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Guest blogger Emily Fitchpatrick shares how God brought human trafficking into her life
At the age of 22 years old, I found myself in a desperate situation. My life had been spiraling out of control and consisted of bouncing from one party to the next. I was a binge drinker and drug user. I found myself constantly searching for love through men, but only ending up with many broken relationships and a wounded heart. I was depressed and felt hopeless. I had accepted Christ at an early age but through high school and college I had turned away from my faith. It was my grandma who convinced me to go back to church and on Palm Sunday 14 years ago, I walked through the church doors. It was the first time I had been since I was a little girl. It was that day that I asked God to rescue me, to save me from myself. I started attending church every time the doors were open. I was studying the Word of God and praying about how God may use me to help other teen girls. I was volunteering in youth ministry and really enjoyed it. God was working greatly in my life and in my heart.
One day I was driving and drove upon a scenic overlook. I felt the Holy Spirit prompt me to pull over there. I got out of my car and sat on a large rock overlooking the mountains. I was reading my Bible, praying, and writing in my journal. I wrote down On Eagles Wings Ministries – Healing Hearts and Changing Lives. I looked at the paper and immediately thought to myself "What is that?" The Lord spoke to my heart – "It's your ministry." I did not tell anyone, I just tucked it away in my heart. Several weeks later my Mom called me and said she was driving by that same overlook and the Lord had told her to pull over. She went to the same rock, sat down, said all she could do was cry and pray for me! I told her about On Eagles Wings Ministries and what had happened to me in that very spot. We could not believe it!
Fast-forward five years, I am married, have 2 small children and was working for the Billy Graham Ministry. One morning in my devotion time before work I heard the Lord speak to me that it was time to start On Eagles Wings Ministries. At this point, I had thought the Lord had forgotten about the day at the overlook that He spoke that to me and even doubted – did I hear Him correctly? However, His word will not return void! That morning before work I knew without a shadow of a doubt that On Eagles Wings Ministries was something special God had for me and it was not because of anything special I had done, I am a sinner saved by grace and walk in His mercy daily, but it was because I was willing to be obedient. That obedience has led me every step of the way and He has held my hand through this entire process. It has been through obedience and taking huge leaps of faith that I have seen God do miraculous things in and through this ministry.
We started On Eagles Wings Ministries in 2007 as an outreach to women in the adult entertainment clubs with a small Board and a few other ladies. I strongly felt led to work with women in the clubs and knew God had a purpose and a plan for their life. I started taking gift bags into the clubs that included bath and body products, nail polish, various small gift items, and we also included a small devotional or small Bible. We included our hotline so they could call if they needed prayer our counseling. This outreach allowed us to start building relationships with the young ladies. I will never forget the very first dancer who called our hotline. She first thanked me for the gift bag. She thought that was very sweet. She then wanted to know if I was a Christian. When I said yes, she asked me why I would do that? She said "don't you think I am dirty." It did not take long for me to set a meeting with her and like many other ladies working in the clubs, we began to help them by providing a trained counselor for them to meet with and we built relationships with them as mentors. We helped several get new jobs and some started attending church. I learned a lot about the adult entertainment business. I learned there were many single moms who had no education and trying to keep the lights on. I learned there were some young ladies, and even minors, working in the clubs but also prostituting under the control of a pimp. In 2007, you did not hear much about sex trafficking. I found one organization working in the U.S. to bring light to this issue, Shared Hope International. In 2008, they released a report about Domestic Sex Trafficking and it indicated hundreds of thousands of teen girls were being exploited in the U.S. through the commercial sex industry. It indicated that the average entry age was just 13 years old, a stat later confirmed by the U.S. Department of Justice. It indicated that the victims were mostly being treated as criminals and being held in juvenile detention centers and were not receiving services. There were only two residential programs at that time in the U.S. equipped to take this population. There were zero faith based residential programs.
After much prayer and many meetings with social services, FBI, law enforcement, Shared Hope International, and other community members – we opened the first faith based residential program for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims in the U.S. We called it the OEW Hope House. In 2009, we accepted our first resident, a 14 year old who came to us from several states away. One by one they have come and since 2009, we have cared for 35 girls at the OEW Hope House. Our program has never taken any government funding and we have never charged for our services. We offer the girls an onsite private school education, life skills classes, mentors, trauma focused therapy, recreation, healthcare, part time income through our work empowerment program, and the opportunity to heal and find their purpose in a safe, nurturing, environment. Although the program has four stages, we do not put a time limit on their stay. We are licensed by Department of Social Services in NC and located in the Charlotte, NC area. Residents are referred to us by social services, other agencies, law enforcement, or parents and we accept ages 12 – 21. We take in state and out of state placements. It is not easy working with this population. Most are diagnosed with complex trauma and PTSD. They have trust issues and are often very angry. However, nothing is impossible with God! I have seen the aftermath of sex trafficking in a person's life, but I have also seen the hope that comes into a person's life when they have a strong support system that believes in them and does not give up on them.
Over the years we have added a few other programs to allow us to tackle this issue holistically. We have a prevention program called Youth 4 Abolition that educates youth using a curriculum and mentoring program. This helps them to better understand the issue, avoid the traps traffickers use to lure teens, and gives them the opportunity to be a voice as they educate their peers. Y4A Chapters are currently operating throughout NC but we hope to expand this program to other states. We have a work empowerment program called Fields of Hope that offers survivors ages 15 and up paid, educational fellowships. We have a leadership and professional development curriculum we take them through twice a week, they make handmade products, and they earn a fair part time wage. We operate this program in Charlotte, NC and West Palm, FL. We have a survivor assistance fund and provide funds for education, healthcare, transportation, and counseling to survivors across the U.S. through an application process. In 2014, we launched an outreach and prevention program in San Pedro, Belize. Through bar outreach (where the women and girls are trafficked), we offer gift bags and a hotline. We are also preventing girls from exploitation through our SHINE club for girls. We recently purchased a piece of land in San Pedro and plans are in the works to build center for girls. Lastly, we partner with three like-minded organizations each year to provide mission support for their programs.
God has done amazing things in this ministry over the years. Many times I have been blown away by His faithfulness and answers to prayers. We constantly lean on Him for provision, wisdom, and strength. We also rely heavily on the body of Christ to partner with us to help fulfill our mission to provide hope, empowerment, and a brighter future to exploited females and prevent those at risk. My advice to anyone that wants to do this work is to research to find programs closest to him or her and get involved. Many great organizations are operating across the U.S. to serve this population and many are under funded and lack volunteer support. It is going to take each of us pulling together to see this atrocity come to an end. It's happening all across the globe and it's an issue the Lord cares deeply about. All of His children deserve to be free from exploitation, have a chance to live safely, and achieve their dreams.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
To learn more about On Eagles Wings Ministries, please visit OnEaglesWingsMinistries.org
The WMU Foundation's Hayes Endowment provides grants to organizations providing a Christinan response to human trafficking.
Visit: www.oneagleswingsministries.org


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Summer Reading Lists 2016/
Summer officially kicks off on the evening of June 20th as the summer solstice happens. That's when the sun is at its highest point in the sky and we experience the longest day of the year.
As the first day of summer draws closer, if you've been dragging your feet starting your summer reading, here's an idea. How about making a "reading date" with yourself on June 20th to begin your summer reading journey?
Just Do It
Even if you can only spare a few minutes on summer solstice day, you'll feel great turning the first page on your summer reading goals just as spring turns to summer. So grab your book, find a relaxing spot outside, and savor the extra minutes of daylight. What a great way to kick off summer.
The good news is you still have time to get ready!
Summer Reading Is Worthwhile
If you need a little nudge to fully embrace the importance of summertime reading, just remember summer reading gives you a competitive advantage over your peers. It's that simple. Research shows reading over the summer makes a big difference in your academic performance as you return to school and begin your fall classes.
So if you're now thinking "Ok, I'm on board with the idea of keeping my reading skills sharp over the summer, but I'm not sure what to read", you're in luck.
5 Summer Reading Lists With Fascinating Choices
From the wealthiest man on the planet (Mr. Gates) to the world's largest library (Library of Congress), here are a few compelling suggestions to consider as you create your summer reading list.
- 5 Books to Read This Summer | Bill Gates, Co-founder of Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Berkeley Summer Reading | University of California, Berkeley. 10 UC Berkeley alumni won Pulitzer Prizes in 2016
- 4 First-Rate Thrillers That Will Make Your Heart Pound | Maureen Corrigan, Book critic for National Public Radio's Fresh Air
- Award Winning Books | Random House Academic Services, Publishers
- Books That Shaped America | Library of Congress. The library houses over 38 million books and other printed items. Wow!

