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TOKYO—"I write these facts as dispassionately as I can in the hope that they will act as a warning to the world," wrote the journalist Wilfred Burchett from Hiroshima. His story, headlined, "The Atomic Plague" appeared in the London Daily Express on Sept. 5, 1945. Burchett violated the U.S. military blockade of Hiroshima, and was the first Western journalist to visit that devastated city. He wrote: "Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence."
Jump ahead 66 years, to March 11, 2011, and 600 miles north, to Fukushima and the Great East Japan Earthquake, which caused the tsunami. As we now know, the initial onslaught that left 19,000 people dead or missing was just the beginning. What began as a natural disaster quickly cascaded into a man-made one, as system after system failed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of the six reactors suffered meltdowns, releasing deadly radiation into the atmosphere and the ocean.
Three years later, Japan is still reeling from the impact of the disaster. More than 340,000 people became nuclear refugees, forced to abandon their homes and their livelihoods. Filmmaker Atsushi Funahashi directed the documentary "Nuclear Nation: The Fukushima Refugees Story." In it, he follows refugees from the town of Futaba, where the Fukushima Daiichi plant is based, in the first year after the disaster. The government relocated them to an abandoned school near Tokyo, where they live in cramped, shared common areas, many families to a room, and are provided three box lunches per day. I asked Funahashi what prospects these 1,400 people had. "There's none, pretty much. The only thing the government is saying is that [for] at least six years from the accident, you cannot go back to your own town," he told me.
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On Wednesdays We Wear Pink
TOP: Target
STRIPED CARDIGAN: Neiman Marcus (mine is from Zara originally but I found it for $10 at a consignment store)
BOOTS: Guess (similar to mine) Watch: Michael Kors Pants: Forever 21
Nail Polish: OPI Lipstick: Maybelline
Sunglasses: JC Penny
(similar. I found mine at a random little boutique in Pasadena the other day)
Earrings: Amazon
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On Wednesdays we wear pink... and on Tuesday? We got our marriage license! Such a happy day! Getting closer and closer to our wedding day and this was just one step closer. So so happy. We also went apartment hunting!! We will be living in Los Angeles by the sea (but not sharing the exact location, just for privacy's sake ;) and we are praying that the Lord just provides the perfect place for us to start our life together. We are so grateful for these wonderful gifts of love and marriage upcoming, and life together -- after so many years of waiting and praying, the fruition sure is sweet... and the best is yet to come, because He is good!
So the other day we were in Target (otherwise known as "the Mothership" ;) and I found the cutest tank I just had to have. Y'all have to grab one, so cute -- especially if you've seen "Mean Girls" and love it as much as I do. My sis and I quote it all the time ("Wanna go to Taco Bell?) but this may be our favorite quote.


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The 1980's were stuffed full of great songs and artists, a lot of whom we idolize today. Who has not gone through a phase where they listened to "The Smiths," dressed as Madonna for Halloween, or given "eight sixty-seven fifty-three zero nine" as an automatic answer? This list is, relatively, short; I think it gives an okay overview of some of the best that we still listen to on repeat, sometimes, though.
"Too Much Time on My Hands" Styx
"Rag Doll" Aerosmith
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears For Fears
"Heaven Is A Place On Earth" Belinda Carlisle
"Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper
"867-5309/Jenny" Tommy Tutone
"What I Like About You" Romantics
"I Melt With You" Modern English
"Jessie's Girl" Rick Springfield
"Born In The U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen
"Livin' On A Prayer" Bon Jovi
"Walking On Sunshine" Katrina & The Waves
"It's the End of the World as We Know It" R.E.M
"Come On Eileen" Dexy's Midnight Runners
"Hurts So Good" John Mellencamp
"Take On Me" a-Ha
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" U2
"Bad Reputation" Joan Jett
"Like A Prayer" Madonna
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Electric Company Theatre presents world premiere of Daniel Brooks' The Full Light of Day, Jan. 7-12 at the Vancouver Playhouse. For more information visit electriccompanytheatre.com.
The redemption of one family in a new play will coincide with the redemption of large-scale theatre at Vancouver Playhouse.
In The Full Light of Day, written by Daniel Brooks and directed by Kim Collier, a suspenseful hybrid of theatre and film will illuminate the story of a terminally ill woman who confronts the choices involving real estate development – and real estate corruption – that brought her family privilege.
"The story follows a family that's basically made all of its wealth in real estate. It's a great love story between a husband and wife and the implications of our behaviour and the impact they have on the generations to follow," explains actor and former North Vancouver resident Jillian Fargey, who portrays the character Sherry, the no-nonsense wife of David – the eldest son of Mary and Harold who's slated to take over the family real estate business. "It's a big show, it's an ambitious show."
The production, besides featuring a large ensemble cast, also includes 14 live-streaming cameras showing projections and film, immersing the audience with views of cityscapes and close-ups that animate the intimate inner lives of the characters.
"There's a lot of live-camera feed so that the audience has an opportunity to get into the inner subtle workings of a character's inner life," says Fargey. "There's a lot of projections going on to create time shifts, movement. It's a stunning production, it's beautiful and hopefully the camera work is going to create intimacy."
And while the technical elements that complement the stage work help facilitate a sense of intimacy, the production itself is large-scale and open – a welcome return to form at Vancouver Playhouse, which saw the closure of the venue's titular company in 2012 after 50 years of operation.
"I don't think the scale of this show could be done on any other stage in the city. It's big," says Fargey.
While Fargey's hesitant to reveal too much about The Full Light of Day's plot, she does admit the play explores the kind of "bribery, wheeling and dealing" and "backdoor deals" that too often come up as buzz words when discussing housing or real estate these days.
Although the story isn't specifically related to Vancouver, anyone who has been paying attention during the last many years will recognize the sketchy real estate call signs present in the production, or, as Fargey puts it, the things that we all know go on "but we've decided is just business and we've normalized it all."
At one point in the show "a deal does go sideways and the wrong person gets crossed and there's ramifications to that," which fatefully cause the family to unravel, to start examining the ramifications of their own actions, she says.
For Fargey, who attended Canyon Heights Elementary and Handsworth Secondary, it was a fascinating challenge to play a character so far removed from her own sensibilities.
"She's taking care of business, she's taking care of her family, and she's aware that there could be some ethical and moralistically dodgy things going on but is deciding to embrace it," she says. "It's been an interesting journey for me because politically and ethically I'm faraway from this character, I'm very far away from this character."
Fargey has a long list of TV and film credits to her name, including appearances on The Beachcombers and The X-Files, and more recently on shows like The Man in the High Castle and Bates Motel. She was nominated for a Genie Award for the 2000 film Protection, which examines the world of social services based in Canada.
In The Full Light of Day, Fargey says being part of the production has got her thinking more about the importance of looking outside of our own little microcosms.
"What's good for me isn't necessarily good for the whole, and so in taking care of self we can be harming other people. To bring it to Vancouver – this isn't necessarily the real estate issue of our play – but it's really good for me if my house costs $3 million but it's not good for the people who are trying to get into the market."
Fargey recalls being bitten by the acting bug in Grade 10, after an acting opportunity involving the topic of youth suicide and the Crisis Line allowed her to pursue her then-interest of social work/service.
Through acting, Fargey eventually came to feel like she could "reach a lot of people at once," prompting her to study performance at Langara College's Studio 58.
With regards to the near constant spectre of real estate and Metro Vancouver, Fargey says The Full Light of Day made her "stop and take a look at the ramifications of behaviour globally. … Every choice I make has an effect on something somewhere," she says. "We've been trying to get back to the North Shore but can't afford it. There's your real estate tie-in!"


