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Cal Fire and the Santa Clara County FireSafe Council warned hillside and mountain residents to begin preparing for fire season early because of the drought. "We are experiencing conditions right now that we would usually see in August," Cal Fire's Ken Pimlott said at the time. Two San Jose men were arrested by Los Gatos-Monte Sereno police and charged with mail theft. Police said David Zumr and Timothy Reinert were responsible for 250 thefts in Los Gatos, Saratoga, Campbell and San Jose. The men were also charged with possession of methamphetamine. Another suspected mail thief, who was also charged with narcotics violations, was arrested in December, prompting police Chief Matt Frisby to say, "Unfortunately, this is yet another example of the types of crimes our communities face locally and regionally, and many times are fueled or associated with persons involved with illegal narcotics.".
We return to a magnificent lunch prepared by Dildoseb ecoTour owner Ann Singeo, As we eat, she talks about Palau's matrilineal society: "A man becomes chief through his mother's clan, Women hold the traditional forms of wealth, such as taro patches and money beads.", Palau tradition means graciousness to guests, It seems to be a national priority to wave goodbye to departing visitors for as long as they remain in sight, Hands up, bodies swaying from the waist, embroidery design, ballet pointe shoes slippers machine embroidery single design, , ballet embroidery design // joyful stitches Singeo and the kayak guides wave to our group..
The free event, which is open to the public, will provide information booths, workshops, and panel discussions focused on giving youths and young adults with disabilities resources to take control of their future and live full, productive, and independent lives. Discussion topics will include employment, housing, assistive technology, healthcare, service dog information, and more. Attendees are encouraged to take public transportation or carpool as the event center charges $10 for parking. A concession stand, where food can be bought, will be open during the event.
She answered back, "I remember the good times, too," she tapped on her keyboard, Her husband Will, a embroidery design, ballet pointe shoes slippers machine embroidery single design, , ballet embroidery design // joyful stitches Cambridge-educated Silicon Valley entrepreneur, had been neglecting her lately, What could be wrong with a virtual trip down memory lane?, Since Lia and Will MacDonald became one of Match.com's first success stories when they met online in 1996 — so long ago that Lia had to mail in a snapshot of herself and Will didn't even have a home computer — they have become a Silicon Valley social experiment for our times..
The song was controversial not only because of its explicit nature, but also because it was seen as encouraging casual sex and promiscuity at a time when the AIDS epidemic was deepening. Michael and his management tried to tamp down this point of view by having the singer write "Explore Monogamy" on the leg and back of a model in the video. At the time, Michael had not disclosed his homosexuality, and much of his chart success was based on his sex appeal to young women. His look was raw and provocative, with tight jeans, tight T-shirts, black leather jackets and designer stubble, and his videos pushed the accepted limits with many lingerie-clad models vying for Michael's attentions on screen.


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All are invited to join our members in celebrating our new exhibition at South Avenue Arts with a reception on Sunday, January 20th, 1-3pm. The exhibition is on view now and will remain up through 1/29 .
ABOUT FACE: These two words can simply mean "Pertaining to the face or front of someone or something". It is also a common expression as in "A complete change of opinion or policy; or a turn made as to face the opposite direction.
Either way this theme is taken, we know artists have such distinct ways of representing the same underlying theme within their works that we can expect to see a varied array of art and we will be able to compare the methods and journeys artists use to convey the same underlying theme. The artworks that are inspired by "About Face" may prove to comment on our turbulent times or give us cause to turn in the opposite, more introspective direction.
A special 'THANK YOU' to our wonderful host, South Avenue Arts!
Of course you can also come in to view the show at South Avenue Arts anytime during their regular business hours.
South Avenue Arts
Address: 221 South Avenue, Garwood NJ, 07027
Phone: 908-654-2787
Hours: Monday – Thursday 12:00 – 5:00pm, Wednesday until 7:00pm and Saturday 10:00am – 3:00pm.

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USAePay wants to inform our partners and integrated software clients that the recent SSLv3 POODLE vulnerabilities have made SSLv3 no longer PCI-DSS-compliant. The issue came to the world's attention in September 2014 when Google released a paper called "This POODLE Bites: Exploiting The SSL 3.0 Fallback". POODLE stands for the Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption, and describes a vulnerability in the way in which websites use SSL encryption to communicate with users or servers.
The POODLE attack can be used against any browser or website that supports SSLv3. If your website or shopping cart solution has SSLv3 enabled an intruder can employ a "man-in-the-middle" exploit to decrypt sensitive information such as credit card data. We urge our partners to update their code base as soon as possible. Since this problem is in the protocol, anything that uses SSL is affected.
To mitigate the vulnerability USAePay will be disabling the use of SSLv3 on all processing URLs starting January 15th, 2015. Developers should start actively testing their updated software with TLS 1.x protocol on USAePay's sandbox environment (https://sandbox.usaepay.com) where SSLv3 has already been disabled.
If merchants can not access https://sandbox.usaepay.com and they are using IE 8, they probably do not have TLS enabled. To enable TLS go to Tools → Internet Options → Advanced. Scroll to the bottom and check off TLS 1.0. Merchants using IE 8 should upgrade as soon as possible.


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A spontaneous healing is when the body recovers from a disease state spontaneously without apparent cause or aid of medical care.1 Some call it the placebo effect and others call it quantum healing, suggesting healing from an invisible source that works through mechanisms that are, as of yet, unknown.
Spontaneous remissions, spontaneous regressions, or quantum healings are considered rare today, although they have been documented for hundreds and even thousands of years.1
The placebo effect, a healing response that occurs due to a person's belief, has been found to be 35-82% effective as a healing aid. For a drug to be approved by the FDA, it only has to outperform the placebo one time!2-8
Vedic Healing
The cause of all disease, according to Ayurveda, is prajnapradh, translated as the "mistake of the intellect" or "crimes against wisdom." It is understood that when mind and body start to function independently, without a connection to the whole, the mind and body soon lose the memory (smriti) of how to function as part of the whole.
To avoid disease, Ayurveda suggests that body, mind, emotions, and spirit (consciousness) must all work as one "whole." If the body is stressed, depleted, or exhausted, the mind will be, too. This results in a survival mindset that seeks satisfaction, pleasure, reward, stimulation, or instant gratification at any cost.
Overstimulation of the mind drives the body to exhaustion and conditions the mind to seek ever more powerful sources of satisfaction or stimulation. Over time, chronic overstimulation can lead to depletion or retreat in the name of protecting any residual reserves. This can manifest as fear, anxiety, depression, anger, resentment, violence, and isolationism—all examples of the body functioning in isolation, without the memory of how to function as part of a whole.
We've all heard the saying "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts," and this surely applies in self-healing. New discoveries may have found the mechanism to explain these age-old spontaneous healings.
First, on a physical level, it has become more accepted that all body systems work in coordination. When one system becomes depleted, another will compensate. Too many stressed or depleted systems cause multiple layers of physiological compensation that eventually break down, leaving the parts (bodily systems) disconnected from whole and forced to function independently. Soon, without the body, mind, organs, and organ systems working together in harmony, optimal health is impossible.
The treatment of prajnaparadh, according to Ayurveda, is to restore the memory of the whole to the parts and thus allow the body, mind, and spirit to function as one unit. To accomplish this, the body's awareness has to be brought to the place where the parts and whole were first separated. To understand how to accomplish this, we need to employ some quantum physics.
We RecommendPart 1: What is Quantum Consciousness?
We Are Electromagnetic Fields
Quantum field theory now tells us that at the most subtle levels, we are fluctuations of certain electromagnetic fields that concentrate into physical matter. If these fields are destined to become matter, then there must be a place where fields and the physical expression of these fields meet—and there is: photons or particles of light.
By definition, a photon can take the form of a particle or an electromagnetic field. Putting your attention on a photon would then be putting your attention on an entity that by definition lives at the junction between particles and fields. Theoretically, then, a healing should occur.
Where Consciousness + Matter Meet
Many physicists believe that the many known electromagnetic fields are unified and express consciousness. Ayurveda believes that when consciousness becomes matter or the body, and the matter forgets that it comes from a field of consciousness, this separation or memory loss, which can be due to a physical, mental, or emotional imbalance, is the cause of disease.
The treatment, then, is to put one's attention at the junction between consciousness and matter. From here, awareness is allowed to shine into the field of consciousness and the physical body at the same time. With awareness connecting the physical body with the field of consciousness, the memory of pure consciousness can be restored to the body.
The parts are now reconnected with the whole. It's like putting a light in a doorway: the light shines into both rooms at the same time, leaving no more separation—it all becomes one!
Ayurveda describes many healing techniques that connect consciousness with matter. These techniques are known to bring the body's awareness to the place where the body and consciousness join. The following are just some of the techniques aimed at accomplishing this:
- Pulse-taking as a diagnostic and healing technique
- Marma therapy: marma points are said to be junction points between consciousness and matter
- Meditation
- Ayurvedic massage
- Senses therapies (sound, touch, sight, taste, smell)
- Yoga and pranayama
Vedic Quantum Healing through Biophotons
Disclaimer: While this emerging research is fascinating and offers exciting potential for future medical application, to date there is no replicated evidence that spontaneous remission or other self-healing phenomena can be reproduced in a clinical setting. Any claims to be able to provide these services should be treated with a healthy level of skepticism, especially if offered as a substitute for conventional medical treatment. Always consult your medical practitioner before embarking on any course of treatment for a known or suspected medical condition.
As described earlier, there is one known entity that can be both particle and field at the same time: photons. It has been known for decades that the body emits large quantities of biophotons (photons produced by the body) and we are just beginning to understand how they work.
Biophotons act as subtle cell-to-cell information carriers stored in healthy DNA, which can communicate over long distances in the body or from one body to the next at the speed of light.9
Studies have found that biophotons can be altered by intention and, when carried or communicated over vast distances, this understanding may someday explain the mechanism behind distance healing, the healing of prayer, and other "non-scientific" healing claims.
According to what is called the Bókkon's hypothesis, intention can produce biophysical images in the brain associated with increased emission of ultraweak biophotons.13
Since biophotons are the particles at the junction of consciousness and matter, and studies tell us they are quantum information-carrying particles altered by and carrying intent, then putting your attention on them with intention to heal may explain how Vedic healing treats prajnaparadha or the cause of disease.
Could biophotons be the information-carrying particles that restore parts of the physical body that have lost their memory of their pure consciousness source?


