpenGL Error
If the parameters of a function call do not match the set of parameters allowed by OpenGL, or do not interact reasonably with state that is already set in the context, then an OpenGL Error will result. The errors are presented as an error code.
For most OpenGL errors, and for most OpenGL functions, a function that emits an error will have no effect. No OpenGL state will be changed, no rendering will be initiated. It will be as if the function had not been called. There are a few cases where this is not the case.
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Catching errors (the easy way)
Utilize the Debug Output support which is part of core OpenGL 4.3 (and also defined by the KHR_debug extension).
This feature provides a simple method for your application to be notified via an application-defined message callback function when an OpenGL error (or other interesting event) occurs within the driver. Simply enable debug output, register a callback, and wait for it to be called with a DEBUG_TYPE_ERROR message.
This method completely avoids the need to sprinkle expensive and code-obfuscating glGetError() calls around your application to catch and localize the causes of OpenGL errors (and the need to conditionally compile them into debug builds to avoid the performance hit in optimized builds). In fact, on some OpenGL implementations, when a GL error occurs the message callback function is invoked on the same thread and within the very same call stack as the GL call that triggered the GL error (or performance warning). That's ideal!
A simple example showing how to utilize debug message callbacks (e.g. for detecting OpenGL errors):
void GLAPIENTRY
MessageCallback( GLenum source,
GLenum type,
GLuint id,
GLenum severity,
GLsizei length,
const GLchar* message,
const void* userParam )
fprintf( stderr, "GL CALLBACK: %s type = 0x%x, severity = 0x%x, message = %s\n",
( type == GL_DEBUG_TYPE_ERROR ? "** GL ERROR **" : "" ),
type, severity, message );
// During init, enable debug output
glEnable ( GL_DEBUG_OUTPUT );
glDebugMessageCallback( MessageCallback, 0 );
For more details on how to utilize this feature, see: Debug Output
Catching errors (the hard way)
OpenGL errors are stored in a queue until the error is actually handled. Therefore, if you do not regularly test for errors, you will not know necessarily which function call elicited a particular error. As such, error testing should be done regularly if you need to know where an error came from.
To fetch the next error in the queue (and to remove it from the queue), call this function:
If the error queue is empty, it will return GL_NO_ERROR. Otherwise, it will return one of the error enumerators below and remove that error from the queue. So to fetch all of the errors currently in the queue, you would need to loop.
A simple loop to extract the current OpenGL errors:
GLenum err;
while((err = glGetError()) != GL_NO_ERROR)
// Process/log the error.
Meaning of errors
The glGetError function returns one of the following error codes, or GL_NO_ERROR if no (more) errors are available. Each error code represents a category of user error.
- GL_INVALID_ENUM, 0x0500
- Given when an enumeration parameter is not a legal enumeration for that function. This is given only for local problems; if the spec allows the enumeration in certain circumstances, where other parameters or state dictate those circumstances, then GL_INVALID_OPERATION is the result instead.
- GL_INVALID_VALUE, 0x0501
- Given when a value parameter is not a legal value for that function. This is only given for local problems; if the spec allows the value in certain circumstances, where other parameters or state dictate those circumstances, then GL_INVALID_OPERATION is the result instead.
- GL_INVALID_OPERATION, 0x0502
- Given when the set of state for a command is not legal for the parameters given to that command. It is also given for commands where combinations of parameters define what the legal parameters are.
- GL_STACK_OVERFLOW, 0x0503
- Given when a stack pushing operation cannot be done because it would overflow the limit of that stack's size.
- GL_STACK_UNDERFLOW, 0x0504
- Given when a stack popping operation cannot be done because the stack is already at its lowest point.
- GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY, 0x0505
- Given when performing an operation that can allocate memory, and the memory cannot be allocated. The results of OpenGL functions that return this error are undefined; it is allowable for partial operations to happen.
- GL_INVALID_FRAMEBUFFER_OPERATION, 0x0506
- Given when doing anything that would attempt to read from or write/render to a framebuffer that is not complete.
- GL_CONTEXT_LOST, 0x0507 (with OpenGL 4.5 or ARB_KHR_robustness)
- Given if the OpenGL context has been lost, due to a graphics card reset.
- GL_TABLE_TOO_LARGE1, 0x8031
- Part of the ARB_imaging extension.
1: These error codes are deprecated in 3.0 and removed in 3.1 core and above.
In the OpenGL Reference documentation, most errors are listed explicitly. However, GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY and GL_CONTEXT_LOST could be generated by virtually any OpenGL function. And they can be generated for reasons not directly associated with that particular function call.
Side effects
Under most circumstances, a function that generates an error will exit without changing any OpenGL state or initiating any OpenGL operations. They will not modify any client memory passed into those functions by the user (ie: pointer arguments). Under such errors, return values are zero or something equally innocuous. However, there are certain circumstances were an error happens and OpenGL state is modified.
Whenever the GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY error is generated, the state of the OpenGL context and/or objects is undefined.
The GL_CONTEXT_LOST error is generated (which requires OpenGL 4.5 or ARB_KHR_robustness) by any commands after the OpenGL context was lost. Those commands have no side effects, with a few special-case exceptions for functions that can block the CPU.
The multi-bind functions functions have unusual error properties. Because they aggregate the ability to bind multiple objects at once, if the binding of one object fails with an error, the others will be bound as normal. Only the erronous objects will fail to bind. Note that there is no way to detect which objects failed to bind (other than querying the context for each binding point).
No error contexts
|Core in version
|Core since version
|ARB extension
An OpenGL Context can be created which does not report errors. If the context bit GL_CONTEXT_FLAG_NO_ERROR_BIT is set to true, then the context will not report most errors. It will still report GL_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR where appropriate, but this can be delayed from the point where the error actually happens. No other errors will be reported.
This also means that the implementation will not check for errors either. So if you provide incorrect parameters to a function that would have provoked an error, you will get undefined behavior instead. This includes the possibility of application termination.


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WASHINGTON — Facebook is installing new controls it says will better inform its members about the way companies are targeting them with advertising, the latest step to quell a public outcry over the company's mishandling of user data.
Starting July 2, Facebook for the first time will require advertisers to tell its users if a so-called data broker supplied information that led to them being served with an ad. Data brokers are firms that collect personal information about consumers and sell it to marketers and other businesses.
Facebook has also set up new procedures for the handling of names of potential customers supplied by data brokers. Advertisers seeking to upload lists of these prospects onto Facebook's platform will first have to promise that the data vendor obtained any legally required consent from those consumers.
How to stop Facebook, Google and Amazon from tracking youMay 25, 201803:58
Facebook says the new policies will create more transparency for its users and require more accountability from advertisers.
"We are not taking a position on whether third-party data is inherently good or bad," said Graham Mudd, a director of product marketing at Facebook. "We are taking a position on the importance of having the right to use the data and for it to have been sourced responsibly."
