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Free Newby Seminars for the Summer of 2016!
Hey Folks,
Once again this year, as the homeschooling movement in Canada continues to grow I am partnering with other homeschooling veterans to bring you a series of free open forum evenings to look into the world of homeschooling. Henry and Corrinna Kiezebrink, and Dione Rogers and I have lived the highs and lows of this experience and are excited to chat with you in our homes about the adventure. The workshops will be offered in July and August in our homes in Bradford, Barrie, and Stouffville.
Whether you have made a firm decision or are still investigating your options, whether you are doing this based on a conviction you have or because the ability to school in a different way just seems to fit for your family, please feel free to come for a visit. These are interactive (question and answer style) small group workshops
. If you, or someone you know, are interested in coming please RSVP directly to me at email@example.com as soon as possible as attendance is limited to 15 people (since we do have a very cozy space to meet) and the evenings usually do fill up.
Continue reading Free Newby Seminars for the Summer of 2016!
Bestill My Beating Heart…
A New Season…
It is so exciting to see spring unfolding once again and so early this year! As usual, we are excited to be out in the yard cleaning up and dreaming of things to come, preparing gardens, tidying out the garage (let me tell you: that's a messy job this year!) and starting little seedlings. I am not nearly so much a gardening expert as I am an aficionado, a fan, a devotee to mucking in the dirt with hopes that something yummy might spring from it. Really I am still that kid that makes mud pies and dreams of them really being tasty treats.
In addition to these signs of spring you can also be sure to find me playing with stacks of boxes and leafing through countless books as this is also the beginning of "Conference Season". Maple Tree will be at several conferences and sales over the next several months and I will also have the funky privilege of chatting with many of you as I teach several seminars at these gatherings and as I visit in our little corner of the exhibit hall.
A Time to Rest….
Dear Friends,
It would seem that online businesses are always open, especially small businesses. When I go camping, to the doctors office, or to church my little Maple Tree tags along almost everytime and if I can I try to send off a quick note while waiting for the soup to warm up or prepare an order between math and history lessons or answer an inquiry while waiting the kids are in their piano lessons I am happy to do so but even the most enjoyable work needs to be laid aside for a season here and there. Continue reading A Time to Rest….
Mother Culture: A Charlotte Mason Support Group in Bradford, Ontario *Note date change!*
** Please note the date changes below. Thank you all for your kind words and support as our family has struggled to find health this fall. We are pleased to report that hubby is now recovering at home after a week long hospital stay. **
I am so excited to start a new year of Charlotte Mason Support Group! As many of you know I host this little book club for very selfish reasons as I am so energized and encouraged by the visits of like-minded mamas every 5-6 week. You give me a boost that helps me to imagine I might survive this crazy game for a few more weeks.
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Lightworkers of The World
A collection of heart-centred soulful music to keep you on track to your dream, big vision & mission.
This will keep you inspired to stay connected to the heart through your transformational journey.
Higher Self Priestess
A powerful collection of wonder woman hits to inspire female lightworkers to step up, be visible & share their message with the world.
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MedYoga Mantras
A beautiful collection of traditional mantras perfect for a yoga class, meditation or afternoon chill.
Mantras are high vibrational sounds that have huge power to transform toxicity within the mind, body & emotions.
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The total figure for 2015 was an astonishing 56,528 new residential units in 1,998 buildings.
What's the motivation behind this sudden jump?
Lots of positive factors are converging, but the expected expiration of a major property tax abatement that year had driven many developers to get "off the fence" and jump into their projects. The sudden surge is an enormous bright spot for New York City, providing greater construction opportunities than at any time in the last 50 years.
Some important things to know about the latest construction trends:
Brooklyn is the Big Winner for Many Development Projects
Over the years, the image of Brooklyn has transformed into one that's modern, chic, and highly desirable. Nearly half the permits issued in June 2015 went to Brooklyn projects, getting nearly five times the combined total of Staten Island and the Bronx. Manhattan and Queens made a strong showing on the rest. But, will they actually get done? In the 11 months since, many Brooklyn projects have seen substantial progress. After all, it's not over until the ribbon is cut!
Most New Construction Has a Multi-Family Focus
It's often said they're not making any more land – and New York development as a whole has taken that fact into account. Across the board, from hot Brooklyn to sleepy Staten Island, there's been a distinct focus on multi-family residences. About 97% of 2015 authorizations were for buildings with five or more units. Single-family and double-family houses accounted for a combined total of just 2% of new construction. Three- and four-family houses? A mere 1% of all units.
Construction Costs are Growing – But Not By Much
Construction costs in New York City are rising, but there's a silver lining anyone in the construction industry or allied trades can appreciate: The total growth is holding around 5%, a fraction of the costs in previous years. Easier financing has helped drive an efficient building boom unlike anything New Yorkers have seen since before 2008. The cost of major materials including steel, lumber, and fuel oil is also way down thanks to economic conditions around the world.
For commercial building owners and others interested in considering new construction, there's never been a better time to take action. The future is exciting for NYC: Cost-efficient, multi-family construction could mark a great new era for an amazing city!


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Okay, So Now Thomas Markle Is Trying To Go To The Royal Wedding (UPDATE)
UPDATE: The drama never ends… Forget what I wrote below about Thomas Markle going to the wedding. He tells TMZ he's not going because tomorrow morning, surgeons will open him up, clear the blockage in his heart and put in a stent. Thomas also blames his son's handwritten open letter to Prince Hot Ginge via InTouch Weekly (the one where his son implores PHG to not marry Megan) for his heart attack. I would say that's that, but we know it isn't, because we know Meghan's shitty half-siblings are going to crash the wedding and tackle her for brainwashing their dad against them. Can't wait!
Send thoughts, prayers, condolences and the lyrics of a Kelly Clarkson song to my toilet, because for the past couple of days, my body has been possessed by some evil stomach flu (or food poisoning) devil. It's obvious that the British royal family sent James Bond to California to sprinkle salmonella in the fried chicken I had on Mother's Day dinner so that I'd be too busy having an exorcism in my bathroom to write about the family drama messiness going down around the royal wedding. Yes, that makes 100% sense!
When I last wrote about the royal wedding situation that's even messier than the current state of my insides, Thomas Markle told TMZ that he's not walking Meghan Markle down the aisle this Saturday because he's not going to London. Thomas Markle claimed he had a heart attack last week, but something called a "serious medical emergency" wasn't the reason why he wasn't going to the wedding. Thomas was embarrassed after getting caught taking staged pap pics. Now he's telling his new best friends at TMZ that he is planning to go to the royal wedding even though his heart isn't in it. And I'm talking about in a medical way, because he's apparently having more heart trauma.
After Thomas Markle announced that he's staying away from the royal wedding, Meghan and Prince Hot Ginge released this statement:
"This is a deeply personal moment for Ms. Markle in the days before her wedding. She and Prince Harry ask again for understanding and respect to be extended to Mr. Markle in this difficult situation."
Since that statement came out, rumors have been spewing out of tabloids like salmonella-laced-by-Bond chicken has been spewing out of my body. THE QUEEN and Prince Philip are supposedly really mad over Thomas Markle doing something so uncouth like working with the paps. And Meghan was supposedly trying to convince her dad to come to her wedding.
Thomas was dealing with chest pains again yesterday and instead of, I don't know, calling a doctor, he spoke to TMZ and told them that he's going to take himself to the hospital and thinks that Meghan's mom Doria Ragland should be the one to walk her down the aisle.
Thomas is back in the hospital, but he somehow found the time in between getting tests to talk to TMZ today. Thomas said that Meghan tried calling him yesterday but he wasn't near his phone. So she texted him saying that she loves him, is worried about his heart issues, and isn't mad at him for the staged photos. Thomas is now trying to flutter the staged paparazzi pic drama away and is going to try to get to London so he can walk Meghan down the aisle. But the doctors tell him his heart was "seriously damaged" by the heart attack and they aren't sure if he'll be able to make it to ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS IN HISTORY!!!
"I hate the idea of missing one of the greatest moments in history and walking my daughter down the aisle."
Meanwhile, Thomas' other daughter Samantha Markle and her safety scissors-cut bangs were back on TV in the U.K. Samantha was on Good Morning Britain today to do her new full-time job of spilling shit about her family for attention and a check. Samantha said that she hopes her dad goes to the wedding, and then dried period cherry Piers Morgan dragged her for selling her sister out. Trying to choose which team you're on in this fight is like trying to choose which team you're on in a fight between a hemorrhoid and a urethra wart:
Thomas also told TMZ that Samantha hasn't had any relationship with Meghan for years, so she's talking out of her ass, basically.
That Markle family, what a wreck. It's a good thing that Meghan is marrying into such a sane, supportive, and non-messy family…
Here I was thinking that I'd need to freebase crushed No-Doz at 1 in the morning to stay awake for that wedding, but now I don't need to since the drama will keep my eyes open. And even though I have hooked up with a nurse practitioner in the back of a Prius once, I am not a medical professional, but I still don't think it's the best idea to take a 10+ hour flight across an ocean when your heart isn't acting right. Let's say Thomas makes it to England without any health issues, what if halfway down the aisle, he suffers more chest pains, collapses and as Meghan drops to his side, PHG realizes this is all a bad omen, cancels the wedding, and becomes single again. And no there wasn't a glimmer of happiness in my eye and a smile on my face when I typed that last sentence. I'm not that much of a frostbitten demon bitch. I only smiled at the last part.
Besides, if that did happen, THE QUEEN would have her minions drag Thomas Markle to the side as a look-alike they hired for an emergency was brought in.
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Shannon Airport celebrated the beginning of a new era on 1st January 2013 as it officially became an independent entity overnight. Separation officially took place at 23.59 on Monday night, with the first passengers to transit through the newly autonomous airport arriving on board the Aer Lingus EI110 flight from New York JFK at 05.08 Tuesday morning. The airport commences operations on a solid footing by way of a debt-free balance sheet and a business plan with an immediate focus on increasing passenger numbers and route development.
The airport will also work towards the development of the International Aviation Services Centre at Shannon, which is targeting the creation of a significant number of primarily aviation related jobs within a three-to-five year period, building on the existing cluster of 40 aviation related companies in Shannon currently.
The second of a two-phase process for the new Shannon Airport entity will see the merging of the airport by 1st July 2013 with activities of a restructured Shannon Development, including its considerable land-bank and associated rent-roll.
Newly appointed Shannon Airport Authority Chairman Rose Hynes said: "Today is 'Independence Day' for Shannon – this is a historic day for us. We finally have our long-awaited freedom to determine our own future. Independence is the single most important enabler of future success for Shannon. This is an opportunity for the airport to commence a new chapter in its proud history."
Also welcoming autonomy, Shannon Airport Director Mary Considine said: "We are setting out today to create a vibrant and sustainable future for this airport, its staff, customers and the wider region. Our attention will immediately focus on growing passenger numbers at Shannon. We have an excellent start thanks to significant announcements on transatlantic and European services over the past two months, which will already result in an appreciable upswing in passenger numbers next year."
Passengers arriving on the day were served refreshments and commissioned cupcakes for the day carrying the theme for separation: 'Just Think How Far We Can Go'. Also, to mark the official separation day, one lucky passenger, Dervilla Donohoe from Rosehill, Sligo, who was onboard the first flight, received two return Aer Lingus tickets to the USA from Shannon courtesy of the airline, plus complimentary car parking and access to the airport's executive lounge.


