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Andrew Spraggon, the man behind the ever-morphing Sola Rosa, is a clever fellow. His albums are astutely focused and when he stretches himself he never strays too far from exactly where you think the beat-driven music should be.
As the song here -- featuring singer Georgia Anne Muldrow -- says, "You're never too far from the ground". Even when Sola Rosa aim for soulful pastures, funk or mellow moods it is always astutely grounded.
And having a revolving door of guest singers -- eight across the 11 tracks -- is also smart because the song vehicles actually demand different voices: Tawiah "from Lundun towen" nails the laidback soul groove on Right on Time; Noah Slee's economic delivery brings the right sense of sharpness to the pop-funk Can We Get It Together which eases towards Prince but without the bottom end and single entendres; Kevin Mark Trail's JA vocal could be the only one on the electro-quirky Roots and Culture . . .
The mix-up of Latin and flute sounds on Young the Giant add another musical dimension, Both of Us (again with Trail) had a heavier kerthump and . . .
So it goes.
Eleven canny songs which are integrated through a downbeat r'n'b vibe which also has a warmth that is going to work well come longer and hotter days.
Yes, Mr Sola Rosa is a clever fellow. A springtime release in time for summer.


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January 25, 2013 (CHICAGO) --A fire on Chicago's West Side kept firefighters busy Friday morning.
Smoke was seen pouring from the roof a home at Wilcox and Kostner.
Several firefighters were on the roof, battling thick white smoke as they tried to extinguish the flames at the two-story building.
No injuries were reported.

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Heat a skillet or a saute pan large enough to hold the shrimp in 1 layer, and spoon 1 tablespoon of the oil from the marinade into the skillet. Carefully arrange the shrimp in the skillet and, over high heat, saute just to color, 30 to 40 seconds per side. (Do not overcook, as it will continue to cook on top of the pizza dough.) Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside to cool. Season lightly with salt before arranging on the pizza dough.
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Layer the pizza: Start with the mozzarella, then the Fontina, tomato, onion, shrimp, goat cheese, and red and yellow peppers. Gently slide the pizza onto the baking stone and bake until the crust is golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes.
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Orlando Bloom based his 'Three Musketeers' character on David Bowie.
The British actor plays the Duke of Buckingham in the forthcoming movie and admits he loved the outrageous outfits and elaborate hairstyle the part required and he kept thinking he was the musician's alter-ego Ziggy Stardust on set.
He said: "I didn't like the idea of wearing a wig, but I wanted to have a hairstyle that would lend itself to the period. I love Teddy Boys, so that's where the quiff came from. My hair was brushed up and sprayed.
"Paul [W.S. Anderson, director] wanted us to play the characters as rock stars of our generation, and mine was Bowie. Buckingham has the swagger of Ziggy Stardust and wears outrageous costumes. In my opinion, you have to own those costumes, otherwise they wear you - and then you run the risk of looking like a big tomato."
Orlando - who is married to model Miranda Kerr - describes his character as like a "petulant child" but he loved the extravagances that came with playing the wealthy duke.
He told Australia's Daily Telegraph newspaper: "Buckingham is a bit like a petulant child, but he also has a lot of humour. He's the king's favourite, so he has the power to pull a sword and behave as he pleases.
"He has all the spoils that come with stature, so we see him arriving in a giant airship, which was really fun - even though it was 100 years too early for airships. You have to remember this is modern retelling of a classic."


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ATLANTIC CITY — Nevada and New Jersey once had the country to themselves when it came to casino gambling. Now, with the advent of Internet gaming, the two states are expected to slug it out again for dominance of the fledgling U.S. online betting market.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a law legalizing Internet betting on Tuesday, days after Nevada did the same. Delaware could have its online betting operation up and running by late September.
Industry executives say a key to who will dominate the industry will be how online betting is regulated by different states. That, in turn, will affect the interstate compacts that probably will quickly expand the market.
Online poker is expected to be one of the most popular offerings.
"Nevada is jumping on this very quickly," said Joseph Brennan Jr., director of the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association. "They clearly want to pit themselves against New Jersey."
Indeed, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval urged his state's lawmakers to quickly get him an Internet gambling bill to sign, which he did Feb. 21 — a week before Christie signed his in New Jersey.
Nevada's Assembly Majority Leader William Horne, D-Las Vegas, couldn't resist a Jersey jab, adding, "As to our competitor New Jersey, they should be accustomed to following Nevada."
Nevada already has licensed nearly 20 applications from various operators and equipment and software vendors for online gambling.
New Jersey's initial regulations for Internet gambling should be ready soon, said David Rebuck, director of the state's Division of Gaming Enforcement.
"We are going to develop clear and convincing standards for the users and the operators to protect against fraud, and have risk mitigation standards built in," Rebuck said Wednesday.
He said his agency has been studying regulations for online gambling in 85 jurisdictions that currently allow it, including Nevada and numerous foreign countries, and intends to adopt the best practices of those governments.
Initially, New Jersey will restrict Internet gambling to customers within the state's borders. Technology to be integrated into the networks that will be developed will include as many as five or six "geo-locators" that will determine with a near 100 percent certainty where a player is located when he or she logs in to gamble.
Patrons would have to set up their accounts in person at one of Atlantic City's 12 casinos, where their age and identity can be verified, their financial information processed and their names checked against databases of people who have been barred from casinos or who signed up for a self-exclusion list, most commonly done by people who feel they have a gambling problem.
Payouts could be done electronically to a person's account, a check could be mailed out, or there could be other options still to be determined, Rebuck said. But online gamblers would not have to travel to Atlantic City to withdraw proceeds from their accounts.
New Jersey's law allows for interstate compacts with other states where Internet gambling is legal. Currently, that includes only Nevada and Delaware. But as other states pass their own Internet gambling laws, competition could quickly increase. Those states could look to New Jersey, Nevada or other states that already have established systems as "the guts" of their own online operations, Rebuck and Brennan said.
