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There's a high pucker factor pass at the end. Video credit to MASS Expedition from YouTube.
There's a high pucker factor pass at the end. Video credit to MASS Expedition from YouTube.
If you're looking for an interesting winter project, you could do worse than taking inspiration from this excellent DIY solar shower video. The shower is designed to fit on a roof rack, be heated by the sun, and provide a 30 psi stream of water with pressure generated by an air compressor. It's reported to get to about 95˚F after a day of driving around in mixed sun and clouds. Not bad.
I don't think I've seen a more well thought out project. And the project's creator calls it H2OT. Watch him explain and demonstrate the whole thing in a sub-six-minute video. Excellent!
This couple has a really nice overland camp trailer set-up that designed themselves on used, military HumVee trailer. It's so organized and has neat features like solar power, skylights, and rainwater catchment.
Thanks to my friend Greg for the tip on this video!
The U.S. House committee on Natural Resources voted last year to adopt H.R. 3650, a bill which would OK the transfer of National Forests to the States. According to sources I've read (Outside Magazine and the New York Times), this is seen as a thinly veiled attempt to transfer National Forests to private hands, as the States wouldn't have the funds to maintain the lands and would, most likely, sell them. This would end public access to lands formerly held in the public trust.
The above video was filmmaker Octave Zangs reaction: go out and see Oregon's public lands and raise awareness.
Here's more information. If you have an opinion on this issue, write your congressman.
The Great Public Land Heist has Begun; Outside Magazine, 6/22/2016
Public Lands Belong in Federal Hands; Outside Magazine, 10/26/2016
Trump's Interior Pick Is the Last Hope for Our Public Lands; Outside Magazine, 12/14/2016
Rule Easing Public Lands Transfer Concerns Hunters, Others; New York Times, 1/16/2017
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How good is the most expensive Lexus? The YouTube channel Ignition aims to find out.


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Location: Mitcham, London
Year: 2013
Medium: Painting
Studio Weave & Merton Council commission to paint a 30m stretch of fence to welcome people to Mitcham and direct to the town centre.
Our initial idea centered around the well-used, beautiful allotment that lies on the other side of the fence. Research we did with allotment owners gave us a wealth of knowledge and information that led us to make a seasonal food chart containing as much of this as possible.
The aim being to inspire, direct and brighten the walk to/from Eastfields station.


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BID on this iconic portrait of Keith Haring by Janette Beckman at our November 2nd Benefit Auction. Tickets on sale now at www.proof.org.
Londoner Janette Beckman began her career at the dawn of punk rock working for The Face and Melody Maker. She shot bands from The Clash to Boy George as well as 3 Police album covers. Moving to New York in 1982, she was drawn to the underground Hip Hop scene. Her photographs of pioneers such as Run DMC, Slick Rick, Salt'n'Pepa, Grandmaster Flash and Big Daddy Kane are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Museum and the Museum of the City of New York.
Her photographs have most recently been exhibited at: The Museum of the City Of New York, HVW8 LA, Le Salon Paris, Morrison Hotel Gallery NYC, Paul Smith London, Tower Records Tokyo, Blender Gallery Sydney.
In 2017 PROOF partnered with Janette on a joint project with Girl Be Heard advocating for an end to gender based violence. In 2018, PROOF will continue to collaborate with Janette on a new project documenting the courage and resilience of refugees.


