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My clients are THE sweetest!
My husband and I were planning an unconventional wedding and to make things even more difficult, we were planning it from our home in Philadelphia. We were not able to meet any of our vendors in person, including Gretchen, but after speaking with her on the phone, I knew we were going to be in good hands. But we had no idea at the time just how lucky we were to have her capture our special day. Gretchen is absolutely incredible—she is someone you will never forget once you meet her. She has an energy that is so passionate and calming at the same time, and she makes you feel comfortable and relaxed even if you've never taken professional photos together (like me and my husband). She has an unbelievable talent for using the natural light and shadows and the surrounding areas to complement each frame. I cannot even express in words what a special gift she has! When we got our photos, I stayed up all night looking at them over and over again, crying over how amazing they are (and I NEVER cry)! Thank you so so much, Gretchen – not only for your patience and kindness, but for your ability to go above and beyond unlike anyone else. We will truly cherish these photos forever and ever.
Gretchen is the person you want at your wedding, she went above and beyond at our wedding in Sonoma. She had perfect locations scoped out for our first look, family photos and sunset session. She is amazing at making everyone feel comfortable and then capturing the perfect moments. Somehow she blended into the crowd while never missing a special moment. She helped us put together our timeline and picked the perfect time to sneak away when the light was golden. So much planning and preparation goes into wedding planning for one day but Gretchen's photos make the day last a lifetime!
claire & shira
WOW!! I've been trying to find the words to express the amount of gratitude that we have for these amazing memories that you created for us. I was showing the images to Shira's Aunt earlier today and she was in awe. Among her other praises she said, "these aren't just photographs - they're art" and "this is the type of photographer you fly out to NY or wherever you are to photograph your wedding" and I couldn't agree with her more. Thank you so much for your thoughtful words and tribute to our love in your message, you continue to make us feel so wonderfully special.
Shira and I had a long day and literally just finished watching the slide show together for the first time and every single moment and emotion (yes the tears, the many many tears) came back to us as if we were there again! You seriously have a gift and to call it talent would be an understatement. Plenty of talented people can capture a beautiful moment but with you it's different. Your warmth, kindness, and love projects through the lens and shines upon your subject(s) to capture the essence of those qualities in every moment and that makes your gift pure magic.
I read one of your past Instagram posts today and learned a bit of background about your journey and some insight about why it's so important for the couples to answer the questions you ask before working with them. Let me just say, I'm so glad Shira was the one that responded to the questions because I probably would've sounded like a crazy person and I'm certain you would've passed on us. Lol. I'd be remiss if I didn't add that you are such an incredibly brave and strong woman. I can't begin to imagine how difficult it must have been to experience the loss of someone you loved so much. For you to be able to put so much of yourself into each wedding that you photograph not only makes us feel honored to have been able to work with you, but elated that you are now a part of us and our journey forever and vice versa.
Thank you again so, so, so much!! You are truly one of a kind!!
Cynthia & Ngoc
Gretchen is absolutely amazing, not only as a photographer, but as a person. She is personable, friendly, and is one of those people who radiates positive energy. On top of that, her use of light and shadow is far superior to many other photographers, particularly if you are looking for a wedding photographer - she captures intimacy in a way that many other photographers cannot. What stood out to us about her work is that most wedding photographers take the "light and bright" approach - very exposed / over-exposed wedding photos that don't utilize light effectively and artistically to capture the moment. She's also very easy to work with - my husband doesn't know how to smile for photos (think Chandler on Friends - he does more of an awkward grimace), and Gretchen captured so many great photos of him with a real smile on his face by getting us to laugh and interact in a way that didn't look awkward on camera. She is super fast on email (communication is so important!) and super fast with her turn around time (we received our wedding photos just 1.5 weeks after the big event!), and we've heard nothing but compliments about how beautiful her photographs are. Your wedding photographer is an investment that you should not skimp on, and Gretchen was 10000% worth the investment for our wedding. Her work is amazing and her prices are very fair. Thank you Gretchen, and I hope we can work with you again!
Kate & Julian
I've been waiting anxiously to write Gretchen's review. I hadn't gotten my photos yet, but wanted to write one anyways because her calming, organized, FUN, and beautiful presence on the day of our wedding was enough for me to sing her praises. She created a calm and celebratory environment, even in spite of a scattered family and slightly-buzzed bridal party. But it didn't feel honest to write a review before I got my images ... well, we received our photos yesterday and I am SPEECHLESS. I didn't think that the other-worldly kind of joy I felt on my wedding day could possibly translate into photographs, but Gretchen somehow pulled it off. Our pictures are genuine, candid, organic, and clearly the product of an artist who has the patience and vision to capture the perfect moments. I wasn't convinced that I even cared about pictures on the day of our wedding, but now they're the most precious thing I own. The only thing I would differently would be to invest in the largest package possible with Gretchen, so I could've captured every moment of our wedding weekend. Gretchen is incredible - both as an artist and a person. Other than saying "I Do", choosing Gretchen to be our photographer was the best decision I made on our wedding day.
Kate & Kyle
Gretchen is dream. And she's funny. And just straight up cool. From the moment we met her for our engagement shoot at our apartment in San Francisco, she immediately felt like a close friend. She has this thing about her that instantly makes you feel comfortable and not-awkward [which I usually feel in front of the camera]. I cherish the photos she captured at our wedding and how real they are. She was always there to get the right shot/moment but did so very behind-the-scenes. Her stress free/loving attitude, organization, and creative eye delivers the most unique and special photos, and I cannot wait to work with her again one day.
Krista & Anthony
Gretchen Gause is a true artist. Her style is like no other. She has the ability to capture so much emotion in one image. I found Gretchen while scrolling through Instagram. I fell in love with a single image of hers and knew then that I had to meet her. After corresponding through email we met in person. Right off the bat Gretchen is warm, super approachable and genuinely wants to get to know the couple she is working with. She also has this cool-artsy vibe about her which I loved We were able to work with her for both our couples shoot and our entire wedding day. She came to our home for the couple's shoot and we moved to the Marin headlands where we originally got engaged.
Gretchen is an expert! She contributed greatly to our detailed wedding day timeline and took the lead on timing for all photos as well as organized a shot-list to make sure all formal photos we wanted were captured. She is a master of light! We really wanted some images among the rolling hills as the sun was setting and she had impeccable timing in capturing these shots while keeping in mind that dancing at our reception was a priority for us.
She was able to tell the story of our wedding day so organically. We have such great candid shots of our guests, images of every detail of our wedding and intimate moments of my husband and I. When I go through the gallery of photos I truly feel like she captured the feel of the day! She didn't miss a thing and even caught things that we missed. My family and friends were drooling over wedding photos and agreed that she captured the day exactly how it happened. You can really see the happiness in our photos.
We feel lucky to have worked with Gretchen and would highly recommend her for wedding photos and more!
Karen & Lukas
We cannot recommend Gretchen enough. We had a strong feeling when we met her, and even though her services was a little over our budget, we decided the extra cost was well worth it. From when we hired her to the day of the wedding, she took time to get to know us, listen to what we were looking for, and quickly responded to our inquiries, especially when it looked like rain would change our entire shoot.
We were impressed by her professionalism and warmth, and she is extremely easy to work with. We received our photos in a timely fashion, and we could not be happier with the results. In searching for photographers, we were extremely wary of our images looking too posed, too saturated, too saccharine and corny; Gretchen took great care to make our photos look natural, candid, and almost ethereal. We were so lucky to have her!


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A consultative workshop on Commodity Prioritization was held last Tuesday by the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the province of Antique.
The said activity aims to identify the existing priority commodities from the 18 municipalities in Antique. Succeeding discussions also tackled target programs, commodity interventions, and crafting of detailed plans based on the given input of the corresponding municipalities.
The event was attended by Former Governor Salvacion Z. Perez in behalf of Senator Loren Legarda, Regional Director Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources 6 Remia A. Aparri, Vice Governor Edgar D. Denosta, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member Fernando C. Corvera, FPHMD-BFAR 6 Jessica C. Esmao, BFAR 6 Sheryl Mesa, PMES-BFAR 6 Joel T. Abalayan, PFO Antique Richard E. Cordero, OIC PFO Antique Lorna H. Angor, Provincial Agriculture Head Nicolasito Calawag, and PPDO Juliana Cepe together with the municipal agriculture department heads and other representatives of the Local Government Units of Antique.
