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"Hidden Hawaii Loa" on Alewa Heights
Believe it or not, I drive up near the top of Alewa Heights quite a bit, since a lot of my running friends live (or have lived) nearby. Because of this, I know that homes are rarely for sale on the mountain, especially as you get closer to the top.
Alewa Heights, as a whole, is an older, established neighborhood, so you're likely to find people who have lived there for decades or have moved back as the homes are passed down to the next generation. A realtor once referred to it as the "hidden Hawaii Loa," since it offers spectacular city views from a different perspective.
This listing is located about four or five houses from the turnaround area at the top (past the house with the famous tiger statue!) and, although it's on a very steep incline, the lot is flat. In fact, it's a rim lot, so you have no neighbors in back. (Click here for details.)
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom single-story home was built in 1958 (as many of the homes here probably were) but the interior has been nicely renovated in recent years with granite countertops, new cabinets, laminate flooring, plumbing and electrical upgrades and a freshly painted exterior.
The living room, next to the kitchen, features recessed lighting and built-in speakers. There's also a separate family room, which makes it great for entertaining.
This home is 1,620 square feet and the lot is 5,352 square feet. Alewa Heights is in the Maemae Elementary School district, by the way.
Money talk: $795,000 fee simple
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The U.S. is using drones more and more under the Obama administration. Not so much, I think, because of Obama, but because the technology is bearing fruit at this time in the history of warfare.
Drones can gather intel as well is shoot missiles.
The advantage is that the drone pilots can be safe far from the battlefield. My father has a friend who has a daughter who flies drones in Afghanistan from a base in the Southwestern U.S. Then she goes home, after killing people during the day, to her husband and kids in the evening.
This is the future of warfare. Is it better or worse?
One thing to bear in mind: drones, like any military technology will be used against us someday.
Your thoughts?
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How would you handle this Judith - what do you think should be done?
I would say the resulting silence on the subject speaks for itself and answers your question as well Judith!
I'm an American Judith, and I find war to be reprehensible, and in my own morality code, immoral. That having been said, America is in a war, and I have no more control over that, than I did the one in which I was involved, strongly against my will.
Some people may fight to vent rage, or for causes too numerous to name, but once a fight has begun - whether it involves single individuals or entire armies - the goal of the wise fighter is to as quickly as possible, render the opponent incapable of fighting further. This strategy goes back as far as Sun Tzu, and his Art of War.
Terrorists have used explosives in their fight, originally on the World Trade Center, and later, in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and have had seemingly no concern for the lives of innocents. The entire objective of a war of terror, is to instill as much fear as possible, in as many people as possible, to kill the enemy, to send a message to those who would lend support to the enemy, and to say to the enemy, "If you were not here, doing what you're doing, this wouldn't have happened." And if you subscribe to a religion that believes that the innocent people killed, as well as the suicide bomber, will be immediately transported to paradise, where they will be rewarded by Allah, what incentive would any terrorist have to kill only those he or she deemed guilty of an offense? In the beginning of the conflict with al Quaeda, and/or the Taliban, the idea of using terror as a weapon even included such atrocities as publicly beheading an American on television, a petroleum engineer who had no part in any of the conflicts, but the practice was abandoned once it was realized that it was found to disgust even those al Quaeda had hoped to recruit.
In fact, terrorists were the ones who first invented "double-dipping," setting off bombs in crowded markets, then secondary bombs, when first responders arrived, so that finally, for their own safety, Police Officers, EMTs and Firefighters had to - just as you mentioned in your earlier comment - stand aside and listen to screams of pain and anguish, as the injured and dying lay there, wondering why no help was forthcoming.
At least the intention of drones is to take out the guilty. In practice, yes, it often kills the innocent, and the practice of "double-dipping," even more so. And I agree that although the fact that the collateral damage of innocents is not NEARLY so great as in the terrorist's market and bus bombings, that doesn't make it right. Neither does, in the case of "double'dipping," saying, "But they started it!"
But if, by whittling down the terrorist's leadership, even killing innocents (who in fact, may not be so innocent, at least in terms of support) in the process, slows or ultimately stops the market and bus bombs, where even greater numbers of innocents are killed, then more lives are saved, than lost. If there's an opportunity to take out these men, and it is NOT taken for fear of harming innocents, then the one who chooses not to take it, bears some of the responsibility for the next market bombing these men plan and execute.
Yes, it may be said that as one leader is killed, another takes his place, but assuming the wisest and most experienced emerge as leaders, he who replaces the leader is, by default, less wise and less experienced, and further, he's acutely aware of what happened to the man he has just replaced.
We Americans have three choices: 1) Abandon the Afghans and let things go back to the way they were; 2) Take a less aggressive approach, allowing the conflict to drag on, with the resultant loss of many, many more lives; or 3) End the war as quickly as possible, by whatever means necessary, rendering the opponent incapable of continuing to fight.
None of the available options are good ones - they all suck.
But forget what I think - what would you do, Judith?
This is one of many slippery slopes. A person looking at a computer screen, cannot tell the difference between a child and an adult. Is that a kid down there, working in a garden, or is that an adult planting a bomb. In Afghanistan, they are collecting all the fragments, and are going to the UN to show videos of dead innocents, killed by drones. They will come into good use, eventually, but they are impersonal, and I would think the Afghanis and Iraqis are really over so many people getting randomly killed. This whole war thing is going to backfire on us, if it hasn't already.
This is a quagmire - where nobody wins - Imran Khan is known to a lot of people in Commonwealth countries, as a retired cricket player and would be politician - America and allies will eventually leave - and nothing will have changed - Taliban and al-Qa'ida will survive and just carry on.
Lots of stuff on the internet about it - Imran Khan is gathering momentum, and nobody knows the outcome of all this shite.
Sounds like a peaceful protest to me - I see nothing wrong with it.
Both the Taliban and the US are condemning the protest.
That fact alone, would be enough to tell me the dude must be doing SOMEthing right!
I have friends in the military. These drones are going into areas where putting our soldiers on the ground there would be a death sentence. You want civilian casualties by the truckload? Look at what happens in a Vietnam or Laos, putting boots on the ground in hot zones. These scumbags shield themselves with civilians. They will do everything possible to put an innocent between themselves and a bullet until they no place left to hide.
I'm not saying I don't think this whole enterprise, as it's being conducted, isn't just a big waste of time and money. But within the current (and fucked) constraints of the mission, the drones are saving our soldiers and more innocent lives every day than the other, bloody-as-fuck alternative.
Peace can mean that an oppressed people don't overthrow their oppressors. That invaders don't get driven away.
Peace can be bad.
Peace at all costs can establish the status quo permanently.
One of the few times Benji got it wrong.
You're saying it was wrong to wage war to free the U.S. from England or to put down Nazi Germany and Japan in WW2?
Tell me you're not serious.

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Qt Software has announced the availability of Qt 4.5, the latest version of its cross-platform application and UI framework. At the same time the company rolled out Qt Creator, a lightweight cross-platform IDE. And for the first time, Qt will include the LGPL licensing option to go along with the Commercial License and GPL licensing options currently available. By adding the LGPL license for Qt, developers can add their proprietary applications on top of Qt without paying a licensing fee.