The new policies are the second big push by Facebook this year to shore up its policy regarding data brokers.
On March 28, Facebook moved to banish data brokers from its platform as part of efforts to burnish its image. But the company quickly softened its stance after big marketers threatened to pull their ad dollars from Facebook, according to three people familiar with the decision. Advertisers said the restrictions on data brokers would hurt their ability to aim their ads at customers most likely to buy their products.
Details of advertisers' pushback, and Facebook's retreat, have not been previously reported.
A Facebook spokeswoman confirmed that the company shifted its position within days because of "feedback from advertisers." She said sponsors will still be able to use information purchased from third-party vendors to target Facebook users with ads, albeit under stricter conditions than before.
Wednesday's move is another effort by Facebook to repair its reputation amid a series of scandals. Among the most damaging was the revelation that political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from the Facebook profiles of 87 million people without permission.
In recent public appearances by executives and new television spots, Facebook has been promoting its efforts to keep its users safe and protect their personal information.
But the initiatives present the Menlo Park, CA company with a tricky balancing act. While it is touting greater protections for its users, its advertisers are demanding the ability to target potential customers with ever-greater precision.
"Facebook is caught between tremendous pressures from marketers, and privacy demands from policy makers and the public," said Kathryn Montgomery, an American University communications professor, who specializes in media and privacy issues.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Senate hearing: Everything you need to seeApril 11, 201803:03
Data brokers are firms that have made billions of dollars gathering and selling Americans' personal information, including how much money they earn, what they buy and how many children they have. They get their data from a variety of sources, including public records as well as transaction histories compiled by credit card companies, retailers and other merchants.
Many consumers have no idea they are being tracked in this way. And while the practice is legal in the United States, it has fueled concerns among privacy advocates about the accuracy of this highly personal information, as well as the methods by which it is collected, bought and sold.
Since 2013, Facebook had collaborated with major data vendors including Experian and Axciom. Using personal information about consumers provided by the brokers, Facebook built an ad-targeting tool on its site known as Partner Categories. Advertisers using the system could pinpoint their ads to Facebook users who met certain criteria, say, those who owned their own homes, just had a baby or drove luxury vehicles. Partner Categories was particularly powerful because it allowed marketers to direct their ads based on information that users may never have disclosed to their friends on Facebook.
Facebook announced March 28 it was shutting down Partner Categories. That same day, the company told ad agencies they would be prohibited from uploading lists of potential prospects acquired from data brokers into Facebook.
Together, those two steps would have effectively amounted to a total ban of data brokers from the site.
Facebook's initial move was a blow to consumer-goods manufacturers that lack direct relationships with the people who buy their products, marketers said. Car makers, for example, often know little about consumers who walk into dealerships. Ditto for food manufacturers, which sell to supermarkets, not grocery shoppers.
To target customers on social media, these companies rely on data brokers to guide them to the best prospects, according to interviews with current and former data broker executives.
Ad agencies besieged Facebook to reconsider, according to three people familiar with the situation.
One executive conveyed a blunt message to Facebook: "'Dollars would go to other places if we can't find suitable alternatives,'" she recounted to Reuters.
On March 30, just two days later, advertiser complaints persuaded Facebook to allow them to continue to target Facebook users with ads based on uploaded customers lists purchased from data brokers. The company told Reuters its Partner Categories tool will still be phased out by October.
Arkansas-based Acxiom, one of the nation's largest data brokers, told Reuters it researches the sources of its consumer information carefully, using methods that are "not only legal, but also just and fair to the individual."
Experian, another major vendor based in Dublin, Ireland, did not respond to multiple requests for comment on their privacy policies.
Many Americans are mistrustful of data brokers. A Reuters poll of 1,780 people in the U.S. found that, of those who were familiar with the brokers, 68 percent said they were opposed to social media firms working with those information vendors. The poll found 59 percent of those who were familiar with the data brokers said they would use a social media site less if they knew the tech firm was partnering with them.
The poll conducted between May 15-21 found 751 were "somewhat" or "very" familiar with data brokerages. The poll has a credibility interval, a measure of the poll's precision, of 4 percentage points.


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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
A detail from the cover of the new book by Professor John Fabian Witt '99.
Monday, September 21, 2020
From left to right, Professor James Forman Jr. and Law School Access Program Fellows Alexis Willoughby-Robinson, Tai Walker, and Addys Castillo during a recent Saturday meeting. Story photos by Nina Oishi '22.
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An Exchange 8 Minutes Ago
Man: Hey can I ask you a question can I hang out with you?
Me: No.
Man: YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, BITCH!
Well then why did you even ask? Now I have to run into the Trader Joe's and stay there until they remove you from the parking lot or close for the night and I will be unable to resist the siren song of their English Toffee even though I'm trying to cut excess sugar out of my diet.
Also, note to the guy who saw the whole thing happen and chose to stand there gawking instead of intervening on my behalf: I know you were just trying not to get stabbed, but now we can never date. You should have just pretended that nothing was happening and averted your eyes like all the other people in the parking lot.
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Leviticus 24
Holy Things
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 3Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
5And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. 6And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. 7And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 8Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 9And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
10And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; 11and the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12and they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. 13And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.
17And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 18And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; 20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 21And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 22Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
23And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Odds and Ends
"For the month of September, Gertie's readers get 10% off any full-price fabric in the Coatings, Woolens and Oo La La categories at Gorgeous Fabrics. Just enter the coupon code GERTIE at checkout and we'll deduct 10% from any of those fabrics!"
So if you haven't bought your Lady Grey fabric yet, now's the time! (Speaking of which, how's the cutting out going, Sew-Alongers?)
Project Gutenberg where you can read the whole thing online, charming illustrations included.
Have a lovely evening!
9 comments:
aww i loved the beatrix potter books when I was growing up. I lived in Gloucester (UK) for a while and they had a Tailor of Gloucester clock in the main shopping centre - so cute!!!ReplyDelete
I haven't read that for years and years and years - so lovely!ReplyDelete
I should be cutting out my coat fabric, but I have The Fear. So I'm making trousers instead. Bad Emmy.
"More twist!"ReplyDelete
I love that book
Love that scene in Sleeping beauty. That was a big inspiration on my little life! I still say one Tsssssp
just to let you know I've tagged you in a post on my blog I hope you don't mind heres the link if you want to take a look.
Have a fab day!
Stevie x
Bad Emmy indeed! Face the fear, lady!ReplyDelete
Stevie, thanks for the shout-out!
We read the Tailor of Gloucester aloud every Christmas Eve...I just love those gorgeous fabrics...and of course, the cherry colored twist!ReplyDelete
Just found your blog and am excited! I am an avid seamstress, but sew mostly in 1/6 scale! Here is my website, if you are interested.
Aww, Beatrix Potter! I loved her growing up and I was big fan of the Tailor of Gloucester! I also loved the clothes the mice made... *happy, nostalgic sigh*ReplyDelete
(By the way, I'm not a sewer and have never made anything, but your blog makes me want to go out and get a sewing machine and start making cute dresses, too!)