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In response to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, the Mount Forest Family Health Team and Claire Stewart Medical Centre are temporarily changing our hours of operation.
Life Labs will be operating in the clinic from 7:30am-12:00pm, doors will open at 7:30am
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We hope to resume evening hours on Monday and Tuesdays as soon as possible.
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Starting June 24th, 2019, we will no longer be using the ColonCancerCheck gFOBT kits. Instead, Cancer Care Ontario has launched the Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) as the reccommended screening test for people at aveage risk of developing colorectal cancer.
These new tests will be ordered with a requisition to LifeLabs from your primary healthcare provider. LifeLabs will then mail the new FIT kit to your home. Once you have completed your stool collection with the FIT kit, you can drop off your test or mail it away as soon as possible (ideally within 2 days).
The FIT method is much easier to use and is more accurate. Only one stool sample is needed and there are no medication or dietary restrictions required.
If you are 50 to 74 years of age and want to get screened for Colorectal Cancer, please ask your primary healthcare provider to sent a FIT requistion to LifeLabs for you. Instructions for using the new FIT kits will be found in the package that LifeLabs will mail to you, or you can click the link here.


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25 day countdown has begun till I return back to the states! For the last month of my contract, we are being relocated from HPRC in Tin Shui Wai to a different long term hotel in Tsuen Wan. Moving was absolutely not a fun ordeal since we had to pack all our stuff up. I used the opportunity to ship a box of some of my winter things home too since the new places lack a lot of storage space. We said our farewells to our usuals in Tin Shui Wai, packed our boxes, and headed out.
|bye "dollar" store
goodbye tokyo tsukji ramen
|bye amazing noodle place we never knew the name of
|Naturally we all put off packing our boxes till the last second as well
Trying to get our very heavy boxes to the cab and post office...
This whole contract we have been having a Harry Potter movie marathon, and before the move we had our last HP party, where everyone dressed up as obligatory characters.
|I was Harry's Stag Patronus
Amy (the sorting hat) also sorted everyone into their appropriate houses...
even moaning myrtle was sorted...
Before moving, we held a big dozo to get rid all of our unwanted items that will no longer fit at the new place, where everyone mostly dropped stuff off. It was actually really hard giving away these things.I also took all my little baby coins to the bank, had farewell drinks in the lobby with everyone, and packed up my belongings...
but look what I did pick up from dozo! (repin' the home town Toledo Mud Hens!)
|farewell drinks in the lobby
and finally it was time to say goodbye...
|bye HPRC
|They brought us into this fancy little banquet hall to fill out paperwork and buttered us up with cakes and tea!...it worked.
We then got a mini little tour to our new rooms...
(out of the elevators into the hallway)
(hallway into the room)
One thing I don't really love about it here is the rooms are very humid for some reason, however, we can open the window here! yay!
A really great thing about this place is there is a beach about 5 minutes away walking distance.
In order to get anywhere we have to take the hotel shuttle bus to the Tsuen Wan MTR station. There is plenty in that area, but the crosswalk situation is a bit confusing and overwhelming. The expat population is also new to this area, so a lot of staring was happening.
Thankfully, we eventually found some food, and it actually was amazing.
|attempting to facetime Mike and hold a plate of meat at the same time
|smore on a thin mint girl scout cookie...AMAZING
|my game partner (and translator, Eric)
|I also had to be the one in charge of decorating faces....little did they know I can not draw, ha
This event inspired Tayla and I to have our own little picnic at Inspiration Lake later in the week, enjoying the sunshine that finally had started to peek out!
I love hanging out with kids, and I finally got the chance to go back to Greenpark from my last time here and hang out with some of the preschoolers there, along with Amy, then after went for lunch with the school director.
|thanks Karson for letting us hang out!
My absolutely favorite activity of the week, however has been taking the Disney mtr train to go eat the best ice cream ever at Emack & Bolio's in Central. They make really fancy cones here dipped in fruit loops, rice krispy treats, cocoa puffs, and sprinkles.
|one of the fans even drew us enjoying it because thats how good it was! haha
|cake batter ice cream with fruit loops cone!
Tayla and I also got to see "Zootopia" in 3D, the new Disney movie everyone is hyping about. I really enjoyed it a lot and it has a great message to it.
|oo fancy movie theater
Happy Birthday Amy!! I love those girls so much and I feel so honored to call them my friends.
Speaking of friends, here are some pics of Ariel doin her thang...
|thanks winnie for your support! (it is Winnie's new years resolution to go to Disney every single day this year! She is going strong still!)
|thanks Nagisa and Bobo for your amazing photos as always <3
|thanks Sherry for your support, lovely pictures, and fun treats (pictured below)
Next week Tayla, Molly, and I are heading to Tokyo and I could not be more excited!