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Doc received a late night phone call on Friday from her doctor. He told her the BRCA test results were NEGATIVE! Thus, she does not have the gene for cancer! Thank you all for the prayers!
Dianne (Doc) and Dave will now decide, in consultation with her doctors, which breast surgery she will have. Love, MK


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Getting Started With A Google Plus Local Listing
Anyone in business knows how important it is to be on the front page of Google. It is important to be on the front page for attracting customers to your business.
If you have a Google+ Local Listing it makes commonsense that you will have the competitive edge if you are listed there and your competitors are not. So are you ready to get listed?
Creating A Google Plus Local Page
First of all you need to create a Google+ profile. If you already have one, the next step is to "create a page" and choose your category.
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Is your business there? If it is, click on it…if it isn't you will have to add your business. Next you can add your information (or edit it) and then click to confirm. Make sure you add your business to the correct category. For example, don't be tempted to list your product…list your service.
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What makes Google+ local pages so beneficial, is that they include a map of your business location, featuring your address, phone number and your business hours. You are also able to get social with your customers. You can create and manage "circles", join or create your own "Google Hangouts" and share any interesting content you like. This can include articles and photos.
What Next?
Google is the most popular search engine in the world and a Google Plus Local page allows your business to have a central hub where your customers and potential customers can go to find out about what you have to offer.
When people need something, they just Google it. These days, that's from their smartphone or iPad – not always their desktop computer.
Many businesses haven't even heard of a Google Plus Local listing, let alone understand the potential power of having one to get maximum sales and customer retention. If you are here reading this…then you are one step ahead of your competition!
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Global Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market: Snapshot
The global remote patient monitoring devices market is experiencing lucrative growth in the coming years. This growth can be attributable to the changing outlook toward the treatment of diseases and presence of advanced technology. Some other factors such as growing acceptance of patient management owing to patient-centric approach is influencing positively on the growth of the global remote patient monitoring devices market. Additionally, manufacturers are increasingly showing interest in understanding need of patients through data analytics and surveys which is resulting in to growing manufacture of advanced devices to improve healthcare devices. An swift change in the demand toward home care and preventive care has boosted acceptance of remote patient monitoring devices.
According to the report by TMR, the global remote patient monitoring devices market was valued at around US$0.38 bn in 2013 and is anticipated to expand with a CAGR of around 14.20% from 2014 to 2020 to attain value of US$0.98 bn by the end of 2020.
High incidences of chronic diseases to be Beneficial for Growth
On the basis of type, the global remote patient monitoring devices market is segmented into heart monitors, breathe monitors, physical activity monitors, hematology monitors, body temperature monitors, and multi-sign monitors. Out of these, heart monitoring devices segment is expected to dominate the global market owing to higher provenances of the chromic and heart diseases over the forecast period. Also, the factors such as growing number of patients suffering from high blood pressure are also contributing in the growth and booting its demand.
On the basis of end user, the global remote patient monitoring devices market is segmented into home healthcare and ambulatory care centers. Of these, the ambulatory care centers segment is dominating the global market in due to growing geriatric population, which are more susceptible to the risk of chronic diseases and other disorders.
Growing Emerging Trend of Using Remote Patient Monitoring Devices in Asia Pacific to Propel Growth
On the basis of region, the global remote patient monitoring devices market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of the World. Of these, in 2016, North America accounted for leading share of 39.1% in the global market for remote patient monitoring devices. This dominance is attributable to strong presence of key players and growing geriatric population in the region. Moreover, well-established and presence of advanced healthcare infrastructure and growing awareness towards home healthcare are projected to influence positively on the growth of this regional market in the upcoming years. However, Asia Pacific is expected to expand with higher CAGR owing to growing concerns about health, rising investment in the healthcare sector, and rising disposable income among the population.
Key players operating in the remote patient monitoring devices market include
F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., Covidien plc, Abbott Laboratories, AMD Global Telemedicine, Honeywell HomMed LLC., and Omron Healthcare Inc. Additionally, these players are adopting the strategies such as mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships for accounting major share in global market for molecular diagnostics.
Global Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market: Overview
Owing to the advent of technology and increasing acceptance toward novel changes, the global remote patient monitoring device market is expected to see an outstanding rate of growth in present years. The outlook towards diseases and healthcare management is improving day by day. In the years to come, it is estimated that the global remote patient monitoring device market may flourish as manufacturers are putting more focus to understand the needs of the patients and accordingly produce end products. This is being done with the help of surveys and data analytics.
There are different variations in the remote patient monitoring devices like breath monitors, hematological monitors, multi-sign monitors, heart monitors, and physical activity monitors. Among these, heart monitors have more chances of increasing demand in the coming years. This is because of the rise in cases of various heart-related problems and cardiovascular diseases. Moreover due to the increase in the number of people suffering from high pressure, the revenue share contribution to the market is also expected to go higher with the advent of time.
The report presented here is a complete evaluation of global remote patient monitoring device market with large focus on market dynamics that also includes the market drivers, restraints, and trends and opportunities. It also offers geographical and other segmentation studies of the market.
Global Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market: Trends and Opportunities
The global market is presumed to see a rapid boost due to the growing population of geriatrics, and both government and private sector efforts in order to reduce hospitalization. Apart from that, increase in the number of chronic and fatal diseases is also positively influencing the market.
In healthcare industry, various remote patient monitoring devices are being adopted and this is bringing a good change in the healthcare industry. The rate of acceptance in terms of preventive care and home care has seen an accelerated growth. The main motive of these devices is to offer help to the patients so that they themselves can keep a track of their health, and prevent long-drawn sickness. These devices also offer diagnosis to the patients during treatments and also after surgeries.
Global Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market: Regional Analysis
The global remote patient monitoring devices market may be classified into the regions of Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Rest of the World. Among these, the region anticipated to contribute the largest revenue share in the market is North America. Owing to the increasing number if growing population, there is more scope for the remote patient monitoring device market to flourish in the North American region. Besides that, there is a strong dominance of leading players in the region which adds to the advantage of the overall market revenue in the coming years. Additionally, the contribution of U.S. to the North American regional market in terms of healthcare and medical; facilities also adds as a positive factor to boost the market growth.
Apart from that, Asia Pacific is also presumed to be one of the fastest growing regions due to the emergence of new healthcare facilities and more possibility of treating various chronic diseases successfully. Moreover, due to increase in geriatric population in the developing economies of Japan, India and China, there is more scope of the remote patient monitoring device market to bloom in the years to come.
Global Remote Patient Monitoring Devices Market: Companies Mentioned
Major companies in the remote patient monitoring devices market are Hoffman-La Roche Ltd., Abbott Laboratories, Honeywell HomMed LLC, AMD Global Telemedicine, and F. Hoffman-La Roche Ltd.


