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|Big Al's Big Secret
|Season 1, Episode 8a
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|Albert Einstein
|August 25, 2001
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The Time Squad travels to 1945, where Albert Einstein is now a brash car salesman in Texas.
On the satellite, Otto is watching Tuddrussel shoot at various objects with his phaser. When Tuddrussel misses every target, he powers up the phaser and blasts a giant hole in the satellite. Luckily, Larry arrives and activates the Emergency Airlock before everyone is sucked into space. Before he can tell off Tuddrussel and Otto, the History Instability Alarm goes off. The team sees that the next mission is Einstein and heads out.
The team arrives in front of a TV store in Texas, where Otto is clueless about where to start looking. He asks Larry to print a photo of Einstein, and the team sets out, asking everyone in town if they know of Albert Einstein. Nobody knows him, and the last place to look is "Big Al's Car Barn."
Big Al greets them, asking if they are looking for a car. He starts explaining the science behind the power in one of his cars, puzzling Tuddrussel and arousing Otto's suspicion. Big Al offers Time Squad a chance to ride in the car, but it is too small and then explodes. Before Big Al can offer another car, Larry shows him the photo of Einstein and asks if he has seen him. Big Al nervously says he hasn't, and leaves.
Time Squad gives up and heads to a Steakhouse at Tuddrussel's request. Otto is upset, and overhears a man complaining to a waitress that she overcharged him, giving a mathematical explanation. Otto realizes it is Big Al, who must be Einstein. He demands to know why he is a car salesman. Einstein tells Otto that a physicist doesn't make much money, and when Otto makes an angry outburst, Tuddrussel comes and takes him away, apologizing to Big Al. Einstein's wife then comes and is reassured that the commotion was nothing.
At Big Al's sale, Larry is disguised as a farmer and tells Einstein a "theory" he made up. This infuriates Einstein, who, in a German accent, edits the theory and creates an equation for it. Otto then exclaims that he has proved that Big Al is Einstein, making the latter cry and run inside.
Time Squad follows him, and Otto asks why Einstein is a car salesman. Einstein says he barely made any money as a physicist, but as a car salesman, he is a millionaire and a celebrity. He says it is too late for him to tell everyone the truth, as they would be furious. He then goes back outside as Big Al, disappointing Otto.
Big Al starts telling his customers about how great the savings are when he notices a miserable Otto in the audience. He stumbles in his speech, and then switches to a German accent to tell everyone he is a fraud. Everyone is shocked, and they are angered when he says he is a math genius. They are about to attack when Otto intervenes, saying that intelligence is a remarkable trait and that he is not ashamed of being a "history whiz." The audience is amazed, and people start admitting their intelligence to each other.
Einstein is later seen receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for being a math genius, and Time Squad leaves. Tuddrussel is deeply saddened, because he missed Einstein as Big Al.
- Although it can be assumed from his accent, this is the first episode where Tuddrussel explains that he was raised in (what used to be) Texas.
- Tuddrussel explains that he learned to shoot phasers from his dad, and that he comes from a long line of lawmen who were experts at shooting.
- This is the first episode where Larry's computer gives a cartoon instead of an actual photo of the historical figure.
- Big's Al's Car Barn was probably based on Al's Toy Barn, a toy store in the movie Toy Story 2.
- Einstein had gotten married twice, but his second wife died in 1936. His wife in this episode is a fictional character.
- Einstein actually received the Nobel Prize, not the Nobel Peace Prize.
- The pig that Larry leads around when he's disguised as a farmer is named Zeek. Dave Wasson, the series' creator, had a pet pig named Zeek.[1]
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February 2014 HR Update
Holiday Reminder
Friday, March 14, 2014 has been designated as a university holiday.
VRS Hybrid Retirement Plan Opt-In Period
The VRS Hybrid Retirement Plan combines the features of a defined benefit plan, which pays a monthly benefit based on age, total service credit and average final compensation, and a defined contribution plan, which provides a retirement benefit based on contributions to the plan and the investment performance of those contributions. Eligible members may elect to opt into the VRS Hybrid Retirement Plan during a one-time election period from January 1 – April 30. http://www.jmu.edu/humanresources/wm_library/Hybrid_Open_Enrollment_Sessions.pdf
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Open Enrollment Opportunity
Open enrollment for health insurance, flexible spending accounts, and AFLAC will occur May 1- May 23, with the changes becoming effective July 1. Details available soon.
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The EAP's role is to help people reduce the stress in their lives and achieve a healthy work-life balance. Up to four free counseling sessions with a licensed mental health provider are provided per incident each plan year. In addition, members may contact the EAP for 24/7 assistance with:
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About the newest paper PAR? Part-time non-teaching hours are to be indicated on PARs now. Why? To comply with Affordable Care Act guidelines which limit part-time employees to working no more than 29 hours per week on average over the standard measurement period of May 1 through April 30.
That some departments on campus are already initiating ePARs? Division by division, JMU is systematically moving away from paper PARs for most personnel action requests. If your department has transitioned to the ePAR process, part-time non-teaching hours are to be indicated in the Notes section.
The importance of providing accurate supervisor information each time a PAR is initiated? Many processes we use on campus rely on accurate, up-to-date position details.
That late PARs are problematic? Employment changes require timely action to be taken by supervisors. Why? The integrity of university data and property may be compromised. Keys need to be turned in, JACards need to be de-activated, and system accesses need to be terminated, along with a myriad of other actions prior to the employee's departure.
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Picture a substance abuse prevention toolbox available to JMU students. One of the tools in that toolbox is a postcard.
During the first few weeks of school, the University Health Center mails freshmen parents a pre-stamped postcard for them to send to their child to promote family values, expectations, and healthy choices, as these are major factors in a student's decision to drink.
The University Health Center also mails a postcard to parents two weeks prior to their student's 21st birthday, designed to reinforce the influence parents/guardians can have on their child's decision making, and provides specific tips for parents to talk with their child about healthy celebration, alcohol expectancies, and protective strategies.
Why is this important to you? Increasing awareness among faculty and staff about the substance abuse prevention tools and resources available for students can help in two ways.
- Increase awareness in the community about JMU's substance abuse prevention efforts for its students
- Empower faculty and staff to be involved and serve as points of access for students in need of referral
Please bookmark jmu.edu/toolbox to see more substance abuse prevention tools and resources available to students. Download and print a toolbox reference sheet to keep handy. And contact the University Health Center's Substance Abuse Prevention office at firstname.lastname@example.com or 540-568-3317 for more information.
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New limited time employee discount offers are available for Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus; Richmond International Raceway; T-Mobile and more. Visit the State Employee Discounts Web page at http://www.dhrm.virginia.gov/employeediscounts.html for these and other offers.
Mark Your Calendar – 2nd Annual Day of Service Opportunities
JMU is partnering with United Way for the 2nd Annual Day of Service as a part of Madison Week! There will be various projects to choose from on Tuesday, March 18, throughout the day. More details with sign up opportunities are coming soon. Contact Kris Hensley, Events Coordinator, at email@example.com or 540-568-8867 for more information.
A Snapshot of Upcoming HR-Related Workshops Offered by JMU Training and Development
Health Insurance and Flexible Reimbursement Accounts
Retirement 101: Understanding Your VRS Retirement
Pre-Retirement Planning
Injured at Work-What Next? Understanding Workers Compensation
Understanding and Using the Grievance Procedure
Ending Discrimination and Sexual Misconduct: What You Need to Know About Discrimination, Harassment, and Title IX
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EMR 2014: The Market for Electronic Medical Records
Attention: There is an updated edition available for this report.