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I know that I'm depressed, sensitive, and selfish. I'm just determined to do this thing, which is paint in solitude, and I will burn bridges to do it, including relationships.
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Why it interested me is because it happened. There are many things that happen that are of no interest to anyone. They are events without purpose, expended energy just for the practice of expending energy. But this business in Connecticut was quite different; not that I really believe it happened, you understand, the way they said. No, I can't say I believe it totally. There really was so little proof, and proof is so necessary, if only to be examined, dissected, and then refuted. There were facts, but facts are so forgetful. It was the physicality of the event that dissuades the eye. It was all a lot of surface, which may have an inner meaning to those involved. But to me, I can find no real purpose to it—just nothing. An empty event, purposeless, but I must say, arresting.
I interviewed the whole crew. After all, I am a social columnist. It's really not my kind of story, even though it happened at a luncheon, and everyone knew me. After they got to know me even better they were quite open, I think, or as open as people decide to be when they decide to be open. Sometimes I interpreted what they said. Other times I left it to you. It's the damnedest story, a mystery of sorts—unexplained phenomenon. But they told it to me, and I leave it to you to judge… . As they say, all mysteries are the mysteries of the human spirit. Even if you see shadows on a distant star, the mystery is us.
I'm not sure Mrs. Job ever thought I would write this down. I wasn't sure myself. I wasn't certain I had the courage. The mystery deepens as man sees his own reflection. His hand is the hand of darkness. Maybe the story has nothing to do with the Jobs, or the Clapps, or Melanie, or anyone else, just one of those crazy quirks of nature that somehow adopted them. I suppose one is not adopted by the inanimate, but I'm not sure. It started three months ago with the beginning of August. Mrs. Job was going to have a luncheon. The Jobs' lawn was having a hard time of it, a lot of brown spots. Mrs. Job was looking for her gardener, Sam, who was sitting on the roof in his pirate uniform, where … well, let's start from the real beginning.
Real beginnings are always difficult, but I suppose I'm it. I'm your basic real beginning. I think it's best to start from what is known, proceed to what is unlikely, and finally come to rest at what is unbelievable. I'm the social columnist for the "Beigewater Sentinel," which is all too tenable for me, almost disgustingly tenable. I would prefer to be almost any place else. But, when this position was offered to me one hallucinatory evening by a drunken red face which somehow seemed less drunk than the other drunken red faces in the room, I said yes. It seemed like a pleasant interlude between college and my youthful anticipations of immortality, so I took it. I've been interluding for five years now. The point at which interlude becomes occupation has always been somewhat problematic to me. But, as I sit here on my canvas-backed chair, with my feet on the rough, wooden desk, in the flickering twilight of my dying kerosene lamp, I know the truth, as I wonder if I'm inhabiting one of those legendary dead-end careers. I lean back in my chair and stare uninterruptedly at my canvas ceiling, listening to the sounds of nature propagating itself. I wonder even more.
I live in a tent, rainbow colored and custom made for me. Only in summer do I live here. I'm just playfully eccentric, nothing doctrinaire, mind you. I cohabit with the golden mean. The ancient Greeks had a saying: Everything in moderation. I once asked a professor of mine if that included moderation itself. He answered me three days later by running off with the departmental secretary. I learned it could be dangerous to ask certain questions of certain people. Maybe that's why I'm not a philosopher. I love the smell of wet canvas, the dull sound of rain hitting my cloth roof. There are still joys in the woods. I had gotten my assignment to cover the Jobs' luncheon at Pinwheel's Garage. I use Pinwheel's phone. I have none, which is both a relief and an inconvenience. I can only take the human race in small doses, and no phone helps. Each day I make the rounds of several strategically located public phones and a few private ones. My office has my schedule and they catch me as they can. All this may seem very mysterious, but I cultivate mystery. As much as bread, man needs it to survive. Man does not starve by bread alone, my friends.
Seeing the Jobs again was not high on my list of priorities, but I have to eat. I always found the Jobs a little too straitlaced for my taste, but what the hell. Of course there are the Jobs' neighbors, the Clapps, and that voluptuous fifteen-year-old daughter of theirs, Divinity. Ah, Divinity. There has always been a real question whether Divinity Clapp had a face. I always thought she did, giving the power and the silhouette human lips, but I am told I was just saying that to gain a few provocative favors with a certain variety of liberated females, some of whose phones I use. To me, Divinity was really more than a well-blossomed phenomenon. She had her own special kind of style, a sort of untamed self-indulged wilderness. But, I'm getting ahead of myself; and I do like Divinity.
The heat last summer was relentless—each day when the sun would set, the heat wouldn't. The air hung on us as a bad memory. At eight o'clock that morning Divinity Clapp stood at the back screen door of her parents' house, took hold of the handle and opened the door. Looking back over her shoulder briefly, she walked into the morning air. She whined in that earnest teenage way, plaintively crooning each word into sounds too heavy for their meanings, "Why is it always summer?"
The screen door closed with a long squeak and a slightly hesitant slam. The small female hand left the aluminum-alloy door handle, corroded with years of intermittent Connecticut rain. Divinity Clapp, dressed in a slight bikini, walked to the side of the clear aqua pool, put her portable radio on the iron wicker table, removed her towel, and sulked. Almost without looking, she sat down in a blue lounge chair by her side with a heaviness that had a strange resemblance to dead weight. She put her hands, which were now fists, on either side of her chin, and sighed through her manicured fingernails, "Mother, eight o'clock in the morning is always boring." She looked upward, as if some god were responsible for her teenage boredom. "Mother." The word was filled with a kind of pathos, anger and pleading that only an adolescent could give to a word repeated so often. It comes to mean everything and nothing. "Mother!" She repeated it with more emphasis, as if that alone could change the ultimate response. "Mother!"
Mother was in the kitchen. She had finished moving the breakfast dishes from the butcher block table to the sink. Using a rubber plunger, she stuffed the remains of breakfast down the garbage disposal with all the elegance and refinement of someone force-feeding a goose. Every time she put her weight on the plunger she grunted. Her husband, Hugh, sat on the chair near the table, turning the pages of his newspaper. He had been furious at everything for years. As he turned the pages, he didn't see words. He saw rage. "Must you use that plunger in here?"
"It gets the job done, dear."
Hugh turned the pages faster. The wailing from outside continued.
"Mother, I can't remember when I got up this morning. Is that normal?"
"Very normal. You weren't paying attention." Cynthia looked at her husband. "Anything interesting in the newspaper, dear?"
"I haven't noticed anything." Hugh was in no mood for banter. He was turning the pages two at a time. On each page the words flew by in narrow bands. The words had lost all meaning. They had become mere design, both repetitious and dull. Hugh was late for work. He didn't care. He was eyeing the last chocolate doughnut, which lay abandoned in the crumb-filled, chocolate-stained box. He was wondering why the doughnuts weren't being served on a plate as they should be. Maybe he was the last person to know how doughnuts should be served, an anachronism in Connecticut, the last survivor of a dying world. Ideas ballooned in the predatory of his mind. Fearful, he pretended he could forget his own fear. He swallowed that part of himself a gulp too far. Beware the famine that becomes the feast. What we are lives a cannibal. Hugh belched, a gentlemanly belch, eying the doughnuts while feeling fled in lightning around his brain. And so Hugh mined his passions flat—to a willful balm. But Hugh was basically an optimist. Maybe the doughnut was some insidious plot to disgrace him in front of his neighbors, the last act of some wifely infidelity before he was thrown to her lawyers. If he ate the doughnut, the plot would fail. But he was afraid to eat too much sugar. He might develop diabetes. He was caught, paralyzed by the insinuations of small things. He had also forgotten the directions to his office. After twenty years in the same office, he had forgotten the directions.
Hugh remembered that he turned left at the end of the driveway, but then all was blank. He was blocked. Hugh wasn't worried. He was calm, very calm. Maybe if he kept driving it would all come back to him, like an old song which was remembered only as you sing it. Hugh did not like singing. At that moment his wife gave a last victorious grunt and looked up from the sink.
"Breakfast was nicely done this morning, don't you think, dear? Just the way it should be, the sink and all well stuffed," Cynthia crooned her little joke, wiping her hands on a towel. "I'll put this plunger away until the next time. I know you've got things on your mind."
"What things?" Hugh was looking for salvation from any quarter.
"I'm sure I don't know." Cynthia certainly suspected. "You seem rather depressed."
Hugh didn't answer. Cynthia was absent-mindedly looking out the kitchen window. She didn't see Divinity, who was doing calisthenics—bending from the waist, this way and that; then turning from the waist; then lifting her arms, first up and then back until her hands touched behind her shoulders, her breasts straining against the cloth of her halter. Divinity had a way of doing things quietly that could wake the dead. Mrs. Clapp gazed toward the cloud-strewn horizon. With a start she said, "Oh!" A brief moment of disbelief, then, "Hugh, the Jobs' house has disappeared!"
"I'm certain it's still out there somewhere." Hugh said, while his finger played cat and mouse with the doughnut in the box.
There was a rising flame of anger in Cynthia's voice. Cynthia was embarrassed. She felt she was being mocked by the entitlements of wayward things. Maybe if she didn't mention it again all would be well. She changed her mind. She spoke, overwhelmed by another self, as if below her desire there was some other desire. "Well, it used to be on the hill, and it's not there now. Houses don't move!"
"Maybe it was pushed."
"That's not amusing. Simply not amusing. A house in a community is missing. God knows where. And you show no interest."
"I'm interested. I just don't have the energy to show it." Hugh dozed off with his fork protruding from the doughnut. A moment later he roused himself, looked at his watch, and rose from his seat. He was now really late. "When I get to the office, I'll call for the bloodhounds."
As a gesture of reconciliation, Hugh walked to the sink and looked into the summer heat, across his lawn, over the split-rail fence, past the well-tended fields where the horses sometimes grazed, up the slight rise to where the house of Amanda Job used to be, but wasn't.
"Hum… . I don't even see that weird flag the gardener put on their roof," said Hugh. The hill on which the Jobs' house used to stand was obscured by filaments of rising white clouds, which resembled a huge forest of exotic white feathers. Theorizing to himself, he said half aloud, "It looks like fog."
Cynthia looked at the sky, which was blue and cloudless. "It can't be fog, dear… . It looks more like smoke… . Maybe there's a fire… ."
"That's totally idiotic. It's not smoke." The unexpected made Hugh feel even more uncertain of himself. Beads of rage glistened on his forehead. His anger made him feel weak, his weakness fed his rage. He clenched his teeth. A small can that was perched in a precarious nest on top of the garbage bag at that moment fell. Hugh felt ready to murder the inanimate tin. He tried to kick it. The can rolled away. Hugh's foot caught on the cuff of his pants. Heels in air, Hugh fell with a dull and hollow thud. The silence then was palpable. Hugh felt dented. Hugh turned over onto his knees, ready to rise. He looked like something canine which had been doused with water. He almost shook himself. There was a sound of something small and granular hitting the kitchen window. Cynthia turned toward the sound, for some reason expecting to find hail. She found sand.
There was an eccentricity in the wind that day. Divinity, who sat only a few unprotected feet from the kitchen window, was not pelted by the sand. Staring at her new portable radio, she was trying to decide what shape, color, and size she would like her music that day. She thought of her choice of stations, her choice of disk jockeys. They all sounded the same—her choice of similarities. Her head contemplated each station on the dial. She was fascinated by the switches, the labels, the colored lights shining jewel-like against the black plastic case. As in a trance, she sat motionless, like a Buddha contemplating the universal Ohm. Divinity was involved. The growing alarm in her mother's voice was an alien port in a dream-swept sea.
"Hugh, I hate to bring this up, but there is sand playfully bounding against our windowpane," Cynthia said, picking up a teacup with an emphatic nonchalance, the razor of her voice tearing through the paper of the air. Cynthia thought that English deadpan was marvelously upper crust. Unfortunately, she couldn't quite carry it off with the required English aplomb. Although she had watched enough old movies to get the style, she lacked the experience and the imagination to comb the feathers of the absurd.
As she unfurled her hand in a gesture of understatement, the tea cup slipped from her finger. It smashed unceremoniously against the foot of the door, three inches from Hugh's head. It was the silence speaking its strange truth in accidents. Cynthia apologized. For what, she was not sure. Hugh smiled and creaked to his feet, brushed the shards of cup from his hair, muttered something about the neighborhood. Turning on his heels, Hugh walked toward his wife. He took her in his arms, bent her backward, and, as she balanced on one toe, he kissed her passionately. Unfortunately, this interlude was more a product of suppressed anger and guilt than of a romantic longing. Hugh could never deal with his own ambiguous feelings toward his wife. Basically he hated her; but he hid his feelings from himself and from her with these overly gestured demonstrations of affection. But now, for Hugh, a more painful insight intruded on his play therapy.
"Cynthia, why do you always kiss with your mouth closed?"
"My lips weren't closed," was the almost inaudible response. Cynthia's voice was muffled by Hugh's mouth covering hers, and by her efforts to talk through her own clenched teeth. Cynthia could never cope with a reality that was too intense. She believed that a good reality was like a good servant—it should be a discreet nonentity. And in that vein, she always felt her husband's affection was a little bit too stagy to be authentic.
Hugh made the best of a bad situation even worse. Deep within himself he flew into a rage, but all that bubbled to his less-than-volcanic surface was … well … the brief masculine laugh of a grade B Western variety. Hugh hitched up his belt as if he were carrying a pair of six-guns. Rage had deflected itself into pantomime.
"That should hold ya till this evening, little cow-poke gal," said Hugh in his best cowboy imitation. He swore he remembered Gary Cooper using those very words. Actually, Cooper never used them, or anything like them, but, in the distortions of Hugh's mind, they had a familiarity and thus the nomenclature of power. He was adopting the shadows of their authority. Hugh felt alive.
Cynthia left his arms and looked at him with an expression that was both quizzical and exasperated. Hugh sensed that his reenactment of a vaguely remembered cinematic conquest had utterly failed. For a moment, there had been a sense of triumph in Hugh's voice, before self-doubt enfolded him, as he swaggered, artificially bowlegged, toward the front door, stopping with a certain resolute good cheer to say "Adios" to Divinity, whose firm young body and swelling adolescent breasts arrested his attention longer than Hugh thought appropriate.
Divinity, who was busy ohming with her radio, acknowledged his farewell with a vague wave of her hand, casting her gaze in the general direction of somewhere. Remembering the sound of the voice, she smiled at the form shadowed in the screen door. Hugh smiled at her smile. Cynthia smiled because she thought it appropriate. Hugh thought of Divinity again, and armed with a new six-pack of guilt and a sense that he had finally been firm with his wife, he wandered toward the front door. As he left the kitchen his gait began to disintegrate rapidly and his swagger began to roll and bow, like a top at the end of its spin. As he closed the front door, he seemed to be a man intoxicated, drunk on nothing more than hope, thin air, and dying images.
When Hugh left, Cynthia decided it was time to find out what had happened to Amanda Job's house, if possible, and, why the sand was swishing against her window. She turned back toward the sink expecting to find sand, but instead she found sunlight. Across the pasture, on its slow-rolling hill, was the Job house, dignified and solid, with that strange flag fluttering on the roof.
"Ground fog," Cynthia said, relieved to know that houses don't disappear on their own. It was also nice to know there was always an explanation, logical and obvious. Cynthia looked at her clock. It was eight-forty. At twelve there was to be a luncheon at the Jobs. She had better get organized. The day's events were just beginning.
George Minkoff has written several bibliographies concerning American publishers working in Paris in the 1920s and '30s, including the Bibliography of the Black Sun Press and the Bibliography of the Black Manikin Press, both standard references in the field. He is also the author of the In the Land of Whispers trilogy, a historical novel concerning the first generation of English in the New World. Minkoff is also an authority on rare and antiquarian books.
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Trial set for Bashara on Nov. 12, he's accused of trying to kill handyman
A Nov. 12 trial was set for Bob Bashara on the accusation he tried to hire a hit man to kill Joe Gentz, his former handyman who has reportedly admitted to killing Bashara's wife.
Judge Bruce Morrow set the court date during a brief hearing this morning in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit, attended by Bashara's attorney, Mark Kriger, and assistant prosecutors Robert Moran and Lisa Lindsey.
Morrow said he expected the trial to take no longer than three days, although he did not indicate whether that included jury selection. The judge did appear to discuss with attorneys the potential use of a juror questionnaire to help seat a panel to hear the case.
Moran said the trial would take no longer than a week, and the prosecution case would include 10 to 12 witnesses.
Bashara, 54, appeared in court dressed in a blazer and slacks.
Bashara is charged with solicitation of murder, punishable by up to life in prison, accused of trying hire someone in June to kill Gentz, who was housed in a Wayne County jail facility. Prosecutors say Bashara gave $2,000 to Steven Tibaudo, a Detroit appliance store owner who promised to have someone kill Gentz. Tibaudo secretly recorded multiple conversations with Bashara on devices provided by the FBI and Michigan State Police.
Bashara was arrested June 27.
Gentz, 48, formerly of St. Clair Shores and Warren, is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder after he reportedly told police he strangled Jane Bashara, 56, in the garage of her Grosse Pointe Park home at the bequest of Bashara, who he says paid him. Jane Bashara's body was found Jan. 25 in her SUV parked in an alley on Detroit's east side.
Gentz was arrested March 2.
Gentz, who is developmentally disabled, twice has been declared competent to stand trial. A preliminary examination is expected to take place in October in 36th District Court in Detroit.
Gentz's attorney, Susan Reed, said Thursday an exact date has not been set and she is continuing "to review the file" in preparation for the hearing. She has said a plea deal is possible in the case.
Bashara has not been charged in his wife's death.