During the activity, participants identified the number of fisher folks, rate of production, and its value along with their potential for expansion with increased production, and their market potential in their corresponding municipality.
According to BFAR Regional Director Remia A. Aparri the province of Antique is first in the fisheries production in Western Visayas. This is mostly attributed to the production of seaweed, thus making the fishing industry a promising venture in the province.
"Proven by its vast aquatic resources, appropriate means and measures must be taken to improve fishing product's quality and its acceptability on the market," Appari said.
Antique has a total of 24,891 registered fisher folks and 5,275 municipal fishing boats. Once this is developed, local employment will be generated, and there will be an inclusive economic growth in the province of Antique.
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The By GMR Pommel Top Trainer includes the top, 2 standard pommels and 1 extra long pommel. The Pommel Top attaches to the Basic Mushroom® base or can be used on the floor to train extended pommel horse circles or floor circles. The standard pommels easily adjust inward to accomodate the smaller gymnast or 1 standard pommel can be attached in the middle for single pommel circles. The extra long pommel attaches diagonally to the pommel top for beginning single pommel work. Includes combination socket wrench and center tightening knob. The MUSHROOM® is a registered trademark of GMR Gymnastics Sales, Inc. Add $45.00 ground shipping.
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Zendikar was an extremely popular set and the first of the Zendikar block released in 2009. I regret not jumping back into the game here, because on a collector level there were many worthwhile treasures to be had. Some may currently be suffering from reprints, but overall, it was a very lucrative set. To be fair, not just from a monetary standpoint either. The storyline was rich (we are exposed to the existence of the dreaded Eldrazi!) and the format looked like a lot of fun. Unfortunately, I wouldn't come back into the fold until the end of the following block (New Phyrexia).
Wizards of the Coast did a great job marketing the set, the biggest promotion being Priceless Treasures. This involved inserting older Vintage cards (already in print, not reprinted) in random booster packs of Zendikar. This was an attempt to mimic the adventuring/questing themes that existed in the set's storyline. It was a resounding success! Not only did that process evolve and return in Battle for Zendikar, with Zendikar Expeditions, but would actually end up being the precursor for the Masterpiece Series.
Zendikar also brought back the full-art lands (fitting for a land-centric set) last seen in Unglued and Unhinged, which were (and still are) incredibly popular.
A handful of new mechanics were introduced in Zendikar, the most prominent being Landfall, which is a triggered ability taking place whenever a land enters the battlefield under its owner's control.
The set also featured Ally/Allies, which are creature types with abilities that activate when either they or another Ally enters the battlefield; Traps (a subset for instant cards), which offers alternative casting costs for spells if certain conditions are met; Quests, which were enchantments a player places counters on when certain conditions are met and once a threshold is reached a secondary ability may be used; and Kicker (which I mentioned in Invasion) returns, which is an additional cost to pay while casting a card, resulting in an additional ability or function of the card activating.
Most notable among chase cards were Enemy Fetch Lands, which are still sought after today and considered almost mandatory for most tournament play. There has been a lot of discussion around Fetch Lands and they were just reprinted in Modern Masters 2017. I don't even have a playset of a single Fetch Land, but maybe prices dropping from the reprints will make it possible!
I'll finish off with some cards I like or that I know were/are popular:
Do you currently play Magic: The Gathering? Are you a fan of Zendikar? If so, what's your favorite card and/or mechanic/ability from the set? Did you enjoy the storyline of the Zendikar expansion/block? If so, do you have a favorite character? Did you ever find a Priceless Treasure? Do you think evolving into the Masterpiece Series was healthy for the game? Were you glad Wizards of the Coast eventually revisited Zendikar?


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Getting Buggy: How Horse Owners Can Help Pollinators
Alayne Blickle
In June the King Conservation District and Horses for Clean Water sponsored several Xerces Society events held in various King County, Washington locations. In case you've not heard of Xerces Society, I would like to introduce you to them and their mission. Xerces Society is a science-based, international organization headquartered in Portland, Oregon who's mission is to protect and preserve native insects and other macro-invertebrates.
Native bees, butterflies, and other insects provide an essential service for the environment. According to Xerces Society, native pollinators support reproduction for over 85% of the world's flowering plants, and more than two-thirds of the world's crop species; they are fundamental for both agriculture and natural ecosystems on earth.
Sadly, on our planet we are losing insects at an alarming rate, mirroring our decline in animal species. In recent years we've witnessed a 90% decrease of Monarch butterflies - many species of bumblebee are also in decline. The fuzzy, black and yellow Western Bumblebee, once one of the most common sights in our gardens and a harbinger of summer, is on the brink of extinction and can no longer be found in places like the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
As far as the latest on honeybee decline, Washington State University has informative news and information on their website.
At the Xerces workshops, I noted two big things that we horse owners can do to help out with the world-wide pollinator decline:
Decrease General Insecticide Use and Don't use Neonicotinoids
This includes spraying for mosquitoes. Insecticides don't just harm pest insects, they impact beneficials as well. Spraying at night can help minimize impacts to pollinator insects that visit flowers, however, this approach doesn't decrease exposure for ground beetles and other beneficial insects. Less-toxic methods of pest control are healthier options for protecting pollinators, such as:
- Hand-remove pests
- Use soap-based insecticidal sprays
- Use species specific traps and lures
- Select plants that are more pest and disease-resistant, such as native plants
When using fly spray on horses, do so inside a barn and away from flowering plants or foliage where beneficial insects may eat or live. Or, try making natural fly sprays with organic, beneficial oils. Alternately use fly masks, fly sheets and fans to circulate air inside the barn and help keep flying pests at bay. Check out more tips on fly control in the article below.
Increase Pollinator Habitat
Plant flowering plants in your yard, garden, along pasture edges or in corners or other areas that are not being used for horse activities. This is the easy and fun part! Strive to have something flowering early spring through late fall to give pollinators food all year long. Native plants are perfect for this job, but there are plenty of other naturalized garden plants which are good for insects too, including: easy-to-grow purple coneflower (echinacea), black-eyed Susan (named the official drink of the Preakness), cosmos, nasturtiums, sunflowers, and garden veggies. When deciding what to plant keep in mind that flowering plants which don't produce pollen, like dahlias and hybrid roses, aren't helpful to native insects.
Bees also need places to nest. Native bees are solitary and don't build the waxy or paper structures we associate with honey bees or wasps. Most nest in small tunnels or cells they construct underground, or nests left behind by other insects. This means that leaving some bare ground un-mulched can be a huge resource for beneficial insects on your property. Some prefer the hollow-stems of cane plants like berries. Others prefer deserted rodent burrows or sandy soils. And of course you can make or purchase nesting boxes for many different species of pollinators.
Our easy take-home message is this: Plant more native plants. Reduce pesticide use. Protect and enhance insect habitat and nest sites.
Happy bugging!


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Claim: WikiLeaks Published Documents Siphoned Over File Sharing Software
Music and movie pirates may not be the only ones trolling peer-to-peer networks for booty. The secret-spilling site WikiLeaks may also have used file sharing networks to obtain some of the documents it has published, according to a computer-security firm.
The allegations come from Tiversa, a Pennsylvania peer-to-peer investigations firm, that claims it passed information of WikiLeaks' file sharing activity to U.S. government officials, according to Bloomberg.
Tiversa asserts that on Feb. 7, 2009 it monitored four computers based in Sweden, where WikiLeaks' primary servers were based, as they conducted 413 searches on peer-to-peer networks seeking Microsoft Excel files and other data-heavy documents, some of which were subsequently published online by WikiLeaks.
If the allegations are true, it would not be the first time that WikiLeaks published documents that were obtained through hacking or online surveillance rather than from a whistleblower or other insiders.
The site published data in 2008 that a hacker obtained from the private e-mail account of then vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. And, according to a New Yorker story published last year, the site also possesses a cache of more than a million documents that were grabbed by a WikiLeaks activist in 2006 after they traveled through the Tor anonymizing network. At least one of these documents was published on the WikiLeaks site, according to the magazine.
