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Chelsea Handler, the far left comedian who regularly seems to endorse language police and other forms of morality control by the state (at least a state that she approves of) is showing her classiness and unwillingness to have any appeal beyond the most extreme, hateful left-wing fringe.
Not more than 3 hours after the world learned of the tragic shooting in Texas, Handler took it upon herself to literally accuse the whole Republican Party (and, by extension, their supporters) of committing the act of violence themselves.
The pushback was fierce. The tone deafness of Handler was profound, and it may explain, in part, why her talk show was cancelled by Netflix.
From Fox News
In the first hours after the deadly mass shooting at a Texas church, many details about the massacre and the gunman's identity were still unclear — but it didn't stop comedian Chelsea Handler from blaming Republicans for the shooting, in a tweet that sparked backlash.
"Innocent people go to church on Sunday to honor their God, and while doing so, get shot in killed. What country? America. Why? Republicans," the former "Chelsea" host, who has gone after the GOP before on issues such as gun control, wrote.
Her comments swiftly received criticism on Twitter with many chastising the star for politicizing the event while it is ongoing.
"The bodies aren't even cold yet and you are politicizing them. You really have a dark heart," one user wrote.
"You're a hypocrite and part of the problem with your constant tweets of hate that separates the country," another said.
As previously reported, Handler chose to end her Netflix talk show recently after just two rocky seasons in an effort to focus on political activism.
"Like so many across the country, the past presidential election and the countless events that have unfolded since have galvanized me. From the national level down to the grassroots, it's clear our decisions at the ballot box next year will mark a defining moment for our nation," she wrote in a statement at the time. "For these reasons, I've decided not to return for another season of Chelsea, and instead devote as much time as I can to becoming a more knowledgeable and engaged citizen and to focus on projects that have significance to me."
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"We welcome the EU's unanimous decision to extend sectoral economic sanctions against Russia starting from Jan. 31, 2017.
"I am sincerely grateful for the solid unity and solidarity of the European leaders in the restoration of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including Crimea.
"Despite its manipulations and hybrid propaganda, Russia could not escape responsibility for the continued aggression in the Donbas and unwillingness to fulfill the Minsk agreements.
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In 2014, the European Union, the United States and several other countries imposed sanctions against Russia following its occupation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine. These restrictive measures were repeatedly extended and expanded. In particular, the talks on visa waiver and a new basic agreement on cooperation were suspended; several Russia's officials were banned to travel to the EU while their assets were attached. Trade, financial, and military restrictions were introduced.
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Cleveland managed to present a strong pass rush most of the game. An exciting aspect of the Packers offense which was absent last year due to Ryan Grant's injury was a respectable running game. On Rodger's scoring drive James Starks was able to gash the Brown's defense for some good chunks of yardage opening up the passing game by neutralizing a potent Browns pass rush.
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The Packers drafted Derek Sherrod in hopes of revamping the Packers offensive line to keep Aaron Rodgers on his feet and also to keep Aaron Rodgers playing in playoff games when he's Brett Favre's age. Hopefully this is just the Packers working out the rust or being fatigued from finally visiting President Obama and not something that is going to translate into the regular season.
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05-21-04 Neighbors oppose mega egg farm expansion
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ST. HENRY -- A 75-year-old Darke County woman wept during a meeting Thursday night while her son read a statement on her behalf opposing a megafarm that could bring more than a million laying hens in five barns almost to her door step on Ross-Medford Road. Another neighbor said she's prepared to appeal if the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) approves the needed permits for the farm. More than 80 people attended the meeting at the Knights of Columbus Hall held by the ODA to hear oral testimony on the proposed farm expansion. The ODA is considering whether or not to approve draft permits for the farm, which would be owned by Brian and Kevin Winner of Rossburg, Ralph, Chris and Randy Rindler of St. Henry, and Kasey and Ronald Schwieterman of Fort Recovery. Fourteen people spoke against the expansion with many receiving standing ovations from the crowd. One woman spoke in favor of it. "My mom has lived here for 45 years and raised four children. This is where she wants to live the rest of her life," Ron Monnin said of his mother, Lucille, 13806 Ross-Medford Road, as she cried. "She already says she can't hang clothes on the line because they get speckled (with fly feces)." Monnin said his mother didn't object when Brian Winner wanted to put up the first, existing chicken barn with a capacity for 183,000 birds. But adding another fours barns with over 1 million birds is just too much, she said. Monnin charged that the expansion would only benefit the seven-farm corporation owners and destroy the quality of life for the neighbors with excessive odor and flies. The Winners, Rindlers and Schwietermans have applied for ODA permits to expand the farm to 1.28 million birds, which includes adding four high-rise barns capable of housing 288,000 chickens each. They also are seeking to build an egg processing plant, manure storage building and a storage pond that can hold 2 million gallons of egg wash water used to wash and process eggs. While most of the testimony Thursday dealt with odor, flies and storm water runoff from the farm, some who spoke were particularly incensed about ODA's plan to allow the farm's egg wash storage pond within 2,000 feet of neighboring homes. ODA rules say a storage pond cannot be within 2,000 feet of a residence, but exceptions can be made if a "proven technology" can be used to reduce odors from the pond. The farm's owners have proposed installing two aerators in the pond to reduce odor. Pam Broering, 5427 North Star-Fort Loramie Road, blistered ODA spokesperson Deborah Abbott who attended Thursday's meeting for relaxing the rule and said ODA's site map is flawed and that seven homes, not four, lie within the 2,000 feet. She also said the ODA cannot say the aerators are a "proven technology," because one has never been used on a poultry farm in Ohio. Broering's home lies about 1,600 feet away from the pond site. ODA officials earlier said there currently are no poultry operations in Ohio that uses aerators, though one farm in Indiana and wastewater treatment plants in Ohio use them. Broering's husband Ron said he also feared odors from the composting of dead birds that would be done on the farm, and excess dust from trucks running down the road. Bob Buschur, New Weston, said he is concerned that the permits do not include plans for grass-covered filter strips to slow down storm water runoff from the 5 1/2 acres of roof that would be built. He also expressed concerns that existing farm tiles could not handle the runoff. The farm is located in the upper Wabash River Watershed. Pam Hicks, Fort Recovery, the only person to speak in favor of the expansion Thursday, urged neighbors to give the farm a chance, adding that the families' existing poultry operations are the "cleanest and best facilities in the business." The three families already have experience operating their own large egg farms, with the Rindlers recently receiving ODA approval to expand a St. Henry operation to 1.3 million birds. None of the farm owners attended the Thursday meeting, but a prepared statement faxed to the newspaper said in part, "Just like our neighbors, we care about the environment and the community. Over the years, we've shown ourselves to be both responsible neighbors and responsible stewards of the environment. This won't change with the establishment of Ross-Medford Farms." Taylor Stuck, who two months ago bought a home on Ross-Medford Road, was clearly upset. "Why should we give them a chance in my backyard," he said in reply to Hicks' comments. "I don't want to smell their crap." Abbott said it would take ODA officials about two weeks to make a decision on the permits that would allow the megafarm. The ODA also has received 11 written comments on the expansion, all against it. Pam Broering said she is prepared to file an appeal if the ODA approves the permits. An appeal must be submitted within 30 days to the Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC). Decisions made by the ERAC are then appealable to Franklin County Court of Appeals in Columbus.