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On August 25, the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a final report (Report) on good practices for fees and expenses of collective investment schemes (CISs). The Report is published in the context of heightened regulatory scrutiny surrounding CISs and builds on existing standards with respect to CIS fees and expenses published in a report by IOSCO in 2004.
The good practices set out in the Report cover permitted and prohibited costs, remuneration for CIS operators, initial and ongoing disclosures of fees, performance-related fees, transaction costs, commissions, and changes to fees and expenses. It also covers issues arising when a CIS invests in other vehicles (including funds of funds).
While the Report published by IOSCO focuses on funds sold to retail investors, managers of wholesale funds (i.e., funds intended for institutional investors) also may wish to take the Report's good practices into consideration, particularly in the context of ongoing regulatory scrutiny in the European Union and elsewhere, since many regulators consider that fee arrangements, even when fully disclosed, can give rise to conflicts of interest. IOSCO comments in its press release for the Report that high standards of transparency and conduct in this area should help encourage competition among CIS operators/fund managers and lead to a more efficient market, thereby eventually benefitting all investors.
The Report can be found here.
IOSCO's accompanying press release can be found here.


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I-131 Radioactive Iodine Pill Side Effects
A regimen of radioactive iodine I-131 is a common treatment for an overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism) and for thyroid cancer. The treatment is a single dose swallowed in liquid, capsule or pill form. It is very effective, and side effects are uncommon.
The thyroid gland accumulates iodine from foods such as fish and iodized salt, and uses it to produce thyroid hormone necessary for body function. Radioactive iodine is designed to disrupt function of thyroid cells, resulting in reduced thyroid hormone production.
Primary Side Effect
Typically the I-131 radioactive iodine pill destroys so much of the thyroid gland that the patient needs to take daily thyroid pills for the rest of his life. This is the primary and most common side effect.
Throat and Neck Effects
Some people develop a sore throat or neck tenderness a few days after treatment. Acetaminophen or a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug such as ibuprofen can relieve this pain. Less commonly, more severe neck discomfort lasts for a few weeks.
Patients may experience nausea for a few hours after taking the iodine pill. Doctors advise not eating for at least two hours before taking it.
Considerations for Women
Women who are breastfeeding must stop doing so before taking the iodine pill. Pregnant women should not receive this treatment because it can harm the developing baby.
Patients should take precautions to not expose other people and pets to radioactivity. They should not sit closely to other people for prolonged periods of time or share food, utensils and drinking glasses for a few days.


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How to Add an Event to the iPhone Calendar
If you're familiar with Calendar on a Mac (iCal in OS X 10.7, and earlier), creating events in the iPhone's version of Calendar will be a breeze. Even if you use Outlook or another calendar program, Calendar is pretty straightforward. Here's how to add an appointment or event:
Tap Calendar on the Home screen.
From day, month, or year view, tap the plus sign button in the upper right corner to open the Add Event screen.
In Day view, press and hold the time at which you want to add an event until an Add Event screen appears.
Tap the first field, where you see Title.
The keyboard appears.
If you like working with a slightly bigger keyboard, turn your iPhone to the horizontal position — or use an external keyboard connected via Bluetooth.
Type in the name of the event or appointment in the Title field.
Tap Return, and then type in a Location or something else pertinent to the appointment. This field is optional.
Tap the field with Starts, Ends, and Time Zone.
The time and date rotor opens.
Using the rotor, set the date and time the appointment begins.
Your iPhone keeps track of your movements and places you frequently visit, as long as Frequent Locations is turned on in Settings→Privacy→Location Services→System Services→Frequent Locations. iPhone uses your location history to calculate travel time to your appointments and then adds that information to the Today view of the Notification Center.
The ending time is automatically set for one hour later. To change it, tap the Ends field. Set the date and time the appointment ends.
Tap the Ends field again to close the rotor.
If it's an all-day event such as a meeting or anniversary, tap the All-Day switch to On.
The rotors change and show only the month, day, and year. If the event is more than one day, say a conference or vacation, choose the beginning and ending dates.
The advantage to using the all-day feature instead of setting the beginning time to 8 a.m. and the ending time to 8 p.m. is that in Day view, the event shows up at the beginning of the day rather than as a highlighted event over the course of the whole day.
This way, you can add specific appointments during the course of the all-day event. In List view, All-Day appears next to the event title.
Tap the Time Zone field if you want to set the event in a time zone other than your own.
A field opens where you type in the name of a large city that resides in the time zone you want to use. Tap the city from the list when a match appears. You return to the Add Event screen.
Tap the Calendar field.
The Calendar screen opens.
Tap the calendar you want to put this event on if it's different than what is shown in the field.You choose the default calendar under Settings.
Tap Done.
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Last night Jackson couldn't fall asleep, he was so excited about -- you think I'm going to say "harassing the neighbors for candy dressed as a bright yellow anime creature that shoots lightening out of its cheek spots," but actually he was restless with the excitement of the new Scholastic book order. Remember those? It used to be you took home a little four-page newsprint catalog of discount picture books, your mom would let you pick out one or maybe two, she'd write a check for $3.00, you gave it to your teacher, and a month later your books would be sitting on your desk with your order slip stuck inside. Yay!
Yesterday Jackson came home with five book club catalogs stapled together. Somewhere along the line Scholastic must have partnered with Sharper Image because ye olde Scholastic catalogue now contains more NFL, Nintendo, and Cartoon Network "learning" toys than you can shake Yoda's battery-powered light saber at.
So there he sat in bed, still awake at 10:00 p.m.! after I'd tried everything short of hitting him in the head with a frying pan -- there he sat surrounded by all five catalogs, circling everything he wanted with a red pen. Like the test-tube kit that lets you make your own slime ($9.95); the Double Security Locker ("Keep your stuff super-safe with this locker that you build yourself!")($9.95); the wall projector clock ("Turn off the lights! This amazing clock lets you project the time on your wall!)($7.95), and -- hey! The new Guinness Book of World Records! ($21.95, hardcover only.)(The world's longest hot dog is 195 feet, if you must know. You owe me $2.00 for that. I take PayPal.)
Finally I got him to put away the catalogs and turn out the light.
"Thanks for getting me all this stuff, mom."
"Wha-huh? I'm not getting you everything you circled."
"You're the greatest mom in the whole world."
"You're hilarious. You circled like $300 worth of stuff."
"Daddy will give me the money. He's rich."
"You have nice dreams about all the stuff you don't need and you're not going to get."
He sat bolt upright.
"Mom, I'm scared."
"Of what?"
"Tomorrow's going to be scary, big kids are going to scare me, I know it."
"You know what? Think about all the big kids in our neighborhood. Remember Tyler and Javier last year? They were running around in dresses with handbags and high heels. This is not a place where people try to scare the crap out of each other."
He laughs.
"Do you want me to take you out tomorrow night, or do you want daddy to go with you?"
"Okay, then I'll tell you what. I'll carry a big stick with me and if anyone tries to scare you I'll yell, 'Get away from us, scary kid!' And then I'll poke them with my poking stick."
"Thanks, mom."
"You're welcome. Now go to sleep or I'll kill you."