For instance, California, which has been considering its own online gambling law, would be a natural fit for an alliance with Nevada. California's huge population would help online gambling based in Nevada, Brennan said.
Conversely, he said he expects New Jersey to eventually seek an alliance with Illinois if that state adopts online gambling. That's because two companies, Caesars Entertainment and Boyd Gaming, which together own five of Atlantic City's 12 casinos, also have a sizeable presence in Illinois, providing for cross-play and marketing opportunities.
Fitch Ratings said in a report issued Wednesday that it expects a successful introduction of online gambling in the first three states to foster a quick expansion to other states.
The Massachusetts Legislature recently introduced two online gambling bills, authorizing the sale of lottery tickets over the Internet and the ability to grant Internet gambling licenses.
"The potential agreements to pool players between states as contemplated by the Nevada bill can likely be attributed to similar practices in the lottery industry, such as Powerball," Fitch wrote.
Casino companies already are racing to line up partners for online gambling. Rebuck said all of Atlantic City's casinos have either started the search process, or are deeply involved in it. One of them, The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, is being bought by The Rational Group, a British firm that owns PokerStars, the world's largest poker website. Nevada casinos have been doing likewise.
"Many of the Nevada gaming leaders are also in Atlantic City," said Steve Norton, an Indiana casino analyst who was vice president of Resorts Atlantic City when it became the first casino to open outside Nevada in 1978. "Caesars and Borgata/MGM already have deals with 888 Holdings and bwin.party."
Both those companies showed strong stock market gains after New Jersey enacted its Internet gambling law Tuesday. Caesars and Boyd Gaming also saw their share prices rise on the news.


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New York, NY (PRWEB) November 02, 2015
Kognito, a creator of digital experiences that prepare people for the conversations that matter most, announced today that its clients, Placer County Office of Education in California (PCOE), serving over 68,000 students in sixteen individual school districts across Placer County, CA, and Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), the nation's 10th largest school system, located in Fairfax County, VA, will present conference sessions at the 20th Annual Center for School Mental Health Conference on Advancing School Mental Health, being held November 5 – 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Conference Session 4 on Friday, November 6, 2015 from 9:40 – 10:40 a.m. will provide insight into California's Mental Health Services Act (Prop 63) that levied a tax to allow the state to engage in a number of highly innovative prevention and early intervention initiatives related to student mental health. Among the most innovative is the California Department of Education and the PCOE project to deploy Kognito's Friend2Friend, a peer-to-peer mental health module for high school students that enables them to practice having a simulated conversation with virtual peers in distress while increasing their knowledge and awareness about mental health.
Michael Lombardo, M.A., Placer County Office of Education, Auburn, CA, will present "Using an Online App to Engage High School Students in Talking to Virtual Peers about Real Mental Health Concerns – California Case Study." The session will include a demonstration of Friend2Friend and a discussion of the deployment strategies used to get educators and students involved in using it. Research results related to the effectiveness of the tool to change the knowledge, skill, attitudes and behavior of students will also be presented along with lessons learned throughout the process.
Conference Session 5 on Friday, November 6, 2015 from 10:50 – 11:50 a.m. will detail Fairfax County Public Schools' measures to prevent youth suicide and how they strengthened their mental health resources after experiencing a number of student suicides at two Fairfax County public high schools. In collaboration with the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board and the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, FCPS embarked on this multi-faceted suicide prevention and mental health program.
The first phase of the response was ensuring all FCPS teachers and staff were equipped to identify and respond to students in distress. With the help of Kognito's At-Risk in PK-12, a digital experience with virtual humans tailored for educators to gain knowledge and confidence in identifying and approaching students experiencing mental distress, more than 9,000 faculty and staff were given hands-on experience in suicide prevention and mental health early identification.
On behalf of Fairfax County Public Schools, Mary Ann Panarelli, Ph.D., director office of intervention and prevention, will co-present with Daryl Washington, Deputy Director, Fairfax-Falls Church Community Service Board, the session "Fairfax County – How a County-District Partnership Successfully Trained Most of Its Teachers to Support Student Mental Health." Panarelli and Yager will demonstrate Kognito's At-Risk simulation and provide details on how FCPS partnered with other state and local agencies to implement a just-in-time, research-proven, high-fidelity program for educators, administrators, staff and community members to identify, approach and refer students who are struggling with psychological distress or thoughts of suicide.
"Both communities recognized a critical need to strengthen their mental health resources and take additional measures to prevent youth suicide," said Ron Goldman, CEO of Kognito. "We are deeply gratified by the success they've had using Kognito's At-Risk simulations to enable members of the communities to build the skills they need to effectively approach and support students experiencing mental distress."
Kognito's At-Risk in PK-12 simulations offer a series of online professional development modules designed for use by individuals, schools, districts, and statewide agencies. The scenario-driven programs were developed with mental health experts and educators to address common, relevant and realistic challenges with students. Simulation courses are tailored to three grade levels: elementary, middle years and high school. Friend2Friend presents a similar program geared for high school students, and can be included in curriculum or used in the programming of a club or other extracurricular activity.
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The University of Texas at Austin has been recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the "Great Colleges to Work For." The survey is one of the largest workplace-recognition programs in the country, right behind Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For."
Of the 275 colleges that participated in the survey, 97 were selected for the listing.
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As a result of changes to housing policy in Australia over the last two decades the supply of affordable public rental housing has declined and its role has increasingly focused on meeting the housing needs of the most disadvantaged in the community. When combined with the dramatic increase in property prices over the past decade, which has far outstripped wages growth, the need for affordable housing for low to moderate income households has become ever more urgent.