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To Cut or Punch Your Cigar
Up until about a week ago I have always cut my cigars. I have used guillotine cutters mainly because I thought that cutting the cigar this way gave a larger hole for the smoke to go through; and it does. But there are problems.
1. You can cut too much
This has troubled me more with some cigars than others. For a while I smoked almost nothing but Rocky Patel cigars and if you cut those delicious sticks too much the wrapper can start to unravel. It wasn't a problem with my humidor because other cigars in there didn't have the same problem. If you cut too much off the wrapper can come off.
2. The cutter can get dull
Now, I bet this will eventually affect my punch cutter but I don't think it will happen as quickly. But once the blades on a guillotine cutter get dull it may not cut the whole way through the cigar and end up ripping the wrapper, which is never a good thing.
3. More moving parts
The more complicated a tool is the more that can go wrong. It also makes the tool more expensive. I know that punch cutters can be expensive but, generally speaking, they aren't as expensive as their more complicated brethren, the guillotine cutter. More moving parts means more that can go wrong and a higher price tag.
The purpose of this post isn't to be a diatribe against guillotine cutters – I'm still going to use them. But, until last week, I thought they were the only real way to cut a cigar. I was wrong.
Punch cutters are easy to use.
You don't have to worry about cutting too much off.
You don't have to worry about maintenance as much.
You do get a good opening with your punch cutter.
You do get enough smoke coming through – if the cigar doesn't have any technical difficulties.
I may end up using the punch cutter more frequently now. Whenever I do I will make a mention of it on the review. Maybe, after using punches for a while, I'll get more exposed to the downsides of punch cutters. When that happens I will definitely tell you. Until then, I'm going to punch my cigars more often.
UPDATE: Chief Hava, over at Smoke Signals, has done an extremely great piece on how to cut a cigar. Take a look!
5 Responses to "To Cut or Punch Your Cigar"
Cris on May 15th, 2009 9:06 pm
Either way I'm good at it. You can check my blog if you want to be.
johnson on October 27th, 2011 8:45 pm
Nobody cares Cris.
Peter on May 26th, 2012 4:48 am
Whoever wrote this is an idiot. The title is "To cut or punch", then it gives no advantages of cutters. The author also doesn't talk about the drawbacks of a punch, it doesn't work on certain cigars, like ones that are too thin, ones that are too large, I've been told by a tobacconist that a punch is not good for a larger ring gauge cigar and it's true, and the don't work on torpedo shaped cigars.
Travis Lindsay on May 26th, 2012 11:52 pm
@Peter: Rereading this post for the first time in three years and, yeah, you're right, it is idiotic.
Now I primarily use scissors (the Xikar MTX Multi-Tool) and, on occasion, a guillotine cutter. I like the scissors because they provide better visibility and more control over what is cut.
If you are a new smoker I would suggest one of the guillotine cutters with a back to it, which makes it "idiot proof." With the back you just put the head of the cigar into the cutter until it hits the backing and then in a smooth, quick motion you can take the right amount of the cap off.
And Peter, you are right, the punch has many drawbacks. However, I have heard about others using a punch with a torpedo. It seems weird but from what I recall a guy basically excised a clean hole through the head of a torpedo. There's no way I would recommend doing something like this because it seems like it would take a long time and I don't think the draw would be all that good but, in theory, you can use a punch on a torpedo.
Thanks for stopping by and if you read some of my other posts I hope you will come to the conclusions that I'm not an idiot.
Snus on October 18th, 2012 9:05 pm
I am inclined to agree, I used to always use my CC Perfect cut cutter, however recently I am loving my punch. In the end I think I will use both of them roughly 50/50. With bigger gauge cigars I do prefer to use the punch though.
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Efficacy an Safety of Volinanserin on Sleep Maintenance Insomnia With a Sub-study on Stable Type II Diabetes Mellitus (SAMS)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00464061
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Sponsor's decision due to absence of demonstration of efficacy of volinanserin in primary insomnia with predominant sleep maintenance problems)
First Posted : April 20, 2007
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|Efficacy and Safety of 2mg/Day of M100907 on Sleep Maintenance Insomnia With a Sub-study of the Effect of M100907 on Stable Type II Diabetes Mellitus: a One Year, Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
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- Efficacy: change from baseline for Sleep Maintenance Insomnia using patient reported Wake After Sleep Onset (pr-WASO) [ Time Frame: at 3 months ]
- Efficacy (sub-study): change from baseline for glycemic measure HbA1c [ Time Frame: at 6 and 12 months ]
- Efficacy: change from baseline of the pr-WASO [ Time Frame: at 6 and 12 months ]
- Efficacy: change from baseline of "General Productivity" domain score of the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire [ Time Frame: at 3 months ]
- Safety: adverse events and laboratory abnormalities [ Time Frame: during 12 months of treatment ]
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- Disturbances of sleep maintenance criteria based on participant's information related to sleep pattern during the preceding month
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- Participants will be included if they have an established medical diagnosis of type II Diabetes Mellitus, and have been treated either with an oral hypoglycemic agent and/or insulin for at least three months prior to the Screening Visit (with stable regimen for at least one month prior to screening)
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- Females who are lactating or who are pregnant
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- Participation in another trial having received study medication within 1 month before the screening visit
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- History of primary hypersomnia, narcolepsy, breathing-related sleep disorder, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, parasomnia, dyssomnia
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Unlike fashion -- which is about keeping up with the latest trends, built for obsolescence and mass
produced -- style is personal, it's your essence, a reflection of your personality.
Style is an expression of your innate authentic self and it's unique to you.
Once you've defined your Signature Style people will notice you, remember you and feel connected
to you for the simple reason that you become MEMORABLE for all the right reasons.
When you're confident in yourself and the way you look, you become unstoppable -- simply watch
how things change when you achieve this mindset through proper alignment of your true self and
the clothing you wear.
More to the point, your Signature Style will elevate your vibration to get more of what you really want
in life: a promotion, a date, to reignite your current relationship, or increase new opportunities.
Above and beyond anything else, your Signature Style allows you to be YOU -- confident, congruent
and in command of your presence and outcomes without even saying a word.
During our consultation, you will gain clarity that will allow you to understand and embrace your
authentic and personal brand -- your "style" based on who you genuinely are -- so you project it with
confidence in all areas of your life.