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2017 has been a very interesting year so far!
As a newbie business woman it has been a year of reflection. The conception of Paperweight (PW) began a year and a half ago. It was filled with countless nights of brainstorming names and logos (don't worry I had wine...), not to mention figuring out the finances (ick!). Being a visual person, all my brainstorming was in the form of handwritten notes...ALL.OVER.MY.HOUSE...sorry hubby! Creating PW was a terrifying and exciting endeavor. I was scared of failure, but I knew that if I never tried, I'd regret it. I feared that Paperweight might be an epic blunder, and that I'd have nightmares of being laughed at in my underwear in the form of a boomerang loop over and over...and over.
Since the launch of PW, I have wanted to share my experience and my different projects along the way. I think it is safe to say that this blog is a teensy bit overdue! It seems only fitting for my first blog post to fall on the almost-anniversary of my very first style shoot (eeek! So much fun!). AHHHH the Modern Indoor Garden Wedding :) It was inspiring to team up with women who were absolute masters at their craft. When I received the invitation to collaborate on the shoot, it felt pretty great to be recognized by such accomplished businesswomen. I don't want to drone on like a hallmark card, but I was honestly humbled by the entire experience and by the amazing ladies I got to work with. I got nothin' but love for them!
Once the shoot wrapped up and we began to see the final photos by the ever so talented Alisha, of Alisha Maria Photography I was amazed! Being the Calligrapher, I came to the shoot at the beginning of setup and only saw some of the beautiful pieces, so seeing everything come together...wow! Alisha submitted the shoot and it was featured on the Hey Wedding Lady blog!!! It was definitely a pinch me moment.
It has almost been a year since that shoot. Paperweight has definitely done some growing. I feel like the journey has been, for the most part, a good one. Sure there have been some not so great moments too...but don't all the best adventures have bumps along the way. I welcome new projects and new challenges, and I hope you'll be along for the ride!
Photography: Alisha Maria Photography | Venue: Hamilton Hall | Floral Design: Lilac and Lily and Wholesale Garland | Wedding Cake and Sweets: Flour(ish) Bake Shoppe | Wedding Dress: Tulle Bridal Boutique | Bridesmaid Dresses: Adrianna Papell | Rentals: Peterson Party Center | Bridal Makeup: Claudia Moriel Makeup Artistry | Bridal Hairstyling: Six Bay Road Salon | Signage: Antea Amoroso Design | Calligraphy: Paperweight | Models: Maggie Inc


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China Agrees to Crackdown on Fentanyl/
By Pat Anson, Editor
China is finally taking steps to stop the production of illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid blamed for thousands of drug overdoses in the U.S. and Canada.
China's National Narcotics Control Commission announced this week that it is "scheduling controls" against four fentanyl-class substances – carfentanil, furanyl fentanyl, valeryl fentanyl, and acryl fentanyl, starting on March 1, 2017. The announcement came after several months of talks between the Chinese government and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
"Fentanyl-related compounds represent a significant and deadly component of the current opioid crisis. These actions will undoubtedly save American lives and I would like to thank my Chinese counterparts for their actions on this important issue," said Acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg in a news release.
"It shows China's attitude as a responsible big country," Yu Haibin, the director of the Office of the National Narcotics Control Committee, told the Associated Press. "It will be a strong deterrent."
DEA officials say China's move is a potential "game-changer" in the opioid epidemic, because it will close a loophole that allowed Chinese laboratories to manufacture fentanyl and its chemical cousins legally.
The substances were then shipped to Mexico before being smuggled into the U.S. and Canada, where they were often mixed with heroin or used in the manufacture of counterfeit oxycodone and other painkillers. Traffickers also purchased pill presses from China, according to the DEA.
"The counterfeit pills often closely resemble the authentic medications they were designed to mimic, and the presence of fentanyls is only detected upon laboratory analysis," the DEA warned in a report last summer.
Fentanyl is up to 100 times more potent than morphine. It is legally prescribed in lozenges and patches to treat severe pain. Carfentanil is so potent it is used by veterinarians as an anesthetic on elephants.
Illicit fentanyl is mixed with heroin to increase its potency, but dealers and buyers may not know exactly what they are selling or ingesting. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ohio and other states have reported an "alarming surge" in fentanyl related deaths. In some states, the number of deaths from illicit fentanyl now exceeds those from prescription opioids.
Two public health researchers have speculated that a "malicious actor" could be behind some of those deaths.
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iPad shortage forces Apple to delay international launch until MayApple on Wednesday revealed that demand for the iPad is far higher than the company predicted, with more than a half-million U.S.-only sales in the first week. As a result, it has delayed the international launch of the iPad until the end of May.
"Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad," Apple said in a statement. "We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April."
The press release continued: "Faced with this surprisingly strong U.S. demand, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the international launch of iPad by one month, until the end of May. We will announce international pricing and begin taking online pre-orders on Monday, May 10. We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news, but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason —the iPad is a runaway success in the U.S. thus far."
Last week, when Apple unveiled iPhone OS 4, the company announced it had sold 450,000 iPads in the product's first five days of availability. Wednesday's announcement revealed that the product sold another 50,000 in the next two days, topping 500,000 in its first week. More than 300,000 of those sales came on the product's first day of availability.
In March, Apple first announced that the iPad would be available in international markets by the end of April. Both the Wi-Fi and 3G versions of the hardware were scheduled to launch in the U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Australia, Italy, Japan, Span and Switzerland. Wednesday's statement also kills rumors of an April 24 overseas debut.
The announcement from Apple on Wednesday also suggests that U.S. preorders for the 3G iPad are still on track for their late-April arrival. Those devices will be compatible with AT&T's 3G network and carry a $130 premium over their Wi-Fi-only counterparts.


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We have a few copies of 'Elements' left and are selling these with the new Bouldering in Scotland Guide for £30, so if anyone wants to take advantage, please look at the Films page on the main site, otherwise the offer drops end of April.
When you publish a guide, there is usually a rash of sudden activity and development, which is great and the point of getting excited about bouldering in the first place. Magnus Johnson has found some new bouldering near Kinlochleven, mentioning 'one roof which is simply huge! Think the inside of the Shelterstone but with no surrounding blocks...' which all sounds interesting! Hopefully we'll see some problems there soon. For the adventurous, it's at NN149609, most of the boulders are mossy, but there may be some potential.
I had a skirt of the North East for the guide but found little of interest, but we obviously missed the bouldering at Forss, near Thurso, courtesy of Raymond Wallace... I'm only sorry I couldn't have put it in the guide, we just didn't hear about it until we published! Raymond has done a nice online topo.


