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what is campaign messaging, how to frame issues, and the narratives of the 2016 Election.
Successful Messaging is the centerpiece of any campaign. It represents the hopes and fears that a campaign communicates to voters and it must be interpreted with near-perfect clarity in order to be effective. Campaign messaging involves the YouTube videos, Facebook graphics, dank Instagram memes, and unbearable fundraising emails campaigns send out. It is yard signs, mailers, handouts, and anything a door knocker says to you. It is the "spin" that accepts certain facts and ignores others and is what drives support, donations, volunteerism and ultimately votes.
Messaging is about story telling
Campaign messaging involves the creation of narratives that positively or negatively reflect a candidate, organization, or bill. These narratives, or stories, serve as all-important tools for defining what a campaign or candidate stands for or against. Here's an analogy: In politics, the daily news stories, debates, and interviews are like scenes that collectively define an epic film. Your favorite candidate is the leading role and each scene helps to define the story of the candidate. Is he or she fighting a revolution, breaking down barriers, leading us back to the light, or something else? Each is a story that must be told in a different way and with different words.
In short ,campaign messaging is meant to control the day to day conversations (scenes) in order to effect the long term narrative (film).
An example
While working in Kentucky against Mitch McConnell, our messaging centered around his lengthy 30-year Senate run and how Kentucky fared over those years (hint: not well). We ended attack ads with "30 years is long enough". From coal jobs to graduation rates, the use of correlating data in the narrative implied to the other side - this isn't working, so why do you want more of the same?
"Our Schools suck" -- "Mitch Has had 30 years to improve them and hasn't!"
"We have a drug problem" -- "in Mitch's 30 years, he's let the drug problems get worse!"
"Coal jobs..." -- "He wasn't able to save your jobs then, he's not bringing them back now -- 30 years is long enough!"
The story we were telling was that Kentucky was doing poorly, and that more of the same would surely lead the state to more of the same poor results. But to tell that story successfully, every issue had to be re-framed to fit the "30 years is long enough" narrative. For each answered question on tv, on the radio, and in the newspaper, the campaign had to hit the point that everything had gotten worse while Mitch McConnell was in office. Intersectionality out the door, Kentucky's problems couldn't even be addressed until Mitch was out of office.
Framing the Message
The Community Tool Box defines framing in the most useful way for the context of political campaigns:
In other words, framing is determined by the context you supply when presenting an issue based on the audience the message is intended for.
In Kentucky, we knew our audience was primarily working class and blue collar folks, so our messaging worked accordingly: If I had a job for 30 years and didn't get anything done, I'd be fired! So let's fire Mitch!
With all of that in mind, we can create our own definition for what proper campaign messaging is: Campaign messaging is the long-form story a campaign tells to a specific group by constantly re-framing issues on the short-term to satisfy that pre-determined long-form narrative.
How to tell when you are being framed
Spotting political framing isn't as difficult as one might expect.
There are three easily spotted giveaways when deciding if a message is being framed to fit a specific campaign narrative. They are (1)Strong Verbs, (2)Analogies and metaphors, and (3)Visions or Dreams of the Future.
Strong Verbs signal serious framing at play. Baby Killer instead of abortion doctor. Special interests flooding elections not just legally funding. Bills that are job-killers. Death panels and Death taxes. Anytime you see a strong verb or word with intense action or feeling (see Donald Trump's use of tremendous and 'uge), the writer or speaker is trying to frame the debate on their terms.
On the converse, Frank Luntz (who invented the term death-tax) helped George Bush change the scary conversation about global warming to a more dismissable one about climate change. Warming means the temperature is only going up and we needed to slow that as much as possible. Change implies it sways and has always changed and will continue to change and that's how God intended it to be. The softening of the language slowed global warming's momentum as a priority issue and continues to shape public opinion.
Analogies and metaphors are Obama's specialties. Here he is in top form framing the issues at hand by literally telling a make-believe story:
At this point, I have no idea if this made sense at the time, but it doesn't really matter. Analogies allow campaigns to re-frame debates based on anything they'd like, and literally tell any story they want. In this particular piece, the dings and dents and mud are probably awful concessions Obama had to make in order to get a bill through. He wants supporters to remember that getting the car to it's destination was the primary goal, and that it was achieved despite challenges. That is the message and so that is the story he tells.
A Vision of the Future is the final common framing technique. Whenever someone asks you to imagine or to dream, or to close your eyes -- they are about to sell you something.
Tom's Shoes famously donates a pair of shoes for every pair they sell, a refrain often heard about from the brand's patrons. Even right now their website is capitalizing off this narrative, inviting you to explore how it's even possible:
They are framing the decision to purchase their shoes as a decision on if you will help a child in need or not. You don't want to buy Tom's Shoes -- does that mean you don't want to help a child in need? By not buying their shoes, you are implicitly allowing a child to go shoe-less. How selfish! It is brilliant messaging, and the program actually does do a lot of good.
What stories are the candidates telling in 2016?
The stories 2016's remaining candidates are telling are easy to decipher. Here's a glimpse into the campaign messaging still at play in 2016:
Bernie wants a political revolution that empowers the average person, upends the status-quo, and creates real systemic change based on equality. His primary framing tool is envisioning the future. He backs up his claims not with successful legislation, but with a history of being on the right side of tough decisions in history, and a campaign supported by $27 donations.
Hillary will be the first female president, a feat that by itself makes her anti status-quo. Her primary framing tools are analogies (Like when she claims Bernie is good at diagnosing the problem but not prescribing the medicine, or Like the "crack the glass ceiling" metaphor in This Video I shot for Alison Grimes). Her experience and foreign policy prowess bring her legitimacy, as well as the support of basically every Democrat in office everywhere.
Donald Trump is tough and wants America to be tough too. Political correctness is the problem and is what prevents problems from being solved. His primary framing tool is Strong verbs (strong, terrible, huge, tremendous, "murderers and rapists", "until we know what in the hell is going on", "punish their families"). His legitimacy is derived from his net-worth, his self-proclaimed self-funded campaign, and decades of commercial success.
If you look at any answer they give, it will be rooted in something from these stories. And most interestingly, each candidate derives their framing in a different way. 3 candidates. 3 different strategies for framing their messages. No wonder this primary season was so good.