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Selecting the Best Men's Yoga Clothing
For years now, a number of men have switched into yoga as the main way of exercising instead of other ways. It is because doing yoga is not only good to remove stress but it also requires lesser workout attire compared to other forms of exercise. This attire will discuss about some tips for people who are planning to purchase yoga clothing for men such as hot yoga shorts and a lot more so view here!
You might need to think about a close estimate about the budget for yoga clothes and this is in consideration of the updates in the cost of these attires, that's why you'll have the assurance that you will dodge from spending more. Take note that you'll make sure that you'll not only focus on the price but with quality as well.
Choose a Comfortable Outfit for Yoga Crow
The reason that yoga has something to do related to strengthening the build of your wrists, shoulder, and core, there is a necessity for you to purchase an outfit that will keep you comfy. Most men who do yoga would typically wear tops that are either loose shirts, tanks, or muscle tees and for bottoms they would have shorts, long, or cropped stretchable pants.
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I just learned this week that Cogent Road's Roohmz Mortgage application has been named a finalist for the mortgage banking Technology Release of 2010. Wow, what an honor – and everyone is thrilled just to be named among some pretty strong competition. The winner will be named at the annual mortgage banking convention in late […]Read more.


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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – With the game tied at 60-60 and only 11 seconds remaining, Austin Hutcherson took the inbounds pass and drove the length of the court before knocking down the game-winner off the glass with 0:03.1 on the clock. Grant Robinson had a chance to win the game with a deep 3-pointer, but it hit the back of the rim and nearly missed as the Wesleyan University men's basketball team held on to defeat Little Three rival and No. 24 Amherst College, 62-60 on Saturday afternoon in Silloway Gymnasium.
The win marks the third-straight over a top-25 opponent for the Cardinals as they improve to 11-4 overall and 3-1 in the NESCAC. It is also Wesleyan's seventh-consecutive victory against the Mammoths. Amherst, led by Robinson's game-high 21 points, dropped to 12-2 and 2-1.
- It was a defensive battle in the first 20 minutes of play.
- Wesleyan came out strong and held a 6-0 lead until the 16:35 mark when Robinson scored the first bucket of the game for Amherst which jumpstarted a 9-0 run for the visitors.
- With 10:58 to play in the half, Joe DeLollo hit a 3-pointer to regain the lead for Cardinals as they went ahead, 14-11.
- They would lead the rest of the half as they outscored the Mammoths 20-7 in the final 11 minutes to take a 31-18 lead at the break.
- Wesleyan's stifling defense held Amherst to 19.4% (7-36) shooting from the floor in the first half and just 16.7% (2-12) from 3-point range.
- The second half was a different story, with the Mammoths slowly cutting into the lead early on.
- After a layup by Eric Sellew at the 11:53 mark cut the deficit to single digits, 42-34, Antone Walker responded with a 3-pointer seconds later.
- The two teams exchanged baskets often over the next several minutes.
- Trailing by 12 with 7:17 to play, Amherst scored seven unanswered to get within five before a 3-pointer by Jordan Bonner ended the run.
- However, the Mammoths rallied once again as Robinson answered with five-straight points and a 3-pointer by Devonn Allen at the 2:17 mark knotted the game at 58-58.
- Following an inbounds pass, Jordan James made a great dish to Bonner down low as the senior hit an uncontested layup to go back up by two with 1:44 to play.
- Neither team would score until the closing seconds when Robinson went to the line and knocked down two free throws to tie the game at 60-60.
- Following a timeout, Hutcherson took the inbounds pass and knocked down the game-winner.
- Both teams shot 5-of-7 from the free throw line and were nearly identical from deep, as Amherst finished 7-of-28 and Wesleyan went 7-of-22. However, the Cardinals went 43.9% (25-57) from the floor, while the Mammoths shot 32.4% (24-74).
- Bonner led Wesleyan with 20 points and nine rebounds, while Walker dished out a game-high five assists and scored nine points. Hutcherson finished with 11 and four assists, and Jordan James dropped eight with eight rebounds and two blocks.
- Robinson was joined in double-figures by Fru Che and Sellew, who scored 13 and 11 points, respectively. Sellew finished with a double-double as he grabbed a game-high 10 boards as well. Robinson, in addition to his 21 points, also recorded six rebounds, five steals, and four assists.
- Wesleyan is back in action on Thursday, Jan. 17 and will head on the road for a non-conference matchup against Pine Manor scheduled for 7 p.m.


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U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he believes the al-Qaida and Taleban forces fighting U-S troops in the snowy peaks of eastern Afghanistan for the past week are the type who will fight to the end.
He told C-N-N in an interview that so far none of those fighters have either tried to flee or surrender. He also said snow storms in the mountains have temporarily reduced the intensity of the fighting.
Earlier, an American military spokesman in Afghanistan said U-S-led troops killed a large number of those fighters in fierce combat overnight in freezing conditions in eastern Afghanistan.
The spokesman, Colonel Joe Smith, described the fighting early today (Friday) as heavy and said there were what he called "lots of al-Qaida casualties." He did not give specific numbers, or report any casualties on the U-S side.
Afghan troops allied with American forces are joining the U-S - led offensive against al-Qaida and Taleban fighters, which has been dubbed "Operation Anaconda."
Afghanistan's interim government has sent one-thousand troops under veteran commander Gul Haider, as the Kabul administration's commitment to the U-S - led military campaign. The extra manpower apparently is aimed at smashing fiercer-than-expected resistance.
The U-S-led force consists of one-thousand American troops, one thousand U-S - trained Afghans, and 200 commandos from other Western countries. Estimates of the opposing al-Qaida force range from several hundred to a few thousand.
In another development, an F-14 Navy attack plane crashed Friday in the North Arabian Sea while returning to the aircraft carrier USS John Stennis from a support mission in Afghanistan. Both crewmen were rescued. The Navy said neither man was seriously injured. An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the crash.


