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Wells Fargo Awards $3 Million for Community-Based Environmental Projects
Wells Fargo & Co. has announced grants totaling more than $3 million to community-based nonprofit organizations across the country in support of conservation, energy efficiency, infrastructure, and educational outreach efforts.
The grants were awarded through the Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities program, a five-year, $15 million initiative launched in 2012 as part of the company's commitment to provide $100 million to environmentally focused nonprofits and universities by 2020. Administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the initiative funds projects in the areas of sustainable agriculture and forestry, conservation of land and water resources, energy efficiency and urban infrastructure, and community outreach and environmental education. Grant recipients include the Anchorage-based Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, the City of Boise, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc. in Atlanta, Fresno Metro Ministry, and Northwest Youth Corps in Portland, Oregon.
"We're proud to support...nonprofits...working hard to provide long-term solutions to environmental challenges," said Ashley Grosh, who heads the company's environmental philanthropy program. "It is our belief that there is a strong link between economic development, community well-being, and the stewardship and health of the environment."
For a full list of grant recipients, visit the Wells Fargo Web site.


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Description: American sailor with eagle and dove
Comment: I think it's fair to say that the world has changed quite a bit in the past hundred and four years or so… and yet. This is a very evocative image by the great Orson Lowell, whom most people think of as the follower of Charles Dana Gibson at the magazine. While there's still a humorous edge to it (primarily in the caricatures of the faces of the world leaders), it is, I think, the American sailor as a regular guy and not an overblown parody of American military might that made this a successful magazine cover piece. This goes way beyond the standard rattling of swords that accompanied much of the propaganda related to World War I. Interesting too is the date-- early 1914… so painted in 1913. The United States entry into "The Great War" was, of course, controversial right up until the moment we actively engaged in 1917. Attached you'll seen an admittedly "pirated" image of the magazine cover. I encourage anyone who buys original artwork from me and for which no publication is provided... Seek it out, it helps put the art in context and makes for a great conversation piece. For more on this fascinating period of U.S., and world, history you should check out the PBS production The Great War.
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What was your favorite collection this season?
I have a hard time choosing just one collection.
I found the morning-after, lazy mood at Dries Van Noten very welcoming and reassuring. There was that just-rolled-out-of-the-bed, carefree and haphazardly put together quality to most outfits that I find exhilarating. It's like when you get the perfect outfit choosing at random: it happens once in a while, but when it does it's a bang, and I love it.
I appreciated the militaristic sexiness of Rick Owens, too. The collection, with those tuft of fur on jackets and mittens had a wild mountain flavor to me, or better, a primal feel: real cavemen living in snowy woods covering themselves with what nature has to offer. Fast, furious and effective: it does not get any better, when you're put in front of the fury of the elements.
What was your favorite look?
I liked the 70s-gone-abstract broken suit from Raf Simons: the layering and the colors are gorgeous, and that band that crosses the chest like a scalpel-point marker stroke is just insane. All the elements are classic, but totally out of place, and this gets my mind going.


text: MATH 116: Calculus IIDescriptionTechniques of integration; the definite integral and simple differential equations with applications and numerical techniques; the theoretical foundations of limits, including the epsilon-delta formulation; continuity and differentiability; advanced curve sketching; inverse functions; inverse trigonometric functions.Credit units3Term description1/2(3L-1.5P)CollegeArts and ScienceDepartmentMathematics and StatisticsPrerequisite(s) MATH 110. Note: Intended to complete the basic introduction to calculus for students in the mathematical and physical sciences, and for others who require a solid introduction to calculus. The specified prerequisite for most second-year courses in mathematics and statistics, including all courses accepted in major and honours programs. Students may have credit for only one of MATH 112, 116, 124, or 128. Students with credit for MATH 123 may take this course for credit.


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That day I received an email with 'points for discussion' as the subject title from my manager. After I read the content my emotions for the next two days has been set. The content is all about my failing as a manager and also tracking of a deliverable. I know what he is doing. He is starting to collect evidence of poor performance so that he can justify putting my performance as 'poor' at the end of the year.
How do I describe this feeling adequately? Many things are at play.
Last week in our bilateral I thought he was still trying to coach me so I told myself to buck up. It's disheartening to receive the email this week knowing that he already made up his mind.
And I am not used to being a failure. This is finally happening to me. I realised recently that many people who are classified as non-performers now were actually capable when they were younger. Why have they gone to the other side? One is because they did not evolve with the job requirements. The other is because they reached a position that is past their ability. I think I belong to the second group. I suck at being a manager. Some things I simply don't know that I have to do.
Anyhow I was already having a tough time closing my gaps. And to receive such an email now, fight or flight? I feel like flight. But can I flee? Can I afford it? I feel stressed because I know I can't afford it. So I have to fight? Seems that I don't know how. Or is it that I now fall into the first group?
I don't want to give my HR the satisfaction of putting me down. But I can't find a job in time to leave. I'm stuck. I should strategise. If the gaps are difficult to close, focus on strengthening other parts. Make these parts so good that as an average I can't be put down. HR is playing dirty, I hate it.
Yesterday I read something about not letting anyone put down your soul. Stand up for yourself. I shall stand up for myself.


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Westin Bull Bar With Skid Plate
What's the Best Way to Safeguard Your 4X4?
One way to protect your drivetrain is to install a skid plate. Skid plates are designed to protect the underside of a vehicle in order to prevent damage from occurring to key components within the undercarriage. Without a skid plate in place, components such as the transfer case, gas tank or transmission pans could be struck and damaged by rough terrain. Some skid plates come in conjunction with grille guards or bull bars. Grille guards and bull bars are designed to protect your passengers and your vehicle. And, along with serious front-end protection, they also boost your rig's style and stature out on the streets.


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Oahu Bureau supports breast cancer
The Oahu Visitors Bureau (OVB) has brought together destination partners to create an annual campaign that will give travelers an opportunity to join the fight against breast cancer while vacationing on the island of Oahu.ÊThe fall campaign, called Travel Pink, Travel Oahu, will support the Hawaii Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation by increasing breast cancer awareness and by offering special packages that support the organization.
"Since the island of Oahu is a special place for rejuvenating from daily stresses and reconnecting with oneself and loved ones, we wanted to create a campaign that would help the thousands of women who are battling breast cancer," said Noelani Schilling-Wheeler, senior director of sales and marketing, Oahu Visitors Bureau.Ê"Many of today's travelers are also looking for a way to contribute to a cause and positively impact others during their travels.ÊTravel Pink, Travel Oahu gives visitors to Oahu an opportunity to help efforts to find a cure for this deadly disease."
"As more than 215,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is fighting to eradicate this disease by funding research grants and supporting education in communities around the world," said Jeri Steiner, executive director of the Hawaii Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation of Hawaii. "The Travel Pink, Travel Oahu campaign will greatly support our efforts.ÊWe are delighted to form this partnership with the island of Oahu, which has become known around the world as place to visit to escape, relax, rejuvenate, and heal."


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A list of tech ideas/needs from mid-November gathering at 18f
- Tracing "guide" software service in learnosm or osmtm. So location aware, and easy to maintain.
- Animation as a service and metrics
- ID integration of tags directly
- Imports easier/tiger update. Better conflation
- Boundaries and road update from census
- OSM change detection and monitoring, and integration (nps, NYC). Change within
- Boundaries from official recognize sources
- Qgis OSM styles
- Map zen OSM