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Barker and Coutts Architects (BACA) was formed by Robert Barker and Richard Coutts in 2003. Prior to forming BACA, Barker worked for Rivington Street Studio and Birds Portchmouth Russum, and Coutts worked in Malaysia and Australia for Ken Yeang and Farrells, and in the UK for Andrew Wright Associates.
Surely the bravest or most trusting of parents are those who allow their ambitious young architect progeny to cut their teeth at their expense. This is an age-old tradition, with some of the greatest names in British architecture having started this way. I well remember interviewing Simon Allford in the pool of the exquisite RIBA Award-winning Pool House he designed for his parents in Wiltshire. It was an excellent example of parental patronage that gave an early chance to what became one of the most successful young architectural practices of the '90s - and the wet interview made great television.
Robert Barker's clients are his parents, computer software designer Richard and environmentalist Barbara, who seven years ago exchanged the safety of their Berkshire village house for 180ha of a Devon valley - including the completely overgrown ruins of Fowlescombe, a 17th-century manor house. That is the least of it. The Barkers have also swapped their hectic international business lifestyle (Richard was previously on the board of computing giant Oracle) for the bucolic business of farming their herd of prize Aberdeen Angus cattle and a fine collection of rare-breed sheep.
The Barkers had given themselves a challenge: to make their own elegant living and practical working environment, set in a wildlife sanctuary. They pitched their caravan and started to think. This was never going to be a one-hit project, but was to evolve in incremental steps. As an architecture student at the RCA, the young Barker was fortunate enough to be involved in a parallel practical education, working with the highly respected Totnes-based architect Harrison Sutton on design ideas for the house and more significantly the garden - all within a concept that had evolved through family discussion and model-making on and around the kitchen table.
As in all the best-laid plans, the process started with research. Old maps and photographs revealed hidden routes, ponds, orchards and walled gardens. The reestablishment of the historical footpath that ran through the orchard, behind the house and down to the mansion became a key organising device and an important influence in the planning of the house and farmyard. The house was reordered to take advantage of the glorious view down the valley by introducing a glazed gallery along the line of the footpath, pouring light throughout the house and giving a new west-facing front door - which might have been counterintuitive if not explained by the historical analysis and outstanding topography.
The radical reordering of the Georgian farmhouse was just the beginning of the transformation process, which is most marked in the landscape and garden structures. While it can never be compared with Charles and Maggie Jencks' wonderful land-sculpted garden near Dalkeith, Barker has clearly followed the same principles of earth moving to form unapologetic man-made interference in the natural landscape - starting with the decision to bring the drive down the valley and then swing it round to the new front door.
This set up the conditions to build a raised plateau that gives a level lawn setting for the old house front, and a platform from which to concentrate on the distant views - as if standing at the top of a cliff, unable to see the land below. This effect is accentuated by defining the edge of the lawn with a narrow precast concrete 'moat' which, particularly when lit at night, adds to the magic of the place and provides a gift to the architectural photographer. This lawn, retained by precast-concrete stepped slabs forming a planted wall, contains the excavated waste from the formation of the garden below it. The planted wall echoes the articulation of the new battered dry-stone wall to the driveway, which is punctured by planted niches, and, together with the extension of the drive's avenue of trees, gives protection from the prevailing winds to the lower garden.
The lower garden is home to a mixture of perennial and evergreen planting which softens its sharp features and acts as a setting to Barker's principal architectural intervention - the startling yellow-painted steel pergola and glasshouse.
The steel structure follows the curve of the driveway wall and rests lightly on its top, giving a glimpse of the clerestory vents and faceted glass covering as one approaches the entrance to the house, while providing almost total protection to this sheltered garden. The vents are designed to open automatically to harness the prevailing winds and ventilate the south-facing palm house.
While an essentially pragmatic structure, its armadillo form, housing exotic plants, brings sparkle to the garden and the views from the house and lawn. The garden is enlivened by flowing water, spouting from the retaining wall above and flowing down through the stream into the valley beyond.
Below the house and garden - separated by the drive - are the old 'shippen' barns which are the subject of Barker's first fully independent commission by his new practice BACA, providing a mix of commercial, community and holiday accommodation - and giving a well-judged contemporary lift to the old stone courtyard structures.
While this may all seem like the indulgence of a couple that has made good, there is clear method in their madness and the faith placed in their architect son has paid off. Nothing here is extravagant. While main contractors were involved, much of the work has been administered by themselves;
bringing in subcontractors, including the neighbouring farmer to manufacture and erect the planted concrete retaining wall and the new agricultural barns. The result is a combination of the application of sound research, a fruitful imagination and loyal perfectionist clients on a mission to achieve their own rural micro-utopia.
Costs Cost analysis based on gross external floor area.
Costs refer to final account.
GLASSHOUSE SUPERSTRUCTURE Steel frame N/A Steel pergola and structure for glasshouse, including supports for glass Glass £250/m 2Manufacture and installation of all glazing panels excluding vents, clerestory and doors Vents and controllers N/A Supply and fitting of electric actuators, (electrical installation elsewhere) Doors and mechanism £480/m 2Suspended door kit and glass doors Clerestory and vents £640/m 2Zig-zag glass clerestory including opening panels, sills and build-up of sills PRELIMINARIES N/A Preliminaries; OHP; contractor's glazing; design;
engineering design; travel and accommodation EXTERNAL WORKS SUBSTRUCTURE Groundworks £16/m 2All earthworks and excavations to reduce/raise levels but excluding trench runs for foundations and drains Foundations £38/m 2All supply and construction of concrete foundations, including trenches Drainage £10/m 2All supply and construction of pipe runs, including biotec treatment plant but excluding water supplies etc SUPERSTRUCTURE Stone walls £95/m 2Construction of block walling, internal skin and stone facing. Excluding stone supply, which was from site Rendered walls £45/m 2Construction of block walling and rendered finish, including all materials Plateau terracing £70/m 2Installation of all concrete panels, moat etc Caithness terracing £50/m 2Installation of all flagstones to terraces, including construction of stairs and cutting and facing to steps etc FITTINGS AND FIXTURES Light fittings, cables etc N/A All light fittings, including moat light; pergola cables Planting N/A Supply of bought plants, three trees and tropical plants.
Planting carried out by client FINISHES Terracing £28/m 2Supply of natural Caithness flagstones Concrete moat £205/m 2Prefabricated moat sections (based on 0.7m standard width) Concrete panels £75/m 2Prefabricated concrete panels for plateau terracing Timber boarding N/A Timber decking and supports to glasshouse and part back of house SERVICES Electrical and lighting N/A Electrical installation of all fittings and actuators to glasshouse Plumbing N/A Heating system to glasshouse; water supply and installation to garden (from spring and mains) PRELIMINARIES N/A Machinery Hire; OHP Credits FARMHOUSE Architect Harrison Sutton Architects Structural engineer Paul Carpenter Associates Main contractor Jenkins and Pengelly Electrical contractor Watson Electrical Torquay Heating engineer and contractor Cooks Plumbing and Heating BARN CONVERSION AND ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS Construction Cost £580,000 Construction Period December 2004 - October 2005 Architect Barker and Coutts Architects (BACA):
Robert Barker, Richard Coutts Structural engineer Paul Carpenter Associates Main contractor Hayman Construction Electrical contractor Montrose Electrical Plumbing Pete Glasson GLASSHOUSE Construction Cost £72,700 (Metal UK contract + actuators only) Tender date April 2004 Gross external area 65m 2 (not including pergola area) Construction Period November 2004 - August 2005 Architect BACA Glazing contractor Metal UK (structure and glazing) Contractor Jenkins and Pengelly (walls, terracing, decking, electrical and plumbing works) Electrical contractor Watson Electrical Heating engineer and contractor Cooks Plumbing and Heating GARDENS Construction cost £243,000 (including planting) Tender date July 2003 Construction Period November 2003 - December 2004 Extent of gardens work 3,000m 2Architect Robert Barker with Harrison Sutton Architects Structural engineer Paul Carpenter Associates Main contractor Jenkins and Pengelly Electrical contractor Watson Electrical Concrete terracing Trevor Coles Concrete moat Thorverton Stone
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Apologies Issued From The AMC Theater Group
By DAVE GOSSETT
For the News-Register
Officials with the AMC Theaters sent email apologies to local civil rights activist Delores Wiggins and Bishop Jermaine Moore of the Mount Zion Baptist Church regarding an Easter Sunday incident at the Carmike Theaters theaters at the Fort Steuben Mall.
And Ryan Noonan, director of corporate communications, issued a statement Thursday admitting an error by the theater staff.
"We have been in communication with Bishop Moore multiple times to deliver a direct apology both from the theater's management staff and from AMC Theatres. This incident does not reflect the AMC movie-going experience that we strive to deliver to our guests every day, and we are taking it as an opportunity to provide additional training to the theater team," said Noonan.
"We offer our sincerest apology to Bishop Moore and his party for the situation they experienced at our Steubenville theater. The usher on duty observed a small group of people entering the theater through an exit door. That usher began entering auditoriums looking for these individuals and mistakenly identified Bishop Moore and his party. Bishop Moore should not have been approached and we regret how this situation was handled at the theater," Brian Douglass, director, operations excellence for AMC Theaters wrote in his e-mail.
"We have retained a lawyer because we refuse to take this kind of treatment. We are humans and the people at the theater should not talk to people like this. The boycott days are not over. If we have to we will do that. I believe the ticket taker, the shift manager and the general manager should be fired," Wiggins said.
Moore said he will not return to the Carmike Theaters and has posted his version of the incident on social media.
"When you returned to the theater on Monday to speak to the theater's general manager about these issues she felt overwhelmed by the situation, which is why she didn't respond. Following that she reached out to AMC leadership for guidance, which we have provided," concluded Douglass.
"We appreciate the letter Mr. Douglass sent. But in my 45 years working in civil rights, never have I known a situation like this. I prefer to sit at a table to discuss issues because at the end you get results," Wiggins noted.
A second letter from the local theater general manager, hourly manager and crew member was sent to Moore and Wiggins offering an apology for the incident.
"I take full responsibility for the actions of my team. I also apologize for not personally acting on opportunities to discuss the situation the following day. I have been in the movie theater business for 18 years and I continue to learn every day from my successes and my mistakes. This has been a learning moment for me and I guarantee it has been a learning moment for my team and others at AMC that will allow us to better serve this community," wrote General Manager Tami Hosterman.
"I cannot change the experience you had but I would like to personally invite you and your party to join us as our guests again and afford us another opportunity to show that our service delivery is much better than what your experienced. Additionally we would like to offer a screening at our theater for you and your congregation or in support of a charitable organization of your choice," concluded Hosterman.
The incident at the theater involved Moore and three members of his congregation who were watching "The Fate of the Furious" movie. "I had Easter dinner with my parishioners and mentioned I was going to see the movie. My friends said they would also like to see it, so we all went to the theater at the mall. There were approximately 20 people in the theater. My friend Charles Prentice paid for the tickets, his fiancee bought popcorn and I bought two drinks and a bag of small Snickers. The usher who took our tickets directed us to Theater 2 and we went in and sat down. Maybe 20 minutes into the movie the usher came in with a flashlight and started looking around the theater and interrupting the movie," related Moore.
"He came back in a second time and came straight to me and said, 'you don't have a ticket, come with me.' I showed him my ticket and he finally left. Then the City Police showed up several minutes later and asked us to step out of the theater. I went out and the officer said the theater management was accusing us of sneaking into the theater. I showed the police officer my ticket and he was very understanding and they left," Moore continued.
According to the Steubenville Police report, "Mr. Prentice felt their group was singled out and the usher did not ask anyone else in the room for their tickets. Mr. Prentice walked out to speak to the manager with officers and advised he wanted his money back and that he was displeased with the theater. Mr. Prentice showed the manager his ticket at this time. Officers left both parties to remedy the matter as they see fit."


