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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
At the left side a teahouse on a wide plateau with trees. A small group of travelling musicians is just arriving at the teahouse.
Title: Futagawa – Saru-ga-baba (Futagawa – Monkey Plateau) (Station No 34)
Series: Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi (The 53 Stations of the Tôkaidô Road)
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Hôeidô (Takenouchi Magohachi)
Date: 1833-34
Size: Oban, 22,6 x 35,2 cm (picture size)
Very nice impression, fresh colours. Margins just a tiny bit trimmed. Lower margin under the picture neatly replaced. Vertical centrefold as often. A few, small wormholes at margins, neatly restored. Faintly soiled. Very good condition. Stamp of the Hanns Crzellitzer collection on lower right corner.
Ukiyo-e Taikei vol. 14, No 34 (Fig.). Strange, The Colour-Prints of Hiroshige, London 1925. Stephen Addiss (Ed.), Tôkaidô. Adventures on the Road in Old Japan. Lawrence, Kansas, 1980. Roger Keyes, Hiroshige's Tôkaidô Prints, in: Stephen Addiss (Ed.), Tôkaidô. On the Road: Pilgrimage, Travel and Culture. Lawrence, Kansas, 1982, pp 46.
From Hiroshige's first and most important Tokaido Road series.


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I haven't updated in quite awhile... obviously.
Shortly after my last post my husband left me. And then I met a wonderful, incredible, amazing English man and I am currently working on my move to England!
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'Secret valentines' serve up surprise for Kentwood Park residents
Staff members made sure each resident received gifts and a card on Feb. 14
Kentwood Park residents were treated to a special Valentine's Day event over the lunch hour on Feb. 14 when staff members surprised them with cards and gifts.
Brandy Courtney, a life enrichment aide at the Picton long-term care home, says staff members acted as "secret valentines" to the home's 45 residents.
"We had all of the staff sign up for every resident, and the people that did not have anyone signed up with, we went out and bought them little extra gift bags and we set (the dining room tables) up just before lunch and made them look all pretty," she tells The OMNIway.
Staff members didn't let the residents see what was going on until they opened the doors for them to come in for lunch.
"They were all surprised, looking through their bags and eating all their chocolate before their lunch," Brandy chuckles.
After lunch, staff members had a cinnamon heart draw. Brandy had a jar of cinnamon hearts and everyone got to guess how many of the sweets were inside. The winner got the jar and cinnamon hearts.
Like secret Santa events at Christmas, the secret Valentine program allows staff members to anonymously buy gifts and cards for residents.
Each year Kentwood Park hosts either a secret Valentine or a secret Easter bunny program. The home alternates the program between Valentine's Day and Easter every year.
"The residents enjoyed everything – they all had smiles on their faces and they couldn't get into their chocolate fast enough," she says.
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COLLIDER – It's been a good year for Teresa Palmer. Earlier this year, she proved to be one of the most alluring characters to be wandering around in Terence Malick's visionary Knight of Cups, playing a stripper who seduces and travels along with Christian Bale's troubled screenwriter to Las Vegas. It's the best work the young actress has done yet, though she proved equally endearing in John Hillcoat's enveloping yet problematic Triple 9, where she played the wife of good-cop Casey Affleck as he chased after a gang of high-end bank robbers. She also appeared in The Choice, the latest melodramatic tale of tortured romance to be spurred from the work of Nicholas Sparks. And mind you, she's got another three or four films coming out by the end of this year, at least one of which has the chance of Oscar attention.
While on the red carpet for this year's CinemaCon, Palmer stopped to talk with Collider's own Steve Weintraub about two of those projects, specifically Lights Out, the highly anticipated horror film from producer James Wan, and Hacksaw Ridge, the long awaited and frankly unlikely new directorial effort from Mel Gibson. On the former picture, which was expanded to a feature from writer-director David F. Sandberg's celebrated short, Palmer discussed why she liked the finished product more than the script that she originally received, and pointed out one scene that she found particularly memorable, if only because the shot – involving a tattoo-parlor neon sign – took so long to get right. After that, she switched gears to talk about Hacksaw Ridge, which she suggested might be the best film she's worked on yet, before she went onto praise the performance of her co-star, the surpassingly talented Andrew Garfield. She was so enamored with his performance that she even inferred that he's a lock for an Oscar win which, to be fair, he's been long overdue for.
Lights Out will hit theaters nationwide on July 22nd, whereas Hacksaw Ridge is currently scheduled to see release sometime this Fall/Winter, in the middle of Oscar season.
From producer James Wan ("The Conjuring") comes a tale of an unknown terror that lurks in the dark. When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn't real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and terrifying events that had once tested her sanity and threatened her safety. A frightening entity with a mysterious attachment to their mother, Sophie, has reemerged. But this time, as Rebecca gets closer to unlocking the truth, there is no denying that all their lives are in danger…once the lights go out.
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In PMR, I argued that retributivists need to believe at least nine propositions in order to inflict just punishment on a particular offender. Reasonable retributivists, I claimed, will have some doubts about each proposition, and they should multiply levels of confidence in each proposition to determine confidence in the nine-proposition conjunction.
In Kolber's Teaser, Stephen Galoob presents two main challenges. First, he argues that the nine retributivist propositions I address are not independent of each other, hence we cannot multiply probabilities to determine confidence in the conjunction. (Larry Solum, as Galoob mentions, made a similar critique.) Galoob notes, for example, that if one proposition is "The Patriots win the Super Bowl this year," and another is that "Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is named Super Bowl MVP this year," we cannot simply take the probability of each and multiply them. The reason is that the probability of these events are dependent on each other. If the Patriots win the Super Bowl, the chances Brady is named MVP increase substantially.
The short answer is that I don't make the mistake Galoob identifies. I ask for confidence in proposition #1, but when I ask about the next matter, I ask for the reader's confidence in the matter given the truth of proposition #1. For the third matter, I ask for the reader's confidence in that matter given the truth of #1 and #2, and so on for all nine propositions. Here's the math on conditional probability that makes that appropriate: "If events A and B are not independent, then . . . the probability that both events occur . . . is defined by P(A and B) = P(A)P(B|A) [where P(B|A) means the probability of B given A]." Back to football, there would be no error in saying that the probability that both the Patriots win and Brady is named Superbowl MVP is calculated by multiplying the probability the Patriots win the Super Bowl times the probability that "Tom Brady is named MVP given that the Patriots win the Super Bowl."
So the short answer is that there is no mathematical error. I'm sensitive in the paper, though, to the concern that underlies both Galoob and Solum's commentaries. Here's how I would put it: "Ok, Kolber, you can satisfy the mathematicians this way. But can we really assess the probability of, say, "wrongdoing warrants suffering given that we have the sort of free will required for moral responsibility"? Admittedly, this is challenging. There's no question that the probabilities I ask for are hard to assess, and they are probably made harder when you have to do so in a conditional way. But: (1) The substance of the matters underlying the propositions are clearly somewhat independent. You can believe we have free will but not think that wrongdoing warrants suffering. The independence of many of the other underlying matters are even clearer than for these two; and (2) The task here is not addressed to laypeople but to retributivist theorists. They claim to have a justification of punishment. It seems reasonable to ask theorists who claim to justify punishment of individual offenders how confident they are in that claim. If they can't answer the question, at least in some approximate sort of way, then that's a serious demerit of retributivism.
I respond to Galoob's second point after the jump.
The retributivist could respond to Kolber's teaser gambit by arguing from a normative division of labor. Such an argument might invoke John Rawls's distinction between "justifying a practice" and "justifying a particular action falling within" a practice. The former task implicates different normative principles and identifies different types of considerations as relevant than the latter does.
Assume that a retributivist accepts the normative division of labor argument with regard to the justification for punishment. One implication of this argument is that uncertainty related to the justification of a practice is analytically distinct from uncertainty related to the justification of actions within a practice. . . .
The normative division of labor argument in response to Kolber's gambit, then, takes two steps. First, different normative principles apply to background- and case-level propositions, and categorically different normative and empirical considerations are relevant to establishing the truth-value of these propositions. Yet, Kolber's gambit only works if the same (or commensurable) principles and considerations apply to the evaluation of background- and case-level propositions. Second, in light of discrepancies between background- and case-level propositions, uncertainty about one category of proposition seems incommensurable (or, at least, not easily comparable) with uncertainty about the other. Yet, Kolber's gambit assumes that uncertainty about one type of proposition is comparable with uncertainty about the other. Therefore, according to this argument, Kolber's gambit is mistaken.
