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Medical/Sexual Assault Amnesty Protocol
Medical Amnesty Policy
It is imperative that someone calls for medical assistance when an individual experiences severe intoxication or a serious injury after consuming alcohol or other substances. People may be reluctant to seek help in such alcohol or other substance related emergencies because of potential conduct consequences for themselves or the person in need of assistance. Since these emergencies are potentially life threatening, the Medical Amnesty Policy reduces or eliminates disciplinary consequences for students who call for medical attention for an intoxicated student or guest, or even for himself or herself. Medical attention is defined by Washington College as being an assessment and/or treatment by a first responder, such as a Public Safety Officer, Paramedic, or Treating Health Care Provider at the hospital.
This policy is part of Washington College's comprehensive approach to reducing harmful consequences caused by the consumption of alcohol or other drugs. The Medical Amnesty Policy represents the College's commitment to increasing the likelihood that community members will call for medical assistance when faced with an alcohol or substance-related emergency. The Medical Amnesty Policy also provides education for individuals who receive emergency medical attention to reduce the likelihood of future occurrences.
How does the Medical Amnesty Policy work?
The Medical Amnesty Policy reduces or eliminates disciplinary consequences when a student actively calls for help as follows:
Person in need of medical attention
If an individual who actively calls for medical attention related to his or her consumption of alcohol or other substances completes a required educational follow-up at Health Services and/or with the Director of Wellness and Prevention Education, he or she will not be subject to judicial action for the following policy violations should they occur at the time of the emergency:
- underage consumption and/or possession of alcohol and illegal drugs
A person in need of medical attention is eligible for medical amnesty on more than one occasion. The college reserves the right to use its best judgment in repeated cases of medical amnesty and may pursue conduct action in addition to educational and health and safety follow up appointments.
Calling on behalf of someone else
An individual who actively calls for emergency assistance on behalf of a person experiencing an alcohol-or other substance related emergency would not be subject to conduct action for the following policy violations should they occur at the time of the emergency:
- underage consumption and/or possession of alcohol
- provision of alcohol to an underage person
Additional Details:
An active call requires an individual to call 9-1-1 or a College Official, such as a Public Safety Officer or a Resident Assistant. Medical Amnesty will not be granted where there was no active call for medical assistance. Failure to complete the above requirements of meeting with designated educational follow up officials may result in the case being referred to the student conduct process.
For more information about the Medical Amnesty Policy, contact the Director of Wellness and Prevention at x7727
Washington College encourages the reporting of sexual misconduct by survivors. The College recognizes that students who have been drinking and/or using drugs (whether use is voluntary or involuntary) at the time that violence, including but not limited to domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault occurs may be hesitant to report such incidents due to fear of potential consequences for their own conduct.
A victim/survivor reporting sexual violence to College officials or a bystander reporting such violations, provided that their behavior did not place the health and safety of any person at risk, will not be subject to disciplinary action for violations of alcohol and other drug policies occurring at the time of the sexual misconduct.


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Belmont, New York Passport Office Information
Residents of Belmont in Allegany County, New York have a choice of 2 passport acceptance agents to visit in order to get their passport application sealed. The passport agents in Belmont can provide you with passport forms or witness your signature and seal your passport documents (if you don't need your passport application sealed then you do not need to visit an acceptance agent). Besides the 2 locations there are 800 other locations in the state of New York from which you can get a passport application sealed at. If you are not needing a passport in Belmont for a least (3) weeks, you can visit any of the passport acceptance agents listed below the map on this web page. If you need it faster than (3) weeks we have provided the closest regional passport offices to Belmont, New York and Expedited Passport service options for Belmont.
Regional Passport Offices Close to Belmont:These are passport issuing facilities. You will need to make an appointment and present proof of upcoming travel but in most cases, you will be able to get passport renewal, new passports, child passports, or a lost passport replacement Same Day or Next Day.
Buffalo Passport Agency - 55.5 Miles, Philadelphia Passport Agency - 187.9 Miles, New York Passport Agency - 199.8 Miles, Washington Passport Agency - 205.5 Miles, Connecticut Passport Agency - 211.3 Miles
Fast Rush Passport Expediting Service in Belmont, New York3rd Party Passport Expediting in Belmont NY: Expedited Passports & Visas are the experts for expediting passports in Belmont, if you're in a hurry, this is probably going to be your best option. Passport servces offered for Belmont: Expedited Passport Renewal, Expedited New Passports, Fast Passport Name Changes, Expedited Child Passports, Expedited Lost/Stolen Passport Replacement
How to Get a Passport in Belmont, New YorkGetting a passport in Belmont NY depends on what type of passport application you are needing. The process in these guides assumes that you are applying at a local Belmont Passport Office in which case it will take you 4 to 6 weeks to get a passport in Belmont.
