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When it comes to your child's musical education, choosing the best teacher and program for your needs is a major decision.
My teaching is based on a deep educational philosophy proven to work in the study of classical music. My goal is to apply these principles towards the nurturing of versatile Contemporary Pianists. While most piano lessons are based on various teaching "methods", the majority focussing solely on performance, my program revolves around a meticulously crafted and time-tested philosophy of teaching. Performance, (both of the standard classical repertoire and contemporary works) is a vital part of my curriculum, but only a part. Also covered in the weekly lesson are other valuable skills, such as intense training of the ear, the art of improvisation, understanding the foundational elements of music as it is written today, the basics of musical composition, and communication through ensemble performance.
Parents , (particularly those of toddlers and elementary school aged children), play a very important role both in the studio and at the in-home study sessions. At the heart of the philosophy is a strong, open, honest, positive relationship between the child, parent, and teacher. It is not necessary for the parent to be able to play the piano. Rather, clearly understanding the process, overseeing the daily practice, providing a positive learning environment in the home, and maintaining an open line of communication with me are paramount for success.
While the "drop-off/pick up" piano lesson protocol is convenient it does little to motivate and inspire the child. It also limits access to students mature enough to attend lessons on their own.
The key here is maintaining a consistency between what and how things are studied at the lesson and the in-home practice sessions. This is where the parents come in. This parental participation is a huge contributor to musical success.
Students have the option of attending lessons in my newly renovated teaching studio. It has been designed with the emphasis on students safety, optimal social distancing capabilities, and ease of sanitization.
A Teaching Studio Lesson Protocol is in place, based on Saskatchewan Government Small Business Covid-19 Guidelines.
My new studio set up is also optimized for online broadcasting, featuring super high speed wired Internet, multiple webcams, and high quality audio capabilities.
Technical support is also provided to students wishing to optimize their online capabilities.
Students have the option of combining in-studio and online lessons. I am open and flexible when it comes to this arrangement and am willing to tailor scheduling to the specific needs of each student.
Early in 2020, we began hearing about a deadly new virus with the potential to spread like wildfire across the globe, and our world began to change. At first, it all seemed so far-removed, and daily life around here was normal. As the Covid-19 storm clouds began to gather, hand-sanitizing and washing hands became necessary for all entering my studio. Then, we woke up one day to a new reality of self-isolation, social distancing, and the necessity to navigate uncharted waters. My students could no longer join me in my studio.
We have all had to face new challenges, and adapt to new, unfamiliar circumstances. Through all of this; it is has been of the utmost importance to maintain some sense of direction and normality for our children.
Having to close my doors to my piano families was a daunting experience. I was then faced with two alternatives – stop teaching all together until the "new normal" was established; make the conversion to online teaching. The first could be potentially financially devastating for me and my family; the second presented many logistical obstacles, as well as ethical and practical issues.
Most of my families were open to the idea of online learning. The burning question for me was would my students benefit from online teaching? If my students did not respond well to and grow through online teaching, I would not, in good conscious, be able to continue with it.
For the balance of the 2019/2020 term, online piano lessons became the "new normal". Spending six to eight hours a day, staring at a large screen TV, wearing headphones, "Zooming" with my students taught me much, not only about the technology of video streaming, but also about how the curriculum I had spent the last three decades creating would perform.
I have always been amazed at how malleable children are. Online teaching has been no exception! Initially, I was quite apprehensive about attempting to teach online, but I was soon pleasantly surprised.Overall, students responded amazingly well, with most showing consistent growth. This is indeed, a testament to their abilities and the dedication of their parents.
Therefore, studying piano online is a feasible option.There are variables, (Internet connection and speed, audio considerations, video quality, etc.) which may need to be addressed, but with minimal effort and expense, online lessons can be productive.Most importantly, students ranging from toddlers to seniors responded extremely well to my curriculum. Mother Tongue teaching is based on carefully mastering small steps, which combine to create ability. Fortunately, these assignments translated seamlessly to online study. This lead me to make the decision to offer online lessons for the 2020/2021 term.
This year, about forty percent of my students continued with online lessons exclusively, with another five percent splitting their studies between online and in-studio, the remainder visiting me here every week.
Thus, the literally thousands of hours I have spent online Zooming since the onset of Covid-19, have provided me with a wealth of knowledge about the pros and cons of this service.
Over the past several months, there have been constant and consistent upgrades to Zoom. As a result, the streaming of online piano lessons has seen many improvements in bandwidth and audio quality. There is a discernible difference between the quality of Zoom in September 2020, as compared to that of today. In an effort to improve online musical instruction, Zoom has created audio-specific settings for its application.
In an effort to improve its online musical instruction capabilities, Zoom has created audio-specific settings for its application. This has been a very positive benefit. The only downside is that configuration varies from device to device.


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The key to a successful concrete tilt-up structure is cost efficiency. Our experience has provided us with methods to assure floor flatness, limit cracking and add architectural detail to the wall panels. Accrete can help you get the most out of your concrete tilt building with our experience in energy efficient lighting plans, rack plans, panel sizing, and ESFR systems.
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Skin problems can affect the quality of life
In this study researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine compared two questionnaires to evaluate the impact of sun spots on a patients' quality of life. Both tools were effective in evaluating the quality of life, which was affected by dark spots. Understanding this can help guide treatment choices.
Mayra B. C. Maymone, Hind H. Neamah, Eric A. Secemsky, Neelam A. Vashi. Correlating the Dermatology Life Quality Index and Skin Discoloration Impact Evaluation Questionnaire tools in disorders of hyperpigmentation. The Journal of Dermatology, 2018; 45 (3): 361 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.14172


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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 19, 2008
President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa
Laura and I are saddened to hear of the passing of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa. President Mwanawasa was a champion of democracy in his own country and throughout Africa. As President of Zambia, President Mwanawasa launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign and dedicated himself to improving the welfare of all Zambians. As Chairman of the Southern African Development Community, President Mwanawasa worked tirelessly to uphold the values of good governance, speaking out against human rights abuses and threats to democracy when many others were silent.
On behalf of the United States, we extend our sincere condolences to President Mwanawasa's wife, his family, and all Zambians during this difficult time.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Uncle Perk Got The Call
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Two lovely posts Shirley, so happy you were able to say goodbye, sending hugsReplyDelete
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Praying for comfort for you and your family!ReplyDelete
So sorry for the loss of your uncle. He sounds like he was a wonderful man.ReplyDelete
Sounds like he left with all the love his heart could hold.ReplyDelete
I'm so glad you got that time to say your goodbyes Shirley. We got to say our goodbyes too before my husband passed. And you are right, when someone lives as long as your Uncle Perk, that is truly a blessing to be celebrated. I hope he passed as peacefully as my husband did. You paid a wonderful tribute to an amazing man. Hugs, BrendaReplyDelete
Shirley, I am saddened to hear about the loss of someone so special to you. I know he will live forever in your heart.ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry. But also glad that he didn't linger and suffer. My thoughts and prayers go out to you, Betty, Theresa and the rest of the family. He will be greatly missed.ReplyDelete
So sorry for your loss.ReplyDelete
Thank you for letting us know. Keeping your family and friends in my thoughts and prayers.ReplyDelete
Hugs for peace and comfort as your mourn the loss but the celebrate the life of your dear uncle Perk.ReplyDelete
so sorry to hear of your uncle passing.ReplyDelete
May Uncle Perk rest in peace.
You and your family are in my prayers.
So sorry for your loss. Your Uncle Perk sounded a lot like my father who was also a mechanic, very quiet, was the smartest man I knew, taught me a few things about cars, we both loved baseball - St. Louis Cardinals etc. When I first moved out on my own, I was barely struggling to make ends meet but I was determined to do so even if I had to skip a couple of days eating during the week. My dad showed up one night about 9:00 p.m. with a hamburger, fries and a coke from McDonalds and then bought me groceries that week. I miss him so, just like I know you miss your Uncle Perk. My dad would have been 94 this coming July. These men were part of the greatest generation that ever lived. My prayers go out to you and your family during this time of loss. Thank you for sharing your Uncle Perk's story.ReplyDelete
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So sorry for your loss Shirley, but I'm happy that you had a special time with him to tell him you loved him and to say goodbye. Prayers for comfort.ReplyDelete
Hugs ~ Lena
- AnonymousJanuary 23, 2016 at 4:02 PM
Okie (Shirley) - Just wanted to say I am sorry for your and your family's loss of your Uncle Perk. It sounds like he was a wonderful man and filled in for you as a 2nd dad after you lost yours. I hope you all find comfort in the warm and loving memories that you have of him. Prays for you all in this time of sorrow.ReplyDelete
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William Raymond
Attorney Raymond joined the firm in Early 2019. He was raised in Hanover, Massachusetts. He attended and graduated from Boston College High School. During his time there, Attorney Raymond discovered an affinity for advocacy as a member of the Model United Nations Club. He volunteered at a school for disabled children the summer of his senior year.
Attorney Raymond obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science while minoring in Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Attorney Raymond was accepted to and attended Suffolk University Law School. Attorney Raymond was a Semi-Finalist in the Tom C. Clark Appellate Advocacy Competition in 2018. He was a member of the Suffolk Innocence Clinic and evaluated claims of actual innocence. Attorney Raymond graduated from Law School in 2018.
Prior to joining the firm, Attorney Raymond worked with a Brockton law firm as a law clerk. Attorney Raymond is licensed to practice law in Massachusetts.


