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December Is the Month for Lists
For a number of years, there was a man on-line who would spherical up all of the "best and worst" lists of the yr and put them on one web page, with hyperlinks to every record. It was nice to have all of the lists for TV, movie, books, music, and extra in a single useful place, and I miss it. I used to be considering of establishing a web page and doing it myself, and then I assumed, that basically looks like an terrible lot of work, now doesn't it? So I forgot about it and turned on The Worth Is Proper.
However I can hyperlink you to some of the "best books of the year" lists I've discovered. As well as to the lists of books we offer you all through the yr, the critics at The New York Occasions have picked their favorites in fiction and nonfiction. NPR's Maureen Corrigan has her listing too, together with what she considers the novel of the yr. Laura Miller at Slate has her picks for the 10 greatest of 2018, Bloomberg has their record of (principally) nonfiction, and the GoodReads group has lots of ideas too.
Oh, I do know, the critiques for the worst books could be the most enjoyable to learn. Right here's an inventory of the worst fiction of the yr from Open Letters Evaluation.
Road Speak
News got here this week that Sesame Road goes to function its first homeless Muppet. Her identify is Lily, and she first appeared on the present in 2011. The present hopes that they will shine a light-weight on homelessness and assist youngsters and households who're experiencing the similar points.
First homeless Muppet? I'd identical to to level out that Oscar the Grouch has been dwelling in a rubbish can since 1969.
Netflix Will Be There for You
Once you examine the exhibits debuting on Netflix and different streaming providers, you're often listening to of new, unique programming. However Netflix simply paid $100M for the rights to hold airing Pals, beating out different corporations like Hulu, Fox, and Disney.
Now, please notice that this deal is just for 2019. One yr. WarnerMedia, which owns Pals, is launching its personal streaming service subsequent yr and will need to begin airing the present in 2020 (it's superb how well-liked Associates is throughout all generations), both solely, or maybe they may nonetheless make offers for it to be proven on different streaming providers as properly.
In the event you don't have Netflix, don't fear: You possibly can nonetheless watch Buddies on numerous channels like TBS and Nick at Nite. Positive, they're closely edited to match extra commercials, however on the plus aspect, they're on 27 occasions a day.
A Christmas Carol Turns 175
Is there some other story that has been filmed greater than Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? The quantity of variations is at present at "a boatload" (with the greatest being the George C. Scott model and I don't need to hear any arguments in any other case). And that's not counting what number of different tales, TV exhibits, and films copy the "person is visited by ghosts and learns the true meaning of Christmas!" plot. It's been carried out by, nicely, everyone.
The story turns 175 this yr. It was initially revealed in London on December 19, 1843, and proved to be highly regarded. The complete official title is A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, however nobody's going to keep in mind all that.
Right here's the first movie adaptation of the story, a 1901 British brief movie referred to as Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost:
With Each Christmas Card I Write
Final month we came upon that A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is racist, and final week we found that "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is unspeakably evil. Typically I'm unsure how to have fun the vacation. Is it okay to construct a snowman, or is that a gender factor? Can I drink cider? Is tinsel nonetheless allowed? I ask these questions as a result of now Christmas playing cards are dangerous.
This text is a yr previous, nevertheless it's value discussing as a result of I'm seeing this sentiment extra and extra on this age of social media. The writer says that sending Christmas playing cards is "the season's most annoying tradition" as a result of it forces everybody "to waste their time." She additionally doesn't like playing cards as a result of they're impersonal and "entirely useless as a method of communication." I've heard the phrase "distraction" utilized in many contexts earlier than, often with social media and telephones and the quantity of time we spend taking a look at screens, however by no means, ever when it got here to Christmas playing cards. Have to be an age factor. She additionally says that not sending out Christmas playing cards will assist scale back our "carbon footprint." As a result of smartphones and automobiles are constructed from regionally grown natural kale.
I convey up the age of the writer not to mock the younger (although as I age into my mid-50s I see this as a wonderfully affordable pursuit); I convey it up as a result of she herself in the article mentions slightly sarcastically that her grandmother nonetheless likes to ship Christmas playing cards, as if that is dangerous as a result of it's old style or conventional. I'm not even positive I perceive the world of this text as a result of it appears to be based mostly on a world the place everybody continues to be sending Christmas playing cards to everybody they know, however the quantity of Christmas playing cards despatched has dropped.
You don't essentially have to make your personal, however wouldn't it kill you to ship a card this yr, together with your handwritten identify and a stamp, by way of the mail? I do know that nothing says heat and fuzzy greetings like a fast textual content with questionable spelling and punctuation, however for those who put just a little extra effort into it, I assure will probably be appreciated. And hurry up! Christmas is lower than two weeks away.
If not for your self or your family members, do it for Louis Prang.
Tonight on CBS
I'm not a fan of colorizing films and TV exhibits, but when colorization is what makes CBS put The Dick Van Dyke Present and I Love Lucy on in prime time each single yr, then it's a great factor. The exhibits all the time get good scores — which warms the coronary heart — and you'll be able to watch two episodes of every present tonight beginning at eight p.m. EST.
RIP Geoff Murphy, John D.F. Black, Tim Rossovich, and Evelyn Berezin
Geoff Murphy was the second unit director on a quantity of well-known movies, together with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He additionally directed Underneath Siege 2, The Quiet Earth, and Younger Weapons II. He died final week at the age of 80.
John D.F. Black co-wrote the basic motion movie Shaft and additionally wrote for a number of TV exhibits, together with Star Trek, Hawaii 5-Zero, and The Mary Tyler Moore Present, in addition to the pilot film for a Marvel Lady collection that starred Cathy Lee Crosby (it's a lot better than the Lynda Carter model). He died in November at the age of 85.
Tim Rossovich performed soccer for USC (the place he was Tom Selleck's roommate) and the Philadelphia Eagles earlier than turning into an actor. He appeared in such films as Night time Shift and The Foremost Occasion and TV exhibits like Magnum, P.I., The A-Staff, MacGyver, Remington Steele, and Cleaning soap. He died final week at the age of 72.
Evelyn Berezin was a considerably missed pc business pioneer credited with constructing the very first true computerized phrase processor. She additionally based the first firm to promote the machines. She died final weekend at the age of 93.
Image of the Week
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This Week in Historical past
James Thurber Born (December eight, 1894)
Final yr the Submit talked to a number of Thurber Prize-winning humorists, together with Calvin Trillin, Sloane Crosley, and Ian Frazier, to discover out what makes individuals snigger.
Italy and Germany Declare Conflict on U.S. (December 11, 1941)
4 days after the assault on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. declared warfare on Japan, main each Italy and Germany to declare conflict on the U.S.
This Week in Saturday Night Publish Historical past: Christmas Photograph (December 11, 1954)
Christmas Photograph
This cowl was created by Amos Sewell, again when it was nonetheless okay to ship Christmas playing cards.
It's Nationwide Fruitcake Month
Everybody makes the similar joke at Christmas, and it includes fruitcake and how dangerous it's. If a dessert could be unloved, fruitcake is that dessert. Has anybody ever had a very good one? There are rumors nonetheless floating round that somebody made a very nice fruitcake in Minnesota round 1985 or '86, nevertheless it has by no means been confirmed.
However in the event you might make a fruitcake this yr that your loved ones truly likes, this could possibly be the greatest Christmas ever. Meals Community's Alton Brown claims to have the recipe for the greatest fruitcake ever (there's additionally a useful video to go together with the recipe). Alcohol appears to be actually essential; then once more, it all the time is.
If you would like to be extra adventurous, do this fruitcake recipe from a 1912 difficulty of our sister publication, The Nation Gentleman. And you may insert your personal joke right here about how each fruitcake we eat appears to have been made in 1912.
The humorous factor about fruitcake is that it's often the fruit half that makes it style ghastly. However when you don't embrace the fruit, properly, it's simply cake.
Subsequent Week's Holidays and Occasions
Nationwide Reply the Telephone Like Buddy the Elf Day (December 18)
Should you don't keep in mind the means Buddy answered the telephone in the film Elf, it was "Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" Reply the telephone that means all day at the moment, even at work. Particularly at work.