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Date: Saturday, April 14 2018
Time: 19:00 - 21:45 (GMT)
FG Type (Classic or Unity):
Ruleset: 5E
Games Master: ProNobis
Minimum Players: 2 Maximum Players: 6
Booked: 3 Pending: 0
Available: 3
Fantasy Grounds College is a place to learn how to use the FG virtual table top to play with your friends. Our in house league is the Explorer's Guild (EG): https://explorers-guild.github.io/
This league focuses at what we call sequential one shots. In other words, each session needs to be a self contained game that you could enjoy even if you have never played with us before and don't bother to read any of the lore on the website in advance. We currently have one (Penolia) persistent world where changes made by one party will be encountered by the next. This world has been around for several months and has lots of lore, places to go, things to do, but you don't need to know any of that to get started. You can spin in a random circle and wander off and find npcs that have problems you can solve, or find things to kill, or dungeons to dive in (we tend to run mostly 4-5 chamber dungeons these days so that a dungeon can be "cleared" in a single session). Some groups will focus on lore, others will focus on combat, both provide xp and other rewards.
For the FG-con we will be running a super long session (12 hours) Friday and Saturday, and a pretty long session on Sunday (9 hours). No one (but the GM) will be there the whole time. This huge session will be divided into 2:45 minute legs with 15 minute breaks during which we expect to be switching out players based on their schedules.
- You will need to register here when that opens.
- You will also need to download the Incarnate System modules from here: https://incarnategaming.github.io/download/ and place them in your "modules" folder.
- If you want your progress tracked then you need to register yourself and your character here in advance: https://explorers-guild.github.io/gettingStarted.html (registration time should be about 10 minutes).
- You will also need a lvl 3 point buy character made from either Wizard's Player's Hand Book or the Incarnate-Engine. You may use one addition approved source as listed here: https://explorers-guild.github.io/approvedSources.html (Note for league players: no Nexus Characters over level 5 can be played this weekend)
The queue: The goal here is to not have one individual show up and play for 20 hours in a weekend, the goal here is to give lots of people a taste of the league. To that end, if someone stops by who is not registered and one of the players has more than 2 sessions (6 hours) we will ask them to let other people have a turn. We are training up more GMs and have lots of games at other times, the convention is to introduce new people, not shoot way ahead on the leader board.
This session will be run on the Fantasy Grounds Discord server: https://discord.gg/VKbhkSt
This session is run by the Fantasy Grounds College. You can find out more about the College here: https://www.fg-con.com/fantasy-grounds-college/
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Coalition Forms to Oppose Electricity Rate Increase in Western Ky. from Smelter Deal
A coalition of western Kentucky businesses and residents has formed in hopes of minimizing the fallout of an electricity rates deal between Big Rivers Electric Co-Op and western Kentucky aluminum smelters.The coalition is worried the deal will lead to higher utility bills for residents and businesses. Aluminum prices have been low in the past few years, and across Kentucky, aluminum smelters have sought to save money on their electricity bills.Earlier this year, Big Rivers cut a deal with two Western Kentucky smelters, allowing them to buy their electricity on the open market. The smelters said the change was necessary to stay in business, but the deal cost the electric company more than half of its customer base.To make up for that, Big Rivers is asking the Kentucky Public Service Commission to approve a 30 percent rate increase for its remaining customers.That prompted the creation of the Fair Rates Kentucky coalition.Big Rivers needs to abandon the plan to raise rates, argues Steve Henry, a coalition member and general Manager of Domtar, a paper company in Hawesville. Otherwise, more businesses and residents could leave the company's service area."You know, we just need to think about what these rate increases will do to area businesses, which obviously employ many of the 110,000 residential customers that will be affected by these increases as well. Think about the schools, churches, hospitals," Henry said.Henry said Big Rivers needs to look at all options and back off the proposed increase.He argued that Big Rivers is misguided in seeking the increase."They are hoping business conditions will improve four or five years down the road and in the meantime ask us to pay the exorbitant price increases until they hope that the markets improve down the road," Henry said.


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Apple's 11-inch MacBook Air may create a conundrum for prospective Mac owners: should they buy a petite Apple laptop or an iPad? When Apple launched the Air, it said it was a hybrid device combining the best aspects of the MacBook with the iPad. Just like Apple's tablet device, the Air has flash storage and no optical or hard drive. But like previous versions of the Air, the new computer runs OS X and has a laptop form factor.
So, if you had to pick just one device, and you specifically wanted an Apple device, for traveling or using at home, which one would you choose? For a spec-to-spec comparison see our comparison chart. For feature comparisons here is some guidance:
iOS versus OS X
The first thing to consider is the software and what your needs might be. If you choose an iPad, you will have a range of applications to choose from including Apple's iWork productivity suite. But importing and exporting files between the iPad and your desktop is still a bit of hassle requiring you to use iTunes and each app's Document Manager.
The Air has the full OS X file management system, and you can switch files to your Air using a USB flash drive. You can also install the upcoming Office for Mac 2011 if you want, but you will have to use the Air's optical drive sharing feature with a nearby PC or Mac to access the install discs.
Beyond work, both devices will play your iTunes music, you can access online music services such as Pandora using the Air's Web browser or the Pandora app for iPad. But games are more accessible on the iPad since you have access to a wide range of popular mobile games such as Angry Birds, Bejeweled and Madden NFL.
Apple did not mention whether the new MacBook Airs are high-powered enough to run Mac OS X Lion, which is due out next summer.
The Airplane Test
If you want something to use when you're 30,000 feet in the air, the choice between an iPad and an Air comes down to personal preference. The Air's 11.8-inch width and 7.56-inch depth should be small enough to fit comfortably on most airplane tray tables. When the Air is open, you probably will need about 8 inches of clearance between the base of the tray table and the seat in front of you to use the device comfortably.
The iPad has a width of 7.47 inches. So if you use an iPad with a case that props it up on your tray table in landscape mode, you'll probably need a similar amount of clearance for the iPad as with the Air. The advantage of the iPad, however, is that you can also set it on your lap or lay it flat on your tray table.
Keyboard, Portability and Other Considerations
The MacBook Air boasts a full-size physical keyboard with 78 keys, 12 function keys and four directional arrows. The iPad relies on a touchscreen keyboard, although it can be paired with a portable keyboard.
As for portability, both are relatively light. The iPad weighs in at 1.5 pounds for the Wi-Fi version and 1.6 pounds for 3G. The Air comes in a little heavier at 2.3 pounds. Both devices feature 802.11n Wi-Fi that is backward compatible with slower versions of Wi-Fi including 802.11a/b/g, and both have Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. One thing the 11-inch Air doesn't have is a built-in 3G data connection, which is an option with the iPad. However, you could pair the Air with a MiFi mobile hotspot if you needed to.