Please select the appropriate guide from the list below to get started:
Passport Offices in Belmont, NY
Allegany County Clerk
7 Court St, #18
Belmont NY, 14813
Belmont Post Office
3 Schuyler St
Belmont NY, 14813
There are 2 acceptance agents (local passport offices) located in Belmont New York:
- Allegany County Clerk
7 Court St, #18
Belmont, NY 14813
- Belmont Post Office
3 Schuyler St
Belmont, NY 14813
Other Passport Offices Near Belmont, New York:Listed below are additional passport offices that are located within 50 miles of Belmont New York:
Alfred Post Office - Alfred - 7.6 Miles
Wellsville Post Office - Wellsville - 7.7 Miles
Houghton Post Office - Houghton - 13.4 Miles
Hornell Post Office - Hornell - 14.1 Miles
Fillmore Post Office - Fillmore - 14.6 Miles
Canisteo Post Office - Canisteo - 15.8 Miles
Genesee Post Office - Genesee - 16.3 Miles
Nunda Post Office - Nunda - 19.5 Miles
Pike Post Office - Pike - 20.1 Miles
Dansville Post Office - Dansville - 21.9 Miles
Passport Service for Cities Near BelmontResidents of the following closeby cities looking to get a passport should consider using the passport office(s) located in Belmont for document sealing and 3-week passport expediting. Be sure to check other nearby passport offices listed above, as there may be a closer passport office to your city.
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I set the coffee pot to start brewing at 4:10 AM.
I put out the clothes I was planning to wear the next day. I did everything I could to send a clear signal to my mind and body that I was doing this. I was going to make the 5 AM Kundalini yoga and Kirtan class.
When I saw the class listed on Mind Body I was intrigued. I've done Kundalini yoga before, and I've always found it has a powerful way of breaking through habits, patterns and mental blocks in a way nothing else does. It just seems to tear down the walls of rigidity and open me up to things I couldn't or wouldn't see from my old perspective.
Sometimes I go to things like this not for the meditation itself, but to remind myself I can be very committed and determined when I want to be. It's a powerful reminder to my mind, my body, my soul that when I want something bad enough, I will do whatever it takes to get there.
I can muster up willpower for anything, but I don't always acknowledge that in myself.
The plan went off without a hitch, I drove downtown, and got there at 5AM and... no one was there.
I looked through the glass door, unsure what to do. The streets were empty. I wrapped my jacket tighter around me, wishing the sun wasn't over an hour away from rising. Occasionally, someone would pass me, and I felt weird and out of place. I knew they were wondering why I was lingering outside this shop in the dark.
I never get up this early, and here I was, full of anticipation for this class that didn't seem to be happening. I didn't understand why I'd felt so powerfully guided to be here, just so I could be disappointed and cold.
Since I was there, I decided to wait. I went back to my car for awhile and finished off my coffee. I visualized someone coming, trying to will this experience into existence. Finally, after what felt like the longest 15 minutes ever, someone came. She was a student, and she assured me the teacher would come.
At last, a woman with a white turban and flowy white clothes showed up, and I knew it was her.
I was glad I'd waited and hadn't driven home to go back to sleep like I'd considered. The class began, and as we went along the Kundalini energized me and awakened me. I didn't feel like I'd gotten up at the torturous hour of 4, but instead, I felt refreshed and grateful everything had worked out.
Kundalini yoga, unlike other yoga, is not a flow from pose to pose. Instead, it's a series of postures that are intended to move energy through your body. The poses themselves are meant to be uncomfortable (hence why I felt guided to go). Each pose usually involves a fast movement, such as sitting down and twisting left to right, while breathing in and out quickly.
Most of the postures aren't difficult. It's not uncomfortable in the sense that you must be strong and flexible to do them. Rather, you position yourself in a way you normally wouldn't. This is intended to break up blocks, stuck energy, and mental barriers. It gets you out of hard wired thoughts, beliefs and patterns, and frees you into new ideas, feelings, connections, beliefs and also, to a deeper connection to God.
After the class ended at 7:30 (yes, it was two hours!) I thought I'd be exhausted. But I remained energized well into the afternoon, at which point I had to take a nap.
In the days that followed, things started to get interesting quickly.
I spontaneously signed up for aerial yoga, which I've wanted to do for years but never did. I joined a gym with super early classes, and continued to push myself into more uncomfortable places. Getting up at 5AM for the gym has always been a no-go for me, but suddenly I was doing it.