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Crystal Auras
Crystals are quiet, well-meaning souls who are natural healers. They are also deep thinkers. Crystals' dreams usually involve having a quiet, spiritual and meditative life.
They love to read books, attend the theater, study philosophical or spiritual topics — anything of social significance or that inspires them to ponder the meaning of life. They usually prefer to spend time alone contemplating life and spirituality, however, rather than be with others.
In order to achieve their dreams and reach their highest potential, Crystals must learn to regularly go within and to commune with nature, their spirituality, and their source. They must constantly retreat to their own environment to free themselves from others' chaotic influences. This will help them remain centered and open channels for the healing work they came here to do. Because they like simplicity and cleanliness, their environments need to be quiet and orderly. It is healing for Crystals to surround themselves with nature. Growing flowers or planting gardens can be very therapeutic. It gives them a chance to connect with their spirituality in peace and serenity so they can move forward on their dreams.
Crystals—part of the spiritual color group—are bright, enlightened thinkers. They combine keen, clear intelligence with spiritual beliefs. Crystals are natural healers and instinctively know how to give strength and comfort to others. They change their aura color and/or absorb color energy from others, which allows them to get along well with everyone. Crystals solve complex problems and have a special talent for process design. Crystals infuse their own ideas into solutions and love fixing things. Even though they need recognition and reward for their contributions, it is hard for them to accept praise. One of the drawbacks of being analytical and multi-talented is that Crystals are their own harshest critics. They draw information out of others but it is hard for them to open up and share information about themselves. Crystals need teammates at work and partners in life that can break them out of their normal routine and encourage them to open up. Crystals feel a very deep connection with God or higher power. They put their belief system into everything they do and have a very high moral and spiritual code.
Crystals Personality: Crystals are very intelligent. They love to learn about a broad spectrum of topics and have mastery of earned and intuitive knowledge. Many acquire multiple degrees because of their desire to achieve higher goals. They are avid readers, researchers and usually love movies. Emotionally, Crystals can appear to be aloof and distant. They withdraw into work, books and /or meditation so that they don't have to deal with relationships, chaos or too much noise. Socially, Crystals have a difficult time being with others or approaching others due to their shyness. Crystals, whether married or not, need private time and physical space to revive their minds, bodies, and spirits. They often engage in holistic, meditative techniques when alone—everything from reading spiritual material, or self-help motivational literature to listening to soft music, enjoying a warm spa and massage or an individual physical routine such as Yoga, Pilates, running or walking.
Crystals Career: Crystals operate most efficiently and effectively in low key, quiet, clean environments. Crystals listen and follow very carefully all rules and regulations and are very thorough, dedicated workers. They can function without direction and are highly organized, meticulous workers. They are extremely trustworthy and honest and choose employers or employees who share the same values. They make sure the workplace remains clean and secure and go the extra mile to help others and to make sure everyone is cooperative. Many times, a Crystal feels more secure working for someone else rather than having their own business.
Crystals in Relationships: Crystals show vulnerability and strength in their relationships. Because Crystals are intelligent and intuitive, they sense the emotional needs surrounding their mates, family and friends. If a situation becomes too frustrating and overwhelming, the Crystal retreats and resorts to a form of meditation that allows them to clear their Aura and cleanse their energies. Crystals prefer to remain quiet and strong in order to quickly take command and calm a highly emotionally charged situation. They have clear vision and can see the problem and solution without showing much emotion. They mostly enjoy quiet, reclusive behavior with their mates. They will tend to shy away from loud parties or large groups. Crystals will be gentle, attentive lovers who will give more than receive. They are protective of their true feelings—almost as if surrounded by a shield—so they do not become too attached if something happens to a loved one. This tendency to withdraw does not mean they are cold or not connected. It just allows them to remain peaceful and quiet in order to regain balance and clarity.
Crystal Health and Wellness : Crystals use their minds, bodies and spirits as a whole unit to communicate with themselves and others. This is very draining on their bodies and their spirit. For this reason, Crystals must always take time away from their daily routines to refresh their whole being. The area that will be affected first for the Crystal is the Mind. The Crystal uses the mind to balance, clear, clean, organize and predict every movement of their life. They can be susceptible to headaches and sinus blockage. The Body of the Crystal can be heavily affected by dirt, chaos, and noise that come from family or fellow workers because the Crystal tends to absorb energy emanating from others. The Crystal may start to feel aches and pains in their joints along with fatigue. The Spirit of the Crystal is affected by trying to heal everyone they come into contact with—many times unconsciously—to help find their way closer to God and inner peace. So, the Crystal must always work on finding new ways to meditate and find a calming, healing physical outlet.
Crystals and Spirituality: Crystals are a unique blend of intellect and spirituality; they will either be drawn to God through intellectual reasoning, research and practice, or they will pursue higher levels of spirituality through soul searching practices and meditation. Sometimes, they will engage in both. The ultimate goal is to obtain inner peace and spiritual calm; they want to find answers to all of their spiritual questions that will bring them closer to the knowledge of who God really is and their personal relationship with God. Crystals may practice a wide variety of religious beliefs from Catholicism to being an Intellectual Agnostic; they are all ways of searching for the ultimate mode of spiritual expression. Once found, they are almost stubborn about their following of doctrine—not seeing any other venue for expression other than the one they are using towards their path to God and ultimate healing.
Crystals Chakras: Crystals are most aligned with the Crown Chakra; this Chakra appears at the top of the head and is associated with both left and right brain use and spiritual awakening. Most Crystals tend to favor the left brain which processes information in a linear manner, processing from part to whole. It takes pieces, lines then up and arranges them in a logical manner. The right brain processes from whole to parts, holistically. So balanced Crystals will try to use both sides of their brain so that ultimately they can bring cleansing, healing, and spirituality to themselves and others. The Crown Chakra is also associated with channeling the spirit of loved ones who have died. Crystals are more apt to feel the presence of these departed spirits around them; they feel them, see them, and hear them or all three.
Crystals and Color Change: Crystals work from the Crown Chakra, situated at the top of the head and control the strongest energy vibrations in the body. Crystals are continually balancing and harmonizing the interior and exterior sides of their natures. They also try to connect with the highest spiritual level in order to understand the interconnections of all living things. Crystals work so hard at achieving a balance between their intellect and their spirituality that they find themselves frustrated at times. This frustration can lead to frequent migraine headaches, destructive thoughts, and /or distant depressed behavior. If this occurs, Crystals should use the color Violet surrounding the forehead; this color will relax the Crystal, subdue, clear and calm the energy. If a Crystal is feeling fatigued from overwork or too much noise and chaos, they should use some Yellow or Gold color to enhance their energy. This will help them feel more joy and make better decisions.
Enhancing Crystal Aura: Crystal Auras are naturally very strong commanding Auras. The key for the Crystal Aura is to remain balanced in order to effectively use both their intellect and healing spirituality. Jewelry and clothing are the easiest methods to enhance a Crystal's energy. If the Crystal wants to use all the colors that make up the Crystal Aura, then a Crystal should surround themselves with white clothing or crystal jewelry. This lets them reach out and absorb energy easily from others—the Crystal uses this method to intuitively feel closer to friends and family. The color Yellow will enhance the Crystal's intellect, so a Crystal should use this color in the workplace. A crystal should use a Violet color when attending a religious or holistic gathering; this helps them attain a spiritual connection and inner peace. Crystals should use mostly white or a pale grey in their bedrooms so they can refresh their minds, bodies and souls without the interference of other color energy. Crystals have the ability to use all color in some aspect of their lives because their energy is created from the absorption of all color.


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Elephone Dual Camera is on its way
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Dual camera smartphone existed long before the iPhone 7 without much success. But this time it seems they got it right and such devices pop up like mushrooms. Remember the portrait mode shot by iPhone 7 Plus? Are you familiar with the samples from Huawei Mate 9 and its depth of field shots? Then you know what it's all about.
Elephone will also launch a mysterious model that goes with dual camera. The Elephone Dual Camera device will feature shooting before focusing, background blur, etc.
The key point for all companies is how much you are willing to pay for certain features. Here is where marketing steps in. Are you willing to pay the premium price that Apple or Huawei wants you to?
Elephone has always had affordable devices taking into account their hardware specs. It is a certainty that this will continue with the Elephone Dual Camera device that is coming.
Are you willing to pay for a dual camera smartphone? And if yes, how much?
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Nearly 63,000 new computer viruses appeared in Vietnam last year, infecting 61.7 million computers and causing losses of VND8.7 trillion ($400 million) compared to VND8.5 trillion in 2014, according to the latest network security survey from BKAV Technology Group, Vietnam's most well-known internet security company.
Based on users' incomes and computer downtime, on average last year each computer user in Vietnam lost VND1.25 million ($55) while nearly 5,300 websites of both government and private organizations were hacked.
USBs were the major source of infections, with 83 per cent of surveyed participants saying their USBs were infected at least once last year, down only slightly from 85 per cent in 2014. More than 9.1 million computers were infected by viruses passed via USBs. W32 UsbFakeDrive was the most common virus.
Mobile phone subscribers, meanwhile, received around 14 million spam messages every day in total last year, while 93 per cent of Facebook users regularly received spam, unwanted sexual content, or harmful links (malware). Every month some 1,000 fake Facebook pages were created to steal Facebook users' accounts, according to BKAV.
It advised people to be careful with information they receive and not to follow instructions from untrustworthy websites.
Security awareness among internet users actually improved, the survey found. Around 58 per cent of mobile users paid due regard to security when downloading software, a significant increase from the mere 13 per cent in 2014. Forty-eight per cent of BKAV users only opened files after checking the sender, 74 per cent often locked their computers, and the number with strong passwords (a combination of digits, letters, and special characters) increased.
With the appearance of new viruses and hackers, however, BKAV again warned people to be aware of untrustworthy information from emails and websites and to install anti-virus software on their mobile phones and computers.