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The Candy Bar
Let's have a serious chat about candy. First off, whenever we refer to a "candy bar" as such, people get confused. Are you talking about a Hershey bar or a Crunch bar? NO! WE MEAN A TABLE FILLED WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF CANDY! So maybe we should call it a candy buffet…but we don't want to! Candy is one of the best things in the world and honestly we feel very passionate about it. Just stating the facts. So, having candy at a wedding is really just the cherry on top of an awesome day. As we mentioned in our previous blog about some top favor ideas, candy bars are one of our favorites and rightfully so. At my wedding, the candy bar was one of the biggest hits!
With all of that said, we wanted to share some ideas for a candy bar as well as some tips to making sure it is perfect for your big day!
1. Consider temperature and venue. Before you can decide if a candy bar is for you, you need to make sure it is doable. If your venue is outside on a hot July day, your candy may melt and that's no good! Additionally, some venues don't allow outside food to be brought in, so you must check to see if it is ok.
2. Decide if there is a theme. Some people really like their candy bar to have a theme; mostly a color palette that matches their wedding colors. While stylistically, this looks awesome… it doesn't usually allow for sour patch kids (and really, without sour patch kids, what's the point?)
Sidebar: If you decide to go with a colored theme, there are m&ms that you can order with custom words on them and of course, custom colors. Also, gum balls are easy to get in specific colors and so are jelly beans :)
3. Pick out crowd favorites. Maybe it is just me but those pink pepto bismol 'wintergreen lozenges' are horrible. #emmaisacandysnob Try to pick out candy that is universally loved: Swedish fish, skittles, sour patch kids, m&ms, chewy sweet tarts, twizzlers, tootsie rolls! Things that are easily scoop-able and devoured.
4. Provide awesome (small) take away containers. There are many different container styles but one thing to consider is: the bigger the container, the more people take. Try to go with a small bag, take out box or jar. You can always customize them with cute stickers or stamps. Small containers will help to ensure there is candy for everyone!
5. Create different visual levels. Tables are flat (obviously!) so try to create some different levels with your vessels of candy. It will look so good when you can see it all there. You can also use crates and boxes that are painted or stained to match your theme to stack things on to enhance that layered effect.
Hope these tips were helpful! As always, let us know if you have questions or suggestions in our comments below!
Emma and Kaitlynn


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Dear Kababayan and Filipino Community Supporter,
We need YOU to help shape the political future of the Filipino American Community in San Francisco. This is not just a San Francisco issue—actions we take in the next few weeks will affect the entire Filipino American community's VOICE for generations to come.
***This information will change after April 15, 2012 when the SF Redistricting Task Force submits its re-drawn map of San Francisco to the Board of Supervisors. ***
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- Did you know that according to the 2010 U. S. Census, there are 36,347 Filipinos in San Francisco or 4.51% of the City's total population of 805,235? Click here to view San Francisco map showing Filipino residents in the City
- Did you know that the largest concentration of Filipino American registered voters in San Francisco live in Districts 6 and 11?
- Did you know that according to the last census, District 6 is overpopulated and must give up 21,585 people, and District 11 is also overpopulated and must give up 6,382 people?
- District 6 includes Tenderloin, South of Market, North Mission, Civic Center, South Beach, Mission Bay, Treasure Island, Yerba Buena Island and Downtown neighborhoods.
- Did you know that plans are currently underway to make part of the SOMA (South of Market in District 6) officially declared as a "Filipino Neighborhood" (Filipino Social-Heritage Special Use District)?
- Did you know that District 11 has approximately 10,361 Filipino residents or 13.03% of theDistricts 6 & 11 in San Francisco total district population of 79,535?
- District 11 is the Southern most district in San Francisco, directly bordering Daly City and includes the neighborhoods of Cayuga Terrace, Crocker Amazon, Excelsior, New Mission Terrace, Outer Mission and Ocean View / Merced Heights / Ingleside (OMI).
- 28% of San Francisco's Filipinos reside in District 11.
- Did you know that District 11 is the only district in which Filipinos have a voting bloc to influence who will become the district's next supervisor?
- IMAGINE this: if all of the 10,366 Filipinos in District 11 vote in the next district elections in November 2012, we could elect the first supervisor of Filipino heritage.
Here's where we need your help: There has been a dozen community outreach meetings held by the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force, BUT there has been very little input from the Filipino Community—only ONE Filipino resident showed up to advocate for the Filipino American Community!
We have a short window of time to get organized and present OUR feedback and map proposals. The next round of SF Redistricting Meetings that will receive mapping recommendations for District 11 is on Monday, January 9, 2012, 6pm. The District 6 meeting is on Saturday, January 21 at 10am. MARK your calendars and please plan to attend.
At the Dec. 29 planning meeting, we will prepare OUR recommendations as a community, since other organizations will be lobbying for their own best interests. Click here to view the San Francisco Redistricting legal criteria to formulate our map recommendations.
The SF Redistricting Task Force will approve Redrawn Maps no later than April 15, 2012 and will be enforced for the next TEN YEARS! Our political future is at stake. Let's come together and create our future.
Please ATTEND the FILIPINO COMMUNITY STRATEGY MEETING to help develop a solid recommendation for submission to the Redistricting Task Force so that the Filipino American Community will NOT get SPLIT UP and the Filipino American Voice SILENCED.
** Marily Mondejar, who was appointed by Mayor Ed Lee to the SF Redistricting Task Force, will be at the meeting to provide an overview of the redistricting process and WHY the Fil-Am community is an important COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.
Filipino American Community Forum regarding redistricting of San Francisco Districts 6 and 11
Thursday, Dec 29 6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Philippine Center Building (5th Floor Social Hall), 447 Sutter (between Powell & Stockton Sts.), San Francisco
PLEASE RVSP so that we can make sure we can plan accordingly: http://FilAmCommunityForum3.eventbrite.com
- Please forward this invite to your Filipino friends and colleagues. Invite our young friends—they need to know about their future and how the redistricting process will affect their lives.
- If you know anyone with experience in GIS mapping, census analysis, voter statistics, and Filipino American demographics, please invite them to join us!
- If you are not a resident of San Francisco, we invite you to attend the hearings, provide testimony, and send letters in support of our Filipino sisters and brothers so we can leverage our FilAm voice in San Francisco and hopefully elect the first District Supervisor of Filipino heritage in the next elections.
- Attend the next FilAm planning meeting on Jan 5 at the Bindlestiff Studios.
- Attend the SF Redistricting Jan 9 Hearing for District 11.
- Attend the SF Redistricting Jan 21 Hearing for District 6.
For additional information about the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force and criteria on how to submit mapping recommendations, visit: www.sfgov.org/RDTF
Thank you in advance for your support. We look forward to seeing you on Dec. 29!
Maraming Salamat!
FWN Board