As for pricing, the Air starts at $999 and there's an $1,199 option as well. The iPad ranges in price from $499 to $829, depending on the storage and 3G options you choose.
Apple's addition of what is essentially a netbook with the 11-inch MacBook Air is an interesting new device for the Mac lineup. But it will be interesting to see if the smaller laptop bites into iPad sales, or whether users completely ignore the new laptop in favor of a tablet device.
In Video: Here is a video overview of the Macbook Air
Connect with Ian Paul ( @ianpaul ) and Today@PCWorld on Twitter for the latest tech news and analysis.


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Promises, Promises
Once upon a time, a man's (or woman's) word was their bond. If one made a promise, and then didn't deliver on that promise, it was not only considered "bad form," but an extreme embarrassment. A cloud of shame could descend upon an entire family over one broken promise. But here, well into the 21st century, it seems that promises can be made and broken without much thought, be it in poli


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The First Reviews for Selena Gomez + 'Spring Breakers' Are Glowing
Let us just throw in this warning from the get-go! Even though Selena Gomez is co-starring in the hot, anticipated film 'Spring Breakers,' it's guaranteed to not be appropriate for the youngins. But the silver lining here is that the film is getting pretty awesome reviews, so Selena lovers shouldn't be too worried about making this a success. Unlike her other film 'Monte Carlo,' ahem…
Katy Perry Makes Worst Celebrity Fragrances List
According to NPD Group, research shows that there are at least 500 celebrity fragrances released each year. That's quite an obscene number since… well, are there even 500 celebrities worthy of fragrances out there? Of course with each new fragrance comes the expected Best and Worst lists, and sadly, Katy Perry's fragrance "Purr" made the latter.
Is Christina Aguilera Getting Engaged?
Oh yeaaaa! We forgot Christina Aguilera was dating that guy Matt Rutler. The girl has been so busy posting sneak peeks of her new album and video and promoting the upcoming season of 'The Voice,' that we didn't even realize she was still dating her boytoy.
See Katy Perry + Cheryl Cole in Trailer for Rihanna's 'Styled to Rock'
Sure, when you have friends like Katy Perry and Cheryl Cole helping you out, it's enough to turn heads. But sorry Rihanna, your project 'Styled to Rock' sounded like a good idea in the beginning, but now, we've grown a bit iffy.
Britney Spears' Former Manager Uses 'X Factor' Footage Against Her
Someone is none too pleased with Britney Spears as of late, and it comes in the form of her supposed one time manager Sam Lutfi. You know… the guy that basically helped Brit have a breakdown in 2007. Such a dark time for us as Britney fans.
Katy Perry's Brother David Hudson Releases First Music Video
Uh oh Katy Perry, it looks like you're not the only Hudson (Perry's real last name) looking to pursue a career in music. Sure, Katy has already succeeded at her music career, so there may not be much of a competition just yet. But now, her brother David is looking for his big break in the industry with the release of his new song 'To You.'
Ludacris + Kelly Rowland Get Steamy on 'Representing'
Well isn't this quite a meeting of the minds! Ludacris and Kelly Rowland have teamed up for the single 'Representing,' and it leaves us wondering why this is the very first collaboration between the two artists!
Kelly Clarkson Covers Michael Buble + Mariah Carey Live
We at PopCrush present to you another exciting edition of Kelly Clarkson's 'Kelly Covers…' ! Girl, for real, we can barely keep up. As usual, Clarkson's covers are frickin' phenomenal. Is there anything this girl can't sing?
Britney Spears Suffers from Bad Breath!
Fancy a mint, Britney Spears? From what we've heard, our girl Britney suffers from such bad breath, that a source close to the star says it "absolutely reeks." Not. Even. Nice!
Simon Cowell Saves Nine People From Sinking Boat
Simon Cowell can add "hero" to his long, long list of achievements: The former 'American Idol' and current 'X Factor' judge came to the rescue of nine people who were trapped on a sinking boat in France!
Kelly Clarkson Covers Florence + the Machine's 'Shake It Out'
In a segment of PopCrush videos that we're now going to call 'Kelly Covers…,' we present to you another fabulous cover from 'American Idol' winner Kelly Clarkson — this time, of Florence + the Machine. As if 'Kelly Covers…' needed more of an introduction.
Florence Welch Invites Harry Styles of One Direction to Work With Her
The Reading Festival must have been quite the meeting of the minds because Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine and Harry Styles of One Direction hit it off in such a major way, that Welch has invited Styles to sing work with her anytime he wants!


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I had been managing pretty well during my kids' 19 cumulative school years. I had even handled issues of Spanish grammar, relying only on my high school French. But, one night, when faced with proving that a quadrilateral is, in fact, a parallelogram, using the exact correct order of theorems and postulates, the memory bank was taxed.
"I need to study this for a while," I told my daughter. "Do something else, meantime."
By 1 am, I was confident that we had done it. We had not only done it, we had killed it. We had solved the proof of all proofs. After school the next day, I was informed that we had not. We had not even come close.
"What do you mean, not close?" I raged. "That's ludicrous. We got the alternate interior angles, we got the CPCTC!"
"Not close, that's what I mean," my daughter said, adding, "I also found out that half the class has tutors."
"That's ridiculous," I scoffed. I wasn't hiring any tutor; I was a teacher myself, for crying out loud. We would persevere. I bought a guide encouraging us to "Ace Geometry the E-Z Way." After a few weeks, realizing that the E-Z Way was a hoax, I gave in. Abandoned ship. Called for help. "Help," I pleaded, to Tutor No. 1. Sorry, booked. "Help," I begged to Tutor No. 2. Been filled since summer. By No. 4, we finally reeled one in.
Stunned by the demand, I decided to do what I do best, and started asking questions.
At 3:35 pm, teenagers stream from the student entrance on Westchester Avenue, moving determinedly. There is no loitering at Highland Park High School, and by 3:42, the place has cleared out. For most kids, this is when the work begins.
The school routinely ranks among the top open-enrollment high schools in the country, and it is hardly shy about its gleaming reputation. But what isn't clear is who should be taking credit. According to a 2011 study conducted by Highland Park ISD, 64 percent of surveyed parents said their high school kids used a private tutor or after-school coaching in the classroom. Seventy-seven percent of these students needed help in math, 65 percent in science, 27 percent for other courses (foreign languages, economics, psychology, and other electives). The motivation? To catch up, 53 percent. To gain a competitive advantage, 14 percent. To do both, 33.
Private instruction is no longer reserved for SAT and ACT test preparation, an investment that parents in many school districts expect to have to make come junior year. "When we first launched our company in early 2009, 100 percent of our business was test preparation," says James Denke, executive director of an in-home tutoring company called the Waterton Group. "A year later, subject tutoring accounted for 20 percent. I've had three requests in the last week."
Says one middle-school teacher who tutors high school kids, "Getting extra help is the norm now. Everybody's doing it."
