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There were plenty of Olympians who gave the U.S. a reason to be proud. Manteo Mitchell ran the first leg of the 4×400-meter relay in qualifying despite breaking his fibula during his lap and still managed to fight through the pain to hand off the baton. Kayla Harrison won America's first gold medal in judo after enduring years of sexual abuse by a former coach. Kristin Armstrong, a 38-year-old mother, came out of retirement to win the cycling road race.
But the moment that resonated the most was Alex Morgan's header in extra time of the U.S. women's soccer team's dramatic 4-3 win over Canada in the semifinals en route to winning the gold. Despite trailing three separate times in the match, the U.S. rallied each time to tie. It was the fourth gold medal in five Olympics since women's soccer was introduced in 1996, and there's nothing America loves more than winners.
Lolo Jones' disappointing fourth-place finish in the women's 100-meter hurdles was overcome by teammates Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells finishing second and third, respectively. But Harper and Wells lashed out at Jones the morning after, apparently bitter at the attention and endorsements Jones has received.
"I think that, on the podium tonight, the three girls that earned their spot and they got their medals and they worked and did what they needed to do, prevailed," Wells said.
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A pair of U.S. Olympic stars entered retirement on a high note. Michael Phelps left London with a total of 22 medals in his career, an Olympic best. He added six more this Olympiad (four golds, two silvers), including a gold medal in his last race — the 4x100m medley relay final. Misty May-Treanor, who plans to retire, and her partner, Kerri Walsh Jennings, won their third straight gold in beach volleyball in their last Olympics as a team.
St. Kitts and Nevis sprinter Kim Collins spent the night with his wife in a hotel outside the Olympic Village, prompting his team to ban him from running in the 100-meter dash and expelling him from the Games. Collins, who carried his country's flag in the opening ceremonies, told BBC's Radio 5: "I would have had better luck if I'd gone off with some chick and came back in time."
Meanwhile, American judo fighter Nick Delpopolo tested positive for marijuana following his competition on July 30 and was also expelled. He said he ate the pot accidentally before the Olympics began.
McKayla Maroney, a member of the United States' gold medal-winning women's gymnastics squad, gestured on the medal stand after placing second in the vault. Her disapproving expression spawned the "McKayla Maroney is not impressed" Internet meme, with amateur Photoshop users placing her in the foreground of famous photos.
During a 72-hour stretch, the men's basketball tournament became an advertisement for wearing cups on the court. The U.S. vs. Argentina group-play game saw Carmelo Anthony hit the deck after a low blow from Facundo Campazzo, who said he was retaliating from a Chris Paul shot earlier in the game. Two days later in the quarterfinals, France's Nicholas Batum wound up and drilled Spain's Juan Carlos Navarro in the unmentionables, saying he "wanted to give them a good reason to flop."
With Phelps stepping away from the Olympic swimming spotlight, a trio of young women are poised to fill his void. Missy Franklin, 17, took home five medals in London and set world records in the 200-meter backstroke and 4×100-meter medley relay. Franklin's haul was expected, but 15-year-old Katie Ledecky's gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle was a surprise. Both should be strong medal contenders in 2016 and beyond. Outside the pool, U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas became the first African-American to win the individual all-around title and became one of the biggest new stars to emerge out of London.
A handful of Olympic athletes didn't get the memo that messages posted on Twitter can be viewed by the public and should be made carefully. Greek triple-jumper Paraskevi Papachristou didn't even get to compete in London before she was sent packing after a tweet perceived as offensive about African immigrants. Switzerland's Michel Morganella was far less subtle in earning his one-way ticket home. The soccer player wrote in French that South Koreans "can go burn" and they were a "bunch of mongoloids."
" 'Inspire a generation' is our motto. Not necessarily 'Create a generation', which is what they sometimes get up to in the Olympic village."
German rower Nadja Drygalla left London on Aug. 3 after the discovery that her boyfriend, Michael Fischer, was the member of an extremist political party in her home country inspired by the Nazis.
The Olympics heat up in four years, going from the overcast skies of London to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Golf will make its return to the Olympics after not appearing since 1904, and Tiger Woods said this month he would like to participate. "I've got to qualify first," Woods said. "If I get in, it would be great."