So why should we care? Whether you like Wikileaks, don't like them, or think they should die in a fire, does it really make a difference in how they distribute and gather information?
Well yes, it does and it could be a very serious difference.
News organizations by and large, seek out tips, sources, whistleblowers– but they always have that intermediate link between them and the original source material. When gathering the Pentagon Papers, The New York Times didn't go and get them themselves, they received them from Daniel Ellsberg, rather than a crack team of reporter ninja's who stole documents from the Pentagon before engaging in a running gun battle with MP's on their way to New York. The crime if there was one, was Ellsberg's– and by long standing tradition, later codified in New York Times Co. v. United States, the standards for prior restraint were placed high enough that today it's unusual for a serious attempt to even be made to stop publication of such information– no matter how embaressing.
But, we need to note that Ellsberg wasn't found innocent of violations of the Espionage Act and the act itself was not ruled unconstitutional– the case was simply fatally flawed by governmental misdeeds. That act is still out there, and it has never been ruled unconstitutional.
So if Wikileaks, is engaging in independent efforts to gather information, trolling p2p files, and such, they've removed a very important barrier between them and possible legal trouble– because now it's no longer a matter of gathering information from whistleblowers, but directly obtaining the information.
This doesn't only apply to Wikileaks, of course– as the ability to individual gather information from the net, the difference between reporter and source will increasingly blur. For example, it's known that in many cases these documents were released inadvertently. But does their release to a public p2p network immunize Wikileaks or any other reporting agency? You can argue that by being on a public network, for whatever reason, they are no longer covered by the Espionage Act– but that hasn't actually been argued in a court yet.
This is going to be an increasingly important factor– the growth of new blogs, and even private citizens making use of capabilities which simply didn't exist as little as 15 years ago to also engage in news (or gossip) gathering is forcing changes in the way both nations and individuals view the law as it applies to the news media.


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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Yes friends, we've come to that time in our renovation when I resort to comforting platitudes in a desperate bid to hang on to my sanity.
If you know me in real life, you're probably aware that I. Hate. Clutter.
I consider weeding my closets or cabinets a relaxing Saturday morning activity. I'm constantly reorganizing for more efficient spaces and storage, so everything will land happily back in its place. Usually, when the construction trash piles up too high or we excessively neglect normal tidying to get some building work done, I have a mini nervous breakdown and we have to stop everything and clean up for a while. Brett refers to my huge-mess-to-giant-panicked-cleanup cycle as Hurricane Audrey.
Overall, we've managed to keep this pretty well under control during our renovation. We did the major downstairs work to the kitchen and mudroom fairly quickly. Both of those ended in a big increase in usable storage space. And up until this point, we've kept the upstairs renovation mess contained there.
No longer.
Now that the serious work of adding a bathroom is underway, chaos reigns throughout the main level as well. All the large bathroom fixtures - bathtub, vanity, shower pan and hardware, sink, everything - have been brought upstairs. At the same time, we've ripped out the entire bathroom floor, and the plumber needs additional clear floor space to work. So we've essentially lost 3/4 of our upstairs storage in one fell swoop.
We're also unboxing all of the fixtures, so the cardboard and packing materials are piling up. It is astonishing how much packaging all this stuff comes in. A neighborhood kid knocked on our door today and I literally could not see him over the mound of cardboard and foam.
Normally we'd take everything out to the carport until we could recycle or trash it. Except the carport is about to be full of pipes and plywood. So there it all sits in one corner of the house, as does all the normal recycling which also no longer has room to go outside.
On the other side of the house, we have the main pathway for bringing said pipes and plywood upstairs. To keep that clear, all the furniture is shoved into the center of the room. Art has been taken down and laid on any available flat surface. And with everything so disrupted, the normal day-to-day detritus is piling up in weird spots rather than getting put away in suddenly-inaccessible places.
Whichever way you look, total chaos.
And I am determined to live with it. No clutter-induced panic attacks this time. Right now, the important thing is getting work done fast enough to stay ahead of the plumber and electrician. And if I just wait a couple weeks until some of the work is underway, we can get everything clean again with much less time and effort than it would take today.
This will be great. *deep breaths* I will do this. *deep breaths*
Thank God for dogs. There's no better path to serenity than a warm pup on your lap.


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EarthArXiv wants your preprints/
If you're into science, and especially physics, you've heard of arXiv, which has revolutionized how research in physics is shared. BioarXiv, SocArXiv and PaleorXiv followed, among others*.
Well get excited, because today, at last, there is an open preprint server especially for earth science — EarthArXiv has landed!
I could write a long essay about how great this news is, but the best way to get the full story is to listen to two of the founders — Chris Jackson (Imperial College London and fellow University of Manchester alum) and Tom Narock (University of Maryland, Baltimore) — on Undersampled Radio this morning:
Congratulations to Chris and Tom, and everyone involved in EarthArXiv!
- Friedrich Hawemann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Daniel Ibarra, Earth System Science, Standford University, USA
- Sabine Lengger, University of Plymouth, UK
- Andelo Pio Rossi, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
- Divyesh Varade, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
- Chris Waigl, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
- Sara Bosshart, International Water Association, UK
- Alodie Bubeck, University of Leicester, UK
- Allison Enright, Rutgers - Newark, USA
- Jamie Farquharson, Université de Strasbourg, France
- Alfonso Fernandez, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
- Stéphane Girardclos, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Surabhi Gupta, UGC, India
Don't underestimate how important this is for earth science. Indeed, there's another new preprint server coming to the earth sciences in 2018, as the AGU — with Wiley! — prepare to launch ESSOAr. Not as a competitor for EarthArXiv (I hope), but as another piece in the rich open-access ecosystem of reproducible geoscience that's developing. (By the way, AAPG, SEG, SPE: you need to support these initiatives. They want to make your content more relevant and accessible!)
It's very, very exciting to see this new piece of infrastructure for open access publishing. I urge you to join in! You can submit all your published work to EarthArXiv — as long as the journal's policy allows it — so you should make sure your research gets into the hands of the people who need it.
I hope every conference from now on has an EarthArXiv Your Papers party.
* Including snarXiv, don't miss that one!


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Join us April 3, 2016 at 6pm for a "Dame Good Celebration" for the Dallas Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier International as we raise funds for scholarships to send women to school for advancing their careers in the fields of food, fine beverage and hospitality. Tickets available here.
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Covering 8 square miles with a population of nearly 40,000, the South Indianapolis (SoIndy) Qol neighborhoods include Bean Creek, Garfield Park, University Heights, Carson Heights, Meridian Raymond, South Village, Northwest Perry and Rosedale Hills. The eight neighborhoods, with distinct history and identities, boast a range of housing options, commercial corridors serving local and regional needs, educational institutions from pre-k to graduate and recreational destinations. Equitable growth in all neighborhoods will occur with improved mass transit and connectivity, housing and workforce development and revitalization of commercial nodes and corridors creating opportunities for all who live, work and visit in SoIndy.
QoL Planning
A quality-of-life planning process engages stakeholders in defining a shared vision for their neighborhood's future that includes all aspects of life, such as housing, safety, culture, parks, health care, child care, education and economic development. This results in a written document that captures a collaborative vision and outlines clear action steps, timelines, and individuals or institutions responsible for making it a reality. Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Indianapolis originated Quality of Life planning in Indianapolis neighborhoods through the Greater Indianapolis Neighborhood Initiative in 2008. Incorporating a resident-led framework of community planning, LISC stabilized eight areas of Indianapolis with the support of hundreds of anchor institutions, businesses and thousands of residents resulting in $458 million leveraged investment impacting housing, community and economic growth. In Spring 2015, LISC, University of Indianapolis (UIndy) and Fifth Third Bank announced the ninth QoL planning area in SoIndy. Feedback from over 200 SoIndy residents and community partner interviews, as well as input from 225 February 2016 Visioning Summit attendees, provided resident leaders from all eight neighborhoods the direction to focus planning efforts in seven QOL areas: Community Building, Connectivity, Education & Workforce Development, Health & Wellness, Housing and Shelby Street and Madison Avenue Corridors.
