text: Electrodiagnostic Evidence of Phrenic Nerve Demyelination in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease 1ASagliocco, Laura; Orlandi, Giovanni; Calabrese, Rosa; Pellegrinetti, Alberto; Baglini, Ornella; Castelli, Francesca; Baldinotti, Fulvia; Sartucci, FerdinandoAmerican Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: October 2003 - Volume 82 - Issue 10 - p 754-759 doi: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000087453.94529.0D Research Articles: Electromyography Buy SDC Abstract Author InformationAuthors Article MetricsMetrics Sagliocco L, Orlandi G, Calabrese R, Pellegrinetti A, Baglini O, Castelli F, Baldinotti F, Sartucci F: Electrodiagnostic evidence of phrenic nerve demyelination in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 1A. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2003;82:754–759. Objective To determine whether neurophysiologic findings correlate to clinical respiratory signs or spirometric abnormalities in patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 1 (Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease). Design A total of 11 patients with hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type 1A, genetically identified, (age range, 10–58 yr) were included and studied by physical pulmonary examination, chest radiography, respiratory function tests, and bilateral transcutaneous phrenic nerve conduction. Results No patient complained of respiratory symptoms or revealed abnormal spirometric or maximal respiratory pressure data, despite a phrenic nerve conduction significantly slower (P < 0.0001; median conduction time, 18.6 msec; 95th percentile, 31.97 msec) than that recorded in the control group of healthy subjects (median, 6.05 msec; 95th percentile, 8.82 msec); the amplitudes of compound muscle action potentials were not statistically different from the controls. Conclusions Our study confirms a dramatic phrenic nerve involvement in absence of clinical and laboratory evidence of diaphragmatic weakness; further studies and an adequate follow-up are necessary to discover whether the disease progress might encompass respiratory dysfunction at later stages. From the Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, Pisa University Medical School (LS, GO, RC, AP, OB, FC, FS); and the Department of Oncology, Institute of Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetic, Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana (FB), Pisa, Italy. All correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to Ferdinando Sartucci, MD, Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, Pisa University Medical School, Via Roma, 67; 56,126 Pisa, Italy. © 2003 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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Pet Store, Murder, Illegal Gambling, Oh My!
Able Abrego had run a successful pet shop for several months, advertising sales of fish and other pets color painted on his business front walls. The store is located in northwest Harris County, which is northwest of Houston, Texas. Drive by and you may be enticed to stop in and buy some fish as the colored paintings on the building's wall are vivacious and inviting.
But Saturday night Able Abrego's pet shop storefront and life changed forever when a suspected robber walked in his front door.
Abrego sensed the robber as soon as he walked in and he instantly pulled out a shotgun from behind his counter. He fired at the guy without hesitation, but a lady patron, Gloria Cruz, 40, who had just entered the store stepped in front of the bullet. She was hit square in the head and died on the scene.
So Abrego will now face a grand jury to determine whether he will be charged with the murder of the Latino wife and mother.
When the police arrived on the scene, however, this story took an odd twist. The police did not find one pet in the store. No fish, no birds, no dogs, snakes, or other animals that were painted on the exterior walls. Instead, they found over 50 eight-liner slots and the store was set up as a mini-casino.
To add a twist of irony, Mrs. Cruz and her husband were considered VIP's at the makeshift casino because they were frequent visitors.
Police seized all of the eight-liners and Abrego is being held on charges for running an illegal gambling business.

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The Potential of Perennials for Food System Resilience Symposium
Last month, Joe traveled to Switzerland to attend The Potential of Perennials for Food System Resilience Symposium, in Stans, where he and other keynote speakers discussed the need for a necessary agricultural paradigm shift in a world of climate disruption and scarce resources.
The symposium's discussion centered around the role that perennials can play in a restorative agriculture. Perennials have the potential to support much-needed soil restoration, an increase in biodiversity (at present, only 12 plant species… account for 70% of nutrition (ProSpezieRara Germany 2014)), and water storage in the soil. But more than this, the symposium also promoted them as an exciting potential for carbon sequestration: like all plants, perennials pull CO2 out of the atmosphere and convert it to plant material and/or soil organic matter with the help of microorganisms–but the difference being that this carbon is kept in the soil (whereas with annuals, carbon eventually returns to the atmosphere with harvest and tilling).
Besides Joe, key-note speakers and panelists included:
Barbara Herren, of World Agroforestry Center
Hans-Rudolf Herren, Founder of Biovision
Stephen Barstow, perennials expert and author of "Around the World in 80 Plants" (a new addition to our library)
Eric Toensmeier, perennials expert and author of a well-loved book in our library, "Perennial Vegetables"
Felipe Pasini and Ursula Arztmann
Ernst Götsch
and many others.
Here are some of the pictures Joe took that weekend, with his comments:
Here is Stephen Barstow's blog about our day in the Zurich botanical garden: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=17040
The Symposium organizers made the bold decision to feed everyone at the conference with perennial vegetables, which on this occasion meant foraged wild foods; so we spent the several days before the event gathering wild foods in some extremely picturesque locations in the Alps. We gathered masses of cleavers, ramsons, nettled, ground elder, coltsfoot, violets and more. (See Stephens blog for pictures of all the plants we collected.)
The Symposium was held at a 500 year old monastery in the attractive historical town of Stans. It is no longer functioning as a monastery and will soon be repurposed as a center for the study and promotion of Swiss food traditions. By all indications, the monastery produced much of their food; the stone walls of and surrounding the main building were lined with grape vines and espalier fruit trees and included stone cold frames and walled vegetable gardens. Here we are having lunch outside the monastery.
Here is a menu and photo of one of the delicious wild food meals that was prepared by a team of volunteers.You can see more pictures of the conference and the food at Stephen's blog.
I came home from the Symposium very much inspired about perennial / wild foods. This is a long term interest of mine, but has been somewhat overshadowed by my involvement with medicinal herbs. In the future you can expect to see many more of these species on our plant list and in our nursery.


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BUILD DATES: 20, 21 & 22 November 2017
FATHER- Adan
- Age: 21
- Profession: Packing vegetable
- Weekly Salary: 1500 pesos
MOTHER- Ana Elena
- Age: 15
- Profession: -
- Weekly Salary: -
Luna, 6 months old.
COLONIA- Girasoles
TIME WITH PROPERTY- 4 months
ELECTRICITY- yes
RUNNING WATER- yes
STRUCTURE- Room made of wood, plastic roof and dirt floor.
The Vazquez Lopez family is a young one, Adan is the father and, he is 21 years old and comes from the city of Oaxaca, in the state with the same name in center México. Ana Elena is 15 years old and she is from Ensenada. They have a daughter Luna Damari who is 6 months old.
Adrian and Elena met in Ensenada and they decided to live together. At the beginning they lived with Adan's mom but 4 months ago they moved to their own property.
Adán works packing vegetables and earns $1,500 per week (Around 85 dlls.) and he is paying $2,000 pesos per month for their property. A friend sold him the property and he is still paying it.
They live in a small room made of wood scraps and tarp. With the money that Adán earns they are not in position to build a home. They desire to have a proper home, a safe place where they can live, start their story together as a family and raise their daughter.


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Orlando Sentinel Career Fair
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RCBC celebrates record number of Dean's List recipients
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Rowan College at Burlington County President Dr. Michael A. Cioce and RCBC's new mascot, Barry the Baron, hand-delivered certificates on Wednesday to students who are among the college's record-breaking number of Dean's List recipients.
This fall, RCBC had 1,714 students make the semester's Dean's List. It is the most number of Dean's List students in the college's history. The college is celebrating its 50thanniversary this year.
Students in Dr. Jonathan Alexander's and William Wend's English classes were surprised with a visit from RCBC Liberal Arts Dean Donna Vandergrift who announced they were part of a special group of students to earn the Dean's List recognition.
To celebrate this occasion, RCBC created a social media kit with special graphics to help Dean's List students share their achievements online. RCBC is also encouraging students to use the hashtag #RCBCDeansList, so that the college can share the posts.
The Dean's List is the official recognition by the college of outstanding academic achievement by students. Students are awarded this recognition during the fall and spring semesters.
Pictured: Rowan College at Burlington County fall 2018 Dean's List students in Dr. Jonathan Alexander's English class with RCBC President Dr. Michael A. Cioce, Liberal Arts Dean Donna Vandergrift, and the college's new mascot, Barry the Baron.


