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CORRUPTION WATCH-Lawyers like the Law of Threes. You've heard them use it: "I hereby give, transfer, and grant to you my red Corvette."
The historic reason that attorneys use three verbs, when one would be fine, is that after the Norman invasion in 1066 CE, there were three languages: French, used by the King and his royal court from the mainland, Latin, used by the Church who owned much of England, and Anglo-Saxon for the native riffraff.
There is also psychology behind the Law of Threes. Some think that it is best to tell the audience what you are going to say, to say it and then tell them what you said.
Three Practical Reasons that Three Recalls Are Better than One
(1) The media is more likely to provide news coverage when there are three simultaneous recalls as the story is three times larger than with one recall.
(2) Recalls in three council districts have more credibility. When three different councilmembers face recall, the voters are less likely to dismiss the efforts as coming from some fringe group.
(3) Councilmembers fear losing power. The only thing that will ever make an LA councilmember pay you any heed is power – your power to remove that person from office. We Angelenos never use it and hence they run roughshod over us.
Fear of Losing Power is the Key to the Three Recalls
Some councilmembers will improve their conduct when faced with a recall. Need we review Ryu's abrupt about-face on the Runyon Canyon fiasco after the recall started? Developer money is worthless when the voters have turned against you.
Los Angeles' Anti-Green Policies Require Recalls
Put aside the fakery and the myths about LA's sustainability or Garcetti's being Green. If concrete, high-rises and a denuded landscape are green, then the green comes from developer kickbacks and not from LA's rapidly vanishing tree canopy.
Before there were people, LA had no trees. (See photo left from 1900.)
After decades, LA had a great tree canopy because hundreds of thousands of Angelenos planted millions of trees and other bushes like bougainvillea.
Even after 2000, we knew the need for more greenery.
Villaraigosa's Plant-a-Million-Tree Campaign has Become Garcetti's Destroy-a-Million-Trees Mania
Former mayor and world-famous skirt chaser Antonio Villaraigosa had his "Plant a Million Trees" campaign. Tony V maintained the number of Tree Employees set up by former Mayor Riordan at 270 until the recession and the corrupt CRA decimated the city budget and he cut the number to 85. But now with record revenue income under Garcetti, we have about half the number of Tree Employees (125) – even when the problem has become so great we need between 350 to 400 to match other cities.
Cities like Seattle, Austin, and Washington D.C. devote 1% of their budget to their tree canopies, while LA's languishes around 1/4 of 1%. Cities where trees grow no matter what spend four times as much as LA to protect their tree canopy. Garcetti spends our tax dollars subsidizing billionaire developers to build into an increasing glut while starving the departments that would improve the quality of life of Angelenos.
Google Austin's Urban Forest 2014 to view its extensive 64-page report and then look at the shlock LA has – basically nada. LA's Urban Forest division will give you free mulch. Wow! Fantastic, free mulch. Something is seriously wrong with LA.
So, What's the Big Deal About a Tree Canopy
Angelenos don't know about the Tree Canopy because they can't rely on the LA Timesand City Hall to tell them the truth. As with LA's other woes, it begins with Garcetti's Manhattanization mania. Everything is devoted to the developers. If the developer wants to bring an oversized crane down the street, then, hey, let's cut down 10 thirty-year old trees. If the developer wants to have no setbacks, then tear down all the trees on the property. If the developer wants his signage to be seen, rip up the trees in the median.
Has the LA Timesor Garcetti told you that you can have your water meter fixed so that it does not charge a sewer tax on water you use outside your house? Yep, the water you use to keep the trees alive will cost you considerably less when the outside water is not the basis for your sewer tax. Go look at your bill and see how much money you're paying for the sewer tax.
Since the LA Timesis silent about virtually all the information we need to save LA from the never-ending developer corruption, Angelenos are clueless about the air quality benefit of trees. Not only do the trees cleanse the air, they fight the heat island effect which Garcetti is rapidly aggrandizing. Visit the website for Tree People for more information about this.
The Intersection of Tree Canopy and Recalls
Angelenos can make City Hall's corrupt vote trading arrangement work for them. Each councilmember controls each project in his district and he or she alone gets to put it on the city council agenda. Voters can hold their councilmember solely liable for each tree removed, for the increase in air pollution, for the increase in the power bills due to heat island effect and for the oversized mixed-use complexes.
Your Councilmember Controls Your Tree Canopy
Each councilmember holds the power to protect the trees in his or her district. No councilmember should give you the false BS that "we replace trees 2:1." (1) The replacement does not occur, (2) two saplings do not replace one mature tree. Another thing, sidewalk repair does not mandate destruction of encroaching trees. A third thing, other cities force new construction to be set back to protect trees, while LA tears down the trees to make room for oversized mixed-use projects.
Your councilmember controls what goes on his city council agenda. Don't believe otherwise. The vote trading agreement requires all councilmembers to support any measure another councilmember puts on the agenda. LA is run like a feudal system in which each councilmember reigns over his or her fiefdom.
Remember, we can take all that away from them! So, recall, recall, recall – which three shall it be?
(Richard Lee Abrams is a Los Angeles attorney and a CityWatch contributor. He can be reached at: email@example.com. Abrams' views are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of CityWatch.) Edited for CityWatch by Linda Abrams.


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Recently, two major events grabbed the headlines of newspapers. The first was the massacre in Chhattisgarh. Salwa Judum, whatever it is, should be immediately banned and thrown out. Some time back the Supreme Court had made serious remarks against this State supported counter violence by non State actors. After the Supreme Court remarks, they changed the name from Salwa Judum to something else but the activities were continuing. Now, the person who was reported to have started this whole thing has been killed. The earlier the Government of Chhattisgarh understands that this kind of counter violence cannot be successful the better it is. The whole Naxalite movement is a sensitive socio-economic issue and the violence of the Maoists cannot be finished by counter violence, whatever it may be. One can understand the police and sometimes the army taking action, but this kind of counter violence certainly does not befit a democracy like India. The Central Government is not showing much interest in this matter, I do not know why. The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh should be summoned immediately by the Prime Minister and the matter should be taken up at the highest level. If the Chief Minister does not agree, there is no harm in temporarily imposing President's rule in Chhattisgarh. But this kind of inhuman behaviour should stop. At the same time a method should be found for opening a dialogue with the Maoists. The real issue is the displacement of tribals from their habitat. Orissa is a peaceful State but because of the mining rights being given to the corporates in the tribal areas it has become a beehive of Naxalism or Maoism. When Mr. Chidambaram was the Home Minister, his view was that this can be eradicated by the police and tough action but it will take a few years. The present Home Minister is a non-serious person and his portfolio has to be changed without delay. Even after the massacre he was in the USA and extended his stay instead of rushing back. The UK Prime Minister rushed back, cutting short his foreign trip when only a few soldiers, or a few UK citizens were killed. We are taking this matter very lightly and the Prime Minister himself should intervene. Salwa Judum should be buried forever.