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Lawmakers call on Maine DHHS to follow the law
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A bipartisan group of legislators joined Consumers for Affordable Health Care and Maine residents to protest a decision by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to end contract ombudsman services through the state Medicaid Managed Care program.
The decision violates both state and federal law, and leaves Maine families without the services they need to navigate a complex health care system that includes MaineCare, the health insurance marketplace and private insurance.
"Contracts change all the time. I understand that. And the Department has an obligation to review contracts to make sure that the work they are paying for is needed and is getting done," said Rep. Karen Vachon. "But the Department also has an obligation to follow the law and to take care of Maine residents. In this case, they are Maine residents who need help to navigate our confusing health care system to get coverage."
In June, DHHS abruptly eliminated its long-standing contract with Consumers for Affordable Health Care to provide ombudsman services through Medicaid Managed Care section of state law.
"The Department has consistently set up roadblocks for families seeking health care and other forms of assistance, and it has shown a disregard for the law, for rulemaking and for the Legislature in general," said Rep. Linda Sandborn. "The Legislature has spoken and said that it requires the department to provide the ombudsman and navigation services. The Department is ignoring the law, and that's hurting real people who need help figuring out how to get health insurance."
The contract to provide the ombudsman and navigation services does not use state dollars. It is funded through a combination of federal dollars and privately raised matching dollars.
"Mainers need these services now more than ever," said Emily Brostek, executive director of Consumers for Affordable Health Care. "Maine is the only state in the country where the number of kids without health coverage is going up. Too often, families are going without coverage or care because they've been told they don't qualify for services when in fact they do. These families need an ombudsman program that is fighting for them – not just because federal and state law require these services, but because they deserve it."
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- The state will have to increase its General Fund budget (or if excess staff is available, forego other efficiencies) to provide these services.
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- This contract allows DHHS to deliver outreach services REQUIRED by Federal law without using any general fund dollars nor tying up any State FTEs to do so.
- State law REQUIRES that DHHS contract with a Maine nonprofit to provide services of this nature for as long as it doesn't cost the state any general fund money. This contract meets that standard.
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- CAHC has performed the duties under this contract since 2006. We are good at it.
- Without CAHC's services, DHHS would have to invest in training personnel to provide the outreach.
- Because of CAHC, fewer people go to DHHS with questions. CAHC educates on ALL options (Marketplace plans, FQHCs, free clinics, PHIP, prescription assistance, and hospital free care), thus minimizing the impact of required outreach on MaineCare spending.
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- The number served under this contract has increased dramatically. HelpLine calls alone have increased nearly six fold (from 1,622 in 2006 to over 6,700 in 2014). Just answering the calls would require tremendous DHHS staff time. Still more resources would be used to screen for all options.
"Last year, Maine families called the Consumers for Affordable Care helpline nearly 6,000 times because they were having trouble navigating a complex health care market place or because they couldn't make progress with the Department of Health and Human Services," said State Sen. Geoff Gratwick. "The ombudsman services CAHC has provided to our state, including this HelpLine, are critical to Maine families."
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In the previous installment, I listed several classes of evidence that suggest very strongly that cultural exchange, commerce, and genetic material crossed the oceans long before Columbus did. One of the classes I mentioned was skeletal. Funny thing about bones, a forensic pathologist or forensic anthropologist can discern many things about dead people's bones, including what ethnicity the living person was.
Dem Bones or Dry Bones or Dem Dry Bones is a well-known traditional spiritual, often used to teach basic anatomy to children (although its description is far from anatomically correct). The melody was written by James Weldon Johnson [1]. Two versions of this traditional song are widely used, the second an abridgement of the first. The lyrics are based on Ezekiel 37:14, where the prophet visits the Valley of Dry Bones[1] and brings them to life by mentioning God's name.
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James C. Chatters was the first person to conduct a scientific examination of the skeletal remains that became known as Kennewick Man. The following is quoted from the web page at the Smithsonian Institute linked at Mr. Chatters' name
"On July 28, 1996 two young men encountered a human skull in the Columbia River at Kennewick, Washington. That evening I was contacted by Coroner Floyd Johnson, for whom I conduct skeletal forensics. I joined him at the site and helped police recover much of the skeleton. During the next month, under an ARPA permit issued by the Walla Walla District Corps of Engineers, I recovered more wave-scattered bones from the reservoir mud. Throughout the process, I maintained contact with the Corps, which interacted with two local Indian Tribes.
"The completeness and unusually good condition of the skeleton, presence of caucasoid traits, lack of definitive Native-American characteristics, and the association with an early homestead led me to suspect that the bones represented a European settler."
That first impression was most likely correct. Kennewick Man probably was what Mr. Chatters surmised, but several millenia before there should have been a white European along the Columbia River.
What first tipped off James Chatters to the skull's possible European traits was how the nose projected. As the forensic anthropologist looked closer, he found other clues: how the face itself projected between the eyes and upper lip and how narrow the face was; the delicate lower jaw; the long, narrow cranium; and the absence of flaring cheekbones. Photograph by James Chatters/Applied Paleoscience.
A leaf shaped projectile point was detected embedded in the pelvis of Kennewick Man's skeleton. This was Mr. Chatters' first clue that the skeleton in question was not a settler in historic times. Calcification around the projectile indicated that it was not the wound that killed KM, but it certainly was evidence that KM was probably much older than the historic settler era of that region of Washington. The projectile design and manufacture was common and consistent to those found in the Columbia River basin.
"I first began to question this when I detected a gray object partially healed within the right ilium. CT scans revealed the 20 by 54 mm base of a leaf-shaped, serrated Cascade projectile point typical of Southern Plateau assemblages from 8500 B.P. to 4500 B.P. However, similar styles were in use elsewhere in western North America and Australia into the nineteenth century."