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Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself
Hello, and welcome to my very first blog post! It's definitely an honour and privilege to be asked to contribute to such an informative, insightful and honest magazine. I'm excited to be a part of a magazine with such a long history in this city, and grateful to have the opportunity to write about what I love!
I suppose some introductions and background are in order. I've devoted most of my life, nearly 30 years now, to working in the arts. I was a full-time musician for fifteen of those, and a stand-up comic for another twelve, as well as a working actor and voice-over actor, having written and performed copy for everything from documentaries to screenplays. I was also a featured voice-actor on the award-winning Kevin Spencer cartoon series for 5 seasons. Oh, and before you ask, yes, my parents are very proud of me, thank you very much.
In the course of my other artistic pursuits over the years, I've had the opportunity to perform as a singer with various bands, in bars, theatres, stadiums, amphitheatres, community centres, clubs and dives, all across the country and the U.S. But I was born and raised, in what if I may humbly say, is the best city in an already pretty great country, Ottawa. My hope and aim in writing this blog is to create a "hodge-podge" of ideas about arts-related topics which interest me, and will hopefully interest you too. They say that you should write about what you know... well, in my case that's a whole lot of pop culture, particularly my love of music.
And sure, we'll be talking about music but, slowly but surely (much like my receding hairline), we'll also be talking about movies, stand-up comedy, comic books, television, collectables, and maybe even about something shiny I found on my way to work one day! And sometimes we'll be talking about that stuff all in the same post! In short, a whole bunch of goodies, all jammed in under one roof. (Just like the old Stittsville flea market used to be! R.I.P.) We'll have record reviews, interviews, live-show reviews, and of course, we'll be talking about our eye-gougingly good, and almost criminally-underrated arts scene, right here at home. To sum up, this blog is going to work a lot like my brain does (much to the chagrin of my parents and high school teachers). By that I mean, we'll be moving from topic to topic pretty quickly sometimes, but trust me when I say, there will always be a point.
I look forward to the inevitable growing pains and bumps along the way, but I hope that you'll enjoy the ride as much as I will! I can promise that I'll try always to be entertaining, insightful, irreverent, funny, informative, charming, heartwarming, good for you, filled with fibre, well-rested, and smelling of fabric softener. But most of all, I'll always be honest. I know we won't always see eye to eye, but I look forward to disagreeing with many of you! I'll be posting as often as I can, feel free to drop by anytime!
Down the pipe:
I've got interviews coming up with Jesse Labelle, David Usher, Danielle Duval and Lynn Myles! Lots of new music coming up, and you can always read about it here! So have a sit-down, it'll be fun!
Jesse Labelle's Two
Jesse Labelle's latest release, Two, is certainly earnest. Filled with songs about love and loss, and Labelle's reflections on them. I should be upfront by saying that I'm not a huge fan of intense production, as the songs seem to always get lost in a morass of the latest studio techniques. That being said, while this record struggles with that, it's still an honest account of Labelle's point of view on heartbreak and redemption. This is a record about romance and youthful indiscretions, as well as the lessons that go along with them. Labelle's attempts at writing about the dichotomies and "grey areas" of relationships are couched in intensely pop-flavoured melodies. There are shades of soul, and even a little bit of R&B on this record, and the feelings of yearning, longing and restlessness that those genres evoke, are echoed on Two.
It's an album whose songs would well suit the kind of emotionally-charged soundtracks to shows like Grey's Anatomy or One Tree Hill. They are sometimes reflective, sometimes melancholic, and sometimes triumphant, and overall, are well produced and well performed. Labelle is a talented musician, and his decision to make this a piano-based record, as well as his sense of dramatic tension and build-up, are used well. That Labelle can write hooky, anthemic songs is not in question. But his austere and minimalist approach, as in songs like Kryptonite, works in a much more resonant and striking way than the lush, over-the-top approach. While songs like the quirky and rhythmic, One Last Night, with it's Ain't-Nothing-Going-to-Break-My-Stride vibe and somewhat satirical lyrics, pull together a playful sense of movement and optimism.
I asked Labelle what was different in terms of his writing approach on this record, versus his last. "I was very focused on the idea of live shows," he says. "I wanted to bring an aspect of live performance to the album, and I wanted it to be more dynamic and vocally challenging." He sums up this approach in three words: "Bigger, louder, brighter." Labelle recently had the opportunity to see Elton John belt out the iconic Your Song, which was not only a high point in his life, he says, but also a reminder of what makes a classic and timeless piece of music. Labelle says his first exposure to music can be traced back to his father's record collection. Where artists like James Taylor, Elvis Presley and Eric Clapton formed the beginnings of his love for what would become his life's goals and ambitions. Jesse was reminded of those ambitions recently, when he stumbled across some promotional merchandise he first had made 10 years ago. T-shirts emblazoned with a logo he designed, and later had tattooed on his wrist as a constant reminder of his goals.
Labelle partly defines success as the opportunity to bring his music to a wider audience, and says that he's enjoying the challenge of writing on the road. But his early home life played a big part in forming his approach to writing a song. "I was very fortunate as a child", says Labelle. "I had the chance to listen to so much music. I would spend hours picking songs apart, writing out the lyrics.", and that early sense of dedication has led to Labelle's sincere desire in understanding how a song works, and just as importantly, how a song connects with people in a live setting. Two certainly has the obligatory "stadium-sing-along-y" choruses in some of the songs, but the emotional depth in terms of the lyrics are sometimes young. Overall, Two has some high, and some not-so-high points, but it's consistent and is a good showcase for Labelle's talent. The strongest thing this record has going for it, is that Labelle is writing about things that are touchstones for all of us, things that we call relate to: new love, loss, growing up, growing old, hellos, goodbyes, and lessons learned.
Luigi Saracino is a musician, composer, writer, stand-up comic, actor, and voice-actor. Luigi loves living in Ottawa, is naturally buoyant in salt-water, and believes that "Slinkies" are powered by a combination of "magic" and "bluish-hued imps from the seventh dimension". Luigi would also like everyone to know that he is only a little bit ticklish, and a huge sucker for any movie with Mandy Patinkin in it.
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Airbus Group Australia Pacific/Australian Army
Oakey, Queensland, Australia
Project Details
Conducted aircrew, technician and groundcrew training on the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter Tiger (ARH Tiger) for the Australian Army at the Army Aviation Centre in Oakey, QLD.
Analyzed, designed and developed the 27 ARH Tiger training courses under contract with the prime Airbus Group Australia Pacific (formally known as Australian Aerospace).
Included an optimization of blended learning using aircraft, simulators, ground training devices, virtual training devices, computer-based training, computer-aided instruction, tutorials and scenario-based training.
Introduced superior toolsets to support training delivery, including state-of-the-art configuration management systems and an advanced assessment database.
By relying on KBR for this ARH training solution, Army released vital uniformed aviation personnel from support roles and maximized critical resources for genuine operational tasks. In effect, KBR was the outsourced training squadron' for the 1st Aviation Regiment in Darwin — a concept that had never before been tried within Defence. The experience, technologies and tools developed for this project have also been used since on other significant defense projects, including the early phases of the MRH90 helicopter program.
Project Highlights
Over the course of our 10 years on the project, the KBR team graduated more than 1,290 students, managed more than 337 separate courses, and flew more than 6,000 hours on Tiger without accident or serious incident.
Feedback from Army and Airbus Group Australia Pacific has been consistently positive. Through the dedicated efforts of the team and KBR's project management systems, KBR consistently provided a thorough life support service that never failed a KPI, never failed a project milestone, and consistently achieved 90% on client assessments. This consistently outstanding result is a tribute to the quality of our people on this project.
KBR provided an adaptive and flexible approach to services delivery, contributing greatly to the ongoing development of the ARH training system. Airbus Group Australia Pacific rated KBR's services as superior for the professionalism of its staff, the application of health, safety and environmental practices, and the quality of the services provided.