The second issue that has come up is betting and some match fixing syndicate in the IPL matches. Again, IPL should be stopped immediately. If the BCCI wants to save itself from dilution and wants to retain the primacy that it once had, it should rid itself of IPL. IPL was brought in by one Mr. Lalit Modi clearly telling the BCCI that it will bring good money and BCCI does not know how to earn money. He brought it as a money scheme. It was not for raising the standards of cricket. It was not for creating a good cricket team to play abroad or even domestic cricket. It was not for protecting cricketers. It was an inter corporate tamasha. Betting and match fixing were an inherent, integral part of this scheme. Why should anybody be surprised, I don't know. Late night parties, fashion shows, cheer leaders, are all recipes for disaster. In normal Test cricket and One Day cricket all Boards the world over including BCCI discourage cricketers from late night parties prior to a match. They never allow cricketers to be indisciplined. IPL has only indiscipline writ on its face. It is time to clear the dirt from Indian cricket. IPL should be discontinued immediately. The BCCI should get into its original task of conducting international cricket and domestic cricket within the parameters for which the BCCI is mandated. The BCCI Constitution is clear. Unfortunately a senior political leader was the President of BCCI when IPL started. He fell into the trap of Lalit Modi. It was cleared that a cement company owned by Srinivasan could own an IPL team. Now the same people are saying Srinivasan should quit. It is not relevant whether Srinivasan quits or does not quit. That is not the issue. The issue is what is this whole IPL? How can BCCI run IPL, which is a tamasha, which is like a circus. The only solution is for BCCI to discontinue IPL and return to its original mandate which was to conduct international and domestic cricket. Some seriousness should come. There are lot of senior political leaders in BCCI. The whole thing started from Rajasthan. The then Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje inducted her close friend Lalit Modi, though Lalit Modi had nothing to do with cricket nor with Rajasthan, except he was a personal friend of the Chief Minister. She enacted an ordinance and later an Act that only local people could run Rajasthan cricket. And, what is the definition of local people? Any person who has a property in any district of Rajasthan. By that, Lalit Modi got into Rajasthan cricket. He has nothing to do with Rajasthan. I do not know if she again comes to power she may perpetuate this. The present Chief Minister should take immediate steps to see that Rajasthan cricket is cleansed. The normal cricket administration of Rajasthan is disturbed now C P Joshi, the Central Minister is heading the association. He knows nothing about cricket. If Indian cricket is to be saved, a cleansing is required and it should begin with IPL.

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Public lecture "Dutch Painting from the Golden Age"
26 April 2012
Georgian National Museum continues to offer series of public lectures presented by worldwide scientist.
On Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 3 pm at the Georgian National Museums auditorium Curator of the Dordrecht's Museum Mr. Sander Paarlberg hold a public lecture "Dutch Painting from the Golden Age."
The lecture will be in English, simultaneous translation will be provided.
Free admission.
Address: Georgian National Museum Auditorium. 1, Purtseladze str.


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FWP approves controversial ranch purchase
(HELENA)- Montana's Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission has given the go-ahead to shell out millions of dollars to purchase several thousand acres of private ranch land on the Hi-Line.
The state's plans to purchase the Milk River Ranch lands for conservation and wildlife habitat drew heated opposition from adjoining landowners, who worried about the additional public access, as well as critics who were concerned about how much the state was spending for the land.
However, KRTV reports the commission opted to go ahead with the purchase on a 4-1 vote despite the strong testimony against the plan.
FWP will spend $4.7 million to purchase 3,000 acres using money from the "Habitat Montana" fund. Montana DNRC is already spending just over $1-million for an additional 1,000 acres. The state will also be buying the rights to archaeological and paleontological artifacts, bringing the total purchase price to nearly $8-million.


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After writing a review on the hair, skin and nails supplement Halo Beauty, I received feedback from people on a topic I was not aware of. Many women started alerting me that one of the ingredients – saw palmetto – was linked to unplanned pregnancy by way of interfering with birth control pills. In over 20 years of investigating supplements, this was a new one. Sure enough, those women quickly pointed me to evidence. That is what I want to discuss here. Is saw palmetto really linked to getting pregnant? Does it interfere with birth control pills? Let's find out. Read the Halo Beauty review too.
What Is Saw Palmetto?
Saw palmetto (serenoa repens) is a type of small palm tree common to Florida and Georgia that ranges from 2 feet to 10 feet tall. The tree produces berries that are used in dietary supplements. As a supplement, the herb is sometimes used to help prostate problems, specially begin prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a where the prostate grows in size as a man ages. This can cause problems during urination.
At least one study has shown saw palmetto helped BPH symptoms as well as a prescription drug called finasteride which is used to treat BPH and hair loss.
How Does Saw Palmetto Work?
The berries in from the tree contain compounds like beta-sitosterol and others that seem to inhibit an enzyme called 5-alpha-reductase which converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). By blocking DHT formation, this is thought to stop the prostate gland from growing.
DHT also seems to be bad for hair too and some research has noted saw palmetto helps hair grow by blocking DHT. While there are not many studies, this blocking of DHT may be why saw palmetto is in hair supplements such as Halo Beauty.
Saw Palmetto And Birth Control Pills
Some women are concerned that supplements containing saw palmetto might interfere with birth control pills and put them at an increased risk of pregnancy. After I did some digging, I noticed other credible websites like WebMd and Drugs.com mentioning this also.
I got more interested and decided to do a deep dive into the research.
I first searched the National Library of Medicine for these phrases:
- Saw Palmetto Birth Control
- Saw Palmetto Pregnancy
- Serenoa repens Birth Control
- Serenoa repens Pregnancy
I wanted to go right to the heart of the matter and see if anyone had gotten pregnant while taking this herb. No reviews or case reports describing women having an unplanned pregnancy while taking saw palmetto could be located. In other words, there seems to be no direct evidence of anyone getting pregnant while taking this herb.
But, if that's the case, why are people saying this can happen?
Turns out, there is a reason.
Research suggests saw palmatto has anti-estrogen effects. In other words, it lowers estrogen levels. The evidence for this is that in men with BPH, saw palmetto (480 mg/day, taken for 3 months) reduced estrogen levels. This seems to be one of the main arguments for cautioning women against using saw palmetto.
In other words, if it reduced estrogen in men, it might also reduce estrogen in women – and interfere with birth control pills.
But, to play devils advocate, this is a theoretical possibility. I cannot locate any saw palmetto research study involving women where estrogen levels were checked. I likewise can't locate any evidence of this herb causing unexpected pregnancy either.
We know women metabolize drugs different than men do. I have long wondered if women might metabolize supplements differently too. I even touched on this in my book on supplements.
That doesn't mean this possibility cannot occur. Rather it just means it may not have occurred or have been noticed by anyone or reported to doctors if it did happen.