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Public property is property that is dedicated to public use. The term may be used either to describe the use to which the property is put, or to describe the character of its ownership (owned collectively by the population of a state). This is in contrast to private property, owned by an individual person or artificial entities that represent the financial interests of persons, such as corporations.[1] State ownership, also called public ownership, government ownership or state property, are property interests that are vested in the state, rather than an individual or communities.[2]
In a paper[3] by Armen A. Alchian, he explored what distinguishes public property from private property, concluding that a unique difference lies in the limitations put on its alienability. That is, a crucial feature of public property lies in the inability of their owners to sell or grant them to others. According to Alchian, private property is that which can be transferred at the discretion of its owners, whilst public property is that which cannot.
Consequently, because of the absence of exchange in much of what is public property and thereby the absence of market prices reflecting its value, it is difficult for a government to appraise its holdings. This can lead to problems with economic calculation.
Both rights with respect to public and private property are in part determined by governments. The owner of a private property can control it at own discretion, whilst the state reserves the right to charge taxes and nationalize it, or temporarily use it. The difference between public and private property lies in their alienability.
Most public property is government-provided and not charged for separately to users, but open to the public. However, it is incorrect to say that all public property can be used freely by the public. Many public goods are provided only to subsets of the population, such as care for the elderly and playgrounds for children. That is, the 'public' may vary and does not in fact determine its public or private nature.
"Marx described private property as a fundamental social relation of bourgeois society, where it is used for appropriation of labor by capitalists. Marx considered that public property will replace the private property, as a natural historical change of a property relationship.
All property relations in the past have continually been subject to historical change consequent upon the change in historical conditions.
The French Revolution, for example, abolished feudal property in favour of bourgeois property.
The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But modern bourgeois private property is the final and most complete expression of the system of producing and appropriating products, that is based on class antagonisms, on the exploitation of the many by the few.
In this sense, the theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property."
- Marx & Engels: Library: 1848: Manifesto of the Communist Party: Chapter 2[4]
Generally, in Marxism, private property is understood as property that is used by bourgeoisie to increase capital.[5]
In the modern representative democracy, "public property" is said to be owned by the people as a commons or held in trust by the government for common benefit. In many Commonwealth realms, such property is said to be owned by the Crown. Examples include Crown land, Crown copyright, and Crown Dependencies and Leah Buckner.
According to the 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union:
State property, i. e. the common property of the Soviet people, is the principal form of socialist property.
The land, its minerals, waters, and forests are the exclusive property of the state. The state owns the basic means of production in industry, construction, and agriculture; means of transport and communication; the banks; the property of state-run trade organisations and public utilities, and other state-run undertakings; most urban housing; and other property necessary for state purposes.
-Article 11[6]
But "public property" itself as a separate form was not foreseen, instead there was Social ownership of the means of production.
In Alaska since the 1950s was working off the model of public property in the resource sector. There was almost one third of the state with huge reserves of oil. For the realization of the right onto the public property in 1976 was founded Alaska Permanent Fund, which included 25% of the annual fee of the incomes of private oil-producing companies.
That fund is the public property of the state population.What is expressed in payment of dividends to all citizens(except convicted criminals). The average value of the dividends is between $600 and $1500, for the 2020 it was $992.[7]
In Canada, The Public Debt and Property are under the exclusive Legislative Authority of the Parliament of Canada,[8] rather than the Queen or the local authority, according to the Constitution Acts, 1867 and 1982, article 91.
Common land was in a public usage of a village community for cattle breeding, growing cereals, fishing. Forest lands were used for timber extraction.


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The Company: Generating Franchise Candidates since 2004
Shaking Things Up: Disrupters of What is Normal
5th Avenue Leads is a franchisee sales lead generation company that will get you the results you need in an industry where results are hard to get. Through the network of candidate acquisition programs that are linked to a wide variety of franchise categories, we can generate thousands of premium franchisee candidates in real-time. Our unique approach gets us the best, call-verified leads that we are proud to deliver to our clients.
What We Stand For: Better Candidates Through Innovation
5th Avenue Leads uses our proprietary technology coupled with unrivaled process management to ensure that the candidates we deliver are serious about their inquiry, qualified to act, and ready to talk to our franchisors and franchise broker clients. While we get many leads through our sources, we focus on the best-quality leads available. We sift through the inquiries for you to find the best there is to offer so you have the satisfaction of knowing that your company's time and resources are being put to the best use.
Our Innovator-In-Chief
Natalie was not always an innovator in generating franchise candidates for her clients. Her path was started in a different direction at the beginning of her career. After graduating as one of 10 women to earn a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1984, she spent the next 15 years working in the Mechanical Design Automation field.
During this time in her career, she was instrumental in Rasna Corporation's climb to #3 on the Inc. 100 list of "Fastest-Growing Companies" and played a major role in their ability to sell to Parametric Technologies (PTC) for $500 Million. After helping with the PTC transition, Natalie decided to try her hand at business automation through software development using her mechanical automation experience. She became part of the start up team that founded Blue Martini Software, which went public 2 years later in 2000 with a $4.4 Billion peak market cap.
In a few years, Natalie felt a new calling, this time as a Franchise Consultant. It was here that the first inklings of what would later become 5th Avenue Leads were conceived. Her concept grew from growing frustrations with the leads she was getting for her directive in Franchise Development. Too many leads that were unqualified or undesirable wasted her time and resources. She began generating her own leads with great success. Word began to spread that she knew how to get quality franchise leads and soon others asked her to get them leads too.
Once she realized that there was a demand for her leads, she co-founded Mercury Road, and later 5th Avenue Leads. Her proprietary system of finding, qualifying and verifying leads has consistently yielded excellent candidates for franchisors and franchise brokers for nearly a decade.
Natalie's career experience has served her well. Her education and experience with both mechanical engineering and software development helped her revolutionize the business process and technology for finding new franchise candidates. Using these skills, she has taken franchisee lead generation to the next level and made 5th Avenue Leads one of the fastest growing lead generation companies in the industry.


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Archive for August 2017
4 Steps to Becoming the Dancer You Are Meant to Be
The majority of people who take the chance and sign up for a free first dance lesson at Arthur Murray don't know exactly what to expect. Some are nervous. Some worry about feeling embarrassed. But almost everyone can't wait to get out on the floor and give it a whirl. If you've heard that learning…Read More
Dirty Dancing Celebrates 30th Anniversary Since Hitting the Big Screen
It's almost hard to believe! Is it really possible that it's been 30 years since we first met Johnny Castle and Baby Houseman and fell in love with them, as they fell for each other, in the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing?" Yes, it's true! While the movie was originally a low-budget summer flick (it was widely…Read More
Feeling Romantic? Why You Should Buy Dance Lessons For Your Partner
When was the last time you and your partner let loose together? If you have an occasion coming up, the gift of dance lessons may be just the thing to rev up the magic. (In many cases, according to some longtime Arthur Murray clients) ballroom dancing can help reignite the spark, as well! While you're mastering swing…Read More
Take Out Quiz: What Wedding Song Should You Dance To?
Summer is one of the most popular times to get married and each weekend an average of 44,230 weddings take place all over the country. If you are one of the lucky getting married this summer, it is safe to say that there are plenty of last minute details to figure out before the big day.…Read More