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Lois E. Earnest, age 85 of Delavan, WI, passed away Friday August 16, 2013 at Vintage on the Ponds in Delavan, WI. She was born on July 14, 1928 in Racine, WI, the daughter of John and Vashti (Shimmins) Nelson. Lois was united in marriage to Calvin Earnest on May 15, 1948 in Delavan and he preceded her in death on October 2, 1960. She was a bookkeeper for Frank"s Muffler Shop in Elkhorn and a home maker. Lois has been attending Triune Lutheran Church. She is survived by her 5 son; Robert (Sandra) Earnest of Sharon, Richard Earnest of Delavan, Randal (Susan) Earnest of Walworth, Ronald (Renee) Earnest of Elkhorn and Craig Earnest of Delavan. 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren and her sister-in-law Joyce Nelson also survive. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Calvin, brother Russ and her sister Arlene.
Funeral Services will be 11:00am Wednesday August 21, 2013 at the Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan, WI, with Rev. Dale Blanchard officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30am to service time at 11:00am on Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Spring Grove Cemetery in Delavan. MONROE FUNERAL HOME in Delavan, WI is assisting the family. Visit us at monroefh.com


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You can tell just how low Oakwood's prices for new single-family homes are at its Adonea master-planned community in Aurora by how many have already sold before buyers have had a chance to see any models.
Oakwood's grand opening for those six, trend-setting Carriage House single-family models isn't until next Saturday, but Oakwood has already raced through well over a third of its 164 Carriage House sites at Adonea, with nothing to show but plans and prices — from $310,000.
"These are real single-family homes," says Oakwood's Kara Svendson, who along with Curtis Allan will let you sneak a peek inside those newly finished models Saturday, Sept. 8. "They're fully private with two-car attached garages. You're not sharing a wall with anybody."
Oakwood can deliver a new three-bedroom home here from $330,000 — a real price that includes not just the garage, but a fully-landscaped low-maintenance yard, fencing, air conditioning, kitchen with granite counters, baths with tile surrounds, and Oakwood's energy and Home IQ packages, letting you check on front-door callers from your smartphone.
Svendson talks daily with real homebuyers who have been searching the market for affordability.
"Ours are not only much lower priced than other new single-family homes nearby, but are some of the lowest anywhere in town," she adds.
Even during late summer, buyers were telling her about getting involved in bidding wars for resale homes — and that comparably priced older homes would require lots of fixing up to come close to the quality that Oakwood delivers.
The formal grand opening for Carriage House at Adonea is set for Saturday, Sept. 15, about 2 miles east of E-470/Gun Club Road at Sixth Avenue — a chance for buyers to see the models decorated, with a food truck on site from noon to 2 p.m. and giveaways all day, including a chance to win the newest Bluetooth speaker with a 7-inch touchscreen.
But if you're serious about wanting a home, you should come see them Saturday, Sept. 8, when Oakwood is offering a 50 percent-off incentive on homesite premiums.
"Carriage House at Adonea is a great community value," Svendson adds.
Buyers get landscape maintenance provided for the front courtyards, creating a lock-n-leave lifestyle, for HOA dues of just $235-a-quarter. That sum includes Adonea's park and pool already in place, not to mention Aurora Schools' Vista PEAK campuses a mile west — a pre-K-through-8 exploratory school and a preparatory high school.
To pass the schools on your way in, take East Sixth east from Gun Club Road a block to First Avenue and turn right. Continue east 2 miles, past the park and pool, and follow Oakwood's signs. Or from Gun Club, just take Alameda east 2 miles to its end at South New Castle Way.
The news and editorial staffs of The Denver Post had no role in this post's preparation.


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Whitsunday Day Trips
Whitsunday Day Trips are the perfect way to visit the Whitsundays Islands. These day tours are mostly fast-paced boats that maximize your day on the water. Each trip is slightly different, but most tick off the two big wants for any holidaymaker, Whitehaven Beach and snorkeling the coral around the islands.
When choosing your Whitsunday Day Trips, there are specific factors that you need to take into consideration.
- Price of the tour
- What the tour includes
- departure and return times
- Where does the trip go
Let us answer these Whitsunday Day Trips Questions
Cost of the tour – Pricing is always an essential factor in choosing any tour; you want value for your money. Most trips range from $150 to $200 for an adult and $105 to $125 for a child; there are family packages available on most tours as well. There is an opportunity to pay $105 -$115 for an adult with ZigZag Whitsundays, but you will need to book one of the first 12 seats on tour.
What the tour includes – This is where some Whitsundays day tours differ from each other .some trips include lunch and a wetsuit in the price, some have them as optional extras. All tours include a mask and snorkel. Make sure you read what the trip consists of, this way you will be prepared for the day.
Departure and Return Times – This is extremely important if you are flying or catching a bus the same day as the tour. Some tours depart as early as 8 am while others leave around 10 am. Return times vary between 3.30pm to 5.30pm. The return times can vary by 20 minutes depending on the wind and tides that day.
Where does the tour go – The most important answer! Well once again it varies… so let us list the most popular place a day trip from Airlie beach goes. Please note a day trip goes to around 3 locations in a day, this is just a list of favorite locations you will not visit all of these
- Hill Inlet Lookout Whitehaven Beach North End at Bettys Beach
- South Whitehaven Beach, spend all your allocated time on the beach
- Chalkies beach – excellent beach plus snorkel location
- Langford spit – now has a walking track and look out
- Nara inlet – aboriginal rock drawings
- Boarder island – snorkel location
- Whitsunday Island – multiple snorkel locations
- Hook Island – numerous snorkel locations
- Palm Bay Resort Long Island – only with ZigZag Whitsundays tour
- Hayman Island – multiple snorkel locations
One other factor is if you are worried about seasickness if this is the case choose the fastest boat you can find. The ships like Big Fury and ZigZag Whitsundays have over 1000 horsepower. You will not get seasick in these fast boats, they ride the tops of the waves instead of rocking through them.
If you need help or have any questions about Whitsunday Day Trips use the live chat feature below and we will answer all your questions
Day Tours Whitsundays
Super crazy low prices on day tours Whitsundays. Take a look at the location time and dates including price list, book online right now. The tours of the Whitsundays have limited spots, so get booked up here early. We have backpacker tours and even premier tours...Read More
Skydive Whitsundays
Skydive Whitsundays Information Skydiving in Airlie Beach is a special jump zone, there are not too many places over the world that can boast the view from a Skydive Whitsundays Package. The airport is just minutes from Airlie Beach and you will be provided...Read More
Whitsunday Jetski Tour
Whitsundays Jet Ski Tour Information This adventure is everyone. Exploring the beautiful Pioneer Bay, Port of Airlie and 2 Islands on a Whitsundays Jet Ski Tour with the latest model machines on a journey through natural and man-made wonderlands. Wrapped...Read More
Ocean Rafting Northern Tour
OCEAN RAFTING Ocean Rafting Northern Tour Includes Lunch and Sunsuit Ocean rafting Northern Tour is an exciting blend of adventure and bliss. The semi-rigid inflatable vessels are fast allowing guests to experience an adventurous fun ride across the Whitsundays...Read More
Fury Whitsundays Tour
Big Fury Whitsundays Tour Information - A fun fast day trip visiting Hill Inlet Lookout and the south end of Whitehaven Beach. Big Fury Whitsundays is a fast comfortable way to visit the Whitsunday Islands. The boat itself has 4 engines totaling 900 horsepower,...Read More
Thundercat Whitsundays Day Tour
Thundercat Whitsundays Tour Information A Full Day Adventure visiting Whitehaven Beach and touring the islands Thundercat Whitsundays has two 300 horsepower engines making this an exciting ride. This new catamaran has been built to be extremely stable and fast so...Read More
Whitsunday Bullet
Whitsunday Bullet Tour Information This Whitsundays Day Trip is one of only a few that offer scuba diving as an optional extra. Whitsunday Bullet visits Hill Inlet lookout and the south end of Whitehaven Beach. You will also get to go snorkeling in the coral filled...Read More
Airlie Beach Great Barrier Reef Tour With Explore Group
Airlie Beach Great Barrier Reef Tour This Airlie Beach Great Barrier Reef Day Tour is proudly bought to you by the Explore Group. There is one thing everyone should do while on holiday in North Queensland, and that's visiting the Great Barrier Reef. Snorkelling is...Read More
ZigZag Whitsundays
ZigZag Whitsundays Full Day Tour 1 Day Tour - Dynamic Pricing From $115 ZigZag Whitsundays is a fun day tour on a fast comfortable boat. At 38 feet long and 1200 horsepower, this is a day trip like no other. This tour is perfect for guests that want a...Read More