One ironic point in this discussion is that as far back as the late 1960s, saw palmetto was recognized as having estrogen-like properties. In other words, it didn't lower estrogen levels – it might raise them. Conflicting evidence about this (it either has estrogen activity or it's antiestrogen ) says to me we are not yet sure how this herb works.
Saw Palmetto And Birth Defects
Testosterone is needed for proper fetal growth. If saw palmetto is anti-estrogenic and anti-DHT, what effect would that have on fetal growth?
Animal studies have noted inhibiting the 5-alpha reductase enzyme during pregnancy is associated with abnormal male genitalia development. These studies used the prostate/hair growth drug finasteride and not saw palmetto. In some cases, the finasteride was injected rather than taken orally.
While there seems to be no direct evidence linking saw palmetto to birth defects, the results from lab animal studies are too important to overlook. If you are pregnant, do not take this herb. The same goes for breastfeeding too. It's not worth the risk.
What's The Bottom Line?
Credible websites do caution women on birth control pills from taking saw palmetto supplements. This is out of a fear the herb may reduce the effects of birth control pills and risk unwanted pregnancy. The evidence they cite is not based on human evidence but rather what can be gleaned from lab animal and test tube studies. The same is true for birth defects also.
No reports of unexpected pregnancies while taking this saw palmetto can be found. As such, the admonition against taking this herb while on birth control pills seems theoretical.
Even if there was a real connection, I cannot locate any credible information on how much of the herb would cause these effects. Is it 160mg, 500mg or might the dosage be based on how much someone weighs? There are many unknowns here.
That said, given the possibility of all this, I can understand how some women might be concerned about saw palmetto while taking birth control pills or during pregnancy.
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IMAGINING LAContinuing our 95th anniversary celebrations, we will be holding our symposium, IMAGINING LA, on May 13th from 10am to 2 pm at the Woman's Club of Hollywood. Be sure to register before this event sells out! The symposium itself draws inspiration from Los Angeles's rich history of women who have helped imagine and shape the future of our city.PANELISTSOur panelists include a selection of Los Angeles's most innovative practitioners across the fields of urban planning, housing, education, transportation, and policy including:
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Hi peeps!
Sorry for the no posting thing, but pretty much nothing is happening. I mean really. We are still waiting on passports and everyday looks the exact same as the last one right now!
We are starting with praises today though because…we just are.
-The boys are blowing me away with their adjustment. Sure, there are issues, but y'all, my kids are all 5 & under. The tantrums shall cometh. Please pray for continued growth and healing for all us, God is truly revealing Himself to us through this life right now.
-We have been going on one on one dates with each kid as Russ prepares to go and it has been a blast. Because my sweet Mae is who she is, we spent a solid twenty minutes petting baby goats before we went and ate a banana split and smelled every single flower at the restaurant. Please be praying for us as a family as we prepare to be temporarily separated. We are all feeling it right now.
-We got our court file! And it appears, that besides the passports, we have all the paperwork we need. Seriously. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. (Now you will be singing the Doxology all day today.) (Your welcome.) Please continue praying that we can get our passports by Monday or Tuesday of next week! That would be soon, but we serve a God of Big Miracles!!!!
Also, I am currently having trouble sleeping…so i have lots of quiet prayer time. I would love to add you to my list…so shout out (or whisper in a message) your supplications, and I will definitely be lifting them up!


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A to Z Review
Every workshop or seminar leader (faculty) like you sincerely wants to find out how effectively he delivered his program. You wish to know if your program participants grasped the inputs you provided them. Can they correctly answer the questions based on the contents of your program? In addition to meeting this objective it is a good practice to recap the inputs given in your program in your last session before concluding the program. This helps improve the retention of the knowledge by the participants. The best way to achieve these twin objectives is to engage the participants creatively in the review of their learnings.
Prior to actually conducting your workshop/seminar, you will need to prepare 26 questions the answers to which will result in the comprehensive review of the entire contents of your program.
Write each question on one index card. Thus you will have 26 cards with you. On other side of the card, write an English alphabet starting with "A" on the first card and going right up to "Z" on the 26th card.
After you have conducted all the sessions of your program, in your last session of recap and review, divide the participants into groups, each group consisting of 4 to 5 participants picked up randomly. Give each group a bell.
Now list the 26 alphabets in bold font on single sheet of a flip chart and display them. Ask groups to select any alphabet randomly. Start with the first group first. Suppose the first group selects an alphabet say, "D", then cross mark the alphabet "D" on the flip chart and pick out the index card "D" from the 26 cards you are holding. Read the question of this card "D" loudly and clearly.
Ask the groups to ring the bell if any of the groups know the answer to that question. The group that rings the bell the fastest will get the first opportunity to answer the question. If the group's answer is correct, give the card to that group. If the answer is wrong, the group that rang the bell the second fastest will be given the opportunity to answer the question and so on. Finally the group answering correctly will get that card.
Second time the second group will pick up the alphabet from the flip chart randomly and the process as described above will be executed.
Thus the groups will take turns selecting alphabets. As they select alphabet, you will cross off that alphabet from the flipchart and read the question written on the corresponding card. When a question is answered correctly, you will hand over the card to the successful group.
The game/exercise will end when all the 26 questions have been read and answered. When none of the groups is in a position to answer the question correctly, you will provide its answer and keep that particular card with yourself.
The group that collects the maximum number of cards will be declared the winner. You may like to give a prize to the winner group. If number of groups are many then you may like to give prizes to top two or three groups.
Thanks the participants and conclude your program.
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Students at St Mark's, Bath, are celebrating having received their GCSE results after years of hard work and studying. The school is delighted that achievements in public examinations across the curriculum continue to demonstrate the school's commitment to academic excellence and sustained improvement in standards.
72% of all students gained a good pass grade in both maths and English, with almost 63% securing 5 or more GCSEs at A*-C (or equivalent for English and maths). Impressively, nearly a quarter of grades in English and maths were at grades 7-9 (equivalent to the old A*-A grade).
Students' success in subjects across the breadth of the curriculum also highlight further impressive results, with 100% of language students securing an A*-C grade, with 55% at the highly coveted A*-A.
The school's Headteacher, Barnaby Ash, commented, "We are proud of our students' achievements today and wish them the very best of luck for their exciting future plans. The pace of change and progress at St Mark's is accelerating and we are looking forward to sharing our successes with our many valued partners at the start of the new term as a sign of our ambitious plans for the future and commitment to the local young people of Bath."


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When Dawn first contacted me, I knew she had a great vibe (sometimes you can just read those things, right) and knew how much she is just totally in love with her little one ... but I think what became incredibly clear and wonderful as our session started to unfold is her love for life. Her love for just being here and doing what she wants to do, how she wants to do it, all with that gorgeous smile on her face! She was SO incredibly beautiful in front of the camera, it makes me that much more excited to share more of her maternity session once the baby gets here. But for now ... just a sneak peek ;)
Thank you, Dawn! I had such a great time with you. Your spirit is infectious!