Go Caroling Day (December 20)
Final Saturday I drove round the block close to my publish workplace roughly 11 occasions. I wasn't going for an off-the-cuff journey, I used to be in search of a parking area (from Atlantic to Pacific, gee, the visitors was terrific.) Once I lastly discovered an area — utterly accidentally, one other automotive pulling out simply as I acquired to the finish of the road — I parked and put a pair of cash in the meter. I used to be irritated, however as I walked away, I heard a gaggle of carolers throughout the road. I ended for a second to pay attention to them, and immediately received into a greater temper. I don't see rather a lot of carolers in my city, and it put a smile on my face.
We'd like extra caroling.
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(Series 16, ep.36) I suspect this was an episode that was supposed to be a roller-coaster of emotions, but at the end of it the feeling I was left with was one of depression.
The climax of Custodygate didn't take place in court, but more appropriately perhaps in the Linden Cullen Memorial Shrubbery. Shortly before taking her last breath, the totally toxic Paula Burrows made sure that Jac's confidence in herself as a mother was fatally undermined. Jac told Jonny she was going to Stockholm (following a phone call from Hanssen – how I would love those two to have their own spin-off series) and therefore she was giving him the baby full-time. At this point he desperately tried to back-track and unsay all the horrible things he's said to her in an effort to get her to reconsider and to come to some co-parenting arrangement. At the start of the episode Sacha had reassured Jac that she wasn't a "heartless automaton," but Jonny has made the mistake of thinking she was, and that he could say anything he liked to her and it wouldn't get through her bomb-proof shell. It turned out that everything had been getting through all along – and when you have people telling you that you have no heart and you're cold and selfish and incapable of love, eventually you'll believe it.
So despite Jonny's last minute dash to the airport, Jac has gone to Sweden and Jonny has been left with a baby strapped to his front. "Don't worry Emma, we'll get Mummy back," Jonny said, so I hope this isn't the end of the story. I know, I've been banging on for weeks about wanting Custodygate to be over – is there no satisfying me? But what I mean is that it's just not satisfactory to have Jac giving up her baby like that. She's been through so much in terms of character development, and having a baby has opened up aspects of her we never knew about before. I'm just hoping the wise and wonderful Henrik Hanssen will convince her not to give up on her daughter, the way he gave up on his son for so many years. I think that's a conversation they might have over a glass of Akvavit one evening.
Meanwhile, I was once again left to ponder the question – exactly where is Holby these days? Sacha drove Essie to the Gower Peninsula without her realising it (she wasn't drugged, either – just snoozing). This would be easier if we still believed Holby to be a thinly-disguised Bristol. Frankly Essie would have had to have been off her head on Camoxidan to have slept through the car ride from Borehamwood to west Wales.
It was absolutely stunning, scenery-wise, but the storyline of Essie hiding out from the press (one journalist) who wanted her to go to Poland to apologise for the Holocaust was a bit tedious. The presence of Sacha's mum (Frances Cuka, who will be reprising her role as the granny in a new series of Friday Night Dinner starting tomorrow night) livened things up a bit, but between Essie nodding off in the car and Sacha nodding off under a comfy blanket under the stars it wasn't very dynamic. It didn't add anything to the very intense drama of the episodes about Essie's grandfather.
So I was left feeling a bit depressed, a bit irritated and a bit jealous (of whoever owns that cottage overlooking the sea). But at least Jac has finally got herself a new coat. It looks a bit like a dressing gown, but it's an improvement on that camel-coloured thing she's been wearing for years.
Next time: Smug/Posh/Barf, What's The Matter With Elliot? and a new infection-control-sniffer-dog-initiative.

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THIS is the sickening moment rats were filmed scuttling around an empty chip shop.
The Frying Pan was forced to close last Friday after grainy footage showed two rats running free inside the well-light takeaway.
The rodents appeared to have the restaurant to themselves as they scurried between counters.
The horrifying clip filmed recently caused health officials to take action and close the chippie.
But it re-opened its doors yesterday.
A spokeswoman from Birmingham City Council said: "It was closed by environmental health because there was an imminent risk due to a rodent problem.
"It was inspected and reopened."
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The chip shop previously had a good reputation in the area, which is close to where Channel 4's controversial show, Benefits Street was filmed.
The area is also famous for being at the centre of the 2011 riots when three men were killed by a car.
The tragic incident happened just metres form where the Frying Pan chip shop stands.
It comes after a huge rat was seen scuttling along a window display in a Primark store in Bexleyheath, south east London.
Shocking footage showed the rodent running amok after the store was shut on Christmas Eve.
And last week, Poundland was slapped with a £134,000 fine after chocolate Santas gnawed on by rodents were discovered on its shelves in Birmingham.
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Jump, Jump, Jump!
I didn't have a toy to chase or carry around with me so instead I got a STICK. I went to Idyllwild again this weekend and ran around the town a little bit. Everyone was really nice to me and the weather wasn't too bad. I was REALLY good in the car this time. We didn't have room for my crate so I sat on the back seat and didn't even get sick on the road like I have in the past.
I'm learning more and more every day, however sometimes I get too excited on the leash and I run really fast. I am working on it however.
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There is no NEED for a gift. There is only a WISH of a gift giving.
Planning this project of making a minumental society model, I decided that the output will be offered as a gift to the sitters. Not for their cooperation but symbolically for their existence in this world and the role they play in society. It is a gift from the artist to the public. There is no NEED for a gift. There is only a WISH of a gift giving.
Guido Giacomo Preparata, from the University of Washington, in his paper "UN(FOR)GIVING: BATAILLE, DERRIDA AND THE POSTMODERN DENIAL OF THE GIFT" (The Catholic Social Science Review, 13 (2008): 169-200) analyses Derrida's "impossibility" of the gift arguing that the gift does exist, a joy we all feel even Derrida himself.
"Georges Bataille, along with Thorstein Veblen, Marcel Mauss, Rudolf Steiner, and Karl Polanyi, may be considered an exponent of a school of thought alternative, if not antagonistic, to Liberal economics— a school which may be called "the political economy of the Gift." The economists of the Gift" analyze economic performance mostly through a society's use of its surplus. What differentiates Bataille from the others, however, is his obsessive insistence that wholesome, disinterested ways of giving are, in fact, an impossibility. To Bataille, all acts of munificence throughout history have been but manifestations of a barbarous appetite to outshine others, either in peace through sumptuary expenditure, or in war through holocaust and sacrifice. This characterization of human conduct has become a tenet of the late antihumanist discourse by way of Jacques Derrida, who recycled Bataille's polemic in the eighties. It is thus curious to observe how, in the end, Bataille's anti-Liberal radicalism has brought his postmodern followers to converge with the Liberal school, which itself belittles the power of selfless donation and the significance of gift-exchange."
In the Greek Orthodox tradition we meet a quite different perspective of the notion of gift offering. The Greek intellectual tradition is philosophy when the basis of the Latin is law. The claim then of the Greek East emerged as the theosis of man while the claim of the Latin West emerged as the man's historical recognition. The Greek philosophical tradition expressed the demand of metaphysics and the Latin legal tradition expressed the claim of formidable rhetoric, therefore the rationalistic enforcement. In the Orthodox tradition we learn that God is generously offering to man without any notion of return or exchange. We do not need to justify or measure the gifts we offer or accept as they are on constant flow without the obligation element and we offer a gift believing that if we rightly in need, we may receive from any source. Also in Koran, tradition has it that when a stranger knocks on your door you must offer him hospitality without asking his name or where he comes from so there will be no suspicion for reciprocity. In other words the meaning of the western gift in the East is different. It is the giving that matters and it is the giving that we appreciate the most.


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You know what they say about boys and their toys. While my toys have gotten a little more advanced, I can't help but want to play with my LEGOs every now and then. I've wanted to create a LEGO electronics enclosure for some time and my latest frequency counter project seemed well suited for it.
Working with LEGOs presents some unique problems, namely the fact that they are thicker than normal electronics cases so things have to be mounted a little differently.