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Lung cancer causes one million deaths worldwide every year. When patients begin to experience symptoms of lung cancer, the cancers are often advanced and treatment is rarely successful; 90% of newly diagnosed lung cancer patients die within 2 years of diagnosis.
In 1992, The National Cancer Institute launched the still-ongoing Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial to evaluate screening tests for each of the four cancers. The PLCO Cancer Screening Trial is the largest trial ever conducted in the United States. The 155,000 men and women enrolled in the study were asked about past and present smoking habits, medical history of themselves and their families, and personal characteristics. For the lung cancer portion of the trial, participants were randomly assigned to a control group or to a screening group that received a single-view, posterior-anterior chest x-ray.
According to the baseline results of the 77,465 patients in the screening group, reported by Martin M. Oken, M.D., of the Hubert H. Humphrey Cancer Center in Robbinsdale, Minn., and colleagues from the PLCO Project Team, 5991 (8.9%) participants had a test result that was suspicious for cancer, and after further follow-up and medical tests, 126 participants were diagnosed with lung cancer. Forty-four percent of the cancers found were diagnosed as stage I cancers. Chest x-ray detected 6.3 lung cancers per 1000 current smokers, 4.9 lung cancers per 1000 former smokers who had smoked in the past 15 years, 1.1 lung cancers per 1000 former smokers who had not smoked within the past 15 years, and 0.4 lung cancers per 1000 never-smokers. Chest x-ray found cancer at a higher rate in men than in women.
"The data suggest a high rate of early detection and possibly important differences between screening for lung cancer in women and in men," write the authors. "The answer to the important question of reduction in lung cancer mortality must await analysis of the two study arms as these data mature."
Contact: Robert Prevost, Public Relations Manager, North Memorial Medical Center, 763-520-5062, email@example.com
Citation: Oken MM, Marcus PM, Hu P, Beck TM, Hocking W, Kvale PA, et al. Baseline Chest Radiograph for Lung Cancer Detection in the Randomized Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. J Natl Cancer Inst 2005;97:1832-9.
Note: The Journal of the National Cancer Institute is published by Oxford University Press and is not affiliated with the National Cancer Institute. Attribution to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute is requested in all news coverage. Visit the Journal online at http://jncicancerspectrum.


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They eventually came upon the world they called New St. Andrews and set out to forge a new life from themselves. With the confusion wrought by the Star League war against Amaris, history simply lost track of the refugees for quite a number of years. The expatriates, when they fled the Rim Worlds Republic, had the opportunity to gather only a few supplies and little technology, so when they reached New St. Andrews, they were forced to turn to the livelihood of their forefathers to survive - farming and herding.
Of course, the failings of humanity overcame them as they did every other independent nation in history. In the case of these four Scottish Clans - Brannigan, MacGregor, Sterling and Stewart - the precedent had already been set many centuries before. While each of the four extended families settled a different section of the planet, they soon came into conflict with each other, oftentimes over the simplest of matters. That they had no way to replicate the weapons of mass destruction that were ravaging the Inner Sphere at the time was the only reason they did not destroy one another.
Fortunately for the people of New St. Andrews, the leaders of Clans MacGregor and Stewart eventually saw the larger picture. They realized that if they continued on with their feuding, they would wither wipe themselves out completely or would again fall to one of the Periphery's many powers, several of whom had by then sent expeditions to the world. The two Clans united, building a new and thriving society together. Of course, they did so realizing that both Clans Brannigan and Sterling, reduced to mere husks of what they once had been, would undoubtedly turn their attentions toward them, jealous of their prosperity.
That did happen, with the survivors of the other two Clans commonly going to any lengths to steal what they needed or destroy it, lest anyone else be able to use it. Because of the preparations of the two stronger Clans, none of the attacks have yet caused any significant harm to the planet's economy. Both the MacGregors and the Stewarts are committed to rebuilding ties with their fallen brothers. It is a stark irony, considering the parallels that can be drawn to both the state of matters in the Periphery as well as the rest of the Inner Sphere.
Since the bonding of the two Clans, New St. Andrews population has steadily climbed and, though not on par with even the standard throughout the Periphery, its level of technology no longer relies completely on manual labor and beasts of burden. Unfortunately, that advancement comes with a price. Once considered nothing more than an agricultural world where Periphery wanderers could replenish their water supplies and possibly gather some local food, New St. Andrews is becoming more and more of a target for pirates and raiders.
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- Coordinates: -517.60, -108.78
- Star Type: G4V
- Position in System: 4
- Time to Jump Point: 7.98 days
- Recharging Station: None
- ComStar Facility Class: None
- Population: 212,000
- Percentage and Level of Native Life: 10% Reptile
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text: Lady Antebellum Earns the 2012 CMA International Artist Achievement Award Scott Frans December 3, 2012 NASHVILLE – During a press conference to announce their new global charity initiative LadyAID™, Lady Antebellum was surprised today when CMA Chief Executive Officer Steve Moore presented the group with the CMA International Artist Achievement Award. Formerly the International Touring Artist Award, the CMA International Artist Achievement Award recognizes outstanding achievement by a U.S.-based artist who contributes to the awareness and development of Country Music outside the United States. "We're so honored," said Hillary Scott. "This year especially, being able to take our tour to Europe and then to Australia, and meet even more of our fans all over the world, and to take Country Music that far, we don't take that lightly. We really, truly do want to make this town and the Country Music community proud when we go overseas and perform." "We wish Lady Antebellum much success as they help children around the world," said Moore. "And it is because of their work around the globe as ambassadors of Country Music that we are presenting them with the International Artist Award." Lady Antebellum has sold more than 11 million albums worldwide. Their "Own the Night World Tour" staged performances in 11 countries for more than one million fans including sold out shows in Dublin, London, Toronto, and three-nights at the famed Sydney Opera House. The trio's first world tour also earned Billboard's all-genre "Breakthrough Award" at the 2012 Billboard Touring Awards for its total ticket sales and other touring data. The group are multiple-award winners including most recently the 2012 CCMA International Best Selling Album Award (Canada). They were nominated for the 2012 Brit Award for Best International Group (UK). They received a CMC Music Award nomination for International Artist of the Year (Australia) as well as the 2011 Juno Award for International Album of the Year (Canada). Among their many international accomplishments, their hit "Need You Now" went to No. 1 in Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand, and Switzerland; and Top 5 in more than 20 countries. The album was certified Triple Platinum (Canada); Double Platinum (South Africa); Platinum (Australia and New Zealand); and Gold (China, Ireland, Taiwan, and UK). Lady Antebellum was certified Platinum (Canada) and Own the Night has been certified Platinum in Canada and Gold in Australia and South Africa. Previous winners of the CMA International Artist Achievement Award include: 1996 BR5 49 1997 The Mavericks 1998 Trisha Yearwood 1999 Shania Twain 2000 Reba McEntire 2001 Lonestar 2002 Bellamy Brothers 2003 Dixie Chicks 2004 Dolly Parton 2005 Keith Urban 2006 Dixie Chicks 2007 Dwight Yoakam 2008 Dierks Bentley and Brooks & Dunn 2009 Taylor Swift 2010 Not presented 2011 Brad Paisley