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Category Archives: Economics
Public Investment?
Nov 17, 2018Posted by on
This week on Facebook: In 2008 I wrote an article about privatisation under a New Labour government, in which The Guardian newspaper figured prominently. Some eight years later I am still writing about the sale of pubic assets, with the media on the left now writing in support of a 'Labour' opposition party and highly critical regarding the sale of public assets. At least this time around The Guardian has been more honest, if still remaining somewhat circumspect↔ about the part that the New Labour Administration played in the sale and funding of public assets (1). Read more of this post
Cassandra on debt
Oct 27, 2018Posted by on
This week on Facebook: I can't think of an answer to a financial dilemma constantly driven by political imperatives and am not so conceited that I would ever try to suggest one¹. Regression at my age is a common occurrence and my diffuse dissatisfactions increase day by day, with my belief that the world "is going to hell in a handcart". On becoming an octogenarian next May what other view would I hold! Perhaps my interest in history is an expression of that regression. I constantly regard events as being a case of "one step forward two steps back" and history replete with stories of debt. Read more of this post
The Money Tree
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This week on Facebook: Most of those who believe in the existence of 'A Money Tree' and particularly those who choose to write about it (either from the political left or right), are not so naive as to believe that the State uses its fiscal policy wisely. The term money tree is used for political effect, yet regardless of political leanings most remain mute regarding the money that grows on it and where it comes from.
The issue of affordability never arises when the proposed spending relates to activities like going to war or bailing out the banks. There Is A Magic Money Tree
Countries like the UK that have their own central bank with which to create and borrow its own currency, claiming that deficit financing is part of a fiscal policy and not a problem as it is only incurred as an investment that is part of government economic policy. Those committed to the political left or right claim that their fiscal policy will encourage economic growth and resolve any deficit financing problem. The State has consistently failed to cover the costs for the future in its management of fiscal policy such that deficit financing always increases the national debt and fails in its social responsibilities.
To paraphrase Peter F. Drucker, it could he said that: The first responsibility of government is to cover the costs for the future. If this social responsibility is not met, no other social responsibility can be met. Peter F. Drucker, The Practice of Management


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Penticton Council Highlights
February 18, 2015
The following is a snapshot of what transpired during the Feb. 16, 2015 regular meeting of Penticton Council.
Two proclamations were read Monday in recognition of local events and issues.
Feb. 16 to 20 was proclaimed Chamber of Commerce Week, in recognition that members of the Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce strengthen the local business community, dedicate countless volunteer hours and create jobs and opportunities for residents of Penticton.
Feb. 25 was also proclaimed Pink Shirt Day, which celebrates respect, inclusion, fairness, equity and compassion. The Boys and Girls Club of Penticton supports children and youth by helping nurture positive relationships with peers, family, teachers and the community at large, and champion Pink Shirt Day.
Community mental wellness
BC Schizophrenia Society Penticton branch representatives Jim Cleghorn and Sharon Evans presented an overview of the implementation of mental health care in the Okanagan. The Society provides support and counselling to those who have schizophrenia, as well as other mental health illnesses like bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and others. High-profile campaigns like #BellLetsTalk and Clara's Big Ride have created more awareness on how important it is to end the stigma around mental wellness. While progress is slowly being made, recent studies have found that 90% of suicide victims have a diagnosable mental illness – and stigma often prevents people from accessing treatment or care. The society is helping to support patients and families as well. The play "Maladjusted" is set to be performed at the Shatford Centre on Sunday, March 15, profiling success stories of mental health treatment as part of a Western Canadian tour.
Cannery Brewing patio
Cannery Brewing Co.'s liquor application for a patio moved forward to the next step in the process. Cannery Brewing is building a new brewery at 198 Ellis St., and the application would establish an interior lounge (110 occupants) and exterior patio (36 occupants). The liquor licence would allow craft beers to be served to customers for tastings and sales of our products. The next step in the process involves public consultation, and residents and businesses within a 90-metre radius will be notified of the proposed application. Public comments will be presented in a report for the March 2 meeting for Penticton Council's consideration.
Corry Place reconstruction project
Penticton Council adopted the bylaw that would create a local area service tax to offset the cost of improvements on Corry Place. City staff has been working alongside Corry Place residents for a year to develop designs that will repair the roadway, upgrade the infrastructure and help drainage issues. The assent process for the reconstruction project was held in January, and no residents sent in a petition against the project or the proposed local area improvement fees.
Birch Avenue subdivision
Penticton Council adopted zoning changes for 739 Birch Ave. The lot is currently vacant, and the proposal calls for a subdivision of the lot and construction of two duplexes (one per lot). Duplexes are in line with the Official Community Plan's vision for the area, and the proponent has applied for a rezoning to "duplex housing – lane" designation.
Wade Avenue office space
Following a public hearing, Penticton Council gave second and third readings to zoning changes at 264 Wade Ave. West to allow a single-family home to be converted into an office. Interior Health intends to operate an employment centre that will provide pre-employment, transition to employment and paid employment opportunities, as well as training and education for mental health clients in Penticton and the South Okanagan.
Cycling trail network
Staff has been developing cycling maps indicating bike routes in Penticton and the regional district, based on the Trails and Cycling Network as included in the Official Community Plan. In 2012, the City of Penticton undertook a significant consultation program to refine a cycling network proposal for inclusion in the OCP. It was formally adopted by Council in 2013.
A field review in the last year identified a few minor changes to the Trails and Cycling Network (Schedule F) of the OCP. These include:
- Incorporating Lakeshore Drive's multi-use path to reflect the construction completed in 2014.
- Change Ellis Street to the shared bike route, to reflect changes in 2014.
- Reroute the existing bicycle route at the intersection of Eckhardt Avenue and Government Street to improve safety.
Penticton Council adopted changes to Schedule F Trails and Cycling Network bylaw.
Multi-family on Kinney
Penticton council passed first reading of zoning changes for 115 Kinney Ave. to allow a four-unit multi-family residential development. The current lot is zoned for large-lot residential, and a single family home currently exists on the site. Preliminary plans show parking and setbacks are within the zoning allowances. The application will go to public hearing March 2.
Communication tower proposal
Penticton Council received information from Cavalier Land Ltd. in regard to a proposed 25-metre Rogers cellular communication tower at 127 Upper Bench Rd. South. The land is privately owned and within the Agricultural Land Reserve, used primarily for farming grapes, fruits and nuts. The Agricultural Land Commission allows for telecommunications, equipment, buildings and installations, and Industry Canada regulations require a consultation process. The comment period will be 30 days and approximately 20 property owners to be included in the notification radius, with packages to be sent out in early February.
Fire and Life Safety Bylaw changesCouncil passed three readings of changes to the Fire and Life Safety Bylaw. The City of Penticton and Penticton Indian Band have signed a letter of intent to enter into a fire services agreement, covering how the Penticton Fire Department will provide fire and first responder service to designated lands west of the River Channel. The current bylaw authorizes the PFD to provide fire inspection and suppression services on PIB lands. Some ambiguity in the bylaw's language was identified, and the proposed changes provide clarity on the scope of municipal authority.
Council Highlights are written by communications staff at the City of Penticton. A PDF version [PDF - 79 KB] is available for download. If you require an official record of Council meeting resolutions, the Minutes are also available online. Go to Top


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As a romance junkie, I grew up on Barbara Cartland. I borrowed books from my friends whose parents were a little more freethinking than mine were (or maybe they did a better job at sneaking them in the house than I did).
In any case, I was intrigued by fascinating stories of the brooding prince or the dashing duke, who scoffed at the fair maiden or virgin bride, only to fall madly in love with her in the end. After ravishing the book under my bedcovers with the standard, all-purpose two C battery flashlight, I sighed and dreamt of happily ever after.
Barbara Cartland's, and later, Kathleen Woodiwiss' books appeased my appetite for romance, but it was not until the late seventies than I began to feel slighted. I grew tired of always reading about the man touching "her alabaster skin." I wondered where the books that spoke about love from a multicultural point of view were. Looking at my parents, I knew that African-American and other nationalities experienced loving relationships, but I did not see them portrayed in books.
Thank god for the early eighties when things started to pop for the African-American romance novelist. I am so appreciative of the many authors who pen romances from every prospective: multicultural, gay, lesbian, erotic, vampires, multiple lovers. It gives thirsty readers a chance to drink their fill with variety and diversity.
If you glanced at my favorite author's list, you see I read a variety of authors. I love romance, period. However, it is nice to know that if I want to slip into something comfortable for a chocolate hunk, or spend some time with a Spanish hottie, like my hero Marcus in "The Heat Between Us"–I can. To see what I mean, peek at Chapter 1 of my upcoming book. (Whew!)
I love writing about multicultural characters who embody passion for life and love, because there is tenderness and romance in all aspects of life, much of it is just a page or two away.