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When I studied writing, the professor went on and on about how everything you write should have a purpose. I yawned. Well, of course. She went on about how your writing should do one of these things:
- advance the plot
- develop characterization
- supply needed information
- set the mood
I wrote those down and looked out the window. The campus was alive with a beautiful spring evening.
The professor went on, "If the phrase, the sentence, the paragraph, the chapter does not do one of these four things, it doesn't belong. Throw it out. When making a dress, you would not sew in a piece of cloth just because you liked its color. When you rebuild an engine, you would not insert a piece of metal, just because it was shiny."
Naturally, I thought.
My buddy next to me gave me a poke and looked at his watch. We were ten minutes late for break time.
The lesson I treated so casually has proven to be of great value. While I point it out in my student's work, I find myself wandering in my writing. I'm not tough on myself. Come on, Ed, get with it. Does it:
- advance the plot
- develop characterization
- supply needed information
- set the mood
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Also promises to look at all aspects before taking any decision on farm debt waiver
Giving a major fillip to the state's persistent efforts for securing waiver of the Rs. 31,000 crore Food Account, Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, NK Singh said the issue could not be brushed under the carpet, and formed a committee to find ways of settling the matter.
The Commission would do everything in its powers to help the state get rid of this legacy problem, Singh assured Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, while wrapping up discussions with the Punjab government. Singh said the committee under the Finance Commission, with the Centre, the State and FCI, would explore all possibilities, given its terms of reference and constitutional propriety, to settle the festering problem.
The Chairman also assured the Chief Minister of all possible support to revive Punjab's fiscal health, while promising to look into all aspects of debt waiver to help the state's distressed farmers. The Commission would take a holistic view of the state's fiscal situation in taking a decision on farm debt waiver, he said, while also underscoring the Commission's commitment to ensure balanced socio economic development in the state, which was facing a critical challenge in terms of poor financial health.
The Chairman lauded the Chief Minister for abolishing truck unions, which he termed a Herculean task for any politician. He urged the state to play a leadership role in making food procurement process more efficient and sustainable, to make it a role model to be replicated by other states.
Intervening in the discussion, the Chief Minister lamented that FCI was not pitching in the procurement operations in the state, whose godowns were full, leaving no space for storing the next crop. FCI had not picked up wheat in the state for the past 3-4 years, he pointed out. What will Punjab do with the marketable surplus in this kind of situation, Captain Amarinder Singh asked, seeking the Centre's support to resolve the issue. Punjab Principal Secretary Food and Supplies KAP Sinha clarified on certain structural issues, including supply of gunny bags.
Responding to a query raised by the Chairman regarding the CCL Term loan, Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh highlighted the structural issues being faced by the state government in procurement of paddy and wheat. He also requested the Commission to take a ringside view of the situation to find an enduring solution, which complements the state's macro and micro level financial position. The Chief Secretary also enunciated the measures being taken by the state government to check the menace of stubble burning, which had led to a perceptible decline in the environmental hazard.
Expressing concern over the depleting ground water, the Commission asked the state to intensify its efforts to motivate farmers to opt for crop diversification.
Exhorting Punjab to become a pacesetter in providing suitable jobs to its youth in the changed scenario, as the jobs of today might not exist in the future, the Commission Chairman stressed the need for the state to reorient its academic curriculum to blend it with skill development and vocational training. Underlining the importance of such a blend in making the youth employable, he said this was particularly important in the current contest as the syllabus being taught today could be absolutely irrelevant due to the radical transformation being witnessed in the human resource development arena at the global level.
Punjab Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi demanded a special grant of Rs 500 Crores for various skill development initiatives including the setting up of a Skill University.
Taking part in the deliberations, Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa said the state government was making concerted efforts to make Panchayati Raj Institutions economically viable.
Health Minister Brahm Mohindra said the state government had strengthened the healthcare network by recruiting requisite medical and paramedical staff. Salary of medical officers had been hiked from Rs 15,000 to Rs 40,000 per month and of specialists from Rs 40,000 to 70,000 per month, he said, adding that this had ensured their regular presence in the government hospitals and civil dispensaries, especially in rural areas. He demanded additional funds to further strengthen the government medical set-up in Punjab.
Additional Chief Secretary Health Satish Chandra urged the Commission to grant more PG seats in state government colleges to tide over the shortage of specialists in the government hospitals across the state.


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In this week's parsha we discuss the merits of pursuing a spiritual sanctuary.
It was early one morning sometime before Yom Kippur when Reb Shmuel Munkes, a well known chossid, met a peasant praying fervently.
Reb Shmuel approached the peasant, who wasn't usually seen in shul at this early hour, and asked him what brought him to shul so early.
"Rabbi," he said, "Yom Kippur is approaching. Everything is at stake. I'm praying that my cow should continue to give milk and my chickens should continue to lay eggs!"
The rabbi turned to the peasant and exclaimed, "Dear friend, Yom Kippur is coming!! Let's put the chickens and cows aside. We've got to focus here…"
Many of us can certainly relate to the peasant. We express concern over monetary issues and prioritize our business over other matters. But, what about expressing concern–genuine concern–for spiritual growth? What happened to sincerely caring about moral values or improving our character?
In this week's parshah, we read about the mishkan, the sanctuary that the Jews built in the desert. When the Jews entered the mishkan they felt its holiness. Within its walls they appreciated spiritual growth, ethical principles, and the value of education.
We should all create a personal miniature mishkan around us where we sense the importance of spiritual matters such as moral values. We need to convey that feeling to our children from a young age to instill it in their hearts. This can only happen through genuine concern. At home, when you discuss the importance of having a good education as much as you talk about your financial assets then it will leave an impression on your child.
My mentor in yeshiva once said, "It is a well-known fact that words that come from the heart enter the heart." His eyes began to tear as he continued, "If my students do not behave as befits … it's my fault." His heartfelt words, conveying honest concern, made an impression on all of us.
Let your children feel that genuine concern for their growth.


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Online Training: Leading Change
Part III of the Managing in Times of Change and Transition Online Training Series
This online training is presented in partnership with Doris Roach. Today, nonprofit organizations are increasingly called upon to make dramatic changes in response to decreasing revenues, increased demand for services and external pressures. Leaders in organizations are continuously required to lead their organizations through the change process. Without question, leading a change initiative in an organization is the most difficult task to execute. In this training, we will examine the keys to successfully leading change in an organization, how to create buy-in and inspire and motivate support for change initiatives.
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Side by Side was a Hardcore band from NYC in the late 1980s. The band is an all-time favorite of Wolf Brigade founder, Greg Walsh. The band itself was great. Their simple attitude of sticking by your friends, making the most out of your life/youth, and standing up at all costs for what you feel is right are tenets that Hardcore has echoed a million times since, but rarely as convincingly. Our Side by Side Tee is a tribute to the band and is inspired by their iconic shirt.
Printed on 100% cotton Next Level tee.