It will be a natural evolution of your commanding presence.
How Does A Signature Styling Session Work?
How Will My Personalized Signature Styling Session Help Me?
It's simple really: Who are you? Who do you want to be? How do you want to be perceived? What
kind of presence would you like to portray?
What's your next level of potential that you're not tapping into but ultimately want to achieve?
What image do you want to present to the world, and what is your unique "style" that not only makes
you feel empowered and confident, but also reflects your true nature and personality?
At the end of Phase 1, you will be in command of your own personal style -- even if it only involved a
slight refinement.
You will now have the confidence that the style and image you are projecting -- in all facets of life, be
they personal or professional -- is unique to you.
This is when you'll start to notice subtle things in your life changing -- how people respond to you,
what you accomplish and what you begin to attract both personally and professionally.
When you're about to get dressed in the morning, how do you feel?
Do you feel confident?
Or, do you feel frustrated, overwhelmed or maybe even a bit angry because your closet is filled with
outdated clothes that don't fit you anymore or they don't reflect the image you want to project?
Maybe your clothes are tired and worn, ill-fitting or unflattering.
Or maybe you're not even sure what you should be wearing to begin with?
So, what do you do?
You throw on what's comfortable, even if it looks terrible, fits wrong and makes you feel ridiculous --
the same pair of jeans, the same shoes, the same t-shirt, the same dress pants, shirt and tie, or
some other boring and tired variation of stuff you wear all the time.
Stop Doing That To Yourself!
Nothing kills confidence faster than wearing clothes that are out-of-alignment with who you are today
and how you'd like to be perceived by others.
So what image is your current wardrobe currently projecting?
If it's been awhile since you've gone shopping, chances are your closet is full of clothes that don't
align with the person you are today or the true image you are trying to project.
It's even possible that your current image and wardrobe are holding you back from being happy and
from increased opportunities because you're not making a statement that conveys the image you
want, and as a result, has led you to become a bit hesitant in your interactions with others - even on
a subconscious level.
In order to solve this problem, we'll have to "command and conquer your wardrobe".
We'll start with a solid foundation -- keeping the good while letting go of anything that drags you
down and doesn't empower you.
How Will I Command And Conquer My Wardrobe?
With your Signature Style in hand, your first step is to complement the wardrobe you already have --
if there are elements in it that fit the new you -- or completely revamp your look.
Our goal is to define the look you want, create and implement a plan of attack regarding where you
can find that look, and then get after it with purpose and precision.
We're going to Command and Conquer your wardrobe through intelligent, focused, results-oriented
Here's how we take command and conquer your wardrobe - quickly:
As you're beginning to see, there is so much that goes into creating a natural, commanding presence.
At the end of this process you will begin to feel different because you're going to look different and
you're going to DEEPLY APPRECIATE the power shopping experience I offer!
In fact, my shopping trips are specifically designed for the no-nonsense, quick-decision making kind
of man.
You don't like to waste time and you're eager to get your wardrobe complete in the least amount of
time possible.
Here's what one private client had to say about shopping with me:
What would it feel like for you to be relaxed, at ease and
confident every time you open your closet?
Imagine your closet being transformed from outdated and
frustrating, to stylish, modern and up-to-date.
Imagine knowing with CERTAINTY, that anything you put
on will fit right, accentuate your style and demand instant
credibility while creating a commanding presence.
Imagine saving valuable time by making smart and strategic purchases, getting dressed faster and
leaving your house feeling more confident and aligned with who you are and the image you want to
project personally and professionally.
That's exactly what you'll get by the end of Phase 2.
The best part?
You will look forward to getting dressed and having people SEE and NOTICE what you are wearing --
noticing YOU -- and you'll start to feel the ripples of this impact your entire life.
Are you too busy to go shopping?
Do you consider shopping a waste of your time, but a necessary evil?
The biggest complaint I get with the clients I work with is that they simply don't have any time for
shopping or they would rather be doing something -- anything -- else instead.
I often hear the phrase: "I hate shopping and never know what to buy or where to go..."
If you're like most busy guys, this refrain probably sounds very familiar.
And if it does, then you're going to find my exclusive personal shopping services absolutely
How Will Your Personal Shopping Services Help Me?
Let's be realistic. If you're anything like most busy, professional men, shopping for clothing is probably
one of the last things on your mind after a long hard day.
Or maybe you do like shopping, but right now you are in a phase where your business or personal
life needs your full attention.
Either way, I've got you covered.
Imagine having someone shop for you while you're at work, relaxing at home, with the kids, or doing
ANYTHING else.
The best part is that after establishing your Signature Style in Phase 1, I'm now able to shop for you
on a select basis in order for you to complete and enhance your initial wardrobe upgrade.
Here's how my personal shopping services work:
How Will Your Personal Shopping Services Help Me?
There are many benefits to having a professional that helped shape your Signature Style shopping
on your behalf.
Some are tangible: more time for work, play, your family or anything else.
Others are intangible: feeling at ease, relaxed and confident.
Taken together, my clients refer to this as peace of mind in knowing someone is helping you take
care of this aspect of your life, and they absolutely love the freedom it brings.
Once Phase 1 and 2 are complete, we can then discuss my exclusive personal shopping services
that I only offer to select clients.
It's Time To Get Started
If you're finally ready to get a handle on this area of your life and create a natural, commanding
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User review on Audi A3 written by Vidyadhar Sharma on 28 January 2015
Vidyadhar Sharma's review on Audi A3 35 TDI Premium
Year of Manufacture : 2014 | Driven no. of Kms. : 8812
- Pros: Fuel economy
- Cons: Audi Driving taste is absent
According to me Audi A3 is the best reasonable and affordable luxurious car. I choose Audi A3 from the crowd of all sedans because this sedan comes from Audi and these manufactures are well known for not compromising in terms of safety and performance which means I can rely on the safety of Audi A3 blind folded. There is a major flaw while driving Audi A3 is that you can feel the absence of pure Audi driving experience, but this experience is acceptable with this much reasonable price. There are many standard and favorite components in Audi A3 which are available in all Audi products and my favorite component out of them are sun roof, day time running lights, climate controller, Audi smart drive system, Audi touch screen infotainment system with led screen coming out of the dash. Overall Audi A4 is the reasonable sedan from Audi manufacturers who have cutted some of the features in order to fit their car in low amount of bill but with my experience with Audi A3, I can conclude that this car is better option than other manufactures in market.
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Really tall - Very ugly - Vintage Halloween WitchGreat cardboard witch -- She's about 5 1/2' tall. She has been folded and has bend marks - the most pronounced being on her hat (shows really well in picture). Also bend mark on her arms and legs but not so pronounced. The left hand is torn and her hand is missing the removable cardboard broom. There is old yellow tape & tape residue on her wrists and feet. (shows up well on the pictures that show the backside of the witch). Her head is removeable. It is attached thru a slot at the top of her body. The arms and legs are attached with gold colored fold down tabs. She's a nice old cardboard Halloween witch.... She's a beauty - great fun addition to Holloween collection.