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Alrighty, so, I feel like since I haven't posted in a while (again- I know, I'm sorry, I'm not very good at these things) I should give you loads of information at once because, why not? Some people may think this is the most boring thing ever but I feel like we can get to know each other a little better, you know?
1. I am 17 years old.
2. My birthday is on the 24th of April.
3. I am about 5 foot 9 and a half inches…about.
4. I have worn glasses since I was 4.
5. I used to have a lazy eye (don't laugh, it was traumatic, not really, I still learnt to read and write because I'm smart like that).
6. I am v e r y pale.
7. My arms are the same length as my best friends legs.
8. I've been trying to lose weight since I was 11… it's difficult, okay?
9. I have a cool freckle in between my fingers.
10. I have my ears pierced twice.
11. I love tattoos but I don't have any…yet.
12. My legs don't really work very well.
13. If my eyebrows don't look good it's gonna be a bad day.
14. I have been a vegetarian for almost six years.
15. I left school on the 23rd of May because I hate it and most people in it.
16. I have eczema and I used to have to put cream around my mouth all the time so there is a white ring around it, well done me.
17. I have two brothers and a sister-in-law.
18. I have been asked "Do you speak french?" about 3 million times.
19. In the playground I used to stand still and let everyone hook their bags on my arms and round my neck and I would be "bag lady". Truth be told I just wanted friends and to show off how strong I thought I was.
20. As I child I wouldn't eat anything other than blended peaches.
21. I can never remember important things however I know A LOT of song lyrics and I can remember pooing on a play mat when I was little and just being like "whoops I'll just sit over here".
22. I've tried to do youtube videos about 3 times but I'm too scared and I take them down. And they're also really bad cause I can't edit.
23. I have a total of £2 in my bank at the minute.
24. If I don't sit down right after getting out the bath, I faint.
25. Me sober is another person drunk- I can't walk in a straight line, I slur my words, I walk into things etc
26. My parents are the f*cking coolest people ever, but my Dad needs to bring himself into the 21st century.
27. We used to have 30 tropical fish but they all ate each other.
28. I burried my personal goldfish and my hamster.
29. Apprently the layers of my teeth are weird, making them kinda crap and I have a high palette.
30. My favourite colour is pink.
31. I love candles.
32. At the moment, none of my furniture in my room matches.
33. I love making cakes but not really eating them, unless they're cupcakes or carrot cake.
34. I liked the same guy for 5 years.
35. I forgive but n e v e r forget.
36. I like reading but it hurts my eyes and makes me sleepy.
37. We got a new car at the weekend and me and my brother named it Lola.
38. I am terrified of anyone other than me seeing my body.
39. I don't really like people touching me.
40. I am going the doctors for both anxiety and depression.
41. On tumblr I message random people on anon and tell them how cool they are because it makes both me and them feel good.
42. I was gonna stop at 30 facts because I'm really not that interesting.
43. I always watch the same programs, even if they are repeats.
44. I spend the majority of my life on youtube and tumblr, and I don't regret it at all.
45. At one point I wouldn't eat over 700 calories a day (please be healthy, don't obsess over food because it's not fun and there is sooo much more to life).
46. My fingers are naturally bent, I can't straighten them at all.
47. I am really bad at using fake tan so if I am ever going out I'll just wear "tan" tights and a lot of bronzer.
48. Going to choir is possibly my most favourite part of the week, although it's not on until September now, sigh.
49. I have had a lot of nicknames in the past, but my most favourite is frenchbread.
50. I hate feet.
Okaaaay so if you actually stayed until the end you are a trooper and I love you. That's it for today, goodbye for now little buns!


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When I met Beckie at the wedding show, she told me that she and Matt were going to be getting married in Cuba, so it only made sense that her engagement photos be in the winter for a completely different look. Due to the large amount of snow we've had recently, a couple of my ideas for locations were under snow which was a bit too deep to navigate, so we decided on Shubie Park in Dartmouth. A well travelled park, we didn't have to worry that there would be no way to get around.
We met up on Saturday evening about an hour and a half before sunset which is apparently when 75% of Dartmouth brings their dogs to the park. Luckily it's a big park so we didn't have any problems finding space for photos. Beckie and Matt brought along their dog Tyson with them for the photos too and you could tell he really wanted to go for a sprint. As we made our way around the park we took photos in various locations and Tyson got to meet a bunch of other dogs. When we made it to the lake, we went out on to the ice and Matt took a long leash and tied Tyson to a tree nearby. We found some really good light and got some photos I wasn't expecting to get but am so happy we did. All the while Tyson found some friends and seemed to be having a really good time. So despite the freezing cold, I think we managed to successfully capture some good photos, Tyson made some friends, and a random dog found Tyson's treats in a bag we left on the ground. All in all it was a good evening.
I know Beckie and Matt had a bit of trouble keeping warm during our session, but they will make up for it with their wedding in Cuba where they'll be trying to stay cool. Here are a handful of photos from our shoot.


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There are plenty of gigs happening this week, but two of them are mandatory shows by utterly classic bands. One made their presence known in the age of Aquarius while the other was a hair up Reagan's butt in the '80s. Both shows will make this week completely golden.
Friday: Holy hardcore heroes are coming to town, and I'm praying that the Chuck Taylor-wearers are hip enough to know who the Proletariat are. Hailing from Beantown, the Proletariat cut their teeth in the early '80s hardcore scene. They stood apart from the rest with their penchant for post-punk, a sound that had more to do with their hometown brethren Mission of Burma than SSD. Just check their amazing tracks on the 1982 comp This Is Boston, Not L.A. They'll get freaky at Katacombes with Faze, No Negative, Police des moeurs and Odd. 1635 St-Laurent, 9 p.m., $12
Turbo Haus gets their weekend shaking with the History of Gunpowder, the Rising Few and the Maybe Greys. 5011 Notre-Dame W., 9:30 p.m., $10
Saturday: Featuring a Wolf Parader as well as a onetime New Bomb Turk, Operators is a band you should squeeze into le Ritz to see, with opener Charly Bliss. This is an early show with 8:30 doors so don't fug up. 179 Jean-Talon W., 9 p.m., $16/$20
My rehearsal space roomies are packing up the room and moving it down to Bistro de Paris for the Mighty Ffud, Half Measures and Slippery Hitch. Woop woop. 4536 St-Denis, 9 p.m., $5
For all of you gothy creatures of the night, which seems to be a "thing" these days, you can wear your dark and drab gear and saunter over to Katacombes for another edition of Nevermore featuring DJs Faith and Davide. 1635 St-Laurent, 9 p.m., $6/$8
For some teeth-gnashing hardcore, darken the door of la Vitrola for Asile, Remwar, Cell and Tightlip. 4602 St-Laurent, 9 p.m., $5-$10
Although the Proletariat coming out of moth balls after decades is something to rave about, they're just new kids on the block compared with the Zombies, who are dusting off their 1968 classic psych jammer Odessey and Oracle at le National. If you haven't dug into the grooves of this jammer, you have to dig in now. Easily on par with Pipers at the Gates of Dawn for pure English whimsy mixed in with serious orch pop and mind-bending lysergic moments. Yep, this would be my big pick of the week. Best of all it's seated so you can be in comfort as your mind turns to guacamole with psychedelic superiority. 1220 Ste-Catherine E., 8 p.m., $55/$69.50
Monday: I know I keep spilling bandwidth on this night, but if you haven't checked out the weekly Electric Funeral at Casa yet you should rectify that tout suite. DJ Satannick is behind the decks and spinning some serious deep-cut metal that will get your Monday night bangin'. 4873 St-Laurent, 10 p.m., free
Tuesday: If you ain't grippin' tix for Architects, Stray From the Path and Make Them Suffer at le National, you are fugged without a kiss as it's sold out. 1220 Ste-Catherine E., 7 p.m., SOLD OUT
If you failed to acquire tickets when King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizard last played a (sold-out) show in town, guess what? Their show at Théâtre Fairmount (with Orb and Stonefield) is also sold out. Fugged again! 5240 Parc, 9 p.m., SOLD OUT
Le Ritz provides the stage for one of Montreal's most gifted twangers and crooners, the Firemen. If you dig the country of George Jones, Kris Kristoferson, Merle Haggard etc. The Firemen will be your new favourite band. 179 Jean-Talon W., doors 8:30 p.m., price unlisted
Current Obsession: The Zombies, Odessey and Oracle


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Meet Kim and Mike. They're a fun, down to earth couple, who now get to add "newlyweds" to their list of titles! Rainy and chilly weather became sort of a recurring pattern for our October weddings. Thankfully, the rain held out until we made it to the beautiful Wingate Barn. The bridal party was cold, but they were troopers and stuck it out for some great outdoor photographs. I believe that all of the fun and love shared in the barn that night helped to keep everyone warm.
Upon first glance, a guest would have thought that they hired a wedding planner. Everywhere you looked, there was a cute, hand made detail. But no, they created each one themselves, right down to the well designed timeline sheet they sent to us! I know there were many hours of hard work put into this event, but it was worth it. Clearly this was no ordinary D-I-Y affair, and we loved it.
Mike and Kim, it was an honor to capture so many wonderful moments throughout the day for you. Congratulations! Here's to many more to come!
We're so lucky to work with great vendors too! Here's the cast: Venue: Wingate Barn, Livonia NY Caterer & Rentals: Partyman Catering, Avon NY DJ: Whirlin' Disc DJ's, Rochester NY Bakery: Premier Pastries, Rochester NY Florist: Bloomers, Bloomfield NY Hair Stylist: Carmen Cong, Ella Salon