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Ducks Cross-curricular picture book lessons includes more than a dozen different hands-on activities and even more ideas for learning about ducks for the youngest kids. There are activities to keep little ones busy for days as you read picture books together and explore ducks in a variety of contexts!
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- Reading response pages relating to three of the books
- Tracing practice pages (7)
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- Duck craftivity
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- Sink or float experiment
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There is a better way
Every year, thousands of families are torn apart by bitter court battles. Relationships between separating parents are irretrievably broken, and all too often their children are caught up in the middle.
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11-15 January 2016 is Family Mediation Week. Organised by the Family Mediators Association (FMA), our aim is to raise awareness of mediation as an alternative to court battles for separating couples.
Mediation can help you take control of your own family's future, making constructive decisions together rather than asking someone else to decide what should happen to your children or your finances. We want to help and support people at the point of separation, and also let other people know that family mediation is an option they can suggest to friends or family members who are experiencing separation and don't know where to go for help.
Over the course of Family Mediation Week, we will be publishing information and resources to help more people understand that there is a better, more constructive option that puts children first and helps separating families create a brighter future.
Find out more
To receive more information about family mediation, how it works and how it can benefit separating families www.thefma.co.uk or www.familymediationweek.org.uk.and find further information about this and parenting after parting on www.resolution.org.uk/divorceandparenting/
This year Nicolette Zarka successfully completed the Civil and Commercial Mediator training programme with ADR Group and holds the title Civil and Commercial Mediator. Civil and commercial mediators often work with solicitors and their clients in mediation. Some clients and their solicitors enquire from time to time as to whether Aurora family mediation can offer appointments with solicitors present. This is not a service we offer routinely as we believe that couples often prefer to work out arrangements directly in the mediation session and have the opportunity to speak to their solicitors in between meetings if needed. Sometimes solicitors come to a second or third mediation appointment with clients and this is a service we can offer. Please speak to us about this model of mediation by calling us on 07551 909509 /01462 429735 or email firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like to hear more about this way of resolving your arrangements on separation in family mediation
The Children and Families Bill, currently going through parliament, is seeking for it to become law as opposed to procedural protocol for an Applicant in family proceedings concerning children to show that they have considered family mediation before going to court. In practice, this means attending a mediation information and assessment meeting (MIAMS meeting).
For couples, resolving disputes via family mediation could and should ensure a speedier and less expensive formal separation. Ministry of Justice statistics show that the speed of agreeing terms for a separation where mediation is used is 110 days, compared with 435 days for agreements made without the help of mediation. As for cost, according to the same statistics, the average cost of an agreement via mediation is £800 per couple, compared with £5000 per person without. And of course, Legal Aid may have been cut for most family law cases, but it is still available for family mediation.
However, there are concerns from mediators that the new law will not actually have the desired result of keeping couples out of court. In practice, only one party will have to attend a MIAMs meeting and the other party is still free not to explore mediation.
Resolution carried out a survey in November last year showing that only half of the people they surveyed would consider mediation as a good alternative to going to court, and only a quarter believe that divorcing out of court would protect the rights of both parties. Read the results of the survey here: http://www.resolution.org.uk/news-list.asp?page_id=228&page=1&n_id=208
Many people, both separating couples and professionals in the legal and advice sectors, remain wary of family mediation being a suitable alternative to court. At Aurora Family Mediation we are totally client focussed and see ourselves as an approachable service for solicitors and other professionals as well as clients to ask whatever practical questions they would like to about how we operate. It is also really important to us that clients feel they have an idea of what to expect from our family mediation service.
At Aurora, we know family mediation works and we see the positive results week after week. Please call us if you would like more information about family mediation on 07551 909509
Watch Resolution's video Divorcing or Separating: there is a better way here: http://www.resolution.org.uk/
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Look! "Mask Off" Is Future's Highest-Charting Solo Single
The ATL's own, Future is back in the news. Fresh off taking over the stages of Coachella this past weekend, today the word comes down that "Mask Off" Is Future's Highest-Charting Solo Single. As of now, the infectious flute driven track has climbed to number Seven on the Billboard Hot 100, which is his highest-charting single yet.
The success of the track provides Future his second appearance in the Hot 100′s top ten rankings and his very first as a lead solo artist. The track was at number 11 before climbing over the past few weeks due to the #MaskOffChallenge. Congrats to Future on the accolades and success. Let us know what you think about the track below and stream it while you're at it.


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Featured Student: Christine Gafus
Christine Gafus, 46, lives in Grandy, NC. When I learned of her terrible medical situation I paid her a visit in early November 2010 to see if I could help. Christine has celiac and has been diagnosed with fybromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Regarding the two latter diagnoses, I have heard doctors and medical students acknowledge that these are sometimes used as catchall diagnoses when a doctor doesn't know what is wrong with a person.
I felt the medical establishment had failed Christine. She had a shoebox full of medicines including Percocet, a non-narcotic pain medicine, steroids, and anti-depressants. She told me she has had two operations on her back, and so many prednisone injections that cataract surgery had been necessitated. I told her it seemed to me that she was being stripped of the ability to tap into her own innate healing capacities and that her regimen of drugs was ruining her health and her potential to heal. Perhaps, I told her, if she faithfully performed what I asked of her she might regain some of that ability.
I gave Christine the two-hour introduction and have been in touch with her every day to encourage her to stick with the 15-minute daily practice she learned. Just a few days after she began her (sometimes twice a day) short yoga practice, she already felt so much better that she flushed her steroids and has not taken them since. Christine has been elated to learn how effective and fulfilling it is to take an active, central role in her own healing through daily yoga practice. In early December I received the card shown here.