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Last night I worried endlessly, so much so I took more anxiety meds than I was supposed to, thus leading me to get drowsy and fall asleep.
My ex hates my guts, he's not taking my calls and got drunk last night, I worried for my kid, all kinds of things popped in my head.
Today I had to wash one more load of clothes, I wasn't looking forward to the laundromat, its been so hot outside lately and I'm not functioning at 100% right now.
To my surprise and delight it's beautiful outside, gray and gloomy.
I was feeling better already.
The laundromat is right behind my apartment, I sling my purse over my shoulders and tow a small white plastic bag with assorted dirty duds.
I'm looking forward to reading.
The laundromat is empty and that makes this all the more peaceful.
Sometimes or rather most of the time someone always talks to me, you'd think not to disturb someone sitting with their nose deep in a book, but people are bold I suppose.
I was okay, I checked the time on my phone and thought of my daughter, what is she doing now, is she okay even?
I would wait till I got home to call my ex and talk to her, hopefully he would answer the phone.
Reading the Namesake and lost in literary bliss, my vision started to blur.
I couldn't make out the letters on the page.
I got scared suddenly, took my glasses off and rubbed my eyes quickly, that helped nothing.
I stashed the book in my purse and stood up slowly only to feel immense Vertigo.
Standing was not the best option, I felt really dizzy, I held on to the folding table near by and that's when it started, the horrible trembling.
My legs buckled beneath me, my heart beat pounding in my ears. I don't know what's happening to me.
The woman next to me took notice and asked if I was okay, I didn't know what to say except I thought maybe my sugar was low?
She helped me sit back down, told me to take deep breaths and proceeded to head inside to the little cafeteria and bought me a coke.
I sipped the cold soda slowly and felt no better, I never trembled so much before, I was terrified.
What if I was on the verge of fainting or worse.
I couldn't stand being in public feeling this way, I stopped the washer and pulled my clothes out, tossed them into the bag and quickly headed back home all the while sipping my soda and wishing that I could hear my daughter's voice.
At home my air conditioner blows, the two cats my only company these days light up to see me.
I drop the heavy damp filled bag on the floor and head to my bedroom.
In my home I can breakdown, I can cry here and try to make sense of it all.
I called my ex, I needed to know if my kid was okay, no answer. I left countless voice mails.
My sister is at work, I can only text her, no reply.
I feel worse.
I'm contemplating calling the Rescue.
I know this next thing sounds stupid, but huge part of me wouldn't because I just don't know what to say?
Ah yes 911? I have an Eating Disorder, I think it's gotten the best of me, send help right away??
I lie in bed and close my eyes.
I start to get texts, it's an old friend who is having her own ED dilemma.
Talking helps some, I start to tell her what's going on.
She suggests if I insist on calling Rescue to tell them that I'm prone to passing out, that I fell like that now, maybe someone should come right away.
That sounds better than anything I could say.
My boyfriend calls too and by now I'm really feeling bad, once the chest pains start the panic sets in.
Now my mind is in overload. What don't I think of.
He talks to me and tries to reassure me this may just be a panic attack.
I decide to take Anxiety meds, walking is hard, my legs wobble, I feel like a newborn foul being pushed to walk for the first time.
My boyfriend's voice is soothing, I can barely focus on what he's saying at some point, but just knowing someone else is there with me helps. My other friend continues to text me too, two people now each helping me in their own way.
I'm grateful for the phone call but secretly I feel bad for my boyfriend, the poor guy can't do a thing to help me, and all I'm doing is worrying him.
God, he sure picked a winner.
I wish I could just be normal instead of having this Eating Disorder.
I feel like such a burden to anyone right now. I can't understand how anyone can even talk to me still?
I feel like a small snobby child who refuses to eat their vegetables, my problem seems petty compared to what other people are going through.
I don't feel any better but I feel bad talking on the phone, I decide maybe I should make soup, maybe eating something could help.
I drink Gatorade and finished the soda, nothing is helping.
I head to the kitchen, walking slowly and grabbing onto walls for support, both cats flanking me, meowing in delight at the possibility of food dropped on the kitchen floor.
I grab a pot for the soup and turn on the front burner, water is added and it's all set.
The minute I let go of the handle, I know I don't want to eat this.
I make the soup anyways and go lie back down.
I'm supposed to call my boyfriend back, but I feel bad and don't want to bother him.
I change my shirt, I'm freezing suddenly, the air is off.
The tips of my fingers are blue, my toes little ice cubes.
My sister is worried, she also wants to know how my daughter is doing, I tell her my ex won't answer my calls.
I have no idea what's going on, what if something horrible happened, what if he packed up all his clothes and takes her someplace far where I won't find them, a million things go through my head, I really just wish my chest stopped aching.
My sister says she'll call the ex and leave messages of her own.
Within five minutes she and I get nowhere.
I don't think I'll be hearing from her anytime soon today. If I felt better I would walk over there to see her, but everything happens for a reason, maybe I should just try to calm down and not show this ex of mines how unbalanced I can be, he may use this all against me one day.
The soup is cooled and I pour some in a cup, I sip the warm broth slowly, it taste extra salty for some reason.
It takes me awhile but I drink it all.
I have a small cup of ginger ale too.
Now comes the hard part, the thing that says PURGE, I feel full.
Instead I lay down and quietly rub my chest, tears stream down my eyes, why is this so hard?
I start to think about my Eating Disorder and how much longer I can go on living this way.
I think I need to start being more honest about this illness, one day if something does happen to me, I would hate to leave lingering questions behind.
More importantly I want to leave all this bullshit behind.
I need to get back into Therapy.
I think this time around, I'll be honest about what's really going on. I don't know what will happen as a result but what I'm doing right now can't be any better.
If I feel better I'll shower or nap, I don't know.
I wish it was Wednesday already.