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Joining the Tokyo Marathon Will Take You Through Tokyo's Famous Landmarks
It's a great way to see the city!
The Tokyo Marathon is one of the largest events in Tokyo. The annual event, which started in 2007, garners applications from all over the world. Last March 3, an estimated 37,603 participants ran the course, which wasn't just nearly identical to the Tokyo Olympics course set to be held in the summer of 2020, but also took the runners through some of the city's major landmarks.
While the route changes every year, it will always take you through some of the city's best checkpoints. If you want to join the run next year, here's a quick look at some of the stops from the recent marathon.
Starting point: Shinjuku
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. ©Tokyo Convention&Visitors Bureau
The 2019 Tokyo Marathon started from the Shinjuku area, right in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
5km point: Iidabashi
At this checkpoint, runners were given water for drinking.
10km point: Nihombashi
The 10-kilometer-mark was located in the Nihonbashi area. This point was the finish line for the 10k runners.
15km point: Asakusa
Kaminarimon Asakusa. ©Tokyo Convention&Visitors Bureau
At the 15-kilometer-mark, runners were welcomed by the Kaminarimon, followed by the view of Tokyo Sky Tree.
Tokyo Sky Tree. ©Tokyo Convention&Visitors Bureau
20km point: Monzen-nakacho
Tomioka Hachiman Shrine. ©Tokyo Convention&Visitors Bureau
At the 20-kilometer-mark, runners headed back towards the Asakusa area back to Tokyo. Near this point is the Tomioka Hachiman Shrine, a famous Shinto shrine in Tokyo.
25km point: Asakusa
Near the 25-kilometer-point, runners headed back to the center of Tokyo.
30km point: Ginza
Ginza area. ©Tokyo Convention&Visitors Bureau
Ginza, a famous shopping area in Tokyo, was the 30-kilometer-point of the route. Runners had to pass by Tokyo Tower as well.
Tokyo Tower. ©Tokyo Convention&Visitors Bureau
Finish Point: Tokyo
The finish line of the marathon was located in the Marunouchi area, in front of Tokyo Station.
To learn more, check out our on site spectator review of the Tokyo Marathon or go to the official website.
Tokyo marathon official website: https://www.marathon.tokyo/en/
Karaksa Media Partner (4 March 2019)


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Part 1 of a 2 part video ... The New ERA of Basketball. This video tells you how tournament basketball stormed into this country from all angles.
It was exciting – the idea of playing for a championship trophy on weekends. Four to five games a weekend! Traveling to play! Wearing the latest shoes and apparel.
While young players were immediately attracted to all this hoopla, the meaning of how to play the game got lost in the process.
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THE ELECTIONS for the Amicus union executive last week indicated how much has changed in Britain's second largest union. Members of the left wing Unity Gazette slate won 23 out of 48 positions, almost a majority.
Amicus was formed from the merger of the MSF and AEEU unions, both of which had a right wing leadership.
Derek Simpson surprised many when he won the election for general secretary last year, beating the Blairite Sir Ken Jackson.
Executive members have now been elected from different sections of the union. Jerry Hicks topped the poll in the aerospace and shipbuilding section. He told Socialist Worker, 'Three candidates were elected in my section.
'Two of us were Unity Gazette candidates. The third was the existing NEC member. It was a hotly contested election, with 11 people standing. For the last decade the union has been in the grip of the right wing. They have sucked up to Labour both in opposition and in power. The result reflects people's discontent with Labour, and anger at the union leadership who have toadied up to them.
'The Unity Gazette has really come from nowhere in the months since Simpson was elected. There will be arguments over policy-Simpson believes that the Labour Party can be changed, but we want to stand up to New Labour. We want a campaigning union.
'We have to use the positions we have won to build up the networks in the industries-making sure our members gain from the result.'
Ian Allinson won one of two executive positions up for election in the electrical engineering, electronics and IT sector. He explained how the union was changing:
'People were pleased with the result. It represents a huge shift to the left in the union. Even though the left doesn't have a majority, we can work on the ground to rebuild the union at the grassroots-that's the big challenge now. We want to go around and speak at meetings-I've already had an invitation to speak to stewards in another company about organising at work.
'The key election slogan was taken from Derek Simpson: 'We need a union that doesn't have one eye on Downing Street and one eye on the employers but that has both eyes on the members.' Making the full time officers elected positions and the rejection of sweetheart deals were key issues in the election.'
In the health section of the union the Unity Gazette slate won all three of the positions. Gill George spoke to Socialist Worker about the result:
'The right wing slate was led by Dave Houliston, who has been around for decades. He thought he owned the health sector. But he came sixth out of seven candidates. That was a vote of no confidence in the old leadership.
'The ballot was topped by myself and two other Unity Gazette members. This is a really significant result.
'Part of the reason the left did well was because we fought on real issues. The government is trying to force through Agenda for Change-a pay and productivity deal that will mean many of our members lose money.
'In some sections of the union there is an active campaign against this. Other issues were privatisation and foundation hospitals. A new rule book comes in this January which will concentrate control in the hands of the officials. A lot of the day to day structures for ordinary union members will go. We want to reverse this.
'We want to open up the union's structures-allowing the members to meet as often as they want, and giving them the information they need to make decisions.'


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Copyright © 2013 by Warner Bros. Pictures
Dr Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a medical engineer on her maiden space mission in the Shuttle Explorer along with her crew are charged with the maintenance of the Hubble Space Telescope when they receive distressing news from Mission Control in Houston that a cloud of space debris is heading towards their direction. It is a reaction caused from a Russian missile strike on an unused satellite. They attempt to abort the mission but the debris comes hurtling in killing Stone's entire team except Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) who manages to retrieve Stone after she is separated from the ship. Together, they will need to devise a plan to safely return to Earth.
Here is a description to 'Gravity' in a word again; Astounding! The universal praises that have been piling by critics and audiences alike are certainly justified by what yours truly have witnessed personally. Since its release, it has always been the frontrunner for consideration in all major film awards. Come awards season, it has already won several of them for its maestro, Alfonso Cuarón and is a main contender in the upcoming British Academy Film Awards and Academy Awards. I do hope that Cuarón continues to dominate his reign in the 'Best Director' category as how pundits would like to put it – it is his year.
He rose to critical acclaim with his interpretation of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' (which many still considers as the best in the series) and he followed it with indie darling 'Children of Men', a political thriller set in the distant future, starring Clive Owen. In his latest offering, he fuses intimate storytelling with big budget spectacle. The end result? A marvel not seen since 'Avatar' came charging in all its blue glory. Going in without knowing what to expect exactly, I had thought it will spend most of its screen time exploring ways for Stone to return to Earth safely after her space mission had gone awry (it still does precisely that).
The difference though is how Cuarón takes us on this thrill ride that never slips into tedium. From the film's opening, the magnificence of Earth as seen from the eyes of our space crew is so realistically integrated, it draws the viewers in immediately, experiencing every emotion firsthand. Not long after the obligatory introduction of our cast and their mission, the film jumps right into the action with its first debris hit (it is devastating but the more spectacular one comes later in the middle of this tale of survival).
Clocking in at 90 minutes, the story zips along swiftly and by the time it is over, you would wish that our protagonist is still trapped in her shuttle. It definitely shows in the final cut that Cuarón's vision has not been tampered with as funding, writing and editing duties belong to him also besides assuming the director's position. The premise certainly brings 'Cast Away' to mind but like the Oscar nominee, it is the character details and our lone survivor's motivations to live sprinkled throughout intelligently which provide 'Gravity' with plenty of gravitas.
Considering it is Bullock's best performance since her breakthrough in 'Speed', it is an interesting piece of trivia to note that she was only selected due to scheduling conflicts which prevented Angelina Jolie and Natalie Portman from accepting the role. I have no doubt any of these fine actresses will step up to the challenge as how Bullock did, but her second Oscar nomination for 'Best Actress' in a leading role is well deserved. She completely disappears into the character and it is a side of her rarely seen on screen. She tapped into this vulnerability in 'The Blind Side' and 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close' but the range showcased here is amplified exponentially. Her funny self is still there but it is challenges like these actors seek to redefine themselves professionally and artistically.
It may be a bit part for Clooney yet Kowalski is extremely significant to Stone's survival. His vast experience over the years gives credibility to handle such an explosive crisis. Interestingly, it is his cool and suave persona that provides most of the lighter moments in an otherwise very bleak situation. Understandably Robert Downey, Jr. was the original choice, nonetheless Clooney's charm and banter with Bullock are more than enough to power through his brief appearance.
For the action and sci-fi enthusiasts, 'Gravity' is never short in awesome effects as well. The meticulous attention to realistically generate such a massive catastrophe in space has to be seen to be believed. Clearly, hours of research has been put into ensuring its technicality is down to a tee. While that is vital to up its e-value, ultimately, it is the human drama that matters most once you strip it down to the movie's core. It would not be defying gravitational box office slides if it had been done any other way.
Entirety: A
Acting: A+
Plot: A
Rated PG-13 for intense perilous sequences, some disturbing images and brief strong language