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Calvin Klein's front row was chock full o' celebs including Kerry Washington, Zoe Saldana, and Kate Bosworth, snapped here in bright orange next to Emanuelle Alt. (WWD)
E! asks if anyone can stop Helena Bonham Carter from a red carpet disaster at the Oscars, but we say an awards ceremony this season wouldn't be complete without HBC's wonderfully wacky ensemble. (E!)
Turns out her next role won't be the young Carrie Bradshaw: Blake Lively will star as the drug-addled mother of Chloe Moretz in Hick. We can't wait to see that red carpet. (PerezHilton)


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The euro slipped Thursday, after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi sounded more downbeat than expected in the central bank's last news conference of the year.
The ECB left interest rates unchanged, as expected, and confirmed it would wind down its quantitative easing efforts at the end of the month. The central bank has said it won't raise its benchmark rates until next summer at the earliest and investors generally expect it to keep rates on hold beyond that date. Draghi said the outlook for the eurozone was "broadly balanced," but that risks were shifting to the "downside."
The euro last fetched $1.1341, down from $1.1370 on Wednesday.
Source : Market Watch


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Homemade is Always Better - here are some ideas....
MY favorite gift to give is Granola and the feature of this Blog. - My recipe came from Alton Brown, from the Food Network..... I just 'perfected' it... add what I have on hand and it is SO very good by itself, with ice cream or yogurt.
Recipe courtesy of Alton Brown:
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1 cup cashews
- 3/4 cup shredded sweet coconut
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup raisins
- Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine the oats, nuts, coconut, and brown sugar.
- In a separate bowl, combine maple syrup, oil, and salt. Combine both mixtures and pour onto 2 sheet pans. Cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to achieve an even color.
- Remove from oven and transfer into a large bowl. Add raisins and mix until evenly distributed.
zest from one orange
pinch of nutmeg
vanilla powder
quality honey (I use in place of brown sugar)
quality maple syrup
plus I omit raisins - why? many people don't like raisins.
|Fresh warm Granola Hooterville Homestead 2018
|Makes a Large Pan
Small jars of homemade jams, jellies, pickles are always a hit with me... I love getting them as well as giving them.... (pic's courtesy of the internet) - these are the easiest of all canning.
|Fresh Garden Fruit Jam/Jellies - "IF" you can beat the rabbits to them!
|Homemade Garden Pickles - Yummy
Ideas for Packaging!
I go after the holiday season and buy food gift bags! so cheap!
|25 Cents - all these cost - after holiday sale
|I did this with Homemade Vanilla Cupcake mix
|I do make my own Candles - Love his idea
|Great idea for Jam/Jellies
Love the Family you have, give the gift of giving!
Wishing all a beautiful, warm, thankful, blessed Christ filled Holiday! All my love sent to you!


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It's no secret that I have a MASSIVE sweet tooth. No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to permanently shake my sugar cravings even when I'm on a strict healthy eating regime.
But the good news is – I don't have to completely give up delicious treats on a diet.
Luckily, I have a super talented chef sister who has created the most scrumptious chocolatey protein ball recipe ever. I might be being biased (she is my sister afterall!) but if you want to try them out for yourself, just follow this easy recipe. You WON'T be disappointed.
You will need:
- 1/2 cup sultanas
- 1/4 cup almonds
- 1 tspn cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut
- 1 tbsp coconut oil (melted)
- 1 scoop chocolate protein powder (the one I've used here is Whey 100 Ultimate Chocolate powder – possibly one of the best proteins I've ever had)
- (Optional) 1 cup desiccated coconut
- Using a food processor, add all the ingredients (except the desiccated coconut, if desired).
- Blend all the ingredients until a good consistency to roll into balls. Be sure to watch the mixture closely as the mixture changes quickly & can be too gooey!
- Roll into balls and, if desired, roll the balls in the desiccated coconut.
- Store in the fridge!
Note** In the batch pictured in this post I haven't used the desiccated coconut and made two batches.


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The athletes were selected based on their national rankings in each of the four alpine disciplines; downhill, super giant slalom, giant slalom and slalom.
As part of the B.C. Ski Team, the athletes will train and compete nationally and internationally, with 120 on the snow.
This summer the team will be training on snow in B.C., Oregon and South America, and will follow dryland training programs with their coaches. Racing will start in late November, with between 45 and 50 competitions for the mens and womens teams.
The athletes will receive support along the way from their main sponsors at Mars Incorporated, as well as travel support from Pontiac GMC and clothing from Descente.
New to the team this year is 16-year-old Matthew Holler of Vancouver and the WMSC. Holler has been one of the top racers with the club for the past two seasons, and led the province in the J1 category (ages 15-16) in the Mars Cup standings.
Whistlers Scott Hume, a 22-year-old veteran technical racer who was strong in both the Mars Cup and national Pontiac GMC series, will undoubtedly lead the B.C. Ski Team this year.
Richmonds Ben Chaddock, 19, an alumnus of the WMSC, will join the B.C. Ski Team for a second season.
The three Whistler skiers will be joined on the mens team by 19-year-old Graham Kraft from the Silver Star Ski Club in Vernon and 19-year-old Dustin Fraser of Quadra Island, who raced for the Mt. Washington Ski Club.
The womens team will also feature three Whistler skiers, all 17 years old. Alison Leighton was arguably the top K1 in the province last year with two gold medals and a bronze in the Mars Canadian Junior Alpine Championships, a bronze in the Alberta Cup, and similar results at the national Pontiac GMC level. This is her second year with the provincial team.
Danielle Robson and Kendall Benbow are also in their second year with the team.
They will be joined by 18-year-old Danielle Poleschuk of the Fernie Alpine Ski Team and 16-year-old Lindsay Kraft, who is following in the footsteps of her older brother to join the B.C. Ski Team.
On the development side of things, 19-year-old Trevor Conroy of Truro, Nova Scotia who lives in Whistler and trains with the WMSC will return for a second season. He will be joined by Robbie Dixon of North Vancouver, another WMSC skier, who will be in his fourth year with the provincial team.
The womens development team will feature two rookies to the provincial team. At the top of the list is Whistlers Charlotte Whitney, 19, who is coming off an incredible season. Not only did she take the lead in provincial and regional competitions, she made a splash at the national level as well to finish first in the Mars Cup standings for J2s (ages 17 and up) and eighth overall in the overall Pontiac GMC Cup standings.
Unfortunately for Whitney, she injured her ACL in the last race of the season, and underwent surgery two weeks ago. She will spend her summer rehabilitating her knee, and hopes to be back on snow in September when the team goes to Chile for training. Still, even with the injury Whitney says she is excited to be on the team.
"It was great to be named, its a really good opportunity I think, and a step in the right direction," she said.
"I want to progress. The knee injury was a bit of a setback for me, and its going to be a while before I can race on it, but if it all goes as planned I want to progress enough to qualify for the Junior National Team."
Whitneys long-term goal is to make the senior national team, following in the footsteps of other Whistler skiers like Britt Janyk and Christina Risler.
Jenny Graham of Comox and the Mt. Washington Ski Club will take the other spot with the development team.
Dale Stephens will return as the mens head coach, and will be joined by Glenn Thomsen. Before joining the B.C. Ski Team two seasons ago Stephens was the head downhill coach of the U.S. Ski Team for four years.
Thomsen was recently the head coach of the Canadian Development Team (2002 to 2004) and coached the Canadian Team to five medals at the World Junior Championships.
Nancy ONeill of Fernie is returning for a third year as head coach of the womens team, and will be joined by assistant coach Andrew Lambert who was recently coached the Vancouver Ski Team.
The team will be leaving shortly for an on-snow training camp at Sunshine Village.