Qt Software claims Qt 4.5 improves integration with the WebKit web rendering engine which blends web and native content into a richer user experience. This is made possible by:
- Netscape Plugin API support; allowing Qt applications to load Flash (such as the YouTube player)
- More advanced web UI effects, including animations, transformations and zooming
- New JavaScript engine for better performance
Qt 4.5 has also been ported to Apple's Cocoa framework. Previously Qt supported only the Carbon framework, but with Qt 4.5, Qt can now support both. This means developers can create applications that support 32- or 64 bit, Intel or PowerPC Mac binaries from a single source.
Qt Creator includes:
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May 16, 2011 - Lisa Goehle
I usually write my blogs on fraud, however today I wanted to take the opportunity to thank those who work in law enforcement. For every fraud case reported there is a detective or investigator who is assigned to investigate. Most of these individuals work long hours with little or no acknowledgement of gratitude from those they protect.
We are always quick to point out the times we feel that law enforcement didn't do their jobs but how often do any of us say thank you for putting their lives on the line each day.
In the past doing social services I have had the opportunity to work with a number of Officers, and in all cases I found them to be caring and concerned for the victims.
But like many people we go about our day busy with chores, errands and family and never stop to thank those who work to keep our lives safe. In fact many of us never even think about law enforcement unless we are driving and see one and realize we need to slow down, or perhaps something happens and we call 911.
I encourage all of you to stop and thank an Officer when you have the chance. Our law enforcement men and women like our Armed Services don't get thanked. It takes only a minute to thank a Veteran, or shake the hands of an Officer. If you think this is corny, then you haven't been watching the news where in other countries you may not have anyone to call to your aid.
Thank you to all our past and present Law Enforcement Officers and to all Veterans and those who currently serve.
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Doctors treating seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher for injuries suffered during a skiing accident have started lowering his sedation level to wake him up from an artificial coma, his manager said on Thursday.
Schumacher slammed his head on a rock while skiing off-piste in the French Alps resort of Meribel on December 29.
The retired racing driver, the most successful Formula One champion of all time, has been in a stable but critical condition for more than four weeks in a hospital in the eastern French city of Grenoble.
"Michael's sedation is being reduced in order to allow the start of the waking-up process, which may take a long time," manager Sabine Kehm, said in a statement.
The accident prompted an outpouring of concern from fans of the German icon, who has undergone two operations.
A spokeswoman for the hospital declined to make any further comment on Schumacher's condition on Thursday.
Investigators have been trying to determine how fast Schumacher was skiing when he hit the rock. French police have said the slope was properly marked.
Schumacher, who turned 45 earlier this month, won a record 91 Grand Prix victories.
He left the sport last year after a disappointing three-year comeback with Mercedes following an earlier retirement from Ferrari at the end of 2006.


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA - The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth softball team swept visiting Roger Williams in a non-conference doubleheader with a pair of one-run victories at the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Complex Wednesday. The Corsairs took game one, 8-7, before edging the Hawks in the finale 4-3.
In the opener, UMass Dartmouth (8-6) used a seven-run third inning to erase a 4-1 deficit. The frame was highlighted by a two-RBI single by freshman designated player Katie McEachern (Wrentham, MA/King Phillip Regional) and a two-run double to left center by junior infielder Emily Pontes (Wrentham, MA/Essex Agricultural Tech.). Both hits came with two outs.
Roger Williams (3-11) kept the game interesting, pushing across a lone run in the top of the fifth and two in the top of the sixth. Freshman pitcher Shannon Orton (Swansea, MA/Case) relieved Corsair starter Becky Williams (Hope Valley, RI/Chariho) to record the final six outs and pick up the save.
Sophomore infielder Samantha Gregoire (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth) went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the UMD offense. McEachern, Pontes and sophomore outfielder Olivia Kenyon (Canton, MA/Canton) all added a pair of hits for the home team.
Lauren Tierney (Middleboro, MA/Middleboro) went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI and three runs scored for the Hawks. Teammates Veronica Alicea (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) and Delaney Burns (Hudson, NH/Alvirne) each had two hits for RWU.
Roger Williams jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the nightcap on a three-run double by Tierney to left field.
UMass Dartmouth would get two back in the bottom of the fourth inning when McEachern added her second two-run single of the day, rocketing a ball through the right side past a diving second baseman.
The Corsairs would add two more runs in the sixth on RBI doubles by Gregoire and Williams.
Freshman pitcher Amanda McHugh (North Kingston, RI/North Kingston) delivered a solid performance on the mound for UMD, going the distance while scattering five hits and giving up only the three runs.
The Corsairs are in action for the third straight day Thursday, when they travel to take on another Commonwealth Coast Conference opponent, Salve Regina. The Hawks are idle until Friday, when they host conference foe Wentworth.


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Education Fast Forward – Debate 5 – From Learner Voice to Global Peace
This debate took place across 14 coutries with 18 Cisco TelePresence rooms and featured 23 students who debated the topic following an initial presentation give my Jeremy Gilley.
Jeremy Gilley leads Peace One Day, a global collaboration addressing the challenges of conflict facing the world. Through focusing on making one day of peace in the year, Peace One Day is establishing a foothold in building a more peaceful world.
EFF5 examined the challenges and potential of Learner Voice. It reflected on the development of Peace One Day and investigated the potential for development of student action to make a major positive impact on conflict reduction and resolution. Presentations and debate were led by Jeremy Gilley of Peace One Day and Michael Furdyk of TakingITGlobal, as well as three specially selected student presenters. Further invited student debaters and guests contributed to the debate from across the world. The event was moderated by education and technology advisor, Gavin Dykes. Explore Planet's EFF pages, read the presenters' blog posts and be moved to action too!
Read more about Education Fast Forwrward here http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-gb/professional-development/best-practice/education-fast-forward/
You can view the recording of the event rendered and publish using Cisco's Show and Share by clicking on the following link. This version uses Cisco Pulse Analytics to add a colour coded timeline which identifies each speaker and also adds a key work index
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The year this site got its start as a weblog. There was a learning curve alright. Initial posts were well-intended knowledge dumps, once you got past the typical self-referential weblog fodder.
During late 2002, this site was adorned with an unnamed dark blue design. Prior to that, a more portfolio-oriented site existed on this domain.


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New 2018 Winnebago Intent 30R
Winnebago Intent Class A Gas motorhome 30R highlights:
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If you want a unit that you can rely on to safely and securely accompany you on your weekend getaways, then this Intent Class A Gas motorhome is precisely what you need. With a private bedroom and enough room to sleep seven people, this coach is wonderful for those who want to invite guests to join them on their journeys, and the fully-stocked kitchen, with a residential refrigerator and pantry, will allow you to easily cook up plenty of hearty meals to feed a crowd.
This smartly-styled motorhome from Winnebago offers a fresh and attractive interior with vinyl flooring and LED lighting throughout, as well as tinted windows that will prohibit the sun's rays from damaging the beautiful furnishings. Every inch of this coach has been designed to be superbly functional with amenities like the booth dinette that is able to be used as a dining area, seating area for travel, or sleeping area. Additionally, this coach is supremely affordable, yet it still adheres to the solid foundation standards that you have grown to love from Winnebago.