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A journey to the world of Bat Sheva Revensari, a deaf-blind actress (dual disability). A story about an inspiring challenge is being conveyed theatrically on stage, in a way that illustrates the yearning to create relationships. Childhood memories and moments of crisis of a young girl and adult woman are gathered on stage. Bat Sheva is wandering in a world of images, lights and shadows, creating new and imaginative worlds on stage and using humor to banish darkness and fear.
An interpreter, side by side with the actress, is giving voice to Bat Sheva's thoughts. The connection between the two is creating a relationship that works in perfect coordination, silently and by voice over touch. The unique complex of expression turns to poetry when the actress makes her way gently from real to fantastic, from personal to universal.
Director: Sarah Sibony
Associate Interpreter: Tikva Wasab
Interpreter: Gili Beit Halahmi \ Aviva Ger
Costume and Set Design: Ofra Mazawa
Music: Alon Peretz
Lighting Design: Shahar Verkazon
Photographer: Hofit Rauchberge
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Red Stone Equity Partners closes 2015 with record volume of $591 million of tax equity raised
February 29, 2016
Red Stone Equity Partners, LLC ("Red Stone Equity"), a privately-owned real estate finance and investment company specializing in multifamily residential funds and financings, has announced that it recorded the most productive year in its nine-year history by raising $591 million of tax credit equity in 2015, which included closing on its fifth and largest national multi-investor fund, Red Stone – 2015 National Fund, L. P.
Red Stone Equity's CEO and President, Eric McClelland, commented, "2015 was a very gratifying year. Since our beginning nine years ago, we have been focused on putting the foundation for growth in place and 2015 saw those efforts pay off in a meaningful way. We are extremely appreciative to our investor and developer partners, as well as to our dedicated team, for everything that they have done to assist us in getting to this point."
Red Stone now has in excess of $2.7 billion of equity funds under management. These funds have been used, along with other project- level financing sources, to finance the construction and /or rehabilitation of more than 20,000 units of affordable housing across 236 properties located in 31 different states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
"This past year saw us expand our business in many meaningful ways. We conducted business in new states, including Ohio and Missouri, and we added several new investors to our family of LIHTC funds. We hope to continue that momentum in 2016," said Robert Fein, Red Stone Equity's Chief Operating Officer.
Red Stone - 2015 National Fund, L.P. represents Red Stone Equity's largest multi-investor fund offering to date and includes commitments from four repeat Red Stone Equity investors and three first-time Red Stone Equity investors. The $145.8 million multi-investor LIHTC equity fund is designed to finance the construction and/or rehabilitation of over 1,500 units of affordable housing across 20 properties located in more than 10 states.
"Red Stone Equity has offered a national multi-investor fund to the marketplace in each of the last five years," said Ryan Sfreddo, Red Stone Equity's Managing Director of Investor Relations. "We are pleased that our investor partners continue to demonstrate confidence in our ability to organize diversified, high-quality investment vehicles to meet their investing needs and wants, and we look forward to continuing our fundraising and investing work in 2016 and the years to follow."
In other company news, Red Stone Equity opened a new regional office in Boston in September 2015 and relocated its New York office in December 2015, with these new locations set forth below:
Red Stone Equity Partners
10 Cabot Road, Suite 210
Medford, MA 02155
Red Stone Equity Partners
805 Third Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10022
In addition to its Boston and New York office locations, the company has office locations in Cleveland, Charlotte, and Chicago.
About Red Stone Equity Partners, LLC
Red Stone Equity Partners, LLC ("Red Stone Equity") is a leading real estate investment firm specializing in the syndication of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and Renewable Energy Tax Credits to facilitate the development of affordable multifamily rental housing and renewable energy projects, respectively. Red Stone Equity builds upon long-lasting relationships with investors and developers as it acquires, structures, and provides long-term asset management services to its institutional clients. Its senior management represents more than a combined 100 years of tax credit equity syndication experience, involving the acquisition and syndication of approximately $15 billion of tax credit equity. Red Stone Equity is headquartered in Cleveland, OH, with regional offices in Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, and New York. For more information, please visit www.rsequity.com or www.linkedin.com/company/red-stone-equity-partners-llc.
Giana Gigante
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Lectures in Sociology
In 2014 it was agreed to add this to the Academy's portfolio of lectures. The lecture was first delivered in 2016.
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2019 by Tariq Modood
2016 Social class mobility in modern Britain: Changing structure, constant process, by John Goldthorpe (text | audio with slides)


text: Header 1Our Christian Heritage: University of Findlay and the Churches of God, General Conference Post 1The University of Findlay is a place where Christian leaders flourish. Desiring to see all students equipped for meaningful lives and productive careers, the University is dedicated to helping students discover their particular calling, whether that be serving as a physical therapist, business leader or teacher. For those who long to better understand how that calling fits in with a life of faith, the University stands ready and eager to help.This dedication to discerning "calling" focus has been a part of the University of Findlay since the beginning. The Churches of God, General Conference (CGGC) (which was then the Churches of God in North America), and the town of Findlay, Ohio, founded this University in 1882 as a Christ-centered college – initially naming the new institution Findlay College.Worship service held in Ritz 1953 Over the years, UF has embraced a welcoming educational environment – supporting individuals from all faiths – but its roots remain with the Churches of God, General Conference. Today, the University and the CGGC enjoy a strong connection through board of trustees leadership, shared learning and worship spaces and a joint religious studies program that prepares individuals for a life of ministry.The CGGC's seminary, Winebrenner Theological Seminary (WTS), is located directly beside the University's main campus. Students, faculty and staff from both institutions learn, grow and are inspired to find their calling through the shared campuses. The connection between the seminary and the University goes back to 1942 when WTS was established as a graduate school of theology for Findlay College. It became a separate institution in 1961, but the connection to UF has remained strong. WTS continues to serve the CGGC as its sole seminary as well as students from many different denominational backgrounds. Winebrenner offers four master's programs, a Doctor of Ministry Program and collaborates with UF to offer the Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies Program. Also located directly beside the University of Findlay's campus, and just north of the seminary, is College First Church of God, which is a member of the Great Lakes Conference of CGGC. This vibrant church community is comprised of community members and students from the University. Pastors Bill Reist and Will Miller oversee weekly worship offerings at the church, actively collaborating with the University to support those students striving to become strong Christian leaders.Through the University's own Campus Ministry Department, directed by Pastor Matt Ginter (ordained in the CGGC), UF students have a wide variety of on-campus Christian leadership and fellowship opportunities with which to get involved. Ranging from student-led contemporary worship services to a wide array of small groups and Bible studies, a culture of faith, spiritual growth and community building is evident at the University of Findlay.For students who are called to a life of ministry, the University and Winebrenner Theological Seminary collaborate to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies with an emphasis in Christian Studies. This program is taught by faculty from both organizations and prepares individuals for pastoral training in some denominations, including the Churches of God, General Conference, and serves as foundational training for individuals seeking to enter the seminary for graduate studies. Post Column 2


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Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the
Nazi Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP); National Socialist German Workers Party). Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator ofNazi Germany (as Führer und Reichskanzler) from 1934 to 1945. He was at the centre of the founding of Nazism, the start of World War II, and the Holocaust.