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Now anyone with some sense would have had a good lie in this morning after the late night but it was the last full day and I didn't want to be wasting it laying in bed, no matter how much my body was telling me I should. The plan was to originally have a chilled morning and head into Magic Kingdom in the afternoon and stay all evening, I would finally be getting to watch Happily Ever After.
As we'd only made one visit to Animal Kingdom and it being a favourite park of mine, I decided to get up and head there this morning, I had a bit of a late morning, well late in terms of being in Disney type of late morning and arrived at Animal Kingdom just before 11 and first stop was good, I was starving and really wanted to try Satu'li Canteen and boy it did not disappoint, the food was amazing and such great quality for quick service, definitely a must do now on future trips.
Belly finally filled and no longer screaming at me, I had a stroll around Pandora, enjoying how beautiful it is but there was no way I was joining the 3+ hour one to ride Flight of Passage, no matter how amazing it was and how desperate I was to ride it again, I wasn't that desperate, I decided to just take a slow stroll around the park, taking some photos and enjoying how beautiful it is, I just love how well themed and beautiful Animal Kingdom is, it's amazing and every corner you turn looks more and more beautiful. I stopped at almost every photos photographer I went past, because, yes I am that person that loves getting as many as possible and I'm still desperate to get the magic shot with Pascal, still no luck but I did get some nice photos so not all waste of time. It had been about an hour since I'd eaten now and deciding that was plenty of time for my food to have settled and the single rider line at Expedition Everest, of course I had to jump on, I couldn't leave without at least another couple of goes on one of my favourite WDW rides. Surviving the Yeti, I went off in search of Timon, I'd never met him before and he was someone I really wanted to add to my list this year, after a bit of walking around in circles, I finally found him, all hidden away, no I'd heard stories about lengthy queues so was very pleased to only see one other person waiting when I got there. I'm so glad I decided to meet him because the meet was perfect, he was so much fun and spent such a great amount of time with me, definitely a favourite from all of this years character meets.
I then decided to say my goodbyes to Animal Kingdom for another trip and headed towards the exit to jump on a bus over to Magic Kingdom, I'd text my sister but she was still lazying at the hotel, amateurs just don't know how to do Disney properly ;)
I got to Magic Kingdom just after 1 and spotted Chip n Dale meeting in Town Square, of course I had to stop by and say hello to my favourite chipmunks, not willing to share their acorns I waved goodbye and took a slow stroll up Main Street, looking in some shops along the way and decided to grab a Starbucks and have a sit down on the hub grass for a bit, I wasn't feeling exactly full of energy today, in fact I probably could have slept standing up against a lamppost so a sit down and bit of a relax was enjoyed and very much needed, I decided to stay put and watch Festival of Fantasy from where I was, it wasn't the perfect view but I've seen it quite a few times so it was nice to just sit and relax, listen to the music and watch from a far.
Now I'll be honest and admit, I've been back over a month now and adding to the fact some of the day is a blur due to being so tired, I can't actually remember what happened for the next few hours, I know my sister & brother in law finally got into the park around 3.30pm and we did have some FP+ booked which we used and we also stopped by one of my favourite MK quick service places, Cosmic Rays for dinner, we had a good look around the shops triple checking we hadn't forgot to buy anything we'd wanted to and decided to take a trip on the Railroad, I hadn't done this on my trip back in February as it was closed, so it was nice to do it again, I actually really enjoy taking a nice relaxing trip round Magic Kingdom on it. We'd made the full journey round and were back at Fantasyland station around 7.45pm. Now I'd heard the crowds for Happily Ever After recently had be awful, likely due to it only being on a few night s a week with the Halloween parties happening, so rather than use the 7 Dwarfs FP+ we had booked I decided to skip it and stake out a spot, hopefully a good one for the fireworks as making sure I had a good view was really important to me as it would be the first time I'd seen them. I'm so glad I went when I did as a I managed to get a great spot but around 10 minutes after I looked round and the area was so crowded, there wasn't a chance I wouldn't have been stuck back past the partners statue had a I waited any longer, I sat down enjoying my gorgeous view of the castle, my popcorn and waited, around 10 minutes before the start, we were all stood up and moved forward so I ended up being even closer which was great, I don't have the best eyesight, even with my glasses so had I been too far back I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the projections as much.
It was strange not seeing Wishes and if I'm honest, I know Happily Ever After is amazing but I didn't feel the same emotion about it that Wishes gave me, I loved it, it was beautiful and so well done but it wasn't Wishes and I'll forever be sad that I'll never get to stand in Magic Kingdom and watch it ever again. Fireworks over, I had the dreaded task of trying to get through the crowd to find my sister and brother in law who had left it quite late to get a spot to watch and were bak down by Starbucks, I finally made it and we grabbed a drink and sat down for a while waiting for the crowds to settle a bit before even attempting to move, it's so hard to go in any direction just after the fireworks, add in the huge crowds and it makes it hell, we watched Once upon a time from our seats which although I don't love as much as Celebrate the Magic, I enjoy more with each time I watch it.
Finally enough space to walk, we headed over into Adventureland as we had a FP+ for Pirates of the Caribbean, from there we had to have one more ride on Big Thunder Mountain, i love this at night, even more so than during the day and once we'd experienced the wildest ride in the wilderness we headed over to Fantasyland as my sister & brother in law had quite a few snack credits left over so wanted to get some tasty treats, many snack credit used and enough sugary treats to keep you on a sugar high for at least a week we slowly started to make our way out of the park, it was time to head back to the resort for the last sleep in a comfy Disney bed :(


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Inuyama Castle
What is Inuyama Castle
Inuyama Castle, a national treasure, was built in 1537 during the Muromachi period (1336-1573) by Oda Nobuyasu's uncle, the great warlord, Oda Nobunaga. The castle tower on the top floor of Inuyama Castle is Japan's oldest wooden castle tower. The castle is located on top of a small mountain along the banks of the Kiso River and the elevated view is breathtaking. Surrounding the castle are nostalgic streets of the town of Inuyama and there are many tourist facilities in the area. The castle is on the border of Aichi Prefecture's Owari area and Gifu Prefecture's Mino area and became a key asset during the Warring States period and the castle went through many changes over time. During the Battle of Komaki-Nagukute (1584), Hashiba Hideyoshi led an army of 120,000 soldiers into the castle to confront Tokugawa Ieyasu who was occupying Komakiyama Castle. During the Edo period (1603-1868), Naruse Masanari of the Owari clan took over the castle and ruled until the end of the Edo period. Later, the castle became the property of Aichi Prefecture for a time but was partially destroyed during the 1891 earthquake. After repair, it became the property of the Naruse family and was the only privately owned castle in Japan until 2004.
Superb View from the Castle Tower "Like a Lord of the Castle"
Kiso River flows on the north side of Inuyama Castle and the entrance of the castle is on the south side. The castle tower is difficult to see from the south side, but can be seen as soon as you enter through the castle gate. There is a lot of history left at Inuyama Castle, including the construction and timber used in construction. History can be experienced everywhere at the castle, from the creaking sounds while walking through the castle to the gabs in the wooden floors. The watchtower on the top floor is a small space but there is a wooden corridor where visitors can view the surroundings. When the weather is good, the beautiful Kiso River can be seen below, as well as Ontake Mountain, Gifu-jyo Castle, and Nagoya Station Building.
On the Meitetsu Rail, it is a 25 minute ride on the express train from Nagoya Station to Inuyama Station. From Central Japan International Airport, it is a 55 minute ride on the Meitetsu Rail "Mu Sky" train to Inuyama Station. From Inuyama Station, it is a 3 minute drive or 15 minute walk to Inuyama Castle
Image Gallery: Inuyama Castle
Description: Inuyama Castle
|Inuyama Castle (犬山城)
65-2 Kitakoken, Inuyama, Inuyama-shi, 484-0082
|Phone / Fax
|Phone: 0568-61-1711
|Business Hours
Monday:09:00-17:00 (Last entry by: 16:30)
Tuesday:09:00-17:00 (Last entry by: 16:30)
Wednesday:09:00-17:00 (Last entry by: 16:30)
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|Closed dates
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|Pay admission: 550yen
|Recommended Season
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|Family Couples Groups Infant & Toddler (ages 0-6) Child (ages 7-17) Adult (ages 20+) Single traveller
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When people ask what I do for a living I answer, "I'm a freelance writer." Nine times out of ten, the follow-up question is, "What do you write?" This is where it gets interesting. When I answer "mostly celebrity gossip," they either look at me and say "that's interesting" or they inquire more in-depth. I will then go into an almost rehearsed speech at this point where I explain that the bulk of my writing focuses on reality television, mainly Teen Mom and that I fell into by accident.
I truly did.
My first freelance job was in 2009 and I was (well, still am for that site) a pop culture writer. The bulk of my material centered around Miley Cyrus as that was around the time she was quitting Hannah Montana and doing outrageous things that the public loves to read about.
And that is the point. The public doesn't want to read about a celebrity having a great day or doing something good. Rather, the public wants the negativity, the drama. They want to hear about drug problems, rehab, scandals. I suppose it is their way to look at celebrities and say, "See, they aren't so perfect."
Not every story I have ever written has been completely positive; I would be lying if I said it was. There was a time I fed into the drama because, well, more drama equals more views. However, there came a point when I realized that celebrities may be rich and famous, but they are also human beings. I think it hit me most when I started covering Teen Mom 2 extensively.
Like these girls, I was a young single mom. While I was older than any of them, I could still relate to their struggles. Then, I would log onto social networking and see the immense hate that these girls were receiving for living their lives. Were they perfect? No, but was the public seeing everything exactly how it was? Again, no. There is so much editing that goes into reality television that people don't take into consideration. Rather, they see that the show is a "reality show" and assume that everything is "real."
It's not. And that is why I chose to take a positive approach to celebrity gossip writing. Has it always gone over well? Definitely not. However, it has helped me to appreciate people more and has even helped me to have the opportunity to chat with some of the girls. It always makes me smile when one of the Teen Mom girls will "favorite" or "retweet" an article of mine. It makes me proud to know that they appreciate what I wrote about them; They didn't have to take the time to even look at what I wrote, but for a second they did and they liked it. That always makes me feel like I am doing a great job at staying positive.