Since November of 2017, Big Car Collaborative has served as the convener and fiscal agent of the SoIndy QOL Plan. Big Car helps bring together working groups to address the needs of the south side where it's based, an area that has been overlooked for decades, but features community assets like Garfield Park, Big Car's Cruft Street cultural campus, the University of Indianapolis, Pleasant Run Greenway, and easy bike, walking, and transit access to downtown. Their goal is to be a collaborative co-leader in the kind of thoughtful, inclusive, and equitable community and economic development that fills vacant houses and commercial buildings (nearly 20 percent are vacant) while encouraging longtime residents to stay and enjoy a safer, better connected, and culturally vibrant community. With the Red Line bus rapid transit coming to Shelby Street in our neighborhood in 2019 and many other exciting opportunities in the works, now is a crucial time for smart community development with leadership from within the south side.
Since January of 2017, residents have been working to implement the 14 vision statements and 173 actions steps within the SoIndy QOL Plan. Guided by LISC's Great Places 2020 LOVE framework, the Action Teams will focus priorities in Livability, Opportunity, Vitality and Education to further align with city-wide development already in place. In December of 2017, the SoIndy QOL Plan became the first certified plan in the city by the Department of Metropolitan Development. We continue to work with our partners to maintain, improve and grow our community. On March 13, 2019, SoIndy co-hosted the Southside Business Summit, and interviews aired on WQRT 99.1 FM and can be heard HERE.


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The brachioradialis is a muscle that is found in the forearm that flexes the arm at the elbow and is part of a number of daily activities. The muscle is also used to control pronation, which is rotation of the forearm. This movement can be been when a person is drinking from a glass. The muscle is additionally used for supination of the forearm that occurs when the palms of the hands face upwards.
The origin of the brachioradialis muscle is on the lower part of the humerus. From there it runs down the outside of the forearm before attaching to the end of the radius bone. The innervation of the muscle is via the radial nerve despite the fact that most of the muscle is found on the anterior side of the forearm — the muscle is actually part of the posterior compartment. Other muscles that have the same innvervation include the anconeus and triceps. Both these muscles are also antagonists to the brachioradialis.
The main action of the brachioradialis muscle is to provide flexion at the elbow. It is also involved in supination and pronation of the arm and is active in daily activities such as using a corkscrew. When the arm is in a supinated position then the muscle is used to pronate the wrist and hand while the elbow flexes.
An important function of the brachioradialis is to provide stability for the elbow. During fast and hard movements such as using a hammer, the muscle will stabilize the joint in order to prevent injury. Although the muscle isn't as powerful as some of the others located around the elbow joint, it is still important due to its role in a number of different daily activities.
Although the brachioradialis isn't one of the most common elbow flexors to become injured it can get hurt. These types of injuries often happen to bodybuilders or other athletes who put a large amount of strain through the muscle. Injury to the muscle can often be prevented by strengthening and stretching in a controlled manner in order to increase stability and flexibility. An example of an exercise which strengthens the muscle is bicep curls. If an injury to the muscle occurs then during the initial stages of recovery the person should allow the muscle to rest and apply ice on a regular basis.
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Chaos Rings
Gaming on the iPhone, as much as it's galvanised the industry in terms of distribution and user interface, still feels rather stigmatised. Its low-price point and perceived hardware restrictions have fostered a gaming catalogue that thinks small and consequentially our expectations as gamers have stepped down to meet this. And while very successful in some cases, there's still a want of ambition for something bigger. The extrovert spectacle that RPGs thrive on is all but missing on iOS and it's meant slim-pickings for gamers who want an epic story-driven experience on their fancy-pants smart phone.
Chaos Rings is a step in the right direction. It's a Square Enix RPG in the style of its elder Sony console siblings: lavishly designed 3D characters that move about in beautifully prerendered environments and find themselves embroiled in a story full of surprising twists and intimate character moments. It's reminiscent of PlayStation-era Final Fantasies in scope and presentation, while still feeling distinctly its own game. And while its aspirations are bigger than the usual poorly translated Korean fare on offer, Chaos Rings works well as a mobile game.
It's in the Way That She Walks
Developers Media.Vision (Wild Arms) employed the services of art director supremo Yusuke Naora (Final Fantasy) and his visual flare gives Chaos Rings a gloss comparable to any major JRPG. Expressive portraits accompany dialogue, monster and character designs are pleasing to the eye and move with fluid animation. Games like Infinity Blade might impress technically, but Chaos Rings still has them pegged on creativity of vision.
Its battle system particularly marries a relatively deep design with brisk, strategic action that suits the pick up and play mentality of a portable system. Based on a standard turn-based model, your characters, a pair, have the option to act alone or together to bolster their actions. The cost is that if they fight together they get hit together, which can be a dangerous strategy for the mage of your warrior/mage duo. The former might be able to take a beating while the latter almost always feels the pain of a strong attack. Luckily the player can dominate proceedings with the right choice of elemental attack, taking advantage of the enemy's weakness and hammering away until they're nothing but a puff of sparkly purple dust. It's a play style that those familiar with the Shin Megami Tensei games will understand immediately and one that's easy enough to master for those less versed.
At the heart of the combat is Chaos Rings' skill system. Along with experience-based stat levelling, your party has the opportunity to learn skills and techniques from felled enemies. These come automatically at the end of each battle and more frequently if you completely annihilate the opposition. They can be equipped like armour/weapons and are categorised by the variety of monster you fight. Each group has particular benefits and usually an elemental association, so some strategic thought is encouraged to get the most from each skill set. It's a simple system but a satisfying compliment to the usual character development, and one that invites a streamlined approach to customisation. There's not much in the way of equipment variety in Chaos Rings, but with its skill system in mind you won't be left wanting.
The story of Chaos Rings ties directly into another interesting aspect of the title: it's a game that has to be played repeatedly to reach the ultimate conclusion of the narrative. Split up into four compact scenarios, you play a different pair of characters every time and each presents the same events from a different perspective. It sounds repetitious and in a small way, it is. You'll go through the same environments and complete the same light puzzles, but every time something new and interesting will be revealed, and you retain all of your previously learnt skills. It's a satisfying solution to the problem of grand narratives on portable systems: instead of presenting its story in one giant chunk, Chaos Rings compartmentalises its plot to allow for frequent, shorter play sessions. The story itself benefits from the constant elaboration too, being full of the melodramatic (but enjoyable) convolutions JRPGs are known for.
Even a year after its release, Chaos Rings feels out of place on the App Store. A JPRG with more in common with its console forebearers, it stands alone as the best, most accomplished roleplaying game on iOS. It's beautifully made with attention paid to every aspect of its visual and musical presentation. It acknowledges the platform it runs on and is thoughtfully designed around portability with a swift battle system, cleverly compartmentalised storytelling and intuitive controls. Anyone with an interest in the golden age of Square Enix's output, particularly the PSone era, would do well to try Chaos Rings and see what they think because, as it stands, there's very few games on the App Store that rival its quality.


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Enhancedment for Me, Not Much for HimIf you and your partner are looking for a p-ring to prolong an erection and you or your partner is less than 5 1/2" in girth, this very well may be the toy for you. For men with more girth or women looking for very strong vibrations, continue your search elsewhere.
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Like most p-rings, the Maximus Enhancement Ring (5 bead version) is best for couples. Because the inner ring is small and constrictive, this product should be used by couples looking to extend their lovemaking sessions. Before, you can apply the ring, you'll need to insert the 3 watch batteries into the bullet, then insert the bullet into its sheath in the ring. This is easier said than done! After you've accomplished this, I recommend that you apply either a water based or a TPR-safe creamy lubricant to the shaft of the penis. Then, stretch both rings between your hands, and slide the smaller ring with the balls in it over the shaft. You should then be able to fit the larger ring around the testicles. The tightness of the inner ring works to keep blood in the shaft of the penis, making it harder and longer as well as prolonging erection. As a result, many men will experience a loss of sensation, though sometimes it is simply described as a "different" sensation. This toy is great for women who need some extra clitoral stimulation during PIV intercourse and enjoy vibration. Because the material of the toy is a soft TPR silicone, it's easy to use for beginners and more advanced users alike. This toy definitely could be used during masturbation, but I have no experience with which to comment on that particular use.