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Local children attend DAAP art classes
When you think of preschoolers taking an art class, you might picture rough scribbles on a cartoon-like page or paste oozing out from the edges of cutouts stuck on construction paper. Whether or not such tools are appropriate for tykes in the Saturday Art Program at the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning doesn't matter, because that is not the focus.
DAAP-education students who teach the classes are less concerned about the means used than about teaching concepts — such as "collaboration and critical thinking skills for investigating their world," explains Nandita Sheth, a graduate assistant who organized this year's program. No one is teaching such multi-syllabic words to the distracted 4-year-olds, but the 20-somethings realize that statement sums up their goal.
What the younger pupils do understand is that their classes are fun, and they get to work with friends who may be quite different from the ones in their own classrooms.
For many years, DAAP's Visual Arts Education Program has conducted the six-week program for pre-kindergarteners through high school students. This year, about 90 children were divided into approximately 10 classrooms, according to their ages. Teachers were assigned to each classroom. To accommodate diversity, multiple scholarships were awarded to low-income children who no longer had arts programs at their own schools.
Last year, the demand was so great that the School of Art began offering the program twice a year, explains Emily Paolucci, the school's program coordinator. In fact registrations have already begun for the next session, Jan. 25 to March 1, 10:00 to noon.
Sheth, the GA for Kristopher Holland, the director of DAAP's art-education licensure program, has been thrilled with the results. "This is about visual arts," she says. "Everything you do today is visual, so the kids need ways to understand those images and make sense of them — and not be controlled by them.
"The pre-K classes were so cute. We worked on ideas of diversity, so each week the class contributed to the same art project by adding another layer. The children understood that things change when you add on to it, but it still looked good.
"They responded to it very well," she continues, "because it related to their real world and it was very relevant to them.
"People think of an artist as lone genius who comes up with ideas all by himself. But it's not like that. We live in a collaborative world."
She calls the program a "unique opportunity" for both the younger students and the DAAP students who learn so much by working with the children. The experience is helpful as the college students prepare for licensure as teachers.
The $75 cost of registration only covers the school's cost for supplies for both the classes and the closing exhibition, she adds. No one receives any compensation for teaching.
The last Saturday of the session is a public exhibition of their artistic results, located on campus at the Aronoff Center's fifth floor grand staircase. The children pictured here had their exhibition on Nov. 16, 2013.
At that exhibit, Sheth explained that the DAAP students were torn between two opposing emotions — glad that they were to get their Saturday's back, but also sad to bid their students farewell. Parents said that was the mixed emotion they all wanted to see in their children's teachers.
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PMUG was founded by Philip Thompson, S. H. Lam, David Dougherty, and Dania Stager Snow in 1984.
During those early days, a LaserWriter printer made available to PMUG members became popular, as were MacFest computer fairs sponsored by the group. In time, membership expanded to the point of the group becoming mostly attended by those not affiliated with the University.
This article originally appeared in the January, 1993 issue of the PMUG DIALOG.
PMUG DIALOG editor, Terry Wilson, asked me last summer to recall some of the early history of the organization, back before most of you joined. Well, I've finally gotten around to sitting down and making some notes on how it all got started some nine years ago.
We actually have to back up a couple of years before that, because PMUG was an offshoot to the old University microcomputer user group sponsored by the then Computer Center. I started attending those meetings because I had bought an Exidy Sorcerer (about which I remember very little—including the exact spelling of the name). We were mostly interested in cataloging who had what microcomputers (they weren't called personal computers at that time) and what they were doing with them. As Apple IIs became more popular, I upgraded to a IIe and discovered that much better technical information was available at the non-University Princeton Apple User Group. When the Macintosh came along, however, this group didn't want to have anything to do with them, so the proud new Mac owners—almost entirely those connected with the Princeton University who could get early delivery and reduced price through the Apple University Consortium (AUC)—were on their own.
The initial hype for the Macintosh was so great that everyone at the University who could scrape together a couple of thousand dollars signed up the first day. I was working out at PPL (Plasma Physics Laboratory) at the time and couldn't get in until lunch time, so was number 117 on the list. Enthusiasm was great, but there were problems: the University Store would only accept certified checks; the vendor who was handling the purchase for the University was doing a poor job of support; and the Computer Center (being primarily concerned with the operation of its IBM mainframe) was indifferent if not hostile to the needs of Macintosh users.
Since these were all University problems, we turned back to the Microcomputer User Group for help. However, by then this group was mainly concerned with all the IBM PCs that were flooding onto the campus, many through a special grant from IBM. To support these PCs, the Computer Center hired "personal computer" specialists—soon even one who was nominally to help with Macs. When it became obvious that a new organization would be necessary to address our problems, this latter person (Dania Stager-Snow), a professor and a graduate student in engineering who were developing scientific notation capabilities that would be known as the popular Princeton Font (Dr. Harvey Lam in Mechanical-Aerospace and Dave Dougherty in Civil), and I (having come to the Engineering School as director of the Microcomputer Applications Lab) started an informal group.
Dave became the first president of what soon took the name of Princeton Macintosh Users' Group, and I got permission from the Dean of Engineering to set up the "PMUG Corner" literally in the corner of my lab and to provide computers and a projector for meetings and to set up a BBS specifically for Macs, with one of my student employees as the sysop. Meanwhile, since Princeton was one of only about 30 schools in the AUC, this user group got special consideration from Apple as a conduit for support of Macs on campus. We early on got grants from Apple of a couple of Mac XLs (modified Lisas), a LaserWriter, and much software.
PMUG early meetings convened at the CIT building at 87 Prospect Ave. in the room shown. This room was later used for some of the many SIG meetings PMUG members organized. Your present Dialog editor, Megan Peterson, led the Desktop Publishing SIG for a few years until, like many others, it folded for lack of attendance.