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Event takes place on November 24, 2014 at 7:00 PM
Holyoke City Hall: Council Chambers
City Council
Holyoke Massachusetts
Notice of Committee Meeting
There will be a regular meeting of the Committee on
Public Service
At City Hall in the Council Chamber, on Monday November 24, at 7:00PM
Per order of the Chair: Dan Bresnahan
1. Acceptance of previous meeting minutes
2. Jourdain 11/19/14 Order: the DPW prepare an estimate of the capital improvement needed to renovate the rear entryway at Sullivan School and provide this to the Mayor and City Council as soon as possible. Moreover, that the Mayor appropriate the funds to make these needed renovations.
3. Leahy 12/3/13: Ordered that the DPW initiate the restoration of room 11 in City Hall. The murals are in disrepair and some portraits are missing.
4. Leahy 4/15/14: Order: that the Department of Public Works, with help from the Historical Commission, puts up one sign in each neighborhood indicating what section of the City. For Instance; Churchill, The Flats, Elmwood, Highlands, and Oakdale for example. Over the St. Patrick's parade weekend which is the largest homecoming in New England I was hearing people from all over the country talking to their friends and families and indicating what part of Holyoke they were from. The one common denominator of everyone from Holyoke is pride and tradition. A sign could read " Elmwood" , a neighborhood in the City of Holyoke.
5. Vacon 9/2/14: Order: That the American flag shall be displayed in front of city public buildings in accordance with public law 94-344 known as the Federal flag code. When two flag poles are present , the State or City flag shall be displayed on the second pole; however, other flags may be displayed from time to time only below the American flag if on the same pole and below the State or City flag if on the same pole.
The American flag shall only be displayed at half staff when ordered by the President or the Governor in accordance with the law.
6. McGee 9/23/14: Ordered that the Legal Department and Building Department come before the City Council to give an update on the zoning violation near 51 Sterling Ave.
7. Alexander 3/4/14: Ordered: That the City Clerk create and present a plan to ensure publication online as part of a comprehensive municipal code of ordinances, any changes or revisions within 7 days of adoption by the Council. Further ordered, that such a plan be presented within 90 days of adoption of this order, and implemented within 180 days of the authorization of any expenses necessary for its implementation.
8. Alexander 4/1/14 Ordered: that meeting minutes for any body subject to Open Meeting Law include reference to any and all materials submitted for consideration during that meeting or hearing, and that copies of those materials be kept on file in the City Clerk's office for public inspection for a period of time consistent with existing City ordinances and State law.
9. Lisi 4/1/14: Ordered that the City Council with the City Clerk review the City's policy for notification before violations are sent to the Court.
10. Lisi 4/1/14: Ordered that the City Council with the City Clerk consider adopting a policy that allows dog owners to pay their license fees for several years in advance (i.e. the duration the rabies vaccination), this could help cut down on administrative costs to the City as well as narrow the possibility for violations to occur.
11. Soto 8/5/14: Ordered that all members of the City Council request that the Hampden County District Attorney conduct an independent investigation into the reason(s) the $45,000 payment was made by Mayor Alex Morse to former City Solicitor Heather Egan in order to make sure there was nothing unethical, illegal or improper associated with said payment.
12. Alexander 4/1/14: Ordered that the City Council work with the Personnel Department to review and update the Auditor's Job Qualifications and Job Description, and that advertising to solicit candidates be placed as soon as the review is complete.
13. Lisi 9/23/14: Ordered that the City Council begin advertising the Administrative Assistant to the City Council position to ensure that we have a robust slate of candidates to select from when making appointments in January.
14. Soto 10/21/14: Ordered that the Creative Art's Director come before the City Council to provide an update on what he's been working on currently and what is his vision for the near future.
15. Home occupation permit for Timothy Wright for 113 Westfield Rd.
16. Application for a Special Permit for a Flea Market at 60 Jackson St. for Mr. Gus Plagakis
Administrative Assistant: Ryan M. Allen
The listing of matters are those reasonable anticipated by the chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.
Posted on November 19, 2014 by allenr


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Going through this process and working with the careers councilors at my MBA school, I learned a great deal about successful job hunting.
Over the next few posts I will share with you those lessons.
The first lesson you should learn is that a significant number of roles never get advertised and you should split your time between advertised roles and "unadvertised" roles. As a guide, I recommend spending about half of your job search time on "unadvertised" roles.
A question you may well ask is "if roles are never advertised, how do I find out that a role even exists?"… and the short answer is networking.
I've already described the attitude that you should approach networking with, but read my next few posts for specific networking tactics for job seekers.


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Iraq/Iran/Kuwait: never-ending uncertainty for those seeking missing relatives
27-08-2009 News Release 09/172
Baghdad/Tehran/Geneva (ICRC) – The families of hundreds of thousands of people who went missing in past wars in the Gulf region need continued support in their quest to find out what happened to their loved ones, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today.
Marking the International Day of the Disappeared on 30 August, the ICRC said families in Iraq longed to obtain news of those who vanished in the armed conflict that broke out in 2003 and in other armed violence over recent decades, while families in Iraq, Iran and Kuwait still hoped to discover what happened to their fathers, brothers and sons who went missing during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war and the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
" This never-ending uncertainty is a source of immense anguish for families in all three countries, " said Beatrice Mégévand, the ICRC's head of operations for the Middle East and North Africa. " They want to know and they have a right to know what happened to their missing relatives, even if it means having it confirmed that they are dead. "
In an effort to determine what befell people missing in connection with recent conflicts in the region, the ICRC has been providing support for the authorities and for forensic experts, especially in Iraq and Iran. Where necessary, the ICRC has provided training, supplied equipment and repaired facilities. In addition, it has facilitated the exchange of information relating to missing persons between the countries concerned.
" It's a blessing that I saw my son and buried him, " said Sabria, an Iraqi mother who retrieved the mortal remains of her son, who went missing during the Iran-Iraq war, in November 2008. " Now he is in a cemetery and I will be buried beside him. "
The ICRC calls on the authorities concerned to do everything in their power, in accordance with international humanitarian law, to clarify what happened to those who went missing in armed conflict and to provide the families with any information they obtain.For further information, please contact:
Dorothea Krimitsas, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 25 90 or +41 79 251 93 18
Dibeh Fakhr, ICRC Iraq, tel: +962 65 52 39 94 or +962 777 399 614
Fouad Bawaba, ICRC Kuwait, tel: +965 997 87 94 34
John Strick Van Linschoten, ICRC Tehran, tel: +98 21 8878 67 23 or + 98 912 313 60 04 See also TV news footage


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perfect imperfect
Finally tackling the clutter and jumble at the back of the bedroom cupboard, I discovered a tatty art folder that still carried the musty scent of the cottage attic. Amidst a number of old art prints and contact sheets, I found a photo that John had taken of me a few years ago.
A snap taken with the last of a roll of film, it was an impromptu capture of the black leather coat that I'd worn pretty much every day during my late teens and - though less frequently - into my twenties. God I loved that coat. Knee-length and slim cut, it slipped effortlessly over the beatniky clothes and 1930s dresses that I wore then. The smell of the leather was enough to take me straight back to those days of clubs until dawn and the curious peace and calm of the morning walk home.
But the day the photo was taken we'd been sifting through our possessions before yet another move and I had decided, finally, to take the coat out of storage one last time and give it away. I don't remember seeing the print before. Perhaps John and I both rejected it: he seeing the imperfections of print; me, the squeezed eyes, messy hair and far too many teeth on show. I dislike having my photo taken almost as much as I dislike looking at the results. See those defensive arms wrapped around my waist?
Looking at it now though - sitting amidst the mundane mess of daily life - that hasty, imperfect print fills me with happiness. Remembering not just those distant memories when a coat was a talisman as much as a piece of clothing but also all those times of laughing so hard that it hurts.