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Welcome to African Plural Art - "Where Art Meets Lifestyle!"
A San Francisco African Art Gallery located in the historic Fillmore District, showcasing African Tribal Artifacts, hand-crafted African Art, Jewelry, Trade Beads, Textiles, Furniture and Interior Design Elements.
African Plural Art is the manifestation of a lifelong passion - to promote African Art and culture, as well as contribute to the local economy of Africa.
Welcome to this experience - where Art and Lifestyle meet with you and your home.


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22 April 2016
A Lovely Day
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Oh Lucy, you look so happy out there in the sun. Keep on having some fun.ReplyDelete
That does look very pleasant, Lucy It's rather grey and rainy here today.ReplyDelete
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Warm sun and moss. Life couldn't be any better, could it, Lucy? Purrs!ReplyDelete
Oh, I am so jealous of your mossy roll! That must have been divine.ReplyDelete
What a fun time you're having outside, Lucy. Roll a few times for us. :)ReplyDelete
oh it looks like a lovely day! Hope you get to stay out! catchatwithcarenandcodyReplyDelete
I got to go outside for a while on my leash! My human and I saw a squirrel and she thought I might like to get a look from the same side of the glass, MOL! But it left as soon as we came out.ReplyDelete
Misty May also loves rolling around on the pavement in the sun. That does indeed look like a lovely day. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista JoReplyDelete
You are really enjoying that sun and that moss! Wonderful. :)ReplyDelete
Looks like you are enjoying the sun. It has been raining here most of the day.ReplyDelete
I hope you have a rolling good weekend pretty Lucy!ReplyDelete
Oh, pretty Lucy, that looks delightful there in the sun! Enjoy your roll on the ground and moss!ReplyDelete
Hugs to you, Hannah and Mum!
Looks like you had a nice day Lucy.ReplyDelete
What a lovely day, and what a pleasant way to spend it ! PurrsReplyDelete
Ah what a joy to roll about in wonderful smelling and wonderful textured things!!!ReplyDelete
What a purrfect spot for rolling around, Lucy!ReplyDelete
What a lovely outing you had Lucy.ReplyDelete
A great place to roll around too :)
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure and JJ


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Lucky punter lands astonishing £9million jackpot after betting just £2 on slot machine
Rodolfo T made a fortune while on holiday in Las Vegas.
A LUCKY punter won £9million from a £2 bet in a Las Vegas slot machine.
The now multi-millionaire, known only as Rodolfo T, landed his fortune while staying at the Fremont Hotel and Casino on holiday.
Fremont vice president and general manager Jim Sullivan told the Las Vegas Review Journal: "The Fremont has awarded many thousands of jackpots throughout its 60-year history in Las Vegas, but none quite like this.
"We're incredibly excited to be part of this amazing jackpot."
Rodolfo struck lucky while on the IGT Megabucks Double machine.
Despite it being a huge win, it didn't quite manage to beat the record set for a Megabucks machine in 2003 when a punter won £31million at the Excalibur in Las Vegas.
Earlier this month one lucky Brit came forward to scoop a whopping £51.7 million EuroMillions jackpot.
The prize money makes the mystery winner as rich as global megastar Ed Sheeran.
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Chief executive pay is on the rise once again, and the climb in stock prices likely has something to do with it. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, median pay among chief executives at 104 top American companies climbed by 6.8% over the course of fiscal year 2016. This brought the median pay level for those CEOs to $11.5 million for that year, according to the analysis. Could this be part of a larger trend that is pointing away from the postrecession stagnation of recent years? Or is it a localized event tied to the recent success of the stock market?
Two Times As Many Companies Increased Pay
According to the report, twice as many of the companies in question increased the pay levels for their chief executives as compared with those that reduced it. That is not to say, however, that all top-level executives of the biggest companies saw pay increases in the past year. Apple, Inc.'s Tim Cook and General Electric Co.'s Jeff Immelt both sustained large pay cuts in the past few months, for instance.
The survey of American companies covered about 20% of the S&P 500 and reveal that the trend of decreases in CEO pay found in 2015 may have just been temporary. In fiscal year 2015, for example, median annual salaries for a similar group of CEOs had fallen to about $10.8 million. This represented either a pay cut or a raise of no more than 1.5% for most of the CEOs in question at that time. With median salaries pushing $12 million in some cases for last year, though, that seems to have shifted.
Links to the Stock Market
Corporate profits and stock price climbs likely contributed to the higher pay levels last year. Those companies in question posted median total returns of about 17% for fiscal year 2016, a huge step up from 2015's return of 4.5% for the same group. The total return includes both changes to the share price of each company's stock as well as dividend payments for the time period.
In many cases, CEOs received increased stock or stock options as part of their heightened pay. Institutional Shareholder Services, a proxy advisory firm, has indicated that increasing equity awards have outpaced the declines found in cash incentive pay. Thus, while cash bonuses have fallen by approximately 1.4% for the companies in question, stock awards have climbed by 7.4%, with options rising by 3%.
The biggest question on the minds of investors may now be whether these latest results are signs of strength in the months to come, or if the increased CEO pay levels suggest a reflection of past successes which may not continue.