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Located in the North East neighborhood, the North Burying Ground was established on Main Street by the town near the Arsenal site. Hartford's Catholics used the cemetery until the 1860's when St. Patrick's Church established its own burying ground just to the west. Although many of Hartford's notables are burying at Old North, the cemetery has fallen into disrepair and neglect several times over the years. An 1885 article in The Hartford Courant called it "so unkempt that many owners of lots felt almost ashamed to have it known that friends or relatives were buried there." Periodic efforts have been made to restore the cemetery to a condition more appropriate for its historic status.
The City of Hartford has recently undertaken a $1.2 million project to repair and improve the 200-year-old graveyard and a Friends of Old North Cemetery group organized to provide support for future maintenance and upkeep. The group also does walking tours of the cemetery, it is a stop on Connecticut's Freedom Trail, and the SAND Elementary School uses it for history lessons.
Notables at Old North include:
Frederick Law Olmsted (18221903). A leading landscape architect and founder of the American Park movement. Among his notable projects are Central Park in New York City, the Niagara Falls State Reserve and Boston's Emerald Necklace. Although he spent much of his adult life outside of Connecticut, he was born in Hartford and returned here for his final resting place.
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (18701957), who began his career as his father's apprentice, and subsequently took over the business, along with his step-brother, upon Olmsted Sr.'s retirement. He developed the guiding plan for California's state park system and worked on several national park systems throughout the country, including Acadia, the Everglades and Yosemite. He was also a founding member and president of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Horace Bushnell (18021876), Pastor of Hartford's North Congregational Church, influential theologian, author and namesake of Hartford's Bushnell Park.
Daniel Wadsworth (17711848), Founded the Wadsworth Atheneum, America's oldest public art museum, in 1842. Article from the Hog River Journal in PDF format.
John Colt (18101842). Older brother of Samuel Colt. He killed his publisher with a hatchet and tried to ship the body to Louisiana. A widely-watched trial ensued.
Dr. Mason Cogswell (17981885) and Alice Cogswell (1805-1830). Dr. Cogswell began the process of establishing an educational facility for deaf persons when his daughter, Alice, lost her hearing at age 2. In 1817, Alice became the first student enrolled in the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons. A commemorative statue of her is located at the intersection of Asylum and Farmington Avenues in the Asylum Hill Neighborhood.
Joseph Trumbull (17821861), grandson of Revolutionary War Governor Jonathan Trumbull. He served as Governor of Connecticut from 1849-1850.
James Harmon Ward (18061861), a Civil War Union Naval Officer who was one of the driving forces in the establishment of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. He was named its executive office when the Academy opened in October 1845.
William Wolcott Ellsworth (17911868) who was elected to represent Connecticut as an at-large delegate in the House of Representatives, serving from 1829 to his resignation in 1834. Served as Governor of Connecticut from 1838 to 1842.
Daniel W. Oliver (d.1901), Sargeant in the 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, an all black unit that was the first Union infantry to enter the Confederate capital of Richmond after its fall. He is one of many men buried at Old North who served in the 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers and other all-black units who fought in the Civil War.
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Sony has announced that the initial downloadable content for Killzone 3 will bring players back to the locations of Killzone 2. Titled the Retro Map Pack, the downloadable with contain two classic Killzone 2 maps. The first, Salamun market, is a rework of one of the larger maps from Killzone 2. The second map, Blood Gracht, is another re-tool for the 16 player Guerrilla mode.
The DLC will be available on the PlayStation Store, but if you pre-order from participating retailers you'll get the content as a bonus. The participating retailers you'll be looking for are Gamestop, Best Buy, and Amazon.com so if you want the free goods you should definitely consider that.
Killzone 3 Multiplayer Demo has gone live in the UK and will be live within hours in the US. See you on the battlefield.
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Armed Robber Stopped by Armed Customer
This armed robber thought he was going to get an easy score, but an armed customer really changed the day! He did a great job of ending the threat posed by this armed robber effectively and efficiently.
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What does this video teach us about protecting ourselves against an armed robber?
- Situational awareness is your best friend. It doesn't mean that you always are paranoid or living in "condition orange," but it does mean that you know Col. Cooper's color code of awareness and you live by it. Pay attention to your surroundings, and recognize that when you're in public places you need to be more aware of your surroundings than when you're in private. Because the armed customer was paying attention, he was able to save the day!
- If your awareness is solid, you may get plenty of pre-attack cues from a robber or other attacker. If you're paying attention to your surroundings and the people in your vicinity it becomes a lot easier to see who is out of place! Look for people lurking and not doing what everyone else is doing, or covering their face or head when that's not necessary (like inside or when it's warm out). Watch for furtive glances which are an indicator that they are looking for potential witnesses to their actions. Check hands as well to see if they have anything in them or are hiding unnaturally in pockets. If you see a pattern that makes you uncomfortable, move from condition yellow to condition orange and take action to investigate or move to safety.
- Successful self-defense against many attacks involves a counter-ambush, where the victim finds the right opportunity to seize the initiative from the attacker and launch an ambush of their own. That involves thinking and knowing your own strengths and skill set, and being ready to strike the attacker when your opportunity for counter-ambush comes. It also means not allowing the attacker to see that attack until it's launched. The armed customer did a great job of counter-ambushing this armed robber!
- The rules of firearm safety apply whether you're training or fighting for your life. One of the most difficult to follow in a real life gunfight is Colonel Cooper's Rule #4: be sure of your target and what lies beyond it. It is exceedingly difficult to do, but self-defenders must stay aware of what is behind their threat so that they take minimal risks to innocents when defending themselves. The armed customer here did a good job of adjusting his position to get a better backstop against this armed robber.
- The goal in any defensive firearms use is to stop the threat. Never draw a firearm if you're not willing to use it, but if the presence of the firearm stops the threat, don't pull the trigger! If the bad guy flees or surrenders, that's a very successful defensive firearm use and you've met the goal. If your first shots stop the threat, don't take more shots that can turn a defensive encounter into charges for you. Shoot as many times as you must in order to stop the threat, and once the threat stops, reassess and stop shooting. The armed customer here used his defensive firearm perfectly in this instance, and that's a great reminder to all of us.
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Scrambled eggs.
I had scrambled eggs for breakfast yesterday morning and did not enjoy them at all. Having survived cancer of the mouth and then radiation for the head and neck area some years ago, my present reality is simply that some foods are to be eaten for their nutritional value, not for their taste.
But lying in bed this morning early and reflecting on having to determine my own menu for the rest of my days and the necessity of learning to cook a few things since the Lord took my wife to Heaven recently, it occurred to me that I should learn how to make scrambled eggs more interesting.
And I will.
Now, I'm not entirely opposed to a little boredom now and then. It can actually assist in the creative process. But for the most part I hate it. Of all the people in the world who should despise boredom in their personal lives, preachers and pastors should lead the parade.
Boring sermons is certainly a matter of widespread concern, true, but I'm not talking about that.
This is about life. Putting some tabasco sauce into one's existence. And doing so for the sake of everything: the glory of God, the love of life, pleasure in one's family, the fullness of one's days, and, especially, for what it can bring to one's ministry.
Nothing can enliven a sermon like the pastor enjoying all of life.
My friend Don lives in the greater Washington, D.C. area. So, when Queen Elizabeth came to the city a few years back, Don and wife Audrey went to the trouble of driving downtown, fighting the crowds, standing for long periods, and waiting. They were rewarded with a photograph of the monarch with themselves in the background.
When I was a young pastor, the Museum of Art in New Orleans brought exhibits from King Tut from Egypt for a brief run. My wife and I drove 300 miles with our young family to see it. It cost time and money, we stood in a line a mile long, and it was well worth the trouble.
What value did Don's seeing the Queen or my seeing Tut's relics bring to our ministry?
I have no idea.
But they did a great deal of good, I promise you that. But in immeasurable, non-quantifiable ways, ways seen only by God.
Few things deaden the message of God's word more than a one-dimensional preacher who knows little more than the syntax of the Hebrew, the fate of the Jebusites, and the history of the Reformation.
Last night, while unable to sleep, I watched for the second or third time an old television production on the eminent scientist Richard Feynman, a one-hour program titled "The Challenger." (I would watch it again this minute if it were on.)
Now, help me shorten this article by pausing here to go to wikipedia and type in Richard P. Feynman. Then, let me recommend a book. The introduction to this amazing Nobel-Prize winning scientist is titled "Surely, You're Joking, Mr. Feynman." I have never known anyone who read the book who did not rave about it. I gave it to my son Marty, he with the ever-inquisitive mind, some years ago. He calls it one of the best gifts ever.
No, Marty is not a scientist. He works with computers. And he thinks. And that–thinking–is what this is all about.
Anyone who can help us think differently and better is a great friend.
Later, if you want a book of articles and "short works" by the man, get a copy of Feynman's "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out."
Now, I have no clue about Feynman's religious beliefs, and am perfectly satisfied with not knowing. This is not about his astute observations on theology. It's about something else.
What I find fascinating and so instructive about this illustrious scientist, this world-class mathematician, this authentic genius, is that he played the bongo drums, took classes on art and became an accomplished sketch artist, and loved to tell stories.
He loved to laugh. He loved life.
My kind of man! My kind of human being.
When I went off to college in 1958, it was with the thought of becoming a scientist of one kind or other. Nothing changed my mind more than seeing how completely boring were the professors in the science department. We were all required to go to religious services, which often included a facsimile of Sunday School. One day, the teacher was the head of the science department. He was learned, accomplished, highly academic, and mind-numbingly boring.
The man was one-dimensional. The only thing he seemed to know about was science.
Everything inside me screamed, "I do not want to be like that!"
The following summer, back on the farm and following the plow (which was hooked up to a mule), I began rethinking college. The prospect of returning to school for more classes under that professor and his colleagues felt like a sentence of death. This was not right!
Then which classes, I asked myself, did you really enjoy?
Answer: History.
Pow. Enlightenment. Yes.
That did it. During that first year of college, when Professor Mae Parrish walked into a classroom, Napoleon entered with her. Or Alexander the Great. Or Julius Caesar.
She was a delight and her lessons were captivating. History came alive. These people were real and the stories were pure gold.
I could not get enough.
Even as a 19-year-old, I was running from boring as fast as I could go.
Back to Feynman. Everything inside me insists that the man's bongo playing and people-sketching fueled his scientific thinking and enabled mathematical discoveries. Fellow scientists would make crude jokes about him, remarking on the way he wasted time in the seedy music venues of the city or hanging out with this arty group or that strange collection of humans. He was not like any scientist they ever knew.
All Richard Feynman did was see life and its complexities from a new perspective. And that's my point. So, inspired by this wonderful man, here are a few suggestions for those of us who preach God's Word to congregations Sunday by Sunday by Sunday….
1) Read outside your field. Browse the stacks at the public library. Take your time.
2) Figure out what music is "your" music–the kind you grew up on, the kind you listen to most often, and buy tickets to the next symphony or opera or pop concert that comes to your city.
3) Be your own Richard Feynman. Do not imitate him (or assume I'm suggesting it). Be you. Develop all your interests.
4) But do read Feynman and other fascinating people. Do not box yourself into a corner by forcing yourself to answer the question, "What good will this do?" You don't know. You may never know. But give it a try.
5) Take a foreign language and then visit that country.
6) Encourage your wife to go with you to a Fred Astaire studio and take their cheapest, most basic lessons on ballroom dancing.
7) Volunteer to help at a homeless soup kitchen, then stick around and listen to the clients. Don't talk, just listen. If they aren't talking, ask them questions and listen.
8) If you have a blog, get a friend to show you how to make it better. If you do not have one, ask that friend to help you start one.
9) Take a painting class.
10) Volunteer to become a substitute teacher.
11) Send an email to a foreign missionary and ask, "How can I pray for you today?" Then, go online and read all you can about the country and locality where that servant of God is working. Pray for them daily.
12) Spend an hour in the periodicals section of your public library looking at magazines you never heard of. Browse them in search of articles you find intriguing. Get ready to stumble across buried treasure.
13) Pick the brain of the most successful five people in your church. Ask questions like What are the greatest lessons of leadership you have learned? What book influenced you most? What was your greatest failure? When you get home, write down all you can recall of their answers.
14) Attend a course on becoming a standup comic. As a preacher of the gospel, you are not interested in that career or even avocation, but they can teach you a great deal about connecting with the audience, thinking on your feet, and timing.
15) Sit in the food court of the mall and pray for the young parents you see, the oldest people in the area, and teenagers. Pray for God to become real to them, for their salvation, for their health and wisdom. You will not know until you get to Heaven how God answered.
16) Get plenty of sleep at night and exercise in the day.
17) Let yourself laugh often. Encourage yourself to laugh. At the supermarket checkout line, take a Reader's Digest off the rack and read a couple of funny stories while you wait.
18) Talk to strangers. Don't overdo it, lest they suspect you are up to something. Be friendly. Smile.
19) If you live in a small town, ask your mayor where you could profitably volunteer to make a difference in the community. A pastor will get more sermon material in four hours spent at a neighborhood park than in two days of sifting through old sermon files.
20) When you get together with friends, work at asking questions and listening rather than out-talking them. Everyone you meet can teach you something. See how eager you are to learn it.
This is enough to get you started. Afterwards, you'll think of 500 more ways.