My main response is that in order to justify punishment of some particular offender, retributivists have to simultaneously believe all nine propositions. They can't simply wall off some of them. They can't say, "Well, I believe this offender committed all the elements of the offense and that his sentence is proportional," but I don't have to tell you the probability that anyone ever has free will because that concerns a different question that applies to all offenders and not just this one. This is a bit like the flip side of Galoob's first criticism. Just as I say you have to consider each proposition given prior propositions, retributivists can't pick and choose propositions and purport to have justified the full conjunction.
I think that settles the matter, but Galoob makes another point. In the paper, I criticize reliance on Hart's separate questions approach. Galoob anticipates that I will offer this criticism as a response to his own regarding hypothetical retributivists who refuse to multiply all nine propositions. Galoob claims that, even if my criticism of the separate questions approach is correct, many retributivists in fact subscribe to that approach or something like it. Moreover, since I purport to criticize retributivism from a perspective internal to retributivism--a perspective that even retributivists could accept--my denial of the separate questions approach would be external to retributivism. If so, he argues, I can no longer claim to give an internal criticism of retributivism. Very interesting!
I would again refer to my answer two paragraphs up. If a doctor is asked the chances that a patient has both diabetes and heart disease and therefore requires some particular drug, the doctor can't passively decline to answer on the artificial grounds that these are separate questions. We simply need to know the conjunction to take action (whether it's to give some particular drug or to actually punish real human beings). The same obligation to consider all kinds of uncertainty applies even when we mix moral and descriptive forms of uncertainty (e.g., should the doctor perform the surgery when there's both medical uncertainty about whether the surgery will succeed and moral uncertainty about whether, even if it did, it's the right decision given the patient's expected quality of life?). So I think that if the view Galoob describes is internal to retributivism (namely, that uncertainty can be bracketed off by focusing on different questions at different stages of inquiry), retributivism may have more serious problems than my paper adverts to.
At the same time though, I don't see the view Galoob raises as internal to retributivism. It's true that one can distinguish questions that apply to all offenders and those that apply to particular offenders. Indeed, I do so simply as a matter of organizing my paper. But the connection between separating those questions and the questions Rawls or Hart focused on (e.g., the justification of institutions of punishment vs. the justification of the amount of punishment distributed to some particular offender) is weak. They were not speaking of our confidence in our individual beliefs and how they affect our overall conclusions. So if there were actually a substantial number of retributivists separating out the particular questions Galoob references, then my critique might indeed be at least partly external to retributivism. I don't think enough retributivists have even addressed the matter in the context of belief under uncertainty for us to say that it's internal to retributivism. But as I think the doctor example shows, retributivists should not (and probably do not) find that sort of reasoning appealing.
Galoob concludes with the following very generous sentiment:
Professor Kolber is one of the most astute critics of retributivism and one of the most innovative contemporary punishment theorists. Has he succeeded in confounding retributivism, of knocking it from its spot as the preeminent contemporary theory of punishment? Perhaps not this time. But I would not bet against him.
Let me add that I am familiar with Galoob's work as well and echo his compliments right back at him. I wouldn't bet against him either this time or any time, and I thank him for his very thoughtful commentary.


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Jul. 18, 2019: A powerful storm from the remnants of Tropical Depression Barry swept through Bronxville yesterday evening, July 17, bringing downpours and leaving downed trees and power outages throughout the village.
At around 8:30 pm, the Bronxville police started responding to a large number of calls reporting downed trees, fallen power lines, and fire. According to the Bronxville police report at midnight, there were trees, branches, and power lines down in over 20 locations in the village. A tree also struck a car parked in the Kensington lot and a "tree log" hit a car on Masterton Road.
According to the Con Edison outage map, as of 10:30 am on July 18, power outages were concentrated on the Hilltop, in the Midland Avenue area, and on Tanglewylde, Summit, Hobart, and New Rochelle Road. According to Con Ed, power is expected to be restored in some of these areas by 5:00 pm. Click on the Con Edison outage map to get updates.
Chief of Police Christopher Satriale is urging residents to "use extreme caution when travelling through the village today. There are large limbs down blocking roadways and live power lines in many locations. If you see a power line, assume it is live and notify the police department."
In an email alert at 10:45 am on July 18, Chief Satriale also provided the following update:
"Department of Public Works crews are busy clearing roadways of debris. Con Edison has multiple crews in the village de-energizing power lines and working to restore power. We expect to have most roadways opened by the end of the day.
"If you have not reported your power outage to Con Edison, please do so by calling 1-800-75CONED. Each individual outage must be documented even if your neighborhood outage has already been reported.
"The storms will be followed by extreme heat for the remainder of the week and weekend. Please refrain from unnecessary outdoor activities and be sure to check on friends, neighbors, and relatives who may require special assistance or care.
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Konstantin Kisin is a translator, trainer, presenter and stand-up comedian. Well-known in the language service industry for his insightful and inspiring talks and workshops on business skills, productivity and work-life balance, he is more recently an award-winning comedian. Combining a playful approach with intelligence and creative, out-of-the-box thinking, he is the ideal MC for BP18!
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Konstantin will keep the show going with his customary skill and humour. Not to be missed!
You can ask questions during the talks using a mobile app, and Konstantin will use these questions to interview the speakers in his witty style.
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……aaaaand we're back.
A couple of days ago, The Kids started a list counting down the 15 greatest Hollywood Tragedies as seen by me instead of the stoopid folks over at E! entertainment, who'd done a similar program a couple weeks ago.
Anyway, the first installment of this list covered the majestic rise and fall of Mr. Belvedere, the latch-key loser kid doll My Buddy/Kid Sister and the hodge-podge of colored shenanigans that was California Dreams. In this installment, we crack open your childhood a little further, and feed it some vodka.
Let's go!
The Kids' 15 Greatest Hollywood Tragedies: #'s 12-10
#12: Gobots:
For a stretch of time, back around, say, 2004-06, it was sorta vogue to get the knock-off versions of brand-name stuff. Like I'd walk around town and women were openly and proudly sporting knock-off Coach bags (with some variation like "Coach" spelled "Cooch") and guys wearing knock-off designer sneakers and whatnot. Well, thankfully, overall that trend has died down a bit, but little known fact is that the knock-off movement has its roots in……cartoons.
The Gobots were the cheap alternative answer to the shinier, more fun Transformers. They were like the government cheese to Transformers' Velveeta. They were the Winslows to the Transformers' Huxtables. The Gobots were inferior to the Transformers in every way possible. Just look:
- Weapons: Instead of laser guns and blasters, the Gobots used their hands. Hands! Fuggin' robot-skeet everywhere.
- Transformations: the Transformers turned into cool, loud things like monster trucks, cannons, boom boxes and dinosaurs. The Gobots meanwhile turned into things like scooters (more on that in a second), motorcycles and Xerox machines. Fun!
- Names: Transformers: OPTIMUS PRIME (big-rig truck), MEGATRON (super duper mega-blaster gun), STARSCREAM (fighter jet), GRIMLOCK (tyrannosaurus rex), DESTRUCTICON (big mother-f*cker)–names so kick-ass that I didn't even realize I'd written them in caps until now. Meanwhile, Gobot names: Scooter (a…scooter), Tank (a……tank), Dive-Dive (a submarine). These names, nay, the entire concept of Gobots seems straight out of an ESL creative writing class; the ideas are there, but the vocabulary just begs for expansion. Even their group name is lame; calling roving, transforming robots "Gobots" is like having a battery-operated doll that's called "Walkbaby".
It's like the entire line was made to be sold on the Chinatown sidewalk.
Not surprising, the Gobots lasted roughly 4 years, whereas the Transformers continued on, going through several cartoon incarnations and experiencing a recent resurgence in the last 2-3 years thanks to Michael Bay's Transformers movies, starring Shia "Hollywood is trying hard to make you love me" LeBouf and their most popular Transformer to date, Megan Fox, who can go switches from "Thinly Contrived Movie Whore-pot" to "Poorly Contrived Celebrity Skank", and (fun fact!) is actually based on the earlier model, Lindsay Lohan-bot. Sadly, there isn't more than meets the eye with either one.