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The church today has a problem. Well, actually, it has many problems, but we're just here today to discuss one of them, and that is the problem that modern Christians seem to have something against "good boys." You know what I'm talking about. There was a time when the wholesome, the upright and the clean-cut were held up as admirable examples, but today, that admiration has been replaced by aversion. Godly people are no longer admired for their godliness. Instead, they are stereotyped and labeled as "goody two-shoes" by fellow Christians.
I most recently encountered one of these subtle manifestations from someone for whom I have a lot of respect—Andrew Peterson. Andrew is one of the most gifted Christian songwriters in the industry today, and even though he may not be the best tunesmith, he has a wonderful way with words that recalls the work of Rich Mullins or Paul Simon (two writers he's repeatedly cited as major influences). So before I launch into this post, I wish it known that I am a big AP fan, and I think his heart is in the right place. What's unfortunate is that he has picked up some misconceptions about Scripture and its application to the Christian life, including that aversion to "squeaky-clean-ness." This came out in a piece called "What I Learned From SCC," a tribute to Steven Curtis Chapman that he wrote a few days ago. The piece was inspired by the fact that he had just completed a tour with Steven and was moved to express his gratitude. I was excited to read it. But as my eye flew down the page, this paragraph caught my eye, where Andrew talked about his expectations before meeting and working with Steven:
… I've never heard a single negative story about the guy. I've been in Nashville for 15 years now, and, well, you tend to hear less-than-flattering stories about folks from time to time (I'm sure there are a few about me floating around out there), but I have yet to hear one of those about Steven. What that might lead a rascal like me to conclude is that either a) Steven is so squeaky-clean he must be hard to like or b) he's a complete wreck and he's hiding it. I didn't realize until this tour was underway that there's a third option. Here it is: Steven is a wreck, he's not hiding it, and because of the mighty presence of Jesus in his life, grace abounds to those around him.
Now watch what Andrew did here. He equivocated—he took the phrase "he's a wreck" and introduced it with one implied meaning (skeletons in the closet, un-confessed sin, etc.), then turned around and used it again with a different implied meaning (broken sinner who needs the grace of God). Probably he thought it was profound, but really it's just misleading (not to mention linguistically sloppy). Yet the wording of this proposed "third option" reveals quite a bit. Why, for example, did he not say it the other way around: "Steven really is squeaky clean, he's not hard to like, and because of that, I realized that I'm needlessly prejudiced against the 'squeaky clean' types"? It's because "squeaky clean" in his mind automatically carries negative connotations—Pharisaism, pietism—rather than pure, real, honest-to-goodness wholesomeness. The solution he found allowed him to keep holding onto that prejudice. Here is an even more direct excerpt from a little later in this piece:
Everyone I know in Nashville who knows Steven has said to me something like, "I love Steven. He's a good man." But from the first week of the tour I discovered that Steven isn't a good man. He's as sinful as the rest of us [my emphasis]. He wears his weakness on his sleeve. He's quick to share his pain and his struggle. That doesn't make him mopey–he's quick to share his joy, too. But what's so wonderfully subversive about the Gospel is that our ability to honestly bear our grief and woundedness just makes room for God's grace to cast light on all that shadow; it makes room for us to love each other.
Just as a quick aside here, don't you love it when people blur the lines between sin on the one hand and general "brokenness" on the other? Godly people constantly suffer pain and grief through no fault of their own. In fact, Steven is a prime example of that. But even waiving that little issue, this whole paragraph just comes off as a long way of saying, "Phew!" Though of course that's not how Andrew looks at it. I think his idea is, "Hey, we're all sinners in the eyes of God, and nobody is any 'better' or 'worse' than anyone else, so we might as well not pretend by calling anybody 'a good man.'"
But that pretty much defines "non sequitur." Yes, we're all sinners, and…? Let's put it this way: Mother Theresa needed Jesus just as much as Hitler did, but even so, one of them murdered 6 million people and the other lived a life devoted to caring for the poor. Now kids, which of these is not like the other? I am not preaching works salvation here. I am saying that moral relativism is the bane of clear thought. We can't pretend that there is no difference between people, and it can be wholly legitimate (and not idolatrous, as Andrew seems to imply at one point in the piece) to say that Mother Theresa was "good" and Hitler was "bad." Moreover, we repeatedly see in the Scriptures that God delights in those who glorify Him, and He is angered by those who despise Him. Man demonstrates his love for God by keeping His commandments. This truth resounds through Old and New Testament alike.
"But Jesus came to abolish religion!" No he didn't. Get off of Youtube and open your Bible to Matthew 23:23.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
What did Jesus say? Did he say "Tithing is stupid. Forget about it. It's all a heart issue"? No. He said that tithing and other "externals" by themselves, when they are not accompanied by mercy and faith, are empty. It does not follow from this that there is anything wrong with "keeping the rules." On the contrary—it's both/and. So in other words, you can wear a suit to church on Sunday, watch your language and listen to praise songs while still being unsaved. But that doesn't mean it's okay to dress like a bum and swear like a sailor.
Now, on an individual level, people can have a genuine rebirth of faith where they look back on their life and say, "I have been hiding behind the appearances while my heart was really selfish, prideful, and far from God." I have heard testimonies like this from Steve Green and others who share similar reflections. This can be wholly appropriate and biblical. The problem comes when we move out from the individual level and make sweeping generalizations for Christian society as a whole, to the point where some Christians automatically suspect other Christians who seem to "have it all together," as if there's something "not right" about that. Or they simply feel a distaste for it. "Ugh… too perfect. Too nice. Too Mayberry."
And yet, for all that, I believe Andrew Peterson is wholly sincere. His tribute came from a full heart. I'm quite sure he wasn't saying to himself at the beginning of it all, "Well, it would be really awkward if Steven were just a great guy because that would make me feel inferior, and I'm embarrassed by that." But subconsciously, I think it's the psychological process that leads Christians like him to their larger spiritual conclusions about grace and godliness.


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Undertoad Thursday Jul 19 05:34 PM
July 19, 2007: Floating swimming pool
Happy Monkey Thursday Jul 19 05:49 PM
Swimming in a river in a city the size of Berlin would not be one of my goals.
jester Thursday Jul 19 06:48 PM
that's way to crowded for me
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Jul 19 07:11 PM
Dangerous, if the pool sinks they might... drown.
ferkelparade Thursday Jul 19 07:18 PM
Undertoad Thursday Jul 19 07:47 PM
The pool must be the same depth everywhere, otherwise it would be tough to float.
Happy Monkey Thursday Jul 19 07:51 PM
Undertoad Thursday Jul 19 07:59 PM
Is it only the rim that floats? It looks like the pool water is right up to the top of the rim, and the top is 3 feet above the river water. That's a lot of water to float!
BigV Thursday Jul 19 08:21 PM
UT, the water's not floating. Only the rim of the pool needs to float.
BigV Thursday Jul 19 08:23 PM
does look high out of the water though....
Uisge Beatha Thursday Jul 19 08:30 PM
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you've just seen a toad face down a sheep!
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Jul 19 08:48 PM
Happy Monkey Thursday Jul 19 09:47 PM
Piccolo Padawan Thursday Jul 19 10:59 PM
I saw that pool while I was in Germany earlier this summer.
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Jul 19 11:04 PM
How crowded was it?
Piccolo Padawan Thursday Jul 19 11:08 PM
Not nearly as crowded as that picture, but it was still a bit too cold for swimming. I also think my group scared away a couple Deutschers. Imagine a group of 20, 16-17 year old exchange student reactions.
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Jul 19 11:19 PM
Ha ha, yeah.
Flint Friday Jul 20 12:16 AMthis is crowded! (glatt's pool from WTF)
SPUCK Friday Jul 20 07:24 AM
Ah those wacky Asians again.
Karenv Friday Aug 3 04:37 PM
Those wacky New Yorkers now have one in the East River. Go Brooklyn!
Uisge Beatha Friday Aug 3 05:37 PM
Ka-REN! How you doin'? Hey, dat pool - fuggedaboutit. It's a beautiful ting.