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It can be great to learn guitar. You can improve your dexterity, express your creativity, and relive your stress. This article will help you improve as a guitar player, regardless of your skill level.
Learn what the basics are. You need to make sure you can stand before running with this. You may want to learn your favorite song right out of the gate, but it is crucial to build your foundations first. Fingering chords is important. Practice your chords and your scales. Be sure you're able to do these things easily before you move on to advanced stuff.
Take guitar lessons. Though many people have taught themselves guitar, just as you can, you might want someone objective to watch you play. Great teachers can assess your style and provide useful pointers. Ask many questions to pick their brains.
Musical notation as well as guitar tabs are important. Music theory is useful for understanding how chords and scales work. Memorize the note name for each string, and also which note belongs to each fret. This expertise can help you when playing riffs and melodies.
As you start to learn guitar, do what you must in order to obtain a quality instrument. They may be out of your price range, but think outside the box. It is possible to rent these instruments or to find one used on the Internet. Using the right guitar ensures you're getting quality sound.
Wanting to play a guitar? Try to build up calluses on the tips of your fingers. As calluses build up from practicing and playing, your fingers become protected from the pain your fingers may feel. When you build your callouses it will take a while, but after you practice for some time you can be sure that they will form. You can also buy products for this purpose.
Your fingers will be sore before they get calluses. You may find it less painful to play on an electric guitar or a nylon-string guitar. Steel-string varieties are usually the most painful for novice players. Rubbing alcohol can relieve the pain, but avoid something more harmful, like turpentine.
The simple way of learning guitar works best no matter the kind of music you like. Start with songs that are known for being easy. Single-note melodies and simple children's songs will give you a good foundation to build on.
Once you commit to the process of learning to play guitar, do not skimp on practice time. Keep in mind that anything worth doing does not likely come easy. Therefore, you should practice playing every day.
Give your fingers a workout! Some chords need you to do something fancy with your hands, and you can only do this if you're in control of your guitar's strings. Be certain to acquire some basic techniques and movements that will work to add strength to your fingers.
There are lots of things that you will need to know about playing the guitar. You can create the style of your choice. Use what you've learned here to begin your ascent into the wonderful world of guitar playing.


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Mission Statement
ewish. Spirit. Art. Ever look up at the starry sky? God is the greatest artist! And for Jews, the Jewish spirit is God's favorite medium. And art can help you and your students experience God's presence in our world in all its infinite variety and beauty.
What flows through your mind as you gaze up at the night sky? Wonder at the vastness and beauty of the starry carpet overhead washes over me every time I peer into the too-bright city sky, or gaze up from sands of a still, dark desert…and every time, my spiritual conversation with the Creator of our universe begins anew. That conversation might be directly with God, or it might be with the cosmos—those stars—and often it is a conversation with a beloved text. How can we spark spiritual conversation for our young people? For adults searching for meaning in life? Before you peruse the seasonal menus above, let's explore the possibilities of using art to help students of Jewish education to find new channels into this lifelong spiritual engagement, to complete themselves by nourishing their spirits by connecting to "something greater," building character, relating to our classic stories, our traditions, feeling part of the millennia-old historical community of Judaism.
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-72) found the root of Jewish spirituality in the same kind of wonder that I feel as my eyes encounter the limitless night sky. Wonder—undiminished by the scientific understanding of the mechanics of the physical phenomenon—is the beginning of radical amazement, the sense that existence and our consciousness of it are suffused with mysteries we do not understand. Such wonder grows into the radical awe of God that inspires our prayer. Quoting the morning prayer, Modeh Ani (I Thank You), Heschel suggests that "the sense for the 'miracles which are daily with us,' the sense for the 'continual marvels," is the source of prayer….This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things."(1) Medieval Kabbalists found not only admirable qualities that humankind might emulate, but even divinity itself in the ordinary, wondrous things of the world. R. Bahya ben Asher of Saragossa, a late 13th century judge and kabbalist, wrote that because Israel's God subsumes all powers, the divine name Elohim, the God of Creation, is plural. Exploring the hidden meanings of the first two verses of Braishit/Genesis, he suggested that every element of Creation was first drawn from and continues to emanate from divine Wisdom. Not only humankind, but all of Creation feels the need to express wonder and awe at the power of our Creator.(2)
Jewish ritual, prayer and text study are all traditional paths into these wonder-filled spiritual conversations searching for divine wisdom, each path in different measures for each person. But there's yet another path! Aesthetic joy felt and experienced through the arts, not only enhances each of these traditional paths (think of hiddur mitzvah, the beautification of a mitzvah), but through the direct emotions conveyed through the fine arts. Song has always enriched our spiritual experience; think of the ecstatic joy of a congregation singing during Kabbalat Shabbat, or the sonorous gravity of Kol Nidre, to name just two examples. The visual arts equally lead us into the whole spectrum of immediate spiritual emotions—from ecstasy to pain, awe to dread to serenity. When the imagery within the art is filled with imagery embodying the whole panoply of Jewish life and thought, the table is indeed laid for a feast of rich emotional and intellectual nourishment and wonder-filled spiritual conversation.
Illuminated manuscripts are especially suited for exploring the many aspects—aesthetic, emotional and intellectual—of the spiritual conversations we pursue throughout our lives. My illuminated paintings not only vibrate with color and gold, but draw out the concepts buried in each story, poem or prayer, expressing each concept with imagery drawn not only from the text, but from related biblical texts, rabbinics and modern bible studies, archeology, and many aspects of modern culture, including the sciences. The visual midrash created by the melding of visual art and thought illuminates the relationship between Jewish thought and daily life and offers new modes of thought that we may integrate into our own spiritual conversation.
Consider, for instance, the Daled painting in my 2018 book, All the World Praises You: an illuminated Aleph-Bet book, adapted from the delightful and profound medieval classic, Perek Shira.
"The grass [desheh] says: 'May the glory of the Lord last forever; May the Lord rejoice in His own deeds.'"
The author chose this ecstatic praise of God from Psalm 104, one of the most expansive, most optimistic views of Creation in all of Tanakh. This 35-verse song celebrates our God for creating a world of perfect natural order and balance. Modern bible commentator, Amos Hakham, suggests that "the central idea of the psalm [is] that contemplating the splendid order of creation brings a person to revere, fear, love, and surrender himself to the Creator."(3) The fact that Perek Shirah's author matched this grand verse from Psalm 104 with something as lowly as grass raises a thought-provoking tension. Biblical texts often treat grass as a great blessing, while others, such as Psalm 37, regard it as insignificant and impermanent: "Do not be troubled by evil men; do not be incensed by wrongdoers; for they soon wither like grass, like verdure fade away." This contrast between great and small, between ephemeral and eternal, suggests that even the smallest, least-substantial among us can sense and praise the God that enables and suffuses all Creation.
The painting plants our eyes at ground level, and we scrutinize a dense clump of grass. A worm, ants, and a gangly daddy long-legs crawl out from between the blades, a tiny lizard clambers up onto a strong blade, while ladybugs and a honeybee (my Hebrew name!) prepare to alight into the warm summer air. What do we experience through this illumination? Happy childhood memories of warm summer afternoons in a garden? Delight in the complexity of the simplest things? Amazement at the Creator responsible for this world? A new vision of our daily connection with both the earth and its Creator? Can you imagine encouraging kindergarteners to feel God nearby when they ruffle through the grass in your school's play-yard? How would the child express this wonder?
Whether we meditate upon these paintings and books privately or with others, their fusion of words, paintings and colors, of vision and touch, leads us into the whole panoply of Jewish experience. In the class setting, these moments sharing and discussing the individual illuminated pages flower into opportunities to merge our own experience and intuition—as individuals and as a group—with the prayers or stories and their images, to immerse ourselves in their emotions, whether ecstatic or troubled. The class experience enables students and teachers to compare our reactions and strengthen our abilities to perceive, experience and express our new sense of Jewishness. However distant the tale or the text's author, we find new ways, new modes, not just of learning about our Judaism, but of building our characters, reveling in our spiritual conversation with the Jewish people, with the Divine.
Explore the seasonal class menus through the toolbar above, contact me and plan your students' year of feasts!
I'd like to thank Avi West, the Senior Education Officer and Master Teacher, at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington for his gracious input to this menu, and acknowledge inspiration by Striving for Shlemut: An Emerging Focus for Jewish Education program of the William Davidson Graduate School of JTS.
(1)Abraham Joshua Heschel. God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York: 1955, p. 48-49.
(2)Seth Brody, trans. and ed., Rabbi Ezra ben Solomon of Gerona: Commentary on the Song of Songs and Other Kabbalistic Commentaries. Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan: 1999. See "R. Bahya ben Asher of Saragossa, Commentary on Genesis 1:1-2," p. 212.
(3)Amos Hakham. The Bible: Psalms, with the Jerusalem Commentary, Vol. 3: Psalms 101-150. Mosad Harav Kook, Jerusalem: 2003 p.52.