(And Dawn knows a million of my other portrait families, siblings & babies ~ I had no idea until our session! It's definitely a small world! Yay for referrals!)


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The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Monday morning following snowfall at Patnitop and Jawahar Tunnel. The traffic headquarters in Jammu had earlier issued "cutoff timing" for movement of vehicles on the national highway due to rough weather conditions. Banihal along with the highway and the hills of Bhaderwah, Kathua, Kishtwar and Ramban witnessed snowfall. Precipitation in Jammu has intensified the cold weather.
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Stress and Excessive Drinking During The Holidays
When we think of the holiday season, we think of family. Of coming together, gratitude, and quality time spent with those we love. But what is too often overlooked is the emotional part of the season, the potential for stress, arguing, and excessive drinking.
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During the holidays, my family and I drove down to Braidwood, Reidsdale to visit some old friends of ours who own a gorgeous old cheese factory turn Cafe. With an impressive view of rolling, bright green hills and tall gum trees, picture yourself resting on a cushioned seat, drinking freshly made apple juice, and enjoying a large and fluffy lamington, surrounded by the friendly chatter of friends! Everything the Sully's sell for example eggs, honey, juices, etc is organic and fresh, made with love and care to satisfy the customer. :) If you ever find yourself around the warm and welcoming presence of Braidwood, don't forget to drop by the Old Cheese Factory and soak in the fresh air and warm breeze!
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I have a doctor's appointment today to discuss my psych medication (along with this beastly sinus/chest/ear thing I've got going on), and having that ahead of me always makes the day difficult. Really difficult. Like let-your-tongue-grow-fuzzy-from-dehydration-just-to-avoid-getting-out-of-bed difficult.
I didn't want to do that today. I decided that hiding in bed or getting up to face the world were equally painful, but at least getting up meant that I would do something to take care of myself, so I went into the kitchen and made myself food. Everything felt symbolic this morning, so I went with the flow and chose to make only foods that felt complete: a baked potato, a boiled egg, and a chunk of cheese. I figure that if I can't be it, I'll eat it.
(Don't adopt that last sentence as your own life philosophy. It doesn't work. Imagine this: I once wanted to be a great philosopher, but that didn't happen, so I now go around eating great philosophers.* See? No good.)
After eating, I wandered around the apartment thinking about how truly sick of myself I am today. I feel tired and depressed and have a sinus cold on top of that, and yet I still beat myself up for not being a maven of the home business industry, and then I beat myself up for beating myself up. It's ludicrous. It such self-reflexive nonsense.
I decided to sit down on the can for a while, because there is something about the bathroom that makes you smarter. Don't laugh. You know it's true. We've all spent time sitting on the toilet just letting our minds wander, and then - huzzah! - a brilliant idea jumps in from out of nowhere. I like to think of it as the Bathroom Satori. (I don't mean to offend any Zen Buddhists out there by bastardizing the use of the word "satori", which roughly means "... individual Enlightenment, or a flash of sudden awareness". I just like the sound of it.)
So, I was sitting around on the toilet, reading snippets of The Areas of My Expertise, and then - Bathroom Satori! - I was suddenly struck with something I had failed to notice before.
The last seventeen months of my life have been stressful due to my bout with cervical cancer, the Palinode's broken back, my psychological issues coming to the forefront, etcetera, etcetera. I know, I've gone over this again and again, but I failed to notice all the opportunities that the last near year-and-half have given me. It is a simple idea that we've all heard about on talk shows and seen advertised on the covers of self-help books: there is opportunity in crisis.
I have been given so much opportunity for personal growth over the last many months, and when I look back at that time through this opportunity-focused lens, it flips my habitual self-chastisement on its head. I am not this fantastic example of loserhood I would have myself think. When I found out that I had cervical cancer, I took that as an opportunity to gather the people I love around me, when I normally isolate myself. When I grew frustrated over the Palinode's physical inability to even get a glass of water for himself, I took that as an opportunity to learn to breathe and stay focused on one thing at a time and to remember to make the space to love the man behind the pain that wracked his body. Rather than hide my cancer and depression, I chose to be public about it, and I was able to find and give back support and encouragement with so many people as a result. Despite all the difficulties over the last months, my life has become a richer, deeper, and more creative experience because of this time.
It's not that this idea of opportunity in crisis solves the personal difficulties that have arisen for me over the last while, and it doesn't make my life feel easier, but it definitely fleshes out my existence, broadens my experience, and gives me greater perspective. It gifts this complicated and soulful life with a more practical shape and reveals the emotional-psychological-physical toolbox I have at my disposal to get through just about anything.
There was cancer, and it is no more. There was physical pain in a loved one, and there is no more. There is joy, and it will be again.
* Note: I do not actually go around eating great philosophers. Most of them are way past their best-before dates, and I have a fear of contracting an E. coli infection. I don't even keep frozen meat that long, because who wants to die as a result of bad sausage? Not I.