It made me exhausted (and a bit irritated in the beginning), but this snowball continued to pick up momentum. Out of nowhere, I felt I was done with sugar, and quit cold turkey. I hadn't had any alcohol in a few weeks, and I felt done with that also.
And then came the craziest thing. Something I swore I wouldn't do, because it seemed too impossible, too far outside my reach. I gave up coffee. Which is kind of ironic, because that's how I started this post.
These changes led to more changes, and as my body began to feel stronger and healthier, I returned to regular ashtanga yoga classes. I always felt ashtanga was too challenging for me to really get into it, but then I began practicing the poses on my own, each morning, at 6AM.
I was becoming a new person, and one that felt empowered in her body.
I was no longer a slave to coffee, sugar, wine and my alarm clock. I felt freer than I ever had. I became healthier than I have ever been in my life. And it all began with that one morning of massive discomfort, which was accompanied by a powerful feeling of determination and commitment.
It's been over two weeks since I've had a cup of coffee, and I'm going to write about that soon! It's said to take three weeks for a full detox, and I've been feeling the growing pains of that.
Sometimes the very thing we want is right on the other side of a little discomfort. I had no idea where all of this was going to lead, but I'm so grateful I opened this door. It has given me new insights on myself, what I want and how I approach my life. It has energized me and awakened me in ways I didn't know I could be.
If you are feeling it's time for change, but you also feel big resistance to that change, then it might be time for you to find your own discomfort-reset-button. For all of us what works will be different. For you, it might be joining a running club, trying out for a local play, taking dance classes or just opening up more than usual. The key is that it's something you normally wouldn't do, something way outside your bubble of comfort, outside of the places your normally circle around. You'll know your thing when you've found it, and I wish you much expansion and growth also!
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To get a really good taste of what your site is about, I'd like to see at least 10 pages of content. (By real content, I mean something you wrote, and not guestbooks, links, award pages etc. I want to see that you have made an effort to provide some entertainment for your visitors, and encourage their return.)
Unfortunately, I can not consider any site that require a password to view certain parts of the site for my award.
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free MCLE trainings
The AIDS Legal Referral Panel is pleased to offer a FREE MCLE Training Series each season.
Click HERE to download our most recent Spring 2018 MCLE Training Series flyer! More trainings to come in the Fall!
The Spring 2018 MCLE Training Series is also listed under Upcoming Events and the Events Calendar.
All attorneys are welcome to attend the trainings to further their legal education and learn more about the legal needs of ALRP's HIV+, low-income clients.
Trainings are held at the Bar Association of San Francisco, 301 Battery St, 3rd Floor Board Room from 5:30pm – 7:00pm and award 1.5 General CLE credits unless otherwise noted.
To RSVP for a FREE MCLE training, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (415) 701-1200 ext 303.
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- Black Women Lawyers Association of Northern California
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"I was not totally surprised this was for a pink clam chowder but the name certainly had me thinking "chicken". We'll be clamming soon enough & this chowder made with milk instead of cream will be something tasty to try out. Received via email. Note this chowder is better if made at least an hour and up to a day ahead of time - so prep time includes an hour rest for it."
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- 1⁄4 lb bacon, thick sliced, chopped (salt pork if available)
- 2 onions, chopped
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 4 cups clam broth (a mixture of juice from clams and bottled juice is OK)
- 1 lb baking potato, peeled, diced
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons oregano, dried
- 1 bay leaf, broken in half
- 3 cups whole milk
- 2 cups plum tomatoes, diced, seeded, fresh
- 2 cups clams, shucked, coarsely chopped (hard-shell)
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- salt
- black pepper, freshly ground, to taste
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 8 saltine crackers, crumbled (I like pilot crackers)
- In a large kettle or soup pot, cook bacon over medium heat until crispy, about 10 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to drain on paper towels and reserve, leaving drippings in pot. Add onions to drippings and cook until softened but not brown, about 6 minutes.
- Sprinkle flour over onions and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Whisk in clam broth. Add potatoes, oregano and bay leaf and simmer uncovered until potatoes are almost tender, 10 minutes.
- Add milk, tomatoes and clams and simmer uncovered over medium heat until potatoes are very tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
- In a small dish, combine ketchup and baking soda and whisk mixture into chowder. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside for an hour or so or refrigerate for up to 2 days.
- When ready to serve, reheat chowder gently over medium-low heat. Remove bay leaf, add butter and swirl until melted. Adjust seasonings if necessary. Place crumbled crackers in bottoms of soup bowls and ladle chowder over them. Pass bacon or salt pork bits for sprinkling over top if desired.
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A five year old boy has been abandoned at a medical center Nebraska. It was perfectly legal. In fact he is the 34th child to have been abandoned under a state law intended to ensure superior care for infants by making it legal for parents incapable of supporting their babies to put them in the keeping of the state. The law did not include an age limit, however, and minors up to 17 years of age have been dropped off.