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For the 100th time, the Elverson Antique Show will open its doors on October 26 and 27, 2019. How does a show that began 50 years ago keep going and going? It must reflect changes in the antiques market while continuing the tradition of a good, old fashioned country show where people can find antiques that fit into their contemporary life style at affordable prices.
From its start as a fund raiser for the Elverson Fire Company in 1969 it now helps to support the Twin Valley High School Lacrosse teams. Students and their parents work as porters, help with set-up, and run the food stand. It is a true team effort between the dealers and the high school students to produce a quality antique show where visitors can find first class merchandise and delicious food at affordable prices.
Located high on a hill in Chester County, attending the Elverson show is like a treasure hunt, and a true throwback to the way antique shows used to be. It has a reputation for offering outstanding selections of folk art, unusual smalls, and country antiques. From early china, stoneware, fraktur, holiday items, baskets, quilts, furniture, and weathervanes, the Elverson Antique show has it all.
While most of the dealers are from Pennsylvania, visitors will find dealers from several surrounding states, including Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Ohio. The show is held in the Twin Valley High School, located at 4897 North Twin Valley Road, Elverson, PA. It is within easy driving distance from Philadelphia and New York, just off exit 298 of the Pennsylvania turnpike.
Hours for the show on Saturday, October 26thare 11 AM – 5 PM and on Sunday, October 27h, 11 AM – 4 PM. Admission is $7.00, or $6.00 with an advertisement. To learn more about the Elverson Antique Show, please visit the web site at www.elversonantiqueshow.com or "Elverson Antique Show and Sale" on facebook. Additional information is available by calling 701-310-4488 or 717-532-8111.


text: Louisa May Alcott went to Europe only twice in her life but was always very active in strengthening relations between the American abolitionist movements and the European revolutions. In my paper I intend to illustrate her ability to cross a variety of literary genres to reach a popular audience and adopt the didactic tones of children's literature to challenge cultural conventions and address controversial issues of equality and democracy often evaded by critically more acclaimed literary genres. I will explore Alcott's indefatigable production of children's tales as effective vehicles to convey, in a miniaturized form, her adult concerns as a woman of reform and her patriotic vision of American history, from independence to Civil War. She reshaped in the form of children's plots and to the advantage of her young readers Concord's transcendentalist values, depicting a "little world" representative of the turbulences of her times and of the progress of female emancipation. Considered socially diminished, women who sought a public role in Victorian times, often identified with grown-up children, and notably wore men's breeches during their suffragist battles and on stage. Likewise, in their aspirations to equality, Alcott's tomboys imitate Alcott's adult reforming spirit, by playing election in "Little Boston" and by nursing wounded soldiers in "Nelly's Hospital." In many instances, as Eiselein points out, they prove even more advanced and courageous than their adult counterparts. In this respect, Alcott's children's literature provides miniaturized allegorizations of a larger historical and public scene that even Louisa's father, — the transcendentalist educator Bronson Alcott,—found effective. Her fairytales and children's stories never fail to capture the many trials and the sincere forming spirit of the Sandean woman, resistant to the gender limits of Victorian womanhood, and nourished with the Romantic ideals that proudly fought oppression at home and abroad.


text: And now young Ashenden is upset Rosie isn't just having an affair with him, but with other fellows as well. Possibly. The extent of her affairs is unclear. Most of the chapter is just young Ashenden getting all worked up about it and being annoying and Maugham not really accounting for the distance between old Ashenden the narrator and young Ashenden's activities. It's frustrating more than anything else, just because it's something of a wasted chapter. Maugham could've just as easily summarized the whining as getting into it all—it's not dialogue, it's just young Ashenden's thoughts (or old Ashenden's memories of them).