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Sunday, February 24, 2008
"Killing Time, Before Time Kills Me"
Watching on You Tube a episode about a USO, unidentified surface objects, all new to me. The guys from UFO Hunters on the History Channel where studying a sighting off of Catalina Island. By faith, I was looking in the Bible about the story of the landing of "God" an the description of the vehicle, when I found this in Revelations. Revelations 13;1, "And the Dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast come out of the sea. The Beast I saw resembled a Leopard, but had feet like those of a Bear, and a mouth like a Lion. Exactly like the drawing they had made of what the person saw from his light airplane. The craft looked like a Leopard on it's knees getting ready to jump up after a prey, with large feet. Reminded me of the Coke bottle shape used by early jet fighters, with a narrow waist, larger breast and hips. The Bible is starting now to sound like so many of the UFO sighting of today. Listening to the folks from Stephenville Texas, discribe what they have saw, sounds like a passage from Ezekiel. Yet the Christian based government denies the existence of UFOs. The powers at be, want it both ways, it would appear. Be very afraid of "God", but don't believe the stories you read in the Bible. Only believe the propaganda we bring you, citizens. And the American citizens buy into it. Mean while, these stories of all these gigantic epic battles being played out in the Bible. Listening to Linda Moulton Howe interview the female reporter working for the local news paper, talk about how the fix started after a few weeks. See was getting so much contact from people from around the World on the subject. She had to work on it a home, on her own "Time". After two weeks the paper told her to stop writing about it. The biggest thing that will ever happen to Stephenville, was about to become non existence. She gave her two week notice, then after one week they told her to go home. Freedom of the press was about to be taken from the citizens of Stephenville Texas. The governments terrible job at trying to cover up Stephenville, has given it even more press. Just like Phoenix and Roswell attempted cover ups. Great country America is, land of the free, as long as you agree. The lady reporter described how people who where coming out to talk about what they had seen, where contacted by government official and told to keep quite about what they had seen. This sighting and other are happening near the Bush compound in Texas. I agree with Linda Howe about how the UFOs are flaunting the Bush's. they are the ones who truly know all that's happening on Earth. Just ask the Russians and their attempts at learning about Mars and it's moons. Oh well the Bush's are pretty ignorant any way, they think they have everyone fooled. They think everyone is as ignorant as them, look around. Politicians are always the lowest of the lowest anyway. Took the government four months to start trying to cover up the Phoenix lights. And a few weeks to start the cover up in Texas, soon their will be far to many to try and cover up. Seen where the government was even over in England meddling in their UFO affairs, a about the crop circles. Like I've said before, just how many people work for the government? Money and "Time" to be in the rest of the Worlds lives. Bush in Africa giving money America doesn't have, to some corrupt war lord, saying America doesn't give money to people who steal it. Make you wonder who really knows where the money went and what was his cut? Like the Clintons all of a sudden coming up with Five Million dollars for Hillary's campaign. Corruption is the name of the game, here in America, land of the free, home of the brave. You can see it, in Bush and Cheney's eyes, pure and simple. Sad part of all this, is the World and a lot of American citizens know how corrupt America is, but nothing is ever done about it. Americans are truly powerless to ever change the way things are done. The only possible way, is for the "Alien's" to intervene, and it seems more and more that very thing is starting to happen. Soon hopefully, the whole World will see who the real big Dog is, here on Earth. Writing my words to the Sky, hoping things aren't really as they seem, ESP. bye
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Heifer Games: Tri-Rivers Career Center of Marion (Vet Sciences, Culinary Arts, Ag, Cosmetology Departments), Prospect UMC, NUHS Honor Society,NUHS Students of Service (S.O.S.), NUMS Cheerleaders, NUMS Art, NUMS Student Council, Boy Scouts Troops 440 of Richwood & 101 of Marysville.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social and behavioral challenges. Autism Spectrum Disorder includes several conditions that were previously diagnosed separately. This includes: Autistic Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, and Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS).
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The signs of autism usually appear within a child's first three years, often within the first 12 to 18 months. ASD manifests in countless ways and in many combinations. Every child is different.
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The rates of Autism have increased at a seemingly alarming rate. Locally, thousands of families are affected by ASD. In the past, support and services have been fragmented disjointed, difficult to access, or non-existent. Harbor is a member of the Toledo Regional Autism Network (TRAN), a collaboration between The Great Lakes Collaborative for Autism, The Autism Society of Northwest Ohio, Toledo Children's Hospital Autism Early Learning Program and other local healthcare organizations, universities, community groups and parents working to improve access to services and provide care for individuals and families affected by Autism.


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In the autumn of 2017, the Jody Hudson-Powell and Luke Powell team at Pentagram were commissioned by the Barbican to create an interactive digital installation for their touring exhibition – 'Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics'.
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Naresh Ramchandani, partner at Pentagram London, discusses why he thinks it's time for brands to start making us laugh once again.
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On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Pentagram co-founder Colin Forbes, we reprint his classic 1992 essay "Transition" and share a portfolio of his work.
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Harvest Prep is authorized by the Audubon Center of the North Woods Charter School Division, which is approved by the Minnesota Department of Education to authorize charter schools in the state of Minnesota.
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The Harvest Network schools have been a bright spot in north Minneapolis since the founding of Harvest Preparatory School in 1992, followed by Best Academy in 2008 and The Mastery School in 2012. From 2012 - 2015 the schools enjoyed local and national acclaim for their academic success with African American children. In 2015, The Harvest Network of Schools (HNS, a charter management organization) was founded to manage the three affiliated schools and to lead the growth and expansion of the Network.
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It's been a bit of a rough year with one of my first grade friends who simply detests school work and anything associated with it. His "team" of teachers and therapists have already met several times this year to try to come up with a plan that might encourage this little guy to want to participate at school. So today he had a writing assignment that he had refused to do in class for his teacher and I was going to give it another try to see if maybe ...just maybe....he could be motivated to try. SO let me introduce Rudy the Red Nosed Writing Reindeer! You might have heard about Rudy in your favorite Christmas song, right? Yeah, well he somehow made his way into my bag this morning so that he could see what my first grade friends were writing at school. Can you even believe it?! Let me tell you, my first grade kiddos LOVED Rudy and would have done just about anything to have him sit on the desk to see their "Fantastic First Grade Writing". My less than motivated buddy couldn't wait for his turn to have Rudy watch him write. In fact, he didn't want to STOP writing because he did not want Rudy to go to another friend. Oh yes, he most certainly did finish that writing assignment and asked if Rudy would be back tomorrow to see him write. You can BET that Rudy will be back! If a cute little stuffed animal can motivate my kiddos to write, then it looks like Ms. Jen has a new assistant!
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Rudy the Writing Reindeer
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I love that, Jen!! Such a great idea. I should try that with a few of my kids. Also, I hope this doesn't come across as self-promotion, but I would LOVE if you tried out some of our lava paper - it's a free download on TherapyFunZone.com or if it's easier I can e-mail it to you. It's "game" paper and a lot of our kids will write with it. Let me go see if I can find your email address.ReplyDelete
Super cute idea and super simple which makes it even better. Kids love novelty and each kid has different preferences. Looks like you found a winner here!ReplyDeleteReplies
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My kids enjoy dying eggs and like to try out new techniques. They love putting tape or rubber bands on the eggs to block out color in certain places. We've also used color crayons, glitter and stickers on our Easter eggs. This Easter I decided to add a fun twist to the traditional dyed Easter eggs by adding fun scents to the eggs.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Beautiful Brow
Even with just mascara and powder, eyebrows are done.
Here's me dressed up directing a wedding this weekend, eyebrows here a little darker. Not to mention the
photographer I got to work with and who has beautiful brows, Amy!!!! :)
For a long time, I was afraid of eyebrow pencils. I didn't want the Elizabeth Taylor brow, ten times darker than my hair color and drawn on a different way for every photo. I, like most people, have brows that are slightly lighter than my hair. I also have what many makeup artists call, white spots, places that are not filled in on the brow line. FYI, Sephora will do an express eye makeup session for FREE. It takes ten minutes and you don't have to buy anything. One off day, I ventured there for some powder I was out of. I decided to let them do my brows, and now I cannot live without guess what, eyebrow pencil. I don't pick a shade that exactly matches my hair, instead, one shade lighter. That way, I can control how dark they need to be. I
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Ghosts of Christmas Past: 1989 Christmas Cash TV Commercial
Once upon a Christmas-time, I was part of a TV commercial promoting my radio station's Christmas Cash contest.
WABB's Goofy White Dudes, Paul Fuller and Al Matthews, starred in the TV commercial, produced by the late Tom Stout's Video One.
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The Festival des films du monde's chaotic 40th edition is over. Now what?