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Tiny Miracles
10:05 AM Posted by Natalie
Yesterday, they just couldn't keep her in there anymore. They had blown out all of Keri's veins from all these weeks in the hospital and they had to put in a central line to give her all the meds and stuff she needed. The contractions had started up again and this time they just couldn't get them to stop. It was time for baby to come. She was about 28 weeks. My mom and stepdad had driven out to Colorado for Thanksgiving with my brother and my stepdad had to catch a flight home.
Baby Marcella was delivered by C-section yesterday afternoon weighing in at 2 lbs 13 oz. While that's teeny tiny, my understanding is that's a pretty good size for a preemie. So far she appears to be healthy for her age. Of course, she has to be on a ventilator and has tubes all over, but she is trying to breathe on her own and as of now there doesn't appear to be any immediate concerns or complications. But I know that with these tiny babies they have to take it one day at a time and it can be a roller coaster ride. The good thing is that she is at one of the best hospitals in the area for dealing with these special babies.
Keri is doing okay. I don't really know much about C-sections since I've never had one, but I guess they keep the epidural in after delivery for continued pain relief? Well, Keri developed a fever and they had to take the epidural out. Apparently it is too dangerous to keep it in while you are running a fever. So they took it out and put her on a morphine drip for the pain and a strong antibiotic for the fever while they tried to figure out the cause. That poor girl has been through hell with this pregnancy and I hope they can just get her feeling better soon so she has the strength she will need for the days and weeks to come.
It is going to be a long road ahead as the baby will be in the hospital at least probably until the end of January. But in a way I am glad that part of it is over for Keri because I don't know how long someone could have continued to go on like that. They bought the baby a good 4 or 5 more weeks while she was in the hospital and seems to be in otherwise good condition for her early arrival. Those are good things that will hopefully mean less complications down the road. If there was ever a time to have a baby early, it's now, with all of the amazing things they can do for them.
This news this Thanksgiving reminded me how blessed and grateful I am for my 4 healthy children and mostly uncomplicated pregnancies. I ask you to please pray....that Keri will recover quickly and that the baby will continue to do well, grow, fatten up, and avoid complications. It's a miracle she's here. I pray that God has just one more up His sleeve.


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See this guy? Let's celebrate him.
Our coffee-toting, marathon-running, pug-loving, Star Wars-obsessing creative director, Dan Lukas, is moving on to plant an Awaken Community parish in St. Paul. We will gather to celebrate with and send Dan this Sunday, January 29, at 12:30 pm in the Fireside Commons. Desserts, punch, and of course, coffee will be served. Bring your family and join us!
Women's IF Gathering: 10 spots remain!
We are told to make disciples, but we often wonder: what does that actually look like and how does that work in my already-busy life? The great news is that discipleship at its core is simple and pure. That's why we are excited to offer a simulcast of the IF: Gathering on February 3 & 4. IF: seeks to gather, equip, and unleash women to be disciples who make disciples. We have just 10 spots left! Cost: $50. Register ASAP, by clicking here or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
KHUSA: Making a difference in Woodbury
Five Oaks is committed to changing lives in by partnering with Woodbury Elementary to assist with meeting emotional, social and academic needs of students. Your commitment as a volunteer? One child -- one hour per week. Please consider volunteering. Children at Woodbury Elementary are waiting for mentors. For more information, please write 'KHUSA' and your email on your Communication Card or stop by the Ministry Cart in the Commons this weekend after services. You also may email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Drive-in movie night for the pre-K/K class
Hey kids...if you are in the pre-K/K class, join us here at Five Oaks on February 10 from 6-7:30 for a "Drive-in Movie Night." Come decorate your own cardboard car, enjoy snacks, juice, and some Disney PIxar short movies! Please RSVP to Rhiannon at email@example.com, or write "Drive-in Movie" and your email on your Communication Card.
Small groups: are you registered?
Joining a small group is one way to model to family and friends that knowing God and being in community are a high priority. Most people who participate in a small group find that their small group becomes their church family. Visit the Small Groups area at the Information Center to find a group that fits your schedule and life stage, or write "Small Groups" and your email on your Communication Card. Now is the time to register for our spring session.
NLFS Baby Diaper Drive
Each winter, Five Oaks partners with New Life Family Services in recognition of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday by hosting our annual Diaper Drive. NLFS provides a number of services to support healthy pregnancy, adoption facilitation, and post-abortion spiritual healing. Join us in supporting this ministry partnership by dropping off a package of diapers, sizes newborn to 5, at the Impact table between February 4 and February 19. For more info or with questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Students: Join us on Wednesdays
Five Oaks Student Ministry meets on Wednesdays from 6 – 8 pm for both middle and high school students. Our youth café is open selling dinner, snacks, and drinks. Students will have time to hang out, worship, hear a message, then spend time in discussion groups. Come check out what Wednesday night is all about! Questions? Please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Love to read? Join our Five Oaks book club!
When: Second Tuesday of every month (next meeting — February 21)
Time: 6:45 pm - discussion at 7 pm
Where: Five Oaks Church, Fireside Commons
New members are welcome throughout the year. Join anytime. Call or email Dawn Goenner, firstname.lastname@example.com, or (651) 238-1605, to find out what our upcoming titles will be. In February, we are reading "Hive" and "Attack" by Rachael Starr Thomson (The Oneness Series).
FUN Team ramping up for more skullduggery
It's time to start planning this year's FUN Team events! Think Game Cafe, Fall Fun Fest, Food Trucks & more! Should we do a dunk tank for Pastor Henry? Family olympics? Maybe an all-church Paint Ball game? Whatever we decide, we need your help to plan and execute the fun. Come to the FUN Team meeting on Sunday, February 5, 10:15-11am in Room 105 to start planning our March Game Cafe, and brainstorm about the year. Write 'FUN Team' and your email on your Communication Card to let us know you'll be there.
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No, but I feel it. I'm not worried about the looks. I'm worried about the sensation of my brain being eaten. ... What did you ask me?Joaquin Phoenix
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"Joaquin Phoenix", known formerly as "Leaf Phoenix", is an American actor, music video director, producer, musician and social activist. He has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, winning one, and three Academy Awards.If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous actors! More Joaquin Phoenix on Wikipedia.