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The Alto Professional Spectrum Lighted PA System is a portable PA system with built-in dual LED lighting arrays that fulfills your requirements of delivering great performance sound, exciting lighting effects and wireless Bluetooth convenience for both musical acts and Karaoke performances.
Alto Professional Spectrum Lighted PA System is a 2-way 200-watt bi-amplified system housed in a very trim enclosure measuring just 8.4 x 29.2 x 10.1" (212 x 740 x 257mm) HWD. The drive units are three 6 ½" (165mm) woofers and a 1" (25mm) high-frequency compression driver, which span the full musical frequency range from 65-20kHz. Its internal amplifier is divided 130 watts to the woofers and 70 watts to the tweeter. The system has thermal and dynamic overload protection, so the sound is always clean and clear no matter how hard it's pushed.
However, it's the built-in 5-mode LED lighting array that really sets Spectrum PA apart from everything else. There are countless small- to medium-sized events where top-quality Karaoke/PA sound and lighting effects are needed: weddings, karaoke contests, coffee house performances, recitals and more. In every one of these situations, expensive, complicated stacks of equipment and lighting are both inappropriate and unnecessary. Alto Professional's Spectrum PA fulfills all these requirements with one easily-transportable, easy-to-set up unit.
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Lucie & Daniel Marry at Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Lucie and Daniel tied the knot just outside Paris in the pretty town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye at the Pavillon Henri IV. Sanni took care of hair and make-up and I was lucky enough to document the festivities. An opera singer flew in from Dubai to keep us entertained into dinner after which the party really started.
Here's a kind email I had waiting for me this morning from Lucie after viewing her wedding photos:
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My name is Matt Bennett. I currently live on the outskirts of the Texas Hill Country near the heart of Austin, where we are blessed with an abundance of clear rivers and streams, each filled with a large variety of fish to chase with a fly rod.
Growing up in southwestern Louisiana, I've been fishing as long as I can remember. Most of my early fishing days were spent in the back of my dad's bass boat on Toledo Bend where we chased largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappie with conventional tackle. I picked up fly fishing one summer during my teenage years after finding my grandpa's old fiberglass fly rod tucked in a closet corner. I began dabbling it in a bit on the smaller farm ponds back home, but it never really replaced conventional tackle for me until my move to the Austin, Texas area back in 2008.
I regularly fish our local rivers and streams for Largemouth, Guadalupe, and Smallmouth Bass.
I enjoy chasing Common Carp as well – ours can be some of the pickiest around. We also have a variety of sunfish species and a native cichlid, the Rio Grande Cichlid in the immediate area. The coast is just a short drive away and exponentially increases the variety of fly fishing opportunities with Redfish, Speckled Trout, Ladyfish, Jacks – just to name a few. We are truly spoiled by choice in our immediate area. Along with everything else, I also fish the trout streams of southwestern Colorado several times of year chasing Brown, Brook, Rainbow, and several species of Cutthroat trout.
With such a wide array of fishing options available in my immediate area, picking up fly tying was a no-brainer for me.
I needed a variety of patterns for a variety of conditions and species, which is what you'll find on my website. My signature pattern, the Lunch Money, has been available through Umpqua Feather Merchants since in 2016. I've been part of the fly fishing industry for a while now as the shop manager for Living Waters Fly Fishing for just over three years, and am currently serving as the Vice President for the Texas Council FFI. Recently, I decided to pursue my passion tying flies full-time, and here we are.
I enjoy tweaking patterns for specific purposes. Want a pattern on a specific hook or maybe to better imitate specific forage found in your area? The customization options are virtually limitless and I'm happy to build them into the flies I tie for you. I want to create flies that you are excited about getting out on the water, so feel free to email me with any questions or requests.
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Carlson grads get in on social commerce with DealStork
Whether you call it "group discount buying", "social commerce" or "E-mail coupon deals" – it's clearly an idea whose time has come…relative to say, Mercata's 1999-2001 $89 million crash and burn, that is.
But it is back by popular demand. Only this time it's not the 'Costco of the Internet' model, aimed at pooling geographically disparate groups of consumers around hard retail goods, competing with the eBays and Amazons of the world-but rather, more focused on what services are relevant here (locally) and now (immediate).
"The method of aggregating demand to reduce prices on products sold online is new and may not become a popular method of purchasing goods and services," the company acknowledged back in 2000. Maybe Mercata was just premature; perhaps their behavior changing vision was just ahead of its time relative to the critical mass of modern social graphs which power the group buying models of today?
And ten years later, it's impossible to ignore the massive resurgence of this concept. Reignited by the infamous Groupon, Steven Carpenter said it best: "No other startup has gone more quickly from launch to $1 billion+ in valuation except YouTube (12 months), which Groupon achieved in 16 months with its latest $135 million infusion two weeks ago."
Which brings us to the tale of one Minnesota player: DealStork.
Eden Prairie-based DealStork was founded in October of 2009 (1 full year after Groupon emerged) by U of M CSM Grads Tony Black and Andrew Rowe who saw an opportunity to integrate their entrepreneurial, sales and operational experiences into a web-based business model. A model that's almost too intuitive to be true:
From the consumers perspective-
Step 1) Sign up to receive deals from DealStork
Step 2) Receive said deals
Step 3) Simultaneously Commit and share
Step 4) Pay only if the minimum is met
Step 5) Print and redeem your DealStork voucher
Consumers receive anywhere from a 40-90% discount on any variety of services ranging from health/wellness, dining, travel, entertainment and merchandise. The possibilities are endless to the extent that the deals can be achieved and redeemed within a timely and relevant manner.
From the vendors perspective-
Step 1) Identify a target customer acquisition cost
Step 2) Complete the formula to determine how many customers/sales are needed at what price to justify the DealStork campaign
Step 3) Design the promotion in coordination with DealStork
Step 4) Generate business
Step 5) Profit?
Vendors like DealStork because there's no up-front cost, no minimum number of purchases/spend and they only pay for the marketing if the pre-established target is met. "We're able to set a minimum number of purchases required on each deal before it's actually active for the consumer. What this does for the business is it makes it risk free in the sense that if we're unable to deliver the minimum, then there's no cost to the business. Of course our goal is to always meet/exceed the minimum because that's how we get paid." says Tony Black, President of DealStork. Furthermore, the campaign is highly traceable and thus more quantifiable than traditional forms of advertising.
Black fully understands that what they're offering is a marketing solution supplemented by the web; in this sense, he see's the DealStork model as nothing less than the future of online B2C marketing through social commerce, and e-couponing. "We are the alternative to the traditional, and we all know what traditional means," he adds.
Currently, DealStork is only offering its services within the Twin Cities market as they focus on developing the brand locally through customer relations and strategic partnerships like one they've inked with Direct Line Services which will help the company get in front of over 100 local dining establishments. The promotions are now running almost daily and some campaigns are even starting to stray in the direction of no minimums (which is apparently part of a larger trend says Black).
DealStork commissions are set at 30% off the top of revenue derived from the campaign, which Black says is significantly lower than the 50% industry average. Locally, DealStork predominantly competes with Minneapolis-based CrowdCut (owned by Kasa Capital), DC-based Living Social and obviously – Groupon.
"It really does seem like there's a brand new competitor in the market on a weekly basis. There were about 10 in the market when we started and now there's virtually an unlimited amount. Right now, outside our low commission rate, what I can tell you is that our advantage lies in the nuances of how we structure each vendors marketing campaign in a way that make sense for them down the road," explains Mr. Black.
As the story unfolds, DealStork see's its own marketing increasingly positioned towards the local angle. As Black describes, "The revenues that out of state competitors generate do not stay here and our customer/vendor base here in the cities can appreciate the fact that they are dealing with another local business that is more likely to recycle the money throughout our own economic environment."
For a thorough understanding of the trend at large, Steven Carpenter's guest post on TechCrunch last month goes deeper than we could ever dream of in a comprehensive "teardown" of Groupon (171m in funding) and its closest (US) competition-LivingSocial (49m in funding) & Buywithme (5.5m in funding).
His conclusion?
"I think the potential for these kinds of offers on the web is a $5B+ opportunity. There is no reason to believe that this concept couldn't be extended to virtually any category or service provider. But I do not think this is a winner-take-all market like auctions were when eBay took that market. There are no real technology advantages, there is nothing preventing a local vendor from using multiple platforms, and buyers don't care where they buy so long as the deals are good…my take is that this is a winner-take-most market and looks more like search."
An earlier post by TC's European Editor, Robin Wauters, dissects the followers in greater detail, where the data points to some 66+ emulators in the US alone (before the shameless comment plugs). An obvious extension of this fragmented free-for-all are the rise of aggregation services like Yipit and DealRadar.
And the volume of competition is understandable as entrepreneurs often feel as though they're building a better mousetrap…but how does it end? It's not hard to imagine a future of pinched margins, outsourcing, and inevitable fallout. Conversely, the bigger you are the further you fall; who knows how/where things go as this concept evolves? How fast can VC money in the tens of millions pivot?
Let's put the economics of scaling a consumer internet brand aside for a minute. What about the sales challenges from the vendor side of the equation? How long before vendors are inundated and overwhelmed with choices (I hear it's already happening)? Who knows-maybe that's a problem in-and-of itself worth exploring, that is, how will the vendors know which marketing partner is the best fit for them amongst a sea of options?
For those entrepreneurs looking to capture their own sliver of a slice in this inflated space, rather than the "everything to everyone mentality", perhaps the hyperlocal angle and/or site-specific niches will be areas in which the behemoths will be slowest to plunder. In this sense, we think DealStork is on to something with its localized approach towards keeping the money around town — as opposed to say, Chicago or even Russia. Some creative forays into sectors and services outside the mainstream scope could also be a worthy experiment in a local market with such economic diversity and ethnic culture as the Twin Cities has to offer.


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Easter Earthquakes
Probably five years ago, a small earthquake shook my house in Charlotte, NC. It was only a slight tremor that lasted a couple of seconds—no damage was done—but since these things don't typically happen in North Carolina, it was a bit unnerving. Obviously, earthquakes can be catastrophic. The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team, where I serve, had teams of chaplains in Haiti ministering for several years after the horrific earthquake of 2010. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives and the already poverty stricken country has yet to recover.
Earthquakes are usually very troubling occurrences; devastating natural disasters.
In Matthew 27, we see that there were actually two supernatural earthquakes that took place during Holy Week. One earthquake took place when Jesus died on the cross. After he gasped for His last breath on Good Friday, the Bible says there was a great earthquake and many tombs were opened (verse 52). Then, early on Easter Sunday morning, there was another earthquake when Jesus rose from the dead. During this earthquake, many saints—believers—also rose from the same graves that had been opened on Good Friday! They then went throughout Jerusalem testifying about the resurrection of Jesus.
There were two earthquakes during Holy Week and there were two resurrections: the resurrection of Jesus and the resurrection of the saints. We focus on the resurrection of Christ during the Easter season, and rightfully so, but it's important to remember that the only reason Jesus was raised from the dead (and died on the cross) is so that we could be raised from the dead! Because of what Jesus did through His death, burial, and resurrection, we have the assurance we will live for eternity with Him in Heaven. Hallelujah!
Matthew 27:52 says, "many godly people were resurrected." Another translation says, "many saints who had fallen asleep were raised." Even after we become a part of God's family by grace through faith, we can I'm realizing that we can "fall asleep" spiritually. It's so easy to just go through the motions, subtly succumbing to the illusion that this present life is our top priority. It's so easy to forget to "set our affection on things above not on earthly things" (Colossians 3:1).
I pray that each of us as followers of Jesus would take a spiritual inventory this week. Do we need a personal earthquake that will shatter the chains of complacency that so easily bind us? Do we need a resurrection of our passion to share the good news of Jesus with those that don't know Him personally? Let's invite the Risen Christ to do a deep, abiding work in each of us during this Holy Week.