By the time that a formal constitution was drawn up for PMUG, Macs were becoming available to the general public, but vendor support was still poor. So the constitution specified that the officers had to be associated with the University, while allowing non-University people to take part in the meetings and use PMUG Corner.
Since the LaserWriter in PMUG Corner was one of the few available anywhere at the time, participation in PMUG was important to those outside the University. The official emphasis, however, was still on providing support for University students, faculty, and staff.
After Dave Dougherty graduated and went to teach in California, I was elected the president of PMUG. The percentage of non-University members was steadily increasing; however, Apple found it convenient to continue to give us special consideration as an AUC-related club, while still allowing us to provide information and support to those outside the University.
One highly successful project undertaken by PMUG in those early days was a MacFest, bringing Mac experts and third-party vendors to an open computer fair ostensibly (and therefore underwritten to an extent by Apple) for Princeton students—but open to the general public. With the help of Apple we were able to attract big name speakers and make the event a huge success. In fact, we ran three (or was it four) of these MacFests annually while I was president of PMUG.
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- Anne Ryan deepens her skills with The Unseen Therapist
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- Mireille Fruin's "Blanket full of love"
- "Seeing" the client at an earlier age.
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- #1: Understanding time is an illusion.
- #2: "Everything changed and time stood still."
- #3: "Please God, may I feel your peace?"
- #4: Cherry Wilson's spiritual experience.
- #5: Anita Muzard shares her spiritual experience
- #6: The unexplainable Spiritual Experience
- #7: Suzan Proia had two Spiritual Awakenings
- #8: My "spiritual, out of this world experience."
- #9: Lilli Bennett's spiritual experience.
- #10: Fee Berry's spiritual experience included everything.
- #11: "I thought that I was being let in on what heaven must be like."
- #12: Describing the indescribable.
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- #14: A must read: Joan Johnson's Spiritual Awakening.
- #15: "Everything is one."
- #16: Spiritual Experiences from Poland
- #17: "I felt the touch of God that night."
- #18: To Infinity and Beyond
- #19: Diane Roy's three spiritual experiences.
- #20: " I was speechless in overwhelming awe and wonder."
- #21: "Laughing in the wind."
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How do I approach chronic bronchitis?
Dear Gary,
I practised 45 years as a chiropractor and acupuncturist and for the last 20 years I incorporated your work plus my own Unseen Therapist (who's yours too). İ got great results. But for myself there seems to be no way to get rid of my chronic bronchitis. I tried limiting beliefs to no avail. Any suggestions?
Yes, I have a suggestion. In my book, The Unseen Therapist, I give a detailed method for using The Unseen Therapist to address ANY issue (including bronchitis). The idea is to make a list of emotionally charged specific events from your past and use the Personal Peace Procedure (as described in my book) on them.
It's human nature, I find, for people to read about the method but not apply it. However, if applied diligently, a lot of magic can happen. l've seen it often.
Hope this helps, Gary
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In 2011, we hosted our first College Discussion Panel at the
Turner Chapel AME Church
in Marietta, Georgia. The panel represented an evolution of our work with students in grades k-12 where we inspired academic effort, supported academic growth, celebrated academic achievement, provided enriching exposure to postsecondary pathways, and assisted students and families in conceptualizing 7-year middle-through-high school plans to gain admission into top colleges and qualify for high dollar scholarships.
Since assembling our first panel, we have hosted the panel discussion annually at the Turner Chapel AME Church. Students first appearing as panelists as undergraduate students are now returning as graduate, law, and medical school students. Sharing their candid experiences at HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), PWIs (Predominately White Institutions), public, private, and community colleges is insightful and enriching for students planning their postsecondary trajectories or finalizing their college choice.
In June 2015, we began working with a
College Planning Cohort
of rising high school seniors at
Lake City High School
in Lake City, South Carolina. We assisted students in developing high quality self-presentations for applying to college and guided students through the college admissions and financial aid processes, through '
Summer Melt
' and into enrollment. Consequently, many of these students will return to Lake City High School to appear on will our inaugural Lake City High School College Discussion Panel.
What we have learned from the College Discussion Panels:
They provide important opportunities for communities to be celebrate the success of their high school graduates
They provide deeply appreciated opportunities for current college students to share their experiences with those following behind them
They provide important opportunities for school staff to experience the rewards of their efforts in guiding students into college
They provide trusted and invaluable insight for parents and students into college preparation, transition, and on-campus experiences
They debunk myths regarding race, financial aid, college-level coursework, and on-campus challenges facing first generation, lower income, and undocumented students
They serve as a catalyst for cultivating a college-going culture in schools and communities
They provide invaluable insight from peers regarding college success, challenges to their faith, choosing the right friends, and successfully navigating the college experience into the workplace, graduate school, law school, or medical school
Some students have finalized their college enrollment decision, in part, based on the feedback received through conversations with panelists.
This, the 5th year of the annual college discussion panel at our church represents and annual reunion of sorts as former panelists and current college students gather to share their experiences. Each year, it becomes increasingly more difficult to limit our panelists to a dozen students as we have so many students who are successfully navigating their way through college.
The videos and photos posted on this page provide further insight into this amazing experience.
HBCUs versus PWIs
Being a Gates Millennium Scholar
Challenges to Your Faith
Making Your College Choice
Developing the Right Résumé
Graduate, Law, Medical, and STEM


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Students' Involvement in PoliticsUncategorized November 9, 2011, 0 Comment 70
In our world today, students are more and more interested in political issues, thus, it's not uncommon to find some of youths avtively participate in politics. Many students even have expressed loyalty to or enrol themselves in their interested political parties. So how these participations of students can effect the political future and other social issues in the short term and long term perspectives.