Published Apr 2, 2014 | 130 Pages | Pub ID: KLI5225054
The EMR Industry Standard
Kalorama has continuously examined the fast-changing market for electronic medical records (EMR) for nearly a decade, and each year we produce a comprehensive report of our findings. Our report has become the industry standard, oft-quoted by companies and industry associations as the source for market sizing and market share in healthcare.
This Kalorama Information report, EMR 2014, is a complete global analysis of the EMR market. The report includes the important trends that will affect companies offering software, hardware and services related to EMR.
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This market analysis is global, though trend analysis focuses on the US as the largest healthcare market and the most incentivized for EMR conversion. As government policy approaches the turning-point on incentives in this market, as a large shift in vendor market share occurs and new vendors play a larger role, it is an interesting time for market-watchers. How much has the market grown? How have the incentives worked? Where is physician usage now? How about hospital adoption? Where do the top vendors stand now? Kalorama answers these questions and brings sharp analysis to recent trends.
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- Breakout of Hospital EMR Market and Physician/Web EMR Market
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Close Examination of Industry and Regulatory Trends
There are several primary issues and trends affecting the electronic medical records (EMR) industry. New marketing strategy, new regulations, increased usage will continue to fuel growth in the future. But there are also challenges from vendor switches, usability and unexpected effects of EMR systems in hospitals. Issues and trends explored in this study include:
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Should be between 30 and 60 percent. Many Oncidiums require less humidity than other orchids. Most greenhouses have adequate humidity. In the home, placing the plants above moist pebbles in a tray is ideal.
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Kathy Knaus: looking critically at the ideal female body
Some content originally published at Art Colorado, November/ December 2011
By Theresa Anderson
I started a series of conversations with Kathy Knaus as she was preparing for her solo exhibit at Ice Cube Gallery back in 2010. She is best known for her meat paintings such as the piece "Grinder" that was installed in 2010 as part of the Denver Theatre District's project. Her works are often read by the viewer as political— whether the paintings and installations are seen as pro or con— they come from her unwillingness to look away, her fascination with, and deep exploration of conflicting self.
The set of work from 2010-11, Screaming Rabbits, is no exception. In this exhibit Knaus juxtaposed a series of conceptual paintings riffing on the ideals of fashion models with an abstraction of her marriage bed. The two series when combined, form a commentary on the luscious impossibility of a woman's body and life. The canvases and installation are both marked and reconstructed in ways that delegate flesh to impermanence and mark the struggle with the cultural demand of freshness, rejuvenation, and cleanliness of youth.
The installation piece, The Marriage Bed, consists of a thick stack of predominantly red large (80″ x 43″) canvas from her series Cooler Doors stack on top of a seemingly pristine white platform balanced on two book-ended nightstands. The piling of paintings, platform, and marred, yet repaired, nightstands conjure a powerful abstraction holding decades of memory. The Cooler Doors depict meat carving implements like a wicked tongue (a stand-in for the artists voice) juxtaposed against a palette of royalty. The sharpness of cutting hooks and lick-able flesh in these pieces are sensorial as well as politically sensational. Paired and piled The Marriage Bed especially holds the possibility of her place in the world. And yet, the marriage bed itself is encumbered, a small precarious space.
Her description is telling. "It holds two people, children, animals, dirt, drink, food, hair, bugs, blood, sperm, sweat, passion, happiness, sadness, tears, hopefulness, dreams, drool, milk, urine, tension, relaxation, anger, cuddling, not touching and other bodily secretions and emotions. The particular object, this place holder speaks volumes in a world silent on the significance of the marriage bed. "
On top of the bed, Kathy has laid a bed-cover that she carried around for weeks on end. Eating, sleeping, and painting on it, she sat on it alone days on end and with her dogs. Representing a passage, her interaction with the coverlet resembles a portrait of the 24 years spent with her marriage bed.
Similar to the fashion of creation of the installation, the painting canvases that accompany The Marriage Bed also are stacked — only vertically up the wall instead of horizontally off the floor. Knaus had each set of canvas constructed to mimic the measurements of supermodels through the decades. Each set of eight canvases is divided into thirds to represent the measurements of each model. Knaus painted each set of canvas and then taking them apart she reconfigured the new groupings to describe the actuality of women's measurements. Working closely with measurements and following an instinctual mark making, dissecting the models basic construction became her sensor; her microscope looking at the personal ramifications of food addiction and body image.
Heightened to the ramifications of women's portraiture and the history of abstract expressionism, Knaus chooses painterly abstraction as a tongue in cheek commentary, one with fits and starts that leave room for another self to fill in the blanks. The stacked canvases are slick, dry, drippy, all over, intertwined with hard-edged constructions that combined with powerful marks ascertain her acceptability, her validity and power. She asked "Is this red enough for you? Is this shiny enough for you? Is this pretty enough for you? Is this figurative enough…?"
With the sensibilities of a third-wave feminist, Knaus' paintings were deliberately conceived after she read an article in a trendy fashion magazine that compared the discrepancies of heights of supermodels from the 1940's to today. Comparing the measurements of the bust, waist, and hip to the increasingly towering heights, a trend of lengthening had been perceived. Even as the models tallness increased, their measurements became exponentially smaller. From Betty Grable who in the 1940's was 5'4" with measurements of 36" x 24" x 35" to today's supermodel extraordinaire, Eve Salvail, 6'8" with the seemingly impossible 32"x 24"x 35".
Perhaps the remnants of her excavation of the impossible height of the supermodel Salvail represent the true stature and nature of the artist herself?
In 2012 Knaus and I continued our studio visits. I wrote a piece about her for The Invisible Museum blog. An excerpt- Knaus' work is often defined by her use of private details, media saturation, geometric abstraction to figuration, as well as constant regard for conceptual ramifications. These elements are clear throughout her edgy installations such as Cooler Doors, Meat Market, Screaming Rabbits and Body Dysmorphia.
Knaus often uses installation and process-based painting to confront the issues- and here it's of food addiction. Knaus' paint-handling gets beyond the current glut of images that portray an idealized body. Riffing on reality media and personal experience- mark-making dissects unhealthy obsessions. "Frustration, grief and anguish are invoked with loose, drippy, uncontrolled, and messy brushstrokes."
Concentrating on a highly tuned palette and compositional resolution, the canvases are plied with figuration, odd shapes, and squishy forms that explore a complex content. A sequence of structural elements become resting spaces. Figure-ground relationships are intensely explored and document the back-and-forth struggle with body dysmorphia. Knaus' process invokes psychoanalytical experimentation. She notes that "awkward gestural marks convey uncertainty; geometric shapes connote control."
Knaus said "The installation piece is a depiction straight out of my living room. An obvious pile of junk food is sprawled all over the coffee table. Playing on the television is a video of me (with my dogs) moving back and forth between the couch and the food. The dark walls surrounding the setting invoke the permutation of loneliness. With only my dogs, I'm constantly reminded of the inability to control my unhealthy relationship with food. This installation represents a lifelong struggle of loneliness, depression, anxiety, and desire for attention, love and passion all suppressed by the consummation of food."
Knaus is now preparing for her next exhibition at Ice Cube Gallery, Denver CO set to open October 17, 2013. To understand her current work, a look to the past is in order. There's some linkage.