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Meeting Facility Overview
Treasure Island Resort & Casino boasts over 25,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, which accommodates groups of up to 1,200 for business meetings, holiday parties, weddings or other special events. With gourmet-catering services, these events take on an elegant, tropical feel as the staff caters to the client's every need. Treasure Island's staff will make sure the event is what the client envisioned, including design, layout, audio-visual, menu, service breakout sessions and off-site activities and excursions.
In addition, Treasure Island offers the unique opportunity for guests to enjoy meetings, corporate gatherings or special events while cruising on the Mississippi River cruise liner, Spirit of the Water. Docked at Treasure Island's Marina, Spirit of the Water, allows seating for 125 and provides guests a scenic Mississippi River cruise while conducting business or gathering with clients and colleagues. Spirit of the Water sails June-October and is another amenity guests utilize when planning a meeting or special event.
The property is nestled between two historic river cities, Red Wing and Hastings and this is an important reason why Treasure Island Resort & Casino is the perfect place to host meetings and conventions. Treasure Island works with Red Wing and Hastings to promote the natural beauty and many attractions of the area. Tourists come to this area to watch bald eagles, bike the wonderful trails, hunt for antiques, game at the casino, golf on nationally recognized courses, downhill or cross country ski, hike on Cannon Valley Trail, or fish and boat on the Mississippi. Whether it's a day meeting or retreat away from the office, Treasure Island has something for everyone.
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Become a 'Carbon Literacy for Communities' Trainer - Day Two
The 'Become a Carbon Literacy by Communities Trainer' course will run on the 3rd and 4th July at Keep Scotland Beautiful's Offices in Stirling. Over the two days participants will:
- Gain a thorough understanding of the 'Carbon Literacy by Communities' course content
- Gain confidence talking to their community about climate change and low carbon actions. The training includes Q&A sessions with experts in climate science and carbon accounting
- Develop teaching and facilitation techniques
- Develop ideas to make the course relevant to their community
- Learn how to get community members certified as 'Carbon Literate'
We're inviting you to apply to take part in the 'Become a Carbon Literacy by Communities Trainer' course, giving you the opportunity to deliver accredited Carbon Literacy training and help community members become certified as Carbon Literate by the Carbon Literacy Project.
We're operating a simple application process to ensure that the first group of trainers will represent a diverse range of communities from across Scotland. Up to two representatives per organisation may apply. The course is offered at a highly subsidized rate of £65 for two days. This cost is eligible expenditure for CCF grants providing there is relevant budget.
If you'd like to apply please complete the Application Form - download here - and return to email@example.com
The deadline for applications is 5pm Monday 4th June 2018
From 04 July 2018 09:00 to 17:00
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I have made this card for 2 challenges. The first is Outlaws Monday Greeting Card Challenge where Rainbow colours were asked for. Rainbows and a pot of Gold go hand in hand. We just need to find it!
and the second is for Perfect Sentiments Challenge where we were asked to do a holiday/season card with paper piercing. I think of rainbows and it reminds me of St Patrick's Day and that pot of Gold that is supposed to be at the end.
Sunday, 19 February 2012
Challenge Time
6 comments:
- Maria :) said...
This card is just wonderful Ina, I love the colorful butterflies. Just WOW, Way to go,
- 10:27 pm, February 19, 2012
- Paper Creations by Shirley said...
What a beautiful & colourful card Ina ! It sure makes me think of rainbows ! Have a great day, Shirley
- 12:35 am, February 20, 2012
- jan farnworth said...
a very cute card nicely done. thanks for joining us at the perfect sentiment.
- 4:35 am, February 21, 2012
- Jessica Pascarella said...
Love the rainbow of butterflies! This is a great card! Thanks for sharing it with us at The Perfect Sentiment!
- 12:16 am, February 22, 2012
- Jennipher said...
very creative way to do your piercing. thanks for joining us at The Perfect Sentiment.
- 9:42 am, February 22, 2012
- Cindy :) said...
beautiful Ina, love it :)
- 3:33 pm, February 23, 2012
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010...10:39 pm
Error – Camsyniad
Sbwriel is back with a bang after a month off for website development (or plain laziness). This weeks Welsh Word of the Week is inspired by the BBC's current top 5 most shared news stories. The story is as follows:
When officials asked for the Welsh translation of a road sign, they thought the reply was what they needed.
Unfortunately, the e-mail response to Swansea council said in Welsh: "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated".
So that was what went up under the English version which barred lorries from a road near a supermarket.
Haha, in honour of this schoolboy error this weeks Welsh word of the Week is "Camsyniad" which means "Error" and is pronounced "cam-son-yad".
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The ability to attract females is not exactly what most men think. Let's look at ways to enhance male sex appeal and turn on the women of your dreams. You need to look at the stereotypes and the reality of having excellent male sex appeal and pay attention to what it takes to become a great lover. Let's see what women are looking for.
Believe it or not, it isn't penis size that counts nor is it about all of the sexual position he knows about. These are simply misconceptions put on by the pornography and sex industry. There are four principles to focus on:
1. Appearance
The way a man presents himself is important, even before you get into the bedroom. Let's look at what's important in male sex appeal when it comes to experience. Looks are a matter of making the very best out of what you have to work with. Ladies care more about what's on the inside of a guy than what is on the outside.
Be well mannered, polite, considerate and romantic as these are traits that will impress just about any woman. Make certain you have a clean face, a beautiful smile, moisturizer on your face if needed and aftershave. Make frequent visits to the dentist to make sure you have a white smile. Use tooth whiteners that are relatively inexpensive to keep your teeth sparkling.
The way you dress is important, too. Hire an image consultant to help you out if you don't have any fashion sense. These people are trained to help you look your very best. It is an important part of male sex appeal.
2. Consideration
Be the most considerate lover as you can be. Remember that it is not just your needs you need to think of but that of another person's. You have to keep the channels of communication open and be open with your partner to have the best male sex appeal ever.
3. Love Making Sexual Technique
There is no right or wrong method to make love, and everyone has his or her dislikes and likes when it comes to sex. There are a few basic things, however, that women like. Women see sex as an emotional attachment rather than just a sex act.
They need lots of basic foreplay to enjoy sex and relax. Women take longer to be completely ready to have an intense orgasm. Many men don't know that 90 percent of women don't feel kissed enough so take the time to kiss your female partner.
Also, most women feel sensitive about the appearance of their butts and want to feel like someone appreciates their buttocks. Spend time on the buttocks to make her feel more confident. Kiss the buttocks, stroke and massage it and she will be turned on. All of this is connected to emotional bonding and intimacy. It all contributes to making sex appeal.
Ø Oral Sex
Most women adore oral sex and have better orgasms with this technique than with full on sex. Let's take a look at few proven sexual technique that will drive her crazy and give her the best possible orgasm.
Make sure you target the G-spot. Use the top major positions of the Kama Sutra, which are simple positions and will lead to great orgasms. Use oral sex along with intercourse to bring your partner to the best orgasm. Use male sex appeal to make her always wanting you (and just you) for the acquaintance you form and the great sex you have.


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This article appears in its entirety on Elephant Journal.
Read The Four Stages of Personal Responsibility, Part 1 here.
Read The Four Stages of Personal Responsibility, Part 2 here.
Now that we know what Personal Responsibility is and is not, and have gone over examples of the first two stages of personal responsibility, let's take it a layer deeper. The next two stages are slightly more complex and evolved. They require a higher level of consciousness and self awareness than the earlier stages, which claim that we are actually not at all responsible for how we feel. The attention is beginning to move from outwardly-focused, to inwardly-focused.
Stage 3: "When you do this, I feel hurt."
On the surface level, this sort of statement feels like a huge step up from Stages 1 and 2. After all, it's making the conscious connection that certain circumstances or actions have an impact on us. It is often seen in the personal development realm as the way to generate intimacy in relationship, a way to get more honest with our partners, and to vulnerably share the impact others' have on us. And all of that is true. Except that when most of us say this, what we are energetically communicating is a desire for an adjustment in behavior, action, or language so that we no longer have to feel the hurt (see Stage 2, doctored up with fancy language).
Requesting adjustments and communicating what our needs are in relationship is important. It's one of the best ways to get to know one another and to see if the relationship is being built off of common desires or fantasy, projection, and illusion. Vulnerability (read: not necessarily feeling weak and victimized, but rather, sharing our truths, trials, and errors, our dreams, aspirations and desires) is probably the most important thing needed to build any successful relationship, and, it's a necessary precursor to the kind of intimacy that makes you want to keep coming back for more year after year. And, when the implication is that THEY need to change in order for US to feel good, it's explicitly *not* personal responsibility. Not only are we still giving our power away just like in stages 1 and 2, but we are also not owning our part of the dynamic that has been created, nor addressing why it is that we feel so hurt in the first place. And therein lies our work.
Stage 4 (aka: "The Work"): "I feel this way because this event triggered a story I have about myself that I am/will be _______ (unworthy of love, abandoned, taken for granted, held responsible for others' actions, etc)."
Notice the very obvious absence of the other person in this stage. This gives way to an integrated understanding that it's not a person's actions or behaviour that is *causing* us to feel hurt, it's how we interpret them based on our pre-existing beliefs about ourself. Championing this level of consciousness and emotional expression is not only difficult, but it also requires a lot of practice (and by practice, I mean making mistakes in execution of this very model and learning from them, over and over again).
Understanding where we are making decisions and interpret our interactions with others based on negative stories we believe about ourselves is more than half the battle, and gaining awareness of these thoughts requires as a necessary ingredient a high level of willingness, as well as an ability to move slowly enough that we can actually feel the feelings and hear the thoughts we're having in the first place. This is usually some of the biggest work we do with coaches, as this level of consciousness often requires the deliberate attention of another person in order for the stories to come up to the surface at all.
It's important to note that there is no point at which we 'master' this type of personal responsibility. If we believe ourselves to be perpetually existing in our interactions with others only in Stage 4, we are either highly deluded in our experience of reality, or we are living such controlled lives that we never experience any triggers at all, which ultimately would result in our stunted growth. While we can and should aspire to interact with others at Stage 4, to have the expectation that that's the only place that is "right" for us to show up as positions us perfectly for a *lack* of personal responsibility: what we're suggesting is that it's possible to be wrong (see Stage 1).