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Revised as of September 2015
- Article I: Name
- Article II: Purpose
- Article III: Membership
- Article IV: Officers and Duties
- Article V: Elections
- Article IX: Bylaws Changes
Article I: Name
The name of the organization will be the Neighborhood Leaders Council.
Article II: Purpose
The purposes of the Neighborhood Leaders Council will be the following:
Section 1: To assist the Neighborhood Associations in responding to their common issues and challenges and in improving their neighborhoods.
Section 2: To exchange information and provide a forum for issues of mutual concern to neighborhoods, and to provide coordination where desired.
Section 3: Through its neighborhood representatives, to maintain effective communication with the people in the Neighborhoods so that as many as possible are aware of Neighborhood and citywide concerns and can participate in their resolution.
Section 4: To work with City staff, elected and appointed officials, and neighborhood associations seeking and implementing solutions to neighborhood problems.
Section 5: To provide informed, effective and relevant advocacy on issues of concern to the neighborhoods, before the City Council, Planning Commission, and other City boards, Commissions, departments, officials, and other decision-making bodies.
Section 6: To encourage and support neighborhood organizations in developing recommendations for new refinement plans and refinement plan amendments. The NLC will also review such plans with respect to their potential impact on other neighborhoods.
Article III: Membership
Section 1: The membership will consist of one authorized representative for each officially recognized Neighborhood Association within the Eugene urban services boundary, plus a representative from Neighborhood Services. Neighborhood representatives must be determined by a Neighborhood Association that is operating consistent with the provisions of their City adopted charter.
Section 2: A Neighborhood representative may authorize an alternate as need arises, but if more than one person from an Association attends a meeting, the Association has only one seat at the table and one vote to cast.
Section 3: The official representative of Neighborhood Services is a non-voting but otherwise fully participating member of the NLC.
Section 4: Representatives are expected to attend the monthly meetings, bring forward concerns from their neighborhood, and communicate back to their neighborhood information received and measures taken by the NLC.
Section 5: If a person serving as NLC co-chair ceases to be the authorized representative of their neighborhood association, the NLC will determine by a majority vote whether the person should continue as NLC co-chair.
Article IV: Officers and Duties
Section 1: The Co-Chairs will:
- Coordinate and supervise the business and activities of the NLC.
- Preside at all meetings of the NLC.
- Serve as contact persons for the news media.
- Work with the City's Representative from Neighborhood Services to ensure that proper financial records are maintained, and make them available to the NLC upon request.
- Take minutes for Executive Committee meetings.
- Prepare position papers.
- Prepare correspondence.
- Work with the City's Representative from Neighborhood Services to ensure that the minutes will be recorded. A copy of the minutes will be delivered to each NLC member.
- Work with the City's Representative from Neighborhood Services to acquire appropriate meeting space for NLC meetings, and provide agendas to NLC members.
- Ensure that a working list of all NLC members is maintained, along with their mailing addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers, and make a current list available to NLC members. Neighborhood Organizations should give the NLC Co-Chairs the above mentioned information about their representatives, and update that information when necessary.
- Work with the City's Representative from Neighborhood Services to ensure that an information conduit to/from all city departments, other committees, and the City Council is maintained.
- Work with the City's Representative from Neighborhood Services to ensure that the NLC is informed of all issues before the city policy makers that pertain to the neighborhoods.
- Co-Chairs, together with the Representative from Neighborhood Services, will constitute an Executive Committee to expedite items 1 through 12 above.
Article V: Elections
Section 1: The two NLC Co-Chairs will be elected by a majority vote of the voting members present at the meeting. Notice of the election must be published in the meeting agenda.
Section 2: The Co-Chairs will be selected from the NLC's official voting membership.
Section 3: Co-Chairs will serve a two-year term and may be re-elected after being out of office for two years.
Section 4: The terms of the two Co-Chairs will be staggered so that one position is elected annually.
Section 5: A sitting Co-Chair is not eligible to run for the other Co-Chair position.
Section 6: Once elected, Co-Chairs continue in office until expiration of their term, subject to Article V, Section 7.
Section 7: A Nominating Committee comprised of the Co-Chair whose term is not up for election and at least one other NLC representative approved by the Council will solicit nominations for the position of Co-Chair. The Nominating Committee shall notify all neighborhood associations of the election, shall recommend a slate to the Council and publish notice in the February meeting agenda. Nominations may also be made from the floor.
Section 8: Vacancy
- A vacancy will exist if a member of the Executive Committee resigns or fails to actively serve. Failure to actively serve is determined by a two-thirds vote of the voting members present at a scheduled meeting of the NLC. Notice of this vote must be published in the meeting agenda.
- A vacancy will be filled by a majority vote of the voting NLC members present at a meeting. Notice of this vote must be published in the agenda of the meeting.
- These two votes may not be held at the same meeting.
Section 9: Elections will be held at the normally scheduled February meeting. Notice must be published on the meeting agenda.
Section 10: Postponing Elections
- The majority of the voting members present at a meeting during which notice of an election has been given in the agenda may instead vote to postpone the election to a future date.
- In the event that a quorum is not present for a meeting in which an election is scheduled, the election is postponed until the next scheduled meeting. Notice of the election must be published in the agenda for that meeting.
- In the event that a new chairperson is not elected at the February meeting, the chairperson to be replaced shall continue in office for a period not to exceed two regular monthly meetings. After two regular monthly meetings the position shall be declared vacant until a new chairperson is elected. The term of the person to be elected shall not be extended beyond the time scheduled for regular elections.
- The option in Article V, Section 10, subsection 1 may only be exercised twice.
Article VI: Meeting Agenda
Section 1: The NLC will hold regular meetings on the fourth Tuesday of each month, unless otherwise agreed upon at a prior meeting.
Section 2: The meeting agenda will be set by the Co-Chairs with consultation with the City's Representative from Neighborhood Services. A printed copy of this agenda will be sent to all NLC members, voting and non-voting, at least one week in advance of the scheduled meeting.
Section 3: The second item on the agenda will be changes to the agenda.
- Changes to the agenda may be made by a majority.
- All persons attending an NLC meeting may request that items be placed on the agenda, and may enter the discussion of all agenda items.
Section 4: The second-to-last item on the agenda will be recommendations of agenda items for the next or future meetings.
Section 5: Any changes to the printed agenda, made after it is distributed but before it is subjected to adjustment by members, must be approved by the Co-Chair who will be presiding at the meeting.
Section 6: The Co-Chairs may call special meetings of the NLC when deemed necessary. Each neighborhood will be notified in a timely manner.
Article VII: Actions by the Neighborhood Leaders Council
Section 1: Quorum
- A quorum must be present at a meeting for the NLC to take any binding action, take a formal position on an issue, or conduct elections. A quorum is deemed present when representatives of one-half of the NLC participating neighborhoods with voting privileges plus one are present.
- A quorum will never be less than one-quarter the total number of neighborhoods as defined in Article III, Section 1
- In the event that a quorum is not present, the presiding Co-Chair may, in consultation with the Executive Committee, speakers on the agenda and members present, continue the meeting as an information session. The NLC may not take any form of action binding, or otherwise, during an information session, other than receiving information from scheduled speakers.
- If, during an information session which results from the failure of the NLC to have a quorum present for a scheduled meeting, a quorum should become present, the presiding Co-Chair may call the meeting to order.
Section 2: NLC Participating Neighborhoods
- For purposes of quorum determination only, neighborhoods which have missed three consecutive meetings shall not be counted in the meeting's determination of a quorum.
- Attendance at any meeting reestablishes the neighborhood's status of a neighborhood to be counted in quorum determination.
Section 3: The NLC may also take formal action by an electronic vote. Any member as defined in Article III may make a motion for formal action by communicating electronically to all current members whose email address is on record with the NLC. The motion must then be seconded by another member in the same manner. Upon being seconded, one of the NLC Co-Chairs shall determine if a vote on the motion can wait until the next regularly scheduled NLC meeting. If it is determined that a vote cannot be so postponed, the Co-Chair shall follow NLC adopted procedures for conducting the vote electronically. The motion shall be considered adopted as soon as it has been approved by a simple majority of current NLC voting members by a communication to the NLC Co-Chair conducting the vote.
Section 4: At a regularly scheduled meeting at which a quorum is present the NLC shall adopt procedures for electronic voting, and may amend those procedures as necessary, by a simple majority vote. At a minimum, these procedures shall conform to Section 3 above and specify the following: voting eligibility, how NLC members not available electronically are to be included in the vote, acceptable methods of voting, voting time window, whether amendments are permissible, record keeping and any other rules necessary to insure the integrity of the vote.
Section 5: The NLC may take formal action by a simple majority vote of those eligible to vote at that meeting.
Section 6: The NLC position will be made known to the neighborhoods and to policy makers in a timely fashion by the Executive Committee.
Section 7: Meetings will be conducted according to Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised.
Article VIII: Committee
Section 1: The NLC may use committees to assist in its work and assist neighborhood associations. Each committee shall be approved by the NLC with a charge, which shall be reviewed annually. Committee members may be volunteers or appointed.
Section 2: A Committee of the NLC must include at least one NLC representative but may also include non-NLC members.
Section 3: Committees can meet in person or electronically.
Section 4: Committees shall report back to the NLC at least twice a year.
Section 5: A Committee cannot commit the NLC to a policy or position without a vote on the matter by the NLC itself.
Article IX: Bylaws Changes
Section 1: These Bylaws may be changed by a two-thirds vote of the NLC members present at the meeting.
Section 2: Proposed by-law changes must be presented at a previous NLC meeting, and the text published with the agenda for the next meeting before a vote can be taken.