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(10-05-2013, 12:51 PM)Googolplex Wrote: Can you make a video of the stuttering?
Where does it happen? Always in the same area?
(10-05-2013, 01:01 PM)ThurGzy Wrote: The stuttering happens at lots and lots of different points, it's just before an event is about to happen for example the children speaking like a millisecond before they speak the framerate drops a little, or some kind of noise or when you are opening a door or sometimes picking something up like a note or the lantern for the first time it drops by about 5 frames then back up to 60,
(10-05-2013, 11:48 AM)plutomaniac Wrote: Can you both state your system specifications?
(10-05-2013, 10:15 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: I'm not able to reproduce this with my system, which is fairly similar.
CPU: i5-3570K
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660 Ti
SSD: Vertex 2 120GB
OS: Windows 8 Pro x64
Are you sure you both have the same "issue"? One says that it's constant 40fps and another that it's fluctuating between 40 and 60. I know you have high end gpus but try leaving SSAO to Medium.
(10-06-2013, 01:35 PM)plutomaniac Wrote: Have you both made sure that your Nvidia Control Panel 3D Settings are set to default? That means both Global and Program Settings (for Program I mean any Amnesia executable) are set to defaults.
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Healthcare FACETS System
Trizetto FACETS Sytem Introduction:
Facets (Trizetto Claims processing system) provides several functionality which is supported under the application group or you can call modules.It helps the organizations to perform their day to day operational work by utilizing any or all of the application groups. Facets is a registered trademark of Trizetto.Facets is a client/server based system ,developed in JAVA technology and all the business rules are running behind the scene as a core functionality.It allows the industry users to be in compliant with all the latest mandates and legislation as long as the latest version of the solution is in place by the Facets users.
Facets implementation allows the integration with many 3rd party applications and the most common one is the claims Xten or TPS (Total Payment system). This type of integrations help the organizations to reduce cost and gain high value from the cost saving prospective. Facets have two sides of the jobs in the market which are very demanding.One hand there are less skilled resource available ,but industry needs more resources to fulfill all the federal/state mandates.
Key Feature:
A Best suited solution of the healthcare management
A Very demanding for handling managed care products
A Very robust and user friendly user interface
Allow great security level with the user roles and access level management
All the application groups are as follows:-
Application support
Benefit Configuration
Hippa Privacy
Claims Process
Claims processing-ITS
Customer Service
Dental Plans
Dental provider agreement
FSA Plan
ITS Application Support
ITS Plan
Medical Plan
Provider NetworkX
Provider aggreement
Pricing Profile
Utilization Management
Workflow Configuration
Note :Each of the Application group is further subdivided into several functionality.
1. Introduction To Electronic Adjudication
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Electronic Adjudication
- EDI and Electronic Adjudication Implementation
2 Claims Adjudication Flow
- EDI 837 Inbound Process
- XC Claims Process
- XC Database
- XC Back out Process
- Multi-Engine Electronic Adjudication Process
- Batch Action Codes
- Recall Logic
- Facets Electronic Claims System Flow
3 Electronic Adjudication Application
- External Claims Editing Application
- Electronic Claims Logging
- FR0400 – Electronic Adjudication – Pended Error Register
- FR0410 – Electronic Adjudication – Exception Register
- FR0411 – Electronic Adjudication – Exception Register – Security
- FR0420 – Electronic Adjudication – Critical Error Register
- FR0500 – Aged Claims Report
- FR0597– Error Dental Claim Detail
- FR0598 – Error Hospital Claim Detail
- FR0599 – Error Medical Claim Detail
4 Adjudication and Error Messaging
- System Message Logging
- Critical vs. Adjudication Errors
- System Message Data Structure
5 System Administration Consideration
- Claim Numbering and Auto Numbering
- Electronic Claims Security
6 Processing 837I
- Trading Partner Profile
- Provider Identifier Mapping Logic
- 837I to XC ITS Host – Provider Host Mapping
- Recall Logic
- Inbound 837 Claim Split
- Manually Splitting Claims
- Line Item Splits
7 Claim Extract Selection-837P
- Sorting the extract
8 Outbound Claims File
- Program
- Record Types
- Claim Level Hierarchy
- Valid Record Types
- Errors During Pre-processing
- Pre-processor Actions
- Outbound Claim Record Sequence
- Sample Claim in OC File Format
- Sample Code
9 Outbound Trading Partner
- INI File
- Trading Partner
- Specialty Code
- Pay To Provider
- Other Providers
10 Other
- Translation Error Reporting
- Claim Extract Status Update
- Viewing EDI Claims in Claims Inquiry
- Facets Reports
- 997 Functional Acknowledgment Summary Report
This course is designed as per the industry best practices. At the end of the course you will be awarded with Elearningline Course Completion certificate for Healthcare.


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Apple iPad dominxxx the tablet market for a long time, but a strong competitor is coming, the Amazon Kindle tablet. First, let's simply introduce the specification of the Kindle tablet.
- Single Core CPU
- $250 price point
- 6GB of internal storage
- 7″ touch screen display
- Integrated Amazon access to Amazon Store, Kindle books, music through Amazon Cloud Player, video streaming, and Amazon's Android Appstore
- Wi-Fi equipped
- Micro-USB port
- Dual speakers
- Runs custom forked build of Android OS
- Includes a WebKit based web browser, Cover Flow-like user interface to flip through content, a Dock for apps and favorite items
- Free Amazon Prime account with purchase
Some extra software information
- It's built on a forked version of Android
- It has Apple Cover Flow-ish user interface, with all the content—books, movies and music— the UI is "very responsive," unlike the Nook Color.
- In portrait mode, it has a dock where users can add their favorites.
- The book reader app is much like the Android Kindle app.
- The music app connects to Amazon Cloud.
According to TechCrunch scoop: there will be a second 10″ model come out next year in early 2012, possibly with a dual core CPU and some other expanded features.
I'm sure the Amazon Kindle Tablet would be popular during the Christmas holiday season, if you lucky to receive one as gift. You may want to enjoy your DVD movie or personal video on it. And this step by step guide will show you how to convert DVD and video to mp4 video for playback on Amazon Kindle Tablet. It would be easy to follow, even you are computer newbie can handle with it.
Step1. Download and install the Media converter for Kindle, and then open it. There are several ways to import your media files to the converter as follow:
- Add Video files: You can drag and drop your video files like AVI, YouTube video, WMV, MPEG, MKV, FLV, RMVB, VOB, etc video into the program, this converter supports batch conversion, you can import and convert several video files at a time.
- Load DVD Rom: Put a DVD movie disc into your computer DVD-Rom, use this way to import theDVD movie into the converter.
Step2. Hit the device icon to select output video format, go to 'HD video -> MP4'. You can also customize the video resolution and video bit rate.
Step3. After the above steps, click "Start" to run the conversion, it would take a few minutes to finish the conversion; you can go away and enjoy a coffer. Once the conversion is finished, you can click 'Find Target' to locate the mp4 video on your hard drive.
Step4. Connect your Amazon Kindle Tablet to computer through USB cable, copy the mpeg-4 video to Kindlestorage. That's all, enjoy my guide, contact me if you need further help.
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UNICORN RANCH is a beautiful place, an eco-sustainable equestrian facility. Harmony between all aspects of life is our goal. No herbicides, pesticides or chemicals are used. Hay is organically grown. With the help of birds, frogs, fish and other critters, recycling, composting, reforesting, planting, growing hay and using a comprehensive approach, the ranch produces superior results that benefit horses, riders and the environment.
Many of Unicorn Ranch horses were rescued horses or unwanted donated horses, but all ended up amazing, both in showing and as therapeutic horses. Part of their secret is the natural, healthy life they lead, and the love and care they receive.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The University of Miami women's basketball team logged its biggest win of the season thus far Wednesday night at the Carrier Dome, toppling No. 13 Syracuse, 84-71.
Despite battling foul trouble, senior forward/center Emese Hof paced Miami (17-4, 5-1 ACC) with 21 points and tied the school record with an 11-of-11 mark at the free-throw line, as the Hurricanes defeated their third top-25 foe of the year.
"I just loved our toughness. It was a game where we didn't have a ton of time to prepare and the players knew what was required," Miami head coach Katie Meier said. "With eight minutes to go, we called timeout. [We told the team], the only minutes we are losing this game—the only time Syracuse has been better than Miami—is when they are out hustling us. So, when they were first to the floor and they're getting those backside offensive rebounds. I said . . . we have to fix those things right now and I think that we did."
After a high-scoring, fast-paced first period, during which redshirt junior guard Laura Cornelius scored nine consecutive Miami points, Syracuse (15-4, 4-2 ACC) held a narrow 25-22 lead.
.@laaau96 with her first career DOUBLE-DOUBLE!!— Canes Women's BBall (@CanesWBB) January 24, 2019
Way to play! 🙌🏻 pic.twitter.com/ic37p68Ff9
The second quarter featured seesaw action, opening with a 9-0 run by Miami in the first 2:11. The Orange answered with eight of the next 10 points, followed by the Hurricanes tallying 12 of the ensuing 14, with six coming on a pair of 3-pointers by sophomore guard Kelsey Marshall. Syracuse scored the last basket of the frame and the Hurricanes took a 45-37 edge into the locker room.
Miami shot 56.7 percent (17-of-30) in the opening 20 minutes, including 71.4 percent (5-of-7) from 3-point range. Meanwhile the Orange posted clips of 40.5 percent overall (17-of-42) and 12.5 percent (2-of-16) from deep.
The Hurricanes stretched their lead to 11 twice in the third session, but the Orange used an 8-0 run to pull back within three, 56-53. However, as the back-and-forth scoring continued, Miami tallied eight of the final 11 points of the period. A buzzer-beating 3-pointer by junior guard/forward Sarah Mortensen made it 64-56 with 10 minutes left.
MORE: The 15 NCAA women's basketball tournament streaks that could continue (or end) in 2019
A 3-pointer by Syracuse sophomore forward Digna Strautmane cut the Miami edge to three, 70-67, with 3:32 remaining, but the Hurricanes took over the rest of the way. Miami scored 11 consecutive points to take an 81-67 advantage with 47 seconds left.
The Hurricanes, who shot 13-of-14 at the line in the final quarter, pushed their lead as high as 15, en route to their first top-15 victory away from home since March 3, 2017 against No. 8/12 Florida State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals in Conway, S.C.
"We didn't pout, we didn't drop our shoulders. When she hit that shot—I mean, that is what they do. No one made a mistake on that play," Meier said of Miami's answer down the stretch. "They had four shooters in at the time and their post play was killing us and we were in foul trouble, so we had to give that up. So I think, when he called that timeout, I wasn't mad at my team at all . . . [and I said,] 'We just have to execute down the stretch and we are fine.' I think the fact that we didn't pout in that situation was huge."
For some perspective, since Syracuse joined the ACC in 2013, only four teams have defeated Duke, Syracuse and North Carolina in the same regular season.@CanesWBB joins Notre Dame, Louisville and Florida State as the only teams to accomplish the feat. Pretty elite company. https://t.co/PORXv9HZJS— Josh White (@_JoshRWhite) January 24, 2019
Hof's 20-point outing was the 11th of her career, including her seventh this season. She became the third Hurricane—fourth occurrence—to shoot 11-of-11 at the free throw line, including the first since Tamara James on Dec. 2, 2005 against Farleigh Dickinson. The 11 makes eclipsed her prior career high by two and the 11 attempts matched her top mark.
Redshirt junior Beatrice Mompremier notched her ACC-leading 15th double-double of the season, including her 10th in her past 11 outings and sixth in a row. The Miami native logged 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.
Redshirt junior guard Laura Cornelius also recorded a double-double, the first of her career, as she finished with 13 points and a career-best 10 assists to lead all players. She also doubled her career block total with a team-high two.
Sophomore guard Mykea Gray added 17 points in the victory, her 10th double-digit showing in the past 11 games and her seventh straight.
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"We were just very focused, very locked in. I think it is fun to go on the road with this team," Meier said. "We had a little bit more time to do film; we had only one day of court prep for this game. It was hard to hear in here, so they kind of had to talk to each other and solve problems."
Redshirt sophomore guard Kiara Lewis paced the Orange with 16 points, helping Syracuse amass 39 bench points, while junior guard Tiana Mangakahia logged 12 to go along with eight assists.
The loss for Syracuse was its first at home since an 84-77 setback versus fourth-ranked Louisville on Feb. 4, 2018.
Miami, which shot 9-of-15 (60.0 percent) from deep, held Syracuse to 5-of-32 (15.6 percent) shooting from beyond the arc, as the Orange made just two of their first 21 attempts. In addition, the Hurricanes went 25-of-51 (49.0 percent) overall and Syracuse finished 28-of-77 (36.4 percent).
The Hurricanes finished the game 25-of-29 (86.2 percent) on free throws, setting a season high in makes, logging its second-most attempts and third-best percentage.
Miami now heads back to Coral Gables, Fla., where it takes on Boston College at the Watsco Center Sunday at 1 p.m.