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Jurassic Boy 2
From Sonic Retro
|Jurassic Boy 2
|Publisher: Thin Chen Enterprise (Sachen)
|System(s): Famicom, Game Boy
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|Genre: Action
Jurassic Boy 2, also known simply as Jurassic Boy and Jurassic Boy II is an unlicensed Famicom game released by Sachen in 1994. It was later ported to the Game Boy Color.
You control a pink dinosaur named Chen who stops a mad scientist, Dr. Crachi, from kidnapping his family and obtaining a "gene" that is needed in the future to make complete dinosaurs. The gameplay and level design is very obviously based on Sonic the Hedgehog. Despite its name, no "Jurassic Boy 1" was ever produced.
In the year 2193, "Dinosaurs" become a popular subject again. Scientists all work to try and revive the dinosaurs.
Nevertheless, they still lack a special gene. This causes all the dinosaurs they cultivate to be incomplete.
Many countries then intend to buy dinosaurian fossils at high prices in order to get the gene. But it seems that it's not so easy.
No one can do anything to resolve this problem until Dr. Crachi invents a "Time Space" machine in the year 2197.
Jurassic Boy 2 is an attempt to bring Sonic the Hedgehog-style gameplay to Nintendo's 8-bit Famicom console, however the main character, Chen, cannot roll along the ground like Sonic. There are seven levels.
When brought to the Game Boy Color, the physics were altered, allowing Chen to jump higher and move faster across the screen. This version appears to have been designed exclusively with the Game Boy Color in mind - while technically compatible with black-and-white Game Boy models, Jurassic Boy 2 runs at a much slower speed on these systems, and will not physically fit in the cartridge slot without modifications.
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see the smiley next to my comment? thats a hint! lol
see the smiley next to my comment? thats a hint! lol
well I would ask if you guys were excited, only 5 more days till CDML, but tpr103 is the only one coming out of you pansies!
I can't wait! Heck i'm more excited about CDML on Saturday than I am closing on my house on Friday
i know i am!!! but you already knew that
I had a bad time today with the supervisor at work, he called the owner and tried to get me screwed over, at the end of the afternoon, the sucker told me I have to work tomorrow.
I still don't know how much work has to be done, but I am almost sure I wont have time to go.
I'll do my best to rep for the HD crowd! Tpr103 will be there to help as well just in the half-pint HD (aka L)
bmxer texted me yesterday saying he was going to try and make it too but he may be a little late.
But hey look on the bright side hoff, work on a saturday means mod money for sunday! lol
Its been 753 days since I last had spider monkey
5/19/08 at my built motor install mod part at tattoostuff's shop!
wheres the pics of CDML?? josh i know you had to have taken pictures... ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????
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Lauren took over 400 pics, and it wasn't even 1/3rd of the vehicles there
And no, they're not getting posted. A show of that size....you really just gotta be there!!!
mannnn u SUCK!.. birng em with you on saturday.. i wanna check out the cars man...
(typical josh answer to that comment) coming in 3......2...........1..
well if you would have went you woudl have seen everything and not needed to see my pictures...
Leave it to my dumb a$$ to do a big burnout around a turn just to find myself right next to two cops . Oh well I went to them so they didnt have to drop what they were doing . I let the crowd that forumed make fun of em n what not, I got away clean.


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the place in which one's domestic affections are centered
an institution for the homeless, sick, etc
:a nursing home
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home plate
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to the mark or point aimed at:He drove the point home
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in one's own town or country
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equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins
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This "train of the day" doesn't exist yet. The video clip is a 10-minute promotional film, On Track for the Future, for a 700-mile High-Speed Rail scheme in California.
It would link San Diego with Sacramento via Los Angeles and San Francisco.
It's nice to see that some Americans are at last seeing the light. Note that some of the visuals use Eurostar as an example.