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In the last post in this series, we discussed three general areas of the brain: the Prefrontal cortex, the Amygdala, and the Limbic Brain. Explaining how the prefrontal cortex is the power plant of empathy and relational connection. Trauma and emotional memory are stored alongside our creativity and imagination in the limbic brain. We also stated that our conscious, recollective memory is merely a memory of the last time we remembered an event, rather than being a memory of the event itself. Finally, we wrote about the amygdala being our reptilian brain. It is our built-in early warning and security system. The amygdala responds to threats and danger with one of three generalized ways: fight, flight, or freeze. It is the quickest reacting portion of our brain. Its sensitivity to threats is determined by the thickness of the cortisol in which it swims. If the layer of cortisol is thick, the amygdala is more hyper-vigilant. Thick cortisol also allows more "lethal" responses to danger, simply because of practice.
The amount of cortisol surrounding the amygdala is determined by the amount of trauma or danger one has faced during life and the amount of long-term security that they feel. Finally, we noted that the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex cannot each operate optimally at the same time. If the prefrontal cortex is online and functioning at a high level, the amygdala is resting and at ease. If the amygdala is hyper vigilant, the mirror neurons in the prefrontal cortex and the ability to feel empathy are turned down or completely off. This is the biological explanation for John's statement that "perfect love casts our fear" (1 Jn 4).
Finally, we noted that the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex cannot each operate optimally at the same time. If the prefrontal cortex is online and functioning at a high level, the amygdala is resting and at ease. If the amygdala is hyper vigilant, the mirror neurons in the prefrontal cortex, which determine one's ability to feel empathy connect emotionally to another, are turned down or completely off. This is a biological explanation for John's statement that "perfect love casts our fear" (1 Jn 4).
Conflict always hides or reveals fear. The closer you are to another the more room there is for fear, for there is much more to lose. This is why people choose not to let people get close or push people away. The walls people build or the exertion to drive others away from them and keep them at a distance are defense mechanisms. What would happen in your relationships if you were mindful of these tendencies and what laid behind them?
Typically, when a spouse, or a child, or a parent, or a friend responds defensively, our first reaction is to become defensive ourselves. The amygdala creates this response. We've been, "triggered." To love, we must move beyond our amygdalin response and jump start our mirror neurons. This requires something I call "psychic space."
Let me explain that concept. I ride a motorcycle because when I ride, I feel free. I have space around me. The world seems bigger than when I am in a car. I feel nimble, quick and even fast. When I am in a small dark place, I tend to shut down. I may or may not be scared, but I am aware of the constraints surrounding me, and I do not like them, so typically I try to sleep and escape to the wide open spaces in my mind. For some, the feeling of freedom occurs when they hike, or when they look at the ocean, or the mountains, or the plains or forests. Some find it while sailing or skiing; others backpacking; still, others when they swim or run or lift weights. But that feeling of space that we create when we are in those places rather than feeling constrained and hemmed in matters and affects the way we can respond to those we want to love.
The question arises, how do people create space. Our bodies play a role in that. First, we need to activate the Vagus nerve. That is most easily done by deep breathing while focusing on our breath. Our minds need to "re-enter our bodies," and leave the fantasies that our loved one's defensive posture triggered. We have to return to the present moment in our physical bodies to realize that the danger is a creation of our minds. We do this by breathing in deeply through our noses, filling our diaphrams that are housed below the lungs. Only then can we begin to move away from an amygdalin response.
Once we've started to breathe and focused our attention on it, we may need to create more space to respond well. Because sometimes the physical space we occupy is not a safe space because of the angry, defensive presence of the one we want to love. At that point, we need to create physical space to find psychic space. There are other tools you can use when you are alone to create space. Exercise can help, stretching, and yoga are other tools that bring us into our bodies and the present moment. EFT tapping is another useful and easy tool. The purpose of creating "psychic space" is to allow a more loving entrance into conflict. If this can be done a stronger relationship will form. Arguments and conflicts are not bad, nor are they to be avoided. Avoiding the person and / or the situation is a the amygdalin response: flee. Instead, enter into those conflicts cognizant of the effect of the engagement has on both your and the other's brain having created space so that your mirror neurons are engaged as much as possible.
When people involved in the conflict can see the conflict through the other's eyes, it changes the nature of the conflict and allows for creative and synergetic solutions and partnerships to emerge.
One other important outcome of understanding how the brain works is that suddenly everything doesn't have to be about me. Sometimes, something occurs that triggers a loved one sending their brain to crazy places and causing them to act in ways they typically would never choose to act. If we can understand this while not excusing their behavior, we will avoid creating new unnecessary conflict. After a traumatic event: a car crash, accident, break-in, embarrassment, or shaming; people are not able to respond well to life. We have to allow them to find space to change gears. When we choose to challenge them because we don't like how they are engaging with us, or we only want them to feel better because their emotional state worries us, we create unnecessary conflict that needn't have occurred.
From all of this, it is easy to see that even our physical posture in these conversations matters. When I turn away from you, your amygdala informs you that I must not like you. It can't help it. It is part of the reptilian brain and simply reacts in set fashions. That message is sent based on the fact that I am not fully facing you. We need to physically turn toward one another. We need to be able to meet but not demand the other's gaze. Tone affects our amygdala more than the words that are said. It hears inflection, reading the emotion and the threat behind it. Since it is nonverbal, it only evaluates visual cues, energy levels, nasal, and tonal issues when assessing the risk.
Please be aware that memory can also trigger amygdalin responses. A nasal memory can trigger memories of trauma and set off a powerful, visceral, emotional, mental, verbal, and physical reaction.
I can say things differently to my wife than I can to my daughter or my son. When engaging with my ex-wife I need to be cognizant that I am communicating on a completely different plane. People are different with varying experiences in the world. That reality means that their amygdala may act differently than you think it should. And I will say to you that you cannot judge another's amygdalin response. Because you have no way of knowing why it developed the way that it did. To engage another cautiously does not necessitate that I am fearful and not loving. Sometimes caution is a function of love rather than fear. In those instances, caution is wisdom.
Knowing how our minds are wired does not solve all the problems. It can lead to manipulation in the wrong hands. It can also help us love more wisely and avoid creating needless conflict while walking into necessary conflict with a posture that allows synergy rather than destruction. In the end, we simply need to pay attention and be present. When we do so, we imitate Christ, who became incarnate to be present with us here.
Authors: Note: This is not what I planned on writing at this point. I had no peace in my soul and that stopped me from posting what I planned. I sat on what I wrote for over two weeks and only just now deleted it all. And for reason that is beyond me, this takes its place. This is a continuation of my story, as best asI can remember it. However, it is not a linear and chronological history. I pray that the posts I write become "our story." By that, I mean that you recognize parts of your story as you read mine. My story is not wholly unique. Others share it — or, at least, parts of it. And countless others deny sharing it, but do anyway. Maybe we'll meet in the middle of the narrative.
If CPR is a picture of renewed life, then coughing up water to breathe is a picture of the act of forgiveness. That sounds backward. It feels backward. I need forgiveness. I don't need to forgive. I am the guilty party. I betrayed my Ex, my kids, my supporters, friends, family, staff, and parishioners. Yes, I did. And still I need to forgive.
Alcoholics Anonymous gets this right. Alcoholics make amends in steps eight and nine:
Step 8: Made a list of all we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step 9: Made amends to those we had harmed, except when to do so would harm them or others.