#11: Lark Voorhies (aka Lisa Turtle):
As a friendless, dateless virgin from ages 13-22 (TMI?) Bayside's boys and babes and Mr. Belding were like my best friends. I came raced home everyday after school to catch the latest hour-long installment of Saved By the Bell during a glorious period of TV viewing when the show was nigh inescapable: Fox in the afternoons, TBS in the evening and new episodes Saturdays on NBC. It was, in a word, prettyfuckingawesomeeverydayofmylifeduringthatperiod.
But like all good things–Robbie the Robot, A Diifferent World, The Search for the New Pussycat Doll, hair–eventually it came to an end. There were of course Gobot-like attempts to recapture that magic: most notably SBtB: The New Class and California Dreams (which would've fared better if the cast was on Californication).
And that's what makes this tale all the more tragic. Just look at the post-Bell years for the cast:
- Jessie became an actress that even insulted strippers in Showgirls,
- Kelly became The Psycho Nympho Girl You Dreamed Kelly Capowski Secretly Was on Beverly Hills 90210,
- Zach hatefucked his career into weirdness by joining NYPD Blue and now Raising the Bar only to appear as Zach Morris on the Jimmy Fallon Show,
- Slater going into "creepy old guy" at the club territory by hosting America's Best Screw Dance Crew
- Screech did porn.
But what of Lisa Turtle? While everyone else went onto various forms of fame and stardom, Lisa–who had to spend her 'Bell years being chased by Screech "Likely Chronic Masturbator" Powers and get 'tang-teased with only one hook-up with Zach when she was his candy-stripe nurse for a week at the hospital (though in real-life they dated for 3 years!).
She was cute, spunky, funny–you can't tell me that Mr. Belding and the boys didn't wonder what Turtle had going on under her shell–and yet, once the lights went out, Lark was left in the dark. I Googled around for her ("lark voorhies homeless"; "lark voorhies desperate"; "lark voorhies desperate so is now stripping"; "lark voorhies naked") and finally found out the following: she appeared in a movie called Civil Brand which starred Da Brat. Lisa Turtle opened the door for every vapid wannabe valley-black girl that came after, like 1/2 the Huxtable kids, Wendy Williams, Tyra Banks, Oprah and Ms. Jaye on America's Next Top Model. I mean Smurf, she can't even get a Tyler Perry role.
#10: Small Wonder:
If there's any further proof ever needed to argue whether or not the 80's was a cocaine-fueled decade, one only need to direct your pals to the TV show Small Wonder. Small Wonder was about a middle-class family that raised a cyborg little girl they kept in the closet named "Vicki" who posed as the family's child–because 80's suburban people were too coked-out to have sex. Go ahead; read that sentence again if you need to.
That's how Smurfing insane the 80's were; shows like this were greenlit with reckless abandon. For further proof of the cocaine binges that TV execs were suffering from, no other period had so many black shows on the air: 227, Amen, What's Happening Now!, andthe Cosby Show were all quality shows. I mean, hell, they put on cop shows named TJ Hooker and Hunter–hookers and blow, kids, hookers and blow–do you need anymore proof?
Of course, once the coke wore off and the money dried up, execs came to their senses again, and now we just have Flavor of Love.
Well I for one want more of Small Wonder because Vicki could do anything. Because of her computer brain and robotic strength, there were episodes were Vicki would dunk basketballs from the end of the driveway, lift cars, and carry grown men like blankets. Naturally, her suburban caretakers wanted her to be kept a secret (hence the closet a lot) and typically used her for largely domestic chores–I remember an episode where she had to do the taxes, all the family ironing and make breakfast all at once–and then back to the closet Vicki, until Ted came down at night for some "computer love". But like Mr. Belvedere, Vicki inspired a new wave of immigrant labor that surged in the 90s.
Next up: when it's ok to pull a Rabbit, the King is spinning in his grave and midgets with fur!


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Because of the holiday, The Argonaut will be distributed a day early — Wednesday, November 26th, instead of Thursday, which is Thanksgiving. The paper will carry the usual Thursday date.
Because of the early printing, advertising and news deadlines will be one day earlier than usual.
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10 Extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India; The Column
With its long and rich history, India is home to an astounding array of remarkable sites, many of which have been given UNESCO World Heritage status. We take a look at 10 of the most extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India, from royal palaces and tombs to ancient astronomical architecture.
The Red Fort, Delhi
Having been the residence of the Mughal Emperor, The Red Fort is both ornate and imposing, offering a tranquil retreat from the city within its red sandstone walls. The architecture fuses Persian, Hindu and Timurid elements, making it typical of the Mughal Empire.
Jama Masjid, Delhi
As one of the largest mosques in India, constructed in red sandstone and marble by more than 5,000 artisans, Jamal Masjid is certainly an impressive sight.


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The time is now for vacationers to couple the most-inclusive luxury Alaska cruise with the very best offer available in the market to help cross off one of the coveted, bucket-listing locations with Regent Seven Seas Cruises. With its enchanting setting, Hawaii cruises are common for weddings, honeymoon and anniversary. Every cruise is staffed with a Cultural Heritage Guide, usually an Alaska Native, who teaches visitors about Alaska Native culture, including historical and modern-day customs.
MSC Cruises will proceed to supply its standard United Arab Emirates cruises with two embarkation ports: Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The bespoke mattresses crafted by Savoir Beds will be certain that guests take pleasure in an amazing evening's sleep, preparing them for a day of onshore activities or onboard relaxation," mentioned Barbara Muckermann, Chief Advertising Officer at Silversea Cruises.
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Jean E. Ferguson 94 of Ashtabula died Saturday (Nov. 23rd) at the Austinburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born August 21, 1925 in Ashtabula the daughter of Vernon and Margaret (Flack) Franklin.
Jean enjoyed bowling, shopping, dancing and loved spending time with her family. She was a very social person who enjoyed taking care of everyone at the Nursing Home. In 2014 she was made Prom queen at the Austinburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Surviving her are her four children, Judy Luzik of Struthers, Ohio, William (Mary) Ferguson of Ashtabula, Gary (Judi) Ferguson of Austinburg and James (Judy) Ferguson of Hammonton, New Jersey; nine grandchildren, six great grandchildren and a sister, Ruth Marone of Saybrook Township.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, William C. Ferguson in 1998; a daughter, June DeVan; a granddaughter, Autumn Ferguson; a great granddaughter, Brittany Hall and two brothers, Charles and Robert Franklin.
Funeral service will be Tuesday (Nov. 26th) at 11:00 AM at the Ashtabula Home of Fleming & Billman Funeral Directors and Crematory, 526 W. Prospect Rd. Ashtabula with Alisa Nierzejewski, Certified Celebrant officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memory Gardens, North Kingsville.
Calling hour will be Tuesday from 10:00 am until the time of service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions in her memory can be made to the Austinburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Recreation Fund, 2026 State Route #45, Austinburg, Ohio 44010.
The family would like to thank the nurses and care givers at the Austinburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Bella Care Hospice for the wonderful care they gave their mother.
The Fleming & Billman Funeral Homes of Ashtabula, Geneva and Jefferson are honored to serve the Jean Ferguson family. Condolences, light a candle and obituary at www.fleming-billman.com.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Jean E. Ferguson, please visit our floral store.
Activity Fund for Austinburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
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Winter Bible Study
February 2 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EST
An event every week that begins at 5:30 pm on Sunday, repeating until February 23, 2020
Our study will focus on, "The Writings of Paul". We will take a close look at three of Paul's epistles, his letters to the Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. Winter Bible Study will begin on Wednesday, January 8 and Sunday, January 12 and continue through the remainder of January and February, with the Wednesday study ending February 19 and the Sunday study ending February 23. Here is how we plan to study the three letters of Paul.
First for an in-depth study of Colossians, we invite you to come to the Fellowship Hall on Sunday nights from January 12 through February 23 at 5:30 p.m. each evening (with a break for Super Bowl Sunday). We will look at an introduction to Colossians followed by a verse by verse treatment of this letter.
To learn more about Philippians, come to morning worship each week. We will be preaching texts from Philippians for seven consecutive Sundays. The January sermons are:
January 12 – "God Is Not Finished with Us Yet", Philippians 1:1-11
January 19 – "Anticipating Heaven", Philippians 1:19-30
January 26 – "The Attitude", Philippians 2:1-11
Finally, Wednesday night Bible study for adults will be where we go through a verse-by-verse study of Ephesians in January and February. Join us for the first session in Ephesians on January 8. We will meet in the Sanctuary at 6:50 p.m. and begin our study after a time for prayer.