Everybody, it would seem, really is everybody. Used to be, kids who struggled with certain subjects would find outside instruction, accounting for a small percentage of a given class. The rest would tap the teacher, as needed, if there was something they didn't understand. Now students of all academic levels work consistently with tutors, often several, at hourly rates of $100 to $200.
"I know someone with four tutors," says a Highland Park High School senior. "She does her homework with them every day."
The broad sweep of kids, smart kids who, in the past, have done just fine on their own, find that they need to supplement what schools are teaching, just to pass. And the top tier vying for the 4.7 GPA instead of the 4.0 are paying for the extra edge.
"It's not who you think. Valedictorians are getting tutors to keep their standing," says Marilyn Kaufman, president of Plano-based College Admission Consultants, former teacher, and Princeton Review board member.
"If you pick out any one math class, more than half of the kids have tutors on a regular basis," says one math tutor who asked that I not
use her real name. Call her Beth James. She's a former teacher and now has 25 private students. "Someone is filling in the gaps with them. And that's where I come in. I wouldn't have a job if teachers did theirs."
The trend is not restricted to Highland Park. In other districts that boast high-performing students and enviable college acceptance records—particularly Plano and Southlake—large numbers of kids camp out at their dining room tables after school, after sports practice, on weekends, waiting for reinforcement.
"It is rampant," says Deidra Mulloy, registrar at Southlake Carroll Senior High School.
Private tutors in these pristine parts are saviors, life vests in a tsunami of expectation. And they are booked solid, often before the start of the school year.
"I leave my house at 3 and don't return before 10," James says.
Another has enough business to rent space in Snider Plaza. "I run classes after school until 10 at night," she says. "I have two kids of my own whom I never see. I tutor college kids during the day, and I don't have time for an interview."
Just what is, or isn't, going on in class? Critics point to an inflexible curriculum that is too advanced for all but the top 10 percent of kids, combined with a pace that prevents complete comprehension, internalization, and application of material. Add to this an inordinate amount of testing (e.g., a unit test plus three quizzes every two weeks, multiplied by five classes, equaling 20 evaluations for every 10 days of school), and the result is panic, cramming, memorization, and crazed phone calls to tutors at the 11th hour.


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McKenzie-Mohr & AssociatesPhone: 778-265-2955 Email: [email protected]
Address: McKenzie-Mohr & Associates 1595 Clive Drive Victoria, BC, Canada V8R 5W3
CBSM utilized by thousands of organizations worldwide
Single, Most Significant InfluenceCommunity-based social marketing has been the single, most significant influence in the design of our water and energy efficiency programs. The "Home WaterWise Service" and "ClimateSmart Home Service," combined, reached more than 500,000 households across Queensland.
- Anthony Coates Director, LGIS Operations
- Local Government Infrastructure Services Brisbane, Australia
Required TrainingDoug's Fostering Sustainable Behaviour workshops should be required training for anyone who develops or manages an environmental program.
- Dr. Wesley Schultz Professor of Psychology
- California State University San Marcos, California USA
Revolutionized Program DeliveryOver the last two decades, community-based social marketing has revolutionized the development, implementation and promotion of environmental programs. I highly recommend attending Doug's workshops to learn how to apply this innovative approach to your own programs.
- Ken Donnelly President
- Beyond Attitude Halifax, Canada
Comprehensive UnderstandingWe have used community-based social marketing successfully for nearly a decade. CBSM allows us to develop a comprehensive understanding of our target's barriers to change and what motivators are required to encourage the adoption of sustainable behaviours.
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Must-Attend TrainingDoug's workshops are a must-attend for anyone involved in energy and environmental policies and programs. McKenzie-Mohr's approach is solidly based in research and in many years of on-the-ground successful programs with careful evaluations. I highly recommend his highly informative community-based social marketing training.
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Jeb Bush finally announced his candidacy for President of the United States as a Republican. According to a reporter, Jeb portrays himself as
[A]n executive animated by big ideas and uniquely capable of carrying them out, pointing to his record in Florida of introducing a taxpayer-financed school voucher program, expanding charter schools, reducing the size of the state government by thousands of workers and cutting taxes by billions.
He also portrays himself as near-Latino.
One of Bush's campaign major strategies is the pursuit of the Latino vote. It centers on Bush's claim to Latinos that "I'm close to you, I understand you": I speak your language, I embrace your culture and I know firsthand the immigrants' experience. He says nothing about issues of importance to Latinos.
Bush's repeatedly emphasizes his fluency in Spanish. He also asserts that Spanish is important in his family: He and his wife speak Spanish at home and their children are bilingual. OK Bush, it's nice that Spanish is important to your family, but how does that help Latinos? Does that mean that you'll champion immigration justice or accessible health care for poor Latinos? If not, which is certainly the case, your Spanish is just for show.
Bush also proclaims a deep attachment to Mexico:
Here in the U.S., Cinco de Mayo has become a day where we celebrate our ties with Mexico and the great contributions of the Mexican-American community in the U.S. In my case, this relationship is very profound. My wife Columba was born in Mexico, my family has always had strong ties with Mexico and I have great respect and affection for our neighboring country.
What Mexico are you talking about, Jeb? The Mexico of Mexican elites? I doubt that you are speaking of the large number of people that would need your help the most: the undocumented poor who experience exploitation in their jobs and racial profiling on the streets.
His last affirmation is completely absurd:
I know the power of the immigrant experience because I live it each and every day. I know the immigrant experience because I married a beautiful girl from Mexico.
Come on, Jeb: Are you serious? What immigrant experience are you talking about? Your wife married a wealthy white aristocrat whose family includes two former Presidents of the United States. Your wife's experiences have nothing in common with the mass of Latin American immigrants. She has almost certainly not been racially profiled in public spaces or spent years in this country without papers afraid that after years of hard work she could be apprehended and deported.
Jeb touts portions of his biography that are vacuous and not substitutes for a clear statement about how he would address as President the needs of the mass of Mexican and other Latino immigrants or the large population of poor US born Latinos. Don't expect Latinos to vote for you simply because you speak Spanish and your wife is a Mexican immigrant. Offer them concrete solutions to their problems.


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An event every week that begins at 9:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, repeating until Sep 7, 2019
Join us for a guided tour through the darkest corners of Bellingham Bay and watch the bioluminescent plankton light your way!
The Community Boating Center hosts guided Bio Paddles every Friday and Saturday night through all of July and August, as well as June 28 and 29, and September 5. Visit this link to register: https://www.boatingcenter.org/class-registration/


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- Bathurst• Diocese situated in New South Wales, Australia, in the ecclesiastical Province of Sydney
Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.