Long before they get to those steps, they spend time figuring out who they need to forgive. They do that in steps four and five:
Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory.
Step 5: Admitted to ourselves, to God, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Recovering alcoholics discover that the exact nature of their wrongs is holding grudges and withholding forgiveness. They correctly believe that God forgives us the way we forgive others. So, we need to learn to forgive to experience being forgiven. This is consistent with how Jesus taught us to pray, "And forgive our sins as we forgive the sins of those who sin against us."
I am amazed that the evangelical church that birthed and grew me never spent much time teaching this principle. To know forgiveness, I need to forgive.
When I did my fourth step, I wrote pages and pages of resentments. For instance, I acknowledged resenting the country of France and the French. It is almost funny that France is part of my fourth step. But France isn't alone on the list. There are many other deep and dark resentments that I didn't / I don't want to admit: I have Polaroid images of my mother fingering my pre-pubescent genitalia in inappropriate ways… And, I remember my Dad leaving me with her for weeks on end while he traveled to serve God, who evidently needed him more than I did. I remember my angry, depressed mother who seemed to hate my brother and me for stopping her from enjoying the life she loved — traveling and ministering beside Dad — beating me with a belt. I remember my brother brutally beating me up every day, throwing me into walls and never getting caught. I remember the betrayal of a first love and then having to listen to her friend's cutting explanation, "She broke up with you because you were afraid to kiss her." I remember that same girl writing me a letter whilst I was in exile in England to get away from her, asking me if I heard Journey's new song, "Separate Ways." I remember the betrayal of my college fiancee and my brother, as we drove away from her house for the last time, stopping the car so I could throw up because I couldn't handle the pain …
There are so many more vivid resentments I could name. Alongside them, I have 70 mm Dolby surround sound, 3-D film of every shameful thing I've ever done. I remember with too much clarity the things I did that made me want to crawl into a hole and die; the times there was no place to escape. I can remember all the times I let people down, disappointing them. I remember telling lies to appear bigger, smarter, faster, stronger, more, and more lovable than I knew myself to be. I remember getting caught in those lies and shrinking down smaller than I wa before they left my mouth. I remember shrinking as small as I could get and realizing that it wasn't small enough.
I need to forgive the Country of France, and a bunch of others. But most of all, I needed to forgive myself. There are a few reasons for that:
1. I convinced myself that I was so bad I deserved the bad things that others did to me.
2. The feelings that accompany my shame are more powerful than feelings surrounding wrongs done to me. Though I feel both. Historically, I feel shame more viscerally.
3, As hard as I try, I can't forgive myself. There is a spiritual power that needs to be broken down for me to forgive myself.
4. Until I forgive myself, I don't know what it looks like to forgive others.
Forgiveness is a process. It is not a linear event that I pass through and then complete. It keeps circling back like Bill Murray's character in GroundHog Day. As I go through life, I uncover more that I need to forgive. Like taking up my cross daily, true freedom requires daily forgiving myself and my world.
There is a downside to forgiving yourself, at least there was for me. As I began to forgive myself, I started to get pissed off. When I thought I was a P.O.S. I could excuse people for treating me badly. I didn't deserve any better than I got. After being forgiven, I started getting angry.
Now, you have to understand, my parents didn't allow me to feel anger. The only person who could be angry in our house was Mom. The only exception was that Dad would occasionally get mad at her to hold her in line. Mom and Dad proudly boasted that they had "beaten the anger right out of me." I don't remember that. I don't remember anger. I still don't do it well. My friends told stories about throwing things or having a tantrum, and I'd get jealous because I didn't know how to do it. My anger came out as passive aggression. While I smiled sweetly at you, I'd stab you in the back and watch you bleed out without you ever knowing it was me who got you. Or, I'd escape into my double life because it was the safest place I could find.
But, now, after learning I could forgive myself, I was feeling it. In the furrow of my sin, people felt free to wrong me. My Bishop lied to cover his butt with his wife after my Ex retold the story to them. He said he hadn't realized in '97 that I'd had intercourse with prostitutes, even though I went specifically to him and others to confess that sin. He knew his lie wasn't important. My sin superceded it. So he got away with telling it.
The leadership of the church in which I grew up decided it was wholly appropriate to not only read a list of my sins from the pulpit to shame me but to demand I write an explicit letter to my prayer and financial supporters outlining those same sins to them as well. Conveniently forgetting the rest of the New Testament, they intentionally shamed me because of their interpretation of the pastoral epistles. Later, they performed an exorcism on my brother and sister-in-law's home because I stayed there a month. When it became clear that if there were demons in the home, they undoubtedly came from my brother, no apology was ever offered or considered. The pastor discovered he could get away with saying pretty much whatever he wanted to say to and about me, and so he did. It was reported to me that he made sure a local seminary refused me admission to their counseling program. I no longer had any grounds to disagree with or stand up to him. People in the church started and repeated fantastic rumors. A missionary friend saw me in Costco and asked if I really made my Dad move out of his house so that I could live there.
The leadership of my house church community thought they knew what they were doing, and in their arrogance demanded that everything be done their way. They chose my counselor and then didn't like things he said and so demanded that I stop seeing him and find a Christian counselor (assuming he'd agree with them). Finally, when they disagreed with both my sponsor and new Christian therapist and discovered that I would not obey them, they asked me to leave the church altogether. So I did. I became an Episcopalian.
I knew that I needed to forgive these men and women for my sake rather than theirs. I didn't want to, though. My hatred of them felt deserved. It felt good, and it held me captive. I was unwilling to give up my right to revenge. Judging them gave me solace in my despair. Even when you are at the bottom of the barrel it helps to have people that are easy marks for contempt.
Finally, after years (and that is not an exaggeration) of prayer for willingness to take action I asked my former Bishop to meet. We had coffee, and I told him that I forgave him. He asked me what he had done, and I said it was unimportant and bringing it to light again would probably create further damage between us. I knew I needed to let it go. I needed to give up any fantasy of revenge. I had to give up the right to judge he and his wife in the same way I had given up the right to judge myself.
However, I was still unwilling to forgive the pastor who read out my sins, blocked my admission to the seminary, didn't stop rumors, and said hateful things about and to me that were untrue. Then one day, I walked into a pastors' prayer meeting, and he was the only one there. As I walked across the room and sat down next to him, praying as I walked. I found that I held no ill will for him. I didn't need to harm him. He was an old man, and God had my back. I didn't need to judge him at all.
I wish I could tell you that once I gave up the right to revenge or to judge him –or anyone else, for that matter — all my hatred went away. It didn't. There are still moments when I want revenge on that old pastor. I have to pray them away. There are still moments that I judge the hell out of the old bishop and his wife. That fact isn't helped by her ongoing judgment of me and continued belief that she was correct in her assessments and actions, so I continually return to my knees and ask for willingness to forgive, and then I pray a simple prayer of surrender:
"Lord, I surrender my right to be angry with ________. Save me from being angry with them. Please give them _________ (whatever I want for myself right now). May I find in you, whatever my anger is giving me. Your will not mine be done."
I pray that prayer until I mean it, which means I repeat it a lot. Some folk aren't easy to love! But by praying, I take the Lord seriously, seeking the welfare of my enemies. And as I obey, the Holy Spirit slowly transforms and resurrects my heart.