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Much of my work has to do with adults with Reactive Attachment Disorder. This is a group of individuals strongly struggling with personal relationships and intimacy issues. "Letting someone in" is not at all easy when the pattern has always been "letting go", especially when the first-love relationship with a mother (specifically) has been altered by abuse, abandonment and relinquishment of parental responsibility. I know these issues very intimately, because I was the lucky bastard who got burnt by two sets of "loving parents" and a sexless spouse.
I find adults with RAD have an intense anxiety towards emotional closeness, and they typically fall into two categories: over-sexed and under-sexed. Obviously, no extreme is healthy, and re-training (through what I call "active re-parenting") seems to be the best form of behavior modification.
Given the profound abundance of porn and "free-sex", I was wondering what others thought about the idea of porn-reform? Would there be a market for sex-films that focus on the simplistics of intimate sharing and caring, versus the wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am approach most production companies reproduce? Can the sex-industry become interested in creating films that focus on how slow-growth eroticism benefits a couple, (accepting that as the new-alternative life-style) versus the quick aggressive fix most of us have grown to accept within their scripts?
Have a look at this video
about the porn industry. You can download it from Amazon for 2.99. It's really, really funny and informative. You will see that a porn company SPONSORS one of the chief organizations of sex educators in this country, ASSECT. The sponsors produce a few "educational" films and hundreds of porn films.
TRAILER: http://www.1726entertainment.com/ What's interesting is how the men in the study see things differently while using porn, and how their perception shifts back within weeks afterward. This is why I always suggest that people move beyond orgasm for a few weeks before they decide what they think about themselves and a lot of other things.
The porn industry stays in business by promoting addiction. This means promoting orgasm with the maximum amount of extremes, violence, domination, and shock value. The latter "lace" it like extra nicotine in cigarettes, because they raise the dopamine produced. (Dopamine is the "molecule of addiction).
This is why that industry would not be interested in what you propose. Healing means moving beyond compulsive behavior. Healed people would not even be their customers.
I've often thought about how one would visually portray what I've been learning about, that is, sex that heals. Since nudity is such a trigger for the primitive part of the male brain, I don't think it's possible to help someone trapped in compulsive behavior that way. Once a man is in balance again, he sees nudity quite differently, although he still finds it attractive.
Also, film is race-specific, something I don't like, as I think we're all in this together.
Perhaps healing through sex is a mystery we need to tap two-by-two, once we regain some basic control. Personally, I don't think any shortcuts work, until that first, uncomfortable, step is mastered.
Industry's Mission
I can't help but laugh that disgusted laugh I get when I keep seeing the pattern of perpetuating profits through misery -- all at the cost of a person's innocence.
Look what is happening with the adoption industry, child trafficking, child pornography and the pharmaceutical industry. Pills and quick-fixes versus humane solutions.
I think what disturbs me more is the public's apathy regarding these re-connecting themes. Until there is a unified front against the offenses hurting families of all sizes, nothing good will sustain itself and thrive.
One of my biggest supporters has been trying to expose the corruptions behind child placement for 30 years. She works with incarcerated adoptees searching for their natural families. She wrote to me the other day, "Has all my work been a colosal waste?"
With attitudes like the one you just shared, I'm beginning to think the human-race is too far down the shitter to care anymore.
"Bartender... check please?!?" *slump*
Turning the page and facing a new future?
I thought you'd get a kick out of the following article...
Penthouse Gets Pious
Internet porn is forcing adult magazines to diversify their business.
Jennifer Ordoñez
Updated: 1:08 PM ET May 10, 2008
Christian dating web site BigChurch.com's motto is "Bringing people together in love and faith." A pointed quote from the Old Testament ("A man will leave his father and his mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh." Gen. 2:24) precedes the site's Bible-verse search library. Further testimonial from a fresh-faced woman leaves little doubt as to the site's higher purpose: "I feel like my prayers of finding a respectable man have been answered! Thanks BigChurch!!"
So it may surprise users that BigChurch.com has a decidedly promiscuous corporate parent: Penthouse Media Group Inc. At a time when ever-raunchier Internet porn has made such mainstream mags as Penthouse and Playboy seem like throwbacks to more innocent times, these well-established brands have been trying to diversify and reinvent themselves. "If you're looking for adult content today, there are so many more places and many other ways to do that," says David Miller, an industry analyst and managing director at Los Angeles-based Sanders Morris Harris Group. "You can get it over the Internet for free."
Of that, adult media companies are painfully aware. In its first-quarter earnings report last week, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. reported declining revenue in nearly every division and an overall loss of $3.1 million. Betting on steady revenue from casinos, clothing and other products branded with its ubiquitous bunny icon, rather than from its media holdings, the company in recent years has recast itself as a lifestyle business. "Traditional print is a heritage business for us, and an important part of the brand. But realistically it's not a business that we see growing," says company spokesperson Martha Lindeman. "Today we are really a brand-management company."
The corporate parent of Penthouse—Playboy's raunchier newsstand rival, founded in 1965 by Bob Guccione—is taking a different tack. Bankrupt and racked with debt, Penthouse was acquired in 2004 by a group of investors led by entrepreneur Marc Bell. Bell's agenda for revitalizing the company evolved significantly last December when Penthouse acquired social-network behemoth Various, Inc. for $500 million in cash and stock. Operating well under the media radar compared with other social-networking companies like Facebook and MySpace, Various, headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., has a deceptively broad and profitable reach. Its subsidiaries now include a number of online dating sites—from BigChurch.com to Bondage.com—that have signed up a combined 250 million members since they were founded and 1.2 million current subscribers who pay for content. Its biggest, AdultFriendFinder.com—which bills itself as "the world's largest adult sex and swingers site"—is one of the most highly trafficked Web sites in the world with more than 18 million members, the company says. Bell says in the coming months Penthouse Media Group will be renamed FriendFinder Networks, Inc., and he plans to take the company public by the end of the year. The Penthouse brand will be a well-known but admittedly smaller arm of the company. "Penthouse is just another Web site. We are in the social-networking business. We are not in the business of Penthouse," Bell says.
The company's strategy is to use its technology platform—and its well-established network of 600,000 online affiliates that link to its sites—to support a potentially unlimited number of sites catering to daters, friend seekers and adult-content consumers around the world. Dateless in Beijing? Try ChineseFriendFinder.com. Single and interested in a threesome in Omaha? AdultFriendFinder.com has plenty of couples looking for you, many of whom have uploaded erotic pictures of themselves.
So where does Penthouse fit in? Its name recognition can help cut through the Internet clutter. "Penthouse is a worldwide trademark and we see opportunity in combining our brands," Bell says. BigChurch.com, meet LikeMyNudePhoto .com. Opposites, it is said, attract.
URL: http://www.newsweek.com/id/136306© 2008
*shakes head*
So sorry to hear that Playboy and Penthouse are suffering.
And next....
Who's filming the real people practicing Karezza videos???
Marnia - Quick Question
Is that video link about the video you recommended for teenagers and young adults in our previous discussions?
I wanted to buy it but failed to write down the info - if this is it, I am glad I stumbled across it again.
I gave you a link to an article (not video) intended for young guys. One version of it is here on the site: http://www.reuniting.info/science/is_there_a_problem_with_porn I'll send the fuller version privately.
There's also an existing movie one can download for $2.99 from Amazon, which is more for adults, but also good, called "Disrobing an American Idol."
Disrobing Video
Sounds like that might be it - think you said it shows how sex is marketed in mainstream culture everywhere we look through TV, magazines, etc.
Since my kids are 18, 21 and 23 - adult content is not an issue.
I'd love to know what they thought
It's quite well done and very fast paced...and clever!
Newfie are you a health care practitioner? RAD is something I'm interested in learning about. I read the wikipedia but it said there wasn't much known about the disorder.
Also never forget...everything you do counts. It won't get you any awards. It won't give you fame and it might cost you every penny, but doing what's right when most people seem to not care, is the best way to live one's life in my book. Your friend is to be commended for her work. To the people she advocates for she is doing a great service.
It's never too late for humanity. We have a lot of people in the same boat who are simply disorganized. This state of affairs can and will change. It is historically inevitable. Just a matter of time.
"I asked my doctor about Karezza and now I have an enormous penis!"
This is a very old thread
as I'm sure you know.
Actually I didn't check it at all!
Thank you
"I asked my doctor about Karezza and now I have an enormous penis!"


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The following content I have to share with you, is not as important as the context in which it is presented. The 2018 Ravensway HRC Spring Hunt Test was a great time of fellowship. As this year we had a few hurdles to overcome to make sure a great time was had. From the end of setup Friday, to the final closing of the gate Sunday night. All the pieces fell into place.
The Hunt committee, put in months of hard work to organize and make plans a-z. In the end the people that came out to enjoy a common interest made all the planing and hard work well worth it. As I actually can not nor am I speaking for the Ravensway HRC Hunt Committee, I do know how hard they had to work to make this a great weekend.
The photographs that I did capture and have the pleasure of presenting. Are a reflection of what I saw this past weekend. As I often lean towards the more creative process from capture to presentation. This time around I chose to go with a more natural approach. For everyone I saw was in their natural environment. Even though many put in countless hours just to participate. There was a great sense of normalcy, as we are all in our happy place. And as I may in the future re-process some of the photos, over all as I culled through them. I felt a softer calmer normal photograph. Would speak louder. No I am not a "professional, nor an amateur" photographer. I am just a creative visionary, that is passionate about photography. Just as much as many of you are passionate about the great dogs you own, train and run. I was part of this event because well I am part of a great family that would not leave me at home. As I wear many hats. I did have time to capture how I saw this years hunt test. No, I did not capture every dog, or every person and my photography style is not your average photographer's style. I am both creative, and direct with What I Shoot, How I Shoot, and How I Process. The photographs I am presenting here. Have much more value in context over technical content. As many will go on to other tests, and back to training. Many have their own personal lives to contend with. I know this personally. My point is, look at these photographs. Not for the assumption of what a great photograph is, but for the spirit in which I was inspired to capture them. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your weekend, and I hope you enjoy.
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A Skegness car park is closing while the Environment Agency commences sea defence work.
The work, which is due to start today, involves removing a pair of sea defence gates at the end of Princes Parade and is expected to take up to three weeks.
The gates will be replaced with a new section of the sea defence wall and the Environment Agency will also re-profile the access at this point into the car park to the same height of the defence wall.
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Value Audiology & Hearing Aid Center Staff
Kathy L. Amos, Au.D., FAAA
Doctor of Audiology & Director of Audiology for Value Audiology & Hearing Aid Center
Office Location: Walnut Creek, CA
Dr. Kathy Amos has been helping the hearing impaired in the Bay Area for over 25 years. Her patients have found comfort in her gentle touch and a thoughtful approach to solving hearing issues though comprehensive care and compassion.
Kathy L. Amos, Au.D., FAAA is the Director of Audiology for Value Audiology & Hearing Aid Center which is wholly owned subsidiary of InnerScope Hearing Technologies Inc. Kathy L Amos is a hearing instruments provider who;s main location is in Walnut Creek, CA, but she visits all of the locations of Value Audiology & Hearing Aid Center. She strives each day to provide you with optimal hearing care, based on your individual needs and preferences. She understands that struggling to communicate effectively and dealing with a hearing loss can be stressful.
Janine Cade
Senior Licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser; HA 7454 & Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist
Janine Cade is our Senior Hearing Aid Dispenser and National Board Certified Hearing Instrument Specialist. Ms. Cade has been in the hearing aid industry for 10 years. Ms. Cade worked and trained a brief time at the "Center For Excellence" with William F Austin; founder of "So The World May Hear Foundation" and Starkey. (Mr. William F. Austin personally fit President Ronald Reagan with hearing aids.) Ms. Cade over the many years has personally fit and helped over 2,000 people hear well. Ms. Cade teaches Hearing Classes and has mentored and trained 10 Hearing Care Professionals over the past four years. While here at Value Audiology & Hearing Aid Center, she strives to provide you, our customers with top quality service. Ms. Cade listens to her clients and tries very hard to help the clients hear better in the environments that are most important to them and be successful with improving their quality of life through better hearing.
Ms. Cade was born and raised in Sacramento, Ca. Ms. Cade has 2 children, a daughter in college and a son in High School. When Ms. Cade is not helping people hear, you will find her at her son's sporting tournaments, taking care of her elderly parents, traveling abroad, or enjoying the outdoors. Ms. Cade's son has had hearing problems since he was 7 years old. Her son has had two (2) surgeries on his ear drum and continues to have some hearing loss. Ms. Cade's father also has hearing loss and hearing instruments. This really helps Ms. Cade be compassionate and understanding of her hearing-impaired clients and their family members. Ms. Cade invites you to please come by and read a few of the testimonials written by her many satisfied clients! Ms. Cade is excited to sign up a few motivated clients for our 30 day Rental program and get you hearing better soon.
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Client Care Coordinator
Office Location: Vacaville Location
Rachel, our Client Care Coordinator, has worked over eight years in client relations and insurance billing. She joined our staff at the launch of our Vacaville and Fairfield locations. Rachel is enjoying encouraging clients to accomplish their unique hearing goals, she loves seeing people meet and surpass their own expectations. Rachel has found learning about hearing science and the emergent technology in hearing aids fascinating. She has found the studies connecting hearing loss with memory loss as well as the Bluetooth connectivity technology available in the latest hearing products intriguing.
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Rachel Looks forward to ensuring your visit to Value Audiology & Hearing Aid Center is both a pleasant and informative experience. Rachel can't wait to meet you and welcome you in to the Vacaville Value Audiology & Hearing Aid Center office.
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Limited Edt Vault Reinterprets Their OG New Balance Collab Onto The 574 Sport
Our friends over at Limited Edt have once again teamed up with New Balance, this time bringing the partnership back to where it all started in 2008, where their flagship Vault store kicked off the collaboration series with a Made in England 577. For 2018, Limited Edt has taken the colours from that initial collab and reinterpreted them on the 574 Sport model,
These are an Asia-Pacific exclusive and include Limited Edt Vault branded lace locks, laces and insoles. For the South-East Asian release, the kicks will come in an exclusive shoe box.
The Limited Edt Vault x New Balance 574 Sport will be available from April 7th, 2018, at Limited Edt Vault and select retailers across the Asia-Pacific region.