- BathurstBathurst† Catholic_Encyclopedia ► BathurstDiocese situated in New South Wales, Australia, in the ecclesiastical Province of Sydney, comprises the territory immediately west of the Dividing Range; it extends north to the Barwon River, is bounded on the west by the Macquarie River as far up as Warren and thence by a line to the Lachlan River twenty miles below Eauabolong.HISTORYBathurst (population in 1901, 9,223) was founded in 1824. Owing to the hostility of the aboriginals and other causes, population filtered slowly into the rich Bathurst plains till the first paying goldfield was discovered in the district, in 1851. The first church in Bathurst, says Cardinal Moran, "was nothing better than a bark hut". It was superseded in 1861 by a fine new edifice (now the cathedral), which was erected at a cost of £12,000 by Dean Grant, pastor of Bathurst for nearly twenty years till his death in 1864. In 1865 Bathurst, then part of the Diocese of Sydney, was made the cathedral centre of a new diocese, which extended from the River Murray to Queensland, and from the Blue Mountains to the border of South Australia. That vast and sparsely populated territory was divided at the time into five missions, ministered to by six priests, with seven small churches and six state-aided Catholic schools, attended by 492 pupils. Its first bishop was the Right Rev. Matthew Quinn, who had taken an active part in organizing the Irish Brigade that fought for the defence of the Papal States in 1860. He was consecrated in Dublin, 14 November, 1865, and reached Bathurst 1 November, 1866, accompanied by five priests and seven pioneer Sisters of Mercy. Years of toilsome organization followed — laborious visitations; opening new missions and supplying them with clergy; church, school, and convent extension; the introduction of the (Australian) Sisters of St. Joseph and the Patrician Brothers; the founding of a Catholic newspaper, the "Record"; the erection of St. Stanislaus' College, in 1873, at a cost of £15,000, and of St. Charles' Ecclesiastical Seminary eight years later. Dr. Quinn was a man of great energy, deep piety, cultivated intellect, and, says Cardinal Moran, was one of the "foremost champions of religious education in Australia". At his death 16 January, 1885, there were in the diocese 28 priests, 56 Catholic schools, 21 convents, 192 nuns, and 5 religious brothers. Dr. Quinn was succeeded by the Right Rev. Joseph Patrick Byrne (consecrated 9 August, 1885). In 1887 the new Diocese of Wilcannia was formed out of the Bathurst Diocese. At the same time some districts from the Maitland diocese were added to the Bathurst jurisdiction. Dr. Byrne, says Cardinal Moran, "strenuously and successfully carried on the great work of education and religion begun by his predecessor", and, like him, was "a model to his clergy in his unwearying and self-sacrificing toil". St. Stanislaus' College, which from its foundation had been under the control of secular priests, was in 1888 entrusted to the Vincentian Fathers. It is now (1907) one of the foremost educational institutions in Australia, and noted for the work done in its well-equipped physical and chemical laboratories. When pronounced to be stricken by an incurable malady, Dr. Byrne received from his priests and people, on the Epiphany, 1901, a pathetic demonstration of affection, accompanied by a money gift of £2,530. He passed away on the 12th of January, 1901. To him succeeded the Right Rev. John Dunne — builder, missioner, organizer — who was consecrated 8 September, 1901. He is to complete the architecturally fine college of St. Stanislaus, and under his administration the missionary and scholastic traditions of the diocese are well sustained. The efficiency of the Catholic schools is in no small measure due to the system of inspection inaugurated by the Rev. J. J. Brophy, D. D., LL. B. The principal lay benefactors of the diocese are Mr. James Dalton, K.S.G., and Mr. John Meagher, K.S.G.RELIGIOUS STATISTICSIn the diocese there are: 18 parochial districts; 89 churches; 29 secular priests; 7 regular priests; 7 religious brothers; 242 nuns; 1 college; 8 boarding schools for girls; 11 day high schools; 39 primary schools (with 3,496 pupils); 1 orphanage; 4,298 children in Catholic schools; and a Catholic population of about 27,000.Moran, History of the Catholic Church in Australasia (Sydney, s. d.); Hutchinson, Australasian Encyclopaedia (London, 1892); The Australian Handbook (Sydney, 1906); Australasian Catholic Directory for 1907 (Sydney, 1907); Report of the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Bathurst for the Year 1906 (Dubbo, 1907); Missiones Catholicae (Propaganda, Rome, 1907), 694.HENRY W. CLEARYTranscribed by Susan Birkenseer
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII. — New York: Robert Appleton Company. Nihil Obstat. 1910.
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State Bank Of India Bhelatand IFSC & Branch Info
The IFSC Code of State Bank Of India Bhelatand branch is SBIN0008749. The branch is located in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. For address and phone numbers, scroll down.
SBI Bhelatand IFSC Code: SBIN0008749
State Bank Of India Bhelatand MICR & Contact Info
Address, MICR code, branch contact number etc of SBI Bhelatand branch is given below. You may contact the branch or the Customer Care number of the bank information relating to your State Bank Of India account.
|Branch Name
|State Bank Of India Bhelatand
District Bokaro Jharkhand, Malda - 828103
City & District : Dhanbad
State : Jharkhand
|Branch Phone Number
|0326 2373339
|Customer Care Number
|1800-11-2211, 1800-425-3800
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SBI branches in Dhanbad | SBI branches in Jharkhand
Along with your account number, account name and account type (ie., savings or current) the following information about the branch is to be provided for fund transfer:
Bank Name : State Bank Of India
Branch Name : Bhelatand
IFSC Code : SBIN0008749
Location : Dhanbad, Jharkhand - View full address & contact number
To make NEFT or RTGS money transfer to State Bank Of India Bhelatand branch from any other bank in India, IFSC code is necessary. For hustle free payment transfer, share the accurate IFSC, branch name and account number with the transferer.


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Lion Air orders 234 A320 Family aircraft
Indonesia's Lion Air has placed a firm order with Airbus for 234 A320 Family aircraft, comprising 109 A320neo, 65 A321neo and 60 A320ceo. The deal sees the carrier become a new customer for Airbus.
The order was finalised today at a special ceremony at the Elysée Palace in Paris in the presence of President François Hollande of France, who witnessed the signing of documents by Rusdi Kirana, Co-Founder and CEO of Lion Air Group and Fabrice Brégier, President & CEO, Airbus.
In a single class layout the A320 can seat up to 180 passengers, while the A321 can carry up to 236 with the latest cabin configuration options. Lion Air Group will use the aircraft to meet growth requirements on its expanding domestic and regional route network. The carrier will announce engine selections for the aircraft in the near future.
"The fuel-efficient A320 Family will enable Lion Air to achieve the lowest possible operating costs and continue to offer the most competitive fares in the Asian region," said Rusdi Kirana, Co-Founder and CEO of Lion Air Group. "This landmark order will ensure that the Lion Air Group will continue its expansion with one of the most modern and advanced fleets in the world."
"This announcement marks our first order from Lion Air - one of Asia's fastest-growing and most successful low cost carriers," said Fabrice Brégier, President & CEO, Airbus. "The news underscores the market-leading position of the A320 Family, which continues to attract new customers for both the current and new engine options. We very much look forward to welcoming Lion Air as a major new operator of Airbus aircraft.