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In some cases, opposites attract. In others, like attracts like.
Sexual chemistry is a primal thing. There's a reason it's called "chemistry": it involves our most basic biological drives, which are conveyed through the chemical compounds we call hormones.
Hormones, however, are just the handmaidens of two fundamental energies, the Feminine and the Masculine. We all channel both of these energies within us, and it's your proportion of them that shapes your sexual nature.
These energies also determine who you'll "click" with, and how strongly. When we look at the Feminine and Masculine in the light of modern science, we can see how sexual chemistry works.
Humans evolved in East Africa during a time when the climate frequently flipped from wet to dry, the landscape turning from forest to savannah and back again, over and over. Sometimes we'd want to have lots of babies because resources were abundant in the forest. At other times, we'd want to keep a lid on our libidos to avoid making a lot of babies we couldn't feed on the savannah.
During this time, humans evolved two different mating patterns: one that involved sexual promiscuity, and the other that emphasized sexual exclusivity.
Men with more Feminine (higher levels of the hormone oxytocin) naturally like to mate with multiple partners, as do women with more Masculine (higher levels of testosterone). Men with less Feminine and women with less Masculine, by contrast, are inclined to mate with only one partner.
These mating patterns are now "hard-wired" within us like one's eye color or being left- or right-handed. They're expressed through four basic types of people, which, in the personality type framework, are known as Nymphs, Muses, Satyrs, and Centaurs.
Here's what each type is like:
1. Nymph: A woman with moderate Masculine. Wired to create more babies with more partners under conditions of abundance, she's typically flirty and likes to be in and around water.
2. Muse: A woman with minimal Masculine. Wired to make fewer babies with a single partner under conditions of scarcity, she's more restrained and prefers airy gardens and parks.
3. Satyr: A man with moderate Feminine. Typically energetic and charming, he favors the promising and new. He likes the ladies, as well as earthy places with lots of trees around.
4. Centaur: A man with minimal Feminine. Typically intense and focused, he favors the tried and true. He looks for his One Woman and likes the sun's fire in wide open spaces.
As you might imagine, Nymphs and Satyrs go together romantically, as do Muses and Centaurs. Nymphs and Satyrs, although they're "wired" for promiscuity, can be happily monogamous.
Once they make a strong sexual connection, they're inclined to go with it. Muses and Centaurs can be passionate, too, and they're almost always monogamous. It's an integral part of their nature.
How does the mutual attraction of Nymphs and Satyrs vs. Muses and Centaurs play out? One of the best examples is provided by the 80s movie Sixteen Candles. In the beginning of the movie, a Centaur, Jake, is with a Nymph, Caroline. He's the school hunk, and she's a teen queen, but they're just not clicking as a couple.
The Muse Samantha, a quiet sophomore, starts making eyes at Jake. She doesn't flirt with him up close, just looks at him from across the room. This resonates with him. "It's kind of cool the way she's always looking at me," he tells a friend. Their mutual attraction leads him to lock eyes with her across the dance floor one night, and then, as they say, it is on.
When Caroline gets drunk at a party, Farmer Ted, a horny geek Satyr, gets to drive her home. Samantha spurned Ted earlier, but he has a natural bond with Caroline. In true Nymph style, Caroline actively flirts with him up close, falling into his arms.
As a Satyr, Ted thinks, "She's my kind of woman," kisses her, and they spend the night together. The next morning, after she sobers up, she kisses him again.
In Sixteen Candles, the Muse and the Satyr can't make a romantic connection. Neither can the Nymph and the Centaur. The Muse and Centaur, however, click together like two puzzle pieces, although it takes them the whole movie to do that. The Nymph and Satyr, for their part, act on their attraction immediately and snap together like two powerful magnets.
These Nymph/Satyr and Muse/Centaur dynamics are also seen in some of our culture's most accurate expressions of human nature: Disney movies. In The Little Mermaid, the Nymph Ariel washes up on a beach, and within minutes she's enfolded in the arms of the man she's attracted to. In Beauty and the Beast, the Muse Belle keeps her distance from her, uh... man, and when she touches his paw towards the end of the movie, the gesture is significant.
So how do you know your basic type? If you're a woman, and you gravitate towards water — lakes, streams, pools, hot tubs — chances are you're a Nymph. If you prefer airy flower gardens to earthy vegetable gardens, and seldom get in the water at the beach or pool, you're probably a Muse.
If you flirt with men up close, touching them on the arm or shoulder to indicate your interest, you're definitely a Nymph. If you keep your distance from men and make only eye contact when you flirt with them, you're most likely a Muse.
As a Nymph, your Satyr will be prowling for you. He'll be attracted to other Nymphs in the room and may talk with them, but he will be most attracted to you. You'll feel that in his gaze and body language. He'll be like Will Smith in the movie Hitch: focused on you, doing his best to charm you, and succeeding.
If you're a Muse, your Centaur will be searching for you. He will not be attracted to other women in the room, but you'll feel his attraction to you. He'll look at you intently, and wait to make eye contact before approaching. He'll be like Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice: wanting to get to know you in a more private setting.
What are Nymph/Satyr and Muse/Centaur relationships like? That depends on the intensity of each partner's energy. Satyrs, for instance, connect most strongly with Nymphs of equal intensity. Think "hot" Satyr Donald Trump and his "hot" Nymph wife Melania, a former swimsuit model.
Centaurs, on the other hand, do best with Muses whose intensity is polarized from their own. Think "hot" Centaur Colin Powell and his "warm" Muse wife Alma, who writes children's books.
If you'd like to learn more about energy intensity, the basic types, and how to find your natural lover, you can review the Kaneros personality type framework at www.kaneros.com. It'll help you identify the type of person with whom you can form a relationship that's fun, fulfilling, and frisky.


text: Donald Trump being a president of United States has now become a historic event for all. He makes a speech on his victory and accepting the fact that he has so many responsibilities for the U.S. now. He believes his victory means that the Amercian dream can now be renewed once again. "It is time for us to come together" he tries to reach out to those who did not support him from the beginning and promising them that he will change America for the better.