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today the clients i met with were: a witty and mustaschioed astronaut/rocket scientist who shot playful but honest barbs from the hip to the aged, eccentric (almost bouncing!) professor and inventor at NYU who was visiting...there was a droning neuro-something-or-other-scientist cohort whom everyone pretty much ignored, until he whispered something brilliant, loudly enough, from the phone. some very intelligent, technically inclined millionaire investors (who feel like nabes), and the salesman/ideator cowboy who keeps them (and us) all lassoed in... on my side there is a brilliant scraggle-faced developer who can talk about or slap out anything technical and whose startups made him a well-networked millionaire when he was (is) younger than i. and a smart fancy agency girl who keeps track of who is doing what....it's nice to be amongst such great minds, especially in NY!!! i have not been involved in the strategic side of things before! i can't handle it for too much of the time (too many people!), and my job is ultimately to take away and map out structurally/visually the results of all this thinking... to build a new software application. which is intimidating because i wasn't always paying attention ;P ... but at least i am over my social anxiety (good meds) a bit. and it is very interesting to me....
i think what helps in this company (small agency) i am working for is that they are friendly, accommodating, the office has soft lighting and dark corners, it's a big old loft on the hudson river that is quickly being constructed into a much bigger office. they try to be casual. i don't have to be there except for important meetings, which yesterday was my being driven super recklessly by our verbose and happy client in a car with my teammates out to the countryside in new jersey, past snowmen and lakes, where we went to this other businessman's mansion, played with his super fluffy dog next to a fireplace, envied his spoiled happy kids, and drank wine from his private winery next to his extremely expensive sportscars!!!! it was nice, to say the least. i could work like this pretty regularly off and on i think. i just can't do the 9-5!
…the only problem is they are short term, part time, and don't pay much...! I have to spend all my extra time looking for a better job! :(


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Jons run down of his second meeting of the season- Brands Hatch.
Brands Hatch rounds 3 and 4-
After a geo change due to the tightness of brands, I tested there on the Friday, had a driveshaft boot fail, so changed shaft for a spare used one i had. Tyres- I ran the old ones to save cost.
Qualifying was an evolving affair- the track going from mostly wet to mostly dry so the key was really being the last man over the line with clear air in front. I was in P2 for a while on the damp track but failed to get clear air in the latst couple of laps, comin in at P8- respectable but not where i wanted to be starting.
Race 1- I changed tyres back to the Oulton new ones, fronts to back to make sure i was getting best bang for buck out of them.
In the race 1went from 8th to 2nd in 2 laps, holding 2nd until my gear linkage popped off, coming 7th.- frustrated not to hold 2nd, but overall im still in good points and the linkage cable was an easy fix ( it had literally popped off)
Race 2- started 4th due to reverse grid, and made it up to 3rd securing my second podium.
Costs, £240 test day, £70 van fuel, 80 litres petrol test and races, £330 entry fees, cv boot £15, total costs £735.00
Really enjoying the close, tightly regulated racing of the Civic Cup- and in paddock atmosphere is as good as it gets. And bagged another trophy- 2 for 2! This is what clubman motor racing is all about.
See you at Croft in a month!!


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Another exciting edition of the Chicken Wings on Screen!
The 5:00pm CBC showing of the Simpsons has been a tradition of mine for, well over 10 years. And just 1/2 an hour ago was no different. What was different was a focus on chicken wings in today's episode.
The Episode "All's Fair in Oven War" has Marge doing some baking:
"Homer buys Marge a new kitchen, and Marge likes cooking in the new kitchen so much she attends the Ovenfresh Bakeoff"*
Basically, the first thing that Marge makes in her new kitchen for a church pot luck is her own Buffalo Wasabi Wings (NOTE: I could only find this clip on a Russian Youtube type site. The English can be heard under the Russian translation, sort of. Sorry. Go between about the 5:32 mark until the 6:45 mark ):
I like how Flanders thought he was Springfield's "Wing Ding King". Mmmm, green Buffalo Wasabi wings. Not hot enough though cuz no one's crying. But maybe I might toy with a recipe like this. Hmmmmmmm . . .
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This world is challenging in so many different ways. We still we go on our life journey, and we depend on society to see the way. In particular, society's acceptance of gays is evolving, like all the new scientific research and taking out all the school biases. It's becoming easier to keep peace in our world. We, as a society, can work together to show that the world isn't as bad a place as the Westburrow Baptist Church tends to preach.
Biases in our schools on same sex marriage can vary. There was a change in our public schools to completely take religion out because it created too much hatred and too many biases. America was created for freedom of religion. However, there's also a side saying America was founded on Christianity. There are private schools built for religious beliefs, which really cause separation of our people and makes hatred in America. However the laws of freedom also make it so those places can exist.
The science behind homosexuality can vary in so many different ways, and it's argued in so many different ways. There is the idea that people were raised gay, and then there's the people who believe it's a science. I believe its science. In 1991, Simon LeVay studied the brains of homosexuals and the brains of heterosexuals, and discovered that a side of the heterosexual's brain is larger than a homosexual's brain, so there's been scientific research that helps prove that homosexuals are born the way they are.
As we all know there are a lot of different churches in America, some that hate the world some that think we're all crazy and some that think that god hates the world. Researchers estimate that there are approximately 300,000 Christian churches in America with approximately 56 million worshipers. The bible mainly states that if you don't believe in god the exact perfect way, that you are going to go to a horrible place with demons, fire, and suffer forever, but there is that percentage of the rest of the world that understand the world is a better place.
The moral of this essay is that America was founded on freedom and change. Our founding fathers wanted Americans to be happy and live in a world with less hatred. Slowly but surely we're moving to a free and equal world.
Joshua Lancaster


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Your collective agreement is due to expire on March 31, 2018. In preparation for negotiations, a new bargaining committee must be elected to participate in the bargaining process.
• Call for nominations for two (2) Bargaining Committee Members
In order to be nominated a member and nominator must complete the nomination form and send it to the Lower Mainland Area Office by 5:00pm, Friday, April 6, 2018. If there are more nominations than positions available, the Union will conduct an election.
• Bargaining Survey, please also fill out the bargaining survey to voice what is most important to you during this round of bargaining.
Please send your completed nomination form and bargaining surveys,
Attention: Sarah Fawns, by either:
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In solidarity
Sarah Fawns
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