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KENT, OH – The University at Buffalo baseball team fell to 0-6 in extra-inning games this season as the Kent State Golden Flashes notched a walk-off solo home run to down the Bulls, 5-4, on Friday night at Schoonover Stadium. With the loss, the Bulls drop to 14-27 overall and 6-13 in MAC play on the year.
The Golden Flashes were able to get on the board early in the first inning as Luke Burch opened the inning with a double before coming around to score on a throwing error by Charlie Sobieraski at third base on an attempted sacrifice bunt.
Both starting pitchers began to cruise after the first inning as neither offense was able to put together any offensive threat until the bottom of the seventh when Kent State struck for two more runs, making the score 3-0 in favor of the home team. Kent State got a leadoff single and the runner advanced to third after a stolen base and a sacrifice before Tuohy got the second out of the inning. Reilly Hawkins then stepped in and hit a dribbling single to the pitcher that scored the runner from third before he came around to score on a double down the left field line.
With time running out, the Bulls put together one of their best innings of the season in the eighth inning as they were able to score four runs and take the 4-3 lead, their first lead of the game. Bobby Sheppard and Brian Dudek led off the inning with back-to-back singles before Vinny Mallaro was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. Kyle Brennan then stepped in and hit a ground ball to second that was mishandled by the fielder and Sheppard and Dudek were able to come around to score. After a strikeout, Chris Kwitzer ripped a double into right center to score Mallaro and Brennan to give the Bulls the lead, his 16th and 17th RBI's of the season.
Kent State didn't waste much time tying the game in the bottom half of the eighth inning as the Bulls replaced Tuohy with Logan Harasta to start the inning. The Golden Flashes opened the inning with a triple by Dylan Rosa and he came around to score on a Conner Simonetti single up the middle, making the score 4-4.
After a quick top of the ninth by the Bulls, Harasta got an inning-ending double play via a fly ball to center and a runner leaving early from second base to force a 10th inning, the Bulls sixth extra inning game of the season.
The Bulls had their best chance to score the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as Mallaro started the inning with a single to left field before Andrew Taft and Brian Wasilewski each earned walks to load the bases with two outs. With a chance to give the Bulls the lead, Alex Thrower struck out swinging to end the inning.
After a scoreless 11th inning, the Golden Flashes ended the game in the bottom of the 12th inning as Zarley Zalewski connected on a walk-off solo homer to deep left field, giving Kent State the 5-4 victory on Friday night.
Tuohy had another great outing on the mound for the Bulls as he gave them a chance to win in the no decision, going 7.0 innings while allowing nine hits, three runs and striking out two Kent State batters. Harasta picked up the loss on the mound despite a solid outing from the Buffalo bullpen as the sophomore went 4.2 innings while allowing just three hits and two runs while striking out a career-high six strikeouts.
Mallaro once again led the Bulls at the plate as he finished off his game going 2-for-5 with a run scored, extending his career-best hitting streak to nine straight games. The Syracuse native has now reached base safely in a career-best 20 straight games while also bumping up his batting average to .392 in MAC games and .331 overall this season.
After pinch hitting, Kwitzer finished off his game going 1-for-4 with two RBI while Dudek finished off his game going 2-for-6 with a run scored. Sheppard went 1-for-6 at the dish with his team-leading 27th run scored on the year.
The Bulls and the Golden Flashes will return to Schoonover Stadium on Saturday afternoon at 12:00 pm for the second game of a three-game series. The game was originally set for 4:00 pm but due to expected inclement weather the game has been moved up. Sophomore Charlie Sobieraski (4-4, 4.87 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Bulls on Saturday.


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January 11, 2013
Grenada's rich culture has a propensity for carnivals, and this video by Kemper Ruth brilliantly captures the vibrancy, energy and sheer fun involved in the annual, truly kaleidoscopic Grenada Carnival of 2009. We just wish we could dance like that!
If you want to know what it would be like to dive in Grenada, then this video is all you need watch. With super clear close ups of coral, scorpionfish, seahorses, trumpetfish, a nurse shark and so much more, we love Wallace Marks' video – look out for the Christmas tree worms in action at 3.30mins.
In this video of organic cocoa harvesting at the Belmont Estate in Grenada, Paul Crask captures the seemingly innocuous task of splitting cocoa pods. Pay special attention to the the guy with machete – we're simply in shock and awe.
This video by Derek Pickell takes you on a wakeboarding adventure in Egmont Harbour, one of our favourite places to enjoy the sport in Grenada. The slightly shaky filming only adds to the ride in our opinion"¦
This rather lengthy video is full of great Grenadian ambiance – first we take a drive up a verdant hill into the interior of the island and then go for a water tubing trip down a river. We think this is a really fun and unique way to see this beautiful destination.


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A proposal to expand the downtown San Rafael BioMarin campus and build a senior community center and housing complex cleared design review this week with conditional approval.
In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the San Rafael Design Review Board supported the project on the 3-acre site at 999 Third St., a former Pacific Gas and Electric Co. property. The project calls for two four-story laboratory and office buildings for BioMarin use, and a six-story, 67-unit senior housing and activities building for the nonprofit Whistlestop.
The board requested that the applicants use the most mature trees possible in its landscaping plan throughout the project. Board members asked for more trees or planters at the Third Street and Lindaro Street corner of the BioMarin complex, where there is a public plaza proposed, to buffer street noise.
The board also requested design changes to the senior complex, including "a better sense of entry" and a more cohesive arrangement of windows along the building elevations.
"Other than that," said Stewart Summers, chairman of the board, "I think that this is just an extremely successful application for both buildings. We're excited to see it move ahead."
The application will return to the board as a consent calendar item before advancing to the Planning Commission.
BioMarin donated about 15,000 square feet of the northwest corner of the property, valued at $1.2 million, to Whistlestop.
The nonprofit plans to relocate its "active aging center" from its 930 Tamalpais Ave. site and rebrand it as a "healthy aging campus," which will double its current space from 9,000 square feet to 18,000 square feet. It will feature a cafe, a community center and an integrated aging center for medical needs, all on the first two floors of the new complex.
Eden Properties of Hayward, an affordable housing developer, is working on the housing portion, which will offer 66 studio and one-bedroom units that will be age- and deed-restricted 100% affordable to residents 62 and older. An additional unit will be reserved for an onsite property manager.
The project is being billed as the first car-free community in San Rafael, offering transportation and walkability to downtown shopping, eating and mass transit. Rooftop decks, a courtyard and other amenities are part of the plan. The senior complex is estimated to cost $46.5 million.
At the BioMarin campus, applicants are proposing 3,500 square feet of retail space, 6,000 square feet of landscaped plaza open to the public, enhanced pedestrian safety with improved crosswalks and sidewalks and a bike lane on Lindaro Street from Third to Andersen Drive, among other benefits.
When asked about the estimated project cost, Debra Charlesworth, spokeswoman for BioMarin, said the company does not publicly disclose that information.
All three buildings will be approximately 70 feet tall, requiring a 20-foot height bonus approval for lab and office space and a 4-foot height bonus for the senior housing and activity center. The senior housing planners were able to add 13 units by adding the extra floor.
The applicants are also proposing a general plan amendment to allow higher density and to blend parking so that they can apply the existing BioMarin campus parking to the proposed total. BioMarin will be adding 29 parking spots. The two new buildings would be approximately 207,000 square feet.
"All three organizations, BioMarin, Eden Housing and Whistlestop, have important health and human needs missions to improve, enhance and extend the lives of thousands of individuals young and old that need our help," said Joe O'Hehir, CEO of Whistlestop.
"Our proposed campus expansion confirms BioMarin's long-term commitment to San Rafael," said Shar Zamanpour, director of campus planning and development for BioMarin.
Zamanpour said the company is performing soil clean up of a brownfield, or a site that was contaminated.
The community has shown strong support so far.
"This is going to take San Rafael to a new level," said Joanne Webster, president and CEO of the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce. "In addition to providing housing and economic benefits, it's really going to beautify the downtown area."
Linda Jackson, program director of the Aging Action Initiative of Marin County, said a recent study by the Marin Commission on Aging found that more than 7,000 residents over the age of 60 are overpaying for rent.
"This is desperately needed, it's an innovative project, it's a creative model, and it's what can be used for a model for the rest of housing in downtown," she said.
The project environmental review is underway and expected to be completed this summer. The City Council is expected to consider the project and certification of the environmental review by the end of the year.