The state legislature is meeting at the time of this posting in a bid to change the law.
Tragically, there is a steady trickle of stories about young mothers who put their newborns in garbage cans. Speaking in terms of signs, symbols, and metaphors, the act is one of the most incredible crimes to contemplate. And yet, in all these cases, it is impossible not to feel heart-wrenching sympathy for unprepared mothers who felt that there was nowhere and no one in the world to which they could take their baby. Nobly, Nebraska's legislature wanted to change that.
Nebraska is not the only state to have such a law, but it was the only state not to have an age limit. The changes that are being proposed raise difficult questions about our society. At what age does the state refuse to take a child whose parents do not want it? Some legislators have said that the age should be as high as 15. Some say it should be 3 days. In other states, a child's first birthday is the cut-off.
I would hope that whatever age they decide on would be before the child is conscious of having been abandoned. Then again, at what age do we, as a society, want children to lose the opportunity to be fed, clothed, housed, and educated by people who are willing to provide for them rather than by parents who are forced to, begrudgingly?
If the Nebraska state legislature can agree on a new bill, it will take effect as soon as the governor signs it. One wonders if there are parents at this moment speeding to Nebraska, to take advantage of the law before it expires.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- In the wake of the bus crash in Chattanooga that left five children dead and many others in the hospital lawmakers are speaking out.
Tennessee Representative Joanne Favors said the tragedy in Chattanooga is prompting her to propose legislation requiring seat belts on school buses when the general assembly reconvenes in January.
The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said three point seat belts like the kind we use in our vehicles, across your shoulder and waist, should be on school buses.
"We know that seat belts will save lives if we put one for every kid on every school bus," said Mark Rosekind, NHTSA Administrator.
In a news conference Tuesday in Chattanooga, the NTSB said they recommend school districts consider seat belts as they buy new buses, saying even lap belts help.
Right now there's no federal mandate.
The biggest concern is children might not be able to get their belt undone after a crash.
However parents said they believe seat belts are a must.
"I'm going to assume they were saying it was a safety issue for kids being able to exit buses quickly but obviously there are other accidents that happen where kids need to be restrained," said Victor Henry, a parent.
The NHTSA estimates four children die every year in school bus crashes. They estimate seat belts would cut that number in half.
"The belts are good and they are certainly very good in a rollover where you might be ejected if you did not have that belt," said Ken Saczalski, a crash investigator.
Last year state Senator Lee Harris and other lawmakers drafted a bill requiring seat belts on newly purchased buses in the state of Tennessee but it didn't go anywhere.


text: marktrade 644 Report post Posted May 2, 2015 Inside Mac Games (IMG) was the premiere Macintosh gaming magazine in the 1990s and published exclusively on electronic media. It started out on 3.5" floppy disk and online in February 1993, quickly growing to include an expanded CD-ROM edition so that by January 1995 it was a CD-ROM only publication. Each CD included video interviews with industry leaders and was packed with demos, shareware, add-ons, updaters, screenshots, and even other smaller electronic publications or "e-zines" from the era that were distributed online, including MacDoom Review and MacSense. The first four CDs in my collection are now being hosted on the Internet Archive with more to follow. https://archive.org/details/IMG24JanFeb1995 https://archive.org/details/IMG25March1995 https://archive.org/details/IMG26April1995 https://archive.org/details/IMG27May1995 You will need a Macintosh emulator to read the magazine, preferably one that can run Mac OS 7.5 or whatever version of Mac OS was available on the issue's publication date. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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For Christmas Eve, since it was a Preparation day, we went to a castle. Can`t say I`ve ever spent Christmas eve in a castle. It was kind of cool, but the inside is all modernized and turned into a museum with old stuff behind glass in it. It was pretty cool still though.
On Christmas, we woke up and opened some presents when we were supposed to be exercising. haha. oops. It was the only time we had to do it. Pictures will follow so you understand the magnitude of the junk food I received.
That afternoon, we had some open time, so we went to the train station and sang some carols to the people there for an hour. A few people stopped to listen, not a whole lot though, and some people went away a lot happier than they approached. Most people just looked at us like they had never seen white people singing in a weird place in Japanese. Because they probably haven`t. haha. It was fun though.
In the evening, we went to the 水田家族`s house. (Mizuta Family) Their family was there, and also Jason, the Filipino from the ward and 2 of his work friends. It was way fun! We made お好み焼き again, and he even had us make some too! It was pretty tricky, but it was way fun and delicious. (^o^) We taught a message after, and it was a little different than first lessons with Japanese people, because they have a Christian background. The message went well, but they live pretty far away.