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Eugène-Louis Boudin
French, 1824-1898
Approaching Storm, 1864
Oil on cradled panel
14 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (36.3 x 57.9 cm)
Inscribed at lower right: E. Boudin 1864
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, 1938.1276
This painting by Eugène Boudin, a Norman painter and Claude Monet's teacher, exemplifies the artist's signature style and subject matter in the 1860s. Monet would later follow Boudin's practice of painting in the open air, the technique that gave this image of a beach for middle-class vacationers its vivid spontaneity and atmospheric light. This practice would be particularly important for Monet and his contemporaries, who came to be known as the Impressionists. Eugène-Louis Boudin painted many beach scenes at the fashionable tourist spots of Trouville and Deauville in Normandy. In them we see the life of the Paris boulevards translated to the seashore. Bathing attire being still relatively rare, people wore the same clothes at the beach as they did in the city and made the same round of promenades, visits, and dinners. The huts on wheels are portable changing machines that were pulled into the water so that bathers could change without fear of exposure.
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Newport Art Association, R. I., Newport Holiday, August 5–19, 1938, (no cat.) [exhibition organized for the Art Association by Maynard Walker].
San Francisco, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor and The M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, Seven Centuries of Painting: A Loan Exhibition of Old and Modern Masters, December 29, 1939-January 28, 1940, cat. Y104 (ill.).
Manchester, New Hampshire, The Currier Gallery of Art, Monet and the Beginnings of Impressionism: Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, October 8-November 6, 1949, p. 17, cat. 12.
The Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museum, Boudin at Trouville, November 20, 1992–February 28, 1993; traveled to London, The Courtauld Institute Galleries, March 15–May 2, 1993, cat. 32.
Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, cat. 10 (ill.).
Publication History
Carlyle Burrows, "A Loan Exhibition of Fifty Painters," New York Herald Tribune (July 31, 1938), ill.
"Art Shows at Summer Resorts," Town and Country (August 1938), ill.
Interior Design and Decoration, August 1938, ill.
"Newport Holiday: 50 Famous French and American Painters Make a Midsummer Display," Art News vol. 36, pt. 2 (August 13, 1938), p.11 (ill.).
"'Fifty Famous' Meet in Newport Show," Art Digest vol. 12 (August 1, 1938), p. 18, (ill.).
Dorothy Odenheimer, "Boudin, Forerunner of Impressionism," The Art Institute Bulletin, vol. 33, 1939, pp. 79 (ill.), 80.
The Maynard Walker Gallery, 1946, np (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, A Brief Guide to the Collections, 1956, pp. 32 (ill.), 33-34.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection, (Chicago, 1961), p. 29.
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (New York, 1970), pp. 78 (ill.).
Diane Kelder, The Great Book of French Impressionism (New York, 1980), (ill.).
Richard R. Brettell, French Salon Artists 1800-1900 (Chicago, New York, 1986), pp. 48 (ill. det), 49, 52 (ill.), 117.
Vivien Hamilton, Boudin at Trouville (London, 1992), pp. 60, 72 (ill.), 142, 144.
Robert L. Herbert, Monet on the Normandy Coast: Tourism and Painting, 1867-1886 (New Haven, 1994), pp. 14, 18 (fig. 21).
The Age of Impressionism at the Art Institute of Chicago (New Haven and London, 2008), cat. 10, p. 42 (ill.).
Ownership History
Mrs. Meredith Hare (Elizabeth Sage Goodwin, later Elizabeth Sage Hare, died c. 1949) [according to AIC Bulletin 1939 she had acquired it at a New York Sale]. Maynard Walker Gallery, New York by 1938; purchased by the Art Institute, 1938 using Coburn funds [see minutes from meeting of the Committee on Painting and Sculpture, AIC, October 5, 1938].


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The brilliant splendors of a fairy tale Tsar and Tsarina in ''The Firebird'' . . . the deep despair of the underworld of Greek mythology in ''Orpheus'' . . . the austere Russian peasant wedding of ''Les Noces.'' . . .
These are the three ballets that London's Royal Ballet chose to celebrate the centenary of Igor Stravinsky's birth, near St. Petersburg (now Leningrad), on June 17, 1882 - and to illustrate part of the profound effect Stravinsky had on the world of dance in this century.
He gave ballet a new dimension, breaking away from the fluid and lyrical style of the man he greatly admired - fellow countryman Peter Tchaikovsky, whose music flowed in balletic harmony from Petipa step to Petipa step.
Stravinsky produced music that was on equal terms with the dancing. Whereas Tchaikovsky's music could be played to fill in the gaps in the choreography, Stravinsky's - full of unexpected sounds, harsh, crashing, and dissonant - set dancers free from the 32 fouettes-and-tulle-tutu image and inspired a new kind of choreography and movement.
It was (and is) not to everyone's taste. Traditionalists will always prefer older tempos and familiar patterns, a la ''Sleeping Beauty.''
Yet Stravinsky and the great Russian ballet master Sergei Diaghilev also combined elements of classicism with freer and at times more jarring rhythms and moves. The combination broke new ground, and gave such legendary dancers as Nijinsky and Karsarvina striking new opportunities.
Ballet in Russia in the early 1900s was stagnant. Although the dancers were the best in the world, with a tremendous reservoir of talent, choreographer Petipa was an old man, and there was no other great outlet for developing Russian skills.
Onto this scene burst Diaghilev, taking several dancers on tour in the West and introducing Pavlova as well as Nijinsky and Karsarvina. Stravinsky supplied the galvanizing music, so far from the gavottes, waltzes, and mazurkas of his contemporaries.
Unlike many other composers, Stravinsky was committed to ballet and enjoyed creating music for it - from the exotic ''Firebird,'' to the bustle of the lenten fair in ''Petrushka,'' to ''The Rite of Spring'' which caused such a scandal in its premiere - and on to ''Les Noces,'' which Leonard Bernstein says is just about the most Russian piece of music he knows.
Stravinsky was approached by Diaghilev to do ballet music after the composer had been tutored by Rimsky-Korsakov for three years. ''The Firebird'' was the result.
It was an instant success when performed by the Ballet Russes in Paris in 1910 with Tamara Karsarvina as the Firebird, Michel Fokine as Prince Ivan, and Alexander Bulgakov as the sinister Kastchei.
Based on an old Russian folk tale, the ballet had everything an audience of that time looked for - a handsome prince and a beautiful princess, hordes of people in spectacular costume, an evil villain, a dazzling pageant at the finale , musical themes conjuring up mystery and romance, the flutterings of the bird, and the arrival of the magician's weird creatures.
The Royal Ballet production here in London was a faithful reconstruction of the original ballet. Bright costumes against plain backgrounds made it all come alive, like an animated Palekh box (the papier-mache ornamental boxes whose black paint is engraved with gold and other colors by skilled artists using a wolf's tooth).
The Royal Ballet's ''Les Noces'' was the one staged by Nijinsky's sister Nijinska, who was invited to do so by Sir Frederick Ashton in 1966. Described as a cantata with dances, ''Les Noces'' depicts ancient Russian peasant marriage rituals. It combines slow, traditional steps, stylized movements, and surges of action, with dancers stamping and then jumping with heels tucked beneath them.
Stravinsky collected and adapted the text from folk songs and popular verse, together with traditional invocations and blessings. Much is demanded of everyone, from dancer to musician in the pit (where Stravinsky uses four pianos, four soloists, tympani, and percussion). ''Les Noces'' is a difficult ballet to dance, because of the many layers of rhythms running through it simultaneously, but the Royal Ballet was splendid in its attack and precision.
The ballet was still a surprise to some people in the box next to mine, however, who were expecting a nice, pageantlike wedding similar to ''The Firebird.'' They winced at the ''no introduction'' piercing soprano voice which opened up with a xylophone and piano.
Curtains pulled back to reveal a tableau of the bride and her friends, who were dressed alike in earth-brown gym-slips, white blouses, and brown pointe shoes, with their heads bound up in brown scarves. The bride wore a white scarf and had exceptionally long tresses, and she sang about the troubles of grooming them. The words were in Russian, giving the cantata a deeper and more soulful sound.
Between these two contrasting ballets was a new production, ''Orpheus,'' by principal choreographer Kenneth Macmillan. The music was composed in 1948 for a young Russian emigre named George Balanchine, who had founded a company in New York, and the work began a partnership between Stravinsky and Balanchine which some have compared, in its own way, with the work of Tchaikovsky and Petipa. (Balanchine's New York City Ballet had its own celebrations of the centenary, with 11 new ballets set to his music, 13 ballets from the repertoire, two revivals, and incidentals - for nine days of Stravinsky and his work.)
Macmillan's ''Orpheus'' was made up of seven scenes and had in the title role the Danish-born and trained Peter Schaufuss, currently principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. Schaufuss is well suited for the role, which demands constant athletic turns. In his flying leaps he landed so gently on the stage that he was a Greek God through and through.
The choreography flows, especially the struggle between the Dark Angel and the Angel of Light, whose wrestling seemed in slow motion. Jennifer Penney as Eurydice danced neatly, even though rather without emotion. Macmillan gives a good feeling for her passage over the Styx, lost souls carrying her in surging movements to the pounding music.
It a fine tribute to the composer, even if the head coverings of the Furies (they looked like armadillos) and the robotlike actions of Apollo (dressed in gold with a square gold mask) stole some of the limelight.
Stravinsky, who loved to be commissioned and to work on order, and who often asked, ''How long should the music be?'' and ''How much will I be paid for it?'' would be delighted to know that his music is still being interpreted in new ways and forms.