Nothing says "Turbo Geek" like encasing your MP3 player, cell phone, or Wii game console (probably my next project) in LEGOs. I'm also considering covering one of my work surfaces in LEGO plates so I can just "stick" test devices like this one to the tabletop. You could build LEGO cases for your whole entertainment center so you can stack devices and lock them together too. The possibilities are endless!
- Top and bottom flat plates. The plates should be at least two rows longer and two rows wider than the electronic component you want to encase (you might want to leave a little more wiggle room, though).
- Enough single width LEGOs to build the walls of your enclosure.
- Super Glue. The jell version is less messy and you'll be less likely to glue your fingers together while handling the LEGOs.
- Various buttons, sockets, indicators, etc needed for your electronics.
- Dremel Tool with high speed drill bit.
- Hand Reamer (See picture 2)
- Tap Set (See Picture 3)
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Step 1: Preassembly
This first step in this build is to build the case. It's best to fully assemble the case they way you want it BEFORE applying any glue. In my experience the project almost never turns out the way you expected, so a little prototyping is in order.
As you can see in the first photo, the project I built the case for has an LCD display, so I basically built the case around the display and its circuit board. The gap above the display will be filled in by a block cemented to the top plate since I obviously wouldn't want to glue it to the top of the display.
The walls of the case are made of single width LEGOs built on a flat plate. The plate was larger than I needed so I cut it to size with a hot knife. I left a little more room on the left and right sides because I needed room on either end for switches and connectors, which you will see in later steps.
The other pictures in this series show the process of cutting the plate to size. LEGOs melt very easily. I can't warn you enough, or say this too many times - take your time and cut through the plate a little at a time. If you drag the blade too slowly you'll end up with a warped, twisted, smoking piece of plastic on your workbench. You'll know when you have cut most of the way through when you begin to see a cut line on the bottom of the plate as shown in the fourth picture. At this point you can bend the plate back and forth at the cut a couple of time and it will come apart cleanly. Smooth the cut edge with a piece of sand paper.
Once you are sure everything fits the way you want you can move on to gluing the case together.
Step 2: Gluing the Case Together
Rather than disassembling the case and rebuilding it, I opted to put the top on the box, pull the whole thing off the bottom plate, flip it over and reassemble it one piece at a time. I suppose you could work from the top down too, though I really wanted to avoid accidentally gluing the top on prematurely. I simply pulled the blocks off on at a time and places a dab of super glue on the top of the bottom plate and the nipples on each block before connecting the next block to it. A very small dot of glue on each is all you need.
Take your time and let each row dry for 15 minutes or so before starting the next row. It's easier to build if things aren't moving around on you and if you knock a block out of place it's likely to dry that way and you never get it lined up again.
Step 3: Mounting Push Button Switches
The first thing you will notice when you go to mount a push button switch (or any electronic component really) in a LEGO is that the treads on the component are almost exactly the same depth as the LEGO. So how do you get the nut on the back of the component? I'm sure there are many different options that include countersinking and all kinds of other weird maneuvers, but I opted to leave it off and thread the plastic to hold the components instead.
Begin by drilling pilot holes with a Dremel tool and high speed bit. The Dremel goes through the LEGO easily, where slower drills can crack or break the LEGO. If you don't have a high speed rotary tool then I recommend drilling the holes before assembling the enclosure, just in case the LEGO doesn't survive the process. The holes only need to be big enough to accept the end of the reamer tool, so the bit size doesn't really matter.
Next, ream the hole out until it is just slightly smaller than the component you need to mount. You don't want this hole to be larger than the component because then you won't be able to tighten it, given that you can't get the nut on the back as I said before. Don't panic if you do make the hole too big; super glue or hot glue can save the project in this case.
Choose a tap threader approximately the same size as the threads of your component. If you have a choice of a smaller or larger tap go with the smaller one. It's unlikely you will find exactly the right size tap or the right thread, but that's okay, we want the component to fit tightly and it will cut its own threads as you install it. Don't skip the step of tapping the hole because the component will just spin around at the hole opening if it doesn't have something to grab onto to pull itself into the hole.
Lastly, thread the component into the hole from the back side. I used a medical hemostats to turn the switches shown here. My hands are just too big for the job and the tight fit requires a little bit of torque to get the component threaded into the hole. If you really want to be sure the component never escapes from its mount you might want to put a dab of super glue on the threads too. I didn't, but my components ended up fitting really tightly.
On a side note: I noticed as I was mounting the switches that once they were about half way in the buttons were operable and level with the front of the case, which made them look like flush mount buttons. If you want this effect you can simple put washers on the back side as spacers and just not screw them all the way in.
Step 4: Backside Assembly
The backside assembly is pretty much the same as the front with a few notable differences:
- The hole you see in the first picture was intended for the power connector but it wouldn't fit where I put the hole because I drilled it too close to the side wall. Keep in mind that the last block is THE WALL and not available space on the inside. Luckily, I had a LED indicator light handy that did fit in that space and I can pretend I needed a power indicator. In hindsight the 12 volt LED will make a good fuse for the 12 volt device I built the case for. Burn the LED, save the electronics.
- The BNC RF connectors in this project need to be grounded. Obviously I couldn't put the grounding lugs on the inside because I couldn't secure them with the nut for the connector. No problem - just put the grounding ring on the outside and run a wire through the wall to the proper ground (not shown in these pictures because this instructable is about building the case, not so much wiring up the project).
Step 5: Completed Project
Of course I'm skipping a step here, that of actually wiring everything up. I figured most people on this forum know how to solder and watching me wire the device would be like watching grass grow. So the last step here is to put the top cover on the case. I've chosen not to glue my top cover down for a couple of reasons, mostly so I can work on the device if I need to and because I'd like to eventually find a single plate rather than the patchwork cover I have on it now. The choice is yours though.
Also, notice the white piece above the display that wasn't there in any of the other pictures. This piece is attached to the top cover and comes off when the cover is removed. This allows me to remove the device from the case fairly easily and I didn't have to figure out how to attach it otherwise. I haven't finished the hole around the display at this point, but I'll probably fill it with hot glue once everything else is to my satisfaction.
Mounting the component in the case will be fairly easy as well. I have two choices, either to drill holes in the bottom and mount it with screws, or more likely I will hot glue it into the case. I can always pry the component out of the hot glue if I need to remove it.
It will be interesting to see where others go with this type of case. Please post pictures or instructables of your LEGO enclosures. Personally I'm waiting to see the first LEGO flatscreen T.V.
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Open space to celebrate our openness
Opinion: Ken Trainor
By Ken Trainor
The old Lytton's building at the corner of Lake & Forest is gone, ripped apart, to the fascination of my grandsons, who have now added "excavators" to their vocabulary. Like large hungry metallic insects from another planet, they continue to scrape the rubble and remove it, clearing the way for the hole that must be dug for the foundation of an 18-story building to come.
But for the moment, this act of creative destruction has created something marvelous.
No, not something.
The corner of Lake & Forest is … open.
That won't last long, but it's refreshing to behold — just what some opponents of the Albion high-rise were calling for, an alternative vision for downtown development that includes density, yes, but also openness. That corner of Lake & Forest, as it happens, has considerable history attached — which one of several Albion ads on the security fence, to their credit, takes note of: "The corner of Lake and Forest is layered with notable Oak Park history, including Oak Park's first schoolhouse, Temperance Hall, and Lytton's Department Store. Now celebrating the next chapter as a new luxury mixed-use development."
Whether that is a worthy next layer of history remains to be seen, but back in 2005, the village's own consultants, Crandall Arambula, suggested an open plaza on this very corner, so the idea is not without precedent.
The current village administration and board of trustees, as we know, ignored that suggestion, opting for maximum density. They say density will benefit the village more in the long run, and they may turn out to be right. Residents are concerned about taxes, and federal and state government are not exactly flush with grant dollars, so local economic development is a priority. The deal is done and there's no use rehashing it.
Except to point out that the demolition of the old Lytton's building has given us this small window of time to contemplate what it might have looked like if we incorporated some breathing space into the downtown density plan.