The 40th Festival des films du monde (FFM) stumbled past the finish line Monday. Actually, scratch that: the FFM managed to affect something resembling a light jog, somehow reaching the end in better shape than when it started. Which isn't saying much.
Before the festival even began, as those paying attention may recall, it was faced with the resignation of most of its employees and the loss of most of its screens. In any other universe, that would have been the end of the line: festival over; the sickly beast has finally been put out of its misery; so long, Serge, and thanks for all the movies.
But that would be discounting Serge Losique. The FFM founder doesn't know when to call it quits. So he keeps doing the only thing he knows how: soldiering on.
Lo and behold, after false starts, postponements and rumoured down-to-the-wire negotiations, famed French actress Isabelle Adjani and veteran American actor Willem Dafoe arrived in Montreal over the weekend, as advertised. Which, compared to the dizzying array of stars descending on the Toronto International Film Festival starting Thursday, doesn't amount to much. But in the face of the cataclysm that was this year's FFM, it's nothing short of miraculous.
Sadly, it's not nearly enough to undo the damage. The FFM is more of a mess than ever. And Montreal's reputation is suffering. Legions of filmmakers made the trip here only to learn that their films would not be screened. Devastated, some went home. Others stuck around. Some left and came back, after a makeshift solution was found.
The screening schedule was completely rejigged at the Imperial, the festival's home base. Théâtre Outremont came through in the clutch, adding daily screenings as of last Tuesday. Then Cinéma du Parc jumped on board, holding free morning screenings of the FFM's student films. Even the Segal Centre got involved, helping out a pair of Israeli filmmakers by holding a screening for what ended up being a packed house. And over the weekend, the Dollar Cinema was added as a venue.
It's a heartwarming example of our city's independent film community coming together. And yet, it doesn't make everything OK. While most films were originally slated to play three times, the directors whose work made the cut had to content themselves with a single screening, at times announced a day or two before.
Ludwig Löckinger acknowledges that he was "luckier than many other filmmakers whose work was not screened and came in vain." The Austrian's short film Oxytocin was in competition, and thus guaranteed to be shown. That didn't stop him from making a scene Friday evening at the Imperial.
The director wore a T-shirt with the words "F— Losik" (sic), he told the Montreal Gazette in an email.
"I tried to show solidarity with those who were insulted and deceived," he said.
File that under: "You know your festival's in trouble when …"
Not that Losique is one to listen to criticism. Last week, an open letter was sent by 21 "young filmmakers" to Losique, Mayor Denis Coderre, MNA Luc Fortin and Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, decrying the chaotic state of affairs at the FFM and demanding a formal apology from Losique.
They might be waiting a while for that. Losique is not one to admit a mistake.
"C'est pas de ma faute," he said when news of Cineplex Entertainment pulling out of the festival hit at the outset.
When most of his staff walked, they were called traitors and opportunists. But it doesn't take a genius to see that they left because they saw what was coming and didn't want any part of it.
Yet nothing is Losique's fault and, to hear him tell it, nothing's wrong.
"No more interviews," he told me when I crossed paths with him in the FFM offices a few days into the event. "Let's focus on the movies."
Easier said than done. The biggest shame with this 40th edition is that the movies got lost in the shuffle. The festival received more media coverage than it has in years, but it was almost all about the state of emergency in which it found itself.
The filmmakers were left on their own. The Montreal Gazette received numerous emails from directors, either lamenting their troubles with the FFM or desperately seeking assistance to help spread the word about their just-announced screening times.
The festival had no media relations team this year, leaving filmmakers and journalists on their own to connect with one another. One director I interviewed — Belgium's Nic Balthazar, whose Everybody Happy screened in competition — I tracked down on Facebook.
The FFM hasn't received any public funding since 2014, and following this year's festival you can bet the funding won't be coming back any time soon. So how exactly is the event's disastrous financial situation going to improve?
On the bright side, this 40th edition was nothing if not memorable. But what does Losique do for an encore?
In all seriousness, it's a scary question. Because you know it isn't over. The FFM will very likely be back next year — in what state, it remains to be seen.
On a solemn note, it was announced Monday that an FFM jury member had died. British producer Donald Ranvaud (Farewell My Concubine, The Constant Gardener), one of three jury members judging the festival's official competition, was 62.


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Saying NO can definitely be tricky.....let me create a scenario for you - which I'm sure we all can relate to;
Person X; "Hey (insert your name here), I really need a hand doing 'XYZ' – would you mind doing this for me?" blah blah blah....
You; (voice inside your head...say NO, you already have so much on your plate right now....SAY NO) "Sure, no worries" (voice in your head; WTF just happened here????????)
We're all guilty of saying yes when we really should be saying no, we've all fallen 'victim' to being the people pleaser......the trick is start to know your worth and perhaps even earn some respect while you're at it.
So how exactly does one go about saying NO without offending the other person (even if it's your boss...eeekkk). Good question, I'm glad you asked.
Here are a few suggestions for you to use to start you on your liberating path of learning to say no...and being okay with it.
You can't please everyone – remember, it is impossible to please everyone! Saying YES all the time can be debilitating, and you need to draw the line on when and how to say NO. Your inner people pleaser may feel like you are disappointing people, but if you constantly say yes, people will take advantage of you. And quite simply – that's not okay.
Allow yourself to weigh up the pros and cons of the request and think about the outcome. Do you actually have the time to take on this request? Is it advantageous to you? What are the risks of saying yes or no? Be firm without coming across as rude.
Avoid going into details when saying NO. Keep your reason short and simple – if you go into details (which we can all do at times out of guilt), you run the risk of being talked out of your NO into an insincere YES (insert face palm and that inner voice screaming at you 'what have you just done'?????).
People can be sneaky (and by sneaky, I mean manipulative). Know the things people use to get you to say YES….beacause, out of the goodness of your own heart and being a nice person, you have said yes so many times before. They know exactly what to say and do, to turn your NO into YES (see...sneaky) Recognise this tactic, and stand firm in your decision.
Be careful saying NO with an apology. Whilst it's a polite way to ease into your NO, be sure not to go overboard...nek minute (are people still saying that???) your apology is used against you, and your NO has turned into a YES (take it from an over apologiser....the buggers have a way of turning this against you and before you know it, you're off running errands for Susan and Janet).
Just Say NO (you may need to practice this a few times saying it to yourself in the mirror). Don't say 'maybe' or 'possibly'..... just plain, good old fashioned NO. This way, there is no room for a misunderstanding. The indirect use of NO can sometimes translated into YES. Be firm and just say "NO" (insert Alf Stewart into your sub-conscious saying...what part of NO don't you understand? The N or the O?..... good one Alf).
Offer an alternative - you could either recommend another person or suggest another way the task can be done. This way, you're letting them know that you are not just saying NO... but have put some thought into how you can help them out. You could even follow up on them later on, to see how they are going (show them that even though you said NO, it doesn't mean you were being thoughtless to their request).