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Thank you from all of us at Opening Act and the MusiCares Foundation for helping us provide health, financial, and rehabilitation resources to musicians in their time of need.
We enjoy entertaining everyone and especially ourselves. We love to record and absolutely LOVE to play live!!!! Its music! How much better could it get?
Local musicians struggling like us. There is so much going on , musically, that goes unheard. Plus those who have inspired us. Deftones, Tool, Metallica, Marilyn Manson, Killswitch Engage. Anyone really, as long as they got a rock'n vibe.
We would use that 10,000 dollars to help further our career with a professionally recorded album. More money means better equipment and even better SHOWS!!


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Unpaid Interns
June 22, 2018
Category: HEC TV
Things to consider if a college student asks to be an unpaid intern at your company.
Top Tips on Maintaining a Harassment-Free Workplace
March 23, 2018
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Ongoing media attention of high profile allegations have created a heightened awareness around the issue of harassment, leaving employers wondering what they can do to ensure their employees are safe at work. HR Consultant Jessica Morikone shares some best practices on how to keep your organization harassment-free.
HEC Website Tutorial: Member Individual Logins
October 31, 2017
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This tutorial shows how members can login to the new HEC website and also for members to request a login account.
HEC Website Tutorial: HEC Homepage
October 30, 2017
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This tutorial explains the contents listed on HEC's new homepage.
HEC Website Tutorial: Member Dashboard
October 29, 2017
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This tutorial will explain how to use the Member Dashboard on HEC's new website.
HEC Website Tutorial: Resources
October 28, 2017
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In this tutorial, we will explain the use or our new Resources page on the new website.
HEC Website Tutorial: Online Event Registration
October 27, 2017
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This is a tutorial on how to register for events on HEC's new website.
2017 New Hawaii Employment Laws
September 14, 2017
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Ryan Sanada, HEC's Director of Legal and Government Affairs, discusses two new employment laws that were enacted in 2017.
Preventing Company Holiday Party Headaches
November 23, 2016
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Workplace holiday parties are meant to be enjoyable and provide employees a chance to unwind and have fun with their co-workers. However, companies must be cautious to not overlook the significant liabilities that can come with hosting such an event.
This video will provide information about the risks and preventive measures companies can implement to reduce their exposure while still having a successful event!
HR Best Practices for Supporting Nursing Mothers
October 19, 2016
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In this short segment, Carrie Takahama, Sr. HR Consultant at Hawaii Employers Council, will discuss how employers can create a work environment that supports nursing mothers in the workplace, as well as common situations confronting employers.


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NEED TO READ--In 2014 Venice, Los Angeles, California, and in Barcelona, Spain, tenants were being evicted, rents were raised, and the apartments turned into Airbanb sites for tourists in both cities.
In Los Angeles from 2015-2017 people had tried and failed to get the city council to regulate how apartments were turned into tourist hotels. In Barcelona three movements critical of touristification sprung up, and in 2015 these three movements fused into one and helped elect a housing advocate Ada Colau mayor that year. Then in 2017 the Barcelona city council approved PEUAT, a zoning plan to regulate hotel and tourist apartment licenses in the city center. The book Fearless Cities is the story of how Barcelona and many other cities adopted radical democracy to deal with its housing crises.
Ada Colau had been active for years in the Barcelona housing movement Platform of People Affected by Mortgages or PAH for people suffering from Big Companies like Blackstone's mortgage evictions and utilities cut-offs. Blackstone is also a huge landlord in California with a tenants' group fighting its evictions and poor services in 2015. In Barcelona PAH, made of neighborhood groups, became a crucial space that developed analyses, worked on diagnostic documents dealing with health, economy, housing, etc. for their neighborhoods in open meetings, and then mobilized the group's strength. PAH grew from its Barcelona base into a strong national housing movement.
In Los Angeles citizens could choose from one of two political parties—Democratic or Republican—and basically the same Democratic mayor and city council from 2014 through 2019 had the same housing policies resulting in thousands of evictions and 36,000 homeless in the city. California tenants tried to pass a state-wide rent control in 2018 but Blackstone spent $5.6 million helping to defeat it. In contrast, Barcelona's housing movements organized a new political party Barcelona en Comu in 2015, developed a platform with 30,000 residents, and allied with three other left political groups to campaign in the city election, winning the majority in the election and electing Ada Colau as Barcelona's first female mayor. Barcelona en Comu called its methods "municipalism": radical democracy enabling city politics from below.
The book Fearless Cities describes that "the first municipalist summit" took place in Barcelona with 700 people from around the world. The 2017 convention led to the book Fearless Cities. The book's introduction describes the book not as an "encyclopedia" but as the first snapshot of an ever-growing global movement. 144 people from 54 towns and cities wrote the book's short essays. The book is an excellent how-to book on how to change your city's politics.
Fearless Cities first excellent section has four good essays defining "municipalism." Deborah Bookchin's "The Future We Deserve" argues that neither street demonstrations nor merely electing old party politicians really changes city politics. Instead she thinks power must be returned "to ordinary citizens… True politics is the opposite of parliamentary politics. It begins at the base, in local assemblies." Jorge Sharp, mayor of Valparaiso, Chile, also argues in "New Life Begins at the Local Level" says that that "people take the solutions to their problems in their own hands." Fatima Talen from the Badalona City Council argues in "Standing up to the far right" that new city policies as organized meetings through the city to reduce citizens' isolation from each other.
The writers, over half of whom are women, are dedicated to feminizing politics. Laura Perez was on the Barcelona City Council as their Councillar Representative for Feminism, LGBTI Affairs and International Relations. She explains feminizing politics through including equal number of women and men in political spaces and encouraging all to speak. She argues that city budgets, transport networks, and city design all should take into account gender.
The most crucial section is the book's "Organizing toolkits" which consist of how to essays that show how to organize a municipalist city from below demands huge rethinking of how we do politics. The essay "Organizing a municipalist platform: structure and confluence" defines "confluence" not just as parties reaching out but as getting citizens not in existing parties or movements "that will allow different people and organizations to work together." Neighborhood assemblies consists of activists from neighborhoods and are in the Co-ordination Assembly. Also, the Policy Groups made of neighborhood people work on specific policies while the Guarantee Committee is an independent group of activists monitoring democratic function "equal participation, fairness and transparency."
Many cities like Los Angeles are known for their corruption when developers constantly give money to politicians, and then the city OK's the developers zoning changes or other plans. The essay "How to create a participatory municipalist candidacy" describes instead how people in many cities start with going into the neighbors asking people what they would change in their city. They have hundreds of people or even thousands develop a manifesto, and then their members choose candidates to stand in elections. Another crucial how-to chapter is "Code of ethics and financing" where they have large citizens' group draw up a code of ethics and detail how to collectively raise money avoiding corruption.
The how to essay "Communication for municipalist transformation" gives lively ideas how to communicatee "from the heart" using lively symbols such as in Belgrade a duck means "a scam" with the duck symbol appearing from street demonstrations to Facebook. Barcelona and Madrid both had Graphic Liberation Movements. Still another how to essay "Creating non-state institutions" tells how Cuidad Future (City of the Future) in Rosario, Argentina, revived the local milk industry, created two schools for adults and healthcare centers in poor neighborhoods full of violence.
The third section "Policy Toolkits" has essays showing how people in various cities around the world worked to increase "Radical Democracy in the city council." "Public Space" explores how people participate in designing their public spaces as well as getting more public spaces. Methods for protecting tenants and reducing gentrification are discussed in "Housing, gentrification and tourism." "Mobility and Pollution" deals with ways to collective reduce air and other pollution as well as how to give the city's population more affordable public transportation reducing public space for private vehicles and penalizing or banning high-emission vehicles. "Sanctuary Cities" details how cities are welcoming refugees such as municipal ID cards in New York where undocumented immigrants or transgender or formerly incarcerated can get IDNYC which gives its holders access to city services and entry to public buildings.