Frankly, I'm enjoying what I see — and what I don't see. I'm enjoying the openness. Approaching from the south, what you see is a different kind of high-rise density: The trees of Austin Gardens, visible from Lake Street for the first time in many decades, massed together like a great green wall, a primordial/primeval forest, providing welcome contrast to the hard edges, straight lines and sterile man-madeness of our commercial downtown district.
Trees refresh the eyes and, as an old Irishman once told me, "Green is good for the mind."
An open plaza would be a reflection of the spirit of this village, long committed to openness. At the moment we're celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Open Housing Movement in Oak Park, the right of all people to live where they choose, made official with the passage of our Fair Housing Ordinance in 1968. We welcome residents of every religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, political persuasion, and gender, creating a safe place where all can live together to form an open-minded, open-hearted community.
Even the Density Development Movement proclaims, "We're open for business," though that's an entirely different kind of openness, not so amenable to open space, at least not along Lake Street.
The Albion building will soon usurp this space, but I know one group of residents who would probably argue for openness: the residents of the Vantage building who are about to lose their view.
Others could make, and have made, the argument for open space, including our patron saint of architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, who was forever designing openness into his structures, playing with walls to increase flow and alleviate the oppressiveness of claustrophobic containment. Wright reportedly even poked a hole in the design of Richard Bock's famous "Horse Show Fountain" which stands in all its porous glory at the main entry to Scoville Park.
Open space is good for the soul.
Two big gangly cranes are now in place at Forest & Lake and the I-beam skeleton will rise soon enough, but while we have this respite, walk by and take a moment to savor the open corner. And take a look at the forest of green high-rises looming just beyond, the softened shapes of the natural world vying with all that man-made rectilinearity.
Maybe it will plant a seed for the future — say, when the 1010 Lake St. building comes up for demolition?
An open space there would be wonderful, don't you think?
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Neal Buer Facebook Verified
Posted: July 3rd, 2018 7:58 AM
Save your money, and when it comes on the market, buy it. You can do what you want with your land.
Tom MacMillan from Oak Park Facebook Verified
Posted: July 2nd, 2018 10:34 PM
Lets make the whole town into farm land. Or maybe instead, Ken could drive 30 minutes to the west and enjoy the farmland that starts there and continues west until Nebraska.
Stephen Miller from Oak Park Facebook Verified
Posted: June 15th, 2018 1:20 PM
I completely agree with Ken's call for open spaces. But let's also consider this. Our primary commercial corridor, Lake Street from Ridgeland to Harlem, already boasts: Ridgeland Commons; a church parking lot-cum-farmers' market; the high school's football stadium, baseball fields, tennis courts, and lacrosse field; Scoville Park, and, a few feet off our main drag, Austin Gardens. Is that really insufficient open space along this commercial stretch? Instead of seeking out more open space in the only part of the village in which developers are willing to invest, we do so where the investment is harder to come by? The open space opportunities around the entire perimeter of the village, and various pockets within, are plentiful, less costly, and ultimately accomplish the same purpose.
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Skiing in Jackson, WY
Bellingham, WA: what an amazing place. Right on the water and right in the mountains. I road two main places, Galbraith Mountain and the Chuckanuts. Chuckanut had the best views, and Galbraith had the best riding. The rides started and ended in town, where you can really have a good feeling about the 'mountain-town' vibe. It just felt right. After the mist clears, the adventure seems to start right at the town's doorstep, and Mt. Baker looks bigger than the rest of the Cascades do from other towns because Baker is just that close. The trails were overall in great condition and well marked. The flowy and bermy ribbons seemed to forever roll off of their spools. It was an all-mountain rider's dream. Fun up, down and along the topo lines. It seemed like the single-track always connected to another piece of solid single-track.
The obligatory edit. Hope you like it.
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Mt. Hood Summit Pitch
My friend Jesse and I made a successful summit pitch of Mt. Hood this past weekend at 11,250 ft. (3,429 m). We had a classic alpine start, heading up at 3:00 am, and we summited around 10:00 am. It was clear skies and sunny which made for a super fun and memorable bid.
Oakridge is a spectacular, under the radar mountain biking spot in Oregon. You get great views of the Cascades and no crowds. The picture on the right is close to the top of the trail network on the ascent. Oakridge is just one of those Oregon Shangri-Las where you leave right from town and ride all day in uninterrupted singletrack and just get dumped from the trail right back in town. The picture below is an epic example of some of Oakridge's machine groomed trails, and the two below that are some of the lower elevation, hand groomed trails.
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This is a mountain biking video Josh and I put together, Josh did all of the riding, I did the filming and editing. We wanted to keep the whole thing raw to give a solid feel of what biking the trails around Corvallis, OR are like. So if you set your volume as loud as you can, remember to set it to 1080p HD and make the video full screen, it will give you a good taste.
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Greece was a mystical land that brought to mind the Greek myths and epic stories of the classical Mediterranean. We were on the Island of Santorini and the lesser known Folegandros, eating our share of Feta and olives.
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Hi, I'm Nilo. Living in Oregon I mostly enjoy sports by the season. Summer is mountain biking, kayaking and climbing. Fall is kayaking and surfing. Winter is skiing and backcountry skiing. Spring is kayaking and late skiing. All with some traveling thrown in there


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The Department of Transportation every year compiles crash data submitted by local and state police and motorists. The data is public but not totally complete.
The Department of Transportation every year compiles crash data submitted by local and state police and motorists. The data is public but not totally complete.
Police in some towns do not report data, MassDOT says, and some departments under report. The data only includes crashes involving injury or fatality or damage to a vehicle or personal property worth more than $1,000.
In addition, the six-person staff has a backlog of paper reports they must enter by hand, said MassDOT spokeswoman Sara Lavoie. The 2010 data was released in July and 2011 is not ready yet.
And while the number of crashes statewide has decreased steadily, MassDOT said the decline is due not to safer driving but to different reporting rates, difficulties by local police implementing electronic reporting and fewer operator-submitted reports entered into the database by MassDOT.
In addition, MassDOT said state police tend to record highway crash locations at the nearest exit instead of a more precise location, which in records sometimes lands the crash in a different town.
However, Lavoie said the department is aggressively trying to improve the reporting system. MassDOT held regional meetings this year with about 60 departments about data reporting and have seen positive results, she said.
Of the approximately 26,000 crashes reported in MetroWest and Milford in 2008, 2009 and 2010, 1,700 were not labeled with an exact location. More accurate and complete data can help the state make smarter decisions about which roads to repair, Lavoie said.
Framingham was the first community to start reporting crash data electronically, she said, in 2004. But in May this year, police found a software glitch causing some pedestrian crashes not to be accepted into the state database.
Lavoie said the problem is fixed and 2011 data should be more complete.
On the MassDOT website viewers can see a map of the most dangerous intersections in the state as well as crash data for each city and town.


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American pride, patriotism, and sense of duty run deep in members of our nation's armed forces. Those traits are shared by their families too, and during deployments, they must summon great strength and courage to mask their fears and insecurities about their service member's safety while keeping the home front functional. That's especially true when children make up the military family.
It's a tremendous burden and Wreaths Across America is passionate about supporting military families as we expand throughout the country the mission to remember our fallen, honor those who serve, and teach younger generations the value of freedom.
One woman who has joined the growing number of Wreaths Across America volunteers knows more than most about the sacrifices made by military families, and she's Taya Kyle author and executive director of the Chris Kyle Frogg Foundation.
"The whole concept of the wreath is for the living," Taya shares. "It tells families that their loved one's sacrifice was not for nothing. The people in this country get it, and they remember. It's not that while your loved one is serving people get it and thank you, but it's that they remember you lost him. They'll remember years from now that you lost someone precious to you, and it was for all of us. That's a really big deal."
The precious gift Taya and her two children lost for all of us was U.S. Navy SEAL, Chief Christopher Kyle, also known as the most lethal sniper in U.S. history. American Sniper, written in 2012 by Chris and American Wife authored by Taya in 2015 after his death gives the reader a raw and realistic insight into the pain, suffering, and readjustments they experienced as a military family.