A primary distinction must be made here between politics as active participation in political movements and the study of political science. The latter is an academic subject and involves the study of the administrative systems of different countries, the formation of political parties, different judiciary systems, etc. Political science, therefore, is a theoretical study of political systems. Politics means the formation of political parties and their active participation in the administration of a country.
This involves organizing political meetings, canvassing for elections and the manipulation of people for political gains.
The participation of students in politics has certain drawbacks. The main occupation of students should be the pursuit of their respective courses of study. All their time and energy should be used in this activity. It is only in this way that they can secure their own individual futures and thereby safeguard the future of the nation. Participation in politics means a huge waste of this precious time and energy.
Although politics may be beneficial in some ways students would be well-advised to stay well away from politics. Their main business is to concern themselves with studies.
By doing so they can do the most good for themselves with studies. By doing so they can do the most good for themselves as well as for the nation.


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Washington D.C. (Rooterz) - The FBI has decided to probe an anonymous elephant after it swallowed President Obama's cell phone while he was on a four day tour of the National Zoo in Washington, DC.
"This is a matter of national security." says an FBI agent (who's name we cannot mention for security reasons.) "The elephant in question may be working with the terrorist. These days you can never tell."
The FBI said the information on Obama's cell phone may have been obtained illegally.
Later, it emerged the elephant had also jacked the cell phones of US pig farmers and the Florida juice ministry.
The FBI said in a statement: "The information was intended for pig farmers only and was illegally obtained. A criminal investigation is under way to identify the terrorist elephant and hold it accountable and also give it an anal probe ."
London's Metropolitan Pig Farmers central e-crime unit said the matter was being thought about but that no ideas are coming to mind.
We will have more information on this story as it breaks.


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DELRAY BEACH — With dozens of old, dilapidated homes, hundreds of low-income families and a lack of federal money, officials don`t dispute that Delray Beach has a desperate housing problem with little hope of substantial improvement in the near future.
The annual report, issued recently by the Delray Beach Housing Authority, supports city officials` worst visions of the city`s housing situation. The report profiles a community of young, predominantly poor families in urgent need of new housing. The survey concentrated on ``the prime residential area for low- to moderate-income families`` between Linton Boulevard and Lake Ida Road, west of Swinton Avenue and east of Interstate 95.
According to the report, 60 percent of the families in the survey earn less than $15,000 a year. The per capita income -- income per person -- is just under $4,000 annually, compared to the citywide per capita income of $9,337. The median age in the survey area is 23.4. More than half of the 10,289 residents in the target zone are under the age of 25.
The survey also reveals that more than 2,135 of the 3,068 homes in the target area were built more than 15 years ago. And 42 percent of the homes were built before 1959.
``There is a significant number of older dwelling units in the city of Delray Beach that will need repair, rehabilitation or major construction in coming years,`` the report said.
In the wake of the report`s release, the Housing Authority has come under sharp criticism from City Council members who say not enough has been done in recent years to cure the city`s housing woes.
The authority offers housing assistance for 812 families and elderly residents throughout the city. But 1,000 families still are on the authority`s waiting list. The chances of finding homes for those families is so remote, the authority quit taking names a few months ago.


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A restored mansion located 6 blocks from the Mississippi River in DAVENPORT, IOWA, for Family Reunions, Corporate Retreats, Extended stays, Anniversary Celebrations, Memorial Services, Weddings, Showers, Bachelorette Slumber Parties and Conferences. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO ANY RESPONSES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES. PLEASE CALL US AT 719-339-4221 TO VERIFY YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH THE OWNER.
We host many Groom's Families who stay together when they arrive for the wedding.
So beautiful we've named it 'Riverview' A Victorian Mansion on the Banks of Mississippi-
HUMAN RESOURCES Managers, the house is available for EXTENDED CORPORATE STAYS
15 minutes from the Quad Cities International Airport makes this location perfect for large group gatherings of up to 100 during the day and comfortable lodging for 12 for overnight stays. If you have larger groups, we have another restored Victorian just a few doors down in the same block.
The Spirit of Hospitality! Once you take the keys, you take over this mansion as if it were your own. We can supply our 5-star list of caterers, music and lighting contractors or you can provide your own.
This three-story 1894 mansion has been fully restored to its original splendor. The downstairs features a huge gourmet catering kitchen, dining room, library and parlor with two original fireplaces and a panoramic view from its bay windows of the lighted Centennial Bridge and the mighty Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.
Hand-painted vaulted "sunrise" ceiling and hand-carved grand staircase for spectacular debuts of blushing brides for all guests to see. 2nd Floor features a huge landing and four bedrooms complete with four complete baths. The master bedroom makes a perfect place for the bride and her maids to prepare because there is an additional connected parlor. This leaves four spare rooms for the groom and family members.
Once featured in the "Save this Old House" section of This Old House Magazine, this house has had a wonderful history. We've replaced or restored all hardwood floors, moldings, leaded windows, light fixtures, tiled entryway and marble fireplaces using local artisans and craftsmen. Period antiques have been gathered and refurbished to exactly complement the mansion. The spectacular entryway frescoes were discovered under layers of paint and have been meticulously restored. Seven different complementary colors highlight the intricate details of the exterior of the house surrounded by attractive landscaping.
Restoring this house has been our dream and has taken us years to complete but we are finally ready to welcome you to our home.
Henning J. Witt House
We can sleep 14 on Gaines Avenue pictured on VRBO
6 bedrooms in total consisting of:
a library on the Ground floor with a queen sofa bed.
4 bedrooms on the 2nd floor including the Master, Middle, Maids' and 4th bedroom.
a twin with a trundle bed in the sitting room off the Master bedroom on the second floor.