"Offering the lowest operating costs in its class, the A320 Family is the world's best-selling single-aisle product line. To date, some 9,400 aircraft have been ordered and more than 5.400 delivered to over 380 customers and operators worldwide. The A320ceo and A320neo share over 95 percent airframe commonality, enabling seamless operation of the various models in a single fleet.Since taking to the skies in 2000, Jakarta-based Lion Air has become one of Asia's fastest-growing airlines. Today the Group operates an extensive network covering over 70 destinations in Indonesia and South East Asia


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It's only been a few months since the iPad's April debut, but Apple's latest light-weight cordless gadget has — for most — lived up to its expectations. Sans keyboard and mouse, the iPad offers a versatile online experience through a 9.7-inch glossy touch screen. You can search the Web instantly, pull up maps that are clearer and crisper than a paper printout, listen to music, read endless amounts of books and magazines, and access many more apps with the touch of one button.
If you own an iPhone and love it, the iPad could be a new favorite, as it is much easier on the eyes and extremely simple to navigate. Even if you are not familiar with the iPhone, the iPad may have you saying "can't leave home without it," due to its relatively small size (weighing in at only a pound and a half), slim shape and useful applications.
And, several months later, the iPad continues surpassing demand expectations. With such a tough economy, it seems surprising that people are finding an extra $500 to splurge on a device that is not a necessity. But could it actually be the future of business communications or a corporate norm? We spoke with Pendleton C. Waugh, vice president and co-founder of Phoenix-based Smartcomm, a company dedicated to offering opportunities in the wireless industry, to find out his thoughts on this new device and the implications it has on business users.
How do you see the iPad helping with business uses?
Well, Apple sells all the applications you would normally use on a computer for work, like Word, Excel, even PowerPoint. You can just add those apps. And if you don't like using the touch screen, you can hook an extra keyboard to your iPad and type away.
What application do you find the most helpful for work, currently?
I like the note taking application. It replaces paper. I can just type up my notes, and then e-mail them to myself or to anyone else — and there you go.
So no more paper and pens for your meetings?
No, I don't need them. I take the iPad into all my meetings and type away. I did recently add an extended keyboard, but up to now I've just been using the touch screen. You just tap on the letters; it's very easy and user friendly — much like the iPhone interface.
Do you see the iPad complementing or replacing a laptop or computer at work?
The iPad is going to be your computer at work. But it won't replace your desktop or laptop. Your desk computer will remain at your desk while you're in the office, but the idea of "desk jobs" is rapidly disappearing. Your iPad will be your PC, so you can work from it wherever you are, and then your desktop will be your server to access any information. We're going wireless. According to SNL Kagan, a financial information firm that collects, standardizes and distributes corporate, financial, market and M&A data, about 80 percent of households will be wireless within 10 years. If you want to see the future of businesses and communications, walk into an Apple store. There's the future.
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The iPad provides a more effective way of storing, organizing, using and retrieving information. There are a lot of people who didn't realize the iPad was going to be a big hit and still don't think it is. But it is revolutionizing our communication standards, going from voice data to video. We are using smart devices that keep getting faster and more efficient, just like Gordon E. Moore (Intel co-founder) predicted in what we now know as Moore's Law. So many capabilities of computers are linked back to this law, from processing speed, memory capacity, sensors, and even the number of pixels on a camera. The iPad can help industries communicate more efficiently.
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The iPad has definitely been a positive experience for the principals in our company in changing how we approach work scenarios. It beats taking notes on paper or the occasional napkin, and allows the ability to instantly e-mail anything typed up on the electronic tablet. The iPad is travel-friendly and uncomplicated to use. The price is reasonable. It's not cheap, but it won't break the bank, and the general consensus, from other media reviews, is that it's worth the money.


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Saturday, September 27, 2014
Video: Duggars at #VVS14
34 comments:
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 2:41 PM
where is Josiah duggar we have not seen or heard from him for a very long amount of time?ReplyDelete
Whatever happened to Josiah? I haven't seen him in any pics, videos or episodes for many months? They don't talk about why he is absent. Did I miss something? Have they disowned him or has he moved away from the family?? Where did he go?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 6:08 PM
He at the camp John David went couple year agoDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 7:58 PM
He had went to ALERT training camp for a few months... And Josiah, Joseph, John-David, a Jill and Derrick must of been the ones that didn't make it there in time because they were going on a different plane.Delete
- Peyton :)September 28, 2014 at 3:24 PM
Josiah is currently at ALERT, Air Land Emergency Resource Training, in Texas. He was actually with the Duggar family but I'm not sure if he was singing with them. I know he was with them at the Pizza shop in DC this weekend. Hope that helps!Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 4:23 PM
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Duggar, God has blessed you with a loving family whom love and serve the Lord! Your amazing family is living proof of God's immeasurable grace. Both of you, as a couple who love the Lord and live out a genuine faith, point your kids' to God daily through your choices, conversations, actions and attitudes. I love how you guys allowed God to plan the size of your family, instead of giving in to the easy life and settling for what the world says. What is the greatest privilege of being a Christian parent? Blessings!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 4:27 PM
Mr. and Mrs. Duggar, what has been your' biggest challenge in raising so many blessings?ReplyDelete
Josiah is in college in Texas last I knew.ReplyDelete
What is 17-year-old Josiah Duggar up to these days? He is still away at the International ALERT Academy, a Christan training and service organization located in Big Sandy, Texas. The rest of the Duggar family paid him a visit this weekend. THIS SHOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 5:55 PM
How do you find out things like this?Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2014 at 3:26 PM
Josiah is 18 :)Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 5:07 PM
I would like to ask Mrs Duggar how she is so patient all the time.. Thanks very much.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 5:17 PM
Truly a family who Loves the Lord. Such a beautiful example of living the Christian life.ReplyDelete
Josiah is actually 18 as he was born in Aug.1996. How long is he gone for? They made a huge deal on the show about Joseph going there and he was not gone nearly as long.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 6:37 PM
bravo! thank you for standing up for the good peeps of America! you guys are just amazing!! always ya'll's-Texas RedReplyDelete
I love, love, love watching the little girls, especially Josie!!! They are all too cute, and they do what any 4, 5, and 6 yr olds do...figit! LOLReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 7:08 PM
What is the biggest challenge of being a parent to such a large family? God bless.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 7:26 PM
I can see that Jesus is extremely welcomed at the Duggar household. Michelle, you are one of the most selfless, devoted, inspiring mothers in this world. You're daughters follow in your' steps. You are a great example of what a godly woman should be. Jim Bob, you work hard to see that the spiritual needs of your' children and wife are met. You lead your family in a lifestyle of biblical worship. You are a fantastic man of our mighty God. It's always great to see families seeking God in unity and walking in His truth! I love reading about your' beautiful family. So many lights for God all in one family!! God is good. Psalm 34:8-9 reminds me of your' family. What is the greatest opportunity that you have, as Christian parents, in raising your' kids?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2014 at 8:20 PM