So, in summary remember the following;
Value your time
Know your priorities
Practice saying no (but keep in mind, to weigh up the pros and cons)
You don't have to apologise for saying no
Remember, you can never be productive if you take on too many commitments, and it is definitely okay to say NO and not feel guilty about it. Good-luck!


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I just received my unit from gp32z (USA). Everything looks very promising. I'm testing it with a Canon 32MB SD card.
There's been a lot of buzz with the issues of the first batch. Here's what I can report:
- The screen is quite bright. I can see a slight flikering due to the diagonal lines reported. It's barely noticeable.
- Booting time is actually OK. Turning the unit on shows a white screen for 2 seconds, then the GP2X logo on a black background shows up for 8 seconds. The green background loading screen is then displayed for 15 seconds before the orange menu screen is displayed. This is a (consistent) total loading time of 25, but with the black, then green displays, it doesn't feel that long.
- The screen is not scratched (I removed both protections), but boy, does it attract fingerprints.
- The on-board speakers are mono but it's very hard to tell because they are so tiny. The sound quality of this kind of speakers is pretty poor anyway. I will not return my unit for this.
- The headphone sound quality is very good, and the volume is very good too. I listen at half the maximum volume. It's possible to turn the screen on and off by pressing the select button. The right and left channels are reversed as reported by other users.
- I played ogg audio files and xvid-encoded AVI video files. I confirm that mpg is not recogninzed as a video file. Pdf and html are not recognized either. At this point, I'm not sure what ebook format can be read.
- Only .txt (Plain-text) files can be read for now. Feel free to remove this message as you see fit.
- Iignotus 01:08, 27 November 2005 (GMT)
- The buttons and joystick are fairly responsive, no problem there.
- I did not test the battery life. The DC input connector is tiny, tiny. I need to find a power adapter like that.
- Radio Shack's 3V adapter, part number 273-1754 with adapter tip 'A', part number 273-1704 works. Make sure the center is '-'.
- Mike3k 01:28, 1 December 2005 (GMT)
- I did not test USB connection.
- I could not run any of the downloadable games :-( I must miss something. Update: since I'm using a 32MB card, it's formatted in FAT; a bigger card can be formatted in FAT32, that could solve the problem.
- All cards 2GB and under are formatted as FAT16 by default. There is no simply 'FAT' filesystem, but different types of it. Any card can be formatted to FAT32. Both FS types work with the GP2X by default. You need FAT32 to install the firmware. You do NOT need FAT32 to do anything else. You will need to install the SDL libraries in order to get the games working. Feel free to remove this message as you see fit.
- Iignotus 01:06, 27 November 2005 (GMT)
--Titousensei 00:25, 26 November 2005 (GMT)
Day 2: Trying to do something useful.
- I bought a 128MB Kodak card and formatted it to FAT32. BTW, FAT and FAT32 are windows designations for partition types. FAT16 and FAT12 are linux designations. Windows shows "FAT" for both FAT16 and FAT12 partitions. Anyway, I tried to upgrade the firmware following the rules posted somewhere else (only .img in the card, at the root) but I couldn't get the upgrade to work. When I turn the machine on, it displays the firmware upgrade screen for about 10 seconds, then changes to the green loading screen and freezes there forever. After several minutes it was still frozen and I turned the machine off. The firmware file was not delete from the card. I tried several times and it always does the same. I gave up for now until someone posts a better recipe.
- Trying to install the SDL libraries, I experimented with the .gpu files, since I just found they are shell scripts. For some reason, only the patch for the EBookViewer and MusicPlayer (patch20051117) was working. Everything I tried was failing, even just removing one line of the patch gpu was failing badly: frozen on black screen, must reboot. I finally figured out that editing under windows was the cause of my problems: CRLFs make the GP2X very unhappy. Editing the scripts in Unix mode (LF only) solved it and I was able to install the libraries and run a few scripts of mine (more below).
- Running and debugging scripts blind is not pleasant. The difference between success and failure is very subtle: if it returns in less than a second, it failed; if it took a couple of seconds, it worked. No success screen, and certainly no error message when it fails. Hard to debug in those conditions. I'll try to code something to make script debugging easier.
Here's an empty .gpu script:
#!/bin/sh # useful code goes here cd /usr/gp2x ./gp2xmenu
The fact that the script needs to go back to gp2xmenu tells me that it's executed as exec without a fork. A script without this would freeze the machine. But this also means an alternative menu can be tested this way.
- I was able to run an ls -Rl of the entire filesystem, copy /etc and /var/log/dmesg on the SD, and run a few commands (printenv, date, this sort of things). I learned some interesting things:
- the root filesystem / is mounted as rw, which means copying to the fileystem actually patches the OS. COnvenient but dangerous, especially since everything runs as root. Hopefully the critical files are protected, but I'm not sure jffs2 supports chattr commands.
- /etc/profile runs rm /mnt/sd/gp2xboot.img and rm /mnt/sd/gp2xkernel.img and remounts the SD card in vfat, then executes cd /usr/gp2x; ./gp2xmenu
- the default shell is bash. Not sure what version.
- The menu and applications run in runlevel 3.
- Reported memory is 32MB; free memory is 20MB.
- ttyS0, ttyS1 and ttyS2 are activated on boot. It might be possible to use one as console output with an EXT cable or debugging, and possibly telnet.
- NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0xec, Chip ID: 0x76 (Samsung NAND 64MiB 3,3V 8-bit). Creating 5 MTD partitions on "NAND 64MiB 3,3V 8-bit": "Bootloader", "Param", "Kernel", "Filesystem", "Extend". Whatever that means
- NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.97 (double precision)
- I found a few bugs in the menu (deleting files does not refresh the list, this kind of things). Nothing major, but I'll be glad to have the source of gp2xmenu to fix a few things myself. I don't think it's GPL, though.
- EBookViewer is pretty useless in the current state: it only recognizes txt files. Explorer is can only be used to delete files, which is the function on the default button! (and the confirmation is the same button! argh!)
--Titousensei 20:28, 27 November 2005 (GMT)
For an unknown reason, the SD card is now mounted read-only on my machine: the same scripts that worked yesterday to copy part of the filesystem to the SD card are now failing. I added the following line to one of the scripts and it worked.
mount -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8 -o remount -o rw /dev/mmcsd/disc0/part1 /mnt/sd
I wasted most of my evening figuring out what was going on :-(
--Titousensei 08:53, 28 November 2005 (GMT)
Day 3: successful firmware upgrade to 1.0.1
From Windows XP with a built-in card reader machine. See Talk:Firmware_Upgrade for more info.