A decorated veteran of World War I, Hitler joined the German Workers' Party, precursor of the Nazi Party, in 1919, and became leader of the NSDAP in 1921. In 1923, he attempted a coup d'état, known as the Beer Hall Putsch, in Munich. The failed coup resulted in Hitler's imprisonment, during which time he wrote his memoir, Mein (My Struggle). After his release in 1924, Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism, anti-semitism, and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda. After his appointment as chancellor in 1933, he transformed the Weimar Republic into the Third Reich, a single-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of Nazism. His aim was to establish a New Order of absolute Nazi German hegemony in continental Europe.
Hitler's foreign and domestic policies had the goal of seizing Lebensraum ("living space") for the Germanic people. He directed the rearmament of Germany and the invasion of Poland by the Wehrmacht in September 1939, resulting in the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Under Hitler's rule, in 1941 German forces and their European allies occupied most of Europe and North Africa. By 1943, Hitler's military decisions led to escalating defeats. In 1945 the Allied armies successfully invaded Germany. Hitler's supremacist and racially motivated policies resulted in the systematic murder of eleven million people, including an estimated six million Jews, and in the deaths of between 50 and 70 million people in World War II.
In the final days of the war, during the Battle of Berlin in 1945, Hitler married his long-time mistress, Eva Braun. On 30 April 1945, less than two days later, the two committed suicide to avoid capture by the Red Army, and their corpses were burned.
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The Shoulda RSpec Extravaganza
Posted on 19 Oct 2009
I don't use RSpec a lot any more these days. I much prefer Shoulda, heck I even started using Rails integration tests again (using Shoulda of course), because sometimes the additional abstraction of Cucumber is just too much. Any way, there's some things I liked about RSpec, and they were not related to the features of the testing DSL itself, but more to the tool RSpec. It has a neat formatter that'll output the ten slowest-running tests. I also found the colored list of full test names to be very helpful.
So I scratched my itch last weekend and brought that goodness to Shoulda. Our test suite is starting to get a bit slow, and it already served us well to find the slowest one. I like the approach of rinse and repeat to squeeze some valueable dozens of seconds out of a test suite with that technique.
So without further ado, I give you shoulda-addons, my little patch set to bring both test profiling and a colored list of full test names to you Shoulda test suite. I'm sure it'd work with normal Test::Unit or MiniTest without much effort, but for now it's made for Shoulda, and it looks like this:
While adding in the profiling was pretty straight forward, getting the colored output was pretty messy, and I'm not proud of it, especially considering that Test::Unit and MiniTest go different routes of outputting the little dots F's and E's.
The package is up on GitHub, can be installed from Gemcutter via
gem install shoulda-addons, and should work with Ruby 1.8 and 1.9. I also tested it with Mocha included, so let me know if something doesn't work for you.
This is the bundle that'll make TextMate almost as good as warm apple pie. RubyAMP comes along with a few additions to Ruby coding in TextMate, but boy do they rock.
Some of its features:
- Grep for Method
- Grep for Class/Module, both method and class/module grep use the word under the cursor
- A much faster (compared to "Find in Project") "Grep in Project"
- Code completion with data from all open files
- An intelligent "Go to file" which will try to find something matching the word under the cursor
- Run RSpec in the debugger
Here's code completion in action:
On the website you'll find a video showing most of the features. Pretty neato. Ruby and Rails development on the Mac just got even sweeter.
Via Samurai Coder.
Mocha and RSpec Don't Play Nice
Posted on 14 Dec 2007
Mocking is a great part of RSpec, and from the documentation it looks insanely easy. What had me frustrated on a current project is the fact that the mocks and stubs wouldn't always do what I'd expect them to do. No errors when methods weren't invoked, and, the worst part, mocks wouldn't be cleaned up between examples which resulted in rather weird errors. They only occurred when run as a whole with
rake spec but not when I ran the specs through TextMate.
I was going insane, because noone on the mailing list seemed to have any problems, same for friends working with RSpec. Then I had another look at the RSpec configuration.
Turns out, the reason for all of this is that Mocha was used for mocking. Switching the configuration back to use RSpec's internal mocking implementation, everything worked like a charme from then on.
So what you want to have in your
SpecHelper isn't this:
Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
config.mock_with :mocha
but rather
Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
config.mock_with :rspec
or no mention at all of
mock_with which will result in the default implementation being used which is, you guessed it, RSpec's own.
When using CruiseControl.rb for continuous integration, and RSpec for testing, the defaults of CruiseControl.rb don't play that nice with RSpec. However, that can be remedied pretty simply.
By default CruiseControl.rb runs its own set of Rake task, which invoke a couple of Rails' tasks, including
db:migrate and
test. You do want the first ones, but you'd rather have CruiseControl.rb run your specs instead of your the (most likely non-existing) Test::Unit tests.
Before running its default tasks it checks whether you have a specific task configured in your project settings, and if you have a task called
cruise in your project's Rakefiles. You can use both, but I just declared a task
cruise in the Rakefile, and I was good to go.
That task can to pretty much the same as the original CruiseControl.rb implementation, and even be shorter since it can be tailored for your project, but invokes
spec instead of
test. One caveat is to set the correct environment before running
db:migrate. I split out a tiny
prepare task which does just that, and can do a couple of other things, if necessary, like copying a testing version of your database.yml.
desc "Task to do some preparations for CruiseControl"
task :prepare do
RAILS_ENV = 'test'
desc "Task for CruiseControl.rb"
task :cruise => [:prepare, "db:migrate", "spec"] do
Simple like that. The task
spec will automatically invoke
db:test:purge, so you don't need that.
I recently started picking up RSpec for a current project. Not too far along the way I found myself wanting to test a SOAP web service written with Active Web Service with it.
Given that these map to controllers it's pretty easy to do that. You can basically use the same things that you can use in Rails' function tests. All you need to do is include the correct helper that defines the methods, in your specification.
require 'action_web_service/test_invoke'
And that's it. From then on you can test your web services like controllers, given that you have an Service::SearchApi that uses the Service::SearchController, you can just do this:
describe Service::SearchController do
it "should find users with a valid input" do
users = invoke :find_users, "quentin"
users.should have(2).items
users.first.should be_instance_of(User)
There. It's that easy.