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Student Engagement Program Welcomes New Director
SOCORRO, N.M. August 1, 2012 – The Student Engagement and Success program has a new director. Lisa Majkowski is stepping up from Activities Director to Program Director, as Dr. Michael Pullin takes over as chair of the Chemistry Department.
"Under Mike Pullin's directorship, the program got off to a great start," Majkowski said. "The next step is to expand the offerings so students in each major have something available."
Lisa Majkowski
Director of the Title V undergraduate program Student Engagement and Success
"Mike Pullin is one of the more senior members of the department," Gerity said. "I told him we desperately need his services back in Chemistry. Mike will be heavily involved in recruitment and taking the department forward in a new direction. This is an opportunity for him to shape the department."
Gerity and Christy Neill, Director of Strategic Planning and Resource Development for Academic Affairs, both said they are confident that Majkowski will provide a seamless transition as the Student Engagement and Success program expands.
"Lisa is the right person for the job," Gerity said. "She's clearly demonstrated the capabilities to manage the program and take the lead.
Neill said, "Lisa has a good rapport with the faculty on campus and she has a science degree. She can build connections that we need for the program to be successful."
New Mexico Tech has enjoyed a perfect success ratio in applying for Title V grants. The university has secured three Title V grants – that's one per year since achieving the federal designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution.
The Student Engagement and Success, or SES, program is funded by a federal Title V grant and focuses on undergraduate programs. The program includes several components, including installation of Smart Classrooms, faculty training and new learning lounges in residence halls. However, the largest, most visible component of the SES program is the Living-Learning Community, or LLC.
The LLC program puts a group of students in the same dorm and has them taking the same three classes and sharing a year-long research project.
The theme for the inaugural program was sustainability. During the first semester, the Learning Community students broke into teams and conducted audits of energy and water consumption on campus. During the spring semester, students constructed and monitored wind and solar energy systems. The program is the first concerted effort at Tech to provide research opportunities to freshmen.
The 2012-2013 Learning Community program will be expanded to three cohorts. The sustainability theme will continue and two additional themes will be added: a computer science group and an Earth science group. The computer science students will create a new Android application specific for Tech students. The Earth science group will work with the theme of "Spaceship Earth," taking an interdisciplinary approach to studying how the planet works.
Majkowski is charged with overseeing the entirety of the Student Engagement and Success program
"Typically when a student comes here, there's a series of introductory course work to take before getting into the heart of the discipline," Majkowski said. "By developing LLCs at Tech, we're giving students the opportunity to find their identity as a future scientist or engineer. Freshmen don't often get the chance to do research."
The Living-Learning Communities – and the entire SES grant – aim to connect students with each other, with faculty members and with the campus during their first year. Students who make connections are more likely to persist and succeed, Majkowski said.
"Plus, students have a chance to work with a tight-knit group of faculty members to conduct research or design and build a project," Majkowski said. "That adds something valuable to their résumé with real-life hands-on experience."
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Paper Carnations
I have begun my first craft project for the holidays- making paper flowers. I came up with the idea after visiting some sweet little markets a while back where I came across some elaborate paper flowers that inspired me to make my own. And so after a little bit of research, a trip to the craft store and abit of trial and error, I have created my first bunch of paper carnations. Turns out they are so simple to make and the outcome is really effective!
They have been the perfect gift to take to peoples houses during the christmas period and everyone I have given them to has absolutely loved them, little do they know how easy they are to make! It has also got me on the lookout for cute vases and jars I can put them in, and once the technique is mastered (which doesn't take long at all) I have begun experimenting with fun and unique printed crepe paper:
Tissue Paper
Green Floral Wire (Should be able to purchase from any good Craft store)
Depending on what size flower you want, fold the tissue paper enough times so that you can trace a circle your desired size onto it. I found anywhere between 5-10cm gives quite a realistic flower size, but feel free to experiment with the different sizes.
It's easiest if you find something cylindrical to trace around for the shape of the flower. Holding the layers of tissue paper together, begin to cut out the circle, being so thin, you should be able to cut out at least 40 or so folds of the tissue paper at a time.
When they are cut out, remove the amount of circles you want for your flower, I found about 8-10 circles made a nice full flower. Hold these circles together and make a hole just off from the centre of the circle and push the floral wire through this hole. Push it through further enough that you can fold it over and push it back through making a second hole. Tie the wire tightly around itself at the base of the flower.
To make the petals, work on each petal individually, starting at the top of the bunch. Take this petal and bunch it towards the centre. Do this randomly and there is no need to make it neat at all. Make sure to just be working on the base part, trying not to touch too much of the 'petal'.
Repeat this with all the other petals, working on each individually and try scrunching each one differently as to make the flower look really full and not all bunching the same way.
So once all the circles have been scrunched you should find yourself with a lovely carnation:
Don't worry if your first one doesn't look perfect. It takes a few goes to get the hang of the scrunching technique, once you've got it though you can have lots of fun experimenting with all different sizes, papers and styles.
I hope you have fun making these little sweeties and I'd love to hear how you go 🙂
Below are a few more flowers I've made- just to give you an idea of the different papers you can have fun with!
Thanks so much for stopping by, I would be so happy to hear from you in the comments 🙂 !!


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How to stretch like a yoga pro
Seriously, don't forget to stretch.
EXERCISE: Seated forward fold
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? This calming pose stretches your lower back and hamstrings. "It is a great introductory pose for beginners to stay in one place for longer periods of time", says H&M Sport ambassador and yoga instructor Patrick Beach.
Sit on the floor with the legs extended straight out in front of you. If you have very tight hamstrings or ever feel any discomfort, know that it is OK to bend your knees. Focus on how the pose feels, not just the aesthetics!
Reach through the heels and the head to create as much length as possible in both directions, feel like you are trying to create a shape that is similar to an "L". Slowly begin to fold over your legs, walking the hands out a little bit more with each breath.
If possible, you can catch the feet with your hands to pull your chest closer towards the toes. To keep the lower back as long as possible, keep reaching your heart out past the feet. This is not something you can physically accomplish, but it keeps your mind present and your body focused on continuing to create length.
Drop your nose down to face your shins, if you have the range of motion, the head can even rest on the legs. Hold here for as much time as is comfortable for you. This is a very common yoga pose and stretch for the hamstrings; you will see the most physical result when you are warmed up but this is a pose you can do at anytime and feel a nice quieting sensation in the body and mind.
WHAT: Yoga instructor and H&M Sport Ambassador
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Trials HD ended up being one of the biggest surprises during this year's Summer of Arcade, bringing some addictive action—with impressive graphics—to the Xbox Live Arcade. While I'm guessing many Xbox Live Arcade fans will jump over to Shadow Complex this Wednesday, Trials HD has the chance to enjoy a long, fruitful life in the hearts and minds of gamers.
That is, if sharing user-created maps hadn't turned out to be such a useless feature.
The creation tools to set up your own tracks are robust and easy to use; with a little practice anyone can make a devilishly fun track to challenge their friends. The problem is those tracks can only be shared between friends, and only for one step. So if you're on my buddy list, and I create a map, I can share it with you. If you want to share it with a friend, however, you won't be able to pass it on.