"Listening" to the energy in my body as I wrote these words, I am very aware that I have more work to do. Though my resentments' power weakens the more I pray to forgive, my resentments can still keep me awake. Their power and my powerlessness require me to rely on the Holy Spirit. He has to be actively involved because my resentments are too much for me. The good news is that he is willing to get his hands dirty with me.
Just so you know, because this post brought back a lot of emotion, I will be praying the above-cited prayer a lot in the next few days. If you haven't already, I'd encourage you to join me in it — for your resentments, not mine.


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There was an illusion of autonomy in the place, and all of them were completely ensorcelled by it. Only Simon could feel the viscous reality all around them — the jellied tomb of culture and animal behavior. He felt himself submerged in it, like a wasp set in prehistoric amber. The others didn't even know to fight it, and he'd long learned the futility of trying to break the surface.
Because this is all there is.
He brought the glass to his narrow lips and sipped: deep berry flavors, a jag of chocolate for balance.
"Simulacrums" is the tale of jaded food critic Simon Spire, who encounters a pair of bizarre, twin Turkish restaurants in New York. Already contemplating his fading connections to the sense world he inhabits, he finds himself grappling with a force from beyond the realm of senses and a stranger from his past.
This is probably the most sexually explicit of my published fictions, so — unlike Simon — I give you fair warning before you enter in. The inspiration for the twin restaurants came from a very real pair of Indian establishments in New York City. My wife brought back word of them first and we later dined there together, along with Kurt and Zelda of Teetering Bulb. Check out my post about the restaurants over at Tor.com.
I can't speak for the restaurant on the left, but we dined at its twin without getting sexed up by transdimensional monsters.
Brave enough to read "Simulacrums" for yourself? You can find it in Kaleidotrope #10, available right here in PDF form for $2.99.


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Q 'n A Saturday: Oliver Marino
Welcome to Linus' new interview series on Headfonia.com! Every two weeks we will publish an interview with an insider of the audio industry. They will give us a little insight on how they started and what they are up to. We are thrilled to be able to share a little something with all of you.
We're thrilled to have Oliver Marino, IEM designer and consultant for many brands, as chatting partner!
HFN: Please give us an introduction about yourself
OM: My Name is Oliver Marino, I am from Italy, I've been working in the pro audio market mainly as a monitor engineer for almost 30 years and as IEM designer since 2005.… Read the full article


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maandag 25 maart 2013
Santoni - AW 2013-14 Woman Collection
On the 21st of February, the day before Santoni opened its new flagshipstore in Milan, there was another interesting event: The presentation of the Autumn-Winter 2013/2014 Woman Collection.
Images of elaborate design, of bourgeois ambiences, self confident women and geometric inspirations. Sophisticated materials: leather, velvet, precious fabrics, crocodile. As well as the visionary of the sixties used as a magnifying glass working above the use of new shapes and the development of new lines.
Starts from these assumptions, the autumn/winter 2013-14 collection from Santoni with the awareness that style starts with an accessory, or even better, with a shoe, describing an affiliation to a cultural area, a world, a way of living.
The merging of masculine and feminine, the reading of a story that has an Italian flair, created from the linear design of the '60's, luxurious without showing off.
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(Posted 23rd July 2017)
The Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest aviation group in Africa, announced that the Ethiopian Government has established a new Aviation Holding Group with various diversified aviation strategic business units like: Ethiopian Airports Enterprises, Passenger Airline, Cargo Airline and Logistics Company, Ethiopian Aviation Academy, Ethiopian Inflight Catering Services, Ethiopian MRO Services, Ethiopian Hotel and Tourism Services among others. Accordingly, the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise has joined the new Aviation Group to leverage the strong synergies that naturally exist among the group member companies.
The new group structure will allow all the fully owned companies to pursue shared long term vision and common planning platform while they provide high quality global standard services to their mutual customers. The Ethiopian Airports Company will maintain its internal autonomy, its own brand, and its functions playing an important and central role to integrate the services of all stakeholders such as airlines, immigration services, customs, security services, ground handlers and others to ensure that all provide global standard airport services to the people who matter most, the passengers. Passenger satisfaction will now be the most important focus of all service providers and global standard key performance indicators will be given to all stakeholders which will measure the standards. The ultimate aim is to upgrade the customer experience at the airport to meet global standards and thereby making Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa the best connecting hub in Africa.
The Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde GebreMariam, said: 'We are all delighted that the Ethiopian Government took an important decision in paving the way for the formation of the Ethiopian Aviation Group as a holding company in line with international best practices which will enable to transform all airports in Ethiopia to upgrade their services to global standards by leveraging the synergy with the successful business model and strategy of Ethiopian Airlines which is now the best airline group in Africa. Passengers' overall experience is a combined effect of the services rendered both on-board their flight and the provisions at the airports they pass through. Hence, availability of a seamless customer focused service defines the rule of the game in today's hyper competitive airline industry. The new formation will create common direction and strong synergy to improve services by eliminating waste and redundant activities'.
Mr. Tewodros Dawit, the CEO of the Ethiopian Airports Enterprise then added: 'The group formation is a step forward to improve the competitiveness of the Ethiopian Airlines hub by taking advantage of the proven record of fast and sustainable growth strategy. The new structure will help the Ethiopian Airport Enterprise to formulate integrated strategy to provide global standard services to all users allowing Ethiopia to continue its aviation leadership in Africa'.
Ethiopian Airlines is presently implementing its fifteen years strategic growth plan, called Vision 2025. Being among Africa's fastest growing and certainly the most profitable airline will the new setup help with the required infrastructure, fleet, systems and human capital that is expected to complement its long-term strategic plan. Ethiopian is currently playing an important role in the nation's economic development endeavours, export and import activities and foreign exchange earnings.


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The Mission of the Sternberg Museum of Natural History is to foster "an appreciation and understanding of Earth's natural history and the evolutionary forces that impact it...with an emphasis on the Great Plains." Located in Western Kansas, we have a unique position serving rural regions of the Great Plains and surrounding urban populations with science education. While continuing with school tour groups, after school programming, adult programming, family days, and community events, we are now expanding our reach by bringing Kansas' natural history to K-12 students, and brining K-12 students to Kansas' natural history.
As announced in a previous post, the Sternberg Museum is offering summer camps for elementary, junior high, and high school students beginning in the summer of 2014 (that's THIS summer!!). These camps focus on introducing students to hands on field- and lab-based biology, ecology, and paleontology educational activities and adventures. Western Kansas is filled with exceptional, accessible natural resources that we are excited to introduce to and share with learners of all ages. These camps are one more way the Sternberg Museum can provide science education to K-12 students and families. And in a world that is moving indoors and moving less, we can offer our camp-goers outdoor adventures in the wilds of Kansas.
We are offering single day camps for grades K-5, three day camps for grades 6-8, and a 2 week camp for grades 9-12. You can find more information in the Camp Catalog posted on the Museum website. There are still openings for new campers, but register soon because spots are filling! Contact the Education Director David Levering (the mastermind, energy source, organizer, and facilitator behind the camps) with questions or for more information.
So what could be more awesome than biology and paleontology camps in Kansas? How about our efforts to keep registration costs down?! As with any new venture, there are a lot of start-up costs associated with getting the summer camp program off the ground. Using a crowdfunding website called RocketHub, we are raising money to purchase camping gear like tents, stoves, and pots and pans for use in the overnight camps. This keeps students from having to purchase/bring more than the personal essentials for camping. We are also raising money to purchase the more technical gear associated with biology, ecology, and paleontology field work (GPS units, compasses, excavation supplies, etc.). All in all, these fundraising efforts mean that we can keep the registration costs for each student down, making camps available to a wide range of students.