Material / Texture
There is no odor to the TPR silicone and it feels very pleasant to the touch. It does tend to be a little cold, so I recommend warming lube in your hands before applying the lubricant and then the ring to the penis. The nubs on the clitoral stimulator are very pleasant and definitely do the trick. The balls on the smaller ring (the one that goes over the shaft) are meant for male enhancement, but my partner at the time said he didn't feel much. The material was plenty stretchy to put on and remove, and the TPR was very smooth and soft to the touch. One of the big bonuses of this product is that it's actually latex free, so it is safe for those with latex allergies. The bullet is even waterproof, making it great for bath time and shower play. I did find that if stored casually in a side table drawer, the ring itself did tend to attract dust, which is a downside to the TPR material.
Shape / Design / Size / Fit
The biggest drawback to the Maximus ring is that it is not at all adjustable in fit. Some men may find the shaft ring to be too tight, even to the point of discomfort. Otherwise, the design is simple to understand and lends itself to use by beginners. Personally, I find it very difficult to insert and remove the bullet, but that has more to do with the material (TPR silicone) than with the design. It's still very easy to control the bullet's vibrations during sex; there is only one button, and it's located on the end of the bullet. The bullet itself is very straight - it's definitely more of a classic bullet shape than an egg shape. The average-sized bullet and its nubby sheath are wide enough that it should accommodate most women.
Functions / Performance / Controls
I was not as impressed by the intensity of the removable bullet as I expected to be, but the one button controls were very simple to use, even during intercourse. The bullet is wireless and is controlled by a single button on its end. It did provide stimulation to my clitoris, but it was not enough for me to orgasm despite trying several positions. The nubs felt great, though! The intended constriction was certainly achieved, but my partner at the time felt that it really significantly decreased his pleasure - not what we were looking for!
Care and Maintenance
Aside from the difficulty you may have removing the vibrating bullet, this toy is very easy to clean and care for. I use a special toy cleaner for all of my toys, so I usually recommend investing in one. I stored it in a bedside table when I still had the toy, which in retrospect was probably not the best in terms of hygiene. This toy is nice and small and would be very simple to travel with.
The packaging for the toy was discreet and informative. I had previously read a lot about p-rings and was already aware of how to use them, so I did not pay much attention to any directives.
Personal comments
I actually no longer have this toy. I wasn't terribly impressed with it, and my new partner can't use it because his measurements won't allow for it.
While I personally found the vibrations during PIV intercourse to be pleasurable, they were not enough to get me to orgasm. My partner at the time found that the constriction of the ring was simply too much to be comfortable or pleasurable at all. It did, however, prolong erection.
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Luke 16:19-31
19"There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man's table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. 22The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 23In Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. 24He called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.' 25But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. 26Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.' 27He said, 'Then, father, I beg you to send him to my father's house— 28for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.' 29Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.' 30He said, 'No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' 31He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'"
What I Am Learning:
Once again we see Jesus telling a parable – a story intended to surprise the original hearers and open the possibility for a new way to live with God, self and others.
It is important to say that the point of this story is not to tell us the geography of the afterlife, or even to answer questions about what happens when we die. Rather it upended the common belief, then and now, that those who are rich became rich because God has favored them and the poor because they are not favored. This way of seeing the world always blesses the status quo. It assumes that the reason why there are inequities is because some people are more righteous than others, and thus are blessed with more riches.
Today we often accomplish this without God, by saying that the rich have worked harder than the lazy and shiftless poor who leech off of the system, deserving only our scorn and less equal schools for their children.
Lazarus is the only person named in one of Jesus' parables. The name means "God has helped."
The story starts out with the rich man and Lazarus living near each other, but worlds apart. The rich man does not even seem to see Lazarus, and does not offer him hospitality, aid or comfort. Lazarus would have love to eat what fell from the rich man's table. But in this story, he was given none.
Both men die. The rich man is in Hades – named for the Greek god of the underworld, the realm of the dead. This may be a way to say that the rich man was more Greco-Roman in his way of life than Jewish. To be rich in Jesus' day meant that you had to actively support Roman colonial economics. Again, the Romans were basically the Mafia with a palace and an army. To get rich or stay rich in Jesus' day meant you had to participate in the exploitation of most of the rest of the population. We call this a "culture of domination."
The gulf between them in everyday life is exposed in the story as Lazarus is now by the side of Abraham. His wounds are healed and he was being comforted by the leader of his family, Abraham, in contrast to the rich man who went to his father's house.
The rich man asks that Lazarus be sent to with some water to ease the rich man's torment. Lazarus does not answer, but rather Abraham. He responds firmly but with kindness to the man that Lazarus cannot cross the great gulf between them.
Even in death, the rich man sees Lazarus as someone to be ordered around all the while not seeing him at all in life.
Then the rich man asks that Lazarus be sent back to warn his five brothers so they might not share his fate. Abraham responds that they have the teachings of Moses and the Prophets. If they won't listen to them they won't be likely to change their ways if a person where to come back from the dead.
A great chasm existed between the rich and the poor in Jesus' day. Jesus story exposed the chasm.
Sheryl and I went to vacation for 5 days at a friend's condo on Lake Coeur d'Alene. It is near a resort called "The Gozer Ranch". You have to buy into very expensive property and into the club, which gives you access to resorts around the world. The beach house and restaurant are surrounded by a fence and marked with many signs to keep the riff-raff out.
Now Sheryl and I are very rich on the scale of human beings in this world. We are probably in the top 3 to 4% of the world's richest people. We have a house with about 12 years left on our mortgage. We have two cars. We have pension and stock funds for our retirement. Further we know we are rich and that no matter what happens we will probably not ever starve. We will probably never lack for decent health care. Lazarus had to rely on the dog-lick plan, we will not.
Yet, I could feel the great chasm between myself and the wealthy who were hanging out on the beach at the Gozer Ranch. Practically, this is primarily an emotional distance. http://gozzerranchclub.com/ The key word on the website is the word "private."
But for the poor of the world this is not simply an emotional distance, but a gulf that threatens their daily bread, their health care, their very survival.
According to www.inequality.org the ratio of wealth for white households to black households in the US was 13 to 1.
In a chart in a Washington Post article on wealth inequality, the top 1% owns 35% of the wealth in this country. The top 20% owns 90% of the wealth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/21/the-top-10-of-americans-own-76-of-the-stuff-and-its-dragging-our-economy-down/
Yet it is all too easy to think of the rich in this story as "people with more wealth than me." This lets us off the hook in this story as we envision Jesus' story challenging "those people."
At this point we can feel paralyzed. What can we do to change our economic system? If we could change it, what would we do? Even if we gave all our wealth away, what difference would it make?
Jesus is not asking us to individually fix the entire economic system, but to recognize the vast gulf between rich and poor, to see them and to know and relate to them as our neighbors.
The Gozer Ranch exists to keep social distance between the richer and the less rich and the poor. How many of our behaviors have the same effect?
This may not sound like Gospel, as we feel the discomfort of it.
But I remember seeing a person inside the Gozer Ranch fence looking out at Sheryl and I one evening. This fence keeps them in, as much as it keeps others out. The desire of relatively rich white people for social distance from people of color and the poor keeps them comfortable on one level but serves to sever them from their full humanity.
Jesus is asking us to reduce the social distance between the poor and the rich, between ourselves and one another. His story reminds us that economies were meant for human thriving and are envisioned by God to benefit everyone. He is challenging the use of the Bible and theology to excuse the great gulf of social distance between the rich and the poor. He is calling us to recognize our common humanity with each other.
Social distance is great gulf which produces torment for those on each side. Jesus seeks, in this challenging story, to heal us from the wounds it produces. He is a savior/healer not just in some afterlife but this one. Healing often hurts, but is healing nonetheless and that healing is Gospel.


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Q: On Saturday, I board the Empire Builder in Seattle and, for 46 hours, get to bumble about on a train until I reach Washington D.C. on Tuesday. I have six days (and a limited budget) to saturate myself with this village. Any suggestions on what to do with a day? I don't plan on eating out (lentils, onions, and rice for dayz), but if I were to, are there any places that would be worth throwing dollars at (or nicely handing the dollars to the folks)? Favourite tree?