Friday Rails Links
Posted on 14 Sep 2007
The RSpec and Behaviour-Driven Development edition: * Behaviour-Driven Development. An excellent introduction to RSpec and BDD by Bruce Tate.
Introduction to RSpec by David Chelimsky.
Developing a Rails Model using BDD and RSpec by Luke Redpath. A year old, but still good for an overview.


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Panelist Biography
- Marc S. Allen
- Assistant Associate Administrator for Strategy, Policy, and International
MARC S. ALLEN is Assistant Associate Administrator for Strategy, Policy, and International within NASAs Science Mission Directorate. In this capacity, his major functions include international cooperation, strategic planning coordination, and oversight of the Directorates relationship with the National Research Council. He coordinates Directorate plans and policies and represents them to key external groups, including the research community and foreign partners.
Before coming to NASA in late 1997, he served for seven years as Director of the National Research Councils Space Studies Board. Previously, he held management positions at CTA Incorporated and Computer Sciences Corporation, working at NASAs Langley Research Center and Goddard Space Flight Center in the areas of space systems analysis and applications software development. Holding a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Michigan, his first career was research in solar physics and stellar spectroscopy.


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The Vice-Chancellor Welcomes the Students to 2015/2016 Academic Year
On Tuesday September 29, 2015, the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Philip Maiyo PhD as the tradition calls, welcomed all the students, faculty and staff to the new academic year. He also took time to introduce the administrators, faculty and staff to the general assembly.
Heralding the occasion as a special one coming with the need for renewed focus, determination and teamwork from all and sundry, the Vice-Chancellor underscored the role of our University as a leading light in quality education. The Vice-Chancellor reminded his listeners of the relevance of upholding the virtues and principles of the University as defined and spelled out in the student hand book and other University official documents. He encouraged the student to consult the relevant individuals and offices of the University administration when in doubt.
"My university administration is open to constant communications with the student SABU leadership and individuals. Regular forums are scheduled for constant dialogue", he remarked.
In regard to the student welfare services, the Vice-Chancellor revealed that the Government of the Republic of Kenya has seconded a medical doctor to the Jeremic Baraton Hospital in order to strengthen the medical services both the university community and away. He added also that one other additional medical doctor is expected to add to the professional medical services the hospital provides. In regard to the need to keep the quality of hostel services high, the Vice-Chancellor confirmed that a lot of focus, attention and priority has been given to such and other related services.
Mindful of reputation and the need to uphold the standards of excellence, the Vice-Chancellor reminded the attentive students of the importance of observing the examination rules and regulations to the value of their certificates. "Ignorance is no defense in law", he said. "Students must work hard to obtain high GPA", he added.
Conscious of the challenges facing the young people in the contemporary society, the Vice-Chancellor reiterated the University's Christian philosophy which doesn't entertain health abuses such as drug abuse, alcoholism, immoral relations etc in its fraternity.
In conclusion, the Vice-Chancellor lauded the positively interactive university environment which nurtures a healthy medium for character development and productive academic discourse. "It is wise for the students to take advantage of this for their own short and long term advantage".


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June 3, 2013 --If your child still needs a physical for camp, or for school sports, you know it can be tough to get an appointment at the pediatrician's office this time of year.
So this offer from CVS Minute Clinics comes at a good time.
Through the month of June, they're taking $10 off the regular $59 price of a physical.
Click here to find a participating location near you. Evening and weekend appointments are available.


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The Dark Ages
by: R. Aurelius Orcus
A. Economy, Trade and Technology
For some reason the Myceneans abandoned their civilization between 1200 and 1100 BC. The populations of their once-mighty cities dwindled rapidly until there was no urbanized culture left on the Greek mainland. Most of the cities were eventually destroyed, and all the great craftsmen of the Mycenean cities faded away when society could no longer support them. How much of their culture they abandoned, we don't know. For the one key element of their culture that they did abandon was writing, and we don't know why. Without writing, they left us no history following the collapse of Mycenean civilization; we have, instead, only five centuries of mystery: the Greek Dark Ages. Also called, the Greek Middle Ages, this period may have been precipitated by migrations and invasions of a people speaking a dialect of Greek, the Dorians. Later Greeks believed this to be the case: in Greek history and legend, the Dorians were a barbaric northern tribe of Greeks who rushed down into Greece and wrested control over the area.
It was a time of chaos and some compare it with the dark ages of the western civilisation. It was a time of turmoil and chaos and a time where most of the legends took place as did human sacrifice. Poets who travelled around were a common sight back then. The entire population of Hellas must have been dramatically reduced because settlements had become much smaller. Small communities were similar to a small tribe and in time of danger they went up a hill for protection. The ruling party consisted of people with the title basileus (king). Such a king had to make sure he didn't miff his fellow lords. The decisions were more in favor of those who had more cattle or land and were usually the minority. By the 9th century BCE the population had grown larger, sothat people went out to the nearby islands to settle. By the end of the 9th century the Greeks had entered the ports of northern Syria, Fenicia and Cyprus.
In the absence of archaeological evidence, it seems unlikely that a nomadic, tribal group could so easily overcome a highly efficient, warfare-centered society like the Myceneans. There is, though, no reason to disbelieve the Greeks. The best explanation is that a combination of economic decline and migrations of northern peoples slowly spelled the end of the Myceneans.
From 1200 (or 1150, or 1100, take your pick) to 750, the Greeks lived a fairly sedentary, non-urbanized, agricultural life. Many villages were abandoned, and it seems likely that many Greeks returned to a nomadic life in small tribal groups. Many Greeks in this period took to the sea and migrated to the islands in the Aegean; according to Greek history, the Dorians soon followed them. Not only did the Greeks abandon writing and most crafts, they also abandoned their large commercial network. They virtually stopped trading with Asia Minor, the Middle East, and Egypt; in fact, they seem to have stopped trading with one another as well. Fortunately for the Greeks, none of the great powers had ever been interested in Europe or the Aegean, so the Greek Dark Ages, once the Dorians had settled, were probably a time of peace. This long breathing-space allowed the Greeks the leisure to slowly redevelop an urbanized culture. Despite the bleakness of the situation, the Greeks began to slowly urbanize in the latter part of the Dark Ages. This early-urbanized culture would produce, at the very close of the Greek Dark Ages, the single greatest Greek accomplishment in the Greek view of themselves: the poetry of Homer. Not only are the two epic poems of Homer windows into the distant Mycenean past and into the darkness of the Greek Middle Ages, they are the defining moment in Greek culture; for the Greeks will turn to these poems throughout their history to define themselves culturally, politically, and historically.