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it's a wonderful life...in Him
With the clock ticking down on the close of 2015 and the start of 2016, I want to relate something that's been much on my mind and heart these days.
Earlier this month, I wrote about Jesus coming to offer life abundantly(John 10:10). Perhaps like you, though, recent events have caused me to take a step back and ponder the preciousness of being alive at all.
All around us – in Paris, Colorado Springs and San Bernardino – we see wanton disregard for human life. But this utter contempt for life is not just found in the perpetrators of these awful deeds. This contempt manifests itself every time an unborn baby is intentionally killed. We see it in physician assisted suicide and in the business of commercial surrogacy, where women and children are reduced to commodities.
Narcissism, numbness to violence and disregard for the sanctity of life are epidemic – and totally at odds with the Gospel of Christ.
The spread of this idea that every human being is made in the image of God and therefore has intrinsic worth and dignity, literally changed the world.
So, as we celebrate Jesus' coming to offer life abundantly, it's imperative that we revive this teaching and proclaim it wherever and whenever we can.
And that's exactly what we're doing at Minnesota Family Council. We are active in the political process, because we firmly believe that Christians are called to stay informed and engaged in the making of laws that govern our lives. But we're just as committed to strengthening churches, speaking out on behalf of the unborn, promoting Christian worldview and raising up young men and women who are well grounded in Christ and motivated by biblical values that are core to who they are.
It's why in our homes, at our office and in the public square we unabashedly hold up the Bible as God's Word for all mankind – His guidebook for human flourishing.
At Minnesota Family Council, we are committed to restoring biblical values to the heart of our culture. Is this mission something the Lord has placed on your heart as well?
I joyfully announced earlier this month that this year's matching gift challenge is the biggest we've ever had – thanks to the generosity of a core group of supporters who really believe in this work. And then others stepped up and committed even more to advance our mission!
The total matching funds available to us is now up to an amazing $200,000!
This is unprecedented … and it could be course-altering … but only if we are able to take full advantage of this historic opportunity. And with God's blessing, we can! With the December 31st deadline almost upon us, will you join with us?
Any gift you give from now through December 31st at midnight will be doubled, and will help us reach our unprecedented matching challenge!
We believe the message that life is sacred and precious has never been more needed than today. While the world around us is throwing it away, we must proclaim its worth. We must remind the world, beginning with our own neighbors, of Jesus' mission:
"I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly." (John 10:10b)
For life in Him,
John Helmberger
Chief Executive Officer


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Pulse S RevoArt.-No: 253492
Equipped with a Revo lens, the TECNOPRO Pulse S Revo for kids offers far superior peripheral vision than goggles with standard lenses. The special anti-fog double lens is polarized for high contrasts and filters all unnatural colors to deliver sharp contrasts and crystal clear vision. The frame is ventilated, and the soft single-layer foam fits the face perfectly. The helmet-compatible goggle offers 100% UV protection and a dark universal S2 filter.


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Following the arrival in Djibouti of the first supplies of the additional wheat purchased by the Government, a first train load of 1125 tons of wheat was moved to Merebe Mermersa, a little over 100 kms south of Addis Ababa on Saturday (November 21).
The 756 km Ethio-Djibouti railway is being constructed by China Railway Group (CREC) and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and the companies and other stakeholders made special to operate the freight transportation service. Netsanet Hussein, Ethio-Djibouti Rail Project Manager said "We have seen the first cargo that is from Djibouti to Ethiopia. We are proud of this. From now on, we will continue the operation." The Project Manager said "We are not in our full capacity for the moment, we are now about 40 percent of our capacity. We will continue and within few days we will reach our maximum capacity," he said. He said the train took 16 hours, but once full capacity was reached, the time would be reduced to 10 to 12 hours. The Project Manager for (CREC) said the company has mobilized specialized personnel from its headquarters in China to ensure the sound operation of the temporary freight transportation. He said "We have some remaining works, we have been trying to intensify our efforts, to mobilize more resources to complete it. For this particular purpose, we have arranged the temporary loading and unloading facilities in order to make sure that the cargo arrives safely on time."
-MoFA Ethio


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The IRS scandal: Is a shocking new email the smoking cannon?
Whether or not it is the smoking cannon of the IRS scandal remains to be seen. But new revelations, ones that keep coming out in dribs and drabs, suggest that Lois Lerner might have conspired to obstruct justice in her agency's efforts to improperly target conservative opponents of the Obama administration.
Ms. Lerner is the former head of the IRS's Exempt Organizations division. Conservative groups appear to have been singled out to have their First Amendment rights quashed. And a new email released this week shows that, just as the targeting scandal was going public, she warned staffers "to be cautious about what we say in emails" because those communications could end up before Congress.
Worse, the email, dated April 9, 2013, suggests that the IRS thought it could employ instant messaging as an end around to subvert open-records laws.
Couple this new development with the IRS's fantastical claims of hard-drive crashes that just happened to befall principals of this scandal, crashes that conveniently parallel the scandal's timeline, and the stench now is overbearing. Thus, a scandal that long ago cried out for the appointment of a special prosecutor now is screaming at the top of its lungs. And failing to investigate an IRS (now under a federal judge's order to come clean) that appears to be the definition of a corrupt criminal enterprise can only lead reasonable people to conclude that the enterprise is not limited to the IRS.


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Pumpkin seeds - harvested quickly & efficiently
The new MOTY KE 2000 pumpkin seed harvester convinces by functional character, form and design. The many years' experience in the production confirms this. Moty has been building and developind those machines for 20 years and constant improvements have been caused. Equipped with a big screening drum (2,5 m) made of half-round bars it is made for high capacity harvesting. Clean seeds without loss. For amortisation through excellent market perspectives for this agricultural product, high machine capacity and possibility for labour. An investment which counts itself!
Technical data:
Leistung: 6-8 ha per day.
Power consumption: approx. 100 HP / 75 kW.
Lighting: 12V.
Tires: 500/50 - 17 14 PLY, pressure 3 bar.
Brakes: braked axle, machanical brakes with cable control (permissible top speed: 10 km/h) or Air-brakes (permissible top speed: 25 km/h).
Drive: with propeller shaft, speed 540 rpm.
Onboard hydraulics:
Zahnradpumpe (35 lt./min.), Öltankinhalt 70 lt. ( Hydrauliköl HLP 46 DIN 51524). Wahlweise mit elektromagnetischen Ventilen (benötigt am Traktor einen 12V Stromanschluß und ein doppelwirkendes Steuergerät) oder mit mechanischen Ventilen (benötigt am Traktor ein doppelwirkendes Steuergerät) - für die Entleerungsschnecke.
Without onbard hydraulics: mechanical valves with cable control (requires two double-acting controllers on the tractor and a free tyre pressure in the tank).
Screening drum: from half-round bars, L=2500mm, Ø 1200mm.
Receiver arrangement: Ø 1500mm, W=1040mm, Conveyor belt LxW= 1430mm x 450mm.
Seed tank: Capacity approx. 1200 kg wet seeds.
Emptying worm: approx. 4 min per tank emptying, emptying height with worm pivoted out: 2700 mm.
Suction blower: 4500 rpm, suction drum (variybly adjustable) with punched plate Ø 8mm, L=1200mm, Ø480mm.
Level controller: approx. 4º machine inclination, manual or automatic (electronic).
Dimensions (LxWxH): 4800 x 2580 x 3480 mm (without drawbar) or 5900 x 2580 x 3480 mm (with drawbar).
Weight: 4800 kg.
The advantage of air brakes is the possibility of pulling the pumpkin seed harvester on public roads with a speed of 25 km/h.
Electromagnetic valves provide a convenient operation.
Conveyor Belt
The suction drum spears the pumpkins and places them on the conveyor belt.
Shattering device
Two knives are tearing apart the pumpkins into very small pieces. After usage crowbars can be turned and reused.
Suction device
By means of this powerfull sution device the pumpkin meet is removed and seeds are cleand. Then seeds are moved by the worm into the seeding tank. The speed can regulated hydraulically. An additional brush cares for the constant cleaning of the suction device.
Emptying worm
Within the seed tank there is a worm, which moves the seeds into the emptying worm. It is movable hydraulically and enables a qick and easy disposal.
Level control
The KE 2000 machine must, depending on conditions, hang about 4 degree to the rear. With an automatic level control you have the advantage that the machine regulates this automatically.