That's right, the only person who can share the map is the creator, and they can only share it to those on their buddy list, and from there it can't be passed around further. That means maps can't go viral, and the truly great maps simply won't be able to travel very far.
A central server to upload tracks, allowing players to browse large amounts of the tracks, would be preferable. As it stands, the feature might as well not be there for most people. It would be great if this would be fixed in a patch, but we're not holding our breath.
A for-pay track collection added later? Yeah, that I see. Wait a minute, I think I understand the thought process behind this...


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I hope my readers didn't think I had forgotten about my blogs, but June has been one of those months for me.
I started out the month with a sinus infection that began settling in during the Memorial Day weekend. I also learned about a few other health issues I have. (It was one of those doctor's visits that became I know you didn't come in here for this but we've been trying to get in touch with you to discuss the results of the blood work from your physical.)
The second week of June, Mom and I took a much-needed vacation, cruise, with our almost Martin cousins (we have a set of cousins in common). Yes, I was still dealing with the sinus infection, plus pricking my finger 4 times a day, but it was nice to get away and mom and I made some new friends in the process. We also discovered that "cousin" Louise and "cousin" Sarah know some of our Cousins who are from Walton County, GA.
The R&R from the vacation was short lived. While we were gone, daddy was admitted to the hospital. In addition, the week after our vacation, one of my first cousins, maternal side, lost her battle with cancer.
This past week, things slowly started returning to some semblance of normalcy. Daddy is out of the hospital, although the symptoms that sent him there have not abated. And, while I still haven't fully caught up on everything, I'm slowly getting back on the Genealogy, which leads me to the upside of this post.
Before going on vacation, I noted that I still had not written Second Baptist Church in White Plains, GA in order to try to see if there was a possibility they had any information on my 2nd Great Grandparents, Jasper and Jane Pierce. Well, I wrote Second Baptist Church right before I went on vacation. Second Baptist received my contact information and forwarded it on to Mary H., who attends Second Baptist Church but no longer lives in White Plains. Mary had called and left a couple of messages while I was away on vacation.
Well, Mary is a Pierce descendant (her mother was a Pierce) and was born and raised in White Plains. However, we couldn't determine a connection. She confirmed what I had already determined, that there are no more Pierces residing in White Plains. Mary and I had a good conversation and here are some of the highlights.
1. The first highlight is a bit strange but in a good way. Mary had recently run into some Pierces in Atlanta, GA. Their ancestry also goes back to White Plains, Greene County, GA. The man, George, which she talked to happen to mention that when he was a boy he had come to NC to live with his granddad for a while. Well turns out he lived in my hometown, the area my maternal grandparents settled in after leaving GA. I asked Mary to please pass my contact information along to George the next time she saw him. So, keep your fingers crossed that I've perhaps discovered another descendant / cousin.
2. But that's not all. Mary also gave me the name of another church in White Plains to contact. Are you ready for the name of the church, Pierce Chapel AME. How cool is that?
I realize the name of the church may have no connection whatsoever to my Pierce Ancestors as the church more that likely was named for Rev. Lovick Pierce, a prominent minister from the area who was instrumental in organizing some of the black churches. But I think it's a sign. I feel the ancestors stirring. I've not felt them doing that in awhile and true to form, both maternal and paternal seem to be stirring at the same time. So, I could be in for a very adventurous genealogical summer. I sure hope so!
Well, you know what I'll be doing this week, contacting Pierce Chapel AME.
Until Next Time!


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Hmmm Interesting!
Dana, I went to Amazon to look for his book (after my library had nada, lol) and found this:
It's by him and also about fructose... 2009 publish date. Same info?
I have a Nook instead of Kindle and B&N doesn't have anything by him either. :-( The print copy of the Fat Switch book is between $45-75. What the heck, lol!
I am very interested, though!
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Perhaps part of the equation
I agree this may be part of the equation. I've read another of Dr. Johnson's books, The Sugar Fix. That said, I know plenty of people, myself included, who do a great job steering clear of fructose, who still haven't flipped that switch!
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June 6, 2009
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FULLERTON, CA - Cal State Fullerton freshman right-hander Noe Ramirez scattered just three hits and struck out a career-high 10 batters while four players finished with two hits as the No. 2 national-seeded Titans advanced to their 16th College World Series with an 11-2 victory over Louisville on Saturday afternoon in front of 3,178 fans at Goodwin Field.
Fullerton, which will be making its fourth trip to Omaha in the last six seasons and the first under second-year Head Coach Dave Serrano, improved to 47-14 overall on the year, having won its last nine games and 15 consecutive contests at home. The Titans, who have advanced seven times out of nine super regionals with a 15-6 record, will meet Arkansas in their opener at the College World Series after the Razorbacks swept host Florida State by the scores of 7-2 and 9-8.
Game times for the 2009 College World Series will be announced on Monday (June 8) at a time to be determined. The College World Series runs June 13-24 at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb.
Louisville finished its season at 47-18 overall.
Ramirez (9-1) went eight innings, allowing only two runs on a pair of solo home runs in the second and fourth innings by the Cardinals' Chris Dominguez. Ramirez faced just five batters over the minimum - including retiring the final eight batters he faced - before giving way to Nick Ramirez in the ninth. Nick Ramirez allowed two hits and survived a bases-loaded situation by inducing John Dao into a game-ending pop-up to Jared Clark in foul territory.
Louisville ace Justin Marks (11-3) lasted just 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out four. Three Cardinals relievers combined to allow five runs (four earned) on five hits over the final 4 2/3 innings.
Just one night after going 4-for-5, Clark led the Titans once again at the plate, finishing 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI. Teammates Gary Brown, Joe Scott, and Joey Siddons also finished with a pair of hits as Fullerton banged out 12 hits on the day - the seventh straight game it has reached double-digits in the hits column.
The Titans jumped all over the Cardinals in the first inning for the second day in a row, plating four runs and using their speed (three stolen bases) to take the early lead. The first four batters reached base safely with Josh Fellhauer (RBI single) and Clark (two-run double) putting Fullerton ahead, 3-0. Dustin Garneau added a sacrifice fly later in the inning to make it a 4-0 ball game.
Siddons was a spark that led to another run in the second as he singled and moved all the way to third on a pair of stolen bases. That eventually brought Brown to the plate, who reached on an infield single to shortstop with two outs, scoring Siddons for the 5-0 advantage.
Dominguez, who entered the day with 23 home runs on the year, got the run back in Louisville's half of the second with a shot over the wall in left centerfield, and made it a 5-2 ball game with his 25th home run of the year in the fourth that would have brought the Cardinals to within a run if not for a double play in the previous at-bat.
From there on out, it was all Cal State Fullerton as Garneau's second sac fly in the fifth plated Fellhauer to make it 6-2 and a big five-run seventh inning squashed any thoughts of a comeback as Clark led-off the inning with his 12th home run of the year and was followed by RBI hits from Scott (single) and Christian Colon (two-run double).
Adam Duvall, Ryan Wright, and Kyle Cheesebrough also added hits for the Cardinals.
In this the 11th year of the Super Regional format, Fullerton is advancing to Omaha for the seventh time to lead all schools in number of appearances. Miami, Stanford and Rice have made six trips but none is alive in 2009.