The Greek Dark Ages were characterized by a gradual, though severe, decline in material culture. Mycenaean pottery styles were gradually replaced by proto-Geometric ware, cremation supplanted burial, and the appearance of long pins and spectacle-fibula suggest a new style of dress. International trade, monumental building, and the size of the Greek population declined considerably from Mycenaean times. There is no evidence for writing, and cities dramatically shrank in size. The new technology introduced in the Dark Ages was mainly military: iron weapons and tools appeared, and the slashing sword and throwing spear were introduced. In the 11th or 10th century, cavalry replaced the chariots of the Bronze Age. The later Greeks saw this period as a Heroic Age, and much of our information about Greek society and culture in the Dark Ages comes from legends preserved in later literature.
The exploits of these heroes formed three "cycles": The Theban Cycle, supposedly occurring two generations before the Trojan War and concerning Oedipus and his family; the Cycle of Heracles and his sons, the Heraclidae; and, the Trojan Cycle, the war of the Achaeans against Troy, led by Agamemnon, Achilles, and Odysseus. These legends are preserved in Attic drama of the fifth century BCE and in the epic poems called the Iliad and the Odyssey. The epics were ascribed to the blind poet, Homer, who probably lived sometime between 850 and 650 BCE The same individual may have composed both works, but it is more likely that the Iliad predates the Odyssey by about a century. The poems contain some reliable traditions dating back to the Mycenaean Age: the use of chariots and bronze weapons, large royal palaces, and the Catalog of Ships (Iliad 2.484 ff), which reflects the importance of Mycenaean, not Dark Age, states. Other elements clearly belong to the 10th and 9th centuries: the use of the dipylon or "figure 8" shield, the ritual gift of tripods, and the cremation of the dead.
In both epics, the Mycenaean world and the Dark Ages are blended together, and it is difficult to distinguish the date of various elements of the poems. In the Dark Ages, Greek states were considerably smaller and less wealthy than in Mycenaean times, though the basic unit is already the walled polis or city-state. Social organization was tribal: Ionians, for example, were grouped into four tribes. Within the tribes there were "brotherhoods" (phratriai) composed of members sufficiently related to each other to certify legitimate birth and citizenship. The landless day-laborers (thetes) were at the bottom of the social ladder, even below slaves. Most of the people (demos) were free peasants, who might be convened in the assembly place (agora) to listen to their superiors but expressed their wishes only by silence or applause. There was no voting and it was not normal for a commoner to speak in the assembly. An aristocratic warrior class, based on birth, wealth, and military prowess, formed clans (gene), which maintained relations with each other through arranged marriages and guest-friendship (xenia), involving the ritual exchange of gifts. The leaders of the aristocratic clans met in a council (boule) and advised the king, now called a basileus instead of wanax.
Royal powers were not absolute but depended on the consent of the nobles and clan leaders. Religion was family-based and centered around the hestia, or hearth. Zeus was the king of the gods, but the other gods sat in council, gave advice, and even sometimes opposed Zeus. The gods had local associations: Hera with Argos, Sparta, and Mycenae; Athena with Athens and Troy; Aphrodite with Paphos in Cyprus; and Ares with Thrace.
B. The Dorians and the Dorian Invasion
Legends which survived among the Dorians and have come down to us through Pindar, Herodotus and other ancient writers. They say that the earliest ancestors of the Dorians were Makednoi (that is, Macedonians), who migrated to Doris from Pindos, more precisely from the Lakmos region. The Dorians took their name from Doris, where they formed themselves into one ethnic group by the union of the local inhabitants and the newcomers, it can readily be inferred that the name Makednoi and the mention of Pindos as their original homeland do not refer to the whole of the Dorian tribe but just to one of its component groups - not the Hylleis, however, because these had settled in present-day Sterea Hellas earlier.
Ancient texts containing echoes of fragments of a very old lost epic about Aigimios say that the Dorians were in danger of attack by the Lapiths, that the king of the Dorians, Aigimios, sought the help of Herakles in return for the reward mentioned above, and that Herakles repulsed the Lapiths and established the Dorians in a region from which he had driven out the Dryopians. It follows that the race which was led by Aigimios and helped by Herakles was not yet the Dorians but the Makednians. Herakles here is no more than the representative of a people in central Sterea Hellas. One of the texts mentioned above says that Aigimios people at the time of the Lapith attacks were in Histiaiotis; others imply that they had already reached the northern part of present-day Sterea Hellas. The second version must be the earlier one, because it tallies with the mention of the alliance of the people who are represented by Herakles. The mention of the Lapiths as enemies of the Dorians, i.e. the Makednians, does not conflict with this version since, as we have seen, there are traces of Lapith settlements in the Spercheios Valley.
The Dorians of the historical period were divided into three tribes: Hylleis, Dymanes, and Pamphyloi. The eponymous heroes of the Dymanes and the Pamphyloi were believed to be the sons of Aigimios who had led the Dorians to Doris. The eponymous hero of the Hylleis was said to be the son of Herakles who had acquired one third of Aigimios kingdom for helping him against the Lapiths.
In the 12th century, the power vacuum created by the decline of Mycenaean civilization was filled by Greeks speaking the Dorian dialect, who invaded the peninsula from the north. Greek tradition characterized this movement as the "return" of the sons of Heracles (Heraclidae): Hyllus, Dymas, and Pamphylas, who were the eponymous founders of the three Dorian tribes. The Dorians originally came from southern Macedonia, though the Greeks derived their name from the city of Doris in central Greece. It may be that the Dorians settled there for some time before moving into the Peloponnese. The Argolis, Lacedaemon, and Messenia were conquered, and the Achaeans and Arcadians pushed into corners of the peninsula. Other Dorian groups attacked the Aegean Islands, and conquered Thera, Melos, and the central portion of Crete. A few cities in Asia Minor (principally, Halicarnassus and Cnidos) were founded or cofounded by Dorians. The Dorian invasion corresponded with the start of the Iron Age in Greece, but despite the introduction of this superior metal, culture as a whole declined in Greece as a result of the Dorian invasion.
C. Aeolian and Ionian Migrations
The speakers of the Aeolian and Ionian dialects were pushed out of their original territories by the Dorian invaders. The Aeolians settled on the northwest coast of Asia Minor and on the islands of Tenedos and Lesbos. This Aeolian migration seems to have started around 1130 and to have lasted until 1000 or even later. Athens resisted the Dorians, though in the 11th and 10th centuries there were changes in Athenian burial customs, dress, and pottery style, which suggests the arrival of new peoples. These were probably Ionian and perhaps Mycenaean refugees fleeing the Dorians. Athens also formed a base for an Ionian migration to the east. The Ionians invaded the western coast of Asia Minor, which was subsequently called Ionia, taking over the existing cities of Colophon, Miletus, Smyrna, Myus, Priene, Ephesus, Phocaea, and others. The Cyclades were also settled by Ionians in this period. The spread of proto-Geometric pottery from Athens to all over the Aegean world in the 10th century is probably connected to this Ionian migration. The Ionians shared common religious festivals, particularly the Panionium and Delian festival of Apollo.