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I was brought up in Vancouver, Canada. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Cell & Molecular Biology from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Science in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine from the University of British Columbia. After working in research labs in Canada and the United States, I was inspired to pursue Medicine. Recently, I completed a 2 year Post-Baccalaureate program at the University of Texas at Dallas, as a pre-requisite for entry into medical school.
Throughout my undergraduate and graduate education, I have had the privilege of tutoring students of various grade levels. My tutoring strength lies in being able to adjust my tutoring style to a student's learning style. Some students may require written notes, while others may prefer conceptual teaching. Certain students require additional homework and assignments while others might be self-motivated. As someone who has tutored for about 3 years, I am proficient in teaching Math and Science to elementary, high school, and college students.
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Psst. Come here. Ya, over here. I wanna talk to you about something. Just keep it down, alright? It's a little sensitive so I don't want others to hear this. It just … well, it can make people uncomfortable, ya know? Hell, I'm uncomfortable talking about it. But I gotta tell somebody. I have no idea what to do and I can't just ignore it and hope it goes away. That'll do me no favours, never mind who I'm talking about. And that wouldn't be right. I mean, just cuz something's awkward doesn't mean you don't do the right thing, right?
I'm Worried About My Bank
So here's the deal. I'm worried about my bank. Something just isn't right. Their behaviour is just, it's, oh boy, they just seem different, somehow. I can't put my finger on it exactly, but it's like they're no longer themselves, sometimes. Ah, geez, how do I say this delicately? I think they're, you know, losing it. Upstairs. Mentally. I think my bank is going senile. I mean, how else do I explain their refusal to take their money back?
On the surface my bank seems perfectly healthy. Their signs, as green as Augusta fairways, dot strip malls and adorn office towers like beacons of wealth across our expansive nation. They also pop up south of the border including, not surprisingly, on an NHL hockey arena like friendly, inanimate Canuck peace ambassadors. Why, they even have four close friends doing much the same in a rainbow of red, blue, gold, and maroon badging providing Canadians and the world a comforting bosom in which to nuzzle its accumulated treasures.
In return for this patriotic work, my bank, and likewise its friends, is rewarded most handsomely. Absurdly handsomely. Genetically engineered super-human clone of Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Sean Connery, Paul Newman and Chris Hemsworth handsomely. It earned $6.6 billion on revenues of $27.3 billion in 2013 alone. I'm not sure any combination of genetic material from the most desired human males in all of history could rival such a degree of handsomely. In fact, I'm positive my bank could shut their doors for a full year, pay all their employees to undergo plastic surgery transforming each and every one into replicas of the Monopoly guy, then reopen to the fanfare of $10 grand prize winning beauty pageants in each branch and they'd still be sufficiently profitable to warrant inclusion in every Canadian's RRSP portfolio.
So yeah, at first glance everything appears perfectly fine yet I can't stop worrying. Something just isn't right, ya know? And hey, my bank may not like to hear this but it is getting up there in years. It is 160 years old! There's bound to be a little slowing down in the cognitive faculties by that age. One day you and your executive assistant are happily skinny dipping into mountains of profited money stimulating each other with tales of intricate tax evasion anecdotes. The next day you're refusing to let a fiscally prudent, modest family give you your money back. It happens to the best of us.
Prepayment Charge Plus A Reinvestment Fee
Now, granted, I have been a bit disingenuous. My bank isn't entirely refusing to take their money back. They will do so, begrudgingly, so long as I include a pecuniary care package consisting of a prepayment charge and a reinvestment fee. But is this still not itself a cause for concern? Are these fees not suggestive of encroaching senility?
Why, exactly, does a bank need to charge me a reinvestment fee? They're a bank. This is what they do. They tell millions of Canadians how to invest their money every single day. Are they themselves paying for outside advice on what to do with the money I wish to return to them? That would be a little weird, would it not? Maybe get their kids wondering if it's time to take away the car keys?
It's not like there is a shortage of mortgage or loan applicants in this country. Canadians are accumulating new debt with the same reckless abandon that Hugh Hefner swallows little blue pills. Just put up another swanky green sign saying "Have Money – Will Loan" on it and wait for the stampede to the front door. I'll even help you out, dear bank. Take back your money and let me keep my $300 reinvestment fee and I'll give you a phone book full of people who'll happily take your money from you again.
Then there's this prepayment charge. What an audacious perversion of logic to penalize someone for alleviating you of risk quicker than initially agreed upon. The bank is charging me a penalty to give them their money back too soon. That's like you borrowing my lawnmower and me penalizing you for returning it before my lawn needs cutting again. Of course, they also charge you if you give their money back too late, though they're far more accommodating of this indiscretion. No worries old friend, my lawn can wait a few more days before cutting. No big deal, really. Meanwhile your yard mysteriously keeps getting larger the longer you have my mower.
The Bank Is Making Me Do Their Work For Them
The most bewildering part of this prepayment penalty, though, is that the bank itself cannot provide me with a definitive dollar amount for the charge. I contacted my mortgage representative (financial advisor by title) at my local bank branch to inquire what the exact penalties would be if we repaid early. To the right is her response in which she twice iterated that she could only provide an estimate of the penalty. She also graciously enlightened me to the fact that there is a detailed calculation provided in my original mortgage documents that allows me to calculate the penalty myself (it remains unclear if my calculation would also constitute an estimate only) plus a link to a handy-dandy, do-it-yourself online penalty calculator. See? The bank is even making me do its work for it. It's as if they know they have lost a step and are delegating routine tasks to save face.
The promised letter did indeed arrive with the anticipate approximation of the penalty charges and to the surprise of no one ever the penalty would be slightly more than the interest owed if I were to simply pay out the mortgage on schedule. Brilliant! I give you back your money plus what I would have paid you anyway PLUS a fee to find someone else to give it to and you'll call it even. I'm starting to understand where that $6.6 billion in earnings comes from. Furthermore, I'm starting to question my even thinking this bank was going senile. The bank hasn't lost its marbles; they're the genius mob boss faking infirmity to avoid prison.
And just to bring this full circle and shake a little salt on my indignation wounds, I did attempt to calculate the (estimated?) prepayment penalty using that handy-dandy (which is code for mystifying) online calculator and came up with a value more than 50% higher than the one given to me by the bank. I can assure you I won't be sharing my results with the aforementioned mortgage rep. Additionally, my first attempt using the detailed calculation on the back of my mortgage documents provided yet a third equally variable result while also confirming my wisdom in avoiding a mathematical related career.
This all occurred almost a year ago. I eventually, okay quickly, gave up, preferring to stew over this blog post for eleven months. This was likely the hope of the bank all along. Except for the blog post part. I doubt the bank reads my blog. Though it might now. This post alone will surely give reason for an upwards curl at the corner of its lips. Maybe even a tingle in the trousers.
Debt Derived Cash Flow Is Lusted After
Look, I realize this reeks of 'first world problem'. Hell, a lot of first worlders would love to have this problem so I guess it's got more of a 1%er stench. We have been very lucky. I also take pride in our being in this situation. Good fortune has certainly played a role in but we also worked hard, spent cautiously, and wisely didn't buy a house requiring every penny of mortgage the bank pre-approved us for. This fact seems lost on a good many Canadians but a pre-approved mortgage is not like an antibiotics prescription; you don't have to use it all.
So yes, we are at least a bit deserving of this enviable position we find ourselves in. I just wish our prudence was rewarded or at the very least, not penalized. There was a time when vigilant borrowers were a banker's dream. Today, debt derived cash flow is a lusted after commodity by our banking system and serial debtors are thus held in high regard. This is not healthy or sensible. And when corrupt systems fail they tend to cause a lot of collateral damage. Far more than $300 of reinvestment advice will cover.