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It's been a while since empathy — the uniquely human capacity to recognize and share the feelings experienced by others, that science even suggests is hardwired in us — when President Obama included it in the qualities he sought in a Supreme Court appointee, and conservatives from Glenn Beck to Sen. Jim Sessions. So I was surprised to see columnist David Brooks turn the spotlight on empathy again.
However, when I put it in the context of popular and growing movements like Occupy Wall Street and We are the 99 Percent, and even the movements in Wisconsin and Ohio, I was not surprised to see Brooks holding forth on the shortcomings of empathy. The success of these progressive movements constitute a powerful challenge to conservatives.
The problem comes when we try to turn feeling into action. Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action.
…Empathy orients you toward moral action, but it doesn't seem to help much when that action comes at a personal cost. You may feel a pang for the homeless guy on the other side of the street, but the odds are that you are not going to cross the street to give him a dollar.
…Nobody is against empathy. Nonetheless, it's insufficient. These days empathy has become a shortcut. It has become a way to experience delicious moral emotions without confronting the weaknesses in our nature that prevent us from actually acting upon them. It has become a way to experience the illusion of moral progress without having to do the nasty work of making moral judgments. In a culture that is inarticulate about moral categories and touchy about giving offense, teaching empathy is a safe way for schools and other institutions to seem virtuous without risking controversy or hurting anybody's feelings.
People who actually perform pro-social action don't only feel for those who are suffering, they feel compelled to act by a sense of duty. Their lives are structured by sacred codes.
Brooks makes an interesting point in the conservative case against empathy, by first arguing that no one is against empathy, and then arguing why sometimes one should be. He instead argues for strong moral codes that allow "pro-social" action without empathy, driven instead by duty. It doesn't end up with any answers. It doesn't replace empathy, because with empathy comes compassion, and Brooks almost extolls morality driven action that may be void of compassion.
We take care of the poor because we "must." Because "God" commands us to. But it doesn't mean we have to "expand our moral imaginations" (as President Obama put it, in his Tucson speech) and put ourselves in their shoes or put ourselves in their places. Moral judgment like that Brooks favors over empathy allows for a separation between "us" and "them," it casts "them" as "Other," and puts a comfortable distance between "us" and "them." Empathy requires some level of identification with another, and a recognition of some basic degree of commonality.
Empathy makes casting moral judgments upon others more complicated and more difficult, because seeing something of our reality in them gives them a context — a "story" like our own, which frames their choices and actions with complexities that bleed over into our stories and those of others.
For conservatives like Brooks, empathy in government becomes even more troublesome, because it subverts morality by shielding people from the consequences of their sins.
When you are the president in a financial crisis, you have the power to pave roads and hire teachers. That will reduce the suffering of real people who would otherwise be jobless. You have the power to streamline regulations and reduce tax burdens. That will induce a bit more hiring and activity. These are real contributions.
But you don't have the power to transform the whole situation. Your discrete goods might contribute to an overall turnaround, but that turnaround will be beyond your comprehension and control.
Over the past decades, Americans have developed an absurd view of the power of government. Many voters seem to think that government has the power to protect them from the consequences of their sins. Then they get angry and cynical when it turns out that it can't.
Sins? Sins, did you say? What sins?
Brooks' moral case for a "do nothing" (or at little as possible) approach to the economic crisis is not only classic conservatism, but fits nearly into the conservative worldview that George Lakoff nailed in his book Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think.
Competition is necessary for a moral world; without it, people would not have to develop discipline and so would not become moral beings. Worldly success is an indicator of sufficient moral strength; lack of success suggests lack of sufficient discipline. Dependency is immoral. The undisciplined will be weak and poor, and deservedly so.
Strict Father Morality demonstrates a natural Moral Order: Those who are moral should be in power. The Moral Order legitimizes traditional power relations as being natural, determining a hierarchy of Moral Authority: God above Man; Man above Nature; Adults above Children; Western Culture above Non-western Culture; America above other nations. (There are other traditional aspects of the Moral Order that are less accepted than they used to be: Straights above Gays; Christians above non-Christians; Men above Women; White above Non-whites.)
Since to participate in the promotion or preservation of immorality is itself immoral, it is a moral requirement to eradicate immorality—through "tough love" if possible but through punishment if necessary—in every aspect of life, both public and private, domestic and foreign.
Put plainly, the better off are better off because they are better people. The poor, the unemployed, the underemployed, the uninsured, etc, are solely to blame for their condition. The have-nots are have-nots because they "have not" the right moral character. The most recent example of this is Herman Cain's recent statement on joblessness and inequality.
Joblessness, unemployment, the economic crisis, the foreclosure crisis. You name it, conservatives blame it all on the sins of "Others." Maybe it's Blacks and Latinos that caused the foreclosure crisis. Maybe its gays and same-sex marriage that caused the economic meltdown. And the over 15 million jobless Americans are jobless because the just are looking and hoping hard enough.
Rounding out this trip through the conservative mindset by way of Brooks and Cain is Ron Paul's recent appearance on The Daily Show.
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"Do you worry that you trust us more than you should," Stewart asked, expressing his concern for unregulated markets.
"When I talk to young people, and I talk to a lot of them," Paul replied. "I say, if we can get your freedom back just remember the decisions you make affect yourself and you can't come crawling to the government for some help. When I make a decision or the government makes a decision, it's for everybody. When you make a bad decision, it only hurts you. So, if you have great faith in people, then you have to say, well, the people are the politicians. And quite frankly, the people I know in Washington aren't capable of telling you what you ought to do."
But the issue to Stewart is one of public empathy.
"Doesn't trusting the people also then accept the fact that people won't let their fellow man be in a position where they fail?" Stewart asked.
It's worth repeating: "When you make a bad decision it only hurts you." It runs counter to common sense. If I decide, starting today, to drive on the left side of the road and to ignore speed limits, that's a decision that's likely to hurt me. But it's not only going to hurt me. Given the certainty that my decision will cause an accident, it will hurt the other party. They could suffer a loss of property, depending on the damage to their car. They could suffer a loss of health or even a loss of life if they are severely injured as a result of my decision to flout "government" regulations that "tell me what I ought to do"; like which side of the road I should drive on, or how fast I should go.
What decision would the other party have made that hurt them? Merely to drive home along the same route they always take, and abide by the traffic laws. Now, you could say that it's their fault because they could have chosen another route, thus avoided me. In other words, It was their fault for being on the road, even if they were following the rules.
But common sense tells you it was my decision that hurt them. The law would certainly see it that way, and my consequences could include a fine and/or jail time for vehicular homicide. Our laws recognize that the choices people make have consequences for other people, whose only fault was doing what they were supposed to be doing. Common sense and the law recognize that situations like these call for accountability.
(Lakoff, again, summarizes the difference between progressives and conservatives as a one of systemic causation vs. direct causation. In a system of "a zillion, zillion interactions" — as Brooks described the economy — small changes and choices by individual actors can have huge impacts across an entire system, resulting in significant consequences even for those whose only fault is being a part of that system. Thus, progressives look for systemic causes like the generational effects of poverty, or the impact of long-term employment on families and communities. Meanwhile conservatives look for direct causation, and thus focus on "individual responsibility," leading to assertions that the unemployed are simply lazy, the poor are simply immoral, etc.)