Taya says supporting military families in your community can take on many different forms and it's important to remember they will rarely ask directly for help because by nature and training they're accustomed to serving others and don't want to be a burden.
"It's tough to suggest ideas because families and deployment scenarios are all different, but to give you an idea while Chris was deployed, my neighbor showed his support in a unique and thoughtful way. He couldn't afford to pay for separate lawn services, so he had his lawn care company do his house one week and then mine the next week. It was an incredible gesture, and he just did it because he knew if he had asked me I would have said no," Taya admits. "It's those little day-to-day life things that most family members are drowning in when their loved one is deployed."
Military families, like law enforcement personnel also experience, and process a whole host of emotions and challenges most civilians would never consider, and as a result often feel a sense of isolation. Since Chris's death, Taya has devoted her time and energy raising their two children and working with military and first responder families.
"The divorce rate when we were in was at ninety-seven percent," Taya explains. "Imagine that, among men and women who believe in honor, ability, service, and something bigger than themselves. That tells you there are obstacles facing these couples they're not prepared for in this job of fighting evil. There are reasons why your spouse may not want to tell you about his or her day; they've seen and experienced the worst-of-the-worst and don't want to bring that home. Chris and I had a strong bond, and we talked about everything, but there were things he didn't tell me because he didn't want me to worry the next time he went out."
Taya says the best way to show appreciation and respect for military families is through simple gestures like the one Wreaths Across America's founder Morrill Worcester made back in 1992 when he laid the first hand-made balsam fir remembrance wreath on the headstone of a fallen hero in Arlington National Cemetery.
"Wreaths Across America and its supporters are showing the world that you love these service members and remember they were a cherished member of someone's family. It's powerful."
You can hear more from Taya Kyle on supporting military families and other inspirational stories for and about our veterans on WAA Radio.
Terry says veterans make up about 18 percent of the Berkshire Hathaway company's workforce. Wreaths Across America gives them the opportunity to recognize veterans across the country but most importantly says Terry to honor their employees who served.
Wreaths Across America announced that its Executive Director Karen Worcester and Founder Morrill Worcester were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's Patriot Award, the highest award the Society can bestow to an individual.
I was a Navy spouse for 12 years and during that time we lost over two dozen of our closest friends. Most of whom are buried at Arlington National Cemetery and Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego.
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Wreaths Across America chose the 2018 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, KY, from March 22-24 to debut its newly designed Traveling Education Exhibit. This 48-foot display trailer hooked to its Chevy truck was loaded with many "hands on" technology and interactive information about the program to help visitors learn about the mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Wayne Hanson was honored to be one of the Wreaths Across America team accompanying the exhibit, where one of the more memorable things he had the pleasure of doing was to say two words to some of those present…"Welcome Home!"
As the only fully-integrated recycling provider in Central Texas, TDS joined in the effort to remember, honor and teach by donating their services.
All of the 30 Medal of Honor Recipients in attendance during the four days of events were glad to have a chance to meet Morrill and Karen.
The goal of the S.W.A.T. training is to create a core "support group" for location and fundraising volunteers with more experienced leaders joining the ranks every year.
"If you're an American, you're proud to do it. I know it's probably one of the best things I've done every year."
Mission Matters with Karen Worcester is a new program heard only on Wednesdays on Wreaths Across America Radio. Here's the schedule of the shows coming up and a link to the station.
Anyone who really knows me knows that I am often a walking Wreaths Across America billboard. They will normally see me sporting a WAA-branded sweatshirt or t-shirt, my blue and green WAA wristband and my ever-present WAA baseball cap. I'm proud of my connection with WAA and love to promote what we do and why we do it.
That being said, I want to relate a recent encounter I had while standing in line at our local Social Security Administration (SSA) Office the other day.
Air Force Veteran*, Wayne Merritt, currently manages the Veterans Transportation Program based out of Wreaths Across America Headquarters in Maine. Monday thru Friday, Wayne travels to area towns in the Downeast region to pick up veterans and bring them to their doctors' appointments. This is just one of the many free programs Wreaths Across America offers to veterans and their families.
Military children worry about their parent's safety very day. These children face many challenges, frequent moves and lengthy separation due to trainings and deployments. They take on more responsibilities and worry about their parent every day.
"I really don't see it stopping, and we want people to tell us where they see it. Take pictures and videos when you check it out and share them with us on social media."
Debbie says she and the transportation team are excited about new and more efficient systems that will be in place for 2018 and beyond.
To come up with an accurate wreath count for sponsorships, great effort was taken to assure no one was forgotten.
As we approached, Morrill and I began to realize that here laid the body of a very important veteran that we had apparently overlooked for the past 26 years in our annual wreath placement.
The many stops along the way at schools, veterans organizations, police and fire stations were also overflowing with love and good wishes.
I want my daughter to grow up understanding what true heroes are and the sacrifices that have been made for us to live in a free country.
Complete strangers just moments before, together, Denny and Ella read the name on her grandfather's headstone and talked some about him while laying his wreath.
"When she explained to us what Wreaths Across America is and does, it was a no-brainer for me that we would get involved."
On behalf of her father Rod, Cindi shared her grandfather's words with the audience during the memorial service. You can hear her presentation and see other highlights from the service in this video.
These two quiet and humble individuals are a team dedicated to giving back to their nation. They educate others by sharing their experiences and lessons of love and sacrifice not just from the war but the other "battlefields of life."
To better serve our volunteers in 2018 and beyond, we're reorganizing and providing more tools to support their inspiring efforts.
"I witnessed a few of the boys laying an "in honor of" wreath. They did it with reverence."
Guided by an infrangible faith when the supply of lifejackets ran out they gave up their own to save the lives of others.
"I went up to that hill and looked at all of those graves of my colleagues who have gone before me.
Volunteers planning to assist in removing wreaths are asked to attend a short briefing at the McClellan Gate at 8:30 a.m. and to follow these guidelines.
As witnessed through this video, the volunteer commitment of patriotic citizens is a year-round effort that culminates in a remarkable day of unity, friendship, and healing.
Some give the ultimate sacrifice of a loved one and are often left in sorrow to wonder if other citizens remember or appreciate what they gave up for liberty and justice for all.


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SAN JOSE, Calif., May 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Intacct, the innovation and customer satisfaction leader in cloud ERP software, today announced that Vaquero Midstream, a provider of custom natural gas processing solutions, adopted Intacct in order to establish scalable back office best practices, including multi-entity operations, capital project costing, and sophisticated purchasing controls. Intacct partner BTerrell Group helped the company quickly implement the cloud-based ERP system, establishing a smooth monthly financial close, detailed project visibility, personalized financial dashboards, and custom reporting.
In a new case study published today, Intacct highlights the results Vaquero Midstream achieved by deploying Intacct's cloud ERP solution to build a foundation for rapid expansion. The full customer profile is now available for download https://online.intacct.com/rs/intacct/images/cs_vaquero.pdf. Here is a quick overview:
Vaquero Midstream's Results with Intacct:
Highlighted comments from Sandra Fendley, chief accounting officer, Vaquero Midstream:
"We adopted Intacct early on because of its robust financial accounting capabilities across the board, which are helping us to scale effortlessly without hiring a lot of back office staff as the company grows. Intacct's multi-entity general ledger, account payables, granular reporting, and other capabilities are all very intuitive, and we love that the system is cloud-based, so it doesn't require any IT support."
"One of the great benefits of Intacct is how easy it is to build and extract whichever financial metrics we need. We can rapidly produce trusted information about any particular piece of the business and have an accurate picture of individual projects, monthly operating spend, as well as invested capital."
"By showing volume-related operational data on gas production during pre-determined phases alongside the associated revenue, Intacct makes it easy to determine which revenue is linked to a particular production month as opposed to the month when the accounting occurred. Additionally, in just one report, we can look at our produced volumes alongside monthly pricing references to get a clear pictures of why our revenue is up or down."