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Here's a round up of FDA-law related readings posted to SSRN in August.
This excludes articles that were published before 2017 but posted on SSRN for the first time in August 2017. It also omits pieces for which the abstract, but not the article, was posted. As a result, for instance and unfortunately, it does not include Professor Jordan Paradise's new piece, Regulatory Silence at the FDA: Impact on Drug and Biologic Competition. The abstract indicates she explores the agency's "reluctance" to wade into issues relating to patent law as well as the contribution of this "silence" to anti-competitive action that harms consumers.
Joseph Lawless, Sex, Drugs, and Commercial Speech: The Contested Discourse of Truvada (forthcoming in the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems). Mr. Lawless graduated from Columbia Law School in 2017 and is a PhD candidate (American Studies) at William & Mary. This Comment focuses on a letter to FDA arguing that Gilead's advertising of Truvada misleads viewers into believing the drug is safe and effective for situational use rather than for preexposure prophylaxis to reduce the risk of HIV infection. He situates the letter within the commercial speech cases relating to FDA regulation of "off label" speech, suggests that the agency is actually "hardening" its stance towards off-label speech (for instance through its new intended use regulation), and suggests that pursuing Gilead would amount to attacking a company that is providing medically important information to a community otherwise imperiled by lack of access to medical information and drugs.
On a related note, FDA has opened several dockets in the last year relating to communications about medical products, including this docket for comments on its January 19 memorandum discussing communications about unapproved uses. Most of the patient groups and consumers commenting in the docket seem to have opposed loosening restrictions on discussion of off label use (e.g., comments from the USA Patient Network) but at least some (such as NORD, in collaboration with other groups) have argued that current restrictions may limit the ability of some patients to learn about vital therapies.
Eileen M. Kane, Human Genome Editing: An Evolving Regulatory Climate (forthcoming in Jurimetrics). This paper appears in a symposium issue arising out of a conference on "Governance of Emerging Technologies: Law, Policy, and Ethics" at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (Arizona State University) in May 2016. Professor Kane (Penn State Law) describes the history of human genetic modification technologies, starting with the first experiments to produce recombinant DNA in the 1970s, the establishment of the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) at NIH in 1974, and the Asilomar Conference in 1975, in the early years, all the way through to the recently developed CRISPR-Cas9 system for genome editing. Section III discusses "oversight of genome editing in the human germline" and helpfully canvasses both domestic and non-U.S. governmental oversight as well as formal and informal reactions/oversight within the scientific community. The concluding pages offer thoughts about the future, including about the prospect of human germline genetic modification (which seems unlikely to be permitted, at least for now). Professor Kane has a blog on law, policy, and biotechnology, here.
Jordan Paradise, Crowdsourcing Genomics: Exploring PrecisionFDA (working draft). In this brief but very detailed paper, Professor Paradise (Loyola University Chicago School of Law) discusses FDA's efforts to inform and guide next generation sequencing (NGS), through its online portal ("PrecisionFDA"), which is intended to provide a community platform for NGS assay evaluation and regulatory science exploration. Her paper provides a useful overview of crowdsourcing to generate and manage large volumes of information about genetic variants and related biomarkers for disease (as well as drug response), as well as a thorough description of the PrecisionFDA platform. She ends with a few legal and regulatory questions that may emerge including, for instance, questions about the intellectual property status of information shared and collected. (Professor Paradise also posted Case Note: Sandoz v. Amgen, a short paper for the FDLI Update, summarizing the Supreme Court's recent decision on the patent litigation provisions of the BPICA, as well as — as already noted — the abstract of a law review article relating to FDA's "silence" on patent issues.)
Rachel Sachs, Administering Health Information (forthcoming in Cardozo Law Review). Professor Sachs (Washington University, in St. Louis) explores the potential for three federal healthcare agencies (NIH, CMS, and FDA) to collaborate in order to promote the development of new and innovative health technologies and improve access to those technologies. She starts with a description of the innovation incentives administered by each agency, taking a broad view of what constitutes an innovation incentive in the first place. (Thus, for instance, approval of a new drug is considered an incentive to produce information about its safety and effectiveness. And, as she has argued elsewhere, prescription drug insurance administered through CMS provides a reward for research and development and thus operates as an incentive.) Following a discussion of three methods of collaboration among these agencies – information sharing, research, and decision making (such as product approvals) – she discusses a variety of specific collaborations that might improve innovation incentives (broadly understood), noting their success and failure to date. For instance, she covers coordination between the FDA approval process and CMS coverage decisions, noting where it has been attempted and where it has not yet been used (publicly). The paper concludes with a discussion of the barriers to collaboration and ways to facilitate collaboration.


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We are now three weeks into Orchid Daze (opening February 9!) installation. We are in the construction phase, in which various awesomely talented artisans--skilled in carpentry, metal-working, water-display and lighting--- go to work creating the Surreal Beauty landscape.
But I can't lie. Creating a surreal landscape is loads of fun.


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A few years ago I read a story by Max Lucado that posed a riddle to illuminate a truth. The riddle went like this:
"You're glad I came when I'm gone, but you wish I'd leave when I'm there. It hurts when I help. I stretch when I strengthen.
Who am I?"
You may already have guessed the answer. It took me awhile. I have never been very good at riddles and I needed to read the entire story illustration before I recognized the truth in this riddle.
The answer? Growth.
In one moment we can say we want to grow, but in another we strain against growth because early in our lives we begin to understand that growth can be painful in many different ways. In childhood we might complain of our legs hurting and be told that it is just "growing pains". That usually means little to us. We also might be told when we are acting in childish ways that we need to "grow up".
We know growth is important and a necessary part of life, but what makes it difficult for us, even painful? What can cause us to resist it?
Perhaps we resist growth because it means change and even though we might casually say we are looking forward to a change or we need a change, change is rarely easy for us even though it is one of life's constants.
Change pushes us out of our comfort zones that may cajole us to believe we have some measure of control. Change requires us to learn something new or to adapt or to give up something we like or have grown accustomed to in our lives.
Changes require us to not only do things differently, but also to think about things differently, to get a new perspective, to change the lens that we have been accustomed to and know so well.
Change is rarely easy.
That is especially true when it involves something inside of us that needs to be adjusted.
Change produces challenges.
Those challenges can come on more than one level at a time. We can be most acutely aware of that when we experience a significant loss such as loss in our own health, loss of a job, loss of someone we love, or loss of a home. Subtler changes of loss include aging, transitioning to a new position in our jobs, returning to school each fall. These subtle losses are ones we expect will happen at certain seasons, but the shift within us still poses challenges.
Challenges that we set for ourselves might be more acceptable, but challenges that we did not choose or cannot control test our metal. They can cause us to doubt our abilities, our experience, our understandings, our endurance, our strength, our faith, and us, but that seems to be what the Lord most often uses to develop greater levels of trust. It is precisely in these situations where we cannot move forward unless we do trust to a greater degree. It pushes us to trust in the One greater than us, to lean into and onto Him more heavily, and to believe His faithfulness to us with more certainty.
And what does that process produce? It produces growth.
We can celebrate growth when the process has ended, the pain of it has subsided, but that growth and its rewards have a purpose we may not see. The purpose? That growth so fresh and new will equip us for the next change, the next challenge, and the next growth spurt ahead. The process is a key component of the Lord's love for us.
He does so by helping us to trust Him more as He equips us for the path ahead.