Amid our fundraising efforts, we have also had several generous donors donate money specifically for student scholarships. There are 10 scholarships available for elementary students, one for junior high students, and two for high school students. The application process for financial aid is included in the Camp Catalog.
In the past months, we have had a tremendous outpouring of support for our camps by way of private donations, donations through RocketHub, and student registrations. But we have a bit further to go to help our camps live up to their potential. Please consider signing a young family member up for a camp or supporting our fund raising efforts - we can't do it without you!
Check it out! Our upcoming camps were also recently featured in an awesome write-up in the Outbound Adventurer blog.


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Our Regular Trips: The trips are from 2 to 14 days
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You either love it or hate it, but there's no getting away from the fact that a paint ball session is going to get the adrenalin flowing. We do not do this as an individual trip, it can be an extension of a rafting, ATV, MTB or river walk weekend. Also located in the Bao lai area it's just over an hours drive from Kaohsiung for a variety of activities.


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A special CBI court in Delhi dismissed former union minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal in the illegal 2G spectrum matter, the Supreme Court on 3rd February neglected to stay the trial court order but tightened the noose against the accused who have not been receiving court summons.
On 2nd February, the trial court had unintergrated trial against accused Kuala Lumpur-based business tycoon and Maxis promoter T Ananda Krishnan, Maxis director Ralph Marshall and two companies Astro All Asia Networks Limited and Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia, from that of the Maran brothers.
They have been avoiding the court's summons. In the meanwhile, Aircel distinct to transfer its spectrum to Reliance Communications.The fate of the fusion deal between two companies is still hanging on fire.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar notified Aircel to auction the deal if the accused do not present.Maxis holds 99 per cent of Aircel stake, as per CAG report.
Taking exclusion to Ananda Krishnan, the bench said: "No one will be allowed to run away from the summons of this court."
While hearing a request filed by NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation, the bench noticed that it won't allow fusion of Reliance Communication wireless with Aircel involving settlement of Rs.20,000-crore debt of nationalised banks.
"If the accused don't replied to summons, then it might auction the spectrum allotted to Aircel-Maxis to satisfy Rs.20,000-crore debt," the bench said. "We will adopt any means to make sure that no one bolt from the law of this country," the bench, also comprising Justice NV Ramana and DY Chandrachud, said.
Representing Aircel, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi fenced that the company has no control over the accused, particularly Ananda Krishnan.
The visibly roiled court, however, said "You are fighting the matter in proxy. Aircel are hand in glove with accused. It is an offense before the court. He must come and answer to court.
To secure that the public banks do not hurt, the CJI said: "We will pass order asking government to auction the proposed transfer of spectrum from Aircel to Reliance.
Sending a strong message to other bolt who have failed to repay a big amount of bank loans like businessman Vijay Mallya, the bench said: "When Indians are in other countries or had it been an Indian outside the country, they have to face the consequences of evading law. We will deal with them.
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About Me
- Irish Eyes
- I am a Mom of two young lads, a fitness fanatic and wife to a die-hard Packers/Brewers fan. I worked in corporate america for 12 years. Now I am on a new adventure - raising my sons and working part-time in the fitness industry as a Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor. I hope you stop by and read my updates- family, fitness, or life related!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Milwakee Here We Come!
This weekend Joe and I are headed to what he calls "God's Country" - Wisconsin. We go to a Brewers game every year with his family, and this year we are taking in two games in one weekend. We are able to get in two games because we are actually flying instead of driving due to the great airfares right now. I am excited to not waste 11 hours of the nice weekend in a car!!! (Not that I don't enjoy our car time Joe- I just get antsy after like 3 hours.)
It will be fun to hang out w/ the Hammonds this weekend - get away, do something different, and relax at two ball games in the nice Miller Park.
Joe is the BIGGEST Brewers fan I know, so I know this weekend is like his ideal weekend: being in WI, hanging w/ family and taking in two Brewers games! He already warned me that our child will become a WI sports fan whether I like it or not. I guess that is one struggle I don't feel the urge to take on because I know I can't do anything about it! :)
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It's official. We have ourselves a little Brewer/Packer/Badger fan on the way! Can't wait to spend a weekend away with you and to get to see our niece and nephew (and brother and sister-in-law and aunts and uncles or course).
- June 25, 2009 at 5:02 PM
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Echoes From the Well
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Collected in this tome are eleven tales gathered from the depths of a bottomless well. Learn of how a certain store acquires its second hand goods, then join a young boy as he discovers an old man's prized collection, listen to the tale of Emilio as he is forced to dig his own grave, and go along with a prisoner and find out what becomes of the damned. All this and more will be known when you stop and listen to the echoes from the well.
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As you already know Draftsight -the free 2D ARES-based AutoCAD clone from Dassault- has released the final version for Windows a few days ago. Linux version, although it had been announced, seems to be delayed for unknown reasons and I didn't find any information about the future. So the user who wants a free dwg cad system has to use Windows? I don't think so...
In this post I'll show how the cost of buying and maintaining Windows is actually higher than using Linux and a commercial 2D CAD application like Bricscad Classic. As time period I choose 5 years, the typical lifecycle of a Windows computer for productive use. I ignore some parameters, like the better performance of Linux on older hardware that increases the lifecycle of your computer and reduces the cost of updating hardware, or some possible stability and performance issues on software that need extra maintenance.
So the testing parameters are 5years lifecycle, only routine maintenance tasks, no hardware failures, typical configuration. Prices are in Euros
Draftsight Windows
- OS license: 80-100
- Antivirus software: 250 (50 per year)*
- CAD Software license: 0
Bricscad Linux
- OS license: 0
- Antivirus software: 0
- CAD software license: 315 (+ VAT for customers inside EU)
* Antivirus software has many versions and a wide range of prices. Free antivirus like Windows Security Essentials or Avira Free aren't recommended for professional but only for home usage. Also the cost decreases a lot if you buy multiple licenses therefore this is not the target group of this specific usage of a 2D CAD I am trying to describe in this post. Multiple licenses are needed if you have many workstations and this affects people who use a 2D CAD package to have backwards compatibility when migrating to 3D CAD like Solidworks. This post is for people who want only a 2D CAD package like small offices of 1-2 workstations. For these people the typical cost is 35-70 Euros per year so I believe that 50 Euros per year describes well the real cost.
Maintenance (Typical necessary tasks)
- Defragmentations (1 per year minimum if you don't want to wait a lot for simple tasks)
- Installation of 1-2 Service Packs
- Antivirus scanning
- Various simple cleaning tasks ( cleanup: registry, browser cache, deleting unnecessary files etc)
- First installation
- New installations or dist-upgrades (about 1-2 for a period of 5 years**)
- Various simple cleaning tasks ( cleanup: packages cache, browser cache, etc)
So as you can see the between the two configurations cost is similar and Linux is the clear winner on maintenance. Defragmentations and installations of Service Packs are very painful and demand much more time than upgrading or having a clean install on a Linux system. So if you want a cost-effective 2D CAD workstation and you can't wait for the Linux version of Draftsight the choice of Linux+Bricscad probably saves for you time and money than staying on Windows and using the free-of-charge Draftsight.
PS 1: The free-of-charge version of Draftsight does not contain commercial support.
PS 2: Special offers of Bricscad are available sometimes.