Kimber (Expert):
I've been visiting D.C. my entire life, and living here (more or less) for about ten years. And I still haven't exhausted the options for a fun afternoon. This place is a veritable fire hydrant of free entertainment, and your week, my friend, is the proverbial Dixie cup.
So, here's my advice – think about what you love the most, no matter where you are, and take it from there. If I were in your shoes, I'd check out the schedule of free performances at the Kennedy Center. I'd make sure to spend a looooong afternoon wandering through the National Gallery (both East and West). I'd buy a loaf of bread from my favorite local bakery to make my PB&J's awesome. I'd be sure to eat one of those PB&J's in the KogodCourtyard, especially if it happened to be raining outside. I'd walk from the FDR Memorial all the way around the Tidal Basin, even if the cherry blossoms weren't quite blooming yet. I'd pop into the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress and shamelessly let my jaw drop over what might very well be the most beautiful room on American soil.
But that's just me. Your plan could be totally different, and equally spectacular. It's honestly hard to go wrong….
Charity (Inner Grown Up): My sisters are going to tell you to spend all of your time at The National Mall. They are right. Take special time for The Library of Congress. Go and see the Main Reading Room. You might have to pick up a library card which will take about 10 minutes. It's free and it's totally worth it. Also, the West Wing of the National Gallery. I love the East Wing too, but I'm a sucker for French and American impressionists. It's one of the greatest collections in the world. The National Cherry Blossom Festival along with the blossoms themselves are about to pop and there are lots of free events in associating with that.
For your next trip: The Kennedy Center offers free concerts every day on their Millennial Stage. The Portrait Gallery is in the middle of Chinatown and has lots of free programs. The Renwick Museum is one of my favorites, and it's nestled right up against the White House. The largest Catholic shrine in North America is at Catholic University. It is gorgeous, the second tallest structure in DC and worth a visit. The National Cathedral is right by one of DC's favorite pizza places, 2AMYS.
A few neighborhoods that are popping: H Street NE (which brings us to &Pizza, which brings artisinal pizza to the masses. Next big thing. Just watch...), Dupont Circle, U Street, Georgetown, Chinatown, Adams Morgan, Barracks Row and the Historic Eastern Market, where you can catch a beginners tango class every Thursday night for 10 bucks.
Liberty (TMI):Wait, so you're taking a train across the entire country?? That sounds so incredibly awesome; I want to do it now. Except maybe a little less than I would have wanted to do it had I heard about your plans before watching Transsiberian last week (and yes, I know this isn't Russia, but still, watch the movie, you'll understand).
See—Anywhoo. DC is actually a great city to tour while poor. The vast majority of the attractions are completely free, and it's pretty small geographically which can help cut down on transportation costs if you're savvy. If this is your first time in DC, you should really just take in the tourist-y sights. Go to as many Smithsonian museums as you can (seriously, they're all fantastic), see the White House, arrange a tour of the Capitol with your congressman, take a walk through all of the memorials and monuments, and try to catch a glimpse of Obama's motorcade going by. You'll love every minute of it.
Move—Plan your routes. The DC Metro is expensive (at least $3 a trip if you don't have a SmartTrip card), and the cost of rides adds up quickly. Circulator busses offer a much cheaper alternative for getting around the city. They run every 10 minutes, cost a buck a ride, and go most places a visitor would like see. Another even cheaper option for moving your body is the transport system you come equipped with, DA FEETS! This is coming from someone who is admittedly a bit irrational when it comes to walking, but hear me out. Traffic here is terrible, so it often takes almost as long to get places by bus as it does by foot. Also, if you pass something intriguing, stopping is totally within your control. P.S. For extra points, if you do find yourself riding the metro, when taking the escalators remember to stand on the right, walk on the left J
Eat—The good news! There's a fair amount of yummy cheap eats in this city. The bad news? Very few (like, maybe none) of them are near the main tourist centers. The Capitol mall is a magical wonderful place, until you get hungry. So if you're headed to the museums be sure to pack a sandwich and some snacks. Those who fail to will find themselves schilling out more than they'd like for vitals as mediocre as they are meager. If you're willing to wander your options will certainly improve. On weekends you can prowl Eastern Market for vintage and artisan gems, while noshing on free samples from local farms. While you're there you can grab a couple apples to shove in your knapsack for snacking later on, or a tripped out wiener from DC-3. During the week, there are a couple of gems I frequent near Dupont Circle that are perfect if you can bring a friend or have access to a fridge. The Well Dressed Burrito and The Greek Deli (both on 19th NW, just south of Dupont) offer up big flavors on even bigger plates. Premal and I have made a ritual of sharing the El Gordo at WDB, and a platter from the Greek Deli always lasts me two (and more often three) lunches across a week. Finally for dinner, I'd recommend one of the many new noodle joints that have opened up across town. They offer the triple threat of tasty, trendy and thrifty.
Mercina (To the point): So many wonderful options! I'm going to try to keep mine short and sweet. Here are my favorites sights and eats:
Museums & monuments -
- National Gallery (one of my very favorite museums in the entire world!)
- Natural History Museum
- Portrait Gallery
- Air and Space Museum
- Lincoln Memorial
- Washington Monument
- National Mall
- Capitol
- Freer Gallery
- Botanic Gardens
- Founding Farmers (veggie burger - 'nuff said)
- seventh Hill (their Nutella calzone may be my favorite food ever)
- We the pizza (the mushroom pizza is insane - head next door for a mind blowing toasted marshmallow shake from Good stuff)
- Leopolds (delightful)
- The sweet lobby (some of the best cupcakes I've ever had)
Have a wonderful time!
Glorianna (Junkie): I like to spend my days in Washington DC like any good teenage girl -- At the Mall. Were I in your situation, this would be my itinerary for the day:
Start your day at Union Station, where you presumably just got off of the metro. Admire how beautiful this center of trans-national commuting is, despite construction. If you haven't already eaten, meander over to Bagels and Baguettes for a delicious, federally-themed breakfast sandwich. As you munch, make your way past a few Senate office building towards the Capital's capitol dome itself. Admire. Proceed past the reflecting pool (don't inhale, if at all possible), and start to make your way down the near side of the National Mall. Stop inside the National Gallery of Art for and hour or two*, then move on to the Museum of Natural History about two blocks down. Skip the American History Museum (still excellent, but pass-able). If the cherry blossoms are out, continue past the Washington Memorial and head over to the Tidal Basin. Take a rest and bask for a few minutes in the puffy pink beauty which surrounds you. Head back up the Mall (if you hug the outside, you might come across the DC WWI Veterans Memorial, an exquisite and under-frequented bit of architecture). Next stop: the Hirschorn Museum of Modern Art, then cap off your superbly-curated binge with the National Air and Space Museum.
I almost feel bad for giving you such an obvious answer, but not really because the museums in DC are pretty much as good as they come. If you've already seen all of them and don't feel like going again, then I'd suggest finding your way down to the National Arboretum or the Congressional Cemetery -- some of my favorite (non-Smithsonian) haunts.
*I could spend an indefinite amount of time in any of these museums, so just decide early on if you're aiming for breadth of experience or depth of experience. Both are good.


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TSSI Selects Mark Good as Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Harrisonburg, Virginia, December 20, 2016 - Bill Strang, President and CEO of Tactical & Survival Specialties, Inc. (TSSi) announced the selection of Mr. Mark Good as the company's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. This announcement was the culmination of a long and careful selection process after the departure of Phil Schieble, former Vice President of Business Development.
Good has been employed by TSSi for 17 years, starting as the Contract Specialist from 1999 to 2005, then the Assistant Sales Manager from 2005-2008. Prior to accepting the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Good was the Director of Sales Support. As the Director of Sales Support, he helped transition multiple departments after Schieble's departure in the Spring of 2016.
Reacting to the announcement of the position, Good says, "I'm honored and excited to be given this opportunity with TSSi. I have spent the last 17 years of my career with TSSi developing the skills, providing leadership to the sales team, and learning the overall business to have an opportunity like this one. My focus will be on the sales and marketing team, but as I have always done, I will continue to support all departments within the organization. I will work hand in hand with the other executives of TSSi to reach our corporate goals and to obtain another successful year at TSSi."