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Thai red curry with green mango
Adapted from a cooking class I took in Thailand, this simple red curry is so delicious and so much more satisfying than takeout (because you made it, yo!). If you buy one of those jarred red curry pastes (which I recommend) this also is one of the most simple, yet flavorful dishes you could make at home. For those who like more spice, I recommend adding a tablespoon of sambal chile. It adds some heat without taking over the flavor of the curry paste.
2 tablespoons coconut oil oil
4 tablespoons red curry paste
2 14 ounce cans coconut milk
1 1/2 pounds chicken thighs, cut into cubes
1 red pepper, sliced
1 yellow bell pepper, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 tablespoons coconut sugar
Kosher salt
2 limes
Small bunch cilantro, roughly chopped
1 green mango, julienned
1 ½ cups rice, cooked (optional)
In a large wok or pan, warm the oil and curry paste over medium to high heat. Cook for about 30 seconds to 1 minute to release the flavors of the curry paste.
Add the coconut milk and stir until it's all bubbly. Then add the chicken, sugar, fish sauce, and a large pinch of salt, and cook the until the chicken is mostly cooked through, about 15 minutes. (It should be just slightly pink in the middle.)
Add the sliced peppers and carrots and cook for another couple of minutes until the vegetables are tender, yet still crisp.
Meanwhile, zest one of the limes, then cut in half and juice. Cut the other lime into wedges.
Turn the heat off and add the lime zest and juice. Stir in the cilantro and add salt to, taste.
Serve over rice or on its own. Garnish with the green mango slices and lime wedges.


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The world's top diplomat is calling for calm in Papua New Guinea after unrest in the Pacific country's capital.
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says he's concerned by reports of violent clashes between students and police in Port Moresby.
Mr Ki-moon called for calm and emphasised the "importance of respect for peaceful protest and freedom of assembly, and a commitment to rule of law, dialogue and non-violence".
His comments come after a trouble-filled few days in the country currently staging the Oceania Nations Cup football tournament, where the All Whites play the hosts in the final on Saturday.
Police fired shots yesterday into university students who were trying to march on Papua New Guinea's parliament in protest against alleged corruption by prime minister Peter O'Neill.
The students say police fired shots directly into the crowd. There are reports dozens of people were wounded.
Amnesty International, meanwhile, says the "disgraceful attack on the rights of peaceful assembly and expression" must be immediately investigated.
The organisation had received information that 38 people were injured, including four in critical condition, while three were still being assessed in the hospital's emergency department.
It also says witnesses have come forward claiming to have seen students beaten and shot at, including one student who was shot in the head.
"The shooting of students peacefully protesting is reminiscent of the worst excesses of repressive regimes in the region," said Rafendi Djamin, Director for South East Asia and the Pacific.
"Papua New Guinea's authorities must establish a prompt, impartial and independent investigation to determine who is responsible for the unnecessary and excessive use of force."
The prime minister has blamed the violence on the students and says police only fired tear gas and warnings shots.
Amnesty has condemned this response.
"Prime minister O'Neill's reaction has been completely inadequate. He should ensure an investigation worthy of its name takes place into reports of excessive use of force. Instead, he has prejudged the outcome, blamed the students for what happened to them, and sought to evade accountability," Mr Djamin said.
The prime minister has said an investigation will take place, although it's not clear who will undertake it or when it will happen. Mr Djamin said this wasn't good enough.


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The Chandela temples of Khajuraho in central India inbuilt the tenth century A.D. contain spectacularly express sexual sculptures nonetheless there's pure beauty and no perversion in them. They're fine samples of Indian subject area designs that have gained quality as a result of their salacious depiction of the normal manner of life throughout medieval times. They were rediscovered solely throughout the twentieth century. The Khajuraho temples were engineered over a span of 100 years, from 950 to 1050. The total space was fogbound by a wall with eight gates, every flanked by 2 golden palm trees. One amongst the foremost well-liked traveler destinations in Bharat, the Khajuraho cluster of monuments has been listed as a UN agency World Heritage website.


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Building Features
- 170-unit mid-rise brick and glass building, designed by
- RAW Design, located in the heart of the budding Queensway Village RAW-designed lobby located off of Smith Crescent, clad in black brick and oak panels, with two elevators
- Approximately 141 underground resident parking spaces and 25 visitor parking spaces, with access off of a drive aisle at the rear of the site, plus additional retail parking off of the rear drive aisle
- Approximately 18,000 square feet of retail/restaurant space, most with outdoor terraces, along The Queensway and up Smith Crescent, which will be graced with a double row of maple trees flanking a pedestrian walkway connecting The Queensway with Queensway Park
- Security features including enterphones in the residential and parking vestibules; an electric fob-based access system at all entry points and to the amenity areas; and strategically located security cameras Executive concierge service(x)
On the mezzanine level
- Approximately 1,100 square foot fitness facility with free weights, weight machines and state-of-the-art cardio equipment, and yoga/aerobics area
- Hobby/crafts room
- Property management office and Product Library (a lending library for those useful but bulky things you just don't have room to store yourself)
On the second floor
- RAW-designed lounge and party room, with wet bar, dining area, lounge and pool table
- Kids playroom
- Adjacent outdoor amenity terrace with two private lounge areas(xx), each equipped with a barbecue and prep area, dining table and chairs, and lounge seating surrounding a fire pit Individual 6' x 4' garden plots(xx)
In underground
- Pet washing station
Suite Details
- High-design suites and penthouses with 9'0" high (Floors 3,4,5,6 and 9) and 10'0" high (Floors 2,7 and 8) ceilings †
- Exposed concrete or smooth*** ceilings and columns*, and floor-to-ceiling rolling doors*
- Wide plank laminate flooring** throughout
- Suite entry doors with security viewers
- Brushed aluminum contemporary hardware
- Individually controlled seasonal heating and air conditioning, with heat recovery ventilators (HRVs) for added energy efficiency Balconies and Terraces Electrical outlets on balconies and terraces Terraces* with water and gas connections
- Open concept kitchens with built in pantries (in C suites and higher), all with either combination islands/dining tables or stand-alone islands*
- Engineered stone countertops and tile backsplash**
- Under-mount stainless steel sink, with single lever black faucet Energy Star®* appliances including fully-integrated fridge and dishwasher, stainless steel slide in range and microwave located in the island
- All-in-one washer-condensing dryers in A and B suites
- Stacked washer-condensing dryers in all other suites and Penthouses
- Custom designed vanities with vessel sinks, stone countertops** and contemporary single-lever faucets
- Custom designed under-lit medicine cabinet with mirror
- Contemporary bathroom fixtures throughout, including dual flush toilets and water efficient faucets and showerheads
- Square designed tubs and/or showers*, with full height tile surrounds**
- Frameless glass shower enclosures for separate showers*
- Porcelain tile flooring and porcelain tile for full height along vanity wall**
- Temperature control valves in all showers
- Service panel with breakers
- Pre-wired telephone and cable outlets, with outlets for high-speed internet access****
- Switch controlled receptacles in living areas and bedrooms, light fixture(s) in foyer, track lighting in kitchen and rough-in for overhead fixture in dining room
- Individual electrical metering
* As per plan / where applicable
** From builder's samples. Certain wall tile selections may be ceramic rather than porcelain
*** Smooth ceilings are available as an option at extra cost.
**** Internet service at owner's cost
† Unless otherwise noted. Ceiling heights are subject to bulkheads, exposed ducts, dropped ceilings and structural beams
(x) See Budget in Condominium Documents for extent of concierge service
(xx) Terms of use of the exterior lounge areas and individual garden plots to be determined by the condominium board
Specifications are subject to change without notice. E.&O.E.