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Northwestern Pacific Railroad Network
Dedicated to Sharing the Heritage of Redwood Empire Railroading
Noticed this morning (1/16/15) that the train leaving south bound out of Petaluma had 22 car's and 2 engines. Is that a to-date record? Almost looked like a real train!
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That's as big as I've heard of on the "new" NWP Co. except for the "rail train," but I don't count that because it wasn't a revenue consist.
I saw the long string on the Parks siding this morning around 11:00 AM while driving down the freeway, but I couldn't count them without getting in an accident! Maybe they the empties stacked up waiting for clearance on the line during the SMART construction somewhere?
I typically don't count cars but it was out of the norm and I was out running without anything else to look at!
You wrote: "I don't count that because it wasn't a revenue consist."
Are you sure about that comment? I was told by a SMART PR flack last Fall that SMART was NWP's biggest customer. Since the RoW is owned by SMART they have to pay all costs of improvement including hauling of materials. Not NWP's cost burden.
Well, you're right! I guess it would technically be a revenue consist, then. I just wasn't counting irregular traffic connected with SMART. These were cars that brought feed to the mills, regular customers of NWP Co.
I counted 28 cars just as SMART construction got underway about a year ago.
I dont count the rail train. You will never see it again.
Does that indicate that you don't expect the NWP renovation to move north of Windsor? Are satisfied with that?
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The usage and benefits of video walls for many companies, schools, colleges, state and federal offices and more are growing rapidly. And understandably so because it is easy to see the appeal – they are colorful, bright, they can show animation and video clips, network news and company logos. Overall, video walls bring together a series of video 'cubes' into one holistic visual experience.
Because of this impact, video walls have become a go-to audio-visual solution for companies. Key technology improvements in recent years, like higher video display resolution, HD components and larger format displays are also helping video walls to expand the depth of clarity and scope of use. The impact is apparent, so what's stopping companies from investing in wide-scale use of video walls across their business fronts?
It might possibly be a learning curve that's too steep for some firms. That's why CCS Presentation Systems manufacturing partner NEC Display Solutions co-hosted a free webinar with Digital Signage Today to outline the key tips companies need to have a successful video wall. NEC recently put up two video walls at the Wharton School of Business, at University of Pennsylvania. The article at Digital Signage Connection noted that the NEC displays handle content from laptops, tablets and networked computers. The displays were also integrated well with the building's existing wiring, eliminating the expense of rewiring that area.
The webinar, "Video Wall Fundamentals: 10 Tips for Success" offered tips to make sure that companies looking into using video walls knew how to successfully set-up and operate them. Some of the points on the webinar checklist for video wall success included these areas of discussion for companies:
What's it to be used for?
Understand and acknowledge the key goals of the video wall. Knowing what the system will do can help with the overall project communication.
What amount of image sources?
This is an important setup for video wall integrators. Will the video wall show multiple sources (one source per display), or will there be a large digital image across the entire video wall? How will the sources be integrated into the system?
What type of content?
Images and videos needs to have a uniform configuration; if not, images and clips could look stretched out and more alarming to viewers than awesome. Discuss content and design at the very beginning of the process.
These are some of the few areas that should be looked at carefully when preparing a video wall installation in your workplace, school or house of worship. If your business is interested in learning more about a video wall installation, contact audio-video system specialists CCS Presentation Systems. It is among the largest installers of integrated controls systems, along with video conferencing, audio-visual systems, digital signage and much more. See the range of manufacturers that partner with CCS for all your audio-visual solutions needs.
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text: This set of boxes began when I made the big one with my students. Lee-Kuo saw it and decided to make a series which got smaller and smaller. As you can see they are fabulous, especially when they are all placed inside each other. Lee-Kuo made them to place the small pack of cards inside the smallest one. I have had that deck of cards for about 40 years and decided to give it to Lee-Kuo. He needs to take great care of it so he made these treasure boxes.


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A 23-year-old Missoula woman earning $10.50 an hour said she did what anyone would have done when suspecting potential child abuse.
Michelle Lewis called police.
"I just didn't think I could have made a morally different decision," Lewis said.
That's despite the fact, she said, that her supervisors at Three Rivers Mental Health Solutions warned she'd lose her job if she made the report about one of the counseling center's clients.
Police charged that client, John Gribble, with sexually abusing a child.
And Three Rivers fired Michelle Lewis.
As has become painfully clear with the revelations about an apparent cover-up of child sex abuse allegations against former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, Lewis was wrong in assuming her sense of duty was universal.
Penn State wasn't on the national radar when Lewis called Missoula police on Oct. 17. But the paperwork outlining the child pornography accusations against Gribble was filed Nov. 7, two days after the news about Sandusky broke.
Lewis said she hasn't been paying much attention as Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and president Glenn Schultz resigned, and then famed coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier were fired. On Friday, Penn State placed assistant coach Mike McQueary - who told Paterno but not police that he saw Sandusky raping a young boy - on administrative leave.
Lewis, meanwhile, has been busy looking for work to replace the only job she'd held since graduating from the University of Montana.
She was a member of Three Rivers' rehabilitation and support staff, helping clients with tasks such as shopping and going to doctors' appointments. Sometimes, she said, she went to their homes for "socialization" - basically, keeping them company.
"A lot of the clients are depressed" and risk becoming too isolated, she said.
Gribble was one of those clients.
In an interview Friday, Lewis reiterated the account outlined in the affidavit of probable cause against Gribble, filed by Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jason Marks.
She was at Gribble's house one day when he told her he wanted to show her something on his computer, which is hooked up to a 52-inch TV screen. Even from her seat across the living room, she said, she could read the words in his browser window as he clicked through it, looking for a previous site.
She read "female child nude" and "preteen nude girls by themselves."
"I wrote it down real quick," she said. "I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do. I'm not a counselor. I brought it back to the owners of Three Rivers."
But, she said, "they just told me that it wasn't my place to report it."
Earlier this week, Three Rivers administrator Shea Hennelly said the incident, along with other concerns about Gribble reported by Lewis, did not meet the criteria mandating a police report. Hennelly did not respond to a message from the Missoulian on Friday.
But Lewis said Gribble's behavior "has been an issue for a while," with other employees.
Melissa Worthan of Missoula, who worked as a personal care assistant for Summit Independent Living Center, said that company had dropped Gribble as a client after she and other workers complained about him two years ago.
"He would talk about how he enjoyed and got excited to spank little girls across his knees when they were naked," she said.
Worthan said she took her concerns both to supervisors at Summit, and to the Missoula County Sheriff's Office, but that at the time there was no evidence that Gribble had contact with children. The sheriff's office confirmed that Worthan had contacted them.
Summit immediately dropped Gribble as a client, she said.
Missoula police executing a search warrant at Gribble's home last month found a DVD with photos of children, "some prepubescent in a state of undress," according to the charging documents. The charge against him of sexually abusing a child specifies that he possessed child pornography.
Montana law requires certain professionals and officials to report actual or suspected abuse or neglect of a child.
When Lewis cared for Gribble, he told her that he was baby-sitting for two single mothers, each of whom had young daughters. "Lewis feels very apprehensive about this family's safety, which is one of the reasons she is telling authorities about Gribble," the affidavit said.
Hennelly, the Three Rivers administrator, said that while Three Rivers had warned another mother about Gribble in the past, Lewis couldn't supply the names of the families for whom he recently baby-sat.
Hennelly said Three Rivers requires five criteria before breaking patient confidentiality - involvement of a client, communication to a professional, a threat to a child's safety, an identifiable third party, and the apparent intent and ability to harm a child. In Gribble's case, "we ultimately determined we shouldn't do it," he said earlier this week.
Hennelly said Lewis' report to police was among several reasons she was fired.
Lewis said Friday that was the only reason she was given.
She reported Gribble to police on a Monday and was called in to Three Rivers the following Sunday, when she was fired, she said. She said she requested notification in writing and received a one-sentence letter saying she'd been terminated for violating company policy.
Chris Nygren of Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Nygren said he's exploring legal action on Lewis' behalf.
Meanwhile, said Lewis, she's living off her last paycheck and the generosity of "a very supportive boyfriend and family."
After the Missoulian reported the charges against Gribble, she began to hear from friends who'd read the news on various websites around the country. Meanwhile, a stream of emails, telephone calls and online comments to the Missoulian, also from around the country, repeatedly termed Lewis a hero.
She rejects the label.
"If I were in that same situation as those kids, I'd appreciate it if somebody would have talked about it," she said.
Paterno and company didn't.
But Michelle Lewis did.
Reporter Gwen Florio can be reached at 523-5268, email@example.com or on CopsAndCourts.com.