"I am very pleased to announce Mark's promotion to Vice President of Sales and Marketing," said Strang. "For years, Mark has been one of the most trusted and hardest working members of our team. His experience and dedication have made him the perfect choice for this addition to our Executive Team. I look forward to having Mark beside me as we drive TSSi in to the future."
As Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Good will be responsible for the revenue generation division of TSSI, with the Director of Business Development, Marketing Department, Director of Vendor Relations and Purchasing, Director of Business Services, Director of Sales Support and Director of Contract Management, TLS/SOE reporting directly to him.
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If you're reading this, you evidently are already proficient in how to use a computer. However, if you're like me, you probably already know someone who could use a little instruction. Luckily for us, the Edison Branch (18400 Joy Rd.) of the Detroit Public Library is here to help with a free class on basic computer skills.
This class will happen this Saturday, October 8, from 10:30 a.m. until noon at the library. Participants in this class will learn computer basics such as the components of a computer and its terminology, how to use the mouse and keyboard as well as how to navigate in a Windows based operating system.
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The Siege of the Holy Land, 530 A.D.
Theodosius was born in Cappadocia, in Asia Minor in 423. At a very early age he entered the service of the Church as a lector. According to tradition his life was inspired by the example of Abraham: while still a child he left his homeland to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
During this journey he was invited by Longinus, his spiritual guide, to take care of a community on the road to Bethlehem. Here he took charge of the construction of a large new monastery, Cathismus, which in a short period of time was filled with monks.
He died in 529 from a painful illness, which he met with a forbearance that reached heroic levels. St. Theodosius was buried in the first cave in which he had lived, known as the Holy Magi since, according to tradition, it was where the Magi stayed when they had come to adore the Child Jesus.
In the text below Theodosius recounts a story involving the place traditionally known as Katisma near the Monastery of St. Elias, where Mary stopped to rest during her journey from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.
The site of the Kathisma
Urbicius came to be called the Superintendent of the Empire because he served in this function for seven emperors; he himself crowned the heads of these emperors, removed their crowns and chastised them. There is a place three miles from the city of Jerusalem: when St. Mary, the mother of the Lord, was going to Bethlehem she got off her donkey there, sat down on a rock and blessed it. Superintendent Urbicius himself had this stone cut and made square in the form of an altar, intending to send it to Constantinople.
When he came to St. Stephen's Gate, he could move it no further. A yoke of oxen was pulling [the cart with] the stone, and seeing that in no way could they move it forward it was brought back to the Tomb of the Lord, and there an altar was made from this stone, and this altar is used for Communion. It is behind the Tomb of the Lord.
This Superintendent Urbicius died in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Anastasius [491-518], and they buried him. And the earth would not receive Urbicius, three times the tomb cast him out.


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The big homie EOM has always came with some real soulful beats. I've personally been a huge fan for quite some time (damn, we still need to work together homie!), so I was vibed when Deez hit me about this new project. I'ma let the good folks at Kevin Nottingham.com fill you in, but trust me, this is a really dope project, some amazing flips of some classic Stevie songs. Awesome tribute to the man. "Virginia producer EOM (Elements of Music) is releasing his newest instrumental journey today through KevinNottingham.com. The beatsmith, known for his work with Wax and last year's single with Shad, pays tribute to the great Stevie Wonder in his opus entitled Wonder Vision.
Sampling some of Stevie's greatest work throughout his 50 year career, EOM captures the essence of Stevie Wonder in this 16-track dedication. Highlights include the opening track "Morecherry", "Ain'tnothin", "Do143″ and "Suburb Woman".
Fans of both Stevie Wonder and hip hop sampling will find great pleasure with this project."


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Job Hunting Tips
I have been blessed with a steady job the last 3 years. In this job I have grown a lot in my consulting and general professional skills. Recently I have been able to do peer level interviews on my company's behalf to add people to my team that come in near my pay grade. This by far has been one of the most interesting parts of my job in terms of learning about people and realizing how little I knew in college. So here are a few tips I have for people looking for work. A few notes:
- I am a government contractor and work for a consulting company, if you are in a different industry please take my notes with a grain of salt
- I am not an expert, just a guy who wants to help.
- You can get a job doing none of these, but they each help increase your chances and you almost always need to improve your chances.
To start, during an interview process it is assumed that the resume, cover letter and your appearance and interactions are the best version of you. This means that while there is room to make mistakes and be a human, if you look disheveled or have spelling errors it bring up questions about how you will be day to day.
Resume/Cover Letter and Preparation
Ok, to start if you have been in the industry less than 10 years keep your resume to 1 page. Let me say that again, 1 page. If it is longer than one page you either have lead an incredible life or have things you can cut and unless you have already cut half of your resume you are not the former.
Each job application should be catered to the job you are applying for. So start by getting the job description from the website and reading it several times. I recommend printing it out and marking the major bullet points the job description is looking for and then rewrite your resume to highlight how your past experience matches what the company is looking for.
When you are crafting your custom resume for this job use active voice. If you do not know what that is Google it. Googling (or DuckDuckGoing if you prefer) is always an important part of any knowledge worker (if you mostly work in an office and on a computer you are likely a knowledge worker) job these days so practice. And while you need to be honest if you were on a team convince them you did something. Often I have seen resumes where someone said they "learned" things or "were on a team." While not a resume killer to use once or twice they want to see that you were an active role in the project. They likely do not know you and this is your chance to convince them to talk to you.
Your cover letter is a place to do three things.
- Show you researched the company
- Highlight 1 or 2 things about yourself that should attract the company to you
- Share 1 or 2 things that you are excited to learn or grow in through working at the company further showing your understanding of the first two items.
Seriously, keep it short and on point. This is not a time to show how good of a novelist you are. Think Twitter but with good grammar than Facebook or Medium.
Come to the interview ready to interview the company as much as they are interviewing you. Think about questions you want to ask and stories you can use to illustrate any kind of question that might get thrown your way.
Interview Etiquette
This will be easier in a bulleted list
- Arrive 5 minutes early, no more, no less. Practice the route to the company if you have to.
- Wear a suit or equivalent. It is better to be the best dressed person in the room than to be under-dressed.
- Have extra copies of your resume handy.
- Bring a notebook to take notes and bring prepared bullets for things you want to ensure you say and ask during the interview.
- Watch body language, look engaged, you can slump and dazed at the coffee shop after the interview is over.
- Say Mister and Miss, Sir and Ma'am until the interviewers invite you to use their first names.
- Always ask questions.
- Ask for a card at the end of the interview and send a thank you note. My rule is an email for phone interviews and a physical card for in-person and video interviews.
Questions to Ask
I recommend asking questions about the job, the company and the process. So be sure to ask what the management structure is like, how a normal day looks and similar questions. It is also important to ask questions about how the company is doing, is it growing or shrinking for example, to see if it is the kind of place you want to work. Finally you can always ask what the next steps will be.
These all show the interviewers that you care and have researched the company.
Pitfalls to Avoid
If you learn something in a previous interview or via the job description be ready to discuss it. What I mean is if the company talks about what they do know a little about it, if they say you need to know a piece of software and you do not research it so you can speak to it and show your engagement. Several times I have recommended one person over another because neither knew a critical piece of software, but one convinced me that they have already started learning it and know the underlying principles and the other barely knew what the software was. I think this shows more about the person than many people think when they are on the interviewee side of the table.
Do not be late. Ever.
Do not come 20 minutes early. This makes us feel rushed at best and annoyed at worst and it does not set the stage well for the interview. This is especially true in a small office like the one I work in.
Please spell check and grammar check your resume and cover letter and have at least one other person read them before you submit. Spelling and grammar mistakes do not reflect well.
Finally, know what protected classes are and do your best to answer carefully to avoid giving out this information to employers.
All of this matters, but my number one recommendation is to prepare your stories. You will always be asked what your strengths and weaknesses are and you will always be asked to give examples from your work. I recommend writing out a list of stories from your work and what they illustrate. If you need a few ideas, please use this list.
- A time when you had conflicting demands
- A time you had to deal with a difficult coworker or client/customer
- A time you disagreed with a supervisor and how did you handle that situation
- A time you had to repair a relationship
- A time you made a mistake and how you rectified it
- A time where you took a project from start to finish, what went well, what did not
- A time where you had to delegate work to others
This is just a start, there are more, but I think this will get you on the right track. I hope this helps. Please feel free to contact me on Twitter or via the contact form if you would like to discuss.