The last essay by Ada Colau "Epilogue: Transforming fear into Hope" should, I think, be the preface as it's the only essay that really places Fearless Cities and municipalism within recent history. Colau argues that neoliberalism increased class inequality making more people live in fear that gives rise to far-right movements in many countries. Colau points out that the far-right increases divisions of "above/below" and "us/the others" which is "reductive and dangerous…." She argues that municipalism gets rid of these divisions by "starting from the place where we all recognize one another as equals" and helps to reduce fear. Colau feels that municipalism will develop equal opportunities within cities and town and weave "its own international web of solidarity."
The book does need an Introduction that gives a history of municipalism in Barcelona and many other Spanish cities as a reaction to the neo-liberalism austerity and mass evictions of 2010-2014. Barcelona en Comu passed PEUAT that created a "degrowth" zone in the city's historic center limiting the growth of hotels there, but the left parties mobilized and got the City Council to extend the degrowth center to more neighborhoods, making the degrowth area even larger. In December 2018 Los Angeles City Council finally passed in December 2018 regulations of short-term tourist rentals, but after six months the affordable housing crises in the city has only worsened with homeless growing to 36,000 people in the city and 59,000 people in the country. People have no idea if the tourist rental regulations are being followed. Fearless Cities is a crucial book to read in those many cities and towns suffering gentrification, mass evictions, and touristification.
(Julia Stein is a poet, novelist, literary critic and CityWatch contributor, now living in Los Angeles. She has published five books of poetry: Under the Ladder to Heaven, Desert Soldiers, Shulamith, and Walker Woman, and What Were They Like? Stein is also co-author of the book "Shooting Women: Behind the Camera.)


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This trail ride goes through the Bulgarian Rose Valley and Sredna Gora Mountain - the land of the Thracians, the mineral sources, the roses and lavender. It offers the perfect combination of gallops through boundless meadows and riding among the breathtaking Sredna Gora Mountain.
The main goal of this carefully designed holiday is to give great pleasure to your body, senses and mind. This trail ride offers you an extraordinary combination of the physical loading of the riding with the strengthening SPA treatments and the refreshing massages. During the holiday you will enjoy the delicious food, prepared from wholesome local produce and sample famous Bulgarian wines. You will also discover part of the archaeological, historical and architectural landmarks of Bulgaria.
This is a progressive ride so nights will be spent in different locations. You will be staying in 5 different accommodations total.
All nights are spent in high quality hotels or in guesthouses in double rooms with private washroom and shower. TVs, cleaning services, and WIFI is available at all locations.
Swimming pools and sauna are available at most of the overnight accommodations.
Laundry is not available while on the trip.
Accommodation Itinerary - subject to changes based on availability
Nights 1 & 7: SPA Hotel Hello in Hisarya
Night 2: SPA Hotel Aqua Termi in Krassnovo
Nights 3 & 4: Hotel "Eagle Rock" in Koprivshtitsa
Night 5: SPA Resort in Strelcha
Night 6: Winery & Spa complex in Starosel
SPA Hotel Hello in Hisarya
This small hotel offers comfortable rooms with a modern décor. All rooms come equipped with air conditioning, a TV, free Wi-Fi and a private bathroom. The hotel also has a garden with an outdoor seasonal swimming pool.
SPA Hotel Aqua Termi in Krassnovo
This hotel is located on the outskirts of Krassnovo and features simple and comfortable rooms equipped with all the necessities: TV, Wi-Fi internet, air conditioning and private bathroom. The hotel has a large variety of mineral pools (both indoor and outdoor) and beautiful gardens filled with flowers.
Hotel "Eagle Rock" in Koprivshtitsa
This property features an original building located a few miles away from Koprivshtitsa. This hotel offers simple and comfortable rooms with Wi-Fi access, a TV and a private bathroom. There is also a garden from which you can admire the beautiful scenery around you.
SPA Resort in Strelcha
This small hotel offers simple accommodations in the heart of Strelcha. All rooms are fitted with a Wi-Fi access, a TV and a private bathroom. There is also a small garden with a terrace and a small swimming pool.
Winery & Spa complex in Starosel
This beautiful complex features spacious and modern rooms with elements that reminds guest of the surrounding nature such as wood. Each room has a TV and a private bathroom with hairdryer. Wi-Fi is available in common areas. Amenities include an outdoor swimming pool and a Spa equipped with a hot tub, sauna and Jacuzzi.
Room Occupancy
Single supplement is mandatory is we are unable to find another rider to share.
All meals are included from dinner on Day 1 to breakfast on Day 8.
The food featured on this trip is a mix of international and traditional Bulgarian cuisine.
The hotels and guesthouses provide the breakfasts and dinners and they offer traditional local dishes.
The midday meals are taken in the open-air during the trails and they consist of salads, fruits, cookies & warm food.
Wine and beer are included with meals, but no hard liquor.
Dietary Restrictions
We can cater to dietary restrictions given prior notice.
This trip includes
some wine with dinner
and can accommodate special dietary requests.
Varying from walk on the steeper slopes to a faster pace on the open spaces, which are great for long canters. Usually we do about 40% Walking, 30% Trotting and 30% Cantering. This proportion could be changed according to the requirements and the abilities of the riders. The program includes 6 riding days with 4-6 hours per day in the saddle. We cover about 140 km in total.
We have Shagya and purebred Arabs, East-Bulgarian breeds, and cross-bred horses with Akhal-Teke blood - all well trained and calm. The height of the horses is from 150 to 165 cm.
Riding Terrain
Sredna Gora is one of the smoothest mountains for riding in Bulgaria. It has no steep climbs or descents and a level ridge great for canters. It also offers an amazing 360-degrees view of all the highest mountains – Rila, Pirin, Rhodope and Balkan mountains. This trail goes on for 3 days into the mountain and 3 days into the valley, so you will get to explore the deep, century-old beech forests and to marvel at the breathtaking sights of the mountain. Lovely canters between rose gardens and free herds of cows in the valley complete the experience.
We always have 2 guides per group: one to lead and the other to support the group with a jeep and all of the luggage. The riding guides are experienced and professional and know all the horses and routes well. They have a sound knowledge and awareness of safety, of looking after horses and guests out on a ride. The guides speak English, German or French fluently.
All the accompanying non-riders will have the possibility to participate in all the non-riding activities of this program: SPA treatments, swimming, wine tasting, visit to the ancient Roman town Dioclecianopolis, visit to the Thracian complex in Kazanluk and sightseeing.
Sample Itinerary - subject to changes
Day 1 (Saturday): Arrival
Pick up from Sofia Airport and transfer to the famous SPA Resort –the town of Hissar, located 180 km South-east from the capital.
Meals included: Dinner
Overnight at SPA Hotel Hello in Hissar
*Highlights: Hissar health resort is situated almost in the centre of Bulgaria, on the southern slopes of Sredna Gora Mountain, 336 m above sea level.
The first settlers of the small valley, where the town is situated were Thracians from the Bessi tribe. Eventually, the area was reached by Macedonians, but it was not until Roman times when Hissar developed into a large town and resort, called Dioclecianopolis, after the Roman emperor Dioclecian /284 - 305 AD/. The town was built according to all requirements of Roman town planning - with wide, straight streets, decorated with statues of gods and goddesses, with marble baths, beautiful palaces and villas for Roman aristocracy. To protect the town from enemy invasions, it was surrounded with a wall raised by the skillful hands of Thracian master-builders.
Day 2 (Sunday): Hissar to Krasnovo
Breakfast in the hotel. After saddling the horses and preparing for the ride, we start our ride among beautiful nature around the village of Starosel. Picnic in a wooden shelter in the middle of the forest, close to Matenitsa village. In the afternoon you will ride to the village of Krasnovo, famous with its mineral baths, situated on the southern slopes of Sredna Gora Mountain next to a big dam. Before dinner you will have aquatic relaxation procedures and massages and swim in the mineral water pool.
Riding: About 26 km (4.5 hours)
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight at SPA Hotel Agua Termi
Day 3 (Monday): Krasnovo to Koprivshtitsa
Breakfast at the guest house. We start our ride from Krasnovo village through the rose garden, before going uphill into the heart of the mountain. We have lunch in the beautiful Hut Buntovna at 1180 m altitude, located in an old beech forests with amazing view.
In the afternoon, we will ride through the deep beech forest and the beautiful open tops of the mountain. In the evening, we reach the town of Koprivshtitsa.
Riding: About 28 km (5.5 hours)
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight at Hotel "Eagle Rock"
Day 4 (Tuesday): Koprivshtitsa
After breakfast, we go riding in the surroundings nature before coming back to the village for lunch. We will eat our lunch in a local restaurant and then enjoy a guided tour of the Old Town.