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Founder and CEO/Executive Director
Candice Elder, an East Oakland native who currently resides in City of Oakland District 7, is the Founder and Executive Director of The East Oakland Collective (EOC). Candice went to Oakland public schools and for high school attended The Head Royce School. Candice has a background in law, philanthropy and nonprofit management. Candice was a legal professional for 10 years and has worked in plaintiff class action law firms in employment and antitrust law fields. Candice previously worked as the Executive Coordinator and Membership Manager for the Women's Funding Network, the largest philanthropy network of women's funds and foundations in the country.
Candice founded EOC in 2016 to drive racial and economic equity in East Oakland. It was the long stemming disinvestment and lack of resources in East Oakland that compiled Candice to start this grassroots membership based organization harnessing the collective power of millennials. Candice brings her wealth of experience serving on community focused committees, boards and more to her leadership role in EOC and the community. Candice served on the advisory committee for Breaking the Silence Town Hall on Women and Girls of Color in Oakland from 2015-2016, an annual town hall creating space to amplify, educate, and advocate in support of girls and women of color in Oakland. It is Candice's passion for Black arts and culture that led her to serve as the President of the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) Vanguard from 2014-2016, where she increased membership, visibility and funding. MoAD Vanguard is the young professional and membership group committed to supporting the museum through distinctive art, social, education, and philanthropic initiatives. As an influencer, she also served on the Vanguard board for five years. Candice currently serves on the Board of Directors for East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (EBPREC).
Candice has received numerous awards and recognition. In 2019, she was selected as one of The Root's Top 100 Most Influential African Americans. Candice is the 2018 runner up for Rotary Oakland's Rising Star Award. She is a recipient of the 2017 Trailblazer Award from In the Spirit Awards. Candice is also a 2016 recipient of the Community Leader Award by Black Elected Officials of the East Bay. Also in 2016, Candice was named Top 6 Under 40 by the Black Women Organized for Political Action (BWOPA) HerStory Empowers Award in the arts and entertainment category. Candice has been featured in Oakland Magazine, KQED, San Francisco Chronicle, DemocracyNow! for her work in advocacy, policy and organizing with unhoused populations. Candice was a special guest on Pod Save America's live tour in San Jose.
Candice has a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and a minor in African-American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters of Science in Criminal Justice, with a concentration on reform of the criminal justice, from the University of Cincinnati.
Director of Urban and Regional Planning
Marquita "Keta" Price, a deep East Oakland native and District 7 Stonehurst neighborhood resident, is the Director of Urban and Regional Planning for The East Oakland Collective (EOC). Keta has a background in computers and technology, business processes, chemistry, math, and community organizing. She has formerly interned for the City of Oakland's Department of Planning and Building and University of California, Berkeley's College of Chemistry biochemistry lab. Keta previously worked part-time as the Constituent Liaison of City of Oakland Councilmember Abel Guillen, focusing on the immediate needs of the San Antonio and East Lake communities.
Inspired by the Black Panther Party and Marcus Garvey, Keta's civic engagement is driven by her passion to develop an economic base for the Black residents of Oakland. Her early advocacy is rooted at Merritt College where she served as the Vice President of The Black Student Union, President of the Kem(istry) Club, President of the Associated Students of Merritt College, and served on the Student Trustees of the Peralta Community College School District. Keta's goals were to restore the resilience of the student government planted by Chairman Bobby Seale and other former Black Panthers, which focused on leveraging the institution's resources to address the social justice issues students face in their community prohibiting them to thrive in life and academics. Keta transitioned from student advocacy to neighborhood community organizing focused on racial and economic justice.
Marquita Price received achievement awards for the completion of The Center for Educational Partnerships NIH-UCB. During this project Keta synthesized pro-fluorophores used for live cell RNA imaging. Keta received recognition from the California Legislature Assembly and State of California Senate and commendation from the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for her advocacy work with the Tobaccoless Club at Merritt College.
Marquita Price has an Associate in Science degree in Mathematics and Natural Science from Merritt College.
Interim Director of Development
Jabir Faqir, through a partnership with Ansar Partners, joins The East Oakland Collective as Interim Development Director, accepting responsibilities for EOC's fundraising and development strategies through 2019.
Born and raised in Oakland, Jabir serves as CEO of fundraising consulting firm Ansar Partners, and has been a successful fundraising professional for a variety of social justice organizations. Over the past sixteen years, he has helped raise over $33 million for organizations active in social justice, civil rights, higher education and peace activism.
Most recently, he was the Development Manager at the Dream Corps, founded by Van Jones. He was hired by the then-interim CEO John Anner, and later joined John in founding Ansar Partners.
Just prior to the Dream Corps, Jabir was the Senior Development Officer at Muslim Advocates, the leading civil rights organization for Muslims in America. There he managed the annual fundraising campaigns and led the development team.
Jabir played similar roles at Peace Action, the nation's largest grassroots peace and justice lobbying organization. He also managed annual fund campaigns at the University of California, Berkeley, raising money to benefit student aid, faculty excellence, and research across the campus for the College of Engineering, School of Law (Boalt Hall), Haas School of Business, Cal Athletics and many other departments.
Jabir is a passionate community activist, dedicating his time to social justice organizing, youth mentoring, and work in Muslim communities. He spends his free time cooking, enjoying music, and at the ballpark watching the Oakland A's.


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With the shift to Azure® for many organizations, a common question is what is Azure Active Directory and what can it be used for? Microsoft® has been shifting a number of their solutions to the cloud including Office and Windows® Server, among others. But, there is a great deal of confusion around the Active Directory® family of solutions. We'll answer questions around this and more in our overview of Azure Active Directory.
What is Azure Active Directory?
Azure Active Directory (or AAD) is the user management segment of the Azure cloud platform. With it, Azure admins can authenticate, authorize, and manage user access in Azure. Additionally, Azure AD features basic single sign-on (SSO) functionality to connect user identities to select web applications.
Given that it is a cloud identity management program, some people are curious if Azure Active Directory is Microsoft's move to replace their on-prem directory service, Active Directory. Active Directory is the most widely used on-prem identity management platform in the enterprise today. With IT's general shift to the cloud, it makes sense to move the directory service with it. So, is Azure AD equal to a cloud Active Directory?
Is it a Cloud Active Directory?
Quite simply, Azure AD is not a replacement to the on-prem Active Directory. Microsoft created Azure AD to be a complement to their on-prem market share leading directory service. Their goal wasn't to disrupt organizations that already were using AD on-prem, but rather provide a way to extend identities to Azure services as well as third party web applications.
From Microsoft's perspective this makes a great deal of sense. It doesn't disrupt customers with their existing identity provider (IdP), but yet provides a path to leverage those identities in Office 365™ and other Azure services. It also provides an easier way for IT organizations to leverage identities for web applications rather than implementing the complex AD FS platform or purchasing third party web application SSO solutions.
What About Using Non-Windows Solutions with Azure AD?
The challenge for most organizations with this approach is that it continues to lock them into Microsoft solutions at a time when they are branching out and using macOS® and Linux® systems, cloud infrastructure from AWS®, web applications, non-Windows file servers, WiFi, and more. So, for organizations that are mixed platform and not willing to be locked into Microsoft solutions, there is a different approach to cloud directory services that enables IT admins to connect their users to the IT resources they need. These include Mac, Windows, and Linux systems, cloud servers from AWS, the productivity platforms G Suite™ and Office 365, web and on-prem applications via LDAP and SAML, physical and virtual file servers such as NAS appliance / Samba file servers, and wired and WiFi networks via RADIUS.
The Actual Cloud Active Directory
Thankfully, there is a cloud-based replacement to Active Directory that federates access to virtually all IT resources, regardless of platform, provider, protocol, or location. This Directory-as-a-Service® is serverless and has reimagined Active Directory for the modern era and integrates with Azure AD to manage Azure resources, such as O365 and Azure compute services. The solution is available from JumpCloud®.
This overview of Azure AD simply scratched the surface of the future of cloud identity management with Azure and JumpCloud. To learn more, reach out to us with your questions here. If Directory-as-a-Service sounds like the all-in-one solution for you, feel free to sign up for the product. Signing up is free and comes with ten complimentary users to get you started.


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Football: West Ham's Fredericks undergoes shoulder surgery
REUTERS: West Ham United defender Ryan Fredericks has undergone right shoulder surgery that will keep him out for around six weeks, the Premier League club said.
The 27-year-old sustained an injury in their 2-0 league defeat to Manchester City last week, his second match since returning from a hamstring problem that had ruled him out for nearly a month.
The Englishman has played 20 league games for the club this season, starting 19 of them.
"Ryan's surgery went exactly as planned and he'll begin his rehabilitation and recovery immediately, with the plan being for him to be available again in early to mid-April," West Ham medical chief Richard Collinge said in a statement.
Czech international midfielder Tomas Soucek, who joined West Ham on loan from Slavia Prague in January, was ruled out for around three weeks with a hip flexor injury.
West Ham, who are 18th in the league standings with 24 points, host Southampton on Saturday.