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Whoever is making product decisions about Chrysler models in the new Fiat/Chrysler company has a problem they need to fix.
On a recent trip to the Bay Area I drove a rental car, a Chrysler Sebring LX Convertible with a 2.4 liter DOHC four-cylinder engine and a four-speed automatic transmission. It was underpowered. It understeered badly on freeway ramps. The engine and transmission were extremely rough and noisy above 3,000 rpm, which was especially noticeable when accelerating from 40mph to 65mph on the freeway to merge with traffic.
As I drove around, pondering this, a thought struck me, "Maybe I'm not the driver this car was made for. Maybe it was made for a driver who doesn't want acceleration or handling." I decided to see what would happen if I drove the car is if I were that kind of driver.
At the next stop light, I feathered the accelerator pedal, pushing down only about a quarter of an inch. The car accelerated slowly to 2,500 rpm and then upshifted. Voila! No noise! A Mercedes behind me was trying desperately to get past me. Drivers in the lanes on either side of me passed me, but at least I wasn't in their way.
At the second stop light, I accelerated a little harder. At 3,000 rpm, the noise and roughness began. 3,000 rpm seemed to be a virtual red line. I held up someone in an American sedan, but the driver considerately waited half a block to go around me.
At the third stop light, my victim was a 3 Series BMW. The driver was noticeably agitated and sped past me at the first opportunity.
The next time I drove around a curve on a freeway ramp, I held the car at the speed posted on the yellow advisory speed sign. I have always found those speeds to be ridiculously lower than the safe cornering speed. Not for this car. It had no understeer at the advisory speed, but it plowed at 5 mph above that speed.
Is this the kind of driver the Sebring Convertible was made for, someone that never revs the engine past 3,000 RPM and always dodders around corners? It must be.
The Sebring LX Convertible is about 500 lbs heavier than an Accord or Camry sedan with the same size engine, one reason for its pokey acceleration. Granted, some of the increased weight is because it's a convertible. A Sebring Sedan, 443 lbs. lighter than the Convertible would be a better comparison; but there are other considerations.
The 4-cylinder engines in the Accord, the Camry and the Sebring all reach their peak horsepower at 6,000 rpm or above and their peak torque at 4,000 rpm or above. The Accord and Camry can reach 6,000 rpm smoothly and easily and are quite comfortable at 4,000 rpm. The Sebring can not. With a virtual 3,000 rpm red line, imposed by noise and roughness, the Sebring's actual power to weight ratio is substantially less than the ratio calculated using the peak horsepower at 6,000 rpm. At 3,000 rpm, it does not have the horsepower or torque needed to provide satisfactory acceleration.
I don't know why the Sebring is rough and noisy above 3,000 rpm. It sounds like the problem is the automatic transmission. The engine is manufactured by GEMA (Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance LLC), a joint venture of Chrysler Corp., Mitsubishi Motors and Hyundai Motor Company. Mitsubishi and Hyundai certainly know how to design and manufacture small, smooth, high-revving 4-cylinder engines.
Whatever is causing the problems with the Sebring, they need to be solved. The noise and roughness needs to be eliminated. The transmission needs to be replaced with a modern six-speed automatic with a six-speed manual as an option. The suspension needs to be redesigned to provide transient and steady state characteristics on a par with an Accord or a Camry. The resulting car will sell. The target market for the present Sebring LX Convertible is small; drivers who want to accelerate and corner slowly.


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KEVIN CAHILL was born in Cork City. He studied at University College Cork, and later worked with the European Commission. Recently he has been working as a reiki practitioner. His poems have appeared in many journals, including Poetry Ireland Review, Orbis, The SHOp, Edinburgh Review, Crannóg, Agenda, and Berkeley Poetry Review. He is currently seeking a publisher for his début collection titled Tsk.
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
i.m. Ernest Dowson and Adelaide Foltinowicz
If you drown him in vodka
an abominal hand in a bun shop
dickers with a proprietor
for a bun. This is two months
before he died. If you dunk him
in ice he is roaring with the love
of a toothless, sick, dying variety
that felt right…twenty months
before he died…if you duck her
in soup the matter and mark
of a catheter is about her
some months after he's died…if we
hoick her up by the forelocks
her spotlessness, bottle-green eyes, and freckled nose
grow big with abortions, some time
after he's died…if he's smacked
with sal volatile he sucks
on the end of his stub
and sends our schoolgirl
Virgilian verses…if he's pushed
alexandrines…if we bring her round
she's no longer twelve…destined in the womb
to marry the waiter
and open her idyll like a pore,
if we shock him once…he's cocked up
like a torso
in a bag…on the Thames…handing her
clotted cream and compote
on a perfectly-composed scone
cooked on his knees,
if we wake him …green fairy,
if we…darkness pricked remarkably with a Dickens,
digested fags, ipecacuanha wine
and a bloody bedsheet sat on by an angel
of a woman holding his head…if we slice him open
his one life goes for a duck
but gave us parasols to watch flutter
and fold up.
Annie Dowson*
Gay, green, seeping, filled
with sand, Alfred's mouth, swilling the chloral back
and making his manhood
wet with wishing. Moistening you faintly.
When you hanged yourself
from the railed bedstead
Ernest was due to call…
the carpenter splintered the door
and we found you on the lily-broidered kerchief
preserved like a flower.
The coroner made nothing of it,
but he might have said
you suffered being you, and not the world:
a little flower tied up like a suckling,
a little flower tied up like a flensing knife –
emptying your life
from the bedside pan, abhorring yourself,
abhorring your life.
Not life.
i.m. Ernest Dowson
Part of a century turning the drawers over
on a complicit romping
and covered-up shag-fest.
He dragged his hangdog to the Cheese,
perched on a stool, in a cabman's shelter,
or barstool, and lived nowhere.
His face – mould, his lungs – smog, his words –
music. And that girl – thirteen, Polish,
alabaster, trefoiled, waylaid
always by Puckish games as she crazed
only him, and grew to abortions
in the hole of backrooms
he didn't live to see. At dawn, half-illumined
at lanterns, he sat damned,
read Dickens, blood on his lips
strung the last day… each drop
a blossom of roses perhaps,
(not vanities), pearl-spores
on a girl's wrist.
*Note to poem: Annie Dowson was Ernest Dowson's mother. Alfred, his father, died due to the ingestion of chloral hydrate, and Annie, died due to hanging six months later.
All works published by the Glasgow Review of Books are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License and the journal reserves the right to be named as place of first publication in any citation. Copyright remains with the poet. http://www.glasgowreviewofbooks.com


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Southern Illinois Grown Garden Mums!
We raise our own fall mums right here on our farm in Pope County Illinois to add to our own market and fall decor offerings as well as to supply nurseries and other local growers with local mum buying options. Starting in September, our colorful, decorative garden mums are for sale, with quantity discounts and bulk pricing available upon request. We sell direct to our customers as well as to florists, garden stores and more.
Our family's mum journey started in the summer of 2017 just after moving to our new property in Golconda, IL. We moved in the middle of summer and wanted to focus on a fall crop to compliment our pumpkins. 2018 will be our second year of growing mums and we're adding new unique color varieties like a lime green mum and a purple mum!
Our mums are a touch different than the mums you find in most stores. For starters, our Southern Illinois grown mums are not forced into an early, unnatural bloom. Forcing a mum is done by exposure to shorter daylight periods and longer dark or night periods usually in darkened greenhouses or with black plastic. The mums that we grow are right behind our house in the same climate as our customers and they bloom naturally according to their variety's particular bloom time. They are natural season mums that can be planted in the ground and cared for like other perennial plants for overwintering.
Another difference with our locally raised mums is that you'll get healthier, less stressed plants. Often times growers have to use a growth regulator to appease stores delivery dates or to allow for long shipment and transport times. Our mums aren't shipped or transported in from out of state so they haven't been stressed or treated with growth regulators.
If you are interested in purchasing locally raised mums be sure to like us on Facebook or subscribe to our newsletter where you'll be the first to hear about our upcoming open house dates and events. Outside of our farm hours and open house dates we welcome customers to the farm by appointment only. If you'd like to set up a time to visit just send us a message on Facebook or give us a call.


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Storm Rising – Rachael Richey – Relive those grunge teenage years
I wan't quite sure if I was going to like Storm Rising. Reading the book jacket, I didn't think it would be my cup of tea but i'm very glad I gave this book a crack.
The story is set in the mid-late 90's when I was exactly the same age as Abi, the main character. Memories came back of my own grunge phase, parties and teenage angst. Luckily I didn't have a mother like Abi's! I won't give away spoilers here, but the story flashes between a teenage Abi and ten years later when Abi returns to her home town to attend the funeral of her estranged mother and discover a whole lot of secrets, old scars and betrayals.
What underpins this book is the strength of the supporting cast, they were all well rounded and detailed, I cared for them just as much as the main characters. If I had any critiques it was that the ending wrapped up a little too neatly (anyone that reads my reviews will know I like a little more reality and cliffhangers!) and I would have really loved to know more about one of the supporting characters, Simon, a little more.
The perfect read for the commute to work or a mini-break. Chapters and flashbacks are not too long so you can pick up and put down easily. I did far more picking up than putting down.
A solid 3 stars from me and looking forward to reading the sequel.
Download Storm Rising Here
The Book Jacket
Frontman of the grunge rock band NightHawk, Gideon Hawk has had enough of the rock star life. He is jaded, disillusioned, and haunted by the memory of an unresolved heartbreak. On a whim, he leaves the band in New York and heads to England in search of answers.
After attending the funeral of her estranged mother, Abigail Thomson makes a shocking discovery in her parents' attic. The still-raw memories that surface, along with even more startling discoveries, force Abi to face a devastating truth that leads to a series of life-changing events. She and Gideon must race against time to reclaim the life stolen from them a decade before.