"We either had an ancient individual with physical characteristics unlike later native peoples' or a trapper/explorer who'd had difficulties with "stone-age" peoples during his travels. To resolve this issue, the Coroner ordered radiocarbon and DNA analyses."
That's when the remains became controversial. The radiocarbon dating showed that KM died 8410 +/- 60 B.P (conducted late summer 1996). With that age of the bones verified by accepted dating techniques, how could KM have been anything other than a native American and thus subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA)?
Without reiterating all the gory details of that dogfight, multiple lawsuits ensued about who would have custody of those remains. Would KM be reburied by one of the tribes, be studied by scientists, or even be honored as a European ancestor by American Pagan groups?
The Federal Government pulled out all stops to get the bones into the hands of the tribes for reburial in a secret location that would halt all further efforts that might result in KM being proven anything other than a Native American, all under the auspices of NAGPRA.
Scott L Malcomson wrote a brilliantly insightful and in-depth article for the New York Times as to why it was important for the government to pursue that course of action and he interviewed the other interested parties (no interviews with government officials were granted). It boils down to racial issues and related laws. Mr. Malcomson also acquired a new appreciation for the natural beauty of both that part of the country and of the people who live there. As did I, just by reading his article.
As to Mr. Chatters, he has become somewhat resentful of some of the attention. Before the discovery of KM, he enjoyed a truly good, friendly relationship with the tribes in that area (where he lives and whom his business supports). Since the discovery, some tribe members are cool towards him and his work. He misses them as friends, but he stands by that first impression that KM does not have the skeletal features usually attributed to Native Americans.
James Chatters: The forensic anthropologist who sparked the controversy. Photograph by Eve Fowler for The New York Times.
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Jim Chatters also undertook a reconstruction of KM's face using accepted techniques. You can find a Quicktime (c) 3D view here.
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And then there is the DNA evidence. Or rather, the lack of it. Examination of the reports of this testing seem to indicate that no matter how many times they repeated the test, the results were unacceptable -- always showing caucasoid origins. So they blamed it on contamination of the tools by one or more of the investigators. These reports are, of course, prepared by the agencies of the Federal Government.
In reality, contamination of samples is a very real problem in the type of DNA testing used. The replication of sequencing tends to "grab" any foreign genetic material and replicate it in the billions while doing the same for the test sample. It's just the nature of the process.
However, in reading those reports, and in my related research regarding lab techniques as reported, it seems these were very careful, professional people conducting these tests. The whole contamination issue seems very reminiscent of the arguments involved in the so-called "cocaine mummies", and those arguments still sound lame to me for both cases.
Why all the hubbub, Bub?
As Mr. Malcomson so aptly stated it, if KM is caucasian (or anything other than American Indian), then the implications affect many current social, cultural, and legal points and ultimately upsets the status quo. KM's ethnicity can even throw into question the validity of current recognition of tribal rights and national legal status.
Furthermore, KM as Caucasian upsets all the archeaological, historical, anthropological, and even "right of discovery" applecarts.
Even among the more adventurous scientists in the field, the consensus is holding, for now, that all or most pre-Columbian Americans came from northern Asia and, at the outside, Southeast Asia. However, the public imagination, and to a degree the scientific imagination, has tended to fasten on the possibility of ancient Europeans reaching America prior to the ancestors of Native Americans. Within the scientific literature, ancient European migration is in a contest with African migration for last place. Nevertheless, when the lead plaintiff in the scientists' lawsuit, Robson Bonnichsen, tried to explain in a court affidavit why Kennewick Man deserved careful study, he said current science suggests "that the earliest inhabitants of this continent may have no modern descendants. . . . Multiple colonizing groups appear to be represented and many of the oldest studied skeletons have strong Caucasian skeletal features."
That's a lawyer explaining to a judge on behalf of a bunch of scientists what all us lay diffusion people knew all along. He uses virtually the same language that Dr. Myron Paine uses to describe his "Many Model"; Many peoples, at many times, from many places. And his arguments were successful. KM is now an object of scientific study rather than filling an unmarked grave. Stay tuned. This story won't end here. The best we can hope for is that KM gets the respect and attention that the scientific community payed towards "Otzi", the 5,000 year old "iceman" discovered in the Alps. From the point of view of forensics, the two sets of remains had suffered arguably similar physical injuries. Otzi, however, never suffered the same indignities.
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But there's a new, ironic twist to his thwarted takeover attempt. You might even call it a case of reverse racism.
The Los Angeles Times has previously cataloged Cobb's plot and the repeated stumbles he's faced -- first running afoul of local health rules, then discovering on a nationally syndicated talk show that a DNA test showed he was actually 14% sub-Saharan African.
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Mountain Skies is a column appearing twice a month in The Transylvania Times newspaper, Brevard, NC. Written by a PARI astronomer, the column covers the upcoming two weeks of night-sky observing opportunities in Western North Carolina and includes information regarding the constellations, stars, moon phases, planets and other celestial bodies that are visible to the casual observer. Astronomical explanations and terminology are defined where necessary. Each column is accompanied by a graphic that illustrates a concept or event mentioned in the narrative. Many of these graphics are star charts to assist the reader in locating the object(s) referenced.
PARI's Astronomical Advisories provide more information on the events mentioned in Mountain Skies. The Astronomical Advisories are notices of astronomical events and are distributed to media outlets throughout the region. They appear regularly in a number newspapers and newsletters. Many are also used by radio stations and referenced by television stations during nightly weather forecasts or special programming.
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City teeming with activities, officials say
Who says nothing happens in Big Spring and Howard County?
Anyone who attended Tuesday's State of the Community Series luncheon – Part 1: Money at Work, got a detailed report. Presentations from the city of Big Spring, Howard County, Colorado River Municipal Water District, Howard College and Big Spring Economic Development Corporation focused on the different areas each entity is working on.
"Repetition was heard, but that only means that we are working together," City Manager Gary Fuqua said. "One entity can't do it alone. It requires partnerships and that is being seen here."
For more information, you may subscribe to the Big Spring Herald or purchase an e-edition.