There are 2 bathrooms on the Ground floor,
3 full baths and 2 half baths on the 2nd floor
Adolph Priester House
The Priester house at 811 7th Street is now ready-fully restored and available for rental. This is the house we stay in when we are in Davenport, Iowa, and we consider it our home. It is equally as nice as the Witt house (The House listed on VRBO), and is actually larger - one more bedroom, plus the 3rd floor suite which can accommodate four people. I love it because the master bedroom is on the first floor and there is a separate tub and shower in the en suite bath as well as another full bath on the first floor. The dining room is much larger, and the kitchen is larger also, although only one stove, not two. The downstairs living room is a little smaller, but there is a big family room-parlor on the second floor. Of course, several TV's and wi-fi is available. Not so much off street parking, but ample for 3 cars because you can use the driveway of the house next door (817 7th Street) which we own as well, but have not yet finished restoring. It is a wonderful Queen Anne and actually Sandy's favorite.
Keywords: Riverview Mansion, Victorian, Event Center, Castle,
Vintage, Palmer, St. Ambrose, Augustana, Memorial Services, Weddings, Anniversary Party, Meetings, Reunions, Conferences, House Party, Extended Stays, Private Contractors
This partner has demonstrated and is committed to fast response times, the best rates, and a great guest experience.
We are a family of restorers. We love old houses and when we drove through Davenport on the way to the World's Fair in 1964, we vowed that one day we would come back and buy a mansion. Little did we know that it would be a 'Save This Old House' 40 years later! It has been a labor of love and at times we wondered if we would ever finish! Every molding has been stripped or recreated, pocket doors discovered, chandeliers tracked down in other cities, hardware sleuthed on eBay. We've taught ourselves to restore tile, recreate original stencils and we painted the vaulted 'sunset sky' ceiling lying on our backs on a 30-foot scaffold. It has all been worth it!
Lois and Maurice Woods purchased this estate in 2006
It had always been our dream to restore a mansion on the Mississippi. The friendly open welcome of our Iowa neighbors has been warm and inviting. We feel we have come home to the Heartland. Saving this gem from destruction has been incredibly satisfying. We've met wonderful neighbors and feel as though we have given something back to our community by reviving this piece of local charm.
Travel back 120 years to a time when you would have arrived down at the dock by steamboat or down at the station by steam locomotive. Enjoy a trip back in time while enjoying all the amenities of the present.
This is a wonderful party or family reunion house. This house is just a short walk to the Mississippi river with its restaurants and casinos or to the Palmer Chiropractic College.
We rented your home two years ago for my niece's graduation and loved it. This year my son is the graduate and I'd love to rent it again.
Our ladies golf group stayed two nights to golf at a couple courses close by. There was plenty of bedrooms & bathrooms for us. Everyone commented the beds were very comfortable. Lots of sitting rooms to hang out. Enjoyed the large dining room table to play games at night & breakfast in the morning. Gave four stars because the West bathroom upstairs shower handle did not work; couldn't get any hot water. The other two showers were awkward. Very high sides; difficult to get in & out. The tub was small & slick bottom. No place to put toiletries. Seemed dangerous. Could hear a lot of traffic noise at night. Overall everyone enjoyed their stay & recommend it.
The furnishings in this house are beautiful. We enjoyed the well-equipped kitchen, fun dishes, large dining room table, and the comfortable beds. The location of the house was convenient for the places we visited. Most of all it was nice to have a place to stay for our get-away and to enjoy some down time with the entire family.
Lois and Maurice Woods have done a magnificent job of remodeling and updating this elegant mansion in Davenport. A short walk to the Farmers Market and downtown Davenport it is a great place to "get away" with your friends. The good people of the Quad Cities are missing a huge opportunity. Why drive 2 hours to Galena with this gem in your back yard. It very comfortably fits 10-12 adults. Clean and beautifully decorated rooms with 12 foot ceilings on the main floor, a great kitchen, new mattresses, plenty of newly updated bathrooms, a large dining area and sitting rooms. Given the quality of this home, the price they ask is a huge bargain. I encourage you to support the Woods family who have restored this magnificent older home. Enjoy a memorable weekend with your friends.
We stayed in this beautiful home this past weekend. If you are an historic home enthusiast or antique lover, we highly recommend you choose this home. I'm neither (as I'm afraid of ghosts that might come with either) but it is great for a large group as there are lots of bedrooms and as many bathrooms. So it is a great combination of old with all the amenities we want in the modern day. We were a bit worried about the neighborhood but had no issues at all. Also, no ghosts🙂?. We ended up snowed in and neighbors were helping others get out of snow banks. I highly recommend you choose this home!
Unfortunately the furnace broke down before we arrived resulting in some frozen and leaking pipes. We know things like this can happen to any house at any time but we were very pleased with how Lois handled the event.
She made every effort to keep us informed and to have the repairs done so we could stay at their place. Unfortunately that did not work out but we give Lois an A+ for handling the problem so well. We are considering renting it again next year at the same time.
Sisters and cousins were together at the Riverview Mansion in September. We were very impressed by the unique style of each room. All had comfortable beds and what an abundance of bathrooms!!! I would highly recommend to anyone inquiring. We gathered together each morning and evening in one of the parlors to reminisce about everything we could remember. The house itself was thoroughly equipped with soaps, paper products and and a full kitchen, not just one fork! The baseball team won their championship and we got to see the spectacular fireworks from the southern Windows. Thank you for the opportunity to call this home for our trip. It was a beautiful weekend, oh and we appreciated the ample parking.
Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities-hub of industry and commerce within 2 short hours of Chicago.
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Berkeley Copwatch wins James Madison Freedom of Information Award
Submitted by Ann Garrison on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 15:26
KPFA Evening News, 02.09.2013
The Northern California Society of Professional Journalists announced this week that it will award Berkeley Copwatch one of its James Madison Freedom of Information Awards at its awards ceremony in San Francisco on March 12th. The award recognizes the citizen investigation and activism that caused the cities of Berkeley and Albany and the University of California-Berkeley to cancel a request for a $170,000 grant from the Homeland Security Department to acquire an armored personnel carrier. KPFA spoke to Berkeley Copwatch member Andrea Prichett.