Thursday was the big meeting in Okayama, the Christmas Gathering. We played some Dodgeball and Capture the flag, they told us about the new English class program, the new Mission Training Plan for January, we had a good lunch, and watched a year-end movie of pictures from around the mission. (everyone submitted 3)
We had a companion exchange directly after that. I stayed in fukuyama with Elder Rassmassen. (probably slaughtered the spelling of his name) He is a great Elder and we were able to get some good work in. Well, everyone is crazy busy with the year end approaching and we hardly talked longer than 15 seconds to anyone, but it was good anyway.
The Baptism on Sunday went very well. Elder Hunt performed the baptism. A lot of the branch was busy and couldn`t make it, but it was still a good program. After the baptism, he bore a powerful testimony. He also talked about when he went under the water, he still had his eyes open, and as soon as he entered the water he looked up to heaven, and all the noise of the world was gone. He felt quietness. It was a great night.
The next day, I performed the confirmation. Usually a member of the ward does it, (I think?) but he wanted me to do it. It was a really cool opportunity. He says he feels like the Gift of the Holy Ghost has given him the power to endure to the end.
At church, the members talked about the goals for the coming year. The branch set a goal to become a ward by 2015, increasing attendance by 10 a year. (5 being converts, 5 being re-activated members) There was also a family from Seattle (the Father was Japanese, Mother was American) who are part of the ward mission efforts in one of the fastest growing stakes in the world. They had some great tips from the ward and emphasized the importance of ward cooperation with the missionaries. The work in Fukuyama is going to explode here soon. We already had a member tell us a day they are free and offer to go teach with us. Exciting stuff!
Last night, we had dinner at 広兼家族`s home again. (Hirokane Family). It was way fun! all the young single adults were there, plus 2 young couples and part of the family from Seattle. We had a meal called Nabe. Basically you just throw a bunch of stuff in boiling water and eat it. It was way good. ^^ It was really fun just to talk with some of the members and some people from the states. Afterwords, we taught another spiritual message, and invited everyone to talk to their friends about the gospel. I`ve never taught so many people at once. haha.
Well, this week is going to be crazy I`ve been told. The new year is a pretty big thing in Japan. ^^ Plus transfer calls are on Wednesday. So I might have a new companion next week. Or not. I have no idea really. haha.
Love you all.
|ummm..... don`t ask. I don`t know either.
|There is this place people can get married. That is all it is for. haha.
It has all these crazy fountains and stuff. This picture is from the top of the castle.
|Japan is still pretty green! it is way more green in the summer though.
|A picture of one of the main roads from the top of the castle.
The castle is right in the center of this big city.
|Here it is. Without any weird red-haired people blocking your view. haha.
|Present from the branch! I think like everyone gave us something! Holy cow!
|Christmas. Oh my gosh candy.
|Yeah this drawer is still full today even. haha.
|Wait.... I have to flip this?! sure.......... no problem.....
|Flipped it once!
|Yeah. I`m pretty good with the camera timing. haha ^^
|Flipped it again! Well...... It doesn`t look like the one the member made....
but it still tasted good! haha.
|He got a suit and everything!
|The family that visited from the states
|The group on Christmas ^^
|my companion snagged a picture while we were at service! (with permission)
|We sang them some Christmas songs.


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As it stands, the ERCOT is plagued with congestion, and the Clean Power Plan, along with continued low gas prices, is likely to drive the closure of many coal-fired generation units.
Woodland Hills, CA (PRWEB) January 04, 2016
Infocast is pleased to announce the return of the ERCOT Market Summit, scheduled to take place February 29- March 2, 2016 in Austin, TX. The Summit will examine a number of issues affecting the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, including how the EPA CPP will influence the current landscape, as well as opportunities emerging in generation, transmission, storage and energy efficiency markets.
With the EPA Clean Power Plan dominating media channels, and climate change looming heavy, much uncertainty hangs in the air for the ERCOT marketplace. As it stands, the ERCOT is plagued with congestion, and the Clean Power Plan, along with continued low gas prices, is likely to drive the closure of many coal-fired generation units.
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JEA 88 has reached Montreal earlier this week and I'm going to my friend's house tonight in order to have a look at it (my friend is member of the EES who publishes the JEA). It'll be a pleasure to make and send you a photocopy of the related articles should you need it. According to my friend, no less than 4 articles are of interest to me (Broekman on the Nile Level Texts, the one on the God's Wives of Amun, and two others I can't remember). I'll keep you posted! Keep the nice discussions on Shabatka, Takeloth ands Persian chronology! Very interesting stuff! (And you just gave me a new arguemnt in favour of the reversed order!) I hope to comment on those during the week-end.