Good luck!
Update 2/26:
If you survived reading my ramblings, enjoy this video of puppets giving interview tips.


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When I think of grilling in Wisconsin, I always think of bratwurst. First introduced to the US in the late 1800s by German immigrants, bratwurst are becoming increasingly available outside of the Badger state thanks in part to the availability of the Johnsonville® brand at virtually every grocery store nationwide (note that there are other great brands such as Unsingers which are available via mail order).
When it comes to preparing brats, I am of the beer bath school, parboiling the fresh brats before moving to the grill over medium heat to add color. Now, the rationale behind the beer bath is two fold. First, because the sausages are much thicker than a traditional hot dog, they take much longer to heat all the way through. And more time over direct heats means a great likelihood of charring and/or splitting the brats. Second, the beer bath allows the cook to bring a new level of flavor to the brats while ensuring they stay juicy while coming up to temperature.
To prepare the bath, I use a disposable half pan, adding to it two Pilsner beers, a stick of butter, and one onion thinly sliced. Place the pan directly on the grill and bring to a simmer. Once heated, add the brats to the pan in a single layer and add additional beer or water until sausages are fully covered. Simmer the bratwurst until they turn completely white, approximately 10 minutes. Remove and place directly on the grill over medium heat. Grill approximately 5 minutes per side until nicely browned and the internal temperature is 175-180 degrees. When grilling the brats over direct heat, note that fare-ups can be best controlled by simply closing the lid. Also, while some people recommend piercing the sausages before cooking to prevent them from bursting, I find that the beer bath eliminates that threat without sacrificing all of those precious juices that escape through the holes.
And finally, by returning the finished brats to a beer bath (I would recommend a fresh one in order to avoid any threat of contamination from the raw sausages), the cook is able to keep them warm while finishing other dishes on the grill. Serve either straight up or on crusty rolls with spicy mustard.
Brat Grilling Tips by Clint Cantwell Courtesy of Kingsford.com


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"Reflection In Action is a conversation between two friends and colleagues – Eilidh and Helle.
It started when Eilidh was advising Helle on her thesis project at Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID). The two of them had many, long, curious and insightful discussions where many ideas emerged about the world of design practice, the methods used and the challenges that accompany it.
After Helle graduated, she like Eilidh was hired by CIID to work within the Consultancy. After a long day of work during a research trip to the US, they found themselves in a dodgy college bar, drinking cheap beer and sketching the idea for Reflection In Action on a napkin. Eilidh and Helle wanted a place to house their ideas and discussion – A platform for reflection and action where they could develop a viewpoint on their daily creative practice and peruse their personal creative interests.
Reflection In Action is a place where they can show credit to the inspiring people they meet, the places they travel, the tools they use, and the experiences that influence who they are as designers."
(Helle Rohde Andersen and Eilidh Dickson)
"For Lyotard, performativity involves a system logic that reduces questions of justice to questions of efficiency and has no interest in the unknown because it falls outside the system as currently constituted. Against this he 'sketches the outline of a politics that would respect both the desire for justice and the desire for the unknown' (1984: 67). This involves turning away from performativity and towards the other possible legitimating criteria, consensus and paralogy. Lyotard argues that consensus, the criteria preferred by Habermas, is inadequate (1984: 60). It rests on a belief that it is possible to find a metalanguage that could translate all of the 'heteromorphous classes of utterance' into one another, and the assumption that it is possible for all speakers in scientific games to agree about this meta–language and that consensus is the goal of science (1984: 65). Against this, Lyotard argues that 'consensus is only a particular state of discussion, not its end. Its end, on the contrary is paralogy' (1984: 65–6)."
(Campbell Jones, p.512)
Campbell Jones (2003). "Theory after the Postmodern Condition." Organization 10(3): 503–525.
Jean–François Lyotard (1984). The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press.
Fig.1 China's Pang Qing and Tong Jian perform in the pairs short programme during the Cup of China figure skating competition in Beijing November 5. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
"On Friday 11th February 2011, the Coalition Government published the Protection of Freedoms Bill. ... Some of the measures came from the 14,000 ideas left on the Your Freedom website.
The Government is committed to continuing this public engagement with the content of the Protection of Freedoms Bill. This website gives you the opportunity to comment on each clause contained in the Bill. Your comments will get collated at the end of this public consultation and fed through directly to the Parliamentarians who will carry the Bill through the House of Commons (go to the Parliament website to learn about the passage of a bill). These comments will assist and challenge MPs, aiding their scrutiny and debate on the details of the Bill. This is a pilot for the 'public reading stage' that the Government wants to introduce to give the public an increased say in all bills"
(UK Cabinet Office, 2011)
"Efforts to improve political engagement don't come much bigger than the work done by AmericaSpeaks.org, which has set itself a mission to 'reinvigorate American democracy by engaging citizens in the public decision–making that most impacts their lives'.
One of its recent efforts was a 'national town meeting' to discuss ways of dealing with America's federal budget deficit. It saw 3,500 Americans gathered at 57 sites across the country on June 26, 2010.
Participants from a range of social and political backgrounds debated 42 options for closing the deficit (a report to Congress is available), and at the end of the day 91 per cent said they were 'very satisfied' or 'satisfied' with the tone and quality of the discussion.
And in an interesting result that shows the value of deliberation and discussion, only 15 per cent said their views were not at all influenced by others and just three per cent said they did not learn anything during the meeting."
(eDemocracyBlog.com, 7 December 2010)
"The Berkman Center was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. We represent a network of faculty, students, fellows, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and virtual architects working to identify and engage with the challenges and opportunities of cyberspace.
We investigate the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, of commerce, of governance, and of education, and the relationship of law to each. We do this through active rather than passive research, believing that the best way to understand cyberspace is to actually build out into it.
Our faculty, fellows, students, and affiliates engage with a wide spectrum of Net issues, including governance, privacy, intellectual property, antitrust, content control, and electronic commerce. Our diverse research interests cohere in a common understanding of the Internet as a social and political space where constraints upon inhabitants are determined not only through the traditional application of law, but, more subtly, through technical architecture ('code').
As part of our active research mission, we build, use, and freely share open software platforms for free online lectures and discussions. We also sponsor gatherings, ranging from informal lunches to international conferences, that bring together members of our diverse network of participants to swap insights – and sometimes barbs – as they stake out their respective visions for what the Net can become. We also teach, seeking out online and global opportunities, as well as supporting the traditional Harvard Law School curriculum, often in conjunction with other Harvard schools and MIT."
(Berkman Center for Internet & Society)
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Q+A: Nightwave (Producer/DJ)
Maya Medvesek (aka Nightwave) is an internationally renowned producer, DJ, vocalist, club promoter and label owner. Maya is taking part in the Working in Music panel at Off The Record in Glasgow on Saturday the 11th of February. Ahead of the event we had a quick chat with her about her experience working in the industry...
How did you get your start in the industry?
When I first moved to London about 15 years ago I helped to run a techno label. I also used to write for music magazines doing the odd club and album review as well as some club night PR. When I decided to try and push my DJ-ing and production properly I stopped writing but the experience I gained was invaluable. In terms of my music, it all came from networking, being a bit pushy and fearless-sharing my mixes, tunes, trying to get feedback, this happened at the boom of social media which definitely helped!
As a producer, DJ and vocalist, what do you enjoy most about your job?
As much as I love creating, the real buzz for me comes from sharing and spending time with other people. The biggest privilege is making people dance and sharing that special experience with them.
What inspired you to set up your own label?
It's always been my dream but I think the real push for Heka Trax came from experiencing such delays in dealing with other labels (the market is so saturated). I also wanted to create an outlet for undiscovered artists and somewhere to share my vision of music, art and the whole party culture that has been such a big part of my life. It is my life still.
What has been the highlight of your career so far?
Meeting and working with my heroes and playing festivals around the world are up there but the highlight is probably young women messaging me and saying I inspired them. I feel so humbled by that.
Off The Record takes place at City Halls, Glasgow on Saturday 11th of February for 14-25 year olds. Tickets are £2, and include free lunch and a release with EmuBands worth £25!