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Why some men don't like church, plus Wess Stafford on the power to make or break others, and a question about Christian "nice guys." Featured musical artist: Disciple
The Boundless Show is a fun and feisty weekly podcast and national radio program for single young adults that gives a Christian perspective on dating, culture, career and faith.
Helping young adults mature in Christ and prepare for marriage and family. Learn more
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Taylor boycotts opening arguments in war crimes trial
[JURIST] Former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] boycotted the opening of judicial proceedings against him Monday at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website], saying in a letter to the court that his confidence in the SCSL's "ability to dispense justice" was "misplaced" because he was prevented from seeing his preferred lawyer and that his single court-appointed defense lawyer was outnumbered by the court's prosecution team. Taylor's assigned lawyer, Karim Khan, told the court that Taylor has fired him and was seeking to represent himself and left the opening of the trial despite requests from the court that he continue as Taylor's defense lawyer, at least for the first day of trial. Despite Taylor and Khan's absence, the court determined that opening statements would continue.
Taylor's trial will adjourn for three weeks after Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp's opening statement Monday and will resume on June 25. The trial, which is expected to last 18 months, was relocated to The Hague [JURIST report] for security reasons. Last Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] urged [press release; JURIST report] international donors to increase their contributions to the SCSL, echoing a call by Rapp who has warned that the tribunal would be forced to release Taylor if it runs out of resources. Unlike other international criminal tribunals, the Special Court for Sierra Leone relies solely on voluntary contributions.
Taylor has been indicted [amended indictment text, PDF; SCSL materials] on charges of crimes against humanity and violations of international humanitarian law, including murder, rape, and the recruitment and use of child soldiers during a bloody civil war in Sierra Leone. AP has more.


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US students: Turmoil can be dangerous lure abroad
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - November 30, 2011 --American universities send tens of thousands of students to study abroad every year, thrusting them into one of the most exciting periods of their lives with a heavy dose of maternal advice: Mix with the locals, but be careful. Don't get in any tight spots. Avoid protests.


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Yesterday, my husband took Henry up to Park Ridge for his tendon release and casting surgery to correct his bilateral clubbed feet. Henry is fine and recovering well (aka sleeping a ton) but the surgery did not go as we expected.
Apparently, Henry's little bones are all jacked up, and his clubbed feet are irregular, even for a kid with spina bifida. His talus bone, I guess, is bent at a weird angle, which complicates the surgery and the casting a little bit. Here is what I understand in laymen's terms:
Normal club foot repair surgery: Doctor goes in, releases the tendon (shudder), turns the bones, restructures the foot with a splint, and casts the foot to keep it in place.
What they did with Henry: Doctor goes in, releases the tendon, goes to turn the bone and sees that it's weirdly shaped and turning it would make his foot even more crooked. Doc scratches his head. Doc sews up the leg, casts it, and hopes that the casts will do the work of flattening his feet and restructuring the foot on its own. If that doesn't work, Doc will eventually have to remove the bone altogether.
What this means for Henry is that we have to cast his feet ONE AT A TIME, to see if the procedure is successful on one foot before we start the procedure in the other foot. The reason they can't just release the tendons from both feet and cast them at the same time is that if the surgery doesn't work and we need to remove the bone, scarring from the first surgery can complicate the second procedure. So instead of casting both his feet for a few months and being done with it, we have to go through the casting process for one foot, see if it flattens and straightens, and then go the tendon release surgery and the casting process ALL OVER AGAIN six months later.
So eventually, the clubbed foot is going to be corrected. But we're going to have to take a much longer route to get there.
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but this … kind of sucks.
Don't get me wrong — I am so thankful that we have the resources to fix his clubbed feet in the first place. I know that for the majority of children in the world, this surgery isn't even an option. Some people live with clubbed feet their entire lives. I'm so glad we get to have this procedure done, even if it's going to take us a little longer to cast his feet than we expected.
The difficult part about this, though, is that our hospital is 90 minutes away. And will have to drive up there every week for several months to re-cast his feet and legs. That's a LOT of gas. And a LOT of time. Days that we drive up to Park Ridge I consider "survival days" — we're just doing the minimum to survive. June watches a LOT of TV (we have a TV in our Honda Pilot; it's pretty freaking sweet for long drives), both kids eat a lot of snacks, both kids play with the iPad for far too long to keep them occupied while I talk to the doctors. It's not ideal, but it doesn't happen very often. This casting process means we're going to have many, many "survival days," and that kind of just breaks my heart. I like spending our days quietly at home, not throwing bags of Goldfish crackers in the backseat and cranking up the volume on the television so I can concentrate on finding the right highway exit.
This is one of those days where I really hate the 'bif. It can be such a freaking drain — on your family, on your finances, on your time, on your health. On EVERYONE. And I don't say this because I'm complaining — I'm saying this because this is what spina bifida looks like. This is reality. It's not doom and gloom, but it's not always rainbows and sunshine either.
So this kinda sucks. But you know what? We're grateful for this experience. All of it. No mom really wants to see her child suffer, but I'm hoping that Henry will struggle just enough to become a young man of character. I'm hoping that not only will he eventually have functional feet, but also that he can use this experience to encourage other people as well. What if one day some kid in his elementary school class has to have surgery for a broken leg, and he's terrified? What if Henry can draw on this experience and help assure the kid that if he can have casts for months on end, so can anyone? And maybe he'll give the kid a smile and a hug and a promise to draw a picture on his cast as well. Wouldn't that just be the best?
We're gonna use this shitty situation for the glory of God. We're gonna turn this tragedy into a triumph — one leg at a time.