About Intacct Intacct is the innovation and customer satisfaction leader in cloud ERP software. Bringing cloud computing to finance and accounting, Intacct's innovative and award-winning applications are the preferred financial applications for AICPA business solutions. In use by organizations from startups to public companies, Intacct is designed to improve company performance and make finance more productive. Hundreds of leading CPA firms and Value Added Resellers also offer Intacct to their clients. The Intacct system includes accounting, cash management, purchasing, vendor management, financial consolidation, subscription billing, contract management, revenue recognition, project accounting, fund accounting, inventory management, and financial reporting applications, all delivered over the Internet via cloud computing.
Intacct is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, please visit www.intacct.com or call 877-437-7765. Connect with Intacct on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Author(s): Frank E. Burdett
I know the importance of the individual experience of metastacised melanoma cancer, because it is a very special journey. People are prone to forget, such as when one forgets they have a finger, until they hit it; people also forget they have a life until it is very seriously threatened. The worst sentence in this world that a doctor can pronounce is, "I am sorry, but the medical profession can do nothing further for you."
This work explores how my wife, Jeannie, who was my home caregiver, and I travelled the cancer journey together. The journey was not the same for Jeannie as it was for me—it was my melanoma cancer, but I was Jeannie's husband, and therefore the stress was that much more for her, as she never knew what further stresses she had to face.
This book examines the strengths of our relationship, despite the difficulties of living on an island. It is interesting how we were aware of these difficulties, and yet we worked through them. Then came the details of how the cancer was treated, both by conventional and alternative treatment. My alternative treatment had a journey all of its own, incorporating several people, all of whom were heroes in their own right. This alternative treatment was later to be regarded as a miracle by several oncologists in a Brisbane hospital.
It is a thoughtful, painful, and revealing account of the years spent fighting this cancer. This book is educative, giving a report on melanoma. Mainly, the message it brings is one of hope for those who now have seemingly no hope against melanoma.
I had three CT scans and a bone scan in May 2012, proving I am still free of melanoma.


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As winemakers the family Zilliken seems to have achieved all they possibly can: The fifth vine maple of the Gault Millau is fixed. The history reaches back hundreds of years. Quality across all levels is amazing. Their forefathers were co-founders of the VDP organization. The family is well-known and highly respected around the world of winemaking.
Uncompromisingly Saar – our visit at Hofgut Falkenstein
If you ever stumble into the beautiful village of Niedermennig – close to Saarburg at the beautiful river Saar close to the boarders of France, Luxembourg and Germany – please do not miss to visit the amazing Hofgut Falkenstein.
On the traces of Egon Mueller…
One of our favorite stories of finding our everlasting love for Rieslings is this: We decided to drive to the Saar – a river in Germany where great Rieslings grow. Especially one is very famous: Egon Mueller and his Scharzhofberg. This man can ask for 300 Euros for a bottle of Auslese wine – from the latest vintage. And his old Trockenbeerenauslese is trade for more than 12.000 Euros per bottle.


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Jonny Harris is a Canadian comedian and actor from Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. He has appeared regularly at the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival. His notable film appearances include Young Triffie and Moving Day. Harris has also appeared on the television series Republic of Doyle and the Shaftesbury Films series, The Listener.
Harris took up the mantle of Constable George Crabtree on Murdoch Mysteries from Matthew MacFadzean who played the character in the original Films.
Jonny Harris is nominated for 2017 Canadian Screen Awards' Best Host in a Lifestyle Talk or Entertainment News Program or Series for Still Standing.
In 2017, Jonny appeared in The Pilot, the eighth episode in the first season of Frankie Drake Mysteries as an older retired copper George Crabtree, who is a member of the Aviator's Club.
- Jonny Harris is known for his funny ad-libs during filming; while most are edited out, some like Crabtree's "potato cooking room" line are kept in the final edit.
- Considered the funniest MM cast member by his fellow cast members, while Jonny considers each of them very skilled at delivering funny moments when they are called to in the script.
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|Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch • Hélène Joy as Julia Ogden • Thomas Craig as Thomas Brackenreid • Jonny Harris as George Crabtree


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3 innovative design ideas to modernise your new home
Creating a modern paradise to live in takes more than putting up walls and a roof - you need to add your own innovations to the home to really make it your own.
It might be having clever storage space, or even concealing a home office. What about creating a room filled with cushions? These are just some of the quirky ideas that are popping up around the world, and it won't take a lot of effort to bring them into your own space.
Whether you're thinking about a single or double-storey home design from apg homes, using just one of the innovations below could transform your lifestyle for the better:
1) Modernising your storage
You don't have to connect every room in your home to an electronic control panel to have a modern and innovative home. Instead, try being creative with your storage options, making them safe and fun for the whole family.
American designers HDR came up with a fantastic way to create a playground out of a storage area, while still keeping the space open and useful. You don't need to follow exactly what they did, because it probably won't make sense for your needs (unless you want a slide in the middle of your home). You can still take some ideas away.
Storage rooms or nooks always have the potential to look and feel cramped. To combat this, all you have to do is light it up effectively and make it bright! It could be as simple as adding some downlights (which will also be useful) or even painting the walls a bright colour. Make the space stand out in a modern way, and you won't even notice that it's storage.
2) Hide the home office
Many Australians need a home office. Whether it's to work from home or to pay the bills that keep stacking up, having a dedicated space to sit down and do some work from is important in the modern age.
If you don't have enough space in your home for a dedicated office, however, there are still ways that you can have a space set aside.
It might be something like a closet that has a desk inside, so when you want to hide it away, simply push the door closed. You can even have a bench space in your kitchen that has a hidden chair built into the cupboard below. Your computer might live on the bench, but nobody will be able to see the seat when it's been put away. This can be your very own nook in the centre of the home, but it can be concealed if you want.
3) The softest theatre in all the land
Home theatres are a fabulous addition to many apg homes designs. They offer a distraction for kids when your friends come around for a few drinks and even a retreat for the parents when young ones are running amok around the house.
Laying out cushions on every possible inch of floor space will transform the theatre into an innovative (and very different) room, while being practical, because more people can squeeze in and watch your favourite movies with you.
People won't be confined to the seats or couches, because the floor will be just as comfortable. The best home theatres are the ones you can fall asleep in, even if you're lying on the floor.
Make your home a modern paradise with these simple and innovative interior design principles, and you'll wow your family and friends every time they visit. Get in touch with apg homes to discuss what innovations you can build into your new home.


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Love Your Story, Love Your Life ~ Weekend Healing Retreat
October 27, 6:00pm - October 29, 4:00pm
Our minds love to tell us stories, making up all manner of plot lines in which we are the central character. These stories often have a core theme such as, "it's better not to get too close to people because sooner or later they will betray you," or "nothing ever works out for me," or "my mother always liked my sister best."
These stories guide our perception and therefore our experience. An empowering story can free up energy for our life and fuel our vision. A disempowering story can rob us of energy, blind us to the good things in our lives, and over time can lead to a sense of dis-ease.
We are all innately self-healing, yet sometimes our stories block us from fully accessing this capacity. But like symptoms of disease, our stories both point the way to what ails us, yet also contain the very resource needed for our transformation. When we are witnessed and understood, we can create a bigger story that gives us access to those resources. As our story changes, we also change.
In this retreat, we will create a supportive community for exploring - and transforming - our stories. We will explore questions like:
- What am I telling myself that might be holding me back from my healing and evolution?
- Is this story big enough to hold all of who I am?
- What is the story I want to be living?
Through sharing in circle, personal healing rituals, and wonderful group meals, we get to explore the stories of our lives in empowering ways. This is an opportunity both to deepen our own healing as well as actively support others in their process.
With Greg Yasuda, ND & Susan Pullen
More information here https://true-radiance.com/classes-groups/love-your-story-retreat/


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The Nelligan Saxophone Quartet was formed in 1994, with the mandate to showcase the contemporary and classical repertoire for the saxophone. The quartet gave its first official recital on April 16, 1994 at the opening concert of the event ʺThe saxophone: Past, Present and Futureʺ, a weekend devoted to the saxophone and organized around the French master Jean‑Marie Londeix.