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Kristen Bell is pretty in blue during a break from shooting her upcoming film Michelle Darnell on Monday (March 23) in Atlanta, Ga.
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SHTF in Rural Communities
Now it is not from my experience ,it is from other people stories, my relatives, some friends. It was hard, but it was not even close to urban chaos. They adapted and survived, most of them. People in rural mostly did not grow wheat prior SHTF, i think reason was because big agricultural companies did that, and as i understand it was cheaper to buy wheat from to grow it ( not too much sense in this maybe, but that what i ve been heard)
That changed when all started, people start to grow wheat, and corn. Same was with tobacco, nobody grow that here before , except big companies in company land, when SHTF started, people pretty soon realized if they had a land they can grow tobacco and trade it, it was pretty much valuable.Same with making alcohol.
Lot of things become rudimentary like in old times, main transport was horse, and horse cart.All machines stopped off course because fuel, but they still work on fields, they just move maybe 70 years back in some things. But all that changes did not affect them too much, they just changed some stuff to grow, like wheat, tobacco, corn, beans, potatoes etc.
Security things was much easier to maintain, i guess that comes from fact that village here is a small community of people who know each other pretty good, or in other cases most of them are relatives. They just keep it together, in good or bad. My opinion, man from rural community is just stronger (in any mean) than man from the city.
They did not had gang issues,they had some crime problems, but they dealt with that fast and brutal in most cases, they were tightly organized, and traditionally here folks in rural areas are armed and know how to use gun. They are tough guys here, even in perfectly normal times 🙂
They had a resources all around them, and they knew how to get them. Food from land, domestic animal (chickens, rabbits and cows mostly) hunting (boars and deers mostly), there s some great forests here so firewood was not problem neither. It was hard, but without starving, fighting with gangs and things like that.
Now this was not rule for every rural community, i know some villages were burned, all residents killed. But it was due to war, due to enemy armies fighting. If we talk about survival things, rural community or village did pretty good in SHTF( without gas, electricity,transport,news…collapse)
For example, in that time if you lived in rural communities, and had some connections to city, like some kind of trade rout, you could get lot of things for some basic food.


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First, police killed the 12-year-old black boy at a park, barely bringing the car to a halt before jumping out to open fire. Then, minutes later, they pinned his 14-year-old sister to the ground after she ran up to see about her wounded sibling. Next, a media outlet dragged his parents' names through the mud, implying that their unrelated brushes with the law made them at least somewhat culpable for their child's death. And on Monday, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office announced that Timothy Loehmann, the Cleveland police officer who killed Tamir Rice last year, would face no state criminal charges.
It is the end to—or at least a turning point in—a story that is both heartbreaking and stomach-turning: An onlooker calls 911 to report that he sees someone pointing a gun at people in a park. Two critical caveats the caller passes on to 911—that the gun is probably a fake and that the person holding it is probably a juvenile—never make it from the 911 call center to the police who rush onto the scene. (It was and he was.) A New York Times report from early this year explains what happened next:
Within two seconds of the car's arrival, Officer Loehmann shot Tamir in the abdomen from point-blank range, raising doubts that he could have warned the boy three times to raise his hands, as the police later claimed. And when Tamir's 14-year-old sister came running up minutes later, the officers, who are white, tackled her to the ground and put her in handcuffs, intensifying later public outrage about the boy's death. When his distraught mother arrived, the officers also threatened to arrest her unless she calmed down, the mother, Samaria Rice, said.
They shot the boy within two seconds of arriving. What could they have possibly surmised in those two seconds? What might actual police work have looked like, and what were the steps that would have allowed Rice, newly in possession of a toy gun, to have lived through this encounter?
As we know from media reports out of Cleveland, there was no reason to expect that Loemann would or could take appropriate action in that moment. In 2012, the police department that he worked for in Independence, Ohio, noted that he was "distracted" and "weepy" during firearms training. The deputy chief of police there reported that Loehmann "could not follow simple directions, could not communicate clear thoughts nor recollections, and his handgun performance was dismal." That same supervisor wrote, "I do not believe time, nor training, will be able to change or correct the deficiencies." Loehmann resigned after six months on that force, but went on in March of 2014 to join the Cleveland Police Department, which did not review his file from Independence. He scored the new position after failing to secure a job with police departments in Akron, Euclid, and Parma Heights or with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department.