In the afternoon, free time for shopping and exploring.
Riding: About 12 km (2 hours)
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight at Hotel "Eagle Rock"
*Highlights: The town of Koprivshtitsa is situated near to the Topolnitsa River at 1060 meters above the sea level.
It is a town - museum and unique settlement in Bulgaria, which has preserved in compactness over 250 patterns of the Bulgarian Revival Period architecture. The greatest wealth of Koprivshtitsa are its Revival Period houses with colourful courtyards, surrounded with high stone walls and gates, the disorderly built curved and narrow cobblestone little streets and plots, the numerous stone fountain contributes to the attractiveness of the little town. Part of these houses was turned into museums.
Day 5 (Wednesday): Koprivshtitsa to Strelcha
Breakfast at the hotel. You will ride trough the untouched forest to the SPA resort Strelcha and go on the very top of the beautiful peak "Wolf"-1240m, with an amazing panoramic view of the Tracian plane and the surrounding mountains. Picnic under the cosy wooden shelter, a few kilometres down the peak "Wolf". Overnight in a SPA hotel with hot mineral pool and massage centre. Before and after dinner you will have a time to relax with massage and swim in the mineral water pool. Dinner in the local pub in national style.
Riding: About 25 km (5 hours)
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight at SPA Resort
Day 6 (Thursday): Strelcha to Starosel
Breakfast in the hotel. You will ride trough the rose fields, nice vineyards, and along sandy lakes. Picnic in a garden, next to the village of Krustevich. You will be accommodated at the beautiful Vinery Spa complex in Starosel. A copy of the Starosel Thracian Temple is made in the cellar of the complex. When you stand in its centre your voice sounds like coming from the Cosmos, but only you can hear it. This is a part of the Thracian mysteries.
Before dinner, you can enjoy the spa or go on a wine tour.
Riding: About 28 km (5 hours)
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight at Winery & SPA complex
*Highlights: Wine tasting with 5 wines and special food for each of them - 20 EUR per person.
Day 7 (Friday): Starosel to Hisaraya
After breakfast ,you will visit the Thracian complex in Starosel. It was only discovered in 2000 by the archaeological expedition of Dr.George Kitov. It is the largest preserved Thracian complex with a temple-mausoleum in Southeast Europe. The temple dates back to the 5th century BC. You will learn about the mysterious Thracians and their amazing cultural heritage and historic significance.
Later on, you will enjoy beautiful long gallops among the meadows, and ride by one of the biggest lake of the area (Pyasachnik) with a panoramic view of the mountain.
Picnic lunch in the meadows near village Panicheri.
In the afternoon, we ride across the forest, meadows and along lakes, making our way back to Hisarya.
Accommodation in a SPA hotel with mineral swimming pool and sauna. In the evening enjoy a Farewell dinner.
Riding: About 25 km (4 hours)
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Overnight at SPA Hotel Hello in Hissar
*Highlights: The Thracian cult complex in Starosel.
The suppositions are that the temple is from the time of the Thracian King Sitalk, even his own. The rich findings in the stone-built tomb date from the end of the fifth and the beginning of the fourth century BC. A main staircase with monumental corridor, ritual landing and two chambers, leads to the temple. The entrance is outlined with slabs with plastic and colour decoration. The inside area is a round, domed chamber with semi-columns and colour ornaments, where the initiated established connection with gods.
It is surrounded by a 263 yard long wall made out of some 4000 stone blocks and was hidden under a 20 m high mound of earth.
Day 8 (Saturday): Departure
After breakfast transfer to Sofia.
Meals included: Breakfast
Rates and Dates for Land of the Thracians
Dates Note:
In case you cannot attend your original booking dates due to restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus pandemic, we offer you to postpone your trip to a later date.
In Bulgaria it is mandatory to wear masks only in closed spaces, like shops, pharmacies and hospitals. We ride in very wild and remote areas. The hotels and guesthouses are located in small villages and we can have dinner outdoors.It is good for the guests to have their own mask and maybe a small disinfectant.
For more information please visit our COVID-19 Updates page at https://www.hiddentrails.com/article/covid19update.aspx
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Airport: Sofia airport
Transfer: Included from Sofia airport
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Acne and Salicylic Acid Peels NYC New York
Salicylic acid peels penetrate deeper into the oil gland than the glycolic acid peels do, and cause less inflammation on your face---so go with the Salicylic acid. It comes in a number of different strengths, and can be customized just for you. You might also speak with your dermatologist about using some prescription topical medications at home every day to maximize your best skin.


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Columbia Regional Airport Wants to Keep Up With the Times
COLUMBIA - In an age of advancing technology Columbia Regional Airport is trying to keep up with the times. At Wednesday's airport advisory board meeting members discussed the idea of installing new technology to check mobile boarding passes.
The airport currently does not have the ability to check passengers in via mobile boarding passes. This has caused numerous problems for passengers who come to the airport and expect to use their phone to board the plane.
Currently, if passengers with mobile tickets arrive well ahead of time then employees are able to print off a boarding pass or plug in passenger information from the phone. But if passengers arrive late then there is no longer an attendant at the ticket counter to print a new boarding pass.
This has caused many delays for travelers, some have even missed their flights.
The airport advisory board is not taking this problem lightly and plans to start looking into new technology immediately.
Airport Advisory Board member Steven Faber said that cost will not be an issue when it comes to this technology.
"I don't care how much it costs, it needs to be done, people are coming through this airport to do business in Columbia, to bring jobs to Columbia. We only have to spoil one deal to tell ourselves 'what were we thinking we should have spent that money," Faber said.
American Airlines official John Frye said it won't take long for the new plan to be put in place.
"I don't think it's going to take long at all actually, I think probably within 30 days the problem should be resolved," Frye said.
[Editor's note: This story was edited to correct the name and identification of John Frye.]


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I am not sure how long this term has been going around but some time ago, I read a post about finding your mom tribe. A group of women that you feel almost kin too? Seems ridiculous at first but honestly doesn't the concept sound nice? Now I use to be a through and through career women. It was nothing to work a 60 hour work week, the field that I was in needed it. The people I cared for needed it but then after having my second child my family needed me more at home.
Then I became a stay at home mom.
I love it and nothing anyone could say will cause me to change my mind.
However there are aspects of it that are challenging like making friends that are not work friends.
How does a stay at home mom make friends and find her mom tribe?
Oh and I homeschool so how does a stay at home mom that homeschools find her mom tribe?
Homeschool Mom Tribe
Well I didn't actively seek them out. I joined a homeschool co-op and got my children involved with sports through our homeschool community. I also created this homeschool blog and have met so many types of homeschool moms online and in real life…
I live and breath the homeschool community.
There is Susan a type A personality very regimented, a planner and scheduler. She gets up at the crack of dawn, gets her housework done and has breakfast on the table by the time her two kids mosey down. Kid's chores are called "life skill lessons." She prefers a traditional curriculum and just swears by Abeka. Her home is always neat and tidy as are her children. Yes, she exists I have met her she is a rock star, you can meet her too at Geez, Gwen!
Celeste is beautiful in her soul, her love for life is awe inspiring. Her children are wild and free. She unschools or as she calls it "delight directed." A natural homesteader. She is always making her own herbals and her own elderberry syrup. She names her children things like Star or Moon light. My inspiration for celeste came from Sharla at Minnesota Country Girl and a blend of a few other homeschool moms I know in real life.
I can relate to Nicole she has 3 kids, enjoys crafting, loves anything Charlotte Mason, house work is called "responsibility," reads regularly for "mother culture," kids either play violin or piano or are always outside.
Rebecca is hilarious! She has lost count of how many children she has, survives on coffee and comedically vents about her chaos. She changes her homeschool style every 3 months, says she is "eclectic" and addicted to purchasing curriculum. She has her kids in every sport, co-op, and club.
I posted this meme on my facebook page and I had an overwhelming response. In fact, many homeschool moms felt they were a blend of each. However some felt left out or that they didn't fit in any type at all.
Honestly, I only limited to the above four because of the amount of space that I had in the small image. There are soooo many more homeschool mom types.