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If someone were to come up to you and say that they can be your boyfriend for one night — nothing physical, just spending time, drinking, eating, talking, and relaxing, with him as company — would you go for it? It might be a peculiar offer for anyone but for most of the women in Japan, it's sounds like a break from their stressful and energy draining lives.
You might be surprised at how unimaginable this type of deal may be but you'd be surprised to know that a number of host clubs have been emerging in Japan just to cater to this specific need.
Japanese Hosts — Boyfriends for the night
These boyfriends for the night are called hosts and you're assigned your very own one once you arrive at a host club. You also have the option of choosing your own host and the club has a specially made "menu" for that (a menu looking catalog).
Expect these gentlemen to be well dressed, accommodating, flirty, and above all expect them to be savvy talkers (maybe in Japanese but there are some host clubs that have hosts who can speak English fluently) . They have only one job and that's to cater to you, to entertain you and to give you a good time, for a night or longer if you feel like going back again.
Pick up & Location — Not a secret
If you're up for the experience, you'll be able to find these clubs around Kabukicho, Shinjuku. All you have to do is walk around, look like you're looking for something and pretty soon some good looking, well dressed (most probably in a suit) guy will come up to you asking if you'd like to spend an hour with him at a club.
First time — the price of LOVE
If you're a first timer, good for you because the hosts (or host club) will give you the experience at a cheaper price. It depends on the host club, of course, but usually they start at a price of ¥1000 which is around 10AUD-11AUD. Not bad for one night, right?
Some clubs even have a drink all you can deal for the same price. It's a reasonable price if you just want some company or if you just want for someone to listen to you while you unload all of the stuff that you need to through talking but it's going to cost you a lot more if you decide to visit for the second time.
If they don't have a drink all you can deal, you might want to skimp on ordering more bottles of wine, beer, or whatever you're having for the night because it will be costly if you do.
What's all the fuss about?
Why are these host clubs such a big thing in Japan? It probably has something to do with the fact that Japanese people would rather have this than a relationship. It's an alternative to love and it's surprising that many females (and males) prefer this than your usual "boy meets girl, girl meets boy and they fall in love" scenario.
It's probably the attention that the females are getting and it's highly likely that they are not getting it else where. And so, they go to the place where their needs are being fulfilled. It may not be physical but it's more psychological — filling a void that they've had all their lives.
It's not entirely for everyone but most first time goers always give positive feedback from the host clubs that they've visited. Most first time goers also remain just first time goers — they went just for the experience — but there are others who look for the outlet on a monthly, weekly and even on a daily basis.
Would you be willing to rent a boyfriend for one night?


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Download Kimosabe Nights EP (Vol.2)
Award-winning music producer, songwriter and vocalist Kimosabe returns with the second volume of The 'Nights' EP, the tape is personal, intimate and filled with beautiful influences of RnB and Soul. This is paired with amazing song writing skills and great vocals.
There's nothing missing from this piece. If anything, it takes you on a trip into that cool place inside yourself. A breezy summer's afternoon and sunset unfolding right in your ears.
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I love art! I could go one all day about the different type of art that I love, but we don't have that kind of time. Lately, there has been an art movement taking over and making a name for itself, and it is hard to ignore. This type of art is called pop surrealism or low brow art.
I remember being first exposed to it in a magazine called Gothic Beauty. There was an article called, "Untamed Imagery: The Art of Mark Ryden." I know this because I still have the Spring 2005 issue and it is currently next my keyboard as I type this. There was something so beautiful and classic about his art, but also strange, unusual, and even a little disturbing. It drew me in like a fly to honey and I have been addicted ever since. I recently met another person who is not just a fan of pop surrealism and Mark Ryden, but creates her own low brow art as well. The artists name is Dahiana and her shop is Dister, but you can call her Miss Dister. I had a few questions for Miss Dister and I learned a lot about this talented artist. So, without further ado, I would like to introduce you to Miss Dister!
My Name is Dahiana, I was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. I
live in Boston MA with my husband Michael and our cat. I went to college
and got a Bachelor's degree in Advertising. I'm a full time
professional artist who specializes in realism, portraits, still life
and abstracts. Over the past three years I have developed a new passion
for Surrealism, specifically Pop Surrealism (Lowbrow art), Digital
Photography and Silkscreen Printing. I love horror movies, photography,
crafts and yoga.
1.What kind of items do you sell in your shop?
Mixed media art, screen printing, prints and original paintings.
2. How long have you been an artist?
Almost all my life, since I can remember.
3.If you had to describe your art in only 5 words, what would they be?
4. I am loving the skulls and heart prints! They look like something
you find in Grey's Anatomy. What inspired you to create these images?
Well, I've always been fascinated with how intrinsic the anatomy of the
human body is, it has a mysterious beauty even a sense of nostalgia,
when I create those images because I want to show that even the most
ghoulish object can be something beautiful.
5. Do you have an item for sale in your shop that is your most favorite above the rest? What is it and why?
"The Walk", I think it has to do with fact that there are people out
there that enjoy this style of art like me or because this was one of my
first items when I opened my shop hahahaha.
6. I noticed in one of your profiles that you have a passion for
surrealism, specifically pop surrealism or lowbrow art. What is it about
this style that you love so much?
I think it is the dichotomy that you feel when you see a piece. There is
a darkness that is at the same time so beautiful, breath taking and
sometimes funny. This genre for me is an escape from structure, a break
from how things should look just because society says so.
7. I also saw some shirts with steam punk images. What is it about this culture that you like and inspires you?
Steampunk is the most amazing movement that I ever seen even though some
people think that it has a political agenda. I love the victorian era,
the idea of time traveling, the combination of modern technology and old
machinery, fantasy and horror and of course I adore the kick a @$
Steampunk fashion!
8. If you were to give an new seller on Etsy some advice, what would you say to them?
Be patient, promote at your own pace, use all the media that you can
twitter, Facebook, etc. If you don't know how to use them don't worry
eventually you will figure it out and NEVER! NEVER! consider your shop
as a " hobby shop", don't let people put your shop in that category.
Just because you don't have a gazillion sales every day it doesn't mean
that your shop is not good enough or the product that you are offering
is the wrong one. Have passion for what you're are doing and you will
get results.
9. Is there any artist that you idolize or admire over most others? Who is it and why?
Yes I do! Mark Rayden, incredible artist, mesmerizing art work. Some
people say that he's the "god-father" of pop surrealism. When I saw
his work for the first time I knew it was okay to let my imagination
flow. As an artist who works with realism all the time, it is very
difficult for me to let my creativity go sometimes.
10.This ghoul would like to know what your favorite kind of horror movie
is and why? Do you prefer a bloody, slasher flick or maybe a good old
fashioned haunting in an abandoned hospital?
All of the above! hahahaha, I love horror movies, I get inspiration from them and integrate that in to my work.
If you would like to see what she has for sale, Check out her Etsy Shop! You can also Follow her on Twitter, and Like her on Facebook!


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Overall Music Chart - May 9, 2011
Welcome to the Booth's Top Hip Hop and R&B Chart! As always, your feedback has determined which songs made the cut. Each chart's lineup is calculated using a special DJBooth.net Formula that takes into account member ratings and reviews as well as features' overall popularity.
After several weeks on top, Lil Wayne's "John" is knocked to second by Bad Meets Evil (Eminem and Royce Da 5'9") single "Fast Lane," formerly the front-runner on our Rap Chart. Also graduating from the rap lineup, Curren$y's "#JetsGo," and Ludacris "F5 (Furiously Dangerous)" snag 12th and 15th. Up from our R&B/Pop Chart, Pitbull's "Give Me Everything," Ryan Leslie's "Glory" and Chris Brown's "Wet the Bed" claim 12th, 14th and 16th.


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Bank of the Sierra gets fresh art
Bank of the Sierra, one of downtown Visalia's most recognizable landmarks, will get some fresh art thanks to a big supporter.
Rita Crandall, on behalf of Valley PBS and the Tulare County Symphony, donated an enlarged 1940s-era photograph of flooding that soaked downtown Visalia. She bid and won the photograph during a 210 Connect forum hosted by local historian Terry Ommen.
She knew right when she saw the photo that it would look perfect in the bank's lobby.
"It's a joy to give back to Bank of the Sierra, because they give so much to the community, Crandall said.
Bank of the Sierra is in its 38th year of operations with 28 locations throughout the state. They're headquartered in Tulare County.


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After we madeUNDER one viewer named Chris' zebra-themed room, we went back for more!
What did we tackle next? His Halloween room!
And we did it with the help of HGTV star and interior designer Taniya Nayak -- who beautifully transformed Chris' zebra-themed bedroom last fall -- and construction expert Tom Bury.
RELATED: You'll Never Believe What This Zebra-Themed Bedroom Looks Like Now
(And what a job they pulled off together!)
"I personally thought the Halloween room was a lot of fun," Chris says. "[But] a lot of people took it a little too seriously. Some women were even to scared to step into the room."
"I can't seem to get a date," he continues, "and having a coffin in my house clearly is not helping the situation."
Needless to say, Chris admitted he was ready for a change!
RELATED: Rach's Hubby's Office Gets a "Sexy" Makeover
Not only did our expert design duo remove the infamous coffin from the room (unsurprisingly a first for them!), but they were also faced with fake skeletons, webs, spiders and rats. ?
Watch the video above to see how they turned the scary space into a zen den -- using Rach's furniture line, in fact!
(Spoiler: Chris' one-word reaction? "Wow!")