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UNTOUCHABLE – New Single + Video FEB 10.
If you've been wondering what I've been up to or why I haven't posted in the last three months, I'm pretty excited about my new release coming out THIS FRIDAY – February 10. Conveniently scheduled the same day as the Lego Batman Movie because, of course, my video is a LEGO STOP-MOTION ANIMATION! WOOOOOO!!! So excited. The full video will be on Youtube and Facebook, with the single being released on itunes, apple music, Spotify, and all the big ones.
Check out my KING DYLAN FANPAGE to see the video "Untouchable Teaser"
And for anyone in the Calgary area who needs to see me live, I'm opening for Juno-Award winner SHAWN DESMAN at Marquee on Thursday February 16th. Should be fun! Click here for TICKETS


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Williamsburg Montessori School has added another component to a wide array of hands-on learning experiences it offers in its Middle School program: Montessori Model UN (MMUN). Like the traditional Model UN counterpart, MMUN provides a simulation of the UN general assembly and other multilateral bodies.
Upon announcing the program, Middle School Humanities teacher Corinna Ferro was swarmed with interested 6th - 8th grade students, resulting in 100% participation.
In a program that already involves students in authentic learning experiences, the students at WMS have enjoyed taking on the role of ambassadors from the UN member states of France and Russia. According to Ferro, students jumped on research necessary to bring them up to speed on the background and global connections as regards the conflicts in Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, nuclear disarmament, peacekeeping in all of its aspects, the elimination of terrorism, prevention of an arms race in outer space, the advancement of women, and the promotion and protection of children among many other global concerns. They will go on to debate issues, make speeches, draft resolutions, negotiate and resolve conflict as well as become versed in UN committee procedures as they head to the MMUN conference in New York City from March 8th-11th.
"Our culminating activity will take place on the floor of the General Assembly of the UN where we'll pass the resolutions that committees come up with," said Ferro. Those resolutions are then passed on to the Secretary General.
A natural fit with the Montessori philosophy, which is founded on a "peace education," MMUN offers some unique angles on resolving conflict and sorting out solutions.
Ferro makes the distinction from what many consider a traditional school-based Model UN.
"Montessori Model UN does not focus on competition or give awards or prizes but rather truly models the UN in that regard, focusing instead on collaboration with other member states. Also, Montessori Model UN is a conglomerate of sovereign member states rather than a parliamentary forum."
Ferro explains why she set her sites on MMUN this year.
"We continually search for ways that students can apply what they are learning at school, particularly as they develop life skills like critical thinking, collaboration, and conflict resolution. My goal in developing a MMUN program at WMS was to foster the revolutionary impulse in students. I wanted them to know that their voice is heard and that they can foment change in the world. With our national political climate as it is, it's important to show how positive, peaceful change, civil discourse, and de-escalation through negotiation and diplomacy can be transformative in local, national, and international contexts."
Founded in 1982, the Williamsburg Montessori School provides an individualized daily living and learning environment designed to help children and (now) adolescents grow socially, physically and mentally in a structure framed by the educational philosophy developed in 1907 by Maria Montessori, a legendary Italian educator who was nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Now in its third decade, the Williamsburg Montessori School endeavors to develop in each student the ability to solve problems independently, appreciate cultures and people around the world, make sound decisions, use freedom and education wisely, to respect him/herself as well as others, and above all, to take joy in learning.
Currently, the Williamsburg Montessori School has 145 students of all ages, representing more than 20 different countries, including India, Spain, Italy, Korea, China, South Africa, Lebanon, Syria, Peru, Trinidad, Vietnam and the Netherlands.
The Montessori Method is a unique, time-tested approach to teaching and learning. Since it was first introduced in 1907, the method has grown both in both size and scope. Montessori schools exist in nearly every country on earth with over 5,000 in the United States alone, while retaining core elements central to the healthy development of children and adolescents.
For more information about the Williamsburg Montessori Middle School, or the Montessori Method of education, please contact Sandy Andrews at 757-565-0977, or visit the Williamsburg Montessori School's website at www.williamsburgmontessori.org
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Though I've never met her in person - we talk on the phone sometimes albeit she dispenses most of the information - Paula Aschettino of Eastham has become my favorite Cape Cod female doer.
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Though I've never met her in person - we talk on the phone sometimes albeit she dispenses most of the information - Paula Aschettino of Eastham has become my favorite Cape Cod female doer.
Tenacity is her signature virtue. For four years she's been confronting the Boston bureaucrats and the state insurance companies over their biased view of Cape Cod as a "big risk" in the event of a substantial hurricane.
The insurers, with the state's blessings, have coordinated an assault on Cape and other coastal-area homeowners by unceremoniously shutting out longtime customers, raising rates substantially for others, offering less wind coverage and refusing new policies, shunting those left in the lurch to the state's FAIR plan, a consortium of insurers that, with state consent, offer FAIR as a final option that in itself is becoming no less expensive.
It means coastal areas pay a lot more for homeowner insurance than do inland communities when in fairness, all homeowner rates should be fairly stabilized throughout the state…each section helping the other in times of need.
To wit: The inland communities were battered by floods last week from the annual snow melt coupled with unusual amounts of rainfall, while Cape Cod remained relatively un-ravaged. We can assume that the millions of extra dollars from Cape Cod filling the insurance industry cup 'til it runneth over will cover flood victims inland who pay less than Cape Cod for insurance.
Now Aschettino and her Citizens for Homeowners Insurance Reform movement are being transformed from a grass-roots movement to a do-it-yourself organization at the suggestion of the state Legislature's Financial Services Committee (FSC).
That idea blossomed after Aschettino appeared March 3 to testify that none of the insurance reform bills before the FSC satisfy the citizen group from coastal communities.
"Since you do not support the present homeowner bills, why don't you write a bill and we will take a look at it?" the co-chairs of the FSC told her. Now Aschettino believes the Citizens for Homeowners Insurance Reform can bring a bill forward by late spring.
Aschettino said that while the opportunity to present a citizens' bill of its own appeared like an improvement, the bubble was burst when a state Division of Insurance report distributed to South Coast insurance agents failed to even mention homeowners' insurance. The report, Aschettino notes, says that auto insurance reform is working well and that the division now will focus its attention on health insurance.
"Well, what about the homeowners' insurance crisis?" asks Aschettino. "Four years and nothing's been done. No mention is made of the outrageous rates our coastal citizens must pay. No mention that our rates have increased 400 percent and that we have cried out to the commissioner of insurance, the Legislature and the governor yet nothing meaningful has taken place."
Voters would think the Legislature, having found meaningful auto insurance reform that has substantially reduced rates, would be eager to tackle homeowner insurance reform as well on behalf of the consumer electorate.
Aschettino points out some of the problems that need correction, such as a relief valve for consumers who disagree with the yearly inflated replacement values of a home that not only increases premiums but wind deductibles as well; nearly unfettered rate increases by insurers while the state sleeps at the switch; proof that hurricane loss assessments are accurate and assurance that predictive hurricane computer models use Massachusetts data.
Aschettino said a proper bill must also assure that amounts of reinsurance purchased – often blamed for higher premiums – must be appropriate to the coastal risk of hurricanes, again using Massachusetts data.
She claims that mainly all reinsurance costs are currently paid by coastal Massachusetts homeowners, "especially Territory 37 (Cape and Islands)" and that all predicted losses from all catastrophic events like last week's inland flooding are paid for by coastal citizens.
She points to discrimination concerning the age of homes built before 1930 that are given higher replacement costs that have caused some premiums to skyrocket from $1,200 a year to $4,000 – "causing great economic hardship for thousands of citizens."
Clearly, the state Legislature needs to act on these problems in view of the success of auto insurance reform, which itself was a very long time in coming and costing state citizens millions more than was necessary.
Aschettino deserves the appreciation of coastal residents for her willingness to hang onto the fight with bulldog determination and support from coastal homeowners for the organization that has formed around that endeavor.
Read more about it at www.homeownersinsurancereform.org and firstname.lastname@example.com.


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At St. Pius X - St. Matthias Academy, we not only provide events within the school day to nurture the spiritual health of the community. We also provide events for the community, and are open to anyone who would like to attend. We also attend events to inspire, ignite and foster spiritual growth.
We believe that leading teens in deep, personal, intimate worship through Eucharistic Adoration, Engaging Music, and Powerful Talks can have a tremendous effect on a young person's prayer life and relationship with Christ. XLT was born out of this desire and has grown to be a powerful part of the PMA Life Teen movement. These are held in the Large Group Room aka "Black Box", on PMA's campus.
God's Glory is Thrilling! Life has its ups & downs and so do roller coasters! Inspiration LA is the perfect backdrop for fun times and meaningful conversations as the summer winds down. After a long day of exciting rides, teens come to experience the thrill of a life in Christ through Mass, adoration worship and community.


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The Victoria is a 1442 sq. ft. two Storey home. With 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms it is definitely a home built for a family. Main level has kitchen complete with island and eating bar; walk-in pantry, stainless steel appliances, quartz kitchen counter tops and custom built cabinets by our very own Heartstone Cabinets. There's laminate flooring in kitchen, dining and great room and a 1/2 bath (powder room) near the garage entrance. On the second level is the luxurious master bedroom with a walk in closet and 3 piece en-suite with shower. Also on the second level is the main 3 piece bathroom and laundry room which are located close to the 3 extra bedrooms. Rear deck is complete with vinyl decking and gas line for bbq. The attached garage is an approx. 22 x 26 sq. ft. (572 sq.ft.).
For more info on this home please contact Amron Homes 403-548-3137.
Note: interior and exterior not exactly be as illustrated. Prices and specifications are subject to change without notification.