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These Atlanta thrashers have always sounded less clinical than the post-Slayer norm, and their major-label move provides sufficient space for excursions onto the dark side of the moon. But they're still not so great at turning their majestic heft and pushy paradiddles into memorable songs with hooks. And all the mythopoeic silliness about crystal skulls and Siberian divides would be a lot more fun if you didn't need song titles to alert you that it's there.
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Located Corner Sandy Point Rd and Bagnalls Beach Rd in the Salamander Shopping Precinct.
Open from 10.30am daily
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Hosting a party or meeting - going to the beach or out on your boat - KFC catering menu is designed to meet your needs.
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6" x 2" Pneumatic Wheel
This pneumatic wheel from Durable Superior offers the maximum cushion ride available and will easily roll over debris and small obstacles. Designed for both indoor and outdoor operation, the precision ball bearings help provide quiet rolling operation. This tire has a load capacity of 200 lbs., a PSI of 30, 2-1/2" hub length, a 1/2" bore I.D. and a 4-ply black tread.
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Offensive Play
During a sports game the team can not score a point until they get the ball. Once a team has the ball, they now become the offensive players. Life is an offensive play and you should want to win the game! Today, allow your self to think Offensively, get the ball and score a goal!
The challenge today is to think about 3 things that your heart desires. Allow your imagination to take you to a realm you have never been. There is no limit to what you can have! So think BIG!
Now that you have 3 things you desire, search it on the internet (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc…) Read articles, search definitions or just browse through the images. By doing this activity, you are allowing* your heart to open. You are lifting your heart from defense and bringing it to the offense side. There is nothing that is to difficult for God to achieve, so be joyful as your search because with Faith, your dreams can come true! Feel free to expand past just 3 things, if you desire more than search it all. There is no dream to big for God to accomplish.


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Welcome, one and all, to my latest gaming diary! May has been a fun month for me gaming-wise. Okay, so I didn't play that many games really, but what I did play was great fun. So, let's take a look … Shantae ½ Genie Hero: Friends To The End (Xbox One S) So … Continue reading What Did I Play In May
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Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero – Pirate Queen's Quest DLC [Game Review – Xbox One S / Metroidvania]
Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero's first DLC is about Risky Boots. But is it worthy of the pirate queen, or was it lacking some suitable booty?
Blog Post: E3 2017
Welcome, one and all, to my latest gaming ramble. This time around, I'll be talking about the things that stood out for me at the recent E3. Now, there is one thing to note here: I'm not in the market for a new console unless something amazing comes out. That being the case, if it … Continue reading Blog Post: E3 2017
Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero [Game Review – Xbox One S / Metroidvania]
Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero is a great metroidvania title that takes the formula and adds its own touch


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Week Two: Who Loves Mornings?
If you're new here: I'm spending the month of July trying to adopt the habit of being a morning person (read about week one here). You're officially up to speed and I would like to go on record with my dismay at my choice in this little project. Here are some notes from week two (curse words removed because I'm considerate):
So it's looking like 8ish is really the best I can do, at least thus far. I'm not excited about this anymore and it's only day eight. I'm also woman enough to admit that I'm still going to bed too late to realistically change my enthusiasm for the morning alarm. Hey, at least I'm honest.
Not terrible! 8am start but I'm not dragging too much. It is kind of nice to be up before it gets too hot so I can get a few things done outside in the garden. I am also coming to the realization that I'm not changing my habits enough to technically qualify I suppose….I mean, going from 9am to 8:15am doesn't really a morning person make. Ugh.
I was up rather early this morning (7:30, whatever that's early for me) because I had a meeting with a prospective client at noon that I wanted to continue to prepare for. I am already penciling in a nap this afternoon though because I also stayed up past 2am prepping for said meeting. I am feeling as though I don't actually have my life as together as I would like because this is turning out to be harder than expected. As I type this out I can feel all the actual morning folks rolling their eyes but it is what it is.
It's the weekend so no.
Still no. There's a general sense of malaise that has taken over my outlook on this experiment. I have not the will nor fortitude for such a commitment.
It's my birthday! I get up at 8:30 without an alarm (perhaps as a reaction to above mentioned malaise?) and feel pretty good about it. I also knew to prep accordingly the night before and had some cold brew waiting in the fridge…..that I just put Kahlua in. Again, it is my birthday.
I got up at 7:15 this morning. Yes, for no other reason than I'm doing this experiment. Remember how I said I would have coffee ready each morning as a small "reward" for doing so? I sat outside, no technology, and enjoyed my coffee and the birds chirping. It was actually refreshing! Maybe this is what I need to be doing to make myself want to change.
This week's conclusion
It was a pretty rocky start for week two, I won't lie. I almost said "forget this" and scrapped the whole thing, however I don't want to resign myself to not trying…..it's just a month after all! I feel like there's some light at the end of this past week, though. I don't just need coffee (*ahem* a "reward") to set the morning right. I need to re-frame how I'm approaching this and need to take those little early morning moments and make them mine. For myself. Sit for 10 or 15 minutes, drink my coffee, keep out of my inbox and off of social media and just chill. So that's what I'm going to do and we'll see how it goes! Check back next week for my week three update to see if this optimism holds.
Do you have any tips for how to love mornings a little more? I can use all the help I can get!


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For as long as we can remember, the MERCAZIA has been at the focal point of every major camp event and gathering at Camp Morasha. Hundreds of Shiria songs have been sung, productions performed, and…Read More ❱
Welcome to DivisionConnect! This new feature is designed to empower campers and staff to share the latest Morasha happenings with our parents back at home. Through our new blogging and video editing, and photo editing…Read More ❱
Every camp has factors that make it unique. The attributes that form the priorities and principles of Camp Morasha dates back to our very first summer and has everything to do with our founding Educational…Read More ❱
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The marathon race to become the next leader of the federal NDP is ramping up as the four remaining candidates face off in Vancouver for the last official debate of the campaign.
Federal politicians Charlie Angus and Guy Caron appeared on the stage alongside Ontario legislator Jagmeet Singh, eager to set themselves apart from each other a week before voting is slated to begin.
Manitoba MP Niki Ashton is expecting twins in early November and appeared by video feed because of flying restrictions related to her pregnancy.
There was considerable overlap between the four campaigns as the leadership hopefuls lambasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government on everything from renegotiating the North America Free Trade Agreement to dealing with rising economic inequality and addressing climate change.
Diversity issues also came up as Ashton commended Singh, who is Sikh, for his handling of a racist heckler who interrupted a town hall meeting.
A viral video of the incident shows a woman accusing Singh of promoting Shariah law and supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, as Singh tells her he supports her and will not be intimidated by hate.
The Canadian Press


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The United States has hit Venezuela's state-owned oil company with new economic sanctions, as Washington turns up the pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro.
The move, announced January 28, followed the decision by Washington, and a growing number of other countries, to no longer recognize Maduro as the Venezuela's legitimate leader.
Venezuela is one of the world's largest oil producers, and the state-owned company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, has been a critical source of hard currency, bolstering Maduro's presidency even as the country has sunk into economic chaos.
The new sanctions don't ban U.S. imports of Venezuelan oil-- the U.S. market is Venezuela's largest export market.
However, the measures block U.S. companies from doing financial transactions with the company, known by its acronym, PDVSA.
That means that any payment for Venezuelan oil imports will go to blocked bank accounts, according to a statement issued by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
In a televised meeting with diplomats, Maduro criticized the U.S. move.
"These are illegal, immoral, criminal acts," news agencies quoted him as saying.
The move also has implications for Citgo, a U.S.-based company that is a subsidiary of PDVSA.
U.S. officials may seek to turn over control of PDVSA to allies of Juan Guaido, the Maduro rival and opposition leader whom Washington and other nations have recognized as Venezuela's leader.
If that happens, Maduro may stop paying back loans to the Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft.
That in turn could prompt Rosneft to exercise a contract clause that would give it 49.9 percent control of Citgo.
U.S. Imposes Sanctions On State-Owned Venezuelan Oil Giant
The United States has hit Venezuela's state-owned oil company with new economic sanctions, as Washington turns up the pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro.


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Esoteric Agenda, a 2008 movie by Ben Stewart, exposes long term agenda of elite to move civilization into a New World Order (NWO). A four year old movie may seem dated, but is still worth watching for depiction of organized forces at work. The movie observes coincidence of pagan sabbats with world events, e.g., – Vernal Equinox and Second Gulf War – and should wake up viewers to occult influence behind actions! Esoteric Agenda is a great education, including The Report from Iron Mountain, the influence of the Council on Foreign Relations and Agenda 21, it comes with caveat to stop short of buying everything the picture is selling.
Two reviews of Esoteric Agenda are noteworthy, the first review shows how New Age solutions coincide with elite goals:
"[Mikhail] Gorbachev described in his book "A Search for a New Beginning" that religion would be used together with the greening politics to bring the new sustainable development agenda forward. He also specifically mentioned the Natives of South America as being a role model for the new greening religions. This was in 1995 or so. What is happening in the new age is not happening by coincidence. It is part of the agenda. The ideas of immortality, Hinduism etc will actually help the new world order agenda since people will feel that it is OK to see others die off. They will think that these people move on to some greater dimension. Exactly what the elite want. They want a painless removal of the great majority of the commoners."
The second review from a Druid School website believes it's all about control:
"The movie Esoteric Agenda is really an American Christian 'take' on Nature religions. We do not believe that the NWO religion is actually Nature based or that they respect the true idea of a spiritual path. We suggest that it is more of an attempt to have one religion (nature pagan wican mason etc) to rule them all… Their intended God/Goddess is Gaia and we are all guilty of carbon abuse and therefore we must pay a tax (carbon tax). They also heap 'socialism' into the evil mix and it is highly unlikely that this is a correct understanding."
'Esoteric Agenda' is well-worth two hour education on occult influences that drive world events!