Cast the same story in the context of the economic crisis, substitute Wall Street for yours truly, and middle- and working-class Americans for the injured party, and conservatives like Brooks, Cain, and Paul essentially say: It's their own damn fault.
Brooks says Americans have an "absurd" idea that government exists to "protect them from the consequences of their sins." But it's the consequences of the sins of others government protects us from, when it works. The reality is that for decades government has failed to protect us from the sins of others who fall into the category of "corporate persons," and that's the source of the anger and cynicism Brooks mentioned.
Steve Benen asks:
Has Brooks ever actually spoken to anyone who's falling further behind? As poverty rates reach one in six, does the columnist sincerely believe systemic sin is responsible? With unemployment over 9%, is Brooks convinced that all the jobless deserved to be forced from their jobs?
As for the role of the state, Brooks believes the public simply needs to be conditioned — stop thinking government will provide a net, and you won't be disappointed when government intervention seems inadequate.
The reason that movements like Occupy Wall Street and We Are the 99 Percent have taken off is because millions of Americans have actually spoken with someone who's falling behind. We do so every day. We don't have to go far to find them, because they are often our friends, neighbors and family members. Those of us who are still hanging on in this recession live and work beside others who are in the same precarious position, just a step or two from falling — or being pushed — into the abyss.
That's the reason, as Bryce Covert writes, that the other 99% of us are crying out.
While signs at the protests have many, many messages — from BP to Iran to capital punishment — the affiliated Tumblr, We Are the 99 Percent, exposes what's motivating people to get on the streets. With over 700 submissions at this point, Americans from all over have been writing down personal stories to explain their frustrations. While those protesting on Wall Street have grievances that are far ranging, those on the Tumblr are almost all sparked by a combination of a few common things: joblessness, debt, and low wages. They are the stories of those who can't make ends meet. These days, that covers a lot of us.
As spontaneous as these movements seem, the truth is they've been building for a long time. As Andy Kroll writes, they stem from a "decade from hell," for middle- and working-class Americans.
In recent months, a blizzard of new data, the hardest of hard numbers, has laid bare the dilapidated condition of the American economy, and particularly of the once-mighty American middle class. Each report sparks a flurry of news stories and pundit chatter, but never much reflection on what it all means now that we have just enough distance to look back on the first decade of the twenty-first century and see how Americans fared in that turbulent period.
And yet the verdict couldn't be more clear-cut. For the American middle class, long the pride of this country and the envy of the world, the past 10 years were a bust. A washout. A decade from hell.
Paychecks shrank. Household wealth melted away like so many sandcastles swept off by the incoming tide. Poverty spiked, swallowing an ever-greater share of the population, young and old. "This is truly a lost decade," Harvard University economist Lawrence Katz said of these last years. "We think of America as a place where every generation is doing better, but we're looking at a period when the median family is in worse shape than it was in the late 1990s."
That it happened at the same time that that the top 1% enjoyed record low taxes and captured the lion's share of income, isn't lost on the millions of Americans in the other 99%. The 1% took a hit to their stock portfolios when the at the start of the recession, but have since recovered. It's no coincidence that we see America as more divided between haves and have-nots than ever before.
Take a look at a new poll from the Pew Center on People and Press, showing that the number of Americans who think we're a country divided into the "haves" and "have nots" shot up by 10 percent over the past three years, after a bit of a decline the year prior:
Brooks' column against empathy goes a long way towards making the moral case for the Republican austerity agenda, without coming right out and saying so. That's especially true if you look at it as a moral agenda: one that turns a dispassionate eye towards the people who will bear the brunt of it, and endure a great deal more pain and anxiety in the process
But Americans caught in the teeth of this recession aren't necessarily buying the conservative moral argument that it's our own fault. Elizabeth Warren put succinctly the understanding that moved so many to "occupy Wall Street."
Warren also drew applause for her tough talk on Wall Street. "The people on Wall Street broke this country, and they did it one lousy mortgage at a time. It happened more than three years ago, and there has been no real accountability, and there has been no real effort to fix it."
Young Americans, joined by everyone from airline pilots to labor unions and U.S. Marines (about as far from "hippies" as one could imagine) have occupied Wall Street for weeks now, because they know who "broke" the economy. Americans are occupying Washington, D.C., because they know who "broke" the economy, who allowed it to happen, and who still hasn't done much of anything about it. We have been living with the consequences of "sins" not our own, because our government failed to protect us from the sins of others. Namely, Wall Street.
Americans are occupying their own cities all over the country, because they know in a crisis this big, the scene of the crime is in our own cities, our neighborhoods, and sometimes even in our own living rooms; because we have friends or family who are getting laid off because of local/state budget cuts that state/local jobs cuts that are slowing down what passes as a recovery; because we are or have children who are graduating off a cliff into a jobless recovery and an economy with no place for them; because foreclosures have left our neighborhoods struggling with blight; because the future we dreamed up for our children is in peril.
For all these reasons and more, Americans are taking to the streets. There's a line that runs from the Wisconsin protests, connecting them. Instead of hardening our hearts against each other, the economic crisis has "sharpened our instincts for empathy" and, as President Obama said in his Tucson speech, caused us to "remind ourselves of all the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together." We have not used it as an opportunity to turn on each other. Instead, a sense of shared struggles empowers us to demand accountability and justice.
In his opening address to the Take Back The American Dream conference, Van Jones reminded those who were inspired by Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, "You inspired him first." What's happening now — what we've seen in Occupy Wall Street, in We Are the 99 Percent, in the protests in Wisconsin and Ohio, etc. — is that we are inspiring each other. We may have inspired Obama again, if the White House's change in tune is any indication. But the real game-changer beyond 2012 may be that we are inspiring each other. The real game changer may be a belief embodied in the Wisconsin protests, the American Dream movement, and Occupy Wall street, not only that — as Van said — "something can be done," but that we can make it happen.


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Have you noticed that most of the business writing you read is hard to understand? Or that the author did not run a simple grammar or spelling check? Complain if you must about Microsoft Word reminding you to use active voice and pointing out all your sentence fragments and verb agreement. Word's spell check feature is good for creating a document without spelling flaws; but a perfectly spelled document can still be difficult to read or understand.
"Step 1: Extinguish the precipitous rubescent LED-based luminosity."
Companies have developed a poor vernacular that removes the readability from memos, e-mails, policies, and other internal documents. We've all read language like what you see above and wondered, "Why can't they just say 'Turn off the solid red light?'" This is a major problem with writing in business. Often we write to try to sound smart; but instead our readers toss our writing in the garbage because they can't understand it. Murky, jargon-laced writing does not make you smart, it makes you difficult to understand and ultimately an ineffective communicator.
William Zinsser highlights writing for business in his book "On Writing Well." He says, "Managers at every level are prisoners of the notion that a simple style reflects a simple mind. Actually a simple style is the result of hard work and hard thinking." It's easy to use jargon, but hard to write in a manner that everyone can understand. Simple writing is usually the result of laborious rewriting and revising. Write (and rewrite) to a tenth-grade level and watch the clarity in your writing rise above your peers.