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Thursday, May 24, 2007
She sued the Federal and South Australian Governments, defended herself in a five-month court-case - and won!
In 1987 the South Australian government ceased funding the Christies Beach womens shelter, due, it said, to 'unsubstantiated allegations' of misappropriation of funds, sexual misconduct, intimidation, physical harassment, and unprofessional conduct.
Fifteen years later - June 21st 2002 - Supreme Court judge Justice Debelle said all these allegations were false, and the then womens shelter administrator Dawn Rowan, who largely represented herself, was awarded damages of half a million dollars. Taxpayers have paid millions, says Dawn, for the S.A. and Federal Governments to 'defend the indefensible'. The saga isn't finished yet. There's an appeal pending - costs again courtesy of the Australian taxpayer!
I first met her via a phone call at an odd Easter hour six years ago.
'Hi, my name's Dawn Rowan. You don't know me, but I've just heard you on the ABC. I've got to talk to you. Urgently!'
The radio program had been about the classical Christian discipline of Spiritual Direction - how we help one another to try to understand the ways of God.
In our first session she quickly tossed in her two main agendas. 'I'm a therapist, working with the adult survivors of childhood ritual, satanic, emotional, sexual and physical abuse. I want to know where God was when those babies were born to be tortured.'
'The second: I'm taking two governments and two TV networks to court. I'm up against the most powerful elites in our nation, and I need support somewhere!'
Two hundred counselling-hours later we're still talking.
People like Dawn Rowan make interesting counsellees. I have clients who are psychiatrists, psychologists and, in my specialised work, many clergy and their spouses, and it's intimidating to talk with someone who is analysing - albeit sometimes unconsciously - your counselling techniques. Dawn has herself been a counsellor since 1970 - in schools and the women's liberation centre in Adelaide - before she managed the Christies Beach Womens Shelter. But I found her at all times to be emotionally genuine, scrupulously honest about her feelings and the events we discussed, able to cry (which happened frequently) and very fluent when she got angry about the abuse she felt she had received from various authority figures.
A dedicated feminist activist, Dawn, now 60, was probably the first person to identify the syndrome of 'battered women' back in 1981.
'I identified a pattern of abusive strategies used by violent men and a pattern of responses by victims/survivors of this abuse and the common impacts on their lives. My 1981 analysis of the nature and extent of family violence and child abuse in our community is now accepted as commonplace knowledge. But back then I was described by those who were threatened by this new information as a 'liar, exaggerator, and an empire-builder'. Even the 'ideological watchdogs' of the women's movement attacked me and sabotaged my efforts to alert everyone about the realities of domestic violence through community education and training of professionals. We set up the Christies Beach Shelter on a profoundly different philosophy to that of the prevailing feminist position - to empower women and their children to access real choices.
'I've learned that being twenty years ahead of your time is dangerous.'
Are you still a feminist?
'I no longer define myself as a feminist. I've too often experienced in my counselling practice the results of women abusing others - or of being acquiescent in the abuse by others of children in their care. I'd rather help with a no-blame philosophy of human behaviour.'
Dawn's case was heard in the South Australian Supreme Court over five months in 2001.
A qualified social worker (and high school music teacher) with no legal training, Dawn Rowan represented herself against four legal teams - including a QC, senior and junior barristers, briefing solicitors and other supporting legal staff. She ran the case with the assistance of her 20-year old niece, Felicity Lockwood, who also has had no legal training. Only in the final submissions stage did she get the help of a barrister - for one week.
On 21st of June 2002, after deliberating for nine months, South Australian Supreme Court judge Justice Debelle handed down a 300-page judgment. You can read it on the Australasian Legal Information Institute's website
Read the full judgment here.
(For non-legal readers, scroll down on this site to 'CONTENTS', which helps navigate to the facts of the case).
In a landmark ruling he found that she had been completely vindicated after living for 15 years with vilification, humiliation and injustice.
Says Dawn angrily: 'And these are the politicians we elect to high office in our sick system! Millions of taxpayers' dollars have been spent defending the indefensible.'
Dawn's summary:
'This has been a 15-year legal campaign waged by the Federal Government (both Labor and Liberal) and the South Australian Government (both Labor and Liberal), to defend themselves against charges of misfeasance (abuse of public office), defamation, negligence and conspiracy.
'We'd spent many exhausting years in the early 1980s trying to get adequate funding through the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP). We were so frustrated we even created 'SAAP Sucks!' badges. The levels of public funding were insulting. At the time the cost to accommodate one person per night in a hospital was $250, in a gaol $180, and in a women's shelter $10 a night! Our shelter in Christies Beach ran a 24-hour, seven days a week service for approximately 300 women and their children a year with just five staff.
'The saga really came to the boil in October 1986. Representatives of the South Australian women's shelters unanimously called for the withdrawal of Dr. Cornwall's Father of the Year award, which had been bestowed on him some months before. He was then the Minister for Health and Welfare in the Bannon Labor government.
'This was duly reported in the Adelaide Advertiser the following morning.
'Within three or four days Dr. Cornwall announced in parliament that he was establishing an 'Independent' Review (Rowland: always put 'Independent' in 'quotes'!) of the management and administration South Australian shelters. But I believe he was really targeting the 'bully girls' as he called us, at Christies' Beach. He saw me - probably with some justification - as the 'ringleader' in all this.
'"Independent?" Dr Cornwall appointed all the members of the 'independent review' committee, including the chairperson Mrs. Judith Roberts, who continues to chair (or is a member of) numerous health welfare and education boards and committees, both in South Australia and nationally.
'Our shelter at Christies Beach was singled out in the final report of the 'independent' review with 'unsubstantiated allegations' of misappropriation of funds, physical and verbal harassment and intimidation of shelter clients, professional negligence, sexual harassment of clients, and inappropriate and exploitative counselling practices.
'On 11th August 1987 Dr Cornwall announced in the SA parliament, under parliamentary privilege, that he was defunding Christies Beach women's shelter on the grounds of this list of 'unsubstantiated allegations' contained in the report Shelters in the Storm which was produced by the Roberts committee.
'But a couple of months before, in June 1987, the minister and some committee members, obviously realising how damaging the allegations would be, actually sought formal legal advice from Mr. Brad Selway of the Crown Solicitors' office regarding their liability in defamation should the report be released under parliamentary privilege.
'In 1990 I filed proceedings against thirteen defendants - for defamation, negligence, and misfeasance (abuse of public office). The defendants were:
* The Commonwealth of Australia ·the State of South Australia ·Dr. Cornwall ·Mr. Christopher Sumner (State Attorney-General)
* Ms Susan Ryan (Federal Minister for Community Services)
* Mrs Judith Roberts ·Miss Judith Blake (a member of the Review Committee who was also chair of the Whyalla YWCA which ran a women's shelter)
* Mrs Rosemary Wighton (Review Committee member who happened to be Deputy CEO of The Dept of Community Welfare, which administered shelter funds)
* Ms Colleen Johnson (Review Committee member, a senior financial manager in Dr Cornwall's Health Department)
* Ms Robyn King (Review Committee member who represented The Commonwealth)
* Ms Harrison Anderson ('independent' paid consultant to the committee)
* The Australian Broadcasting Corporation
* Network Ten.
'In 1998 the charge of conspiracy was added following further examination of the relevant documents. Two more defendants were added: Ms Susan Varden (then CEO of the Department of Community Welfare, and currently CEO of Centrelink) and Mr. Peter Bicknell (then manager of the unit within the DCW which administered shelter funds).'
In a landmark legal judgment Justice Debelle found that:
* All the unsubstantiated allegations were false. 'The allegations', he said, ' were a shocking defamation'.
* Dr Cornwall, Mrs Judith Roberts, Mrs Rosemary Wighton and Ms Harrison Anderson were guilty of malice
* The Roberts committee and the consultant Harrison Anderson were guilty of defamation for the contents of the report.
* Mrs Roberts, the ABC and Channel Ten were guilty of defamation in regard to current affairs TV programs broadcast on 12 August 1987.
* Dr Cornwall was guilty of misfeasance
Justice Debelle said, in para 687: 'These were serious libels. They charged the plaintiff and others at the Christies Beach shelter with conduct quite inappropriate in any field of employment, but the more so in a women's shelter. The allegation of misappropriation of funds was, in effect, an accusation of theft. The allegations of sexual misconduct, intimidation, physical harassment, and unprofessional conduct, went to the very essence of the plaintiff's employment as Administrator of a women's shelter. When these allegations are viewed as a whole, it is difficult to think of a more serious defamation, particularly of a woman employed in a women's shelter.'
At this point in our interview we had to pause while Dawn tried to control her emotions. My wife Jan was with us, and we found ourselves sitting either side of Dawn embracing her while she sobbed.
In a while she resumed her story.
'In my research I found that a whole cohort of documents related to this matter were missing. Government and other departments that we expect to keep good records "mislaid" key documents: in this case four SA and one Commonwealth Department. Mysterious eh? That motivated me to add the conspiracy charges. Documents tend not to go missing all by themselves!
'In paragraphs 87, 94 and 97of his finding the judge said:
"One curious feature of this litigation is the fact that files kept by the relevant departments, have, to a large extent, been lost or destroyed. Some files were destroyed or lost after this action had commenced. There were four State Government departments and one Commonwealth Government department involved in this matter. The four State departments were the DCW, the Crown Solicitors' Office, the Police Department and Corporate Affairs Commission. The Commonwealth Department was the Department of Community Services... It is possible to understand that files from one department might have been inadvertently lost or destroyed. Coincidence cannot explain why files from five departments cannot be located...'
"It is not possible to identify a particular issue where the absence of document has had a material consequence. No conclusions can be drawn because of the absence of documents. Nevertheless, a sense of disquiet remains."
Dawn added: 'It's obviously very difficult in law to prove conspiracy, but it was worth a try!'
The outcome? Justice Debelle awarded damages of $340,000, which -with interest - totalled $585,000.
Dawn, how to you feel about the findings?
'First, they have made legal history in some respects. People can now more freely challenge the notion of parliamentary privilege. Politicians will have to be more careful about abusing their power and privilege. They are liable to be found guilty and punished for the 'tort of misfeasance' - abuse of public office.
'I'm disappointed in the level of damages awarded.
'But I want to pay tribute to Justice Debelle. He had a complete knowledge and understanding of the facts. His judgment was strong.'
How much did it all cost you Dawn?
'Well, for a start, I have lived in terror. These "allegations" - every one in every detail - were 180 degrees opposite to reality. When the public statement about defunding was made, I felt that if I had said anything in public I would be found dead in the gutter. I totally collapsed. I'd only been given five minutes' notice - at 4.55 pm on August 11th 1987 - before the announcement (made under parliamentary privilege) was headlines in TV news bulletins at 5 pm, 6 pm and 7 pm. I managed to get myself to a friend's house, then was immobilized for three weeks. My personal and professional reputation was destroyed. My worldview was shattered, and my self-confidence disappeared. I have lived ever since - for 24 hours every day - with the terrible feeling that people see me as some sort of criminal. Once publicly accused you are never fully cleared regardless of legal outcomes. I still get distressed - as you've noticed many times - when I talk about it. And have you noticed that the media has kept an ominous silence about it all?
'Some of my documents relating to the case vanished - from a friend's home in Victoria, where I had been storing them for security.
'Financially, I've spent about three quarters of a million dollars in costs - that includes hundreds of weekends studying and preparing for this case. In terms of lost earnings: add another $1½ million. Emotionally, I'm not really up to working still. And did you know self-represented litigants get not one cent's payment for their own preparation and court time - even if they're vindicated as I was? (That was a high court decision to discourage non-legally-trained people running their own cases.) Some out-of-pocket expenses - photocopying, travel, etc. can be reimbursed. And note that damages awards pay only 4% simple interest. If interest were calculated at market rates, the damages would have been three times as high, ie. about $1½ million
'Within five weeks I fled to Victoria to find some means of surviving this total personal destruction. Since then I've had roughly an hour a week of therapy for 15 years.'
And how much has this 15-year battle cost taxpayers?
'Well,' she said, 'do your own calculations. The outlay of taxpayers' money is not just up the wall but over the roof! Factor in these costs:
* the Roberts Committee Review (which met for eight months)
* a three-month CIB investigation into the shelter in 1987 - no action taken
* a three-month Corporate Affairs investigation in 1987
* a Corporate Affairs trial against Dawn Rowan and two other shelter workers in 1988 for trivial breaches of the complex new Incorporations Act of less significance under the law than failing to register your dog. No charges were recorded.
* a South Australian parliamentary Upper House Select Committee which investigated the circumstances surrounding the defunding of the Christies Beach Womens Shelter (12 months in 1988-9) which criticised in the strongest possible terms the inclusion in the Roberts Review report of the unsubstantiated allegations
* SA Ombudsman's Investigation (1989) - found that the DCW's actions were unreasonable and unjust
* a Strike-out application taken out against Dawn Rowan by the defendants (date?) which was dismissed
* Stay of Proceedings taken out against Dawn Rowan by the defendants 1996 (which, again, was lost)
* Five-month trial in the SA Supreme Court 2001 - they lost
* Current appeals by all defendants against Justice Debelle's judgment (probably another 18 months)
* Defendants' application to stay the payment of damages to Dawn Rowan ordered by Justice Debelle - dismissed.'
Was the court-case an experience of unremitting seriousness?
'Mostly yes, but Justice Debelle had a sophisticated and wry sense of humour. The funniest moment for me was when the barrister for the Commonwealth Government tried to deflect responsibility for this whole debacle to the South Australian Government, by insisting that the Roberts Committee had the characteristics of a State committee, not a Commonwealth SAAP/State committee. Summarising his case he said "If the committee looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it's a duck!" When I responded to this the next day I added "But, your honour, Mr Stanley did not ask 'But what does it smell like?' Upon which there was enthusiastic laughter (from most quarters!).'
Where to from here with the case?
'The 13 defendants are appealing all the findings of the judgment. When? Who knows. Probably 12-18 months' time.'
Finally, what do you think of our political and legal systems?
'Anyone who doesn't believe in conspiracies in high places is being simply irresponsible. Our Westminster system of parliamentary privilege can be grossly abused. Of course I'm not the only one to have experienced that! And our legal system, I believe, is not primarily a system of justice, but of order...'
And where is God?
'I'm a "deconverted" Christian. I'd like to think that a beneficent God is up there somewhere, but I can't figure out why people are allowed to get away with such terrible human injustices and wickedness. I have trouble with institutional Christianity but the Jesus I've studied was a rebel and fought for social justice - so I would have really felt at home with him.'
Dawn Rowan is director of New Beginnings, a counselling and psychotherapy practice in Melbourne for men, women and children who have experienced severe abuse.
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UPDATE (May 4, 2006)
Dawn: 'The South Australian Supreme Court has ordered me to pay the Commonwealth's costs, heavily discounted to $380,000, effective as from last Thursday.
'The other two parties - the ABC and Network Ten - are also submitting claims for their costs in this action.
'And the State of South Australia is wanting me to pay their costs for the bias case submission against these three judges; the bias claim was dismissed.'
Dawn, what's the 'bias claim' all about?
'I made a submission to the Supreme Court claiming a "perception of bias" on the part of at least two of the three judges, which was not disclosed at any time in the trial: for example, one of the three judges had been in association with Judith Roberts on at least ten committees of various kinds, including the Flinders University Council.'
Rowland Croucher is a Melbourne counsellor and author. When asked why, as a clergyman, he's getting involved in this messy business he replies: 'Interfering clerics and prophets have, for 3000 years, been the bane of those who benefit from an unjust political system.' For a letter in The Melbourne Age Newspaper a couple of years ago, visit here
'Let the Minister Beware": Personal Liability of Politicians (Rowan v Cornwall).
'... The sort of conduct that may be dismissed as little more than "robust politics" may now carry a very special and damaging sanction'. This article documents the fact that innocent citizens abused under parliamentary privilege now have a legal remedy via MISFEASANCE, which is abuse of public office. More:
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So, I was scrolling through my Cakes photo album on Facebook while waiting for the laundry to finish yesterday, and realized that I have not made a cake since J's birthday in September. Which I have no pictures of. Fall tends to be more suited to cookies, and then we get into the holidays. Which means pie, and cheesecake. My favorite cheesecake recipe is the start on this blog. Pie will come soon. But back to cake. After scrolling through the few cakes that are in that album, I decided that I would make one today. Just to have something outside of normal holiday sweets for us.
I remembered seeing this pink ombre cake while browsing cakes one day and decided to do something similar. Although B's favorite color is pink, mine is not. I figured I would try purple. But something smaller, since it would just be our family eating it, and we would not be able to eat much before it goes stale. I cheated and just used a box white cake mix, since this was more just an experiment. Trying to get the technique figured out. Hoping to get to make a really nice cake for my sister-in-law who turns the big 4-0 this year.
I split the batter into three parts since I wanted a little thicker layers, plus I only have 2 pans and didn't really feel like spending the whole afternoon baking. (I also was working on making Sunday dinner in the middle of this). Another lesson learned. Will definitely want to have more colors, so I think I'll do five layers like the link above. And will leave one part white, and tint the last part really dark. I guess this trial one is basically the middle of the one I want! Hee hee.
First part: After mixing the batter, I split it between three bowls and added coloring. I use Wilton gel colors, since that's what I have readily available around here. If I can't find the Americolors soon locally, then I'll order some. But I need to finish up with what I've got first.
Here's the 3 bowls side by side. Please disregard the Christmas tins in the background. At least I got pictures taken while mixing this time. One day I'll remember to stage while taking them!
The first bowl on the right had just a teensy weensy dab of color.
The second bowl had just a wee bit more.
And a good amount in this one.
When I make the next one, I'll remember to make a white layer and a really really dark one. Just for even more contrast.
After baking and cooling, I trimmed just enough to level the cake. I'm gonna trim more on the next one, because I don't care for the brown line between layers from the baking. I think I'll also use a layer of fruit jelly between the cake layers instead of frosting. Keep the color more consistent and make the cake a little more flavorful.
I used my recipe for buttercream adapted from the Wilton one found here. I make a full batch and keep it in the freezer if there is extra. Be sure to allow plenty of time for it to thaw if you do the same, and stir well before using. I crumb coated first to ensure no sneak peeks into the inside, and then just a thick coat of frosting slightly smoothed out.
I had spotted a tutorial for the fondant flower online earlier today, and bookmarked it to have for this post. But alas! all my bookmarks have disappeared, not to be found again. I also didn't have time to let it dry, so it's just flat on the top of the cake. B says it looks like a garden hat. Which I like, because it doesn't say "fail". Here's the fun part of it:
No, wait. Here's the fun part.
Check out this post from Steph at Raspberri Cupcakes for what I hope the next one ends up looking like color wise!