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American designer Lauren Vanessa Tickle has created a collection of intriguing accessories—named "Increasing Value"—that are made of one-dollar notes.
Slicing up the bills into intricate shapes, she then stick these pieces together to beautiful brooches, necklaces and earrings that directly reflect their monetary value.
Each piece is named after their exact cost—for instance, the $300.00 Necklace, the $16.00 Earrings and the $54.00 Brooch.
"I force wearers and observers to reflect on the concept of adornment in our society. One of the most conscious actions humans undertake is the decision of what to wear or not. My work takes underlying materialism and makes it explicit, imploring evaluation from all sides in each social context."
See more of these wearable, money-made paper sculptures here.
[via Lauren Vanessa Tickle]


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Farmers receive subsidies for producing things such as corn, barley, wool and wheat. A wide variety of subsidies are available to farmers for other things as well, such as disaster payments and improving environmental quality. These subsidies generally depend on things such as yearly output, where the farmer's land is located, what types of crops or other things they produce, and if they require emergency assistance or insurance subsidies to continue functioning and producing food.
EWG Farm Subsidies states that $256 billion has been paid out through farm, disaster and crop insurance subsidies since 1995. This is money paid by the government to farmers in order to reduce the cost of producing certain types of goods. Corn is one of the most heavily subsidized crops, and critics of farm subsidies use it as an example of how lopsided subsidies can be, since they usually favor staple crops, such as corn, wheat and barley, over other food types.
Disaster insurance and crop insurance are also paid to farmers through subsidies, and some subsidies known as prevented planting also exist to encourage farmers to not plant crops on their land. Insurance premiums that are subsidized cost billions of dollars every year, according to Grist.org, which also states that more than 75 percent of all federal subsidies have gone to a small fraction of farms.


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What is Docker?
Docker is a platform for developing, building and shipping the application using Container Virtualization Technology.
What Docker Consists of?
Docker Platform itself composed of many tools:
>>Docker Engine
>>Docker Machine
>>Docker Hub
>>Docker Swarm
>>Docker Compose
[Note: Container Virtualization uses kernel on host to create multiple containers. From outside it looks like we are dealing with VMs and not containers. But it is not.
We may be using the term hypervisor at many places below and a short note on what hypervisor is. A hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is a piece of computer software [Ex. VMware VSphere], firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines.
A computer on which a hypervisor is running one or more virtual machines is defined as a host machine. Each virtual machine is called a guest machine. ]
Why Docker?
>>Docker interacts directy with the Kernel of Host OS whereas the hypervisor are something installed on the Host and operates based on the Guest Instances sharing the Hardware Resources.
|Docker Architechture
|Hypervisor Architechture
- Containers interact directly with Host Kernel.
- Containers are lightweight and can be started quick.
- Containers requires less CPU and RAM to Start up. Thus we can have more Containers.
- It's nothing but the boot2Docker that helps us setup the Virtual Linux Box, place Docker Engine within and Configure Container to talk to this Engine.
- Docker Machine act the Docker Host.
Docker Engine:
Also referred as Docker Daemon.
- It's a program that enables the Containers to be built, shipped and run.
- The Docker Engine uses Linux-specific kernel features. We can relate just like the one below if our OS is Windows / Mac.
|Docker Engine
- Thus we install boot2Docker that sets up the Virtual Linux Box and have the Docker Engine placed with in.
Docker Client
- Docker clients helps in interacting with the Docker Server/ Docker Engine/
- Docker Client fetch the Input from User and pass the details back to Docker Daemon for processing.
- Docker Client and the Docker Machine(boot2Docker) in most of the cases are installed in the same host. Here it is the OS Platform that we use.
- If not happy with Command line docker, we also opt for Kitematic that GUI Tool for interacting with Docker daemon.
[Note: command docker version on container returns the Daemon Version and the Docker Version]
Containers Vs Images:
Images are read only Templates used to create the Containers. Stored in Local or the Docker Hub. While Containers are the Application Platform made up of multiple images.
Docker Registry/Hub Vs Repository:
Images can be stored in the registry/ Docker Hub. The registry holds multiple repositories and repository holds multiple images.
Example: Docker Hub Public Registry - https://registry.hub.docker.com
Image fetched from repository is run using docker run [repo_name: tag_name] command
How to create the Docker Engine?
Gets Automatically created if not created at the start of the boot2Docker terminal. This is just a general info.
Step 1: Run the common in terminal boot2Docker delete
Step 2: boot2Docker init - brings up the Docker Engine.
Step 3: boot2Docker up - starts the Docker Engine and would make it run.Step 4: boot2Docker ip - brings the IP Address
Common Docker Commands:
docker run [repo_name: tag_name of image] -> Fetch the Image and installs in the Container.
docker start name_of_container -> Starts the Container.
docker stop name_of_container -> Stops the Container.
docker ps [-a include stopped containers] -> Lists all the Containers.
docker rm <image | id> -> Remove a Container.docker login Login the Containers with Docker Hub Credentials.


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Leicester Physics Centre
The Leicester Physics Centre is sponsored by the East Midlands Branch of the Institute of Physics and hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester.
It presents a series of physics-based evening lectures with the aim of promoting the wonder of science to the public. People of all ages, both children and adults, are welcome to attend and schools are encouraged to participate. The lectures focus on interdisciplinary activities between the different sciences, as well as science and the arts.
Our next event:
Mike McNally from the University of Leicester will present a lecture entitled Colour and the Structure of Matter on Thursday 17th September 2015 at 18.30 in Lecture Theatre 3 of the Ken Edwards building. To view the poster for this event, please click here.
All events are free and open to the public.
- Join our mailing list to receive news of future events
- To book places please use this booking form


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I was talking with my wife today because she wants to start a blog about a new clothing business for kids she's opening next month. She asked my advice about how to get her blog high in the search engine rankings. I love it when she asks my advice about something, because she's 6,000 times smarter than me in the first place so it makes me feel good when she decides to pick my brain.
So needless to say I got really excited. I started carrying on and on about search engine optimization, link building strategies and all that. Then she interrupted me and said, "You know what, I'm not sure you know what you're talking about."
Oh, great...
So here's what I said. I said, "If I don't know what I'm talking about, why are you asking for my advice?"
She told me she just wanted to know if I agreed with a theory she came up with recently while researching her new business venture. She said it's her observation that search engines are becoming less relevant as people turn to Facebook and their mobile phones for immediate information instead.
When she or her friends need to know something -- like where's the best beauty shop or the closest family restaurant -- they go on Facebook or text their friends or use a cell phone app for the answer. She said using Google for this would have been her first thought a year or two ago...but not anymore.
So I just stared at her...and then I realized, yep, this is why she's smarter than me...


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Spring is officially here and that means bright colors, flowers in bloom and baby announcements in the mail. Here at Blooming Bath we've discovered some very inventive ways that our customers have been using their Blooming Baths that are perfect for every spring occasion.
Baby Shower Decor
Check out this amazing baby shower gift diaper tower with a Blooming Bath serving at its base. You can find Blooming Baths in pink, blue, yellow and green so you'll always find the perfect bath for any baby shower theme.
Baby Photo Shoot Prop
Spring is one of the best times of year for a baby photo shoot. And what better way to showcase the season than using the brightly colored Blooming Bath petals as a cozy prop for baby to relax in.
The Perfect Napping Place
We've often found that babies are so comfortable in the Blooming Bath during bathtime that they fall asleep. So, we think its a great fit when our older babies enjoy the Blooming Bath as a comfy nap mat.
How do you use your Blooming Bath?