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Syms is now a regular customer. "Then I decided to get a lift so that instead of her being in the bed all the time, I can lift her up and sit her in a chair for a couple of hours, a couple of times a week."
Your Resource is a non-profit that recently joined forces with Goodwill of Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. They sell donated, gently used home medical equipment at prices up to 80% off retail.
Founder Geri LaPlaca explains, "Your Resource accepts any kind of gently used home medical equipment. That can include anything from hospital beds, walkers, wheelchairs, crutches, bath items,commodes, canes, seat cushions, anything at all."
The variety of items is almost overwhelming. When we visited, the store had a Stand-Aid lift that retails for about $20,000 on sale for $2000.
But there are much less-expensive items, too. Like canes for $5, walkers for $20 to $45, and wheelchairs that run from $50 to $500, depending on the features.
And every item is inspected and meticulously sanitized prior to sale. The store doesn't fill presriptions for medical supplies, but for people who don't have insurance, or need items not covered by insurance, it can be a life-saver.LaPlaca says, "People come here for a myriad of reasons. They may not have insurance, they may have insurance that doesn't cover equipment, they may not be able to afford their co-pay for equipment, or they may just be looking for a second item that insurance won't cover."
In late summer, or early fall, Your Resource will be moving to a larger space, but for now, they're located at 8 Industry Court in Ewing.
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To preserve the history of agriculture, educate future generations about the heritage and progress of agriculture and provide fellowship and education to those interested in the history and collection of antique tractors, engines and equipment.
HistoryThe South Plains Antique Tractor Association ( SPATA ) has been in existence since 1995. Currently, the club has about 175 members from the South Plains, and Panhandle of Texas as well as New Mexico. We continue to grow each year.
ActivitiesSPATA gathers on the second Saturday of each month for a meal, business meeting and fellowship. Meetings begin a 6 PM, and members usually arrive early to begin eating. Average attendance at monthly meetings is 40 to 50 members. We attend to business, socialize, and have guest speakers on occasion.
Annual Antique Tractor and Engine ShowWe hold our annual antique tractor and engine show the third weekend of October. This event includes parades, tractor games, demonstrations, children's games, fellowship, and a worship service on Sunday. Bake sale items, crafts and memorabilia can be purchased from vender booths. The tractor show is a family event and fun for all ages!
Exhibitors traveled from Kansas, Texas, and New Mexico to participate in the show. On average, we have 100 tractors come from all parts of the country. Our show continues to grow each year!
Other EventsSPATA members enjoy participating in many parades the West Texas area to display the heritage of antique tractors. We also participate in the Annual Miracles Christmas Parade. The club enjoys decorating their antique tractors for Christmas!
Community ServiceA large portion of the funds raised from our annual tractor and engine show are donated to the Bayer Museum of Agriculture. We also provide support to the Texas Boys Ranch of Lubbock each holiday season.
Goals for the FutureWe hope to increase our community support by growing our annual tractor show, thereby increasing our donation to the Bayer Museum of Agriculture.
Donations are Tax DeductibleThe club now has 501C3 status, which means all of your donations are tax deductable, including restored or restorable tractors.
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Loretta Lynch and Preet Bharara: The Left's New Plaster Saints
The Stream - Wednesday March 15, 2017
by Maggie Gallagher
As I was watching the video of Loretta Lynch, the nation's former chief law enforcement office, darkly suggesting we might be in for a time when rights are rolled back and the appropriate response might once again include marching, bleeding, and even dying for her cause I had two reactions:
First, with mobs, including students, attacking scholars and property at Berkeley and Middlebury, what could she be thinking?
Second, what office is she running for?
Saint Loretta Lynch
Senate Democrats loved the rhetoric enough to post it on their website. Lynch's deft emotional identification with the angry leftist mob, without quite endorsing anyone's actions, or any policy in particular, struck me as politically adroit -- the hallmark of an aspiring Democrat politician in the age of Trump.
But if Lynch is running for president in 2020 or senator from New York in 2018 (primarying Kirsten Gillenbrand in the safe Democratic seat?), she's likely to have company: meet the latest leftist secular saint in Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney from New York -- who tweeted his way to fame this week by boasting that he was fired after refusing to resign.
Preet Bharara, "Sheriff" of Wall Street
How breathlessly CNN described the man: "Preet Bharara has reached that lofty pantheon of fame where it seems everyone knows him by just his first name." Well, everyone whom CNN knows, anyway.
Our friend Preet, is a "rock star prosecutor" and "scourge of Wall Street corruption, gangs, terrorists and cyber criminals" and "the most high profile U.S. Attorney in the nation" and "the Sheriff of Wall Street" with "an innovative personality that shook up the sometimes stuffy world of the law," as well as a "crusading prosecutor."
If Preet were really the Sheriff of Wall Street, why did almost nobody responsible for the financial crisis go to jail?
The Obama administration adroitly waited until the 2012 election to showily announce it was going after Wall Street -- after the five year criminal statute of limitation had passed. This was perhaps out of a doctrine, elucidated in 1999 by none other than the future Attorney General Eric Holder.
Prosecuting bankers who have committed crimes is hard. Collecting settlements you can wave before voters or CNN reporters as the stuff of legend is pretty easy, as William D. Cohan points out:
Since 2009, 49 financial institutions have paid various government entities and private plaintiffs nearly $190 billion in fines and settlements, according to an analysis by the investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. That may seem like a big number, but the money has come from shareholders, not individual bankers.
How big a punishment did the Sheriff of Wall Street and his Justice department amici really deal out? Let's put it this way: "In early 2014, just weeks after Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, settled out of court with the Justice Department, the bank's board of directors gave him a 74 percent raise, bringing his salary to $20 million."
Christians are lucky that the Democratic party has linked its identity politics and social radicalism to a failed economic agenda.
Meanwhile, if Preet was a sheriff, his biggest legacy is prosecuting so-called "insider trading" deals during the recession -- threatening and jailing investors for uncertain, vague regulatory crimes, which shut down a key component of economic growth: knowledgeable investing.
The entire government response to the financial crisis in terms of wrongdoing has been episodic, vague and irrational, favoring hedge fund black box algorithms over the depth knowledge that directs money to where it can grow. This is what George Gilder has called the "outsider trading scandal," part of The Scandal of Money.
Christian conservatives are very lucky that the Democratic party has linked its deep dedication to identity politics and social radicalism (including LGBT, race and gender) to a failed economic agenda. That linkage has given the rule of law a second shot, if only the Republican party had the guts to pass legislation to protect the livelihoods of its voters from Democratic misrule.
Loretta Lynch used astonishingly inflammatory rhetoric for a former attorney general
Meanwhile, look to New York once again for the future of the Democratic party, in which social justice warriors of all colors square off in defense of their core values, without a real agenda for progress.
The Loretta Lynch Video
I deliberately linked to the Snopes.comversion of the Loretta Lynch videobecause many conservative websites' versions claimed Lynch actually called for bloodletting. Not really. But hers was still astonishingly inflammatory rhetoric for a former attorney general, rife with claims of "our rights being assailed, being trampled on, even being rolled back," and implied praise for protesters' actions:
It has been people -- individuals -- who have banded together. Ordinary people, who simply saw what needed to be done and came together and supported those ideals, who have made the difference. They've marched, they've bled. Yes, some of them have died. This is hard. Every good thing is. We have done this before, we can do this again.
The fantasy that conservatives, or most Trump supporters, are violent racists fuels this kind of rhetoric. It feeds the gathering forces of hatred in which people with cultural and economic privilege are defining their opposition as Nazis -- against whom violence is understandable if not quite right, as I wrote before. David Duke has never been more powerful. It is the power granted earlier to Fred Phelps, the late heretical cult leader (Westboro Baptist) whose message that "God hates f**s" was irresistibly useful to the mainstream media which wanted to tar all opposition with that broad, ugly brush.
On March 6, without any word from Lynch on what she actually meant, Snopes went to bat with the claim that she praised only black civil rights heroes who suffered in the past, not rioters who committed violence in Ferguson or Berkeley or Middlebury.
On March 6, Snopes.com had not received any response from Loretta Lynch. On March 14, I checked in again to make sure: still no response. Loretta Lynch has no desire to correct or clarify the record apparently.
Is it because such a clarification would not please the hard Left's newfound praise for violence against anyone they dub a white nationalist?
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The Eponymous Trolley
We named Studio 34: Yoga | Healing | Arts after the streetcars that run past it: Route 34 of SEPTA's Subway-Surface Lines.
Serving the community: A PCC trolley leads an 8000-series streetcar along Baltimore Avenue. Photo by Rob Hutchinson. Used with permission.
a short history of route 34
The Green Line trolleys connect our neighborhood along one of its main thoroughfares: Baltimore Avenue. They provide environmentally sound transportation to downtown Philadelphia and are a living link to the founding of West Philadelphia as an early suburb.*
When William Penn laid out the plans for his new city, he left the land to the west of the Schuykill River for farms and what small settlements might develop. Light industry rose up around Mill Creek, a fast-flowing river whose traces remain as the bowl in present-day Clark Park. By the 1860s, the mills had mostly disappeared, but residential development had picked up speed, thanks to a new form of public transit that connected the newly annexed city district to downtown: streetcars drawn by horses along tracks. (A city ordinance soon fixed the width between the rails at 5 feet, 2 1/4 inches, the standard that prevails to this day.*) The horsecar lines stopped at 43rd Street, and therefore, so did most development.*
In the next few decades, horsecars were joined by steam-powered, financially unprofitable "dummies," then streetcars pulled by cables. But the big boom arrived with electrically powered trolleys in 1892.* Fast and clean, the trolleys were immediately popular, and within five years, all lines were electrified.* Tracks quickly spread, connecting existing neighborhoods and fostering new ones to the west and southwest. By 1906, every West Philly resident lived within four blocks of a trolley line.
Trolleys on Baltimore Avenue predated electrification. The first service began in 1890, with tracks running from 20th and South Streets to 40th and Baltimore via Lancaster Avenue.* Electric-powered streetcars began operating on 13 January 1895 under the flag of the Delaware County and Philadelphia Electric Railway Company.* The next year, service ended on Lancaster, and tracks were laid westward along Baltimore to 61st Street in the then-distant community of Angora. Service along Baltimore became known as the Angora Line.*
Initially, the eastern end of the route took trolleys on a loop around 40th, Locust, and 36th Streets, and sent them back westward on Spruce and then Woodland to Baltimore. But the traction companies quickly noted the demand for a line that connected West Philadelphia with the Delaware River waterfront, and in February 1895, the route was extended to run east along Lombard to Front Street, returning westward on South Street.*
For a few months in 1896, the route from West Philly terminated in the depot at 25th and South Streets. It was reextended in September to Front Street via Chestnut (eastbound) and Walnut (westbound). The West Philly path was altered as well; instead of using 40th and 38th streets to get from Baltimore to Spruce, trolleys began using 42nd Street for their brief north-and-south legs.*
In the 1920s: An 8000-series car at 42nd Street and Baltimore Avenue. (See this corner in 2007.) Photo from the Henry Adamcik Collection of the Electric City Trolley Museum Association. Used with permission.
As the number of "traction companies" proliferated, the tracks became clogged with competing streetcars. Less than a decade after the arrival of electric lines over Baltimore Avenue, four companies were operating on the Angora Line. The Delaware Cty & Philadelphia Elec. Ry. Co. had been quickly joined in January 1895 by the Electric Traction Company, followed by The Union Traction Company in July 1896 and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company in July 1902.* City leaders decided that the solution to this transit traffic-jam was a colossal merger, and in 1903, 33 transit firms were consolidated into the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.*
The supersized PRTC quickly built a subway tunnel to link West Philly's trolleys to City Hall in 1906, and opened the elevated Market Street line in 1907. It also slashed the number of free passes issued annually to local politicians.*
In 1911, the city's streetcar population hit its all-time high: 4,000 cars. The year also welcomed the first of 1,500 Nearside cars, so named because their front-end passenger doors required a stop on the "near side" of intersections instead of the far-side stops made by rear-door trolleys.*
"Pepsi-Cola: the light refreshment": PTC 8114 stops at 30th and Market. This was one of the "single-end" cars built by J.G. Brill from 1923 to 1926. Photo from "Single End 1923-26 Cars," Henry Adamcik Collection, Electric City Trolley Museum Association. Used with permission.
Late in the year, Philadelphia began to redesignate its electric railway routings with route numbers, becoming the first American city to adopt the practice, which was already widespread in Europe. Initially, routes were numbered in the order in which they were equipped with Nearside cars. The following year, a citywide plan was drawn up assigning lines 2 through 78. (No. 1 was assigned to the Market Street subway-elevated line.) In March 1913, the list was changed once again to reflect the planned consolidation or elimination of several lines; this list ran from 2 to 65.* The Angora Line became Route 34.*
The next decade brought tighter management to the city's streetcar lines. In 1920, the PTRC noted that the average speed of a streetcar had risen to 9.33 mph, up 1.3 mph.*. A two-cent rate hike brought the price of single ride to 7 cents, or four fares for a quarter.*
But the arrival of the automobile had increasingly drained transit ridership and fomented sprawl, and in 1939, Philadelphia's trolley company declared bankruptcy. It reemerged as the Philadelphia Transportation Company. By 1953, the PTC was running 49 trolley routes,* making it the world's largest urban transit company still in private hands.*
Designed in 1945 and delivered to Philadelphia between 1946 and 1948, the 198 PCC all-electrics were the "classic Philly trolley" for much of the postwar generation. The slanted windshield was for the motorman's benefit; it was intended to reduce distracting glare from the well-lit interior.*
Here, PCC Car 2799 enjoys a brief post-retirement jaunt at the 40th Street Station on 2 February 2002. This car is now preserved at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. Photo by BIll Monaghan. Used with permission.
But the forces that had changed its larger cousins would not be denied, and in 1965, the PTC was absorbed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, established two years earlier to help area railroads keep running unprofitable commuter rail service.
In 1981, the first of SEPTA's 112 Kawasaki LRV trolleys began arriving. PCCs were phased out of service on Route 34 (although 15 rebuilt PCCs were returned to service on Route 15, bringing trolleys back to Girard Street after more than a dozen years of bus service).*