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A bit like PostGIS ST_SummaryStats for files on disk
Project description
A bit like the PostGIS ST_SummaryStats function for rasters on your filesystem. Mostly we're just stringing together some awesome libraries:
Activate your project virtual environment, and then:
pip install winston
If you just want to use the command-line features, you could:
pip install --user winston
You can either use Winston on the command-line or as a module.
To see your options, simply:
winston --help
For example, to get stats for all WKTs in a text file for a given raster:
winston some_file.tif -f wkts.txt
or just for one point, including raster metadata:
winston /path/to/data/*.tif -w 'POINT (-4.483545 54.150744)' -m
Since we require rasterio, you can also use the rio command-line tool to inspect your rasters:
rio insp /path/to/geo.tif
Read more in the Rasterio docs.
You can also use Winston in your code:
>>> import rasterio >>> from winston.stats import summary >>> from shapely.geometry import Point >>> src = rasterio.open('/path/to/raster.tif') >>> print summary(src) Summary(count=37324800, sum=49041320.0, mean=5.8627439, min=0.0, max=10.0, std=2.2037256) >>> print summary(src, bounds=(4, 6)) Summary(count=37324800, sum=9569182.0, mean=5.1044292, min=4.0, max=5.9999995, std=0.56939822) >>> print summary(src, bounds=(4, 6), mean_only=True) 5.09 >>> print summary(src, Point(-2.36, 51.38).buffer(0.25)) Summary(count=169, sum=1229.4401, mean=8.9740152, min=8.3602285, max=9.4269724, std=0.24473859)
Exporting results is reasonably simple with tablib:
>>> import rasterio >>> import tablib >>> from winston.stats import summary >>> from shapely.geometry import Point >>> src = rasterio.open('/path/to/raster.tif') >>> shapes = [Point(x, y).buffer(0.25) for x, y in zip(range(5), range(5, 0, -1))] >>> summaries = [summary(src, shape) for shape in shapes] >>> d = tablib.Dataset() >>> d.dict = [s.__dict__ for s in summaries] >>> print d.headers ['count', 'sum', 'mean', 'min', 'max', 'std'] >>> open('output.csv', 'w').write(d.csv)
0.3.0 (2016-12-19)
- Updated CLI defaults to be more… sane
- Remove data_count from summary results
- Now accept a exclude_nodata_value to be consistent with PostGIS
- Added some basic tests
0.2.3 (2016-10-13)
- Invert default value of all_touched flag to be consistent with Rasterio
- Added missing requirement (six) and reorganised requirements files
0.2.2 (2016-10-13)
- Bugfix in namedtuple parameter ordering (oops!)
0.2.1 (2016-10-12)
- Accept WKT strings as well as GeoJSON & Shapely geometries
- Fix the processing of 'no result' summaries
0.2.0 (2016-10-12)
- now accepts Shapely geometries as well as GeoJSON-like objects
- we no longer round results to 3 decimal places
- the stats are now returned as a namedtuple rather than a list
0.1.1 (2016-10-12)
- Minor packaging fixes.
0.1.0 (2016-10-12)
- First release on PyPI.
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It's been some time, a few years in fact (2013), since London based duo Happy Families (Lawrence Chandler, Lucia Rivero) impressed the music world with their ethereal electronic sounds. With numerous coverage across the board, including radio play on 6 Music, all things looked promising for the talented pair.
Fast forward to 2019 and the two-piece are making a comeback with a more forward-thinking approach to their sound. New single 'Winter', which we're excited to premiere for you today, is both heady and hypnotic, weaving different genre mixtures among slow-motion beats and woozy cinematic string arrangements in addition atmospheric guitar, ethereal synth and plaintive vocals distilled into a unique sound and aesthetic that instant refreshes your senses.
The track is out Friday 1st February but you can stream 'Winter' ahead of it's official release. Happy Families will be releasing their debut album Nowhere later this year.


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It will affect Bacloud customers using Microsoft products. Bacloud will not change current prices for customers who paid for services in advance, for example 3 months, 6 months, 12 months payments in advance. Prices will only change after the paid period.
Windows virtual servers price remain the same, price changes for additional licenses like Windows Remote Desktop additional connections, SQL Server, Exchange, MS Office packs, etc.
Price changes details
From 1 January 2019, certain Infrastructure and Office offerings in the Microsoft Service Provider Licensing Agreement will increase as follows:*
- 15% for Windows Remote Desktop Services SAL
- 10% for Windows Server Standard Core
- 10% for Windows Server Datacenter Core
- 5% for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Standard Core
- 7% for Core Infrastructure Server Suite Datacenter Core
- 10% for Cloud Platform Suite and Guest
- 10% for Exchange SALs
- 10% for Office SALs (includes standalone SKUs such as Word, Excel)
- 10% for Project SALs
- 10% for SharePoint SALs
- 10% for Visio SALs
*Note that the Infrastructure increases follow announcements made in October 2017. The Office increases align with the release of Office 2019.
More information
If you have any questions about the Microsoft SPLA prices increases , please get in touch with Bacloud sales team directly in online chat, or contact us by raising ticket in client zone.
Official Microsoft announcement: https://blogs.partner.microsoft.com/mpn/announcing-price-adjustments/
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We all remember being stuck at the dinner table until we finished our vegetables as a little kid. It felt like hours, like torture at times to force down those veggies.
Our parents did it for a reason though. Vegetables are filled with nutrients and vitamins that our bodies need. Most vegetables are low calorie and filled with fiber to help keep you full.
Some people cannot stand the taste or texture of vegetables but that does not mean you cannot get any of the benefits from them.
Today I want to share with you a few secrets of how to get in vegetables if you do not enjoy the taste.
Home Made Shakes
Shakes are great when you are super busy and on the run. They can be filled with protein to help keep you full and satisfied. They also can be filled with veggies to provide you with the nutrients you need. If you truly don't like the taste or texture of vegetables shakes are probably your best bet. If you add vegetables to a blender with other healthy ingredients you like you will barely taste the vegetables.
Spinach, greens, broccoli, carrots and other vegetables are great in shakes. Be aware if you are adding a vegetable that contains a lot of water you may want to reduce the amount of liquid you add in the shake to keep it thick.
If you do not have time to make your own shake with vegetables, powder supplements may be the choice for you. You can buy plant base protein powders that will provide you with protein and nutrients from vegetables. Or you can buy certain green powders that are only greens and vegetables. Be careful when buying any bottle "Green" or "Super Juice" as they generally are high in calories and loaded with sugar.
For a plant-based protein powder I personally enjoy Vega and for a greens powder Green Vibrance is a good choice. There are others out there just be sure to check the label to see what is actually in them.
Many people do not eat vegetables because they do not like the taste. Now while I agree certain vegetables plain do not taste great that is not an excuse to not eat them at all. There are plenty of different ways to cook and flavor your vegetables.
A few of my favorite ways to cook vegetables are sautéed in a pan, roasted in the oven, and grilled. They each provide a different texture and different flavor that I enjoy.
To season your vegetables look for healthy options. You can sauté them in some olive oil with a little garlic, throw some soy sauce on them for an Asian flavor. Roasting them you can add any seasonings you would like. Add some garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne paprika, cumin, whatever you would like.
Last but not least salads are a great way to get in your nutrients. They are super simple, easy to take on the go, and do not take a lot of time to prepare. If you do not want to cook some vegetables just grab some greens and throw a quick salad together. Be careful of what you put in your salad, try to keep it to vegetables, possibly some protein and a healthy fat. Not all salads are created equally as some can contain more than 1000 calories.
You do not have to LOVE vegetables but in order to live a healthy life, but you do need to eat them one way or another. These are just a few of my favorite ways to make sure I get my veggies in.
Try them out and get creative. There are so many different vegetables out there you are guaranteed to like some.
-Coach Pat