The quartetʹs first season began in the fall of that year and it was followed by a tour in Europe in July 1995, which led the four saxophonists to perform in Belgium and France. In 1997, the Nelligan Quartet recorded its first album, a transcription for saxophone quartet of the Art of Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Since its beginning, the Nelligan Saxophone Quartet has performed in many Quebec concert halls, including Redpath Hall, McGill University, the Françoys‑Bernier in Domaine Forget, the Chapel of the Grand Seminary of Montreal, the Théâtre La Chapelle, and the Salle Marie‑Stéphane of the Vincent DʹIndy School of Music. Among the colleges that hosted the quartet are the Cégep de Joliette, Cégep Marie‑Victorin, Cégep de Drummondville, the University of Montreal, and Laval University, thus providing their students the opportunity to attend recitals given by professional musicians.
In July 2000, the Nelligan Quartet was part of the organizing committee of the 12th International Congress of the Saxophone in Montreal, in addition to presenting a recital of contemporary music.
Recipient of a fellowship from the Maurier Arts Council for its 2003 season, the Nelligan Quartet had the opportunity to present a series of concerts on the theme of minimalist music in the greater Montreal area. Another award, this time given by the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, enabled the quartet to travel to Sicily where it gave three concerts in cooperation with the Arcadia Quartet (Italy) at the newly restored Cathedral of Noto. During this trip to Italy, the Nelligan Saxophone Quartet also had the chance to create and record five new works for solo voice, choir, and two saxophone quartets, including one piece composed by the director of the choir of the Sistine Chapel Rome, Monsignor Giuseppe Liberto.
The Nelligan Saxophone Quartet is currently working on new projects such as the participation in the next World Saxophone Congress to be held saxophone in Scotland, a new concert series, and a new recording project.


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"One thing at a time," Sinclair said. Since he was having very little to say these days, I was glad to hear him piping up. "We must find her first."
He speared me with his dark gaze. Which was as uncomfortable as it sounds. "You shouldn't speak to Satan's own by yourself. Of course, I will come with you."
"Of course." I smiled at him, but he didn't smile back.
"Meeting's over," Marc told the baby monitor. "Over."
Chapter 18
"She volunteers at the church," I said. "Oh. My. God! She volunteers at the church!"
"No matter how many times you say it out loud," Sinclair said, "it still seems to be true."
We'd been shadowing a group of kids—all girls in their late teens—for the last two hours. I wasn't sure which of them was my sister—there were three blondes, two brunettes, and even a strawberry blonde in the group. They'd gone from the U (my mom had most helpfully provided Laura's class schedule, breaking about twenty school regs in the process) to an apartment house in Dinkytown, and now they had all trooped into the local Presbyterian church.
"They're like a flock," Sinclair observed.
"That's just what girls do at that age." Heck, any age. "They travel in clumps. Like hair!"
We were in Sinclair's Passat. I know, I know… the king and queen of the vampires, tooling around in a blue Passat? He was keeping the really good cars—the convertible (a Mustang ironically a convertible), the Spider, the various other pretty cars that I didn't know the names of—under wraps for the time being.
Maybe he had hauled the good ones out before to impress me, and now that he was done with the mating dance, it was Passat time.
"I'm going in," I said. I waited for him to caution me, to warn me not to be heedless, to be careful, to insist I wait until the devil's spawn was in a place he could go, too.
Instead, I got, "That seems wise. We really must find out more about this girl."
"Well, so I'll go in. Wait here for me, okay?"
"Mmmm." He was squinting at the church again; I could have started disrobing, and he probably wouldn't have looked away.
"Hey, how come the devil's kid can go in a church and you can't?"
"Ask her," he suggested.
"I think I'll work up to that one," I replied and climbed out of the Passat to cross the street.
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Binance Moves to Jersey to Launch GBP Trading Pairs
Binance, which claims to be the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is looking to expand further and has announced it is launching a new operation in Jersey, Channel Islands. According to a memorandum of understanding signed with the Jersey government, the exchange is aiming to start a GBP to crypto trading pair arrangement.
"We have chosen Jersey to be the next big step in our global expansion strategy for its clear and pro-crypto investment and regulatory environment," Changpeng Zhao, Binance's founder said.
"With its local economy based on a major currency (GBP) and its close proximity to the UK and Western Europe, we are confident the co-operation with Jersey will not only benefit the local economy but also form a strong operational foundation for our expansion into the rest of Europe," Zhao added.
The irony of this development is that the Channel Islands are fiercely independent of Europe and have always bolstered links with Britain. However, they also have their own banknotes and coins and are not strictly part of the United Kingdom, and instead designated as a crown colony.
Binance said that they would be creating around 40 new jobs on the island, including coding, compliance and, marketing.
"With the setup of the fiat exchange here, there will be a lot of interest from the blockchain universe looking at Jersey. We definitely want to bring Binance Labs into this region and invest out of here," Zhou Wei, Chief Finance Officer at Binance, said.
The meteoric rise following an ICO has not, however, been entirely smooth. Japan's regulators gave Binance an ultimatum in March, causing the exchange to search for a friendly jurisdiction.
Malta attracted their attention as they now prepare to add fiat trading pairs, with suggestions they have already secured a bank account in Malta.
This addition of Jersey to serve the British market may allow them to leap further ahead due to their extensive listing of crypto trading pairs, with Digital Jersey stating they will support Binance in "discussions on compliance with anti-money-laundering regulations, and to establish exchange licensing and local banking relationships."
"It's no coincidence that the first official function that I'm attending as the new Minister for External Relations is a creation of a symbiotic relationship between digital and financial services," External Relations Minister, Senator Ian Gorst added.
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Nostalgia is a university-set brief on exploring the idea of a 'Road Trip' through the medium of photography. I explored the idea of a phenomenon I dub as second-hand nostalgia, which is a peculiar feeling when one visits their second home. There is a strange familiarity in the landscapes we see, but also a familiar strangeness (defamiliarization). From the schools we never attended, to the flats and homes we've never grown up in, to the lost customs within the culture. This is a trip of revisiting and finding comfort within a culture that we are assigned to from our ethnicity, but are culturally unfamiliar with.
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Tormented by an ancient curse, the young men of Clan MacCordy reach manhood only to walk forever in darkness, thirsting for blood--and Alpin MacCordy is no different. He must wed for coin and land, despite his betrothed's terror--and his own fascination for another woman, Lady Sophie Hay. . .
Bitten, by Lynsay Sands
After brooding Keeran MacKay saves Emily Wentworth Collins from a storm-tossed ship: he offers her shelter in his secluded castle. But when a savage kiss reveals Keeran's true nature, Emily realizes that yielding to Keeran's untamed desire may change her own life. . .forever.
Stranger in the Night, by Sara Blayne
Georgiana Thornberry hopes to unearth ancient treasure while exploring the moldering ruins of her ancestral home. Instead she encounters Julius Lathrop. Does the enigmatic--and disturbingly attractive--stranger hold the key to a family legend? Or something far more sinister?
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Orphaned Thalia Layton is stricken to hear that her beloved, eccentric Aunt Cordelia has taken ill. But upon her arrival at Cordelia's remote estate, Thalia discovers that her aunt has harbored dangerous secrets--and that Thalia's own attraction to Adrian Lucerne, Cordelia's mysterious--and oddly nocturnal--companion, may prove to be a sensual temptation that will cost her life. . .
Since Zebra published my first novel, "Passion's Lady," in 1985, I have published twelve novels, six short stories, and a novella as Sara Blayne, and four other novels as Johanna Hailey. I have received the Romantic Times certificate of excellence for four of my Zebra Regencies, and "An Elusive Guardian" was A Little Romance's finalist for Best Regency of the Year. I was honored with the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for 1998-1999.
I was born in historic Las Vegas, New Mexico, nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristos and overlooking a landscape of sweeping mesas. I grew up steeped in the mystique of the Old West with Zane Grey romances among my favorite books. Some of my fondest memories of my childhood are picnicking and fishing along the Gallinas River with my family, which is undoubtedly why fishing figures in so many of my stories. I met my husband Steve when I was working to complete my master's degree in English at Eastern New Mexico University, and a year later we were married. I taught English at Eastern New Mexico University for five years, but resigned to rear our son Caleb. A little over two years later, we were blessed with our daughter Kathryn. It was, for me, a dream come true.