Like Tiffany she loves coffee almost as much as she loves Jesus. She gives her children cute little nicknames like "bear" or "ninja warrior." She is upbeat, positive yet understands the mountains of laundry, the thankless days, and the endless to do list. When you find yourself in the trenches of motherhood she is the first to reach down and lift you back up, with the help of Jesus of course. You can actually met her here: Tiffany at Outmatched Mama.
Then you have that homeschool mom that is always trying to come up with a side hustle. She is mostly like Nicole with an unknown amount of children and a unquenchable thirst for coffee like Rebecca. It helps that she is the pastors wife. She juggles many roles being a homeschool mom, wife, piano teacher, etsy shop owner, and homeschool blogger her name is Abby at 4onemore.com.
How about Robin?
Right now she is going through a season in life. New baby, a toddler, and two others that are formally being homeschooled by her. She looks exhausted and is always late to everything. She isn't wearing makeup, is sporting dark circles, and is scarfing her lunch down why the older kids play during free time at co-op. The baby is crying and the toddler is suction cupped to her leg. You catch her eye, she gives you a weak earnest smile, looks down at her children then back at you (still smiling) whispers shakily, "Blessings."
Dear Lord.
Thankully a Tiffany always is around to lend a helping hand. If not, Rebeccas can relate and so they will always jump in too.
Then there is Kathryn. I have a love hate relationship with the Kathryns of the homeschool mom community. I love that she is the organizer of all events and pours her heart out in all that she does.
Without her who would bring us all together?
She is like the homeschool version of the PTA mom. Thanks to all the Kathryns, we get to do all of the things. She also stops you at every event and wonders if you will bring a casserole to the next pot-luck or lead the next co-op class. You would love to but you are more like a mutant version of Rebecca, Nicole, and Celeste so…
Not today Kathryn, not today.
What about Angela? Each homeschool year she aspires to be a Susan but 9 days in reality hits. Planning and schedules are thrown out the window then Rebecca emerges. Because really, who lives without coffee? She goes to all the homeschool conventions, openly admits to being a convention junkie, and tags you in all the homeschool events. You know the type and so do I. You can find her at Schoolingwithgrace.com.
Tanya. A seasoned homeschool mom who practically spits at the mention of common core. She rode out the jean skirt wearing homeschool era and secretly wishes it would make a come back. Always wears her hair in a bun. Drinks her coffee black and started the homemade elderberry syrup movement. Stares down anyone who calls k-12 online school "homeschooling." Her children are respectable and well mannered. Everything you hope yours grow up to be. She is wise, knowledgeable, and the type everyone seeks advice from.
Has been having children since 1999. Drives an Extended Ford Transit. Has tried all the curriculums, copies, and laminates everything. Carefully schedules everything because she has to. Use coconut oil religiously. Refers to her children as "Gods arrows." If you need an additional educational resource she has it in her curriculum closet.
This is fun.
A brand new homeschool mom and completely ok with online k-12. She is trying to figure it all out and still considers it school at home. Has a "you do you" mentality. Her search engine history shows that the word homeschool and socialization has been googled 500 times. She scours pinterest homeschool boards for inspiration and educational freebies. Recently heard about "de-schooling" from another homeschool mom but is trying to do school at home to see if it works first.
Don't laugh, you do you.
Maybe you are a Sarah? A blend of them all. Has two kids and waiting for more. Highly organized but willing to adjust schedules and plans for the sake of sanity. Takes her cream and sugar with coffee, relishes every sip. Then maybe an herbal tea in the afternoon. Sort of crunchy and purchases her elderberry syrup from homesteading homeschool moms (say that 5x fast) like celeste. Has said, "loves me some Charlotte Mason" but ok with being eclectic when her children need something different. Is an odd strain of introversion that loves to socialize in doses.
While there are so many homeschool personality types I can relate to them all. Honestly, after meeting and getting to know everyone I've felt a kinship with the Rebeccas, Nicoles, Celestes, Susans, and even the Kathryns. I love all the differences and personalities. In the homeschool mom community I have found my mom tribe.
Which homeschool mom are you?
Are you a blend? Leave your type in the comments. If I missed you, describe it, and name yourself!


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Since not all gamers have full use of their limbs, it doesn't make sense for developers to exclude them from playing their games just because someone can't use their hands properly, or who might be color blind, hard of hearing, and so on. In fact we've seen how such features have helped some disabled gamers enjoy games like Overwatch.
Nintendo has announced today that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch console has become the fastest-selling Mario Kart game in the history of this franchise. The previous record for the highest first-day sales in this franchise was held by Mario Kart Wii. It sold more than 433,900 copies on launch day back in 2008. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold more copies than that when it was released on […]
When Mario Kart 8 was originally released for the Wii U, it actually helped to boost the sales of the console which was already not doing well, which goes to show the importance of having good titles available for a console platform. Turns out its pseudo-successor, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, has an almost similar effect.
When the Nintendo Switch was launched, there weren't that many games available for it. However one of the bigger titles available at launch was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Given Zelda's popularity and also the fact that gamers have been waiting for this title ever since it was announced for the Wii U, its success wasn't surprising.
To celebrate the launch of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch, which is taking place on the 28th of April which is this Friday, it seems that Nintendo wants to tie in that celebration with its other games, like Super Mario Run. As you can see in the screenshot to the right, Nintendo will be introducing what they're calling a "mega event" to the game.
Just like how the bunny hop was a controversial move in Counter-Strike back in the day, Mario Kart 8 had a fire-hopping trick where gamers could gain small boosts by hopping left and right while coming out of a boost. It wasn't really an illegal move but pulling it off wasn't easy and not all players might be aware of it.
One of the more anticipated games that will be released for the Nintendo Switch is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. At its core this is still Mario Kart 8 that was originally released for the Nintendo Wii U several years ago, but it is expected to feature updated graphics, new game modes, new characters, and more.
Given that pretty much every console Nintendo has released has received a copy or variant of Mario Kart, it did not come as a surprise to learn that the Nintendo Switch would also be getting a Mario Kart of its own. This comes in the form of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which is basically an enhanced version of the original Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U.
The other day thanks to a photo that made its way onto Nintendo Russia's website, it was revealed that there would be a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch bundle. In case it wasn't obvious as to what it was, basically this is a Nintendo Switch that comes bundled with the upcoming Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
A couple of years ago when Mario Kart 8 was launched, unsurprisingly there was a Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle as well. This means that should Nintendo launch a bundle for the Nintendo Switch, it would hardly come as a surprise. Turns out that's pretty much what Nintendo did, or at least that's what they plan to do.
The Nintendo Switch comes with 32GB of storage by default, but take away the install size of the operating system and other apps and you'll be left with less than 32GB. We suppose this is only an issue if you download most of your games, and if you do, then you might be interested to find out how much Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will take up.
There are a handful of games that many expect to see released with every Nintendo console, which is why when Mario Kart 8 for the Nintendo Switch was announced, it hardly came as a surprise, except that it will be known as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe where it will come with new characters and all the DLCs that have been released to date.
Earlier this year it was announced that Mario Kart 8 would be coming to the Nintendo Switch, except that instead of the Wii U version of the game, Nintendo would be releasing a newer version called Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. For the most part the game is still the same, with some exceptions, new features, and new characters.
With Nintendo's consoles, no matter what console is being announced, it's almost a guarantee that we can expect a handful of staples to be announced for it. One of those games is the Mario Kart franchise that has appeared on multiple Nintendo consoles over the years, and it seems that Nintendo will be continuing that tradition.


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"The appearance of the Carlisle students is everywhere favorably commented upon, partly because of the excellent physical bearing and gentlemanly conduct of our students, and because of the neat uniforms they wear."
"The students, in their uniforms, made an excellent appearance. It has been remarked that the Carlisle student is characterized by a fine physique, and a manly and womanly bearing, which no doubt is due to the regular training which all of our students receive in physical culture."
"The Carlisle plan is to take the Indian from his tribal surroundings and place him in environment of civilization. Removed from influences which are immoral, degrading, slovenly, and tending towards shiftlessness, the young Indian is placed in contact with others of superior tribes, amid surroundings that exemplify civilization and inspire within him the possibility of useful citizenship."
A student's arrival at the Carlisle Indian School began with the stripping of their identity and individuality. A vital aspect of the assimilation process was the uniform. Carlisle in particular had rigid standards for physical presentation, holding the Indian students to the same standards as their white peers. CIIS was held up as a model boarding school experience due to this careful uniformity as well as the demanding physical and academic standards of the institution.