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Date Last Updated: 15-Oct-2019
Am Yisrael Chai 2020
RESCUE and REFUGE
Keynote speaker: Rabbi Bent Melchior
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Rabbi Bent Melchior was born in Germany in 1929. When Hitler came to power in 1933, the Melchior family moved to Copenhagen, Denmark. Bent was 10 years old when the war broke out. After the Nazi invasion of Denmark in 1941, the Danish government refused to collaborate with the Nazis. In 1943, Bents father Chief Rabbi Marcus Melchior warned all Jews of an impending round-up, and encouraged them to hide or plan an escape. The Danish Resistance Movement, with the assistance of many ordinary Danish citizens managed to evacuate 7,220 of Denmarks 7,800 Jews by sea to nearby neutral Sweden where they were received as refugees. Bent Melchior and his family were among them.
Through this mammoth effort, more than ninety two percent of Denmarks Jews were saved.
Rabbi Bent Melchior returned to Denmark in 1945. He pursued his Rabbinical education and, after his fathers death in 1969, he succeeded him as the Chief Rabbi of Denmark. He retired in 1996, and continues his humanitarian and charitable work both in Denmark and around the world.
Date: January 26, 2020
Time: 6:00pm -- Exhibit
7:00pm -- 8:30pm – Rescue and Refuge Event
Venue: Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center
1 Galambos Way
Sandy Springs GA 30328
RSVP required: www.2020remember.eventbrite.com
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsorships and donations appreciated and can be made by visiting us at www.amyisraelchaiatlanta.org
or contacting us at firstname.lastname@example.com or when you sign up at eventbrite.
Sponsors will have reserved orchestra seating at the event.
Turner Downtown Community Leadership AwardAndrea Videlefsky
On March 31, Central Atlanta Progress regcognized the Daffodil Project and Andrea Videlefsky with the 2016 Turner Downtown Community Leadership Award.
"Never shall I forget
the little faces of the children..."
Elie Wiesel
Am Yisrael Chai Song


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This was our last day doing discipleship training and we focussed on the practicals of how to do a small group. Some of the things we discussed was the importance of having a group commitment, a solid rhythm that helps you to build an intentional culture and also some of the different tools that are available to help us in starting a small group.
One of the great positives is that Nino does have the free time available to meet up with Sheranne and Froukje on a regular basis to act as a mentor to them and also to build into their lives. This is something that will be really valuable to them and will also aid towards building stronger relationships.
During the afternoon we had some one on one time with Sheranne to speak about evangelism and to get a deeper undestanding into her natural style, strengths and growth areas.
For supper Sheranne made us a very Dutch ertjie sop which was delicious even though it was vegetarian. For some reqson whenever she makes food we are "forced" to eat way beyond our threshold. Its a combination between deliciousness and Sheranne's very strong encouragement to dish some more.
Thursday evening the GSV student society from the University of Amsterdam had a meeting and they invited the Ichtus society (of which Sheranne and Froukje is part) to join them. They gave us the speaking slot for the evening and I had the opportunity to share again on us as an Every Nation movement and how from a small group of students we have grown to be in almost 80 difent nations. The rest of the talk featured around 2 Corinthians 5 and how the Gospel that impacts us and changes us then commissions us to change the world. I really trusted God for a clear Gospel sharing moment and a very definitive difference between religion and a relationship with God by sharing from my own life. The presence of God was there and we also had the opportunity to minister, to pray and for students to ask specific questions.
Again my heart is just encouraged to see what is posible when we are willing to walk with students.


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It is Lombard Street in San Francisco and it is one of the legendary tourist destinations in the world. It is widely known as the "Crookedest Street in the World" but the residents of this formerly quiet neighborhood have been up in arms of late. They are demanding that the government of San Francisco do something about the tourist situation.
This beautiful neighborhood has recently begun to take on the appearance of an amusement park and residents have had enough. The city government has decided to take action and have formulated several plans. They are considering charging some sort of fee or admission to the area, redirecting people to take the cable cars or travel the street on foot and to expand parking facilities at the outskirts of the neighborhood.
At the height of the tourist season, generally in the summer, as many as 6,000 tourists will flock to Lombard Street in a single day. That's as many people as can be found in a small MidWest or New England town. While tourism has flourished there for many decades, it has only been in the last half dozen years or so that it has become a mob scene.
Cars waiting at the top of Lombard Street to cruise the curves can be backed up for three or four blocks causing havoc in the bordering Russian Hill neighborhood. The street was originally constructed in 1922 and engineers made it so crooked because the vehicles back then never would have had the engine power to have made up the steepness of the hill. Residents, over the long years, created and maintained the surrounding gardens.
One of the latest nightmares for residents are the tour buses. They pick up tourists at the surrounding hotels and don't come back for them for a couple of hours. It has just added to the deluge and congestion. All of those tour bus people hang around, say neighborhood residents, because it isn't costing them anything to do so.
Residents are sick of the trash they leave behind and the damage they do to the flowers and many have used resident's doorways to relieve themselves. Also, robberies and break ins to vehicles have risen sharply in the last few years. What the residents really want to see if the government to come in an build the facilities needed to handle the crowds such as security and tour guides and portable toilets.
PHOTO CREDIT: The Associated Press


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By KABS KANU
In a grand occasion held at the Rutgers University Students Center , the new executive members of the All People's Congress ( APC ) New Jersey Chapter, headed by Mr. Alimamy Turay, were inaugurated into office last Saturday.
The Diaspora Coordinator of the APC and former Transpirt and Aviation Minister, Hon . Leonard Balogun Koroma handed the certificate of inauguration to the President of the New Jersey Chapter, Mr. Alimamy Turay, after the inauguration conducted by the Chairman of APC-USA, Mr. Unisa Kanu.
Mr. Kanu charged the new executive to obey the bye-laws of the APC-USA and the 1995 constitution of the APC and to defend the party at all times.
In his inaugural address, President Alimamy Turay said that what we saw tonight shows that with God. all things are possible. He lauded the presence of the SLPP at the occasion and said this is what we want to see in Sierra Leone-Peace and reconciliation. He recognized the presence of all other political parties present and his muslim and christian brothers and sisters .
Hon. Logus Koroma presenting the certificate of inauguration to Mr. Alimamy Turay.
He said he was proud of what his executive has achieved during its first term of office and he gave the credit to everybody in the executive . These achievements did not belong to him alone, he went on. He called on Chapter presidents and executive members to lead by example. Every executive member must take his/her role seriously.
He said that every APC comrade has obligations to move the party to right direction and to use the unique talents , strength and skills at their possession which they can put together in a productive way to make the APC unstoppable and bring the party back to power in 2023 , which is the theme of this inauguration. He also challenged members to pay their dues, attend meetings and programs , defend the image of the party at all times and engage in productive dialogue of ideas .
"We need that spirit of collaboration to ensure that we implement the philosophy of the APC party, which is the best philosophy for Sierra Leone …. Let us get along at all times."
Mr. Turay advised against the politics of prolonged anger. "Yes, you can be angry". but he said we cannot continue to be angry because of one man and in the process harm the party.
In a statement, Mr. Logus Koroma said it does not seem like the APC is in opposition at all ( Considering the activities in the U.S.). He said we have had the blame game and now is the time for reconciliation. He thanked members for their loyalty and commitment to the party . Mr. Koroma said that even in opposition, "your attendance ,financial contributions , dedication , loyalty are beyond belief ". This, he said, was the true spirit of the APC and it is the same spirit that will take the party back to State House in 2023.