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The American Psychological Association (APA) placed itself squarely into the debate over same-sex "marriage" late last week, reports CitizenLink. The governing body of the APA's 154,000 members voted 157-0 on a resolution in support of redefining marriage. Since 2004, it has contributed 11 amicus briefs in favor of same-sex "marriage."
The resolution said "emerging evidence suggests that statewide campaigns to deny same-sex couples legal access to civil marriage are a significant source of stress to the lesbian, gay and bisexual residents of those states and may have negative effects on their psychological well-being."
Rogers H. Wright and Nicholas A. Cummings, past presidents of divisions within the APA and self-identified "lifelong liberal activists," would not be surprised with the APA's decision.
"Political diversity is so absent in mental health circles that most psychologists and social workers live in a bubble," Cummings once wrote. "So seldom does anyone express ideological disagreement with colleagues that they believe all intelligent people think as they do.
"They are aware that conservatives exist, but regard the term 'intelligent conservative' as an oxymoron."
In their book, "Destructive Trends in Mental Health," Wright and Cummings concluded that the APA is now run by "agenda-driven ideologues" and that "psychology, psychiatry and social work have been captured by an ultra-liberal agenda."


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June 06, 2017
Midwestern University bestowed its highest honor - the Littlejohn Award - upon three deserving individuals representing members of the University faculty, staff, and alumni associated with the Downers Grove Campus. The Littlejohn Awards are presented each year in recognition of service and commitment to the University.
The 2017 Littlejohn winners are alumnus Louis W. Gierke, D.O., a 1957 graduate of the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine; faculty member Michael V. Volin, Ph.D., Chair, Microbiology and Immunology; and staff member Paula L. Giometti, M.B.A., Assistant Dean, Chicago College of Pharmacy.
The Littlejohn Awards take their name from the Littlejohn brothers, physicians who in 1900 founded the American College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, the precursor to the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, which formed Midwestern University's foundation. The awards have been presented annually since 2000 by Kathleen H. Goeppinger, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Midwestern University. The Littlejohn Award winners are honored at the annual faculty and staff recognition dinner and are selected for their outstanding service to the community, the health professions, and the University.


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I have known Lora for many years and on many levels. I have worked with her as a burgeoning business owner close to 20 years ago, and have seen her go on to become one of the most well respected and hardest working people in the field of clinical aromatherapy. She has an amazing intuition, a great sense of humor and a stellar work ethic.
She is also one of the most knowledgeable people in the field due to her vast network of contacts, her presidency of AIA, attendance at international and national conferences and the tenacity to research the hard issues and her passion for the art and science of aromatherapy.
-Kris Wrede, Kismet Potions
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-Anita James, Aromatherapy educator/lecturer, Essentially Holistic UK
I first met Lora at an aromatherapy conference in 2007, and we are currently both officers of the Alliance of International Aromatherapists. She appears to have an abundance of positive energy, and although she is strongly opinionated, she's intelligent enough to know how to unite large groups of people. (And, anyway, I agree with her opinions) Lora is also an experienced and dedicated practitioner, an energetic organizer, and a skilled presenter.
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photo by Noah Britton's cellphone
Spotted in a men's room at Hunter College in NYC. I've never thought about it, but the graphic for "heat" coming out of a hand dryer does indeed look like strips of bacon.
photo by Noah Britton's cellphone
Spotted in a men's room at Hunter College in NYC. I've never thought about it, but the graphic for "heat" coming out of a hand dryer does indeed look like strips of bacon.
What do you do if you want a snake with your bacon?
I swear this is from Mad Magazine.
I'm a student at Hunter college and this actually does exist! I have seen it before and the first time I saw it, I chuckled.
these signs are uses in toilets all around the world; the subversion of the sign with 'push button, receive bacon' comes from a popular internet meme that's been doing the rounds for years. god they're really struggling to put decent stuff on this blog these days.
I've seen this before. They're all over Rutgers University as well.
I don't know why, but I laughed till I cried when I saw this.
Indeed, push-button-receive-bacon has been around for quite some time now. There are even shirts, buttons, mousepads, and other useless trinkets dedicated to the meme…
The Mad Magazine sticker said something like "Push Button – Wipe hands on Pants" as I recall. From the 1960s – there was a whole page of various stickers, but the concept has continued…
An oldie but a goodie.
The best one that I've seen has:
Extend Hands. Receive Bacon. Smell Bacon.
The last diagram has the dryer being pointed towards the face to dry it with the "Smell Bacon" caption – found at McGill University's main undergrad library, 4th floor men's washroom…
Bacon jokes are the new fart jokes!
And this only just now made the site? There was one of these in the women's bathroom by the cafeteria when I was a freshman at the Colorado School of Mines.
Check out our take on it:
Sorry Andrew, not funny. You ruined any sense of amusement I had from the bacon joke. Time for a new hobby.
Wow sorry for traumatizing your life.
I've got to say though, it could be a lot worse.
Actually, this joke isn't your average internet meme. I remember seeing it in a bathroom about 20 years ago (long before the internet was meme-able). I found it so hilarious that I wasn't able to forget it and to this day every time I come across that style of hand dryer, labeled or not, I can't help but laugh.
I think it's great that this joke has made the transition to internet meme, but I want to clarify that rather than just a tired internet gag, this is a classic that should be revered rather than dismissed.
I love you "push button, receive bacon".
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Pequea Valley uses a variety of resources to support teaching and learning. Linked below are a few essential tools that all learners and families will find useful.
Sapphire - Student Information System and Parent Community Web Portal
View directions for setting up a Parent account - English and Spanish.
Class Dojo - Used in grades K-2
Schoology - Used in grades 3-12
For information about setting up a parent account, click here.
Google Apps for Education - all learners K-12 receive a district Google account.
Account format is firstname.lastname@example.com
Family ID - This site is used by families to elect tech coverage and complete athletics forms.
BusPlanner - Bus cards are no longer printed and mailed home.
Click here for step-by-step directions to login to BusPlanner to view your child's pickup and dropoff times/locations.
My SchoolBucks - Parents/Guardians can add money to their child's account for school lunches.
Handbook - English and Spanish versions available, click here.


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Maritime History
Maritime History
90 minutes - $24.95
This DVD includes the three programs described below.
Puget Sound Maritime History
30 minutes - 1974
Take a trip into the maritime history of Puget Sound aboard the steam ships VIRGINIA V and W.T. PRESTON, both active when the "mosquito fleet" served the Puget Sound waterfront. Hundreds of steamboats connected the many towns long before roads were built. The age of steam told in this Emmy-winning program.
Here is an excerpt from the show by writer/narrator Don McCune: "Here in the northwest, the age of steam echoes down the corridors of time, when steamboats knit together the ravelled skein of settlements that was Puget Sound. Even today, there are those to whom the muffled chug of a steam engine is like an old refrain. They called it the Mosquito Fleet, and for fifty years it nurtured the heart of the city. A steam-driven flotilla which bound together the scattered settlements like a lifeline."
The two remaining steamboats in the Seattle area in 1974 are featured in this Emmy-winning episode, the Virginia V and the W.T. Preston.
Ken Ayers, Past President of the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society and seen on this episode says, "The engine of the VIRGINIA V is a three-legged, triple expansion steam engine . . . the old timers call them 'knee-action turbines.' You can see everything flying around. Vessels like this would leave Coleman Dock, and they'd just go out like spokes from a wagon wheel. Going to West Seattle, Suquamish, Indianola, Winslow, and Eagle Harbor, and Bremerton. 50-60 years ago, this was real steamship country." Originally aired under the KOMO title "Steam's Up".
Classic Powerboats
30 minutes - 1979
Exploration Northwest cameras board the cruiser HAPPY GOLD for a power boat race from Olympia, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. See the first affordable wooden yachts in the Puget Sound dating back to the 1920's. Filmed at the 50th Anniversary of the Capitol-to-Capitol International Predicited-Log Race, this episode focuses on the first leg of the journey from Olympia to Victoria.
Archival film footage from 1928-1960 captures additional northwest maritime history. Originally aired under the KOMO title "Guessing the Gold".
Looking Back: The Life Of Don McCune
30 minutes - 1993
This KOMO-TV special, hosted by Dick Foley, looks at Don McCune's remarkable 50-year broadcast career with clips from The Captain Puget Show, Challenge and Exploration Northwest. Includes interviews of film crew and family, and some humorous out-takes from Exploration Northwest.
Even though Don had retired from KOMO 12 years earlier, KOMO TV produced this the week Don died in response to the flood of calls from fans.