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Gunman Opens Fire On Police Officers In Baton Rouge, Killing At Least Three
Updated: Sunday, July 17, 2016 – 3:01 PM
(AFP) A black gunman shot dead three police officers in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge on Sunday, in the latest spate of violence involving law enforcement.
The shooting, which also wounded three other officers, took place in a city scarred by high racial tensions and numerous protests against police brutality since the death July 5 of Alton Sterling, a black man shot at point-blank range by police.
Two days after the Sterling shooting, a gunman ambushed police officers, killing five, during a demonstration triggered by Sterling's death at the hands of police and that of another African-American man in Minnesota whose dying moments were captured in shocking video footage that went viral online.
Louisiana State Police Superintendent Colonel Mike Edmonson told reporters the gunman behind the Baton Rouge shootings was killed and there are no suspects at large. The motive was not immediately clear.
One of the wounded officers "is in critical condition fighting for his life as we speak," Edmonson said. The other two officers were in stable condition.
"With God's help, we will get through this. To me, this is not so much about gun control as it is about what's in men's hearts," said Edmonson, who like some of his colleagues who spoke in the press conference, was clearly shaken.
"And until we come together as a nation, as a people, to heal as a people, if we don't do that and this madness continues, we will surely perish as a people."
The shooting took place along a highway around 8:40 am (1340 GMT), after police responded to a call about a man carrying a rifle.
"Baton Rouge officers at a convenience store observed the individual. He was wearing all black standing behind a beauty supply store holding a rifle," Edmonson said.
Some reports said the suspect was wearing a mask. US media citing unnamed sources identified the suspect as Gavin Long, a 29-year-old African American from Kansas City, Missouri whose birthday was Sunday.
A recent series of high-profile shootings involving police have exposed deep fault lines through US society, reviving long-running debates about racial prejudice and an epidemic of gun violence.
– 'Cowardly' –
President Barack Obama, who has had to address multiple mass shooting tragedies during his term, condemned the Baton Rouge shooting as "cowardly" and demanded an end to such violence.
"It is so important that everyone… right now focus on words and actions that can unite this country rather than divide it further," Obama said.
"We don't need inflammatory rhetoric. We don't need careless accusations thrown around to score political points or to advance an agenda. We need to temper our words and open our hearts, all of us."
The first African American president of the United States, Obama has made repeated calls for racial unity.
"Regardless of motive, the death of these three brave officers underscores the danger that police across the country confront every single day, and we as a nation have to be loud and clear that nothing justifies violence against law enforcement," Obama told reporters at the White House.
"This has happened far too often."
Obama pledged the federal government's full support in the investigation of the incident.
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, expressed grief in a Facebook post.
"How many law enforcement and people have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country? We demand law and order," he wrote.
Witness Brady Vancel told CBS television affiliate WAFB he saw two men running away and a third lying motionless on the ground. At least one was carrying what appeared to be an AR-15 automatic rifle amid the sound of gunfire.
The races of those possible shooters and the police officers involved were not immediately clear.
Multiple shots could be heard as civilian cars quickly backed away during the incident.
– 'Unspeakable, heinous attack' –
"Today has been a very tough day here in Baton Rouge and in Louisiana and in our country — an absolutely unspeakable, heinous attack on law enforcement here in Baton Rouge," Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said.
"The violence, the hatred, just has to stop."
Last week, police arrested more than 100 protesters taking part in a demonstration against police brutality in Baton Rouge under the banner of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Sterling's aunt Veda Washington-Abusaleh made a tearful plea for an end to the violence.
"We don't want no more bloodshed. Leave. Go home. Go wherever you come from. This is our house. You can't come in our house killing us," she said in an emotional interview with local television.
"No justice! No peace! That's what we're calling for. Stop this killing!"
Sunday's shooting also plays into a debate about gun control in a country in which firearms killed some 13,440 people last year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
Last month, Democratic lawmakers, pushing for tougher gun-control laws after a massacre in a Florida gay nightclub killed 49 people, staged a virtually unprecedented 24-hour sit-in in Congress after Republicans refused to allow a vote on two widely supported measures
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(AFP) Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2016 – 9:22 AM
A gunman killed at least three police officers and injured at least five more in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday.
Several of those injured were reported to be in critical condition.
"The scene seems to be contained right now," Baton Rouge police spokesman Don Coppola told television station WAFB.
The station aired video footage of police responding to the scene in Baton Rouge. Multiple shots could be heard as civilian cars quickly backed away.
CNN reported a local source as saying at least seven officers were shot and three are feared dead. Some of the others are reported to be in critical condition, the station said.
The shooting appeared to be carried out by a lone gunman carrying an assault rifle, local media reported.
"We think that the situation has been contained," Coppola said.
Police arrested more than 100 protesters taking part in a demonstration against police brutality in Baton Rouge last week.
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One response to "Gunman Opens Fire On Police Officers In Baton Rouge, Killing At Least Three"
This is over-hyped inaccurate "reporting". How does the gunman have a "AR-15 automatic rifle" – There is no such thing, unless this gunman had an M16 rifle, which is military issue only. the AR15 is a semi-automatic sporting/hunting rifle just like any other sporting/hunting rifle at your local sporting goods store.
Let's not make things up ok media people? Check your facts.


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Two Friday's ago Today's Systems attended the BCA Breakfast. The speaker was Scott Stratten, a leading expert in viral, social, and authentic marketing. Scott was named one of the top 5 social media influencers in the world by Forbes and one of "America's 10 Marketing Gurus" by Business Review USA. Scott coined the term "UnMarketing," calling people to stop marketing and start engaging. Scott and his wife Alison are co-owners of Unmarketing, co-authors of 4 best-selling business books, and co-hosts of the "Unpodcast".
Our Takeaways
Here are some of the points from Scott's talk that resonated with our team.
1. Don't be scared of millennials
While Generation X has experience and wisdom, the millennial generation often has more experience with technology. Don't be afraid to work together and learn from each other.
2. The importance of face to face contact
It is so easy to send an email or reach people through digital advertising. While this is important, nothing can replace meeting someone face to face.
3. Your brand is more than your logo
When you think about a company your first thought isn't always visual. Often times, you think of the service you receive. The people behind the logo make up the brand as much as the logo and colors.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post7023014764825338546..comments2019-06-01T00:28:17.500-06:00Comments on February Fairy: WHY SELF CARE SHOULDN'T JUST BE LAYING AROUND + 5 PRODUCTIVE SELF CARE IDEASElla Mariehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-30170838862974326712018-06-26T16:38:18.235-06:002018-06-26T16:38:18.235-06:00Thank YOU for reading it, girl! I go through phas...Thank YOU for reading it, girl! I go through phases, sometimes I'm really active and other times all I want to do is sleep, lol. XD That's great! Keep up the good work! Ella Mariehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-35543198676109476872018-06-26T16:36:50.463-06:002018-06-26T16:36:50.463-06:00I agree! It's always best to think about the ...I agree! It's always best to think about the long term. <3 Ella Mariehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-23814557065885909482018-05-21T23:46:59.146-06:002018-05-21T23:46:59.146-06:00Thank you so much for this post! It's spot on....Thank you so much for this post! It's spot on. To be honest I used to be a couch potato, but once I pushed myself to exercise I felt so much better. I try to keep a schedule of cardio on weekends and moderate exercise during the week. It's surprising how much better I feel when I push myself to maintain a routine. Sometimes I don't want to get out of bed—I just want to lie there—but pushing yourself really makes a difference. As long as you don't push yourself to hard.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-71901712380784801802018-05-17T19:06:00.369-06:002018-05-17T19:06:00.369-06:00I love this! "Self care" is often just &...I love this! "Self care" is often just "being lazy" now, but actually taking care of yourself is so much better!Hanne Thttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-35029091139263246152018-05-17T11:29:56.387-06:002018-05-17T11:29:56.387-06:00YAY! Thanks so much, Nabila. <3 Exactly, layin...YAY! Thanks so much, Nabila. <3 Exactly, laying around is necessary sometimes (I mean, you have to sleep, lol), but it's also helpful to do productive self care. Ella Mariehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-51194009238202430812018-05-16T16:43:26.399-06:002018-05-16T16:43:26.399-06:00I love this!! I was actually thinking lately how i...I love this!! I was actually thinking lately how it seems like when I just lay around it's nice but doesn't really benefit me at all. Nabilahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-57581019162211654112018-05-11T15:36:37.572-06:002018-05-11T15:36:37.572-06:00Thanks, Jessica!!! I'm so glad you were able ...Thanks, Jessica!!! I'm so glad you were able to pick that up, as I was trying to be clear about it. EXACTLY! I honestly couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for reading and for your sweet comment, Jessica! Ella Mariehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-60134871731947034512018-05-11T15:35:22.514-06:002018-05-11T15:35:22.514-06:00Oooh, I've done some dance in theatre before, ...Oooh, I've done some dance in theatre before, so I know that dance can be very exerting. But also refreshing. Oh yeah, good luck with your tests! Ella Mariehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-36067353984338285512018-05-11T15:33:58.649-06:002018-05-11T15:33:58.649-06:00It's really hard, don't you think! I like...It's really hard, don't you think! I like snuggling on the couch, but getting up and cleaning my room also feels awesome. Thanks for reading, Rosie <333 Ella Mariehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-49545763301071020402018-05-11T15:32:54.231-06:002018-05-11T15:32:54.231-06:00YES! I am so glad to hear I'm not the only on...YES! I am so glad to hear I'm not the only one! My thoughts exactly, girl. Haha, I think you're right. Thank you for reading it! Ella Mariehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-8779730310837257252018-05-11T15:30:53.341-06:002018-05-11T15:30:53.341-06:00Thanks, dear! Haha, that's great! XDThanks, dear! Haha, that's great! XD Ella Mariehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-19237508231411187722018-05-11T15:30:14.085-06:002018-05-11T15:30:14.085-06:00LOL, exactly! YESS, cleaning literally makes me f...LOL, exactly! YESS, cleaning literally makes me feel 99.9% better no matter what.
 Oh, that's a good one! Ella Mariehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-85962430431250987192018-05-11T15:29:11.402-06:002018-05-11T15:29:11.402-06:00I'm so glad to hear that, Brianna! Yikes, fou...I'm so glad to hear that, Brianna! Yikes, four hours of sleep is very rough. I hope you're able to reverse those habits and get some good sleep this summer! ;D