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2019 Roster
Steve Crorey - Chair
Sierra Homes Realty
Brandy Guthrie - Past Chairman
Sky Realty
Michael Francis
Rollingwood Management, Inc.
Kevin Huurman
Keller Williams Realty
Divyaksh Kapur
JB Goodwin, REALTORS
Lisa Messana
Keller Williams Realty-RR
Kimberly Ann Mills
Keller Williams Realty
Monica Williams - Staff Executive
Austin Board of REALTORS®
Melissa Garringer - Staff Liaison
Austin Board of REALTORS®
2019 Investment Committee Charter
Committee Type: Steering Committee
Mission Statement: The Investment Committee will review policies governing investments and pension plans to the board. The committee will also review the selection criteria of an independent investment adviser.
Strategic Objectives:
- Understand the association's Investment Policy and how these objectives support the association's goals.
- Adopting, periodically reviewing, and revising the Investment Policy.
- Monitoring the performance of investment funds and investment manager in accordance with the investment policy.
- Review reports from independent investment advisers and managers.
- Review fees charged by investment firm for services provided the association on an annual basis.
- Review the retention or replacement of an independent investment adviser and report at the Board of Directors meeting in August.
- Reaffirm or revise the Investment Policy statement each year and note in the June 30th Annual Investment Review.
- Both the ABoR Board of Directors President-elect and the Past President will be committee members and the Past President will be appointed as Chair of the Investment Committee.
- The committee will consist of six to eight volunteer members, including the committee chair, who will serve staggered terms of 2 or more years.
- The Investment Committee will meet at least twice each year once in January and July, or as necessary during the year.
- To ensure knowledge of financial matters is carried on from year to year, a member of this Committee may be considered for a term on the Budget or Audit Committee at the termination of their term on this Committee.
Board committees, when used, will be assigned so as to minimally interfere with the wholeness of the board's job and so as never to interfere with delegation from the board to CEO.
- Board committees are to help the board do its job, not to help the staff do its jobs. Committees ordinarily will assist the board by preparing policy alternatives and implications for board deliberation. Board committees are not to be created by the board to advise staff.
- Board committees may not speak or act for the board except when formally given such authority for specific and time‑limited purposes. Expectations and authority will be carefully stated in order not to conflict with authority delegated to the chief executive.
- Board committees cannot exercise authority over staff. Because the Chief Executive works for the full board, the CEO will not be required to obtain approval of a board committee before an executive action. In keeping with the board's broader focus, board committees will normally not have direct dealings with current staff operations.
- Board committees are to avoid over‑identification with organizational parts rather than the whole. Therefore, a board committee which has helped the board create policy on some topic will not be used to monitor organizational performance on that same subject.
- This policy applies only to committees which are formed by board action, whether or not the committees include non‑board members. It does not apply to committees formed under the authority of the chief executive.
Committee Guidelines:
- The committee must follow the policies and values of the organization.
- The committee members must be REALTOR® member of the Austin Board of REALTORS®.
- Committee Chair may serve as Past Chair the following year for consistency.
- The committee cannot conduct business without a quorum of committee members present (more than 50%).
- Members are required to attend all meetings, to arrive on time and stay for the duration of meetings. If a situation requires their departure, the member will be recorded as absent if not in attendance for at least ¾ of the meeting.
- The chair is required to drop a volunteer committee member after 3 absences from regularly scheduled meetings. This provision may be waived by supermajority ¾ vote.
- All members subject to censure or removal at the direction of the Board of Directors, under the Volunteer Commitment Agreement.
- The Committee, with a supermajority ¾ vote, may censure or remove members of the Committee. Any discussion or action of censuring should be conducted during a "closed meeting."
- The Committee Chair has the authority to create a subcommittee or task force with approval by the Board of Directors
- The Committee Chair may recommend that the task force or Subcommittee be dissolved once it is determined that the project is complete. This action must be approved by the BOD under the minutes of the Committee.
- That subcommittees may continue into subsequent years but the leadership for that subcommittee (i.e. Chair) may shift (Vice Chair would become Chair). However, should Vice Chair not desire the position, such position will be appointed by the Committee Chair.
- The committee may consult with ABoR legal counsel when appropriate
- One of the duties of a Committee member arising from their fiduciary duty to the association is the duty of loyalty. One aspect of this duty expects Committee members to keep confidential issues confidential. Committee members will have access to information, that if revealed to outsiders, could be damaging or sensitive to other members or staff, harmful to the best interests of the organization, or even create legal liability. Information provided to the committee may concern personnel, financial, contractual, membership or legal matters. It will often be confidential and is intended for use in decision making and governance. Committee members agree that such information shall be held in the strictest of confidence and shall not be divulged to any outside party, including other members, without the authorization of the board President or CEO. This confidentiality agreement survives the member's service on the committee.=
- Electronic Votes:
For electronic considerations, the Board of Directors requires a valid process to be followed for electronic votes.
- All communication/votes in reference to an electronic vote shall be cc'd to all
Committee Members
- Each Committee Member shall cast their vote by 5:00 pm the day after distribution of the electronic consideration
- No response shall be counted as an "abstention"
- The day following the completion of an electronic vote, staff or Committee Chair shall report the roll call vote to all Committee Members
- All Committee Members shall confirm their vote by end of the day when the roll call vote is offered
- If a Committee Member does not confirm his/her vote, the Committee Members vote shall be considered correct.
- No Committee or Association Action shall be taken until the entire vote is confirmed.


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Parents want their child to excel and want to know at what age I stopped playing other sports and focused on soccer. The answer to this question is much more complex than you might think. Parents only want the best for their children. They want them to succeed at everything and give them the opportunities to find what they are passionate about. When it comes to sports they will put them in every sport under the sun and see how it shakes out.
By the time each child is 11 or 12 it is safe to say that they have their favorite sports. This is where it becomes complicated. Now, we all know that in a perfect world each child would like only one sport and decide that that is all he or she wants to play, but we know better than that. I was a child who knew that all I wanted to do was be a pro soccer player. I played every sport there was while growing up, but I had the most fun playing soccer. This was because I had some natural talent, but a lot of it was because of the people that were on my team. I played for Los Gatos United from the time I was 9 years old until I went off to college. Most of the players that were on my team when I was 9 were the same as when I was 18. I was one of the lucky few that had a great situation.
When it comes to your child, however, the first priority is to narrow down what sport he or she is most passionate about, and what sport he or she has the most fun playing. Then there are a couple questions you have to ask yourself:
1. How old is your child? If your child is 8 years old, then you don't even need to be reading this post. I do not think that this is something that you, as a parent, have to think about until your child is 11 or 12. Until then it is important to have them try out a number of different sports and activities. Only after trying many of sports can your child really know which one he or she is most interested in.
2. What do I do if my child can't pick one sport? I tell the parents of the kids that I coach that I don't mind if they play other sports, but I expect them to never miss a soccer practice or game because of having a conflict with another sport. In other words, I expect them to miss other sports events in order to be at any soccer event that they have. Soccer comes first.
In conclusion, your child can be a multi-sport athlete as long as he or she likes. They just need to set priorities so that they are are meeting the expectations of their teammates and coaches. In their minds they must value one sport over another, and as a parent you must help them make the decisions about which one to pour the most effort into.