The other writing problem I often see is simply the abuse of our language. I'm not talking about the minor bruises from ending a sentence with a preposition, or adding 'ize' to any noun or adjective to make it into a verb (can we PLEASE stop that). I'm referring to the bludgeoning caused by poor sentence construction, overuse of passive voice, and cluttering phrases such as "due to the fact that" and "it should be noted." Microsoft Word's grammar check can only do so much. Reading your writing aloud can catch much more.
One way to remove the excess clutter from your sentences is to remove words and see if the sentence changes meaning. If the words are required to keep the meaning the same, then leave them in. Otherwise, use that delete key! Zinsser says that he hates writing, but loves rewriting.
The moral of this column is to take the time to ensure that every word plays its part in the end, just like a composer scrutinizes every note in his symphony. Better writing output shows that you care about your legacy. Just a small amount of time spent learning the language will demonstrate your utility and ensure you a spot at the top!
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Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Vol 48(6 Issues in 2018 ) Print ISSN: 0363-0234 Online ISSN: 1943278X Impact Factor: 2.984
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior keeps professionals abreast of the latest research, theories, and intervention approaches for suicide and life-threatening behaviors. The journal publishes scientific research on suicidal and other life-threatening behaviors, including research from biological, psychological, and sociological approaches.
Issues examine such topics as risk factors for suicide in particular populations, assessment and risk-management approaches, advances in evidence-based prevention, methodological and ethical issues in intervention research, cross-cultural and international findings, and mental health needs of those bereaved by suicide.


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"There must always, always be a burning in your heart to achieve."
– Trammell Crow
With the construction of a single warehouse in Dallas, Texas, in 1948, Trammell Crow began investing in real estate. Today, that business has evolved into a multi-billion dollar investment enterprise.
Having pioneered large scale use of partnerships to create alignment between investors, Trammell Crow experienced the power of collaboration, partnerships and shared goals early in his efforts to build the business. He carried the spirit of these lessons with him throughout the years, and today, these concepts permeate every decision we make at Crow Holdings.


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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas farmers who decided to plant wheat last fall despite the prospect of high fertilizer prices and concerns about overall profitability, are reaping the benefits.
Nitrogen fertilizer prices this spring never reached as high as feared, and market prices have been favorable. Diseases, so far, have been almost nonexistent.
"I think producers who didn't plant wheat in the fall are wishing they had planted some because there have been some good pricing opportunities," says Jason Kelley, wheat specialist with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
"Many producers have booked wheat at quite profitable prices. And the nitrogen fertilizer prices have been around $300 to $350 a ton. Many thought it would be $400."
Kelley estimates farmers planted 370,000 acres of wheat, up from last year's 220,000 acres. Last season's crop was planted during a rainy fall in 2004 that limited planting. The 2006 crop was planted in a dry fall. However, 370,000 acres is still drastically short of the 10-year average of about 800,000 acres.
He said a record warm fall and winter has pushed the wheat ahead of normal development. He estimates the crop is about a week ahead in many fields.
"Overall, I think the crop looks fantastic," Kelley said. "It's growing well and we have a good yield potential in many fields. But we're a long ways from having the crop in the bin. A lot of things could happen between now and harvest."
The specialist said most of the nitrogen fertilizer has been applied. The last of it will probably go out as soon as the ground dries.
"It was dry most of the winter, and fields where spring nitrogen was applied in late January or early February look good, but fields where nitrogen was delayed until late February don't look as thick.
"We'll be harvesting in June. If things go well, wheat farmers will probably have a little money to pay for other costs this summer."
Meanwhile, Kelley said another grain crop that has seen a drastic reduction in acreage is corn. He estimated that farmers will plant 175,000 acres, down from 230,000 acres last year.
Nitrogen prices and fuel for pumping are the main reasons for the reduction, Kelley said. Planting has already started in southern Arkansas. Warm temperatures earlier in March encouraged some corn to emerge already.
Unfortunately, heavy recent rain and cold weather is making it tough on seed and seedlings. "It's a pretty tough plant so it should pull through," Kelley said. The only fear is that continued bad weather could promote seedling diseases and cause seed to rot.
Kelley said corn prices are in the $2.40 range, which is better than last year, but farmers would like to see $3 a bushel.
Lamar James is an Extension communications specialist with the University of Arkansas.


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This Ad By An Australian Company Has Been SLAMMED
A Brisbane air conditioning company has come under fire after posting what has been described as a 'disgracefully sexist' advert on Gumtree.
Air Conditioning Expert Brisbane posted the advertisement on the site on August 12 looking for contractors ahead of their busy summer period.
The ad makes references to different pay grades and includes one part that says ''"Young dudes who don't know s***t can start on 10 - 15. Most likely 10 but you'll go to 15 if you are good,'' which has also been described as illegal as the reward rates are lower than the national minimum wage.
The company then goes onto describe the type of work that they will be undertaking and the clientele they will be working with.
"You will be crawling in roofs, you will be getting dirty, you will be working through the hottest days of summer and fat Australian chicks will sit inside in the air conditioning, not offer you a drink or lift a finger to help clean up, while you get sunburnt, dehydrated and disorientated (sic) outside installing air conditioning for her comfort," the ad wrote.
"Then she will tell us we are all equal. That's our life. We are men. We wouldn't trade places with her anyway."
The advertisement has since been taken down.
H/T: The Age


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Dino is a pet cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little mute girl whose mother, Jeanne, is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night he sneaks out the window to work with Nico - a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion – as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline. The cat's two worlds collide when young Zoe decides to follow Dino on his nocturnal adventures – and falls into the hands of Victor Costa, a blustery gangster planning the theft of a rare statue.
Now cat and cat burglar must team up to save Zoe from the bumbling thieves, leading to a thrilling acrobatic finale on top of Notre Dame. A Cat in Paris is a warm and richly humorous love letter to classic noir films and the stylized wit of the Pink Panther cartoons – and Dino, the literal cat burglar, manages to steal the show with little more than a subtle swish of the tail and quiet mew.
Starring Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone, Jean Benguigui, Bernadette Lafont
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The eye can be analyzed with relative ease as to both its function and its structure. A functional examination consists of the capability to move in the orbit and the reaction of the student to light and accommodation.
The function of the eye may be tested in a number of ways. The client might be asked to determine illuminated letter or items of differing sizes on exactly what is called the Snellen chart.
On the other hand, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye may be made in several methods. Stress within the eyeball is measured by a "tonometer." In specific diseases, especially in glaucoma, the stress in the eyeball is increased noticeably.
Nevertheless, it needs to be well kept in mind that a patient with an eye issue might have other issues too. Often other physical conditions are main and affect the eye as a effect. The appearance of the eye can alert the client and the doctor to troubles in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other signs present themselves.
Subsequently, one's dependence on sight is emphasized when one deals with a short-term or possible permanent loss of this essential sense. When corrective measures are sought, specific types of vision correction such as contact lenses or glasses are recommended.
On the other hand, some people are bothered with that they have actually some framed lenses or contact lenses in front of their eyes.
For this factor, advanced surgical operations were established to motivate decreased utilization of contact lenses or glasses. Among which is the now popular LASIK eye surgical treatment.