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I've found that one of the best ways to eat healthy during the week is to have a lot of vegetables on hand. And one of the best ways to make sure that we have time to eat those vegetables is to do a lot of roasting. It's probably my favorite way to eat a vegetable (maybe except for the grilled kind) and I end up doing a lot of roasting on Sunday nights.
A few weeks ago, I roasted up a pan of sweet potatoes and red and yellow beets and had them on hand to make one of my favorite type of meals: a big ole quinoa bowl. I also had roasted asparagus and leftover Chicken Milanese (made with almond meal and ground pecans instead of bread crumbs) and topped some red quinoa with chicken, asparagus, sweet potato, beets, sautéed kale (try cooking them with chili powder and lime,..soo good) and some hummus! It was delicious, nutritious and filling.
And look, another bowl! When we don't fully meal prep or we need a quick lunch dinner, an easy meal that we've done a couple of times is this shrimp, green beans and pasta with pesto (inspired by chalkwhitearrow). It takes all of about 15-20 minutes to prep. Broil uncooked shrimp in the oven with butter, salt and pepper for about 5-6 minutes, and then cook the pasta while you broil some green beans with olive oil and salt and pepper in the oven for about 7 minutes. Mix the pasta up with some pesto and top with shrimp and green beans.
It's been a while since I pre-made breakfasts - we usually have meats and vegetables for lunches and dinners and do something easy for breakfast like eggs and bacon, yogurt and granola with fruit, or oatmeal - but I've had to go into work early the last couple of weeks so I tried these breakfast burritos that I assembled and then froze for the whole week. I used the Pioneer Woman's recipe for these and tried them with sausage last week and bacon this week. FYI, the handmade tortillas from Trader Joe's is the way to go.
While I'm posting pictures of photos, I'll throw these in here:
There is something so therapeutic about the process of making a pie, especially if you have several hours of leisure time in which to do it and you're doing it with a friend who is also a pie-lover. We were duly rewarded by a cherry pie, which we ate hot out of the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and a maple bourbon brown butter peach pie, which I've been eating straight out of the pan for breakfast and dinners.


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On June 15th, 2009 I was officially diagnosed with cancer. We were supposed to be leaving the next day for a family vacation to the beach and I asked my doctor, "can I still go?". He answered with an emphatic YES! Then proceeded with the killer caveat- "you better go and enjoy yourself because when you get back you are ours for the the next year."
With that statement, I packed my bags and headed to the beach with my husband and son. We have been vacationing in Buxton, North Carolina for the past 15 years, but this trip was going to take on new meaning for our family in more ways than we could ever imagine.
We arrived at the house and I put on my running shoes to try to clear my head. That night, we were going to tell my son I had cancer and I was dreading even thinking about the experience. So what better way to handle it than to put on my shoes and run away. Little did I know that I was running towards something.
I ran down the Old Lighthouse Road and when I got to the end of it I was incredibly perplexed. Here was a big compound of houses with a chain link fence around it and no one in sight. I ran around the fence trying to find some marking to help me better understand what it was. I finally came across a sign that indicated that it was owned by the US Coast Guard. It looked like a ghost town. Completely abandoned with no one in sight. Tons of houses, a playground in the middle- it looked so lonely. And keep in mind this is all oceanfront property access.
I turned around and started my run back to our beach house. The thought that these houses were supposed to be mine kept running through my head…. I could paint them pink…Little Pink Houses…I could create a cancer retreat center… families could come to get away from the daily life of cancer…I am supposed to do something amazing with this…you just found out you have cancer…what are you thinking?
As I ran back, I stopped at the realtor office to get the 411 on the property. The properties were owned by the Coast Guard, but they had abandoned them 5 years earlier. There are 23 houses in the compound that are in pretty decent shape and Oceanfront!!!.
What a great distraction for me. Here I am staring down the barrel of telling my 12 year old I have cancer a mere 24 hours after I have found out, and I have already starting making plans to change the world with this compound of houses. I laughed at myself (repeatedly). Talk about getting cancer and thinking that you are going to change things right from the very beginning. I was laughing even thinking about it and realized I better focus the rest of my run on how to tell my son that our world is about to change.
All week long, these houses kept calling to me, in a way that I cannot explain. Sometimes you do not know what you are supposed to do until you trip across your destiny. In my case, I feel like I ran right into it on a warm summer day in my running shoes.
This experience is what led me to develop the plan for Little Pink Houses of Hope. The beach is a place where we were able to reconnect and get stronger as a family as we prepared for the cancer journey. We have returned throughout treatment to find that same solace and place of peace. Little Pink uses a model of donated beach houses and volunteers to create that environment of which I dreamed. I have never felt more alive or moved by the plans that God has for me. I look forward to you dreaming with me!


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KALEENA MOSQUEDA-LEWIS (UConn, Sophomore, Forward)
- In last Monday's game against the No. 1 ranked Baylor Lady Bears, Mosqueda-Lewis had an outstanding game, although her Huskies fell short. She had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds by halftime. She finished the game with 26 points and 15 rebounds, outscoring every player on the court.
(No.1) BAYLOR @ (No.3) CONNECTICUT—Monday 2/18/13
- This much-anticipated game between two of the best teams in basketball ended with Baylor maintaining their 24 game winning streak and Brittney Griner having a historic showing. The 6'8" senior reached 3,000 career points, making her only one of eight women to ever do so. She also became the first woman to have 500 blocked shots. Although Griner had a rough start, she answered back after half time with 21 crucial points to ultimately lead the Lady Bears to a 76-70 win. For the Huskies, sophomore Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis carried the offense with 26 points and 15 rebounds, but it was not enough to maintain a lead over the Lady Bears.
(No.15) NORTH CAROLINA @ (No.5) DUKE—Sunday 3/3/13 4:00PM ET
- These two teams meet again, but this time on Duke's turf. The two rivals played each other early last month, which resulted in a 60-42 win for the Duke Blue Devils. The Blue Devils lead the entire game and gave the Tar Heels their first home loss. The Tar Heels have much to prove in this second face off and hope to crush Duke's 10 game win streak. North Carolina is lead by senior Tierra Ruffin-Pratt with 14.4 points per game and 4.4 assists averaged. The Blue Devils' offense is held up by sophomore Elizabeth Williams with 15.2 points per game and junior Haley Peters who averages 7.4 rebounds per game.
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The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) is pleased by the results of Panama's vote on Oct. 22 to support a $5.25-billion improvement plan for the Panama Canal.
Upon completion, the new eight-year construction project will allow the Panama Canal to handle larger ships and more vessel transits.
The SCSPA watched the referendum on improvements to the Panama Canal with great interest. Charleston is home to a number of investments that allow it to handle post-Panamax ships, including a new $635-million bridge over the main channel, harbor deepening to -45' at mean low water and new super post-Panamax container cranes.
Today, Charleston is only able to handle post-Panamax ships in the trans-Atlantic and trans-Suez services. 'With an improved canal, the options expand ' both for us and for our customers,' said Bernard S. Groseclose Jr., president and CEO of the SCSPA.
'The Port of Charleston sees the Panama Canal expansion proposal as a very aggressive plan and a very positive plan,' said Groseclose.
Charleston's business through the Panama Canal consists predominantly of ships calling from Asia in all-water services across the Pacific, as well as ships in the West Coast of South America trade.