AWW, this made me smile so much. Thank you, girl! Ella Mariehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-40059445179859775562018-05-11T15:27:46.765-06:002018-05-11T15:27:46.765-06:00Honestly, same. I definitely don't work out e...Honestly, same. I definitely don't work out enough, but I've been doing better. Mmmm, interesting.
AWW, thank you!!! This literally made my day, thank you so much, Erica! <333
Ella Mariehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-88183101693977294102018-05-07T19:24:46.089-06:002018-05-07T19:24:46.089-06:00This is good! I like how you drew a contrast betwe...This is good! I like how you drew a contrast between actual self care and laziness. The best way we can take care of ourselves is to do those healthy life-giving things! I'm definitely the couch potato type, haha, but I'm trying to break that habit. Like you said, it does actually feel good to exercise! Thanks for these tips, Ella. I like how practical your posts are. xxJessicahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-91441555911899565332018-05-06T18:25:23.803-06:002018-05-06T18:25:23.803-06:00Exercise! When I do ballet on, I feel so sore afte...Exercise! When I do ballet on, I feel so sore afterwards but gain a lot of energy. Maybe exercise is the new sugar rush...I would love to get more sleep, but it's so hard during a month of testing ;-(Gabyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-56940487705634381122018-05-06T18:04:05.583-06:002018-05-06T18:04:05.583-06:00Def a couch potato... But I shall try to be a lil ...Def a couch potato... But I shall try to be a lil more active. :) Thank you for this postRosie C.https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-1608131761961017232018-05-06T07:35:28.237-06:002018-05-06T07:35:28.237-06:00Oh my, this is exactly what comes to my mind whene...Oh my, this is exactly what comes to my mind whenever I read another "self care" article. But the problem lies when you've blocked out all the "work" things, what is there left to do? And I think that's why people gravitate to Netflix and chips as if that's a healthy replacement for "work". It's not. So thank you for this post, it's so needed.

best.
k.Keirahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-72629029220125909472018-05-05T22:25:28.382-06:002018-05-05T22:25:28.382-06:00Aammeeen to this. This is like, exactly what I do ...Aammeeen to this. This is like, exactly what I do for self care xD *high fives*Paiges Pageshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-50994531138665120232018-05-05T18:44:56.471-06:002018-05-05T18:44:56.471-06:00"It hurt - really hurt - but afterward I actu..."It hurt - really hurt - but afterward I actually felt good." BOOM >> Exercise summed up XDD

AND I 10000% AGREE WITH YOU, especially on sunshine and cleaning!!

Kitchen time would be one of mine ;D

Love this post <3Lisa Elishttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-25004321523632509182018-05-05T12:53:19.755-06:002018-05-05T12:53:19.755-06:00This is such a helpful post! I developed some rea...This is such a helpful post! I developed some really bad habits during the school year - such as getting four hours of sleep - and I didn't have time for self-care. However, I'm definitely going to use these tips, so, thanks!

Also, I just have to say that your blog is SO pretty. <3

BriannaBrianna Stacynhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6209644203777832370.post-51175824642625977492018-05-05T12:25:21.870-06:002018-05-05T12:25:21.870-06:00I really need to work out more.... I have very hig...I really need to work out more.... I have very high metabolism and so working out has never really been a big deal for me, but I really need to do it more for health I guess.
BTW, Your bloggie has really grown on me!! I am seriously looking forward to your posts!!! They are just sweet, aesthetic, and I find this blog just overall refreshing. Thanks for writing it! <3
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This is a picture of me trying to find the peas growing in the garden at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. The peas are very hard to find because they are buried deep among the leaves. The job is a tedious one and most folks don't enjoy hunting for them. In fact, as we worked we wondered how folks did that day in and day out.
This certainly hits upon one of my weaknesses since it is difficult for me to focus on something when there are many things around it. I concentrated and worked slowly. I must say, it seems I have to do most things slowly and sometimes I get frustrated with this.
When I begin to feel like this, I like to turn to the Psalms. The Psalm writers have so many emotions and when I'm feeling low, it helps me to read them. I especially like Psalm 77 by Eugene Peterson. Peterson's is not a direct translation but his words are very earthy and seem to get at the writer's coontemporary meaing.
"I yell out to my God, I yell with all my might. I yell at the top of my lungs. He listens. I found myself in trouble and went looking for my Lord; my life was an open wound that wouldn't heal. When friends said, 'Everything will turn out all right,' I didn't believe a word they said."
"I remember God – and shake my head. I bow my head – then wring my hands. I'm awake all night – not a wink of sleep; I can't even say what's bothering me. I go over the days one by one, I ponder the years gone by. I strum my lute all through the night, wondering how to get my life together."
"Will the Lord walk off and leave us for good? Will he never smile again? Is his love worn threadbare? Has his salvation promise burned out? Has God forgotten his manners? Has he angrily stalked off and left us? 'Just my luck,' I said. 'The High God Goes out of business just the moment I need him.' "
"Once again I'll go over what God has done, lay out on the table the ancient wonders; I'll ponder all the things you've accomplished, and give a long, loving look at your acts. Oh God! Your way is holy! No god is great like God! You're the God who makes things happen; you showed everyone what you can do – You pulled your people out of the worst kind of trouble, rescued the children of Jacob and Joseph"
"Ocean saw you in action, God, saw you and trembled with fear; Deep Ocean was scared to death. Clouds belched buckets of rain, Sky exploded with thunder, your arrows flashing this way and that. From Whirlwind came your thundering voice, Lightning exposed the world, Earth reeled and rocked. You strode right through Ocean, and nobody saw you come or go. Hidden in the hands of Moses and Aaron, You led your people like a flock of sheep."
I love some of his language in this Psalm. "I strum my lute all through the night, wondering how to get my life together." I don't strum my lute but I do read the New York Times and drink too much coffe much when I feel like my life isn't together!
I like that the Psalmist thinks back on what God has done. This helps me immensely to look back on my life and see how God has led me. I remember a couple years after my injury I couldn't find a volunteer position that used my gifts. However one day out of desperation, I walked into a local retirement center to see if they needed a volunteer chaplain. They did and I learned a lot there. I'm trying to be patient and it helps to remember all that God has done for me up until this point.
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text: M Sports would like to congratulate Moses Akimana for signing a fantastic offer with NCAA D1 IUPU Fort Wayne for the 2018 men's soccer season. Moses has been playing his football at Birkenhead United and recently Auckland City U20's. He will join another kiwi Jamie Lamb for the 2018 season. Good luck fellas.