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City says the first study with the new system found no significant racial disparities in how its officers apply force. Force rates among white, black, Latino and Asian suspects are within one percentage point of each other.
For the first time in a decade, the San Jose Police Department is giving its community access to a trove of data about use of force through a new web portal where it is inviting residents to do their own research of the kind of violent encounters that have spurred reform movements across the U.S., reports the San Jose Mercury News. The first major study performed with the newly sorted data, by portal designer Police Strategies LLC, found no significant racial disparities in how San Jose officers apply force on the city's streets. Force rates among white, black, Latino and Asian suspects hover between 3 and 4 percent of arrests made involving those groups, all within about one percentage point of each other.
That finding, based on use-of-force data culled from 2015 and 2016, was welcome news to Chief Eddie Garcia, who commissioned the study and creation of the online dashboard launched Wednesday. "We have data that says it's not a systemic problem here," Garcia said. "I'm glad we're on a positive track. I hope other departments … jump on board so we can make transparency and trust a countywide effort." The day before the launch, San Jose police shot and killed an apparent intruder at an office after he reportedly walked toward responding officers while carrying an ax. It was the city's first officer-involved shooting of the year. Mayor Sam Liccardo said the new tool "represents our continued commitment to maintain the highest levels of transparency and accountability in our police department. By publicly releasing and analyzing this extensive trove of use-of-force data, we can ensure that the San Jose Police Department remains the most professional and trusted department in the nation."