This was so beautiful. I especially loved the tenor part. It sounds like a young boy. Who is it?ReplyDelete
Anna where did you get your dressReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2014 at 12:58 AM
What does one nation under God mean to Michelle Duggar? One nation under the God Michelle Duggar believes in? I believe in God. I don't believe the world was created 6,000 years ago--just 60 one hundred generations ago. I believe in one nation under God -- I don't agree that any one religion gets to put their stamp on who God is. That is what America is all about. Michelle is asking for a communist nation; one nation under the God she believes in.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2014 at 7:50 AM
acutal it does not since I know it is only a 8 week camp? and how could you answer that question for sure are you his family or him? I think there is somthing going on between him and his parents. He does not look happy at all.ReplyDelete
This post / video means so much to me! To know you are in the family of God, with me as your sister too, well, I love you all so much!! and the song was a blessing!!! Love you!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2014 at 9:50 AM
The little kids look really sad and poor Ben looks so awkward swaying in the backgroundReplyDelete
Thank you for posting that!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2014 at 1:49 PM
@jewellz could he not be doing missioner work somewhere?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2014 at 4:52 PM
I love, love, love you and your family. May the Lord continue to bless your ministry. I get chills whenever I hear ya'll preach. Thank you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2014 at 10:05 PM
Big families totally awesome!! I'm one of ten and I love it!! There have been several challenges that my family has faced throughout, but everything has always worked out for the best as long as we kept our eyes on God!! (Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work out for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose,) What is biggest trial that you guys have faced as a family? And how did god lead you through it?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 28, 2014 at 11:29 PM
Many Jewish groups have asked that the Duggars stop comparing the Holocaust to their personal agendas. Why don't they stop?ReplyDelete
Thanks for being such a Great inspiration and role model for this country!. Hopefully, we can get back more of "God," and stop this craziness that's going on today.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2014 at 8:17 AM
Re the post (20) about Michelle and one nation under God. Look in the Bible Exodus 20, the 10 Commandments - says right at the first have no other gods. Other religions may represent other gods. Your idea that no religion gets to put a stamp on who god is clearly contradicts this point.ReplyDelete
Anonymous. You might want to not judge their appearance as they sing or if they sway. Listen to the words and hear what God hears. This is the heart of a true Christian. You did bring something to mind though. One nation under God means the unity of all who believe in God and his word. (Jesus) That all who believe don't just believe but have the marks of a Christian. Live Gods ways. Not the ways of any other. God judges our heart condition. Is our heart really in him. Like when you noticed the distractions as they sang. Your heart wasn't in it. You missed what their message was. You were ruled by the flesh. Love you in Christ.ReplyDelete
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When creating Calculated and Calculated mutichoice questions in the Moodle 2.3 Question Bank, Wildcards and Datasets can be created for randomizing the question answers. For example, If the question is on Addition of integers, the when previewing the question, 2 + 5 will show at one time and 5 + 7 at another time. This allows the questions to be randomized, preventing students from making a answer key for the Quiz. The following article will explain how to make Wildcards and datasets to randomize quiz answers.
What is a Dataset? A Dataset is a group of possible numbers to use in the equation. Datasets are listed as items with a wild card value. For example, if there a 4 items in a dataset that hold a value for the variable (ie. the variables could be represented by the number 5, 10, 12, or 15), Moodle will generate 4 different versions of the question with those parameters.
What is a Wildcard? A Wildcard will use the Dataset to randomize each question that will uses the same data set. For example if the question is {A} + 25 and the Dataset is 5, 10, 12, or 15, then the quiz questions will display either 5 + 25, 10 + 25, 12 + 25, or 15 + 25.
Creating Wildcards and datasets
- Log into the Moodle Dashboard
- Navigate to Front page settings > Question bank > Questions. Select a Calculated question and click the edit link. If there are no Calculated questions created, create one. After selecting the question to edit, scroll to the bottom and click Save changes.
The Choose wildcards dataset properties page should display. To create a new dataset for a Wildcard, select will use a new shared dataset. In this example, the wildcard is a newly created one so select Do not synchronize. Click Next page.
Choose wildcards dataset properties Mandatory wild cards present in answers will use the same existing private dataset as before: This option will use a wildcard that was made previously
will use a new shared dataset: This option will create a new wildcard dataset
Possible wild cards present only in the question text This will show any possible wildcards that can be used in the question. Synchronize the data from shared datasets with other questions in a quiz Do not synchronize: This will keep the Wildcard dataset for the existing question only.
Synchronize: This will apply the Wildcard dataset to all questions using the same Wildcard throughout the question bank.
Synchronize and display the shared datasets name as prefix of the question name: This synchronizes the Wildcard with other questions and append the question name to it.
On the Edit the wildcards datasets page, Fill in the parameters for the Item to add. Below is a table of the definitions of the values.
Item to add Shared wild card The Shared wild card field is for setting the value of what the variable will be. Range of Values Minimum The Range of values will allow Moodle to generate a number between these values.. Decimal places The question can be set to have a decimal up to 9 places. Distribution Uniform or Loguniform can be selected here. Uniform will use the entire range of values. Loguniform will use values from the lower limit of the range of values.
- Answers tolerance parameters can be set here. this will use the parameters set when creating the question. The Tolerance can be edited here as well. For more information on editing the Tolerance of a question please see Working with the calculated question Tolerance in Moodle 2.3
Add a Dataset. Leave the radio button checked and select the quantity of wildcard sets to create. Click Add. In this tutorial, 4 datasets were added to the Wildcard.
Important! You must add at least one dataset item before you can save this question.
Edit the wildcards datasets Next 'Item to Add' reuse previous value if available: If there are previous sets of the same wildcard, this option will allow that same set to be used.
forceregeneration of only non-shared wildcards: This will forcibly generate the new item not based off any shared wild cards.
forceregeneration of all wildcards: This will forcibly generate the new item regardless of if the wildcard is shared or not.
Add item In this section, a group of random new set(s) of wild card(s) values can be created. The items can be generated one at a time or in groups of 10 up to 100.
When the Dataset is added, the Set will show at the bottom. The Shared wild card number will be generated and the equation will display. Below will show the Tolerance of what the correct answer will be.
Now at the top of the Edit the wildcards datasets page, the Question will show the quantity of datasets for the Question in the Items Count column.
When previewing the question, each time the question is accessed, the question will change depending on the amount of datasets. In this case, 4 datasets were created so there are 4 different equations available for the question. Datasets can be reused for different questions as well. For example, when using the {A} wildcard in other questions, the question can use the same randomized dataset.
This concludes the article for Setting up Wildcards and datasets in Moodle 2.3. Please check the next article on Setting up a Calculated Simple question in Moodle 2.3.