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Skip to comments.Florida offers prizes for python hunters
Posted on 12/07/2012 10:33:08 AM PST by JoeProBono
DAVIE, Fla.,- Florida wildlife officials are fighting Burmese pythons with a contest offering $1,000 and $1,500 prizes for catching the snakes.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission said the 2013 Python Challenge, which begins Jan. 12, will offer $1,000 to the winner who catches the longest Burmese python on public hunting lands and $1,500 for the participant who catches the largest amount of the snakes, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Thursday.
Officials said Jan. 12 will feature a daylong open house on the pythons and other invasive species at the University of Florida's Davie campus.
"The (Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission) is encouraging the public to get involved in helping us remove Burmese pythons from public lands in south Florida," said Kristen Sommers, head of the commission's Exotic Species Coordination Section. "By enlisting both the public and Florida's python permit holders in a month-long competitive harvesting of Burmese pythons, we hope to motivate more people to find and harvest these large, invasive snakes."
Are they edible?
Can you make a pair of boots out of the skins?
Seems like there should be a market for them.
"permit" "capture"
How about open season dead or alive no permit needed.
Florida authorities are idiots. They routinely complain about invasive species but let people otherwise own many exotic species. Guess what, dimwit officials: when these exotic species escape or more often are let loose by bored owners they breed like rabbits, and become a threat to the ecosystem.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Instead of complaining about being over-run by invasive species try banning their sale and ownership in the first instance.
Catch'em? why not kill'em?
If your Python boots are too tight it can lead to Stinkfoot.
A week went by, and now it's July...
Finally got em off and my girlfriend cried....STINKFOOT!
If your Python boots are too tight it can lead to
Now scientists call this disease bromadrosis! LOL
They had a story about this on the local (Panama City) news.
It actually is dead or alive. They just don't stress the dead part in reports.
Boa or Python?
look like a pair of Tony L Boas I got but shorter in the shaft.most comfortable foot wear I ever owned
Will they offer prizes to people who fail to catch a python? After all, we don't want to hurt their feelings... :)
Put a $200 cash bounty on their heads, no limit and no permit / license required. Problem solved.
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Ships for free!
Meanwhile the snakes are holding a contest to see which one can suffocate and swallow the largest snake hunter
Meanwhile the snakes are holding a contest to see which one can suffocate and swallow the largest snake hunter
Totaly agree place a bounty on them no lic no permit a bonus if you bring in more then 5 at a time.
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Hank: Well, I follow the moth in the helicopter to lure it away from the flowers, and then Roy comes along in the Lockheed Starfighter and attacks it with air-to-air missiles.
Roy: A lot of people have asked us why we don't use fly spray. Well, where's the sport in that?
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Mystery of the Lost Colony-The Untold Story of Survival explores the mystery of the disappearance in 1587 of over 100 early settlers to the area known as "Virginia". The predominant theory is that these lost colonists were murdered by unfriendly Indians. Based on years of research, the authors offer a story of survival that could explain what happened to these men and women.
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Hi! My First and last names are an anagram of Dr Elliot Ashvorn. First person to guess it gets prize (not really).
I'm 18, starting an apprenticeship with a small printing firm soon, and write as a hobby.
My goodness, I can't wait to get started.
I have quite a few ideas, all of them exciting (to me, at least) and will begin work immediately.
So yes, Hello! Good day!
Character-wise I have a back story planned related to a couple of SCPs I'm planning.
I started to enjoy writing while in school, and began joining role-plays and the like around age 14. I particularly enjoyed sci-fi, with other genres I liked being fantasy, along with zombie and other post apocalyptic settings. I still remember the first character I created for one of the ill fated games: A vampire alien by the name of Finch. Poor character design was his worst flaw. The second worst was his taste for garlic.
I'm, well, to put it bluntly, I'm not the most emotionally invested person in the world. I'm not going to give you sympathy for your problems, and wouldn't expect any from you. A friendly correspondence and a supportive community is one thing, people trying to give away life advice when they've not even met the person they're trying to help is another.
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Is 'cherry picking' rife in UK P2P platforms?
A recent article on FT.com caused something of a stir in the world of peer-to-peer lending, as they announced that the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) will be imposing a ban on institutional lenders 'cherry picking' the most desirable loans in UK platforms. The implication, of course, is that this particular practice has been taking place, and that consumers (or 'retail investors') are unfairly prejudiced by being left with loans carrying an inferior risk grade.
Adding fuel to the fire was the fact that some institutional lending fund managers, who are significant lenders in many of the UK's major platforms, have announced plans to raise more funding as the deployment rate of the net proceeds from their loans is reportedly exceeding expectation.
Understandably, it raised alarm bells about an industry that, in essence, was created to serve the people, and those who have grown concerned need only look as far as the US to see an example of consumers being crowded out of peer-to-peer platforms by institutional investment.
Institutional domination in US P2P lending platforms
The industry in the US has evolved rapidly in recent years, with large swathes of money coming in from institutions such as hedge funds, investment companies and even banks. In fact, up to 90% of capital deployed by some of the larger platforms comes from these sources. In itself, such a trend need not necessarily be a problem for consumers. However, many platforms across the pond allow institutions, who typically bring greater lender capital to the table, first refusal on certain loans. And it is this preferential treatment – commonly referred to as cherry picking – that has left retail investors stuck with loans which are more likely to default.
In fact, so heavy has the involvement of institutions in the US become that the name peer-to-peer lending has morphed into 'marketplace lending'. Conscious of such an imbalance, the market leaders in the US have even introduced 'speed bumps' to stem the tide of institutional investors snapping up prime loans. Such rules include limits on the number of loans institutions can purchase, and making technology available to retail investors which allows them the opportunity to compete for loans.
Is the situation similar in the UK?
While it is difficult to speak for every P2P platform, Lending Works, along with many of its competitors, are united in the belief that cherry picking is non-existent in this country. Certainly from our point of view, all lender capital, be it from a consumer or institution, is randomly matched with borrowers that fit in that lender's credit parameters by virtue of our Fair Algorithm; meaning that no lender has - or ever will – receive preferential treatment in terms of the risk grade of the loans they are allocated.