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Portable Basic Refrigerator Sampler
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"Keep it Safe & keep it cool"
A mobile sampler for automated time, quantity, event and flow-proportional sampling of liquid media.
In addition to the proven sampling technique and the ability to adapt the automated sampling to their requirements, the ORI Cool features an integrated, active cooling unit.
Operation of the cooling with gas, 12 / 24VDC or at the 230V mains allow a wide range of applications to meet the most demanding requirements.
The reliable sampling technique and its ability to adapt their automated sampling requirements predestine the basic mobile sampler for a wide range of sampling tasks.
- Efficient and robust design
- Smooth, large transport wheels and folding handle for
- Easy handling, even in the field
- Completely independent from the mains via battery and propane / butane gas to meet universal applications
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Beer Lovers Cringe as the Price of Beer Rises
Enjoying a cold one is probably your preferred way to wind down a long day. However, you might be paying more for your beer than you once did. Beer lovers around the nation are experiencing higher prices for their preferred brews. While you might chalk that up to little more than the lingering economic problems, there are quite a few other factors at play here. The cost for beer has risen by about 3%, though some drinkers will pay more than this to enjoy a frothy beverage. What's behind the price increase?
Trouble for Hops
One of the most important ingredients in any beer is hops. This ingredient adds bitterness and flavor, but also helps to protect the brew from the ravages of aging, extending its life considerably. The problem here is the rising cost for many different types of hops. The supply of hops has dropped a lot recently, particularly due to the poor harvest in Bavaria – where a large percentage of the world's hop harvest comes from. As the supply for something goes down and demand rises, you can expect prices to go up. It's simply the law of supply and demand.
Grain Production Slows
Grain is another vital ingredient for beer – perhaps the most important, beyond good water. The problem here is that the world's grain production has been dropping for some time. Canada suffered a terrible reduction in their grain production and the same is happening in the Ukraine. With less grain available but the demand for beer growing on all fronts, the prices will keep going up until the world once again has a surplus. You also have to divide the supply of grains available between the myriad uses – livestock feed, bread and food production and more. It all adds up to a small supply.
Transportation Costs Increasing
You've definitely noticed the higher prices at the fuel pump recently. Breweries are noticing the same thing but they're hit twice with those high charges. First, they have to pay for supplies to be shipped to them. Second, they have to pay for distribution for their products. That all adds up to a lot of money being paid just to ship beer and ingredients around the world and you can bet that cost is going to be passed on to you.
These are only a few of the reasons behind the higher prices you're paying for your preferred brew at the checkout counter.


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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Greentree Antiques & Tearoom in Lexington, Kentucky
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- Tina GrossMarch 26, 2014 at 7:32 AM
How fortunate those tea room owners are to have such a lovely place to display their antiques. It was, as you said, breathtaking! Thanks for taking us with you on your "Kentucky Tea Retreat!"ReplyDelete
Very simply, I want to go back! (Berea, the tea rooms, the Boone Tavern... all of it!)ReplyDelete
It really was an enjoyable tea and I did like their unique way of serving and, of course, the delicious food. It was fun to browse the antiques too. Your photos are lovely.ReplyDelete
Another lunch of delectable foods. It has been fun seeing the inside of each place you visited.ReplyDelete
Oh, that does look lovely! (and filling...)ReplyDelete
I really like the tea buffet idea. It makes sense to me. I like the idea of being flexible and doing something different.ReplyDelete
I'm with you, Nancy! Every day was a wonderful experience. Kudos to Linda for all her planning!ReplyDelete
Looks like you all had a weekend of great tea and fun! I have very fond memories of Lexington and the Horse Park.ReplyDelete
This is a beautiful place inside and out. Love the Benedictine sandwiches and everything else, too.ReplyDelete
Yummy! Can I come too when you go to Kentucky again? A wonderful tea friends time!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful tearoom. The teaware and the table settings were gorgeous. Then the food, oh my, just looks yummy! What a treat!ReplyDelete
Everything looks yummy. And the antiques are gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Your photography of this tea is fabulous! It was my pleasure to share one of my favorite tea rooms with special friends.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 30, 2014 at 1:17 PM
Another lovely place! Your photos are so great, Angela - they make me want to go on a Road Trip!ReplyDelete
Nice to see St. Patrick's Day celebrated in such grand style. The food looks delicious and is so creative - another entry for the travel wish list. Thanks Angela! Joanie
What a lovley tea room.ReplyDelete
Good friends, good food, good tea.
The perfect combinatiion.


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A New Look at Transgender
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Director Eisha Manjara's "Venus" is a story of family values in the East and how they can never keep up with the West. Sid (Debargo Sanyal) is a transgender woman living in Montreal dealing with a traditional family. Things get even more complicated when it is revealed that Sid has a 14-year-old son. Here is a look at gender and identity politics that is welcoming on all sides of the issue.
Sid is an independent, professional, feisty, and sassy trans woman who chooses to live life on her own terms. In the process, she manages to overcome all odds: societal, familial, and personal and to assert her freedom to be able to live as she chooses. We see Sid and her intimate relationships, as the reality of transitioning and surgery weighs heavily.
The film begins with Sid being chased by a young Ralph (Jamie Myers) who comes out to her as her biological son. Sid apparently dated Ralph's mother Kirsten many years ago. Sid is now finally taking the leap and transitioning Ralph shows up to claim the privileges of paternity.
Sid is frustrated by Ralph's appearance in her life and she has a bit of denial and suspicious reticence. Ralph is escaping the neglect of his own household, where his mother's new husband, Max (Peter Miller), continues to be the cause of his strained mother-son relationship. At the same time, Sid has been trying to move beyond Daniel (Pierre-Yves Cardinal), who has left her emotionally distraught.
Ralph and Sid somehow find comfort together. The coming together is not without problems but the solace that the two have found is heartwarming. But we later find intrigue and secrets between families, Sid's overbearing mother (Zena Daruwalla) and father (Gordon Warnecke) have something to say as Sid continues to work through the emotional entanglements that tie her to Daniel.
The film is filled with Punjabi family charm and a love story that has room for personal reflections. Venus is both charming and hilarious and one trans person's story that looks to explore life beyond the stereotypes, beyond the usual coming out and unexpected parenthood. The Ralph-Sid relationship is an emotional highlight but the real angst is left for Daniel and Sid to live through.
We begin to dig deeper for inner strength and transcending the boundaries that we set for ourselves. Sid is forced to entertain the curious and very persistent Ralph while at the same time navigating fraught relationships with her traditional Punjabi parents.
"Venus" also presents us with the hopeful idea that if a kid can embrace one's gender identity ("My dad's transgender. That is so cool," remarks Ralph during one his first encounters with Sid), anyone can").
"Venus" is not only about gender and what that means in today's world, but the clash of culture and generations and this provides a lot of laughs in that neither mother nor son understand each other. What really takes this movie to another level is the pitch-perfect performance of Sanyal which is an absolute joy to watch. He avoids all the clichés of over-playing his character and he gives her dignity and a presence that lights up the screen.