D. The Greek Renaissance (900-800 BCE)
After 900, eastern (orientalizing) influence resulted in the development of the proto-Corinthian and proto-Attic pottery styles. The stiffness of geometric design gave way to lively representations of humans and animals: color reappeared; ornament, often symmetrical, was vigorous. A whole new set of vase shapes was invented. Spread by the growing trade with distant places, then by colonies, proto-Corinthian became the luxury pottery of the Mediterranean world. Grave sites at Athens indicate a remarkably high rate of population increase in the 9th century
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By CAROL HUNTER
Well, we got plenty of rain Tuesday night at our house. There was over an 1 1/2 inch of rain when I emptied the rain gauge. Friday night into Saturday we got another inch. The ground is really soaking up this rain as it falls. Hadn't realized it but we were really needing some rainfall. Weather forecasters predicting some more pretty good chances of rain this up coming week also. This next week not be as hot as it has been only in the 80s.
Katie Underwood and brother Hunter visiting at our house on Saturday evening.
Lou Davis Higgins doing well on Tuesday of this week when talking with her. She has a big birthday coming up on Aug. 26, as she will be 96 years old. Remarkable lady for sure. Do give her a call on that day and wish her a happy birthday if you can.
Please uplift these people in prayer: Kathy Martin, Denise Stanton, Edith Miller, Joann Braswell and the Trena Curtis family.
Pretty sure those skunks have taken refuge somewhere else as it's been two weeks now and positively no sign of them still being at Aubrey's shop. I'm still keeping a watchful eye out for them just in case I'm wrong. A passing thought ... maybe the "little green men" took care of them. Those little aliens want all the attention and certainly don't want to share their limelight with some skunks.
Receiving some flowers from friend Diane on Monday evening. Will get them set out tomorrow as the rain is stopping me today with on and off showers. Diane is always coming to my rescue as I needed some more monkey grass. I am wondering where did they get this name? Really I have no idea. Will have to check this out as inquiring minds like me want to know its origin.
Carlon and Mai Nell Melton at church on Sunday. Carlon was a "sight for sore eyes" for a lot of us. We were all glad he was able to be there.
Brother Armstrong preached one more great sermon about the times we are living in. God knows "all" that is going on and He will have the final say as to how the outcome will be as for all of those that do not acknowledge Him and fear Him. God's patience with America, I believe, has just about played out. This country that once was so great and mighty with God at the reigns is no longer looked up to in any shape, form or fashion by any nation in the world, because we have become so ungodly. Pretty grim outlook for the kids and grandkids that depend on us adults to set examples of righteousness and holiness in reverence to God in everything that we say and do each day and have our backs turned against the evil that would ensnare us if we let it. Those kids and grandkids look up to us and we should be looking up to God. Going along with what others may be doing wrong in their living for this last world is quite a sad situation especially, when they know better. Believe it or not, kids are watching and listening to your and me and we are shaping their values, character and just how well they are going to turn out in life. Until America's people truly care about their families, and what's to become of them, will be able to turn this around and become a God-fearing nation once again. If you love your family, you should care enough to do what is right by them by doing only what God would want you to do, After all, the only winner there will ever be is God because He owns it all.
Wondering if J's Restaurant in the Three Star Mall in McMinnville will keep going on after the passing of its popular owner Jean-Claude Petit at age 67? Good news is that his son, Junior Petit, will be carrying on the family business as usual.
Also, Nestor Stewart, age 87, owner of Stewart's Pharmacy in McMinnville passed away on Tuesday, June 23. The pharmacy opened on the following Saturday to serve a whole lot of customers as I'm sure Nestor would have wanted. Really good when a family business continues and honors that one individual that made it a success while they were here.
Rick Hubler, the truck driver I've spoken about in the column finally had the opportunity to scare me really good Thursday evening as I was mowing around Aubrey's shop. Concentrating on my mowing, minding my own business and not bothering anyone, he came up behind me, set down on the horn and startled me so bad I couldn't even scream as I always do, if someone scares me. I put my hands on the steering wheel and just stopped - tears coming to my eyes and Rick wanted to know was I okay? I said I think so as I was trying to get our a Kleenex out of my pocket to catch those tears and then I started laughing as he did. He knew who Aubrey enjoyed doing this to me so he wanted to carry on the tradition. I told him if Aubrey knows what just happened, he's totally elated and laughing his head off too.
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The Norwegian Knowledge Train includes the activities of the Jærmuseet Science Circus that are all in the category of outreach, and will reach far, as they will be visiting Faroe Islands with their diverse show. They will also travel to rural areas in Norway and visit Biophilia schools. Their activities take place from June 2015 to March 2016.
The main activities of the knowledge train are knowledge days in Flekkefjord and Sand, a tour to Faroe Islands and inspirational visits to the schools involved in the Biophilia project.
The UN year of Light and light technology will also get its part in the programme. The schools involved are Fjelltun (Strand municipality), Goa (Randaberg municipality), Tu (Klepp municipality) and Madlavoll (City of Stavanger). The age groups of the schools are 1.-7. grade (6-13 years old). This part of the programme takes place in October and November.
The schools involved in the knowledge days are chosen because of their location. Flekkefjord is a small town where the largest nearby city is 100 km away. Sand in Ryfylke is a very rural area, it covers more than 1/6 of the area of Rogaland.The rural schools have less opportunity to visit the Science centers due to lack of funds for transport, and also that large part of the school hour would be lost in travel time.
We emphasize a wide cooperation with other institutes, businesses and nearby municipalities. That of course includes cooperating with the Biophilia Steering Group and therefore we aim to strengthen their Education Project by inspirational visits to the schools where they will pilot their project.
In the activities above our partners will be: The University of Stavanger, Fjelltun skole, Goa skole, Madlavoll skole, Tu skule, Teknisk senter Flekkefjord, Flekkefjord ungdomsskole, Flekkefjord vidaregåande skule, Flekkefjord kommune, Flekkefjord industriforeining.


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"Living Legacy" is an exhibit of large format black and white portraits of Truro elders shot by photographer and artist Mason Morfit and accompanied by personal stories and memories of Truro from live interviews conducted by Ellen Anthony.
This project which is in its third year, is funded by a grant from Truro Treasures, and continues the important work and project begun by writer and photographer, Helena Snow, and continued by artist Joyce Johnson.
The work will be displayed as an exhibition at the Highland House Museum from June 1 to June 30, 2017.
The 2017 honorees are: Jean Cooper, Butch Francis, Donald Horton, Ann Kelley, Lucy Perry, Malcolm Rose, Girard Smith, Manny Souza, Virginia Souza (pictured here), and Bill Worthington.
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