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With ever more devices needing greater throughput for video and voice content, today's wireless hub-and-spoke network architecture is showing its age. What's needed is a wireless LAN (WLAN) solution capable of greater intelligence at the network's edge to optimise traffic flow without compromising security or quality of service and driving up cost.
The hub-and-spoke innovation was in routing traffic through, and enforcing security at, the wireless controller. However, the controller is now becoming the bottleneck for throughput and security enforcement as throughput needs rise. Trying to address this bottleneck using traditional WLAN solutions ultimately means an "either/or" trade-off: either a significant new investment in additional wireless controllers and wired switches or a greatly reduced QoS and user experience.
To take a step forward, what's needed is a "both-and" solution without compromise, one that helps you unleash the full advantages of your existing 802.11n investment. Such architecture could maximise network performance and traffic without compromising QoS for video and voice features, security, mobility or survivability, while at the same time minimising both capital and operational expenditures for a lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
This requires a fundamentally different model: an architecture that provides more intelligent routing at the perimeter of the network than the centralised hub-and-spoke model. This can be achieved with a more intelligent perimeter, using smart, adaptive wireless access points to offload some of the higher order intelligence and functionality of the controller itself.
Distributed intelligence allows more of the on-site data flow to be routed internally on the edge of the network using the 11n access points, rather than sending that data to the wireless controller and back. It maintains the strength of the entire WLAN infrastructure, while increasing the ability of the "spokes" to communicate directly with one another along an optimal path, even prioritizing more critical data (such as VoIP and video) while providing full security and mobility services.
Not all 802.11n solutions are created equal, however. They can vary greatly in their range of capabilities. How well do access points interact with controllers for instance? How many controllers are needed? What are the power requirements? How does the survivability of the system compare?
A more adaptive, reliable and intelligent architecture takes factors like these into consideration. It leverages the network's distributed intelligence to help unlock the full value of 802.11n solutions so they can both deliver a better quality of experience and make IT budgets go further.
By having more intelligence in the access points, during outages these access points can also serve a bridging function to reduce latencies. Since security is as important to the organisation as solid network coverage and availability, it is important to make sure that any distributed architecture has enough application awareness to be self-healing without dropping VoIP calls and that it is able to deliver the same firewall capabilities as hub-and-spoke to avoid compromising QoS.
This helps maintain network services throughout outages, ensuring the organisation and its assets continue to benefit from continued local QoS prioritisation, authentication, security policies and direct routing as well as backhaul failover to 3G.
Greater intelligence at the edge of the network can also make IT budgets go further, offering advantages in both capital and operational expenditures. Adding 802.11n access points to the network can be less expensive than adding more controllers and can actually result in significant savings since access points with greater intelligence can reduce the number of controllers needed.
Since capital expenditures are largely a function of the number of access points and controllers plus the cost of the sensors, distributed network intelligence offers certain CapEx advantages when combined with 802.11n performance. For one thing, it requires a much lower controller-to-access point ratio, with higher power access points covering a greater area.
Now with distributed traffic management, a single controller can oversee up to eight times the number of access points. This frees up controllers to focus on large scale network and policy management as well as other services, resulting in a more efficient architecture. Access points with built-in sensors for security and troubleshooting can also eliminate extra installation and power costs that would come with a separate sensor network.
By allowing controllers to scale more, networks with distributed intelligence enable real time troubleshooting and spectral analysis for greater survivability and reduced maintenance costs. The best distributed intelligence solutions will even factor in power consumption as a cost saving feature, optimising the power draw of access points to fall below the 13W maximum typical of Power over Ethernet solutions to avoid upgrades.
It also leverages these efficiencies for savings in operational expenditures since, without the right tools, OpEx can easily outpace CapEx within five years. To deliver OpEx advantages, network architecture must use distributed intelligence to address either the cost of repairs or the cost of downtime to an organisation.
For instance, now that access points themselves are smart enough to be virtual LAN (VLAN)-aware, it is not necessary to re-engineer the network's VLANs in order to add them in. Moreover, access points that distribute intelligence throughout the network greatly facilitate remote troubleshooting and advanced self-healing. Such features help deliver optimal 802.11n performance, since WLAN architecture that's not smart enough to fix itself when problems arise drives up support costs. The only alternative is to send technicians onsite for each intervention, which can be very expensive for distributed organisations.
In short, the future of wireless network architecture relies on distributed intelligence that meets the performance demands of the new wireless world without compromising security or QoS. The advantages of the centralised hub-and-spoke architecture helped bring more cost-effective 802.11b/g solutions to organisations. But with increased network traffic creating bottlenecks at the controller and an unreliable user experience, the industry is clearly moving toward a more distributed model to reap the full benefits of what 802.11n has to offer.


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Audie Carr, of Hereford, and Benjamin Clarke, from Gloucester, claimed Leyhill Open Prison in Gloucestershire was "rife with drugs".
They asked Gloucester Prison staff if they could serve their sentences there.
Charges of escape from lawful custody against the pair were dropped at Gloucester Crown Court on Wednesday.
Judge Jamie Tabor QC agreed it was not in the public interest to prosecute the duo.
Drugs habits
Carr, 29, and Clarke, 23, fled Leyhill after requests to be transferred were declined.
Giles Nelson, defending, said both had beaten drug habits after rehabilitation programmes at Gloucester Prison.
"They were off drugs and concerned about what was happening to them at Leyhill," he said.
The pair were at large for 17 hours, having missed a roll call at 2030 BST on 9 March.
They walked through the night and turned up at Gloucester Prison around 1250 BST the next day.
Adrian Foster, prosecuting, said he wished to discontinue the matter as there had been no violence or threats made in the escape.
When he fled Leyhill, Clarke was serving an 18-month jail term imposed at Gloucester Crown Court on 1 March for two offences of burglary and theft.
Carr began a five-month sentence on 8 April for assault, resisting arrest and possession of an offensive weapon. He was sentenced at Hereford Magistrates' Court.
They are to stay at the Gloucester jail until their release later this year. Carr is due for release on 5 August and Clarke on 1 October.
In a statement issued after the hearing, a Prison Service spokesperson said there were drug rehabilitation programmes at Leyhill.
"Any prisoners found in possession of or using illegal drugs are immediately stopped from going out on licence and, in some cases, returned to open conditions," the spokesperson added.


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Posted by Brian from Shawnee on February 24, 2004
In Reply to: Mighty WHITE... Kipling posted by Steve on February 24, 2004
: Oh, and to think this all came about because I heard something wrong...or mispronounced. I appreciate all the responses. I've never participated in an on-line forum like this and I must say I'm surprised by the volume of feedback. Thank you all very much for enlightening me. Somewhat in response to the comment on Kipling, let me add that white can mean "clean" (having nothing to do with race), such as the words of the Hebrew King David, who asks God to wash him in order that he might be "whiter than snow." I don't think I (or anyone) could ever truly pray that prayer while maintaining an attitude of racism or hatred.
Here where I work, we have spam-blocking software. If you get e-mail that's tagged as spam but you don't want it to be, you can submit the sender's address to the Whitelist. If you get e-mail that's not tagged as spam but you want it to be, you submit the sender's address to the Blocklist. Not the Blacklist, but the Blocklist. Goofy, if you ask me, but they didn't ask me.


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All this has happened before...
There are many firsts in a person's life: Your first computer (with the optional 1k memory cartridge)-
Your first hand held video game-
The first game you stayed up all night playing (Wandering MUD - sorry, I think that predates screenshots).
While these may not be the same as yours, you most likely have your own examples. Why? Because you're a geek.
And as the Intertubes have spread across the world, and as the Information Industrial Revolution has boomed, it's become more socially acceptable to be a geek. It's also easier to find other like-minded geeks (gear geeks, game geeks, scifi geeks, band geeks). The upshot? Geeks are gettin' some, and in record numbers. And that, my friends, usually means an uptick in the baby-making, shortly thereafter.
The geek then finds itself in a bizarre new wilderness of fate: Parenthood.
So what does the geek parent do? Must they abandon all that has made them geek? Are all the firsts behind them? No, but things are gonna change, my friend... and that's what this site is going to be about.
Just remember, you're not the first to go through this. "All this has happened before, and all this will happen again."
-The Geek Dads (Our first blog post)