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The goal of the campaign is to raise awarness of the impact that cocaine production has on people across the world. Different places, different people and different situations all have the common element... cocaine chain of production.
Animated film directed by Tomek Baginski is one of the two in the campaign.
The second is a Rohan Blair-Mangat live-action short - "One Line One Life" (vimeo.com/42328869)
Agency: Leo Burnett London
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Mayor Eric Garcetti named legal entertainment industry attorney Ken Ziffren as his new film czar on Monday, and said he supports doubling the state's annual $100 million film tax credit program.
Slowing runaway production is a top priority for Garcetti, who created the Mayor's Office of Motion Picture and Television Production shortly after taking office to boost filming in Los Angeles.
Film industry veteran Tom Sherak headed up that office for a short period until his death from cancer two weeks ago.
Ziffren works as a partner at Los Angeles-based Ziffren Brittenham. He will serve in the film position on a part-time basis, he said.
Ziffren Brittenham reportedly represents Hollywood actors, but Ziffren said that he didn't expect any legal conflicts of interests from his dual work.
Speaking to reporters, Ziffren said it's critical that Los Angeles keep its status as the country's entertainment capital.
Production companies are increasingly moving out of state to film because of lucrative tax credits, and as a result middle class jobs that "are critical to Los Angeles and the state," are being lost, Ziffren said.
"We can't afford to lose the thousands of middle class jobs that the entertainment industry provides," Ziffren said. "It's these jobs that we are fighting for."
Garcetti also said he'd like to at least double the state's $100 million film program, tax breaks given to companies that film in California. State Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, D-Pacoima, is expected to introduce legislation in the next couple of weeks to expand the program.
Garcetti said California needs to stay competitive with states like New York, which offers $420 million a year in credits.
Politicians such as California state Sen. Lois Wolk, D-Davis, oppose Bocanegra's efforts and want to wait until a state budget analysis of the program is completed in 2016, Wolk last year cited a 2012 review by the state's top budget analyst that found the California's program is a net loss.
On Monday, Garcetti defended the tax breaks, calling them a "proven economic tool."


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A pro-Trump black woman didn't hold back how she felt about illegal immigrants and sanctuary cities during a recent town hall meeting in Cudahy, California, and she echoed what many people are thinking.
"Sanctuary cities are racist — black communities have been destroyed by illegal immigration," the woman said.
"You want us to feel for your families but you don't feel for our families," she explained.
"Again, the black community has literally been destroyed by racist illegal immigration and we're not going to have it. When my people do a crime, they get three strikes. Your people do a crime, they get amnesty, they get benefits and they're not paying taxes," she continued, as the crowd cheered.
"Thank God for Trump, thank God for Sessions — and you should be ashamed of yourselves, how dare you?" she said.
The woman then cited IRS regulations that allow taxpayers in the United States to claim dependents living in Mexico (or Canada), while she couldn't even claim benefits for her family members who struggled in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
"Publication 17 IRS. They're allowing YOU people to claim people in Mexico, I can't even claim people in New Orleans when there was a flood. I couldn't claim my people," she complained.
Take a look:
(She was referring to IRS Publication 17, pages 25 and 26)
Many people agree with what this woman had to say.
There are about 300 communities that fall under the category of "sanctuary city," and President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding for such cities that prevent law enforcement from holding criminal illegal aliens for immigration authorities. Trump also promised that he would help inner cities by bringing back jobs that have gone to illegals.
Democrats are going not going to like what this woman had to say because it doesn't fit into their narrative, but they might have a hard time trying to prove her wrong.
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A part of our Love Letters to My Body collection, held within our Mothering the Mourning section.
Written by: Heather
Dear Heather-Body,
I know we've been through some tough times, you and I. No one can prepare you for how hard the process of growing older can be, both your side – the physical- and my side – the mental and emotional. I am so sorry that through all the natural hardship of aging, environmental toxins, and outside psycho-somatic stressors that I also added to your burden by not treating you right. I have consumed alcohol, caffeine, and tons of red meat, stayed up all night, partied, smoked cigarettes, starved you, squeezed you into uncomfortable clothes and shoes…I have even stared at the sun. I have had a concussion, broken bones, and sprained ligaments. I have not taken my vitamins. I have hated you. Through all this, you have supported us. You have protested times of high stress by creating a blood clot, among other things, just to try and tell me how hard this is for you. But, you haven't given up yet. You rose to the challenge and gave my pregnancy with my daughter at 38 years old. You amazed everyone, including me, with your ability to accommodate what was anticipated to be a nine or more pound baby. You rose to the challenge and labored and delivered that child into the world despite her cord having brought about her death. You kept up your end of the bargain and made milk for her. You gave me aching arms, soft breasts, hips, thighs, and belly as a testament to her. And I hated you for that. I felt guilty. I hatefully resented you because of the reminder, but you were trying to tell me: I am doing this for us – not just us two inside and outside, but three of us including her. She is now a part of you, and you were of her. Her sustenance is in those curves, her cells are in your brain, the muscles and skin of your core bear her mark. Body, we will never forget, you and I. You will carry that memory of her in you forever, and that is a reason for love not hate. I didn't realize that at the time, but now I appreciate all for which you stood strong. I love you for that. I am PROUD of you for that. I'm taking it easier on you now, as I'm taking it easier on me. I am patient with you, as I am patient with me. I still have a mother's heart with no baby to nurture, so I am going to nurture you instead. I will honor our process and the time it takes. You will heal and so will I. The world is an unkind and hurtful place, so I will be kind to us. This is our one time together, our one shot. Let's make the most of it. I love you, always.