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we are in the time of wild excess!
Such abundance,
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The time has come to harvest, gather, savour & share the fruit of the land.
What a perfect time to celebrate Easter in the midst of plenty.
I have created a nature/harvest/Easter table on the front porch that is changed & rearranged daily (would someone stop eating all the figs please!)
The bunnies tails we collected from near the sea.
Layly is our guardian angel & friend.
She is carved from African stone & very beautiful.
She was graciously given to us by dear, sweet loving folk.
Her name is Anissa & she is a hand maker of organic fair-trade French chocolate.
These eggs are so clever, filled with hazelnut chocolate; delightful.
Our green friend couldn't quite believe his eyes either.
I'm not certain that I remember seeing the seeds from a magnolia tree before. And I sure wouldn't have imagined them to be bright orange. Look at the possibilities...all encapsulated in one seed pod! When I look around our home & our garden that I can never quite bring to order or make tidy, I am now no longer surprised...you can't go around opening your arms & your hands to hold & gather the proffered abundance of nature without making a mess!
When my gathering companion Ruth dug up box loads of spring bulbs & arm loads of spent hollyhocks I opened a new page & began afresh on Trade Me with my new trade name Sunshine Vintage. Well sunshine it has most surely been. Collaboratively, Ruth & I have been scattering our little nation with seeds, glorious, marvellous seeds..& bulbs & cuttings. We've sold bluebells, grape hyacinths, snowflakes & paper whites, we've dispensed foxgloves, granny bonnets, orlaya, hollyhocks by the cup full & cynoglossum too. Cynoglossum also known as Chinese forget-me-nots...I loved sending a cup full of seed to a bride so that she could give seeds as wedding favours to her guests....forget-me-not indeed! I've added Bishop's flower & orlaya to an order of pink nerines as the dear older lady wanted to grow them for Church flowers. She was delighted. I've posted Apple Blossom geranium cuttings to Waiheke Island & tweedia to Nelson to attract the butterflies.
Gathering, sorting, sifting, labeling packing & posting seeds & plants is very time consuming, but oh so marvellous! Ruth is a wonder...she is sending her share to The Voice of the Martyrs & feels empowered to do so by such vast providence.
Just on Easter we got away for a night.
And along the way we stopped...to gather!
I adore these rosehips!
I plan on learning how to make rosehip syrup...just what we need for the winter.
I managed to catch an online, half price discount for our favourite hot pools at Wairakei.
And while there, we met the lovely man who looks after the pools....the Kaitiaki or guardian of the steaming, restorative treasure.
I so appreciate the wonderful advice & teaching of Susun Weed. I have been learning more about using & harvesting herbs every day. Rob very patiently & graciously stopped, yet again, so that I could harvest mullein (now renamed Marlain by the patient one). This stage, as it comes in to flower, is the perfect time for harvesting. Mullein is the best herb to strengthen & support the lungs.
Isn't this violet cauliflower so exuberant. If after cooking it you add a squeeze of lemon juice all the glorious colours are enlivened & it tastes delicious. The Italian flat beans are lovely too...grown from seeds my kind mother sent me late last year.
Oh there you are Myoga...just wanting to pop in & show off her plumery she said.
Lucy was pleased to see us home again.
I'm glad I have a willing helper (Marlain's friend) to help me pick up the washing basket of feijoas (on the ground) in the morning, harvest the figs & raspberries & bag the walnuts that dear Ruth delivered this morning. And then there are the cuttings to take & the bulbs to plant & the seeds to sow. What a wonderful time of joy.
I hope that your week is filled with the glorious excesses of nature too.
Thank you for visiting me today dear friends.
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Fuse is celebrating Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by looking at a variety of rising forces who are creating Future Asian and Pacific History before our eyes. Today it's Jason Momoa, actor, director, writer, father and Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones.
The 37-year-old was born Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa in Honolulu and grew up with his mother in Norwalk, "a very white farm town in Iowa." He spent summers in his birthplace with his father, a native Hawaiian, or Kānaka Maoli. The year he turned 20, Momoa became Hawaii's Model of the Year and landed a role that would last through Baywatch's final two seasons, when it was rebranded Baywatch Hawaii. He went on to do the first and only season of the Hawaii-set North Shore and the majority of Stargate Atlantis' five-year run.
Then, of course, came Thrones. Though Momoa's Dothraki leader lasted just one season (married to the future conqueror-to-end-all-conquerors, a young Daenerys Targaryen), Khal Drogo became a fan-favorite. Speaking a made-up language didn't net him many new opportunities, so he wound up writing, directing and starring in Road to Paloma, a modern day Native American revenge thriller. It featured Cosby Show actress Lisa Bonet, Momoa's partner since 2005; they married in 2007 and have a 9-year-old daughter, Lola Iolani Momoa, and an 8-year-old son, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa.
Momoa, whose grandmother has Pawnee ancestry, continued playing indigenous people on Frontier (as a part Irish, part Cree 18th century fur trader), which has a second season coming, and The Red Road, where he played a modern day Ramapough Lenape for the show's two-year run. "There aren't a lot of shows about contemporary Native American people," he told The Daily Beast. "It just turns into feathers and ridiculous stereotypes. Kill the Indian! So it's special to honor these people who have been so dishonored."
For his Thrones audition, Momoa famously surprise-performed the haka, a traditional Maori war dance/cry. He told Stuff.co.nz:
"I've been fascinated with Maori culture since I was a kid. We come from the same [Polynesian] culture. When I found out more about the Maori culture I fell in love with it, and with the people too. There's a lot of pride here which I love, being Hawaiian and being part of the U.S. I love, but our Hawaiian culture perishes a little bit, and it's really supported out here. There are few indigenous cultures that have done as well as the Maori."
Momoa's multicultural concerns have also manifested in activism. In 2015, he opposed the building of the Thirty Meter Telescope at the top of Mauna Kea volcano. "This is more than an issue for those living on the Big Island, this is [a] global issue of how we are treating our lands," he wrote on Instagram. "#WeAreMaunaKea represents all of us humans and [our] solidarity towards preserving our natural resources and protecting our native habitats." At the end of 2015, the Hawaii State Supreme Court revoked the permit. Progress has been stalled since.
He and his family also rallied with #NoDAPL protestors opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline being constructed through the Standing Rock Sioux reservation. Giant studios can cringe at marquee talent speaking out politically, something Momoa's been running into since starting his DC days as Aquaman/Arthur Curry. (So far he's appeared hyper-briefly in Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.) He's been honest about the frustration, calling the restrictiveness "a real bummer" and saying, "[Studios] always want that but it's like, at the end of the day, I gotta live with myself. You know what I mean? I don't mind standing up for what I believe in."
Aquaman will finally get his shine with this November's Justice League, followed by a December 2018 solo movie stacked with talent like Amber Heard, Willem Defoe, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren and fellow Future Asian & Pacific History honoree Ludi Lin (Power Rangers). He's in the hands of Malaysian-born Australian director James Wan, whose hits include Furious 7, Insidious and Saw, and the role is genuinely significant to him, tentpole blockbuster or not:
"Aquaman is especially cool because being a Kanaka Maoli—being Hawaiian—our gods are Kanaloa and Maui, and the earth is 71 percent water, so I get to represent that. And I'm someone who gets to represent all the islanders, not some blond-haired superhero. It's cool that there's a brown-skinned superhero."
He's also thrilled that his Batman-obsessed son and Wonder Woman–loving daughter can finally "see Daddy kicking ass in IMAX." His spot in the DC Extended Universe has already "been the best moment of my career because the superhero roles are letting me get the other roles I want."
One such opportunity is a foray into comedy, alongside Will Ferrell. There's no better way to sum that news up than Momoa's own Instagram caption from earlier this month:
"When u wake up Read this throw on some ice cube and start blasting 'It was a good day.' running around the house like home alone Living the fucking dream WILL FERRELL is a god to me. I'm so fucking happy. cccccccccccooooooooommmmmmmeeeeeedddddddyyyyyyyyyyy. FINALLY Sorry about all the fucks I'm just really fucking happy."
He also might star in the Crow reboot, and after Aquaman has a personal project he wants to direct and star in, a Hawaiian story set in the 1790s. He calls it his dream role, and "a beautiful film" he "can't wait to show the world."
Tune in to Fuse and come back to Fuse.tv every day for profiles, videos, galleries and more on the individuals around the world who are creating Future Asian and Pacific History. Join the conversation with FutureHistory and find Fuse in your area with our Channel Finder.
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Listening to the album version of Uncle Johns Band on Workingmans Dead I really think you could get away with just playing E as the intro chord then going into that intro riff.
Don't be a poop. I said twins. Not identical.hesgone95 wrote:Actually Dm7 (D F A C) and F (F A C) would be closer to identical. Sorry to be a theory stickler... And now that I think about it I believe that the jam actually uses a Dm7. I seem to remember that from the Anthology songbook. But essentially it's the same w/ the 7 or as a straight minor. Take it easy.


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The MBA students of Team Suptech took home the second runners-up accolade at the Supply Chain Asia Hackathon, one of the key events of the Supply Chain Week 2017 organised by Supply Chain Asia.
Held on 19 and 20 September, the theme of the Hackathon was "How can innovation drive logistics businesses in 2017 and beyond?" The finalists would have the opportunity to commercialise their solutions and even secure job opportunities.
The students came up with the concept of a warehouse picking vehicle that is just able to follow the picker as he pulls inventory from shelves, but also recommend the optimal route across the facility to ensure an efficient experience.
Joel, who has experience working in the supply chain industry, helped to identify the various pain points faced in the warehouse, while Anjan and Rahul researched on the available technologies and incorporate them into a cost-effective model. The judges were impressed by the practicality of their concept saying "our idea has legs", according to Rahul.
Congratulations Team Suptech!
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Yaroslava Nikolayeva practices bodyfitness, a sport that is rarely associated with femininity. Nevertheless, the beauty of her body, created by hard work, resembles the plastic of an ancient sculpture, with its symmetry and harmony.
The main parameters of the spiritual culture of antiquity were esteem and self-confidence, the understanding of freedom as the highest moral category. The ancient ideal combines the beauty of a perfect body, great intelligence and inner moral perfection.
This sketch is an admiration of a beautiful figure of a woman, endowed with a healthy body and a strong mind.
Yaroslava, the form, le type №3
Photograph by Georgii Vinogradov
- Photograph on Canvas
- From a limited edition of 30
- Size: 23.62 x 35.43 in
- Ready to hang
- Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
- Style: Photorealistic
This artwork is sold by Georgii Vinogradov from France