Generally, LASIK eye surgery is the brief term for "Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis." Like its tangible equivalent, LASIK eye surgical treatment is another form of vision correction. The only difference is that with this type of surgical treatment, one's vision is corrected permanently.
With LASIK eye surgery, the refractive errors in the cornea are completely changed. This can be done utilizing an "excimer laser."
The main purpose of this surgery is to create a threadlike, rounded "flap" in the cornea utilizing a blade understood as "microkeratome." In a series of unfolding and laser processing, the cornea is lastly reformed, permitting better the eye to direct more light into the retina.
Appeal vs. Disadvantages
Amidst the growing popularity of LASIK eye surgery, there are still disadvantages that people must know. Most likely, the primary factor why this type of eye surgery has become well accepted is since most of its cases had actually been effective.
In spite of its success, there are still some downsides. Here is the list:
1. It is an operation used to the most sensitive part of the eye
Due to the fact that LASIK eye surgical treatment includes the operation of the retina, which is one of the most delicate portions of the eye, most people say that the operation can be very risky.
To puts it simply, a easy error could nearly cause an individual's life time blindness. It is crucial to think about lots of factors prior to choosing whether LASIK eye surgical treatment is the best corrective procedure one has to go through.
2. It is not a perfect treatment
LASIK eye surgical treatment my sources may correct your vision but it does not always mean that it can give you a best vision. Even if analytical reports reveal that 70% of the patients may have 20/20 vision, this does not always mean they have ideal vision also.
Given all these things, it can be deduced that, in spite of the appeal of the operation, LASIK may not always be the ideal eye surgery the method the majority of people see it
Conversely, the evaluation of the structural part of the eye might be made in a number of ways. It must be well kept in mind that a patient with an eye issue may have other issues. Typically other physical conditions are main and impact the eye as a effect. The look of the eye can signal the doctor and the client to problems in some disturbances of other parts of the body even prior to other symptoms present themselves.
Like its concrete counterpart, LASIK eye surgery is another form of vision correction.
2 Aspects You Do Certainly Not Figure Out Concerning LASIK Eye Medical Surgery
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This shot of "new believers cards" collected during tonight's altar call at the BCY event in Syracuse, NY says it all for me.
All I desire for 2013 is more souls won to Jesus. Keeping that at the forefront helps put everything else in perspective.
I was honored for the opportunity and privilege of sharing the Gospel with some amazing teenagers who heard heaven's call to wake up and walk into the light.
Happy New Year everyone. Let's endeavor to esteem and promote Jesus this year more than ever before.


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Meng Fu Yao, a woman born from a divine lotus petal. She journeys through the five continents towards the heavens in search of a secret order and to reveal a conspiracy originating from the heavens. In the process, she falls in love with the crown prince Zhangsun Wuji.
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Parnassus, a publication of the Taylor University English Department, showcases student creative writing every year in the spring. Named after a mountain in Greece where the nine muses were believed to live, Parnassus is Taylor's official literary magazine.
Parnassus is a bit of a rarity in today's publishing environment: an undergraduate perfect-bound print journal, featuring full-color cover art and well over a hundred pages of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, digital reproductions of visual art, interviews, and contributor's notes. I recently spoke with Aaron Housholder, English department member and faculty advisor to Parnassus, to get a better sense of how the journal works, and what it means to Taylor University.
Parnassus has a long-standing history.
This is the 50th anniversary edition, yes. And that will be the theme of this year's journal.
What is the process like for the students who are working at the journal?
The students on staff run all phases of the production of our journal. During their weekly meetings, the editor and her staff generate ideas for the theme and design, the editorial policy for the year, the parameters for submissions (deadlines, methods of submission, etc.), the various forms of advertising they might use to attract submissions, how best to manage our budget, which publisher to use, and so on.
Once submissions start to come in, the staff members and the editor grade all submissions until, by consensus, the written and visual contents of the journal are selected. The staff then informs those whose work has been accepted or rejected before turning their attention to layout and copy editing matters.
All of this work culminates in our release party, generally held near the beginning of the spring semester, when the new journal is released.
I'd characterize the process these students go through as fairly intense and also quite rewarding. There is usually a strong sense of camaraderie among the staff by the time we get through the making of a journal.
What benefits do students gain from involvement?
Our students certainly learn the value of teamwork and diligence. Each student is responsible for generating ideas and then following through on those ideas. This year's staff is comprised of eight people, including our editor; with the amount of work it takes to put this journal together, everyone has quite a load to carry. It's gratifying, from my point of view as Advisor, to watch the students work together, to see them take the initiative to advance ideas and to make them happen, to see the pride they take in their work.
Staff members also gain valuable logistical experience as they work with publishers and Taylor administrators to make the arrangements needed for this project to succeed, as well as a ton of editing experience as they read and evaluate submissions. Though of course our students work hard in all of our classes, this may be the most hands-on course our department offers, which means that the creative and experiential benefits students gain on the staff of Parnassus are unique within our course offerings.
Many professional journals have elected to go online to save money, or have begun online in recent years as part of a sustainability plan. What are your thoughts on this?
This year's staff and I have discussed the possibility of creating an online presence for Parnassus. Our plan is to begin by linking an online version of Parnassus 2012 to our department's website. As long as our budget allows it, however, I believe we'll continue to produce a print version of the journal.
Part of our desire to stay in print relates to the tradition attached to Parnassus here at Taylor. This year's Parnassus is the 50th anniversary edition; it means a great deal to the students on staff to make their own tangible addition to that tradition. There will be great satisfaction in placing a bound copy of Parnassus 2012 in the library alongside the other bound volumes going back to 1962. There will also be great satisfaction for the students whose work is published in the print version of the journal.
Our students here at Taylor are certainly not immune to the thrill of seeing their names in print, nor should they be. While we can afford it, I'd like to see us continue adding to the tradition and the excitement of producing a print version of Parnassus.
How would you describe your own experience with the magazine?
I have loved serving as the Faculty Advisor for Parnassus. I'm amazed at the quality of the submissions we receive. I'm equally amazed at the quality of the work our students on staff can produce and the creative energy they bring to the journal.
Mostly, though, I enjoy the opportunity to work with students in this capacity because it differs so much from the work we do in other classes. Instead of being up front and directing the course, I'm free to pitch-in to this project we all share in common. It's a rewarding to work alongside our talented students. I treasure that dynamic.
Parnassus adds something unique to our campus. How would you describe its overall presence here, for the university at large?
Within the English department, Parnassus provides our students with the unique opportunity to do the kind of hands-on work they might do later, should they choose to pursue a career in publishing or editing. The value of Parnassus to the university as a whole is much broader, however.
In past years we have received submissions from students representing every major on campus. Our submitters provide a cultural cross-section of Taylor itself. And because of our publication history, we now have a 50-year record of the creative and artistic endeavors of Taylor students. Think of the vast number and variety of historical and cultural events that have taken place since 1962 – we have a journal that has recorded some of our students' artistic renderings of and reactions to those events. We have 50 years of the voices and visions of people who have called this place their temporary home.
When I think of our journal in those terms, I am humbled to be part of Parnassus, and grateful that we continue to offer this artistic outlet in which our students' voices might be preserved.