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Re: A Clarification
Fri Jun 27 09:37
Dear Fred, Can you please tell me where in Paris one could obtain the new volume of JEA? I have people hunting for it. Although your response to Leo contains some of the answers, I would appreciate...
Fri Jun 27 12:04
JEA 88, correction, and Tefnakht
Fri Jun 27 12:23
Dear Jean-Fred, Thanks for the note, and even though I still hope my friends in Paris turn it up somewhere on St-Michel, I will be very happy to get copies from you should they fail. I will be happy...
Wadi Gasus, Takelot III and JF's offer
Sat Jun 28 02:38
Hello JF, Fred and All, JF, an offer of help from you wld be appreciated concerning just the Broekeman paper. You stated that there were Four articles of deep interest to you in the more recent JEA...
Re: Wadi Gasus, Takelot III and JF's offer
Sat Jun 28 04:54
Dear Leo,and all some comments : Leo :Fred's suggestion that Year 19 of WG could belong to Kashta and Year 12 to Takelot III seems particularly tenous since Amenirdis I(Kashta's Grand daughter) 1)may ...
Amenirdis I & Ini Si-Ese
Sat Jun 28 15:09
Oops...Please ignore my other post below with the same title. I must have hit the return key a bit too early. Firstly, my apologies to Fred, I did not recall that Amenirdis I was the Daughter of...
Re: Amenirdis I & Ini Si-Ese
Sat Jun 28 17:33
The Year 3 Quay text that Broekeman speaks about wld have been made c.15-20 Years after the Year 6 QLT for Takelot III. Assuming Takelot III had a reign of 19 Years, his Year 19 minus his Year 6 wld...
Re: Amenirdis I & Ini Si-Ese
Sat Jun 28 18:00
Dear Leo, In fact the epithet -meryamun would be applicable to virtually any pharaoh of this period (or for that matter for anyone from Ramesses II to Taharqo). I have yet to see Broekman's...
Amenirdis I
Sun Jun 29 18:02
Dear Leo, Kitchen, TIP, 382, mentions that the God's Wife Amenirdis I is named in a Year 15 graffito of Shabaqo from the Wadi Hammamat. I do not know any details about this text and whether it...
Year 12 of 'King' Amenirdis? & 3 other remarks
Mon Jun 30 02:25
Ian, Does Morkot's theory say that the Year 12 date at Wadi Gasus should refer to Amenirdis' tenure as God's Wife rather than as a datable reference to her royal superior--whether it be Kashta, Piye...
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My guitar and music stand. They should have a guitar and an amp if needed.
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Lessons in the studio room, electric piano
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extra music room f/w keyboard w/ seating for parents
*** Travel Equipment ***
I provide no equipment. Student must provide saxophone, reeds, books, etc.
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Val K.
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I have a M.M in vocal performance from the Chicago College of Performing Arts and have extensive operatic training. I teach an open throat technique (appoggio) that allows the singer to sing with freedom, and access their entire range evenly. I also work with students to develop style, interpretation, languages, and acting ability.
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Voice lessons with me are fun and effective. You can expect to hear improved technique from day one, eventually reaching your long term goals. I begin every lesson aligning the students voice through various vocal warm ups and exercises. We then work together to pick repertoire that will suit the singer's voice and they will enjoy singing. During a lesson we will also cover performance presentation, acting, diction, rhythm, musicality, style, and interpretation.
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*** Studio Equipment ***
Piano, recording equipment, large collection of sheet music
*** Specialties ***
I specialize in helping students find their true singing voice.
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I have performed as a singer on the operatic stage, soloist in oratorios, musicals and concerts, given solo recitals, sang as section leader in choirs of all sizes, sung for weddings, funerals, etc and have been in various small ensembles and folk groups.
I very much enjoy helping others to realize their potentials in these areas.
About David
I had an early desire to teach others and have been doing so since 1985. Having performed in many musical venues, I naturally wanted to share what I have learned with others aspiring to perform.
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· Vocal Training · In studio
· Singing · Online
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I am an experienced music performer, and I started performing since I am 6. I could definitely give you a lot of assistance with performance.
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Data quality was also shown to be a problem for many companies at present, with more than half (56 per cent) of respondents believing the data they receive on which to base important business decisions is not accurate enough.
Investment in the latest data management technologies was therefore highlighted as being essential to companies wishing to get the most out of the growing volumes of information they are being given access to on a daily basis.
Kroll Ontrack provides software for MS Exchange and SharePoint, solutions for permanent data erasure, services for tape archives as well as data recovery.