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Dear Parents,
The PTA is proud to sponsor many wonderful activities for International Week at SSIS! Below are a few reminders so you and your child don't miss out on the fun. In addition, they are still looking for more volunteers; please see details below and contact your country ambassador.
Wednesday, April 19
- PTA Art Booth Set Up in the Auditorium (8:00am – 2:00pm)
- Parent volunteers needed to help set up (anytime between 8am-2pm is appreciated!
Thursday, April 20
- PTA Art Booths in the Auditorium (8:00am – 4:00pm)
- Parent volunteers needed to help run the booths (anytime between 8am-4pm is appreciated!)
- Booths are open to ES classrooms only from 8am-3pm
- Booths are open to everyone from 3-4pm
Friday, April 21
- International dress day for ALL students
- All school photo in the front field (8:10am – 8:30am)
- parents are welcome to come
- ES Assembly (Grade EC-1) in the Auditorium (8:45am-9:20am)
- ES Assembly (Grade 2-5) in the Auditorium (9:50am – 10:25am)
- parents are invited to come! Both assemblies are the same so please only come to one of them so there is enough seating for everyone.
- International Food Festival (2:20pm-4:00pm)
- Parent volunteers needed to sign up and bring a dish. We need as many people as possible to help make this event successful! Please bring food by 2:00pm. Please sign up here: International Food Festival 2017


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Michigan Central Station, Detroit Michigan USA
A perfect example of Urban Decay in America known as Michigan Central Station; A.K.A. Detroit's abandoned train station. Michigan Central Station once was a thriving epicenter for the city of Detroit and the whole Midwest. Now the abandoned train station sits with most of it's windows broken.
The architecture of the building is beautiful and definitely deserves to be saved.
As you can see from the photos- Restoration would be quite a task. Most of the interior has fallen victim to 'urban miners' who break in to steal any stone accents, wire and even copper tubing and bricks to sell as scrap. The removal of these materials causes extensive damage throughout, resulting in the interior being completely destroyed. Urban guerrilla artists have taken advantage of the vacant wall space.
I highly recommend a stop for a Leelanau Beer at Slow's BAR BQ as part of your next sightseeing trip to Detroit's abandoned train station.
In the late 90's, I fell in love with Detroit for the third time in my life. (We are now on about our 5th go around.) Detroit's urban decay was very interesting to me and I felt like with the direction that our economy was heading that there was no way that the decrepit buildings would last very long. Something about the decay of a man-made structure; especially one of great architectural prowess like Michigan Central Station, decaying and decomposing is a fascinating ephemeral process. A process that speaks volumes about the American psyce and destructive disposable way of life. Back in 1997, I was getting ready to graduate from High School and I had a Sony digital camera that wrote the files to a floppy disc. Back in the day that camera was some serious James Bond tecnololgy. I fondly remember waiting 15 seconds for the camera to write the files to the disc. Pretty awesome back then, but our tecnololgy has made the floppy disc extinct. It was with this camera that I first started taking pictures for SeeDetroit.com In that interest, already being well acquainted with the deep Northern Michigan swaps at night and high Kentucky cliff edges, it was a natural magnatism for me to be drawn inside these dangerous buildings to witness the evidence of broken society. Back then too, I believed that most of these buildings would quickly turn into fast food restaurants and lofts so there was a sense of urgency involved with my documentation. Detroit has no shortage of interesting historical buildings. Over the years, my interest ebbed back to the woods and to beer. SeeDetroit.com still gets a ton of visitors even though it hasn't really been updated in a few years. The revamp in 2011 will be to show the world that Detroit has got a lot more going on than just it's facinating urban decay.
After a few years of being stingy with the photos on SeeDetroit.com, I decided to make them opensource and available to anyone so long they can call their use of the photos art. Help yourself to some imagery: http://www.seedetroit.com


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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Martinsburg man who played professional football for several years was sentenced Tuesday to five years of probation after he pleaded guilty to selling 228 grams of marijuana last summer.
Before he was sentenced, Fulton Walker Jr., who played in Super Bowl XVII in 1983 with the Miami Dolphins, addressed U.S. District Court Judge W. Craig Broadwater.
Walker said he feels sorrow he has hurt friends, family members, loved ones and the community.
"I am a much better person today than I was then," he said.
Along with the five-year probation term, Walker must serve six months of home confinement. He originally faced up to five years in prison.