PS 3: It's possible to run the Windows version of Draftsight on Linux via Wine. I don't like this solution because I want native Linux applications but if you want, you can give it a try.
PS 2: Special offers of Bricscad are available sometimes.
PS 3: It's possible to run the Windows version of Draftsight on Linux via Wine. I don't like this solution because I want native Linux applications but if you want, you can give it a try.


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The Houltons and Turbedskys On Retreat
Church Planter Cohort Retreat
The Houltons and Turbedskys are traveling this week for a marriage retreat. Hosted by Sovereign Grace Churches, this event is designed to equip church planters to launch well and last long. The topic is rest and romance.
Please pray for both couples as they go away. Also pray for their children back home. Let's ask God to refresh them even as they learn and grow.


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Way, way back, many centuries ago
Not long after the new year began...
Celia has deciphered the clue-riddle to mean that she will have to rescue a hostage in the Whispering Caves, an oracular site on the Beauxbatons grounds... with the rub that they aren't going to be starting at a standard entrance. She'll have to figure out where she is in the caves before finding her way to the hostages. The Marauders' portrait, citing a fair bit of experience with mapping spells, has offered to help.
Meanwhile, James, in his own exploration near the caves, comes across Elodie Lejeune, the rather unpleasant girl who belongs to a religious sect that prohibits magic use--within the wizarding world--though they send all of their children to Beauxbatons to learn to control their magic. Elodie stops him from going into the cave, making a few nasty remarks about his reliance on carrying a wand to defend against magic that acts on the mind. Back in the dining room, he tells Celia about this encounter, and Celia--never a fan of Elodie's sect--decides Elodie may well be a suspect in the sabotage on the tournament, and decides that the best way to investigate her is for James to ask her to the just-announced Yule Ball.
Question: At the end of this, I name a French coin the Solidus, a random old Roman coin, but I don't like it and would rather come up with a good set of French and German coins to match the Knut, Sickle, and Galleon. Of course, these aren't real English coins (at least not anymore), so it's not a question of translating. Suggestions?
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James felt his jaw drop. "Ask... what? You want me to... er...?"
"Take her to ball," Celia repeated, caught up in her idea. "You could see if she has anything against the tournament, or if she knows the kind of magic it would take to hoodwink the goblet--"
"She doesn't even believe in doing magic."
"That doesn't mean she can't."
James shook his head. "No, Celia, come on. I was, well--"
"Did you already have a date?"
"I was going to ask you!"
She stopped talking abruptly and said, in a small voice, "Oh. Er..."
"So, will you?"
She blinked at him solemnly, took a deep breath, and said, "No, James, I won't."
"Why not?"
"Because I'd be going with you as a friend, and I don't think that's how you'd be asking me."
James looked down, his interest in food and schemes to entrap a saboteur never at a lower ebb. "Fine," he said, and stood up. "Just, fine."
He left before she could say anything else, heading across the cool grounds toward the train with his hands in his pockets and his head down against the wind. He barked his shin on the corner of one of the stone benches in the Garden of the Mind, hard enough to actually hear a sharp sound, and sat down, cursing and rubbing it.
"Bloody..." He couldn't think of anything to follow this, switched to "Merlin's bloody elbows," and drew his wand to fix any serious damage. Once the pain abated, he put his wand away, ground his teeth, and glared between the statues at the Fountain of the Heart, which was being tossed into miniature gray waves by the unusually strong breeze. He Banished a stone from the path toward the fountain. It exploded up from the ground and shot forward like a missile and splashed at the far end, at the entrance to the Garden of the Left Foot.
"Projectile weapons are generally frowned upon at Beauxbatons," someone said in accented English.
James looked up and groaned. "Elodie!"
She gave him a philosophical shrug and sat down on the bench. "Besides, your aim is off. A straight line goes right to ze gate."
"Thanks for the tip." He switched to French. "Did you forget to warn me about something back at the caves? Or did you just want to call me names?"
"I came to the dining room to apologize," she said. "I was a bit curt. You didn't seem to be doing anything offensive, once I thought about it. Madame Maxime says I sometimes jump to conclusions." She frowned, as if confused by this assessment. "Why were you at the caves?"
"I wanted to look around."
"Why did you storm out of the dining room just now? Were you fighting with your champion?"
"She wants me to ask you the Yule Ball."
"To see if I have an alibi?" Elodie raised her eyebrows.
"I know who she is. I know where she lives. They have no love for my sect. If I were them, I would suspect me. Unfortunately, I have no alibi. I have no friends and no one to say where I was for every moment the goblet or the sirens were here. Then again, I doubt anyone could account for every moment."
James didn't say anything.
Elodie shrugged again. "I didn't do any of it, if you care. I expected to be blamed by someone at some point. They always find a way to blame me for things."
"Maybe because you're sour to everyone. It makes people suspect your motives."
"Oh, but they all work so hard to inspire feelings of warmth and generosity in me. Why, my first week at Beauxbatons, they helpfully told me everything that was wrong with my religion, and arranged a makeover for me. They threw me in the fountain and set a grindylow on me. They've shared quite a few jokes with me as well. Do you know how many Crassonists it takes to light a torch? None of us--we soil ourselves and run at the sight of anything as powerful as fire." She snorted. "The old answer to that was 'It depends on how good your Cruciatus Curse is,' but Madame Laurent put a stop to that sort of thing."
James had a brief flash on stories about Severus Snape--the unpleasant boy whose life had been made considerably more unpleasant than necessary--but it wasn't entirely an entirely comforting comparison. He may have ended as a hero, but he'd gone through a minor Death Eater phase before then. "I'm sorry that happened," he said.
"I expect it."
Neither of them said anything for a while. The day was quite cool--for Beauxbatons, at any rate--but James felt that it was proper to feel cold just now, and Elodie accepted the chilly wind as though she also expected the weather to treat her badly at any given moment, just giving the sky a perfunctory snarl from time to time. Looking at her, he decided that she wasn't particularly bad looking, and he'd talked to her as much as he had to any of the other Beauxbatons girls.
"So, who are you going to the Ball with?" he asked.
She rolled her eyes. "I don't know how I'll ever sort through all my options before Christmas. You've seen how full my dance card is."
"Well, do you want to go with me?"
She looked at him, her face blank, as though she hadn't quite processed what he'd said. "I'm sorry?"
"The Ball. You have to go with someone."
"No, not really. It's not required for anyone but the champions. I was going to go home."
"Your parents don't want you to come to the Ball?"
A more familiar expression of exasperation crossed her face. "My mother's been making me a set of dress robes. She's been working on them since August. My father wants to know who's playing."
"I just thought--"
"That because we don't do magic, we don't dance?"
"Sort of."
She shook her head and rolled her eyes. "We dance."
"So, you'll come?"
"That was a 'we' as in 'Abstentionistes.' Abstentionistes dance. I don't."
"Why not?"
"Because my mother's been working on those robes for months. I don't want to have them tossed in the fountain or cursed or... I don't know. I read a Muggle book once where a girl had pig's blood tossed on her while she was wearing a fancy dress. You should read that one. They killed her date while they were at it."
"How did it end?"
"She burned the school down with magic. And the rest of the town, too. Then she died."
"Do you have it? Sounds good. Maybe I could borrow it."
She wrinkled her nose. "Are you trying to be my friend?"
"Well, I was trying to ask you to the Ball."