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A former Hereford trader has been jailed for 25 months after Herefordshire Council's Trading Standards Officers seized a record haul of counterfeit tobacco
A former Hereford trader has been jailed for 25 months for selling illegal tobacco.
Hemin Jamal, 37, the former owner of the Hereford shops, Supersam on Eign Street and Mila on Belmont Road, pleaded guilty to eight offences in June, and was sentenced at Worcester Crown Court on Monday 23 July for selling illegal tobacco and for being in possession of a large amount of counterfeit tobacco products.
The case was taken to court by Herefordshire Council, after the illegal tobacco was discovered at Mr Jamal's shop premises in November 2016, by the council's trading standards team.
Officers seized a total of 360,000 illegal cigarettes and 25kg of fake hand rolling tobacco. The fake and smuggled products were found hidden in containers hired by Mr Jamal and were concealed in instant barbecues in a bid to avoid detection. The record haul equated to £130,000 in duty tax evasion.
Investigations unveiled that almost half of all customers entering the Supersam convenience store at Eign Street, were purchasing illegal tobacco products, which were retrieved from the flat above the shop by members of staff.
Mr Jamal owned both shops for over a year, until new owners took over both premises in February 2017.
Marc Willimont, Head of Development Management and Regulation, said:
"The sale of illegal tobacco severely damages honest local businesses, as well as costing the tax payer £2 billion nationally.
"We will continue to work in partnership with the Police to clamp down on this organised criminal activity.
"This sentence sends out a strong message to others who may be selling or could be considering selling illegal tobacco, that the trade will not be tolerated, and if caught legal action may be taken against you."
If anyone has any information regarding the sale of illegal tobacco within Herefordshire, please contact trading standards on 01432 261761.
Further information about Herefordshire trading standards, and how to report a trading standards issue, can be found online.
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In 2018, West Australian photographer, Leah Kennedy has been named overall winner of Capture magazine's annual competition, Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers. Having won the Landscape category, 170 additional votes were cast by the judges who were asked to rate their top five favourite category winner portfolios. And Kennedy was a very clear favourite.
Born and raised in Perth, Leah Kennedy had the opportunity to move to Cork, Ireland in 1999 for six months and didn't return until almost 10 years later. It proved to be a pivotal point in her life where the slow process of realising her passions, and pursuing them, began. In 2013, a photography workshop was the catalyst cementing her passion for creativity and visual imagery. Now, almost 10 years since her return from Ireland, photography and arts are even closer to her heart, and she pursues both with a clearer sense of purpose and intent. Kennedy is particularly intrigued with the ambiguous nature of the world, the complexities, the misconceptions, and the grey areas in life as very rarely is something black or white.
During her career to date, Kennedy has received an impressive array of accolades from being named 2015 AIPP WA Creative Professional Photographer of the Year to taking the title of AIPP WA Illustrative Professional Photographer of the Year in both 2016 and 2017. In 2017, she was named AIPP Creative Photographer of the Year, was a finalist for AIPP WA Landscape Professional Photographer of the Year, and placed third in the Landscape category of Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers.


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JTC Running BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Location: Mediterrania Restaurant; 3877 Baymeadows Road; Jacksonville, FL
President Larry Roberts called the meeting to order at 6:50 p.m. after enough directors arrived to convene a quorum. Directors present for the meeting were Doug Alred, Bonnie Brooks, Colleen Clarson, Errol Daniels, Larry Roberts, Larry Sassa, Lamar Strother, Douglas Tillett, Stuart Toomey, and Jim Van Cleave. Directors Jane Alred, Michael DelCharco, Richard Fannin, Susan Haag, Angela Harris, Stan Lambert, Franz Lerch, Todd O'Donnell, Ty Payne, and Connie Smith were absent.
Mark Ryan, JTCR Member and Guana Race Director, was present at the start of the meeting.
Approval of 9/6/16 minutes: On a motion by Lamar Strother and seconded by Stuart Toomey, the September minutes were approved as submitted.
Treasurer's Report: Treasurer Bonnie Brooks distributed copies of the Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss Detail to the board and then explained all the line items.
Bonnie told us that she has contacted Smoak, Davis, and Nixon to get our fiscal year changed. Our accountants need hard copies of certain documents to proceed.
JTC Running Track Series – Larry Roberts reported that we are still gathering dates as possibilities for our 2017 track series.
Tomahawk Park Trail Project – Doug Alred said that the paperwork is signed, sealed, and delivered. Construction on the new bridge should start very soon.
Half Marathon Training Class – Larry Roberts reported that we have 85 training class students compared with 92 last season which seems pretty good considering we have new competition from a similar class that another track club is putting on. Jennifer is a very good coach for our class and is quite tech-savvy.
Outdoor Adventure Expo – This event will be at Losco Park on Saturday, Nov 12. Larry Sassa has explored the possibility of our club having a booth at the expo but concluded that we wouldn't get enough interest to make the effort worthwhile. The board was polled by Larry Roberts to see who might have a strong interest in organizing our booth but no one came forward.
Sometimes one topic leads to another. Since the expo was outside, it made us think of our tent so we asked if the JTCR tent was still in the 1st Place Sports warehouse from the Summer Beach Run. Stuart said that it was. Being aware of the fact that our tent is old and has maintenance issues, Stuart (and Doug Alred) told the board that 1st Place has an extra, new 10 x 20 frame which they will donate to JTCR if we'd like. The club would then need to purchase only a new canopy and not the whole tent assembly. It sounded like a great deal for JTCR and the board was very interested in this generous gesture from 1st Place Sports.
JTCR Board for 2017 – The ten board members who are up for renewing their 2-year commitment for their seat on the board are Bonnie Brooks, Errol Daniels, Richard Fannin, Susan Haag, Franz Lerch, Todd O'Donnell, Ty Payne, Lamar Strother, Douglas Tillett, and Stuart Toomey. At the time of the meeting, seven of these told us they were ready to re-up for another term. We are still waiting to hear from Richard, Franz, and Ty.
The board held a lengthy discussion regarding board membership, what the responsibilities of board membership require, and attendance. We decided to send the attendance list to all board members by email. Larry Roberts plans to call some board members to discuss the attendance requirement.
Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless – JTCR Serving Lunch – We will be serving lunch at the Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless on Saturday, Nov 19. Five volunteers have signed up so far to do this work. We will accept donations for this cause and forward the donations to Suzlbacher.
Gate River Run (next on 3/11/17) – Race Director Doug Alred said that "early bird" registration is underway until Oct 8 and we have more than a thousand signed up already. Our sponsorship status is good even though a couple of our bigger sponsors will not be back for 2017. Planning for the race is going well and we are now focusing on the expo. Since this will be the 40th running of the GRR, special events are being planned including the 40 days of Gate River Run where 40 different locations will be have spots for contestants to visit. We also plan to have a Hall of Fame Induction plus a Retro River Run very similar to the event we held five years ago for the 35th running of the race. The race logo contest for the tee shirt design is over and the winner has been chosen.
GRR Elite Event – Doug Alred thinks we are going to do the same as last year with performance incentives with around fifty elite runners will be invited.
Guana Trail Races – (Sun, 12/4/16) – Mark Ryan, our Guana Race Director, met with the Race Committee prior to tonight's meeting. The race plans are in place and set well. We have nearly 80 runners signed up so far.
The Last Gasp – (Sat, 12/31/16) – The Race Committee met this evening before the board meeting. We have set the entry fee at only $4 as this is the 40th running of The Last Gasp. 1st Place Sports is going to handle race timing.
Race Committee and Track Meet Committee – The committee met tonight to plan and discuss The Last Gasp and Guana. Registration for The Last Gasp will be up on our club website next week.
JTC Running RACE TEAM – No report.
CLASSES & CLINICS – No report.
COMMUNITY & PUBLIC RELATIONS – Larry Sassa said the committee is still working on our water fountain effort at Jacksonville Beach along a popular running route.
FINANCE – Treasurer Bonnie Brooks said that our tax filing is coming up. Our accountants need our documents including the list of volunteer hours worked by JTCR board members.
MEMBERSHIP – Reported membership is at 1,209 active members per Stuart Toomey.
MERCHANDISE – Larry Roberts noted that our Merchandise Committee is a committee of one, who is Connie Smith, and that more help from the board is needed by this committee. 1st Place Sports offered to help however they could.
NEWSLETTER – The fifth edition of the year has been delivered to members' mailboxes which is earlier in the month than it usually is.
SOCIAL MEDIA – No report except it was noted that Stan Lambert still posts a Facebook note from the club every day.
SOCIAL & BANQUET – The JTCR Christmas Party will be on Dec 10 inside 1st Place Sports San Marco. The End of the Year Social will be held at Jacksonville University after The Last Gasp. Larry Roberts urged us to send suggestions for these events.
VISION & PLANNING – Doug Alred noted that since we now have an agreement in place with the City for Tomahawk Park, it will streamline other initiatives we decide to embrace in the future.
Doug noted that they are cutting the grass in Skinner Park which is the site of one of our previous efforts to install a running trail complete with a bridge. It's good that they are beginning to maintain the trail again.
NEXT MEETING – The next board meeting will be Tuesday, Nov 1 at 6:30 pm in the Mediterrania Restaurant.
The October meeting was adjourned at 7:54 pm.
Douglas Tillett, JTC Running Secretary, has respectfully written and submitted these minutes.


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I must just leave sweaters lying around everywhere.
I have been noticing how many of my sweaters have disappeared in the last year or so. I used to have a black, lacy, crocheted bolero sweater that was so pretty and I wore it with everything.
I used to have another black sweater, a short sort of crossover with a double breasted band at the bottom.
There was also a natty little brown zip up hoodie with sleeves that covered my hands.
They're all gone now and I'm sad about it. No telling where I left them.
Yes, they all came from Goodwill. Well, okay, the black bolero might have been in a bag that someone gave me. I can't remember.