"At present the work with the girls is on a well organized basis. Regular meetings are held Sunday evenings and the girls are enabled to get in personal touch with Miss Wister on Saturday and Sunday. A large Bible class is conducted for the young ladies Sunday mornings."
The young girls who attended government run boarding schools such as Carlisle were often made members of the YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association). They attended church and had regular bible studies, most often multiple times a week. American Indians who attended the boarding schools were forced to abandon their native religion and accept the white man's God.
"When these savages arrived at the Carlisle School they would have nothing to do with any of the other students and began to live their lives apart. As they could speak no English, they expressed their thoughts by gestures and in garbled language. In order to experiment, the authorities of the school did not order these Hopis to have their long locks of hair cut, but waited to see if their association with the advanced Indians at the school would not have some good effect upon them. In less than ten days one of the Hopis indicated by gestures that he would like to have his hair cut like the other students, and on the same day another Hopi was discovered snipping off his own locks with a hunting knife."
The Carlisle Indian School would sometimes host important figures among the American Indian community. Often these were figures that had been vocal in their protests of the assimilation occurring in the boarding schools. In the one instance the quote above is referring to, members of the Hopi tribe who still spoke only their native language, wore their native garb, and had long hair, came to stay. The Carlisle Indian School performed a social experiment on the visiting Hopis by making the decision not to force them to cut their hair. The Red Man labels this experiment a success, declaring that the Indian's decision to cut their hair shows a willingness to assimilate. Texts such as these were distributed to make those still clinging to Indian traditions feel like outsiders.
"This building has a history, which gives one an insight into the history of the place. It is called the 'guard house;' sometimes Indians needing discipline are imprisoned in it. The dark walls, if they could talk, could tell a long story of similar service. It was built by the Hessian soldiers whom Washington had captured at the battle of Trenton in 1776, and sent to this place."
The Guard House pictured above reveals the harsher side of Carlisle's military style of education. Students who resisted the acculturation process were sometimes locked within the building as punishment. The coercive element of Pratt's educational experiment was rarely discussed in Carlisle's publication; however, this comparison is particularly interesting for its historical comparison of Indian students to prisoners of war.
"The reservation boarding schools necessarily do less work, the pupils are younger, the facilities more limited. Only three or four trades are dealt with, usually carpentry, blacksmithing, shoemaking* harness making, some painting and bricklaying."
Pratt argued that boarding school such as Carlisle were a far superior alternative to day schools on reservations. The schools on the reservation did not receive as much funding as the other Indian schools, and therefore were unable to provide a high quality education. The teachers were often under qualified and had not received proper training. The vocational training was limited to just a few subjects, as mentioned in the quote above. Those that received their education on the reservation were often unable to leave and join the rest of society if they so desired - they were not sufficiently qualified to do so. Most importantly to Pratt, the boarding school experience allowed him to completely separate the students from the cultures of their home.
…"the Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs stating after a recent tour that the Indian schools are "at least twenty-five years in advance of the present public-school system in industrial training."
Appearances were vital to the success of this government-run Indian boarding school. The lawns were often well manicured and the grounds well kept. These schools were considered to be in better condition than most of the public schools offered. Moreover, the education was considered finer than those in the public schools as well as the teachers had a higher education and superior training and there was a much wider range of subjects taught.
"It has been decided to abolish the Business Department and to discontinue the tinsmithing and carriage-making trades, and to establish in lieu of these, thorough, practical courses in domestic science and agriculture….To get the Indian on the soil—his own soil—and to teach him how to raise food products is one of the ambitions that can be entertained by any true friend of the race."
The tinsmithing shop pictured above was one of many industrial pursuits offered at Carlisle. From its early days, the school stressed the importance of instruction in vocational trades. Students were instructed in carpentry, shoemaking, harness making, tailoring, sewing, blacksmithing, printing and laundry workshops. As attitudes changed outside of Carlisle's walls, however, new popular images of the farming Indian became influential. After the Dawes Act of 1887, in which reservations were broken up into individual allotments for Indians to farm (and the remainder to be sold to white farmers), the idea of economic assimilation through agriculture became essential to the Indian education. Although some trades survived the transition, this new focus on farming reveals the extent to which Carlisle was vulnerable to changing public opinion.
"It serves to recall attention to the system of physical training in vogue at Carlisle. Every boy and girl in the school receives regular instruction in calisthenics, wisely adapted to their needs, and combining indoor and outdoor work of a varied and comprehensive nature. Athletic sports are conducted for the many and the success of this school in sport is due to the fact that all the students take an interest in the sports, and all the boys who are physically sound compete."
The Carlisle Indian School was revered for the intensity of its physical training program. In addition to the physically demanding vocational training every student went through, the school had an extensive physical education program. Both women and men participated in various forms of physical exercise on a daily basis, and any man who was physically able competed in one sport or another.
"The consistently strong football teams which the Government Indian School at Carlisle, Pa., has turned out for the past ten years, and especially the remarkable record made by the Indians in the last two or three years has caused many to attribute this success to questionable methods of recruiting the team, when as a matter of fact the success of the Indians has been due to the rough, hardy outdoor life that the players have been inured to from the day they were born. In addition to this purely physical explanation, there is a psychological one: the Indians know that people regard them as an inferior race, unable to compete successfully in any line of endeavor with the white men, and as a result they are imbued with a fighting spirit, when pitted against their white brethren, that carries them a long way toward victory."
The Carlisle Indian School is often remembered for its dynamic football program, led by the legendary Glenn "Pop" Warner. While at Carlisle, Warner coached Jim Thorpe, who went on to win two Olympic titles and play professional and collegiate football. The Carlisle Indians became a football powerhouse, competing with major collegiate football programs. In The Indian Craftsman, the author identifies their strength as a psychological motive: in this interpretation, football becomes a resistance to racial narratives.
"Just as Greek and Egyptian art have been made much of in schools, it is the aim to foster the artistic instincts of the Indian instead of blotting out all his tendencies and civilizing him too completely"
Carlisle educators found American culture to be a useful tool for assimilation. Carlisle students excelled in music and arts, learning American styles to replace their stolen cultures. In The Indian Craftsman, this author argues that Indians should retain just enough of their culture to use it as an artistic advantage. The comparison to the ancient civilizations of Greece and Egypt reflect a larger public opinion that Native American society was ultimately doomed.
"One characteristic of the Indian School is the Outing System, whereby the students are placed in well chosen homes for a period of four months each year. The girls are engaged as house girls or domestics, and the boys are placed on farms and in shops to be taught farming and the trades."
A vital component to the vocational training each student received was the outing provided by the school. Each student was placed in a home for four months each year and received real job experience in whatever their vocational training was. This enabled them to find jobs outside of the reservation when they were finished with their education. It is important to note the names present on the ledger. To complete the assimilation process, each student went out into the world with the white name they had been given upon arrival, symbolizing the start of a life in white society and the cutting of ties between the student and their ancestry and culture.
Pupils are not sent out until after at least one year in the school. Then the boy or girl who is to go out to work signs an agreement like the following:
"I want to go out into the country.
"If you will send me I promise to obey my employee, to keep all the rules of the school.
"I will attend Sunday school and church regularly.
"I will not absent myself from my farm home without permission of my employer and will not loaf about stores or elsewhere evenings or Sundays.
"I will not make a practice of staying for meals when I visit my friends.
"I will not use tobacco nor any spirituous liquors in any form.
"I will not play cards nor gamble and will save as much money as possible.
"If out for the winter I will attend school regularly and will do my best to advance myself in my studies.
"I will bathe regularly, write my home letter every month and do all that I can to please my employer, improve myself and make the best use of the chance given me."
Students could participate in the distinctive outing system after a minimum of one year of study. These students traveled to live with white families who applied for labor, primarily in the Northeast and Mid-atlantic area. The rules listed above reflect the influence of Christian norms on the Indian students and highlight what Carlisle administrators identify as their Indian ideal.
"Think of the splendid opportunity these girls have to become good housekeepers, for the best house-keepers in the country may be found in these Pennsylvania homes."
Richard Henry Pratt may have preached equality, but the educational fates of his student reveal how his dreams had fallen short. Carlisle's reliance on industrial trades and domestic labor ultimately prepared their students to enter only less socially prestigious positions. In particular, the outing system described in the quotation above served to reinforce racial hierarchies.


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