--Titousensei 05:09, 29 November 2005 (GMT)
Do you fancy e-mailing me an SD card image as you suggested in Talk:Firmware Upgrade? I'm at michael@<my-user-name>.co.uk Araneidae 19:47, 29 November 2005 (GMT)
Day 4: compiling
After many attempts to use devkitGP2X, I finally found this post from Guyfawkes. I was able to compile and run HelloPixel from Writing_an_SDL_Hello_World, but I could not load a BMP like the next example, because bmp = SDL_LoadBMP("test.bmp"); is null (even with the full path).
As other reported, using SDL_image give linking error, so I'm stuck with BMP for now.
It compiles in static and I think I'm missing a few files to compile against dynamic libraries (which should allow SDL_image).
Exiting the program is a bit tricky because the GP2X doesn't reload the menu, so I'm debugging with this script, called sdltest.gpe (borrowed the idea from sopwith_camel):
#!/bin/sh mount -t vfat -o iocharset=utf8,remount,rw,sync /dev/mmcsd/disc0/part1 /mnt/sd ./sdltest > out.txt 2>&1 # return to normal cd /usr/gp2x ./gp2xmenu
where sdltest is my executable. Renaming the executable to .gpe works too, but it does not reload the menu (I'm using the e-book reader to read out.txt, clever ;-). Oh, I guess I could exit by exec("/usr/gp2x/gp2xmenu"), but I would loose my only debbugging output. There's not a lot of source examples out there right now, I wish everybody was releasing their source in GPL ;-)
Day 5: Displaying a BMP
I finally figured out what was wrong with my bmp image: it was saves with RLE compression, it should not. It's showing properly now. I won't be experimenting tonight to get dynamic linking, I think I'll try the new games released today, and perhaps try to make my first useful app with rlyeh's minimal library v0.7.
At least I know what I need to buy/build next form my GP2x: a serial cable to get the console debug information. Printing the output ont the SD in a file is just not funny.
--Titousensei 05:49, 1 December 2005 (GMT)


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YAKIMA, Washington – CubCrafters will significantly increase production of the line of light two-place tandem aircraft it manufactures in 2019, according to company officials.
"Backcountry flying is increasing in popularity and CubCrafters has seen continuous sales growth since the introduction of the Light Sport Carbon Cub in 2009," said CubCrafters' Director of Sales Brad Damm. "The launch of the Part 23 Certified XCub in 2016 and the addition of the Garmin G3X glass avionics package for the XCub in 2017 further accelerated sales. Now, with the introduction of the new third generation of the Carbon Cub that includes an advanced engine and constant speed propeller, our order backlog has increased to almost two years."
CubCrafters took deposits for more than 100 new factory-built aircraft in 2017, with over 40 of those orders occurring in the fourth quarter alone, he reports.
Sales were boosted in large part by the introduction of the new Carbon Cub FX-3 and XCub's EFIS panel options, officials explain.
Today, the product line has expanded to include six production aircraft models.
Also contributing to the company's success is its "Factory eXperimental" (FX) Builder Assist program, where owners participate in the fabrication and assembly of their own Experimental Amateur Built (E-AB) certified aircraft at the factory.
CubCrafters also offers two versions of Carbon Cub kits for owner assembly and certification offsite.
"During development and FAA certification testing of our new XCub, we planned for the contingency of expanded production," says Patrick Horgan, CubCrafters Vice President of Operations and Product Development. "Increased sales volumes necessitated the execution of our plans. Our manufacturing floor space was increased over 50% through the construction of three new fabrication facilities. Our teams carefully assessed and refined critical fabrication and assembly processes to further minimize waste while optimizing quality and throughput. We are certainly grateful for the market response to the XCub and FX-3."
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Sunflowers from Jen and Rachelle who I should be on a plane to meet right now. I'm sure they can handle the panel without me.
Also an unexpected package arrived from Nicole with two adorable dresses for the girls (genius design made from vintage pillow cases) and a knitting needle bag for me.
With Mark home and feeling better, Wednesday was one awesome day.


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A trial is due to start today for the local children's entertainer known as Klutzy the Clown.
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Fellow cofffee-connoiseurs, brew buddies and espresso epicureans,
We've dedicated this month to origin trips - remembering the old and embarking on the new, sharing each moment with you as we go along. But in our "dedication" we realized...we've never stopped to share the WHY behind origin trips. Perhaps you already know why! Or maybe you didn't stop to ask why since it seems like it's just "what cafes do." But we never want "just because" to be a sufficient answer - we want to be open and transparent with you, the reader and consumer, because there's no reason not to be! So we tapped into the mind of CREMA's co-founder Rachel, to be able to share more thoroughly our purpose behind origin trips.
Q: Let's really bring it back to the basics - for those just tuning in for the first time, or for folks who choose not to engage with context clues, why don't you tell us in your own words what an origin trip actually is?
A: An Origin trip is a journey back to the fundamental places where our coffee comes from. It teaches us about the green coffee we serve, its cultivation, processing and cultural challenges.
Q: International travel isn't necessarily inexpensive - why invest funds in origin trips instead of some other avenue for CREMA?
A: We are looking for something special and we want to find consistency year by year. Our relationship coffees are the backbone of our menu so we find it valuable to maintain them. Plus, it's just plain fun! We get to visit amazing places and connect with people who are passionate about sharing with us what they're doing.
Our reason & purpose for doing it is for perspective. It gives us a window into the lives of the people we buy coffee from, whether that's agricultural or processing. Also to continue ongoing relationships with people we have relationships with if we can (based on proximity and accessibility). It all comes back to PERSPECTIVE for me because it changes how we do our job. It connects us to the product and the people.
Q: CREMA has a tradition of sending baristas to origin - what is it that you hope for them to get out of the experience?
A: We want every person on our team to have a lifelong perspective, a positive impression of what they did with their time at CREMA. It changes people's ideas of what they do day in and day out. They value their job more and the product they serve. My goal is that they remember that and take it with them. It's a reward, too, for their investment in the company of their time, skills, energy & passion! An origin trip isn't something most Baristas get to do, so we see it as an amazing opportunity to share with Baristas a bigger picture of what they do here.
Q: What impact would it make on your sourcing if you didn't make yearly origin trips?
A: The biggest impact would be that we would miss out on feeling connected to a place and a specific community of people. Quality is important, but sometimes crop numbers are down or rust affects crops and it gives us a chance to touch base with our producers in a genuine way. It changes our priorities to being about people and places, not so much just the quality. Logistically, it keeps the price consistent for us, which makes a major difference year in and year out. You also get a higher tier in access to special lots. Wilford (Elida Estate, Panama) sells out of all his Geishas each year, but buyers that make the trip to him get first pick. We'd miss out on special opportunities like that in our sourcing of rare coffees and that would certainly be unfortunate, both for us and for the CREMA customer.
Our hope is that we have illuminated for you why CREMA chooses to integrate yearly origin trips into our priorities. So what now? For CREMA, Rachel says she hopes to see travels to Kenya or Ethiopia in their near future. For you, read more about past origin trips or join our team and go on an origin trip yourself!