"Because your champion told you I was sabotaging the tournament. And I already gave you my alibi, so why don't you ask that Durmstrang champion? Or Daniela Villanueva?"
"Veronika's going out with someone else, and Dani's probably a little out of my league."
"Yeah. Right. Out of the league of Harry Potter's son."
"You know what? Forget it."
James stood up. "Thanks for the alibi. I'll go now." He turned and stormed off toward the train. When he got to the edge of the Visitors' Garden, he turned and looked over his shoulder.
Elodie was still sitting on the bench. She didn't look upset. She'd curled her legs up under her and got a book out of her bag, and was reading without much affect that he could see. Fine, then. It wasn't as though he'd wanted to go with her, anyway. Maybe he would as Dani Villanueva.
He didn't feel like going inside, no matter how cold it was, so he walked to the river, heading up the bank in the direction of Ville-Sauvage. He was sure Madame Maxime would have found a way to block it since he and Celia had come on the tarasque, but he'd got quite a distance without running into anything before he finally decided to stop. A rock sat at the edge of the Sentinelle here, and he sat down on it, staring down into the rippling water, looking at nothing.
The sun glinted on somthing in the mud. He wasn't terribly interested in it, but he'd never been good at sitting still to brood, so he slid down and looked at it. The edge of a gold coin was sticking up out the dirt. He dug into the mud with his fingers, popping it out, expecting it to be French solidus, or maybe even a Galleon a Hogwarts student had dropped.
He cleared the dirt from it, then threw it away from himself with a shudder, suddenly feeling that his hand was uncleanable.
Shining up from the back was the symbol of the Hallows--the magical coin of Grindelwald's realm.


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Ten Years Ago
Scott Tracy was elected president of the La Cañada Unified School District Governing Board during a meeting held at La Cañada High School. Outgoing president was Jinny Dalbeck. Tracy, who was also the board's president this year, was reelected to that post this month for 2013.
Twenty Years Ago
The vast Christmas village and train display at Nancy and Bob Wagners' La Cañada Flintridge home was featured on the cover of the Valley Sun on Dec. 17, 1992. Created from items collected over many years, the display filled the Wagners' expansive living room.
Thirty Years Ago
The La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Assn.'s cookbook, "Parade of Recipes," was available for purchase at area merchants as a fundraiser. Its editor, Shirley Herrman, assured local residents the $10 book was an ideal gift for friends during the 1982 holiday season.
Forty Years Ago
Behrens Memorial Hospital in Glendale closed its doors after 50 years and transferred by ambulance dozens of patients to its newly opened facility in the foothills, Verdugo Hills Hospital.


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Hey, Benny? Baby? Babe? Bae? Beb? What's on your mind? You look a lil' constipated. Wait — nope, consternated. There we go. But seriously, what's up? We get worried when you strike an anxious pose in the middle of the crosswalk like that. Why don't you come over here and we can talk this out a little further from the oncoming traffic? Perf. Now, let's see if we can't figure out how you lost your shirt for the fifth time today...
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By Robin Ganzert
"The decent thing to do is to get rid of some of this money." -James Michener, author
Commenting on his giving of $117,000,000 during his lifetime
Historically, charities have actively sought donations for endowments while gaining increasing dependence on spending policy payouts for operating budgets. During the past few years, declines in the market negatively affected endowment investment performance. Hence, lower spending policy payouts dramatically affected operating funds and forced budget cuts, layoffs and program closures. During the most recent period, giving did not outpace inflation, and giving to human service organizations fell by more than 11% according to Giving USA. Fundraisers are now being asked about the need to build endowments versus the pressure to increase annual and major gifts for operating and capital funds. The issue centers on the concept of intergenerational equity, which is the delicate balance between spending for today or saving for tomorrow. Does raising money for endowment make sense in today's environment?
An endowment is an investment fund of which the principal has been set aside for the long-term support of an organization. The principal is preserved, and withdrawals occur based on an agreed upon spending policy (spendable return) established by the Board. The investment time horizon is in perpetuity. Endowments are categorized based upon restrictions placed on the spendable return or principal. The categories include:
- True Endowment
- Term Endowment
- Funds Functioning as Endowment
True Endowment occurs when a donor restricts the principal of the gift, yet the spendable return may or may not be restricted for the organization. Term Endowment occurs when the donor stipulates that the principal may or may not be expended after a trigger point of a certain event or time period. Once again, the spendable return may or may not be restricted for the organization. Funds Functioning as Endowment is established by the governing board to function like an endowment, but may be expended at any time with board discretion. Planned giving vehicles, such as pooled income funds and charitable gift annuity funds, often flow into the category of funds functioning as endowment upon maturation of the gift. The charity sets out the purpose of the charitable remainders in the planned giving acceptance policies.
The primary argument today for building endowment is good stewardship and fiduciary management of the charitable organization. Charities are often set up to address long-term issues or societal problems; hence the causes require a funding stream for the long-term horizon. The good stewardship argument for endowment centers on the smoothing effect of the income curve through savings. Clearly, endowment payouts through a spending policy (spendable return) provide for a less disruptive cash flow, particularly when payouts are from an unrestricted endowment and may be used for any unrestricted purpose. Without endowment payouts, the organization is dependent on sources of funding that may be sporadic, undependable, and unreliable.
A secondary argument for building endowment centers on programs or causes that are difficult to fund. Endowed funds can support specific charitable endeavors that may not be among the popular causes that stimulate annual or operating gifts, or other sources of funding. Such programs or causes may stimulate the interest of a few benefactors who wish to see that specific issue funded for the long-term, and designating an endowment fund is the preference for the gift. Endowments, in this case, can ensure that in periods of financial stress with operating funds, specialty programs can continue based on endowment spendable return funding, despite cuts in other areas.
Another secondary argument for building endowment is the working capital concept. The working capital concept centers on setting up an endowment for maintenance and capital operations to support the long-term needs identified during a capital building project. Such funds protect future operating income streams by allowing donors, who prefer to fund buildings or physical plant additions, to maintain those structures for the long-term without draining the future operating streams. The working capital concept encourages the protection of future operating budgets during the expansion of physical plants, and can be an effective argument for building endowment. Other secondary arguments for endowment building include underwriting administration expenses, providing grants for new needs and programs, and offering matching funds.
In conclusion, the issue of intergenerational equity is best managed through deliberate strategic planning efforts in both the fundraising and financial operations. Whether to place a strategic focus on building endowment depends on the charity's own unique funding structure, external environmental issues, program focus, and donor base.
Planned giving can be effectively used to build endowments at many charitable organizations. With planned gifts increasing in both size and quantity, the intergenerational equity balance between the argument of spending for today or saving for tomorrow can be mitigated. Planned giving program policies identify the flow of funding from terminated or matured planned gifts, and in the long term, these funds can dramatically build an endowment.
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Braun Strowman: Running Powerslam
Trust me when I say that the Running Powerslam, when performed by Braun Strowman, is effective and looks painful. It is a move that, for all intents and purposes, works for the "Monster Among Men", and makes him look strong.
That said, is this really that great of a finishing move? The Running Powerslam has been used by nearly every "big man" wrestler in existence, from buffed out guys like The Ultimate Warrior to giants like Kane. So when Braun gets stuck with the move as his finisher, it feels like it is less special because it has already been done to death.
While it can be worse (at least he isn't yet another Chokeslam user), it seems a bit lazy to give Braun Strowman such an overused maneuver. I feel like, for a "Monster Among Men", he could do so much better.