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Sorry for posting these late. On September 17, 2014 Vanessa attended 'The Two Faces Of January' New York Premiere. Photos are posted in the gallery or below. [x029] Special Appearances > 2014 > 'The Two Faces Of January' New York Premiere – September 17, 2014
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The Kimbell Art Museum has bought a great Dutch landscape to go with its great Dutch seascape. The seascape just looked so lonely, you know? Now it's part of a surf 'n turf pair.
The Fort Worth museum announced that it has acquired Edge of a Forest with a Grainfield, painted around 1656 by the leading master of Dutch landscapes, Jacob van Ruisdael (he always signed, never dated, his paintings, which is why their dates of origin are usually vague).
In 1811, the oil painting was donated by an alumnus to Oxford University's Worchester College, where it remained for 203 years. It was purchased privately by the Kimbell through Christie's in London. Experts have valued the painting at $8.5 million, but the Kimbell would not release a purchase price.
Ruisdael worked in Amsterdam during the golden age of Dutch painting — his contemporaries included Vermeer and Franz Hals — and he had a "circle" of fellow painters he influenced. But he conveyed his love of the drama and transience of nature in a way that, at times, anticipates Romanticism.
In his massive survey, The Golden Age, Robert Haak cites Ruisdael's "romantic monumentality," referring to the size of his paintings and the often-towering cloudscapes they featured.
At the Kimbell, Edge of a Forest will join Rough Sea at Jetty, one of Ruisdael's rare seascapes, in this case a storm scene painted by him in the 1650s, acquired by the Kimbell in 1989. Both paintings are roughly the same size, around 40 inches tall by 58 inches wide, so they are nearly a matched pair.
Edge of a Forest will go on display in April, following some small, delicate restoration by the Kimbell's director of conservation Claire Barry and the mounting of the painting in an antique Dutch frame from 1730.


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Description: Alundra is a boy who can step into other people's dreams. His own dreams tell him to go to the village Inoa. The ship on which Alundra is coming to the village goes down, but Alundra himself is washed up on a beach near the village. There, a blacksmith Jess takes care of him and treats him like his own son. But Alundra, stepping into the dreams of the village people, understands there's a danger somewhere. The people have horrible nightmares, and only Alundra can find out what they mean... "Alundra" is an action RPG somewhat similar to the famous Zelda games. It uses real-time combat and has a lot of physical and en ... (more)
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Onondaga Co. officials aiming to implement animal abuser registry by this summer
Onondaga County Sheriff Eugene Conway has unveiled plans to establish an animal abuser registry in the county.
Sheriff Conway said the registry is being created to help officials who work to keep animals out of the hands of those who abuse them. "Animal cruelty is a serious problem and, while New York has criminalized the cruel treatment of animals, animal abuse and cruelty continues to occur here in Onondaga County and elsewhere."
Before a registry can be established, Sheriff Conway says the county legislature would have pass a law that establishes the registry and defines which crimes would subject an individual to being placed on the registry.
The sheriff has presented Niagara County's animal abuser registry law as a starting point for the Onondaga County Legislature. You can read that law below:
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County Legislator Dan Liedka called the Niagara County law "comprehensive" and said it will be vetted and introduced to the Public Safety committee in April. If approved there, it would make its way to the full legislature in June.
"We're hoping to fast-track this and have this in place by summer," said Liedka.
If the law is implemented it would be a rarity in New York State. Currently, there are fewer than a dozen animal abuser registries in New York.
Sheriff Conway made the announcement Monday alongside County Legislators Liedka and Brian May from the Public Safety committee as well as Executive Director of the CNYSPCA Kerrin Conklin, Kim Smith-Ford from the Second Chance Canine Adoption Shelter and Stefanie Heath representing Cuse Pit Crew.


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The Olympic Games began in 776 BC in Olympia, a valley near the city of Elis in Peloponnese, southwest Greece. They were part of a religious festival staged every four years in honor of Zeus, the king of all gods in ancient Greece. Besides the games, the visitors have a chance to see the colossal golden statue of Zeus in the temple in Olympia, six times bigger than a man, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The games were named after Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece, where gods and goddesses lived. They were very important event and during the competitions all wars were stopped, so people have a chance in peace to visit Olympia and enjoy the festival. One month before the games have begun, messengers were sent to all Greek States as far as the Black Sea in the east and the Iberian Peninsula in the west, to declare peace and inform the people about the tournament. The athletes that take part were man or boys; girls had their own festival in honor of the wife of Zeus, Hera.