In between rearing a family and helping out on the farm, I continued my life-long pursuit of writing. It was not until I stumbled on to a Georgette Heyer Regency that I felt as if I had finally come home. I sat down and began what was to become my very first published Regency Romance, "Passion's Lady." It took me two years of writing during the babies' naps, but I finally finished it.
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It's pretty easy for Jordan and I to work every day. Even when I'm not at work, my off days are spent working on this blog, assisting Jordan with design projects, and general life upkeep. We love our life, various hobbies, routine, and the flexibility which comes with Jordan being his own boss, but there is always something to do and emails to respond too. We're working towards a better balance and our upcoming vacation has been the best motivator to work ahead so we can really disconnect from any demands.
We spent a weekday afternoon together this week roaming around East Nashville and it was so nice. We ate lunch at a great restaurant that grows most of their own produce and my three month shopping freeze ended when I purchased a dress for a wedding this spring. :-) Exploring different neighborhoods around town helps establish Nashville as our home. I get so much satisfaction when a restaurant or street is mentioned and I know what people are talking about. I still don't fully understand the (slightly complicated) highway system, but thankfully I have GPS for that.
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As we get older and friends have babies, get promotions, purchase houses, etc... the challenge to stay content can sometimes be difficult. It's easy to compare and lose sight of your own blessings. The jealousy bite is real. I have to constantly remind myself that my life is my own and their life is their own. Discontentment is a sure-fire way to rob yourself of joy. I want to live a life full of joy!
I've been really inspired to minimize our belongings further, especially after Kelsey's post on the magic of tidying up. To embrace small space living, we should surround ourselves only with things we truly love or use regularly. I want to arrive at a place where it takes minimal time/effort to tidy up. First order of business, get rid of spare buttons! Kelsey is right, we hardly use them.
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"Video is everywhere. Small businesses who ignore it 'do so at their peril" wrote the Guardian on 30th July 2015.
That was over two years ago. And yet, most of us still haven't caught on. Why? Well, video is difficult and expensive to produce, isn't it? No.
Most of the major social media websites are gently pushing us towards making videos. Snapchat and Instagram are big proponents of this. They're both 'mobile-only' platforms that provide us with numerous tools to make our end results fully cinematic rather than just b-movie.
- Facebook will show an organic video (one that is uploaded to their website) to far more people than any other type of post
- Twitter now allows videos to be 140 seconds long (two-minutes and 20 seconds), to stay in line with their 140-character limit
- Even LinkedIn is now allowing us to upload videos direct to their platform
Why? Because human beings, generally speaking, are more willing to watch a short video than read a lengthy article on a website. Four times as many consumers would rather watch a video about a product than read about it.
Easily consumable content
Watching videos is often the quickest way for a consumer to digest relevant content. Our eyes are naturally drawn towards moving images and the perception of watching a video rather than reading a 900-word blog (like this), makes it feel more achievable.
Newspapers are written in columns because our brains tell us that it's easier to read, rather than seeing text which travels the width of a page. Video is the reinvention of that theory for the modern world.
If you ask Google a question and it returns several thousand search results, if one of those results answers your question with a 30" video, aren't you more likely to watch that, than read a 300-word article? I know I am.
How do you easily create quality video content for your social media channels?
A huge majority of us are now using smartphones. The power of a smartphone is incredible. They contain cameras that are far superior to any 35mm camera. Most will have inbuilt editing software too and all of this contained within something we use dozens of times a day.
But I'm not a 'film-maker'
The next, and possibly the most important part of this process, is having the belief that you can create a video yourself. At this point, it's important to remember that you don't have to be a Martin Scorsese or a Steven Spielberg to do this. We're not creating feature films, we're creating short films to inform, entertain and educate our audience.
I'll be the first to admit that I was cautious about posting my first video on Facebook; all sorts of questions went running through my head. Will it be any good? What will my customers think? What will my friends think?
Well, I needn't have worried. It came out OK, because the tools I used made it look good. I didn't scare any customers away, in fact several of them asked me to help them create videos too. Naturally, my friends gave me a little bit of stick but have now started to emulate me and are creating videos themselves.
How do I film on my phone?
Filming on a mobile phone comes with numerous pitfalls and is easy to get wrong. But at the same time, getting it right only takes a small amount of effort and all of the tools you need to achieve excellent results are already on that smartphone.
Here's how to do it
- Plan the content
- Find a suitable spot to film
- Get the lighting right
- Make sure you can be heard
- Be yourself, people by from people
- Hit record and go
- Don't worry about mistakes, that's what editing is for
- If you make a mistake, pause… and start that sentence again
- Edit
- Publish
The result
You can repeat the above process as often as you want. I do this daily, and have done so for almost an entire year now. The results have been phenomenal. The profile of my business has gone through the roof. Enquiries in to my business have increased dramatically. I am definitely getting more business because I put my smartphone to use on a daily basis.
As I said before, a huge majority of us have this amazing tool in our pocket, but are probably a little afraid to use it. That may be because we lack a little confidence in our own abilities. It may be because we lack a little bit of knowledge of exactly how to do it. But let me assure you of this: you'll kick yourself if your competitor starts to do it and produces results which you know, deep down, you could do yourself much better.
Creating videos isn't difficult
Once you master the very basic techniques, you'll wonder why you hadn't started before.
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Horrific Accident Turns Tragedy Into Triumph
After a horrific car crash, multiple surgeries, and an extensive recovery period, Gabe Hurley was given another chance at life. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons recently presented Gabe Hurley with the Patients of Courage Award, and recognized Dr. Patel of The Plastic Surgery Center for his surgical talents. The award came with a monetary grant which Gabe donated to Robert Wood John Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center's Safety Ambassador Program.
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SHREWSBURY, N.J., Feb. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Gabe is an accomplished guitarist and a motivational speaker who strives to encourage others through his music and presentations. That's despite Gabe's sudden blindness, months in a brain trauma unit and having undergone 12 surgeries to have his face reconstructed from a horrific car crash; a crash that wasn't Gabe's fault.
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Gabe was driving to a pharmacy one night six years ago when an oncoming car driven by a teenager, slammed into the bridge. The force of the crash hurled the car's 20 pound radiator through the windshield of Gabe's car, resulting in catastrophic injuries.
When Gabe awoke from a coma, he was blind and unable to speak; his jaw had been wired shut. He communicated by writing, but could not see what he wrote. Gabe endured multiple procedures, one requiring nearly 20 hours to perform, where plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Tushar Patel of The Plastic Surgery Center reconstructed Gabe's face, which at the time of the accident was almost unrecognizable, using bone from his rib and skull. Through the following 8 procedures, surgeons were able to repair bones in his left hand, eventually allowing Gabe to relearn the guitar and continue playing in his band. Dr. Patel was there through Gabe's long recovery.
Gabe had plenty of time to consider his new way of life. He was a young adult in his mid-20's, who prior to the accident, worked, went to the gym regularly, and ran several miles every day. Now, he was thinking about getting a guide dog, but that was a practical matter. What about his emotions, attitude, outlook, and approach to the rest of his life? Coming so close to death somehow reaffirmed Gabe's determination to live a full and meaningful life.
Gabe recovered from his injuries and decided to put his challenges to use in a positive way. Gabe now speaks before large groups of students where he describes all the challenges he's had to overcome. Gabe shows the groups of students his graphic images; from the accident scene, to CAT scans of his injuries, to photos of him lying helpless in a hospital bed. The talks have also become a perfect opportunity to convey a message on the need for driver safety and awareness, and the responsibility that comes with getting behind the wheel of a car. Gabe closes his presentations playing some selections of classic rock songs on his guitar.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons recently presented Gabe with the Patients of Courage Award, and recognized Dr. Patel for his surgical talents which gave Gabe a second chance at life. The award came with a monetary grant which Gabe was free to donate to a favorite non-profit. Gabe chose Robert Wood John Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center's Safety Ambassador Program.
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SOURCE The Plastic Surgery Center