As such, any rule to prevent cherry picking would have no effect on Lending Works' day-to-day operations, and our Fair Algorithm will continue to underpin the fair manner in which we treat our lenders' money. Nevertheless, we welcome any action or regulation that puts our customers' minds at ease, and ultimately enhances the sector's credibility. We view upholding the integrity of the whole industry as a major priority, and believe it is vital that platforms act as a collective to prevent a situation similar to the US from ever arising.
Lending Works' platform for the people
Our recent blog post explains why we believe the arrival of institutional money, if handled correctly, will be beneficial for all our customers. However, it must still be emphasised that our platform remains consumer-focused, and that the vast majority of our lender capital is still sourced from consumers. And for us, the benefit of such a 'balance' is as much intrinsic as it is financial.
We take great joy from the fact that we allow individuals to either grow their money, or access a low-cost unsecured loan that allows them to buy that car they always wanted, renovate their house, or even take their kids on a dream holiday. However, the structure of Lending Works is such that it isn't us who change lives for the better – it's people like you. We just facilitate the process!
A lender puts their money into the platform safe in the knowledge that they will receive a great return, but also knowing that they are making a difference to borrowers' lives. In the same way, those taking out a loan aren't just serving themselves. Their repayments help to enhance someone's rainy-day fund, retirement income, or even their grandchild's university endowment in a hugely beneficial way.
It is this synergy between borrower and lender that we will always hold dear, and we hope our customers do too.
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Ofelia Garcia Hunter, Jim Wells County Correspondent
A fishing tournament benefit for the Make-A-Wish Foundation will take place on Saturday in memory of 14-year-old Marco Pena, who died from cancer in August 2000.
About a dozen officers from the Jim Wells County sheriff's department, Alice Police Department and the Department of Public Safety will take part in the tournament.
"Whenever it comes to family, especially law enforcement family, we try to help out," said Lt. Joe Martinez with the sheriff's department. "We do whatever we can to help."
The fishing tournament is scheduled from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Bluffs Landing Marina and Lodge located on 4242 Laguna Drive in Corpus Christi. Contestants must register before the start of the tournament. Registration begins on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Bluff's Landing. Entry fee is $40 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under. All registered children with a measured fish will receive an award.
Contestants must be in line by 2 p.m. at the weigh station located at Bluff's Landing.
All fish must be caught on rod and reel only. Prizes include first and second places for longest redfish and longest trout. The winners will receive fishing reels.
Proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation in memory of Pena, an Alice native. The Make-A-Wish Foundation fulfills dreams and the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter is one of 130 international locations dedicated to fulfill the wishes of children who have life-threatening illnesses.
Martinez said the outing would bring awareness about the disease, but also help other children.
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THE PHYSICAL stresses of solitary confinement are bad enough. In the United States, conditions can include windowless cells, nearly inedible food served through door slots, extreme heat and cold and almost no time to exercise or wash. The psychological costs of extreme social isolation are worse; for many, in fact, they are unbearable. Solitary confinement can cause or exacerbate psychosis, hypertension, panic attacks, self-mutilation and suicide. Those who cope more effectively still may deteriorate in less obvious ways as their brains and bodies waste away. Tens of thousands of U.S. prisoners are living, some for years at a time, in such conditions.
Damon Thibodeaux was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. He now recounts that, near the beginning of his 15 years in solitary, he wanted to commit "suicide by state," ending his legal fight and allowing Louisiana authorities to execute him. Isolation, he told a Senate committee Tuesday, kills "bit by bit, day by day."
"I thought it would be better to end my life as soon as I could and avoid the agony of life in solitary," he said. His lawyer persuaded him to press his case, and he eventually prevailed.
Separating prisoners from human contact is abusive in all but the most extreme circumstances. Yet, as Rick Raemisch, the head of Colorado's Department of Corrections, told the committee, the practice is "incredibly overused," often to punish minor infractions of prison rules.
In Texas, inmates sent to solitary spend an average of four years there, reported Marc Levin of the conservative criminal justice reform group Right on Crime. Texas, though, is at least reviewing its practices. That might be because isolating prisoners is expensive — costing something like twice as much as keeping them in the general prison population. Or it might be because releasing psychologically damaged people from prison can produce disastrous results. Regardless of motive, cutting the use of solitary is the right thing to do.
A few other states have made strides in recent years. New York just announced that it would restrict or eliminate solitary confinement for women, minors and the mentally ill, as well as adopt new guidelines on applying the punishment to others. Maine and Mississippi have drastically reduced the number of prisoners they keep in solitary; they report encouraging results. Mr. Raemisch recently shut Colorado's administrative segregation facility, and Illinois closed its supermax prison.
Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday called on prison systems to follow New York's lead. That's the least prison authorities can do. To go further, Mr. Levin recommended eliminating rules that deny or restrict reading materials for isolated inmates, creating a range of punishments short of solitary that would more effectively and more humanely deter misbehavior and training prison staff to deal sensibly with prison conflicts and mentally ill inmates. Effectively applied, those measures would begin to reduce the number of people subjected to the hell of solitary without harming prison order.


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Here are links to some photo galleries that tell the story of how we live out our gifts from God for loving, learning, singing, serving.
- Youth Mission Trips
- Youth Fund Raisers
- Change the World Sunday
- Our Tongan Families
- Vacation Bible School
- Youth Sunday
- Advent Workshop
- Church Camp
- Pastor Jan Wiley's June 2014 farewell celebration
If you have some favorite photos you would like to include in these galleries, or in a new gallery, please contact Bill Fugard. Thanks!


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How do you like your eggs in the morning? I like mine with a face.
This fun little egg cup is made of plastic, making it ideal for kids (and grownups too). Why not get creative and doodle your egg... a bear in a top hat? A bunny with a bird? We like to invite lots of interesting guests to our dinner table!
Double sided design / two rabbit faces
Extra tough plastic
Microwave and dishwasher safe
BPA free
Also comes in bear and pup designs
Designed and Manufactured in the UK