The first athletic event was the 600 feet long, foot race, from one to the other end of the stadium, recognized as the Stadion race. Koroibos, cook from Elis is the first known winner of the race. The other events included: throwing discus and throwing javelin (long spear), chariot racing, wrestling, long jump and boxing. One of the hardest disciplines was the hoplites race where runners wear armor and shields. Winners were awarded with a crown of olive branches and treated like heroes.
The marathon (40 kilometer race) was not part of the ancient Olympic games and was first introduced in 1896, Athens, Greece. The inspiration for the race is the ancient runner Philippides, who run from Marathon to Athens (a distance of 149 miles) after the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, to deliver news of a Greece victory against the Persians.
The ancient Olympic Games were organized from 776 BC through 393 AD in Olympia, before being abolished by the Roman Emperor Theodosius |, after the conquest of Greece by Rome. The modern Olympic Games were established in 1896 in Athens, Greece, inspired from the ancient Olympic Games.


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Following the deluge of complaints received by the BBC's Stephen Nolan over his clearly biased coverage of the European migrant crisis, the publicly-funded broadcaster refused to debate Breitbart London's Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam, and has now incurred the wrath of the infamous radio personality Jon Gaunt.
Gaunt, who is launching his new radio station in just a few weeks' time, took to his podcast yesterday to slam Nolan as a "fatboy" and a "pompous prick", dedicated an entire 54-minute long podcast to the issue.
He replayed clips from Nolan's BBC Radio 5 Live show, where the presenter abused callers over their belief that Britain shouldn't allow unlimited numbers of migrants into the United Kingdom. Polling from YouGov suggests that this stance chimes with the plurality of British public opinion on the crisis, but Nolan used his BBC-funded platform to attack that mindset, accusing callers of being heartless for their stance.
Gaunt's approach to the issue was simple: Nolan shouldn't be sacked for his bias, but the BBC should perhaps consider scrapping "phone-ins" where the host of the show is required to play devil's advocate against the caller. Nolan, though taking up the opposition to the caller in the debate, furiously defended his own statements the day after, proving that he wasn't simply trying to spur debate on the issue, but rather, to shut it down.
"Four major polls in this country say the British public do not want these migrants," said Gaunt. "They consider them to be economic migrants on the whole, not refugees".
He continued, "He's lying, Nolan is lying. The BBC is lying. And they are taking the British public for mugs."
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Gaunt was formerly a radio host for a number of "mainstream" outlets before being "exiled" for his forthright views.


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First time sales reps are a breed entirely of their own. That's why we've created a series dedicated to exactly how you should handle them. First up, we're talking about how to find great first time sales reps. Parts two and three of our series discuss how to onboard first time sales reps, and how to successfully coach them too.
Identifying first time sales reps with unlimited potential is half the battle when it comes to building a talented sales organization. Selecting sales reps that have natural tendencies and characteristics that will help them succeed in their new role will make your job much easier down the line.
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Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It's getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who broke his heart-and now is back in town-to the teenage distraction he's trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn't been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes controls her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor.
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Rated PG-13 for stylized violence, sexual content, language and drug referencesCastMichael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna KendrickDirectorEdgar WrightWriterMichael Bacall
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Come on in to my kitchen where we are baking up these delightful Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies. I made these for our monthly Fill the Cookie Jar party where our theme is Thanksgiving or Fall cookies.
I have had this recipe planned for today's FTCJ post for months! What would Thanksgiving be without cranberries? But, these amazing cookies use dried cranberries so you can enjoy them all year. And after one bite, trust me you will want to make them again.
Originally, I made bite sized versions of these for the faculty at my son's school way back in August along with the Amish Sugarless Cookies (September Fill the Cookie Jar post) and the Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Copycat (August Fill the Cookie Jar post).
The next day, I heard confessions of chicanery and theft among the first staff members that tried these and wanted to keep them all for themselves. Four different people asked me for the recipe. I will definitely be making them again. Though next time I think I will keep the pistachio pieces larger instead of the fine chop I did.
The recipe originally came from Enzie at Portraits from NC. Her recipes are great and her paintings are even more spectacular! She created these after trying them at a Persian Bakery. I am not sure if they have a name in Perisan, if they do please let me know in the comments.
Be sure to scroll below the recipe to see what the other Fill the Cookie Jar bloggers made this month. We have a bunch of new folks joining us this month and I can't wait to check them out.
Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread
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- 4.5oz butter (softened)
- 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup pistachio nuts (halved or chopped)
|Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
|In a mixing bowl beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 2-3 minutes. Add vanilla and mix to combine.
|Add flour until combined. Stir in cranberries and pistachios.
|Drop by tablespoonful on baking sheet leaving 2 inches between for spreading.
|Bake 12-15 minutes until edges are just beginning to change color.
|Let cool for a minute or two on the pan then move to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Until next time, happy eating!