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You are invited to a community meeting to review the progress of the Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project. These meetings will include both an open house and presentation with Q&A. DART, in cooperation with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the impacts and benefits of passenger rail service on the 26-mile long Cotton Belt Corridor from DFW International Airport to Plano. The meeting information will include Project-wide potential impacts and proposed mitigation; station locations; traffic analysis/grade separations.
Community Meetings:
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 7pm:
Parkhill Junior High School Cafeteria
16500 Shady Bank Drive, Dallas, TX 75248
Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 6:30pm:
Richardson Civic Center
411 West Arapaho Road, Richardson, TX 75080
Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 6:30pm:
Addison Conference Centre
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The following image shows the lights of two seperate ATVs on Trail #2 atop Brown Mountain between 8:31 pm and 9:02 pm on December 31, 2014. The ATVs traveled southward (left-to-right) on the rugged one-way trail and stayed fairly close together during the trip.
Two ATVs traveling together on Trail # 2 atop Brown Mountain
The convoluted trace of Trail # 2 is apparent from the line of lights. Only about 1 mile of Trail # 2 is visible within the field of view of this photo. Compare this image with earlier posts of similar ATV lights visible along the trail on Aug 16, 2014 & my handheld spotlight as I hiked the trail on Dec 11, 2014.
ATV Trail # 2 is part of the US Forest Service's Brown Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area (34 miles of maintained ATV trails atop Brown Mountain). The Recreation Area is open to ATVs from mid-March until Jan 1 each year; thus these were perhaps the last ATVs on the mountian until spring time. This was not a staged light test and the riders are unknown.
Our BML research team has conducted numerous light tests on Brown Mountain over the past two years and has established that back-country user lights are readily visible at night. Lights such as these are probably frequently misinterpreted as mystery lights by uninformed and unprepared observers viewing from the popular observation sites like the NC Hwy 181 Overlook and Wiseman's View.


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My sister is having a party and I have an over abundance of cucumbers right now from my garden, so I am bringing some cucumber salad. Here's my recipe..
double or triple this for crowds
Cucumber and Red Onion Salad
About 5 cucumbers (skin on, but skimmed with garnisher to look cute, sliced a1/4 in thick or a thickness to your liking.)
2 red onions cut up into nice size slivers or diced (however ya like it)
1/2 c Kraft Real Mayonnaise (its the only mayo that touches my food and no one has to pay me to say that!)
1/2 c sour cream
splash of milk
2 T vinegar
2 T garlic (pressed fresh or minced dry)
2 T dill (dry, m0re if using fresh)
1/4 c sugar
Mix Mayo, sour cream, milk, vinegar, garlic, dill and sugar and then toss in red onions and cucumbers.
Optional...you can add diced apples or grapes to this also.


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The Election is About the Supreme Court
Do you prefer the views of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas OR Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer? This election will likely decide which type of Supreme Court justices we could expect during the next four years, should an opening arise. We will not be getting an Anthony Kennedy, for starters…
I am surprised there isn't more campaigning with this in mind. Presidents come and go, and have profound effect on us. But Supreme Court Justices stay and stay and stay, and while more subtle, also have a profound effect on us. Two of the Justices mentioned above were appointed by Ronald Reagan, one by George H.W. Bush and two by Bill Clinton.
When voting, regardless of how you feel about the candidates, think about the type of person they are likely to nominate to the Supreme Court, how you will feel about that. Consider these points when you decide who to vote for.
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From a friend who is a law professor:
Ed: You are right – I am surprised not more of this has surfaced during the election. The longstanding implications are enormous.


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Paris Is Always A Good Idea
Sports fans can get a bit mad. Cheering, screaming, jumping, hanging out of car windows, hugging, wildly running around and just generally having a riot of a time. What is life if not about a bit of passion, a bit of fun and a bit of "Je ne sais pas"?! Travel embodies these wonderful … More Paris Is Always A Good Idea


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Reeds Rains has been selling property since 1868 and have now grown to become one of the UKs largest estate agencies, with over 200 branches covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Recognised as a trusted, reliable brand with an excellent reputation and knowledge our primary focus is to provide the very best estate agency experience for our customers concentrating wholly on sales, lettings, surveying, land and new homes and other associated services. At the Reeds Rains office in Widnes we are committed to providing a personal service to all our customers.
Our management team is professionally qualified and has over 25 years experience, supported by a team of friendly experienced sales and lettings negotiators with good local knowledge.
We are open 6 days a week to help access our excellent range of services and properties for sale or let. We offer a full range of letting and management services.
So whatever your enquiry, we aim to offer the best customer service through our helpful and friendly staff. If you have not already had the pleasure of meeting them then please pop in to see for yourself.
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Ding dong, the witch is dead. Although Flash support has been getting skewered left and right by multiple browsers, word has now come forth from Adobe itself, and the message is simple: Flash will stop being distributed and updated by the end of 2020. It's as if millions of web developer voices suddenly cried out in joy, and were forever happier.
Despite the final word on the matter, Adobe's move has been a long time coming. It's been more than a few years since talk first started about dropping Flash support in browsers, and any site in this day and age that still relies on Flash is a relic passed down through multiple generations. The Google Chrome team even wrote its own eulogy, reminding users that the browser will require explicit permission from users to run Flash content as time moves on, and pointing out that Flash usage among Chrome users has dropped by 80% in the last three years.
Mozilla also talked about Flash's deprecation. The group also noted that Flash will be disabled in Firefox by 2019, and remarked on a blog post written by well-known gaming site Kongregate. The site's games used to run on Flash almost entirely by as late as 2010, and significant usage of HTML5 only appeared by mid-2013. Nowadays, roughly half of the titles on offer use HTML5, a figure that's growing by the month.
For its part, Adobe points to modern technologies like HTML5, WebGL and WebAssembly as replacements for Flash's now-obsolete functionality. The company notes that those standards are now directly integrated into most browsers without the need for plug-ins. Adobe does say that until the end of 2020, it'll still offer support for the software—mostly in the form of security patches, we'd wager.
On a personal note, being a web developer for many a year led me to develop a particularly nasty hatred for Flash, or at least for the Flash ecosystem. The technology was admittedly fantastic back in the day when browsers had support for next to nothing. But it also quickly became overused, most notably for site elements that should have never been a plugin to begin with, like menus, navigation breadcrumbs, or main text. Since Flash was pretty much the first tech of its type that was integrated into browsers, developer and user familiarity—coupled with the slow development and rollout of better open standards—ensured that it remained in use for far longer than it should ever had. Good riddance.


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Photography Ideas of friendship and love #1
A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else.
Hereby, this post collect the pictures that show ideas of friendship and love. Please do stay with us for more interesting friendship photography ideas.
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|Friendship Card Design Ideas
|Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest... It's about who came, and never left your side...
|A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
|If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them
|A true friend sees the first tear... catches the second... and stops the third
|Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.
|it's you and me
|love - is a friendship set on fire
|Another month. Another year.
Another smile another tear.
Another winter and another summer too
But there can never be another you.